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GOOD MORNING Christmas Walk opens this weekend AUBURN — The Auburn Parks and Recreation Department will present its 23rd annual Christmas Walk on two weekends, This Friday through Sunday and Dec. 13-15, from 6-8 p.m. each evening. The Christmas Walk takes place in Eckhart Park, 1500 S. Cedar St and provides a “winter wonderland,” the department said. It features: favorite holiday and cartoon characters; Santa Claus listening to children’s Christmas wish lists; Mrs. Claus telling stories by a fire; Santa’s elves preparing gifts; snowmen ice skating and playing; and synchronized music and lights Admission costs $2 per person or $1 per person with a donation of a nonperishable food item. All food items will be donated to the Community Center for Caring Food Pantry to help people in need this holiday season. For more information, contact the park office at 925-2997, or visit its facebook page or website at ci.auburn.in.us.

One man off hook in IU disappearance INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit against one of three men who were with an Indiana University student when she disappeared in 2011. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt says Michael Beth offered Lauren Spierer, 20, a place to sleep when his roommate, Corey Rossman, brought her intoxicated to their apartment. When she refused, he escorted her to the nearby apartment of Jason Rosenbaum. Spierer’s parents claimed the men didn’t ensure the woman returned safely to her apartment.

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Woman dies from crash injuries Motorcycle struck gate in October AUBURN — An Auburn woman has died from injuries she suffered in a motorcycle crash Oct. 13. Connie K. Cossairt, 59, died Saturday at DeKalb Health in Auburn. She was one of two people injured when a motorcycle struck a railroad crossing gate arm

Oct. 13 at 5:35 p.m. southwest of Butler, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department reported. Cossairt had injuries to her head and face. The driver of the motorcycle, Michael Powell, 56, of Spencerville, had injuries to his head, face and right shoulder. A Samaritan helicopter flew them to Parkview Regional Medical Center

at Fort Wayne for treatment. Powell was in fair condition after the crash, but Cossairt was listed in critical condition, according to a hospital spokesman. Police said the 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling south on C.R. 59, approaching the Norfolk Southern railroad crossing south of C.R. 42. The crossing arms were down, with red lights flashing.

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Powell told police he did not see the crossing arms immediately, because the sun was shining in his eyes. When he saw the crossing arms were down, he applied the brakes but slid, striking the southbound crossing arm with the front of the motorcycle. Police said neither Powell nor Cossairt was wearing a helmet. An obituary for Ms. Cossairt appears on page A4 of today’s edition.

Health site on mend Report says worst glitches are over

a national campaign to promote its sacred art calendars and spent more than $40,000 in advertisements. Messenger wanted to make businesses aware of the benefits of using the calendars for promotional advertising. Messenger acquired the Auburn Greeting Card Co. in the 1930s and moved to Seventh Street just east of downtown Auburn, where it still operates. At that time, the company began producing funeral stationery to sell to funeral homes. By the mid-1970s, funeral stationery sales overtook calendar sales. The company is credited with introducing many products and services to the funeral industry, such as coordinating stationery graphics, printing full-color art on register book covers, same-day service for personalized thank-you cards and establishing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer crashes should be giving way to insurance coverage — if the government’s diagnosis of its health care website is correct. The Health and Human Services Department released a progress report Sunday on its effort get the troubled HealthCare.gov website on the mend. Administration officials said the worst of the online glitches, bugs and delays may be over. “The bottom line — HealthCare.gov on Dec. 1 is night and day from where it was on Oct. 1,” said Jeff Zients, the White House’s troubleshooter tasked with making the website function properly. Overnight Sunday, technicians deployed a major new upgrade in the form of a window shopping feature that lets consumers get details on their insurance options without first having to fill out an application. The lack of an anonymous shopper feature was one of the major early shortcomings of the system. A stopgap version that was belatedly put in place until now was seen as rudimentary at best. The new version lets consumers get premium quotes by age, and also displays important plan details such as deductibles. Yet officials acknowledged more work remains on the website, which made its national debut two months ago with hundreds of

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Messenger’s history honored INDIANAPOLIS — Messenger LLC of Auburn is one of 14 companies to receive Centennial Business Awards from the Indiana Historical Society, in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corp., in a ceremony Monday night. The recognition came at the society’s annual Founders Day Dinner, presented by Wells Fargo Advisers, at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in downtown Indianapolis. Each company will be added to the historical society’s Historic Business Register. In 1992, the trustees and members of the Indiana Historical Society founded the Historic Business Register with three goals in mind: to provide special recognition to Indiana companies continually in business for a century or more, to encourage the

preservation of historically significant business-related archival materials, and to develop increased awareness of the state’s rich business and industrial heritage among Indiana’s citizens. The Centennial Business Awards are presented every year in partnership with the development corporation. To date, the names of more than 400 companies have been registered Frank and listed on the historical society’s Messenger website, most with organizational narratives. Frank M. Messenger founded the Messenger Corp. in 1913 in Chicago to promote and sell Scripture text calendars. In 1927, the company started

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Council votes to pay for removing bridge BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com

AUBURN — The DeKalb County Council on Monday approved a $150,000 appropriation to pay for removal of a compromised iron bridge that spans the CSX railroad tracks on C.R. 75. A deal struck between the county and the railroad calls for CSX to reimburse the county for the project after the bridge is pulled out. The railroad wants the bridge removed by year’s end, and the roadway will be barricaded on either side until it can be turned into cul-de-sacs next year. The council approved the funding by a 6-1 vote, with Councilman Bob Wilder voting against it. Wilder has voiced a displeasure with removing the

only bridge over the CSX tracks in that area without a plan to replace it. Contractor Primco will handle the bridge removal. The county had planned to store the bridge on the county farm property until federal funding became available to place it on a trail system in St. Joe, but that plan appears up in the air now. County highway superintendent Eric Patton approached the council Monday for its support of a commitment letter required to apply for that federal funding, but it required the county’s agreement to pay 20 percent of the estimated cost, more than $400,000. The council decided not to sign the letter for this year’s call-out for projects, saying it could not

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commit to its share of the cost. If the county does not pursue funding, it either would pay nearly $3 million for the bridge’s relocation or shop the bridge to another Indiana county interested in preserving it. Because it is a select bridge in the Indiana Historical Society’s catalog, it must be preserved. Later Monday, consultant Ben Beer with USI Consultants warned the county commissioners that once the bridge is removed, the county will be ineligible for federal funding to replace it with a new bridge. In other business, Sheriff Don Lauer approached the council Monday to discuss paying Deputy Lee Stoy $100 a year in longevity pay he is owed. Lauer said when

Stoy moved from detective to road patrol duty, a pay level decrease, he inadvertently lost the longevity pay he had earned. The county did away with longevity pay years ago, but it was locked in for those who earned it before that time. After a lengthy discussion, the council agreed to correct the issue through an ordinance that would, if passed at its Jan. 6 meeting, pay Stoy the $100 per year he is owed from 2011 to 2013 and continue it moving forward. The council also reappointed Terry Rayle to the local alcoholic beverage board, Kate Mason to the Waterloo Grant Township Public Library board of trustees and Carolyn Foley to the Eckhart Public Library board of trustees.

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Stuff-A-Bus food, coat drive planned AUBURN — The DeKalb Central school district transportation department is sponsoring its second annual Stuff-A-Bus food and coat drive Saturday to benefit local families in need. Nonperishable food donations, monetary contributions and new or gently used coats may be dropped off at Walmart and Advance Auto in Auburn from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at Albright’s in Corunna from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Kruse to speak to DeKalb 9-12 Group AUBURN — State Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, will be the guest speaker at the weekly DeKalb County 9-12 Group meeting tonight at 6:30. The meeting will be held at St. Andrew’s Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 320 W. 4th St., Auburn, in Fellowship Hall. A light supper will be served at 5:30 pm. The public is invited to attend.

Auto dealer opens new headquarters KENDALLVILLE — A new era has begun in Kendallville. After 40 years at 561 S. Main St., the Max Platt Ford dealership has moved to its West North Street location. The dealership held its grand opening on Monday. Kendallville Mayor Suzanne Handshoe and Councilman Jim Dazey were among the dignitaries on hand to help start the new era officially with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new dealership will feature an expanded showroom area and an expanded service area that will allow customers to avoid having to park outside to have work done on their cars. “They can drive right in,” Max Platt said, “especially if it’s bad weather.” More room, particularly in the showroom area, is a noticeable difference in the new location. At its South Main Street building, the dealership could feature two cars in its showroom. Platt said the new building can put five or six new models on display. The service area has been expanded from 14,000 square feet to 17,000 square feet, said Jeff Platt, general manager. Max Platt said the move was necessary to keep the dealership progressing, but it was difficult closing the doors on a place where he had come to work nearly every day since 1973. “We were down there 40 years,” Max Platt said. “It’s kind of sentimental. Things change, and you’ve got to keep moving forward.”

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ALBION — Residents of Noble County will cast their ballots at vote centers in the May 2014 primary election. The Noble County Council voted 7-0 Monday to approve using vote centers, rather than precinct polling places as in the past. The council’s vote was the last hurdle the proposal needed to clear to become a PHOTO CONTRIBUTED reality. But it didn’t clear without discussion of where Students at Waterloo Elementary School R.P. Wakefield and Nucor. A grandthe centers should be located teamed with seven local businesses to father of a student donated fresh potatoes — an issue that has cropped collect 1,007 items to donate to the directly to Warm a Heart. Students are up repeatedly in connection Warm A Heart food pantry. Participating shown loading a truck with items to be with the plan approved last businesses were Covington Box, UPS, delivered to Warm A Heart. month by the Noble County MetalX, OmniSource, Charleston Metal, Board of Elections. Under the plan, vote centers will be in Kendallville, Ligonier, Avilla, Albion, Rome City, Cromwell and Merriam. The scarcity of vote centers in the southern part of AUBURN — Judge Northcrest Trailer Park, the county again came block of Alyson Avenue, Kevin Wallace sentenced Butler, was sentenced to up Monday. Any voter Auburn, was sentenced to eight people for criminal 180 days in jail and fined $1 60 days in jail and fined registered in Noble County offenses during hearings for possession of marijuana $150 for operating a vehicle can cast a ballot at any vote Nov. 25 and 27 in DeKalb having a previous conviccenter in the county. with an unlawful alcohol Superior Court I. tion, a Class D felony. He Councilman Jerry Jansen concentration, a Class C • James Riddle of the must pay court costs. said he would prefer a plan misdemeanor. He must pay 3700 block of East 550S, • Daniel Roggemann of in which a vote center was court costs, and his driving Wolcottville, was sentenced located in LaOtto, even if the 2400 block of C.R. 38, license was suspended for to seven years in prison for that meant moving a vote Auburn, was fined $25 and 180 days. center out of Avilla. operating a vehicle after a must pay court costs for • Zachary Davis of the Jansen was concerned lifetime suspension, a Class possession of paraphernalia, 0500 block of C.R. 64, because the only vote center C felony. He was fined $1 a Class A misdemeanor. Garrett, received a 180-day and must pay court costs. • Matthew Pace of the suspended sentence and one in the county’s southern • Roger Raske of the 600 2000 block of Elyetta Street, year of probation for battery, townships is in Merriam, block of North Cross Street, Fort Wayne, was sentenced a Class B misdemeanor. He with all the others in the central and northern parts. Angola, received a two-year to 60 days in jail and fined was fined $1 and must pay Noble County Clerk suspended sentence and $150 for operating a vehicle court costs. two years of probation for while intoxicated, a Class A • Tammy Beechler of the Shelley Mawhorter said the vote centers are distribpossession of methamphetmisdemeanor. He must pay 200 block of South Wayne uted fairly evenly when amine, a Class D felony. He court costs, and his driving Street, Waterloo, was fined was fined $1 and must pay license was suspended for $1 and must pay court costs going east to west, and that distances from any point court costs. 180 days. for conversion, a Class A in the county to a vote • Toni Boyer of • Lee Fugate of the 1100 misdemeanor.

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Regional Roundup • Ex-administrator sues Notre Dame SOUTH BEND — A former administrator who alleges he was demoted after speaking out against racist acts at the University of Notre Dame is suing the university, according to news reports. The South Bend Tribune reports G. David Moss, now an administrator with the South Bend Community School Corporation, filed a lawsuit last week in federal court in South Bend against Notre Dame and Vice President for Student Affairs Erin HoffmanHarding. The complaint alleges Hoffman-Harding demoted Moss in the fall of 2012 from assistant vice president of student affairs to the position of a senior consultant after Moss spoke out against two racial incidents that happened at Notre Dame that spring.

State senator won’t run for re-election INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A longtime state senator from southeastern Indiana

isn’t seeking re-election next year. Republican Sen. Johnny Nugent of Lawrenceburg announced Monday he would retire at the end of his current term. Nugent was first elected to the Senate in 1978. He has held numerous leadership positions and sponsored many gun rights measures. Republicans Allen Paul of Richmond and Tom Wyss of Fort Wayne and Democrat Lindel Hume of Princeton have also said they won’t see new terms next year.

Deer” and “Hunting, Sport of Cowards.” Brown County and 20 other state parks were closed Monday and today to the general public so the final two days of this year’s deer hunts can take place there. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources doesn’t get much criticism regarding the hunts nowadays, state parks natural resources chief Mike Mycroft told The Herald-Times. Most complaints are from hunters who want more deer to hunt, he said.

State park deer hunts in 20th year

Noise study planned at Grissom air base

NASHVILLE (AP) — The deer hunts that started 20 years ago amid protests at one of Indiana’s most popular state parks is a step that a state wildlife official says helped improve its ecosystem. The December 1993 deer hunt at Brown County State Park near Nashville, about 40 miles south of Indianapolis, was met with protesters carrying signs saying “Kill Hunger, Not

PERU (AP) — A noise study being planned at northern Indiana’s Grissom Air Reserve Base could lead to more residential development being allowed nearby. The study will analyze the amount of air traffic at the base and the noise produced by those planes, the Kokomo Tribune reported. The Federal Aviation Administration deemed a

The 1-mile radius around the base was incompatible with residential development because of the noise found in a 1995 study, Grissom spokesman Mark OrdersWoempner said. That could change with the new study since the base had 40 military aircraft in 1995, but now has only 16 KC-135 Stratotanker refueling planes.

Deer hunter bags ‘Back Trouble’ GREENSBURG (AP) — A southeastern Indiana deer hunter who bagged a 21-point buck says he named his trophy “Back Trouble” because he strained his back dragging its 300-pound carcass out of the woods. Phil Hadley shot the deer last Tuesday while hunting in Decatur County. He told the Greensburg Daily News the buck was by far the biggest deer he’s shot in his long hunting career. The Greensburg man says the buck yielded so much meat he may have enough venison to last his family through Christmas.

