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1999 murder case back open Possibility killer ‘had assistance’

By Jim Suhr

Oskaloosa — Investigators have reopened the Kansas case of a 1999 shooting death for which a man served more than 15 years before his brother confessed in suicide notes that he was the killer.

The chief detective in northeast Kansas’ Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department says that while Tom B l e d s o e ’ s Tom Bledsoe November suicide notes helped free Floyd Bledsoe from prison this month, “We are open to all poss i b i l i t i e s Arfmann that (Tom) may have had assistance” in 14-year-old Camille Arfmann’s death or in hiding her body. Kirk Vernon wouldn’t elaborate about that probe.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is assisting, telling The Associated Press only that even before Floyd Bledsoe’s prison release, it had assigned staff to review the original investigation for errors.

“At this point in time, there is no reason to believe that (Floyd Bledsoe) is involved,” Vernon told the AP. Vernon said the inquiry won’t target the county’s former elected prosecutor and sheriff over their original handling of the case. One of Tom Bledsoe’s suicide notes claimed the prosecutor, Jimmie Vanderbilt, told

By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

First national T event set for 2017

Lawrence quilt artist and museum founder Marla Jackson is pictured before an 1890s quilt from an unknown artist at the African American Quilt Museum and Textile Academy, 2001 Haskell Ave. Next to Jackson on the bench is a framed portrait of Maria Rodgers Martin, whose quilts will be rotated through the museum.

By Joanna Hlavacek Twitter: @HlavacekJoanna

he African American Quilt Museum and Textile Academy may be small, but its founder and curator, Marla Jackson, has big plans for the unassuming room tucked away on the second floor of Independence Inc., 2001 Haskell Ave.

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An agency that advocates for consumers and small businesses in utility rate cases in Kansas raised eyebrows this month when members of its governing board openly talked about disbanding or completely changing its mission.

That discussion came shortly after the resignation of David Springe, the longtime consumer counsel at the Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board, and it was reportedly one factor leading to the resignation the following week of CURB chairman Brian Weber.

But the issues prompting that discussion at the Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board have been swirling around the agency since it was created in the 1980s, officials said, including issues directly related to construction of the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant.

The controversy erupted Dec. 11, when the five-member CURB board, all appointed

by Gov. Sam Brownback, met in Wichita, mainly to discuss the process of hiring a new consumer counsel to replace Springe, who had led the agency’s staff the past 17 years.

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Do we need to kind of switch gears and have maybe some guidelines about what cases we do take on?”

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Scott Bradford JackSon No public services are planned for Scott B. Jackson, 54, Lawrence, who died Sunday, December 27, 2015, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. rumsey-yost.com

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DATEBOOK Charles a. Mestagh

Charles A. Mestagh, 81, passed away December 24, 2015. He was born March 26, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri to Julius and Catherine (Deax) Mestagh. Charles graduated from Turner High School, Class of 1952.

He owned and operated his own business, McLouth Excavating and worked in construction his entire life. In his free time, Charles enjoyed coin collecting, bowling, hunting, fishing, playing pinochle and the slots, the outdoors and most of all traveling to Estes Park, Colorado.

Charles was preceded in death by his parents, Julius & Catherine; two wives, Norma Lee (Sanders) Mestagh and Betty M. (Millsap) Mestagh; a son, Charles A. Mestagh; two sisters, Julia and husband Sam Johnson, Molly and husband Lenard Beach and sister-inlaw, Carolyn Mestagh.

He is survived by his brother, George Mestagh; children, Colette (John) Krupco, Karen (Joel)

Davidson, Charles L. “Chuck” Mestagh and Margaret (David) Bath; grandchildren, Matthew (Marri), Jennifer (Scott), Jesse, Joseph, Emily, Brandon (Jen), Brian (Rachael), Caitlin, Chelsey, Christina, David, & Zach (Jennifer); 17 great-grandchildren; special nieces and nephews as well as many additional family, and friends.

A visitation will be held Tuesday, December 29th from 6-8PM at Chapel HillButler Funeral Home, 701 N. 94th St., KCKS 66112. Funeral will be Wednesday, December 30th at the funeral home at 1PM. Interment will follow services at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to Wayside Waifs, 3901 Martha Truman Rd., KCMO 64137 or First Congregational Church, 303 E. 4th St., Tonganoxie, Kansas 66086.

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had nothing to do with the case, insisting his father’s DNA found on one of Arfmann’s socks was the result of Tom Bledsoe and Arfmann having sex on the father’s bed the day of the slaying.

When reached by telephone at their McAllen, Texas, home, Floyd Lavern Bledsoe’s wife told the AP her husband wasn’t available for comment, and he did not reply to a message left with her.

Vanderbilt’s whereabouts are not known.

In 2005, Vanderbilt’s law license was suspended for a year for failing to respond to several defendants’ appeals, in one case telling a disciplinary investigator that he wasn’t going to waste his time responding. In another case, a man sentenced to 21 years in prison on burglary, robbery and kidnapping counts got the convictions thrown out after Vanderbilt ignored that appeal; at his new trial, the man was found guilty of only one of the counts and received a roughly six-year prison term.

Vanderbilt’s law license was indefinitely suspended in 2011 for misconduct linked to his being more than $60,000 behind in child support.

Although Vanderbilt may seek to have his license reinstated, he has not paid the $1,250 to apply for it, according to Stan Hazlett, the state’s disciplinary administrator.

Alice Craig, an attorney with the Project for Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies at Kansas University, called the 1999 investigation “not thorough” and prone to authorities’ “tunnel vision” focus on Floyd Bledsoe instead of his brother.

“I would love to see additional investigation done, but I don’t know of any at this time that’s going to reveal much more,” she said. “Can those things be discovered 16 years later? I think the answer is probably no.

“From our perspective, our sole focus was getting an innocent man out of prison.”

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him to “keep my mouth shut” and continue blaming his brother. He eventually provided the key testimony that landed Floyd Bledsoe a life term on a first-degree murder conviction.

“At this time, there’s no information or suggestion of any wrongdoing by the former prosecutor or sheriff,” Vernon said.

Floyd Bledsoe, 39, always maintained he had no role in the death of sister-in-law Arfmann near Oskaloosa, about 45 miles west of Kansas City.

At the case’s outset, Tom Bledsoe was the lead suspect in the death of Arfmann, last seen alive as she stepped off her school bus at the Oskaloosa home she shared with Floyd Bledsoe, her sister and their two children.

Her body was discovered three days later in a trash ditch near the home of the Bledsoes’ parents.

Tom Bledsoe initially confessed, then recanted and blamed his brother.

During a Dec. 8 court hearing that ended with Floyd Bledsoe walking free, Vernon testified that new DNA testing, far advanced since 1999, pointed the finger at Tom Bledsoe. A few weeks after the new DNA results were released, Tom Bledsoe killed himself and left notes that said, “Floyd is innocent,” ‘‘I sent an innocent man to prison,” and “I raped and murdered a 14-year-old girl.”

Although a judge granted prosecutor Jason Belveal’s request to drop charges against Floyd Bledsoe, Bledsoe hasn’t been formally exonerated. Belveal reserves the right to re-charge Bledsoe if new evidence surfaces.

But he said that’s unlikely because the key witness against Floyd Bledsoe — his brother, Tom — “is gone now.”

In one of his suicide notes, Tom Bledsoe wrote that the brothers’ father, Floyd Lavern Bledsoe,

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New details in alleged violent armed robbery

Hoops for the holidays

By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

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Two men accused of a violent armed robbery in June allegedly stole hallucinogenic drugs and electronics while two children slept, according to court records.

Deshane Keonte Rayton, 21, and Alex Caprice Sanders, 19, are currently being held on $200,000 bond in the Douglas County Jail, both on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated

robbery and possession of a gun by a convicted felon.

Early in the morning of June 30, police responded to a woman’s apartment in the 2400 block of Alabama Street for a report of a robbery, according to the arrest affidavits for Rayton and Sanders.

The affidavits state that the woman told police she heard knocks on her front door and kitchen window shortly before 1 a.m. Initially she found nobody Please see ROBBERY, page 8A

JACKSON ESQUIBEL (15) THROWS AN OVERHEAD PASS along with other campers during a passing drill at the annual Holiday Hoops Basketball Clinic Sunday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Full coverage in Sports, page 1C.

Lawrence schools’ Nonprofits streamline communication with Facebook device checkout plan leaves students waiting

By Mackenzie Clark

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Several local nonprofits have joined forces to establish a “Community Resources for Douglas County” Facebook group, which has enabled them to communicate more efficiently.

Jenna Groth, an Americorps self-sufficiency specialist with the Lawrence Community Shelter, started the group last month with some fellow Americorps members and nonprofit workers. The idea came about after discussing communication during a training session, Groth said.

The idea of a website

came up, but Groth said there were concerns about a site being updated frequently enough for the purposes they had in mind.

“It would’ve been maybe several volunteers calling every single agency every single working day and asking them about their resources, and that would’ve been a lot of work,” she said.

Instead, the Facebook group allows employees of any nonprofit to get involved and to post information about their agencies, such as holiday hours, and ask questions or find ways to share resources.

“The advantage is that it’s more interactive, and that’s been a huge part of

its success,” Groth said. “…

It creates almost instantaneous communication, and people can talk back and forth about resources.”

Additionally, she said the group has helped some nonprofits find the “most appropriate place” for some excess donations they receive. For example, when ECKAN (East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation) received an abundance of potatoes a few weeks ago, Groth was able to take some to the shelter.

The group was initially “closed,” meaning it was limited to invited members only, but it was made public on Dec. 10. That

way, Groth said, members of the community can ask questions and someone can point them in the right direction.

“People can just go ahead and see what’s up there and find their resources on their own,” she said.

Currently, organizations including the United Way, Penn House, 100 Good Women and ECKAN are involved in the group. Groth says she believes it will continue to grow because of the many ways people can benefit from using it.

The group can be found by searching “Community Resources for Douglas County” on Facebook.

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

There are waiting lists at the libraries of both Lawrence high schools.

When the due dates arrive, students don’t want to give the materials back.

What are being checked out aren’t books. Instead, students are borrowing laptops and portable Wi-Fi hotspots so they can access the digital texts required to do their schoolwork.

Joy Taylor, a junior at Free State High School, is one of those students. She

doesn’t have a computer or Internet at home. She and two other students came to the Lawrence school board’s most recent meeting to tell board members how the new device checkout program has affected them.

Taylor said that before she had her laptop and WiFi hotspot through school, she would go to the public library to do her homework. Often, she would still have some work to do after library hours.

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fireplace mantle and walnut floors of the slave living quarters at Missouri’s CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A Wayside Rest Plantation, where Maria Rodgers Jackson, along with Martin lived before her her students at the texcapture and relocation to tile academy, has been Lawrence. researching the story of “We want to recreate it Maria Rodgers Martin, a because her spirit is here,” slave who was abducted Jackson said. “She lived from a Missouri plantation in Lawrence, Kan., for 40

by Union soldiers during years. Her daughter was the Civil War and brought left here, and she had a to Lawrence, since 2012. grandchild here. The story Earlier this month, Jack- is alive.” son announced what she An additional $3,398 recognizes as the culmina- grant from the Kansas tion of those efforts: In Humanities Council ear2017, Lawrence will host lier this month will help the first-ever National fund her “From Slavery African American Quilt to a Free State: The Story Conference, a citywide of Maria Rodgers Martin” event in celebration of the research project, which history and legacy of the she hopes to expand with African American quilting more public talks and tradition. historical interpretations “This is the dream,” by her textile-academy Jackson said of the confer- students. ence, which will tentaSeven students ages 8 to tively include workshops, 17 are enrolled in Jackson’s keynote speakers from the program, which she sees quilting world and sevas a vital component of eral exhibitions sprinkled sharing the story of Maria throughout the city. “My Rodgers Martin and other vision would be having historically important Afriall of these artists comcan Americans who called ing to Lawrence, being in Lawrence home.

South Park, working with In preparation for 2017’s our local artists, mentorconvention, Jackson and ing and vending, spinners her students are working and weavers — black and on a quilting project that white — coming together will incorporate the natural to collaborate.” elements (leaves, insects, Taking a cue from rocks) slaves encountered Rachael Perry’s Lawrence on the Underground Inside Out project, which Railroad — “we’re going to saw the installation of hun- take that all, tie it up, and dreds of black-and-white dye the fabric,” Jackson photographic portraits in said. locations across Lawrence, Ultimately, Jackson Jackson wants to see “evwants her National African ery window in Lawrence American Quilt Conference to establish Lawrence (filled) with quilts.” as a permanent tourist The announcement foldestination for Africanlows a string of recent deAmerican history. velopments at the African She thinks there’s a lot American Quilt Museum. we don’t know about our Last month, the Kansas city’s past, and she hopes a Creative Arts Industries Commission awarded Jack- more concentrated effort to highlight the role of Afson a $5,000 grant, which rican Americans in shaping she’s since spent on light covers, darkening shades, a Lawrence will bring some of that past to light. camera, computer, printer “There’s what I call hisand tablets. tory, and then there’s real Jackson also hopes history,” Jackson said. to partially recreate the

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But before discussing that topic, according to an audio recording of the meeting that has since been released, board member James Mullin II, of Johnson County, said he wanted to have a broader discussion of CURB’s “vision and structure.”

“I’d just like to discuss if we think that the budget that we’re using for CURB and the current structure of CURB is still the most cost-effective way to protect consumers and their rates in Kansas,” Mullin said.

“Or would we be better off setting up a structure where utility rate cases are handled by the corporation commission, as they are in the majority of states, and either returning the funds to consumers through their utility bills, or restructuring the purpose and function of how CURB performs?”

CURB and Wolf Creek In Kansas, as in all other states, utility companies and the rates they charge are regulated by the state.

That’s because, traditionally, utilities have operated as a kind of statesanctioned monopoly, enjoying exclusive rights to deliver service in their territory — service that,

in many cases, consumers and businesses are required to have in order to occupy their buildings.

So when Kansas utilities propose building a new power plant, laying new gas lines or raising the rates they charge to customers, they must get permission from the three-member Kansas Corporation Commission, a tribunal that acts much like a court.

For most of its history, the KCC would hear testimony from the utilities and other interested parties, including the utility’s largest industrial customers. The commission also had its own staff of lawyers and analysts who would review the proposal.

“The standard is that a utility must have a reasonable opportunity to earn its authorized rate of return (on investment),” Niki Christopher, CURB’s new interim consumer counsel, told the board.

“And from the customer’s side … the customer has a right to safe and reliable service at just and reasonable rates.”

But until the 1980s, there was usually no one arguing at those hearings on behalf of residential consumers and small businesses.

That changed in 1988, under then-Gov. Mike Hayden, shortly after the completion of Wolf Creek, a joint venture between Kansas City Power

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Vintage store headed downtown

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arah Kellogg has a business plan for her soon-to-open retail store in downtown Lawrence: “We take something terribly dated and that nobody wants, and make it really awesome.” My wife is loading up my closet currently, but actually it is not that type of store.

Kellogg is opening a new brand of furniture store in downtown.

Kellogg and her mother, Susan Clark, have signed a deal to open Vintage Chic at 823 Massachusetts St., which is the space that Foxtrot shoe shop soon will be vacating. Vintage Chic has been operating in a corner of the Fine Design interior design shop at Bob Billings Parkway and Kasold Drive.

The new space will allow Vintage Chic to more than double in size, and the store’s owners plan to fill the space with furniture, a

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that is given a more modern finish, or jazzed up with stenciling, or has its design modified in some way.

Kellogg said the shop will carry a variety of pieces, but buffets, china cabinets and storage pieces of any kind are very popular.

The store also will be a retailer of the CeCe Caldwell paint brand, clawhorn@ljworld.com which is an environmenworkshop and booth space tally friendly, chalk and for other home decorclay-based brand of paint oriented sellers. that has become popular “It is going to be quite a in the DIY community. bit different than booths at Kellogg said Vintage Chic an antique mall or somewill host classes in its thing like that, though,” workshop to teach differKellogg said. “We’re not ent painting and refinishgoing to have people who ing techniques that people just buy a desk at a garage can use to liven up their sale and then try to simply furniture pieces. sell it again.”

In addition, the shop Instead, Vintage Chic will offer both in-store or will focus on selling in-home wood and furniproducts that have been ture refinishing services. remade in some way. That “A big item for us could mean old furniture is refinishing people’s

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cabinets,” Kellogg said.

“We don’t just do painting. We also do staining and all types of woodwork refinishing.”

As for the vendor part of the business, Kellogg expects the shop to accommodate about 15 booths. She said she’s had lots of area residents who sell on the online site Etsy wanting space in the new store. Vendors could range from other furniture dealers to artists who make unique and interesting home decor pieces to people who produce handmade soaps and other similar products.

Kellogg said Vintage Chic takes possession of the downtown building on Feb. 1, and she would like to have the shop open sometime in March.

In case you have forgotten, we reported last month that Foxtrot is closing by the end of January.

Stay grounded with these GFCI outlet tips

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round fault circuit interrupter receptacles, otherwise known as GFCIs, help prevent electrocution by stopping the flow of electricity through an outlet when a problem is detected. GFCIs do, however, eventually wear out.

Most GFCIs are designed to last no more than 10 years. Follow these steps to ensure you are as safe as you think you are.

Step 1: Install GFCIs for outlets located within 6 feet of plumbing appliances and for outlets located outdoors or in wet areas, such as kitchens, bathrooms, garages and unfinished basements. Do not use GFCIs for refrigerator, freezer or sump pump outlets.

Step 2: GFCIs are equipped with a test and

The nightlight should turn off. If it does not turn off, the GFCI outlet is no longer working and will need to be replaced.

Step 5: Press the “reset” button on the GFCI outlet.

The nightlight should turn back on. If it does not turn back on, check to make sure the circuit breaker in the electrical panel has not been tripped. Also check to a reset button. The only see if there are additional way to be sure a GFCI is GFCI receptacles that may functioning properly is to have been tripped during test it. Test GFCI outlets the test. If the nightlight manufactured prior to 2007 does not turn back on, at least once a month. the GFCI outlet should be Step 3: Start by plugging replaced. a nightlight into the GFCI Step 6: As a safety outlet. The nightlight will measure, GFCI outlets need to be on. Use painter’s manufactured between tape to cover the photo sen- 2007 and 2015 are designed sor on automatic nightlights. to automatically cut the Step 4: Press the “test” flow of power through the button on the GFCI outlet. outlet when the ground

fault interrupter function stops working. Test GFCIs manufactured between 2007 and 2015 at least a few times a year to be safe.

Step 7: GFCI outlets manufactured after 2015 no longer require regular manual testing. These new hybrid outlets are equipped with a self-testing feature that regularly checks the ground fault interrupter function, sometimes as often as every 60 seconds. If a problem is detected, the GFCI will cut the flow of power through the outlet. Choose self-testing GFCI receptacles when replacing older GFCI outlets to ensure you are as safe as you think you are.

and Light, Wichita-based Kansas Gas and Electric, which is now part of Westar, and a group of rural electric cooperatives in Kansas.

The plant ended up costing significantly more than expected, prompting the utility companies to ask for huge rate increases.

“At the time, one of the responses by then-Gov. Hayden was to create CURB,” Mullin said. “It was created for a time, and for a purpose of visiting that issue and trying to resolve a solution that was fair to the utility, but also fair to Kansas consumers.”

“That was the historic position,” Apple said.

“They wanted to sell electricity in peak time to generate additional revenue.”

That compromise, negotiated between CURB, the KCC and KCP&L, gave all-electric customers a 34 percent discount on the first 1,000 kilowatt-hours used each month, and 50 percent on all electricity used above that.

But 25 years later, in 2010, all of KCP&L’s excess capacity had been absorbed, and the company was then proposing to build a new coal-fired power plant, the Iatan 2 plant, north of Kansas City, Mo. CURB argued during those rate hearings that it was time to phase out the all-electric discounts, and the KCC ordered dropping the discount rates to 10 percent and 21 percent respectively, resulting in significant rate hikes overnight on those customers.

Apple, who was then chairman of the Senate Utilities Committee, was angered by that move — his Louisburg-area constituents were KCP&L customers — and he said he remains upset about it today.

“In some areas they (CURB) have done well.

I have been disappointed in their position on how electric heat customers in KCPL have been treated,” he said.

(mission),” she said. “I want to make sure we’re being effective and have checks and balances in place to gauge its effectiveness.”

Janoski also criticized media reports about board members proposing to disband the agency or shift its focus to fighting new federal clean air rules, saying those were merely generalized comments about what she and others believe are the causes of recent rate hikes.

But advocates for CURB insist the agency still serves a vital role.

Dorothy Barnett, executive director of the Hutchinson-based Climate and Energy Project, an environmental group that promotes clean energy, said she immediately wrote to CURB board members after the Dec. 11 meeting, expressing that group’s concern over the discussion.

“A small business or individual would normally not have the necessary financial resources or utility expertise to participate in hearings at the Kansas Corporation Commission,” Barnett said in a Dec. 16 statement. “Without CURB, that important advocate for consumers will be lost.”

Excess capacity When it was built in the 1980s, Wolf Creek was designed for future growth. At the time it went online in 1985, the 1,170-megawatt plant was capable of producing much more electricity than any of its owners needed at the time. One of the questions before the KCC at that time was who should pay for all that excess capacity.

Pat Apple, a former state senator from Louisburg who now serves on the KCC, recalled that one compromise was to offer incentives in the form of discounts in the KCP&L territory for residential customers who used electricity for both power and heat, so-called “all-electric” customers.

