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<p>HONOLULU (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency said the state of Hawaii didn't need federal approval to retract a cellphone alert mistakenly sent over the weekend warning of a ballistic missile attack.</p>
<p>Hawaii has had the authority to cancel or retract warnings since 2012, when it applied for access to the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, FEMA said in a statement.</p>
<p>Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesman Richard Rapoza said Tuesday his agency asked FEMA for clarification on Saturday about whether rescinding an alert was an appropriate use of the warning system.</p>
<p>Hawaii officials have said the process was one factor that delayed their retraction. Another was writing the cancellation notice, since a retraction script was not kept on file. The Hawaii agency didn't send a retraction until 38 minutes after the initial alert.</p>
<p>Rapoza said officials weren't clear on whether they could use the system to cancel the first alert.</p>
<p>"We didn't want to pile one mistake on top of another," Rapoza said.</p>
<p>Officials said a state employee clicked the wrong link and activated a real alert instead of an internal test when the mistaken message was distributed.</p>
<p>Hawaii is the only state that is set up to send cellphone alerts about the threat of an incoming ballistic missile. It's had the ability to do so since November, Rapoza said.</p>
<p>Hawaii is also the only state that has siren alerts that will be sounded specifically to warn of a ballistic missile threat. Hawaii started testing these sirens last month.</p>
<p>The state set up the ballistic missile warning infrastructure after North Korea demonstrated its ballistic missiles had the range to reach the islands.</p>
<p>Hawaii is home to key military bases and command centers, making it rich with potential targets for adversaries.</p>
<p>U.S. Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii sent a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee asking the panel to investigate whether a state emergency management agency should have jurisdiction over national security warnings.</p>
<p>The two Democrats questioned whether U.S. Pacific Command, which oversees all U.S. military forces in Hawaii and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, should have the authority and capability to unilaterally broadcast emergency messages, including overrides of false alerts.</p>
<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the agency will work with states to follow proper protocols when issuing safety alerts and can quickly retract incorrect alerts like Hawaii's warning of a ballistic missile over the weekend.</p>
<p>U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Hawaii Democrat, said it's clear that human error initiated the false alert.</p>
<p>But she worries that system failures allowed it to go uncorrected for too long.</p>
<p>"This had the potential for being totally catastrophic," Hirono said.</p>
<p>Nielsen told a Senate panel the department had been unaware that Hawaii officials did not have a mechanism in place to address false alarms and retract them.</p>
<p>She also said the Department of Homeland Security is examining how the U.S. government can quickly verify the accuracy of alerts with agencies such as the Department of Defense.</p>
<p>On Monday, Gov. David Ige appointed a state Army National Guard official to oversee a review of Hawaii's emergency management process in response to the error.</p>
<p>Ige said Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara will provide a report in two months.</p>
<p>Some changes have already been made, including requiring two people to approve emergency alerts.</p>
<p>Ige said that he had requested the ability to test the mobile alert system, but the effort had been "blocked nationwide."</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Japan's public broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert warning citizens of a North Korean missile launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter. NHK television deleted the warning after several minutes.</p>
<p>NHK said the mistake was the result of an error by a staff member who was operating the alert system for online news, but NHK did not elaborate.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>This story has been corrected to show Hara was appointed to oversee the emergency management review process, not lead the agency.</p>
<p>HONOLULU (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency said the state of Hawaii didn't need federal approval to retract a cellphone alert mistakenly sent over the weekend warning of a ballistic missile attack.</p>
<p>Hawaii has had the authority to cancel or retract warnings since 2012, when it applied for access to the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, FEMA said in a statement.</p>
<p>Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesman Richard Rapoza said Tuesday his agency asked FEMA for clarification on Saturday about whether rescinding an alert was an appropriate use of the warning system.</p>
<p>Hawaii officials have said the process was one factor that delayed their retraction. Another was writing the cancellation notice, since a retraction script was not kept on file. The Hawaii agency didn't send a retraction until 38 minutes after the initial alert.</p>
<p>Rapoza said officials weren't clear on whether they could use the system to cancel the first alert.</p>
<p>"We didn't want to pile one mistake on top of another," Rapoza said.</p>
<p>Officials said a state employee clicked the wrong link and activated a real alert instead of an internal test when the mistaken message was distributed.</p>
<p>Hawaii is the only state that is set up to send cellphone alerts about the threat of an incoming ballistic missile. It's had the ability to do so since November, Rapoza said.</p>
<p>Hawaii is also the only state that has siren alerts that will be sounded specifically to warn of a ballistic missile threat. Hawaii started testing these sirens last month.</p>
<p>The state set up the ballistic missile warning infrastructure after North Korea demonstrated its ballistic missiles had the range to reach the islands.</p>
<p>Hawaii is home to key military bases and command centers, making it rich with potential targets for adversaries.</p>
<p>U.S. Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii sent a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee asking the panel to investigate whether a state emergency management agency should have jurisdiction over national security warnings.</p>
<p>The two Democrats questioned whether U.S. Pacific Command, which oversees all U.S. military forces in Hawaii and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, should have the authority and capability to unilaterally broadcast emergency messages, including overrides of false alerts.</p>
<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the agency will work with states to follow proper protocols when issuing safety alerts and can quickly retract incorrect alerts like Hawaii's warning of a ballistic missile over the weekend.</p>
<p>U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Hawaii Democrat, said it's clear that human error initiated the false alert.</p>
<p>But she worries that system failures allowed it to go uncorrected for too long.</p>
<p>"This had the potential for being totally catastrophic," Hirono said.</p>
<p>Nielsen told a Senate panel the department had been unaware that Hawaii officials did not have a mechanism in place to address false alarms and retract them.</p>
<p>She also said the Department of Homeland Security is examining how the U.S. government can quickly verify the accuracy of alerts with agencies such as the Department of Defense.</p>
<p>On Monday, Gov. David Ige appointed a state Army National Guard official to oversee a review of Hawaii's emergency management process in response to the error.</p>
<p>Ige said Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara will provide a report in two months.</p>
<p>Some changes have already been made, including requiring two people to approve emergency alerts.</p>
<p>Ige said that he had requested the ability to test the mobile alert system, but the effort had been "blocked nationwide."</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Japan's public broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert warning citizens of a North Korean missile launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter. NHK television deleted the warning after several minutes.</p>
<p>NHK said the mistake was the result of an error by a staff member who was operating the alert system for online news, but NHK did not elaborate.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>This story has been corrected to show Hara was appointed to oversee the emergency management review process, not lead the agency.</p>
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honolulu ap federal emergency management agency said state hawaii didnt need federal approval retract cellphone alert mistakenly sent weekend warning ballistic missile attack hawaii authority cancel retract warnings since 2012 applied access integrated public alert warning system fema said statement hawaii emergency management agency spokesman richard rapoza said tuesday agency asked fema clarification saturday whether rescinding alert appropriate use warning system hawaii officials said process one factor delayed retraction another writing cancellation notice since retraction script kept file hawaii agency didnt send retraction 38 minutes initial alert rapoza said officials werent clear whether could use system cancel first alert didnt want pile one mistake top another rapoza said officials said state employee clicked wrong link activated real alert instead internal test mistaken message distributed hawaii state set send cellphone alerts threat incoming ballistic missile ability since november rapoza said hawaii also state siren alerts sounded specifically warn ballistic missile threat hawaii started testing sirens last month state set ballistic missile warning infrastructure north korea demonstrated ballistic missiles range reach islands hawaii home key military bases command centers making rich potential targets adversaries us reps colleen hanabusa tulsi gabbard hawaii sent letter chairman ranking member house armed services committee asking panel investigate whether state emergency management agency jurisdiction national security warnings two democrats questioned whether us pacific command oversees us military forces hawaii rest asiapacific region authority capability unilaterally broadcast emergency messages including overrides false alerts homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen said agency work states follow proper protocols issuing safety alerts quickly retract incorrect alerts like hawaiis warning ballistic missile weekend us sen mazie hirono hawaii democrat said clear human error initiated false alert worries system failures allowed go uncorrected long potential totally catastrophic hirono said nielsen told senate panel department unaware hawaii officials mechanism place address false alarms retract also said department homeland security examining us government quickly verify accuracy alerts agencies department defense monday gov david ige appointed state army national guard official oversee review hawaiis emergency management process response error ige said army national guard brig gen kenneth hara provide report two months changes already made including requiring two people approve emergency alerts ige said requested ability test mobile alert system effort blocked nationwide tuesday japans public broadcaster mistakenly sent alert warning citizens north korean missile launch urging seek immediate shelter nhk television deleted warning several minutes nhk said mistake result error staff member operating alert system online news nhk elaborate ___ story corrected show hara appointed oversee emergency management review process lead agency honolulu ap federal emergency management agency said state hawaii didnt need federal approval retract cellphone alert mistakenly sent weekend warning ballistic missile attack hawaii authority cancel retract warnings since 2012 applied access integrated public alert warning system fema said statement hawaii emergency management agency spokesman richard rapoza said tuesday agency asked fema clarification saturday whether rescinding alert appropriate use warning system hawaii officials said process one factor delayed retraction another writing cancellation notice since retraction script kept file hawaii agency didnt send retraction 38 minutes initial alert rapoza said officials werent clear whether could use system cancel first alert didnt want pile one mistake top another rapoza said officials said state employee clicked wrong link activated real alert instead internal test mistaken message distributed hawaii state set send cellphone alerts threat incoming ballistic missile ability since november rapoza said hawaii also state siren alerts sounded specifically warn ballistic missile threat hawaii started testing sirens last month state set ballistic missile warning infrastructure north korea demonstrated ballistic missiles range reach islands hawaii home key military bases command centers making rich potential targets adversaries us reps colleen hanabusa tulsi gabbard hawaii sent letter chairman ranking member house armed services committee asking panel investigate whether state emergency management agency jurisdiction national security warnings two democrats questioned whether us pacific command oversees us military forces hawaii rest asiapacific region authority capability unilaterally broadcast emergency messages including overrides false alerts homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen said agency work states follow proper protocols issuing safety alerts quickly retract incorrect alerts like hawaiis warning ballistic missile weekend us sen mazie hirono hawaii democrat said clear human error initiated false alert worries system failures allowed go uncorrected long potential totally catastrophic hirono said nielsen told senate panel department unaware hawaii officials mechanism place address false alarms retract also said department homeland security examining us government quickly verify accuracy alerts agencies department defense monday gov david ige appointed state army national guard official oversee review hawaiis emergency management process response error ige said army national guard brig gen kenneth hara provide report two months changes already made including requiring two people approve emergency alerts ige said requested ability test mobile alert system effort blocked nationwide tuesday japans public broadcaster mistakenly sent alert warning citizens north korean missile launch urging seek immediate shelter nhk television deleted warning several minutes nhk said mistake result error staff member operating alert system online news nhk elaborate ___ story corrected show hara appointed oversee emergency management review process lead agency
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<p>In the&#160;Florida Democratic primary for governor, Rep. Jim Davis has been the target of a series of attacks by outside groups&#160;funded largely&#160;by U.S. Sugar Corp. According to state records, one group is 100% funded by U.S. Sugar;&#160;the other has received $1.6 million in contributions&#160;from U.S. Sugar over the past two weeks alone.</p>
<p>A TV&#160;ad sponsored by one of the groups&#160;says Davis “voted to deny some struggling workers the minimum wage.” However, the bill Davis voted for&#160;actually called for a&#160;raise in the&#160;minimum wage for the vast majority of workers.</p>
<p>The other group&#160;used recent donations from U.S. Sugar to fund two&#160;pieces of direct mail. One was&#160;aimed at&#160;Florida’s Jewish community&#160;and says Davis failed to “condemn attacks against&#160;Israel” when he actually did condemn the attacks. The other mailer,&#160;aimed at African-Americans and accompanied by a radio ad,&#160;faults Davis for voting against restitution for two wrongly imprisoned men, but even one of the ex-prisoners thought the ad was “dirty politics.”</p>
<p>Rep. Jim Davis and State Sen. Rod Smith are&#160;dueling for the party’s nomination in the state’s Sept. 5 primary.</p>
<p>If he didn’t have a sugar daddy, Smith’s campaign would be practically out of business. From Aug. 15 through Aug. 31, U.S. Sugar contributed 20 times&#160;as much&#160;money to&#160;outside groups supporting Smith as Smith had left in his own campaign coffers, according to forms filed with the Secretary of State’s office.</p>
<p>The connection between the sugar industry, a powerful force in Florida politics,&#160;and Smith is well documented by the&#160;state press. As a state senator, Smith was instrumental in passing Everglades&#160;cleanup legislation that went easier on&#160;the sugar companies than&#160;prospective alternatives. Also, a top consultant&#160;to the Smith’s campaign&#160;serves as a&#160;U.S. Sugar lobbyist.</p>
<p>In addition, the group Florida’s Working Families has a history of large <a href="http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/generatePDF.action?formId='223864626-990POL-02'&amp;formType=P90" type="external">contributions</a> from U.S. Sugar.&#160; This pattern continued&#160;as the group’s most recent report, filed on Sept. 1, showed that U.S. Sugar donated $1.6 million in the last two weeks of August alone.</p>
<p>Also, according to disclosure forms&#160; <a href="http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/Print.action?formId=22606&amp;formType=E72" type="external">filed</a> with the&#160;IRS, U.S. Sugar and its subsidiary Southern Garden Groves Corp. pumped over $430,000 into a group called&#160;Floridians for Responsible Government during an 8-day period around&#160;the end of May. The majority of this money was spent on “voter contact.”&#160;Local media reported on pro-Smith mailers sent out by the group&#160;in June.</p>
<p>At this point in the campaign, Smith’s coffers are practically empty. As of Aug. 18th, he&#160;had &#160;barely $75,000 left. U.S. Sugar’s actions thus loom all the larger in Smith’s effort to get the Democratic nomination. By comparison, Davis has&#160;nearly $1.7 million in the bank.</p>
<p>Announcer:&#160;You. Should. Know. Congressman Jim Davis has the second-worst attendance in Congress. Jim Davis voted to deny some struggling workers the minimum wage. Jim Davis voted against capping rates credit card companies can charge us. Jim Davis voted against allowing seniors to order low-cost prescription drugs from Canada. Maybe we should be glad Jim Davis rarely shows up for work.</p>
<p>On Aug. 22, Florida’s Working Families began running a TV ad attacking Davis. The ad accurately represents Davis’s attendance record and a vote he made against capping credit card interest rates, but then makes the grossly misleading statement that he “voted to deny some the minimum wage.” The bill <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2000/roll045.xml" type="external">cited</a>&#160;actually called for a raise in the minimum wage.</p>
<p>Language in the bill exempted&#160;certain jobs&#160;such as funeral directors, computer programmers, and some sales positions, but for everyone else the minimum wage would have gone from $5.15 per hour to $6.15.&#160;So while it is true to&#160;say that some would be denied the minimum wage, the overwhelming majority would have received a raise. Additionally,&#160;exemptions to&#160;the minimum wage&#160;have always&#160; <a href="http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/statutes/whd/FairLaborStandAct.pdf" type="external">existed</a>.&#160;For example, fishers, farm workers, and janitors are not&#160; <a href="http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/factsheets/fs_covered.html" type="external">covered</a> currently.</p>
<p>The bill was never introduced&#160;in the Senate and thus never enacted into law; other recent efforts to raise the minimum wage have stalled as well.</p>
<p>According to&#160;documents filed with the state,&#160;U.S. Sugar Corp. supplied 100% of&#160;the budget for the newly formed Coalition for Justice and Equality with a $100,000 donation. The group has&#160;released&#160;two direct-mail pieces attacking Davis. One piece is aimed at the Jewish community saying, “Jim Davis fails to condemn attacks against Israel”&#160;based only on the fact&#160;he missed the vote on a House resolution after&#160;Hezbollah’s&#160;attack. However, Davis actually did condemn the attacks three days before the&#160;symbolic vote even took place.</p>
<p>While it is true that Davis&#160; <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll391.xml" type="external">missed</a> the vote on July 20th, he had already&#160;released&#160;a statement on July 17th saying, “I strongly condemn Hezbollah’s brutal and unprovoked attack on Israeli soldiers, and support Israel ’s right to defend its people.”</p>
<p>The same group sent a second mailer, this one targeting African-Americans. It accurately describes a&#160;vote Davis&#160;made as a state representative in 1990 denying restitution to two black men who were&#160;wrongly imprisoned for 12 years, though it’s quite a stretch to say that the vote is part of Davis’ “record of shame.” An accompanying radio ad “dramatizes” comments of the two ex-prisoners. While the men have been critical of Davis, one of them has recently characterized the use of their case in the attacks as “dirty politics.”</p>
<p>Freddie&#160;Pitts and Wilbur Lee were convicted of murder in 1963 but pardoned after someone else confessed to the crime. For years, starting in the late 1980s, the state legislature considered awarding the men damages and eventually granted each $500,000 in 1998.</p>
<p>Davis was no longer in the legislature by then. However, in 1990,&#160;he&#160;had joined&#160;the majority&#160;of his statehouse legislative committee&#160;in a 6-4 decision against restitution. Davis has&#160;said he didn’t believe there&#160;was enough evidence at the time to justify the payments. The mailer concludes that this is evidence of Davis’&#160;“record of shame” in the African-American community.</p>
<p>Perhaps,&#160;but Davis&#160;supported&#160;the interests of the NAACP&#160;91% of the time, according to&#160;the civil rights group’s 2005 scorecard. Even Smith has&#160;condemned&#160;the mailer as going “too far.”</p>
<p>Coalition for Justice and Equality&#160;Radio Ad</p>
<p>Announcer: Twelve years.&#160;Two African-Americans, Freddie Pitts and Wilbert Lee, sat in tiny cells. Nine years on death row. Convicted of murder by an all-white jury for crimes they didn’t commit. A white man confessed. All they asked for was a little of their lives back.&#160; To be treated fairly. Jim Davis voted no. Voted to deny justice to Pitts and Lee. Listen to the words of Freddie Pitts:</p>
<p>Actor: Davis is a backwater politician. He voted to renege on justice. He’s a cold-hearted man.</p>
<p>Announcer:&#160;Fortunately, there’s Rod Smith. Smith led the fight to close the boot camps after a fourteen-year-old black kid was beaten to death by sheriff’s deputies. Rod Smith is a man we can trust to do the right thing. Paid electioneering communication paid for by Coalition for Justice and Equality. 201 SW 8th Terrace, Boca Raton, FL 33486</p>
<p>The mailing was followed by a radio ad. An actual copy of the&#160;ad could not be obtained by FactCheck.&#160;Stuart Rosenfeldt,&#160;the registered agent for the Coalition for Justice and Equality,&#160;responded by email that&#160;he was “not going to supply”&#160;the ad. However, quotes have appeared in local press accounts, and the Davis campaign&#160;supplied a full transcript at our request.</p>
<p>The ad discusses the pair’s wrongful imprisonment and then says, “listen to the words of Freddie Pitts.” An actor portraying Pitts claims “Davis is a backwater politician. He voted to renege on justice. He’s a cold-hearted man.”</p>
<p>However, Pitts didn’t say that. He&#160;did make the “backwater politician” remark in a Miami Herald story, but the other lines were actually&#160;said by Wilbur Lee in a different story.</p>
<p>According to the Orlando Sentinel, Rosenfeldt&#160;“stands by the ad” but will produce a new spot&#160;“that removes any ‘dramatization’ of the facts.”</p>
<p>Some local black leaders&#160;have&#160;said&#160;the ad is “attempting to polarize the black community.”</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>&lt;iframe style="width: 500px; height:300px;" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen src="https://video.factcheck.org/play/legacy-217-1"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</p>
<p><a href="" type="internal">View Coalition for Justice and Equality African American mailer cover</a></p>
<p><a href="" type="internal">View Inside of African-American Mailer pg. 1</a></p>
<p><a href="" type="internal">View inside of African-American Mailer pg.2</a></p>
<p><a href="" type="internal">View Coalition for Justice and Equality Jewish mailer front</a></p>
<p><a href="" type="internal">View Coalition for Justice and Equality Jewish mailer back</a></p>
<p>U.S. House, 106th Congress, 2nd Session.&#160;House Vote No. <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2000/roll045.xml" type="external">45</a>.</p>
<p>Caputo, Mark and Reinhard, Beth, “Big Sugar plays rough in governor’s race,” Miami Herald. 26 Aug 2006.</p>
<p>Leary, Alex and Liberto, Jennifer, “Sugar dollars pour into pro-Smith group,” St. Petersburg Times. 19 July 2006.</p>
<p>Reinhard, Beth and Caputo, Mark,&#160;“Davis Discusses ‘Bad Vote’ with Black Voters,” Miami Herald. 28 Aug 2006.</p>
<p>Reinhard, Beth, “Some tough questions for two Democrats,” Miami Herald. 22 July 2006.</p>
<p>Wallsten, Peter, “Telephone Companies, Sugar Industry Fare Well in Florida Legislative Session,” Miami Herald. 3 May 2003.</p>
<p>“Straight Talk on Rod Smith and Sugar,”&#160;press release. Jim Davis for Governor Campaign. 25 Aug 2006.</p>
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the160florida democratic primary governor rep jim davis target series attacks outside groups160funded largely160by us sugar corp according state records one group 100 funded us sugar160the received 16 million contributions160from us sugar past two weeks alone tv160ad sponsored one groups160says davis voted deny struggling workers minimum wage however bill davis voted for160actually called a160raise the160minimum wage vast majority workers group160used recent donations us sugar fund two160pieces direct mail one was160aimed at160floridas jewish community160and says davis failed condemn attacks against160israel actually condemn attacks mailer160aimed africanamericans accompanied radio ad160faults davis voting restitution two wrongly imprisoned men even one exprisoners thought ad dirty politics rep jim davis state sen rod smith are160dueling partys nomination states sept 5 primary didnt sugar daddy smiths campaign would practically business aug 15 aug 31 us sugar contributed 20 times160as much160money to160outside groups supporting smith smith left campaign coffers according forms filed secretary states office connection sugar industry powerful force florida politics160and smith well documented the160state press state senator smith instrumental passing everglades160cleanup legislation went easier on160the sugar companies than160prospective alternatives also top consultant160to smiths campaign160serves a160us sugar lobbyist addition group floridas working families history large contributions us sugar160 pattern continued160as groups recent report filed sept 1 showed us sugar donated 16 million last two weeks august alone also according disclosure forms160 filed the160irs us sugar subsidiary southern garden groves corp pumped 430000 group called160floridians responsible government 8day period around160the end may majority money spent voter contact160local media reported prosmith mailers sent group160in june point campaign smiths coffers practically empty aug 18th he160had 160barely 75000 left us sugars actions thus loom larger smiths effort get democratic nomination comparison davis has160nearly 17 million bank announcer160you know congressman jim davis secondworst attendance congress jim davis voted deny struggling workers minimum wage jim davis voted capping rates credit card companies charge us jim davis voted allowing seniors order lowcost prescription drugs canada maybe glad jim davis rarely shows work aug 22 floridas working families began running tv ad attacking davis ad accurately represents daviss attendance record vote made capping credit card interest rates makes grossly misleading statement voted deny minimum wage bill cited160actually called raise minimum wage language bill exempted160certain jobs160such funeral directors computer programmers sales positions everyone else minimum wage would gone 515 per hour 615160so true to160say would denied minimum wage overwhelming majority would received raise additionally160exemptions to160the minimum wage160have always160 existed160for example fishers farm workers janitors not160 covered currently bill never introduced160in senate thus never enacted law recent efforts raise minimum wage stalled well according to160documents filed state160us sugar corp supplied 100 of160the budget newly formed coalition justice equality 100000 donation group has160released160two directmail pieces attacking davis one piece aimed jewish community saying jim davis fails condemn attacks israel160based fact160he missed vote house resolution after160hezbollahs160attack however davis actually condemn attacks three days the160symbolic vote even took place true davis160 missed vote july 20th already160released160a statement july 17th saying strongly condemn hezbollahs brutal unprovoked attack israeli soldiers support israel right defend people group sent second mailer one targeting africanamericans accurately describes a160vote davis160made state representative 1990 denying restitution two black men were160wrongly imprisoned 12 years though quite stretch say vote part davis record shame accompanying radio ad dramatizes comments two exprisoners men critical davis one recently characterized use case attacks dirty politics freddie160pitts wilbur lee convicted murder 1963 pardoned someone else confessed crime years starting late 1980s state legislature considered awarding men damages eventually granted 500000 1998 davis longer legislature however 1990160he160had joined160the majority160of statehouse legislative committee160in 64 decision restitution davis has160said didnt believe there160was enough evidence time justify payments mailer concludes evidence davis160record shame africanamerican community perhaps160but davis160supported160the interests naacp16091 time according to160the civil rights groups 2005 scorecard even smith has160condemned160the mailer going far coalition justice equality160radio ad announcer twelve years160two africanamericans freddie pitts wilbert lee sat tiny cells nine years death row convicted murder allwhite jury crimes didnt commit white man confessed asked little lives back160 treated fairly jim davis voted voted deny justice pitts lee listen words freddie pitts actor davis backwater politician voted renege justice hes coldhearted man announcer160fortunately theres rod smith smith led fight close boot camps fourteenyearold black kid beaten death sheriffs deputies rod smith man trust right thing paid electioneering communication paid coalition justice equality 201 sw 8th terrace boca raton fl 33486 mailing followed radio ad actual copy the160ad could obtained factcheck160stuart rosenfeldt160the registered agent coalition justice equality160responded email that160he going supply160the ad however quotes appeared local press accounts davis campaign160supplied full transcript request ad discusses pairs wrongful imprisonment says listen words freddie pitts actor portraying pitts claims davis backwater politician voted renege justice hes coldhearted man however pitts didnt say he160did make backwater politician remark miami herald story lines actually160said wilbur lee different story according orlando sentinel rosenfeldt160stands ad produce new spot160that removes dramatization facts local black leaders160have160said160the ad attempting polarize black community 160 ltiframe stylewidth 500px height300px frameborder0 allowfullscreen srchttpsvideofactcheckorgplaylegacy2171gtltiframegt view coalition justice equality african american mailer cover view inside africanamerican mailer pg 1 view inside africanamerican mailer pg2 view coalition justice equality jewish mailer front view coalition justice equality jewish mailer back us house 106th congress 2nd session160house vote 45 caputo mark reinhard beth big sugar plays rough governors race miami herald 26 aug 2006 leary alex liberto jennifer sugar dollars pour prosmith group st petersburg times 19 july 2006 reinhard beth caputo mark160davis discusses bad vote black voters miami herald 28 aug 2006 reinhard beth tough questions two democrats miami herald 22 july 2006 wallsten peter telephone companies sugar industry fare well florida legislative session miami herald 3 may 2003 straight talk rod smith sugar160press release jim davis governor campaign 25 aug 2006
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<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon aggressively expanded its Medicaid rolls under the Affordable Care Act, adding enough people to leave only 5 percent of its population uninsured — one of America's lowest rates.</p>
<p>Now, with the reduction of a federal match that covered those enrollees, the state is calling on voters to decide how to pay for its ballooning Medicaid costs.</p>
<p>A special election on Tuesday asks Oregonians whether they approve of a tax on hospitals, health insurers and managed care companies that would leave Medicaid, as it is now, untouched. More than 1 in 4 residents here rely on it.</p>
<p>Maine voters were in the national spotlight when they recently approved Medicaid expansion. But experts say Oregon's election is the only instance of voters — not lawmakers — getting the final say on the complicated question of how to fund rising Medicaid costs.</p>
<p>The outcome could have significant consequences for the state's health care spending.</p>
<p>"If it's not supported, you have a huge hole, and where do you go from there?" said Stacey Mazer, senior staff associate with the National Association of State Budget Officers. "I followed these issues starting in the fall, and this was the biggie."</p>
<p>Measure 101 would impose a 0.7 percent tax on some hospitals and a 1.5 percent tax on the gross health insurance premiums collected by insurers and on managed care organizations, raising anywhere from $210 million to $320 million over the next two years.</p>
<p>Proponents call the tax an "assessment" and say money raised could cover the more than 350,000 low-income Oregonians who were added to the plan since 2014 while state lawmakers work out a long-term solution.</p>
<p>The loss of that revenue could jeopardize an additional $630 million to $960 million in federal Medicaid matching funds that flow to the poorest in the state, according to the nonpartisan voter pamphlet. That possibility prompted the very hospitals and health insurers who would be taxed to come out as the measure's biggest backers. They say the cost of the taxes would be less than that of uninsured emergency-room visits.</p>
<p>The ballot measure arose from a grassroots campaign to put parts of a bipartisan legislative funding solution passed last year before voters. Republican Rep. Julie Parrish and several colleagues were angered by portions of the bill that exempt large, self-insured corporations like Nike from Medicaid taxes but not Oregonians who buy insurance on health care exchanges.</p>
<p>They also believe hospitals and insurers will pass the cost to consumers, despite language that limits premium rate increases to 1.5 percent.</p>
<p>Parrish, who represents a Portland suburb, spearheaded the drive to collect more than 84,000 signatures to get the measure on the ballot. Her cellphone number appears in the official voter's guide with a note urging voters to call her with questions.</p>
<p>"This is not a 'We hate Medicaid' referendum," Parrish said. "This is about the fact that our colleagues put forward some pieces of the funding package that we believed to be unfair, unequitable and unsustainable."</p>
<p>Those in favor of the measure say Parrish's opposition to the taxes is what's unsustainable. More than 175 organizations have backed the pro-Measure 101 campaign, including former Gov. John Kitzhaber, an emergency room doctor.</p>
<p>People who support Measure 101 have raised $2.8 million. Parrish and her allies have raised $353,000.</p>
<p>Portland resident Kelly Burke has volunteered at a pro-Measure 101 phone bank. She briefly lost her insurance years ago when she was pregnant with her second child. She now has a serious auto-immune disease and is thankful she has insurance through her partner's employer.</p>
<p>"What people don't understand is that people are working, but they still can't afford health care," she said.</p>
<p>Medicaid is a federal-state collaboration originally meant for poor families and severely disabled people. Over the years, it's grown to become the largest government health insurance program, now covering 1 in 5 Americans.</p>
<p>In 2014, Oregon was one of 32 states and the District of Columbia to allow people making 138 percent of the federal poverty line to qualify for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. That's $34,600 for a family of four. Before, they had to make less to qualify.</p>
<p>The changes brought Oregon's slew of new enrollees. For the first two years, the federal government covered the full cost for them — and for those in other states.</p>
<p>In 2017, the match dropped to 95 percent, adding $136 million in costs in Oregon. It will drop to 90 percent in 2020.</p>
<p>At the same time, the federal government asked Oregon to pay more for its other Medicaid recipients because of its strong economy. And state lawmakers voted to provide Medicaid coverage for children living in the country illegally starting Jan. 1, adding another $27 million in costs.</p>
<p>Parrish says she has a backup funding plan if Measure 101 fails, though her opponents say it's not workable.</p>
<p>Lawmakers reconvene for a short, six-week session next month.</p>
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<p>Follow Gillian Flaccus on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/gflaccus</p>
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon aggressively expanded its Medicaid rolls under the Affordable Care Act, adding enough people to leave only 5 percent of its population uninsured — one of America's lowest rates.</p>
<p>Now, with the reduction of a federal match that covered those enrollees, the state is calling on voters to decide how to pay for its ballooning Medicaid costs.</p>
<p>A special election on Tuesday asks Oregonians whether they approve of a tax on hospitals, health insurers and managed care companies that would leave Medicaid, as it is now, untouched. More than 1 in 4 residents here rely on it.</p>
<p>Maine voters were in the national spotlight when they recently approved Medicaid expansion. But experts say Oregon's election is the only instance of voters — not lawmakers — getting the final say on the complicated question of how to fund rising Medicaid costs.</p>
<p>The outcome could have significant consequences for the state's health care spending.</p>
<p>"If it's not supported, you have a huge hole, and where do you go from there?" said Stacey Mazer, senior staff associate with the National Association of State Budget Officers. "I followed these issues starting in the fall, and this was the biggie."</p>
<p>Measure 101 would impose a 0.7 percent tax on some hospitals and a 1.5 percent tax on the gross health insurance premiums collected by insurers and on managed care organizations, raising anywhere from $210 million to $320 million over the next two years.</p>
<p>Proponents call the tax an "assessment" and say money raised could cover the more than 350,000 low-income Oregonians who were added to the plan since 2014 while state lawmakers work out a long-term solution.</p>
<p>The loss of that revenue could jeopardize an additional $630 million to $960 million in federal Medicaid matching funds that flow to the poorest in the state, according to the nonpartisan voter pamphlet. That possibility prompted the very hospitals and health insurers who would be taxed to come out as the measure's biggest backers. They say the cost of the taxes would be less than that of uninsured emergency-room visits.</p>
<p>The ballot measure arose from a grassroots campaign to put parts of a bipartisan legislative funding solution passed last year before voters. Republican Rep. Julie Parrish and several colleagues were angered by portions of the bill that exempt large, self-insured corporations like Nike from Medicaid taxes but not Oregonians who buy insurance on health care exchanges.</p>
<p>They also believe hospitals and insurers will pass the cost to consumers, despite language that limits premium rate increases to 1.5 percent.</p>
<p>Parrish, who represents a Portland suburb, spearheaded the drive to collect more than 84,000 signatures to get the measure on the ballot. Her cellphone number appears in the official voter's guide with a note urging voters to call her with questions.</p>
<p>"This is not a 'We hate Medicaid' referendum," Parrish said. "This is about the fact that our colleagues put forward some pieces of the funding package that we believed to be unfair, unequitable and unsustainable."</p>
<p>Those in favor of the measure say Parrish's opposition to the taxes is what's unsustainable. More than 175 organizations have backed the pro-Measure 101 campaign, including former Gov. John Kitzhaber, an emergency room doctor.</p>
<p>People who support Measure 101 have raised $2.8 million. Parrish and her allies have raised $353,000.</p>
<p>Portland resident Kelly Burke has volunteered at a pro-Measure 101 phone bank. She briefly lost her insurance years ago when she was pregnant with her second child. She now has a serious auto-immune disease and is thankful she has insurance through her partner's employer.</p>
<p>"What people don't understand is that people are working, but they still can't afford health care," she said.</p>
<p>Medicaid is a federal-state collaboration originally meant for poor families and severely disabled people. Over the years, it's grown to become the largest government health insurance program, now covering 1 in 5 Americans.</p>
<p>In 2014, Oregon was one of 32 states and the District of Columbia to allow people making 138 percent of the federal poverty line to qualify for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. That's $34,600 for a family of four. Before, they had to make less to qualify.</p>
<p>The changes brought Oregon's slew of new enrollees. For the first two years, the federal government covered the full cost for them — and for those in other states.</p>
<p>In 2017, the match dropped to 95 percent, adding $136 million in costs in Oregon. It will drop to 90 percent in 2020.</p>
<p>At the same time, the federal government asked Oregon to pay more for its other Medicaid recipients because of its strong economy. And state lawmakers voted to provide Medicaid coverage for children living in the country illegally starting Jan. 1, adding another $27 million in costs.</p>
<p>Parrish says she has a backup funding plan if Measure 101 fails, though her opponents say it's not workable.</p>
<p>Lawmakers reconvene for a short, six-week session next month.</p>
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<p>Follow Gillian Flaccus on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/gflaccus</p>
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portland ore ap oregon aggressively expanded medicaid rolls affordable care act adding enough people leave 5 percent population uninsured one americas lowest rates reduction federal match covered enrollees state calling voters decide pay ballooning medicaid costs special election tuesday asks oregonians whether approve tax hospitals health insurers managed care companies would leave medicaid untouched 1 4 residents rely maine voters national spotlight recently approved medicaid expansion experts say oregons election instance voters lawmakers getting final say complicated question fund rising medicaid costs outcome could significant consequences states health care spending supported huge hole go said stacey mazer senior staff associate national association state budget officers followed issues starting fall biggie measure 101 would impose 07 percent tax hospitals 15 percent tax gross health insurance premiums collected insurers managed care organizations raising anywhere 210 million 320 million next two years proponents call tax assessment say money raised could cover 350000 lowincome oregonians added plan since 2014 state lawmakers work longterm solution loss revenue could jeopardize additional 630 million 960 million federal medicaid matching funds flow poorest state according nonpartisan voter pamphlet possibility prompted hospitals health insurers would taxed come measures biggest backers say cost taxes would less uninsured emergencyroom visits ballot measure arose grassroots campaign put parts bipartisan legislative funding solution passed last year voters republican rep julie parrish several colleagues angered portions bill exempt large selfinsured corporations like nike medicaid taxes oregonians buy insurance health care exchanges also believe hospitals insurers pass cost consumers despite language limits premium rate increases 15 percent parrish represents portland suburb spearheaded drive collect 84000 signatures get measure ballot cellphone number appears official voters guide note urging voters call questions hate medicaid referendum parrish said fact colleagues put forward pieces funding package believed unfair unequitable unsustainable favor measure say parrishs opposition taxes whats unsustainable 175 organizations backed promeasure 101 campaign including former gov john kitzhaber emergency room doctor people support measure 101 raised 28 million parrish allies raised 353000 portland resident kelly burke volunteered promeasure 101 phone bank briefly lost insurance years ago pregnant second child serious autoimmune disease thankful insurance partners employer people dont understand people working still cant afford health care said medicaid federalstate collaboration originally meant poor families severely disabled people years grown become largest government health insurance program covering 1 5 americans 2014 oregon one 32 states district columbia allow people making 138 percent federal poverty line qualify medicaid affordable care act thats 34600 family four make less qualify changes brought oregons slew new enrollees first two years federal government covered full cost states 2017 match dropped 95 percent adding 136 million costs oregon drop 90 percent 2020 time federal government asked oregon pay medicaid recipients strong economy state lawmakers voted provide medicaid coverage children living country illegally starting jan 1 adding another 27 million costs parrish says backup funding plan measure 101 fails though opponents say workable lawmakers reconvene short sixweek session next month ___ follow gillian flaccus twitter httpwwwtwittercomgflaccus portland ore ap oregon aggressively expanded medicaid rolls affordable care act adding enough people leave 5 percent population uninsured one americas lowest rates reduction federal match covered enrollees state calling voters decide pay ballooning medicaid costs special election tuesday asks oregonians whether approve tax hospitals health insurers managed care companies would leave medicaid untouched 1 4 residents rely maine voters national spotlight recently approved medicaid expansion experts say oregons election instance voters lawmakers getting final say complicated question fund rising medicaid costs outcome could significant consequences states health care spending supported huge hole go said stacey mazer senior staff associate national association state budget officers followed issues starting fall biggie measure 101 would impose 07 percent tax hospitals 15 percent tax gross health insurance premiums collected insurers managed care organizations raising anywhere 210 million 320 million next two years proponents call tax assessment say money raised could cover 350000 lowincome oregonians added plan since 2014 state lawmakers work longterm solution loss revenue could jeopardize additional 630 million 960 million federal medicaid matching funds flow poorest state according nonpartisan voter pamphlet possibility prompted hospitals health insurers would taxed come measures biggest backers say cost taxes would less uninsured emergencyroom visits ballot measure arose grassroots campaign put parts bipartisan legislative funding solution passed last year voters republican rep julie parrish several colleagues angered portions bill exempt large selfinsured corporations like nike medicaid taxes oregonians buy insurance health care exchanges also believe hospitals insurers pass cost consumers despite language limits premium rate increases 15 percent parrish represents portland suburb spearheaded drive collect 84000 signatures get measure ballot cellphone number appears official voters guide note urging voters call questions hate medicaid referendum parrish said fact colleagues put forward pieces funding package believed unfair unequitable unsustainable favor measure say parrishs opposition taxes whats unsustainable 175 organizations backed promeasure 101 campaign including former gov john kitzhaber emergency room doctor people support measure 101 raised 28 million parrish allies raised 353000 portland resident kelly burke volunteered promeasure 101 phone bank briefly lost insurance years ago pregnant second child serious autoimmune disease thankful insurance partners employer people dont understand people working still cant afford health care said medicaid federalstate collaboration originally meant poor families severely disabled people years grown become largest government health insurance program covering 1 5 americans 2014 oregon one 32 states district columbia allow people making 138 percent federal poverty line qualify medicaid affordable care act thats 34600 family four make less qualify changes brought oregons slew new enrollees first two years federal government covered full cost states 2017 match dropped 95 percent adding 136 million costs oregon drop 90 percent 2020 time federal government asked oregon pay medicaid recipients strong economy state lawmakers voted provide medicaid coverage children living country illegally starting jan 1 adding another 27 million costs parrish says backup funding plan measure 101 fails though opponents say workable lawmakers reconvene short sixweek session next month ___ follow gillian flaccus twitter httpwwwtwittercomgflaccus
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<p>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Joaquin Niemann wanted to make his last round as an amateur one of his best. He was so good Tuesday that he felt he could birdie every hole and closed with an 8-under 63 for a five-shot victory in the Latin America Amateur Championship.</p>
<p>And that means his amateur career is not over yet.</p>
<p>Next up for the 19-year-old from Chile: the Masters at Augusta National.</p>
<p>Niemann lived up to his No. 1 world amateur ranking by playing a five-hole stretch in 6-under par around the turn at Prince of Wales Country Club. That carried him to a stress-free victory over Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico, a runner-up in the Latin America Amateur for the second straight year.</p>
<p>By winning, Niemann earns a spot in the Masters and would be exempt into the final stage of qualifying for the U.S. Open and British Open. He won't be eligible for those exemptions because he plans to turn pro after the Masters.</p>
<p>"After I wake up, walking to my car I say to myself, 'Let's make our last round of golf as an amateur a good round.' That gave me a lot of foundation to shoot a low round," Niemann said. "Now I keep amateur until the Masters."</p>
<p>It was the third time in four years that a Chilean has won the Latin American America. Gana won in a playoff last year over Ortiz and Niemann in Panama City, and Matias Dominguez won in 2015 in Buenos Aires.</p>
<p>Niemann attended the Masters last year with Toto Gana, and he plans to return the favor by bringing Gana as a guest this year.</p>
<p>The previous three Latin America Amateur champions have failed to make the cut at the Masters, a trend that Niemann hopes to change.</p>
<p>"I feel ready," said Niemann, who qualified for the U.S. Open last year at Erin Hills and missed the cut.</p>
<p>Trailing by one shot to Ortiz to start the final round, Niemann tied for the lead with one fortuitous bounce. His drive on the reachable par-4 eighth hole caromed off a tree, through the bunker and onto the green to set up an eagle. They were tied going to the back nine, where Niemann took the lead with a birdie on No. 10, and then expanded his lead to three shots with a birdie at No. 11 as Ortiz made bogey. Niemann birdied two of the next three holes to pull away.</p>
<p>Niemann said he would have turned pro if he had earned status in the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament last year. Instead, he remained an amateur and received quite the payoff. He's going to Augusta National, where he hopes to play a practice round with Masters champion Sergio Garcia and perhaps Tiger Woods.</p>
<p>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Joaquin Niemann wanted to make his last round as an amateur one of his best. He was so good Tuesday that he felt he could birdie every hole and closed with an 8-under 63 for a five-shot victory in the Latin America Amateur Championship.</p>
<p>And that means his amateur career is not over yet.</p>
<p>Next up for the 19-year-old from Chile: the Masters at Augusta National.</p>
<p>Niemann lived up to his No. 1 world amateur ranking by playing a five-hole stretch in 6-under par around the turn at Prince of Wales Country Club. That carried him to a stress-free victory over Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico, a runner-up in the Latin America Amateur for the second straight year.</p>
<p>By winning, Niemann earns a spot in the Masters and would be exempt into the final stage of qualifying for the U.S. Open and British Open. He won't be eligible for those exemptions because he plans to turn pro after the Masters.</p>
<p>"After I wake up, walking to my car I say to myself, 'Let's make our last round of golf as an amateur a good round.' That gave me a lot of foundation to shoot a low round," Niemann said. "Now I keep amateur until the Masters."</p>
<p>It was the third time in four years that a Chilean has won the Latin American America. Gana won in a playoff last year over Ortiz and Niemann in Panama City, and Matias Dominguez won in 2015 in Buenos Aires.</p>
<p>Niemann attended the Masters last year with Toto Gana, and he plans to return the favor by bringing Gana as a guest this year.</p>
<p>The previous three Latin America Amateur champions have failed to make the cut at the Masters, a trend that Niemann hopes to change.</p>
<p>"I feel ready," said Niemann, who qualified for the U.S. Open last year at Erin Hills and missed the cut.</p>
<p>Trailing by one shot to Ortiz to start the final round, Niemann tied for the lead with one fortuitous bounce. His drive on the reachable par-4 eighth hole caromed off a tree, through the bunker and onto the green to set up an eagle. They were tied going to the back nine, where Niemann took the lead with a birdie on No. 10, and then expanded his lead to three shots with a birdie at No. 11 as Ortiz made bogey. Niemann birdied two of the next three holes to pull away.</p>
<p>Niemann said he would have turned pro if he had earned status in the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament last year. Instead, he remained an amateur and received quite the payoff. He's going to Augusta National, where he hopes to play a practice round with Masters champion Sergio Garcia and perhaps Tiger Woods.</p>
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santiago chile ap joaquin niemann wanted make last round amateur one best good tuesday felt could birdie every hole closed 8under 63 fiveshot victory latin america amateur championship means amateur career yet next 19yearold chile masters augusta national niemann lived 1 world amateur ranking playing fivehole stretch 6under par around turn prince wales country club carried stressfree victory alvaro ortiz mexico runnerup latin america amateur second straight year winning niemann earns spot masters would exempt final stage qualifying us open british open wont eligible exemptions plans turn pro masters wake walking car say lets make last round golf amateur good round gave lot foundation shoot low round niemann said keep amateur masters third time four years chilean latin american america gana playoff last year ortiz niemann panama city matias dominguez 2015 buenos aires niemann attended masters last year toto gana plans return favor bringing gana guest year previous three latin america amateur champions failed make cut masters trend niemann hopes change feel ready said niemann qualified us open last year erin hills missed cut trailing one shot ortiz start final round niemann tied lead one fortuitous bounce drive reachable par4 eighth hole caromed tree bunker onto green set eagle tied going back nine niemann took lead birdie 10 expanded lead three shots birdie 11 ortiz made bogey niemann birdied two next three holes pull away niemann said would turned pro earned status webcom tour qualifying tournament last year instead remained amateur received quite payoff hes going augusta national hopes play practice round masters champion sergio garcia perhaps tiger woods santiago chile ap joaquin niemann wanted make last round amateur one best good tuesday felt could birdie every hole closed 8under 63 fiveshot victory latin america amateur championship means amateur career yet next 19yearold chile masters augusta national niemann lived 1 world amateur ranking playing fivehole stretch 6under par around turn prince wales country club carried stressfree victory alvaro ortiz mexico runnerup latin america amateur second straight year winning niemann earns spot masters would exempt final stage qualifying us open british open wont eligible exemptions plans turn pro masters wake walking car say lets make last round golf amateur good round gave lot foundation shoot low round niemann said keep amateur masters third time four years chilean latin american america gana playoff last year ortiz niemann panama city matias dominguez 2015 buenos aires niemann attended masters last year toto gana plans return favor bringing gana guest year previous three latin america amateur champions failed make cut masters trend niemann hopes change feel ready said niemann qualified us open last year erin hills missed cut trailing one shot ortiz start final round niemann tied lead one fortuitous bounce drive reachable par4 eighth hole caromed tree bunker onto green set eagle tied going back nine niemann took lead birdie 10 expanded lead three shots birdie 11 ortiz made bogey niemann birdied two next three holes pull away niemann said would turned pro earned status webcom tour qualifying tournament last year instead remained amateur received quite payoff hes going augusta national hopes play practice round masters champion sergio garcia perhaps tiger woods
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<p>LONDON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that he sees progress in getting European support for tough new penalties against Iran that could prevent a U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.</p>
<p>After meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, national security adviser Mark Sedwill and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Tillerson said they had agreed to set up a working group of experts on fixing flaws in the landmark 2015 agreement that President Donald Trump has warned he will walk away from this spring unless fixes are made to his liking.</p>
<p>“I think there’s a common view among the E3 that there are some areas of the (nuclear deal) or some areas of Iran’s behavior that should be addressed,” Tillerson told reporters after talks with Johnson. The E3 are Britain, France and Germany, which are all parties to the deal.</p>
<p>Tillerson specifically highlighted concerns about Iran’s ballistic missile program, which is not covered by the nuclear deal, and provisions in the agreement that allow Iran to gradually resume advanced atomic work.</p>
<p>The working group will begin to meet as early as next week to discuss how to address the flaws “through some type of another side agreement perhaps or a mechanism that would address our concerns,” Tillerson said.</p>
<p>Johnson said that Britain was committed to doing what it could with its partners “collectively to constrain that activity and to make a big difference there. We think we can do that; we think we can do that together.”</p>
<p>But, he stressed, “it is important that we do that in parallel and don’t vitiate the fundamentals of the Iran nuclear deal.”</p>
<p>Tillerson will be carrying a similar message to Paris, his next stop in Europe on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The nuclear deal gave Iran billions in sanctions relief in return for curbs on its atomic program.</p>
<p>But earlier this month, Trump vowed to stop waiving U.S. sanctions unless the Europeans agreed to strengthen its terms by consenting to a side deal that would effectively eliminate provisions that allow Iran to gradually resume some advanced atomic work. Trump also wants tighter restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program.</p>
<p>Iran has rejected any renegotiation. Britain, France and Germany have expressed some willingness to work with the U.S. to prevent the deal from collapsing.</p>
<p>Earlier Monday, Tillerson became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the new American embassy in London, a building that Trump has derided for its cost and location.</p>
<p>Opening his nearly weeklong trip to Europe amid the government shutdown back home, Tillerson greeted U.S. ambassador to Britain Robert Wood Johnson but was forced to cancel a planned meeting with embassy staffers because o.</p>
<p>The new embassy became a point of strain in U.S.-British relations earlier this month when Trump said he had cancelled plans to visit Britain and formally open the billion-dollar London facility in February because it cost too much and was in a less desirable location than the old embassy.</p>
<p>In a tweet that reverberated across the Atlantic, Trump lambasted the Obama administration for moving the embassy from London’s posh Mayfair district. His explanation was met by skepticism from many who noted Trump’s possible visit was a source of controversy in Britain with some politicians saying he was not welcome and should not come.</p>
<p>The decision to move the embassy was made by President George W. Bush’s administration in 2008 after it determined the old facility in Grosvenor Square had uncorrectable security issues. The new embassy was constructed with the proceeds from sales of U.S. government properties and leases in London. The new embassy, in the former industrial area of Nine Elms on the south side of the River Thames, opened its doors on Jan. 16.</p>
<p>LONDON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that he sees progress in getting European support for tough new penalties against Iran that could prevent a U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.</p>
<p>After meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, national security adviser Mark Sedwill and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Tillerson said they had agreed to set up a working group of experts on fixing flaws in the landmark 2015 agreement that President Donald Trump has warned he will walk away from this spring unless fixes are made to his liking.</p>
<p>“I think there’s a common view among the E3 that there are some areas of the (nuclear deal) or some areas of Iran’s behavior that should be addressed,” Tillerson told reporters after talks with Johnson. The E3 are Britain, France and Germany, which are all parties to the deal.</p>
<p>Tillerson specifically highlighted concerns about Iran’s ballistic missile program, which is not covered by the nuclear deal, and provisions in the agreement that allow Iran to gradually resume advanced atomic work.</p>
<p>The working group will begin to meet as early as next week to discuss how to address the flaws “through some type of another side agreement perhaps or a mechanism that would address our concerns,” Tillerson said.</p>
<p>Johnson said that Britain was committed to doing what it could with its partners “collectively to constrain that activity and to make a big difference there. We think we can do that; we think we can do that together.”</p>
<p>But, he stressed, “it is important that we do that in parallel and don’t vitiate the fundamentals of the Iran nuclear deal.”</p>
<p>Tillerson will be carrying a similar message to Paris, his next stop in Europe on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The nuclear deal gave Iran billions in sanctions relief in return for curbs on its atomic program.</p>
<p>But earlier this month, Trump vowed to stop waiving U.S. sanctions unless the Europeans agreed to strengthen its terms by consenting to a side deal that would effectively eliminate provisions that allow Iran to gradually resume some advanced atomic work. Trump also wants tighter restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program.</p>
<p>Iran has rejected any renegotiation. Britain, France and Germany have expressed some willingness to work with the U.S. to prevent the deal from collapsing.</p>
<p>Earlier Monday, Tillerson became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the new American embassy in London, a building that Trump has derided for its cost and location.</p>
<p>Opening his nearly weeklong trip to Europe amid the government shutdown back home, Tillerson greeted U.S. ambassador to Britain Robert Wood Johnson but was forced to cancel a planned meeting with embassy staffers because o.</p>
<p>The new embassy became a point of strain in U.S.-British relations earlier this month when Trump said he had cancelled plans to visit Britain and formally open the billion-dollar London facility in February because it cost too much and was in a less desirable location than the old embassy.</p>
<p>In a tweet that reverberated across the Atlantic, Trump lambasted the Obama administration for moving the embassy from London’s posh Mayfair district. His explanation was met by skepticism from many who noted Trump’s possible visit was a source of controversy in Britain with some politicians saying he was not welcome and should not come.</p>
<p>The decision to move the embassy was made by President George W. Bush’s administration in 2008 after it determined the old facility in Grosvenor Square had uncorrectable security issues. The new embassy was constructed with the proceeds from sales of U.S. government properties and leases in London. The new embassy, in the former industrial area of Nine Elms on the south side of the River Thames, opened its doors on Jan. 16.</p>
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london ap us secretary state rex tillerson said monday sees progress getting european support tough new penalties iran could prevent us withdrawal iran nuclear deal meeting british prime minister theresa may national security adviser mark sedwill foreign secretary boris johnson tillerson said agreed set working group experts fixing flaws landmark 2015 agreement president donald trump warned walk away spring unless fixes made liking think theres common view among e3 areas nuclear deal areas irans behavior addressed tillerson told reporters talks johnson e3 britain france germany parties deal tillerson specifically highlighted concerns irans ballistic missile program covered nuclear deal provisions agreement allow iran gradually resume advanced atomic work working group begin meet early next week discuss address flaws type another side agreement perhaps mechanism would address concerns tillerson said johnson said britain committed could partners collectively constrain activity make big difference think think together stressed important parallel dont vitiate fundamentals iran nuclear deal tillerson carrying similar message paris next stop europe tuesday nuclear deal gave iran billions sanctions relief return curbs atomic program earlier month trump vowed stop waiving us sanctions unless europeans agreed strengthen terms consenting side deal would effectively eliminate provisions allow iran gradually resume advanced atomic work trump also wants tighter restrictions irans ballistic missile program iran rejected renegotiation britain france germany expressed willingness work us prevent deal collapsing earlier monday tillerson became highestranking us official visit new american embassy london building trump derided cost location opening nearly weeklong trip europe amid government shutdown back home tillerson greeted us ambassador britain robert wood johnson forced cancel planned meeting embassy staffers new embassy became point strain usbritish relations earlier month trump said cancelled plans visit britain formally open billiondollar london facility february cost much less desirable location old embassy tweet reverberated across atlantic trump lambasted obama administration moving embassy londons posh mayfair district explanation met skepticism many noted trumps possible visit source controversy britain politicians saying welcome come decision move embassy made president george w bushs administration 2008 determined old facility grosvenor square uncorrectable security issues new embassy constructed proceeds sales us government properties leases london new embassy former industrial area nine elms south side river thames opened doors jan 16 london ap us secretary state rex tillerson said monday sees progress getting european support tough new penalties iran could prevent us withdrawal iran nuclear deal meeting british prime minister theresa may national security adviser mark sedwill foreign secretary boris johnson tillerson said agreed set working group experts fixing flaws landmark 2015 agreement president donald trump warned walk away spring unless fixes made liking think theres common view among e3 areas nuclear deal areas irans behavior addressed tillerson told reporters talks johnson e3 britain france germany parties deal tillerson specifically highlighted concerns irans ballistic missile program covered nuclear deal provisions agreement allow iran gradually resume advanced atomic work working group begin meet early next week discuss address flaws type another side agreement perhaps mechanism would address concerns tillerson said johnson said britain committed could partners collectively constrain activity make big difference think think together stressed important parallel dont vitiate fundamentals iran nuclear deal tillerson carrying similar message paris next stop europe tuesday nuclear deal gave iran billions sanctions relief return curbs atomic program earlier month trump vowed stop waiving us sanctions unless europeans agreed strengthen terms consenting side deal would effectively eliminate provisions allow iran gradually resume advanced atomic work trump also wants tighter restrictions irans ballistic missile program iran rejected renegotiation britain france germany expressed willingness work us prevent deal collapsing earlier monday tillerson became highestranking us official visit new american embassy london building trump derided cost location opening nearly weeklong trip europe amid government shutdown back home tillerson greeted us ambassador britain robert wood johnson forced cancel planned meeting embassy staffers new embassy became point strain usbritish relations earlier month trump said cancelled plans visit britain formally open billiondollar london facility february cost much less desirable location old embassy tweet reverberated across atlantic trump lambasted obama administration moving embassy londons posh mayfair district explanation met skepticism many noted trumps possible visit source controversy britain politicians saying welcome come decision move embassy made president george w bushs administration 2008 determined old facility grosvenor square uncorrectable security issues new embassy constructed proceeds sales us government properties leases london new embassy former industrial area nine elms south side river thames opened doors jan 16
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<p>Cleveland’s Michael Araujo (32) and Justin Davis hover over Albuquerque High’s fallen Randy Castillo during the Storm’s Class 6A boys semifinal win on Thursday at the Pit. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>The Cleveland Storm perhaps did not overwhelm as a No. 2 seed in Wednesday’s quarterfinals. Survive and advance, Storm coach Brian Smith said.</p>
<p>The Storm completely overwhelmed Albuquerque High in Thursday’s Class 6A boys semifinals.</p>
<p>This was crush and advance.</p>
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<p>“We got beat by a better basketball team,” AHS coach Ron Garcia said. “They deserve to be in the championship game.”</p>
<p>Cleveland, with one of its best performances of the season, advanced to its first state championship game, throttling No. 6 AHS 81-60 at the Pit.</p>
<p>Cleveland (28-2) faces No. 1 <a href="" type="internal">Hobbs, which beat Rio Rancho</a> late Thursday, at 8 p.m. Saturday. The Storm did not play the Eagles this season.</p>
<p>Whatever drama went into the Storm’s double-overtime win Wednesday over No. 10 Sandia, Thursday went 180 degrees the other way.</p>
<p>The Storm used a 14-0 run in the first quarter to open up a double-digit lead, and the Bulldogs didn’t have near the necessary firepower to recover in what was then a very subdued Pit for the late afternoon tipoff.</p>
<p>“It’s exciting to be part of the championship game on Saturday,” Smith said. “A lot of people doubted us. They questioned our toughness, they questioned our basketball IQ. And these guys responded.”</p>
<p>Pretty much everything you needed to know about Thursday’s game occurred with six minutes left in the first quarter.</p>
<p>By then, the Bulldogs (22-7) led 6-2, with post Ray J. Cole doing solid work inside.</p>
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<p>For the final 6:09 of the first quarter, AHS went scoreless and Cleveland dominated.</p>
<p>Ryan Jones had a 3-pointer for Cleveland, Keyshawn Tindal a putback and Marcus Williams an alley-oop dunk off a perfect feed from Jones to make it 9-6.</p>
<p>“I was really aggressive,” said Williams, who scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. “Because I knew we had the height advantage. We matched up better than they did.”</p>
<p>By the time the first quarter was over, the Storm led 16-6.</p>
<p>AHS briefly pulled within five points in the second quarter on five straight points from Allonzo Armijo, but Williams scored six of Cleveland’s next nine points for a commanding 27-13 lead. The Bulldogs were never closer than 11 the rest of the game.</p>
<p>“I just wanted to make a statement today,” said Jones, who also scored 23 points.</p>
<p>Smith already has one state championship, in 2007 with Rio Rancho.</p>
<p>He could make some history on Saturday night if Cleveland were to hoist a blue trophy, particularly since he would have taken both schools in that city to a title.</p>
<p>Cleveland’s Henry Hattis looks to the hoop for the score with Albuquerque High’s Dago Barreras on his back during the Storm’s Class 6A boys semifinal win on Thursday at the Pit. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>AHS was appearing in the state semifinals for the first time since 1998 and could have nine players returning next season.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs came from double digits down Wednesday to beat Carlsbad in the quarterfinals.</p>
<p>“Knowing Albuquerque High, the way they fight, I wasn’t real comfortable until there were three of four minutes left,” Smith said.</p>
<p>Gabe Bump, a junior guard, had 16 points and five rebounds to lead Albuquerque High.</p>
<p>The teams combined for 28 free throws in the first three quarters. They shot a combined 42 in the fourth quarter.</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees president Randy Levine defended Yankee Stadium as a proper home for the Pinstripe Bowl as he rattled off the list of great college football moments at both versions of the venue. Knute Rockne coached in the old one. Notre Dame played in the new one.</p>
<p>“This bowl is a part of the holiday season now in New York,” Levine said.</p>
<p>So are temperatures in the low 20s at kickoff.</p>
<p>But even with the field chalked with hash marks instead of foul lines as Boston College and Iowa played Wednesday night, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was in his office working on 2018. The offseason haul so far has been pretty good: the NL MVP in Giancarlo Stanton and a new manager in Aaron Boone.</p>
<p>“I think Cash and the baseball people did a great job,” Levine said Wednesday. “I know he’s upstairs working. He’s not finished. We’re hopeful there’s more stuff to be done before spring training and opening day.”</p>
<p>The Yankees acquired Stanton from the payroll-shedding Marlins and new CEO Derek Jeter. He led the majors with 59 home runs and 132 RBIs last season, numbers dwarfed by the $295 million he’s owed over the final decade of his record $325 million, 13-year contract.</p>
<p>“I think he’s been a huge addition. He’s the MVP of the National League,” Levine said. “He’s a great player and our fan base is excited. We’re doing very well, selling a lot of tickets.”</p>
<p>The Yankees could be a long ball and box-office smash: Stanton should form a potent 1-2 punch with AL Rookie of the Year Aaron Judge in the middle of the lineup. The retooled Yankees went 91-71 this season, their best record since 2012, and reached the ALCS before losing to Houston in seven games.</p>
<p>“This team has a lot of personality,” Levine said. “There’s a lot of great, great young players that really came together. We’ve got a great manager. I think Giancarlo Stanton will fit in really well with everybody.”</p>
<p>The Stanton deal had some in baseball ready to resuscitate the “Evil Empire” moniker that was slapped on them in 2002. Levine laughed off the idea that it’s fun to hate the Yankees again.</p>
<p>“As long as we’re relevant and people are thinking about us, that’s the best part,” he said.</p>
<p>The Yankees are already planning for 2019.</p>
<p>Owner Hal Steinbrenner repeatedly has said New York intends to get under next year’s tax threshold of $197 million, which would reset the team’s base tax rate from 50 percent to 20 percent in 2019, the first season after Bryce Harper and Manny Machado potentially become free agents.</p>
<p>“We’re the Yankees,” Levine said. “We always want to get better.”</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees president Randy Levine defended Yankee Stadium as a proper home for the Pinstripe Bowl as he rattled off the list of great college football moments at both versions of the venue. Knute Rockne coached in the old one. Notre Dame played in the new one.</p>
<p>“This bowl is a part of the holiday season now in New York,” Levine said.</p>
<p>So are temperatures in the low 20s at kickoff.</p>
<p>But even with the field chalked with hash marks instead of foul lines as Boston College and Iowa played Wednesday night, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was in his office working on 2018. The offseason haul so far has been pretty good: the NL MVP in Giancarlo Stanton and a new manager in Aaron Boone.</p>
<p>“I think Cash and the baseball people did a great job,” Levine said Wednesday. “I know he’s upstairs working. He’s not finished. We’re hopeful there’s more stuff to be done before spring training and opening day.”</p>
<p>The Yankees acquired Stanton from the payroll-shedding Marlins and new CEO Derek Jeter. He led the majors with 59 home runs and 132 RBIs last season, numbers dwarfed by the $295 million he’s owed over the final decade of his record $325 million, 13-year contract.</p>
<p>“I think he’s been a huge addition. He’s the MVP of the National League,” Levine said. “He’s a great player and our fan base is excited. We’re doing very well, selling a lot of tickets.”</p>
<p>The Yankees could be a long ball and box-office smash: Stanton should form a potent 1-2 punch with AL Rookie of the Year Aaron Judge in the middle of the lineup. The retooled Yankees went 91-71 this season, their best record since 2012, and reached the ALCS before losing to Houston in seven games.</p>
<p>“This team has a lot of personality,” Levine said. “There’s a lot of great, great young players that really came together. We’ve got a great manager. I think Giancarlo Stanton will fit in really well with everybody.”</p>
<p>The Stanton deal had some in baseball ready to resuscitate the “Evil Empire” moniker that was slapped on them in 2002. Levine laughed off the idea that it’s fun to hate the Yankees again.</p>
<p>“As long as we’re relevant and people are thinking about us, that’s the best part,” he said.</p>
<p>The Yankees are already planning for 2019.</p>
<p>Owner Hal Steinbrenner repeatedly has said New York intends to get under next year’s tax threshold of $197 million, which would reset the team’s base tax rate from 50 percent to 20 percent in 2019, the first season after Bryce Harper and Manny Machado potentially become free agents.</p>
<p>“We’re the Yankees,” Levine said. “We always want to get better.”</p>
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<p>DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Mavericks were left shaking their heads at Stephen Curry's shot-making ability - and how they let him get one last great look at the basket.</p>
<p>Curry's long 3-pointer with three seconds to play allowed the Golden State Warriors to escape with a 125-122 win over the Mavericks on Wednesday night after blowing a double-digit lead in the final four minutes.</p>
<p>On their final possession, the Warriors gave Curry the inbounds pass. A crossover dribble and a screen from Draymond Green were all he needed to get a clean look from 28 feet, which hit nothing but net. Dallas, with a foul to give, didn't take it.</p>
<p>"Too open of a look for a game-winner for the greatest shooter in the game," longtime Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki said.</p>
<p>Curry finished with 32 points and has 70 in two games since returning from an ankle injury. Golden State's "Big Four" combined for 100 points, and the Warriors needed every one of them against a Mavericks team that had won four straight.</p>
<p>"Draymond set a great screen," Curry said. "I caught Yogi (Ferrell) by surprise and was able to get to my spot and knock it down. I have confidence to take the shot and make it and finish the game."</p>
<p>Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson had 25 points each, and Green added 18 to go with 10 rebounds.</p>
<p>Wesley Matthews led the Mavericks with 22 points, including seven 3-pointers, and Dwight Powell tied his career high with 21.</p>
<p>Dallas, playing from behind most of the game, wouldn't go away despite trailing 114-102 with 4:32 left. Three turnovers by the Warriors and some cold shooting, combined with a sudden hot streak by the Mavs, enabled Dallas to tie the score at 120 on Harrison Barnes' jumper with 39.9 seconds to play.</p>
<p>"I was smiling at the idea that we could be completely brain dead out there," Golden State coach Steve Kerr said. "All I could do was laugh. It was like grade-school stuff the last few minutes."</p>
<p>Thompson and Barnes traded inside baskets before Curry's big shot in the final seconds.</p>
<p>A long heave by Dennis Smith Jr. at the buzzer was way off.</p>
<p>Golden State extended its road winning streak to eight games. The Warriors haven't lost away from Oracle Arena since before Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>FOUR FOR THE MONEY</p>
<p>Not only did the Golden State quartet produce 100 points, but one of the four was always there to step up. Curry scored 20 and Durant 16 in the first half, Green had 15 in the second half, and Thompson had 14 in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>FINALLY A CLOSE ONE</p>
<p>Despite their 13-26 record, Dallas has won or played close against most of the NBA's best teams. The one exception had been Golden State, which has won nine in a row and 16 of 17 against the Mavs and had dominated the two previous meetings this season by a combined 45 points.</p>
<p>This time, Dallas fought back from deficits of 12 in the first half and nine in the third quarter, taking a lead at 84-83 on Devin Harris? 3-pointer with 3:40 to play in the period.</p>
<p>"This is who we were supposed to be all along," Matthews said. "We don't have a moral victory that we took the champs to a one-possession game. We really felt in our hearts we were supposed to win that one."</p>
<p>TIP-INS</p>
<p>Warriors: Played without Andre Iguodala (back and hip strain) and Omri Casspi (back strain). Casspi's injury occurred during the morning shootaround. Kerr said Iguodala would likely play Thursday at Houston. ... Thompson's second-quarter 3 marked the 92nd straight game in which he's made at least one, the third-longest streak in NBA history.</p>
<p>Mavericks: Reserve center Nerlens Noel had his cast removed Tuesday following left thumb surgery on Dec. 8. Noel hasn't played since Nov. 22 and has scored just 72 points in 18 games for the team.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Warriors: At Houston on Thursday in a matchup between the West's top teams. The Rockets beat the Warriors 122-121 on opening night in Oakland.</p>
<p>Mavericks: Host Chicago on Friday. The Mavericks have won four straight against the Bulls.</p>
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<p>DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Mavericks were left shaking their heads at Stephen Curry's shot-making ability - and how they let him get one last great look at the basket.</p>
<p>Curry's long 3-pointer with three seconds to play allowed the Golden State Warriors to escape with a 125-122 win over the Mavericks on Wednesday night after blowing a double-digit lead in the final four minutes.</p>
<p>On their final possession, the Warriors gave Curry the inbounds pass. A crossover dribble and a screen from Draymond Green were all he needed to get a clean look from 28 feet, which hit nothing but net. Dallas, with a foul to give, didn't take it.</p>
<p>"Too open of a look for a game-winner for the greatest shooter in the game," longtime Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki said.</p>
<p>Curry finished with 32 points and has 70 in two games since returning from an ankle injury. Golden State's "Big Four" combined for 100 points, and the Warriors needed every one of them against a Mavericks team that had won four straight.</p>
<p>"Draymond set a great screen," Curry said. "I caught Yogi (Ferrell) by surprise and was able to get to my spot and knock it down. I have confidence to take the shot and make it and finish the game."</p>
<p>Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson had 25 points each, and Green added 18 to go with 10 rebounds.</p>
<p>Wesley Matthews led the Mavericks with 22 points, including seven 3-pointers, and Dwight Powell tied his career high with 21.</p>
<p>Dallas, playing from behind most of the game, wouldn't go away despite trailing 114-102 with 4:32 left. Three turnovers by the Warriors and some cold shooting, combined with a sudden hot streak by the Mavs, enabled Dallas to tie the score at 120 on Harrison Barnes' jumper with 39.9 seconds to play.</p>
<p>"I was smiling at the idea that we could be completely brain dead out there," Golden State coach Steve Kerr said. "All I could do was laugh. It was like grade-school stuff the last few minutes."</p>
<p>Thompson and Barnes traded inside baskets before Curry's big shot in the final seconds.</p>
<p>A long heave by Dennis Smith Jr. at the buzzer was way off.</p>
<p>Golden State extended its road winning streak to eight games. The Warriors haven't lost away from Oracle Arena since before Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>FOUR FOR THE MONEY</p>
<p>Not only did the Golden State quartet produce 100 points, but one of the four was always there to step up. Curry scored 20 and Durant 16 in the first half, Green had 15 in the second half, and Thompson had 14 in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>FINALLY A CLOSE ONE</p>
<p>Despite their 13-26 record, Dallas has won or played close against most of the NBA's best teams. The one exception had been Golden State, which has won nine in a row and 16 of 17 against the Mavs and had dominated the two previous meetings this season by a combined 45 points.</p>
<p>This time, Dallas fought back from deficits of 12 in the first half and nine in the third quarter, taking a lead at 84-83 on Devin Harris? 3-pointer with 3:40 to play in the period.</p>
<p>"This is who we were supposed to be all along," Matthews said. "We don't have a moral victory that we took the champs to a one-possession game. We really felt in our hearts we were supposed to win that one."</p>
<p>TIP-INS</p>
<p>Warriors: Played without Andre Iguodala (back and hip strain) and Omri Casspi (back strain). Casspi's injury occurred during the morning shootaround. Kerr said Iguodala would likely play Thursday at Houston. ... Thompson's second-quarter 3 marked the 92nd straight game in which he's made at least one, the third-longest streak in NBA history.</p>
<p>Mavericks: Reserve center Nerlens Noel had his cast removed Tuesday following left thumb surgery on Dec. 8. Noel hasn't played since Nov. 22 and has scored just 72 points in 18 games for the team.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Warriors: At Houston on Thursday in a matchup between the West's top teams. The Rockets beat the Warriors 122-121 on opening night in Oakland.</p>
<p>Mavericks: Host Chicago on Friday. The Mavericks have won four straight against the Bulls.</p>
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<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson and the Nashville Predators cruised into their bye week with another win against the Edmonton Oilers.</p>
<p>Connor McDavid and company are searching for answers.</p>
<p>Arvidsson had a goal and an assist, helping the Predators top the Oilers 2-1 on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>Craig Smith also scored and Pekka Rinne made 25 saves in Nashville’s 11th consecutive win against Edmonton. The Predators were coming off a 4-3 win at the Kings on Saturday night and don’t play again until next Tuesday against Vegas.</p>
<p>“It puts everybody in the right frame of mind,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “It’s a chance to get away — rest your mind, rest your body and do it on a winning note, which is positive, and come back and be ready to get going again.”</p>
<p>The free-falling Oilers have lost seven of eight. McDavid scored, and Cam Talbot had 22 stops.</p>
<p>“I thought tonight we worked hard enough for a break,” coach Todd McLellan said. “I’m not sure that we were in that situation in prior games. If we play like that, we’ll have our opportunities to win games. It’s a step in the right direction.”</p>
<p>Edmonton appeared to tie the game with 5:04 left when Mark Letestu found a loose puck in front of Rinne and swatted it in through traffic. Nashville challenged the goal and a video review determined that the play was offside.</p>
<p>“Ultimately, I feel that they should just take the rule out,” McDavid said. “I think the number of calls that are a millimeter offside 45 seconds before the play, it doesn’t have very much of an effect on the goal itself. I think the fans want to see offense and if that’s going to hold back offense, it’s very frustrating. It’s very hard to sit here and question the rule right now because it’s obviously a little sensitive with it going against us, but I think it is something that I hope they take out.”</p>
<p>Nashville’s players were quick to credit the team’s video staff, led by video coach Lawrence Feloney.</p>
<p>“Lawrence, that guy he must have a surgeon’s eyes,” Rinne said. “He sees when the skate blade is up. He doesn’t get enough credit. He’s the hardest-working guy in this organization.”</p>
<p>The Predators went ahead to stay with two in the first.</p>
<p>With Nashville on a power play, Talbot stopped P.K. Subban’s slap shot from the left point, but the rebound deflected off Arvidsson’s skate before Smith poked the loose puck in for his 15th goal at 8:26.</p>
<p>“I thought we came out and got a good start, that’s what we were looking for,” Smith said.</p>
<p>Arvidsson got his 13th at 15:31. Roman Josi’s slap shot from above the left circle hit Talbot in the left shoulder and then the face of Edmonton defenseman Adam Larsson on the right side. As the puck fell to the ice, Arvidsson tapped it by Talbot with a backhand.</p>
<p>Rinne denied McDavid on a breakaway with 2:14 remaining in the first. The reigning Hart Trophy winner tried to beat Rinne with a backhand, but the Finn was able to grab the shot with his glove.</p>
<p>McDavid then got a measure of revenge 55 seconds into the second.</p>
<p>With the puck on the right wall, McDavid drove around Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm before cutting toward the low slot, where he slipped a wrist shot between Rinne’s pads.</p>
<p>NOTES: The Predators are 20-2-2 when leading after two periods this season. ... Subban has 17 points in 15 career games against Edmonton. ... The Oilers last defeated Nashville on March 18, 2014. ... Edmonton is 4-10-1 against the Central Division this season.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Oilers: Visit the Arizona Coyotes on Friday.</p>
<p>Predators: Host the Golden Knights on Tuesday.</p>
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson and the Nashville Predators cruised into their bye week with another win against the Edmonton Oilers.</p>
<p>Connor McDavid and company are searching for answers.</p>
<p>Arvidsson had a goal and an assist, helping the Predators top the Oilers 2-1 on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>Craig Smith also scored and Pekka Rinne made 25 saves in Nashville’s 11th consecutive win against Edmonton. The Predators were coming off a 4-3 win at the Kings on Saturday night and don’t play again until next Tuesday against Vegas.</p>
<p>“It puts everybody in the right frame of mind,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “It’s a chance to get away — rest your mind, rest your body and do it on a winning note, which is positive, and come back and be ready to get going again.”</p>
<p>The free-falling Oilers have lost seven of eight. McDavid scored, and Cam Talbot had 22 stops.</p>
<p>“I thought tonight we worked hard enough for a break,” coach Todd McLellan said. “I’m not sure that we were in that situation in prior games. If we play like that, we’ll have our opportunities to win games. It’s a step in the right direction.”</p>
<p>Edmonton appeared to tie the game with 5:04 left when Mark Letestu found a loose puck in front of Rinne and swatted it in through traffic. Nashville challenged the goal and a video review determined that the play was offside.</p>
<p>“Ultimately, I feel that they should just take the rule out,” McDavid said. “I think the number of calls that are a millimeter offside 45 seconds before the play, it doesn’t have very much of an effect on the goal itself. I think the fans want to see offense and if that’s going to hold back offense, it’s very frustrating. It’s very hard to sit here and question the rule right now because it’s obviously a little sensitive with it going against us, but I think it is something that I hope they take out.”</p>
<p>Nashville’s players were quick to credit the team’s video staff, led by video coach Lawrence Feloney.</p>
<p>“Lawrence, that guy he must have a surgeon’s eyes,” Rinne said. “He sees when the skate blade is up. He doesn’t get enough credit. He’s the hardest-working guy in this organization.”</p>
<p>The Predators went ahead to stay with two in the first.</p>
<p>With Nashville on a power play, Talbot stopped P.K. Subban’s slap shot from the left point, but the rebound deflected off Arvidsson’s skate before Smith poked the loose puck in for his 15th goal at 8:26.</p>
<p>“I thought we came out and got a good start, that’s what we were looking for,” Smith said.</p>
<p>Arvidsson got his 13th at 15:31. Roman Josi’s slap shot from above the left circle hit Talbot in the left shoulder and then the face of Edmonton defenseman Adam Larsson on the right side. As the puck fell to the ice, Arvidsson tapped it by Talbot with a backhand.</p>
<p>Rinne denied McDavid on a breakaway with 2:14 remaining in the first. The reigning Hart Trophy winner tried to beat Rinne with a backhand, but the Finn was able to grab the shot with his glove.</p>
<p>McDavid then got a measure of revenge 55 seconds into the second.</p>
<p>With the puck on the right wall, McDavid drove around Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm before cutting toward the low slot, where he slipped a wrist shot between Rinne’s pads.</p>
<p>NOTES: The Predators are 20-2-2 when leading after two periods this season. ... Subban has 17 points in 15 career games against Edmonton. ... The Oilers last defeated Nashville on March 18, 2014. ... Edmonton is 4-10-1 against the Central Division this season.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Oilers: Visit the Arizona Coyotes on Friday.</p>
<p>Predators: Host the Golden Knights on Tuesday.</p>
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<p>FILE – In this Aug. 25, 2014, file photo, a man wears a tie decorated with a picture of Michael Brown during Brown’s funeral at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Six months after 18-year-old Michael Brown died in the street in Ferguson, Missouri, the Justice Department is close to announcing its findings in the racially charged police shooting that launched “hands up, don’t shoot” protests across the nation. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)</p>
<p>WASHINGTON — Six months after 18-year-old Michael Brown died in the street in Ferguson, Missouri, the Justice Department is close to announcing its findings in the racially charged police shooting that launched “hands up, don’t shoot” protests across the nation.</p>
<p>The federal government has undertaken two separate investigations. One looks at whether criminal charges should be filed against the officer involved in the shooting, Darren Wilson. The other is a broader examination of the city’s police department, including a search for discriminatory practices by officers.</p>
<p>Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation’s first black to hold that office, has made civil rights a cornerstone of his six-year tenure. He says he expects to release results in both investigations before he leaves office, which means announcements could be coming within days. Here’s a look at where things stand:</p>
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<p>Already, federal officials have been clear that they see troubling signs in a police department that is overwhelmingly white yet serves a majority-black community, and the report is likely to detail problems found during the Justice Department’s months-long probe. A 2013 report by the Missouri attorney general’s office found that police stopped and searched black drivers far more often than white motorists, even though they were less likely to find contraband among the black drivers.</p>
<p>Investigations like this one aren’t uncommon. Under Holder, the feds have delved into about 20 police departments, including those in Albuquerque, Cleveland and Newark, New Jersey, usually for discriminatory policing practices and large numbers of police-involved shootings. Most such cases end with police departments committing to make changes, though the Justice Department maintains the prerogative to take them to court when departments refuse to commit to reforms.</p>
<p>When he announced the Ferguson investigation in September, Holder revealed that the probe would focus on police use of force as well as stops, searches and arrests of suspects and the treatment of inmates at the city jail. He said that a “deep mistrust” had taken hold between law enforcement officials and members of the community.</p>
<p>In October, Holder said publicly that the Ferguson department was in need of “wholesale change.” Last month, in a forum with reporters at the National Press Club, he described the investigation as “independent, thorough and based only on the facts and the law.” He predicted that “people will be satisfied with the results that we announce.”</p>
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<p>It’s hard to bring a successful federal prosecution for criminal civil rights violations against a police officer, particularly in shootings that arise during rapidly unfolding confrontations. Police are given wide latitude to use deadly force when they feel endangered, and the U.S. Supreme Court has said police confrontations should be evaluated through the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than 20/20 hindsight.</p>
<p>Officer Darren Wilson is seen as unlikely to face criminal charges, in part because of the high threshold needed for a civil rights case. Prosecutors would need to establish that Wilson willfully deprived Brown of his civil rights by using excessive force, a tough standard that Justice Department prosecutors have been unable to meet in some high other high-profile police shootings.</p>
<p>Wilson told a state grand jury that investigated the case that he feared for his life during the confrontation, which began after he directed Brown and a friend who were walking in the street to move to the sidewalk.</p>
<p>As the two struggled, Wilson said Brown reached inside the driver’s-side window of his patrol car, struck him in the face and reached for his service weapon. Brown ran, and Wilson said he shot at him after the teenager charged at him. Other witnesses said Brown never posed a threat and was standing with his hands up before he was shot.</p>
<p>A grand jury cleared Wilson of wrongdoing in November. He resigned from his job days later.</p>
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<p>BEYOND FERGUSON</p>
<p>The shooting touched off weeks of protests in the streets of Ferguson and other cities. Along with the police chokehold death of a New York City man suspected of selling untaxed cigarettes and the December killings of two New York police officers, the Ferguson case became part of a national conversation about race and policing.</p>
<p>The shooting and its aftermath focused attention on how police departments use military surplus equipment and on whether more training is needed to help officers de-escalate situations. It accelerated a push for the use of body cameras by police departments nationwide and led to brainstorming discussions about how to build trust between officers and the communities they serve.</p>
<p>Public statements came from officials including President Barack Obama, who said the frustrations of the protesters “have deep roots in many communities of color who have a sense that our laws are not always being enforced uniformly or fairly.”</p>
<p>Holder has called for more complete record keeping on the number of police shootings and how often officers are themselves shot at. FBI Director James Comey, in a blunt speech last month on race and law enforcement, echoed that suggestion and said police officers may be informed by unconscious biases and tempted by “lazy shortcuts of cynicism.”</p>
<p>“We must better understand the people we serve and protect, by trying to know deep in our gut what it feels like to be a law-abiding young black man walking down the street and encountering law enforcement,” Comey said.</p>
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<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - As nationwide protests have shaken Iran over the last week, the Islamic Republic increasingly has blamed its foreign foes for fomenting the unrest.</p>
<p>So far, Tehran has not offered any evidence to support that claim, though Iran's opponents throughout the Middle East and elsewhere are looking on at the demonstrations with hope they'll force changes in its theocratic government.</p>
<p>Here's a look at what's been said, what's known and what remains unknown:</p>
<p>SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI, in a speech to veterans and their families: "The enemy is waiting for an opportunity, for a crack through which it can infiltrate. Look at the recent days' incidents. All those who are at odds with the Islamic Republic have utilized various means, including money, weapon, politics and intelligence apparatus, to create problems for the Islamic system, the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Revolution. "</p>
<p>THE FACTS: Protests began Dec. 28 in the northeastern city of Mashhad, sparked by a jump in food prices, and initially focused on economic issues. The U.S. government believes that hard-liners initiated the demonstrations as a means to pressure President Hassan Rouhani, a relatively moderate cleric within Iran's political system.</p>
<p>The protests then went nationwide, with calls for the overthrow the entire government. They spread to smaller and smaller towns and cities in the Iranian countryside, and peaceful protests also gave way to violent unrest in some places.</p>
<p>Iran on Thursday directly blamed a CIA official for the protests. The Trump administration has denied having any hand in the protests, and the CIA declined to comment. President Donald Trump has thrown moral support to the protesters in tweets and has promised more concrete backing, floating possible new sanctions against Iran if it violates human rights in cracking down. But so far, his administration has taken no steps.</p>
<p>Iranian authorities announced the arrest of a protest leader initially described as European who later was identified as an Iranian dual national. Dual nationalities are not uncommon in Iran, so the arrest would hardly be proof of meddling by foreign powers. However, the Iranian exile group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, supporters of exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and other activists abroad have sought to keep up the protests' momentum by using social media to spread videos and calls for people to join. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, long a hawk on Iran, also has been applauding the protests.</p>
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<p>IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, in a tweet: "Iran's security and stability depend on its own people, who ... have the right to vote and to protest. These hard-earned rights will be protected, and infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction."</p>
<p>THE FACTS: In Iran, protests must receive prior approval from the Interior Ministry, which oversees its police. None of the peaceful protests in Iran this past week appear to have received that permission.</p>
<p>Iran also violently suppressed the 2009 mass protests that followed the disputed re-election of then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a crackdown that saw thousands detained, dozens killed and others tortured. The protest movement's leaders remain under house arrest years later.</p>
<p>Iran does allow some labor strikes or unauthorized demonstrations to take place, like when coal miners angry over the deaths of at least 42 of their colleagues in an explosion in May confronted Rouhani during his presidential re-election campaign. Iran's government also organized two days of mass demonstrations across the country Wednesday and Thursday as a sign of strength and to reassure those worried about the unrest.</p>
<p>Iranians do vote in elections for president and parliament, but unelected cleric-led bodies vet would-be candidates and bar from running those they don't approve of. Final say on all matters of state rests with the supreme leader.</p>
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<p>IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS GHOLAMALI KHOSHROO, in a letter to the U.N. secretary-general: "Against the backdrop of continuous attempts by previous U.S. administrations to disrupt the course of normal political, social and cultural life in Iran in the past decades, starting with the coup against Iran's democratically elected prime minister in 1953, the current U.S. administration has crossed every limit in flouting rules and principles of international law governing the civilized conduct of international relations. ... The president and vice president of the United States, in their numerous absurd tweets, incited Iranians to engage in disruptive acts."</p>
<p>THE FACTS: While the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis colors Americans' thoughts on Iran, perhaps no event more affects Iranian beliefs about the U.S. than the 1953 coup. The CIA joined the British in fomenting a coup against the elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh. Though initially a failure, street protests fanned by the CIA ultimately pushed Mosaddegh out of power and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The shah, stricken with cancer, abandoned the throne just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. That 1953 coup still fuels mistrust of the U.S. among Iranians.</p>
<p>Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have tweeted their support for the protesters, but they have not called for violence or disruptive acts.</p>
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<p>Find AP Fact Checks at <a href="" type="internal">https://apnews.com/tag/APFactCheck</a> .</p>
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<p>Follow Jon Gambrell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jongambrellap . His work can be found at http://apne.ws/2galNpz .</p>
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - As nationwide protests have shaken Iran over the last week, the Islamic Republic increasingly has blamed its foreign foes for fomenting the unrest.</p>
<p>So far, Tehran has not offered any evidence to support that claim, though Iran's opponents throughout the Middle East and elsewhere are looking on at the demonstrations with hope they'll force changes in its theocratic government.</p>
<p>Here's a look at what's been said, what's known and what remains unknown:</p>
<p>SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI, in a speech to veterans and their families: "The enemy is waiting for an opportunity, for a crack through which it can infiltrate. Look at the recent days' incidents. All those who are at odds with the Islamic Republic have utilized various means, including money, weapon, politics and intelligence apparatus, to create problems for the Islamic system, the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Revolution. "</p>
<p>THE FACTS: Protests began Dec. 28 in the northeastern city of Mashhad, sparked by a jump in food prices, and initially focused on economic issues. The U.S. government believes that hard-liners initiated the demonstrations as a means to pressure President Hassan Rouhani, a relatively moderate cleric within Iran's political system.</p>
<p>The protests then went nationwide, with calls for the overthrow the entire government. They spread to smaller and smaller towns and cities in the Iranian countryside, and peaceful protests also gave way to violent unrest in some places.</p>
<p>Iran on Thursday directly blamed a CIA official for the protests. The Trump administration has denied having any hand in the protests, and the CIA declined to comment. President Donald Trump has thrown moral support to the protesters in tweets and has promised more concrete backing, floating possible new sanctions against Iran if it violates human rights in cracking down. But so far, his administration has taken no steps.</p>
<p>Iranian authorities announced the arrest of a protest leader initially described as European who later was identified as an Iranian dual national. Dual nationalities are not uncommon in Iran, so the arrest would hardly be proof of meddling by foreign powers. However, the Iranian exile group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, supporters of exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and other activists abroad have sought to keep up the protests' momentum by using social media to spread videos and calls for people to join. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, long a hawk on Iran, also has been applauding the protests.</p>
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<p>IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, in a tweet: "Iran's security and stability depend on its own people, who ... have the right to vote and to protest. These hard-earned rights will be protected, and infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction."</p>
<p>THE FACTS: In Iran, protests must receive prior approval from the Interior Ministry, which oversees its police. None of the peaceful protests in Iran this past week appear to have received that permission.</p>
<p>Iran also violently suppressed the 2009 mass protests that followed the disputed re-election of then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a crackdown that saw thousands detained, dozens killed and others tortured. The protest movement's leaders remain under house arrest years later.</p>
<p>Iran does allow some labor strikes or unauthorized demonstrations to take place, like when coal miners angry over the deaths of at least 42 of their colleagues in an explosion in May confronted Rouhani during his presidential re-election campaign. Iran's government also organized two days of mass demonstrations across the country Wednesday and Thursday as a sign of strength and to reassure those worried about the unrest.</p>
<p>Iranians do vote in elections for president and parliament, but unelected cleric-led bodies vet would-be candidates and bar from running those they don't approve of. Final say on all matters of state rests with the supreme leader.</p>
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<p>IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS GHOLAMALI KHOSHROO, in a letter to the U.N. secretary-general: "Against the backdrop of continuous attempts by previous U.S. administrations to disrupt the course of normal political, social and cultural life in Iran in the past decades, starting with the coup against Iran's democratically elected prime minister in 1953, the current U.S. administration has crossed every limit in flouting rules and principles of international law governing the civilized conduct of international relations. ... The president and vice president of the United States, in their numerous absurd tweets, incited Iranians to engage in disruptive acts."</p>
<p>THE FACTS: While the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis colors Americans' thoughts on Iran, perhaps no event more affects Iranian beliefs about the U.S. than the 1953 coup. The CIA joined the British in fomenting a coup against the elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh. Though initially a failure, street protests fanned by the CIA ultimately pushed Mosaddegh out of power and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The shah, stricken with cancer, abandoned the throne just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. That 1953 coup still fuels mistrust of the U.S. among Iranians.</p>
<p>Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have tweeted their support for the protesters, but they have not called for violence or disruptive acts.</p>
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smaller towns cities iranian countryside peaceful protests also gave way violent unrest places iran thursday directly blamed cia official protests trump administration denied hand protests cia declined comment president donald trump thrown moral support protesters tweets promised concrete backing floating possible new sanctions iran violates human rights cracking far administration taken steps iranian authorities announced arrest protest leader initially described european later identified iranian dual national dual nationalities uncommon iran arrest would hardly proof meddling foreign powers however iranian exile group mujahedeenekhalq supporters exiled iranian crown prince reza pahlavi activists abroad sought keep protests momentum using social media spread videos calls people join israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu long hawk iran also applauding protests ___ iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif tweet irans security stability depend people right vote protest 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letter un secretarygeneral backdrop continuous attempts previous us administrations disrupt course normal political social cultural life iran past decades starting coup irans democratically elected prime minister 1953 current us administration crossed every limit flouting rules principles international law governing civilized conduct international relations president vice president united states numerous absurd tweets incited iranians engage disruptive acts facts 1979 us embassy takeover hostage crisis colors americans thoughts iran perhaps event affects iranian beliefs us 1953 coup cia joined british fomenting coup elected government iranian prime minister mohammed mosaddegh though initially failure street protests fanned cia ultimately pushed mosaddegh power cemented rule shah mohammad reza pahlavi shah stricken cancer abandoned throne 1979 islamic revolution 1953 coup still fuels mistrust us among iranians trump vice president mike pence tweeted support protesters called violence disruptive acts ___ find ap fact checks httpsapnewscomtagapfactcheck ___ follow jon gambrell twitter wwwtwittercomjongambrellap work found httpapnews2galnpz dubai united arab emirates ap nationwide protests shaken iran last week islamic republic increasingly blamed foreign foes fomenting unrest far tehran offered evidence support claim though irans opponents throughout middle east elsewhere looking demonstrations hope theyll force changes theocratic government heres look whats said whats known remains unknown supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei speech veterans families enemy waiting opportunity crack infiltrate look recent days incidents odds islamic republic utilized various means including money weapon politics intelligence apparatus create problems islamic system islamic republic islamic revolution facts protests began dec 28 northeastern city mashhad sparked jump food prices initially focused economic issues us government believes hardliners initiated demonstrations means pressure president hassan rouhani relatively moderate cleric within irans political system protests went nationwide calls overthrow entire government spread smaller smaller towns cities iranian countryside peaceful protests also gave way violent unrest places iran thursday directly blamed cia official protests trump administration denied hand protests cia declined comment president donald trump thrown moral support protesters tweets promised concrete backing floating possible new sanctions iran violates human rights cracking far administration taken steps iranian authorities announced arrest protest leader initially described european later identified iranian dual national dual nationalities uncommon iran arrest would hardly proof meddling foreign powers however iranian exile group mujahedeenekhalq supporters exiled iranian crown prince reza pahlavi activists abroad sought keep protests momentum using social media spread videos calls people join israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu long hawk iran also applauding protests ___ iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif tweet irans security stability depend people right vote protest hardearned rights protected infiltrators allowed sabotage violence destruction facts iran protests must receive prior approval interior ministry oversees police none peaceful protests iran past week appear received permission iran also violently suppressed 2009 mass protests followed disputed reelection thenpresident mahmoud ahmadinejad crackdown saw thousands detained dozens killed others tortured protest movements leaders remain house arrest years later iran allow labor strikes unauthorized demonstrations take place like coal miners angry deaths least 42 colleagues explosion may confronted rouhani presidential reelection campaign irans government also organized two days mass demonstrations across country wednesday thursday sign strength reassure worried unrest iranians vote elections president parliament unelected clericled bodies vet wouldbe candidates bar running dont approve final say matters state rests supreme leader ___ iranian ambassador united nations gholamali khoshroo letter un secretarygeneral backdrop continuous attempts previous us administrations disrupt course normal political social cultural life iran past decades starting coup irans democratically elected prime minister 1953 current us administration crossed every limit flouting rules principles international law governing civilized conduct international relations president vice president united states numerous absurd tweets incited iranians engage disruptive acts facts 1979 us embassy takeover hostage crisis colors americans thoughts iran perhaps event affects iranian beliefs us 1953 coup cia joined british fomenting coup elected government iranian prime minister mohammed mosaddegh though initially failure street protests fanned cia ultimately pushed mosaddegh power cemented rule shah mohammad reza pahlavi shah stricken cancer 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<p>BEIRUT (Reuters) - A chemical attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people, a medical relief organization and a rescue service said, and Washington said the reports - if confirmed - would demand an immediate international response.</p>
<p>Medical relief organization Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) said 41 people had been killed, with other reports putting the death toll much higher. The civil defense rescue service, which operates in rebel-held areas of Syria, put it as high as 150 in a report on one of its Twitter feeds.</p>
<p>The Russian-backed Syrian state denied government forces had launched any chemical attack as the reports began circulating on Saturday night and said rebels in the eastern Ghouta town of Douma were in a state of collapse and spreading false news.</p>
<p>Reuters could not independently verify the reports.</p>
<p>The lifeless bodies of around a dozen children, women and men, some of them with foam at the mouth, were shown in one video circulated by activists. “Douma city, April 7 ... there is a strong smell here,” a voice can be heard saying.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>The U.S. State Department said reports of mass casualties from an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma were “horrifying” and would, if confirmed, “demand an immediate response by the international community”.</p>
<p>President Bashar al-Assad has won back control of nearly all of eastern Ghouta in a Russian-backed military campaign that began in February, leaving just Douma in rebel hands. After a lull of days, government forces began bombarding Douma again on Friday.</p>
<p>The offensive in Ghouta has been one of the deadliest of the seven-year-long war, killing more than 1,600 civilians according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.</p>
<p>The Observatory said it could not confirm if chemical weapons had been used in the attack on Saturday.</p>
<p>Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman said 11 people had died in Douma as a result of suffocation caused by the smoke from conventional weapons being dropped by the government. It said a total of 70 people suffered breathing difficulties.</p>
<p>Medical relief organization SAMS said a chlorine bomb hit Douma hospital, killing six people, and a second attack with “mixed agents” including nerve agents had hit a nearby building.</p>
<p>Basel Termanini, the U.S.-based vice president of SAMS, told Reuters another 35 people had been killed at the nearby apartment building, most of them women and children.</p>
<p>SAMS operates 139 medical facilities in Syria where it supports 1,880 medical personnel, according to its website.</p>
<p>“We are contacting the U.N. and the U.S. government and the European governments,” he said by telephone.</p>
<p>Syrian state news agency SANA said the rebel group in Douma, Jaish al-Islam, was making “chemical attack fabrications in an exposed and failed attempt to obstruct advances by the Syrian Arab army,” citing an official source.</p>
<p>U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauret recalled a 2017 sarin gas attack in northwestern Syria that the West and the United Nations blamed on Assad’s government.</p>
<p>“The Assad regime and its backers must be held accountable and any further attacks prevented immediately,” she said.</p>
<p>“The United States calls on Russia to end this unmitigated support immediately and work with the international community to prevent further, barbaric chemical weapons attacks,” Nauert said in a statement.</p>
<p>The Syrian government has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons during the conflict.</p>
<p>Reporting by Dahlia Nehme and Mustafa Hashem; Additional reporting by Patrick Rucker and Tim Ahmann in Washington; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Sandra Maler</p> Our Standards:
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<p>SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in to police on Saturday, ending a day-long standoff to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption that derails his bid to return to power.</p> Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is carried by supporters in front of the metallurgic trade union in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, April 7, 2018. REUTERS/Francisco Proer
<p>Lula was flown by police to the southern city of Curitiba, where he was tried and convicted late last year, and taken to the federal police headquarters there to serve his sentence. Protesters supporting Lula clashed with police outside the walls of the building. Officers used stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.</p>
<p>In a fiery speech hours earlier to a crowd of supporters of his Workers Party outside the union building in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s first working class president insisted on his innocence and called his bribery conviction a political crime, but said he would turn himself in.</p>
<p>“I will comply with the order,” he told the cheering crowd. “I’m not above the law. If I didn’t believe in the law, I wouldn’t have started a political party. I would have started a revolution.”</p> Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks to enter a Federal Police plane in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 7, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
<p>Lula, who faces six more trials on corruption charges, finally ended the standoff when he moved out in a convoy of black police SUVs after pushing his way out of the steel workers union headquarters where he had taken refuge. He entered police custody more than 24 hours after a court deadline on Friday afternoon.</p>
<p>Lula’s imprisonment removes Brazil’s most influential political figure and front-runner from this year’s presidential campaign, throwing the race wide open and strengthening the odds of a more centrist candidate prevailing, according to analysts and political foes.</p>
<p>It also marks the end of an era for Brazil’s left, which was out in force in the streets outside of the union headquarters in the industrial suburb of Sao Paulo where Lula’s political career began four decades ago as a union organizer.</p>
<p>The throngs of supporters, which began gathering when he arrived late on Thursday night, dissuaded police from trying to take him into custody and heightened concerns about a violent showdown.</p>
<p>Supporters blocked Lula’s first attempt to leave the union building on Saturday afternoon, pushing back against fellow party members trying to open the gate for his car to leave. Workers Party chief Gleisi Hoffmann pleaded with supporters to let him exit.</p>
<p>Lula was convicted of taking bribes, including renovation of a three-story seaside apartment that he denies ever owning, from an engineering firm in return for help landing public contracts.</p> Slideshow (15 Images)
<p>“I’m the only person being prosecuted over an apartment that isn’t mine,” insisted Lula, standing on a sound truck alongside his impeached handpicked successor Dilma Rousseff and leaders of other left-wing parties.</p>
<p>A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Saturday rejected the latest plea by Lula’s legal team, which argued they had not exhausted procedural appeals when a judge issued the order to turn himself in.</p>
<p>Under Brazilian electoral law, a candidate is forbidden from running for office for eight years after being found guilty of a crime. Rare exceptions have been made in the past, and the final decision would be made by the top electoral court if and when Lula officially files to be a candidate.</p>
<p>The union where Lula, 72, sought refuge was the launch pad for his career in the late 1970s leading nationwide strikes that helped to end Brazil’s 1964-85 military dictatorship.</p>
<p>Lula’s everyman style and unvarnished speeches electrified masses and eventually won him two terms as president, from 2003 to 2011, when he oversaw robust economic growth and falling inequality amid a commodities boom.</p>
<p>“Those who condemn me without proof know that I am innocent and I governed honestly,” Lula said in a video message to his supporters. “Those who persecute me can do what they want to me, but they will never imprison our dreams.”</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Lisandra Paraguassú, Ricardo Brito and Jake Spring in Brasilia, and Brad Brooks in Sao Paulo; Writing by Anthony Boadle and Jake Spring; Editing by Sandra Maler</p> Our Standards:
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<p>DUBAI (Reuters) - Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centers in Iran where they left the image of a U.S. flag on screens along with a warning: “Don’t mess with our elections”, the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday.</p> FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo
<p>“The attack apparently affected 200,000 router switches across the world in a widespread attack, including 3,500 switches in our country,” the Communication and Information Technology Ministry said in a statement carried by Iran’s official news agency IRNA.</p>
<p>The statement said the attack, which hit internet service providers and cut off web access for subscribers, was made possible by a vulnerability in routers from Cisco which had earlier issued a warning and provided a patch that some firms had failed to install over the Iranian new year holiday.</p>
<p>A blog published on Thursday by Nick Biasini, a threat researcher at Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group, said: “Several incidents in multiple countries, including some specifically targeting critical infrastructure, have involved the misuse of the Smart Install protocol...</p>
<p>“As a result, we are taking an active stance, and are urging customers, again, of the elevated risk and available remediation paths.”</p>
<p>On Saturday evening, Cisco said those postings were a tool to help clients identify weaknesses and repel a cyber attack.</p>
<p>Iran’s IT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi posted a picture of a computer screen on Twitter with the image of the U.S. flag and the hackers’ message. He said it was not yet clear who had carried out the attack.</p>
<p>Azari-Jahromi said the attack mainly affected Europe, India and the United States, state television reported.</p>
<p>“Some 55,000 devices were affected in the United States and 14,000 in China, and Iran’s share of affected devices was 2 percent,” Azari-Jahromi was quoted as saying.</p>
<p>In a tweet, Azari-Jahromi said the state computer emergency response body MAHER had shown “weaknesses in providing information to (affected) companies” after the attack which was detected late on Friday in Iran.</p>
<p>Hadi Sajadi, deputy head of the state-run Information Technology Organisation of Iran, said the attack was neutralized within hours and no data was lost.</p>
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<p>HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed when a bus carrying a Canadian junior ice hockey team collided with a truck in Saskatchewan province, police said on Saturday, in one of the worst disasters to strike Canada’s sporting community.</p> The 2017-2018 Humboldt Broncos Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team is pictured in this undated handout photo. Amanda Brochu/Handout via REUTERS
<p>The tragedy sent shock waves through the hockey-loving country and engulfed the home of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, a small farming town of fewer than 6,000 people, in grief. Fourteen survivors were still in hospital, with some in critical condition, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.</p>
<p>The accident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Friday near the Tisdale area, around 185 miles (300 km) north of Regina.</p>
<p>“Our Broncos family is in shock as we try to come to grips with our incredible loss,” Kevin Garinger, the team’s president, said in a statement.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>The players had been on their way to compete in Game 5 of a playoff series against the Nipawin Hawks when the bus they were traveling in collided with a semi-trailer.</p>
<p>The Hawks’ president, Darren Opp, told the Globe and Mail newspaper that the truck T-boned the players’ bus. “It’s a horrible accident, my God,” he said. “It’s very, very bad.”</p>
<p>The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured in the crash, RCMP Saskatchewan assistant commissioner Curtis Zablocki told a media conference. He said the driver was initially detained, but later released.</p>
<p>Zablocki said it was too early to comment on the cause of the collision and that the RCMP is continuing its investigation, which will examine the road, weather and mechanical condition of both vehicles.</p>
<p>Citing relatives, the Canadian Press reported that the Broncos’ head coach Darcy Haugan and the team’s 20-year-old captain, Logan Schatz, were among those killed.</p>
<p>Many social media users posted Haugan’s photograph alongside messages of shock and sympathy, and the hashtags #prayersforhumboldt and #humboldtstrong.</p> A Humboldt Broncos team jersey is seen among notes and flowers at a memorial for the Humboldt Broncos team leading into the Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada April 7, 2018. REUTERS/Matt Smith
<p>“God bless Darcy Haugan for being an incredible mentor and coach to young hockey players and prayers for his family to help cope with their immense loss,” the Western Provinces Hockey Association wrote on Twitter.</p>
<p>National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman said the NHL mourned the passing of those who died “and offers strength and comfort to those injured while traveling to play and be part of a game they loved.”</p>
<p>Ice hockey teams around the world expressed shock and paid tribute to the Broncos.</p> ‘HEARTBROKEN’
<p>A steady stream of people arrived at Humboldt’s Elgar Petersen sports arena on Saturday, consoling the grieving families and offering flowers. Counseling services for the victims’ relatives were offered nearby.</p>
<p>“We woke up to the reality of what happened last night,” Humboldt Mayor Rob Muench told Reuters. “It has been a tragedy nobody would have imagined. It’s very tough, but I have been trying to get the message out that we will get through this, we will see the light at the end of the tunnel.”</p>
<p>Condolences poured in from both current and former players, sports organizations and political leaders.</p>
<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the entire country was in shock and mourning as the details of the tragedy emerged. Canada’s hockey family was a close one, he said.</p> Slideshow (19 Images)
<p>“We are heartbroken knowing many of those we lost had their entire lives in front of them,” he said in a statement.</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Twitter post that he spoke with Trudeau “to pay my highest respect and condolences to the families of the terrible Humboldt Team tragedy. May God be with them all!”</p>
<p>Pastor Jordan Gadsby of Nipawin’s Apostolic Church said hundreds of people, including parents and relatives of players on the bus, had gathered at the church late on Friday to seek information and solace.</p>
<p>“The worst part of the night was watching parents waiting for news of their kids,” he said. “There’s not a lot we can do. It’s a terrible thing that happened.”</p>
<p>For some, the tragedy revived painful memories of a bus crash in the province in December 1986 that killed four young players from the Swift Current Broncos ice hockey team.</p>
<p>An online fundraising campaign for the affected players and their families was set up late on Friday by the mother of a former Broncos teammate with an initial target of $10,000.</p>
<p>By Saturday evening, it had raised more than $2.1 million. ( <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/funds-for-humboldt-broncos" type="external">here</a>)</p>
<p>“Stay Hockey family strong,” wrote one donor on the GoFundMe site who said he was a coach from rural Saskatchewan.</p>
<p>Reporting by Matt Smith in Humboldt; Additional reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and Frank Pingue in Augusta, Georgia; Writing by Denny Thomas and Daniel Wallis; Editing by Tom Brown and G Crosse</p> Our Standards:
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april 7 strong smell voice heard saying related coverage us says reports chemical attack syria horrifying confirmed calls response us state department said reports mass casualties alleged chemical weapons attack douma horrifying would confirmed demand immediate response international community president bashar alassad back control nearly eastern ghouta russianbacked military campaign began february leaving douma rebel hands lull days government forces began bombarding douma friday offensive ghouta one deadliest sevenyearlong war killing 1600 civilians according syrian observatory human rights observatory said could confirm chemical weapons used attack saturday observatory director rami abdulrahman said 11 people died douma result suffocation caused smoke conventional weapons dropped government said total 70 people suffered breathing difficulties medical relief organization sams said chlorine bomb hit douma hospital killing six people second attack mixed agents including nerve agents hit nearby building basel termanini usbased vice president sams told reuters another 35 people killed nearby apartment building women children sams operates 139 medical facilities syria supports 1880 medical personnel according website contacting un us government european governments said telephone syrian state news agency sana said rebel group douma jaish alislam making chemical attack fabrications exposed failed attempt obstruct advances syrian arab army citing official source us state department spokeswoman heather nauret recalled 2017 sarin gas attack northwestern syria west united nations blamed assads government assad regime backers must held accountable attacks prevented immediately said united states calls russia end unmitigated support immediately work international community prevent barbaric chemical weapons attacks nauert said statement syrian government repeatedly denied using chemical weapons conflict reporting dahlia nehme mustafa hashem additional reporting patrick rucker tim ahmann washington editing hugh lawson sandra maler standards thomson reuters trust principles sao bernardo campo brazil reuters former brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva turned police saturday ending daylong standoff begin serving 12year prison sentence corruption derails bid return power former brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva carried supporters front metallurgic trade union sao bernardo campo brazil april 7 2018 reutersfrancisco proer lula flown police southern city curitiba tried convicted late last year taken federal police headquarters serve sentence protesters supporting lula clashed police outside walls building officers used stun grenades tear gas rubber bullets disperse crowd fiery speech hours earlier crowd supporters workers party outside union building sao paulo brazils first working class president insisted innocence called bribery conviction political crime said would turn comply order told cheering crowd im law didnt believe law wouldnt started political party would started revolution former brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva walks enter federal police plane sao paulo brazil april 7 2018 reuterspaulo whitaker lula faces six trials corruption charges finally ended standoff moved convoy black police suvs pushing way steel workers union headquarters taken refuge entered police custody 24 hours court deadline friday afternoon lulas imprisonment removes brazils influential political figure frontrunner years presidential campaign throwing race wide open strengthening odds centrist candidate prevailing according analysts political foes also marks end era brazils left force streets outside union headquarters industrial suburb sao paulo lulas political career began four decades ago union organizer throngs supporters began gathering arrived late thursday night dissuaded police trying take custody heightened concerns violent showdown supporters blocked lulas first attempt leave union building saturday afternoon pushing back fellow party members trying open gate car leave workers party chief gleisi hoffmann pleaded supporters let exit lula convicted taking bribes including renovation threestory seaside apartment denies ever owning engineering firm return help landing public contracts slideshow 15 images im person prosecuted apartment isnt mine insisted lula standing sound truck alongside impeached handpicked successor dilma rousseff leaders leftwing parties brazilian supreme court justice saturday rejected latest plea lulas legal team argued exhausted procedural appeals judge issued order turn brazilian electoral law candidate forbidden running office eight years found guilty crime rare exceptions made past final decision would made top electoral court lula officially files candidate union lula 72 sought refuge launch pad career late 1970s leading nationwide strikes helped end brazils 196485 military dictatorship lulas everyman style unvarnished speeches electrified masses eventually two terms president 2003 2011 oversaw robust economic growth falling inequality amid commodities boom condemn without proof know innocent governed honestly lula said video message supporters persecute want never imprison dreams additional reporting lisandra paraguassú ricardo brito jake spring brasilia brad brooks sao paulo writing anthony boadle jake spring editing sandra maler standards thomson reuters trust principles dubai reuters hackers attacked networks number countries including data centers iran left image us flag screens along warning dont mess elections iranian ministry said saturday file photo man types computer keyboard front displayed cyber code illustration picture taken march 1 2017 reuterskacper pempelillustrationfile photo attack apparently affected 200000 router switches across world widespread attack including 3500 switches country communication information technology ministry said statement carried irans official news agency irna statement said attack hit internet service providers cut web access subscribers made possible vulnerability routers cisco earlier issued warning provided patch firms failed install iranian new year holiday blog published thursday nick biasini threat researcher ciscos talos security intelligence research group said several incidents multiple countries including specifically targeting critical infrastructure involved misuse smart install protocol result taking active stance urging customers elevated risk available remediation paths saturday evening cisco said postings tool help clients identify weaknesses repel cyber attack irans minister mohammad javad azarijahromi posted picture computer screen twitter image us flag hackers message said yet clear carried attack azarijahromi said attack mainly affected europe india united states state television reported 55000 devices affected united states 14000 china irans share affected devices 2 percent azarijahromi quoted saying tweet azarijahromi said state computer emergency response body maher shown weaknesses providing information affected companies attack detected late friday iran hadi sajadi deputy head staterun information technology organisation iran said attack neutralized within hours data lost reporting dubai newsroom additional reporting dustin volz washington editing ros russell g crosse standards thomson reuters trust principles humboldt saskatchewan reuters fifteen people killed bus carrying canadian junior ice hockey team collided truck saskatchewan province police said saturday one worst disasters strike canadas sporting community 20172018 humboldt broncos saskatchewan junior hockey league team pictured undated handout photo amanda brochuhandout via reuters tragedy sent shock waves hockeyloving country engulfed home humboldt broncos hockey team small farming town fewer 6000 people grief fourteen survivors still hospital critical condition royal canadian mounted police rcmp said accident occurred 5 pm friday near tisdale area around 185 miles 300 km north regina broncos family shock try come grips incredible loss kevin garinger teams president said statement related coverage ice hockey world shocked fatal junior team crash canada players way compete game 5 playoff series nipawin hawks bus traveling collided semitrailer hawks president darren opp told globe mail newspaper truck tboned players bus horrible accident god said bad driver tractor trailer injured crash rcmp saskatchewan assistant commissioner curtis zablocki told media conference said driver initially detained later released zablocki said early comment cause collision rcmp continuing investigation examine road weather mechanical condition vehicles citing relatives canadian press reported broncos head coach darcy haugan teams 20yearold captain logan schatz among killed many social media users posted haugans photograph alongside messages shock sympathy hashtags prayersforhumboldt humboldtstrong humboldt broncos team jersey seen among notes flowers memorial humboldt broncos team 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<p>SOWETO, South Africa (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s Soweto township on Saturday to bid farewell to anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a funeral ceremony that united the nation as people from various political divides celebrated her life.</p> The coffin of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela arrives at the Orlando stadium in Soweto, South Africa April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
<p>Madikizela-Mandela’s death on April 2 at the age of 81 after a long illness was met by an outpouring of emotion across the country, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties holding memorials in remembrance of her courage in the struggle to end white-minority rule.</p>
<p>The official funeral service for the ex-wife of the late Nelson Mandela was taking place on Saturday morning in Soweto — a Johannesburg township at the forefront of the battle against apartheid where she lived.</p>
<p>The burial ceremony will take place later in the day, ending a nearly 2-week mourning period declared by the government.</p> A woman holds a banner and cheers during eulogies at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's funeral in Orlando stadium in Soweto, South Africa, April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
<p>Mourners sang and cheered as Madikizela-Mandela’s body was brought into the Orlando stadium where the funeral service was taking place.</p>
<p>The 40,000-seater stadium was full to capacity, with many mourners clad in the green and yellow colors of the ANC. Member of the leftist party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), also attended in large numbers.</p>
<p>“I appreciate many things about her. Even though I didn’t know her in person, we love our mother. She represents a fighting spirit because even though she lived through the apartheid era, she never gave up,” 20-year old college student Gift Mokale said. “I’m very grateful to be here today.”</p>
<p>Also present at the service were South Africa’s former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, as well as foreign dignitaries from Kenya, Namibia and Lesotho.</p>
<p>During Mandela’s 27-year incarceration for his fight against apartheid, Madikizela-Mandela campaigned for his release and for the rights of black South Africans undergoing detention, banishment and arrest.</p>
<p>For many South Africans, the most memorable image of Madikizela-Mandela is her punching the air in a clenched-fist salute as she walked hand-in-hand with Mandela out of Victor Verster prison, near Cape Town, on Feb. 11, 1990.</p> Slideshow (8 Images)
<p>For husband and wife, it was a crowning moment that led four years later to the end of centuries of white domination when Mandela became South Africa’s first black president.</p>
<p>“Mama Winnie and her spirit must be with us all the time. She means a lot to everyone, old and young,” 72-year old pensioner and ANC member David Mantambo said.</p>
<p>Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy, however, was later tarnished.</p>
<p>As evidence emerged in the dying years of apartheid of the brutality of her Soweto enforcers, known as the “Mandela United Football Club”, some South Africans questioned her ‘Mother of the Nation’ soubriquet.</p>
<p>In 1991, Madikizela-Mandela was convicted of kidnapping and being an accessory to assault, but her six-year jail sentence was reduced to a fine and a 2 year suspended sentence on appeal.</p>
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<p>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain struck Syria with air-launched cruise missiles on Saturday to cripple President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons facilities and prevent what Prime Minister Theresa May cast as a global slide towards their greater use.</p>
<p>Four Royal Air Force Tornado jets from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus fired Storm Shadow missiles at a military facility near Homs where it was assessed that Syria had stockpiled chemicals, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said.</p>
<p>May said the strike was “limited and targeted” and came after intelligence indicated that Syrian military officials had co-ordinated a chlorine attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma on April 7.</p>
<p>Missile attacks by the United States, France and Britain had been aimed at deterring Assad’s further use of chemical weapons and was not an attempt to topple the Syrian government, May said. The mission had been a success, she said.</p>
<p>“This is not about intervening in a civil war. It is not about regime change,” May said in a statement made from her country residence at Chequers just minutes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the strikes from the White House.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>May later told reporters in her Downing Street office that the Western missiles struck a chemical weapons storage and production facility, a chemical weapons research center and a military bunker involved in chemical weapons attacks.</p>
<p>By launching strikes without prior approval from parliament, May dispensed with a non-binding constitutional convention dating back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She said speed was essential and that military action was in the national interest.</p>
<p>“It was both right and legal to take military action,” May said, adding that she would update parliament on Monday.</p>
<p>The Western missile strikes demonstrate the volatile nature of the Syrian civil war, which started in March 2011 as an anti-Assad uprising but is now a proxy conflict involving a number of world and regional powers and a myriad of insurgent groups.</p>
<p>Assad, May said, should not doubt the resolve of Britain, France and the United States but made clear that the strike was a specific response to the Douma attack which killed up to 75 people, including children.</p>
<p>May dismissed as “grotesque and absurd” a claim by Russia, which intervened in the war in 2015 to back Assad, that the Douma attack was staged by Britain. But she declined to give any signal about the future of Assad.</p> “RIGHT AND LEGAL”
<p>May referred specifically to last month’s nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the southern English cathedral city of Salisbury that she has blamed on Russia. Moscow has denied any involvement.</p>
<p>“We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalized – either within Syria, on the streets of the UK or elsewhere,” May told reporters in Downing Street.</p>
<p>She said almost a century of global acceptance about not using chemical weapons had been eroded in Douma and Salisbury.</p>
<p>May said Britain and its allies had sought to use every diplomatic means to stop the use of chemical weapons, but had been repeatedly thwarted, citing a Russian veto of an independent investigation into the Douma attack at the U.N. Security Council this week.</p>
<p>“So there is no practicable alternative to the use of force to degrade and deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime,” she said.</p> Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London, April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Pool BOMBS DON’T BRING PEACE
<p>The small Northern Irish political party that props up her government said May was justified in taking such action though it said wider intervention in Syria would be counter-productive.</p>
<p>However, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a fervent anti-war campaigner, called the strikes “legally questionable” and said May should have recalled parliament from a holiday and “not trailed after Donald Trump”.</p>
<p>“Bombs won’t save lives or bring about peace,” he said. “Britain should be playing a leadership role to bring about a ceasefire in the conflict, not taking instructions from Washington and putting British military personnel in harm’s way.”</p>
<p>Many politicians in Britain, including some in May’s own Conservative Party, had backed his call for parliament to give the authority for any military strike.</p>
<p>A YouGov poll for The Times newspaper this week indicated that only a fifth of voters believed that Britain should launch attacks on Syrian military targets and 43 percent opposed action.</p> Slideshow (3 Images)
<p>Former Prime Minister David Cameron lost a parliamentary vote on air strikes against Assad’s forces in 2013 when 30 Conservative lawmakers voted against action, with many Britons wary of entering another conflict after intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya failed to bring stability to the region.</p>
<p>Cameron, though, gave his support of May on Saturday.</p>
<p>“As we have seen in the past, inaction has its consequences,” he said.</p>
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<p>PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Saturday it would not hesitate to strike Syrian government targets again if the chemical red line was crossed, but that no new strikes were planned at this stage, adding that it would renew a push for peace through dialogue with Russia.</p> French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting as part of the joint airstrike operation by the British, French and U.S. militaries in this picture obtained on April 14, 2018 via social media. Emmanuel Macron/Twitter/via REUTERS
<p>President Emmanuel Macron ordered the military intervention in Syria alongside the United States and Britain in response to a poison gas attack that killed dozens of people last week.</p>
<p>“Our objectives were met,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told BFM TV.</p>
<p>If the red line banning the use of chemical weapons was crossed again, there would be another intervention, he said, while adding: “I think the lesson will have been learnt.”</p>
<p>The French strikes, involving 12 cruise missiles, fighter jets and warships, were Macron’s first major military decision since taking office a year ago and was all but inevitable after the young president repeatedly said France would strike if a fatal chemical attack took place in Syria.</p>
<p>“This action was proportionate and targeted, it was not aimed at (Syrian President Bashar al) Assad’s allies nor at the civilian population,” Le Drian said in a televised statement.</p>
<p>Le Drian said France, which has backed opponents of Assad throughout the civil war, would swiftly take new political initiatives to find a solution to the crisis.</p>
<p>He added that Paris would work with all countries and that there were no changes to Macron’s planned trip to Russia next month.</p>
<p>While there had been general public warnings broadcast by U.S. President Donald Trump, Macron himself and other Western leaders, a French presidency source said Macron did not tell Russian President Vladimir Putin the allies would strike overnight when they talked over the phone on Friday.</p>
<p>However, regular “deconfliction” contacts were made with the Russian military once the operation had been kicked off to make sure that they would not be accidentally hit, the source said.</p>
<p>Defense Minister Florence Parly said this meant Russia had been “warned beforehand” to avoid any confrontation or escalation.</p>
<p>The French presidency issued a video on Twitter showing what it said were war planes taking off as part of the intervention.</p>
<p>Macron said in a written statement that the attack had been limited to Syria’s chemical weapons facilities and said the facts and the responsibility of the Syrian regime were beyond doubt.</p>
<p>Backing up its reasons for the air strikes, the foreign ministry released an intelligence report based largely on open sources which concluded that there was no other plausible explanation than a chemical attacked coordinated by the Syrian military.</p>
<p>The report said that for now France did not have chemical samples from the attack site analyzed by its own laboratories yet.</p>
<p>Macron, who tweeted a picture of himself in a meeting room with military and diplomatic advisers, has not made any address to the nation. He is due to be interviewed by three French media on Sunday night.</p>
<p>The French air force has been active in Syria since 2015 to fight Islamic State, but had not targeted government targets until now.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targeting what they called chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a poison gas attack.</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump announced the military action from the White House, saying the three allies had “marshaled their righteous power against barbarism and brutality”.</p>
<p>As he spoke, explosions rocked Damascus.</p>
<p>The bombing represents a major escalation putting the West in direct confrontation with Assad’s superpower ally Russia, but is unlikely to alter the course of a multi-sided war which has killed at least half a million people in the past seven years.</p>
<p>That in turn raises the question of where Western countries go from here, after a volley of strikes denounced by Damascus and Moscow as both reckless and pointless.</p>
<p>By morning, the Western countries said their bombing was over for now. Syria released video of President Bashar al-Assad, whose Russian- and Iranian-backed forces have already driven his enemies from Syria’s major towns and cities, arriving at work as usual, with the caption “morning of resilience”.</p>
<p>British Prime Minister Theresa May described the strike as “limited and targeted”. She said she had authorized the British action after intelligence indicated Assad’s government was responsible for the attack using chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Douma a week ago.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>French President Emmanuel Macron said the strikes had been limited so far to Syria’s chemical weapons facilities.</p>
<p>With more than 100 missiles fired from ships and manned aircraft, the allies struck three of Syria’s main chemical weapons facilities, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford said.</p>
<p>The targets included a Syrian center in the greater Damascus area for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weaponry as well as a chemical weapons storage facility near the city of Homs. A third target, also near Homs, contained both a chemical weapons equipment storage facility and a command post.</p>
<p>Mattis called the strikes a “one time shot”, although Trump raised the prospect of further strikes if Assad’s government again used chemical weapons.</p>
<p>“We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents,” the U.S. president said in a televised address.</p>
<p>The Syrian conflict pits a complex myriad of parties against each other, with Russia and Iran giving Assad military and political help that has largely proven decisive over the past three years in crushing any rebel threat to topple him. Fractured opposition forces have had varying levels of support from the West, Arab states and Turkey.</p>
<p>The United States, Britain and France have all bombed the Islamic State group in Syria for years and had troops on the ground to fight them, but refrained from targeting Assad’s government apart from a volley of U.S. missiles last year.</p>
<p>Although the Western countries have all said for seven years that Assad must leave power, they held back in the past from striking his government with no wider strategy to defeat him.</p>
<p>Assad’s government and allies responded outwardly with fury, although there were also clear suggestions that they considered the attack a one-off, unlikely to harm Assad.</p>
<p>A senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus told Reuters the Syrian government and its allies had “absorbed” the attack. The sites that were targeted had been evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, the official said.</p>
<p>“If it is finished, and there is no second round, it will be considered limited,” the official said.</p>
<p>Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said on Twitter: “Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences.”</p>
<p>Syrian state media called the attack a “flagrant violation of international law.” An official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it would cause consequences that were against U.S. interests.</p>
<p>French Defence Minister Florence Parly said the Russians “were warned beforehand” to avoid inadvertant escalation.</p> “ABSORBED THE STRIKE”
<p>At least six loud explosions were heard in Damascus and smoke was seen rising over the city, a Reuters witness said. A second witness said the Barzah district of Damascus had been hit in the strikes. Barzah is the location of a major Syrian scientific research center.</p>
<p>Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S.-led attacks and said Washington and its allies would bear responsibility for the consequences in the region and beyond, state media reported.</p>
<p>State-controlled Syrian TV said Syrian air defenses shot down 13 missiles fired in the attack. The Russian defense ministry said none of the rockets launched had entered zones where Russian air defense systems are protecting military facilities in Tartus and Hmeimim.</p>
<p>The combined U.S., British and French assault appeared more intense than a similar strike Trump ordered almost exactly a year ago against a Syrian air base in retaliation for an earlier chemical weapons attack that Washington attributed to Assad.</p> A missile is seen crossing over Damascus, Syria April 14, 2018. SANA/Handout via REUTERS
<p>Mattis said the United States conducted the air strikes with conclusive evidence that chlorine gas was used in the April 7 attack in Syria. Evidence that the nerve agent sarin also was used was inconclusive, he said.</p>
<p>Allegations of Assad’s chlorine use are frequent in Syria’s conflict, raising questions about whether Washington had lowered the threshold for military action in Syria by deciding to strike after a chlorine attack. Syria agreed in 2013 to give up its chemical weapons. It is still permitted to have chlorine for civilian use, although its use as a weapon is banned.</p>
<p>Mattis, who U.S. officials said had earlier warned in internal debates that too large an attack would risk confrontation with Russia, described the strikes as a one-off to dissuade Assad from “doing this again”.</p>
<p>But a U.S. official familiar with the military planning said there could be more air strikes if the intelligence indicates Assad has not stopped making, importing, storing or using chemical weapons including chlorine. The official said this could require a more sustained U.S. air and naval presence in the region, as well as more surveillance.</p> EXIT SYRIA?
