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<p>Rio Rancho’s finish was more timely.</p>
<p>The Rams overcame a 12-point deficit Thursday night to the Huskies. They didn’t lead the game until the fourth quarter, but Rio Rancho (6-5) eventually won going away, 69-56 in the semifinals of the Jalene Berger Allstate Holiday Hoops Classic.</p>
<p>The Rams, who have won five of their last six games, will face unbeaten Española Valley at 7 tonight in the final.</p>
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<p>“The whole key for us was our bench,” Rio Rancho coach Wally Salata said. “The starters weren’t playing well the first three quarters, and the bench kept us in the game. Those guys went in and did their job tonight.”</p>
<p>Rio Rancho outscored Hope 28-13 over the final eight minutes.</p>
<p>Joshua Cowan’s bucket with 6:53 remaining put the Rams in front 46-45, their first lead of the night. He was one of those reserves Salata spoke of, and the second unit, which was sparked by freshman guard Kenny Noland and forward Blaine Gallegos, played heavy minutes.</p>
<p>Later, the Huskies went in front 51-48 after Preston Ulibarri’s 3-pointer. But the Rams scored the next eight — all off Hope turnovers — including a 3-pointer by David Patterson for a 56-51 lead midway through the quarter.</p>
<p>Hope (5-3) could scarcely miss in the first few minutes. The Huskies buried five 3s, including a pair from Johnnie Nitafan, in the first 5½ minutes, and raced out to a 20-8 lead.</p>
<p>But Hope would only hit one other 3 the rest of the game. The Huskies were hindered by turnovers and poor shooting throughout the final three quarters.</p>
<p>Bigger and more physical than the Huskies, Rio Rancho — led by post Keshawn Banks who overmatched Hope’s slimmer lineup in the paint — was 25 of 36 from the free-throw line.</p>
<p>•&#160;Española Valley junior guard Ryan Trujillo scored on a driving layup with 5 seconds remaining in the other semifinal on Thursday, as the Sundevils (11-0) remained undefeated with a back-and-forth, 57-56 victory over Oñate.</p>
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<p>The Knights (10-3) missed a game-winning buzzer beater at the other end. The Sundevils are 3-0 in games decided by five or fewer points this season.</p>
<p>•&#160;&#160;Guard Anthony Chavez had 27 points for Valley in a 67-51 consolation bracket victory over Piedra Vista.</p>
<p>LOS LUNAS TOURNAMENT: At Valencia High, senior guard Markus Collins scored a game-best 23 points for No. 1-ranked Las Cruces as the Bulldawgs (12-0) hung on to beat No. 6 Albuquerque High 67-63 in the first round of the Los Lunas holiday event on Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>The Bulldawgs squandered all of a 12-point lead to AHS (4-2) in the second half, but Las Cruces was rock solid from the free-throw line in the final moments.</p>
<p>Los Lunas (9-1), which co-hosts the tournament with Valencia, outlasted Gadsden 30-26; Zanen Zeller had eight of his team-leading 10 points in the second half as the Tigers rallied in the final two quarters against the Panthers who scored only one point in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Los Lunas, the second-ranked team in Class 5A, and Las Cruces will play in one semifinal today at 3 p.m.</p>
<p>•&#160; In the girls’ tournament, Eldorado and Los Lunas both posted first-round victories Thursday, and the Eagles and Tigers will square off at 4:30 this afternoon in the first semi.</p>
<p>Sophomore Dani Ross led Los Lunas (9-1), Class 5A’s top-ranked team, with 13 points in a 66-30 rout of Santa Fe. Eldorado downed Alamogordo 45-35, as Colexi Brazier and Breanne Edgar each scored 10 points. The Eagles (4-1) were coming off a 20-day layoff.</p>
<p>Valencia beat Gadsden 55-40 on Thursday night as Veronica Baeza led the Jaguars with 16 points. Valencia will face Bloomfield in the other semifinal at 7:30 tonight.</p>
<p>HOBBS HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT: Tyler Quintana poured in 24 points Thursday morning for Eldorado, as the fourth-ranked Eagles defeated No. 3 Cleveland 80-71 in the opening game of Hobbs’ venerable boys tournament.</p>
<p>Kameron Valencia added 21 points for Eldorado (5-1), which plays Hirschi, Texas, in today’s semifinals. After a 6-0 start, the Storm fell to 7-3.</p>
<p>STU CLARK INVITATIONAL: In Las Vegas, Nev., Bernalillo’s boys ran their record to 12-0, beating St. Pius 60-44 on the first day of the Stu Clark at N.M. Highlands. Solomon Fragua had 17 points to lead the Spartans, who are ranked No. 1 in Class 4A.</p>
<p>Bernalillo faces West Las Vegas in one semifinal at 6 p.m. today. The other semi, at 7:30 p.m., features Del Norte — which beat Sandia Prep 66-61 in overtime Thursday — and Robertson.</p>
<p>LAS CRUCES HOLIDAY HOOPLA: In Las Cruces, Kamirah Decker had 20 points as Rio Rancho’s girls ripped Oñate 67-36 in the first round Thursday. The Rams will play Mayfield in a semifinal today; the Trojans edged La Cueva 45-42.</p>
<p>CLOVIS TOURNAMENT: Jeremy Lopez scored 19 points to pace Rio Grande’s boys to a 59-56 win Thursday over Randall, Texas.</p>
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<p>MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines raised the alert level at its Mayon volcano on Monday after a loud explosion in the wake of increased activity made a hazardous eruption likelier, prompting authorities to close all schools and urge residents to stay indoors.</p> An ash cloud hovers over the Mayon volcano, as seen from the Bicol Region, Philippines, in this still image taken from a January 21,2018 social media video. Randall Matthew Lorayes via REUTERS
<p>Mayon, the country’s most active volcano, has been spewing ash, lava, and pyroclastic material since Jan. 13, displacing close to 40,000 residents in the central province of Albay.</p> A resident wears a face mask after the Mayon volcano spews ash in Guniobatan, Albay Province, Philippines January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
<p>The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised its alert on Mayon to level 4, signifying a hazardous eruption is imminent, from level 3, which warns that such an eruption could be “weeks or even days” away.</p>
<p>“We strongly advise all people, both residents and tourists, to avoid the danger zone, and airlines to avoid flying near the volcano summit,” agency chief Renato Solidum told a news conference.</p>
<p>The danger zone around the 2,462-metre (8,077-foot) volcano has been expanded to a radius of 8 km (5 miles), he added.</p>
<p>Solidum said the agency had recorded increased seismic activity and “lava fountaining and a summit explosion” from Sunday night, indicating more explosions ahead, including a hazardous eruption.</p> Slideshow (3 Images)
<p>A level 5 alert signifies a hazardous eruption is underway.</p>
<p>Albay province has run out of emergency funds and more people would be evacuated once government financial help arrived, said provincial governor Al Francis Bichara.</p>
<p>He ordered schools to suspend classes, amid ash fall warnings following the explosion at the volcano.</p>
<p>“In some areas...it’s already zero visibility, especially along the foot of the volcano,” he told CNN Philippines, adding that strong winds could carry ash to distant towns.</p>
<p>“(People) have to stay home and if they intend to get out of their houses, they have to wear masks,” Bichara said.</p>
<p>(GRAPHIC - Philippine volcano: <a href="http://tmsnrt.rs/2D6PYFu" type="external">tmsnrt.rs/2D6PYFu</a>)</p>
<p>Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Martin Petty and Clarence Fernandez</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>DUBAI (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit western Iran on Sunday, injuring at least 54 people, hours before a more moderate tremor shook an area near the capital Tehran, state media reported.</p>
<p>There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage after the later, magnitude 4.2, earthquake which shook an area about 90 km (56 miles) from Tehran, the official news agency IRNA reported.</p>
<p>Most of the 54 injured were released after receiving treatment in hospitals in the western province of Kermanshah, IRNA quoted Iran’s medical emergency services as announcing.</p>
<p>Iranian news agencies said most of the injuries were minor, with some people being hurt by falling items.</p>
<p>A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that shook Kermanshah and neighboring Iraq in November killed more than 600 people and injured more than 8,000.</p>
<p>Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Alison Williams and Louise Heavens</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>ZURICH (Reuters) - Three Spanish skiers died and two were injured when an avalanche swept them down a Swiss mountainside, police in the southwestern canton of Valais said on Sunday.</p>
<p>They were part of a touring group skiing near Fiesch on Saturday afternoon when the snow mass detached. Another group that witnessed the accident alerted authorities.</p>
<p>Rescue crews had to suspend their search for survivors on Saturday evening due to bad weather. Days of heavy snowfalls have blanketed the Alps, prompting avalanche warnings.</p>
<p>Cantonal police posted a warning on their website on Thursday advising skiers of the danger of avalanches ahead of the long Easter weekend.</p>
<p>A police spokesman said the search was being ended and no one else was believed missing. The two slightly injured members of the group were taken to hospital for treatment.</p>
<p>Reporting by Michael Shields; editing by John Stonestreet</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Tiangong-1 spacecraft will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at some point on Monday, the country’s space agency said in a statement.</p> FILE PHOTO: A model of the Tiangong-1 space lab module (L), the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft (R) and three Chinese astronauts is displayed during a news conference at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in Gansu province, China June 15, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
<p>The Manned Space Agency did not specify a time when it expects the craft to enter the atmosphere in its statement on Sunday.</p>
<p>No one knows for sure where debris may land though many experts believe much of the station will burn up during re-entry. Beijing said on Friday that it is unlikely any large pieces will reach the ground.</p>
<p>South Korea’s National Space Situational Awareness Organization said on its website Sunday that the station is expected to re-enter the atmosphere sometime between 5:12 a.m. and 1:12 p.m. Seoul time (2012 GMT to 0412 GMT) on Monday.</p>
<p>The 10.4-metre-long (34.1-foot) Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace 1”, was launched in 2011 to carry out docking and orbit experiments as part of China’s ambitious space program, which aims to place a permanent station in orbit by 2023.</p>
<p>The spacelab was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but its mission was repeatedly extended.</p>
<p>China had said its re-entry would occur in late 2017 but that process was delayed, leading some experts to suggest the space laboratory is out of control.</p>
<p>(GRAPHIC: Fall from Space - <a href="https://tmsnrt.rs/2JbkC4i" type="external">tmsnrt.rs/2JbkC4i</a>)</p>
<p>Reporting by Lusha Zhang and Se Young Lee; additional reporting by Haejin Choi in SEOUL; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Kim Coghill</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25 percent on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel, China’s finance ministry said.</p> FILE PHOTO: A butcher cuts a piece of pork at a market in Beijing, China, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
<p>The list of tariffs, to take effect on Monday, was released late on Sunday and matches a list of potential tariffs on up to $3 billion in U.S. goods published by China on March 23.</p>
<p>China has imposed the tariffs amid escalating trade tension between Beijing and Washington.</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to impose tariffs of more than $50 billion on Chinese goods intended to punish Beijing over U.S. allegations that China systematically misappropriated American intellectual property.</p>
<p>China has repeatedly promised to open its economy further, but many foreign companies continue to complain of unfair treatment. China warned the United States on Thursday not to open a Pandora’s Box and spark a flurry of protectionist practices across the globe.</p>
<p>Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Tony Munroe; Editing by Eric Meijer</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
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manila reuters philippines raised alert level mayon volcano monday loud explosion wake increased activity made hazardous eruption likelier prompting authorities close schools urge residents stay indoors ash cloud hovers mayon volcano seen bicol region philippines still image taken january 212018 social media video randall matthew lorayes via reuters mayon countrys active volcano spewing ash lava pyroclastic material since jan 13 displacing close 40000 residents central province albay resident wears face mask mayon volcano spews ash guniobatan albay province philippines january 23 2018 reutersstringer philippine institute volcanology seismology phivolcs raised alert mayon level 4 signifying hazardous eruption imminent level 3 warns eruption could weeks even days away strongly advise people residents tourists avoid danger zone airlines avoid flying near volcano summit agency chief renato solidum told news conference danger zone around 2462metre 8077foot volcano expanded radius 8 km 5 miles added solidum said agency recorded increased seismic activity lava fountaining summit explosion sunday night indicating explosions ahead including hazardous eruption slideshow 3 images level 5 alert signifies hazardous eruption underway albay province run emergency funds people would evacuated government financial help arrived said provincial governor al francis bichara ordered schools suspend classes amid ash fall warnings following explosion volcano areasits already zero visibility especially along foot volcano told cnn philippines adding strong winds could carry ash distant towns people stay home intend get houses wear masks bichara said graphic philippine volcano tmsnrtrs2d6pyfu reporting enrico dela cruz editing martin petty clarence fernandez standards thomson reuters trust principles dubai reuters magnitude 53 earthquake hit western iran sunday injuring least 54 people hours moderate tremor shook area near capital tehran state media reported immediate reports casualties damage later magnitude 42 earthquake shook area 90 km 56 miles tehran official news agency irna reported 54 injured released receiving treatment hospitals western province kermanshah irna quoted irans medical emergency services announcing iranian news agencies said injuries minor people hurt falling items magnitude 73 earthquake shook kermanshah neighboring iraq november killed 600 people injured 8000 reporting dubai newsroom editing alison williams louise heavens standards thomson reuters trust principles zurich reuters three spanish skiers died two injured avalanche swept swiss mountainside police southwestern canton valais said sunday part touring group skiing near fiesch saturday afternoon snow mass detached another group witnessed accident alerted authorities rescue crews suspend search survivors saturday evening due bad weather days heavy snowfalls blanketed alps prompting avalanche warnings cantonal police posted warning website thursday advising skiers danger avalanches ahead long easter weekend police spokesman said search ended one else believed missing two slightly injured members group taken hospital treatment reporting michael shields editing john stonestreet standards thomson reuters trust principles beijing reuters chinas tiangong1 spacecraft reenter earths atmosphere point monday countrys space agency said statement file photo model tiangong1 space lab module l shenzhou9 manned spacecraft r three chinese astronauts displayed news conference jiuquan satellite launch center gansu province china june 15 2012 reutersjason leefile photo manned space agency specify time expects craft enter atmosphere statement sunday one knows sure debris may land though many experts believe much station burn reentry beijing said friday unlikely large pieces reach ground south koreas national space situational awareness organization said website sunday station expected reenter atmosphere sometime 512 112 pm seoul time 2012 gmt 0412 gmt monday 104metrelong 341foot tiangong1 heavenly palace 1 launched 2011 carry docking orbit experiments part chinas ambitious space program aims place permanent station orbit 2023 spacelab originally planned decommissioned 2013 mission repeatedly extended china said reentry would occur late 2017 process delayed leading experts suggest space laboratory control graphic fall space tmsnrtrs2jbkc4i reporting lusha zhang se young lee additional reporting haejin choi seoul editing christian schmollinger kim coghill standards thomson reuters trust principles beijing reuters china slapped extra tariffs 25 percent 128 us products including frozen pork well wine certain fruits nuts response us duties imports aluminum steel chinas finance ministry said file photo butcher cuts piece pork market beijing china march 25 2016 reutersjason leefile photo list tariffs take effect monday released late sunday matches list potential tariffs 3 billion us goods published china march 23 china imposed tariffs amid escalating trade tension beijing washington us president donald trump preparing impose tariffs 50 billion chinese goods intended punish beijing us allegations china systematically misappropriated american intellectual property china repeatedly promised open economy many foreign companies continue complain unfair treatment china warned united states thursday open pandoras box spark flurry protectionist practices across globe reporting ben blanchard tony munroe editing eric meijer standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>HOUSTON (AP) — The NFL and the players' union announced a series of changes Friday to the way potential concussions are handled during games following an ugly incident in which Texans quarterback Tom Savage was allowed to return to the field after a hit left him on the ground, arms shaking.</p>
<p>Among the changes is the addition of an expert watching games from a central location with the authority to alert sideline medical teams to look into an incident. And if a player shows signs of a seizure or similar responses, as Savage did, they will be removed from the game and cannot return.</p>
<p>The NFL has been under increased scrutiny the past several years over player safety when it comes to head injuries. A $1 billion settlement of concussion-related claims from more than 20,000 former players took effect earlier this year, resolving thousands of lawsuits that accused the NFL of hiding what it knew about the risks of repeated concussions.</p>
<p>The jarring injury to Savage prompted a joint review of concussion protocol by the NFL and the NFL Players Association. He was hurt in the second quarter of Houston's 26-16 loss to San Francisco on Dec. 10 when he was driven to the ground on a hit by Elvis Dumervil. Replays showed Savage looking dazed after his head hit the ground with both of his arms shaking and lifted upward. He was taken to the medical tent where he stayed for less than three minutes before returning to the bench and going back in for the next series.</p>
<p>Savage threw two incompletions on that drive, and Houston's team doctor approached him after he returned to the sideline at the end of that possession. He was evaluated again and taken to the locker room after it was determined that he did have a concussion.</p>
<p>The NFL said the Texans would not be fined for the incident. The review determined that the medical staff followed protocol but his return to the game was "unacceptable." Medical staff didn't see slow-motion video where Savage's "fencing posture," indicative of a concussion, until after they did their initial evaluation, the review found. Texans medical staff later identified symptoms that weren't present during the first evaluation.</p>
<p>"I think we handled it the way it was supposed to be handled," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said. "I think just speaking for us here at the Texans it's always about trying to do the right thing, doing the right thing by the player, doing the right thing by the rules. That's what we try to do."</p>
<p>O'Brien said he was glad to see that improvements to the protocol were made in the wake of Savage's injury.</p>
<p>"I think there's a lot of things that can be improved," he said. "I think anything where you can help — obviously the safety of the player in this game is the most important thing (and) I think anything like that helps when you try to improve that process."</p>
<p>The Seattle Seahawks were fined $100,000 earlier this month for not properly following protocol with quarterback Russell Wilson during a game in November. Seattle was the first team to be fined for a violation of the protocol. In addition to the fine, Seattle's medical staff and coaches were required to attend training on the protocol.</p>
<p>Among the changes detailed by the NFL and NFLPA (all of them already implemented):</p>
<p>— Using a centralized, unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant at the league office to monitor feeds of all games and contact the team medical staff on the sidelines if they see anything that deserves further evaluation.</p>
<p>— If players show signs of a seizure or fencing responses, like Savage did, they will be removed from the game and cannot return.</p>
<p>— Players who stumble or fall when trying to stand will require a concussion evaluation in the locker room.</p>
<p>— Officials, teammates and coaches have been told to take injured players straight to the medical staff for evaluation if a concussion evaluation is warranted.</p>
<p>— All players who are evaluated for concussions on game day must have a follow-up evaluation the next day by a member of the medical staff.</p>
<p>— A third, unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant will be added to all playoff games including the Super Bowl to step in if one of the other two are away from the sideline tending to an injured player.</p>
<p>Dr. Hunt Batjer is a neurosurgeon and a former co-chairman of the NFL committee on head, neck and spine injuries who currently serves as the chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He said that the addition of the consultant watching all games and the move to immediately take any players who show signs of seizures or fencing responses out of the game were positive steps.</p>
<p>He said he still believes more should be done to protect players.</p>
<p>"When a player has a suspicious either helmet-to-helmet or helmet-to-playing-surface hit and he's down on the field and play is stopped because of that play then that person should be escorted to the locker room for a full exam," Batjer said. "So that should be added to this."</p>
<p>Batjer believes that the game will eventually be made safer when parents decide that it's too dangerous for their children to play.</p>
<p>"The biggest lever that could be used is to say: 'We as American parents do not believe the safeguards are in place to protect our kids and therefore they're not playing,'" he said. "Those are the forces in my mind that will really push this forward."</p>
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<p>For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL</p>
<p>HOUSTON (AP) — The NFL and the players' union announced a series of changes Friday to the way potential concussions are handled during games following an ugly incident in which Texans quarterback Tom Savage was allowed to return to the field after a hit left him on the ground, arms shaking.</p>
<p>Among the changes is the addition of an expert watching games from a central location with the authority to alert sideline medical teams to look into an incident. And if a player shows signs of a seizure or similar responses, as Savage did, they will be removed from the game and cannot return.</p>
<p>The NFL has been under increased scrutiny the past several years over player safety when it comes to head injuries. A $1 billion settlement of concussion-related claims from more than 20,000 former players took effect earlier this year, resolving thousands of lawsuits that accused the NFL of hiding what it knew about the risks of repeated concussions.</p>
<p>The jarring injury to Savage prompted a joint review of concussion protocol by the NFL and the NFL Players Association. He was hurt in the second quarter of Houston's 26-16 loss to San Francisco on Dec. 10 when he was driven to the ground on a hit by Elvis Dumervil. Replays showed Savage looking dazed after his head hit the ground with both of his arms shaking and lifted upward. He was taken to the medical tent where he stayed for less than three minutes before returning to the bench and going back in for the next series.</p>
<p>Savage threw two incompletions on that drive, and Houston's team doctor approached him after he returned to the sideline at the end of that possession. He was evaluated again and taken to the locker room after it was determined that he did have a concussion.</p>
<p>The NFL said the Texans would not be fined for the incident. The review determined that the medical staff followed protocol but his return to the game was "unacceptable." Medical staff didn't see slow-motion video where Savage's "fencing posture," indicative of a concussion, until after they did their initial evaluation, the review found. Texans medical staff later identified symptoms that weren't present during the first evaluation.</p>
<p>"I think we handled it the way it was supposed to be handled," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said. "I think just speaking for us here at the Texans it's always about trying to do the right thing, doing the right thing by the player, doing the right thing by the rules. That's what we try to do."</p>
<p>O'Brien said he was glad to see that improvements to the protocol were made in the wake of Savage's injury.</p>
<p>"I think there's a lot of things that can be improved," he said. "I think anything where you can help — obviously the safety of the player in this game is the most important thing (and) I think anything like that helps when you try to improve that process."</p>
<p>The Seattle Seahawks were fined $100,000 earlier this month for not properly following protocol with quarterback Russell Wilson during a game in November. Seattle was the first team to be fined for a violation of the protocol. In addition to the fine, Seattle's medical staff and coaches were required to attend training on the protocol.</p>
<p>Among the changes detailed by the NFL and NFLPA (all of them already implemented):</p>
<p>— Using a centralized, unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant at the league office to monitor feeds of all games and contact the team medical staff on the sidelines if they see anything that deserves further evaluation.</p>
<p>— If players show signs of a seizure or fencing responses, like Savage did, they will be removed from the game and cannot return.</p>
<p>— Players who stumble or fall when trying to stand will require a concussion evaluation in the locker room.</p>
<p>— Officials, teammates and coaches have been told to take injured players straight to the medical staff for evaluation if a concussion evaluation is warranted.</p>
<p>— All players who are evaluated for concussions on game day must have a follow-up evaluation the next day by a member of the medical staff.</p>
<p>— A third, unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant will be added to all playoff games including the Super Bowl to step in if one of the other two are away from the sideline tending to an injured player.</p>
<p>Dr. Hunt Batjer is a neurosurgeon and a former co-chairman of the NFL committee on head, neck and spine injuries who currently serves as the chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He said that the addition of the consultant watching all games and the move to immediately take any players who show signs of seizures or fencing responses out of the game were positive steps.</p>
<p>He said he still believes more should be done to protect players.</p>
<p>"When a player has a suspicious either helmet-to-helmet or helmet-to-playing-surface hit and he's down on the field and play is stopped because of that play then that person should be escorted to the locker room for a full exam," Batjer said. "So that should be added to this."</p>
<p>Batjer believes that the game will eventually be made safer when parents decide that it's too dangerous for their children to play.</p>
<p>"The biggest lever that could be used is to say: 'We as American parents do not believe the safeguards are in place to protect our kids and therefore they're not playing,'" he said. "Those are the forces in my mind that will really push this forward."</p>
<p>___</p>
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houston ap nfl players union announced series changes friday way potential concussions handled games following ugly incident texans quarterback tom savage allowed return field hit left ground arms shaking among changes addition expert watching games central location authority alert sideline medical teams look incident player shows signs seizure similar responses savage removed game return nfl increased scrutiny past several years player safety comes head injuries 1 billion settlement concussionrelated claims 20000 former players took effect earlier year resolving thousands lawsuits accused nfl hiding knew risks repeated concussions jarring injury savage prompted joint review concussion protocol nfl nfl players association hurt second quarter houstons 2616 loss san francisco dec 10 driven ground hit elvis dumervil replays showed savage looking dazed head hit ground arms shaking lifted upward taken medical tent stayed less three minutes returning bench going back next series savage threw two incompletions drive houstons team doctor approached returned sideline end possession evaluated taken locker room determined concussion nfl said texans would fined incident review determined medical staff followed protocol return game unacceptable medical staff didnt see slowmotion video savages fencing posture indicative concussion initial evaluation review found texans medical staff later identified symptoms werent present first evaluation think handled way supposed handled texans coach bill obrien said think speaking us texans always trying right thing right thing player right thing rules thats try obrien said glad see improvements protocol made wake savages injury think theres lot things improved said think anything help obviously safety player game important thing think anything like helps try improve process seattle seahawks fined 100000 earlier month properly following protocol quarterback russell wilson game november seattle first team fined violation protocol addition fine seattles medical staff coaches required attend training protocol among changes detailed nfl nflpa already implemented using centralized unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant league office monitor feeds games contact team medical staff sidelines see anything deserves evaluation players show signs seizure fencing responses like savage removed game return players stumble fall trying stand require concussion evaluation locker room officials teammates coaches told take injured players straight medical staff evaluation concussion evaluation warranted players evaluated concussions game day must followup evaluation next day member medical staff third unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant added playoff games including super bowl step one two away sideline tending injured player dr hunt batjer neurosurgeon former cochairman nfl committee head neck spine injuries currently serves chair department neurological surgery texas southwestern medical center dallas said addition consultant watching games move immediately take players show signs seizures fencing responses game positive steps said still believes done protect players player suspicious either helmettohelmet helmettoplayingsurface hit hes field play stopped play person escorted locker room full exam batjer said added batjer believes game eventually made safer parents decide dangerous children play biggest lever could used say american parents believe safeguards place protect kids therefore theyre playing said forces mind really push forward ___ nfl coverage httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl houston ap nfl players union announced series changes friday way potential concussions handled games following ugly incident texans quarterback tom savage allowed return field hit left ground arms shaking among changes addition expert watching games central location authority alert sideline medical teams look incident player shows signs seizure similar responses savage removed game return nfl increased scrutiny past several years player safety comes head injuries 1 billion settlement concussionrelated claims 20000 former players took effect earlier year resolving thousands lawsuits accused nfl hiding knew risks repeated concussions jarring injury savage prompted joint review concussion protocol nfl nfl players association hurt second quarter houstons 2616 loss san francisco dec 10 driven ground hit elvis dumervil replays showed savage looking dazed head hit ground arms shaking lifted upward taken medical tent stayed less three minutes returning bench going back next series savage threw two incompletions drive houstons team doctor approached returned sideline end possession evaluated taken locker room determined concussion nfl said texans would fined incident review determined medical staff followed protocol return game unacceptable medical staff didnt see slowmotion video savages fencing posture indicative concussion initial evaluation review found texans medical staff later identified symptoms werent present first evaluation think handled way supposed handled texans coach bill obrien said think speaking us texans always trying right thing right thing player right thing rules thats try obrien said glad see improvements protocol made wake savages injury think theres lot things improved said think anything help obviously safety player game important thing think anything like helps try improve process seattle seahawks fined 100000 earlier month properly following protocol quarterback russell wilson game november seattle first team fined violation protocol addition fine seattles medical staff coaches required attend training protocol among changes detailed nfl nflpa already implemented using centralized unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant league office monitor feeds games contact team medical staff sidelines see anything deserves evaluation players show signs seizure fencing responses like savage removed game return players stumble fall trying stand require concussion evaluation locker room officials teammates coaches told take injured players straight medical staff evaluation concussion evaluation warranted players evaluated concussions game day must followup evaluation next day member medical staff third unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant added playoff games including super bowl step one two away sideline tending injured player dr hunt batjer neurosurgeon former cochairman nfl committee head neck spine injuries currently serves chair department neurological surgery texas southwestern medical center dallas said addition consultant watching games move immediately take players show signs seizures fencing responses game positive steps said still believes done protect players player suspicious either helmettohelmet helmettoplayingsurface hit hes field play stopped play person escorted locker room full exam batjer said added batjer believes game eventually made safer parents decide dangerous children play biggest lever could used say american parents believe safeguards place protect kids therefore theyre playing said forces mind really push forward ___ nfl coverage httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl
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<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The United States on Monday marked Presidents Day, a holiday that’s taking on a new meaning for some Americans this year as Republican President Donald Trump — to the dismay of some and the delight of others — upends traditional notions of the office.</p>
<p>The holiday began as a celebration of George Washington’s birthday, Feb. 22, and its official name remains Washington’s Birthday.</p>
<p>Throughout the 19th century, communities celebrated with parades and fireworks, said Evan Phifer, a research historian at the White House Historical Association. In the late 1800s, Feb. 22 became a federal holiday.</p>
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<p>The holiday was moved to the third Monday in February in 1971, creating a three-day weekend for many workers.</p>
<p>“There was fear when the holiday was moved to the third Monday that it would lose the distinction of Washington’s birthday, and people would forget his legacy,” Phifer said.</p>
<p>To some extent, that has happened. Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is Feb. 12, and many people now associate both presidents with the holiday. It has also become a retail holiday, where shoppers can get deals on cars, furniture and other goods during Presidents Day sales.</p>
<p>The Associated Press spoke with people around the country about their ideas about Presidents Day, the presidency and how it is changing.</p>
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<p>Jack Warren is executive director of the Society of the Cincinnati, the nation’s oldest patriotic organization, founded in 1783. George Washington was the first president general of the group.</p>
<p>He calls the idea of Presidents Day “wrongheaded” and said referring to Washington’s Birthday as Presidents Day is a reflection of how out of touch we are with our revolutionary origins.</p>
<p>“The revolution George Washington led created the first great republic since antiquity. It articulated ideals of universal liberty, natural rights and equality that have shaped the entire history of our country and have reached beyond it,” he said.</p>
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<p>“We don’t need a holiday to commemorate the presidency. We do need one to commemorate our greatest national leader.”</p>
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<p>Curt Viebranz is president of George Washington’s Virginia estate, Mount Vernon, which on Monday welcomed 22,170 visitors, well beyond the 10,000 to 15,000 expected and believed to be the highest daily attendance since the estate was opened to the public in 1860.</p>
<p>“We wouldn’t have a country without him,” Viebranz said. “We wouldn’t have a republic.”</p>
<p>Many of the formal traditions of the presidency that survive today were established by Washington, he said, such as the open-air inauguration. But recent presidents are also different.</p>
<p>“He’s not a man who would have been tweeting, for sure,” Viebranz said.</p>
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<p>Juathawala Harris, 67, of Baltimore, was on a trip to Dallas that included a visit to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, which is dedicated to telling the story of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.</p>
<p>Harris, who works as a manager for a dialysis unit, said Presidents Day meant more to her in the past.</p>
<p>“We’ve lived through presidencies, and they have always been men that we look up to. That is not so for me now,” said Harris, who voted for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>“I am fearful now, and I’ve never been fearful in all of my years,” she said, adding that she is scared the country may be moving toward a war.</p>
<p>Presidents Day, she said, now feels tarnished.</p>
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<p>Robin Allweiss, a 56-year-old attorney from Tampa, Florida, considers herself a patriot and takes Presidents Day seriously — especially so this year. She is a Trump supporter and thinks he’s vastly different than any other president in the country’s history.</p>
<p>“He relates to us. He gives us a feeling that he could be our father, our brother, he could be our cousin or our best friend, and that’s what makes him so different. He doesn’t care what anybody thinks. What he wants to do is make America great again,” she said.</p>
<p>“Donald Trump cares about us. And no other president in the history of the United States, or even any foreign leader, has cared about his country as much as Donald Trump.”</p>
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<p>Barbara Perry, presidential studies director at the nonpartisan Miller Center at the University of Virginia, has been fascinated by presidents since she was 4 years old and her mother took her to see John F. Kennedy speak one month before he was elected.</p>
<p>Children as young as 6 have a sense of the president — who he is and what he does — long before they understand Congress or the judiciary, she said, and teaching children about the president is an important way to help them understand our government.</p>
<p>“I still have somewhat of a childlike vision of the presidency,” she said. “I know my faith is not misplaced. I know we have had heroic presidents. Even the ones who were not great still were, by and large, great people.”</p>
<p>The presidency began to demystify under Franklin Roosevelt, who created personal connections with Americans through his radio “fireside chats” in the depths of the Great Depression, she said. That familiarity eventually “ended up breeding contempt, I think, for normal presidents, or traditional presidents.”</p>
<p>“In the end, this has led to a Donald Trump, a populist demagogue in the White House,” she said. “The Trump presidency, based on the baser instincts of people, is painful to me. It feels like a desecration.”</p>
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<p>Deen Brown, 94, of Oakdale, Connecticut, conducted submarine war patrols for the Navy during World War II.</p>
<p>Brown said he has early memories of conversations in his home about Herbert Hoover, president from 1929 to 1933.</p>
<p>“What is most impressive to me, and I still believe this firmly today, is the awe of the momentous decisions that they’re called on to make. It is just beyond belief. And this was true for President Roosevelt and also for President Harry Truman, and it may be coming true today,” he said. “And very often, they don’t get to choose between right and wrong. That’s too simple. … They must choose one of the wrongs and maybe the one that’s least wrong.”</p>
<p>President Donald Trump has already changed the way people see the presidency, he said, because he’s a businessman who is being more decisive than some of his predecessors.</p>
<p>“He certainly deserves the respect of the nation,” he said.</p>
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<p>Rhonda Bicknell, 39, who is in real estate investment, is based in Phoenix but spends most of the year traveling in a motor coach.</p>
<p>She said Presidents Day to her is “really a day to honor that person that actually does a pretty thankless job — not matter what party you are in.”</p>
<p>A Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton, she said presidents she has admired include Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy.</p>
<p>She feels that President Donald Trump is “disgracing” the presidency.</p>
<p>“I don’t think that this president has much class, or integrity, or even intelligence, to be honest,” Bicknell said. “So I think he’s affected the presidency in a negative way, and I think that the rest of the world feels the same.”</p>
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<p>George Davenport, 23, works two jobs — one as a dishwasher and the other as a street sign-holding Statue of Liberty for a tax preparation service in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has two toddlers, and affordable education is his biggest concern for the future.</p>
<p>Presidents Day doesn’t mean much to him.</p>
<p>“It’s really just another day where I work, and a day off for kids,” he said.</p>
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<p>Wendy Nelson, 59, a hairdresser in Helena, Montana, expects a busy day on Presidents Day, as legislators and government workers come in for haircuts and other services. “They have that day off. I don’t,” she said.</p>
<p>“Presidents Day means a celebration of leadership that we have in this country,” Nelson said. “We have independence, and we pick those people.”</p>
<p>On Election Day, she picked Donald Trump. “I wanted to see change. At first I thought he was kind of a scary guy. But the more I listened to him, the more I realized he’s very independent, too. And that’s what this country’s about.”</p>
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<p>Helen Heenan, 69, was visiting The President’s House on Wednesday. It’s a permanent installation on the footprint of the home and executive mansion of Presidents George Washington and John Adams when Philadelphia was the capital.</p>
<p>Heenan, an American citizen and retired IT worker who lives in London, said Presidents Day is a reminder “that the government is not just the president. It’s the judiciary and it’s the legislature,” she said. “I think that is the lifeblood of the American system and constitution, and the great presidents we have will respect that.”</p>
<p>Heenan, who voted for Hillary Clinton, said she thinks President Donald Trump is testing the idea of the presidency “to the limits” but a positive outcome is that his actions are making people think about the role of the president.</p>
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<p>George Cleveland, 64, of Tamworth, New Hampshire, was born into politics; his grandfather was President Grover Cleveland, who was elected in 1884 and 1892.</p>
<p>He will be spending Presidents Day taking a friend to the hospital to have shoulder surgery.</p>
<p>“What does Presidents Day mean to me? Well, it’s a nice idea to think that we’d all kind of take a day and review American history and the high points and the low points and what some of the presidents did and perhaps didn’t do,” he said. “I’m afraid we don’t do that. Presidents Day right now seems to be really more of a holiday.”</p>
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<p>Nareg Fradjian, 32, a photographer who lives in Pasadena, California, was among the 3,000 people to become a U.S. citizen during a Los Angeles ceremony on Wednesday. Frandjian is from Armenia and has been in the U.S. for the past 16 years.</p>
<p>“Any president, they work super hard. It’s either four or eight years. They live and breathe their job every single day,” said Fradjian.</p>
<p>He said he would have voted for Trump if he had gotten his citizenship in time.</p>
<p>“It’s awesome to have that one designated day just to say ‘Thank you.’ This year, morale is down. We don’t know where we are as a country. It’s crazy,” he said. “Presidents Day is going to be another day for people to do marches, just say a lot of negative things about the current president.”</p>
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<p>Felicia Paul, who lives on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, voted for Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>“My fears and my hopes as a Native person is that he thinks about the Native people, our treaty rights,” Paul said.</p>
<p>What does the holiday mean to her?</p>
<p>“As a Native American, I really don’t call it a Presidents Day holiday,” she said. “I just think of it as an all-chief’s day.”</p>
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<p>Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Jamie Stengle in Dallas, Tamara Lush in Florida, Jennifer McDermott in Groton, Connecticut, Kristen de Groot in Philadelphia, Bobby Caina Calvan in Helena, Montana, Amanda Lee Myers in Los Angeles and Holly Ramer in Tamworth, New Hampshire.</p>
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providence ri united states monday marked presidents day holiday thats taking new meaning americans year republican president donald trump dismay delight others upends traditional notions office holiday began celebration george washingtons birthday feb 22 official name remains washingtons birthday throughout 19th century communities celebrated parades fireworks said evan phifer research historian white house historical association late 1800s feb 22 became federal holiday advertisement holiday moved third monday february 1971 creating threeday weekend many workers fear holiday moved third monday would lose distinction washingtons birthday people would forget legacy phifer said extent happened abraham lincolns birthday feb 12 many people associate presidents holiday also become retail holiday shoppers get deals cars furniture goods presidents day sales associated press spoke people around country ideas presidents day presidency changing ___ jack warren executive director society cincinnati nations oldest patriotic organization founded 1783 george washington first president general group calls idea presidents day wrongheaded said referring washingtons birthday presidents day reflection touch revolutionary origins revolution george washington led created first great republic since antiquity articulated ideals universal liberty natural rights equality shaped entire history country reached beyond said advertisement dont need holiday commemorate presidency need one commemorate greatest national leader ___ curt viebranz president george washingtons virginia estate mount vernon monday welcomed 22170 visitors well beyond 10000 15000 expected believed highest daily attendance since estate opened public 1860 wouldnt country without viebranz said wouldnt republic many formal traditions presidency survive today established washington said openair inauguration recent presidents also different hes man would tweeting sure viebranz said ___ juathawala harris 67 baltimore trip dallas included visit sixth floor museum dealey plaza dedicated telling story assassination president john f kennedy harris works manager dialysis unit said presidents day meant past weve lived presidencies always men look said harris voted democratic candidate hillary clinton fearful ive never fearful years said adding scared country may moving toward war presidents day said feels tarnished ___ robin allweiss 56yearold attorney tampa florida considers patriot takes presidents day seriously especially year trump supporter thinks hes vastly different president countrys history relates us gives us feeling could father brother could cousin best friend thats makes different doesnt care anybody thinks wants make america great said donald trump cares us president history united states even foreign leader cared country much donald trump ___ barbara perry presidential studies director nonpartisan miller center university virginia fascinated presidents since 4 years old mother took see john f kennedy speak one month elected children young 6 sense president long understand congress judiciary said teaching children president important way help understand government still somewhat childlike vision presidency said know faith misplaced know heroic presidents even ones great still large great people presidency began demystify franklin roosevelt created personal connections americans radio fireside chats depths great depression said familiarity eventually ended breeding contempt think normal presidents traditional presidents end led donald trump populist demagogue white house said trump presidency based baser instincts people painful feels like desecration ___ deen brown 94 oakdale connecticut conducted submarine war patrols navy world war ii brown said early memories conversations home herbert hoover president 1929 1933 impressive still believe firmly today awe momentous decisions theyre called make beyond belief true president roosevelt also president harry truman may coming true today said often dont get choose right wrong thats simple must choose one wrongs maybe one thats least wrong president donald trump already changed way people see presidency said hes businessman decisive predecessors certainly deserves respect nation said ___ rhonda bicknell 39 real estate investment based phoenix spends year traveling motor coach said presidents day really day honor person actually pretty thankless job matter party democrat voted hillary clinton said presidents admired include barack obama john f kennedy feels president donald trump disgracing presidency dont think president much class integrity even intelligence honest bicknell said think hes affected presidency negative way think rest world feels ___ george davenport 23 works two jobs one dishwasher street signholding statue liberty tax preparation service st petersburg florida two toddlers affordable education biggest concern future presidents day doesnt mean much really another day work day kids said ___ wendy nelson 59 hairdresser helena montana expects busy day presidents day legislators government workers come haircuts services day dont said presidents day means celebration leadership country nelson said independence pick people election day picked donald trump wanted see change first thought kind scary guy listened realized hes independent thats countrys ___ helen heenan 69 visiting presidents house wednesday permanent installation footprint home executive mansion presidents george washington john adams philadelphia capital heenan american citizen retired worker lives london said presidents day reminder government president judiciary legislature said think lifeblood american system constitution great presidents respect heenan voted hillary clinton said thinks president donald trump testing idea presidency limits positive outcome actions making people think role president ___ george cleveland 64 tamworth new hampshire born politics grandfather president grover cleveland elected 1884 1892 spending presidents day taking friend hospital shoulder surgery presidents day mean well nice idea think wed kind take day review american history high points low points presidents perhaps didnt said im afraid dont presidents day right seems really holiday ___ nareg fradjian 32 photographer lives pasadena california among 3000 people become us citizen los angeles ceremony wednesday frandjian armenia us past 16 years president work super hard either four eight years live breathe job every single day said fradjian said would voted trump gotten citizenship time awesome one designated day say thank year morale dont know country crazy said presidents day going another day people marches say lot negative things current president ___ felicia paul lives flathead indian reservation montana voted hillary clinton fears hopes native person thinks native people treaty rights paul said holiday mean native american really dont call presidents day holiday said think allchiefs day ___ online httpapnews2lnbcls ___ contributing report associated press writers jamie stengle dallas tamara lush florida jennifer mcdermott groton connecticut kristen de groot philadelphia bobby caina calvan helena montana amanda lee myers los angeles holly ramer tamworth new hampshire
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<p>MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The Big 12 fined Texas Tech $25,000 and reprimanded West Virginia forward Wes Harris for hitting a fan who joined thousands of others in storming the court during a weekend postgame celebration.</p>
<p>Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement Monday that Texas Tech did not ensure the safety and security of West Virginia players following the game in Lubbock, Texas.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/stevenjee10/status/952337925089394689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">Videos posted on social media</a> by fans show Harris and other West Virginia players trying to reach the sideline as Red Raider fans swarmed the court Saturday in celebration of No. 8 <a href="https://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/no-8-texas-tech-makes-history-home-72-71-over-no-2-wvu" type="external">Texas Tech's 72-71 win over then-No. 2 West Virginia</a> .</p>
<p>The videos show Harris striking a fan who had run into him before Harris is pulled away. Other players were involved in a separate skirmish trying to protect a teammate in the swarm.</p>
<p>"We have a duty to provide a safe game environment," Bowlsby said. "The Texas Tech Department of Athletics has a written event management policy, which was unsuccessful in ensuring the safety and security of the visiting team game participants."</p>