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Focus on priorities Apple said he has been unsuccessful in getting the KCC to revisit the issue of all-electric discounts, but that controversy has led him, as well as others, to question whether CURB is focused on what they see as the best interests of ratepayers.

Those concerns have now filtered down to the CURB board itself, where Ellen Janoski, the new chairwoman, aired her concerns at the Dec. 11 meeting.

“Are the cases that we are electing to take on, are they truly helping consumers?” she asked.

“Or do we need to kind of switch gears and have maybe some guidelines about what cases we do take on to make sure that whatever cases the consumer counsel chooses to represent reflect what the board wants and reflect a true advocacy for consumers, and not another agenda?”

In a subsequent interview, Janoski said she believes CURB has deviated from its original mission and has begun asking for detailed information about how many hours CURB staff members spend on each case and the outcomes of those cases in order to measure the agency’s effectiveness.

“Over the last couple of years, CURB has very much deviated from that

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Mom has to let daughter fail to ever succeed Dear Annie: Our oldest daughter is married to a nice man and they have a sweet 2-year-old daughter. My son-inlaw makes good money and my daughter can afford to stay home, but they never seem to have enough to get ahead.

My daughter has been known to spend foolishly. They only have one car and it doesn’t run half the time. They can’t afford another. We let them live in our home for a year rent-free so they could save enough to purchase their first house.

I know I’ve enabled my daughter for her entire life. She is very spoiled and self-centered. We argue a great deal and exchange hurtful words. Regularly, I surrender to her selfishness and give her money or run errands for her, even though I work full-

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time. I do these things because she is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, and I fear she will otherwise return to that life again. She doesn’t attend her meetings anymore.

I don’t know how to handle her. I’m either forced to defend myself or give in to her whims.

She never appreciates anything I do for her and she never does anything for me. Her husband is no better. He is selfish and spoiled by his moth-

Close look at heroin use in USA Unflinching is not always easy to watch. “Heroin: Cape Cod, USA” (8 p.m., HBO, TV-MA) offers intimate and heart-breaking first-person accounts from young people hooked on heroin.

Many are attractive, boy-andgirl-next-door types who grew up in an area known as a blissful vacation spot. At the very least, this film will dispel any notions that drugs can be dismissed.

“USA” is not the first film to make the point about New England’s gruesome addiction problem.

Four addicts overdose every day in Massachusetts alone. And it’s hardly the first documentary to show us how the over-prescription of pain medication turned into a heroin catastrophe. High school athletes who break their ankles become hooked on Vicodin and turn to much cheaper street alternatives when their prescription and supply runs out. Efforts to stem the availability of these opiates has also made heroin look like the easier choice. One fact I did learn here is that the growing decriminalization of marijuana across the United States has forced Mexican cartels to find other sources of revenue, resulting in more aggressive heroin operations.

The documentary’s strength — the harrowing, painfully intimate portraits of individual addicts — is also its most troubling aspect.

There’s a fine line between personalizing addicts and glamorizing their choices. Ultimately, junkies are as boring, conniving, self-absorbed and deceptive as film subjects as they are in real life. I would rather hear more about the reasons they seek out the pain relief that opiates provide than their boastful claims about scoring dope outside of rehab. l The “Independent Lens” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings) documentary “East of Salinas” profiles a teacher who is an undocumented alien and oversees a class filled with immigrants. l He’s got a chainsaw for a hand and world of demons to battle. Starz unspools a weeklong marathon of “Ash vs Evil Dead” episodes, airing three per night (8 p.m. to midnight, TV-MA) every evening through Jan. 2. l Reelz, the network that just won’t let the Kennedy family rest in peace, profiles two of the most thoroughly chronicled deceased celebrities on “Marilyn Monroe: Life and Death” (6 p.m., TV-PG) and “Elvis Presley: Life and Death” (9 p.m., TV-PG). l Fans waiting for a new season of “Orange Is the New Black” may want to stream “Prisoners’ Wives” on Acorn, starring Polly Walker and Pippa Haywood from “Mr Selfridge” and Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”).

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er, and he also enables my daughter.

She’s a good mother, but I babysit a lot. Her husband doesn’t complain when she gets together with her friends, but he works long hours and they don’t have much time together. I think he feels neglected.

How do I know when to do things for her and when not to? How do I tell the difference between enabling and being a good mother?

When she gets into one of her horrible, blaming moods, how do I handle that? This child has become a bitter pill to swallow, but I love her so much. — Mother of a Narcissist Dear Mom: You should back away from some of this drama. The hardest thing for a parent to do is watch a child fail, but you may need to step back and let it

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For Monday, Dec. 28: This year you will make a difference if you can get past a need to stick with the tried and true. If you choose to be more in sync with the inner you, a sense of liberation will result. If you are single, don’t commit until you are sure of yourself and your feelings. If you are attached, the two of you decide to explore a new facet of your bond.

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) HHHH Your ability to develop a workable, dynamic solution emerges. Tonight: Act as if there were no tomorrow.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) HHHH Stay anchored, and know what is needed to make you feel cared about and productive.

Tonight: Take a walk.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) HHHHH A loved one could be very difficult and cold. You might need to redefine your relationship.

Tonight: Visit with a pal.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHH Make a point of handling a money matter quickly. You can’t seem to get around it. Tonight: Time for indulging yourself.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH Your creative ability emerges. You seem to be able to transform a high-priority area of your life by making just a minor adjustment. Tonight: Get into some new technology.

happen. Your daughter cannot learn to stand on her own two feet if Mom is always holding her up. Her marriage issues and whether she attends meetings are no longer your business.

Don’t give her money if she cannot manage it responsibly. When she blames you for not indulging her, remain calm and say, “I’m sorry you feel that way.” Walk away if she cannot stop berating you. Look into Al-Anon for yourself (al-anon.org). A good mother teaches her child to be independent and self-reliant, even when the process is painful to watch, and helps her accept that the universe doesn’t owe her everything she demands.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You might be holding back strong feelings. Know what needs to occur for you within your immediate circle. Tonight: Thoughtful time at home.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You might need to make a bigger effort to handle the unexpected in a new way. Listen to what is being shared. Tonight: Hunker down for the evening.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You might want to have an overdue conversation with a loved one. However, uproar in a facet of your day-to-day life could take over the moment. Tonight: Rethink an expenditure.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Your fellow fire signs will get carried away with their high energy, but you’ll put on the brakes. Tonight: Surprises happen.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be in the mood to explore a new alternative.

Your spontaneity might floor others. Tonight: Happy at home.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might be trying to move in a different direction, and quickly at that. Tonight: Go with the unexpected.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Watch a touch of skepticism take over. Tonight: A must happening.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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Looking ahead A Kansas University aerospace engineering group deserves applause for a futuristic design that won a prestigious competition.

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he illustration in the Journal-World last week of a sleek aircraft skimming just above the water near a large city is a futuristic scene.

It’s a future — a not-too-distant future — that a team of Kansas University aerospace engineering students can clearly envision, as proven by their award winning BATWinG aircraft design.

The challenge put before the students was to design an amphibious aircraft that would be a faster, less expensive and greener way to transport passengers in costal cities across bodies of water. What the students came up with was the BATWinG, which stands for Bay Area Transport Wing-in-Groundeffect. It’s a nine-passenger plane that would fly just 10 feet above land or water at a maximum speed of 120 knots. It features gull-wing doors for easy access and is powered by an electric motor. It is designed to operate out of existing ferry terminals and generate little noise or pollutants as it makes its rounds.

Sound interesting? Apparently the judges at the sixth annual Power Electronics Systems and Applications Conference in Hong Kong thought so. The KU team won the competition, which included multiple teams from Asia, Europe and the Americas.

As futuristic as the BATWinG seems, it’s not a fantasy. As part of the project, KU students traveled to San Francisco to conduct market research on the aircraft.

Their paper included a business plan projecting that BATWinGs could be in operation by 2020, and an investment in 66 of the aircraft could break even within two years.

How cool is that?

The BATWinG is just one example of the innovative thought and action going on all across the KU campus. Congratulations to the KU students and their professors for their work and their inspiring plans for the future.

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In praise of journalists who risk all Every year at this time, media organizations publish lists of the number of journalists imprisoned, missing, murdered, or held hostage around the world.

According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 69 journalists had been killed worldwide in 2015 as of Dec. 7, and there were 199 behind bars on Dec. 1. That doesn’t include journalists who disappear or are kidnapped by criminal gangs or jihadis.

Reporters Without Borders said this month that 54 professional journalists are currently being held hostage, mainly in Syria, Iraq, or Yemen.

The numbers remind us of the immeasurable bravery of journalists who report from Mideast conflict zones or investigate drug rings in Latin America or corruption in China. As serious U.S. journalism is being eclipsed by digital infotainment, we should pay tribute to journalists who still risk their lives in places most Westerners dare not go.

Citizen journalist No one deserves that tribute more than Ahmed Mohamed al-Mousa, a Syrian citizen journalist who was killed by a masked man in Idlib, Syria, this month.

Mousa was a member of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, a group of young Syrians determined to publish online information about the crimes of ISIS in their hometown of Raqqa, the home base of the socalled jihadi caliphate.

There are no normal WiFi or satellite connections in Raqqa, and if there were it would be a death sentence to use them.

But somehow these brave young Syrians — most of whom were students, pro-

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The numbers remind us of the immeasurable bravery of journalists who report from Mideast conflict zones or investigate drug rings in Latin America or corruption in China.” fessionals or businessmen before the war — are finding ways of getting information out.

Last month, a co-founder of the group, Abdelaziz Al-Hamza, made it to New York City to accept CPJ’s 2015 International Press Freedom Award on behalf of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.

In his acceptance speech, Mousa said: “Maybe we’re not professional journalists, maybe we’re only ‘citizen journalists.’ We don’t care a lot about labels. We just want to prove ourselves on the ground as a force facing the most brutal regime (of Syrian president Bashar al-) Assad, and the most dangerous organization, ISIS. “We carry out graffiti campaigns on the walls inside the most dangerous strongholds of ISIS, attempting to prove to the world that we will defeat arms with thoughts.”

Mousa escaped Raqqa under death threat. But ISIS kidnapped his father in Raqqa and sent Mousa a

video, telling him to stop his journalistic work. He didn’t.

Then they sent him a video showing them murdering his dad.

I asked Sherif Mansour, the Middle East and North Africa program coordinator for CPJ, what drives a journalist like Mousa to make such huge sacrifices.

“They just want to document what is happening, to tell the world,” he said.

“No one outside cares about Raqqa because the story is not being told.”

Not surprisingly, Syria was the deadliest country for journalists in 2015, with 13 dead. The determination of Syrian citizen-journalists to carry on — despite being hunted by both the Syrian government and ISIS — is almost past understanding.

Next most deadly this year were France (where nine journalists were killed in terrorist attacks), Brazil, Bangladesh, Iraq, and Yemen.

ued, wholly unjust imprisonment of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, who marked 500 days of detention in the notorious Evin prison on Dec. 2. This grim milestone surpasses the bleak stats for the U.S. diplomats who were taken hostage in 1979 during the Iranian revolution; they were released after 444 days.

Because Rezaian is an Iranian American, Iran insists it can hold him as one of its own. In a farcical proceeding, he was tried behind closed doors on vague charges of espionage and sentenced last month. But no one knows for how long because his lawyer wasn’t even allowed to be present.

Despite hints of his likely release from Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, architect of the nuclear deal, Rezaian remains in Evin.

(Unfortunately, Rezaian’s release wasn’t directly linked to the deal.)

China tops list As for jailers of journalists, China wins that dubious prize for the second year in a row, with 49 behind bars. In supposedly democratic Egypt (23) and Turkey (14), the numbers of imprisoned journalists nearly doubled over the past year as their elected presidents moved to muzzle dissent.

But Iran, number two on the list with 19 journalists in jail as of Dec. 15, has been on a roll in muzzling the media this year. Hard-liners are trying to prevent media from calling for reforms in the wake of Tehran’s nuclear deal with the West — and as parliamentary elections draw near.

One of the most egregious cases involves an American citizen.

I refer to the contin-

Pawns in Iran rivalry Rezaian (and at least three other Americans being held) are pawns in the rivalry between Iranian reformers and hard-liners, I was told by Ali Vaez, an Iran expert at the International Crisis Group.

“They are being used to make sure better relations (between Tehran and Washington) don’t happen,” Vaez said.

If that is the intent of Iranian hard-liners, and they continue to hold Rezaian hostage, they may well succeed.

The fate of Rezaian will signal in what direction Iran is heading. And it reminds us of the debt we owe to journalists who still report full time from the world’s most difficult spots.

— Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial-board member for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 28, 1915: “The plans for the celyears ebration to be held on New ago Year’s day in recognition IN 1915 of the opening of the interurban road to Kansas City are moving along satisfactorily....

Besides the members of the First Regiment band, about seventy men will make the trip from Lawrence. Two cars will be required to carry them. T. J. Sweeney, secretary of the local committee, will see that the cars are suitably decorated inside and out, and that the interurban road and Lawrence as its terminal are suitably advertised to all persons along the route.”

“On account of the bad weather prevailing the workmen have been unable to repair the Douglas county clock. The clock is to be cleaned, repainted and any necessary repairs made. It is hoped that the new year will see a renewed clock.

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In the 36 hours before the latest Democratic debate, the forces of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton fired angry verbal broadsides at one another, essentially accusing one another of dirty tricks after an inadvertent breach in their party’s computer data base.

But when Clinton, Sanders and Martin O’Malley met for the Dec. 19 St. Anselm’s College debate, the mood was far less combative. Sanders apologized for his campaign’s mistakes, Clinton accepted his apology and said it was time to move on and O’Malley said their “bickering” exemplified Washington politics.

Even when they criticized one another later on the issues, from regime change abroad to paying for college aid and health care at home, the three stuck primarily to substance, avoiding the highly personal, sometimes nasty tone of the most recent Republican debate four days earlier.

There are two main reasons. None of the three uses the kind of incendiary language, proposes off-the-wall ideas and stirs angry emotions as Republican frontrunner Donald Trump does. And the Democratic race still seems more likely to end predictably than the multicandidate GOP contest.

It almost seems at times as if Sanders, Clinton’s principal challenger, believes she is probably going to win the Democratic nomination and, while eager to delineate their differences and pull her closer to his leftist views, does not want to undercut her chances of keeping Republicans out of the White House next November.

To be sure, the Vermont senator continues to run well in the first two states being contested next year, trailing Clinton by about 10 points in recent polling for the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses and leading by roughly the same margin in polls for the Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary.

Elsewhere and nationally, however, he trails her by substantial margins.

His numbers resemble Barack Obama’s when he contested Clinton eight years ago, and Sanders has created some of the same excitement among younger voters as the then-Illinois senator did. But the 73-year-old self-styled Democratic socialist seems unlikely to match the success the first significant African-American candidate enjoyed subsequently in an increasingly diverse Democratic electorate.

Indeed, Sanders seemed to concede the

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limits to his opportunities when he regaled New Hampshire supporters recently of his electoral path should he emerge from its primary as a viable candidate.

“If we can win here,” he said in Hollis, N.H., “it will give us a great bounce as we go to Massachusetts, Maine, Colorado and Minnesota.” All of those states but Massachusetts are caucus states, which favor candidates with fervent support among activists. Two are in his home region of New England, and the four only comprise about one-fourth of the states and delegates to be contested in early March, hardly enough to win what almost certainly will be a two-candidate race.

Before that, however, Sanders might be able to take advantage of unique circumstances in both Iowa and New Hampshire that make them more difficult for Clinton than other states.

Iowa has never been a Clinton stronghold, dating from 1992, when Bill Clinton and other Democratic candidates bypassed its caucuses because of former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin’s candidacy, to 2008, when she lost to Obama because of his innate appeal and the opposition within the state’s liberal-leaning Democratic party to her now-retracted support for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Sanders’ decision against escalating the verbal warfare against Clinton as his strategists did before the debate paralleled his refusal in their first debate to make an issue of the controversy over her use of a private email server while Secretary of State and the resulting Justice Department investigation.

Sanders victories in both Iowa and New Hampshire could unsettle the predictable course of the Democratic race, but even then he would face an uphill battle. One can only imagine how loud and long the email and computer breach matters would resonate if they surfaced in the more competitive Republican race.

— Carl P. Leubsdorf is the former Washington bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News.

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outside, but when she returned to lock her front door both Rayton and Sanders allegedly forced their way inside.

As the two men entered the apartment, Rayton held the woman at gunpoint and hit her in the head with the weapon, forcing her to the floor, she said. Sanders then held her on the floor at gunpoint and took her cellphone, throwing it across the room, she said, as Rayton searched her bedroom.

During the entire incident the woman’s children — one 7 months old, the other 3 years old — were in the apartment and sleeping, she said.

Rayton soon returned and began to choke the woman while repeatedly

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really exacerbate the divide in the district,” she said.

The main concern is the waiting lists. The librarians reported that between the two schools, the device checkout programs have about 15 students waiting for the short-term checkout.

Additional students have indicated they are interested in the semester-long checkout, which doesn’t keep a waiting list.

The calculation of 120 high school students without Internet represents those with no access, but that figure doesn’t account for students with limited access.

Lanice Brown, a junior at Free State, told the board she has two computers at home, but her twin sister uses one for virtual school and another sister is taking online college courses. By the time the computer was free, she said, it was often late, and she’d sometimes fall asleep waiting to use it, leaving her homework incomplete.

“It’s easier for me to just have my device, to go upstairs to my room and get it over with,” she said, explaining that she’s involved in choir, after-school clubs and debate forensics, and prefers to do her homework as soon as she gets home.

District officials hope some students with no or limited access will benefit from another new program.

The school district recently began a program called Family Access to School Technology. To increase access, the library at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School is open from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. At South Middle School, the library is open from 3:05 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

So far, FAST has not been as popular as the device checkout program, but district officials think that is due mostly to a lack of awareness. Kemble noted that the extended hours are also available for parents.

asking, “Where is it at?” she said. The two men then took her into her bedroom, where she gave them a key to her safe.

Once her safe was open, Rayton and Sanders took the contents, forced the woman into her bathroom and left the apartment, she said.

After the incident she was left with a bruise on her neck and swelling and a cut on her head, the affidavits state. Her children were not injured.

Initially, the woman told police Rayton and Sanders stole a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, around $1,700 worth of electronics and a black duffel bag worth $20, the affidavits state.

In a follow-up interview, however, the woman reportedly admitted to lying to police and said Rayton and Sanders also stole a bottle of liquid phencyclidine,

or PCP, worth about $400.

They also stole an unopened package of More brand cigarettes, which are commonly soaked in the drug and sold, the affidavits state.

The woman told police she recognized Sanders as someone she had seen on Facebook, according to the affidavits, and later she recognized Rayton in a photographic lineup.

Sanders was arrested in Topeka on Dec. 3, and Rayton had already been in the Douglas County Jail for the past five months on charges related to a failure to comply with court orders.

Sanders is scheduled in court for a preliminary hearing at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 19. Rayton is scheduled for a status conference at 9 a.m. April 1.

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

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“I would use my phone until the mobile data would run out,” she said. “I had no time for extracurricular activities because of computer after hours; my schedule was pretty much tied up.”

The Lawrence school district did not survey its students to find out how many had reliable access to computers and Internet before introducing digital texts. After teachers raised concerns, the district began the pilot device checkout program about two months ago at Lawrence and Free State high schools.

The changeover to digital has been gradual over the past five years. This school year, digital texts were rolled out for three additional subjects: high school algebra and advanced placement U.S. history, as well as elementary language arts.

After those additions, more than 90 percent of students districtwide — or about 10,000 students — have one or more subjects that rely on a digital textbook.

As the district introduced digital texts, it also started a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy. For some students, that left them using the only device they had: a smartphone.

“After classes started, we realized that some students were using smartphones to do their homework — reading chapters of history on their phones or taking pictures of their math homework,” Free State librarian Leslie Campbell told the board.

In September, teachers at Lawrence High reported similar circumstances, which prompted district officials to initiate the pilot program for device checkout at both high schools.

Prior to the move to digital texts, no direct survey

was done to determine how many Lawrence students don’t have dependable access to a device or the Internet. District officials calculated that 120 high school students would not have Internet access at home based on nationwide research done by Kajeet, a wireless Internet provider, said Jerri Kemble, assistant superintendent of educational programs and technology.

As part of the pilot device checkout program, there are 35 laptops and 10 Wi-Fi hotspots available for checkout at each high school. Of the laptops at each school, 10 are Chromebooks and 25 are Macbooks. Campbell told the board that students’ individual stories are important for recognizing the need for more devices and finding a solution.

So far, librarians indicate that the device checkout program is popular.

Campbell and Charlotte Anderson, the librarian at Lawrence High, both reported the devices have remained checked out at all times, with students consistently waiting.

Free State checks out its 25 MacBooks for the semester, and Taylor was one of the students who had one for the fall. Taylor said the laptop has made a big difference. Her schedule is more flexible. She doesn’t have to rush anymore to make the library hours, which has allowed her to participate in activities and clubs after school.

“I just want to say that this has been a great opportunity and thanks to those that have been involved,” she said.

Kemble, the assistant superintendent of educational programs and technology, said the district needs to consider its policies when it comes to devices and their effect on its goal of equity.

“One of the things I was really shocked about is that if districts are going to focus on BYOD, that that can

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TEXAS UNDER SIEGE: 11 DIE IN ONSLAUGHT OF TORNADOES Part of larger weather violence hitting Midwest

Islamic State loses ground in Syria, too

John Bacon USA TODAY

The death toll from a swath of tornadoes that roared through the Dallas area rose to 11 Sunday as the state struggled to combat heavy rains, floods and what was shaping up as an “epic” snowstorm.

