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The three Lawrence city manager finalists are, from left: Roderick “Rod” Bremby, of Glastonbury, Conn.; Cheryl Harrison-Lee, of Gardner, Kan.; and Thomas “Tom” Markus, of Iowa City, Iowa.

City manager decision nears A closer look at finalists before likely Dec. 18 offer By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @NikkiWentling John Young/Journal-World Photo

A HORSE-DRAWN STAGECOACH, sponsored by Dunn's Landing and Event Facility, in Wellsville, makes its way down Massachusetts Street during the 23rd annual Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade on Saturday. See the photo gallery at LJWorld.com/christmasparade15 and the video at LJWorld.com/christmasvid15.

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Lawrence has been selected to host the 2017 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships. The city was one of two finalists for the

bid and was officially selected as the host Saturday. At its convention in Houston, USA Track & Field youth chairs selected Lawrence over Des Moines, Iowa. “This is a great opportunity for Lawrence to be seen on a national scale on sports and recreation,” said Megan Gilliland, Please see BID, page 9A

or the better part of a decade, I have been fighting a losing battle that a good leanto makes every home better. You know what I’m talking about — a shed for storing lawn mowers, weed whackers, spare parts for the chocolate fountain and other home necessities. Where I grew up, you tack a lean-to onto the side of your house, and when that one fills up, you tack another one on. Back

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About six months after former City Manger David Corliss resigned, the city will meet the three candidates Dec. 17 who are vying to fill the position of Lawrence’s top nonelected official. City commissioners will hold final interviews Dec. 18, after which they will select the next city manager and start the negotiation process. With less than two weeks CITY before a decision is made, the COMMISSION Journal-World spoke again with the candidates, this time to talk more about their past experiences and their plans for what they’d do in the first few months as city manager.

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serves as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Social Services. Bremby, 55, has cited his recent work with Connecticut’s Medicaid expansion and past experience in environmental health and with the state and city as reasons he’d be a fit for the city manager position. “It’s not just the knowledge of Lawrence, it’s living in Lawrence. I lived here for most of my adult life,” Bremby said. “I know the beat of the community. I think it’s a tremendous asset to not only have knowledge of Lawrence but to be a Lawrencian.” From August 1990 to March 2000, Bremby served as Lawrence’s assistant city manager. At the time, the city manager was Mike Wildgen, who remained in the position for 16 years before Corliss took over in 2006. As the city’s only assistant city manager, Bremby was tasked with preparing and administering the city’s budget and served as manager of the Lawrence Municipal Airport. He said he was behind the airport’s installation of an instrument landing system and other improvements that enabled air traffic to increase. Bremby also noted he helped write a grant proposal for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center that put social workers in Lawrence schools. It was later — several years after former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius appointed him as KDHE secretary — when Bremby and his now ex-wife filed for personal Chapter 13 bankruptcy. In the filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Kansas City, Kan., Bremby and his ex-wife listed assets of approximately $464,000 and liabilities of $595,000. A final report on the bankruptcy stated the Brembys’ case was closed in July 2012. According to the report, they paid a total of $74,817 in debts, including about $47,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. Bremby said Friday that he “self-disclosed” the bankruptcy in the screening process for the city manager position and has given the City Commission access to court documents related to the bankruptcy. “I would say that it’s an artifact of what was a difficult and painful time,” he said. “It’s important to say that the petition allowed us to develop a court-approved and monitored plan to pay our creditors. “It’s appropriate for Lawrencians to be concerned and wanting the City Commission to have full knowledge of all of the candidates. This is the one of the most important decisions that any city commission would make. I’m just hopeful that this issue doesn’t cloud the community’s perspective about what I can offer.” If Bremby were hired for the job, he would spend the first few months becoming refamiliarized with city operations and developing internal goals for City Hall that would “map back to the City Commission’s strategic goals,” he said. He noted a few issues in Lawrence that he’d likely be working on, including getting more companies located at Lawrence’s VenturePark and planning for development along the Kansas Highway 10 corridor. Bremby also mentioned recent discussions about a few other topics: infill development, the East Ninth Project and mental health programs.

Tom Markus Markus, 62, has served as a city manager or administrator since 1977 and has worked in city government his entire career. According to his resume, Markus started out in Waseca, Minn., then went to Wheeling, Ill., then to Savage, Minn., then back to Wheeling, then to Brooklyn Park, Minn. His longest tenure was in Birmingham, Mich., where he was city manager for 21 years. In Birmingham, Markus led efforts to add to city property, including obtaining more parks, a parking facility and constructing a new fire station, police range and golf course. He helped develop a racial conflict response plan in Birmingham, helped with long-range streetscape planning, and worked to create a principal shopping district. At his current position — city manager of Iowa City, Iowa — Markus was tasked when he started five years ago with implementing a citywide strategic planning process. Markus said the city recently completed its third iteration of that. According to the city’s website, the plan in 201415 had five areas of focus: healthy neighborhoods, a strong urban core, strategic economic development activities, a solid financial foundation and enhanced communication and marketing. It was his job, Markus said, to work on the issues the city council identified as priorities. In an article about Markus’ possible departure published last week by The Daily Iowan, Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek was reported as saying Markus “recharged City Hall” and “helped the council focus on numerous strategic priorities.” Markus described Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa, as a “slightly smaller version of Lawrence.” He said both communities face the same types of challenges, including affordable housing and suburban sprawl. During his visit to Lawrence in November, when city commissioners interviewed the top eight city manager candidates, Markus walked parts of the city — mostly downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. He said he identified “walkability and bikability issues” that “should probably be addressed.” Markus noted his work in the downtown districts of other cities and said he’d like to be involved in maintaining Lawrence’s. In Iowa City, Markus worked with local business owners to create a self-supporting municipal improvement district in the city’s downtown. Under Iowa state law, those types of districts have an additional property tax levy, and the extra revenue is used for improvements to the area. If hired for the job, Markus said, in his first few months as city manager, “a whole lot of engagement needs to be done.” “I need to communicate, to understand the culture and to take that information and work with the council to determine what their priorities are going to be and how they want to move forward,” he said. Cheryl Harrison-Lee Harrison-Lee’s work in city and state government over the past 30-plus years has taken her from Florida to Kansas, where she wants to build the second phase of her career, she said. As the city manager of Gardner for the past three years, Harrison-Lee helped develop the city’s longrange plan and created a

L awrence J ournal -W orld “vision.” On Monday, Gardner will reveal a new city logo as part of a rebranding effort — a type of project she said she could bring to Lawrence. In her first few months as city manager, HarrisonLee, 53, said she would conduct a “listening tour,” in which she would ask city leaders to take her around Lawrence and listen to their thoughts on what works and what doesn’t. She’d then ask the City Commission to have a goal-setting session and set three-, six-, nine- and 12-month milestones. “I believe that while I am an expert in planning, the residents are experts in their community,” Harrison-Lee said. “I believe I am an expert in municipal leadership, but I think I’m not in the community culture. And so what I want to do is take my expertise and experience and match it with what I’m hearing in the community. I feel like I’m a steward of a community vision.” In Gardner, HarrisonLee helped establish the city’s economic development incentives policy. As city administrative officer of Eatonville, Fla., several years ago, she negotiated for the purchase of 100 acres to create economic development opportunities. While working in Daytona Beach, Fla., and as chief of growth management in Orlando, HarrisonLee annexed land that has since been used for economic development. In addition to the jobs previously mentioned, Harrison-Lee has held positions with the cities of Titusville, Fla., and Orlando Beach, Fla., the Florida Department of Transportation, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority and Orlando’s transit system, Lynx. According to an article from the Orlando Sentinel in 2003, Harrison-Lee was let go from Lynx, where she served as the agency’s director of planning and technology, soon after an interim chief executive officer was hired. The article states Harrison-Lee and another executive were let go because of financial reasons. “I had a good track record with Lynx, and, had it not been for financial restrictions, I probably would have had a longer term,” Harrison-Lee said Saturday. Harrison-Lee was also briefly mentioned in the Orlando Sentinel in 2011 when then-Eatonville Mayor Bruce Mount made a motion at a council meeting to terminate her as the city’s chief administrative officer. According to a short write-up about the incident, there was a dispute over what time HarrisonLee was showing up to work. The council voted against the motion, 4-1. “It’s not uncommon to have different opinions in a work environment,” she said Saturday. “One person was unhappy, but the council ruled in my favor.” Harrison-Lee said her work now in the Kansas City metro area would help with the transition to Lawrence. “I have a good understanding of what’s going on because I’m already in the metro area,” she said. “We have the same regional problems, and I understand who the key stakeholders are.”

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LOCATED AT 746 KENTUCKY ST., FIRE STATION NO. 1 was constructed in 1950. The city wants to remodel the station, and commissioners will be asked Tuesday to request architectural services for the project, which is estimated to cost $2.63 million.

Topeka — Two highprofile cases will go before Kansas appellate courts next week that will put the judges and justices deciding those cases in the crosshairs of electoral politics. On Wednesday, all 14 judges of the Kansas Court of Appeals will sit together to hear the state’s appeal of a lower court decision striking down a new law banning a certain type of abortion procedure. And on Thursday, the

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Five years after it was found that Downtown Lawrence’s now 65-year-old Fire Station No. 1 needed to be remodeled, a preliminary step in the restoration process will go before the City Commission on Tuesday. The city in 2010 completed a survey of the building at 746 Kentucky St., resulting in a proposal that it be restored. Since then, the project has been sitting on the city’s capital improvement list. “It’s just been delayed; we need money and haven’t had it,” said Bill Stark, administrative division chief with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. “The whole building needs updating. It hasn’t had anything done to it. It needs a lot of care.”

Fire Station No. 1 is a mid-century modern structure built in 1950 as the city’s public safety building. The station — one of the city’s busiest, Stark said — is now occupied by about six to seven firefighters at any given time. The Douglas County Senior Center is housed in the east portion of the building. According to city documents, the total estimated cost to remodel the station is $2.63 million. Funding for the design phase was included in the city’s 2015 capital improvement plan and construction funding in the 2016 plan. Douglas County has budgeted funding for about 25 percent of the construction costs. It’s likely the county will pay the same percentage of the design costs, according to a memo to the city from Fire Medical Chief Mark Bradford. On Tuesday, commissioners

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he Lawrence City Commission is less than two weeks away from holding final interviews with its three city manager candidates, one of whom is likely to be leading the city very soon. The interviews will be preceded by a public reception Dec. 17, at which Lawrence residents can meet the finalists. The final three candidates are nwentling@ljworld.com Roderick “Rod” Bremby, of Glastonbury, Conn.; For this week’s JourCheryl Harrison-Lee, of nal-World survey — with Gardner; and Thomas just 11 days to go before “Tom” Markus, of Iowa Please see HONESTY, page 4A City, Iowa.

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the public meet-andgreet — we decided to get feedback from 1,000 LJWorld.com readers on what qualities were most important in whomever would become the next city manager. Google Consumer Surveys generated a word cloud from the answers, with the size and color of each word indicating the frequency it was written in as an answer. Here’s a look at the results: The quality most given was “honesty.” It accounted for 13.5 percent of the answers. The next most given answer was “integrity,” with 4.1 percent, then “experience” with 3.5 percent. “Competency,” “leadership,” “transparency” and “smarts” each accounted for about 1 percent of answers. From there, the answers were mostly unique. Here’s a list of some of the answers that had anywhere from 0.7 to 0.1 percent: common sense, trustworthiness, fiscal responsibility, trust, vision, business friendly, responsibility, accountability, ethical, progressive, frugal, happy, not a crook, compassion, conservative, fair, flexibility, character, liberal, neutral, nice, openminded, organized, visionary, practical and loyal. A few answers were more specific (and not really qualities), including, “no new apartment complexes downtown,” “balance between development and infill” and “revitalize the blight of the student ghetto.” We nixed a few from the word cloud, including answers that were only one letter or said “I don’t know” or a similar sentiment. The total number of answers still

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A WORD CLOUD GENERATED FROM RESPONDENTS’ ANSWERS to the question, “What qualities would you look for in Lawrence’s new city manager?” ended up at about 1,000. Before answering this question, respondents were asked whether they were registered voters in Lawrence. They only moved on in the survey if they answered “yes.” Those who answered the survey have a lot of ideas about what they want in a city manager. The person selected for the role will oversee city departments, administer the annual budget, prepare the weekly City Commission agenda, and coordinate compliance with state and federal laws, among other things. The city hired Ralph Anderson & Associates, an executive search firm, to help find a new city manager. Fifty-four people applied for the position, and 32 met the qualifications. In an executive session in October, the City Commission narrowed the pool of applicants to eight. In another executive session Nov. 8, those eight

were interviewed, and commissioners selected Bremby, Harrison-Lee and Markus as the final three. In our survey, we asked whether LJWorld. com readers were satisfied with the process. Answers ran the gamut. Here are the results of that question: l The option that received the most answers was “neither satisfied nor dissatisfied,” with 26.6 percent of votes. l “Very satisfied” garnered 10.1 percent, and 18.9 percent answered “somewhat satisfied.” l “Somewhat dissatisfied” had 6.3 percent, and “very dissatisfied” 3.5 percent. l The remaining respondents answered “no opinion” (18.4 percent) or “I don’t know” (16.2 percent). The results had a margin of error of 1.7 to 2.8 percentage points. It’s not yet sure when the new city manager

About this story A Thousand Voices is a feature that surveys readers of LJWorld.com about their opinions on a variety of issues being debated by the public. The Journal-World will regularly conduct a poll that captures a representative sample of the approximately 35,000 users of LJWorld.com. All polling will be conducted by our partner, Google Consumer Surveys. The Google system chooses participants for the poll at random. Users of LJWorld.com have no ability to choose to take the poll. Some people had this survey presented to them when they went to our website and some didn’t. Each poll consists of at least 1,000 responses from website users. The survey software calculates results using margins of error and 95 percent confidence levels common to the polling industry. If you have a topic you would like to see as part of a future poll, please suggest it to Nikki Wentling at nwentling@ljworld.com. would start in the position. Mayor Mike Amyx has said that after final interviews Dec. 18, someone would be selected and negotiations would begin. The vacancy was created in June, when former City Manager David Corliss resigned to become the town manager of Castle Rock, Colo.

Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard has been serving in an interim role since then. The public meet-andgreet with the final three candidates will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Interviews will start at noon the following day.

Lawrence: l Installation of a waterline on Prospect Avenue from East 15th Street to Oak Hill Avenue is set to be completed Thursday, Dec. 17. l The western ramps of the Bob Billings interchange at the South Lawrence Trafficway are set to open Friday, Dec. 18, weather permitting. l As part of a waterline replacement project, construction on Michigan Street north and south of West Sixth Street is set to begin Monday, Dec. 21. l A four-block portion of the levee trail in North Lawrence is closed from the Kansas River Bridge east to the Oak Street boat ramp entrance. The stretch of trail will be closed until Dec. 31. — Staff Reports

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the building would be remodeled and whether it would include the Douglas County Senior Center. According to a request for qualifications for the project, there’s asbestos in the building that will need to be evaluated and removed as part of the remodel. The issue will be on the City Commission’s consent agenda Tuesday, meaning it may not be discussed before approval. The commission convenes at 5:45 p.m. at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. — City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling can be reached at 832-7144 or nwentling@ljworld.com.

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Baker to add online nursing master’s degree program By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @LJWorld

Baldwin City — Baker University will launch the latest of its online post-graduate degree programs next semester. Baker Provost Brian Posler said the Baker University School of Nursing will offer its first online degree program with the start of the spring semester in January. The Master of Science in nursing will prepare students in one of two tracks, nursing administration or nursing education. The program, which was developed during a twoyear internal vetting process, received the blessing of the regional post-secondary accrediting agency,

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Constitution guarantees a right to an abortion. And the judicial selection case is seen by some as a direct threat to the independence of the Kansas judiciary because lawmakers have also passed a bill saying if the new selection law is overturned, all funding for the court system will also become null and void. But they are also being watched closely, both inside and outside of Kansas, for another reason. A majority of the jurists hearing those appeals — six of the 14 Court of Appeals judges, and five of the seven Supreme Court justices — will be up for retention in the 2016 elections. And some experts are already predicting those elections will draw a flood of money from outside interest groups seeking to change the makeup of those courts.

Politicizing courts “I think Kansas has been swept up in a national trend,” said Scott Greytak, senior policy counsel for Justice at Stake, a Washington, D.C.-based group that advocates for judicial independence in state courts. “Kansas has been a recent iteration of this (national) trend of making retention elections more politicized, and putting justices in a very difficult position, instead of evaluating them based on their work, based on their competence, evaluating them based on public opinion,” he said. In a recent report, “Bankrolling the Bench,” researchers at Justice at Stake noted that money has been flowing into election and retention races for state Supreme Court justices at an alarming rate in recent years, with a growing amount coming from independent political groups that are not required to disclose their sources of funding or how they spend their money.

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the Higher Learning ComWe have six Ph.D.-prepared faculty, mission, in October, said Carol Moore, associate so we are well situated. We had time to dean of Baker’s School of put together a very solid program.” Nursing. “We did an extensive vetting process, which — Carol Moore, associate dean, Baker University School of Nursing included sending out surveys and a whole fea- was chosen because it is of degree programs onsibility study,” she said. anticipated many of the line, from an associate “We had a very positive students also would have of arts in business to a response. family obligations vy- doctorate in education in “We have six Ph.D.- ing for their time as they educational leadership. prepared faculty, so we complete the degree’s re- The new nursing proare well situated. We had quired 37 hours of course gram is the school’s first time to put together a work, she said. master’s degree to be ofvery solid program.” “We anticipate getting fered exclusively online, The program is de- students from all across but Baker does offer an signed for working nurs- Kansas and even out of online option for six mases who want to advance state,” she noted. “We ter’s-level degrees. their careers by moving have eight applications alAlthough there won’t on to positions as nursing ready and have had a num- be an announcement administrators or instruc- ber of inquiries. There are soon, Baker is studying tors in academic or insti- people who want this kind adding master’s degrees tutional settings, Moore of program.” with online options in said. The online structure Baker offers a variety logistics and “big data,” During the 2013 and 2014 elections nationwide, the group said, spending by outside political groups in state judicial races reached a record $10.1 million, or 29 percent of all the total amount spent on those races. The group noted the amount has risen sharply since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision, which opened the door to unlimited spending on independent political campaigns by corporations and labor unions.

2014 campaign Kansans got their first taste of high-power electioneering in a judicial race last year when Gov. Sam Brownback, with help from other outside groups, openly campaigned against the retention of two Supreme Court justices. Justices Eric Rosen and Lee Johnson joined in a majority opinion that vacated the death sentences of Jonathan and Reginald Carr, who’d been convicted of a gruesome quadruple homicide in Wichita that occurred in December 2000. Although the court upheld their convictions, it found errors in how the penalty phase of the trial was carried out, and it remanded the case back to the trial court for new sentencing. Despite that, the Brownback campaign ran television ads criticizing the “liberal judges who let the Carr brothers off the hook.” In addition, relatives of some of the victims in that massacre formed a group, Kansans for Justice, which launched a website that solicited donations and urged viewers to get involved in defeating Rosen and Johnson for retention. Both justices survived their retention races, but by a much closer margin than usual, 53 percent to 47 percent. That contrasts with the 2010 elections in which four justices were up for retention and each won with an average 63 percent of the vote.

2016 races One group has already announced it will be watching the Court of Appeals case, with plans for campaigning against judges that it deems to have voted the wrong way. Kansans for Life, the state’s largest anti-abortion group, pushed hard for the new law banning a procedure commonly used in second-trimester abortions. In July, a Shawnee County judge issued an injunction blocking the state from enforcing that law, saying it placed too much of a burden on women seeking abortions. KFL executive director Mary Kay Culp called the case a “high priority” and said the group’s political action committee will be involved in opposing the retention of any judge who votes to overturn the law. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal of another decision by the same Shawnee County judge, Larry Hendricks, involving a law that strips the Supreme Court of its power to appoint chief judges in the district courts. The case has gained national attention because lawmakers have passed a budget proviso that says if the law is overturned, all funding for the judicial branch becomes null and void. Many see that law, and the case challenging it, as part of a battle between the legislative and judicial branches that dates back to the Supreme Court’s 2005 decision ordering the Legislature to approve more funding for public schools, an issue at the center of another case pending before the Supreme Court. Mike O’Neal, a former Speaker of the House who’s president of the Kansas Chamber, insists his organization will not be involved in any campaigns for or against the retention of judges based on that issue. But, as was the case in 2014, it is possible candidates running for the Legislature may use those decisions as part of their own campaign platforms.

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One of the more enjoyable parts about this has been it is a good reminder of what it’s CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A like to be a kid again. Adults interested in For a good part of a learning more about Then, I got to thinkweek, I went to bed how to become a ing: If you are going thinking about candy. I mentor in the Big to do this, you might could use round gummy Brothers Big Sisters as well shoot for the rings for wheels on program can go to stars. Yes, a Christmas my tractor. I could use douglas.kansasbigs. lean-to. shredded wheat for my org to learn more More than 50 gingerbales of hay. I could use about the interview bread houses — and Bugles — the scrumpand background check one lean-to — have tious snack chips — for process. been on display at my trees. (I actuAbe & Jake’s Landing ally wasn’t planning this weekend. Perhaps on trees, but while at not familiar with Big you’ve already been to the store my daughter Brothers Big Sisters, it see them. A fundraisand I decided we were is a nonprofit organiza- hungry for Bugles. In ing gala was on Friday, tion that pairs children and a public viewing case you are wonderages 5 to 17 with adult was on Saturday. But ing, I think I have made mentors. The concept if you haven’t yet seen myself sick on trees.) is simple: Responsible the creations, a pubI take my creation adults spend some time into Abe & Jake’s for lic viewing continues with kids, and good today from noon to 4 check-in. The volunteer things happen. p.m. at Abe & Jake’s at the front desk asks The program is open Landing at Sixth and me if it is for the kids New Hampshire streets to any child, but 82 graham cracker catalong the Kansas River. percent of the children egory. It is not. It also in the local program “It is a really unique is not for the category come from single-family that will be sold in the fundraiser,” said Mia Gonzalez, development homes, and 80 percent live auction. About a live at or below the pov- dozen of the largest, associate for the local Big Brothers Big Sisters erty level. most elaborate homes “But those are the organization. “It is a get sold as part of a live holiday tradition that a kids we really want to auction. There are some lot of people across the serve because we want homes that go for more to break that cycle of spectrum share. If you than $1,000. (The entire don’t make gingerbread poverty,” Gonzalez said. event raises more than Gonzalez can cite a houses, you like to look $40,000.) lot of statistics about at them.” “We really try to get how the program does bidders up to $1,000 l l l help in breaking that because then they get a cycle, but first adults bottle of champagne,” As readers of this must decide that it can said Emily Cope, a column and emergency work with their schedgingerbread maker and room nurses can attest, ules. Adults saying they member of the commitI’m quite the handydon’t have enough time tee that organizes the man. So, building a gin- to be part of the proauction. gerbread house should gram is the biggest chalI tell Emily I think be no problem. lenge the organization they’ll need a slightly Quite obviously, faces. It is particularly different strategy, if you start the process an issue they hear from they hope to get $1,000 by buying a new table men. The organization out of my creation: Feed saw and a few hundred serves more than 250 the bidders the chamdollars worth of other kids in Douglas County, pagne first, and it likely tools. Actually, my wife but has a waiting list of will take more than a “suggested” I start by more than 100 kids who bottle. finding a recipe for gin- are looking for an adult. She tells me not to gerbread. I’ll confess, “When people are worry. This is her ninth I thought gingerbread thinking of signing up, year making a gingerwas just another name the biggest hurdle is al- bread house, and “I for graham crackers. ways the time commitstill cry at least once I’ve never built a ginment,” Gonzalez said. every time.” But she gerbread house in my “But we tell them it is also usually shrieks in life, in case you haven’t on their time. They get delight at some point, figured that out yet. to set the schedule.” like this year when she (The kids division gets (The organization found green Twizzlers to use graham crackers, actually has two types that she’ll be able to use but the adults use the of programs: one where for vines as part of her real deal.) mentors simply meet garden shed scene. But no problem. Mr. a child for lunch at “Some people were Google helped me find school, and another looking at me odd in a recipe for gingerwhere adult and child Walgreens when I bread. It seemed simple get together more ofstarted shrieking in the enough: some butter, ten.) candy aisle,” Emily said. some eggs, some brown Once an adult does I bet there will be sugar, some flour, some sign up, Gonzalez said, some people who look ginger, some cinnamon, the biggest question oddly at my Christmas some cloves, some bak- often changes. lean-to as well. But ing soda, some salt and “We don’t hear about that’s OK; it may not some molasses, but as the time anymore,” raise a lot of money in the recipe emphatically Gonzalez said. “What the silent auction porstates, “not blackstrap.” we hear about is how tion of the event, but That was close. I can’t their ‘little’ is going it gave me something tell you how many through so much right valuable nonetheless. times I’ve accidentally now, and they want to It reminded me I have used blackstrap in my be able to help them more time than I think. life. more.” I’ve had this story on So, I ask my wife my to-do list for years, l l l where we keep all this but always thought I stuff. was too busy. I’m as I’m not sure anything busy as ever these days, So, I return from can help me at this the grocery store. As I but I did find time to combine those ingredi- point. I’m making royal make a gingerbread ents, I realize I have not icing, and you know house. I bet I could find yet called a gingerbread you have a good recipe time to do even more. I when it lists the amount bet most of us could. making expert. I had of powdered sugar you intended to do so, but Gonzalez thinks so, failed on that front. If I will need in pounds. too. You also may have a had, I would have asked “I hear the success the expert three things: mess, though. My wife stories,” Gonzalez said is not currently home, (1) What the @#$%&! of the Big Brothers Big which is good because is blackstrap? (2) How Sisters program. do you get molasses off I need some time to figShe hears about kids ure out how to explain your glasses? and (3) who were in the prothis kitchen scene to How important is the gram who go to college her. A Christmas CD is baking soda? when there was a time playing, and that gives Yes, after about an that it looked like they me an idea. “A White hour of mixing and never would. She hears Christmas.” I was just combining, shortly about kids who age out trying to create a white of the program but still after I put the mixer Christmas scene in the away and my rolled stay connected with kitchen. dough in the refrigeratheir adult mentors. I fear I’m as dead as tor, I remembered I had They’re in wedding Bing Crosby. forgotten to put in the parties, they celebrate On the bright side, baking soda. I decided birthdays together, and to take the dough out it does not appear my so much more. and sprinkle the baking baking soda mishap “They’ve become a soda on top of it. caused any problem. part of the same family, I asked my wife — Sure, the piece of and that is so beautiful,” who actually is a very gingerbread I’m usGonzalez said. “And ing for the back wall that happened because good baker — “is this of the lean-to broke. just one person got going to work?” But I simply decided to involved in someone’s I don’t think she make the lean-to about life.” knew what I was ask25 percent shorter than Somebody made time ing about, but she had originally planned. to help a kid. I think no trouble answering Something similar hap- we can all agree that is nonetheless. pened when we were one addition that makes “Probably not.” building our house, and every home better. l l l it has worked out fine. Our youngest child Figuring out if this really has grown to can work actually is a enjoy sleeping in a coat — Managing editor Chad Lawhorn big challenge with Big closet. can be reached at 832-6362 or at Brothers Big Sisters as The rest of the pieces clawhorn@ljworld.com. well. For those of you go together pretty well.

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Top: Lawrence Journal-World managing editor Chad Lawhorn entered his Modern Day Manger gingerbread house in this year's Big Brothers Big Sisters Gingerbread House Auction. Right: A slightly more polished entry, “Snowed In,” by Jane Cotitta.

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Vinland Valley shop caters to antiques enthusiasts By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @LJWorld

Good Earth Gatherings in the Vinland Valley is the realization of a lifetime dream for Tamara Fairbanks-Ishmael. “I always wanted to open a shop with my mother,” she said. “I grew up in her shop. It was so much fun.” Fairbanks-Ishmael said she acted on her dream when her mother, Twila Fairbanks, retired after years of running antique shops in Lincoln, Neb., and Estes Park, Colo. Additional pieces fell into place when Fairbanks-Ishmael and her husband purchased a home, at 858 East 1500 Road, overlooking a large pond in the Vinland Valley about midway between Baldwin

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communications manager for the city. The city’s visitors bureau, eXplore Lawrence, prepared the bid in conjunction with its nonprofit subsidiary, Lawrence Sports Corporation, and the Missouri Valley USA Track and Field Association, according to a news release. Bob Sanner, of eXplore Lawrence, and representatives from Kansas University Athletics gave the presentation at Saturday’s convention. “The team at the convention and visitor’s bureau has worked hard for many months just to prepare the bid and the presentation for this event,” Gilliland said. “But it’s been years of building relationships and building our credibility to be able to host an event like this.” The championship, which will be held in Lawrence from July 23 through 30, 2017, will welcome the nation’s top track and field athletes between the ages of 7 and 18. The event will be held at Rock Chalk Park in northwest Lawrence. “When the idea of Rock Chalk Park was born, with the help of so many, this is exactly what Kansas Athletics and Bliss Sports had in mind,” said KU Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger. “This event will have a significant economic impact on the city of Lawrence, and there will be more events to come.” About 9,500 athletes and 33,000 family members, coaches and spectators are expected to visit Lawrence for the championships. Toni Dixon, manager of marketing and communications for eXplore Lawrence, said

City and Lawrence and had her retired parents move into a home on the property. A year ago, the mother and daughter opened Good Earth Gatherings. The shop has two rooms with one being reserved for the classes offered onsite and the other for a retail shop filled with antique cupboards, pie cabinets, rocking chairs and many smaller items from artisanal chocolates to Native American-made flutes. “We specialize in homespun, down-toearth items,” Fairbanks said of the store’s antiques. “These are oneof-a-kind, handmade pieces. Once we sell something, it’s hard to replace.” Should the shop remain as busy as it was Lawrence currently has about 1,300 hotel rooms, and because of renovations already in the works there will be about 1,400 by 2017. Representatives with eXplore Lawrence are working with visitor’s bureaus from surrounding cities to coordinate lodging, she said. “We are working with convention and visitor’s bureaus in Topeka, Overland Park, Olathe and Kansas City to set up hotel rooms for these people to stay in because Lawrence doesn’t have enough hotel rooms for that big of a crowd,” she said. Dixon said regardless of where athletes and their families stay, many visitors will impact businesses in Lawrence. The event has generated between $17 million and $22 million for previous hosts, and that potential would be spread across the region of northeast Kansas in addition to Lawrence, she said. “The exciting part is the athletes and their families will be here for potentially as much as a week, so it’s going to impact Lawrence and the surrounding area through hotel rooms, restaurants, buying gas, shopping and entertainment,” she said. In mid-October, eXplore Lawrence submitted the bid to host the annual seven-day championships. Sanner said they have been highlighting the attractions of Lawrence and the surrounding area in preparation for the bid to bring the championships to Lawrence. “It came down to a vote between our city and Des Moines,” he said. “I think we showed them we had a whole lot to offer.”

on Small Business Saturday, replacement might be on the agenda in the coming months. That’s OK, daughter FairbanksIshmael said, because “then we get to go shopping” and reconnect with the network of suppliers her mother established during her years in the antique business and who are preserving craftsman traditions. The classes offered at Good Earth Gatherings are similarly inspired. “I always taught classes in my shops in rug hooking, dying wools — many things,” Fairbanks said. “We’ve lost so many of our traditions. We try to do our part in bringing people back to them.” A sampling of recent or coming classes listed on the store’s

website include sacred drum making, writing to discover gratitude, and herbs and fire. Fairbanks-Ishmael will teach that last class this month, and it is one of many on herbs and herb gardening she offers. She’s a local authority on the subject, having founded four years ago the Kaw Valley Herbs Study Group, which now meets at Good Earth Gatherings. More information on the classes can be found at the store’s website, goodearthgatherings.com. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the first three Fridays and Saturdays of each month, and holiday shoppers will be greeted with a warm cup of herbal tea. It is a 4.5-mile drive south of

Lawrence on East 1500 Road, which is Haskell Avenue in Lawrence. Baldwin City residents will find the store a mile west and half mile south of the Baldwin City pumping station on CR 1055. Any route to the store will take visitors through the Vinland Valley, and Fairbanks-Ishmael said many customers find the shop while out on a scenic outing. Next spring, the store will offer a new way to enjoy the scenery. “We’ll have the outdoor patio finished then,” Fairbanks said. “Customers will be able to relax with an herbal tea and enjoy a wonderful view of the lake.” — Baldwin City Signal editor Elvyn Jones can be reached at 760-6841.