<p>Texas Tech got the win it its first-ever Top 10 matchup on its home court.</p>
<p>Bowlsby noted that although the Big 12 does not have a policy prohibiting spectators from entering the court for postgame celebrations, "it is of utmost importance that home game management provide adequate security measures for our student-athletes, coaches, game officials and spectators."</p>
<p>Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said in a statement that the Red Raiders "admittedly did fail to meet our expectations Saturday in efforts to secure the floor and allow West Virginia to exit without incident.</p>
<p>"We will make the necessary adjustments to continue to ensure that all in attendance have an excellent experience at all of our events."</p>
<p>West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons said WVU, the Big 12 and Texas Tech had a "positive and open dialogue" over the incident, and court security, player safety and postgame emotions were taken into account.</p>
<p>"We will revisit with our student-athletes to again reinforce our expectations regarding sportsmanship issues across all sports," Lyons said in a statement. "The Big 12 has issued its reprimand. We accept it, and I consider the matter closed."</p>
<p>Harris, a sophomore, is averaging 6.2 points and 4.6 rebounds.</p>
<p>"Although the post-game environment did not live up to our expectations, Mr. Harris intentionally striking a fan is contrary to the conference's sportsmanship standards," Bowlsby said.</p>
<p>Harris started his 18th straight game Monday night when No. 6 West Virginia (15-2, 4-1 Big 12) faced No. 10 Kansas (14-3, 4-1) in Morgantown.</p>
<p>Texas Tech plays at Texas on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The Big 12 fined Texas Tech $25,000 and reprimanded West Virginia forward Wes Harris for hitting a fan who joined thousands of others in storming the court during a weekend postgame celebration.</p>
<p>Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement Monday that Texas Tech did not ensure the safety and security of West Virginia players following the game in Lubbock, Texas.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/stevenjee10/status/952337925089394689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">Videos posted on social media</a> by fans show Harris and other West Virginia players trying to reach the sideline as Red Raider fans swarmed the court Saturday in celebration of No. 8 <a href="https://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/no-8-texas-tech-makes-history-home-72-71-over-no-2-wvu" type="external">Texas Tech's 72-71 win over then-No. 2 West Virginia</a> .</p>
<p>The videos show Harris striking a fan who had run into him before Harris is pulled away. Other players were involved in a separate skirmish trying to protect a teammate in the swarm.</p>
<p>"We have a duty to provide a safe game environment," Bowlsby said. "The Texas Tech Department of Athletics has a written event management policy, which was unsuccessful in ensuring the safety and security of the visiting team game participants."</p>
<p>Texas Tech got the win it its first-ever Top 10 matchup on its home court.</p>
<p>Bowlsby noted that although the Big 12 does not have a policy prohibiting spectators from entering the court for postgame celebrations, "it is of utmost importance that home game management provide adequate security measures for our student-athletes, coaches, game officials and spectators."</p>
<p>Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said in a statement that the Red Raiders "admittedly did fail to meet our expectations Saturday in efforts to secure the floor and allow West Virginia to exit without incident.</p>
<p>"We will make the necessary adjustments to continue to ensure that all in attendance have an excellent experience at all of our events."</p>
<p>West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons said WVU, the Big 12 and Texas Tech had a "positive and open dialogue" over the incident, and court security, player safety and postgame emotions were taken into account.</p>
<p>"We will revisit with our student-athletes to again reinforce our expectations regarding sportsmanship issues across all sports," Lyons said in a statement. "The Big 12 has issued its reprimand. We accept it, and I consider the matter closed."</p>
<p>Harris, a sophomore, is averaging 6.2 points and 4.6 rebounds.</p>
<p>"Although the post-game environment did not live up to our expectations, Mr. Harris intentionally striking a fan is contrary to the conference's sportsmanship standards," Bowlsby said.</p>
<p>Harris started his 18th straight game Monday night when No. 6 West Virginia (15-2, 4-1 Big 12) faced No. 10 Kansas (14-3, 4-1) in Morgantown.</p>
<p>Texas Tech plays at Texas on Wednesday.</p>
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morgantown wva ap big 12 fined texas tech 25000 reprimanded west virginia forward wes harris hitting fan joined thousands others storming court weekend postgame celebration big 12 commissioner bob bowlsby said statement monday texas tech ensure safety security west virginia players following game lubbock texas videos posted social media fans show harris west virginia players trying reach sideline red raider fans swarmed court saturday celebration 8 texas techs 7271 win thenno 2 west virginia videos show harris striking fan run harris pulled away players involved separate skirmish trying protect teammate swarm duty provide safe game environment bowlsby said texas tech department athletics written event management policy unsuccessful ensuring safety security visiting team game participants texas tech got win firstever top 10 matchup home court bowlsby noted although big 12 policy prohibiting spectators entering court postgame celebrations utmost importance home game management provide adequate security measures studentathletes coaches game officials spectators texas tech athletic director kirby hocutt said statement red raiders admittedly fail meet expectations saturday efforts secure floor allow west virginia exit without incident make necessary adjustments continue ensure attendance excellent experience events west virginia athletic director shane lyons said wvu big 12 texas tech positive open dialogue incident court security player safety postgame emotions taken account revisit studentathletes reinforce expectations regarding sportsmanship issues across sports lyons said statement big 12 issued reprimand accept consider matter closed harris sophomore averaging 62 points 46 rebounds although postgame environment live expectations mr harris intentionally striking fan contrary conferences sportsmanship standards bowlsby said harris started 18th straight game monday night 6 west virginia 152 41 big 12 faced 10 kansas 143 41 morgantown texas tech plays texas wednesday ___ ap college basketball coverage httpcollegebasketballaporg httptwittercomap_top25 morgantown wva ap big 12 fined texas tech 25000 reprimanded west virginia forward wes harris hitting fan joined thousands others storming court weekend postgame celebration big 12 commissioner bob bowlsby said statement monday texas tech ensure safety security west virginia players following game lubbock texas videos posted social media fans show harris west virginia players trying reach sideline red raider fans swarmed court saturday celebration 8 texas techs 7271 win thenno 2 west virginia videos show harris striking fan run harris pulled away players involved separate skirmish trying protect teammate swarm duty provide safe game environment bowlsby said texas tech department athletics written event management policy unsuccessful ensuring safety security visiting team game participants texas tech got win firstever top 10 matchup home court bowlsby noted although big 12 policy prohibiting spectators entering court postgame celebrations utmost importance home game management provide adequate security measures studentathletes coaches game officials spectators texas tech athletic director kirby hocutt said statement red raiders admittedly fail meet expectations saturday efforts secure floor allow west virginia exit without incident make necessary adjustments continue ensure attendance excellent experience events west virginia athletic director shane lyons said wvu big 12 texas tech positive open dialogue incident court security player safety postgame emotions taken account revisit studentathletes reinforce expectations regarding sportsmanship issues across sports lyons said statement big 12 issued reprimand accept consider matter closed harris sophomore averaging 62 points 46 rebounds although postgame environment live expectations mr harris intentionally striking fan contrary conferences sportsmanship standards bowlsby said harris started 18th straight game monday night 6 west virginia 152 41 big 12 faced 10 kansas 143 41 morgantown texas tech plays texas wednesday ___ ap college basketball coverage httpcollegebasketballaporg httptwittercomap_top25
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<p>At issue is a court order, first disclosed Wednesday by The Guardian newspaper in Britain, that requires the communications company Verizon to turn over on an “ongoing, daily basis” the records of all landline and mobile telephone calls of its customers, both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and other countries. Intelligence experts said the government, though not listening in on calls, would be looking for patterns that could lead to terrorists — and that there was every reason to believe similar orders were in place for other phone companies.</p>
<p>Some critics in Congress, as well as civil liberties advocates, declared that the sweeping nature of the National Security Agency program represented an unwarranted intrusion into Americans’ private lives. But a number of lawmakers, including some Republicans who normally jump at the chance to criticize the Obama administration, lauded the program’s effectiveness. Leaders of the House Intelligence Committee said the program had helped thwart at least one attempted terrorist attack in the United States, “possibly saving American lives.”</p>
<p>Separately, The Washington Post and The Guardian reported Thursday the existence of another program used by the NSA and FBI that scours the nation’s main Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, emails, documents and connection logs to help analysts track a person’s movements and contacts. It was not clear whether the program, called PRISM, targets known suspects or broadly collects data from other Americans.</p>
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<p>The companies include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. The Post said PalTalk has had numerous posts about the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war. It also said Dropbox would soon be included.</p>
<p>Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft and Apple said in statements that they do not provide the government with direct access to their records.</p>
<p>“When Facebook is asked for data or information about specific individuals, we carefully scrutinize any such request for compliance with all applicable laws, and provide information only to the extent required by law,” the company said.</p>
<p>The leaks about the programs brought a sharp response from James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. In an unusual statement late Thursday, Clapper called disclosure of the Internet surveillance program “reprehensible” and said the leak about the phone record collecting could cause long-lasting and irreversible harm to the nation’s ability to respond to threats.</p>
<p>Clapper said news reports about the programs contained inaccuracies and omitted key information. He declassified some details about the authority used in the phone records program because he said Americans must know the program’s limits. Those details included that a special national security court reviews the program every 90 days and that the court prohibits the government from indiscriminately sifting through phone data. Queries are only allowed when facts support reasonable suspicion, Clapper said.</p>
<p>Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said of the phone-records collecting: “When law-abiding Americans make phone calls, who they call, when they call and where they call is private information. As a result of the discussion that came to light today, now we’re going to have a real debate.”</p>
<p>But Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Americans have no cause for concern. “If you’re not getting a call from a terrorist organization, you’ve got nothing to worry about,” he said.</p>
<p>A senior administration official pointed out that the collection of communication cited in the Washington Post and Guardian articles involves “extensive procedures, specifically approved by the court, to ensure that only non-U.S. persons outside the U.S. are targeted, and that minimize the acquisition, retention and dissemination of incidentally acquired information about U.S. persons.” The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and requested anonymity, added that Congress had recently reauthorized the program.</p>
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<p>Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said the order was a three-month renewal of an ongoing practice that is supervised by federal judges who balance efforts to protect the country from terror attacks against the need to safeguard Americans’ privacy. The surveillance powers are granted under the post-9/11 Patriot Act, which was renewed in 2006 and again in 2011.</p>
<p>While the scale of the program might not have been news to some congressional leaders, the disclosure offered a public glimpse into a program whose breadth is not widely understood. Sen. Mark Udall, a Colorado Democrat who serves on the Intelligence Committee, said it was the type of surveillance that “I have long said would shock the public if they knew about it.”</p>
<p>The government has hardly been forthcoming.</p>
<p>Wyden released a video of himself pressing Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on the matter during a Senate hearing in March.</p>
<p>“Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Wyden asked.</p>
<p>“No, sir,” Clapper answered.</p>
<p>“It does not?” Wyden pressed.</p>
<p>Clapper quickly softened his answer. “Not wittingly,” he said. “There are cases where they could, inadvertently perhaps, collect — but not wittingly.”</p>
<p>There was no immediate comment from Clapper’s office Thursday on his testimony in March.</p>
<p>The public is now on notice that the government has been collecting data — even if not listening to the conversations — on every phone call every American makes, a program that has operated in the shadows for years, under President George W. Bush, and continued by President Barack Obama.</p>
<p>“It is very likely that business records orders like this exist for every major American telecommunication company, meaning that if you make calls in the United States the NSA has those records,” wrote Cindy Cohn, general counsel of the nonprofit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, and staff attorney Mark Rumold, in a blog post.</p>
<p>Without confirming the authenticity of the court order, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said such surveillance powers are “a critical tool in protecting the nation from terror threats,” by helping officials determine if people in the U.S. who may have been engaged in terrorist activities have been in touch with other known or suspected terrorists.</p>
<p>House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., stressed that phone records are collected under court orders that are approved by the Senate and House Intelligence committees and regularly reviewed.</p>
<p>And Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada played down the significance of the revelation.</p>
<p>“Everyone should just calm down and understand that this isn’t anything that’s brand new,” he said. “This is a program that’s been in effect for seven years, as I recall. It’s a program that has worked to prevent not all terrorism but certainly the vast, vast majority. Now is the program perfect? Of course not.”</p>
<p>But privacy advocates said the scope of the program was indefensible.</p>
<p>“This confirms our worst fears,” said Alexander Abdo, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project. “If the government can track who we call,” he said, “the right to privacy has not just been compromised — it has been defeated.”</p>
<p>Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., who sponsored the USA Patriot Act that governs the collection, said he was “extremely troubled by the FBI’s interpretation of this legislation.”</p>
<p>Attorney General Eric Holder sidestepped questions about the issue during an appearance before a Senate subcommittee, offering instead to discuss it at a classified session that several senators said they would arrange.</p>
<p>House Speaker John Boehner called on Obama to explain why the program is necessary.</p>
<p>It would “be helpful if they’d come forward with the details here,” he said.</p>
<p>The disclosure comes at a particularly inopportune time for the Obama administration. The president already faces questions over the Internal Revenue Service’s improper targeting of conservative groups, the seizure of journalists’ phone records in an investigation into who leaked information to the media, and the administration’s handling of the terrorist attack in Libya that left four Americans dead.</p>
<p>At a minimum, it’s all a distraction as the president tries to tackle big issues like immigration reform and taxes. And it could serve to erode trust in Obama as he tries to advance his second-term agenda and cement his presidential legacy.</p>
<p>The Verizon order, granted by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on April 25 and good until July 19, requires information on the phone numbers of both parties on a call, as well as call time and duration, and unique identifiers, according to The Guardian.</p>
<p>It does not authorize snooping into the content of phone calls. But with millions of phone records in hand, the NSA’s computers can analyze them for patterns, spot unusual behavior and identify “communities of interest” — networks of people in contact with targets or suspicious phone numbers overseas.</p>
<p>Once the government has zeroed in on numbers that it believes are tied to terrorism or foreign governments, it can go back to the court with a wiretap request. That allows the government to monitor the calls in real time, record them and store them indefinitely.</p>
<p>Rogers said once the data has been collected, officials still must follow “a court-approved method and a series of checks and balances to even make the query on a particular number.”</p>
<p>But Jim Harper, a communications and privacy expert at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, questioned the effectiveness of pattern analyses to intercept terrorism. He said that kind of analysis would produce many false positives and give the government access to intricate data about people’s calling habits.</p>
<p>Verizon Executive Vice President and General Counsel Randy Milch, in a blog post, said the company isn’t allowed to comment on any such court order.</p>
<p>“Verizon continually takes steps to safeguard its customers’ privacy,” he wrote. “Nevertheless, the law authorizes the federal courts to order a company to provide information in certain circumstances, and if Verizon were to receive such an order, we would be required to comply.”</p>
<p>The company listed 121 million customers in its first-quarter earnings report this April — 98.9 million wireless customers, 11.7 million residential phone lines and about 10 million commercial lines.</p>
<p>The NSA had no immediate comment. The agency is sensitive to perceptions that it might be spying on Americans. It distributes a brochure that pledges the agency “is unwavering in its respect for U.S. laws and Americans’ civil liberties — and its commitment to accountability.”</p>
<p>Under Bush, the NSA built a highly classified wiretapping program to monitor emails and phone calls worldwide. The full details of that program remain unknown, but one aspect was to monitor massive numbers of incoming and outgoing U.S. calls to look for suspicious patterns, said an official familiar with the program. That official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss it publicly.</p>
<p>After The New York Times revealed the existence of that wiretapping program, the data collection continued under the Patriot Act, the official said. The official did not know if the program was continuous or whether it stopped and restarted at times.</p>
<p>The FISA court order, signed by Judge Roger Vinson, compelled Verizon to provide the NSA with electronic copies of “all call detail records or telephony metadata created by Verizon for communications between the United States and abroad” or “wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls,” The Guardian said.</p>
<p>The law on which the order explicitly relies is the “business records” provision of the Patriot Act.</p>
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issue court order first disclosed wednesday guardian newspaper britain requires communications company verizon turn ongoing daily basis records landline mobile telephone calls customers within us us countries intelligence experts said government though listening calls would looking patterns could lead terrorists every reason believe similar orders place phone companies critics congress well civil liberties advocates declared sweeping nature national security agency program represented unwarranted intrusion americans private lives number lawmakers including republicans normally jump chance criticize obama administration lauded programs effectiveness leaders house intelligence committee said program helped thwart least one attempted terrorist attack united states possibly saving american lives separately washington post guardian reported thursday existence another program used nsa fbi scours nations main internet companies extracting audio video photographs emails documents connection logs help analysts track persons movements contacts clear whether program called prism targets known suspects broadly collects data americans advertisement companies include microsoft yahoo google facebook paltalk aol skype youtube apple post said paltalk numerous posts arab spring syrian civil war also said dropbox would soon included google facebook yahoo microsoft apple said statements provide government direct access records facebook asked data information specific individuals carefully scrutinize request compliance applicable laws provide information extent required law company said leaks programs brought sharp response james clapper director national intelligence unusual statement late thursday clapper called disclosure internet surveillance program reprehensible said leak phone record collecting could cause longlasting irreversible harm nations ability respond threats clapper said news reports programs contained inaccuracies omitted key information declassified details authority 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conversations every phone call every american makes program operated shadows years president george w bush continued president barack obama likely business records orders like exist every major american telecommunication company meaning make calls united states nsa records wrote cindy cohn general counsel nonprofit digital rights group electronic frontier foundation staff attorney mark rumold blog post without confirming authenticity court order white house spokesman josh earnest said surveillance powers critical tool protecting nation terror threats helping officials determine people us may engaged terrorist activities touch known suspected terrorists house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers rmich stressed phone records collected court orders approved senate house intelligence committees regularly reviewed senate democratic leader harry reid nevada played significance revelation everyone calm understand isnt anything thats brand new said program thats effect seven years 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attack libya left four americans dead minimum distraction president tries tackle big issues like immigration reform taxes could serve erode trust obama tries advance secondterm agenda cement presidential legacy verizon order granted secret foreign intelligence surveillance court april 25 good july 19 requires information phone numbers parties call well call time duration unique identifiers according guardian authorize snooping content phone calls millions phone records hand nsas computers analyze patterns spot unusual behavior identify communities interest networks people contact targets suspicious phone numbers overseas government zeroed numbers believes tied terrorism foreign governments go back court wiretap request allows government monitor calls real time record store indefinitely rogers said data collected officials still must follow courtapproved method series checks balances even make query particular number jim harper communications privacy expert libertarianleaning cato institute questioned effectiveness pattern analyses intercept terrorism said kind analysis would produce many false positives give government access intricate data peoples calling habits verizon executive vice president general counsel randy milch blog post said company isnt allowed comment court order verizon continually takes steps safeguard customers privacy wrote nevertheless law authorizes federal courts order company provide information certain circumstances verizon receive order would required comply company listed 121 million customers firstquarter earnings report april 989 million wireless customers 117 million residential phone lines 10 million commercial lines nsa immediate comment agency sensitive perceptions might spying americans distributes brochure pledges agency unwavering respect us laws americans civil liberties commitment accountability bush nsa built highly classified wiretapping program monitor emails phone calls worldwide full details program remain unknown one aspect monitor massive numbers incoming outgoing us calls look suspicious patterns said official familiar program official spoke condition anonymity authorized discuss publicly new york times revealed existence wiretapping program data collection continued patriot act official said official know program continuous whether stopped restarted times fisa court order signed judge roger vinson compelled verizon provide nsa electronic copies call detail records telephony metadata created verizon communications united states abroad wholly within united states including local telephone calls guardian said law order explicitly relies business records provision patriot act
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<p>BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union powers on Thursday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to endorse a key nuclear agreement with Iran insisting that the deal is essential for international security.</p>
<p>The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany threw their weight behind the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and insisted that the Islamic Republic is respecting it.</p>
<p>“There is no indication today that could call into doubt Iranian respect of the agreement,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters in Brussels, after a meeting between the Europeans and their Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif.</p>
<p>Le Drian called on all parties to uphold the agreement, noting that “our American allies should respect it as well. There is no particular reason for any rupture.”</p>
<p>Under the accord, Iran slowed its nuclear program in exchange for an easing of international economic sanctions. Trump is expected to decide by Friday whether to extend the sanctions relief or re-impose the restrictions his predecessor, President Barack Obama, suspended two years ago.</p>
<p>British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also noted that no one has put forward a plan that might be as effective in curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions.</p>
<p>“It’s incumbent on those who oppose the (deal) really to come up with that better solution, because we haven’t seen it so far,” he said.</p>
<p>However, Johnson said it is “legitimate and right” to focus in parallel on what Iran should do to ease the crises in Yemen and Syria.</p>
<p>Officials from major world powers and Iran meet roughly every three to four months to assess implementation of the deal, which is monitored by the world’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.</p>
<p>The 2015 pact is underpinned on the U.S. side by a presidential waiver of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran’s central bank.</p>
<p>U.S. officials and others familiar with the administration’s deliberations told The Associated Press that Trump is likely to back the accord for now but that he may pair his decision with new, targeted sanctions on Iranian businesses and people.</p>
<p>The restrictions could hit some firms and individuals whose sanctions were previously scrapped. This might test Tehran’s willingness to abide by its side of the bargain.</p>
<p>The agreement does not stop countries from imposing non-nuclear related sanctions on Iran.</p>
<p>EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who hosted Thursday’s meeting, said that unity “is essential to preserve a deal that is working, that is making the world safer, and preventing a potential nuclear arms race in the region.”</p>
<p>Zarif noted in a tweet the “strong consensus in Brussels” that Tehran is respecting its obligations and that “Iran’s continued compliance (is) conditioned on full compliance by the U.S.”</p>
<p>German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also underlined the importance of upholding the deal with nuclear tensions high in the Korean Peninsula.</p>
<p>“It’s absolutely necessary to have the signal that it’s possible by diplomatic approaches to prevent the development of nuclear weapons in a time where other parts of the world are discussing how to get nuclear weapons into force,” he said.</p>
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<p>Waleed Marzouk in Tehran contributed.</p>
<p>BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union powers on Thursday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to endorse a key nuclear agreement with Iran insisting that the deal is essential for international security.</p>
<p>The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany threw their weight behind the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and insisted that the Islamic Republic is respecting it.</p>
<p>“There is no indication today that could call into doubt Iranian respect of the agreement,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters in Brussels, after a meeting between the Europeans and their Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif.</p>
<p>Le Drian called on all parties to uphold the agreement, noting that “our American allies should respect it as well. There is no particular reason for any rupture.”</p>
<p>Under the accord, Iran slowed its nuclear program in exchange for an easing of international economic sanctions. Trump is expected to decide by Friday whether to extend the sanctions relief or re-impose the restrictions his predecessor, President Barack Obama, suspended two years ago.</p>
<p>British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also noted that no one has put forward a plan that might be as effective in curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions.</p>
<p>“It’s incumbent on those who oppose the (deal) really to come up with that better solution, because we haven’t seen it so far,” he said.</p>
<p>However, Johnson said it is “legitimate and right” to focus in parallel on what Iran should do to ease the crises in Yemen and Syria.</p>
<p>Officials from major world powers and Iran meet roughly every three to four months to assess implementation of the deal, which is monitored by the world’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.</p>
<p>The 2015 pact is underpinned on the U.S. side by a presidential waiver of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran’s central bank.</p>
<p>U.S. officials and others familiar with the administration’s deliberations told The Associated Press that Trump is likely to back the accord for now but that he may pair his decision with new, targeted sanctions on Iranian businesses and people.</p>
<p>The restrictions could hit some firms and individuals whose sanctions were previously scrapped. This might test Tehran’s willingness to abide by its side of the bargain.</p>
<p>The agreement does not stop countries from imposing non-nuclear related sanctions on Iran.</p>
<p>EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who hosted Thursday’s meeting, said that unity “is essential to preserve a deal that is working, that is making the world safer, and preventing a potential nuclear arms race in the region.”</p>
<p>Zarif noted in a tweet the “strong consensus in Brussels” that Tehran is respecting its obligations and that “Iran’s continued compliance (is) conditioned on full compliance by the U.S.”</p>
<p>German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also underlined the importance of upholding the deal with nuclear tensions high in the Korean Peninsula.</p>
<p>“It’s absolutely necessary to have the signal that it’s possible by diplomatic approaches to prevent the development of nuclear weapons in a time where other parts of the world are discussing how to get nuclear weapons into force,” he said.</p>
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<p>Waleed Marzouk in Tehran contributed.</p>
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brussels ap european union powers thursday urged us president donald trump endorse key nuclear agreement iran insisting deal essential international security foreign ministers britain france germany threw weight behind pact limiting irans nuclear ambitions insisted islamic republic respecting indication today could call doubt iranian respect agreement french foreign minister jeanyves le drian told reporters brussels meeting europeans iranian counterpart javad zarif le drian called parties uphold agreement noting american allies respect well particular reason rupture accord iran slowed nuclear program exchange easing international economic sanctions trump expected decide friday whether extend sanctions relief reimpose restrictions predecessor president barack obama suspended two years ago british foreign secretary boris johnson also noted one put forward plan might effective curbing irans nuclear ambitions incumbent oppose deal really come better solution havent seen far said however johnson said legitimate right focus parallel iran ease crises yemen syria officials major world powers iran meet roughly every three four months assess implementation deal monitored worlds nuclear watchdog international atomic energy agency 2015 pact underpinned us side presidential waiver nuclearrelated sanctions irans central bank us officials others familiar administrations deliberations told associated press trump likely back accord may pair decision new targeted sanctions iranian businesses people restrictions could hit firms individuals whose sanctions previously scrapped might test tehrans willingness abide side bargain agreement stop countries imposing nonnuclear related sanctions iran eu foreign policy chief federica mogherini hosted thursdays meeting said unity essential preserve deal working making world safer preventing potential nuclear arms race region zarif noted tweet strong consensus brussels tehran respecting obligations irans continued compliance conditioned full compliance us german foreign minister sigmar gabriel also underlined importance upholding deal nuclear tensions high korean peninsula absolutely necessary signal possible diplomatic approaches prevent development nuclear weapons time parts world discussing get nuclear weapons force said ___ waleed marzouk tehran contributed brussels ap european union powers thursday urged us president donald trump endorse key nuclear agreement iran insisting deal essential international security foreign ministers britain france germany threw weight behind pact limiting irans nuclear ambitions insisted islamic republic respecting indication today could call doubt iranian respect agreement french foreign minister jeanyves le drian told reporters brussels meeting europeans iranian counterpart javad zarif le drian called parties uphold agreement noting american allies respect well particular reason rupture accord iran slowed nuclear program exchange easing international economic sanctions trump expected decide friday whether extend sanctions relief reimpose restrictions predecessor president barack obama suspended two years ago british foreign secretary boris johnson also noted one put forward plan might effective curbing irans nuclear ambitions incumbent oppose deal really come better solution havent seen far said however johnson said legitimate right focus parallel iran ease crises yemen syria officials major world powers iran meet roughly every three four months assess implementation deal monitored worlds nuclear watchdog international atomic energy agency 2015 pact underpinned us side presidential waiver nuclearrelated sanctions irans central bank us officials others familiar administrations deliberations told associated press trump likely back accord may pair decision new targeted sanctions iranian businesses people restrictions could hit firms individuals whose sanctions previously scrapped might test tehrans willingness abide side bargain agreement stop countries imposing nonnuclear related sanctions iran eu foreign policy chief federica mogherini hosted thursdays meeting said unity essential preserve deal working making world safer preventing potential nuclear arms race region zarif noted tweet strong consensus brussels tehran respecting obligations irans continued compliance conditioned full compliance us german foreign minister sigmar gabriel also underlined importance upholding deal nuclear tensions high korean peninsula absolutely necessary signal possible diplomatic approaches prevent development nuclear weapons time parts world discussing get nuclear weapons force said ___ waleed marzouk tehran contributed
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<p>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Todd Gurley realizes he could lose his first NFL rushing title — and maybe even the league MVP award — while he stands on the sideline at the Coliseum this Sunday.</p>
<p>The Los Angeles Rams’ do-it-all running back insists he doesn’t mind taking a forced week off, even with just a 13-yard lead in the NFL rushing race.</p>
<p>That’s because Gurley knows he’ll be playing next weekend.</p>
<p>“You’ve just got to look at the bigger picture,” Gurley said. “Coach (Sean McVay) has a plan, and he’s done nothing but right things since we’ve been in here, so you’ve got to trust him on this decision as well.”</p>
<p>Gurley heads into the final weekend of the regular season with 1,305 yards and that slim lead over Kansas City rookie Kareem Hunt (1,292) and Pittsburgh star Le’Veon Bell (1,291). Gurley is also a top candidate for league MVP, with many observers seeing it as a two-man race with New England quarterback Tom Brady.</p>
<p>The Rams, Chiefs and Steelers are all headed to the postseason with minimal reason to risk their workhorse backs in a largely meaningless regular-season finale, but only McVay has confirmed that his star back will sit out Sunday to rest. Gurley doesn’t know whether he’ll finish on top, but he’ll cheer on his replacements in the Rams’ backfield either way.</p>
<p>“I’m happy for the guys that’s going to be able to play,” Gurley said. “They haven’t been able to play this whole season, and this is a great job for these guys to go out and compete. There’s free agency next year, stuff like that.”</p>
<p>Although Gurley is a big football fan who understands what company he would be joining by winning an NFL rushing title, he understands the primacy of the NFC West champion Rams’ first playoff appearance since 2004.</p>
<p>“Your best ability is availability, and being able to play in each game of the season,” Gurley said. “To be healthy, and put points on the board to help your team win, is a great accomplishment for me. I’m just thankful to be in the positon that I’m in.”</p>
<p>Barring a monster final day by Hunt or Bell, this season’s rushing champion will finish with the fewest yards for a champ since 1990, when Barry Sanders won the title with just 1,304 yards. The next-lowest total for a champ since 1990 is LaDainian Tomlinson’s 1,474 yards in 2007.</p>
<p>But Gurley is back among the NFL’s top offensive players after a rough 2016 relocation season with the Rams because of his superb work as a receiver as well as a ball-carrier.</p>
<p>While his rushing success is back at the level of his outstanding rookie season in St. Louis, Gurley has turned himself into a constant threat as a pass-catcher out of the backfield. He leads the NFL with 2,093 all-purpose yards and Bell (1,946) would need a huge game to catch him for that particular title.</p>
<p>Gurley’s 788 yards receiving are the most in the NFL for a running back. Only Alvin Kamara, New Orleans’ dual-threat rookie, is close with 742.</p>
<p>“He has really worked and been intentional about getting better as a receiver,” said McVay, who has exploited Gurley’s pass-catching ability with increasing enthusiasm as the season wore on. “He’s a special back, and he’s been playing at his best these last couple of weeks. He’s got such a great energy and an ability to contribute in a variety of ways.”</p>
<p>Indeed, Gurley’s regular season ended with a bang when he posted 456 yards from scrimmage and six touchdowns in the past two games. He put up 276 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in the Rams’ division-clinching win at Tennessee last weekend.</p>
<p>Gurley heralded that game with a clever tweet: “Fantasy owners you’re welcome now leave us alone. Merry Christmas!”</p>
<p>Gurley has a love-hate relationship with fans who bother him about their fantasy teams’ performances, but he was thrilled when a social media movement emerged this week for championship-winning fantasy owners to donate part of their winnings from Gurley’s brilliance to Shriners Hospitals for Children, one of Gurley’s favorite charitable organizations.</p>
<p>“Man, that was dope,” Gurley said. “That’s real cool, just seeing that on social media. It doesn’t matter what the money amount is, $10, $5, $25. Just to see that, and people caring, that means a lot.”</p>
<p>NOTES: The Rams activated safety Cody Davis from injured reserve and placed linebacker Matt Longacre on injured reserve in two long-anticipated moves. ... McVay added two more names to the list of veterans who won’t play much, if at all, against San Francisco on Sunday: linebacker Mark Barron and guard Rodger Saffold. Barron’s Achilles tendon injury could limit him next week and into the playoffs, McVay acknowledged.</p>
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<p>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Todd Gurley realizes he could lose his first NFL rushing title — and maybe even the league MVP award — while he stands on the sideline at the Coliseum this Sunday.</p>
<p>The Los Angeles Rams’ do-it-all running back insists he doesn’t mind taking a forced week off, even with just a 13-yard lead in the NFL rushing race.</p>
<p>That’s because Gurley knows he’ll be playing next weekend.</p>
<p>“You’ve just got to look at the bigger picture,” Gurley said. “Coach (Sean McVay) has a plan, and he’s done nothing but right things since we’ve been in here, so you’ve got to trust him on this decision as well.”</p>
<p>Gurley heads into the final weekend of the regular season with 1,305 yards and that slim lead over Kansas City rookie Kareem Hunt (1,292) and Pittsburgh star Le’Veon Bell (1,291). Gurley is also a top candidate for league MVP, with many observers seeing it as a two-man race with New England quarterback Tom Brady.</p>
<p>The Rams, Chiefs and Steelers are all headed to the postseason with minimal reason to risk their workhorse backs in a largely meaningless regular-season finale, but only McVay has confirmed that his star back will sit out Sunday to rest. Gurley doesn’t know whether he’ll finish on top, but he’ll cheer on his replacements in the Rams’ backfield either way.</p>
<p>“I’m happy for the guys that’s going to be able to play,” Gurley said. “They haven’t been able to play this whole season, and this is a great job for these guys to go out and compete. There’s free agency next year, stuff like that.”</p>
<p>Although Gurley is a big football fan who understands what company he would be joining by winning an NFL rushing title, he understands the primacy of the NFC West champion Rams’ first playoff appearance since 2004.</p>
<p>“Your best ability is availability, and being able to play in each game of the season,” Gurley said. “To be healthy, and put points on the board to help your team win, is a great accomplishment for me. I’m just thankful to be in the positon that I’m in.”</p>
<p>Barring a monster final day by Hunt or Bell, this season’s rushing champion will finish with the fewest yards for a champ since 1990, when Barry Sanders won the title with just 1,304 yards. The next-lowest total for a champ since 1990 is LaDainian Tomlinson’s 1,474 yards in 2007.</p>
<p>But Gurley is back among the NFL’s top offensive players after a rough 2016 relocation season with the Rams because of his superb work as a receiver as well as a ball-carrier.</p>
<p>While his rushing success is back at the level of his outstanding rookie season in St. Louis, Gurley has turned himself into a constant threat as a pass-catcher out of the backfield. He leads the NFL with 2,093 all-purpose yards and Bell (1,946) would need a huge game to catch him for that particular title.</p>
<p>Gurley’s 788 yards receiving are the most in the NFL for a running back. Only Alvin Kamara, New Orleans’ dual-threat rookie, is close with 742.</p>
<p>“He has really worked and been intentional about getting better as a receiver,” said McVay, who has exploited Gurley’s pass-catching ability with increasing enthusiasm as the season wore on. “He’s a special back, and he’s been playing at his best these last couple of weeks. He’s got such a great energy and an ability to contribute in a variety of ways.”</p>
<p>Indeed, Gurley’s regular season ended with a bang when he posted 456 yards from scrimmage and six touchdowns in the past two games. He put up 276 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in the Rams’ division-clinching win at Tennessee last weekend.</p>
<p>Gurley heralded that game with a clever tweet: “Fantasy owners you’re welcome now leave us alone. Merry Christmas!”</p>
<p>Gurley has a love-hate relationship with fans who bother him about their fantasy teams’ performances, but he was thrilled when a social media movement emerged this week for championship-winning fantasy owners to donate part of their winnings from Gurley’s brilliance to Shriners Hospitals for Children, one of Gurley’s favorite charitable organizations.</p>
<p>“Man, that was dope,” Gurley said. “That’s real cool, just seeing that on social media. It doesn’t matter what the money amount is, $10, $5, $25. Just to see that, and people caring, that means a lot.”</p>
<p>NOTES: The Rams activated safety Cody Davis from injured reserve and placed linebacker Matt Longacre on injured reserve in two long-anticipated moves. ... McVay added two more names to the list of veterans who won’t play much, if at all, against San Francisco on Sunday: linebacker Mark Barron and guard Rodger Saffold. Barron’s Achilles tendon injury could limit him next week and into the playoffs, McVay acknowledged.</p>
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thousand oaks calif ap todd gurley realizes could lose first nfl rushing title maybe even league mvp award stands sideline coliseum sunday los angeles rams doitall running back insists doesnt mind taking forced week even 13yard lead nfl rushing race thats gurley knows hell playing next weekend youve got look bigger picture gurley said coach sean mcvay plan hes done nothing right things since weve youve got trust decision well gurley heads final weekend regular season 1305 yards slim lead kansas city rookie kareem hunt 1292 pittsburgh star leveon bell 1291 gurley also top candidate league mvp many observers seeing twoman race new england quarterback tom brady rams chiefs steelers headed postseason minimal reason risk workhorse backs largely meaningless regularseason finale mcvay confirmed star back sit sunday rest gurley doesnt know whether hell finish top hell cheer replacements rams backfield either way im happy guys thats going able play gurley said havent able play whole season great job guys go compete theres free agency next year stuff like although gurley big football fan understands company would joining winning nfl rushing title understands primacy nfc west champion rams first playoff appearance since 2004 best ability availability able play game season gurley said healthy put points board help team win great accomplishment im thankful positon im barring monster final day hunt bell seasons rushing champion finish fewest yards champ since 1990 barry sanders title 1304 yards nextlowest total champ since 1990 ladainian tomlinsons 1474 yards 2007 gurley back among nfls top offensive players rough 2016 relocation season rams superb work receiver well ballcarrier rushing success back level outstanding rookie season st louis gurley turned constant threat passcatcher backfield leads nfl 2093 allpurpose yards bell 1946 would need huge game catch particular title gurleys 788 yards receiving nfl running back alvin kamara new orleans dualthreat rookie close 742 really worked intentional getting better receiver said mcvay exploited gurleys passcatching ability increasing enthusiasm season wore hes special back hes playing best last couple weeks hes got great energy ability contribute variety ways indeed gurleys regular season ended bang posted 456 yards scrimmage six touchdowns past two games put 276 yards scrimmage two touchdowns rams divisionclinching win tennessee last weekend gurley heralded game clever tweet fantasy owners youre welcome leave us alone merry christmas gurley lovehate relationship fans bother fantasy teams performances thrilled social media movement emerged week championshipwinning fantasy owners donate part winnings gurleys brilliance shriners hospitals children one gurleys favorite charitable organizations man dope gurley said thats real cool seeing social media doesnt matter money amount 10 5 25 see people caring means lot notes rams activated safety cody davis injured reserve placed linebacker matt longacre injured reserve two longanticipated moves mcvay added two names list veterans wont play much san francisco sunday linebacker mark barron guard rodger saffold barrons achilles tendon injury could limit next week playoffs mcvay acknowledged ___ nfl coverage wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl thousand oaks calif ap todd gurley realizes could lose first nfl rushing title maybe even league mvp award stands sideline coliseum sunday los angeles rams doitall running back insists doesnt mind taking forced week even 13yard lead nfl rushing race thats gurley knows hell playing next weekend youve got look bigger picture gurley said coach sean mcvay plan hes done nothing right things since weve youve got trust decision well gurley heads final weekend regular season 1305 yards slim lead kansas city rookie kareem hunt 1292 pittsburgh star leveon bell 1291 gurley also top candidate league mvp many observers seeing twoman race new england quarterback tom brady rams chiefs steelers headed postseason minimal reason risk workhorse backs largely meaningless regularseason finale mcvay confirmed star back sit sunday rest gurley doesnt know whether hell finish top hell cheer replacements rams backfield either way im happy guys thats going able play gurley said havent able play whole season great job guys go compete theres free agency next year stuff like although gurley big football fan understands company would joining winning nfl rushing title understands primacy nfc west champion rams first playoff appearance since 2004 best ability availability able play game season gurley said healthy put points board help team win great accomplishment im thankful positon im barring monster final day hunt bell seasons rushing champion finish fewest yards champ since 1990 barry sanders title 1304 yards nextlowest total champ since 1990 ladainian tomlinsons 1474 yards 2007 gurley back among nfls top offensive players rough 2016 relocation season rams superb work receiver well ballcarrier rushing success back level outstanding rookie season st louis gurley turned constant threat passcatcher backfield leads nfl 2093 allpurpose yards bell 1946 would need huge game catch particular title gurleys 788 yards receiving nfl running back alvin kamara new orleans dualthreat rookie close 742 really worked intentional getting better receiver said mcvay exploited gurleys passcatching ability increasing enthusiasm season wore hes special back hes playing best last couple weeks hes got great energy ability contribute variety ways indeed gurleys regular season ended bang posted 456 yards scrimmage six touchdowns past two games put 276 yards scrimmage two touchdowns rams divisionclinching win tennessee last weekend gurley heralded game clever tweet fantasy owners youre welcome leave us alone merry christmas gurley lovehate relationship fans bother fantasy teams performances thrilled social media movement emerged week championshipwinning fantasy owners donate part winnings gurleys brilliance shriners hospitals children one gurleys favorite charitable organizations man dope gurley said thats real cool seeing social media doesnt matter money amount 10 5 25 see people caring means lot notes rams activated safety cody davis injured reserve placed linebacker matt longacre injured reserve two longanticipated moves mcvay added two names list veterans wont play much san francisco sunday linebacker mark barron guard rodger saffold barrons achilles tendon injury could limit next week playoffs mcvay acknowledged ___ nfl coverage wwwpro32aporg wwwtwittercomap_nfl
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<p>8:55 p.m.</p>
<p>Chicago Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber is traveling to Cleveland ahead of Game 1 of the World Series.</p>
<p>A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Schwarber would join the team in Ohio, but the person did not know yet if the slugger would be on the active roster.</p>
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<p>The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the roster won’t be announced until Tuesday.</p>
<p>Schwarber is coming back from major left knee surgery in April. He went 1 for 3 with a double and a walk in Mesa’s 7-2 victory over Surprise in the Arizona Fall League on Monday.</p>
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<p>5:50 p.m.</p>
<p>The Chicago Cubs are keeping the light on for slugger Kyle Schwarber.</p>
<p>Manager Joe Maddon said Schwarber will play in the Arizona Fall League on Monday and the team will wait until the last second before deciding whether to put Schwarber on the World Series roster. Schwarber hasn’t played since tearing a pair of ligaments in his left knee in April.</p>
<p>Maddon said Schwarber is running really well and even sliding in an attempt to give the knee as much stress as possible. Schwarber would primarily be available as a designated hitter.</p>
<p>First baseman Anthony Rizzo said he’s been amazed at Schwarber’s focus during his rehab. Schwarber has spent countless long days at the ballpark undergoing therapy then sticking around to watch the game that night, unusual for injured players. Rizzo joked he told Schwarber to stop watching video of his swing and “just watch baseball and enjoy it.”</p>
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<p>The World Series rosters are due at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.</p>
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<p>5:44 p.m.</p>
<p>Indians manager Terry Francona said right-hander Danny Salazar will be on the World Series roster.</p>
<p>Salazar has not pitched since Sept. 9 because of forearm tightness. He pitched in a simulated game Sunday and Francona said Salazar is ready.</p>
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<p>5:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Fans hoping to see the Cubs play in the World Series for the first time since 1945 are finding a seat could cost more than what their grandparents paid for their houses.</p>