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ANGOLA — Steuben County attorney Don Stuckey is going to research whether an appointment to the Steuben County Plan Commission meets political requirements. The issue came up at

the insistence of Judy Rowe, chairwoman of the Steuben County Democratic Central Committee. She said an appointee to the Plan Commission, John Brooks, does not qualify as a Democrat. The board can’t have more than three members of a political party.

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center remain shorter with an Avilla location than a LaOtto site. “Avilla is more centrally located for the other areas than is LaOtto,” Mawhorter said. The key to making vote centers work is early voting, Mawhorter said, adding, “We want people to vote early, and we want people to be able to vote early.” Most counties with vote centers, which usually are open for early voting, have seen a 40-percent increase in early voting and an increase in overall voting, even with fewer locations, Mawhorter said. The proposal also will save the county money, Mawhorter said. It will save $9,400 in poll worker wages alone, even after including the costs of early voting. The council had no say in polling locations Monday. It only could pass a resolution approving or denying the use of vote centers in the county. Mawhorter said educational information on how vote centers will operate in the county will be made available to the public, and speakers about the plan will be available to address groups. The Board of Elections approved the plan. The Noble County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution in November approving the use of vote centers. Like the County Council, the commissioners had no say in the plan itself. By law, the Board of Elections must approve the plan unanimously for it to be put into effect.

Stuckey said it isn’t just a matter of looking at one’s voting record to determine party status. Commissioner Jim Crowl, who sits on the Plan Commission as representatives of the commissioners, said Brooks has told him he would sign an affidavit to declare his party status. “The question is whether he was in compliance when he was first appointed,” Stuckey said. Brooks was appointed some 12 years ago.

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People • Shelton, Bryan to return as hosts for awards show NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are returning as hosts of next year’s Academy of Country Music Awards. The country music stars teamed up last year and things went so well they’re coming back for the April 6 awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The academy also announced Monday that Florida Georgia Line will host its Fan Jam, the parallel event that runs concurrently with the awards. Bryan and FGL are two of the hottest acts in Nashville at the moment. Bryan won the ACM’s fan-voted entertainer of the year award last April in something of an upset, and Florida Georgia Line was the academy’s new artist of the year. The academy also announced that it will tape its annual television special the day after the awards, to air later in the spring. No word yet on who will perform.

Bruce Lee’s yellow jump suit up for bid HONG KONG (AP) — Bruce Lee fans who covet the original yellow jumpsuit that the martial arts legend wore onscreen will get a chance to bid for it at a Hong Kong auction this week. It’s part of a collection of 14 items including clothing and props going on the block on Thursday. Lee wore the yellow suit, with black stripes down the sides, in “Game of Death.” Lee died in 1973, before the movie was finished. An incomplete version was released that year, followed by a feature-length version in 1978 cobbled together with footage filmed after his death. Lee’s death at 32 from an allergic reaction to painkillers came at the height of his fame. The actor’s legendary kung fu skills and screen presence helped him become a global superstar and popularized martial arts films across the world.

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Passengers kept on plane in TB scare PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine whether a man who flew into Phoenix has tuberculosis, but any risk to passengers on his flight is extremely low even if it turns out he does have the infectious respiratory illness, public health officials said Monday. About 70 passengers on the US Airways Express flight on Saturday from Austin, Texas, were briefly kept on the plane until after responders boarded and removed the man, who was asked to put on a medical mask. Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, medical director of the disease control division of the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, said the man is being tested to determine whether he has TB or any another illness. Sunenshine said test results should be available within a week or so. The man is being tested at a hospital to speed up the process, not because of illness, she said. Even if he has the disease, the short flight coupled with the fact that he wasn’t coughing or sneezing on the plane means risk of transmission is extremely low, Sunenshine said. During her own hour-long interview with the man, “he did not cough at all,” Sunenshine said. Sunenshine declined to provide details about the man but said he was put on no-fly status by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the federal agency was contacted by health authorities in Texas.

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The so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project is a major undertaking in Amazon’s research and development labs. Amazon says it will take years to advance the technology and for the

Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations, but CEO Jeff Bezos said Sunday there’s no reason drones can’t help get goods to customers in 30 minutes or less.

Amazon hoping to use drones to deliver goods NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com is working on a way to get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less — via self-guided drone. Consider it the modern version of a pizza delivery boy, minus the boy. Amazon.com said it’s working on the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project in its research and development labs. But the company says it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations. The project was first reported by CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday night, hours before millions of shoppers turned to their computers for Cyber Monday sales. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a primetime interview that while the octocopters look like something out of science fiction, there’s no reason they can’t be used as delivery vehicles. Bezos said the drones can carry packages that weigh up to five pounds, which covers about 86 percent of

the items Amazon delivers. The drones the company is testing have a range of about 10 miles, which Bezos noted could cover a significant portion of the population in urban areas. While it’s tough to say exactly how long it will take the project to get off the ground, Bezos told “60 Minutes” that he thinks it could happen in four or five years. “Technology has always been a double edged sword. Fire kept us warm and cooked our food but also was used to burn down our villages,” said Ray Kurzweil, a technology entrepreneur and futurist. Kurzweil’s 2005 book “The Singularity is Near” argues that the age of smarter-thanhuman intelligence will arrive in the not-so-distant future. “Drones will deliver packages and provide improved mapmaking and monitoring of traffic, but will introduce similar privacy concerns,” he said. Kurzweil noted, however, that security cameras are already in most public spaces, not to mention the ubiquitous camera phone. Unlike the drones used

Supreme Court won’t hear appeal on website taxes WASHINGTON (AP) — On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to wade into a dispute over New York state’s taxes on purchases on websites like Amazon.com. The move likely will prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales — and ignite a furious battle in Congress involving Internet sellers, brick-and-mortar stores and states hungry for extra tax revenue. The high court without comment turned away appeals from Amazon.com LLC and Overstock.com Inc., in their fights against a New York court decision forcing them to remit sales tax the same way in-state businesses do. This could affect online shopping in that state, since for many shoppers one of the attractions of Internet purchasing is the lack of a state sales tax, which makes some items a little cheaper than they would be inside a brick-andmortar store. The National Council of State Legislatures estimated that states lost an estimated $23.3 billion in 2012 as a result of being prohibited from collecting sales tax on online and catalog purchases. Web retailers generally have not had to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. But New York and other states say that a retailer has a physical presence when it uses affiliates — people and businesses that refer customers to the retail-

er’s website and collect a commission on sales. These affiliates range from one-person blogs promoting the latest gadgets to companies that run coupon and deal sites. Amazon and Overstock both use affiliate programs. Amazon has been collecting sales tax in New York as it fights the state over a 2008 law that was the first to consider local affiliates enough of an in-state presence to require sales tax collection. Overstock ended its affiliate program in 2008 after the law passed. But each state has its own rules on Internet sales taxes. While this settles the issue for New York state, other states like Illinois have come to different conclusions — meaning that some Americans will still get state-tax free Internet purchases from certain websites, while others won’t simply because of where they live. And the big Internet sellers aren’t giving up. After the decision, both Amazon and Overstock said they plan to take their case to Congress in hopes of getting a federal decision on state-level Internet sales taxes that would apply to every state uniformly. “States might take courage from this non-decision but they shouldn’t,” said Jonathan Johnson, executive vice chairman of Overstock.com. Johnson pointed out that they pulled their New York affiliate operations in 2008 after that state passed its law, and that other companies fled Illinois after that state passed a similar law.

by the military, Bezos’ proposed flying machines wouldn’t need humans sitting in a distant trailer to control them. Amazon’s drones would receive a set of GPS coordinates and automatically fly to them, presumably avoiding buildings, power lines and other obstacles along the way. Amazon spent almost $2.9 billion in shipping last year, accounting for 4.7 percent of its net sales. Drone delivery faces several legal and technology obstacles similar to Google’s experimental driverless car. How do you design a machine that safely navigates the roads or skies without hitting anything? And, if an accident does occur, who is legally liable? Then there are the security issues. Delivering packages by drone might be impossible in a city like Washington D.C. which has many no-fly zones. “The technology has moved forward faster than the law has kept pace,” said Brendan Schulman, special counsel at the law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

The government reported that developers boosted construction spending in October at the fastest pace in more than four years. A separate survey showed that manufacturing activity rose at its fastest pace in 2 ½ years. Joseph S. Tanious, global market strategist at JPMorgan, said he was encouraged by the reports but that many investors ignored them. He said people have made too much money in the market already this year and are playing it safe by locking in gains. “Investors are looking for reasons to sell,” Tanious said. “But I think the markets will move higher between here and the year-end.” Stocks have soared as the economy maintains a slow but steady recovery and companies continue to increase earnings. Demand for stocks also has been bolstered by Federal Reserve purchases of $85 billion of bonds each month. The goal is to hold down interest rates, make bonds less attractive than stocks, and stimulate the economy. Stock investors are waiting for a government report on jobs Friday for clues about whether the stimulus policy is working and when the Fed will ease off its bond purchases. Investors have sold on days when they feared a Fed pullback was imminent. In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year note climbed to 2.80 percent, from 2.75 percent. The yield was as low as 1.63 percent in early May. Phone companies led the broader market lower Monday. Investors typically buy those stocks because they pay big dividends, providing income. When interest rates climb investors sell them because the income is less attractive compared with higher bond yields.

NEW YORK (AP) — The final month of a stellar year for stocks began with a thud. All three major indexes closed lower Monday, the first day of trading in December. Investors sold shares on signs that American shoppers — that seemingly inexhaustible fuel of global economic growth — may hold tight to their cash this holiday season. Shoppers turned out in record numbers over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, but plunked down less cash than they did last year. It was the first decline in Thanksgiving weekend spending since a retail trade group began tracking it in 2006. Investors reacted by selling all types of retailer stocks, from department stores to specialty chains. J.C. Penney, Macy’s and Target fell about 2 percent each. Urban Outfitters dropped nearly 4 percent. “This holiday season is not going to be a gangbuster,” said Lindsey Piegza, chief economist of Sterne Agee. “Retailers are bracing for declining activity from now to the beginning of the year.” One big exception to the retailer doldrums was Ebay, which rose 1.5 percent thanks to strong sales at its online auctions. The Dow Jones industrial average has surged 22 percent this year and, if history holds, will add to that gain this month. The Dow has risen in December in three out of every four years going back to 1950, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. The average gain: 1.7 percent. On Monday, the Dow fell 77.64 points, or 0.5 percent, to 16,008.77. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 4.91 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,800.90. The Nasdaq composite fell 14.63 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,045.26.

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FORT WAYNE — Robert G. Shaefer, 92, of Fort Wayne died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at 11:22 a.m. in his residence. He was a lifetime resident of Fort Wayne. Mr. Shaefer retired on Nov. 14, 1980, as a tool and dye maker for General Mr. Shaefer Electric in Fort Wayne. He was a graduate of Elmhurst High School and had also received a bachelor’s degree. Mr. Shaefer served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of Trinity Suburban Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, the GE Club, Fort Wayne VFW Post 10006, and Fort Wayne American Legion Post 296. He was born July 29, 1921, in Fort Wayne to Earl Adam and Rose (Kuehm) Shaefer. Surviving are three daughters, Cynthia (Paul) Griebel of Hobart, Tasmania, Debra K. (Ed) Cooper of Fort Wayne, and Sandra Lynn (Ron) Crismore of Fort Wayne; two sons, Robert G. Shaefer Jr. of Leesburg, Va., and Richard Keuhm Shaefer of Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Werth and Helen Rinehart; and three brothers, Earl Shaefer Jr., James Shaefer and Howard Shaefer. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Trinity Suburban Lutheran Church, 7819 Decatur Road, Fort Wayne, with the Rev. Paul B. Griebel officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Calling will be Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church. Memorials are to Trinity Suburban Lutheran Church or Heartland Hospice. Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 S. State St., Kendallville, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at www. youngfamilyfuneralhome. com.

AUBURN — John Gillespie, 86, of Auburn and formerly of Avilla died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at Betz Nursing Home in Auburn. Mr. Gillespie worked on the assembly line at International Harvester, retiring in 1983. He also worked for the Penn Central Railroad as a conductor for 10 years, while working at International Harvester. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Mr. Gillespie was a member of the Garrett American Legion, Garrett Eagles and the UAW. He was a member of the Auburn Nazarene Church. He was born May 10, 1927, in Auburn to Eber A. and Valaria G. (Blevins) Gillespie and they preceded him in death. He married Vivian Custer on July 27, 1947, in Garrett and she survives in Auburn. Also surviving are three sons, Mike (Renee) Gillespie of Auburn, Jeff Gillespie of Auburn and Steven Gillespie; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Clarence Gillespie of Twain Harte, Calif., and Richard “Bud” Gillespie of Dandridge, Tenn.; and three sisters, June Bauer of Clearwater, Fla., Marilyn Evans of Van Buren, Ark., and Sandy Winebrenner of Pine, Ariz. He was also preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, George Gillespie and Paul Gillespie; and two sisters, Pauline Stevens and Phyllis Deal. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Thomas Funeral Home with Pastor Dan White officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Creek Cemetery at Garrett, with military graveside honors by the Garrett American Legion and VFW. There will be no calling. Memorials are to the Auburn Nazarene Church. You may send a condolence or sign the on-line register book by visiting: www.thomasfuner alhome.org.

AUBURN — Connie K. Cossairt, 59, of Auburn died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at DeKalb Health in Auburn. She was born Aug. 11, 1954, in Fort Wayne. Surviving are a son and daughter, Michael (Sarah) Mettert and Amanda (Michael) Rayhouser, both of Auburn; three granddaughters; and a brother and sister, Gary Cossairt of Fremont and Jennifer Mann of Waterloo. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary (Worman) Davis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 Center St., Auburn. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Fort Wayne. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are to the DeKalb County Humane Shelter. To send condolences visit www.fellerandclark.com.

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Donald Page, who was infected with hepatitis C at the Exeter, N.H. hospital, leaves U.S. District Court in Concord, N.H., Monday after testifying against David Kwiatkowski, a medical technician who infected him. Kwiatkowski was sentenced to 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and infecting dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes.