<p>Trump has been leery of U.S. military involvement in the Middle East, and is eager to withdraw roughly 2,000 troops in Syria taking part in the campaign against Islamic State.</p>
<p>“America does not seek an indefinite presence in Syria, under no circumstances,” Trump said in his address. “The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons.”</p> Slideshow (11 Images)
<p>The U.S. president, who has tried to build good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, had sharply critical words for Russia and Iran over their support of Assad.</p>
<p>“To Iran and to Russia, I ask, what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children?” Trump said.</p>
<p>Last year, the United States fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the guided missile destroyers USS Porter and the USS Ross that struck the Shayrat air base.</p>
<p>At the time, the Pentagon said that a fifth of Syria’s operational aircraft were either damaged or destroyed.</p>
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russia french president emmanuel macron attends meeting part joint airstrike operation british french us militaries picture obtained april 14 2018 via social media emmanuel macrontwittervia reuters president emmanuel macron ordered military intervention syria alongside united states britain response poison gas attack killed dozens people last week objectives met foreign minister jeanyves le drian told bfm tv red line banning use chemical weapons crossed would another intervention said adding think lesson learnt french strikes involving 12 cruise missiles fighter jets warships macrons first major military decision since taking office year ago inevitable young president repeatedly said france would strike fatal chemical attack took place syria action proportionate targeted aimed syrian president bashar al assads allies civilian population le drian said televised statement le drian said france backed opponents assad throughout civil war would swiftly take new political initiatives find solution crisis added paris would work countries changes macrons planned trip russia next month general public warnings broadcast us president donald trump macron western leaders french presidency source said macron tell russian president vladimir putin allies would strike overnight talked phone friday however regular deconfliction contacts made russian military operation kicked make sure would accidentally hit source said defense minister florence parly said meant russia warned beforehand avoid confrontation escalation french presidency issued video twitter showing said war planes taking part intervention macron said written statement attack limited syrias chemical weapons facilities said facts responsibility syrian regime beyond doubt backing reasons air strikes foreign ministry released intelligence report based largely open sources concluded plausible explanation chemical attacked coordinated syrian military report said france chemical samples attack site analyzed laboratories yet macron tweeted picture meeting room military diplomatic advisers made address nation due interviewed three french media sunday night french air force active syria since 2015 fight islamic state targeted government targets additional reporting geert de clercq john irish writing ingrid melander editing john irish standards thomson reuters trust principles washingtonbeirut reuters us british french forces struck syria 100 missiles saturday first coordinated western strikes damascus government targeting called chemical weapons sites retaliation poison gas attack us president donald trump announced military action white house saying three allies marshaled righteous power barbarism brutality spoke explosions rocked damascus bombing represents major escalation putting west direct confrontation assads superpower ally russia unlikely alter course multisided war killed least half million people past seven years turn raises question western countries go volley strikes denounced damascus moscow reckless pointless morning western countries said bombing syria released video president bashar alassad whose russian iranianbacked forces already driven enemies syrias major towns cities arriving work usual caption morning resilience british prime minister theresa may described strike limited targeted said authorized british action intelligence indicated assads government responsible attack using chemical weapons damascus suburb douma week ago related coverage russia likely call un meeting syria attack russian lawmaker syria strikes important signal iran hezbollah israeli minister us france britain brief nato allies syria saturday french president emmanuel macron said strikes limited far syrias chemical weapons facilities 100 missiles fired ships manned aircraft allies struck three syrias main chemical weapons facilities us defense secretary jim mattis joint chiefs staff chairman general joseph dunford said targets included syrian center greater damascus area research development production testing chemical biological weaponry well chemical weapons storage facility near city homs third target also near homs contained chemical weapons equipment storage facility command post mattis called strikes one time shot although trump raised prospect strikes assads government used chemical weapons prepared sustain response syrian regime stops use prohibited chemical agents us president said televised address syrian conflict pits complex myriad parties russia iran giving assad military political help largely proven decisive past three years crushing rebel threat topple fractured opposition forces varying levels support west arab states turkey united states britain france bombed islamic state group syria years troops ground fight refrained targeting assads government apart volley us missiles last year although western countries said seven years assad must leave power held back past striking government wider strategy defeat assads government allies responded outwardly fury although also clear suggestions considered attack oneoff unlikely harm assad senior official regional alliance backs damascus told reuters syrian government allies absorbed attack sites targeted evacuated days ago thanks warning russia official said finished second round considered limited official said russias ambassador united states anatoly antonov said twitter threatened warned actions left without consequences syrian state media called attack flagrant violation international law official irans revolutionary guards said would cause consequences us interests french defence minister florence parly said russians warned beforehand avoid inadvertant escalation absorbed strike least six loud explosions heard damascus smoke seen rising city reuters witness said second witness said barzah district damascus hit strikes barzah location major syrian scientific research center irans foreign ministry condemned usled attacks said washington allies would bear responsibility consequences region beyond state media reported statecontrolled syrian tv said syrian air defenses shot 13 missiles fired attack russian defense ministry said none rockets launched entered zones russian air defense systems protecting military facilities tartus hmeimim combined us british french assault appeared intense similar strike trump ordered almost exactly year ago syrian air base retaliation earlier chemical weapons attack washington attributed assad missile seen crossing damascus syria april 14 2018 sanahandout via reuters mattis said united states conducted air strikes conclusive evidence chlorine gas used april 7 attack syria evidence nerve agent sarin also used inconclusive said allegations assads chlorine use frequent syrias conflict raising questions whether washington lowered threshold military action syria deciding strike chlorine attack syria agreed 2013 give chemical weapons still permitted chlorine civilian use although use weapon banned mattis us officials said earlier warned internal debates large attack would risk confrontation russia described strikes oneoff dissuade assad us official familiar military planning said could air strikes intelligence indicates assad stopped making importing storing using chemical weapons including chlorine official said could require sustained us air naval presence region well surveillance exit syria trump leery us military involvement middle east eager withdraw roughly 2000 troops syria taking part campaign islamic state america seek indefinite presence syria circumstances trump said address purpose actions tonight establish strong deterrent production spread use chemical weapons slideshow 11 images us president tried build good relations russian president vladimir putin sharply critical words russia iran support assad iran russia ask kind nation wants associated mass murder innocent men women children trump said last year united states fired 59 tomahawk cruise missiles guided missile destroyers uss porter uss ross struck shayrat 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<p>(Reuters) - CVS Health on Friday named Marc-David Munk as the new chief medical officer of MinuteClinic, the drugstore chain’s retail medical clinic unit and as associate chief medical officer of the company.</p> FILE PHOTO: The CVS logo is seen at one of their stores in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
<p>Late last year, CVS agreed to buy health insurer Aetna Inc for $69 billion, seeking to tackle soaring healthcare spending through lower-cost medical services in pharmacies.</p>
<p>Retail clinics refer to walk-in clinics in stores and supermarkets. MinuteClinic, launched in 2000, is the largest provider of retail clinics in the United States.</p>
<p>Munk was previously the chief medical officer of Boston-based Iora Health.</p>
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<p>A federal appeals court on Friday ended a bid by West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp to invalidate a patent on Vanda Pharmaceutical Inc’s schizophrenia drug Fanapt and bring a lower-cost generic version to market.</p>
<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that a Vanda patent describing a method of using Fanapt to treat schizophrenia was valid and would be infringed by West-Ward’s proposed generic.</p>
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<p>(Reuters Health) - Fish oil supplements do not ease the symptoms of dry eye, a condition that affects about one in seven U.S. adults, according to a new test of the treatment in hundreds of volunteers.</p>
<p>People who took 3,000 milligrams of omega-3 fatty acids each day for 12 months - the highest dose ever used in a trial of fish oil - experienced no more relief from their dry eye than a second group that received olive oil placebo capsules.</p>
<p>The findings were published online by the New England Journal of Medicine and reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>Dry eye, also known as keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is estimated to cost the U.S. economy more than $55 billion a year in medical care and lost productivity as people struggle to cope with the pain, itchiness, burning, fatigue and vision problems that occur when the surface of the eye becomes too dessicated.</p>
<p>“This study is significant because dry eye disease is a very common condition especially among women and older individuals, and is likely the most common reason to see an eye doctor,” said Dr. Joann Kang of the division of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Montefiore Health System in New York in an email to Reuters Health.</p>
<p>The result “contradicts a popular and common treatment of dry eye disease as the study did not find any significantly better outcomes of patients treated with omega-3 fatty acids,” said Kang, who was not involved in the research.</p>
<p>Other treatments doctors may recommend include over-the-counter lubricating eye drops, eyelid-cleansing regimens, tear duct plugs to slow the drainage of the eye’s natural lubricant and two prescription drugs, including the widely-advertised Restasis prescription drops that cost more than $500 a month. The other prescription drop, Xiidra, carries a similar price tag.</p>
<p>In contrast, fish oil therapy costs roughly $30 to $150 per month.</p>
<p>But even the highest dose of fish oil didn’t produce more relief than placebo, according to the team from 27 sites, led by Maureen Maguire, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.</p>
<p>All of the study’s participants had been dealing with moderate to severe dry eye for at least six months, and were allowed to continue their current treatments during the fish oil trial. Neither patients nor their doctors knew which type of oil they were getting.</p>
<p>More than half the patients in both groups reported improvement in the symptoms yet fish oil consumers didn’t score significantly higher than placebo recipients.</p>
<p>This illustrates that it’s very difficult for clinicians to tell whether a treatment is being beneficial, Maguire said in a telephone interview, or whether it’s random variability in the patient’s condition from one week to the next, or the patient wanting to believe the treatment is working, that accounts for improvement.</p>
<p>Maguire said optometrists and ophthalmologists frequently suggest fish oil to their dry eye patients, although “many make the recommendation saying, ‘I don’t know if this will work, but you might try it.’”</p>
<p>How a patient will respond to a specific treatment, Maguire noted, “is really quite variable, which is one of the problems with this eye condition. Some people get relief from all of the various treatments, from lid hygiene to artificial tears, where different formulations work for different people. It’s a difficult condition to manage.”</p>
<p>Based on the new results, if patients are looking for relief of their dry-eye symptoms, she said, “they may want to look at other alternatives.”</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mylan N.V.’s ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=MYL.O" type="external">MYL.O</a>) emergency allergy antidote EpiPen is in short supply in Canada and Britain, but remains available in the United States, the treatment’s manufacturer said on Friday.</p> FILE PHOTO: EpiPen auto-injection epinephrine pens manufactured by Mylan NV pharmaceutical company for use by severe allergy sufferers are seen in Washington, U.S. August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
<p>EpiPens deliver potentially lifesaving doses of the generic drug epinephrine, via an automatic injector that a patient or caregiver can administer in the event of severe allergic reaction.</p>
<p>“We are shipping product. Currently there is no shortage in the U.S.,” said Steve Danehy, a spokesman for Pfizer Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=PFE.N" type="external">PFE.N</a>), which produces the global supply of EpiPens for Mylan out of a single facility near St. Louis, Missouri.</p>
<p>Mylan is in charge of managing allocation of the EpiPen supply, Danehy said in an email to Reuters. It was not immediately clear why Canada and the UK would be subject to a shortage at this time. A Mylan spokeswoman was not available for comment.</p>
<p>Mylan’s EpiPen sales practices in the United States sparked public outrage in 2016 as consumers saw the price for a pack of two auto-injectors rise sixfold to $600 in less than a decade, making the devices unaffordable for a growing number of families.</p>
<p>Since then, the company has launched a generic version of EpiPen for half the price, though the U.S. market is still the most lucrative.</p>
<p>Meridian Medical Technologies Inc, the unit of Pfizer that manufactures EpiPens, has been hit by a series of manufacturing problems. In March 2017, Mylan recalled tens of thousands of devices after complaints that some had failed to activate.</p>
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<p>In September, Meridian received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said Meridian had failed to thoroughly investigate product failures, including EpiPen products that were associated with patient deaths and severe illnesses. It said the company failed to take corrective actions until FDA’s inspection.</p>
<p>At the time, Mylan said it did not anticipate any impact on EpiPen supply based on the warning letter.</p>
<p>But on Thursday, Pfizer Canada said it was “experiencing supply constraints” for EpiPens used by both adults and children “due to delays at the manufacturing facility,” as well as problems in sourcing a component for the device from an outside supplier.</p>
<p>There are no alternatives on the market in Canada, federal health officials there said. They advised patients and caregivers to use expired EpiPens in an emergency if they have nothing else on hand, and then call 911.&#160;</p>
<p>“Pfizer understands and regrets the challenges that these ongoing supply constraints pose to patients and the healthcare community,” the company said in a statement on its website.</p>
<p>On Friday, the UK website for EpiPen notified consumers of “intermittent supply constraints” for the adult injector. It said the next shipment to EpiPen’s distributor in the country was expected toward the end of April.</p>
<p>Mylan’s revenue from EpiPen dropped sharply over the last year due to increased competition, the launch of its own cheaper generic and higher rebates that it has had to pay to as a result of a settlement for overcharging the U.S. government.</p>
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problems occur surface eye becomes dessicated study significant dry eye disease common condition especially among women older individuals likely common reason see eye doctor said dr joann kang division ophthalmology visual sciences montefiore health system new york email reuters health result contradicts popular common treatment dry eye disease study find significantly better outcomes patients treated omega3 fatty acids said kang involved research treatments doctors may recommend include overthecounter lubricating eye drops eyelidcleansing regimens tear duct plugs slow drainage eyes natural lubricant two prescription drugs including widelyadvertised restasis prescription drops cost 500 month prescription drop xiidra carries similar price tag contrast fish oil therapy costs roughly 30 150 per month even highest dose fish oil didnt produce relief placebo according team 27 sites led maureen maguire professor ophthalmology university pennsylvania philadelphia studys participants dealing moderate severe dry eye least six months allowed continue current treatments fish oil trial neither patients doctors knew type oil getting half patients groups reported improvement symptoms yet fish oil consumers didnt score significantly higher placebo recipients illustrates difficult clinicians tell whether treatment beneficial maguire said telephone interview whether random variability patients condition one week next patient wanting believe treatment working accounts improvement maguire said optometrists ophthalmologists frequently suggest fish oil dry eye patients although many make recommendation saying dont know work might try patient respond specific treatment maguire noted really quite variable one problems eye condition people get relief various treatments lid hygiene artificial tears different formulations work different people difficult condition manage based new results patients looking relief dryeye symptoms said may want look alternatives source bitly2hjalgf new england 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<p>The demonstrators, who call themselves the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump, contacted Harley-Davidson through Facebook, telling the company they would gather outside the factory to protest the president’s immigration policies. The group organized a call-in campaign, urging activists to flood Harley-Davison and chief executive Matt Levatich with messages, emails and phone calls condemning Trump’s appearance.</p>
<p>On Tuesday night, CNN reported that an unnamed administration official said the trip had been canceled.</p>
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<p>During a White House briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Sean Spicer insisted the trip was never set in stone and suggested the planned protest had no bearing on whether Trump would make the appearance. Trump had considered his options, Spicer said, and ultimately decided to invite the Harley-Davidson executives to Washington for lunch.</p>
<p>“Look, it was easier for the executives to come here, considering the week and all of the activity that’s been going on,” Spicer said. “No decision had been made about or announced as to what we were doing.”</p>
<p>Harley-Davidson on Tuesday released a statement, first reported by CNN, saying they “don’t have, nor did we have, a scheduled visit from the President this week at any of our facilities.”</p>
<p>But workers said preparations for the president were well underway. Nearly a week after he signed an executive order barring refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, Trump was quietly scheduled to touch down in the Rust Belt state, which flipped from blue to red in the 2016 election. Secret Service members had cleared rooms in a Hilton hotel in Milwaukee, and agents had already toured the Harley-Davidson facility in Menomonee Falls, said a hotel worker and two factory employees, who asked not to be named because their employers had not authorized them to speak to the media.</p>
<p>The Trump administration did not respond to requests for comment, nor did officials at Harley-Davidson and Hilton hotels.</p>
<p>The White House meeting between Trump and Harley-Davidson, set for noon Thursday, will focus on job creation, Spicer said during the press briefing. Harley-Davidson cut 225 jobs, mostly production positions, last October because of falling motorcycle sales, executives said at the time .</p>
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<p>And in Wisconsin, signs of preparation for a presidential visit came to a halt.</p>
<p>An employee at the Hilton City Center in Milwaukee provided to The Post a hotel document that informed staffers Secret Service agents would arrive Monday. The note, which appeared to be sent from a manager of the hotel’s restaurant, said to expect 100 Secret Service members by Wednesday. The employee said no plans had been shared for Thursday.</p>
<p>A “presidential” flight on Feb. 2 from Washington, D.C. to the Milwaukee area, meanwhile, was cancelled Wednesday, according to the National Business Aviation Association’s website, which tracks temporary flight restrictions.</p>
<p>It would have been one of Trump’s first appearances outside of D.C. since he entered the White House. Such trips take a lot of coordination and planning, and it’s possible that even a potential visit from the president would require businesses and the Secret Service to begin preparing days in advance.</p>
<p>Still, Harley-Davidson workers said the messages they received from management sounded definite. One worker, who talked to the Post on condition of anonymity to protect his job, said he saw people who appeared to be Secret Service agents checking out the 92,000-square-foot-grounds on Monday. Then, he said, his boss told him Trump was coming to speak to them Thursday at 2 p.m. The worker said he didn’t want the president in his workplace, but didn’t say anything – he figured most of his colleagues had voted for Trump.</p>
<p>“He’s against everything I stand for,” the worker said. “The way he talks about people, about women and immigrants, is unacceptable.”</p>
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<p>Another employee, who asked not to be named because the company had not authorized her to speak to the press, separately caught wind of Trump’s visit on Monday. She said a team leader called her co-workers into a huddle at the start of the second shift and told her the president would stop by.</p>
<p>The employee, who builds engines, almost left the building. She thought Trump took credit for jobs he didn’t save and named as an example Chrysler Fiat, where she said her son is employed. (Earlier this month, Trump had thanked himself for the automaker’s upcoming U.S. expansion, but company said it planned the growth before the election.)</p>
<p>Nobody knew why Trump was coming, she said. Plenty of folks were excited because they liked his talk about keeping manufacturing in the United States. She noticed the place looked cleaner than usual.</p>
<p>Then on Tuesday afternoon, the team leader gave the workers an update. Trump would no longer make the trip to the plant in Waukesha County, home to roughly 44,000 manufacturing jobs.</p>
<p>Wayne Ranick, communications director for the United Steelworkers’ international organization, heard the same account from from some of the union’s Milwaukee members. “We knew he was planning to visit the facility,” Ranick said. “Then we learned that visit had been canceled.”</p>
<p>Gregory Chambers, 32, co-founder of the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump, said his group’s mission was to publicly oppose Trump’s travel ban, signed last Friday, and discriminatory measures, in general.</p>
<p>“After [Harley-Davidson] heard we were coming,” he said, “everything was cancelled.”</p>
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demonstrators call milwaukee coalition trump contacted harleydavidson facebook telling company would gather outside factory protest presidents immigration policies group organized callin campaign urging activists flood harleydavison chief executive matt levatich messages emails phone calls condemning trumps appearance tuesday night cnn reported unnamed administration official said trip canceled advertisement white house briefing wednesday press secretary sean spicer insisted trip never set stone suggested planned protest bearing whether trump would make appearance trump considered options spicer said ultimately decided invite harleydavidson executives washington lunch look easier executives come considering week activity thats going spicer said decision made announced harleydavidson tuesday released statement first reported cnn saying dont scheduled visit president week facilities workers said preparations president well underway nearly week signed executive order barring refugees citizens seven predominantly muslim countries entering united states trump quietly scheduled touch rust belt state flipped blue red 2016 election secret service members cleared rooms hilton hotel milwaukee agents already toured harleydavidson facility menomonee falls said hotel worker two factory employees asked named employers authorized speak media trump administration respond requests comment officials harleydavidson hilton hotels white house meeting trump harleydavidson set noon thursday focus job creation spicer said press briefing harleydavidson cut 225 jobs mostly production positions last october falling motorcycle sales executives said time advertisement wisconsin signs preparation presidential visit came halt employee hilton city center milwaukee provided post hotel document informed staffers secret service agents would arrive monday note appeared sent manager hotels restaurant said expect 100 secret service members wednesday employee said plans shared thursday presidential flight feb 2 washington dc milwaukee area meanwhile cancelled wednesday according national business aviation associations website tracks temporary flight restrictions would one trumps first appearances outside dc since entered white house trips take lot coordination planning possible even potential visit president would require businesses secret service begin preparing days advance still harleydavidson workers said messages received management sounded definite one worker talked post condition anonymity protect job said saw people appeared secret service agents checking 92000squarefootgrounds monday said boss told trump coming speak thursday 2 pm worker said didnt want president workplace didnt say anything figured colleagues voted trump hes everything stand worker said way talks people women immigrants unacceptable advertisement another employee asked named company authorized speak press separately caught wind trumps visit monday said team leader called coworkers huddle start second shift told president would stop employee builds engines almost left building thought trump took credit jobs didnt save named example chrysler fiat said son employed earlier month trump thanked automakers upcoming us expansion company said planned growth election nobody knew trump coming said plenty folks excited liked talk keeping manufacturing united states noticed place looked cleaner usual tuesday afternoon team leader gave workers update trump would longer make trip plant waukesha county home roughly 44000 manufacturing jobs wayne ranick communications director united steelworkers international organization heard account unions milwaukee members knew planning visit facility ranick said learned visit canceled gregory chambers 32 cofounder milwaukee coalition trump said groups mission publicly oppose trumps travel ban signed last friday discriminatory measures general harleydavidson heard coming said everything cancelled
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<p>YORK, S.C. (AP) — A man who was wanted for beating his wife ambushed and shot three SWAT officers searching for him in woods in South Carolina, leaving one deputy “hanging on to life,′ a sheriff said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Christian Thomas McCall earlier had shot and wounded a fourth officer who was chasing him with a police dog, York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said.</p>
<p>McCall was also shot and is at the same Charlotte, North Carolina, hospital where the four officers were taken.</p>
<p>York County Detective Mike Doty was the most seriously injured</p>
<p>He is “hanging on to life. We’ve had a lot of support, texts, emails,” Tolson said, “We need your continued prayers.”</p>
<p>Officers were called to McCall’s home outside of York around 10:20 p.m. Monday after he attacked his wife, authorities said.</p>
<p>McCall ran into the woods and deputies searched for him about three hours, York County Sgt. Randy Tolson said at a news conference.</p>
<p>The manhunt intensified and about two hours later McCall ambushed three SWAT team members in the woods. Tolson identified the wounded officers as Doty, York County Sgt. Buddy Brown and York City Police Sgt. Kyle Cummings.</p>
<p>Tolson didn’t release details about the attack, saying it was under investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division. Agency chief Mark Keel said he does not comment on pending investigations.</p>
<p>Three deputies and one police officer were shot and wounded in northern South Carolina early Tuesday. State police say a suspect was also wounded. The wounded officers were taken to a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jan. 16)</p>
<p>Deputies had been called to McCall’s house before because he said he was the victim in a domestic disturbance in 2015. The sheriff did not have details about the case.</p>
<p>McCall’s wife was not seriously injured in the Monday night attack, Tolson said.</p>
<p>McCall, 47, is charged with three counts of attempted murder for the three officers who were less seriously wounded, Solicitor Kevin Brackett said. The prosecutor is waiting to see what happens with Doty’s medical condition before deciding what to charge McCall with in that shooting.</p>
<p>The suspect had several “long guns,” State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry said. He did not know the specific type of weapons.</p>
<p>No one answered the door at McCall’s two-story brick home later Tuesday morning. The yard was well-maintained and was lined with lights. Several cars were in the driveway.</p>
<p>A neighbor, Roger Gilfillan, said he was stunned to find out who might be involved.</p>
<p>“This is baffling,” Gilfillan said several times, noting McCall lived in the home with his wife and two children.</p>
<p>“They were real nice people. He just kept to himself,” said Gilfillan. McCall frequently walked around the neighborhood, but would only speak when someone spoke to him. McCall never appeared to cause any trouble, Gilfillan said.</p>
<p>Berry said a state police helicopter was shot and its rear stabilizer damaged during the search for McCall, but no one on board was injured and the chopper was able to land safely.</p>
<p>State criminal records show only one arrest for McCall. In February 1994, he was charged with assaulting a law officer, resisting arrest and simple assault in Florence. The records did not show what happened to the case in court.</p>
<p>Berry said all of the officers are white men, as is McCall.</p>
<p>York is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Charlotte.</p>
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<p>YORK, S.C. (AP) — A man who was wanted for beating his wife ambushed and shot three SWAT officers searching for him in woods in South Carolina, leaving one deputy “hanging on to life,′ a sheriff said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Christian Thomas McCall earlier had shot and wounded a fourth officer who was chasing him with a police dog, York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said.</p>
<p>McCall was also shot and is at the same Charlotte, North Carolina, hospital where the four officers were taken.</p>
<p>York County Detective Mike Doty was the most seriously injured</p>
<p>He is “hanging on to life. We’ve had a lot of support, texts, emails,” Tolson said, “We need your continued prayers.”</p>
<p>Officers were called to McCall’s home outside of York around 10:20 p.m. Monday after he attacked his wife, authorities said.</p>
<p>McCall ran into the woods and deputies searched for him about three hours, York County Sgt. Randy Tolson said at a news conference.</p>
<p>The manhunt intensified and about two hours later McCall ambushed three SWAT team members in the woods. Tolson identified the wounded officers as Doty, York County Sgt. Buddy Brown and York City Police Sgt. Kyle Cummings.</p>
<p>Tolson didn’t release details about the attack, saying it was under investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division. Agency chief Mark Keel said he does not comment on pending investigations.</p>
<p>Three deputies and one police officer were shot and wounded in northern South Carolina early Tuesday. State police say a suspect was also wounded. The wounded officers were taken to a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jan. 16)</p>
<p>Deputies had been called to McCall’s house before because he said he was the victim in a domestic disturbance in 2015. The sheriff did not have details about the case.</p>
<p>McCall’s wife was not seriously injured in the Monday night attack, Tolson said.</p>
<p>McCall, 47, is charged with three counts of attempted murder for the three officers who were less seriously wounded, Solicitor Kevin Brackett said. The prosecutor is waiting to see what happens with Doty’s medical condition before deciding what to charge McCall with in that shooting.</p>
<p>The suspect had several “long guns,” State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry said. He did not know the specific type of weapons.</p>
<p>No one answered the door at McCall’s two-story brick home later Tuesday morning. The yard was well-maintained and was lined with lights. Several cars were in the driveway.</p>
<p>A neighbor, Roger Gilfillan, said he was stunned to find out who might be involved.</p>
<p>“This is baffling,” Gilfillan said several times, noting McCall lived in the home with his wife and two children.</p>
<p>“They were real nice people. He just kept to himself,” said Gilfillan. McCall frequently walked around the neighborhood, but would only speak when someone spoke to him. McCall never appeared to cause any trouble, Gilfillan said.</p>
<p>Berry said a state police helicopter was shot and its rear stabilizer damaged during the search for McCall, but no one on board was injured and the chopper was able to land safely.</p>
<p>State criminal records show only one arrest for McCall. In February 1994, he was charged with assaulting a law officer, resisting arrest and simple assault in Florence. The records did not show what happened to the case in court.</p>
<p>Berry said all of the officers are white men, as is McCall.</p>
<p>York is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Charlotte.</p>
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<p>Andrea Bruno, left, 14, and Lucinda Zoernig, 13, work on taking a two-dimensional design to a 3-D form, as part of a freshman class at the New Mexico School for the Arts. (Eddie Moore/Journal)</p>
<p>A quartet is harmonizing in a stairwell at one end of a hall, while two teenage actresses practice a scene in another stairwell at the other end. In between, and across the length of the hallway floor, other young artists work in pairs, carving designs into large wood panels that will be used as backdrops for the New Mexico School for the Arts’ annual ArtSpring, both a fundraiser for the school and an opportunity to show off the talents of young dancers, musicians, thespians and visual artists.</p>
<p>The sound of horns passes through classroom doors. The timbre from a marimba trickles from around a corner. Inside what’s called “the large rehearsal hall,” what was a gymnasium for the former Catholic school, Joey Chavez sounds a bit like a basketball coach, giving a pep talk to a team of black-clad Krakens.</p>
<p>Yes, New Mexico School for the Arts students are officially called Krakens, as in the mythical giant sea creature, a mascot picked out by the school’s first students around the time the state-chartered art school – created by an act of the Legislature and open to students from throughout New Mexico – opened in 2010.</p>
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<p>Just don’t look for the Krakens in the sports pages because the School for the Arts doesn’t field any athletic teams. In fact, “A lot of people don’t even know we exist,” Chavez, who chairs the theater department, said in an earlier interview. “And many people think we’re a private school.”</p>
<p>That’s not the only misconception.</p>
<p>“A lot of people think academics are just an afterthought here,” said Eric Crites, the school principal. “We have a very rigorous curriculum. Academics are incredibly strong, as well as our arts programs.”</p>
<p>Classes start at 9:20 a.m. and students study the core curriculum until 2:10 p.m., then attend arts-oriented classes until 4:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Head of School Cindy Montoya says academic seminars are held daily to allow students to get assistance from teachers and to catch up on non-arts-related school work.</p>
<p>Tess Heneghan, 17, of Santa Fe works on a wood-block carving in a hallway at the New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe this week. The piece will be used to create an invitation for ArtSpring, the school’s fundraiser, on May 19. (Eddie Moore/Journal)</p>
<p>But, “There’s nothing better than doing art for two hours and have it count toward the curriculum,” Ezri Horne, a senior from Santa Fe, said through the noise in the hallway.</p>
<p>Some, like Juliana Chavez, a senior, stay later for open studio, a chance to do more art. She commutes from Albuquerque each day with her younger sister Jayden, riding the 6:30 a.m. Rail Runner train. If she stays for open studio, she catches the 9 p.m. train home.</p>
<p>“It makes for a long day,” she says, adding that it’s worth it. “The opportunities we get through this school are stuff you won’t get in (a regular) public school.”</p>
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<p>The Legislature approved creation of the public charter school in 2008. So far, in terms of academics, the New Mexico School for the Arts has been a success. The home of the Krakens last year was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, one of 329 schools nationwide and three in New Mexico to get the award for academic excellence in 2016.</p>
<p>In its short history – the first graduating class was in 2012 – NMSA has in fact earned national recognition from several entities, including the Arts School Network, which has deemed it an “Exemplary School” since 2014. It has also earned straight A’s from the Public Education Department since its inception and boasted a 95 percent graduation rate a year ago, when its 43 seniors were awarded college scholarships and financial assistance totaling $4.5 million.</p>
<p>On the standardized Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests, the school’s students are ranked in the 98th percentile in reading proficiency and the 80th percentile in math proficiency.</p>
<p>Admission is competitive – NMSA students must audition or submit portfolios to get in. There are only about 65 openings each year, so the school turns away more than 100 applicants.</p>
<p>The legislation that created NMSA called for “a statewide residential state-chartered high school that provides New Mexico students who have demonstrated artistic abilities and potential with the educational opportunity to pursue a career in the arts.”</p>
<p>“The arts economy is what fuels New Mexico, especially in Santa Fe,” said Catherine Oppenheimer, who helped found the school, pirouetting off the success of her National Dance Institute. “The New Mexico School for the Arts was started to allow New Mexico students to gain access to that arts and culture education. We convinced the Legislature that this made sense in New Mexico, especially since so much of it is rural.”</p>
<p>The act states that “to the greatest extent possible” an “equal number” of students are to be admitted from each of the state’s three congressional districts. But the goal of geographical diversity for the school hasn’t been met at this point.</p>
<p>Of the school’s 215 students, 10 come from Congressional District 1, which encompasses the Albuquerque metropolitan area, and only seven are from District 2, generally the southern half of the state. The rest come from northern New Mexico District 3, with about 73 percent of the student body from households in Santa Fe County.</p>
<p>Currently, about 20 students are housed in dorms at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center on the city’s east side, at a cost to the school of $242,000.</p>
<p>School head Montoya said the NMSA conducts outreach to increase awareness for the school and seek out talent. She and Chavez recently returned from a trip south with stops in Roswell and Artesia.</p>
<p>In all, NMSA students come from 30 communities throughout the state.</p>
<p>Percentages could shift in coming years as the school is preparing to move to a new location by the fall of 2018 that will more than double its space and allow for increased enrollment to 400 students.</p>
<p>According to the school, 60 percent of the students are Caucasian and 29 percent are Hispanic, with Native Americans, Asians and African-Americans making up the rest. Twenty percent qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches.</p>
<p>As evident by the late afternoon activity in the hallways, the student body has outgrown its space at the corner of East Alameda and Paseso de Peralta, a few blocks from the downtown Plaza. The arts school is gearing up for a move to the 88,000-square-foot space less than a mile away in the Railyard District.</p>
<p>Startup funding</p>
<p>When first created, NMSA was given $525,000 by the state for startup costs with the understanding that it wouldn’t come back for more.</p>
<p>The school now receives about $1.9 million annually from the state, which represents less than half of its $4 million budget. Much of the rest comes from grants, and private and corporate donations.</p>
<p>The legislation creating NMSA specifically granted the arts school authority to solicit “gifts, grants and donations” from private sources “to further the purposes of the school” and to help provide free or reduced-fee room and board for residential students who couldn’t otherwise afford it. Public school districts in New Mexico also can get support from independent, nonprofit private foundations, such as Partners in Education in Santa Fe and the APS Education Foundation in Albuquerque.</p>
<p>The NMSA’s support organization is the NMSA Arts Institute. In its 2014 federally required nonprofit financial disclosure report, the most recent available online, the institute reported total revenue for the year of $1.7 million, most of it from grants and contributions, expenses of nearly $2 million and net assets of $1.6 million.</p>
<p>A Circle of Arts group includes many prominent NMSA supporters listed online – including Oppenheimer and her husband, Garrett Thornburg, chairman of Thornburg Investment Management – and provides money for costumes, dance shoes, art supplies, applied lessons in music and other items.</p>
<p>The NNSA receives its state funding, like any other charter school, through the Student Equalization Guarantee formula.</p>
<p>“We can’t make this all happen on SEG,” Oppenheimer said.</p>
<p>The Sanbusco Market Center in Santa Fe’s Railyard district has been purchased to become the new home of the New Mexico School for the Arts. (Eddie Moore/Journal)</p>
<p>The NMSA Arts Institute in 2015 spent $7.3 million to buy the Sanbusco Market Center, a shopping and dining center that was developed in a former warehouse area. It’s the perfect spot, school officials say, at the end of the line for the Rail Runner commuter train, with a railroad depot almost adjacent.</p>
<p>“It’s a transportation hub, and going into the Railyard we expect it to create a lot of economic development,” Oppenheimer said, although there was some initial community concern that the school displaced several Sanbusco businesses. Many of those have moved to the DeVargas Center mall on the other side of downtown.</p>
<p>Oppenheimer cites an economic development analysis conducted last year and the mayor of Greenville, S.C., who sings the praises of what an arts school has done for his city.</p>
<p>A study commissioned by the Arts Institute and conducted by O’Donnell Economic Strategies of Albuquerque estimates NMSA’s move to its new location will generate $5.9 million in annual economic activity while supporting 128 jobs. The report also states that students, visitors and funding coming from outside Santa Fe will generate an average of $8 million in economic output over the next 10 years.</p>
<p>The analysis notes that about 30 percent of the students come from households outside Santa Fe County, but “the new facility’s close proximity to the Railrunner (sic) will make the school more accessible, and the number of students from outside the county is expected to more than double.”</p>
<p>The city would benefit, as well, according to the study, with an estimated $1 million in new revenue from gross receipts taxes, permits and fees during the $24 million renovation of Sanbusco, the study maintains.</p>
<p>Experience in SC</p>
<p>Mayor Knox White of Greenville can speak to the impact a school for the arts has had on his town and did so last week when he was in Santa Fe to give a talk titled “How Students and the Arts Fuel a Vibrant Downtown.”</p>
<p>The South Carolina Governor’s School of the Arts and Humanities has helped transform the city’s West End, he said.</p>
<p>“This was an area that was basically abandoned for 40 years,” said White, who described it as formerly “off the beaten path and a little bit scary.” What made it so was a four-lane highway that hid was of the city’s finest attributes – a 40-foot waterfall.</p>
<p>As part of a redevelopment of the area, the highway was rerouted and Falls Park was created. It’s now the centerpiece of an area surrounded by walking trails, residential units and retail shops. The school for the arts and humanities was built right next to the park. “It’s integrated into the downtown with coffee shops, residences and retail,” he said of the school. “There’s a heavy focus on it being pedestrian-friendly and a lot of the public art downtown plays a role in the walkability.”</p>
<p>The mayor said the Governor’s School of the Arts and Humanities has 240 students that are a part of the residential mix, few of them with cars.</p>
<p>New Mexico’s version was partly modeled after the South Carolina school and White was in town to help NMSA raise money. He participated in a discussion with Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales at the New Mexico History Museum.</p>
<p>“Our community is filled with young artists who have incredible potential to help our city grow, and Greenville serves as an excellent example of investing in the arts,” Gonzales said in a statement.</p>
<p>NMSA’s fundraising effort has a goal of $30 million and is about halfway there.</p>
<p>The Arts Institute is leading efforts to expand the residential program that will allow for more out-of-county students to attend. Oppenheimer said another goal is to increase the residential program from the current 20 students to accommodate 60 students. The hope is to build dorms at the Sanbusco site.</p>
<p>The school also wants to expand its programs to include cinematic media and creative writing.</p>
<p>NMSA plans to create classrooms, rehearsal space, artist and dance studios, a music library and a performance venue in the Railyard space.</p>
<p>Adan Martinez, 17, used to live in NMSA’s residential housing, which is partly subsidized by the school. He now commutes to school from Las Vegas with his mother in the morning and takes a bus home at night. He plans to attend the University of New Mexico after he graduates in May, “so I can follow my passion in the visual arts.”</p>
<p>An aspiring filmmaker, his plan includes a getting a business degree, which he feels will give him an edge when he enters the workforce. He feels NMSA has already given him a leg up.</p>
<p>“The problem is you can get stuck in that town,” he said of his hometown. “If I hadn’t come here, I would have probably given up on my passion.”</p>
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market center santa fes railyard district purchased become new home new mexico school arts eddie moorejournal nmsa arts institute 2015 spent 73 million buy sanbusco market center shopping dining center developed former warehouse area perfect spot school officials say end line rail runner commuter train railroad depot almost adjacent transportation hub going railyard expect create lot economic development oppenheimer said although initial community concern school displaced several sanbusco businesses many moved devargas center mall side downtown oppenheimer cites economic development analysis conducted last year mayor greenville sc sings praises arts school done city study commissioned arts institute conducted odonnell economic strategies albuquerque estimates nmsas move new location generate 59 million annual economic activity supporting 128 jobs report also states students visitors funding coming outside santa fe generate average 8 million economic output next 10 years analysis notes 30 percent students come households outside santa fe county new facilitys close proximity railrunner sic make school accessible number students outside county expected double city would benefit well according study estimated 1 million new revenue gross receipts taxes permits fees 24 million renovation sanbusco study maintains experience sc mayor knox white greenville speak impact school arts town last week santa fe give talk titled students arts fuel vibrant downtown south carolina governors school arts humanities helped transform citys west end said area basically abandoned 40 years said white described formerly beaten path little bit scary made fourlane highway hid citys finest attributes 40foot waterfall part redevelopment area highway rerouted falls park created centerpiece area surrounded walking trails residential units retail shops school arts humanities built right next park integrated downtown coffee shops residences retail said school theres heavy focus pedestrianfriendly lot public art downtown plays role walkability mayor said governors school arts humanities 240 students part residential mix cars new mexicos version partly modeled south carolina school white town help nmsa raise money participated discussion santa fe mayor javier gonzales new mexico history museum community filled young artists incredible potential help city grow greenville serves excellent example investing arts gonzales said statement nmsas fundraising effort goal 30 million halfway arts institute leading efforts expand residential program allow outofcounty students attend oppenheimer said another goal increase residential program current 20 students accommodate 60 students hope build dorms sanbusco site school also wants expand programs include cinematic media creative writing nmsa plans create classrooms rehearsal space artist dance studios music library performance venue railyard space adan martinez 17 used live nmsas residential housing partly subsidized school commutes school las 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<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans hope they got it right this time with Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, their third try at landing a franchise quarterback in the past decade.</p>
<p>The Titans selected the Heisman Trophy winner No. 2 overall pick Thursday night after starting three quarterbacks last season, benching Jake Locker in October and replacing him with rookie Zach Mettenberger. But he lost his six starts, and the Titans couldn’t afford to pass up Mariota with Charlie Whitehurst the only veteran quarterback on the roster.</p>
<p>General manager Ruston Webster said other teams offered “multiple” picks to move up to the No. 2 spot. The Titans refused to budge with four picks in the top 100, believing they drafted the quarterback that can turn around a team that went 2-14 in 2014.</p>
<p>“It was going to be difficult to convince us to back out,” Webster said. “We had conversations with different teams, but nothing to the point of us not picking Marcus.”</p>
<p>Mariota could start the season opener Sept. 13 at Tampa Bay against the top pick, Jameis Winston. Neither was at the NFL draft in Chicago on Thursday — Mariota, from Hawaii was in Honolulu with nearly 300 family and friends; Winston was in his hometown of Bessemer, Alabama.</p>
<p>Coach Ken Whisenhunt has said a quarterback picked second overall would be expected to start the season. And the coach known for working with pocket passers like Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner even says they started mixing in some spread plays into their offense weeks ago in anticipation of drafting Mariota.</p>
<p>“There are going to be some things he’s had success with in college we’ll incorporate in what we do,” Whisenhunt said. “I don’t think it’s going to be that challenging. I’m excited about doing that. ... We’ll see how it grows, what he can handle and how he can progress.</p>
<p>Mariota certainly has the size at 6-foot-4 and 219 pounds and plenty of success in college. He said he developed a close relationship with Whisenhunt and Webster in all their meetings leading up the draft as the Titans scrutinized the quarterback closely, and Mariota also said he’s ready for whatever Whisenhunt asks him to do .</p>
<p>“I feel that I can go in there and learn as much as I can from someone who’s done it at the highest level, and that’s going to allow me to really just be the best player that I can be,” Mariota said.</p>
<p>The quarterback position has been a revolving door at Tennessee.</p>
<p>The Titans drafted Vince Young at No. 3 overall in 2006 and Locker at No. 8 in 2011, and Young was the last quarterback to lead this team in yards passing in consecutive seasons, and that was 2006 and 2007. They have started eight different quarterbacks since trading away Steve McNair to Baltimore in 2006.</p>
<p>Webster said the only pressure in taking another quarterback this high is that the Titans want to win.</p>
<p>“It really has not a lot to do with the position, other than the fact that we’re just trying to get better and win games and get this thing turned around,” Webster said.</p>
<p>Tennessee needs an infusion of offense after ranking 29th in the NFL last season averaging 303.7 yards per game in Whisenhunt’s first year. The Titans ranked 22nd with 213.3 yards passing per game, and Mariota was the humble leader of Oregon’s high-flying offense for three seasons.</p>
<p>Mariota’s ability to create plays with his arm and his legs took the Ducks to the brink of a national championship before falling short to Ohio State, finishing the season 13-2.</p>
<p>Along the way Mariota won every major award he qualified for, starting with the Heisman, as well as AP Player of the Year, the Maxwell and Walter Camp awards and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year.</p>
<p>Mariota set a conference record for most touchdowns in a single season with 58; 42 via pass, 15 on the run and a touchdown catch. His passing touchdowns set a Pac-12 single-season record. He also set the conference’s career mark for career touchdowns with 136.</p>
<p>He threw at least one touchdown pass in all 41 college games he played in at Oregon, starting every one of his appearances. And he’s one of just four quarterbacks in FBS history to pass for more than 10,000 yards and run for more than 2,000 in his career.</p>
<p>Mariota was known for his steady demeanor from the start. Off the field, he was shy and unassuming, but he stayed on the field following every game to shake hands and pose for pictures.</p>
<p>A three-star recruit for the Ducks out of St. Louis High School in Honolulu, Mariota is fiercely proud of his island roots: His helmet facemask was designed to include the numbers 8-0-8 in a nod to the state’s area code.</p>
<p>Mariota has already attracted several sponsors including Nike — co-founder Phil Knight is an Oregon alum — and more recently Subway and Beats By Dre.</p>
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<p>AP Sports Writer Anne M. Peterson contributed to this report from Portland, Oregon, and AP freelance writer Kalani Takase contributed from Hawaii.</p>
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans hope they got it right this time with Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, their third try at landing a franchise quarterback in the past decade.</p>
<p>The Titans selected the Heisman Trophy winner No. 2 overall pick Thursday night after starting three quarterbacks last season, benching Jake Locker in October and replacing him with rookie Zach Mettenberger. But he lost his six starts, and the Titans couldn’t afford to pass up Mariota with Charlie Whitehurst the only veteran quarterback on the roster.</p>
<p>General manager Ruston Webster said other teams offered “multiple” picks to move up to the No. 2 spot. The Titans refused to budge with four picks in the top 100, believing they drafted the quarterback that can turn around a team that went 2-14 in 2014.</p>
<p>“It was going to be difficult to convince us to back out,” Webster said. “We had conversations with different teams, but nothing to the point of us not picking Marcus.”</p>
<p>Mariota could start the season opener Sept. 13 at Tampa Bay against the top pick, Jameis Winston. Neither was at the NFL draft in Chicago on Thursday — Mariota, from Hawaii was in Honolulu with nearly 300 family and friends; Winston was in his hometown of Bessemer, Alabama.</p>
<p>Coach Ken Whisenhunt has said a quarterback picked second overall would be expected to start the season. And the coach known for working with pocket passers like Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner even says they started mixing in some spread plays into their offense weeks ago in anticipation of drafting Mariota.</p>
<p>“There are going to be some things he’s had success with in college we’ll incorporate in what we do,” Whisenhunt said. “I don’t think it’s going to be that challenging. I’m excited about doing that. ... We’ll see how it grows, what he can handle and how he can progress.</p>
<p>Mariota certainly has the size at 6-foot-4 and 219 pounds and plenty of success in college. He said he developed a close relationship with Whisenhunt and Webster in all their meetings leading up the draft as the Titans scrutinized the quarterback closely, and Mariota also said he’s ready for whatever Whisenhunt asks him to do .</p>
<p>“I feel that I can go in there and learn as much as I can from someone who’s done it at the highest level, and that’s going to allow me to really just be the best player that I can be,” Mariota said.</p>
<p>The quarterback position has been a revolving door at Tennessee.</p>
<p>The Titans drafted Vince Young at No. 3 overall in 2006 and Locker at No. 8 in 2011, and Young was the last quarterback to lead this team in yards passing in consecutive seasons, and that was 2006 and 2007. They have started eight different quarterbacks since trading away Steve McNair to Baltimore in 2006.</p>
<p>Webster said the only pressure in taking another quarterback this high is that the Titans want to win.</p>
<p>“It really has not a lot to do with the position, other than the fact that we’re just trying to get better and win games and get this thing turned around,” Webster said.</p>
<p>Tennessee needs an infusion of offense after ranking 29th in the NFL last season averaging 303.7 yards per game in Whisenhunt’s first year. The Titans ranked 22nd with 213.3 yards passing per game, and Mariota was the humble leader of Oregon’s high-flying offense for three seasons.</p>
<p>Mariota’s ability to create plays with his arm and his legs took the Ducks to the brink of a national championship before falling short to Ohio State, finishing the season 13-2.</p>
<p>Along the way Mariota won every major award he qualified for, starting with the Heisman, as well as AP Player of the Year, the Maxwell and Walter Camp awards and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year.</p>
<p>Mariota set a conference record for most touchdowns in a single season with 58; 42 via pass, 15 on the run and a touchdown catch. His passing touchdowns set a Pac-12 single-season record. He also set the conference’s career mark for career touchdowns with 136.</p>
<p>He threw at least one touchdown pass in all 41 college games he played in at Oregon, starting every one of his appearances. And he’s one of just four quarterbacks in FBS history to pass for more than 10,000 yards and run for more than 2,000 in his career.</p>
<p>Mariota was known for his steady demeanor from the start. Off the field, he was shy and unassuming, but he stayed on the field following every game to shake hands and pose for pictures.</p>
<p>A three-star recruit for the Ducks out of St. Louis High School in Honolulu, Mariota is fiercely proud of his island roots: His helmet facemask was designed to include the numbers 8-0-8 in a nod to the state’s area code.</p>
<p>Mariota has already attracted several sponsors including Nike — co-founder Phil Knight is an Oregon alum — and more recently Subway and Beats By Dre.</p>
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<p>AP Sports Writer Anne M. Peterson contributed to this report from Portland, Oregon, and AP freelance writer Kalani Takase contributed from Hawaii.</p>
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nashville tenn ap tennessee titans hope got right time oregons marcus mariota third try landing franchise quarterback past decade titans selected heisman trophy winner 2 overall pick thursday night starting three quarterbacks last season benching jake locker october replacing rookie zach mettenberger lost six starts titans couldnt afford pass mariota charlie whitehurst veteran quarterback roster general manager ruston webster said teams offered multiple picks move 2 spot titans refused budge four picks top 100 believing drafted quarterback turn around team went 214 2014 going difficult convince us back webster said conversations different teams nothing point us picking marcus mariota could start season opener sept 13 tampa bay top pick jameis winston neither nfl draft chicago thursday mariota hawaii honolulu nearly 300 family friends winston hometown bessemer alabama coach ken whisenhunt said quarterback picked second overall would expected start season coach known working pocket passers like ben roethlisberger kurt warner even says started mixing spread plays offense weeks ago anticipation drafting mariota going things hes success college well incorporate whisenhunt said dont think going challenging im excited well see grows handle progress mariota certainly size 6foot4 219 pounds plenty success college said developed close relationship whisenhunt webster meetings leading draft titans scrutinized quarterback closely mariota also said hes ready whatever whisenhunt asks feel go learn much someone whos done highest level thats going allow really best player mariota said quarterback position revolving door tennessee titans drafted vince young 3 overall 2006 locker 8 2011 young last quarterback lead team yards passing consecutive seasons 2006 2007 started eight different quarterbacks since trading away steve mcnair baltimore 2006 webster said pressure taking another quarterback high titans want win really lot position fact trying get better win games get thing turned around webster said tennessee needs infusion offense ranking 29th nfl last season averaging 3037 yards per game whisenhunts first year titans ranked 22nd 2133 yards passing per game mariota humble leader oregons highflying offense three seasons mariotas ability create plays arm legs took ducks brink national championship falling short ohio state finishing season 132 along way mariota every major award qualified starting heisman well ap player year maxwell walter camp awards pac12 offensive player year mariota set conference record touchdowns single season 58 42 via pass 15 run touchdown catch passing touchdowns set pac12 singleseason record also set conferences career mark career touchdowns 136 threw least one touchdown pass 41 college games played oregon starting every one appearances hes one four quarterbacks fbs history pass 10000 yards run 2000 career mariota known steady demeanor start field shy unassuming stayed field following every game shake hands pose pictures threestar recruit ducks st louis high school honolulu mariota fiercely proud island roots helmet facemask designed include numbers 808 nod states area code mariota already attracted several sponsors including nike cofounder phil knight oregon alum recently subway beats dre ___ online ap nfl website wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow teresa walker wwwtwittercomteresamwalker ___ ap sports writer anne peterson contributed report portland oregon ap freelance writer kalani takase contributed hawaii nashville tenn ap tennessee titans hope got right time oregons marcus mariota third try landing franchise quarterback past decade titans selected heisman trophy winner 2 overall pick thursday night starting three quarterbacks last season benching jake locker october replacing rookie zach mettenberger lost six starts titans couldnt afford pass mariota charlie whitehurst veteran quarterback roster general manager ruston webster said teams offered multiple picks move 2 spot titans refused budge four picks top 100 believing drafted quarterback turn around team went 214 2014 going difficult convince us back webster said conversations different teams nothing point us picking marcus mariota could start season opener sept 13 tampa bay top pick jameis winston neither nfl draft chicago thursday mariota hawaii honolulu nearly 300 family friends winston hometown bessemer alabama coach ken whisenhunt said quarterback picked second overall would expected start season coach known working pocket passers like ben roethlisberger kurt warner even says started mixing spread plays offense weeks ago anticipation drafting mariota going things hes success college well incorporate whisenhunt said dont think going challenging im excited well see grows handle progress mariota certainly size 6foot4 219 pounds plenty success college said developed close relationship whisenhunt webster meetings leading draft titans scrutinized quarterback closely mariota also said hes ready whatever whisenhunt asks feel go learn much someone whos done highest level thats going allow really best player mariota said quarterback position revolving door tennessee titans drafted vince young 3 overall 2006 locker 8 2011 young last quarterback lead team yards passing consecutive seasons 2006 2007 started eight different quarterbacks since trading away steve mcnair baltimore 2006 webster said pressure taking another quarterback high titans want win really lot position fact trying get better win games get thing turned around webster said tennessee needs infusion offense ranking 29th nfl last season averaging 3037 yards per game whisenhunts first year titans ranked 22nd 2133 yards passing per game mariota humble leader oregons highflying offense three seasons mariotas ability create plays arm legs took ducks brink national championship falling short ohio state finishing season 132 along way mariota every major award qualified starting heisman well ap player year maxwell walter camp awards pac12 offensive player year mariota set conference record touchdowns single season 58 42 via pass 15 run touchdown catch passing touchdowns set pac12 singleseason record also set conferences career mark career touchdowns 136 threw least one touchdown pass 41 college games played oregon starting every one appearances hes one four quarterbacks fbs history pass 10000 yards run 2000 career mariota known steady demeanor start field shy unassuming stayed field following every game shake hands pose pictures threestar recruit ducks st louis high school honolulu mariota fiercely proud island roots helmet facemask designed include numbers 808 nod states area code mariota already attracted several sponsors including nike cofounder phil knight oregon alum recently subway beats dre ___ online ap nfl website wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow teresa walker wwwtwittercomteresamwalker ___ ap sports writer anne peterson contributed report portland oregon ap freelance writer kalani takase 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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States announced Thursday it was suspending security assistance to Pakistan for failing to take "decisive action" against Taliban militants targeting U.S. personnel in neighboring Afghanistan.</p>
<p>The State Department's declaration signaled growing frustration over Pakistan's cooperation in fighting terrorist networks. Initially vague information on how much money and materiel was being withheld suggested the primary goal was to substantiate President Donald Trump's surprising New Year's Day tweet that accused Pakistan of playing U.S. leaders for "fools."</p>
<p>Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the restrictions covered security assistance above and beyond the $255 million for Pakistani purchases of American military equipment that the administration held up in August.</p>
<p>Nauert made clear the $255 million was still blocked, and the Pentagon said the new action targets payments of so-called Coalition Support Funds that the U.S. pays to Pakistan to reimburse it for its counterterrorism operations.</p>
<p>Defense spending legislation for 2017 provides for up to $900 million in Coalition Support Funds, of which $400 million can only be released to Pakistan if Defense Secretary Jim Mattis certifies Pakistan has taken specific actions against the Haqqani network. None of the $900 million as so far been disbursed, the Pentagon said. The last Coalition Support Funds were paid to Pakistan in March last year, provided under defense spending legislation for 2016.</p>
<p>On Monday, Trump said the U.S. had "foolishly" given Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid in the last 15 years and had gotten nothing in return but "lies &amp; deceit." He reiterated longstanding allegations that Pakistan gives "safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan."</p>
<p>Trump unveiled in August a South Asia strategy aimed at ending the stalemate in the U.S. war in Afghanistan, now entering its 17th year. Nauert said that despite sustained high-level engagement with Pakistan's government, "the Taliban and Haqqani network continue to find sanctuary inside Pakistan as they plot to destabilize Afghanistan and attack U.S. and allied personnel." She told reporters that until Pakistan takes "decisive action" against those groups, security assistance was suspended.</p>
<p>Civilian development and economic assistance to Pakistan is not affected.</p>
<p>Also Thursday, the State Department accused Pakistan of severe violations of religious freedom. It announced that it was placing Pakistan on a special watch list, pursuant to 2016 legislation. The step does not carry any serious consequences.</p>
<p>Pakistan's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.</p>
<p>But on Tuesday, Pakistan called Trump's tweet "completely incomprehensible" and at odds with recent "trust-building" visits by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Mattis. It accused the U.S. of scapegoating Pakistan for its own failure to bring peace to Afghanistan.</p>
<p>A senior Pakistani senator expressed disappointment at the U.S. decision to suspend military aid to Islamabad, saying it will be detrimental to Pakistani-U.S. relations.</p>
<p>Nuzhat Sadiq, chairwoman of the Senate Foreign Affairs committee in the upper house of parliament, says Islamabad can manage without the United States as it did in the 1990s, but would prefer to move the troubled relationship forward. Sadiq said on Friday that "what the U.S. is doing now is not good for its policy against terrorism and for a lasting peace in this region."</p>
<p>She said that Pakistan has always "played a vital role in the war on terror."</p>
<p>The haphazard nature of Thursday's announcement suggested it had been hastily arranged rather than developed through a traditional policy process. Even after members of Congress had been notified of an impending aid suspension, White House and State Department officials were still hammering out details for who would announce it and when. Earlier Thursday, Mattis said the policy on military aid to Pakistan was "still being formulated."</p>
<p>As recently as October, Trump credited U.S.-Pakistani cooperation for winning the release of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their children who had been held by Haqqani militants for five years.</p>
<p>U.S. assistance to Pakistan, which rose sharply after the 9/11 attacks, has been declining since 2011 when American commandos killed Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan, straining relations. Pakistan has increasingly turned for economic support to northern neighbor China, which is investing tens of billions in transportation links and power generation as it extends its strategic footprint across Asia.</p>
<p>Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Wilson Center's South Asia program, said suspension of U.S. security assistance to Pakistan would not torpedo relations but it was a significant step backward. He said Pakistan could fall back on Saudi Arabia and China for military supplies, but it still depends on the U.S. for certain types of high-end equipment.</p>
<p>"There are considerable risks for the U.S. because Pakistan could retaliate in ways that would be very problematic for U.S. regional interests," he said, such as curtailing intelligence cooperation and U.S. supply lines into Afghanistan.</p>
<p>"No matter what, the relationship is in a bad spot right now."</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Josh Lederman and Zeke Miller in Washington and Zarar Khan in Islamabad contributed to this report.</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States announced Thursday it was suspending security assistance to Pakistan for failing to take "decisive action" against Taliban militants targeting U.S. personnel in neighboring Afghanistan.</p>
<p>The State Department's declaration signaled growing frustration over Pakistan's cooperation in fighting terrorist networks. Initially vague information on how much money and materiel was being withheld suggested the primary goal was to substantiate President Donald Trump's surprising New Year's Day tweet that accused Pakistan of playing U.S. leaders for "fools."</p>
<p>Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the restrictions covered security assistance above and beyond the $255 million for Pakistani purchases of American military equipment that the administration held up in August.</p>
<p>Nauert made clear the $255 million was still blocked, and the Pentagon said the new action targets payments of so-called Coalition Support Funds that the U.S. pays to Pakistan to reimburse it for its counterterrorism operations.</p>
<p>Defense spending legislation for 2017 provides for up to $900 million in Coalition Support Funds, of which $400 million can only be released to Pakistan if Defense Secretary Jim Mattis certifies Pakistan has taken specific actions against the Haqqani network. None of the $900 million as so far been disbursed, the Pentagon said. The last Coalition Support Funds were paid to Pakistan in March last year, provided under defense spending legislation for 2016.</p>
<p>On Monday, Trump said the U.S. had "foolishly" given Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid in the last 15 years and had gotten nothing in return but "lies &amp; deceit." He reiterated longstanding allegations that Pakistan gives "safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan."</p>
<p>Trump unveiled in August a South Asia strategy aimed at ending the stalemate in the U.S. war in Afghanistan, now entering its 17th year. Nauert said that despite sustained high-level engagement with Pakistan's government, "the Taliban and Haqqani network continue to find sanctuary inside Pakistan as they plot to destabilize Afghanistan and attack U.S. and allied personnel." She told reporters that until Pakistan takes "decisive action" against those groups, security assistance was suspended.</p>
<p>Civilian development and economic assistance to Pakistan is not affected.</p>
<p>Also Thursday, the State Department accused Pakistan of severe violations of religious freedom. It announced that it was placing Pakistan on a special watch list, pursuant to 2016 legislation. The step does not carry any serious consequences.</p>
<p>Pakistan's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.</p>
<p>But on Tuesday, Pakistan called Trump's tweet "completely incomprehensible" and at odds with recent "trust-building" visits by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Mattis. It accused the U.S. of scapegoating Pakistan for its own failure to bring peace to Afghanistan.</p>
<p>A senior Pakistani senator expressed disappointment at the U.S. decision to suspend military aid to Islamabad, saying it will be detrimental to Pakistani-U.S. relations.</p>
<p>Nuzhat Sadiq, chairwoman of the Senate Foreign Affairs committee in the upper house of parliament, says Islamabad can manage without the United States as it did in the 1990s, but would prefer to move the troubled relationship forward. Sadiq said on Friday that "what the U.S. is doing now is not good for its policy against terrorism and for a lasting peace in this region."</p>
<p>She said that Pakistan has always "played a vital role in the war on terror."</p>
<p>The haphazard nature of Thursday's announcement suggested it had been hastily arranged rather than developed through a traditional policy process. Even after members of Congress had been notified of an impending aid suspension, White House and State Department officials were still hammering out details for who would announce it and when. Earlier Thursday, Mattis said the policy on military aid to Pakistan was "still being formulated."</p>
<p>As recently as October, Trump credited U.S.-Pakistani cooperation for winning the release of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their children who had been held by Haqqani militants for five years.</p>
<p>U.S. assistance to Pakistan, which rose sharply after the 9/11 attacks, has been declining since 2011 when American commandos killed Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan, straining relations. Pakistan has increasingly turned for economic support to northern neighbor China, which is investing tens of billions in transportation links and power generation as it extends its strategic footprint across Asia.</p>
<p>Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Wilson Center's South Asia program, said suspension of U.S. security assistance to Pakistan would not torpedo relations but it was a significant step backward. He said Pakistan could fall back on Saudi Arabia and China for military supplies, but it still depends on the U.S. for certain types of high-end equipment.</p>
<p>"There are considerable risks for the U.S. because Pakistan could retaliate in ways that would be very problematic for U.S. regional interests," he said, such as curtailing intelligence cooperation and U.S. supply lines into Afghanistan.</p>
<p>"No matter what, the relationship is in a bad spot right now."</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Josh Lederman and Zeke Miller in Washington and Zarar Khan in Islamabad contributed to this report.</p>
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formulated recently october trump credited uspakistani cooperation winning release american woman canadian husband children held haqqani militants five years us assistance pakistan rose sharply 911 attacks declining since 2011 american commandos killed osama bin laden inside pakistan straining relations pakistan increasingly turned economic support northern neighbor china investing tens billions transportation links power generation extends strategic footprint across asia michael kugelman deputy director wilson centers south asia program said suspension us security assistance pakistan would torpedo relations significant step backward said pakistan could fall back saudi arabia china military supplies still depends us certain types highend equipment considerable risks us pakistan could retaliate ways would problematic us regional interests said curtailing intelligence cooperation us supply lines afghanistan matter relationship bad spot right ___ associated press writers josh lederman zeke miller washington zarar khan islamabad contributed report washington ap united states announced thursday suspending security assistance pakistan failing take decisive action taliban militants targeting us personnel neighboring afghanistan state departments declaration signaled growing frustration pakistans cooperation fighting terrorist networks initially vague information much money materiel withheld suggested primary goal substantiate president donald trumps surprising new years day tweet accused pakistan playing us leaders fools spokeswoman heather nauert said restrictions covered security assistance beyond 255 million pakistani purchases american military equipment administration held august nauert made clear 255 million still blocked pentagon said new action targets payments socalled coalition support funds us pays pakistan reimburse counterterrorism operations defense spending legislation 2017 provides 900 million coalition support funds 400 million released pakistan defense secretary jim mattis certifies pakistan taken specific actions haqqani network none 900 million far disbursed pentagon said last coalition support funds paid pakistan march last year provided defense spending legislation 2016 monday trump said us foolishly given pakistan 33 billion aid last 15 years gotten nothing return lies amp deceit reiterated longstanding allegations pakistan gives safe terrorists hunt afghanistan trump unveiled august south asia strategy aimed ending stalemate us war afghanistan entering 17th year nauert said despite sustained highlevel engagement pakistans government taliban haqqani network continue find sanctuary inside pakistan plot destabilize afghanistan attack us allied personnel told reporters pakistan takes decisive action groups security assistance suspended civilian development economic assistance pakistan affected also thursday state department accused pakistan severe violations religious freedom announced placing pakistan special watch list pursuant 2016 legislation step carry serious consequences pakistans embassy washington immediately respond request comment thursday tuesday pakistan called trumps tweet completely incomprehensible odds recent trustbuilding visits secretary state rex tillerson mattis accused us scapegoating pakistan failure bring peace afghanistan senior pakistani senator expressed disappointment us decision suspend military aid islamabad saying detrimental pakistanius relations nuzhat sadiq chairwoman senate foreign affairs committee upper house parliament says islamabad manage without united states 1990s would prefer move troubled relationship forward sadiq said friday us good policy terrorism lasting peace region said pakistan always played vital role war terror haphazard nature thursdays announcement suggested hastily arranged rather developed traditional policy process even members congress notified impending aid suspension white house state department officials still hammering details would announce earlier thursday mattis said policy military aid pakistan still formulated recently october trump credited uspakistani cooperation winning release american woman canadian husband children held haqqani militants five years us assistance pakistan rose sharply 911 attacks declining since 2011 american commandos killed osama bin laden inside pakistan straining relations pakistan increasingly turned economic support northern neighbor china investing tens billions transportation links power generation extends strategic footprint across asia michael kugelman deputy director wilson centers south asia program said suspension us security assistance pakistan would torpedo relations significant step backward said pakistan could fall back saudi arabia china military supplies still depends us certain types highend equipment considerable risks us pakistan could retaliate ways would problematic us regional interests said curtailing intelligence cooperation us supply lines afghanistan matter 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<p>Nidiffer, 29, held the lead after Saturday’s competition, rolling three 268 games and a 298 en route to a total of 2,247. That had him 120 pins ahead of Brett Wolfe, who finished second in the 2010 Open.</p>
<p>After Sunday’s match play, Nidiffer found himself in second place for the five-man finals. Ten strikes after his victory in the championship match, he told why he was in New Mexico for just the second time in his life.</p>
<p>“There were a lot of tournaments going on this weekend, but I felt this was the best one,” he said. “Coming out here, it’s good to get away from Michigan. Detroit’s now 15 feet under water and the rats are swimming and you’ve got kayaks going down the freeway. So figured, (I’d) come out to New Mexico — the weather’s beautiful out here, you’ve got a great tournament. I’ve enjoyed my time out here and very happy I decided to come out here.”</p>
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<p>That was probably the $10,000 speaking.</p>
<p>“It’s spent: I’m looking for a new car,” he added. “My car’s not so good, so this should help a little bit.”</p>
<p>He’ll be competing in a tournament in Cincinnati this week “and then there’s some international tournaments coming up, then I’m going to bowl some local stuff until the World Series of Bowling in Las Vegas in October.”</p>
<p>Nidiffer said he “supplements” his bowling income — he’s up over $24,000 this year in winnings — with online poker, “Mixing both, highs and lows. Highs are good, lows are bad,” he said. “It’s all right.”</p>
<p>Here’s the road to that $10,000 check — how the tournament’s final four games went — in the stepladder finals:</p>
<p>Mike Fagan 227, Geoffrey Young 218: Fagan, a PBA Tour bowler and the 4 seed from Texas, seemed on his way to the next round after opening with four strikes. Young, last year’s runner-up, got a reprieve when Fagan’s fifth ball left the 1-2-4-6-10, and he knocked down only three of them for a costly open frame.</p>
<p>Young, without an open frame in the game, rolled strikes in the fifth, sixth and seventh frames and held a 202-201 lead going into the 10th frame.</p>
<p>Working on a spare in the ninth, Young, also a Texan, managed to get nine pins on his first ball in the 10th, made the easy spare and then knocked down six pins for a respectable 218.</p>
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<p>Fagan, meanwhile, had a strike in the ninth and two more in the 10th, atoning for that open frame with a total of eight strikes in the game.</p>
<p>Tyler Jensen 246, Fagan 224: Fagan one-upped himself in the second game, rolling nine strikes, including three in the 10th frame, but back-to-back open frames in the third and fourth frames were more than that could make up for.</p>
<p>Jensen, giving the Lone Star State the 3-4-5 seeds for the finals, rolled two fewer strikes but converted spares in his other frames, and thus no open frames paved the way for his victory.</p>
<p>Nidiffer 204, Jensen 195: Nidiffer threatened to toss a perfect game after notching five strikes in a row, then stumbled in the sixth, leaving the 3-4-6-10 pins on his first ball and two were still standing after his second ball.</p>
<p>With three strikes and as many spares through six frames, Jensen, also on the PBA Tour, stayed close, trailing 142-127 through six frames.</p>
<p>Nidiffer struck in the seventh, spared in the eighth, and then left the door open for Jensen with an open frame in the ninth, followed by a strike and an unmade spare in the 10th, for 204.</p>
<p>Down by 21 pins, 187-166, with two frames to go, Jensen was poised for the upset. But he surprisingly missed a one-pin spare, and wrapped up his game with a spare and a strike in the 10th, meaning Nidiffer needed only a pinfall of nine in the final frame to win.</p>
<p>He advanced to the championship game after a decisive strike in the 10th and a meaningless seven pins on his next two balls for a nine-pin victory.</p>
<p>Nidiffer 276, Wolfe 238: A southpaw, Wolfe opened with a strike but then managed only nine pins on his first ball in four of the next five frames.</p>
<p>Nidiffer, meanwhile, opened with four consecutive strikes, and spared in the fifth for a comfortable 30-pin lead at the midway point. Wolfe, a Team USA member from Arizona, made a perfect charge the rest of the way, with six consecutive strikes, but the nines rolled earlier cost him the big check – he “settled” for $5,500 as runner-up.</p>
<p>Nidiffer rolled strikes in frames six through nine, and added two more in the 10th.</p>
<p>Splits: On Saturday, Young, plus John Conaway and Ben Laughlin, both of Arizona, rolled 300 games.</p>
<p>… Tenpins &amp; More proprietor and Open organizer Steve Mackie said there were an all-time high of 217 bowlers, from 18 states and two other countries, this year. Among the tournament’s top 48 bowlers, Mackie noted, only three were from New Mexico, although New Mexicans accounted for about a third of the entire field. Among them was Albuquerque’s Lance Emerson, recently named the Central New Mexico “Bowler of the Year.”</p>
<p>… Eric Forkel was presented with the new Dee Miller Courage Award, named for the late mother of Mike Miller and Mackie’s wife, Dana. Forkel had been a pro bowler, Mackie said, “until he fell through a roof and broke his back, which ended his pro career. He now bowls weekend tournaments. When we gave him the trophy, there was dead silence in this place.” According to pba.com, Forkel, who lives in Las Vegas, Nev., joined the PBA in 1981 and “went through several months of intense physical therapy.”</p>
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<p>And Trump’s appetite seems to know no bounds when it comes to McDonald’s, with a dinner order consisting of “two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted.”</p>
<p>The scenes are among the most surreal passages in a forthcoming book chronicling Trump’s path to the presidency co-written by Corey Lewandowski, who was fired as Trump’s campaign manager, and David Bossie, another top aide. The book, “Let Trump Be Trump,” paints a portrait of a campaign with an untested candidate and staff rocketing from crisis to crisis, in which Lewandowski and a cast of mostly neophyte political aides learn on the fly and ultimately accept Trump’s propensity to go angrily off message.</p>
<p>“Sooner or later, everybody who works for Donald Trump will see a side of him that makes you wonder why you took a job with him in the first place,” the authors wrote. “His wrath is never intended as any personal offense, but sometimes it can be hard not to take it that way. The mode that he switches into when things aren’t going his way can feel like an all-out assault; it’d break most hardened men and women into little pieces.”</p>
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<p>The authors “both had moments where they wanted to parachute off Trump Force One,” but they said they got used to it.</p>
<p>Lewandowski provides a largely admiring portrait of his former boss, saving the skewer for score-settling anecdotes about Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman and rival whom Lewandowski blames for his ouster. The Post obtained an advance copy of the book, which is scheduled for release Tuesday.</p>
<p>In a section of the book written by Lewandowski, Trump is described as flying on his helicopter when he learns that Manafort has said “Trump shouldn’t be on television anymore, that he shouldn’t be on the Sunday shows” and that Manafort should appear instead. Trump was angrier than Lewandowski had ever seen him, ordering the pilot to lower the altitude so he could make a cellphone call.</p>
<p>“Did you say I shouldn’t be on TV on Sunday? I’ll go on TV anytime I g–dam f—ing want and you won’t say another f—ing word about me!” Trump yelled at Manafort, according to Lewandowski. “Tone it down? I wanna turn it up! . . . You’re a political pro? Let me tell you something. I’m a pro at life. I’ve been around a time or two. I know guys like you, with your hair and skin . . .”</p>
<p>Lewandowski called it “one of the greatest takedowns in the history of the world.”</p>
<p>The aide’s satisfaction at the takedown didn’t last long, however, as he “immediately got a phone call” from Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, “telling me I wasn’t a team player and that I’d thrown Paul under the bus.” Lewandowski wrote that Manafort soon arranged for him to be fired.</p>
<p>But Manafort’s days were numbered as well, especially after Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon became an adviser to the campaign and set his sights on ousting the campaign chairman.</p>
<p>In one of the most striking passages of the book, the co-authors describe a scene in which Bannon is read the first few paragraphs of a forthcoming story by a New York Times reporter laying out allegations that Manafort had received a $12.7 million payment from a Ukrainian political party. The encounter occurred at Manafort’s apartment in Trump Tower, where, the co-authors write, an unnamed woman in a white muumuu “lounged” on the couch.</p>
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<p>“Does Trump know about this?” Bannon asked, according to the book.</p>
<p>“What’s to know, it’s all lies,” Manafort replied.</p>
<p>The woman on the couch “imploringly” asked, “Paul?” Manafort responded, according to the book, “It was a long time ago. I had expenses.”</p>
<p>The authors write that “Bannon knew what he had in his hand. It was an explosive, page one story.”</p>
<p>Notwithstanding his constant praise of Trump, Lewandowski offers a window into the president’s toughness on those who work nonstop on his behalf. Lewandowski wrote of a time when he was so ill that he fell asleep on a plane, only to be awakened by Trump, saying, “Corey, if you can’t take it, we’ll get somebody else.” He described a meeting in which Trump told another campaign official, Brad Parscale, that “You don’t have to listen to Corey anymore. He’s no longer your boss.”</p>
<p>Lewandowski wrote that “the cut was deep, but it was only one of a thousand.”</p>
<p>Trump left it to his son Don Jr. to fire him, Lewandowski wrote.</p>
<p>In another episode, Lewandowski describes how staffer Sam Nunberg was purposely left behind at a McDonald’s because Nunberg’s special-order burger was taking too long. “Leave him,” Trump said. “Let’s go.” And they did.</p>
<p>Trump’s fast-food diet is a theme. “On Trump Force One there were four major food groups: McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza and Diet Coke,” the authors write.</p>
<p>The plane’s cupboards were stacked with Vienna Fingers, potato chips, pretzels and many packages of Oreos because Trump, a renowned germaphobe, would not eat from a previously opened package.</p>
<p>The book notes that “the orchestrating and timing of Mr. Trump’s meals was as important as any other aspect of his march to the presidency,” and describes the elaborate efforts that Lewandowski and other top aides went through to carefully time their delivery of hot fast food to Trump’s plane as he was departing his rallies.</p>
<p>Lewandowski’s description of campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks, who is now White House communications director, underscored the untested nature of the campaign and its personnel. He describes Hicks, a competitive athlete and former model, as “smart and private, with a nearly photographic memory.”</p>
<p>But, he writes, when Trump asked Hicks to join him on a campaign trip, she was working for the Trump Organization as a public relations official. So, the authors wrote, when she was first asked to be press secretary, she responded, in reference to a Trump property, “Which one? The Doral marketing campaign?”</p>
<p>“No, my presidential campaign! I’m running for president,” Trump responded, according to the book.</p>
<p>One of Hicks’ jobs was to make sure that Trump’s suits were pressed when they flew on his plane.</p>
<p>“Get the machine!” Trump would yell, according to the book. “And Hope would take out the steamer and start steaming Mr. Trump’s suit, while he was wearing it! She’d steam the jacket first and then sit in a chair in front of him and steam his pants.”</p>
<p>One day, when Hicks forgot the steamer, Trump became angry.</p>
<p>“G–dammit, Hope! How the hell could you forget the machine?”</p>
<p>The authors wrote, “It was a mistake she would never make again.”</p>
<p>It was Hicks who, on Oct. 7, took a call from a Washington Post reporter about a video from “Access Hollywood” in which Trump boasted about how he could “grab” women “by the p—y.” Trump looked at a transcript and said “that doesn’t sound like something I would say.” It was Bossie, who served as the deputy campaign manager, who played the video for Trump on his iPad. The campaign came up with the response that it was “locker room” talk.</p>
<p>The authors wrote that as panic ensued among some Republicans, the party’s national chairman, Reince Priebus, decided not to show up at a New York City meeting. Bannon called Priebus, asking, “Where the hell are you?”</p>
<p>“I got off the train in Newark,” Priebus responded, according to the book. “I’m going to turn around.” The book notes that Priebus has said he always intended to come to the meeting.</p>
<p>As Bannon tried to convince him that everything was all right, Priebus said that Republicans were abandoning the candidate. “It’s horrible . . . people are dropping like flies,” Priebus said, according to the book. Once he arrived at the meeting, Priebus said that Trump would either “lose the biggest electoral landslide in American history” or should drop out of the race.</p>
<p>“First of all,” Trump responded, according to the book, “I’m going to win. And second, if the Republican Party is going to run away from me, then I will take you all down with me. But I’m not going to lose.”</p>
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<p>The Washington Post’s Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker contributed to this report.</p>
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<p>As Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski had firsthand knowledge of the President. Here are four takeaways from his new book.</p>
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trumps appetite seems know bounds comes mcdonalds dinner order consisting two big macs two filletofish chocolate malted scenes among surreal passages forthcoming book chronicling trumps path presidency cowritten corey lewandowski fired trumps campaign manager david bossie another top aide book let trump trump paints portrait campaign untested candidate staff rocketing crisis crisis lewandowski cast mostly neophyte political aides learn fly ultimately accept trumps propensity go angrily message sooner later everybody works donald trump see side makes wonder took job first place authors wrote wrath never intended personal offense sometimes hard take way mode switches things arent going way feel like allout assault itd break hardened men women little pieces advertisement authors moments wanted parachute trump force one said got used lewandowski provides largely admiring portrait former boss saving skewer scoresettling anecdotes paul manafort former campaign chairman rival lewandowski 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coauthors describe scene bannon read first paragraphs forthcoming story new york times reporter laying allegations manafort received 127 million payment ukrainian political party encounter occurred manaforts apartment trump tower coauthors write unnamed woman white muumuu lounged couch advertisement trump know bannon asked according book whats know lies manafort replied woman couch imploringly asked paul manafort responded according book long time ago expenses authors write bannon knew hand explosive page one story notwithstanding constant praise trump lewandowski offers window presidents toughness work nonstop behalf lewandowski wrote time ill fell asleep plane awakened trump saying corey cant take well get somebody else described meeting trump told another campaign official brad parscale dont listen corey anymore hes longer boss lewandowski wrote cut deep one thousand trump left son jr fire lewandowski wrote another episode lewandowski describes staffer sam nunberg purposely left 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<p>White, who lived in Boston for 10 years and is a diehard fan of the city’s sports teams, fired back with something more impressive: a shot of him flashing a Boston Celtics NBA championship ring straight from his courtside seat with team owner Wyc Grousbeck.</p>
<p>It’s been a happy homecoming this week for White. He caught a Celtics game, will attend Sunday’s AFC championship game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots, and caught up with countless old friends from his old stomping ground.</p>
<p>“Not a bad weekend,” the 48-year-old White said, wearing a Patriots T-shirt and jacket.</p>
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<p>But the main attraction this week is UFC 220 on Saturday night at a sold-out TD Garden. Stipe Miocic defends the UFC heavyweight championship against Francis Ngannou and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier defends against Volkan Oezdemir .</p>
<p>White touched on a wide range of subjects during interview Friday with The Associated Press ahead of UFC 220.</p>
<p>— On Conor McGregor:</p>
<p>Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov for the interim lightweight title, the one Ferguson won in October, was announced for UFC 223 in New York. The 29-year-old McGregor has not fought for UFC since he won the lightweight belt in November 2016 . McGregor has not competed at all since August, when he lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in his boxing debut.</p>
<p>McGregor could soon be stripped of the title.</p>
<p>“We can’t tie up the title two years, no matter how much I love the kid,” White said. “We’ll let Tony Ferguson and Khabib fight for the title and then Conor obviously will be the first one to come back and get a crack at either one of them.”</p>
<p>Will McGregor come back?</p>
<p>“I don’t know,” White said. “I don’t wait for anybody. I run my business, I keep rolling and that’s it. The kid’s got $100 million. Who knows, he might never fight again.”</p>
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<p>— On a potential Mayweather-McGregor rematch.</p>
<p>“I wouldn’t do that fight again,” White said. “I would never work with Showtime again. I’d never work with that weasel (Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza) again.”</p>
<p>How about Mayweather in UFC?</p>
<p>“If Floyd wants to fight in the octagon and get out of his Showtime deal, let’s do it,” White said. “I think that’s the only way people would care this time. Do you know how many people want to see that guy take a shin to the face?”</p>
<p>— On Ronda Rousey:</p>
<p>Like McGregor, Rousey stood as the face of UFC for years but has also been out of the cage since 2016. The once-feared Rousey hasn’t fought since December 2016 when she suffered the second of two straight defeats — the only ones of her career. The 30-year-old Rousey has kept busy in entertainment and has met with WWE officials about a possible pro wrestling career.</p>
<p>White said Rousey is still under contract with UFC.</p>
<p>“She won’t fight again,” White said. “I love that woman. We have an amazing relationship. What she’s done for the sport and for this company, created millions of female fans around the world. Ronda can do whatever the hell she wants to do.”</p>
<p>— On CM Punk:</p>
<p>The former WWE superstar made headlines when he jumped to UFC in 2014 . But Punk’s debut at UFC 203 in September 2016 was a short one, and he tapped out just 2:14 into the first round against welterweight Mickey Gall.</p>
<p>White said the 39-year-old Punk will fight again.</p>
<p>“I like that guy. He’s a good dude,” White said. “He wants one more. He wants to get another shot. I’m going to give it to him.”</p>
<p>White said he has no date or opponent in mind for Punk, “but I’m working on it.”</p>
<p>“He’s a completely different case than most normal human beings, so I’m going to give him another shot,” White said.</p>
<p>On Brock Lesnar:</p>
<p>–Lesnar returned to MMA in July 2016 with a victory, but he is under contract to WWE as a professional wrestler and is the promotion’s Universal champion. Lesnar beat Mark Hunt at UFC 200 in a unanimous decision that was changed to a no-contest after Lesnar failed a doping test. He received a one-year suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission, but could return to MMA after completing the final months of the ban.</p>
<p>“I think he’ll give it one more run,” White said. “I just think Brock loves to fight.”</p>
<p>— On Georges St-Pierre.</p>
<p>GSP was one of the UFC’s marquee names and a legit pay-per-view draw during his long reign atop the 170-pound division. He returned from a four-year break to beat Michael Bisping in November at Madison Square Garden for the middleweight championship. GSP has since relinquished the belt and has said he may take more time off because of health issues.</p>
<p>“I think his return was purely financial,” White said. “But he did it. He came back and beat Michael Bisping.”</p>
<p>— On early weigh-ins.</p>
<p>All the UFC 220 fighters made weight on Friday morning, but one MMA journalist counted 51 fighters who have missed weight or failed to weigh in since the company went to early weigh-ins about 18 months ago. The Uriah Hall vs. Vitor Belfort fight scheduled for last Sunday in St. Louis was scrapped after Hall was hospitalized trying to cut weight. Hall said he suffered a “mini-seizure” and a “slight heart attack.”</p>
<p>“Guys think that they can just wake up in the morning and get that weight down and weigh in and then put the weight back on,” White said.</p>
<p>White said he will not move the weigh-in time.</p>
<p>“There’s a way to get down and cut the weight the right way,” he said. “If you can’t do it the right way, then fight the weight class above.”</p>
<p>— On future cards:</p>
<p>White said UFC planned to run 2018 shows in Utica, New York, and Atlantic City, New Jersey.</p>
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white lived boston 10 years diehard fan citys sports teams fired back something impressive shot flashing boston celtics nba championship ring straight courtside seat team owner wyc grousbeck happy homecoming week white caught celtics game attend sundays afc championship game jacksonville jaguars new england patriots caught countless old friends old stomping ground bad weekend 48yearold white said wearing patriots tshirt jacket advertisement main attraction week ufc 220 saturday night soldout td garden stipe miocic defends ufc heavyweight championship francis ngannou light heavyweight champion daniel cormier defends volkan oezdemir white touched wide range subjects interview friday associated press ahead ufc 220 conor mcgregor tony ferguson khabib nurmagomedov interim lightweight title one ferguson october announced ufc 223 new york 29yearold mcgregor fought ufc since lightweight belt november 2016 mcgregor competed since august lost floyd mayweather jr boxing debut mcgregor could soon stripped title cant tie title two years matter much love kid white said well let tony ferguson khabib fight title conor obviously first one come back get crack either one mcgregor come back dont know white said dont wait anybody run business keep rolling thats kids got 100 million knows might never fight advertisement potential mayweathermcgregor rematch wouldnt fight white said would never work showtime id never work weasel showtime sports executive stephen espinoza mayweather ufc floyd wants fight octagon get showtime deal lets white said think thats way people would care time know many people want see guy take shin face ronda rousey like mcgregor rousey stood face ufc years also cage since 2016 oncefeared rousey hasnt fought since december 2016 suffered second two straight defeats ones career 30yearold rousey kept busy entertainment met wwe officials possible pro wrestling career white said rousey still contract ufc wont fight white said love woman amazing relationship shes done sport company created millions female fans around world ronda whatever hell wants cm punk former wwe superstar made headlines jumped ufc 2014 punks debut ufc 203 september 2016 short one tapped 214 first round welterweight mickey gall white said 39yearold punk fight like guy hes good dude white said wants one wants get another shot im going give white said date opponent mind punk im working hes completely different case normal human beings im going give another shot white said brock lesnar lesnar returned mma july 2016 victory contract wwe professional wrestler promotions universal champion lesnar beat mark hunt ufc 200 unanimous decision changed nocontest lesnar failed doping test received oneyear suspension nevada athletic commission could return mma completing final months ban think hell give one run white said think brock loves fight georges stpierre gsp one ufcs marquee names legit payperview draw long reign atop 170pound division returned fouryear break beat michael bisping november madison square garden middleweight championship gsp since relinquished belt said may take time health issues think return purely financial white said came back beat michael bisping early weighins ufc 220 fighters made weight friday morning one mma journalist counted 51 fighters missed weight failed weigh since company went early weighins 18 months ago uriah hall vs vitor belfort fight scheduled last sunday st louis scrapped hall hospitalized trying cut weight hall said suffered miniseizure slight heart attack guys think wake morning get weight weigh put weight back white said white said move weighin time theres way get cut weight right way said cant right way fight weight class future cards white said ufc planned run 2018 shows utica new york atlantic city new jersey
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<p>Lack of institutional control. A failure to protect its athletes from harm. The NCAA's so-called death penalty.</p>
<p>Those punishments and more are being suggested by critics as apt sanctions for Michigan State, where <a href="" type="internal">disgraced doctor Larry Nassar</a> was employed as he sexually abused girls and young women for years under the pretense of treating their injuries.</p>
<p>Many of Nassar's victims accused the university of mishandling complaints about him and late Wednesday Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon announced her resignation.</p>
<p>"As tragedies are politicized, blame is inevitable," she said in a statement. "As president, it is only natural that I am the focus of this anger."</p>
<p>The NCAA sent a letter to Michigan State this week asking for any potential rules violations related to Nassar, the first indication an investigation by the governing body might be next. But the NCAA could be wading back into territory where its authority is unclear: Only a few years ago, it wound up in a messy situation for punishing Penn State for what assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky did in another horrific case involving child sex abuse.</p>
<p>"It's Penn State all over again," said Scott Tompsett, a veteran attorney who has represented coaches, athletic directors, athletes and schools in more than 100 NCAA infractions cases.</p>
<p>Tompsett said the NCAA's authority over recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, practice and competition doesn't mean it should be involved in high-profile cases like Sandusky or Nassar, who was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison for abusing seven women.</p>
<p>Many victims said they reported Nassar's abuse to various members of Michigan State's staff. Campus police got their first report regarding Nassar in 2014, but the Ingham County prosecutor declined to file charges. The school continued to employ him after he was the subject of a sexual assault investigation in 2014. Former Michigan State gymnastics coach Kathie Klages resigned last year after she was suspended for defending Nassar.</p>
<p>The Michigan attorney general and the U.S. Olympic Committee are among those announcing plans to investigate how the Nassar allegations were handled. Attorneys handling civil cases against Michigan State and USA Gymnastics, among others, are also looking into those details.</p>
<p>And now the NCAA could be in the mix. Tompsett and other NCAA experts said that could prove problematic.</p>
<p>"I think what Nassar did was egregious, terrible, awful, worse than paying a prospect to come to your school, worse than a shoe company paying a player to come to your school, worse than academic fraud," said Josephine Potuto, a law professor at Nebraska and a former chair of the NCAA infractions committee. "But I don't believe it belongs in the NCAA enforcement area. I just think the NCAA enforcement staff is not set up to investigate this. I don't think there are bylaws set up for it. Nassar is being prosecuted, Michigan State is being sued."</p>
<p>Michigan State's Board of Trustees will gather Friday for a "work session," according to school spokesman Jason Cody. The future of athletic director Mark Hollis could be one of the topics.</p>
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<p>At <a href="" type="internal">Penn State</a> , leaders lost their job and ended up in jail.</p>
<p>The NCAA sanctioned Penn State in 2012 for the Sandusky scandal. The longtime assistant under coach Joe Paterno had been convicted on 45 accounts of sexual abuse of young boys over a 10-year period after he retired from coaching. The NCAA did not investigate the case or go through its usual infractions process; instead, its executive committee comprised of university presidents sanctioned Penn State using the findings of an investigation by former FBI Director Louis Freeh into how much school officials knew about the accusations against Sandusky.</p>
<p>Penn State officials agreed to the NCAA's consent decree and got a four-year postseason ban and lost 30 scholarships. The school was also fined $60 million dollars and 112 of Paterno's victories were vacated. However, in the settlement of a lawsuit against the NCAA, Paterno's victories were restored. The postseason ban and scholarship restrictions were rolled back by the NCAA as the school implemented reforms.</p>
<p>"Penn State backfired on them," said David Ridpath, an Ohio University professor and former NCAA compliance officer who is part of the NCAA watchdog Drake Group. "I think this will backfire on them, too. But they kind of shamed themselves into it. How could they not at least attempt to do something after Penn State, right? Then you're essentially saying gymnastics and little girls aren't as important."</p>
<p>Tompsett agreed.</p>
<p>"NCAA legislation never was intended to subject member institutions to NCAA oversight and penalties for every injury or harm that might occur on an institution's campus," Tompsett said. "And it's no answer to say, 'Well, there's never been anything this heinous before.' Either NCAA rules apply to sexual assaults or they don't. And if they do, it should be because the membership has clearly and unequivocally stated that they want the rules to apply to sexual assaults and schools are told in advance the expectations and standards. Not because administrators in Indianapolis decide on ad hoc basis that they apply."</p>
<p>The scandal at Baylor may indicate how the NCAA might proceed with Michigan State.</p>
<p>Last summer, attorneys for Baylor said in a federal court filing that the NCAA was conducting an "ongoing, pending investigation" into the Texas school in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that led to the firing of football coach Art Briles and the departure of the school president. More than a dozen women filed lawsuits alleging the school or mishandled or ignored their rape claims against football players and other students for years.</p>
<p>The Big 12 Conference said it would withhold millions of dollars in revenue from Baylor until an outside review determined the university and athletic department were complying with Title IX guidelines and other regulations. It was unclear whether the Big Ten Conference might take such steps against Michigan State. As for the NCAA, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7BxS2djJYk" type="external">trustee Joel Ferguson laughed</a> when asked if he feared the governing body might get involved.</p>
<p>"To do what?" Ferguson asked during an interview with radio station WVFN. "This is not Penn State. And, they were dealing with their football program."</p>
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<p>AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo and AP Sports Writer Mike Marot contributed to this report.</p>
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<p>Follow Larry Lage on Twitter at http://twitter.com/larrylage</p>
<p>Lack of institutional control. A failure to protect its athletes from harm. The NCAA's so-called death penalty.</p>
<p>Those punishments and more are being suggested by critics as apt sanctions for Michigan State, where <a href="" type="internal">disgraced doctor Larry Nassar</a> was employed as he sexually abused girls and young women for years under the pretense of treating their injuries.</p>
<p>Many of Nassar's victims accused the university of mishandling complaints about him and late Wednesday Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon announced her resignation.</p>
<p>"As tragedies are politicized, blame is inevitable," she said in a statement. "As president, it is only natural that I am the focus of this anger."</p>
<p>The NCAA sent a letter to Michigan State this week asking for any potential rules violations related to Nassar, the first indication an investigation by the governing body might be next. But the NCAA could be wading back into territory where its authority is unclear: Only a few years ago, it wound up in a messy situation for punishing Penn State for what assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky did in another horrific case involving child sex abuse.</p>
<p>"It's Penn State all over again," said Scott Tompsett, a veteran attorney who has represented coaches, athletic directors, athletes and schools in more than 100 NCAA infractions cases.</p>
<p>Tompsett said the NCAA's authority over recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, practice and competition doesn't mean it should be involved in high-profile cases like Sandusky or Nassar, who was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison for abusing seven women.</p>
<p>Many victims said they reported Nassar's abuse to various members of Michigan State's staff. Campus police got their first report regarding Nassar in 2014, but the Ingham County prosecutor declined to file charges. The school continued to employ him after he was the subject of a sexual assault investigation in 2014. Former Michigan State gymnastics coach Kathie Klages resigned last year after she was suspended for defending Nassar.</p>
<p>The Michigan attorney general and the U.S. Olympic Committee are among those announcing plans to investigate how the Nassar allegations were handled. Attorneys handling civil cases against Michigan State and USA Gymnastics, among others, are also looking into those details.</p>
<p>And now the NCAA could be in the mix. Tompsett and other NCAA experts said that could prove problematic.</p>
<p>"I think what Nassar did was egregious, terrible, awful, worse than paying a prospect to come to your school, worse than a shoe company paying a player to come to your school, worse than academic fraud," said Josephine Potuto, a law professor at Nebraska and a former chair of the NCAA infractions committee. "But I don't believe it belongs in the NCAA enforcement area. I just think the NCAA enforcement staff is not set up to investigate this. I don't think there are bylaws set up for it. Nassar is being prosecuted, Michigan State is being sued."</p>
<p>Michigan State's Board of Trustees will gather Friday for a "work session," according to school spokesman Jason Cody. The future of athletic director Mark Hollis could be one of the topics.</p>
<p />
<p>At <a href="" type="internal">Penn State</a> , leaders lost their job and ended up in jail.</p>
<p>The NCAA sanctioned Penn State in 2012 for the Sandusky scandal. The longtime assistant under coach Joe Paterno had been convicted on 45 accounts of sexual abuse of young boys over a 10-year period after he retired from coaching. The NCAA did not investigate the case or go through its usual infractions process; instead, its executive committee comprised of university presidents sanctioned Penn State using the findings of an investigation by former FBI Director Louis Freeh into how much school officials knew about the accusations against Sandusky.</p>
<p>Penn State officials agreed to the NCAA's consent decree and got a four-year postseason ban and lost 30 scholarships. The school was also fined $60 million dollars and 112 of Paterno's victories were vacated. However, in the settlement of a lawsuit against the NCAA, Paterno's victories were restored. The postseason ban and scholarship restrictions were rolled back by the NCAA as the school implemented reforms.</p>
<p>"Penn State backfired on them," said David Ridpath, an Ohio University professor and former NCAA compliance officer who is part of the NCAA watchdog Drake Group. "I think this will backfire on them, too. But they kind of shamed themselves into it. How could they not at least attempt to do something after Penn State, right? Then you're essentially saying gymnastics and little girls aren't as important."</p>
<p>Tompsett agreed.</p>
<p>"NCAA legislation never was intended to subject member institutions to NCAA oversight and penalties for every injury or harm that might occur on an institution's campus," Tompsett said. "And it's no answer to say, 'Well, there's never been anything this heinous before.' Either NCAA rules apply to sexual assaults or they don't. And if they do, it should be because the membership has clearly and unequivocally stated that they want the rules to apply to sexual assaults and schools are told in advance the expectations and standards. Not because administrators in Indianapolis decide on ad hoc basis that they apply."</p>
<p>The scandal at Baylor may indicate how the NCAA might proceed with Michigan State.</p>
<p>Last summer, attorneys for Baylor said in a federal court filing that the NCAA was conducting an "ongoing, pending investigation" into the Texas school in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that led to the firing of football coach Art Briles and the departure of the school president. More than a dozen women filed lawsuits alleging the school or mishandled or ignored their rape claims against football players and other students for years.</p>
<p>The Big 12 Conference said it would withhold millions of dollars in revenue from Baylor until an outside review determined the university and athletic department were complying with Title IX guidelines and other regulations. It was unclear whether the Big Ten Conference might take such steps against Michigan State. As for the NCAA, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7BxS2djJYk" type="external">trustee Joel Ferguson laughed</a> when asked if he feared the governing body might get involved.</p>
<p>"To do what?" Ferguson asked during an interview with radio station WVFN. "This is not Penn State. And, they were dealing with their football program."</p>
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<p>AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo and AP Sports Writer Mike Marot contributed to this report.</p>
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<p>Follow Larry Lage on Twitter at http://twitter.com/larrylage</p>
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany indicated that a majority of the public were losing trust in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing to users.</p> FILE PHOTO: Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
<p>Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday, while a survey published by Bild am Sonntag, Germany’s largest-selling Sunday paper, found 60 percent of Germans fear that Facebook and other social networks are having a negative impact on democracy.</p>
<p>Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized for “a breach of trust” in advertisements placed in papers including the Observer in Britain and the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>“We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it,” said the advertisement, which appeared in plain text on a white background with a tiny Facebook logo.</p>
<p>The world’s largest social media network is coming under growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States, and is trying to repair its reputation among users, advertisers, lawmakers and investors.</p>
<p>This follows allegations that the British consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to users’ information to build profiles of American voters that were later used to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.</p>
<p>U.S. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press” on Sunday that Facebook had not been “fully forthcoming” over how Cambridge Analytica had used Facebook data.</p>
<p>Warner repeated calls for Zuckerberg to testify in person before U.S. lawmakers, saying Facebook and other internet companies had been reluctant to confront “the dark underbelly of social media” and how it can be manipulated.</p> “BREACH OF TRUST”
<p>Zuckerberg acknowledged that an app built by a university researcher had “leaked Facebook data of millions of people in 2014”.</p> A figurine is seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
<p>“This was a breach of trust, and I’m sorry we didn’t do more at the time,” Zuckerberg said, reiterating an apology first made last week in U.S. television interviews.</p>
<p>Facebook shares tumbled 14 percent last week, while the hashtag #DeleteFacebook gained traction online.</p>
<p>The Reuters/Ipsos online poll found that 41 percent of Americans trust Facebook to obey laws that protect their personal information, compared with 66 percent who said they trust Amazon.com Inc, 62 percent who trust Alphabet Inc’s Google, 60 percent for Microsoft Corp.</p>
<p>The poll was conducted from Wednesday through Friday and had 2,237 responses. ( <a href="https://reut.rs/2G9hvrv" type="external">reut.rs/2G9hvrv</a>)</p>
<p>The German poll published by Bild was conducted by Kantar EMNID, a unit of global advertising holding company WPP, using representative polling methods, the firm said. Overall, only 33 percent found social media had a positive effect on democracy, against 60 percent who believed the opposite.</p> Related Video
<p>It is too early to say if distrust will cause people to step back from Facebook, eMarketer analyst Debra Williamson said in an interview. Customers of banks or other industries do not necessarily quit after losing faith, she said.</p>
<p>“It’s psychologically harder to let go of a platform like Facebook that’s become pretty well ingrained into people’s lives,” she said.</p>
<p>Data supplied to Reuters by the Israeli firm SimilarWeb, which measures global online audiences, indicated that Facebook usage in major markets and worldwide remained steady over the past week.</p>
<p>“Desktop, mobile and app usage has remained steady and well within the expected range,” said Gitit Greenberg, SimilarWeb’s director of market insights. “It is important to separate frustration from actual tangible impacts to Facebook usage.”</p>
<p>Additional reporting by William James in London, Dustin Volz in Washington D.C. and Chris Kahn in New Editing by Kevin Liffey</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chanting “never again,” hundreds of thousands of young Americans and their supporters answered a call to action from survivors of last month’s Florida high school massacre and rallied across the United States on Saturday to demand tighter gun laws.</p>
<p>In some of the biggest U.S. youth demonstrations for decades, protesters called on lawmakers and President Donald Trump to confront the issue. Voter registration activists fanned out in the crowds, signing up thousands of the nation’s newest voters.</p>
<p>At the largest March For Our Lives protest, demonstrators jammed Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue where they listened to speeches from survivors of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.</p>
<p>There were sobs as one teenage survivor, Emma Gonzalez, read the names of the 17 victims and then stood in silence. Tears ran down her cheeks as she stared out over the crowd for the rest of a speech that lasted six minutes and 20 seconds, the time it took for the gunman to slaughter them.</p>
<p>The massive March For Our Lives rallies aimed to break legislative gridlock that has long stymied efforts to increase restrictions on firearms sales in a nation where mass shootings like the one in Parkland have become frighteningly common.</p>
<p>“Politicians: either represent the people or get out. Stand with us or beware, the voters are coming,” Cameron Kasky, a 17-year-old junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, told the crowd.</p>
<p>Another survivor, David Hogg, said it was a new day.</p>
<p>“We’re going to make sure the best people get in our elections to run not as politicians, but as Americans. Because this - this - is not cutting it,” he said, pointing at the white-domed Capitol behind the stage.</p>
<p>Youthful marchers filled streets in cities including Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, San Diego and St. Louis.</p>
<p>More than 800 demonstrations were scheduled in the United States and overseas, according to coordinators, with events as far afield as London, Mauritius, Stockholm and Sydney.</p> ‘TAKE THEIR LIBERTY AWAY’
<p>Underlining sharp differences among the American public over the issue, counter-demonstrators and supporters of gun rights were also in evidence in many U.S. cities.</p>
<p>Organizers of the anti-gun rallies want Congress, many of whose members are up for re-election in November, to ban the sale of assault weapons like the one used in the Florida rampage and to tighten background checks for gun buyers.</p>
<p>On the other side of the debate, gun rights advocates cite constitutional guarantees of the right to bear arms.</p>
<p>“All they’re doing is asking the government to take their liberty away from them without due process,” Brandon Howard, a 42-year-old Trump supporter, said of the protesters in the capital. He had a sign saying: “Keep your hands off my guns.”</p> Daisy Hernandez, age 22, joins students and gun control advocates for the "March for Our Lives" event demanding gun control after recent school shootings at a rally in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
<p>Wearing a red “Make America Great Again” sweatshirt, 16-year-old Connor Humphrey of San Luis Obispo, California, said: “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.”</p>
<p>Humphrey, who was visiting Washington with his family for spring break, said he owns guns for target shooting and hunting and uses them responsibly. His school had a lockdown exercise last week.</p>
<p>“I think teachers should have guns,” he said, echoing a proposal made by Trump after the Parkland killings.</p>
<p>Still, rallies for tighter firearm restrictions also sprang up in rural, Republican-leaning communities ranging from Lewiston, Idaho to Logan, Utah where there is strong support for the Second Amendment constitutional right to own guns.</p> Slideshow (30 Images) CELEBRITIES BACK STUDENTS
<p>Among those marching next to New York’s Central Park to call for tighter gun controls was pop star Paul McCartney, who said he had a personal stake in the debate.</p>
<p>“One of my best friends was shot not far from here,” he told CNN, referring to Beatles bandmate John Lennon, who was gunned down near the park in 1980.</p>
<p>Taking aim at the National Rifle Association gun lobby, teenagers chanted, “Hey, hey, NRA, how many kids have you killed today?”</p>
<p>The young U.S. organizers have won kudos and cash from dozens of celebrities, with singers Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande, as well as “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, among those performing in Washington. Actor George Clooney and his human rights attorney wife, Amal, donated $500,000 and said they would be at the Washington rally.</p>
<p>The U.S. football team the New England Patriots loaned its plane to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and their families to travel to Washington.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>At the march in Washington, an elementary school student from Virginia, Naomi Wadler, 11, captivated demonstrators when she spoke up for African American girls who were victims of gun violence but whose stories “don’t make the front page.”</p>
<p>White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters said the administration applauded “the many courageous young Americans” who exercised their free-speech rights.</p>
<p>“Keeping our children safe is a top priority of the president’s,” said Walters, noting that on Friday the Justice Department proposed rule changes that would effectively ban “bump stock” devices that let semi-automatic weapons fire like a machine gun.</p>
<p>Also on Friday, Trump signed a $1.3-trillion spending bill including modest improvements to background checks for gun sales and grants to help schools prevent gun violence.</p>
<p>Former President Barack Obama said on Twitter that he and his wife Michelle were inspired by all the young people who made the marches happen.</p>
<p>“Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change,” Obama said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Ian Simpson, Lacey Johnson, Katanga Johnson and Lauren Young in Washington, Alice Popovici in New York, Phoenix Tso in Los Angeles, Zachary Fagenson in Parkland, Robert Chiarito in Chicago, Jim Oliphant in West Palm Beach and Andrew Hay in Taos; Editing by Daniel Wallis, James Dalgleish and Nick Zieminski</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not hire two lawyers to his legal team handling the special counsel’s probe despite announcing their addition last week, Trump’s personal lawyer said on Sunday, adding to uncertainty about the president’s legal representation in the Russia investigation.</p> U.S. President Donald Trump waves to well wishers as he arrive in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
<p>“The president is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the president’s special counsel legal team,” Jay Sekulow said in a statement. “However, those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters. The president looks forward to working with them.’</p>
<p>The announcement came nearly a week after Sekulow said diGenova would join the legal team handling Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election.</p>
<p>The quick reversal is likely to add to the perception that Trump’s legal representation is in disarray as his lawyers have been negotiating the terms of a possible interview with the president.</p>
<p>Trump’s lead lawyer in the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, resigned Thursday.</p>
<p>“Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case...don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on,” Trump tweeted on Sunday.</p>
<p>Trump has denounced the investigation as a “witch hunt.” Russia denies meddling in the election.</p>
<p>“We thank the president for his confidence in us and we look forward to working with him,” on other matters, Toensing said in a statement on behalf of both her and diGenova. The married pair work together at their namesake law firm.</p>
<p>Toensing declined to comment on what specific conflicts may have led to the work on the Russia legal team falling through.</p>
<p>DiGenova &amp; Toensing has represented Mark Corallo, a former spokesman for Trump’s legal team, and Sam Clovis, a former campaign aide.</p>
<p>Corallo was the spokesman for Trump’s outside lawyers until last summer, when he resigned during another legal team shake-up.</p>
<p>Since then, Corallo has spoken with Mueller about what he viewed as a false statement dictated by Trump from Air Force One about a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York City that included several Russians, according to a person familiar with the matter. That meeting was attended by Trump’s son, Donald Jr.</p>
<p>Clovis, a former Pentagon official, was a campaign supervisor who wrote “great work” in an email after Trump’s foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos discussed efforts to broker a meeting between the campaign and Russian leaders.</p>
<p>Corallo told Reuters on Friday that he had signed a waiver of potential conflicts last week.</p>
<p>Clovis could not be reached for comment, but a person familiar with the matter said appropriate waivers had been signed.</p>
<p>DiGenova was at the White House on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the meeting.</p>
<p>Trump has had trouble finding outside lawyers to assist him in the Russia probe.</p>
<p>Major firms such as Williams &amp; Connolly and Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher turned him down in the last year, citing conflicts, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters.</p>
<p>Trump representatives have reached out to some of those firms again more recently, sources said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Karen Freifeld in New York; Writing by Dustin Volz; Editing by Lisa Shumaker</p> Our Standards:
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<p>BARCELONA/BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany on Sunday, five months after entering self-imposed exile from Spain, where he faces up to 25 years in prison for organizing an illegal secession referendum last year.</p>
<p>Puigdemont had entered Germany from Denmark after leaving Finland on Friday when it appeared that police would arrest him there and begin an extradition process requested by Spain.</p>
<p>The detention threatens to worsen the Catalan crisis that flared last year when the region made a symbolic declaration of independence, prompting Madrid to take direct rule.</p>
<p>Spain’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that 25 Catalan leaders would be tried for rebellion, embezzlement or disobeying the state and reactivated international arrest warrants for Puigdemont and four other politicians who went into self-imposed exile last year.</p>
<p>Among those subject to the arrest order, Clara Ponsati, a former Catalan minister now living in Scotland, told authorities she would turn herself in, Scottish police said in a statement on Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>The other three Catalan leaders are in Belgium.</p>
<p>Pro-independence groups called for protests on Sunday outside the offices of the delegation of the European Commission and the German consulate.</p>
<p>German police arrested Puigdemont on Sunday in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on a European arrest warrant issued by Spain. In a statement, police said Puigdemont was detained near a section of the A7 highway, which cuts through the state from the city of Flensburg near the Danish border.</p>
<p>Puigdemont was later transferred to Neumuenster prison, German news agency DPA reported.</p>
<p>German magazine Focus said that Spanish intelligence informed the BKA federal police that Puigdemont was on his way from Finland to Germany. It gave no source for its report.</p>
<p>He had arrived in Finland on Thursday to meet lawmakers and attend a conference as part of a campaign to raise the profile of the Catalan independence movement in Europe.</p> People protest after former president Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany, during a demonstration held by pro-independence associations in Barcelona, Spain March 25, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea EXTRADITION ISSUE
<p>The Higher Regional Court in Schleswig-Holstein will be responsible for deciding whether to grant Spain’s extradition request.</p>
<p>The European arrest warrant system in place since 2004 makes it easier for EU countries to demand extradition from other EU states, having removed political decision-making from the process. EU nations issue thousands of such warrants each year.</p>
<p>Puigdemont will appear in court tomorrow to have his remand extended, German prosecutors said in a statement.</p>
<p>Paul Bekaert, who represents Puigdemont in Belgium, where he had been subject to an arrest warrant in December, said his client rang him after being detained in Germany and had appeared calm during the conversation.</p> Slideshow (8 Images)
<p>Bekaert told Reuters TV that his client would have to appear before a German judge within 48 hours to determine whether or not to keep him in custody. Puigdemont will take German legal representation, Bekaert said, with the whole legal process, including possible appeals, likely to take months.</p>
<p>Puigdemont could take his case to Germany’s highest court, which in 2005 blocked the extradition to Spain on an EU arrest warrant of a German-Syrian al-Qaeda suspect.</p>
<p>The case of Mamoun Darkazanli sparked a judicial row between the two countries after Germany’s Federal Constitutional court refused to turn over Darkazanli, saying that EU extradition laws designed to speed up the delivery of suspects between member states violated the rights of German citizens.</p>
<p>Puigdemont has previously made clear his preference to fight the extradition process from Belgium, where the former Catalan leader was heading at the time of his detention, according to Puigdemont’s spokesman, Joan Maria Pique.</p>
<p>“The president was going to Belgium to put himself, as always, at the disposal of Belgian justice,” Pique told Reuters.</p>
<p>The Spanish Supreme Court had issued an international arrest warrant against Puigdemont last year but withdrew it in December to avoid the risk of Belgian authorities granting him asylum.</p>
<p>Leaving Belgium had exposed him again to the risk of arrest.</p>
<p>Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena also sent five separatist leaders to pre-trial jail, sparking protests across Catalonia.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Andres Gonzalez in Madrid and Thorsten Severin in Berlin; Writing by Julien Toyer; Editing by Keith Weir and David Goodman</p> Our Standards:
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analyst debra williamson said interview customers banks industries necessarily quit losing faith said psychologically harder let go platform like facebook thats become pretty well ingrained peoples lives said data supplied reuters israeli firm similarweb measures global online audiences indicated facebook usage major markets worldwide remained steady past week desktop mobile app usage remained steady well within expected range said gitit greenberg similarwebs director market insights important separate frustration actual tangible impacts facebook usage additional reporting william james london dustin volz washington dc chris kahn new editing kevin liffey standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters chanting never hundreds thousands young americans supporters answered call action survivors last months florida high school massacre rallied across united states saturday demand tighter gun laws biggest us youth demonstrations decades protesters called lawmakers president donald trump confront issue voter registration activists fanned crowds signing thousands nations newest voters largest march lives protest demonstrators jammed washingtons pennsylvania avenue listened speeches survivors feb 14 mass shooting marjory stoneman douglas high school parkland florida sobs one teenage survivor emma gonzalez read names 17 victims stood silence tears ran cheeks stared crowd rest speech lasted six minutes 20 seconds time took gunman slaughter massive march lives rallies aimed break legislative gridlock long stymied efforts increase restrictions firearms sales nation mass shootings like one parkland become frighteningly common politicians either represent people get stand us beware voters coming cameron kasky 17yearold junior marjory stoneman douglas told crowd another survivor david hogg said new day going make sure best people get elections run politicians americans cutting said pointing whitedomed capitol behind stage youthful marchers filled streets cities including atlanta baltimore boston chicago los angeles miami minneapolis new york san diego st louis 800 demonstrations scheduled united states overseas according coordinators events far afield london mauritius stockholm sydney take liberty away underlining sharp differences among american public issue counterdemonstrators supporters gun rights also evidence many us cities organizers antigun rallies want congress many whose members reelection november ban sale assault weapons like one used florida rampage tighten background checks gun buyers side debate gun rights advocates cite constitutional guarantees right bear arms theyre asking government take liberty away without due process brandon howard 42yearold trump supporter said protesters capital sign saying keep hands guns daisy hernandez age 22 joins students gun control advocates march lives event demanding gun control recent school shootings rally washington us march 24 2018 reutersjonathan ernst wearing red make america great sweatshirt 16yearold connor humphrey san luis obispo california said guns dont kill people people kill people humphrey visiting washington family spring break said owns guns target shooting hunting uses responsibly school lockdown exercise last week think teachers guns said echoing proposal made trump parkland killings still rallies tighter firearm restrictions also sprang rural republicanleaning communities ranging lewiston idaho logan utah strong support second amendment constitutional right guns slideshow 30 images celebrities back students among marching next new yorks central park call tighter gun controls pop star paul mccartney said personal stake debate one best friends shot far told cnn referring beatles bandmate john lennon gunned near park 1980 taking aim national rifle association gun lobby teenagers chanted hey hey nra many kids killed today young us organizers kudos cash dozens celebrities singers demi lovato ariana grande well hamilton creator linmanuel miranda among performing washington actor george clooney human rights attorney wife amal donated 500000 said would washington rally us football team new england patriots loaned plane marjory stoneman douglas high school students families travel washington related coverage vote thousands register vote us guncontrol marches march washington elementary school student virginia naomi wadler 11 captivated demonstrators spoke african american girls victims gun violence whose stories dont make front page white house deputy press secretary lindsay walters said administration applauded many courageous young americans exercised freespeech rights keeping children safe top priority presidents said walters noting friday justice department proposed rule changes would effectively ban bump stock devices let semiautomatic weapons fire like machine gun also friday trump signed 13trillion spending bill including modest improvements background checks gun sales grants help schools prevent gun violence former president barack obama said twitter wife michelle inspired young people made marches happen keep youre leading us forward nothing stand way millions voices calling change obama said reporting ian simpson lacey johnson katanga johnson lauren young washington alice popovici new york phoenix tso los angeles zachary fagenson parkland robert chiarito chicago jim oliphant west palm beach andrew hay taos editing daniel wallis james dalgleish nick zieminski standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters us president donald trump hire two lawyers legal team handling special counsels probe despite announcing addition last week trumps personal lawyer said sunday adding uncertainty presidents legal representation russia investigation us president donald trump waves well wishers arrive west palm beach florida us march 23 2018 reutersjoshua roberts president disappointed conflicts prevent joe digenova victoria toensing joining presidents special counsel legal team jay sekulow said statement however conflicts prevent assisting president legal matters president looks forward working announcement came nearly week sekulow said digenova would join legal team handling special counsel robert muellers investigation possible collusion trump campaign russia 2016 presidential election quick reversal likely add perception trumps legal representation disarray lawyers negotiating terms possible interview president trumps lead lawyer special counsel investigation john dowd resigned thursday many lawyers top law firms want represent russia casedont believe fake news narrative hard find lawyer wants take trump tweeted sunday trump denounced investigation witch hunt russia denies meddling election thank president confidence us look forward working matters toensing said statement behalf digenova married pair work together namesake law firm toensing declined comment specific conflicts may led work russia legal team falling digenova amp toensing represented mark corallo former spokesman trumps legal team sam clovis former campaign aide corallo spokesman trumps outside lawyers last summer resigned another legal team shakeup since corallo spoken mueller viewed false statement dictated trump air force one june 2016 meeting trump tower new york city included several russians according person familiar matter meeting attended trumps son donald jr clovis former pentagon official campaign supervisor wrote great work email trumps foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos discussed efforts broker meeting campaign russian leaders corallo told reuters friday signed waiver potential conflicts last week clovis could reached comment person familiar matter said appropriate waivers signed digenova white house thursday according person familiar meeting trump trouble finding outside lawyers assist russia probe major firms williams amp connolly gibson dunn amp crutcher turned last year citing conflicts people familiar matter told reuters trump representatives reached firms recently sources said reporting karen freifeld new york writing dustin volz editing lisa shumaker standards thomson reuters trust principles barcelonaberlin reuters former catalan leader carles puigdemont detained germany sunday five months entering selfimposed exile spain faces 25 years prison organizing illegal secession referendum last year puigdemont entered germany denmark leaving finland friday appeared police would arrest begin extradition process requested spain detention threatens worsen catalan crisis flared last year region made symbolic declaration independence prompting madrid take direct rule spains supreme court ruled friday 25 catalan leaders would tried rebellion embezzlement disobeying state reactivated international arrest warrants puigdemont four politicians went selfimposed exile last year among subject arrest order clara ponsati former catalan minister living scotland told authorities would turn scottish police said statement sunday afternoon three catalan leaders belgium proindependence groups called protests sunday outside offices delegation european commission german consulate german police arrested puigdemont sunday northern state schleswigholstein european arrest warrant issued spain statement police said puigdemont detained near section a7 highway cuts state city flensburg near danish border puigdemont later transferred neumuenster prison german news agency dpa reported german magazine focus said spanish intelligence informed bka federal police puigdemont way finland germany gave source report arrived finland thursday meet lawmakers attend conference part campaign raise profile catalan independence movement europe people protest former president carles puigdemont detained germany demonstration held proindependence associations barcelona spain march 25 2018 reutersalbert gea extradition issue higher regional court schleswigholstein responsible deciding whether grant spains extradition request european arrest warrant system place since 2004 makes easier eu countries demand extradition eu states removed political decisionmaking process eu nations issue thousands warrants year puigdemont appear court tomorrow remand extended german prosecutors said statement paul bekaert represents puigdemont belgium subject arrest warrant december said client rang detained germany appeared calm conversation slideshow 8 images bekaert told reuters tv client would appear german judge within 48 hours determine whether keep custody puigdemont take german legal representation bekaert said whole legal process including possible appeals likely take months puigdemont could take case germanys highest court 2005 blocked extradition spain eu arrest warrant germansyrian alqaeda suspect case mamoun darkazanli sparked judicial row two countries germanys federal constitutional court refused turn darkazanli saying eu extradition laws designed speed delivery suspects member states violated rights german citizens puigdemont previously made clear preference fight extradition process belgium former catalan leader heading time detention according puigdemonts spokesman joan maria pique president going belgium put always disposal belgian justice pique told reuters spanish supreme court issued international arrest warrant puigdemont last year withdrew december avoid risk belgian authorities granting asylum leaving belgium exposed risk arrest supreme court judge pablo llarena also sent five separatist leaders pretrial jail sparking protests across catalonia additional reporting andres gonzalez madrid thorsten severin berlin writing julien toyer editing keith weir david goodman standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2014 file photo released by the New York Stock Exchange, executives and guests of La Quinta Holdings applaud the opening bell in honor of the company's IPO. So far in 2014, IPOs are having their best start to a year since 2000, with 89 companies raising $19 billion through sales of new stock. But demand for more offerings depends largely on the health of the broader market, and after last week's sell-off, the clamor from buyers may quiet down. (AP Photo/NYSE Euronext, Ben Hider, File)</p>
<p>NEW YORK - A hot market for initial public offerings may soon face a cooler reception from investors.</p>
<p>IPOs are having their best start to a year since 2000. Eighty-nine companies have raised $19 billion through sales of new stock so far in 2014. But demand for more offerings depends largely on the health of the broader market, and after last week's sell-off, the clamor from buyers may quiet down.</p>
<p>Auto financing company Ally Financial and hotel operator La Quinta Holdings had lukewarm receptions for their IPOs last week.</p>
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<p>La Quinta priced its shares at $17 each, lower than its expected range of $18 to $21, which suggested less demand. The stock rose slightly in its debut Wednesday then fell the next two days to end the week below it original offer price. Ally, the largest IPO this year, priced its shares at $25 each, the bottom of its expected range of $25 to $28. The former financing arm of General Motors fell 4 percent in its premiere Thursday, closing at $23.98. On Monday, both stocks remained below their IPO price.</p>
<p>Some companies delayed their IPOs last week as the stock market turned bumpy. Paycom Software, a human resources software company, and City Office REIT, a real estate investment firm for office properties, were expected to launch. But their IPOs didn't happened and the companies are expected to try to complete them this week.</p>
<p>Andy Sanford, head of Wells Fargo Securities' equity capital markets group, who helped launch La Quinta, says that companies will have to lower their expectations on prices, although he thinks there is still good demand for new stocks.</p>
<p>"IPOs have been a place where investors have been able to get higher returns than the broader market," Sanford says.</p>
<p>La Quinta and Ally were among 10 companies that raised $4.2 billion through IPOs last week. Another 12 companies are scheduled to launch stock this week.</p>
<p>The IPO market started recovering last year after being in the doldrums following the financial crisis and Great Recession. The Standard &amp; Poor's 500 index surged almost 30 percent in 2013. That helped boost the appetite for new stocks as investors looked for ways to beat the market. Twitter, hotel group Hilton Worldwide and sandwich-shop chain Potbelly were some of the big-name IPOs in 2013.</p>
<p>Companies raised $61.9 billion through stock sales on U.S. exchanges last year, the best for IPOs since 2007. Prior to that, that top year was 2000, when companies sold $104.5 million of stock at the tail end of the internet bubble.</p>
<p>Investors have been drawn to the market because it gives them more bang for their investment buck. Stocks have looked more attractive than bonds, after bonds lost 0.4 percent last year, according to data from Barclays.</p>
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<p>The FTSE Renaissance IPO index, which tracks the performance of new stock offerings for up to two years after their debut, surged 63.3 percent last year. That rise was more than double the 29.6 percent increase for the S&amp;P 500 index. The IPO index is down 0.6 percent this year, less than the broader market's decline of 1.2 percent.</p>
<p>The appetite for IPOs is also being driven by established companies buying back their own shares just as demand for stocks is rising, says Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist for BlackRock. That buying has reduced the overall availability of shares in the market.</p>
<p>"You've had a lot of supply taken out of the market in the last one to two years, due to all the buybacks," Koesterich says. "So the IPOs are meeting a need for supply."</p>
<p>Companies in the S&amp;P 500 spent $475.6 billion on buying their own stock last year, an increase of 19 percent from 2012, according to data from S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices. The strong pace has continued this year. Companies spent $129.4 billion on buybacks during the first quarter.</p>
<p>Last year's robust IPO market carried through to the start of this year. But signs of weakness have appeared as stocks become more volatile. Rattling the market are worries that technology and biotechnology companies have become overpriced after huge gains in 2013. The S&amp;P 500 is down more than 2 percent this month after rising a combined 5 percent in February and March.</p>
<p>John Fitzgibbon, who runs IPOScoop.com, a website that specializes in tracking IPOs, says there has been a definite shift in investor sentiment as volatility increases. Still, he sees the shift as more of a pause for breath than an imminent slump. The economy is still improving and investors aren't in panic mode.</p>
<p>A lot of technology companies still want to sell shares and Chinese companies are eager to list in the U.S., he says.</p>
<p>One offering that could generate a lot of excitement is Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. The company said last month that it plans to go public on a U.S. stock exchange. The debut could raise up to $15 billion in the biggest IPO since Facebook's in May 2012.</p>
<p>"That's going to be spectacular," Fitzgibbon says. "The show's not over."</p>
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file wednesday april 9 2014 file photo released new york stock exchange executives guests la quinta holdings applaud opening bell honor companys ipo far 2014 ipos best start year since 2000 89 companies raising 19 billion sales new stock demand offerings depends largely health broader market last weeks selloff clamor buyers may quiet ap photonyse euronext ben hider file new york hot market initial public offerings may soon face cooler reception investors ipos best start year since 2000 eightynine companies raised 19 billion sales new stock far 2014 demand offerings depends largely health broader market last weeks selloff clamor buyers may quiet auto financing company ally financial hotel operator la quinta holdings lukewarm receptions ipos last week advertisement la quinta priced shares 17 lower expected range 18 21 suggested less demand stock rose slightly debut wednesday fell next two days end week original offer price ally largest ipo year priced shares 25 bottom expected range 25 28 former financing arm general motors fell 4 percent premiere thursday closing 2398 monday stocks remained ipo price companies delayed ipos last week stock market turned bumpy paycom software human resources software company city office reit real estate investment firm office properties expected launch ipos didnt happened companies expected try complete week andy sanford head wells fargo securities equity capital markets group helped launch la quinta says companies lower expectations prices although thinks still good demand new stocks ipos place investors able get higher returns broader market sanford says la quinta ally among 10 companies raised 42 billion ipos last week another 12 companies scheduled launch stock week ipo market started recovering last year doldrums following financial crisis great recession standard amp poors 500 index surged almost 30 percent 2013 helped boost appetite new stocks investors looked ways beat market twitter hotel group hilton worldwide sandwichshop chain potbelly bigname ipos 2013 companies raised 619 billion stock sales us exchanges last year best ipos since 2007 prior top year 2000 companies sold 1045 million stock tail end internet bubble investors drawn market gives bang investment buck stocks looked attractive bonds bonds lost 04 percent last year according data barclays advertisement ftse renaissance ipo index tracks performance new stock offerings two years debut surged 633 percent last year rise double 296 percent increase sampp 500 index ipo index 06 percent year less broader markets decline 12 percent appetite ipos also driven established companies buying back shares demand stocks rising says russ koesterich chief investment strategist blackrock buying reduced overall availability shares market youve lot supply taken market last one two years due buybacks koesterich says ipos meeting need supply companies sampp 500 spent 4756 billion buying stock last year increase 19 percent 2012 according data sampp dow jones indices strong pace continued year companies spent 1294 billion buybacks first quarter last years robust ipo market carried start year signs weakness appeared stocks become volatile rattling market worries technology biotechnology companies become overpriced huge gains 2013 sampp 500 2 percent month rising combined 5 percent february march john fitzgibbon runs iposcoopcom website specializes tracking ipos says definite shift investor sentiment volatility increases still sees shift pause breath imminent slump economy still improving investors arent panic mode lot technology companies still want sell shares chinese companies eager list us says one offering could generate lot excitement chinese ecommerce giant alibaba group company said last month plans go public us stock exchange debut could raise 15 billion biggest ipo since facebooks may 2012 thats going spectacular fitzgibbon says shows
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<p>Sean Sweeney, a runner who lives near Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., stops to say a prayer outside the school during his run early on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. The school was the scene of a shooting on Friday that left the student gunman dead and injured two other students. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)</p>
<p>CENTENNIAL, Colo. – A teenager who wounded a fellow student before killing himself at a suburban Denver high school entered the building with a shotgun, a machete, three Molotov cocktails and ammunition strapped to his body, likely intending to track down a librarian who had disciplined him, authorities said Saturday.</p>
<p>After firing a round down a hallway, Karl Pierson, 18, shot a fellow student who just happened to be sitting nearby with a friend as he headed toward the library. Claire Davis, 17, was shot in the head at point-blank range and remained hospitalized Saturday in critical condition.</p>
<p>Pierson set off one of the explosive devices, but killed himself just one minute and 20 seconds after entering the building because he knew a sheriff’s deputy assigned to the school was closing in, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said at a news conference.</p>
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<p>Pierson’s original target was believed to be a librarian who coached the school’s speech and debate team. The librarian, whose name was not released, had disciplined the teen in September for reasons that haven’t been disclosed. The librarian escaped the school unharmed, Robinson said.</p>
<p>Roses and a sign of support are woven into a cyclone fence around a tennis court at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. The school was the scene of a shooting on Friday that left a student gunman dead and two other students injured. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)</p>
<p>The sheriff also said Davis appeared to be a random target. Based on Pierson’s arsenal, Robinson believes the teen intended to hurt many others at the school just 8 miles from Columbine High School. “His evil intent was to harm multiple individuals,” he said.</p>
<p>Pierson legally purchased his shotgun at a local store a week before the shooting and bought the ammunition the day of the shooting. Anyone 18 and older is allowed to buy a shotgun in Colorado; only those over 21 can legally buy a handgun.</p>
<p>According to Robinson, Pierson fired another round down the hallway after wounding Davis. He then entered the library, fired one shot and detonated one Molotov cocktail, which set three bookshelves alight. He then fired a fifth round, ran to a corner and shot himself.</p>
<p>Students and a teacher described Pierson as a smart and sometimes goofy student who often talked about his beliefs during class, sometimes even debating his teachers. They said he was outspoken about his Communist-leaning political views. They also said he was an Eagle Scout who finished at the top of speech competitions.</p>
<p>Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson holds a picture of Claire Davis the 17-year-old student that was shot during a briefing Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. Davis was shot by 18-year-old shooting suspect Karl Halverson Pierson at the school on Friday before he took his own life. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)</p>
<p>Pierson competed in extemporaneous speaking – in which students prepare short speeches on current events – in the National Forensic League’s national tournament in June in Birmingham, Ala. He didn’t advance to the elimination rounds, the league said. “I think he (Pierson) really cultivated his speech and argument skills, and really thought that was a big part of his identity. … He probably thought it was a pretty crushing blow to get kicked off the debate team,” said Steve Miles, an English teacher who taught Pierson as a freshman.</p>
<p>Zach Runberg, 18, a fellow senior from Pierson’s English class, said the teen was funny and made intelligent jokes. “He would speak for himself,” Runberg said. “He would not be afraid to tell someone how he feels.”</p>
<p>Pierson, whose parents were divorced, lived at least part of the time with his mother in a higher-end neighborhood in suburban Highlands Ranch. The front door of the home was covered with plywood Saturday after authorities conducted a search overnight.</p>
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<p>Challon Winer, who lives across the street from Pierson’s home, said he often would see the teen mowing the lawn or shoveling snow from the driveway. “I noticed that he didn’t look extremely happy, but he was a teenager,” subject to the normal moods of that age group, Winer said.</p>
<p>In recent days, the teen’s schedule appeared to change and he left the house a little later than usual, Winer said.</p>
<p>Winer said Pierson’s mother, Barbara Pierson, has worked with the Neighborhood Watch group and sometimes sent emails reminding residents about safety precautions. “She seemed aware of what was going on,” Winer said.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the family of the wounded student issued a statement Saturday saying she is suffering from severe head trauma and asking for privacy. Friends and well-wishers posted prayers and comments for Davis on Twitter, while some students collected money to help pay for her medical expenses.</p>
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sean sweeney runner lives near arapahoe high school centennial colo stops say prayer outside school run early saturday dec 14 2013 school scene shooting friday left student gunman dead injured two students ap photodavid zalubowski centennial colo teenager wounded fellow student killing suburban denver high school entered building shotgun machete three molotov cocktails ammunition strapped body likely intending track librarian disciplined authorities said saturday firing round hallway karl pierson 18 shot fellow student happened sitting nearby friend headed toward library claire davis 17 shot head pointblank range remained hospitalized saturday critical condition pierson set one explosive devices killed one minute 20 seconds entering building knew sheriffs deputy assigned school closing arapahoe county sheriff grayson robinson said news conference advertisement piersons original target believed librarian coached schools speech debate team librarian whose name released disciplined teen september reasons havent disclosed librarian escaped school unharmed robinson said roses sign support woven cyclone fence around tennis court arapahoe high school centennial colo saturday dec 14 2013 school scene shooting friday left student gunman dead two students injured ap photodavid zalubowski sheriff also said davis appeared random target based piersons arsenal robinson believes teen intended hurt many others school 8 miles columbine high school evil intent harm multiple individuals said pierson legally purchased shotgun local store week shooting bought ammunition day shooting anyone 18 older allowed buy shotgun colorado 21 legally buy handgun according robinson pierson fired another round hallway wounding davis entered library fired one shot detonated one molotov cocktail set three bookshelves alight fired fifth round ran corner shot students teacher described pierson smart sometimes goofy student often talked beliefs class sometimes even debating teachers said outspoken communistleaning political views also said eagle scout finished top speech competitions arapahoe county sheriff grayson robinson holds picture claire davis 17yearold student shot briefing saturday dec 14 2013 arapahoe high school centennial colo davis shot 18yearold shooting suspect karl halverson pierson school friday took life ap photoed andrieski pierson competed extemporaneous speaking students prepare short speeches current events national forensic leagues national tournament june birmingham ala didnt advance elimination rounds league said think pierson really cultivated speech argument skills really thought big part identity probably thought pretty crushing blow get kicked debate team said steve miles english teacher taught pierson freshman zach runberg 18 fellow senior piersons english class said teen funny made intelligent jokes would speak runberg said would afraid tell someone feels pierson whose parents divorced lived least part time mother higherend neighborhood suburban highlands ranch front door home covered plywood saturday authorities conducted search overnight advertisement challon winer lives across street piersons home said often would see teen mowing lawn shoveling snow driveway noticed didnt look extremely happy teenager subject normal moods age group winer said recent days teens schedule appeared change left house little later usual winer said winer said piersons mother barbara pierson worked neighborhood watch group sometimes sent emails reminding residents safety precautions seemed aware going winer said meanwhile family wounded student issued statement saturday saying suffering severe head trauma asking privacy friends wellwishers posted prayers comments davis twitter students collected money help pay medical expenses