“There will be an ongoing problem for the next 24 hours but also for the next several days,” Gov. Greg Abbott said. He issued disaster declarations in four counties and pleaded with residents to stay off the roads.

The state’s woes were a microcosm of the angry weather that has targeted parts of the Midwest and South for several days. The toll already has been heavy this past week: There have been at least 42 deaths in several states including Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. The weather system driving a string of killer tornadoes and flash floods was poised to continue Monday.

Heavy snow was forecast from New Mexico all the way to Iowa, National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Oram said.

Sunday, snow and ice brought whiteout conditions and locked up roads across parts of Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez declared a state of emergency.

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Iraqis claim victory in Ramadi Ammar Al Shamary and Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY

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Rowlett, Texas, suffered heavy damage after a tornado tore through the area. Gov. Greg Abbott issued disaster declarations in four counties. Texas was also preparing for a big snowstorm.

Mark Wiley said much of the region can expect 8-16 inches of snow, and some areas could see 20 inches or more. “This is really going to be an epic snow in Texas,” Wiley said. “Throw in 50mph winds, and we are calling for drifts to 10 or 12 feet.”

And there was the rain: Heavy rains that paralyzed parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri swept through the Dallas area and into parts of Oklahoma

and Arkansas. Heavy rains and flooding were likely to bring more havoc to some of those areas, plus Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, Oram said.

In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency Sunday as flash floods affected much of the state.

At least 11 tornadoes blasted through the Dallas area Saturday, Wiley said. Hardest hit was Garland, Texas, where eight people

died, police Lt. Pedro Barineau said. Most of the fatalities occurred on highways as cars became caught in the weather.

Barineau said 600 homes and businesses were damaged. “It’s total devastation,” he said.

Three people, including an infant, died in Copeville, about 40 miles northeast of Dallas.

Contributing: Doyle Rice and WFAATV, Dallas-Fort Worth

AT 40, TIGER CAN ONLY PLAY WAITING GAME Ailing back keeps golf’s fading superstar off the course, but he’s not ready to call it a career

Steve DiMeglio @Steve_DiMeglio USA TODAY Sports

ALBANY, BAHAMAS Tiger Woods was cruising around Albany Golf Course during the second round of the Hero World Challenge with his two favorite players tagging along in the front seat — daughter Sam, 8, and son Charlie, 6.

Despite attentively watching some of the world’s top golfers, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott, play that first week of December, the family’s conversation inevitably turned to soccer. The kids, after all, are nuts for the world’s most popular sport.

So the youngsters were asked a simple question: Would you rather be Lionel Messi on the pitch or Tiger Woods on the

golf course?

“Messi,” Sam immediately said with a big smile and a giggle.

“Messi,” more reserved Charlie said. After a slight pause, the youngest Woods chimed in again.

“He’s playing.”

With that stinger, the elder Woods dropped his head in mock humiliation before cracking a huge smile and laughing out loud.

“Well,” Tiger Woods said, “he’s right.”

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BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces claimed control of a key government facility in central Ramadi on Sunday, wresting more territory in the disputed city from Islamic State fighters after several days of fierce fighting.

“We have besieged the complex from all the directions,” said Col. Mohammed Ibrahim, an Iraqi military spokesman. “The area is in our hands.”

Speaker of Parliament Salim al Jubouri hailed the “big victory” over the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, and said “the liberation of Ramadi broke the spine” of the militants and would be “the beginning of the liberation of Mosul.”

In Syria, U.S.-backed fighters took control of a key dam, severing a supply line between Raqqa, the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed capital, and militant fighters on the Turkish border.

“It’s been a great operational day,” said Army Col. Steve Warren, the top spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State. “We’re hitting them with combination punches now. ... That said, the war’s not over.”

The Pentagon was unable to confirm that Iraqi forces secured the entire government complex in Ramadi.

Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq, has been held by the Islamic State since May when militant forces overran the city as government troops fled without a fight. That followed losses across Iraq, including the Islamic State overrunning Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, in the summer of 2014.

After months of airstrikes, Iraqi troops advised by forces from the U.S.-led coalition have retaken parts of Ramadi, culminating in Sunday’s capture of buildings at the government center. “The Islamic State withdrew from the compound,” said Ali Dawood, a government official in Ramadi.

“They took dozens of the families who live nearby as human shields and moved east of Ramadi.”

Warren said this shows “the Iraqis have moved from an army that folded on initial contact in the summer of ’14 to an army that has been able to conduct a complex operation in a large, built-up area. This is the biggest thing the Iraqi army has done. Period.”

Vanden Brook reported from Washington

Israeli troops kill two Palestinians after stabbing attack One soldier was stabbed in the face Melanie Eversley USA TODAY

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians on Sunday after an alleged stabbing attack at the Hawara checkpoint in the West Bank, according to news reports.

The incident took place at a gas station near the Hawara checkpoint, south of the city of Nablus, according to the Al Jazeera news organization and ABC News.

The two men approached a

group of Israeli soldiers and began stabbing one of the soldiers in the face, the Haaretz news organization reported.

The Israeli troops shot at the alleged assailants, killing them. A soldier caught in the crossfire was wounded, according to Haaretz.

The two Palestinians were identified as Mohammed Sbaaneh, 17, and Nour Eddine Sbaaneh, 23. Both men were related though it was not clear how.

The Israeli military confirmed the incident.

The soldier who was stabbed suffered light wounds, and the soldier caught in the crossfire suffered moderate wounds, accord-

Israeli troops check the site where two Palestinians were killed after reportedly attacking Israeli soldiers near Nablus, West Bank.

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ing to Haaretz.

Earlier Sunday, an assailant stabbed a soldier near Jerusalem’s central city bus station, ABC News reported. The assailant was taken into police custody.

During his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinian Authority, which “encourages and incites” the stabbing attacks, according to

Al Jazeera.

Palestinians have said they see no hope for the future living under what they describe as harsh Israeli rule, Al Jazeera reported.

Some of the violence has been motivated by increasing visits by Israeli forces to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, one of the holiest Islamic sites outside of Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera reported.

The mosque is housed within a complex known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

Under a decades-old agreement, non-Muslims can visit the site but not pray. Jordan is custodian of the walled compound in old Jerusalem.

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Environment pays the price in Miami Alan Gomez

@alangomez USA TODAY

MIAMI It’s sometimes difficult to realize that my hometown is such a young city.

In the late 1890s, as New Yorkers welcomed the newly installed Statue of Liberty and Chicago hosted its World’s Fair, the city of Miami was incorporated with more than 300 people living amid the swamps.

Much has changed since then as Miami became an international mecca for tourists, artists, models, business owners — and the occasional miscreant. Today’s gleaming, glass-lined skyline is unrecognizable from the modest one I grew up with in the 1980s. You can’t drive around this sun-soaked city without crossing under the shadow of a construction crane as the city core grows higher each day.

In our rush to grow, I worry that we’re losing what made this place so special to begin with: its fragile environment.

Miami rests on one of the most complicated ecosystems in the country: an ocean to the east, the Everglades to the west, our drinking water in an aquifer a few feet below us. Far too often, in our hurry to become bigger and better, we’ve watched as those precious gifts have been plowed over in the name of progress.

At PortMiami, government officials just completed a deepening of the channel to accommodate giant cargo ships that will soon cross through an expanded Panama Canal. Business and political leaders say the deeper channel will lead to an

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The ever-growing skyline of downtown Miami sits on Biscayne Bay. As downtown climbs ever higher, the region’s environment decays. economic boom. It comes at a heavy cost underwater, damaging coral reefs critical to the health of marine species and popular with divers.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers led the complicated process of excavating portions of the seabed and dumping sediment farther out to sea. Before work started in 2011, the corps agreed to move nearly 1,000 corals out of the danger zone. After environmental groups sued, claiming a wider area was being damaged, the corps agreed in 2014 to spend $400,000 to relocate more coral colonies and closely monitor the area.

Far too often, in our hurry to become bigger and better, we’ve watched as precious gifts have been plowed over in the name of progress.

As the digging neared completion this year, more bad news: The National Marine Fisheries Service warned that the damaged area “greatly exceeds” what was predicted, a blanket of silt and clay covering more than four times the expected seabed.

Things don’t look much better above the waterline.

Across Biscayne Bay, workers have been prepping a piece of shoreline for February’s Miami International Boat Show. This show has become the source of intense controversy because of its new location on Virginia Key, an island that not only offers a glorious view of the Miami sky-

line but also serves as protection for the bay.

This year, workers illegally tore down more than 1,700 square feet of mangrove trees next to the site of the show.

Mangroves are incredibly important trees that grow mostly along coastal shorelines, half in the water, half out. I’m not exaggerating when I say that even my 7-year-old niece understands their importance, from slowing water erosion to serving as a safe place for wildlife to reproduce.

In recent weeks, citizens and environmentalists have complained at public hearings about the damage that could result from hundreds of boats and thousands of people gathered on the island. Water taxis shuttling people to the show will travel so close to manatees, dolphins and other protected species that a “spotter” boat will be on hand to keep them on the right path.

More than 1,000 pilings will be driven into the seafloor to create temporary boat slips for the show, only to be removed and replaced each year.

The boat show organizers and Miami officials say they can put on the show, help the economy and minimize environmental damage. From what we’ve seen, I’m not so sure.

Lee Hefty, assistant director of Miami-Dade County’s Division of Environmental Resources Management, told me he doesn’t have the manpower to monitor the vast stretches of coastline, marshes and waterways that make Miami unique.

“We rely on residents to keep an eye on things and help us.”

As Miami continues its march toward mega-metropolis, I hope all of us here do just that.

Gomez is USA TODAY’s Miami-based correspondent.

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Woods prepares to celebrate his 40th birthday Wednesday, his legacy is secure but his future on the golf course is in doubt.

He hasn’t played since the third week of August because of a back that has required three surgical procedures in the same area in 19 months. His game, along with his body, has been in tatters for two years.

But the divorced father of two, still the world’s most famous golfer and one of the most dominant athletes of all time, isn’t eyeing the milestone birthday with any reverence or significance.

He’ll tell you he’s not facing a midlife crisis despite a stunning fall inside the gallery ropes and on Madison Avenue. Life is good, he says, even though he can’t play the sport that has fueled him since he walked onto The Mike Douglas Show at 2 and wowed Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart and Douglas by hitting golf balls into a net.

Woods is first eyeballing a return to another sport.

“The kids are so into soccer, and they always want to play, and I can’t do that,” said Woods, who is limited to light stretching and walking after the third procedure on his back Oct. 28. “I have to be the best cheerleader I can possibly be. But still, it’s nothing like interacting with my kids and being a part of their lives and being out there with them. I just hope I can do that soon.

“If I can get to that, then we can start talking about golf.”

A GOOD RUN

When he did talk golf at the Hero World Challenge, the tournament that benefits his foundation, it sounded as if his playing days were over. In a revealing news conference, the man with 14 majors and 79 PGA Tour titles painted a bleak picture of his future with a steady stream of telling comments.

Downtrodden and in obvious pain, Woods said there was no timetable for his return, no light at the end of his tunnel. He said everything beyond this “will be gravy” and he was looking forward to the 2016 Ryder Cup as an assistant captain (if he doesn’t play his way on to the team).

And the man who has always had Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors in his cross hairs didn’t talk about needing five more to pass the Golden Bear, instead

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Tiger Woods’ children, Charlie, left, and Sam, follow their famous father during the Par 3 contest before the 2015 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. mentioning how he had passed Nicklaus in wins (Woods has 79 to Nicklaus’ 73).

“For my 20 years out here, I think I’ve achieved a lot, and if that’s all it entails, then I’ve had a pretty good run,” Woods said.

“But I’m hoping that’s not it.”

Hoping? That didn’t sound like the Woods of old. It sounded like an old Woods. Sportswriters everywhere have written him off.

And why not? He’s cashed in for more than $1 billion, according to Forbes. He owns a yacht called Privacy and a seaside palatial estate in Jupiter, Fla. He has had seven surgeries (four to his left knee). And, in 2015, he had one top-10 result, missed cuts, alarming chip yips and three rounds in the 80s (including a career-high 85 in the Memorial’s third round).

He appeared to have reached his breaking point in that news conference Dec. 2. The physical toll from unleashing one of the most powerful swings in the game has beaten his body down.

“If I’m able to prepare and do the things I need to do to win a tournament, I will play. If I can’t prepare, I won’t play. It doesn’t always have to be about hitting a golf ball and getting it in the hole as fast as I can. If I’m not able to compete at the highest level, I will find things where I can compete at.”

Tiger Woods

Living in the spotlight, especially since his infidelities led to a divorce from Elin Nordegren in 2010, has weighed heavily on him.

Since he last won in the 2013 World Golf ChampionshipsBridgestone Invitational, he has notched four top-10 results, missed six cuts and withdrew three times in 27 starts.

He last won a major in 2008.

His world ranking as of Monday will be 416. It’s a stunning reversal for the player who holds the record of 623 weeks atop the world rankings. A player who once went 142 tournaments in a row without missing a cut; who won four consecutive majors and five or more tournaments in a year a record 10 times.

But after speaking at that news conference, an upbeat Woods emerged, especially when his two priorities arrived Friday. Although he is resigned to accept whatever his future holds, he wasn’t aware his words were taken as if he were riding off into the sunset. He said he still has the work ethic and drive to return to the course. He hasn’t given one thought to hitting the ceremonial first tee shot at Augusta National in the Masters, he said.

“Come on, I’m not retired. I’m not done yet,” Woods said later in the week. “ I know there will be a time when I will get to rehab, get to start working out again and I’ll do everything I can to get back out here. It’s going to be tough to get back. You know I’m not patient. And it’s so different this time. To get better I can’t do anything. That’s never been the case in the past.”

His colleagues hope he’ll return to join them on golf courses the world over. Although no one has moved the needle like Woods over the last 20 years, the PGA Tour has rolled along in his absence, led by a powerhouse group of 20-somethings in Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Fowler and Spieth.

To many of the younger set on the PGA Tour, Woods was their childhood hero. To this day, his is the bar they strive to reach, especially his standard of excellence.

“What we were able to do kind of this season, he did for 15 years straight,” said Spieth, the world No. 1 and reigning Tour player of the year who won five tournaments this year, including two majors.

“You just hope he gets healthy.

I know maybe we’ve said it a few different times, but I think he really has his head around mak-

ing sure that he takes his time getting back because he’s still got a lot of good years ahead of him in my mind. ... I think we certainly haven’t seen the end of him even if he does say that if the sun sets on the career now it’s still good. I think he’s still got some really good years left out of him.”

LOOKING BEYOND GOLF

Woods collapsed into an oversized reclining chair in the movie theater of the clubhouse at Albany Golf Club after his news conference, letting out a long “aaahh” as he snapped up the foot rest.

The plush resort’s weight room was within 500 yards, but Woods, a work-out animal who led golf into the world of weight training and fitness, must now bypass it.

“It’s really tested my patience and my resolve, no doubt about it,” Woods said of his inability to work out. “It’s been hard, harder than most of the times after my surgeries over the years. Those had timetables. I was working out early and I was rehabbing. With this one, in order to get better, I have to do nothing.”

Unable to hit a golf ball, Woods has lots of time to think about what he’s missing on the course.

“On the golf course, it’s being able to hit any shot I want to hit. I certainly miss that,” Woods said.

“I miss being able to create and hit shots and do things that I know I can do. When healthy, I’ve proven to myself I can do that at any given time, and that’s been fun over the years.”

And if his doctors and physiotherapists tell him his back won’t let him try and do that again, Woods will accept his fate. Other interests, he said, will fill the void of not being able to go mano-amano with his peers on the golf course. For instance, his burgeoning foundation is working to expand internationally. His golf course design business is flourishing. His restaurant — The Woods Jupiter — is doing just fine. And his kids are growing up.

“If I’m able to prepare and do the things I need to do to win a tournament, I will play. If I can’t prepare, I won’t play,” Woods said.

“It doesn’t always have to be about hitting a golf ball and getting it in the hole as fast as I can.

If I’m not able to compete at the highest level (in golf ), I will find things where I can compete at. It might not be at the highest level, but I will find other things and other avenues to compete.”

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Killings further tighten Chicago tension

Police officer fatally shoots teenager armed with baseball bat, and a neighbor is accidentally killed in the incident

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A college student who was one of two people killed by a Chicago police officer Saturday had a baseball bat and was agitated, according to details that emerged Sunday from family members who said the officer overreacted in firing.

Chicago police said Quintonio LeGrier, 19, was shot to death by a police officer responding to a report of a domestic dispute early Saturday, and amid the gunfire, the officer accidentally killed a neighbor, Bettie Jones, 55.

The killings fueled racial tensions on the rise in Chicago. Angry demonstrators and family members held a news conference Sunday accusing police of a pattern of violence against blacks.

“If you’re afraid of these streets to the point where you got to shoot first, you need to turn your badge in,” said Betty Turner, LeGrier’s great-aunt.

Prominent African-American ministers complained of an everwidening schism between police and black neighborhoods. “What can a community do and who can they call when we need service and protection like everyone else?” said Ira Acree of the Greater St. John Bible Church. “Community trust in Chicago police is at an all-time low.”

Marshall Hatch, minister at the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in West Garfield Park, the neighborhood where the shooting occurred, said Sunday that “for Chicago police to be this reckless when the national spotlight is on the department shows how deeply dysfunctional the relationship is between this department and its citizens.”

The Independent Police Review Authority, which reviews police-involved shootings in Chicago, is investigating.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a

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Janet Cooksey, center, mother of Quintonio LeGrier, walks from the location where her son and a neighbor died in a police-involved shooting.

LaTonya Jones holds a picture of her mother, Bettie Jones, during a vigil outside their home Sunday.

Jones was accidentally shot and killed by a police officer.

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statement Sunday saying there are serious questions about Saturday’s shooting and “changes are needed to how officers respond to mental health crises.”

LeGrier and Jones are black.

The U.S. Justice Department launched an inquiry last week

into the Chicago Police Department’s handling of an investigation into the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, 17, who was shot 16 times by a police officer in 2014.

McDonald is black. The white officer, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with first-degree murder in November for the teen’s death, just as a police dashboard video of the shooting in October 2014 was made public because of a court order.

Demonstrators have since taken to the streets in Chicago, demanding the mayor’s resignation.

Saturday’s incident began when LeGrier arrived a “little agitated” at his father’s apartment at 4:15 a.m. with a baseball bat and tried to break down his locked bedroom door, Antonio LeGrier told the Chicago Sun-Times. Antonio LeGrier told the newspaper

that he called the police, then alerted Jones, his downstairs neighbor, that his son was a “little irate” and not to open her door unless police arrived.

The Chicago Tribune quoted the dispatcher as saying, a “male caller said someone is threatening his life. ... The 19-year-old son is banging on his bedroom door with a baseball bat.”

Antonio LeGrier told the SunTimes he heard Jones yell, “Whoa, whoa, whoa!” then gunshots. He said police told him his son was shot seven times.

Relatives said Quintonio LeGrier, a student at Northern Illinois University, had struggled with behavioral issues. His mother, Janet Cooksey, described his condition as being “a little hyper.”

“My son was happy. He’s not an angry child. He’s not a violent child. He’s a good child,” she said.

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December is typically the quietest month for tornadoes, but at least 20 deaths this month make it the second-deadliest December on record, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

An average December has three tornado-related deaths, based on data since the early 1950s, said Greg Carbin, warning coordination meteorologist for the prediction center.

Until last week’s ferocious storms just before Christmas, 10 people had died in tornadoes this year, putting 2015 on track to be the least deadly year from tornadoes.

Instead, this is the first time that December will be the deadliest month of the year, Carbin said.

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Chinese lawmakers on Sunday formally approved a Communist Party edict ending China’s “onechild” policy effective Jan. 1.

“The state advocates that one couple shall be allowed to have two children,” states the revised Law on Population and Family Planning, which the state-run Xinhua News Agency said was approved by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.

The Communist Party announced in October that the onechild law, introduced in 1980, would be dropped, citing a desire “to improve the balanced development of (China’s) population.”

A year ago, the number of people older than 60 had reached 212 million, about 15.5% of China’s population, Xinhua said.

— John Bacon NO ARRESTS AFTER 2,000 TEENS FIGHT AT KY. MALL

A suburban Louisville mall reopened Sunday with extra security, a day after closing early when

cember was in 1953 when there were 43 fatalities.

Unseasonably warm temperatures are the main cause for the severe storms this month, said Frank Strait, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather. It’s also been very humid, he said, and that warm, muggy air provides the fuel for thunderstorms to form.

El Niño has brought warm,

spring-like temperatures to much of the southern and eastern USA this fall and winter. Typical results from El Niño are wet and stormy conditions across the southern USA. Strait said that after a couple of more days of storms, cooler temperatures should shut off the severe weather threat for much of the nation.

SLIM SNOW IN FRENCH ALPS

IN BRIEF CHINA SAYS ITS ONE-CHILD POLICY WILL END JAN. 1

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Residents and emergency workers walk near stripped trees at an apartment complex damaged by a tornado in Garland, Texas

throngs of unruly teens caused disturbances.

Officers continued to investigate what exactly caused up to 2,000 people — mostly juveniles — to start fights that forced Mall St. Matthews to close early.

Officer Dennis McDonald said the department started receiving calls for service throughout the mall at around 7 p.m.