<p>A look at ticket-selling sites on the internet Monday reveals ticket owners are willing to part with theirs for thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. Ticket brokers say fans are starting to spend as much as $12,000.</p>
<p>Fans with more creativity than money are making some unusual offers.</p>
<p>Ticket owners who like to ski might be interested in the offer from a Southern California woman for a week in her mountain cabin for a couple of tickets. A Portland, Oregon, firefighter is offering a Pacific Northwest tour in exchange for a ticket.</p>
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<p>5:15 p.m.</p>
<p>A sprained left ankle could keep Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis out of Game 1 of the World Series.</p>
<p>Kipnis injured his ankle last week while celebrating following the final out of the AL Championship Series in Toronto. He said his ankle has improved, but says it “isn’t exactly a mild sprain. I got it pretty good.”</p>
<p>The Indians host the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night in the World Series opener.</p>
<p>Kipnis says Cleveland’s training staff has done a good job of reducing the swelling and he’ll just have to handle pain. Kipnis said the key will be making sure he has range of motion.</p>
<p>He got hurt when he jumped and shortstop Francisco Lindor accidentally stepped on his foot.</p>
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<p>4:50 p.m.</p>
<p>World Series ace Jon Lester is all set to start Game 1 for the Chicago Cubs.</p>
<p>Lester will be fully rested when he pitches Tuesday night at Cleveland. Corey Kluber will start for the Indians.</p>
<p>The 32-year-old lefty is 2-0 in three starts during this postseason, with wins over the Giants and Dodgers in the NL playoffs. He was 19-5 during the regular season.</p>
<p>Lester is 3-0 in three starts in the World Series with a sparkling 0.43 ERA. He helped the Boston Red Sox win championships in 2007 and 2013.</p>
<p>Cubs manager Joe Maddon says Lester is “really, really in the moment” right now.</p>
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<p>4:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Cubs catcher David Ross said he would have been pulling for the Indians if Chicago wasn’t in the World Series.</p>
<p>Ross said he had wanted to wear a “Party at Napoli’s” T-shirt to media day on Monday in tribute to good friend Mike Napoli. He said he didn’t get a shirt in time so he was wearing a blue Cubs World Series hoodie.</p>
<p>The Cleveland first baseman and Ross were teammates on the 2013 Red Sox team that won the World Series.</p>
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<p>3:45 p.m.</p>
<p>The weather forecast is looking clear in Cleveland for Game 1 of the World Series.</p>
<p>It’s supposed to be right around 50 degrees with little chance of rain when the Chicago Cubs play the Indians at Progressive Field on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>As of now, it might be a little more iffy for Game 2 on Wednesday night. Rain is moving into the Midwest and could be around the ballpark at gametime.</p>
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<p>2:49 p.m.</p>
<p>Pop star Rachel Platten will sing the national anthem before Game 1 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs.</p>
<p>Her hit “Fight Song” has been on the music charts for months.</p>
<p>Country duo Locash will perform the anthem before Game 2 on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>2:40 p.m.</p>
<p>Two of Cleveland’s stars from the 1990s, Kenny Lofton and Carlos Baerga, will throw out ceremonial first pitches at the World Series.</p>
<p>Lofton, the fleet-footed center fielder, will have the honor before Game 1 as the Indians host the Chicago Cubs. Baerga, a three-time All-Star second baseman, will handle the duties before Game 2.</p>
<p>Indians fans had pushed on social media to have actor Charlie Sheen, who played Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, a hard-throwing pitcher in the iconic movie “Major League,” throw out the first pitch. However, the Indians had already decided on Lofton and Baerga, who played together on Cleveland’s 1995 World Series team.</p>
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855 pm chicago cubs slugger kyle schwarber traveling cleveland ahead game 1 world series person direct knowledge situation told associated press schwarber would join team ohio person know yet slugger would active roster advertisement person spoke condition anonymity roster wont announced tuesday schwarber coming back major left knee surgery april went 1 3 double walk mesas 72 victory surprise arizona fall league monday ___ 550 pm chicago cubs keeping light slugger kyle schwarber manager joe maddon said schwarber play arizona fall league monday team wait last second deciding whether put schwarber world series roster schwarber hasnt played since tearing pair ligaments left knee april maddon said schwarber running really well even sliding attempt give knee much stress possible schwarber would primarily available designated hitter first baseman anthony rizzo said hes amazed schwarbers focus rehab schwarber spent countless long days ballpark undergoing therapy sticking around watch game night unusual injured players rizzo joked told schwarber stop watching video swing watch baseball enjoy advertisement world series rosters due 10 tuesday morning ___ 544 pm indians manager terry francona said righthander danny salazar world series roster salazar pitched since sept 9 forearm tightness pitched simulated game sunday francona said salazar ready ___ 530 pm fans hoping see cubs play world series first time since 1945 finding seat could cost grandparents paid houses look ticketselling sites internet monday reveals ticket owners willing part thousands even tens thousands dollars ticket brokers say fans starting spend much 12000 fans creativity money making unusual offers ticket owners like ski might interested offer southern california woman week mountain cabin couple tickets portland oregon firefighter offering pacific northwest tour exchange ticket ___ 515 pm sprained left ankle could keep cleveland indians second baseman jason kipnis game 1 world series kipnis injured ankle last week celebrating following final al championship series toronto said ankle improved says isnt exactly mild sprain got pretty good indians host chicago cubs tuesday night world series opener kipnis says clevelands training staff done good job reducing swelling hell handle pain kipnis said key making sure range motion got hurt jumped shortstop francisco lindor accidentally stepped foot ___ 450 pm world series ace jon lester set start game 1 chicago cubs lester fully rested pitches tuesday night cleveland corey kluber start indians 32yearold lefty 20 three starts postseason wins giants dodgers nl playoffs 195 regular season lester 30 three starts world series sparkling 043 era helped boston red sox win championships 2007 2013 cubs manager joe maddon says lester really really moment right ___ 430 pm cubs catcher david ross said would pulling indians chicago wasnt world series ross said wanted wear party napolis tshirt media day monday tribute good friend mike napoli said didnt get shirt time wearing blue cubs world series hoodie cleveland first baseman ross teammates 2013 red sox team world series ___ 345 pm weather forecast looking clear cleveland game 1 world series supposed right around 50 degrees little chance rain chicago cubs play indians progressive field tuesday night might little iffy game 2 wednesday night rain moving midwest could around ballpark gametime ___ 249 pm pop star rachel platten sing national anthem game 1 world series cleveland indians chicago cubs hit fight song music charts months country duo locash perform anthem game 2 wednesday ___ 240 pm two clevelands stars 1990s kenny lofton carlos baerga throw ceremonial first pitches world series lofton fleetfooted center fielder honor game 1 indians host chicago cubs baerga threetime allstar second baseman handle duties game 2 indians fans pushed social media actor charlie sheen played ricky wild thing vaughn hardthrowing pitcher iconic movie major league throw first pitch however indians already decided lofton baerga played together clevelands 1995 world series team
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<p>BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s governor Tuesday asked President Donald Trump to shield states’ medical marijuana programs from federal prosecutors, urging him to “ensure the safe distribution of this life-changing form of treatment.”</p>
<p>The <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgov.louisiana.gov%2Fassets%2Fdocs%2FLetters%2F180109JBEPOTUSMedicalMarijuana.PDF&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMDeslatte%40ap.org%7Ca46c234aa9fa4a4d4ba308d5577dc1e8%7Ce442e1abfd6b4ba3abf3b020eb50df37%7C1%7C0%7C636511119996585413&amp;sdata=9pELl4eGQwxphk3b%2FurArsfTlx%2Bamp5yEhu7iSYur%2F8%3D&amp;reserved=0" type="external">letter sent to the White House</a> by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards came in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement last week that he was ending an Obama-era policy that kept federal authorities from cracking down on legalized pot.</p>
<p>The Department of Justice’s actions “jeopardize this treatment for those who need it in Louisiana and other states, and I am requesting your support in allowing states like Louisiana to offer marijuana as a form of medical treatment without the threat of federal prosecution,” Edwards wrote in the letter, also sent to the state congressional delegation.</p>
<p>Louisiana’s medical marijuana program is just getting organized, with plans to have product available to patients by the summer. Officials involved with the program say they’re not slowing their work to start up operations, while also seeking additional guidance from the Department of Justice.</p>
<p>Acting U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson, who oversees federal prosecutors in Louisiana’s Middle District where both medical marijuana growing operations will be located, has suggested Louisiana’s burgeoning program won’t be affected.</p>
<p>In a statement, Amundson said the pot cases handled by his office “typically involve violence, individuals with significant criminal histories and/or large-scale, unregulated trafficking” and he doesn’t “anticipate a significant change” in marijuana enforcement in his Baton Rouge-based district.</p>
<p>Forty-six states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. A legal protection exists for medical marijuana growers, processors, sellers and users in the form of a temporary congressional measure that prohibits the Justice Department from using government funds to target them.</p>
<p>Edwards said he’s worried that language expires Jan. 19 and the Justice Department might seek to eliminate the protection.</p>
<p>“This exposes state actors and state-sanctioned agents to potential federal criminal liability despite their adherence to state law which was approved by our legislature and signed into law,” the governor wrote. “If this were to take place, it would be devastating to so many men, women and children who are anxiously awaiting access to this treatment option.”</p>
<p>Louisiana’s law, passed in 2015 under former Gov. Bobby Jindal and tweaked again in 2016 under the Edwards administration, allows use of medicinal pot for people with cancer, a severe form of cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy and other specific diseases. Marijuana can be available in medicinal oils, pills, sprays and topical applications, but cannot be sold in a form that can be smoked.</p>
<p>In Louisiana, only the agricultural centers at LSU and Southern University are allowed to grow medicinal-grade pot, overseen by the state agriculture department. Both schools have selected vendors to run the growing operations and are continuing their start-up without disruption by Sessions’ decision.</p>
<p>A handful of doctors have applied for and received permission to dispense medical marijuana once it’s available. The Board of Pharmacy has indicated it intends to issue nine permits to dispensing pharmacies, with selections planned later this month.</p>
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<p>BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s governor Tuesday asked President Donald Trump to shield states’ medical marijuana programs from federal prosecutors, urging him to “ensure the safe distribution of this life-changing form of treatment.”</p>
<p>The <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgov.louisiana.gov%2Fassets%2Fdocs%2FLetters%2F180109JBEPOTUSMedicalMarijuana.PDF&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMDeslatte%40ap.org%7Ca46c234aa9fa4a4d4ba308d5577dc1e8%7Ce442e1abfd6b4ba3abf3b020eb50df37%7C1%7C0%7C636511119996585413&amp;sdata=9pELl4eGQwxphk3b%2FurArsfTlx%2Bamp5yEhu7iSYur%2F8%3D&amp;reserved=0" type="external">letter sent to the White House</a> by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards came in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement last week that he was ending an Obama-era policy that kept federal authorities from cracking down on legalized pot.</p>
<p>The Department of Justice’s actions “jeopardize this treatment for those who need it in Louisiana and other states, and I am requesting your support in allowing states like Louisiana to offer marijuana as a form of medical treatment without the threat of federal prosecution,” Edwards wrote in the letter, also sent to the state congressional delegation.</p>
<p>Louisiana’s medical marijuana program is just getting organized, with plans to have product available to patients by the summer. Officials involved with the program say they’re not slowing their work to start up operations, while also seeking additional guidance from the Department of Justice.</p>
<p>Acting U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson, who oversees federal prosecutors in Louisiana’s Middle District where both medical marijuana growing operations will be located, has suggested Louisiana’s burgeoning program won’t be affected.</p>
<p>In a statement, Amundson said the pot cases handled by his office “typically involve violence, individuals with significant criminal histories and/or large-scale, unregulated trafficking” and he doesn’t “anticipate a significant change” in marijuana enforcement in his Baton Rouge-based district.</p>
<p>Forty-six states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. A legal protection exists for medical marijuana growers, processors, sellers and users in the form of a temporary congressional measure that prohibits the Justice Department from using government funds to target them.</p>
<p>Edwards said he’s worried that language expires Jan. 19 and the Justice Department might seek to eliminate the protection.</p>
<p>“This exposes state actors and state-sanctioned agents to potential federal criminal liability despite their adherence to state law which was approved by our legislature and signed into law,” the governor wrote. “If this were to take place, it would be devastating to so many men, women and children who are anxiously awaiting access to this treatment option.”</p>
<p>Louisiana’s law, passed in 2015 under former Gov. Bobby Jindal and tweaked again in 2016 under the Edwards administration, allows use of medicinal pot for people with cancer, a severe form of cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy and other specific diseases. Marijuana can be available in medicinal oils, pills, sprays and topical applications, but cannot be sold in a form that can be smoked.</p>
<p>In Louisiana, only the agricultural centers at LSU and Southern University are allowed to grow medicinal-grade pot, overseen by the state agriculture department. Both schools have selected vendors to run the growing operations and are continuing their start-up without disruption by Sessions’ decision.</p>
<p>A handful of doctors have applied for and received permission to dispense medical marijuana once it’s available. The Board of Pharmacy has indicated it intends to issue nine permits to dispensing pharmacies, with selections planned later this month.</p>
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baton rouge la ap louisianas governor tuesday asked president donald trump shield states medical marijuana programs federal prosecutors urging ensure safe distribution lifechanging form treatment letter sent white house democratic gov john bel edwards came response us attorney general jeff sessions announcement last week ending obamaera policy kept federal authorities cracking legalized pot department justices actions jeopardize treatment need louisiana states requesting support allowing states like louisiana offer marijuana form medical treatment without threat federal prosecution edwards wrote letter also sent state congressional delegation louisianas medical marijuana program getting organized plans product available patients summer officials involved program say theyre slowing work start operations also seeking additional guidance department justice acting us attorney corey amundson oversees federal prosecutors louisianas middle district medical marijuana growing operations located suggested louisianas burgeoning program wont affected statement amundson said pot cases handled office typically involve violence individuals significant criminal histories andor largescale unregulated trafficking doesnt anticipate significant change marijuana enforcement baton rougebased district fortysix states legalized form medical marijuana according national conference state legislatures legal protection exists medical marijuana growers processors sellers users form temporary congressional measure prohibits justice department using government funds target edwards said hes worried language expires jan 19 justice department might seek eliminate protection exposes state actors statesanctioned agents potential federal criminal liability despite adherence state law approved legislature signed law governor wrote take place would devastating many men women children anxiously awaiting access treatment option louisianas law passed 2015 former gov bobby jindal tweaked 2016 edwards administration allows use medicinal pot people cancer severe form cerebral palsy seizure disorders epilepsy muscular dystrophy specific diseases marijuana available medicinal oils pills sprays topical applications sold form smoked louisiana agricultural centers lsu southern university allowed grow medicinalgrade pot overseen state agriculture department schools selected vendors run growing operations continuing startup without disruption sessions decision handful doctors applied received permission dispense medical marijuana available board pharmacy indicated intends issue nine permits dispensing pharmacies selections planned later month ___ follow melinda deslatte twitter httptwittercommelindadeslatte baton rouge la ap louisianas governor tuesday asked president donald trump shield states medical marijuana programs federal prosecutors urging ensure safe distribution lifechanging form treatment letter sent white house democratic gov john bel edwards came response us attorney general jeff sessions announcement last week ending obamaera policy kept federal authorities cracking legalized pot department justices actions jeopardize treatment need louisiana states requesting support allowing states like louisiana offer marijuana form medical treatment without threat federal prosecution edwards wrote letter also sent state congressional delegation louisianas medical marijuana program getting organized plans product available patients summer officials involved program say theyre slowing work start operations also seeking additional guidance department justice acting us attorney corey amundson oversees federal prosecutors louisianas middle district medical marijuana growing operations located suggested louisianas burgeoning program wont affected statement amundson said pot cases handled office typically involve violence individuals significant criminal histories andor largescale unregulated trafficking doesnt anticipate significant change marijuana enforcement baton rougebased district fortysix states legalized form medical marijuana according national conference state legislatures legal protection exists medical marijuana growers processors sellers users form temporary congressional measure prohibits justice department using government funds target edwards said hes worried language expires jan 19 justice department might seek eliminate protection exposes state actors statesanctioned agents potential federal criminal liability despite adherence state law approved legislature signed law governor wrote take place would devastating many men women children anxiously awaiting access treatment option louisianas law passed 2015 former gov bobby jindal tweaked 2016 edwards administration allows use medicinal pot people cancer severe form cerebral palsy seizure disorders epilepsy muscular dystrophy specific diseases marijuana available medicinal oils pills sprays topical applications sold form smoked louisiana agricultural centers lsu southern university allowed grow medicinalgrade pot overseen state agriculture department schools selected vendors run growing operations continuing startup without disruption sessions decision handful doctors applied received permission dispense medical marijuana available board pharmacy indicated intends issue nine permits dispensing pharmacies selections planned later month ___ follow melinda deslatte twitter httptwittercommelindadeslatte
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<p>LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Business leaders have criticised Britain’s government for its failure to publish a long-delayed paper on the future of its financial services industry after Brexit.</p>
<p>Senior financiers say they were told after the summer that the government would issue a position paper setting out Britain’s negotiating priorities for a sector that pays more corporate tax than any other industry.</p>
<p>“When so many other sectors and issues have been given this clarity, the City is left in the dark,” said Catherine McGuinness, policy chair at the Corporation of the City of London, the capital’s financial district. “This really is disheartening.”</p>
<p>Financial services, which account for about 12 percent of Britain’s economic output, potentially have a lot to lose from the end of unfettered access to the EU market once Britain leaves in March 2019.</p>
<p>Banks in London are setting up new hubs in the EU, but have said they may have to shift more staff and operations than they need unless there is clarity on what sort of new trading deal Britain will negotiate with the EU.</p>
<p>Britain’s Department for Exiting the European Union declined to say if any services paper would ever be published.</p>
<p>“We will keep under review what is the best way of advocating our position – be that in private discussions with the EU, speeches, or a formal position paper,” a spokesperson said.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman told reporters: “We always let you know in the normal way if there is to be one.”</p>
<p>Still, finance executives say relations with the government have improved since Britain and the EU last month agreed to the principle of a transition deal and to talks about future trade relationships.</p>
<p>Bankers had complained last year that their concerns were not being heard, but May told them this month they were a priority for her in Brexit talks. (Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, Huw Jones and William James)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>GAZA (Reuters) - A Gaza farmer was killed and a second man was wounded by an Israeli tank shell on Friday, a Gaza health ministry spokesman said, on a day of heightened tensions ahead of planned protests by Palestinians along the border with Israel.</p>
<p>The Israeli military declined initial comment and was checking for details.</p>
<p>The Gaza health ministry spokesman said the farmer was killed and another wounded near the town of Khan Younis. Residents there said he was gathering crops to sell later.</p>
<p>“Omar Samour, 27, was martyred and another citizen was wounded as a result of (Israeli) targeting of farmers east of Qarara village,” the health ministry said.</p>
<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are planning to begin a six-week-long tent city protest to demand Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to what is now Israel.</p>
<p>Israeli security forces are on heightened alert. Israel’s military chief said in an interview on Wednesday more than 100 sharpshooters had been deployed on the Gaza border ahead of the planned mass demonstration near the frontier.</p>
<p>Organizers from a number of factions, including Islamist Hamas, which dominates Gaza, hope thousands will answer their call to flock to tent cities in five locations along the sensitive border to call for a right of return of Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel.</p>
<p>The Israeli military, citing security concerns, enforces a “no go” zone for Palestinians on land in Gaza adjacent to Israel’s border fence.</p>
<p>The March 30 date for the start of the protest marks “Land Day” commemorating the six Arab citizens of Israel who were killed by Israeli security forces during demonstrations in 1976 over government land confiscations in northern Israel.</p>
<p>It is due to end on May 15, the day Palestinians call the “Nakba” or “catastrophe”, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the conflict surrounding the creation of Israel in 1948.</p>
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<p>(Reuters) - At least seven companies said on Thursday they were dropping advertisements from Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter and he responded with a call for a boycott.</p>
<p>Parkland student David Hogg, 17, tweeted a list of a dozen companies that advertise on “The Ingraham Angle” and urged his supporters to demand that they cancel their ads.</p>
<p>Hogg is a survivor of the Feb. 14 mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Parkland suburb of Fort Lauderdale. He and other classmates have become the faces of a new youth-led movement calling for tighter restrictions on firearms.</p>
<p>Hogg took aim at Ingraham’s advertisers after she taunted him on Twitter on Wednesday, accusing him of whining about being rejected by four colleges to which he had applied.</p>
<p>On Thursday, Ingraham tweeted an apology “in the spirit of Holy Week,” saying she was sorry for any hurt or upset she had caused Hogg or any of the “brave victims” of Parkland.</p>
<p>“For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David ... immediately after that horrific shooting and even noted how ‘poised’ he was given the tragedy,” Ingraham tweeted.</p>
<p>But her apology did not stop companies from departing.</p>
<p>Nutrish, the pet food line created by celebrity chef Rachael Ray, travel website TripAdvisor Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=TRIP.O" type="external">TRIP.O</a>), online home furnishings seller Wayfair Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=W.N" type="external">W.N</a>), the world’s largest packaged food company, Nestle SA ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=NESN.S" type="external">NESN.S</a>), online streaming service Hulu, travel website Expedia Group Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=EXPE.O" type="external">EXPE.O</a>) and online personal shopping service Stitch Fix ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SFIX.O" type="external">SFIX.O</a>) all said they were canceling their advertisements.</p>
<p>Wayfair said in a statement it supports dialogue and debate, but “the decision of an adult to personally criticize a high school student who has lost his classmates in an unspeakable tragedy is not consistent with our values.”</p>
<p>Replying to Hogg’s boycott call, Nutrish tweeted: “We are in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program.”</p> A combination of file photos show media personality Laura Ingraham in Washington October 14, 2017 and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg, at a rally in Washington March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert, Jonathan Ernst/Files
<p>Responding to public pressure, Nestle wrote on Twitter that it had “no plans to buy ads on the show in future.”</p>
<p>Hulu said on Twitter: “We’d like to confirm that we are no longer advertising on Laura Ingraham’s show and are monitoring all of our ad placements carefully.”</p>
<p>CNBC cited a TripAdvisor spokesman as saying the company does not condone “inappropriate comments” by Ingraham that “cross the line of decency.”</p>
<p>TripAdvisor representatives did not immediately reply to a request for comment.</p>
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<p>Expedia, which was not on Hogg’s list or another list of sponsors that Hogg retweeted, “no longer advertises on this show,” Expedia spokeswoman Maureen Thon said in an email.</p>
<p>Hogg wrote on Twitter that an apology just to mollify advertisers was insufficient. He said he would accept it only if Ingraham denounced the way Fox News treated him and his friends.</p>
<p>“It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children,” Hogg tweeted.</p>
<p>Ingraham’s show runs on Fox News, part of Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FOXA.O" type="external">FOXA.O</a>).</p>
<p>Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales in Chicago; Additional reporting by Gina Cherelus in New York, Andrew Hay; Editing by David Gregorio, Matthew Lewis and Diane Craft</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators probing whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia have been questioning witnesses about events at the 2016 Republican National Convention, according to two sources familiar with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiries.</p>
<p>Mueller’s team has been asking about a convention-related event attended by both Russia’s U.S. ambassador and Jeff Sessions, the first U.S. senator to support Trump and now his attorney general, said one source, who requested anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.</p>
<p>Another issue Mueller’s team has been asking about is how and why Republican Party platform language hostile to Russia was deleted from a section of the document related to Ukraine, said another source who also requested anonymity.</p>
<p>Mueller’s interest in what happened at the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio in July 2016, is an indication that Trump campaign contacts and actions related to Russia remain central to the special counsel’s investigation.</p>
<p>Trump, who was nominated as the Republican Party candidate for the November 2016 election during the convention, has denied any collusion with Russia during the campaign. Moscow has denied U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings that it interfered in the campaign to try to tilt the election in Trump’s favor.</p>
<p>Investigators have asked detailed questions about conversations that Sessions, then a Trump campaign adviser, had at a convention event attended by then-Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak, said the first source, who was questioned by Mueller about the event.</p>
<p>The same source said Mueller’s team also has been asking whether Sessions had private discussions with Kislyak on the sidelines of a campaign speech Trump gave at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel in April 2016.</p>
<p>Sessions’ spokespersons have denied repeatedly that he had any private discussions with Kislyak at the Mayflower. Sessions told lawmakers last year he could not recall any conversations with Russian officials at the hotel but could not rule out that a “brief interaction” with Kislyak may have occurred there.</p>
<p>Spokespersons for Mueller and Sessions declined to comment on Mueller’s interest in Sessions’ activities at the convention and other convention-related events.</p> Delegates celebrate at the conclusion of the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein UKRAINE LANGUAGE
<p>The special counsel’s investigators have also interviewed attendees of the committee meetings that drafted the Republican Party platform in Cleveland.</p>
<p>At one committee meeting, according to people in attendance, Diana Denman, a member of the platform committee’s national security subcommittee, proposed language calling for the United States to supply “lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine’s armed forces and greater coordination with NATO on defense planning.”</p>
<p>But the final platform language deleted the reference to “lethal defensive weapons,” a change that made the platform less hostile to Russia, whose troops had invaded the Crimean peninsula and eastern Ukraine.</p>
<p>After the convention, Denman told Reuters in 2016, J.D. Gordon, a Trump foreign policy adviser, told her he was going to speak to Trump about the language on Ukraine, and that Trump’s campaign team played a direct role in softening the platform language.</p> FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Robert Mueller (R) 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>The Trump campaign has denied playing any role in the weakening of the party’s position regarding Ukraine. Gordon has called Denman’s version of events “inaccurate.”</p>
<p>Stephen Yates, co-chair of the platform committee’s national security subcommittee, said he has “heard nothing about other members of the subcommittee being called in for questioning, and I have had no interaction with anyone working on the investigation.”</p>
<p>Sessions recused himself last year from the federal probe into Russian election meddling after it emerged that he had failed to say during his Senate confirmation hearing to be attorney general that he had met with Russia’s ambassador in 2016.</p>
<p>(This version of the story corrects paragraph 8 to show Sessions did not rule out a “brief interaction” with Kislyak instead of he admitted to speaking briefly to Kislyak)</p>
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Facebook Inc executive said in an internal memo in 2016 that the social media company needed to pursue adding users above all else, BuzzFeed News reported on Thursday, prompting disavowals from the executive and Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg.</p> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the Facebook F8 conference in San Francisco, California April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
<p>The memo from Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook vice president, had not been previously reported as Facebook faces inquiries over how it handles personal information and the tactics the social media company has used to grow to 2.1 billion users.</p>
<p>Zuckerberg stood by Bosworth, who goes by the nickname “Boz,” while distancing himself from the memo’s contents. Bosworth confirmed the memo’s authenticity but in a statement he disavowed its message, saying its goal had been to encourage debate.</p>
<p>Facebook users, advertisers and investors have been in an uproar for months over a series of scandals, most recently privacy practices that allowed political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to obtain personal information on 50 million Facebook members. Zuckerberg is expected to testify at a hearing with U.S. lawmakers as soon as April.</p>
<p>“Boz is a talented leader who says many provocative things. This was one that most people at Facebook including myself disagreed with strongly. We’ve never believed the ends justify the means,” Zuckerberg said in a statement.</p>
<p>Bosworth wrote in the June 2016 memo that some “questionable” practices were all right if the result was connecting people.</p>
<p>“That’s why all the work we do in growth is justified. All the questionable contact importing practices. All the subtle language that helps people stay searchable by friends,” he wrote in the memo, which BuzzFeed published on its website.</p> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the Facebook F8 conference in San Francisco, California April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
<p>He also urged fellow employees not to let potential negatives slow them down.</p>
<p>“Maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies. Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools. And still we connect people,” he wrote.</p>
<p>Bosworth said Thursday that he did not agree with the post today “and I didn’t agree with it even when I wrote it.</p>
<p>“Having a debate around hard topics like these is a critical part of our process and to do that effectively we have to be able to consider even bad ideas, if only to eliminate them,” Bosworth’s statement said.</p>
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<p>SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur was forced to make an emergency landing in remote outback Australia on Thursday after running into “technical difficulties”.</p>
<p>All 200 or so passengers on MH122 were reported safe after the Airbus A330-300 was diverted to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory after suffering a fault in one engine.</p>
<p>Passengers took to Twitter to report a “loud disturbing noise” from one of the engines.</p>
<p>In a statement, MAS said: “Safety was not at any time compromised and the commanding captain decided to divert the flight for technical assistance.”</p>
<p>The airline said the passengers would be transferred from Alice Springs to Kuala Lumpur on flight MH148 on Friday. (Reporting by Wayne Cole; Editing by Hugh Lawson)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s lower house of parliament is to consider draft legislation that would give the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict a list of U.S. imports, reacting to new U.S. sanctions on a group of Russian tycoons and officials.</p> Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, visits the historical Space Pavilion opened after a renovation at the the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH) on the Cosmonautics Day in Moscow, Russia April 12, 2018. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERS
<p>Senior lawmakers in the State Duma, which is dominated by Kremlin loyalists, said they had prepared the list ranging from food and alcohol to medicine and consulting services in response to Washington’s move last week.</p>
<p>It was not immediately clear if the draft legislation - which would allow the government to impose the measures should the need arise - would become law in its current form, or if it had the backing of the Kremlin.</p>
<p>A Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said it was understandable that Russian lawmakers wanted to retaliate against the U.S. measures. He said, though, that the Kremlin had yet to familiarise itself with the draft law.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>The Russian parliament is often used to send assertive messages to foreign states, but these do not always translate into concrete measures.</p>
<p>Large-scale restrictions on U.S. goods and services would hurt American firms but could also cause significant disruption in Russia, where consumers flock to McDonald’s restaurants, fly on vacation in Boeing jets, and use Apple phones.</p>
<p>The draft law, according to a text seen by Reuters, is aimed at protecting Russia’s interests and security in the face of “unfriendly and unlawful acts by the United States of America and other foreign states”.</p>
<p>Russian currency and stock markets, preoccupied with the threat of U.S. military action in Syria and the fallout from Washington’s new sanctions, did not react to the draft legislation.</p>
<p>It is to be discussed in the lower house next week.</p> TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL
<p>The proposed measures are in retaliation for the White House’s imposition of the toughest set of sanctions on Russia since Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014, which dragged relations to their lowest point since the Cold War.</p>
<p>Moscow reacted then with countersanctions banning a wide range of food imports from Western countries.</p>
<p>Russia imported $12.5 billion worth of U.S. products in 2017, according to official customs data. That included aircraft, machinery, pharmaceutical and chemical products.</p>
<p>The draft legislation would give authorities the power to impose bans or restrictions in multiple areas of trade with the United States if they deemed that Washington was threatening Russia’s interests.</p>
<p>The sectors listed in the draft which could be subject to bans or restrictions include U.S.-made software and farm goods, U.S. medicines that can be sourced elsewhere, and tobacco and alcohol.</p>
<p>It gives the government the power to ban cooperation with the United States on atomic power, rocket engines and aircraft making, and to bar U.S. firms from taking part in Russian privatisation deals.</p>
<p>The provision of auditing, legal and consulting services by U.S. firms could also be subject to bans or restrictions, and curbs could be imposed on U.S. citizens working in Russia.</p>
<p>Western companies, including Ford Motor Co, PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola’s bottler Coca-Cola HBC, have also invested billions of dollars since the fall of the Soviet Union to set up local production in Russia.</p>
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<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday he hoped that there would be no repeat of the experience of Libya and Iraq in the Syria conflict.</p> Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok in Moscow, Russia April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
<p>“God forbid anything adventurous will be done in Syria following the Libyan and Iraqi experience,” Lavrov told a news conference on Friday.</p>
<p>He said that even the smallest miscalculation in Syria could lead to new waves of migrants and that ultimatums and threats do not help the dialogue.</p>
<p>“Even non-significant incidents would lead to new waves of migrants to Europe and to other consequences, which neither we nor our European neighbors need,” Lavrov said.</p>
<p>The United States is discussing with allies a military response to an alleged gas attack by Syrian government forces on the town of Douma that killed dozens of people, which could lead to confrontation with Russia.</p>
<p>Russia and the United States are using their channels of communications on Syria, according to Lavrov.</p>
<p>“As for the channels - and they are periodical conversations between presidents and quite regular channels between the military - they are being used,” the minister said.</p>
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<p>BEIRUT (Reuters) - The prospect of Western military action in Syria that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over the Middle East on Friday but there was no clear sign that a U.S.-led attack was imminent.</p>
<p>International chemical weapons experts were traveling to Syria to investigate an alleged gas attack by government forces on the town of Douma which killed dozens of people. Two days ago U.S. President Donald Trump warned that missiles “will be coming” in response to that attack.</p>
<p>The allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were eager on Friday to lay blame for the crisis not with him but with Trump.</p>
<p>Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said international relations should not depend on one person’s morning mood, in apparent reference to Trump’s tweets.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>“We cannot depend on what someone on the other side of the ocean takes into his head in the morning. We cannot take such risks,” said Dvorkovich, speaking at a forum.</p>
<p>Russia has warned the West against attacking Assad, who is also supported by Iran, and says there is no evidence of a chemical attack in Douma, a town near Damascus which had been held by rebels until this month.</p>
<p>Vassily Nebenzia, Moscow’s ambassador to the United Nations, said he “cannot exclude” war between the United States and Russia.</p>
<p>“The immediate priority is to avert the danger of war,” he told reporters. “We hope there will be no point of no return.”</p>
<p>Sheikh Naim Qassem, deputy leader of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, told Lebanese daily al-Joumhouria: “The conditions do not point to a total war happening...unless Trump and (Israeli leader Benjamin) Netanyahu completely lose their minds.”</p>
<p>U.S. allies have offered strong words of support for Washington but no clear military plans have yet emerged.</p>
<p>British Prime Minister Theresa May won backing from her senior ministers on Thursday to take unspecified action with the United States and France to deter further use of chemical weapons by Syria.</p>
<p>Trump was also expected to speak with French President Emmanuel Macron, who said on Thursday France had proof the Syrian government carried out the Douma attack and would decide whether to strike back when all necessary information had been gathered.</p> ASSAD TIGHTENS GRIP
<p>Trump himself appeared on Thursday to cast doubt on at least the timing of any U.S.-led military action, tweeting: “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all!”</p> U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with governors and members of Congress at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
<p>He met his national security team on the situation in Syria later in the day and “no final decision has been made,” the White House said in a statement.</p>
<p>“We are continuing to assess intelligence and are engaged in conversations with our partners and allies,” it said.</p>
<p>A team of experts from the global chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was traveling to Syria and will start its investigations into the Douma incident on Saturday, the Netherlands-based agency said.</p>
<p>The capture of Douma has clinched a major victory for Assad, crushing what was once a center of the insurgency near Damascus, and underlines his unassailable position in the war.</p> Slideshow (3 Images)
<p>He has cemented his control over most of the western, more heavily populated, part of the country, with rebels and jihadist insurgents largely contained to two areas on Syria’s northern and southern borders.</p>
<p>They still control the northwestern province of Idlib, near Turkey, and a southern region around Deraa, on the border with Jordan. Turkish forces and rebel allies control territory in northern Syria, while U.S.-backed Kurdish forces hold wide areas of the northeast, and pockets of Islamic State fighters remain.</p>
<p>But none of those any longer directly threaten Assad’s grip on power, which has been reinforced by Russian air power and Iran-backed fighters on the ground.</p>
<p>Reporting by Alistair Smout, Tom Perry, Ellen Francis and Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Andrew Roche; Editing by Angus MacSwan</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron stressed on Friday concerns about the deterioration of the situation in Syria in a phone call with his Russia counterpart Vladimir Putin and called for more dialogue with Moscow, his office said.</p>
<p>Macron, who on Thursday said France had proof the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an attack last week, also expressed regret at Russia’s use of its United Nations Security Council veto on the attack.</p>
<p>“The president of the republic called for dialogue with Russia to be maintained and stepped up to bring peace and stability back to Syria,” a statement from Macron’s office said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Ingrid Melander</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
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<p>Never mind the hike. Where’s the hammock?</p>
<p>A new poll about summer travel finds that the No. 1 thing Americans want to do on vacation is … nothing.</p>
<p>Almost three-fourths of Americans say resting and relaxing is very or extremely important to them when they go on vacation, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.</p>
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<p>Among those dreaming about kicking back is Yari Blanco of Brooklyn, New York, who recently tweeted, “Your girl needs a vacation. The kind where you lay by a crystal blue beach and nap in a hammock.” Blanco, who’s been busy working on a website she recently launched called TheGirlMob, hopes to squeeze in some relaxation time in July and maybe a trip later this year to Portugal.</p>
<p>STAYCATIONS AND UNPLUGGING</p>
<p>Interestingly, most Americans say staying home and doing nothing isn’t ideal. Instead, they want a change of scenery. Of those who plan a summer vacation, 92 percent are going away and only 8 percent are making it a staycation. More than half of those polled said relaxing at home doesn’t count as a real vacation.</p>
<p>How about unplugging?</p>
<p>Only 22 percent “completely disconnect” while on vacation. A third don’t even try to get away from the internet and social media. Some of those surveyed — 42 percent — say they dial back their time online a little.</p>
<p>Americans under 30 are the most plugged in. Just 13 percent say they’re likely to completely disconnect on vacation.</p>
<p>But most Americans do avoid working on vacation. Sixty percent of workers say they don’t check in with work at all when they’re on vacation, while 32 percent say they work or check in with work a little. Eight percent may fall into the workaholic category: They work or check in with the office “a lot.”</p>
<p>The term “bleisure” has been a buzzword recently in the travel industry, describing a combination of business and leisure travel. But most Americans (69 percent) don’t consider extending a business trip to be a real vacation.</p>
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<p>TOP VACATION ACTIVITIES</p>
<p>Sightseeing was ranked important by 55 percent of those surveyed, followed by experiencing local culture and cuisine (51 percent), visiting family (46 percent) and spending time in nature (45 percent).</p>
<p>But there’s a gender gap. Shopping is more popular with women than men (22 percent versus 9 percent), and women also prioritize sightseeing (60 percent versus 49 percent) and visiting family (52 percent versus 40 percent) more than men.</p>
<p>AIRLINE REGULATIONS</p>
<p>Many Americans support more government regulations on airlines — perhaps a logical response to recent headlines over passengers being hauled off flights in disputes with airline staff. Six in 10 respondents want the government to regulate airline policies for bumping passengers and handling overbooked flights. Nearly half would like to see more regulation regarding flight delays and cancellations.</p>
<p>Shiva Rajagopal of Fort Lee, New Jersey, is among those supporting regulations to bar airlines from forcing people off flights. “I’ve had a couple of bad experiences being bumped out of flights,” he said. Airlines shouldn’t be able to do it “no matter what the compensation is,” he said, because sometimes “you have to be in a particular place at a particular time.”</p>
<p>TRAVELING COMPANIONS</p>
<p>The stereotypical image of families piling into a car for a summer trip isn’t too far from reality. Among married couples, 87 percent vacation with their spouses. Among parents, 87 percent vacation with their kids. Three-fourths of vacationing parents will drive rather than fly.</p>
<p>Most vacationers, married or not, travel with others. Overall, 68 percent will travel with a spouse or significant other and 49 percent will travel with other relatives or friends. Just 14 percent of vacationers will travel solo, including about a quarter of unmarried travelers.</p>
<p>Sixty-one percent of vacationers say they’ll drive, 31 percent will fly and 4 percent will cruise. Another 1 percent will go by train, 2 percent by bus.</p>
<p>TIME VERSUS MONEY</p>
<p>Half of the public expects to spend less than $1,000 for their summer holiday and half anticipate laying out more.</p>
<p>Time is the luxury most people desire. Nearly two-thirds of Americans would prefer a less extravagant vacation but longer vacation.</p>
<p>LODGING</p>
<p>For accommodations, hotels and motels are most popular, used by 45 percent of summer vacationers. Another 22 percent will stay with friends or relatives. Rentals of homes, condos or apartments were the choice of 17 percent, while 9 percent will sleep in a tent, cabin or RV.</p>
<p>NON-VACATIONERS</p>
<p>The poll also found, in results released previously, that 43 percent of Americans won’t take a summer vacation, with 49 percent of non-vacationers saying they can’t afford it. Another 11 percent said they can’t take time off from work, while 3 percent said they don’t like to be away from work. The survey also found that 41 percent of working Americans do not get paid vacation time from their employers.</p>
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<p>The AP-NORC poll of 1,022 adults was conducted May 10-14 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.</p>
<p>Respondents were first selected randomly using address-based sampling methods and later interviewed online or by phone.</p>
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<p>AP-NORC: <a href="http://www.apnorc.org/" type="external">http://www.apnorc.org/</a></p>
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<p>A podcast about the poll from AP Travel’s podcast series Get Outta Here! can be found at https://apnews.com/afs:Content:1033990056 .</p>
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<p>This version corrects wording to show most people prefer a less extravagant but longer vacation.</p>
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never mind hike wheres hammock new poll summer travel finds 1 thing americans want vacation nothing almost threefourths americans say resting relaxing extremely important go vacation according survey associated pressnorc center public affairs research advertisement among dreaming kicking back yari blanco brooklyn new york recently tweeted girl needs vacation kind lay crystal blue beach nap hammock blanco whos busy working website recently launched called thegirlmob hopes squeeze relaxation time july maybe trip later year portugal staycations unplugging interestingly americans say staying home nothing isnt ideal instead want change scenery plan summer vacation 92 percent going away 8 percent making staycation half polled said relaxing home doesnt count real vacation unplugging 22 percent completely disconnect vacation third dont even try get away internet social media surveyed 42 percent say dial back time online little americans 30 plugged 13 percent say theyre likely completely disconnect vacation americans avoid working vacation sixty percent workers say dont check work theyre vacation 32 percent say work check work little eight percent may fall workaholic category work check office lot term bleisure buzzword recently travel industry describing combination business leisure travel americans 69 percent dont consider extending business trip real vacation advertisement top vacation activities sightseeing ranked important 55 percent surveyed followed experiencing local culture cuisine 51 percent visiting family 46 percent spending time nature 45 percent theres gender gap shopping popular women men 22 percent versus 9 percent women also prioritize sightseeing 60 percent versus 49 percent visiting family 52 percent versus 40 percent men airline regulations many americans support government regulations airlines perhaps logical response recent headlines passengers hauled flights disputes airline staff six 10 respondents want government regulate airline policies bumping passengers handling overbooked flights nearly half would like see regulation regarding flight delays cancellations shiva rajagopal fort lee new jersey among supporting regulations bar airlines forcing people flights ive couple bad experiences bumped flights said airlines shouldnt able matter compensation said sometimes particular place particular time traveling companions stereotypical image families piling car summer trip isnt far reality among married couples 87 percent vacation spouses among parents 87 percent vacation kids threefourths vacationing parents drive rather fly vacationers married travel others overall 68 percent travel spouse significant 49 percent travel relatives friends 14 percent vacationers travel solo including quarter unmarried travelers sixtyone percent vacationers say theyll drive 31 percent fly 4 percent cruise another 1 percent go train 2 percent bus time versus money half public expects spend less 1000 summer holiday half anticipate laying time luxury people desire nearly twothirds americans would prefer less extravagant vacation longer vacation lodging accommodations hotels motels popular used 45 percent summer vacationers another 22 percent stay friends relatives rentals homes condos apartments choice 17 percent 9 percent sleep tent cabin rv nonvacationers poll also found results released previously 43 percent americans wont take summer vacation 49 percent nonvacationers saying cant afford another 11 percent said cant take time work 3 percent said dont like away work survey also found 41 percent working americans get paid vacation time employers ___ apnorc poll 1022 adults conducted may 1014 using sample drawn norcs probabilitybased amerispeak panel designed representative us population margin sampling error respondents plus minus 43 percentage points respondents first selected randomly using addressbased sampling methods later interviewed online phone ___ online apnorc httpwwwapnorcorg ___ podcast poll ap travels podcast series get outta found httpsapnewscomafscontent1033990056 ___ version corrects wording show people prefer less extravagant longer vacation