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Woman arrested in stabbing A 40-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested in connection with a Saturday morning stabbing. Around 12:30 a.m., officers responded to the stabbing in the 1900 block of Miller Drive. Mary Cowdin, of Lawrence, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery in what police said was a domestic dispute. The victim was taken by ambulance to a regional hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, said Lawrence police Sgt. Max Miller. An update on the victim’s condition was not available Saturday night. Cowdin is being held without bond in the Douglas County Jail.

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Give relatives a chance before getting upset Dear Annie: For many years, I’ve wanted to move to a warmer climate. Now that my husband is retired, it has become a possibility and I’m in Arizona scouting it out while I rent an apartment. My problem is, I’m very hurt that not a single relative has made any effort to call, text or email to say “bon voyage.” The holiday season is here, and my husband would like me to return. Unless I completely avoid everyone, how do I deal with seeing them? Should I pretend it doesn’t bother me, even though it hurts beyond words? — No Warmth Here Dear No: We aren’t sure why you are so upset. Have you actually relocated, or are you simply checking the place out for a future move? As long as you

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maintain a home where your relatives live, they think you are still around and they will get to see you. If you actually pull up roots and move, they will probably wish you a fond farewell. Especially if you schedule a goodbye party and make it official. When you return for the holidays, greet them as warmly as you have in the past. Mention that you’ll be moving soon and will miss them. If they still don’t respond,

Hats off to Frank Sinatra Six days shy of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ centennial, “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star Grammy Concert” (8 p.m., CBS) salutes the Hoboken, N.J.-born crooner with an all-star fete taped earlier this month at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino. Look for Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam Levine, Carrie Underwood, Usher and others to celebrate Frank Sinatra and interpret the many songs he made popular. Few other artists remained so popular and influential as they matured. In his 20s and 30s, Sinatra melted the hearts of bobby-soxers, but as he entered middle age, he appealed to an audience of both genders by exploring the aching longing associated with the autumn of one’s years. In the mid-1960s, when most of his contemporary artists were washed away by a tidal wave of boomercentric youth culture, Sinatra remained popular and relevant by singing of the melancholy (“It Was a Very Good Year”) and valedictory (“My Way”). Sinatra did not necessarily make for good television. Perhaps he was too “hot” for a “cool” medium. But the singer’s relationship with TV lasted until the very end. Sinatra died on the evening of May 14, 1998, when most of the media and tens of millions of Americans were glued to the series finale of “Seinfeld.” At the time, the conclusion of “the show about nothing” appeared to have overshadowed his passing. But in the long run, the memory of the man who sang “All or Nothing at All” has endured. Spoiler alert: Things didn’t look too good for Quinn at the exciting conclusion of last week’s “Homeland” (8 p.m. Showtime, TV-MA). Jack Bauer (or Batman) would survive. But this isn’t “24” or a comic book. Is it? Tonight’s other highlights A spoiled teen gets a lesson in humility on “Beverly Hills Christmas” (6 p.m., UP). Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (6 p.m., CBS): legal and ethical qualms about recruiting youthful offenders as confidential informants in drug cases. The new series “Work Out New York” (8 p.m., Bravo, TV14) profiles the personal trainers and workout instructors who keep Manhattan spinning. “Serial Thriller” (8 p.m. and 9 p.m., ID, concluding Monday, TV-14) spends three hours over two nights on a vintage abduction case. Alex faces a ticking clock on “Quantico” (9 p.m., ABC). M.K.’s powers seem boundless on “Into the Badlands” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-14). DiDi tries to figure out a way to keep the ward open on “Getting On” (9:15 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

then you can say that you are hurt that no one seems to care. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Mike,” about husbands helping around the house. He said, “Everyone is quick to yell at the husbands for not doing the dishes, but why shouldn’t the wives be sharing the other tasks?” Let me tell you “Mike,” my husband was in the military for the first 27 years of our marriage. He flew airplanes and was away more than he was home. After he retired, he flew commercial cargo planes and kept a schedule where he was home for two weeks and overseas for two months. I stayed with our four children, kept them in laundered clothes, maintained the house, cooked meals, attended teacher conferences, mowed the lawn,

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cleaned the gutters, painted the house inside and out, fixed broken items, washed the car and replaced furnace filters. My husband retired 10 years ago and has since mowed the lawn. Period. He still expects me to clean the house, cook the meals and do the laundry. When do I get to retire? I have left good friendships and followed him from coast to coast. Now my friends are restricted to the wives of his friends. I have no life anymore and have stopped caring. The only thing that keeps me going is loving my grandchildren. So, Mike, what do you do for YOUR wife? — Keeping My Home Together

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For Sunday, Dec. 6: This year you have a strong drive to manifest more of what you want. You will expand your inner circle and meet many new people. If you are single, you will meet someone who might encourage you to change your status. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy each other’s company enormously. The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) You have a big effect on a loved one. You know how to turn this person’s world upside down. Tonight: In the holiday mood. Taurus (April 20-May 20) You have a lot of plans to make this holiday work for others. Your pace could become hectic. Tonight: A cozy chat with a friend. Gemini (May 21-June 20) You might feel invigorated by an interaction with a loved one. You become closer. Tonight: Go with the moment. Cancer (June 21-July 22) A meeting in the morning will make you consider the holidays and your responsibility to make them as close to perfect as possible. Tonight: Avoid a disagreement. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) The romantic nature of the holidays flows into your life. Tonight: Partake in a good meal with friends and loved ones. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your more possessive

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side emerges, especially if you feel that you are not getting the attention you want, or that someone is slighting you in some way. Tonight: Be a little naughty. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might be on a collision course with a family member, but you’ll find a way around it. Tonight: If you can think of it, you can make it happen. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Continue playing it lowkey for a few days by doing what you want and not necessarily what you should. Tonight: Let someone lure you out the door. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Where you find a friend demanding a lot from you is probably where you want to be, once this person calms down. Tonight: Where you are, the action is. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Take charge and share your feelings with an important person in your life. Tonight: Let go of judgments. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Reach out to someone at a distance whom you care a lot about. Tonight: Let your imagination wander. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You could be at a point where you simply want to relax and enjoy a special person in your life. Tonight: Let it all hang out.

ACROSS 1 It’s got you covered 5 Come in second 10 Beef dish 14 Like some testimony 15 Bearing a heavy load 16 Appeared 17 “Believe you me” 20 Like Santa Claus 21 Coffee shop freebie 22 It has the support of runners 25 Become unhinged 26 76ers’ org. 29 Angler’s need 31 Banjo’s cousin 35 Rope-adope boxer 36 An Oxford college 38 Mississippi feeder 39 Be ruthless in combat 43 Kind of rug 44 Play a set with the band 45 Ball holder 46 Filmed, in Hollywood slang 49 Grown-up grigs 50 Billboard displays 51 Poetry on a grand theme

53 Some reddish deer 55 Name on a ballot 58 Doctrine 62 Become the focus of attention 65 Pack ___ (give up) 66 Maternal relative 67 “Once ___ a time ...” 68 Dickinson or Frost, e.g. 69 Light lunch 70 Mole, to a gardener DOWN 1 “___ Jail” (Monopoly directive) 2 Burnoose wearer 3 Yard neatener’s tool 4 “God ___ America” 5 Work at, as a trade 6 Congress makes it 7 Public scenes 8 “It’s two, two, two mints in one” 9 Bad thing to give away 10 Zodiac creature 11 Weight not counted in pricing 12 VIP of UAE 13 “Slippery when ___”

18 Carnegie ___ University 19 German “Mrs.” 23 Continental cash 24 Doesn’t exactly ﬂow 26 Birth-based 27 Trumpet noise 28 “American Idol” contestant Clay 30 Chillinducing 32 Sweater letter 33 Broadcasted 34 Valentine’s Day gift 37 Soda-bottle size 40 Nonowner’s property right 41 Cylindrical structure 42 Commencements

47 Very impressive 48 Charitable organizations 52 Medicinal herb 54 Play matchmaker to 55 Belgiumbased gp. 56 Steinbeck’s Joad, e.g. 57 Bibliographical abbr. 59 Scruff of the neck 60 They give people big heads 61 Camping item 62 Bellhop’s expectation 63 LAX posting 64 ___ blood cells

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Open records Providing better access to official documents helps increase the public’s confidence in state government.

he Kansas Open Records Act needs some work. Legislation dealing with official use of email was introduced but not advanced earlier this year, and new legislation may be considered to clarify the requirement to release probablecause affidavits and open other police records. A lawsuit seeking the release of documents related to the governor’s judicial appointments also suggests the need for additional legislative action. To ensure open government in the state, the Kansas Legislature should give these issues top priority when it convenes in January. Many Kansans believed the affidavit issue was resolved by a new law that went into effect in July 2014 requiring the release of affidavits that spell out the reasons for a search warrant or arrest. Rep. John Rubin, a Shawnee Republican, said the law he authored seemed clear enough, but action may be needed to address “some uneven interpretation and application across the state.” Once a police record has been determined to be open, it is open for everyone, Rubin said, but some judges and prosecutors are requiring everyone who requests a record to go through a potentially expensive legal process to have it released. Rubin also says he will hold hearings to look into bringing Kansas more in line with other states when it comes to providing access to police records — like the investigative records related to the disappearance 27 years ago of Linwood teen Randy Leach, which have been permanently closed, even to Leach’s parents. The email issue involves a loophole that makes government officials’ private email accounts exempt from the Open Records Act even if they use those accounts to conduct public business. Attorney General Derek Schmidt confirmed that exemption in a case earlier this year involving private email communication by the governor’s budget director involving the state budget. Those private emails aren’t public under the current law, but Schmidt agreed they should be and crafted legislation to make that happen. The issue wasn’t advanced during this year’s legislative session, but it should be back on the agenda for 2016. Yet another open records issue is being pursued in court by media outlets after Gov. Brownback’s office refused to release documents submitted by candidates seeking to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of a magistrate judge in Reno County. As he has done with other judicial appointments, the governor appointed the magistrate without releasing any information or even the names of those who had applied. All of these issues directly affect the ability of Kansans to monitor government dealings. Providing access to information about a search and arrest, a judicial appointment or a budget decision increases public confidence in state government — which should be an ongoing goal of the governor and state legislators. LAWRENCE

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‘Creed’ reflects battle against time In the new movie “Creed,” Rocky Balboa once again mounts the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In the original “Rocky,” the climb up those stairs was the climax of a training montage that has since become iconic. With the gladiatorial horns and sweeping strings of Bill Conti’s soundtrack pumping full out behind him, Rocky takes those stairs at a celebratory run, dancing and shadowboxing when he reaches the top. But that was 39 years ago. In “Creed,” Rocky walks. He needs help. He has to take a breather. It is a soulful juxtaposition to his run up those same stairs when he was young, a moment of almost unbearable tenderness that reminds you just how long — and how short — is 39 years. I occasionally find myself wishing I could see “Rocky” again for the first time. I wish I could experience again that first surge of Wow! and can do! that came when Rocky Balboa, this unheralded club fighter nobody ever heard of, tagged preening champion Apollo Creed with an up-from-nowhere left that dropped him like an ex-boyfriend. People in the theater were yanked to their feet, cheering. I was one of them.

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Time takes more. It takes the places you used to go and things you used to do. It takes memory. It takes loved ones. Eventually, it takes you. Life — and ‘Creed’ — are about how you respond as time does those things.” It is axiomatic that there are moments when art imitates life. But there are also moments, rare though they are, when art impinges life, when it affects you and you find yourself different after the experience than you were before. “Rocky” was one of those moments for me. It was a battle cry for underdogs, losers and misfits, a Bronx cheer to conventional wisdom and long odds. It was a reminder that the se-

cret of success is ultimately pretty simple: Get knocked down, but keep getting up. “Creed” is all those things, too. But it is also, subtly, something more: a reminder to “rage against the dying of the light.” You sometimes hear athletes and TV commentators speak of how Father Time is undefeated — and he is. You need only look at 37-yearold Kobe Bryant struggling through his final season of professional basketball to know how true that is. You need only note how abruptly mediocrity landed on Bryant, the fieriest combination of will and skill this side of Michael Jordan, to understand that time is a thief. Yes, it steals your legs and stamina, your quickness and strength. But that’s just physicality. Time takes more. It takes the places you used to go and things you used to do. It takes memory. It takes loved ones. Eventually, it takes you. Life — and “Creed” — are about how you respond as time does those things. When “Rocky” was released, writer and star Sylvester Stallone was 30 years old. Almost 40 years later, “Creed” finds Stallone’s signature character aged, ailing and alone. Adrian, the wife who loved him, Mickey, the

manager who trained him, Apollo, the opponent who befriended him, Paulie, the brother-in-law who exasperated him, all are gone. And on some level, Rocky is simply marking time until he joins them. Enter Adonis Johnson, the out-of-wedlock son of his old opponent. Unheralded like Rocky was, underdog like Rocky was, fighting for respect as Rocky did, he cajoles the old pug into training him. In the process, he also cajoles him back into life. It’s not simply that Rocky finds a surrogate son or even renewed purpose in readying Adonis for the ring. Rather, it’s that he rediscovers the thing that made him him. So much of what time steals, we have no choice about. Your legs are going to go, your loves are going to go, whether you acquiesce to it or not. But to watch Rocky struggle up those steps he once conquered by leaps and bounds is to know that the thing inside that makes you get up from every knockdown is different. Its loss is not predetermined by age. Rather, it’s a choice. You decide to let time take that thing away from you. Or not. — Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald,

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Human search for immortality A friend sent me a cell phone picture of my name in bold print: GEORGE H. GURLEY. He’d seen it stamped on the basement wall of a house in Kansas City where an estate sale was in session. It happened to be the home where I grew up. I’d printed it on that wall when I was about 7 years old, using a stamp which the printers in my father’s trade newspaper business had made for me. Possession of that implement gave me a sense of enormous importance and power. It was my personal “Killroy Was Here.” I’m afraid I defaced many a wall with that stamp. The photo my friend sent me was a token of the fierce ego, the indomitable “I” that even a child possesses and the illusion everyone has of being the center of the universe. My prodigal use of that stamp also suggests an early intimation of mortality and the desire to leave a reminder of myself behind. Indeed, it seemed like a small miracle that the imprint was still there after more than 60 years. In Florence recently, I encountered mobs of tourists in the famous piazzas and museums. Had they been drawn there to expose themselves to immortal works of art? Apparently not. Most of them were absorbed in taking pictures of themselves: Here I am in front of the

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Everywhere, men have carved their names on trees and engraved them on public buildings, monuments, even museum restrooms in the vain hope of cheating oblivion.”

Who knows what those wonders cost? The craftsmanship that made them has disappeared. They would be irreplaceable today. Alas, many had fallen into ruin. Dead leaves covered the floors. The cemeteries of the world are filled with forgotten graves. The libraries are filled with unread books. Everywhere, men have carved their names on trees and engraved them on public buildings, monuments, even museum restrooms in the vain hope of cheating oblivion. All is vanity, according to some sage. My 2-year-old grandson has just learned to speak his name. His mother is a little sad, because she realizes it means he’s already discovered his own identity and is preparing to strike out on his own. The little fellow strides into a room, announces his entrance with a barbaric shriek and struts about as if he were 8 feet tall. He’s learned the power of the word “No,” and the secret of throwing tantrums to get his way. Life hasn’t yet given him any serious cuffs. He thinks he has the world on a string. I imagine him with a stamp like mine, leaving his name wherever he goes: “I am JONAH PERCAK, I was here.”

Duomo; here I am in front of Michelangelo’s “David.” The immigrants who used to sell sunglasses on the Ponte Vecchio were now peddling “Selfie sticks.” It’s strange to imagine all the billions of “selfies” vying for attention in the “Cloud.” The cemetery of San Miniato offered another view of the quest for immorality. It was a village of sepulchers fashioned by master masons. Some were miniature temples and castles. There was even a diminutive replica of the Kremlin. Inside were altars for the performance of Mass and mes— George Gurley, a resident of sages chiseled in marble attesting to the nobility and rural Baldwin City, writes a regular column for the Journal-World. greatness of the deceased.

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 6, 1915: years “Plans for a muago nicipal tree will be IN 1915 made tonight at the manual training building when a committee appointed today by Mayor W. J. Francisco will meet for the first time. Mayor Francisco was visited by a delegation this morning who suggested that the municipal Christmas tree idea was one that had been well received in other places and that it might work well in Lawrence. Mayor Francisco approved of the suggestion.... It is proposed to light up one of the big evergreen trees in South Park Christmas week. The Choral Union will sing, the First Regiment band will be engaged to play, and such additions to the musical services as are approved by the committee in charge will be made. The entire population of the town will be invited to the services and it is believed that the idea of a Christmas tree for the whole town will add a feature to the holiday week that will be a pleasant novelty for Lawrence.” “Goldie, the 2-year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Woods, was burned to death and Mrs. Woods was so badly burned that she may not recover, when an explosion of a gasoline stove set fire to their home at 830 Connecticut street yesterday afternoon. It was with great difficulty that Mrs. Woods was rescued from the burning house. She was taken to the Social Service hospital, where she is in a critical condition.” “The announcement was made from Mayor W. J. Francisco’s office today that from now on the anti-spitting ordinance will be enforced in Lawrence. In the interest of public health and common decency it is proposed to put a stop to the habit some men have of expectorating on the sidewalks. The police officers will receive instructions to the effect that the ordinance is to be rigidly enforced.” — Compiled by Sarah St. John

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Construction disputes delay Appeals court sides with police Fort Riley hospital opening By Caroline Boyer

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Wichita — The Army took possession in July of a new hospital at Fort Riley, a project put on the fast track after its 2009 groundbreaking to replace Irwin Army Community Hospital, the oldest Army hospital in the nation. But the planned completion in 2012 came and went, and now a ribboncutting ceremony set for mid-January 2016 has been scrapped. There’s no date set for the opening. No one is saying exactly why. Disagreements between the construction contractor and the government over final inspections sparked the latest delay, said David Kolarik, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District, which oversees the project. The project has been plagued by numerous lawsuits alleging a mismanaged project, but the Corps says the lawsuits aren’t the cause of the most recent delay. Political pressure is building to finish the work — even if that means issuing new construction contracts. The Manhattan Mercury first reported in October the delay of the opening and the lawsuits over construction disputes. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said that newspaper’s story was the first indication he had of problems — even though he had toured the construction in March and was assured he could expect its opening soon. “I don’t have a lot of ability to resolve the

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The litigation sounds convoluted — lots of parties, charges and counter charges — and soldiers and their families ought not to be held up as a result of what seemingly is endless litigation.” — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas battles between the subcontractors and the contractor, but I want to see a decision made that says, ‘That litigation is ongoing but that is not going to delay any longer the opening of the hospital,’” Moran said. “The litigation sounds convoluted — lots of parties, charges and counter charges — and soldiers and their families ought not to be held up as a result of what seemingly is endless litigation,” Moran said. Balfour Beatty Construction, a partner in the joint venture that built it, said Friday in an emailed statement it is not sure why the new hospital opening has been delayed. “Fort Riley took possession of the new facility for its intended use in July and we are currently working with them to complete punch list items that have no bearing on the opening of the hospital,” the company said. “It’s a beautiful, high-quality facility that will serve the Fort Riley community well into the future.” Moran said he has contacted the Corps. He expects a meeting later

this month to determine what it will take to get the hospital up and running. He also sent a letter on Thursday to Assistant Secretary of the Army Katherine Hammack seeking answers to a series of questions and exploring the possibility of new contracts to finish construction. A Dallas-based joint venture team of Balfour Beatty Construction and Walton Construction won the contract in 2009 to build a $334 million facility. By the time the framing of the hospital was completed in 2011, the cost had grown to $404 million. Fort Riley, home to the 1st Infantry Division, is 130 miles west of Kansas City, Mo. At least four subcontractors have sued in federal court, and the Balfour-Walton joint venture has filed its own claim against the Corps. The case is under review by the federal government’s Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, an agency which rules on disputes between contractors and the military. The subcontractors, contractor and the government have agreed to mediation. Court documents in the various lawsuits outline numerous delays and disruptions caused by changes in work orders and lack of coordination. In one case, for example, drywall was installed while part of the building was still exposed to weather. That led to water damage that required some of the drywall to be replaced and some to be torn down for mold inspection.

Basehor — The United States Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s judgment against an officer claiming he was fired from the Basehor Police Department for exercising his First Amendment rights. Jason C. Cory, who was hired to the department in 2007 and fired in July 2010, filed a lawsuit in July 2012 seeking damages for wrongful termination, breach of contract, violation of civil rights and infliction of emotional distress, alleging that he was fired after voicing concerns about unsafe practices in the department. A district court made a summary judgment in the police department’s favor. On appeal, Cory asked

the court to reconsider one issue: whether the police department terminated his employment in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. In a Nov. 12 ruling, the Court of Appeals sided with the city, which said Cory was fired for losing the trust of his superiors after recording a conversation with Chief Lloyd Martley Jr. without permission and for his inability to get along with his co-workers. In his original lawsuit petition, Cory said he made complaints within the department, which included officers disappearing or sleeping on the job and officers putting shotguns into patrol car trunks, where they were inaccessible. He said as a result, he was ostracized and

belittled by others in the department. Cory then recorded a conversation between himself and Martley as they reviewed Cory’s reports and concerns. Upon discovering the conversation was recorded without his permission, Martley suspended Cory without pay. Cory was fired about two weeks after being placed on suspension. In court documents, Martley said Cory’s employment was terminated “due to his inability to get along with his co-workers and because he lost the trust of his command staff.” The court found that Cory’s complaints were made as part of his duties as an officer and his First Amendment rights were not violated.

BRIEFLY Police shoot armed teenager Wichita (ap) — Wichita police said a black teenager was in critical condition Saturday after being shot by police as he ran with a gun toward the doors of a high school where a girls’ basketball game was being played. The Wichita Eagle reported the teen fled after police pulled over a pickup truck that was pulling into the West High School parking lot around 6:30 p.m. Friday. Deputy Police Chief Hassan Ramzah said there were four people in the truck, and one got out with a handgun and started running toward the

south doors of the school. Ramzah said multiple shots were fired at the teen after he ignored verbal warnings to stop and got closer to the door. He was taken to Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in critical condition and remained there Saturday.

Traffic stop nets 14 pounds of pot Salina (ap) — A Kansas high school psychologist is in custody after more than 14 pounds of marijuana were found in the trunk of her car as she and her husband returned from Colorado, according to authorities. The Wichita Eagle reported 46-year-old Shelly

Moore and 44-year-old Frank Moore were arrested early Thursday after a Saline County deputy pulled the couple over on Interstate 135 just south of Salina. The sheriff’s office said the deputy smelled the odor of pot and found the marijuana in the vehicle’s trunk. Shelly Moore is a psychologist at Wichita Southeast High School. She and her husband were being held at the Saline County Jail on suspicion of drug possession and related charges. The couple were scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning. It was unclear whether either had obtained an attorney.

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ty, not an asset, and it merits seriRival candidates seeking to tarnish her record as secretary of State ous scrutiny,” said Dan Conston, a Heidi M Przybyla USA TODAY

Republican groups are moving to the next phase of their plan to take down Hillary Clinton. After spending much of the year focused on her use of a private email server as secretary of State as a way of raising doubts about her ethics and honesty, outside GOP groups are pivoting to her record as the nation’s top diplomat to call into question her leadership abilities. The focus on national security and foreign policy following the Paris terror attacks and the San

TODAY ON TV uABC This Week: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton; Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush uNBC Meet the Press: Attorney General Loretta Lynch uCBS Face the Nation: Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Chris Christie; Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders uCNN State of the Union: Trump; Republican presidential candidate John Kasich; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. uFox News Sunday: Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

Bernardino, Calif., mass shooting has created a natural opening for Clinton to highlight her experience as secretary of State under President Obama. It also has brought a sense of urgency to GOP efforts to turn what’s long been considered an asset into a liability, by highlighting what they say was Clinton’s role in the president’s failed policy approaches — especially in Libya as it becomes a haven for Islamic State militants. America Rising PAC, an outside Republican group, is blasting out missives about Clinton’s role in the U.S. intervention in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the release of

Guantanamo Bay detainees. Other groups are also expected to spend millions on television ads next year. American Crossroads is combing through digital archives and poll testing for spots that may begin next year, according to a Crossroads official who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly. A newly formed super PAC called Future 45 ran its first round of ads in Iowa and New Hampshire using her comments before a special House Benghazi committee that “I was responsible for quite a bit” of Obama’s foreign policy. “Her tenure of secretary of State is a vulnerabili-

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senior adviser to the group, which is planning additional spots. On Monday, Jeb Bush told an Iowa audience that the Islamic State is taking hold in Libya. “This is the place that Hillary Clinton, even in the debate in Las Vegas, said was an example of success in foreign policy, of smart power. Really?” said Bush. “Libya today is completely chaotic.” Polls show voters trust Clinton more than any of the Republican candidates. Yet, much like 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry found himself playing defense on national security issues despite extensive foreign policy credentials, Republicans are seizing an opportunity to tarnish Clinton.

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A day after federal officials revealed that a woman who took part in the mass shooting in San Bernardino had pledged support for the Islamic State, that extremist group reported over its official online radio service that the man-and-wife team suspected of killing 14 were supporters of the organization. “Two followers of Islamic State attacked several days ago a center in San Bernardino in California,” the group reported on its Al-Bayan daily broadcast, according to Reuters. But the Is-

lamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, stopped short of claiming responsibility for the violence. The Islamic State report praised the attack, but did not characterize Syad Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27, as members of the group. U.S. officials reported Friday that Malik had pledged support for ISIL and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a Facebook post just before she and her husband opened fire on a Wednesday holiday party at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif. Both died in a gunbattle with law enforcement after they tried to flee in a black SUV.

The two suspects in the shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.: Syed Farook’s undated student ID card photo from California State UniversityFullerton, found in his apartment, and an undated photo released by the FBI of Tashfeen Malik.

mong the mysteries that investigators in Wednesday’s shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., will try to figure out is this: Why would a husband and wife with a 6month-old child at home open fire on a group of co-workers? Psychologists say if Syed R. Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, turn out to be partners in the grisly crime, they wouldn’t be the first. Throughout history, potentially dangerous people have occasionally found one another, and the result is often all the more dangerous. “You do have this psychopathology sort of coming together,” said Gregg McCrary, a former FBI profiler who now runs a Virginia consulting firm. “And it’s interesting how they tend to find each other, if they do.”

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Hundreds of pages of police documents released late Friday evening from the investigation of the police officer shooting death of Laquan McDonald show that cops at the scene offered a starkly different picture of what led to fellow officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times than what a dashcam video released last week depicts. CHICAGO

The court-ordered release of the jarring video of the 17-yearold McDonald being gunned down last year by a police officer on a Chicago street appears to show that the teen had been shot as he was veering away from police officers. But police eyewitnesses offered a different narrative in which they back Van Dyke’s contention that he fired because he feared for his life. Van Dyke and five other officers gave statements after the shooting in which they say McDonald, who was holding a knife, was moving toward Van Dyke when the officer fired, according to the newly re-

leased documents. Hours before the city released the video last week, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced she was charging Van Dyke with first-degree murder, nearly 400 days after the incident. Prosecutors say Van Dyke fired within seconds of getting out of his vehicle. Although several officers were at the scene, Van Dyke was the only officer to shoot and fired 13 of the 16 shots at McDonald while the teenager was lying on the ground, according to prosecutors. Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday fired his police superin-

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tendent, Garry McCarthy, citing “shaken and eroded” trust in police leadership over the incident. The release of the video touched off days of peaceful protest in Chicago and calls from activists for the resignations of Emanuel and Alvarez. The Emanuel administration has also come under fire, because the dashcam video of the incident lacks audio, something McCarthy attributed to technical difficulties. In addition, police and prosecutors have had trouble explaining how 86 minutes of security camera footage from a nearby Burger King security camera was deleted.

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Authorities say there remains much they still don’t know about the case, including what each partner’s role was in planning and carrying out the shooting spree. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Thursday said, “We don’t know if this is workplace rage, something larger or a combination of both.” Like Lynch, University of Virginia psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences professor Janet Warren said there’s just too much unknown to be able to paint a full picture of what happened. But she said psychologists often encounter what’s known as folie à deux or “madness of two.” She recalled research in which she and colleagues examined 800 child abduction and abuse cases and found that 135 had dual perpetrators. “To some extent here, there’s really this question: How is it that one human being gets sucked in and encapsulated in the pathology — and maybe psychosis — of the other? And I’m not sure we’ve completely figured that out.” McCrary recalled working the case of Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, a Canadian couple who raped and murdered at least three women — including Homolka’s 15-year-old sister, Tammy — in the early 1990s. McCrary said Bernardo already was a serial rapist by the time he married Homolka, but that once they got together, “there was some sort of synergistic energy” that made them more dangerous. “He was a serial rapist before, but she was sort of good with that,” McCrary said. “When he asked her, ‘What would you think if I was a rapist?’ she said, ‘Well, I think that would be cool.’ Not the response you would expect to get, necessarily.” But Warren said Homolka can be seen as “kind of a compliant victim” in the crimes. A court apparently agreed: Homolka told investigators that she was an unwilling accomplice to the crimes and pleaded guilty to manslaughter in exchange for a 12-year prison term. She was released in 2005. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the Depression-era outlaws known popularly as Bonnie and Clyde, are the archetypes for married or romantic partners in crime. But such couples dot the landscape of crime history, experts said. Among the most wellknown male/female crime couples over the past several decades: uMARTHA BECK AND RAY FERNANDEZ, also known as the

“Lonely Hearts Killers,” in the late 1940s used newspaper “wanted” ads to lure their victims, rob them and often kill them. A jury convicted the pair of killing Janet Fay, a 66-year-old woman to whom Fernandez had become engaged in 1949. When Beck discovered the two in bed together, she struck Fay in the head with a hammer, according to Stacy Green, who has written about the couple. The pair eventually was convicted of more than a dozen other murders. They were executed in 1951. Their story inspired the 2006 movie Lonely Hearts. uCARIL FUGATE AND CHARLES STARKWEATHER killed 11 people,

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People pray together as they pay their respects at a memorial near the Inland Regional Center on Sunday in San Bernardino, Calif. their teens at the time. Starkweather was executed for the killings, but Fugate, who was only 14, was released on parole in 1976 after serving 17 years in prison. uROSEMARY AND FRED WEST, a British couple, raped and killed an estimated dozen girls, including their eldest daughter, at their Gloucester home in the 1970s. In 1995, Fred West hanged himself in his prison cell before his trial; Rosemary West was found guilty of 10 murders and sentenced to life in prison. uMYRA HINDLEY AND IAN BRADY committed what came to

be called the “Moors murders,” among the most notorious in British history. Authorities say Brady, with Hindley as an accomplice, killed five children in the early 1960s and buried several of their bodies on Saddleworth Moor in North England. Hindley died in prison in 2002; Brady was committed to a hospital for the criminally insane. He has since claimed to have committed five other murders, The Telegraph reported. In Wednesday’s case, Farook, 28, and Malik, 27, met online and became acquainted in Saudi Arabia. They had been married for two years. McCrary cautioned that it’s too soon to know for sure, but the former FBI profiler said the pair may have had a dominant/subordinate dynamic, similar to the 2002 Beltway sniper case, in which John Allen Muhammad, 42, and Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, drove throughout the Washington, D.C., area, killing 10 people. For Warren, the telling detail in the San Bernardino case is that Malik was willing to leave her baby behind. “I think that’s what’s so compelling about this case,” she said. Whatever the dynamic between the couple, somehow she overrode her maternal instincts. “She didn’t want to live to keep the child.”