Hospital worker gets 39 years in hepatitis case CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling medical technician was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and infecting dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes. “I don’t blame the families for hating me,” David Kwiatkowski said after hearing about 20 statements from people he infected and their relatives. “I hate myself.” Kwiatkowski, 34, was a cardiac technologist in 18 hospitals in seven states before being hired at New Hampshire’s Exeter Hospital in 2011. He had moved from job to job despite being fired at least four times over allegations of drug use and theft. Since his arrest last year, 46 people have been diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis C he carries. Kwiatkowski admitted stealing painkillers and replacing them with salinefilled syringes tainted with his blood. He pleaded guilty in August to 16 federal drug charges. Before he was sentenced, Kwiatkowski said he was very sorry what he had done. Standing and turning to face his victims, he said his crimes were caused by an addiction to painkillers and alcohol. “There’s no excuse for

what I’ve done,” he said. “I know the pain and suffering I have caused.” Prosecutors asked for a 40-year sentence. Judge Joseph LaPlante said he cut the last year as a reminder that some people have the capacity for mercy and compassion. “It’s important for you to recognize and remember as you spend the next 39 years in prison to focus on the one year you didn’t get and try to develop that capacity in yourself,” LaPlante said. The victims spoke angrily and tearfully of the pain that Kwiatkowski had inflicted by giving them hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that can cause liver disease and chronic health problems. Linda Ficken, 71, was one of two Kansas victims to attend the sentencing hearing. She underwent a cardiac catheterization at Hays Medical Center in 2010, and said she is haunted by the memory of Kwiatkowski standing at her bedside for more than an hour, applying pressure to the catheter’s entry site in her leg to control bleeding. Linwood Nelson, who was infected when he went in for a procedure at the Baltimore VA Medical Center in 2012, said Kwiatkowski “should receive the same punishment he gave us: the death penalty.”

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large container. Candy will be available to purchase separately. After buying empty containers or boxes, visitors may walk the aisles of cookies and candies to choose their favorites. While shopping, visitors can visit the Cookie Cafe and enjoy a complimentary drink and breakfast treat. Children can stop at the cookie-decorating table and decorate a cookie or two at no charge. If desired, decorated

cookies may be packaged to take home. This year’s walk is presented by the preschool and the Altar Guild Ladies Group. Proceeds will be used to help both groups continue their work. Proceeds for the preschool will be used to supplement the school’s educational programs and to help keep the school a vital part of the Garrett community.

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Email your legal! legals @ kpcmedia.com Call Kelly at 877-791-7877x182 for details NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEKALB CIRCUIT/SUPERIOR COURT II CAUSE NO. 17D02-1311-EU-00084 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF DEKALB, SS: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE BELL, DECEASED. JERRY L. BELL AND KIMBERLY K. BELL, C0-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES. Notice is hereby given that Jerry L. Bell and Kimberly K. Bell were on the 19th day of November, 2013, appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of George Bell, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate, whether or not now due, must file the same in said court within three months from the date of the first publication of this notice or within nine months after the death of the decedent, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. Dated at Auburn, Indiana, this 19th day of November, 2013. Martha Grimm Clerk of the DeKalb Circuit/Superior Court I/II Thompson Smith Attorney #20667-17 John Martin Smith & Thompson Smith, P.C. Post Office Box 686 Auburn, Indiana 46706 TS,00361134,11/26,12/3,hspaxlp NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEKALB CIRCUIT/SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NO: 17C01-1311-EU-00083 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF DEKALB, SS: IN THE MATTER OF THE UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION OF THE

ESTATE OF JUNE M. HUDSON, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the November 19th, 2013, Cindy K. Mitchell was appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of June M. Hudson, deceased, who died on November 1, 2013. All persons having claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. Dated at Albion, Indiana, this 19th day of November, 2013. Martha Grimm, Clerk DeKalb Circuit/Superior Court Michael M. Yoder Yoder & Kraus P.C. 515 Professional Way Kendallville, IN 46755 (260) 636-2000 (260) 347-9400 TS,00361135,11/26,12/3,hspaxlp NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of De Kalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D01-1201 -MF-00009 wherein GMAC Mortgage, LLC was Plaintiff, and Beverly A. Davis and Gary A. Davis, et al., were Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 23rd day of January, 2014, at the hour of 2:00 pm or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in De Kalb County, Indiana. LOT NUMBERED FIVE (5) IN THE PLAT OF HEFFELFINGER WOODS SECTION II, AN ADDITION TO DEKALB CO., INDIANA AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 8 AT PAGE 28 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER, DEKALB COUNTY, INDIANA. SUBJECT TO ALL LIENS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD. More commonly known as: 5813 County Road 34, Butler, IN 46721 Parcel No. 17-07-16-200-010.000 -026 Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. "Subject to all liens, encumbrances and easements of record not other-

wise extinguished in the proceedings known as Cause No. 17D01-1201 -MF-00009 in the Superior Court of the County of De Kalb, Indiana." DON LAUER Sheriff of De Kalb County 5813 County Road 34 Butler, IN 46721 The Sheriff`s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein Plaintiff Attorney: April N. Pinder (29045-49) Robert E. Altman III (29811-15) Reisenfeld & Associates, LPA LLC 3962 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, OH 45227 Voice: (513) 322-7000 Facsimile: (513) 322-7099 TS,00361165,12/3,10,17,hspaxlp NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of De Kalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D02-1305 -MF-62 wherein JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was Plaintiff, and Erin L. Marshall, et al., were Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 23rd day of January, 2014, at the hour of 2:00 pm or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in De Kalb County, Indiana. LOT NUMBERED ONE (1) IN NATMUS ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AUBURN, INDIANA, ACCORSING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 20802451 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEKALB COUNTY, INDIANA. SUBJECT TO ALL LIENS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD. More commonly known as: 1630 Wayne St, Auburn, IN 46706 Parcel No. 17-06-32-358-015.000 -025 Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. "Subject to all liens, encumbrances and easements of record not otherwise extinguished in the proceedings known as Cause No. 17D02-1305 -MF-62 in the Superior Court of the County of De Kalb, Indiana." DON LAUER Sheriff of De Kalb County 1630 Wayne St

Auburn, IN 46706 The Sheriff`s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein Plaintiff Attorney: April N. Pinder (29045-49) Robert E. Altman III (29811-15) Reisenfeld & Associates, LPA LLC 3962 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, OH 45227 Voice: (513) 322-7000 Facsimile: (513) 322-7099 TS,00361160,12/3,10,17,hspaxlp NOTICE OF SALE OF WARRANTS DEKALB COUNTY CENTRAL UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE is hereby given that DEKALB COUNTY CENTRAL UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICT (the "Issuer") has authorized and will make one (1) or more temporary loans to meet current running expenses for the use of the Transportation Fund of the Issuer, in aggregate amounts not to exceed the following for the respective identified funds: Transportation Fund [for Warrants issued in anticipation of the receipt of current tax revenues levied for the year 2013 and in the course of collection in 2014]: $2,387,149 maturing on June 30, 2014, December 31, 2014, or a date fixed by reference to the Issuer's receipt in settlement of the funds in anticipation of which any Warrant is issued, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Issuer's officer prior to their issuance. Such loans shall be at a per annum rate not to exceed six and one-half percent (6.5%) (the exact rate to be determined by negotiations with the Indiana Bond Bank (the "Bond Bank")) subject also to, following their due date, an alternate rate as provided in a warrant purchase agreement entered into by the Issuer. The Issuer will issue temporary loan tax anticipation warrants to evidence such loans. The Issuer has appropriated and pledged the taxes and/or revenues to be received in such funds to the punctual payment of such warrants including the interest thereon. The Warrants will be sold to the Bond Bank, in Indianapolis, Indiana, pursuant to Indiana Code 5-1.5-8-1 on one (1) or more dates during 2014. Pursuant to Indiana Code 20-48-1-9, no action to contest the validity of such warrants may be brought later than fifteen (15) days from the first publication of this Notice. TS,00361130,11/26,12/3,hspaxlp

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of De Kalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D02-1206 -MF-00100 wherein JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association was Plaintiff, and Jodi L. Dalton aka Jodi Dalton, et al., were Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 23rd day of January, 2014, at the hour of 2:00 pm or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in De Kalb County, Indiana. LOT NUMBER EIGHTEEN (18) IN RALSTON`S ADDITION TO THE TOWN, NOW CITY, OF AUBURN, DEKALB COUNTY, INDIANA. SUBJECT TO LIENS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD. More commonly known as: 331 West 2nd Street, Auburn, IN 46706 Parcel No. 17-06-029-352-011.000 -025 Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. "Subject to all liens, encumbrances and easements of record not otherwise extinguished in the proceedings known as Cause No. 17D02-1206 -MF-00100 in the Superior Court of the County of De Kalb, Indiana." DON LAUER Sheriff of De Kalb County 331 West 2nd Street Auburn, IN 46706 The Sheriff`s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein Plaintiff Attorney: April N. Pinder (29045-49) Robert E. Altman III (29811-15) Reisenfeld & Associates, LPA LLC 3962 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, OH 45227 Voice: (513) 322-7000 Facsimile: (513) 322-7099 TS,00361166,12/3,10,17,hspaxlp NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior Court of De Kalb County, Indiana, in Cause No. 17D01-1305 -MF-68 wherein CitiMortgage, Inc. was Plaintiff, and Melody S. Mack, et

al., were Defendants, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on the 23rd day of January, 2014, at the hour of 2:00 pm or as soon thereafter as is possible, at 215 E. 8th Street, Auburn, IN 46706, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in De Kalb County, Indiana. BEING ONE ACRE OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SIXTEEN (16), TOWNSHIP THIRTY-THREE (33), RANGE FOURTEEN (14) EAST, COMMENCING AT A POINT THIRTY-FIVE (35) FEET SOUTH AND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN AND TWO SEVENTHS (513-2/7) FEET WEST OF THE CORNER POST OF WASHINGTON STREET AND THE SECTION LINE ROAD; THENCE -SOUTH THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN (315) FEET; THENCE WEST ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND TWO SEVENTHS (138-2/7) FEET; THENCE NORTH THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN (315) FEET; THENCE EAST ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND TWO-SEVENTHS (138-2/7) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SITUATE IN DEKALB COUNTY, STATE OF INDIANA. SUBJECT TO ALL LIENS, ENCUMBRANCES AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD. More commonly known as: 702 Washington Street, Saint Joe, IN 46785 Parcel No. 17-11-16-478-011.000 -003 Together with rents, issues, income, and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. "Subject to all liens, encumbrances and easements of record not otherwise extinguished in the proceedings known as Cause No. 17D01-1305 -MF-68 in the Superior Court of the County of De Kalb, Indiana." DON LAUER Sheriff of De Kalb County 702 Washington Street Saint Joe, IN 46785 The Sheriff`s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the street addressed published herein Plaintiff Attorney: April N. Pinder (29045-49) Robert E. Altman III (29811-15) Reisenfeld & Associates, LPA LLC 3962 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, OH 45227 Voice: (513) 322-7000 Facsimile: (513) 322-7099 TS,00361164,12/3,10,17,hspaxlp

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software flaws, inadequate equipment and inefficient management. Federal workers and private contractors have undertaken an intense reworking of the system. One problem that consumers can’t see — at least not yet — is quickly moving up to the top of the White House priority list. Insurers complain that much of the enrollment information they have gotten through the system’s back-room operation is practically useless: erroneous, duplicative or garbled. That raises the possibility that a patient could go to use their new coverage next January at the pharmacy or doctor’s office only to be told they are not in the system. “In addition to fixing the technical problems with healthcare.gov the significant ‘back-end’ issues must also be resolved to ensure that coverage can begin on January 1,” said Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, the largest industry trade group. “In particular, the ongoing problems with

processing…enrollment files need to be fixed.” The next crucial deadline for the system is Dec. 23, two days before Christmas. Consumers must be enrolled by that date so their coverage can kick in on the first of the year. “There’s not really any way to verify from the outside that the vast majority of people who want to enroll can now do so, but we’ll find out at least anecdotally over the coming days if the system can handle the traffic and provide a smooth experience for people trying to sign up,” said Larry Levitt, a senior adviser at the Kaiser Family Foundation. But, he added, HealthCare.gov is clearly working better than when it first went online. Its challenge now is to convince users who were frustrated during their first visit to give it another chance. HealthCare.gov was envisioned as the principal place for people in 36 states to buy insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law. But its first few weeks were an embarrassment for the administration and its allies. Obama made Dec. 1 a

self-imposed deadline to fix several significant problems and the administration organized a conference call with reporters Sunday to boast that 400 technical problems had been resolved. Officials, however, declined to say how many items remain on the to-do list. Even with the repairs in place, the site still won’t be able to do everything the administration wants, and companion sites for small businesses and Spanish speakers have been delayed. Questions remain about the stability of the site and the quality of the data it delivers to insurers. Obama promised a few weeks ago that HealthCare. gov “will work much better on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, than it worked certainly on Oct. 1.” But, in trying to lower expectations, he said he could not guarantee that “100 percent of the people 100 percent of the time going on this website will have a perfectly seamless, smooth experience.” Obama rightly predicted errors would remain. The department reported the website was up and running 95 percent of the time last week.

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stationery products as a merchandising center in funeral homes. In 2005, Messenger became the first funeral stationery manufacturer to introduce software allowing funeral directors to print Messenger products from their desktops. Recently the company launched its Sacred Art series of

shoppers clicked on items on Monday as retailers grabbed online holiday shopping dollars on the first working day after the busy holiday weekend.

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coordinated stationery that uses images once featured in Messenger’s original calendar line. Along with Messenger, Indiana Historical Society honorees for 2013 include 1st Source Bank, South Bend, celebrating 150 years; Bippus State Bank, Huntington; Clark Appliance, Indianapolis; Days Corp., Elkhart; EF

Marburger Fine Flooring, Fishers; Halbig’s Painting and Wallpaper, Princeton; Maco Press Inc., Carmel; Max Katz Bag Co. Inc., Indianapolis; Omni Severin Hotel, Indianapolis; Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association, Carmel; St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo; Taylor’s Bakery, Indianapolis; and Woodside Dental Center, New Albany.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Power up and shop. Millions of Americans took advantage of online deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price clothing Monday, which was expected to be the busiest online shopping day of the year. The spending surge on so-called Cyber Monday came after a disappointing holiday weekend in stores. And it showed that Americans are increasingly comfortable buying items on tablets and smartphones. Early results showed online shopping was up 18.7 percent compared with the same time last year, according to figures by IBM Benchmark. Mobile traffic, which includes smartphones and tablets, accounted for 30 percent of all online traffic. Brandon Harris, 27, from Memphis, Tenn., started shopping at midnight

Sunday and by Monday had spent around $300 and completed half of his Christmas shopping, including a Barbie doll for his niece and a TV for his mother. “I haven’t shopped for a Christmas present in a store in three years,” he said, making purchases from his iPad instead. “It’s a lot more convenient to be at home and shop.” The National Retail Federation, a trade group, predicts more than 131 million people will shop online Monday, up about 2 percent from last year. Meanwhile, UPS expects to pick up more than 32 million packages on Monday, about a million more than Cyber Monday last year. And research firm comScore expects Cyber Monday sales of $2 billion, up from about $1.47 billion last year. Online sales account for about 10

Democrats ducking Obama WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama’s popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselves from him a year before the election, seeking the right balance between independence and betrayal. A popular president can help his party’s candidates for Congress and governor candidates in mid-term elections. But Democrats increasingly worry they could suffer losses, much as they did in 2010, Obama’s first mid-term elections. In a twist few expected, Republicans are still hammering the issue that fueled their successes in 2010: the health care overhaul they call Obamacare. They are making life especially uncomfortable for Democratic senators in states Obama lost. Sen. Mary Landrieu, facing a tough re-election bid in Louisiana, recently posed for photographers exiting Air Force One with Obama after flying from Washington to New

In this 2010 file photo, Kay Hagan, D-N.C. speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama’s popularity swooned in November.