By the end of the night, officers from four departments had responded to the situation in eastern suburban Louisville. Kay Stewart, a spokeswoman with the Transit Authority of River City, said buses took 300 to 350 youths home from the mall.

Though no arrests were made, McDonald said the officers worked quickly to disperse crowds and respond to all reports, including unconfirmed reports of shots fired inside and outside the mall. — The (Louisville) Courier-Journal ALSO ...

uIsraeli Cabinet ministers gave preliminary approval Sunday for a bill that would impose

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Children ski on a thin layer of snow in Villard-de-Lans, France, on Sunday. The Alps have seen a decline in snowfall and a rise in average temperatures over the past 30 years. restrictions on non-profit groups that get more than half their funding from a foreign government, the Associated Press reported. The bill would require the groups to declare their sources of funding on every report and in parliamentary discussions. uSyrian forces booby-trapped farm buildings in southern Daraa province and detonated the explosives as Islamic rebel factions gathered at the venue, killing 17 militants, Ahmad al-Masalmeh, an opposition activist, said Sun-

day. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast Saturday was in the village of Kfar Shams.

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Birmingham: AL.com readers chose Sid Ortis as Alabama’s 2015 Person of the Year. Though the 16-year-old high school sophomore died of bone cancer nearly two months ago, he remains a strong presence for his parents, four siblings and friends, who were with him when he took his final breath.

HIGHLIGHT: NEW JERSEY

Lost wedding ring recovered on ocean floor Mark Thompson, right, recovered Jay Bradford’s wedding ring.

ALASKA Fairbanks: State troopers cited Kevin Kangas for allegedly obstructing moose hunters near Ruby, newsminer.com reported.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Inmates at the state penitentiary have been cranking out tens of thousands of 2016 license plates each day in preparation for the new design’s debut Jan. 1. The new design once again features Mount Rushmore, but the presidential faces are angled differently and tinted shades of beige and brown.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Kenneth

Jay Rhodes, 71, who was arrested after allegedly slitting a woman’s throat and sexually assaulting her, died after being attacked by an inmate in the Fourth Avenue Jail, The Arizona Republic reported.

CAPT. NICK BARSA

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ARKANSAS Little Rock: A man

was charged after paying a pizza delivery driver with fake $5 bills, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. When police searched Roger Johnson, 36, they discovered 32 counterfeit $5 bills with the same serial number in his possession.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: A

bright fireball streaking across the evening sky was a Russian SL-4 rocket body that fell from orbit, the Los Angeles Times reported.

COLORADO Denver: A Salva-

tion Army donation kettle was stolen from a bell ringer outside a King Soopers store on Christmas Eve, KUSA reported. King Soopers announced it would donate enough to cover the stolen money.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Stag Arms, a Connecticut maker of military-style rifles, pleaded guilty to violating federal firearms laws and will lose its license to operate.

DELAWARE Newark: Police

investigated after officers discovered a decomposing body in a backyard.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Two

men were arrested and three vehicles advertising kushgod.com were seized in connection to a marijuana distribution operation, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Kush Gods is a company that says it gives people food laced with THC in exchange for donations, WUSA9 reported.

FLORIDA Cocoa Beach: More

than 6,000 people flocked to the beach to watch hundreds of surfing Santas take to the waves and parachute onto the sand Christmas Eve for the seventh annual Surfing Santas cancer fundraiser, Florida Today reported.

GEORGIA Athens: The Univer-

sity of Georgia football team’s academic performance compared with other Southeastern Conference teams has gotten worse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Six years ago, UGA had the second-highest academic progress rate in the conference.

Today, it’s number nine.

HAWAII Wailua-Kona: Officials

are working to get a $6 million project to expand Maui’s only cemetery for veterans back on track before burial space runs out. The project for Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao has been on hold since November after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was found to be in violation of federal historic preservation laws, The Maui News reported.

IDAHO Idaho Falls: Disabilities activists are upset about a state decision to cut Medicaid reimbursement rates for in-home care for the developmentally disabled, the Post Register reported.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Two men

were killed, and six other people, including a rapper known as King Louie, were wounded in shootings, the Chicago Tribune reported.

big step forward when the developer, Centennial American Properties, closed on its purchase of The Greenville News site. Centennial paid $13.25 million for the prominent property of nearly 4 acres.

Capt. Nick Barsa, owner of the charter boat LockN-Load, had to find a wedding ring his friend Jay Bradford lost at the bottom of the ocean.

“He always used to say he could anchor on a dime, except ... the ring is the size of a quarter. So I’ll give it to him that he can anchor on a quarter,” said Bradford, 27, of Point Pleasant, N.J. He and Barsa have been friends for a long time.

Bradford helps Barsa out on his charters. The job requires working with his hands on tasks such as cutting bait, filleting fish, untangling fishing lines and dropping anchors.

On Dec. 12, Barsa had some charter customers on the boat BELMAR

INDIANA Indianapolis: Resi-

dent Kenneth Vansickle, 62, accelerated through a railroad crossing in Montgomery County and was struck by an oncoming train, The Indianapolis Star reported. Vansickle died of his injuries.

IOWA Des Moines: Police offi-

cer Brady Pratt, 23, accidentally fired his gun inside an office at the Des Moines International Airport while he was practicing his “quick draw.” No one was injured, The Des Moines Register reported.

searching for blackfish, a bottom species that lives in rock crevices on the ocean floor. Barsa sent Bradford up to the bow several times to pick up the anchors, so they could move to new grounds because the fish would not bite.

Bradford’s wedding ring fell overboard when he was pulling the anchor in. “My hand hit the bow rail, and the ring came up off my knuckle,” Bradford said.

As he watched the ring sink, he felt a similar feeling in his stomach.

Barsa called diver Mark Thompson, who owns Dive and Salvage in Sea Bright, N.J. “People thought I was crazy to try and go back for it,” Barsa said. “The odds are against finding it. It’s a big ocean out there.”

He saved the spot in his Global Positioning System, and the congregation since spring, The (Salisbury) Daily Times reported.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: If

population trends continue, the state has a good chance of keeping the nine seats it has in the U.S. House after the next federal Census in 2020. The state has lost one House seat in three of the past four reapportionments.

MICHIGAN Detroit: An Oak

Park woman accidentally backed her vehicle over her 1-year-old daughter, killing her, the Detroit Free Press reported.

KENTUCKY Smiths Grove:

After battling for five years to reunite three sisters they once cared for as foster children, a Barren County couple got an unexpected Christmas gift. All three sisters were allowed to be together at the home of Rex and Jini Payne after state social services officials reversed a decision barring the youngest sister, Angel, 17, from joining her two older sisters at the Paynes’ home, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal reported.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: Jerry Romig, who was the voice of the Saints as the play-by-play announcer for the team’s home games for 44 years, died at 86, The Times-Picayune reported.

MAINE Gardiner: The city was

awarded a $305,000 grant to begin remediation work on the site of the planned MaineGeneral medical facility, The Kennebec Journal reported.

MARYLAND Marion Station: State police charged Quindocqua United Methodist Church treasurer James Franklin Powell, 34, with stealing nearly $17,000 from

fisherman who became stuck up to his knees in some thick mud in a waterway was rescued.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Jack

Jones, the head of statewide training for police officers, will leave his post at the end of the month, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

NEW YORK New York City:

James Samways, a Brooklyn man who allegedly called for “Arab blood,” was arrested on a hate crime charge.

MISSISSIPPI Meridian: A plan

MISSOURI Columbia: Univer-

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: A 24-year-old Oklahoma man told police he was attacked downtown for his wallet, KXMB-TV reported.

is getting hit by a new strain of norovirus, the most common cause of sudden intestinal illness.

ic Mount Oread Friends kicked off a crowdfunding effort for the University of Kansas’ Prairie Acre restoration project with a $2,500 donation. The Prairie Acre is a swath of grass that was designated in 1932 to remain undeveloped and protected by the university.

NEW JERSEY Brick: A teenage

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: A tractor-trailer hauling pigs overturned on westbound Interstate 40, The News & Observer reported. Traffic on I-40 backed up as police and firefighters blocked two lanes.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: The state

KANSAS Lawrence: The Histor-

four days later, they returned.

Barsa had to be pinpoint accurate with the anchoring to give Thompson any hope of making a recovery.

Making it difficult were 35mph winds and a big swell on the ocean pushing the boat around. Barsa had to circle the boat several times in the vicinity until the bow was on the exact spot. “He put the boat right on the mark,” Thompson said.

It took Thompson only 10 minutes to reunite Bradford with his ring.

Meagan Bradford was ecstatic and amazed when she learned that her husband’s ring had been found.

“I nicknamed Nick ‘Capt. St. Nicholas’ for this time of year because these two did perform a Christmas miracle for us to have that ring back,” she said.

calls for the creation of a special district to connect the town’s hospitals to the downtown area, the Meridian Star reported. sity of Missouri students are working to establish the school’s first Latina sorority, the Columbia Missourian reported.

MONTANA Miles City: A suspect in the slaying of a man was detained in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the Miles City Star reported.

NEBRASKA Omaha: Robert Davis, 63, was sentenced to serve more than four years in prison for robbing a bank in 2014.

OHIO Toledo: Grade school

students hung colorful scarves on shrubs and trees at the Valentine Theatre. “I am not lost!” a message on tags attached to the scarves read. “If you are stuck out in the cold, please take this to keep warm!”

OKLAHOMA Tulsa: The state’s congressional delegation formally asked the Air Force to assign its next generation of fighter planes to the Air National Guard base at Tulsa International Airport, the Tulsa World reported.

OREGON Boardman:

NEVADA Elko: Capt.

Bryce Saddoris, 27, who grew up in Spring Creek, was named the U.S. Marine Corps Male Athlete of the Year, the Elko Daily Free Press reported. He is a commissioned supply officer at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:

State patients who qualify for medical marijuana will begin receiving identification cards needed to legally purchase and possess cannabis. Officials planned to begin issuing the cards Monday.

TENNESSEE Chattanooga: Thanks to donations from a “secret Santa” and friends, Metropolitan Ministries received $167,900 to help needy neighbors keep warm through the end of the year.

TEXAS Alpine: Brewster County

Sheriff Ronny Dodson, who put crosses on the back windows of patrol vehicles, asked for a state opinion on whether the stickers can stay. Dodson said the decals are not a statement of religious preference. He told KOSA-TV that his deputies have so much ground to cover that he figured they should “ask for all of the help” they could get. The county covers about 6,200 square miles.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A ski patrol employee was caught in an avalanche and partially buried at Snowbasin ski resort. Mike Erickson was taken to a hospital with injuries that probably include broken ribs, but he deployed a protective air bag that protected him from more serious harm.

VERMONT Burlington: A fire destroyed the historic Stone Hut on Mount Mansfield. Stowe firefighters carried water to near the top of the state’s tallest peak by chairlift and snow cats. The Stone Hut, which was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s and has been available for overnight stays, probably is a total loss, the Burlington Free Press reported.

VIRGINIA Richmond: The city signed a multiyear agreement worth up to $2.36 million with Taser International, the Scottsdale, Ariz., maker of body cameras and stun guns, the Times-Dispatch reported.

WASHINGTON Everett: Superi-

or Court Judge George Appel dismissed a lawsuit brought against the city of Lynnwood. The Herald reported that Ted Hikel, a former city councilman, and Don Gough, the city’s former mayor and a longtime civil attorney, accused Lynnwood of violating the state Public Records Act. WEST VIRGINIA Pocahontas County: William White Williams, chairman of the National Alliance, a neo-Nazi group, was arrested Dec. 16 on a battery charge for allegedly assaulting a woman who had worked at the organization’s Mill Point location, according to a criminal complaint. Williams was arrested last week for allegedly violating an order prohibiting him from contact with another National Alliance employee, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

WISCONSIN Green Bay: After

Portland General Electric fired the general contractor in charge of building the Carty Generating Station and will assume control of the project’s final construction.

hitting a three-year low, cattle prices rebounded by 13 cents per pound (up 11%) to finish near $1.30 per pound last week, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.

PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh:

WYOMING Casper: Democratic

Interstate 376 will close, so crews can implode and remove the Greenfield Bridge. The bridge is more than 90 years old and carries traffic above the interstate, which is locally known as the Parkway East.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: The state Association of Realtors said home sales increased by 14% last month compared with the same time last year.

SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville:

Plans for the Camperdown development along Main Street took a

State Rep. Jim Byrd is drafting a bill that would impose a civil penalty for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana the first and second times a person is caught with it, the Casper Star-Tribune reported. People caught with up to half an ounce of marijuana would be fined $50. Anyone with a half-ounce to an ounce would be fined $100.

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MONEYLINE FERRARI RECALLS CARS FOR FUEL-LEAK RISKS Ferrari North America is recalling some 2016 California T convertibles because the vehicles may have an improper fuel line connection that could increase the risk of a fire. The cars carry a price tag of $231,000 and up.

Ferrari notified the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration that California T convertibles made between Sept. 8 and Nov. 11 this year have a low-pressure fuel line that may not connect properly to the fuel pump feed pipe. That could result in a fuel leak in the vehicle’s engine compartment, which may increase the risk of smoke or a fire.

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SAMSUNG REPORTEDLY HAS IRIS SCANNER IN GALAXY S7 South Korean electronics giant Samsung may be set to deploy a new weapon in its smartphone battle with Apple: An iris scannerin its Galaxy S7 smartphone, according to reports cited by news sites PhoneArena.com and TechRadar. The new Galaxy S7 models are expected to be unveiled in February. While the feature might add to the cost of the devices, such an upgrade could help Samsung stem a decline in the global smartphone market.

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One-career path now passé

Most workers, 42%, expect to have

3 or more careers while only 25% expect to stick with one.

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‘People are finally feeling confident enough to strike out on their own,’ says one economist

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merica’s entrepreneurial engine is revving up again in an encouraging sign for economic and job growth.

The number of U.S. business establishments with employees increased by about 100,000 in the second quarter to 9.6 million and was up 2.8% over the previous 12 months, the largest annual gain since 1998, according to Labor Department figures released this month.

Besides capturing start-ups, the data accounts for business closures and the new locations of existing businesses. Still, it’s a good proxy for business formation, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics.

“It suggests that animal spirits are coming back to life,” Zandi says, noting that before the second-quarter surge, entrepreneurship gradually had picked up the previous two years. “People are finally feeling confident enough to strike out on their own.”

A rise in start-up activity is good news for the economy because fledgling firms typically account for a disproportionate share of job growth.

“The marked slowdown in business formation since the 1990s — and its collapse during the recession — has hampered labor market dynamism for well over a decade,” says Philippa Dunne, a research analyst and coeditor of the Liscio Report, which tracks employment trends. “This is a good portent for job growth.”

It’s coming at a good time because weak productivity gains and a slower-growing labor force have begun to constrain economic output. Young firms, by contrast, tend to juice productivity

Annual growth in the number of business establishments in the U.S. reached a 17-year high in the second quarter, reflecting a pickup in Label business formation.

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by developing or deploying new technologies, Zandi says.

During and after the Great Recession, the nation’s entrepreneurial spirit was smothered by a shaky economy that did little to inspire risk-taking. Banks were hesitant to lend. U.S. student debt was climbing past a record $1 trillion, making Millennials reluctant to compound that burden.

And rising health insurance premiums discouraged would-be entrepreneurs from leaving employer-sponsored plans.

But the improving economy and labor market have bolstered confidence. And more Millennials are entering their 30s, Zandi says, when entrepreneurs typically start companies.

Banks, meanwhile, are making more loans after they eased credit standards somewhat and borrowers whittled down debt and burnished their creditworthiness.

Home prices that continue to recover from the real estate crash have allowed more entrepreneurs to use their houses as loan collateral. Last month, big banks ap-

proved 22.8% of small business loans, a post-recession high, up from about 15% three years ago, according to Biz2Credit, an online small business loan broker.

In September, computer instructor John Lange co-founded a gaming and work-space rental center called Looking for Group in Pittsburgh after finally snaring an $80,000 Small Business Administration-backed loan from a Florida bank. “Everything seems stable enough,” says Lange, 37.

“We’re not about to hit a huge crisis or crash.”

But many banks still shy away from financing start-ups that lack a track record and cash flow, unless the SBA guarantees the loans, says Ami Kassar, CEO of MultiFunding, a loan adviser for small businesses. And although more than 400,000 new firms are sprouting annually after the total bottomed out at 375,000 in the recession, that’s well below the 500,000 pre-recession pace, says Dane Stangler, vice president of the Kauffman Foundation, which studies entrepreneurship.

“Everything seems stable enough.

We’re not about to hit a huge crisis or crash.”

John Lange, computer instructor

Why they call it storytelling at ‘The New York Times’ The paper of record increasingly finds itself on the defensive Michael Wolff

@MichaelWolffNYC Michael@burnrate.com USA TODAY

The New York Times has had a recent run of journalistic blunders: the San Bernardino terror couple had, the Times said, talked about their jihad ambitions on social media — not true; it reported that Hillary Clinton was the subject of a criminal investigation over her email server issues — she wasn’t; in an exposé, it detailed a catchall of exploitive practices at New Yorkarea nail salons — a story taken to task by its own public editor.

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by producers of the show Sleep No More, an interactive production in New York in which the audience mixes with performers, everyone in a mask in a darkened setting. The Times had written a MEDIA

recent story under the rubric “Crime Scene,” headlined “Spotting a Thief in a Room Full of Masks at ‘Sleep No More.’ ” The wallet of an audience member, the Times said, had been stolen, the result, the story implied, of the performance. Though there was a lost wallet, there was, in fact, no proof that it was stolen (it may or may not have contained $25). The show had been running for more than five years to largely sellout audiences with no reports of any thefts ever. The producers, believing the Times story unfair and potentially damaging to their business, contacted the paper for a correction or clarification.

Gaining no satisfaction — “We regard the case closed,” the Times said after an exchange of emails — the producers reached out to me.

I was curious about how editors at the paper of record reacted to the flagging of a story obviously more fulsome and embroidered than the facts reasonably allowed. I wrote to the Times’ top editor, Dean Baquet, who was immediately more responsive to me than to the show’s producers, possibly suggesting that the Times sees this as much as a PR problem as a journalistic one. He passed my letter for offi-

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The Times corrects itself in a column that mostly fixes spellings while staunchly standing by the “story as a whole.” cial response to Phil Corbett, the standards editor. Baquet also responded himself, albeit not about the wallet but, with heightened defensiveness, to my reference to the nail salon story.

“It is Richard Bernstein and others who have mired themselves in factual issues without bothering to take on the story as a whole,” Baquet said. Bernstein, whom I had not mentioned in my email, is an author and longtime former Times reporter who

speaks Chinese and whose wife owns a nail salon. In an article in The New York Review of Books, Bernstein maintained that one of the Times’ central assertions, that Chinese-language newspapers were filled with nail salon employment ads offering a $10-a-day salary, was flatly untrue.

“Mistakes are bound to happen in the news business, but some are worse than others,” declared Margaret Sullivan, the Times’ public editor, in reviewing recent

Times errors, missing the point that the view of which one is worse will change for victims of each mistake.

This relative hierarchy of errors lets the Times correct itself in a daily column that mostly fixes details such as spellings and dates while staunchly defending the “story as a whole.” If it becomes necessary to walk back the whole story, the strategy is to blame meta issues. Regarding the report of the California terrorists’ use of social media, Baquet offered that the paper needs to be more careful with anonymous sources. This, of course, is a diversion. Why should it matter whether the source was anonymous or not? Both kinds of sources should be subjected to the same scrutiny. Rather, the Times got it wrong because it too ardently wanted it to be right — a meta issue of a different quality.

The inherent flaws of journalism — bias, arrogance, oversimplification, overdramatization, plain laziness, basic lack of fairness — are so obvious and so common at every news organization and, given search engines, so problematic for the victims of those flaws, that the news business finds itself in a permanent defensive crouch.

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is easier said than done For many, taking a break for personal lives can be tough

mobility and connectivity, my office is anywhere I have phone reception.”

Such conveniences can have a downside, he says.

“These advances are great for many reasons, but I’ve found it Charisse Jones hard to draw a distinct line beUSA TODAY tween my work life and my personal life,” he says. “Keeping It’s the holiday season. Time to nights, weekends, vacations and sip egg nog and gather with fam- holidays sacred has always been a ily and friends. challenge.”

For many business travelers, Many members of USA TOcompletely unplugging during a DAY’s panel of frequent travelers holiday break — or any other va- say they feel the same way. cation — is tough to do.

They mirror the broader pub“I’ve responded to a client lic, many of whom feel pressured email from the dinner table on to never power down, even when Thanksgiving, reviewed proposal they’re supposed to be off. decks while my family opens preA 2014 report from Project: sents Christmas morning and led Time Off, an initiative spearheadan emergency ed by the U.S. conference call Travel Associafrom the secrecy “If you take care of tion and others of the downto make Ameriyour own needs first, can employees stairs bathroom during a friend’s for emotional and workplaces birthday party,” well-being, you’ll be appreciate the says Jason Pol- a much stronger benefits of vacalock, an IT contion time, found performer in the sultant in that 67% of Brooklyn who is workplace.” workers are disa member of Christine Carter, sociologist at the couraged, given mixed messages USA TODAY’s University of California-Berkeley or are neither Road Warrior encouraged nor discouraged from panel.

“With all of the innovations in taking time off.

TIPS ON HOW TO DISCONNECT How to find some balance when you’re on vacation: uAppoint a single person in your office who can contact you in an emergency. uTemporarily delete your email app, or disable automatic downloads. uOverplanning your vacation can also lead to stress. uGive yourself a buffer day upon returning from your trip.