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Battered and stricken is a Calif. city that time forgot Martin Rogers

USA TODAY Sports SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. Cities, like people, grieve in different ways. In San Bernardino the past few days, it has been impossible to shake the feeling that this is a place that is hurting both for its soul-destroying past and for its bloody, terrifying present. Sixty miles east of Los Angeles but a world removed from the glamour of Tinseltown, this is a place that time, and the rest of California, forgot. It was once a working-class haven filled with opportunity and hope, trendy enough to be the first pit stop for the Rolling Stones on their inaugural tour of the USA in 1964. It was so wholesome that Little League would make it the hub for its Western regional operation, so well-rounded to be named an All-America City by the National Civic League in 1976. Then years of financial mismanagement, business closures and twin blights of gang crime and drug infestation took a toll. The horrific violence last week was the latest and by far the worst setback to befall San Bernardino, and though there was disbelief at the nature of the tragedy, this painful roll of the dice was treated as a surprise by few. San Bernardino has been rolling snake eyes for far too long, long enough that it doesn’t expect things to get better. Steady decline brings humiliation and an erosion of civic pride, a process that can be traced to the closure of Kaiser Steel Mill in 1983 and the Norton Air Force Base nine years later. The previous low point came in 2012, when the city an-

nounced it was out of money and entered a state of bankruptcy it is still trying to crawl out from. And now this, Wednesday’s day of terror, followed by despair. The slow seep of victims’ names. The realization that the city’s legacy will long be associated with a single day. I spent most of the past few days here since arriving on the scene about an hour after the attack. People congregate on South Waterman Avenue, just down from the Inland Regional Center where authorities said Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, massacred 14 people during a shooting rampage.

posted it, calling the actions of those involved “infuriating” and “so obviously narcissistic” — as well as being contrary to Jesus’ teachings on public prayer. I am not religious. Yet Amaechi’s comments and those like them seemed cold under the excruciating circumstances. Those from this area who have had their lives disrupted, whether by direct access to the carnage or the surreal experience of seeing somewhere they typically pass turned into a bloody scene, are not characters in a drama. Their actions are not performances that need evaluation and critique. They are responses to shock,

Those (here) who have had their lives disrupted ... are not characters in a drama. Their actions are not performances that need evaluation. They stand around, many listening to police scanners or the news or Internet feeds. Some stand silent and stoic. Others pray loudly, interspersed with wracking sobs. When I tweeted about the public prayers on a street corner outside a gas station Wednesday, the response from many quarters was one of anger. The most surprising came from John Amaechi, like myself a British citizen who found work and happiness in America. Amaechi, a former NBA player, is a figure I greatly admire. He came out as gay after the end of his pro career and has been an outspoken and lucid proponent of LGBT rights. On Wednesday, he was named Harvard University’s Humanist of the Year. Amaechi was disturbed enough by the news I imparted about public prayer that he re-

they are deeply individual and they are not for us to judge how appropriate they are. The suffering for many is tied in with a city’s fraught history. Every comment from a local is interspersed with different variations of “Why here?” Not because this is a quiet or innocent place, but because, as the second-poorest city of its size in the U.S., its citizens feel they have taken enough punishment. Those who weep do so for what happened and for the victims, but also for their city. That thing we are all horrified by, that incident that sparks such heated debate and calls for action, well, San Bernardino is living it and will be for a long time. That, if nothing else, is why these people can grieve however they like. Rogers is based in California.

IN BRIEF TRUMP INTERRUPTED 10 TIMES AT N.C. RALLY

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is drawing large crowds and, increasingly, protesters. At a rally of around 8,000 in North Carolina on Friday night, Trump was interrupted at least 10 times by an assortment of protesters who continued through the entirety of his 45-minute speech. Some held signs reading “Stop the Hate, We Make America Great” and “Dump Trump” while others chanted: “Black lives matter.” At the rally, each group of protesters was removed, yet Trump appeared increasingly irritated and ended his speech earlier than normal. — Heidi Przybyla LAKE CHAD SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 27

Another deadly suicide attack took the lives of at least 27 people in Africa. A local market on the island of Koulfoua, in Chad, was struck, according to the BBC and

these border areas has become a main target of Boko Haram because members can hide easily in waterways, reports Reuters. Another suicide bombing killed three in Chad on Nov. 9. — Jefferson Graham

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PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ADDRESS THE NATION

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Volunteers distribute milk to residents affected by floods in Chennai on Saturday. Rescuers are racing to evacuate victims of the flooding, which has claimed nearly 300 lives since Nov. 9. AP, injuring at least 90. A Chad police spokesman said three females carried out Saturday’s attack. The Lake Chad region straddles the borders of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. The area has been attacked repeatedly by the Boko Haram mili-

tant group, and the region is under a state of emergency. As many as 17,000 people have been killed in the area since 2009, when Boko Haram began fighting authorities in a bid to impose Islamist rule in northern Nigeria, reports the BBC. The swampy maze of islands in

The White House says President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday about the steps the government is taking to keeping people safe after the attack this past week in California. "The President will provide an update on the ongoing investigation into the tragic attack in San Bernardino," the White House said in a statement. "The President will also discuss the broader threat of terrorism, including the nature of the threat, how it has evolved, and how we will defeat it." The president spoke earlier Saturday with a key ally in the fight against the Islamic State, French President Francois Hollande. — David Jackson

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National security was dominating the 2016 conversation after the nation was hit by another mass shooting — with this one raising fears about the threat of terrorism. Top news from the world of politics:

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GOP HOPEFULS TALK SECURITY AT D.C. FORUM In the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., which left 14 dead, and just weeks after the Paris attacks, the GOP presidential hopefuls touted their credentials to be commander in chief at a Thursday candidate forum in Washington hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition. “I believe this nation needs a wartime president to defend it,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told attendees. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he was “convinced” the California shooting was terrorism. The FBI did announce Friday it was investigating the killings as an act of terrorism. “We are in the midst of the next world war,” Christie added. The candidates also slammed President Obama on the Iran nuclear deal and his policy toward Israel. Donald Trump called Obama “the worst thing that’s ever happened to Israel,” and vowed he would “do more for Israel than anybody else.” TRUMP TO DEBATE FOR FREE Speaking of Trump, the GOP front-runner abandoned the suggestion he’d floated earlier in the week that he might boycott the next CNN debate. On Monday, he had suggested that he would skip the Dec. 15 Las Vegas debate unless the network paid him $5 million, which he said he would donate to veterans. Why? Because the network “doesn’t treat me properly,” he said. But by Thursday, he’d had a change of heart. “When you’re leading in the polls, I think it’s too big of a risk to not do the debate,” he told The Washington Post.

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“Grinch,” left, and “Mittens,” per Hillary Clinton

‘MITTENS’ AND ‘GRINCH’ As with previous installments, the latest batch of Hillary Clinton’s emails — which the State Department released Monday — didn’t produce any bombshells, but there were some interesting nuggets, including Clinton’s thoughts on the 2012 Republican presidential race. In a Jan. 22, 2012, email, Clinton writes, “If Mittens can’t beat Grinch in Florida, there will be pressure on state Republican parties to reopen or liberalize ballot access especially in the caucuses, which as we know are creatures of the parties’ extremes.” “Mittens” and “Grinch” were apparently her nicknames for Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. The previous day, Gingrich had defeated Romney in the South Carolina primary. However, Clinton’s prediction about the impact a Gingrich win in Florida would have on state GOP parties would never be put to the test, as Romney would go on to beat the former House speaker handily there at the end of the month. Contributing: David Jackson, Nicole Gaudiano, William Cummings and Heidi Przybyla

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University of Texas-Austin students fill the campus. The Supreme Court is to hear a challenge to UT’s use of affirmative action.

AT TEXAS’ FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY, MANY FEAR FOR DIVERSITY Students say school’s ethnic mix helps them learn from one another, but policies are being challenged at Supreme Court

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AUSTIN Garrett Maples came to the University of Texas from a mostly white high school north of here in Liberty Hill. Xavier Rotnofsky arrived from the Mexican border city of Laredo, which is 95% Hispanic. Danielle Smith traveled west from Houston, along with a healthy number of fellow African-American students. Each has thrived at Texas’ flagship university, where much of the learning occurs through osmosis. Maples found an ethnic mix in the Texas Blazers service group. Rotnofsky was elected student body president on a lark, along with his Indian-born running mate, Rohit Mandalapu. Smith assimilated by way of the Black Student Alliance, where she directs public relations. “Because we have a diverse student body, people can really learn from each other,” Rotnofsky, 21, says. Though the university must step up recruitment of African Americans, who represent just 4% of the student population, he says, a diversity of voices helped lead to the recent removal of Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ statue from the spot it had occupied since 1933. All three students worry that the ethnic and racial mix UTAustin has achieved in fits and starts will be jeopardized by the latest challenge to its affirmative action policies. Next week, the Supreme Court will hear the case for the second time in three years. The school’s first method of integration — accepting the top students from every high school with class rankings — isn’t challenged, even though it “trades on the de facto segregation that still exists in Texas” to pull in minorities, the school’s legal brief notes. What’s contested is the second method — topping off each freshman class by stressing a potpourri of special talents, extracurricular activities, socioeconomics, race and ethnicity. Those last factors are used to produce what the school calls “diversity within diversity” — a varied mix of minority students, rather than just those from segregated communities with simiand lar backgrounds experiences. The school says Supreme Court cases upholding affirmative action policies at the University of California in 1978 and the University of Michigan in 2003 give it the discretion to use race in a “holistic” approach to admissions. It has twice convinced the usually conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to turn down the challenge from Abigail Fisher, a white student denied admission

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University of Texas students, from left, Danielle Smith, Christle Nwora and David McDonald discuss the school’s use of affirmative action in admissions decisions.

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“Leaders have to be able to understand and be able to work in a country with diverse people.” Gregory Fenves, UT-Austin president

in 2008. Fisher’s attorneys argue in court papers that minority students admitted by high school class rank contribute adequately to campus diversity, even though they usually come from poorer communities and schools teeming with black or ethnic populations. They say the school goes too far in seeking other minorities and trying to have even small classes integrated — an impossible goal, Fisher’s team says, “short of assigning all students a fixed course of study.” The Supreme Court remained unconvinced in 2013 and sent the case back for closer scrutiny of UT-Austin’s use of racial preferences. The case has returned, and if the court issues a sweeping decision on the constitutionality of affirmative action, it could affect public universities across the country, as well as private ones that accept federal aid. From his fourth-floor office in the school’s Main Building, UTAustin President Gregory Fenves defends using racial preferences as one factor for a small percentage of students. It’s a way to overcome a “history of segregation” at a school that did not admit African Americans until 1950, he says, as well as mirroring the society that students will need to navigate after graduation. “They go on to be leaders,” Fenves says of his flock. “Leaders have to be able to understand and be able to work in a country with diverse people.” That’s the view of 17 current and former student body presidents who filed one of the 67 “friend of the court” briefs supporting the university’s use of racial preferences. Seventeen briefs were filed on the other side. Loyce Gayo, 20, a senior majoring in African and African Diaspora Studies, says the university has been lax in filling a “big hole” in minority recruitment and in eradicating rem-

nants of racism on campus. Several of its schools and colleges, such as engineering and natural sciences, have few black students and professors. Other groups say the dualtrack admissions policy discriminates against those who are not black or Hispanic. A brief submitted on behalf of 117 AsianAmerican organizations notes that the school’s Asian-American population was 19% in 2008 when the lawsuit was filed but has waned as other minority groups are sought out. Across the campus, students of various races and ethnic backgrounds have widespread praise for the dual-track system, amid only scattered criticism. “I love the top 10% plan. That’s how I got in,” says junior Shelby Andrus, 20. But admitting others is fair, she says, “because it accounts for systemic inequities.” “The picking and choosing helps,” says Charles Justiz, 19, a sophomore majoring in theater. Some students “weren’t socioeconomically advantaged enough to get into the top 10%.” Peter Dotray, 21, a senior from Lubbock, isn’t so sure. He recognizes drawbacks in both methods of admission. Taking the same percentage of students from each high school penalizes those who miss the cut at the most academically rigorous schools; racial preferences work against those who lose out to minority candidates. But UT-Austin has barely 4% African-American enrollment in a state with a 12% black population, so the university must use race as one factor in admissions, says David McDonald, former president of the Black Student Alliance. “Affirmative action is selecting students who are already qualified to attend,” says McDonald, a senior double-majoring in education and black studies. Besides, he says, “everyone sees the importance of being in a diverse space.”

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Venezuela could upend socialist rule Opposition gains in National Assembly would be a blow to President Maduro and the legacy of Hugo Chávez Peter Wilson

Special for USA TODAY CARACAS , VENEZUELA

Venezuelans were heading to the polls Sunday to elect a new congress, with most polls showing the opposition could win control from the ruling socialist party for the first time since the late Hugo Chávez became president in 1999. If the opposition does gain a majority of the National Assembly, the victory would boost efforts to oust President Nicolás Maduro next year. His term expires in 2019. A victory also would undermine “Chávismo,” the anti-capitalistic movement created by Chávez, who wanted to redistribute Veneuzuela’s oil wealth to give the poor a greater share. He died of cancer in 2013 at age 58. “Winning the National Assembly doesn’t mean that our problems are going to disappear on Dec. 7 (Monday),” opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski told supporters last week. “What is clear is that changes will start that day.” Capriles, who is governor of Miranda state, and the opposition’s Democratic Unity coalition have given few specifics about how they would tackle the country’s staggering economic problems if the opposition wins. Venezuela, which sits on the world’s largest oil reserves but

has struggled to develop them, is in a deep recession exacerbated by the drop in oil prices. The country’s economy is likely to contract by as much as 10% this year, while inflation is raging at an annual rate of more than 150%. The government slashed imports to meet debt payments and avoid a default. That has created widespread shortages of food, medicine, spare parts and toiletries that have forced most Venezuelans to spend hours in lines when hard-to-find items such as toilet tissue and coffee do appear. “With the drop in oil prices, the poor who have supported the regime have lost many of their benefits,” said Susan Kaufman Purcell, director of the University of Miami’s Center for Hemispheric Policy. “Every week is worse, and they don’t see any end in sight.” Maduro, 53, who was handpicked by a dying Chávez to be his successor, maintained that his United Socialist Party of Venezuela would triumph on election day. Gerrymandered districts and the ability to tap into government resources give the party built-in advantages. “We are going to show who rules in Venezuela,” Maduro said at a rally last Monday in Caracas, the capital. “In Venezuela, Chávez rules.” The former president figures prominently in all of his party’s campaign material and commercials.

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“Winning the National Assembly doesn’t mean our problems are going to disappear on Dec. 7.” Henrique Capriles Radonski

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski speaks last month. Most polls show opposition ahead of Sunday’s vote.

Maduro told an earlier gathering of supporters that if his party loses, he would take “to the streets and fight with the people” to maintain the revolution that Chávez began. The president has repeatedly blamed Venezuela’s economic woes on a war being waged against the regime by the country’s business elite that is supported by the United States, Colombia and other nations. During the campaign, he has promised to continue handing out homes to the country’s poor, while expanding pensions, student scholarships and other state subsidies. The United States and Venezuela have been at loggerheads for most of the last decade, as Chávez and then Maduro have blamed Washington for meddling in the country’s political process.

Still, the United States remains Venezuela’s largest export market for its crude oil and is the South American country’s largest supplier of goods. Many fear that Maduro’s government will try to manipulate the election results to gain a victory. Capriles, 43, who narrowly lost to Maduro in a 2013 special presidential election, has never recognized his defeat, saying the government stole the election. To guarantee a fair vote Sunday, Venezuela was allowing some international observers to monitor the election, but most of them had been vetted by the government. The chief delegation will be from Unasur, a South American group created by Chávez. That group’s participation was called into question after Maduro refused to accept the delegate from Brazil, prompting that country to back out from helping monitor the vote. Even if the opposition wins, Maduro could attempt to continue ruling. He could have the outgoing assembly, where his party holds a three-fifths majority, vote to give him special powers to rule by decree. Such a move would surely lead to a protracted battle between Maduro and the legislature, leaving little time toward resolving the economic problems and increasing tensions festering in the country. That is something most Venezuelans want to avoid. “We, Venezuelans, have to assume with responsibly our right and duty ... for a better future,” Capriles said. “We can’t go on living like this.”

Climate targets may not be enough to avert catastrophes

Eric J. Lyman

Special for USA TODAY

Negotiators at climate change talks here are working to produce a realistic plan to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) from pre-industrial levels, but many scientists say that may still be too warm to avert climate catastrophes. More than 100 mostly developing countries at the Paris conference that runs through Dec. 11 have called for the official goal to be shifted toward a rise of only 1.5 degrees Celsius. (Climate negotiators use Celsius temperatures.) “We have to limit the warming as much as possible, to 1.5 degrees or even less, if we are to save the planet,” Bolivian President Evo Morales told delegates at the opening of the talks last week. That lower threshold is unlikely to become the official goal anytime soon because of opposition from industrialized countries, including the United States. They point out that even if all man-made greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming were halted immediately, temperatures would still rise nearly 1.5 degrees. PARIS

The official goal of limiting a rise to 2 degrees Celsius is still ‘too close for comfort’ to a tipping point, some experts say

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“We have already seen some impacts of climate change: more and stronger hurricanes and typhoons, more severe droughts, higher temperatures, rising sea levels,” said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “That is with warming up until now of a little less than 1 degree, and warming to 1.3 or 1.4 degrees probably already locked in.” A consensus among scientists is that in the coming decades, the world could see some animal species become extinct, most coral reefs will die, sea levels will rise by more than 1 meter (3.3 feet), and much of the world’s agricultural production will be at risk. Changing weather conditions will force millions in poor and developing countries to leave their homes, creating waves of climate refugees from low rainfall areas, small island nations or low-lying countries such as Bangladesh. Meanwhile, big cities at or near sea level — New Orleans, New York City and Miami in the United States; Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Venice internationally — will risk frequent flooding that will make them more susceptible to extreme weather. “It’s hard to predict exactly when the world gets to the tipping point on some key things,”

said Sven Harmeling, from CARE International, a humanitarian aid organization. “For example, look at the Greenland ice sheet,” Harmeling said. “All that ice is on the land right now, but if it melts completely, it could make sea levels rise by as much as 7 meters (23 feet). “We don’t know the exact level of temperature rise that would cause that. But at 2 degrees, we’re probably too close to it for comfort.” The 2-degree target can be traced back to Yale economist William Nordhaus in 1975, when he first mentioned “2 or 3 degrees” as a level of warming not seen in the last several hundred thousand years. Scientists from the predecessor organization to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nation’s climate research body, subsequently determined that a rise of 2 degrees is where the world would begin to face “grave damage to ecosystems.” It was adopted as a formal goal in the 2009 U.N. climate negotiations. Even limiting warming to 2 degrees could prove difficult. Emissions pledges made by 184 countries that account for about

95% of the world’s emissions before the Paris talks started are on pace to allow warming to reach 3.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, a level that scientists say would be “catastrophic.” Still, veteran climate negotiators and observers say they are hopeful. Greenpeace campaigner Kaisa Kosonen said she put off having a child until she felt more optimistic about the climate. “I remember reading the IPCC reports about the risk of the melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, and it made feel like I would vomit,” Kosonen said. “If I had a child, how could I explain this?” Now she says reductions in coal use in China and the increase in renewable energy use have given her hope. Her 7month-old daughter is with her in Paris. Stanford professor Chris Field, a leading climate researcher and a former IPCC board member, said he’s also cautiously optimistic about the future. “The future worries me, but I’m an optimist by nature,” Field said. “I believe we can solve the climate challenge, but the question is when. I hope the world will learn in time that ignoring evidence and taking half steps won’t do it.”

Smoke belches from a coal-fired power station near Datong, China, on Nov. 19. Industrialized nations including the U.S. are pushing back against an even lower threshold.

“I believe we can solve the climate challenge, but the question is when.” Chris Field, Stanford professor

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CHRISTMAS TREES In 2014, Americans spent an average of $802 on decorations, gifts and more, getting their homes ready for the holidays. Here’s a look at the centerpiece in most homes across the U.S.

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WHERE CHRISTMAS TREES ARE HARVESTED

In 2014, Americans spent an average of $39.50 on real Christmas trees, while paying an average of $63.60 on artificial ones.

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BUSINESS SURVEILLANCE UNIONIZING AT VW uIn a nutshell: By a vote of 108-44, a group of skilled tradesmen representing the United Auto Workers union agreed to create a collective bargaining unit at Volkswagen’s only U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. uThe star: The group includes 160 electricians, welders and other repair workers that maintain the assembly line there and opens the door to wider representation by the union in addition to setting up a bargaining unit for them to negotiate for wages, benefits and work rules. uThe response: Volkswagen said in a statement that it plans to appeal the decision to the National Labor Relations Board, according to a post on the website of The Wall Street Journal.

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IN THE HOT SEAT INSTEAD OF DEATH, PRISON Mark Malik, the New York hedge fund manager who once faked his death to avoid repaying an investor, was found guilty of fraud after a two-week trial in New York state court, writes USA TODAY’s Kaja Whitehouse. The jury convicted Malik, 33, of all 28 counts, including grand larceny and securities fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison. Malik, who was born Moazzam Ifzal Malikwas, was arrested earlier this year for allegedly stealing over $800,000 from local and international investors.

Moazzam “Mark” Malik’s resurrected webpage IN THE HOT SEAT PART TWO: SILK ROAD Federal prosecutors Friday announced the arrest of a Canadian citizen on charges he was a key accomplice to convicted Silk Road “darknet” mastermind Ross Ulbricht, writes USA TODAY’s Kevin McCoy. Roger Thomas Clark, 54, was arrested in Thailand on Thursday and is now pending extradition to face U.S. charges of narcotics trafficking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. Silk Road was an encrypted online marketplace that from 2011-13 brought anonymous buyers and sellers together online for millions of dollars worth of transactions in illegal drugs, computer hacking programs, fake identities and other illicit services. The deals were transacted in bitcoins, an electronic form of currency that made tracking the true identities of the buyers and sellers difficult. USA SNAPSHOTS©

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Timed to birth of daughter, their LLC is ‘symbiotic’ strategy Jessica Guynn USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO The billionaire hacker who built Facebook into the world’s most popular social network and into one of its most powerful companies is not taking a conventional approach to philanthropy. Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan pledged this week to give away 99% of their Facebook shares, currently valued at $45 billion, to tackle some of the world’s most complex problems over the couple’s lifetime. The pledge is one of the largest philanthropic gifts in history, but that does not mean the funds are earmarked for traditional philanthropic institutions. The Zuckerberg Chan initiative is set up as a limited liability company, or LLC, owned and controlled by Zuckerberg, not as a charitable trust or a private foundation. The structure gives the couple greater latitude both in the investments they make, from funding non-profit organizations to making private investments, to taking public stands on public policy issues. The couple will have the freedom to lobby lawmakers or engage in other political activities and will be able to more easily enter into joint ventures with for-profit organizations. “By using an LLC instead of a traditional foundation, we receive no tax benefit from transferring our shares to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, but we gain flexibility to execute our mission more effectively,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. Doug White, who teaches philanthropy at Columbia University and advises philanthropists, says the LLC structure Zuckerberg and Chan have chosen “can be used very effectively to combine the non-profit mind-set with the for-profit mind-set.” “Is there a movement to solving more intractable problems to include the non-profit world and the for-profit world as well as government? The answer is yes, and I am glad it’s yes,” White said. “A symbiotic relationship can be created and we are seeing a lot of that from younger philanthropists.” The Omidyar Network, the philanthropic arm set up by eBay

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Zuckerberg belongs to a new generation of tycoons eager to spread wealth and influence while still young.

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Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan, with their new daughter, Max, have announced they will be giving away 99% of their Facebook stock, worth $45 billion.

founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam, in 2004, for example, is structured as an LLC and has a foundation and an investment firm. Zuckerberg and Chan have not yet detailed how the money will be spent. Facebook said its chief executive’s LLC would broadly pursue its mission by “funding non-profit organizations, making private investments and participating in policy debates, in each case with the goal of generating positive impact in areas of great need.” “Any profits from investments in companies will be used to fund additional work to advance the mission,” the company said. That raises raises red flags for some who worry Zuckerberg could use the money to fund his or his company’s political agenda. Zuckerberg’s interests span the globe and often intersect with Facebook’s. His immigration advocacy group, Fwd.us, for instance, is about to relaunch its push to overhaul immigration laws for the 2016 election cycle after spending tens of millions on

a failed effort two lems, citing the non-profit Primary School the couple founded years ago. In light of the ex- this fall. Zuckerberg and Chan say they traordinary wealth and power at stake, will rely on guidance from exAnil Dash, CEO of perts and won’t focus on quick ThinkUp, says it’s im- fixes to intractable problems. “The greatest challenges reportant to cast a critical eye on Zuckerberg’s phil- quire very long time horizons and anthropic efforts “to ensure cannot be solved by short-term that this gift of $45 billion dol- thinking,” they wrote in a letter to their daughter posted on Facelars is put to good use.” Zuckerberg and Chan made book on Tuesday. Big money and good intentions the philanthropic pledge on Tuesday at the same time they aren’t always enough, even for announced their daughter’s birth. Silicon Valley wunderkind whose The initiative, which they said day jobs are running the world’s would focus initially on “person- mega-corporations. At least one alized learning, curing disease, of Zuckerberg’s biggest, riskiest connecting people and building bets has not paid off. In 2010, strong communities,” will build Zuckerberg donated $100 million on the couple’s charitable work “He’s flying into the teeth that has already dispersed $1.6 of what I would call hard billion to vari- philanthropy and I give him ous causes. a billion points of credit.” Zuckerberg belongs to a Doug White, who teaches philanthropy at Columbia University new generation and advises philanthropists of Silicon Valley tycoons who are eager to spread to improve failing public schools their wealth and influence while in Newark, N.J., which became they are still young. Three of the $200 million with matching dotop givers last year in the United nations. Nearly all of the money States hailed from the tech world, has been spent and debate over according to the Chronicle of Phi- the impact has raged. Zuckerberg points out that lanthropy. These fiercely independent philanthropists aim to graduation rates had risen but solve complex problems by using concedes he learned a lot from technology, data and investments the experience. “No effort like in for-profit ventures as well as this is ever going to be without challenges, mistakes and honest non-profit organizations. In this respect, Zuckerberg and differences among people with Chan are no exception. They be- good intentions,” he wrote in a lieve in the power of technology Facebook post last month. “He’s flying into the teeth of to change the world for the better, pointing at the rise of person- what I would call hard philanalized learning technology and thropy and I give him a billion increased Internet access as points of credit for that,” Columpromising ways to improve peo- bia’s White said. “Because, let’s be ple’s lives. But they also concede frank, he did not have the best extechnology cannot solve all prob- perience with his Newark gift.”

4 ways to secure your end-of-year perks Even if cash is not in the cards, rewards can take other forms

Young says. “When someone has reached their max pay range, and their employer can’t increase their salary, a popular option is asking for a one-time bonus.”

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It’s the end of the year, and whether it’s a holiday party, a cash bonus or additional time off, many companies are about to give out rewards to employees. Nearly two-thirds of HR professionals said their organizations would host a party, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. And slightly more than two-thirds of hiring managers reported that their companies plan to hand out monetary bonuses this year, according to a recent survey by Accounting Principals, a recruitment and placement organization of accounting and finance professionals. Many workers think they have little say in what perks come their way. Yet there are ways to maximize the possibility of getting a wanted year-end reward, as well as smart strategies to increase the potential for lucrative gains in 2016, says Kim Gottschalk, senior regional vice president at Accounting Principals.

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says Karen A. Young, author Stop Knocking on my Door: 1Eight in 10 hiring managers say ofject, Drama Free HR to Help Grow INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING A BONUS

there are actions that employees can take throughout the year to bolster the chance of getting a holiday bonus, according to the Accounting Principals survey. “If you are willing to go the extra mile, you control your destiny,” Gottschalk says. “Hiring managers value specific things like being motivated and engaged in your job, positive and upbeat and willing to take things on outside of your job description.”

2 For those who were unable to get USE THE END OF THE YEAR TO BRING UP A RAISE

a raise during an earlier annual review period, the end of the year is a good time to schedule time with a manager to revisit the sub-

Your Business. “If you are asking for an increase, you want to build a case for yourself,” Young said. Although what is in the company budget for salary increases may be out of an employee’s control, “what is in their control is telling their boss what they’ve done for the company.” How to prepare for success: Give a supervisor a heads up that the topic will be about salary when scheduling the meeting. Workers should also take the time to plan out the pertinent discussion points beforehand. prior to the meeting. If a salary increase isn’t possible, an employee can consider asking for a one-time bonus,

many employers will amount to around $850 this year, according to the Accounting Principals survey. Yet companies don’t provide rewards only in cash form. “When the purse strings are tight, there are things that maybe don’t cost companies a lot of hard dollars but could be priceless to the employees,” Young said. That can come in the form of an extra week of paid vacation or greater flexibility to work from home.

DON’T GET LAZY WHEN IT COMES TO ADVOCATING FOR YOU

As the year ends, many employees and employers wind down and may let their career development fall to the wayside, Gottschalk says. Instead of winding down, ramp it up. This is the time of year to “advocate for yourself,” she says, as well as to “stop and look at your career and what the next step is, whether that’s a bonus or the next opportunity.”

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PERSONAL FINANCE Jeff Reeves

Special for USA TODAY

here’s a lot of buzz on Wall Street these days about investing technology and “robo-advisers” — automated investment services that use algorithms and Internet tools to manage your portfolio. With good reason. Countless studies have shown that active portfolio management, with humans trying to pick the best stocks, consistently underperforms the market in general. S&P Dow Jones Indices data through 2014 show almost 89% of actively managed funds posted worse five-year returns than a vanilla index such as the S&P 500, and about 82% posted worse returns across the prior 10 years. In addition to better returns, passively “indexing” your portfolio also can save you a bundle on management fees. It’s this focus on low-fee, passive investing that has given rise to a host of new products in recent years, including robo-advisers. Roughly 30% of investors with more than $100,000 in assets are already using some form of robo-adviser, according to an analysis by Market Strategies International. Of course, that means a scramble among new providers to enter this marketplace, leaving consumers unsure which product — if any — is best for them. So here’s a look at a few different forms of robo-advisers and what they can offer investors.

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with more than $100,000 in assets are already using some form of robo-adviser, according to Market Strategies International.

Low fees have them walking away with a lot of business these days, but is one right for you?