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stars react to the Golden Globe Award nominations announced Monday morning in Beverly Hills, California:</p>
<p>— "It was my morning to carpool, so I just dropped the kids off." — Laurie Metcalf, nominated for her supporting role in "Lady Bird," on her not-so-glamorous morning.</p>
<p>— "It's a good day when you wake up and find out that your show is on a list with 'Game of Thrones.'" — Dan Fogelman, creator of "This Is Us," nominated for TV drama series.</p>
<p>— "I'm descending into nonsensical happy words because I am not, I can't believe it, it's just amazing. It's just amazing." — Greta Gerwig, nominated for writing "Lady Bird," which she also directed.</p>
<p>— "I haven't started yet, but I've been looking at a bottle and it's staring me back." — Armie Hammer, on whether it's too early to start drinking Champagne to celebrate his supporting actor nod for "Call Me By Your Name."</p>
<p>— "We're having champagne for breakfast!" — Margot Robbie, a double nominee as producer and star of "I, Tonya."</p>
<p>— "This is a Chanukah miracle." - Pamela Adlon, up for actress in a TV comedy series for "Better Things."</p>
<p>— "We are, in a few hours, we are about to have our London premiere of 'Darkest Hour.' Tonight. So this is sort of a bit of frosting on the cake." — Gary Oldman, nominated for actor in a drama film for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.</p>
<p>— "Issa Rae is a hero of mine. I'm going to try not to stalk her at the Globes. I nearly died when I heard my name and hers in the same sentence. I'm dweebing out pretty hard." — Rachel Brosnahan of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," nominated alongside Rae for actress in a TV comedy series.</p>
<p>— "What wonderful news on such a snowy day in London." — Judi Dench, nominated for her leading role in "Victoria &amp; Abdul."</p>
<p>— "This is good news for Albert Einstein." — Geoffrey Rush, nominated for playing the scientist in "Genius."</p>
<p>— "No matter how long you do it, it's an uncertain life, so you're always happy for encouragement. You're always happy for someone to say, 'Keep going. Keep going. We like what you're doing.'" — Willem Dafoe on his supporting actor nod for "The Florida Project."</p>
<p>— " I guess what I was really trying to do in retrospect is have a conversation about what it's like to be a woman in the world, and do it while playing a sex worker." — Maggie Gyllenhaal, nominated for her performance in the TV drama "The Deuce."</p>
<p>— "To have people recognize me still as a singer and ... you know, just for my work as Mary J. Blige and Florence — it's like yes! It's the cherry on top of the cake." — Mary J. Blige, a double nominee for her supporting performance in "Mudbound" and writing its original song.</p>
<p>— "My morning plans are to do a little bit of chores around the house." — Guillermo del Toro, writer and director of Monday's top nominee, "The Shape of Water," on how he'll celebrate.</p>
<p>— "Today is my father's birthday, and my father has been dead for many years, but he was a huge supporter of me being an actor. I don't think he was crazy about it at the beginning. But it's really, really fabulous to have this happen on his birthday." — Richard Jenkins, a supporting actor nominee for "The Shape of Water."</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stars react to the Golden Globe Award nominations announced Monday morning in Beverly Hills, California:</p>
<p>— "It was my morning to carpool, so I just dropped the kids off." — Laurie Metcalf, nominated for her supporting role in "Lady Bird," on her not-so-glamorous morning.</p>
<p>— "It's a good day when you wake up and find out that your show is on a list with 'Game of Thrones.'" — Dan Fogelman, creator of "This Is Us," nominated for TV drama series.</p>
<p>— "I'm descending into nonsensical happy words because I am not, I can't believe it, it's just amazing. It's just amazing." — Greta Gerwig, nominated for writing "Lady Bird," which she also directed.</p>
<p>— "I haven't started yet, but I've been looking at a bottle and it's staring me back." — Armie Hammer, on whether it's too early to start drinking Champagne to celebrate his supporting actor nod for "Call Me By Your Name."</p>
<p>— "We're having champagne for breakfast!" — Margot Robbie, a double nominee as producer and star of "I, Tonya."</p>
<p>— "This is a Chanukah miracle." - Pamela Adlon, up for actress in a TV comedy series for "Better Things."</p>
<p>— "We are, in a few hours, we are about to have our London premiere of 'Darkest Hour.' Tonight. So this is sort of a bit of frosting on the cake." — Gary Oldman, nominated for actor in a drama film for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.</p>
<p>— "Issa Rae is a hero of mine. I'm going to try not to stalk her at the Globes. I nearly died when I heard my name and hers in the same sentence. I'm dweebing out pretty hard." — Rachel Brosnahan of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," nominated alongside Rae for actress in a TV comedy series.</p>
<p>— "What wonderful news on such a snowy day in London." — Judi Dench, nominated for her leading role in "Victoria &amp; Abdul."</p>
<p>— "This is good news for Albert Einstein." — Geoffrey Rush, nominated for playing the scientist in "Genius."</p>
<p>— "No matter how long you do it, it's an uncertain life, so you're always happy for encouragement. You're always happy for someone to say, 'Keep going. Keep going. We like what you're doing.'" — Willem Dafoe on his supporting actor nod for "The Florida Project."</p>
<p>— " I guess what I was really trying to do in retrospect is have a conversation about what it's like to be a woman in the world, and do it while playing a sex worker." — Maggie Gyllenhaal, nominated for her performance in the TV drama "The Deuce."</p>
<p>— "To have people recognize me still as a singer and ... you know, just for my work as Mary J. Blige and Florence — it's like yes! It's the cherry on top of the cake." — Mary J. Blige, a double nominee for her supporting performance in "Mudbound" and writing its original song.</p>
<p>— "My morning plans are to do a little bit of chores around the house." — Guillermo del Toro, writer and director of Monday's top nominee, "The Shape of Water," on how he'll celebrate.</p>
<p>— "Today is my father's birthday, and my father has been dead for many years, but he was a huge supporter of me being an actor. I don't think he was crazy about it at the beginning. But it's really, really fabulous to have this happen on his birthday." — Richard Jenkins, a supporting actor nominee for "The Shape of Water."</p>
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake Fromm settled in behind the microphone, scruffy faced, hair nicely coiffed, looking entirely comfortable in this unfamiliar setting — as usual.</p>
<p>Georgia's confident freshman quarterback has faced Southeastern Conference defenses and hostile road environments like a veteran this season, leading the third-ranked Bulldogs to the College Football Playoff. What he has not done much is talk to reporters. Georgia coach Kirby Smart prohibits freshmen from doing interviews, a rule Fromm had to acknowledge, he kind of likes.</p>
<p>"It's been great, you know, not having to, but it's part of it, man, and I'm thankful to be here," Fromm said Thursday during a 45-minute availability for the Rose Bowl that requires the starting quarterback's participation.</p>
<p>As he done so often this year — in much more difficult situations — Fromm handled the task just fine. There is no guarantee Fromm will play well against No. 2 Oklahoma on Monday in Pasadena, but it is safe to assume he will not be overwhelmed by the moment.</p>
<p>Fromm said there might have been a few times, however fleeting, when he first got to Georgia that he questioned whether he belonged.</p>
<p>"But man, I haven't had the feeling in an extremely long time," he said. "I've kind of taken every opportunity and felt like I've kind of owned it and just kind of ready for the next challenge."</p>
<p>Just 19, Fromm was thrust into the starting role this season out of necessity. Sophomore Jacob Eason went down with a knee injury during the opener against Appalachian State. The next week, Fromm made his first college start at Notre Dame. The Bulldogs' one-point victory that day was the first sign a team that had finished 8-5 in its first season under coach Kirby Smart was primed to take off in year two.</p>
<p>Fromm had won over the Bulldogs long before that night in South Bend.</p>
<p>Fromm is a Georgia native who grew up in a family of 'Dawgs fans in Warner Robins, about 100 miles of Atlanta. He passed for 12,745 yards and 116 touchdowns in 46 career games at Houston County High School.</p>
<p>But with Eason in place, Fromm was committed to Alabama.</p>
<p>Smart, the former Crimson Tide defensive coordinator, and his staff flipped Fromm to Georgia.</p>
<p>"I got to watch him play against what is probably the best collective group in the region in the state of Georgia and he did a great job of that," Smart said. "He competed at the highest level against some really good teams. He never got upset when he didn't play well. He threw some interceptions. He came back from them. He shows great resiliency and leadership."</p>
<p>Fromm brought those same traits to Athens, Georgia, taking a leadership role during spring practice and summer workouts.</p>
<p>"He'd challenge guys, he'd step up, and he's the same guy you see now as soon as when he came in the door," senior tight end Jeb Blazevich said.</p>
<p>Fromm was able to strike a balance with his older teammates. Confident but not cocky. He knew what he was doing, but he wasn't a know-it-all. Senior offensive tackle Isaiah Wynn said he could only remember one moment where he thought the freshman quarterback needed a little reminder that he was still a freshman.</p>
<p>"At one point in practice he told me I had a corner or somebody (blitzing) and I just turned around and said, 'Yeah, I know, I got this.' And that was about the only time," Wynn said.</p>
<p>Fromm also recalled Wynn and senior running back Nick Chubb yelling at him during a game for not sliding and exposing himself to a big hit.</p>
<p>"Of course, I was going to listen to the senior left tackle," Fromm said.</p>
<p>Georgia offensive coordinator Jim Chaney said the only time he remembered feeling as if the game was moving too fast for Fromm was early on at Tennessee when the freshman threw an interception. Chaney said he never had to modify the offense to accommodate Fromm's lack of experience.</p>
<p>"We test our kids all the time on their knowledge of what we're trying to get down but he got it all," the veteran assistant said.</p>
<p>There is no doubt that Fromm benefits from playing in an offense that does not ask him to carry a heavy load. He leads the SEC in passing efficiency with a 168.3 rating, but his 230 attempts rank 93rd in the country. Behind 1,000-yard rusher Chubb and Sony Michel, Georgia is 10th in the country in rushing at 263.5 yards per game. And the Bulldogs play ferocious defense.</p>
<p>"We don't look at him as a game manager," Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. "That said, they don't want to be in third-and-long all day."</p>
<p>Fromm is two victories away from becoming just the second true freshman quarterback to guide a team to a national championship, joining Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway, who did it in 1985.</p>
<p>"Who's that?" Fromm said when asked if he had heard of Holieway. "Hope I can add my name to the list."</p>
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake Fromm settled in behind the microphone, scruffy faced, hair nicely coiffed, looking entirely comfortable in this unfamiliar setting — as usual.</p>
<p>Georgia's confident freshman quarterback has faced Southeastern Conference defenses and hostile road environments like a veteran this season, leading the third-ranked Bulldogs to the College Football Playoff. What he has not done much is talk to reporters. Georgia coach Kirby Smart prohibits freshmen from doing interviews, a rule Fromm had to acknowledge, he kind of likes.</p>
<p>"It's been great, you know, not having to, but it's part of it, man, and I'm thankful to be here," Fromm said Thursday during a 45-minute availability for the Rose Bowl that requires the starting quarterback's participation.</p>
<p>As he done so often this year — in much more difficult situations — Fromm handled the task just fine. There is no guarantee Fromm will play well against No. 2 Oklahoma on Monday in Pasadena, but it is safe to assume he will not be overwhelmed by the moment.</p>
<p>Fromm said there might have been a few times, however fleeting, when he first got to Georgia that he questioned whether he belonged.</p>
<p>"But man, I haven't had the feeling in an extremely long time," he said. "I've kind of taken every opportunity and felt like I've kind of owned it and just kind of ready for the next challenge."</p>
<p>Just 19, Fromm was thrust into the starting role this season out of necessity. Sophomore Jacob Eason went down with a knee injury during the opener against Appalachian State. The next week, Fromm made his first college start at Notre Dame. The Bulldogs' one-point victory that day was the first sign a team that had finished 8-5 in its first season under coach Kirby Smart was primed to take off in year two.</p>
<p>Fromm had won over the Bulldogs long before that night in South Bend.</p>
<p>Fromm is a Georgia native who grew up in a family of 'Dawgs fans in Warner Robins, about 100 miles of Atlanta. He passed for 12,745 yards and 116 touchdowns in 46 career games at Houston County High School.</p>
<p>But with Eason in place, Fromm was committed to Alabama.</p>
<p>Smart, the former Crimson Tide defensive coordinator, and his staff flipped Fromm to Georgia.</p>
<p>"I got to watch him play against what is probably the best collective group in the region in the state of Georgia and he did a great job of that," Smart said. "He competed at the highest level against some really good teams. He never got upset when he didn't play well. He threw some interceptions. He came back from them. He shows great resiliency and leadership."</p>
<p>Fromm brought those same traits to Athens, Georgia, taking a leadership role during spring practice and summer workouts.</p>
<p>"He'd challenge guys, he'd step up, and he's the same guy you see now as soon as when he came in the door," senior tight end Jeb Blazevich said.</p>
<p>Fromm was able to strike a balance with his older teammates. Confident but not cocky. He knew what he was doing, but he wasn't a know-it-all. Senior offensive tackle Isaiah Wynn said he could only remember one moment where he thought the freshman quarterback needed a little reminder that he was still a freshman.</p>
<p>"At one point in practice he told me I had a corner or somebody (blitzing) and I just turned around and said, 'Yeah, I know, I got this.' And that was about the only time," Wynn said.</p>
<p>Fromm also recalled Wynn and senior running back Nick Chubb yelling at him during a game for not sliding and exposing himself to a big hit.</p>
<p>"Of course, I was going to listen to the senior left tackle," Fromm said.</p>
<p>Georgia offensive coordinator Jim Chaney said the only time he remembered feeling as if the game was moving too fast for Fromm was early on at Tennessee when the freshman threw an interception. Chaney said he never had to modify the offense to accommodate Fromm's lack of experience.</p>
<p>"We test our kids all the time on their knowledge of what we're trying to get down but he got it all," the veteran assistant said.</p>
<p>There is no doubt that Fromm benefits from playing in an offense that does not ask him to carry a heavy load. He leads the SEC in passing efficiency with a 168.3 rating, but his 230 attempts rank 93rd in the country. Behind 1,000-yard rusher Chubb and Sony Michel, Georgia is 10th in the country in rushing at 263.5 yards per game. And the Bulldogs play ferocious defense.</p>
<p>"We don't look at him as a game manager," Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. "That said, they don't want to be in third-and-long all day."</p>
<p>Fromm is two victories away from becoming just the second true freshman quarterback to guide a team to a national championship, joining Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway, who did it in 1985.</p>
<p>"Who's that?" Fromm said when asked if he had heard of Holieway. "Hope I can add my name to the list."</p>
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los angeles ap jake fromm settled behind microphone scruffy faced hair nicely coiffed looking entirely comfortable unfamiliar setting usual georgias confident freshman quarterback faced southeastern conference defenses hostile road environments like veteran season leading thirdranked bulldogs college football playoff done much talk reporters georgia coach kirby smart prohibits freshmen interviews rule fromm acknowledge kind likes great know part man im thankful fromm said thursday 45minute availability rose bowl requires starting quarterbacks participation done often year much difficult situations fromm handled task fine guarantee fromm play well 2 oklahoma monday pasadena safe assume overwhelmed moment fromm said might times however fleeting first got georgia questioned whether belonged man havent feeling extremely long time said ive kind taken every opportunity felt like ive kind owned kind ready next challenge 19 fromm thrust starting role season necessity sophomore jacob eason went knee injury opener appalachian state next week fromm made first college start notre dame bulldogs onepoint victory day first sign team finished 85 first season coach kirby smart primed take year two fromm bulldogs long night south bend fromm georgia native grew family dawgs fans warner robins 100 miles atlanta passed 12745 yards 116 touchdowns 46 career games houston county high school eason place fromm committed alabama smart former crimson tide defensive coordinator staff flipped fromm georgia got watch play probably best collective group region state georgia great job smart said competed highest level really good teams never got upset didnt play well threw interceptions came back shows great resiliency leadership fromm brought traits athens georgia taking leadership role spring practice summer workouts hed challenge guys hed step hes guy see soon came door senior tight end jeb blazevich said fromm able strike balance older teammates confident cocky knew wasnt knowitall senior offensive tackle isaiah wynn said could remember one moment thought freshman quarterback needed little reminder still freshman one point practice told corner somebody blitzing turned around said yeah know got time wynn said fromm also recalled wynn senior running back nick chubb yelling game sliding exposing big hit course going listen senior left tackle fromm said georgia offensive coordinator jim chaney said time remembered feeling game moving fast fromm early tennessee freshman threw interception chaney said never modify offense accommodate fromms lack experience test kids time knowledge trying get got veteran assistant said doubt fromm benefits playing offense ask carry heavy load leads sec passing efficiency 1683 rating 230 attempts rank 93rd country behind 1000yard rusher chubb sony michel georgia 10th country rushing 2635 yards per game bulldogs play ferocious defense dont look game manager oklahoma defensive coordinator mike stoops said said dont want thirdandlong day fromm two victories away becoming second true freshman quarterback guide team national championship joining oklahomas jamelle holieway 1985 whos fromm said asked heard holieway hope add name list ___ follow ralph russo wwwtwittercomralphdrussoap ___ ap college football httpcollegefootballaporg httpwwwtwittercomap_top25 los angeles ap jake fromm settled behind microphone scruffy faced hair nicely coiffed looking entirely comfortable unfamiliar setting usual georgias confident freshman quarterback faced southeastern conference defenses hostile road environments like veteran season leading thirdranked bulldogs college football playoff done much talk reporters georgia coach kirby smart prohibits freshmen interviews rule fromm acknowledge kind likes great know part man im thankful fromm said thursday 45minute availability rose bowl requires starting quarterbacks participation done often year much difficult situations fromm handled task fine guarantee fromm play well 2 oklahoma monday pasadena safe assume overwhelmed moment fromm said might times however fleeting first got georgia questioned whether belonged man havent feeling extremely long time said ive kind taken every opportunity felt like ive kind owned kind ready next challenge 19 fromm thrust starting role season necessity sophomore jacob eason went knee injury opener appalachian state next week fromm made first college start notre dame bulldogs onepoint victory day first sign team finished 85 first season coach kirby smart primed take year two fromm bulldogs long night south bend fromm georgia native grew family dawgs fans warner robins 100 miles atlanta passed 12745 yards 116 touchdowns 46 career games houston county high school eason place fromm committed alabama smart former crimson tide defensive coordinator staff flipped fromm georgia got watch play probably best collective group region state georgia great job smart said competed highest level really good teams never got upset didnt play well threw interceptions came back shows great resiliency leadership fromm brought traits athens georgia taking leadership role spring practice summer workouts hed challenge guys hed step hes guy see soon came door senior tight end jeb blazevich said fromm able strike balance older teammates confident cocky knew wasnt knowitall senior offensive tackle isaiah wynn said could remember one moment thought freshman quarterback needed little reminder still freshman one point practice told corner somebody blitzing turned around said yeah know got time wynn said fromm also recalled wynn senior running back nick chubb yelling game sliding exposing big hit course going listen senior left tackle fromm said georgia offensive coordinator jim chaney said time remembered feeling game moving fast fromm early tennessee freshman threw interception chaney said never modify offense accommodate fromms lack experience test kids time knowledge trying get got veteran assistant said doubt fromm benefits playing offense ask carry heavy load leads sec passing efficiency 1683 rating 230 attempts rank 93rd country behind 1000yard rusher chubb sony michel georgia 10th country rushing 2635 yards per game bulldogs play ferocious defense dont look game manager oklahoma defensive coordinator mike stoops said said dont want thirdandlong day fromm two victories away becoming second true freshman quarterback guide team national championship joining oklahomas jamelle holieway 1985 whos fromm said asked heard holieway hope add name list ___ follow ralph russo wwwtwittercomralphdrussoap ___ ap college football httpcollegefootballaporg httpwwwtwittercomap_top25
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<p>Few had known what had become of the Albuquerque man over the past six decades until his obituary appeared in the Journal last week. He had died in Dallas at age 81, they learned, but in November, though no explanation was given as to why it had taken until last Friday for him to be returned to his hometown to be interred near his parents at Fairview Memorial Park.</p>
<p>The obituary listed the usual accomplishments - Mackey graduated from Albuquerque High School in 1952, the University of New Mexico in 1956 and a master's program at the University of Southern California in 1959. He had served in the Army Reserve. He had "served the Lord Jesus."</p>
<p>It also listed some not-so-typical accomplishments, including his work as a film editor and director at MGM Studios.</p>
<p>MACKEY: Former Heaven's Gate cult member comes home</p>
<p>And this: Mackey at one time had been a member of Heaven's Gate, the UFO-worshipping cult whose 39 members, including founder Marshall Applewhite, committed suicide en masse sometime before March 26, 1997, at a Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., mansion, in a bizarre plan to leave their bodies - "vehicles," as they called them - to board a spaceship tailing the Comet Hale-Bopp as it passed close to Earth.</p>
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<p>Had Mackey not fallen ill and into a more earthly religion, the obituary said, he might have offed himself, too.</p>
<p>Which is to say, he had almost fallen off the planet.</p>
<p>"We left town the morning that obituary ran," said Mackey's cousin Barbara Schafer of Albuquerque. "I picked up the paper, read it later, and, my gosh, I couldn't believe it." Schafer and another cousin, Ann Greenwood, are the only known Mackey relatives left.</p>
<p>Schafer thought he had died years ago.</p>
<p>So had Greenwood.</p>
<p>"Dale dropped out of existence," said Greenwood, who lives in San Jose, Calif. "I assumed he must have died somewhere along the way."</p>
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<p>Both cousins say they had heard the cult rumors.</p>
<p>"I remember hearing Dale had given away all his worldly possessions," Shafer said.</p>
<p>But both say nothing about their cousin suggested that he was cult material. He wasn't on the fringe or off-the-wall, they said. Just nice, talented.</p>
<p>A wall made of tires filled with dirt fortified the 40-acre compound inhabited by the Heaven's Gate cult in 1995-96. The compound was in the Manzano Mountains near the small community of Manzano, about 55 miles southeast of Albuquerque. The wall has since been dismantled, and 39 members of the cult committed suicide in March 1997 in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Adele T. Chavez/The Albuquerque Tribune)</p>
<p>Longtime Albuquerque attorney Michael Keleher agrees. Keleher, who knew Mackey as a Sigma Chi fraternity brother, recalled that Mackey was the only child of parents who ran a clothing store Downtown and that he had an interest in art.</p>
<p>"But we never really had a conversation about what he was going to do after we graduated," Keleher said.</p>
<p>Mackey likely had numerous chances to encounter Heaven's Gate, both in Southern California and in New Mexico, hot spots for cult recruiting in the 1970s. At its height, the cult had about 200 members.</p>
<p>Mackey may have been one of the recruiters. In the summer of 1975, Mackey had visited John "Mickey" Craig, a former UNM classmate, according to an Albuquerque Tribune article. Both men would have been about 41.</p>
<p>A week later, Craig disappeared, abandoning his wife, children and their Colorado dude ranch, resurfacing 22 years later as Brother Logan, one of the 39 who committed suicide in 1997.</p>
<p>Logan had also been among the 40 or so pale, short-haired cult members who in June 1995 settled briefly on a 40-acre compound in the Manzano Mountains, where they began erecting an earthship, a 3,700-square-foot maze of rooms and hallways constructed of fortified dirt-filled tires.</p>
<p>By the spring of 1996, the cult had abandoned the earthship and headed to California.</p>
<p>A year later, the members dressed in matching Nike shoes and black attire adorned with a Heaven's Gate "Away Team" patch. They each carried $5.75 in their pockets. In three shifts, each drank a fatal barbiturate-and-vodka cocktail, wrapped plastic bags around their heads, covered themselves in purple shrouds and waited for the spaceship to whisk them away.</p>
<p>Mackey was supposed to be among them.</p>
<p>And here we turn to Pastor Paul Kerr of the Mill Valley Fellowship in suburban Dallas. It was Kerr who had placed the obituary in the Journal and brought Mackey's cremains home.</p>
<p>Kerr knew Mackey as Fred.</p>
<p>"He was very friendly, outgoing, helpful as a great volunteer," he said. "He helped edit videos for the church. Then he got sick and I and my wife ended up being the only persons who would go see him."</p>
<p>Mackey, he said, was supposed to film the suicidal end of the cult but fell ill beforehand.</p>
<p>"He was really sick, critically ill," Kerr said. "He told me a minister came to pray for him, and he literally got out of his bed and walked out of that hospital. He turned his back on the cult, turned his life to the Lord and never looked back."</p>
<p>At anything.</p>
<p>A few people showed up at the graveside service in Albuquerque last Friday, among them Schafer's daughter, Lisa Chavez, as a favor to her vacationing mother; and Keleher. Whatever they might have hoped to learn about the long-lost Mackey, why he had fallen away so far so long so strangely, stayed unknown.</p>
<p>"That cult was a curious thing," Keleher said. "Kind of weird."</p>
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known become albuquerque man past six decades obituary appeared journal last week died dallas age 81 learned november though explanation given taken last friday returned hometown interred near parents fairview memorial park obituary listed usual accomplishments mackey graduated albuquerque high school 1952 university new mexico 1956 masters program university southern california 1959 served army reserve served lord jesus also listed notsotypical accomplishments including work film editor director mgm studios mackey former heavens gate cult member comes home mackey one time member heavens gate ufoworshipping cult whose 39 members including founder marshall applewhite committed suicide en masse sometime march 26 1997 rancho santa fe calif mansion bizarre plan leave bodies vehicles called board spaceship tailing comet halebopp passed close earth advertisement make mackey fallen ill earthly religion obituary said might offed say almost fallen planet left town morning obituary ran said mackeys cousin barbara schafer albuquerque picked paper read later gosh couldnt believe schafer another cousin ann greenwood known mackey relatives left schafer thought died years ago greenwood dale dropped existence said greenwood lives san jose calif assumed must died somewhere along way advertisement cousins say heard cult rumors remember hearing dale given away worldly possessions shafer said say nothing cousin suggested cult material wasnt fringe offthewall said nice talented wall made tires filled dirt fortified 40acre compound inhabited heavens gate cult 199596 compound manzano mountains near small community manzano 55 miles southeast albuquerque wall since dismantled 39 members cult committed suicide march 1997 rancho santa fe calif adele chavezthe albuquerque tribune longtime albuquerque attorney michael keleher agrees keleher knew mackey sigma chi fraternity brother recalled mackey child parents ran clothing store downtown interest art never really conversation going graduated keleher said mackey likely numerous chances encounter heavens gate southern california new mexico hot spots cult recruiting 1970s height cult 200 members mackey may one recruiters summer 1975 mackey visited john mickey craig former unm classmate according albuquerque tribune article men would 41 week later craig disappeared abandoning wife children colorado dude ranch resurfacing 22 years later brother logan one 39 committed suicide 1997 logan also among 40 pale shorthaired cult members june 1995 settled briefly 40acre compound manzano mountains began erecting earthship 3700squarefoot maze rooms hallways constructed fortified dirtfilled tires spring 1996 cult abandoned earthship headed california year later members dressed matching nike shoes black attire adorned heavens gate away team patch carried 575 pockets three shifts drank fatal barbiturateandvodka cocktail wrapped plastic bags around heads covered purple shrouds waited spaceship whisk away mackey supposed among turn pastor paul kerr mill valley fellowship suburban dallas kerr placed obituary journal brought mackeys cremains home kerr knew mackey fred friendly outgoing helpful great volunteer said helped edit videos church got sick wife ended persons would go see mackey said supposed film suicidal end cult fell ill beforehand really sick critically ill kerr said told minister came pray literally got bed walked hospital turned back cult turned life lord never looked back anything people showed graveside service albuquerque last friday among schafers daughter lisa chavez favor vacationing mother keleher whatever might hoped learn longlost mackey fallen away far long strangely stayed unknown cult curious thing keleher said kind weird upfront daily frontpage news opinion column comment directly joline 8233603 jkruegerabqjournalcom follow twitter jolinegkg go abqjournalcomlettersnew submit letter editor
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<p>Rowan Ellington, 10, and his mother Jennifer Brown-Ellington explore the Discovery Education Network on a computer at Zuni Elementary at an open house last year. (greg sorber/journal)</p>
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque Public schools took the dive into digital education in a big way this summer, signing a seven-year contract with Discovery Education to supply “tech books” for science, health and social sciences.</p>
<p>But the $11.3 million no-bid contract wasn’t without grumbling and criticism, despite unanimous approval of the school board.</p>
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<p>Some teachers cheered. Others seethed. And then the rumors started.</p>
<p>Among them:</p>
<p>♦ The person driving the contract, now retired school system Academic Officer Linda Sink, was going to work for Discovery Education.</p>
<p>♦ Discovery Education had an “in” with Superintendent Winston Brooks.</p>
<p>♦ The contract was secret and illegal.</p>
<p>♦ No traditional textbooks would be available.</p>
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<p>♦ The Discovery materials didn’t match up well against the competition.</p>
<p>Taking them in order:</p>
<p>♦ Sink says, and the company confirms, that she never sought a job with Discovery and wasn’t offered one. Although he didn’t ask her, Brooks was sufficiently concerned that he called his “contact” at Discovery and warned against hiring Sink.</p>
<p>♦ Brooks has done consulting work for Discovery through a firm that hires school superintendents around the country and puts them together in panels to give feedback to companies that want to sell products to school systems. He said that work had nothing to do with the APS contract.</p>
<p>♦ The contract isn’t secret. It was provided to the Journal in response to a request under the Inspection of Public Records Act and appears to be a typical technology license contract that state and local governments enter for copyrighted or proprietary computer software and support. The state system for buying instructional materials allows for no-bid contracts and copyrighted material to be exempted by law from the state procurement system.</p>
<p>♦ Textbooks will be available while teachers are taught how to use the new “tech-books” and beyond. The tech books under the contract are for students in kindergarten through 12th grade in science, social science and health. The contract requires training in the use of the technology for all teachers using them.</p>
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<p>♦ Sink says criticism of the Discovery materials during the evaluation was unfair because they were inappropriately included in a comparison with traditional textbooks — something she said wasn’t supposed to happen.</p>
<p>The strained relationship between Brooks and Sink appears to have played a role in the behind-the-scenes rumors and accusations.</p>
<p>Sink was acting superintendent and applied for the superintendent position when Brooks was chosen to run the district four years ago. Brooks subsequently appointed her as the district’s chief academic officer until her abrupt retirement in August. That was about the time the school board approved the Discovery Education contract.</p>
<p>Brooks tape recorded an interview with the Journal for this story in case of future “litigation.”</p>
<p>Despite their feelings toward each other, both are strong supporters of the school district’s move into digital tech books and say that within a few years the technology will be the main instructional support for all teachers.</p>
<p>Digital tech books include online videos, instructional games and other tools not available with traditional textbooks. The Discovery Education program also includes student assessment and teacher training over the seven-year-contract.</p>
<p>Sink’s retirement was made public a week before the school board unanimously approved the Discovery Education contract, which APS emails show she was pushing hard.</p>
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<p>Rumors that she was going to work for Discovery Education reached Brooks, who said in an interview that he was concerned about the public perception if Discovery Education hired Sink.</p>
<p>He didn’t call Sink, but he did call Discovery.</p>
<p>“I called my contact at Discovery and told them that (hiring her) would be a big mistake,” Brooks said in an interview with the Journal.</p>
<p>Sink in a telephone interview said she wasn’t surprised Brooks didn’t call her, given the strain between them but she would have told him the rumors weren’t true.</p>
<p>Brooks, who wasn’t directly involved in the details of the procurement process, said he called his contact to express his concern.</p>
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<p>“At a minimum, under no circumstances should she be assigned to the APS account and it could mean termination of our contract.”</p>
<p>“I was born at noon,” Brooks said. “But not at noon yesterday.”</p>
<p>He added, “I wasn’t trying to blackball her.”</p>
<p>But Sink says she never applied for a job with Discovery Education and was never offered one. Christina Scripps, who oversees media relations for the company, agreed.</p>
<p>“I’m retired at this point,” Sink said. “I’m looking into consulting at some point, but I’m retired.”</p>
<p>“There are always rumors,” she said. “Whenever you move into something new, it upsets people.”</p>
<p>Brooks is a consultant to the Education Research &amp; Development Institute, which counts Discovery Education among its 200-plus clients.</p>
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<p>Brooks and other superintendents are brought in for sessions in which they hear presentations by textbook publishers, computer firms, software companies, food suppliers and other companies.</p>
<p>He is paid $500, in addition to expenses, by the institute for each panel he sits on.</p>
<p>“I have been on Discovery’s panel twice in four years,” Brooks said. “It’s about telling the business partners how to improve their products.”</p>
<p>The school board was aware of Brooks’ deal with the institute and approved giving him up to 10 paid days a year to work on the consulting panels.</p>
<p>He said sitting in on the two panel presentations by Discovery Education had nothing to do with the company’s current contract.</p>
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<p>“Discovery was already doing business with APS before I got here,” Brooks said.</p>
<p>“Some science teachers had been using Discovery Ed — or pieces of it — for years at APS on an individual basis,” he said.</p>
<p>Schools were using library funds to buy portions of the Discovery Education programs.</p>
<p>The Discovery Education contract wasn’t put out to a formal bid. State procurement law exempts copyrighted material like textbooks from going through traditional bid procedures.</p>
<p>Sink said the district talked with other companies but didn’t see their offerings as being as fully developed as those of Discovery Education.</p>
<p>Instead, the district and Discovery Education conducted a pilot program at two middle schools and 37 other classrooms around the district.</p>
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<p>“They worked with us to bring what they offered in line with common core curriculum,” Sink said. “That was important. Plus we were able to evaluate the entire program over time.”</p>
<p>Textbooks go through an evaluation by the State Public Education Department, which provides a list of approved textbooks to local districts. Discovery Education materials didn’t go through that process and were not on the approved list.</p>
<p>School districts are required to spend 50 percent of the money appropriated by the state on the texts and educational materials approved through the state system. Individual school districts have discretion over the remaining 50 percent.</p>
<p>“We worked with the Public Education Department to make sure we were following the law in negotiating with Discovery,” Sink said.</p>
<p>A PED spokesman confirmed that the department conferred with APS on the Discovery Education contract.</p>
<p>Sink said the move into digital tech books was opposed by some teachers and even some members of her own staff.</p>
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<p>The Discovery Education tech books were included in a teacher evaluation that also had traditional science and social science textbooks approved by the Public Education Department.</p>
<p>The tech books didn’t fare well.</p>
<p>One letter to the Journal claimed the Discovery Education tech books didn’t come close to lining up with state or national standards. But Sink said the Discovery Education tech books weren’t supposed to be included in the evaluation process.</p>
<p>And the evaluators were not presented with all aspects of the Discovery Education program, Sink said.</p>
<p>She said someone on her staff who opposed the move to digital textbooks included part of the Discovery Education program in the evaluation.</p>
<p>“That evaluation was for traditional textbooks so we would have a list of approved texts that teachers could draw on and the district could buy,” Sink said.</p>
<p>She said the district “took a middle ground” so teachers could have access to traditional text books to supplement the Discovery Education program.</p>
<p>“But not every kid is going to have a textbook,” Sink said. Sink said, that under the Discovery Education contract, teachers get training each of the seven years of the contract. With traditional text books, training is available for the first year the texts are available.</p>
<p>Brooks said he was comfortable with the decision because other major school districts, like Clark County, Nev., and Miami-Dade, Fla., had entered into contracts with Discovery Education.</p>
<p>APS says the average traditional textbook costs $75 while the tech books average out to around $43. — This article appeared on page A1 of the Albuquerque Journal</p>
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rowan ellington 10 mother jennifer brownellington explore discovery education network computer zuni elementary open house last year greg sorberjournal albuquerque nm albuquerque public schools took dive digital education big way summer signing sevenyear contract discovery education supply tech books science health social sciences 113 million nobid contract wasnt without grumbling criticism despite unanimous approval school board advertisement teachers cheered others seethed rumors started among person driving contract retired school system academic officer linda sink going work discovery education discovery education superintendent winston brooks contract secret illegal traditional textbooks would available advertisement discovery materials didnt match well competition taking order sink says company confirms never sought job discovery wasnt offered one although didnt ask brooks sufficiently concerned called contact discovery warned hiring sink brooks done consulting work discovery firm hires school superintendents around country puts together panels give feedback companies want sell products school systems said work nothing aps contract contract isnt secret provided journal response request inspection public records act appears typical technology license contract state local governments enter copyrighted proprietary computer software support state system buying instructional materials allows nobid contracts copyrighted material exempted law state procurement system textbooks available teachers taught use new techbooks beyond tech books contract students kindergarten 12th grade science social science health contract requires training use technology teachers using advertisement sink says criticism discovery materials evaluation unfair inappropriately included comparison traditional textbooks something said wasnt supposed happen strained relationship brooks sink appears played role behindthescenes rumors accusations sink acting superintendent applied superintendent position brooks chosen run district four years ago brooks subsequently appointed districts chief academic officer abrupt retirement august time school board approved discovery education contract brooks tape recorded interview journal story case future litigation despite feelings toward strong supporters school districts move digital tech books say within years technology main instructional support teachers digital tech books include online videos instructional games tools available traditional textbooks discovery education program also includes student assessment teacher training sevenyearcontract sinks retirement made public week school board unanimously approved discovery education contract aps emails show pushing hard advertisement rumors going work discovery education reached brooks said interview concerned public perception discovery education hired sink didnt call sink call discovery called contact discovery told hiring would big mistake brooks said interview journal sink telephone interview said wasnt surprised brooks didnt call given strain would told rumors werent true brooks wasnt directly involved details procurement process said called contact express concern advertisement minimum circumstances assigned aps account could mean termination contract born noon brooks said noon yesterday added wasnt trying blackball sink says never applied job discovery education never offered one christina scripps oversees media relations company agreed im retired point sink said im looking consulting point im retired always rumors said whenever move something new upsets people brooks consultant education research amp development institute counts discovery education among 200plus clients advertisement brooks superintendents brought sessions hear presentations textbook publishers computer firms software companies food suppliers companies paid 500 addition expenses institute panel sits discoverys panel twice four years brooks said telling business partners improve products school board aware brooks deal institute approved giving 10 paid days year work consulting panels said sitting two panel presentations discovery education nothing companys current contract advertisement discovery already business aps got brooks said science teachers using discovery ed pieces years aps individual basis said schools using library funds buy portions discovery education programs discovery education contract wasnt put formal bid state procurement law exempts copyrighted material like textbooks going traditional bid procedures sink said district talked companies didnt see offerings fully developed discovery education instead district discovery education conducted pilot program two middle schools 37 classrooms around district advertisement worked us bring offered line common core curriculum sink said important plus able evaluate entire program time textbooks go evaluation state public education department provides list approved textbooks local districts discovery education materials didnt go process approved list school districts required spend 50 percent money appropriated state texts educational materials approved state system individual school districts discretion remaining 50 percent worked public education department make sure following law negotiating discovery sink said ped spokesman confirmed department conferred aps discovery education contract sink said move digital tech books opposed teachers even members staff advertisement discovery education tech books included teacher evaluation also traditional science social science textbooks approved public education department tech books didnt fare well one letter journal claimed discovery education tech books didnt come close lining state national standards sink said discovery education tech books werent supposed included evaluation process evaluators presented aspects discovery education program sink said said someone staff opposed move digital textbooks included part discovery education program evaluation evaluation traditional textbooks would list approved texts teachers could draw district could buy sink said said district took middle ground teachers could access traditional text books supplement discovery education program every kid going textbook sink said sink said discovery education contract teachers get training seven years contract traditional text books training available first year texts available brooks said comfortable decision major school districts like clark county nev miamidade fla entered contracts discovery education aps says average traditional textbook costs 75 tech books average around 43 article appeared page a1 albuquerque journal
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<p>NEW YORK (AP) — With Army clinging to a 28-21 lead, Chris Carnegie returned his second interception 99 yards up the left sideline for a touchdown to lift the Black Knights to a 35-21 win over UConn, their first victory at Yankee Stadium since 1960.</p>
<p>UConn pulled to within 28-21 with 2:06 to go, improbably recovered the onside kick, and marched all the way to the 6 before Carnegie picked off Chandler Whitmer at the 1 and ran it all the way back to clinch it.</p>
<p>Quarterback Angel Santiago ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries to lead a balanced rushing attack. The Black Knights (3-6) never trailed but almost faced overtime before Carnegie's clutch pick-6.</p>
<p>Joe Walker added two touchdowns on the ground for the Black Knights, who racked up 325 rushing yards to break a three-game losing streak.</p>
<p>Whitmer had two touchdowns on 19-of-31 passing for 170 yards and added another score on the ground for the Huskies (2-7, 1-4 American Athletic Conference), who have lost six of seven.</p>
<p>But Whitmer didn't get hot until late. Facing fourth-and-6 with 12:54 left in the game, UConn stayed alive when Whitmer found tight end Sean McQuillan over the middle for a 16-yard touchdown to pull to within 21-14.</p>
<p>Army responded on third-and-goal with 4:22 remaining, when Santiago barely broke the goal line to go up 28-14. UConn cut it to 28-21 with 2:06 left on Whitmer's 1-yard completion to Noel Thomas.</p>
<p>Jamar Summers recovered the onside kick for UConn when Army's A.J. Schurr couldn't secure it. Whitmer then broke loose for 26 yards on the opening play of the drive, and picked up another first down two plays later with 1:20 to go.</p>
<p>It didn't feel like it late, but Army never trailed. The nation's No. 5 rushing offense, Army's crafty triple option had no trouble against UConn's 27th-best rushing defense.</p>
<p>Some timely conversions and lengthy drives were a potent mix for Army, which pushed ahead by two touchdowns on the opening drive of the second half. Following its second fourth-down conversion from inside the 6-yard line, Army went up 21-7 midway through the third on a pitch to Walker, who turned the corner for a 2-yard touchdown.</p>
<p>A week after converting just one of 12 third downs in a 23-6 loss to Air Force, Army kept its opening drive alive with a key 35-yard run off a pitch left by Terry Baggett on third down. The Black Knights converted six of their first seven third downs.</p>
<p>Then, facing fourth-and-2 from the 6, placeholder Schurr picked up a fake field goal and scurried right to keep the drive going. Santiago broke through on a keeper two plays later to cap Army's longest drive of the year, 89 yards on 16 plays, and the Black Knights were up 7-0.</p>
<p>Army's offense got right back to it after Carnegie intercepted a tipped pass from Whitmer.</p>
<p>The Black Knights then ripped off another 85-yard drive — keyed by a third-and-2 pitch to Trenton Turrentine on the edge — and went ahead 14-0 after Walker ran in from 4 yards out.</p>
<p>The Black Knights were back in UConn territory with 2:04 left in the first half when Santiago fumbled on a scramble. Junior Joseph recovered, giving the Huskies a crucial chance to get on the board before halftime.</p>
<p>The Huskies didn't waste the opportunity.</p>
<p>Whitmer, back under center, found Thomas for a 26-yard pass to Army's 32 before Max DeLorenzo, untouched through the middle, broke off a 26-yard run on his first carry.</p>
<p>That brought UConn to the 6 and set up Whitmer's 2-yard sneak with 47 seconds to go and cut Army's lead to 14-7.</p>
<p>The Black Knights, who improved to 15-21-5 at Yankee Stadium, rushed for 192 yards on 34 carries in the opening half. UConn dropped to 5-2 against Army all-time.</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — With Army clinging to a 28-21 lead, Chris Carnegie returned his second interception 99 yards up the left sideline for a touchdown to lift the Black Knights to a 35-21 win over UConn, their first victory at Yankee Stadium since 1960.</p>
<p>UConn pulled to within 28-21 with 2:06 to go, improbably recovered the onside kick, and marched all the way to the 6 before Carnegie picked off Chandler Whitmer at the 1 and ran it all the way back to clinch it.</p>
<p>Quarterback Angel Santiago ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries to lead a balanced rushing attack. The Black Knights (3-6) never trailed but almost faced overtime before Carnegie's clutch pick-6.</p>
<p>Joe Walker added two touchdowns on the ground for the Black Knights, who racked up 325 rushing yards to break a three-game losing streak.</p>
<p>Whitmer had two touchdowns on 19-of-31 passing for 170 yards and added another score on the ground for the Huskies (2-7, 1-4 American Athletic Conference), who have lost six of seven.</p>
<p>But Whitmer didn't get hot until late. Facing fourth-and-6 with 12:54 left in the game, UConn stayed alive when Whitmer found tight end Sean McQuillan over the middle for a 16-yard touchdown to pull to within 21-14.</p>
<p>Army responded on third-and-goal with 4:22 remaining, when Santiago barely broke the goal line to go up 28-14. UConn cut it to 28-21 with 2:06 left on Whitmer's 1-yard completion to Noel Thomas.</p>
<p>Jamar Summers recovered the onside kick for UConn when Army's A.J. Schurr couldn't secure it. Whitmer then broke loose for 26 yards on the opening play of the drive, and picked up another first down two plays later with 1:20 to go.</p>
<p>It didn't feel like it late, but Army never trailed. The nation's No. 5 rushing offense, Army's crafty triple option had no trouble against UConn's 27th-best rushing defense.</p>
<p>Some timely conversions and lengthy drives were a potent mix for Army, which pushed ahead by two touchdowns on the opening drive of the second half. Following its second fourth-down conversion from inside the 6-yard line, Army went up 21-7 midway through the third on a pitch to Walker, who turned the corner for a 2-yard touchdown.</p>
<p>A week after converting just one of 12 third downs in a 23-6 loss to Air Force, Army kept its opening drive alive with a key 35-yard run off a pitch left by Terry Baggett on third down. The Black Knights converted six of their first seven third downs.</p>
<p>Then, facing fourth-and-2 from the 6, placeholder Schurr picked up a fake field goal and scurried right to keep the drive going. Santiago broke through on a keeper two plays later to cap Army's longest drive of the year, 89 yards on 16 plays, and the Black Knights were up 7-0.</p>
<p>Army's offense got right back to it after Carnegie intercepted a tipped pass from Whitmer.</p>
<p>The Black Knights then ripped off another 85-yard drive — keyed by a third-and-2 pitch to Trenton Turrentine on the edge — and went ahead 14-0 after Walker ran in from 4 yards out.</p>
<p>The Black Knights were back in UConn territory with 2:04 left in the first half when Santiago fumbled on a scramble. Junior Joseph recovered, giving the Huskies a crucial chance to get on the board before halftime.</p>
<p>The Huskies didn't waste the opportunity.</p>
<p>Whitmer, back under center, found Thomas for a 26-yard pass to Army's 32 before Max DeLorenzo, untouched through the middle, broke off a 26-yard run on his first carry.</p>
<p>That brought UConn to the 6 and set up Whitmer's 2-yard sneak with 47 seconds to go and cut Army's lead to 14-7.</p>
<p>The Black Knights, who improved to 15-21-5 at Yankee Stadium, rushed for 192 yards on 34 carries in the opening half. UConn dropped to 5-2 against Army all-time.</p>
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new york ap army clinging 2821 lead chris carnegie returned second interception 99 yards left sideline touchdown lift black knights 3521 win uconn first victory yankee stadium since 1960 uconn pulled within 2821 206 go improbably recovered onside kick marched way 6 carnegie picked chandler whitmer 1 ran way back clinch quarterback angel santiago ran 97 yards two touchdowns 25 carries lead balanced rushing attack black knights 36 never trailed almost faced overtime carnegies clutch pick6 joe walker added two touchdowns ground black knights racked 325 rushing yards break threegame losing streak whitmer two touchdowns 19of31 passing 170 yards added another score ground huskies 27 14 american athletic conference lost six seven whitmer didnt get hot late facing fourthand6 1254 left game uconn stayed alive whitmer found tight end sean mcquillan middle 16yard touchdown pull within 2114 army responded thirdandgoal 422 remaining santiago barely broke goal line go 2814 uconn cut 2821 206 left whitmers 1yard completion noel thomas jamar summers recovered onside kick uconn armys aj schurr couldnt secure whitmer broke loose 26 yards opening play drive picked another first two plays later 120 go didnt feel like late army never trailed nations 5 rushing offense armys crafty triple option trouble uconns 27thbest rushing defense timely conversions lengthy drives potent mix army pushed ahead two touchdowns opening drive second half following second fourthdown conversion inside 6yard line army went 217 midway third pitch walker turned corner 2yard touchdown week converting one 12 third downs 236 loss air force army kept opening drive alive key 35yard run pitch left terry baggett third black knights converted six first seven third downs facing fourthand2 6 placeholder schurr picked fake field goal scurried right keep drive going santiago broke keeper two plays later cap armys longest drive year 89 yards 16 plays black knights 70 armys offense got right back carnegie intercepted tipped pass whitmer black knights ripped another 85yard drive keyed thirdand2 pitch trenton turrentine edge went ahead 140 walker ran 4 yards black knights back uconn territory 204 left first half santiago fumbled scramble junior joseph recovered giving huskies crucial chance get board halftime huskies didnt waste opportunity whitmer back center found thomas 26yard pass armys 32 max delorenzo untouched middle broke 26yard run first carry brought uconn 6 set whitmers 2yard sneak 47 seconds go cut armys lead 147 black knights improved 15215 yankee stadium rushed 192 yards 34 carries opening half uconn dropped 52 army alltime new york ap army clinging 2821 lead chris carnegie returned second interception 99 yards left sideline touchdown lift black knights 3521 win uconn first victory yankee stadium since 1960 uconn pulled within 2821 206 go improbably recovered onside kick marched way 6 carnegie picked chandler whitmer 1 ran way back clinch quarterback angel santiago ran 97 yards two touchdowns 25 carries lead balanced rushing attack black knights 36 never trailed almost faced overtime carnegies clutch pick6 joe walker added two touchdowns ground black knights racked 325 rushing yards break threegame losing streak whitmer two touchdowns 19of31 passing 170 yards added another score ground huskies 27 14 american athletic conference lost six seven whitmer didnt get hot late facing fourthand6 1254 left game uconn stayed alive whitmer found tight end sean mcquillan middle 16yard touchdown pull within 2114 army responded thirdandgoal 422 remaining santiago barely broke goal line go 2814 uconn cut 2821 206 left whitmers 1yard completion noel thomas jamar summers recovered onside kick uconn armys aj schurr couldnt secure whitmer broke loose 26 yards opening play drive picked another first two plays later 120 go didnt feel like late army never trailed nations 5 rushing offense armys crafty triple option trouble uconns 27thbest rushing defense timely conversions lengthy drives potent mix army pushed ahead two touchdowns opening drive second half following second fourthdown conversion inside 6yard line army went 217 midway third pitch walker turned corner 2yard touchdown week converting one 12 third downs 236 loss air force army kept opening drive alive key 35yard run pitch left terry baggett third black knights converted six first seven third downs facing fourthand2 6 placeholder schurr picked fake field goal scurried right keep drive going santiago broke keeper two plays later cap armys longest drive year 89 yards 16 plays black knights 70 armys offense got right back carnegie intercepted tipped pass whitmer black knights ripped another 85yard drive keyed thirdand2 pitch trenton turrentine edge went ahead 140 walker ran 4 yards black knights back uconn territory 204 left first half santiago fumbled scramble junior joseph recovered giving huskies crucial chance get board halftime huskies didnt waste opportunity whitmer back center found thomas 26yard pass armys 32 max delorenzo untouched middle broke 26yard run first carry brought uconn 6 set whitmers 2yard sneak 47 seconds go cut armys lead 147 black knights improved 15215 yankee stadium rushed 192 yards 34 carries opening half uconn dropped 52 army alltime
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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation's most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change.</p>
<p>The testimony by EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Barry Breen before a House oversight subcommittee conflicts with the agency's policy positions under President Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax. Breen's boss, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, is an ardent fossil fuel promoter who questions the validity of mainstream climate science.</p>
<p>During a hearing Thursday, Rep. Jerry McNerney, a California Democrat, asked Breen whether extreme weather events like hurricanes and wildfires could damage the highly toxic sites and cause contamination to spread.</p>
<p>"We have to respond to climate change, that's just part of our mission set," replied Breen, a career official who leads EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management. "So we need to design remedies that account for that. We don't get to pick where Superfund sites are. We deal with the waste where it is."</p>
<p>There are more than 1,300 Superfund sites in the U.S.</p>
<p>Under the Obama administration, EPA issued a robust plan for prioritizing cleanup and protection of toxic sites located in flood zones and areas vulnerable to sea level rise. However, a Superfund Task Force appointed by Pruitt last year issued a 34-page list of recommendations that makes no mention of climate change, flooding risks from stronger storms or rising seas.</p>
<p>EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox did not respond to questions Thursday about whether Pruitt agreed with Breen's testimony or precisely what the agency is currently doing to address to risks posed to Superfund sites by climate change.</p>
<p>The Associated Press first reported in September that more than a dozen Superfund sites in the Houston area were flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey. Spills of potentially hazardous waste were reported at two of those sites, including a release of cancer-causing dioxin into the San Jacinto River.</p>
<p>A subsequent AP review of EPA records and census data revealed that more than 2 million Americans live within a mile of 327 Superfund sites located in flood-prone areas or those at risk from rising sea levels.</p>
<p>The Government Accountability Office told Congress earlier this month it was assigning investigators to study the risks to human health and the environment posed to Superfund sites by natural disasters.</p>
<p>EPA's 2014 Climate Adaptation Plan noted that prolonged flooding at low-lying Superfund sites could cause extensive erosion, carrying away contaminants as waters recede.</p>
<p>Pruitt says he has made faster Superfund site cleanups a high priority for the agency. Pruitt's task force on the issue is led by Albert "Kell" Kelly, a former Oklahoma banker with no experience as an environmental regulator.</p>
<p>Kelly had been expected to testify at Thursday's hearing, but was replaced by Breen due to what EPA told the House committee was a scheduling conflict.</p>
<p>AP reported in August that Pruitt hired Kelly as a senior adviser at EPA after federal financial regulators cited Kelly for unspecified violations while serving as the top executive at a community bank in Oklahoma. Kelly previously served as chairman of Tulsa-based SpiritBank, which provided a $6.8 million financing when Pruitt and his business partners purchased Oklahoma City's minor league baseball team in 2003.</p>
<p>Asked by Democrats for details about why Kelly was barred by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from working for any U.S. financial institution, Breen said Thursday that Kelly had elected to settle the case against him and "is fully willing to discuss this matter."</p>
<p>An email and voicemail to Kelly seeking comment on Thursday received no response. Wilcox also did not respond to a request seeking details about why the FDIC barred Kelly from the banking industry.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation's most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change.</p>
<p>The testimony by EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Barry Breen before a House oversight subcommittee conflicts with the agency's policy positions under President Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax. Breen's boss, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, is an ardent fossil fuel promoter who questions the validity of mainstream climate science.</p>
<p>During a hearing Thursday, Rep. Jerry McNerney, a California Democrat, asked Breen whether extreme weather events like hurricanes and wildfires could damage the highly toxic sites and cause contamination to spread.</p>
<p>"We have to respond to climate change, that's just part of our mission set," replied Breen, a career official who leads EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management. "So we need to design remedies that account for that. We don't get to pick where Superfund sites are. We deal with the waste where it is."</p>
<p>There are more than 1,300 Superfund sites in the U.S.</p>
<p>Under the Obama administration, EPA issued a robust plan for prioritizing cleanup and protection of toxic sites located in flood zones and areas vulnerable to sea level rise. However, a Superfund Task Force appointed by Pruitt last year issued a 34-page list of recommendations that makes no mention of climate change, flooding risks from stronger storms or rising seas.</p>
<p>EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox did not respond to questions Thursday about whether Pruitt agreed with Breen's testimony or precisely what the agency is currently doing to address to risks posed to Superfund sites by climate change.</p>
<p>The Associated Press first reported in September that more than a dozen Superfund sites in the Houston area were flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey. Spills of potentially hazardous waste were reported at two of those sites, including a release of cancer-causing dioxin into the San Jacinto River.</p>
<p>A subsequent AP review of EPA records and census data revealed that more than 2 million Americans live within a mile of 327 Superfund sites located in flood-prone areas or those at risk from rising sea levels.</p>
<p>The Government Accountability Office told Congress earlier this month it was assigning investigators to study the risks to human health and the environment posed to Superfund sites by natural disasters.</p>
<p>EPA's 2014 Climate Adaptation Plan noted that prolonged flooding at low-lying Superfund sites could cause extensive erosion, carrying away contaminants as waters recede.</p>
<p>Pruitt says he has made faster Superfund site cleanups a high priority for the agency. Pruitt's task force on the issue is led by Albert "Kell" Kelly, a former Oklahoma banker with no experience as an environmental regulator.</p>
<p>Kelly had been expected to testify at Thursday's hearing, but was replaced by Breen due to what EPA told the House committee was a scheduling conflict.</p>
<p>AP reported in August that Pruitt hired Kelly as a senior adviser at EPA after federal financial regulators cited Kelly for unspecified violations while serving as the top executive at a community bank in Oklahoma. Kelly previously served as chairman of Tulsa-based SpiritBank, which provided a $6.8 million financing when Pruitt and his business partners purchased Oklahoma City's minor league baseball team in 2003.</p>
<p>Asked by Democrats for details about why Kelly was barred by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from working for any U.S. financial institution, Breen said Thursday that Kelly had elected to settle the case against him and "is fully willing to discuss this matter."</p>
<p>An email and voicemail to Kelly seeking comment on Thursday received no response. Wilcox also did not respond to a request seeking details about why the FDIC barred Kelly from the banking industry.</p>
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washington ap top manager supervises environmental protection agency program responsible cleaning nations contaminated properties waterways told congress thursday government needs plan ongoing threat posed superfund sites climate change testimony epa principal deputy assistant administrator barry breen house oversight subcommittee conflicts agencys policy positions president donald trump called climate change hoax breens boss epa administrator scott pruitt ardent fossil fuel promoter questions validity mainstream climate science hearing thursday rep jerry mcnerney california democrat asked breen whether extreme weather events like hurricanes wildfires could damage highly toxic sites cause contamination spread respond climate change thats part mission set replied breen career official leads epas office land emergency management need design remedies account dont get pick superfund sites deal waste 1300 superfund sites us obama administration epa issued robust plan prioritizing cleanup protection toxic sites located flood zones areas vulnerable sea level rise however superfund task force appointed pruitt last year issued 34page list recommendations makes mention climate change flooding risks stronger storms rising seas epa spokesman jahan wilcox respond questions thursday whether pruitt agreed breens testimony precisely agency currently address risks posed superfund sites climate change associated press first reported september dozen superfund sites houston area flooded heavy rains hurricane harvey spills potentially hazardous waste reported two sites including release cancercausing dioxin san jacinto river subsequent ap review epa records census data revealed 2 million americans live within mile 327 superfund sites located floodprone areas risk rising sea levels government accountability office told congress earlier month assigning investigators study risks human health environment posed superfund sites natural disasters epas 2014 climate adaptation plan noted prolonged flooding lowlying superfund sites could cause extensive erosion carrying away contaminants waters recede pruitt says made faster superfund site cleanups high priority agency pruitts task force issue led albert kell kelly former oklahoma banker experience environmental regulator kelly expected testify thursdays hearing replaced breen due epa told house committee scheduling conflict ap reported august pruitt hired kelly senior adviser epa federal financial regulators cited kelly unspecified violations serving top executive community bank oklahoma kelly previously served chairman tulsabased spiritbank provided 68 million financing pruitt business partners purchased oklahoma citys minor league baseball team 2003 asked democrats details kelly barred federal deposit insurance corporation working us financial institution breen said thursday kelly elected settle case fully willing discuss matter email voicemail kelly seeking comment thursday received response wilcox also respond request seeking details fdic barred kelly banking industry ___ follow ap environmental writer michael biesecker wwwtwittercommbieseck washington ap top manager supervises environmental protection agency program responsible cleaning nations contaminated properties waterways told congress thursday government needs plan ongoing threat posed superfund sites climate change testimony epa principal deputy assistant administrator barry breen house oversight subcommittee conflicts agencys policy positions president donald trump called climate change hoax breens boss epa administrator scott pruitt ardent fossil fuel promoter questions validity mainstream climate science hearing thursday rep jerry mcnerney california democrat asked breen whether extreme weather events like hurricanes wildfires could damage highly toxic sites cause contamination spread respond climate change thats part mission set replied breen career official leads epas office land emergency management need design remedies account dont get pick superfund sites deal waste 1300 superfund sites us obama administration epa issued robust plan prioritizing cleanup protection toxic sites located flood zones areas vulnerable sea level rise however superfund task force appointed pruitt last year issued 34page list recommendations makes mention climate change flooding risks stronger storms rising seas epa spokesman jahan wilcox respond questions thursday whether pruitt agreed breens testimony precisely agency currently address risks posed superfund sites climate change associated press first reported september dozen superfund sites houston area flooded heavy rains hurricane harvey spills potentially hazardous waste reported two sites including release cancercausing dioxin san jacinto river subsequent ap review epa records census data revealed 2 million americans live within mile 327 superfund sites located floodprone areas risk rising sea levels government accountability office told congress earlier month assigning investigators study risks human health environment posed superfund sites natural disasters epas 2014 climate adaptation plan noted prolonged flooding lowlying superfund sites could cause extensive erosion carrying away contaminants waters recede pruitt says made faster superfund site cleanups high priority agency pruitts task force issue led albert kell kelly former oklahoma banker experience environmental regulator kelly expected testify thursdays hearing replaced breen due epa told house committee scheduling conflict ap reported august pruitt hired kelly senior adviser epa federal financial regulators cited kelly unspecified violations serving top executive community bank oklahoma kelly previously served chairman tulsabased spiritbank provided 68 million financing pruitt business partners purchased oklahoma citys minor league baseball team 2003 asked democrats details kelly barred federal deposit insurance corporation working us financial institution breen said thursday kelly elected settle case fully willing discuss matter email voicemail kelly seeking comment thursday received response wilcox also respond request seeking details fdic barred kelly banking industry ___ follow ap environmental writer michael biesecker wwwtwittercommbieseck
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<p>BERLIN (AP) - The recent influx of mostly young, male migrants into Germany has led to an increase in violent crime in the country, according to a government-funded study published Wednesday.</p>
<p>The study used figures from the northern state of Lower Saxony to examine the impact of refugee arrivals on crime in 2015 and 2016, a period when the number of violent crimes reported increased by 10.4 percent.</p>
<p>The authors concluded that 92 percent of the additional crimes recorded could be attributed to the increase in refugee numbers.</p>
<p>It noted that the demographic composition of the refugee population is a major factor. Young males - whether Germans or migrants - are generally more likely to commit crimes, but also more likely to become victims of violence.</p>
<p>The findings add to the ongoing debate in Germany about how to tackle migrant crime, which has been fanned by a number of <a href="" type="internal">high-profile incidents</a> . Parties on the right, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Union bloc, want a tough response and more deportations, while those on the left say more needs to be done to integrate refugees into German society.</p>
<p>"It is true that since 2015 there has been a rise in violent crime that the authors attribute to the arrival of refugees," said Verena Herb, a spokeswoman for the Families Ministry that commissioned the study. "But they also make very clear that refugees aren't generally more criminal than for example Germans."</p>
<p>Herb told reporters in Berlin that the biggest problems seemed to come from young men who see little hope for their futures. Afghans and Syrians were less likely to commit crimes than migrants from North Africa, who stand little chance of receiving permission to stay in Germany, the study found.</p>
<p>"In our view, this shows once more that those who come here mustn't be left to their own devices," she said. "Only that way can we ensure that boredom and frustration don't result in criminal behavior."</p>
<p>The study, led by prominent criminologist Christian Pfeiffer and published by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, says most of the refugees came to Germany from Muslim countries that are "characterized by male dominance" and an acceptance of a "macho culture" that can justify violence.</p>
<p>The lack of women among Germany's refugee population is also seen as an aggravating factor.</p>
<p>"This makes it more likely for groups of young men to emerge among the refugees and they can develop a violent dynamic of their own," the authors wrote, concluding that it makes sense to allow refugees to bring over their families.</p>
<p>The report also notes that people are twice as likely to report crimes if they are committed by people who are different from them, causing some distortion in the crime statistics.</p>
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<p>BERLIN (AP) - The recent influx of mostly young, male migrants into Germany has led to an increase in violent crime in the country, according to a government-funded study published Wednesday.</p>
<p>The study used figures from the northern state of Lower Saxony to examine the impact of refugee arrivals on crime in 2015 and 2016, a period when the number of violent crimes reported increased by 10.4 percent.</p>
<p>The authors concluded that 92 percent of the additional crimes recorded could be attributed to the increase in refugee numbers.</p>
<p>It noted that the demographic composition of the refugee population is a major factor. Young males - whether Germans or migrants - are generally more likely to commit crimes, but also more likely to become victims of violence.</p>
<p>The findings add to the ongoing debate in Germany about how to tackle migrant crime, which has been fanned by a number of <a href="" type="internal">high-profile incidents</a> . Parties on the right, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Union bloc, want a tough response and more deportations, while those on the left say more needs to be done to integrate refugees into German society.</p>
<p>"It is true that since 2015 there has been a rise in violent crime that the authors attribute to the arrival of refugees," said Verena Herb, a spokeswoman for the Families Ministry that commissioned the study. "But they also make very clear that refugees aren't generally more criminal than for example Germans."</p>
<p>Herb told reporters in Berlin that the biggest problems seemed to come from young men who see little hope for their futures. Afghans and Syrians were less likely to commit crimes than migrants from North Africa, who stand little chance of receiving permission to stay in Germany, the study found.</p>
<p>"In our view, this shows once more that those who come here mustn't be left to their own devices," she said. "Only that way can we ensure that boredom and frustration don't result in criminal behavior."</p>
<p>The study, led by prominent criminologist Christian Pfeiffer and published by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, says most of the refugees came to Germany from Muslim countries that are "characterized by male dominance" and an acceptance of a "macho culture" that can justify violence.</p>
<p>The lack of women among Germany's refugee population is also seen as an aggravating factor.</p>
<p>"This makes it more likely for groups of young men to emerge among the refugees and they can develop a violent dynamic of their own," the authors wrote, concluding that it makes sense to allow refugees to bring over their families.</p>
<p>The report also notes that people are twice as likely to report crimes if they are committed by people who are different from them, causing some distortion in the crime statistics.</p>
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berlin ap recent influx mostly young male migrants germany led increase violent crime country according governmentfunded study published wednesday study used figures northern state lower saxony examine impact refugee arrivals crime 2015 2016 period number violent crimes reported increased 104 percent authors concluded 92 percent additional crimes recorded could attributed increase refugee numbers noted demographic composition refugee population major factor young males whether germans migrants generally likely commit crimes also likely become victims violence findings add ongoing debate germany tackle migrant crime fanned number highprofile incidents parties right including german chancellor angela merkels union bloc want tough response deportations left say needs done integrate refugees german society true since 2015 rise violent crime authors attribute arrival refugees said verena herb spokeswoman families ministry commissioned study also make clear refugees arent generally criminal example germans herb told reporters berlin biggest problems seemed come young men see little hope futures afghans syrians less likely commit crimes migrants north africa stand little chance receiving permission stay germany study found view shows come mustnt left devices said way ensure boredom frustration dont result criminal behavior study led prominent criminologist christian pfeiffer published zurich university applied sciences says refugees came germany muslim countries characterized male dominance acceptance macho culture justify violence lack women among germanys refugee population also seen aggravating factor makes likely groups young men emerge among refugees develop violent dynamic authors wrote concluding makes sense allow refugees bring families report also notes people twice likely report crimes committed people different causing distortion crime statistics ___ follow frank jordans twitter httpwwwtwittercomwirereporter berlin ap recent influx mostly young male migrants germany led increase violent crime country according governmentfunded study published wednesday study used figures northern state lower saxony examine impact refugee arrivals crime 2015 2016 period number violent crimes reported increased 104 percent authors concluded 92 percent additional crimes recorded could attributed increase refugee numbers noted demographic composition refugee population major factor young males whether germans migrants generally likely commit crimes also likely become victims violence findings add ongoing debate germany tackle migrant crime fanned number highprofile incidents parties right including german chancellor angela merkels union bloc want tough response deportations left say needs done integrate refugees german society true since 2015 rise violent crime authors attribute arrival refugees said verena herb spokeswoman families ministry commissioned study also make clear refugees arent generally criminal example germans herb told reporters berlin biggest problems seemed come young men see little hope futures afghans syrians less likely commit crimes migrants north africa stand little chance receiving permission stay germany study found view shows come mustnt left devices said way ensure boredom frustration dont result criminal behavior study led prominent criminologist christian pfeiffer published zurich university applied sciences says refugees came germany muslim countries characterized male dominance acceptance macho culture justify violence lack women among germanys refugee population also seen aggravating factor makes likely groups young men emerge among refugees develop violent dynamic authors wrote concluding makes sense allow refugees bring families report also notes people twice likely report crimes committed people different causing distortion crime statistics ___ follow frank jordans twitter httpwwwtwittercomwirereporter
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<p>The latest debate among Republican candidates for president was a tame affair that produced few factual claims needing correction. Candidates stuck mostly to promises and expressions of their conservative faith in free markets, and their disdain for government.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/us/politics/cnbc-your-money-your-vote-republican-presidential-debate.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all" type="external">debate</a> was held Nov. 9 at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., and included eight candidates: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>We won’t go into the audience booing when Cain was asked about the sexual-harassment issue that has dogged him for the past week, or Perry experiencing a brain freeze when trying to remember the third federal agency he intended to eliminate upon becoming president. (He later remembered that it was the Department of Energy, which is <a href="http://nnsa.energy.gov/ourmission" type="external">responsible for the nation’s nuclear arsenal</a>, among other things.) Our job is to look for false or misleading factual claims. And this time we found only minor quibbles. Here’s the sort of thing we mean:</p>
<p>Cain: $430 Billion Compliance Costs</p>
<p>Cain said Americans spend $430 billion a year to comply with the tax code. But that is just one estimate, by a conservative group. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office said in a <a href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05878.pdf" type="external">2005 report</a> that estimates for the cost of tax preparation are unreliable and vary greatly.</p>
<p>Cain offered his estimate when making a pitch to eliminate the current tax code and replace it with his 9-9-9 plan.</p>
<p>Cain: My proposal is the only one that solves the problem by throwing out the current tax code, which has been a mess for decades, and we need to put in something different that I proposed, 9-9-9. It satisfies five simple criteria. It is simple. The complexity costs us $430 billion a year.</p>
<p>That estimate comes from a <a href="http://www.laffercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2011-Laffer-TaxCodeComplexity.pdf" type="external">study</a> by the Laffer Center, which was founded by supply-side economist Arthur Laffer.</p>
<p>There is no question that compliance is costly and time-consuming, but the actual expense is not known. The Taxpayer Advocate Service of the IRS estimated in its <a href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/execsummary_2010arc.pdf" type="external">2010 report</a> to Congress that Americans spent 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax requirements, although it did not put a price tag on that amount of time. The Laffer study, citing the Taxpayer Advocate Service, says the number of hours actually has declined because of software programs.</p>
<p>The GAO’s 2005 report said that “estimates of compliance costs are uncertain because taxpayers generally do not keep relevant records” on how much time and money they spent. It also said “many important elements of the costs are difficult to measure because, among other things, federal tax requirements often overlap with recordkeeping and reporting that taxpayers do for other purposes.”</p>
<p>Although declining to offer an estimate, the GAO took the number of hours spent on tax preparation and provided a range of $100 billion to $200 billion.</p>
<p>GAO, August 2005: Treasury has estimated that during fiscal year 2004 individuals, businesses, and exempt organizations spent a total of 6.4 billion hours on Treasury’s forms. Treasury does not convert this time estimate into a monetary value. If this time burden were monetized at rates between $15 per hour and $30 per hour (the range used for individual taxpayers in the studies that we found), the total cost would amount to between about $100 billion and $200 billion.</p>
<p>However, the GAO was quick to follow that with this caveat about the Treasury’s data: “Many analysts within Treasury and outside believe that the ICB estimates are not very accurate.” The ICB is the Information Collection Budget, which provided the 6.1 billion hour estimate.</p>
<p>The GAO reviewed and summarized the available academic research and concluded that compliance costs are — not surprisingly — “large, even though the total remains uncertain.”</p>
<p>It said “combining the lowest available (and incomplete) estimates of individual and corporate compliance cost yields a total of $107 billion (roughly 1 percent of GDP) per year; however, other studies estimate costs 1.5 times as large.”</p>
<p>However, for the average taxpayer who hires an accountant, the cost of tax preparation is $233. The National Society of Accountants says its <a href="http://www.nsacct.org/MemberBenefits/IncomeFeeSurvey/tabid/9476/Default.aspx" type="external">survey</a> of “nearly 8,000 tax preparers showed the average tax preparation fee for an itemized Form 1040 with Schedule A and a state tax return was $233 for the 2011 tax season.”</p>
<p>Bachmann: 47 Percent</p>
<p>Bachmann was awfully close when she said that nearly half of Americans pay no federal income taxes — but there’s more to the story.</p>
<p>Bachmann: When you have 53 percent of Americans paying federal income taxes, but you have 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income taxes, you have a real problem.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxtopics/federal-taxes-households.cfm" type="external">nonpartisan Tax Policy Center</a>, it’s true that 46.4 percent of families and individuals won’t pay federal income taxes this year. But whether that’s “a real problem” or not is a matter of opinion. The center projects that about two-thirds of that group are workers who will pay Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, for one thing. The rest are nearly all either elderly, poor or almost poor.</p>
<p>The center says that the 18.1 percent who pay neither income taxes nor payroll taxes includes 10.3 percent who are elderly and 6.9 percent who are younger but still have incomes under $20,000 a year. For most of the country, the <a href="http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/11poverty.shtml" type="external">official poverty guidelines</a> this year classify a family of four as poor if they have less than $22,350 in income. For a single person, the guideline is $10,890.</p>
<p>Romney: Federal Workers Overpaid?</p>
<p>As part of his plan to cut government spending, Romney said he’d reduce compensation paid to “federal bureaucrats” because “public servants shouldn’t get more money than the taxpayers that they’re serving.”</p>
<p>Romney: I want to make sure we link the compensation of our federal bureaucrats to that which exists in the private sector. People who are public servants shouldn’t get more money than the taxpayers that they’re serving.</p>
<p>It’s true that&#160;federal workers, on average, are compensated more in pay plus benefits than&#160;the average private sector worker. But Romney fails to mention factors such as occupation, skill level, age and education.</p>
<p>Claims that federal workers are overpaid compared with their private sector counterparts&#160;are nothing new. Back in December 2010, we took an <a href="" type="internal">in-depth</a> look at claims from several Republican leaders that the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker. We concluded the comparison was misleading because the average federal civilian worker is <a href="http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/prof0908.asp" type="external">better educated</a>, more experienced and <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/78xx/doc7874/03-15-Federal_Personnel.pdf" type="external">more likely</a> to have management or professional responsibilities than the average private worker. Also, a government trend in recent years toward privatizing lower-skilled, lower-paid positions has <a href="http://www.bea.gov/faq/index.cfm?faq_id=320&amp;start=0&amp;cat_id=0" type="external">raised</a> the average pay of federal employees. And another thing: President Obama announced nearly a year ago that he would <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/us/politics/30freeze.html" type="external">freeze pay levels</a> for federal civilian workers for two years.</p>
<p>Gingrich ‘Off Budget’</p>
<p>Gingrich (again) said that Social Security should be “off budget” as it once was, before Lyndon Johnson changed the treatment of the program for budget purposes.</p>
<p>Gingrich: In 1968, in order to fake a balanced budget, Lyndon Johnson brought Social Security in the general budget. And ever since, politicians have hid behind Social Security. Now it’s going to become a disadvantage to do so. I think the first step is you take Social Security off the federal budget.</p>
<p>The fact is, as a technical matter at least, Social Security was taken “off budget” again in 1985, <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/history/BudgetTreatment.html" type="external">according to the Social Security Administration</a>. But that’s an arcane issue with little practical impact one way or the other. The important fact is that after many years of generating surplus funds that the government borrowed and used for other purposes, Social Security payroll taxes now <a href="" type="internal">fall short of covering the benefits</a> the system is obliged to pay. Whatever governmental bookkeeping conventions are used, the Treasury will need to keep borrowing to meet its obligations to the Social Security trust funds until they are exhausted (in <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/index.html" type="external">about 2036</a>), at which point the system’s trustees say benefits will have to be cut 23 percent, or taxes increased, unless Congress acts beforehand.</p>
<p>Gingrich and Freddie Mac</p>
<p>Gingrich defended his lobbying for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) by saying he merely advised the agency that history would prove its policies “insane”:</p>
<p>Gingrich: I offered advice. My advice as an historian when they walked in and said we are now making loans to people that have no credit history and have no record of paying back anything but that’s what the government wants us to do. I said at the time, this is a bubble. This is insane. This is impossible. It turned out unfortunately I was right.</p>
<p>Perhaps so. But the former speaker’s account is contradicted by what <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/mortgage-meltdown-freddie-mac-lobbying-held-federal-regulators-bay" type="external">The Associated Press reported in 2008</a>. An investigative article by AP reporter Pete Yost stated:</p>
<p>The AP, Dec. 8, 2008: Freddie Mac enlisted prominent conservatives, including Gingrich and former Justice Department official Viet Dinh, paying each $300,000 in 2006, according to internal records.</p>
<p>Gingrich talked and wrote about what he saw as the benefits of the Freddie Mac business model.</p>
<p>We’ll leave it to readers to judge whether Gingrich was hired for his advice as a history professor, or his influence as a former speaker of the House.</p>
<p>As usual, we’ll be going over the transcript of the debate later and will post any additional findings as appropriate.</p>
<p>— Brooks Jackson, Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley and Lori Robertson</p>
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latest debate among republican candidates president tame affair produced factual claims needing correction candidates stuck mostly promises expressions conservative faith free markets disdain government debate held nov 9 oakland university rochester mich included eight candidates minnesota rep michele bachmann businessman herman cain former house speaker newt gingrich former utah gov jon huntsman texas rep ron paul texas gov rick perry former massachusetts gov mitt romney former sen rick santorum pennsylvania wont go audience booing cain asked sexualharassment issue dogged past week perry experiencing brain freeze trying remember third federal agency intended eliminate upon becoming president later remembered department energy responsible nations nuclear arsenal among things job look false misleading factual claims time found minor quibbles heres sort thing mean cain 430 billion compliance costs cain said americans spend 430 billion year comply tax code one estimate conservative group nonpartisan government accountability office said 2005 report estimates cost tax preparation unreliable vary greatly cain offered estimate making pitch eliminate current tax code replace 999 plan cain proposal one solves problem throwing current tax code mess decades need put something different proposed 999 satisfies five simple criteria simple complexity costs us 430 billion year estimate comes study laffer center founded supplyside economist arthur laffer question compliance costly timeconsuming actual expense known taxpayer advocate service irs estimated 2010 report congress americans spent 61 billion hours year complying tax requirements although put price tag amount time laffer study citing taxpayer advocate service says number hours actually declined software programs gaos 2005 report said estimates compliance costs uncertain taxpayers generally keep relevant records much time money spent also said many important elements costs difficult measure among things federal tax requirements often overlap recordkeeping reporting taxpayers purposes although declining offer estimate gao took number hours spent tax preparation provided range 100 billion 200 billion gao august 2005 treasury estimated fiscal year 2004 individuals businesses exempt organizations spent total 64 billion hours treasurys forms treasury convert time estimate monetary value time burden monetized rates 15 per hour 30 per hour range used individual taxpayers studies found total cost would amount 100 billion 200 billion however gao quick follow caveat treasurys data many analysts within treasury outside believe icb estimates accurate icb information collection budget provided 61 billion hour estimate gao reviewed summarized available academic research concluded compliance costs surprisingly large even though total remains uncertain said combining lowest available incomplete estimates individual corporate compliance cost yields total 107 billion roughly 1 percent gdp per year however studies estimate costs 15 times large however average taxpayer hires accountant cost tax preparation 233 national society accountants says survey nearly 8000 tax preparers showed average tax preparation fee itemized form 1040 schedule state tax return 233 2011 tax season bachmann 47 percent bachmann awfully close said nearly half americans pay federal income taxes theres story bachmann 53 percent americans paying federal income taxes 47 percent americans pay federal income taxes real problem according nonpartisan tax policy center true 464 percent families individuals wont pay federal income taxes year whether thats real problem matter opinion center projects twothirds group workers pay social security medicare payroll taxes one thing rest nearly either elderly poor almost poor center says 181 percent pay neither income taxes payroll taxes includes 103 percent elderly 69 percent younger still incomes 20000 year country official poverty guidelines year classify family four poor less 22350 income single person guideline 10890 romney federal workers overpaid part plan cut government spending romney said hed reduce compensation paid federal bureaucrats public servants shouldnt get money taxpayers theyre serving romney want make sure link compensation federal bureaucrats exists private sector people public servants shouldnt get money taxpayers theyre serving true that160federal workers average compensated pay plus benefits than160the average private sector worker romney fails mention factors occupation skill level age education claims federal workers overpaid compared private sector counterparts160are nothing new back december 2010 took indepth look claims several republican leaders average federal worker makes twice much average private sector worker concluded comparison misleading average federal civilian worker better educated experienced likely management professional responsibilities average private worker also government trend recent years toward privatizing lowerskilled lowerpaid positions raised average pay federal employees another thing president obama announced nearly year ago would freeze pay levels federal civilian workers two years gingrich budget gingrich said social security budget lyndon johnson changed treatment program budget purposes gingrich 1968 order fake balanced budget lyndon johnson brought social security general budget ever since politicians hid behind social security going become disadvantage think first step take social security federal budget fact technical matter least social security taken budget 1985 according social security administration thats arcane issue little practical impact one way important fact many years generating surplus funds government borrowed used purposes social security payroll taxes fall short covering benefits system obliged pay whatever governmental bookkeeping conventions used treasury need keep borrowing meet obligations social security trust funds exhausted 2036 point systems trustees say benefits cut 23 percent taxes increased unless congress acts beforehand gingrich freddie mac gingrich defended lobbying federal home loan mortgage corporation freddie mac saying merely advised agency history would prove policies insane gingrich offered advice advice historian walked said making loans people credit history record paying back anything thats government wants us said time bubble insane impossible turned unfortunately right perhaps former speakers account contradicted associated press reported 2008 investigative article ap reporter pete yost stated ap dec 8 2008 freddie mac enlisted prominent conservatives including gingrich former justice department official viet dinh paying 300000 2006 according internal records gingrich talked wrote saw benefits freddie mac business model well leave readers judge whether gingrich hired advice history professor influence former speaker house usual well going transcript debate later post additional findings appropriate brooks jackson 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<p>LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets on Friday recovered their poise after the previous day’s losses when investors were spooked by the escalating conflict in Yemen. However, oil prices slipped back from Thursday’s sizeable advance when traders worried about the conflict’s impact on oil supplies.</p>
<p>KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX rose 0.4 percent at 11,895 while the CAC-40 in France was up 0.5 percent at 5,030. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares however was 0.4 percent lower at 6,868. Wall Street was poised for a subdued opening with both Dow futures and the broader S&amp;P 500 futures down 0.1 percent.</p>
<p>MIDDLE EAST: The turmoil in Yemen is also a key focus in financial markets, particularly in oil markets. The conflict has erupted into a regional conflict, with Saudi Arabia and its allies bombing Shiite rebels allied with Iran, while Egyptian officials said a ground assault will follow the airstrikes. Iran denounced the Saudi-led air campaign, saying it “considers this action a dangerous step.” The military action has turned impoverished and chaotic Yemen into a new front in the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran.</p>
<p>OIL PRICES: Benchmark U.S. crude slipped 73 cents to $50.70 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That comes after a sharp $2.22, or 4.5 percent, gain on Thursday. Meanwhile, Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, was down 80 cents at $58.39 a barrel in London.</p>
<p>ANALYST TAKE: “The fact that we’re seeing a small decline in prices today does not mean that traders are no longer concerned about the conflict, it’s simply a correction because yesterday’s rally was a little overdone,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA.</p>
<p>US GDP IN FOCUS: How U.S. markets open could largely hinge on the final revision to fourth quarter U.S. economic growth. Most analysts expect the previous reading to be revised slightly higher to 2.4 percent. “Economic data is back in the focus for U.S. investors,” said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.</p>
<p>ASIA SCORECARD: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.0 percent to 19,285.63 and South Korea’s Kospi was down 0.1 percent at 2,019.80. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged 0.04 percent lower to 24,486.20. Australia’s S&amp;P/ASX 200 rose 0.7 percent to 5,919.90. Taiwan’s benchmark fell and markets in Southeast Asia were mixed.</p>
<p>CURRENCIES: The U.S. currency has appreciated 8 percent in the past three months, a trend that tends to make U.S.-made goods more expensive abroad, but can help competitors in Japan and Europe. On Friday, the euro fell 0.2 percent to $1.0863 while the dollar was flat at 119.20 yen.</p>
<p>LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets on Friday recovered their poise after the previous day’s losses when investors were spooked by the escalating conflict in Yemen. However, oil prices slipped back from Thursday’s sizeable advance when traders worried about the conflict’s impact on oil supplies.</p>
<p>KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX rose 0.4 percent at 11,895 while the CAC-40 in France was up 0.5 percent at 5,030. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares however was 0.4 percent lower at 6,868. Wall Street was poised for a subdued opening with both Dow futures and the broader S&amp;P 500 futures down 0.1 percent.</p>
<p>MIDDLE EAST: The turmoil in Yemen is also a key focus in financial markets, particularly in oil markets. The conflict has erupted into a regional conflict, with Saudi Arabia and its allies bombing Shiite rebels allied with Iran, while Egyptian officials said a ground assault will follow the airstrikes. Iran denounced the Saudi-led air campaign, saying it “considers this action a dangerous step.” The military action has turned impoverished and chaotic Yemen into a new front in the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran.</p>
<p>OIL PRICES: Benchmark U.S. crude slipped 73 cents to $50.70 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That comes after a sharp $2.22, or 4.5 percent, gain on Thursday. Meanwhile, Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, was down 80 cents at $58.39 a barrel in London.</p>
<p>ANALYST TAKE: “The fact that we’re seeing a small decline in prices today does not mean that traders are no longer concerned about the conflict, it’s simply a correction because yesterday’s rally was a little overdone,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA.</p>
<p>US GDP IN FOCUS: How U.S. markets open could largely hinge on the final revision to fourth quarter U.S. economic growth. Most analysts expect the previous reading to be revised slightly higher to 2.4 percent. “Economic data is back in the focus for U.S. investors,” said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.</p>
<p>ASIA SCORECARD: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.0 percent to 19,285.63 and South Korea’s Kospi was down 0.1 percent at 2,019.80. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged 0.04 percent lower to 24,486.20. Australia’s S&amp;P/ASX 200 rose 0.7 percent to 5,919.90. Taiwan’s benchmark fell and markets in Southeast Asia were mixed.</p>
<p>CURRENCIES: The U.S. currency has appreciated 8 percent in the past three months, a trend that tends to make U.S.-made goods more expensive abroad, but can help competitors in Japan and Europe. On Friday, the euro fell 0.2 percent to $1.0863 while the dollar was flat at 119.20 yen.</p>
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london ap global stock markets friday recovered poise previous days losses investors spooked escalating conflict yemen however oil prices slipped back thursdays sizeable advance traders worried conflicts impact oil supplies keeping score europe germanys dax rose 04 percent 11895 cac40 france 05 percent 5030 ftse 100 index leading british shares however 04 percent lower 6868 wall street poised subdued opening dow futures broader sampp 500 futures 01 percent middle east turmoil yemen also key focus financial markets particularly oil markets conflict erupted regional conflict saudi arabia allies bombing shiite rebels allied iran egyptian officials said ground assault follow airstrikes iran denounced saudiled air campaign saying considers action dangerous step military action turned impoverished chaotic yemen new front rivalry saudi arabia iran oil prices benchmark us crude slipped 73 cents 5070 barrel electronic trading new york mercantile exchange comes sharp 222 45 percent gain thursday meanwhile brent crude benchmark international oils 80 cents 5839 barrel london analyst take fact seeing small decline prices today mean traders longer concerned conflict simply correction yesterdays rally little overdone said craig erlam senior market analyst oanda us gdp focus us markets open could largely hinge final revision fourth quarter us economic growth analysts expect previous reading revised slightly higher 24 percent economic data back focus us investors said alastair mccaig market analyst ig asia scorecard japans nikkei 225 fell 10 percent 1928563 south koreas kospi 01 percent 201980 hong kongs hang seng edged 004 percent lower 2448620 australias samppasx 200 rose 07 percent 591990 taiwans benchmark fell markets southeast asia mixed currencies us currency appreciated 8 percent past three months trend tends make usmade goods expensive abroad help competitors japan europe friday euro fell 02 percent 10863 dollar flat 11920 yen london ap global stock markets friday recovered poise previous days losses investors spooked escalating conflict yemen however oil prices slipped back thursdays sizeable advance traders worried conflicts impact oil supplies keeping score europe germanys dax rose 04 percent 11895 cac40 france 05 percent 5030 ftse 100 index leading british shares however 04 percent lower 6868 wall street poised subdued opening dow futures broader sampp 500 futures 01 percent middle east turmoil yemen also key focus financial markets particularly oil markets conflict erupted regional conflict saudi arabia allies bombing shiite rebels allied iran egyptian officials said ground assault follow airstrikes iran denounced saudiled air campaign saying considers action dangerous step military action turned impoverished chaotic yemen new front rivalry saudi arabia iran oil prices benchmark us crude slipped 73 cents 5070 barrel electronic trading new york mercantile exchange comes sharp 222 45 percent gain thursday meanwhile brent crude benchmark international oils 80 cents 5839 barrel london analyst take fact seeing small decline prices today mean traders longer concerned conflict simply correction yesterdays rally little overdone said craig erlam senior market analyst oanda us gdp focus us markets open could largely hinge final revision fourth quarter us economic growth analysts expect previous reading revised slightly higher 24 percent economic data back focus us investors said alastair mccaig market analyst ig asia scorecard japans nikkei 225 fell 10 percent 1928563 south koreas kospi 01 percent 201980 hong kongs hang seng edged 004 percent lower 2448620 australias samppasx 200 rose 07 percent 591990 taiwans benchmark fell markets southeast asia mixed currencies us currency appreciated 8 percent past three months trend tends make usmade goods expensive abroad help competitors japan europe friday euro fell 02 percent 10863 dollar flat 11920 yen
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<p>Jan 22 (Reuters) - Daito Trust Construction Co Ltd :</p>
<p>* Says it plans to retire 1.2 million common shares (1.61 percent stake), on March 30</p>
<p>Source text in Japanese: <a href="https://goo.gl/dLyE58" type="external">goo.gl/dLyE58</a></p>
<p>Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity expanded at a slightly slower pace in March, revised data from a survey showed on Monday, as growth in new orders and output moderated slightly though the economy overall remained in solid shape.</p> FILE PHOTO - A worker cycles near a factory at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
<p>The Final Markit/Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to 53.1 in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, slightly below a preliminary 53.2 and below a final 54.1 in February.</p>
<p>The headline reading fell for the second consecutive month, but remained above the 50 threshold that separates contraction from expansion for the 19th executive month.</p>
<p>“Latest survey data presented a second successive decline in the Manufacturing PMI for Japan,” said Joe Hayes, economist at IHS Markit, which compiles the survey.</p>
<p>“That said, the overall picture remains upbeat. The reading of 53.1 still indicates a fairly solid pace of improvement in business conditions.”</p>
<p>The final index for new orders was 53.1, below the preliminary reading of 53.2 and down from 54.7 in the previous month.</p>
<p>The new export orders index was unchanged from the advance estimate at 52.5, but down compared with a final 54.1 in February.</p>
<p>Japan’s economy has expanded for eight consecutive quarters, the longest uninterrupted streak since a 12-quarter run of growth during the mid-to-late 1980s boom.</p>
<p>Some economists have cautioned that the pace of growth could moderate this year because consumer spending may ebb slightly, even though strong exports performance of Japan Inc. continues to underpin the world’s third-biggest economy.</p>
<p>Reporting by Stanley White; Editing by Shri Navaratnam</p> Our Standards:
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<p>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq plans to award oil and gas exploration and development contracts in 11 new blocks on April 15, oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said on Sunday.</p> FILE PHOTO: Flames emerge from flare stacks at the oil fields in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani//File Photo
<p>Iraq had initially set June 21 as the date to open the bids for the new blocks, located in border areas with Iran and Kuwait, and in offshore Gulf waters.</p>
<p>Bidding documents will be made available to oil companies planning to make offers on April 13, Jihad told Reuters. The offers will have to be submitted on April 15 and the winners will be announced the same day, he added.</p> Related Coverage
<a href="/article/us-iraq-oil-exports/iraqs-oil-exports-from-southern-ports-3-45-million-bpd-in-march-idUSKCN1H811A" type="external">Iraq's oil exports from southern ports 3.45 million bpd in March</a>
<p>The oil ministry announced on Thursday measures to reduce the fees received by the oil companies from the government in the new contracts.</p>
<p>The new contracts will exclude oil by-products from the companies’ revenues, establish a linkage between prevailing oil prices and their remuneration, and introduce a royalty element.</p>
<p>Oil producers in Iraq currently receive a fee from the government linked to production increases, which include crude and oil by-products such as liquefied petroleum gas and dry gas.</p>
<p>OPEC’s second largest producer, after Saudi Arabia, Iraq decided to change the contracts after a glut caused oil prices to crash in 2014, reducing Baghdad’s ability to pay the fees.</p>
<p>Companies including BP, Exxon Mobil, Eni, Total and Royal Dutch Shell helped Iraq grow its production in the past decade by over 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) to about 4.7 million bpd.</p>
<p>The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government produces oil and gas from fields under its control in northern Iraq under a production sharing model more profitable to companies.</p>
<p>The new contracts offered by Baghdad will also set a time limit for companies to end gas flaring from oil fields they develop on territory under its control.</p>
<p>Iraq continues to flare some of the gas extracted alongside crude oil at its fields because it lacks the facilities to process it into fuel for local consumption or exports.</p>
<p>Iraq hopes to end gas flaring by 2021, which costs nearly $2.5 billion in lost revenue for the government and would be sufficient to meet most of its unmet needs for gas‐based power generation, according to the World Bank.</p>
<p>Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Mark Potter</p> Our Standards:
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<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business sentiment worsened for the first time in two years in the three months to March, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Monday, as rising raw material and labor costs weigh on an otherwise steady economic recovery.</p> FILE PHOTO: A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building under construction in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
<p>A strong yen and simmering fears of a trade war, triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs on Chinese goods, could further undermine corporate morale if threats of retaliation escalate, analysts say.</p>
<p>But few analysts expect the economic recovery to falter as business confidence remains at a decade-high level and companies plan to increase capital expenditure.</p>
<p>“Yen gains since late January has eroded manufacturers’ sentiment but solid global economic fundamentals helped offset the pain. Overall, you can say that business confidence held firm,” said Yuichiro Nagai, an economist at Barclays Securities.</p>
<p>“Fears of a global trade war have had a limited impact on business sentiment so far. But depending on development of U.S. trade policy, protectionism could weigh on the outlook.”</p> Related Coverage
<a href="/article/us-japan-economy-pmi/japan-march-final-manufacturing-pmi-cools-slightly-overall-economy-still-solid-idUSKCN1H901Y" type="external">Japan March final manufacturing PMI cools slightly, overall economy still solid</a>
<p>An index measuring big manufacturers’ confidence fell by 2 points to plus 24 in March, the Bank of Japan’s quarterly “tankan” survey showed, roughly matching a median market forecast of plus 25.</p>
<p>Non-manufacturers’ sentiment worsened by 2 points to plus 23 against a median forecast of plus 24, deteriorating for the first time in six quarters.</p>
<p>Both big manufacturers and non-manufacturers forecast business conditions to sour three months ahead, the tankan showed, reflecting looming uncertainty over the fallout from Trump’s trade policy and a strong yen.</p>
<p>Big manufacturers expect the dollar to move around 109.66 yen on average during the year that began in April, well above current levels around 106 yen.</p>
<p>This means that if yen gains persist, manufacturers may be forced to slash their optimistic profit forecasts - a worrying sign for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to spur growth with reflationist policies.</p>
<p>Labour shortages also weighed on sentiment, as the economic recovery and a dwindling working-age population push the jobless rate to a near 25-year low.</p>
<p>A tankan index measuring capacity constraints showed that companies saw the job market at its tightest since 1991.</p>
<p>Some firms in the construction, restaurant and hotel industries complained that labor shortages were taking a toll on their businesses, a BOJ official briefing reporters on the data said.</p>
<p>Among manufacturers, basic materials firms such as those selling steel, nonferrous metals and textile goods saw sentiment hurt by rising raw material costs, the official said.</p>
<p>Still, big firms plan to raise their capital spending by 2.3 percent in the current financial year from April, versus the median estimate for a 0.6 percent gain, the tankan showed.</p>
<p>Global markets were shaken last month when Trump moved to impose tariffs on Chinese goods and Beijing retaliated, but fears of a full-blown trade war have eased on hopes that negotiations can bring a compromise.</p>
<p>Japanese policymakers fret that a strong yen and trade frictions could deal a heavy blow to the export-reliant economy, which has benefited from solid global demand.</p>
<p>Japan’s economy has grown for eight straight quarters, its longest continuous expansion since the 1980s bubble economy, moving Abe’s revival plan a step closer to vanquishing decades of stagnation.</p>
<p>But slow wage growth and companies’ reluctance to raise prices have kept inflation well below the Bank of Japan’s elusive 2 percent target.</p>
<p>The tankan’s sentiment indexes are derived by subtracting the number of respondents who say conditions are poor from those who say they are good. A positive reading means optimists outnumber pessimists.</p>
<p>Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Sam Holmes and Eric Meijer</p> Our Standards:
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<p>RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to issue tenders to consolidate consultancy services for government infrastructure projects in the coming months in a bid to improve efficiency and bring fresh momentum to stalled developments, government sources said.</p> FILE PHOTO: A view shows buildings and houses in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo
<p>The kingdom plans to hire a consultancy at each ministry or state entity to supervise its pipeline of projects worth billions of dollars, according to one draft request for proposal (RFP) seen by Reuters.</p>
<p>Currently some entities and ministries like housing, health, power and municipalities use multiple consultants per project.</p>
<p>Local and international consultants do&#160;project design and execution, while government&#160;entities and ministries monitor.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The new plan aims to outsource these services&#160;for five years during which the winning bidders will train Saudis so government bodies ultimately have&#160;the capability to manage&#160;such work&#160;themselves.</p>
<p>It also aims to trim waste in state spending, combat corruption and help revive a slump in the construction industry at a critical time for the economy as Saudi Arabia embarks on an ambitious economic transformation plan that includes development of major projects such as the $500 billion NEOM business zone in the northwest of the country.</p>
<p>Recognized regional and foreign consultants with expertise in applying international project management standards are expected to win the contracts.&#160; &#160; &#160;</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; Saudi Arabia’s construction sector has slumped in recent years as the government delayed payments to contractors and lower oil prices squeezed the state budget for new projects.</p>
<p>&#160; &#160;The RFPs are being finalised and tendering, worth millions of dollars, is expected to start in coming months, with five-year contracts to be awarded by the end of 2018, government sources told Reuters.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet public</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; The total value of the contracts has not been finalised, but one source said the contract his ministry is planning to tender could reach 5 billion riyals ($1.3 billion).</p> FILE PHOTO: Men walk at the under-construction King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;COUNTERING THE SLUMP
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; The kingdom has spent billions of dollars on mega-projects over the past decades, but the absence of a standard mechanism for planning, follow up, and accountability has resulted in many projects being stalled or delayed.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Work on King Abdullah Financial District for example, a $10 billion mega project in the capital Riyadh, began in 2006 but has been plagued by construction delays, cost overruns and doubts about the initial economic feasibility study.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; The government is now moving to standardize infrastructure project delivery across the kingdom. The project management office at each ministry and state entity will be overseen by the National Project Management Organization (NMPO) — which was set up in 2016 as part of a broad government effort to overhaul the economy and close a gaping budget deficit.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; The government hired U.S.-based Bechtel Corp, one of the world’s largest industrial contractors, to run the NPMO - Mashroat in Arabic.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; Consultancy Faithful+Gould has said the roll out of project management offices across government sectors would speed up delivery of priority projects and was a positive development for the industry following two years of contraction and uncertainty.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; In a January 2018 report, Faithful+Gould forecast Saudi Arabia to award infrastructure contracts in 2018 worth $35 billion across government sectors.&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p>
<p>Reporting by Marwa Rashad; Editing by Ghaida Ghantous and Alexandra Hudson</p> Our Standards:
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jan 22 reuters daito trust construction co ltd says plans retire 12 million common shares 161 percent stake march 30 source text japanese googldlye58 company coverage beijing headline news standards thomson reuters trust principles tokyo reuters japanese manufacturing activity expanded slightly slower pace march revised data survey showed monday growth new orders output moderated slightly though economy overall remained solid shape file photo worker cycles near factory keihin industrial zone kawasaki japan february 17 2016 reuterstoru hanaifile photo final markitnikkei japan manufacturing purchasing managers index pmi fell 531 march seasonally adjusted basis slightly preliminary 532 final 541 february headline reading fell second consecutive month remained 50 threshold separates contraction expansion 19th executive month latest survey data presented second successive decline manufacturing pmi japan said joe hayes economist ihs markit compiles survey said overall picture remains upbeat reading 531 still indicates fairly solid pace improvement business conditions final index new orders 531 preliminary reading 532 547 previous month new export orders index unchanged advance estimate 525 compared final 541 february japans economy expanded eight consecutive quarters longest uninterrupted streak since 12quarter run growth midtolate 1980s boom economists cautioned pace growth could moderate year consumer spending may ebb slightly even though strong exports performance japan inc continues underpin worlds thirdbiggest economy reporting stanley white editing shri navaratnam standards thomson reuters trust principles baghdad reuters iraq plans award oil gas exploration development contracts 11 new blocks april 15 oil ministry spokesman asim jihad said sunday file photo flames emerge flare stacks oil fields basra southeast baghdad iraq january 17 2017 reutersessam alsudanifile photo iraq initially set june 21 date open bids new blocks located border areas iran kuwait offshore gulf waters bidding documents made available oil companies planning make offers april 13 jihad told reuters offers submitted april 15 winners announced day added related coverage iraqs oil exports southern ports 345 million bpd march oil ministry announced thursday measures reduce fees received oil companies government new contracts new contracts exclude oil byproducts companies revenues establish linkage prevailing oil prices remuneration introduce royalty element oil producers iraq currently receive fee government linked production increases include crude oil byproducts liquefied petroleum gas dry gas opecs second largest producer saudi arabia iraq decided change contracts glut caused oil prices crash 2014 reducing baghdads ability pay fees companies including bp exxon mobil eni total royal dutch shell helped iraq grow production past decade 25 million barrels per day bpd 47 million bpd semiautonomous kurdistan regional government produces oil gas fields control northern iraq production sharing model profitable companies new contracts offered baghdad also set time limit companies end gas flaring oil fields develop territory control iraq continues flare gas extracted alongside crude oil fields lacks facilities process fuel local consumption exports iraq hopes end gas flaring 2021 costs nearly 25 billion lost revenue government would sufficient meet unmet needs gasbased power generation according world bank reporting maher chmaytelli editing mark potter standards thomson reuters trust principles tokyo reuters japanese business sentiment worsened first time two years three months march closely watched central bank survey showed monday rising raw material labor costs weigh otherwise steady economic recovery file photo japanese flag flutters atop bank japan building construction tokyo japan september 21 2017 reuterstoru hanaifile photo strong yen simmering fears trade war triggered us president donald trumps move impose tariffs chinese goods could undermine corporate morale threats retaliation escalate analysts say analysts expect economic recovery falter business confidence remains decadehigh level companies plan increase capital expenditure yen gains since late january eroded manufacturers sentiment solid global economic fundamentals helped offset pain overall say business confidence held firm said yuichiro nagai economist barclays securities fears global trade war limited impact business sentiment far depending development us trade policy protectionism could weigh outlook related coverage japan march final manufacturing pmi cools slightly overall economy still solid index measuring big manufacturers confidence fell 2 points plus 24 march bank japans quarterly tankan survey showed roughly matching median market forecast plus 25 nonmanufacturers sentiment worsened 2 points plus 23 median forecast plus 24 deteriorating first time six quarters big manufacturers nonmanufacturers forecast business conditions sour three months ahead tankan showed reflecting looming uncertainty fallout trumps trade policy strong yen big manufacturers expect dollar move around 10966 yen average year began april well current levels around 106 yen means yen gains persist manufacturers may forced slash optimistic profit forecasts worrying sign prime minister shinzo abes efforts spur growth reflationist policies labour shortages also weighed sentiment economic recovery dwindling workingage population push jobless rate near 25year low tankan index measuring capacity constraints showed companies saw job market tightest since 1991 firms construction restaurant hotel industries complained labor shortages taking toll businesses boj official briefing reporters data said among manufacturers basic materials firms selling steel nonferrous metals textile goods saw sentiment hurt rising raw material costs official said still big firms plan raise capital spending 23 percent current financial year april versus median estimate 06 percent gain tankan showed global markets shaken last month trump moved impose tariffs chinese goods beijing retaliated fears fullblown trade war eased hopes negotiations bring compromise japanese policymakers fret strong yen trade frictions could deal heavy blow exportreliant economy benefited solid global demand japans economy grown eight straight quarters longest continuous expansion since 1980s bubble economy moving abes revival plan step closer vanquishing decades stagnation slow wage growth companies reluctance raise prices kept inflation well bank japans elusive 2 percent target tankans sentiment indexes derived subtracting number respondents say conditions poor say good positive reading means optimists outnumber pessimists reporting leika kihara editing sam holmes eric meijer standards thomson reuters trust principles riyadh reuters saudi arabia plans issue tenders consolidate consultancy services government infrastructure projects coming months bid improve efficiency bring fresh momentum stalled developments government sources said file photo view shows buildings houses riyadh saudi arabia march 1 2017 reutersfaisal al nasserfile photo kingdom plans hire consultancy ministry state entity supervise pipeline projects worth billions dollars according one draft request proposal rfp seen reuters currently entities ministries like housing health power municipalities use multiple consultants per project local international consultants do160project design execution government160entities ministries monitor 160160160160the new plan aims outsource services160for five years winning bidders train saudis government bodies ultimately have160the capability manage160such work160themselves also aims trim waste state spending combat corruption help revive slump construction industry critical time economy saudi arabia embarks ambitious economic transformation plan includes development major projects 500 billion neom business zone northwest country recognized regional foreign consultants expertise applying international project management standards expected win contracts160 160 160 160160160 saudi arabias construction sector slumped recent years government delayed payments contractors lower oil prices squeezed state budget new projects 160 160the rfps finalised tendering worth millions dollars expected start coming months fiveyear contracts awarded end 2018 government sources told reuters 160160160160the sources spoke condition anonymity matter yet public 160160160 total value contracts finalised one source said contract ministry planning tender could reach 5 billion riyals 13 billion file photo men walk underconstruction king abdullah financial district riyadh saudi arabia may 12 2016 reutersfaisal al nasserfile photo 160160160160countering slump 160160160 kingdom spent billions dollars megaprojects past decades absence standard mechanism planning follow accountability resulted many projects stalled delayed 160160160160work king abdullah financial district example 10 billion mega project capital riyadh began 2006 plagued construction delays cost overruns doubts initial economic feasibility study 160160160 government moving standardize infrastructure project delivery across kingdom project management office ministry state entity overseen national project management organization nmpo set 2016 part broad government effort overhaul economy close gaping budget deficit 160160160 government hired usbased bechtel corp one worlds largest industrial contractors run npmo mashroat arabic 160160160 consultancy faithfulgould said roll project management offices across government sectors would speed delivery priority projects positive development industry following two years contraction uncertainty 160160160 january 2018 report faithfulgould forecast saudi arabia award infrastructure contracts 2018 worth 35 billion across government sectors160160 160160160160 reporting marwa rashad editing ghaida ghantous alexandra hudson standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>ATLANTA (AP) — Nate Woody isn’t looking for guys who sit back and react.</p>
<p>He’s all about being in attack mode.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech formally introduced its new defensive coordinator on Tuesday, hoping he can instill the same sort of aggressive style that worked so well at Appalachian State.</p>
<p>Woody plans to switch from a 4-3 to a 3-4 alignment, and he made it clear what kind of player fits best.</p>
<p>“One of the things I’ve tried to do is make sure we don’t have guys who eat up space,” he said. “I’ve found that offensive linemen are guys you want to try to attack. Defensively, you want to get guys with speed and quickness. Those guys are able to disrupt a play before the play can get underway.”</p>
<p>Woody replaces <a href="" type="internal">Ted Roof</a> , who left his alma mater last month in what appeared to be a mutual decision. He became the co-defensive coordinator and associate head coach at North Carolina State.</p>
<p>Clearly, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson was not satisfied with the way his defense performed last season despite having an experienced unit that included six seniors and five juniors among the starters.</p>
<p>The Yellow Jackets failed to protect late leads against <a href="" type="internal">Tennessee</a> and <a href="https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/miami-miracle-no-11-canes-rally-past-georgia-tech-25-24" type="external">Miami</a> , and Roof’s departure was essentially sealed with the season finale, <a href="https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/no-7-georgia-protects-playoff-hopes-crushes-georgia-tech" type="external">a 38-7 loss to rival Georgia that capped a 5-6 season</a> . Georgia Tech missed out on a bowl for the second time in three years, putting a bit of heat on Johnson as he heads into his 11th season leading the program.</p>
<p>With Johnson focused on the triple-option offense, Woody will be largely autonomous in running things on the defensive side.</p>
<p>“I don’t know anybody who has total control,” Johnson said. “But I have complete confidence in him or I wouldn’t hire him to put in his defensive scheme. I’m not going to hire someone who runs a certain scheme and then bring them in here and say, ‘No, you can’t do that, you have to do something else.’”</p>
<p>Woody is a 27-year coaching veteran who directed Appalachian State’s defense the past five seasons. After putting in his 3-4 scheme, the Mountaineers led the Sun Belt Conference in total defense three times and ranked among the top 30 nationally each of the past four seasons.</p>
<p>Appalachian State closed out this season with <a href="https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/appalachian-st-beats-toledo-34-0-dollar-general-bowl" type="external">a 34-0 rout of Toledo in the Dollar General Bowl</a> .</p>
<p>That was enough to persuade Johnson he’s got the right man to take over Georgia Tech’s up-and-down defense.</p>
<p>“I can see a method to the madness — what he’s trying to accomplish, how he coaches, that type of thing,” Johnson said. “I expect him to run his scheme. I’ll be watching. We’ll sit down during the week and I’ll have my suggestions within his scheme. But, no, I’m not going to micromanage or tell anyone what to do.”</p>
<p>Woody plans to meet with every defensive player to get their thoughts on how they would fit best within the new scheme. There likely will be at least a few position changes, and some players will train at multiple positions to increase flexibility.</p>
<p>As for recruiting, Woody said his background at Appalachian State and, before that, at FCS school Wofford should make him a good fit for Georgia Tech, which is surrounded by powerhouse programs that usually grab most of the top prospects.</p>
<p>“I’ve been at places where it wasn’t always the easiest to recruit, but we were able to find the guys we needed and made it happen,” he said. “I’m looking for a certain type of guy, and I don’t know that most of these other defenses are looking at the same guy all the time. I don’t mind taking an inch or two off a defensive lineman if he can giddy up and go. I don’t mind taking a tenth off a linebacker’s 40 time if he can process it quickly.”</p>
<p>Intangibles are just as important to Woody as the physical attributes.</p>
<p>“Defining who the best player is oftentimes up for discussion,” he said. “I’ve had success with guys who had an intense desire to play hard, get off blocks, chase the football, and come back and do it again consistently. Those are the guys I enjoy coaching.”</p>
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<p>ATLANTA (AP) — Nate Woody isn’t looking for guys who sit back and react.</p>
<p>He’s all about being in attack mode.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech formally introduced its new defensive coordinator on Tuesday, hoping he can instill the same sort of aggressive style that worked so well at Appalachian State.</p>
<p>Woody plans to switch from a 4-3 to a 3-4 alignment, and he made it clear what kind of player fits best.</p>
<p>“One of the things I’ve tried to do is make sure we don’t have guys who eat up space,” he said. “I’ve found that offensive linemen are guys you want to try to attack. Defensively, you want to get guys with speed and quickness. Those guys are able to disrupt a play before the play can get underway.”</p>
<p>Woody replaces <a href="" type="internal">Ted Roof</a> , who left his alma mater last month in what appeared to be a mutual decision. He became the co-defensive coordinator and associate head coach at North Carolina State.</p>
<p>Clearly, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson was not satisfied with the way his defense performed last season despite having an experienced unit that included six seniors and five juniors among the starters.</p>
<p>The Yellow Jackets failed to protect late leads against <a href="" type="internal">Tennessee</a> and <a href="https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/miami-miracle-no-11-canes-rally-past-georgia-tech-25-24" type="external">Miami</a> , and Roof’s departure was essentially sealed with the season finale, <a href="https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/no-7-georgia-protects-playoff-hopes-crushes-georgia-tech" type="external">a 38-7 loss to rival Georgia that capped a 5-6 season</a> . Georgia Tech missed out on a bowl for the second time in three years, putting a bit of heat on Johnson as he heads into his 11th season leading the program.</p>
<p>With Johnson focused on the triple-option offense, Woody will be largely autonomous in running things on the defensive side.</p>
<p>“I don’t know anybody who has total control,” Johnson said. “But I have complete confidence in him or I wouldn’t hire him to put in his defensive scheme. I’m not going to hire someone who runs a certain scheme and then bring them in here and say, ‘No, you can’t do that, you have to do something else.’”</p>
<p>Woody is a 27-year coaching veteran who directed Appalachian State’s defense the past five seasons. After putting in his 3-4 scheme, the Mountaineers led the Sun Belt Conference in total defense three times and ranked among the top 30 nationally each of the past four seasons.</p>
<p>Appalachian State closed out this season with <a href="https://collegefootball.ap.org/article/appalachian-st-beats-toledo-34-0-dollar-general-bowl" type="external">a 34-0 rout of Toledo in the Dollar General Bowl</a> .</p>
<p>That was enough to persuade Johnson he’s got the right man to take over Georgia Tech’s up-and-down defense.</p>
<p>“I can see a method to the madness — what he’s trying to accomplish, how he coaches, that type of thing,” Johnson said. “I expect him to run his scheme. I’ll be watching. We’ll sit down during the week and I’ll have my suggestions within his scheme. But, no, I’m not going to micromanage or tell anyone what to do.”</p>
<p>Woody plans to meet with every defensive player to get their thoughts on how they would fit best within the new scheme. There likely will be at least a few position changes, and some players will train at multiple positions to increase flexibility.</p>
<p>As for recruiting, Woody said his background at Appalachian State and, before that, at FCS school Wofford should make him a good fit for Georgia Tech, which is surrounded by powerhouse programs that usually grab most of the top prospects.</p>
<p>“I’ve been at places where it wasn’t always the easiest to recruit, but we were able to find the guys we needed and made it happen,” he said. “I’m looking for a certain type of guy, and I don’t know that most of these other defenses are looking at the same guy all the time. I don’t mind taking an inch or two off a defensive lineman if he can giddy up and go. I don’t mind taking a tenth off a linebacker’s 40 time if he can process it quickly.”</p>
<p>Intangibles are just as important to Woody as the physical attributes.</p>
<p>“Defining who the best player is oftentimes up for discussion,” he said. “I’ve had success with guys who had an intense desire to play hard, get off blocks, chase the football, and come back and do it again consistently. Those are the guys I enjoy coaching.”</p>
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atlanta ap nate woody isnt looking guys sit back react hes attack mode georgia tech formally introduced new defensive coordinator tuesday hoping instill sort aggressive style worked well appalachian state woody plans switch 43 34 alignment made clear kind player fits best one things ive tried make sure dont guys eat space said ive found offensive linemen guys want try attack defensively want get guys speed quickness guys able disrupt play play get underway woody replaces ted roof left alma mater last month appeared mutual decision became codefensive coordinator associate head coach north carolina state clearly georgia tech coach paul johnson satisfied way defense performed last season despite experienced unit included six seniors five juniors among starters yellow jackets failed protect late leads tennessee miami roofs departure essentially sealed season finale 387 loss rival georgia capped 56 season georgia tech missed bowl second time three years putting bit heat johnson heads 11th season leading program johnson focused tripleoption offense woody largely autonomous running things defensive side dont know anybody total control johnson said complete confidence wouldnt hire put defensive scheme im going hire someone runs certain scheme bring say cant something else woody 27year coaching veteran directed appalachian states defense past five seasons putting 34 scheme mountaineers led sun belt conference total defense three times ranked among top 30 nationally past four seasons appalachian state closed season 340 rout toledo dollar general bowl enough persuade johnson hes got right man take georgia techs upanddown defense see method madness hes trying accomplish coaches type thing johnson said expect run scheme ill watching well sit week ill suggestions within scheme im going micromanage tell anyone woody plans meet every defensive player get thoughts would fit best within new scheme likely least position changes players train multiple positions increase flexibility recruiting woody said background appalachian state fcs school wofford make good fit georgia tech surrounded powerhouse programs usually grab top prospects ive places wasnt always easiest recruit able find guys needed made happen said im looking certain type guy dont know defenses looking guy time dont mind taking inch two defensive lineman giddy go dont mind taking tenth linebackers 40 time process quickly intangibles important woody physical attributes defining best player oftentimes discussion said ive success guys intense desire play hard get blocks chase football come back consistently guys enjoy coaching ___ follow paul newberry twitter wwwtwittercompnewberry1963 work found httpsapnewscomsearchpaul20newberry ___ ap college football coverage wwwcollegefootballaporg wwwtwittercomap_top25 atlanta ap nate woody isnt looking guys sit back react hes attack mode georgia tech formally introduced new defensive coordinator tuesday hoping instill sort aggressive style worked well appalachian state woody plans switch 43 34 alignment made clear kind player fits best one things ive tried make sure dont guys eat space said ive found offensive linemen guys want try attack defensively want get guys speed quickness guys able disrupt play play get underway woody replaces ted roof left alma mater last month appeared mutual decision became codefensive coordinator associate head coach north carolina state clearly georgia tech coach paul johnson satisfied way defense performed last season despite experienced unit included six seniors five juniors among starters yellow jackets failed protect late leads tennessee miami roofs departure essentially sealed season finale 387 loss rival georgia capped 56 season georgia tech missed bowl second time three years putting bit heat johnson heads 11th season leading program johnson focused tripleoption offense woody largely autonomous running things defensive side dont know anybody total control johnson said complete confidence wouldnt hire put defensive scheme im going hire someone runs certain scheme bring say cant something else woody 27year coaching veteran directed appalachian states defense past five seasons putting 34 scheme mountaineers led sun belt conference total defense three times ranked among top 30 nationally past four seasons appalachian state closed season 340 rout toledo dollar general bowl enough persuade johnson hes got right man take georgia techs upanddown defense see method madness hes trying accomplish coaches type thing johnson said expect run scheme ill watching well sit week ill suggestions within scheme im going micromanage tell anyone woody plans meet every defensive player get thoughts would fit best within new scheme likely least position changes players train multiple positions increase flexibility recruiting woody said background appalachian state fcs school wofford make good fit georgia tech surrounded powerhouse programs usually grab top prospects ive places wasnt always easiest recruit able find guys needed made happen said im looking certain type guy dont know defenses looking guy time dont mind taking inch two defensive lineman giddy go dont mind taking tenth linebackers 40 time process quickly intangibles important woody physical attributes defining best player oftentimes discussion said ive success guys intense desire play hard get blocks chase football come back consistently guys enjoy coaching ___ follow paul newberry twitter wwwtwittercompnewberry1963 work found httpsapnewscomsearchpaul20newberry ___ ap college football coverage wwwcollegefootballaporg wwwtwittercomap_top25
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<p>A former residence along Officers? Row stands vacant at Fort Bayard National Monument. The Western outpost, made famous by the Buffalo Soldiers and their battles with Apache warriors, is for sale as tight budgets and politics shift sentiment about financing historic preservation. (New Mexico General Service Department/The Associated Press)</p>
<p>A Western outpost made famous by the Buffalo Soldiers and the U.S. military's campaign to capture Geronimo is up for sale, one of a number of landmarks nationwide facing the wrecking ball amid tight budgets and a shift in Washington about what history is worth saving.</p>
<p>Abandoned now, Fort Bayard has become a drain on New Mexico's coffers and the state is desperate for ideas as historic preservation has lost funding under the Obama administration.</p>
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<p>"It's not good. We see this as a much larger comment on how we as a country want to tell our story and reflect our priorities," said Beth Wiedower, a senior field officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.</p>
<p>With most large-scale preservation efforts, it's not hard for the cost to outweigh sentimentalism. It's no different in southwestern New Mexico, where the community is split over whether some of Fort Bayard's buildings need to be leveled to make way for fresh economic development.</p>
<p>"Some are pretty adamant about preserving the whole property and then there are others who ask why tax dollars are being spent to maintain it," said state Rep. Rudy Martinez, D-Bayard. "Those are the questions coming up. Who's right? Who's wrong? We don't know."</p>
<p>A group of 6th Cavalry officers, including Lt. John J. Pershing, fourth from left in the first row, and families are shown at Fort Bayard in 1886. Abandoned now, the national historic landmark has become a drain on New Mexico's coffers, and the state is desperate for ideas since historic preservation has taken a back seat under the Obama administration and Congress. (The Associated Press)</p>
<p>Historic preservation was championed during the Clinton and Bush years, first with Hillary Clinton's founding of the Save America's Treasures program and later through Laura Bush's support for a program focused on preserving the country's cultural and natural heritage.</p>
<p>However, the Obama administration pointed to the two programs for elimination in 2010, saying the benefits were unclear.</p>
<p>In the last three years, Congress helped bring an end to Save America's Treasures, which had leveraged some $377 million of private and government funding for hundreds of projects, including the restoration of the Star-Spangled Banner and Rosa Parks' bus.</p>
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<p>And the grants awarded annually by the National Park Service for historic preservation are a fraction of what they once were, leaving communities with little other than a patchwork of tax credits to entice developers to give historic properties a second chance.</p>
<p>"The need hasn't disappeared. It's just the money that's available to help address it has," said Barbara Pahl, who works with the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Colorado.</p>
<p>The trust gets dozens of applications each year for its list of endangered historic places, from rural schoolhouses in Montana and the Worldport Terminal at JFK Airport to the boyhood home of Malcom X and Houston's Astrodome.</p>
<p>In Texas, voters rejected a referendum last fall that would have authorized millions of dollars in bonds to turn the Astrodome into a convention center. Many said the money could be better spent on other projects.</p>
<p>At Fort Bayard, the hospital's hallways have been empty for a few years, the officers' quarters are locked up and the parade grounds are quiet.</p>
<p>The fort has no asking price, but New Mexico General Services Secretary Ed Burckle is taking offers for the national historic landmark. Ads have been placed in the Wall Street Journal and New Mexico's largest newspaper, the Albuquerque Journal.</p>
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<p>With only four proposals submitted, Burckle said Wednesday that bids to demolish the old hospital will go out soon. Leaving it standing would have saved taxpayers more than $4 million in demolition costs, but he said getting rid of it will improve the prospects for selling the entire property.</p>
<p>Standing at the Gila Wilderness' gateway, Fort Bayard was established in 1866 by the Army to protect miners and other settlers from the Apache. It was one of many outposts west of the Mississippi established by the all-black Buffalo Soldier regiments tasked with battling Native American tribes.</p>
<p>With the capture of Geronimo in the 1880s, the Apache threat subsided and the fort transitioned to a research center and hospital for tuberculosis patients. During World War II, it was home to German prisoners of war.</p>
<p>The state estimates that the 145,000-square-foot hospital costs about $100,000 annually to maintain. The officers' quarters, historic theater and other buildings are also in need of repair.</p>
<p>"We understand that right now, it may not look as if it's got any real dollar value to the state, but it definitely has some historical significance," said Scott Terry, head of the Silver City/Grant County Chamber of Commerce.</p>
<p>A study commissioned by the state includes a long list of opportunities for Fort Bayard: a treatment center for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, a workforce development center, a business and industrial park and mixed housing.</p>
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<p>Others have suggested it as a place for homeless veterans, a private military academy and even a ghost-hunting hotspot.</p>
<p>State officials know the challenges of trying to sell a campus as complex as Fort Bayard, with its rich history and more than 400 acres. Aside from the tens of millions of dollars it would take to bring Fort Bayard's buildings up to code, there's the location.</p>
<p>"We're not kind of off the beaten path. We are off the beaten path," Terry said of Silver City, a town of about 11,000.</p>
<p>Fort Bayard is not alone when it comes to remoteness. Other historic properties in rural areas of Colorado and South Dakota are on the chopping block, but experts say finding new uses can result in an economic boon for communities that are struggling to attract new businesses and jobs.</p>
<p>"It's not just about saving a historic place or a landscape for the sake of saving it. It's very important to tell our story and to connect with our past," Wiedower said.</p>
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former residence along officers row stands vacant fort bayard national monument western outpost made famous buffalo soldiers battles apache warriors sale tight budgets politics shift sentiment financing historic preservation new mexico general service departmentthe associated press western outpost made famous buffalo soldiers us militarys campaign capture geronimo sale one number landmarks nationwide facing wrecking ball amid tight budgets shift washington history worth saving abandoned fort bayard become drain new mexicos coffers state desperate ideas historic preservation lost funding obama administration advertisement good see much larger comment country want tell story reflect priorities said beth wiedower senior field officer national trust historic preservation largescale preservation efforts hard cost outweigh sentimentalism different southwestern new mexico community split whether fort bayards buildings need leveled make way fresh economic development pretty adamant preserving whole property others ask tax dollars spent maintain said state rep rudy martinez dbayard questions coming whos right whos wrong dont know group 6th cavalry officers including lt john j pershing fourth left first row families shown fort bayard 1886 abandoned national historic landmark become drain new mexicos coffers state desperate ideas since historic preservation taken back seat obama administration congress associated press historic preservation championed clinton bush years first hillary clintons founding save americas treasures program later laura bushs support program focused preserving countrys cultural natural heritage however obama administration pointed two programs elimination 2010 saying benefits unclear last three years congress helped bring end save americas treasures leveraged 377 million private government funding hundreds projects including restoration starspangled banner rosa parks bus advertisement grants awarded annually national park service historic preservation fraction leaving communities little patchwork tax credits entice developers give historic properties second chance need hasnt disappeared money thats available help address said barbara pahl works national trust historic preservation colorado trust gets dozens applications year list endangered historic places rural schoolhouses montana worldport terminal jfk airport boyhood home malcom x houstons astrodome texas voters rejected referendum last fall would authorized millions dollars bonds turn astrodome convention center many said money could better spent projects fort bayard hospitals hallways empty years officers quarters locked parade grounds quiet fort asking price new mexico general services secretary ed burckle taking offers national historic landmark ads placed wall street journal new mexicos largest newspaper albuquerque journal advertisement four proposals submitted burckle said wednesday bids demolish old hospital go soon leaving standing would saved taxpayers 4 million demolition costs said getting rid improve prospects selling entire property standing gila wilderness gateway fort bayard established 1866 army protect miners settlers apache one many outposts west mississippi established allblack buffalo soldier regiments tasked battling native american tribes capture geronimo 1880s apache threat subsided fort transitioned research center hospital tuberculosis patients world war ii home german prisoners war state estimates 145000squarefoot hospital costs 100000 annually maintain officers quarters historic theater buildings also need repair understand right may look got real dollar value state definitely historical significance said scott terry head silver citygrant county chamber commerce study commissioned state includes long list opportunities fort bayard treatment center veterans posttraumatic stress disorder workforce development center business industrial park mixed housing advertisement others suggested place homeless veterans private military academy even ghosthunting hotspot state officials know challenges trying sell campus complex fort bayard rich history 400 acres aside tens millions dollars would take bring fort bayards buildings code theres location kind beaten path beaten path terry said silver city town 11000 fort bayard alone comes remoteness historic properties rural areas colorado south dakota chopping block experts say finding new uses result economic boon communities struggling attract new businesses jobs saving historic place landscape sake saving important tell story connect past wiedower said
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Carson Wentz went down for the Philadelphia Eagles, the pressure fell on backup Nick Foles and everyone else to step up.</p>
<p>The defense rose to the challenge in the first playoff game.</p>
<p>They harassed Matt Ryan, contained Julio Jones and made a goal-line stand at the end in a 15-10 <a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/eagles-use-goal-line-stand-elliott-fgs-beat-falcons-0" type="external">victory</a> over the Atlanta Falcons.</p>
<p>"We know defense wins championships. You say it all the time. You hear it. It's cliché but it's true, especially where we are now at home," Pro Bowl safety Malcolm Jenkins said.</p>
<p>The strong defensive effort helped the <a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/eagles-embrace-underdog-role-beat-falcons" type="external">underdog</a> Eagles (14-3) advance to the NFC championship game for the sixth time since 2001. They'll host the Vikings (14-3) next Sunday. Minnesota advanced with a thrilling 29-24 win over New Orleans.</p>
<p>"We don't even care," linebacker Nigel Bradham said about a preferred opponent. "Obviously, we'll see a good game and get ready to prepare for whoever we're going to play next."</p>
<p>Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz's unit was No. 1 against the run, 17th against the pass and fourth in points allowed.</p>
<p>They held the Falcons to 281 yards, no points in the second half and Atlanta's only touchdown drive came after a fumbled punt at the Eagles 18.</p>
<p>"We don't point fingers," defensive end Brandon Graham said. "Just stay the task and keep playing your technique. Keep playing with effort. The second half, we went out there and did that. Nobody gave us a shot. We have another 60 minutes next week. I'm happy with this team because we are a great team. We stay together even through adversity."</p>
<p>Eagles coach Doug Pederson showed his confidence in the defense when he chose to have Jake Elliott kick a 21-yard field goal instead of going for fourth-and-1 at the Falcons 3 with a 12-10 lead and 6:05 remaining.</p>
<p>The defense had forced two three-and-outs and held Atlanta to only 49 yards in the second half. But Ryan led the Falcons on a long drive, converting a fourth-and-6 along the way. Atlanta had a first down at the Eagles 9 with 1:19 left.</p>
<p>Ryan threw incomplete to Jones and T.J. Ward. After a 7-yard pass to Jones to the 2, the season came down to one play.</p>
<p>Falcons offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian inexplicably called a rollout, taking half the field away for Ryan.</p>
<p>The defense read the play when they saw the formation, pressured Ryan and forced him to throw it up to Jones in the corner of the end zone. Jalen Mills had tight coverage and the ball sailed over Jones' hands.</p>
<p>"We probably had three guys calling out the play on that one just based on our preparation, our study," Jenkins said.</p>
<p>Jones had nine catches for 101 yards, but Mills and Ronald Darby kept him out of the end zone.</p>
<p>"The whole motto and the slogan was just 'do your job,'" Mills said. "Nobody has to go out there and be superman. Know what you have to do for one, then go out there and execute."</p>
<p>The defense did its part. The defense will have to do it again next week because the offense isn't going to win a shootout.</p>
<p>"It was on us and we wouldn't want it any other way," Bradham said. "That's how you feel when you're on (defense) and you feel like we lead this team. We set the tone for this team and we set the pace for this team. That's how we feel. We feel like all the energy and everything comes through us and everybody feeds off of it."</p>
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Carson Wentz went down for the Philadelphia Eagles, the pressure fell on backup Nick Foles and everyone else to step up.</p>
<p>The defense rose to the challenge in the first playoff game.</p>
<p>They harassed Matt Ryan, contained Julio Jones and made a goal-line stand at the end in a 15-10 <a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/eagles-use-goal-line-stand-elliott-fgs-beat-falcons-0" type="external">victory</a> over the Atlanta Falcons.</p>
<p>"We know defense wins championships. You say it all the time. You hear it. It's cliché but it's true, especially where we are now at home," Pro Bowl safety Malcolm Jenkins said.</p>
<p>The strong defensive effort helped the <a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/eagles-embrace-underdog-role-beat-falcons" type="external">underdog</a> Eagles (14-3) advance to the NFC championship game for the sixth time since 2001. They'll host the Vikings (14-3) next Sunday. Minnesota advanced with a thrilling 29-24 win over New Orleans.</p>
<p>"We don't even care," linebacker Nigel Bradham said about a preferred opponent. "Obviously, we'll see a good game and get ready to prepare for whoever we're going to play next."</p>
<p>Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz's unit was No. 1 against the run, 17th against the pass and fourth in points allowed.</p>
<p>They held the Falcons to 281 yards, no points in the second half and Atlanta's only touchdown drive came after a fumbled punt at the Eagles 18.</p>
<p>"We don't point fingers," defensive end Brandon Graham said. "Just stay the task and keep playing your technique. Keep playing with effort. The second half, we went out there and did that. Nobody gave us a shot. We have another 60 minutes next week. I'm happy with this team because we are a great team. We stay together even through adversity."</p>
<p>Eagles coach Doug Pederson showed his confidence in the defense when he chose to have Jake Elliott kick a 21-yard field goal instead of going for fourth-and-1 at the Falcons 3 with a 12-10 lead and 6:05 remaining.</p>
<p>The defense had forced two three-and-outs and held Atlanta to only 49 yards in the second half. But Ryan led the Falcons on a long drive, converting a fourth-and-6 along the way. Atlanta had a first down at the Eagles 9 with 1:19 left.</p>
<p>Ryan threw incomplete to Jones and T.J. Ward. After a 7-yard pass to Jones to the 2, the season came down to one play.</p>
<p>Falcons offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian inexplicably called a rollout, taking half the field away for Ryan.</p>
<p>The defense read the play when they saw the formation, pressured Ryan and forced him to throw it up to Jones in the corner of the end zone. Jalen Mills had tight coverage and the ball sailed over Jones' hands.</p>
<p>"We probably had three guys calling out the play on that one just based on our preparation, our study," Jenkins said.</p>
<p>Jones had nine catches for 101 yards, but Mills and Ronald Darby kept him out of the end zone.</p>
<p>"The whole motto and the slogan was just 'do your job,'" Mills said. "Nobody has to go out there and be superman. Know what you have to do for one, then go out there and execute."</p>
<p>The defense did its part. The defense will have to do it again next week because the offense isn't going to win a shootout.</p>
<p>"It was on us and we wouldn't want it any other way," Bradham said. "That's how you feel when you're on (defense) and you feel like we lead this team. We set the tone for this team and we set the pace for this team. That's how we feel. We feel like all the energy and everything comes through us and everybody feeds off of it."</p>
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philadelphia ap carson wentz went philadelphia eagles pressure fell backup nick foles everyone else step defense rose challenge first playoff game harassed matt ryan contained julio jones made goalline stand end 1510 victory atlanta falcons know defense wins championships say time hear cliché true especially home pro bowl safety malcolm jenkins said strong defensive effort helped underdog eagles 143 advance nfc championship game sixth time since 2001 theyll host vikings 143 next sunday minnesota advanced thrilling 2924 win new orleans dont even care linebacker nigel bradham said preferred opponent obviously well see good game get ready prepare whoever going play next defensive coordinator jim schwartzs unit 1 run 17th pass fourth points allowed held falcons 281 yards points second half atlantas touchdown drive came fumbled punt eagles 18 dont point fingers defensive end brandon graham said stay task keep playing technique keep playing effort second half went nobody gave us shot another 60 minutes next week im happy team great team stay together even adversity eagles coach doug pederson showed confidence defense chose jake elliott kick 21yard field goal instead going fourthand1 falcons 3 1210 lead 605 remaining defense forced two threeandouts held atlanta 49 yards second half ryan led falcons long drive converting fourthand6 along way atlanta first eagles 9 119 left ryan threw incomplete jones tj ward 7yard pass jones 2 season came one play falcons offensive coordinator steve sarkisian inexplicably called rollout taking half field away ryan defense read play saw formation pressured ryan forced throw jones corner end zone jalen mills tight coverage ball sailed jones hands probably three guys calling play one based preparation study jenkins said jones nine catches 101 yards mills ronald darby kept end zone whole motto slogan job mills said nobody go superman know one go execute defense part defense next week offense isnt going win shootout us wouldnt want way bradham said thats feel youre defense feel like lead team set tone team set pace team thats feel feel like energy everything comes us everybody feeds ___ ap nfl website wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi philadelphia ap carson wentz went philadelphia eagles pressure fell backup nick foles everyone else step defense rose challenge first playoff game harassed matt ryan contained julio jones made goalline stand end 1510 victory atlanta falcons know defense wins championships say time hear cliché true especially home pro bowl safety malcolm jenkins said strong defensive effort helped underdog eagles 143 advance nfc championship game sixth time since 2001 theyll host vikings 143 next sunday minnesota advanced thrilling 2924 win new orleans dont even care linebacker nigel bradham said preferred opponent obviously well see good game get ready prepare whoever going play next defensive coordinator jim schwartzs unit 1 run 17th pass fourth points allowed held falcons 281 yards points second half atlantas touchdown drive came fumbled punt eagles 18 dont point fingers defensive end brandon graham said stay task keep playing technique keep playing effort second half went nobody gave us shot another 60 minutes next week im happy team great team stay together even adversity eagles coach doug pederson showed confidence defense chose jake elliott kick 21yard field goal instead going fourthand1 falcons 3 1210 lead 605 remaining defense forced two threeandouts held atlanta 49 yards second half ryan led falcons long drive converting fourthand6 along way atlanta first eagles 9 119 left ryan threw incomplete jones tj ward 7yard pass jones 2 season came one play falcons offensive coordinator steve sarkisian inexplicably called rollout taking half field away ryan defense read play saw formation pressured ryan forced throw jones corner end zone jalen mills tight coverage ball sailed jones hands probably three guys calling play one based preparation study jenkins said jones nine catches 101 yards mills ronald darby kept end zone whole motto slogan job mills said nobody go superman know one go execute defense part defense next week offense isnt going win shootout us wouldnt want way bradham said thats feel youre defense feel like lead team set tone team set pace team thats feel feel like energy everything comes us everybody feeds ___ ap nfl website wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi
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<p>FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, Sprout Pharmaceuticals CEO Cindy Whitehead holds a bottle for the female sex-drive drug Addyi at her Raleigh, N.C. Most women with low sexual desire won't rush out to get the first prescription drug to boost female libido when it launches on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. But they may have more options down the road. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)</p>
<p>WASHINGTON - Most women with low sexual desire won't rush to get the first prescription drug to boost female libido when it becomes available on Saturday. But they may have more options down the road.</p>
<p>Addyi can't be taken with alcohol or certain other medications, which will likely limit its use. But experts believe those restrictions could spur development of better treatments for women's sexual problems after more than a decade of neglect by most of the world's large drugmakers.</p>
<p>Kim Wallen, a psychology professor at Emory University, says Addyi represents a historic milestone that may open the door to more drugs targeting desire in men and women. Where Viagra and other men's erectile dysfunction drugs work by increasing blood flow to the genitals, Addyi acts on brain chemicals associated with desire.</p>
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<p>"This is the first time that a drug, for either men or women, has been approved strictly to increase sexual desire," Wallen says. "That legitimizes many other drugs that are in development."</p>
<p>Treatments for women's libido issues are an untapped financial opportunity for drugmakers. Analysts estimate the market could be worth over $2 billion, based on academic estimates that between 5 million and 9 million U.S. women may suffer from desire disorders.</p>
<p>But the area hasn't been a research priority for drugmakers in many years. Beginning in the 1990s, Pfizer, Bayer and Procter &amp; Gamble all studied - then discarded - drugs targeting female libido.</p>
<p>Addyi itself was developed by the German conglomerate, Boehringer Ingelheim, then sold to Sprout Pharmaceuticals after the Food and Drug Administration rejected the medication due to lackluster effectiveness and issues like nausea, fatigue and dizziness.</p>
<p>It took Sprout four years to win FDA approval for Addyi, which acts on brain chemicals associated with mood and appetite. The drug will come with a bold warning label about the risks of fainting if combined with alcohol or certain medications. Additionally, doctors and pharmacists must complete an online certification process to show they understand the drug's risks.</p>
<p>Dr. Lisa Dabney says several patients have asked her about Addyi, but they generally lose interest after she explains they cannot drink alcohol while taking the daily medication.</p>
<p>"It's definitely an option that's going to help patients," says Dabney, of New York's Mt. Sinai hospital. "But it's going to have a limited patient audience because of the alcohol restrictions and the fact that you have to take it every day."</p>
<p>Still, some women credit the drug with saving their relationships.</p>
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<p>Amanda Parrish, 52, had been married for three years when she realized she was avoiding sex with her husband. Her doctor said it was natural to lose sexual interest with age and suggested she try a vibrator. But nothing worked until Parrish enrolled in a trial of Addyi, which was studied in women who report distress due to a lack of libido.</p>
<p>"It just brought me back to where I was as far as being flirty and playful," says Parrish, who lives in Nashville. "I went back to the days of leaving notes on his window, in his car, on his mirror in the morning."</p>
<p>Experts generally describe Addyi's effect as "modest." In company studies, women taking the drug that's also called flibanserin reported a slight uptick in sexually satisfying events each month. Their answers to separate questionnaires indicated they experienced a slight increase in desire and a slight decrease in stress.</p>
<p>Analysts from Evercore ISI estimate Addyi could generate sales of $200 million annually. That's far below the blockbuster numbers once discussed by experts and the $1 billion that Valeant Pharmaceuticals recently agreed to purchase Sprout.</p>
<p>But the buyout has revived interest in a handful of competitors developing alternate treatments. Those products include nasal sprays, injections and antidepressant pills.</p>
<p>It could be years before any of them reach patients. That's because the field of women's sexual medicine remains a small one, comprised of tiny companies with limited resources.</p>
<p>Leading the field is Cranbury, N.J.-based Palatin Technologies Inc. which is studying an injectable drug that mimics a hormone linked to sexual arousal.</p>
<p>Unlike Addyi, women would only take the drug when they want to be sexually active. The company's pen-like injector contains a single dose of bremelanotide, which lasts about eight hours. Where Addyi is absorbed into the entire nervous system, Palatin drug's targets a specific region of the brain.</p>
<p>Mid-stage trial results suggest the drug could be at least as effective as Addyi without the dangerous interactions with alcohol. Palatin hopes to submit its drug to the FDA in 2017 with a decision in 2018.</p>
<p>Wall Street analysts estimate the drug, if approved, could reach sales around $500 million, according to Piper Jaffray.</p>
<p>In interviews, company executives highlight the differences between their drug and Addyi. But they also acknowledge the trailblazing path paved by their competitor. Palatin CEO Carl Spana says larger drugmakers are again interested in discussing partnerships with his company, after years of doubts about the future of female sex drugs.</p>
<p>"With the approval of Addyi that's changed and we've seen a much larger uptick in the number of companies that want to talk to us," Spana says.</p>
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file aug 18 2015 file photo sprout pharmaceuticals ceo cindy whitehead holds bottle female sexdrive drug addyi raleigh nc women low sexual desire wont rush get first prescription drug boost female libido launches saturday oct 17 2015 may options road ap photoallen g breed washington women low sexual desire wont rush get first prescription drug boost female libido becomes available saturday may options road addyi cant taken alcohol certain medications likely limit use experts believe restrictions could spur development better treatments womens sexual problems decade neglect worlds large drugmakers kim wallen psychology professor emory university says addyi represents historic milestone may open door drugs targeting desire men women viagra mens erectile dysfunction drugs work increasing blood flow genitals addyi acts brain chemicals associated desire advertisement first time drug either men women approved strictly increase sexual desire wallen says legitimizes many drugs development treatments womens libido issues untapped financial opportunity drugmakers analysts estimate market could worth 2 billion based academic estimates 5 million 9 million us women may suffer desire disorders area hasnt research priority drugmakers many years beginning 1990s pfizer bayer procter amp gamble studied discarded drugs targeting female libido addyi developed german conglomerate boehringer ingelheim sold sprout pharmaceuticals food drug administration rejected medication due lackluster effectiveness issues like nausea fatigue dizziness took sprout four years win fda approval addyi acts brain chemicals associated mood appetite drug come bold warning label risks fainting combined alcohol certain medications additionally doctors pharmacists must complete online certification process show understand drugs risks dr lisa dabney says several patients asked addyi generally lose interest explains drink alcohol taking daily medication definitely option thats going help patients says dabney new yorks mt sinai hospital going limited patient audience alcohol restrictions fact take every day still women credit drug saving relationships advertisement amanda parrish 52 married three years realized avoiding sex husband doctor said natural lose sexual interest age suggested try vibrator nothing worked parrish enrolled trial addyi studied women report distress due lack libido brought back far flirty playful says parrish lives nashville went back days leaving notes window car mirror morning experts generally describe addyis effect modest company studies women taking drug thats also called flibanserin reported slight uptick sexually satisfying events month answers separate questionnaires indicated experienced slight increase desire slight decrease stress analysts evercore isi estimate addyi could generate sales 200 million annually thats far blockbuster numbers discussed experts 1 billion valeant pharmaceuticals recently agreed purchase sprout buyout revived interest handful competitors developing alternate treatments products include nasal sprays injections antidepressant pills could years reach patients thats field womens sexual medicine remains small one comprised tiny companies limited resources leading field cranbury njbased palatin technologies inc studying injectable drug mimics hormone linked sexual arousal unlike addyi women would take drug want sexually active companys penlike injector contains single dose bremelanotide lasts eight hours addyi absorbed entire nervous system palatin drugs targets specific region brain midstage trial results suggest drug could least effective addyi without dangerous interactions alcohol palatin hopes submit drug fda 2017 decision 2018 wall street analysts estimate drug approved could reach sales around 500 million according piper jaffray interviews company executives highlight differences drug addyi also acknowledge trailblazing path paved competitor palatin ceo carl spana says larger drugmakers interested discussing partnerships company years doubts future female sex drugs approval addyi thats changed weve seen much larger uptick number companies want talk us spana says
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<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Kesler and his family are slowly getting used to the ocean view at their new home, and the Anaheim Ducks’ new center still has to remind himself he can go to the rink in flip-flops.</p>
<p>Oh, the sacrifices necessary to contend for a Stanley Cup.</p>
<p>Kesler formally got to work Thursday with the Ducks, who acquired the vaunted center from Vancouver on draft day. After spending his entire 11-year NHL career with the Canucks, he’s meeting new teammates and familiarizing himself with Anaheim’s coaching staff while his kids start at a new school.</p>
<p>“You go from (being) one of the veterans that have been around a while to (being) the new guy,” Kesler said at Honda Center on the first day of training camp. “First time in a while being the new guy — 11 years, actually. So it’s a little different. But the guys have been great, have taken me in. It’s a great group of guys, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”</p>
<p>Kesler is the Ducks’ new second-line center, and Anaheim hopes the former U.S. Olympian is the missing piece to a championship puzzle. The two-time Pacific Division champions had the NHL’s second-best record last season, but lost in the second round to the hard-nosed Los Angeles Kings.</p>
<p>Kesler understands his role as a bruising two-way forward who can shoulder many responsibilities that fell last season to Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf, the runner-up for the Hart Trophy.</p>
<p>“Kes, he’s a great player,” Getzlaf said. “He’s proven it in this league, and any time you have that depth down the middle, it helps. I’ve played enough minutes against him (to know) he’s hard to play against. He frustrates you, but I think he’s developed over the years as a player and focused on the hockey side.”</p>
<p>Kesler should match up against opponents’ top lines and take key faceoffs, creating more offensive opportunities for Getzlaf while still providing consistent scoring of his own. General manager Bob Murray acquired Kesler to add size, strength and toughness to the Ducks, who appear better equipped to match up with the Western Conference’s best lineups.</p>
<p>Kesler said he looks forward to “being the No. 2 guy behind Getzlaf, just taking some of the offensive pressure off him, but definitely the defensive pressures that he had in the past. Hopefully, we can be a one-two punch that’s dominant. I think we know the division we’re in and how strong it is, definitely the strongest in the league. We’re going to have to be ready for this.”</p>
<p>The Ducks gave up dependable center Nick Bonino in the trade for Kesler, but coach Bruce Boudreau firmly backed Murray’s plan to bulk up down the middle with Getzlaf, Kesler and third-line center Nate Thompson, acquired from Tampa Bay.</p>
<p>“You have two big centermen (who can) go against anybody,” Boudreau said. “They’re guys that have been on their countries’ teams and know how to play. Kesler has been to the finals. Getzlaf has won the Cup. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Bonino, but you’ve got two big, bona fide No. 1′s here.”</p>
<p>Kesler has been within one game of a championship, but the Canucks lost Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals at home to Boston. He decided he couldn’t stick around for Vancouver’s wholesale rebuilding effort, and he waived his no-trade clause to join the Ducks.</p>
<p>But Kesler will always feel warmly about Vancouver. The Canucks visit Anaheim on Nov. 9, and Kesler returns to Rogers Arena on Nov. 20.</p>
<p>“The 10, 11 years I was there, what a good time,” Kesler said. “There was rarely any bad times. I had a lot of good teammates over the years, even going back to Trevor Linden and Markus Naslund. That’s the hardest part, is leaving your friends and kind of moving on from them. But that’s the great thing about technology. You can still keep in touch, and we’re already chirping each other about (Nov. 9). Can’t wait for that day.”</p>
<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Kesler and his family are slowly getting used to the ocean view at their new home, and the Anaheim Ducks’ new center still has to remind himself he can go to the rink in flip-flops.</p>
<p>Oh, the sacrifices necessary to contend for a Stanley Cup.</p>
<p>Kesler formally got to work Thursday with the Ducks, who acquired the vaunted center from Vancouver on draft day. After spending his entire 11-year NHL career with the Canucks, he’s meeting new teammates and familiarizing himself with Anaheim’s coaching staff while his kids start at a new school.</p>
<p>“You go from (being) one of the veterans that have been around a while to (being) the new guy,” Kesler said at Honda Center on the first day of training camp. “First time in a while being the new guy — 11 years, actually. So it’s a little different. But the guys have been great, have taken me in. It’s a great group of guys, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”</p>
<p>Kesler is the Ducks’ new second-line center, and Anaheim hopes the former U.S. Olympian is the missing piece to a championship puzzle. The two-time Pacific Division champions had the NHL’s second-best record last season, but lost in the second round to the hard-nosed Los Angeles Kings.</p>
<p>Kesler understands his role as a bruising two-way forward who can shoulder many responsibilities that fell last season to Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf, the runner-up for the Hart Trophy.</p>
<p>“Kes, he’s a great player,” Getzlaf said. “He’s proven it in this league, and any time you have that depth down the middle, it helps. I’ve played enough minutes against him (to know) he’s hard to play against. He frustrates you, but I think he’s developed over the years as a player and focused on the hockey side.”</p>
<p>Kesler should match up against opponents’ top lines and take key faceoffs, creating more offensive opportunities for Getzlaf while still providing consistent scoring of his own. General manager Bob Murray acquired Kesler to add size, strength and toughness to the Ducks, who appear better equipped to match up with the Western Conference’s best lineups.</p>
<p>Kesler said he looks forward to “being the No. 2 guy behind Getzlaf, just taking some of the offensive pressure off him, but definitely the defensive pressures that he had in the past. Hopefully, we can be a one-two punch that’s dominant. I think we know the division we’re in and how strong it is, definitely the strongest in the league. We’re going to have to be ready for this.”</p>
<p>The Ducks gave up dependable center Nick Bonino in the trade for Kesler, but coach Bruce Boudreau firmly backed Murray’s plan to bulk up down the middle with Getzlaf, Kesler and third-line center Nate Thompson, acquired from Tampa Bay.</p>
<p>“You have two big centermen (who can) go against anybody,” Boudreau said. “They’re guys that have been on their countries’ teams and know how to play. Kesler has been to the finals. Getzlaf has won the Cup. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Bonino, but you’ve got two big, bona fide No. 1′s here.”</p>
<p>Kesler has been within one game of a championship, but the Canucks lost Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals at home to Boston. He decided he couldn’t stick around for Vancouver’s wholesale rebuilding effort, and he waived his no-trade clause to join the Ducks.</p>
<p>But Kesler will always feel warmly about Vancouver. The Canucks visit Anaheim on Nov. 9, and Kesler returns to Rogers Arena on Nov. 20.</p>
<p>“The 10, 11 years I was there, what a good time,” Kesler said. “There was rarely any bad times. I had a lot of good teammates over the years, even going back to Trevor Linden and Markus Naslund. That’s the hardest part, is leaving your friends and kind of moving on from them. But that’s the great thing about technology. You can still keep in touch, and we’re already chirping each other about (Nov. 9). Can’t wait for that day.”</p>
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anaheim calif ap ryan kesler family slowly getting used ocean view new home anaheim ducks new center still remind go rink flipflops oh sacrifices necessary contend stanley cup kesler formally got work thursday ducks acquired vaunted center vancouver draft day spending entire 11year nhl career canucks hes meeting new teammates familiarizing anaheims coaching staff kids start new school go one veterans around new guy kesler said honda center first day training camp first time new guy 11 years actually little different guys great taken great group guys im excited part kesler ducks new secondline center anaheim hopes former us olympian missing piece championship puzzle twotime pacific division champions nhls secondbest record last season lost second round hardnosed los angeles kings kesler understands role bruising twoway forward shoulder many responsibilities fell last season anaheim captain ryan getzlaf runnerup hart trophy kes hes great player getzlaf said hes proven league time depth middle helps ive played enough minutes know hes hard play frustrates think hes developed years player focused hockey side kesler match opponents top lines take key faceoffs creating offensive opportunities getzlaf still providing consistent scoring general manager bob murray acquired kesler add size strength toughness ducks appear better equipped match western conferences best lineups kesler said looks forward 2 guy behind getzlaf taking offensive pressure definitely defensive pressures past hopefully onetwo punch thats dominant think know division strong definitely strongest league going ready ducks gave dependable center nick bonino trade kesler coach bruce boudreau firmly backed murrays plan bulk middle getzlaf kesler thirdline center nate thompson acquired tampa bay two big centermen go anybody boudreau said theyre guys countries teams know play kesler finals getzlaf cup dont get wrong really like bonino youve got two big bona fide 1s kesler within one game championship canucks lost game 7 2011 stanley cup finals home boston decided couldnt stick around vancouvers wholesale rebuilding effort waived notrade clause join ducks kesler always feel warmly vancouver canucks visit anaheim nov 9 kesler returns rogers arena nov 20 10 11 years good time kesler said rarely bad times lot good teammates years even going back trevor linden markus naslund thats hardest part leaving friends kind moving thats great thing technology still keep touch already chirping nov 9 cant wait day anaheim calif ap ryan kesler family slowly getting used ocean view new home anaheim ducks new center still remind go rink flipflops oh sacrifices necessary contend stanley cup kesler formally got work thursday ducks acquired vaunted center vancouver draft day spending entire 11year nhl career canucks hes meeting new teammates familiarizing anaheims coaching staff kids start new school go one veterans around new guy kesler said honda center first day training camp first time new guy 11 years actually little different guys great taken great group guys im excited part kesler ducks new secondline center anaheim hopes former us olympian missing piece championship puzzle twotime pacific division champions nhls secondbest record last season lost second round hardnosed los angeles kings kesler understands role bruising twoway forward shoulder many responsibilities fell last season anaheim captain ryan getzlaf runnerup hart trophy kes hes great player getzlaf said hes proven league time depth middle helps ive played enough minutes know hes hard play frustrates think hes developed years player focused hockey side kesler match opponents top lines take key faceoffs creating offensive opportunities getzlaf still providing consistent scoring general manager bob murray acquired kesler add size strength toughness ducks appear better equipped match western conferences best lineups kesler said looks forward 2 guy behind getzlaf taking offensive pressure definitely defensive pressures past hopefully onetwo punch thats dominant think know division strong definitely strongest league going ready ducks gave dependable center nick bonino trade kesler coach bruce boudreau firmly backed murrays plan bulk middle getzlaf kesler thirdline center nate thompson acquired tampa bay two big centermen go anybody boudreau said theyre guys countries teams know play kesler finals getzlaf cup dont get wrong really like bonino youve got two big bona fide 1s kesler within one game championship canucks lost game 7 2011 stanley cup finals home boston decided couldnt stick around vancouvers wholesale rebuilding effort waived notrade clause join ducks kesler always feel warmly vancouver canucks visit anaheim nov 9 kesler returns rogers arena nov 20 10 11 years good time kesler said rarely bad times lot good teammates years even going back trevor linden markus naslund thats hardest part leaving friends kind moving thats great thing technology still keep touch already chirping nov 9 cant wait day
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<p>Sherry Scott sits in a wheelchair, alongside her 10-year-old golden retriever Tootie, at her home in San Diego. Scott, who receives dog food for Tootie through the AniMeals program, said she would give her lasagna and pork riblets from Meals on Wheels to Tootie if MOW didn’t bring dog food for her dog. (Gregory Bull/The Associated Press)</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES – If Meals on Wheels didn’t deliver donated dog food, Sherry Scott of San Diego says her golden retriever Tootie would be eating the pasta, riblets and veggie wraps meant for her. But thanks to partnerships between the program for low-income seniors and pet groups across the country, fewer people and pets are going hungry.</p>
<p>After Meals on Wheels volunteers noticed a growing number of clients giving their food away to their furry friends, they started working with shelters and other pet groups to add free pet food to their meal deliveries. Those programs, relying on donations and volunteers, have continued to grow in popularity as seniors began eating better, staying healthier and worrying less about feeding their pets, one group said.</p>
<p>Meals on Wheels is just one organization serving people who are poor, disabled or elderly, but it has a vast reach. It has teamed up with independently run pet partners in several states, but how many isn’t known, said Jenny Bertolette, spokeswoman for Meals on Wheels Association of America in Alexandria, Va.</p>
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<p>Partner pet groups will solicit, pick up, pack and get the animal chow to Meals on Wheels or another agency that donates food, volunteers said. Agencies also take pet food to nursing homes, senior centers or community centers.</p>
<p>Those who qualify for Meals on Wheels or similar programs are almost always eligible for a free pet food program.</p>
<p>“Pets are so important to our seniors. They are social workers, depression counselors, a lifeline for a lot of them,” said Charles Gehring, CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based LifeCare Alliance, a nonprofit providing meals and other services to low-income seniors.</p>
<p>Christen Hanley, director of Outreach Services with Helen Woodward Animal Center, bags up some cat food as part of the AniMeals program at the animal center in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. The AniMeals program provides pet food for people receiving the Meals on Wheels program. (Gregory Bull/The Associated Press)</p>
<p>It is common for low-income seniors or people with disabilities to feed their dogs or cats instead of themselves, Gehring said. The nonprofit started a pet food giveaway program five years ago that serves more than 1,000 animals a month.</p>
<p>LifeCare Alliance launched the program after taking a survey and learning many of the Columbus area’s seniors had pets. Most were low income, didn’t drive and were isolated. Gehring said 70 percent reported not seeing anyone besides their Meals on Wheels driver each week.</p>
<p>“The pets are so important to them. But people need to eat what we give them. Pets don’t need Salisbury steak,” Gehring said.</p>
<p>Both Scott and Timothy Goddard, 34, of Columbus, Ohio, live on just hundreds of dollars a month.</p>
<p>Goddard, who is disabled and has HIV, said if he didn’t get free food for his 2-year-old black Lab, Max, he couldn’t have a dog at all.</p>
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<p>“He’s my companion. I got no kids, so he’s my everything,” Goddard said. “We take walks, do everything together.”</p>
<p>Sherry Scott moves a cooler holding her Meals on Wheels delivery as her golden retriever Tootie watches. The AniMeals pet food program is sponsored by the Helen Woodward Animal Center in partnership with Meals on Wheels. (Gregory Bull/The Associated Press)</p>
<p>For Scott, critical food deliveries arrive from Meals on Wheels in San Diego, which partnered with Helen Woodward Animal Center 15 years ago to add pet food drop-offs. Woodward had started one of the first pet food programs in the nation in 1984, called AniMeals, which expanded its reach when the agencies partnered.</p>
<p>“Animals provide companionship and love,” said Luanne Hinkle, director of development for the San Diego Meals on Wheels. So when Woodward suggested the partnership, “we jumped right in.”</p>
<p>AniMeals started with 10 pets, and today there are 250, Woodward Animal Center spokeswoman Jessica Gercke said.</p>
<p>The partnership formed after “a (Meals on Wheels) volunteer discovered one of her clients was sharing her delivered food with her cats, sacrificing her own health,” she explained.</p>
<p>It takes 40 volunteers to collect 3,000 pounds of donated dry food and about 3,200 cans of wet food for dogs and cats each month.</p>
<p>The biggest challenge is getting donations, Gercke said. Despite bins in pet stores and markets where people can donate, “there is never a time we don’t need more food.”</p>
<p>Some groups and shelters offering pet food programs nationwide have gotten a boost from Banfield Charitable Trust grants, offered since 2007. It’s given funding to a social services department in North Carolina and LifeSpan Resources in New Albany, Ind., a nonprofit providing information and assistance to seniors and the disabled, as it tries to get its program up and running.</p>
<p>Scott, a former tennis teacher who lives on less than $800 a month, has been receiving Meals on Wheels deliveries for four years and pet food from AniMeals for about one. She has to save up for three or four months just to take Tootie to the groomer.</p>
<p>“The pet food program is a lifesaver,” she said.</p>
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sherry scott sits wheelchair alongside 10yearold golden retriever tootie home san diego scott receives dog food tootie animeals program said would give lasagna pork riblets meals wheels tootie mow didnt bring dog food dog gregory bullthe associated press los angeles meals wheels didnt deliver donated dog food sherry scott san diego says golden retriever tootie would eating pasta riblets veggie wraps meant thanks partnerships program lowincome seniors pet groups across country fewer people pets going hungry meals wheels volunteers noticed growing number clients giving food away furry friends started working shelters pet groups add free pet food meal deliveries programs relying donations volunteers continued grow popularity seniors began eating better staying healthier worrying less feeding pets one group said meals wheels one organization serving people poor disabled elderly vast reach teamed independently run pet partners several states many isnt known said jenny bertolette spokeswoman meals wheels association america alexandria va advertisement partner pet groups solicit pick pack get animal chow meals wheels another agency donates food volunteers said agencies also take pet food nursing homes senior centers community centers qualify meals wheels similar programs almost always eligible free pet food program pets important seniors social workers depression counselors lifeline lot said charles gehring ceo columbus ohiobased lifecare alliance nonprofit providing meals services lowincome seniors christen hanley director outreach services helen woodward animal center bags cat food part animeals program animal center rancho santa fe calif animeals program provides pet food people receiving meals wheels program gregory bullthe associated press common lowincome seniors people disabilities feed dogs cats instead gehring said nonprofit started pet food giveaway program five years ago serves 1000 animals month lifecare alliance launched program taking survey learning many columbus areas seniors pets low income didnt drive isolated gehring said 70 percent reported seeing anyone besides meals wheels driver week pets important people need eat give pets dont need salisbury steak gehring said scott timothy goddard 34 columbus ohio live hundreds dollars month goddard disabled hiv said didnt get free food 2yearold black lab max couldnt dog advertisement hes companion got kids hes everything goddard said take walks everything together sherry scott moves cooler holding meals wheels delivery golden retriever tootie watches animeals pet food program sponsored helen woodward animal center partnership meals wheels gregory bullthe associated press scott critical food deliveries arrive meals wheels san diego partnered helen woodward animal center 15 years ago add pet food dropoffs woodward started one first pet food programs nation 1984 called animeals expanded reach agencies partnered animals provide companionship love said luanne hinkle director development san diego meals wheels woodward suggested partnership jumped right animeals started 10 pets today 250 woodward animal center spokeswoman jessica gercke said partnership formed meals wheels volunteer discovered one clients sharing delivered food cats sacrificing health explained takes 40 volunteers collect 3000 pounds donated dry food 3200 cans wet food dogs cats month biggest challenge getting donations gercke said despite bins pet stores markets people donate never time dont need food groups shelters offering pet food programs nationwide gotten boost banfield charitable trust grants offered since 2007 given funding social services department north carolina lifespan resources new albany ind nonprofit providing information assistance seniors disabled tries get program running scott former tennis teacher lives less 800 month receiving meals wheels deliveries four years pet food animeals one save three four months take tootie groomer pet food program lifesaver said
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<p>The luncheon at the Albuquerque Marriott also showcased an additional 10 construction projects, all but two of which are in the Albuquerque metro area. In what could be a sign of the times, four of the award winners involved the renovation of existing buildings.</p>
<p>Central New Mexico Community College, described as an institution that’s sometimes taken for granted, was recognized with the Vision Award, joining past winners such as Presbyterian Rust Medical Center, Intel Corp. and, rather ironically, the financially troubled Mariposa planned community in Rio Rancho.</p>
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<p>CNM’s presence includes five campuses, nearly half a million square feet of space and the largest online education program in the state, according to the NAIOP presentation. It offers 48 associate’s degrees and 80 certificates in various career fields.</p>
<p>“Thousands of students receive their education at CNM and find a job and a better life for themselves and their families,” the presentation said.</p>
<p>The presentation also recognized CNM President Kathie Winograd for “the environment she creates at CNM that fosters leadership, creativity, caring and innovation.”</p>
<p>Courtesy of REDWREDW’s 47,000-square-foot building at Journal Center was one of the top office projects at NAIOP’s 2012 Awards of Excellence.</p>
<p>Urenco USA’s more-than-$4 billion uranium enrichment plant in Eunice, described as the only facility of its kind in North America, was given the annual Chairman’s Award. Still a work in progress, the plant is home to an estimated 350 jobs plus another 1,000 construction jobs working on the continuing build-out.</p>
<p>Architect Dale Dekker was recognized for his service as the association’s 2012 chairman.</p>
<p>The theme for the awards program, titled “Mission Possible: Explosive Development,” was inspired by the “Mission Impossible” movie franchise. Award presentations were woven into a video of a handful of NAIOP members portraying the MI team in a spoof of rescue scenarios.</p>
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<p>The main thrust of the luncheon was the presentation of Eagle Awards to projects that were completed between Jan. 1, 2011, and Sept. 1, 2012. The winners were selected from 72 projects.</p>
<p>“It’s an end-of-the-year celebration of our industry, showcasing the best of new and remodeled projects from around the state in nine different categories,” said NAIOP President Lynne Andersen. “This year’s event broke all attendance records with over 530 attendees.”</p>
<p>Urenco USA, which has just under 1.3 billion square feet of building area in Eunice, was recognized with NAIOP’s Chairman’s Award for its economic contributions not just in southeastern New Mexico but the state as a whole. (Courtesy of URENco)</p>
<p>Here are the Eagle Award winners:</p>
<p>OFFICE: Tie between the REDW headquarters building at Journal Center and the Mack Energy corporate office in Artesia.</p>
<p>The two-story, 47,000-square-foot building for REDW Business &amp; Financial Advisors is designed as a modern interpretation of a traditional Pueblo style that received gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.</p>
<p>Owner: Titan Tiburon LLC. Contractor: Reid &amp; Associates. Architects: Dekker Perich Sabatini, SMPC. Engineers: Dekker Perich Sabatini, Bohannon Huston, Arsed Engineering and Response Group.</p>
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<p>The 56,000-square-foot Mack Energy Corp. office, which features a two-story atrium, was designed and managed in a paper-free effort that included Building Information Modeling, or BIM.</p>
<p>Owner: Chase Oil Corp. Contractor: Jaynes Corp. Architect: Van H. Gilbert Architect. Engineers: Desert Eagle, Bohannon Huston, Bridgers &amp; Paxton.</p>
<p>INDUSTRIAL: The 87,000-square-foot first phase of Santa Fe Studios, south of Santa Fe on Highway 14, was designed in the Pueblo style and completed in nine months.</p>
<p>Owner: Santa Fe Studios. Contractor: Klinger Constructors. Architect: Bastien and Associates. Engineers: Bohannon Huston, Walla Engineering.</p>
<p>RETAIL: The 12,339-square-foot Aveda Institute of New Mexico building marks the rebirth and reuse of what was once the Sandia Theater on Central Avenue near Old Town.</p>
<p>Owner: Sandia Theater LLC. Developer: Rembe Urban Design and Development. Contractor: Insight Construction. Architect: Mullen Heller Architecture. Engineers: Isaacson &amp; Arfman, Walla Engineering, Response Group.</p>
<p>Santa Fe Studios was the top project in the industrial category at NAIOP’s 2012 Awards of Excellence. (Courtesy of naiop)</p>
<p>CIVIC/PUBLIC: Built over an underground parking structure bigger than a football field, the Isleta Tribal Services Complex is a multilevel building that houses multiple tribal public safety, court and administrative functions.</p>
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<p>Owner: Isleta Pueblo. Contractor: Jaynes Corp. Architect: RMKM Architecture. Engineers: Larry Read &amp; Associates, JJK Group, Fogelman Engineering, Hughes Consulting.</p>
<p>CIVIC/PUBLIC RENOVATION: The 55,000-square-foot Hiland Theater on Central Avenue was renovated as the new home of the National Dance Institute of New Mexico.</p>
<p>Owner: Bernalillo County. Contractor: Klinger Constructors. Architect: Studio Southwest. Engineers: Mark Goodwin &amp; Associates, Walla, Response Group.</p>
<p>RESIDENTIAL: The upscale 58-apartment Nueva Vista, which has underground parking and a host of amenities, is the latest addition to La Vida Llena, a nonprofit retirement community in the Northeast Heights.</p>
<p>Developer: La Vida Llena. Contractor: Bradbury Stamm Construction. Architect: Douglas Pancake Architects. Engineers: Desert Eagle, Bohannon Huston.</p>
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<p>HISTORIC REMODEL: The Albuquerque Community Foundation, which provides financial and organizational support to other nonprofits, renovated the former Champion Grocery building in Downtown into its new headquarters.</p>
<p>Developer: Build New Mexico/Union Development Corp. Contractor: Jaynes Corp. Architects: SMPC Architects. Engineers: Vic Chavez, Arsed, Bridgers &amp; Paxton.</p>
<p>The building housing the Aveda Institute of New Mexico, originally built as a movie theater, was the top retail project at NAIOP’s 2012 Awards of Excellence.</p>
<p>MEDICAL: The 65,000-square-foot Medical Resort at Fiesta Park, which offers rehabilitation services to inpatients, required a thorough renovation of a health-care building dating to the 1950s and created 110 new jobs.</p>
<p>Owner: Balloon Park Property LLC. Developer: Cauwels &amp; Stuve Realty and Development Advisors. Contractor: Enterprise Builders. Architect: Cauwels &amp; Stuve. Engineer: Chavez-Grieves.</p>
<p>EDUCATION: The $23.4 million construction of the new three-story, 156,283-square-foot Del Norte High School building overcame such challenges as a hemmed-in site and maintaining the operation of the existing school.</p>
<p>Owner: Albuquerque Public Schools. Contractor: Shumate Constructors. Architect: Dekker Perich Sabatini. Engineers: Dekker Perich Sabatini, Bridgers &amp; Paxton.</p>
<p>The 58-unit Nueva Vista at La Vida Llena, a nonprofit retirement community in the Northeast Heights, was NAIOP’s top residential project for 2012. (Courtesy of naiop)</p>
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<p>The renovation of the onetime Champion Grocery in Downtown by the Albuquerque Community Foundation was NAIOP’s top historic remodel project. (Courtesy of naiop)</p>
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<p>The 65,000-square-foot Medical Resort at Fiesta Park, which offers rehab services to inpatients, was the top medical project at NAIOP’s Awards of Excellence luncheon. (Courtesy of naiop)</p>
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<p>The new Del Norte High School building, which was the biggest project among the Eagle Award winners, was NAIOP’s top education project for 2012. (journal file)</p>
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luncheon albuquerque marriott also showcased additional 10 construction projects two albuquerque metro area could sign times four award winners involved renovation existing buildings central new mexico community college described institution thats sometimes taken granted recognized vision award joining past winners presbyterian rust medical center intel corp rather ironically financially troubled mariposa planned community rio rancho advertisement cnms presence includes five campuses nearly half million square feet space largest online education program state according naiop presentation offers 48 associates degrees 80 certificates various career fields thousands students receive education cnm find job better life families presentation said presentation also recognized cnm president kathie winograd environment creates cnm fosters leadership creativity caring innovation courtesy redwredws 47000squarefoot building journal center one top office projects naiops 2012 awards excellence urenco usas morethan4 billion uranium enrichment plant eunice described facility kind north america given annual chairmans award still work progress plant home estimated 350 jobs plus another 1000 construction jobs working continuing buildout architect dale dekker recognized service associations 2012 chairman theme awards program titled mission possible explosive development inspired mission impossible movie franchise award presentations woven video handful naiop members portraying mi team spoof rescue scenarios advertisement main thrust luncheon presentation eagle awards projects completed jan 1 2011 sept 1 2012 winners selected 72 projects endoftheyear celebration industry showcasing best new remodeled projects around state nine different categories said naiop president lynne andersen years event broke attendance records 530 attendees urenco usa 13 billion square feet building area eunice recognized naiops chairmans award economic contributions southeastern new mexico state whole courtesy urenco eagle award winners office tie redw headquarters building journal center mack energy corporate office artesia twostory 47000squarefoot building redw business amp financial advisors designed modern interpretation traditional pueblo style received gold certification leadership energy environmental design program owner titan tiburon llc contractor reid amp associates architects dekker perich sabatini smpc engineers dekker perich sabatini bohannon huston arsed engineering response group advertisement 56000squarefoot mack energy corp office features twostory atrium designed managed paperfree effort included building information modeling bim owner chase oil corp contractor jaynes corp architect van h gilbert architect engineers desert eagle bohannon huston bridgers amp paxton industrial 87000squarefoot first phase santa fe studios south santa fe highway 14 designed pueblo style completed nine months owner santa fe studios contractor klinger constructors architect bastien associates engineers bohannon huston walla engineering retail 12339squarefoot aveda institute new mexico building marks rebirth reuse sandia theater central avenue near old town owner sandia theater llc developer rembe urban design development contractor insight construction architect mullen heller architecture engineers isaacson amp arfman walla engineering response group santa fe studios top project industrial category naiops 2012 awards excellence courtesy naiop civicpublic built underground parking structure bigger football field isleta tribal services complex multilevel building houses multiple tribal public safety court administrative functions advertisement owner isleta pueblo contractor jaynes corp architect rmkm architecture engineers larry read amp associates jjk group fogelman engineering hughes consulting civicpublic renovation 55000squarefoot hiland theater central avenue renovated new home national dance institute new mexico owner bernalillo county contractor klinger constructors architect studio southwest engineers mark goodwin amp associates walla response group residential upscale 58apartment nueva vista underground parking host amenities latest addition la vida llena nonprofit retirement community northeast heights developer la vida llena contractor bradbury stamm construction architect douglas pancake architects engineers desert eagle bohannon huston advertisement historic remodel albuquerque community foundation provides financial organizational support nonprofits renovated former champion grocery building downtown new headquarters developer build new mexicounion development corp contractor jaynes corp architects smpc architects engineers vic chavez arsed bridgers amp paxton building housing aveda institute new mexico originally built movie theater top retail project naiops 2012 awards excellence medical 65000squarefoot medical resort fiesta park offers rehabilitation services inpatients required thorough renovation healthcare building dating 1950s created 110 new jobs owner balloon park property llc developer cauwels amp stuve realty development advisors contractor enterprise builders architect cauwels amp stuve engineer chavezgrieves education 234 million construction new threestory 156283squarefoot del norte high school building overcame challenges hemmedin site maintaining operation existing school owner albuquerque public schools contractor shumate constructors architect dekker perich sabatini engineers dekker perich sabatini bridgers amp paxton 58unit nueva vista la vida llena nonprofit retirement community northeast heights naiops top residential project 2012 courtesy naiop 160 renovation onetime champion grocery downtown albuquerque community foundation naiops top historic remodel project courtesy naiop 160 65000squarefoot medical resort fiesta park offers rehab services inpatients top medical project naiops awards excellence luncheon courtesy naiop 160 new del norte high school building biggest project among eagle award winners naiops top education project 2012 journal file
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<p>At the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC), air and soil samples from near and at the WIPP site, located just 23 miles from Carlsbad, are constantly being studied for heightened levels of radiation.</p>
<p>Any resident living within 100 miles of the site is offered free body count scans to determine radiation levels in the body and in exhaled air.</p>
<p>For 15 years the center detected no troubling activity.</p>
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<p>But that all changed in February 2014.</p>
<p>Waste handlers at Los Alamos National Laboratory switched from a clay-based packing material to an organic wheat-based cat litter.</p>
<p>The organic matter was combined with the nitrate salts used in drums of the waste, causing radiation to leak out of the containers stored underground, and exposing 22 workers to low-levels of radiation.</p>
<p>Lab results showed heightened radiation in fecal samples taken from the workers. Days later tests were negative, as the radiation appeared to be flushed from their bodies.</p>
<p>CEMRC noticed higher levels in air samples, immediately announcing the findings.</p>
<p>Director Russell Hardy said that announcement forced WIPP to publicize its findings from the workers.</p>
<p>It’s a point he showed pride in, as a watchdog organization protecting the public.</p>
<p>“That’s our mission,” Hardy said. “We’re the eyes and ears of the community. We’re making sure the air coming out is safe.”</p>
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<p>Despite a measurable spike in radiation in the air for the next year, Hardy said the people of Carlsbad and Eddy County were never at risk.</p>
<p>“We dodged a bullet,” Hardy said. “Even though (the release) gave WIPP a black eye, where and when it happened, in a controlled environment, was probably the best. It proves the repository was needed. We just need to be careful how the waste is packaged and managed.”</p>
<p>Opposition to the storage of waste at WIPP continues years later. But Hardy said most naysayers are not local.</p>
<p>If nuclear power had been introduced to the public as an energy source, rather than a world-shaking bomb, Hardy said there would be less opposition.</p>
<p>“I don’t think, locally, there is a concern,” he said. “If there’s any opposition, it’s up north where our antis are. We have bunch of groups that oppose not only WIPP, but anything nuclear.”</p>
<p>‘We’re doing it for the public’</p>
<p>In CEMRC’s laboratories, scientists from WIPP and Los Alamos National Laboratory work side by side with the center’s own technicians to scan samples for radiological content.</p>
<p>All three organizations perform similar studies, but also work together to confirm results, or discredit any anomalies.</p>
<p>“They’re doing it for their waste permit,” Hardy said of WIPP’s lab. “We’re doing it for the public. But if they see something, we should too.”</p>
<p>CEMRC’s testing labs were recently remodeled, he said, to the tune of $500,000.</p>
<p>It was offline for the last three months, after heated acids disintegrated and rusted many metal components in the lab.</p>
<p>“We use strong acids and heat,” Hardy said. “After 20 years, it eats up the metal.”</p>
<p>The new lab is completed, and is resuming tests of a two-month backlog of samples.</p>
<p>Samples are typically monitored for five days, but in the year after the release they were expedited.</p>
<p>The extra time allows CEMRC’s instruments to detect even a slight change in radiation levels.</p>
<p>“Our primary objective is to make sure what gets put underground says underground,” Hardy said. “For 15 years that was the case.”</p>
<p>In the months after the 2014 incident, Hardy said 150 people were tested for elevated levels of radiation.</p>
<p>No cause for concern was detected.</p>
<p>“You’d have to get a pretty good dose to see it,” he said.</p>
<p>To measure the level of radiation in the air, CEMRC uses becquerel units per cubic meter (bq/m3). Becquerels represent the disintegration per second of nuclear materials.</p>
<p>From 1998 to 2014, CEMRC data shows readings were rarely above .00000001 bq/m3.</p>
<p>But following the accident, levels in the air rose to 1,000 bq/m3 before the use of high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration.</p>
<p>In 2014, post-HEPA readings were at about .1 bq/m3.</p>
<p>Hardy said air with high levels of radiation are dangerous if inhaled in an enclosed space, such as a mine.</p>
<p>For the average person outside the facility, he said there was little risk.</p>
<p>The most recent data shows readings have dropped gradually back to the original levels since the incident.</p>
<p>Hardy said even the highest reading during the incident was still well below the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards.</p>
<p>“It was exciting for us to measure something other than what was normal,” he said. “It was unsettling for some, but there was no risk to the public.”</p>
<p>In addition to testing for radiation, CEMRC is also under contract with WIPP to provide data from air tests in the underground mine.</p>
<p>Those tests are meant to detect volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.</p>
<p>These compounds are not radioactive, but are known carcinogens, meaning they cause cancer.</p>
<p>Before the radiological release, Hardy said about 460,000 cubic feet of air was flowing through WIPP’s underground.</p>
<p>Since the incident, ventilation was restricted to 160,000 cubic feet, a reduction that he said makes air quality a concern.</p>
<p>The air must test clean before anyone is allowed into WIPP’s underground passages.</p>
<p>“They do have periods when the concentrations get too high,” Hardy said. “They’d never allow people in if it tests too high.”</p>
<p>But if levels do increase, be it radioactive or carcinogenic, CEMRC is watching from its perch over Carlsbad.</p>
<p>“A lot of people don’t know this building exists,” Hardy said of the building which is owned by New Mexico State University, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. “Or that we have such sophisticated technology.”</p>
<p>Adrian Hedden can be reached at 575-628-5516, [email protected] or @AdrianHedden on Twitter.</p>
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carlsbad environmental monitoring research center cemrc air soil samples near wipp site located 23 miles carlsbad constantly studied heightened levels radiation resident living within 100 miles site offered free body count scans determine radiation levels body exhaled air 15 years center detected troubling activity advertisement changed february 2014 waste handlers los alamos national laboratory switched claybased packing material organic wheatbased cat litter organic matter combined nitrate salts used drums waste causing radiation leak containers stored underground exposing 22 workers lowlevels radiation lab results showed heightened radiation fecal samples taken workers days later tests negative radiation appeared flushed bodies cemrc noticed higher levels air samples immediately announcing findings director russell hardy said announcement forced wipp publicize findings workers point showed pride watchdog organization protecting public thats mission hardy said eyes ears community making sure air coming safe advertisement despite measurable spike radiation air next year hardy said people carlsbad eddy county never risk dodged bullet hardy said even though release gave wipp black eye happened controlled environment probably best proves repository needed need careful waste packaged managed opposition storage waste wipp continues years later hardy said naysayers local nuclear power introduced public energy source rather worldshaking bomb hardy said would less opposition dont think locally concern said theres opposition north antis bunch groups oppose wipp anything nuclear public cemrcs laboratories scientists wipp los alamos national laboratory work side side centers technicians scan samples radiological content three organizations perform similar studies also work together confirm results discredit anomalies theyre waste permit hardy said wipps lab public see something cemrcs testing labs recently remodeled said tune 500000 offline last three months heated acids disintegrated rusted many metal components lab use strong acids heat hardy said 20 years eats metal new lab completed resuming tests twomonth backlog samples samples typically monitored five days year release expedited extra time allows cemrcs instruments detect even slight change radiation levels primary objective make sure gets put underground says underground hardy said 15 years case months 2014 incident hardy said 150 people tested elevated levels radiation cause concern detected youd get pretty good dose see said measure level radiation air cemrc uses becquerel units per cubic meter bqm3 becquerels represent disintegration per second nuclear materials 1998 2014 cemrc data shows readings rarely 00000001 bqm3 following accident levels air rose 1000 bqm3 use high efficiency particulate air hepa filtration 2014 posthepa readings 1 bqm3 hardy said air high levels radiation dangerous inhaled enclosed space mine average person outside facility said little risk recent data shows readings dropped gradually back original levels since incident hardy said even highest reading incident still well environmental protection agencys standards exciting us measure something normal said unsettling risk public addition testing radiation cemrc also contract wipp provide data air tests underground mine tests meant detect volatile organic compounds vocs compounds radioactive known carcinogens meaning cause cancer radiological release hardy said 460000 cubic feet air flowing wipps underground since incident ventilation restricted 160000 cubic feet reduction said makes air quality concern air must test clean anyone allowed wipps underground passages periods concentrations get high hardy said theyd never allow people tests high levels increase radioactive carcinogenic cemrc watching perch carlsbad lot people dont know building exists hardy said building owned new mexico state university funding us department energy sophisticated technology adrian hedden reached 5756285516 acheddencurrentarguscom adrianhedden twitter 2017 carlsbad currentargus carlsbad nm visit carlsbad currentargus carlsbad nm wwwcurrentarguscom distributed tribune content agency llc _____
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<p>Sunday, Jan. 7</p>
<p>On this date in 1912, Gov. Richard E. Sloan wrote to the governors of every state in the Union asking each of them to declare that Arizona's Admission Day be observed as a national holiday.</p>
<p>On this date in 1947, Henry Chee Dodge, the first chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council, died at Sage Memorial Hospital at age 86.</p>
<p>Monday, Jan. 8</p>
<p>On this date in 1774, Juan Bautista de Anza and the Rev. Francisco Garces set out from Tubac with a party of 34 men to establish a route to California. They traveled to Monterey by way of El Camino del Diablo and returned by the Gila River.</p>
<p>On this date in 1906, the Arizona Supreme Court judges wore black robes for the first time.</p>
<p>On this date in 1929, the Lee's Ferry Bridge was opened across the Colorado River at Marble Canyon.</p>
<p>On this date in 2011, a shooting outside a Tucson supermarket leaves six people dead and 13 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, wounded.</p>
<p>Tuesday, Jan. 9</p>
<p>On this date in 1847, the Mormon Battalion crossed the Colorado River into California after opening the first wagon route across southern Arizona from Santa Fe to San Diego.</p>
<p>On this date in 1908, Tucson City Council ordered all saloons to close at midnight from now on.</p>
<p>On this date in 1912, Arizona tax assessors, meeting at Douglas, spent most of the day in a stormy session debating the taxable worth of burros. After considerable argument, a tax of $5 per head was agreed upon.</p>
<p>On this date in 1917, the state Legislature banned the public drinking cup and common towel and established a minimum weekly wage for women of $10.</p>
<p>On this date in 1932, the decapitated skeleton of Adolph Ruth was found. Six months earlier, he had gone into the Superstition Mountain Range in search of the fabled Lost Dutchman Mine.</p>
<p>Wednesday, Jan. 10</p>
<p>On this date in 1828, Henry C. Hooker, who established the famous Sierra Bonita Ranch in Graham County, was born in New Hampshire.</p>
<p>On this date in 1912, Globe residents concerned over the high costs of living were relieved to learn that local barbers weren't increasing Saturday haircuts to 75 cents.</p>
<p>Thursday, Jan. 11</p>
<p>On this date in 1908, the Grand Canyon National Monument was established.</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, electric street cars were installed in Mesa.</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, Mayor James A. Harrison of Nogales narrowly escaped death when a bullet fired by a policeman at an escaping burglar entered his bedroom window and lodged in the footboard of his bed.</p>
<p>Friday, Jan. 12</p>
<p>On this date in 1883, the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks were completed, allowing Tucson to be reached from the East Coast by way of the San Antonio, Texas.</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, a fire in Payson destroyed two residences, a warehouse, a dance hall, a barn, a hotel and a restaurant. The entire town fought the blaze for more than two hours to prevent further damage.</p>
<p>Saturday, Jan. 13</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, John Goldstrom, a reporter for The Arizona Republic arrived in San Francisco after being flown from New York on a transcontinental mail plane. Goldstrom's experiences included sky-sickness, subzero temperatures in an open plane, blizzards, forced landings with damage to the plane and being lost in a desert sandstorm for 17 hours without water. The trip took 13 days, 6 hours, and 35 minutes.</p>
<p>On this date in 1929, Wyatt Earp died at the age of 81 in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Sunday, Jan. 7</p>
<p>On this date in 1912, Gov. Richard E. Sloan wrote to the governors of every state in the Union asking each of them to declare that Arizona's Admission Day be observed as a national holiday.</p>
<p>On this date in 1947, Henry Chee Dodge, the first chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council, died at Sage Memorial Hospital at age 86.</p>
<p>Monday, Jan. 8</p>
<p>On this date in 1774, Juan Bautista de Anza and the Rev. Francisco Garces set out from Tubac with a party of 34 men to establish a route to California. They traveled to Monterey by way of El Camino del Diablo and returned by the Gila River.</p>
<p>On this date in 1906, the Arizona Supreme Court judges wore black robes for the first time.</p>
<p>On this date in 1929, the Lee's Ferry Bridge was opened across the Colorado River at Marble Canyon.</p>
<p>On this date in 2011, a shooting outside a Tucson supermarket leaves six people dead and 13 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, wounded.</p>
<p>Tuesday, Jan. 9</p>
<p>On this date in 1847, the Mormon Battalion crossed the Colorado River into California after opening the first wagon route across southern Arizona from Santa Fe to San Diego.</p>
<p>On this date in 1908, Tucson City Council ordered all saloons to close at midnight from now on.</p>
<p>On this date in 1912, Arizona tax assessors, meeting at Douglas, spent most of the day in a stormy session debating the taxable worth of burros. After considerable argument, a tax of $5 per head was agreed upon.</p>
<p>On this date in 1917, the state Legislature banned the public drinking cup and common towel and established a minimum weekly wage for women of $10.</p>
<p>On this date in 1932, the decapitated skeleton of Adolph Ruth was found. Six months earlier, he had gone into the Superstition Mountain Range in search of the fabled Lost Dutchman Mine.</p>
<p>Wednesday, Jan. 10</p>
<p>On this date in 1828, Henry C. Hooker, who established the famous Sierra Bonita Ranch in Graham County, was born in New Hampshire.</p>
<p>On this date in 1912, Globe residents concerned over the high costs of living were relieved to learn that local barbers weren't increasing Saturday haircuts to 75 cents.</p>
<p>Thursday, Jan. 11</p>
<p>On this date in 1908, the Grand Canyon National Monument was established.</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, electric street cars were installed in Mesa.</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, Mayor James A. Harrison of Nogales narrowly escaped death when a bullet fired by a policeman at an escaping burglar entered his bedroom window and lodged in the footboard of his bed.</p>
<p>Friday, Jan. 12</p>
<p>On this date in 1883, the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks were completed, allowing Tucson to be reached from the East Coast by way of the San Antonio, Texas.</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, a fire in Payson destroyed two residences, a warehouse, a dance hall, a barn, a hotel and a restaurant. The entire town fought the blaze for more than two hours to prevent further damage.</p>
<p>Saturday, Jan. 13</p>
<p>On this date in 1921, John Goldstrom, a reporter for The Arizona Republic arrived in San Francisco after being flown from New York on a transcontinental mail plane. Goldstrom's experiences included sky-sickness, subzero temperatures in an open plane, blizzards, forced landings with damage to the plane and being lost in a desert sandstorm for 17 hours without water. The trip took 13 days, 6 hours, and 35 minutes.</p>
<p>On this date in 1929, Wyatt Earp died at the age of 81 in Los Angeles.</p>
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sunday jan 7 date 1912 gov richard e sloan wrote governors every state union asking declare arizonas admission day observed national holiday date 1947 henry chee dodge first chairman navajo tribal council died sage memorial hospital age 86 monday jan 8 date 1774 juan bautista de anza rev francisco garces set tubac party 34 men establish route california traveled monterey way el camino del diablo returned gila river date 1906 arizona supreme court judges wore black robes first time date 1929 lees ferry bridge opened across colorado river marble canyon date 2011 shooting outside tucson supermarket leaves six people dead 13 others including congresswoman gabrielle giffords wounded tuesday jan 9 date 1847 mormon battalion crossed colorado river california opening first wagon route across southern arizona santa fe san diego date 1908 tucson city council ordered saloons close midnight date 1912 arizona tax assessors meeting douglas spent day stormy session debating taxable worth burros considerable argument tax 5 per head agreed upon date 1917 state legislature banned public drinking cup common towel established minimum weekly wage women 10 date 1932 decapitated skeleton adolph ruth found six months earlier gone superstition mountain range search fabled lost dutchman mine wednesday jan 10 date 1828 henry c hooker established famous sierra bonita ranch graham county born new hampshire date 1912 globe residents concerned high costs living relieved learn local barbers werent increasing saturday haircuts 75 cents thursday jan 11 date 1908 grand canyon national monument established date 1921 electric street cars installed mesa date 1921 mayor james harrison nogales narrowly escaped death bullet fired policeman escaping burglar entered bedroom window lodged footboard bed friday jan 12 date 1883 southern pacific railroad tracks completed allowing tucson reached east coast way san antonio texas date 1921 fire payson destroyed two residences warehouse dance hall barn hotel restaurant entire town fought blaze two hours prevent damage saturday jan 13 date 1921 john goldstrom reporter arizona republic arrived san francisco flown new york transcontinental mail plane goldstroms experiences included skysickness subzero temperatures open plane blizzards forced landings damage plane lost desert sandstorm 17 hours without water trip took 13 days 6 hours 35 minutes date 1929 wyatt earp died age 81 los angeles sunday jan 7 date 1912 gov richard e sloan wrote governors every state union asking declare arizonas admission day observed national holiday date 1947 henry chee dodge first chairman navajo tribal council died sage memorial hospital age 86 monday jan 8 date 1774 juan bautista de anza rev francisco garces set tubac party 34 men establish route california traveled monterey way el camino del diablo returned gila river date 1906 arizona supreme court judges wore black robes first time date 1929 lees ferry bridge opened across colorado river marble canyon date 2011 shooting outside tucson supermarket leaves six people dead 13 others including congresswoman gabrielle giffords wounded tuesday jan 9 date 1847 mormon battalion crossed colorado river california opening first wagon route across southern arizona santa fe san diego date 1908 tucson city council ordered saloons close midnight date 1912 arizona tax assessors meeting douglas spent day stormy session debating taxable worth burros considerable argument tax 5 per head agreed upon date 1917 state legislature banned public drinking cup common towel established minimum weekly wage women 10 date 1932 decapitated skeleton adolph ruth found six months earlier gone superstition mountain range search fabled lost dutchman mine wednesday jan 10 date 1828 henry c hooker established famous sierra bonita ranch graham county born new hampshire date 1912 globe residents concerned high costs living relieved learn local barbers werent increasing saturday haircuts 75 cents thursday jan 11 date 1908 grand canyon national monument established date 1921 electric street cars installed mesa date 1921 mayor james harrison nogales narrowly escaped death bullet fired policeman escaping burglar entered bedroom window lodged footboard bed friday jan 12 date 1883 southern pacific railroad tracks completed allowing tucson reached east coast way san antonio texas date 1921 fire payson destroyed two residences warehouse dance hall barn hotel restaurant entire town fought blaze two hours prevent damage saturday jan 13 date 1921 john goldstrom reporter arizona republic arrived san francisco flown new york transcontinental mail plane goldstroms experiences included skysickness subzero temperatures open plane blizzards forced landings damage plane lost desert sandstorm 17 hours without water trip took 13 days 6 hours 35 minutes date 1929 wyatt earp died age 81 los angeles
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<p>LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sports doctor Larry Nassar is on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge demand to know why he wasn't stopped years ago.</p>
<p>Some are likening Michigan State to Penn State University, where three senior officials, including the school's president, were sentenced to jail last year for failing to tell authorities about a sexual abuse allegation involving coach Jerry Sandusky.</p>
<p>Nassar, a 54-year-old former member of Michigan State's sports medicine staff, has admitted penetrating elite gymnasts and other athletes with his fingers while he was supposedly treating them for injuries.</p>
<p>Some of the more than 150 women and girls who have accused him said they complained to the sports medicine staff, a campus counselor and the women's gymnastics coach as far back as the late 1990s.</p>
<p>In Michigan, it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in jail and a $500 fine for certain professionals to fail to report a suspected case of child abuse.</p>
<p>Lou Anna Simon, who resigned under pressure Wednesday as Michigan State's president, insisted, "There is no cover-up." But the university last week asked Michigan's attorney general to conduct a review. And in sentencing Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison Wednesday, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina called for "a massive investigation as to why there was inaction, why there was silence."</p>
<p>Jennifer Paine, a Michigan lawyer who specializes in child protection law and is not involved in the Nassar case, said there are probably grounds for charging some Michigan State staff members for failing to report what victims were saying.</p>
<p>"The obligation to report doesn't mean anything unless people enforce. That's why it's there," she said.</p>
<p>No one has been charged in the scandal besides Nassar.</p>
<p>John Manly, an attorney who represents more than 100 victims in lawsuits, said Michigan State, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee "miserably failed children." Nassar was a team doctor at USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians.</p>
<p>"They had an opportunity, instead of being Penn State, to make them a beacon of how to handle this," Manly said. "It's too late. You can't fix it now."</p>
<p>Penn State's former president, Graham Spanier, and two other ex-administrators, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, were prosecuted for child endangerment for not reporting a 2001 complaint about Sandusky showering with a boy. Sandusky's arrest a decade later blew up into a scandal that brought down legendary football coach Joe Paterno.</p>
<p>Sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys. As of last year, Penn State had paid nearly $250 million in fines, settlements and other costs associated with the scandal.</p>
<p>Nassar has also been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography. Federal prosecutors have declined to say if they are looking at any other aspects of the case.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, in Texas, the Walker County sheriff's office said it is investigating the Karolyi Ranch, which was a training site for Olympic gymnasts. Some gymnasts said Nassar assaulted them there.</p>
<p>In Washington, U.S. senators from both parties are calling for creation of a select committee to investigate the U.S. Olympic Committee. The NCAA said it has sent Michigan State a letter of inquiry about potential rules violations.</p>
<p>In the Penn State scandal, the NCAA fined the school $48 million, reduced the number football scholarships, barred the team from postseason play and invalidated 112 victories. Some penalties were later eased.</p>
<p>Kyle Stephens, who was a Nassar family friend, said he molested her for years at his Lansing-area home. She said she told a campus counselor, Gary Stollak, about the abuse in 2004. Nassar met with Stollak and denied it, and no police report was made.</p>
<p>Stollak, now retired, testified in 2016 that he couldn't remember anything because of a stroke.</p>
<p>"He didn't report it, and he's a mandatory reporter," Stephens said, referring to those who are legally required to report sexual abuse. "Michigan State keeps saying that 'we didn't know.' Who should I have told? Tell me who I should have told so I know what I should have done. ... They are continuing to drag out my pain, and that is inappropriate."</p>
<p>A 2014 police investigation into other assault allegations ended with no charges against Nassar. The university, however, told him that he needed to have a chaperone in the room during certain exams. He was fired in 2016 for failing to do so.</p>
<p>Some victims say they reported Nassar to Kathie Klages, who ran camps for teen gymnasts and was Michigan State women's gymnastics coach until last February. She has denied wrongdoing.</p>
<p>State Sen. Margaret O'Brien said college coaches should be added to Michigan's list of mandatory reporters, which includes therapists and medical professionals. In the state House, lawmakers sent a letter to Michigan State on Thursday requesting certain reports about Nassar.</p>
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<p>White reported from Detroit.</p>
<p>LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sports doctor Larry Nassar is on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge demand to know why he wasn't stopped years ago.</p>
<p>Some are likening Michigan State to Penn State University, where three senior officials, including the school's president, were sentenced to jail last year for failing to tell authorities about a sexual abuse allegation involving coach Jerry Sandusky.</p>
<p>Nassar, a 54-year-old former member of Michigan State's sports medicine staff, has admitted penetrating elite gymnasts and other athletes with his fingers while he was supposedly treating them for injuries.</p>
<p>Some of the more than 150 women and girls who have accused him said they complained to the sports medicine staff, a campus counselor and the women's gymnastics coach as far back as the late 1990s.</p>
<p>In Michigan, it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in jail and a $500 fine for certain professionals to fail to report a suspected case of child abuse.</p>
<p>Lou Anna Simon, who resigned under pressure Wednesday as Michigan State's president, insisted, "There is no cover-up." But the university last week asked Michigan's attorney general to conduct a review. And in sentencing Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison Wednesday, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina called for "a massive investigation as to why there was inaction, why there was silence."</p>
<p>Jennifer Paine, a Michigan lawyer who specializes in child protection law and is not involved in the Nassar case, said there are probably grounds for charging some Michigan State staff members for failing to report what victims were saying.</p>
<p>"The obligation to report doesn't mean anything unless people enforce. That's why it's there," she said.</p>
<p>No one has been charged in the scandal besides Nassar.</p>
<p>John Manly, an attorney who represents more than 100 victims in lawsuits, said Michigan State, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee "miserably failed children." Nassar was a team doctor at USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians.</p>
<p>"They had an opportunity, instead of being Penn State, to make them a beacon of how to handle this," Manly said. "It's too late. You can't fix it now."</p>
<p>Penn State's former president, Graham Spanier, and two other ex-administrators, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, were prosecuted for child endangerment for not reporting a 2001 complaint about Sandusky showering with a boy. Sandusky's arrest a decade later blew up into a scandal that brought down legendary football coach Joe Paterno.</p>
<p>Sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys. As of last year, Penn State had paid nearly $250 million in fines, settlements and other costs associated with the scandal.</p>
<p>Nassar has also been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography. Federal prosecutors have declined to say if they are looking at any other aspects of the case.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, in Texas, the Walker County sheriff's office said it is investigating the Karolyi Ranch, which was a training site for Olympic gymnasts. Some gymnasts said Nassar assaulted them there.</p>
<p>In Washington, U.S. senators from both parties are calling for creation of a select committee to investigate the U.S. Olympic Committee. The NCAA said it has sent Michigan State a letter of inquiry about potential rules violations.</p>
<p>In the Penn State scandal, the NCAA fined the school $48 million, reduced the number football scholarships, barred the team from postseason play and invalidated 112 victories. Some penalties were later eased.</p>
<p>Kyle Stephens, who was a Nassar family friend, said he molested her for years at his Lansing-area home. She said she told a campus counselor, Gary Stollak, about the abuse in 2004. Nassar met with Stollak and denied it, and no police report was made.</p>
<p>Stollak, now retired, testified in 2016 that he couldn't remember anything because of a stroke.</p>
<p>"He didn't report it, and he's a mandatory reporter," Stephens said, referring to those who are legally required to report sexual abuse. "Michigan State keeps saying that 'we didn't know.' Who should I have told? Tell me who I should have told so I know what I should have done. ... They are continuing to drag out my pain, and that is inappropriate."</p>
<p>A 2014 police investigation into other assault allegations ended with no charges against Nassar. The university, however, told him that he needed to have a chaperone in the room during certain exams. He was fired in 2016 for failing to do so.</p>
<p>Some victims say they reported Nassar to Kathie Klages, who ran camps for teen gymnasts and was Michigan State women's gymnastics coach until last February. She has denied wrongdoing.</p>
<p>State Sen. Margaret O'Brien said college coaches should be added to Michigan's list of mandatory reporters, which includes therapists and medical professionals. In the state House, lawmakers sent a letter to Michigan State on Thursday requesting certain reports about Nassar.</p>
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<p>White reported from Detroit.</p>
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done continuing drag pain inappropriate 2014 police investigation assault allegations ended charges nassar university however told needed chaperone room certain exams fired 2016 failing victims say reported nassar kathie klages ran camps teen gymnasts michigan state womens gymnastics coach last february denied wrongdoing state sen margaret obrien said college coaches added michigans list mandatory reporters includes therapists medical professionals state house lawmakers sent letter michigan state thursday requesting certain reports nassar ___ white reported detroit lansing mich ap sports doctor larry nassar way prison rest life molesting scores young female athletes scandal far michigan state university victims lawmakers judge demand know wasnt stopped years ago likening michigan state penn state university three senior officials including schools president sentenced jail last year failing tell authorities sexual abuse allegation involving coach jerry sandusky nassar 54yearold former member michigan states sports medicine staff admitted penetrating elite gymnasts athletes fingers supposedly treating injuries 150 women girls accused said complained sports medicine staff campus counselor womens gymnastics coach far back late 1990s michigan misdemeanor punishable three months jail 500 fine certain professionals fail report suspected case child abuse lou anna simon resigned pressure wednesday michigan states president insisted coverup university last week asked michigans attorney general conduct review sentencing nassar 40 175 years prison wednesday judge rosemarie aquilina called massive investigation inaction silence jennifer paine michigan lawyer specializes child protection law involved nassar case said probably grounds charging michigan state staff members failing report victims saying obligation report doesnt mean anything unless people enforce thats said one charged scandal besides nassar john manly attorney represents 100 victims lawsuits said michigan state usa gymnastics us olympic committee miserably failed children nassar team doctor usa gymnastics trains olympians opportunity instead penn state make beacon handle manly said late cant fix penn states former president graham spanier two exadministrators tim curley gary schultz prosecuted child endangerment reporting 2001 complaint sandusky showering boy sanduskys arrest decade later blew scandal brought legendary football coach joe paterno sandusky serving 30 60 years prison sexually abusing 10 boys last year penn state paid nearly 250 million fines settlements costs associated scandal nassar also sentenced 60 years federal prison child pornography federal prosecutors declined say looking aspects case elsewhere texas walker county sheriffs office said investigating karolyi ranch training site olympic gymnasts gymnasts said nassar assaulted washington us senators parties calling creation select committee investigate us olympic committee ncaa said sent michigan state letter inquiry potential rules violations penn state scandal ncaa fined school 48 million reduced number football scholarships barred team postseason play invalidated 112 victories penalties later eased kyle stephens nassar family friend said molested years lansingarea home said told campus counselor gary stollak abuse 2004 nassar met stollak denied police report made stollak retired testified 2016 couldnt remember anything stroke didnt report hes mandatory reporter stephens said referring legally required report sexual abuse michigan state keeps saying didnt know told tell told know done continuing drag pain inappropriate 2014 police investigation assault allegations ended charges nassar university however told needed chaperone room certain exams fired 2016 failing victims say reported nassar kathie klages ran camps teen gymnasts michigan state womens gymnastics coach last february denied wrongdoing state sen margaret obrien said college coaches added michigans list mandatory reporters includes therapists medical professionals state house lawmakers sent letter michigan state thursday requesting certain reports nassar ___ white reported detroit
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally used his job as an Uber driver to target intoxicated young women and was charged Monday with raping, assaulting and robbing four victims, California prosecutors said.</p>
<p>Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez drove women to their homes, assaulted them, and stole property including cellphones, computers and jewelry, officials said. He collected his fare payments through the smartphone app Venmo to disguise his identity and his Uber records.</p>
<p>DNA evidence helped lead detectives to Alarcon-Nunez, who was arrested at his Santa Maria home last week, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow said at a news conference.</p>
<p>The alleged crimes occurred over four weeks starting in mid-December in San Luis Obispo, a city of about 45,000 that is home to California Polytechnic State University. Alarcon-Nunez’s victims are between 19 and 22 and three were drunk at the time of the crimes, Dow said.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez, 39, faces 10 criminal charges, including rape of an intoxicated victim and first-degree burglary. He pleaded not guilty to all charges at his arraignment and remained held in the San Luis Obispo County Jail with bail set at $1.47 million. His next court date was set for Jan. 29.</p>
<p>A Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally is accused of using his Uber driver job to target intoxicated young women San Luis Obispo, California. Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez pleaded not guilty to raping, assaulting and robbing four women. (Jan. 24)</p>
<p>Detectives are looking for potential witnesses and trying to determine if there are additional victims in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles, where the Alarcon-Nunez had been driving for Uber since September, Dow said.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez has also gone by the name “Bruno Diaz” and his Venmo username was “Brush Bat,” prosecutors said.</p>
<p>Officials said Alarcon-Nunez was not always driving for Uber when he picked up women. Sometimes, drivers in cars parked outside bars or restaurants “jump in front of the actual Uber driver and they will take someone unsuspecting to their home. And that’s a way of putting someone at risk, and in this case that’s exactly what’s alleged to have happened,” Dow said.</p>
<p>He said the alleged crimes show that the company should improve its driver screening process, Dow said. Dow urged Uber users to make sure they are getting in the car of the correct driver by verifying the license plate and other information provided to clients.</p>
<p>“What police have reported is absolutely horrifying, and something no person should ever have to experience. We have been working with law enforcement to provide them with information for their investigation, and the driver has been permanently removed from the app,” Uber spokesman Andrew Hasbun said in a statement Monday.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez returned to the U.S. illegally after a voluntary deportation from New Mexico in 2005, officials said. Dow did not have details about why he was deported or whether he has a criminal record in the U.S.</p>
<p>California issues driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally and Alarcon-Nunez had a valid license since 2015.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez’s immigration status will not have a bearing on the prosecution, Dow said. He could face life in prison if convicted on all charges.</p>
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally used his job as an Uber driver to target intoxicated young women and was charged Monday with raping, assaulting and robbing four victims, California prosecutors said.</p>
<p>Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez drove women to their homes, assaulted them, and stole property including cellphones, computers and jewelry, officials said. He collected his fare payments through the smartphone app Venmo to disguise his identity and his Uber records.</p>
<p>DNA evidence helped lead detectives to Alarcon-Nunez, who was arrested at his Santa Maria home last week, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow said at a news conference.</p>
<p>The alleged crimes occurred over four weeks starting in mid-December in San Luis Obispo, a city of about 45,000 that is home to California Polytechnic State University. Alarcon-Nunez’s victims are between 19 and 22 and three were drunk at the time of the crimes, Dow said.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez, 39, faces 10 criminal charges, including rape of an intoxicated victim and first-degree burglary. He pleaded not guilty to all charges at his arraignment and remained held in the San Luis Obispo County Jail with bail set at $1.47 million. His next court date was set for Jan. 29.</p>
<p>A Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally is accused of using his Uber driver job to target intoxicated young women San Luis Obispo, California. Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez pleaded not guilty to raping, assaulting and robbing four women. (Jan. 24)</p>
<p>Detectives are looking for potential witnesses and trying to determine if there are additional victims in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles, where the Alarcon-Nunez had been driving for Uber since September, Dow said.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez has also gone by the name “Bruno Diaz” and his Venmo username was “Brush Bat,” prosecutors said.</p>
<p>Officials said Alarcon-Nunez was not always driving for Uber when he picked up women. Sometimes, drivers in cars parked outside bars or restaurants “jump in front of the actual Uber driver and they will take someone unsuspecting to their home. And that’s a way of putting someone at risk, and in this case that’s exactly what’s alleged to have happened,” Dow said.</p>
<p>He said the alleged crimes show that the company should improve its driver screening process, Dow said. Dow urged Uber users to make sure they are getting in the car of the correct driver by verifying the license plate and other information provided to clients.</p>
<p>“What police have reported is absolutely horrifying, and something no person should ever have to experience. We have been working with law enforcement to provide them with information for their investigation, and the driver has been permanently removed from the app,” Uber spokesman Andrew Hasbun said in a statement Monday.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez returned to the U.S. illegally after a voluntary deportation from New Mexico in 2005, officials said. Dow did not have details about why he was deported or whether he has a criminal record in the U.S.</p>
<p>California issues driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally and Alarcon-Nunez had a valid license since 2015.</p>
<p>Alarcon-Nunez’s immigration status will not have a bearing on the prosecution, Dow said. He could face life in prison if convicted on all charges.</p>
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los angeles ap mexican man living us illegally used job uber driver target intoxicated young women charged monday raping assaulting robbing four victims california prosecutors said alfonso alarconnunez drove women homes assaulted stole property including cellphones computers jewelry officials said collected fare payments smartphone app venmo disguise identity uber records dna evidence helped lead detectives alarconnunez arrested santa maria home last week san luis obispo county district attorney dan dow said news conference alleged crimes occurred four weeks starting middecember san luis obispo city 45000 home california polytechnic state university alarconnunezs victims 19 22 three drunk time crimes dow said alarconnunez 39 faces 10 criminal charges including rape intoxicated victim firstdegree burglary pleaded guilty charges arraignment remained held san luis obispo county jail bail set 147 million next court date set jan 29 mexican man living us illegally accused using uber driver job target intoxicated young women san luis obispo california alfonso alarconnunez pleaded guilty raping assaulting robbing four women jan 24 detectives looking potential witnesses trying determine additional victims san luis obispo santa barbara counties northwest los angeles alarconnunez driving uber since september dow said alarconnunez also gone name bruno diaz venmo username brush bat prosecutors said officials said alarconnunez always driving uber picked women sometimes drivers cars parked outside bars restaurants jump front actual uber driver take someone unsuspecting home thats way putting someone risk case thats exactly whats alleged happened dow said said alleged crimes show company improve driver screening process dow said dow urged uber users make sure getting car correct driver verifying license plate information provided clients police reported absolutely horrifying something person ever experience working law enforcement provide information investigation driver permanently removed app uber spokesman andrew hasbun said statement monday alarconnunez returned us illegally voluntary deportation new mexico 2005 officials said dow details deported whether criminal record us california issues drivers licenses immigrants country illegally alarconnunez valid license since 2015 alarconnunezs immigration status bearing prosecution dow said could face life prison convicted charges ___ follow weber httpstwittercomwebercm los angeles ap mexican man living us illegally used job uber driver target intoxicated young women charged monday raping assaulting robbing four victims california prosecutors said alfonso alarconnunez drove women homes assaulted stole property including cellphones computers jewelry officials said collected fare payments smartphone app venmo disguise identity uber records dna evidence helped lead detectives alarconnunez arrested santa maria home last week san luis obispo county district attorney dan dow said news conference alleged crimes occurred four weeks starting middecember san luis obispo city 45000 home california polytechnic state university alarconnunezs victims 19 22 three drunk time crimes dow said alarconnunez 39 faces 10 criminal charges including rape intoxicated victim firstdegree burglary pleaded guilty charges arraignment remained held san luis obispo county jail bail set 147 million next court date set jan 29 mexican man living us illegally accused using uber driver job target intoxicated young women san luis obispo california alfonso alarconnunez pleaded guilty raping assaulting robbing four women jan 24 detectives looking potential witnesses trying determine additional victims san luis obispo santa barbara counties northwest los angeles alarconnunez driving uber since september dow said alarconnunez also gone name bruno diaz venmo username brush bat prosecutors said officials said alarconnunez always driving uber picked women sometimes drivers cars parked outside bars restaurants jump front actual uber driver take someone unsuspecting home thats way putting someone risk case thats exactly whats alleged happened dow said said alleged crimes show company improve driver screening process dow said dow urged uber users make sure getting car correct driver verifying license plate information provided clients police reported absolutely horrifying something person ever experience working law enforcement provide information investigation driver permanently removed app uber spokesman andrew hasbun said statement monday alarconnunez returned us illegally voluntary deportation new mexico 2005 officials said dow details deported whether criminal record us california issues drivers licenses immigrants country illegally alarconnunez valid license since 2015 alarconnunezs immigration status bearing prosecution dow said could face life prison convicted charges ___ follow weber httpstwittercomwebercm
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<p>FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, trade show attendees take in a display of Samsung curved UHD TVs at the International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Samsung reports quarterly earnings on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)</p>
<p>SEOUL, South Korea - For Samsung Electronics and its 270,000 employees across the globe, 2013 was the best year.</p>
<p>One in every three smartphones sold carried the Samsung brand, with the company shipping more than 300 million of the devices. South Korea's best known company on the world stage rounded off the year with record annual revenue and profit. Employees celebrated bonuses totaling more than $740 million.</p>
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<p>Already selling more smartphones than any other company, Samsung is set to ship even more this year. Its smartphone sales will jump over 20 percent to nearly 400 million units, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research.</p>
<p>But that probably won't translate into another year of record earnings, a scenario anticipated by investors with Samsung's share price down 17 percent since the start of 2013.</p>
<p>For the first time in more than two years, Samsung's quarterly net profit declined from the previous quarter, its latest result showed Friday. The maker of Galaxy smartphones said its net profit for the October-December period fell 11 percent from the third quarter to 7.3 trillion won ($6.8 billion).</p>
<p>The mobile business, which generally contributes about 70 percent of Samsung's earnings, posted its smallest profit in a year after sales decreased slightly from the previous three months. TVs, long a mainstay product for Samsung, also disappointed.</p>
<p>Samsung hinted that the earnings decline may not be temporary.</p>
<p>"It will be challenging for us to improve our earnings in the first quarter," Robert Yi, head of investor relations, said on a conference call.</p>
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<p>Shareholders have constantly fretted that Samsung's cash cow, smartphones, will become less profitable since sales have reached saturation in developed nations and premium phones don't sell as well in developing countries.</p>
<p>Analysts forecast that Samsung's mobile division will suffer a slight decline in profit in 2014, adding to investor jitters that the company has become too reliant on smartphones. The mobile division's earnings in one quarter now exceed what it would previously make in one year.</p>
<p>Samsung's smartphone sales will not grow much in Western Europe or North America and most of its sales growth will come from Africa, Eastern Europe and India where average prices of smartphones are lower, said Thomas Kang, a director at Counterpoint.</p>
<p>One hope for shareholders is that Samsung's chip business, which supplies companies such as rival Apple Inc., may pick up some of the slack.</p>
<p>At its earnings conference call, a Samsung executive said the company expects its smartphone shipments to increase by 4 to 6 percent during the first three months of 2014 while tablet sales will grow less than 5 percent from the previous quarter.</p>
<p>Analysts said Samsung will likely unveil a new iteration of the Galaxy smartphone next month in Barcelona. The company unveiled new tablet computers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, hoping to narrow its tablet market share gap with Apple.</p>
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<p>But Nokia's fall from world's top mobile phone maker to an also-ran is a reminder that no tech company can stay on top forever.</p>
<p>A key source of concern for Samsung is China.</p>
<p>Chinese companies that sell TVs and mobile phones are quickly catching up with cheaper products and improved quality.</p>
<p>Chinese firms such as Lenovo, Skyworth and Huawei may rival South Korean companies more quickly than expected, said Son Jae-kwon, author of "Disruptors," a book on Silicon Valley tech firms.</p>
<p>"People did not expect innovation to come from China, but now it's different," Son said. He compared Chinese smartphone and TV makers that innovate with quick delivery of cheap and solid products to fast fashion firms such as Zara and H&amp;M.</p>
<p>Competition in the Chinese smartphone market will become "somewhat more intense," said a senior Samsung executive, Kim Hyunjoon, as Apple has begun selling iPhones through China Mobile Ltd. which has 750 million subscribers.</p>
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<p>But Kim said Samsung sees a business opportunity in China where it leads in smartphones.</p>
<p>"With the spread of LTE wireless service, there will be more demand for high-end" devices, he said.</p>
<p>Chinese TV makers, while they lag in overall TV sales to Samsung, are manufacturing more ultra-HD TVs at cheaper costs. Known as "4K," those TVs are in huge demand among the Chinese.</p>
<p>In the last few years, Samsung invested heavily in OLED TVs, believing they would be a hit. But OLEDs remain unaffordable while ultra-HD TV sales are forecast to surge. This misstep has created opportunities for companies such as Sony Corp., which is getting an additional boost from a weak yen.</p>
<p>Samsung plans to boost its ultra-HD TV lineup this year but market forecasts are not so favorable for the Korean firm.</p>
<p>Samsung is also seeking a breakthrough in its appliance business with its "smart home" vision, a household where mobile devices, refrigerators, TVs and air conditioners talk to each other.</p>
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<p>In his new year's speech, Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee urged employees to "change once again" and to discard business strategies from five or 10 years ago.</p>
<p>In its search for a new cash cow that could replace Galaxy devices, Samsung has been investing in medical devices, solar batteries, health care and other new businesses. But they have not yet generated meaningful results.</p>
<p>"Samsung wants to be a conglomerate in the tech industry," said Marcello Ahn, a fund manager at Quad Investment Management. "It is trying to do it all."</p>
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<p>KUWAIT CITY (AP) — An exiled Qatari sheikh once promoted by Saudi Arabia as a possible opposition leader amid a diplomatic dispute with Doha is now in Kuwait, authorities said Wednesday, after he had alleged that the United Arab Emirates was holding him against his will.</p>
<p>It's the latest chapter in Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Thani's mysterious travels, after he appeared in an online video on Sunday, following months of silence, to say the UAE wouldn't allow him to leave. Abu Dhabi has denied that, saying he was free to go where he pleased.</p>
<p>However, it only added fire to an ongoing dispute that saw the UAE allege this week that Qatari fighter jets "intercepted" two Emirati commercial airliners, something denied by Doha.</p>
<p>Qatar's National Human Rights Committee told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Sheikh Abdullah was in Kuwait and "will undergo health check-ups." The committee said it confirmed that with the sheikh's family.</p>
<p>Kuwaiti media reported that the sheikh arrived late on Tuesday night to Kuwait City, his flight greeted by an ambulance and a convoy of vehicles that took him to a military hospital.</p>
<p>Kuwait's Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p>Sheikh Abdullah was little-known until the Qatar diplomatic crisis erupted last June, with Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE cutting off Doha's land, sea and air routes.</p>
<p>The four Arab nations accuse Qatar of funding extremists and having too-close ties to Iran. Qatar has long denied funding extremists, though it supports Islamist opposition movements that are considered terrorist groups by other countries in the region. It recently restored full diplomatic ties with Iran, with which it shares a massive offshore natural gas field.</p>
<p>Sheikh Abdullah's grandfather, father and brother were rulers of Qatar until a palace coup ousted his branch of the ruling family in 1972. His last position in government was as head of the equestrian and camel racing federation decades ago.</p>
<p>Since the crisis, Sheikh Abdullah has held high-profile meetings with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Those meetings came as Riyadh allowed Qatari pilgrims over the border in August for the hajj, a pilgrimage required of every able-bodied Muslim at least once in a lifetime.</p>
<p>The Saudis then began suggesting Sheikh Abdullah should rule Qatar as an emir in exile, while Saudi-funded television networks provided him coverage. A quickly created Twitter account in his name amassed hundreds of thousands of followers. However, the last tweet on the account came in October and Sheikh Abdullah has not been publicly seen for some time.</p>
<p>He remerged with an online video Sunday, immediately aired by Doha-based news network Al-Jazeera.</p>
<p>In it, Sheikh Abdullah says he was invited to Abu Dhabi as a guest of "Sheikh Mohammed," apparently a reference to Abu Dhabi's powerful crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who enjoys strong ties to Saudi Arabia's rulers.</p>
<p>"I am a guest of Sheikh Mohammed but it is not hosting now, it is now an imprisonment," Sheikh Abdullah says in the video. "They told me not to leave and I am afraid something will happen to me and they blame Qatar."</p>
<p>"I just wanted to let you know that Qatar is innocent in this and I am being hosted by Sheikh Mohammed and anything that happens to me after this is under his responsibility," he adds.</p>
<p>The report later Sunday on the UAE's state-run WAM news agency said Sheikh Abdullah was "free in his movements" while in the country.</p>
<p>"He expressed his desire to leave the country ... all procedures were facilitated without any interference," WAM said. It did not say where the sheikh went, though it implied he flew out Sunday. It wasn't immediately clear where the sheikh has been in recent days.</p>
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<p>Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.</p>
<p>KUWAIT CITY (AP) — An exiled Qatari sheikh once promoted by Saudi Arabia as a possible opposition leader amid a diplomatic dispute with Doha is now in Kuwait, authorities said Wednesday, after he had alleged that the United Arab Emirates was holding him against his will.</p>
<p>It's the latest chapter in Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Thani's mysterious travels, after he appeared in an online video on Sunday, following months of silence, to say the UAE wouldn't allow him to leave. Abu Dhabi has denied that, saying he was free to go where he pleased.</p>
<p>However, it only added fire to an ongoing dispute that saw the UAE allege this week that Qatari fighter jets "intercepted" two Emirati commercial airliners, something denied by Doha.</p>
<p>Qatar's National Human Rights Committee told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Sheikh Abdullah was in Kuwait and "will undergo health check-ups." The committee said it confirmed that with the sheikh's family.</p>
<p>Kuwaiti media reported that the sheikh arrived late on Tuesday night to Kuwait City, his flight greeted by an ambulance and a convoy of vehicles that took him to a military hospital.</p>
<p>Kuwait's Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p>Sheikh Abdullah was little-known until the Qatar diplomatic crisis erupted last June, with Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE cutting off Doha's land, sea and air routes.</p>
<p>The four Arab nations accuse Qatar of funding extremists and having too-close ties to Iran. Qatar has long denied funding extremists, though it supports Islamist opposition movements that are considered terrorist groups by other countries in the region. It recently restored full diplomatic ties with Iran, with which it shares a massive offshore natural gas field.</p>
<p>Sheikh Abdullah's grandfather, father and brother were rulers of Qatar until a palace coup ousted his branch of the ruling family in 1972. His last position in government was as head of the equestrian and camel racing federation decades ago.</p>
<p>Since the crisis, Sheikh Abdullah has held high-profile meetings with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Those meetings came as Riyadh allowed Qatari pilgrims over the border in August for the hajj, a pilgrimage required of every able-bodied Muslim at least once in a lifetime.</p>
<p>The Saudis then began suggesting Sheikh Abdullah should rule Qatar as an emir in exile, while Saudi-funded television networks provided him coverage. A quickly created Twitter account in his name amassed hundreds of thousands of followers. However, the last tweet on the account came in October and Sheikh Abdullah has not been publicly seen for some time.</p>
<p>He remerged with an online video Sunday, immediately aired by Doha-based news network Al-Jazeera.</p>
<p>In it, Sheikh Abdullah says he was invited to Abu Dhabi as a guest of "Sheikh Mohammed," apparently a reference to Abu Dhabi's powerful crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who enjoys strong ties to Saudi Arabia's rulers.</p>
<p>"I am a guest of Sheikh Mohammed but it is not hosting now, it is now an imprisonment," Sheikh Abdullah says in the video. "They told me not to leave and I am afraid something will happen to me and they blame Qatar."</p>
<p>"I just wanted to let you know that Qatar is innocent in this and I am being hosted by Sheikh Mohammed and anything that happens to me after this is under his responsibility," he adds.</p>
<p>The report later Sunday on the UAE's state-run WAM news agency said Sheikh Abdullah was "free in his movements" while in the country.</p>
<p>"He expressed his desire to leave the country ... all procedures were facilitated without any interference," WAM said. It did not say where the sheikh went, though it implied he flew out Sunday. It wasn't immediately clear where the sheikh has been in recent days.</p>
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<p>Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.</p>
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mohammed hosting imprisonment sheikh abdullah says video told leave afraid something happen blame qatar wanted let know qatar innocent hosted sheikh mohammed anything happens responsibility adds report later sunday uaes staterun wam news agency said sheikh abdullah free movements country expressed desire leave country procedures facilitated without interference wam said say sheikh went though implied flew sunday wasnt immediately clear sheikh recent days ___ gambrell reported dubai united arab emirates
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A $117 million verdict against Johnson &amp; Johnson ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=JNJ.N" type="external">JNJ.N</a>) and a supplier in favor of a man who said his asbestos-related cancer was caused by long-term use of J&amp;J’s Baby Powder could open a new front for thousands of cases claiming the widely-used product caused cancer, legal experts and plaintiffs lawyers said.</p> FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Johnson &amp; Johnson baby powder line a drugstore shelf in New York October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
<p>J&amp;J has been battling some 6,000 cases claiming its baby powder and Shower to Shower products cause ovarian cancer. The $117 million verdict by a New Jersey jury last week, however, involved a different form of cancer that is clearly linked to asbestos.</p>
<p>Plaintiffs lawyers claim that internal J&amp;J documents seen in that trial show that baby powder had been contaminated with asbestos. They now plan to use the documents in upcoming ovarian cancer trials to allege that the asbestos contamination also caused that form of cancer.</p>
<p>J&amp;J and Imerys Talc America, a unit of Imerys SA ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=IMTP.PA" type="external">IMTP.PA</a>), have vowed to appeal the New Jersey verdict and deny asbestos has ever been present in their products or that their talc can cause any form of cancer.</p>
<p>The case of Stephen Lanzo, a New Jersey resident who claimed he developed mesothelioma after using baby powder since his birth in 1972, was the first time a jury saw the internal J&amp;J documents which plaintiffs claim show that J&amp;J knew since the 1970s that the talc in its baby powder was contaminated by asbestos during the mining process.</p>
<p>J&amp;J says the documents present no such evidence, but merely show the company’s caution.</p>
<p>Peter Bicks, a lawyer leading J&amp;J’s talc asbestos defense, said that in the early 1970s, the company was looking at how it could potentially remove asbestos from talc if the two became intermingled in the mining process. He says no contamination was ever found, citing decades of testing by independent laboratories and scientists.</p>
<p>Bicks called the claims of a link between talc and asbestos “junk science.”</p>
<p>Mesothelioma, a rare and deadly form of cancer closely associated with exposure to asbestos, affects the delicate tissue that lines body cavities.</p>
<p>While the link between asbestos and mesothelioma is sufficiently established, scientists are divided on whether asbestos exposure can cause ovarian cancer. Some studies have shown an association between the two, while other studies have found no such link.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Burch, holder of the Charles H. Kirbo Chair of Law at the University of Georgia, said it remained an open question whether talc contained asbestos and that each case would turn on the facts.</p>
<p>But J&amp;J, which had $76.5 billion in sales in 2017, gives the plaintiffs’ bar an enticing new target, said Nathan Schachtman, a lecturer at Columbia University who used to defend asbestos cases.</p>
<p>Some 3,000 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year, according to the American Cancer Society, a number that Howard Erichson, a law professor at Fordham University who specializes in mass tort litigation, called significant from a legal standpoint.</p>
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<p>But the roughly 22,000 women who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer last year, according to the National Cancer Institute, provide lawyers with a potentially much larger pool of plaintiffs to tap.</p>
<p>“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Mark Lanier, one of the lawyers representing consumers, who said plaintiffs would file thousands of additional mesothelioma and ovarian cancer cases.</p>
<p>New Jersey-based J&amp;J in a statement after the Lanzo verdict said plaintiffs’ attorneys had shifted their strategy to focus on asbestos after a series of losses at trial and in court rulings over previous allegations that the talc itself causes cancer.</p>
<p>Of the six ovarian cancer trials to date, juries found J&amp;J liable five times, but a Missouri appellate court threw out the first verdict and a California judge tossed another. Appeals of the other cases are pending.</p>
<p>J&amp;J in November also won the first trial over allegations that its talc contained asbestos and caused a woman’s mesothelioma. Plaintiffs lawyers say the jury in that case did not see the documents presented during the Lanzo trial.</p>
<p>But Erichson said the widespread use of J&amp;J’s consumer products generally make the company an attractive litigation target.</p>
<p>“Baby powder is as ubiquitous a product you can think of and there are lots of people who can testify they’ve been exposed to it,” he said.</p>
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<p>ATLANTA (Reuters) - Deadly slow-moving storms generated record or near-record snowfall and low temperatures in the U.S. Midwest and tornadoes further east on Sunday, leaving airline travelers stranded and thousands without power.</p>
<p>In Michigan, where snowfall was expected to reach 18 inches in some areas, about 310,000 homes and businesses were without power because of an ice storm, most of them in the southeast of the state.</p>
<p>Large areas of Detroit were without power and customers were not expected to have it back on Sunday night, utility DTE Energy ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=DTE.N" type="external">DTE.N</a>) said. It was working to have 90 percent of outages restored by Tuesday, DTE spokeswoman Carly Getz said in a statement.</p>
<p>The weight of ice on power lines, coupled with high winds, caused more than 1,000 power lines to fall in Detroit and Wayne County, DTE said.</p>
<p>The worst of the snow was focused on the upper Great Lakes, with Green Bay, Wisconsin, seeing its second largest snowstorm ever after 23.2 inches fell as of Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.</p>
<p>For the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, the April monthly record for snowfall of 21.8 inches (55 cm) was surpassed on Saturday, the National Weather Service said.</p>
<p>Two tornadoes tore up trees and ripped apart homes in Greensboro and Reidsville, North Carolina, killing a motorist who was hit by a tree, according to Greensboro’s city manager, local media reported.</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
<p>The storms stretched from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest and were moving into the Northeast and New England.</p>
<p>Record low temperatures for the date were expected in Oklahoma City on Monday at 30 degrees F (-1 C), and in Kansas City, Missouri, at 25 F (-4 C), Hurley said.</p>
<p>On Friday, the weather system produced 17 reports of tornadoes in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas, with four people injured and 160 buildings damaged in a possible tornado in northwest Arkansas, local media reported.</p>
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<p>The weather was blamed for two traffic deaths in western Nebraska and Wisconsin, according to National Public Radio.</p>
<p>The storms also killed a one-year-old girl when a tree fell on a recreational vehicle where she was sleeping, the sheriff’s office in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, said.</p>
<p>By Sunday night, 1,804 flights had been canceled into or out of U.S. airports, the website flightaware.com reported, including 148 flights in or out of the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI director James Comey said in an ABC News interview on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump is a dangerous, “morally unfit” leader doing “tremendous damage” to institutional and cultural norms.</p>
<p>Comey, fired by Trump in May last year, was worried the president may be open to blackmail by Russia given claims he was present when prostitutes urinated on each other during a 2013 Moscow visit.</p>
<p>Comey’s firing came as the Federal Bureau of Investigation was probing possible connections between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election.</p>
<p>Russia has denied interfering in the election and Trump has denied any collusion or improper activity.</p>
<p>Comey said in the exclusive interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, which aired at 10 p.m. on Sunday, that it is “possible, but I don’t know” whether Russia has evidence to back up the allegations about Trump’s Moscow trip.</p>
<p>Trump told Comey that he had not stayed overnight in the Moscow hotel and that the claims related to the prostitutes were not true, Comey said.</p>
<p>“A person ... who talks about and treats women like they’re pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it, that person’s not fit to be president of the United States, on moral grounds. And that’s not a policy statement,” Comey said.</p>
<p>“He is morally unfit to be president,” he added.</p>
<p>Comey has a tell-all book, “A Higher Loyalty,” due out on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The book’s imminent release - and the slated ABC News interview - prompted Trump to hurl a new set of insults at Comey earlier on Sunday, challenging accusations made in the book, and insisting that he never pressed Comey to be loyal to him.</p>
<p>“Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!” Trump wrote early on Sunday in one of five Twitter posts aimed directly at Comey.</p>
<p>Reuters and other news outlets have obtained copies of Comey’s book before its formal release. In it, Comey wrote that Trump, in a private meeting, pressed the then-FBI director for his loyalty.</p>
<p>Comey told ABC News that the title of the book came from that “bizarre conversation” he had with Trump at the White House in January 2017, shortly after his inauguration.</p>
<p>“He asked for my loyalty personally as the F.B.I. director. My loyalty’s supposed to be to the American people and to the institution,” Comey said in the interview.</p>
<p>The FBI has long tried to operate as an independent law enforcement agency.</p>
<p>“I never asked Comey for Personal Loyalty. I hardly even knew this guy. Just another of his many lies,” Trump said on Twitter.</p>
<p>Comey is now a crucial witness for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether Trump has tried to obstruct the Russia probe.</p>
<p>Comey told ABC News that he believes there is “certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice.”</p>
<p>Comey also defended his decision to publicly disclose the FBI’s re-opening of its investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s handling of email when she was secretary of state.</p> A copy of former FBI director James Comey's book "A Higher Loyalty" is seen in New York City, New York, U.S. April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Soren Larson
<p>The Clinton probe was already public, Comey said, whereas the FBI’s examination of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia was in its early stages. It did not become publicly known until after the 2016 presidential election.</p>
<p>Despite his myriad of reservations about Trump, Comey told ABC News that he did not believe the U.S. Congress should impeach him, as it would let the American people “off the hook” for something “they’re duty bound to do directly.”</p>
<p>“People in this country need to stand up and go to the voting booth and vote their values,” he said.</p>
<p>U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, interviewed on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning, expressed qualified support for Comey. Asked whether Comey was a man of integrity, the Republican speaker said: “As far as I know,” but added that he did not know him well.</p>
<p>Asked about Trump’s use last week of the words “slime ball” to describe Comey, Ryan said: “I don’t use words like that.”</p>
<p>Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the ABC interview reaffirms that Comey’s “higher loyalty is to himself.”</p>
<p>“He has no credibility and President Trump was right to follow through on the bipartisan calls for him to be fired,” McDaniel said in a statement.</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
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<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart have pledged to improve ties between their nations and affirmed a commitment to stick with U.N. resolutions aimed at forcing North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons.</p> Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono gesture at their meeting in Tokyo, Japan April 15, 2018. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via Reuters
<p>Kono met the Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, in Tokyo on Sunday, having made his own official visit to Beijing earlier this year.</p>
<p>Wang is the first Chinese foreign minister to visit Japan in a bilateral context in the nine years. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping last year promised to reset the sometimes fraught relations between Asia’s two largest economies.</p> Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (2nd L) and Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2nd R) meet in Tokyo, Japan April 15, 2018. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via Reuters
<p>“Through mutual visits between our two leaders we agreed to pursue wide-reaching cooperation and improved ties,” Kono said after Sunday’s meeting.</p>
<p>Economic ties between Japan and China are close, led by corporate investment. The neighbors remain at odds, however, over China’s growing military presence in the South China Sea, through which much of the region’s sea-borne trade sails, and a dispute over ownership of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku in Tokyo and the Diaoyu in Beijing.</p>
<p>Wang said his visit was in response to Japan’s positive attitude towards China.</p> Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) shakes hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono at their meeting in Tokyo, Japan April 15, 2018. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via Reuters
<p>“Since last year Japan has, in relations with China, displayed a positive message and friendly attitude,” he said.</p>
<p>The talks came ahead of a summit between the two Koreas this month and a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jon Un and U.S. President Donald Trump. The U.S-North Korea talks are aimed at ending a stand-off over Pyongyang’s development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.</p>
<p>“To establish a complete, irreversible and verifiable denuclearization of North Korea we agreed to continue to fully implement all relevant U.N. resolutions and to work closely together,” Kono said.</p>
<p>Wang, who spent eight years in Japan as a diplomat, including three as China’s ambassador, is scheduled to hold further talks with Kono and other Japanese Cabinet ministers on Monday.</p>
<p>On Tuesday Japanese Self Defense Force officers will meet counterparts from China’s People’s Liberation Army at a reception hosted by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in an effort to build trust between the military rivals.</p>
<p>(Changes to Japan and China pledged relationship reset last year.)</p>
<p>Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo; Writing by Tim Kelly and Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Sam Holmes and David Goodman</p> Our Standards:
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trump may last year worried president may open blackmail russia given claims present prostitutes urinated 2013 moscow visit comeys firing came federal bureau investigation probing possible connections trumps 2016 presidential campaign russias meddling us election russia denied interfering election trump denied collusion improper activity comey said exclusive interview abc news george stephanopoulos aired 10 pm sunday possible dont know whether russia evidence back allegations trumps moscow trip trump told comey stayed overnight moscow hotel claims related prostitutes true comey said person talks treats women like theyre pieces meat lies constantly matters big small insists american people believe persons fit president united states moral grounds thats policy statement comey said morally unfit president added comey tellall book higher loyalty due tuesday books imminent release slated abc news interview prompted trump hurl new set insults comey earlier sunday challenging accusations made 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handling email secretary state copy former fbi director james comeys book higher loyalty seen new york city new york us april 13 2018 reuterssoren larson clinton probe already public comey said whereas fbis examination possible collusion trump campaign russia early stages become publicly known 2016 presidential election despite myriad reservations trump comey told abc news believe us congress impeach would let american people hook something theyre duty bound directly people country need stand go voting booth vote values said us house representatives speaker paul ryan interviewed nbcs meet press sunday morning expressed qualified support comey asked whether comey man integrity republican speaker said far know added know well asked trumps use last week words slime ball describe comey ryan said dont use words like republican national committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel said abc interview reaffirms comeys higher loyalty credibility president trump right follow bipartisan calls fired 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<p>From married couples to mothers and daughters, President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees from certain countries has created profound uncertainty for families in America and abroad. Many refugees in the U.S. had expected to reunite with their relatives any day, but will now have to wait.</p>
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<p>Trump’s order temporarily halted the entire U.S. refugee program and banned all entries from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days.</p>
<p>A FAMILY SEPARATED</p>
<p>Abdalla Munye and his wife resettled in Georgia a couple of weeks ago but their 20-year-old daughter wasn’t able to join them. Her flight was scheduled to arrive this week. Now her trip is on hold.</p>
<p>Munye said his family stayed in refugee camps after fleeing the violence of Somalia, and his wife, Habiba Mohamed, said she watched her 11-year-old daughter be raped and killed.</p>
<p>They are concerned about their older daughter, Batula, who remains in a refugee camp in Kenya.</p>
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<p>“Now that we are here and we have left her behind, we are in a lot of distress and worry,” Munye, 44, said through a translator. “The only thing I can request from the American government is to help me be reunited with my daughter.”</p>
<p>The couple held out hope that first lady Melania Trump, herself an immigrant from Slovenia, might be able to persuade the president to reverse course.</p>
<p>“She’s a parent and she knows the love that a parent has for their child and I would like her to do her best to convince the president to change his mind,” Munye said.</p>
<p>A DAUGHTER WHO HAS NEVER MET HER DAD</p>
<p>Somali refugee Nimo Hashi bought couches and a new kitchen table for her Salt Lake City apartment in anticipation of reuniting Friday with her husband for the first time in nearly three years.</p>
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<p>Hashi said she last saw him when she was two months pregnant with their daughter, Taslim. Her husband has never seen his daughter. After Trump’s order, it’s not clear when the father and daughter will meet.</p>
<p>The couple met in Ethiopia after both fled Somalia amid the civil war. Her refugee case had already been approved, so officials told her to go ahead to the United States where she could apply for her husband to join her.</p>
<p>“I was so happy and joyous but that dream is shattered,” Hashi said through a translator. “This is not right just singling out people from Muslim countries, being singled out based on religion.”</p>
<p>STRESSED OUT</p>
<p>Iraqi refugee Rana Elshekly expected to see her husband soon but his resettlement was put on hold. Now he is in limbo in Turkey.</p>
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<p>“Every time we talk it sounds like we are arguing because we don’t know what to do,” Elshekly said through an interpreter. “He’s even trying to get me to come back to Turkey so we can at least all be together.”</p>
<p>Elshekly, 36, resettled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in October with her two young boys, 9-year-old Dair and 3-year-old Laith.</p>
<p>Her husband, Hikmat Ahmed, 42, stayed behind after officials suggested that she and the children come alone to the United State to get out of the region faster.</p>
<p>When she thinks about returning to the war-torn region, she remembers her 20-year-old pregnant sister who was recently killed in a bombing at a market in Iraq.</p>
<p>“I start thinking of my boys, and I have to stay because of them,” she said.</p>
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<p>NO ONE SHOWED UP FOR DINNER</p>
<p>The Somali community in Providence, Rhode Island, prepared traditional home-cooked meals — including goat meat, vegetables and the crepe-like bread known as canjeero — and furnished an apartment for three brothers who were supposed to arrive Monday night. They never made it.</p>
<p>The eldest brother fled his war-torn homeland in the 1990s and had been waiting to be resettled since 2000, when he registered with the United Nations Refugee Agency, said Baha Sadr of refugee resettlement group Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island.</p>
<p>“For the past 16 years, most of his life, he was just waiting to get approval,” Sadr said. “If anybody’s in waiting for 16 years, how much more extreme vetting can they get?”</p>
<p>‘OUR WHOLE LIVES UP IN THE AIR’</p>
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<p>Born in Maryland, Dr. Omid Moghimi (Oh’ MEED Mo GHEE’mee) grew up in his father’s native Iran and came back to the United States to study medicine. The internist at New Hampshire’s Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center fell in love with a childhood friend in Iran and married her in Tehran in 2015. After months of paperwork to bring her to the U.S., she was all set for the last big step this week: her visa interview.</p>
<p>That was abruptly canceled after Trump’s executive order, which he fears could become permanent.</p>
<p>“That’s kind of thrown our whole lives up in the air,” Moghimi, 28, said Tuesday. “What that translates to in our lives, is that I, a U.S. citizen, will basically not have an option of living in this country anymore, because I will be forced to move somewhere else to live with my wife. I’m in my first year of residency right now; it’s a three-year program.”</p>
<p>He hasn’t seen his wife, Dorsa Razi, since May. She’s interested in pursuing a career in early childhood education and volunteers at day care centers and at an orphanage.</p>
<p>“There’s no evidence that she is in any way even a minuscule threat, security risk, and there are many, many cases like her out there,” Moghimi said.</p>
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<p>A MOTHER AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTER</p>
<p>Somali refugee Samira Dahir was supposed to see her youngest daughter on Tuesday. Instead, she is left wondering when she will get to hold her again.</p>
<p>Dahir, who lives in Minneapolis, became pregnant after she was granted refugee status and faced a gut-wrenching decision in 2013: Put her own resettlement on hold for several more years and re-apply with her daughter, or leave her little girl behind and try to bring her to the U.S. later.</p>
<p>She brought her two older daughters to the U.S. but left her baby with a friend in Uganda, and has been trying to get her to America ever since. Trump’s executive order puts Dahir’s future with her daughter in doubt.</p>
<p>“She’s not coming … I feel sad,” she said as she began crying. “I don’t have any power.”</p>
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<p>According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the relationship between a “principal refugee” and a child must have existed before the refugee was admitted to the U.S. or granted asylum. It notes specifically that a child must have been born or conceived before a refugee is allowed entry or granted asylum.</p>
<p>“I want my daughter to come to me,” said Dahir, 32. “My feeling, it is so bad. So I say, ‘President. Please, please, please, please.'”</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City; Russell Contreras in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Amy Forliti in Minneapolis; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire, and Matt O’Brien in Providence, Rhode Island, contributed to this report.</p>
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<p>LOS ANGELES — The Latest on Game 2 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers (all times local):</p>
<p>9:35 p.m.</p>
<p>George Springer hit a two-run drive in the 11th inning and the Houston Astros won a thrilling home run derby at Dodger Stadium, beating Los Angeles 7-6 Wednesday night to tie the World Series at one game apiece.</p>
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<p>The teams combined for a Series record eight homers. When the slugging was finally over, the Astros had hung on to win a World Series game for the first time in their 56-season history.</p>
<p>Houston trailed 3-2 in the ninth when Marwin Gonzalez hit a leadoff home run against closer Kenley Jansen. Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa hit back-to-back homers in the Houston 10th for a 5-3 lead.</p>
<p>The Dodgers then rallied, tying it on Yasiel Puig’s home run and an RBI single with two outs by Enrique Hernandez.</p>
<p>Springer’s shot off Brandon McCarthy gave Houston just enough margin to withstand Charlie Culberson’s homer in the bottom of the 11th.</p>
<p>Game 3 is Friday night in Houston.</p>
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<p>9:14 p.m.</p>
<p>George Springer has hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning that has given the Houston Astros a 7-5 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
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<p>It’s been a wild one at Dodger Stadium, no doubt about that.</p>
<p>After both teams scored twice in the 10th, Cameron Maybin led off the Astros 11th with a single and stole second. Springer followed with his drive against Brandon McCarthy.</p>
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<p>9:06 p.m.</p>
<p>Enrique Hernandez hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers are tied 5-all with the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
<p>Game 2 of the World Series has been a topsy-turvy thriller at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p>Marwin Gonzalez hit a tying home run off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the ninth that made it 3-all. Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa hit consecutive homers in the 10th for a 5-3 lead.</p>
<p>But Yasiel Puig opened the Dodgers 10th with a homer, and Hernandez tied it with his single.</p>
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<p>8:37 p.m.</p>
<p>Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa have hit back-to-back home runs in the 10th inning to put the Houston Astros ahead 5-3 in Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
<p>The Dodgers were three outs from a commanding 2-0 edge in the Series until Marwin Gonzalez led off the ninth with a homer against closer Kenley Jansen that made it 3-all.</p>
<p>After Cody Bellinger’s bid for a winning homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth was caught on the warning track, the Astros broke loose.</p>
<p>Altuve and Correa both connected off Josh Fields, silencing the crowd at Dodger Stadium.</p>
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<p>8:32 p.m.</p>
<p>Game 2 of the World Series is tied at 3 after nine innings at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p>The Houston Astros tied it in the ninth on a leadoff home run by Marwin Gonzalez off Los Angeles closer Kenley Jansen.</p>
<p>Cody Bellinger came close to winning it in the bottom of the ninth, with a two-out drive that was caught at the warning track.</p>
<p>Pretty certain most everyone at the park remembers — or has heard about — the last ninth-inning winning homer at Dodger Stadium. Who could forget Kirk Gibson in 1988?</p>
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<p>8:23 p.m.</p>
<p>Marwin Gonzalez hit a startling home run off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the top of the ninth inning that lifted Houston into a 3-all tie in Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
<p>Jansen has been one of baseball’s most dominant relievers in recent years. But he gave up a tying single to Carlos Correa in the eighth, and Gonzalez tagged him leading off the ninth.</p>
<p>The Astros then had a chance to take the lead in the ninth after George Springer doubled with two outs, but Alex Bregman grounded out.</p>
<p>Los Angeles leads the Series 1-0.</p>
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<p>8:12 p.m.</p>
<p>The Dodgers have three outs to get to win Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
<p>They’ll do it with ace closer Kenley Jansen on the mound.</p>
<p>The Dodgers lead the Astros 3-2 going into the ninth. That’s after Jansen came in with no one out in the eighth to allow a run on a single by Carlos Correa to score Alex Bregman.</p>
<p>It was the first run the Dodger bullpen had given up after 28 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason.</p>
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<p>7:47 p.m.</p>
<p>The Dodgers are trusting their dominant bullpen to protect a late lead against the Houston Astros. It’s becoming a familiar formula in this World Series.</p>
<p>Los Angeles leads 3-1 after seven innings in Game 2. The Dodgers won the opener by the exact same score.</p>
<p>Kenta Maeda, Tony Watson, Ross Stripling and Brandon Morrow have combined for three innings of scoreless relief so far. Overall, Dodgers relievers have now thrown 28 straight shutout innings.</p>
<p>Unless the Astros get their bats going, they’ll be heading home facing a big deficit.</p>
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<p>7:17 p.m.</p>
<p>Corey Seager’s 2-run homer has given the Dodgers a 3-1 lead through six innings of Game 2.</p>
<p>Justin Verlander had been mostly cruising through the Dodger lineup before allowing a home run to Joc Pederson in the fifth. With two outs in the sixth he walked Chris Taylor and Seager followed with a home run to left field.</p>
<p>Verlander has faced only 21 batters through six innings and allowed two hits — both home runs.</p>
<p>The Dodgers, meanwhile, are on their fourth pitcher after starter Rich Hill was taken out after four innings.</p>
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<p>6:55 p.m.</p>
<p>Joc Pederson has homered off Justin Verlander to pull the Dodgers into a 1-all tie with Houston after five innings in Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
<p>With two outs, Pederson sent a shot into right field, spoiling Verlander’s no-hitter.</p>
<p>Verlander has struck out five and had only allowed a leadoff walk to Chris Taylor in the fourth before Pederson’s tying homer, his first since July 26.</p>
<p>Kenta Maeda retired the side in the top of the fifth after relieving Los Angeles starter Rich Hill.</p>
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<p>6:28 p.m.</p>
<p>Houston ace Justin Verlander is pitching no-hit ball through four innings at Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
<p>The Astros lead 1-0 at Dodger Stadium, a day after losing the opener.</p>
<p>Verlander is throwing almost all fastballs and has struck out four. The only runner he allowed came on a leadoff walk to Chris Taylor in the fourth, and the Dodgers haven’t hit much very hard.</p>
<p>Los Angeles starter Rich Hill did well for four innings, striking out seven. But he got pulled to begin the fifth after 60 pitches, and Kenta Maeda came in to relieve.</p>
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<p>6:05 p.m.</p>
<p>The Dodgers are trailing in a World Series game for the first time since 1988.</p>
<p>The Astros broke through for a run in the third inning of Game 2 off Rich Hill, who limited the damage by striking out Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa to end the threat with runners on first and second.</p>
<p>The inning began when Josh Reddick reached first on a ground ball Chase Utley couldn’t handle. He was sacrificed to second and George Springer singled him to third and Alex Bregman singled Springer home.</p>
<p>Justin Verlander has been dominating through three innings for the Astros, not allowing a baserunner and striking out four.</p>
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<p>5:55 p.m.</p>
<p>There’s no score in Game 2 of the World Series through two innings.</p>
<p>Justin Verlander of the Astros and Rich Hill of the Dodgers are dueling on the mound.</p>
<p>Verlander has struck out four of his first six batters.</p>
<p>Hill gave up a leadoff walk to start the game before retiring the next six batters he faced. He has three strikeouts.</p>
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<p>5:31 p.m.</p>
<p>Game 2 of the World Series is scoreless after the first inning at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p>It was a downright pleasant 93 degrees when Los Angeles lefty Rich Hill threw the first pitch — that’s 10 degrees cooler than it was for the opener.</p>
<p>Houston ace Justin Verlander brought his own heat. His fastball was topping out in the upper 90s as he struck out Chris Taylor and Corey Seager to begin the bottom of the first.</p>
<p>The Astros are counting on Verlander to help them pull even after they lost 3-1 in Game 1.</p>
<p>It’s another star-studded crowd in Dodgerland. Former NFL great Peyton Manning was in attendance, as was comedian George Lopez.</p>
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<p>5:15 p.m.</p>
<p>For 67 years Vin Scully provided the soundtrack to the Dodgers, first in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>He rarely called in for a reliever, though that changed Wednesday night in Game 2 of the World Series.</p>
<p>Much to the delight of the crowd packing Dodger Stadium, Scully came out to throw the ceremonial first pitch. He carried a microphone in one hand and a baseball in the other, fitting for the announcer whose voice reverberated for years on transistor radios throughout Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p>Scully went into a windup and stopped, feigning a rotator cuff injury. He said he would have to call to the dugout for relief.</p>
<p>And who should come out? None other than Fernando Valenzuela, the Dodger great who now works as a Spanish language announcer for the team.</p>
<p>Valenzuela went into his classic windup and threw the ball to a familiar target, Steve Yeager, who spent 14 years as catcher for the Dodgers.</p>
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<p>4:43 p.m.</p>
<p>Viewers for the World Series opener dropped 21 percent from last year.</p>
<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 3-1 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night was seen by an average of 15,458,000 viewers, according to Fox. That includes 14.97 million on Fox, 348,000 on Fox Deportes and an average of 140,000 who streamed the game on FSGO.</p>
<p>Cleveland’s 6-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs last year was viewed by an average of 19,786,000 on the three outlets, including 19.4 million on Fox, 297,000 viewers on Fox Deportes and 121,000 who streamed.</p>
<p>Last year’s opener was the most-watched since 2004. This year’s was the second-most-watched since 2010.</p>
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<p>4:15 p.m.</p>
<p>Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was busy before Game 2 being honored as winner of the Hank Aaron Award as the most outstanding offensive performer in the American League.</p>
<p>Miami outfielder Giancarlo Stanton won the NL award.</p>
<p>Aaron was on hand at Dodger Stadium to present the trophies. The winners were decided in voting by a special panel of Hall of Fame players and fans.</p>
<p>Altuve is the first Astros player to win the award. Aaron was enthusiastic about the 5-foot-6 player, saying there aren’t many people that he would pay to see play, but Altuve is one of them.</p>
<p>Stanton won for the second time since 2014. He posted 59 home runs and 132 RBIs for the Marlins.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>3:05 p.m.</p>
<p>The heat is still on at the World Series.</p>
<p>The mercury has hit 100 degrees for the second straight day as the teams are on the field for batting practice.</p>
<p>The temperature at the start of Game 1 on Tuesday was 103, making it the hottest World Series ever.</p>
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<p>2:55 p.m.</p>
<p>Adrian Gonzalez is on the field with the Dodgers for batting practice. The veteran first baseman was shut down for the season with a back injury after going on the disabled list for the first time in his career this year.</p>
<p>Gonzalez didn’t join the team for introductions before Game 1 on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The five-time All-Star has played more games without a World Series appearance than all but active players Ichiro Suzuki and Brandon Phillips.</p>
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<p>2:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Lance McCullers Jr. will start Game 3 of the World Series for the Houston Astros on Friday and Charlie Morton will open Game 4.</p>
<p>Astros manager A.J. Hinch had held off announcing the order of his rotation until Wednesday.</p>
<p>McCullers did not get a decision in his one postseason start, when he allowed one run over six innings in Game 4 of the AL Championship Series at Yankee Stadium. He gave up two runs over three innings of relief in Game 3 of the Division Series at Boston, and he followed Morton with four scoreless innings to finish Game 7 against the Yankees last Saturday, when he finished with 24 consecutive breaking pitches.</p>
<p>“It opens up Lance a little more in Game 6 and 7, if we can get that far, and if we don’t clinch before that or if they don’t clinch before that,” Hinch said.</p>
<p>Morton is 1-1 in three postseason starts this year, allowing nine runs and 15 hits in 13 innings.</p>
<p>Yu Darvish starts Game 3 for the Dodgers and Alex Wood goes in Game 4.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>2:25 p.m.</p>
<p>Joc Pederson earned a start in Game 2 of the World Series over Andre Ethier because Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts thinks he has a better chance for success against Justin Verlander.</p>
<p>“This guy is obviously plus, plus velocity,” Roberts said. “I like Joc a little bit better with the velocity. And I think Joc is a better defender in left field, too.”</p>
<p>Pederson was not on the active roster for the NL Division Series after going 4 for 22 from Sept. 1 on. He was 1 for 5 in the NL Championship Series.</p>
<p>“In his batting practice and simulated games I think he’s in his legs a little bit more, more consistent mechanically,” Roberts said. “And so I think for us is it hasn’t really translated into production. And he hasn’t had those opportunities really, to be fair to him. But I think in this one case I think he’s going to put some at-bats together against him.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>1:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Left fielder Joc Pederson and second baseman Chase Utley get the start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series in place of Enrique Hernandez and Logan Forsythe, and shortstop Corey Seager moves from sixth to second in the batting order.</p>
<p>Chris Taylor bats leadoff and plays center field Wednesday night, followed by Seager, third baseman Justin Turner, first baseman Cody Bellinger, right fielder Yasiel Puig, Pederson, catcher Austin Barnes, Utley and left-hander Rich Hill.</p>
<p>Center fielder George Springer tops an unchanged Houston Astros batting order, followed by third baseman Alex Bregman, second baseman Jose Altuve, shortstop Carlos Correa, first baseman Yuli Gurriel, catcher Brian McCann, left fielder Marwin Gonzalez, right fielder Josh Reddick and right-hander Justin Verlander.</p>
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los angeles latest game 2 world series houston astros los angeles dodgers times local 935 pm george springer hit tworun drive 11th inning houston astros thrilling home run derby dodger stadium beating los angeles 76 wednesday night tie world series one game apiece advertisement teams combined series record eight homers slugging finally astros hung win world series game first time 56season history houston trailed 32 ninth marwin gonzalez hit leadoff home run closer kenley jansen jose altuve carlos correa hit backtoback homers houston 10th 53 lead dodgers rallied tying yasiel puigs home run rbi single two outs enrique hernandez springers shot brandon mccarthy gave houston enough margin withstand charlie culbersons homer bottom 11th game 3 friday night houston ___ 914 pm george springer hit tworun homer 11th inning given houston astros 75 lead los angeles dodgers game 2 world series advertisement wild one dodger stadium doubt teams scored twice 10th cameron maybin led astros 11th single stole second springer followed drive brandon mccarthy ___ 906 pm enrique hernandez hit rbi single two outs 10th inning los angeles dodgers tied 5all houston astros game 2 world series game 2 world series topsyturvy thriller dodger stadium marwin gonzalez hit tying home run dodgers closer kenley jansen ninth made 3all jose altuve carlos correa hit consecutive homers 10th 53 lead yasiel puig opened dodgers 10th homer hernandez tied single ___ 837 pm jose altuve carlos correa hit backtoback home runs 10th inning put houston astros ahead 53 game 2 world series dodgers three outs commanding 20 edge series marwin gonzalez led ninth homer closer kenley jansen made 3all cody bellingers bid winning homer two outs bottom ninth caught warning track astros broke loose altuve correa connected josh fields silencing crowd dodger stadium ___ 832 pm game 2 world series tied 3 nine innings dodger stadium houston astros tied ninth leadoff home run marwin gonzalez los angeles closer kenley jansen cody bellinger came close winning bottom ninth twoout drive caught warning track pretty certain everyone park remembers heard last ninthinning winning homer dodger stadium could forget kirk gibson 1988 ___ 823 pm marwin gonzalez hit startling home run dodgers closer kenley jansen top ninth inning lifted houston 3all tie game 2 world series jansen one baseballs dominant relievers recent years gave tying single carlos correa eighth gonzalez tagged leading ninth astros chance take lead ninth george springer doubled two outs alex bregman grounded los angeles leads series 10 ___ 812 pm dodgers three outs get win game 2 world series theyll ace closer kenley jansen mound dodgers lead astros 32 going ninth thats jansen came one eighth allow run single carlos correa score alex bregman first run dodger bullpen given 28 consecutive scoreless innings postseason ___ 747 pm dodgers trusting dominant bullpen protect late lead houston astros becoming familiar formula world series los angeles leads 31 seven innings game 2 dodgers opener exact score kenta maeda tony watson ross stripling brandon morrow combined three innings scoreless relief far overall dodgers relievers thrown 28 straight shutout innings unless astros get bats going theyll heading home facing big deficit ___ 717 pm corey seagers 2run homer given dodgers 31 lead six innings game 2 justin verlander mostly cruising dodger lineup allowing home run joc pederson fifth two outs sixth walked chris taylor seager followed home run left field verlander faced 21 batters six innings allowed two hits home runs dodgers meanwhile fourth pitcher starter rich hill taken four innings ___ 655 pm joc pederson homered justin verlander pull dodgers 1all tie houston five innings game 2 world series two outs pederson sent shot right field spoiling verlanders nohitter verlander struck five allowed leadoff walk chris taylor fourth pedersons tying homer first since july 26 kenta maeda retired side top fifth relieving los angeles starter rich hill ___ 628 pm houston ace justin verlander pitching nohit ball four innings game 2 world series astros lead 10 dodger stadium day losing opener verlander throwing almost fastballs struck four runner allowed came leadoff walk chris taylor fourth dodgers havent hit much hard los angeles starter rich hill well four innings striking seven got pulled begin fifth 60 pitches kenta maeda came relieve ___ 605 pm dodgers trailing world series game first time since 1988 astros broke run third inning game 2 rich hill limited damage striking jose altuve carlos correa end threat runners first second inning began josh reddick reached first ground ball chase utley couldnt handle sacrificed second george springer singled third alex bregman singled springer home justin verlander dominating three innings astros allowing baserunner striking four ___ 555 pm theres score game 2 world series two innings justin verlander astros rich hill dodgers dueling mound verlander struck four first six batters hill gave leadoff walk start game retiring next six batters faced three strikeouts ___ 531 pm game 2 world series scoreless first inning dodger stadium downright pleasant 93 degrees los angeles lefty rich hill threw first pitch thats 10 degrees cooler opener houston ace justin verlander brought heat fastball topping upper 90s struck chris taylor corey seager begin bottom first astros counting verlander help pull even lost 31 game 1 another starstudded crowd dodgerland former nfl great peyton manning attendance comedian george lopez ___ 515 pm 67 years vin scully provided soundtrack dodgers first brooklyn los angeles rarely called reliever though changed wednesday night game 2 world series much delight crowd packing dodger stadium scully came throw ceremonial first pitch carried microphone one hand baseball fitting announcer whose voice reverberated years transistor radios throughout dodger stadium scully went windup stopped feigning rotator cuff injury said would call dugout relief come none fernando valenzuela dodger great works spanish language announcer team valenzuela went classic windup threw ball familiar target steve yeager spent 14 years catcher dodgers ___ 443 pm viewers world series opener dropped 21 percent last year los angeles dodgers 31 win houston astros tuesday night seen average 15458000 viewers according fox includes 1497 million fox 348000 fox deportes average 140000 streamed game fsgo clevelands 60 victory chicago cubs last year viewed average 19786000 three outlets including 194 million fox 297000 viewers fox deportes 121000 streamed last years opener mostwatched since 2004 years secondmostwatched since 2010 ___ 415 pm astros second baseman jose altuve busy game 2 honored winner hank aaron award outstanding offensive performer american league miami outfielder giancarlo stanton nl award aaron hand dodger stadium present trophies winners decided voting special panel hall fame players fans altuve first astros player win award aaron enthusiastic 5foot6 player saying arent many people would pay see play altuve one stanton second time since 2014 posted 59 home runs 132 rbis marlins ___ 305 pm heat still world series mercury hit 100 degrees second straight day teams field batting practice temperature start game 1 tuesday 103 making hottest world series ever ___ 255 pm adrian gonzalez field dodgers batting practice veteran first baseman shut season back injury going disabled list first time career year gonzalez didnt join team introductions game 1 tuesday fivetime allstar played games without world series appearance active players ichiro suzuki brandon phillips ___ 235 pm lance mccullers jr start game 3 world series houston astros friday charlie morton open game 4 astros manager aj hinch held announcing order rotation wednesday mccullers get decision one postseason start allowed one run six innings game 4 al championship series yankee stadium gave two runs three innings relief game 3 division series boston followed morton four scoreless innings finish game 7 yankees last saturday finished 24 consecutive breaking pitches opens lance little game 6 7 get far dont clinch dont clinch hinch said morton 11 three postseason starts year allowing nine runs 15 hits 13 innings yu darvish starts game 3 dodgers alex wood goes game 4 ___ 225 pm joc pederson earned start game 2 world series andre ethier los angeles dodgers manager dave roberts thinks better chance success justin verlander guy obviously plus plus velocity roberts said like joc little bit better velocity think joc better defender left field pederson active roster nl division series going 4 22 sept 1 1 5 nl championship series batting practice simulated games think hes legs little bit consistent mechanically roberts said think us hasnt really translated production hasnt opportunities really fair think one case think hes going put atbats together ___ 130 pm left fielder joc pederson second baseman chase utley get start los angeles dodgers game 2 world series place enrique hernandez logan forsythe shortstop corey seager moves sixth second batting order chris taylor bats leadoff plays center field wednesday night followed seager third baseman justin turner first baseman cody bellinger right fielder yasiel puig pederson catcher austin barnes utley lefthander rich hill center fielder george springer tops unchanged houston astros batting order followed third baseman alex bregman second baseman jose altuve shortstop carlos correa first baseman yuli gurriel catcher brian mccann left fielder marwin gonzalez right fielder josh reddick righthander justin verlander ___ ap baseball httpsapnewscomtagmlbbaseball
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<p>President Donald Trump’s latest campaign-style rally was in Youngstown, Ohio, where the president made some false and misleading claims about military spending, immigrants and job creation:</p>
<p>Trump, who has been in office for a little more than six months, has already started to run for reelection. He has started <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/trump-reelection-fundraiser/531309/" type="external">fundraising</a>, <a href="http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/trump_2020_election_campaign_ad.html" type="external">running TV ads</a>&#160;and <a href="" type="internal">holding</a> <a href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/04/29/trump-marks-100th-day-in-office-with-harrisburg-rally/" type="external">rallies</a>. On July 25, the president <a href="http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/07/25/trump-youngstown-rally-full-speech.cnn" type="external">spoke</a> in Youngstown, Ohio — in a <a href="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/08/polls-closed-ohio-presidential-race-results/93284762/" type="external">swing state</a> that was a key to his 2016 victory.</p>
<p>In Ohio, the president boasted of his accomplishments to date, but he stretched or distorted the facts in some cases — including on military spending.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?431659-1/president-trump-holds-rally-youngstown-ohio&amp;start=1809" type="external">Trump, July 25</a>:&#160;We’ve achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve.</p>
<p>It’s true that Trump secured some additional funding for the current fiscal year, and he has proposed a modest increase for next fiscal year. But he has not “achieved a historic increase.”</p>
<p>In an <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/52846-apb.pdf" type="external">analysis</a>&#160;released earlier this month of the president’s budget, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office&#160; <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/52846-apb.pdf" type="external">said</a> the president’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 would increase defense spending by 5 percent.</p>
<p>“For defense discretionary programs in 2018, the President proposes appropriations of $668 billion, which would be $34 billion (or 5 percent) more than the amount provided in 2017,” CBO said.</p>
<p>The $668 billion includes $603 billion in base defense spending and $65 billion for overseas contingency operations, or OCO, which fund ongoing military operations in the Middle East. CBO said base defense spending would rise 9 percent, but OCO spending would decline by 22 percent under Trump’s budget.</p>
<p>In March, the White House first disclosed that it would propose $603 billion in base defense spending — which the president called “a historic increase in defense spending.” We <a href="" type="internal">wrote at that time</a> that the 9 percent increase in base defense spending was not historic; in fact, there were double-digit percentage increases under Presidents George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. The White House did not disclose in March how much it planned to spend on overseas contingency operations, so we did not know at the time how much it would propose in total defense spending.</p>
<p>We now know that the total increase in discretionary defense funding is a more modest 5 percent, based on the CBO analysis.</p>
<p>Even with that increase, Trump’s proposed $668 billion defense budget would be less than the amounts spent in 2012 ($670.5 billion), 2011 ($699.4 billion) and 2010 ($688.9 billion) under President Barack Obama, <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/recurringdata/51134-2017-06-historicalbudgetdata.xlsx" type="external">according to the CBO</a>.</p>
<p>Now, Trump did secure more defense funding in a bill that he <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/05/statement-president-donald-j-trump-signing-hr-244-law" type="external">signed</a> in May. That bill — <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/244" type="external">the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017</a> — provided funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2017, including an&#160; <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/02/hr-244-%E2%80%94-consolidated-appropriations-act-2017" type="external">additional $21 billion</a> for the military.</p>
<p>But even with the increased funding, the fiscal 2017 defense spending was below the funding levels of earlier this decade, and spending would remain below those levels under Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal 2018. So the president hasn’t “achieved a historic increase in defense spending” this fiscal year, and his proposed budget will not in the next fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, either.</p>
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<p>Trump said that “since my election we’ve added much more than 1 million jobs,” taking credit for jobs created under his predecessor.</p>
<p>Between November and June, the nation added 1.2 million jobs,&#160; <a href="https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001" type="external">according to the most recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>. But, of course, Obama was president until Jan. 20, when Trump took the oath of office. Since January, the country has added 863,000 jobs.</p>
<p>During the same time period last year, the country added 955,000 jobs. So while the economy continues to grow, the rate of job growth was higher in 2016.</p>
<p>Trump&#160; <a href="" type="internal">has</a>&#160; <a href="" type="internal">repeatedly</a>&#160; <a href="" type="internal">tried</a>&#160;to boost his job numbers by including jobs created under Obama.</p>
<p>As we’ve noted before, the job-creation trend didn’t begin with Trump’s election in November or inauguration in January.&#160;There have now been 81 straight months of job growth, dating back to October 2010.</p>
<p>Under Obama, the country added more than 250,000 new jobs a month in 20 of his 96 months in office. It’s very early in the Trump presidency, but his monthly job numbers haven’t hit that milestone so far.</p>
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<p>On the topic of immigration, Trump said, “We also believe that those seeking to immigrate into our country should be able to support themselves financially, and should not be able to use welfare for themselves or their household for a period of at least five years.”</p>
<p>He later added, “We don’t want people that come into our country and immediately go on welfare and stay there for the rest of their lives.”</p>
<p>However, most immigrants cannot “immediately go on welfare” after coming to the United States. In fact, federal law already bars new immigrants, with some exceptions, from receiving welfare for five years, as&#160; <a href="" type="internal">we noted</a>&#160;when Trump proposed legislation to that effect in June.</p>
<p>The&#160; <a href="https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ193/PLAW-104publ193.pdf" type="external">Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act</a>, signed into law in 1996 by then-President Bill Clinton, states that immigrants are “not eligible for any Federal means-tested public benefit for a period of 5 years beginning on the date of the alien’s entry into the United States.” That includes benefits like food stamps, Medicaid and Social Security.</p>
<p>There are <a href="https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33809.pdf" type="external">some exceptions in the law</a> for those admitted as refugees and asylees, as well as those with a military connection. States can choose to make children and pregnant women who are legal permanent residents eligible for food stamps and Medicaid within their first five years in the country.</p>
<p>It’s possible that Trump will toughen the restrictions, or eliminate some of those exceptions. For example, Trump’s&#160; <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/budget.pdf" type="external">proposed FY 2018 budget</a>&#160;notes that refugees are exempt from the five-year waiting period, and stresses the need to control the cost of benefits paid to immigrant-headed households. But the budget offered no details on how that would be accomplished beyond reducing the number of refugees, curbing illegal immigration and increasing merit-based legal immigration.</p>
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president donald trumps latest campaignstyle rally youngstown ohio president made false misleading claims military spending immigrants job creation trump office little six months already started run reelection started fundraising running tv ads160and holding rallies july 25 president spoke youngstown ohio swing state key 2016 victory ohio president boasted accomplishments date stretched distorted facts cases including military spending trump july 25160weve achieved historic increase defense spending get troops support richly deserve true trump secured additional funding current fiscal year proposed modest increase next fiscal year achieved historic increase analysis160released earlier month presidents budget nonpartisan congressional budget office160 said presidents proposed budget fiscal year 2018 would increase defense spending 5 percent defense discretionary programs 2018 president proposes appropriations 668 billion would 34 billion 5 percent amount provided 2017 cbo said 668 billion includes 603 billion base defense spending 65 billion overseas contingency operations oco fund ongoing military operations middle east cbo said base defense spending would rise 9 percent oco spending would decline 22 percent trumps budget march white house first disclosed would propose 603 billion base defense spending president called historic increase defense spending wrote time 9 percent increase base defense spending historic fact doubledigit percentage increases presidents george w bush ronald reagan jimmy carter white house disclose march much planned spend overseas contingency operations know time much would propose total defense spending know total increase discretionary defense funding modest 5 percent based cbo analysis even increase trumps proposed 668 billion defense budget would less amounts spent 2012 6705 billion 2011 6994 billion 2010 6889 billion president barack obama according cbo trump secure defense funding bill signed may bill consolidated appropriations act 2017 provided funding remainder fiscal year 2017 including an160 additional 21 billion military even increased funding fiscal 2017 defense spending funding levels earlier decade spending would remain levels trumps proposed budget fiscal 2018 president hasnt achieved historic increase defense spending fiscal year proposed budget next fiscal year begins oct 1 either 160 trump said since election weve added much 1 million jobs taking credit jobs created predecessor november june nation added 12 million jobs160 according recent figures bureau labor statistics course obama president jan 20 trump took oath office since january country added 863000 jobs time period last year country added 955000 jobs economy continues grow rate job growth higher 2016 trump160 has160 repeatedly160 tried160to boost job numbers including jobs created obama weve noted jobcreation trend didnt begin trumps election november inauguration january160there 81 straight months job growth dating back october 2010 obama country added 250000 new jobs month 20 96 months office early trump presidency monthly job numbers havent hit milestone far 160 topic immigration trump said also believe seeking immigrate country able support financially able use welfare household period least five years later added dont want people come country immediately go welfare stay rest lives however immigrants immediately go welfare coming united states fact federal law already bars new immigrants exceptions receiving welfare five years as160 noted160when trump proposed legislation effect june the160 personal responsibility work opportunity reconciliation act signed law 1996 thenpresident bill clinton states immigrants eligible federal meanstested public benefit period 5 years beginning date aliens entry united states includes benefits like food stamps medicaid social security exceptions law admitted refugees asylees well military connection states choose make children pregnant women legal permanent residents eligible food stamps medicaid within first five years country possible trump toughen restrictions eliminate exceptions example trumps160 proposed fy 2018 budget160notes refugees exempt fiveyear waiting period stresses need control cost benefits paid immigrantheaded households budget offered details would accomplished beyond reducing number refugees curbing illegal immigration increasing meritbased legal immigration 160