It found that more than four in 10 Americans said last year that they had left 3.2 vacation days on the table. Sixty-three percent of senior business leaders said they stay connected to work when they are away.

“Particularly high-achieving people, or people who are able to work from anywhere ... have extreme difficulty disconnecting from their work while on a vacation,” says Christine Carter, an author and sociologist at the University of California-Berkeley.

“And when they do disconnect, they feel guilty and anxious about it.” She wrote The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home

and Work.

Not unplugging is a mistake.

“We know for starters vacationing can increase happiness, reduce depression, lower stress, and for people who take true vacations, productivity will increase before and after the vacation,” Carter says. “If you take care of your own needs first, for emotional well-being, you’ll be a much stronger performer in the workplace.”

For many, that’s easier said than done. Road Warrior Andrew Naugle, a health care management consultant who lives in Seattle, says he never completely disconnects from work when he’s away.

“I typically divide my day so that I can work in the morning and then take off the afternoons,” he says. “Doing this enables me to take much more vacation than I would otherwise. If I had to actually be 100% ... away from the office, I don’t know that I could ever take any vacation.”

That means he’s popped out of the pool to join a call. He recalls that once he and colleagues “rented a beach cabana and used it as an office for a few days. ... It’s hard to have a bad day at the office when you’re watching the waves roll in. You just have to keep sand out of your laptop.”

ASK THE CAPTAIN

As the times change, so do rules governing airspace Q: The most direct flight path between Detroit and Boston is through Canadian airspace. I would assume that those flights do cross through Canada, or do they try and stay within U.S. airspace to not have to change air-traffic controllers during flight?

— Danny Jenkins, Williamsburg, Va. A: If the flight is cleared by airtraffic control to fly into Canadian airspace, there is no issue. On most such flights, the U.S. controllers coordinate with the Canadian controllers, and the flight proceeds on the most direct route.

Q: I flew from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Miami. A straight line for the route would be over Cuba. Did we fly over Cuba or around it?

— Steve Young, Blue Springs, Mo. A: It is likely your flight flew over Cuba. Many operators obtain overflight permits from Cuba. The air-traffic controller may ask for the overflight permit number before allowing you into Cuban airspace. It is common to overfly Cuba, and new agreements between the two countries are likely to ease this process.

Q: After entering the next country’s airspace, is it the pilot or ATC who establishes contact first?

— Bikalpa Basnet, Nepal A: Usually the pilots initiate the call. If ATC is looking for an airplane, they occasionally will call, hoping that the airplane has just switched radio frequencies.

Q: What are the freedoms of the air?

— Hisham Hammami, Manchester, Conn.

A: Freedoms of the Air are part of the International Civil Aviation Organization agreements of 1944. They establish the procedures by which one country can fly into the airspace of another country.

Have a question about flying? Send it to travel@usatoday.com.

Fake online reviews trip travelers Christopher Elliott

chris@elliott.org Special for USA TODAY

MelissaK’s TripAdvisor reviews looked a little suspicious.

Maybe it was her location in Pakistan that made it hard to believe she was reviewing luxury hotels in Providenciales, a Caribbean island. Maybe it was the polished language she used, which seemed lifted straight from a promotional brochure. Or it could have been the reviews, all of which awarded the maximum five dots to the properties.

“I’ve always been a big believer in TripAdvisor,” says Bob Cowen, who owns an aerial photography company in Farmington Hills, Mich., and spotted MelissaK’s reviews on a recent afternoon. He reported her posts.

Cowen’s experience is more common than you’d think. No one knows the exact number of fake reviews online, but experts estimate that anywhere from one-third to one-half of the reviews you see are not real, according Shannon Wilkinson, CEO of Reputation Communications, a New York-based online reputation management company.

“Few, if any, sites validate the legitimacy of their reviewers,” she says.

TripAdvisor didn’t respond to specific questions about MelissaK’s account, but several days after Cowen reported her ON TRAVEL EVERY MONDAY

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Consumers who use reader-generated reviews in their purchasing decisions need to be vigilant about fakes. suspicious posts, several of her reviews were removed. When I asked about them, all of her reviews vanished.

Kevin Carter, a TripAdvisor spokesman, said the account had been under investigation by its team of content specialists before Cowen reported it. Her reviews were removed, he said, because “they do not meet our submission guidelines.”

Here’s another troubling statistic: 65% of consumers trust the reviews on review sites, according to a recent Accenture study. By comparison, 52% trusted the reviews on a hotel-branded site.

Reputation management specialists, disgruntled former employees and guests with an ax to grind continue to populate the Internet with false information.

Fake online reviews are such a problem that Amazon, which hosts user-generated reviews on its products, filed a lawsuit in April against several companies

that it alleged sold bogus reviews.

In October, it sued more than 1,000 individual reviewers, claiming they participated in the ruse.

Governments are starting to crack down on fake reviews, too.

Last year, for example, the Italian government fined TripAdvisor $613,000 for publishing misleading information. That followed a seven-month investigation into whether the website had taken adequate measures to avoid publishing false opinions. That fine was overturned on appeal.

Eduard de Boer, a Netherlands-based reputation management expert, says the reason for the persistent problem is simple: “One more star increases the volume of the business significantly.”

The harm to consumers is immeasurable. Who hasn’t read a five-star review and said, “Sounds like the perfect hotel”? Studies suggest a strong link between positive reviews and bookings, but how many of those were

based on a false premise?

Businesses suffer, too. Jim Stern, an innkeeper from Charlottesville, Va., has attended conferences where guests are coached by travel “hacking” experts on how to leverage the system for a free night’s lodging.

“They told guests how to use fake reviews — or the threat of them — to get discounts or other accommodations,” he says. The prospect of a bad review on Yelp or TripAdvisor is too often enough to compel a hotelier to comp a room or a meal.

The fix won’t be easy. Review sites must ensure that only the reviews of actual guests get published. A movement in the U.K. called “No Receipts, No Review” calls on sites such as TripAdvisor to refuse to publish a review unless a customer can show a photo of an actual receipt.

Carter, the TripAdvisor spokesman, says that’s not practical because of the volume of reviews. Instead, TripAdvisor puts its reviews through a tracking system, “and we map the how, what, where and when of each review.”

“We back that up with a team of over 300 content specialists globally, who work 24/7 to maintain the quality of our reviews,” he said. “They investigate every review that is flagged for inspection by our system and act on the reports we get from our community, which in itself is a self-regulating force. The report Mr. Cowen provided is a good example of how a vigilant member of our community supports our efforts.”

Still, consumers who use reader-generated reviews in their purchasing decisions need to be

HOW TO SPOT A PHONY uCheck the reviewer’s record. Look first at the reviewer’s history, says Andrea Eldridge, the CEO of Nerds on Call, a technology service company. “Fake reviews are often posted by accounts with little or no additional review history,” she says. uShow and tell. Talk is cheap, but photos of a resort or restaurant are harder to fake. “This is proof that we really stayed in those hotels,” says Olivier Olielo, who publishes a hotel ratings site. You might think twice before trusting a detailed review without photos. uLook for extremes.

“Fake reviews seem to be polarized,” says Eduard de Boer of reputatiecoaching.nl. “Extremely positive or extremely negative.” If you see a one-star or a five-star rating, or a lot of superlatives in the description, chances are you’re looking at a fake.

vigilant about fakes. Perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars of business have gone to undeserving hotels and restaurants as a result. We deserve reviews that are 100% real every time.

Elliott is a consumer advocate and editor at large for National Geographic Traveler.

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How media made its own news in 2015 A few of the major stories that fueled our conversations Rem Rieder @remrieder USA TODAY

The news media covers the news, but it often makes news as well. Here are some of the major controversies, developments and happenings from the media world in 2015.

MEDIA

WHAT ABOUT TRUMP?

It’s hardly a secret that the news media devoted a huge amount of attention to the presidential candidacy of one Donald Trump during the year. And the interplay between the irrepressible Republican presidential candidate and news outlets and journalists emerged as a major running subplot.

Trump’s high-decibel, rulesflouting approach posed a challenge for the media. Many journalists blanched at the idea of giving so much exposure to the sensational, sometimes fact-challenged assertions of a candidate who at times seems more entertainer than serious politico.

But the sheer outrageousness of some of his pronouncements made them hard to ignore, particularly as Trump’s dominance of the polls and political conversation endured month after month, making clear the blustery billionaire was no mere flavor of the week a la Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann.

But how much is too much?

Earlier in December, a survey found Trump had 47% of the TV mentions of GOP candidates. The runner-up? Marco Rubio, at 6%.

Despite the avalanche of free media, Trump was hardly brimming with gratitude. Trump clearly relishes beating up on journalists.

He said a good percentage of them are “really a terrible group of people.” He mocked the disability of a New York Times reporter, had a top Hispanic journalist tossed out of a news conference, singled out individual journalists like NBC News’ Katie Tur and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly for insults and dismissed conservative pundits Charles Krauthammer and George Will as “losers.”

Regardless, Trump was good news for networks hosting GOP debates, playing a big role in attracting record-setting audiences.

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Donald Trump made it clear that he dislikes most journalists, whom he has called “really a terrible group of people.”

THE CHARLIE HEBDO ATTACKS

For journalists, covering terrorist attacks has become an all-too-frequent part of the mission since 9/ 11. The story came painfully close to home on Jan. 7 when Muslim extremists forced their way into the Paris offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including the newspaper’s editor and prominent cartoonists.

The newspaper’s crime? Publishing images of the prophet Mohammed, which is offensive to many Muslims. While it often ridiculed Muslims, the newspaper was an equal-opportunity offender, directing its satire at many targets, including the Catholic Church.

The world was galvanized by the horrific attack on freedom of expression, and “Je suis Charlie” became a rallying cry of solidarity. Seven weeks later, Charlie resumed regular publication.

his plight.

Hopes that the nuclear deal between the United States and Iran would speed Rezaian’s release quickly evaporated. Rezaian is charged with espionage, although no evidence to support the charges has emerged — the journalist was tried behind closed doors — and his supporters have denounced the allegations as entirely trumped-up.

On Dec. 7, to mark his 500th day in prison, journalists read from Rezaian’s work for 24 consecutive hours at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

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Jon Stewart stepped off his soapbox at The Daily Show.

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Williams took flak for his newscasts about the Iraq War. THE BRIAN WILLIAMS SCANDAL

It wasn’t long ago that Brian Williams was flying high. He was anchor of the top-ranked NBC Nightly News and a much soughtafter celebrity who appeared on such venues as The Late Show with David Letterman. Then his world exploded with the revelation that he had grossly exaggerated his exploits while covering the war in Iraq.

Williams had said he had been in a helicopter that had been forced out of the sky when it was hit by enemy fire. But he hadn’t been, which he admitted after he was challenged by some veterans on Facebook. Williams had told the story on his own newscast, on Letterman and elsewhere.

Then other examples of Williams embellishing his derring-do surfaced. The disclosures cut to the heart of an anchor’s essential qualities: Credibility and trust.

The fabrications and exaggerations and the ensuing ridicule made his tenure as an anchor no longer tenable. NBC News suspended him and launched an internal investigation.

When the dust settled, Williams had lost his job as the face of NBC News, although he wasn’t fired; NBC demoted him to a role in which he honchos breaking news stories on sister cable network MSNBC.

Should the news media identify mass murderers? Should news outlets repeatedly publish their pictures? Should they give publicity to the “manifestos” of these vicious criminals?

These questions came to the fore as the USA witnessed a seemingly endless string of mass killings during 2015. Driving this conversation were Caren and Tom Teves, whose son Alex was gunned down in a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., in 2012.

While no blackout is on the horizon, nor should it be, the notion that these issues should be handled with more sensitivity gained traction this year, as did the idea that in the effort to pinpoint who the killers are and why they did what they did, it’s vital that the lives of the victims not be overshadowed.

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Ali Rezaian, right, brother of Post reporter Jason Rezaian, left, who has been held captive for more than 500 days.

JOURNALIST LANGUISHES IN IRAN JAIL

Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian remained locked up in Iran, his period in captivity now far longer than that of the Iranian hostages from 1979 to 1981, despite the best efforts of his family, Post executive editor Marty Baron and journalism organizations to focus attention on

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Who’s the boss? No one knew — until Review-Journal staffers pushed back.

providers from blocking content they don’t like or selling faster service. In doing so, the FCC voted for the first time to classify Internet service providers as public utilities, like telephone companies. The new rules are enthusiastically backed by consumer groups and content providers and staunchly opposed by the service providers, who have challenged them in court.

WHO OWNS THE PAPER?

Journalists are always demanding transparency from the people and institutions they cover. But what happens when a state’s largest newspaper changes hands and the new owners remain secret?

That was the case when a mysterious Delaware-based outfit called News + Media Capital Group LLC acquired the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The company’s principals weren’t identified in the official paperwork, and they refused to come forward.

While the manager for the new owners told the staff not to worry about who the owners were, the staff had other ideas, and bravely vowed to find out.

After they did, the paper published a story saying that it had been acquired by the family of casino magnate and big-time GOP donor Sheldon Adelson, a major player in Nevada, and the family owned up to it in a statement published in the Review-Journal.

Why so coy, Adelsons? The family said it didn’t want to distract people from the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas on Dec. 15, held at Adelson’s Venetian casino.

NOTHING BUT NET

In February, the Federal Communications Commission approved rules that chairman Tom Wheeler said would preserve a “fast, fair and open Internet.”

The rules, known as net neutrality, prevent Internet service

called for a return to local ownership of the paper. When the owner of New York’s Daily News put the paper up for sale, Cablevison bid $1 for the financially challenged tabloid.

On the brighter side, The Washington Post has seen its digital audience rise dramatically under the ownership of Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, for the first time surpassing The New York Times with multiplatform unique viewers in the U.S. And the Times notched an important milestone when it reached 1 million digital-only subscribers, an impressive feat considering it wasn’t that long ago that charging for digital content was considered anathema.

JOURNALISTS AS HEROES

Jeff Bezos’ Post scored big against The New York Times in digital readership.

Journalism got a much-needed shot in the arm from the movie Spotlight, a riveting account of The Boston Globe’s powerful reporting on the Catholic priest pedophile scandal.

The well-reviewed film was considered among the year’s best and one of the best journalism movies ever, and served as a vivid reminder of the importance of the work that journalists do.

WIN SOME, LOSE SOME

JON STEWART STEPS DOWN

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The newspaper business continued its painful transition to the digital era, with many papers once again shrinking their staffs with layoffs and buyouts. In Philadelphia, Interstate General Media announced that it was consolidating the staffs of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com, raising concerns about the future of the Daily News. Chicago-based Tribune Publishing dismissed the publisher of its Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner, who had forged an innovative strategy of heightened community engagement. In response, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and top civic leaders

The host of The Daily Show, who stepped down Aug. 6, frequently said he was not a journalist. But there is little doubt he was one of our most astute media critics.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox and The Boston Globe, launched Stat, a digital operation focusing on health and life sciences. News Deeply, which runs immersive single-topic news sites like the acclaimed Syria Deeply, debuted Arctic Deeply and Water Deeply. Craft beer icon Sam Calagione, of Dogfish Head fame, and two collaborators started up Pallet, a print magazine for people who like to “think and drink.”

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Jayhawks ‘get back at it,’ host annual clinic

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self’s birthday falls on Dec. 27, which means that for the past three decades or so, he has celebrated the occasion in one of his favorite facilities — a gym.

This is Self’s 30th year in college coaching after playing four years at Oklahoma

State and four at Edmond (Oklahoma) Memorial High.

“We all said a little ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. He said, ‘Thanks.’ It wasn’t much, just another day to try to get better in the gym,” KU senior forward Perry Ellis said of the Jayhawks acknowledging their leader’s 53rd birthday prior to a Sunday morning practice.

After the workout — which Ellis called “maybe a little sluggish; overall I think

we did pretty well coming back from (three) days off” — Self and the Jayhawks spent three hours working with 530 youths at the team’s annual holiday clinic in Allen Fieldhouse, Horejsi Center and the squad’s practice facility.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this many kids at a clinic. We’ve got a ton of kids,” said Self, who was serenaded with the tune “Happy Birth-

day” performed by the clinic-goers under the direction of holiday clinic organizer Brennan Bechard.

Self had an ultra-busy birthday, needing to spend some time working on scouting report for UC Irvine (104), which will visit the fieldhouse at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Self and the Jayhawks broke for the holidays last Wednesday, returning to town for a Saturday evening practice.

“Obviously, they’re bigger than what we’re used to playing against,” Self said of the Anteaters, who start 7-foot-6, 300-pound junior Mamadou Ndiaye and 6-10, 215-pound senior Mike Best. Jonathan Galloway, a 6-10, 235-pound freshman, and Ioannis Dimakopoulos, a 7-2, 262-pound junior, contribute off the bench.

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Ho, hum: Chiefs clinch playoff bid, look ahead

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FURIOUS CLEVELAND QUARTERBACK JOHNNY MANZIEL, CENTER, WALKS AWAY after tossing his helmet as Chiefs safety Eric Berry (29) and linebacker Frank Zombo celebrate a 17-13, playoff-clinching victory over the Browns on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — The atmosphere inside the Kansas City Chiefs locker room wasn’t a whole lot different Sunday than in any of their other victories during a franchise-record-tying nine-game win streak.

There were high-fives and congratulations, of course, but mostly a business-like attitude.

It was hard to believe the Chiefs had just qualified for the playoffs.

“We still have one more week left, and there’s still a lot to play for,” said quarterback Alex Smith, who threw two touchdown passes in a down-to-the-wire, 17-13 victory over the Cleveland Browns.

When Pittsburgh lost to

Baltimore moments later, the Chiefs clinched at least a wild-card spot.

They can still win the AFC West and host a playoff game if they beat Oakland next week and the Broncos lose to Cincinnati tonight or in their regular-season finale against San Diego.

Hard to believe when they were 1-5.

“We didn’t panic, that’s the most important part,” Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson said. “You can’t get too far in the hole, and we got as far as you can get to still make the postseason.”

The Chiefs (10-5) jumped out to a 17-3 halftime lead Sunday, and looked as if they were cruising to an

easy win. But their offense became listless over the final two quarters, just as Johnny Manziel was pumping some life into the downtrodden Browns (3-12).

The former Heisman Trophy winner led Cleveland to 10 straight points, then had them in possession for a goahead touchdown before his incomplete pass to the end zone on fourth down with 2:55 left.

Kansas City had a chance to put the game away, but failed to pick up a first down, and Cleveland took over at its 30 with 1:52 left and no timeouts. The Browns picked up three first downs, and Manziel hit Please see CHIEFS, page 3C

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intern at an Indianapolis antiaging institute who now says he fabricated the allegations.

Al Jazeera sent British hurdler Liam Collins undercover to expose performance-enhancing drug use in sports.

Collins made secret recordings of Charles Sly, a former intern at the Guyer Institute, where Manning was treated in 2011 following four neck surgeries.

Dave Henderson dies at age 57 Seattle — Dave Henderson, the former major-league outfielder who hit one of the most famous home runs in postseason history, died Sunday after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 57.

Henderson died early Sunday morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a statement from the Mariners, one of five teams Henderson played for in his career. Henderson had a kidney transplant in late October.

Henderson was best known for his home run in the 1986 AL Championship Series for Boston.

With the Red Sox one strike from elimination in Game 5, Henderson hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth against the California Angels to send the series back to Boston. The Red Sox won Games 6 and 7 to advance to the World Series.

But beyond his memorable playoff moment, Henderson was a reliable contributor to four teams that reached the World Series and played 14 seasons total in the majors. His greatest success came from 1988-91 with Oakland. During that four-year stretch, the A’s went to the World Series three times.

Henderson played in 575 regular-season games during that span, hitting .275 with 84 homers, 123 doubles and 322 RBIs. Henderson was an All-Star in 1991.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Arizona WR Jones declares for draft Tucson, Ariz. — Arizona receiver Cayleb Jones announced he will skip his senior season and enter the NFL Draft.

Jones made the announcement via Twitter on Sunday.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Jones was a tough matchup for opposing defenses during his two seasons in Arizona.

He caught 73 passes for 1,019 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore and had 55 catches for 904 yards and five touchdowns last season.

Jones played 10 games as a reserve receiver at Texas as a freshman before sitting out the 2013 at Arizona as a transfer.

NBA

Suns’ Bledsoe slated for surgery Phoenix — Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe will have surgery Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

The Suns said Sunday that team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Tom Carter will perform the surgery.

Bledsoe was hurt Saturday night in the Suns’ home loss to Philadelphia after he appeared to collide with the 76ers’ Robert Covington.

Bledsoe is averaging career highs of 20.4 points, 6.1 assists and 2.0 steals in 31 games this season, his third with the Suns and sixth in the NBA.

Jazz G Burks breaks a leg Salt Lake City — Alec Burks is out indefinitely after breaking his left lower leg against the Clippers on Saturday night. The team announced the fifth-year guard had an MRI Sunday morning that showed a fractured fibula.

HIGH SCHOOLS HUB:

Sly has recanted the claim that Manning used HGH. Sly, who also named other highprofile athletes on the secret recordings, told Al Jazeera the statements attributed to him “are absolutely false and incorrect.” Sly told ESPN that he fabricated the allegations to test Collins’ legitimacy.

Manning denied ever using PEDs and blasted the report.

“I can’t speak for any other athlete. I know what I’ve done, I know how hard I’ve worked in my 18 years of playing in the NFL. There are no shortcuts in the NFL. I’ve done it the long way, I’ve done it the hard way.