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<p>2 big insurance breakups on Valentine’s Day</p>
<p>Cigna says it is ending Anthem’s proposed, $48-billion acquisition bid and seeking billions in damages from the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer. The announcement comes hours after another major insurer, Aetna Inc., said it was abandoning its planned, $34-billion purchase of Medicare Advantage provider Humana Inc.</p>
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<p>Yellen: Expect Fed to resume raising rates in coming months</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pointed Tuesday to a solid U.S. job market and economy and suggested that the Fed will resume raising interest rates in the next few months. But with many uncertainties surrounding President Donald Trump’s proposals, Yellen said the Fed still wants to keep assessing the economy.</p>
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<p>Jumping bank stocks push US indexes higher; bond yields rise</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes climbed further into record territory, led by a push higher for banks. Bond yields rose after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank is still on track to raise interest rates gradually.</p>
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<p>With Trump’s win in China, will Trump toilets get flushed?</p>
<p>SHANGHAI (AP) — China is expected to give President Trump valuable rights to his brand for construction services this week. Chinese authorities denied him that benefit for a decade, but after Trump declared his candidacy his fortunes changed. Ethics lawyers say Trump’s foreign trademarks are a conflict of interest that may violate the Constitution. Meanwhile, makers of Trump-brand luxury toilets in Shenzhen are contemplating a new legal adversary: the president of the United States.</p>
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<p>Jumping bank stocks push US indexes higher; bond yields rise</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes climbed further into record territory, led by a push higher for banks. Bond yields rose after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank is still on track to raise interest rates gradually.</p>
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<p>Leaders of American Airlines pilots’ union blast CEO</p>
<p>DALLAS (AP) — Support from labor unions was critical when Doug Parker’s US Airways forced a merger with American, but now the CEO of the world’s biggest airline is under fire from unions unhappy about pay that lags rates at rival Delta. Leaders of the pilots’ union say they have lost confidence in the ability of Parker and senior executives to lead the airline. Flight attendants picketed Tuesday at company headquarters and three big airports.</p>
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<p>US says canceled flights declining, fewer bags getting lost</p>
<p>The government says airlines are getting better at avoiding canceled flights, losing bags and bumping passengers. The Transportation Department also says 2016 was one of the best years for on-time arrivals.</p>
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<p>Buffett’s firm invests heavily in Apple, airline stocks</p>
<p>OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company nearly quadrupled its investment in Apple to over 57 million shares during the last three months of last year. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. filed a quarterly update on its U.S. stock portfolio with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Judge gives OK to deal for smaller set of cheating VWs</p>
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in San Francisco granted initial approval to a deal worth at least $1.2 billion that aims to compensate owners of roughly 78,000 Volkswagens with 3-liter engines that were rigged to cheat on emissions tests. The company previously agreed to spend up to $10 billion buying back or repairing Volkswagens and Audis with 2-liter diesel engines. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer congratulated attorneys on both sides before granting preliminary approval to the smaller deal on Tuesday</p>
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<p>Merck Alzheimer’s drug fails in 1 study; another continues</p>
<p>Merck &amp; Co. says it will stop its study of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug in people with mild or moderate symptoms because interim results showed “virtually no chance” of any benefit</p>
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<p>PSA Group exploring takeover of GM’s European unit Opel</p>
<p>FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — France’s PSA Group, maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, says it’s exploring “a potential acquisition” of Opel, the money-losing European business of General Motors Co. PSA Group and GM are already involved in several joint projects in Europe.</p>
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<p>The Dow Jones industrial average rose 92.25 points, or 0.5 percent, to 20,504.41. The Standard &amp; Poor’s 500 index rose 9.33 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,337.58 for its sixth straight day of gains. The Nasdaq composite rose 18.62, or 0.3 percent, to 5,782.57.</p>
<p>Benchmark U.S. crude oil rose 27 cents to settle at $53.20 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 38 cents to $55.97 a gallon in London. Natural gas fell 4 cents to $2.91 per 1,000 cubic feet, heating oil rose a penny to $1.64 per gallon and wholesale gasoline was close to flat at $1.55 a gallon.</p>
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<p>2 big insurance breakups on Valentine’s Day</p>
<p>Cigna says it is ending Anthem’s proposed, $48-billion acquisition bid and seeking billions in damages from the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer. The announcement comes hours after another major insurer, Aetna Inc., said it was abandoning its planned, $34-billion purchase of Medicare Advantage provider Humana Inc.</p>
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<p>Yellen: Expect Fed to resume raising rates in coming months</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pointed Tuesday to a solid U.S. job market and economy and suggested that the Fed will resume raising interest rates in the next few months. But with many uncertainties surrounding President Donald Trump’s proposals, Yellen said the Fed still wants to keep assessing the economy.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Jumping bank stocks push US indexes higher; bond yields rise</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes climbed further into record territory, led by a push higher for banks. Bond yields rose after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank is still on track to raise interest rates gradually.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>With Trump’s win in China, will Trump toilets get flushed?</p>
<p>SHANGHAI (AP) — China is expected to give President Trump valuable rights to his brand for construction services this week. Chinese authorities denied him that benefit for a decade, but after Trump declared his candidacy his fortunes changed. Ethics lawyers say Trump’s foreign trademarks are a conflict of interest that may violate the Constitution. Meanwhile, makers of Trump-brand luxury toilets in Shenzhen are contemplating a new legal adversary: the president of the United States.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Jumping bank stocks push US indexes higher; bond yields rise</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes climbed further into record territory, led by a push higher for banks. Bond yields rose after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank is still on track to raise interest rates gradually.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Leaders of American Airlines pilots’ union blast CEO</p>
<p>DALLAS (AP) — Support from labor unions was critical when Doug Parker’s US Airways forced a merger with American, but now the CEO of the world’s biggest airline is under fire from unions unhappy about pay that lags rates at rival Delta. Leaders of the pilots’ union say they have lost confidence in the ability of Parker and senior executives to lead the airline. Flight attendants picketed Tuesday at company headquarters and three big airports.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>US says canceled flights declining, fewer bags getting lost</p>
<p>The government says airlines are getting better at avoiding canceled flights, losing bags and bumping passengers. The Transportation Department also says 2016 was one of the best years for on-time arrivals.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Buffett’s firm invests heavily in Apple, airline stocks</p>
<p>OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company nearly quadrupled its investment in Apple to over 57 million shares during the last three months of last year. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. filed a quarterly update on its U.S. stock portfolio with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Judge gives OK to deal for smaller set of cheating VWs</p>
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in San Francisco granted initial approval to a deal worth at least $1.2 billion that aims to compensate owners of roughly 78,000 Volkswagens with 3-liter engines that were rigged to cheat on emissions tests. The company previously agreed to spend up to $10 billion buying back or repairing Volkswagens and Audis with 2-liter diesel engines. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer congratulated attorneys on both sides before granting preliminary approval to the smaller deal on Tuesday</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Merck Alzheimer’s drug fails in 1 study; another continues</p>
<p>Merck &amp; Co. says it will stop its study of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug in people with mild or moderate symptoms because interim results showed “virtually no chance” of any benefit</p>
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<p>PSA Group exploring takeover of GM’s European unit Opel</p>
<p>FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — France’s PSA Group, maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, says it’s exploring “a potential acquisition” of Opel, the money-losing European business of General Motors Co. PSA Group and GM are already involved in several joint projects in Europe.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>The Dow Jones industrial average rose 92.25 points, or 0.5 percent, to 20,504.41. The Standard &amp; Poor’s 500 index rose 9.33 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,337.58 for its sixth straight day of gains. The Nasdaq composite rose 18.62, or 0.3 percent, to 5,782.57.</p>
<p>Benchmark U.S. crude oil rose 27 cents to settle at $53.20 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 38 cents to $55.97 a gallon in London. Natural gas fell 4 cents to $2.91 per 1,000 cubic feet, heating oil rose a penny to $1.64 per gallon and wholesale gasoline was close to flat at $1.55 a gallon.</p>
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___ 2 big insurance breakups valentines day cigna says ending anthems proposed 48billion acquisition bid seeking billions damages blue crossblue shield insurer announcement comes hours another major insurer aetna inc said abandoning planned 34billion purchase medicare advantage provider humana inc ___ yellen expect fed resume raising rates coming months washington ap federal reserve chair janet yellen pointed tuesday solid us job market economy suggested fed resume raising interest rates next months many uncertainties surrounding president donald trumps proposals yellen said fed still wants keep assessing economy ___ jumping bank stocks push us indexes higher bond yields rise new york ap us stock indexes climbed record territory led push higher banks bond yields rose federal reserve chair janet yellen said central bank still track raise interest rates gradually ___ trumps win china trump toilets get flushed shanghai ap china expected give president trump valuable rights brand construction services week chinese authorities denied benefit decade trump declared candidacy fortunes changed ethics lawyers say trumps foreign trademarks conflict interest may violate constitution meanwhile makers trumpbrand luxury toilets shenzhen contemplating new legal adversary president united states ___ jumping bank stocks push us indexes higher bond yields rise new york ap us stock indexes climbed record territory led push higher banks bond yields rose federal reserve chair janet yellen said central bank still track raise interest rates gradually ___ leaders american airlines pilots union blast ceo dallas ap support labor unions critical doug parkers us airways forced merger american ceo worlds biggest airline fire unions unhappy pay lags rates rival delta leaders pilots union say lost confidence ability parker senior executives lead airline flight attendants picketed tuesday company headquarters three big airports ___ us says canceled flights declining fewer bags getting lost government says airlines getting better avoiding canceled flights losing bags bumping passengers transportation department also says 2016 one best years ontime arrivals ___ buffetts firm invests heavily apple airline stocks omaha neb ap warren buffetts company nearly quadrupled investment apple 57 million shares last three months last year berkshire hathaway inc filed quarterly update us stock portfolio securities exchange commission tuesday ___ judge gives ok deal smaller set cheating vws san francisco ap judge san francisco granted initial approval deal worth least 12 billion aims compensate owners roughly 78000 volkswagens 3liter engines rigged cheat emissions tests company previously agreed spend 10 billion buying back repairing volkswagens audis 2liter diesel engines us district judge charles breyer congratulated attorneys sides granting preliminary approval smaller deal tuesday ___ merck alzheimers drug fails 1 study another continues merck amp co says stop study experimental alzheimers drug people mild moderate symptoms interim results showed virtually chance benefit ___ psa group exploring takeover gms european unit opel frankfurt germany ap frances psa group maker peugeot citroen cars says exploring potential acquisition opel moneylosing european business general motors co psa group gm already involved several joint projects europe ___ dow jones industrial average rose 9225 points 05 percent 2050441 standard amp poors 500 index rose 933 points 04 percent 233758 sixth straight day gains nasdaq composite rose 1862 03 percent 578257 benchmark us crude oil rose 27 cents settle 5320 per barrel brent crude international standard rose 38 cents 5597 gallon london natural gas fell 4 cents 291 per 1000 cubic feet heating oil rose penny 164 per gallon wholesale gasoline close flat 155 gallon ___ 2 big insurance breakups valentines day cigna says ending anthems proposed 48billion acquisition bid seeking billions damages blue crossblue shield insurer announcement comes hours another major insurer aetna inc said abandoning planned 34billion purchase medicare advantage provider humana inc ___ yellen expect fed resume raising rates coming months washington ap federal reserve chair janet yellen pointed tuesday solid us job market economy suggested fed resume raising interest rates next months many uncertainties surrounding president donald trumps proposals yellen said fed still wants keep assessing economy ___ jumping bank stocks push us indexes higher bond yields rise new york ap us stock indexes climbed record territory led push higher banks bond yields rose federal reserve chair janet yellen said central bank still track raise interest rates gradually ___ trumps win china trump toilets get flushed shanghai ap china expected give president trump valuable rights brand construction services week chinese authorities denied benefit decade trump declared candidacy fortunes changed ethics lawyers say trumps foreign trademarks conflict interest may violate constitution meanwhile makers trumpbrand luxury toilets shenzhen contemplating new legal adversary president united states ___ jumping bank stocks push us indexes higher bond yields rise new york ap us stock indexes climbed record territory led push higher banks bond yields rose federal reserve chair janet yellen said central bank still track raise interest rates gradually ___ leaders american airlines pilots union blast ceo dallas ap support labor unions critical doug parkers us airways forced merger american ceo worlds biggest airline fire unions unhappy pay lags rates rival delta leaders pilots union say lost confidence ability parker senior executives lead airline flight attendants picketed tuesday company headquarters three big airports ___ us says canceled flights declining fewer bags getting lost government says airlines getting better avoiding canceled flights losing bags bumping passengers transportation department also says 2016 one best years ontime arrivals ___ buffetts firm invests heavily apple airline stocks omaha neb ap warren buffetts company nearly quadrupled investment apple 57 million shares last three months last year berkshire hathaway inc filed quarterly update us stock portfolio securities exchange commission tuesday ___ judge gives ok deal smaller set cheating vws san francisco ap judge san francisco granted initial approval deal worth least 12 billion aims compensate owners roughly 78000 volkswagens 3liter engines rigged cheat emissions tests company previously agreed spend 10 billion buying back repairing volkswagens audis 2liter diesel engines us district judge charles breyer congratulated attorneys sides granting preliminary approval smaller deal tuesday ___ merck alzheimers drug fails 1 study another continues merck amp co says stop study experimental alzheimers drug people mild moderate symptoms interim results showed virtually chance benefit ___ psa group exploring takeover gms european unit opel frankfurt germany ap frances psa group maker peugeot citroen cars says exploring potential acquisition opel moneylosing european business general motors co psa group gm already involved several joint projects europe ___ dow jones industrial average rose 9225 points 05 percent 2050441 standard amp poors 500 index rose 933 points 04 percent 233758 sixth straight day gains nasdaq composite rose 1862 03 percent 578257 benchmark us crude oil rose 27 cents settle 5320 per barrel brent crude international standard rose 38 cents 5597 gallon london natural gas fell 4 cents 291 per 1000 cubic feet heating oil rose penny 164 per gallon wholesale gasoline close flat 155 gallon
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<p>MIAMI (Reuters) - A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing six to 10 people, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida told TV station CBS Miami.</p>
<p>Emergency personnel with sniffer dogs searched for signs of life amid the wreckage of concrete slabs and twisted metal after the bridge crushed vehicles on one of the busiest roads in South Florida.</p>
<p>At least eight vehicles were trapped in the wreckage of the 950-ton bridge and at least 10 people have been transported to hospitals, officials and doctors told news conferences.</p>
<p>Witnesses told local media the vehicles were stopped at a traffic light when the bridge collapsed on top of them at around 1:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT).</p>
<p>“We’re working our way into the pile trying to create holes that we can actually physically see,” Miami-Dade Fire Department Division Chief Paul Estopian told reporters.</p>
<p>The Florida Highway Patrol has said several people were killed but did not release a figure on fatalities.</p>
<p>At one point, police requested television helicopters leave the area so rescuers could hear for any sounds of people crying for help from beneath the collapsed structure, CBS Miami television said.</p>
<p>Complicating the rescue effort was the uncertainty about the integrity of the bridge, parts of which remained off the ground, much of it inclined, local media reported.</p>
<p>The 174-feet (53-meter) long bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater and was installed on Saturday in six hours over the eight-lane highway, according to a report posted on the university’s website.</p>
<p>The bridge was intended to provide a walkway over the busy street where an 18-year-old female FIU student from San Diego was killed while trying to cross last August, according to local media reports.</p>
<p>Students at FIU are currently on their spring break vacation, which runs from March 12 to March 17.</p> Aerial view shows a pedestrian bridge collapsed at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper ‘A MIRACLE’
<p>Student Aura Martinez was having lunch in a nearby restaurant with her mother when a waitress told her the bridge had collapsed. She ran outside and helped pull a woman out of her car, most of which was flattened by the bridge.</p>
<p>“Her car, it was literally a miracle of God, her car got squished by the bridge from the back, so she was able to get out and she was on the floor and it was just very traumatic,” she told the local CBS affiliate.</p>
<p>To keep the inevitable disruption of traffic associated with bridge construction to a minimum, the 174-foot portion of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest 8th Street using a method called Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC). It was driven into its perpendicular position across the road by a rig in only six hours on Saturday, according to a statement released by the university.</p> Slideshow (10 Images)
<p>The $14.2 million bridge was designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, the most dangerous measure by the National Hurricane Center, and built to last 100 years, the university said. ( <a href="http://bit.ly/2tQ2ARg" type="external">bit.ly/2tQ2ARg</a>)</p>
<p>The National Transportation Safety Board was sending a team to investigate why it collapsed.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump thanked first responders for their courage on Twitter. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and Florida Governor Rick Scott were at the scene of the collapse.</p>
<p>Munilla Construction Management, which installed the bridge was founded in 1983 and owned by five brothers, according to its website. In addition to its Florida operations, the company also has divisions in Texas and Panama and employs 500 people.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>“Munilla Construction Management is a family business and we are all devastated and doing everything we can to assist,” the company said in a statement.</p>
<p>FIGG Engineering said it took part in the bridge project and the collapse was a first in its 40-year history.</p>
<p>Both companies said they would cooperate fully with investigators.</p>
<p>Colorado-based engineering company BDI said in a tweet on March 12 that it was “thrilled” to have conducted structural monitoring during the “spectacular” process of moving the bridge into place. The company removed the tweet on Thursday and said in a statement it did so out of respect for individuals affected by the collapse.</p>
<p>Reporting by Zachary Fagenson; Additional reporting by Gina Cherelus, Joseph Ax, Daniel Wallis and Andrew Hay in New York, Scott Malone in Boston, Bernie Woodall in Fort Lauderdale, James Oliphant in Washington, Keith Coffman in Colorado and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Lisa Shumaker</p> Our Standards:
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Deutsche Post AG’s DHL said on Thursday it was launching a delivery service for online retailers in eight U.S. cities, as the German logistics company takes a swipe at dominant players UPS and FedEx.</p> Lee Spratt, CEO of DHL eCommerce Americas, unveils the German shipper's new urban shipping platform intended to help retailers get their products to ruban customers quicker, in San Francisco, California, U.S., March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage
<p>Through DHL eCommerce’s Parcel Metro service, first reported by Reuters, contractors will make same-day or next-day deliveries from retailers and fulfillment centers directly to homes, the company said.</p>
<p>“This sector (e-commerce) offers a tremendous amount of opportunity to the logistics space,” DHL eCommerce Americas Chief Executive Officer Lee Spratt said when announcing the service at an event in San Francisco.</p>
<p>Cowen &amp; Co analyst Helane Becker said she believes Amazon is working with DHL to expand its presence in the United States.</p>
<p>“Amazon is growing 35+ percent per year, and they need to figure out a way to get stuff to the buyers. FedEx and UPS have told Amazon they won’t scale with them, meaning that Amazon has to figure out a way to support their delivery network themselves,” Becker said.</p>
<p>“It also helps that DHL’s U.S. hub is in Cincinnati and that is where Amazon is building their air hub. We don’t think that’s a coincidence,” she added.</p>
<p>DHL eCommerce Chief Executive Charles Brewer told Reuters Amazon is a large customer but Parcel Metro was not designed with Amazon in mind.</p> FILE PHOTO: A Deutche Post sign stands in front of the Bonn Post Tower, the headquarters of German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL, in Bonn, Germany March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
<p>Amazon and FedEx did not immediately respond to requests for comment. UPS said it does not comment on competitor business strategies.</p>
<p>DHL has been testing Parcel Metro in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York for the last two years, the company said. It will roll out in Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. by end-2018 and look to add other global cities in the years ahead, it said.</p>
<p>Parcel Metro relies on third-party contract couriers and app-based driver pools to pick up products like books, shoes, shampoo, and electronics from retailers or warehouses and deliver the items directly to households, Spratt said.</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
<p>Parcel Metro will offer delivery windows ranging from two hours, to same-day, and next day, and could add a Saturday delivery option, Spratt said.</p>
<p>For less-urgent e-commerce orders, DHL will continue its years-long practice of handing off packages to the U.S. Postal Service for “final-mile” delivery, it said.</p>
<p>DHL's move is a gamble. The company lost billions of dollars on a failed U.S. expansion a decade ago. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y9wu42dt" type="external">tinyurl.com/y9wu42dt</a></p>
<p>Parcel Metro follows DHL’s plans, announced in summer 2016, to spend $137 million on seven new or expanded e-commerce fulfillment centers in the United States, where DHL currently delivers roughly 500 million pieces annually.</p>
<p>By comparison, UPS delivered 750 million packages during last year’s holiday season alone.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday blamed the Russian government for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the U.S. power grid, marking the first time the United States has publicly accused Moscow of hacking into American energy infrastructure.</p> Power lines are seen at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in McCarran, Nevada, September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Max Whittaker
<p>Beginning in March 2016, or possibly earlier, Russian government hackers sought to penetrate multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation and manufacturing, according to a U.S. security alert published Thursday.</p>
<p>The Department of Homeland Security and FBI said in the alert that a “multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian government cyber actors” had targeted the networks of small commercial facilities “where they staged malware, conducted spear phishing, and gained remote access into energy sector networks.” The alert did not name facilities or companies targeted.</p>
<p>The direct condemnation of Moscow represented an escalation in the Trump administration’s attempts to deter Russia’s aggression in cyberspace, after senior U.S. intelligence officials said in recent weeks the Kremlin believes it can launch hacking operations against the West with impunity.</p>
<p>It coincided with a decision Thursday by the U.S. Treasury Department to impose sanctions on 19 Russian people and five groups, including Moscow’s intelligence services, for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and other malicious cyber attacks.</p>
<p>Russia in the past has denied it has tried to hack into other countries’ infrastructure, and vowed on Thursday to retaliate for the new sanctions.</p> ‘UNPRECEDENTED AND EXTRAORDINARY’
<p>U.S. security officials have long warned that the United States may be vulnerable to debilitating cyber attacks from hostile adversaries. It was not clear what impact the attacks had on the firms that were targeted.</p>
<p>But Thursday’s alert provided a link to an analysis by the U.S. cyber security firm Symantec last fall that said a group it had dubbed Dragonfly had targeted energy companies in the United States and Europe and in some cases broke into the core systems that control the companies’ operations.</p>
<p>Malicious email campaigns dating back to late 2015 were used to gain entry into organizations in the United States, Turkey and Switzerland, and likely other countries, Symantec said at the time, though it did not name Russia as the culprit.</p>
<p>The decision by the United States to publicly attribute hacking attempts of American critical infrastructure was “unprecedented and extraordinary,” said Amit Yoran, a former U.S. official who founded DHS’s Computer Emergency Response Team.</p>
<p>“I have never seen anything like this,” said Yoran, now chief executive of the cyber firm Tenable, said.</p>
<p>A White House National Security Council spokesman did not respond when asked what specifically prompted the public blaming of Russia. U.S. officials have historically been reluctant to call out such activity in part because the United States also spies on infrastructure in other parts of the world.</p>
<p>News of the hacking campaign targeting U.S. power companies first surfaced in June in a confidential alert to industry that described attacks on industrial firms, including nuclear plants, but did not attribute blame.</p> An electrical line technician works on restoring power in Vilonia, Arkansas April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
<p>“People sort of suspected Russia was behind it, but today’s statement from the U.S. government carries a lot of weight,” said Ben Read, manager for cyber espionage analysis with cyber security company FireEye Inc.</p> ENGINEERS TARGETED
<p>The campaign targeted engineers and technical staff with access to industrial controls, suggesting the hackers were interested in disrupting operations, though FireEye has seen no evidence that they actually took that step, Read said.</p>
<p>A former senior DHS official familiar with the government response to the campaign said that Russia’s targeting of infrastructure networks dropped off after the publication in the fall of Symantec’s research and an October government alert, which detailed technical forensics about the hacking attempts but did not name Russia.</p>
<p>The official declined to say whether the campaign was still ongoing or provide specifics on which targets were breached, or how close hackers may have gotten to operational control systems.</p>
<p>“We did not see them cross into the control networks,” DHS cyber security official Rick Driggers told reporters at a dinner on Thursday evening.</p>
<p>Driggers said he was unaware of any cases of control networks being compromised in the United States and that the breaches were limited to business networks. But, he added, “We know that there is intent there.”</p>
<p>It was not clear what Russia’s motive was. Many cyber security experts and former U.S. officials say such behavior is generally espionage-oriented with the potential, if needed, for sabotage.</p>
<p>Russia has shown a willingness to leverage access into energy networks for damaging effect in the past. Kremlin-linked hackers were widely blamed for two attacks on the Ukrainian energy grid in 2015 and 2016, that caused temporary blackouts for hundreds of thousands of customers and were considered first-of-their-kind assaults.</p>
<p>Senator Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, asked the Trump administration earlier this month to provide a threat assessment gauging Russian capabilities to breach the U.S. electric grid.</p>
<p>It was the third time Cantwell and other senators had asked for such a review. The administration has not yet responded, a spokesman for Cantwell’s office said on Thursday.</p>
<p>Last July, there were news reports that the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp, which operates a nuclear plant in Kansas, had been targeted by hackers from an unknown origin.</p>
<p>Spokeswoman Jenny Hageman declined to say at the time if the plant had been hacked but said that there had been no operational impact to the plant because operational computer systems were separate from the corporate network. Hageman on Thursday said the company does not comment on security matters.</p>
<p>John Keeley, a spokesman for the industry group the Nuclear Energy Institute, said: “There has been no successful cyber attack against any U.S. nuclear facility, including Wolf Creek.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Dustin Volz and Timothy Gardner, additional reporting by Jim Finkle; Editing by Tom Brown, Alistair Bell and Cynthia Osterman</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped sanctions on Russian individuals and entities for U.S. election meddling and cyber attacks but put off targeting oligarchs and government officials close to President Vladimir Putin, prompting lawmakers in both parties to say President Donald Trump needs to do much more.</p>
<p>With the United States under pressure to act, the steps announced by the U.S. Treasury Department represented the most significant taken against Moscow since Trump assumed office in January 2017.</p>
<p>Along with imposing sanctions on 19 individuals and five entities including Russian intelligence services, the Trump administration publicly blamed Moscow for the first time for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the U.S. power grid including nuclear facilities.</p>
<p>The United States also joined Britain, Germany and France in demanding that Russia explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack in England on a former Russian double agent, with Trump saying: “It certainly looks like the Russians were behind” the incident.</p>
<p>But congressional critics called the administration’s action a woefully inadequate retaliation for Russia interference in the 2016 U.S. election and other actions.</p>
<p>“The sanctions today are a grievous disappointment and fall far short of what is needed to respond to that attack on our democracy let alone deter Russia’s escalating aggression, which now includes a chemical weapons attack on the soil of our closest ally,” said Adam Schiff, top Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee.</p>
<p>“Today’s action, using authorities provided by Congress, is an important step by the administration. But more must be done,” Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce added. He later urged Trump to sanction Russia for the poisoning in Britain.</p> EXASPERATED
<p>Trump has faced fierce criticism in the United States for doing too little to punish Russia for the election meddling and other actions, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russians, an allegation the president denies.</p>
<p>Sixteen of the Russian individuals and entities sanctioned were indicted on Feb. 16 as part of Mueller’s criminal investigation.</p>
<p>“They didn’t hit Putin’s power structure and they didn’t team up with Europe,” Brian O’Toole, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank and a former senior adviser at the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, said of the administration’s actions.</p>
<p>A senior administration official told Reuters that Trump, who campaigned on warmer ties with Putin, had grown exasperated with Russian activity. “A classic bully,” the official said of Putin.</p>
<p>White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, asked if Russia was a friend or foe, told reporters: “Russia is going to have to make that determination. They’re going to have to decide whether they want to be a good actor or a bad actor.”</p>
<p>In Moscow, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia was preparing retaliatory measures, as U.S.-Russian relations plunged again.</p> FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin discusses the Trump administration's tax reform proposal in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File photo
<p>The Treasury Department said the sanctions were also meant to counter cyber attacks including the NotPetya attack that cost billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia and the United States. The United States and Britain last month blamed the Russian military for that attack.</p>
<p>Trump has frequently questioned a January 2017 finding by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign using hacking and propaganda in an effort eventually aimed at tilting the race in Trump’s favor. Russia denies interfering in the election.</p>
<p>But Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was unequivocal in saying that Thursday’s action by his department “counters Russia’s continuing destabilizing activities, ranging from interference in the 2016 election to conducting destructive cyber-attacks.”</p> ‘GET SMART’
<p>“Putin constantly attacks our friends. So, President Trump, are you going to get smart about the threat Russia poses to the United States and our allies?” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer asked.</p> FILE PHOTO: Voters cast their votes during the U.S. presidential election in Elyria, Ohio, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo
<p>Mnuchin said there would be additional sanctions against Russian government officials and oligarchs “for their destabilizing activities.” Mnuchin did not give a time frame for those sanctions, which he said would sever the individuals’ access to the U.S. financial system.</p>
<p>Democratic Senator Robert Menendez said he was glad to see the administration act but noted that Democratic former President Barack Obama’s administration had already imposed sanctions on many of the people and entities targeted on Thursday.</p>
<p>Russian government hackers since at least March 2016 “have also targeted U.S. government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors,” a Treasury Department statement said.</p>
<p>A senior administration told reporters on a conference call that Russian actors infiltrated parts of the U.S. energy sector.</p>
<p>“We were able to identify where they were located within those business systems and remove them from those business systems,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>Trump told reporters during a White House event with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar that “it certainly looks like the Russians were behind” the use of a nerve agent to attack Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent in England. Trump called it “something that should never, ever happen, and we’re taking it very seriously, as I think are many others.”</p>
<p>The new sanctions include Russian intelligence services, the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), and six individuals working on behalf of the GRU.</p>
<p>Thursday’s action blocks all property of those targeted that is subject to U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits American citizens from engaging in transactions with them.</p>
<p>Russian businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, one of those indicted by Mueller and hit with sanctions on Thursday, said in comments cited by RIA news agency that he already had been hit with U.S. sanctions “maybe three or four times - I’m tired of counting.”</p>
<p>“I’m not worried by this,” Prigozhin was quoted as saying. “Except that now I will stop going to McDonald’s.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu; Additional reporting by Dustin Volz, Timothy Gardner, Lesley Wroughton, Warren Strobel and James Oliphant in Washington, Guy Faulconbridge and Estelle Shirbon in London and Polina Ivanova in Moscow; Editing by Mary Milliken, Will Dunham and Peter Cooney</p> Our Standards:
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munilla construction management family business devastated everything assist company said statement figg engineering said took part bridge project collapse first 40year history companies said would cooperate fully investigators coloradobased engineering company bdi said tweet march 12 thrilled conducted structural monitoring spectacular process moving bridge place company removed tweet thursday said statement respect individuals affected collapse reporting zachary fagenson additional reporting gina cherelus joseph ax daniel wallis andrew hay new york scott malone boston bernie woodall fort lauderdale james oliphant washington keith coffman colorado dan whitcomb los angeles writing jon herskovitz editing lisa shumaker standards thomson reuters trust principles san franciscoseattle reuters deutsche post ags dhl said thursday launching delivery service online retailers eight us cities german logistics company takes swipe dominant players ups fedex lee spratt ceo dhl ecommerce americas unveils german shippers new urban shipping platform intended help retailers get products ruban customers quicker san francisco california us march 15 2018 reutersalexandria sage dhl ecommerces parcel metro service first reported reuters contractors make sameday nextday deliveries retailers fulfillment centers directly homes company said sector ecommerce offers tremendous amount opportunity logistics space dhl ecommerce americas chief executive officer lee spratt said announcing service event san francisco cowen amp co analyst helane becker said believes amazon working dhl expand presence united states amazon growing 35 percent per year need figure way get stuff buyers fedex ups told amazon wont scale meaning amazon figure way support delivery network becker said also helps dhls us hub cincinnati amazon building air hub dont think thats coincidence added dhl ecommerce chief executive charles brewer told reuters amazon large customer parcel metro designed amazon mind file photo deutche post sign stands front bonn post tower headquarters german postal logistics group deutsche post dhl bonn germany march 11 2015 reuterswolfgang rattayfile photo amazon fedex immediately respond requests comment ups said comment competitor business strategies dhl testing parcel metro chicago los angeles new york last two years company said roll dallas atlanta san francisco washington dc end2018 look add global cities years ahead said parcel metro relies thirdparty contract couriers appbased driver pools pick products like books shoes shampoo electronics retailers warehouses deliver items directly households spratt said slideshow 2 images parcel metro offer delivery windows ranging two hours sameday next day could add saturday delivery option spratt said lessurgent ecommerce orders dhl continue yearslong practice handing packages us postal service finalmile delivery said dhls move gamble company lost billions dollars failed us expansion decade ago tinyurlcomy9wu42dt parcel metro follows dhls plans announced summer 2016 spend 137 million seven new expanded ecommerce fulfillment centers united states dhl currently delivers roughly 500 million pieces annually comparison ups delivered 750 million packages last years holiday season alone additional reporting nick carey detroit editing david gregorio standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters trump administration thursday blamed russian government campaign cyber attacks stretching back least two years targeted us power grid marking first time united states publicly accused moscow hacking american energy infrastructure power lines seen tahoereno industrial center mccarran nevada september 16 2014 reutersmax whittaker beginning march 2016 possibly earlier russian government hackers sought penetrate multiple us critical infrastructure sectors including energy nuclear commercial facilities water aviation manufacturing according us security alert published thursday department homeland security fbi said alert multistage intrusion campaign russian government cyber actors targeted networks small commercial facilities staged malware conducted spear phishing gained remote access energy sector networks alert name facilities companies targeted direct condemnation moscow represented escalation trump administrations attempts deter russias aggression cyberspace senior us intelligence officials said recent weeks kremlin believes launch hacking operations west impunity coincided decision thursday us treasury department impose sanctions 19 russian people five groups including moscows intelligence services meddling 2016 us presidential election malicious cyber attacks russia past denied tried hack countries infrastructure vowed thursday retaliate new sanctions unprecedented extraordinary us security officials long warned united states may vulnerable debilitating cyber attacks hostile adversaries clear impact attacks firms targeted thursdays alert provided link analysis us cyber security firm symantec last fall said group dubbed dragonfly targeted energy companies united states europe cases broke core systems control companies operations malicious email campaigns dating back late 2015 used gain entry organizations united states turkey switzerland likely countries symantec said time though name russia culprit decision united states publicly attribute hacking attempts american critical infrastructure unprecedented extraordinary said amit yoran former us official founded dhss computer emergency response team never seen anything like said yoran chief executive cyber firm tenable said white house national security council spokesman respond asked specifically prompted public blaming russia us officials historically reluctant call activity part united states also spies infrastructure parts world news hacking campaign targeting us power companies first surfaced june confidential alert industry described attacks industrial firms including nuclear plants attribute blame electrical line technician works restoring power vilonia arkansas april 29 2014 reuterscarlo allegri people sort suspected russia behind todays statement us government carries lot weight said ben read manager cyber espionage analysis cyber security company fireeye inc engineers targeted campaign targeted engineers technical staff access industrial controls suggesting hackers interested disrupting operations though fireeye seen evidence actually took step read said former senior dhs official familiar government response campaign said russias targeting infrastructure networks dropped publication fall symantecs research october government alert detailed technical forensics hacking attempts name russia official declined say whether campaign still ongoing provide specifics targets breached close hackers may gotten operational control systems see cross control networks dhs cyber security official rick driggers told reporters dinner thursday evening driggers said unaware cases control networks compromised united states breaches limited business networks added know intent clear russias motive many cyber security experts former us officials say behavior generally espionageoriented potential needed sabotage russia shown willingness leverage access energy networks damaging effect past kremlinlinked hackers widely blamed two attacks ukrainian energy grid 2015 2016 caused temporary blackouts hundreds thousands customers considered firstoftheirkind assaults senator maria cantwell top democrat senate energy natural resources committee asked trump administration earlier month provide threat assessment gauging russian capabilities breach us electric grid third time cantwell senators asked review administration yet responded spokesman cantwells office said thursday last july news reports wolf creek nuclear operating corp operates nuclear plant kansas targeted hackers unknown origin spokeswoman jenny hageman declined say time plant hacked said operational impact plant operational computer systems separate corporate network hageman thursday said company comment security matters john keeley spokesman industry group nuclear energy institute said successful cyber attack us nuclear facility including wolf creek reporting dustin volz timothy gardner additional reporting jim finkle editing tom brown alistair bell cynthia osterman standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters united states slapped sanctions russian individuals entities us election meddling cyber attacks put targeting oligarchs government officials close president vladimir putin prompting lawmakers parties say president donald trump needs much united states pressure act steps announced us treasury department represented significant taken moscow since trump assumed office january 2017 along imposing sanctions 19 individuals five entities including russian intelligence services trump administration publicly blamed moscow first time campaign cyber attacks stretching back least two years targeted us power grid including nuclear facilities united states also joined britain germany france demanding russia explain militarygrade nerve toxin attack england former russian double agent trump saying certainly looks like russians behind incident congressional critics called administrations action woefully inadequate retaliation russia interference 2016 us election actions sanctions today grievous disappointment fall far short needed respond attack democracy let alone deter russias escalating aggression includes chemical weapons attack soil closest ally said adam schiff top democrat house representatives intelligence committee todays action using authorities provided congress important step administration must done republican house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce added later urged trump sanction russia poisoning britain exasperated trump faced fierce criticism united states little punish russia election meddling actions special counsel robert mueller looking whether trumps campaign colluded russians allegation president denies sixteen russian individuals entities sanctioned indicted feb 16 part muellers criminal investigation didnt hit putins power structure didnt team europe brian otoole senior fellow atlantic council think tank former senior adviser treasury departments office foreign assets control said administrations actions senior administration official told reuters trump campaigned warmer ties putin grown exasperated russian activity classic bully official said putin white house spokeswoman sarah sanders asked russia friend foe told reporters russia going make determination theyre going decide whether want good actor bad actor moscow deputy foreign minister sergei ryabkov said russia preparing retaliatory measures usrussian relations plunged file photo us secretary treasury steven mnuchin discusses trump administrations tax reform proposal white house briefing room washington us april 26 2017 reuterscarlos barriafile photo treasury department said sanctions also meant counter cyber attacks including notpetya attack cost billions dollars damage across europe asia united states united states britain last month blamed russian military attack trump frequently questioned january 2017 finding us intelligence agencies russia interfered 2016 campaign using hacking propaganda effort eventually aimed tilting race trumps favor russia denies interfering election treasury secretary steven mnuchin unequivocal saying thursdays action department counters russias continuing destabilizing activities ranging interference 2016 election conducting destructive cyberattacks get smart putin constantly attacks friends president trump going get smart threat russia poses united states allies senate democratic leader chuck schumer asked file photo voters cast votes us presidential election elyria ohio us november 8 2016 reutersaaron josefczykfile photo mnuchin said would additional sanctions russian government officials oligarchs destabilizing activities mnuchin give time frame sanctions said would sever individuals access us financial system democratic senator robert menendez said glad see administration act noted democratic former president barack obamas administration already imposed sanctions many people entities targeted thursday russian government hackers since least march 2016 also targeted us government entities multiple us critical infrastructure sectors including energy nuclear commercial facilities water aviation critical manufacturing sectors treasury department statement said senior administration told reporters conference call russian actors infiltrated parts us energy sector able identify located within business systems remove business systems official said speaking condition anonymity related coverage white house remain tough russia behavior changes first us blames russia cyber attacks energy grid russian businessman prigozhin dismisses new us sanctions ria trump told reporters white house event irish prime minister leo varadkar certainly looks like russians behind use nerve agent attack sergei skripal former russian double agent england trump called something never ever happen taking seriously think many others new sanctions include russian intelligence services federal security service fsb main intelligence directorate gru six individuals working behalf gru thursdays action blocks property targeted subject us jurisdiction prohibits american citizens engaging transactions russian businessman evgeny prigozhin one indicted mueller hit sanctions thursday said comments cited ria news agency already hit us sanctions maybe three four times im tired counting im worried prigozhin quoted saying except stop going mcdonalds reporting steve holland doina chiacu additional reporting dustin volz timothy gardner lesley wroughton warren strobel james oliphant washington guy faulconbridge estelle shirbon london polina ivanova moscow editing mary milliken dunham peter cooney standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>But Rio Rancho quarterback Easton Bruere, who last fall led the Rams to their first state football championship, isn’t getting much of a look at continuing his football career in college.</p>
<p>Many prep football fans – particularly in Rio Rancho – have made a great deal of noise all season about getting Bruere attention, and last week the well-known sports website Bleacher Report <a href="http://(bleacherreport.com" type="external">(bleacherreport.com</a>) turned it into a national story.</p>
<p>The headline: “The Best Football Prospect Nobody Has Ever Heard Of.”</p>
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<p>The lengthy account compared the futures of Bruere and Eldorado quarterback Zach Gentry, one of the most highly recruited players in New Mexico history. Gentry, whose Eagles lost to Bruere’s Rams in the semifinals of the large-school state playoffs, gave a verbal commitment to Michigan and coach Jim Harbaugh just over a week ago and is slated to ink a national letter of intent when the signing period begins on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>With whom is Bruere signing on Wednesday?</p>
<p>That is still up in the air. But unless something drastically changes, it won’t be with a Division I school.</p>
<p>Or even a Division II.</p>
<p>As of this past weekend, Bruere had yet to receive a single scholarship offer – which was the crux of the Bleacher Report story – one which has received more than 1.4 million views and basically makes it sound like Division I football coaches are making a huge mistake by passing on Bruere.</p>
<p>At least two Albuquerque television stations have run stories asking why he has been overlooked. The Journal has received a number of Sports Speak Ups on the topic.</p>