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<p>BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators slapped a 997 million euro ($1.23 billion) fine on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday for paying Apple so that the iPhone maker only used its chips.</p>
<p>The European Commission, which launched an investigation into the matter in 2015, said the exclusivity payments began in 2011.</p>
<p>“Qualcomm illegally shut out rivals from the market for LTE baseband chipsets for over five years, thereby cementing its market dominance. Qualcomm paid billions of U.S. dollars to a key customer, Apple, so that it would not buy from rival,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.</p>
<p>“This meant that no rival could effectively challenge Qualcomm in this market, no matter how good their products were. Qualcomm’s behaviour denied consumers and other companies more choice and innovation – and this in a sector with a huge demand and potential for innovative technologies,” she continued. ($1 = 0.8107 euros) (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee, editing by Philip Blenkinsop)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that the social media company made mistakes that allowed data about users to end up with the analytics firm Cambridge Analytica and said the company would make changes.</p> FILE PHOTO - Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
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<p>Zuckerberg, in his first comments since the company disclosed on Friday the misuse of personal data, said in a post on Facebook that the company “made mistakes, there’s more to do, and we need to step up and do it.”</p>
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<p>(Reuters) - Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=EXPE.O" type="external">EXPE.O</a>), said on Tuesday that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards.</p> FILE PHOTO: A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File photo
<p>The unit said an investigation showed that the breach may have occurred between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 22, 2017 for its partner platform and between Jan. 1, 2016 and June 22, 2016 for its consumer platform.</p>
<p>Information such as names, phone numbers, email and billing addresses may have been accessed, the travel website operator said, adding that its website, Orbitz.com, was not impacted.</p>
<p>“To date, we do not have direct evidence that this personal information was actually taken from the platform and there has been no evidence of access to other types of personal information, including passport and travel itinerary information,” Orbitz said.</p>
<p>For U.S. customers, social security numbers were not involved in this incident, the company said.</p>
<p>The company said it has addressed the breach after it was discovered in March this year.</p>
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<p>Credit card issuer American Express Co ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=AXP.N" type="external">AXP.N</a>) said in a statement that the attack did not compromise its platforms.</p>
<p>The breach is the latest in the travel sector and follows attacks on global hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group Plc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=IHG.L" type="external">IHG.L</a>) and Hyatt Hotels Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=H.N" type="external">H.N</a>) last year.</p>
<p>Expedia’s shares fell as much as 1.9 percent to $108.99.</p>
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<p>(Reuters) - DZ Bank was the third Wall Street brokerage this week to make a rare cut in price targets for Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>) on Wednesday as the social network’s shares slid for a third day in response to a row over data use by Cambridge Analytica.</p> Figurines are seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
<p>The brokerage cut its target for the California-based firm by $20 to $210, still way above the current share price of $165 but adding to signs that Wall Street analysts are waking up to the risks to the company.</p>
<p>A 1.6 percent fall in Facebook shares in premarket trading brought the losses in the company’s market value this week to $57 billion, or 10.5 percent - a shock for a company that has risen more than 550 percent in value in the past five years.</p>
<p>The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a decisive role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory.</p>
<p>CEO Alexander Nix’s comments, which could not be verified, were potentially a further problem for Facebook as it faces U.S. and European scrutiny of Cambridge’s improper use of 50 million Facebook users’ personal data to target voters. [nL1N1QZ02Q]</p>
<p>“We ... anticipate that the stock will be subject to further headline risk in the coming weeks as senior management is summoned to DC for hearings with lawmakers,” Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju wrote in a note.</p>
<p>Many analysts have now raised concerns that the incident will have a negative impact on user engagement with Facebook, potentially eating into its clout with advertisers. There are mixed views, however, on whether an aggressive regulatory response will materialize.</p>
<p>So far, U.S. and European lawmakers have demanded an explanation of how Cambridge Analytica gained access to user data in 2014 and why Facebook failed to inform its users, raising broader industry questions about consumer privacy.</p>
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<p>Cowen and Co analyst Paul Gallant said that Congress is unlikely to act on the issue. He said that despite allegations of Russian interference, a bill requiring Internet companies to disclose foreign buyers of political advertising is going nowhere.</p>
<p>“We don’t expect Congress to enact online privacy legislation anytime soon, even if Democrats win the House this fall,” Gallant said.</p>
<p>On Tuesday another brokerage Evercore ISI cut their target by $20 to $205, their biggest reduction ever. Macquarie Research also trimmed its by $5 to $200, the first reduction since Oct 2012, five months after Facebook stock market launch.</p>
<p>“Investors now have to consider whether or not the company will conclude that it has grown in a manner that has proven to be untenable or whether it needs to significantly improve how it is managed,” said Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser.</p> Related Video
<p>Morgan Stanley analysts said they expected Facebook to bring changes to how data are made available to app developers and third parties, adding it could have a negative impact on Facebook Audience Network’s ability to scale, although minimal.</p>
<p>Reporting by Munsif Vengattil and Sonam Rai in Bengaluru; editing by Patrick Graham</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>) and the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica have been sued in the United States for obtaining information belonging to 50 million of the social media company’s users without permission.</p> A 3D-printed Facebook logo is displayed in front of a U.S. flag in this illustration taken, March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
<p>The proposed class-action complaint filed late Tuesday night by Lauren Price, a Maryland resident, is the first of what could be many lawsuits seeking damages over Facebook’s ability to protect user data, and Cambridge Analytica’s exploitation of that data to benefit President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.</p>
<p>“Every Facebook user has an interest in this lawsuit, and the enforcement of their privacy rights,” John Yanchunis, a lawyer for Price, said in a phone interview on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, several hours after Facebook was blamed in a shareholder lawsuit filed in nearby San Francisco for the drop in its stock price after the data harvesting was revealed. Nearly $50 billion of market value was wiped out in two days.</p>
<p>Facebook and Cambridge Analytica did not immediately respond on Wednesday to requests for comment.</p>
<p>Price accused Facebook and London-based Cambridge Analytica of negligence and violating a California unfair competition law.</p> The nameplate of political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica, is seen in central London, Britain March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
<p>She said the harvesting contravened Facebook’s privacy policy, in which the Menlo Park, California-based company said user trust was “important to us” and that it would not share information without permission and notice.</p>
<p>“Our client saw a tremendous uptick in political messaging during the campaign on her Facebook page, which she had never seen,” Yanchunis said. “She had a glimmer of understanding at the time, but now sees there was an attempt to influence her vote.”</p>
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<p>The complaint seeks unspecified damages, including possible punitive damages.</p>
<p>Yanchunis, who has also been suing Verizon Communications Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=VZ.N" type="external">VZ.N</a>) over data breaches at its Yahoo Internet business affecting 3 billion accounts, said it should be a “fairly easy exercise” to identify potential Facebook class members.</p>
<p>He said cybersecurity experts can assist with the case, and that Facebook “leaves a footprint of what was taken that cannot be erased.”</p>
<p>The case is Price v Facebook Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 18-01732. The shareholder case is Yuan v Facebook Inc et al in the same court, No. 18-01725.</p>
<p>Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Eric Auchard in London; Editing by Nick Zieminski</p> Our Standards:
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brussels jan 24 reuters eu antitrust regulators slapped 997 million euro 123 billion fine us chipmaker qualcomm wednesday paying apple iphone maker used chips european commission launched investigation matter 2015 said exclusivity payments began 2011 qualcomm illegally shut rivals market lte baseband chipsets five years thereby cementing market dominance qualcomm paid billions us dollars key customer apple would buy rival european competition commissioner margrethe vestager said statement meant rival could effectively challenge qualcomm market matter good products qualcomms behaviour denied consumers companies choice innovation sector huge demand potential innovative technologies continued 1 08107 euros reporting foo yun chee editing philip blenkinsop standards thomson reuters trust principles san francisco reuters facebook inc fbo chief executive mark zuckerberg said wednesday social media company made mistakes allowed data users end analytics firm cambridge analytica said company would make changes file photo facebook founder ceo mark zuckerberg speaks stage annual facebook f8 developers conference san jose california us april 18 2017 reutersstephen lam facebook inc 16939 fbo nasdaq 124 074 fbo slideshow 2 images zuckerberg first comments since company disclosed friday misuse personal data said post facebook company made mistakes theres need step reporting david ingram editing toni reinhold standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters orbitz subsidiary online travel agency expedia inc expeo said tuesday hackers may accessed personal information 880000 payment cards file photo hooded man holds laptop computer cyber code projected illustration picture taken may 13 2017 reuterskacper pempelillustrationfile photo unit said investigation showed breach may occurred jan 1 2016 dec 22 2017 partner platform jan 1 2016 june 22 2016 consumer platform information names phone numbers email billing addresses may accessed travel website operator said adding website orbitzcom impacted date direct evidence personal information actually taken platform evidence access types personal information including passport travel itinerary information orbitz said us customers social security numbers involved incident company said company said addressed breach discovered march year expedia inc 10924 expeo nasdaq 107 097 expeo axpn ihgl hn credit card issuer american express co axpn said statement attack compromise platforms breach latest travel sector follows attacks global hotel chain intercontinental hotels group plc ihgl hyatt hotels corp hn last year expedias shares fell much 19 percent 10899 reporting vibhuti sharma bengaluru editing anil dsilva sriraj kalluvila standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters dz bank third wall street brokerage week make rare cut price targets facebook inc fbo wednesday social networks shares slid third day response row data use cambridge analytica figurines seen front facebook logo illustration taken march 20 2018 reutersdado ruvic brokerage cut target californiabased firm 20 210 still way current share price 165 adding signs wall street analysts waking risks company 16 percent fall facebook shares premarket trading brought losses companys market value week 57 billion 105 percent shock company risen 550 percent value past five years suspended chief executive cambridge analytica said secretly recorded video broadcast tuesday ukbased political consultancys online campaign played decisive role us president donald trumps 2016 election victory ceo alexander nixs comments could verified potentially problem facebook faces us european scrutiny cambridges improper use 50 million facebook users personal data target voters nl1n1qz02q anticipate stock subject headline risk coming weeks senior management summoned dc hearings lawmakers credit suisse analyst stephen ju wrote note many analysts raised concerns incident negative impact user engagement facebook potentially eating clout advertisers mixed views however whether aggressive regulatory response materialize far us european lawmakers demanded explanation cambridge analytica gained access user data 2014 facebook failed inform users raising broader industry questions consumer privacy facebook inc 16939 fbo nasdaq 124 074 fbo cowen co analyst paul gallant said congress unlikely act issue said despite allegations russian interference bill requiring internet companies disclose foreign buyers political advertising going nowhere dont expect congress enact online privacy legislation anytime soon even democrats win house fall gallant said tuesday another brokerage evercore isi cut target 20 205 biggest reduction ever macquarie research also trimmed 5 200 first reduction since oct 2012 five months facebook stock market launch investors consider whether company conclude grown manner proven untenable whether needs significantly improve managed said pivotal research group analyst brian wieser related video morgan stanley analysts said expected facebook bring changes data made available app developers third parties adding could negative impact facebook audience networks ability scale although minimal reporting munsif vengattil sonam rai bengaluru editing patrick graham standards thomson reuters trust principles new york reuters facebook inc fbo political consulting firm cambridge analytica sued united states obtaining information belonging 50 million social media companys users without permission 3dprinted facebook logo displayed front us flag illustration taken march 18 2018 reutersdado ruvicillustration proposed classaction complaint filed late tuesday night lauren price maryland resident first could many lawsuits seeking damages facebooks ability protect user data cambridge analyticas exploitation data benefit president donald trumps 2016 campaign every facebook user interest lawsuit enforcement privacy rights john yanchunis lawyer price said phone interview wednesday complaint filed us district court san jose california several hours facebook blamed shareholder lawsuit filed nearby san francisco drop stock price data harvesting revealed nearly 50 billion market value wiped two days facebook cambridge analytica immediately respond wednesday requests comment price accused facebook londonbased cambridge analytica negligence violating california unfair competition law nameplate political consultancy cambridge analytica seen central london britain march 21 2018 reutershenry nicholls said harvesting contravened facebooks privacy policy menlo park californiabased company said user trust important us would share information without permission notice client saw tremendous uptick political messaging campaign facebook page never seen yanchunis said glimmer understanding time sees attempt influence vote facebook inc 16939 fbo nasdaq 124 074 fbo vzn complaint seeks unspecified damages including possible punitive damages yanchunis also suing verizon communications inc vzn data breaches yahoo internet business affecting 3 billion accounts said fairly easy exercise identify potential facebook class members said cybersecurity experts assist case facebook leaves footprint taken erased case price v facebook inc et al us district court northern district california 1801732 shareholder case yuan v facebook inc et al court 1801725 reporting jonathan stempel new york additional reporting eric auchard london editing nick zieminski standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Foles was steady, Jake Elliott had a big leg and the defense made one final stop.</p>
<p>The underdog Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the NFC championship game following a 15-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday. They’ll host the Saints-Vikings winner next Sunday.</p>
<p>Despite going 13-3 to earn the No. 1 seed, the Eagles entered the game as 3-point underdogs against the sixth-seeded Falcons (11-7). They used it as motivation and now it’s onto the next one as they continue pursuit of the franchise’s first Super Bowl title.</p>
<p>“If we believe the outsiders, we will be all messed up,” Pro Bowl defensive tackle Fletcher Cox said. “We went out and proved we can be the real winning team.”</p>
<p>Matt Ryan’s final pass sailed through Julio Jones’ arms in the corner of the end zone as Jalen Mills had tight coverage on fourth down from the 2 to secure Philadelphia’s win. It was another disappointing finish for the Falcons, who blew a 25-point lead against the Patriots in last year’s Super Bowl.</p>
<p>“The reason I play this game is to win a championship,” Ryan said. “That’s why we put all of the hard work we put in. When you don’t get that result, it’s difficult.”</p>
<p>Foles outplayed Ryan, bouncing back from a pair of subpar games with an efficient performance. He completed 77 percent of his passes (23 of 30) for 246 yards, no touchdowns and no turnovers.</p>
<p>“The biggest thing in our locker room is that we believe in one another and that showed,” Foles said. “We kept working, kept grinding, had faith in one another. In any sport there’s going to be criticism. You’re aware of it because you’re human but we blocked it out.”</p>
<p>Here’s some things we learned following Philadelphia’s first playoff win in nine years:</p>
<p>OVERCOMING TURNOVERS: The Eagles committed the only two turnovers and won anyway. Jay Ajayi fumbled on the second play from scrimmage inside Falcons territory and a short punt bounced off an Eagles player setting up Atlanta’s 18-yard touchdown drive.</p>
<p>INCONSISTENT OFFENSE: These weren’t the Falcons who lit up the scoreboard on their way to winning the NFC championship last year. Under first-year offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, the Falcons weren’t quite as sharp throughout the season and their inconsistency showed up at the wrong time. They were shut out in the second half and held to just 118 yards in the final two quarters.</p>
<p>“I think that’s something we have to look at and evaluate this offseason,” Ryan said. “There were too many times we were a little bit inconsistent.”</p>
<p>JAY TRAIN: Ajayi shook off the fumble and ran well until he inexplicably went to the bench for a long stretch. Ajayi had 50 yards rushing on eight carries through Philadelphia’s first drive of the second quarter, but didn’t get the ball again until the second half. He finished with 54 yards on 15 carries and also dropped a third down pass. He did have 44 yards receiving on three catches.</p>
<p>“I feel like I played poorly,” Ajayi said. “The fumble, can’t do that in a big game. I feel like I could have executed a lot better. A lot of the teammates picked up the slack. The defense played lights out.”</p>
<p>CALL OF THE GAME: Eagles coach Doug Pederson ran an inside counter to wide receiver Nelson Agholor that went for 21 yards to the Falcons 3 on third-and-3 on Philadelphia’s touchdown drive. It was the first time he called that play this season.</p>
<p>“It’s a play we’ve had in our arsenal, but never got to it,” Pederson said. “This was just an opportunity to put it in Nelson’s hands with Lane Johnson as a puller and just executed extremely well.”</p>
<p>JAKE’S LEG: Elliott, who joined the Eagles after Caleb Sturgis was injured in Week 1, bounced back after missing his fourth extra point of the season by connecting on all three of his field goals. His 53-yarder at the end of the first half was his sixth in seven tries from beyond 50. That includes a game-winning 61-yarder against the Giants in Week 3.</p>
<p>“It was definitely tricky out there, just really gusty (wind),” Elliott said. “You don’t know what it’s really going to do out there so you just have to hit the best ball you can and take care of what you can control.”</p>
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<p>AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner contributed.</p>
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Foles was steady, Jake Elliott had a big leg and the defense made one final stop.</p>
<p>The underdog Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the NFC championship game following a 15-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday. They’ll host the Saints-Vikings winner next Sunday.</p>
<p>Despite going 13-3 to earn the No. 1 seed, the Eagles entered the game as 3-point underdogs against the sixth-seeded Falcons (11-7). They used it as motivation and now it’s onto the next one as they continue pursuit of the franchise’s first Super Bowl title.</p>
<p>“If we believe the outsiders, we will be all messed up,” Pro Bowl defensive tackle Fletcher Cox said. “We went out and proved we can be the real winning team.”</p>
<p>Matt Ryan’s final pass sailed through Julio Jones’ arms in the corner of the end zone as Jalen Mills had tight coverage on fourth down from the 2 to secure Philadelphia’s win. It was another disappointing finish for the Falcons, who blew a 25-point lead against the Patriots in last year’s Super Bowl.</p>
<p>“The reason I play this game is to win a championship,” Ryan said. “That’s why we put all of the hard work we put in. When you don’t get that result, it’s difficult.”</p>
<p>Foles outplayed Ryan, bouncing back from a pair of subpar games with an efficient performance. He completed 77 percent of his passes (23 of 30) for 246 yards, no touchdowns and no turnovers.</p>
<p>“The biggest thing in our locker room is that we believe in one another and that showed,” Foles said. “We kept working, kept grinding, had faith in one another. In any sport there’s going to be criticism. You’re aware of it because you’re human but we blocked it out.”</p>
<p>Here’s some things we learned following Philadelphia’s first playoff win in nine years:</p>
<p>OVERCOMING TURNOVERS: The Eagles committed the only two turnovers and won anyway. Jay Ajayi fumbled on the second play from scrimmage inside Falcons territory and a short punt bounced off an Eagles player setting up Atlanta’s 18-yard touchdown drive.</p>
<p>INCONSISTENT OFFENSE: These weren’t the Falcons who lit up the scoreboard on their way to winning the NFC championship last year. Under first-year offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, the Falcons weren’t quite as sharp throughout the season and their inconsistency showed up at the wrong time. They were shut out in the second half and held to just 118 yards in the final two quarters.</p>
<p>“I think that’s something we have to look at and evaluate this offseason,” Ryan said. “There were too many times we were a little bit inconsistent.”</p>
<p>JAY TRAIN: Ajayi shook off the fumble and ran well until he inexplicably went to the bench for a long stretch. Ajayi had 50 yards rushing on eight carries through Philadelphia’s first drive of the second quarter, but didn’t get the ball again until the second half. He finished with 54 yards on 15 carries and also dropped a third down pass. He did have 44 yards receiving on three catches.</p>
<p>“I feel like I played poorly,” Ajayi said. “The fumble, can’t do that in a big game. I feel like I could have executed a lot better. A lot of the teammates picked up the slack. The defense played lights out.”</p>
<p>CALL OF THE GAME: Eagles coach Doug Pederson ran an inside counter to wide receiver Nelson Agholor that went for 21 yards to the Falcons 3 on third-and-3 on Philadelphia’s touchdown drive. It was the first time he called that play this season.</p>
<p>“It’s a play we’ve had in our arsenal, but never got to it,” Pederson said. “This was just an opportunity to put it in Nelson’s hands with Lane Johnson as a puller and just executed extremely well.”</p>
<p>JAKE’S LEG: Elliott, who joined the Eagles after Caleb Sturgis was injured in Week 1, bounced back after missing his fourth extra point of the season by connecting on all three of his field goals. His 53-yarder at the end of the first half was his sixth in seven tries from beyond 50. That includes a game-winning 61-yarder against the Giants in Week 3.</p>
<p>“It was definitely tricky out there, just really gusty (wind),” Elliott said. “You don’t know what it’s really going to do out there so you just have to hit the best ball you can and take care of what you can control.”</p>
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<p>AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner contributed.</p>
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philadelphia ap nick foles steady jake elliott big leg defense made one final stop underdog philadelphia eagles heading nfc championship game following 1510 victory atlanta falcons saturday theyll host saintsvikings winner next sunday despite going 133 earn 1 seed eagles entered game 3point underdogs sixthseeded falcons 117 used motivation onto next one continue pursuit franchises first super bowl title believe outsiders messed pro bowl defensive tackle fletcher cox said went proved real winning team matt ryans final pass sailed julio jones arms corner end zone jalen mills tight coverage fourth 2 secure philadelphias win another disappointing finish falcons blew 25point lead patriots last years super bowl reason play game win championship ryan said thats put hard work put dont get result difficult foles outplayed ryan bouncing back pair subpar games efficient performance completed 77 percent passes 23 30 246 yards touchdowns turnovers biggest thing locker room believe one another showed foles said kept working kept grinding faith one another sport theres going criticism youre aware youre human blocked heres things learned following philadelphias first playoff win nine years overcoming turnovers eagles committed two turnovers anyway jay ajayi fumbled second play scrimmage inside falcons territory short punt bounced eagles player setting atlantas 18yard touchdown drive inconsistent offense werent falcons lit scoreboard way winning nfc championship last year firstyear offensive coordinator steve sarkisian falcons werent quite sharp throughout season inconsistency showed wrong time shut second half held 118 yards final two quarters think thats something look evaluate offseason ryan said many times little bit inconsistent jay train ajayi shook fumble ran well inexplicably went bench long stretch ajayi 50 yards rushing eight carries philadelphias first drive second quarter didnt get ball second half finished 54 yards 15 carries also dropped third pass 44 yards receiving three catches feel like played poorly ajayi said fumble cant big game feel like could executed lot better lot teammates picked slack defense played lights call game eagles coach doug pederson ran inside counter wide receiver nelson agholor went 21 yards falcons 3 thirdand3 philadelphias touchdown drive first time called play season play weve arsenal never got pederson said opportunity put nelsons hands lane johnson puller executed extremely well jakes leg elliott joined eagles caleb sturgis injured week 1 bounced back missing fourth extra point season connecting three field goals 53yarder end first half sixth seven tries beyond 50 includes gamewinning 61yarder giants week 3 definitely tricky really gusty wind elliott said dont know really going hit best ball take care control ___ ap pro football writer barry wilner contributed ___ ap nfl website wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi philadelphia ap nick foles steady jake elliott big leg defense made one final stop underdog philadelphia eagles heading nfc championship game following 1510 victory atlanta falcons saturday theyll host saintsvikings winner next sunday despite going 133 earn 1 seed eagles entered game 3point underdogs sixthseeded falcons 117 used motivation onto next one continue pursuit franchises first super bowl title believe outsiders messed pro bowl defensive tackle fletcher cox said went proved real winning team matt ryans final pass sailed julio jones arms corner end zone jalen mills tight coverage fourth 2 secure philadelphias win another disappointing finish falcons blew 25point lead patriots last years super bowl reason play game win championship ryan said thats put hard work put dont get result difficult foles outplayed ryan bouncing back pair subpar games efficient performance completed 77 percent passes 23 30 246 yards touchdowns turnovers biggest thing locker room believe one another showed foles said kept working kept grinding faith one another sport theres going criticism youre aware youre human blocked heres things learned following philadelphias first playoff win nine years overcoming turnovers eagles committed two turnovers anyway jay ajayi fumbled second play scrimmage inside falcons territory short punt bounced eagles player setting atlantas 18yard touchdown drive inconsistent offense werent falcons lit scoreboard way winning nfc championship last year firstyear offensive coordinator steve sarkisian falcons werent quite sharp throughout season inconsistency showed wrong time shut second half held 118 yards final two quarters think thats something look evaluate offseason ryan said many times little bit inconsistent jay train ajayi shook fumble ran well inexplicably went bench long stretch ajayi 50 yards rushing eight carries philadelphias first drive second quarter didnt get ball second half finished 54 yards 15 carries also dropped third pass 44 yards receiving three catches feel like played poorly ajayi said fumble cant big game feel like could executed lot better lot teammates picked slack defense played lights call game eagles coach doug pederson ran inside counter wide receiver nelson agholor went 21 yards falcons 3 thirdand3 philadelphias touchdown drive first time called play season play weve arsenal never got pederson said opportunity put nelsons hands lane johnson puller executed extremely well jakes leg elliott joined eagles caleb sturgis injured week 1 bounced back missing fourth extra point season connecting three field goals 53yarder end first half sixth seven tries beyond 50 includes gamewinning 61yarder giants week 3 definitely tricky really gusty wind elliott said dont know really going hit best ball take care control ___ ap pro football writer barry wilner contributed ___ ap nfl website wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi
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<p>OCCUPATION: District Court Judge, Bernalillo County District Court, 2012 to present; Deputy and Assistant District Attorney, 1998 to 2003, 2006 to 2012; Associate Attorney, Slease and Martinez, P.A., 2003 to 2005; Associate Attorney, Toulouse and Associates, P.A., 1995 to 1998.</p>
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<p>MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Prosecutor in the Crimes Against Children Division of the District Attorney’s Office for a decade, handling hundreds of cases and seeking justice for children who were raped, abused and murdered.</p>
<p>MAJOR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: My family. I have been married for over 16 years and we have two beautiful daughters, of whom we are very proud.</p>
<p>1. Having spent my entire career practicing and trying cases in District Court and dealing with the most heinous crimes perpetrated against the most vulnerable victims, I have the experience needed to handle serious felony cases.</p>
<p>2. Judges are expected to apply the law free of political influence and corruption. I understand that I work for the citizens and that fairness and integrity are the most important aspects of my job.</p>
<p>3. No.</p>
<p>4. No.</p>
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<p>Briana Zamora</p>
<p>POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic</p>
<p>PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Albuquerque</p>
<p>AGE: 38</p>
<p>EDUCATION: J.D., University of New Mexico School of Law, 2000; B.A., New Mexico State University, 1996.</p>
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<p>OCCUPATION: Metropolitan Court Judge. Previous experience as an Assistant Attorney General; Attorney, Butt, Thornton and Baehr representing clients in both criminal and civil matters; Small Business Owner managing my own law practice representing a broad array of clients, such as child abuse victims and citizens injured in the workplace.</p>
<p>FAMILY: Husband, Kyle Nayback, two daughters.</p>
<p>POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Appointed to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court in 2008 and elected in 2010.</p>
<p>MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: In 2008, there were almost 20 applicants that applied for my current position, and four names, including mine, were submitted to the governor by a bipartisan judicial nominating commission. I consider my appointment and election to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court to be my highest professional accomplishment.</p>
<p>MAJOR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: My work as a judge; I am most proud of being a parent and raising two young daughters. Being a mother is the most challenging, yet rewarding, experience I have ever had in my life.</p>
<p>1. Integrity. I have a proven reputation for fairness, honesty and sound judgment in the over 20,000 cases and hundreds of trials I have presided over, including serious cases of DWI and domestic violence.</p>
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<p>2. Educating the public about the judicial system will ease skepticism. Currently, I volunteer for a program called “Courts to School” where our youth learn about the judicial system and the serious consequences of DWI.</p>
<p>3. No.</p>
<p>4. Twenty years ago, when I was a teenager, I received a citation for making an immature choice and taking a very low-priced cosmetic item. I immediately accepted responsibility. The case was deferred and dismissed.</p>
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<p>Division 10 (Criminal)</p>
<p>Christina P. Argyres</p>
<p>PARTY: Democratic</p>
<p>RESIDENCE: Village of Los Ranchos</p>
<p>AGE: 45</p>
<p>EDUCATION: J.D., Ohio Northern School of Law, 1997; Masters, Harvard University, 1993; B.S., University of New Mexico, 1990; Valley High School diploma, 1985.</p>
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<p>OCCUPATION: Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court judge since 2010; Sole Practitioner, Law Office of Christina P. Argyres, 2002 to 2010; N.M. Public Defender contractor McKinley County, 2010; N.M. Public Defender Department, 2000 to 2002; U.S. Attorney’s Office, 1998 to 2000.</p>
<p>FAMILY: Single.</p>
<p>POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Metropolitan Court Judge, 2010 to present; Assistant Judge, Mental Health Specialty Court, 2010 to present; Assistant Judge, Domestic Violence Repeat Offender Program, 2010 to present.</p>
<p>PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: I established and successfully ran my own law firm, where I represented thousands of individuals throughout the state.</p>
<p>PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: I used the salad dressing recipe developed by my father, who owned his own restaurant, and manufactured, bottled and distributed the dressing throughout the United States.</p>
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<p>1. I represented individuals in District Court. As a sitting judge, I have the knowledge, skills and dedication required. I know how to balance the safety of the public and uphold an individual’s constitutional rights.</p>
<p>2. The court system is a public forum. I encourage citizens to come to court and see how efficiently agencies work together. The public needs to be informed as opposed to relying on media for information.</p>
<p>3. No. Never.</p>
<p>4. No, never, but I have been charged with a municipal ordinance violation and was found not guilty at trial.</p>
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<p>Sharon Walton</p>
<p>POLITICAL PARTY: Republican</p>
<p>PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Albuquerque</p>
<p>AGE: 50</p>
<p>EDUCATION: J.D., University of New Mexico School of Law, 1987; Bachelors in Business Administration, New Mexico State University, 1983.</p>
<p>OCCUPATION: Judge, 13 years, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Criminal Division; Assistant City Attorney, General Counsel, Albuquerque Police Department, seven years; New Mexico Corrections Department, six years.</p>
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<p>FAMILY: Husband, Michael Gillespie; two teenage sons.</p>
<p>POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Judge, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Criminal Division, 1999 to present; Assistant City Attorney, General Counsel; Albuquerque Police Department, 1993 to 1999; New Mexico Corrections Department, 1988 to 1992, Deputy General Counsel and Associate Warden of Maximum Security Unit; Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, 1987 to 1988.</p>
<p>MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Having served the community for 25 years in the criminal justice system.</p>
<p>MAJOR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Supporting my boys and the kids in our community through volunteering with youth sports with AYSO, Little League, AYBL and swimming, as well as acting as a judge for high school speech tournaments and competitions, and being involved in PTA.</p>
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<p>1. Experience. After 13 years on the bench, I have handled approximately 80,000 cases and have demonstrated sound legal knowledge and reasoning</p>
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<p>2. Trust needs to be earned every day during each encounter between the court and citizens: People must feel they are provided an opportunity to be heard and that they are treated respectfully.</p>
<p>3. No.</p>
<p>4. No.</p>
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<p>Division 19 (Criminal)</p>
<p>Benjamin Chavez</p>
<p>POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic</p>
<p>PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Albuquerque</p>
<p>AGE: 43</p>
<p>EDUCATION: B.A. in English, University of New Mexico, 1992; J.D., UNM School of Law, 1996</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>OCCUPATION: Metropolitan Court judge, 2004 to present, Bernalillo County, Division 13; assistant city attorney, Albuquerque, 2002 to 2004; assistant district attorney, felony division, 1999 to 2002, 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office; assistant district attorney, DWI prosecutor, 1999, 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Taos; press and public affairs specialist, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York. 1998; associate attorney, Duhigg, Cronin, Spring &amp; Berlin, Albuquerque, 1996 to 1997.</p>
<p>FAMILY: Wife, Heather, our son and daughter</p>
<p>POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Metropolitan Court judge, 2004 to present; presiding judge of the Homeless Court, 2008 – present; Supreme Court appointee to the Judicial Education Committee, 2007-present; Supreme Court appointee to the Metropolitan Court Rules Committee, 2008-present; Supreme Court appointee to the Bullcoming Advisory Group, 2011; District and Metropolitan Judges Association board member, 2006-present; graduate, National Judicial College General Jurisdiction Course, 2005.</p>
<p>MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: My eight years of effective and reliable hard work as a Criminal Court judge, with tens of thousands of cases handled. My judicial experience.</p>
<p>MAJOR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: I am proudest of my family, helping my wife become a doctor and working together to raise a happy and healthy son and daughter.</p>
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<p>1. Proven judicial experience. With approximately eight years as a Criminal Court judge and tens of thousands of cases handled, I have been tested and proven on the bench as hard-working, experienced, efficient and fair.</p>
<p>2. I would continue to show constant dedication, hard-work and commitment to the court and to my work as judge. Trust must always be earned. Hard work, honesty and trustworthiness are proven by action.</p>
<p>3. No.</p>
<p>4. No, but as a juvenile I had a case for possessing alcohol. The matter was dismissed, but my parents made sure it was a valuable learning experience.</p>
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<p>Samuel L. Winder (incumbent)</p>
<p>POLITICAL PARTY: Republican</p>
<p>PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Albuquerque</p>
<p>AGE: 50</p>
<p>EDUCATION: J.D., University of New Mexico School of Law, 1988; B.S. civil engineering, Stanford University, 1984.</p>
<p>OCCUPATION: District judge in Bernalillo County since October 2011; private practice, 2007 to 2011; federal prosecutor and tribal liaison for U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Mexico 2001 to 2007; general counsel Southern Ute Indian Tribe 2000-2001; federal prosecutor; executive director, National Tribal Environmental Council, 1992 to 1994; deputy counsel for Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1991 to 1992; attorney-adviser, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1990-1991; private practice, Washington, D.C., 1988-1990; project engineer, U.S. Public Health Service, Tuba City, Ariz., 1984 to 1985.</p>
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<p>FAMILY: Wife, Rhoda; four children, one grandson.</p>
<p>POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: District judge, Bernalillo County since October 2011; Federal prosecutor and tribal liaison for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, district of New Mexico; deputy counsel, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; attorney-adviser, U.S. Department of Interior; project engineer, U.S. Public Health Service.</p>
<p>MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Being appointed as state district judge for Bernalillo County on Sept. 23, 2011.</p>
<p>MAJOR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: First member in history of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to graduate from law school.</p>
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<p>1. I have served as a district judge for approximately a year and have closed a significant amount of cases. I am fair, decisive and experienced. My background includes being a defense attorney and a prosecutor.</p>
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<p>2. The perception can be enhanced with qualified and experienced judges. I believe that all judges should be required to go through a rigorous judicial nominating committee like I did, before appointment.</p>
<p>3. No.</p>
<p>4. Arrest for drunken driving over 19 years ago. The charge was dismissed. The arrest was disclosed to FBI during background checks to become a federal prosecutor, to the judicial nominating committee and to the governor.</p>
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<p>Division 21 (Domestic Violence)</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Alisa Hadfield (incumbent)</p>
<p>POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic</p>
<p>PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Albuquerque</p>
<p>AGE: 46</p>
<p>EDUCATION: J.D, Hofstra School of Law, 1991; B.A. Communications, minor in business administration, Cum Laude and Dean’s List of Distinguished Students, State University of New York at Albany, 1988.</p>
<p>OCCUPATION: District Court Judge since December 2010; Domestic Violence Special Commissioner, 2004 to 2010; Associate Attorney, Lamb, Metzgar, Lines and Dahl, 1999 to 2004; Partner, Raphaelson and Mackston, Española, 1997 to 1998; Associate Attorney, Richard Lees and Associates, Santa Fe, 1996 to 1997; Assistant Public Defender, 1st Judicial District, 1994 to 1996; Assistant District Attorney, Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Hempstead, N.Y., 1992 to 1993; Legal Assistant in Taos, 1991 to 1992.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>FAMILY: Children.</p>
<p>POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: 2nd Judicial District Court Judge, 2010 to present; Domestic Violence Special Commissioner, 2004 to 2010; Deputy Public Defender, Santa Fe, 1994 to 1996; Assistant District Attorney, Nassau County, N.Y., 1992 to 1993.</p>
<p>MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Selection by bipartisan judicial nominating commission and appointment to the bench; work as the director of the Family Assessment and Intervention Resources Program, which implemented a preventative educational approach to domestic violence.</p>
<p>MAJOR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Successfully balancing family life while meeting the responsibilities of being a full-time judge.</p>
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<p>1. History of public service; extensive legal experience and ability to recognize the complexities in families faced with substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health challenges; knowledge of services available for parents and children.</p>
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<p>2. To make the system more accessible and transparent I have organized free legal fairs for low-income litigants, written articles and lectured on court process, treat litigants with respect and communicate my reasoning and decisions.</p>
<p>3. No.</p>
<p>4. Two cellphone violations in 2009 – dismissed.</p>
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<p>David A. Standridge</p>
<p>POLITICAL PARTY: Republican</p>
<p>PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Albuquerque, NM</p>
<p>AGE: 41</p>
<p>EDUCATION: J.D., Cum Laude, University of New Mexico School of Law, 1996; B.S., Magna Cum Laude, in political science and economics, UNM, 1993; Albuquerque High School diploma, 1989.</p>
<p>OCCUPATION: Attorney since 1996, founder of Standridge Law Firm, P.C.</p>
<p>FAMILY: Wife, Debbie Standridge, two children.</p>
<p>POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Bernalillo County Board of Registration, 2009 to 2010; City Charter Review Task Force member, 2008 to 2009.</p>
<p>MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Starting, growing and building the Standridge Law Firm to 11 employees with three attorneys.</p>
<p>MAJOR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: Marrying my awesome wife in 1994 and having two wonderful sons.</p>
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<p>1. I bring a different and fresh perspective to Family Court. Representing people in Family Court allows me to see firsthand the needs and problems facing families in this system.</p>
<p>2. Skepticism arises from the unpredictability of the decisions. Application of the law, protecting personal liberty and minimizing costs for families will help restore faith in the system and in the rule of law.</p>
<p>3. No.</p>
<p>4. No.</p>
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<p>ROME (AP) — As many as 64 African migrants, including a mother whose surviving 3-year-old child desperately clung to her as she drowned, are feared dead after a traffickers' overcrowded rubber dinghy from Libya started sinking in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said Monday.</p>
<p>The Italian coast guard rescued 86 people from the boat hours after it started sinking Saturday morning after it took on water and started deflating, a U.N. migration agency official said.</p>
<p>Specially trained rescue divers leapt into the water to pull dozens to safety, including those who managed to stay aboard the half-submerged dinghy as well as others already flailing in nearby cold waters.</p>
<p>Eight bodies were recovered on Saturday. Officials at the time said the corpses were all women, but U.N. migration officials who met the rescue ship when it arrived Monday in Catania, Sicily, said two of the eight dead were adult men.</p>
<p>Since trafficking dinghies are often crammed with far more than 100 migrants, fears quickly arose Saturday that dozens more could be missing in the sinking. An Italian coast guard search that went through the night didn't find any more survivors or corpses.</p>
<p>Flavio Di Giacomo of the International Organization for Migration said in tweet Monday that survivors interviewed by the agency in Catania said 150 people had been aboard the dinghy when it set out from a Libyan beach east of Tripoli.</p>
<p>"Sixty-four migrants lost their life in the shipwreck (which) occurred last Saturday," Di Giacomo said, saying "probably 56 missing migrants" perished at sea.</p>
<p>In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Di Giacomo said the dinghy was packed and made of poor quality rubber. Some eight hours into the Mediterranean crossing, "water started pouring in, panic ensued, the migrants all moved to one side, and the boat lost its balance and was deflating."</p>
<p>Some migrants managed to cling to the portion of the dinghy that wasn't submerged but many others fell into the sea, he said, adding that the Italian coast guard arrived quickly, about a half hour after being spotted by a European naval aircraft.</p>
<p>Catania Mayor Enzo Bianco told Italian Radio Radicale that among the survivors was a child who lost her mother.</p>
<p>"I watched a 3-year-old girl while she was starting to play at the port here. She was saved, grabbed at the last second by the coast guard in the sea," the mayor said. "She was clinging to her mother and she saw her drown."</p>
<p>Bianco said the child is now with her aunt, who was among the survivors.</p>
<p>All of the missing are adults, Di Giacomo said, adding that three other children survived, boys aged 2, 9 and 10.</p>
<p>The migrants came from Mali, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Senegal and Nigeria, he said.</p>
<p>A doctor said some of the survivors needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation when they were brought aboard the rescue ship.</p>
<p>"We can proudly say that many among those we resuscitated are now alive," said Dr. Maria Rita Agliozzo, who was aboard the coast guard rescue ship with a paramedic. "Unfortunately some of them did not make it."</p>
<p>She said the surviving children are in good condition.</p>
<p>"We still have to reconstruct their personal stories, because the children are shocked and didn't answer our questions. It's a step-by-step process, hopefully they will work through what happened," Agliozzo said.</p>
<p>Hundreds of thousands of migrants have been rescued at sea and taken to southern Italian ports in the last few years, including nearly 119,000 last year. Another 3,100 drowned along the way in 2017, the IOM says.</p>
<p>Di Giacomo said the Libyan coast guard in recent days rescued 250 other migrants from traffickers' boats and recovered the bodies of two women, while survivors said another 10 migrants were missing.</p>
<p>Those putting themselves at the mercy of smugglers and the sea include refugees fleeing wars or persecution who hope to receive asylum as well as economic migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, who aren't eligible for permission to live in Europe.</p>
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<p>Gino Maceli contributed to this report from Catania. Frances D'Emilio can be followed on www.twitter.com/fdemilio.</p>
<p>ROME (AP) — As many as 64 African migrants, including a mother whose surviving 3-year-old child desperately clung to her as she drowned, are feared dead after a traffickers' overcrowded rubber dinghy from Libya started sinking in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said Monday.</p>
<p>The Italian coast guard rescued 86 people from the boat hours after it started sinking Saturday morning after it took on water and started deflating, a U.N. migration agency official said.</p>
<p>Specially trained rescue divers leapt into the water to pull dozens to safety, including those who managed to stay aboard the half-submerged dinghy as well as others already flailing in nearby cold waters.</p>
<p>Eight bodies were recovered on Saturday. Officials at the time said the corpses were all women, but U.N. migration officials who met the rescue ship when it arrived Monday in Catania, Sicily, said two of the eight dead were adult men.</p>
<p>Since trafficking dinghies are often crammed with far more than 100 migrants, fears quickly arose Saturday that dozens more could be missing in the sinking. An Italian coast guard search that went through the night didn't find any more survivors or corpses.</p>
<p>Flavio Di Giacomo of the International Organization for Migration said in tweet Monday that survivors interviewed by the agency in Catania said 150 people had been aboard the dinghy when it set out from a Libyan beach east of Tripoli.</p>
<p>"Sixty-four migrants lost their life in the shipwreck (which) occurred last Saturday," Di Giacomo said, saying "probably 56 missing migrants" perished at sea.</p>
<p>In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Di Giacomo said the dinghy was packed and made of poor quality rubber. Some eight hours into the Mediterranean crossing, "water started pouring in, panic ensued, the migrants all moved to one side, and the boat lost its balance and was deflating."</p>
<p>Some migrants managed to cling to the portion of the dinghy that wasn't submerged but many others fell into the sea, he said, adding that the Italian coast guard arrived quickly, about a half hour after being spotted by a European naval aircraft.</p>
<p>Catania Mayor Enzo Bianco told Italian Radio Radicale that among the survivors was a child who lost her mother.</p>
<p>"I watched a 3-year-old girl while she was starting to play at the port here. She was saved, grabbed at the last second by the coast guard in the sea," the mayor said. "She was clinging to her mother and she saw her drown."</p>
<p>Bianco said the child is now with her aunt, who was among the survivors.</p>
<p>All of the missing are adults, Di Giacomo said, adding that three other children survived, boys aged 2, 9 and 10.</p>
<p>The migrants came from Mali, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Senegal and Nigeria, he said.</p>
<p>A doctor said some of the survivors needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation when they were brought aboard the rescue ship.</p>
<p>"We can proudly say that many among those we resuscitated are now alive," said Dr. Maria Rita Agliozzo, who was aboard the coast guard rescue ship with a paramedic. "Unfortunately some of them did not make it."</p>
<p>She said the surviving children are in good condition.</p>
<p>"We still have to reconstruct their personal stories, because the children are shocked and didn't answer our questions. It's a step-by-step process, hopefully they will work through what happened," Agliozzo said.</p>
<p>Hundreds of thousands of migrants have been rescued at sea and taken to southern Italian ports in the last few years, including nearly 119,000 last year. Another 3,100 drowned along the way in 2017, the IOM says.</p>
<p>Di Giacomo said the Libyan coast guard in recent days rescued 250 other migrants from traffickers' boats and recovered the bodies of two women, while survivors said another 10 migrants were missing.</p>
<p>Those putting themselves at the mercy of smugglers and the sea include refugees fleeing wars or persecution who hope to receive asylum as well as economic migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, who aren't eligible for permission to live in Europe.</p>
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<p>Gino Maceli contributed to this report from Catania. Frances D'Emilio can be followed on www.twitter.com/fdemilio.</p>
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rome ap many 64 african migrants including mother whose surviving 3yearold child desperately clung drowned feared dead traffickers overcrowded rubber dinghy libya started sinking mediterranean sea officials said monday italian coast guard rescued 86 people boat hours started sinking saturday morning took water started deflating un migration agency official said specially trained rescue divers leapt water pull dozens safety including managed stay aboard halfsubmerged dinghy well others already flailing nearby cold waters eight bodies recovered saturday officials time said corpses women un migration officials met rescue ship arrived monday catania sicily said two eight dead adult men since trafficking dinghies often crammed far 100 migrants fears quickly arose saturday dozens could missing sinking italian coast guard search went night didnt find survivors corpses flavio di giacomo international organization migration said tweet monday survivors interviewed agency catania said 150 people aboard dinghy set libyan beach east tripoli sixtyfour migrants lost life shipwreck occurred last saturday di giacomo said saying probably 56 missing migrants perished sea telephone interview associated press di giacomo said dinghy packed made poor quality rubber eight hours mediterranean crossing water started pouring panic ensued migrants moved one side boat lost balance deflating migrants managed cling portion dinghy wasnt submerged many others fell sea said adding italian coast guard arrived quickly half hour spotted european naval aircraft catania mayor enzo bianco told italian radio radicale among survivors child lost mother watched 3yearold girl starting play port saved grabbed last second coast guard sea mayor said clinging mother saw drown bianco said child aunt among survivors missing adults di giacomo said adding three children survived boys aged 2 9 10 migrants came mali gambia ivory coast sierra leone cameroon senegal nigeria said doctor said survivors needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation brought aboard rescue ship proudly say many among resuscitated alive said dr maria rita agliozzo aboard coast guard rescue ship paramedic unfortunately make said surviving children good condition still reconstruct personal stories children shocked didnt answer questions stepbystep process hopefully work happened agliozzo said hundreds thousands migrants rescued sea taken southern italian ports last years including nearly 119000 last year another 3100 drowned along way 2017 iom says di giacomo said libyan coast guard recent days rescued 250 migrants traffickers boats recovered bodies two women survivors said another 10 migrants missing putting mercy smugglers sea include refugees fleeing wars persecution hope receive asylum well economic migrants mainly subsaharan africa arent eligible permission live europe ___ gino maceli contributed report catania frances demilio followed wwwtwittercomfdemilio rome ap many 64 african migrants including mother whose surviving 3yearold child desperately clung drowned feared dead traffickers overcrowded rubber dinghy libya started sinking mediterranean sea officials said monday italian coast guard rescued 86 people boat hours started sinking saturday morning took water started deflating un migration agency official said specially trained rescue divers leapt water pull dozens safety including managed stay aboard halfsubmerged dinghy well others already flailing nearby cold waters eight bodies recovered saturday officials time said corpses women un migration officials met rescue ship arrived monday catania sicily said two eight dead adult men since trafficking dinghies often crammed far 100 migrants fears quickly arose saturday dozens could missing sinking italian coast guard search went night didnt find survivors corpses flavio di giacomo international organization migration said tweet monday survivors interviewed agency catania said 150 people aboard dinghy set libyan beach east tripoli sixtyfour migrants lost life shipwreck occurred last saturday di giacomo said saying probably 56 missing migrants perished sea telephone interview associated press di giacomo said dinghy packed made poor quality rubber eight hours mediterranean crossing water started pouring panic ensued migrants moved one side boat lost balance deflating migrants managed cling portion dinghy wasnt submerged many others fell sea said adding italian coast guard arrived quickly half hour spotted european naval aircraft catania mayor enzo bianco told italian radio radicale among survivors child lost mother watched 3yearold girl starting play port saved grabbed last second coast guard sea mayor said clinging mother saw drown bianco said child aunt among survivors missing adults di giacomo said adding three children survived boys aged 2 9 10 migrants came mali gambia ivory coast sierra leone cameroon senegal nigeria said doctor said survivors needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation brought aboard rescue ship proudly say many among resuscitated alive said dr maria rita agliozzo aboard coast guard rescue ship paramedic unfortunately make said surviving children good condition still reconstruct personal stories children shocked didnt answer questions stepbystep process hopefully work happened agliozzo said hundreds thousands migrants rescued sea taken southern italian ports last years including nearly 119000 last year another 3100 drowned along way 2017 iom says di giacomo said libyan coast guard recent days rescued 250 migrants traffickers boats recovered bodies two women survivors said another 10 migrants missing putting mercy smugglers sea include refugees fleeing wars persecution hope receive asylum well economic migrants mainly subsaharan africa arent eligible permission live europe ___ gino maceli contributed report catania frances demilio followed wwwtwittercomfdemilio
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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — The descriptions are haunting.</p>
<p>Some victims felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. Faces turned blue as patients coughed up blood. Stacked bodies outnumbered coffins.</p>
<p>A century after one of history’s most catastrophic disease outbreaks, scientists are rethinking how to guard against another super-flu like the 1918 influenza that killed tens of millions as it swept the globe.</p>
<p>There’s no way to predict what strain of the shape-shifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic or, given modern medical tools, how bad it might be.</p>
<p>But researchers hope they’re finally closing in on stronger flu shots, ways to boost much-needed protection against ordinary winter influenza and guard against future pandemics at the same time.</p>
<p>“We have to do better and by better, we mean a universal flu vaccine. A vaccine that is going to protect you against essentially all, or most, strains of flu,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health.</p>
<p>Labs around the country are hunting for a super-shot that could eliminate the annual fall vaccination in favor of one every five years or 10 years, or maybe, eventually, a childhood immunization that could last for life.</p>
<p>Scientists hope they’re finally closing in on stronger flu shots to boost much-needed protection against ordinary winter influenza and guard against future pandemics at the same time (Jan. 17)</p>
<p>Fauci is designating a universal flu vaccine a top priority for NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Last summer, he brought together more than 150 leading researchers to map a path. A few attempts are entering first-stage human safety testing.</p>
<p>How soon might one be available? “Years, not decades,” he said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.</p>
<p>“I’m cautiously optimistic, but I am optimistic,” he said.</p>
<p>Still, it’s a tall order. Despite 100 years of science, the flu virus too often beats our best defenses because it constantly mutates.</p>
<p>Among the new strategies: Researchers are dissecting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8c87p0xI9Q" type="external">the cloak that disguises influenza</a> as it sneaks past the immune system, and finding some rare targets that stay the same from strain to strain, year to year.</p>
<p>“We’ve made some serious inroads into understanding how we can better protect ourselves. Now we have to put that into fruition,” said well-known flu biologist Ian Wilson of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.</p>
<p>The somber centennial highlights the need.</p>
<p>Back then, there was no flu vaccine — it wouldn’t arrive for decades. Today vaccination is the best protection, and Fauci never skips his. But at best, the seasonal vaccine is 60 percent effective. Protection dropped to 19 percent a few years ago when the vaccine didn’t match an evolving virus.</p>
<p>If a never-before-seen flu strain erupts, it takes months to brew a new vaccine. Doses arrived too late for the last, fortunately mild, pandemic in 2009.</p>
<p>Lacking a better option, Fauci said the nation is “chasing” animal flu strains that might become the next human threat. Today’s top concern is a lethal bird flu that jumped from poultry to more than 1,500 people in China since 2013. Last year it mutated, meaning millions of just-in-case vaccine doses in a U.S. stockpile no longer match.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>The NIH’s Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger calls the 1918 flu the mother of all pandemics.</p>
<p>He should know.</p>
<p>While working as a pathologist for the military, he led the team that identified and reconstructed the extinct 1918 virus, using traces unearthed in autopsy samples from World War I soldiers and from a victim buried in the Alaskan permafrost.</p>
<p>That misnamed Spanish flu “made all the world a killing zone,” wrote John M. Barry in “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.”</p>
<p>Historians think it started in Kansas in early 1918. By winter 1919, the virus had infected one-third of the global population and killed at least 50 million people, including 675,000 Americans. By comparison, the AIDS virus has claimed 35 million lives over four decades.</p>
<p>Three more flu pandemics have struck since, in 1957, 1968 and 2009, spreading widely but nowhere near as deadly. Taubenberger’s research shows the family tree, each subsequent pandemic a result of flu viruses carried by birds or pigs mixing with 1918 flu genes.</p>
<p>“This 100-year timeline of information about how the virus adapted to us and how we adapt to the new viruses, it teaches us that we can’t keep designing vaccines based on the past,” said Dr. Barney Graham, deputy director of NIH’s Vaccine Research Center.</p>
<p>__</p>
<p>The new vaccine quest starts with two proteins, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, that coat flu’s surface. The “H″ allows flu to latch onto respiratory cells and infect them. Afterward, the “N″ helps the virus spread.</p>
<p>They also form the names of influenza A viruses, the most dangerous flu family. With 18 hemagglutinin varieties and 11 types of neuraminidase — most carried by birds — there are lots of potential combinations. That virulent 1918 virus was the H1N1 subtype; milder H1N1 strains still circulate. This winter H3N2, a descendent of the 1968 pandemic, is causing most of the misery.</p>
<p>Think of hemagglutinin as a miniature broccoli stalk. Its flower-like head attracts the immune system, which produces infection-blocking antibodies if the top is similar enough to a previous infection or that year’s vaccination.</p>
<p>But that head also is where mutations pile up.</p>
<p>A turning point toward better vaccines was a 2009 discovery that, sometimes, people make a small number of antibodies that instead target spots on the hemagglutinin stem that don’t mutate. Even better, “these antibodies were much broader than anything we’ve seen,” capable of blocking multiple subtypes of flu, said Scripps’ Wilson.</p>
<p>Scientists are trying different tricks to spur production of those antibodies.</p>
<p>In a lab at NIH’s Vaccine Research Center, “we think taking the head off will solve the problem,” Graham said. His team brews vaccine from the stems and attaches them to ball-shaped nanoparticles easily spotted by the immune system.</p>
<p>In New York, pioneering flu microbiologist Peter Palese at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine uses “chimeric” viruses — the hemagglutinin head comes from bird flu, the stem from common human flu viruses — to redirect the immune system.</p>
<p>“We have made the head so that the immune system really doesn’t recognize it,” Palese explained. GlaxoSmithKline and the Gates Foundation are funding initial safety tests.</p>
<p>In addition to working with Janssen Pharmaceuticals on a stem vaccine, Wilson’s team also is exploring how to turn flu-fighting antibodies into an oral drug. “Say a pandemic came along and you didn’t have time to make vaccine. You’d want something to block infection if possible,” he said.</p>
<p>NIH’s Taubenberger is taking a completely different approach. He’s brewing a vaccine cocktail that combines particles of four different hemagglutinins that in turn trigger protection against other related strains.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Yet lingering mysteries hamper the research.</p>
<p>Scientists now think people respond differently to vaccination based on their flu history. “Perhaps we recognize best the first flu we ever see,” said NIH immunologist Adrian McDermott.</p>
<p>The idea is that your immune system is imprinted with that first strain and may not respond as well to a vaccine against another.</p>
<p>“The vision of the field is that ultimately if you get the really good universal flu vaccine, it’s going to work best when you give it to a child,” Fauci said.</p>
<p>Still, no one knows the ultimate origin of that terrifying 1918 flu. But key to its lethality was bird-like hemagglutinin.</p>
<p>That Chinese H7N9 bird flu “worries me a lot,” Taubenberger said. “For a virus like influenza that is a master at adapting and mutating and evolving to meet new circumstances, it’s crucially important to understand how these processes occur in nature. How does an avian virus become adapted to a mammal?”</p>
<p>While scientists hunt those answers, “it’s folly to predict” what a next pandemic might bring, Fauci said. “We just need to be prepared.”</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — The descriptions are haunting.</p>
<p>Some victims felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. Faces turned blue as patients coughed up blood. Stacked bodies outnumbered coffins.</p>
<p>A century after one of history’s most catastrophic disease outbreaks, scientists are rethinking how to guard against another super-flu like the 1918 influenza that killed tens of millions as it swept the globe.</p>
<p>There’s no way to predict what strain of the shape-shifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic or, given modern medical tools, how bad it might be.</p>
<p>But researchers hope they’re finally closing in on stronger flu shots, ways to boost much-needed protection against ordinary winter influenza and guard against future pandemics at the same time.</p>
<p>“We have to do better and by better, we mean a universal flu vaccine. A vaccine that is going to protect you against essentially all, or most, strains of flu,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health.</p>
<p>Labs around the country are hunting for a super-shot that could eliminate the annual fall vaccination in favor of one every five years or 10 years, or maybe, eventually, a childhood immunization that could last for life.</p>
<p>Scientists hope they’re finally closing in on stronger flu shots to boost much-needed protection against ordinary winter influenza and guard against future pandemics at the same time (Jan. 17)</p>
<p>Fauci is designating a universal flu vaccine a top priority for NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Last summer, he brought together more than 150 leading researchers to map a path. A few attempts are entering first-stage human safety testing.</p>
<p>How soon might one be available? “Years, not decades,” he said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.</p>
<p>“I’m cautiously optimistic, but I am optimistic,” he said.</p>
<p>Still, it’s a tall order. Despite 100 years of science, the flu virus too often beats our best defenses because it constantly mutates.</p>
<p>Among the new strategies: Researchers are dissecting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8c87p0xI9Q" type="external">the cloak that disguises influenza</a> as it sneaks past the immune system, and finding some rare targets that stay the same from strain to strain, year to year.</p>
<p>“We’ve made some serious inroads into understanding how we can better protect ourselves. Now we have to put that into fruition,” said well-known flu biologist Ian Wilson of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.</p>
<p>The somber centennial highlights the need.</p>
<p>Back then, there was no flu vaccine — it wouldn’t arrive for decades. Today vaccination is the best protection, and Fauci never skips his. But at best, the seasonal vaccine is 60 percent effective. Protection dropped to 19 percent a few years ago when the vaccine didn’t match an evolving virus.</p>
<p>If a never-before-seen flu strain erupts, it takes months to brew a new vaccine. Doses arrived too late for the last, fortunately mild, pandemic in 2009.</p>
<p>Lacking a better option, Fauci said the nation is “chasing” animal flu strains that might become the next human threat. Today’s top concern is a lethal bird flu that jumped from poultry to more than 1,500 people in China since 2013. Last year it mutated, meaning millions of just-in-case vaccine doses in a U.S. stockpile no longer match.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>The NIH’s Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger calls the 1918 flu the mother of all pandemics.</p>
<p>He should know.</p>
<p>While working as a pathologist for the military, he led the team that identified and reconstructed the extinct 1918 virus, using traces unearthed in autopsy samples from World War I soldiers and from a victim buried in the Alaskan permafrost.</p>
<p>That misnamed Spanish flu “made all the world a killing zone,” wrote John M. Barry in “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.”</p>
<p>Historians think it started in Kansas in early 1918. By winter 1919, the virus had infected one-third of the global population and killed at least 50 million people, including 675,000 Americans. By comparison, the AIDS virus has claimed 35 million lives over four decades.</p>
<p>Three more flu pandemics have struck since, in 1957, 1968 and 2009, spreading widely but nowhere near as deadly. Taubenberger’s research shows the family tree, each subsequent pandemic a result of flu viruses carried by birds or pigs mixing with 1918 flu genes.</p>
<p>“This 100-year timeline of information about how the virus adapted to us and how we adapt to the new viruses, it teaches us that we can’t keep designing vaccines based on the past,” said Dr. Barney Graham, deputy director of NIH’s Vaccine Research Center.</p>
<p>__</p>
<p>The new vaccine quest starts with two proteins, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, that coat flu’s surface. The “H″ allows flu to latch onto respiratory cells and infect them. Afterward, the “N″ helps the virus spread.</p>
<p>They also form the names of influenza A viruses, the most dangerous flu family. With 18 hemagglutinin varieties and 11 types of neuraminidase — most carried by birds — there are lots of potential combinations. That virulent 1918 virus was the H1N1 subtype; milder H1N1 strains still circulate. This winter H3N2, a descendent of the 1968 pandemic, is causing most of the misery.</p>
<p>Think of hemagglutinin as a miniature broccoli stalk. Its flower-like head attracts the immune system, which produces infection-blocking antibodies if the top is similar enough to a previous infection or that year’s vaccination.</p>
<p>But that head also is where mutations pile up.</p>
<p>A turning point toward better vaccines was a 2009 discovery that, sometimes, people make a small number of antibodies that instead target spots on the hemagglutinin stem that don’t mutate. Even better, “these antibodies were much broader than anything we’ve seen,” capable of blocking multiple subtypes of flu, said Scripps’ Wilson.</p>
<p>Scientists are trying different tricks to spur production of those antibodies.</p>
<p>In a lab at NIH’s Vaccine Research Center, “we think taking the head off will solve the problem,” Graham said. His team brews vaccine from the stems and attaches them to ball-shaped nanoparticles easily spotted by the immune system.</p>
<p>In New York, pioneering flu microbiologist Peter Palese at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine uses “chimeric” viruses — the hemagglutinin head comes from bird flu, the stem from common human flu viruses — to redirect the immune system.</p>
<p>“We have made the head so that the immune system really doesn’t recognize it,” Palese explained. GlaxoSmithKline and the Gates Foundation are funding initial safety tests.</p>
<p>In addition to working with Janssen Pharmaceuticals on a stem vaccine, Wilson’s team also is exploring how to turn flu-fighting antibodies into an oral drug. “Say a pandemic came along and you didn’t have time to make vaccine. You’d want something to block infection if possible,” he said.</p>
<p>NIH’s Taubenberger is taking a completely different approach. He’s brewing a vaccine cocktail that combines particles of four different hemagglutinins that in turn trigger protection against other related strains.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Yet lingering mysteries hamper the research.</p>
<p>Scientists now think people respond differently to vaccination based on their flu history. “Perhaps we recognize best the first flu we ever see,” said NIH immunologist Adrian McDermott.</p>
<p>The idea is that your immune system is imprinted with that first strain and may not respond as well to a vaccine against another.</p>
<p>“The vision of the field is that ultimately if you get the really good universal flu vaccine, it’s going to work best when you give it to a child,” Fauci said.</p>
<p>Still, no one knows the ultimate origin of that terrifying 1918 flu. But key to its lethality was bird-like hemagglutinin.</p>
<p>That Chinese H7N9 bird flu “worries me a lot,” Taubenberger said. “For a virus like influenza that is a master at adapting and mutating and evolving to meet new circumstances, it’s crucially important to understand how these processes occur in nature. How does an avian virus become adapted to a mammal?”</p>
<p>While scientists hunt those answers, “it’s folly to predict” what a next pandemic might bring, Fauci said. “We just need to be prepared.”</p>
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washington ap descriptions haunting victims felt fine morning dead night faces turned blue patients coughed blood stacked bodies outnumbered coffins century one historys catastrophic disease outbreaks scientists rethinking guard another superflu like 1918 influenza killed tens millions swept globe theres way predict strain shapeshifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic given modern medical tools bad might researchers hope theyre finally closing stronger flu shots ways boost muchneeded protection ordinary winter influenza guard future pandemics time better better mean universal flu vaccine vaccine going protect essentially strains flu said dr anthony fauci national institutes health labs around country hunting supershot could eliminate annual fall vaccination favor one every five years 10 years maybe eventually childhood immunization could last life scientists hope theyre finally closing stronger flu shots boost muchneeded protection ordinary winter influenza guard future pandemics time jan 17 fauci designating universal flu vaccine top priority nihs national institute allergy infectious diseases last summer brought together 150 leading researchers map path attempts entering firststage human safety testing soon might one available years decades said friday interview associated press im cautiously optimistic optimistic said still tall order despite 100 years science flu virus often beats best defenses constantly mutates among new strategies researchers dissecting cloak disguises influenza sneaks past immune system finding rare targets stay strain strain year year weve made serious inroads understanding better protect put fruition said wellknown flu biologist ian wilson scripps research institute la jolla california somber centennial highlights need back flu vaccine wouldnt arrive decades today vaccination best protection fauci never skips best seasonal vaccine 60 percent effective protection dropped 19 percent years ago vaccine didnt match evolving virus neverbeforeseen flu strain erupts takes months brew new vaccine doses arrived late last fortunately mild pandemic 2009 lacking better option fauci said nation chasing animal flu strains might become next human threat todays top concern lethal bird flu jumped poultry 1500 people china since 2013 last year mutated meaning millions justincase vaccine doses us stockpile longer match ___ nihs dr jeffery taubenberger calls 1918 flu mother pandemics know working pathologist military led team identified reconstructed extinct 1918 virus using traces unearthed autopsy samples world war soldiers victim buried alaskan permafrost misnamed spanish flu made world killing zone wrote john barry great influenza story deadliest pandemic history historians think started kansas early 1918 winter 1919 virus infected onethird global population killed least 50 million people including 675000 americans comparison aids virus claimed 35 million lives four decades three flu pandemics struck since 1957 1968 2009 spreading widely nowhere near deadly taubenbergers research shows family tree subsequent pandemic result flu viruses carried birds pigs mixing 1918 flu genes 100year timeline information virus adapted us adapt new viruses teaches us cant keep designing vaccines based past said dr barney graham deputy director nihs vaccine research center __ new vaccine quest starts two proteins hemagglutinin neuraminidase coat flus surface h allows flu latch onto respiratory cells infect afterward n helps virus spread also form names influenza viruses dangerous flu family 18 hemagglutinin varieties 11 types neuraminidase carried birds lots potential combinations virulent 1918 virus h1n1 subtype milder h1n1 strains still circulate winter h3n2 descendent 1968 pandemic causing misery think hemagglutinin miniature broccoli stalk flowerlike head attracts immune system produces infectionblocking antibodies top similar enough previous infection years vaccination head also mutations pile turning point toward better vaccines 2009 discovery sometimes people make small number antibodies instead target spots hemagglutinin stem dont mutate even better antibodies much broader anything weve seen capable blocking multiple subtypes flu said scripps wilson scientists trying different tricks spur production antibodies lab nihs vaccine research center think taking head solve problem graham said team brews vaccine stems attaches ballshaped nanoparticles easily spotted immune system new york pioneering flu microbiologist peter palese mount sinais icahn school medicine uses chimeric viruses hemagglutinin head comes bird flu stem common human flu viruses redirect immune system made head immune system really doesnt recognize palese explained glaxosmithkline gates foundation funding initial safety tests addition working janssen pharmaceuticals stem vaccine wilsons team also exploring turn flufighting antibodies oral drug say pandemic came along didnt time make vaccine youd want something block infection possible said nihs taubenberger taking completely different approach hes brewing vaccine cocktail combines particles four different hemagglutinins turn trigger protection related strains ___ yet lingering mysteries hamper research scientists think people respond differently vaccination based flu history perhaps recognize best first flu ever see said nih immunologist adrian mcdermott idea immune system imprinted first strain may respond well vaccine another vision field ultimately get really good universal flu vaccine going work best give child fauci said still one knows ultimate origin terrifying 1918 flu key lethality birdlike hemagglutinin chinese h7n9 bird flu worries lot taubenberger said virus like influenza master adapting mutating evolving meet new circumstances crucially important understand processes occur nature avian virus become adapted mammal scientists hunt answers folly predict next pandemic might bring fauci said need prepared washington ap descriptions haunting victims felt fine morning dead night faces turned blue patients coughed blood stacked bodies outnumbered coffins century one historys catastrophic disease outbreaks scientists rethinking guard another superflu like 1918 influenza killed tens millions swept globe theres way predict strain shapeshifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic given modern medical tools bad might researchers hope theyre finally closing stronger flu shots ways boost muchneeded protection ordinary winter influenza guard future pandemics time better better mean universal flu vaccine vaccine going protect essentially strains flu said dr anthony fauci national institutes health labs around country hunting supershot could eliminate annual fall vaccination favor one every five years 10 years maybe eventually childhood immunization could last life scientists hope theyre finally closing stronger flu shots boost muchneeded protection ordinary winter influenza guard future pandemics time jan 17 fauci designating universal flu vaccine top priority nihs national institute allergy infectious diseases last summer brought together 150 leading researchers map path attempts entering firststage human safety testing soon might one available years decades said friday interview associated press im cautiously optimistic optimistic said still tall order despite 100 years science flu virus often beats best defenses constantly mutates among new strategies researchers dissecting cloak disguises influenza sneaks past immune system finding rare targets stay strain strain year year weve made serious inroads understanding better protect put fruition said wellknown flu biologist ian wilson scripps research institute la jolla california somber centennial highlights need back flu vaccine wouldnt arrive decades today vaccination best protection fauci never skips best seasonal vaccine 60 percent effective protection dropped 19 percent years ago vaccine didnt match evolving virus neverbeforeseen flu strain erupts takes months brew new vaccine doses arrived late last fortunately mild pandemic 2009 lacking better option fauci said nation chasing animal flu strains might become next human threat todays top concern lethal bird flu jumped poultry 1500 people china since 2013 last year mutated meaning millions justincase vaccine doses us stockpile longer match ___ nihs dr jeffery taubenberger calls 1918 flu mother pandemics know working pathologist military led team identified reconstructed extinct 1918 virus using traces unearthed autopsy samples world war soldiers victim buried alaskan permafrost misnamed spanish flu made world killing zone wrote john barry great influenza story deadliest pandemic history historians think started kansas early 1918 winter 1919 virus infected onethird global population killed least 50 million people including 675000 americans comparison aids virus claimed 35 million lives four decades three flu pandemics struck since 1957 1968 2009 spreading widely nowhere near deadly taubenbergers research shows family tree subsequent pandemic result flu viruses carried birds pigs mixing 1918 flu genes 100year timeline information virus adapted us adapt new viruses teaches us cant keep designing vaccines based past said dr barney graham deputy director nihs vaccine research center __ new vaccine quest starts two proteins hemagglutinin neuraminidase coat flus surface h allows flu latch onto respiratory cells infect afterward n helps virus spread also form names influenza viruses dangerous flu family 18 hemagglutinin varieties 11 types neuraminidase carried birds lots potential combinations virulent 1918 virus h1n1 subtype milder h1n1 strains still circulate winter h3n2 descendent 1968 pandemic causing misery think hemagglutinin miniature broccoli stalk flowerlike head attracts immune system produces infectionblocking antibodies top similar enough previous infection years vaccination head also mutations pile turning point toward better vaccines 2009 discovery sometimes people make small number antibodies instead target spots hemagglutinin stem dont mutate even better antibodies much broader anything weve seen capable blocking multiple subtypes flu said scripps wilson scientists trying different tricks spur production antibodies lab nihs vaccine research center think taking head solve problem graham said team brews vaccine stems attaches ballshaped nanoparticles easily spotted immune system new york pioneering flu microbiologist peter palese mount sinais icahn school medicine uses chimeric viruses hemagglutinin head comes bird flu stem common human flu viruses redirect immune system made head immune system really doesnt recognize palese explained glaxosmithkline gates foundation funding initial safety tests addition working janssen pharmaceuticals stem vaccine wilsons team also exploring turn flufighting antibodies oral drug say pandemic came along didnt time make vaccine youd want something block infection possible said nihs taubenberger taking completely different approach hes brewing vaccine cocktail combines particles four different hemagglutinins turn trigger protection related strains ___ yet lingering mysteries hamper research scientists think people respond differently vaccination based flu history perhaps recognize best first flu ever see said nih immunologist adrian mcdermott idea immune system imprinted first strain may respond well vaccine another vision field ultimately get really good universal flu vaccine going work best give child fauci said still one knows ultimate origin terrifying 1918 flu key lethality birdlike hemagglutinin chinese h7n9 bird flu worries lot taubenberger said virus like influenza master adapting mutating evolving meet new circumstances crucially important understand processes occur nature avian virus become adapted mammal scientists hunt answers folly predict next pandemic might bring fauci said need prepared
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<p>OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma’s largest teachers union on Thursday called off a nearly two-week walkout that shut public schools statewide, saying it had secured historic gains in education funding after school budgets were devastated by a decade of cuts.</p> Protester march during a strike by Oklahoma educators demanding more school funding near the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., April 9, 2018. Picture taken on April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Heide Brandes
<p>The move came after the Republican-dominated legislature passed its first major tax hikes in a quarter century that raised about $450 million in revenue for education. Republican leaders said they had no plans to go as high as the $600 million being sought by educators.</p>
<p>“We absolutely have a victory for teachers,” Alicia Priest, president of the Oklahoma Education Association, told a news conference.</p>
<p>“Our members are saying they want to go back to the classroom,” said Priest, whose union has about 40,000 members.</p>
<p>Some major districts have said they will resume classes on Monday.</p>
<p>The strike was part of a wave of actions by teachers in states that have some of the lowest per-student spending in the country. A West Virginia strike ended last month with a pay raise for teachers, and educators in Arizona protested before classes on Wednesday, without skipping work, to seek enhanced education funding.</p>
<p>The Oklahoma walkout began on April 2 and affected about 500,000 of the state’s 700,000 public school students.</p> A protester holds up a sign during a strike by Oklahoma educators demanding more school funding near the Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., April 9, 2018. Picture taken on April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Heide Brandes
<p>Opinion surveys showed it had garnered wide support among Oklahoma voters, many of whom had seen firsthand how students at struggling schools had to share outdated and tattered textbooks and sometimes go to a four-day school week to help save districts money.</p>
<p>Oklahoma teachers, who were seeking a $10,000 annual wage hike over three years, will see an average annual pay raise of about $6,100 from the increased funding, lawmakers said.</p>
<p>In May 2017, their annual mean wage was $41,880, among the lowest in the country, compared with neighboring states such as Texas at $57,830 and Kansas at $50,470, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p>
<p>School districts for the most part supported the teacher walk-out. But they began to run out of wiggle room to make up for lost time when the labor action threatened to extend the school year, piling pressure on teachers to return.</p>
<p>Low wages have created an exodus of educators, causing a teacher shortage in Oklahoma. As a result, school districts had to cut curricula and deploy nearly 2,000 emergency-certified instructors as a stop-gap measure.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump denied allegations of lewd behavior made in an intelligence dossier and asked whether the FBI would consider proving it was a lie, former FBI Director James Comey wrote in an upcoming memoir, according to the Washington Post.</p> FILE PHOTO: Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Russian Federation Efforts to Interfere in the 2016 U.S. Elections" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; Comey, fired by Trump in May 2017, wrote in “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership” that Trump raised the dossier with him at least four times during meetings, the Post said. The dossier was compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele about Trump’s ties to Russia, and included an allegation that involved prostitutes.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters. Comey’s publicist also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Federal Bureau of Investigation declined to comment.</p>
<p>The newspaper said it obtained a copy of the 304-page book, scheduled to be released on Tuesday, and that Comey detailed in it his private interactions with Trump.</p> After defiant exit, Trump reconsiders TPP
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; Comey’s firing led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between Russians and the Trump campaign.</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; Russia has denied interfering in the election. Trump has said there was no collusion.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An interview of U.S. President Donald Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller was less likely after this week’s FBI raids on Trump’s personal lawyer, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.</p> Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
<p>Trump was infuriated by Federal Bureau of Investigation raids on Monday on the New York law office and home of Michael Cohen, which followed a referral by Mueller.</p>
<p>Still, the president’s tendency to change his mind added to uncertainty about whether an interview would ultimately take place.</p>
<p>In a tweet early on Thursday, Trump said that he backed a “cooperative” approach to Mueller’s investigation of possible collusion between Moscow and Trump’s presidential campaign.</p>
<p>“I have agreed with the historically cooperative, disciplined approach that we have engaged in with Robert Mueller,” Trump said on Twitter.</p>
<p>Further suggesting that tensions could blow over, a third source familiar with the matter said the relationship with Mueller remained strong and constructive and discussions were expected to recommence soon.</p>
<p>Russia has denied U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings that it interfered in the 2016 campaign to try to tilt the vote in Trump’s favor. Trump has denied any collusion and has repeatedly attacked Mueller’s investigation as a politically motivated “witch hunt.”</p>
<p>Trump’s outburst after the FBI searches raised concerns among critics and lawmakers, including some in Trump’s own Republican Party, that he might try to have Mueller removed.</p>
<p>The president denied a New York Times report on Tuesday that he had sought to fire Mueller in December. “If I wanted to fire Robert Mueller in December, as reported by the Failing New York Times, I would have fired him,” he said on Twitter early on Thursday.</p>
<p>White House lawyers Ty Cobb and Donald McGahn have told Trump that firing Mueller would leave him vulnerable to charges of obstruction of justice, two officials told Reuters on Tuesday. They said Trump must have “good cause” to order the Justice Department official overseeing the Russia probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, to oust Mueller.</p> ADVICE FROM FORMER AIDE
<p>One of the sources familiar with the matter and another person said on Thursday that Rosenstein is on shaky ground. The second person said the feeling among White House and Justice Department officials was that Rosenstein was abdicating authority and not putting constraints on the investigation.</p>
<p>Rosenstein was at the White House on Thursday discussing the status of congressional requests, another of the sources said.</p>
<p>Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to Trump, has encouraged White House aides to advise Trump to fire Rosenstein, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources. It also said Bannon wanted the White House to stop cooperating with the Mueller investigation and fire Cobb.</p>
<p>Cobb, the lawyer in charge of the White House response to the Russia investigation, has stressed cooperation with Mueller. The White House has said it has turned over tens of thousands of pages of documents to the special counsel’s team.</p>
<p>Trump said in one of his Twitter messages on Thursday that he had full confidence in Cobb.</p>
<p>A bipartisan group of senators put forward legislation on Wednesday to protect Mueller and his investigation, which the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to consider next week.</p>
<p>If passed, the legislation would allow the special counsel to be fired only “for good cause” by a senior Justice Department official, with a reason given in writing; provide recourse if the special counsel was fired without good cause; and preserve the staffing and materials of a pending investigation.</p>
<p>“Anyone advising the President - in public or over the airwaves - to fire Bob Mueller does not have the President or the nation’s best interest at heart. Full stop,” Republican Senator Orrin Hatch wrote on Twitter on Thursday.</p>
<p>Reporting by Karen Freifeld; Additional reporting by Makini Brice and John Walcott; Writing by Tim Ahmann and Karen Freifeld; Editing by Frances Kerry, Leslie Adler, Toni Reinhold</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will seek on Friday to halt porn star Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit, and Daniels’ attorney said he expected Cohen to refuse to testify if the effort fails.</p> Stormy Daniels, an adult film star and director whose real name is Stephanie Clifford is interviewed by Anderson Cooper of CBS News' 60 Minutes program in early March 2018, in a still image from video provided March 25, 2018. CBSNews/60 MINUTES/Handout via REUTERS
<p>Cohen notified U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday he intends to request a stay in Daniels’ lawsuit against him and Trump “on the grounds that an ongoing criminal investigation overlaps with the facts of this case,” a reference to the possibility that his testimony could be used by prosecutors to build a related criminal case against Cohen.</p>
<p>Cohen, who has denied wrongdoing, has been at the center of a controversy surrounding a $130,000 payment to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. She has alleged that she had sex once in 2006 with Trump and was paid shortly before the 2016 election to keep quiet about it. Daniels claims Cohen’s denials portray her as a liar and sued for defamation.</p>
<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Cohen’s offices and home on Monday as part of a probe into possible bank and tax fraud and possible campaign law violation connected to the payment, a source familiar with the investigation told Reuters. [nL1N1RM1R7]</p>
<p>In the defamation-case filing, Cohen raised the possibility of invoking his constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination if the stay is not granted, which would allow him to refuse to testify.</p>
<p>Michael Avenatti, lawyer for Stormy Daniels told Reuters that Cohen’s attorney told him that Cohen will plead the Fifth if his application for a stay is denied.</p>
<p>Cohen’s attorney Brent Blakely said, “No decision has been made for Mr. Cohen to assert his Fifth Amendment rights.”</p>
<p>“It is common for a civil case to be stayed under these circumstances, and that is what we will be requesting of the U.S. District Court tomorrow,” Blakely said in an email.</p>
<p>The judge in the suit has given Cohen until Friday evening to formally request the stay.</p>
<p>Daniels has until Monday evening to file her opposition, and then Cohen will have through Tuesday evening to respond to her.</p>
<p>Reporting by Lisa Lambert and Karen Freifeld; Editing by Cynthia Osterman</p> Our Standards:
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teachers states lowest perstudent spending country west virginia strike ended last month pay raise teachers educators arizona protested classes wednesday without skipping work seek enhanced education funding oklahoma walkout began april 2 affected 500000 states 700000 public school students protester holds sign strike oklahoma educators demanding school funding near oklahoma state capitol oklahoma city oklahoma us april 9 2018 picture taken april 9 2018 reutersheide brandes opinion surveys showed garnered wide support among oklahoma voters many seen firsthand students struggling schools share outdated tattered textbooks sometimes go fourday school week help save districts money oklahoma teachers seeking 10000 annual wage hike three years see average annual pay raise 6100 increased funding lawmakers said may 2017 annual mean wage 41880 among lowest country compared neighboring states texas 57830 kansas 50470 according us bureau labor statistics school districts part supported teacher walkout began run wiggle room make lost time labor action threatened extend school year piling pressure teachers return low wages created exodus educators causing teacher shortage oklahoma result school districts cut curricula deploy nearly 2000 emergencycertified instructors stopgap measure reporting heide brandes oklahoma city lenzy krehbielburton tulsa writing jon herskovitz editing bill tarrant sandra maler standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters president donald trump denied allegations lewd behavior made intelligence dossier asked whether fbi would consider proving lie former fbi director james comey wrote upcoming memoir according washington post file photo former fbi director james comey testifies senate intelligence committee hearing russian federation efforts interfere 2016 us elections capitol hill washington us june 8 2017 reutersjonathan ernstfile photo 160160160 comey fired trump may 2017 wrote higher loyalty truth lies leadership trump raised 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motivated witch hunt trumps outburst fbi searches raised concerns among critics lawmakers including trumps republican party might try mueller removed president denied new york times report tuesday sought fire mueller december wanted fire robert mueller december reported failing new york times would fired said twitter early thursday white house lawyers ty cobb donald mcgahn told trump firing mueller would leave vulnerable charges obstruction justice two officials told reuters tuesday said trump must good cause order justice department official overseeing russia probe deputy attorney general rod rosenstein oust mueller advice former aide one sources familiar matter another person said thursday rosenstein shaky ground second person said feeling among white house justice department officials rosenstein abdicating authority putting constraints investigation rosenstein white house thursday discussing status congressional requests another sources said steve bannon former senior adviser trump 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<p>PARIS (Reuters) - French prison guards launched a nationwide strike on Monday in a showdown with President Emmanuel Macron’s government over staffing levels and violence which they say is spiralling out of control in overcrowded jails.</p> Prison wardens block the Baumettes jail in Marseille during a nationwide protest, France, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
<p>The strike, which kicked off with pre-dawn pickets, marked an escalation in protests after unions this weekend rejected a government proposal to recruit 100 extra prison warders this year and a further 1,000 before the end of Macron’s mandate in 2022.</p> A prison warden is evacuated by French riot police as they block the Baumettes jail in Marseille during a nationwide protest, France, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
<p>Guards burned tyres and pallets outside several of the 188 jails in France ahead of talks hastily convened by Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet.</p>
<p>By midday, police had been sent into four jails to replace absent guards, a prison services spokesman told Reuters. Unions said the authorities would have to deploy additional officers as other guards came off shift.</p>
<p>“We will not be used as cannon fodder. We won’t give an inch,” Yoan Karar, an official for the Force Ouvriere union told CNews. His union wants higher wages and rapid hiring of 2,400 staff.</p>
<p>Macron is under pressure to address the unrest among prison staff after several recent attacks on guards by inmates.</p> Slideshow (7 Images)
<p>On Friday, riot police clashed with guards manning a picket outside the Fleury Merogis prison, where protests first erupted after an Islamist militant jailed over the killing of 21 people in Tunisia in 2000 slashed guards on the head and torso with a pair of scissors in northern France.</p>
<p>The ministry has offered to meet another demand and separate the most violent inmates from the rest of the 70,000 prison population, one of Europe’s largest.</p>
<p>Macron said before protests snowballed that a plan would be presented in February and go beyond existing pledges to build thousands of new prison cells.</p>
<p>France’s prison population has more than doubled since the 1970s. The guards say they no longer have enough staff or equipment to handle violent inmates, notably convicted Islamists and petty criminals who become radicalized while in prison.</p>
<p>They are also demanding improvement on salaries which start at around 1,400 euros ($1,715.56) a month before tax.</p>
<p>Union representative Karar, a guard for 13 years at Fresnes prison on the edge of Paris, said records put the number of attacks on security staff at 4,000 a year.</p>
<p>“You cannot put a guard in charge of 100 or 150 prisoners and just give him a whistle,” said Karar, calling for guards to be armed with taser guns.</p>
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<p>SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - For a regime obsessed with secrecy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s decision to travel to Beijing on a distinctive green armored train was an all-but-dead giveaway that he was making his first journey abroad since assuming power in 2011.</p>
<p>The historic visit sent officials scrambling to obscure the identity of the 21-car train and its occupants as it meandered across roughly 1,100 km (680 miles) of track through northeast China, causing rare delays along the way and triggering a growing frenzy of speculation as it neared the Chinese capital.</p>
<p>The train arrived at Beijing Station on Monday afternoon and left the following afternoon, with the identity of its occupants only announced on Wednesday morning - after it had crossed back into North Korea at the city of Sinuiju.</p>
<p>Clues that something unusual was afoot emerged in the border city of Dandong, just across the Yalu River from North Korea and linked to the isolated country by the Sino-Korea Friendship Bridge. That bridge bears a single rail track which, it turned out, carried Kim’s train into China late on Sunday.</p>
<p>The Daily NK, a Seoul-based website staffed by North Korean defectors, reported that boards supported by scaffolding had been set up on the platform at Dandong’s train station, blocking what is ordinarily an open view, before two trains passed through the station between 10:20 and 10:40 p.m. on Sunday night.</p>
<p>Yao Jun, who sells car parts in Dandong, said the station was locked down again on Tuesday night, an unusual occurrence. Kim returned to North Korea in the early hours of Wednesday.</p>
<p>“Now we know for next time - if the train station is in lockdown then that means Kim Jong Un has come to China,” Yao told Reuters.</p>
<p>At least one Dandong hotel was told by Chinese authorities not to book rooms facing the bridge, while tours from China into the North were canceled on Sunday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. A local resident said that a wedding party along the river on Sunday had been told not to set off firecrackers.</p>
<p>By Monday morning sighting rumors and pictures were making the rounds on Chinese social media, before being blocked or deleted by censors, while railway bureaus began warning travelers to expect delays or cancellations on Monday and Tuesday.</p>
<p>The disruptions were noteworthy in a country with a vast rail network that prides itself on its efficiency, with 98.8 percent of trains departing on time in 2016 and 95.4 percent arriving on schedule, and prompted complaints online.</p>
<p>Zhao Jian, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University who researches the country’s railway system, said Kim’s train traveled on the regular track network, rather than on the tracks used by the country’s high-speed trains.</p>
<p>“Passenger and freight traffic would have been affected,” he said.</p>
<p>A person answering the official phone line at Dandong station on Thursday stressed that everything had been “normal” this week, and asked, “who told you the station was closed?”</p>
<p>An official in the international cooperation department of the China Railway Corporation declined immediate comment on Kim’s visit.</p> MANCHURIA AND THE GREAT WALL&#160;&#160;&#160;
<p>China has not disclosed the route taken by Kim in the train - green with a yellow stripe resembling one used by his late father, Kim Jong Il, on his last visit to China in 2011.</p> FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a train, as he paid an unofficial visit to China, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 28, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters/File Photo
<p>Based on photos from the elder Kim’s visit, the only visible difference between the two trains was a license plate. The younger Kim’s license plate showed DF0002; the plate on the train used by his father displayed DF0001.</p>
<p>North Korean state media showed Kim and his entourage, including his wife Ri Sol Ju, seated on stuffed pink sofas inside the train carriage with Song Tao, the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s international affairs department, during their inbound stop in Dandong.</p>
<p>There are at least two likely rail routes between Dandong and Beijing, and an ordinary service takes at least 14 hours, according to Chinese railway timetables. The route is also covered by China’s high-speed trains, which travel on separate tracks, in just over six hours.</p>
<p>But social media posts made by local railway bureaus and ordinary users on social media suggest a surge in delays around the route from Dandong that heads north to Shenyang, in the region previously known as Manchuria. The route then snakes west along the Hebei province coast towards Beijing.</p>
<p>On Monday morning, Weibo users at rail stations in Tangshan and Tianjin began complaining of unexpected cancellations to regular services bound for Beijing, which they said were made without explanation.</p>
<p>In a Weibo post published at 5:14 p.m. on Monday and since deleted, the Beijing Railway Bureau told travelers waiting at stations in Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang to expect delays of up to two hours for trains from Shenyang and Qinhuangdao.</p> FILE PHOTO: A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation leaves the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
<p>On Tuesday evening, a Twitter user with the handle “2018you333” posted a grainy video of a train with a single horizontal stripe hurtling across an empty car underpass, which the user said was taken at the Shanhai Pass area, 300 km east of Beijing and a major pass in the Great Wall of China.</p>
<p>“Let’s guess where this distinguished guest is coming from!”, the post said.</p>
<p>Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of the video.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Michael Martina, Philip Wen and the Shanghai and Beijing newsrooms; Editing by Tony Munroe and Alex Richardson</p> Our Standards:
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<p>ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis led Roman Catholics in Good Friday services under tight security, urging people, including ministers of his Church, to rediscover the capacity to feel shame for their role in the world’s ills.</p> Pope Francis leads the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession during Good Friday celebrations at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
<p>Francis, 81, presided at a traditional Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession around Rome’s ancient Colosseum attended by 20,000 people on the day that Christians commemorate Jesus’ death by crucifixion.</p>
<p>Security was tighter than last year, with more checks as participants approached the area. This week, Italian police carried out four raids against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism, arresting seven people, including one man who was planning a truck attack.</p>
<p>The Colosseum, in Rome’s historic center, is one of the tourist attractions in the city where police have set up military jeeps and armored vehicles to form barriers against truck attacks. Several have also been set up near the Vatican.</p> Pope Francis holds Communion bread as he leads the Good Friday Passion of the Lord Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi
<p>Francis wove his comments, made at the end of the torchlight service, around the themes of shame and repentance, conjuring up the image of a modern world where pride, arrogance and selfishness often trump humility and generosity.</p>
<p>Speaking in somber tones, he spoke of “shame because so many people, even some of your (God’s) ministers, have let themselves be deceived by ambition and vainglory, thereby losing their worthiness .. “</p>
<p>Since his election in 2013, Francis has often urged Catholic priests and prelates to live simply, to serve others, and not to seek careers and status in the Church or in society at large.</p>
<p>Good Friday, the most somber day of the Christian liturgical calendar, commemorates the day the Bible says Jesus was crucified. The Way of the Cross service marks 14 events, called stations, from the time Roman governor Pontius Pilate condemns Jesus to death until his burial in a tomb.</p> “SENSE OF SHAME”
<p>Francis said many people in the world today should feel “shame for having lost a sense of shame”, adding that shame could be seen as a “grace” from God.</p> Slideshow (16 Images)
<p>He said many should feel “shame because our generations are leaving young people a world that is fractured by divisions and wars, a world devoured by selfishness ...”</p>
<p>The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics praised those in the Church who are trying to arouse “humanity’s sleeping conscience” through their work helping the poor, immigrants, and prison inmates.</p>
<p>This year’s meditations, one for each of the “stations” were written by high school and college students in Rome.</p>
<p>Earlier on Friday in St Peter’s Basilica, Francis presided at a “Passion of the Lord” service, during which he prostrated himself in prayer on the marble pavement.</p>
<p>On Saturday night, Francis leads an Easter vigil service and on Easter Sunday he delivers his twice-yearly “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message.</p>
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<p>MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai visited her hometown in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Saturday for the first time since she was shot by a Taliban gunman as a teenager.</p> Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai pauses during an interview with Reuters at a local hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir
<p>Roads leading to the 20-year-old education activist’s childhood home in Mingora were blocked off earlier in the day, and a helicopter was seen landing at a government guest house about 1 km (half a mile) from her house.</p>
<p>“I was told by the family that it was very moving when Malala visited her home.” said Jawad Iqbal Yousafzai, who is from the same Pashtun clan as Malala and said he had spoken to her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai.</p>
<p>He said that the family was expected to also visit a local army cadet college as well as a tourist resort.</p>
<p>With its scenic mountains and rivers, Swat is popular with holiday makers in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Yousafzai has been visiting Pakistan since Thursday, her first trip home since she was shot and airlifted abroad for treatment. The government and military have been providing security.</p>
<p>It had been uncertain whether Yousafzai would be able to visit Swat, parts of which spent nearly two years under the Pakistani Taliban militants’ harsh interpretation of Islamic law, due to continued concerns for her safety.</p> A helicopter carring Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai takes off after visiting her home in Mingora in Swat Valley, Pakistan March 31, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
<p>“I miss everything about Pakistan ... from the rivers, the mountains, to even the dirty streets and the garbage around our house, and my friends and how we used to have gossip ...to how we used to fight with our neighbors,” she told Reuters in an interview on Friday.</p>
<p>Two security officials told Reuters the trip by helicopter would likely be just for one day.</p>
<p>The Pakistani army wrested control of Swat back from the Taliban in 2009 and the area remains mostly peaceful, but the Taliban still occasionally launch attacks including one on the military a few weeks ago.</p>
<p>The Taliban claimed responsibility in 2012 for the attack on Yousafzai for her outspoken advocacy for girls’ education, which was forbidden under the militants’ rule over Swat.</p>
<p>She wrote an anonymous blog for the BBC Urdu service as a schoolgirl during the Taliban rule and later became outspoken in advocating more educational opportunities for girls.</p>
<p>In 2014, Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel laureate, honored for her work with the Malala Foundation, a charity she set up to support education advocacy groups with a focus on Pakistan, Nigeria, Jordan, Syria and Kenya.</p>
<p>This month, a new girls’ school built with her Nobel prize money opened in the village of Shangla in Swat Valley.</p>
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<p>ACAPULCO (Reuters) - Dozens of Roman Catholic devotees dressed as ancient Romans and biblical figures fled a Good Friday procession in panic on Friday in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco after gunfire rang out over a nearby car robbery.</p> Soldiers patrol after a shooting near a Via Crucis representation in Acapulco, Mexico March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Javier Verdin
<p>One of the robbers died from a heart attack during a shootout with police while an accomplice escaped, said the government of Guerrero, one of Mexico’s most violent states.</p> A soldier keeps watch as people leave an area cordoned off by police after a shooting near a Via Crucis representation in Acapulco, Mexico March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Javier Verdin
<p>Minutes after the confrontation, another man in a home nearby was killed in what was reported to police as a subsequent slew of gunfire. No people in the procession were reported injured.</p>
<p>Murder rates in Acapulco and the popular Los Cabos resort further north have soared in recent years as Mexico fights entrenched drug crime.</p>
<p>Mexico registered a record number of murders last year, staining the reputation of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) whose presidential candidate, Jose Antonio Meade, trails third in polls to win the July 1 election.</p>
<p>Campaigns officially kicked off on Friday, with the second- and fourth-place contenders holding midnight rallies to deliver vows to curb corruption and violence, two of Mexico’s most critical and intertwined issues that are shaping the race.</p> Slideshow (5 Images)
<p>Meade and leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who ranks first in polls, will launch their campaigns on Sunday.</p>
<p>In Acapulco on Friday, a video verified by Reuters shows onlookers who had just concluded the re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion darting in terror down a major street, yelling, “Stay calm, stay calm!”</p>
<p>One man crouched behind a large wooden crucifix propped against a parked car, while a group of men in flowing red capes and Romanesque armor streamed past. Women grabbed hands with children, pushing them through the confused mob.</p>
<p>A shootout also interrupted a Good Friday procession in the violent northern city of Reynosa and left one dead, local media reported.</p>
<p>According to a video aired on television, several dozen religious marchers darted to the sidewalk amid shouts of “Get to the ground!” after the pop-pop of gunfire cut into choral singing.</p>
<p>A Jesus figure wearing white robes tinged with fake blood kneeled behind a giant crucifix as more gunfire rang out, dropping it when a companion yelled for him to “leave the cross!” and take cover off the street.</p>
<p>Writing and additional reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Kim Coghill</p> Our Standards:
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paris reuters french prison guards launched nationwide strike monday showdown president emmanuel macrons government staffing levels violence say spiralling control overcrowded jails prison wardens block baumettes jail marseille nationwide protest france january 22 2018 reutersjeanpaul pelissier strike kicked predawn pickets marked escalation protests unions weekend rejected government proposal recruit 100 extra prison warders year 1000 end macrons mandate 2022 prison warden evacuated french riot police block baumettes jail marseille nationwide protest france january 22 2018 reutersjeanpaul pelissier guards burned tyres pallets outside several 188 jails france ahead talks hastily convened justice minister nicole belloubet midday police sent four jails replace absent guards prison services spokesman told reuters unions said authorities would deploy additional officers guards came shift used cannon fodder wont give inch yoan karar official force ouvriere union told cnews union wants 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prisoners give whistle said karar calling guards armed taser guns reporting brian love emmanuel jarry editing richard lough richard balmforth standards thomson reuters trust principles shanghaibeijing reuters regime obsessed secrecy north korean leader kim jong uns decision travel beijing distinctive green armored train allbutdead giveaway making first journey abroad since assuming power 2011 historic visit sent officials scrambling obscure identity 21car train occupants meandered across roughly 1100 km 680 miles track northeast china causing rare delays along way triggering growing frenzy speculation neared chinese capital train arrived beijing station monday afternoon left following afternoon identity occupants announced wednesday morning crossed back north korea city sinuiju clues something unusual afoot emerged border city dandong across yalu river north korea linked isolated country sinokorea friendship bridge bridge bears single rail track turned carried kims train china late sunday daily nk seoulbased website staffed north korean defectors reported boards supported scaffolding set platform dandongs train station blocking ordinarily open view two trains passed station 1020 1040 pm sunday night yao jun sells car parts dandong said station locked tuesday night unusual occurrence kim returned north korea early hours wednesday know next time train station lockdown means kim jong un come china yao told reuters least one dandong hotel told chinese authorities book rooms facing bridge tours china north canceled sunday source familiar matter told reuters local resident said wedding party along river sunday told set firecrackers monday morning sighting rumors pictures making rounds chinese social media blocked deleted censors railway bureaus began warning travelers expect delays cancellations monday tuesday disruptions noteworthy country vast rail network prides efficiency 988 percent trains departing time 2016 954 percent arriving schedule prompted complaints online zhao jian professor beijing jiaotong university researches countrys railway system said kims train traveled regular track network rather tracks used countrys highspeed trains passenger freight traffic would affected said person answering official phone line dandong station thursday stressed everything normal week asked told station closed official international cooperation department china railway corporation declined immediate comment kims visit manchuria great wall160160160 china disclosed route taken kim train green yellow stripe resembling one used late father kim jong il last visit china 2011 file photo north korean leader kim jong un waves train paid unofficial visit china undated photo released north koreas korean central news agency kcna pyongyang march 28 2018 kcnavia reutersfile photo based photos elder kims visit visible difference two trains license plate younger kims license plate showed df0002 plate train used father displayed df0001 north korean state media showed kim entourage including wife ri sol ju seated stuffed pink sofas inside train carriage song tao head chinese communist partys international affairs department inbound stop dandong least two likely rail routes dandong beijing ordinary service takes least 14 hours according chinese railway timetables route also covered chinas highspeed trains travel separate tracks six hours social media posts made local railway bureaus ordinary users social media suggest surge delays around route dandong heads north shenyang region previously known manchuria route snakes west along hebei province coast towards beijing monday morning weibo users rail stations tangshan tianjin began complaining unexpected cancellations regular services bound beijing said made without explanation weibo post published 514 pm monday since deleted beijing railway bureau told travelers waiting stations beijing tianjin shijiazhuang expect delays two hours trains shenyang qinhuangdao file photo train believed carrying senior north korean delegation leaves beijing railway station beijing china march 27 2018 reutersjason leefile photo tuesday evening twitter user handle 2018you333 posted grainy video train single horizontal stripe hurtling across empty car underpass user said taken shanhai pass area 300 km east beijing major pass great wall china lets guess distinguished guest coming post said reuters unable verify authenticity video additional reporting michael martina philip wen shanghai beijing newsrooms editing tony munroe alex richardson standards thomson reuters trust principles rome reuters pope francis led roman catholics good friday services tight security urging people including ministers church rediscover capacity feel shame role worlds ills pope francis leads via crucis way cross procession good friday celebrations colosseum rome italy march 30 2018 reutersremo casilli francis 81 presided traditional via crucis way cross procession around romes ancient colosseum attended 20000 people day christians commemorate jesus death crucifixion security tighter last year checks participants approached area week italian police carried four raids suspected supporters islamist terrorism arresting seven people including one man planning truck attack colosseum romes historic center one tourist attractions city police set military jeeps armored vehicles form barriers truck attacks several also set near vatican pope francis holds communion bread leads good friday passion lord mass saint peters basilica vatican march 30 2018 reutersmax rossi francis wove comments made end torchlight service around themes shame repentance conjuring image modern world pride arrogance selfishness often trump humility generosity speaking somber tones spoke shame many people even gods ministers let deceived ambition vainglory thereby losing worthiness since election 2013 francis often urged catholic priests prelates live simply serve others seek careers status church society large good friday somber day christian liturgical calendar commemorates day bible says jesus crucified way cross service marks 14 events called stations time roman governor pontius pilate condemns jesus death burial tomb sense shame francis said many people world today feel shame lost sense shame adding shame could seen grace god slideshow 16 images said many feel shame generations leaving young people world fractured divisions wars world devoured selfishness leader worlds 12 billion roman catholics praised church trying arouse humanitys sleeping conscience work helping poor immigrants prison inmates years meditations one stations written high school college students rome earlier friday st peters basilica francis presided passion lord service prostrated prayer marble pavement saturday night francis leads easter vigil service easter sunday delivers twiceyearly urbi et orbi city world message reporting philip pullella editing gareth jones standards thomson reuters trust principles mingora pakistan reuters nobel peace prize winner malala yousafzai visited hometown pakistans swat valley saturday first time since shot taliban gunman teenager nobel peace prize laureate malala yousafzai pauses interview reuters local hotel islamabad pakistan march 30 2018 reuterssaiyna bashir roads leading 20yearold education activists childhood home mingora blocked earlier day helicopter seen landing government guest house 1 km half mile house told family moving malala visited home said jawad iqbal yousafzai pashtun clan malala said spoken father ziauddin yousafzai said family expected also visit local army cadet college well tourist resort scenic mountains rivers swat popular holiday makers pakistan yousafzai visiting pakistan since thursday first trip home since shot airlifted abroad treatment government military providing security uncertain whether yousafzai would able visit swat parts spent nearly two years pakistani taliban militants harsh interpretation islamic law due continued concerns safety helicopter carring nobel peace prize laureate malala yousafzai takes visiting home mingora swat valley pakistan march 31 2018 reutersfaisal mahmood miss everything pakistan rivers mountains even dirty streets garbage around house friends used gossip used fight neighbors told reuters interview friday two security officials told reuters trip helicopter would likely one day pakistani army wrested control swat back taliban 2009 area remains mostly peaceful taliban still occasionally launch attacks including one military weeks ago taliban claimed responsibility 2012 attack yousafzai outspoken advocacy girls education forbidden militants rule swat wrote anonymous blog bbc urdu service schoolgirl taliban rule later became outspoken advocating educational opportunities girls 2014 yousafzai became youngest nobel laureate honored work malala foundation charity set support education advocacy groups focus pakistan nigeria jordan syria kenya month new girls school built nobel prize money opened village shangla swat valley writing kay johnson editing kim coghill standards thomson reuters trust principles acapulco reuters dozens roman catholic devotees dressed ancient romans biblical figures fled good friday procession panic friday mexican resort town acapulco gunfire rang nearby car robbery soldiers patrol shooting near via crucis representation acapulco mexico march 30 2018 reutersjavier verdin one robbers died heart attack shootout police accomplice escaped said government guerrero one mexicos violent states soldier keeps watch people leave area cordoned police shooting near via crucis representation acapulco mexico march 30 2018 reutersjavier verdin minutes confrontation another man home nearby killed reported police subsequent slew gunfire people procession reported injured murder rates acapulco popular los cabos resort north soared recent years mexico fights entrenched drug crime mexico registered record number murders last year staining reputation ruling institutional revolutionary party pri whose presidential candidate jose antonio meade trails third polls win july 1 election campaigns officially kicked friday second fourthplace contenders holding midnight rallies deliver vows curb corruption violence two mexicos critical intertwined issues shaping race slideshow 5 images meade leftist andres manuel lopez obrador ranks first polls launch campaigns sunday acapulco friday video verified reuters shows onlookers concluded reenactment jesus christs crucifixion darting terror major street yelling stay calm stay calm one man crouched behind large wooden crucifix propped parked car group men flowing red capes romanesque armor streamed past women grabbed hands children pushing confused mob shootout also interrupted good friday procession violent northern city reynosa left one dead local media reported according video aired television several dozen religious marchers darted sidewalk amid shouts get ground poppop gunfire cut choral singing jesus figure wearing white robes tinged fake blood kneeled behind giant crucifix gunfire rang dropping companion yelled leave cross take cover street writing additional reporting daina beth solomon editing kim coghill standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>Columbia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p>
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<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University disagrees with the third-wealthiest person on the planet about the causes of income inequality.</p>
<p>Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett blames the labor market. Pay differentials among workers keep getting wider because over time the value that workers who possess certain skills can contribute to the economy is much greater than the value the majority of workers can contribute, according to Buffett.</p>
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<p>Stiglitz, in a new paper published by the Roosevelt Institute, argues government policies inspired by years of shoddy economic thinking have rigged labor and other markets to benefit the few over the many. Though Stiglitz doesn't mention it, Apple's recent purchases of its own stock help make his case.</p>
<p>Apple announced in April that it would spend a total of $200 billion in borrowed cash by the end of March 2017 to purchase its own stock from shareholders. As of Wednesday, the value of Apple shares outstanding totaled about $628 billion. Companies often buy back shares so they can pay executives and other employees in stock without having to issue more shares. Issuing more shares means each share outstanding has a smaller claim on a company's earnings, a phenomenon known as dilution. Investors hate dilution.</p>
<p>A buyback program of Apple's magnitude is about something else entirely, and his name is Carl Icahn. Icahn owns 53 million of the more than 5 billion shares of Apple stock outstanding, and he thinks they should be worth $240 each, according to Forbes. Apple has been trading for around $110 a share. One way Apple could push its share price higher is by reducing the number of shares out there through buybacks, and that is precisely what Icahn has been pressuring the company to do.</p>
<p>Icahn has made a career of taking large positions in publicly traded companies, then prodding, badgering or bullying management into improving shareholder returns. Icahn has become amazingly wealthy doing this, but, then, anyone who holds the shares in companies he's targeted usually do pretty well, too.</p>
<p>There is another way Apple could become more valuable. It could invest that $200 billion over the next two years on new products. It could finance new, promising startup businesses. It could improve production, marketing and customer service. Doing so should mean more people would have jobs. Stiglitz would argue that greater demand for labor, when compounded over all of the publicly traded companies that, like Apple, spend their time and money on financial gambits rather than production, might result in better wages and less income inequality.</p>
<p>Stiglitz says government policies make the financing business more attractive than building products.</p>
<p>Apple is borrowing the money for its buyback even though it has $15.3 billion in cash on its balance sheet and another $158 billion in profits it keeps offshore to avoid paying income tax in the United States, according to congressional testimony. Tax law lets companies deduct interest payments on their loans, and Federal Reserve policy keeps interest rates so low Apple would be crazy not to borrow. Federal law could, but doesn't, impose a tax on profits earned in foreign countries as soon as they occur, but companies can keep those profits off their books for tax purposes by leaving them in their offshore operations. Cash that could be used to buy back shares or build a new plant in the United States doesn't make it into the country.</p>
<p>When Apple buys its own shares, federal law often taxes well-off investors' capital gains at a lower rate than other income. Dividends the company pays also receive more favorable tax treatment in most cases. That puts more pressure on Apple to satisfy investors' short-term desire for capital at the expense of long-term growth.</p>
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<p>Federal securities regulations changed in the 1980s to make it easier for Icahn and other so-called activist investors to assemble capital they need to amass huge stock positions and force companies to improve returns to investors. This shift to a focus on short-term investor returns and away from long-term company growth has also shifted corporate activity away from job creation toward wealth creation, Stiglitz argues.</p>
<p>The Roosevelt Institute report criticizes too-big-to-fail banks, student lending practices, credit card fees, executive pay, excessive stock market trading, tax rates and many other things that reasonable people could argue over, but Stiglitz's unifying theme makes a lot of sense:</p>
<p>"Markets are shaped by laws, regulations and institutions. Rules matter. The rules determine how fast the economy grows, and who shares in the benefits of that prosperity. Under the right rules, shared prosperity and strong economic performance reinforce each other."</p>
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columbia university professor joseph stiglitz speaks clinton global initiative monday sept 28 2015 new york ap photomark lennihan albuquerque nm nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz columbia university disagrees thirdwealthiest person planet causes income inequality berkshire hathaway chairman warren buffett blames labor market pay differentials among workers keep getting wider time value workers possess certain skills contribute economy much greater value majority workers contribute according buffett advertisement stiglitz new paper published roosevelt institute argues government policies inspired years shoddy economic thinking rigged labor markets benefit many though stiglitz doesnt mention apples recent purchases stock help make case apple announced april would spend total 200 billion borrowed cash end march 2017 purchase stock shareholders wednesday value apple shares outstanding totaled 628 billion companies often buy back shares pay executives employees stock without issue shares issuing shares means share outstanding smaller claim companys earnings phenomenon known dilution investors hate dilution buyback program apples magnitude something else entirely name carl icahn icahn owns 53 million 5 billion shares apple stock outstanding thinks worth 240 according forbes apple trading around 110 share one way apple could push share price higher reducing number shares buybacks precisely icahn pressuring company icahn made career taking large positions publicly traded companies prodding badgering bullying management improving shareholder returns icahn become amazingly wealthy anyone holds shares companies hes targeted usually pretty well another way apple could become valuable could invest 200 billion next two years new products could finance new promising startup businesses could improve production marketing customer service mean people would jobs stiglitz would argue greater demand labor compounded publicly traded companies like apple spend time money financial gambits rather production might result better wages less income inequality stiglitz says government policies make financing business attractive building products apple borrowing money buyback even though 153 billion cash balance sheet another 158 billion profits keeps offshore avoid paying income tax united states according congressional testimony tax law lets companies deduct interest payments loans federal reserve policy keeps interest rates low apple would crazy borrow federal law could doesnt impose tax profits earned foreign countries soon occur companies keep profits books tax purposes leaving offshore operations cash could used buy back shares build new plant united states doesnt make country apple buys shares federal law often taxes welloff investors capital gains lower rate income dividends company pays also receive favorable tax treatment cases puts pressure apple satisfy investors shortterm desire capital expense longterm growth advertisement federal securities regulations changed 1980s make easier icahn socalled activist investors assemble capital need amass huge stock positions force companies improve returns investors shift focus shortterm investor returns away longterm company growth also shifted corporate activity away job creation toward wealth creation stiglitz argues roosevelt institute report criticizes toobigtofail banks student lending practices credit card fees executive pay excessive stock market trading tax rates many things reasonable people could argue stiglitzs unifying theme makes lot sense markets shaped laws regulations institutions rules matter rules determine fast economy grows shares benefits prosperity right rules shared prosperity strong economic performance reinforce upfront daily frontpage news opinion column comment directly winthrop quigley 8233896 wquigleyabqjournalcom go wwwabqjournalcomlettersnew submit letter editor 160
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<p>They mean something “is ‘so-called,'” rather than real, the late William Safire, the great scholar of political language, once wrote. They cast “aspersion on the word or phrase that follows,” he said. “A sneer is built in.”</p>
<p>Air quotes have been around for decades, first appearing in news media in the 1920s and becoming a staple of late night comedy by the 1980s.</p>
<p>They were a familiar rhetorical device during the 2016 election. As a candidate, Donald Trump used air quotes when he criticized “quote-President” Obama’s refugee policies. Michelle Obama air quoted Trump in a jab about his promise to keep the country “in suspense” over whether he’d accept the election results. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., used them to dismiss critics who said he was running a “fringe campaign.”</p>
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<p>Indeed, air quotes are a snide, easy way to discredit or distance oneself from the other side’s words.</p>
<p>Using them to distance yourself from your own side’s words, on the other hand, or your own words – that’s a new one.</p>
<p>But that’s essentially what White House press secretary Sean Spicer appeared to be doing on Monday when he tried to retreat from President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the Obama administration had wiretapped him.</p>
<p>Trump tweeted the accusation earlier this month, writing that Obama had the “wires tapped” at Trump Tower and questioning whether it was legal for a president to be “wire tapping” a presidential candidate. He used quotes around both phrases.</p>
<p>Trump tweeted: Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!</p>
<p>Trump tweeted: Is it legal for a sitting President to be “wire tapping” a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!</p>
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<p>In a news briefing Monday, Spicer contended that Trump was really referring to a range of possible surveillance efforts, as The Washington Post reported.</p>
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<p>The quotes proved it, he said.</p>
<p>“He said very clearly, quote, ‘wire tapping’ – in quotes,” Spicer told reporters, making air quotes with his fingers. “That spans a whole host of surveillance types.”</p>
<p>In other words, the quotes should have made it obvious that Trump didn’t necessarily mean wiretapping – that is, third-party monitoring of phone or Internet conversations – but a plethora of tools available to intelligence and law enforcement agencies.</p>
<p>Was this a variation of the “mistakes were made” defense, one which does not require actually saying “mistakes were made?” That remains uncertain but possible.</p>
<p>Judge for yourself.</p>
<p>Safire, the former New York Times columnist, aide to President Richard Nixon and author of “Safire’s Political Dictionary,” called the phrase “mistakes were made” a “passive-evasive way of acknowledging error while distancing the speaker from responsibility for it.”</p>
<p>Now a political cliche, the phrase is typically attributed to President Ronald Reagan, who used it in his 1987 State of the Union address to take general responsibility for the Iran-contra scandal. In the time since, countless politicians have invoked it to deflect blame.</p>
<p>If that comparison seems off-base, is it perhaps more accurate to say Spicer was trying to declare the phrase “wire tapping,” as used by Trump, “inoperative?”</p>
<p>Safire defines “inoperative” as making “a correction without an apology, leaving the corrector in a deep hole.” The term originated in 1973, after Nixon’s press secretary, Ronald Ziegler, had dismissed the break-in at Democratic Party headquarters as a “third-rate burglary.”</p>
<p>When “new developments” emerged in the investigation, Ziegler backpedaled, telling reporters that some of his early defenses had become “inoperative.”</p>
<p>“Many commentators assumed Ziegler was groping for a euphemistic way of saying that he had lied,” historian Christopher Lasch would later write of the remark. “What he meant, however, was that his earlier statements were no longer believable. Not their falsity but their inability to command assent rendered them ‘inoperative.’ The question of whether they were true or not was beside the point.”</p>
<p>Maybe there was nothing “inoperative” about Spicer’s “wire tapping” defense at all. Perhaps Spicer was using air quotes in their traditional sense, to suggest that someone else, not his boss, had said “wire tapping” and had really meant it.</p>
<p>If that’s the case, he might consider the history of air quotes and their usage.</p>
<p>A 1927 edition of the journal Science is often cited as containing the first reference to the gesture in an American publication. The journal describes a “very intelligent young woman who used to inform us that her ‘bright sayings’ were not original, by raising both hands above her head with the first and second fingers pointing upward.”</p>
<p>“Her fingers were here ‘quotation marks’ and were very easily understood,” the article reads.</p>
<p>Over time, air quotes came to signify something more sarcastic, but the thrust remained the same: Someone else said the words.</p>
<p>Comedian Steve Martin has been credited with bringing them to pop culture through his appearances on “Saturday Night Live.” As author and conservative political commentator David Frum wrote in his book on the cultural impact of the 1970s: “Martin taught a whole generation of young people the distant, cool, ironic sensibility summed up by the gesture he popularized – the four-fingered drawing of double-quote marks in the air.”</p>
<p>It’s not clear when the gesture actually got the delightful name “air quotes,” or who bestowed that name upon it. But a 1989 essay in the now defunct satirical magazine Spy is often cited as a potential origin.</p>
<p>At the time, the authors wrote, air quotes were part of an “irony epidemic.” They had become “the quintessential contemporary gesture that says, We’re not serious,” the article read.</p>
<p>The authors also remarked on the utility of the gesture.</p>
<p>“Air quotes,” they wrote, “eliminate responsibility for one’s own actions, one’s own choices.”</p>
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mean something socalled rather real late william safire great scholar political language wrote cast aspersion word phrase follows said sneer built air quotes around decades first appearing news media 1920s becoming staple late night comedy 1980s familiar rhetorical device 2016 election candidate donald trump used air quotes criticized quotepresident obamas refugee policies michelle obama air quoted trump jab promise keep country suspense whether hed accept election results sen bernie sanders ivt used dismiss critics said running fringe campaign advertisement indeed air quotes snide easy way discredit distance oneself sides words using distance sides words hand words thats new one thats essentially white house press secretary sean spicer appeared monday tried retreat president donald trumps baseless claims obama administration wiretapped trump tweeted accusation earlier month writing obama wires tapped trump tower questioning whether legal president wire tapping presidential candidate used quotes around phrases trump tweeted terrible found obama wires tapped trump tower victory nothing found mccarthyism trump tweeted legal sitting president wire tapping race president prior election turned court earlier new low news briefing monday spicer contended trump really referring range possible surveillance efforts washington post reported advertisement quotes proved said said clearly quote wire tapping quotes spicer told reporters making air quotes fingers spans whole host surveillance types words quotes made obvious trump didnt necessarily mean wiretapping thirdparty monitoring phone internet conversations plethora tools available intelligence law enforcement agencies variation mistakes made defense one require actually saying mistakes made remains uncertain possible judge safire former new york times columnist aide president richard nixon author safires political dictionary called phrase mistakes made passiveevasive way acknowledging error distancing speaker responsibility political cliche phrase typically attributed president ronald reagan used 1987 state union address take general responsibility irancontra scandal time since countless politicians invoked deflect blame comparison seems offbase perhaps accurate say spicer trying declare phrase wire tapping used trump inoperative safire defines inoperative making correction without apology leaving corrector deep hole term originated 1973 nixons press secretary ronald ziegler dismissed breakin democratic party headquarters thirdrate burglary new developments emerged investigation ziegler backpedaled telling reporters early defenses become inoperative many commentators assumed ziegler groping euphemistic way saying lied historian christopher lasch would later write remark meant however earlier statements longer believable falsity inability command assent rendered inoperative question whether true beside point maybe nothing inoperative spicers wire tapping defense perhaps spicer using air quotes traditional sense suggest someone else boss said wire tapping really meant thats case might consider history air quotes usage 1927 edition journal science often cited containing first reference gesture american publication journal describes intelligent young woman used inform us bright sayings original raising hands head first second fingers pointing upward fingers quotation marks easily understood article reads time air quotes came signify something sarcastic thrust remained someone else said words comedian steve martin credited bringing pop culture appearances saturday night live author conservative political commentator david frum wrote book cultural impact 1970s martin taught whole generation young people distant cool ironic sensibility summed gesture popularized fourfingered drawing doublequote marks air clear gesture actually got delightful name air quotes bestowed name upon 1989 essay defunct satirical magazine spy often cited potential origin time authors wrote air quotes part irony epidemic become quintessential contemporary gesture says serious article read authors also remarked utility gesture air quotes wrote eliminate responsibility ones actions ones choices
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<p>Attorney Jason Flores-Williams said that his Whistleblower Defense League will seek to dissuade federal attorneys from indicting Deric Lostutter, 26, of Winchester, Kentucky.</p>
<p>Flores-Williams said his client, who is being represented pro-bono by the attorney’s organization, is being targeted for speaking out about the infamous rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, where football players were accused of raping a drunken girl.</p>
<p>He said the April raid on Lostutter’s home by heavily-armed agents in riot gear was “absolutely insane” and speaks to the fear the government has over those who use the internet for activism.</p>
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<p>“They sent an armed squadron into his home to seize all of his property,” Flores-Williams said. “I have to think that those resources could have been better spent.”</p>
<p>The attorney said the Whistleblower Defense League, which he founded about three months ago, is a group of 25 criminal defense attorneys from across the country who volunteer their time to defend, he says, “anyone who speaks for open democracy.”</p>
<p>Flores-Williams said his group is especially concerned with protecting whistle-blowers, journalists, bloggers and similar-minded people from legal threats from the U.S. government.</p>
<p>Flores-Williams said he was inspired to start the group as he followed the ongoing legal saga of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, whose court martial, for allegedly leaking thousands of diplomatic documents as well as videos of air strikes which killed civilians, is now underway. Following Manning’s story as well as outlets such as WikiLeaks, which publicized the documents, made Flores-Williams conclude that “everyone has a right to investigate their government” and that people willing to do so need legal protection.</p>
<p>“(These people) are willing to put their lives on the line to maintain a democracy,” Flores-Williams said.</p>
<p>The attorney said his organization has been trying to reach out to Edward Snowden, a contractor who recently leaked to the Guardian newspaper information about a vast National Security Agency domestic surveillance program on millions of private telephone calls and online communications. Flores-Williams would not say whether he’s been in contact with Snowden.</p>
<p>The organization raises money to cover its expenses through donations linked through their website WhistleBlowerDefenseLeague.com. Lostutter’s defense fund has raised $44,629 as of Thursday. The money pays for attorneys’ travel fees, fees for expert witnesses, document transcription costs and, potentially, security for the legal team should they be required to stay in Steubenville for an extended period of time.</p>
<p>Lostutter identifies himself on his web site as KYAnonymous, a member of the KnightSec group within the Anonymous hacker-activist collective. Lostutter states his home was raided by M16-wielding FBI agents who were investigating any link he could have to the hacking of RollRedRoll.com.</p>
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<p>That website, according to the New York Times, is a fan page for the Steubenville High School Big Red football team in Ohio. Steubenville made national headlines last year after a 16-year-old girl was raped at parties following a football scrimmage in August.</p>
<p>Two players from that team, Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping the girl and were sentenced to time in juvenile detention facilities.</p>
<p>Social media, such as a web image of the girl being carried by her wrists and ankles by two people, played a role in the case and spurred public outrage at denigrating online comments made about the victim, at blogger allegations that others besides the two convicted were involved, and that school officials tried to cover up the incident initially to protect the football team.</p>
<p>In December RollRedRoll.com was hacked, with Anonymous claiming responsibility, according to the New York Times. A video posted to the website showed someone, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask typically worn by Anonymous activists and using a computer-modulated voice, who threatened to release the names, Social Security numbers and addresses of people involved unless those people apologized to the girl and her family.</p>
<p>“You have attracted the attention of the hive,” the person in the video states.</p>
<p>Another member of Anonymous, not Lostutter, took responsibility for getting control of the website by guessing the administrator’s password security question, according to Steubenville’s Herald Star newspaper. That man named KYAnonymous as the person who approached him about getting involved.</p>
<p>That article states that KYAnonymous took credit for organizing protests regarding the case.</p>
<p>Lostutter states on his website that, on that day of the federal raid in April, he initially saw a truck parked in his driveway. When he went outside to investigate, about 12 armed FBI SWAT agents jumped out of the truck and screamed for him to “get the (expletive) down.” He states he was threatened with additional criminal charges if he were to tell anyone about the raid.</p>
<p>A copy of the federal warrant served on Lostutter’s home states agents were seeking, among other things, records or information relating to a conspiracy to hack the website and the email of the site’s administrator.</p>
<p>FBI spokesman for the Cincinnati region, Todd Lindgren, had nothing to say regarding the investigation, and he would not respond to Lostutter’s allegations that the FBI used assault weapons to serve a warrant on someone being investigated for a computer crime.</p>
<p>“I’m not aware of the incident you’re speaking of directly,” Lindgren said. “I have no knowledge of it.”</p>
<p>A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Columbus did not return a call seeking comment.</p>
<p>Flores-Williams said the FBI could have just called his client, and he accused the government of sending the SWAT team to serve the warrant in an effort to intimidate whistle-blowers. Flores-Williams described his client as a regular guy who’s into computers and DJ-ing.</p>
<p>“He’s a total Santa Fe dude,” Flores-Williams said.</p>
<p>Lostutter’s site contains an apology to RollRedRoll.com’s site administrator. The Anonymous video on YouTube contains an allegation that hackers uncovered nude photographs of people who were possibly underage. Lostutter states that an agent has since told him that the girls were all over 18. Lostutter said the same person who hacked the website who uncovered the photographs.</p>
<p>The site’s administrator did not return messages seeking comment.</p>
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<p>JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Turkey’s air and ground offensive against Kurds in northwestern Syria has distracted from international efforts to finish off the Islamic State group and has disrupted humanitarian relief work, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Mattis raised the matter in an exchange with reporters after unrelated meetings in the Indonesia capital with senior government officials. He made clear that while the U.S. sympathizes with Turkey’s concerns about border security, Washington wants the Turks to minimize their military action inside Syria.</p>
<p>The Turkish offensive began Saturday, targeting Kurds in an enclave called Afrin. Turkey says it intends to create a 30-kilometer (20-mile) deep “secure zone” in Afrin. Mattis had said Monday that the Turks gave Washington advance notice that their forces were going to strike Kurds in Afrin.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Mattis’s level of concern seemed to have grown as the fighting continued.</p>
<p>“The violence in Afrin disrupts what was a relatively stable area of Syria,” he said. “It distracts from the international efforts to ensure the defeat of ISIS, and this could be exploited by ISIS and al-Qaida, obviously, that we’re not staying focused on them right now.”</p>
<p>He said work on stabilizing the Afrin area of Syria had reached the point where much-needed humanitarian assistance was flowing and refugees were returning.</p>
<p>“This clearly disrupts that effort,” Mattis said. “The Turkish incursion disrupts that effort.”</p>
<p>“So we urge Turkey to exercise restraint in the military actions and the rhetoric and ensure that its operations are limited in scope and duration,” he added.</p>
<p>The Pentagon chief said the U.S. and its Kurdish partners, known as the YPG, are “on the cusp” of fully defeating IS in Syria.</p>
<p>Mattis raised the matter with reporters after a full day of meetings with Indonesian government officials about ways of extending U.S.-Indonesian military ties. His visit to Jakarta is an early demonstration of a key tenet of the new U.S. defense strategy that Mattis announced last Friday, namely that Washington will work to nurture existing alliances and partnerships and build new ones.</p>
<p>The U.S. has had a long but sometimes complicated relationship with the Indonesian military. After reported humanitarian abuses in the 1990s by a special operations group known as Kopassus, the U.S. cut off military cooperation. In 2010, the U.S. partially restored military-to-military ties, and Mattis said the Indonesians are eager to further expand cooperation with the U.S. military.</p>
<p>Asked whether he believes the Indonesian special forces units have reformed sufficiently to merit resuming U.S. military cooperation, Mattis said, “Yes,” adding that the Pentagon will follow established procedures for further easing its restrictions.</p>
<p>Indonesia’s special forces were accused of major abuses through the 1990s in the provinces of Papua and Aceh and in East Timor, a former province that has gained independence. The U.S. cut ties with the special forces under a 1997 law that banned U.S. training for foreign military units accused of human rights violations. The ban can be lifted if there have been substantial measures to bring culprits to justice.</p>
<p>In remarks to reporters after his meeting with Mattis, the Indonesian defense minister, Ryamizard Ryacudu, said Mattis promised he would work to further remove the restrictions. The Indonesia minister expressed optimism that Mattis would prevail, even if President Donald Trump were to resist.</p>
<p>“Donald Trump is tough, but Mattis is most heard in the Cabinet there because he is the wisest person, he is a tough soldier but he is wise,” Ryamizard said.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini contributed to this report.</p>
<p>JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Turkey’s air and ground offensive against Kurds in northwestern Syria has distracted from international efforts to finish off the Islamic State group and has disrupted humanitarian relief work, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Mattis raised the matter in an exchange with reporters after unrelated meetings in the Indonesia capital with senior government officials. He made clear that while the U.S. sympathizes with Turkey’s concerns about border security, Washington wants the Turks to minimize their military action inside Syria.</p>
<p>The Turkish offensive began Saturday, targeting Kurds in an enclave called Afrin. Turkey says it intends to create a 30-kilometer (20-mile) deep “secure zone” in Afrin. Mattis had said Monday that the Turks gave Washington advance notice that their forces were going to strike Kurds in Afrin.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Mattis’s level of concern seemed to have grown as the fighting continued.</p>
<p>“The violence in Afrin disrupts what was a relatively stable area of Syria,” he said. “It distracts from the international efforts to ensure the defeat of ISIS, and this could be exploited by ISIS and al-Qaida, obviously, that we’re not staying focused on them right now.”</p>
<p>He said work on stabilizing the Afrin area of Syria had reached the point where much-needed humanitarian assistance was flowing and refugees were returning.</p>
<p>“This clearly disrupts that effort,” Mattis said. “The Turkish incursion disrupts that effort.”</p>
<p>“So we urge Turkey to exercise restraint in the military actions and the rhetoric and ensure that its operations are limited in scope and duration,” he added.</p>
<p>The Pentagon chief said the U.S. and its Kurdish partners, known as the YPG, are “on the cusp” of fully defeating IS in Syria.</p>
<p>Mattis raised the matter with reporters after a full day of meetings with Indonesian government officials about ways of extending U.S.-Indonesian military ties. His visit to Jakarta is an early demonstration of a key tenet of the new U.S. defense strategy that Mattis announced last Friday, namely that Washington will work to nurture existing alliances and partnerships and build new ones.</p>
<p>The U.S. has had a long but sometimes complicated relationship with the Indonesian military. After reported humanitarian abuses in the 1990s by a special operations group known as Kopassus, the U.S. cut off military cooperation. In 2010, the U.S. partially restored military-to-military ties, and Mattis said the Indonesians are eager to further expand cooperation with the U.S. military.</p>
<p>Asked whether he believes the Indonesian special forces units have reformed sufficiently to merit resuming U.S. military cooperation, Mattis said, “Yes,” adding that the Pentagon will follow established procedures for further easing its restrictions.</p>
<p>Indonesia’s special forces were accused of major abuses through the 1990s in the provinces of Papua and Aceh and in East Timor, a former province that has gained independence. The U.S. cut ties with the special forces under a 1997 law that banned U.S. training for foreign military units accused of human rights violations. The ban can be lifted if there have been substantial measures to bring culprits to justice.</p>
<p>In remarks to reporters after his meeting with Mattis, the Indonesian defense minister, Ryamizard Ryacudu, said Mattis promised he would work to further remove the restrictions. The Indonesia minister expressed optimism that Mattis would prevail, even if President Donald Trump were to resist.</p>
<p>“Donald Trump is tough, but Mattis is most heard in the Cabinet there because he is the wisest person, he is a tough soldier but he is wise,” Ryamizard said.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini contributed to this report.</p>
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senior government officials made clear us sympathizes turkeys concerns border security washington wants turks minimize military action inside syria turkish offensive began saturday targeting kurds enclave called afrin turkey says intends create 30kilometer 20mile deep secure zone afrin mattis said monday turks gave washington advance notice forces going strike kurds afrin tuesday mattiss level concern seemed grown fighting continued violence afrin disrupts relatively stable area syria said distracts international efforts ensure defeat isis could exploited isis alqaida obviously staying focused right said work stabilizing afrin area syria reached point muchneeded humanitarian assistance flowing refugees returning clearly disrupts effort mattis said turkish incursion disrupts effort urge turkey exercise restraint military actions rhetoric ensure operations limited scope duration added pentagon chief said us kurdish partners known ypg cusp fully defeating syria mattis raised matter 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<p>WASHINGTON — The nation’s federal prosecutors should bring the toughest charges possible against most crime suspects, Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed in a move that critics assailed as a return to failed drug-war policies that unduly affected minorities and filled prisons with nonviolent offenders.</p>
<p>The move announced Friday is a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for much longer terms. It has long been expected from Sessions, a former federal prosecutor who cut his teeth during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic and who has promised to make combating violence and drugs the Justice Department’s top priority.</p>
<p>“This policy affirms our responsibility to enforce the law, is moral and just, and produces consistency,” Sessions wrote in a memo to U.S. attorneys made public early Friday.</p>
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<p>Advocates warned the shift would crowd federal prisons and strain Justice Department resources. Some involved in criminal justice during the drug war feared the human impact would look similar.</p>
<p>“It ruined families and took away a large number of African-American men from their communities at their prime working years,” said Georgetown law professor Paul Butler, who was a federal prosecutor during the 1990s. “You had people who weren’t able to be responsible fathers for their kids, who weren’t able to serve a couple of years for making a mistake, then come home and do better. That’s the era Jeff Sessions wants to return us to.”</p>