And to insinuate anything otherwise is a complete and total joke, it’s defamation and it really ticks me off,” Manning told ESPN.

NBA roundup

BRIEFLY BASEBALL

Associated Press

Celtics 100, Knicks 91 Boston — Isaiah Thomas had a pair of key baskets and finished with 21 points, Evan Turner scored 19 and Boston won its fourth straight with a victory over New York on Sunday night.

Jae Crowder scored 18 points and Kelly Olynyk added 11 points and nine rebounds for Boston. Thomas added eight rebounds and six assists.

Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 29 points despite shooting just 11 of 26. Kristaps Porzingis had 16 points and 12 rebounds.

New York, which shot just 37.1 percent, lost its fourth straight.

The Celtics opened an 88-78 lead on Turner’s driving basket with 6:11 to play, but the Knicks cut it to 90-85 before Thomas had consecutive driving baskets to push the lead back to nine.

NEW YORK (91) Anthony 11-26 5-7 29, Porzingis 4-13 8-8 16, Lopez 3-7 2-2 8, Calderon 1-3 0-0 2, Afflalo 2-10 0-0 4, Galloway 2-7 0-0 4, O’Quinn 2-6 0-0 4, Williams 4-8 2-3 10, L.Thomas 3-6 2-2 10, Vujacic 1-3 2-2 4, Early 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-89 21-24 91.

BOSTON (100) Crowder 6-11 3-5 18, Johnson 4-7 0-0 8, Sullinger 1-9 1-2 3, I.Thomas 6-18 8-10 21, Bradley 3-7 0-0 6, Olynyk 4-9 2-4 11, Turner 8-11 2-2 19, Smart 2-6 1-1 6, Zeller 0-2 0-0 0, Hunter 0-2 1-2 1, Jerebko 2-3 2-3 7. Totals 36-85 20-29 100.

New York 18 23 24 26— 91 Boston 22 29 26 23—100 3-Point Goals-New York 4-19 (L.Thomas 2-3, Anthony 2-5, Vujacic 0-1, Porzingis 0-1, O’Quinn 0-2, Williams 0-2, Galloway 0-2, Afflalo 0-3), Boston 8-20 (Crowder 3-5, Turner 1-1, Jerebko 1-1, Smart 1-2, Olynyk 1-2, I.Thomas 1-5, Hunter 0-1, Sullinger 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Bradley 0-1).

Fouled Out-Galloway, Jerebko. Rebounds-New York 57 (Porzingis 12), Boston 60 (Olynyk 9).

Assists-New York 15 (Galloway 5), Boston 18 (I.Thomas 6). Total Fouls-New York 23, Boston 24. Technicals-Boston defensive three second.

A-18,624 (18,624).

Grizzlies 112, Lakers 96 Memphis, Tenn. — Mike Conley scored 19 points, Jeff Green added 17 and Memphis led from start to finish for a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph added 16 points apiece, while Courtney Lee contributed 13. Conley and Gasol both connected on 7 of 11 shots and Randolph missed only one of his eight attempts as Memphis shot close to 60 percent for the

How former Jayhawks fared Cliff Alexander, Portland Did not play (coach’s decision) Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 19. Pts: 5. Reb: 2. Ast: 1.

Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Did not play (inactive) Mario Chalmers, Memphis Min: 29. Pts: 11. Reb: 5. Ast: 7.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Min: 15. Pts: 0. Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 19. Pts: 5. Reb: 2. Ast: 0.

games but were coming off a Christmas Day loss at home to the Chicago Bulls.

Oklahoma City shot a season-best 57.8 percent from the field. The Thunder trailed as late as the 8:13 mark of the fourth quarter before taking control with an 11-2 run that included seven of Enes Kanter’s 21 points.

DENVER (112) Papanikolaou 1-2 0-0 3, Faried 12-20 1-2 25, Lauvergne 8-15 2-2 18, Nelson 5-11 2-2 15, Harris 6-13 2-4 16, Barton 8-16 2-3 19, Arthur 1-5 2-2 5, Foye 2-5 0-0 4, Jokic 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 46-94 11-15 112.

OKLAHOMA CITY (122) Durant 11-21 1-1 26, Ibaka 9-13 1-1 19, Adams 0-1 2-2 2, Westbrook 11-18 6-6 30, Roberson 4-7 1-1 10, Waiters 2-5 0-0 4, Kanter 7-8 7-8 21, Augustin 0-1 0-0 0, Collison 0-2 0-2 0, Payne 2-4 0-0 6, Morrow 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 48-83 18-21 122.

Denver 31 30 29 22—112 Oklahoma City 32 21 38 31—122 3-Point Goals-Denver 9-25 (Nelson 3-6, Harris 2-5, Jokic 1-1, Arthur 1-2, Papanikolaou 1-2, Barton 1-6, Lauvergne 0-1, Foye 0-2), Oklahoma City 8-15 (Durant 3-5, Payne 2-2, Westbrook 2-3, Roberson 1-1, Morrow 0-1, Ibaka 0-1, Waiters 0-1, Augustin 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Denver 40 (Faried 11), Oklahoma City 50 (Westbrook 9). AssistsDenver 24 (Nelson, Barton 5), Oklahoma City 27 (Westbrook 12). Total Fouls-Denver 18, Oklahoma City 17. Technicals-Barton. A-18,203 (18,203).

game before finishing at 56 percent.

Kobe Bryant, playing in only the first and third quarters, scored 19 for the Lakers, with 14 in the opening quarter. Larry Nance Jr. had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Jordan Clarkson scored 12 points and D’Angelo Trail Blazers 98, Kings 94 Russell finished with 10.

Sacramento, Calif. — CJ McCollum had 35 points, 11 reL.A. LAKERS (96) Bryant 6-15 5-6 19, Nance Jr. 8-12 1-2 17, bounds and nine assists to lead Hibbert 0-3 5-6 5, Clarkson 5-9 2-2 12, Williams 2-10 0-0 5, Russell 3-6 2-2 10, Bass 1-2 0-0 2, Portland over Sacramento.

Randle 3-8 2-6 9, Young 2-7 2-2 7, Brown 0-4 2-2 The Blazers outscored Sacra2, Huertas 0-2 0-0 0, Sacre 0-1 1-2 1, Kelly 2-5 2-2 mento 18-12 in the fourth quar7. Totals 32-84 24-32 96.

MEMPHIS (112) ter to claim their second straight Je.Green 6-10 4-6 17, Barnes 2-3 0-0 5, Gasol 7-11 2-2 16, Conley 7-11 4-4 19, Lee 5-7 2-2 13, victory. They were coming off a Allen 2-6 0-0 4, Randolph 7-8 2-2 16, Chalmers convincing 105-76 win Saturday 4-10 2-2 11, Ja.Green 3-7 0-2 7, Carter 1-3 0-0 2, over the Cavaliers.

Smith 0-1 0-2 0, Martin 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 45-80 Kings coach George Karl 16-22 112.

L.A. Lakers 23 23 28 22— 96 was denied his 1,155th victory, Memphis 32 27 33 20—112 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 8-29 (Russell which would have tied him 2-5, Bryant 2-8, Randle 1-1, Kelly 1-3, Young with Phil Jackson for fifth place 1-4, Williams 1-6, Clarkson 0-1, Brown 0-1), Memphis 6-16 (Ja.Green 1-1, Barnes 1-2, Lee on the career list.

1-2, Chalmers 1-3, Conley 1-3, Je.Green 1-3, Carter 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 55 (Randle 13), Memphis 46 (Ja.Green, Barnes 8). Assists-L.A. Lakers 16 (Clarkson, Bryant, Russell 3), Memphis 30 (Chalmers 7). Total Fouls-L.A. Lakers 18, Memphis 22.

A-18,119 (18,119).

Thunder 122, Nuggets 112 Oklahoma City — Russell Westbrook had 30 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, and Oklahoma City rallied from an 11-point, second-half deficit to beat Denver.

Kevin Durant recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 26 points and 10 assists for the Thunder, who have won 10 of their last 12

PORTLAND (98) Aminu 2-8 1-2 5, Vonleh 1-6 0-0 2, Plumlee 1-3 2-4 4, McCollum 14-28 4-5 35, Crabbe 4-13 0-0 10, Leonard 5-11 2-2 16, Harkless 6-9 1-1 13, Henderson 2-8 0-0 5, Frazier 3-6 2-2 8. Totals 38-92 12-16 98.

SACRAMENTO (94) Casspi 5-8 1-2 14, Gay 2-12 3-4 7, Cousins 12-26 10-12 36, Rondo 3-6 1-2 9, McLemore 1-1 2-2 5, Belinelli 2-8 3-3 8, Koufos 2-4 0-0 4, Collison 3-9 4-4 10, Curry 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 30-76 25-31 94.

Portland 29 20 31 18—98 Sacramento 30 21 29 14—94 3-Point Goals-Portland 10-33 (Leonard 4-7, McCollum 3-9, Crabbe 2-7, Henderson 1-3, Frazier 0-1, Vonleh 0-1, Aminu 0-2, Harkless 0-3), Sacramento 9-24 (Casspi 3-4, Rondo 2-3, Cousins 2-7, McLemore 1-1, Belinelli 1-4, Gay 0-1, Curry 0-1, Collison 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Portland 58 (McCollum, Leonard 11), Sacramento 52 (Gay 14). Assists-Portland 19 (McCollum 9), Sacramento 22 (Rondo 15). Total Fouls-Portland 23, Sacramento 22.

Flagrant Fouls-Plumlee. A-17,317 (17,317).

LATEST LINE NFL Favorite.............. Points (O/U)...........Underdog Week 16 DENVER.............................3 (39.5)......................Cincinnati Sunday, Jan 3rd.

Week 17 NY Jets...........................21⁄2 (42.5)......................BUFFALO CAROLINA.........................10 (47).....................Tampa Bay a-New England.............OFF (XX).............................MIAMI CINCINNATI......................71⁄2 (47).....................Baltimore ATLANTA..........................31⁄2 (52)................New Orleans HOUSTON........................ 51⁄2 (48)................Jacksonville Pittsburgh........................10 (47)....................CLEVELAND KANSAS CITY........... 7 (44)...................Oakland b-INDIANAPOLIS...........OFF (XX)................... Tennessee DALLAS.............................31⁄2 (45).................Washington CHICAGO.............................2 (45)..............................Detroit NY GIANTS.......................31⁄2 (51).................Philadelphia GREEN BAY........................3 (47).......................Minnesota DENVER.............................71⁄2 (45).....................San Diego St. Louis.............................3 (38)............SAN FRANCISCO ARIZONA...........................3 (47.5)............................Seattle a-Miami QB R. Tannehill is questionable. b-Indianapolis QB M. Hasselbeck is doubtful.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES Favorite.............. Points (O/U)...........Underdog Military Bowl Navy-Marine Corps Stadium-Annapolis,MD Navy....................................3 (53).......................Pittsburgh Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field-Detroit, MI. Minnesota........................5 (48.5)...................C. Michigan Tuesday, Dec 29th.

Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium-Fort Worth, TX. California...........................7 (67)......................... Air Force Russell Athletic Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl-Orlando, FL. North Carolina......... 3 (69).....................Baylor Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium-Tucson, AZ. Colorado St.......................3 (56).............................Nevada Texas Bowl NRG Stadium-Houston, TX. Lsu..........................7 (73.5)........... Texas Tech

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Manning’s disputed PED report recanted Englewood, Colo. (ap) — Peyton Manning said a report

by Al Jazeera set to air Sunday that suggests he obtained performance-enhancing drugs was “completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage.”

Manning angrily denied allegations to ESPN on Sunday morning he used HGH in 2011.

The report is based on secret recordings made by a former

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Birmingham Bowl Legion Field-Birmingham, AL. Auburn................................3 (63)..........................Memphis Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, NC. Mississippi St................... 5 (61).......................... NC State Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, TN. Louisville.......................41⁄2 (47.5)..................Texas A&M Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. Southern Cal................31⁄2 (50.5)...................Wisconsin Thursday, Dec 31st.

Peach Bowl Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA. Florida St.........................7 (55.5).........................Houston College Football Playoffs Cotton Bowl AT&T Stadium-Arlington, TX. Alabama.........................91⁄2 (46.5)............... Michigan St Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami Gardens, FL. Oklahoma............... 31⁄2 (64)................Clemson Friday, Jan 1st.

Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, FL. Tennessee.....................81⁄2 (47.5)............Northwestern Citrus Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. Michigan..........................4 (39.5)............................Florida Fiesta Bowl University of Phoenix Stadium-Glendale, AZ. Ohio St............................. 61⁄2 (56).................Notre Dame Rose Bowl Rose Bowl-Pasadena, CA. Stanford...........................61⁄2 (53)............................... Iowa Sugar Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. Mississippi............... 7 (68)........... Oklahoma St Saturday, Jan 2nd.

Taxslayer Bowl Everbank Field-Jacksonville, FL. Georgia...........................61⁄2 (42.5)........................ Penn St

Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl-Memphis, TN. Arkansas................121⁄2 (56)............ Kansas St Alamo Bowl Alamodome-San Antonio, TX. Tcu.......................... 1 (78.5)...................Oregon Cactus Bowl Chase Field-Phoenix, AZ. West Virginia............1 (64)...............Arizona St NBA Favorite.............. Points (O/U)...........Underdog ORLANDO......................41⁄2 (203.5).............New Orleans INDIANA.............................2 (207)...........................Atlanta CHARLOTTE.................. 121⁄2 (200)...................LA Lakers WASHINGTON...............11⁄2 (206.5)................LA Clippers MIAMI................................91⁄2 (194).......................Brooklyn CHICAGO............................2 (196)...........................Toronto SAN ANTONIO................15 (193.5)...................Minnesota DALLAS..........................61⁄2 (198.5)..................Milwaukee x-UTAH............................OFF (OFF)...............Philadelphia Cleveland..................... 81⁄2 (200.5).................... PHOENIX GOLDEN ST..................121⁄2 (222.5)............. Sacramento x-Utah Forward D. Favors is questionable.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite................... Points................Underdog VILLANOVA.........................251⁄2.................Pennsylvania EASTERN MICHIGAN........... 3..................................Detroit DUKE....................................... 23......................................Elon CALIFORNIA.........................91⁄2.......................... Davidson WASHINGTON......................91⁄2........ Cal Santa Barbara Added Games NORTH CAROLINA.............. 27................ NC Greensboro MOREHEAD ST....................41⁄2..............Wisc Green Bay ST. PETER’S......................... 71⁄2. ..............................Cornell BUTLER................................231⁄2..................................Iupui y-IONA...................................OFF.................................Drexel Valparaiso...........................41⁄2..........................BELMONT Extra Games WICHITA ST............................14................. New Mexico St RUTGERS................................ 7.....................UMass Lowell CREIGHTON.........................291⁄2........................ Coppin St y-Iona Guard A.J. English is questionable.

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KANSAS CITY TIGHT END TRAVIS KELCE CELEBRATES with running back Charcandrick West, top, after Kelce scored a touchdown in the Chiefs’ 17-13 victory over the Browns on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri. field goal moments later for a 10-0 lead.

Travis Coons kicked the first of his two field goals for Cleveland, and an interception of Smith gave the Browns life. But two plays later, Manziel was picked by Marcus Peters, and the rookie returned his eighth of the season deep into Cleveland territory. Smith then connected with Travis Kelce with 32 seconds left to help the Chiefs take a 17-3 lead into the break.

Then the Chiefs got stagnant.

And the Browns made things interesting.

His scrambling ability was critical to a nine-play, 82-yard drive to begin the second half, and Crowell finished it by racing 10 yards for a touchdown.

Then, after forcing a quick punt, Cleveland put together a grinding 21-play drive that took up more than 12 minutes despite going only 62 yards.

Three times, Manziel

picked up a first down by scrambling on third or fourth down, though his intentional grounding penalty helped force a field goal.

The Browns had twice more advanced deep into Kansas City territory.

The final time came in the game’s final seconds, when he couldn’t get the ball spiked in time.

Notes: Maclin became the fourth wide receiver under Andy Reid to eclipse 1,000 yards receiving. He has 1,034. ...

Smith threw for 125 yards, giving him a career-best 3,330 this season. ... The Chiefs only had 258 yards total offense.

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MARSHALL FORWARD JAMES KELLY, RIGHT, SHOOTS against Maryland forward Damonte Dodd in the Terps’ 87-67 victory on Sunday in College Park, Maryland.

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No. 4 Maryland 87, Marshall 67 College Park, Md. — Robert Carter scored 19 points, Diamond Stone tied his career high with 16, and Maryland pulled away for a victory over Marshall on Sunday.

Melo Trimble added 13 points to go with seven assists and five rebounds for the Terrapins (11-1), who hit a season-high 13 three-pointers to win their fifth straight game.

Rasheed Sulaimon added 14 points for Maryland, which begins its Big Ten schedule on Wednesday against Penn State.

Stevie Browning was one of four Marshall players to score 11 points. He grabbed seven rebounds for the Thundering Herd, who made six of 31 threepoint attempts, missing 12 straight in the second half John Young/Journal-World Photos as the Terps pulled away.

CAMPERS WORK ON BALL-HANDING SKILLS AT ONE OF THE DRILL STATIONS at the annual Holiday Hoops Basketball Clinic Carter came within on Sunday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. two points of his career high and one off his season best with Maryland.

Stone was 8-of-10 from the field in the latest in a string of impressive performances by the highly CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C recruited freshman.

The McDonald’s All“The big kid (Ndiaye) American has scored in is a good player. He’s double figures in his last putting up good numfive games, including 16 bers (12.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg, points three times. He 40 blocked shots). They scored a total of 29 points are capable of giving us over his first four games. all kinds of problems Maryland was up by because it’s going to be 10 points at halftime and hard to score inside over took control with a 25-10 all that length,” Self said. run that stretched across “(He’s) 7-6 tall, but probmuch of the second half. ably an 8-foot wingspan.

Trimble got it started We’ll never see that with a jumper and a three again. Then you come in to make it 59-43. with their short guy at Stone followed with 7-2, which is unbelievable two inside baskets. Carter how long they are.” added his final points of The Jayhawks will take KANSAS JUNIOR GUARD WAYNE SELDEN JR. PLAYFULLY BLOCKS the shot of a camper. the game on a thunderous a 10-1 record into the contransition dunk off a feed test, while feeling re-enfrom Trimble, and Jake ergized after the holiday “It should give us a league, but it won’t be “All our bigs. No more Layman and Jaylen Brantbreak. little confidence. Our better than those.” than our bigs are playley each hit two threes.

Most players headed guys were ready to play.

Ellis scored 14 points ing, they should be fresh to their hometowns. We were ready from the the first half in making enough to probably give MARSHALL (4-9) 5-15 0-0 11, Kelly 4-13 2-2 Ukraine native Sviatoslav jump,” Self said. “That sure KU got off to a quick a better effort on the of- 10,Browning Taylor 3-12 0-0 7, Elmore 3-11 4-6 Mykhailiuk remained in was a pretty good at- start in KU’s first true fensive glass,” said Self, 11, Loop 4-8 0-0 11, Thompson 2-5 0-0 Penava 1-1 0-0 2, Burks 5-9 1-1 11, Lawrence. Mali native mosphere (from sellout road test. who also indicated junior 4, Edmonds 0-0 0-0 0, Dozic 0-3 0-0 0.

Cheick Diallo headed to crowd). It could have “The thing was ... guard Wayne Selden Jr. Totals 27-77 7-9 67.

(11-1) New York. Dwight Cole- been a great atmosphere you’ve got to win the needed to do better than MARYLAND Sulaimon 6-12 0-0 14, Trimble 5-9 by returned to his home- if we allowed it to be. road game,” Ellis said. his six offensive boards in 0-0 13, Carter 8-16 1-1 19, Layman 2-5 2-2 8, Dodd 0-3 0-0 0, Brantley 3-4 0-0 land of Bahamas. Coleby, “Our guys did a good “You don’t want to think 11 games.

8, Nickens 1-4 0-0 3, Anzmann 1-1 0-0 who is rehabbing from job for the most part, individual things. You “I feel that we’re get- 3, Bender 0-0 0-0 0, Cekovsky 0-1 1-2 ACL surgery, was to re- kept the crowd out of the want to think big-pic- ting better and better,” 1, Ram 0-1 0-0 0, Auslander 0-0 2-3 Terrell 0-0 0-0 0, Stone 8-10 0-0 16. turn Tuesday. Everybody game. I thought we did ture. Coach was excited Ellis said. “This is a great 2, Totals 34-66 6-8 87.

Halftime-Maryland 46-36. 3-Point else was back on Satur- well, but our guys also for all of us to get that time to get better. Get 6-31 (Loop 3-7, day. know as good an atmo- win before we all got to this next win, go forward Goals-Marshall Browning 1-4, Taylor 1-5, Elmore “I think it was refresh- sphere as that was, that go home. He was really into the conference and 1-5, Dozic 0-2, Burks 0-3, Kelly 0-5), 13-27 (Trimble 3-5, Sulaimon ing to go home and see won’t rank (as great) as pleased how we played.” take it game by game Maryland 2-2, Brantley 2-3, Layman 2-4, Carter family and get back at it,” at OU or OSU or K-State Self said he’s looking (starting 3 p.m. Saturday 2-7, Anzmann 1-1, Nickens 1-4, Ram said Ellis, who scored 20 or West Virginia or who- for improvement in all ar- vs. Baylor in Allen). It’s 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMarshall 37 (Browning, Kelly, Taylor points in KU’s last game ever else we’re playing. eas, particularly offensive going to be tough every 7), Maryland 44 (Carter 8). Assists— Tuesday’s 70-57 vic- It may be comparable to rebounding in the days game. I feel everybody Marshall 13 (Taylor 3), Maryland 16 (Trimble 7). Total Fouls-Marshall 13, tory at San Diego State. some atmospheres in our ahead. realizes that.”