<p>In late November, the Journal ran an online poll, asking readers to pick between Bruere and Gentry, asking “Who is your prep QB of choice?” Bruere won 58-to-42 percent.</p>
<p>There don’t appear to be any character issues holding Bruere back.</p>
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<p>Besides his gaudy stats – reported by the Rio Rancho program this season to be an amazing 4,567 yards passing with 49 touchdowns and just six interceptions – Bruere has shown great leadership on and off the field while being a stand-up guy. The Journal can attest, covering Bruere extensively during his three years as Rams starting quarterback and doing numerous interviews with him. Bleacher Report said Bruere has a 4.0 grade point average in his senior year.</p>
<p>Bruere is listed as being anywhere from 6-foot-1 to 6-3 on Internet sites. His father, Carl Bruere, said Easton is 6-3 and 200 pounds.</p>
<p>Carl Bruere – also the Rams’ offensive coordinator – said his son’s Division I recruitment was hurt because neither UNM nor New Mexico State offered Easton a scholarship. And, he said, Division II schools avoided Easton because they thought he would go D-I.</p>
<p>“People want to know why local schools didn’t offer him, that’s just common sense. … And we’ve heard that from Division II schools, ‘Why haven’t the two schools, the D-I schools in New Mexico?’ And it’s beyond me. I don’t care the type of offense they run or not. But when you don’t take the best kid in your state, hoping to walk on or hoping to do this, you kind of wonder about their program. You kind of wonder why their program is at where it’s at.”</p>
<p>Lobo coach Bob Davie has successfully recruited a quarterback who played high school ball in Rio Rancho – senior-to-be Cole Gautsche. Davie, in his first season at UNM in 2012, got the Cleveland High graduate to change his mind after making a verbal commitment to New Mexico State.</p>
<p>Carl said Easton has attended a UNM camp, but Easton has never been on an official recruiting trip with any school.</p>
<p>Some coaches suggest that he could play Division I in baseball, but his father says Easton wants to play football.</p>
<p>OK, so why aren’t college football programs interested?</p>
<p>According to high school coaches and others interviewed by the Journal, he doesn’t have the attributes sought in a Division I quarterback.</p>
<p>Some question his arm strength, mobility and speed. <a href="http://Maxpreps.com" type="external">Maxpreps.com</a> lists his speed at 4.83 in 40 yards. By comparison, Gentry’s is 4.6.</p>
<p>“Each Division I school can only offer 25 scholarships a year,” says David Williams, a former Albuquerque prep football coach for nearly four decades, now the color analyst for high school football at KQTM-FM. “I’ve been asked about Easton all year, but my answer is always the same; he doesn’t have the unique qualities schools are looking for. They want someone who is the biggest, or the fastest, or strongest or shiftiest. They are looking for an impact player, not at the statistics.”</p>
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<p>About the only reason Bleacher Report gave for Bruere not being recruited was that he was stuck playing in New Mexico, where it is hard to be noticed. However, according to Bleacher Report, he attended numerous camps, including ones hosted by schools in the Big Ten, Big 12, Mountain West and the Pac-12, before his senior season.</p>
<p>There are also 36 video highlights alone of Bruere on <a href="http://Maxpreps.com" type="external">Maxpreps.com</a>, and a 12-minute, 28-second highlight clip on <a href="http://hudl.com" type="external">hudl.com</a> that is used for recruiting purposes.</p>
<p>“With all the technology we have,” Williams said, “college coaches will find you if you are playing under a rock.”</p>
<p>According to NCAA rules, college coaches can’t comment on high school athletes until they have signed a scholarship.</p>
<p>Rio Rancho head coach David Howes and Carl Bruere have been very public about saying they feel Bruere is being overlooked.</p>
<p>“Whoever does pick him is going to hit the lottery,” Howes told Bleacher Report.</p>
<p>However, several longtime high school coaches interviewed gave similar critiques to Williams and numerous reasons why Division I coaches were not lining up to sign Bruere.</p>
<p>Easton didn’t return messages from the Journal . He told Maxpreps, “I am a little shocked” by the lack of recruitment.</p>
<p>Following are some of the concerns and Carl Bruere’s responses. In addition to his coaching duties at Rio Rancho, Carl also reports the team’s statistics to the media.</p>
<p>MISLEADING STATS: Every coach agreed statistics aren’t what attract college recruiters, and all agreed that Bruere’s can be misleading.</p>
<p>In addition, some of Bruere’s stats are incorrect.</p>
<p><a href="http://Maxpreps.com" type="external">Maxpreps.com</a>, for instance, lists him as having thrown 13 interceptions during his junior season. But he actually threw 22.</p>
<p>And while Maxpreps does appear to have posted the correct numbers for this past season, all of the coaches pointed out that a factor in those numbers is a primary play in the Rams’ arsenal – the shovel pass.</p>
<p>A shovel pass is when the quarterback pitches the ball, many times underhanded, to a running back or receiver cutting between the offensive line and the QB. The Rams use it a lot, many times with Bruere tossing the ball to a teammate who is a couple feet in front of him.</p>
<p>If the ball is dropped, it is an incomplete pass and not a fumble.</p>
<p>If the short toss is successful – which was usually the case in the high-powered, no-huddle Rams offense – it counts as passing and receiving yardage, even though the running back/receiver usually gains all of the yardage coming out of the backfield.</p>
<p>“Half the passes he throws are like handoffs,” one coach said. “He doesn’t have to throw down field a lot. And when he does, he’s got four great wide receivers.”</p>
<p>“He can make some real nice timing throws, but his numbers are simply a product of the system they run,” still another coach said.</p>
<p>• Carl Bruere: “People can say that all they want. He’s like a point guard and he gets the ball to the playmakers. … So he threw for 4,600 yards, and maybe 800 of those are from a shovel pass, if that. So he threw for 4,000. … If you want to call it a run, that’s fine. I don’t care.”</p>
<p>MOBILITY: Bruere is a pocket passer, but not a big scrambler.</p>
<p>“Colleges are looking for a big, strong fast kid like Gentry,” one coach said of the 6-foot-7, 240-pound, rocket-armed speedster from Eldorado. “Or they want a guy who can make plays like (Seattle Seahawks quarterback) Russell Wilson. Bruere isn’t either of those types.”</p>
<p>• Carl Bruere: “He’s definitely a pocket quarterback, but our (offensive) line averaged just 185 pounds this year (which he called one of the smallest in the state), and he was only sacked three times. So that just proves that either he gets rid of the ball quick or he definitely – if you watch his film – he definitely can move around in the pocket to get rid of the ball. I know he’s not a runner. He’s not a real dual-threat guy. He’s a pocket quarterback.”</p>
<p>AGE: Some coaches said Bruere’s age could be an issue, because he is older than most other seniors. One said, “Some D-I coaches could be thinking he is close to reaching his athletic ceiling.”</p>
<p>⋄&#160; Carl Bruere: “(His birthday is) December 17, (1995). Makes him 19.”</p>
<p>Supply, no demand</p>
<p>Bruere’s circumstances are not unprecedented. Former Lovington star quarterback Jacob Jameson was the New Mexico Gatorade player of the year in 2010. He passed for 8,449 yards and 105 scores in his career and rushed for 53 touchdowns. He then went to New Mexico Military Institute – as a standout on the golf team.</p>
<p>Bottom line? There are 128 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision programs and each can sign 25 players, maximum, each year.</p>
<p>“It’s simply supply and demand,” one coach said. “Coaches are paid to win football games, and they aren’t going to risk giving a scholarship to someone they don’t think is a fit for their program.”</p>
<p><a href="http://Rivals.com" type="external">Rivals.com</a> recruiting site, which lists Gentry as a four-star recruit (out of five stars), lists Bruere with no stars.</p>
<p>Carl Bruere says Easton will likely attend junior college, and a number of coaches interviewed for this story said that is the best route for him.</p>
<p>“Let him go to JUCO and see if he can play,” one said. “If he puts up the numbers there, he can name his Division I school.”</p>
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rio rancho quarterback easton bruere last fall led rams first state football championship isnt getting much look continuing football career college many prep football fans particularly rio rancho made great deal noise season getting bruere attention last week wellknown sports website bleacher report bleacherreportcom turned national story headline best football prospect nobody ever heard lengthy account compared futures bruere eldorado quarterback zach gentry one highly recruited players new mexico history gentry whose eagles lost brueres rams semifinals largeschool state playoffs gave verbal commitment michigan coach jim harbaugh week ago slated ink national letter intent signing period begins wednesday advertisement bruere signing wednesday still air unless something drastically changes wont division school even division ii past weekend bruere yet receive single scholarship offer crux bleacher report story one received 14 million views basically makes sound like division football coaches making huge mistake passing bruere least two albuquerque television stations run stories asking overlooked journal received number sports speak ups topic late november journal ran online poll asking readers pick bruere gentry asking prep qb choice bruere 58to42 percent dont appear character issues holding bruere back advertisement besides gaudy stats reported rio rancho program season amazing 4567 yards passing 49 touchdowns six interceptions bruere shown great leadership field standup guy journal attest covering bruere extensively three years rams starting quarterback numerous interviews bleacher report said bruere 40 grade point average senior year bruere listed anywhere 6foot1 63 internet sites father carl bruere said easton 63 200 pounds carl bruere also rams offensive coordinator said sons division recruitment hurt neither unm new mexico state offered easton scholarship said division ii schools avoided easton thought would go di people want know local schools didnt offer thats common sense weve heard division ii schools havent two schools di schools new mexico beyond dont care type offense run dont take best kid state hoping walk hoping kind wonder program kind wonder program lobo coach bob davie successfully recruited quarterback played high school ball rio rancho seniortobe cole gautsche davie first season unm 2012 got cleveland high graduate change mind making verbal commitment new mexico state carl said easton attended unm camp easton never official recruiting trip school coaches suggest could play division baseball father says easton wants play football ok arent college football programs interested according high school coaches others interviewed journal doesnt attributes sought division quarterback question arm strength mobility speed maxprepscom lists speed 483 40 yards comparison gentrys 46 division school offer 25 scholarships year says david williams former albuquerque prep football coach nearly four decades color analyst high school football kqtmfm ive asked easton year answer always doesnt unique qualities schools looking want someone biggest fastest strongest shiftiest looking impact player statistics grab shovel reason bleacher report gave bruere recruited stuck playing new mexico hard noticed however according bleacher report attended numerous camps including ones hosted schools big ten big 12 mountain west pac12 senior season also 36 video highlights alone bruere maxprepscom 12minute 28second highlight clip hudlcom used recruiting purposes technology williams said college coaches find playing rock according ncaa rules college coaches cant comment high school athletes signed scholarship rio rancho head coach david howes carl bruere public saying feel bruere overlooked whoever pick going hit lottery howes told bleacher report however several longtime high school coaches interviewed gave similar critiques williams numerous reasons division coaches lining sign bruere easton didnt return messages journal told maxpreps little shocked lack recruitment following concerns carl brueres responses addition coaching duties rio rancho carl also reports teams statistics media misleading stats every coach agreed statistics arent attract college recruiters agreed brueres misleading addition brueres stats incorrect maxprepscom instance lists thrown 13 interceptions junior season actually threw 22 maxpreps appear posted correct numbers past season coaches pointed factor numbers primary play rams arsenal shovel pass shovel pass quarterback pitches ball many times underhanded running back receiver cutting offensive line qb rams use lot many times bruere tossing ball teammate couple feet front ball dropped incomplete pass fumble short toss successful usually case highpowered nohuddle rams offense counts passing receiving yardage even though running backreceiver usually gains yardage coming backfield half passes throws like handoffs one coach said doesnt throw field lot hes got four great wide receivers make real nice timing throws numbers simply product system run still another coach said carl bruere people say want hes like point guard gets ball playmakers threw 4600 yards maybe 800 shovel pass threw 4000 want call run thats fine dont care mobility bruere pocket passer big scrambler colleges looking big strong fast kid like gentry one coach said 6foot7 240pound rocketarmed speedster eldorado want guy make plays like seattle seahawks quarterback russell wilson bruere isnt either types carl bruere hes definitely pocket quarterback offensive line averaged 185 pounds year called one smallest state sacked three times proves either gets rid ball quick definitely watch film definitely move around pocket get rid ball know hes runner hes real dualthreat guy hes pocket quarterback age coaches said brueres age could issue older seniors one said di coaches could thinking close reaching athletic ceiling 160 carl bruere birthday december 17 1995 makes 19 supply demand brueres circumstances unprecedented former lovington star quarterback jacob jameson new mexico gatorade player year 2010 passed 8449 yards 105 scores career rushed 53 touchdowns went new mexico military institute standout golf team bottom line 128 division football bowl subdivision programs sign 25 players maximum year simply supply demand one coach said coaches paid win football games arent going risk giving scholarship someone dont think fit program rivalscom recruiting site lists gentry fourstar recruit five stars lists bruere stars carl bruere says easton likely attend junior college number coaches interviewed story said best route let go juco see play one said puts numbers name division school 160 160
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<p>DALLAS (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate at a Texas high school on Monday had a history of aggressive actions at school, a fellow student said.</p>
<p>The injured student, a 15-year-old girl, was airlifted to a hospital in Dallas following the shooting inside the cafeteria at Italy High School, which is in the small town of Italy about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Dallas. The boy fled after being confronted by a school district official but was later arrested.</p>
<p>Cassie Shook, a 17-year-old junior at the school, told The Associated Press that she was driving up to the building when she saw “the doors fly open and everyone screaming and running out of the building.” She said she was angry when she learned who the suspect was because she’d complained about the boy at least twice to school officials, including to a vice principal.</p>
<p>“This could have been avoidable,” she said. “There were so many signs.”</p>
<p>Shook said she first went to school officials after the boy allegedly made a “hit list” in eighth grade and her name was on it. Then last year, the boy got angry during a class and threw a pair of scissors at her friend and later threw a computer against a wall, she said.</p>
<p>“I ran out of the classroom screaming, telling everyone to hide because I was scared,” Shook said.</p>
<p>Shook said police came to talk to the class after the incident. She said the boy was removed from the school but eventually was allowed back.</p>
<p>Italy Independent School District Superintendent Lee Joffre said the district couldn’t comment on disciplinary actions involving students. Police have not released the boy’s name and didn’t return a message seeking comment about his past.</p>
<p>Shook said the girl who was shot Monday had moved to the school district a few months earlier. Police said the girl was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where a spokeswoman said she couldn’t release any information about the girl’s condition.</p>
<p>The school district of about 600 students is located near the center of Italy, a town of about 2,000 people that dubs itself “The Biggest Little Town In Texas.” Joffre said that about 45 to 55 students are typically in the high school’s cafeteria in the morning for breakfast. He noted that school would be in session Tuesday and that counselors would be available.</p>
<p>“In a small town, the school district is the center of what goes on for our kids, and this morning’s tragedy hits the heart of this community,” Joffre said.</p>
<p>Ellis County Sheriff Chuck Edge said during a news conference that the suspect “engaged the victim” and fired several shots from a semi-automatic .380 handgun just before 8 a.m. Edge did not say how many times the victim was shot.</p>
<p>Investigators have said they don’t know the relationship between the victim and shooter, or what may have been the shooter’s motive.</p>
<p>Edge said the suspect fled when confronted by a school district official but was later arrested by law enforcement on school grounds. Edge said the handgun was recovered at the scene and is in evidence.</p>
<p>Edge said it’s unclear where the boy may have gotten the weapon. He also didn’t know what charges the boy might face.</p>
<p>On Monday night, about 300 people packed an Italy church to pray for the wounded girl and their shocked community.</p>
<p>DALLAS (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate at a Texas high school on Monday had a history of aggressive actions at school, a fellow student said.</p>
<p>The injured student, a 15-year-old girl, was airlifted to a hospital in Dallas following the shooting inside the cafeteria at Italy High School, which is in the small town of Italy about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Dallas. The boy fled after being confronted by a school district official but was later arrested.</p>
<p>Cassie Shook, a 17-year-old junior at the school, told The Associated Press that she was driving up to the building when she saw “the doors fly open and everyone screaming and running out of the building.” She said she was angry when she learned who the suspect was because she’d complained about the boy at least twice to school officials, including to a vice principal.</p>
<p>“This could have been avoidable,” she said. “There were so many signs.”</p>
<p>Shook said she first went to school officials after the boy allegedly made a “hit list” in eighth grade and her name was on it. Then last year, the boy got angry during a class and threw a pair of scissors at her friend and later threw a computer against a wall, she said.</p>
<p>“I ran out of the classroom screaming, telling everyone to hide because I was scared,” Shook said.</p>
<p>Shook said police came to talk to the class after the incident. She said the boy was removed from the school but eventually was allowed back.</p>
<p>Italy Independent School District Superintendent Lee Joffre said the district couldn’t comment on disciplinary actions involving students. Police have not released the boy’s name and didn’t return a message seeking comment about his past.</p>
<p>Shook said the girl who was shot Monday had moved to the school district a few months earlier. Police said the girl was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where a spokeswoman said she couldn’t release any information about the girl’s condition.</p>
<p>The school district of about 600 students is located near the center of Italy, a town of about 2,000 people that dubs itself “The Biggest Little Town In Texas.” Joffre said that about 45 to 55 students are typically in the high school’s cafeteria in the morning for breakfast. He noted that school would be in session Tuesday and that counselors would be available.</p>
<p>“In a small town, the school district is the center of what goes on for our kids, and this morning’s tragedy hits the heart of this community,” Joffre said.</p>
<p>Ellis County Sheriff Chuck Edge said during a news conference that the suspect “engaged the victim” and fired several shots from a semi-automatic .380 handgun just before 8 a.m. Edge did not say how many times the victim was shot.</p>
<p>Investigators have said they don’t know the relationship between the victim and shooter, or what may have been the shooter’s motive.</p>
<p>Edge said the suspect fled when confronted by a school district official but was later arrested by law enforcement on school grounds. Edge said the handgun was recovered at the scene and is in evidence.</p>
<p>Edge said it’s unclear where the boy may have gotten the weapon. He also didn’t know what charges the boy might face.</p>
<p>On Monday night, about 300 people packed an Italy church to pray for the wounded girl and their shocked community.</p>
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dallas ap 16yearold boy accused shooting classmate texas high school monday history aggressive actions school fellow student said injured student 15yearold girl airlifted hospital dallas following shooting inside cafeteria italy high school small town italy 40 miles 64 kilometers south dallas boy fled confronted school district official later arrested cassie shook 17yearold junior school told associated press driving building saw doors fly open everyone screaming running building said angry learned suspect shed complained boy least twice school officials including vice principal could avoidable said many signs shook said first went school officials boy allegedly made hit list eighth grade name last year boy got angry class threw pair scissors friend later threw computer wall said ran classroom screaming telling everyone hide scared shook said shook said police came talk class incident said boy removed school eventually allowed back italy independent school district superintendent lee joffre said district couldnt comment disciplinary actions involving students police released boys name didnt return message seeking comment past shook said girl shot monday moved school district months earlier police said girl taken parkland memorial hospital spokeswoman said couldnt release information girls condition school district 600 students located near center italy town 2000 people dubs biggest little town texas joffre said 45 55 students typically high schools cafeteria morning breakfast noted school would session tuesday counselors would available small town school district center goes kids mornings tragedy hits heart community joffre said ellis county sheriff chuck edge said news conference suspect engaged victim fired several shots semiautomatic 380 handgun 8 edge say many times victim shot investigators said dont know relationship victim shooter may shooters motive edge said suspect fled confronted school district official later arrested law enforcement school grounds edge said handgun recovered scene evidence edge said unclear boy may gotten weapon also didnt know charges boy might face monday night 300 people packed italy church pray wounded girl shocked community dallas ap 16yearold boy accused shooting classmate texas high school monday history aggressive actions school fellow student said injured student 15yearold girl airlifted hospital dallas following shooting inside cafeteria italy high school small town italy 40 miles 64 kilometers south dallas boy fled confronted school district official later arrested cassie shook 17yearold junior school told associated press driving building saw doors fly open everyone screaming running building said angry learned suspect shed complained boy least twice school officials including vice principal could avoidable said many signs shook said first went school officials boy allegedly made hit list eighth grade name last year boy got angry class threw pair scissors friend later threw computer wall said ran classroom screaming telling everyone hide scared shook said shook said police came talk class incident said boy removed school eventually allowed back italy independent school district superintendent lee joffre said district couldnt comment disciplinary actions involving students police released boys name didnt return message seeking comment past shook said girl shot monday moved school district months earlier police said girl taken parkland memorial hospital spokeswoman said couldnt release information girls condition school district 600 students located near center italy town 2000 people dubs biggest little town texas joffre said 45 55 students typically high schools cafeteria morning breakfast noted school would session tuesday counselors would available small town school district center goes kids mornings tragedy hits heart community joffre said ellis county sheriff chuck edge said news conference suspect engaged victim fired several shots semiautomatic 380 handgun 8 edge say many times victim shot investigators said dont know relationship victim shooter may shooters motive edge said suspect fled confronted school district official later arrested law enforcement school grounds edge said handgun recovered scene evidence edge said unclear boy may gotten weapon also didnt know charges boy might face monday night 300 people packed italy church pray wounded girl shocked community
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Foles stood tall in the pocket, ignored the pressure and made one big throw after another.</p>
<p>On the biggest stage of his life, Foles silenced the critics who thought the Eagles couldn’t get to the Super Bowl without MVP candidate Carson Wentz. Foles threw for 352 and three touchdowns to lead Philadelphia to a convincing 38-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship game Sunday.</p>
<p>Now he’s headed to Minnesota to face Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.</p>
<p>“Words can’t describe what I feel right now,” Foles said. “All glory goes to God. I’m grateful and humbled to be part of this team. No one in the locker room doubted me. We kept working, I got more reps in practice and it’s a rhythm thing.”</p>
<p>While Wentz watched from the sideline, using a cane to walk following surgery to repair his torn left ACL, Foles picked apart the NFL’s top-ranked defense. He tossed a perfect <a href="" type="external">53-yard touchdown</a> pass to Alshon Jeffery with the pocket collapsing around him to give Philadelphia a 21-7 lead in the second quarter.</p>
<p>Foles then directed a 60-yard drive in 29 seconds to set up a field goal before halftime. He fired a <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLonFOX/status/955251007377752065" type="external">49-yard</a> TD pass to Torrey Smith off a flea flicker to start the second half and tossed a 5-yard TD to Jeffery early in the fourth to make it 38-7.</p>
<p>Foles was at his best on third downs, completing 10 of 11 for 159 yards and two TDs. The Eagles had been 0 for 13 on third-and-10 or longer after Wentz went down. On Sunday, Foles threw an 11-yard pass to Zach Ertz on third-and-10 on the Eagles’ first touchdown drive. His long TD pass to Jeffery came on third-and-10.</p>
<p>The Eagles (15-3) have been underdogs in both playoffs games, mostly because Wentz was no longer playing. They were the first No. 1 seed not favored in a divisional round game, a 15-10 win over the Falcons. The Vikings (14-4) were 3-point favorites despite also being led by a backup quarterback — Case Keenum, Foles’ good friend and former teammate.</p>
<p>“You know everyone was against us,” Foles said. “Coming out here, stick together and come away with an amazing victory against a great team.”</p>
<p>Keenum congratulated Foles in the tunnel after the game.</p>
<p>“He did a great job,” Keenum said.</p>
<p>Foles walked into the X-ray room after the game, but told The Associated Press after he came out: “I’m good. I’m fine.”</p>
<p>Foles put on a passing clinic, completing 78.8 percent of his passes (26 of 33). Not bad for a guy who contemplated retirement before the 2016 season.</p>
<p>“I’m not surprised,” said Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, who held the same position with the Eagles in 2013. “I’ve seen the best of Nick.”</p>
<p>A third-round pick by former Eagles coach Andy Reid in 2012, Foles had tremendous success as a starter under Chip Kelly his sophomore season. He threw 29 TDs and only two picks in 11 starts, including playoffs in 2013. Foles posted a passer rating of 119.2, third-highest in league history. He tied an NFL record with seven TD passes in a game at Oakland in November 2013 won an offensive MVP award at a Pro Bowl.</p>
<p>But Foles was traded to St. Louis for Sam Bradford in March 2015. He lost his starting job to Keenum and asked for his release after Jared Goff was drafted No. 1 overall. Foles considered hanging up his cleats before Reid persuaded him to go to Kansas City to be Alex Smith’s backup.</p>
<p>After one season with the Chiefs, Foles returned to Philly to provide insurance behind Wentz.</p>
<p>He’ll become a folk hero if he can deliver the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl title.</p>
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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Foles stood tall in the pocket, ignored the pressure and made one big throw after another.</p>
<p>On the biggest stage of his life, Foles silenced the critics who thought the Eagles couldn’t get to the Super Bowl without MVP candidate Carson Wentz. Foles threw for 352 and three touchdowns to lead Philadelphia to a convincing 38-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship game Sunday.</p>
<p>Now he’s headed to Minnesota to face Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.</p>
<p>“Words can’t describe what I feel right now,” Foles said. “All glory goes to God. I’m grateful and humbled to be part of this team. No one in the locker room doubted me. We kept working, I got more reps in practice and it’s a rhythm thing.”</p>
<p>While Wentz watched from the sideline, using a cane to walk following surgery to repair his torn left ACL, Foles picked apart the NFL’s top-ranked defense. He tossed a perfect <a href="" type="external">53-yard touchdown</a> pass to Alshon Jeffery with the pocket collapsing around him to give Philadelphia a 21-7 lead in the second quarter.</p>
<p>Foles then directed a 60-yard drive in 29 seconds to set up a field goal before halftime. He fired a <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLonFOX/status/955251007377752065" type="external">49-yard</a> TD pass to Torrey Smith off a flea flicker to start the second half and tossed a 5-yard TD to Jeffery early in the fourth to make it 38-7.</p>
<p>Foles was at his best on third downs, completing 10 of 11 for 159 yards and two TDs. The Eagles had been 0 for 13 on third-and-10 or longer after Wentz went down. On Sunday, Foles threw an 11-yard pass to Zach Ertz on third-and-10 on the Eagles’ first touchdown drive. His long TD pass to Jeffery came on third-and-10.</p>
<p>The Eagles (15-3) have been underdogs in both playoffs games, mostly because Wentz was no longer playing. They were the first No. 1 seed not favored in a divisional round game, a 15-10 win over the Falcons. The Vikings (14-4) were 3-point favorites despite also being led by a backup quarterback — Case Keenum, Foles’ good friend and former teammate.</p>
<p>“You know everyone was against us,” Foles said. “Coming out here, stick together and come away with an amazing victory against a great team.”</p>
<p>Keenum congratulated Foles in the tunnel after the game.</p>
<p>“He did a great job,” Keenum said.</p>
<p>Foles walked into the X-ray room after the game, but told The Associated Press after he came out: “I’m good. I’m fine.”</p>
<p>Foles put on a passing clinic, completing 78.8 percent of his passes (26 of 33). Not bad for a guy who contemplated retirement before the 2016 season.</p>
<p>“I’m not surprised,” said Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, who held the same position with the Eagles in 2013. “I’ve seen the best of Nick.”</p>
<p>A third-round pick by former Eagles coach Andy Reid in 2012, Foles had tremendous success as a starter under Chip Kelly his sophomore season. He threw 29 TDs and only two picks in 11 starts, including playoffs in 2013. Foles posted a passer rating of 119.2, third-highest in league history. He tied an NFL record with seven TD passes in a game at Oakland in November 2013 won an offensive MVP award at a Pro Bowl.</p>
<p>But Foles was traded to St. Louis for Sam Bradford in March 2015. He lost his starting job to Keenum and asked for his release after Jared Goff was drafted No. 1 overall. Foles considered hanging up his cleats before Reid persuaded him to go to Kansas City to be Alex Smith’s backup.</p>
<p>After one season with the Chiefs, Foles returned to Philly to provide insurance behind Wentz.</p>
<p>He’ll become a folk hero if he can deliver the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl title.</p>
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philadelphia ap nick foles stood tall pocket ignored pressure made one big throw another biggest stage life foles silenced critics thought eagles couldnt get super bowl without mvp candidate carson wentz foles threw 352 three touchdowns lead philadelphia convincing 387 victory minnesota vikings nfc championship game sunday hes headed minnesota face tom brady new england patriots super bowl words cant describe feel right foles said glory goes god im grateful humbled part team one locker room doubted kept working got reps practice rhythm thing wentz watched sideline using cane walk following surgery repair torn left acl foles picked apart nfls topranked defense tossed perfect 53yard touchdown pass alshon jeffery pocket collapsing around give philadelphia 217 lead second quarter foles directed 60yard drive 29 seconds set field goal halftime fired 49yard td pass torrey smith flea flicker start second half tossed 5yard td jeffery early fourth make 387 foles best third downs completing 10 11 159 yards two tds eagles 0 13 thirdand10 longer wentz went sunday foles threw 11yard pass zach ertz thirdand10 eagles first touchdown drive long td pass jeffery came thirdand10 eagles 153 underdogs playoffs games mostly wentz longer playing first 1 seed favored divisional round game 1510 win falcons vikings 144 3point favorites despite also led backup quarterback case keenum foles good friend former teammate know everyone us foles said coming stick together come away amazing victory great team keenum congratulated foles tunnel game great job keenum said foles walked xray room game told associated press came im good im fine foles put passing clinic completing 788 percent passes 26 33 bad guy contemplated retirement 2016 season im surprised said vikings offensive coordinator pat shurmur held position eagles 2013 ive seen best nick thirdround pick former eagles coach andy reid 2012 foles tremendous success starter chip kelly sophomore season threw 29 tds two picks 11 starts including playoffs 2013 foles posted passer rating 1192 thirdhighest league history tied nfl record seven td passes game oakland november 2013 offensive mvp award pro bowl foles traded st louis sam bradford march 2015 lost starting job keenum asked release jared goff drafted 1 overall foles considered hanging cleats reid persuaded go kansas city alex smiths backup one season chiefs foles returned philly provide insurance behind wentz hell become folk hero deliver franchises first ever super bowl title ___ nfl coverage httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi philadelphia ap nick foles stood tall pocket ignored pressure made one big throw another biggest stage life foles silenced critics thought eagles couldnt get super bowl without mvp candidate carson wentz foles threw 352 three touchdowns lead philadelphia convincing 387 victory minnesota vikings nfc championship game sunday hes headed minnesota face tom brady new england patriots super bowl words cant describe feel right foles said glory goes god im grateful humbled part team one locker room doubted kept working got reps practice rhythm thing wentz watched sideline using cane walk following surgery repair torn left acl foles picked apart nfls topranked defense tossed perfect 53yard touchdown pass alshon jeffery pocket collapsing around give philadelphia 217 lead second quarter foles directed 60yard drive 29 seconds set field goal halftime fired 49yard td pass torrey smith flea flicker start second half tossed 5yard td jeffery early fourth make 387 foles best third downs completing 10 11 159 yards two tds eagles 0 13 thirdand10 longer wentz went sunday foles threw 11yard pass zach ertz thirdand10 eagles first touchdown drive long td pass jeffery came thirdand10 eagles 153 underdogs playoffs games mostly wentz longer playing first 1 seed favored divisional round game 1510 win falcons vikings 144 3point favorites despite also led backup quarterback case keenum foles good friend former teammate know everyone us foles said coming stick together come away amazing victory great team keenum congratulated foles tunnel game great job keenum said foles walked xray room game told associated press came im good im fine foles put passing clinic completing 788 percent passes 26 33 bad guy contemplated retirement 2016 season im surprised said vikings offensive coordinator pat shurmur held position eagles 2013 ive seen best nick thirdround pick former eagles coach andy reid 2012 foles tremendous success starter chip kelly sophomore season threw 29 tds two picks 11 starts including playoffs 2013 foles posted passer rating 1192 thirdhighest league history tied nfl record seven td passes game oakland november 2013 offensive mvp award pro bowl foles traded st louis sam bradford march 2015 lost starting job keenum asked release jared goff drafted 1 overall foles considered hanging cleats reid persuaded go kansas city alex smiths backup one season chiefs foles returned philly provide insurance behind wentz hell become folk hero deliver franchises first ever super bowl title ___ nfl coverage httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Well, I don’t go back 75 years. Let’s make that clear,” says veteran TV producer Barry Adelman.</p>
<p>Adelman may not go back to the origins of the Golden Globe Awards, which turn 75 this year, but he has been associated with the show for almost three decades, and executive produced every ceremony since 2001.</p>
<p>As the show marks the milestone anniversary, Adelman shared some of his favorite Globes memories with The Associated Press.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE FIRST ENCOUNTER</p>
<p>Adelman remembers watching the Golden Globes on TV in his hometown of Chicago before coming out to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment business. But his first personal interaction with the show was actually by accident.</p>
<p>“I remember the first year I was in California. My aunt and my mother came to visit me, and I was taking them around to various places,” he said. “We wound up stopping at the Beverly Hilton, and we found a place to park. We walked into the lobby and the Golden Globes were going on! And we saw all these stars walking past us. And you know, as people from Chicago, like Middle Americans, who share the same dreams and aspirations of people all over the country, it’s a very exciting thing. And it’s still exciting even today. So, yeah, it’s a long-term relationship.”</p>
<p>The show is still held in the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, and these days the hotel offers special packages for visitors wanting to see stars on Golden Globes weekend.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE EARLY DAYS</p>
<p>Adelman first came to the Golden Globes as a writer after working on some smaller shows for dick clark productions.</p>
<p>“It was exciting from the very beginning. I came in when we first came to NBC, which was, you know, that was the big year... I think that is the year that ‘Titanic’ won,” Adelman said. “And, you know, I think that was the year that Christine Lahti was locked in the bathroom — not locked there, but was in the bathroom when her award came up. And I think that was the year that Ving Rhames gave his Golden Globe to Jack Lemmon in an emotional moment that nobody was expecting. I mean, it’s hard to top that. We should check that that was all happened the same night, but in my mind, it did.”</p>
<p>(He’s right. That was all at the Globes show in 1998.)</p>
<p>, Ving Rhames shares his Best Actor in a miniseries or movie made for television with Jack Lemmon at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1998</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE GOLDEN HOSTS</p>
<p>The Golden Globes operated without a host until Ricky Gervais was offered the job in 2009, and he skewered Hollywood with such zingers that some wondered if he’d be asked back. He was, three times.</p>
<p>Adelman said Gervais’ approach “changed the whole climate of what these awards shows have become.”</p>
<p>“Now you always seem to have a host that is going to say something memorable and maybe speak truth to power in a way that hadn’t been done so often in the past. And Ricky changed all that, so I certainly remember that first night,” he said. “And I certainly remember the first night that Tina (Fey) and Amy (Poehler) came in and that was amazing. I mean, talk about hitting a home run. They just knew exactly what buttons to push. They had so many friends in the room and everybody was very comfortable with them and rooting for them, and no matter what they said, they got away with it.”</p>
<p>Tina Fey, left, and Amy Poehler arrive at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards in 2015</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>CELEBRATING 75</p>
<p>The diamond anniversary celebration will go on throughout the show, Adelman said.</p>
<p>“We’ll have some people along the way that will remind you that this show has a rich history. Some of the stars that we remember and still love will be joining us, and most of them are still very, very active today. Also there’s going to be a little surprise moment in the middle which I’m not allowed to talk about yet but I’m sure — I’m predicting maybe a 30-minute standing ovation. I’m sorry, 30 seconds! A 30-second standing ovation. Thirty minutes and I’ll never get off the air in time.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Follow AP Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen at www.twitter.com/APSandy.</p>
<p>___</p>
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Well, I don’t go back 75 years. Let’s make that clear,” says veteran TV producer Barry Adelman.</p>
<p>Adelman may not go back to the origins of the Golden Globe Awards, which turn 75 this year, but he has been associated with the show for almost three decades, and executive produced every ceremony since 2001.</p>
<p>As the show marks the milestone anniversary, Adelman shared some of his favorite Globes memories with The Associated Press.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE FIRST ENCOUNTER</p>
<p>Adelman remembers watching the Golden Globes on TV in his hometown of Chicago before coming out to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment business. But his first personal interaction with the show was actually by accident.</p>
<p>“I remember the first year I was in California. My aunt and my mother came to visit me, and I was taking them around to various places,” he said. “We wound up stopping at the Beverly Hilton, and we found a place to park. We walked into the lobby and the Golden Globes were going on! And we saw all these stars walking past us. And you know, as people from Chicago, like Middle Americans, who share the same dreams and aspirations of people all over the country, it’s a very exciting thing. And it’s still exciting even today. So, yeah, it’s a long-term relationship.”</p>
<p>The show is still held in the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, and these days the hotel offers special packages for visitors wanting to see stars on Golden Globes weekend.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE EARLY DAYS</p>
<p>Adelman first came to the Golden Globes as a writer after working on some smaller shows for dick clark productions.</p>
<p>“It was exciting from the very beginning. I came in when we first came to NBC, which was, you know, that was the big year... I think that is the year that ‘Titanic’ won,” Adelman said. “And, you know, I think that was the year that Christine Lahti was locked in the bathroom — not locked there, but was in the bathroom when her award came up. And I think that was the year that Ving Rhames gave his Golden Globe to Jack Lemmon in an emotional moment that nobody was expecting. I mean, it’s hard to top that. We should check that that was all happened the same night, but in my mind, it did.”</p>
<p>(He’s right. That was all at the Globes show in 1998.)</p>
<p>, Ving Rhames shares his Best Actor in a miniseries or movie made for television with Jack Lemmon at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1998</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE GOLDEN HOSTS</p>
<p>The Golden Globes operated without a host until Ricky Gervais was offered the job in 2009, and he skewered Hollywood with such zingers that some wondered if he’d be asked back. He was, three times.</p>
<p>Adelman said Gervais’ approach “changed the whole climate of what these awards shows have become.”</p>
<p>“Now you always seem to have a host that is going to say something memorable and maybe speak truth to power in a way that hadn’t been done so often in the past. And Ricky changed all that, so I certainly remember that first night,” he said. “And I certainly remember the first night that Tina (Fey) and Amy (Poehler) came in and that was amazing. I mean, talk about hitting a home run. They just knew exactly what buttons to push. They had so many friends in the room and everybody was very comfortable with them and rooting for them, and no matter what they said, they got away with it.”</p>
<p>Tina Fey, left, and Amy Poehler arrive at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards in 2015</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>CELEBRATING 75</p>
<p>The diamond anniversary celebration will go on throughout the show, Adelman said.</p>
<p>“We’ll have some people along the way that will remind you that this show has a rich history. Some of the stars that we remember and still love will be joining us, and most of them are still very, very active today. Also there’s going to be a little surprise moment in the middle which I’m not allowed to talk about yet but I’m sure — I’m predicting maybe a 30-minute standing ovation. I’m sorry, 30 seconds! A 30-second standing ovation. Thirty minutes and I’ll never get off the air in time.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Follow AP Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen at www.twitter.com/APSandy.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>For full coverage of awards season, visit: <a href="" type="internal" /> <a href="" type="internal">https://apnews.com/tag/AwardsSeason</a></p>
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los angeles ap well dont go back 75 years lets make clear says veteran tv producer barry adelman adelman may go back origins golden globe awards turn 75 year associated show almost three decades executive produced every ceremony since 2001 show marks milestone anniversary adelman shared favorite globes memories associated press ___ first encounter adelman remembers watching golden globes tv hometown chicago coming los angeles work entertainment business first personal interaction show actually accident remember first year california aunt mother came visit taking around various places said wound stopping beverly hilton found place park walked lobby golden globes going saw stars walking past us know people chicago like middle americans share dreams aspirations people country exciting thing still exciting even today yeah longterm relationship show still held beverly hiltons international ballroom days hotel offers special packages visitors wanting see stars golden globes weekend ___ early days adelman first came golden globes writer working smaller shows dick clark productions exciting beginning came first came nbc know big year think year titanic adelman said know think year christine lahti locked bathroom locked bathroom award came think year ving rhames gave golden globe jack lemmon emotional moment nobody expecting mean hard top check happened night mind hes right globes show 1998 ving rhames shares best actor miniseries movie made television jack lemmon 55th annual golden globe awards 1998 ___ golden hosts golden globes operated without host ricky gervais offered job 2009 skewered hollywood zingers wondered hed asked back three times adelman said gervais approach changed whole climate awards shows become always seem host going say something memorable maybe speak truth power way hadnt done often past ricky changed certainly remember first night said certainly remember first night tina fey amy poehler came amazing mean talk hitting home run knew exactly buttons push many friends room everybody comfortable rooting matter said got away tina fey left amy poehler arrive 72nd annual golden globe awards 2015 ___ celebrating 75 diamond anniversary celebration go throughout show adelman said well people along way remind show rich history stars remember still love joining us still active today also theres going little surprise moment middle im allowed talk yet im sure im predicting maybe 30minute standing ovation im sorry 30 seconds 30second standing ovation thirty minutes ill never get air time ___ follow ap entertainment writer sandy cohen wwwtwittercomapsandy ___ full coverage awards season visit httpsapnewscomtagawardsseason los angeles ap well dont go back 75 years lets make clear says veteran tv producer barry adelman adelman may go back origins golden globe awards turn 75 year associated show almost three decades executive produced every ceremony since 2001 show marks milestone anniversary adelman shared favorite globes memories associated press ___ first encounter adelman remembers watching golden globes tv hometown chicago coming los angeles work entertainment business first personal interaction show actually accident remember first year california aunt mother came visit taking around various places said wound stopping beverly hilton found place park walked lobby golden globes going saw stars walking past us know people chicago like middle americans share dreams aspirations people country exciting thing still exciting even today yeah longterm relationship show still held beverly hiltons international ballroom days hotel offers special packages visitors wanting see stars golden globes weekend ___ early days adelman first came golden globes writer working smaller shows dick clark productions exciting beginning came first came nbc know big year think year titanic adelman said know think year christine lahti locked bathroom locked bathroom award came think year ving rhames gave golden globe jack lemmon emotional moment nobody expecting mean hard top check happened night mind hes right globes show 1998 ving rhames shares best actor miniseries movie made television jack lemmon 55th annual golden globe awards 1998 ___ golden hosts golden globes operated without host ricky gervais offered job 2009 skewered hollywood zingers wondered hed asked back three times adelman said gervais approach changed whole climate awards shows become always seem host going say something memorable maybe speak truth power way hadnt done often past ricky changed certainly remember first night said certainly remember first night tina fey amy poehler came amazing mean talk hitting home run knew exactly buttons push many friends room everybody comfortable rooting matter said got away tina fey left amy poehler arrive 72nd annual golden globe awards 2015 ___ celebrating 75 diamond anniversary celebration go throughout show adelman said well people along way remind show rich history stars remember still love joining us still active today also theres going little surprise moment middle im allowed talk yet im sure im predicting maybe 30minute standing ovation im sorry 30 seconds 30second standing ovation thirty minutes ill never get air time ___ follow ap entertainment writer sandy cohen wwwtwittercomapsandy ___ full coverage awards season visit httpsapnewscomtagawardsseason
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<p>Air Force can kill two giant birds with one stone in its next game, and the schedule would seem to be lending a hand.</p>
<p>With a win at Army on Nov. 1 the Falcons (5-2) would capture the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy and earn bowl eligibility. They’ll enter that game rested and fresh from this season’s second and final open date of the season.</p>
<p>“It’s pretty fortunate that it landed like that,” receiver Garrett Brown said.</p>
<p>Brown is one of many Air Force players recovering from an injury. He hurt a hamstring at Utah State on Oct. 11 that knocked him out of a few days of practice. He returned and played Saturday in a victory over New Mexico – catching a 63-yard pass – but knows he’ll benefit from extra time.</p>
<p>“With those kind of nagging injuries that you know aren’t going to go away throughout the season, at least you can get them a little better,” he said.</p>
<p>From the looks of practice on Monday, there are a number of those nagging injuries. The entire starting offensive backfield – quarterback Kale Pearson, fullback Shayne Davern and tailback Jacobi Owens – did not participate in the brief helmets-only session. Offensive tackle Matt Rochell was also out and had a boot on a lower leg, but coach Troy Calhoun would not specify the details of that or any other injury.</p>
<p>“We’ll go with the guys who are out here,” Calhoun said.</p>
<p>The Falcons took Sunday off and will not practice on Tuesday, either. After that, Calhoun said it would be a normal “work week” that will include a practice on Saturday morning.</p>
<p>In-season time off hasn’t meant an advantage under Calhoun. Since he took over in 2007 the Falcons are 2-4 when having an extra week to prepare.</p>
<p>Still, the players like it. Earlier this season outside linebacker Spencer Proctor said his legs felt as good as they had in August before the team lined up against Boise State after 13 days off. Proctor and the defense then went out and forced seven turnovers in one of the biggest victories for the program under Calhoun.</p>
<p>The coach remains unswayed.</p>
<p>“I would like it if we could play straight through with no byes,” Calhoun said, before conceding that if byes must exist, this one might be coming at the perfect time. “But it is a good one to have.”</p>
<p>Next game: Nov. 1 at Army</p>
<p>— Brent Briggeman, The Gazette</p>
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<p>BOISE STATE</p>
<p>Boise State junior tailback Jay Ajayi has become so productive at home that his 195 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns Friday night against Fresno State barely got a postgame mention.</p>
<p>It was the fourth straight home game in which Ajayi gained at least 185 yards from scrimmage and the eighth time in nine home games as the starter that he has scored multiple touchdowns.</p>
<p>Ajayi has averaged 167.3 yards per game from scrimmage and scored 23 touchdowns in those nine games. He has eight touchdowns in 11 away games in the same span.</p>
<p>“Playing in front of this great crowd, playing for this great university, I just want to do my best,” he said Sunday. “It’s been interesting seeing the stats at home just because of how crazy they are. I would like to also bring that to the away games, too. We have away games also. I want to be able to do great at both. That’s something I’m definitely looking at and something I need to prove to myself.”</p>
<p>He’ll be back on the Blue on Friday night against BYU. The Cougars rank fifth in the nation in rushing defense at 97 yards per game.</p>