<p>The announcement is an unmistakable undoing of Obama administration criminal justice policies that aimed to ease overcrowding in federal prisons and contributed to a national rethinking of how drug criminals were prosecuted and sentenced.</p>
<p>Sessions contends a spike in violence in some big cities and the nation’s opioid epidemic show the need for a return to tougher tactics. He foreshadowed the plan early in his tenure, when he signaled his strong support for the federal government’s continued use of private prisons, reversing another Obama directive to phase out their use.</p>
<p>“We know that drugs and crime go hand-in-hand,” Sessions said in a Friday speech. “Drug trafficking is an inherently violent business. If you want to collect a drug debt, you can’t file a lawsuit in court. You collect it by the barrel of a gun.”</p>
<p>The policy memo says prosecutors should “charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense” — something more likely to trigger mandatory minimum sentences. Those rules limit a judge’s discretion and are typically dictated, for example, by the quantity of drugs involved in a crime.</p>
<p>The memo concedes there will be cases in which “good judgment” will warrant a prosecutor veering from that rule. And Sessions said prosecutors maintain “discretion to avoid sentences that would result in an injustice.”</p>
<p>But any exceptions will need to be approved by top supervisors, and the reasons must be documented, allowing the Justice Department to track the handling of such cases by its 94 U.S. attorney’s offices.</p>
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<p>And even if they opt not to pursue the most serious charges, prosecutors are still required to provide judges with all the details of a case when defendants are sentenced, which could lengthen prison terms.</p>
<p>The directive rescinds guidance by Sessions’ Democratic predecessor, Eric Holder, who told prosecutors they could in some cases leave drug quantities out of charging documents so as not to charge suspects with crimes that trigger long sentences. Holder’s 2013 initiative, known as “Smart on Crime,” was aimed at encouraging shorter sentences for nonviolent drug offenders and preserving Justice Department resources for more serious and violent criminals.</p>
<p>In a statement Friday, Holder called the reversal “dumb on crime,” saying it would be “financially ruinous” for the department to focus its spending on incarceration rather than preventing and investigating crime.</p>
<p>“It is an ideologically cookie-cutter approach that has only been proven to generate unfairly long sentences that are often applied indiscriminately and do little to achieve long-term public safety,” Holder said.</p>
<p>The Obama policy shift coincided with U.S. Sentencing Commission changes that made tens of thousands of federal drug prisoners eligible for early release, and a clemency initiative that freed convicts deemed deserving of a second chance. Combined, those changes led to a steep decline in a federal prison population that now stands at just under 190,000, down from nearly 220,000 in 2013. Nearly half of those inmates are in custody for drug crimes, records show.</p>
<p>Obama officials cited that decline and a drop in the overall number of drug prosecutions as evidence that policies were working as intended. They argued prosecutors were getting pickier about the cases they were bringing and were seeking mandatory minimum sentences less often.</p>
<p>Still, some prosecutors felt constrained by the Holder directive and expressed concern that they’d lose plea bargaining leverage — and a key inducement for cooperation — without the ability to more freely pursue mandatory minimum sentences.</p>
<p>The reversal restores prosecutors’ tools to go after drug traffickers and gangs, said Lawrence Leiser, head of the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys.</p>
<p>Sessions has remained an advocate for longer sentences, even as efforts to overhaul the criminal justice system secured bipartisan support in recent years. He argues Holder’s approach sidestepped federal laws that impose such sentences and created inconsistency across the country in the way defendants are punished.</p>
<p>“I trust our prosecutors in the field to make good judgments,” Sessions said. “They deserve to be unhandcuffed and not micro-managed from Washington. Rather, they must be permitted to apply the law to the facts of each investigation.”</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Errin Haines Whack in Philadelphia contributed.</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is changing what its users will see to highlight posts they are most likely to engage with and make time spent on social media more “meaningful.”</p>
<p>By cutting back on items that Facebook users tend to passively consume, the change could hurt news organizations and other businesses that rely on Facebook to share their content.</p>
<p>The idea is to help users to connect with people they care about, not make them feel depressed and isolated.</p>
<p>“The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about, it can be good for our well-being,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post Thursday.</p>
<p>“We can feel more connected and less lonely, and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand, passively reading articles or watching videos -- even if they’re entertaining or informative -- may not be as good.”</p>
<p>Shares of Facebook slid more than 5 percent to $177.31 in premarket trading Friday after the change was unveiled.</p>
<p>Under the revised regime, there will be fewer posts from brands, pages and media companies and more from people. There will be fewer videos, which Facebook considers “passive.” People will likely spend less time on Facebook as a result, the company says.</p>
<p>That’s because even if people read such content on Facebook, they don’t necessarily comment or interact with it in other ways.</p>
<p>But Facebook gave scant details about how it would define what’s “meaningful.”</p>
<p>The changes could shrink the social media giant’s role as a major news source for many people.</p>
<p>“It’s in the same direction that Facebook has been pursuing for a while: offering a place for discussion among individuals, a community space, rather than being a news source,” said Oh Se-uk, a senior researcher on digital news at the Korea Press Foundation.</p>
<p>“It wants people who have been friends to become even closer, to have deeper discussions (on Facebook). Traffic to news media’s websites via Facebook will likely fall,” he said.</p>
<p>The move will not affect advertisements — users will continue to see the same ads they have before, “meaningful” or not. But businesses that use Facebook to connect with their customers without paying for ads will also feel the pain.</p>
<p>Facebook has long been criticized for creating “filter bubbles,” the echo chambers of friends and like-minded people whose views are reinforced by their friends’ posts on the platform.</p>
<p>The company says that’s similar to how people make friends and interact with each other offline. Facebook says its research shows that users are exposed to more divergent views on its platform than they would be otherwise, but that’s hard to verify independently since the company is cautious about providing data to outsiders.</p>
<p>Oh, the researcher at Korea Press Foundation, said it was too early to say whether the latest measure would reinforce Facebook’s “filter bubble” effect or not. “We won’t know until we see what happens.”</p>
<p>The changes come after a tough year for Facebook that included congressional hearings on how Russia used it to influence the 2016 U.S. elections. Former executives and Facebook investors have spoken out about how it and other social media sites might be hurting rather than helping society and users’ psyches.</p>
<p>Last week, Zuckerberg said his “personal challenge” for 2018 (something he’s done every year since 2009), will be to fix Facebook.</p>
<p>“Facebook has a lot of work to do — whether it’s protecting our community from abuse and hate, defending against interference by nation states, or making sure that time spent on Facebook is time well spent,” he wrote.</p>
<p>Tweaking users’ feeds may cause the social media platform to lose some of its luster for content producers or media companies, especially video makers that cannot make money on Facebook regardless of how many of their videos go viral, said Cho Sodam, founder of Dotface, a youth-oriented media startup based in Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>“No matter how well we do on Facebook and how great our videos are, making high-quality videos itself does not bring us any profit,” said Cho.</p>
<p>The 1-year-old Dotface has 110,000 fans on its Facebook page, its primary channel for reaching viewers. Dotface’s videos about a South Korean mother giving a hug to young sexual minority people who could not tell their parents about their sexual orientation struck a chord with viewers around the world, accruing 5 million views and many shares, comments and likes. But those views, comments or share generated no revenue for Dotface.</p>
<p>Cho said her company is expanding links to other platforms, such as YouTube, that share profit with content creators.</p>
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<p>AP Technology Writer Youkyung Lee in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this story.</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is changing what its users will see to highlight posts they are most likely to engage with and make time spent on social media more “meaningful.”</p>
<p>By cutting back on items that Facebook users tend to passively consume, the change could hurt news organizations and other businesses that rely on Facebook to share their content.</p>
<p>The idea is to help users to connect with people they care about, not make them feel depressed and isolated.</p>
<p>“The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about, it can be good for our well-being,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post Thursday.</p>
<p>“We can feel more connected and less lonely, and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand, passively reading articles or watching videos -- even if they’re entertaining or informative -- may not be as good.”</p>
<p>Shares of Facebook slid more than 5 percent to $177.31 in premarket trading Friday after the change was unveiled.</p>
<p>Under the revised regime, there will be fewer posts from brands, pages and media companies and more from people. There will be fewer videos, which Facebook considers “passive.” People will likely spend less time on Facebook as a result, the company says.</p>
<p>That’s because even if people read such content on Facebook, they don’t necessarily comment or interact with it in other ways.</p>
<p>But Facebook gave scant details about how it would define what’s “meaningful.”</p>
<p>The changes could shrink the social media giant’s role as a major news source for many people.</p>
<p>“It’s in the same direction that Facebook has been pursuing for a while: offering a place for discussion among individuals, a community space, rather than being a news source,” said Oh Se-uk, a senior researcher on digital news at the Korea Press Foundation.</p>
<p>“It wants people who have been friends to become even closer, to have deeper discussions (on Facebook). Traffic to news media’s websites via Facebook will likely fall,” he said.</p>
<p>The move will not affect advertisements — users will continue to see the same ads they have before, “meaningful” or not. But businesses that use Facebook to connect with their customers without paying for ads will also feel the pain.</p>
<p>Facebook has long been criticized for creating “filter bubbles,” the echo chambers of friends and like-minded people whose views are reinforced by their friends’ posts on the platform.</p>
<p>The company says that’s similar to how people make friends and interact with each other offline. Facebook says its research shows that users are exposed to more divergent views on its platform than they would be otherwise, but that’s hard to verify independently since the company is cautious about providing data to outsiders.</p>
<p>Oh, the researcher at Korea Press Foundation, said it was too early to say whether the latest measure would reinforce Facebook’s “filter bubble” effect or not. “We won’t know until we see what happens.”</p>
<p>The changes come after a tough year for Facebook that included congressional hearings on how Russia used it to influence the 2016 U.S. elections. Former executives and Facebook investors have spoken out about how it and other social media sites might be hurting rather than helping society and users’ psyches.</p>
<p>Last week, Zuckerberg said his “personal challenge” for 2018 (something he’s done every year since 2009), will be to fix Facebook.</p>
<p>“Facebook has a lot of work to do — whether it’s protecting our community from abuse and hate, defending against interference by nation states, or making sure that time spent on Facebook is time well spent,” he wrote.</p>
<p>Tweaking users’ feeds may cause the social media platform to lose some of its luster for content producers or media companies, especially video makers that cannot make money on Facebook regardless of how many of their videos go viral, said Cho Sodam, founder of Dotface, a youth-oriented media startup based in Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>“No matter how well we do on Facebook and how great our videos are, making high-quality videos itself does not bring us any profit,” said Cho.</p>
<p>The 1-year-old Dotface has 110,000 fans on its Facebook page, its primary channel for reaching viewers. Dotface’s videos about a South Korean mother giving a hug to young sexual minority people who could not tell their parents about their sexual orientation struck a chord with viewers around the world, accruing 5 million views and many shares, comments and likes. But those views, comments or share generated no revenue for Dotface.</p>
<p>Cho said her company is expanding links to other platforms, such as YouTube, that share profit with content creators.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>AP Technology Writer Youkyung Lee in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this story.</p>
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media giants role major news source many people direction facebook pursuing offering place discussion among individuals community space rather news source said oh seuk senior researcher digital news korea press foundation wants people friends become even closer deeper discussions facebook traffic news medias websites via facebook likely fall said move affect advertisements users continue see ads meaningful businesses use facebook connect customers without paying ads also feel pain facebook long criticized creating filter bubbles echo chambers friends likeminded people whose views reinforced friends posts platform company says thats similar people make friends interact offline facebook says research shows users exposed divergent views platform would otherwise thats hard verify independently since company cautious providing data outsiders oh researcher korea press foundation said early say whether latest measure would reinforce facebooks filter bubble effect wont know see happens changes come tough year facebook included congressional hearings russia used influence 2016 us elections former executives facebook investors spoken social media sites might hurting rather helping society users psyches last week zuckerberg said personal challenge 2018 something hes done every year since 2009 fix facebook facebook lot work whether protecting community abuse hate defending interference nation states making sure time spent facebook time well spent wrote tweaking users feeds may cause social media platform lose luster content producers media companies especially video makers make money facebook regardless many videos go viral said cho sodam founder dotface youthoriented media startup based seoul south korea matter well facebook great videos making highquality videos bring us profit said cho 1yearold dotface 110000 fans facebook page primary channel reaching viewers dotfaces videos south korean mother giving hug young sexual minority people could tell parents sexual orientation struck chord viewers around world accruing 5 million views many shares comments likes views comments share generated revenue dotface cho said company expanding links platforms youtube share profit content creators ___ ap technology writer youkyung lee seoul south korea contributed story new york ap facebook changing users see highlight posts likely engage make time spent social media meaningful cutting back items facebook users tend passively consume change could hurt news organizations businesses rely facebook share content idea help users connect people care make feel depressed isolated research shows use social media connect people care good wellbeing facebook ceo mark zuckerberg wrote post thursday feel connected less lonely correlates long term measures happiness health hand passively reading articles watching videos even theyre entertaining informative may good shares facebook slid 5 percent 17731 premarket trading friday change unveiled revised regime fewer posts brands pages media companies people fewer videos facebook considers passive people likely spend less time facebook result company says thats even people read content facebook dont necessarily comment interact ways facebook gave scant details would define whats meaningful changes could shrink social media giants role major news source many people direction facebook pursuing offering place discussion among individuals community space rather news source said oh seuk senior researcher digital news korea press foundation wants people friends become even closer deeper discussions facebook traffic news medias websites via facebook likely fall said move affect advertisements users continue see ads meaningful businesses use facebook connect customers without paying ads also feel pain facebook long criticized creating filter bubbles echo chambers friends likeminded people whose views reinforced friends posts platform company says thats similar people make friends interact offline facebook says research shows users exposed divergent views platform would otherwise thats hard verify independently since company cautious providing data outsiders oh researcher korea press foundation said early say whether latest measure would reinforce facebooks filter bubble effect wont know see happens changes come tough year facebook included congressional hearings russia used influence 2016 us elections former executives facebook investors spoken social media sites might hurting rather helping society users psyches last week zuckerberg said personal challenge 2018 something hes done every year since 2009 fix facebook facebook lot work whether protecting community abuse hate defending interference nation states making sure time spent facebook time well spent wrote tweaking users feeds may cause social media platform lose luster content producers media companies especially video makers make money facebook regardless many videos go viral said cho sodam founder dotface youthoriented media startup based seoul south korea matter well facebook great videos making highquality videos bring us profit said cho 1yearold dotface 110000 fans facebook page primary channel reaching viewers dotfaces videos south korean mother giving hug young sexual minority people could tell parents sexual orientation struck chord viewers around world accruing 5 million views many shares comments likes views comments share generated revenue dotface cho said company expanding links platforms youtube share profit content creators ___ ap technology writer youkyung lee seoul south korea contributed story
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<p>The most important drive of the Las Cruces High football season lasted eight minutes and three seconds. It only covered 45 yards, and the Bulldawgs didn’t score a single point.</p>
<p>But it was the drive that locked down the Class 5A state championship.</p>
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<p>After Sam Denmark’s crucial interception in the end zone, No. 2 Las Cruces chewed up the final 8:03 with tremendous ball control as the Bulldawgs held off a furious rally by No. 4 Sandia in a 35-28 victory Friday night before a crowd of about 7,000 fans at Wilson Stadium.</p>
<p>It is the fifth state title since 1999 for the Bulldawgs (12-1), and their first since 2008.</p>
<p>“It may be a little bit ugly,” Las Cruces coach Jim Miller said, “but I’ll take it.”</p>
<p>Sandia (9-4) trailed 21-0 two minutes into the second quarter and was down 35-12 with 2:33 left in the third quarter. However, the Matadors were at the Las Cruces 14 in the fourth quarter, trailing 35-28 with a chance to tie or perhaps take the lead.</p>
<p>On a third-and-goal, Sandia quarterback Craig Coffman was intercepted by Denmark — the second red-zone pick in the game for Coffman.</p>
<p>“We’re always talking about not throwing a late one over the middle,” Sandia coach Kevin Barker said. “But Craig made some unbelievable plays.”</p>
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<p>Indeed, the Matadors could never have had a chance to win without Coffman’s repeated ability to sideswipe Las Cruces pressure and turn a sure sack into a unlikely completion.</p>
<p>After falling down 23 points, Coffman quickly got Sandia within two scores on a 4-yard TD pass to Aaron Smith. He also threw for a 2-point conversion to Brenden Barker.</p>
<p>After a Las Cruces punt, the Matadors went back on the offensive.</p>
<p>Coffman was 5-of-7 on this drive, which ended with him throwing 7 yards to Dillon Boyd. Those two also hooked up for the 2-pointer. It was 35-28, and Sandia’s enormous crowd was in a full-throat lather.</p>
<p>The Bulldawgs’ Mikey Calzada fumbled away the ensuing kickoff, with Camrron Bean pouncing on it for Sandia at the Las Cruces 24.</p>
<p>But four plays later, Denmark stopped the Sandia momentum.</p>
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<p>“I’ve been preparing for that play all week,” Denmark said. “I visualized getting that pick, and it happened to work out.”</p>
<p>No one was happier about the interception than Calzada.</p>
<p>“We got a little scared,” he said. “But the defense stepped up.”</p>
<p>It was all Las Cruces early. Quarterback Jonathan Joy raced 19 yards for a score on the ’Dawgs’ first drive.</p>
<p>Las Cruces expanded to 21-0 with a quick burst early in the second quarter.</p>
<p>Joy threw 16 yards for a score to Calzada, and Joy added a 37-yard TD run 89 seconds later.</p>
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<p>“I think it was nerves,” Kevin Barker said of Sandia’s shaky start. “And we made some blunders.”</p>
<p>None was bigger than the pick Coffman threw with Sandia at the Las Cruces 5 and ready to tie the game 7-all.</p>
<p>Bulldawgs’ 290-pound defensive lineman Taylor Tisby dropped into coverage and jumped up with a one-handed interception.</p>
<p>“That’s a beast!” Las Cruces defensive end Kamryn Dixon said. “When have you ever seen a nose guard get an interception in a state championship game?”</p>
<p>It was the first career pick for Tisby, who was about as happy as any Bulldawg in the postgame celebration.</p>
<p>“I was trying to find a back. I couldn’t find one so I dropped back into coverage,” Tisby said. “Right place at the right time.”</p>
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<p>Coffman threw 29 yards to Boyd for 21-6 midway through the second quarter, and the Matadors added a much-needed score just before halftime on an 8-yard strike from Coffman to Terance Barela with 23.4 seconds on the clock.</p>
<p>Joy threw 52 yards to Denmark, and J.J. Granados added an 8-yard TD run as Las Cruces took that 35-12 lead.</p>
<p>“That Sandia team was a great, great team,” Dixon said. “They’ve got it all.”</p>
<p>The Matadors were appearing in their first championship game since 1977 and looking for their first title since 1976.</p>
<p>Say what you will about the benefits of playing at home, but home cookin’ just ain’t what it used to be. Las Cruces’ win Friday makes it six of the last seven seasons that the road team won the blue trophy in 5A. Only La Cueva (2010) was the exception.</p>
<p>“Our kids played with heart and desire, as they did all year,” Kevin Barker said. “I appreciate that about them. We having nothing to hang our heads about. That’s a great, great football team and they made a championship drive.”</p>
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<p>Joy rushed for 100 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns, and also threw for 197 yards and a pair of TDs. But it was that final drive that truly lingered.</p>
<p>“Huge,” Joy said. “We told our running backs, take care of the ball and stay in bounds.”</p>
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<p>First downs: LC 19; S 27. Rushes-yards: LC 37-211; S 23-42. Passing: LC 11-20-1—197; S 24-42-2—300. Total offense: LC 408; E 342. Punts-avg.: LC 2-33.0; S 3-39.3. Fumbles-lost: LC 3-1; S 4-1. Penalties-yards: LC 15-143; S 7-55.</p>
<p>Scoring: LC, Jonathan Joy 19 run (Allen Garcia kick); LC, Mikey Calzada 16 pass from Joy (Garcia kick); LC, Joy 37 run (Garcia kick); S, Dillon Boyd 29 pass from Craig Coffman (kick failed); S, Terance Barela 8 pass from Coffman (kick failed); LC, Sam Denmark 52 pass from Joy (Garcia kick); LC, J.J. Granados 8 run (Garcia kick); S, Aaron Smith 4 pass from Coffman (Coffman pass to Barker); S, Boyd 7 pass from Coffman (Coffman pass to Boyd). Records: LC 12-1; S 9-4.</p>
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important drive las cruces high football season lasted eight minutes three seconds covered 45 yards bulldawgs didnt score single point drive locked class 5a state championship advertisement sam denmarks crucial interception end zone 2 las cruces chewed final 803 tremendous ball control bulldawgs held furious rally 4 sandia 3528 victory friday night crowd 7000 fans wilson stadium fifth state title since 1999 bulldawgs 121 first since 2008 may little bit ugly las cruces coach jim miller said ill take sandia 94 trailed 210 two minutes second quarter 3512 233 left third quarter however matadors las cruces 14 fourth quarter trailing 3528 chance tie perhaps take lead thirdandgoal sandia quarterback craig coffman intercepted denmark second redzone pick game coffman always talking throwing late one middle sandia coach kevin barker said craig made unbelievable plays advertisement indeed matadors could never chance win without coffmans repeated ability sideswipe las cruces pressure turn sure sack unlikely completion falling 23 points coffman quickly got sandia within two scores 4yard td pass aaron smith also threw 2point conversion brenden barker las cruces punt matadors went back offensive coffman 5of7 drive ended throwing 7 yards dillon boyd two also hooked 2pointer 3528 sandias enormous crowd fullthroat lather bulldawgs mikey calzada fumbled away ensuing kickoff camrron bean pouncing sandia las cruces 24 four plays later denmark stopped sandia momentum advertisement ive preparing play week denmark said visualized getting pick happened work one happier interception calzada got little scared said defense stepped las cruces early quarterback jonathan joy raced 19 yards score dawgs first drive las cruces expanded 210 quick burst early second quarter joy threw 16 yards score calzada joy added 37yard td run 89 seconds later advertisement think nerves kevin barker said sandias shaky start made blunders none bigger pick coffman threw sandia las cruces 5 ready tie game 7all bulldawgs 290pound defensive lineman taylor tisby dropped coverage jumped onehanded interception thats beast las cruces defensive end kamryn dixon said ever seen nose guard get interception state championship game first career pick tisby happy bulldawg postgame celebration trying find back couldnt find one dropped back coverage tisby said right place right time advertisement coffman threw 29 yards boyd 216 midway second quarter matadors added muchneeded score halftime 8yard strike coffman terance barela 234 seconds clock joy threw 52 yards denmark jj granados added 8yard td run las cruces took 3512 lead sandia team great great team dixon said theyve got matadors appearing first championship game since 1977 looking first title since 1976 say benefits playing home home cookin aint used las cruces win friday makes six last seven seasons road team blue trophy 5a la cueva 2010 exception kids played heart desire year kevin barker said appreciate nothing hang heads thats great great football team made championship drive advertisement joy rushed 100 yards 16 carries two touchdowns also threw 197 yards pair tds final drive truly lingered huge joy said told running backs take care ball stay bounds 160 2 las cruces 35160no 4 sandia 28 160 las cruces 7 14 14 0 35 sandia 0 12 8 8 28 160 first downs lc 19 27 rushesyards lc 37211 2342 passing lc 11201197 24422300 total offense lc 408 e 342 puntsavg lc 2330 3393 fumbleslost lc 31 41 penaltiesyards lc 15143 755 scoring lc jonathan joy 19 run allen garcia kick lc mikey calzada 16 pass joy garcia kick lc joy 37 run garcia kick dillon boyd 29 pass craig coffman kick failed terance barela 8 pass coffman kick failed lc sam denmark 52 pass joy garcia kick lc jj granados 8 run garcia kick aaron smith 4 pass coffman coffman pass barker boyd 7 pass coffman coffman pass boyd records lc 121 94
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<p>MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The morgue in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was where atrocity met bureaucracy.</p>
<p>Here was the processing point for the victims of the machine of butchery that the Islamic State group created during nearly three years of rule in large parts of Iraq and Syria. Every day, the doctors and staff witnessed the worst of what the militants were capable of inflicting on human beings, constantly fearing they could be next.</p>
<p>Yet the morgue men of Mosul found ways large and small to defy their captors by honoring the dead as best they could.</p>
<p>Some days, up to 100 bodies would stream into the facility. They included the mangled casualties of bombardment or fighting between the militants and the U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces. Others had suffered the grotesque punishments that IS dealt out to those it considered criminals.</p>
<p>The records kept by the morgue contain monstrous details.</p>
<p>One Excel sheet documents more than 1,200 people who were shot in the head, a likely sign of IS “executions,” between June 2014 and January 2017, a period covering most of IS rule. That’s an average of 11 a week. Among them were 16 boys and six girls under the age of 14. It notes 12 women “stoned to death,” the IS punishment for those suspected of illicit sex. It also lists 95 people who were beheaded and 50 men and boys who died from a “fall from a height,” likely hurled from rooftops, the sentence for those suspected of being gay.</p>
<p>In general, it was forbidden to return these victims’ bodies to their families. Instead, they disappeared into mass graves. The records are not complete, and thousands are known to have been thrown directly into mass graves without ever coming to the morgue.</p>
<p>Here is a look at some of the men of Mosul’s morgue and how they tried to keep hold of their humanity amid relentless brutality.</p>
<p>RESCUED FROM MASS GRAVES</p>
<p>Raid Jassim, the chief medical assistant at the morgue, arranged the meeting in a parking garage at night. “You brought her?” the businessman asked. “Yes,” Jassim replied. The man broke into tears and hugged him in gratitude. Jassim then opened his car’s trunk so they could pull out the body of the man’s wife.</p>
<p>Jassim and other staffers tried to do this whenever they could, sneaking bodies out of the morgue to return them to their families and keep them out of mass graves. They had to do it secretly, cutting off electricity to turn off the morgue security cameras. In this case, the woman had been killed on accusations of spying.</p>
<p>Chief medical assistant Raid Jassim</p>
<p>The 48-year-old Jassim recounted how IS fighters slaughtered two captives right in front of the morgue staff, decapitating one and shooting the others. Jassim himself was given 30 lashes for smoking, a crime under IS, and he was severely beaten after he refused to forge a death certificate for a fighter.</p>
<p>In 2005, Jassim had been overjoyed to get a government posting at the morgue. The pay was several times more than what he’d earn in a government hospital. He was a graduate of a medical institute, a two-year diploma after high school, and had gone on to serve as an army nurse.</p>
<p>But now he has been left scarred, unable to sleep without taking several valium every night.</p>
<p>“Pressure, pressure, pressure,” he said. “I always expected them to come at any moment and kill or behead us.”</p>
<p>LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES</p>
<p>A 35-year-old medical assistant, Sameh al-Azzawi tried to help families by sewing the heads back on the bodies of those IS decapitated. This was strictly forbidden by the militants, so al-Azzawi did it in secret at night, working quickly. He got to the point he could stitch a head back on in four minutes.</p>
<p>But he stopped when one day an IS fighter discovered a body with the head sewn back on and threatened to decapitate whoever did it.</p>
<p>Medical assistant Sameh al-Azzawi</p>
<p>Al-Azzawi, a father of three, graduated from a medical institute in Mosul in 2008 and worked in a hospital for several years before being assigned to the morgue in 2012.</p>
<p>The time under the Islamic State group has left him a broken man.</p>
<p>He found one of his cousins among the bodies arriving at the morgue — IS had shot him in the head for allegedly feeding information to the Iraqi government. Al-Azzawi later tried to escape with smugglers, hiding in a truck under boxes of potato chips, but he was caught and had to sign a statement acknowledging that he would be punished by death if he tried to flee again.</p>
<p>After that, the terror wrecked him: “Anything they ask for I do without complaint.”</p>
<p>BURYING THE TRAUMA</p>
<p>The senior examiner at the morgue, Modhar al-Omari could only watch helplessly as the victims of the Islamic State group flowed in and the militants imposed their terror even on the morgue’s staff.</p>
<p>“Our profession as doctors is all about humanity” — respecting life, he said. “They were doing the exact opposite.”</p>
<p>The 43-year-old veteran doctor and surgeon was well known among his staff for his calm. He was used to wearing suits, but under IS he was forced to wear the “Islamic” garb of shortened pants and a long beard that the group said was the style of the Prophet Muhammad.</p>
<p>Senior examiner Modhar al-Omari</p>
<p>His job was to sign off on the cause of death for victims’ brutalized corpses. As a forensics doctor, he also had to investigate the “crimes” of the living — like signing medical examinations of whether women accused of adultery were virgins or not.</p>
<p>He got some revenge by passing on information. He secretly told the government in Baghdad when several senior commanders were killed in airstrikes.</p>
<p>But he says he has never cried for the dead.</p>
<p>“You can’t talk or explain. You just keep it inside,” he says. “If I cried, I’d cry every day for every single body.”</p>
<p>MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The morgue in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was where atrocity met bureaucracy.</p>
<p>Here was the processing point for the victims of the machine of butchery that the Islamic State group created during nearly three years of rule in large parts of Iraq and Syria. Every day, the doctors and staff witnessed the worst of what the militants were capable of inflicting on human beings, constantly fearing they could be next.</p>
<p>Yet the morgue men of Mosul found ways large and small to defy their captors by honoring the dead as best they could.</p>
<p>Some days, up to 100 bodies would stream into the facility. They included the mangled casualties of bombardment or fighting between the militants and the U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces. Others had suffered the grotesque punishments that IS dealt out to those it considered criminals.</p>
<p>The records kept by the morgue contain monstrous details.</p>
<p>One Excel sheet documents more than 1,200 people who were shot in the head, a likely sign of IS “executions,” between June 2014 and January 2017, a period covering most of IS rule. That’s an average of 11 a week. Among them were 16 boys and six girls under the age of 14. It notes 12 women “stoned to death,” the IS punishment for those suspected of illicit sex. It also lists 95 people who were beheaded and 50 men and boys who died from a “fall from a height,” likely hurled from rooftops, the sentence for those suspected of being gay.</p>
<p>In general, it was forbidden to return these victims’ bodies to their families. Instead, they disappeared into mass graves. The records are not complete, and thousands are known to have been thrown directly into mass graves without ever coming to the morgue.</p>
<p>Here is a look at some of the men of Mosul’s morgue and how they tried to keep hold of their humanity amid relentless brutality.</p>
<p>RESCUED FROM MASS GRAVES</p>
<p>Raid Jassim, the chief medical assistant at the morgue, arranged the meeting in a parking garage at night. “You brought her?” the businessman asked. “Yes,” Jassim replied. The man broke into tears and hugged him in gratitude. Jassim then opened his car’s trunk so they could pull out the body of the man’s wife.</p>
<p>Jassim and other staffers tried to do this whenever they could, sneaking bodies out of the morgue to return them to their families and keep them out of mass graves. They had to do it secretly, cutting off electricity to turn off the morgue security cameras. In this case, the woman had been killed on accusations of spying.</p>
<p>Chief medical assistant Raid Jassim</p>
<p>The 48-year-old Jassim recounted how IS fighters slaughtered two captives right in front of the morgue staff, decapitating one and shooting the others. Jassim himself was given 30 lashes for smoking, a crime under IS, and he was severely beaten after he refused to forge a death certificate for a fighter.</p>
<p>In 2005, Jassim had been overjoyed to get a government posting at the morgue. The pay was several times more than what he’d earn in a government hospital. He was a graduate of a medical institute, a two-year diploma after high school, and had gone on to serve as an army nurse.</p>
<p>But now he has been left scarred, unable to sleep without taking several valium every night.</p>
<p>“Pressure, pressure, pressure,” he said. “I always expected them to come at any moment and kill or behead us.”</p>
<p>LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES</p>
<p>A 35-year-old medical assistant, Sameh al-Azzawi tried to help families by sewing the heads back on the bodies of those IS decapitated. This was strictly forbidden by the militants, so al-Azzawi did it in secret at night, working quickly. He got to the point he could stitch a head back on in four minutes.</p>
<p>But he stopped when one day an IS fighter discovered a body with the head sewn back on and threatened to decapitate whoever did it.</p>
<p>Medical assistant Sameh al-Azzawi</p>
<p>Al-Azzawi, a father of three, graduated from a medical institute in Mosul in 2008 and worked in a hospital for several years before being assigned to the morgue in 2012.</p>
<p>The time under the Islamic State group has left him a broken man.</p>
<p>He found one of his cousins among the bodies arriving at the morgue — IS had shot him in the head for allegedly feeding information to the Iraqi government. Al-Azzawi later tried to escape with smugglers, hiding in a truck under boxes of potato chips, but he was caught and had to sign a statement acknowledging that he would be punished by death if he tried to flee again.</p>
<p>After that, the terror wrecked him: “Anything they ask for I do without complaint.”</p>
<p>BURYING THE TRAUMA</p>
<p>The senior examiner at the morgue, Modhar al-Omari could only watch helplessly as the victims of the Islamic State group flowed in and the militants imposed their terror even on the morgue’s staff.</p>
<p>“Our profession as doctors is all about humanity” — respecting life, he said. “They were doing the exact opposite.”</p>
<p>The 43-year-old veteran doctor and surgeon was well known among his staff for his calm. He was used to wearing suits, but under IS he was forced to wear the “Islamic” garb of shortened pants and a long beard that the group said was the style of the Prophet Muhammad.</p>
<p>Senior examiner Modhar al-Omari</p>
<p>His job was to sign off on the cause of death for victims’ brutalized corpses. As a forensics doctor, he also had to investigate the “crimes” of the living — like signing medical examinations of whether women accused of adultery were virgins or not.</p>
<p>He got some revenge by passing on information. He secretly told the government in Baghdad when several senior commanders were killed in airstrikes.</p>
<p>But he says he has never cried for the dead.</p>
<p>“You can’t talk or explain. You just keep it inside,” he says. “If I cried, I’d cry every day for every single body.”</p>
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families instead disappeared mass graves records complete thousands known thrown directly mass graves without ever coming morgue look men mosuls morgue tried keep hold humanity amid relentless brutality rescued mass graves raid jassim chief medical assistant morgue arranged meeting parking garage night brought businessman asked yes jassim replied man broke tears hugged gratitude jassim opened cars trunk could pull body mans wife jassim staffers tried whenever could sneaking bodies morgue return families keep mass graves secretly cutting electricity turn morgue security cameras case woman killed accusations spying chief medical assistant raid jassim 48yearold jassim recounted fighters slaughtered two captives right front morgue staff decapitating one shooting others jassim given 30 lashes smoking crime severely beaten refused forge death certificate fighter 2005 jassim overjoyed get government posting morgue pay several times hed earn government hospital graduate medical institute twoyear diploma high school gone serve army nurse left scarred unable sleep without taking several valium every night pressure pressure pressure said always expected come moment kill behead us less four minutes 35yearold medical assistant sameh alazzawi tried help families sewing heads back bodies decapitated strictly forbidden militants alazzawi secret night working quickly got point could stitch head back four minutes stopped one day fighter discovered body head sewn back threatened decapitate whoever medical assistant sameh alazzawi alazzawi father three graduated medical institute mosul 2008 worked hospital several years assigned morgue 2012 time islamic state group left broken man found one cousins among bodies arriving morgue shot head allegedly feeding information iraqi government alazzawi later tried escape smugglers hiding truck boxes potato chips caught sign statement acknowledging would punished death tried flee terror wrecked anything ask without complaint burying trauma senior examiner morgue modhar alomari could watch helplessly victims islamic state group flowed militants imposed terror even morgues staff profession doctors humanity respecting life said exact opposite 43yearold veteran doctor surgeon well known among staff calm used wearing suits forced wear islamic garb shortened pants long beard group said style prophet muhammad senior examiner modhar alomari job sign cause death victims brutalized corpses forensics doctor also investigate crimes living like signing medical examinations whether women accused adultery virgins got revenge passing information secretly told government baghdad several senior commanders killed airstrikes says never cried dead cant talk explain keep inside says cried id cry every day every single body mosul iraq ap morgue northern iraqi city mosul atrocity met bureaucracy processing point victims machine butchery islamic state group created nearly three years rule large parts iraq syria every day doctors staff witnessed worst militants capable inflicting human beings constantly fearing could next yet morgue men mosul found ways large small defy captors honoring dead best could days 100 bodies would stream facility included mangled casualties bombardment fighting militants usled coalition iraqi forces others suffered grotesque punishments dealt considered criminals records kept morgue contain monstrous details one excel sheet documents 1200 people shot head likely sign executions june 2014 january 2017 period covering rule thats average 11 week among 16 boys six girls age 14 notes 12 women stoned death punishment suspected illicit sex also lists 95 people beheaded 50 men boys died fall height likely hurled rooftops sentence suspected gay general forbidden return victims bodies families instead disappeared mass graves records complete thousands known thrown directly mass graves without ever coming morgue look men mosuls morgue tried keep hold humanity amid relentless brutality rescued mass graves raid jassim chief medical assistant morgue arranged meeting parking garage night brought businessman asked yes jassim replied man broke tears hugged gratitude jassim opened cars trunk could pull body mans wife jassim staffers tried whenever could sneaking bodies morgue return families keep mass graves secretly cutting electricity turn morgue security cameras case woman killed accusations spying chief medical assistant raid jassim 48yearold jassim recounted fighters slaughtered two captives right front morgue staff decapitating one shooting others jassim given 30 lashes smoking crime severely beaten refused forge death certificate fighter 2005 jassim overjoyed get government posting morgue pay several times hed earn government hospital graduate medical institute twoyear diploma high school gone serve army nurse left scarred unable sleep without taking several valium every night pressure pressure pressure said always expected come moment kill behead us less four minutes 35yearold medical assistant sameh alazzawi tried help families sewing heads back bodies decapitated strictly forbidden militants alazzawi secret night working quickly got point could stitch head back four minutes stopped one day fighter discovered body head sewn back threatened decapitate whoever medical assistant sameh alazzawi alazzawi father three graduated medical institute mosul 2008 worked hospital several years assigned morgue 2012 time islamic state group left broken man found one cousins among bodies arriving morgue shot head allegedly feeding information iraqi government alazzawi later tried escape smugglers hiding truck boxes potato chips caught sign statement acknowledging would punished death tried flee terror wrecked anything ask without complaint burying trauma senior examiner morgue modhar alomari could watch helplessly victims islamic state group flowed militants imposed terror even morgues staff profession doctors humanity respecting life said exact opposite 43yearold veteran doctor surgeon well known among staff calm used wearing suits forced wear islamic garb shortened pants long beard group said style prophet muhammad senior examiner modhar alomari job sign cause death victims brutalized corpses forensics doctor also investigate crimes living like signing medical examinations whether women accused adultery virgins got revenge passing information secretly told government baghdad several senior commanders killed airstrikes says never cried dead cant talk explain keep inside says cried id cry every day every single body
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<p>(Reuters) - Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark Capital’s lawsuit against former Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] CEO Travis Kalanick was dismissed on Thursday by a Delaware judge following an agreement between the parties.</p> Travis Kalanick, addresses a gathering at an event in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
<p>The legal dispute began in August when Benchmark sued Kalanick in Delaware’s Chancery Court to force him off the ride-hailing firm’s board and rescind his ability to fill three board seats.</p>
<p>The firm sued him for fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.</p>
<p>Benchmark, an early investor in Uber, later agreed to drop the lawsuit as part of an investment deal between Uber and a group of investors led by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.</p>
<p>The deal closed last week, which included a large purchase of shares from existing Uber investors and employees at a valuation for the company of $48 billion, a 30 percent drop from Uber’s most recent valuation of $68 billion.</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil hit a six-week high on Wednesday, closing in on a 3-year peak set in late January, on a surprise decline in U.S. inventories, strong compliance on OPEC production cuts, and persistent concern related to the Iran nuclear deal.</p> FILE PHOTO: An oil well pump jack is seen at an oil field supply yard near Denver, Colorado, U.S., February 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
<p>Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose $2.05, or 3 percent, to settle at $69.47, nearly a 7-week high.</p>
<p>U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 gained $1.63, or 2.6 percent, to settle at $65.17, their highest since Feb. 2.</p>
<p>Those increases put both benchmarks into technically overbought territory for the first time since January, and boosted the premium of the Brent front-month over WTI to its highest since the start of February WTCLc1-LCOc1.</p>
<p>Data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday morning showed a surprise 2.6 million barrel draw in crude inventories. Analysts had expected a 2.5 million barrel build.</p>
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<p>“A few things happened,” said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates, referring to the EIA data.</p>
<p>“Crude imports dropped by half a million barrels per day, that contributed to the draw. We saw refinery runs increase more than expected by around 400,000 barrels per day so that ate up a lot of crude. And exports were up slightly,” he said.</p>
<p>Oil also got a boost after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and forecast at least two more hikes for 2018.</p>
<p>“On the back end of the Fed meeting, the dollar is getting under pressure, and that is going to work as a reverse correlation to crude oil prices,” said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho in New York.</p>
<p>A falling dollar .DXY versus a basket of other currencies makes commodities cheaper for holders of other currencies since they have to spend less to buy the same amount of the commodity.</p>
<p>The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said on Wednesday its members and allies achieved record compliance in February to their deal to cut global supplies, lifting the market.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, concerns that the United States could reimpose sanctions on Iran loom.</p>
<p>Energy consultancy FGE said new U.S. sanctions on Iran could result in a 250,000 to 500,000 bpd drop in its exports by year-end, compared with crude exports of roughly 2.0 million to 2.2 million bpd since early 2016, when sanctions were lifted.</p>
<p>“Even though you do see signs that the market is lax on the physical side, do you go aggressively bearish when you have the potential for something happening between the U.S. and Iran?”</p>
<p>Bearish concerns have largely been fueld by surging U.S. crude output.</p>
<p>Wednesday’s EIA data, in addition to showing inventory draws, also showed that weekly crude output had hit an all-time high.</p>
<p>“So far, the market is sort of ignoring the increase in production,” said Ritterbusch.</p>
<p>“We now have production above 10.4 million bpd and it’s going to keep rising; and the market is eventually going to have to reckon with that,” he said.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Amanda Cooper in London and Henning Gloystein in Singapore; editing by Louise Heavens and Phil Berlowitz</p> Our Standards:
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<p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German conglomerate Bayer won EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its $62.5 billion buy of U.S. peer Monsanto, the latest in a trio of mega mergers that will reshape the agrochemicals industry.</p>
<p>The tie-up is set to create a company with control of more than a quarter of the world’s seed and pesticides market.</p>
<p>Driven by shifting weather patterns, competition in grain exports and a faltering global farm economy, Dow and Dupont, and ChemChina and Syngenta had earlier led a wave of consolidation in the sector.</p>
<p>Both deals secured EU approval only after the companies offered substantial asset sales to boost rivals.</p>
<p>Environmental and farming groups have opposed all three deals, worried about their power and their advantage in digital farming data, which can tell farmers how and when to till, sow, spray, fertilize and pick crops based on algorithms.</p>
<p>The European Commission said Bayer addressed its concerns with its offer to sell a swathe of assets to boost rival BASF, confirming a Reuters story on Feb. 28.</p>
<p>“Our decision ensures that there will be effective competition and innovation in seeds, pesticides and digital agriculture markets also after this merger,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.</p>
<p>“In particular, we have made sure that the number of global players actively competing in these markets stays the same.”</p>
<p>Vestager said the Commission, which received more than a million petitions concerning the deal, had been thorough by examining more than 2,000 different product markets and 2.7 million internal documents to produce a 1,285-page ruling.</p>
<p>The U.S. Justice Department, which is also reviewing the merger, said in a statement on its website that it would press on with its review and that the market in the two regions was quite different.</p> European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager holds a news conference at the EU Commission's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
<p>“While genetically modified seeds are largely prohibited in Europe, they are widely used throughout the United States,” the department noted. “The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice continues to examine the effects of the proposed transaction on American farmers and consumers.”</p>
<p>China has given conditional approval to the Bayer and Monsanto deal, which has won a green light in Brazil. It is currently being reviewed by Russian antitrust authorities too.</p>
<p>Australia said on Thursday it would not oppose the deal following the divestment commitment.</p> Slideshow (3 Images)
<p>Bayer has already reached a deal to sell certain seed and herbicide assets for 5.9 billion euros ($7.2 billion) to BASF and to give it a license to its global digital farming data. It will also divest its vegetable seeds business to BASF.</p>
<p>The Commission is due to rule on the BASF deal by April 16.</p>
<p>Online campaigns group Avaaz criticized the EU approval.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>“This is a marriage made in hell. The Commission ignored a million people who called on them to block this deal, and caved in to lobbying to create a mega-corporation which will dominate our food supply,” Avaaz legal director Nick Flynn said.</p>
<p>U.S.-incorporated Avaaz, funded by its members, is active in climate change, poverty, conflict and corruption issues.</p>
<p>The Greens grouping in the European Parliament echoed the sentiment, saying smaller players in the agriculture industry needed to be helped too.</p>
<p>“The agriculture industry is already far too concentrated, giving a handful of massive firms a stranglehold on food production. Merging two of the biggest players only makes a bad situation worse,” Greens spokesman Bart Staes said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Foo Yun Chee with additional reporting by Diane Bartz in Washington; editing by Robin Emmott, David Evans and Cynthia Osterman</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - U.S. media company Meredith Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=MDP.N" type="external">MDP.N</a>) said on Wednesday it cut about 200 jobs and would lay off another 1,000 as it streamlines its operations following the completion of its Time Inc acquisition.</p> A stack of new issues of Time magazine is seen in a photo illustration taken at a book store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
<p>Meredith also said it had decided to explore a sale of Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money magazines after a review.</p>
<p>The move to sell the brands illustrates how Meredith sees some of Time’s titles that attract primarily a male readership as not playing to its core strength in women’s magazines.</p>
<p>Meredith, which owns lifestyle magazines such as Better Homes &amp; Gardens and Family Circle, agreed to buy Time Inc in a $1.84 billion all-cash deal backed by conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.</p>
<p>Reuters reported last week about the company’s plan to sell the Time Inc brands.</p>
<p>“There are guys who would like to own these marquee brands and are probably gonna pay more than what Meredith paid to acquire them,” said Daniel Kurnos, an analyst with Benchmark Co.</p>
<p>The company last month said it would sell Time Inc’s UK arm to private equity firm Epiris Fund II.</p>
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<p>The media company said the job cuts were part of a plan to achieve annual savings in the $400 million to $500 million range from the Time Inc acquisition, which closed in January.</p>
<p>The company has notified about 200 employees, while the around 1,000 more positions will be eliminated over the next 10 months.</p>
<p>Meredith needs to be more aggressive to reach its cost-cut targets and will likely have to lay off a lot more, said Craig Huber, an analyst with Huber Research Partners.</p>
<p>With its roots in traditional publishing, Meredith has been facing a fierce competitive online race against internet giants such as Alphabet Inc’s ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=GOOGL.O" type="external">GOOGL.O</a>) Google and Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>) for consumer eyeballs and advertising dollars.</p>
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<p>(Reuters) - Oil and gas drillers bid on only a tiny fraction of Gulf of Mexico acreage offered on Wednesday in the largest lease sale in American history, a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to rapidly pump up investment in the region.</p> FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centenario deep-water oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico January 17, 2014. Picture taken January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
<p>The Interior Department had offered up a record 77 million acres (31.2 million hectares) for development in the Gulf - an area twice the size of Florida - with discounted royalty rates on the shallower tracts as part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump to ramp up fossil fuels output.</p>
<p>But companies facing multi-billion dollar price tags to develop the acreage and tempted by better terms overseas bid on just 1 percent of the area up for grabs, winning with bids that averaged just $153 an acre - 35 percent below levels last year, and a fraction of those in the region in 2013 when oil prices were higher, according to the data.</p>
<p>In all, the auction yielded $124.76 million in winning bids, slightly more than a smaller Gulf of Mexico auction last year, but a tenth of the amount pulled in during a much smaller lease sale in the Central Gulf in 2013.</p>
<p>The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which administered the auction, characterized the results as robust: “I think we’re seeing continued consistent investment in the Gulf of Mexico,” BOEM spokesman Mike Celata said in a conference call with reporters, adding he forecast increasing oil and gas production from the region for years.</p>
<p>He said 33 companies, including majors Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP Plc, Chevron Corp, and Total SA, had placed 159 bids on 148 blocks.</p>
<p>But critics of the administration called the unusually large lease sale ill-timed. U.S. crude oil and natural gas output is already smashing records thanks to improved drilling technology that has opened up cheaper onshore reservoirs, and Brazil and Mexico are also competing for drilling investment in their own deepwater acreage - often with better terms.</p>
<p>“Offering a nearly unrestricted supply in a low demand market with a cut rate royalty and almost no competition is bad policy and an inexcusable waste of taxpayer resources,” the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning policy think tank, said in a statement.</p>
<p>William Turner, senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said the sales statistics were “on par with the all-time lows that we saw last year,” referring to a lease sale in 2017 that had yielded $121 million in winning bids.</p>
<p>Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had said ahead of the sale that the record-sized offering would be a “bellwether” of industry demand in the region, and billed the effort as a way to help the United States become more “energy dominant.”</p>
<p>After the sale, Interior Assistant Secretary Joe Balash said: “Today’s lease sale is yet another step our nation has taken to achieve economic security and energy dominance.”</p>
<p>“ALL-TIME LOWS?”</p>
<p>The U.S. government offers Gulf of Mexico leases annually, but usually in smaller regional batches. An auction in March 2017, for example, offered up 48 million acres in the Central Gulf of Mexico planning region.</p> FILE PHOTO: Unused oil rigs sit in the Gulf of Mexico near Port Fourchon, Louisiana August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Celano/File Photo
<p>Consultancy Wood Mackenzie had expected demand for the acreage to get a boost from higher oil prices compared with a year ago, and lower corporate taxes. But it pointed out interest would be tempered by competition from Latin America, and concerns over the impact that U.S. tariffs on steel imports could have on costs.</p>
<p>The National Ocean Industries Association, which represents offshore drillers, also sounded a note of caution.</p>
<p>“The United States must continue to evaluate how to keep the Gulf of Mexico and other parts of the U.S. outer continental shelf attractive in light of competition from Brazil and Mexico,” it said in an emailed statement.</p>
<p>Drillers have been trying to trim their Gulf of Mexico drilling costs in recent years to make certain projects there more competitive. BP, for example, has said its Mad Dog 2 platform will be economic with crude at just $40 a barrel.</p>
<p>Current oil prices are over $65 a barrel.</p>
<p>BP, which bid over $20 million on 27 parcels on Wednesday, structured its bids around its existing production platforms and areas it has already identified as being “highly prospective,” spokesman Jason Ryan said in a statement.</p>
<p>Still, many new projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico come with multi-billion dollar price tags and require major investment up front - making them a tough sell.</p>
<p>Some U.S. oil companies like Exxon Mobil Corp are focusing on new deepwater projects outside of the United States, where royalties and tax structures can be more favorable.</p>
<p>“In terms of Exxon, they have plenty of things to do in Guyana, so why bother getting too active in this round in Gulf of Mexico,” said Lysle Brinker, a research director at IHS Markit, noting Exxon’s absence from the bidding.</p>
<p>In an effort to pump up interest, the Interior Department had cut the royalty rate companies must pay in shallow offshore waters by a third to 12.5 percent, and is considering cutting the rate for deeper waters too.</p>
<p>The BOEM’s Celata pointed out that shallow-water tracts received 43 bids on Wednesday, an increase from past lease sales that he attributed to the lower royalty rates.</p>
<p>The administration is eyeing further vast lease sales offshore in the future, having proposed opening up parts of the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific - an idea that has faced pushback from several governors in U.S. coastal states.</p>
<p>Democratic lawmakers have also warned the Interior Department not to extend the lower royalty rates to deepwater acreage, saying the move would short-change taxpayers.</p>
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reuters silicon valley venture firm benchmark capitals lawsuit former uber technologies inc uberul ceo travis kalanick dismissed thursday delaware judge following agreement parties travis kalanick addresses gathering event new delhi india december 16 2016 reutersadnan abidi legal dispute began august benchmark sued kalanick delawares chancery court force ridehailing firms board rescind ability fill three board seats firm sued fraud breach contract breach fiduciary duty benchmark early investor uber later agreed drop lawsuit part investment deal uber group investors led japans softbank group corp deal closed last week included large purchase shares existing uber investors employees valuation company 48 billion 30 percent drop ubers recent valuation 68 billion reporting munsif vengattil bengaluru editing sai sachin ravikumar standards thomson reuters trust principles new york reuters oil hit sixweek high wednesday closing 3year peak set late january surprise decline us inventories strong compliance opec production cuts persistent concern related iran nuclear deal file photo oil well pump jack seen oil field supply yard near denver colorado us february 2 2015 reutersrick wilkingfile photo brent crude futures lcoc1 rose 205 3 percent settle 6947 nearly 7week high us west texas intermediate wti crude futures clc1 gained 163 26 percent settle 6517 highest since feb 2 increases put benchmarks technically overbought territory first time since january boosted premium brent frontmonth wti highest since start february wtclc1lcoc1 data released us energy information administration eia wednesday morning showed surprise 26 million barrel draw crude inventories analysts expected 25 million barrel build graphic russia vs saudi vs us oil production reutrs2g7ak80 things happened said jim ritterbusch president ritterbusch associates referring eia data crude imports dropped half million barrels per day contributed draw saw refinery runs increase expected around 400000 barrels per day ate lot crude exports slightly said oil also got boost us federal reserve raised interest rates wednesday forecast least two hikes 2018 back end fed meeting dollar getting pressure going work reverse correlation crude oil prices said bob yawger director energy futures mizuho new york falling dollar dxy versus basket currencies makes commodities cheaper holders currencies since spend less buy amount commodity organization petroleum exporting countries opec said wednesday members allies achieved record compliance february deal cut global supplies lifting market meanwhile concerns united states could reimpose sanctions iran loom energy consultancy fge said new us sanctions iran could result 250000 500000 bpd drop exports yearend compared crude exports roughly 20 million 22 million bpd since early 2016 sanctions lifted even though see signs market lax physical side go aggressively bearish potential something happening us iran bearish concerns largely fueld surging us crude output wednesdays eia data addition showing inventory draws also showed weekly crude output hit alltime high far market sort ignoring increase production said ritterbusch production 104 million bpd going keep rising market eventually going reckon said additional reporting amanda cooper london henning gloystein singapore editing louise heavens phil berlowitz standards thomson reuters trust principles brussels reuters german conglomerate bayer eu antitrust approval wednesday 625 billion buy us peer monsanto latest trio mega mergers reshape agrochemicals industry tieup set create company control quarter worlds seed pesticides market driven shifting weather patterns competition grain exports faltering global farm economy dow dupont chemchina syngenta earlier led wave consolidation sector deals secured eu approval companies offered substantial asset sales boost rivals environmental farming groups opposed three deals worried power advantage digital farming data tell farmers till sow spray fertilize pick crops based algorithms european commission said bayer addressed concerns offer sell swathe assets boost rival basf confirming reuters story feb 28 decision ensures effective competition innovation seeds pesticides digital agriculture markets also merger european competition commissioner margrethe vestager said statement particular made sure number global players actively competing markets stays vestager said commission received million petitions concerning deal thorough examining 2000 different product markets 27 million internal documents produce 1285page ruling us justice department also reviewing merger said statement website would press review market two regions quite different european competition commissioner margrethe vestager holds news conference eu commissions headquarters brussels belgium march 21 2018 reutersfrancois lenoir genetically modified seeds largely prohibited europe widely used throughout united states department noted antitrust division department justice continues examine effects proposed transaction american farmers consumers china given conditional approval bayer monsanto deal green light brazil currently reviewed russian antitrust authorities australia said thursday would oppose deal following divestment commitment slideshow 3 images bayer already reached deal sell certain seed herbicide assets 59 billion euros 72 billion basf give license global digital farming data also divest vegetable seeds business basf commission due rule basf deal april 16 online campaigns group avaaz criticized eu approval related coverage us says still reviewing bayers planned monsanto acquisition marriage made hell commission ignored million people called block deal caved lobbying create megacorporation dominate food supply avaaz legal director nick flynn said usincorporated avaaz funded members active climate change poverty conflict corruption issues greens grouping european parliament echoed sentiment saying smaller players agriculture industry needed helped agriculture industry already far concentrated giving handful massive firms stranglehold food production merging two biggest players makes bad situation worse greens spokesman bart staes said reporting foo yun chee additional reporting diane bartz washington editing robin emmott david evans cynthia osterman standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters us media company meredith corp mdpn said wednesday cut 200 jobs would lay another 1000 streamlines operations following completion time inc acquisition stack new issues time magazine seen photo illustration taken book store toronto ontario canada march 21 2018 reuterschris helgren meredith also said decided explore sale time sports illustrated fortune money magazines review move sell brands illustrates meredith sees times titles attract primarily male readership playing core strength womens magazines meredith owns lifestyle magazines better homes amp gardens family circle agreed buy time inc 184 billion allcash deal backed conservative billionaire brothers charles david koch reuters reported last week companys plan sell time inc brands guys would like marquee brands probably gon na pay meredith paid acquire said daniel kurnos analyst benchmark co company last month said would sell time incs uk arm private equity firm epiris fund ii meredith corp 538 mdpn new york stock exchange 000 000 mdpn googlo fbo media company said job cuts part plan achieve annual savings 400 million 500 million range time inc acquisition closed january company notified 200 employees around 1000 positions eliminated next 10 months meredith needs aggressive reach costcut targets likely lay lot said craig huber analyst huber research partners roots traditional publishing meredith facing fierce competitive online race internet giants alphabet incs googlo google facebook inc fbo consumer eyeballs advertising dollars reporting laharee chatterjee supantha mukherjee bengaluru editing shounak dasgupta sriraj kalluvila standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters oil gas drillers bid tiny fraction gulf mexico acreage offered wednesday largest lease sale american history setback trump administrations efforts rapidly pump investment region file photo general view centenario deepwater oil platform gulf mexico coast veracruz mexico january 17 2014 picture taken january 17 2014 reutershenry romerofile photo interior department offered record 77 million acres 312 million hectares development gulf area twice size florida discounted royalty rates shallower tracts part broader effort president donald trump ramp fossil fuels output companies facing multibillion dollar price tags develop acreage tempted better terms overseas bid 1 percent area grabs winning bids averaged 153 acre 35 percent levels last year fraction region 2013 oil prices higher according data auction yielded 12476 million winning bids slightly smaller gulf mexico auction last year tenth amount pulled much smaller lease sale central gulf 2013 interior departments bureau ocean energy management administered auction characterized results robust think seeing continued consistent investment gulf mexico boem spokesman mike celata said conference call reporters adding forecast increasing oil gas production region years said 33 companies including majors royal dutch shell plc bp plc chevron corp total sa placed 159 bids 148 blocks critics administration called unusually large lease sale illtimed us crude oil natural gas output already smashing records thanks improved drilling technology opened cheaper onshore reservoirs brazil mexico also competing drilling investment deepwater acreage often better terms offering nearly unrestricted supply low demand market cut rate royalty almost competition bad policy inexcusable waste taxpayer resources center american progress leftleaning policy think tank said statement william turner senior research analyst wood mackenzie said sales statistics par alltime lows saw last year referring lease sale 2017 yielded 121 million winning bids interior secretary ryan zinke said ahead sale recordsized offering would bellwether industry demand region billed effort way help united states become energy dominant sale interior assistant secretary joe balash said todays lease sale yet another step nation taken achieve economic security energy dominance alltime lows us government offers gulf mexico leases annually usually smaller regional batches auction march 2017 example offered 48 million acres central gulf mexico planning region file photo unused oil rigs sit gulf mexico near port fourchon louisiana august 11 2010 reuterslee celanofile photo consultancy wood mackenzie expected demand acreage get boost higher oil prices compared year ago lower corporate taxes pointed interest would tempered competition latin america concerns impact us tariffs steel imports could costs national ocean industries association represents offshore drillers also sounded note caution united states must continue evaluate keep gulf mexico parts us outer continental shelf attractive light competition brazil mexico said emailed statement drillers trying trim gulf mexico drilling costs recent years make certain projects competitive bp example said mad dog 2 platform economic crude 40 barrel current oil prices 65 barrel bp bid 20 million 27 parcels wednesday structured bids around existing production platforms areas already identified highly prospective spokesman jason ryan said statement still many new projects deepwater gulf mexico come multibillion dollar price tags require major investment front making tough sell us oil companies like exxon mobil corp focusing new deepwater projects outside united states royalties tax structures favorable terms exxon plenty things guyana bother getting active round gulf mexico said lysle brinker research director ihs markit noting exxons absence bidding effort pump interest interior department cut royalty rate companies must pay shallow offshore waters third 125 percent considering cutting rate deeper waters boems celata pointed shallowwater tracts received 43 bids wednesday increase past lease sales attributed lower royalty rates administration eyeing vast lease sales offshore future proposed opening parts arctic atlantic pacific idea faced pushback several governors us coastal states democratic lawmakers also warned interior department extend lower royalty rates deepwater acreage saying move would shortchange taxpayers additional reporting jessica resnickault new york valerie volcovici washington gary mcwilliams houston writing richard valdmanis editing marguerita choy paul simao standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are making an aggressive push this year to prevent prescription opioid abuse, a problem that plagues much of the country and accounts for a large number of the state’s overdose deaths.</p>
<p>Senators have introduced four bills designed to reduce opioid deaths and prevent the situation from becoming as serious in Nebraska as in other, harder-hit states.</p>
<p>“I would hope that families who are struggling with this issue recognize that there are champions in the Legislature who are listening to them and trying to help with the very real struggles they are going through,” said Sen. Sara Howard of Omaha, whose sister, Carrie, died of a prescription drug overdose in 2009.</p>
<p>Nebraska had 38 confirmed deaths from opioid overdoses in 2016 out of 128 total drug overdose fatalities, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. The number could be higher, though, because death certificates often don’t specify which drugs are used, and many smaller counties can’t afford toxicology tests.</p>
<p>One bill by Sen. John Kuehn of Heartwell would require customers to show a driver’s license or other identification before getting certain prescription drugs. Kuehn said having to produce identification could force some potential abusers to think twice.</p>
<p>“If you’re a pharmacist and something doesn’t look right, you’d have the law on your side to say, ‘I need to see an ID,’” he said.</p>
<p>Kuehn said the bill could also help pharmacies that want to keep their own internal customer databases to prevent drug abuse.</p>
<p>“I think we need to give health care providers as many tools as possible to address the epidemic in whatever way they think works best for them,” he said. “Nebraska’s numbers don’t indicate that we have the problem that we see in other states, but we don’t want to wait until it gets to that point to start looking at solutions.”</p>
<p>Howard introduced a measure that would prevent doctors from prescribing more than a seven-day supply of opiates to anyone who is younger than 19 if the treatment is intended for a sudden injury. Doctors also would have to discuss the risks with young patients’ parents or guardians if they haven’t previously prescribed such a drug to them.</p>
<p>Howard said children are more susceptible to prescription drug addiction because their brains are still developing. She said she worked on the legislation with Nebraska medical groups, which support the idea.</p>
<p>A third proposal by Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha would require doctors to discuss the dangers of opiates with patients before prescribing them such a drug for the first time. Lindstrom said warnings could steer patients toward alternatives or help them recognize that they’re becoming addicted.</p>
<p>“This is an issue that is not going away,” said Lindstrom, who saw the risks of opiates firsthand through a close relative who was addicted for about a decade. “We’re trying to do what we can at the state level, but it is unfortunately an epidemic that is continuing to grow.”</p>
<p>The fourth bill by Sen. Merv Riepe of Omaha would require doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, veterinarians and others who can write prescriptions to log at least five hours of continuing education on opiates every two years.</p>
<p>“We want the people who are prescribing or might be prescribing to be keenly aware” of the dangers, he said. “People learn a lot of things in medical school, but sometimes that was 20 or 30 years ago.”</p>
<p>Riepe, a former hospital administrator, said lawmakers are approaching the issue incrementally without overregulating medical professionals.</p>
<p>Nebraska was the second-to-last state to adopt a prescription drug monitoring program when lawmakers approved it in 2016. The program gives health care providers a way to check what prescriptions patients have recently filled. Missouri became the last state to create such a program when Gov. Eric Greitens announced it last year.</p>
<p>However, Nebraska was the first state to require that all prescription drugs get reported to the program once they’re dispensed, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.</p>
<p>Nebraska has also received a $2 million federal grant for training, treatment and prevention efforts.</p>
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<p>LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are making an aggressive push this year to prevent prescription opioid abuse, a problem that plagues much of the country and accounts for a large number of the state’s overdose deaths.</p>
<p>Senators have introduced four bills designed to reduce opioid deaths and prevent the situation from becoming as serious in Nebraska as in other, harder-hit states.</p>
<p>“I would hope that families who are struggling with this issue recognize that there are champions in the Legislature who are listening to them and trying to help with the very real struggles they are going through,” said Sen. Sara Howard of Omaha, whose sister, Carrie, died of a prescription drug overdose in 2009.</p>
<p>Nebraska had 38 confirmed deaths from opioid overdoses in 2016 out of 128 total drug overdose fatalities, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. The number could be higher, though, because death certificates often don’t specify which drugs are used, and many smaller counties can’t afford toxicology tests.</p>
<p>One bill by Sen. John Kuehn of Heartwell would require customers to show a driver’s license or other identification before getting certain prescription drugs. Kuehn said having to produce identification could force some potential abusers to think twice.</p>
<p>“If you’re a pharmacist and something doesn’t look right, you’d have the law on your side to say, ‘I need to see an ID,’” he said.</p>
<p>Kuehn said the bill could also help pharmacies that want to keep their own internal customer databases to prevent drug abuse.</p>
<p>“I think we need to give health care providers as many tools as possible to address the epidemic in whatever way they think works best for them,” he said. “Nebraska’s numbers don’t indicate that we have the problem that we see in other states, but we don’t want to wait until it gets to that point to start looking at solutions.”</p>
<p>Howard introduced a measure that would prevent doctors from prescribing more than a seven-day supply of opiates to anyone who is younger than 19 if the treatment is intended for a sudden injury. Doctors also would have to discuss the risks with young patients’ parents or guardians if they haven’t previously prescribed such a drug to them.</p>
<p>Howard said children are more susceptible to prescription drug addiction because their brains are still developing. She said she worked on the legislation with Nebraska medical groups, which support the idea.</p>
<p>A third proposal by Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha would require doctors to discuss the dangers of opiates with patients before prescribing them such a drug for the first time. Lindstrom said warnings could steer patients toward alternatives or help them recognize that they’re becoming addicted.</p>
<p>“This is an issue that is not going away,” said Lindstrom, who saw the risks of opiates firsthand through a close relative who was addicted for about a decade. “We’re trying to do what we can at the state level, but it is unfortunately an epidemic that is continuing to grow.”</p>
<p>The fourth bill by Sen. Merv Riepe of Omaha would require doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, veterinarians and others who can write prescriptions to log at least five hours of continuing education on opiates every two years.</p>
<p>“We want the people who are prescribing or might be prescribing to be keenly aware” of the dangers, he said. “People learn a lot of things in medical school, but sometimes that was 20 or 30 years ago.”</p>
<p>Riepe, a former hospital administrator, said lawmakers are approaching the issue incrementally without overregulating medical professionals.</p>
<p>Nebraska was the second-to-last state to adopt a prescription drug monitoring program when lawmakers approved it in 2016. The program gives health care providers a way to check what prescriptions patients have recently filled. Missouri became the last state to create such a program when Gov. Eric Greitens announced it last year.</p>
<p>However, Nebraska was the first state to require that all prescription drugs get reported to the program once they’re dispensed, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.</p>
<p>Nebraska has also received a $2 million federal grant for training, treatment and prevention efforts.</p>
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lincoln neb ap nebraska lawmakers making aggressive push year prevent prescription opioid abuse problem plagues much country accounts large number states overdose deaths senators introduced four bills designed reduce opioid deaths prevent situation becoming serious nebraska harderhit states would hope families struggling issue recognize champions legislature listening trying help real struggles going said sen sara howard omaha whose sister carrie died prescription drug overdose 2009 nebraska 38 confirmed deaths opioid overdoses 2016 128 total drug overdose fatalities according state department health human services number could higher though death certificates often dont specify drugs used many smaller counties cant afford toxicology tests one bill sen john kuehn heartwell would require customers show drivers license identification getting certain prescription drugs kuehn said produce identification could force potential abusers think twice youre pharmacist something doesnt look right youd law side say need see id said kuehn said bill could also help pharmacies want keep internal customer databases prevent drug abuse think need give health care providers many tools possible address epidemic whatever way think works best said nebraskas numbers dont indicate problem see states dont want wait gets point start looking solutions howard introduced measure would prevent doctors prescribing sevenday supply opiates anyone younger 19 treatment intended sudden injury doctors also would discuss risks young patients parents guardians havent previously prescribed drug howard said children susceptible prescription drug addiction brains still developing said worked legislation nebraska medical groups support idea third proposal sen brett lindstrom omaha would require doctors discuss dangers opiates patients prescribing drug first time lindstrom said warnings could steer patients toward alternatives help recognize theyre becoming addicted issue going away said lindstrom saw risks opiates firsthand close relative addicted decade trying state level unfortunately epidemic continuing grow fourth bill sen merv riepe omaha would require doctors physician assistants nurse practitioners veterinarians others write prescriptions log least five hours continuing education opiates every two years want people prescribing might prescribing keenly aware dangers said people learn lot things medical school sometimes 20 30 years ago riepe former hospital administrator said lawmakers approaching issue incrementally without overregulating medical professionals nebraska secondtolast state adopt prescription drug monitoring program lawmakers approved 2016 program gives health care providers way check prescriptions patients recently filled missouri became last state create program gov eric greitens announced last year however nebraska first state require prescription drugs get reported program theyre dispensed according department health human services nebraska also received 2 million federal grant training treatment prevention efforts ___ follow grant schulte twitter httpstwittercomgrantschulte lincoln neb ap nebraska lawmakers making aggressive push year prevent prescription opioid abuse problem plagues much country accounts large number states overdose deaths senators introduced four bills designed reduce opioid deaths prevent situation becoming serious nebraska harderhit states would hope families struggling issue recognize champions legislature listening trying help real struggles going said sen sara howard omaha whose sister carrie died prescription drug overdose 2009 nebraska 38 confirmed deaths opioid overdoses 2016 128 total drug overdose fatalities according state department health human services number could higher though death certificates often dont specify drugs used many smaller counties cant afford toxicology tests one bill sen john kuehn heartwell would require customers show drivers license identification getting certain prescription drugs kuehn said produce identification could force potential abusers think twice youre pharmacist something doesnt look right youd law side say need see id said kuehn said bill could also help pharmacies want keep internal customer databases prevent drug abuse think need give health care providers many tools possible address epidemic whatever way think works best said nebraskas numbers dont indicate problem see states dont want wait gets point start looking solutions howard introduced measure would prevent doctors prescribing sevenday supply opiates anyone younger 19 treatment intended sudden injury doctors also would discuss risks young patients parents guardians havent previously prescribed drug howard said children susceptible prescription drug addiction brains still developing said worked legislation nebraska medical groups support idea third proposal sen brett lindstrom omaha would require doctors discuss dangers opiates patients prescribing drug first time lindstrom said warnings could steer patients toward alternatives help recognize theyre becoming addicted issue going away said lindstrom saw risks opiates firsthand close relative addicted decade trying state level unfortunately epidemic continuing grow fourth bill sen merv riepe omaha would require doctors physician assistants nurse practitioners veterinarians others write prescriptions log least five hours continuing education opiates every two years want people prescribing might prescribing keenly aware dangers said people learn lot things medical school sometimes 20 30 years ago riepe former hospital administrator said lawmakers approaching issue incrementally without overregulating medical professionals nebraska secondtolast state adopt prescription drug monitoring program lawmakers approved 2016 program gives health care providers way check prescriptions patients recently filled missouri became last state create program gov eric greitens announced last year however nebraska first state require prescription 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<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday threw out a Pennsylvania law designed to prevent offenders from causing mental anguish to crime victims, calling it an illegal restriction on the right to free expression.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner ruled against the law that was enacted quickly late last year after Mumia Abu-Jamal gave a recorded commencement address to a small Vermont college. Abu-Jamal is serving life for the 1981 killing of Officer Daniel Faulkner in Philadelphia.</p>
<p>“A past criminal offense does not extinguish the offender’s constitutional right to free expression,” Conner wrote. “The First Amendment does not evanesce at the prison gate, and its enduring guarantee of freedom of speech subsumes the right to expressive conduct that some may find offensive.”</p>
<p>He said law was unlawfully purposed, vaguely executed and patently overbroad, and said legislators “fell woefully short of the mark.”</p>
<p>The law passed the House unanimously and the Senate by a wide margin, and was signed into law by then-Gov. Tom Corbett in October.</p>
<p>Steve Miskin, a spokesman for the House Republican caucus, said the law was designed to help victims.</p>
<p>“Basically all this law said was, if somebody feels they’re being infringed upon by these actions, they have the right to take it to court,” Miskin said.</p>
<p>A lead attorney for the plaintiffs, which included Abu-Jamal, four other prisoners, Prison Legal News and other parties, called the decision a major vindication of the right to engage in public debate on important social questions.</p>
<p>“Much of the speech that is protected as a result of the ruling, and it was at issue in this case, is extremely important speech on matters of public concern,” said the lawyer, David M. Shapiro.</p>
<p>Rep. Mike Vereb, a suburban Philadelphia Republican who sponsored the law, said that if an appeal is not taken he plans to push for an amended version of the law in the Legislature.</p>
<p>“It wasn’t suppressing speech, it was suppressing harassment and revictimization of our victims,” Vereb said. “This is the first ring of the bell in this fight. The victims need fighters, we’re fighters.”</p>
<p>A spokesman for the attorney general’s office said a decision about any appeal would be made after the ruling was reviewed.</p>
<p>The law let victims seek civil injunctions against offenders who act in ways that perpetuate mental anguish. It was rushed through after Abu-Jamal gave the address on Oct. 5 to Goddard College, which he briefly attended in 1970.</p>
<p>Conner rejected an argument by the attorney general’s office — which defended the law — that it only restricted behavior and did not regulate free expression.</p>
<p>“Throughout its brief legislative gestation, the law was championed primarily as a device for suppressing offender speech,” wrote Conner, italicizing the word “primarily.” Conner was named to the court 13 years ago by President George W. Bush.</p>
<p>The Revictimization Relief Act, as it was called, “is the embodiment of content-based regulation of speech,” Conner wrote. “Its terms single out a distinct group and disincentivize its members from speaking.”</p>
<p>He also said it was too vague, noting it did not define the term “offender,” so people could not know whose conduct it attempted to regulate.</p>
<p>“As a result, many plaintiffs— prisoners and non-prisoners alike — instantly modified their conduct for fear of falling within the ambit of the act,” the judge said.</p>
<p>He said the law hinged on the emotional response of victims.</p>
<p>“Short of clairvoyance, plaintiffs cannot determine in advance whether and to what extent a particular expression will impact a victim’s sensibilities,” Conner wrote.</p>
<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday threw out a Pennsylvania law designed to prevent offenders from causing mental anguish to crime victims, calling it an illegal restriction on the right to free expression.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner ruled against the law that was enacted quickly late last year after Mumia Abu-Jamal gave a recorded commencement address to a small Vermont college. Abu-Jamal is serving life for the 1981 killing of Officer Daniel Faulkner in Philadelphia.</p>
<p>“A past criminal offense does not extinguish the offender’s constitutional right to free expression,” Conner wrote. “The First Amendment does not evanesce at the prison gate, and its enduring guarantee of freedom of speech subsumes the right to expressive conduct that some may find offensive.”</p>
<p>He said law was unlawfully purposed, vaguely executed and patently overbroad, and said legislators “fell woefully short of the mark.”</p>
<p>The law passed the House unanimously and the Senate by a wide margin, and was signed into law by then-Gov. Tom Corbett in October.</p>
<p>Steve Miskin, a spokesman for the House Republican caucus, said the law was designed to help victims.</p>
<p>“Basically all this law said was, if somebody feels they’re being infringed upon by these actions, they have the right to take it to court,” Miskin said.</p>
<p>A lead attorney for the plaintiffs, which included Abu-Jamal, four other prisoners, Prison Legal News and other parties, called the decision a major vindication of the right to engage in public debate on important social questions.</p>
<p>“Much of the speech that is protected as a result of the ruling, and it was at issue in this case, is extremely important speech on matters of public concern,” said the lawyer, David M. Shapiro.</p>
<p>Rep. Mike Vereb, a suburban Philadelphia Republican who sponsored the law, said that if an appeal is not taken he plans to push for an amended version of the law in the Legislature.</p>
<p>“It wasn’t suppressing speech, it was suppressing harassment and revictimization of our victims,” Vereb said. “This is the first ring of the bell in this fight. The victims need fighters, we’re fighters.”</p>
<p>A spokesman for the attorney general’s office said a decision about any appeal would be made after the ruling was reviewed.</p>
<p>The law let victims seek civil injunctions against offenders who act in ways that perpetuate mental anguish. It was rushed through after Abu-Jamal gave the address on Oct. 5 to Goddard College, which he briefly attended in 1970.</p>
<p>Conner rejected an argument by the attorney general’s office — which defended the law — that it only restricted behavior and did not regulate free expression.</p>
<p>“Throughout its brief legislative gestation, the law was championed primarily as a device for suppressing offender speech,” wrote Conner, italicizing the word “primarily.” Conner was named to the court 13 years ago by President George W. Bush.</p>
<p>The Revictimization Relief Act, as it was called, “is the embodiment of content-based regulation of speech,” Conner wrote. “Its terms single out a distinct group and disincentivize its members from speaking.”</p>
<p>He also said it was too vague, noting it did not define the term “offender,” so people could not know whose conduct it attempted to regulate.</p>
<p>“As a result, many plaintiffs— prisoners and non-prisoners alike — instantly modified their conduct for fear of falling within the ambit of the act,” the judge said.</p>
<p>He said the law hinged on the emotional response of victims.</p>
<p>“Short of clairvoyance, plaintiffs cannot determine in advance whether and to what extent a particular expression will impact a victim’s sensibilities,” Conner wrote.</p>
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harrisburg pa ap federal judge tuesday threw pennsylvania law designed prevent offenders causing mental anguish crime victims calling illegal restriction right free expression us district judge christopher conner ruled law enacted quickly late last year mumia abujamal gave recorded commencement address small vermont college abujamal serving life 1981 killing officer daniel faulkner philadelphia past criminal offense extinguish offenders constitutional right free expression conner wrote first amendment evanesce prison gate enduring guarantee freedom speech subsumes right expressive conduct may find offensive said law unlawfully purposed vaguely executed patently overbroad said legislators fell woefully short mark law passed house unanimously senate wide margin signed law thengov tom corbett october steve miskin spokesman house republican caucus said law designed help victims basically law said somebody feels theyre infringed upon actions right take court miskin said lead attorney plaintiffs included abujamal four prisoners prison legal news parties called decision major vindication right engage public debate important social questions much speech protected result ruling issue case extremely important speech matters public concern said lawyer david shapiro rep mike vereb suburban philadelphia republican sponsored law said appeal taken plans push amended version law legislature wasnt suppressing speech suppressing harassment revictimization victims vereb said first ring bell fight victims need fighters fighters spokesman attorney generals office said decision appeal would made ruling reviewed law let victims seek civil injunctions offenders act ways perpetuate mental anguish rushed abujamal gave address oct 5 goddard college briefly attended 1970 conner rejected argument attorney generals office defended law restricted behavior regulate free expression throughout brief legislative gestation law championed primarily device suppressing offender speech wrote conner italicizing word primarily conner named court 13 years ago president george w bush revictimization relief act called embodiment contentbased regulation speech conner wrote terms single distinct group disincentivize members speaking also said vague noting define term offender people could know whose conduct attempted regulate result many plaintiffs prisoners nonprisoners alike instantly modified conduct fear falling within ambit act judge said said law hinged emotional response victims short clairvoyance plaintiffs determine advance whether extent particular expression impact victims sensibilities conner wrote harrisburg pa ap federal judge tuesday threw pennsylvania law designed prevent offenders causing mental anguish crime victims calling illegal restriction right free expression us district judge christopher conner ruled law enacted quickly late last year mumia abujamal gave recorded commencement address small vermont college abujamal serving life 1981 killing officer daniel faulkner philadelphia past criminal offense extinguish offenders constitutional right free expression conner wrote first amendment evanesce prison gate enduring guarantee freedom speech subsumes right expressive conduct may find offensive said law unlawfully purposed vaguely executed patently overbroad said legislators fell woefully short mark law passed house unanimously senate wide margin signed law thengov tom corbett october steve miskin spokesman house republican caucus said law designed help victims basically law said somebody feels theyre infringed upon actions right take court miskin said lead attorney plaintiffs included abujamal four prisoners prison legal news parties called decision major vindication right engage public debate important social questions much speech protected result ruling issue case extremely important speech matters public concern said lawyer david shapiro rep mike vereb suburban philadelphia republican sponsored law said appeal taken plans push amended version law legislature wasnt suppressing speech suppressing harassment revictimization victims vereb said first ring bell fight victims need fighters fighters spokesman attorney generals office said decision appeal would made ruling reviewed law let victims seek civil injunctions offenders act ways perpetuate mental anguish rushed abujamal gave address oct 5 goddard college briefly attended 1970 conner rejected argument attorney generals office defended law restricted behavior regulate free expression throughout brief legislative gestation law championed primarily device suppressing offender speech wrote conner italicizing word primarily conner named court 13 years ago president george w bush revictimization relief act called embodiment contentbased regulation speech conner wrote terms single distinct group disincentivize members speaking also said vague noting define term offender people could know whose conduct attempted regulate result many plaintiffs prisoners nonprisoners alike instantly modified conduct fear falling within ambit act judge said said law hinged emotional response victims short clairvoyance plaintiffs determine advance whether extent particular expression impact victims sensibilities conner wrote
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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Olympics-inspired diplomatic opening with North Korea, telling South Korea's leader Wednesday that the U.S. was open to talks with Kim Jong Un's government under the right circumstances.</p>
<p>A White House statement said Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in still agreed on the importance of continuing the "maximum pressure" campaign against North Korea over its development of nuclear weapons — the U.S.-led barrage of international sanctions that is starting to bite the North's meager economy.</p>
<p>But South Korea's presidential office also said Trump told Moon to let North Korea understand that there will be no military action of any kind while the two Koreas continue to hold dialogue, the Yonhap news agency reported. On Tuesday, the two Koreas held their first talks in two years and agreed on the North's participation in the Winter Olympics being held in the South next month.</p>
<p>The prospects of resolving decades-old tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula remain deeply uncertain. North Korea has shown no willingness to discuss its nuclear weapons which pose an emerging threat to the American mainland, and it has stuck to its tough stance toward Washington while it tries to woo the South. The newspaper of the ruling party on Tuesday called Trump a "lunatic" and said the U.S. needs to accept North Korea is now a nuclear power.</p>
<p>But the thaw between North and South, which have also restored a military hotline, provides a diplomatic opening after months of escalating tensions that have fueled fears of war.</p>
<p>"President Trump expressed his openness to holding talks between the United States and North Korea at the appropriate time, under the right circumstances," the White House statement said.</p>
<p>Trump also told Moon that Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence will lead the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics, scheduled for Feb. 9-25 in Pyeongchang. Pence will stop in Alaska to review intercontinental ballistic missile defense systems and in Japan, stressing the U.S. commitment to stability in the region.</p>
<p>Speaking later Wednesday, Trump claimed his administration's pressure campaign had prompted the North Koreans to negotiate with the South, and recounted Moon as telling him the initial meeting was "extremely good." He voiced cautious hopes for diplomatic success that would benefit not just the United States but the wider world. He played down fears of war.</p>
<p>"We have certainly problems with North Korea," Trump said at a news conference. "A lot of good talks are going on right now. A lot of good energy. I see a lot of good energy. I like it very much what I'm seeing ... hopefully a lot of good things are going to work out."</p>
<p>Moon has been supportive of the pressure campaign but has long advocated engagement with Pyongyang. He told reporters in Seoul Wednesday that he's open to meeting with Kim to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff, although he said the success of such a summit must be guaranteed before the meeting can be realized.</p>
<p>Trump has previously scoffed at the futility of talking with the North, but when the inter-Korean dialogue was proposed last week he claimed credit and declared in a tweet, "talks are a good thing." The White House said Moon had briefed Trump on the outcomes of the North-South talks on Tuesday, and "thanked President Trump for his influential leadership in making the talks possible."</p>
<p>A National Security Council spokesman, who was not authorized to be quoted by name and requested anonymity, said Trump assured Moon that press reports suggesting the U.S. was considering imminent, unilateral military actions against North Korea were false. Yonhap reported that Moon's chief press secretary, Yoon Young-chan, said Trump also offered assurance that military force would not happen while the two Koreas continue to talk.</p>
<p>The U.S. retains 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the adversaries in a state of war for the past six decades.</p>
<p>The prospect of military confrontation has been magnified in the past year as Trump and Kim have traded bellicose rhetoric and crude insults, as the North has conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear detonation and three tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles that now put the U.S. mainland in North Korea's range.</p>
<p>Resorting to force is widely viewed as very risky. A pre-emptive U.S. attack could provoke a devastating retaliation by North Korea against the South, whose capital Seoul lies with the range of North Korean artillery and rockets.</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Olympics-inspired diplomatic opening with North Korea, telling South Korea's leader Wednesday that the U.S. was open to talks with Kim Jong Un's government under the right circumstances.</p>
<p>A White House statement said Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in still agreed on the importance of continuing the "maximum pressure" campaign against North Korea over its development of nuclear weapons — the U.S.-led barrage of international sanctions that is starting to bite the North's meager economy.</p>
<p>But South Korea's presidential office also said Trump told Moon to let North Korea understand that there will be no military action of any kind while the two Koreas continue to hold dialogue, the Yonhap news agency reported. On Tuesday, the two Koreas held their first talks in two years and agreed on the North's participation in the Winter Olympics being held in the South next month.</p>
<p>The prospects of resolving decades-old tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula remain deeply uncertain. North Korea has shown no willingness to discuss its nuclear weapons which pose an emerging threat to the American mainland, and it has stuck to its tough stance toward Washington while it tries to woo the South. The newspaper of the ruling party on Tuesday called Trump a "lunatic" and said the U.S. needs to accept North Korea is now a nuclear power.</p>
<p>But the thaw between North and South, which have also restored a military hotline, provides a diplomatic opening after months of escalating tensions that have fueled fears of war.</p>
<p>"President Trump expressed his openness to holding talks between the United States and North Korea at the appropriate time, under the right circumstances," the White House statement said.</p>
<p>Trump also told Moon that Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence will lead the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics, scheduled for Feb. 9-25 in Pyeongchang. Pence will stop in Alaska to review intercontinental ballistic missile defense systems and in Japan, stressing the U.S. commitment to stability in the region.</p>
<p>Speaking later Wednesday, Trump claimed his administration's pressure campaign had prompted the North Koreans to negotiate with the South, and recounted Moon as telling him the initial meeting was "extremely good." He voiced cautious hopes for diplomatic success that would benefit not just the United States but the wider world. He played down fears of war.</p>
<p>"We have certainly problems with North Korea," Trump said at a news conference. "A lot of good talks are going on right now. A lot of good energy. I see a lot of good energy. I like it very much what I'm seeing ... hopefully a lot of good things are going to work out."</p>
<p>Moon has been supportive of the pressure campaign but has long advocated engagement with Pyongyang. He told reporters in Seoul Wednesday that he's open to meeting with Kim to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff, although he said the success of such a summit must be guaranteed before the meeting can be realized.</p>
<p>Trump has previously scoffed at the futility of talking with the North, but when the inter-Korean dialogue was proposed last week he claimed credit and declared in a tweet, "talks are a good thing." The White House said Moon had briefed Trump on the outcomes of the North-South talks on Tuesday, and "thanked President Trump for his influential leadership in making the talks possible."</p>
<p>A National Security Council spokesman, who was not authorized to be quoted by name and requested anonymity, said Trump assured Moon that press reports suggesting the U.S. was considering imminent, unilateral military actions against North Korea were false. Yonhap reported that Moon's chief press secretary, Yoon Young-chan, said Trump also offered assurance that military force would not happen while the two Koreas continue to talk.</p>
<p>The U.S. retains 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the adversaries in a state of war for the past six decades.</p>
<p>The prospect of military confrontation has been magnified in the past year as Trump and Kim have traded bellicose rhetoric and crude insults, as the North has conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear detonation and three tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles that now put the U.S. mainland in North Korea's range.</p>
<p>Resorting to force is widely viewed as very risky. A pre-emptive U.S. attack could provoke a devastating retaliation by North Korea against the South, whose capital Seoul lies with the range of North Korean artillery and rockets.</p>
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washington ap president donald trump threw weight behind olympicsinspired diplomatic opening north korea telling south koreas leader wednesday us open talks kim jong uns government right circumstances white house statement said trump south korean president moon jaein still agreed importance continuing maximum pressure campaign north korea development nuclear weapons usled barrage international sanctions starting bite norths meager economy south koreas presidential office also said trump told moon let north korea understand military action kind two koreas continue hold dialogue yonhap news agency reported tuesday two koreas held first talks two years agreed norths participation winter olympics held south next month prospects resolving decadesold tensions divided korean peninsula remain deeply uncertain north korea shown willingness discuss nuclear weapons pose emerging threat american mainland stuck tough stance toward washington tries woo south newspaper ruling party tuesday called trump lunatic said us needs accept north korea nuclear power thaw north south also restored military hotline provides diplomatic opening months escalating tensions fueled fears war president trump expressed openness holding talks united states north korea appropriate time right circumstances white house statement said trump also told moon vice president mike pence wife karen pence lead us delegation winter olympics scheduled feb 925 pyeongchang pence stop alaska review intercontinental ballistic missile defense systems japan stressing us commitment stability region speaking later wednesday trump claimed administrations pressure campaign prompted north koreans negotiate south recounted moon telling initial meeting extremely good voiced cautious hopes diplomatic success would benefit united states wider world played fears war certainly problems north korea trump said news conference lot good talks going right lot good energy see lot good energy like much im seeing hopefully lot good things going work moon supportive pressure campaign long advocated engagement pyongyang told reporters seoul wednesday hes open meeting kim resolve north korean nuclear standoff although said success summit must guaranteed meeting realized trump previously scoffed futility talking north interkorean dialogue proposed last week claimed credit declared tweet talks good thing white house said moon briefed trump outcomes northsouth talks tuesday thanked president trump influential leadership making talks possible national security council spokesman authorized quoted name requested anonymity said trump assured moon press reports suggesting us considering imminent unilateral military actions north korea false yonhap reported moons chief press secretary yoon youngchan said trump also offered assurance military force would happen two koreas continue talk us retains 28500 troops south korea legacy 195053 korean war ended armistice rather peace treaty leaving adversaries state war past six decades prospect military confrontation magnified past year trump kim traded bellicose rhetoric crude insults north conducted sixth powerful nuclear detonation three tests intercontinental ballistic missiles put us mainland north koreas range resorting force widely viewed risky preemptive us attack could provoke devastating retaliation north korea south whose capital seoul lies range north korean artillery rockets washington ap president donald trump threw weight behind olympicsinspired diplomatic opening north korea telling south koreas leader wednesday us open talks kim jong uns government right circumstances white house statement said trump south korean president moon jaein still agreed importance continuing maximum pressure campaign north korea development nuclear weapons usled barrage international sanctions starting bite norths meager economy south koreas presidential office also said trump told moon let north korea understand military action kind two koreas continue hold dialogue yonhap news agency reported tuesday two koreas held first talks two years agreed norths participation winter olympics held south next month prospects resolving decadesold tensions divided korean peninsula remain deeply uncertain north korea shown willingness discuss nuclear weapons pose emerging threat american mainland stuck tough stance toward washington tries woo south newspaper ruling party tuesday called trump lunatic said us needs accept north korea nuclear power thaw north south also restored military hotline provides diplomatic opening months escalating tensions fueled fears war president trump expressed openness holding talks united states north korea appropriate time right circumstances white house statement said trump also told moon vice president mike pence wife karen pence lead us delegation winter olympics scheduled feb 925 pyeongchang pence stop alaska review intercontinental ballistic missile defense systems japan stressing us commitment stability region speaking later wednesday trump claimed administrations pressure campaign prompted north koreans negotiate south recounted moon telling initial meeting extremely good voiced cautious hopes diplomatic success would benefit united states wider world played fears war certainly problems north korea trump said news conference lot good talks going right lot good energy see lot good energy like much im seeing hopefully lot good things going work moon supportive pressure campaign long advocated engagement pyongyang told reporters seoul wednesday hes open meeting kim resolve north korean nuclear standoff although said success summit must guaranteed meeting realized trump previously scoffed futility talking north interkorean dialogue proposed last week claimed credit declared tweet talks good thing white house said moon briefed trump outcomes northsouth talks tuesday thanked president trump influential leadership making talks possible national security council spokesman authorized quoted name requested anonymity said trump assured moon press reports suggesting us considering imminent unilateral military actions north korea false yonhap reported moons chief press secretary yoon youngchan said trump also offered assurance military force would happen two koreas continue talk us retains 28500 troops south korea legacy 195053 korean war ended armistice rather peace treaty leaving adversaries state war past six decades prospect military confrontation magnified past year trump kim traded bellicose rhetoric crude insults north conducted sixth powerful nuclear detonation three tests intercontinental ballistic missiles put us mainland north koreas range resorting force widely viewed risky preemptive us attack could provoke devastating retaliation north korea south whose capital seoul lies range north korean artillery rockets
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<p>BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — While many families prepared for gift-opening get-togethers during the holiday season, Jenna Richey instead dealt with what she called “an emotional roller coaster.”</p>
<p>The Bowling Green woman is two years removed from a suicide attempt brought about by her estrangement from her two grown children and her grandchildren. She has bounced back from that low point and can say now: “I’m happy with who I am.”</p>
<p>Her bouts of depression were so severe that getting out of bed was an effort, and the road back hasn’t been easy, largely because there are few resources that support parents dealing with estrangement.</p>
<p>“My friends didn’t know how to deal with estrangement,” she recalled. “As a mother, you can’t move forward when you love your children and need them in your life.”</p>
<p>But her divorce and other issues have made it nearly impossible for Richey to reconnect with her daughters and grandchildren, leading to substance abuse and to trying to end her own life.</p>
<p>“It’s called ambiguous grief,” she said in trying to explain the estrangement experience. “The pain is like losing someone, but this is a greater grief because there’s no resolution.”</p>
<p>Learning to deal with that “greater grief” has not only helped Richey; it has led her to want to help others. Now one of the administrators of a Facebook group called Parents Grieving for Living Children, she is looking into starting a local support group for others who share her experience.</p>
<p>“When I got out of the hospital (in 2015), my life began to change,” said Richey, 57. “I found groups on the internet for estranged parents. I had no idea there were other people going through this.”</p>
<p>Eventually, Richey started her own group on Facebook.</p>
<p>“It provided a safe place for women to come and talk freely about their experience,” she said. “It started with a few friends who were aware of my situation. It took a while, but it has grown.”</p>
<p>So much so that her fellow Facebook group administrator, Sharon Stack, says keeping up with the group “has gotten to be overwhelming.”</p>
<p>Stack, who lives in Pennsylvania and has also experienced estrangement, said that the group has more than 600 members and at least 60 pending requests to join.</p>
<p>“I don’t approve the majority of the requests because I don’t have enough information,” Stack said. “People can join under a fake name and stalk their parents.”</p>
<p>Such groups are needed, Stack said.</p>
<p>“Awareness is important for people who are suffering and feel like they’re the only ones,” she said. “People think they’re alone, and the risk of depression and suicide is high.”</p>
<p>Part of Richey’s healing has come through contact with others on the Facebook page. Mostly, she discovered that dealing with estrangement is not a unique experience.</p>
<p>“It has been an enormous help because others in the group validate my pain,” Richey said. “I’ve realized that I’m not the only one. A lot of people are going through this.</p>
<p>“It’s more prevalent with this generation. Times have changed. It’s not about family anymore. We’re a selfish society.”</p>
<p>Richey, who has begun working on a degree in paralegal studies at Western Kentucky University, was able to bounce back from her darkest days with help from her online friends and from her church. Now she’s trying to help others deal with similar issues.</p>
<p>“There’s some reason why I’m still here,” she said. “It has to be to help others. I want to help other people.”</p>
<p>Doing that strictly through the internet can be frustrating, so Richey has begun to look into starting a nonprofit geared toward helping parents estranged from their children. She already has a logo, but she said forming the nonprofit “could be down the road a bit.”</p>
<p>Richey expects whatever support group she forms to find a good number of parents needing help.</p>
<p>“I know there are women in Bowling Green dealing with this issue,” she said. “They need to know that this is not a shameful thing. You’ve done nothing wrong.”</p>
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<p>BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — While many families prepared for gift-opening get-togethers during the holiday season, Jenna Richey instead dealt with what she called “an emotional roller coaster.”</p>
<p>The Bowling Green woman is two years removed from a suicide attempt brought about by her estrangement from her two grown children and her grandchildren. She has bounced back from that low point and can say now: “I’m happy with who I am.”</p>
<p>Her bouts of depression were so severe that getting out of bed was an effort, and the road back hasn’t been easy, largely because there are few resources that support parents dealing with estrangement.</p>
<p>“My friends didn’t know how to deal with estrangement,” she recalled. “As a mother, you can’t move forward when you love your children and need them in your life.”</p>
<p>But her divorce and other issues have made it nearly impossible for Richey to reconnect with her daughters and grandchildren, leading to substance abuse and to trying to end her own life.</p>
<p>“It’s called ambiguous grief,” she said in trying to explain the estrangement experience. “The pain is like losing someone, but this is a greater grief because there’s no resolution.”</p>
<p>Learning to deal with that “greater grief” has not only helped Richey; it has led her to want to help others. Now one of the administrators of a Facebook group called Parents Grieving for Living Children, she is looking into starting a local support group for others who share her experience.</p>
<p>“When I got out of the hospital (in 2015), my life began to change,” said Richey, 57. “I found groups on the internet for estranged parents. I had no idea there were other people going through this.”</p>
<p>Eventually, Richey started her own group on Facebook.</p>
<p>“It provided a safe place for women to come and talk freely about their experience,” she said. “It started with a few friends who were aware of my situation. It took a while, but it has grown.”</p>
<p>So much so that her fellow Facebook group administrator, Sharon Stack, says keeping up with the group “has gotten to be overwhelming.”</p>
<p>Stack, who lives in Pennsylvania and has also experienced estrangement, said that the group has more than 600 members and at least 60 pending requests to join.</p>
<p>“I don’t approve the majority of the requests because I don’t have enough information,” Stack said. “People can join under a fake name and stalk their parents.”</p>
<p>Such groups are needed, Stack said.</p>
<p>“Awareness is important for people who are suffering and feel like they’re the only ones,” she said. “People think they’re alone, and the risk of depression and suicide is high.”</p>
<p>Part of Richey’s healing has come through contact with others on the Facebook page. Mostly, she discovered that dealing with estrangement is not a unique experience.</p>
<p>“It has been an enormous help because others in the group validate my pain,” Richey said. “I’ve realized that I’m not the only one. A lot of people are going through this.</p>
<p>“It’s more prevalent with this generation. Times have changed. It’s not about family anymore. We’re a selfish society.”</p>
<p>Richey, who has begun working on a degree in paralegal studies at Western Kentucky University, was able to bounce back from her darkest days with help from her online friends and from her church. Now she’s trying to help others deal with similar issues.</p>
<p>“There’s some reason why I’m still here,” she said. “It has to be to help others. I want to help other people.”</p>
<p>Doing that strictly through the internet can be frustrating, so Richey has begun to look into starting a nonprofit geared toward helping parents estranged from their children. She already has a logo, but she said forming the nonprofit “could be down the road a bit.”</p>
<p>Richey expects whatever support group she forms to find a good number of parents needing help.</p>
<p>“I know there are women in Bowling Green dealing with this issue,” she said. “They need to know that this is not a shameful thing. You’ve done nothing wrong.”</p>
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<p>Information from: Daily News, <a href="http://www.bgdailynews.com" type="external" /> <a href="http://www.bgdailynews.com" type="external">http://www.bgdailynews.com</a></p>
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<p>Victoria Hughes, a former Miss New Mexico Teen-USA from Las Cruces, said she was in the rear part of a “very, very large” dressing area with dozens of other teenage contestants in South Padre Island, Texas, when the incident occurred. (Courtesy of Victoria Hughes)</p>
<p>WASHINGTON – A former Miss Teen USA contestant from New Mexico told the Journal on Thursday that Donald Trump’s decision to visit her and other female contestants in their dressing area before a 1997 competition was “a bad judgment call,” but also said the girls were notified of a visitor and given “a couple of minutes” to get dressed before his arrival.</p>
<p>The comments from the New Mexico contestant, Victoria Hughes, came as Trump faces mounting criticism over his behavior toward women.</p>
<p>“They opened up the black curtains, and here comes Donald Trump inside,” said Hughes, who was a Miss Teen USA contestant from Las Cruces. “I was in the back … if people were undressed up in front or near, I couldn’t tell you.”</p>
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<p>On Wednesday, The New York Times reported the accounts of two women who said Trump made aggressive and unwanted advances, including kissing and groping them without consent.</p>
<p>On Thursday, Trump denounced the accusations as “pure fiction” and “outright lies” during a speech in Florida.</p>
<p>In New Hampshire, first lady Michelle Obama waded into the fray, declaring that Trump’s interactions with women had “shaken me to my core.”</p>
<p>The Miss Teen USA pageant and the Miss Universe pageant, which Trump owned, fully or partly, from the 1990s until 2015, have become an issue in the presidential campaign after audio surfaced from a 2005 Howard Stern radio interview this week.</p>
<p>On the tape, Trump said he would visit dressing areas where Miss Universe contestants were nude, and that he “could get away with things like that.”</p>
<p>Hughes is among five contestants from the 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant who have publicly described Trump visiting them as they dressed moments before the competition.</p>
<p>Hughes, a former Miss New Mexico Teen USA from Las Cruces, told the Journal she was in the rear part of a “very, very large” dressing area with dozens of other teenage contestants when Trump arrived.</p>
<p>“I do recall having a chaperon announce that we had a visitor, and we didn’t know who it was,” said Hughes, who now lives in Colorado. “They said you need to get ready and make sure that you are dressed. They gave us plenty of time … probably a couple of minutes.”</p>
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<p>Hughes, a graduate of Mayfield High School in Las Cruces and a former New Mexico State University student, now lives in Colorado and runs the Mrs. Universal Pageant, which will debut in Namibia, Africa, in 2017.</p>
<p>She said Trump’s visit to the 1997 pageant in South Padre Island, Texas, was brief.</p>
<p>Asked whether she thought Trump’s visit was inappropriate, Hughes said she wasn’t sure.</p>
<p>“I guess it all depends on how one wants to determine the word ‘inappropriate,’ ” she said. “Was it awkward timing? Yes. Teenagers are very frantic at such an exciting time right before going on television.”</p>
<p>“It was definitely a bad judgment call,” Hughes said. “There was an after-party after the live telecast. He could have just introduced himself at that point. Why did it have to be that moment at that time? Maybe in his mind he just wanted to be nice and say ‘congratulations’ … which is what he said. He wasn’t there very long.”</p>
<p>Trump told Stern in 2005 that he was “inspecting” when he visited adult Miss Universe contestants in their dressing rooms.</p>
<p>“No men are anywhere, and I’m allowed to go in, because I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it,” Trump told Stern. “Is everyone OK?’ You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. ‘Is everybody OK?’ And you see these incredible-looking women, and so I sort of get away with things like that.”</p>
<p>Hughes said hearing the comments on Thursday made her angry.</p>
<p>“As a mom, if I had heard that something like that had happened – even if she was 25 years old – in the dressing room, I would be livid,” said Hughes, now the mother of an 11-year-old girl.</p>
<p>Trump’s conduct with women has been under intense scrutiny since a videotape of him bragging about kissing and groping women without their consent surfaced in the media a week ago. Trump came under additional fire Wednesday after The New York Times printed the accounts of two women who said Trump kissed and groped them without invitation.</p>
<p>People magazine also published a first-person account Wednesday night from one of its writers who described Trump as “forcing his tongue down my throat” without invitation before an interview at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach, Fla., mansion.</p>
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<p>At a campaign rally in West Palm Beach on Thursday, a defiant Trump said that he had “substantial evidence to dispute these lies” and that he would make it public at the appropriate time.</p>
<p>Trump also claimed that he is the victim of a “concerted effort” by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the “corporate media” to destroy his reputation.</p>
<p>Trump’s lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, wrote a letter to The New York Times on Wednesday demanding a retraction and an apology for the newspaper’s article. Kasowitz called the article defamatory, reckless and libelous. The letter also described the article as “politically motivated” and threatened further legal action if Trump’s demands weren’t met.</p>
<p>A lawyer for the Times responded with a letter Thursday that said the article contained “newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern.” The letter also said Trump’s claims of defamation or libel were unwarranted, given his own comments about women, including – at one point – calling his own daughter, Ivanka, “a piece of ass.”</p>
<p>“Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that Mr. Trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself,” Times attorney David McCraw wrote.</p>
<p>In a stump speech for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Thursday, Michelle Obama said Trump’s remarks about women are “not something that we can ignore.”</p>
<p>“This wasn’t just locker room banter,” Obama said. “This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior and actually bragging about kissing and groping women.”</p>
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victoria hughes former miss new mexico teenusa las cruces said rear part large dressing area dozens teenage contestants south padre island texas incident occurred courtesy victoria hughes washington former miss teen usa contestant new mexico told journal thursday donald trumps decision visit female contestants dressing area 1997 competition bad judgment call also said girls notified visitor given couple minutes get dressed arrival comments new mexico contestant victoria hughes came trump faces mounting criticism behavior toward women opened black curtains comes donald trump inside said hughes miss teen usa contestant las cruces back people undressed front near couldnt tell advertisement wednesday new york times reported accounts two women said trump made aggressive unwanted advances including kissing groping without consent thursday trump denounced accusations pure fiction outright lies speech florida new hampshire first lady michelle obama waded fray declaring trumps interactions women shaken core miss teen usa pageant miss universe pageant trump owned fully partly 1990s 2015 become issue presidential campaign audio surfaced 2005 howard stern radio interview week tape trump said would visit dressing areas miss universe contestants nude could get away things like hughes among five contestants 1997 miss teen usa pageant publicly described trump visiting dressed moments competition hughes former miss new mexico teen usa las cruces told journal rear part large dressing area dozens teenage contestants trump arrived recall chaperon announce visitor didnt know said hughes lives colorado said need get ready make sure dressed gave us plenty time probably couple minutes advertisement hughes graduate mayfield high school las cruces former new mexico state university student lives colorado runs mrs universal pageant debut namibia africa 2017 said trumps visit 1997 pageant south padre island texas brief asked whether thought trumps visit inappropriate hughes said wasnt sure guess depends one wants determine word inappropriate said awkward timing yes teenagers frantic exciting time right going television definitely bad judgment call hughes said afterparty live telecast could introduced point moment time maybe mind wanted nice say congratulations said wasnt long trump told stern 2005 inspecting visited adult miss universe contestants dressing rooms men anywhere im allowed go im owner pageant therefore im inspecting trump told stern everyone ok know theyre standing clothes everybody ok see incrediblelooking women sort get away things like hughes said hearing comments thursday made angry mom heard something like happened even 25 years old dressing room would livid said hughes mother 11yearold girl trumps conduct women intense scrutiny since videotape bragging kissing groping women without consent surfaced media week ago trump came additional fire wednesday new york times printed accounts two women said trump kissed groped without invitation people magazine also published firstperson account wednesday night one writers described trump forcing tongue throat without invitation interview maralago palm beach fla mansion trump defiant campaign rally west palm beach thursday defiant trump said substantial evidence dispute lies would make public appropriate time trump also claimed victim concerted effort hillary clintons presidential campaign corporate media destroy reputation trumps lawyer marc kasowitz wrote letter new york times wednesday demanding retraction apology newspapers article kasowitz called article defamatory reckless libelous letter also described article politically motivated threatened legal action trumps demands werent met lawyer times responded letter thursday said article contained newsworthy information subject deep public concern letter also said trumps claims defamation libel unwarranted given comments women including one point calling daughter ivanka piece ass nothing article slightest effect reputation mr trump words actions already created times attorney david mccraw wrote stump speech democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton new hampshire thursday michelle obama said trumps remarks women something ignore wasnt locker room banter obama said powerful individual speaking freely openly sexually predatory behavior actually bragging kissing groping women
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<p>RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Bob Meyers doesn't want partial justice for his brother. He wants full justice. And to him, that means leaving D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo's sentence just the way it is: life in prison, with no chance of ever getting out.</p>
<p>A federal judge has given a glimmer of hope to Malvo, who was 17 when he was arrested in the random shootings that killed 10 people and wounded three in and around the nation's capital.</p>
<p>The judge ruled that Malvo is entitled to new sentencing hearings, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has made its ban on mandatory life-without-parole for juvenile offenders retroactive, extending it to people who were already sentenced before it ruled that such punishments are unconstitutional.</p>
<p>Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring's appeal is scheduled for Tuesday before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.</p>
<p>The possibility of something less than a life sentence does not sit well with Meyers.</p>
<p>His brother, Dean, was fatally gunned down as he put gas in his car at a service station in northern Virginia.</p>
<p>"Nothing's changed," Meyers said. "The crime hasn't become diminished ... and if the sentence was appropriate initially and that was viewed as justice for Dean, is it three-quarters justice for Dean if they modify it?"</p>
<p>The shootings in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia paralyzed the region with fear in 2002. People were shot doing everyday things — mowing the lawn, pumping gas, loading purchases into their cars. Schools canceled outdoor activities, gas stations put up tarps to hide their customers and government buildings in D.C. were given increased security.</p>
<p>Malvo's accomplice, John Allen Muhammad, widely viewed as the mastermind of the deadly rampage. He was executed in Virginia in 2009.</p>
<p>A Virginia jury convicted Malvo of capital murder for killing FBI analyst Linda Franklin, who was shot in the head outside a Home Depot store, but spared him the death penalty. Malvo later struck plea deals in other cases in Virginia and Maryland. He ultimately received four life sentences in Virginia and six in Maryland.</p>
<p>Malvo's attorney, Craig Cooley, argues that he is entitled to a new sentencing under the Supreme Court ruling because jurors were told to choose between the death penalty and life without parole, with no lesser option. The jury unanimously rejected the death penalty and sentenced him to life.</p>
<p>Cooley also argues that Malvo, now 32, should get new hearings to assess what sentence would be appropriate after taking into account his youth at the time and other factors. Cooley said that since his arrest, Malvo has "separated from his psychological domination by John Muhammad" and become an accomplished poet and sketch artist.</p>
<p>"Mr. Malvo as a person has returned to the kind, thoughtful, articulate, and compassionate being he was in his youth," Cooley wrote in a legal brief.</p>
<p>Other former teen offenders are still waiting for a chance at resentencing in states and counties slow to address the court ruling, an Associated Press investigation found. In Michigan, for example, prosecutors are seeking new no-parole sentences for nearly two-thirds of 363 juvenile lifers. Those cases are on hold until the Michigan Supreme Court, which heard arguments in October, determines whether judges or juries should decide their fates.</p>
<p>Some courts are applying the 2016 ruling to inmates whose life-without-parole sentences weren't mandatory, like Malvo's, or were negotiated as part of a plea deal.</p>
<p>If the 4th Circuit rules against the state, Malvo may still not get a reduced sentence. The court could, for example, order a different sentencing procedure that could result in a re-imposition of a life sentence.</p>
<p>Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, said the chances of Malvo getting a lower sentence are slim.</p>
<p>"Malvo pleaded guilty to horrendous offenses," Turley said. "There are many juveniles who can make strong claims under this new precedent for lower sentences. Malvo just doesn't happen to be one of them."</p>
<p>"For Malvo, it's like defusing nine out of 10 bombs. In the end, unless you can defuse all 10, the result is pretty much the same."</p>
<p>RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Bob Meyers doesn't want partial justice for his brother. He wants full justice. And to him, that means leaving D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo's sentence just the way it is: life in prison, with no chance of ever getting out.</p>
<p>A federal judge has given a glimmer of hope to Malvo, who was 17 when he was arrested in the random shootings that killed 10 people and wounded three in and around the nation's capital.</p>
<p>The judge ruled that Malvo is entitled to new sentencing hearings, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has made its ban on mandatory life-without-parole for juvenile offenders retroactive, extending it to people who were already sentenced before it ruled that such punishments are unconstitutional.</p>
<p>Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring's appeal is scheduled for Tuesday before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.</p>
<p>The possibility of something less than a life sentence does not sit well with Meyers.</p>
<p>His brother, Dean, was fatally gunned down as he put gas in his car at a service station in northern Virginia.</p>
<p>"Nothing's changed," Meyers said. "The crime hasn't become diminished ... and if the sentence was appropriate initially and that was viewed as justice for Dean, is it three-quarters justice for Dean if they modify it?"</p>
<p>The shootings in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia paralyzed the region with fear in 2002. People were shot doing everyday things — mowing the lawn, pumping gas, loading purchases into their cars. Schools canceled outdoor activities, gas stations put up tarps to hide their customers and government buildings in D.C. were given increased security.</p>
<p>Malvo's accomplice, John Allen Muhammad, widely viewed as the mastermind of the deadly rampage. He was executed in Virginia in 2009.</p>
<p>A Virginia jury convicted Malvo of capital murder for killing FBI analyst Linda Franklin, who was shot in the head outside a Home Depot store, but spared him the death penalty. Malvo later struck plea deals in other cases in Virginia and Maryland. He ultimately received four life sentences in Virginia and six in Maryland.</p>
<p>Malvo's attorney, Craig Cooley, argues that he is entitled to a new sentencing under the Supreme Court ruling because jurors were told to choose between the death penalty and life without parole, with no lesser option. The jury unanimously rejected the death penalty and sentenced him to life.</p>
<p>Cooley also argues that Malvo, now 32, should get new hearings to assess what sentence would be appropriate after taking into account his youth at the time and other factors. Cooley said that since his arrest, Malvo has "separated from his psychological domination by John Muhammad" and become an accomplished poet and sketch artist.</p>
<p>"Mr. Malvo as a person has returned to the kind, thoughtful, articulate, and compassionate being he was in his youth," Cooley wrote in a legal brief.</p>
<p>Other former teen offenders are still waiting for a chance at resentencing in states and counties slow to address the court ruling, an Associated Press investigation found. In Michigan, for example, prosecutors are seeking new no-parole sentences for nearly two-thirds of 363 juvenile lifers. Those cases are on hold until the Michigan Supreme Court, which heard arguments in October, determines whether judges or juries should decide their fates.</p>
<p>Some courts are applying the 2016 ruling to inmates whose life-without-parole sentences weren't mandatory, like Malvo's, or were negotiated as part of a plea deal.</p>
<p>If the 4th Circuit rules against the state, Malvo may still not get a reduced sentence. The court could, for example, order a different sentencing procedure that could result in a re-imposition of a life sentence.</p>
<p>Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, said the chances of Malvo getting a lower sentence are slim.</p>
<p>"Malvo pleaded guilty to horrendous offenses," Turley said. "There are many juveniles who can make strong claims under this new precedent for lower sentences. Malvo just doesn't happen to be one of them."</p>
<p>"For Malvo, it's like defusing nine out of 10 bombs. In the end, unless you can defuse all 10, the result is pretty much the same."</p>
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richmond va ap bob meyers doesnt want partial justice brother wants full justice means leaving dc sniper lee boyd malvos sentence way life prison chance ever getting federal judge given glimmer hope malvo 17 arrested random shootings killed 10 people wounded three around nations capital judge ruled malvo entitled new sentencing hearings us supreme court made ban mandatory lifewithoutparole juvenile offenders retroactive extending people already sentenced ruled punishments unconstitutional virginia attorney general mark herrings appeal scheduled tuesday 4th us circuit court appeals richmond possibility something less life sentence sit well meyers brother dean fatally gunned put gas car service station northern virginia nothings changed meyers said crime hasnt become diminished sentence appropriate initially viewed justice dean threequarters justice dean modify shootings virginia maryland district columbia paralyzed region fear 2002 people shot everyday things mowing lawn pumping gas loading purchases cars schools canceled outdoor activities gas stations put tarps hide customers government buildings dc given increased security malvos accomplice john allen muhammad widely viewed mastermind deadly rampage executed virginia 2009 virginia jury convicted malvo capital murder killing fbi analyst linda franklin shot head outside home depot store spared death penalty malvo later struck plea deals cases virginia maryland ultimately received four life sentences virginia six maryland malvos attorney craig cooley argues entitled new sentencing supreme court ruling jurors told choose death penalty life without parole lesser option jury unanimously rejected death penalty sentenced life cooley also argues malvo 32 get new hearings assess sentence would appropriate taking account youth time factors cooley said since arrest malvo separated psychological domination john muhammad become accomplished poet sketch artist mr malvo person returned kind thoughtful articulate compassionate youth cooley wrote legal brief former teen offenders still waiting chance resentencing states counties slow address court ruling associated press investigation found michigan example prosecutors seeking new noparole sentences nearly twothirds 363 juvenile lifers cases hold michigan supreme court heard arguments october determines whether judges juries decide fates courts applying 2016 ruling inmates whose lifewithoutparole sentences werent mandatory like malvos negotiated part plea deal 4th circuit rules state malvo may still get reduced sentence court could example order different sentencing procedure could result reimposition life sentence jonathan turley law professor george washington university said chances malvo getting lower sentence slim malvo pleaded guilty horrendous offenses turley said many juveniles make strong claims new precedent lower sentences malvo doesnt happen one malvo like defusing nine 10 bombs end unless defuse 10 result pretty much richmond va ap bob meyers doesnt want partial justice brother wants full justice means leaving dc sniper lee boyd malvos sentence way life prison chance ever getting federal judge given glimmer hope malvo 17 arrested random shootings killed 10 people wounded three around nations capital judge ruled malvo entitled new sentencing hearings us supreme court made ban mandatory lifewithoutparole juvenile offenders retroactive extending people already sentenced ruled punishments unconstitutional virginia attorney general mark herrings appeal scheduled tuesday 4th us circuit court appeals richmond possibility something less life sentence sit well meyers brother dean fatally gunned put gas car service station northern virginia nothings changed meyers said crime hasnt become diminished sentence appropriate initially viewed justice dean threequarters justice dean modify shootings virginia maryland district columbia paralyzed region fear 2002 people shot everyday things mowing lawn pumping gas loading purchases cars schools canceled outdoor activities gas stations put tarps hide customers government buildings dc given increased security malvos accomplice john allen muhammad widely viewed mastermind deadly rampage executed virginia 2009 virginia jury convicted malvo capital murder killing fbi analyst linda franklin shot head outside home depot store spared death penalty malvo later struck plea deals cases virginia maryland ultimately received four life sentences virginia six maryland malvos attorney craig cooley argues entitled new sentencing supreme court ruling jurors told choose death penalty life without parole lesser option jury unanimously rejected death penalty sentenced life cooley also argues malvo 32 get new hearings assess sentence would appropriate taking account youth time factors cooley said since arrest malvo separated psychological domination john muhammad become accomplished poet sketch artist mr malvo person returned kind thoughtful articulate compassionate youth cooley wrote legal brief former teen offenders still waiting chance resentencing states counties slow address court ruling associated press investigation found michigan example prosecutors seeking new noparole sentences nearly twothirds 363 juvenile lifers cases hold michigan supreme court heard arguments october determines whether judges juries decide fates courts applying 2016 ruling inmates whose lifewithoutparole sentences werent mandatory like malvos negotiated part plea deal 4th circuit rules state malvo may still get reduced sentence court could example order different sentencing procedure could result reimposition life sentence jonathan turley law professor george washington university said chances malvo getting lower sentence slim malvo pleaded guilty horrendous offenses turley said many juveniles make strong claims new precedent lower sentences malvo doesnt happen one malvo like defusing nine 10 bombs end unless defuse 10 result pretty much
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<p>PARIS (AP) — What a shame that Formula One’s next stop is China. Because its notoriously protest-intolerant government surely wouldn’t look kindly on crowds of demonstrators venting against Bernie Ecclestone’s latest putdown of women drivers.</p>
<p>Yet people should vent. Because there’s a whiff of sexual apartheid in the latest madcap suggestion from F1′s billionaire boss that teams should launch a championship exclusively for women.</p>
<p>Segregating female drivers in a separate, second-fiddle series that few fans will watch cannot be the best way to advance their cause. Instead, because F1 teams have been so resistant to change, the time has come to force their hand: Rule that they each must hire a woman driver and race them in at least two Grand Prix per season. More of that later.</p>
<p>To be fair to Ecclestone, perhaps his motivations are noble.</p>
<p>Perhaps he recognizes that the enduring stranglehold of men on F1, with no women actually racing and too few in positions of power behind the scenes, undercuts its pretentions of being the most modern of sports.</p>
<p>Or having declared 10 years ago that “women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances,” perhaps the 84-year-old wheeler-dealer who built F1′s commercial success is becoming a campaigning feminist?</p>
<p>Or perhaps not.</p>
<p>Parading women like this smacks suspiciously of being more about money, an attempt to use them to revive F1 television audiences, rather than being an about-face for equality.</p>
<p>“I thought it would be a good idea to give them a showcase. For some reason, women are not coming through — and not because we don’t want them. Of course we do, because they would attract a lot of attention and publicity and probably a lot of sponsors,” Ecclestone said in comments reported by British media.</p>
<p>“They could race before the main event, or perhaps on the Saturday qualifying day so that they had their own interest,” he was quoted as saying. “It would be super for F1 and the whole grand prix weekend.”</p>
<p>Again, to be fair, Ecclestone has found some support.</p>
<p>Carmen Jorda, a Spanish driver training with the Lotus F1 team, told The Associated Press she would rather be a world champion among women than finish a distant second-best to men. She also said the intense physicality of F1 driving is a barrier to equal competition between women and men.</p>
<p>“That’s why a woman will never be in the top, because of the physical issue,” Jorda said in a phone interview. “I don’t want to fight for 10th or 15th. What I want to do is to win.”</p>
<p>In the opposing camp are women like Michela Cerruti, an Italian who recently raced in the electric Formula E championship, and former rally driver Michele Mouton, who now works with the FIA governing body of motorsport.</p>
<p>By email, Mouton wrote “I am annoyed and very disappointed!” that Ecclestone maybe is thinking “about women only for the show!”</p>
<p>In a phone interview from her home in Milan, Cerruti said she wouldn’t want to be part of a women’s championship “made, basically, to attract attention” and which would be “much less interesting than seeing women racing against men.”</p>
<p>“It is really absurd that there’s not a woman (racing) nowadays in Formula One,” she said. “In the past two or three years they could have taken one of us.”</p>
<p>Well said. F1 has had ample time. And now the time for excuses has run out.</p>
<p>If Ecclestone really wants to help women drivers, he must get them onto F1′s grid with the men. Not just training in simulators like Jorda and in occasional tests like Williams’ Susie Wolff, but by ensuring that every race has one or more women drivers.</p>
<p>That could be done by forcing every team to hire a woman as a third driver. Doing so would, in turn, force teams to do a much better job of scouting and nurturing female talent. The teams’ two main male drivers would also all be made to skip a minimum of one race per season, giving the seat to their female colleague.</p>
<p>That would guarantee two races per season for each woman. But it also would ensure the continued integrity of the drivers’ championship, because each man would still compete in the same number of races as all the other men. So Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and all the other leading contenders would, for example, all race 18 of the 19 times per season. Teams would be free to choose which races the men sit out and could, of course, bench them more than once if and when the women prove to be faster.</p>
<p>Just an idea, to move things along and get more women started.</p>
<p>But better, surely, than making them race alone.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at [email protected] or follow him at <a href="http://twitter.com/johnleicester" type="external">http://twitter.com/johnleicester</a></p>
<p>PARIS (AP) — What a shame that Formula One’s next stop is China. Because its notoriously protest-intolerant government surely wouldn’t look kindly on crowds of demonstrators venting against Bernie Ecclestone’s latest putdown of women drivers.</p>
<p>Yet people should vent. Because there’s a whiff of sexual apartheid in the latest madcap suggestion from F1′s billionaire boss that teams should launch a championship exclusively for women.</p>
<p>Segregating female drivers in a separate, second-fiddle series that few fans will watch cannot be the best way to advance their cause. Instead, because F1 teams have been so resistant to change, the time has come to force their hand: Rule that they each must hire a woman driver and race them in at least two Grand Prix per season. More of that later.</p>
<p>To be fair to Ecclestone, perhaps his motivations are noble.</p>
<p>Perhaps he recognizes that the enduring stranglehold of men on F1, with no women actually racing and too few in positions of power behind the scenes, undercuts its pretentions of being the most modern of sports.</p>
<p>Or having declared 10 years ago that “women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances,” perhaps the 84-year-old wheeler-dealer who built F1′s commercial success is becoming a campaigning feminist?</p>
<p>Or perhaps not.</p>
<p>Parading women like this smacks suspiciously of being more about money, an attempt to use them to revive F1 television audiences, rather than being an about-face for equality.</p>
<p>“I thought it would be a good idea to give them a showcase. For some reason, women are not coming through — and not because we don’t want them. Of course we do, because they would attract a lot of attention and publicity and probably a lot of sponsors,” Ecclestone said in comments reported by British media.</p>
<p>“They could race before the main event, or perhaps on the Saturday qualifying day so that they had their own interest,” he was quoted as saying. “It would be super for F1 and the whole grand prix weekend.”</p>
<p>Again, to be fair, Ecclestone has found some support.</p>
<p>Carmen Jorda, a Spanish driver training with the Lotus F1 team, told The Associated Press she would rather be a world champion among women than finish a distant second-best to men. She also said the intense physicality of F1 driving is a barrier to equal competition between women and men.</p>
<p>“That’s why a woman will never be in the top, because of the physical issue,” Jorda said in a phone interview. “I don’t want to fight for 10th or 15th. What I want to do is to win.”</p>
<p>In the opposing camp are women like Michela Cerruti, an Italian who recently raced in the electric Formula E championship, and former rally driver Michele Mouton, who now works with the FIA governing body of motorsport.</p>
<p>By email, Mouton wrote “I am annoyed and very disappointed!” that Ecclestone maybe is thinking “about women only for the show!”</p>
<p>In a phone interview from her home in Milan, Cerruti said she wouldn’t want to be part of a women’s championship “made, basically, to attract attention” and which would be “much less interesting than seeing women racing against men.”</p>
<p>“It is really absurd that there’s not a woman (racing) nowadays in Formula One,” she said. “In the past two or three years they could have taken one of us.”</p>
<p>Well said. F1 has had ample time. And now the time for excuses has run out.</p>
<p>If Ecclestone really wants to help women drivers, he must get them onto F1′s grid with the men. Not just training in simulators like Jorda and in occasional tests like Williams’ Susie Wolff, but by ensuring that every race has one or more women drivers.</p>
<p>That could be done by forcing every team to hire a woman as a third driver. Doing so would, in turn, force teams to do a much better job of scouting and nurturing female talent. The teams’ two main male drivers would also all be made to skip a minimum of one race per season, giving the seat to their female colleague.</p>
<p>That would guarantee two races per season for each woman. But it also would ensure the continued integrity of the drivers’ championship, because each man would still compete in the same number of races as all the other men. So Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and all the other leading contenders would, for example, all race 18 of the 19 times per season. Teams would be free to choose which races the men sit out and could, of course, bench them more than once if and when the women prove to be faster.</p>
<p>Just an idea, to move things along and get more women started.</p>
<p>But better, surely, than making them race alone.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at [email protected] or follow him at <a href="http://twitter.com/johnleicester" type="external">http://twitter.com/johnleicester</a></p>
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paris ap shame formula ones next stop china notoriously protestintolerant government surely wouldnt look kindly crowds demonstrators venting bernie ecclestones latest putdown women drivers yet people vent theres whiff sexual apartheid latest madcap suggestion f1s billionaire boss teams launch championship exclusively women segregating female drivers separate secondfiddle series fans watch best way advance cause instead f1 teams resistant change time come force hand rule must hire woman driver race least two grand prix per season later fair ecclestone perhaps motivations noble perhaps recognizes enduring stranglehold men f1 women actually racing positions power behind scenes undercuts pretentions modern sports declared 10 years ago women dressed white like domestic appliances perhaps 84yearold wheelerdealer built f1s commercial success becoming campaigning feminist perhaps parading women like smacks suspiciously money attempt use revive f1 television audiences rather aboutface equality thought would good idea give showcase reason women coming dont want course would attract lot attention publicity probably lot sponsors ecclestone said comments reported british media could race main event perhaps saturday qualifying day interest quoted saying would super f1 whole grand prix weekend fair ecclestone found support carmen jorda spanish driver training lotus f1 team told associated press would rather world champion among women finish distant secondbest men also said intense physicality f1 driving barrier equal competition women men thats woman never top physical issue jorda said phone interview dont want fight 10th 15th want win opposing camp women like michela cerruti italian recently raced electric formula e championship former rally driver michele mouton works fia governing body motorsport email mouton wrote annoyed disappointed ecclestone maybe thinking women show phone interview home milan cerruti said wouldnt want part womens championship made basically attract attention would much less interesting seeing women racing men really absurd theres woman racing nowadays formula one said past two three years could taken one us well said f1 ample time time excuses run ecclestone really wants help women drivers must get onto f1s grid men training simulators like jorda occasional tests like williams susie wolff ensuring every race one women drivers could done forcing every team hire woman third driver would turn force teams much better job scouting nurturing female talent teams two main male drivers would also made skip minimum one race per season giving seat female colleague would guarantee two races per season woman also would ensure continued integrity drivers championship man would still compete number races men lewis hamilton sebastian vettel leading contenders would example race 18 19 times per season teams would free choose races men sit could course bench women prove faster idea move things along get women started better surely making race alone ___ john leicester international sports columnist associated press write jleicesteraporg follow httptwittercomjohnleicester paris ap shame formula ones next stop china notoriously protestintolerant government surely wouldnt look kindly crowds demonstrators venting bernie ecclestones latest putdown women drivers yet people vent theres whiff sexual apartheid latest madcap suggestion f1s billionaire boss teams launch championship exclusively women segregating female drivers separate secondfiddle series fans watch best way advance cause instead f1 teams resistant change time come force hand rule must hire woman driver race least two grand prix per season later fair ecclestone perhaps motivations noble perhaps recognizes enduring stranglehold men f1 women actually racing positions power behind scenes undercuts pretentions modern sports declared 10 years ago women dressed white like domestic appliances perhaps 84yearold wheelerdealer built f1s commercial success becoming campaigning feminist perhaps parading women like smacks suspiciously money attempt use revive f1 television audiences rather aboutface equality thought would good idea give showcase reason women coming dont want course would attract lot attention publicity probably lot sponsors ecclestone said comments reported british media could race main event perhaps saturday qualifying day interest quoted saying would super f1 whole grand prix weekend fair ecclestone found support carmen jorda spanish driver training lotus f1 team told associated press would rather world champion among women finish distant secondbest men also said intense physicality f1 driving barrier equal competition women men thats woman never top physical issue jorda said phone interview dont want fight 10th 15th want win opposing camp women like michela cerruti italian recently raced electric formula e championship former rally driver michele mouton works fia governing body motorsport email mouton wrote annoyed disappointed ecclestone maybe thinking women show phone interview home milan cerruti said wouldnt want part womens championship made basically attract attention would much less interesting seeing women racing men really absurd theres woman racing nowadays formula one said past two three years could taken one us well said f1 ample time time excuses run ecclestone really wants help women drivers must get onto f1s grid men training simulators like jorda occasional tests like williams susie wolff ensuring every race one women drivers could done forcing every team hire woman third driver would turn force teams much better job scouting nurturing female talent teams two main male drivers would also made skip minimum one race per season giving seat female colleague would guarantee two races per season woman also would ensure continued integrity drivers championship man would still compete number races men lewis hamilton sebastian vettel leading contenders would example race 18 19 times per season teams would free choose races men sit could course bench women prove faster idea move things along get women started better surely making race alone ___ john leicester international sports columnist associated press write jleicesteraporg follow httptwittercomjohnleicester
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<p>For the fourth consecutive year, New Mexico water users are watching a skimpy snowpack in the state’s northern mountains and worrying about how much water they will have this spring and summer.</p>
<p>On the state’s largest rivers – the Pecos, the Rio Grande and the San Juan – the thin covering of mountain snow means less water in early forecasts.</p>
<p>“The runoff looks pathetic again,” said Greg Lewis, Pecos River basin manager for the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.</p>
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<p>While a shift to a wetter pattern in February and March could yet turn things around, forecasters say it would take multiple storms at this point to make up the deficit, and water managers around New Mexico are beginning to prepare for another bad year.</p>
<p>The question of who might be hurt and who will avoid the pain illustrates the complex nature of New Mexico water, where drought is no one big thing, but rather a series of little things, depending on the needs of each group of water users.</p>
<p>The state’s major cities say they will be fine in 2015. Those that use river water have backup supplies. And some farmers, especially on the Pecos, have water in reservoir storage to fall back on.</p>
<p>But with the Rio Grande’s major reservoirs largely empty, 2015 could be a difficult year for farmers along the state’s central river.</p>
<p>Santa Fe and Albuquerque, which use imported Colorado River Basin water, could see a shortfall in their primary source in 2015 for the second year in a row. But both communities have been banking water and should not see any impact this year.</p>
<p>Both cities recently built river diversions and water treatment plants so they could deliver imported San Juan-Chama Project water to their customers – water diverted from three Colorado River Basin headwaters streams in Colorado, across the Continental Divide so it can be used in central New Mexico.</p>
<p>In 2014, the San Juan-Chama Project had its first shortfall in 40 years of operation. In a Jan. 15 letter, the Bureau of Reclamation warned the project’s users that could happen again this year.</p>
<p>Santa Fe has been stockpiling water to hedge against such a risk and should not feel any effects in 2015, said Rick Carpenter with the city’s water department. The water, more than three years’ worth, is currently stored in Heron, El Vado and Abiquiu reservoirs in northeast New Mexico.</p>
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<p>“We have a lot of San Juan-Chama water from previous years that we’ve been banking,” Carpenter said.</p>
<p>Santa Fe also has diversified its sources of supply, with two separate river water sources and two fields of groundwater pumps.</p>
<p>“You don’t want to have all your eggs in one basket,” Carpenter said. “You want to be able to roll with whatever punches Mother Nature throws at you.”</p>
<p>Albuquerque is in a similar situation, with three years’ worth of San Juan-Chama water in storage, most of it in Abiquiu Reservoir on the Rio Chama northwest of Santa Fe, said John Stomp, chief operations officer for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority.</p>
<p>On the Pecos, Lewis said, reservoirs largely are full as a result of big late-summer rains in recent years. So even a lousy snowpack will not mean problems for farmers on the state’s eastern plains who depend on Pecos River water to water their crops.</p>