Maryland 12. A-17,950.

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Cleveland 0 3 7 3—13 Kansas City 10 7 0 0—17 First Quarter KC-Maclin 11 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 7:52.

KC-FG Santos 40, 2:19.

Second Quarter Cle-FG Coons 45, 8:58.

KC-Kelce 13 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), :32.

Third Quarter Cle-Crowell 10 run (Coons kick), 9:15.

Fourth Quarter Cle-FG Coons 36, 8:26.

A-69,115.

Cle KC First downs 21 16 Total Net Yards 368 258 Rushes-yards 36-232 27-136 Passing 136 122 Punt Returns 2-17 2-17 Kickoff Returns 4-76 4-74 Interceptions Ret. 1-46 1-46 Comp-Att-Int 13-32-1 15-22-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-3 Punts 3-45.0 5-36.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-83 5-33 Time of Possession 31:04 28:56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cleveland, Manziel 11-108, Crowell 16-88, Johnson Jr. 8-26, Poyer 1-10. Kansas City, West 14-62, A.Smith 6-54, Ware 5-15, A.Wilson 2-5.

PASSING-Cleveland, Manziel 13-321-136. Kansas City, A.Smith 15-22-1125.

RECEIVING-Cleveland, Barnidge 3-47, Jennings 3-37, Johnson Jr. 3-15, Benjamin 2-20, Dray 1-18, Moore 1-(minus 1). Kansas City, Kelce 6-43, Maclin 5-49, A.Wilson 3-34, West 1-(minus 1).

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Cleveland, Coons 51 (BK).

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Darius Jennings on fourth-and-10 from the 32 with time ticking away.

It ran out before Manziel could get off another snap, and he spiked his helmet in frustration.

“I’m definitely shouldering a lot for this loss,” he said. “Regardless of what our record is, where we are in the season, it (stinks) not to win, especially when our coach and the other 10 guys put us in a position to try to get us in the end zone there at the end. I just felt like I didn’t do the right thing in crunch time. I think that’s the moral of the entire story of the game.”

Manziel threw for 136 yards with an interception, but he also ran for 108 yards to give his team a chance. Isaiah Crowell added 88 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Browns.

“I talked earlier this week about planting seeds and moving forward,” Browns coach Mike Pettine said. “I think that second half was an indication. It’s one of those, you look at the scoreboard, you lost. But in some sense you just feel like you ran out of time.”

The Chiefs looked as if they’d make this one easy in the first half, driving downfield for a TD on their opening drive.

Smith zipped a pass to Jeremy Maclin between three defenders for a score.

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Big 12 Women No. 5 Texas 83, Sam Houston State 49 A ustin, T exas — Lashann Higgs scored 17 points, and Texas beat Sam Houston State.

Higgs, a highly touted freshman guard, produced a season-high eight assists, matched her best with four steals, and grabbed eight rebounds. The 17 points were one fewer than her best.

Ariel Atkins added 12 points as the Longhorns (11-0) increased their regular season non-conference winning streak to 25 games, dating back to the 2013-14 season.

Atkins, a starter last season, played 19 minutes as a reserve in her second game since returning from off-season surgery to her right ankle. She played only six minutes in her first game back, against Arkansas on Dec. 20.

Shernise Robertson led Sam Houston (4-6) with 16 points but converted only four of 14 shots from the field.

Longhorns missed 10 of first 11 shots but warmed up quickly enough to fashion a 13-0 push in the first quarter and a 36-17 halftime lead.

The Texas starters failed to provide much help on offense, combining to score 11 points in the half. But some reserves sparkled.

Higgs had nine points, four assists and four rebounds. Kelsey Lang scored eight points.

Both were rewarded by coach Karen Aston with elevation to the starting lineup for the second half.

Sam Houston helped the Longhorns’ cause by committing 17 turnovers in the half.

SAM HOUSTON ST. (4-6) Robertson 4-14 7-8 16, Day 0-4 0-0 0, Beadle 2-7 1-1 5, Barnes 0-2 0-0 0, Moore 2-4 1-2 5, Orr 3-9 0-0 7, Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Delaney 1-1 0-0 2, Guillory 0-1 0-0 0, Baxter 0-0 0-0 0, McCants 1-1 0-0 2, McGowen 2-5 2-3 7, Cooper 1-1 3-3 5.

Totals 16-50 14-17 49.

TEXAS (11-0) Davenport 0-3 3-4 3, Rodrigo 2-4 0-0 4, McCarty 3-4 1-2 7, Taylor 1-3 0-0 2, Boyette 2-6 1-2 5, Hosey 2-3 6-9 10, Higgs 8-13 1-2 17, Aborowa 1-1 0-0 2, Foman 0-1 0-0 0, Atkins 4-7 4-4 12, Sanders 1-5 0-0 2, Hattis 4-7 1-5 9, Lang 4-5 2-2 10. Totals 32-62 19-30 83.

Sam Houston St. 8 9 11 21—49 Texas 16 20 21 26—83 3-Point Goals-Sam Houston St. 3-17 (McGowen 1-1, Orr 1-5, Robertson 1-7, Anderson 0-1, Barnes 0-1, Day 0-2), Texas 0-10 (Rodrigo 0-1, Foman 0-1, McCarty 0-1, Atkins 0-2, Davenport 0-2, Sanders 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Sam Houston St. 24 (Beadle 5), Texas 43 (Higgs, Lang 8). AssistsSam Houston St. 5 (Orr 2), Texas 25 (Higgs 8). Total Fouls-Sam Houston St. 19, Texas 20. A-3,123.

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ROUNDUP

Panthers perfect no more INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Houston, Blue 15-45, Polk 11-38, Grimes 6-25, Weeden 2-11, Daniels 6-6, Hunt 2-3. Tennessee, Cobb 7-18, Sankey 2-11, Andrews 2-1.

PASSING-Houston, Daniels 1-2-07, Weeden 15-24-0-200. Tennessee, Mettenberger 27-51-1-234.

RECEIVING-Houston, Hopkins 7-117, Washington 3-42, Strong 2-18, Griffin 1-13, Fiedorowicz 1-6, Hunt 1-6, Blue 1-5. Tennessee, Walker 9-59, Douglas 6-79, Sankey 3-43, Wright 3-18, Fasano 2-21, McBride 2-8, Stevens 1-8, Cobb 1-(minus 2).

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Falcons 20, Panthers 13 Atlanta — Carolina’s bid for an undefeated season ended Sunday when Julio Jones’ dramatic 70-yard touchdown reception powered the Falcons to a victory over Cam Newton and the Panthers.

Carolina (14-1) got the ball with 90 seconds left and no timeouts remaining. Newton completed a 19-yard pass to Corey Brown on first down but fumbled when stripped

by Vic Beasley Jr. on the following play. Adrian Clayborn recovered for the Falcons, wrapping up the win.

Matt Ryan threw for 306 yards and one touchdown for the Falcons (87), and Devonta Freeman ran for 73 yards with a touchdown.

Newton threw for 142 yards and ran for 46 yards, including an eight-yard scoring run to cap the Panthers’ opening drive.

Carolina 7 0 3 3—13 Atlanta 0 7 7 6—20 First Quarter Car-Newton 8 run (Gano kick), 9:18.

Second Quarter Atl-Freeman 4 run (Graham kick), 14:55.

Third Quarter Car-FG Gano 33, 5:26.

Atl-Jones 70 pass from Ryan (Graham kick), 2:12.

Fourth Quarter Car-FG Gano 47, 7:59.

Atl-FG Graham 37, 2:23.

Atl-FG Graham 54, 1:30.

A-70,981.

Atl

Car First downs 18 21 Total Net Yards 268 373 Rushes-yards 20-155 30-77 Passing 113 296 Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-29 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-30-0 23-30-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-29 2-10 Punts 3-43.3 1-25.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-40 3-20 Time of Possession 24:22 35:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Carolina, Artis-Payne 5-49, Newton 7-46, Whittaker 5-32, Cotchery 1-16, Tolbert 2-12. Atlanta, Freeman 22-73, Ward 2-3, Ryan 6-1.

PASSING-Carolina, Newton 17-30-0142. Atlanta, Ryan 23-30-0-306.

RECEIVING-Carolina, Olsen 4-40, Cotchery 4-24, Brown 3-39, Tolbert 2-17, Whittaker 2-6, Ginn Jr. 1-9, Artis-Payne 1-7. Atlanta, Jones 9-178, White 5-67, Tamme 4-29, Freeman 3-17, Hardy 2-15.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Atlanta, Graham 43 (SH).

Colts 18, Dolphins 12 Miami Gardens, Fla. — Third-string quarterback Charlie Whitehurst came off the bench again for Indianapolis, which made a last-minute defensive stand to keep alive its faint playoff hopes.

The Dolphins had a first-and-goal at the fivewith 40 seconds left, but after three consecutive incompletions, rookie center Jamil Douglas appeared to snap the ball prematurely, and Tannehill was sacked by three Colts.

John Bazemore/AP Photo

ATLANTA FREE SAFETY CHARLES GODFREY (30) CELEBRATES after breaking up a Panthers pass during the second half of the Falcons’ 20-13 victory on Sunday in Atlanta.

Ravens 20, Steelers 17 Baltimore — Ryan Mallet threw for a careerhigh 274 yards in his first start with Baltimore in leading the Ravens to one of the biggest upsets of this contentious rivalry.

The Ravens (5-10) had lost three straight, the last two by a combined 69-20 score. In this one, however, they turned back a team riding a three-game winning streak and striving for a playoff berth.

Pittsburgh 0 3 7 7—17 Baltimore 7 6 0 7—20 First Quarter Bal-Matthews 8 pass from Mallett (Tucker kick), 3:53.

Second Quarter Pit-FG Boswell 34, 14:48.

Bal-FG Tucker 37, 10:01.

Bal-FG Tucker 50, 1:17.

Third Quarter Pit-D.Williams 1 run (Boswell kick), 11:18.

Fourth Quarter Bal-Allen 3 run (Tucker kick), 10:35.

Pit-D.Williams 2 run (Boswell kick), 6:33.

A-71,261.

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Pit First downs 21 22 Total Net Yards 303 386 Rushes-yards 20-110 31-121 Passing 193 265 Punt Returns 1-0 1-(-1) Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-73 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-(-1) Comp-Att-Int 24-34-2 28-41-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 1-9 Punts 3-43.7 6-39.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 12-121 Time of Possession 25:40 34:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Pittsburgh, D.Williams 17-100, Toussaint 2-6, Bryant 1-4.

Baltimore, Allen 18-79, West 13-42.

PASSING-Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 24-34-2-215. Baltimore, Mallett 28-410-274.

RECEIVING-Pittsburgh, Brown 7-61, D.Williams 6-53, Miller 5-49, Wheaton 3-41, Heyward-Bey 1-10, Bryant 1-6, James 1-3, Roethlisberger 0-(minus 8).

Baltimore, Aiken 8-66, Juszczyk 5-55, Allen 5-35, Butler 3-38, Matthews 3-19, Givens 2-45, M.Williams 2-16.

Sea

StL First downs 14 18 Total Net Yards 207 313 Rushes-yards 30-104 22-60 Passing 103 253 Punt Returns 2-24 2-20 Kickoff Returns 2-25 4-106 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-23-0 25-41-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-36 Punts 6-40.0 5-40.4 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 5-2 Penalties-Yards 5-60 10-83 Time of Possession 27:54 32:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-St. Louis, Gurley 19-85, Austin 3-12, Keenum 4-4, Mason 3-3, Cunningham 1-0. Seattle, Wilson 6-39, F.Jackson 2-11, Brown 7-9, Michael 6-6, Tukuafu 1-(minus 5).

PASSING-St. Louis, Keenum 14-23-0103. Seattle, Wilson 25-41-1-289.

RECEIVING-St. Louis, Britt 3-49, Austin 3-16, Cunningham 3-14, Gurley 1-7, Quick 1-6, Cook 1-5, Mason 1-3, Welker 1-3. Seattle, Baldwin 8-118, F.Jackson 5-43, Helfet 4-43, Kearse 3-38, Lockett 3-33, Michael 2-14.

Cardinals 38, Packers 8 Glendale, Ariz. — Arizona sacked Aaron Rodgers eight times and returned two of his fumbles for touchdowns in a dominant victory that clinched a first-round playoff bye for the streaking Cardinals.

Carson Palmer threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns for Arizona (13-2).

Jets 26, Patriots 20, OT East Rutherford, N.J. — Eric Decker’s six-yard touchdown catch on the first drive of overtime — after New England chose to kick off — lifted the Jets into position to make the playoffs.

A win next week at Buffalo gives the Jets a wild-card berth.

New England (12-3) Green Bay 0 0 8 0— 8 won the OT coin toss Arizona 0 17 21 0—38 and surprisingly elected Second Quarter Ari-Fitzgerald 3 pass from Palmer to give the ball to the Jets (Catanzaro kick), 14:07.

(10-5). New York used a Ari-FG Catanzaro 19, 5:48.

Ari-Jo.Brown 7 pass from Palmer career-long 48-yard re(Catanzaro kick), :06. ception by Quincy EnunThird Quarter wa and a 20-yard pass Ari-D.Johnson 14 run (Catanzaro kick), 14:02. to Brandon Marshall to Ari-Redding 36 fumble return move into scoring posi(Catanzaro kick), 9:34.

GB-Lacy 28 pass from A.Rodgers tion. And then, Ryan Fitz(J.Jones pass from A.Rodgers), 6:31. patrick hit Decker on a Ari-Powers 7 fumble return (Catanzaro kick), 3:05. fade behind Super Bowl A-64,878. hero Malcolm Butler for Ari

GB First downs 16 19 New York’s fifth straight Rams 23, Seahawks 17 Total Net Yards 178 381 victory.

Rushes-yards 26-101 26-121 Seattle — Todd Gur77 260 ley scored on a two-yard Passing New England 0 3 10 7 0 —20 Punt Returns 1-0 2-9 N.Y. Jets 3 7 7 3 6 —26 2-30 1-15 TD run with 10:34 left, Kickoff Returns First Quarter Interceptions Ret. 1-6 1-0 Akeem Ayers returned Comp-Att-Int NYJ-FG Bullock 30, 3:19.

16-29-1 19-28-1 Second Quarter a fumble 45 yards for a Sacked-Yards Lost 9-78 2-9 NE-FG Gostkowski 35, 8:46.

6-44.7 4-43.0 touchdown in the first Punts NYJ-Marshall 2 pass from Fitzpatrick Fumbles-Lost 5-3 2-1 quarter, and St. Louis Penalties-Yards (Bullock kick), 1:57.

7-59 10-119 Third Quarter of Possession 29:44 30:16 ended Seattle’s five-game Time NYJ-Marshall 33 pass from INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS win streak with a victory Fitzpatrick (Bullock kick), 9:13.

RUSHING-Green Bay, Lacy 12-60, NE-FG Gostkowski 44, 4:54.

A.Rodgers 3-19, Starks 3-11, Masthay over the Seahawks.

NE-Collins 14 fumble return 1-7, Kuhn 1-3, Cobb 1-2, Tolzien St. Louis swept the sea(Gostkowski kick), 3:21.

1-0, Crockett 4-(minus 1). Arizona, Fourth Quarter son series from the Se- K.Williams 8-44, Ellington 7-40, NYJ-FG Bullock 49, 13:28.

D.Johnson 9-39, Stanton 2-(minus 2).

NE-White 9 pass from Brady ahawks having won 34-31 PASSING-Green Bay, A.Rodgers (Gostkowski kick), 1:55. in overtime in Week 1. And 15-28-1-151, Tolzien 1-1-0-4. Arizona, Overtime Stanton 1-1-0-4, Palmer 18-27-1-265. the Rams caused the same NYJ-Decker 6 pass from Fitzpatrick, RECEIVING-Green Bay, J.Jones 5-46, kinds of problems they did Adams 3-42, Cobb 3-15, Quarless 2-17, 12:23.

A-78,160.

1-28, Abbrederis 1-5, R.Rodgers in the opener by fluster- Lacy NYJ

NE 1-2. Arizona, Floyd 6-111, Fitzgerald ing quarterback Russell 4-29, D.Johnson 3-88, Jo.Brown 3-25, First downs 16 24 Total Net Yards 284 428 Wilson and slowing down Gresham 1-7, Ellington 1-5, K.Williams Rushes-yards 22-63 27-143 a Seattle offense that had 1-4.

Passing 221 285 Punt Returns 2-19 1-8 not been stopped for the Kickoff Returns 2-47 1-19 Vikings 49, Giants 17 previous five weeks.

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-18 Comp-Att-Int 22-31-1 26-41-0 Minneapolis — AdriSacked-Yards Lost 2-10 1-11 St. Louis 10 6 0 7—23 an Peterson ran for 104 Punts 4-46.0 5-47.8 Seattle 0 3 7 7—17 yards and a touchdown Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 First Quarter Penalties-Yards 1-7 6-39 StL-FG Zuerlein 42, 8:10. over three quarters, HarTime of Possession 28:33 34:04 StL-Ayers 45 fumble return (Zuerlein rison Smith took one of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS kick), 6:34.

RUSHING-New England, Bolden 9-30, Second Quarter Eli Manning’s three inS.Jackson 7-15, LaFell 1-9, K.Martin 1-6, StL-Britt 28 pass from Keenum (kick terceptions into the end White 2-4, Iosefa 1-0, Brady 1-(minus failed), 6:43.

1). N.Y. Jets, Powell 7-56, Ivory 11-38, Sea-FG Hauschka 26, :15. zone, and Minnesota Ridley 7-36, Fitzpatrick 2-13.

Third Quarter PASSING-New England, Brady 22-31Sea-Baldwin 25 pass from Wilson clinched a playoff spot 1-231. N.Y. Jets, Fitzpatrick 26-41-0-296. (Hauschka kick), 8:23. with a victory over the RECEIVING-New England, K.Martin Fourth Quarter New York Giants.

7-68, Bolden 5-30, White 5-28, StL-Gurley 2 run (Zuerlein kick), Teddy Bridgewater Gronkowski 4-86, LaFell 1-19. N.Y. 10:34.

Jets, Marshall 8-115, Powell 5-34, Sea-Kearse 18 pass from Wilson turned in another sharp Thompkins 4-27, Ivory 4-4, Decker (Hauschka kick), :17.

December performance, 3-47, Enunwa 2-69.

A-69,080.

Blair Walsh chipped in five field goals, and the Vikings (10-5) set up an NFC North championship game next week at Green Bay. N.Y. Giants 0 3 7 7—17 Minnesota 3 16 13 17—49 First Quarter Min-FG Walsh 32, :08.

Second Quarter Min-Rudolph 28 pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick), 11:02.

NYG-FG Brown 27, 8:22.

Min-Smith 35 interception return (kick failed), 4:00.

Min-FG Walsh 52, :04.

Third Quarter Min-FG Walsh 22, 7:35.

Min-Peterson 2 run (Walsh kick), 6:40.

Min-FG Walsh 53, 1:51.

NYG-Randle 72 pass from Manning (Brown kick), 1:02.

Fourth Quarter Min-McKinnon 7 run (Walsh kick), 13:31.

Min-FG Walsh 27, 9:34.

Min-McKinnon 68 run (Walsh kick), 3:36.

NYG-White 25 pass from Nassib (Brown kick), 1:54.

A-52,455.

Min

NYG First downs 15 17 Total Net Yards 363 368 Rushes-yards 20-91 40-218 Passing 272 150 Punt Returns 2-12 1-1 Kickoff Returns 8-162 3-53 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-76 Comp-Att-Int 20-34-3 15-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-30 3-18 Punts 6-40.2 4-40.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-48 2-10 Time of Possession 25:03 34:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-N.Y. Giants, Jennings 14-74, Darkwa 1-9, Williams 3-5, Vereen 1-3, Manning 1-0. Minnesota, Peterson 22-104, McKinnon 7-89, Asiata 5-14, Bridgewater 2-12, Line 1-3, Hill 3-(minus 4).

PASSING-N.Y. Giants, Nassib 5-5-068, Manning 15-29-3-234. Minnesota, Bridgewater 15-25-0-168.

RECEIVING-N.Y. Giants, Tye 3-28, LaCosse 3-22, Randle 2-80, Jennings 2-62, White 2-34, Cunningham 2-21, Vereen 2-21, Darkwa 1-15, Edwards 1-9, D.Harris 1-6, Nicks 1-4. Minnesota, Diggs 4-19, Wright 3-57, Rudolph 2-53, Wallace 2-11, McKinnon 2-8, Peterson 1-15, Thielen 1-5.

Texans 34, Titans 6 Nashville, Tenn. — Brandon Weeden scored his first career rushing touchdown and threw for two more as Houston took a big step toward clinching the AFC South , Houston (8-7), which wraps up the regular season by hosting Jacksonville, couldn’t clinch outright when Indianapolis beat Miami 18-12.

Houston 10 7 17 0—34 Tennessee 0 0 0 6— 6 First Quarter Hou-Demps 33 fumble return (Novak kick), 13:01.

Hou-FG Novak 22, 3:19.

Second Quarter Hou-Weeden 7 run (Novak kick), 2:32.

Third Quarter Hou-Hopkins 15 pass from Weeden (Novak kick), 11:33.

Hou-Washington 13 pass from Weeden (Novak kick), 6:12.