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The most obvious benefit of a digital investment adviser is the reduced cost. Take leading roboadviser firm Betterment, which boasts $2.8 billion in assets under management and roughly 115,000 customers. Betterment charges 0.35% for accounts under $10,000 in assets, 0.25% for accounts between $10,000 and $100,000 and just 0.15% annually for accounts above $100,000. That’s significantly cheaper than the 0.64% charged by the typical mutual fund or ETF, according to Morningstar. But Jon Stein, founder & CEO of Betterment, is quick to point out the savings come from bestin-class technology, not overly simplistic financial advice. “I would strongly reject the idea that there’s a correlation between personalization and human involvement,” Stein said. “Our portfolios are probably more personalized than what

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is a robo-adviser firm that boasts $2.8 billion in assets under management and roughly 115,000 customers. Betterment charges annually based on accounts’ assets:

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you would get from most live advisers because we ask you about your goals.” These include how much you plan to spend in retirement, as well as sophisticated strategies, like when to sell certain investments for maximum tax efficiency. Betterment isn’t alone in seeing the power of robo-advisers. Rival Wealthfront is also growing fast, with $2.6 billion in assets, and waives advisory fees to any account holding $10,000 or less. Even legacy financial firms offer automated advisory services, including Charles Schwab with its Intelligent Portfolios service. The services differ, but one thing they all share is a reliance on technology and a commitment to significantly lower fees as a result of fewer human advisers demanding a cut. TECH WITH A HUMAN TOUCH

Personal Capital is one example of a service like this. It offers a free app available for iPhone, iPad and Android that links your financial accounts and provides lots of data and a bit of automated advice. The tools will not just tally up your wealth but also ana-

lyze the fees you’re paying. If you find you’re ready to take serious action or that you need help just making sense of things, Personal Capital will connect you with a human adviser for a 1% fee, getting you beyond the app to act on your financial goals. “We share a belief that technology should be used to make investing more transparent and accessible,” said Bill Harris, CEO of Personal Capital. “At the same time, while low fees are absolutely important, we believe that the human element is still necessary.” Harris also is quick to point out you don’t have to choose between getting gouged by humans or going for a cheap but automated robo-adviser solution. One of the biggest names in retirement planning, The Vanguard Group, sees tremendous opportunity in marrying digital products with human advisers. Vanguard has around $3 trillion in assets under management, and roughly $25 billion of that cash is in its Personal Advisor Services segment. It’s like Personal Capital only in reverse, enlisting a human financial adviser at the beginning to set your personal goals, then using sophisticated digital services to keep you in the know as you save. “Technology really became the enabler to allow us to scale the program at an attractive price point,” said Frank Kolimago, principal at Vanguard Personal Advisor Services. That price point is 0.3% of assets annually, or $300 each year on a $100,000 portfolio. The downside to some smaller investors, however, is that Vanguard requires a minimum of $50,000 to join the program. “Whether you’re getting Vanguard funds directly through us or getting us through the robo side of the business or the fullservice side, low-fee and well-designed and well-diversified funds are ultimately great for investors regardless,” Kolimago said. No matter your platform, the benefit of keeping costs low for individual investors with hightech tools is one thing that all these firms can get behind. “This is an exciting time for all investors because it’s one of those rare times when investing is really changing for the better,” said Jon Stein of Betterment. “This time, instead of being driven primarily by regulation, it’s being driven by technology.” Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace .com and author of The Frugal Investor’s Guide to Finding Great Stocks.

First came prenups; now there are ‘no nupts’

Couples who won’t say ‘I do’ to marriage need to say ‘I will’ to financial planning WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR A growing number of American ‘NO NUPT’

Charisse Jones USA TODAY

couples are skipping the walk down the aisle, deciding to live together instead. But that doesn’t let them off the hook when it comes to financial planning. In fact, a road map for their money may be even more necessary. As of March 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 15.3 million unmarried heterosexual individuals were involved in livein relationships. That was 6.5% of all adults, 18 and over, in the U.S. “While more and more couples are living together and not marrying,” says Niv Persaud, a certified financial planner based in Atlanta, “it is important to discuss upfront your financial situation and what happens if one person becomes ill, leaves or dies, because you are not protected by the benefits of being legally married.” Couples should strongly consider coming up with a written agreement on everything from paying household expenses to who gets the house if they ultimately part ways. “They could protect themselves ahead of time ... by writing the rules of engagement on paper,” says Debra Neiman, a certified financial planner in Arlington, Mass., who co-wrote the book Money Without Matrimony. “It can be as detailed as ‘Party A pays the electrical bill, and Party B does this, and the mortgage is split equally.’ ” Vickie Adams, a financial planner in San Pedro, Calif., agreed

uASSETS AND LIABILITIES: Note the properties and other investments that you own together. uWHO PAYS WHAT BILLS: Will one partner handle the power bill while the other pays the phone tab? Figure it out and put it in writing. uWHO GETS WHAT: If you break up, will you sell your home and split proceeds? Will one partner buy out the other? Agree on those terms in the beginning to avoid extra stress if you decide to separate.

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that a “no nupt” is critical. “Before the first stick of furniture is moved in, draft an agreement specifying on how property and money will be divided if the couple splits up,” she says. Cohabiting couples should also be aware of tax issues. For instance, “if you’re married to someone, as long as they’re a U.S. citizen, you can give them as much money as you want anytime, either during your lifetime or in death, and there will be no gift or estate tax,” says Colleen Carcone, wealth planning specialist with TIAA-CREF. “If, however, you’re not married, you’re limited to $14,000 per beneficiary, per year. ... Even if you want to buy your (partner) a birthday present, or take (them) on a trip around the world, and it costs $40,000, you can have inadvertently made a taxable gift to your partner.” Property can be particularly tricky. “You want to make sure you keep very detailed financial records on how much each of you contributed to the purchase price and to ongoing expenses and

maintenance,” to avoid unwarranted taxes related to the $14,000 annual limit, Carcone says. Unmarried partners also do not have rights to each other’s Social Security benefits or retirement plan benefits, unlike those who are legally married. Social Security, for instance, is only available to a spouse, not to an unmarried partner. “When you think of the various Social Security benefits that might be available to someone based on their spouse’s earning record,” Carcone says, “or any sort of survivor benefit following someone’s death, if you’re not legally married, those benefits would not be available.” Retirement assets such as 401(k)s are dispensed to a designated beneficiary, but a legal spouse has more flexibility. For instance, “if I left my 401(k) to my husband,” she says, “he would have more options to when he could start taking those required minimum distributions than if I left it to a non-spouse beneficiary.”

Without the legal benefits of marriage, couples could be in for some trouble.

Estate planning is also important to make sure your live-in partner has a say in your care and finances if you become ill, and inherits what you would like them to after your death. “Oftentimes particularly with estate planning, people think only of trusts and wills,” Carcone says, “but it includes durable powers of attorney, the document where you can name someone to handle ... your financial assets if you become incapacitated.” And if you want your domestic partner to make health care decisions in the event you cannot do so for yourself, you need to have a living will or advanced health care directive stating what you want in regard to life-sustaining medical treatment. You also need to have a health care proxy or health care power of attorney naming who can make those decisions if you aren’t able. “These are important because legally, if you’re not married, in the eyes of the law you have no legal relationship,” Carcone says. “So if you had somebody you were living with ... they would have no right to make these decisions.” Also, draw up a will. If you pass away without one, your distant relatives are more likely to inherit your possessions under state law than your partner is. To get your financial house in order, assemble a team, Neiman says. “I see myself as the quarterback pulling in all the experts,” she says. An attorney, to draft legal documents, is key, along with an accountant to crunch the numbers. And sometimes she even enlists a therapist. “With financial planning, they think it’s just about numbers, and commas and digits,” Carcone says of many of her prospective clients. But “it’s not. It’s 75% to 90% rooted in emotions.”

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS (33) FIGHTS FOR A REBOUND WITH HARVARD GUARD PATRICK STEEVES during the Jayhawks’ 75-69 victory on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

Jayhawks survive Crimson scare By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

There certainly was angst in the Allen Fieldhouse stands during crunch time on Saturday, with No. 4-ranked Kansas University and 221⁄2-point underdog Harvard tied at 56 with 7:35 to play. No trepidation existed in KU’s huddle, however.

The Jayhawks (6-1) actually relished the opportunity to win a nail-biter against the Ivy League Crimson (26). “Coach (Bill Self) was smiling. He was like, ‘Embrace it. Smile ... Enjoy these dogfights, because this is what we need,’” KU junior forward Landen Lucas said after the Jayhawks’ 75-69 victory.

“That’s the stuff coach does,” Lucas added after grabbing eight rebounds in 24 minutes on a day the Jayhawks were outboarded, 39-31. “He likes competing. That was a competitive game, and we won. It wasn’t a pretty game, but we got it done.” Senior forward Perry Ellis — he scored the first five points as the Jayhawks built

a 16-point first-half lead — accepted a pass from Lucas and hit a bucket and foul shot to bust the 56-all tie with 7:17 left. Ellis then hit a jumper to boost the lead to 61-56 at 6:22. The game was far from over, but KU never saw its lead dip below three points (:26.8 seconds) the rest of the way.

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“Fans will think I’m nuts ... I thought we played pretty well,” Self said. “We got the ball exactly where we wanted it. We didn’t have any big guys score the ball very well today (Ellis had 12 points off 5-of-11 shooting and Lucas five, 2-of-2 shooting). We missed a lot of free throws (KU was 13-of-25,

n For more photos from Kansas’ narrow victory over Harvard, please visit www.ku sports. com/ku bball12515

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Ellis hasn’t been himself lately

KANSAS FORWARD PERRY ELLIS (34) TRIES to strip away a ball from Harvard’s Weisner Perez.

The alleged mystery surrounding Perry Ellis’ sluggish play isn’t all that mysterious. He’s a perfectionist, and when perfectionists are burdened by imperfections beyond their control, it sometimes bothers them more than most. It changes their routine, eats at their focus. Ellis played well in Kansas University’s first three basketball games, not nearly as well in the past three, including in Saturday’s 75-69 victory vs. hardto-kill Harvard in Allen Fieldhouse. Healthy hip translated to strong play. Nagging hip injury, less productive play. It very well could be

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

that simple. Other than acknowledging that the hip that he injured late in the UCLA game bothers him a little, he won’t use it as an excuse for diminished play. Of course he won’t. To do so would be to open himself up to accusations of being “soft,” which he must be tired of hearing by this stage of his career, espe-

cially given that he battled late last season with a knee injury that required postseason surgery. Ellis has made just 11 of 28 shots from the field in the past three games, victories against Vanderbilt, Loyola of Maryland and Harvard. Maybe he’s not getting the lift he expects when he goes up to shoot, and it throws off his shot. And if it’s not just the hip, it could be another case of early-season blues. As a junior, Ellis was shooting a weak .406 from the field before Christmas. He caught fire late in the Big 12 schedule until suffering the knee injury. Ellis will catch fire again,

maybe not until his hip stops bothering him. When he does, solid, unspectacular teams such as Harvard won’t throw a scare into Kansas. At this point, Ellis is the only consistent lowpost scoring threat on the team. Cheick Diallo isn’t there yet. Carlton Bragg Jr. isn’t finishing through contact the way he will later in his career. Landen Lucas’ specialty is rebounding, not post moves. Jamari Traylor’s forte is defense. Hunter Mickelson doesn’t look as if he’ll log enough consistent minutes to develop a confident offensive game. So that leaves Ellis, Please see KEEGAN, page 5C

Clemson, ’Bama, Oklahoma, MSU in playoffs The Associated Press

The teams are set. How the College Football Playoff selection committee ranks them is all that remains to be seen. Here’s who is in:

No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Michigan State. The Spartans (12-1) provided plenty of drama on Championship Saturday, with an epic game-winning drive to beat Iowa 16-13 in an

old-school Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis that was only missing leather helmets. The Tigers (13-0) had some nervous moments at the end, but behind Deshaun Watson’s brilliance

they held off North Carolina 45-37 to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title and stay unbeaten. Alabama (12-1) had it easy by comparison in the Southeastern Conference championship game against

Florida. Derrick Henry and the Crimson Tide won 29-15 to cruise into the playoff for the second straight season. The Tide is the only repeat team in the field. Please see PLAYOFFS, page 8C

WHO’S IN Clemson (13-0) Alabama (12-1) Oklahoma (11-1) Michigan State (12-1)

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NBA roundup The Associated Press

Warriors 112, Raptors 109 Toronto — Stephen Curry made nine three-pointers and scored 44 points, leading undefeated Golden State past Toronto on Saturday. Curry was 14-for-24 from the field and 9-for-15 from beyond the arc as Golden State pushed its NBA-record start to 21-0. Klay Thompson scored 26 points, and Draymond Green had 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the win moved Golden State past the St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association, a predecessor to Major League Baseball, for the best start to a season by a professional sports team. Kyle Lowry made six threepointers and scored a careerhigh 41 points for Toronto, which has dropped three of four. DeMar DeRozan recovered from an ugly 1-for-10 shooting performance in the first half, finishing with 16 points. Lowry found Lucas Nogueira for an alley-oop dunk with 2:03 to go, tying it at 102. Green responded with two foul shots for Golden State. After DeRozan went 1-for-2 at the line, Curry hit two more free throws. Curry and Thompson then combined to go 6-for-6 at the line in the final 18.2 seconds to help Golden State hang on. At 25 consecutive regularseason wins, the Warriors possess the third-longest streak in NBA history, behind only the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (33) and the 2012-13 Miami Heat (25). The game turned into something of three-point shooting contest between Curry and Lowry, with the reigning NBA MVP taking the personal duel and the game. Each star also had seven assists. Golden State led 59-49 at the break, but Lowry scored 13 in the third to help Toronto slice its deficit to four heading into the final period. GOLDEN STATE (112) Rush 1-2 0-0 3, Green 5-12 6-9 16, Ezeli 2-5 4-8 8, Curry 14-24 7-9 44, K.Thompson 7-15 6-6 26, Iguodala 0-2 0-0 0, Livingston 2-4 0-0 4, Barbosa 2-3 0-0 4, Clark 1-1 0-0 2, Speights 1-4 3-4 5, McAdoo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-73 26-36 112. TORONTO (109) Carroll 4-10 0-0 9, Scola 2-9 6-6 10, Biyombo 0-0 0-0 0, Lowry 14-26 7-8 41, DeRozan 5-19 6-8 16, Nogueira 7-9 0-0 14, Joseph 4-10 1-2 9, Ross 2-3 0-0 5, Patterson 2-5 0-0 4, Johnson 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 40-91 21-26 109. Golden State 32 27 24 29 — 112 Toronto 21 28 30 30 — 109 3-Point Goals-Golden State 16-30 (Curry 9-15, K.Thompson 6-9, Rush 1-2, Iguodala 0-1, Speights 0-1, Green 0-2), Toronto 8-20 (Lowry 6-10, Ross 1-1, Carroll 1-3, DeRozan 0-1, Patterson 0-2, Joseph 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Golden State 55 (Ezeli 10), Toronto 49 (Patterson 10). Assists-Golden State 22 (Curry 7), Toronto 21 (Lowry 7). Total Fouls-Golden State 24, Toronto 27. TechnicalsGolden State defensive three second 2, Toronto Coach Casey. A-20,160 (19,800).

Nuggets 108, 76ers 105 Philadelphia — Danilo Gallinari scored 24 points, including the go-ahead slam dunk with under a minute remaining, to lead Denver. Will Barton added 16 points for the Nuggets, who ended a five-game road trip by winning their second straight after snapping an eight-game skid on Thursday. Robert Covington scored 18 points, and Isaiah Canaan had 15 for Philadelphia, which dropped to 1-20. Philadelphia rookie Jahil Okafor sat out the second of a two-game suspension imposed by the team Wednesday after the release of a second video from a nightclub fight in Boston on Nov. 25. DENVER (108) Gallinari 7-14 7-9 24, Arthur 3-6 0-0 8, Lauvergne 1-4 0-0 2, Mudiay 4-12 1-2 10, Foye 4-10 3-3 11, Hickson 2-4 3-9 7, Barton 5-11 5-6 16, Nelson 4-9 0-0 10, Miller 3-3 0-0 8, Faried 4-8 4-9 12. Totals 37-81 23-38 108. PHILADELPHIA (105) Covington 6-13 1-2 18, Grant 4-8 2-4 10, Noel 5-8 4-7 14, McConnell 4-10 1-2 10, Canaan 5-9 0-0 15, Stauskas 3-6 1-2 9, Thompson 1-4 0-0 2, Wroten 2-7 0-0 4, Holmes 4-4 1-1 10, Sampson 3-5 6-8 13. Totals 37-74 16-26 105. Denver 29 23 25 31 — 108 Philadelphia 25 34 26 20 — 105 3-Point Goals-Denver 11-31 (Gallinari 3-9, Miller 2-2, Nelson 2-4, Arthur 2-4, Mudiay 1-3, Barton 1-5, Foye 0-4), Philadelphia 15-31 (Canaan 5-8, Covington 5-12, Stauskas 2-4, Holmes 1-1, Sampson 1-1, McConnell 1-2, Grant 0-1, Thompson 0-2). Fouled OutArthur. Rebounds-Denver 57 (Barton, Faried 9), Philadelphia 49 (Covington 10). AssistsDenver 25 (Miller, Mudiay 6), Philadelphia 22 (McConnell, Thompson 6). Total Fouls-Denver 21, Philadelphia 28. Technicals-Noel. A-15,677 (20,318).

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Rockets 120, Kings 113 Houston — James Harden scored 31 points, Dwight Howard added 22, and Houston outlasted Sacramento for its third straight win. Houston has won seven in a row against the Kings. Rudy Gay scored five consecutive points, putting Sacramento up by two with about five minutes left. Houston used an 8-2 run after that, highlighted by a three-pointer by Trevor Ariza, to go up 109-105. Harden made a three-pointer with about 90 seconds left to make it 115-109 and seal the win. DeMarcus Cousins, who missed the first meeting with the Rockets because of an injury, was hampered by foul trouble and finished with 14 points and nine rebounds. He fouled out with a little over two minutes left. Ben McLemore scored 19 for the Kings. SACRAMENTO (113) Gay 6-12 2-2 15, Casspi 6-14 2-2 15, Cousins 4-16 6-7 14, Rondo 6-12 0-0 13, McLemore 8-14 0-0 19, Acy 1-2 0-0 2, Belinelli 3-6 0-0 6, Koufos 5-9 1-2 11, Collison 7-13 0-0 18. Totals 46-98 11-13 113. HOUSTON (120) Ariza 4-14 1-2 12, Capela 4-6 0-0 8, Howard 7-9 8-14 22, Beverley 4-6 3-4 14, Harden 6-14 14-16 31, Jones 6-9 3-3 16, Brewer 2-6 1-2 6, Motiejunas 0-4 0-0 0, Lawson 0-1 2-2 2, Terry 2-4 0-0 6, Thornton 1-5 0-0 3. Totals 36-78 32-43 120. Sacramento 16 34 35 28 — 113 Houston 29 23 32 36 — 120 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 10-26 (Collison 4-6, McLemore 3-5, Rondo 1-2, Gay 1-3, Casspi 1-6, Belinelli 0-1, Cousins 0-3), Houston 16-34 (Harden 5-6, Beverley 3-4, Ariza 3-9, Terry 2-4, Thornton 1-2, Jones 1-3, Brewer 1-4, Lawson 0-1, Motiejunas 0-1). Fouled Out-Cousins. Rebounds-Sacramento 52 (Koufos 12), Houston 55 (Howard 18). Assists-Sacramento 35 (Rondo 19), Houston 25 (Harden 9). Total Fouls-Sacramento 27, Houston 18. Flagrant Fouls-Belinelli. A-17,318 (18,023).

Heat 99, Cavaliers 84 Miami — Dwyane Wade scored 19 points and took the fourth quarter off, Tyler Johnson added 19 more, and Miami took advantage of Cleveland’s decision to hold out LeBron James. Goran Dragic scored 17 points, Chris Bosh added 14, and Gerald Green had 12 for the Heat, who held Cleveland to 36 percent shooting and sent the Cavaliers to their third straight loss. Richard Jefferson started in place of James and led Cleveland with 16 points. James was given the night off to rest, the first game he has missed for the Cavaliers this season. Heat fans serenaded him with a “LeBron is tired” chant in the fourth quarter. CLEVELAND (84) Jefferson 6-18 4-9 16, Love 2-11 1-1 5, Mozgov 4-6 0-0 8, Dellavedova 4-11 2-2 11, Smith 4-12 3-4 12, Williams 2-7 0-0 5, Thompson 3-4 0-2 6, Cunningham 3-8 4-4 11, Varejao 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 2-5 0-0 6, Kaun 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 31-85 16-24 84. MIAMI (99) Green 5-12 1-2 12, Bosh 5-6 3-5 14, Whiteside 2-3 3-7 7, Dragic 7-11 0-0 17, Wade 8-14 3-5 19, McRoberts 2-3 2-2 6, Johnson 6-10 5-6 19, Haslem 0-4 0-0 0, Winslow 1-4 1-2 3, Richardson 0-0 0-0 0, Udrih 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 37-68 18-29 99. Cleveland 22 20 22 20 — 84 Miami 34 26 23 16 — 99 3-Point Goals-Cleveland 6-28 (Jones 2-4, Williams 1-2, Cunningham 1-3, Dellavedova 1-3, Smith 1-5, Love 0-4, Jefferson 0-7), Miami 7-16 (Dragic 3-5, Johnson 2-5, Bosh 1-1, Green 1-4, Winslow 0-1). Fouled Out-Green. ReboundsCleveland 49 (Love 8), Miami 55 (Whiteside 9). Assists-Cleveland 14 (Dellavedova 5), Miami 21 (Dragic 8). Total Fouls-Cleveland 26, Miami 25. Flagrant Fouls-Smith. A-19,600 (19,600).

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Hornets 102, Bulls 96 Chicago — Nicolas Batum scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, and Charlotte beat Chicago. Cody Zeller and Kemba Walker had 17 points apiece for the Hornets, who played their first road game since Nov. 17 in New York. Spencer Hawes added 14 points, and Batum also grabbed 11 rebounds. Jimmy Butler scored 25 points, and Derrick Rose had 19 for the Bulls, who fell to 7-2 at the United Center. CHARLOTTE (102) Hairston 0-3 0-0 0, Williams 3-12 0-0 7, Zeller 6-10 5-7 17, Walker 7-16 1-2 17, Batum 8-16 4-6 24, Kaminsky 1-6 0-0 2, Lin 3-9 3-4 9, Hawes 4-6 3-4 14, Lamb 4-10 2-2 10, Hansbrough 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 37-89 18-25 102. CHICAGO (96) Snell 0-0 0-0 0, Mirotic 3-11 0-2 7, Gasol 6-14 1-2 13, Rose 8-17 0-1 19, Butler 8-18 8-10 25, McDermott 5-9 0-0 13, Noah 0-3 2-2 2, Hinrich 2-6 0-0 4, Gibson 3-7 2-2 8, Moore 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 37-89 13-19 96. Charlotte 26 26 20 30 — 102 Chicago 22 28 25 21 — 96 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 10-34 (Batum 4-6, Hawes 3-4, Walker 2-6, Williams 1-6, Zeller 0-1, Lamb 0-2, Hairston 0-3, Kaminsky 0-3, Lin 0-3), Chicago 9-25 (McDermott 3-5, Rose 3-6, Moore 1-1, Butler 1-5, Mirotic 1-6, Hinrich 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Charlotte 58 (Batum 11), Chicago 59 (Gasol 11). AssistsCharlotte 23 (Batum, Walker 5), Chicago 29 (Noah 6). Total Fouls-Charlotte 18, Chicago 19. A-21,770 (20,917).

Bucks 106, Knicks 91 Milwaukee — Michael Carter-Williams had 20 points, and Milwaukee used a 21-4 run in the third quarter to pull away from New York. Jabari Parker added 17 points, including a dunk and a jumper during the decisive spurt that pushed Milwaukee to a doubledigit lead. The Knicks trailed by 21 with 7:04 left in the third quarter when coach Derek Fisher replaced his entire starting five following a technical foul on Jose Calderon at the end of the run. Frustrated starters argued with the officials. NEW YORK (91) Anthony 6-17 4-4 18, Porzingis 4-8 4-4 12, Lopez 2-3 1-2 5, Calderon 2-4 0-0 4, Afflalo 6-12 1-2 13, Thomas 6-11 3-4 17, Seraphin 0-4 4-6 4, Galloway 1-5 2-2 4, Grant 2-6 2-4 7, Williams 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 32-76 21-28 91. MILWAUKEE (106) Antetokounmpo 6-15 5-6 17, Parker 8-13 1-2 17, Monroe 8-13 2-2 18, Mayo 8-12 0-0 17, Middleton 2-10 2-3 7, O’Bryant 2-3 2-2 6, CarterWilliams 9-16 2-3 20, Henson 1-6 2-6 4, Vaughn 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 44-89 16-24 106. New York 24 24 21 22 — 91 Milwaukee 29 23 29 25 — 106 3-Point Goals-New York 6-25 (Thomas 2-4, Anthony 2-7, Williams 1-2, Grant 1-3, Porzingis 0-1, Calderon 0-2, Galloway 0-2, Afflalo 0-4), Milwaukee 2-4 (Mayo 1-1, Middleton 1-1, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Vaughn 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-New York 45 (Porzingis 7), Milwaukee 59 (Monroe 14). Assists-New York 22 (Calderon, Seraphin 5), Milwaukee 25 (Antetokounmpo 6). Total Fouls-New York 24, Milwaukee 22. Technicals-Anthony, Calderon, New York delay of game. A-16,223 (18,717).

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PORTLAND (109) Aminu 5-7 4-5 16, Vonleh 2-4 0-0 4, Plumlee 2-6 2-2 6, Lillard 6-15 6-6 19, McCollum 7-17 0-0 17, Davis 5-6 3-7 13, Leonard 6-10 0-0 14, Crabbe 5-9 0-0 11, Harkless 0-1 1-4 1, Henderson 1-2 5-6 8, Frazier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-77 21-30 109. MINNESOTA (103) Wiggins 6-15 5-6 17, Garnett 2-4 1-2 5, Towns 13-21 0-0 27, Rubio 1-5 6-6 9, Martin 3-6 4-4 11, Payne 1-2 0-0 2, LaVine 4-14 2-2 12, Dieng 6-8 3-3 15, Muhammad 1-5 1-2 3, Bjelica 1-1 0-1 2, Prince 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-83 22-26 103. Portland 22 24 34 29 — 109 Minnesota 32 27 23 21 — 103 3-Point Goals-Portland 10-20 (McCollum 3-5, Aminu 2-2, Leonard 2-6, Henderson 1-1, Crabbe 1-2, Lillard 1-3, Harkless 0-1), Minnesota 5-15 (LaVine 2-5, Martin 1-1, Rubio 1-2, Towns 1-2, Payne 0-1, Wiggins 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Portland 47 (Plumlee 9), Minnesota 49 (Towns 12). Assists-Portland 23 (Lillard 7), Minnesota 24 (Rubio 15). Total Fouls-Portland 21, Minnesota 24. A-16,203 (19,356).

Spurs 108, Celtics 105 San Antonio — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 17 points, and San Antonio stayed unbeaten at home this season. Boris Diaw had 16 points, while Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili each got 15 as the Spurs improved to 11-0 at home. Isaiah Thomas had 23 points for the Celtics. Boston missed its last chance when it threw the ball out of bounds on an attempted fullcourt inbounds pass to Jared Sullinger. The Celtics scored the most points by a Spurs’ visitor this season and twice got within a basket twice in the final 10 seconds. BOSTON (105) Crowder 5-5 2-2 15, Johnson 5-11 0-2 11, Sullinger 1-6 2-2 4, Thomas 7-17 8-9 23, Bradley 7-14 0-0 18, Turner 7-17 1-2 16, Olynyk 3-6 0-2 6, Jerebko 0-3 0-0 0, Zeller 2-3 0-1 4, Hunter 2-4 2-2 8. Totals 39-86 15-22 105. SAN ANTONIO (108) Leonard 4-13 5-6 15, Aldridge 8-15 1-2 17, Duncan 3-5 0-0 6, Parker 5-8 0-0 10, Green 2-6 2-2 6, Mills 4-8 0-0 9, Diaw 6-11 3-5 16, Ginobili 6-11 2-4 15, West 4-4 2-3 10, Anderson 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 44-84 15-22 108. Boston 27 22 22 34 — 105 San Antonio 29 29 28 22 — 108 3-Point Goals-Boston 12-29 (Bradley 4-6, Crowder 3-3, Hunter 2-4, Turner 1-2, Johnson 1-4, Thomas 1-6, Jerebko 0-1, Olynyk 0-1, Sullinger 0-2), San Antonio 5-17 (Leonard 2-4, Diaw 1-2, Mills 1-4, Ginobili 1-5, Green 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 45 (Johnson 11), San Antonio 56 (Leonard, Aldridge 8). Assists-Boston 22 (Thomas 8), San Antonio 26 (Parker 6). Total Fouls-Boston 22, San Antonio 22. A-18,418 (18,797).

Jazz 122, Pacers 119, OT Salt Lake City — Derrick Favors scored a career-high 35 points, and Utah rallied for a n overtime victory against Indiana. Favors converted a threepoint play to help send the game to overtime, and then added six more points in the extra period. Favors had a layup off a pick-and-roll with Trey Burke with 17.1 seconds left, and George Hill missed a potential tying three-pointer at the buzzer. Indiana wasted career-high 48 points from Paul George. INDIANA (119) Miles 2-10 7-8 12, George 15-27 10-13 48, Mahinmi 3-3 0-2 6, G.Hill 4-10 0-0 10, Ellis 2-11 2-2 6, J.Hill 4-9 2-2 10, Stuckey 8-14 6-7 23, Allen 1-4 0-0 2, Budinger 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 40-93 27-34 119. UTAH (122) Hayward 5-14 9-10 22, Lyles 2-4 0-0 4, Favors 14-24 7-9 35, Neto 5-8 1-1 13, Hood 2-5 2-2 6, Burks 3-11 2-6 9, Booker 2-6 6-8 10, Burke 8-17 1-1 19, Millsap 1-1 0-0 2, Withey 1-2 0-0 2, Ingles 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-92 28-37 122. Indiana 19 33 32 26 9 — 119 Utah 27 30 27 26 12 — 122 3-Point Goals-Indiana 12-29 (George 8-11, G.Hill 2-5, Stuckey 1-3, Miles 1-6, Budinger 0-1, J.Hill 0-1, Ellis 0-2), Utah 8-23 (Hayward 3-8, Neto 2-3, Burke 2-8, Burks 1-3, Hood 0-1). Fouled Out-Allen, Mahinmi, Hood. ReboundsIndiana 55 (George, J.Hill, Allen 8), Utah 63 (Booker 14). Assists-Indiana 17 (G.Hill 5), Utah 21 (Burke 7). Total Fouls-Indiana 34, Utah 30. Technicals-Utah defensive three second. A-19,500 (19,911).