Orleans. But she skipped the president’s public event there to attend a small-dollar fundraiser elsewhere, saying it had long been on her schedule. Other Democratic lawmakers are showing similar wariness, much to Republicans’ delight. “Vulnerable Democrats like having President Obama raising money for them in New York and

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percent of total holiday spending, which is expected to grow about 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion for the months of November and December. Joel Anderson, president and CEO of Walmart.com, said he anticipates Cyber Monday to be the site’s busiest day ever. He said 2013 is the “tipping point” for mobile traffic, which includes smartphones and tablets. More than half of Walmart.com’s traffic came from smartphones and tablets on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Anderson said. And he expected the same to be true on Monday. “2013 is the year online went mobile,” he said. Arthur Baynes, 30, was checking out email deals on his smartphone. The travel insurance claims adjuster from Richmond, Va., was looking for a new TV and Blu-Ray games for his younger relatives.

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Los Angeles, but avoid appearing on stage with him in their home states,” said Brad Dayspring, who helps run Republican senatorial campaigns. In nearly every state, Republicans are highlighting instances in which Democrats echoed Obama’s now-disproven claim that people could keep their health insurance plans if they wanted. To be sure, there’s nothing new about lawmakers keeping an uneasy space from presidents with poor or middling popularity ratings. Several Republicans made no mention of then-President George W. Bush in their 2006 campaigns, and Bush was a bigger liability in 2008. Until recently, Obama’s personal popularity remained healthy even when many Americans disliked his policies. But Democrats are alarmed to see his approval ratings hit all-time lows in recent polls.

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Briefly • Fister traded to Nats DETROIT (AP) — The busy Detroit Tigers traded right-hander Doug Fister to the Washington Nationals for three players Monday night in a deal between teams with deep rotations. Detroit acquired infielder Steve Lombardozzi, minor league lefty Robbie Ray and reliever Ian Krol for Fister, a 14-game winner for the AL Central champions. Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said the trade was not done to save money in hopes of keeping Max Scherzer beyond next season. “It gives us some flexibility for some other things we want to do,” he said on a conference call.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Sarkisian was named the head coach at Southern California on Monday, leaving Washington to return to the Trojans’ storied football program for another run at national titles. Two days after USC’s regular season ended with a home loss to UCLA, Trojans athletic director Pat Haden replaced interim coach Ed Orgeron with yet another assistant coach from Pete Carroll’s championship-winning era at the school. The 39-year-old Sarkisian is a Los Angeles-area native who went 34-29 in five seasons at Washington, rebuilding a decimated program into a bowl contender. He is the permanent replacement for Lane Kiffin, his former co-offensive coordinator at USC under Carroll. Sarkisian will be introduced at a news conference Tuesday. In a statement released by USC, the coach thanked the Huskies for his first head coaching opportunity. “I am extremely excited to be coming home to USC and for the opportunity that USC presents to win championships,” Sarkisian said. “I can’t wait to get started.” Kiffin was fired in late September and replaced by Orgeron, who didn’t get the permanent job from Haden despite going 6-2. Crosstown rival

In this file photo from Friday, Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian yells from the sidelines in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Washington State in Seattle. Sarkisian has accepted the Southern California coaching job, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made by either school.

UCLA trounced USC 35-14 last Saturday in what turned out to be the Trojans’ final game under Orgeron, who resigned Monday after failing to get the head job.

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Thunder find scoring punch in win BY JAMES FISHER jfisher@kpcmedia.com

Area Events • BOYS BASKETBALL Jimtown at The Howe School, 7:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL North Central (Ohio) at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m. DeKalb at Leo, 6 p.m. Fairfield at Angola, 6 p.m. Prairie Heights at Garrett, 6 p.m. Wawasee at West Noble, 6 p.m. Westview at Northridge, 6:15 p.m. Lakeland at East Noble, 6:15 p.m. WRESTLING Eastside at Fairfield, 6:30 p.m. SWIMMING Homestead at East Noble, 6 p.m. Angola at F.W. North Side, 6:30 p.m.

Haden didn’t immediately announce who will coach the Trojans in their bowl game later this month, but it could be Sarkisian, who immediately left

Washington. He also could bring a handful of Huskies assistants with him to USC. Haden said USC conducted a major search during the regular season, interviewing five coaches for the job. “We kept coming back to Sark,” Haden said. “He is the only one who was offered the job. I believe in my gut that he is the right coach for USC at this time. He embodies many of the qualities for which we looked. He is an innovative coach who recruits well and develops players. He is a proven and successful leader.” Orgeron turned himself into a candidate for the full-time job with an impressive revitalization of a program that had grown dour and stale when Haden fired Kiffin, who went 28-15, at the airport five games into the season. Orgeron’s tenure was highlighted by the Trojans’ victory over No. 5 Stanford last month, but his groundswell of support for the full-time job dissipated with a home loss to the Bruins. Haden said he spoke to Orgeron about remaining on Sarkisian’s staff, but Orgeron said he wants to be a head coach. In a school statement, Orgeron thanked “all the Trojan players and family members who have become close personal friends

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Trine University junior Tyler Good had a game-high 17 points to go with four rebounds and two steals to lead the Thunder men’s basketball team to a 71-48 victory over Anderson Monday night at Hershey Hall in Angola.

ANGOLA — Basketball is a simple game. Score more points than your opponent and you win. Through the first three games of this season, the Trine University men’s basketball team averaged just 58 points and won just once. The Thunder scored a season-best 71 points on Monday on the way to a 71-48 victory over Anderson University. “We can’t win many games averaging 58 points,” said Trine coach Brooks Miller, in his third season at the helm of the Thunder. “We’ve tried to adjust our roles and have to continue to learn those roles.” Trine is adjusting to life without Ian Jackson, the fifth leading all-time scorer in school history. He graduated with 1,781 career points after averaging 21 points per game last season, which

not only led the Thunder, but the entire MIAA. “He made everyone around him better,” Miller said. “We’re searching for that now.” Junior Tyler Good scored 17 points to lead the Thunder against Anderson. “We asked him to guard their best player and lead us in scoring,” Miller said. “He’s embracing the role, and is the key to what we do.” Nick Tatu was 5-of-7 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points. The Thunder also got eight points from Tarvis Malone, six points and a team-high seven rebounds from Jared Holmquist, and six points and six rebounds from Jake Bagley. Anderson (0-6) was led by 11 points from Max Mollaun. The Thunder hit six triples in the opening half, four of those from Tatu. One of the triples came in the midst of an 11-0 run, where Good also had five points on strong play

inside. The run allowed Trine to lead by as many as 15 points. However, Anderson was able to piece together a 10-0 run of its own late in the half, closing the margin to 38-32 at the break. “It was the only stretch of the game I thought we played hard,” said Anderson coach Owen Handy. “We didn’t compete, and Trine played very well.” Anderson would be limited to just one point in the first 4 1/2 minutes of the second half as Trine again pulled away. Bagley opened the second half with a 3-pointer, Holmquist had a traditional 3-point play and Good made 3-of-4 free throws as the Thunder led 47-33. The Thunder took their lead to 20 points with just under 14 minutes to play following a 3-pointer by Malone. Trine improved to 2-2 on the season. The Thunder opened the season SEE THUNDER, PAGE B2

Wizards down Magic WASHINGTON (AP) — Trevor Ariza scored 24 points, John Wall had 16 points and 13 assists, and the Washington Wizards beat the Orlando Magic 98-80 on Monday night. Nene scored 14 points and Marcin Gortat finished with 13 as Washington (9-9) got to .500 for the first time since it split its first four games of the 2009-10 season. With top scorer Bradley Beal out of the lineup for the fifth straight game, Ariza supplied the offense. He was 8 for 9 from the field and made each of his four 3-point attempts, three off passes from Wall. The Wizards have won seven of nine and are 4-1 since Beal went out with a leg injury. Arron Afflalo scored 21 points for Orlando, and Victor Oladipo added 13 points and six rebounds in a special game for the rookie. Oladipo was born in nearby Silver Spring, Md., and raised in Upper Marlboro, Md. Rookie Maurice Harkless had a career-high 16 points, but the Magic still lost for the ninth time in 12 games. Washington outscored Orlando 30-19 in the second quarter to take a 52-41 lead at the break.

The Magic scored six straight points to pull to 62-55 in the second half, but the Wizards responded with a 9-0 run. Gortat keyed the surge with a pair of jumpers and Wall had a big jumper and a 3-pointer. Washington stretched its lead to as many as 19 points in the fourth quarter. Ariza helped the Wizards get off to a fast start, making two 3-pointers and a fast-break dunk during Washington’s game-opening 15-2 run. The surge by the Wizards set the stage for a see-saw first half. Oladipo steadied Orlando with seven quick points. Then, with Wall on the bench, Afflalo scored the final eight points of a 10-0 run that bridged the quarters and gave Orlando a 24-22 early in the second quarter. The Magic stretched their advantage to five points. But Wall helped the Wizards get back on track offensively and regain the lead for good. Ariza, Nene and Wall combined for all the points as Washington scored 24 in the final 6:07 of the half. When Wall hit an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer, the Wizards had an 11-point lead.

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Shepard receives Colts’ award Prairie Heights High School senior Zach Shepard, left, received his award for making the Indianapolis Colts’ 2013 Indiana High School Academic All-Star football team from former Colts player David Thornton Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. He was announced to the crowd in pre-game festivities and took part in the Academic All-Star team photo on the field prior to the Colts’ game with the Tennessee Titans. Shepard even helped out in holding up the American flag during the national anthem.

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Brown gets 2nd chance with Colts INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts running back Donald Brown waited patiently for a chance to start this season. When he finally did, Brown delivered. The strong, silent running back who spent 4½ seasons trying to break through finally did Sunday, rushing for 46 of his 54 yards on the Colts’ final drive and scoring Indy’s only touchdown in a 22-14 victory over Tennessee that put them on the verge of an eighth AFC South title in 11 years. “I knew regardless of what happened, my number would get called in some form or fashion,” Brown said Monday. “When it is, you just make the most of it.” Coach Chuck Pagano was so impressed with Brown’s effort that he said Monday that Brown would start again this weekend when the AFC South-leading Colts (8-4) visit AFC North-leading Cincinnati (8-4) — a pivotal game for playoff seeding. Brown has seen just about everything in his 4½ seasons in the league. As a rookie, he was part of a team chasing perfection on its way to an AFC title. Two years ago, he endured the ignominy of an 0-13 start and the chase of imperfection. Last year, he was part of the second-greatest turnaround in league history, and now the Colts are one win, or one Titans loss, away from clinching their eighth division crown in 11 years. But for most of that time, Brown has watched those things happened — and this season has been no different. When starting running back Vick Ballard went down with a seasonending knee injury after the season opener, Indy turned to offseason acquisition Ahmad Bradshaw. When Bradshaw was lost with a season-ending neck injury after Week 3, the newly acquired Trent Richardson inherited the

Indianapolis Colts’ Donald Brown (31) celebrates with teammates Mario Harvey (54) and Joe Reitz (76) following

job even though he was still learning the offense. And as Richardson’s struggles continued and the patience of fans waned, the Colts continued to make Brown the change-of-pace guy. Brown never complained. Instead, he just kept working, knowing his chance would come. “He is the ultimate team guy,” NFL sacks leader Robert Mathis said. “He doesn’t like to talk about himself because he’s not his favorite subject. He just goes to work and he just lets his play do all the talking.” Brown prefers it that way. But this was not the plan Indy had when it took the UConn star with the 27th overall pick in 2009. Back

a 4-yard touchdown run during the second half of an NFL game against Tennessee on Sunday in Indianapolis.

then, the Colts envisioned Brown becoming the workhorse back and the eventual replacement for Joseph Addai. Though he never quite lived up to the billing, he refused to give up and became one of the most respected guys in the locker room. “He’s a great pro. He’s reliable. He’s accountable,” Pagano said. It’s been tough. Brown started only nine times in his first two seasons, running for just 778 combined yards and five touchdowns. Even in 2011, with Peyton Manning out and the Colts’ offense sputtering, Brown was one of the lone bright spots averaging 4.8 yards on 134

carries. Yet he still found himself playing behind Addai and making only two starts. It looked like Brown might get another chance when Indy cleaned house last season and kept Brown around. Instead, after taking Luck’s first NFL pass for a long touchdown in the 2012 preseason opener, Brown lost the starting job to Ballard when he got hurt and never won it back. Brown finished the season with 57 carries for 324 yards and three TDs. Critics have long complained Brown can’t pass block, pointing to a blown pickup on fourth down late in a loss to Miami in Week 2 as

Jets pull away from Rangers NEW YORK (AP) — Olli Jokinen broke a tie with 7:18 left in the third period and then netted an insurance goal moments later to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers and rookie goalie Cam Talbot on Monday night. Jokinen, a former Rangers player who also assisted on Devin Setoguchi’s tying goal in the second period, gathered the puck after a strange carom off the end boards. He then fired a shot past Talbot, who got a surprise second straight start over No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist, to make it 3-2. Jokinen then squeezed his sixth of the season between Talbot’s pads with 1:54 left. Talbot had won six straight starts, including a victory Saturday over Vancouver in his Madison Square Garden debut when he made a careerbest 35 saves. Talbot hadn’t allowed more than two goals in his first seven starts, a Rangers record. John Albert also scored in his NHL debut and Blake Wheeler added an empty-net goal in the final minute for Winnipeg, which got 35 saves from Ondrej Pavelec in the fourth-game of

one illustration, and that he didn’t hit holes hard enough. Today, those same people champion Brown’s patience to set up blocks, something they don’t believe Richardson has done well enough. Richardson is averaging 2.8 yards per carry since coming over from Cleveland in a September trade, while Brown has thrived in mostly limited action. He rushed three times for 65 yards at Jacksonville, six times for 37 yards against Seattle, three times for 15 yards at San Diego, six times for 49 yards at Houston and 14 times for 80 yards and two TDs at Tennessee before Sundays’ showing. Indy’s only lost just one game during that stretch — to the Chargers. And Brown doesn’t have any plans to change things now. “Just staying the course,” he said when asked what’s different this year. “Knock on wood, staying healthy, staying strong. Just obviously studying the game plan inside and out. It’s knowing what everybody else is doing and then obviously knowing what the defense is going to do. It’s just studying, staying healthy and just staying patient.” Notes: Pagano said Daniel “Boom” Herron will have surgery for a torn pectoral muscle and will be placed on season-injured reserve. … Starting defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois is expected to miss two to four weeks after being diagnosed with a partially torn plantar fascia. … Pagano also said Jeff Linkenbach, who started at right guard Sunday, has a slight tear in his quad and is listed as week-to-week. … The Colts are planning to ease three other injured players — cornerbacks Josh Gordy (groin) and Greg Toler (groin) and backup linebacker Kavell Conner (ankle) back into practice this week in hopes all three could play against the Bengals.