Hou-FG Novak 36, :54.

Fourth Quarter Ten-McBride 1 pass from Mettenberger (pass failed), 1:31.

A-62,153.

Ten

Hou First downs 19 13 Total Net Yards 330 257 Rushes-yards 42-128 11-30 Passing 202 227 Punt Returns 4-37 5-32 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-21 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-26-0 27-51-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 1-7 Punts 6-52.3 9-47.4 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-3 Penalties-Yards 4-28 4-43 Time of Possession 36:13 23:47

Indianapolis 8 7 0 3—18 3—12 Miami 0 6 3 First Quarter Ind-McGill safety, 9:16.

Ind-Gore 37 run (kick failed), 6:01.

Second Quarter Mia-Miller 1 run (pass failed), 8:07.

Ind-Gore 11 run (Vinatieri kick), 4:42.

Third Quarter Mia-FG Franks 33, 3:50.

Fourth Quarter Ind-FG Vinatieri 38, 8:30.

Mia-FG Franks 20, 5:17.

A-65,482.

Mia

Ind First downs 20 22 Total Net Yards 268 361 Rushes-yards 23-100 25-82 Passing 168 279 Punt Returns 2-35 1-15 Kickoff Returns 3-58 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-29-0 26-38-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 6-50 Punts 5-51.0 3-52.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-60 9-50 Time of Possession 27:11 32:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Indianapolis, Gore 15-85, Herron 6-14, Dorsett 1-2, Whitehurst 1-(minus 1). Miami, Miller 15-31, Tannehill 1-28, Ajayi 9-23.

PASSING-Indianapolis, Hasselbeck 8-15-0-99, Whitehurst 9-14-0-78. Miami, Tannehill 26-38-1-329.

RECEIVING-Indianapolis, Hilton 4-64, Johnson 3-39, Dorsett 2-29, Moncrief 2-15, Fleener 2-13, Gore 2-10, Doyle 2-7. Miami, Landry 7-111, Miller 5-36, Parker 4-93, Cameron 3-34, D.Williams 3-33, Stills 3-14, Sims 1-8.

Saints 38, Jaguars 27 New Orleans — Drew Brees passed for 412 yards and three touchdowns despite his injured right foot, and New Orleans beat Jacksonville.

Brees, who tore his plantar fascia ligament during a loss to Detroit last Monday, showed no ill effects of the normally painful injury while completing 25 of 36 passes.

Jacksonville 0 6 13 8—27 New Orleans 14 10 7 7—38 First Quarter NO-Hoomanawanui 17 pass from Brees (Forbath kick), 10:33.

NO-Cooks 71 pass from Brees (Forbath kick), :27.

Second Quarter NO-Hightower 1 run (Forbath kick), 10:37.

NO-FG Forbath 37, 3:56.

Jax-Lee 2 pass from Bortles (pass failed), 1:23.

Third Quarter Jax-Hurns 6 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), 8:51.

NO-Cadet 44 pass from Brees (Forbath kick), 5:29.

Jax-A.Robinson 90 pass from Bortles (pass failed), 4:49.

Fourth Quarter NO-Hightower 5 run (Forbath kick), 12:59.

Jax-Hurns 20 pass from Bortles (Harbor pass from Bortles), 1:13.

A-73,064.

NO

Jax First downs 21 29 Total Net Yards 412 537 Rushes-yards 15-65 35-135 Passing 347 402 Punt Returns 1-4 1-1 Kickoff Returns 2-65 1-19 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-13 Comp-Att-Int 27-35-2 25-36-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 1-10 Punts 3-50.0 2-49.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-55 5-40 Time of Possession 22:07 37:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Jacksonville, Gray 5-31, D.Robinson 6-20, Lee 1-9, Bortles 3-5.

New Orleans, Hightower 27-122, Cooks 4-10, Cadet 1-6, Brees 3-(minus 3).

PASSING-Jacksonville, Bortles 27-352-368. New Orleans, Brees 25-36-0-412.

RECEIVING-Jacksonville, Hurns 8-106, A.Robinson 6-151, D.Robinson 5-51, Lee 3-26, Thomas 2-12, Lewis 1-13, Harbor 1-7, Greene 1-2. New Orleans, Cooks 5-123, Snead 4-75, Coleman 4-45, Cadet 3-69, Hightower 3-47, Johnson 2-19, Hill 2-12, Hoomanawanui 1-17, Watson 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-New Orleans, Forbath 52 (WL), 28 (BK).

Bills 16, Cowboys 6 Orchard Park, N.Y. — Buffalo rookie Mike Gillislee ran 50 yards for a touchdown with 2:25 remaining to secure the win for the Bills.

Gillislee finished with 93 yards rushing and led a ground attack that totaled 236 yards.

Dallas 3 3 0 0— 6 Buffalo 6 0 3 7—16 First Quarter Dal-FG Bailey 46, 9:41.

Buf-Ka.Williams 1 run (kick failed), :48.

Second Quarter Dal-FG Bailey 22, 5:25.

Third Quarter Buf-FG Carpenter 32, 6:17.

Fourth Quarter Buf-Gillislee 50 run (Carpenter kick), 2:25.

A-70,172.

Buf

Dal First downs 14 19 Total Net Yards 307 408 Rushes-yards 25-121 40-236 Passing 186 172 Punt Returns 2-32 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-15 2-36 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-37 Comp-Att-Int 13-31-1 13-18-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-7 Punts 4-34.5 3-47.7 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-65 7-62 Time of Possession 28:30 31:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Dallas, McFadden 19-99, Turbin 5-23, Moore 1-(minus 1).

Buffalo, Gillislee 9-93, Ka.Williams 17-76, Taylor 14-67.

PASSING-Dallas, Moore 13-31-1-186.

Buffalo, Taylor 13-18-1-179.

RECEIVING-Dallas, Butler 4-74, Williams 4-62, Beasley 2-29, Witten 1-12, Hanna 1-10, McFadden 1-(minus 1). Buffalo, Watkins 5-84, Hogan 2-39, Ka.Williams 2-21, Gragg 2-19, Gillislee 2-16.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Dallas, Bailey 50 (SH).

Bears 26, Buccaneers 21 Tampa, Fla. — Ka’Deem Carey caught a touchdown pass from Jay Cutler and the thirdstring running back also scored on a one-yard run to help the Bears end a three-game losing streak.

Carey’s one-yard scoring reception put the Bears (6-9) ahead for good early in the fourth.

Chicago 0 13 0 13—26 Tampa Bay 7 0 7 7—21 First Quarter TB-Martin 4 run (Barth kick), 6:27.

Second Quarter Chi-Carey 1 run (Gould kick), 11:35.

Chi-FG Gould 26, 3:00.

Chi-FG Gould 27, :08.

Third Quarter TB-Sims 50 pass from Winston (Barth kick), 11:24.

Fourth Quarter Chi-Carey 1 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), 14:55.

Chi-FG Gould 50, 9:04.

Chi-FG Gould 39, 1:07.

TB-Seferian-Jenkins 43 pass from Winston (Barth kick), :01.

A-63,734.

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Chi First downs 21 19 Total Net Yards 327 389 Rushes-yards 39-174 25-104 Passing 153 285 Punt Returns 1-5 2-3 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-19 Interceptions Ret. 1-23 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 20-27-0 15-29-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 1-10 Punts 5-35.4 4-43.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-2 Penalties-Yards 3-25 4-47 Time of Possession 37:03 22:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Chicago, Langford 19-83, Forte 11-54, Cutler 2-21, Carey 7-16.

Tampa Bay, Martin 17-49, Sims 4-45, Winston 4-10.

PASSING-Chicago, Cutler 20-27-0156. Tampa Bay, Winston 15-29-1295.

RECEIVING-Chicago, Miller 7-69, Royal 5-21, Forte 3-23, Mariani 2-32, Bellamy 2-10, Carey 1-1. Tampa Bay, Evans 4-61, Sims 3-72, SeferianJenkins 2-60, Brate 1-46, Shepard 1-18, Dye 1-15, Humphries 1-10, Stocker 1-7, Martin 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Tampa Bay, Barth 52 (WL).

Lions 32, 49ers 17 Detroit — Matthew Stafford threw for two touchdowns, including one to Calvin Johnson early in the fourth quarter for Detroit.

The Lions (6-9) have won five of their last seven games, perhaps giving coach Jim Caldwell a chance to keep his job for a third season.

San Francisco 7 10 0 0—17 Detroit 3 17 3 9—32 First Quarter SF-McDonald 1 pass from Gabbert (Dawson kick), 9:24.

Det-FG Prater 36, 5:19.

Second Quarter Det-T.Jones 29 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 14:15.

SF-Smith 16 pass from Gabbert (Dawson kick), 11:26.

Det-Bell 1 run (Prater kick), 8:54.

SF-FG Dawson 40, :35.

Det-FG Prater 38, :00.

Third Quarter Det-FG Prater 37, 8:25.

Fourth Quarter Det-C.Johnson 1 pass from Stafford (pass failed), 9:04.

Det-FG Prater 34, 3:07.

A-61,313.

Det

SF First downs 20 26 Total Net Yards 322 371 Rushes-yards 23-121 28-87 Passing 201 284 Punt Returns 1-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 2-57 2-69 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-33-0 29-37-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-24 2-17 Punts 3-41.7 3-43.7 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 11-65 7-71 Time of Possession 23:30 36:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-San Francisco, Harris 11-73, Hayne 9-27, Gaskins 2-12, Gabbert 1-9. Detroit, Abdullah 8-39, Riddick 7-20, Bell 7-13, Stafford 5-11, Abdul-Quddus 1-4.

PASSING-San Francisco, Gabbert 22-33-0-225. Detroit, Stafford 29-37-0301.

RECEIVING-San Francisco, McDonald 5-61, Boldin 5-27, Hayne 5-20, Ellington 3-55, Smith 2-23, Patton 1-28, Harris 1-11. Detroit, Riddick 7-63, C.Johnson 6-77, Tate 4-59, Ebron 4-49, Abdullah 4-9, Bell 2-9, T.Jones 1-29, Moore 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-San Francisco, Dawson 45 (WL).

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SCOREBOARD Kansas Men Big 12 Men

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Oklahoma 0 0 11 0 Kansas 0 0 10 1 Iowa State 0 0 10 1 West Virginia 0 0 10 1 Texas Tech 0 0 9 1 Baylor 0 0 9 2 Kansas State 0 0 9 2 Texas 0 0 8 3 Oklahoma State 0 0 7 4 TCU 0 0 7 4 Today’s Game Delaware State at TCU, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games UC Irvine at Kansas, 8 p.m.

Texas Southern at Baylor, 2 p.m.

Richmond at Texas Tech, 4 p.m.

UMKC at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Saint Louis at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Connecticut at Texas, 8 p.m.

College Men

Sunday’s Scores EAST Fairfield 101, Bucknell 91 Syracuse 80, Texas Southern 67 SOUTH Maryland 87, Marshall 67 Radford 123, Cent. Pennsylvania 63 VCU 85, Liberty 57 MIDWEST Marquette 84, Presbyterian 66 Northwestern 74, Loyola (Md.) 59 Ohio St. 73, SC State 57 S. Dakota St. 65, Mid. Tennessee 61 SE Missouri 94, Harris-Stowe 84 FAR WEST Fresno St. 89, Pacific Union 46 Stanford 83, Carroll (Mont.) 38

Big 12 Women

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Baylor 0 0 13 0 Texas 0 0 11 0 Kansas State 0 0 10 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 10 1 Oklahoma 0 0 9 2 Texas Tech 0 0 9 2 West Virginia 0 0 9 3 Iowa State 0 0 8 3 TCU 0 0 8 3 5 6 Kansas 0 0 Sunday’s Games Oklahoma St. 76, Savannah St. 48 Texas 83, Sam Houston State 49 Today’s Game Elon at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Kansas at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Baylor at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Texas at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

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

Iowa State at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Nov. 4 — Pitt St. (exhibition), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W 109-72 (1-0) Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, Sprint Center, W 82-67 (8-1) Dec. 19 — Montana, W 88-46 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, W 70-57 (10-1) Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, 8 p.m.

Jan. 2 — Baylor, 3 p.m.

Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Jan. 16 — TCU, 1 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Jan. 23 — Texas, 1 p.m.

Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, TBA Feb. 3 — Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at TCU, 11 a.m.

Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, 5 p.m.

Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Feb. 29 — at Texas, 8 p.m.

March 5 — Iowa State, TBA March 9-12 — Big 12 tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas Women

Nov. 1 — Pitt. St. (exhibition), W 80-54 Nov. 8 — Emporia State (exhibition), W 68-57 Nov. 15 — Texas Southern, W 72-65 (1-0) Nov. 19 — Memphis, W 72-63 (2-0) Nov. 23 — at Arizona, L 67-52 (2-1) Nov. 27 — N. Illinois at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, W 66-58 (3-1) Nov. 28 — SMU at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, L 64-73 (3-2) Dec. 2 — Creighton, W 67-54 (4-2) Dec. 6 — St. John’s, L 71-86 (4-3) Dec. 10 — UMKC, L 44-47 (4-4) Dec. 13 — Navy, W 61-54, OT (5-4) Dec. 20 — Washington State, L 53-66 (5-5) Dec. 22 — Oral Roberts, L 63-70 (5-6) Dec. 30 — at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Jan. 3 — West Virginia, TBA

Jan. 6 — Baylor, TBA Jan. 9 — at Iowa State, TBA Jan. 13 — Texas, TBA Jan. 16 — at West Virginia, TBA Jan. 20 — Kansas State, TBA Jan. 24 — Oklahoma State, TBA Jan. 27 — at Texas, TBA Jan. 30 — at Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 2 — Iowa State, TBA Feb. 6 — at Baylor, TBA Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, TBA Feb. 17 — TCU, TBA Feb. 20 — Oklahoma, TBA Feb. 24 — at Oklahoma State, TBA Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, TBA Feb. 29 — at TCU, TBA March 4-7 — Big 12 tournament at Oklahoma City

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 19 12 .613 — Boston 18 13 .581 1 New York 14 18 .438 5½ Brooklyn 8 22 .267 10½ Philadelphia 2 30 .063 17½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 20 12 .625 — Miami 18 11 .621 ½ Orlando 17 13 .567 2 Charlotte 16 13 .552 2½ Washington 14 14 .500 4 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 19 9 .679 — Indiana 17 12 .586 2½ Chicago 16 12 .571 3 Detroit 17 14 .548 3½ Milwaukee 12 19 .387 8½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 26 6 .813 — Dallas 17 13 .567 8 Memphis 17 16 .515 9½ Houston 16 16 .500 10 New Orleans 10 20 .333 15 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 21 10 .677 — Utah 12 16 .429 7½ Denver 12 19 .387 9 Portland 13 20 .394 9 Minnesota 11 19 .367 9½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 28 1 .966 — L.A. Clippers 18 13 .581 11 Sacramento 12 18 .400 16½ Phoenix 12 20 .375 17½ L.A. Lakers 5 26 .161 24 Sunday’s Games Memphis 112, L.A. Lakers 96 Oklahoma City 122, Denver 112 Boston 100, New York 91 Portland 98, Sacramento 94

Today’s Games Atlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Orlando, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Washington, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 7 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Utah, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

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

W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 7 0 .533 309 307 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 303 384 Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 370 418 Tennessee 3 12 0 .200 275 393 North

W L T Pct PF PA y-Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 378 243 Pittsburgh 9 6 0 .600 395 307 Baltimore 5 10 0 .333 312 377 Cleveland 3 12 0 .200 266 404 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 4 0 .714 308 259 x-Kansas City 10 5 0 .667 382 270 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 376 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-Washington 8 7 0 .533 354 356 Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 342 400 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 390 407 Dallas 4 11 0 .267 252 340 South

W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 14 1 0 .933 462 298 Atlanta 8 7 0 .533 322 325 Tampa Bay 6 9 0 .400 332 379 New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 388 459 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 10 5 0 .667 355 303 x-Minnesota 10 5 0 .667 345 289 Detroit 6 9 0 .400 334 380 Chicago 6 9 0 .400 315 373 West

W L T Pct PF PA y-Arizona 13 2 0 .867 483 277 x-Seattle 9 6 0 .600 387 271 St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 264 311 San Francisco 4 11 0 .267 219 371 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

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Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Atlanta Houston (12-1) vs. Florida State (102), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (10-3), noon (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.

Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Ohio State (11-1), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif.

Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans Oklahoma State (10-2) vs.

Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Penn St. (7-5) vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

Kansas St. (6-6) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oregon (9-3) vs. TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl Phoenix West Virginia (7-5) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz.

Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN)

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Sunday’s Games Houston 34, Tennessee 6 Kansas City 17, Cleveland 13 N.Y. Jets 26, New England 20, OT Indianapolis 18, Miami 12 Detroit 32, San Francisco 17 Buffalo 16, Dallas 6 Chicago 26, Tampa Bay 21 Atlanta 20, Carolina 13 Baltimore 20, Pittsburgh 17 New Orleans 38, Jacksonville 27 St. Louis 23, Seattle 17 Arizona 38, Green Bay 8 Minnesota 49, N.Y. Giants 17 Today’s Game Cincinnati at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 3 Oakland at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, Noon Washington at Dallas, Noon Detroit at Chicago, Noon N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, Noon New England at Miami, Noon New Orleans at Atlanta, Noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, Noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, Noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, Noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, Noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, 3:25 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 7:30 p.m.

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NOTICE OF SUIT (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 28, 2015) The State of Kansas to all persons under K.S.A. In accordance with the 60-307(5) who are or may statutes governing ad- be concerned: verse possession, the West parking lot at 3101 W. You are hereby notified 6th, Lawrence, KS, will be that a petition has been closed January 1, 2015. filed in the District Court of HD Lewis Douglas County, Kansas, _______ Division 4, by Deanna Elaine Woods requesting (First published in the to change her name to DeLawrence Daily Journal- anna Winter Woods. Said World, December 28, 2015) petition is referred to as Case No. 15CV 445. You are IN THE DISTRICT required to answer or othCOURT OF erwise plead to the petiDOUGLAS COUNTY, tion on or before the 5th KANSAS day of February, 2016 at CIVIL DEPARTMENT 11:00 A.M. in the Court at Lawrence, Kansas. If you IN THE MATTER OF fail to plead, judgment and DEANNA ELAINE WOODS, decree will be entered in due course upon the petiCase No. 15CV 445 tion.

Div. No. 4 /s/ Darryl Graves Pursuant to K.S.A. Darryl Graves #08991 Chapter 60 Darryl Graves, A Professional Law

Corporation 1040 New Hampshire St. Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-8117; FAX (785) 843-0492 office@dgraves-law.com Attorney for Petitioner _______

Court No. 3 Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SUIT

STATE OF KANSAS to the (First published in the above named Defendants Lawrence Daily Journal- and The Unknown Heirs, World December 28, 2015) executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and asIN THE DISTRICT COURT signs of any deceased deOF DOUGLAS COUNTY, fendants; the unknown KANSAS spouses of any defendCIVIL DEPARTMENT ants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, Ditech Financial LLC creditors and assigns of Plaintiff, any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dorvs. mant corporations; the unknown executors, adminJonathan Sloan aka istrators, devisees, trusJonathan C. Sloan, Jane tees, creditors, successors Doe, John Doe, Amanda and assigns of any defendJones, and United States of ants that are or were partAmerica, et al., ners or in partnership; and Defendants the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees Case No. 15CV446 of any defendants that are minors or are under any le-

gal disability and all other which you have to plead to person who are or may be the Petition for Forecloconcerned: sure in the District Court of Douglas County Kansas YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED will expire on February 8, that a Petition for Mort- 2016. If you fail to plead, gage Foreclosure has been judgment and decree will filed in the District Court of be entered in due course Douglas County, Kansas by upon the request of plainDitech Financial LLC, pray- tiff. ing for foreclosure of certain real property legally MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC described as follows: By: LOT 6, ON REPLAT OF LOTS Chad R. Doornink, #23536 33, 34, AND 35, IN ADDITION cdoornink@msfirm.com NO. 5, IN THAT PART OF 8900 Indian Creek THE CITY OF LAWRENCE Parkway, Suite 180 KNOWN AS NORTH LAW- Overland Park, KS 66210 RENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, (913) 339-9132 KANSAS. TAX ID (913) 339-9045 (fax) NO.N07411F Commonly known as 525 Lyon St, Law- By: /s/ Tiffany T. Frazier rence, KS 66044 (“the Prop- Tiffany T. Frazier, #26544 erty”) MS169521 tfrazier@msfirm.com Garrett M. Gasper, #25628 for a judgment against de- ggasper@msfirm.com fendants and any other in- Aaron M. Schuckman, terested parties and, un- #22251 less otherwise served by aschuckman@msfirm.com personal or mail service of 612 Spirit Dr. summons, the time in St. Louis, MO 63005

(636) 537-0110 (636) 537-0067 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MS 169521.345339 KJFC MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 28, 2015) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Annual Meeting of the Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No 35 will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at 12:00 P.M. at Conrad’s in Overbrook, Kansas for the purpose of electing directors whose term expire and for the purpose of conducting any other business that may legally and properly come before the board. Six (6) members will be elected to the Board of Directors of said District for a term of three (3) years, and said election will be by written ballot.

This notice is given pursuant to K.S.A. 24-1211 THE STATE OF KANSAS TO: ALL LANDOWNERS AND Larry Butel President QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE Wakarusa Watershed WAKARUSA WATERSHED Joint District No. 35 JOINT DISTRICT NO. 35 AND ________ ALL OTHER PERSONS CONCERNED You and each of you are hereby notified that the