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QB play key to KC-Raiders Oakland, Calif. (ap) — Derek Carr’s first meeting against the Kansas City Chiefs was a memorable one. With the Oakland Raiders mired in a 0-10 start in his rookie season, Carr led an 80-yard drive in the rain to throw the game-winning touchdown pass to James Jones with 1:46 remaining. “I always had confidence in myself, I was just waiting for the wins to happen,” Carr said. “We were blessed enough to finally get one, and it happened to be on a touchdown pass.” That was a sign of things to come for Carr, whose dramatic improvement in year two is the biggest reason why the Raiders (5-6) are still in the playoff hunt in December heading into today’s home game against the streaking Chiefs (6-5). Carr has thrown two more late game-winning touchdown passes this season, including a 12-yarder to Seth Roberts that gave Oakland a 24-21 win last week at Tennessee to snap a three-game skid. Carr also led a go-ahead fieldgoal drive at Chicago and threw a late game-tying touchdown pass at Pittsburgh, only to watch the defense blow the lead in those games. It’s all part of a season in which Carr has thrown for 2,895 yards with 24 touchdowns, six interceptions and a 101.5 passer rating to make the Raiders contenders again. “He was poised last year for a rookie, and he’s even more poised now,” Kansas City coach Andy Reid said. “He gets the ball out fast. I think the Raiders are very fortunate to have him.” The Chiefs are happy with their quarterback as well, with Alex Smith posting the second-highest passer rating of his career at 94.6 and going 283 straight passes without an interception. That has helped key a five-game winning streak that has put Kansas City in playoff position. “You’re touching the football every play as a quarterback and that comes with a lot of responsibility in executing the offense,” Smith said. “You focus on what it is you’re trying to do. You try to make good decisions, play fast, throw the

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CAPSULE KANSAS CITY (6-5) at OAKLAND (5-6) Today, 3:05 p.m., CBS (WOW! channels 5, 13, 205, 213) OPENING LINE — Chiefs by 21⁄2 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Chiefs 6-5, Raiders 6-5 SERIES RECORD — Chiefs lead 58-52-4 LAST MEETING — Chiefs beat Raiders 31-13, Dec. 14, 2014 LAST WEEK — Chiefs beat Bills 30-22; Raiders beat Titans 24-21 AP PRO32 RANKING — Chiefs No. 8, Raiders No. 17 (tie) CHIEFS OFFENSE — OVERALL (16), RUSH (6), PASS (24T). CHIEFS DEFENSE — OVERALL (10), RUSH (9), PASS (11). RAIDERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (10), RUSH (23), PASS (8). RAIDERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (27), RUSH (18), PASS (29). STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Chiefs won three of past four meetings, with loss

ball accurately and get it to your playmakers, that’s what you’re thinking about really.” The Chiefs have gone five straight games without a turnover, tied for the second-longest singleseason streak in NFL history. Only the 2010 New England Patriots had a longer streak at seven games. Other than a fiveturnover debacle against Denver in Week 2, the Chiefs have just three turnovers in the other 10 games. The Raiders have

coming last year in Oakland. ... Kansas City is third team in NFL history with at least five straight games in one season with no turnovers. New England holds record with seven in 2010. ... Chiefs QB Alex Smith has 283 straight passes without INT, fourth-longest streak ever. ... Smith is highest-rated passer ever vs. Raiders with 108.8 rating in five starts. ... Kansas City RB Charcandrick West averaging 119 yards from scrimmage per game over his last four contests. ... Oakland QB Derek Carr has thrown for at least 300 yards in four of past five games and six overall this season. Carr needs one more 300-yard game to tie Rich Gannon’s single-season franchise record. ... Raiders RB Latavius Murray has 171 yards, two TDs on 16 carries in two games vs. Chiefs. ... Oakland’s Khalil Mack has seven sacks in past nine games. ... Raiders have allowed 14 sacks, tied for fewest in NFL. ... Oakland CB David Amerson had six passes defensed last week.

just two takeaways the past three weeks. Other trends to watch: Murray’s breakout: Carr wasn’t the only Raider with a breakout performance against Kansas City last year. Latavius Murray ran four times for 112 yards and two TDs in that November win, highlighted by a 90-yard touchdown run. After struggling to get on the field to start his career, that game helped make Murray the starter. He has 765 yards so far this season and is on pace to become Oakland’s first

1,000-yard back since 2010. Running Depth: When star running back Jamaal Charles went down with a season-ending knee injury in October, the Chiefs had just one win and appeared to be going nowhere. But undrafted second-year running back Charcandrick West has filled the void. West is averaging 114 yards from scrimmage with four TDs in his past four games. He missed last week’s win over Buffalo, but is expected to play Sunday. Awesome Amerson: The Raiders’ suspect secondary got a big boost last week from David Amerson, who has made a big impact since being claimed off waivers from Washington in September. Amerson replaced DJ Hayden in the starting lineup last week and had six passes defensed and an interception. Amerson is tied for the league lead with 19 passes defensed for the season, despite only playing nine games. Homecoming: The Chiefs also have gotten a Streaking: In two of her big impact in the secondlast three games, KU freshary from a newcomer. First-round pick Marcus Peters has four of Kansas City’s 14 interceptions this season. The Chiefs had just six picks all of last season and Peters Three wrestlers would love to add another in his hometown of win titles Oakland.

Slumping: Through six games, KU’s free-throw shooting hasn’t been consistent. The Jayhawks have improved of late, making 14 of 19 at SMU and shooting 7-for-8 at the foul line versus Creighton, but overall Kansas is hitting just 64.8 percent. Junior Caelynn Manning-Allen leads the team in free-throw attempts and has hit 12 of 19 (63.2 percent). Probable starters Kansas (4-2) G — Lauren Aldridge, 5-7, so. G — Aisia Robertson, 5-7, fr. G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, fr. F — Jada Brown, 6-0, jr. F — Caelynn ManningAllen, 6-4, jr. St. John’s (5-1) G — Aliyyah Handford, 5-9, sr. G — Aaliyah Lewis, 5-5, jr. G — Danaejah Grant, 5-9, sr. F — Sandra Udobi, 6-2, jr. F — Imani Littleton, 6-3, so.

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Charcandrick West and Spencer Ware will form a committee at running back when the Chiefs visit Oakland today. “It goes without saying, it’s still a running back by committee,” Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson said Thursday. “I think you have to use them both. Here’s two young running backs that are playing a lot and we’re getting to that time of the season where bodies are really getting sore and banged up.” Ware got the start in last week’s 30-22 victory over the Buffalo Bills after West was injured the previous week at San Diego. The production remained high. Ware rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns in his first NFL start. West had rushed for 276 in the three games previous to his hamstring injury against the Chargers. Now, both are healthy and expected to share the load with different styles. “You see Charcandrick as more of that slasher, quick-cut guy, and here

Guard support: After Kansas University’s women’s basketball team defeated Creighton on Wednesday, coach Brandon Schneider said KU’s offense is at its best when the Jayhawks’ guards are knocking down shots from outside. Sophomore point guard Lauren Aldridge shot 4-for-9 from three-point range in the 13-point home win, and freshman Kylee Kopatich drained all three of her tries from deep. But Schneider added that KU’s ability to use freshmen Aisia Robertson and Jayde Christopher as primary ballhandlers for stretches also helps KU’s offense. “When you can play Jayde Christopher at the 1, and you can get Lauren off the ball a little bit — I mean, I love Lauren as a point guard, but I like her in a shooting role, as well,” Schneider clarified. “But the amount of minutes that (Aldridge) plays, I think it takes a little bit of the pressure off of her. And Jayde is so aggressive and does such a great job of getting in the lane, when you can surround her or any other guard with guys that can make shots, then the offense does look much better.”

man forward Tyler Johnson has provided the Jayhawks with easy baskets off the bench. Johnson shot 4-for-8 against Northern Illinois and 4-for-6 against Creighton. The 6-foot-2 Leavenworth native is averaging 5.3 points in just 12.2 minutes.

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KANSAS CITY’S CHARCANDRICK WEST, ABOVE, AND SPENCER WARE will form a committee of running backs when the Chiefs face the Raiders this afternoon in Oakland. comes No. 32 (Ware) a hit you downhill, so it’s it’s great to give both of big physical fullback/ a little bit of a change of those guys an equal ophalfback type guy that pace for a defense. And portunity.”

Leavenworth — Lawrence High senior wrestler Alan Clothier and Free State High sophomores Tate Steele and Isaiah Jacobs took first place in their respective weight classes at the Leavenworth Challenger on Saturday afternoon. Clothier won all four of his matches at 195 pounds, including three by pinfall. Steele improved to a 6-0 record this season with four wins on Saturday at 126 pounds, and Jacobs won his first four matches of the season at 132 pounds. Lawrence’s Tucker Wilson (160 pounds) and Jimmy Cooper (152) added runner-up finishes in their weight classes. The Lions will wrestle in the two-day Eudora Tournament starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The Firebirds will travel to the Shawnee Mission Northwest Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday. Leavenworth Challenger Saturday at Leavenworth Team Scores: Raymore Peculiar 159, Washburn Rural 156, Leavenworth 130, Lee’s Summit 89, Free State 82, Lawrence 74, Liberty 65.5, Olathe East 55, Lansing 36.5, Shawnee Mission North 32. City placings (day’s record) 106 — 5. Garrett Bradley, FS (0-4). 113 — 4. Bennett King, FS (1-3). 120 — 5. Cameron Shanks, FS (3-2); 7. Gabe Smith, FS (0-3). 126 — 1. Tate Steele, FS (4-0); 4. Carson Jumping Eagle, LHS (1-3). 132 — 1. Isaiah Jacobs, FS (4-0). 138 — 4. Sid Miller, FS (2-3); 6. Melle Dye, LHS (0-5). 145 — 6. Ben Hill, FS (1-4); 7. Cade Burghart, LHS (2-3). 152 — 2. Jimmy Cooper, LHS (3-2); 5. James Wensel, FS (3-2).

160 — 2. Tucker Wilson, LHS (4-1); 8. Wyatt Stevens, FS (0-5). 170 — 7. Manuel Solis, FS (0-3). 195 — 1. Alan Clothier, LHS (4-0). 220 — 6. Sky Carey, FS (1-3); 7. Chris Geiss, LHS (0-4). 285 — 4. Kevin Nichols, LHS (1-3); 6. Reece Todd, FS (0-3). 106 B — 3. Dylan Ediger, FS (2-2). 126 B — 2. Elijah Jacobs, FS (3-1). 132 B — 5. Charlie Bermel, FS (2-2) 138 B — 3. Jay Cheatham, LHS (4-1); 7. Gary Jones, FS (0-4). 145 B — 7. Dylan Schultz, LHS (0-3). 152 B — 4. Hunter Gore, FS (1-3). 160 B — 2. Devin Beers, FS (4-1); 5. Hayden Weiss, LHS (1-4). 220 B — 2. Nick Eddis, FS (3-1); 6. Darrien Lockett, LHS (0-3). 285 B — 5. Nicholas Guier, FS (0-4).

FSHS’ Laufer named all-state

Free State High senior midfielder Will Laufer was selected first-team all-state in Class 6A by the Kansas Soccer Coaches Association on Thursday. Laufer, a Central Arkansas commit, scored six goals for the Firebirds this year, leading Free State to an 11-6-1 record, the most wins in a season since 2009. Lawrence High senior defenseman Piper Hubbell was selected secondteam all-state after scoring two goals and adding two assists. Among area players, De Soto’s Noah Lamar, Austin Culver, Andrew Dowdy and Kyle Moose, and Tonganoxie’s Tyler Novotney, were picked first-team all-state in 4-1A. Tonganoxie’s Logan Williams and Alex Kroll, along with De Soto’s Lucas Zoller, were chosen for the second team. Mill Valley’s Christian Howe was a second team selection in 5A.

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Composed Crimson can’t clip KU By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker, a disciple of Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski, emphasized four “C” words for his team’s showdown with Kansas University on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse — concentration, composure, confidence and competitive. He forgot one: close. Despite getting down by 16 points midway through the first half and trailing by nine at halftime, the Crimson (2-6) used a strong second-

half spurt and big-time rebounding advantage to tie the game with 7:35 to play, but could not finish the job and fell, 75-69. “We felt if we could attack those ‘C’ words, we would feel good,” Amaker said. “I thought we gave great effort in those areas. Composure was gonna be big for us. And we talked about that, being down, during the timeouts. We knew we were gonna have to rely on it, and I thought they did (the) best they could do.” Harvard outrebounded Kansas 21-12 in the first half and 39-31 for

the game. Most of that work was done early. At one point, Harvard’s rebounding edge read 9-1 on the stat sheet. “Every game, I think a big part of our identity is to box out and fight for the rebounds,” said Harvard big man Zena Edosomwan, who finished with 10 points and 11 boards. “Obviously, Kansas is a very big, athletic team, so for us, we had to be scrappy. I didn’t know we outrebounded them, but we were just trying to attack the glass and battle because we knew it was going to be a tough envi-

ronment against a great team.” Four Harvard players finished with four rebounds or more. And all but two Crimson players who entered the game grabbed at least one rebound. That included 6-foot-1 point guard Tommy McCarthy, who grabbed four boards and hit three of seven threepoint attempts for 11 points to go with five assists. Fourth-ranked Kansas (6-1), meanwhile, was led by Landen Lucas’ eight boards and point guard Devonté Graham, who grabbed four.

“I’ve always had a knack for playing in the moment,” said McCarthy, a freshman from Rancho Santa Fe, California. “I never back down from anyone. I’m confident in myself and my abilities. When it was time to step up, I tried to do my best.” That attitude was the mindset of the entire Harvard team that entered Allen Fieldhouse knowing that pulling off an upset would be tough but began to believe it could happen more and more with each second. “I don’t think we were really paying attention to

the score,” Edosomwan said. “We were just playing and trying to compete, controlling what we can control and playing hard on defense, getting stops and rebounding. We were playing our game, playing composed. When that happened, guys were more relaxed and good to go. Better things started happening as the game went on. Our confidence built.” Added Amaker, who said he was pleased with everything but the final result: “I just thought our kids were really locked in on trying to manage the game.”

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) SWOOPS IN FOR A BUCKET between Harvard center Zena Edosomwan (4) and guard Agunwa Okolie during the second half of KU’s 75-69 victory on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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BOX SCORE HARVARD (69) MIN FG FT REB PFTP m-a m-a o-t Tommy McCarthy 37 3-10 2-3 1-4 5 11 Zena Edosomwan 24 4-10 2-2 2-11 4 10 Corey Johnson 31 3-7 0-0 1-2 4 8 Agunwa Okolie 32 3-8 0-0 2-6 0 6 Evan Cummins 16 1-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 Weisner Perez 20 4-7 7-8 2-9 4 15 Chris Egi 16 3-4 0-0 0-0 3 6 Patrick Steeves 13 3-4 1-2 1-2 0 8 Corbin Miller 11 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 1-4 Totals 25-5712-15 11-39 22 69 Three-point goals: 7-19 (McCarthy 3-7, Johnson 2-5, Steeves 1-2, Miller 1-4, Perez 0-1). Assists: 15 (McCarthy 5, Johnson 3, Steeves 2, Egi 2, Edosomwan, Okolie, Perez). Turnovers: 19 (Johnson 4, McCarthy 3, Edosomwan 3, Egi 3, Cummins 2, Steeves 2, Okolie, team). Blocked shots: 3 (Egi 2, Cummins). Steals: 3 (Okolie 2, Steeves).

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Harvard 12-of-15) that obviously could have made the game less interesting late. “(But) we needed some late-game pressure put on us and real-game pressure. We had some individuals that didn’t have great games. As a team, I didn’t think we played awful. I thought our defense was pretty good (Harvard hit 43.9 percent to KU’s 47.5 mark). We didn’t rebound the ball other than Landen. (But) I don’t leave here discouraged at all because I know we can make free throws, and I know we can make layups,” Self added. The closeness of the game made Self tighten his rotation the final half. Lucas, who missed Tuesday’s 94-61 victory over Loyola because of a big toe injury, played 19 minutes the second half, grabbing six rebounds while guarding rugged Zena Edosomwan, who had 10 points and 11 boards. Ellis played 17 minutes the second half, while Jamari Traylor played one minute and Cheick Diallo two, Carlton Bragg and Hunter Mickelson none. “Landen was by far the best player in the game,” Self said. “He did a great job on No. 4, Zena. He’s a monster. Landen didn’t even need traps for the most part.” Lucas — he said his left big toe was “a little sore, but not giving me too much trouble” — knew his job was to get some rebounds on a day the Crimson dominated the boards.

KANSAS COACH BILL SELF YELLS AT HIS BENCH during a Harvard run in the second half. “It’s something I really take pride in,” Portland, Oregon, junior Lucas said of rebounding. “I really enjoy it. Whenever we are kind of struggling in that area, I feel he (Self) knows when I get out there that’s going to be one of my top priorities, just going after the rebounds. Making sure my man doesn’t get it is Part One. If it’s an opportunity for me to get it myself, it’s Part Two.” Frank Mason III (career-high-tying 21 points, five assists, four steals) and Devonté Graham (12 points, four boards, three assists, three steals) played 20 and 19 minutes respectively the second half to go with Ellis’ 17 minutes. Wayne Selden Jr., who had foul problems, went 10 minutes the second half, finishing with nine points and four assists in 22 minutes. “Me being here so long,

KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) DRIVES against Harvard guard Patrick Steeves. I can kind of tell how coach is feeling in certain situations. I think that was the way the game was flowing,” Lucas said, not surprised at all by his second-half playing time. “When I got in there, I was able to defend No. 4 and try to help out on

the glass. It’s something we needed. I felt like he (Self) recognized that and kind of rolled with it after that.” Self was asked about the use of the bigs. “I love Cheick, but Cheick couldn’t guard No. 4 as well as Landen,”

KANSAS (75) MIN FG FT REB PFTP m-a m-a o-t Frank Mason III 38 7-11 5-7 0-3 1 21 Devonté Graham 36 5-12 1-3 1-4 1 12 Perry Ellis 27 5-11 2-5 0-4 3 12 Wayne Selden Jr. 22 3-4 1-1 0-2 4 9 Jamari Traylor 10 1-1 1-2 1-2 1 3 Svi Mykhailiuk 25 3-9 0-0 1-1 2 7 Landen Lucas 24 2-2 1-3 4-8 1 5 Carlton Bragg Jr. 9 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 2 Cheick Diallo 7 1-5 2-4 0-2 1 4 Hunter Mickelson 2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 team 1-2 Totals 28-5913-25 10-31 14 75 Three-point goals: 6-14 (Mason 2-3, Selden 2-3, Graham 1-2, Mykhailiuk 1-6). Assists: 17 (Mason 5, Selden 4, Graham 3, Ellis 3, Lucas, Bragg). Turnovers: 12 (Mason 3, Traylor 3, Graham, Ellis, Selden, Mykhailiuk, Lucas, Bragg). Blocked shots: 5 (Ellis, Selden, Traylor, Diallo, Mickelson). Steals: 11 (Mason 4, Graham 3, Ellis 2, Traylor, Bragg). Harvard 29 40 — 69 Kansas 38 37 — 75 Officials: Duke Edsall, Mike Roberts, Andrew Walton. Attendance: 16,300.

Self said. “We can say Cheick and Carlton are the two best prospects we have with our big guys without question. You go 2-for-8 (combined), and you are not great defensively, and the majority of shots are in pretty tight. They had some opportunities. Probably the game situation is the only reason they didn’t play more. We decided to go with three bigs the second half, for the most part. Fortunately, Landen played as well as he did defensively and rebounded the ball.” Lucas said the youngsters will benefit.

“This is good for them,” Lucas said. “Cheick’s last game ... after the first half, we cruised through it. This was his first time out there really against a solid team, a really good team. Guys like Carlton and him ... they will learn. This is what we need, because we know we need them going forward, going into March. If we can come out with a win, we can learn, they’ll learn, and they’ll grow.” Lucas said KU, in the final analysis, should have built on its early 3216 lead. “If you give any team confidence, they are going to end up being more aggressive,” Lucas said. “They did a great job with that. We can’t let teams stay in it that long, especially with the homecourt advantage we have. We shoulda cut them out in the first half. We didn’t. They got confidence and stuck around. They’re a good team.” KU did receive clutch play from Graham, whose three gave KU a 64-58 lead at 5:41, and Mason, who stretched a fourpoint lead to 67-60 with a three at 4:31. Lucas hit a shot to increase a fivepoint lead to 71-64 at 1:44. Graham and Mason went 4-of-6 from the line in the final :36 seconds as KU held on. “Frank and Devonté’s perimeter defense was exceptional,” Self said. “Frank and Devonté were good. Everybody else ... we kind of pieced it together. We’ve got to tighten some things up and have got to be able to throw it into somebody and be able to make a basket.” KU will meet Holy Cross at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Allen.

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THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT SECTION WAVES FAREWELL TO HARVARD GUARD TOMMY MCCARTHY after McCarthy fouled out during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 75-69 victory on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Self: Jayhawks not aggressive ... I don’t want to worry about. I’m going to get through it. I definitely am. I’ve just got to keep fighting and working hard in practice, and it’ll be good.” He hurt his hip in a Maui semifinal victory over UCLA. “I got my hip hurt a little bit. (It’s) kind of slowed me down a little bit like endurance-wise, but overall that’s not an excuse or anything. I’m going to put it on myself to keep competing, and I’ll be good,” Ellis added. “I’m going to keep my head up, keep working hard, and things will be good.”

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Kansas University senior forward Perry Ellis elected to not challenge Harvard’s Agunwa Okolie on a one-handed dunk early in Saturday’s 75-69 victory over the Crimson in Allen Fieldhouse. The lack of resistance on the slam bothered KU coach Bill Self. “I’m leaving out of here thinking we can play tougher. Who lets somebody come down the middle of the floor, take off from halfcourt and dunk it on our head ... and get out of the way? I mean, nobody does that,” said Self, who never singled out Ellis by name, just discussed the play in generalities. “That’s competitive. That set the tone and gave them confidence. I just hate that we can’t be more competitive than that in certain situations.” Self continued: “We’ve got basically six big guys we can put out there, so why in the world would one of ’em let a guy take off from halfcourt and dunk on our head to start the game? I mean, that is just unbelievable to me. I mean, unbelievable. One foul when we’ve got 30 to give, and we can’t foul once? That’s the kind of mindset I think we have to correct. If we correct that, we’ll obviously become more aggressive. We’ll rebound the ball better because we’ll have a more aggressive mindset.” Ellis, who scored the first five points of the game and five straight to

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who averaged 20.3 points in 27 minutes vs. Northern Colorado, Michigan State and UCLA. Ellis played 27 minutes Saturday and was limited to 12 points and four rebounds. Self is on the record as saying Ellis’ hip is not a factor. “I don’t know,” Self said when asked about what has slowed Ellis of late. “He’s such a good player. I mean, he’s such a good player. He played way below the rim today. He hasn’t been the same since we got back from Maui.” Self stopped himself to

Woodard cheered: Four-time Kodak AllAmerican Lynette Woodard was honored at Saturday’s game and was accorded a loud standing ovation during a first-half timeout. In May, Woodard was selected as the 2015 Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Women’s Basketball Award delivered by UPS and the Atlanta Tipoff Club. She also will be honored during today’s KU women’s game against St. John’s. l

KANSAS FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS (33) CELEBRATES A HARVARD TURNOVER during the second half. bust a 56-56 tie, accepted blame. “That’s definitely my fault. I should have definitely stopped that, stopped that play,” Ellis said of the runaway dunk. “It’s something moving forward, I won’t let that happen again.”

clarify he wasn’t blasting his senior star. “I’m not speaking negatively at all, because I love his game,” Self said. “I think he’s so good. He hasn’t been himself. He hasn’t been aggressive, so I don’t know if he has a flu bug or something going on. Even tonight, he didn’t make moves with any authority and certainly got the ball right where he wanted it and wasn’t able to finish.” Experience is so important in college basketball, and Ellis and Wayne Selden Jr. are the Jayhawks’ most experienced players. With Ellis not himself and Selden limited to 22 minutes by foul trouble, Kansas looked very beatable against 2-6 Harvard.

Ellis — he made the all-Maui Invitational tournament team in Hawaii — had 15 points off 5-of-9 shooting against Loyola on Tuesday and 12 points off 5-of-11 shooting Saturday vs. Harvard. He has missed several inside shots recently.

Volleyball team cheered: KU’s volleyball players received a standing ovation when introduced during a first-half timeout. The volleyball team swept Furman and Missouri, 3-0 apiece, Thursday and Friday to advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.

“I’m just glad we got the win,” Ellis said Saturday. “Missing bunnies and stuff ... it’s something I’m going to get out of, try not to think about it too much. You’ve just to got l keep playing and grindOn Selden’s foul woes: ing through. “It’s something I can’t Wayne Selden Jr. picked

up three first-half fouls. “I probably shouldn’t have put him back in the first half,” Self said. “I asked him, ‘Can I trust you and everything?’ He says yes and goes out and makes a silly foul. The fourth foul was not his fault at all.” Selden had nine points and four assists in 22 minutes. He hit two threes in three tries. l

Stats, facts: KU is 1-0 vs. Harvard and 15-0 vs. members of the Ivy League. ... KU is 96-4 vs. nonconference opponents in Allen in the Self era. ... KU has won 27 in a row in Allen. ... KU hit eight straight shots during the first half in building a 16-point lead. The eight consecutive makes marked KU’s second longest streak of the season, having made 10 in a row during the second half against Chaminade. ... KU’s 31 rebounds and 21 defensive rebounds were the team’s fewest in a game this season. ... KU logged a season-best 11 steals and was able to convert 19 total Harvard turnovers into 16 points. ... Frank Mason III tied his career-high with 21 points. ... Ellis grabbed four rebounds to move into the top 20 on KU’s all-time board list. He passed Greg Dreiling – 650 from 1984-86 – and has 652 career boards. Ellis’ next target on the list is current Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris (2009-11) at 662. ... Ellis has scored in double figures in six of the Jayhawks’ seven games and 61 times in his 78 career appearances.

KU MEN’S SCHEDULE

KANSAS FORWARD HUNTER MICKELSON (42) BLOCKS A SHOT by Harvard center Zena Edosomwan (4) during the first half. At right is Kansas forward Carlton Bragg Jr.

Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W 109-72 (1-0) Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, 7 p.m. Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, Sprint Center, 7 p.m. Dec. 19 — Montana, 1 p.m. Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, 10 p.m. Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, 8 p.m. Jan. 2 — Baylor, 3 p.m. Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m. Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m. Jan. 16 — TCU, 1 p.m. Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. Jan. 23 — Texas, 1 p.m. Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, 8 p.m. Jan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, TBA Feb. 3 — Kansas State, 8 p.m. Feb. 6 — at TCU, 11 a.m. Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 6 p.m. Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m. Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, 5 p.m. Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m. Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. Feb. 29 — at Texas, 8 p.m. March 5 — Iowa State, TBA March 9-12 — Big 12 tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

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Arizona rallies, edges Gonzaga The Associated Press

Top 25 No. 19 Arizona 68, No. 13 Gonzaga 63 Spokane, Wash. — Gabe York scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, Allonzo Trier added 14 points, and Arizona rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to knock off Gonzaga on Saturday. After playing an overtime thriller in Tucson a year ago, the Bulldogs and Wildcats got together for another non-conference classic as the Wildcats rallied to hand Gonzaga (5-2) its first non-conference home loss since falling to Illinois in 2012. Arizona (7-1) trailed 50-42 after Josh Perkins’ three-point play with 14:42 to play but the Wildcats outscored Gonzaga 26-13 the rest of the way. Ryan Anderson, held to two points in the first half, scored in the lane with 20 seconds left to clinch the victory for the Wildcats. Anderson finished with 13 points. Kyle Wiltjer scored 33 points for the Bulldogs, who lost for the second time in the last eight days. It was Arizona’s first game since learning that center Kaleb Tarczewski would miss four to six weeks because of a stress reaction and strained muscle in his left foot. Tarczewski was in a walking boot watching his teammates, but also a spectator was Gonzaga big man Przemek Karnowski sitting out his second straight game due to back spasms. The absence of Karnowski proved to be a bigger loss as Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis got little help from others. Sabonis had 18 points and 16 rebounds but no other Gonzaga player scored more than six points. York was the catalyst for Arizona’s rally and it started quickly. York scored eight points to start the second half and Anderson’s first basket with 15:52 left pulled Arizona within 45-42. York added two more threes and Wiltjer had a three waved off due to an offensive foul on Sabonis and the Wildcats pulled even at 50 with 12:55 left. The teams scored on six straight possessions to stay tied at 56 and Trier finally gave Arizona its first lead since the opening minutes at 59-58 on a driving layup with 8:18 left. Arizona extended the lead to 66-61 with three minutes left before Wiltjer followed his own miss and scored. York missed the front end of a 1-and-1 but Perkins couldn’t hit an open three that would have brought the Bulldogs even. Wiltjer and Sabonis both missed on the inside with less than a minute left and Anderson’s basket in the lane provided the final margin. Gonzaga missed 12 of its final 13 shots. Wiltjer and Sabonis couldn’t be stopped early, combining to score Gonzaga’s first 26 points. While Gonzaga’s stars carried the Bulldogs in the first half, Arizona’s scoring leaders were nonexistent. ARIZONA (7-1) Anderson 5-10 3-5 13, Ristic 4-6 1-2 9, York 7-16 0-2 18, Allen 0-7 0-1 0, Trier 6-9 2-2 14, Jackson-Cartwright 2-8 1-2 6, Simon 0-0 0-2 0, Comanche 0-1 2-2 2, Tollefsen 2-5 0-1 4, Pitts 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 27-65 9-19 68. GONZAGA (5-2) Sabonis 9-16 0-1 18, Wiltjer 14-27 2-2 33, Dranginis 0-1 0-0 0, Perkins 2-9 2-3 6, McClellan 1-4 0-0 2, Melson 0-3 0-0 0, Alberts 0-0 0-0 0, Edwards 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 27-61 6-8 63. Halftime-Gonzaga 38-28. 3-Point Goals-Arizona 5-15 (York 4-6, Jackson-Cartwright 1-3, Trier 0-1, Allen 0-1, Tollefsen 0-2, Pitts 0-2), Gonzaga 3-13 (Wiltjer 3-7, McClellan 0-1, Melson 0-1, Perkins 0-4). Fouled Out-Perkins. Rebounds-Arizona 40 (Anderson, Trier, York 6), Gonzaga 41 (Sabonis 16). Assists-Arizona 8 (Allen, Trier, York 2), Gonzaga 11 (Perkins 5). Total Fouls-Arizona 12, Gonzaga 18. A-6,000.

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ARIZONA’S ELLIOTT PITTS, FRONT, RUNS DOWN A REBOUND against Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis. No. 19 Arizona defeated No. 13 Gonzaga, 68-63, on Saturday in Spokane, Washington. No. 3 Michigan St. 76, Binghamton 33 East Lansing, Mich. — Denzel Valentine had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Bryn Forbes scored 14 points as Michigan State rolled over Binghamton. The Spartans (9-0) stormed to a 41-12 halftime lead, shooting 15of-29 from the field and holding cold-shooting Binghamton (2-5) to 4-of31. BINGHAMTON (2-5) Bruce 1-5 3-5 5, Rodriguez 2-11 2-2 6, Beck 0-6 0-0 0, Davis 2-12 0-0 4, McFadden 3-5 3-4 10, Rose 0-2 1-2 1, Walker 0-6 0-0 0, Rinaldi 0-0 0-0 0, McRae 0-1 0-0 0, Ahearn 1-4 0-0 2, Schurman 0-2 0-0 0, Perovic 1-6 2-2 5. Totals 10-60 11-15 33. MICHIGAN ST. (9-0) Bess 1-2 0-0 2, Costello 3-3 2-3 8, Forbes 6-10 0-0 14, Nairn Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Valentine 5-9 2-2 13, Ahrens 0-2 0-0 0, Ellis III 2-4 1-2 6, Harris 3-9 4-7 11, Clark Jr. 4-7 0-0 9, McQuaid 1-7 0-0 3, Davis 3-7 0-0 6, Goins 0-0 0-0 0, Van Dyk 0-0 0-0 0, Wollenman 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 30-64 9-14 76. Halftime-Michigan St. 41-12. 3-Point Goals-Binghamton 2-17 (McFadden 1-2, Perovic 1-3, Walker 0-1, Davis 0-2, Schurman 0-2, Beck 0-3, Rodriguez 0-4), Michigan St. 7-26 (Forbes 2-6, Ellis III 1-1, Clark Jr. 1-2, Harris 1-4, Valentine 1-5, McQuaid 1-5, Bess 0-1, Ahrens 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Binghamton 33 (Ahearn 5), Michigan St. 53 (Valentine 12). Assists-Binghamton 7 (Beck, Davis 2), Michigan St. 24 (Nairn Jr. 7). Total Fouls-Binghamton 14, Michigan St. 15. A-14,797.