SARKISIAN: New Trojan coach good at developing quarterbacks FROM PAGE B1

during my 11 years at USC. I am especially proud of this year’s team and coaching staff, who had to start a new season and then bonded, played together as a family and competed like Trojans.” USC players were told not to speak to reporters after leaving a team meeting with Haden, but many went online to post mixed feelings about the move. “Words can’t explain how I’m feeling right now…. just lost a father. Way more than a coach,” tweeted USC defensive lineman Leonard Williams, who was named to the all-Pac-12 first team Monday. Orgeron recruited Williams out of his native Florida. “I’m on board Sark was very close to getting me to come with him to U Dub,” USC freshman tailback Justin Davis tweeted. Sarkisian takes over one of college football’s crown jewel programs, a five-time AP national champion with a lengthy history of national prominence. He also inherits a roster stocked with solid talent by Kiffin and Orgeron, yet still laboring under the last of NCAA sanctions stemming from violations during Carroll’s era. Next season is USC’s last year of scholarship limitations, keeping the Trojans with just 75 scholarship players on their roster — 10 fewer than other schools. Sarkisian was on Carroll’s staff as the quarterbacks coach for USC’s national title in 2003. He left for one season with the Oakland Raiders while the Trojans won another title in 2004, but returned for the next four seasons at USC before Washington called. Sarkisian played a major role in the Trojans’ development of a string of standout quarterbacks, coaching Heisman Trophy winners

Local Sports Briefs • Youth Baseball/Softball Academy to host holiday camps ELKHART — The Eastlake Chargers Baseball/Softball Academy will be hosting two camps just after Christmas at its facility on 3400 Henke Road: a catchers camp Dec. 28 and 29 and a hitting camp Dec. 29 and 30. The catchers camp will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 28 and from 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 29. The camp will be run by Taylor University assistant coach Rhett Goodmiller. The Major League Hitting Camp will be run by Houston Astros hitting coach John Mallee. The camp will last from 4-6:30 p.m. on Dec. 29 and from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 30. Space is limited for both camps. Register online at indianachargers.com. To get more information and ask questions, email inchargers@gmail.com or call (574) 264-0611.

Middle School Basketball DeKalb 8th graders top Garrett AP

Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec (31) of the Czech Republic makes a save as Winnipeg Jets center Olli Jokinen (12) of Finland

defends and New York Rangers left wing Chris Kreider (20) skates toward the goal in the second period in New York on Monday.

the Jets’ six-game road trip (3-1). Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Callahan

had goals for New York. Talbot made 25 saves.

THUNDER: Play Illinois Tech Sat. FROM PAGE B1

with a victory over Earlham College (63-51), but the team was coming off losses to Manchester University (67-61) and Heidelberg, Ohio (74-51). “We just have to stay focused and have to keep

battling every day at what we know we can do,” Miller said. Trine is on the road this Saturday and Sunday with afternoon games at Illinois Tech and Elmhurst (Ill.). The squad returns home on Dec. 14 to face North Park.

GARRETT — DeKalb’s eighth-grade boys basketball team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 50-23 victory over Garrett on Monday night. Alec Brunson and Colin Goebel led the Patriots with eight points apiece. Boone Bacon and Logan Kruse each added seven points apiece for the Patriots while Jared Reutebuch had six points. Adam Ellert added four points with Troy Hickman and Jackson Pyck Hontz each adding a 3-point basket. Logan Petre and Marshall Beard finished the scoring with a basket each.

Patriots 7th boys rout Locomotives GARRETT — DeKalb’s seventh-graders also improved to 2-0 on the season with a 42-24 victory over Garrett Monday. Bryce Handshoe led the Patriots with eight points. Ben Christiansen, Cade Molargik, Kyle Dunham and Bailey Clark each chipped in six points apiece. Dalton Smith had five points while Spencer Whan and Luke Hansen added two points each. Tyler Stuckey made a free throw to finish the scoring for DeKalb.

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FREMONT — DeKalb won the first game in dominant fashion Monday night, going on the road to defeat Fremont, 59-8. Evan Ostrowski led the Patriots with 16 points while Caleb Nixon was right behind him with 15 points. Hoyt Stafford scored seven points, Kenlee Kruse had six points, Evan Eshbach had five points, Easton Rhodes and Carmin Rieke had four points each, and Karter Dick had two points. Fremont won the second game of the night, 27-25. Dick scored eight points, Lance Barnhart had seven points, Harrison Beard and Landon Spallinger both had four points, and Trevor Wineland had two points each.

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Boys Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Norwell 0 0 1 0 Columbia City 0 0 1 1 DeKalb 0 0 1 1 Homestead 0 0 1 1 New Haven 0 0 0 0 Bellmont 0 0 0 2 Carroll 0 0 0 2 East Noble 0 0 0 2 Saturday’s Results DeKalb 43, Eastside 26 Lakeland 62, East Noble 49 Homestead 70, Merrillville 42 Norwell 64, Adams Central 51 Penn 69, Carroll 56 Warsaw 46, Columbia City 35 Woodlan 62, Bellmont 40 Tuesday’s Games Northrop at New Haven Friday’s Games Columbia City at Northrop DeKalb at FW North Side Blackhawk Christian at New Haven Concordia at Carroll Homestead at Warsaw Saturday, Dec. 7 Bellmont at Whitko Tuesday, Dec. 10 Churubusco at Columbia City Northrop at Carroll Homestead at FW South Side Leo at DeKalb

Carroll 0 0 1 3 Bellmont 0 0 0 4 Friday’s Results DeKalb 54, Northrop 53 Carroll 61, Bishop Dwenger 40 Columbia City 57, FW North Side 36 Homestead 83, Huntington North 52 Saturday’s Results Concordia 60, New Haven 25 Tuesday’s Games DeKalb at Leo Lakeland at East Noble Bellmont at Concordia Bishop Dwenger at Columbia City Snider at Carroll Wednesday’s Game New Haven at Wayne Thursday’s Game Homestead at Norwell Saturday’s Games New Haven at East Noble DeKalb at Bellmont Columbia City at Carroll Monday’s Game Marion at Carroll Tuesday, Dec. 10 FW North Side at New Haven

Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L West Noble 0 0 2 0 Angola 0 0 1 0 Fairfield 0 0 1 0 Lakeland 0 0 1 0 Eastside 0 0 1 1 Hamilton 0 0 1 1 Westview 0 0 1 1 Central Noble 0 0 0 1 Churubusco 0 0 0 1 Fremont 0 0 0 1 Prairie Heights 0 0 0 1 Saturday’s Results Angola 46, Wawasee 44 DeKalb 43, Eastside 26 Lakeland 62, East Noble 49 Garrett 62, Prairie Heights 51 Blackhawk Christian 85, Fremont 60 Hamilton 67, Clinton Christian 52 Northridge 54, Westview 50 West Noble 76, Bethany Christian 42 Friday’s Games Central Noble at Angola Churubusco at Westview Eastside at Canterbury Fairfield at Prairie Heights Fremont at Lakeland Hamilton at Elkhart Christian Saturday’s Games Bethany Christian at Prairie Heights Lakeland Christian at Hamilton Wawasee at West Noble Tuesday, Dec. 10 Churubusco at Columbia City Eastside at Blackhawk Christian Elkhart Christian at Prairie Heights Garrett at Fremont The Howe School at Hamilton Lakeland at Fairfield Whitko at Central Noble Woodlan at Angola

Northeast Corner Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Angola 3 0 3 3 Fairfield 1 0 3 1 Westview 1 0 3 1 Lakeland 2 1 4 2 West Noble 2 1 3 2 Fremont 1 1 3 1 Churubusco 1 1 2 4 Prairie Heights 1 2 3 3 Hamilton 0 2 1 2 Central Noble 0 2 0 4 Eastside 0 2 0 4 Friday’s Results Angola 47, Lakeland 36 Churubusco 69, Eastside 46 Fairfield 45, Wawasee 22 West Noble 45, Fremont 38 Westview 60, Prairie Heights 41 Saturday’s Results Prairie Heights 59, Wawasee 46 Monday’s Result Central Noble, Blackhawk Christian Tuesday’s Games Adams Central at Churubusco Fairfield at Angola Lakeland at East Noble North Central (Ohio) at Hamilton Prairie Heights at Garrett Wawasee at West Noble Westview at Northridge Wednesday’s Games Fremont at Heritage Woodlan at Eastside Thursday’s Games Blackhawk Christian at Churubusco Westview at Bremen Friday’s Games Prairie Heights at Bethany Christian Saturday’s Games Angola at Central Noble Lakeland at Fremont West Noble at Eastside Westview at Churubusco Prairie Heights at Fairfield Lakeland Christian at Hamilton Tuesday, Dec. 10 Concord at Lakeland Central Noble at Bethany Christian Westview at Elkhart Christian Goshen at West Noble

Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Leo 0 0 1 0 Adams Central 0 0 1 1 Bluffton 0 0 1 1 Garrett 0 0 1 1 South Adams 0 0 1 1 Woodlan 0 0 1 1 Heritage 0 0 0 0 Southern Wells 0 0 0 1 Saturday’s Results Garrett 62, Prairie Heights 51 Norwell 64, Adams Central 51 Blackford 69, Bluffton 62 Leo 79, Whitko 46 South Adams 74, Daleville 33 Woodlan 62, Bellmont 40 Tuesday’s Games Wayne at Heritage Muncie Burris at South Adams Friday’s Games Leo at Heritage South Adams at Bluffton Southern Wells at Adams Central Woodlan at Garrett Saturday, Dec. 7 Bluffton at Jay County Tuesday, Dec. 10 Garrett at Fremont Heritage at Lakewood Park Leo at DeKalb Southern Wells at Eastbrook Union City at Adams Central Woodlan at Angola

Allen County Athletic Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Garrett 1 0 6 0 Leo 1 0 4 0 South Adams 1 0 4 0 Southern Wells 1 0 2 3 Woodlan 0 1 4 1 Heritage 0 1 2 2 Adams Central 0 1 1 3 Bluffton 0 1 1 5 Friday’s Results Garrett 67, Woodlan 37 Leo 48, Heritage 40 South Adams 53, Bluffton 33 Saturday’s Result Southern Wells 54, Adams Central 48 Tuesday’s Games Adams Central at Churubusco DeKalb at Leo Mississinewa at Southern Wells Prairie Heights at Garrett Wednesday’s Games Fremont at Heritage Woodlan at Eastside Thursday’s Game Muncie Burris at South Adams Saturday’s Games Garrett at Leo South Adams at Heritage Woodlan at Adams Central Southern Wells at Bluffton Tuesday, Dec. 10 Wes-Del at Bluffton Winchester at South Adams

Boys State Basketball Polls

Girls State Basketball Polls

The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school boys basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of December 2nd, rating points and previous rankings: Class 4A W-L Pts Prv 1. Carmel (12) 1-0 322 1 2. Ev. Harrison (1) 1-0 255 2 3. Indpls Pike (1) 2-0 224 7 4. Columbus North (1) 1-0 201 4 5. Indpls Cathedral 0-0 187 3 6. Munster 2-0 153 8t 7. Indpls Tech 1-1 129 5 8. Marion (1) 1-0 121 8t 9. Indpls N. Central 0-1 88 6 10. Hamilton Southeastern1-0 69 NR Others receiving votes: Kokomo 50. Lawrence North 49. Jeffersonville 35. Indpls Ben Davis 32. Lake Central (1) 20. S. Bend Adams 14. Ev. Reitz 13. Concord 13. Chesterton 9. Richmond 9. Crown Point 8. Ft. Wayne North 8. Merrillville 7. Mooresville 6. Bloomington North 6. Warren Central 6. Plymouth 6. Class 3A W-L Pts Prv 1. Greensburg (13) 2-0 322 1 2. Bowman Acad. (4) 1-0 256 7 3. Guerin Catholic 0-0 243 2 4. Ft. Wayne Concordia 1-0 236 3 5. Ev. Bosse 0-0 181 4t 6. Brownstown 0-0 154 6 7. Batesville 1-0 150 8 8. Frankfort 1-0 101 9 9. Indpls Brebeuf 0-0 89 10 10. Hamilton Hts. 2-0 56 NR Others receiving votes: New Haven 41. Andrean 39. Tippecanoe Valley 38. Mt. Vernon (Posey) 30. Muncie Central 19. Corydon 19. Danville 14. Vincennes 13. Southridge 13. Gary Wallace 8. Ft. Wayne Luers 6. N. Harrison 6. Lebanon 6. Class 2A W-L Pts Prv 1. Indpls Park Tudor (14)1-0 332 1 2. Wapahani (1) 1-0 267 2 3. Hammond Noll 1-0 248 3 4. Speedway 1-0 228 4 5. Tipton (1) 0-0 177 5 6. Sullivan 1-0 139 7 7. Linton-Stockton (1) 1-0 134 6 8. Providence 1-0 121 9 9. Frankton 2-0 100 8 10. Clarksville 1-0 58 NR Others receiving votes: Hagerstown 45. Indpls Broad Ripple 43. Perry Central 41. Indpls Scecina 31. Ev. Mater Dei 20. F.W. Canterbury 16. Paoli 13. Whiting 8. Fountain Central 7. Crawford Co. 6. Westview 6. Class A W-L Pts Prv 1. Barr-Reeve (11) 1-0 302 1 2. Lafayette Catholic (1) 0-0 246 2 3. Borden (1) 2-0 224 3 4. Triton 1-0 216 6 5. Kouts (2) 2-0 199 9 6. Liberty Christian (1) 2-0 155 8 7. Waldron 1-0 124 10 8. Mich. City Marquette 1-2 118 4 9. Tindley 2-0 62 NR 10. Pioneer 0-1 55 5 Others receiving votes: Orleans 44. Clay City 42. Rockville 33. Rossville 31. Morgan Twp. 29. Ev. Day 25. Loogootee 23. N. Daviess 21. Bethany Christian (1) 20. S. Central (LaPorte) 14. FW Blackhawk 10. Lakewood Park 9. Covington 8. Rock Creek Academy 8. Wes-Del 8. Dubois 8. Tecumseh 6.