<p>“This year is no problem,” he said.</p>
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<p>The most serious problems are likely to happen in south-central New Mexico, where farmers dependent on water from Elephant Butte Reservoir are facing another dry year.</p>
<p>“The effects of drought are disproportionately felt downstream,” said Phil King, a New Mexico State University professor and adviser to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District.</p>
<p>In nearly a century of operation, irrigation season for Elephant Butte farmers traditionally began in February, or March at the latest. That was even true during New Mexico’s last historic drought in the 1950s.</p>
<p>But in 2013, for the first time in history, irrigation releases for Elephant Butte Irrigation District farmers did not begin until May.</p>
<p>That happened again in 2014, and with a low runoff forecast and little water stockpiled in the reservoir from previous years, King said it is likely to happen again this year. King said last week that irrigation releases may not begin until late May or early June.</p>
<p>To compensate for the lack of river water in recent years, farmers have been pumping groundwater, especially to irrigate the lower Rio Grande’s lucrative pecan orchards. That heavy pumping has caused problems, lowering water tables out of the reach of some pumpers and reducing water quality, especially for residents who use groundwater for household needs.</p>
<p>“The lesson there, which is a longer term lesson, is that we’re drawing down our groundwater bank account,” said University of New Mexico professor Dave Gutzler, part of a team of researchers studying drought vulnerability in southern New Mexico.</p>
<p>In response to the lack of river water and dwindling groundwater, farmers already are adjusting what crops they plant, King said – fallowing land completely, switching crops like corn and cotton that can live with less water, or switching from three plantings and harvests per year to two or one.</p>
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fourth consecutive year new mexico water users watching skimpy snowpack states northern mountains worrying much water spring summer states largest rivers pecos rio grande san juan thin covering mountain snow means less water early forecasts runoff looks pathetic said greg lewis pecos river basin manager new mexico interstate stream commission advertisement shift wetter pattern february march could yet turn things around forecasters say would take multiple storms point make deficit water managers around new mexico beginning prepare another bad year question might hurt avoid pain illustrates complex nature new mexico water drought one big thing rather series little things depending needs group water users states major cities say fine 2015 use river water backup supplies farmers especially pecos water reservoir storage fall back rio grandes major reservoirs largely empty 2015 could difficult year farmers along states central river santa fe albuquerque use imported colorado river basin water could see shortfall primary source 2015 second year row communities banking water see impact year cities recently built river diversions water treatment plants could deliver imported san juanchama project water customers water diverted three colorado river basin headwaters streams colorado across continental divide used central new mexico 2014 san juanchama project first shortfall 40 years operation jan 15 letter bureau reclamation warned projects users could happen year santa fe stockpiling water hedge risk feel effects 2015 said rick carpenter citys water department water three years worth currently stored heron el vado abiquiu reservoirs northeast new mexico advertisement lot san juanchama water previous years weve banking carpenter said santa fe also diversified sources supply two separate river water sources two fields groundwater pumps dont want eggs one basket carpenter said want able roll whatever punches mother nature throws albuquerque similar situation three years worth san juanchama water storage abiquiu reservoir rio chama northwest santa fe said john stomp chief operations officer albuquerque bernalillo county water utility authority pecos lewis said reservoirs largely full result big latesummer rains recent years even lousy snowpack mean problems farmers states eastern plains depend pecos river water water crops year problem said troubles butte serious problems likely happen southcentral new mexico farmers dependent water elephant butte reservoir facing another dry year effects drought disproportionately felt downstream said phil king new mexico state university professor adviser elephant butte irrigation district nearly century operation irrigation season elephant butte farmers traditionally began february march latest even true new mexicos last historic drought 1950s 2013 first time history irrigation releases elephant butte irrigation district farmers begin may happened 2014 low runoff forecast little water stockpiled reservoir previous years king said likely happen year king said last week irrigation releases may begin late may early june compensate lack river water recent years farmers pumping groundwater especially irrigate lower rio grandes lucrative pecan orchards heavy pumping caused problems lowering water tables reach pumpers reducing water quality especially residents use groundwater household needs lesson longer term lesson drawing groundwater bank account said university new mexico professor dave gutzler part team researchers studying drought vulnerability southern new mexico response lack river water dwindling groundwater farmers already adjusting crops plant king said fallowing land completely switching crops like corn cotton live less water switching three plantings harvests per year two one
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<p>SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Sevilla secured a berth in the Europa League after beating Juventus 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, when Fernando Llorente scored against his former team.</p>
<p>Juventus failed to convert several scoring chances before Llorente struck with a headed goal in the 65th minute at Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.</p>
<p>Sevilla will move on to join the Europa League, a competition it has won the past two seasons, after overtaking Borussia Moenchengladbach and finishing third in Group D.</p>
<p>"We knew that this was going to be a special night. It was a final for us, our only hope of staying in Europe," said Llorente, who had yet to score in the competition since joining Sevilla this summer. "We played magnificently and showed our character. We show up for the important matches."</p>
<p>Juventus was already qualified for the round of 16, but last year's finalist missed out finishing as group winner after Manchester City rallied for a 4-2 win at home over Moenchengladbach to finish top of the group.</p>
<p>"Considering how many chances we created I don't think we deserved to lose this game," Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini said. "A draw would have been even too little for us. Let's hope for a good draw now. I hope we will not regret this game in March."</p>
<p>Juventus was the more dangerous side at the start of a first half that offered opportunities for both teams but ended in a stalemate at halftime.</p>
<p>Juventus striker Alvaro Morata headed the ball high and angled a shot by the far post before Stefano Sturaro forced goalkeeper Sergio Rico into making a good save in the 18th.</p>
<p>A minute later, Llorente had Sevilla's first shot on goal when he received the ball and held off a defender before testing goalie Gianluigi Buffon.</p>
<p>Morata wasted an excellent set-up from Paulo Dybala, who headed down a pass in Morata's path inside the six-yard box, only for Morata to stab the ball past the upright.</p>
<p>It was then Buffon's turn to get low and trap Llorente's header on the half-hour mark.</p>
<p>Juventus' Paul Pobga unleashed a powerful blast from outside the area that Rico did well to push wide just after the second half started.</p>
<p>But after Ever Banega again forced Buffon to get low, Llorente beat the 'keeper by lifting a glancing header from Yevhen Konoplyank's corner kick just inside the far post.</p>
<p>Dybala almost leveled with a blast that rattled the crossbar near the end, while Sevilla's fans celebrated City's goals that assured it remained in European competition.</p>
<p>Morata had a last try from inside the area that a defender blocked in injury time.</p>
<p>SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Sevilla secured a berth in the Europa League after beating Juventus 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, when Fernando Llorente scored against his former team.</p>
<p>Juventus failed to convert several scoring chances before Llorente struck with a headed goal in the 65th minute at Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.</p>
<p>Sevilla will move on to join the Europa League, a competition it has won the past two seasons, after overtaking Borussia Moenchengladbach and finishing third in Group D.</p>
<p>"We knew that this was going to be a special night. It was a final for us, our only hope of staying in Europe," said Llorente, who had yet to score in the competition since joining Sevilla this summer. "We played magnificently and showed our character. We show up for the important matches."</p>
<p>Juventus was already qualified for the round of 16, but last year's finalist missed out finishing as group winner after Manchester City rallied for a 4-2 win at home over Moenchengladbach to finish top of the group.</p>
<p>"Considering how many chances we created I don't think we deserved to lose this game," Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini said. "A draw would have been even too little for us. Let's hope for a good draw now. I hope we will not regret this game in March."</p>
<p>Juventus was the more dangerous side at the start of a first half that offered opportunities for both teams but ended in a stalemate at halftime.</p>
<p>Juventus striker Alvaro Morata headed the ball high and angled a shot by the far post before Stefano Sturaro forced goalkeeper Sergio Rico into making a good save in the 18th.</p>
<p>A minute later, Llorente had Sevilla's first shot on goal when he received the ball and held off a defender before testing goalie Gianluigi Buffon.</p>
<p>Morata wasted an excellent set-up from Paulo Dybala, who headed down a pass in Morata's path inside the six-yard box, only for Morata to stab the ball past the upright.</p>
<p>It was then Buffon's turn to get low and trap Llorente's header on the half-hour mark.</p>
<p>Juventus' Paul Pobga unleashed a powerful blast from outside the area that Rico did well to push wide just after the second half started.</p>
<p>But after Ever Banega again forced Buffon to get low, Llorente beat the 'keeper by lifting a glancing header from Yevhen Konoplyank's corner kick just inside the far post.</p>
<p>Dybala almost leveled with a blast that rattled the crossbar near the end, while Sevilla's fans celebrated City's goals that assured it remained in European competition.</p>
<p>Morata had a last try from inside the area that a defender blocked in injury time.</p>
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<p>DUBAI, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Emirates is increasing the number of flights on some U.S. routes it had reduced last May after U.S. government travel restrictions weakened demand.</p>
<p>Flights to Florida cities Fort Lauderdale and Orlando from its Dubai hub will each return to a daily services from March 25 having been cut back to five-a-week last year. Emirates said the increase reflects the “steady rebound in customer demand.”</p>
<p>The Middle East’s largest airline is also adding a new daily direct Boeing 777 service to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey from June 1 but dropping one of its four daily Airbus A380 flights to nearby New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport from March 25.</p>
<p>Emirates already operates a daily flight to Newark via Athens, Greece from Dubai, and one of its remaining three daily New York flights is operated via Milan, Italy from Dubai.</p>
<p>Emirates reduced frequencies to five U.S. cities last year, blaming a drop in demand caused by attempts by President Donald Trump’s administration to ban citizens of some Muslim countries from entering the U.S., and restrictions on carrying large electronic items onboard flights to the U.S.</p>
<p>The restrictions predominately affected Middle East carriers, including Emirates.</p>
<p>The airline also reduced the number of flights it operated to Boston, Los Angeles, and Seattle.</p>
<p>Emirates President Tim Clark had said in June that the demand on U.S. routes had started to come back and that the airline was looking at restoring Boston and Seattle frequencies. (Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Keith Weir)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON/OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has bashed international efforts to combat climate change and questioned the scientific consensus that global warming is dangerous and driven by human consumption of fossil fuels.</p> Tourists walk across water frozen into a ripple pattern on a pond in Reykjavik, Iceland, March 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
<p>But there is a disconnect between what Trump says at home and what his government does abroad. While attention has been focused on Trump’s rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.</p>
<p>“We really don’t detect any change with the Americans,” said one of the officials, Aleksi Härkönen of Finland, who chairs the eight-nation Arctic Council’s key group of senior officials, who are charged with protecting a region warming faster than any other on Earth.</p>
<p>Over the past year, the United States has helped draft the rulebook for implementing the Paris climate accord, signed international memoranda calling for global action to fight climate change, boosted funding for overseas clean energy projects, and contributed to global research on the dangers and causes of the Earth’s warming.</p>
<p>While the United States’ participation in international forums – including the Paris accord and the Arctic Council - has been reported, its continued, broad and constructive support for climate change efforts in these gatherings has not.</p>
<p>This business-as-usual approach has surprised some of America’s foreign partners, along with some of Trump’s allies, who had expected the new administration to match its rhetoric with an obstructionist approach to combating climate change.</p>
<p>“I am concerned that much of our climate policy remains on autopilot,” complained Trump’s former energy adviser Myron Ebell, now a research director at the right-leaning Competitive Enterprise Institute, who said it reflects a failure by the administration to fill key positions and replace staffers who oppose the president’s agenda.</p>
<p>The U.S. efforts abroad to tackle climate change have been counter-balanced by Trump’s aggressive push at home to increase production of the fossil fuels scientists blame for global warming. He has also ordered a wide-ranging rollback of Obama-era climate regulations and appointed a self-described climate skeptic, Scott Pruitt, as the nation’s chief environmental regulator.</p>
<p>And to be sure, none of the U.S. dealings in international climate efforts since last year have committed the United States to any emissions cuts that would undermine Trump’s domestic energy agenda.</p>
<p>The State Department – which handles the bulk of U.S. climate policy abroad - told Reuters it was still developing its global warming policy under Trump.</p>
<p>“The State Department is working with the White House and the interagency to further develop our approach to international climate change diplomacy,” State Department spokesman Ambrose Sayles said in a statement before Trump sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday.</p>
<p>“In the meantime, we will continue to participate ... to ensure a level playing field that benefits and protects U.S. interests, and to keep all options open for the President,” Sayles said.</p>
<p>Tillerson’s departure leaves a question mark over the future of U.S. climate policy abroad. Tillerson was in favor of the Paris accord, while his successor, Mike Pompeo, has expressed doubts about the science of climate change. Climate advocates say they hope Pompeo will be too distracted by tensions with Iran and North Korea to change the State Department’s approach to climate change.</p>
<p>White House spokeswoman Kelly Love declined to comment.</p> ROLLBACK AT HOME, RULEBOOK ABROAD
<p>Trump announced last year that he was withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement&#160;to fight global warming, raising concerns among other parties to the deal that Washington might attempt to torpedo the accord or disengage from it completely.</p>
<p>That hasn’t happened. Washington sent a 40-strong delegation to talks in Bonn in November to help draft a new rulebook that will provide rules of the road for the 200 participating nations. It was a smaller delegation than Washington had sent to past meetings, but it still won praise from fellow delegates for its work.</p>
<p>For example, Andrew Rakestraw – a climate negotiator for the State Department since 2013 - co-chaired discussions on how to ensure that the pledges by signatories are comparable and use the same accounting standards - a point seen as critical to the success of the accord.</p>
<p>Nazhat Shameem Khan, chief negotiator for Fiji, which presided over the talks, said the United States delegation was “constructive and helpful.”&#160; The U.N.’s climate chief, Patricia Espinosa, also called the U.S. role constructive.&#160;</p> A glacier is seen making a path through mountains on the eastern coast of Greenland, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
<p>Thomas Shannon, the State Department’s chief climate negotiator in Bonn, did not respond to requests for comment. Rakestraw also did not respond to calls and emails requesting comment.</p>
<p>A U.S. source familiar with the U.S. position at the talks, who asked not to be named, said that U.S. delegates in Bonn were pushing an agenda that resembled those of past administrations – stressing that emerging economies like China follow the same rules as developed nations and meet international standards for monitoring and reporting emissions.</p>
<p>There was one jarring note: Washington sponsored a side event to promote “clean coal.” Some other delegates said they were unhappy with this, as they wanted the talks to focus on renewable energies.</p>
<p>Under the details of the accord, the United States cannot formally withdraw until 2020.</p> ARCTIC MELTING AND SOLAR POWER
<p>The State Department’s delegations to the Arctic Council are also continuing their work in much the same way they did under President Barack Obama - acknowledging that warming is real and should be countered in planning everything from new shipping routes to the protection of indigenous peoples.</p> Slideshow (6 Images)
<p>Some U.S. agencies are also still bolstering international efforts to fight climate change.</p>
<p>The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which seeks to advance U.S. policy by financing foreign business ventures, doubled its support for solar projects in 2017 under a climate-friendly policy last updated by the Obama administration.</p>
<p>And NASA, the U.S. space agency, continues to research climate change, publish climate change data, and contribute to international reports, spokesman Stephen Cole said.</p>
<p>Both OPIC and NASA are independent of the State Department, so would not be under Pompeo’s sway.</p> ‘NO CHALLENGE’
<p>Scientists representing the United States in international research say they have also been unfettered by the Trump administration, despite concerns early in the Trump presidency that the White House would seek to silence them or restrict their work.</p>
<p>“There has been no pressure on U.S. authors,” said one U.S. scientist, who is now helping to write a United Nations report that will call for coal to be “phased out rapidly” to limit global warming -&#160; a direct clash with Trump’s pro-coal agenda.</p>
<p>The scientist asked not to be named because the draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), due to be released in October, is confidential.</p>
<p>“Our U.S. colleagues know that climate change is not a hoax,” said one of the non-U.S. authors of the same report, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.</p>
<p>Christopher Field, a professor of environmental studies at Stanford University who co-chaired a 2014 IPCC report on the impacts of climate change,&#160;agreed:&#160;“I’ve not seen any indication that the climate denialism from Trump and other members of the administration has had any influence ... on the alignment of the U.S. scientific community with the scientific consensus around the world.”</p>
<p>Still, scientists worry that while the Trump administration is not interfering with their research it is ignoring it.</p>
<p>The Trump administration made no move to block an assessment by 300 experts last year that outlined the threats and causes of warming in&#160;the United States and concluded there is “no convincing alternative explanation” for climate change than human activity.</p>
<p>“But then they haven’t acknowledged the findings, nor changed their climate science denying stance,” said the U.S. scientist involved in drafting the U.N. coal report.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Valerie Volcovici in Washington and Nichola Groom in Los Angeles; Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Ross Colvin</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - IHeartMedia Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday as the largest U.S. radio station owner struggles with $20 billion of debt and falling revenue at its 858 radio stations.</p>
<p>The company, which filed for bankruptcy along with some of its units, said it ‍reached an agreement with holders of more than $10 billion of its outstanding debt for a balance sheet restructuring, which will reduce its debt by more than $10 billion.</p>
<p>Cash on hand and cash generated from ongoing operations will be sufficient to fund the business during the bankruptcy process, said iHeartMedia, which owns Z100 in New York and Real 103.5 KISS FM in Chicago.</p>
<p>“The agreement ... is a significant accomplishment, as it allows us to definitively address the more than $20 billion in debt that has burdened our capital structure,” Chief Executive Bob Pittman said.</p>
<p>The filing comes after John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp proposed on Feb. 26 a deal to buy a 40 percent stake in a restructured iHeartMedia for $1.16 billion, uniting the company with Liberty’s Sirius XM Holdings Inc satellite radio service.</p>
<p>Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, and its units did not commence Chapter 11 proceedings.</p>
<p>IHeartMedia skipped a $106 million interest payment on Feb. 1, triggering a 30-day grace period during which the company has tried to hammer out a deal with it bondholders.</p>
<p>Shares of iHeartMedia lost three-quarters of their value in the second half of 2015 and have never recovered. On Monday, the pink sheet stock closed at 48 cents.</p>
<p>IHeartMedia traces its roots to the 1972 purchase of KEEZ-FM in San Antonio, Texas, where the company is currently headquartered. It also produces syndicated radio programs that feature “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest and political personalities Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.</p>
<p>The company had 14,300 employees at the end of 2016, according to its most recent annual report.</p>
<p>The bankruptcy proceedings were filed in a Texas court.</p>
<p>Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware and Mekhla Raina in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Boeing Co, considered the frontrunner in the race to supply the Indian navy with new fighter jets, is now in contention for a much bigger $15 billion order after the government abruptly asked the air force to consider the twin-engine planes.</p> FILE PHOTO: A test pilot stands near a F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft on display ahead of the "Aero India 2011" at Yelahanka air force station on the outskirts of Bangalore February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
<p>Until recently, Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-16 and Saab AB’s Gripen were in a two-horse race supply at least 100 single-engine jets to build up the Indian Air Force’s fast-depleting combat fleet.</p>
<p>Both had offered to build the planes in India in collaboration with local companies as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s drive to build a domestic industrial base and cut back on arms imports.</p>
<p>But last month the government asked the air force to open up the competition to twin-engine aircraft and to evaluate Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet, a defense ministry source said. That jet is a finalist for the Indian navy’s $8 billion to $9 billion contract for 57 fighters.</p>
<p>The defense ministry plans to within weeks issue a request for information (RFI), the first stage of a procurement process, for a fighter to be built in India. The competition will be open to both single and twin-engine jets, the official said, but both Lockheed and Saab said they had not been informed about the new requirements.</p>
<p>The latest change of heart is a major opportunity for Boeing, whose only foreign Super Hornet customer so far is the Royal Australian Air Force.</p>
<p>It also illustrates how dysfunctional the weapons procurement process and arms industry are in the world’s second-most-populous country. The need for new fighters has been known for nearly 15 years, but after many announcements, twists and turns, the country’s air force has only three-quarters of the aircraft it needs.</p>
<p>An indigenous light combat aircraft, the Tejas, is still not operational, 35 years after it was first proposed. &#160;</p>
<p>An Indian Air Force source said fighter procurement was urgent: the branch’s operational strength has fallen to just 33 squadrons, its weakest level in four decades, as it decommissions Soviet-era MiG-21s.</p>
<p>“The IAF wants the RFI issued within weeks and get the process started,” said the source, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media. “The problem is that government keeps shifting what it wants.”</p> A PRESSING NEED
<p>Over the next decade, 13 more squadrons will be retired as their aircraft age out of service, parliament’s standing committee on defense said in a December report.</p>
<p>The defense ministry declined to comment on the air force’s aircraft modernization program, saying it was not in a position to do so.</p>
<p>Lockheed, which had offered to shift its F-16 production line in Fort Worth, Texas, to India, said it had not been told of any change to the Indian plan for single-engine fighters.</p>
<p>“Our proposed F-16 partnership with India stands firm,” the company said in an email. Last year it picked Tata Advanced Systems as its local partner and said it was in talks with dozens of firms to build up the supplier network.</p>
<p>“The Government of India has not yet issued formal requirements but we are continuing to support government-to-government discussions and engage with Indian companies about F-16 industrial opportunities,” Lockheed said.</p>
<p>Sweden’s Saab was also caught off guard.</p>
<p>“We have seen the reports in the Indian media, but no new formal communication has been made to us regarding the fighter program,” said Rob Hewson, Saab Asia Pacific’s head of communications.</p>
<p>France’s Dassault Systemes SE’s Rafale, the Eurofighter Typhoon and Russian aircraft are also potential contenders under the new requirements, the air force source and industry analysts said.</p>
<p>Admiral Harry Harris, the head of U.S. Pacific Command, told the U.S. House Armed Services Committee last month that India was considering the stealthy F-35, among other options. But the Indian air force said no request had been made to Lockheed for even a briefing on the aircraft.</p>
<p>An order the size of India’s is rare. The only comparable opportunity for the Super Hornet is Canada’s request for 88 fighters, which could be worth as much as $14.6 billion.</p>
<p>The Indian air force competition has echoes of a 2007 tender for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft, for which Dassault was selected for exclusive negotiations. But the talks quickly bogged down over local production and prices, and in the end, the government ordered just 36 Rafales in 2016 for $8.7 billion.</p> LOCAL FIGHTER
<p>The air force ideally would like a combination of lighter single-engine and twin-engine jets, as well as stealthy aircraft, but cannot afford such a range of foreign systems, analysts said.</p>
<p>A twin-engine foreign fighter would perhaps offer the best value while the Tejas finishes development, they said.</p>
<p>India’s annual defense capital procurement budget of $14 billion to $15 billion has to be spread over the army, navy, air force and the indigenous defense research organization. &#160;</p>
<p>“The operational costs are going up with increased manpower, higher wages and general inflation.&#160;Ministry of Defence doesn’t have the luxury to go for too many platforms despite the rapidly falling squadron strength of the air force,” said Amber Dubey, partner and India head of aerospace and defense at global consultancy KPMG.</p>
<p>Boeing India President Pratyush Kumar said the company was ready to respond to any request from the air force.</p>
<p>“We will follow the MoD’s lead on their process and will be responsive to their needs if we are asked to provide any information,” he said.</p>
<p>Kumar said Boeing was committed to building the planes in India and had offered to help with India’s plans to develop its own advanced medium combat aircraft.</p>
<p>But the experience with the Rafale contract has made experts skeptical that the latest tender will proceed as planned.</p>
<p>Richard A. Bitzinger, visiting senior fellow at Singapore’s S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said he did not expect a resolution in even the next two to three years.</p>
<p>“I am never surprised by what the Indians do when it comes to their procurement tenders. They are constantly changing the rules, changing their minds, and often even cancelling orders mid-way through,” he said.</p>
<p>“The Indians have a remarkable knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Sanjeev Miglani and Jamie Freed; Editing by Gerry Doyle</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators will grill President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Security Agency on the government’s surveillance reach and a range of cyber security issues on Thursday, when he faces his second confirmation hearing to lead the electronic spy agency.</p> FILE PHOTO: Lt. Gen. Paul M. Nakasone testifies before a senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be general and director of the National Security Agency, chief of the Central Security Service and commander of United States Cyber Command, Defense Department; on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
<p>Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone, a decorated military intelligence veteran with over three decades of experience, is expected to face questions about alleged election meddling by Russia, international cyber defense, and warrantless digital spying as he appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee.</p>
<p>If confirmed, Nakasone will be at the helm of an eavesdropping agency that employees roughly 36,000 hackers, spies and other intelligence professionals. The agency has suffered flagging morale in recent years due to a raft of security breaches, an unpopular reorganization, and competition with higher-paying jobs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, according to current and former officials and cybersecurity executives.</p>
<p>Nakasone has also been nominated to command the military’s U.S. Cyber Command, which along with the NSA is based at Fort Meade, Maryland.</p>
<p>The NSA was once considered so secretive its initials were said to be shorthand for “No Such Agency.” But the agency surged in name recognition following the 2013 disclosures by contractor Edward Snowden, whose published stolen documents revealed sweeping domestic and international spying programs and ignited a global debate about digital privacy.</p>
<p>Since then, the NSA has endured a number of other breaches, including the theft of hacking tools that have been published online by the Shadow Brokers, a mysterious group that regularly posts cryptic taunts toward the U.S. government.</p> Lt. Gen. Paul M. Nakasone arrives at a senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be general and director of the National Security Agency, chief of the Central Security Service and commander of United States Cyber Command, Defense Department; on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
<p>Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat and staunch privacy advocate, planned to ask Nakasone how he would respond to any order to create new warrantless wiretapping programs at the NSA, a Wyden spokesman said.</p>
<p>Nakasone also testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee two weeks ago, where he said the United States was the “cyber punching bag of the world” because Russia, China and others do not fear a response for their actions in cyberspace.</p>
<p>Nakasone, 54, has served as chief of the U.S. Army’s Cyber Command since late 2016 and was a staff officer for General Keith Alexander, the first head of Cyber Command and the head of the NSA from 2005 to 2014.</p>
<p>He is the first nominee to lead the NSA to face a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Historically, the nominees have only been subject to hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.</p>
<p>The full Senate must then vote on his nomination, which is expected to be approved.</p>
<p>If confirmed, Nakasone will replace Admiral Mike Rogers, who has led the NSA and Cyber Command since 2014.</p>
<p>Reporting by Dustin Volz, additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien</p> Our Standards:
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climate advocates say hope pompeo distracted tensions iran north korea change state departments approach climate change white house spokeswoman kelly love declined comment rollback home rulebook abroad trump announced last year withdrawing united states paris agreement160to fight global warming raising concerns among parties deal washington might attempt torpedo accord disengage completely hasnt happened washington sent 40strong delegation talks bonn november help draft new rulebook provide rules road 200 participating nations smaller delegation washington sent past meetings still praise fellow delegates work example andrew rakestraw climate negotiator state department since 2013 cochaired discussions ensure pledges signatories comparable use accounting standards point seen critical success accord nazhat shameem khan chief negotiator fiji presided talks said united states delegation constructive helpful160 uns climate chief patricia espinosa also called us role constructive160 glacier 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studies stanford university cochaired 2014 ipcc report impacts climate change160agreed160ive seen indication climate denialism trump members administration influence alignment us scientific community scientific consensus around world still scientists worry trump administration interfering research ignoring trump administration made move block assessment 300 experts last year outlined threats causes warming in160the united states concluded convincing alternative explanation climate change human activity havent acknowledged findings changed climate science denying stance said us scientist involved drafting un coal report additional reporting valerie volcovici washington nichola groom los angeles editing richard valdmanis ross colvin standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters iheartmedia inc filed chapter 11 bankruptcy thursday largest us radio station owner struggles 20 billion debt falling revenue 858 radio stations company filed bankruptcy along units said reached agreement 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headquartered also produces syndicated radio programs feature american idol host ryan seacrest political personalities rush limbaugh sean hannity company 14300 employees end 2016 according recent annual report bankruptcy proceedings filed texas court reporting tom hals wilmington delaware mekhla raina bengaluru editing gopakumar warrier standards thomson reuters trust principles new delhisingapore reuters boeing co considered frontrunner race supply indian navy new fighter jets contention much bigger 15 billion order government abruptly asked air force consider twinengine planes file photo test pilot stands near fa18 super hornet aircraft display ahead aero india 2011 yelahanka air force station outskirts bangalore february 8 2011 reutersstringerfile photo recently lockheed martin corps f16 saab abs gripen twohorse race supply least 100 singleengine jets build indian air forces fastdepleting combat fleet offered build planes india collaboration local companies part prime minister narendra modis drive build domestic industrial base cut back arms imports last month government asked air force open competition twinengine aircraft evaluate boeings fa18 super hornet defense ministry source said jet finalist indian navys 8 billion 9 billion contract 57 fighters defense ministry plans within weeks issue request information rfi first stage procurement process fighter built india competition open single twinengine jets official said lockheed saab said informed new requirements latest change heart major opportunity boeing whose foreign super hornet customer far royal australian air force also illustrates dysfunctional weapons procurement process arms industry worlds secondmostpopulous country need new fighters known nearly 15 years many announcements twists turns countrys air force threequarters aircraft needs indigenous light combat aircraft tejas still operational 35 years first proposed 160 indian air force source said fighter procurement urgent branchs operational strength fallen 33 squadrons weakest level four decades decommissions sovietera mig21s iaf wants rfi issued within weeks get process started said source declined identified authorized speak media problem government keeps shifting wants pressing need next decade 13 squadrons retired aircraft age service parliaments standing committee defense said december report defense ministry declined comment air forces aircraft modernization program saying position lockheed offered shift f16 production line fort worth texas india said told change indian plan singleengine fighters proposed f16 partnership india stands firm company said email last year picked tata advanced systems local partner said talks dozens firms build supplier network government india yet issued formal requirements continuing support governmenttogovernment discussions engage indian companies f16 industrial opportunities lockheed said swedens saab also caught guard seen reports indian media new formal communication made us regarding fighter program said rob hewson saab asia pacifics head communications frances dassault systemes ses rafale eurofighter typhoon russian aircraft also potential contenders new requirements air force source industry analysts said admiral harry harris head us pacific command told us house armed services committee last month india considering stealthy f35 among options indian air force said request made lockheed even briefing aircraft order size indias rare comparable opportunity super hornet canadas request 88 fighters could worth much 146 billion indian air force competition echoes 2007 tender 126 medium multirole combat aircraft dassault selected exclusive negotiations talks quickly bogged local production prices end government ordered 36 rafales 2016 87 billion local fighter air force ideally would like combination lighter singleengine twinengine jets well stealthy aircraft afford range foreign systems analysts said twinengine foreign fighter would perhaps offer best value tejas finishes development said indias annual defense capital procurement budget 14 billion 15 billion spread army navy air force indigenous defense research organization 160 operational costs going increased manpower higher wages general inflation160ministry defence doesnt luxury go many platforms despite rapidly falling squadron strength air force said amber dubey partner india head aerospace defense global consultancy kpmg boeing india president pratyush kumar said company ready respond request air force follow mods lead process responsive needs asked provide information said kumar said boeing committed building planes india offered help indias plans develop advanced medium combat aircraft experience rafale contract made experts skeptical latest tender proceed planned richard bitzinger visiting senior fellow singapores srajaratnam school international studies said expect resolution even next two three years never surprised indians comes procurement tenders constantly changing rules changing minds often even cancelling orders midway said indians remarkable knack snatching defeat jaws victory reporting sanjeev miglani jamie freed editing gerry doyle standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters us senators grill president donald trumps pick lead national security agency governments surveillance reach range cyber security issues thursday faces second confirmation hearing lead electronic spy agency file photo lt gen paul nakasone testifies senate armed services committee hearing nomination general director national security agency chief central security service commander united states cyber command defense department capitol hill washington us march 1 2018 reutersyuri gripasfile photo lieutenant general paul nakasone decorated military intelligence veteran three decades experience expected face questions alleged election meddling russia international cyber defense warrantless digital spying appears senate intelligence committee confirmed nakasone helm eavesdropping agency employees roughly 36000 hackers spies intelligence professionals agency suffered flagging morale recent years due raft security breaches unpopular reorganization competition higherpaying jobs silicon valley elsewhere according current former officials cybersecurity executives nakasone also nominated command militarys us cyber command along nsa based fort meade maryland nsa considered secretive initials said shorthand agency agency surged name recognition following 2013 disclosures contractor edward snowden whose published stolen documents revealed sweeping domestic international spying programs ignited global debate digital privacy since nsa endured number breaches including theft hacking tools published online shadow brokers mysterious group regularly posts cryptic taunts toward us government lt gen paul nakasone arrives senate armed services committee hearing nomination general director national security agency chief central security service commander united states cyber command defense department capitol hill washington us march 1 2018 reutersyuri gripas senator ron wyden democrat staunch privacy advocate planned ask nakasone would respond order create new warrantless wiretapping programs nsa wyden spokesman said nakasone also testified senate armed services committee two weeks ago said united states cyber punching bag world russia china others fear response actions cyberspace nakasone 54 served chief us armys cyber command since late 2016 staff officer general keith alexander first head cyber command head nsa 2005 2014 first nominee lead nsa face confirmation hearing senate intelligence committee historically nominees subject hearings senate armed services committee full senate must vote nomination expected approved confirmed nakasone replace admiral mike rogers led nsa cyber command since 2014 reporting dustin volz additional reporting patricia zengerle editing rosalba obrien standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic Church its credibility in the country.</p>
<p>Francis said that until he sees proof that Bishop Juan Barros was complicit in covering up the sex crimes of the Rev. Fernando Karadima, such accusations against Barros are “all calumny.”</p>
<p>The pope’s remarks drew shock from Chileans and immediate rebuke from victims and their advocates. They noted the accusers were deemed credible enough by the Vatican that it sentenced Karadima to a lifetime of “penance and prayer” for his crimes in 2011. A Chilean judge also found the victims to be credible, saying that while she had to drop criminal charges against Karadima because too much time had passed, proof of his crimes wasn’t lacking.</p>
<p>“As if I could have taken a selfie or a photo while Karadima abused me and others and Juan Barros stood by watching it all,” tweeted Barros’ most vocal accuser, Juan Carlos Cruz. “These people are truly crazy, and the pontiff talks about atonement to the victims. Nothing has changed, and his plea for forgiveness is empty.”</p>
<p>The Karadima scandal dominated Francis’ visit to Chile and the overall issue of sex abuse and church cover-up was likely to factor into his three-day trip to Peru that began late Thursday.</p>
<p>Karadima’s victims reported to church authorities as early as 2002 that he would kiss and fondle them in the swank Santiago parish he ran, but officials refused to believe them. Only when the victims went public with their accusations in 2010 did the Vatican launch an investigation that led to Karadima being removed from ministry.</p>
<p>The emeritus archbishop of Santiago subsequently apologized for having refused to believe the victims from the start.</p>
<p>Francis reopened the wounds of the scandal in 2015 when he named Barros, a protege of Karadima, as bishop of the southern diocese of Osorno. Karadima’s victims say Barros knew of the abuse, having seen it, but did nothing. Barros has denied the allegations.</p>
<p>His appointment outraged Chileans, badly divided the Osorno diocese and further undermined the church’s already shaky credibility in the country.</p>
<p>Francis had sought to heal the wounds by meeting this week with abuse victims and begging forgiveness for the crimes of church pastors. But on Thursday, he struck a defiant tone when asked by a Chilean journalist about Barros.</p>
<p>“The day they bring me proof against Bishop Barros, I’ll speak,” Francis said. “There is not one shred of proof against him. It’s all calumny. Is that clear?”</p>
<p>Francis had defended the appointment before, calling the Osorno controversy “stupid” and the result of a campaign mounted by leftists. But The Associated Press reported last week that the Vatican was so worried about the fallout from the Karadima affair that it was prepared in 2014 to ask Barros and two other Karadima-trained bishops to resign and go on a yearlong sabbatical.</p>
<p>According to a Jan. 31, 2015, letter obtained by AP from Francis to the executive committee of the Chilean bishops’ conference, the plan fell apart and Barros was sent to Osorno.</p>
<p>Juan Carlos Claret, spokesman for a group of Osorno lay Catholics who have mounted a three-year campaign against Barros, questioned why Francis was now accusing the victims of slandering Barros when the Vatican was so convinced of their claims that it planned to remove him in 2014.</p>
<p>“Isn’t the pastoral problem that we’re living (in Osorno) enough to get rid of him?” Claret asked.</p>
<p>The reference was to the fact that — guilty or not — Barros has been unable to do his job because so many Osorno Catholics and priests don’t recognize him as their bishop. They staged an unprecedented protest during his 2015 installation ceremony and have protested his presence ever since.</p>
<p>Anne Barrett Doyle, of the online database BishopAccountability.org, said it was “sad and wrong” for the pope to discredit the victims since “the burden of proof here rests with the church, not the victims — and especially not with victims whose veracity has already been affirmed.”</p>
<p>“He has just turned back the clock to the darkest days of this crisis,” she said in a statement. “Who knows how many victims now will decide to stay hidden, for fear they will not be believed?”</p>
<p>Indeed, Catholic officials for years accused victims of slandering and attacking the church with their claims. But up until Francis’ words Thursday, many in the church and Vatican had come to reluctantly acknowledge that victims usually told the truth and that the church for decades had wrongly sought to protect its own.</p>
<p>German Silva, a political scientist at Santiago’s Universidad Mayor, said the pope’s comments were a “tremendous error” that will reverberate in Chile and beyond.</p>
<p>Patricio Navia, political science professor at Diego Portales University in Santiago, said Francis had gone much further than Chilean bishops in acknowledging the sexual abuse scandal, which many Chileans appreciated.</p>
<p>“Then right before leaving, Francis turns around and says: ‘By the way, I don’t think Barros is guilty. Show me some proof,’” Navia said, adding that the comment will probably erase any good will the pope had won over the issue.</p>
<p>Navia said the Karadima scandal had radically changed how Chileans view the church.</p>
<p>“In the typical Chilean family, parents (now) think twice before sending their kids to Catholic school because you never know what is going to happen,” Navia said.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writers Peter Prengaman and Eva Vergara contributed to this report.</p>
<p>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic Church its credibility in the country.</p>
<p>Francis said that until he sees proof that Bishop Juan Barros was complicit in covering up the sex crimes of the Rev. Fernando Karadima, such accusations against Barros are “all calumny.”</p>
<p>The pope’s remarks drew shock from Chileans and immediate rebuke from victims and their advocates. They noted the accusers were deemed credible enough by the Vatican that it sentenced Karadima to a lifetime of “penance and prayer” for his crimes in 2011. A Chilean judge also found the victims to be credible, saying that while she had to drop criminal charges against Karadima because too much time had passed, proof of his crimes wasn’t lacking.</p>
<p>“As if I could have taken a selfie or a photo while Karadima abused me and others and Juan Barros stood by watching it all,” tweeted Barros’ most vocal accuser, Juan Carlos Cruz. “These people are truly crazy, and the pontiff talks about atonement to the victims. Nothing has changed, and his plea for forgiveness is empty.”</p>
<p>The Karadima scandal dominated Francis’ visit to Chile and the overall issue of sex abuse and church cover-up was likely to factor into his three-day trip to Peru that began late Thursday.</p>
<p>Karadima’s victims reported to church authorities as early as 2002 that he would kiss and fondle them in the swank Santiago parish he ran, but officials refused to believe them. Only when the victims went public with their accusations in 2010 did the Vatican launch an investigation that led to Karadima being removed from ministry.</p>
<p>The emeritus archbishop of Santiago subsequently apologized for having refused to believe the victims from the start.</p>
<p>Francis reopened the wounds of the scandal in 2015 when he named Barros, a protege of Karadima, as bishop of the southern diocese of Osorno. Karadima’s victims say Barros knew of the abuse, having seen it, but did nothing. Barros has denied the allegations.</p>
<p>His appointment outraged Chileans, badly divided the Osorno diocese and further undermined the church’s already shaky credibility in the country.</p>
<p>Francis had sought to heal the wounds by meeting this week with abuse victims and begging forgiveness for the crimes of church pastors. But on Thursday, he struck a defiant tone when asked by a Chilean journalist about Barros.</p>
<p>“The day they bring me proof against Bishop Barros, I’ll speak,” Francis said. “There is not one shred of proof against him. It’s all calumny. Is that clear?”</p>
<p>Francis had defended the appointment before, calling the Osorno controversy “stupid” and the result of a campaign mounted by leftists. But The Associated Press reported last week that the Vatican was so worried about the fallout from the Karadima affair that it was prepared in 2014 to ask Barros and two other Karadima-trained bishops to resign and go on a yearlong sabbatical.</p>
<p>According to a Jan. 31, 2015, letter obtained by AP from Francis to the executive committee of the Chilean bishops’ conference, the plan fell apart and Barros was sent to Osorno.</p>
<p>Juan Carlos Claret, spokesman for a group of Osorno lay Catholics who have mounted a three-year campaign against Barros, questioned why Francis was now accusing the victims of slandering Barros when the Vatican was so convinced of their claims that it planned to remove him in 2014.</p>
<p>“Isn’t the pastoral problem that we’re living (in Osorno) enough to get rid of him?” Claret asked.</p>
<p>The reference was to the fact that — guilty or not — Barros has been unable to do his job because so many Osorno Catholics and priests don’t recognize him as their bishop. They staged an unprecedented protest during his 2015 installation ceremony and have protested his presence ever since.</p>
<p>Anne Barrett Doyle, of the online database BishopAccountability.org, said it was “sad and wrong” for the pope to discredit the victims since “the burden of proof here rests with the church, not the victims — and especially not with victims whose veracity has already been affirmed.”</p>
<p>“He has just turned back the clock to the darkest days of this crisis,” she said in a statement. “Who knows how many victims now will decide to stay hidden, for fear they will not be believed?”</p>
<p>Indeed, Catholic officials for years accused victims of slandering and attacking the church with their claims. But up until Francis’ words Thursday, many in the church and Vatican had come to reluctantly acknowledge that victims usually told the truth and that the church for decades had wrongly sought to protect its own.</p>
<p>German Silva, a political scientist at Santiago’s Universidad Mayor, said the pope’s comments were a “tremendous error” that will reverberate in Chile and beyond.</p>
<p>Patricio Navia, political science professor at Diego Portales University in Santiago, said Francis had gone much further than Chilean bishops in acknowledging the sexual abuse scandal, which many Chileans appreciated.</p>
<p>“Then right before leaving, Francis turns around and says: ‘By the way, I don’t think Barros is guilty. Show me some proof,’” Navia said, adding that the comment will probably erase any good will the pope had won over the issue.</p>
<p>Navia said the Karadima scandal had radically changed how Chileans view the church.</p>
<p>“In the typical Chilean family, parents (now) think twice before sending their kids to Catholic school because you never know what is going to happen,” Navia said.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writers Peter Prengaman and Eva Vergara contributed to this report.</p>
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authorities early 2002 would kiss fondle swank santiago parish ran officials refused believe victims went public accusations 2010 vatican launch investigation led karadima removed ministry emeritus archbishop santiago subsequently apologized refused believe victims start francis reopened wounds scandal 2015 named barros protege karadima bishop southern diocese osorno karadimas victims say barros knew abuse seen nothing barros denied allegations appointment outraged chileans badly divided osorno diocese undermined churchs already shaky credibility country francis sought heal wounds meeting week abuse victims begging forgiveness crimes church pastors thursday struck defiant tone asked chilean journalist barros day bring proof bishop barros ill speak francis said one shred proof calumny clear francis defended appointment calling osorno controversy stupid result campaign mounted leftists associated press reported last week vatican worried fallout karadima affair prepared 2014 ask barros two karadimatrained bishops resign go yearlong sabbatical according jan 31 2015 letter obtained ap francis executive committee chilean bishops conference plan fell apart barros sent osorno juan carlos claret spokesman group osorno lay catholics mounted threeyear campaign barros questioned francis accusing victims slandering barros vatican convinced claims planned remove 2014 isnt pastoral problem living osorno enough get rid claret asked reference fact guilty barros unable job many osorno catholics priests dont recognize bishop staged unprecedented protest 2015 installation ceremony protested presence ever since anne barrett doyle online database bishopaccountabilityorg said sad wrong pope discredit victims since burden proof rests church victims especially victims whose veracity already affirmed turned back clock darkest days crisis said statement knows many victims decide stay hidden fear believed indeed catholic officials years accused victims slandering attacking church claims francis words thursday many church vatican come reluctantly acknowledge victims usually told truth church decades wrongly sought protect german silva political scientist santiagos universidad mayor said popes comments tremendous error reverberate chile beyond patricio navia political science professor diego portales university santiago said francis gone much chilean bishops acknowledging sexual abuse scandal many chileans appreciated right leaving francis turns around says way dont think barros guilty show proof navia said adding comment probably erase good pope issue navia said karadima scandal radically changed chileans view church typical chilean family parents think twice sending kids catholic school never know going happen navia said ___ associated press writers peter prengaman eva vergara contributed report santiago chile ap pope francis accused victims chiles notorious pedophile slander thursday astonishing end visit meant help heal wounds sex abuse scandal cost catholic church credibility country francis said sees proof bishop juan barros complicit covering sex crimes rev fernando karadima accusations barros calumny popes remarks drew shock chileans immediate rebuke victims advocates noted accusers deemed credible enough vatican sentenced karadima lifetime penance prayer crimes 2011 chilean judge also found victims credible saying drop criminal charges karadima much time passed proof crimes wasnt lacking could taken selfie photo karadima abused others juan barros stood watching tweeted barros vocal accuser juan carlos cruz people truly crazy pontiff talks atonement victims nothing changed plea forgiveness empty karadima scandal dominated francis visit chile overall issue sex abuse church coverup likely factor threeday trip peru began late thursday karadimas victims reported church authorities early 2002 would kiss fondle swank santiago parish ran officials refused believe victims went public accusations 2010 vatican launch investigation led karadima removed ministry emeritus archbishop santiago subsequently apologized refused believe victims start francis reopened wounds scandal 2015 named barros protege karadima bishop southern diocese osorno karadimas victims say barros knew abuse seen nothing barros denied allegations appointment outraged chileans badly divided osorno diocese undermined churchs already shaky credibility country francis sought heal wounds meeting week abuse victims begging forgiveness crimes church pastors thursday struck defiant tone asked chilean journalist barros day bring proof bishop barros ill speak francis said one shred proof calumny clear francis defended appointment calling osorno controversy stupid result campaign mounted leftists associated press reported last week vatican worried fallout karadima affair prepared 2014 ask barros two karadimatrained bishops resign go yearlong sabbatical according jan 31 2015 letter obtained ap francis executive committee chilean bishops conference plan fell apart barros sent osorno juan carlos claret spokesman group osorno lay catholics mounted threeyear campaign barros questioned francis accusing victims slandering barros vatican convinced claims planned remove 2014 isnt pastoral problem living osorno enough get rid claret asked reference fact guilty barros unable job many osorno catholics priests dont recognize bishop staged unprecedented protest 2015 installation ceremony protested presence ever since anne barrett doyle online database bishopaccountabilityorg said sad wrong pope discredit victims since burden proof rests church victims especially victims whose veracity already affirmed turned back clock darkest days crisis said statement knows many victims decide stay hidden fear believed indeed catholic officials years accused victims slandering attacking church claims francis words thursday many church vatican come reluctantly acknowledge victims usually told truth church decades wrongly sought protect german silva political scientist santiagos universidad mayor said popes comments tremendous error reverberate chile beyond patricio navia political science professor diego portales university santiago said francis gone much chilean bishops acknowledging sexual abuse scandal many chileans appreciated right leaving francis turns around says way dont think barros guilty show proof navia said adding comment probably erase good pope issue navia said karadima scandal radically changed chileans view church typical chilean family parents think twice sending kids catholic school never know going happen navia said ___ associated press writers peter prengaman eva vergara contributed report
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<p>The Arkansas Senate race between Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican Rep. Tom Cotton began for us in June 2013 — just six months into the new Congress — with an article that carried the headline “ <a href="" type="internal">It’s Groundhog Day for Fact-Checkers</a>.” It hasn’t gotten much better for fact-checkers since then.</p>
<p>The race — which remains <a href="http://cookpolitical.com/senate/charts/race-ratings" type="external">a toss-up</a> <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/what_america_thinks/2014_08/what_america_thinks_election_update_week_of_8_28_14" type="external">by virtually all</a> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/elections-forecast-2014/" type="external">accounts</a> — has been our most fact-checked campaign of the 2014 congressional elections. Here are some of our findings:</p>
<p>Illegal Immigration and Border Security</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor voted “against a border fence.”</p>
<p>Facts: A Cotton campaign ad says Pryor cast three votes “against a border fence.” But that ignores Pryor’s votes for border fencing.</p>
<p>The first of the three votes highlighted in the TV ad came on April 7, 2006, when Congress <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2006/04/08/Senate-accord-falls-apart/stories/200604080179" type="external">was considering</a> the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006. Pryor&#160; <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00090" type="external">voted against</a> cloture on a Republican immigration bill that focused primarily on border security. His campaign said Pryor feared a bill focused solely on security would have impeded progress on the comprehensive bill. In fact, Pryor several weeks later joined an <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00126" type="external">overwhelming majority</a> to support an amendment to the comprehensive bill that would have increased fencing along the border.</p>
<p><a href="" type="internal" />Similarly, the Cotton ad cites Pryor’s July 13, 2006, <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00200" type="external">vote against</a> an amendment proposed by Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions that would have provided the funding for it: $1.83 billion to construct 370 miles of double-layered fencing and at least 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the border with Mexico. But Pryor and others opposed the amendment because it would have made across-the-board cuts to the rest of the Homeland Security appropriations. Several weeks later, on Aug. 2, 2006, Pryor joined a large, <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00220" type="external">bipartisan majority</a> that voted for $1.83 billion in funding to construct 370 miles of triple-layered fencing, and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the southwest border.</p>
<p>The third vote was against a 2010 amendment to a supplemental spending bill to provide funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other disaster relief in Haiti and the United States. Pryor’s campaign said he feared the amendment would slow down the progress of the supplemental bill.</p>
<p>Full story: “ <a href="" type="internal">Cherry-picking Pryor on Border Security</a>,” Aug. 6</p>
<p>Claim: Cotton “voted to cut funding for the border protection.”</p>
<p>Facts:&#160;This claim is based on the Pryor campaign’s assumption that Republican Study Committee budget plans, which Cotton supported, would have applied their deep cuts to discretionary spending across-the-board. The budgets, offered as more conservative alternatives to the mainstream Republican House budgets, don’t say that.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://rsc.woodall.house.gov/uploadedfiles/the_budget.pdf" type="external">2014 plan</a>, for example, called for a 22 percent cut in non-defense discretionary spending by fiscal year 2016. If those cuts were applied across-the-board, the Pryor campaign argues, it would mean cutting the border security budget by more than $800 million. The key phrase in the Pryor analysis, though, is “if those cuts were applied across-the-board” — a caveat that is missing in the ad. There is no suggestion of that in the RSC budget. In fact, the plan, a nonbinding budget resolution, is completely silent on the issue of border security funding.</p>
<p>Additionally, there is some evidence that Cotton has made border security a priority in the past, including his co-sponsoring H.R. 2220, <a href="https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2220" type="external">the SMART Act of 2013</a>, which would have beefed up security along the southwestern border.</p>
<p>Full story: “ <a href="" type="internal">More Border Security Spin in Arkansas</a>,” Aug. 8</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor “voted to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants.”</p>
<p>Facts: Actually, what Pryor voted for wouldn’t have paid a penny to any immigrant living in the U.S. illegally.</p>
<p>The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which made this claim in a TV ad, cited <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00130" type="external">a vote to kill</a> a <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SP3985:" type="external">Republican amendment</a> offered by Sen. John Ensign of Nevada that would have stripped those gaining legal status under the proposed immigration bill of a right they already had. That is, the right of anyone gaining citizenship or legal status to get credit toward future Social Security benefits based on taxes paid while working in the U.S. without legal permission.</p>
<p>To twist a vote to kill Ensign’s measure into a vote to pay benefits to people while they are here illegally is a gross distortion of the facts.</p>
<p>Full story: “ <a href="" type="internal">Headed for the Hall of Shame</a>,” Aug. 20</p>
<p>Affordable Care Act</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor voted “to give members of Congress special benefits to purchase Obamacare.”</p>
<p>Facts: Pryor voted to continue the same employer payments for health insurance that members of Congress have had for many years — the same as those paid for millions of other federal employees, retirees and their families. This <a href="" type="internal">common</a> <a href="" type="internal">distortion</a>, used against those who voted for the Affordable Care Act, came from the NRSC.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00211" type="external">vote in question</a> came during the final hours of the partisan maneuvering that resulted in last year’s 16-day government shutdown. In a straight party-line vote, Pryor joined 51 other Democrats (and two independents) to reject a <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-113hrpt239/pdf/CRPT-113hrpt239.pdf" type="external">House-passed bill</a> that would have delayed implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate for a full year in return for providing funding to keep the federal government open through Dec. 15. The bill also contained a provision that would strip lawmakers and aides of their long-standing health care benefits.</p>
<p>But there’s nothing “special” about those benefits. The Office of Personnel Management <a href="http://www.opm.gov/news/releases/2013/09/fehb-rates-announcement/" type="external">pays an average of 72 percent</a> (but no more than 75 percent) of the private health insurance premiums for federal workers under the <a href="http://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/" type="external">Federal Employees Health Benefits program</a>, which until this year also covered members of Congress and their staffs. OPM <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-10-02/pdf/2013-23565.pdf" type="external">adopted a rule</a> on Oct. 2, 2013, that <a href="http://www.opm.gov/news/releases/2013/08/opm-issues-proposed-rule-which-details-how-members-of-congress-and-congressional-staff-will-be-insured-through-the-health-insurance-exchanges/" type="external">continued the same employer payments</a> when congressional members and aides moved from the FEHB to the new exchanges.</p>
<p>Full story: “ <a href="" type="internal">Headed for the Hall of Shame</a>,” Aug. 20</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor’s vote for the Affordable Care Act is responsible for “higher health care costs.”</p>
<p>Facts: <a href="" type="internal">Americans for Prosperity</a>, a conservative group responsible for this ad, cites a <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/06/18/3137-county-analysis-obamacare-increased-2014-individual-market-premiums-by-average-of-49/" type="external">Forbes story</a> about <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/11/04/49-state-analysis-obamacare-to-increase-individual-market-premiums-by-avg-of-41-subsidies-flow-to-elderly/" type="external">an analysis</a> from the conservative Manhattan Institute. But the analysis pertains only to the individual market and didn’t adjust for subsidies or increased benefits under the ACA.</p>
<p>The institute concluded that individual market premiums would rise by an average of 49 percent due to the new health care law. But the ad does not mention that it is referring only to those who buy insurance on the individual market. That’s 4 percent of Arkansans. The institute study also did not adjust for the fact that ACA plans have certain minimum benefit requirements that pre-ACA plans did not have to meet. It also did not account for federal subsidies, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would be extended to 80 percent of all those buying exchange plans nationwide.</p>
<p>For most Arkansans— <a href="http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-population/" type="external">40 percent of the population</a> —who have their insurance through their workplaces, premiums <a href="" type="internal">have gone up 5.9 percent, on average, per year</a> since the law was enacted, while in the five years before the ACA, premiums went up 4.8 percent, on average, per year.</p>
<p>Full story: “ <a href="" type="internal">Stretching the Truth in Arkansas</a>,” July 21</p>
<p>Social Security</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor “suggested raising the retirement age” for Social Security.</p>
<p>Facts: Pryor suggested raising the retirement age for those who are now teenagers, but an ad run by the conservative group&#160; <a href="" type="internal">Crossroads GPS</a> uses pictures of elderly Americans to leave the false impression Pryor was talking about seniors who are in or near retirement.</p>
<p>The ad displayed pictures of elderly Americans and a video clip of Pryor speaking the words, “say that they couldn’t get Social Security until they turn 68 or 69.” The full quote from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRygLYHvxEg" type="external">June 6, 2011, interview with Hope, Arkansas’ KTSS-TV</a> makes it clear that he is referring to “my kids’ generation, teenagers today” when he is talking about raising the retirement age for Social Security.</p>
<p>It’s a technique <a href="" type="internal">we’ve seen</a> <a href="" type="internal">in political ads</a> many times, when the images on screen leave the false impression that a politician had made proposals that would impact those who are seniors today.</p>
<p>Full story: “ <a href="" type="internal">More Senior Scare in Arkansas</a>,” Aug. 22</p>
<p>Claim: Cotton wants to “privatize Social Security.”</p>
<p>Facts: Cotton has voiced support for what he calls “a mixture of the traditional system and personal investments accounts.” That’s not the same as privatizing Social Security, as the Pryor campaign claims.</p>
<p>The Cotton website <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20140110021836/https:/www.tomcotton.com/2011/10/tom-cotton-raises-300k-in-third-quarter/" type="external">posted a blog item</a> on Oct. 7, 2011, from the <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/279285/tom-cotton-raises-300k-third-quarter-brian-bolduc" type="external">National Review Online</a> that quoted Cotton as saying the U.S. should “move to a mixture of the traditional [Social Security] system and personal investments accounts” — similar to what <a href="http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050210-1.html" type="external">President Bush proposed in 2005</a>. Under Bush’s plan, such personal investment accounts would be voluntary and would supplement the existing Social Security system, not replace it, and not all Social Security funds could be invested in the private accounts, which would be regulated mutual funds. That’s not the same thing as privatizing Social Security, as we’ve said <a href="" type="internal">numerous</a> <a href="" type="internal">times</a>.</p>
<p>Full story: <a href="" type="internal">“Arkansas Race Off to a Misleading Start</a>,” Aug. 9, 2013</p>
<p>Government Spending</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor is responsible for “higher gas and grocery bills.”</p>
<p>Facts: <a href="" type="internal">Americans for Prosperity</a> <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00288" type="external">cites</a> <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00052" type="external">three</a> <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00059" type="external">votes</a> cast against domestic drilling to support its claim in a TV ad that Pryor is responsible for higher gasoline prices. All three were for amendments that would have banned drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.</p>
<p>But a 2008 report by the <a href="http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/anwr/pdf/sroiaf%282008%2903.pdf" type="external">Energy Information Administration</a> examined the impact of drilling in ANWR and concluded that oil production in that area would not significantly influence world oil prices and warned that there may not be any impact at all.</p>
<p>As for higher grocery bills, AFP cites Pryor’s vote for the <a href="https://beta.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6?q=%7b%22search%22%3A%5b%22hr+6%22%5d%7d" type="external">Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</a> The 2005 <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-109hr6enr/pdf/BILLS-109hr6enr.pdf" type="external">Energy Policy Act</a> mandated that specified levels of renewable fuel be blended into gasoline. Pryor’s 2007 vote expanded the requirement for renewable fuel, which increased the demand for ethanol and, in turn, increased prices of livestock and corn products. However, the USDA said in 2008 that the inflated price of corn had very little effect on overall retail food prices.</p>
<p>Full story: “ <a href="" type="internal">Stretching the Truth in Arkansas</a>,” July 21</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor has voted with President Obama and the Democratic Party 90 percent of the time.</p>
<p>Facts: Cotton accuses Pryor of “toeing the line” for President Obama and the Democratic Party, claiming Pryor voted with them 90 percent of the time. But the party unity figure is wrong (it’s actually 80 percent), and the presidential support figure, although accurate, shows Pryor voted against Obama more than any other Senate Democrat.</p>
<p>The ad cites a Feb. 3 <a href="http://atr.rollcall.com/senate-democrats-supported-obama-on-overwhelming-number-of-votes-in-2013/" type="external">CQ Weekly article</a>. The CQ Weekly analysis shows that in votes where Obama expressed a preferred vote outcome, Pryor opposed him 10 percent of the time — including votes on gun control, border control and one of Obama’s judicial nominees. No Senate Democrat seeking reelection this fall voted against the president’s wishes more often. In terms of the Democratic Party, CQ Weekly found that Pryor bucked the party unity votes nearly 20 percent of the time last year, second among Senate Democrats only to Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.</p>
<p>Cotton’s voting was actually more reliably Republican than Pryor’s was reliably Democratic. According to CQ Weekly, Cotton voted in accordance with his party 97 percent of the time last year.</p>
<p>Full story: <a href="" type="internal">“Pryor’s Prior Partisan Votes</a>,” June 13</p>
<p>Claim: Pryor supported “trillions in debt, including wasting our money on Alaska’s Bridge to Nowhere.”</p>
<p>Facts: Club for Growth Action aired a TV ad critical of Pryor’s vote for the so-called Bridge to Nowhere, using it as an example of his support for wasteful spending. But the bridge may never be built, and Pryor’s involvement in the project was minimal, no different than that of most senators.</p>
<p>Funding for two Alaska bridges – the Gravina Bridge and Knik Arm Bridge — was included in a $286.4 billion transportation spending bill in 2005 that was approved by the Senate with <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00220" type="external">91 votes</a>, including Pryor’s. But Pryor did not sponsor the bill and did not request funding for the bridges, one of which — the Gravina Bridge — was derided by critics as the “Bridge to Nowhere” because it would connect Ketchikan to Gravina Island, which at the time had a population of 50 and an airport.</p>
<p>However, as a result of the controversy, the transportation bill was later <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&amp;docid=f:h3058enr.txt.pdf" type="external">revised</a> to remove specific mention of the bridges and instead give that money to the Alaska Department of Transportation with no strings attached. The bill passed <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00264" type="external">93-1</a>, with Pryor voting for it. The Bridge to Nowhere may never be built as the state <a href="http://www.krbd.org/2014/08/19/dot-seeks-southeast-transportation-plan-input/" type="external">considers improving ferry service instead</a>.</p>
<p>Full story: <a href="" type="internal">“Arkansas Race Off to a Misleading Start</a>,” Aug. 9, 2013</p>
<p>Medicare</p>
<p>Claim: Cotton “wants to end Medicare’s guarantee, giving billions in profits to insurance companies while costing seniors $6,000 more a year.”</p>
<p>Facts: The <a href="" type="internal">Senate Majority PAC</a> has made this claim or something similar in more than one TV ad. But it is an outdated attack based on an old budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan in 2011 and supported by Cotton as a candidate that year. The $6,000 figure is also inaccurate.</p>
<p>The Ryan budget plan in 2011 would have radically changed Medicare in the future — for workers now under age 55.&#160; The plan called for new Medicare beneficiaries to purchase private insurance with the help of federal subsidies. An analysis by the <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/ftpdocs/121xx/doc12128/04-05-ryan_letter.pdf" type="external">Congressional Budget Office at the time</a> indicated that a 65-year-old in 2022 could pay about $6,000 more than he or she would for the year under traditional Medicare.</p>
<p>But Ryan changed this budget plan the next year. Every plan since then would give seniors the option of staying in a traditional Medicare plan or receiving premium-support payments to buy private insurance plans.&#160;And he has made other changes to make the premium-support payments more generous. In fact, his latest plan is modeled on an option that a <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/09-18-PremiumSupport.pdf" type="external">September 2013 CBO report</a> said could produce savings in total health costs. That CBO report also said its 2011 analysis of the Ryan plan was based on assumptions that turned out to be incorrect, making the $6,000 figure both outdated and no longer valid.</p>
<p>Full story: <a href="" type="internal">“Disconnecting the Dots in Arkansas</a>,” April 11</p>
<p>Claim: Cotton was “paid handsomely working for insurance companies” before joining Congress.</p>
<p>Facts: Cotton’s supposed experience “working for insurance companies” amounts to consulting work done on behalf of the Federal Housing Administration.</p>
<p>The Senate Majority PAC portrayed Cotton as someone who is trying to help out his buddies in the insurance industry by supporting Ryan’s Medicare proposal. The group points to Cotton’s Facebook “ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TomCottonAR/info" type="external">about” page,</a> which says during his time as a consultant for <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/about_us" type="external">McKinsey &amp; Co.</a> he “advised some of America’s most respected companies on business strategy, operations, finance, and marketing. His industry experience includes agribusiness, health care, oil and gas, food processing, insurance, and aerospace.”</p>
<p>But our <a href="" type="internal">reporting found</a> that insurance experience amounted to consulting work done on behalf of the Federal Housing Administration to help its Office of Multifamily Housing Programs better manage its backlog. Any money that McKinsey — where Cotton was a consultant — made from the FHA project would have ultimately come from the federal government, not from private insurance companies. And so, we concluded, the insinuation that Cotton’s time at McKinsey gave him ties to the insurance industry — that are now influencing his views on Medicare — was simply misplaced.</p>
<p>Full story: <a href="" type="internal">“Disconnecting the Dots in Arkansas</a>,” April 11</p>
<p>Claim: Cotton backed a plan that could “cost seniors up to $1,700 more a year.”</p>
<p>Facts: The $1,700 figure, used in a&#160; <a href="" type="internal">Patriot Majority USA</a> ad, refers to Cotton’s support for Ryan’s Medicare proposal and its impact on the prescription drug “doughnut hole.” Most seniors wouldn’t be affected.</p>
<p>The ad says: “Cotton pushed a plan that would undermine Medicare’s guarantee. And could cost seniors up to $1,700 more a year.”</p>
<p><a href="" type="internal">As we’ve written before</a>, the Ryan plan would increase prescription drug costs for some — but not all — seniors because it repeals a provision of the Affordable Care Act that lowered prescription drug costs for some seniors. The Ryan plan would do away with the Affordable Care Act provision that slowly closes the so-called “doughnut hole” coverage gap in Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage. The $1,700 figure refers to seniors who surpass the gap in coverage. In fact, most do not. In 2013, 12 percent of the 35.7 million seniors with Part D plans received discounts while in the coverage gap, so those seniors would have paid something more under the Ryan plan.</p>
<p>Full story: <a href="" type="internal">“More Weak Claims on Cotton’s Insurance Ties</a>,” April 17</p>
<p>Claim: “Cotton’s plan” for Medicare would affect “every senior in Arkansas” and “cut benefits.”</p>
<p>Facts: Similarly, the Pryor campaign attacked Cotton for his support of Ryan’s Medicare plan, but it wouldn’t pertain to those who are now seniors.</p>
<p>Ryan’s plan would not pertain to those 55 and over, and another plan Cotton supported (an alternative offered by the Republican Study Committee) would not pertain to those 60 and older. So, neither plan would affect “every senior in Arkansas.”</p>
<p>As for cutting benefits, Ryan’s plan requires that policies sold on the Medicare exchange include a minimum level of benefits, the actuarial equivalent of traditional Medicare. Critics say seniors may have to settle for fewer benefits if the premium-support subsidies don’t keep up with health care costs. But that’s speculation.</p>
<p>Full story: <a href="" type="internal">“Old Medicare Claims in Arkansas Senate Race</a>,” Feb. 21</p>
<p>Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of summary articles on key races that could decide control of the U.S. Senate. The Senate is <a href="https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm" type="external">currently controlled</a> by the Democrats.</p>
<p>— The Staff of FactCheck.org</p>
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arkansas senate race democratic sen mark pryor republican rep tom cotton began us june 2013 six months new congress article carried headline groundhog day factcheckers hasnt gotten much better factcheckers since race remains tossup virtually accounts factchecked campaign 2014 congressional elections findings illegal immigration border security claim pryor voted border fence facts cotton campaign ad says pryor cast three votes border fence ignores pryors votes border fencing first three votes highlighted tv ad came april 7 2006 congress considering comprehensive immigration reform act 2006 pryor160 voted cloture republican immigration bill focused primarily border security campaign said pryor feared bill focused solely security would impeded progress comprehensive bill fact pryor several weeks later joined overwhelming majority support amendment comprehensive bill would increased fencing along border similarly cotton ad cites pryors july 13 2006 vote amendment proposed republican sen jeff sessions would provided funding 183 billion construct 370 miles doublelayered fencing least 461 miles vehicle barriers along border mexico pryor others opposed amendment would made acrosstheboard cuts rest homeland security appropriations several weeks later aug 2 2006 pryor joined large bipartisan majority voted 183 billion funding construct 370 miles triplelayered fencing 461 miles vehicle barriers along southwest border third vote 2010 amendment supplemental spending bill provide funds military operations iraq afghanistan well disaster relief haiti united states pryors campaign said feared amendment would slow progress supplemental bill full story cherrypicking pryor border security aug 6 claim cotton voted cut funding border protection facts160this claim based pryor campaigns assumption republican study committee budget plans cotton supported would applied deep cuts discretionary spending acrosstheboard budgets offered conservative alternatives mainstream republican house budgets dont say 2014 plan example called 22 percent cut nondefense discretionary spending fiscal year 2016 cuts applied acrosstheboard pryor campaign argues would mean cutting border security budget 800 million key phrase pryor analysis though cuts applied acrosstheboard caveat missing ad suggestion rsc budget fact plan nonbinding budget resolution completely silent issue border security funding additionally evidence cotton made border security priority past including cosponsoring hr 2220 smart act 2013 would beefed security along southwestern border full story border security spin arkansas aug 8 claim pryor voted give social security benefits illegal immigrants facts actually pryor voted wouldnt paid penny immigrant living us illegally national republican senatorial committee made claim tv ad cited vote kill republican amendment offered sen john ensign nevada would stripped gaining legal status proposed immigration bill right already right anyone gaining citizenship legal status get credit toward future social security benefits based taxes paid working us without legal permission twist vote kill ensigns measure vote pay benefits people illegally gross distortion facts full story headed hall shame aug 20 affordable care act claim pryor voted give members congress special benefits purchase obamacare facts pryor voted continue employer payments health insurance members congress many years paid millions federal employees retirees families common distortion used voted affordable care act came nrsc vote question came final hours partisan maneuvering resulted last years 16day government shutdown straight partyline vote pryor joined 51 democrats two independents reject housepassed bill would delayed implementation affordable care acts individual mandate full year return providing funding keep federal government open dec 15 bill also contained provision would strip lawmakers aides longstanding health care benefits theres nothing special benefits office personnel management pays average 72 percent 75 percent private health insurance premiums federal workers federal employees health benefits program year also covered members congress staffs opm adopted rule oct 2 2013 continued employer payments congressional members aides moved fehb new exchanges full story headed hall shame aug 20 claim pryors vote affordable care act responsible higher health care costs facts americans prosperity conservative group responsible ad cites forbes story analysis conservative manhattan institute analysis pertains individual market didnt adjust subsidies increased benefits aca institute concluded individual market premiums would rise average 49 percent due new health care law ad mention referring buy insurance individual market thats 4 percent arkansans institute study also adjust fact aca plans certain minimum benefit requirements preaca plans meet also account federal subsidies congressional budget office estimated would extended 80 percent buying exchange plans nationwide arkansans 40 percent population insurance workplaces premiums gone 59 percent average per year since law enacted five years aca premiums went 48 percent average per year full story stretching truth arkansas july 21 social security claim pryor suggested raising retirement age social security facts pryor suggested raising retirement age teenagers ad run conservative group160 crossroads gps uses pictures elderly americans leave false impression pryor talking seniors near retirement ad displayed pictures elderly americans video clip pryor speaking words say couldnt get social security turn 68 69 full quote june 6 2011 interview hope arkansas ktsstv makes clear referring kids generation teenagers today talking raising retirement age social security technique weve seen political ads many times images screen leave false impression politician made proposals would impact seniors today full story senior scare arkansas aug 22 claim cotton wants privatize social security facts cotton voiced support calls mixture traditional system personal investments accounts thats privatizing social security pryor campaign claims cotton website posted blog item oct 7 2011 national review online quoted cotton saying us move mixture traditional social security system personal investments accounts similar president bush proposed 2005 bushs plan personal investment accounts would voluntary would supplement existing social security system replace social security funds could invested private accounts would regulated mutual funds thats thing privatizing social security weve said numerous times full story arkansas race misleading start aug 9 2013 government spending claim pryor responsible higher gas grocery bills facts americans prosperity cites three votes cast domestic drilling support claim tv ad pryor responsible higher gasoline prices three amendments would banned drilling alaskas arctic national wildlife refuge 2008 report energy information administration examined impact drilling anwr concluded oil production area would significantly influence world oil prices warned may impact higher grocery bills afp cites pryors vote energy independence security act 2007 2005 energy policy act mandated specified levels renewable fuel blended gasoline pryors 2007 vote expanded requirement renewable fuel increased demand ethanol turn increased prices livestock corn products however usda said 2008 inflated price corn little effect overall retail food prices full story stretching truth arkansas july 21 claim pryor voted president obama democratic party 90 percent time facts cotton accuses pryor toeing line president obama democratic party claiming pryor voted 90 percent time party unity figure wrong actually 80 percent presidential support figure although accurate shows pryor voted obama senate democrat ad cites feb 3 cq weekly article cq weekly analysis shows votes obama expressed preferred vote outcome pryor opposed 10 percent time including votes gun control border control one obamas judicial nominees senate democrat seeking reelection fall voted presidents wishes often terms democratic party cq weekly found pryor bucked party unity votes nearly 20 percent time last year second among senate democrats sen joe manchin west virginia cottons voting actually reliably republican pryors reliably democratic according cq weekly cotton voted accordance party 97 percent time last year full story pryors prior partisan votes june 13 claim pryor supported trillions debt including wasting money alaskas bridge nowhere facts club growth action aired tv ad critical pryors vote socalled bridge nowhere using example support wasteful spending bridge may never built pryors involvement project minimal different senators funding two alaska bridges gravina bridge knik arm bridge included 2864 billion transportation spending bill 2005 approved senate 91 votes including pryors pryor sponsor bill request funding bridges one gravina bridge derided critics bridge nowhere would connect ketchikan gravina island time population 50 airport however result controversy transportation bill later revised remove specific mention bridges instead give money alaska department transportation strings attached bill passed 931 pryor voting bridge nowhere may never built state considers improving ferry service instead full story arkansas race misleading start aug 9 2013 medicare claim cotton wants end medicares guarantee giving billions profits insurance companies costing seniors 6000 year facts senate majority pac made claim something similar one tv ad outdated attack based old budget plan proposed rep paul ryan 2011 supported cotton candidate year 6000 figure also inaccurate ryan budget plan 2011 would radically changed medicare future workers age 55160 plan called new medicare beneficiaries purchase private insurance help federal subsidies analysis congressional budget office time indicated 65yearold 2022 could pay 6000 would year traditional medicare ryan changed budget plan next year every plan since would give seniors option staying traditional medicare plan receiving premiumsupport payments buy private insurance plans160and made changes make premiumsupport payments generous fact latest plan modeled option september 2013 cbo report said could produce savings total health costs cbo report also said 2011 analysis ryan plan based assumptions turned incorrect making 6000 figure outdated longer valid full story disconnecting dots arkansas april 11 claim cotton paid handsomely working insurance companies joining congress facts cottons supposed experience working insurance companies amounts consulting work done behalf federal housing administration senate majority pac portrayed cotton someone trying help buddies insurance industry supporting ryans medicare proposal group points cottons facebook page says time consultant mckinsey amp co advised americas respected companies business strategy operations finance marketing industry experience includes agribusiness health care oil gas food processing insurance aerospace reporting found insurance experience amounted consulting work done behalf federal housing administration help office multifamily housing programs better manage backlog money mckinsey cotton consultant made fha project would ultimately come federal government private insurance companies concluded insinuation cottons time mckinsey gave ties insurance industry influencing views medicare simply misplaced full story disconnecting dots arkansas april 11 claim cotton backed plan could cost seniors 1700 year facts 1700 figure used a160 patriot majority usa ad refers cottons support ryans medicare proposal impact prescription drug doughnut hole seniors wouldnt affected ad says cotton pushed plan would undermine medicares guarantee could cost seniors 1700 year weve written ryan plan would increase prescription drug costs seniors repeals provision affordable care act lowered prescription drug costs seniors ryan plan would away affordable care act provision slowly closes socalled doughnut hole coverage gap medicare part prescription drug coverage 1700 figure refers seniors surpass gap coverage fact 2013 12 percent 357 million seniors part plans received discounts coverage gap seniors would paid something ryan plan full story weak claims cottons insurance ties april 17 claim cottons plan medicare would affect every senior arkansas cut benefits facts similarly pryor campaign attacked cotton support ryans medicare plan wouldnt pertain seniors ryans plan would pertain 55 another plan cotton supported alternative offered republican study committee would pertain 60 older neither plan would affect every senior arkansas cutting benefits ryans plan requires policies sold medicare exchange include minimum level benefits actuarial equivalent traditional medicare critics say seniors may settle fewer benefits premiumsupport subsidies dont keep health care costs thats speculation full story old medicare claims arkansas senate race feb 21 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<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Supporters of a proposed ballot measure aimed at protecting Alaska salmon habitat near development projects have submitted about 50,000 signatures to the Division of Elections.</p>
<p>Supporters of the "Yes for Salmon" say the measure will define habitat needed to support salmon runs, expand the list of Alaska waterways that support salmon, require the state to notify Alaskans when major projects could affect salmon runs, and create rules for development projects that affect salmon waters.</p>
<p>The nonprofit group Stand for Salmon submitted the signatures Tuesday in Anchorage, the Alaska Journal of Commerce <a href="http://www.alaskajournal.com/2018-01-17/initiative-sponsors-turn-signatures-bbnc-shifts-neutral" type="external">reported</a> .</p>
<p>The initiative has faced opposition from industry groups and the state, but had a small win on Tuesday when the Bristol Bay Native Corp. revised its stance on the initiative from against to neutral.</p>
<p>Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott rejected the initiative in September, saying the state's lawyers decided it would appropriate Alaska's water resources for salmon habitat. Mallott's ruling was overturned in Superior Court, leading the state to make an appeal of its own. Oral arguments in the state's appeal are set for April.</p>
<p>"This is a promising moment for all Alaskans," said Stephanie Quinn-Davidson, an initiative sponsor and director of the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. "Tens of thousands of Alaskans from Nome to Ketchikan, from every single legislative district, have said that we want the opportunity to reflect a true balance between responsible development and protection of salmon."</p>
<p>The initiative would establish two tiers of development permits that could be issued by the Department of Fish and Game.</p>
<p>"Minor" habitat permits could be issued quickly and generally for projects deemed to have an insignificant impact on salmon waters.</p>
<p>"Major" permits for larger projects such as mines, dams and anything determined to potentially have a significant impact on salmon-bearing waters would require the project sponsor to prove the project would not damage salmon habitat.</p>
<p>Mitigation measures would be acceptable as long as they are implemented on the impacted stream or wetland area.</p>
<p>Opponents contend the initiative would hurt the state's economy and make even the smallest projects — down to road repairs — difficult if not impossible to permit.</p>
<p>"Alaska already is in a serious recession with one of the nation's highest unemployment rates," said Joey Merrick, member of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board of directors. "The last thing we need is more expensive, time consuming, and unnecessary policies that cost Alaskans their livelihoods."</p>
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<p>Information from: (Anchorage) Alaska Journal of Commerce, <a href="http://www.alaskajournal.com" type="external">http://www.alaskajournal.com</a></p>
<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Supporters of a proposed ballot measure aimed at protecting Alaska salmon habitat near development projects have submitted about 50,000 signatures to the Division of Elections.</p>
<p>Supporters of the "Yes for Salmon" say the measure will define habitat needed to support salmon runs, expand the list of Alaska waterways that support salmon, require the state to notify Alaskans when major projects could affect salmon runs, and create rules for development projects that affect salmon waters.</p>
<p>The nonprofit group Stand for Salmon submitted the signatures Tuesday in Anchorage, the Alaska Journal of Commerce <a href="http://www.alaskajournal.com/2018-01-17/initiative-sponsors-turn-signatures-bbnc-shifts-neutral" type="external">reported</a> .</p>
<p>The initiative has faced opposition from industry groups and the state, but had a small win on Tuesday when the Bristol Bay Native Corp. revised its stance on the initiative from against to neutral.</p>
<p>Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott rejected the initiative in September, saying the state's lawyers decided it would appropriate Alaska's water resources for salmon habitat. Mallott's ruling was overturned in Superior Court, leading the state to make an appeal of its own. Oral arguments in the state's appeal are set for April.</p>
<p>"This is a promising moment for all Alaskans," said Stephanie Quinn-Davidson, an initiative sponsor and director of the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. "Tens of thousands of Alaskans from Nome to Ketchikan, from every single legislative district, have said that we want the opportunity to reflect a true balance between responsible development and protection of salmon."</p>
<p>The initiative would establish two tiers of development permits that could be issued by the Department of Fish and Game.</p>
<p>"Minor" habitat permits could be issued quickly and generally for projects deemed to have an insignificant impact on salmon waters.</p>
<p>"Major" permits for larger projects such as mines, dams and anything determined to potentially have a significant impact on salmon-bearing waters would require the project sponsor to prove the project would not damage salmon habitat.</p>
<p>Mitigation measures would be acceptable as long as they are implemented on the impacted stream or wetland area.</p>
<p>Opponents contend the initiative would hurt the state's economy and make even the smallest projects — down to road repairs — difficult if not impossible to permit.</p>
<p>"Alaska already is in a serious recession with one of the nation's highest unemployment rates," said Joey Merrick, member of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board of directors. "The last thing we need is more expensive, time consuming, and unnecessary policies that cost Alaskans their livelihoods."</p>
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<p>Information from: (Anchorage) Alaska Journal of Commerce, <a href="http://www.alaskajournal.com" type="external">http://www.alaskajournal.com</a></p>
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anchorage alaska ap supporters proposed ballot measure aimed protecting alaska salmon habitat near development projects submitted 50000 signatures division elections supporters yes salmon say measure define habitat needed support salmon runs expand list alaska waterways support salmon require state notify alaskans major projects could affect salmon runs create rules development projects affect salmon waters nonprofit group stand salmon submitted signatures tuesday anchorage alaska journal commerce reported initiative faced opposition industry groups state small win tuesday bristol bay native corp revised stance initiative neutral lt gov byron mallott rejected initiative september saying states lawyers decided would appropriate alaskas water resources salmon habitat mallotts ruling overturned superior court leading state make appeal oral arguments states appeal set april promising moment alaskans said stephanie quinndavidson initiative sponsor director yukon river intertribal fish commission tens thousands alaskans nome ketchikan every single legislative district said want opportunity reflect true balance responsible development protection salmon initiative would establish two tiers development permits could issued department fish game minor habitat permits could issued quickly generally projects deemed insignificant impact salmon waters major permits larger projects mines dams anything determined potentially significant impact salmonbearing waters would require project sponsor prove project would damage salmon habitat mitigation measures would acceptable long implemented impacted stream wetland area opponents contend initiative would hurt states economy make even smallest projects road repairs difficult impossible permit alaska already serious recession one nations highest unemployment rates said joey merrick member alaska gasline development corp board directors last thing need expensive time consuming unnecessary policies cost alaskans livelihoods ___ information anchorage alaska journal commerce httpwwwalaskajournalcom anchorage alaska ap supporters proposed ballot measure aimed protecting alaska salmon habitat near development projects submitted 50000 signatures division elections supporters yes salmon say measure define habitat needed support salmon runs expand list alaska waterways support salmon require state notify alaskans major projects could affect salmon runs create rules development projects affect salmon waters nonprofit group stand salmon submitted signatures tuesday anchorage alaska journal commerce reported initiative faced opposition industry groups state small win tuesday bristol bay native corp revised stance initiative neutral lt gov byron mallott rejected initiative september saying states lawyers decided would appropriate alaskas water resources salmon habitat mallotts ruling overturned superior court leading state make appeal oral arguments states appeal set april promising moment alaskans said stephanie quinndavidson initiative sponsor director yukon river intertribal fish commission tens thousands alaskans nome ketchikan every single legislative district said want opportunity reflect true balance responsible development protection salmon initiative would establish two tiers development permits could issued department fish game minor habitat permits could issued quickly generally projects deemed insignificant impact salmon waters major permits larger projects mines dams anything determined potentially significant impact salmonbearing waters would require project sponsor prove project would damage salmon habitat mitigation measures would acceptable long implemented impacted stream wetland area opponents contend initiative would hurt states economy make even smallest projects road repairs difficult impossible permit alaska already serious recession one nations highest unemployment rates said joey merrick member alaska gasline development corp board directors last thing need expensive time consuming unnecessary policies cost alaskans livelihoods ___ information anchorage alaska journal commerce httpwwwalaskajournalcom
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<p>UNM men’s basketball head coach Craig Neal walks off the court after his Lobos beat Western New Mexico in the Pit earlier this month in an exhibition game. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>If you don’t understand how tonight’s mid-November, Sunday night nonconference game between a 19-point underdog from the Big West Conference could possibly mean much at all to University of New Mexico fans, you probably don’t understand the deep history of Lobo basketball.</p>
<p>To get a clear picture, you have to go back to March 11, 1978, in Tempe, Ariz.</p>
<p>Former UNM men’s basketball head coach Norm Ellenberger, circa 1978. His Lobos lost to Cal State-Fullerton in the NCAA Tournament that year. (Greg Sorber/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
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<p>That was when the heavy underdog Cal State-Fullerton Titans played the New Mexico Lobos in the NCAA Tournament’s West Region’s opening round. On the line that night for the Michael Cooper, Marvin Johnson and Willie Howard-led Lobos was not only a trip to the Sweet 16, but the knowledge that both the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight in the West Region that year were scheduled to be played in the Pit.</p>
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<p>That, some of the old guard of Lobo fans maintain, was the best team the Lobos program ever had.</p>
<p>“I know what I was doing that night,” former Lobo coach Norm Ellenberger told Henry Tafoya on Saturday morning in an interview on 101.7 FM. “I was sitting there on my butt watching that happen and wondering how in the hell I got us into this mess.”</p>
<p>Ellenberger, now the 81-year-old defending Porcupine Mountain Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Watersmeet Lady Nimrods to three championships in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, said between the success the team had that season (it was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation) and the way the entire community was “patting them on the back and telling them how wonderful they were” before the game, the team simply never bought into the notion that the Titans could beat them.</p>
<p>The Lobos had a halftime lead before the hot-shooting Titans shot lights out in the second half to beat UNM 90-85 to end the dreams of the Lobos and a city that has felt the sting of the Sweet 16 curse ever since.</p>
<p>“My last college game,” Johnson told the Journal in the summer of 2013. “Had we got past that game. … Man, that still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I know we were a better team, but the perfect storm came from them.”</p>
<p>Rumors of point shaving in that game surfaced and the Lobogate scandal ensued, ending the “Stormin Norman” era of UNM basketball, and the drought remains.</p>
<p>Jeff Siembieda, host of “The Opening Drive” morning call-in radio show on 610 AM, said about a dozen listeners called in Thursday and Friday to share their still vivid, and still very bitter, memories of that game.</p>
<p>Sure, not a single current player, not even some of the men on both team’s current coaching staffs, were even alive on that March day 36½ years ago, but that doesn’t mean this first regular-season meeting between the two schools doesn’t still have some added meaning to some people here in Albuquerque.</p>
<p>And that, current UNM head coach Craig Neal says, tells you everything you need to know about Lobo fans.</p>
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<p>“I love it because it just shows how much people love about basketball here,” Neal said. “That it still stings, it’s impressive. It just shows people, they have a major passion for the game and that’s why I love being here. That’s why I love coaching here. I think that’s why we’re able to recruit and get players here to play because they see the passion that our fans have. …</p>
<p>“That was a long time ago and we weren’t a part of that, but we are a part of it because of tradition, and we’re part of it because of our program.”</p>
<p>STAN’S THE MAN: Neal had said it would take five full practices before junior college transfer All-American Jordan Goodman would suit up for a game.</p>
<p>After a very impressive practice Thursday, the fourth in a row for the 6-foot-9 Goodman who had offseason knee surgery, the Lobos coaches were discussing the Idaho State game with Neal’s dad, Stan, a longtime high school basketball coach in Indiana who was sitting in the room.</p>
<p>While Stan Neal doesn’t often interject his opinion in such settings, he offered up his thoughts on Goodman that night.</p>
<p>“He said, ‘I feel really good because I think that was Jordan’s fifth practice, so now he can play tomorrow,’ ” Craig Neal said late Friday, acknowledging everyone knew it had been only four practices. “I kind of laughed at him and said I’ll make that decision.”</p>
<p>Sure enough, Goodman suited up and played Friday night, with just four healthy practices in a row. Or five, if you ask Stan Neal.</p>
<p>AUCTION: UNM announced $4,065 was raised in an auction for the Lobos’ game-worn jerseys with special camouflage lettering Friday night. The proceeds will be split between the Wounded Warriors Project and Student Veterans of UNM.</p>
<p>Today’s game-worn jerseys with turquoise lettering and trim as part of the Nike “N7/American Indian Night” promotion will also be auctioned off in the first half, with proceeds going to the Notah Begay III Foundation and UNM’s American Indian Student Services department.</p>
<p>Coincidently, Ellenberger’s Lobos teams of the 1970s often worked turquoise into their uniforms, too.</p>
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<p>LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit minister David Davis was forced to defend on Wednesday a transition deal with the European Union that leaves little changed, rejecting criticism that Britain will continue to be a “vassal state”.</p> Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis walks out of 10 Downing Street in London, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
<p>Speaking to a parliamentary committee, Davis said Britain’s ties with the EU would “look exactly the same” during what Britain hopes to be two years after Brexit to allow customs, businesses and politicians prepare for a new deal with the bloc.</p>
<p>But his description of a status quo transition, which he, like the EU, expects to be agreed by the end of March, raised concerns among Brexit campaigners, underlining the deep divisions in not only the governing Conservatives but across the country.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>Fellow Conservative pro-Brexit lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg accused Davis of allowing Britain to become a vassal state during the transition period, saying it would leave in name only and would continue to pay into the bloc and adhere to its laws.</p>
<p>“No, we’re not,” Davis answered. “We are transitioning from one state to another ... you can call it what you like, but not vassal.”</p>
<p>As Davis made his case in London, envoys representing the other 27 EU states approved in Brussels their joint stance for negotiations with Britain over the post-Brexit transition. It is now due for approval by EU ministers on Jan. 29.</p>
<p>“How fast can a deal be sealed? Depends exclusively on progress made in negotiations on legal text in Brussels,” Germany’s Brexit coordinator, Peter Ptassek, said of talks due to start in February in Brussels between Britain and the EU negotiator Michel Barnier.</p>
<p>The 27 other EU states indeed want Britain to remain bound by the bloc’s laws and regulations in exchange for access to the internal market. Britain, however, would no longer have a vote in EU institutions.</p>
<p>Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, has struggled to keep the warring factions of her party, including her top ministers, united as she negotiates the end of more than 40 years of union with the bloc.</p>
<p>Those divisions were aired in public on Tuesday, when foreign minister Boris Johnson demanded the government pay 100 million pounds a week more to the public health service to show the voting public what the benefits of Brexit could be.</p>
<p>Instead, he was slapped down by May, but won support in a Conservative Party which is losing members at a time when opposition Labour is enjoying record support.</p>
<p>For Brexit supporters such as Rees-Mogg, the continued jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice after Brexit day on March 29, 2019, is a betrayal of a campaign promise to voters to “take back control”.</p>
<p>But Davis said they would only have to swallow such close relations for a little while longer and should instead focus on what ties Britain would have with the EU in the future.</p>
<p>“I am relaxed about transition because my primary concern is about the future relationship,” he said. “That’s what matters, that’s what people will think about and judge us on in 10, 20 30 years’ time.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and William James, Additional reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, Editing by Alistair Smout and Alison Williams</p> Our Standards:
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<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea’s growing missile arsenal might be the most obvious and immediate military threat facing Japan, but defense planners in Tokyo are focused on a much larger and more challenging foe as they prepare for the years ahead.</p> FILE PHOTO: A Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) soldier takes part in a drill to mobilise their Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in response to a recent missile launch by North Korea, at U.S. Air Force Yokota Air Base in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
<p>China has stepped up military spending and already dominates the South China Sea, through which Japan’s trade with major markets including Europe and the Middle East flows.</p>
<p>Now, Japanese military experts are worried Beijing may be on the brink of opening access to the Pacific through a Japanese island chain that has marked the limit of China’s military influence for decades.</p>
<p>Tokyo sees unfettered passage for Chinese warships and warplanes through the Okinawan island chain as a threat to vital sea lanes. For China that access is part and parcel of becoming a global superpower.</p>
<p>“Now, we are evenly matched but the reality Japan faces is that it is becoming the underdog,” said Nozomu Yoshitomi, a professor at Nihon University in Tokyo who advised Japan’s government as a Self Defence Forces military analyst.</p> CHINESE AMBITION
<p>In addition to having Asia’s second-largest military, Japan is also defended by U.S. forces that have used the country as their main Asia base since the end of World War Two. Under a security treaty, Washington is obliged to aid Tokyo if its territory is attacked.</p>
<p>China has “essentially established de facto control over the South China Sea and the East China Sea is next,” said a retired senior U.S. military commander on condition he wasn’t identified. “The United States, for its part, has been in relative retreat in the Western Pacific for a decade.”</p>
<p>Beijing is ramping up military spending to build a world-class fighting force by 2050 with advanced kit, including stealth jets and, according to state-run media, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.</p>
<p>In 2018, Beijing plans to spend 1.11 trillion yuan ($175 billion) on its armed forces, more than three times as much as Japan.</p>
<p>That would also be around a third of what the United States pays for the world’s most powerful military, including 30,000 marines in Okinawa and a navy carrier attack group based near Tokyo.</p>
<p>“The pace of Chinese activity in waters around Japanese territory has expanded and accelerated,” Japan’s Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera said this month. “China is building the capacity to operate in distant seas and that can be see with China’s acquisition of its first carrier and its construction of a second flat top.”</p>
<p>China says its military is for defensive purposes and its intentions in the region are peaceful. China’s Defence Ministry did not respond to a request for comment.</p> HUNKER DOWN
<p>Japan’s defense outlays for the past five years have risen by just 1 percent a year. It will likely grow at around the same pace over the next five year plan as health and welfare spending on an aging population takes priority, a government defense official said.</p>
<p>“Finance is our weakness, but our strength is the resilience of our society,” said another defense ministry adviser, who also asked not to be identified. If Japan is able to hunker down long enough, he explained, the threat from China should recede as future internal strife, economic woes or other events prompt a retreat.</p>
<p>To restrain Beijing in the meantime, Japan needs advanced weaponry and new munitions able to strike targets further away, said the sources with knowledge of the plans.</p>
<p>Japan’s defense reviews, which will likely be released in December, may propose it establish its first joint command headquarters to coordinate air, ground and naval forces and strengthen cooperation with Washington, the sources said.</p>
<p>New equipment may include amphibious ships along with aerial drones to monitor Chinese activity and potentially target missiles in the boost phase of any launch.</p>
<p>Japan’s military will get new air and ground missiles able to hit shipping and land targets at greater ranges. It will also place fresh orders for Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighters including vertical take off and landing versions, the sources said.</p>
<p>The review will lay out plans to train more Ground Self Defence troops (GSDF) in marine fighting tactics and for their wider deployment to Okinawa. The GSDF’s unit there will grow to division strength from a battalion, said former defense minister Gen Nakatani.</p> CHINESE PRESSURE
<p>Yet as Tokyo formulates those plans, Beijing is already testing Japanese defenses.</p>
<p>In a maneuver in January that Japan protested as a “serious escalation”, a Chinese submarine entered waters contiguous to disputed islands in the East China Sea claimed as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.</p>
<p>That followed a series of longer range sorties by People’s Liberation Army Air Force bombers and fighters.</p>
<p>China can “test the readiness and response of Japanese forces, to better understand Japanese defenses, and, over time, to engage in peacetime attrition,” said Toshi Yoshihara, a professor and Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. “If Chinese operations become routine, they force Japan to accept the PLA’s growing presence as a fact of life.”</p>
<p>Tokyo was especially alarmed in November when six Xian H-6 bombers flew through a 290 km (180 mile) gap in Japan’s island chain between Okinawa and Miyakojima, accompanied by an electronic warfare TU-154 and a Y-8 monitoring plane.</p>
<p>One senior defense official said the exercise “looked like a practice strike package on Guam”, another major U.S. military base.</p>
<p>China’s Defence Ministry did not respond to request for comment on the exercise.</p>
<p>“The pace of Chinese activity is faster than we anticipated,” Nakatani said at his Tokyo office, where an arrow scribbled on a map of Japan on the wall highlighted the breach in the island chain. “Japan’s security environment has not been this harsh since World War Two.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo; Editing by Lincoln Feast</p> Our Standards:
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<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military formally acknowledged on Wednesday its destruction of a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, saying the air strike removed a major threat to Israel and the region and was a “message” to others.</p> FILE PHOTO- This undated image released by the U.S. Government shows a building after it was bombed in Syria. U.S. Government/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
<p>Wednesday’s announcement about “Operation Out of the Box” was made after Israeli military censors lifted a more than 10-year order that had barred Israeli officials from discussing it.</p>
<p>The Israeli military’s announcement was followed up by a release of newly declassified materials including photographs and cockpit video said to show the moment that an air strike destroyed the Al-Kubar facility in the desert near Deir-al-Zor, more than 480 km (300 miles) inside Syria.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>“The message from the attack on the nuclear reactor in 2007 is that the State of Israel will not allow the establishment of capabilities that threaten Israel’s existence,” the military chief, Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizencot, said in the statement issued on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“This was our message in 2007, this remains our message today and will continue to be our message in the near and distant future.”</p>
<p>The timing of Israel’s decision to go public and justify the strike more than a decade ago comes after repeated calls in recent months by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the United States and international community to take tougher action on Syria’s ally, Iran.</p> An undated image released on March 21, 2018 by the Israeli military relates to an Israeli air strike on a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor site near Deir al-Zor on Sept 6, 2007. IDF/Handout via Reuters
<p>Netanyahu has repeatedly warned that Israel will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon – “not now, not in 10 years, not ever” - or to build missile factories in Syria that could threaten Israel, or provide advanced weapons for Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shi’ite group in Lebanon.</p>
<p>The Trump administration has also been locked in nuclear</p> Slideshow (12 Images)
<p>brinkmanship with North Korea - which the United States has previously said it believed supplied the Al-Kubar reactor.</p>
<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency has deemed it “very likely” that the site “was a nuclear reactor that should have been declared”.</p>
<p>Syria, a signatory of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has always denied that the site was a reactor or that Damascus engaged in nuclear cooperation with North Korea.</p>
<p>Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful.</p>
<p>Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the materials released by the Israeli military on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday and credited U.S. defense sales to the Saudis with boosting American jobs, even as Riyadh’s involvement in Yemen’s civil war faced criticism.</p>
<p>In the Oval Office, Trump and the crown prince praised the strength of U.S.-Saudi ties, which had grown strained under the Obama administration in part over differing views toward Riyadh’s regional rival, Iran.</p>
<p>Not so with Trump, who has taken a hardline view against Iran similar to that of the Saudi crown prince who has compared Iran’s supreme leader to Adolf Hitler.</p>
<p>The talks were part of the first visit by the prince to the United States since he became the heir apparent last year to King Salman.</p>
<p>Trump’s red-carpet treatment highlighted his administration’s strong backing of the crown prince, who carried out an anti-corruption purge that consolidated his power and whose aggressive foreign policy has caused unease among some Western allies.</p>
<p>At the same time, the kingdom has seen a cautious new climate of social freedoms with the rise of the 32-year-old crown prince after decades of elderly rulers.</p>
<p>Trump and Prince Mohammed discussed an agreement last year for $200 billion worth of Saudi investments with the United States, including large purchases of U.S. military equipment. Trump said the military sales contributed to the creation of 40,000 American jobs.</p>
<p>Trump held up charts to show the depth of Saudi purchases of U.S. military hardware, ranging from ships to missile defense to planes and fighting vehicles.</p>
<p>“Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy nation, and they’re going to give the United States some of that wealth, hopefully, in the form of jobs, in the form of the purchase of the finest military equipment anywhere in the world,” he told reporters.</p>
<p>The crown prince, who is also the defense minister, is on a public relations blitz while traveling in the United States, with stops in New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston to cultivate investments.</p>
<p>As they talked, U.S. senators debated a resolution seeking an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen’s civil war, in which about 10,000 people have been killed. Some members of Congress have been critical of the Saudi involvement, particularly over the humanitarian situation and civilian casualties. The Senate rejected the resolution.</p>
<p>A Saudi-led coalition, with logistical and intelligence support from Washington, is fighting to counter the influence of Iran, an ally of the Houthi militia, which denies any help from Tehran and says it is fighting a revolution against corrupt politicians and Gulf powers in thrall to the West.</p>
<p>A senior Trump administration official said the two leaders talked about the humanitarian situation in Yemen and that civilian casualties “did not come up in a major way,” given that Washington had been working with the Saudis to minimize them.</p>
<p>They also discussed nuclear cooperation. Riyadh has been stepping up plans to develop a civilian nuclear energy capability as part of a plan to reduce its dependence on oil.</p> U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
<p>Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the chamber’s Foreign Relations Committee, said senators questioned the crown prince closely about Yemen during a meeting with him on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The Saudi embassy said the prince discussed with members “countering the threat posed by Iran and the Iran-backed Houthi militias” as well as Saudi “efforts to address and alleviate the humanitarian situation in Yemen.”</p> PRINCE’S RAPID RISE
<p>Prince Mohammed capped his rapid rise to power last June by replacing his elder cousin Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who had close relationships with U.S. intelligence and defense circles, as crown prince. He is likely to rule for many decades if he succeeds his father.</p> Slideshow (9 Images)
<p>Trump praised the king’s move to elevate Mohammed and called U.S.-Saudi ties strong as ever.</p>
<p>“I thought your father made a very wise decision. And I miss your father - a special man,” he said. King Salman is to visit the United States later this year.</p>
<p>Although the prince has won Western plaudits for seeking to ease Saudi Arabia’s reliance on oil, tackle chronic corruption and reform the conservative Sunni Muslim kingdom, the severity and secrecy of his anti-corruption crackdown last November unnerved some in the West.</p>
<p>The crown prince, in a rare foray into speaking English, said on Tuesday the Saudi pledge for $200 billion in investments would end up at $400 billion when fully implemented. He said a 10-year window for implementing the deal was under way.</p>
<p>A key focus of his visit will be any information on a potentially lucrative listing of up to 5 percent of Saudi oil firm Aramco. The New York Stock Exchange is among the possible venues for the listing.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>Also high on the agenda in the White House talks was confronting Iran, a country Trump has repeatedly criticized for its expansionist policies in the Middle East.</p>
<p>Saudi Arabia on Monday called the Iran nuclear deal a “flawed agreement,” and Trump has made clear he plans to exit the agreement unless changes are made to it.</p>
<p>“But Iran has not been treating that part of the world or the world itself appropriately,” he said. “The deal is coming up in one month and we’ll see what happens.”</p>
<p>The prince was also due to have dinner with Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, along with Jason Greenblatt, the two point men in the Trump administration overseeing Middle East peace efforts.</p>
<p>Crown Prince Mohammed and Kushner have forged a close relationship, which has at times come under criticism in Washington for circumventing normal diplomatic channels.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Alistair Bell and Peter Cooney</p> Our Standards:
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<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) - China has sent its sole operational aircraft carrier the Liaoning through the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates China from the self-ruled island, Taiwan’s defense minister said on Wednesday, according to local media.</p> FILE PHOTO: China's aircraft carrier Liaoning departs Hong Kong, China, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
<p>The move comes on the heels of a warning from Chinese President Xi Jinping that Taiwan would face the “punishment of history” for any attempt at separatism. China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory and considers it a wayward province.</p>
<p>Speaking at Taiwan’s parliament, Defence Minister Yen Teh-fa said the Liaoning entered the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.</p>
<p>The ministry is keeping a close watch on its progress, the report cited Yen as saying.</p>
<p>China’s Defence Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p>In January, the Liaoning sailed twice through the Taiwan Strait, in what China said was part of routine drills.</p>
<p>Taiwan says China has ramped up military exercises around the island in the past year or so. The island is one of China’s most sensitive issues and a potential military flashpoint.</p>
<p>China’s hostility towards Taiwan has risen since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, a member of the island’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party.</p>
<p>China suspects Tsai wants to push for formal independence, which would cross a red line for Communist Party leaders in Beijing, though Tsai has said she wants to maintain the status quo and is committed to ensuring peace.</p>
<p>China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Monday expressed anger at comments by Taiwan Premier William Lai that Taiwan is a sovereign independent country, saying it was a “serious provocation” and that Taiwan was not and could never be a country.</p>
<p>China has also been infuriated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing into law last week legislation that encourages the United States to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts, and vice versa.</p>
<p>U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Alex Wong is in Taiwan this week, where he is due to speak at a business event in Taipei later on Wednesday with Tsai.</p>
<p>Reporting by Fabian Hamacher and Twinnie Siu; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Himani Sarkar</p> Our Standards:
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london reuters brexit minister david davis forced defend wednesday transition deal european union leaves little changed rejecting criticism britain continue vassal state britains secretary state exiting european union david davis walks 10 downing street london january 23 2018 reuterstoby melville speaking parliamentary committee davis said britains ties eu would look exactly britain hopes two years brexit allow customs businesses politicians prepare new deal bloc description status quo transition like eu expects agreed end march raised concerns among brexit campaigners underlining deep divisions governing conservatives across country related coverage dont worry wont deported uk minister tells eu citizens uk subject ecj rulings brexit transition deal minister fellow conservative probrexit lawmaker jacob reesmogg accused davis allowing britain become vassal state transition period saying would leave name would continue pay bloc adhere laws davis answered transitioning one state another call like vassal davis made case london envoys representing 27 eu states approved brussels joint stance negotiations britain postbrexit transition due approval eu ministers jan 29 fast deal sealed depends exclusively progress made negotiations legal text brussels germanys brexit coordinator peter ptassek said talks due start february brussels britain eu negotiator michel barnier 27 eu states indeed want britain remain bound blocs laws regulations exchange access internal market britain however would longer vote eu institutions britains prime minister theresa may struggled keep warring factions party including top ministers united negotiates end 40 years union bloc divisions aired public tuesday foreign minister boris johnson demanded government pay 100 million pounds week public health service show voting public benefits brexit could instead slapped may support conservative party losing members time opposition labour enjoying record support brexit supporters reesmogg continued jurisdiction european court justice brexit day march 29 2019 betrayal campaign promise voters take back control davis said would swallow close relations little longer instead focus ties britain would eu future relaxed transition primary concern future relationship said thats matters thats people think judge us 10 20 30 years time reporting elizabeth piper william james additional reporting gabriela baczynska editing alistair smout alison williams standards thomson reuters trust principles tokyo reuters north koreas growing missile arsenal might obvious immediate military threat facing japan defense planners tokyo focused much larger challenging foe prepare years ahead file photo japan selfdefense forces jsdf soldier takes part drill mobilise patriot advanced capability3 pac3 missile unit response recent missile launch north korea us air force yokota air base fussa outskirts tokyo japan august 29 2017 reutersissei katofile photo china stepped military spending already dominates south china sea japans trade major markets including europe middle east flows japanese military experts worried beijing may brink opening access pacific japanese island chain marked limit chinas military influence decades tokyo sees unfettered passage chinese warships warplanes okinawan island chain threat vital sea lanes china access part parcel becoming global superpower evenly matched reality japan faces becoming underdog said nozomu yoshitomi professor nihon university tokyo advised japans government self defence forces military analyst chinese ambition addition asias secondlargest military japan also defended us forces used country main asia base since end world war two security treaty washington obliged aid tokyo territory attacked china essentially established de facto control south china sea east china sea next said retired senior us military commander condition wasnt identified united states part relative retreat western pacific decade beijing ramping military spending build worldclass fighting force 2050 advanced kit including stealth jets according staterun media nuclearpowered aircraft carrier 2018 beijing plans spend 111 trillion yuan 175 billion armed forces three times much japan would also around third united states pays worlds powerful military including 30000 marines okinawa navy carrier attack group based near tokyo pace chinese activity waters around japanese territory expanded accelerated japans minister defence itsunori onodera said month china building capacity operate distant seas see chinas acquisition first carrier construction second flat top china says military defensive purposes intentions region peaceful chinas defence ministry respond request comment hunker japans defense outlays past five years risen 1 percent year likely grow around pace next five year plan health welfare spending aging population takes priority government defense official said finance weakness strength resilience society said another defense ministry adviser also asked identified japan able hunker long enough explained threat china recede future internal strife economic woes events prompt retreat restrain beijing meantime japan needs advanced weaponry new munitions able strike targets away said sources knowledge plans japans defense reviews likely released december may propose establish first joint command headquarters coordinate air ground naval forces strengthen cooperation washington sources said new equipment may include amphibious ships along aerial drones monitor chinese activity potentially target missiles boost phase launch japans military get new air ground missiles able hit shipping land targets greater ranges also place fresh orders lockheed martin corp f35 stealth fighters including vertical take landing versions sources said review lay plans train ground self defence troops gsdf marine fighting tactics wider deployment okinawa gsdfs unit grow division strength battalion said former defense minister gen nakatani chinese pressure yet tokyo formulates plans beijing already testing japanese defenses maneuver january japan protested serious escalation chinese submarine entered waters contiguous disputed islands east china sea claimed senkaku japan diaoyu china followed series longer range sorties peoples liberation army air force bombers fighters china test readiness response japanese forces better understand japanese defenses time engage peacetime attrition said toshi yoshihara professor senior fellow center strategic budgetary assessments washington chinese operations become routine force japan accept plas growing presence fact life tokyo especially alarmed november six xian h6 bombers flew 290 km 180 mile gap japans island chain okinawa miyakojima accompanied electronic warfare tu154 y8 monitoring plane one senior defense official said exercise looked like practice strike package guam another major us military base chinas defence ministry respond request comment exercise pace chinese activity faster anticipated nakatani said tokyo office arrow scribbled map japan wall highlighted breach island chain japans security environment harsh since world war two reporting tim kelly nobuhiro kubo editing lincoln feast standards thomson reuters trust principles jerusalem reuters israeli military formally acknowledged wednesday destruction suspected syrian nuclear reactor 2007 saying air strike removed major threat israel region message others file photo undated image released us government shows building bombed syria us governmenthandout via reutersfile photo wednesdays announcement operation box made israeli military censors lifted 10year order barred israeli officials discussing israeli militarys announcement followed release newly declassified materials including photographs cockpit video said show moment air strike destroyed alkubar facility desert near deiralzor 480 km 300 miles inside syria related coverage israel tells middle east heed 2007 strike suspected syria reactor message attack nuclear reactor 2007 state israel allow establishment capabilities threaten israels existence military chief lieutenantgeneral gadi eizencot said statement issued wednesday message 2007 remains message today continue message near distant future timing israels decision go public justify strike decade ago comes repeated calls recent months israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu united states international community take tougher action syrias ally iran undated image released march 21 2018 israeli military relates israeli air strike suspected syrian nuclear reactor site near deir alzor sept 6 2007 idfhandout via reuters netanyahu repeatedly warned israel allow iran develop nuclear weapon 10 years ever build missile factories syria could threaten israel provide advanced weapons hezbollah iranbacked shiite group lebanon trump administration also locked nuclear slideshow 12 images brinkmanship north korea united states previously said believed supplied alkubar reactor international atomic energy agency deemed likely site nuclear reactor declared syria signatory 1970 nuclear nonproliferation treaty npt always denied site reactor damascus engaged nuclear cooperation north korea iran says nuclear program peaceful reuters could immediately verify authenticity materials released israeli military wednesday writing dan williams editing simon cameronmoore standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters us president donald trump gave warm welcome saudi arabias powerful crown prince mohammed bin salman tuesday credited us defense sales saudis boosting american jobs even riyadhs involvement yemens civil war faced criticism oval office trump crown prince praised strength ussaudi ties grown strained obama administration part differing views toward riyadhs regional rival iran trump taken hardline view iran similar saudi crown prince compared irans supreme leader adolf hitler talks part first visit prince united states since became heir apparent last year king salman trumps redcarpet treatment highlighted administrations strong backing crown prince carried anticorruption purge consolidated power whose aggressive foreign policy caused unease among western allies time kingdom seen cautious new climate social freedoms rise 32yearold crown prince decades elderly rulers trump prince mohammed discussed agreement last year 200 billion worth saudi investments united states including large purchases us military equipment trump said military sales contributed creation 40000 american jobs trump held charts show depth saudi purchases us military hardware ranging ships missile defense planes fighting vehicles saudi arabia wealthy nation theyre going give united states wealth hopefully form jobs form purchase finest military equipment anywhere world told reporters crown prince also defense minister public relations blitz traveling united states stops new york boston seattle los angeles san francisco houston cultivate investments talked us senators debated resolution seeking end us support saudi arabias campaign yemens civil war 10000 people killed members congress critical saudi involvement particularly humanitarian situation civilian casualties senate rejected resolution saudiled coalition logistical intelligence support washington fighting counter influence iran ally houthi militia denies help tehran says fighting revolution corrupt politicians gulf powers thrall west senior trump administration official said two leaders talked humanitarian situation yemen civilian casualties come major way given washington working saudis minimize also discussed nuclear cooperation riyadh stepping plans develop civilian nuclear energy capability part plan reduce dependence oil us president donald trump welcomes saudi arabias crown prince mohammed bin salman oval office white house washington us march 20 2018 reutersjonathan ernst republican senator bob corker chairman chambers foreign relations committee said senators questioned crown prince closely yemen meeting tuesday saudi embassy said prince discussed members countering threat posed iran iranbacked houthi militias well saudi efforts address alleviate humanitarian situation yemen princes rapid rise prince mohammed capped rapid rise power last june replacing elder cousin prince mohammed bin nayef close relationships us intelligence defense circles crown prince likely rule many decades succeeds father slideshow 9 images trump praised kings move elevate mohammed called ussaudi ties strong ever thought father made wise decision miss father special man said king salman visit united states later year although prince western plaudits seeking ease saudi arabias reliance oil tackle chronic corruption reform conservative sunni muslim kingdom severity secrecy anticorruption crackdown last november unnerved west crown prince rare foray speaking english said tuesday saudi pledge 200 billion investments would end 400 billion fully implemented said 10year window implementing deal way key focus visit information potentially lucrative listing 5 percent saudi oil firm aramco new york stock exchange among possible venues listing related coverage senate rejects bid end us support saudi campaign yemen also high agenda white house talks confronting iran country trump repeatedly criticized expansionist policies middle east saudi arabia monday called iran nuclear deal flawed agreement trump made clear plans exit agreement unless changes made iran treating part world world appropriately said deal coming one month well see happens prince also due dinner jared kushner trumps senior adviser soninlaw along jason greenblatt two point men trump administration overseeing middle east peace efforts crown prince mohammed kushner forged close relationship times come criticism washington circumventing normal diplomatic channels additional reporting patricia zengerle editing alistair bell peter cooney standards thomson reuters trust principles taipei reuters china sent sole operational aircraft carrier liaoning narrow taiwan strait separates china selfruled island taiwans defense minister said wednesday according local media file photo chinas aircraft carrier liaoning departs hong kong china july 11 2017 reutersbobby yip move comes heels warning chinese president xi jinping taiwan would face punishment history attempt separatism china claims taiwan sacred territory considers wayward province speaking taiwans parliament defence minister yen tehfa said liaoning entered taiwan strait tuesday according taiwans central news agency ministry keeping close watch progress report cited yen saying chinas defence ministry immediately respond request comment january liaoning sailed twice taiwan strait china said part routine drills taiwan says china ramped military exercises around island past year island one chinas sensitive issues potential military flashpoint chinas hostility towards taiwan risen since 2016 election president tsai ingwen member islands proindependence democratic progressive party china suspects tsai wants push formal independence would cross red line communist party leaders beijing though tsai said wants maintain status quo committed ensuring peace chinas taiwan affairs office monday expressed anger comments taiwan premier william lai taiwan sovereign independent country saying serious provocation taiwan could never country china also infuriated us president donald trumps signing law last week legislation encourages united states send senior officials taiwan meet taiwanese counterparts vice versa us deputy assistant secretary state alex wong taiwan week due speak business event taipei later wednesday tsai reporting fabian hamacher twinnie siu writing ben blanchard editing himani sarkar standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>PITZER: Involved in shootings in 2009, 2010</p>
<p>Police said officer Brian Pitzer fired an undisclosed number of times at Joaquin Ortega, 34, and struck him at least once after Ortega robbed a woman and her 7-year-old grandson of $15 at gunpoint and tried to take a truck belonging to the owner of a nearby muffler shop.</p>
<p>A criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Metropolitan Court cites unnamed witnesses who told police that Ortega threatened Pitzer with a silver handgun, turned to run away but then turned back toward the officer and shot at him.</p>
<p>That account differs from that of the victim of the attempted carjacking, Jim Sutton, who told the Journal in a phone interview that Pitzer shot at Ortega seven times as Ortega was running away. Sutton said Ortega threw away his weapon after the officer’s first two shots, and that he did not see Ortega fire his gun .</p>
<p>Ortega, who has a long criminal history that includes drug possession with the intent to distribute, is facing a slew of charges as a result of the alleged robbery and attempted carjacking, including, but not limited to, armed robbery, aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated assault and child abuse. He could also face federal charges, police said.</p>
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<p>Pitzer, who started at the Albuquerque Police Department in April 2007, was one of two officers who shot two suspects during a confrontation at an Albuquerque apartment complex in November 2009, according to news reports at the time. Both suspects, one armed with a sledgehammer and the other with a knife, survived.</p>
<p>And in November 2010, Pitzer was one of several officers who rushed into the home of a man who was threatening suicide and holding a 3-inch paring knife.</p>
<p>Pitzer shouted, “I’m going lethal!” before entering the home. Police said Pitzer shot the man after he ignored officers’ commands to drop his knife and walked toward the officers. The man survived, and his family has since filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the officers used excessive force.</p>
<p>Pitzer has also been honored for resuscitating and saving the life of a 2-day-old infant who was choking in November 2012.</p>
<p>Apart from the criminal complaint, police have not released any more details about Monday’s shooting on Central Avenue, other than releasing Ortega’s name on Tuesday and Pitzer’s on Wednesday. An Albuquerque police spokeswoman said the department is still catching up with interviews and investigations from Saturday’s rampage by a man who shot four law enforcement officers, injuring one badly, in a sprawling police chase from Southeast Albuquerque into the North Valley.</p>
<p>The criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Metropolitan Court cites Sutton and other witnesses in piecing together the events of the shooting, which happened shortly after 5 p.m. Monday near Central and Washington.</p>
<p>Sutton, reached by telephone Wednesday, said he told police his account of the shooting, which begins as he was walking into the parking lot of his muffler shop to retrieve something from his truck. That’s when Ortega approached him and asked for a ride.</p>
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<p>When Sutton said he wasn’t driving anywhere, Ortega jammed the gun into his stomach and said, “Come on, man. Just a couple blocks,” Sutton said. Sutton then tried to talk Ortega down just as an APD officer arrived.</p>
<p>The officer, later identified as Pitzer, approached Ortega, Sutton said, and demanded that Ortega show his hands. Ortega then silently produced a gun from under his shirt and held it at his side as he began running away from Pitzer, Sutton said.</p>
<p>The criminal complaint includes Sutton’s story about the attempted carjacking but does not include any statements from him about what happened afterward.</p>
<p>And those details contradict accounts from unnamed witnesses in the complaint that Ortega shouted “Hell, no!” when asked to show his hands and that he then threatened the officer with the gun before fleeing.</p>
<p>In the phone interview, Sutton said Ortega began slowly running and walking away from the officer along Central Avenue, and Pitzer opened fire.</p>
<p>“He kept walking,” Sutton said Wednesday. “I don’t know if (Pitzer) was missing him or what.”</p>
<p>Sutton said Pitzer fired two shots, and then Sutton saw Ortega toss his gun to the side near a shed in the muffler shop’s parking lot. After that, Pitzer fired five more shots, Sutton said.</p>
<p>Asked whether the officer might have seen Ortega discard the gun, Sutton said, “I saw it, and I was right behind (Pitzer). I don’t know how he couldn’t have.”</p>
<p>According to the criminal complaint, witnesses told police that the man they saw “turned toward the police officer in an aggressive manner and shot at the officer.”</p>
<p>Sutton said Ortega fell to the ground after being shot in the back. When he fell, he was immediately surrounded by about 20 police officers, Sutton said.</p>
<p>Sutton said he told officers where to find the gun after the shooting, pointing out that it was near a shed.</p>
<p>APD spokeswoman Tasia Martinez declined to comment on the contradictory stories Wednesday, saying the shooting is still under investigation. Officer-involved shootings are investigated by other law enforcement agencies, the District Attorney’s Office and the Independent Review Officer, who reports to a civilian board that reviews complaints against police and reviews police shootings.</p>
<p>APD Chief Allen Banks and Deputy Chief Macario Page declined to comment Wednesday afternoon. They have tentatively scheduled a news conference for Friday afternoon “in reference to recent events.”</p>
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pitzer involved shootings 2009 2010 police said officer brian pitzer fired undisclosed number times joaquin ortega 34 struck least ortega robbed woman 7yearold grandson 15 gunpoint tried take truck belonging owner nearby muffler shop criminal complaint filed wednesday metropolitan court cites unnamed witnesses told police ortega threatened pitzer silver handgun turned run away turned back toward officer shot account differs victim attempted carjacking jim sutton told journal phone interview pitzer shot ortega seven times ortega running away sutton said ortega threw away weapon officers first two shots see ortega fire gun ortega long criminal history includes drug possession intent distribute facing slew charges result alleged robbery attempted carjacking including limited armed robbery aggravated assault police officer aggravated assault child abuse could also face federal charges police said advertisement pitzer started albuquerque police department april 2007 one two officers shot two suspects confrontation albuquerque apartment complex november 2009 according news reports time suspects one armed sledgehammer knife survived november 2010 pitzer one several officers rushed home man threatening suicide holding 3inch paring knife pitzer shouted im going lethal entering home police said pitzer shot man ignored officers commands drop knife walked toward officers man survived family since filed federal civil rights lawsuit alleging officers used excessive force pitzer also honored resuscitating saving life 2dayold infant choking november 2012 apart criminal complaint police released details mondays shooting central avenue releasing ortegas name tuesday pitzers wednesday albuquerque police spokeswoman said department still catching interviews investigations saturdays rampage man shot four law enforcement officers injuring one badly sprawling police chase southeast albuquerque north valley criminal complaint filed wednesday metropolitan court cites sutton witnesses piecing together events shooting happened shortly 5 pm monday near central washington sutton reached telephone wednesday said told police account shooting begins walking parking lot muffler shop retrieve something truck thats ortega approached asked ride advertisement sutton said wasnt driving anywhere ortega jammed gun stomach said come man couple blocks sutton said sutton tried talk ortega apd officer arrived officer later identified pitzer approached ortega sutton said demanded ortega show hands ortega silently produced gun shirt held side began running away pitzer sutton said criminal complaint includes suttons story attempted carjacking include statements happened afterward details contradict accounts unnamed witnesses complaint ortega shouted hell asked show hands threatened officer gun fleeing phone interview sutton said ortega began slowly running walking away officer along central avenue pitzer opened fire kept walking sutton said wednesday dont know pitzer missing sutton said pitzer fired two shots sutton saw ortega toss gun side near shed muffler shops parking lot pitzer fired five shots sutton said asked whether officer might seen ortega discard gun sutton said saw right behind pitzer dont know couldnt according criminal complaint witnesses told police man saw turned toward police officer aggressive manner shot officer sutton said ortega fell ground shot back fell immediately surrounded 20 police officers sutton said sutton said told officers find gun shooting pointing near shed apd spokeswoman tasia martinez declined comment contradictory stories wednesday saying shooting still investigation officerinvolved shootings investigated law enforcement agencies district attorneys office independent review officer reports civilian board reviews complaints police reviews police shootings apd chief allen banks deputy chief macario page declined comment wednesday afternoon tentatively scheduled news conference friday afternoon reference recent events
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<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina most powerful leaders met in the same room Tuesday to tell business owners their plans and sell a state that has made a sharp turnaround since the Great Recession a decade ago.</p>
<p>Gov. Henry McMaster told the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce he wants to cut income taxes by 1 percent. Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman said the state must revise its pension and other benefits before the promises to retirees become impossible to keep. And House Speaker Jay Lucas said the House is busy trying to protect ratepayers hurt by two fail nuclear plants.</p>
<p>The nuclear plant issue is looming over all others early in South Carolina’s legislative session. The chamber’s day — which included a special Statehouse tour and a dinnertime reception was sponsored by Dominion Energy. The Virginia company was virtually unknown in South Carolina last January, but suddenly it is a big player as it tries to lobby lawmakers to back a proposed merger with SCANA Corp, one of two utilities involved in the multibillion dollar plants that never generated a watt of power.</p>
<p>But for the most part, the leaders didn’t dwell on the nuclear problem. Instead, they reminded business leaders the state is booming. In December 2008 unemployment was 9.5 percent and rising fast. Last month the jobless rate was 4.1 percent and staying almost stable.</p>
<p>The three leaders, all Republicans, promised to keep a lid on regulation outside of the nuclear industry, where a law passed a decade ago allowed SCANA and its partner in the two now-abandoned nuclear plants, Santee Cooper, to charge ratepayers before even ground was broken on the project. Ratepayers have paid nearly $2 billion for the plants.</p>
<p>Lucas and Leatherman both agreed that South Carolina must review its pension system for public workers. There is a push to move new employees from a traditional pension to 401(k)-style retirement accounts.</p>
<p>“We can’t continue to be in the pension business,” Lucas said.</p>
<p>State employees said that isn’t fair as the benefit of a pension often makes up for lower salaries in the public sector.</p>
<p>A new topic also came up Tuesday.</p>
<p>McMaster, who was one of the first state officials anywhere to back President Donald Trump’s candidacy two years ago, said he will continue to oppose his ally on at least on issue. Trump signed a tariff charging more for foreign washing machines. South Korean manufacturer Samsung just opened a washing machine plant near Newberry. McMaster said the company was still assessing if it would have to cut the number of workers it planned to hire or reduce production.</p>
<p>McMaster said he wouldn’t stop fighting the tariff.</p>
<p>“I thought it was a bad decision. I told them so,” McMaster said. “But the facts did not win the day. But there is always another day.”</p>
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina most powerful leaders met in the same room Tuesday to tell business owners their plans and sell a state that has made a sharp turnaround since the Great Recession a decade ago.</p>
<p>Gov. Henry McMaster told the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce he wants to cut income taxes by 1 percent. Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman said the state must revise its pension and other benefits before the promises to retirees become impossible to keep. And House Speaker Jay Lucas said the House is busy trying to protect ratepayers hurt by two fail nuclear plants.</p>
<p>The nuclear plant issue is looming over all others early in South Carolina’s legislative session. The chamber’s day — which included a special Statehouse tour and a dinnertime reception was sponsored by Dominion Energy. The Virginia company was virtually unknown in South Carolina last January, but suddenly it is a big player as it tries to lobby lawmakers to back a proposed merger with SCANA Corp, one of two utilities involved in the multibillion dollar plants that never generated a watt of power.</p>
<p>But for the most part, the leaders didn’t dwell on the nuclear problem. Instead, they reminded business leaders the state is booming. In December 2008 unemployment was 9.5 percent and rising fast. Last month the jobless rate was 4.1 percent and staying almost stable.</p>
<p>The three leaders, all Republicans, promised to keep a lid on regulation outside of the nuclear industry, where a law passed a decade ago allowed SCANA and its partner in the two now-abandoned nuclear plants, Santee Cooper, to charge ratepayers before even ground was broken on the project. Ratepayers have paid nearly $2 billion for the plants.</p>
<p>Lucas and Leatherman both agreed that South Carolina must review its pension system for public workers. There is a push to move new employees from a traditional pension to 401(k)-style retirement accounts.</p>
<p>“We can’t continue to be in the pension business,” Lucas said.</p>
<p>State employees said that isn’t fair as the benefit of a pension often makes up for lower salaries in the public sector.</p>
<p>A new topic also came up Tuesday.</p>
<p>McMaster, who was one of the first state officials anywhere to back President Donald Trump’s candidacy two years ago, said he will continue to oppose his ally on at least on issue. Trump signed a tariff charging more for foreign washing machines. South Korean manufacturer Samsung just opened a washing machine plant near Newberry. McMaster said the company was still assessing if it would have to cut the number of workers it planned to hire or reduce production.</p>
<p>McMaster said he wouldn’t stop fighting the tariff.</p>
<p>“I thought it was a bad decision. I told them so,” McMaster said. “But the facts did not win the day. But there is always another day.”</p>
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columbia sc ap south carolina powerful leaders met room tuesday tell business owners plans sell state made sharp turnaround since great recession decade ago gov henry mcmaster told south carolina chamber commerce wants cut income taxes 1 percent senate president pro tem hugh leatherman said state must revise pension benefits promises retirees become impossible keep house speaker jay lucas said house busy trying protect ratepayers hurt two fail nuclear plants nuclear plant issue looming others early south carolinas legislative session chambers day included special statehouse tour dinnertime reception sponsored dominion energy virginia company virtually unknown south carolina last january suddenly big player tries lobby lawmakers back proposed merger scana corp one two utilities involved multibillion dollar plants never generated watt power part leaders didnt dwell nuclear problem instead reminded business leaders state booming december 2008 unemployment 95 percent rising fast last month jobless rate 41 percent staying almost stable three leaders republicans promised keep lid regulation outside nuclear industry law passed decade ago allowed scana partner two nowabandoned nuclear plants santee cooper charge ratepayers even ground broken project ratepayers paid nearly 2 billion plants lucas leatherman agreed south carolina must review pension system public workers push move new employees traditional pension 401kstyle retirement accounts cant continue pension business lucas said state employees said isnt fair benefit pension often makes lower salaries public sector new topic also came tuesday mcmaster one first state officials anywhere back president donald trumps candidacy two years ago said continue oppose ally least issue trump signed tariff charging foreign washing machines south korean manufacturer samsung opened washing machine plant near newberry mcmaster said company still assessing would cut number workers planned hire reduce production mcmaster said wouldnt stop fighting tariff thought bad decision told mcmaster said facts win day always another day columbia sc ap south carolina powerful leaders met room tuesday tell business owners plans sell state made sharp turnaround since great recession decade ago gov henry mcmaster told south carolina chamber commerce wants cut income taxes 1 percent senate president pro tem hugh leatherman said state must revise pension benefits promises retirees become impossible keep house speaker jay lucas said house busy trying protect ratepayers hurt two fail nuclear plants nuclear plant issue looming others early south carolinas legislative session chambers day included special statehouse tour dinnertime reception sponsored dominion energy virginia company virtually unknown south carolina last january suddenly big player tries lobby lawmakers back proposed merger scana corp one two utilities involved multibillion dollar plants never generated watt power part leaders didnt dwell nuclear problem instead reminded business leaders state booming december 2008 unemployment 95 percent rising fast last month jobless rate 41 percent staying almost stable three leaders republicans promised keep lid regulation outside nuclear industry law passed decade ago allowed scana partner two nowabandoned nuclear plants santee cooper charge ratepayers even ground broken project ratepayers paid nearly 2 billion plants lucas leatherman agreed south carolina must review pension system public workers push move new employees traditional pension 401kstyle retirement accounts cant continue pension business lucas said state employees said isnt fair benefit pension often makes lower salaries public sector new topic also came tuesday mcmaster one first state officials anywhere back president donald trumps candidacy two years ago said continue oppose ally least issue trump signed tariff charging foreign washing machines south korean manufacturer samsung opened washing machine plant near newberry mcmaster said company still assessing would cut number workers planned hire reduce production mcmaster said wouldnt stop fighting tariff thought bad decision told mcmaster said facts win day always another day
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<p>Democrats, after all, had reclaimed a narrow majority in the state House and expanded their edge in the Senate ahead of this year’s 60-day session.</p>
<p>But the idea failed to reach the floor in either chamber, with skepticism from conservative Democrats helping to kill the legislation.</p>
<p>Now supporters are considering their options – reshaping their proposals to address objections, trying to change lawmakers’ minds and attempting to make the issue a pillar of next year’s Democratic primary for governor.</p>
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<p>“This is going to happen,” said Rep. Bill McCamley, a Mesilla Park Democrat who carried a legalization bill on the House side. “You have overwhelming public support for the policy.”</p>
<p>Leaves are trimmed by hand from the buds at R. Greenleaf &amp; Associates in January 2016. (Dean Hanson/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>Oddly enough, the concept of legalizing, taxing and regulating marijuana for adults 21 and older seems less controversial outside the Roundhouse than in. In a Journal poll last year, 61 percent of likely voters said they support the idea, with 34 percent opposed.</p>
<p>But there’s less pressure for lawmakers to seriously consider the idea, supporters say, when they know Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, will oppose it. Martinez has veto power over bills passed by the Legislature.</p>
<p>A proposed constitutional amendment, however, would bypass her and go directly to voters, but that approach hasn’t won legislative support, either.</p>
<p>Opponents say marijuana legalization would conflict with federal law and interfere with law enforcement efforts.</p>
<p>They’ve also raised concerns about encouraging drug use or damaging New Mexico’s fight against driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.</p>
<p>Supporters, in turn, say strictly regulating marijuana sales would make it harder for teens to get the drug, attract adult tourists and generate $60 million or more in annual revenue.</p>
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<p>The 2018 race for governor could be the next forum for debate.</p>