No. 11 Purdue 70, New Mexico 58 West Lafayette, Ind. — Seven-foot-two Isaac Haas scored 21 points, and 7-footer A.J. Hammons added 16 in Purdue’s victory over New Mexico. The Boilermakers improved to 8-0 for the first time since the 2009-10 team won 14 straight at the start of the season. New Mexico (5-2), which got 18 points from Elijah Brown and 16 from Cullen Neal, had no answer for the Boilermakers’ 7-footers in the second half when Hammons scored 14 and Haas added nine. Hammons had 10 rebounds. Haas had six. Purdue’s Johnny Hill, who scored 13 points, limited Neal to three secondhalf points. Neal is the son of Lobos coach Craig Neal. NEW MEXICO (5-2) Logwood 0-2 0-0 0, T. Williams 3-12 2-2 8, Aget 3-3 1-2 7, Neal 6-16 2-3 16, Brown 6-12 6-7 21, Hunter 0-1 0-1 0, Adams 0-2 0-0 0, Furstinger 1-4 0-2 2, Jacobs 0-0 0-0 0, Mathis 0-0 0-0 0, Scekic 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 21-54 11-17 58. PURDUE (8-0) Edwards 2-11 1-2 5, Swanigan 1-6 0-0 2, Haas 6-12 9-13 21, Thompson 0-3 2-2 2, Mathias 0-5 2-2 2, Hill 4-5 5-6 13, Cline 1-4 0-0 3, Hammons 7-10 2-3 16, Stephens 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 23-62 21-28 70. Halftime-Purdue 31-25. 3-Point Goals-New Mexico 5-13 (Brown 3-5, Neal 2-6, Adams 0-1, Logwood 0-1), Purdue 3-21 (Stephens 2-6, Cline 1-4, Swanigan 0-1, Thompson 0-2, Mathias 0-3, Edwards 0-5). Fouled Out-Aget, Logwood. Rebounds-New Mexico 28 (T. Williams 7), Purdue 51 (Hammons 11). Assists-New Mexico 15 (Neal 5), Purdue 13 (Hill, Swanigan 4). Total Fouls-New Mexico 27, Purdue 20. Technical-Brown. A-14,221.

No. 7 Duke 82, Buffalo 59 Durham, N.C. — Freshman Brandon Ingram scored 23 points, and Duke pulled away to beat Buffalo. Grayson Allen finished with 22 points and a career-best 11 rebounds, and Amile Jefferson had 13 points for the Blue Devils No. 12 Xavier 95, Western Kentucky 64 (8-1). Cincinnati — Trevon BUFFALO (4-4) Bluiett matched his caBearden 2-4 6-8 10, Conner 1-4 3-4 5, Skeete 2-12 0-0 6, Wigginton 2-6 1-3 reer high with 21 points as 5, Smart 3-6 0-0 6, Hamilton 1-11 0-0 2, part of a double-double, Massinburg 8-12 0-1 17, DiSalvo 0-1 0-0 0, Rakicevic 1-3 0-0 2, Pino 0-0 0-0 0, leading Xavier to a vicPerkins 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 22-66 10-16 59. tory over Western KenDUKE (8-1) Allen 5-15 11-13 22, Jones 2-8 3-4 8, tucky that extended the Ingram 8-15 5-7 23, Jefferson 5-6 3-4 Musketeers’ best start in 13, Plumlee 0-2 1-2 1, Jeter 0-2 0-0 0, Kennard 2-7 2-2 7, Thornton 2-4 four years. James Farr also had a 4-4 8, Pagliuca 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 29-36 82. career-high 18 points for Halftime-Duke 34-24. 3-Point GoalsBuffalo 5-23 (Perkins 2-4, Skeete Xavier (8-0), which used 2-7, Massinburg 1-3, Bearden 0-1, its balance and front-line Rakicevic 0-1, DiSalvo 0-1, Conner 0-2, Hamilton 0-4), Duke 5-14 (Ingram advantage to hold a com2-4, Allen 1-3, Kennard 1-3, Jones 1-4). fortable lead most of the Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Buffalo 42 (Smart 9), Duke 43 (Allen 11). way. The Musketeers had Assists-Buffalo 8 (Bearden 3), Duke 10 a 40-32 edge in rebounds, (Thornton 5). Total Fouls-Buffalo 27, with Bluiett getting 10 as Duke 15. A-9,314. part of this third career double-double. No. 10 Virginia 67, Myles Davis added a William & Mary 52 season-high 16 points, Charlottesville, Va. and Xavier finished with — Anthony Gill and Malfive players in double figcolm Brogdon scored 16 ures and shot 57 percent points each, and Virginia from the field. beat William & Mary for Justin Johnson scored its sixth straight win. 15 points for Western Kentucky (4-4). WILLIAM & MARY (5-3) Dixon 6-11 0-0 15, Prewitt 6-12 1-2 14, Tarpey 1-7 2-2 4, Sheldon 2-6 1-2 5, Cohn 1-3 1-3 3, Glover 0-0 0-0 0, Malinowski 1-3 3-4 6, Burchfield 1-1 0-0 2, Schlotman 0-0 0-0 0, Tot 1-1 0-0 3, Rowley 0-0 0-0 0, Whitman 0-2 0-0 0, Seacat 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-46 8-13 52. VIRGINIA (7-1) Shayok 0-3 0-0 0, Tobey 1-5 0-0 2, Gill 5-10 6-7 16, Brogdon 6-12 2-2 16, Thompson 5-10 2-3 12, Hall 3-8 0-0 6, Bartley 0-0 0-0 0, Nolte 3-4 1-1 7, Wilkins 3-6 2-4 8, Kirven 0-0 0-0 0, Reuter 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 13-17 67. Halftime-Virginia 32-22. 3-Point Goals-William & Mary 6-18 (Dixon 3-8, Tot 1-1, Prewitt 1-2, Malinowski 1-3, Cohn 0-1, Tarpey 0-3), Virginia 2-12 (Brogdon 2-5, Shayok 0-2, Thompson 0-2, Hall 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-William & Mary 33 (Sheldon, Tarpey 6), Virginia 32 (Gill 7). Assists-William & Mary 8 (Cohn, Sheldon 2), Virginia 10 (Shayok 3). Total Fouls-William & Mary 16, Virginia 12. A-NA.

W. KENTUCKY (4-4) Johnson 5-14 5-6 15, Waters 1-1 0-0 2, McNeal 1-5 1-2 3, Cosby 4-11 0-0 11, Edmond 3-5 2-2 8, Hunter 2-4 0-2 4, Lawson 0-1 1-2 1, Rostov 0-1 0-0 0, Snipes 4-10 0-1 9, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Harrison-Docks 4-9 2-2 11. Totals 24-62 11-17 64. XAVIER (8-0) Reynolds 6-9 0-0 12, Sumner 2-5 8-10 12, Bluiett 6-9 6-7 21, Abell 1-4 0-0 2, Davis 5-9 3-3 16, Austin Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Farr 7-11 4-5 18, London 0-1 1-2 1, Gates 1-2 1-2 4, O’Mara 0-0 0-2 0, Macura 4-6 1-2 9. Totals 32-56 24-33 95. Halftime-Xavier 44-30. 3-Point Goals-W. Kentucky 5-22 (Cosby 3-8, Snipes 1-5, Harrison-Docks 1-6, Hunter 0-1, McNeal 0-2), Xavier 7-16 (Davis 3-5, Bluiett 3-6, Gates 1-2, London 0-1, Sumner 0-1, Abell 0-1). Fouled Out-Johnson, Waters. Rebounds-W. Kentucky 32 (Johnson 7), Xavier 40 (Bluiett 10). Assists-W. Kentucky 10 (McNeal 5), Xavier 21 (Davis 6). Total Fouls-W. Kentucky 25, Xavier 15. A-10,250.

No. 22 SMU 98, New Hampshire 44 Dallas — Keith Frazier scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half to lead SMU over New Hampshire. Frazier, a junior guard from Dallas, matched his career-high in scoring and he broke his career record for three-pointers in a game before halftime with five. He finished 6 for 10 from behind the arc and grabbed a seasonhigh eight rebounds. Shake Milton added 20 points for the Mustangs (6-0). Jaleen Smith led New Hampshire (5-3) with 14 points, hitting three of seven three-point attempts, and six rebounds. NEW HAMPSHIRE (5-3) Armstrong 3-10 0-0 6, Leissner 2-7 3-3 7, Smith 5-13 1-1 14, Dion 3-11 3-3 10, Jordan 0-4 0-1 0, Dotson 0-2 0-0 0, Burns 1-3 0-0 2, Camara 0-0 0-0 0, Watkins 1-5 1-3 3, McNamara 0-2 0-0 0, Bramanti 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 16-60 8-11 44.ss SMU (6-0) B. Moore 7-12 3-5 17, Kennedy 4-9 0-0 8, Brown 0-0 4-4 4, Frazier 7-12 3-4 23, N. Moore 4-6 1-2 13, Milton 6-10 4-5 20, Barefield 0-0 0-0 0, Foster 0-1 1-2 1, Wilfong 0-1 0-0 0, Tolbert 5-6 2-2 12. Totals 33-57 18-24 98. Halftime-SMU 50-20. 3-Point GoalsNew Hampshire 4-24 (Smith 3-7, Dion 1-7, Armstrong 0-1, Bramanti 0-1, Burns 0-1, Dotson 0-1, Leissner 0-1, Jordan 0-1, Watkins 0-2, McNamara 0-2), SMU 14-25 (Frazier 6-10, N. Moore 4-6, Milton 4-7, Wilfong 0-1, Kennedy 0-1). Fouled Out-Armstrong, Brown, Camara, Leissner. ReboundsNew Hampshire 23 (Smith 6), SMU 48 (Tolbert 13). Assists-New Hampshire 9 (Bramanti 4), SMU 23 (Brown, Foster, Kennedy, N. Moore 4). Total FoulsNew Hampshire 21, SMU 16. A-6,754.

Georgetown 79, No. 14 Syracuse 72 Washington — With coach Jim Boeheim beginning his nine-game NCAA suspension, Syracuse lost its second consecutive game, beaten by old rival Georgetown, thanks in large part to senior center Bradley Hayes’ career-high 21 points. This was the first meeting between the schools since Syracuse left the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference after No. 23 Providence 74, the 2012-13 season — and Rhode Island 72 Boeheim was nowhere to Kingston, R.I. — Ben be found, because of his Bentil tipped in Kris suspension. Dunn’s missed shot at the buzzer to send ProviSYRACUSE (6-2) Gbinije 7-16 6-7 23, Roberson 5-7 5-5 dence past Rhode Island. 15, Coleman 3-5 4-4 10, Cooney 3-12 2-2 Bentil finished with 11, Richardson 1-8 0-2 2, Howard 2-8 0-1 4, Joseph 0-0 0-0 0, Lydon 3-7 0-0 7. 23 points and eight reTotals 24-63 17-21 72. bounds to help the Friars GEORGETOWN (4-3) Copeland 5-9 2-2 14, Derrickson 4-7 (8-1) beat the Rams (5-3) 3-4 13, Hayes 8-12 5-7 21, Peak 1-5 0-0 for the sixth straight time. 3, Smith-Rivera 3-9 3-5 11, Campbell 1-2 4-6 6, Cameron 2-3 4-5 9, White 0-1 Rodney Bullock added 16 0-0 0, Govan 1-3 0-0 2, Johnson 0-1 0-0 points on 6-of-9 shooting, 0. Totals 25-52 21-29 79. Halftime-Georgetown 36-24. 3-Point and Dunn had 15 points, Goals-Syracuse 7-27 (Gbinije 3-8, five rebounds and five asCooney 3-9, Lydon 1-3, Howard 0-2, Richardson 0-5), Georgetown 8-21 sists. (Derrickson 2-4, Copeland 2-4, SmithRivera 2-7, Cameron 1-2, Peak 1-2, White 0-1, Campbell 0-1). Fouled OutHoward, Peak. Rebounds-Syracuse 32 (Roberson 8), Georgetown 35 (Derrickson 10). Assists-Syracuse 13 (Gbinije 5), Georgetown 16 (SmithRivera 5). Total Fouls-Syracuse 24, Georgetown 20. A-18,231.

Arizona St. 67, No. 18 Texas A&M 54 Tempe, Ariz. — Willie Atwood had 15 points to lead Arizona State’s balanced offense, and the Sun Devils held off a late charge. Arizona State (6-2) had some solid wins to start the season and passed its first big test by beating the Aggies, the third ranked nonconference team to play at Wells Fargo Arena in 32 years. The Sun Devils made 10 three-pointers. No. 21 Miami 88, Charlotte 60 Coral Gables, Fla. — Seven reserves combined for 35 points to help Miami beat Charlotte. The Hurricanes (7-1) raced to a 40-10 lead after 16 minutes. The 49ers (1-7) lost their fourth straight. Sheldon McClellan, Miami’s leading scorer this season, did not start because of a nagging lower extremity injury that limited his practice time this week. He had eight points and five assists in 21 minutes off the bench. CHARLOTTE (1-7) White 2-9 1-2 6, Davis 1-4 0-0 2, Vanhook 5-10 0-0 10, Sullivan 1-8 3-4 5, Uchebo 6-13 0-1 12, Camidge 0-3 0-0 0, Ogbueze 2-9 0-0 5, Scott 2-5 5-8 9, Blakley 0-0 0-0 0, Griciunas 4-6 2-2 11. Totals 23-67 11-17 60. MIAMI (7-1) Newton 2-5 9-10 14, Reed 4-5 4-4 12, Rodriguez 2-6 3-3 8, Murphy 4-8 3-4 11, Jekiri 4-6 0-1 8, Lawrence Jr. 4-5 0-0 9, McClellan 2-4 3-4 8, Palmer 3-8 1-1 7, Izundu 0-1 0-0 0, Robinson 0-1 0-0 0, Cruz Uceda 4-5 0-0 11, Stowell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-54 23-27 88. Halftime-Miami 46-21. 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 3-18 (Griciunas 1-1, White 1-4, Ogbueze 1-6, Vanhook 0-1, Camidge 0-2, Davis 0-2, Scott 0-2), Miami 7-14 (Cruz Uceda 3-4, McClellan 1-1, Lawrence Jr. 1-2, Newton 1-2, Rodriguez 1-4, Palmer 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Charlotte 32 (Sullivan 12), Miami 41 (Jekiri 10). Assists-Charlotte 13 (Davis 5), Miami 19 (Newton 6). Total Fouls-Charlotte 19, Miami 17. A-6,735.

PROVIDENCE (8-1) Bentil 9-12 5-5 23, Bullock 6-9 4-4 16, Fazekas 2-3 0-0 6, Dunn 7-16 1-2 15, Lomomba 4-6 2-2 10, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Lindsey 1-5 0-0 2, Cartwright 1-2 0-0 2, Edwards 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-55 12-13 74. RHODE ISLAND (5-3) Martin 6-10 2-4 15, Iverson 3-7 1-2 7, Garrett 8-17 0-1 17, McGlynn 0-8 0-0 0, Terrell 6-13 5-5 19, Thompson 3-5 1-1 10, Watson 2-2 0-0 4, Akele 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-62 9-13 72. Halftime-Rhode Island 36-32. 3-Point Goals-Providence 2-8 (Fazekas 2-3, Bullock 0-1, Dunn 0-1, Bentil 0-1, Lindsey 0-2), Rhode Island 7-21 (Thompson 3-3, Terrell 2-5, Martin 1-1, Garrett 1-5, Iverson 0-1, McGlynn 0-6). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsProvidence 26 (Bentil 8), Rhode Island 34 (Martin 8). Assists-Providence 7 (Dunn 5), Rhode Island 10 (Terrell 4). Total Fouls-Providence 12, Rhode Island 14. A-7,678.

No. 24 Louisville 111, Grand Canyon 63 Louisville, Ky. — Damion Lee matched his season-high with 24 points, Trey Lewis added 16, and Louisville used a 26-3 first-half run to break away from Grand Canyon. Three days after letting a lead slip away late in a 71-67 loss at No. 3 Michigan State, the Cardinals (6-1) rebounded big against the overmatched Antelopes (6-1). Buoyed by 64 percent shooting in the first half, Louisville turned a 1212 game into a 38-15 lead and poured it on to break 100 points for the first time since Feb. 16, 2014, against Rutgers. Lee shot 7 of 13 from the field. GRAND CANYON (6-1) Braun 4-7 7-7 15, Martin 3-5 1-1 8, Ljeskovic 3-4 1-2 7, Glaze 2-7 2-4 6, Russell 1-4 2-2 4, Jackson 3-5 0-0 7, Majerle 1-4 2-2 5, Toure 2-5 0-2 4, Davis 0-5 4-6 4, White 1-5 0-0 2, Vernon 0-2 1-2 1, Estelle 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 20-28 63. LOUISVILLE (6-1) Lee 7-13 6-6 24, Lewis 5-6 4-4 16, Snider 5-9 1-2 12, Spalding 3-5 2-3 8, Mathiang 2-3 3-6 7, Mitchell 5-9 2-3 13, Onuaku 3-7 4-8 10, Levitch 3-3 1-2 9, Johnson 2-11 0-0 4, Mahmoud 1-1 2-2 4, Stockman 2-3 0-0 4, Henderson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-70 25-36 111. Halftime-Louisville 61-30. 3-Point Goals-Grand Canyon 3-13 (Martin 1-1, Jackson 1-1, Majerle 1-4, Glaze 0-1, Estelle 0-1, Davis 0-1, White 0-2, Braun 0-2), Louisville 10-22 (Lee 4-7, Lewis 2-2, Levitch 2-2, Mitchell 1-2, Snider 1-5, Onuaku 0-1, Johnson 0-3). ReboundsGrand Canyon 20 (Toure 6), Louisville 55 (Mitchell, Spalding 7). AssistsGrand Canyon 6 (Davis 2), Louisville 17 (Snider 8). Total Fouls-Grand Canyon 24, Louisville 22. A-20,380.

Big 12 No. 20 W. Virginia 87, Kennesaw St. 54 Morgantown, W.Va. — Devin Williams had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Jonathan Holton had 17 points and nine rebounds as West Virginia beat Kennesaw State. The victory was the first for the Mountaineers (7-0) since being ranked for the first time this season in the Associated Press Top 25. They meet No. 10 Virginia on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. Williams connected on 11 of 15 shots from the field against the outmanned Owls (2-8) who threw several slim defenders against the 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior forward. KENNESAW ST. (2-8) Ray 10-16 3-4 23, Jones 0-1 4-4 4, Brown 4-12 6-7 14, Morena 0-0 0-0 0, Masterson 0-3 0-0 0, Hector 0-2 0-0 0, Clarke 3-6 2-2 8, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Burnett 1-2 0-0 3, Jankovic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-43 15-17 54. WEST VIRGINIA (7-0) Holton 5-7 6-8 17, Carter 1-4 2-2 4, Miles Jr. 7-14 2-4 18, Ahmad 2-4 0-1 4, Williams 11-15 4-8 26, Myers 0-4 0-1 0, Paige 1-6 0-0 3, Adrian 2-2 1-2 5, Phillip 1-3 0-2 2, Watkins 3-4 0-1 6, Romeo III 0-0 0-0 0, Macon 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 34-65 15-29 87. Halftime-West Virginia 41-24. 3-Point Goals-Kennesaw St. 1-7 (Burnett 1-2, Ray 0-1, Masterson 0-2, Brown 0-2), West Virginia 4-11 (Miles Jr. 2-3, Holton 1-1, Paige 1-3, Carter 0-2, Myers 0-2). Fouled Out-Clarke, Ray, Williams. Rebounds-Kennesaw St. 27 (Hector 8), West Virginia 40 (Holton, Williams 9). Assists-Kennesaw St. 4 (Clarke 2), West Virginia 23 (Carter 5). Total Fouls-Kennesaw St. 25, West Virginia 20. A-8,731.

Missouri State 64, Oklahoma State 63 Stillwater, Okla. — Dequon Miller scored five of his 21 points in the final 20 seconds to help Missouri State avoid a massive second-half collapse. Camyn Boone scored 17 points and added nine rebounds for Missouri State (2-5), which led 3922 early in the second half. Jawun Evans and Jeff Newberry each scored 15 points to lead Oklahoma State (5-3), which lost its second straight contest. Evans added five rebounds and seven assists. The Cowboys rallied through the second half, utilizing a 12-2 run to take its first lead of the game at 49-48 on Newberry’s 10-foot jump shot with 6:14 to go. MISSOURI ST. (2-5) Miller 8-16 2-3 21, Church 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 1-5 0-0 2, Boone 8-13 1-1 17, Kendrix 3-8 2-2 10, Gerring 2-4 0-0 5, Dixon 0-1 0-0 0, Kreklow 1-6 0-0 3, Martin 1-5 2-4 4, McCullough 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 7-10 64. OKLAHOMA ST. (5-3) Evans 6-9 0-2 15, Newberry 5-9 4-4 15, Carroll 4-8 1-4 10, Allen Jr. 3-6 2-2 8, Solomon 0-2 0-0 0, Griffin 0-3 0-0 0, Burton 0-2 0-0 0, Hammonds 3-10 2-2 9, Dillard 0-0 0-0 0, Olivier 2-5 2-2 6. Totals 23-54 11-16 63. Halftime-Missouri St. 32-20. 3-Point Goals-Missouri St. 7-17 (Miller 3-5, Kendrix 2-5, Gerring 1-1, Kreklow 1-5, Williams 0-1), Oklahoma St. 6-18 (Evans 3-4, Newberry 1-2, Carroll 1-3, Hammonds 1-5, Burton 0-1, Griffin 0-3). Fouled Out-Hammonds. ReboundsMissouri St. 41 (Boone, Kendrix 9), Oklahoma St. 31 (Carroll 8). AssistsMissouri St. 11 (Williams 4), Oklahoma St. 15 (Evans 7). Total Fouls-Missouri St. 19, Oklahoma St. 13. A-4,651.

TCU 76, Colgate 49 Fort Worth, Texas — Vladimir Brodziansky scored eight of the game’s first 15 points, and TCU never trailed. Brodziansky finished with 19 points. He opened the scoring 14 seconds into the game, and added six more points during an 8-0 run that gave the Horned Frogs a quick 13-2 advantage. COLGATE (2-5) Regisford 2-3 1-1 5, Rivard 1-8 0-0 2, O’Brien 0-4 0-0 0, Tillotson 7-14 2-2 20, Robertson 0-2 0-0 0, Harries 0-0 0-0 0, Favorite 0-1 0-0 0, Lindgren 0-0 0-0 0, Ramon 2-5 0-0 6, Batt 1-1 0-0 2, Swopshire 0-3 0-1 0, Krmpotich 4-7 2-4 10, Amiel 1-1 1-2 4. Totals 18-49 6-10 49. TCU (4-3) Brodziansky 7-10 4-5 19, Shepherd 3-8 2-5 8, M. Williams 3-7 0-0 8, Trent 3-7 0-0 6, Parrish 5-8 2-2 14, Shreiner 2-3 0-0 4, Miller 3-10 3-6 9, Dry 0-0 0-0 0, Abron 4-6 0-0 8. Totals 30-59 11-18 76. Halftime-TCU 37-19. 3-Point GoalsColgate 7-26 (Tillotson 4-10, Ramon 2-3, Amiel 1-1, Favorite 0-1, Regisford 0-1, Swopshire 0-2, O’Brien 0-3, Rivard 0-5), TCU 5-14 (Parrish 2-4, M. Williams 2-6, Brodziansky 1-1, Shepherd 0-1, Trent 0-2). Fouled Out-Krmpotich. Rebounds-Colgate 23 (Regisford 4), TCU 40 (Shepherd 11). Assists-Colgate 11 (O’Brien, Ramon 3), TCU 19 (Trent 7). Total Fouls-Colgate 18, TCU 14. A-4,296.

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Texas stuns Baylor; Kansas State becomes bowl-eligible The Associated Press

Top 25 No. 5 Michigan St. 16, No. 4 Iowa 13 Indianapolis — L.J. Scott’s late lunge did more than put the ball across the goal line — it all but certainly put Michigan State in the College Football Playoff. Scott kept powering forward and stretched the ball into the end zone for a touchdown with 27 seconds that sent the Spartans past Iowa in the Big Ten championship game. Quarterback Connor Cook led the Spartans (121, No. 5 CFP) on a 22-play drive that set up Scott’s one-yard run on third down. A half-dozen Iowa defenders tried to stop Scott, but he wouldn’t be denied. Iowa (12-1, No. 4 CFP) lost for the first time this season — and just barely. “Let’s get on and party,” Spartans coach Mark Dantonio shouted to the crowd when it was over. After settling for three field goals in the first 591⁄2 minutes, Cook moved the Spartans 82 yards and kept their national title hopes intact. Cook, the game’s MVP, methodically moved the Spartans in a drive that consumed nearly the final 91⁄2 minutes. He finished 16-of-32 for 191 yards with one interception and no touchdowns. But with the season on the line, Cook and the offense made play after play against an Iowa defense that hadn’t given up a touchdown all night — until Scott got free just long enough. “We wanted to come back and win a championship,” Cook said. “It’s awesome, man.” Michigan State earned its second conference title in three years, will chase its first national championship since splitting the title with Notre Dame in 1966. The Spartans need two more wins to earn the school’s first uncontested national title since 1952. Iowa lost for the first time with C.J. Beathard as its starting quarterback. Michigan St. 3 0 6 7—16 Iowa 3 3 0 7—13 First Quarter MSU-FG Geiger 23, 11:11. Iowa-FG Koehn 24, 5:08. Second Quarter Iowa-FG Koehn 43, 13:28. Third Quarter MSU-FG Geiger 29, 4:23. MSU-FG Geiger 47, :57. Fourth Quarter Iowa-T.Smith 85 pass from Beathard (Koehn kick), 14:49. MSU-Scott 1 run (Geiger kick), :27. A-66,985. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Michigan St., Scott 22-73, London 12-60, Shelton 3-15, Holmes 3-13, Cook 5-8, Burbridge 1-5. Iowa, Mitchell Jr. 4-24, Daniels, Jr. 8-17, Wadley 5-14, Canzeri 2-12, Beathard 5-(minus 15). PASSING-Michigan St., Cook 16-321-191, Team 0-1-0-0. Iowa, Beathard 18-26-1-216, Team 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING-Michigan St., Burbridge 5-61, Kings Jr. 4-30, Shelton 3-34, Davis III 1-22, Lang 1-17, London 1-14, Price 1-13. Iowa, T.Smith 5-110, Wadley 3-34, Krieger Coble 3-23, Kittle 2-26, VandeBerg 2-14, Mitchell Jr. 2-1, Hillyer 1-8.

No. 1 Clemson 45, No. 8 North Carolina 37 Charlotte, N.C. — Heisman Trophy hopeful Deshaun Watson threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more as Clemson stayed unbeaten — perhaps helped by a disputed call — by holding off North Carolina in the ACC championship game. Watson’s 420 total yards and five total touchdowns set ACC championship game records and assures the Tigers (13-0) a spot in the College Football Playoff. It didn’t come without some suspense. North Carolina’s Ryan Switzer hauled in his second TD catch of the game

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MICHIGAN STATE’S AARON BURBRIDGE (16) IS TACKLED BY IOWA’S COLE FISHER (36) during the first half of the Big Ten championship game Saturday in Indianapolis. Michigan State defeated Iowa, 16-13.

ALABAMA WIDE RECEIVER CALVIN RIDLEY CELEBRATES a catch during the Crimson Tide’s 29-15 victory over Florida in the SEC championship game Saturday in Atlanta.

with 1:13 left to cut Clemson’s lead to eight and threaten the Tigers. The Tar Heels appeared to recover the onside kick, but were called for being offside — although replays didn’t show any player in a blue jersey being offside — and had to kick again. The Tar Heels attempted another onside kick, and this time Clemson recovered and ran out the clock. “I had a chance to look at it, and they missed it. They were wrong. That’s all I’m going to say about it. They were wrong,” UNC coach Larry Fedora said. Now, the only suspense left is whether Clemson or No. 2 Alabama is in the top spot when the playoff pairings are revealed today. “We’ve got three top 10 wins. Anybody else got that? And we’re 13-0,” a grinning Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said after the game. Clemson racked up a conference-championship-game-record 608 yards, eclipsing the 500yard mark for the ninth consecutive game. Wayne Gallman ran for 185 yards on 27 carries and scored two touchdowns and Artavis Scott had seven catches for 96 yards and a score. Marquise Williams threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for 81 yards and a score for the Tar Heels (11-2, No. 10 CFP), who were trying to win their first ACC title in 35 years.

No. 17 Houston 24, No. 20 Baylor 13 Houston — Greg Ward Jr. ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns, and Houston beat Temple in the inaugural American Athletic Conference Championship game. The victory makes Houston the Group of Five representative, earning the Cougars a trip to either the Peach Bowl or Fiesta Bowl. Firstyear coach Tom Herman helped the Cougars (121) to their second 12-win season and first since they went 13-1 in 2011 under former coach Kevin Sumlin and quarterback Case Keenum. Houston jumped to a 17-0 lead with the help of two Temple turnovers, one capped by Ward’s 47-yard touchdown run. Temple had a chance to get within a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but Jeremy Winchester knocked down a pass in the end zone and the Owls settled for a field goal that made it 24-13. They had two more chances after that, but were stopped on fourth down both times. P.J. Walker threw for 287 yards with a touchdown and interception, for the Owls.

No. 2 Alabama 29, No. 18 Florida 15 Atlanta — Alabama locked up another trip to the College Football Playoff. In all likelihood, Derrick Henry clinched the Heisman Trophy, too. Henry rushed for 189 bruising yards, and the Crimson Tide wore down Florida with a dominating defensive performance. The Crimson Tide (121, No. 2 CFP) held the Gators to just three yards of offense in the second and third quarters, assuring itself of a spot in the semifinals at either the Cotton or Orange Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Florida, an 18-point underdog, briefly grabbed a 7-2 lead on Antonio Callaway’s 85-yard punt return for a touchdown early in the second quarter. Alabama dominated from there. Henry came into the game as a Heisman favorite and certainly did nothing to hurt his chances, with a staggering 44 carries against one of the nation’s top defenses to earn MVP honors. He put

Alabama ahead to stay on a two-yard run late in the first half, and looked as fresh at the end of the game as he did at the beginning, carrying the ball right to the final seconds. Henry tied the SEC record for touchdowns in a season (23) and eclipsed Herschel Walker’s 34-year-old conference mark for rushing yards in a year, pushing his total to 1,986 with at least one more game still to come. The expected defensive slugfest — both teams were among the nation’s leaders in numerous categories — played out in the first half, though Alabama clearly had the superior team. The Tide led just 12-7 at the break, scoring a safety off a blocked punt, settling for a field goal after a long drive, and turning it over deep in Florida territory. But the Gators (10-3), likely to settle for a spot in the Citrus Bowl, simply couldn’t muster enough offense to make a game of it. There were dropped passes, wobbly passes and not even the hint of a running game. Their only offensive score came on a 46-yard pass to C.J. Worton with about 5 minutes remaining, far too late to derail Alabama’s playoff hopes. The Tide complemented its pound-and-ground offense with a couple of huge passing plays. Calvin Ridley leaped between two Florida defenders to pull down a 55yard pass at the Florida two, setting up Henry’s touchdown. ArDarius Stewart made an even more spectacular grab in the third quarter, going up in traffic to snare a 32yard scoring pass before flipping to the turf on his head. Jake Coker turned in just the sort of performance that the Tide needed out of its quarterback. He completed 18 of 26 passes for 204 yards, finishing off the Gators with a nine-yard TD pass to Richard Mullaney. Florida 0 7 0 8—15 Alabama 2 10 10 7—29 First Quarter Ala-Safety, 9:05. Second Quarter Fla-Callaway 85 punt return (MacInnes kick), 11:53. Ala-FG Griffith 28, 5:45. Ala-Henry 2 run (Griffith kick), 2:26. Third Quarter Ala-FG Griffith 30, 8:04. Ala-Stewart 32 pass from Coker (Griffith kick), 2:49. Fourth Quarter Ala-Mullaney 9 pass from Coker (Griffith kick), 8:50. Fla-Worton 46 pass from T.Harris (T.Harris run), 5:02. A-75,320. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Florida, Cronkrite 2-8, Taylor 7-8, Scarlett 1-3, T.Harris 11-(minus 4). Alabama, Henry 44-189, Coker 8-23, Drake 4-14, Stewart 1-5, Ridley 1-2. PASSING-Florida, T.Harris 9-24-1165. Alabama, Coker 18-26-0-204. RECEIVING-Florida, McGee 3-43, Showers 2-22, Callaway 1-46, Worton 1-46, Goolsby 1-15, T.Harris 1-(minus 7). Alabama, Ridley 8-102, Stewart 4-64, Mullaney 3-22, Drake 3-16.