<p>Ajayi rushed for 151 yards last year at BYU, including a 61-yarder. But 94 of his yards came after the Broncos trailed 24-3 at halftime of a 37-20 loss.</p>
<p>“That’s a big, physical front,” Boise State offensive coordinator Mike Sanford said. “They make it hard on you. You’ve got to earn everything.”</p>
<p>Ajayi has learned this month to fight through that type of game.</p>
<p>Two weeks ago in Reno, he had 21 carries for 61 yards through three quarters. He added six carries for 91 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Friday against Fresno State, he generated 74 yards on 20 carries in the first three quarters. He broke a 54-yard run in the fourth quarter and finished with 158 yards on 30 carries in the game.</p>
<p>Combined, that’s 175 yards on 16 carries in the past two fourth quarters.</p>
<p>“We knew going into the (Fresno State) game we were going to have to grind it out on the ground, take what we can get,” Ajayi said. “Hopefully they’ll break later on in the game, and they did.</p>
<p>“It’s been really interesting these past couple of games. We haven’t really been breaking a lot of big runs early in the game. It’s teaching me a lot about patience and being persistent.”</p>
<p>Next game: vs. BYU, 7 p.m. MT Friday, ESPN</p>
<p>Notable: Senior QB Grant Hedrick has replaced injured WR Matt Miller as the offensive captain. … Senior CB Mercy Maston has become the third senior defender who will redshirt because of an injury. He missed the first six games and now is practicing with the scout team. He started four games last year. … Boise State is 22-0 in regular-season, non-Saturday home games. … The Broncos are about as healthy as they’ve been since the season opener. S Jeremy Ioane (out three games) and LT Rees Odhiambo (out four games) returned last week.</p>
<p>— Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman</p>
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<p>COLORADO STATE</p>
<p>Sellout crowds, votes in the Top 25 polls, a five-game winning streak and a 6-1 record for the first time in 14 years.</p>
<p>There hasn’t been this kind of excitement about CSU’s football program in more than a decade.</p>
<p>So how will the Rams keep it all from going to their heads?</p>
<p>“Just stick to what we do every week,” senior tackle Ty Sambrailo said Monday. “We know how we got here, and that’s hard work and doing what’s right, on and off the field. So we’re going to stick to that method of winning, and I think that’s the easiest way to not get caught up in everything.</p>
<p>“… It’s cool to have the attention we’re having and the success we’re having, but I think we’re pretty well grounded in how we got here.”</p>
<p>It should help, third-year coach Jim McElwain said, that there’s a rivalry game coming up next, the Border War with Wyoming (3-4, 1-2 Mountain West) on Saturday in front of what should be another sellout crowd of 32,500-plus at Hughes Stadium.</p>
<p>He wants his Rams (6-1, 2-1) to feel good about what they’ve accomplished so far, but he also wants everyone involved with the football program to understand that this is the expectation now, not the exception. There are five more regular-season games to play this season, and even though his team will be favored to win each of them, there are no guarantees that the Rams actually will win any of them.</p>
<p>Especially if they don’t remember what they’ve done to get to where they are or how far they still have to go to get to where they want to be, the coach said.</p>
<p>“You never arrive,” McElwain said. “The day you think you have, you’re done.”</p>
<p>The key for the Rams this week, McElwain said, is to “remove the clutter” from their minds, so they can focus on what they have to do in practice each day to beat Wyoming on Saturday. Players can’t worry about what might happen if they win out to get to 11-1 or which teams they have to beat to get into the Top 25 or what bowl game they’ll go to.</p>
<p>They can’t afford to get too far ahead of themselves, senior linebacker Aaron Davis said.</p>
<p>“It’s exciting where we’re at right now, and I think that’s motivating a lot of guys as a team, as a whole unit,” Davis said. “Coach is definitely telling us to not get complacent but just live in the moment and enjoy this experience where we’re at right now.</p>
<p>“We determine our own destiny, and each week we’re going to come out and play our hardest, especially this week.”</p>
<p>Next game: vs. Wyoming, 5 p.m. MT Saturday, Root Sports</p>
<p>Notable: Hughes Stadium, which hadn’t been sold out for a CSU game since 2004, had a sellout crowd of 32,546 last weekend vs. Utah State and is expected to sell out for this Saturday’s game against Wyoming by the end of the day Tuesday. … WR Charles Lovett (concussion) and G Mason Myers (knee) both suffered injuries against Utah State that will keep them from playing against Wyoming, McElwain said. … FS Kevin Pierre-Louis is questionable after being held out of the Utah State game because of severe headaches the previous week. … QB Garrett Grayson became CSU’s all-time passing leader with 7,250 yards by throwing for 243 vs. Utah State. He’s three passing touchdowns shy of the all-time mark of 51. … WR Rashard Higgins has had 175 or more receiving yards in three consecutive games and 140 or more in five of the past six games. … CSU’s five-game winning streak is its longest since 2002, and the Rams are 6-1 for the first time since 2000.</p>
<p>— Kelly Lyell, Fort Collins Coloradoan</p>
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<p>NEW MEXICO</p>
<p>Coach Bob Davie said New Mexico’s two-quarterback offense likely won’t change in that regard the rest of the season.</p>
<p>Junior Cole Gautsche and redshirt freshman Lamar Jordan both can expect to play. Gautsche, who has been the starter when healthy, can expect to be taken out in favor of Jordan at some point when the Lobos, idle this weekend, resume play Nov. 1 at UNLV — and beyond.</p>
<p>“I don’t think, obviously, even with the open date, that there’s going to be dramatic change in who we are, what we are, who we play with. I think both quarterbacks, obviously, deserve to play,” Davie said.</p>
<p>Jordan’s play this season, first in Gautsche’s absence due to a hamstring injury and later in relief of a healthy Gautsche, has had fans clamoring for Davie to go exclusively with the redshirt freshman.</p>
<p>But the situation flipped last week when Davie pulled Gautsche in favor of Jordan in the fourth quarter of UNM’s 35-31 loss at Air Force. Gautsche had played well to that point, and Jordan produced only one first down in two series of work.</p>
<p>The Root Sports broadcast team of Ari Wolfe and Sed Bonner was highly critical of the move, as were Lobo fans on the message boards.</p>
<p>None of the criticism matters, Gautsche said after Tuesday’s practice, nor is his confidence shaken.</p>
<p>“I’ve always been a real positive person,” he said. “I just try to go in there and do the best I can. Whoever’s in there doesn’t matter. I just try to do the best I can for the team, whatever my role is.</p>
<p>“I’m totally behind what coaches are saying, and their game plan. It doesn’t bother me at all.”</p>
<p>Next game: Nov. 1 vs. UNLV</p>
<p>Notable: Davie announced Tuesday he has dismissed defensive end Paytron Hightower and linebacker Tre’Von Roy because of “an accumulation and a pattern of attitude that keeps us from winning.” The players were not in academic or legal trouble, he said. … Two weeks won’t be long enough, Davie said, to get some of his injured players back on the field. Linebacker Kimmie Carson (knee), nose guard Cole Juarez (knee) and tight end Nick Lehman (ankle) likely won’t be ready for UNLV. Linebacker Dakota Cox left the Air Force game with a fractured thumb in the second quarter but returned to the game and will play at UNLV, Davie said. He’s hoping for the return of cornerbacks SaQwan Edwards (concussion symptoms) and Isaiah Brown (hamstring), whose injuries occurred earlier in the season. … UNM announced Monday it will play at Wisconsin in 2018 for a guarantee of $1.2 million. New Mexico also has guarantee games scheduled against Rutgers (2016, $950,000), Texas A&amp;M (2017, $1 million) and USC (2020, $1 million).</p>
<p>— Rick Wright, Albuquerque Journal</p>
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<p>UTAH STATE</p>
<p>The Utah State Aggies received the news they were hoping to avoid on Tuesday, with further medical tests showing sophomore quarterback Darell Garretson must have surgery to repair his injured right wrist.</p>
<p>It isn’t known if Garretson will return at any point this season. Senior Craig Harrison has been tabbed as the Aggies’ starter against UNLV on Saturday with freshman Kent Myers as his backup.</p>
<p>Garretson broke his wrist as he was tackled during the Aggies’ opening drive of the third quarter in Saturday’s 16-13 loss to CSU. Harrison played in nine games last year and started against Boise State before Garretson took over. The Grantsville native finished Saturday’s game against the Rams 5-of-12 passing for 28 yards.</p>
<p>Garretson, who took over for Chuckie Keeton for the second year in a row after Keeton was sidelined with a knee injury, has played in five games and is 91-of-135 passing for 1,140 yards and eight touchdowns with three interceptions.</p>
<p>Harrison and offensive coordinator Kevin McGiven are both off-limits to media members this week, school officials said.</p>
<p>Utah State coach Matt Wells said during his press conference on Monday the Aggies remain in high spirits despite the number of season-ending injuries they have had this year.</p>
<p>The Aggies have lost three linebackers, a receiver and a quarterback for the season, and could possibly add Garretson to that list.</p>
<p>“We’re going to get off the mat and fight,” he said. “We know how to do it. We’ve done it before and we can do it again. I like the mindset of these guys and we’ll give our very best for Aggie Nation. We’re going to go out and find different ways to win.”</p>
<p>Up Next: vs. UNLV, 2 p.m. MT Saturday, ESPNews</p>
<p>Notable: Asked how long it will take Harrison to feel comfortable leading the Aggies, Wells said it needed to be only a few reps. “He has to win now for us,” he said. “We need him to play efficient within himself and distribute the ball to receivers. He needs to do his part and we have to play well around him.” … The Aggies expect to run the ball more in the future with Garretson out. Both sophomore Nick Vigil and freshman LaJuan Hunt will get more carries in the future, Wells said. … USU is 19-24 all-time against teams from Nevada, including a 14-7 mark against UNLV. … USU offensive line coach Mark Weber was UNLV’s assistant head coach from 1994 to 1996. … USU is 8-6-0 all-time in games played on Oct. 25.</p>
<p>— Lya Wodraska, The Salt Lake Tribune</p>
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<p>WYOMING</p>
<p>The Cowboys (3-4 overall, 1-2 Mountain West) have lost three consecutive games, and two straight in the conference, after their 27-20 overtime loss to San Jose State last Saturday during homecoming.</p>
<p>They also face the league’s hottest team in Colorado State (6-1, 2-1) on Saturday in the 106th Border War game in Fort Collins, Colo. Wyoming could be without as many as three defensive starters for the game, but first-year coach Craig Bohl is maintaining a positive outlook heading into this week — and the rest of the season.</p>
<p>“Concern would not maybe be the best description, but as a head football coach it’s important for us to improve on what we didn’t do well last week, but also capitalize on the things we’ve done well to keep our program moving forward,” he said. “Attitude will come into play, and how we coach these guys and lift them up. We need to show them what they can do better, don’t beat them down, but don’t have rose-colored glasses on.</p>
<p>“A lot of that comes in the relationship of trust where those players really know you. To say that we’re in a real mature portion of our program would be inaccurate. When you lose close games (the last two by a combined 17 points), that’s more of a challenge to deal with. You have to recognize these guys are still in college so they’ll have some emotional roller coasters and that’s our charge as coaches. That’s why we have ‘coach’ on our shirts. Coaching means to move guys forward to what they can become.”</p>
<p>That could be more difficult this week as senior outside linebacker Mark Nzeocha (knee) and senior defensive end Sonny Puletasi (leg) are doubtful and questionable, respectively, after injuries suffered against San Jose State. Wyoming lost senior free safety and co-captain Darrenn White in its 38-28 loss at Hawaii on Oct. 11 to a season-ending knee injury.</p>
<p>Nzeocha leads the team with 59 tackles and has been the Cowboys’ best and most consistent defensive player this season.</p>
<p>“I was proud of some of the guys that got in there (against San Jose State),” said defensive coordinator Steve Stanard, who was an assistant at Colorado State from 2003 to 2007. “This week, it’s going to be about leaning on certain guys to make more plays because we’re probably going to be without some guys who have made a lot of plays for us.”</p>
<p>Next game: at Colorado State, 5 p.m. MT Saturday (Root)</p>
<p>Notable: If Nzeocha can’t play, Wyoming will likely turn to sophomore Lucas Wacha or junior Jeff Lark. … Junior Siaosi Hala’api’api and senior Riley Lange will get more time at defensive end. Those two, along with junior starter Eddie Yarbrough, are the only other defensive ends that have played this season. … Bohl and six of his assistants took a North Dakota State team to Colorado State and won 22-7 in September 2012, the second game for then first-year CSU coach Jim McElwain. … If senior receiver Dominic Rufran catches a pass Saturday, he will have the nation’s longest active streak in consecutive games with at least one catch at 45.</p>
<p>— Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune Eagle</p>
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<p>WEST DIVISION</p>
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<p>FRESNO STATE</p>
<p>Fresno State has defended the run fairly well over the past two-plus seasons, ranking fourth in the Mountain West in 2013 and third in ‘12, allowing 147.3 and 171.3 yards per game. But the Bulldogs knew they were in for a challenge playing at Boise State and against Jay Ajayi, who went into the game ranked second in the conference averaging 118.2 yards per game.</p>
<p>“The running back at Boise, that guy is a baller, man,” outside linebacker Donavon Lewis said. “He runs the ball hard. He’s a hard runner. As long as I’ve been here he’s been playing there. He’s a redshirt junior, so we’re in the same class, but as long as he’s been there he’s been a good running back.</p>
<p>“Any time we’re going against a good running back, when you hit him you have to really hit him. It kind of gets us in a more aggressive attitude toward it. It makes us want to hit him, because that’s the only way to get him down. If you don’t hit him hard enough, he’s not going to go down.”</p>
<p>And, the Broncos’ back got them. He rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns on 30 plays, including a 54-yard run in the fourth quarter that set up a field goal that made it a two-score game with 1:41 to go.</p>
<p>In doing so, Ajayi in all likelihood will become only the fifth 1,000-yard back that has gained more than 100 yards against the Bulldogs. They have faced 12 of them the past two seasons.</p>
<p>Last season, Ajayi rushed for 1,425 yards, but had only 54 in 20 plays against Fresno State. UNLV running back Tim Cornett finished with 1,284 yards, but had only 49 on 10 plays against the Bulldogs. Utah State back Joey DeMartino rushed for 1,221 yards, but gained only 54 on 18 plays when the Bulldogs took the first Mountain West championship game.</p>
<p>San Diego State’s Adam Muema was the only 1,000-yard rusher last season to gain more than 100 yards against Fresno State, going for 111 on 27 plays.</p>
<p>Fresno State faced eight backs that finished with 1,000 or more rushing yards in 2012 and only three gained more than 100 yards – Kenjon Barner (Oregon) had 201, Kasey Carrier (New Mexico) had 136 and D.J. Harper (Boise State) had 122.</p>
<p>Next game: Nov. 1 vs. Wyoming</p>
<p>Notable: Junior running back Marteze Waller had a 76-yard touchdown run in the Bulldogs’ loss at Boise State, the longest by a Fresno State back since Robbie Rouse went 94 yards for a score against Colorado in 2012. … Waller had only one touch in the fourth quarter of that game, which led to a bit of second-guessing. He had 162 yards and two touchdowns on 17 plays entering the fourth quarter with the score tied. It didn’t help that backup Juice Quezada has not been as productive, averaging only 2.3 yards per carry against FBS competition. Fresno State had minus-1 yard on nine plays in the final quarter, going three-and-out twice and throwing an interception to end their final drive. … Senior Josh Harper caught a 32-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, giving him 26 for his career. He is in second place on the all-time Fresno State list behind Davante Adams, who had 38 in just two seasons with the Bulldogs. … Harper also has surpassed the 2,000-yard mark in career receiving yards this season, the 10th player in school history to hit that milestone. Fresno State is tied with LSU, Central Florida and Wyoming for eighth place in the FBS with 10 players with 2,000 or more receiving yards. Boise State, Hawaii and Nevada are tied for the lead with 14. … Fresno State has a bye this week and comes back on Nov. 1 against Wyoming. The Bulldogs are 4-0 off a bye week under coach Tim DeRuyter. … Junior Charles Washington, who has bounced around the secondary starting games at cornerback, nickel and strong safety, his favorite of the three, is back to a full-time safety. “It feels good just to be able to focus on nickel back and safety, but week in and week out wherever they need me whether it’s a game-time decision or a practice decision, if they need me at corner I’ll play corner,” Washington said. “But I am excited that I haven’t had to focus on any cornerback stuff. Jamal (Ellis) stepped up and Curtis (Riley) has been playing well there, so thanks to those guys I can kind of lock in at strong safety and nickel back.”</p>
<p>— Robert Kuwada, The Fresno Bee</p>
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<p>HAWAII</p>
<p>Quarterback Ikaika Woolsey is expected to make his seventh start this season when the Warriors play Nevada on Saturday at Aloha Stadium. Woolsey practiced sparingly last week after suffering a bruised tailbone against Wyoming, the only game he has not started this season. But Woolsey took all the first-team reps during Friday’s walk-through and opened in this past Saturday’s game against San Diego State.</p>
<p>Beau Reilly, a 22-year-old freshman, took most of the No. 1 reps last week. He has not appeared in a game this season. But head coach Norm Chow said there are no plans to redshirt Reilly this season. Reilly signed with UH in April after serving a two-year church mission.</p>
<p>The Warriors were again short-handed at inside linebacker, with Simon Poti and Benny Fonua playing every defensive down for the second consecutive week. Tevita Lataimua, who now has missed four games in a row because of an injury, is expected to be cleared for the Nevada game.</p>
<p>Gaetano DeMattei continues to play well this season. DeMattei joined the Warriors in April after excelling at a walk-on tryout in February. He is now the No. 1 nickel back.</p>
<p>Next game: vs. Nevada, 10 p.m. MT, Oceanic PPV/Mountain West Network (online)</p>
<p>Notes: The Warriors have lost a school-record 16 consecutive road games. Their last road victory was against Idaho on Oct. 29, 2011. … The Warriors have home games the next two weekends. After that, three of the final four regular-season games will be on the road. … Chow remained in California after the San Diego State game to be with his wife, who continues to recover from a brain aneurysm at the UCLA Medical Center. Chow returned to Honolulu on Monday night. The Warriors only have conditioning drills, meetings and video reviews on Mondays. … Scott Harding’s rugby-style punts average an additional 15 yards on rolls. But he struggled to get his usual bounce against San Diego State. It was the first time the Warriors played on a natural grass field this season.</p>
<p>— Stephen Tsai, Honolulu Star-Advertiser</p>
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<p>NEVADA</p>
<p>The second half of Saturday’s 42-35 victory over BYU in Provo, Utah, provided its share of defensive stars for the Wolf Pack, which had four sacks (six in the game) and forced and recovered three fumbles after allowing 338 total yards and 28 points in the first half.</p>
<p>Among them was true freshman defensive end Patrick Choudja, whose very presence on the field has been questioned by some fans on social media who believe it might have been better to redshirt him.</p>
<p>Through six games, it was a fair argument. Choudja had played in each of the Wolf Pack’s first six games and had two tackles to show for it in limited time. Nevada had solid depth at defensive end, with starters Brock Hekking and Ian Seau as well as productive second-teamers Lenny Jones and Dupree Roberts-Jordan.</p>
<p>But coach Brian Polian pulled the trigger, and on Saturday he was rewarded.</p>
<p>The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Choudja, the final piece to Polian’s 2014 recruiting class (Choudja’s faxed letter of intent arrived during Polian’s recruiting-class news conference), saw 20 snaps against BYU. Had he not been in there on his 20th, the Wolf Pack and Cougars might still be playing.</p>
<p>Choudja on Monday was named the Big Hit Player of the Week by the coaching staff for his hustle, tackle and forced fumble of BYU quarterback Christian Stewart at the Nevada 34-yard line with 39 seconds to play. Linebacker Jonathan McNeal recovered it, allowing the Pack to run out the clock.</p>
<p>During Polian’s review of game tape, he saw Choudja, lined up at right defensive line, get pushed to the outside by BYU left tackle Ryker Mathews. Stewart sensed pressure and took off to his right, away from Choudja. Choudja, who also had two other tackles and was held while sacking Stewart on one play, never stopped his pursuit. He wrapped around behind Stewart, who never saw him, tackled him and stripped the ball.</p>
<p>Polian had high praise for Choudja’s progress and called that particular play a “great effort” play.</p>
<p>Next game: at Hawaii, 10 p.m. MT Saturday, Mountain West Network (online)</p>
<p>Notable: Polian said QB Cody Fajardo played “superbly” against BYU. Fajardo was named the team’s offensive player of the week. DE Ian Seau had two sacks and a forced fumble and was named the team’s defensive player of the week. Polian had high praise, too, for the offensive line, saying it played its best game this season, and the kicking game (P Alex Boy and PK Brent Zuzo were named the co-special teams players of the week). WR Jerico Richardson sprained his ankle on the Wolf Pack’s third offensive play and did not return. He is questionable this week. TE Patrick Clifford (head) and CB Evan Favors (head) each missed the BYU game. Clifford remains questionable. Favors is expected to return.</p>
<p>— Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette-Journal</p>
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<p>SAN DIEGO STATE</p>
<p>San Diego State had just beaten Hawaii 20-10 to move to the top of the Mountain West’s West Division at 3-1. Though head coach Rocky Long was pleased, he wasn’t overly excited by what he believed was an average effort in beating the undermanned Rainbow Warriors heading into a bye week.</p>
<p>“The number one objective is to win. And we won tonight,” Long said. “I don’t think we can play like we did tonight and win the championship. And so obviously we’ve got to get better. We’re not where we need to be. We’ve got to get better.”</p>
<p>The Aztecs got another big game from D.J. Pumphrey, who ran for 182 yards and scored his 12th rushing touchdown of the season. And they got another strong effort from their defense, which forced three turnovers and gave up only 96 yards rushing to a team that was averaging 162 yards per game.</p>
<p>But SDSU still is having some trouble in its passing game with dropped balls and some inaccuracy by senior QB Quinn Kaehler, who started against Hawaii after missing two starts with a sprained shoulder. The Aztecs passed for only 174 yards against the Warriors, and in the past two games have only 247 yards through the air.</p>
<p>Asked in which areas his team needs to improve, Long said, “We have to cover kickoffs better, punt better, catch the ball better, throw it better. We have to rush the passer better when we only rush four guys. We can’t give up Hail Mary passes. Want me to keep going?”</p>
<p>The Aztecs gave up a late desperation touchdown pass to Hawaii at the end of the first half that closed SDSU’s lead to 10-7.</p>
<p>Next game: Nov. 1 at Nevada</p>
<p>Notable: For their showdown at Nevada after the bye, the Aztecs might have two key figures back: senior receiver Ezell Ruffin, who has missed all but the first game with a broken collarbone, and junior linebacker Jake Fely, who has been out all year while recovering from a fractured vertebrae in his neck. … At sophomore D.J. Pumphrey’s current rushing pace, by the regular season’s end he would become the ninth all-time rusher at SDSU. He is currently 16th. … Pumphrey has eclipsed 100 yards in five of seven games this season, and the Aztecs are 7-1 in two seasons when he breaks the 100-yard barrier. Pumphrey is only 10 yards shy of reaching 1,000 for this season. … Pumphrey, 19, said he was inspired on Saturday by the presence at Qualcomm Stadium of his 2-year-old daughter, Maliya, who lives in Las Vegas with her mother. … He has eclipsed 100 yards in five of seven games this season, and the Aztecs are 7-1 in two seasons when he breaks the 100-yard barrier. … Kicker Donny Hageman has made 10 of his 12 field-goal attempts. The Aztecs were successful on only eight field goals all last season.</p>
<p>— Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
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<p>SAN JOSE STATE</p>
<p>The most improved unit in America leads San Jose State as it returns to the site of one of its all-time great performances.</p>
<p>The Spartans take on Navy and its vaunted triple-option offense on Saturday in Annapolis, Md., the site of their 2012 shutout victory. San Jose State held Navy to just 144 yards of offense and just 70 rushing yards — the lowest rushing total of Midshipmen coach Ken Niumatalolo’s tenure.</p>
<p>Last year’s game was dramatically different than that 12-0 victory that featured no touchdowns scored on either side. Navy won the 2013 game 58-52 in triple overtime. The Mids rushed for 432 yards, with quarterback Keenan Reynolds going for 240 yards and an FBS record for a quarterback seven touchdowns.</p>
<p>San Jose State hopes Saturday’s game more closely resembles the 2012 game and has some hope thanks to its defense. The unit is ranked No. 12 in the nation, allowing 313 yards per game.</p>
<p>The Spartans have jumped up 91 spots in the national rankings from last year’s group that ranked No. 103. No unit in the country — offense or defense — can claim that high of a jump. In terms of yards allowed, they’ve improved by 146.9 yards per game, also the nation’s best.</p>
<p>Safe to say coach Ron Caragher is thrilled he was able to hire defensive coordinator Greg Robinson.</p>
<p>“It’s been a great addition to San Jose State and really just what we needed,” Caragher said. “I think we had a nucleus of players that are talented and now it’s a matter of molding the clay. It’s been a really good addition and I’m looking forward to finishing strong.”</p>
<p>Facing the triple option will be tough and different than anything the Spartans have seen this year, but the Spartans feel prepared for it in large part thanks to their improved tackling ability.</p>
<p>“I think that’s one thing that I feel confident we’re doing this year is open-field tackling, taking proper angles to the ball carriers,” Caragher said.</p>
<p>That will definitely be a key on Saturday.</p>
<p>Next game: at Navy, 11 a.m. MT Saturday, CBS Sports Network</p>
<p>Notable: Starting freshman left guard Jeremiah Kolone is out indefinitely with a left knee injury that likely involved his ACL and MCL. Results of his MRI taken on Monday were not yet available. Backup guard Keith Bendixen is also out indefinitely with an undisclosed condition. Redshirt freshman A.J. Samataua will start in Kolone’s place. … Running back Jarrod Lawson, the team’s leading rusher in 2013, was suspended for six games last week for a second violation of team rules unrelated to the one that led to his two-game suspension to start the season. He’ll be eligible to return for the season finale against San Diego State if he avoids further trouble.</p>
<p>— Jimmy Durkin, San Jose Mercury News</p>
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<p>With Utah State down to its third-team quarterback, UNLV is preparing for the unknown this week.</p>
<p>Senior Craig Harrison will make just his second career start when the teams meet Saturday in Logan, Utah.</p>
<p>He replaces backup Darell Garretson, who injured a wrist in Saturday’s 16-13 loss at Colorado State. Garretson had been the replacement for the second season in a row for Chuckie Keeton, who again is out with a knee injury.</p>
<p>Harrison completed 5 of 12 passes for 28 yards in his appearance at Colorado State.</p>
<p>“We got a look at him the second half of the Colorado State game, and they didn’t change a whole bunch,” UNLV coach Bobby Hauck said. “They’ve got some other things they do offensively that we’ll have to be ready for. We can’t predict their play call, but they’ve got a guy that’s played some.”</p>
<p>If Harrison falters or gets injured, the Aggies could turn to freshman Kent Myers, who is redshirting. It obviously would be a last resort.</p>
<p>Either way, the Rebels expect Utah State to take a conservative approach and try to win with its running game and defense.</p>
<p>But Hauck said his team had to be aware the Aggies might take chances, too.</p>
<p>“We’ll try to get ourselves ready for the run game, Hauck said. “Early in the game, they’ll probably try to throw a few down the field to try to back us off, I suppose, so we’ve got to be ready.”</p>
<p>Next game: at Utah State, 2 p.m. MT Saturday, ESPNews</p>
<p>Notable: UNLV is the only school nationally that has not lost a fumble. … The Rebels won two of their past four games at Utah State, though the Aggies lead the series 14-7 overall. … Eleven of the 21 games in this series have been decided by a touchdown or less. … Quarterback Blake Decker has three 300-yard passing games, tying Colorado State’s Garrett Grayson and Nevada’s Cody Fajardo for tops in the Mountain West. … Wide receiver Devante Davis is expected to miss his fourth game in a row because of an injured wrist.</p>
<p>— Mark Anderson, Las Vegas Review-Journal</p>
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mountain division 160 air force air force kill two giant birds one stone next game schedule would seem lending hand win army nov 1 falcons 52 would capture commanderinchiefs trophy earn bowl eligibility theyll enter game rested fresh seasons second final open date season pretty fortunate landed like receiver garrett brown said brown one many air force players recovering injury hurt hamstring utah state oct 11 knocked days practice returned played saturday victory new mexico catching 63yard pass knows hell benefit extra time kind nagging injuries know arent going go away throughout season least get little better said looks practice monday number nagging injuries entire starting offensive backfield quarterback kale pearson fullback shayne davern tailback jacobi owens participate brief helmetsonly session offensive tackle matt rochell also boot lower leg coach troy calhoun would specify details injury well go guys calhoun said falcons took sunday practice tuesday either calhoun said would normal work week include practice saturday morning inseason time hasnt meant advantage calhoun since took 2007 falcons 24 extra week prepare still players like earlier season outside linebacker spencer proctor said legs felt good august team lined boise state 13 days proctor defense went forced seven turnovers one biggest victories program calhoun coach remains unswayed would like could play straight byes calhoun said conceding byes must exist one might coming perfect time good one next game nov 1 army brent briggeman gazette 160 boise state boise state junior tailback jay ajayi become productive home 195 yards scrimmage two touchdowns friday night fresno state barely got postgame mention fourth straight home game ajayi gained least 185 yards scrimmage eighth time nine home games starter scored multiple touchdowns ajayi averaged 1673 yards per game scrimmage scored 23 touchdowns nine games eight touchdowns 11 away games span playing front great crowd playing great university want best said sunday interesting seeing stats home crazy would like also bring away games away games also want able great thats something im definitely looking something need prove hell back blue friday night byu cougars rank fifth nation rushing defense 97 yards per game ajayi rushed 151 yards last year byu including 61yarder 94 yards came broncos trailed 243 halftime 3720 loss thats big physical front boise state offensive coordinator mike sanford said make hard youve got earn everything ajayi learned month fight type game two weeks ago reno 21 carries 61 yards three quarters added six carries 91 yards touchdown fourth quarter friday fresno state generated 74 yards 20 carries first three quarters broke 54yard run fourth quarter finished 158 yards 30 carries game combined thats 175 yards 16 carries past two fourth quarters knew going fresno state game going grind ground take get ajayi said hopefully theyll break later game really interesting past couple games havent really breaking lot big runs early game teaching lot patience persistent next game vs byu 7 pm mt friday espn notable senior qb grant hedrick replaced injured wr matt miller offensive captain senior cb mercy maston become third senior defender redshirt injury missed first six games practicing scout team started four games last year boise state 220 regularseason nonsaturday home games broncos healthy theyve since season opener jeremy ioane three games lt rees odhiambo four games returned last week chadd cripe idaho statesman 160 colorado state sellout crowds votes top 25 polls fivegame winning streak 61 record first time 14 years hasnt kind excitement csus football program decade rams keep going heads stick every week senior tackle ty sambrailo said monday know got thats hard work whats right field going stick method winning think thats easiest way get caught everything cool attention success think pretty well grounded got help thirdyear coach jim mcelwain said theres rivalry game coming next border war wyoming 34 12 mountain west saturday front another sellout crowd 32500plus hughes stadium wants rams 61 21 feel good theyve accomplished far also wants everyone involved football program understand expectation exception five regularseason games play season even though team favored win guarantees rams actually win especially dont remember theyve done get far still go get want coach said never arrive mcelwain said day think youre done key rams week mcelwain said remove clutter minds focus practice day beat wyoming saturday players cant worry might happen win get 111 teams beat get top 25 bowl game theyll go cant afford get far ahead senior linebacker aaron davis said exciting right think thats motivating lot guys team whole unit davis said coach definitely telling us get complacent live moment enjoy experience right determine destiny week going come play hardest especially week next game vs wyoming 5 pm mt saturday root sports notable hughes stadium hadnt sold csu game since 2004 sellout crowd 32546 last weekend vs utah state expected sell saturdays game wyoming end day tuesday wr charles lovett concussion g mason myers knee suffered injuries utah state keep playing wyoming mcelwain said fs kevin pierrelouis questionable held utah state game severe headaches previous week qb garrett grayson became csus alltime passing leader 7250 yards throwing 243 vs utah state hes three passing touchdowns shy alltime mark 51 wr rashard higgins 175 receiving yards three consecutive games 140 five past six games csus fivegame winning streak longest since 2002 rams 61 first time since 2000 kelly lyell fort collins coloradoan advertisement 160 new mexico coach bob davie said new mexicos twoquarterback offense likely wont change regard rest season junior cole gautsche redshirt freshman lamar jordan expect play gautsche starter healthy expect taken favor jordan point lobos idle weekend resume play nov 1 unlv beyond dont think obviously even open date theres going dramatic change play think quarterbacks obviously deserve play davie said jordans play season first gautsches absence due hamstring injury later relief healthy gautsche fans clamoring davie go exclusively redshirt freshman situation flipped last week davie pulled gautsche favor jordan fourth quarter unms 3531 loss air force gautsche played well point jordan produced one first two series work root sports broadcast team ari wolfe sed bonner highly critical move lobo fans message boards none criticism matters gautsche said tuesdays practice confidence shaken ive always real positive person said try go best whoevers doesnt matter try best team whatever role im totally behind coaches saying game plan doesnt bother next game nov 1 vs unlv notable davie announced tuesday dismissed defensive end paytron hightower linebacker trevon roy accumulation pattern attitude keeps us winning players academic legal trouble said two weeks wont long enough davie said get injured players back field linebacker kimmie carson knee nose guard cole juarez knee tight end nick lehman ankle likely wont ready unlv linebacker dakota cox left air force game fractured thumb second quarter returned game play unlv davie said hes hoping return cornerbacks saqwan edwards concussion symptoms isaiah brown hamstring whose injuries occurred earlier season unm announced monday play wisconsin 2018 guarantee 12 million new mexico also guarantee games scheduled rutgers 2016 950000 texas aampm 2017 1 million usc 2020 1 million rick wright albuquerque journal 160 utah state utah state aggies received news hoping avoid tuesday medical tests showing sophomore quarterback darell garretson must surgery repair injured right wrist isnt known garretson return point season senior craig harrison tabbed aggies starter unlv saturday freshman kent myers backup garretson broke wrist tackled aggies opening drive third quarter saturdays 1613 loss csu harrison played nine games last year started boise state garretson took grantsville native finished saturdays game rams 5of12 passing 28 yards garretson took chuckie keeton second year row keeton sidelined knee injury played five games 91of135 passing 1140 yards eight touchdowns three interceptions harrison offensive coordinator kevin mcgiven offlimits media members week school officials said utah state coach matt wells said press conference monday aggies remain high spirits despite number seasonending injuries year aggies lost three linebackers receiver quarterback season could possibly add garretson list going get mat fight said know weve done like mindset guys well give best aggie nation going go find different ways win next vs unlv 2 pm mt saturday espnews notable asked long take harrison feel comfortable leading aggies wells said needed reps win us said need play efficient within distribute ball receivers needs part play well around aggies expect run ball future garretson sophomore nick vigil freshman lajuan hunt get carries future wells said usu 1924 alltime teams nevada including 147 mark unlv usu offensive line coach mark weber unlvs assistant head coach 1994 1996 usu 860 alltime games played oct 25 lya wodraska salt lake tribune 160 wyoming cowboys 34 overall 12 mountain west lost three consecutive games two straight conference 2720 overtime loss san jose state last saturday homecoming also face leagues hottest team colorado state 61 21 saturday 106th border war game fort collins colo wyoming could without many three defensive starters game firstyear coach craig bohl maintaining positive outlook heading week rest season concern would maybe best description head football coach important us improve didnt well last week also capitalize things weve done well keep program moving forward said attitude come play coach guys lift need show better dont beat dont rosecolored glasses lot comes relationship trust players really know say real mature portion program would inaccurate lose close games last two combined 17 points thats challenge deal recognize guys still college theyll emotional roller coasters thats charge coaches thats coach shirts coaching means move guys forward become could difficult week senior outside linebacker mark nzeocha knee senior defensive end sonny puletasi leg doubtful questionable respectively injuries suffered san jose state wyoming lost senior free safety cocaptain darrenn white 3828 loss hawaii oct 11 seasonending knee injury nzeocha leads team 59 tackles cowboys best consistent defensive player season proud guys got san jose state said defensive coordinator steve stanard assistant colorado state 2003 2007 week going leaning certain guys make plays probably going without guys made lot plays us next game colorado state 5 pm mt saturday root notable nzeocha cant play wyoming likely turn sophomore lucas wacha junior jeff lark junior siaosi halaapiapi senior riley lange get time defensive end two along junior starter eddie yarbrough defensive ends played season bohl six assistants took north dakota state team colorado state 227 september 2012 second game firstyear csu coach jim mcelwain senior receiver dominic rufran catches pass saturday nations longest active streak consecutive games least one catch 45 robert gagliardi wyoming tribune eagle 160 west division 160 fresno state fresno state defended run fairly well past twoplus seasons ranking fourth mountain west 2013 third 12 allowing 1473 1713 yards per game bulldogs knew challenge playing boise state jay ajayi went game ranked second conference averaging 1182 yards per game running back boise guy baller man outside linebacker donavon lewis said runs ball hard hes hard runner long ive hes playing hes redshirt junior class long hes hes good running back time going good running back hit really hit kind gets us aggressive attitude toward makes us want hit thats way get dont hit hard enough hes going go broncos back got rushed 158 yards two touchdowns 30 plays including 54yard run fourth quarter set field goal made twoscore game 141 go ajayi likelihood become fifth 1000yard back gained 100 yards bulldogs faced 12 past two seasons last season ajayi rushed 1425 yards 54 20 plays fresno state unlv running back tim cornett finished 1284 yards 49 10 plays bulldogs utah state back joey demartino rushed 1221 yards gained 54 18 plays bulldogs took first mountain west championship game san diego states adam muema 1000yard rusher last season gain 100 yards fresno state going 111 27 plays fresno state faced eight backs finished 1000 rushing yards 2012 three gained 100 yards kenjon barner oregon 201 kasey carrier new mexico 136 dj harper boise state 122 next game nov 1 vs wyoming notable junior running back marteze waller 76yard touchdown run bulldogs loss boise state longest fresno state back since robbie rouse went 94 yards score colorado 2012 waller one touch fourth quarter game led bit secondguessing 162 yards two touchdowns 17 plays entering fourth quarter score tied didnt help backup juice quezada productive averaging 23 yards per carry fbs competition fresno state minus1 yard nine plays final quarter going threeandout twice throwing interception end final drive senior josh harper caught 32yard touchdown pass third quarter giving 26 career second place alltime fresno state list behind davante adams 38 two seasons bulldogs harper also surpassed 2000yard mark career receiving yards season 10th player school history hit milestone fresno state tied lsu central florida wyoming eighth place fbs 10 players 2000 receiving yards boise state hawaii nevada tied lead 14 fresno state bye week comes back nov 1 wyoming bulldogs 40 bye week coach tim deruyter junior charles washington bounced around secondary starting games cornerback nickel strong safety favorite three back fulltime safety feels good able focus nickel back safety week week wherever need whether gametime decision practice decision need corner ill play corner washington said excited havent focus cornerback stuff jamal ellis stepped curtis riley playing well thanks guys kind lock strong safety nickel back robert kuwada fresno bee 160 hawaii quarterback ikaika woolsey expected make seventh start season warriors play nevada saturday aloha stadium woolsey practiced sparingly last week suffering bruised tailbone wyoming game started season woolsey took firstteam reps fridays walkthrough opened past saturdays game san diego state beau reilly 22yearold freshman took 1 reps last week appeared game season head coach norm chow said plans redshirt reilly season reilly signed uh april serving twoyear church mission warriors shorthanded inside linebacker simon poti benny fonua playing every defensive second consecutive week tevita lataimua missed four games row injury expected cleared nevada game gaetano demattei continues play well season demattei joined warriors april excelling walkon tryout february 1 nickel back next game vs nevada 10 pm mt oceanic ppvmountain west network online notes warriors lost schoolrecord 16 consecutive road games last road victory idaho oct 29 2011 warriors home games next two weekends three final four regularseason games road chow remained california san diego state game wife continues recover brain aneurysm ucla medical center chow returned honolulu monday night warriors conditioning drills meetings video reviews mondays scott hardings rugbystyle punts average additional 15 yards rolls struggled get usual bounce san diego state first time warriors played natural grass field season stephen tsai honolulu staradvertiser 160 nevada second half saturdays 4235 victory byu provo utah provided share defensive stars wolf pack four sacks six game forced recovered three fumbles allowing 338 total yards 28 points first half among true freshman defensive end patrick choudja whose presence field questioned fans social media believe might better redshirt six games fair argument choudja played wolf packs first six games two tackles show limited time nevada solid depth defensive end starters brock hekking ian seau well productive secondteamers lenny jones dupree robertsjordan coach brian polian pulled trigger saturday rewarded 6foot3 225pound choudja final piece polians 2014 recruiting class choudjas faxed letter intent arrived polians recruitingclass news conference saw 20 snaps byu 20th wolf pack cougars might still playing choudja monday named big hit player week coaching staff hustle tackle forced fumble byu quarterback christian stewart nevada 34yard line 39 seconds play linebacker jonathan mcneal recovered allowing pack run clock polians review game tape saw choudja lined right defensive line get pushed outside byu left tackle ryker mathews stewart sensed pressure took right away choudja choudja also two tackles held sacking stewart one play never stopped pursuit wrapped around behind stewart never saw tackled stripped ball polian high praise choudjas progress called particular play great effort play next game hawaii 10 pm mt saturday mountain west network online notable polian said qb cody fajardo played superbly byu fajardo named teams offensive player week de ian seau two sacks forced fumble named teams defensive player week polian high praise offensive line saying played best game season kicking game p alex boy pk brent zuzo named cospecial teams players week wr jerico richardson sprained ankle wolf packs third offensive play return questionable week te patrick clifford head cb evan favors head missed byu game clifford remains questionable favors expected return dan hinxman reno gazettejournal 160 san diego state san diego state beaten hawaii 2010 move top mountain wests west division 31 though head coach rocky long pleased wasnt overly excited believed average effort beating undermanned rainbow warriors heading bye week number one objective win tonight long said dont think play like tonight win championship obviously weve got get better need weve got get better aztecs got another big game dj pumphrey ran 182 yards scored 12th rushing touchdown season got another strong effort defense forced three turnovers gave 96 yards rushing team averaging 162 yards per game sdsu still trouble passing game dropped balls inaccuracy senior qb quinn kaehler started hawaii missing two starts sprained shoulder aztecs passed 174 yards warriors past two games 247 yards air asked areas team needs improve long said cover kickoffs better punt better catch ball better throw better rush passer better rush four guys cant give hail mary passes want keep going aztecs gave late desperation touchdown pass hawaii end first half closed sdsus lead 107 next game nov 1 nevada notable showdown nevada bye aztecs might two key figures back senior receiver ezell ruffin missed first game broken collarbone junior linebacker jake fely year recovering fractured vertebrae neck sophomore dj pumphreys current rushing pace regular seasons end would become ninth alltime rusher sdsu currently 16th pumphrey eclipsed 100 yards five seven games season aztecs 71 two seasons breaks 100yard barrier pumphrey 10 yards shy reaching 1000 season pumphrey 19 said inspired saturday presence qualcomm stadium 2yearold daughter maliya lives las vegas mother eclipsed 100 yards five seven games season aztecs 71 two seasons breaks 100yard barrier kicker donny hageman made 10 12 fieldgoal attempts aztecs successful eight field goals last season tod leonard san diego uniontribune advertisement 160 san jose state improved unit america leads san jose state returns site one alltime great performances spartans take navy vaunted tripleoption offense saturday annapolis md site 2012 shutout victory san jose state held navy 144 yards offense 70 rushing yards lowest rushing total midshipmen coach ken niumatalolos tenure last years game dramatically different 120 victory featured touchdowns scored either side navy 2013 game 5852 triple overtime mids rushed 432 yards quarterback keenan reynolds going 240 yards fbs record quarterback seven touchdowns san jose state hopes saturdays game closely resembles 2012 game hope thanks defense unit ranked 12 nation allowing 313 yards per game spartans jumped 91 spots national rankings last years group ranked 103 unit country offense defense claim high jump terms yards allowed theyve improved 1469 yards per game also nations best safe say coach ron caragher thrilled able hire defensive coordinator greg robinson great addition san jose state really needed caragher said think nucleus players talented matter molding clay really good addition im looking forward finishing strong facing triple option tough different anything spartans seen year spartans feel prepared large part thanks improved tackling ability think thats one thing feel confident year openfield tackling taking proper angles ball carriers caragher said definitely key saturday next game navy 11 mt saturday cbs sports network notable starting freshman left guard jeremiah kolone indefinitely left knee injury likely involved acl mcl results mri taken monday yet available backup guard keith bendixen also indefinitely undisclosed condition redshirt freshman aj samataua start kolones place running back jarrod lawson teams leading rusher 2013 suspended six games last week second violation team rules unrelated one led twogame suspension start season hell eligible return season finale san diego state avoids trouble jimmy durkin san jose mercury news 160 unlv utah state thirdteam quarterback unlv preparing unknown week senior craig harrison make second career start teams meet saturday logan utah replaces backup darell garretson injured wrist saturdays 1613 loss colorado state garretson replacement second season row chuckie keeton knee injury harrison completed 5 12 passes 28 yards appearance colorado state got look second half colorado state game didnt change whole bunch unlv coach bobby hauck said theyve got things offensively well ready cant predict play call theyve got guy thats played harrison falters gets injured aggies could turn freshman kent myers redshirting obviously would last resort either way rebels expect utah state take conservative approach try win running game defense hauck said team aware aggies might take chances well try get ready run game hauck said early game theyll probably try throw field try back us suppose weve got ready next game utah state 2 pm mt saturday espnews notable unlv school nationally lost fumble rebels two past four games utah state though aggies lead series 147 overall eleven 21 games series decided touchdown less quarterback blake decker three 300yard passing games tying colorado states garrett grayson nevadas cody fajardo tops mountain west wide receiver devante davis expected miss fourth game row injured wrist mark anderson las vegas reviewjournal 160 160 160 160
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<p>STEPAHNIE S. CORDLE/ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH/MCTOnce you wrap your head and your tastebuds around the idea, oatmeal can be the secret ingredient in healthy, whole-grain, heart-wise dishes such as, from top, Broccoli-Cheddar Oven Risotto, Three-Pepper Oat Pilaf or Savory Oatmeal and Soft-Cooked Egg.</p>
<p>ST. LOUIS – It takes a little courage the first time you sauté onions with Indian spices and mix them into your oatmeal, but the queasy feeling passes. I promise.</p>
<p>I’ll admit that I wasn’t an instant convert. It felt like sacrilege. Violating your childhood treat with veggies and soy sauce still feels a bit … well, unsavory, but I’d like to change that. At a recent dinner, I served a curried steel-cut oatmeal dish with chicken and mixed peppers, but I waited until everyone applauded the texture and flavors before I confessed that “oh, by the way … that’s not quinoa.”</p>
<p>No one complained, but there was a momentary look of dread in which you could see them pondering the question of whether to feel sick.</p>
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<p>Suggesting roasted meat, red peppers and oatmeal to the uninitiated can seem as far-fetched as recommending spinach on a PB&amp;J. However, despite its distinct breakfast connotation, oatmeal is just a grain.</p>
<p>Correction: It’s one of the least expensive whole grain options you can buy. And now you can buy bulk because you can use it sweet or savory. Oatmeal pancakes today, oatmeal jambalaya the next.</p>
<p>Once you wrap your head and your tastebuds around the alternatives, you’ll discover that oatmeal just might be the most versatile grain around. Brown rice is higher in calories and can’t compete with the sweet side of oatmeal; besides it lacks that cold-weather comfort appeal.</p>
<p>Barley, bulgar and quinoa would be the most likely next tier of rivals, but they are typically harder to come by and much more expensive. Not to mention that these savory menu items just don’t have much sweet breakfast cachet.</p>
<p>Oatmeal is a chameleon, especially steel cut, which has more nutritional value. But any variety of oatmeal is vaguely sweet, a great quality for curries and an added dimension in traditional savory dishes and stir-frys.</p>
<p>Cook it a little longer and slower and the texture can be an alternative to creamy mashes like potatoes and other root vegetables. Oatmeal Au Gratin, anyone? How about Broccoli-Cheddar Oatmeal Risotto?</p>
<p>I know, I know, you’re not convinced.</p>
<p>The Whole Grains Council describes oats like this: “In the U.S., most oats are steamed and flattened to produce ‘old-fashioned’ or regular oats, quick oats and instant oats. The more oats are flattened and steamed, the quicker they cook – and the softer they become. If you prefer a chewier, nuttier texture, consider steel-cut oats, also sometimes called Irish or Scottish oats. Steel-cut oats consist of the entire oat kernel (similar in look to a grain of rice), sliced once or twice into smaller pieces to help water penetrate and cook the grain. Cooked for about 20 minutes: steel-cut oats create a breakfast porridge …”</p>
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<p>Et tu, Whole Grain Council.</p>
<p>No matter, I am not deterred. I’m winning converts by the day who now pause at the kitchen cabinet when the oatmeal water is boiling to wonder soy sauce or the honey? Cranberries and cinnamon or spinach and minced garlic?</p>