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<p>Martinez is wrapping up her second term and cannot run for re-election.</p>
<p>A clear majority of Republicans polled by the Journal last year opposed legalization. But about 70 percent of Democrats supported it, which could elevate the issue during campaign season.</p>
<p>Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham</p>
<p>U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat from Albuquerque, is the only major candidate to enter the race so far. She hasn’t taken a clear position yet on marijuana legalization but said she would work with lawmakers interested in the issue.</p>
<p>“I understand and recognize both the economic benefit and the impact on the criminal justice system,” she said in a written statement. “New Mexico has the benefit of completely evaluating the impact that legalization has had on Colorado and Washington, including the impacts to neighboring states. That evaluation must include the potential negative effects on youth, and on urban, rural and tribal communities, particularly those with high rates of substance abuse and DWI, so that an informative and honest debate can occur with N.M. legislators.”</p>
<p>Legalization is favored by at least three other potential Democratic candidates: media executive Jeff Apodaca, Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales and businessman Alan Webber.</p>
<p>Jeff Apodaca</p>
<p>Apodaca, who describes himself as a probable candidate, said he was prescribed medical marijuana as a young adult when he underwent cancer treatment. It helped him eat and avoid nausea, he said, so he knows the benefits firsthand.</p>
<p>New Mexico is one of 28 states where medical marijuana is allowed. The District of Columbia and eight states – neighboring Colorado among them – allow recreational use.</p>
<p>In an interview, Apodaca said he supports legalization and believes it would boost the economy and create jobs.</p>
<p>“Done the correct way,” he said, “I think it’s an opportunity for New Mexico.”</p>
<p>Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales</p>
<p>Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales said the criminalization of marijuana has sent too many young adults into the criminal justice system.</p>
<p>“It’s time to legalize marijuana and establish a proper regulatory environment to tax and invest those monies into ending the cycle of substance addiction that is destroying the lives of New Mexico’s kids,” he said in a written statement.</p>
<p>Alan Webber</p>
<p>Webber was the only Democratic candidate for governor in 2014 to support legalizing marijuana. He told the Journal in a written statement that acting quickly would allow New Mexico to develop its own brand – like Hatch chile – and encourage local companies to take over the market.</p>
<p>The state must do more to fight abuse of opioids and similar drugs, Webber said, but “pretending that recreational marijuana isn’t going to become an accepted part of the American experience is simply unrealistic.”</p>
<p>Legislative barrier</p>
<p>Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino</p>
<p>Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, an Albuquerque Democrat who sponsored marijuana legislation this session, said some lawmakers are simply going to have to change their minds for the idea to make it out of his chamber anytime soon.</p>
<p>A proposed constitutional amendment failed on the Senate floor last year, and legalization bills didn’t make it out of committee this year. Ortiz y Pino called it a “real setback.”</p>
<p>“The people are way ahead of the legislators on this,” Ortiz y Pino said. “Unless they express themselves to their legislators and persuade them, I don’t see how we can get past” the opposition in key committees.</p>
<p>Emily Kaltenbach (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>Emily Kaltenbach, New Mexico director for the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports legalization, said the debate this year was helpful, even if the legislation didn’t pass. Advocates will work on addressing some objections and questions – such as how to tax marijuana, how to handle who’s allowed to grow it and where the revenue would go.</p>
<p>“I think we’re close to getting legislative support,” she said. “I think it’s just about the details.”</p>
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democrats reclaimed narrow majority state house expanded edge senate ahead years 60day session idea failed reach floor either chamber skepticism conservative democrats helping kill legislation supporters considering options reshaping proposals address objections trying change lawmakers minds attempting make issue pillar next years democratic primary governor advertisement going happen said rep bill mccamley mesilla park democrat carried legalization bill house side overwhelming public support policy leaves trimmed hand buds r greenleaf amp associates january 2016 dean hansonalbuquerque journal oddly enough concept legalizing taxing regulating marijuana adults 21 older seems less controversial outside roundhouse journal poll last year 61 percent likely voters said support idea 34 percent opposed theres less pressure lawmakers seriously consider idea supporters say know gov susana martinez republican oppose martinez veto power bills passed legislature proposed constitutional amendment however would bypass go directly voters approach hasnt legislative support either opponents say marijuana legalization would conflict federal law interfere law enforcement efforts theyve also raised concerns encouraging drug use damaging new mexicos fight driving influence alcohol drugs supporters turn say strictly regulating marijuana sales would make harder teens get drug attract adult tourists generate 60 million annual revenue governors race 2018 race governor could next forum debate advertisement martinez wrapping second term run reelection clear majority republicans polled journal last year opposed legalization 70 percent democrats supported could elevate issue campaign season rep michelle lujan grisham us rep michelle lujan grisham democrat albuquerque major candidate enter race far hasnt taken clear position yet marijuana legalization said would work lawmakers interested issue understand recognize economic benefit impact criminal justice system said written statement new mexico benefit completely evaluating impact legalization colorado washington including impacts neighboring states evaluation must include potential negative effects youth urban rural tribal communities particularly high rates substance abuse dwi informative honest debate occur nm legislators legalization favored least three potential democratic candidates media executive jeff apodaca santa fe mayor javier gonzales businessman alan webber jeff apodaca apodaca describes probable candidate said prescribed medical marijuana young adult underwent cancer treatment helped eat avoid nausea said knows benefits firsthand new mexico one 28 states medical marijuana allowed district columbia eight states neighboring colorado among allow recreational use interview apodaca said supports legalization believes would boost economy create jobs done correct way said think opportunity new mexico santa fe mayor javier gonzales santa fe mayor javier gonzales said criminalization marijuana sent many young adults criminal justice system time legalize marijuana establish proper regulatory environment tax invest monies ending cycle substance addiction destroying lives new mexicos kids said written statement alan webber webber democratic candidate governor 2014 support legalizing marijuana told journal written statement acting quickly would allow new mexico develop brand like hatch chile encourage local companies take market state must fight abuse opioids similar drugs webber said pretending recreational marijuana isnt going become accepted part american experience simply unrealistic legislative barrier sen gerald ortiz pino sen gerald ortiz pino albuquerque democrat sponsored marijuana legislation session said lawmakers simply going change minds idea make chamber anytime soon proposed constitutional amendment failed senate floor last year legalization bills didnt make committee year ortiz pino called real setback people way ahead legislators ortiz pino said unless express legislators persuade dont see get past opposition key committees emily kaltenbach eddie moorealbuquerque journal emily kaltenbach new mexico director drug policy alliance supports legalization said debate year helpful even legislation didnt pass advocates work addressing objections questions tax marijuana handle whos allowed grow revenue would go think close getting legislative support said think details
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<p>LONDON (AP) — There’s an aspect to Bournemouth’s Premier League debut that provides a perfect snapshot of this unpredictable season.</p>
<p>No pundit predicted Bournemouth would beat title-holder Chelsea and record 20-time champion Manchester United in succession — let alone be sitting above Jose Mourinho’s side approaching the midway point of the season.</p>
<p>Had anyone forecast that back in August, Bournemouth might have expected to be where Leicester is now as a shock title contender. Though the Cherries are still in the lower reaches of the league — ahead of a startlingly struggling Chelsea — sitting two points above the relegation zone is exceeding expectations.</p>
<p>And shockwaves have been sent through the Premier League and beyond when the south coast side edged Chelsea 1-0 and stunned United 2-1 on Saturday.</p>
<p>“Just checking the results again to make certain the last week has actually happened,” chairman Jeff Mostyn tweeted on Sunday.</p>
<p>It was no illusion.</p>
<p>From its tiny home in a southern English seaside town, Bournemouth is providing inspiration and hope to other teams across the land.</p>
<p>However inadequate a team might now seem. Whatever financial hardships they might be encountering. However far from the elite they are. Anything is possible. Even if it takes 125 years — as was the case in Bournemouth’s case.</p>
<p>With its rise to the world’s richest soccer league for the first time, Bournemouth has epitomized the fighting spirit required in a country that hosts 92 professional clubs across four divisions.</p>
<p>While Man United plays in 76,000-capacity Old Trafford, Bournemouth’s stadium is now the smallest in the Premier League with around 11,500 seats.</p>
<p>Seven years ago, while United was still basking in the glory of its third European title, Bournemouth was in the fourth tier contending with a 17-point deduction. And victory over United came six years to the day since Howe’s Bournemouth lost 5-0 to Morecambe in the lowest professional league.</p>
<p>“That was a terrible game. It does show how far the club has come,” said the 38-year-old Howe, who has managed Bournemouth since 2008 apart from a spell away in 2011 and 2012. “It really does prove what can happen in football.”</p>
<p>In a story impossible to reproduce in the closed American sporting structure without promotion-relegation, there are two sides to Bournemouth’s recovery and rise through the leagues.</p>
<p>A gritty never-say-die attitude was required just to keep the club alive, which saw players — including current manager Howe — pounding the streets with buckets collecting cash in the late 1990s.</p>
<p>Further anguish came with renewed fights against closure in the last decade as Bournemouth twice entered bankruptcy protection.</p>
<p>Then came the saviors from 2009, with the injection of cash that set Bournemouth on the path to the Premier League.</p>
<p>Bournemouth does not claim to be a fairytale story and the importance of Russian cash to the team’s ascent is not disguised. Maxim Demin, the secretive Russian investor, started providing funding in 2011 to not only keep Bournemouth in existence but to lift it into the Premier League for the first time. Demin last month sold a quarter of the club to Chicago-based PEAK6 Investments.</p>
<p>The last published accounts showed that in the 2013-14 season — Bournemouth’s penultimate season in the second tier — the club was spending 17.3 million pounds ($26 million) on staff costs on the turnover of 10 million pounds ($15 million).</p>
<p>There may have been investment in the summer transfer window ahead of Bournemouth’s topflight debut, but it wasn’t lavish. Breaking the transfer record meant buying Tyrone Mings from Ipswich for 8 million pounds ($12 million) but the defender was injured eight minutes into his first league game and ruled out for the season. The injury curse continued, with winger Max Gradel out since September and striker Callum Wilson ruled out for six months in October.</p>
<p>So though United manager Louis van Gaal had spent the week lamenting his lengthy injury list — full backs Cameron Borthwick-Jackson and Guillermo Varela both made their full league debuts on the south coast — Bournemouth’s nine injury absentees seems far more debilitating.</p>
<p>“The focus for me has always been the players we do have available to us and we still believe that we are strong enough,” Howe said. “Hopefully the last two games are further proof if we needed it that these players can compete.”</p>
<p>Victory over United was no plucky tale of fortune over aptitude.</p>
<p>Unlike at Chelsea, where Bournemouth valiantly thwarted a dominating home attacking display, Howe’s side seemed superior to United at times on Saturday. The match-winner was delivered by former United striker Josh King, completing a pre-planned corner move that befuddled the visiting defense.</p>
<p>It was Bournemouth’s biggest home result since also conquering United in 1984. That came in the FA Cup in a vastly different era in English soccer.</p>
<p>The December double came against some of the world’s wealthiest teams. Now the Cherries will be hoping beating the most successful teams in English football in the 21st century helps to ensure this season in the topflight is not a one-off.</p>
<p>“I don’t think we’ll have many better weeks than this,” Howe said.</p>
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<p>Rob Harris can be followed at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports" type="external">www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports</a></p>
<p>LONDON (AP) — There’s an aspect to Bournemouth’s Premier League debut that provides a perfect snapshot of this unpredictable season.</p>
<p>No pundit predicted Bournemouth would beat title-holder Chelsea and record 20-time champion Manchester United in succession — let alone be sitting above Jose Mourinho’s side approaching the midway point of the season.</p>
<p>Had anyone forecast that back in August, Bournemouth might have expected to be where Leicester is now as a shock title contender. Though the Cherries are still in the lower reaches of the league — ahead of a startlingly struggling Chelsea — sitting two points above the relegation zone is exceeding expectations.</p>
<p>And shockwaves have been sent through the Premier League and beyond when the south coast side edged Chelsea 1-0 and stunned United 2-1 on Saturday.</p>
<p>“Just checking the results again to make certain the last week has actually happened,” chairman Jeff Mostyn tweeted on Sunday.</p>
<p>It was no illusion.</p>
<p>From its tiny home in a southern English seaside town, Bournemouth is providing inspiration and hope to other teams across the land.</p>
<p>However inadequate a team might now seem. Whatever financial hardships they might be encountering. However far from the elite they are. Anything is possible. Even if it takes 125 years — as was the case in Bournemouth’s case.</p>
<p>With its rise to the world’s richest soccer league for the first time, Bournemouth has epitomized the fighting spirit required in a country that hosts 92 professional clubs across four divisions.</p>
<p>While Man United plays in 76,000-capacity Old Trafford, Bournemouth’s stadium is now the smallest in the Premier League with around 11,500 seats.</p>
<p>Seven years ago, while United was still basking in the glory of its third European title, Bournemouth was in the fourth tier contending with a 17-point deduction. And victory over United came six years to the day since Howe’s Bournemouth lost 5-0 to Morecambe in the lowest professional league.</p>
<p>“That was a terrible game. It does show how far the club has come,” said the 38-year-old Howe, who has managed Bournemouth since 2008 apart from a spell away in 2011 and 2012. “It really does prove what can happen in football.”</p>
<p>In a story impossible to reproduce in the closed American sporting structure without promotion-relegation, there are two sides to Bournemouth’s recovery and rise through the leagues.</p>
<p>A gritty never-say-die attitude was required just to keep the club alive, which saw players — including current manager Howe — pounding the streets with buckets collecting cash in the late 1990s.</p>
<p>Further anguish came with renewed fights against closure in the last decade as Bournemouth twice entered bankruptcy protection.</p>
<p>Then came the saviors from 2009, with the injection of cash that set Bournemouth on the path to the Premier League.</p>
<p>Bournemouth does not claim to be a fairytale story and the importance of Russian cash to the team’s ascent is not disguised. Maxim Demin, the secretive Russian investor, started providing funding in 2011 to not only keep Bournemouth in existence but to lift it into the Premier League for the first time. Demin last month sold a quarter of the club to Chicago-based PEAK6 Investments.</p>
<p>The last published accounts showed that in the 2013-14 season — Bournemouth’s penultimate season in the second tier — the club was spending 17.3 million pounds ($26 million) on staff costs on the turnover of 10 million pounds ($15 million).</p>
<p>There may have been investment in the summer transfer window ahead of Bournemouth’s topflight debut, but it wasn’t lavish. Breaking the transfer record meant buying Tyrone Mings from Ipswich for 8 million pounds ($12 million) but the defender was injured eight minutes into his first league game and ruled out for the season. The injury curse continued, with winger Max Gradel out since September and striker Callum Wilson ruled out for six months in October.</p>
<p>So though United manager Louis van Gaal had spent the week lamenting his lengthy injury list — full backs Cameron Borthwick-Jackson and Guillermo Varela both made their full league debuts on the south coast — Bournemouth’s nine injury absentees seems far more debilitating.</p>
<p>“The focus for me has always been the players we do have available to us and we still believe that we are strong enough,” Howe said. “Hopefully the last two games are further proof if we needed it that these players can compete.”</p>
<p>Victory over United was no plucky tale of fortune over aptitude.</p>
<p>Unlike at Chelsea, where Bournemouth valiantly thwarted a dominating home attacking display, Howe’s side seemed superior to United at times on Saturday. The match-winner was delivered by former United striker Josh King, completing a pre-planned corner move that befuddled the visiting defense.</p>
<p>It was Bournemouth’s biggest home result since also conquering United in 1984. That came in the FA Cup in a vastly different era in English soccer.</p>
<p>The December double came against some of the world’s wealthiest teams. Now the Cherries will be hoping beating the most successful teams in English football in the 21st century helps to ensure this season in the topflight is not a one-off.</p>
<p>“I don’t think we’ll have many better weeks than this,” Howe said.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Rob Harris can be followed at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports" type="external">www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports</a></p>
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london ap theres aspect bournemouths premier league debut provides perfect snapshot unpredictable season pundit predicted bournemouth would beat titleholder chelsea record 20time champion manchester united succession let alone sitting jose mourinhos side approaching midway point season anyone forecast back august bournemouth might expected leicester shock title contender though cherries still lower reaches league ahead startlingly struggling chelsea sitting two points relegation zone exceeding expectations shockwaves sent premier league beyond south coast side edged chelsea 10 stunned united 21 saturday checking results make certain last week actually happened chairman jeff mostyn tweeted sunday illusion tiny home southern english seaside town bournemouth providing inspiration hope teams across land however inadequate team might seem whatever financial hardships might encountering however far elite anything possible even takes 125 years case bournemouths case rise worlds richest soccer league first time bournemouth epitomized fighting spirit required country hosts 92 professional clubs across four divisions man united plays 76000capacity old trafford bournemouths stadium smallest premier league around 11500 seats seven years ago united still basking glory third european title bournemouth fourth tier contending 17point deduction victory united came six years day since howes bournemouth lost 50 morecambe lowest professional league terrible game show far club come said 38yearold howe managed bournemouth since 2008 apart spell away 2011 2012 really prove happen football story impossible reproduce closed american sporting structure without promotionrelegation two sides bournemouths recovery rise leagues gritty neversaydie attitude required keep club alive saw players including current manager howe pounding streets buckets collecting cash late 1990s anguish came renewed fights closure last decade bournemouth twice entered bankruptcy protection came saviors 2009 injection cash set bournemouth path premier league bournemouth claim fairytale story importance russian cash teams ascent disguised maxim demin secretive russian investor started providing funding 2011 keep bournemouth existence lift premier league first time demin last month sold quarter club chicagobased peak6 investments last published accounts showed 201314 season bournemouths penultimate season second tier club spending 173 million pounds 26 million staff costs turnover 10 million pounds 15 million may investment summer transfer window ahead bournemouths topflight debut wasnt lavish breaking transfer record meant buying tyrone mings ipswich 8 million pounds 12 million defender injured eight minutes first league game ruled season injury curse continued winger max gradel since september striker callum wilson ruled six months october though united manager louis van gaal spent week lamenting lengthy injury list full backs cameron borthwickjackson guillermo varela made full league debuts south coast bournemouths nine injury absentees seems far debilitating focus always players available us still believe strong enough howe said hopefully last two games proof needed players compete victory united plucky tale fortune aptitude unlike chelsea bournemouth valiantly thwarted dominating home attacking display howes side seemed superior united times saturday matchwinner delivered former united striker josh king completing preplanned corner move befuddled visiting defense bournemouths biggest home result since also conquering united 1984 came fa cup vastly different era english soccer december double came worlds wealthiest teams cherries hoping beating successful teams english football 21st century helps ensure season topflight oneoff dont think well many better weeks howe said ___ rob harris followed wwwtwittercomrobharris wwwfacebookcomrobharrisreports london ap theres aspect bournemouths premier league debut provides perfect snapshot unpredictable season pundit predicted bournemouth would beat titleholder chelsea record 20time champion manchester united succession let alone sitting jose mourinhos side approaching midway point season anyone forecast back august bournemouth might expected leicester shock title contender though cherries still lower reaches league ahead startlingly struggling chelsea sitting two points relegation zone exceeding expectations shockwaves sent premier league beyond south coast side edged chelsea 10 stunned united 21 saturday checking results make certain last week actually happened chairman jeff mostyn tweeted sunday illusion tiny home southern english seaside town bournemouth providing inspiration hope teams across land however inadequate team might seem whatever financial hardships might encountering however far elite anything possible even takes 125 years case bournemouths case rise worlds richest soccer league first time bournemouth epitomized fighting spirit required country hosts 92 professional clubs across four divisions man united plays 76000capacity old trafford bournemouths stadium smallest premier league around 11500 seats seven years ago united still basking glory third european title bournemouth fourth tier contending 17point deduction victory united came six years day since howes bournemouth lost 50 morecambe lowest professional league terrible game show far club come said 38yearold howe managed bournemouth since 2008 apart spell away 2011 2012 really prove happen football story impossible reproduce closed american sporting structure without promotionrelegation two sides bournemouths recovery rise leagues gritty neversaydie attitude required keep club alive saw players including current manager howe pounding streets buckets collecting cash late 1990s anguish came renewed fights closure last decade bournemouth twice entered bankruptcy protection came saviors 2009 injection cash set bournemouth path premier league bournemouth claim fairytale story importance russian cash teams ascent disguised maxim demin secretive russian investor started providing funding 2011 keep bournemouth existence lift premier league first time demin last month sold quarter club chicagobased peak6 investments last published accounts showed 201314 season bournemouths penultimate season second tier club spending 173 million pounds 26 million staff costs turnover 10 million pounds 15 million may investment summer transfer window ahead bournemouths topflight debut wasnt lavish breaking transfer record meant buying tyrone mings ipswich 8 million pounds 12 million defender injured eight minutes first league game ruled season injury curse continued winger max gradel since september striker callum wilson ruled six months october though united manager louis van gaal spent week lamenting lengthy injury list full backs cameron borthwickjackson guillermo varela made full league debuts south coast bournemouths nine injury absentees seems far debilitating focus always players available us still believe strong enough howe said hopefully last two games proof needed players compete victory united plucky tale fortune aptitude unlike chelsea bournemouth valiantly thwarted dominating home attacking display howes side seemed superior united times saturday matchwinner delivered former united striker josh king completing preplanned corner move befuddled visiting defense bournemouths biggest home result since also conquering united 1984 came fa cup vastly different era english soccer december double came worlds wealthiest teams cherries hoping beating successful teams english football 21st century helps ensure season topflight oneoff dont think well many better weeks howe said ___ rob harris followed wwwtwittercomrobharris wwwfacebookcomrobharrisreports
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<p>If current trends continue, the gap will only widen. The share of teens and young adults of both sexes with driver’s licenses is declining, but the decline is greater for young men, according to a study by the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute. The study looked at gender trends in driver’s licenses between 1995 and 2010.</p>
<p>“The changing gender demographics will have major implications on the extent and nature of vehicle demand, energy consumption, and road safety,” predicted Michael Sivak, co-author of the study. Women are more likely than men to purchase smaller, safer and more fuel-efficient cars; to drive less, and to have a lower fatality rate per distance driven, he said.</p>
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<p>Over the 15 years the study covered, the share of men ages 25 to 29 years old with driver’s licenses dropped 10.6 percent. The share of women of the same age with driver’s licenses declined by about half that amount, 4.7 percent.</p>
<p>Male drivers outnumbered women drivers from the moment the first Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908, the year the automobile became popular, and through most of the last century. In the 1950s, when only about half of adult women had driver’s licenses, jokes about women drivers were a staple of comedians.</p>
<p>But the gap gradually closed. By 1995, men with driver’s licenses slightly outnumbered women, 89.2 million to 87.4 million. By 2010, 105.7 million women had licenses, compared with 104.3 million men.</p>
<p>Likewise, in 1995 men with driver’s licenses outnumbered women in every age group except those over 70. By 2010, women outnumbered men among drivers ages 45 and older and between ages 25 and 29 years old. The share of older women who are also on hanging onto their driver’s licenses has also increased.</p>
<p>“I want to be in my own car for as long as possible. I want to be independent for as long as I can,” said Diane Spitaliere, 58, a retired government worker in Alexandria, Va.</p>
<p>Male drivers under age 44 are still slightly more numerous than women of the same age, but that’s only because young men outnumber young women in the general population, the study said. There now are 105 boys born each year for every 100 girls in the U.S. Women outnumber men later in life because they live longer — an average of 80 years for women, compared with about 75 years for men.</p>
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<p>Rising Internet usage may be part of the reason for the decline in the share young drivers, especially young men, Sivak said. A previous study by the transportation institute published earlier this year found that countries that have higher Internet usage also have a lower licensure rate of teens and young adults.</p>
<p>“There is some suggestive evidence that Internet contact is reducing the need for personal contact,” he said.</p>
<p>Other researchers have theorized that digital media and technology may make driving less desirable and public transportation more convenient. Texting while driving is dangerous and illegal in most states, but there’s no risk to texting or working on a laptop while riding a bus or train. Some transit systems have been seeing significant increases in riders.</p>
<p>Another reason for the growing disinterest among young men in driving may be the erosion of the “car-fetish society,” travel behavior analyst Nancy McGuckin said. “Today’s young adults grew up in the back seat of cars stalled in congestion, hearing their folks swear at the endless traffic. Nothing romantic about that!”</p>
<p>It is also “no longer cool, or even possible, to work on your own vehicle. The engines are so complex most people don’t even change their own oil,” she said. “Independence, freedom, being able to customize the car to reflect you — these are not part of young people’s association with vehicles.”</p>
<p>There also may be economic reasons for the shift, McGuckin’s research indicates. Employment of 16- to 24-year-olds as a share of all workers has declined. At the same time, the rate of young men ages 18 to 34 years old living at home has been going up and is greater than the rate of young women living at home.</p>
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<p>It may be that unemployment and underemployment have made auto insurance unaffordable for young men, said Alan Pisarski, author of the Transportation Research Board’s comprehensive “Commuting in America” reports on U.S. travel trends. “Insurance for males under 25 is just colossally expensive,” he said.</p>
<p>There has also been a sharp decline in vehicle trips and the number of miles traveled by vehicle for 16- to 29-year old males, according to McGuckin’s analysis of massive government travel surveys between 1990 and 2009. The declines for women were not as great.</p>
<p>“The car companies are very worried,” she said.</p>
<p>Gloria Berquist, vice president of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said the alliance is aware that the share of teens and young adults obtaining driver licenses is dropping, although the association hasn’t seen the research on the gender differences.</p>
<p>“Some research has shown that young adults today connect with their friends through their smartphones, but at some point younger consumers still need to get from here to there, and a car is still a priority where public transportation is unavailable or limited,” she said. “This is especially true for younger adults when they enter the workforce.”</p>
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current trends continue gap widen share teens young adults sexes drivers licenses declining decline greater young men according study university michigans transportation research institute study looked gender trends drivers licenses 1995 2010 changing gender demographics major implications extent nature vehicle demand energy consumption road safety predicted michael sivak coauthor study women likely men purchase smaller safer fuelefficient cars drive less lower fatality rate per distance driven said advertisement 15 years study covered share men ages 25 29 years old drivers licenses dropped 106 percent share women age drivers licenses declined half amount 47 percent male drivers outnumbered women drivers moment first ford model rolled assembly line 1908 year automobile became popular last century 1950s half adult women drivers licenses jokes women drivers staple comedians gap gradually closed 1995 men drivers licenses slightly outnumbered women 892 million 874 million 2010 1057 million women licenses compared 1043 million men likewise 1995 men drivers licenses outnumbered women every age group except 70 2010 women outnumbered men among drivers ages 45 older ages 25 29 years old share older women also hanging onto drivers licenses also increased want car long possible want independent long said diane spitaliere 58 retired government worker alexandria va male drivers age 44 still slightly numerous women age thats young men outnumber young women general population study said 105 boys born year every 100 girls us women outnumber men later life live longer average 80 years women compared 75 years men advertisement rising internet usage may part reason decline share young drivers especially young men sivak said previous study transportation institute published earlier year found countries higher internet usage also lower licensure rate teens young adults suggestive evidence internet contact reducing need personal contact said researchers theorized digital media technology may make driving less desirable public transportation convenient texting driving dangerous illegal states theres risk texting working laptop riding bus train transit systems seeing significant increases riders another reason growing disinterest among young men driving may erosion carfetish society travel behavior analyst nancy mcguckin said todays young adults grew back seat cars stalled congestion hearing folks swear endless traffic nothing romantic also longer cool even possible work vehicle engines complex people dont even change oil said independence freedom able customize car reflect part young peoples association vehicles also may economic reasons shift mcguckins research indicates employment 16 24yearolds share workers declined time rate young men ages 18 34 years old living home going greater rate young women living home advertisement may unemployment underemployment made auto insurance unaffordable young men said alan pisarski author transportation research boards comprehensive commuting america reports us travel trends insurance males 25 colossally expensive said also sharp decline vehicle trips number miles traveled vehicle 16 29year old males according mcguckins analysis massive government travel surveys 1990 2009 declines women great car companies worried said gloria berquist vice president alliance automobile manufacturers said alliance aware share teens young adults obtaining driver licenses dropping although association hasnt seen research gender differences research shown young adults today connect friends smartphones point younger consumers still need get car still priority public transportation unavailable limited said especially true younger adults enter workforce
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<p>CENTURION, South Africa (AP) — India’s last visit to South Africa brings back tough memories for spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin. It was also the turning point in his career.</p>
<p>Now with over 300 test wickets, it’s hard to believe that Ashwin wasn’t good enough for India just four years ago.</p>
<p>India was in position for a rare victory in South Africa in the opening test in Johannesburg in December 2013. Chasing 458, South Africa had its back against the wall and had to survive the last day on a deteriorating pitch at the Wanderers. The ideal situation for a spinner.</p>
<p>Except that Ashwin produced the hugely disappointing figures of 0-83 off 36 overs as South Africa claimed a draw, and nearly won. He was dropped from the team.</p>
<p>That test, though, gave Ashwin the push he needed to work on his game, and especially to develop the variation that leading spin bowlers must have in modern cricket since Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne set the standard.</p>
<p>It worked. He’s been one of the top spinners in world cricket over the last two, three years.</p>
<p>So, amid the battle between top-ranked India and No. 2 South Africa in the second test at Centurion on Saturday, there was some personal vindication for Ashwin with his 3-90, something to replace those Wanderers memories.</p>
<p>“It was a reality check in terms of not being able to win a test match for the country on day five when all things were actually set up for a spinner,” he said of the Wanderers test. “It was kind of a hit on my professional pride and from there on I knew I had to work on certain things.”</p>
<p>Work he did, proudly listing on Saturday the changes he made: Making his action more fluid and “repeatable,” changing his wrist position and adding a few different deliveries to his repertoire, including “the flipper.”</p>
<p>“Obviously these things have combined over the last few years,” he said. “I have had a great time over the last two, three years.”</p>
<p>Ashwin’s initial revenge came in India in 2015 when South Africa was beaten 3-0 in a four-test series and Ashwin took a series-leading 31 wickets, seven more than anyone else.</p>
<p>To perform in South Africa, though, was even more satisfying.</p>
<p>“I would actually like to believe I have gathered a lot more respect,” he said.</p>
<p>At Centurion, Ashwin wasn’t sure he was going to play this test. Two days out from the match the pitch looked so green and fast bowler-friendly that he thought India might go with an all-pace attack. The pitch changed, and the 31-year-old Ashwin has learned to jump at any chance after losing his place the last time he was in South Africa.</p>
<p>“That’s the way it goes, right?” he said. “I have seen a lot of cricket matches where people who haven’t been in contention to play the match come in and get those wickets.</p>
<p>“I mean, I play (only) test cricket now, get a lot of breaks in between, so I might as well be ready when I get an opportunity. There is no reason to unfasten the seat belt. You are always on.”</p>
<p>CENTURION, South Africa (AP) — India’s last visit to South Africa brings back tough memories for spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin. It was also the turning point in his career.</p>
<p>Now with over 300 test wickets, it’s hard to believe that Ashwin wasn’t good enough for India just four years ago.</p>
<p>India was in position for a rare victory in South Africa in the opening test in Johannesburg in December 2013. Chasing 458, South Africa had its back against the wall and had to survive the last day on a deteriorating pitch at the Wanderers. The ideal situation for a spinner.</p>
<p>Except that Ashwin produced the hugely disappointing figures of 0-83 off 36 overs as South Africa claimed a draw, and nearly won. He was dropped from the team.</p>
<p>That test, though, gave Ashwin the push he needed to work on his game, and especially to develop the variation that leading spin bowlers must have in modern cricket since Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne set the standard.</p>
<p>It worked. He’s been one of the top spinners in world cricket over the last two, three years.</p>
<p>So, amid the battle between top-ranked India and No. 2 South Africa in the second test at Centurion on Saturday, there was some personal vindication for Ashwin with his 3-90, something to replace those Wanderers memories.</p>
<p>“It was a reality check in terms of not being able to win a test match for the country on day five when all things were actually set up for a spinner,” he said of the Wanderers test. “It was kind of a hit on my professional pride and from there on I knew I had to work on certain things.”</p>
<p>Work he did, proudly listing on Saturday the changes he made: Making his action more fluid and “repeatable,” changing his wrist position and adding a few different deliveries to his repertoire, including “the flipper.”</p>
<p>“Obviously these things have combined over the last few years,” he said. “I have had a great time over the last two, three years.”</p>
<p>Ashwin’s initial revenge came in India in 2015 when South Africa was beaten 3-0 in a four-test series and Ashwin took a series-leading 31 wickets, seven more than anyone else.</p>
<p>To perform in South Africa, though, was even more satisfying.</p>
<p>“I would actually like to believe I have gathered a lot more respect,” he said.</p>
<p>At Centurion, Ashwin wasn’t sure he was going to play this test. Two days out from the match the pitch looked so green and fast bowler-friendly that he thought India might go with an all-pace attack. The pitch changed, and the 31-year-old Ashwin has learned to jump at any chance after losing his place the last time he was in South Africa.</p>
<p>“That’s the way it goes, right?” he said. “I have seen a lot of cricket matches where people who haven’t been in contention to play the match come in and get those wickets.</p>
<p>“I mean, I play (only) test cricket now, get a lot of breaks in between, so I might as well be ready when I get an opportunity. There is no reason to unfasten the seat belt. You are always on.”</p>
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<p>The University of New Mexico is bowl eligible.</p>
<p>Sure, there might have been some doubt after early-season losses to lowly Rutgers and New Mexico State.</p>
<p>Realistically, however, the Lobos reaching bowl eligibility — simply winning six&#160; of 12 games — wasn’t really a huge question.</p>
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<p>Now, however, come plenty of questions, like where will the Lobos go?</p>
<p>And a monster inquiry — can they actually win the Mountain West Conference in coach Bob Davie’s fifth year as head coach?</p>
<p>There are definite paths for UNM to do so. But those paths are probably similar to Donald Trump’s to winning the White House. It could happen, but a lot of predicted outcomes would have to flip the script.</p>
<p>Let’s talk bowl picture first.</p>
<p>The MWC is aligned with six bowls this season, with a possible seventh as a distant hope. Theoretically, the league could actually get eight teams into bowls.</p>
<p>For now, here are the games with definite MWC tie-ins:</p>
<p>•&#160; The Las Vegas Bowl: The game gets first choice of a Mountain West school, but that doesn’t automatically mean it will take the champion.</p>
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<p>•&#160;The New Mexico Bowl, the Poinsettia Bowl, the Hawaii Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Arizona Bowl</p>
<p>Javan Hedlund, associate commissioner/communications of the MWC, says “All five of those bowls work together with the Mountain West to create the best scenarios possible.”</p>
<p>Another possibility is the Cactus Bowl if the Pac-12 does not have enough bowl eligible teams.</p>
<p>Obviously, the MWC needs to get at least six teams bowl eligible in order to fill its tie-ins, and right now it has five: Boise State (8-1), San Diego State (8-1), Wyoming (7-2), UNM (6-3) and Air Force (6-3).</p>
<p>Colorado State (5-4), Hawaii (4-6), UNLV (3-6), Nevada (3-6) and Utah State (3-6) are in striking distance.</p>
<p>There is also at least one more caveat.</p>
<p>The highest-ranked league champion in the CFP picture from the non-Power 5 conferences makes one of the New Year’s 6 bowl games. Boise State (24th) was the second highest non-Power 5 school when the CFP ratings debuted last week, trailing only Western Michigan (23rd).</p>
<p>Boise State’s loss to Wyoming prevented it from being ranked higher. If Western Michigan stumbles, that could lead to Boise State — or even San Diego State or Wyoming — getting into the New Year’s 6 picture, but only if one is the highest ranked and a league champion.</p>
<p>“There is just so much out there to play out,” Jeff Siembieda, executive director of New Mexico Bowl said. “We’re just trying to put together the best matchup possible.”</p>
<p>Lobo title path</p>
<p>UNM is tied with Boise State for second in the Mountain Division of the MW at 4-1. Wyoming leads at 5-0.</p>
<p>San Diego State (5-0) has already clinched the West Division and will play in the league’s title game. Where?</p>
<p>That’s TBD.</p>
<p>The Lobos are at Utah State (1-5) and at CSU (3-2) before Wyoming visits Albuquerque on Nov. 26 for the last game of the regular season.</p>
<p>That finale could be one of New Mexico’s biggest games in years, and could determine the division champion.</p>
<p>Wyoming is at UNLV this week and plays host to San Diego State next week.</p>
<p>Boise State is at Hawaii, home against UNLV, then at Air Force for its final three games.</p>
<p>If the Lobos and Boise State win their final three games, both would tie Wyoming at 7-1, provided the Cowboys beat UNLV and San Diego State. The tiebreakers, however, don’t favor UNM.</p>
<p>The first tiebreaker is head-to-head. Boise beat the Lobos 49-21 and Wyoming edged Boise State 30-28. A UNM win against Wyoming would mean all finish 1-1 against each other.</p>
<p>That scenario also makes the next tiebreaker meaningless, which is how each team finished against the fourth-place finisher and on down the line.</p>
<p>Next is how the three did against a common opponent or opponents in the West Division. Unfortunately, there is not a single team in the West that all three teams faced.</p>
<p>The next tiebreaker is how the teams finish in the CFP, which ranks 25 teams. Boise has a big edge.</p>
<p>If no team from the MWC is in that top 25, then Hedlund said the tie will be broken by an average of four computer rankings: Anderson &amp; Hester; Billingsley; Colley Matrix; Wolfe.</p>
<p>If it comes down to that, the Lobos look to have little chance because of a soft schedule and those losses to Rutgers and NMSU. Last week, Boise State’s average in those four polls was No. 15 while Wyoming’s was in the low 30s and the Lobos’ in the low 70s.</p>
<p>Thus, the Lobos’ most realistic chance of winning the division is to win out and hope that Boise State loses another game. That would leave the Broncos with two losses and the Lobos and Cowboys tied at 7-1. Since the first tiebreaker is head to head, UNM would win the tiebreaker based on beating Wyoming.</p>
<p>The host team for MWC title game, by the way, will also be played on the field of the team with the best rating (CFP first, then average of computers).</p>
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<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The intense pressure to keep quiet began almost immediately after four girls reported that they'd been molested by a well-known member of their community: You're lying. Take it back. Change your stories.</p>
<p>Two of the four girls did.</p>
<p>But after a trial last month, a Portland judge found Hassan Mohamedhaji Noor — a 46-year-old married father of six and member of the local Somali immigrant community — guilty of sexual abuse, including for targeting the two girls who recanted.</p>
<p>In a strongly worded statement, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Leslie Roberts made clear that the urge to hide abuse by squelching the voices of victims happens in all kinds of settings, not just within a Portland immigrant community that numbers about 8,000.</p>
<p>"It is familiar in the history and reality of many communities near to home and far from it," Roberts said.</p>
<p>Child sex abuse is a relatively common crime. An estimated one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused by the time they turn 18, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.</p>
<p>But child abuse experts say most cases go unreported for some of the very reasons two of the young women in this case may have felt compelled to back down. Victims fear they won't be believed and often are embarrassed to talk about what happened.</p>
<p>They're also concerned that the person who abused them will carry out threats to hurt them or they worry that their family or community will ostracize them. Some even feel guilt over sending someone they once liked to prison. One victim also said that in her Somali-American community, girls and women were made to feel like they couldn't speak out against men.</p>
<p>The four-day trial opened a rare window into this maelstrom of emotions as Noor's crimes and the vigorous campaign to cover them up were aired in open court.</p>
<p>The trial also came at a time of national reckoning over sexual harassment and abuse, beginning with the explosive allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and followed by accusations of sexual misconduct by dozens of high-profile men in politics, media and entertainment.</p>
<p>The judge didn't cite the current climate but she did single out a culture of silence and said she believed the girls' families were among those pushing hard for them to retract their statements.</p>
<p>They valued the "fraudulent appearance of propriety" over the importance of protecting women or children, she said. The judge explained that it was her job to see past that to uphold her court's commitment to justice.</p>
<p>'IT'S A SENSE OF DENIAL'</p>
<p>Noor was a respected member of Portland's Somali-American community — known as a loving father and husband and a devout Muslim who prayed five times a day. He supported his large family by working full-time as a Lyft driver.</p>
<p>He was a success story — a man who immigrated from Somalia about 20 years ago and built a life for himself from scratch.</p>
<p>The allegations against Noor surfaced months or years ago — when each of the four girls confided in trusted adults.</p>
<p>They described a similar set of circumstances leading up to the abuse: Noor would have them massage his legs, work their way up to his thighs and ultimately touch his genitals when they were as young as 12 or 13, they said.</p>
<p>Each also said they were urged to say nothing. They told investigators that family members and community members claimed that speaking about the abuse would bring shame to them and their families. That no men would want to marry them after learning they'd been molested. That it was up to Allah to decide Noor's punishment.</p>
<p>The girls didn't talk to police until last year for various reasons.</p>
<p>The Oregonian/OregonLive generally doesn't name victims of sexual abuse and isn't describing how Noor knew the girls to protect their identities.</p>
<p>When Noor was arrested in March, news quickly spread through his community.</p>
<p>The accusations were so disturbing that some people simply couldn't believe them, said Musse Olol, president of the Somali American Council of Oregon.</p>
<p>"It's a sense of denial — just like with any shameful act, any criminal act, anything bad that the community wished did not happen but sometimes happens," Olol said.</p>
<p>But Olol said he told people to let the court system handle the case, and he condemned the abuse.</p>
<p>"This is not something the community condones, or thinks is acceptable at all," he said.</p>
<p>CASE FACES UPHILL BATTLE</p>
<p>Although the prosecution's case against Noor seemed straightforward in the beginning, it grew more complicated when Noor's two youngest victims — now ages 16 and 18 — recanted.</p>
<p>Compounding matters, although the two other victims stood by their stories, Noor was indicted for sexually abusing only one of them. That's because the statute of limitations had passed for the oldest one, now 23. She was allowed to testify, but Noor couldn't be convicted of abusing her.</p>
<p>On the opening day of trial, a standing-room-only crowd of members of the Somali community filled the courtroom gallery. The 16-year-old took the stand first.</p>
<p>Deputy District Attorney Amber Kinney chose her words carefully. She knew the girl had changed her story. She needed to get the teen's original statements on the record.</p>
<p>Kinney played a 911 recording of the girl — the call that had set the case in motion nine months earlier.</p>
<p>"I was molested," the girl can be heard saying, before stating that it was Noor and describing the abuse.</p>
<p>The prosecutor stopped the recording. "Who was that calling 911?" Kinney asked.</p>
<p>"Sounds like my voice, but I was lying," the girl responded.</p>
<p>The prosecutor noted that the girl also repeatedly told her story to others: a patrol officer, a child abuse investigator with the Oregon Department of Human Services, a police detective and ultimately a grand jury.</p>
<p>But the girl offered a startling explanation: She had been under the influence of "black magic."</p>
<p>"I wasn't in my right state of mind," she said on the witness stand. "It is as if I wasn't speaking myself."</p>
<p>The 18-year-old who recanted also testified that she, too, had been controlled by black magic. She now insisted that Noor had never touched her - that she'd slept over at Noor's house to visit with his children many times over the years without incident. She said Noor was a good man.</p>
<p>The prosecutor contrasted the young woman's testimony to her statements at a recorded interview earlier this year with child abuse investigators.</p>
<p>"Do you remember saying that you hate him so much?" Kinney asked.</p>
<p>"I don't hate him," the young woman said.</p>
<p>Kinney asked her whether her mother was in the courtroom watching her testimony.</p>
<p>"Right there, behind you," the young woman answered.</p>
<p>The prosecutor asked: Was there anyone else she knows in the courtroom?</p>
<p>"I see my auntie, my cousin, uncle, grandpa," she responded. But she said they weren't there to pressure her to keep quiet. Instead, she said, "They all came for Hassan, and us. To support us."</p>
<p>'DON'T TELL ANYONE ANYTHING'</p>
<p>The two other young women testified that they had refused to change their stories even though their families disowned them.</p>
<p>The most emotional account came from the 20-year-old, who said Noor repeatedly made her touch his genitals when she was 11. She told her parents after encountering him trying to molest one of her siblings, she said.</p>
<p>She said her parents distanced the family from Noor, but didn't call police. She said she remembers her father telling her that the abuse could never be reported.</p>
<p>"He basically started crying," she said. "And he was like, 'I know what (Noor) did to you was wrong, but, you know, what can I do? What can I do? Your reputation is going to be ruined if I say something, if I fight him.'"</p>
<p>She said a few years later, her parents forgave Noor, and he was allowed to be around her again. The abuse resumed, she said, this time with Noor approaching her from behind and pressing himself against her.</p>
<p>"In the Somali community, the men have more power than the women," she said. "...The girl, she is supposed to suffer. She is supposed to be quiet and just bear what happened to her."</p>
<p>She eventually ran away from home and several years ago told workers at a Portland youth shelter about the abuse. According to court papers, workers with the state Department of Human Services investigated by interviewing her, but it's unclear if they spoke to Noor. They didn't notify police, and closed the case for lack of evidence, according to court records.</p>
<p>This past spring, police spoke to the young woman, and she willingly took the stand at the trial.</p>
<p>"So justice shall be served," she said. "That man is the man who ruined my life."</p>
<p>She said she hasn't been able to attend school and quit her job because of stress. She also said she and her parents are no longer speaking. Both of them testified that she was dishonest.</p>
<p>'ONLY AN ANIMAL WOULD DO SUCH A THING'</p>
<p>Noor didn't testify. But he told Portland police Detective Nathan Tobey during a recorded interview that all of the allegations against him were made up, according to the detective's testimony.</p>
<p>Tobey said Noor claimed that Somali women come to the U.S. knowing they can have power over men by conjuring up false stories of being beaten, inappropriately touched or raped. Noor said it was impossible that a Muslim man like himself could have molested children.</p>
<p>"He said, 'Only an animal would do such a thing,'" Tobey said. "He said . 'Only a person without religion could do such a thing.'"</p>
<p>Tobey said Noor explained that at least one of the girls had stopped praying five times a day and evil had taken hold of her.</p>
<p>Noor is scheduled to be sentenced in February.</p>
<p>He faces a minimum prison term of 6 ¼ years if he serves the sentences at the same time. But he also could get a maximum of more than 68 years — 6 ¼ years for each of the 11 charges of first-degree sexual abuse against him.</p>
<p>As Roberts announced her verdict, Noor revealed no visible emotion. As deputies handcuffed him and led him out of the courtroom, he smiled slightly and shrugged at the crowd of spectators who gathered around him.</p>
<p>Some of them could face criminal repercussions in the case.</p>
<p>Prosecutors said they're investigating the possibility of charging adults in the victims' lives with the felony crime of tampering with a witness, based on the allegation that they tried to silence the young women.</p>
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<p>Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com" type="external">http://www.oregonlive.com</a></p>
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The intense pressure to keep quiet began almost immediately after four girls reported that they'd been molested by a well-known member of their community: You're lying. Take it back. Change your stories.</p>
<p>Two of the four girls did.</p>
<p>But after a trial last month, a Portland judge found Hassan Mohamedhaji Noor — a 46-year-old married father of six and member of the local Somali immigrant community — guilty of sexual abuse, including for targeting the two girls who recanted.</p>
<p>In a strongly worded statement, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Leslie Roberts made clear that the urge to hide abuse by squelching the voices of victims happens in all kinds of settings, not just within a Portland immigrant community that numbers about 8,000.</p>
<p>"It is familiar in the history and reality of many communities near to home and far from it," Roberts said.</p>
<p>Child sex abuse is a relatively common crime. An estimated one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused by the time they turn 18, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.</p>
<p>But child abuse experts say most cases go unreported for some of the very reasons two of the young women in this case may have felt compelled to back down. Victims fear they won't be believed and often are embarrassed to talk about what happened.</p>
<p>They're also concerned that the person who abused them will carry out threats to hurt them or they worry that their family or community will ostracize them. Some even feel guilt over sending someone they once liked to prison. One victim also said that in her Somali-American community, girls and women were made to feel like they couldn't speak out against men.</p>
<p>The four-day trial opened a rare window into this maelstrom of emotions as Noor's crimes and the vigorous campaign to cover them up were aired in open court.</p>
<p>The trial also came at a time of national reckoning over sexual harassment and abuse, beginning with the explosive allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and followed by accusations of sexual misconduct by dozens of high-profile men in politics, media and entertainment.</p>
<p>The judge didn't cite the current climate but she did single out a culture of silence and said she believed the girls' families were among those pushing hard for them to retract their statements.</p>
<p>They valued the "fraudulent appearance of propriety" over the importance of protecting women or children, she said. The judge explained that it was her job to see past that to uphold her court's commitment to justice.</p>
<p>'IT'S A SENSE OF DENIAL'</p>
<p>Noor was a respected member of Portland's Somali-American community — known as a loving father and husband and a devout Muslim who prayed five times a day. He supported his large family by working full-time as a Lyft driver.</p>
<p>He was a success story — a man who immigrated from Somalia about 20 years ago and built a life for himself from scratch.</p>
<p>The allegations against Noor surfaced months or years ago — when each of the four girls confided in trusted adults.</p>
<p>They described a similar set of circumstances leading up to the abuse: Noor would have them massage his legs, work their way up to his thighs and ultimately touch his genitals when they were as young as 12 or 13, they said.</p>
<p>Each also said they were urged to say nothing. They told investigators that family members and community members claimed that speaking about the abuse would bring shame to them and their families. That no men would want to marry them after learning they'd been molested. That it was up to Allah to decide Noor's punishment.</p>
<p>The girls didn't talk to police until last year for various reasons.</p>
<p>The Oregonian/OregonLive generally doesn't name victims of sexual abuse and isn't describing how Noor knew the girls to protect their identities.</p>
<p>When Noor was arrested in March, news quickly spread through his community.</p>
<p>The accusations were so disturbing that some people simply couldn't believe them, said Musse Olol, president of the Somali American Council of Oregon.</p>
<p>"It's a sense of denial — just like with any shameful act, any criminal act, anything bad that the community wished did not happen but sometimes happens," Olol said.</p>
<p>But Olol said he told people to let the court system handle the case, and he condemned the abuse.</p>
<p>"This is not something the community condones, or thinks is acceptable at all," he said.</p>
<p>CASE FACES UPHILL BATTLE</p>
<p>Although the prosecution's case against Noor seemed straightforward in the beginning, it grew more complicated when Noor's two youngest victims — now ages 16 and 18 — recanted.</p>
<p>Compounding matters, although the two other victims stood by their stories, Noor was indicted for sexually abusing only one of them. That's because the statute of limitations had passed for the oldest one, now 23. She was allowed to testify, but Noor couldn't be convicted of abusing her.</p>
<p>On the opening day of trial, a standing-room-only crowd of members of the Somali community filled the courtroom gallery. The 16-year-old took the stand first.</p>
<p>Deputy District Attorney Amber Kinney chose her words carefully. She knew the girl had changed her story. She needed to get the teen's original statements on the record.</p>
<p>Kinney played a 911 recording of the girl — the call that had set the case in motion nine months earlier.</p>
<p>"I was molested," the girl can be heard saying, before stating that it was Noor and describing the abuse.</p>
<p>The prosecutor stopped the recording. "Who was that calling 911?" Kinney asked.</p>
<p>"Sounds like my voice, but I was lying," the girl responded.</p>
<p>The prosecutor noted that the girl also repeatedly told her story to others: a patrol officer, a child abuse investigator with the Oregon Department of Human Services, a police detective and ultimately a grand jury.</p>
<p>But the girl offered a startling explanation: She had been under the influence of "black magic."</p>
<p>"I wasn't in my right state of mind," she said on the witness stand. "It is as if I wasn't speaking myself."</p>
<p>The 18-year-old who recanted also testified that she, too, had been controlled by black magic. She now insisted that Noor had never touched her - that she'd slept over at Noor's house to visit with his children many times over the years without incident. She said Noor was a good man.</p>
<p>The prosecutor contrasted the young woman's testimony to her statements at a recorded interview earlier this year with child abuse investigators.</p>
<p>"Do you remember saying that you hate him so much?" Kinney asked.</p>
<p>"I don't hate him," the young woman said.</p>
<p>Kinney asked her whether her mother was in the courtroom watching her testimony.</p>
<p>"Right there, behind you," the young woman answered.</p>
<p>The prosecutor asked: Was there anyone else she knows in the courtroom?</p>
<p>"I see my auntie, my cousin, uncle, grandpa," she responded. But she said they weren't there to pressure her to keep quiet. Instead, she said, "They all came for Hassan, and us. To support us."</p>
<p>'DON'T TELL ANYONE ANYTHING'</p>
<p>The two other young women testified that they had refused to change their stories even though their families disowned them.</p>
<p>The most emotional account came from the 20-year-old, who said Noor repeatedly made her touch his genitals when she was 11. She told her parents after encountering him trying to molest one of her siblings, she said.</p>
<p>She said her parents distanced the family from Noor, but didn't call police. She said she remembers her father telling her that the abuse could never be reported.</p>
<p>"He basically started crying," she said. "And he was like, 'I know what (Noor) did to you was wrong, but, you know, what can I do? What can I do? Your reputation is going to be ruined if I say something, if I fight him.'"</p>
<p>She said a few years later, her parents forgave Noor, and he was allowed to be around her again. The abuse resumed, she said, this time with Noor approaching her from behind and pressing himself against her.</p>
<p>"In the Somali community, the men have more power than the women," she said. "...The girl, she is supposed to suffer. She is supposed to be quiet and just bear what happened to her."</p>
<p>She eventually ran away from home and several years ago told workers at a Portland youth shelter about the abuse. According to court papers, workers with the state Department of Human Services investigated by interviewing her, but it's unclear if they spoke to Noor. They didn't notify police, and closed the case for lack of evidence, according to court records.</p>
<p>This past spring, police spoke to the young woman, and she willingly took the stand at the trial.</p>
<p>"So justice shall be served," she said. "That man is the man who ruined my life."</p>
<p>She said she hasn't been able to attend school and quit her job because of stress. She also said she and her parents are no longer speaking. Both of them testified that she was dishonest.</p>
<p>'ONLY AN ANIMAL WOULD DO SUCH A THING'</p>
<p>Noor didn't testify. But he told Portland police Detective Nathan Tobey during a recorded interview that all of the allegations against him were made up, according to the detective's testimony.</p>
<p>Tobey said Noor claimed that Somali women come to the U.S. knowing they can have power over men by conjuring up false stories of being beaten, inappropriately touched or raped. Noor said it was impossible that a Muslim man like himself could have molested children.</p>
<p>"He said, 'Only an animal would do such a thing,'" Tobey said. "He said . 'Only a person without religion could do such a thing.'"</p>
<p>Tobey said Noor explained that at least one of the girls had stopped praying five times a day and evil had taken hold of her.</p>
<p>Noor is scheduled to be sentenced in February.</p>
<p>He faces a minimum prison term of 6 ¼ years if he serves the sentences at the same time. But he also could get a maximum of more than 68 years — 6 ¼ years for each of the 11 charges of first-degree sexual abuse against him.</p>
<p>As Roberts announced her verdict, Noor revealed no visible emotion. As deputies handcuffed him and led him out of the courtroom, he smiled slightly and shrugged at the crowd of spectators who gathered around him.</p>
<p>Some of them could face criminal repercussions in the case.</p>
<p>Prosecutors said they're investigating the possibility of charging adults in the victims' lives with the felony crime of tampering with a witness, based on the allegation that they tried to silence the young women.</p>
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<p>Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com" type="external">http://www.oregonlive.com</a></p>
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portland ore ap intense pressure keep quiet began almost immediately four girls reported theyd molested wellknown member community youre lying take back change stories two four girls trial last month portland judge found hassan mohamedhaji noor 46yearold married father six member local somali immigrant community guilty sexual abuse including targeting two girls recanted strongly worded statement multnomah county circuit judge leslie roberts made clear urge hide abuse squelching voices victims happens kinds settings within portland immigrant community numbers 8000 familiar history reality many communities near home far roberts said child sex abuse relatively common crime estimated one four girls one six boys sexually abused time turn 18 according national sexual violence resource center child abuse experts say cases go unreported reasons two young women case may felt compelled back victims fear wont believed often embarrassed talk happened theyre also concerned person abused carry threats hurt worry family community ostracize even feel guilt sending someone liked prison one victim also said somaliamerican community girls women made feel like couldnt speak men fourday trial opened rare window maelstrom emotions noors crimes vigorous campaign cover aired open court trial also came time national reckoning sexual harassment abuse beginning explosive allegations hollywood producer harvey weinstein followed accusations sexual misconduct dozens highprofile men politics media entertainment judge didnt cite current climate single culture silence said believed girls families among pushing hard retract statements valued fraudulent appearance propriety importance protecting women children said judge explained job see past uphold courts commitment justice sense denial noor respected member portlands somaliamerican community known loving father husband devout muslim prayed five times day supported large family working fulltime lyft driver success story man immigrated somalia 20 years ago built life scratch allegations noor surfaced months years ago four girls confided trusted adults described similar set circumstances leading abuse noor would massage legs work way thighs ultimately touch genitals young 12 13 said also said urged say nothing told investigators family members community members claimed speaking abuse would bring shame families men would want marry learning theyd molested allah decide noors punishment girls didnt talk police last year various reasons oregonianoregonlive generally doesnt name victims sexual abuse isnt describing noor knew girls protect identities noor arrested march news quickly spread community accusations disturbing people simply couldnt believe said musse olol president somali american council oregon sense denial like shameful act criminal act anything bad community wished happen sometimes happens olol said olol said told people let court system handle case condemned abuse something community condones thinks acceptable said case faces uphill battle although prosecutions case noor seemed straightforward beginning grew complicated noors two youngest victims ages 16 18 recanted compounding matters although two victims stood stories noor indicted sexually abusing one thats statute limitations passed oldest one 23 allowed testify noor couldnt convicted abusing opening day trial standingroomonly crowd members somali community filled courtroom gallery 16yearold took stand first deputy district attorney amber kinney chose words carefully knew girl changed story needed get teens original statements record kinney played 911 recording girl call set case motion nine months earlier molested girl heard saying stating noor describing abuse prosecutor stopped recording calling 911 kinney asked sounds like voice lying girl responded prosecutor noted girl also repeatedly told story others patrol officer child abuse investigator oregon department human services police detective ultimately grand jury girl offered startling explanation influence black magic wasnt right state mind said witness stand wasnt speaking 18yearold recanted also testified controlled black magic insisted noor never touched shed slept noors house visit children many times years without incident said noor good man prosecutor contrasted young womans testimony statements recorded interview earlier year child abuse investigators remember saying hate much kinney asked dont hate young woman said kinney asked whether mother courtroom watching testimony right behind young woman answered prosecutor asked anyone else knows courtroom see auntie cousin uncle grandpa responded said werent pressure keep quiet instead said came hassan us support us dont tell anyone anything two young women testified refused change stories even though families disowned emotional account came 20yearold said noor repeatedly made touch genitals 11 told parents encountering trying molest one siblings said said parents distanced family noor didnt call police said remembers father telling abuse could never reported basically started crying said like know noor wrong know reputation going ruined say something fight said years later parents forgave noor allowed around abuse resumed said time noor approaching behind pressing somali community men power women said girl supposed suffer supposed quiet bear happened eventually ran away home several years ago told workers portland youth shelter abuse according court papers workers state department human services investigated interviewing unclear spoke noor didnt notify police closed case lack evidence according court records past spring police spoke young woman willingly took stand trial justice shall served said man man ruined life said hasnt able attend school quit job stress also said parents longer speaking testified dishonest animal would thing noor didnt testify told portland police detective nathan tobey recorded interview allegations made according detectives testimony tobey said noor claimed somali women come us knowing power men conjuring false stories beaten inappropriately touched raped noor said impossible muslim man like could molested children said animal would thing tobey said said person without religion could thing tobey said noor explained least one girls stopped praying five times day evil taken hold noor scheduled sentenced february faces minimum prison term 6 ¼ years serves sentences time also could get maximum 68 years 6 ¼ years 11 charges firstdegree sexual abuse roberts announced verdict noor revealed visible emotion deputies handcuffed led courtroom smiled slightly shrugged crowd spectators gathered around could face criminal repercussions case prosecutors said theyre investigating possibility charging adults victims lives felony crime tampering witness based allegation tried silence young women ___ information oregonianoregonlive httpwwworegonlivecom portland ore ap intense pressure keep quiet began almost immediately four girls reported theyd molested wellknown member community youre lying take back change stories two four girls trial last month portland judge found hassan mohamedhaji noor 46yearold married father six member local somali immigrant community guilty sexual abuse including targeting two girls recanted strongly worded statement multnomah county circuit judge leslie roberts made clear urge hide abuse squelching voices victims happens kinds settings within portland immigrant community numbers 8000 familiar history reality many communities near home far roberts said child sex abuse relatively common crime estimated one four girls one six boys sexually abused time turn 18 according national sexual violence resource center child abuse experts say cases go unreported reasons two young women case may felt compelled back victims fear wont believed often embarrassed talk happened theyre also concerned person abused carry threats hurt worry family community ostracize even feel guilt sending someone liked prison one victim also said somaliamerican community girls women made feel like couldnt speak men fourday trial opened rare window maelstrom emotions noors crimes vigorous campaign cover aired open court trial also came time national reckoning sexual harassment abuse beginning explosive allegations hollywood producer harvey weinstein followed accusations sexual misconduct dozens highprofile men politics media entertainment judge didnt cite current climate single culture silence said believed girls families among pushing hard retract statements valued fraudulent appearance propriety importance protecting women children said judge explained job see past uphold courts commitment justice sense denial noor respected member portlands somaliamerican community known loving father husband devout muslim prayed five times day supported large family working fulltime lyft driver success story man immigrated somalia 20 years ago built life scratch allegations noor surfaced months years ago four girls confided trusted adults described similar set circumstances leading abuse noor would massage legs work way thighs ultimately touch genitals young 12 13 said also said urged say nothing told investigators family members community members claimed speaking abuse would bring shame families men would want marry learning theyd molested allah decide noors punishment girls didnt talk police last year various reasons oregonianoregonlive generally doesnt name victims sexual abuse isnt describing noor knew girls protect identities noor arrested march news quickly spread community accusations disturbing people simply couldnt believe said musse olol president somali american council oregon sense denial like shameful act criminal act anything bad community wished happen sometimes happens olol said olol said told people let court system handle case condemned abuse something community condones thinks acceptable said case faces uphill battle although prosecutions case noor seemed straightforward beginning grew complicated noors two youngest victims ages 16 18 recanted compounding matters although two victims stood stories noor indicted sexually abusing one thats statute limitations passed oldest one 23 allowed testify noor couldnt convicted abusing opening day trial standingroomonly crowd members somali community filled courtroom gallery 16yearold took stand first deputy district attorney amber kinney chose words carefully knew girl changed story needed get teens original statements record kinney played 911 recording girl call set case motion nine months earlier molested girl heard saying stating noor describing abuse prosecutor stopped recording calling 911 kinney asked sounds like voice lying girl responded prosecutor noted girl also repeatedly told story others patrol officer child abuse investigator oregon department human services police detective ultimately grand jury girl offered startling explanation influence black magic wasnt right state mind said witness stand wasnt speaking 18yearold recanted also testified controlled black magic insisted noor never touched shed slept noors house visit children many times years without incident said noor good man prosecutor contrasted young womans testimony statements recorded interview earlier year child abuse investigators remember saying hate much kinney asked dont hate young woman said kinney asked whether mother courtroom watching testimony right behind young woman answered prosecutor asked anyone else knows courtroom see auntie cousin uncle grandpa responded said werent pressure keep quiet instead said came hassan us support us dont tell anyone anything two young women testified refused change stories even though families disowned emotional account came 20yearold said noor repeatedly made touch genitals 11 told parents encountering trying molest one siblings said said parents distanced family noor didnt call police said remembers father telling abuse could never reported basically started crying said like know noor wrong know reputation going ruined say something fight said years later parents forgave noor allowed around abuse resumed said time noor approaching behind pressing somali community men power women said girl supposed suffer supposed quiet bear happened eventually ran away home several years ago told workers portland youth shelter abuse according court papers workers state department human services investigated interviewing unclear spoke noor didnt notify police closed case lack evidence according court records past spring police spoke young woman willingly took stand trial justice shall served said man man ruined life said hasnt able attend school quit job stress also said parents longer speaking testified dishonest animal would thing noor didnt testify told portland police detective nathan tobey recorded interview allegations made according detectives testimony tobey said noor claimed somali women come us knowing power men conjuring false stories beaten inappropriately touched raped noor said impossible muslim man like could molested children said animal would thing tobey said said person without religion could thing tobey said noor explained least one girls stopped praying five times day evil taken hold noor scheduled sentenced february faces minimum prison term 6 ¼ years serves sentences time also could get maximum 68 years 6 ¼ years 11 charges firstdegree sexual abuse roberts announced verdict noor revealed visible emotion deputies handcuffed led courtroom smiled slightly shrugged crowd spectators gathered around could face criminal repercussions case prosecutors said theyre investigating possibility charging adults victims lives felony crime tampering witness based allegation tried silence young women ___ information oregonianoregonlive httpwwworegonlivecom
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<p>PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Un wants to turn the art of kimchi-making into a science. And the North Korean leader is putting his money where his mouth is.</p>
<p>On the outskirts of Pyongyang, surrounded by snow-covered farms and greenhouses, stands one of Kim’s latest pet projects, the Ryugyong Kimchi Factory, which produces 4,200 tons of the iconic Korean pickled vegetable dish a year. The shiny new facility replaces an older factory and opened in June last year after getting Kim’s final seal of approval, according to manager Paek Mi Hye.</p>
<p>The factory is intended to showcase Kim’s efforts to boost North Korea’s domestic economy and produce more, and better, consumer products. His strategy, known as “byungjin,” aims to simultaneously develop the national economy and North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.</p>
<p>North Korea’s repeated underground nuclear tests and launches of long-range missiles that could conceivably reach the U.S. mainland have brought more sanctions down on the North than ever before. But outside experts believe the country — while still struggling in many areas — is showing signs of modest economic growth and improved agricultural production. It could be just a year or two away from having an operational, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile.</p>
<p>Video by Eric Talmadge</p>
<p>Applied science, according to the North’s policymakers, is absolutely essential on all fronts.</p>
<p>Kim has transformed the Pyongyang skyline with high-rise apartments to house his prized rocket scientists and nuclear engineers, and Paek repeatedly stressed while giving a tour of the facility to The Associated Press how even an ancient delicacy like kimchi can benefit from scientific innovation.</p>
<p>Paek, who accompanied Kim on his “on-the-spot guidance” visits, said the factory has 150 workers but is for the most part automated.</p>
<p>She said the primary objective of the factory is to operate in a “scientific manner at every stage.” In kimchi-making, that means inspections all along the production line to ensure quality and hygiene. The factory boasts of a one-of-a-kind “kimchi analyzer” to maintain the proper levels of saltiness and lactic acid — its signature ingredient.</p>
<p>Koreans North and South have been making kimchi for generations, often passing family recipes down from mother to daughter or mother-in-law to daughter-in-law.</p>
<p>In 2015, UNESCO added kimchi to its “intangible cultural heritage of humanity” list, noting that the traditional sharing of know-how and materials to prepare large quantities of kimchi for the winter months “boosts cooperation among families, villages and communities, contributing to social cohesion.”</p>
<p>Paek acknowledged that some people might resist giving up the cherished tradition of communal kimchi-making. “But they also recognize the quality and reliability of our factory-made product,” she said.</p>
<p>The factory produces eight kimchi products, from the very spicy staple “tong kimchi,” which has a red tint and is made of whole cabbages, to a milder variety designed for children. Its kimchi products are distributed to restaurants and grocery stores around Pyongyang.</p>
<p>“This is the model,” Paek said. “Other factories like ours are being planned in every province.”</p>
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<p>Talmadge is the AP’s Pyongyang bureau chief. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @erictalmadge.</p>
<p>PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Un wants to turn the art of kimchi-making into a science. And the North Korean leader is putting his money where his mouth is.</p>
<p>On the outskirts of Pyongyang, surrounded by snow-covered farms and greenhouses, stands one of Kim’s latest pet projects, the Ryugyong Kimchi Factory, which produces 4,200 tons of the iconic Korean pickled vegetable dish a year. The shiny new facility replaces an older factory and opened in June last year after getting Kim’s final seal of approval, according to manager Paek Mi Hye.</p>
<p>The factory is intended to showcase Kim’s efforts to boost North Korea’s domestic economy and produce more, and better, consumer products. His strategy, known as “byungjin,” aims to simultaneously develop the national economy and North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.</p>
<p>North Korea’s repeated underground nuclear tests and launches of long-range missiles that could conceivably reach the U.S. mainland have brought more sanctions down on the North than ever before. But outside experts believe the country — while still struggling in many areas — is showing signs of modest economic growth and improved agricultural production. It could be just a year or two away from having an operational, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile.</p>
<p>Video by Eric Talmadge</p>
<p>Applied science, according to the North’s policymakers, is absolutely essential on all fronts.</p>
<p>Kim has transformed the Pyongyang skyline with high-rise apartments to house his prized rocket scientists and nuclear engineers, and Paek repeatedly stressed while giving a tour of the facility to The Associated Press how even an ancient delicacy like kimchi can benefit from scientific innovation.</p>
<p>Paek, who accompanied Kim on his “on-the-spot guidance” visits, said the factory has 150 workers but is for the most part automated.</p>
<p>She said the primary objective of the factory is to operate in a “scientific manner at every stage.” In kimchi-making, that means inspections all along the production line to ensure quality and hygiene. The factory boasts of a one-of-a-kind “kimchi analyzer” to maintain the proper levels of saltiness and lactic acid — its signature ingredient.</p>
<p>Koreans North and South have been making kimchi for generations, often passing family recipes down from mother to daughter or mother-in-law to daughter-in-law.</p>
<p>In 2015, UNESCO added kimchi to its “intangible cultural heritage of humanity” list, noting that the traditional sharing of know-how and materials to prepare large quantities of kimchi for the winter months “boosts cooperation among families, villages and communities, contributing to social cohesion.”</p>
<p>Paek acknowledged that some people might resist giving up the cherished tradition of communal kimchi-making. “But they also recognize the quality and reliability of our factory-made product,” she said.</p>
<p>The factory produces eight kimchi products, from the very spicy staple “tong kimchi,” which has a red tint and is made of whole cabbages, to a milder variety designed for children. Its kimchi products are distributed to restaurants and grocery stores around Pyongyang.</p>
<p>“This is the model,” Paek said. “Other factories like ours are being planned in every province.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Talmadge is the AP’s Pyongyang bureau chief. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @erictalmadge.</p>
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pyongyang north korea ap kim jong un wants turn art kimchimaking science north korean leader putting money mouth outskirts pyongyang surrounded snowcovered farms greenhouses stands one kims latest pet projects ryugyong kimchi factory produces 4200 tons iconic korean pickled vegetable dish year shiny new facility replaces older factory opened june last year getting kims final seal approval according manager paek mi hye factory intended showcase kims efforts boost north koreas domestic economy produce better consumer products strategy known byungjin aims simultaneously develop national economy north koreas nuclear weapons program north koreas repeated underground nuclear tests launches longrange missiles could conceivably reach us mainland brought sanctions north ever outside experts believe country still struggling many areas showing signs modest economic growth improved agricultural production could year two away operational nucleartipped intercontinental ballistic missile video eric talmadge applied science according norths policymakers absolutely essential fronts kim transformed pyongyang skyline highrise apartments house prized rocket scientists nuclear engineers paek repeatedly stressed giving tour facility associated press even ancient delicacy like kimchi benefit scientific innovation paek accompanied kim onthespot guidance visits said factory 150 workers part automated said primary objective factory operate scientific manner every stage kimchimaking means inspections along production line ensure quality hygiene factory boasts oneofakind kimchi analyzer maintain proper levels saltiness lactic acid signature ingredient koreans north south making kimchi generations often passing family recipes mother daughter motherinlaw daughterinlaw 2015 unesco added kimchi intangible cultural heritage humanity list noting traditional sharing knowhow materials prepare large quantities kimchi winter months boosts cooperation among families villages communities contributing social cohesion paek acknowledged people might resist giving cherished tradition communal kimchimaking also recognize quality reliability factorymade product said factory produces eight kimchi products spicy staple tong kimchi red tint made whole cabbages milder variety designed children kimchi products distributed restaurants grocery stores around pyongyang model paek said factories like planned every province ___ talmadge aps pyongyang bureau chief follow twitter instagram erictalmadge pyongyang north korea ap kim jong un wants turn art kimchimaking science north korean leader putting money mouth outskirts pyongyang surrounded snowcovered farms greenhouses stands one kims latest pet projects ryugyong kimchi factory produces 4200 tons iconic korean pickled vegetable dish year shiny new facility replaces older factory opened june last year getting kims final seal approval according manager paek mi hye factory intended showcase kims efforts boost north koreas domestic economy produce better consumer products strategy known byungjin aims simultaneously develop national economy north koreas nuclear weapons program north koreas repeated underground nuclear tests launches longrange missiles could conceivably reach us mainland brought sanctions north ever outside experts believe country still struggling many areas showing signs modest economic growth improved agricultural production could year two away operational nucleartipped intercontinental ballistic missile video eric talmadge applied science according norths policymakers absolutely essential fronts kim transformed pyongyang skyline highrise apartments house prized rocket scientists nuclear engineers paek repeatedly stressed giving tour facility associated press even ancient delicacy like kimchi benefit scientific innovation paek accompanied kim onthespot guidance visits said factory 150 workers part automated said primary objective factory operate scientific manner every stage kimchimaking means inspections along production line ensure quality hygiene factory boasts oneofakind kimchi analyzer maintain proper levels saltiness lactic acid signature ingredient koreans north south making kimchi generations often passing family recipes mother daughter motherinlaw daughterinlaw 2015 unesco added kimchi intangible cultural heritage humanity list noting traditional sharing knowhow materials prepare large quantities kimchi winter months boosts cooperation among families villages communities contributing social cohesion paek acknowledged people might resist giving cherished tradition communal kimchimaking also recognize quality reliability factorymade product said factory produces eight kimchi products spicy staple tong kimchi red tint made whole cabbages milder variety designed children kimchi products distributed restaurants grocery stores around pyongyang model paek said factories like planned every province ___ talmadge aps pyongyang bureau chief follow twitter instagram erictalmadge
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<p>Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences teachers Kelley Collings, left, and Amy Roat pose for a portrait Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Philadelphia. Nearly 20 percent of students at a Philadelphia middle school won’t be taking the state’s annual standardized tests after teachers informed parents of the right to opt out of the assessments. Having children sit out the high-stakes exams has become a form of civil disobedience nationwide for those who say education officials aren’t listening to complaints about the volume of such assessments. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p>
<p>PHILADELPHIA — When it comes to standardized tests, parents across the country are (a) concerned; (b) demanding change; (c) pulling tens of thousands of children out of the exams; or (d) making themselves heard at the top levels of government.</p>
<p>Answer: all of the above.</p>
<p>The backlash is kicking into high gear this spring as millions of students start taking new, more rigorous exams aligned with Common Core standards. Officials say the high-stakes assessments are crucial to evaluating student progress and competitiveness.</p>
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<p>But a growing cohort of parents, students and teachers are rebelling against what they consider a toxic culture of testing. And officials, including U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, have begun to listen as the grassroots movement engineers a series of high-profile rebuffs:</p>
<p>— Thousands of Colorado high school seniors walked out on new state-mandated science and social studies tests last fall.</p>
<p>— An Ohio middle school teacher published a letter calling state officials “bullies” for printing a pamphlet that warned of wide-ranging consequences if students sit out exams.</p>
<p>— At least 93 students at a single Philadelphia middle school are declining upcoming tests in a city that saw only 20 students districtwide sit out the exams last year.</p>
<p>The polite phrase for the burgeoning movement is “opt out.” But testing opponent Morna McDermott, a Baltimore-area mother of two, puts it more plainly: It’s a testing refusal movement — or a boycott.</p>
<p>“We’re not doing this willy-nilly because we’re a bunch of disgruntled soccer moms,” said McDermott, who belongs to the national United Opt Out movement and refuses to let her children participate in Maryland’s assessments. “This policy is harmful to our society, to our schools, to our teachers and to our children.”</p>
<p>Federal law requires states to test students annually in grades three through eight and once in high school. But schools and districts have layered on their own assessments, leading students to take an average of 113 standardized tests over the course of their K-12 careers, according to preliminary research by the Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington-based organization representing large urban districts.</p>
<p>Test results measure student achievement but also can be used in teacher evaluations, overall school report cards and as high school graduation requirements. Opponents say the exams distract from real learning, put added stress on students and staff, waste resources and — especially in poor urban districts, like Philadelphia — contribute to the privatization of public education. Schools that score badly are sometimes turned over to management companies or become charter schools.</p>
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<p>Some anti-testers would prefer an exam that samples random students to offer a snapshot without high stakes attached. Others support rating schools through an accreditation process like that used by colleges and universities. Accreditation includes site visits, in-depth analysis and a detailed action plan.</p>
<p>Pennsylvania saw 1,064 students statewide opt out of required math tests last year, a tiny percentage of the 803,000 exams given, but a nearly fivefold increase from 2011, according to the state Education Department.</p>
<p>In New York, about 67,000 students — almost 5 percent — sat out the statewide math test taken by 1.1 million of their peers last year.</p>
<p>Two teachers at Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia have been holding informational meetings about opting out of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams, which are given in April. The school serves mostly low-income students with many English-language learners and special education students — populations that traditionally test poorly.</p>
<p>Instructor Amy Roat said that it felt “unethical” not to publicize the little used opt-out option, and that she felt vindicated when the form letters they gave to students began coming back quickly.</p>
<p>“Very often you send papers home and they disappear into the abyss of someone’s backpack, never to be seen again,” Roat said.</p>
<p>District spokesman Fernando Gallard suggested parents are missing the bigger picture.</p>
<p>“We cannot live in a bubble,” Gallard said. “We have to see how our kids are doing compared to the individuals they’re going to be competing with.”</p>
<p>Philadelphia has little recourse, since Pennsylvania law allows parents to refuse the test. But many states have no such policy, leaving individual schools to handle opt-outs on a case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>New Jersey lawmakers, responding to a growing clamor, have introduced legislation to allow parents to decline participation in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College in Careers, or PARCC, exam.</p>
<p>The PARCC, which is debuting this year in New Jersey and 11 other states, is among the new generation of tests aligned to the Common Core — standards adopted by 43 states that outline the math and language skills students should master in each grade. Student achievement is expected to drop because of the new rigor.</p>
<p>The consequences of missing the exams are unclear and not uniform. In Illinois, the state board of education threatened to withhold funds from districts that don’t administer the PARCC to all eligible students. Ohio officials warned that third-graders might not be promoted to fourth grade, and that some high schoolers won’t get diplomas. In New Jersey, opting out could affect whether students qualify for gifted-and-talented programs.</p>
<p>Still, testing opponents can claim small victories. Pittsburgh cut out 33 hours of annual testing for some elementary students this year after re-evaluating its exam portfolio. Philadelphia’s superintendent this week pledged to include opt-out information in districtwide handouts about the upcoming exams.</p>
<p>And Duncan, the education secretary, pledged last month to “urge Congress to have states set limits” on the amount of time spent on standardized tests.</p>
<p>“The call for thoughtful change from educators and families has been absolutely clear,” Duncan said.</p>
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washingtonbased organization representing large urban districts test results measure student achievement also used teacher evaluations overall school report cards high school graduation requirements opponents say exams distract real learning put added stress students staff waste resources especially poor urban districts like philadelphia contribute privatization public education schools score badly sometimes turned management companies become charter schools advertisement antitesters would prefer exam samples random students offer snapshot without high stakes attached others support rating schools accreditation process like used colleges universities accreditation includes site visits indepth analysis detailed action plan pennsylvania saw 1064 students statewide opt required math tests last year tiny percentage 803000 exams given nearly fivefold increase 2011 according state education department new york 67000 students almost 5 percent sat statewide math test taken 11 million peers last year two teachers feltonville school arts sciences philadelphia holding informational meetings opting pennsylvania system school assessment exams given april school serves mostly lowincome students many englishlanguage learners special education students populations traditionally test poorly instructor amy roat said felt unethical publicize little used optout option felt vindicated form letters gave students began coming back quickly often send papers home disappear abyss someones backpack never seen roat said district spokesman fernando gallard suggested parents missing bigger picture live bubble gallard said see kids compared individuals theyre going competing philadelphia little recourse since pennsylvania law allows parents refuse test many states policy leaving individual schools handle optouts casebycase basis new jersey lawmakers responding growing clamor introduced legislation allow parents decline participation partnership assessment readiness college careers parcc exam parcc debuting year new jersey 11 states among new generation tests aligned common core standards adopted 43 states outline math language skills students master grade student achievement expected drop new rigor consequences missing exams unclear uniform illinois state board education threatened withhold funds districts dont administer parcc eligible students ohio officials warned thirdgraders might promoted fourth grade high schoolers wont get diplomas new jersey opting could affect whether students qualify giftedandtalented programs still testing opponents claim small victories pittsburgh cut 33 hours annual testing elementary students year reevaluating exam portfolio philadelphias superintendent week pledged include optout information districtwide handouts upcoming exams duncan education secretary pledged last month urge congress states set limits amount time spent standardized tests call thoughtful change educators families absolutely clear duncan said follow kathy matheson 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<p>* BANK OF MONTREAL - CO, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA SIGNED BROAD RANGING MOU</p>
<p>* BANK OF MONTREAL - MOU COVERS ASSET MANAGEMENT, CORPORATE &amp; PROJECT FINANCING, TRADE FINANCE, CROSS-BORDER RMB COOPERATION Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:</p> Our Standards:
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<p>BEIJING (Reuters) - Growth in China’s services industry picked up in March, an official survey showed on Saturday, reinforcing views that the world’s second-largest economy got off to a surprisingly strong start to the year.</p>
<p>The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 54.6 from 54.4 in February, which was a four-month low.</p>
<p>The services sector accounts for over half of China’s economy, with rising wages giving Chinese consumers more spending power.</p>
<p>The composite PMI covering both manufacturing and services activity rose to 54.0 in March, from February’s 52.9, well above the 50-mark that separates expansion from contraction.</p>
<p>Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kim Coghill</p> Our Standards:
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<p>MUMBAI (Reuters) - Vedanta Ltd, the Indian unit of diversified mining group Vedanta Resources plc, said on Saturday it had won in an auction to acquire bankrupt Electrosteel Steels Ltd.</p> FILE PHOTO: A bird flies past the logo of Vedanta installed on the facade of its headquarters in Mumbai, India January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
<p>The transaction, financial details of which were not disclosed, is part of India’s new bankruptcy law, which is aimed at cutting close to $150 billion of accumulated soured loans by pushing loan defaulter firms into insolvency.</p>
<p>Electrosteel Steels, which is setting up a 2.5 million tonnes a year steel plant in eastern India, is among India’s 12 biggest loan defaulters which were pushed to bankruptcy proceedings last year. The company had received claims totaling 133 billion rupees from its creditors.</p>
<p>Vedanta said in a statement late on Saturday it had received and accepted a letter of intent from Electrosteel Steels’ creditors’ group, led by top lender State Bank of India.</p>
<p>The closure of the deal is subject to regulatory compliance and approval by the National Company Law Tribunal, India’s designated court for bankruptcy cases, the statement added.</p>
<p>Tata Steel, privately-held Renaissance Steel and Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisors Pte Ltd were the suitors for Electrosteel Steels.</p>
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<p>(Reuters) - Snap Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SNAP.N" type="external">SNAP.N</a>) on Friday said it cut 7 percent of its global workforce in March, as disclosed by it in a regulatory filing <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564408/000156459018007282/0001564590-18-007282-index.htm" type="external">here</a>.</p> A woman stands in front of the logo of Snap Inc. on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) while waiting for Snap Inc. to post their IPO, in New York City, NY, U.S. March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
<p>The social media company said it would incur about $10 million of cash expenditure due to severance costs to be reflected in the current quarter ending March 31.</p>
<p>As a result of the layoffs, primarily in its engineering and sales teams, the company said it sees savings of about $25 million in 2018.</p>
<p>The company had said it had 3,069 employees as of Dec. 31, 2017, according to its annual filing <a href="https://bit.ly/2pScNbz" type="external">bit.ly/2pScNbz</a>.</p>
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<p>The Snapchat parent has been under pressure from investors to reduce costs after revenue fell short of analyst expectations during Snap’s first year as a publicly traded company.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, a company memo had shown that the company would cut just over 120 engineers and reorganize its engineering team, Reuters reported.</p>
<p>The Southern California-based company said the workforce reduction “is to align resources around our top strategic priorities and to reflect structural changes in our business.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Oil Corp plans to invest 1.43 trillion rupees ($22 billion) in next five years as the country’s top refiner seeks to raise its annual capacity to about 3.2 million barrels per day by 2030, its head of refineries said on Saturday.</p> FILE PHOTO: A logo of Indian Oil is seen on the shirt of an employee at a fuel station in New Delhi, India August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
<p>Refiners in India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer and importer, have sketched out plans to raise their capacity by 77 percent to about 8.8 million bpd by 2030 to meet the country’s rising fuel demand.</p>
<p>India is emerging as one of the global drivers for refined fuels consumption as its economic expansion and rising industrial activity yields infrastructure improvements and increased energy access for commercial and retail consumers.</p>
<p>“There is a need for us to enhance our capacity to meet the future demand and enhance our capacity ... We have already made our plans for investment of 1.06 trillion rupees,” B. V. Rama Gopal told a news conference.</p>
<p>He said board approval was yet to be obtained for 365 billion investment aimed at raising capacity of its Guwahati and Bongaigaon refineries in the northeast and Paradip plant in eastern Odisha state.</p>
<p>“We are going to enhance capacity in terms of crude processing and fuel specification,” Rama Gopal said, as India plans a nationwide roll out of Euro-VI compliant fuels in the country from April 2020.</p>
<p>IOC’s current capacity stands at about 1.62 million bpd including 230,00 bpd controlled by its subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp.</p>
<p>IOC processed a record 1.38 million bpd crude at its directly owned plants in 2017/18 mainly due to higher runs at its refineries in Paradip, which was commissioned in 2015, and at Bongaigaon, Guwahati and Digboi in the northeast.</p>
<p>Plants in land-locked northeastern India, with a combined capacity of about 80,000 bpd, for the first time operated at full capacity as the company began supplying low sulfur crude imported at Paradip through pipelines and by road.</p>
<p>Traditionally the northeastern refineries were using local crude, supplies of which have declined.</p>
<p>IOC is gradually building its portfolio of alternative fuels such as solar and production of ethanol, as well as boosting its petrochemical production.</p>
<p>“We don’t want to remain a refining company alone ... in addition to refining we will be venturing out in different areas like petrochemicals and alternate fuels,” he said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Alison Williams</p> Our Standards:
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jan 22 reuters 1398hk bank montreal co industrial commercial bank china signed broad ranging mou bank montreal mou covers asset management corporate amp project financing trade finance crossborder rmb cooperation source text eikon company coverage standards thomson reuters trust principles beijing reuters growth chinas services industry picked march official survey showed saturday reinforcing views worlds secondlargest economy got surprisingly strong start year official nonmanufacturing purchasing managers index pmi rose 546 544 february fourmonth low services sector accounts half chinas economy rising wages giving chinese consumers spending power composite pmi covering manufacturing services activity rose 540 march februarys 529 well 50mark separates expansion contraction reporting ben blanchard editing kim coghill standards thomson reuters trust principles mumbai reuters vedanta ltd indian unit diversified mining group vedanta resources plc said saturday auction acquire bankrupt electrosteel steels ltd file photo bird flies past logo vedanta installed facade headquarters mumbai india january 31 2018 reutersdanish siddiquifile photo transaction financial details disclosed part indias new bankruptcy law aimed cutting close 150 billion accumulated soured loans pushing loan defaulter firms insolvency electrosteel steels setting 25 million tonnes year steel plant eastern india among indias 12 biggest loan defaulters pushed bankruptcy proceedings last year company received claims totaling 133 billion rupees creditors vedanta said statement late saturday received accepted letter intent electrosteel steels creditors group led top lender state bank india closure deal subject regulatory compliance approval national company law tribunal indias designated court bankruptcy cases statement added tata steel privatelyheld renaissance steel edelweiss alternative asset advisors pte ltd suitors electrosteel steels reporting sankalp phartiyal editing devidutta tripathy andrew bolton standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters snap inc snapn friday said cut 7 percent global workforce march disclosed regulatory filing woman stands front logo snap inc floor new york stock exchange nyse waiting snap inc post ipo new york city ny us march 2 2017 reuterslucas jackson social media company said would incur 10 million cash expenditure due severance costs reflected current quarter ending march 31 result layoffs primarily engineering sales teams company said sees savings 25 million 2018 company said 3069 employees dec 31 2017 according annual filing bitly2pscnbz snap inc 1587 snapn new york stock exchange 008 050 snapn snapchat parent pressure investors reduce costs revenue fell short analyst expectations snaps first year publicly traded company earlier month company memo shown company would cut 120 engineers reorganize engineering team reuters reported southern californiabased company said workforce reduction align resources around top strategic priorities reflect structural changes business reporting nivedita balu bengaluru editing sandra maler standards thomson reuters trust principles new delhi reuters indian oil corp plans invest 143 trillion rupees 22 billion next five years countrys top refiner seeks raise annual capacity 32 million barrels per day 2030 head refineries said saturday file photo logo indian oil seen shirt employee fuel station new delhi india august 29 2016 reutersadnan abidifile photo refiners india worlds thirdbiggest oil consumer importer sketched plans raise capacity 77 percent 88 million bpd 2030 meet countrys rising fuel demand india emerging one global drivers refined fuels consumption economic expansion rising industrial activity yields infrastructure improvements increased energy access commercial retail consumers need us enhance capacity meet future demand enhance capacity already made plans investment 106 trillion rupees b v rama gopal told news conference said board approval yet obtained 365 billion investment aimed raising capacity guwahati bongaigaon refineries northeast paradip plant eastern odisha state going enhance capacity terms crude processing fuel specification rama gopal said india plans nationwide roll eurovi compliant fuels country april 2020 iocs current capacity stands 162 million bpd including 23000 bpd controlled subsidiary chennai petroleum corp ioc processed record 138 million bpd crude directly owned plants 201718 mainly due higher runs refineries paradip commissioned 2015 bongaigaon guwahati digboi northeast plants landlocked northeastern india combined capacity 80000 bpd first time operated full capacity company began supplying low sulfur crude imported paradip pipelines road traditionally northeastern refineries using local crude supplies declined ioc gradually building portfolio alternative fuels solar production ethanol well boosting petrochemical production dont want remain refining company alone addition refining venturing different areas like 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<p>Brett Brown is nearing 100 games with Philadelphia, and not many coaches had fewer victories when they got there.</p>
<p>Brown is stuck on the 19 he had last season, heading into his 96th game on Monday against Portland. With the upcoming schedule also including Dallas and San Antonio, who both hammered the 76ers (0-13) this season, Brown might remain in the teens longer.</p>
<p>Coaches are often judged by their records, and Brown realizes that. But if the 76ers aren't prioritizing their mark, is it fair for anyone to scrutinize his?</p>
<p>"We understand this isn't a video game," he said. "This is the NBA, and the mission at hand is hard, but the judgment of me, you know, I'm not young anymore and I enjoy this challenge and I really enjoy — despite our record — coaching these guys."</p>
<p>Mike Woodson had just 15 victories in his first 100 games with Atlanta in 2004-05. The other coaches who failed to win 20, according to STATS, were Vancouver's Brian Winters (17 in 1995-96), Miami's Ron Rothstein (19 in 1988-89) and Cleveland's Bill Fitch (19 in 1970-71).</p>
<p>Philadelphia general manager Sam Hinkie is sacrificing the present to build for the future, and plenty of coaches before Brown learned that a mastery of Xs and Os is no match for a rebuilding plan.</p>
<p>Mike D'Antoni averaged 58 victories in four full seasons in Phoenix, then lost 103 in his first two in New York. Avery Johnson came to the Nets with the highest winning percentage in NBA history, which took a beating while the franchise awaited its move to Brooklyn.</p>
<p>"I always used to say in the coach's role: General managers are thinking three to five years ahead, coaches are thinking one to three games ahead. That's about as far as they can see," Knicks President Phil Jackson said.</p>
<p>Yet Brown, part of four title winners in San Antonio and son of a coach, is the rare coach who is looking at the big picture.</p>
<p>"I didn't accept this position to pad my resume," he said. "I took it with the real challenge that if we could pull this off, in the city of Philadelphia, that you're never going to probably go through something as personally rewarding, as personally challenging than what we're going through."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Here are some things to watch this week:</p>
<p>CHARTING THE CAVS: Cleveland has dropped four straight and is a disappointing 5-7, but plays its next four at home, starting Monday against Orlando.</p>
<p>WIGGINS VS. PARKER: Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, the top two picks in the draft, meet for the first time Wednesday when Minnesota hosts Milwaukee. Both swingmen surpassed 20 points in a game for the first time last week.</p>
<p>HELLO, OLD FRIENDS: The Knicks and Dallas meet Wednesday for the first time since their June trade that sent Tyson Chandler back to the Mavs with Raymond Felton and brought Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert and Shane Larkin to New York.</p>
<p>AND THE WINNER IS?: Memphis and Sacramento meet again Sunday while still waiting to see if the Grizzlies' 111-110 victory in their first meeting stands. The Kings contend Courtney Lee's winning shot should've been too late and protested. The NBA plans to rule by Dec. 2.</p>
<p>GET WELL SOON: The regular season turns a month old this week, with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard and Dwyane Wade already missing all or too much of it.</p>
<p>STAT LINE OF THE WEEK</p>
<p>Marc Gasol, Grizzlies, 30 points, 12 rebounds on Sunday in a 107-91 victory over the Clippers. That made it two straight 30-point games for Gasol, the former Defensive Player of the Year who is looking better than ever offensively.</p>
<p>Brett Brown is nearing 100 games with Philadelphia, and not many coaches had fewer victories when they got there.</p>
<p>Brown is stuck on the 19 he had last season, heading into his 96th game on Monday against Portland. With the upcoming schedule also including Dallas and San Antonio, who both hammered the 76ers (0-13) this season, Brown might remain in the teens longer.</p>
<p>Coaches are often judged by their records, and Brown realizes that. But if the 76ers aren't prioritizing their mark, is it fair for anyone to scrutinize his?</p>
<p>"We understand this isn't a video game," he said. "This is the NBA, and the mission at hand is hard, but the judgment of me, you know, I'm not young anymore and I enjoy this challenge and I really enjoy — despite our record — coaching these guys."</p>
<p>Mike Woodson had just 15 victories in his first 100 games with Atlanta in 2004-05. The other coaches who failed to win 20, according to STATS, were Vancouver's Brian Winters (17 in 1995-96), Miami's Ron Rothstein (19 in 1988-89) and Cleveland's Bill Fitch (19 in 1970-71).</p>
<p>Philadelphia general manager Sam Hinkie is sacrificing the present to build for the future, and plenty of coaches before Brown learned that a mastery of Xs and Os is no match for a rebuilding plan.</p>
<p>Mike D'Antoni averaged 58 victories in four full seasons in Phoenix, then lost 103 in his first two in New York. Avery Johnson came to the Nets with the highest winning percentage in NBA history, which took a beating while the franchise awaited its move to Brooklyn.</p>
<p>"I always used to say in the coach's role: General managers are thinking three to five years ahead, coaches are thinking one to three games ahead. That's about as far as they can see," Knicks President Phil Jackson said.</p>
<p>Yet Brown, part of four title winners in San Antonio and son of a coach, is the rare coach who is looking at the big picture.</p>
<p>"I didn't accept this position to pad my resume," he said. "I took it with the real challenge that if we could pull this off, in the city of Philadelphia, that you're never going to probably go through something as personally rewarding, as personally challenging than what we're going through."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Here are some things to watch this week:</p>
<p>CHARTING THE CAVS: Cleveland has dropped four straight and is a disappointing 5-7, but plays its next four at home, starting Monday against Orlando.</p>
<p>WIGGINS VS. PARKER: Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, the top two picks in the draft, meet for the first time Wednesday when Minnesota hosts Milwaukee. Both swingmen surpassed 20 points in a game for the first time last week.</p>
<p>HELLO, OLD FRIENDS: The Knicks and Dallas meet Wednesday for the first time since their June trade that sent Tyson Chandler back to the Mavs with Raymond Felton and brought Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert and Shane Larkin to New York.</p>
<p>AND THE WINNER IS?: Memphis and Sacramento meet again Sunday while still waiting to see if the Grizzlies' 111-110 victory in their first meeting stands. The Kings contend Courtney Lee's winning shot should've been too late and protested. The NBA plans to rule by Dec. 2.</p>
<p>GET WELL SOON: The regular season turns a month old this week, with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard and Dwyane Wade already missing all or too much of it.</p>
<p>STAT LINE OF THE WEEK</p>
<p>Marc Gasol, Grizzlies, 30 points, 12 rebounds on Sunday in a 107-91 victory over the Clippers. That made it two straight 30-point games for Gasol, the former Defensive Player of the Year who is looking better than ever offensively.</p>
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brett brown nearing 100 games philadelphia many coaches fewer victories got brown stuck 19 last season heading 96th game monday portland upcoming schedule also including dallas san antonio hammered 76ers 013 season brown might remain teens longer coaches often judged records brown realizes 76ers arent prioritizing mark fair anyone scrutinize understand isnt video game said nba mission hand hard judgment know im young anymore enjoy challenge really enjoy despite record coaching guys mike woodson 15 victories first 100 games atlanta 200405 coaches failed win 20 according stats vancouvers brian winters 17 199596 miamis ron rothstein 19 198889 clevelands bill fitch 19 197071 philadelphia general manager sam hinkie sacrificing present build future plenty coaches brown learned mastery xs os match rebuilding plan mike dantoni averaged 58 victories four full seasons phoenix lost 103 first two new york avery johnson came nets highest winning percentage nba history took beating franchise awaited move brooklyn always used say coachs role general managers thinking three five years ahead coaches thinking one three games ahead thats far see knicks president phil jackson said yet brown part four title winners san antonio son coach rare coach looking big picture didnt accept position pad resume said took real challenge could pull city philadelphia youre never going probably go something personally rewarding personally challenging going ___ things watch week charting cavs cleveland dropped four straight disappointing 57 plays next four home starting monday orlando wiggins vs parker andrew wiggins jabari parker top two picks draft meet first time wednesday minnesota hosts milwaukee swingmen surpassed 20 points game first time last week hello old friends knicks dallas meet wednesday first time since june trade sent tyson chandler back mavs raymond felton brought jose calderon samuel dalembert shane larkin new york winner memphis sacramento meet sunday still waiting see grizzlies 111110 victory first meeting stands kings contend courtney lees winning shot shouldve late protested nba plans rule dec 2 get well soon regular season turns month old week kevin durant russell westbrook derrick rose dwight howard dwyane wade already missing much stat line week marc gasol grizzlies 30 points 12 rebounds sunday 10791 victory clippers made two straight 30point games gasol former defensive player year looking better ever offensively brett brown nearing 100 games philadelphia many coaches fewer victories got brown stuck 19 last season heading 96th game monday portland upcoming schedule also including dallas san antonio hammered 76ers 013 season brown might remain teens longer coaches often judged records brown realizes 76ers arent prioritizing mark fair anyone scrutinize understand isnt video game said nba mission hand hard judgment know im young anymore enjoy challenge really enjoy despite record coaching guys mike woodson 15 victories first 100 games atlanta 200405 coaches failed win 20 according stats vancouvers brian winters 17 199596 miamis ron rothstein 19 198889 clevelands bill fitch 19 197071 philadelphia general manager sam hinkie sacrificing present build future plenty coaches brown learned mastery xs os match rebuilding plan mike dantoni averaged 58 victories four full seasons phoenix lost 103 first two new york avery johnson came nets highest winning percentage nba history took beating franchise awaited move brooklyn always used say coachs role general managers thinking three five years ahead coaches thinking one three games ahead thats far see knicks president phil jackson said yet brown part four title winners san antonio son coach rare coach looking big picture didnt accept position pad resume said took real challenge could pull city philadelphia youre never going probably go something personally rewarding personally challenging going ___ things watch week charting cavs cleveland dropped four straight disappointing 57 plays next four home starting monday orlando wiggins vs parker andrew wiggins jabari parker top two picks draft meet first time wednesday minnesota hosts milwaukee swingmen surpassed 20 points game first time last week hello old friends knicks dallas meet wednesday first time since june trade sent tyson chandler back mavs raymond felton brought jose calderon samuel dalembert shane larkin new york winner memphis sacramento meet sunday still waiting see grizzlies 111110 victory first meeting stands kings contend courtney lees winning shot shouldve late protested nba plans rule dec 2 get well soon regular season turns month old week kevin durant russell westbrook derrick rose dwight howard dwyane wade already missing much stat line week marc gasol grizzlies 30 points 12 rebounds sunday 10791 victory clippers made two straight 30point games gasol former defensive player year looking better ever offensively
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<p>There were heavy and somber discussions at Monday night's meeting of the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education.</p>
<p>Although what turned out to be a nearly five-hour meeting began cheerfully enough, recognizing some accomplishments at Cyber Academy, hailing two custodians who desperately tried to save another custodian's life at Enchanted Hills Elementary, and saluting the state championship wrestling and cheerleading squads at Cleveland High, much of the rest of the meeting dealt with the deepening deficit.</p>
<p>The most time was spent on the final three agenda items: a new warehouse and curriculum and instruction project; an energy plan; and the 2013-14 preliminary budget.</p>
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<p>Two of the three items saw 4-1 votes by the board, which is usually unanimous in its decisions. All five board members were present.</p>
<p>The warehouse</p>
<p>New board member Catherine Cullen was opposed to spending millions on a new warehouse for the district, even though that money came from the passage of bonds and was thus OK'd by voters several years ago.</p>
<p>"Rio Rancho Public Schools has needed a warehouse 15 of 19 years (of the district's existence)," Chief Operations Officer Richard Bruce said. The new facility, to be built adjacent to the district offices at 500 Laser Road, "is win-win all around."</p>
<p>Bruce and Superintendent Sue Cleveland told the board that items stored in what typically are classrooms at Rio Rancho Middle School would be relocated in the warehouse, freeing up those classrooms for students.</p>
<p>But Cullen said during recent her tours of every school in the district, she's seen some needs that should be addressed before the district spends money on a warehouse and C&amp;I building, which would include some classrooms and a new board room.</p>
<p>"Personally, I am excited about this … I'm all for it," said Don Schlichte, in his 13th year on the board.</p>
<p>Facilities Director Al Sena called the 9,300-square-foot warehouse, at a cost of $2 million, "the long-term best fit for the district's needs."</p>
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<p>Cleveland reiterated how lucky the district had been to purchase land behind the district offices and thus not have to build a warehouse off site.</p>
<p>"We're making a long-term commitment to this site," she said, before the 4-1 vote.</p>
<p>After a five-minute break at 9 p.m., the board delved into its remaining agenda items, the energy plan and the budget.</p>
<p>The energy plan</p>
<p>The energy plan's goal is to reduce the need for energy by 10 percent, saving more than $200,000 in annual costs. The plan includes a lot of retro-fitting, weather-stripping, new aerators and occupancy sensors as short-term action items, and long-term ideas, such as replacing roofs and inefficient water heaters, putting in low-flow water equipment and replacing lighting with LED fixtures.</p>
<p>That document was accepted after a 4-1 vote of the board; board president Carl Harper voted in opposition.</p>
<p>The budget</p>
<p>Finance Director Randy Evans carefully explained his ideas on how the district could make almost $2.6 million in cuts to maintain a $4 million cash balance at the end of the 2013-14 school year.</p>
<p>The cash balance at the start of the 2012-13 school year had been just over $9 million, and an estimated $4.2 million cash deficit for this school year leaves the district with a projected cash balance of $4.8 million at the end of June 2013.</p>
<p>An expected cash deficit in 2013-14 of $3.4 million would result in an ending cash balance of $1.4 million, far less than the district strives for. Thus, Evans's ideas for profitable cuts, such as not immediately hiring new teachers and other personnel: "Don't be hasty filling vacancies," he said, noting that "Time is money."</p>
<p>Board member Divyesh Patel recalled how the district faced an ominous budget in 2008-09 and used administrators — including Cleveland and Evans — to serve as substitutes, thus saving what eventually amounted to $2.4 million.</p>
<p>Evans said some $800,000 had been budgeted to pay for subs this school year, and about $1 million has been spent to date bringing them into classrooms.</p>
<p>Patel made a motion, which was seconded by Martha Janssen, to enact an immediate hiring freeze on all non-teaching positions.</p>
<p>"We have to make hard decisions," Patel said.</p>
<p>"Many of us have already cut those non-teaching positions," Cleveland countered, noting the loss of a custodian at a school or an electrician at the district office might save money, but at what overall cost?</p>
<p>Schlichte said making such a freeze could have "unintended consequences," and recommended allowing Cleveland, Bruce and Carl Leppelman, director of Curriculum and Instruction, to decide what positions needed to be filled.</p>
<p>"I wish we never used the phrase 'hiring freeze,'" Cleveland said. "We need to look at each position on a case-by-case basis."</p>
<p>Patel was the lone dissenter in another 4-1 vote, this time on the adoption of Evans's preliminary budget and allowing top administrators to decide which empty positions to fill.</p>
<p>That budget, by the way, didn't include what could be as much as $5 million to enact the controversial, state-mandated teacher and principal evaluations, to be implemented at the start of the 2013-14 school year.</p>
<p>The board's next meeting is slated for Monday, June 10, at 5:30 p.m. As a result of the RRPS meeting with Albuquerque Public Schools officials last Thursday, it is possible a special meeting may be planned before that day.</p>
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heavy somber discussions monday nights meeting rio rancho public schools board education although turned nearly fivehour meeting began cheerfully enough recognizing accomplishments cyber academy hailing two custodians desperately tried save another custodians life enchanted hills elementary saluting state championship wrestling cheerleading squads cleveland high much rest meeting dealt deepening deficit time spent final three agenda items new warehouse curriculum instruction project energy plan 201314 preliminary budget advertisement two three items saw 41 votes board usually unanimous decisions five board members present warehouse new board member catherine cullen opposed spending millions new warehouse district even though money came passage bonds thus okd voters several years ago rio rancho public schools needed warehouse 15 19 years districts existence chief operations officer richard bruce said new facility built adjacent district offices 500 laser road winwin around bruce superintendent sue cleveland told board items stored typically classrooms rio rancho middle school would relocated warehouse freeing classrooms students cullen said recent tours every school district shes seen needs addressed district spends money warehouse campi building would include classrooms new board room personally excited im said schlichte 13th year board facilities director al sena called 9300squarefoot warehouse cost 2 million longterm best fit districts needs advertisement cleveland reiterated lucky district purchase land behind district offices thus build warehouse site making longterm commitment site said 41 vote fiveminute break 9 pm board delved remaining agenda items energy plan budget energy plan energy plans goal reduce need energy 10 percent saving 200000 annual costs plan includes lot retrofitting weatherstripping new aerators occupancy sensors shortterm action items longterm ideas replacing roofs inefficient water heaters putting lowflow water equipment replacing lighting led fixtures document accepted 41 vote board board president carl harper voted opposition budget finance director randy evans carefully explained ideas district could make almost 26 million cuts maintain 4 million cash balance end 201314 school year cash balance start 201213 school year 9 million estimated 42 million cash deficit school year leaves district projected cash balance 48 million end june 2013 expected cash deficit 201314 34 million would result ending cash balance 14 million far less district strives thus evanss ideas profitable cuts immediately hiring new teachers personnel dont hasty filling vacancies said noting time money board member divyesh patel recalled district faced ominous budget 200809 used administrators including cleveland evans serve substitutes thus saving eventually amounted 24 million evans said 800000 budgeted pay subs school year 1 million spent date bringing classrooms patel made motion seconded martha janssen enact immediate hiring freeze nonteaching positions make hard decisions patel said many us already cut nonteaching positions cleveland countered noting loss custodian school electrician district office might save money overall cost schlichte said making freeze could unintended consequences recommended allowing cleveland bruce carl leppelman director curriculum instruction decide positions needed filled wish never used phrase hiring freeze cleveland said need look position casebycase basis patel lone dissenter another 41 vote time adoption evanss preliminary budget allowing top administrators decide empty positions fill budget way didnt include could much 5 million enact controversial statemandated teacher principal evaluations implemented start 201314 school year boards next meeting slated monday june 10 530 pm result rrps meeting albuquerque public schools officials last thursday possible special meeting may planned day
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shortly after franchise quarterback Carson Wentz left the field with a torn ACL, Malcolm Jenkins gathered his teammates following a comeback win that clinched a division title. He gave an emotional speech, imploring them to believe they can win the Super Bowl without the guy who got them to that point.</p>
<p>The Philadelphia Eagles are two wins away from their goal. First up is the NFC championship game Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.</p>
<p>“Carson being out of this, that sucks,” Jenkins told the team in the locker room after a 43-35 win at the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 10. “But dig this, we set this up for whoever (is) in this room, that’s who we ride with, man. We said, ‘we all we got, we all we need.’ Believe that.... We got bigger goals ... championships and that’s it.”</p>
<p>Wentz is the franchise quarterback and a leader by example. Jenkins, the two-time Pro Bowl safety, is the in-your-face leader. He’s the first one to address the group after coach Doug Pederson gives his post-game speech.</p>
<p>“He’s embraced it and guys look forward to it,” Pederson said. “He’s got a lot of profound messages. He speaks from the heart and he speaks truth. So that’s been a positive.”</p>
<p>Jenkins says he always has a purpose when he speaks.</p>
<p>“I kind of try to analyze the situation of where we are as a team, do a little bit of reflection, but make sure that it’s not just an emotional response to keep everybody in perspective,” he said. “A lot of times I’m talking to myself to be most honest.”</p>
<p>As the underdog Eagles (14-3) prepare to host the Vikings (14-3), Jenkins reflected on his inspirational message following Wentz’s injury.</p>
<p>“Knowing that the media was getting ready to come in right after and those seeds of doubt, words of doubt were getting ready to come, I wanted to make sure there was a message of confidence and perspective before they had to actually address the media,” Jenkins said. “Obviously, we all hurt for Carson. It’s a huge blow to the team, but in no way does it change our goals. No way does it change our demeanor. Nothing’s changed, and that was kind of the message.”</p>
<p>Wentz’s injury was the latest and biggest blow for a team seeking its first NFL title since 1960. The Eagles lost nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters, versatile running back/return specialist Darren Sproles, playmaking linebacker Jordan Hicks, and special-teams captain Chris Maragos to season-ending injuries.</p>
<p>“We always focused on the guys we had in the huddle,” Jenkins said. “Losing the amount of guys that we’ve lost and facing a lot of the adversity that we have, to have that mentality that we are sufficient, that the guys we have in this room can get it done, no matter what’s in front of us, has kind of been the story line of this team. Obviously I think everybody has kind of embraced that mentality.”</p>
<p>Jenkins spent his first five seasons with the New Orleans Saints and won a Super Bowl his rookie year. He joined the Eagles in free agency four years ago and has started every game, developing into one of the league’s best players at his position.</p>
<p>“Malcolm is always in the right place as a safety,” former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky told The Associated Press. “He just takes a level of confidence away from you because you can’t manipulate him, you can’t get him to do what you want him to do.”</p>
<p>Jenkins is not only a team leader, but has earned the respect of his peers. He’s very active in the community and established The Players’ Coalition to help advance players’ activism efforts. Jenkins led a meeting that included NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and teammates with police, policy leaders and public defenders in Philadelphia to discuss criminal justice reform.</p>
<p>“I think that we can play a major role in changing the narrative from this argumentative, combative narrative to one of solutions, one that is aimed at bringing people together, because that’s what unique about this game,” Jenkins said.</p>
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shortly after franchise quarterback Carson Wentz left the field with a torn ACL, Malcolm Jenkins gathered his teammates following a comeback win that clinched a division title. He gave an emotional speech, imploring them to believe they can win the Super Bowl without the guy who got them to that point.</p>
<p>The Philadelphia Eagles are two wins away from their goal. First up is the NFC championship game Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.</p>
<p>“Carson being out of this, that sucks,” Jenkins told the team in the locker room after a 43-35 win at the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 10. “But dig this, we set this up for whoever (is) in this room, that’s who we ride with, man. We said, ‘we all we got, we all we need.’ Believe that.... We got bigger goals ... championships and that’s it.”</p>
<p>Wentz is the franchise quarterback and a leader by example. Jenkins, the two-time Pro Bowl safety, is the in-your-face leader. He’s the first one to address the group after coach Doug Pederson gives his post-game speech.</p>
<p>“He’s embraced it and guys look forward to it,” Pederson said. “He’s got a lot of profound messages. He speaks from the heart and he speaks truth. So that’s been a positive.”</p>
<p>Jenkins says he always has a purpose when he speaks.</p>
<p>“I kind of try to analyze the situation of where we are as a team, do a little bit of reflection, but make sure that it’s not just an emotional response to keep everybody in perspective,” he said. “A lot of times I’m talking to myself to be most honest.”</p>
<p>As the underdog Eagles (14-3) prepare to host the Vikings (14-3), Jenkins reflected on his inspirational message following Wentz’s injury.</p>
<p>“Knowing that the media was getting ready to come in right after and those seeds of doubt, words of doubt were getting ready to come, I wanted to make sure there was a message of confidence and perspective before they had to actually address the media,” Jenkins said. “Obviously, we all hurt for Carson. It’s a huge blow to the team, but in no way does it change our goals. No way does it change our demeanor. Nothing’s changed, and that was kind of the message.”</p>
<p>Wentz’s injury was the latest and biggest blow for a team seeking its first NFL title since 1960. The Eagles lost nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters, versatile running back/return specialist Darren Sproles, playmaking linebacker Jordan Hicks, and special-teams captain Chris Maragos to season-ending injuries.</p>
<p>“We always focused on the guys we had in the huddle,” Jenkins said. “Losing the amount of guys that we’ve lost and facing a lot of the adversity that we have, to have that mentality that we are sufficient, that the guys we have in this room can get it done, no matter what’s in front of us, has kind of been the story line of this team. Obviously I think everybody has kind of embraced that mentality.”</p>
<p>Jenkins spent his first five seasons with the New Orleans Saints and won a Super Bowl his rookie year. He joined the Eagles in free agency four years ago and has started every game, developing into one of the league’s best players at his position.</p>
<p>“Malcolm is always in the right place as a safety,” former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky told The Associated Press. “He just takes a level of confidence away from you because you can’t manipulate him, you can’t get him to do what you want him to do.”</p>
<p>Jenkins is not only a team leader, but has earned the respect of his peers. He’s very active in the community and established The Players’ Coalition to help advance players’ activism efforts. Jenkins led a meeting that included NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and teammates with police, policy leaders and public defenders in Philadelphia to discuss criminal justice reform.</p>
<p>“I think that we can play a major role in changing the narrative from this argumentative, combative narrative to one of solutions, one that is aimed at bringing people together, because that’s what unique about this game,” Jenkins said.</p>
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143 jenkins reflected inspirational message following wentzs injury knowing media getting ready come right seeds doubt words doubt getting ready come wanted make sure message confidence perspective actually address media jenkins said obviously hurt carson huge blow team way change goals way change demeanor nothings changed kind message wentzs injury latest biggest blow team seeking first nfl title since 1960 eagles lost ninetime pro bowl left tackle jason peters versatile running backreturn specialist darren sproles playmaking linebacker jordan hicks specialteams captain chris maragos seasonending injuries always focused guys huddle jenkins said losing amount guys weve lost facing lot adversity mentality sufficient guys room get done matter whats front us kind story line team obviously think everybody kind embraced mentality jenkins spent first five seasons new orleans saints super bowl rookie year joined eagles free agency four years ago started every game developing one leagues best players position malcolm always right place safety former nfl quarterback dan orlovsky told associated press takes level confidence away cant manipulate cant get want jenkins team leader earned respect peers hes active community established players coalition help advance players activism efforts jenkins led meeting included nfl commissioner roger goodell teammates police policy leaders public defenders philadelphia discuss criminal justice reform think play major role changing narrative argumentative combative narrative one solutions one aimed bringing people together thats unique game jenkins said ___ nfl coverage wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi philadelphia ap shortly franchise quarterback carson wentz left field torn acl malcolm jenkins gathered teammates following comeback win clinched division title gave emotional speech imploring believe win super bowl without guy got point philadelphia eagles two wins away goal first nfc championship game sunday minnesota vikings carson sucks jenkins told team locker room 4335 win los angeles rams dec 10 dig set whoever room thats ride man said got need believe got bigger goals championships thats wentz franchise quarterback leader example jenkins twotime pro bowl safety inyourface leader hes first one address group coach doug pederson gives postgame speech hes embraced guys look forward pederson said hes got lot profound messages speaks heart speaks truth thats positive jenkins says always purpose speaks kind try analyze situation team little bit reflection make sure emotional response keep everybody perspective said lot times im talking honest underdog eagles 143 prepare host vikings 143 jenkins reflected inspirational message following wentzs injury knowing media getting ready come right seeds doubt words doubt getting ready come wanted make sure message confidence perspective actually address media jenkins said obviously hurt carson huge blow team way change goals way change demeanor nothings changed kind message wentzs injury latest biggest blow team seeking first nfl title since 1960 eagles lost ninetime pro bowl left tackle jason peters versatile running backreturn specialist darren sproles playmaking linebacker jordan hicks specialteams captain chris maragos seasonending injuries always focused guys huddle jenkins said losing amount guys weve lost facing lot adversity mentality sufficient guys room get done matter whats front us kind story line team obviously think everybody kind embraced mentality jenkins spent first five seasons new orleans saints super bowl rookie year joined eagles free agency four years ago started every game developing one leagues best players position malcolm always right place safety former nfl quarterback dan orlovsky told associated press takes level confidence away cant manipulate cant get want jenkins team leader earned respect peers hes active community established players coalition help advance players activism efforts jenkins led meeting included nfl commissioner roger goodell teammates police policy leaders public defenders philadelphia discuss criminal justice reform think play major role changing narrative argumentative combative narrative one solutions one aimed bringing people together thats unique game jenkins said ___ nfl coverage wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi
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<p>Trump’s order temporarily halted the entire U.S. refugee program and banned all entries from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days. Many refugees in the U.S. had expected to reunite with relatives any day, but now their plans are on hold.</p>
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<p>5-YEAR-OLD GIRL: FAR FROM MOM AND DAD</p>
<p>Nagi Algahaim, a U.S. citizen who runs a gas station in Detroit, said he’s effectively stuck in Malaysia with his wife, a native of Yemen. Their 5-year-old daughter is at home with relatives in Detroit but the mother can’t travel there.</p>
<p>Algahaim, 33, said he and Kokab Algazali, 28, have been in Malaysia since December, seeking immigration documents to qualify her for a green card in the United States.</p>
<p>Algahaim said Malaysia Airlines told them that while he can fly to the U.S., his wife cannot.</p>
<p>But he’s not leaving Kuala Lumpur without her.</p>
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<p>“She’s been crying every day. It’s heartbreaking,” he said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Their daughter, who has health problems, hasn’t seen her mother since she was 8 months old.</p>
<p>“As an American, I’m disgusted,” Algahaim said. “I thought Trump was going to bring up America, not twist it around with fear and racism.”</p>
<p>EVERYTHINIG WAS SET</p>
<p>Everything was set for the Syrian refugees to fly to the U.S.</p>
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<p>A “processing error” that for months kept Baraa Haj Khalaf, her husband and baby daughter from joining her parents and two siblings in the U.S. had at last been taken care of. They were told to be at the Istanbul airport Monday for their flight to the U.S. — and a new life near Chicago.</p>
<p>So confident were they that they were on their way to America after fleeing Aleppo, Syria in 2013, Baraa and her husband sold or gave away practically all of their belongings.</p>
<p>In suburban Chicago, her 46-year-old father, Khaled Haj Khalaf, could hardly contain his excitement. “We were very happy,” he said through an interpreter Tuesday. “This is the land of freedom, the land of democracy.”</p>
<p>Even some Chicago mothers had volunteered to collect furniture, food, clothing and toys for the baby at their future apartment. Then came President Donald Trump’s executive order.</p>
<p>Now all the refugees’ plans and hopes are “in limbo,” said Melineh Kano, executive director of a group called RefugeeOne, which is providing support for the volunteers.</p>
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<p>A FAMILY SEPARATED</p>
<p>Abdalla Munye and his wife resettled in Georgia weeks ago but their 20-year-old daughter wasn’t able to join them. Her flight was scheduled to arrive this week. Now her trip is on hold.</p>
<p>Munye said his family stayed in refugee camps after fleeing the violence of Somalia, and his wife, Habiba Mohamed, said she watched her 11-year-old daughter be raped and killed.</p>
<p>They are concerned about their older daughter, Batula, who remains in a refugee camp in Kenya.</p>
<p>“Now that we are here and we have left her behind, we are in a lot of distress and worry,” Munye, 44, said through a translator. “The only thing I can request from the American government is to help me be reunited with my daughter.”</p>
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<p>The couple held out hope that first lady Melania Trump, herself an immigrant from Slovenia, might be able to persuade the president to reverse course.</p>
<p>“She’s a parent and she knows the love that a parent has for their child and I would like her to do her best to convince the president to change his mind,” Munye said.</p>
<p>A DAUGHTER WHO HAS NEVER MET HER FATHER</p>
<p>Somali refugee Nimo Hashi bought couches and a new kitchen table for her Salt Lake City apartment in anticipation of reuniting Friday with her husband for the first time in nearly three years.</p>
<p>Hashi said she last saw him when she was two months pregnant with their daughter, Taslim. Her husband has never seen his daughter. After Trump’s order, it’s not clear when the father and daughter will meet.</p>
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<p>The couple met in Ethiopia after both fled Somalia amid the civil war. Her refugee case had already been approved, so officials told her to go ahead to the U.S. where she could apply for her husband to join her.</p>
<p>“I was so happy and joyous but that dream is shattered,” Hashi said through a translator. “This is not right just singling out people from Muslim countries, being singled out based on religion.”</p>
<p>STRESSED OUT</p>
<p>Iraqi refugee Rana Elshekly expected to see her husband soon but his resettlement was put on hold. Now he is in limbo in Turkey.</p>
<p>“Every time we talk it sounds like we are arguing because we don’t know what to do,” Elshekly said through an interpreter. “He’s even trying to get me to come back to Turkey so we can at least all be together.”</p>
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<p>Elshekly, 36, resettled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in October with her two young boys, 9-year-old Dair and 3-year-old Laith.</p>
<p>Her husband, Hikmat Ahmed, 42, stayed behind after officials suggested that she and the children come alone to the United State to get out of the region faster.</p>
<p>When she thinks about returning to the war-torn region, she remembers her 20-year-old pregnant sister who was recently killed in a bombing at a market in Iraq.</p>
<p>“I start thinking of my boys, and I have to stay because of them,” she said.</p>
<p>NO ONE SHOWED UP FOR DINNER</p>
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<p>The Somali community in Providence, Rhode Island, prepared traditional home-cooked meals — including goat meat, vegetables and the crepe-like bread known as canjeero — and furnished an apartment for three brothers who were supposed to arrive Monday night. They never made it.</p>
<p>The eldest brother fled his war-torn homeland in the 1990s and had been waiting to be resettled since 2000, when he registered with the United Nations Refugee Agency, said Baha Sadr of refugee resettlement group Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island.</p>
<p>“For the past 16 years, most of his life, he was just waiting to get approval,” Sadr said. “If anybody’s in waiting for 16 years, how much more extreme vetting can they get?”</p>
<p>FROM AFGHANISTAN WITH WORRIES</p>
<p>Haidary Mohammad, 27, is celebrating little more than a week of being in the U.S., just barely settled into an apartment in Jacksonville, Florida, after years of working for the U.S. military as a translator in Afghanistan.</p>
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<p>Haidary was able to move with his wife. But his father, mother and sisters and brothers remain in Afghanistan. He hopes they’ll be able to make it to the U.S. one day — like he did. But now there’s much to be uncertain about.</p>
<p>“I’ve been through a lot of firefights and ambushes and stuff like that in Afghanistan,” he said, adding he applied two years ago to be resettled as a refugee, fearing for his life from the Taliban.</p>
<p>“The Taliban look for the guys who work with Americans, and I was one of the guys,” he told The Associated Press. Now he doesn’t know what will happen with two friends who are helping U.S. forces and also want to come over.</p>
<p>“There’s two friends of mine still working in the north of Afghanistan with the Special Forces,” he said. “Their paperwork is nearly done, one already got his visa, and they’re still hoping to come.”</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Don Babwin in Chicago; Jason Dearen in Gainesville, Florida; Ed White in Detroit; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City; Russell Contreras in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Matt O’Brien in Providence, Rhode Island, contributed to this report.</p>
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trumps order temporarily halted entire us refugee program banned entries seven muslimmajority nations 90 days many refugees us expected reunite relatives day plans hold advertisement 5yearold girl far mom dad nagi algahaim us citizen runs gas station detroit said hes effectively stuck malaysia wife native yemen 5yearold daughter home relatives detroit mother cant travel algahaim 33 said kokab algazali 28 malaysia since december seeking immigration documents qualify green card united states algahaim said malaysia airlines told fly us wife hes leaving kuala lumpur without advertisement shes crying every day heartbreaking said tuesday daughter health problems hasnt seen mother since 8 months old american im disgusted algahaim said thought trump going bring america twist around fear racism everythinig set everything set syrian refugees fly us advertisement processing error months kept baraa haj khalaf husband baby daughter joining parents two siblings us last taken care told istanbul airport monday flight us new life near chicago confident way america fleeing aleppo syria 2013 baraa husband sold gave away practically belongings suburban chicago 46yearold father khaled haj khalaf could hardly contain excitement happy said interpreter tuesday land freedom land democracy even chicago mothers volunteered collect furniture food clothing toys baby future apartment came president donald trumps executive order refugees plans hopes limbo said melineh kano executive director group called refugeeone providing support volunteers advertisement family separated abdalla munye wife resettled georgia weeks ago 20yearold daughter wasnt able join flight scheduled arrive week trip hold munye said family stayed refugee camps fleeing violence somalia wife habiba mohamed said watched 11yearold daughter raped killed concerned older daughter batula remains refugee camp kenya left behind lot distress worry munye 44 said translator thing request american government help reunited daughter advertisement couple held hope first lady melania trump immigrant slovenia might able persuade president reverse course shes parent knows love parent child would like best convince president change mind munye said daughter never met father somali refugee nimo hashi bought couches new kitchen table salt lake city apartment anticipation reuniting friday husband first time nearly three years hashi said last saw two months pregnant daughter taslim husband never seen daughter trumps order clear father daughter meet advertisement couple met ethiopia fled somalia amid civil war refugee case already approved officials told go ahead us could apply husband join happy joyous dream shattered hashi said translator right singling people muslim countries singled based religion stressed iraqi refugee rana elshekly expected see husband soon resettlement put hold limbo turkey every time talk sounds like arguing dont know elshekly said interpreter hes even trying get come back turkey least together advertisement elshekly 36 resettled albuquerque new mexico october two young boys 9yearold dair 3yearold laith husband hikmat ahmed 42 stayed behind officials suggested children come alone united state get region faster thinks returning wartorn region remembers 20yearold pregnant sister recently killed bombing market iraq start thinking boys stay said one showed dinner advertisement somali community providence rhode island prepared traditional homecooked meals including goat meat vegetables crepelike bread known canjeero furnished apartment three brothers supposed arrive monday night never made eldest brother fled wartorn homeland 1990s waiting resettled since 2000 registered united nations refugee agency said baha sadr refugee resettlement group dorcas international institute rhode island past 16 years life waiting get approval sadr said anybodys waiting 16 years much extreme vetting get afghanistan worries haidary mohammad 27 celebrating little week us barely settled apartment jacksonville florida years working us military translator afghanistan advertisement haidary able move wife father mother sisters brothers remain afghanistan hopes theyll able make us one day like theres much uncertain ive lot firefights ambushes stuff like afghanistan said adding applied two years ago resettled refugee fearing life taliban taliban look guys work americans one guys told associated press doesnt know happen two friends helping us forces also want come theres two friends mine still working north afghanistan special forces said paperwork nearly done one already got visa theyre still hoping come ___ associated press writers babwin chicago jason dearen gainesville florida ed white detroit jeff martin atlanta brady mccombs salt lake city russell contreras albuquerque new mexico matt obrien providence rhode island contributed report
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<p>“Stone Wall Ruin, Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico” is a 2006 photograph by Craig Varjabedian. (Courtesy of William Talbot Fine Art)</p>
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The way you get a great photograph is simple, acclaimed photographer Craig Varjabedian said recently: “Only photograph what you love.”</p>
<p>That philosophy underpins his entire process, Varjabedian said in a telephone interview. He has a show up at William R. Talbot Fine Art on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe. When he teaches, which he does under the aegis of Eloquent Light Photography Workshops, Varjabedian repeats to his photography students what an English composition professor told his class when Varjabedian was a college sophomore: “In the end, you can really only write about things that you love.”</p>
<p>“That hit me between the eyes,” he said. “I was a photography student, but I walked out of English class realizing that I had been photographing what I thought I was ‘supposed’ to shoot: trees, people, animals, whatever. And some of my subjects really grabbed me, but a lot of them were just subjects I thought I was ‘supposed’ to be photographing. I realized that the truth of what the professor had said applied to my work as well. From then on, I have only photographed things that I loved.</p>
<p>“I am sometimes pigeonholed as a landscape photographer, and I do love the New Mexico landscape, but I’d rather take a step back and say I photograph things that I fall in love with – that way, my process is photographing things I end up loving. It’s kind of seductive, in a way,” he said.</p>
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<p>“I’ve had people say – and I hope it’s true – that there’s some kind of soul connection in my photographs, and that is why,” Varjabedian said. “I think it’s the secret to all good art: something that beguiles you and draws you in and makes you want to come back again and again.”</p>
<p>“Under a Western Sky,” the show at the Talbot gallery, includes prints from Varjabedian’s recent book, “Landscape Dreams, A New Mexico Portrait” (University of New Mexico Press), for which he recently was awarded the prestigious New Mexico-Arizona Book Award.</p>
<p>The photographer was a little abashed and quite thrilled by the award.</p>
<p>“In this moment I find myself humbled and without words, yet a line from Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ crosses my mind, ‘I can no other answer make but thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks …’ I send this thank you out to the good jurors of the book award and to everyone who purchased a copy of the book,” he wrote on his blog “Field Notes.”</p>
<p>“Kitchen Mesa Reflection, Winter, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico” is a 2004 photograph by Craig Varjabedian. (Courtesy of William Talbot Fine Art)</p>
<p>In the book, Varjabedian writes about his first encounter with the western sky 34 years ago. In the telephone interview, he recalled “The most amazing sunrises I had ever seen.”</p>
<p>“Just about everyone I have met here has a story about what brought them to this Land of Enchantment,” the artist wrote. “I came through this part of the world for the first time in 1979 with a college buddy. We were returning to Ann Arbor from Carmel, Calif., where I had attended a workshop taught by Ansel Adams. My mind was still reeling with all I had learned from Adams, Brett Weston, Cole Weston and many other great photographers who were a part of the workshop. We drove into the Plaza of Santa Fe late one evening, with about six bucks between us and a gasoline credit card that we hoped wasn’t maxed out. A hotel was out of the question, so we parked our trusty Toyota Corolla wagon in front of the Plaza Cafe, and after a brief exploration of the area, we settled in for the night.</p>
<p>“I remember my head was filled with visions from the workshop and the vast landscapes we had traveled through. As I unfurled my sleeping bag in this otherworldly place, I felt like I had planted a flag on the other side of the moon, staking a claim of ownership of some bigger dream. I will never forget the following morning, waking to a dawn of magical light that seemed to bend across the sky like an embrace. Had I dreamed this?</p>
<p>“The Wisdom Tree, Winter, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico” is a 2005 photograph by Craig Varjabedian. (Courtesy of William Talbot Fine Art)</p>
<p>“It seems to me that places like New Mexico help us understand the difference between the passive dreams of sleep and the active dreaming that we might undertake in order to achieve our life’s purpose. My first moments in the dawn of Santa Fe were a bridge between these two states, and after that morning I became an active dreamer of New Mexico. This was not a slumber-bound state of being, in which the fading light is a kind of shutting down into the darkness of unknowing, but rather a deliberate turning towards the light of day and of understanding. This became my driving force. All I knew was that I was being called to capture in photographs what I was seeing in this new world. As a photographer, I had found my home. Somehow I knew that my entire life had been preparing me for this place, and that New Mexico would tell me what to do.</p>
<p>“The morning light had brought me clarity, which I still feel today. This memory still floods me with gratitude – for the place and for the people who live here. I continue to feel that the only true power we have as human beings is to generate light. I want to express myself within this light; that is how I want to be understood. And I want to express the uniqueness of that light, in this land that has claimed me, and held me and cast me spellbound into the work that you see before you.”</p>
<p>Varjabedian has lived in Santa Fe full-time for 25 years and works all over the West.</p>
<p>COURTESY OF WILLIAM Talbot FINE ART“Rio Chama from the Overlook, Late Afternoon Light, near Abiquiu, New Mexico” is a 1997 photograph by Craig Varjabedian. (Courtesy of William Talbot Fine Art)</p>
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stone wall ruin civilian conservation corps camp ghost ranch new mexico 2006 photograph craig varjabedian courtesy william talbot fine art albuquerque nm way get great photograph simple acclaimed photographer craig varjabedian said recently photograph love philosophy underpins entire process varjabedian said telephone interview show william r talbot fine art san francisco street santa fe teaches aegis eloquent light photography workshops varjabedian repeats photography students english composition professor told class varjabedian college sophomore end really write things love hit eyes said photography student walked english class realizing photographing thought supposed shoot trees people animals whatever subjects really grabbed lot subjects thought supposed photographing realized truth professor said applied work well photographed things loved sometimes pigeonholed landscape photographer love new mexico landscape id rather take step back say photograph things fall love way process photographing things end loving kind seductive way said advertisement ive people say hope true theres kind soul connection photographs varjabedian said think secret good art something beguiles draws makes want come back western sky show talbot gallery includes prints varjabedians recent book landscape dreams new mexico portrait university new mexico press recently awarded prestigious new mexicoarizona book award photographer little abashed quite thrilled award moment find humbled without words yet line shakespeares twelfth night crosses mind answer make thanks thanks ever thanks send thank good jurors book award everyone purchased copy book wrote blog field notes kitchen mesa reflection winter ghost ranch new mexico 2004 photograph craig varjabedian courtesy william talbot fine art book varjabedian writes first encounter western sky 34 years ago telephone interview recalled amazing sunrises ever seen everyone met story brought land enchantment artist wrote came part world first time 1979 college buddy returning ann arbor carmel calif attended workshop taught ansel adams mind still reeling learned adams brett weston cole weston many great photographers part workshop drove plaza santa fe late one evening six bucks us gasoline credit card hoped wasnt maxed hotel question parked trusty toyota corolla wagon front plaza cafe brief exploration area settled night remember head filled visions workshop vast landscapes traveled unfurled sleeping bag otherworldly place felt like planted flag side moon staking claim ownership bigger dream never forget following morning waking dawn magical light seemed bend across sky like embrace dreamed wisdom tree winter ghost ranch new mexico 2005 photograph craig varjabedian courtesy william talbot fine art seems places like new mexico help us understand difference passive dreams sleep active dreaming might undertake order achieve lifes purpose first moments dawn santa fe bridge two states morning became active dreamer new mexico slumberbound state fading light kind shutting darkness unknowing rather deliberate turning towards light day understanding became driving force knew called capture photographs seeing new world photographer found home somehow knew entire life preparing place new mexico would tell morning light brought clarity still feel today memory still floods gratitude place people live continue feel true power human beings generate light want express within light want understood want express uniqueness light land claimed held cast spellbound work see varjabedian lived santa fe fulltime 25 years works west courtesy william talbot fine artrio chama overlook late afternoon light near abiquiu new mexico 1997 photograph craig varjabedian courtesy william talbot fine art
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