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Top 10 basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 1 and previous rankings: Class 4A W-L Pts Prv 1. Bedford N.Lawr. (14) 5-0 149 1 2. Lawrence North (1) 4-0 134 3 3. Indpls Roncalli 4-0 107 4 4. Homestead 4-0 91 5 5. Columbus North 3-1 80 2 6. Penn 4-0 56 7 7. Logansport 4-0 54 6 8. Westfield 5-0 44 9 9. Center Grove 5-0 43 8 10. LaPorte 4-0 23 T10 Others receiving votes: Pike 21, Franklin Central 11, Bloomington South 6, Mooresville 2, Brownsburg 2, Ben Davis 1, Merrillville 1. Class 3A W-L Pts Prv 1. Rushville (11) 4-0 136 1 2. Ev. Mater Dei (3) 3-0 126 2 3. Norwell 4-0 113 3 4. Western 4-0 84 5 5. F.W. Concordia 2-1 71 4 6. Princeton 4-0 69 6 7. Benton Central 4-0 58 7 8. Madison 4-0 44 8 9. NorthWood 3-1 21 9 10. Ft. Wayne Luers 4-1 20 10 Others receiving votes: Garrett 14, Western Boone 10, Washington 3, Leo 1. Class 2A W-L Pts Prv 1. Heritage Chr. (14) 6-0 140 1 2. Triton Central 4-0 119 2 3. F.W. Canterbury 4-0 117 3 4. Tipton 3-0 95 4 5. Eastern Hancock 4-0 83 5 6. Knightstown 7-0 71 7 7. Paoli 3-0 48 9 8. Indpls Ritter 3-1 30 6 9. Wabash 4-1 22 8 10. Sheridan 5-0 21 NR Others receiving votes: Providence 5, Riverton Parke 4, Forest Park 3, Eastern (Pekin) 3, Wapahani 2, Lapel 1, South Adams 1. Class A W-L Pts Prv 1. Oregon-Davis (11) 3-0 137 1 2. S’western-Shelby (3) 4-0 126 2 3. Vincennes Rivet 4-0 115 3 4. Lafayette Catholic 3-1 88 5 5. Culver 6-0 78 6 6. Barr-Reeve 2-1 59 4 7. N. Daviess 4-0 33 NR 8. Jac-Cen-Del 4-1 27 9 9. W. Central 3-0 22 NR 10. Dubois 2-2 21 7 Others receiving votes: Receiving Votes: Tri 18, Randolph Southern 14, Attica 11, New Washington 10, Triton 6, Wood Memorial 4, Carroll (Flora) 1.

Girls Basketball Standings Northeast Hoosier Conference Conf. Ovrl W L W L Homestead 0 0 4 0 Norwell 0 0 4 0 Columbia City 0 0 4 1 DeKalb 0 0 3 1 East Noble 0 0 2 1 New Haven 0 0 3 2

Men’s College Hoops Poll The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Rcd Pts Prv 1. Michigan St. (63) 7-0 1,623 1 2. Arizona (2) 7-0 1,547 4 3. Kentucky 7-1 1,473 3 4. Syracuse 7-0 1,375 8 5. Ohio St. 6-0 1,340 7 6. Kansas 6-1 1,240 2 7. Louisville 6-1 1,139 9 8. Wisconsin 8-0 1,094 10 9. Oklahoma St. 7-1 1,070 5 10. Duke 6-2 1,021 6 11. Wichita St. 8-0 911 12 12. UConn 7-0 836 13 13. Oregon 7-0 801 14 14. Villanova 7-0 785 — 15. Florida 6-1 758 15 16. Memphis 5-1 748 21 17. Iowa St. 5-0 623 17

18. UCLA 7-0 548 19 19. Gonzaga 7-1 380 11 20. Baylor 7-1 377 18 21. UMass 6-0 274 24 22. Michigan 5-2 223 22 23. Iowa 7-1 171 23 24. San Diego St. 5-1 150 — 25. Dayton 6-1 90 — Others receiving votes: Indiana 74, Virginia 73, New Mexico 71, North Carolina 62, Florida St. 40, Boise St. 36, Pittsburgh 36, VCU 30, Charlotte 20, Colorado 17, Creighton 17, Missouri 16, Harvard 10, Illinois 10, Cincinnati 8, Mississippi 3, George Washington 2, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 2, Xavier 1.

Women’s College Hoops Poll The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Rcd Pts Prv 1. UConn (36) 9-0 900 1 2. Duke 8-0 864 2 3. Tennessee 7-0 807 3 4. Notre Dame 6-0 769 5 5. Kentucky 8-0 752 7 6. Stanford 7-1 737 6 7. Louisville 7-1 675 4 8. Maryland 7-1 650 8 9. Baylor 6-0 642 9 10. Penn St. 5-1 528 13 11. Colorado 6-0 480 14 12. South Carolina 7-0 442 17 13. LSU 6-1 441 15 14. Oklahoma St. 7-0 370 19 15. Nebraska 6-1 330 10 16. Purdue 5-1 293 16 17. Oklahoma 4-2 290 18 18. North Carolina 6-2 283 11 19. Georgia 8-0 280 22 20. Iowa St. 6-0 249 23 21. California 5-2 216 20 22. Syracuse 8-0 132 — 23. Texas A&M 4-2 131 12 24. Gonzaga 4-1 125 24 25. Iowa 8-1 93 — Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 88, Florida St. 33, Arizona St. 31, Texas 19, Arkansas 10, Marquette 9, West Virginia 8, Georgia Tech 6, UTEP 6, Northwestern 5, Middle Tennessee 2, San Diego 2, BYU 1, Bowling Green 1.

NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 3 0 .750 322 261 Miami 6 6 0 .500 252 248 N.Y. Jets 5 7 0 .417 189 310 Buffalo 4 8 0 .333 267 307 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 285 274 Tennessee 5 7 0 .417 264 267 Jacksonville 3 9 0 .250 174 352 Houston 2 10 0 .167 230 323 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 8 4 0 .667 292 216 Baltimore 6 6 0 .500 249 235 Pittsburgh 5 7 0 .417 263 278 Cleveland 4 8 0 .333 231 297 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 2 0 .833 464 317 Kansas City 9 3 0 .750 298 214 San Diego 5 7 0 .417 279 277 Oakland 4 8 0 .333 237 300 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 7 5 0 .583 329 303 Philadelphia 7 5 0 .583 300 281 N.Y. Giants 5 7 0 .417 237 297 Washington 3 9 0 .250 269 362 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 9 2 0 .818 305 196 Carolina 9 3 0 .750 285 157 Tampa Bay 3 9 0 .250 217 285 Atlanta 3 9 0 .250 261 340 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 7 5 0 .583 326 287 Chicago 6 6 0 .500 323 332 Green Bay 5 6 1 .458 294 305 Minnesota 3 8 1 .292 289 366 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 10 1 0 .909 306 179 San Francisco 8 4 0 .667 297 197 Arizona 7 5 0 .583 275 247 St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 279 278 Thursday’s Games Detroit 40, Green Bay 10 Dallas 31, Oakland 24 Baltimore 22, Pittsburgh 20 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 23, Chicago 20, OT New England 34, Houston 31 Indianapolis 22, Tennessee 14 Jacksonville 32, Cleveland 28 Carolina 27, Tampa Bay 6 Philadelphia 24, Arizona 21 Miami 23, N.Y. Jets 3 San Francisco 23, St. Louis 13 Atlanta 34, Buffalo 31, OT Cincinnati 17, San Diego 10 Denver 35, Kansas City 28 N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 17 Monday’s Game New Orleans at Seattle, 8:40 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 Houston at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 Atlanta at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Washington, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Miami at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Cleveland at New England, 1 p.m. Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Denver, 4:05 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 Dallas at Chicago, 8:40 p.m.

College Football Schedule Thursday, Dec. 5 Louisville at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 MIDWEST Mid-American championship, Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois, at Detroit, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 EAST Memphis at UConn, 1 p.m. South Florida at Rutgers, 7:30 p.m. SOUTH Conference USA championship, Marshall at Rice, Noon Southern U. at Jackson St., 2 p.m. SEC championship, Missouri vs. Auburn, at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at South Alabama, 8 p.m. ACC championship, Duke vs. Florida St., Charlotte, N.C., 8 p.m. MIDWEST Big Ten championship, Ohio St. vs. Michigan St. at Indianapolis, 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., Noon UCF at SMU, Noon SWAC championship, Jackson St. vs. Southern U., at Houston, 2 p.m. Texas at Baylor, 3:30 p.m. FAR WEST Pac-12 championship, Stanford at Arizona St., 8 p.m. Mountain West championship, Utah St. vs. Fresno St. at TBA, 10 p.m. FCS PLAYOFFS Second Round Fordham at Towson, 1 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Montana, 2 p.m. New Hampshire at Maine, 2 p.m. Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois, 2 p.m. Furman at North Dakota St., 3:30 p.m. South Dakota State at Eastern Washington, 4 p.m. Jacksonville State at McNeese State, 7 p.m. Sam Houston State at Southeastern Louisiana, 8 p.m.

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 6 10 .375 Boston 7 12 .368 Philadelphia 6 12 .333 Brooklyn 5 12 .294 New York 3 13 .188 Southeast Division W L Pct

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NBA Summaries ORLANDO (80) Afflalo 10-16 1-1 21, Davis 1-8 0-0 2, Vucevic 5-11 0-0 10, Moore 1-8 4-4 6, Oladipo 4-12 5-6 13, Nicholson 0-2 4-4 4, Price 1-4 2-2 5, Harkless 7-13 1-2 16, Maxiell 0-0 0-0 0, Lamb 1-2 0-0 3, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, O’Quinn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-77 17-19 80. WASHINGTON (98) Webster 2-6 0-0 5, Nene 5-12 4-5 14, Gortat 4-7 5-6 13, Wall 5-14 4-4 16, Ariza 8-9 4-4 24, Vesely 0-3 2-6 2, Singleton 4-7 2-2 11, Maynor 1-4 0-0 2, Booker 3-6 0-0 6, Rice Jr. 1-3 2-2 5, Seraphin 0-1 0-0 0, Temple 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-73 23-29 98. Orlando 22 19 20 19—80 Washington 22 30 23 23—98 3-Point Goals—Orlando 3-15 (Lamb 1-1, Price 1-2, Harkless 1-4, Afflalo 0-1, Nicholson 0-1, Moore 0-3, Oladipo 0-3), Washington 9-13 (Ariza 4-4, Wall 2-4, Rice Jr. 1-1, Webster 1-2, Singleton 1-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Orlando 44 (Vucevic 8), Washington 51 (Ariza, Nene, Singleton 6). Assists—Orlando 14 (Price 4), Washington 21 (Wall 13). Total Fouls—Orlando 24, Washington 22. A—12,809 (20,308). ATLANTA (100) Carroll 7-11 0-0 17, Millsap 6-20 1-1 15, Horford 9-16 0-0 18, Teague 6-13 4-4 19, Williams 5-14 0-0 10, Martin 2-7 0-0 6, Brand 3-4 0-0 6, Mack 3-7 0-0 7, Scott 0-1 0-0 0, Jenkins 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 42-96 5-5 100. SAN ANTONIO (102) Leonard 2-7 0-0 4, Duncan 10-15 3-4 23, Splitter 5-9 1-1 11, Parker 7-11 0-0 15, Green 1-7 0-0 3, Ginobili 2-7 5-6 10, Diaw 7-9 1-2 16, Ayres 0-0 1-2 1, Belinelli 6-9 0-0 13, Mills 2-4 1-2 6, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-78 12-17 102. Atlanta 23 26 22 29—100 San Antonio 25 25 23 29—102 3-Point Goals—Atlanta 11-31 (Teague 3-4, Carroll 3-5, Martin 2-5, Millsap 2-6, Mack 1-2, Scott 0-1, Jenkins 0-2, Williams 0-6), San Antonio 6-18 (Parker 1-1, Diaw 1-2, Mills 1-2, Belinelli 1-2, Ginobili 1-4, Green 1-5, Leonard 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta 43 (Millsap 14), San Antonio 52 (Duncan 21). Assists— Atlanta 22 (Teague 7), San Antonio 27 (Parker, Ginobili 7). Total Fouls— Atlanta 19, San Antonio 10. A—17,318 (18,797).

NBADL Standings Central Division W L Pct GB Rio Grande Valley 4 0 1.000 — Iowa 3 1 .750 1 Sioux Falls 3 1 .750 1 Texas 3 1 .750 1 Austin 1 2 .333 2½ Tulsa 0 4 .000 4 West Division W L Pct GB Idaho 3 0 1.000 — Santa Cruz 4 1 .800 — Los Angeles 1 2 .333 2 Bakersfield 1 4 .200 3 Reno 0 4 .000 3½ East Division W L Pct GB Canton 4 0 1.000 — Maine 3 0 1.000 ½ Fort Wayne 1 3 .250 3 Delaware 0 2 .000 3 Erie 0 3 .000 3½ Springfield 0 3 .000 3½ Sunday’s Games Austin 114, Delaware 102 Fort Wayne 97, Erie 90 Los Angeles 131, Bakersfield 96 Monday’s Games Rio Grande Valley 145, Texas 116 Tuesday’s Games Delaware at Rio Grande Valley, 8 p.m.

NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTPts GF GA Boston 27 18 7 2 38 75 55 Montreal 28 16 9 3 35 76 59 Detroit 28 14 7 7 35 78 73 Tampa Bay 26 16 9 1 33 76 66 Toronto 27 14 10 3 31 75 73 Ottawa 27 10 13 4 24 78 90 Florida 27 7 15 5 19 59 91 Buffalo 28 6 20 2 14 48 85 Metropolitan Division GP W LOTPts GF GA Pittsburgh 28 18 9 1 37 86 64 Washington 27 14 11 2 30 82 78 NY Rangers 28 14 14 0 28 62 71 New Jersey 28 11 12 5 27 61 67 Philadelphia 27 12 13 2 26 57 65 Carolina 27 10 12 5 25 57 78 Columbus 27 10 14 3 23 67 80 NY Islanders 27 8 15 4 20 72 93 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W LOTPts GF GA Chicago 28 20 4 4 44102 76 St. Louis 25 18 4 3 39 89 57 Colorado 25 19 6 0 38 76 52 Minnesota 29 16 8 5 37 70 67 Winnipeg 29 13 12 4 30 78 82 Nashville 27 13 11 3 29 62 75 Dallas 25 12 9 4 28 70 73 Pacific Division GP W LOTPts GF GA San Jose 26 18 3 5 41 92 60 Anaheim 29 18 7 4 40 91 77 Los Angeles 27 16 7 4 36 70 58 Phoenix 26 15 7 4 34 85 84 Vancouver 29 14 10 5 33 77 77 Calgary 26 9 13 4 22 70 93 Edmonton 28 9 17 2 20 73 95 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Games Edmonton 3, Dallas 2, SO Vancouver 3, Carolina 2 Detroit 4, Ottawa 2

Monday’s Games Winnipeg 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Montreal 3, New Jersey 2 Minnesota 2, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis at Los Angeles, late Tuesday’s Games San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Calgary, 10 p.m.

ECHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Wheeling 11 5 0 3 25 54 44 Reading 10 6 0 0 20 43 37 Elmira 5 10 0 2 12 38 54 North Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Cincinnati 12 7 0 0 24 62 52 Evansville 10 4 0 3 23 49 52 Fort Wayne 7 7 1 2 17 50 60 Kalamazoo 7 6 0 2 16 44 42 Toledo 5 9 2 0 12 42 58 South Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA SCarolina 14 2 1 2 31 64 42 Florida 13 5 1 1 28 75 49 Orlando 12 6 0 1 25 53 47 Greenville 7 10 1 1 16 36 45 Gwinnett 6 13 0 1 13 42 58 WESTERN CONFERENCE Mountain Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Colorado 11 4 3 0 25 57 47 Alaska 11 5 0 0 22 58 28 Idaho 9 5 2 2 22 56 54 Utah 6 8 1 1 14 35 40 Pacific Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Ontario 14 2 1 3 32 62 45 Stockton 11 6 0 2 24 60 51 San Fran 6 12 1 1 14 33 66 Las Vegas 6 11 1 0 13 43 60 Bakersfield 5 12 0 1 11 37 62 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Sunday’s Games Evansville 3, Gwinnett 1 Cincinnati 3, Wheeling 2, SO Ontario 3, Colorado 2 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games Colorado at Orlando, 7 p.m. Alaska at Utah, 9:05 p.m. Stockton at Idaho, 9:10 p.m.

NCAA Hockey Poll MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The top 20 teams in the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 1 and previous ranking: Rcd Pts Pvs 1. Minnesota (41) 11-2-1 988 1 2. St. Cloud St. (8) 9-1-2 940 2 3. Michigan 9-2-1 883 3 4. Providence 11-2-2 843 4 5. Quinnipiac 13-2-2 817 5 6. Ferris State (1) 11-2-2 754 6 7. UMass-Lowell 10-4-0 683 8 8. Yale 6-2-2 628 9 9. Boston College 8-4-2 583 7 10. Clarkson 10-3-1 552 10 11. Union 8-3-2 430 15 12. Miami 8-6-2 421 13 13. Notre Dame 9-6-1 404 11 14. Lake Superior 9-4-1 353 16 15. Cornell 7-4-1 251 14 16. Nebraska-Omaha 8-6-0 228 17 17. Wisconsin 4-5-1 179 12 18. New Hampshire 9-7-1 134 20 19. Northeastern 9-5-1 131 — 20. Minn.-Duluth 6-5-1 122 18 Others receiving votes: Rensselaer 102, Ohio State 29, Boston University 13, Denver 13, Vermont 7, St. Lawrence 5, Maine 3, North Dakota 2, Air Force 1, Minnesota State 1.

Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with INF/OF Don Kelly on a one-year contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Declined to offer a 2014 contract to INF Chris Getz. NEW YORK YANKEES — Traded C Chris Stewart to Pittsburgh for a player to be named. Agreed to terms with INF Brendan Ryan on a two-year contract. Declined to offer 2014 contracts to INFs David Adams and Jayson Nix and RHP Matt Daley. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Named Mike Harkey pitching coach and Mel Stottlemyre Jr. bullpen coach. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Mike Baxter, C Drew Butera and LHP Scott Elbert on one-year contracts. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated C Michael McKenry for assignment. American Association WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed C Matthew Albaugh and RHP David Hatt. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed C Garrett Vail. RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Corey MacDonald. FOOTBALL NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released OT Patrick Ford from the practice squad. Re-signed OL R.J. Dill to the practice squad. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed SB Adarius Bowman to a two-year contract extension. HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Placed D Aaron Rome on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 24. Recalled F Travis Morin from Texas (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D Richard Nedomlel from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). OTTAWA SENATORS — Reassigned D Mark Borowiecki and F Derek Grant to Binghamton (AHL). Recalled F Mike Hoffman from Binghamton. PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned D Rostislav Klesla to Portland (AHL). American Hockey League LAKE ERIE MONSTERS — Recalled F Vincent Arseneau and D Lee Moffie from Denver (CHL). OKLAHOMA CITY BARONS — Recalled G Ty Rimmer from Quad City (CHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned F Wade Megan and D Josh McFadden to Cincinnati (ECHL). ECHL FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Agreed to terms with F Will MacDonald an D Tony DeHart. READING ROYALS — Signed F Ryan Cruthers and G Josh Watson. Central Hockey League ARIZONA SUNDOGS — Waived F Ryan Gaucher. BRAMPTON BEAST — Waived D Ben Woodley. ST. CHARLES CHILL — Waived D Brock Wilson. TULSA OILERS — Waived G Ross MacKinnon. Signed G Alex Dupuis. Activated F Brandon Coccimilgio from leave of absence and placed him on team suspension. LACROSSE National Lacrosse League MINNESOTA SWARM — Re-signed T Kiel Matisz to a two-year contract and F Corbyn Tao to a one-year contract. COLLEGE BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Fined Nebraska $10,000 for a violation of the conference’s sportsmanship policy by football coach Bo Pelini during Friday’s game. COLGATE — Announced the retirement of football coach Dick Biddle. FLORIDA — Announced CB Loucheiz Purifoy will enter the NFL draft. MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY — Named Carla Wilson athletic director. SOUTHERN CAL — Announced the resignation of interim football coach Ed Orgeron. Named Steve Sarkisian football coach.

SPORTS BRIEFS • Big Ten reprimands Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Big Ten office has decided not to suspend any players or coaches for their actions in the wake of a fight in Saturday’s game between No. 2 Ohio State and archrival Michigan. The conference office issued a public reprimand to Buckeyes starting right guard Marcus Hall and the Ohio State coaching staff on Monday. Hall was ejected from the game for coming onto the field to participate in the skirmish. As he was leaving the sideline, he angrily threw his helmet to the ground, kicked the team bench and then held up both hands in an obscene gesture to Michigan fans. “The officials and coaching staffs from both institutions did a good job of containing the situation once it started,” the Big Ten said in a statement. “As bad as it was, we’re fortunate the incident did not escalate any further. More can, and should, be done by both coaching staffs in the future to prevent similar incidents from detracting from this rivalry.” Coach Urban Meyer has said he will issue punishment within the team to Hall, kick returner and backup running back Dontre Wilson and another player he did not identify. Wilson was seen throwing a punch. “Very disappointed and angry that that happened,” Meyer said earlier Monday. “That’s not us. That’s not Ohio State and it’s not (Michigan).” Michigan backup linebacker Royce Jenkins-Stone was also ejected. It appeared that other players from both teams could have faced punishment for perpetuating the fight. The Big Ten reviewed video of the incident. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said before the decision was announced that the Big Ten office would be fair in its handling of the situation. He said there was no chance that the conference might allow the players to participate in Saturday’s game so that Ohio State — ranked No. 2 in the BCS — would be at full strength and remain a contender to play in the national championship game. “No. (Big Ten Commissioner) Jim Delany doesn’t operate that way,” Smith said. “Neither does (Big Ten coordinator of football officials) Bill Carollo.” Smith said he supported Meyer’s decision to not suspend the players involved in the fight. “(Hall) made a bad, emotional mistake,” Smith said. “It’s a teachable moment for him and all of our players. So whatever the conference does and Urban does, I’m going to support them.” Meyer said the players had already served their suspension for fighting.

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Bo Pelini will have to pay for his latest rant. The Big Ten Conference on Monday issued a public reprimand of the Cornhuskers’ head coach and fined the university $10,000 for Pelini’s comments about the officiating in a loss to Iowa last week. University spokeswoman Chris Anderson said the money will come out of Pelini’s compensation. Pelini used an expletive at his postgame news conference while discussing a pass interference penalty against the Huskers. Pelini was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct during the game for swiping his hat at, and nearly hitting, the head linesman. The Big Ten said Pelini violated the league’s sportsmanship policy, which requires “civility toward all, and respect, particularly toward opponents and officials.” Athletic director Shawn Eichorst said in a statement that Nebraska supports the sportsmanship policy. “In that regard, we were disappointed with Coach Pelini’s actions this past Friday regarding game officials,” Eichorst said. “We immediately recognized and addressed the situation with Coach Pelini and the Big Ten Conference. In addition, Coach Pelini acknowledged and accepted responsibility for the inappropriateness of his actions and issued a public apology in advance of this reprimand.”

Grobe resigns at Wake Forest WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Nobody led tiny Wake Forest to more wins than Jim Grobe. But when the losses started to pile up, the veteran coach figured it was time to give someone else a chance. Grobe announced his resignation Monday after 13 years coaching the Demon Deacons, saying the move is “something that’s been in my head now for a couple of years. “This is not a knee-jerk reaction,” Grobe said. “These last couple years, the losses that we’ve had … start to beat you up a little bit. I got to the point where I just felt like we were working as hard as we possibly could, and we weren’t getting it done.” The 61-year-old Grobe has a career record of 110-115-1 in a combined 19 years at Wake Forest and Ohio. He was 77-82 with the Demon Deacons and shares the program record for coaching victories with D.C. “Peahead” Walker. “This is a sad day for Wake Forest football,” athletic director Ron Wellman said.

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Make stealing smartphones a stupid idea It’s an astounding statistic: One-third of all thefts involve mobile devices, says Indiana Attorney Greg Zoeller. Consumer Reports says 1.8 million Americans had their smart phones stolen last year. To fight that trend, Zoeller and attorneys general in 31 other states are backing the Secure Our Thieves need to know Smartphones campaign, it’s not worth it to also known steal a smartphone, as S.O.S. The unless they need a good states’ top paperweight. legal officials are calling on the smartphone industry to find a good way to reduce violent street crimes involving smartphone thefts. Smart phones look attractive to thieves for more than just their resale value. They also contain personal and financial information that could be exploited. “Communities and law enforcement can’t cut down on this growing crime alone,” Zoeller said. “That’s why state attorneys general are calling on manufacturers to install better anti-theft software, which could wipe out thieves’ ability to make a profit or steal sensitive information.” One possible answer could be a kill switch for smartphones. The switch could render a stolen phone useless. Right now, a stolen phone can be neutered for use in the United States, but still can be reactivated to use in other counties. Until better protections come along, Zoeller recommends several steps to guard your personal information: use a password for your smartphone; back up the phone’s information on a regular basis; sign up for a tracking service; and use security software. But manufacturers need to do more, too. Thieves need to know it’s not worth it to steal a smartphone, unless they need a good paperweight.

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Letters to The Editor • Congress should be thrown out completely To the editor: The government shutdown was just a way for the Republican Congress to give 20,000 of their friends a 14-day paid vacation. Would it not be nice if all of us were told you are laid

off from your job for 14 days but not to worry, when you come back we will pay you as if you were here all along. Is this how they plan to reduce our debt? When we had our last big fight over the debt ceiling, the first thing Congress did when they raised the limit was to give Egypt $250 million, Syria

$50 million, Afghanistan $100 million, Pakistan $150 million. This is not Obama. This is the Republican Congress. How can anyone take them serious, when they claim this shutdown is to reduce spending? How can any sane person or group think they can pay down a debt while giving away huge amounts of money? And what

will the voters do about it? In just 90 days, ads will begin asking for our votes next November. Will we send the same ones back, or will we open our eyes and see that the Congress should be thrown out completely? I say shut them down. Eldon Pruitt Waterloo

Collaboration, respect key to good policy where they have the best chance of I expect this session that begins being successful. Transportation Jan. 6 to be productive as infrastructure, fair taxes, innovaboth parties work to build on tive incentives and transparent previous legislative accomplishregulations must make sense and ments. Speaker Brian Bosma help Indiana lead the way. A highlighted four areas the quality system of transportation legislature plans to focus on in requires focus and takes sustained the coming session: bridging effort, and this has been a priority the skills gap, enhancing early in past sessions with Major childhood education, maintaining Moves, the Hoosier Heartland our transportation infrastructure and continuing efforts to make REP. BEN Corridor and other statewide projects. To keep our Hoosier Indiana the logical choice for businesses successful and make businesses to start or expand. SMALTZ transportation safe and easy for A skills gap exists in our everyone, we must continue to state’s major sectors between maintain our infrastructure. available jobs and available I am committed to listening workers equipped to fill the to your opinions and identifying jobs. In past sessions, we have ways to make our district prosper for focused our efforts on promoting growth in the private sector and on strengthyears to come. A lot of times, this starts ening workforce development and career with cutting red tape and giving our preparedness in our educational system. local businesses a greater opportunity to I have supported this initiative with my be successful. If you know of a rule or legislation. To keep Indiana competitive regulation that should go, I invite you to for years to come, our educational system contact me. must produce highly skilled and qualified Prior to my election, Speaker Bosma individuals, and this starts with early pledged to the legislature to set a new childhood education. Too many young tone of bipartisan cooperation and civility, students enter first grade behind their and I am here to acknowledge that I saw peers, which puts a strain on families, that pledge put into action. teachers and classrooms. Despite our differences, we still have Furthermore, I have said it many times: respect for each other as Hoosiers, for Transportation infrastructure is a crucial the legislative process and for the people characteristic that all successful states we represent. I know that no matter a must possess. Businesses start or expand person’s political ideology, we are all

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• tired of the mess in Washington, D.C., and a resounding majority of Americans feel that our federal government is dysfunctional. I do not know anyone who is not fed up with people who merely posture and attack because they cannot or will not offer solutions. I appreciate Speaker Bosma setting a tone of civility for this session as it underlines the need for collaboration, having respect for the process, working toward our goals and doing what needs to be done to preserve and protect our Hoosier state. These attributes are key for good public policy, and thankfully, I am not alone in striving for them. The 2014 legislative session is scheduled to adjourn by mid-March. To get updates on the Indiana General Assembly and to watch sessions live, visit in.gov/legislative. STATE REP. BEN SMALTZ, R-AUBURN, represents all of DeKalb County and portions of Steuben and Allen counties.