<p>Heart-healthy, low-calorie, cholesterol-lowering (typically gluten-free) oatmeal has always been so simple and uncomplicated. It was most definitely one of the first foods I learned to cook, though my preparation has evolved.</p>
<p>My first meals were rolled oats stewed to a yummy sweet mush in whole milk and sugar with a pinch of salt. I still crave it just like that sometimes. But my typical oats today are steel cut and slow cooked in a mix of almond milk and water flavored with pumpkin pie spice, agave syrup and a dash of salt that’s served with pecans, coconut, dried fruit and other toppings. I’ve dedicated a shelf of my refrigerator as a DIY oatmeal bar.</p>
<p>We’ve got some recipe suggestions here, but I’ll tell you that you can easily swap oatmeal for grits, rice and most other grains. And we’d suggest adding a little milk (whatever milk choice you prefer) to enhance the sweet creaminess – a great quality for the shrimp and oatmeal recipe here. It’s oatmeal; you don’t have to hide that fact when it can be such a great addition to the dish.</p>
<p>SPICY OAT CRUSTED CHICKEN WITH SUNSHINE SALSA</p>
<p>Serves 4</p>
<p>For the sunshine salsa</p>
<p>¾ cup prepared salsa</p>
<p>¾ cup coarsely chopped orange sections</p>
<p>For the chicken</p>
<p>2 tablespoons canola oil</p>
<p>1 tablespoon soft margarine or butter, melted</p>
<p>2 teaspoons chili powder</p>
<p>1 teaspoon garlic powder</p>
<p>1 teaspoon ground cumin</p>
<p>¾ teaspoon salt</p>
<p>1½ cups quick oats, uncooked</p>
<p>1 egg, lightly beaten</p>
<p>1 tablespoon water</p>
<p>4 boned and skinned chicken breast halves (about 5 to 6 ounces each)</p>
<p>Chopped cilantro (optional)</p>
<p>Make the salsa: In a small bowl, combine salsa and orange sections. Refrigerate, covered, until serving time.</p>
<p>Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a flat, shallow dish, stir together oil, melted margarine or butter, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin and salt. Add oats, stirring until evenly moistened.</p>
<p>In a second flat, shallow dish, beat egg and water with fork until frothy. Dip chicken into combined egg and water, then coat completely in seasoned oats. Place chicken on foil-lined baking sheet. Pat any extra oat mixture onto top of chicken.</p>
<p>Bake 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and oat coating is golden brown. Serve with Sunshine Salsa. Garnish with chopped cilantro, if desired.</p>
<p>Per serving: 475 calories; 22 g fat; 5 g saturated fat; 140 mg cholesterol; 38 g protein; 31 g carbohydrate; 4 g sugar; 5 g fiber; 720 mg sodium; 70 mg calcium.</p>
<p>SOUTHERN SHRIMP AND OATMEAL</p>
<p>Serves 8</p>
<p>1½ cups water</p>
<p>1½ cups fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth</p>
<p>¾ teaspoon sea salt</p>
<p>1 cup steel cut oats</p>
<p>1 cup shredded Colby Jack cheese</p>
<p>2 tablespoons butter, divided</p>
<p>¾ teaspoon hot sauce, divided</p>
<p>½ cup cubed or sliced andouille sausage</p>
<p>1 tablespoon vegetable oil</p>
<p>1 pound large Gulf Shrimp, peeled and deveined</p>
<p>2 tablespoons Wondra flour</p>
<p>1 cup sliced mushrooms</p>
<p>2 garlic cloves, minced</p>
<p>2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice</p>
<p>2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme</p>
<p>2 tablespoons chopped green onion</p>
<p>¼ cup chopped tomato</p>
<p>Bring water, chicken broth and sea salt to a boil in a medium saucepan; gradually whisk in oats. Reduce heat, and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cheese, 1 tablespoon butter and ¼ teaspoon hot sauce. Keep warm.</p>
<p>Cook sausage in hot oil in a large skillet 5 to 7 minutes or until crisp. Drain on paper towels, reserving drippings in skillet. Set sausage aside.</p>
<p>Toss shrimp with flour. Sauté shrimp in hot drippings 1 minute. Add reserved sausage, mushrooms, garlic and cook 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice, ½ teaspoon hot sauce, thyme, green onion and tomato, stirring to loosen any browned bits from bottom of skillet. Remove from heat and stir in 1 tablespoon butter.</p>
<p>Serve shrimp mixture over hot oatmeal.</p>
<p>PER SERVING: 230 calories; 12 g fat; 5 g saturated fat; 95 mg cholesterol; 16 g protein; 17 g carbohydrate; 0.5 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 845 mg sodium; 145 mg calcium.</p>
<p>– Recipe from Bob’s Red Mill 2011 Spar for the Spurtle competition.</p>
<p>THREE PEPPER OAT PILAF</p>
<p>Serves 6</p>
<p>½ cup chopped red bell pepper</p>
<p>½ cup chopped yellow bell pepper</p>
<p>½ cup chopped mushrooms</p>
<p>½ cup sliced green onions</p>
<p>2 garlic cloves, minced</p>
<p>1 tablespoons olive oil</p>
<p>1¾ cups old-fashioned rolled oats, uncooked</p>
<p>2 egg whites or 1 egg, lightly beaten</p>
<p>¾ cup chicken broth</p>
<p>2 tablespoons minced fresh basil leaves or 2 teaspoons dried basil</p>
<p>½ teaspoon salt</p>
<p>¼ teaspoon black pepper</p>
<p>In a 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook peppers, mushrooms, green onions and garlic in oil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 2 minutes.</p>
<p>In large bowl, mix oats and egg whites until oats are evenly coated. Add oats to vegetable mixture in skillet.</p>
<p>Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until oats are dry and separated, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add broth, basil, salt and pepper. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Serve immediately.</p>
<p>Per serving: 125 calories; 4 g fat; 0.5 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 4 g protein; 19 g carbohydrate; 2 g sugar; 3 g fiber; 325 mg sodium; 5 mg calcium.</p>
<p>– From the Quaker Oats Co.</p>
<p>BROCCOLI-CHEDDAR OVEN RISOTTO</p>
<p>Serves 4</p>
<p>4 cups low-sodium chicken broth</p>
<p>1 bunch broccoli, cut into small florets</p>
<p>1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil</p>
<p>3 tablespoons unsalted butter</p>
<p>½ small onion, finely chopped</p>
<p>1¾ cups steel-cut oats</p>
<p>¼ cup dry white wine</p>
<p>Kosher salt</p>
<p>Freshly ground pepper</p>
<p>1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese (about 4 ounces)</p>
<p>Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Bring the chicken broth to a low simmer in a saucepan. Toss the broccoli with olive oil on a rimmed baking sheet.</p>
<p>Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large Dutch oven or ovenproof pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Add the oats and stir to coat. Pour in the wine and cook until evaporated, about 1 minute. Add the hot broth, ¾ teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste; bring to a boil.</p>
<p>Cover and set on the bottom oven rack. Place the broccoli on the upper rack. Bake, stirring the oatmeal and broccoli once halfway through cooking until most of the liquid has been absorbed into the oatmeal and the broccoli is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.</p>
<p>Remove the oatmeal and broccoli from the oven. Add ¾ cup hot water, the remaining 1 tablespoon butter and the cheese to the oatmeal and stir until creamy (add a little more hot water to loosen, if necessary).</p>
<p>Stir in broccoli and serve.</p>
<p>Per serving: 570 calories; 28 g fat; 13 g saturated fat; 50 mg cholesterol; 26 g protein; 62 g carbohydrate; 3 g sugar; 11 g fiber; 305 mg sodium; 320 mg calcium.</p>
<p>– Adapted from Broccoli-Cheddar Oven Risotto dish with arborio rice from Food Network Magazine (November 2013)</p>
<p>SAVORY PORRIDGE WITH BACON, CHEDDAR, FRESH TOMATOES, AND CHIVES</p>
<p>Serves 4</p>
<p>8 slices bacon</p>
<p>½ cup whole milk</p>
<p>¼ cup water</p>
<p>1½ cups chicken stock</p>
<p>½ cup steel-cut oats</p>
<p>½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese</p>
<p>¼ cup chopped fresh chives, plus 1 to 2 tablespoons for garnish</p>
<p>Salt and fresh place pepper to taste</p>
<p>1 heaping cup grape or cherry tomatoes, halved</p>
<p>Cayenne pepper sauce (optional)</p>
<p>In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook bacon in batches, turning frequently, until browned and crisp, about 5 to 8 minutes. Set aside on a paper towel.</p>
<p>While bacon is cooking, bring milk, water and stock just to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Stir in oats and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring regularly, for 25 to 30 minutes, until liquid is absorbed and oats are tender and cooked through. Stir in cheddar, chives, salt and pepper and taste for seasoning. Just before serving, crumble bacon and stir into oatmeal. Top with cherry tomatoes and extra chives and serve cayenne pepper sauce on the side.</p>
<p>PER SERVING: 250 calories; 13 g fat; 6 g saturated fat; 30 mg cholesterol; 14 g protein; 20 g carbohydrate; 4 g sugar; 2.5 g fiber; 450 mg sodium; 155 mg calcium.</p>
<p>– From Shape Magazine</p>
<p>SAVORY OATMEAL AND SOFT-COOKED EGG</p>
<p>Serves 1</p>
<p>1 cup water or chicken broth</p>
<p>½ cup quick-cooking rolled oats</p>
<p>Coarse salt and ground pepper</p>
<p>Nonstick cooking spray</p>
<p>1 large egg</p>
<p>2 tablespoons shredded sharp cheddar</p>
<p>1 tablespoon thinly sliced scallions</p>
<p>2 slices of cooked bacon (optional)</p>
<p>In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup water (or chicken broth) to a boil. Add oats and pinch of salt; stir, reduce heat, and simmer until tender, about 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, heat a small nonstick pan over medium. Coat lightly with cooking spray. Add egg and cook until white is set and yolk is still runny, about 3 minutes. Season egg to taste with salt and pepper. Serve oatmeal in a bowl topped with cheese, egg, scallions and bacon (if using).</p>
<p>PER SERVING: 295 calories; 12 g fat; 4.5 g saturated fat; 200 mg cholesterol; 16 g protein; 30 g carbohydrate; 2 g sugar; 5 g fiber; 170 mg sodium; 170 mg calcium.</p>
<p>– From Martha Stewart Living</p>
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<p>The U.S. appointments also sent a more subtle political message, weeks before the U.S. election, with the surprise pick of Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin.</p>
<p>Tobin has openly opposed efforts by Indiana Gov. Michael Pence, now Donald Trump’s running mate, to bar Syrian refugees from being resettled in the state. A U.S. federal appeals court recently used stinging language in a ruling that will prevent the Republican vice presidential candidate from barring refugee resettlement in Indiana for now.</p>
<p>Francis has made the plight of refugees one of the hallmarks of his papacy, even bringing a dozen Syrian refugees home with him from Lesbos, Greece. He has asserted that anyone who wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out migrants — as Trump has proposed — is “not Christian.”</p>
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<p>“You can find a political message” in the Tobin appointment, said Massimo Faggioli, a Villanova University expert on the Vatican.</p>
<p>The other new U.S. “princes” of the church include the leading U.S. moderate, Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, and outgoing Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell, whom Francis tapped in August to head the Vatican’s new family and laity office.</p>
<p>“Wow. I guess we are back!” marveled U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Hackett, a reference to the dearth of U.S. cardinal appointees in recent years.</p>
<p>Thirteen of the new cardinals, including all the Americans, are under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a future conclave to elect Francis’ successor, the key job of a cardinal. Francis will elevate all 17 at a ceremony Nov. 19, on the eve of the closure of his Holy Year of Mercy.</p>
<p>As is Francis’ tradition, the new cardinals hail from some of the most far-flung and peripheral corners of the globe: Bangui, Central African Republic; Port Louis, Mauritius and Tlalnepantla, Mexico.</p>
<p>Significantly, only one Italian elector was named: Francis’ ambassador to “the beloved and martyred Syria,” Cardinal-elect Mario Zenari.</p>
<p>And one of the over-80 cardinals is a clear sentimental favorite: the Rev. Ernest Troshani Simoni of Albania.</p>
<p>Simoni, who turns 88 later this month, brought Francis to tears when he recounted his life story to the pope during Francis’ 2014 visit to Tirana: the two decades he spent imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to forced labor for refusing to speak out against the Catholic Church during Albania’s brutal communist rule.</p>
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<p>After embracing Simoni that day, Francis said: “Today I touched martyrs.”</p>
<p>In all, seven countries that have never had a cardinal are getting one in this, the third batch of red-hatted churchmen named by Latin America’s first-ever pope. Despite the new nominations, though, Europe still has the most voting-age cardinals with 54.</p>
<p>“The geographical diversity is in keeping with the trajectory of recent popes to expand the global representation in the College of Cardinals to reflect the fact that the Church is universal, not simply European,” said Mark Brumley, president of Ignatius Press, the leading English-language publisher of both Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI and Francis.</p>
<p>Speaking Sunday at the end of a special Mass on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis said the 11 nations represented in the mix “announces and is witness to the good news of the mercy of God in every corner of the world.”</p>
<p>The new cardinals will bring the number of voting-age prelates to 120 by the end of November, the maximum allowed under current rules. Francis has appointed 44 of them, or just over a third.</p>
<p>Of the new cardinals, Cupich is very much a pastor in Francis’ likeness, emphasizing the merciful and welcoming side of the church — to the dismay of U.S. conservative Catholics. His nomination as Chicago archbishop was Francis’ first major U.S. appointment and he was a Francis appointee at the pope’s big family synod last year.</p>
<p>In a statement, Cupich said his appointment was “humbling and encouraging” and said he hoped that despite the new responsibilities, he and his flock would “continue the task we have begun of renewing the church in the archdiocese and preparing it to thrive in the decades ahead.”</p>
<p>Tobin’s nomination could also indicate Francis’ appreciation of his support for American nuns. Tobin had been the No. 2 in the Vatican office for religious orders for only two years when in 2012, then-Pope Benedict XVI sent him back to the U.S. to head the Indianapolis archdiocese, which has fewer than 230,000 parishioners.</p>
<p>The transfer was seen in some Vatican circles as being tied to Tobin’s efforts to promote dialogue and resolve tensions between the Vatican and U.S. nuns who were subject of two separate Holy See investigations at the time.</p>
<p>After Francis was elected, both investigations were concluded with Vatican praise for the work of the sisters.</p>
<p>“I am shocked beyond words by the decision of the Holy Father,” Tobin tweeted. “Please pray for me.”</p>
<p>Brumley, the papal publisher, said of the Americans, Tobin’s nomination was the clear “outside the box” surprise given Indianapolis hasn’t been a traditional archdiocese that takes a cardinal.</p>
<p>“But he is a great bishop who combines a commitment to Catholic teaching with pastoral passion,” Brumley said.</p>
<p>Francis has made it a point to no longer automatically name cardinals from big dioceses as had been the practice for centuries. The Italian cities of Venice and Turin, for example, have been without cardinals for several years.</p>
<p>The same goes for the U.S., where such staunchly Catholic archdioceses as Philadelphia, which hosted Francis last year at the Catholic Church’s big family rally, was passed over again. Philadelphia is headed by the conservative Archbishop Charles Chaput, who has insisted on traditional church doctrine on issues such as whether civilly remarried couples can receive Communion — areas where Francis has sought greater flexibility.</p>
<p>“It’s a clear message to the United States Catholic bishops about the kind of church Francis has in mind,” Faggioli said.</p>
<p>Francis did make an exception to his own rule Sunday by returning a red hat to Brussels after it went without a cardinal during the tenure of Archbishop Andre Joseph Leonard, a staunch traditionalist. Francis accepted Leonard’s retirement in 2015 and appointed a more progressive replacement in Archbishop Jozef De Kesel, who on Sunday was named a cardinal — one of only five Europeans named.</p>
<p>The geographic distribution of electors still heavily favors Europe, with 54 voting-age cardinals. The Americas come next with 34 cardinals in North, South, Central America and the Caribbean. Africa has 15, Asia 14 and Oceania four. On Nov. 28, Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr of Senegal will turn 80, bringing the voting number down to 120.</p>
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<p>AP Religion Writer Rachel Zoll in New York contributed to this report.</p>
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<p>This story has been corrected to change Kevin Farrell’s title to Bishop instead of Archbishop. A previous version of this story corrected the spelling of Blase Cupich, not Blaise.</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Bumper-to bumper, horn-honking traffic through Manhattan streets is about as New York as bagels and Broadway. A plan to ease that problem is tapping into another mainstay of city life: high driving tolls.</p>
<p>The idea, called "congestion pricing," involves using electronic tolling technology to charge fees to vehicles entering the most heavily trafficked parts of town during certain hours.</p>
<p>Some big cities already do it, including Singapore, Stockholm and London, where it can cost more than $15 to drive into the city center during peak periods.</p>
<p>Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed it for New York a decade ago and got a firm rejection from lawmakers who said drivers headed into Manhattan already get slammed enough by bridge and highway tolls and high parking fees.</p>
<p>But with the city's subway system deteriorating, and politicians looking for ways to pay for a fix, the concept has gotten new life.</p>
<p>Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who said last summer that "congestion pricing" is an idea whose time has come, could unveil a plan to implement a system as early as next week. A spokesman for the governor said a committee, called FixNY, is finalizing recommendations.</p>
<p>Alex Matthiessen, director of the MoveNY campaign — the most vocal advocate for congestion pricing — says New York would become the first city in the United States to charge drivers under such a system, but said others like San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles are paying close attention.</p>
<p>"We have a full-blown crisis," Matthiessen said. "Our subway system is severely underfunded; it is quite unreliable, there are delays and overcrowding and the situation is potentially dangerous. No other idea has the twin benefit of also tackling a very severe traffic problem."</p>
<p>There are still plenty of roadblocks.</p>
<p>Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he likes the idea of getting cars off the street but isn't convinced high tolls is the way to do it.</p>
<p>"I think there are serious fairness issues when it comes to congestion pricing," he said at a recent news conference, citing the financial burden on drivers who can't afford tolls as easily as the many millionaires who call Manhattan home. De Blasio has said he prefers dealing with the subway's financial problems by imposing higher income taxes on the rich.</p>
<p>Key details, like how much it might cost, or where, exactly, drivers might get hit with the tolls have yet to be unveiled. Bloomberg's plan would have charged $8 to drive south of 60th Street, or roughly the southern end of Central Park.</p>
<p>Adam Glassman, a Lynbrook, Long Island-based attorney, spoke in midtown Manhattan before getting into his car to go home.</p>
<p>"It is impossible to get into the city," said Glassman, who is familiar with Bloomberg's proposed plan years ago. He commutes into Manhattan twice a week.</p>
<p>He's in favor of possible tolls. "I'd be willing to suck it up."</p>
<p>Although no specific congestion pricing plan has been formally announced, many agree that any system would be likely to create surcharges for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. That's OK with Uber, which is behind a public relations campaign backing congestion pricing.</p>
<p>"Users of Manhattan's congested roads should bear part of the cost of helping to reduce congestion and improve our public transit system," said Uber spokeswoman Alix Anfang. "Everyone should pay their fair share to keep New York City moving forward."</p>
<p>Brooklyn state Assemblyman William Colton, a Democrat, said any proposals that would create tolls across bridges into Manhattan that are currently free, or a system that would ping drivers in areas like Times Square south through Greenwich Village and into the Wall Street business district, would be seen as an unfair tax by his constituents.</p>
<p>"This is going to have a negative effect on working people, small business people and seniors who have medical appointments in Manhattan," Colton said. "This is going to be a big problem. I don't know the details, but I'm very leery."</p>
<p>Commuter Joe Murphy said he would be "absolutely opposed to it."</p>
<p>He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and already pays for the George Washington Bridge, where tolls range from $10.50 to $15 a car, plus a midtown Manhattan parking garage. His half-hour, pre-rush hour commute is the fastest and easiest option for him; using public transportation would triple his commuting time.</p>
<p>"Just to get to work, the cost of parking and tolls and everything is just astronomical," he said.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Verena Dobnik contributed to this report.</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Bumper-to bumper, horn-honking traffic through Manhattan streets is about as New York as bagels and Broadway. A plan to ease that problem is tapping into another mainstay of city life: high driving tolls.</p>
<p>The idea, called "congestion pricing," involves using electronic tolling technology to charge fees to vehicles entering the most heavily trafficked parts of town during certain hours.</p>
<p>Some big cities already do it, including Singapore, Stockholm and London, where it can cost more than $15 to drive into the city center during peak periods.</p>
<p>Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed it for New York a decade ago and got a firm rejection from lawmakers who said drivers headed into Manhattan already get slammed enough by bridge and highway tolls and high parking fees.</p>
<p>But with the city's subway system deteriorating, and politicians looking for ways to pay for a fix, the concept has gotten new life.</p>
<p>Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who said last summer that "congestion pricing" is an idea whose time has come, could unveil a plan to implement a system as early as next week. A spokesman for the governor said a committee, called FixNY, is finalizing recommendations.</p>
<p>Alex Matthiessen, director of the MoveNY campaign — the most vocal advocate for congestion pricing — says New York would become the first city in the United States to charge drivers under such a system, but said others like San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles are paying close attention.</p>
<p>"We have a full-blown crisis," Matthiessen said. "Our subway system is severely underfunded; it is quite unreliable, there are delays and overcrowding and the situation is potentially dangerous. No other idea has the twin benefit of also tackling a very severe traffic problem."</p>
<p>There are still plenty of roadblocks.</p>
<p>Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he likes the idea of getting cars off the street but isn't convinced high tolls is the way to do it.</p>
<p>"I think there are serious fairness issues when it comes to congestion pricing," he said at a recent news conference, citing the financial burden on drivers who can't afford tolls as easily as the many millionaires who call Manhattan home. De Blasio has said he prefers dealing with the subway's financial problems by imposing higher income taxes on the rich.</p>
<p>Key details, like how much it might cost, or where, exactly, drivers might get hit with the tolls have yet to be unveiled. Bloomberg's plan would have charged $8 to drive south of 60th Street, or roughly the southern end of Central Park.</p>
<p>Adam Glassman, a Lynbrook, Long Island-based attorney, spoke in midtown Manhattan before getting into his car to go home.</p>
<p>"It is impossible to get into the city," said Glassman, who is familiar with Bloomberg's proposed plan years ago. He commutes into Manhattan twice a week.</p>
<p>He's in favor of possible tolls. "I'd be willing to suck it up."</p>
<p>Although no specific congestion pricing plan has been formally announced, many agree that any system would be likely to create surcharges for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. That's OK with Uber, which is behind a public relations campaign backing congestion pricing.</p>
<p>"Users of Manhattan's congested roads should bear part of the cost of helping to reduce congestion and improve our public transit system," said Uber spokeswoman Alix Anfang. "Everyone should pay their fair share to keep New York City moving forward."</p>
<p>Brooklyn state Assemblyman William Colton, a Democrat, said any proposals that would create tolls across bridges into Manhattan that are currently free, or a system that would ping drivers in areas like Times Square south through Greenwich Village and into the Wall Street business district, would be seen as an unfair tax by his constituents.</p>
<p>"This is going to have a negative effect on working people, small business people and seniors who have medical appointments in Manhattan," Colton said. "This is going to be a big problem. I don't know the details, but I'm very leery."</p>
<p>Commuter Joe Murphy said he would be "absolutely opposed to it."</p>
<p>He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and already pays for the George Washington Bridge, where tolls range from $10.50 to $15 a car, plus a midtown Manhattan parking garage. His half-hour, pre-rush hour commute is the fastest and easiest option for him; using public transportation would triple his commuting time.</p>
<p>"Just to get to work, the cost of parking and tolls and everything is just astronomical," he said.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writer Verena Dobnik contributed to this report.</p>
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new york ap bumperto bumper hornhonking traffic manhattan streets new york bagels broadway plan ease problem tapping another mainstay city life high driving tolls idea called congestion pricing involves using electronic tolling technology charge fees vehicles entering heavily trafficked parts town certain hours big cities already including singapore stockholm london cost 15 drive city center peak periods former mayor michael bloomberg proposed new york decade ago got firm rejection lawmakers said drivers headed manhattan already get slammed enough bridge highway tolls high parking fees citys subway system deteriorating politicians looking ways pay fix concept gotten new life gov andrew cuomo democrat said last summer congestion pricing idea whose time come could unveil plan implement system early next week spokesman governor said committee called fixny finalizing recommendations alex matthiessen director moveny campaign vocal advocate congestion pricing says new york would become first city united states charge drivers system said others like san francisco boston chicago los angeles paying close attention fullblown crisis matthiessen said subway system severely underfunded quite unreliable delays overcrowding situation potentially dangerous idea twin benefit also tackling severe traffic problem still plenty roadblocks democratic new york city mayor bill de blasio said likes idea getting cars street isnt convinced high tolls way think serious fairness issues comes congestion pricing said recent news conference citing financial burden drivers cant afford tolls easily many millionaires call manhattan home de blasio said prefers dealing subways financial problems imposing higher income taxes rich key details like much might cost exactly drivers might get hit tolls yet unveiled bloombergs plan would charged 8 drive south 60th street roughly southern end central park adam glassman lynbrook long islandbased attorney spoke midtown manhattan getting car go home impossible get city said glassman familiar bloombergs proposed plan years ago commutes manhattan twice week hes favor possible tolls id willing suck although specific congestion pricing plan formally announced many agree system would likely create surcharges ridehailing services like uber lyft thats ok uber behind public relations campaign backing congestion pricing users manhattans congested roads bear part cost helping reduce congestion improve public transit system said uber spokeswoman alix anfang everyone pay fair share keep new york city moving forward brooklyn state assemblyman william colton democrat said proposals would create tolls across bridges manhattan currently free system would ping drivers areas like times square south greenwich village wall street business district would seen unfair tax constituents going negative effect working people small business people seniors medical appointments manhattan colton said going big problem dont know details im leery commuter joe murphy said would absolutely opposed lives ridgewood new jersey already pays george washington bridge tolls range 1050 15 car plus midtown manhattan parking garage halfhour prerush hour commute fastest easiest option using public transportation would triple commuting time get work cost parking tolls everything astronomical said ___ associated press writer verena dobnik contributed report new york ap bumperto bumper hornhonking traffic manhattan streets new york bagels broadway plan ease problem tapping another mainstay city life high driving tolls idea called congestion pricing involves using electronic tolling technology charge fees vehicles entering heavily trafficked parts town certain hours big cities already including singapore stockholm london cost 15 drive city center peak periods former mayor michael bloomberg proposed new york decade ago got firm rejection lawmakers said drivers headed manhattan already get slammed enough bridge highway tolls high parking fees citys subway system deteriorating politicians looking ways pay fix concept gotten new life gov andrew cuomo democrat said last summer congestion pricing idea whose time come could unveil plan implement system early next week spokesman governor said committee called fixny finalizing recommendations alex matthiessen director moveny campaign vocal advocate congestion pricing says new york would become first city united states charge drivers system said others like san francisco boston chicago los angeles paying close attention fullblown crisis matthiessen said subway system severely underfunded quite unreliable delays overcrowding situation potentially dangerous idea twin benefit also tackling severe traffic problem still plenty roadblocks democratic new york city mayor bill de blasio said likes idea getting cars street isnt convinced high tolls way think serious fairness issues comes congestion pricing said recent news conference citing financial burden drivers cant afford tolls easily many millionaires call manhattan home de blasio said prefers dealing subways financial problems imposing higher income taxes rich key details like much might cost exactly drivers might get hit tolls yet unveiled bloombergs plan would charged 8 drive south 60th street roughly southern end central park adam glassman lynbrook long islandbased attorney spoke midtown manhattan getting car go home impossible get city said glassman familiar bloombergs proposed plan years ago commutes manhattan twice week hes favor possible tolls id willing suck although specific congestion pricing plan formally announced many agree system would likely create surcharges ridehailing services like uber lyft thats ok uber behind public relations campaign backing congestion pricing users manhattans congested roads bear part cost helping reduce congestion improve public transit system said uber spokeswoman alix anfang everyone pay fair share keep new york city moving forward brooklyn state assemblyman william colton democrat said proposals would create tolls across bridges manhattan currently free system would ping drivers areas like times square south greenwich village wall street business district would seen unfair tax constituents going negative effect working people small business people seniors medical appointments manhattan colton said going big problem dont know details im leery commuter joe murphy said would absolutely opposed lives ridgewood new jersey already pays george washington bridge tolls range 1050 15 car plus midtown manhattan parking garage halfhour prerush hour commute fastest easiest option using public transportation would triple commuting time get work cost parking tolls everything astronomical said ___ associated press writer verena dobnik contributed report
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<p>FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick made it a priority to get his team prepared for frigid weather leading up to the Patriots' regular-season finale against the New York Jets.</p>
<p>With home-field advantage throughout the playoffs following a 26-6 victory on Sunday, the AFC's road to the Super Bowl will again run through New England.</p>
<p>Dion Lewis ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass, helping the Patriots wrap up the top seed. The win clinched the seventh 13-win season for the Patriots (13-3), which is second in NFL history to San Francisco's nine seasons.</p>
<p>It was also Belichick's 250th career regular-season win, moving him into a tie with Tom Landry for third all-time among head coaches.</p>
<p>New England has defeated New York in four straight meetings, and the Patriots haven't lost to the Jets (5-11) at home during the regular season with Tom Brady starting since 2006. Brady's 13th win as a starter this season tied him with Brett Favre for the most by a starting quarterback at age 40 or older.</p>
<p>"Our biggest games are ahead of us," Brady said. "We're 13-3, that's the best in the AFC, that's what we're playing for, so that's pretty good."</p>
<p>Lewis finished with <a href="http://www.nfl.com/m/share?p=%2Fvideos%2Fnfl-game-highlights%2F0ap3000000900355%2FDion-Lewis-sneaks-out-of-the-backfield-to-reel-in-5-yard-TD-pass" type="external">a season-high 26 carries for 93 yards</a> . Brandin Cooks had 11 catches for 79 yards and touchdown for New England, which will have a first-round bye in the playoffs. Tight end Rob Gronkowski was held without a catch for the first time this season.</p>
<p>James Harrison, signed by New England last Tuesday after being cut by Pittsburgh, had two sacks — on consecutive plays to end the game — and finished with five total tackles and a forced fumble.</p>
<p>"I always wonder why I'm not playing," Harrison said when asked if this was statement game for him. "Like they say, it's never easy and it's never late. It's just timing."</p>
<p>Temperatures dipped into the low-teens at kickoff, but it didn't stop the Patriots from being aggressive at the outset.</p>
<p>They won the coin toss and elected to receive, going away from their typical decision to defer until the second half. Brady and the offense went to work, quickly moving 75 yards in just 13 plays to take a 7-0 lead on a 3-yard TD run by Lewis. The drive included a fourth-down pass conversion, one of three hookups between Brady and Danny Amendola in the series.</p>
<p>Penalties on the Jets' defense aided New England's final two scores of the first half. Safety Marcus Maye was called for a 39-yard pass interference penalty early in the second quarter that set up a 5-yard TD pass from Brady to Cooks that made it 14-3.</p>
<p>Then just before halftime, New York cornerback Juston Burris was flagged for defensive holding on a Patriots third-down pass attempt. New England got into the end zone three plays later via another 5-yard TD pass, this time from Brady to Lewis.</p>
<p>The Jets' offense was anemic throughout with Bryce Petty playing the entire game at quarterback after it appeared Christian Hackenberg might see his first regular-season action at some point in the finale. New York was 0 for 12 on third down and 0 for 1 in its lone trip into the red zone.</p>
<p>"We stuck together," linebacker David Bass said. "We went through adversity, ups and downs, but more downs than we wanted. We stuck together through it all."</p>
<p>Patriots safety Devin McCourty said getting the top seed shows the toughness of a team that lost key players such as Julian Edelman and Dont'a Hightower to injury.</p>
<p>"Those things we went through, when you wrap up the 2017 season, molded us, shaped us," McCourty said. "You look back on all that now, we needed all that."</p>
<p>INJURIES</p>
<p>Jets: CB Morris Claiborne left briefly in the first quarter, but was able to return. ... Maye limped off the field in the second quarter with an ankle injury and did not return. ... WR Robby Anderson left after a fourth-quarter hit from Stephon Gilmore to have his head evaluated. Coach Todd Bowles said after the game that Anderson suffered a concussion.</p>
<p>Patriots: LB Elandon Roberts was shaken up on a play in the third quarter.</p>
<p>ECLIPSING 1,000</p>
<p>The Patriots have three players with 1,000-plus scrimmage yards in the same season for the first time in franchise history: Lewis, Gronkowski, Cooks.</p>
<p>FRIGID TEMPS</p>
<p>It was 13 degrees at kickoff, and the Patriots wanted to make sure their visitors knew it.</p>
<p>A thermometer was hung in the Jets' tunnel on Sunday. New York players <a href="http://www.nfl.com/m/share?p=%2Fvideos%2Fnfl-game-highlights%2F0ap3000000900131%2FJets-players-react-to-the-thermometer-showing-freezing-temps-in-Foxborough" type="external">filed past on their way to and from the field before the game</a> .</p>
<p>It was the coldest regular-season home game in Patriots history. They had a playoff games that was colder — a divisional round game against the Tennessee Titans on Jan. 10, 2004, when it was 4 degrees with a wind chill that made it feel like minus 10.</p>
<p>Jets safety Jamal Adams went out pregame without a shirt to test the weather. He soon got a text from his mother.</p>
<p>"I put my shirt on, real quick," he said.</p>
<p>BELOW 50</p>
<p>Brady's 48.6 completion percentage (18 of 37) marked only the second time this season he completed less than 50 percent of his passes. He completed 44.4 percent (16 of 36) in the Patriots' season-opening loss to Kansas City. Before that, it hadn't happened since Oct. 20, 2013, in a 30-27 road loss to the Jets.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Patriots: Have a bye in the first round of the playoffs.</p>
<p>___</p>
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<p>FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick made it a priority to get his team prepared for frigid weather leading up to the Patriots' regular-season finale against the New York Jets.</p>
<p>With home-field advantage throughout the playoffs following a 26-6 victory on Sunday, the AFC's road to the Super Bowl will again run through New England.</p>
<p>Dion Lewis ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass, helping the Patriots wrap up the top seed. The win clinched the seventh 13-win season for the Patriots (13-3), which is second in NFL history to San Francisco's nine seasons.</p>
<p>It was also Belichick's 250th career regular-season win, moving him into a tie with Tom Landry for third all-time among head coaches.</p>
<p>New England has defeated New York in four straight meetings, and the Patriots haven't lost to the Jets (5-11) at home during the regular season with Tom Brady starting since 2006. Brady's 13th win as a starter this season tied him with Brett Favre for the most by a starting quarterback at age 40 or older.</p>
<p>"Our biggest games are ahead of us," Brady said. "We're 13-3, that's the best in the AFC, that's what we're playing for, so that's pretty good."</p>
<p>Lewis finished with <a href="http://www.nfl.com/m/share?p=%2Fvideos%2Fnfl-game-highlights%2F0ap3000000900355%2FDion-Lewis-sneaks-out-of-the-backfield-to-reel-in-5-yard-TD-pass" type="external">a season-high 26 carries for 93 yards</a> . Brandin Cooks had 11 catches for 79 yards and touchdown for New England, which will have a first-round bye in the playoffs. Tight end Rob Gronkowski was held without a catch for the first time this season.</p>
<p>James Harrison, signed by New England last Tuesday after being cut by Pittsburgh, had two sacks — on consecutive plays to end the game — and finished with five total tackles and a forced fumble.</p>
<p>"I always wonder why I'm not playing," Harrison said when asked if this was statement game for him. "Like they say, it's never easy and it's never late. It's just timing."</p>
<p>Temperatures dipped into the low-teens at kickoff, but it didn't stop the Patriots from being aggressive at the outset.</p>
<p>They won the coin toss and elected to receive, going away from their typical decision to defer until the second half. Brady and the offense went to work, quickly moving 75 yards in just 13 plays to take a 7-0 lead on a 3-yard TD run by Lewis. The drive included a fourth-down pass conversion, one of three hookups between Brady and Danny Amendola in the series.</p>
<p>Penalties on the Jets' defense aided New England's final two scores of the first half. Safety Marcus Maye was called for a 39-yard pass interference penalty early in the second quarter that set up a 5-yard TD pass from Brady to Cooks that made it 14-3.</p>
<p>Then just before halftime, New York cornerback Juston Burris was flagged for defensive holding on a Patriots third-down pass attempt. New England got into the end zone three plays later via another 5-yard TD pass, this time from Brady to Lewis.</p>
<p>The Jets' offense was anemic throughout with Bryce Petty playing the entire game at quarterback after it appeared Christian Hackenberg might see his first regular-season action at some point in the finale. New York was 0 for 12 on third down and 0 for 1 in its lone trip into the red zone.</p>
<p>"We stuck together," linebacker David Bass said. "We went through adversity, ups and downs, but more downs than we wanted. We stuck together through it all."</p>
<p>Patriots safety Devin McCourty said getting the top seed shows the toughness of a team that lost key players such as Julian Edelman and Dont'a Hightower to injury.</p>
<p>"Those things we went through, when you wrap up the 2017 season, molded us, shaped us," McCourty said. "You look back on all that now, we needed all that."</p>
<p>INJURIES</p>
<p>Jets: CB Morris Claiborne left briefly in the first quarter, but was able to return. ... Maye limped off the field in the second quarter with an ankle injury and did not return. ... WR Robby Anderson left after a fourth-quarter hit from Stephon Gilmore to have his head evaluated. Coach Todd Bowles said after the game that Anderson suffered a concussion.</p>
<p>Patriots: LB Elandon Roberts was shaken up on a play in the third quarter.</p>
<p>ECLIPSING 1,000</p>
<p>The Patriots have three players with 1,000-plus scrimmage yards in the same season for the first time in franchise history: Lewis, Gronkowski, Cooks.</p>
<p>FRIGID TEMPS</p>
<p>It was 13 degrees at kickoff, and the Patriots wanted to make sure their visitors knew it.</p>
<p>A thermometer was hung in the Jets' tunnel on Sunday. New York players <a href="http://www.nfl.com/m/share?p=%2Fvideos%2Fnfl-game-highlights%2F0ap3000000900131%2FJets-players-react-to-the-thermometer-showing-freezing-temps-in-Foxborough" type="external">filed past on their way to and from the field before the game</a> .</p>
<p>It was the coldest regular-season home game in Patriots history. They had a playoff games that was colder — a divisional round game against the Tennessee Titans on Jan. 10, 2004, when it was 4 degrees with a wind chill that made it feel like minus 10.</p>
<p>Jets safety Jamal Adams went out pregame without a shirt to test the weather. He soon got a text from his mother.</p>
<p>"I put my shirt on, real quick," he said.</p>
<p>BELOW 50</p>
<p>Brady's 48.6 completion percentage (18 of 37) marked only the second time this season he completed less than 50 percent of his passes. He completed 44.4 percent (16 of 36) in the Patriots' season-opening loss to Kansas City. Before that, it hadn't happened since Oct. 20, 2013, in a 30-27 road loss to the Jets.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Patriots: Have a bye in the first round of the playoffs.</p>
<p>___</p>
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foxborough mass ap bill belichick made priority get team prepared frigid weather leading patriots regularseason finale new york jets homefield advantage throughout playoffs following 266 victory sunday afcs road super bowl run new england dion lewis ran touchdown caught scoring pass helping patriots wrap top seed win clinched seventh 13win season patriots 133 second nfl history san franciscos nine seasons also belichicks 250th career regularseason win moving tie tom landry third alltime among head coaches new england defeated new york four straight meetings patriots havent lost jets 511 home regular season tom brady starting since 2006 bradys 13th win starter season tied brett favre starting quarterback age 40 older biggest games ahead us brady said 133 thats best afc thats playing thats pretty good lewis finished seasonhigh 26 carries 93 yards brandin cooks 11 catches 79 yards touchdown new england firstround bye playoffs tight end rob gronkowski held without catch first time season james harrison signed new england last tuesday cut pittsburgh two sacks consecutive plays end game finished five total tackles forced fumble always wonder im playing harrison said asked statement game like say never easy never late timing temperatures dipped lowteens kickoff didnt stop patriots aggressive outset coin toss elected receive going away typical decision defer second half brady offense went work quickly moving 75 yards 13 plays take 70 lead 3yard td run lewis drive included fourthdown pass conversion one three hookups brady danny amendola series penalties jets defense aided new englands final two scores first half safety marcus maye called 39yard pass interference penalty early second quarter set 5yard td pass brady cooks made 143 halftime new york cornerback juston burris flagged defensive holding patriots thirddown pass attempt new england got end zone three plays later via another 5yard td pass time brady lewis jets offense anemic throughout bryce petty playing entire game quarterback appeared christian hackenberg might see first regularseason action point finale new york 0 12 third 0 1 lone trip red zone stuck together linebacker david bass said went adversity ups downs downs wanted stuck together patriots safety devin mccourty said getting top seed shows toughness team lost key players julian edelman donta hightower injury things went wrap 2017 season molded us shaped us mccourty said look back needed injuries jets cb morris claiborne left briefly first quarter able return maye limped field second quarter ankle injury return wr robby anderson left fourthquarter hit stephon gilmore head evaluated coach todd bowles said game anderson suffered concussion patriots lb elandon roberts shaken play third quarter eclipsing 1000 patriots three players 1000plus scrimmage yards season first time franchise history lewis gronkowski cooks frigid temps 13 degrees kickoff patriots wanted make sure visitors knew thermometer hung jets tunnel sunday new york players filed past way field game coldest regularseason home game patriots history playoff games colder divisional round game tennessee titans jan 10 2004 4 degrees wind chill made feel like minus 10 jets safety jamal adams went pregame without shirt test weather soon got text mother put shirt real quick said 50 bradys 486 completion percentage 18 37 marked second time season completed less 50 percent passes completed 444 percent 16 36 patriots seasonopening loss kansas city hadnt happened since oct 20 2013 3027 road loss jets next patriots bye first round playoffs ___ nfl coverage httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl foxborough mass ap bill belichick made priority get team prepared frigid weather leading patriots regularseason finale new york jets homefield advantage throughout playoffs following 266 victory sunday afcs road super bowl run new england dion lewis ran touchdown caught scoring pass helping patriots wrap top seed win clinched seventh 13win season patriots 133 second nfl history san franciscos nine seasons also belichicks 250th career regularseason win moving tie tom landry third alltime among head coaches new england defeated new york four straight meetings patriots havent lost jets 511 home regular season tom brady starting since 2006 bradys 13th win starter season tied brett favre starting quarterback age 40 older biggest games ahead us brady said 133 thats best afc thats playing thats pretty good lewis finished seasonhigh 26 carries 93 yards brandin cooks 11 catches 79 yards touchdown new england firstround bye playoffs tight end rob gronkowski held without catch first time season james harrison signed new england last tuesday cut pittsburgh two sacks consecutive plays end game finished five total tackles forced fumble always wonder im playing harrison said asked statement game like say never easy never late timing temperatures dipped lowteens kickoff didnt stop patriots aggressive outset coin toss elected receive going away typical decision defer second half brady offense went work quickly moving 75 yards 13 plays take 70 lead 3yard td run lewis drive included fourthdown pass conversion one three hookups brady danny amendola series penalties jets defense aided new englands final two scores first half safety marcus maye called 39yard pass interference penalty early second quarter set 5yard td pass brady cooks made 143 halftime new york cornerback juston burris flagged defensive holding patriots thirddown pass attempt new england got end zone three plays later via another 5yard td pass time brady lewis jets offense anemic throughout bryce petty playing entire game quarterback appeared christian hackenberg might see first regularseason action point finale new york 0 12 third 0 1 lone trip red zone stuck together linebacker david bass said went adversity ups downs downs wanted stuck together patriots safety devin mccourty said getting top seed shows toughness team lost key players julian edelman donta hightower injury things went wrap 2017 season molded us shaped us mccourty said look back needed injuries jets cb morris claiborne left briefly first quarter able return maye limped field second quarter ankle injury return wr robby anderson left fourthquarter hit stephon gilmore head evaluated coach todd bowles said game anderson suffered concussion patriots lb elandon roberts shaken play third quarter eclipsing 1000 patriots three players 1000plus scrimmage yards season first time franchise history lewis gronkowski cooks frigid temps 13 degrees kickoff patriots wanted make sure visitors knew thermometer hung jets tunnel sunday new york players filed past way field game coldest regularseason home game patriots history playoff games colder divisional round game tennessee titans jan 10 2004 4 degrees wind chill made feel like minus 10 jets safety jamal adams went pregame without shirt test weather soon got text mother put shirt real quick said 50 bradys 486 completion percentage 18 37 marked second time season completed less 50 percent passes completed 444 percent 16 36 patriots seasonopening loss kansas city hadnt happened since oct 20 2013 3027 road loss jets next patriots bye first round playoffs ___ nfl coverage httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl
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<p>NYBZ175 FDA-New Leadership This undated photo provided by Duke University shows researcher and administrator Dr. Robert Califf. Califf joined the Food and Drug Administration on Monday, March 2, 2015, taking on the agencys No. 2 leadership job at a critical juncture for prescription drugs, medical devices and tobacco products. (AP Photo/Duke Photography, Jared Lazarus)</p>
<p>WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s leading medical researchers joined the Food and Drug Administration on Monday, taking on the agency’s No. 2 leadership job at a critical juncture for prescription drugs, medical devices and tobacco products.</p>
<p>Dr. Robert Califf comes to the job of FDA deputy commissioner after more than 30 years as a researcher and administrator at Duke University. But Califf, 63, is no stranger to FDA issues. For years he served on committees that advise the FDA on scientific and medical matters. And he was considered for the agency’s top job at least twice, under the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.</p>
<p>The timing of his appointment has raised speculation that he may eventually be nominated to lead the agency. The week after announcing Califf’s new position, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said she would be leaving the agency after nearly six years on the job. Currently, the FDA’s chief scientist is serving as acting head of the agency.</p>
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<p>A leading expert in cardiology and medical study design, FDA watchers say Califf would be a natural fit for the job.</p>
<p>“In terms of running clinical trials, there’s nobody better in cardiovascular medicine than Rob Califf,” says Ira Loss, an industry analyst. “So why not put the best guy out there in charge?”</p>
<p>Regardless of his job title, Califf will inherit a raft of projects and potential challenges, including unfinished tobacco regulations and proposals from Republican lawmakers focused on streamlining product reviews. Here’s a look at what awaits the FDA’s newest leader:</p>
<p>REPUBLICAN REFORMS</p>
<p>With oversight of drugs and medical devices, Califf will need to respond to legislation from Congress designed to accelerate approvals for those products. A nearly-400 page draft bill released by House Republicans in January includes dozens of proposals designed to streamline FDA reviews, such as allowing the agency to approve drugs based on early-stage research. Such proposals, backed by industry, could shave years off product development times, boosting company profits.</p>
<p>Califf’s work at Duke’s Translational Medicine Institute has focused on new approaches to structuring clinical trials. A presentation he delivered last May advocates “disrupting clinical research,” suggesting he might be open to some of the proposals for remaking drug and device regulations. But FDA watchers say Califf will need to work with Congress to identify which ideas have scientific merit.</p>
<p>“I think Califf will be good to give the real world opinion to these guys who are listening mostly to industry,” said Loss.</p>
<p>STRETCHED BUDGET</p>
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<p>Another challenge will be making sure Congress funds whatever new duties it assigns the FDA. For years, FDA scientists have taken on increasing responsibilities with few additional resources. For instance, the FDA is now implementing new regulations for compounding pharmacies, specialty businesses that were previously outside FDA’s jurisdiction. Though the additional oversight is expected to cost $25 million, the agency has not received any new funds to carry out this work.</p>
<p>“It’s coming to the point where you can’t run the agency anymore if you’re getting new responsibilities but without additional funding,” said Wayne Pine, a former FDA official who now consults for Apco Worldwide, a public relations firm.</p>
<p>TOBACCO REGULATION</p>
<p>Many of the biggest challenges are still ahead on the agency’s efforts to regulate tobacco. The FDA must assess the science for what would best improve public health, but it cannot ban nicotine or cigarettes outright.</p>
<p>While the FDA has made some progress since it was granted authority to regulate the industry in 2009, it has yet to issue final regulations on popular electronic cigarettes, as well as cigars, hookah, nicotine gels, pipe tobacco and dissolvable tobacco.</p>
<p>Last April, the FDA for the first time proposed a set of regulations for e-cigarettes, including banning sales to minors and requiring health warning labels, as well as approving new products. The agency has said its proposal sets a foundation for regulating the products, but the rules wouldn’t immediately ban the wide array of flavors or styles of e-cigarettes or curb marketing. There’s no timetable for the final rules.</p>