No. 7 Stanford 41, No. 24 USC 22 Santa Clara, Calif. — Run, pass and catch. Christian McCaffrey did it all in a record-setting performance that should send him to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony and Stanford to another big-time bowl. McCaffrey ran for 207 yards and a score, threw a touchdown pass, caught another and broke Barry Sanders’ single-season all-purpose yards record to lead Stanford to the Pac-12 championship with a win over Southern California. Kevin Hogan caught the TD pass from McCaffrey, threw one and ran for a third and Solomon Thomas scored on a 34yard fumble return for the Cardinal (11-2, No. 7 CFP). Stanford will play in the Rose Bowl as Pac-12 champion . Cody Kessler threw for 187 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score for the Trojans (85, No. 20 CFP), who lost in their first game since removing the interim tag from coach Clay Helton. Stanford took control of the game with a pair of touchdowns in a span of just over three minutes late in the third quarter. After blowing an early 13-point lead, the Cardinal faced a third-down in their own territory. Hogan then found McCaffrey open in the middle of the field and he ran with for a 67yard reception down to the USC seven. Hogan ran it in on the next play to put Stanford back on top. Blake Martinez then sacked Kessler and caused a fumble on the next possession that Thomas scooped up and ran in for the score that made it 27-16. Stanford 3 10 14 14—41 Southern Cal 0 3 13 6—22 First Quarter Stan-FG Ukropina 30, 9:08. Second Quarter Stan-Hogan 11 pass from McCaffrey (Ukropina kick), 14:54. Stan-FG Ukropina 23, 8:32. USC-FG Wood 40, :10. Third Quarter USC-Pinner 1 pass from Kessler (kick failed), 11:51. USC-Jones II 27 run (Wood kick), 5:28. Stan-Hogan 7 run (Ukropina kick), 3:11. Stan-S.Thomas 34 fumble return (Ukropina kick), :04. Fourth Quarter USC-Kessler 12 run (run failed), 12:29. Stan-McCaffrey 28 pass from Hogan (Ukropina kick), 6:33. Stan-McCaffrey 10 run (Ukropina kick), 1:38. A-58,476. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Stanford, McCaffrey 32-207, Wright 8-24, Hogan 7-18, Love 2-13, Sanders 1-1, Team 1-(minus 1). Southern Cal, J.Davis 17-99, Jones II 6-50, Jackson 1-27, Madden 1-2, Kessler 7-(minus 8). PASSING-Stanford, Hogan 9-12-0144, McCaffrey 1-1-0-11. Southern Cal, Kessler 22-37-0-187. RECEIVING-Stanford, McCaffrey 4-105, Rector 2-12, Hooper 2-9, Cajuste 1-18, Hogan 1-11. Southern Cal, SmithSchuster 11-87, Rogers 4-35, Mitchell Jr. 3-39, J.Davis 2-20, Madden 1-5, Pinner 1-1.

Temple 0 3 7 3—13 Houston 7 10 7 0—24 First Quarter Hou-Webb 1 run (Cummings kick), 10:05. Second Quarter Hou-FG Cummings 24, 13:28. Hou-Ward Jr. 47 run (Cummings kick), 5:32. Tem-FG A.Jones 40, 1:46. Third Quarter Hou-Ward Jr. 10 run (Cummings kick), 6:40. Tem-R.Anderson 13 pass from Walker (A.Jones kick), 2:26. Fourth Quarter Tem-FG A.Jones 39, 11:29. A-35,721. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Temple, Ja.Thomas 19-69, Walker 5-26, Hood 2-6, Team 1-(minus 3). Houston, Ward Jr. 17-148, B.Wilson 11-70, Webb 10-21, Team 2-(minus 6). PASSING-Temple, Walker 26-441-287. Houston, Ward Jr. 11-21-0-88, Bonner 1-1-0-18. RECEIVING-Temple, R.Anderson 12-150, Deloatch 4-36, Major 2-31, Shippen 2-28, Jennings 2-15, Bryant 1-14, Ja.Thomas 1-6, Hood 1-5, Patton 1-2. Houston, Allen 3-35, B.Wilson 3-22, McCloskey 2-25, Leday 2-13, Dunbar 1-12, Webb 1-(minus 1).

Big 12 Texas 23, No. 12 Baylor 17 Waco, Texas — Tyrone Swoopes threw for 151 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score in his first Texas start since the opener as the Longhorns eliminated Baylor from Sugar Bowl contention. Texas (4-7, 4-5 Big 12) handed Baylor (93, 6-3 Big 12) its third loss in four games in a game marred by an early bench-clearing scuffle. Baylor was in line to be the Big 12’s representative in the Sugar Bowl, with the expectation that conference champion Oklahoma will get into the College Football Playoff.

Johnny Jefferson ran for 158 yards for Baylor and had enough yards to convert a fourth-and-four with 2:31 left before he fumbled. Texas 17 3 0 3—23 Baylor 0 0 10 7—17 First Quarter Tex-Bluiett 57 pass from Swoopes (Rose kick), 11:27. Tex-FG Rose 23, 5:45. Tex-Swoopes 9 run (Rose kick), 1:11. Second Quarter Tex-FG Rose 53, 2:01. Third Quarter Bay-Jefferson 20 run (Callahan kick), 10:27. Bay-FG Callahan 24, :33. Fourth Quarter Bay-Hawthorne 8 run (Callahan kick), 9:40. Tex-FG Rose 37, 3:59. A-48,093. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Texas, Warren III 28-106, Swoopes 10-52, Heard 3-0, Team 1-(minus 2). Baylor, Jefferson 23-158, Hawthorne 10-66, T.Williams 11-42, Chafin 6-38, Coleman 3-34, Linwood 7-31, C.Johnson 4-25, McGowan 1-2, Lee 1-(minus 1). PASSING-Texas, Swoopes 12-19-0151, Heard 0-2-0-0. Baylor, Hawthorne 10-22-2-64, C.Johnson 3-4-0-20, Jefferson 0-1-0-0, Team 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING-Texas, Burt 4-21, D.Johnson 3-51, Beck 2-16, Bluiett 1-57, Warren III 1-4, Newsome 1-2. Baylor, Coleman 7-49, Cannon 4-26, Lee 1-5, Jefferson 1-4.

Kansas State 24, West Virginia 23 Manhattan — Wide receiver Cody Cook led Kansas State to a pair of touchdowns as the emergency quarterback, Morgan Burns returned a kickoff 97 yards for the go-ahead score, and the Wildcats beat West Virginia to become bowleligible. Taking over for the injured Joe Hubener, Cook ran for a touchdown and hit Deante Burton with a 77-yard scoring strike to help the Wildcats (6-6, 3-5 Big 12) win their third straight game. It also gave Kansas State six wins and its sixth straight bowl berth. Wendell Smallwood ran for 141 yards and a touchdown for West Virginia (7-5, 4-6), but he didn’t have the ball in his hands with the game on the line. Instead, quarterback Skyler Howard was stopped by Charmeachealle Moore on fourthand-two at their own 46 with 2:33 left to turn over the ball. West Virginia 3 10 7 3—23 Kansas St. 0 3 14 7—24 First Quarter WVU-FG Lambert 45, 2:54. Second Quarter KSt-FG McCrane 40, 11:10. WVU-Durante 24 pass from S.Howard (Lambert kick), 2:36. WVU-FG Lambert 19, :00. Third Quarter KSt-Cook 1 run (McCrane kick), 12:28. KSt-Burton 77 pass from Cook (McCrane kick), 11:14. WVU-Smallwood 14 run (Lambert kick), 6:28. Fourth Quarter WVU-FG Lambert 28, 13:07. KSt-Burns 97 kickoff return (McCrane kick), 12:53. A-52,918. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-West Virginia, Smallwood 25-141, Shell 7-38, S.Howard 10-(minus 13). Kansas St., Jones 14-44, Cook 19-34, Hubener 12-15, Silmon 3-5, Warmack 1-0. PASSING-West Virginia, S.Howard 19-42-0-281. Kansas St., Hubener 6-192-85, Cook 4-12-0-121. RECEIVING-West Virginia, Shorts Jr. 7-68, Thompson 5-127, Durante 4-57, White 1-14, Gibson 1-11, Shell 1-4. Kansas St., Burton 5-135, Dimel 1-27, Klein 1-17, Cook 1-15, A.Davis 1-13, Jones 1-(minus 1).

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Wind S 6-12 mph

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McCook 54/27

Kearney 53/29

Oberlin 54/28

Clarinda 46/26

Lincoln 52/29

Grand Island 52/31

Beatrice 51/31

Concordia 55/33

Centerville 44/30

St. Joseph 49/26 Chillicothe 48/30

Sabetha 49/31

Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 50/32 48/32 Salina 55/28 Oakley Kansas City Topeka 57/30 53/29 52/28 Lawrence 48/27 Sedalia 50/27 Emporia Great Bend 50/33 54/29 57/31 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 52/31 56/30 Hutchinson 55/28 Garden City 57/31 56/26 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 51/31 57/32 56/32 57/28 53/31 56/29 Hays Russell 57/30 57/31

Goodland 56/27

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Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 7 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date 0.00 Normal month to date 0.28 Year to date 39.76 Normal year to date 38.57

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 51 29 pc 57 32 pc Atchison 49 28 pc 55 30 pc Holton Belton 49 32 pc 55 37 pc Independence 49 33 pc 56 37 pc Olathe 48 29 pc 55 35 pc Burlington 53 29 pc 57 33 s Osage Beach 50 34 c 55 39 pc Coffeyville 56 29 pc 60 36 s Osage City 52 28 pc 58 32 pc Concordia 55 33 s 56 35 pc 50 29 pc 57 34 pc Dodge City 56 30 s 60 31 pc Ottawa 57 32 s 59 31 s Fort Riley 54 30 s 58 30 pc Wichita Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Today Cities Hi Lo W Acapulco 90 76 pc Amsterdam 56 47 sh Athens 62 48 s Baghdad 52 34 s Bangkok 90 75 pc Beijing 40 28 pc Berlin 51 46 c Brussels 55 49 sh Buenos Aires 73 55 s Cairo 66 48 s Calgary 45 32 pc Dublin 48 41 sh Geneva 49 35 pc Hong Kong 65 59 c Jerusalem 52 40 s Kabul 60 34 s London 58 52 sh Madrid 62 39 s Mexico City 68 44 pc Montreal 46 29 pc Moscow 41 37 pc New Delhi 77 51 pc Oslo 56 43 r Paris 54 45 pc Rio de Janeiro 81 72 t Rome 60 44 s Seoul 39 24 pc Singapore 88 76 t Stockholm 53 41 r Sydney 80 66 s Tokyo 53 44 pc Toronto 48 27 pc Vancouver 51 47 r Vienna 44 35 pc Warsaw 49 43 pc Winnipeg 35 28 s

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Playoffs CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C

Of course, nobody had it easier than the Sooners (111). They wrapped up their season and the Big 12 title last week and got to watch the rest of the playoff pieces fall into place like the rest of us on Saturday. For Stanford, which beat USC 41-22 to win the Pac-12, and Ohio State, which was sitting at sixth in the last rankings, there were no upsets to open the door to the playoff. Nothing to make the committee have to ponder which resume is best. Unlike last year, when Ohio State jumped into the top four on the final weekend, edging past Big 12 co-champions TCU and Baylor, the committee’s picks won’t produce any controversy. So who’s No. 1? And remember, the committee is judging the teams’ full body of work.

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-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: Rain and mountain snow will target the Northwest today. Aside from showers in the mid-Mississippi Valley and Florida, dry weather will dominate the rest of the nation as cold air remains absent. Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 61 39 pc 59 39 s Albuquerque 52 26 s 56 28 pc Memphis 82 71 sh 80 68 sh Anchorage 19 13 pc 19 16 pc Miami Milwaukee 44 31 c 45 36 pc Atlanta 61 45 s 65 39 c Minneapolis 42 28 pc 44 29 c Austin 67 38 pc 67 41 s 57 43 pc 56 36 pc Baltimore 54 31 s 55 34 pc Nashville New Orleans 67 52 pc 68 49 s Birmingham 64 43 s 64 37 c New York 53 40 s 54 38 pc Boise 42 35 c 42 41 c 48 30 pc 54 31 pc Boston 53 38 s 54 37 pc Omaha 81 64 c 77 57 c Buffalo 52 35 pc 45 32 pc Orlando 54 36 s 55 37 pc Cheyenne 52 34 s 54 36 pc Philadelphia 77 47 pc 77 47 pc Chicago 45 29 c 45 35 pc Phoenix Pittsburgh 54 31 pc 47 32 c Cincinnati 52 37 pc 48 34 c Portland, ME 48 28 s 49 26 pc Cleveland 52 32 pc 46 33 c Portland, OR 55 48 c 58 52 r Dallas 63 39 s 65 43 s Reno 53 32 c 56 34 c Denver 54 34 s 58 38 s 57 34 s 55 35 r Des Moines 45 30 c 51 34 pc Richmond 59 43 r 62 44 c Detroit 47 29 pc 45 31 pc Sacramento St. Louis 51 40 c 53 39 pc El Paso 61 33 s 62 35 s Fairbanks -14 -21 c -14 -19 pc Salt Lake City 46 28 pc 49 35 pc San Diego 74 52 pc 76 54 pc Honolulu 84 71 pc 84 72 s San Francisco 61 50 r 61 51 c Houston 68 44 pc 66 42 s 54 47 c 56 49 r Indianapolis 49 34 c 46 35 pc Seattle 43 37 r 46 38 r Kansas City 48 27 pc 56 33 pc Spokane 78 45 s 78 43 pc Las Vegas 61 42 pc 64 44 pc Tucson Tulsa 58 32 pc 61 39 s Little Rock 61 38 pc 59 38 s 55 36 s 56 37 pc Los Angeles 78 50 pc 79 53 pc Wash., DC National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Tampa, FL 84° Low: Bodie State Park, CA -2°

WEATHER HISTORY On Dec. 6, 1964, almost 15 inches of rain fell on Little Port Walter, Ark., in 24 hours.

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Nebraska, Minnesota, SJSU will go to bowls at 5-7 The Associated Press

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Nebraska, Minnesota and San Jose State will be playing in bowl games with 5-7 records. Championship Saturday began with 75 bowleligible teams and two more teams got there, three short of what was needed to fill a record 80 bowl games. Kansas State took care of business by beating West Virginia 24-23 to finish 6-6. Georgia State, in its sixth season playing Division I football, beat Sun Belt Conference rival

Georgia Southern 34-7 for its sixth victory. South Alabama fell short of six, though, losing 34-27 to Appalachian State. That makes 77 teams with at least six victories and a .500 record, the minimum to be eligible for a bowl bid. The NCAA approved a plan earlier in the week to fill bowls in need with 5-7 teams based on their Academic Progress Ratings for 2013-14 school year, the most recent scores available. Nebraska (985) was tops among those teams.

The top spot probably will come down to the Tigers or the Tide. Regardless, Clemson would head to South Florida to play a semifinal at the Orange Bowl in New Year’s Eve and Alabama would be sent to the Cot-

ton Bowl in North Texas for its Dec. 31 playoff game. The committee’s job is to give the No. 1 seed as much of a ‘home-field advantage’ as it can and then let the rankings fall into place from there.

Saturday At Albany Golf Club Nassau, Bahamas Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,267; Par: 72 Third Round Bubba Watson Paul Casey Patrick Reed Chris Kirk Jordan Spieth Bill Haas Brooks Koepka Rickie Fowler Adam Scott Zach Johnson Jimmy Walker Matt Kuchar

67-67-63—197 66-70-63—199 69-65-66—200 69-65-66—200 67-66-68—201 67-66-68—201 67-70-65—202 70-68-65—203 67-70-66—203 66-70-67—203 66-67-71—204 70-66-69—205

Nedbank Challenge

Saturday At Gary Player Country Club Sun City, South Africa Purse: $6.5 million Yardage: 7,831; Par: 72 Third Round Marc Leishman, Australia 68-68-66—202 Henrik Stenson, Sweden 66-67-70—203 Jaco van Zyl, South Africa 66-68-72—206 Robert Streb, United States 69-66-72—207 Branden Grace, South Africa 68-74-67—209 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 70-71-68—209 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 70-72-68—210

COLLEGE BAYLOR — WR Corey Coleman will enter the NFL draft. NORTH CAROLINA — Agreed to terms with football coach Larry Fedora on a seven-year contract. NORTH TEXAS — Named Seth Littrell football coach. SYRACUSE — Named Dino Babers football coach.

College Men

EAST Albany (NY) 88, Holy Cross 84, OT Brown 76, Bryant 68 Cornell 85, Lafayette 67 Dartmouth 74, Hartford 65 Drexel 66, La Salle 53 Fordham 86, CCSU 54 Georgetown 79, Syracuse 72 Lehigh 84, Rochester (Mich.) 50 Mississippi 74, UMass 64 Mount St. Mary’s 85, Loyola (Md.) 68 NJIT 90, Mass.-Lowell 77 Oakland 92, Robert Morris 74 Penn St. 81, E. Michigan 70 Providence 74, Rhode Island 72 Quinnipiac 78, Canisius 76 Seton Hall 84, Rutgers 55 St. Bonaventure 81, Ohio 68 Stony Brook 91, Princeton 77 Towson 83, Sacred Heart 61 West Virginia 87, Kennesaw St. 54 Yale 72, Vermont 54 SOUTH Austin Peay 80, Troy 71 Charleston Southern 68, Liberty 61 Coll. of Charleston 82, The Citadel 74 Duke 82, Buffalo 59 E. Kentucky 74, Savannah St. 71 Evansville 85, Murray St. 81, OT George Mason 63, Penn 44 Georgia Tech 76, Tulane 68 Hampton 74, Coppin St. 71, OT High Point 66, Gardner-Webb 64 Jacksonville 86, Jacksonville St. 82 Louisville 111, Grand Canyon 63 Memphis 80, SE Missouri 65 Mercer 68, Alcorn St. 43 Miami 88, Charlotte 60 NC A&T 66, Howard 63 NC Central 70, Md.-Eastern Shore 59 NC State 99, Bucknell 86 Nicholls St. 89, Loyola NO 74 Richmond 82, N. Iowa 67 SC State 79, Florida A&M 67 South Carolina 81, South Florida 63 Tennessee St. 74, Stetson 54 Tennessee Tech 81, Lipscomb 78 UCF 88, Ill.-Chicago 58 UMBC 70, Longwood 59 UNC Asheville 103, Johnson & Wales (NC) 36 Virginia 67, William & Mary 52 Virginia Tech 80, Ark.-Pine Bluff 45 Winthrop 74, Presbyterian 70 MIDWEST Ball St. 66, New Orleans 52 Bowling Green 75, Drake 63 Butler 85, Indiana St. 71 Dayton 86, North Florida 71 DePaul 96, Chicago St. 72 Detroit 76, Northeastern 73 E. Illinois 79, N. Kentucky 73, OT IUPUI 78, Miami (Ohio) 64 Illinois 80, W. Carolina 68 Indiana 92, Morehead St. 59 Iowa 95, UMKC 75 Kansas 75, Harvard 69 Kent St. 66, Cleveland St. 62 Loyola of Chicago 68, Creighton 65 Marquette 104, Maine 67 Michigan 82, Houston Baptist 57 Michigan St. 76, Binghamton 33 Nebraska 73, Abilene Christian 63 North Dakota 65, Bradley 59, 2OT Northwestern 81, SIU-Edwardsville 56 Ohio St. 89, VMI 62 Purdue 70, New Mexico 58 South Dakota 85, Minnesota 81, 2OT UAB 74, Illinois St. 61 Wichita St. 68, Saint Louis 53 Wisconsin 76, Temple 60 Xavier 95, W. Kentucky 64 SOUTHWEST Lamar 82, Idaho St. 70 Missouri St. 64, Oklahoma St. 63 Oral Roberts 70, Tulsa 68 Rice 93, St. Edward’s 72 S. Illinois 95, North Texas 63 SMU 98, New Hampshire 44 Stephen F. Austin 66, Texas Southern 62 TCU 76, Colgate 49 Texas A&M-CC 47, Texas St. 39 Texas-Arlington 76, UTEP 62 FAR WEST Air Force 61, Denver 59 Arizona 68, Gonzaga 63 Arizona St. 67, Texas A&M 54 BYU 73, Weber St. 68 Boise St. 81, Portland 71 CS Bakersfield 72, N. Arizona 55 Cal Poly 77, Fresno St. 65 California 78, Wyoming 72, OT Long Beach St. 67, New Mexico St. 53 Oregon St. 66, Nevada 62 Pepperdine 70, CS Northridge 55 S. Utah 68, Utah Valley 54 Santa Clara 78, San Jose St. 75 UALR 64, Idaho 54 Utah 96, IPFW 79

Big 12 Men

Big 12 W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L 7 0 6 0 5 0 6 1 6 1 5 1 5 1 5 3 4 3 4 3

West Virginia Iowa State Oklahoma Kansas Kansas State Baylor Texas Tech Oklahoma State Texas TCU Saturday’s Games West Virginia 87, Kennesaw State 54 Kansas 75, Harvard 69 Missouri St. 64, Oklahoma St. 63 TCU 76, Colgate 49 Today’s Game Vanderbilt at Baylor, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

EAST Army 65, Albany (NY) 62 Colgate 63, LIU Brooklyn 53 Fordham 74, Delaware St. 58 Hofstra 75, Saint Joseph’s 62 Loyola (Md.) 65, Mount St. Mary’s 63 Mercy 77, Chestnut Hill 66 New Hampshire 69, Boston U. 52 Penn 57, Navy 43 Philadelphia 74, Goldey Beacom 54 Richmond 57, Providence 50 St. Bonaventure 69, Georgetown 54 UConn 91, Notre Dame 81 Utica 58, Bard 49 Wilmington (Del.) 71, Georgian Court 48 SOUTH Auburn 83, East Carolina 69 Davidson 64, W. Carolina 51 Drexel 57, Hampton 36 Florida Gulf Coast 74, Harvard 65 Georgia St. 76, North Florida 63 Georgia Tech 87, SC-Upstate 46 High Point 71, Radford 66 James Madison 74, American U. 45 Liberty 51, Charleston Southern 40 Louisiana Tech 58, Nicholls St. 55 Louisville 75, Valparaiso 42 Marshall 81, Alabama A&M 45 Maryland 86, CCSU 43 Maryville (Tenn.) 72, Huntingdon 52 Mercer 72, Kennesaw St. 61 Milligan 89, Montreat 78 Morehead St. 92, Lipscomb 77 Morgan St. 67, Norfolk St. 58 Mount Olive 68, Converse 47 N. Kentucky 77, IPFW 64 NC A&T 88, Howard 70 NC Central 49, Md.-Eastern Shore 46 New Orleans 109, Trinity Baptist 46 Presbyterian 59, Longwood 38 SC State 68, Florida A&M 62 Savannah St. 60, Alabama St. 49 Tennessee Tech 73, UNCGreensboro 64 UAB 80, MVSU 33 UNC Asheville 108, Warren Wilson 47 UT Martin 52, Samford 50 Union (Ky.) 81, St. Andrews 50 Vanderbilt 65, ETSU 39 Virginia 81, NJIT 54 W. Kentucky 88, Austin Peay 69 William & Mary 58, Clemson 41 Winthrop 81, Gardner-Webb 62 MIDWEST Akron 74, UCF 54 Ashland 64, Ferris St. 44 Baker 78, Missouri Valley 61 Calvin 91, St. Mary’s (Ind.) 45 Cardinal Stritch 89, Calumet 43 Cleveland St. 69, Bowling Green 48 Cornell (Iowa) 61, Ripon 43 DePaul 89, Illinois St. 41 Detroit 81, Salem International 50 Findlay 81, Northwood (Mich.) 75 Grand Valley St. 70, Lake Erie 54 Gustavus 59, Augsburg 54 Hamline 63, St. Catherine 57 Hope 75, Olivet 52 Ill.-Chicago 66, Bradley 56 Illinois College 56, Lawrence 41 Kalamazoo 66, Albion 63 Kansas St. 63, Chicago St. 54 Kent St. 75, N. Dakota St. 54 Luther 56, Viterbo 37 Miami (Ohio) 65, Oakland 54 Michigan Tech 70, Walsh 64 Minn. Duluth 81, Bemidji St. 79, OT Minn. St. (Moorhead) 62, Mary 61 Minn.-Morris 75, Crown (Minn.) 58 Minot St. 69, Northern St. (SD) 61 Missouri St. 87, E. Kentucky 63 Murray St. 73, Evansville 54 N. Michigan 61, Malone 59 North Dakota 64, N. Iowa 59 Northwestern (Minn.) 67, Finlandia 50 Ohio Dominican 91, Hillsdale 62 S. Dakota St. 66, N. Colorado 62 Saginaw Valley St. 76, Tiffin 59 Siena Heights 75, Marygrove 44 South Dakota 103, Portland St. 61 St. Cloud St. 70, Minn.-Crookston 67 St. Mary’s (Minn.) 67, Macalester 52 St. Olaf 50, St. Benedict 47 St. Thomas (Minn.) 100, Carleton 28 Upper Iowa 59, SW Minnesota St. 54 Wartburg 61, Wis.-Eau Claire 47 William Penn 63, Peru St. 43 Winona St. 91, Sioux Falls 52 Wis.-Platteville 79, Dubuque 67 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 63, Carthage 60 Wis.-Superior 63, Martin Luther 47 SOUTHWEST Houston 62, Rice 59 Houston Baptist 77, Texas Southern 65 New Mexico 63, SMU 58 North Texas 68, IUPUI 67 Oklahoma St. 78, Texas Rio Grande Valley 54 Prairie View 80, Lamar 72 TCU 80, Louisiana-Monroe 42 Weber St. 56, Stephen F. Austin 46 West Texas A&M 76, Oklahoma Christian 70 FAR WEST Abilene Christian 83, E. Michigan 59 Arizona 69, Pacific 56 BYU 72, Texas A&M 64 Cal Poly 64, Fresno St. 60 Grand Canyon 73, Air Force 39 Idaho 61, Wyoming 57 Idaho St. 83, Seattle 67 Oregon 79, Utah Valley 68 Pepperdine 64, Denver 60 UCLA 82, CS Bakersfield 68 UTEP 71, New Mexico St. 65 TOURNAMENT ASU Classic First Round Toledo 88, Columbia 75 VCU 57, Arizona St. 48 Cal Tournament First Round Saint Mary’s (Cal) 64, California 63 Villanova 78, Sacramento St. 54

Big 12 Women

Big 12 W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L 8 0 7 0 6 0 6 1 6 1 5 1 6 2 5 2 4 2 3 3

Baylor Oklahoma State Texas Oklahoma Kansas State Texas Tech TCU West Virginia Kansas Iowa State Saturday’s Games Kansas State 63, Chicago State 54 Oklahoma State 78, Texas Rio Grande Valley 54 TCU 80, Louisiana-Monroe 42 Today’s Games Grambling State at Baylor, 2 p.m. St. John’s at Kansas, 2 p.m. (TWCSC) Southern at Iowa State, 2 p.m. Texas at Arkansas-Little Rock, 2 p.m. Farleigh Dickinson at West Virginia, 3 p.m. Oklahoma at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

College Men’s Box

Saturday at Baldwin City MISSOURI VALLEY 69, BAKER 66 Missouri Valley 27 42 — 69 Baker 27 39 — 66 Missouri Valley — Bowling 10, Burton 13, Cooke 5, Gronewold 7, Lemear 5, Fletcher 2, Peterson 15, Thompson 1, Turner 2, Washington 9. Baker — Barnes 3, Gray 8, Guscott 10, Martin 6, Wilson 9, Bolton 2, Easter 6, Johnson 4, Parker 13, Young 5. Baker record: 4-6 overall, 1-3 HAAC.

College Women’s Box

Saturday at Baldwin City BAKER 78, MISSOURI VALLEY 61 Missouri Valley 16 15 16 14 — 61 Baker 17 16 17 28 — 78 Missouri Valley — Augusto 8, McCoy 16, Onaca 1, Ward 8, Wharton 17, Boyd-Lockett 3, Enlow 2, Smith 2, Swisegood 2, Winston 2. Baker — Buchel 2, Hodge 14, Modesett 22, Simpson 21, Wallisch 5, Cook 8, Hanson 3, Hoag 2. Baker record: 8-3 overall, 3-1 HAAC.

High School Boys

Junction City 52, Dodge City 44 Lewiston, Neb. 49, Wetmore 41 Marysville 68, Auburn, Neb. 67 Pretty Prairie 62, Fairfield 37 Rawlins County 65, Weskan 62 Republic County 59, Superior, Neb. 37 Burlingame Tournament Burlingame 51, Waverly 37 Cair Paravel 48, Cornerstone Alt. Charter 36 Hays City Tournament Seventh Place Hays-TMP-Marian 73, Colby 30 Fifth Place Newton 59, Great Bend 51 Third Place Hays 55, Garden City 38 Championship Manhattan 80, Olathe North 72

High School Girls

Dodge City 67, Junction City 35 Fairfield 44, Pretty Prairie 43 Hanover 57, Axtell 54 Marysville 65, Auburn, Neb. 55 Rawlins County 43, Weskan 39 Superior, Neb. 38, Republic County 29 Wetmore 57, Lewiston, Neb. 34 Burlingame Tournament Waverly 44, Burlingame 28 Hays City Tournament Seventh Place Garden City 56, Colby 32 Fifth Place Hays-TMP-Marian 53, Olathe North 42 Third Place Newton 60, Hays 41 Championship Manhattan 57, Great Bend 27

High School

Sophomore Boys Saturday at Roeland Park FREE STATE 57, BISHOP MIEGE 49 FSHS highlights: Kyle Abrahamson 18 points; Thomas White 9 points; Isaac Neely 8 points. FSHS record: 1-0. Next for FSHS: Monday vs. St. Thomas Aquinas.

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 1 0 .909 347 212 N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 .545 272 228 Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 266 257 Miami 4 7 0 .364 225 287 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 249 260 Houston 6 5 0 .545 232 234 Jacksonville 4 7 0 .364 236 299 Tennessee 2 9 0 .182 203 257 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 9 2 0 .818 297 193 Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 266 230 Baltimore 4 7 0 .364 259 276 Cleveland 2 9 0 .182 213 310 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 9 2 0 .818 252 207 Kansas City 6 5 0 .545 287 220 Oakland 5 6 0 .455 264 280 San Diego 3 8 0 .273 244 307 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 5 6 0 .455 241 267 N.Y. Giants 5 6 0 .455 287 273 Philadelphia 4 7 0 .364 243 274 Dallas 3 8 0 .273 204 261 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 11 0 0 1.000 332 205 Atlanta 6 5 0 .545 260 234 Tampa Bay 5 6 0 .455 248 279 New Orleans 4 7 0 .364 261 339 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 8 3 0 .727 231 194 Green Bay 8 4 0 .667 289 238 Chicago 5 6 0 .455 231 264 Detroit 4 8 0 .333 253 315 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 9 2 0 .818 355 229 Seattle 6 5 0 .545 267 222 St. Louis 4 7 0 .364 186 230 San Francisco 3 8 0 .273 152 271 Today’s Games Arizona at St. Louis, noon Seattle at Minnesota, noon Jacksonville at Tennessee, noon San Francisco at Chicago, noon N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, noon Atlanta at Tampa Bay, noon Houston at Buffalo, noon Baltimore at Miami, noon Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon Denver at San Diego, 3:05 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 3:25 p.m. Philadelphia at New England, 3:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Monday’s Game Dallas at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 Minnesota at Arizona, 7:25 p.m.