What Others Say • Former players may change violent culture of the NHL The glory days are gone. What’s left, for some National Hockey League players, is a life marred by the cumulative impact of brain injuries suffered during years spent in a brutal sport. As news emerged of a blockbuster $5.2-billion deal between the NHL and Rogers Communications Inc. (allowing the CBC and tough-guy booster Don Cherry to keep their Saturday night gig for at least the next four years) another hockey story, without the razzle-dazzle but possibly just as significant, was hovering in the wings. The Star’s Gemma Karstens-Smith reports that 10 former NHL players, including ex-Maple Leafs Rick Vaive and Gary Leeman, have launched a lawsuit claiming that the league failed to properly protect players from concussions. The players say they all now suffer from some combination of depression, memory loss and sleep disorders as a direct result of repeated head injuries during games. The lawsuit claims the league had earlier knowledge of scientific evidence showing that repeated head injuries risk illness and disabilities. The suit says the NHL did not provide real protections until 2010 when it finally introduced its Rule 48, banning intentional hits to the head. Launched just months after the National Football League agreed to a $765-million settlement

with thousands of former players suffering from dementia and other conditions, the NHL lawsuit is the latest move by athletes who refuse to accept that debilitating injury is the price to be paid for an athletic career. They face a long legal battle, and none of their allegations have been tested in court. For far too long the NHL’s culture forced players to ignore head injuries in order to make a quick return to the game. Exposure to the ailments faced by former hockey pros is long overdue. Even though the damage can’t be reversed, the increased focus on the league’s violent culture should provide a cautionary tale for young players. Not to mention fans, since young players love to mimic their NHL heroes. Let those youngsters and their parents hear the statements from veterans who suffer from neurological disorders or even dementia. The details of their struggles should provide serious pause for all. This lawsuit could turn out to be a turning point in attitudes toward violence in hockey, one of the perpetual debates in Canadian life. If it’s true that the NHL purposefully concealed the severe risks of brain injuries, as the players claim in their lawsuit, then it’s high time the details of their suffering were made known. Hockey fans should know the price that was paid for a few hours of entertainment.

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Our new online poll is about Christmas shopping. Did you shop on Thanksgiving Day? Black Friday? Both? Neither? Vote at kpcnews. com and see what the overwhelming response is so far. Our previous poll asked people what the best part of Thanksgiving is. With 178 responses the totals were: Turkey and trimmings — 24 Seeing family/friends — 118 Shopping — 1 Getting ready for Christmas — 5 Football — 10 No school — 4 No work — 16 Online polls are not scientific but they provide an interesting snapshot of Toronto Star public opinion.

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Low-tech treatments help Parkinson’s disease Without dopamine, hands tremble, arms and legs become stiff, movement slows, and balance and coordination fail. You may have trouble walking, talking, swallowing and doing everyday tasks. Drugs such as levodopa can fill in ASK for natural DOCTOR K. dopamine and ease symptoms. Dr. Anthony If the drug has less Komaroff become effective, your doctor can try adjusting the dose or schedule of your medication. That often restores effectiveness. There also are other types of medicines,

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— might help control your symptoms. Another, much lower-tech option is tai chi. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese practice that we’ve talked about several times before in this column. It involves slow, graceful movements that flow smoothly from one challenging pose to the next. Tai chi enhances balance and muscle strength. It helps prevent falls and girds against physical decline. People with Parkinson’s can also reap these benefits of tai chi. The benefits of tai chi in people with Parkinson’s disease were demonstrated in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is AskDoctorK.com.

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Officials look at the damaged tracks Monday in New York where a train derailed on Sunday, killing four people and injuring about 60. A second data recorder was retrieved Monday from the train involved in

a deadly derailment, and investigators found the train was traveling 82 mph entering a 30 mph curve. Whether the cause was human error or brake trouble is still unclear, investigators said.

Train traveling too fast at curve YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether the wreck was the result of human error or brake trouble was unclear, he said. Asked why the train was going so fast, National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said: “That’s the question we need to answer.” He would not disclose what the engineer operating the train had told investigators. Weener said investigators were examining the engineer’s cellphone — apparently to determine

whether he was distracted. Weener said the information on the locomotive’s speed was preliminary and extracted from the Metro-North train’s two data recorders, taken from the wreckage after the Sunday morning accident in the Bronx. He said the throttle went to idle six seconds before the derailed train came to a complete stop — “very late in the game” for a train going that fast — and the brakes were fully engaged five seconds before the train stopped. Asked whether the tragedy was the result of human error or faulty brakes, Weener said: “The answer is, at this point in

time, we can’t tell.” He said investigators are not aware of any problems with the brakes during the nine stops the train made before the derailment. As investigators mined the data recorders for information, workers righted the fallen cars along the curve, a bend so sharp that the speed limit during the approach drops from 70 mph to 30 mph. It takes about a mile for a train going 70 mph to stop, according to Steve Ditmeyer, an adjunct professor of railway management at Michigan State University and a former official with the Federal Railroad Administration.

The wreck came two years before the federal government’s deadline for Metro-North and other railroads to install automatic-slowdown technology designed to prevent catastrophic accidents caused by human error. Metro-North’s parent agency and other railroads have pressed the government to extend the deadline a few years because of the cost and complexity of the Positive Train Control technology, which uses GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor locomotives’ position and speed and stop trains from colliding, derailing or going the wrong way.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job on Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay. The actions are intended to build on a campaign that began about a year ago to call attention to the difficulties of living on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, or about $15,000 a year for a full-time employee. The protests are part of a movement by labor unions, Democrats and other worker advocacy groups to raise pay in low-wage sectors. Last month, President Barack Obama said he would back a Senate measure to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Protesters are calling for $15 an hour, although many see the figure as a rallying point rather than a near-term possibility. It’s not clear how large the turnout will be at any given location, or whether the walkouts will be enough to disrupt operations. Similar actions this summer had varying results, with some restaurants unable to serve customers and others seemingly unaffected. The National Restaurant Association, an industry lobbying group, called the demonstrations a “campaign engineered by national labor groups,” and said the vast majority of participants were union protesters rather than workers. The group added that past demonstrations “have fallen

well short of their purported numbers.” Kendall Fells, a New York City-based organizer for Fast Food Forward, said demonstrations are planned for 100 cities, in addition to the 100 cities where workers will strike. He said plans started coming together shortly after the one-day actions in about 60 cities this summer. “They understand they’re not going to win from a one-day strike,” Fells said of workers. Still, organizers face an uphill battle in reshaping an industry that competes aggressively on low prices, a practice that has intensified as companies including McDonald’s Corp., Burger King Worldwide Inc. and Yum Brands Inc., which owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, face growing competition and slow growth in the weak economy. Fast-food workers are also seen as difficult to unionize, given the industry’s high turnover rates. But the Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 2 million workers in health care, janitorial and other industries, has been providing organizational and financial support to the push for higher pay over the past year. Berlin Rosen, a political consulting and public relations firm based in New York City, has also been coordinating communications efforts and helping organizers connect with media outlets.

Lebanese army takes control of Tripoli amidst fighting TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese government authorized the army on Monday to take control of the northern city of Tripoli for six months following three days of sectarian clashes, a decision meant to allay fears that fighting in Lebanon’s second largest city was spiraling out of control. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati made the announcement after a high level security meeting at the presidential palace, saying the army has been empowered to take necessary security measures to keep the peace in Tripoli. The army, he added,

would carry out patrols and implement arrest warrants issued for fugitives in the city. Security officials say 12 people have been killed and more than a hundred wounded in Tripoli since Saturday, when the latest round of violence erupted. Sectarian clashes linked to the war in neighboring Syria often flare there between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The fighting is concentrated between two impoverished rival neighborhoods in the port city. The Bab Tabbaneh district is largely Sunni Muslim, as are most of the Syrian rebels fighting

against President Bashar Assad’s rule. Residents of Jabal Mohsen, a neighborhood perched on a hill, are mostly of Assad’s Alawite sect. But the fighting in the past few days has taken on a more ominous turn, spreading to include other parts of the city as snipers took up positions on rooftops and gunbattles and rocket fire raged out of control. Fighting began Saturday after Sunni gunmen shot a man whose brother controls an Alawite militia, sparking gun battles that trapped children in schools and forced traders to flee their shops.

Fighters used rocket-propelled grenades to target their rivals in the crowded neighborhoods. On Monday, schools, universities banks and other businesses were mostly shuttered and streets deserted as occasional sounds of gun battles rang out. In Syria, fighting continued for control of an ancient, pro-government Christian village about 60 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Damascus. The government said six nuns were trapped in the village of Maaloula, after al-Qaida linked rebels seized large swaths of the area. Syrian army tanks

A Lebanese man runs to cross a street to avoid sniper fire, during clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday.

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2001 Ford Focus SE Wagon

1999 Honda Accord EX

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Local Trade, Great Condition, Sunroof, 4 Cylinder, Auto, Air, All Power

4,995

2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

One-Owner, Stow ‘N Go Rear Seat, Rear Air, All Power, 27,000 Miles

12,995

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2006 Saturn Ion Level 2

1998 Toyota 4Runner Limited 4x4

5 Speed, Air Conditioning, Power Windows & Locks, Tilt, Cruise

Local Trade, One-Owner, V6, Sunroof, Leather, Automatic, All Power,

5,995

Power Seat, Auto, Air, All Power, Alloy Wheels, Warranty, 10,000 Miles

14,995

5,995

2004 Dodge Stratus SXT

1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4

2008 Pontiac Grand Prix

2006 Ford Fusion SE

2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

1999 GMC Suburban 1500 SLE 4x4

One-Owner, Automatic, Air, All Power, Alloy Wheels, 48,000 Miles

One-Owner, Power Seats, Automatic, Air, All Power, 43,000 Miles

“3800” V6, Power Seat, Automatic, Air, All Power, Alloy Wheels

Local Trade, Power Seat, Automatic, Air, All Power, Alloy Wheels

One-Owner, V6, Auto, Air, All Power Options, Dual Sliders, 46,000 Miles

3rd Seat, 5.7L V8, Power Seat, Running Boards, Tow Package, 78,000 Miles

7,995

8,995

2010 Mitsubishi Galant FE

2007 Chevrolet HHR LT

2006 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

2002 Lexus IS 300 Sedan

2007 Chrysler Town & Country Touring

2004 GMC Sonoma SLS Crew Cab 4x4

Automatic, Air, All Power, Side Airbags, Alloys, Warranty, 57,000 Miles

One-Owner, Power Seat, Automatic, Air, All Power, 58,000 Miles

One-Owner, Stow ‘N Go Rear Seat, Rear Air, All Power, 53,000 Miles

One-Owner, Sunroof, Leather, Heated Seats, Automatic, Side Airbags

Power Sliders & Liftgate, Full Stow ‘N Go, Power Seat, Alloy Wheels

One-Owner, 4.3L V6, Automatic, Air, All Power, Alloy Wheels

9,995

10,995

FEATURED CAR OF THE WEEK 2010 Dodge Avenger SXT

2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS

2010 Dodge Avenger SXT

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

One-Owner, Auto, Air, All Power, Side Airbags, Warranty, 56,000 Miles

One-Owner, Automatic, Air, All Power, Factory Warranty, 45,000 Miles

One-Owner, Auto, Air, All Power, Side Airbags, Warrranty, 47,000 Miles

One-Owner, Full Stow ‘N Go, Quad Buckets, All Power, Warranty

11,995

12,995

2012 FORD FUSION SEL 2009 Chevrolet Impala LS

2009 Pontiac G6 Sedan

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12,995

V6, Back-Up Camera, BLIS, Sunroof, Heated Leather, 25,000 Miles

17,995

12,995

2006 Nissan Titan XE Ext. Cab

2005 Lincoln Navigator Ultimate 4x4

Local Trade, 5.6L V8, Automatic, Air, Tilt, Cruise, CD, 41,000 Miles

DVD Player, Navigation, Power Liftgate, Sunroof, Heated/Cooled Leather

12,995

2005 Dodge Magnum R/T AWD

2012 Ford Fusion SE

2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4

2012 Chevrolet Malibu 2LT

2012 Ford Fusion SEL

2005 Chevrolet Colorado LS Crew Cab 4x4

One-Owner, Hemi V8, Sunroof, Leather, Heated Power Seats, 6 CD

One-Owner, Power Seat, Alloy Wheels, Factory Warranty, 27,000 Miles

Sunroof, Power Seat, Stability Control, Side Airbags, 54,000 Miles

Sunroof, Heated Leather, Remote Start, Chrome Wheels, Warranty

Back-Up Camera, BLIS, Sunroof, Heated Leather, Warranty, 32,000 Miles

One-Owner, 3.5L 5 Cylinder, Auto, Air, All Power, Alloys, 58,000 Miles

13,995

14,995

15,995

2011 Ford Escape Hybrid 4x4

2010 Lincoln MKZ AWD

2009 Ford Edge Limited

2012 Lincoln MKZ

2013 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ

2013 Ford F-150 XLT Crew Cab 4x4

30 MPG, Power Seat, All Power Options, Alloy Wheels, Warranty

One-Owner/Off-Lease, Sunroof, Heated & Cooled Leather, 38,000 Miles

One-Owner, Panoramic Roof, Heated Leather, Power Liftgate, Chromes

One-Owner/Off-Lease, Sunroof, Heated & Cooled Leather, 28,000 Miles

Rear Camera, Sunroof, Heated Leather, Factory Warranty, 21,000 Miles

V8, 7350 GVWR Package, All Power, Factory Warranty, 14,000 Miles

17,995

18,995

19,995

FEATURED CAR OF THE WEEK 2013 Ford Taurus SHO AWD

2013 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab 4x4

EcoBoost V6, Navigation, Sunroof, Heated/Cooled Leather, 33,000 Miles

Big Horn Edition, Hemi V8, Power Seat, 20” Chromes, 16,000 Miles

29,995

18,995

29,995

2013 FORD FUSION S $

20,995

FEATURED CAR OF THE WEEK

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2013 MAZDA 6s GRAND TOURING 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Crew Cab 4x4

2011 Ford F-150 XLT Crew Cab 4x4

5.3L V8, Automatic, Air, All Power, Factory Warranty, 17,000 Miles

EcoBoost V6, Matching Cap, Power Seat, Chrome Pkg., 21,000 Miles

30,995

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30,995

21,995

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