Big 12 Standings

Big 12 Overall W L W L Oklahoma 8 1 11 1 Oklahoma State 7 2 10 2 TCU 7 2 10 2 Baylor 6 3 9 3 Texas Tech 4 5 7 5 West Virginia 4 5 7 5 Texas 4 5 5 7 Kansas State 3 6 6 6 Iowa State 2 7 3 9 Kansas 0 9 0 12 Today’s Games Texas 23, Baylor 17 Kansas State 24, West Virginia 23

College

EAST Shepherd 28, Slippery Rock 16 SOUTH Alabama 29, Florida 15 Alcorn St. 49, Grambling St. 21 Appalachian St. 34, South Alabama 27 Charleston Southern 14, The Citadel 6 Clemson 45, North Carolina 37 Colgate 44, James Madison 38 Georgia St. 34, Georgia Southern 7 Jacksonville St. 41, Chattanooga 35, OT Louisiana-Monroe 42, New Mexico St. 35 Richmond 48, William & Mary 13 Sam Houston St. 34, McNeese St. 29 Troy 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 17 W. Kentucky 45, Southern Miss. 28 West Georgia 35, Tuskegee 6 MIDWEST Grand Valley St. 31, CSU-Pueblo 7 Illinois St. 36, W. Illinois 19 Kansas St. 24, West Virginia 23 Linfield 38, Mary Hardin-Baylor 35 Marian (Ind.) 45, St. Francis (Ind.) 14 Michigan St. 16, Iowa 13 Mount Union 56, Wesley 35 N. Dakota St. 37, Montana 6 NW Missouri St. 38, Emporia St. 17 S. Oregon 30, Morningside 27 St. Thomas (Minn.) 38, Wabash 7 Wis.-Whitewater 31, Wis.-Oshkosh 29 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 55, Texas St. 17 Houston 24, Temple 13 Texas 23, Baylor 17 FAR WEST San Diego St. 27, Air Force 24 Stanford 41, Southern Cal 22

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ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST AND FORMER KANSAS UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SIMRAN SETHI will be giving a public talk about her new book, “Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Commons in Spooner Hall on the KU campus. In the book, Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of beloved tastes and how they’re being threatened by the lack of diversity in our food supply.

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ive years ago, Simran Sethi, the award-winning environmentalist, journalist and educator working as an associate professor at Kansas University’s journalism school, left KU to embark on a six-continent journey that would introduce her to hundreds of farmers, producers and other food experts. Along the way, Sethi discovered how some of the world’s most beloved foods are slowly vanishing through genetic erosion, a slow and steady loss of diversity in what we grow, what is sold to consumers and what we eat. At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, she’ll return to Lawrence — where she spent last summer editing her new book, “Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love” — to share her findings in “Endangered Foods: An Evening with Simran Sethi” at KU’s The Commons, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd. But before then, the globetrotting writer and self-proclaimed “eater” chatted with the Journal-World about the

Environmental journalist Simran Sethi on her new book, vanishing biodiversity, and how we can save our favorite foods

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planet’s dwindling agricultural diversity, what we can do to save it and how she reconciles her undying love of Twix bars. JH: You grew up in an Indian family eating Indian food, which is known for its health benefits and doesn’t use a lot of animal protein, but you also grew up in the South where I’m guessing you were exposed to some stuff that wasn’t so healthy. How did that background influence how you look at food? SS: For me, food is the anchor. My love of my family is embedded in my love of food and vice versa. So for me, growing up in here in North Carolina had been the experience of really understanding what it means to stand in two places. Everything about me is Indian, but my story is one that’s also firmly routed in Winston-Salem,

N.C. And it’s an interesting negotiation that anyone who’s immigrated here has to experience, where your food isn’t just a source of comfort but it’s a source of shame. My mom would make gorgeous meals for me to take to school, and I would throw them away and I would dream of tater tots and that crappy, disgusting, industrial pizza you get in high school. In that moment, I just wanted to fit in and be like all my friends. But food was so much a part of that. It’s such a reflection of who we are. JH: These days, it seems Americans are being exposed to so much more variety as far as international foods, and American chains like McDonald’s and KFC are incredibly popular in countries like China, while at the same time we’re also globally

... 90 percent of our dairy products come from one variety of cow. And so you think you have choice, but it’s really largely in flavor or in brands, and when you start to look at the brands, everything is consolidated.” — Environmental journalist and author Simran Sethi

IF YOU GO “Endangered Foods: An Evening with Simran Sethi” will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Commons in Spooner Hall, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd., on the KU campus. Her book “Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love” will be available for purchase through the Raven Book Store. Food and coffee representative of the book’s themes will be provided by 1900 Barker Bakery and Cafe, Hank Charcuterie, Limestone Pizza Bar Kitchen and Goddard Farm. The event is free and open to the public. experiencing this loss of biodiversity. SS: Well, it’s globalization. It’s one of the reasons our food system is so different now. Actually, it’s not surprising that we can find lychee fruits in Lawrence and not just one hummus but like, 15 different kinds of hummus. But at the same time, 90 percent of our dairy products come from one variety of cow. And so you think you have choice, but it’s really largely in flavor or in brands, and when you start to look at the brands, everything is consolidated. Seventy percent of our seeds are owned by just two companies, Syngenta and Monsanto. We have lost that diversity. So, in the case of the one (kind of) cow that accounts for 90 percent of dairy products, that increases risk and that also increases the power that these institutions have. We don’t have to grow food this way, and the truth is, for most of human history, we didn’t. It’s very, very new to be treating food like just any other widget or commodity. Please see FOOD, page 3D

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Spike Lee juggles warring impulses in ‘Chi-Raq’

By Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune

Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” is destined to make almost everybody angry — not for what it says about Chicago’s homicide statistics, especially among young AfricanAmericans, but for how it says it. Director and co-writer Lee took on an existing script by Kevin Willmott (“C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America”), and together they relocated this brash update on the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” to modernday Chicago. Its prologue is all business, indicating nothing of the raunchy sex comedy lurking in the bushes around the corner. As Nick Cannon’s “Pray 4 My City” fills the soundtrack with mourning, lyrics pop up on the screen: “Please pray for my city/ Too much hate in my city/ Too many heartaches in my city/ But I got faith in my city.” The “faith” part doesn’t come easily. “Chi-Raq” includes in its opening minutes screenful after screenful of stats unfavorably comparing Chicago’s murder rate to American lives lost in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s a city of “pain, misery and strife,” as our straight-tothe-camera narrator, Dolmedes, played by Samuel L. Jackson, tells us. And, he says, “we can’t take this much more.” Our host relays the story as a mythic flashback concerning a “gorgeous Nubian sister,” Lysistrata, in this telling an Englewood stunner played by Teyonah Parris. After the stark overture, Lee begins his deliberate, risky, often entertaining disorientation of the audience. Frustrating and wildly uneven, “Chi-Raq” is also Lee’s most interesting project in nearly a decade, since the slick thriller “Inside Man” and the excellent Hurricane Katrina documentary for HBO, “When the Levees Broke,” both from 2006. Dolmedes fills us in on the context. The Aristophanes comedy “Lysistrata,” about a sex strike waged by Athenian women designed to frustrate their lunkhead warriors into halting the Peloponnesian War, dates to 411 B.C. and was written in rhymed verse. “Chi-Raq” will do likewise, he says. The South Side women are fed up with the carnage caused by the war between rival gangs, the Trojans (Wesley Snipes is their one-eyed leader, Cyclops) and the Spartans (Cannon’s character, a rising rapper with a gangbanger’s resume, goes by the name ChiRaq). Lysistrata gets wind of a sex strike, a nonfictional example from recent history, led by Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee. Why not try it here, in the bloody city by the lake? The abstaining warrior Lysistrata persuades women, many of them grieving mothers with dead children, to forget their blood feuds and band together. No more action for anyone until the men put the guns down. Many characters and a dozen different styles jostle for screen time in a crowded movie. Jennifer Hudson has little (too little) to do as the woman whose preteen daughter falls victim to the latest stray bullet in the gang war. John Cusack portrays a thinly veiled version of Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church, who rails against America’s love affair with

Where to see ‘Chi-Raq’ “Chi-Raq,” directed by Spike Lee and co-written by Kansas University professor of film Kevin Willmott, is now playing at several theaters in Kansas City. The film was originally going to premiere on website Amazon’s streaming service but that date, as well as screenings of the film in Lawrence, have yet to be announced. firearms and offers a reward for the killer of the latest murdered child. Angela Bassett’s Miss Helen, the conscience of Englewood, owns a bookstore and, in a standout scene, encounters a smiling but predatory insurance salesman at her

front gate. For many the tonal change-ups, the swings between the horrors of street violence and phallocentric sight gags, will throw them straight out of the picture. The idea at the center of “Lysistrata” is so elemental and so

strong, yet the marriage of serious points made through antic, comic methods is never smooth. The stage-trained actors fare best; Jackson, Bassett and the “Dear White People” standout Parris find a performance pitch that makes sense and responds to the material’s warring impulses. Cusack’s scenes are compelling in a completely different style. But Lysistrata herself tends to get lost in her own story. Had the script begun on a broadly comic note and then grown progres-

sively more sobering, rather than seesawing throughout, “Chi-Raq,” I suspect, might’ve established more buy-in with audiences. Many in that audience may approach Lee’s film in a defensive crouch. Touchy Chicagoans with various agendas have been wary of Lee’s movie for months, before, during and after last summer’s filming. They’re wary of any movie that treats these subjects as a source of any sort of satire, dark or light, purposeful or frivolous. To its credit, “Chi-

Raq” traffics in all those sorts of comedy. People forget just how wonderfully unpredictable Lee’s work can be, “Do the Right Thing” on the high end, “School Daze” in the middle, and satires such as “Bamboozled” lower down. If “Chi-Raq” disarms even a small percentage of those who see it, and provokes any reflection about a gun culture, the uses of satire and the plight of a sadly emblematic city, it was worth the effort. However mixedup the results.

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Ugly sweaters, adult Legos and KU basketball

y this point most people’s calendars are just about full with holiday events and/or end-ofthe-year parties. But just in case you’ve got a wide-open week and want to escape to Kansas City for a bit of seasonal enjoyment, here are some of this week’s most exciting events.

com/kansascity. Adultsonly events take place every second Thursday of the month, and standard operating hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The mini “Star Wars” exhibit is on display through Dec. 31.

More concerts On the indie side of the spectrum, few bands are making as big a splash in Kansas City as The Conquerors, whose sprawling psych sounds have been tightened up into a more compact, pop sound complete with jangly chords, tambourines and sunny harmonies. KU basketball The Conquerors are On Saturday, the holding several shows Sprint Center will unofto promote their new Ugly Christmas Sweatficially become Allen record: at 10 p.m. Frier Day Party Fieldhouse East, as the day at the Blind Tiger OK, so maybe that Kansas University men’s (with Drugs & Attics whole ugly Christmas basketball team takes on and El Rey-Tones); 7 sweater trend is a few Oregon State. p.m. Saturday at Mills years old by now, but Remaining tickets to Record Company (with can something that was see the Jayhawks play the Shy Boys); and later never cool to begin with Beavers are on sale for that night at the Replay really go out of style? $60 at sprintcenter.com. Lounge in Lawrence. Ugly Christmas Sweater Day Party/Contributed Photo Ugly Christmas Tipoff is at 7 p.m. Check out more of their THE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER DAY PARTY will be Friday at Tower Tavern. BELOW: Cheick sweater enthusiasts of tunes at theconquerors. Diallo and the KU men’s basketball team will play Oregon State on Saturday at the Sprint Tech the Halls all stripes, patterns and bandcamp.com, or look Center in Kansas City. On the other side of snowflakes will convene for their entertaining the Power & Light Disagain this year on Friday new music video, “You trict, rapper Tech N9ne’s Must Be Dreaming.” performance will be at at Tower Tavern, the Tech the Halls concert the Music Hall for eight host of Kansas City’s Friday at recordBar, shows between Tuesday will hit the Arvest Bank official Ugly Christmas Chicago indie group Theater at The Midland and Sunday, Dec. 13. Sweater Day Party. J. Fernandez will be Tickets are $45 and up at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tick- playing its first show in And before you launch ets are $28 at midlandkc. Kansas City since the at theaterleague.com/ into another rant about com. kansascity. “those dad-gum millennirelease of “Many Levels If you’d prefer to enjoy of Laughter,” the band’s als,” keep in mind that the Legoland Tech’s rhymes from the whole thing is a benefit for excellent album that The LEGOLAND Discomfort of your own Operation Breakthrough, came out last summer. covery Center at Crown home, Google his recent a charity whose mission Tickets are $8 for this Center has been entertain- “KCMO Anthem,” a track 18-and-older show. is to help area children ing kids with complex he recorded in the wake living in poverty. — Lucas Wetzel is a writer and Lego displays and handsof the Royals’ World Tickets are $50 (or $75 editor from Kansas City, Mo. on activities since its Series win last month. for VIP) at kcsweateropening in 2012. However, party.com and include an Nick Krug/Journal-World File Photo the center is off-limits open bar, live DJ and a to adults unless they are costume contest. they were kids, but for Pantomime from Humpresent with children. some reason I didn’t ‘Winter’s Dream’ perdinck’s “Hansel and That restriction will Tickets are still availGretel,” and Rimsky-Kor- see it until my thirties. be lifted from 6 to 8 p.m. I might have even shed able for the Kansas City sakov’s “Christmas Eve” Thursday for an 18-anda tear or two, but that’s Symphony’s “Classics polonaise. older No Kids Allowed: no surprise considering Uncorked: Winter’s Tickets are $25 to $30 Winter Wonderland the soundtrack includes Dream” event at 7 at kcsymphony.org and event featuring a scavboth “Hungry Eyes” and p.m. Wednesday at the include a glass of wine enger hunt, prizes and a “Time of My Life.” Kauffman Center for the or champagne after the theme build competition. Those hit songs and Performing Arts. performance. Tickets are $18 at the others will be part Associate conductor door or $13.50 online at Quality since 1880 • 817 Mass. 843-4266 ‘Dirty Dancing’ of the live staging of Aram Demirjian will legolanddiscoverycenter. Most people around “Dirty Dancing,” prelead the Symphony in a my age saw the 1987 sented by The Theater performance of Bizet’s “Dirty Dancing” when League. This touring “Farandole,” the Dream

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JH: In your book, you talk about how eating and tasting are two very different things. Why make that distinction? SS: One thing I feel that’s been happening in food conversations is, some people have taste and the rest of us don’t. I wrote this book for a mom living west of Iowa (Street). I had a very clear vision in my head of a woman who just wanted to do right by her kids, you know? She went to Hy-Vee, she bought a couple of organic things, but it wasn’t her jam. She wasn’t making it to the farmers market every weekend or heading to The Merc. She’s just a “regular person,” not some food-obsessed person like myself (laughs). I wrote this book to empower her. Before this started, I had no idea how much something like sound or touch or the weight of the bowl would influence how I would eat the food that was contained within it. It’s really to say, our food choices come from us but they’re also from outside of us, and that means that they can always change. That also means that if I give you enough information, you are your own expert. If you still choose the Big Mac or the cheap chocolate, just know 70 percent of that was grown in Africa and probably small kids harvested that. JH: You even acknowledge in the book your love of so-called “bad” foods, like your first cup of coffee at Krispy Kreme. What have you learned about yourself through this journey across six

continents and interviewing hundreds of food experts? SS: The greatest discovery has been realizing that we, as eaters, haven’t been considered by conservationists as part of the way to solve the loss of agricultural biodiversity and that actually, it can’t happen without us. The three main ways we stem this loss is in what are called ex situ collections — seed banks and stuff like that — or we save this biodiversity in situ, in the wild. For example, Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, it’s also the center of diversity of coffee, but it’s also where the wild relatives are. So when we lose a variety of coffee to disease, breeders go back in and see what else is available and what can be bred into that crop so we can figure out a way to save it. Or, there’s in situ conservation on the farm. So, if you go to the farmers market and see an heirloom tomato, that’s in situ conservation in real time. Those farmers can’t grow those tomatoes unless we the eaters are in on this, too. So, you can stop there or you can keep going and seek out that heirloom cacao that makes up these beautiful bars of craft chocolate, or you can choose to go to any of the breweries in town that are serving local beer. You’re already halfway there by just choosing something that supports what’s local and seasonal. JH: So, do you still enjoy Krispy Kreme coffee? SS: I can’t answer that question because I wouldn’t know (laughs). I carry that AeroPress and my coffee grinder everywhere with me now, so I can insulate

myself from bad coffee. What I can tell you is, I still enjoy the heck out of a Twix bar at the airport. I don’t want people to think, “Well, she could do it, but that’s not me.” It is you. I am you. I am the girl who loves a Whatchamacallit, I am the girl who sniffed wine up her noise, I’m the girl who just figured it out a couple years ago and I’m the girl who loves food, you know? I don’t want to can it, I don’t want to grow it, I don’t want to bake it or ferment it — I want to eat it and I want to support the people who do it well. So, yeah, just owning it. Just owning it.

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very January when the Academy Award nominations are announced, movie fans all over the world scan the ballots to see which movies they need to catch up on. Some of the films nominated will be playing in theaters, and some will have already been released on Bluray/DVD, but this year there’s a high probability that their search for at least three films will be as easy as going to Netflix and pressing “play.” The one that’s really making waves is director Cary Fukunaga’s West African-set war drama “Beasts of No Nation,” which was acquired for $12 million by Netflix in March and has been available through the subscription-based streaming service since Oct. 16. Starring Idris Elba as a power-hungry leader known as The Commandant, and 15-year-old unknown Abraham Attah as child soldier Agu, the movie is a moving coming-of-age tale set against a nightmarish backdrop, and was adapted from Uzodinma Iweala’s 2005 novel. “Beasts of No Nation” was shot in the jungles of Ghana, and Fukunaga’s keen visual sense (previously displayed in his adaptation of “Jane Eyre” and season one of HBO’s “True Detective,” of which he directed every episode) is again on display. His roving camera moves slowly and conjures up some haunting imagery, portraying the sometimes beautiful and almost always disturbing events from Agu’s point of view. (It has no official MPAA rating, but because of some extreme violence, that rating would most certainly be a hard R.) You might have seen the Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle “Blood Diamond” or a number of other films that subtextually deal with children drafted into guerrilla warfare in Sierra Leone or Liberia, but “Beasts

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Idris Elba in “Beasts of No Nation”

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eric@scene-stealers.com of No Nation” is different because it focuses on one child’s unique experience. It’s not an issue film — it’s a story about a boy who has a rich family life but then tragically loses it all and is left to fend for himself. When Elba’s charismatic Commandant takes him under his wing, he finds a substitute father figure, and the movie continues to surprise from there. Independently produced for $6 million, “Beasts of No Nation” is poised to be an indie heavy-hitter during awards season. The film has already garnered

however, is just getting started. Box office behemoth Adam Sandler has a multi-picture deal with Netflix, and his new comedy “The Ridiculous Six” debuts there exclusively on Dec. 11. Coming soon are a Weinstein Co.-produced sequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” a Pee-wee Herman movie, a Brad Pitt military parody called “The War Machine” and a Cambodian Civil War memoir directed by Angelina Jolie. Amazon Studios via AP The company hasn’t Samuel L. Jackson in “Chi-Raq” pushed an awards campaign of “Beasts of officer, Ted Sarandos, is No Nation” magnitude five nominations at the famous for not releasing before, but it has been 2016 Independent Spirit viewership numbers, but heavily invested in the Awards for best picture, documentary category cinematography and Fu- he was quick to mention that in the movie’s since 2013, when Netflix kunaga, Attah and Elba. first week, it was seen acquisition “The Square” To qualify for the by more than 3 million was nominated for an Oscars, Netflix gave the film a brief theatrical run people and was the most- Oscar. This past Januwatched film in every ary, “Virunga,” another in 31 theaters, garnering country where Netflix Netflix doc, was nomia meager $91,000, which nated for a 2014 Oscar, under any other circum- operates. No stranger to the and Tuesday it was stances would be a huge awards circuit, Netflix announced that two new loss. But because it also has already invaded the Netflix documentaries released “Beasts of No world of traditional TV are on the Academy’s Nation” the same day with multiple Emmys shortlist for 2015. Both through its streaming and Golden Globes for are available now. service, it was instantly “What Happened, Miss made available to 69 mil- its original series “House of Cards” and “Orange is Simone?” opened the lion subscribers in more the New Black.” Its battle Sundance Film Festival than 50 countries. The company’s chief content with movie theaters, earlier this year, and it

Make your holiday gifts with help from these books

very year I have daydreams of finding the time, resourcefulness and inner depths of creative inspiration to craft our family’s holiday. I envision the vast array of unique gifts and handmade wrappings that I would bestow on family and friends. I can almost audibly hear the oohs and ahhs as said wrappings are torn to shreds, revealing the inner wonder of artfully constructed gifting as it all shines in hands that appreciate the effort. The reality of my festive crafting efforts has always come up a little bit short. Yes, I’ve managed to put together a few things in the past — even made a scarf or two, designed a magnet, or mixed an herbally scented bottle of linen spray. These things seemed almost too easy, not worth the imaginings of captivated surprise or authentic gratitude over my labors and thoughtfulness. Or so I believed. The truth of the matter is that a handmade anything, gifted during the holiday season, really, truly does evoke gratitude in the eyes of the beholder. Those who receive the product of your hands, mind and heart “get it” — in droves. In a world of bigbox deals and steals, tiny plastic reproductions at bargain basement prices

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GWEN GEIGERWOLFE and drone-delivered lastminute online purchasing, a handmade creation is nearly revolutionary. So please, don’t scoff at your dreams. Don’t doubt your ambitions. Deny the running tagline in your head that says there isn’t enough time or it’s not worth it. It will make all the difference to the receiver that you have put the thoughtfulness back into the holiday season. For all of them, I’ll tell you in advance, “Thank you.” Now, we all need a little help in the idea department, so here are my top picks for your giftgivers and receivers this year. Let your heart be light and your holidays be made at home.

Family craft At our house this year, we’re leaning on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s “Carve, Stamp, Play” to create one-of-a-kind handstamped note cards for family and friends. Her beautiful designs

and simple-to-follow instructions take the guesswork out of your project, leaving only room for festive fun. Other great picks for gathering your family near to craft include Linda Braden’s “Mason Jar Crafts for Kids,” Chris Barnardo’s “Made With Dad,” and Kathryn Otoshi’s beautifully inspirational story, “Beautiful Hands.” Go on, sweet families. Make memories.

Makers and techies Perhaps you are a maker or maybe you aspire to be. Lucy Johnston’s “Digital Handmade” will command your respect for the “renaissance in the art of making” — the movement that has allowed immeasurable levels of creativity to erupt through innovative methods and materials that blend to tell “a story of beauty and the machine.” Prepare to be wowed by the stunning works of the 80 artists featured in this design inspiration. Once you’ve lit your creative fire, get started making with Chris Hackett’s “The Big Book of Maker Skills,” and the

ultimate “How to Do Absolutely Everything.” I’ll expect to see you in the library showing off your mad skills.

Classic craft with a twist If you like to sew or knit, you may be examining your stash of supplies with a desire to do something new. Lea Redmond’s “Knit the Sky” takes a playful approach to reimagining classic knitting creativity. Using beautiful illustrations, insightful observations and her daily experience as the bedrock for ingenuity, you will likely never look at yarn the same way again. Other stash-box wonders include Helen Deighan’s “Beautiful Braiding Made Easy,” and Vera Vandenbosch’s remnant-loving “Scraps.” Foodies forever I’m currently in love with Alana Chernila’s “The Homemade Pantry,” which is teeming with amazing made-fromscratch staples that you might never think of

making at home. Take homemade toaster pastry, for example. Not only is it an elevated hand-pie, but think of stocking your pantry with those delectable treats. Then imagine how many others will be vying for a bakery box full of them from you for future Christmases to come. You are welcome. However, if pantry basics aren’t quite your style, check out Maggie Battista’s “Food Gift Love” for recipes designed for gifting. Or walk on the wild side and transform your food into body care treats with Fifi Maacaron’s “Natural Beauty Alchemy.” Nothing can stop you now. I hope you are now filled with brazen crafting confidence and have decided to show your family and friends the creative stuff from which you are made. I wish you luck on your endeavors and the happiest of holiday crafting memories. Cheers! — Gwen GeigerWolfe is a reference junkie at Lawrence Public Library with a slant for all things healthy, natural and adventurous.

probes the life of iconic jazz singer Nina Simone. Directed by Liz Garbus, the movie uses rare archival footage to illuminate more than Simone’s uncompromising music, positioning her as equally resolute in fighting racism and sexism — her own way. “Winter on Fire” is in the same you-are-there vein as “The Square,” which was about the Egyptian uprising, only this is set in Ukraine during 90 days of the Euromaidan protests that turned violent. “Winter on Fire” won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, and is riding a wave of solid buzz into awards season. This weekend, Amazon’s streaming service also enters the movie awards conversation with Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq,” which was co-written by KU professor Kevin Willmott and was originally planned as a holiday streaming release only, but is now out in just more than 300 theaters. A loose adaptation of the classic Greek play “Lysistrata,” it mixes music, broad comedy and topical drama, and pairs newcomer Teyonah Parris with supporting roles from Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley Snipes and John Cusack. Ironically, Amazon is now playing coy with its streaming release date, presumably trying to drum up as much business as possible theatrically first. It’s a more traditional approach than Netflix’s day-and-date premiere, but Amazon will probably put the film online much faster than the normal 90-day waiting period that the multiplexes usually require. If it works, and the movie grosses well this weekend, this release model could be the new compromise the major chains will have to deal with going forward. — Eric Melin is the editor-inchief of Scene-Stealers. He’s a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and president of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

BEST-SELLERS Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Sunday, Nov. 29, compiled from nationwide data.

Hardcover fiction 1. Cross Justice. James Patterson. Little, Brown ($29) 2. Tricky Twenty-Two. Janet Evanovich. Bantam ($28) 3. The Guilty. David Baldacci. Grand Central ($28) 4. Rogue Lawyer. John Grisham. Doubleday ($28.95) 5. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Stephen King. Scribner ($30) 6. See Me. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central ($27) 7. All Dressed in White. Clark/Burke. Simon & Schuster ($26.99) 8. The Crossing. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown ($28) Hardcover nonfiction 1. Killing Reagan. O’Reilly/Dugard. Holt ($30) 2. Thing Explainer. Randall Munroe. HMH ($24.95) 3. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime. Ree Drummond. Morrow ($29.99) 4. Guinness World Records 2016. Guinness World Records ($28.95) 5. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. Kilmeade/Yaeger. Penguin/ Sentinel ($27.95) 6. Destiny and Power. Jon Meacham. Random ($35) 7. Humans of New York: Stories. Brandon Stanton. St. Martin’s ($29.99) 8. Crippled America. Donald J. Trump. S&S/ Threshold ($25)

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UNITED FEATURE SUNDAY CROSSWORD 72 Made war ACROSS 73 Tawny predator 1 Pie shell 74 Watering places 6 Monks’ hoods 76 His and hers 11 “-- Gantry” 77 Cake-pan type 16 Smithy’s block 78 Beirut locale 21 Where to celebrate 81 Divas’ offerings Tet 82 Rope fiber 22 Kind of conifer 83 Fitness centers 23 Bete -87 Spews lava 24 Tenet 88 Commit to memory 25 -- box 89 Boring tool 26 Rust or patina 27 “Blowin’ in the Wind” 90 Potential perch or pike singer 91 Observes 28 Raspberry stems 92 Mr. Yeltsin 29 Glamorous corsages 93 Cheers 31 Rubber city 94 Off-the-wall 33 Forest mom 96 Banned bug spray 35 Mao -- -tung 36 “-- Gratia Artis” (MGM 97 Ignited the pilot again motto) 98 Attractive one 37 Remove a renter 99 Sitting Bull’s terri38 Be in control tory 39 Others’ suggestions 100 Scallion kin 41 Wheel buy (2 wds.) 102 Castaway’s refuge 42 Safari boss 103 Arm bone 44 Adviser 104 Old pro 46 Winter sport 51 Joke response (hyph.) 105 Wakens rudely 107 Wouldn’t hurt -- -52 Hong Kong abode 109 “My Gal” of song 53 Turn down 110 Process ore 56 Long-legged waders 112 Dele canceler 57 Brand name 113 Civil wrongs 58 Garage contents 115 Air rifle ammo 59 Hire a lawyer 118 Architect’s wing 60 Brought to ruin 119 Explosive letters 61 Virginia caverns 121 Dalai Lama’s city 62 Lopsided 123 Cares (3 wds.) 63 They’re full of dates 125 Alpine moppet 65 PBS “Science Guy” 127 Customary 66 Hoosier hoopster 129 Kiwi language 67 Oh, for -- sake! 131 Vows venue 68 Like crepes suzette 132 In the blink of -- -69 Zingy taste 133 Bloodhound’s clue 71 Gouda cousin

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DATEBOOK Midland Railway Santa Claus Express, departing 10 a.m., Midland Railway Depot, 1515 High St., Baldwin City. Santa Visits the Eldridge, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., The Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St. Festival of Nativities, noon-4 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St., North Lawrence. Craft Collective Handmade Market, noon-5 p.m., Abe and Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County’s Gingerbread Festival and Auction, noon-5 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St. Holiday Homes Tour, a benefit for Health Care Access, noon-5 p.m., various homes around Lawrence. (More information at healthcareaccess. org.) Midland Railway Santa Claus Express, departing 1 p.m., Midland Railway Depot, 1515 High St., Baldwin City. “The Nutcracker,” 1 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Santa Arrives on Union Pacific, 1-3 p.m., Great Union Station, 701 N. Kansas Avenue, Topeka. Live entertainment in Downtown Lawrence, including Lawrence Civic Choir, holiday characters and Santa Sightings, 1-5 p.m., Massachusetts St. Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Pre-Vespers, 1:30 p.m., Bales Organ Recital Hall, 1600 Stewart Drive. Baker University 85th Annual Christmas Candlelight Vespers, 2 p.m., Rice Auditorium, 404 Eighth St., Baldwin City. Handel’s “Messiah,” 2 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. KU School of Music: Vespers, 2:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive. Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” 2:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive. University Theatre: “Reckless,” 2:30 p.m., William Inge Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive. Holiday Benefit Concert for “Just Food,” 3-4:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway. 25th anniversary screening of “Home Alone” (1990), 4 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massa-

chusetts St. Washburn University Holiday Vespers Concert, 4 p.m., White Concert Hall, SW 17th St., Topeka. Menorah Lighting Ceremony and Community Chanukah Celebration, 5 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Baker University 85th Annual Christmas Candlelight Vespers, 5 p.m., Rice Auditorium, 404 Eighth St., Baldwin City. “The Nutcracker,” 5 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Pre-Vespers, 6:30 p.m., Bales Organ Recital Hall, 1600 Stewart Drive. 25th anniversary screening of “Home Alone” (1990), 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. KU School of Music: Vespers, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive. Mark Erelli, 7:30 p.m., Unity Church, 900 Madeline Lane.

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City of Lawrence Solid Waste Division Holiday Toy Drive, starting 6 a.m. Crews will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Blue Santa program. Please set out donation items next to your yard waste. TubaChristmas, noon, Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. CHAMPSS meal program orientation, 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. KU School of Music: Composition Program Recital, 5 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive. Strength and Conditioning Clinic, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Gary Gribble’s Running Sports, 839 Massachusetts St. Thieves Guild Life Drawing, 7 p.m., Fatso’s, 1016 Massachusetts St. KU School of Music: Opera Workshop Scenes, 7:30 p.m., The Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive. University Theatre: “Reckless,” 7:30 p.m., William Inge Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive. Lorie Line — “Christmas in the City,” 7:30 p.m., Polsky Theatre, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

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Red Dog’s Dog Days, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, 1651 Naismith Drive. Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. KU Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum, Endangered Foods: An Evening with Simran Sethi, 6:30 p.m., The Commons, Spooner Hall, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd. KU Choirs: Bales Chorale, 7:30 p.m., Bales Organ Recital Hall, 1600 Stewart Drive. KU School of Music: Opera Workshop Scenes, 7:30 p.m., The Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive. University Theatre: “Reckless,” 7:30 p.m., William Inge Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

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Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Classics Uncorked: Winter’s Dream, 7 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. KU School of Music: Opera Workshop Scenes, 7:30 p.m., The Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive. Nerd Nite XLIV: A Nerd Awakens, 7:30 p.m., Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St.

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