<p>The industry also is awaiting the agency’s newest proposals for graphic warning labels for cigarette packs, the first of which were shot down by legal challenges. The FDA also is continuing to evaluate the public health impacts of menthol cigarettes.</p>
<p>The agency faces an April deadline to submit reports to Congress on the public heath impact of raising the minimum tobacco purchase age to over 18, and how well the public understands the health consequences of using tobacco products. It’s also in the middle of evaluating a request by smokeless tobacco maker Swedish Match to certify its General-branded pouches of tobacco as less harmful than cigarettes under the agency’s “modified risk” tobacco product application process.</p>
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<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods has played only 23 events on the PGA Tour since his last victory.</p>
<p>He also has gone more than four years without winning.</p>
<p>That shows just how much back problems have sidelined Woods since that victory in the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2013 when he was No. 1 in the world. His next comeback starts Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open, and Woods checks in at No. 647.</p>
<p>There’s a reason for the ranking. This will be only his second PGA Tour event since he tied for 10th at the Wyndham Championship in August 2015, so long ago that Jon Rahm — the No. 2 player in the world — was just starting his senior year at Arizona State.</p>
<p>“I just really haven’t played tournament golf in, well, basically since Wyndham in 2015,” Woods said. “It’s been a long time and so I just want some starts, I want to start feeling what it feels like to be out here and hit shots, grind out scores. It’s been a full year that I’ve played on the Tour so I’m really looking forward to it.”</p>
<p>Different about this comeback is that Woods believes his back has been built — through fusion surgery in April — to last more than three rounds.</p>
<p>The interest is just as high.</p>
<p>The Farmers Insurance Open has 156 players, and 155 of them are sure to be practically ignored for at least two days.</p>
<p>“The more attention you guys have on Tiger, the better for me,” said Rahm, the defending champion at Torrey Pines. Coming off a playoff victory last week in the California desert, Rahm can reach No. 1 in the world if he were to win.</p>
<p>The return of Woods dwarfs everything in golf this week, including the LPGA Tour season-opener in the Bahamas and Masters champion Sergio Garcia defending his title in the Dubai Desert Classic.</p>
<p>PGA TOUR</p>
<p>Woods has tempered his own expectations because he has been away from top competition for so long. Even so, he has a strong history at Torrey Pines. Woods has won the PGA Tour event <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfCpvT_MV8" type="external">seven times</a> , and that doesn’t include his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfCpvT_MV8" type="external">2008 U.S. Open</a> victory in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate.</p>
<p>The most recent memories haven’t been all that great.</p>
<p>Woods returned to golf at Torrey Pines after a 16-month break because of two back surgeries, and he didn’t come close to making the 36-hole cut. The previous time, he withdrew after 11 holes when he said the cold morning fog that led to delays kept his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLZ2a8qNMo" type="external">glutes from activating</a> . And the year before that, he made the cut with one shot to spare, but then shot 79 the next day to miss a 54-hole cut.</p>
<p>Woods, however, is more inclined to look forward. This is the start, and he already has mapped out a schedule.</p>
<p>“I’m just trying to build toward April,” he said. “I’m looking forward to playing a full schedule and getting ready for the Masters, and I haven’t done that in a very long time. That’s usually been my schedule and my outlook ... to try to get ready for Augusta. And there’s no reason to change that.”</p>
<p>Rahm picked up his first pro title a year ago with a 50-foot <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq1OUYndHIg" type="external">eagle putt</a> on the 18th hole that led to a three-shot victory. He since has won three more times around the world and is on the cusp of reaching No. 1 at age 23.</p>
<p>LPGA TOUR</p>
<p>The Bahamas was the scene of Woods returning to any competition when he tied for ninth in the Hero World Challenge.</p>
<p>Now it’s the women’s turn.</p>
<p>The Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic is back on Paradise Island, where <a href="http://www.lpga.com/videos/brittany-lincicome-final-round-highlights-from-2017-pure-silk-bahamas-lpga-classic" type="external">Brittany Lincicome</a> won last year over Lexi Thompson in a playoff. The field includes Shanshan Feng of China, the No. 1 player in women’s golf who won twice late last year during the Asia Swing.</p>
<p>This will be as close as the LPGA gets to a domestic event for six weeks. It heads to Australia and Asia before returning to Arizona in March.</p>
<p>EUROPEAN TOUR</p>
<p>Sergio Garcia is back to defend his title in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX4qwUIHMAA" type="external">Dubai Desert Classic</a> , and even as the Masters champion, he might not be the star attraction.</p>
<p>Woods isn’t the only player on the comeback trail.</p>
<p>Rory McIlroy, who has fallen out of the top 10 in the world, sat out the last three months to make sure his injuries were fully healed. He tied for third last week in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, and now goes to a course where he has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaz8pCUBsYw" type="external">won twice</a> .</p>
<p>Dubai is for McIlroy what Torrey Pines used to be for Woods. He has never finished out of the top 10.</p>
<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods has played only 23 events on the PGA Tour since his last victory.</p>
<p>He also has gone more than four years without winning.</p>
<p>That shows just how much back problems have sidelined Woods since that victory in the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2013 when he was No. 1 in the world. His next comeback starts Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open, and Woods checks in at No. 647.</p>
<p>There’s a reason for the ranking. This will be only his second PGA Tour event since he tied for 10th at the Wyndham Championship in August 2015, so long ago that Jon Rahm — the No. 2 player in the world — was just starting his senior year at Arizona State.</p>
<p>“I just really haven’t played tournament golf in, well, basically since Wyndham in 2015,” Woods said. “It’s been a long time and so I just want some starts, I want to start feeling what it feels like to be out here and hit shots, grind out scores. It’s been a full year that I’ve played on the Tour so I’m really looking forward to it.”</p>
<p>Different about this comeback is that Woods believes his back has been built — through fusion surgery in April — to last more than three rounds.</p>
<p>The interest is just as high.</p>
<p>The Farmers Insurance Open has 156 players, and 155 of them are sure to be practically ignored for at least two days.</p>
<p>“The more attention you guys have on Tiger, the better for me,” said Rahm, the defending champion at Torrey Pines. Coming off a playoff victory last week in the California desert, Rahm can reach No. 1 in the world if he were to win.</p>
<p>The return of Woods dwarfs everything in golf this week, including the LPGA Tour season-opener in the Bahamas and Masters champion Sergio Garcia defending his title in the Dubai Desert Classic.</p>
<p>PGA TOUR</p>
<p>Woods has tempered his own expectations because he has been away from top competition for so long. Even so, he has a strong history at Torrey Pines. Woods has won the PGA Tour event <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfCpvT_MV8" type="external">seven times</a> , and that doesn’t include his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfCpvT_MV8" type="external">2008 U.S. Open</a> victory in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate.</p>
<p>The most recent memories haven’t been all that great.</p>
<p>Woods returned to golf at Torrey Pines after a 16-month break because of two back surgeries, and he didn’t come close to making the 36-hole cut. The previous time, he withdrew after 11 holes when he said the cold morning fog that led to delays kept his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLZ2a8qNMo" type="external">glutes from activating</a> . And the year before that, he made the cut with one shot to spare, but then shot 79 the next day to miss a 54-hole cut.</p>
<p>Woods, however, is more inclined to look forward. This is the start, and he already has mapped out a schedule.</p>
<p>“I’m just trying to build toward April,” he said. “I’m looking forward to playing a full schedule and getting ready for the Masters, and I haven’t done that in a very long time. That’s usually been my schedule and my outlook ... to try to get ready for Augusta. And there’s no reason to change that.”</p>
<p>Rahm picked up his first pro title a year ago with a 50-foot <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq1OUYndHIg" type="external">eagle putt</a> on the 18th hole that led to a three-shot victory. He since has won three more times around the world and is on the cusp of reaching No. 1 at age 23.</p>
<p>LPGA TOUR</p>
<p>The Bahamas was the scene of Woods returning to any competition when he tied for ninth in the Hero World Challenge.</p>
<p>Now it’s the women’s turn.</p>
<p>The Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic is back on Paradise Island, where <a href="http://www.lpga.com/videos/brittany-lincicome-final-round-highlights-from-2017-pure-silk-bahamas-lpga-classic" type="external">Brittany Lincicome</a> won last year over Lexi Thompson in a playoff. The field includes Shanshan Feng of China, the No. 1 player in women’s golf who won twice late last year during the Asia Swing.</p>
<p>This will be as close as the LPGA gets to a domestic event for six weeks. It heads to Australia and Asia before returning to Arizona in March.</p>
<p>EUROPEAN TOUR</p>
<p>Sergio Garcia is back to defend his title in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX4qwUIHMAA" type="external">Dubai Desert Classic</a> , and even as the Masters champion, he might not be the star attraction.</p>
<p>Woods isn’t the only player on the comeback trail.</p>
<p>Rory McIlroy, who has fallen out of the top 10 in the world, sat out the last three months to make sure his injuries were fully healed. He tied for third last week in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, and now goes to a course where he has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaz8pCUBsYw" type="external">won twice</a> .</p>
<p>Dubai is for McIlroy what Torrey Pines used to be for Woods. He has never finished out of the top 10.</p>
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san diego ap tiger woods played 23 events pga tour since last victory also gone four years without winning shows much back problems sidelined woods since victory bridgestone invitational august 2013 1 world next comeback starts thursday farmers insurance open woods checks 647 theres reason ranking second pga tour event since tied 10th wyndham championship august 2015 long ago jon rahm 2 player world starting senior year arizona state really havent played tournament golf well basically since wyndham 2015 woods said long time want starts want start feeling feels like hit shots grind scores full year ive played tour im really looking forward different comeback woods believes back built fusion surgery april last three rounds interest high farmers insurance open 156 players 155 sure practically ignored least two days attention guys tiger better said rahm defending champion torrey pines coming playoff victory last week california desert rahm reach 1 world win return woods dwarfs everything golf week including lpga tour seasonopener bahamas masters champion sergio garcia defending title dubai desert classic pga tour woods tempered expectations away top competition long even strong history torrey pines woods pga tour event seven times doesnt include 2008 us open victory 19hole playoff rocco mediate recent memories havent great woods returned golf torrey pines 16month break two back surgeries didnt come close making 36hole cut previous time withdrew 11 holes said cold morning fog led delays kept glutes activating year made cut one shot spare shot 79 next day miss 54hole cut woods however inclined look forward start already mapped schedule im trying build toward april said im looking forward playing full schedule getting ready masters havent done long time thats usually schedule outlook try get ready augusta theres reason change rahm picked first pro title year ago 50foot eagle putt 18th hole led threeshot victory since three times around world cusp reaching 1 age 23 lpga tour bahamas scene woods returning competition tied ninth hero world challenge womens turn pure silkbahamas lpga classic back paradise island brittany lincicome last year lexi thompson playoff field includes shanshan feng china 1 player womens golf twice late last year asia swing close lpga gets domestic event six weeks heads australia asia returning arizona march european tour sergio garcia back defend title dubai desert classic even masters champion might star attraction woods isnt player comeback trail rory mcilroy fallen top 10 world sat last three months make sure injuries fully healed tied third last week abu dhabi hsbc championship goes course twice dubai mcilroy torrey pines used woods never finished top 10 san diego ap tiger woods played 23 events pga tour since last victory also gone four years without winning shows much back problems sidelined woods since victory bridgestone invitational august 2013 1 world next comeback starts thursday farmers insurance open woods checks 647 theres reason ranking second pga tour event since tied 10th wyndham championship august 2015 long ago jon rahm 2 player world starting senior year arizona state really havent played tournament golf well basically since wyndham 2015 woods said long time want starts want start feeling feels like hit shots grind scores full year ive played tour im really looking forward different comeback woods believes back built fusion surgery april last three rounds interest high farmers insurance open 156 players 155 sure practically ignored least two days attention guys tiger better said rahm defending champion torrey pines coming playoff victory last week california desert rahm reach 1 world win return woods dwarfs everything golf week including lpga tour seasonopener bahamas masters champion sergio garcia defending title dubai desert classic pga tour woods tempered expectations away top competition long even strong history torrey pines woods pga tour event seven times doesnt include 2008 us open victory 19hole playoff rocco mediate recent memories havent great woods returned golf torrey pines 16month break two back surgeries didnt come close making 36hole cut previous time withdrew 11 holes said cold morning fog led delays kept glutes activating year made cut one shot spare shot 79 next day miss 54hole cut woods however inclined look forward start already mapped schedule im trying build toward april said im looking forward playing full schedule getting ready masters havent done long time thats usually schedule outlook try get ready augusta theres reason change rahm picked first pro title year ago 50foot eagle putt 18th hole led threeshot victory since three times around world cusp reaching 1 age 23 lpga tour bahamas scene woods returning competition tied ninth hero world challenge womens turn pure silkbahamas lpga classic back paradise island brittany lincicome last year lexi thompson playoff field includes shanshan feng china 1 player womens golf twice late last year asia swing close lpga gets domestic event six weeks heads australia asia returning arizona march european tour sergio garcia back defend title dubai desert classic even masters champion might star attraction woods isnt player comeback trail rory mcilroy fallen top 10 world sat last three months make sure injuries fully healed tied third last week abu dhabi hsbc championship goes course twice dubai mcilroy torrey pines used woods never finished top 10
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<p>Lawmakers on both sides of the immigration debate have falsely claimed that “some” or “all” of the 9/11 hijackers were in the U.S. on student visas. Only one of the 19 hijackers came to the U.S. on a student visa. The rest arrived here on tourist or business visas.</p>
<p>Independent government reports, including <a href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11411.pdf" type="external">an April 2011 report</a> by the Government Accountability Office, raise legitimate concerns about the need to better track those who overstay their visas. But student visas are just a small percentage of all non-immigrant visas, and incorrect claims about the 9/11 hijackers have put the focus on student visas. Some worry that focus feeds into negative stereotypes about foreign students as potential terrorists.</p>
<p>Supporters and critics alike of the <a href="http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&amp;File_id=b0a97f73-03ff-40a3-9910-45286495cf42" type="external">Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013</a> being considered in the Senate have made incorrect claims about the 9/11 hijackers having student visas.</p>
<p>Here’s what Sen. Rand Paul, a <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/05/07/rand_paul_on_rubios_immigration_plan_to_me_its_a_little_bit_like_obamacare.html" type="external">critic</a> of the legislation, said during a Senate <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=jSaOqfBVWBc#%21" type="external">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing</a> on the immigration bill:</p>
<p>Paul, May 7: I’m concerned about two things in particular, refugees and student visas. Student visas, as was mentioned, had something to do with some of the 9/11 hijackers.</p>
<p>Rep. Candice Miller echoed similar sentiments on <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/29/senate-bill-aimed-at-curbing-visa-overstays-for-immigrants/" type="external">Fox News</a> on April 29:</p>
<p>Miller, April 29: We all remember 9/11. Four of those murderers, cowards, terrorists were visa overstays. They came on student visas and never left. So it is a very important component to our border security and national security.</p>
<p>Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and two Republican senators went even further during an April 23 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the immigration bill (accessed via Nexis).</p>
<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley, April 23: For example, we know that the 9/11 hijackers abused our immigration system by overstaying their student visas….</p>
<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham: So the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were all students here on visas. Their visa expired and the system did not catch that, is that correct?</p>
<p>Napolitano:&#160; That’s correct. There are a number of ways that those hijackers would be revealed under — under the bill.</p>
<p>Graham is a member of the so-called “ <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/01/28/immigrations-gang-of-8-who-are-they/" type="external">Gang of Eight</a>” that drafted the immigration bill, and Napolitano supports the legislation. Grassley <a href="http://qctimes.com/news/local/grassley-leads-critics-of-immigration-bill/article_8654e574-3fbe-510b-b151-e024aa846dc6.html" type="external">does not</a>.</p>
<p>Sen. Marco Rubio, another “Gang of Eight” member, also cited the 9/11 hijackers in an April 24 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RChSnIP8IU0" type="external">Fox News</a> interview with Neil Cavuto while making a pitch for his legislation, which he said includes tighter controls on student visas.</p>
<p>Cavuto, April 24: There are some who are getting very leery of all the Muslim students in America. Our own Bob Beckel among those <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/bob-beckel-muslim-students_n_3138169.html" type="external">saying</a> maybe stop granting them visas. Others have spoken of slowing down the number getting to this country, checking them out more closely. What do you think?</p>
<p>Rubio: I think we need to be open to changes that provide us more security, first and foremost … Student visas are not a right. Student visas are something this country does out of generosity. Student visas are something this country does because we’ve figured out it’s in our national interest. But you don’t have a right to a student visa. And therefore we can place whatever restrictions we want on student visas … For example, some of the 9/11 attackers were on student visas. By the way, they had overstayed those student visas. If we have the kind of entry-exit tracking system that I’m calling for, we would have known that they were here overstaying. Right now, we don’t know who the overstays are, because we only know when people come in, we don’t know if they’ve left or not. We have to change that. That’s why I want to see some of these reforms happen.</p>
<p>The fact is, only one of the 19 9/11 hijackers came to the U.S. on a student visa, according to the <a href="http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf" type="external">9/11 Commission Report</a>. That one was Hani Hanjour, a Saudi Arabian terrorist who piloted the plane that was flown into the Pentagon, according to a 2004 <a href="http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/staff_statements/911_TerrTrav_Monograph.pdf" type="external">staff report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States</a>. In his student visa application, Hanjour provided paperwork showing that he was enrolled in an English as a second language program in Oakland, Calif., but he never attended after arriving in America (a fact that would draw scrutiny today). He did not, however, overstay his student visa.</p>
<p>Of the other 18 9/11 hijackers, 14 came to the United States on six-month tourist visas and four came on business visas, according to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Once in the U.S., two of the hijack pilots applied to have their immigration status changed to vocational student, but neither used such a visa on their subsequent re-entry into the country.</p>
<p>National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Aug.21, 2004: All but one of the hijackers presented visitor visas that immigration inspectors used to decide whether to admit them as tourists or on business. All but two of the nonpilots were admitted as tourists and were granted automatic six-month stays. This allowed them to maintain a legal immigration status through the end of the operation. One of the two nonpilots admitted on business was granted a one-month stay; he, along with another of the nonpilot operatives, was in violation of immigration law for months before the attack.</p>
<p>The one pilot who came in on a student visa never showed up for school, thereby violating the terms of his U.S. visa. Another of the pilots came in on a tourist visa yet began flight school immediately, also violating the terms of his U.S. visa. This pilot came in a total of seven times on a tourist visa while in school. In both cases, the pilots violated the law after their entry into the United States.</p>
<p>So why does it matter if just one — as opposed to “some” or “all” —&#160; of the 9/11 hijackers came to the U.S. on a student visa? Vic Johnson, public policy director for NAFSA: Association of International Educators, told us that such misinformation feeds into the negative stereotype “that foreign students are terrorists or dangerous people.”</p>
<p>NAFSA <a href="http://www.nafsa.org/Explore_International_Education/For_The_Media/Press_Releases_And_Statements/NAFSA_Statement_Correcting_the_Record_on_Student_Visas/" type="external">issued a press release</a> a day after Napolitano’s April 23 Senate testimony to correctly note that only one of the 9/11 hijackers entered the U.S. with a student visa. “Misstating the facts misleads the American public,” the release said.</p>
<p>Such concerns have risen as critics of the immigration legislation cited student visas after the Boston Marathon bombing to urge Congress to move more slowly.</p>
<p>A day after the bombing — before the police publicly identified any suspects — Rep. Peter King speculated that the terrorist plot was carried out by someone with a student visa.</p>
<p>“Some of the speculation that has come out is that yes, it was a foreign national and, speculating here, that it was potentially a person on a student visa,” King told <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/345691/after-boston-congressman-urges-caution-immigration" type="external">National Review Online</a>. “If that’s the case, then we need to take a look at the big picture.”</p>
<p>That turned out not to be the case. The two brothers accused of carrying out the bombing, <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/who-is-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston/64382/" type="external">Dzhokhar</a> and <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/10/us/virginia-boston-suspect-burial/index.html" type="external">Tamerlan Tsarnaev</a>, immigrated to the United States as children in 2002 with their parents, who came on tourist visas and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/details-emerge-on-suspected-boston-bombers/2013/04/19/ef2c2566-a8e4-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html" type="external">successfully applied for asylum status</a> after arriving in the country.</p>
<p>However, authorities later charged two of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s friends with conspiracy to obstruct justice, alleging they disposed of items from the bombing suspect’s dorm room. A&#160; <a href="http://c.o0bg.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Graphics/kt_complaint.pdf" type="external">criminal complaint</a> filed against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov said they both came here on student visas and were being held for violating their visas. According to the <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0504/Boston-bombing-fallout-US-moves-to-close-security-gap-on-student-visas-video" type="external">Christian Science Monitor</a>, Tazhaykov was permitted to re-enter the country after the winter break even though his student visa had been revoked 16 days earlier because of poor grades. In the wake of that arrest, Fox News published a story on the “ <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/07/boston-probe-problems-student-visa-overstays/" type="external">astonishing” problem</a> of student visas.</p>
<p>But the entry/exit tracking system proposed in the Senate immigration bill seeks to better monitor the status of those who come to the U.S. on a visa, no matter what type of visa it is.</p>
<p>Johnson said he applauds congressional efforts to track visa holders, but he feels the focus has been put unduly on student visas, which accounted for <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/FY12AnnualReport-TableXVIB.pdf" type="external">nearly 6 percent</a> of all visas in 2012. Those on student visas are already the most closely monitored, he said. In 2002, in wake of the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration established the <a href="http://www.ice.gov/sevis/" type="external">Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS</a>.</p>
<p>Officials who infuse the 9/11 hijackers into the immigration debate and focus on student visas are confusing the issue, Johnson said. Again, only one of the hijackers came to the U.S. on a student visa. And while several of the other hijackers on tourist or business visas overstayed their visas, the hijacker who was in the U.S. on a student visa did not.</p>
<p>— Robert Farley</p>
<p>Correction, Nov. 24, 2015: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev immigrated to the United States in 2002 as refugees. We obtained that information from a&#160; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/details-emerge-on-suspected-boston-bombers/2013/04/19/ef2c2566-a8e4-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html" type="external">Washington Post</a> report, which now carries the following correction: “An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the Tsarnaevs had received refugee status. The parents of the Tsarnaev brothers reached the United States on tourist visas and applied for asylum. To get asylum, an applicant must meet the definition of a refugee, but unlike a refugee he or she has already reached the United States and is subject to a different application process. After the Tsarnaevs obtained asylee status, they successfully applied for derivative asylee status for their children.”</p>
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<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday for another extra work session in which Republican leaders say they'll act quickly on a slender agenda. Once done, however, they could delay adjournment while redistricting litigation and negotiations over judicial changes take their course.</p>
<p>GOP lawmakers scheduled this session three months ago and approved a wide range of topics that could be considered. But some House and Senate members said their to-do list will be short, at least initially, and could be done in one day.</p>
<p>They plan to act now on whether to confirm some of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's appointments to the state Utilities Commission that have been waiting for months. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger also want some of their own appointees to state boards and panels approved by colleagues.</p>
<p>"We have a couple of other items — loose ends to pick up — and we'll see where we go from there," said Sen. Bill Rabon of Brunswick County, the Senate Rules Committee chairman.</p>
<p>House Republicans want the Senate to go along with legislation directing state health and environment officials to study further unregulated chemicals in drinking water supplies statewide. The bill is another response to the disclosure that a Bladen County plant had been discharging the chemical GenX into the Cape Fear River.</p>
<p>A draft of the water bill unveiled late Tuesday and expected in House committees also would shift $1.3 million unused in a previous state budget so the Department of Environmental Quality can use it to reduce permitting backlogs and increase testing of GenX and other water contaminants. Cooper's administration had requested more funds. Rep. David Lewis of Harnett County — Rabon's House counterpart — said earlier Tuesday he was optimistic lawmakers would find a solution.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Lewis said he anticipates parliamentary maneuvers that would leave the work session running for the immediate future. He said that would enable legislators to further redraw House and Senate districts if directed by a federal court. A three-judge panel could soon decide whether to accept map changes made by an expert they hired. Republicans argue they should have been given another chance to make alterations before candidate filing begins next month.</p>
<p>The open-ended session also could give legislators a few weeks to try to negotiate new maps for judicial election districts and local prosecutors, versions of which were approved by the House the last time the General Assembly convened in October. Senators examined the maps during a special committee and also have offered a related proposal that would replace head-to-head elections with an appointment system and retention elections.</p>
<p>A new joint House-Senate committee meets for the first time Thursday to look at judicial changes.</p>
<p>"I believe that we'll take action on judicial redistricting before the end of January," Moore predicted to reporters last week. He added, however, that he couldn't say whether House Republicans back a judicial selection overhaul, which also would require a constitutional amendment approved by voters. Senate Republicans have sounded more willing to negotiate longer to gain Democratic support. The next regular work session would begin in mid-May.</p>
<p>Groups opposed to any judicial changes scheduled a rally Wednesday at the Legislative Building. The groups already are running ads accusing Republicans of trying to alter maps and judicial selection to favor GOP candidates.</p>
<p>Republican leaders are unlikely to address worries by school districts and parents that student class-size requirements in kindergarten through third grade next fall will result in layoffs of arts and music teachers and packed upper-grade classrooms. Cooper emphasized the issue Tuesday by visiting a Cary elementary school. Republicans said district spending data designed to help with a solution is still coming in. Berger, the Senate leader, said recently he expected the issue would be addressed in May.</p>
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday for another extra work session in which Republican leaders say they'll act quickly on a slender agenda. Once done, however, they could delay adjournment while redistricting litigation and negotiations over judicial changes take their course.</p>
<p>GOP lawmakers scheduled this session three months ago and approved a wide range of topics that could be considered. But some House and Senate members said their to-do list will be short, at least initially, and could be done in one day.</p>
<p>They plan to act now on whether to confirm some of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's appointments to the state Utilities Commission that have been waiting for months. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger also want some of their own appointees to state boards and panels approved by colleagues.</p>
<p>"We have a couple of other items — loose ends to pick up — and we'll see where we go from there," said Sen. Bill Rabon of Brunswick County, the Senate Rules Committee chairman.</p>
<p>House Republicans want the Senate to go along with legislation directing state health and environment officials to study further unregulated chemicals in drinking water supplies statewide. The bill is another response to the disclosure that a Bladen County plant had been discharging the chemical GenX into the Cape Fear River.</p>
<p>A draft of the water bill unveiled late Tuesday and expected in House committees also would shift $1.3 million unused in a previous state budget so the Department of Environmental Quality can use it to reduce permitting backlogs and increase testing of GenX and other water contaminants. Cooper's administration had requested more funds. Rep. David Lewis of Harnett County — Rabon's House counterpart — said earlier Tuesday he was optimistic lawmakers would find a solution.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Lewis said he anticipates parliamentary maneuvers that would leave the work session running for the immediate future. He said that would enable legislators to further redraw House and Senate districts if directed by a federal court. A three-judge panel could soon decide whether to accept map changes made by an expert they hired. Republicans argue they should have been given another chance to make alterations before candidate filing begins next month.</p>
<p>The open-ended session also could give legislators a few weeks to try to negotiate new maps for judicial election districts and local prosecutors, versions of which were approved by the House the last time the General Assembly convened in October. Senators examined the maps during a special committee and also have offered a related proposal that would replace head-to-head elections with an appointment system and retention elections.</p>
<p>A new joint House-Senate committee meets for the first time Thursday to look at judicial changes.</p>
<p>"I believe that we'll take action on judicial redistricting before the end of January," Moore predicted to reporters last week. He added, however, that he couldn't say whether House Republicans back a judicial selection overhaul, which also would require a constitutional amendment approved by voters. Senate Republicans have sounded more willing to negotiate longer to gain Democratic support. The next regular work session would begin in mid-May.</p>
<p>Groups opposed to any judicial changes scheduled a rally Wednesday at the Legislative Building. The groups already are running ads accusing Republicans of trying to alter maps and judicial selection to favor GOP candidates.</p>
<p>Republican leaders are unlikely to address worries by school districts and parents that student class-size requirements in kindergarten through third grade next fall will result in layoffs of arts and music teachers and packed upper-grade classrooms. Cooper emphasized the issue Tuesday by visiting a Cary elementary school. Republicans said district spending data designed to help with a solution is still coming in. Berger, the Senate leader, said recently he expected the issue would be addressed in May.</p>
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raleigh nc ap north carolina general assembly reconvenes wednesday another extra work session republican leaders say theyll act quickly slender agenda done however could delay adjournment redistricting litigation negotiations judicial changes take course gop lawmakers scheduled session three months ago approved wide range topics could considered house senate members said todo list short least initially could done one day plan act whether confirm democratic gov roy coopers appointments state utilities commission waiting months house speaker tim moore senate leader phil berger also want appointees state boards panels approved colleagues couple items loose ends pick well see go said sen bill rabon brunswick county senate rules committee chairman house republicans want senate go along legislation directing state health environment officials study unregulated chemicals drinking water supplies statewide bill another response disclosure bladen county plant discharging chemical genx cape fear river draft water bill unveiled late tuesday expected house committees also would shift 13 million unused previous state budget department environmental quality use reduce permitting backlogs increase testing genx water contaminants coopers administration requested funds rep david lewis harnett county rabons house counterpart said earlier tuesday optimistic lawmakers would find solution meanwhile lewis said anticipates parliamentary maneuvers would leave work session running immediate future said would enable legislators redraw house senate districts directed federal court threejudge panel could soon decide whether accept map changes made expert hired republicans argue given another chance make alterations candidate filing begins next month openended session also could give legislators weeks try negotiate new maps judicial election districts local prosecutors versions approved house last time general assembly convened october senators examined maps special committee also offered related proposal would replace headtohead elections appointment system retention elections new joint housesenate committee meets first time thursday look judicial changes believe well take action judicial redistricting end january moore predicted reporters last week added however couldnt say whether house republicans back judicial selection overhaul also would require constitutional amendment approved voters senate republicans sounded willing negotiate longer gain democratic support next regular work session would begin midmay groups opposed judicial changes scheduled rally wednesday legislative building groups already running ads accusing republicans trying alter maps judicial selection favor gop candidates republican leaders unlikely address worries school districts parents student classsize requirements kindergarten third grade next fall result layoffs arts music teachers packed uppergrade classrooms cooper emphasized issue tuesday visiting cary elementary school republicans said district spending data designed help solution still coming berger senate leader said recently expected issue would addressed may raleigh nc ap north carolina general assembly reconvenes wednesday another extra work session republican leaders say theyll act quickly slender agenda done however could delay adjournment redistricting litigation negotiations judicial changes take course gop lawmakers scheduled session three months ago approved wide range topics could considered house senate members said todo list short least initially could done one day plan act whether confirm democratic gov roy coopers appointments state utilities commission waiting months house speaker tim moore senate leader phil berger also want appointees state boards panels approved colleagues couple items loose ends pick well see go said sen bill rabon brunswick county senate rules committee chairman house republicans want senate go along legislation directing state health environment officials study unregulated chemicals drinking water supplies statewide bill another response disclosure bladen county plant discharging chemical genx cape fear river draft water bill unveiled late tuesday expected house committees also would shift 13 million unused previous state budget department environmental quality use reduce permitting backlogs increase testing genx water contaminants coopers administration requested funds rep david lewis harnett county rabons house counterpart said earlier tuesday optimistic lawmakers would find solution meanwhile lewis said anticipates parliamentary maneuvers would leave work session running immediate future said would enable legislators redraw house senate districts directed federal court threejudge panel could soon decide whether accept map changes made expert hired republicans argue given another chance make alterations candidate filing begins next month openended session also could give legislators weeks try negotiate new maps judicial election districts local prosecutors versions approved house last time general assembly convened october senators examined maps special committee also offered related proposal would replace headtohead elections appointment system retention elections new joint housesenate committee meets first time thursday look judicial changes believe well take action judicial redistricting end january moore predicted reporters last week added however couldnt say whether house republicans back judicial selection overhaul also would require constitutional amendment approved voters senate republicans sounded willing negotiate longer gain democratic support next regular work session would begin midmay groups opposed judicial changes scheduled rally wednesday legislative building groups already running ads accusing republicans trying alter maps judicial selection favor gop candidates republican leaders unlikely address worries school districts parents student classsize requirements kindergarten third grade next fall result layoffs arts music teachers packed uppergrade classrooms cooper emphasized issue tuesday visiting cary elementary school republicans said district spending data designed help solution still coming berger senate leader said recently expected issue would addressed may
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<p>PASADENA, Calif. — President-elect Donald Trump and his team on Wednesday attacked news organizations that spread unsubstantiated reports about a damaging dossier collected on him by Russia, an incident that illustrates how old rules of journalism are tested in today’s rapidly changing media world.</p>
<p>Trump called BuzzFeed “a pile of garbage” for publishing the allegations and got into a spat with CNN’s Jim Acosta during his first news conference since July. He praised organizations that didn’t follow BuzzFeed’s lead.</p>
<p>The combative news conference, less than two weeks before Trump’s inauguration, was dominated by questions about Russia and the president-elect’s relationship with the intelligence community.</p>
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<p>CNN on Tuesday reported that Trump had been briefed by intelligence officials about compromising personal and financial information that Russia had collected on him. The network did not give details about the information, saying the charges had not been verified, but BuzzFeed soon published them. Most reputable news organizations, following up the story, also did not report the details.</p>
<p>Despite those decisions, it took only the single report for the news to spread so rapidly that within hours, one specific, salacious allegation was a top trending topic on Twitter.</p>
<p>At his news conference, Trump set up a bad cop-good cop dynamic. Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer and Vice President-elect Mike Pence both preceded Trump and sharply condemned those who spread the story. Spicer called BuzzFeed’s decision “outrageous and highly irresponsible,” while Pence said it was an effort by some in the media to delegitimize the election and discredit the incoming administration.</p>
<p>“The American people are sick and tired of it,” Pence said.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Trump credited The New York Times, a newspaper he’s often been at odds with, for its decision not to publish what it could not independently verify.</p>
<p>Under questioning, he criticized both CNN and BuzzFeed. He said BuzzFeed is “going to suffer the consequences. I think they already are.”</p>
<p>He got into a sharp back-and-forth with Acosta, who said to the president-elect, “you are attacking our news organization. Can you give us a chance to ask the questions?”</p>
<p>Trump told Acosta, “don’t be rude.”</p>
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<p>“I am not going to give you a question,” he said. “You are fake news.”</p>
<p>He later took a question about intelligence leaks from another CNN reporter, Jeremy Diamond.</p>
<p>CNN’s Jake Tapper criticized Trump for conflating CNN and BuzzFeed, since CNN did not publish the specific allegations and BuzzFeed did. The network said reporting on the inner workings of government represented the core of what the First Amendment protects.</p>
<p>“Given that members of the Trump transition team have so vocally criticized our reporting, we encourage them to identify, specifically, what they believe to be inaccurate,” CNN said in a statement.</p>
<p>CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Trump aide Kellyanne Conway engaged in a tense, circular discussion on that network Wednesday night on the issue. Conway said CNN gave BuzzFeed the imprimatur to move forward with its report; Cooper said CNN could not be held responsible for what other news organizations do.</p>
<p>“I think it’s politics for you to try to link all the reporters together,” Cooper said. “It seems unfair and frankly disingenuous.”</p>
<p>Conway said the Trump team gets no respect. “The media have a 16 percent approval rating for a reason,” she said. “It’s been earned.”</p>
<p>BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti on Wednesday clouded the issue by comparing BuzzFeed to other news organizations that made a very different decision on how to proceed with the story.</p>
<p>“We were criticized by the incoming administration,” Peretti said. “We are not going to respond to these divisive comments, which put us in great company, by the way — The New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post have all been attacked. So has Meryl Streep and the cast of ‘Hamilton,’ but we’d never compare ourselves to people that talented.”</p>
<p>BuzzFeed’s decision did revive what has become an increasingly common debate in the media world. News organizations can make very careful decisions about what to publish when they are not certain of the veracity of the information, but it only takes one rival with different standards to undermine those deliberations.</p>
<p>While admitting that some of the allegations may not be true, BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith explained that he wanted to publish the information so Americans can make up their own minds about allegations circulating throughout government.</p>
<p>“People of good will may disagree with our choice,” he wrote. “But publishing this dossier reflects how we see the job of reporters in 2017.”</p>
<p>The Associated Press is among the news organizations that has been aware of the documents and has attempted to authenticate them. The AP determined publishing the details did not meet its criteria.</p>
<p>“The purported sourcing was anonymous, which made it impossible for AP to determine if the sources were credible or in a position to know the facts about any allegations being made,” said John Daniszewski, vice president for standards and editor at large.</p>
<p>“After learning these documents were included in a high-level briefing to the president and the president-elect by intelligence officials, the AP decided it newsworthy to report their existence. However, it continues to refrain from reporting specific material that has not been verified or corroborated.”</p>
<p>Kelly McBride, a media ethicist for the Poynter Institute, compared BuzzFeed’s action to document dumps by websites like WikiLeaks.</p>
<p>Smith “says that this is the job of reporters in 2017,” McBride said. “What I want to ask back is, ‘Where’s the reporting?’ The job of reporting is to actually report.”</p>
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pasadena calif presidentelect donald trump team wednesday attacked news organizations spread unsubstantiated reports damaging dossier collected russia incident illustrates old rules journalism tested todays rapidly changing media world trump called buzzfeed pile garbage publishing allegations got spat cnns jim acosta first news conference since july praised organizations didnt follow buzzfeeds lead combative news conference less two weeks trumps inauguration dominated questions russia presidentelects relationship intelligence community advertisement cnn tuesday reported trump briefed intelligence officials compromising personal financial information russia collected network give details information saying charges verified buzzfeed soon published reputable news organizations following story also report details despite decisions took single report news spread rapidly within hours one specific salacious allegation top trending topic twitter news conference trump set bad copgood cop dynamic incoming white house press secretary sean spicer vice presidentelect mike pence preceded trump sharply condemned spread story spicer called buzzfeeds decision outrageous highly irresponsible pence said effort media delegitimize election discredit incoming administration american people sick tired pence said meanwhile trump credited new york times newspaper hes often odds decision publish could independently verify questioning criticized cnn buzzfeed said buzzfeed going suffer consequences think already got sharp backandforth acosta said presidentelect attacking news organization give us chance ask questions trump told acosta dont rude advertisement going give question said fake news later took question intelligence leaks another cnn reporter jeremy diamond cnns jake tapper criticized trump conflating cnn buzzfeed since cnn publish specific allegations buzzfeed network said reporting inner workings government represented core first amendment protects given members trump transition team vocally criticized reporting encourage identify specifically believe inaccurate cnn said statement cnns anderson cooper trump aide kellyanne conway engaged tense circular discussion network wednesday night issue conway said cnn gave buzzfeed imprimatur move forward report cooper said cnn could held responsible news organizations think politics try link reporters together cooper said seems unfair frankly disingenuous conway said trump team gets respect media 16 percent approval rating reason said earned buzzfeed ceo jonah peretti wednesday clouded issue comparing buzzfeed news organizations made different decision proceed story criticized incoming administration peretti said going respond divisive comments put us great company way new york times cnn washington post attacked meryl streep cast hamilton wed never compare people talented buzzfeeds decision revive become increasingly common debate media world news organizations make careful decisions publish certain veracity information takes one rival different standards undermine deliberations admitting allegations may true buzzfeed editor ben smith explained wanted publish information americans make minds allegations circulating throughout government people good may disagree choice wrote publishing dossier reflects see job reporters 2017 associated press among news organizations aware documents attempted authenticate ap determined publishing details meet criteria purported sourcing anonymous made impossible ap determine sources credible position know facts allegations made said john daniszewski vice president standards editor large learning documents included highlevel briefing president presidentelect intelligence officials ap decided newsworthy report existence however continues refrain reporting specific material verified corroborated kelly mcbride media ethicist poynter institute compared buzzfeeds action document dumps websites like wikileaks smith says job reporters 2017 mcbride said want ask back wheres reporting job reporting actually report
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<p>On the one hand, New Mexico coach Steve Alford admits he doesn’t want his 12th-ranked Lobos letting up this week in road games at Nevada tonight or at Air Force on Saturday despite already wrapping up the No. 1 seed in next week’s Mountain West Conference tournament.</p>
<p>“What we’re able to do is continue to build an NCAA résumé,” Alford said, adding that momentum will only come by the Lobos winning.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if the ultimate goal is to get this Lobo team into the Sweet 16, UNM can’t have a repeat performance of 2010. That was when the No. 3 seed Lobos ran out of gas and were physically unable to keep up with No. 11 Washington, getting bounced from the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32.</p>
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<p>“I just remember that 30-5 year,” Alford said. “That 30-5 year, by the time we got to the national tournament against (No. 14) Montana, we were beat. We were physically and mentally beat up. We don’t want that.”</p>
<p>The Lobos did get by Montana, but struggled and then were run off the court by the Huskies.</p>
<p>So don’t expect, Alford says, to see junior guard Kendall Williams play the entire game tonight or Saturday (he’s played fewer than 31 minutes only once in his last 21 games and leads the league in minutes played at 34.6 per game). Don’t expect Alex Kirk to wear himself down in an overly physical game or play the same 34 minutes per game he’s averaged in the past three outings.</p>
<p>The challenge is for the Lobos (25-4, 12-2 MWC) to find the balance between keeping their edge while getting healthy for their upcoming tournaments.</p>
<p>“I think what’s nice is we get to go a week here where there’s no pressure,” Alford said. “These student-athletes have had pressure since Davidson (UNM’s season-opening opponent Nov. 13). We have not had any break. …</p>
<p>“It’s a lot of fun knowing in early March that we’re already in the NCAA Tournament.”</p>
<p>The pressure may be off, some, but not if the Lobos want to keep talking about their slim No. 1 seed hopes. That has become the hot topic of national pundits, and something the media, both local and around the country, continue to ask Alford about.</p>
<p>“You either believe the RPI or you don’t believe it,” Alford said of the metric that had his team ranked No. 3 in the country as of Wednesday. “It’s ironic that some of the talk with us has been, ‘Well they’re really not a 3 RPI; their league’s really not a 2 RPI.’ It’s odd. I wonder if we were Michigan State in the Big Ten if you’re saying the same thing. Probably not. That’s what we have to get over both as a program and as a league. We’ve done a lot of good things to get to that point and now people have to start believing that.”</p>
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<p>He and his players realize that only comes with a deeper tournament run than the program has ever had before.</p>
<p>“They want to do that,” Alford said. “It’s not like we don’t want to go to the Sweet 16. We’d love to be a part of that and advance further than that if we could.”</p>
<p>THE GAME: UNM plays Nevada tonight knowing it may get a rematch with the Wolf Pack a week later in the MWC tournament.</p>
<p>As the No. 1 seed, UNM knows it will play March 13 against the winner of the 8/9 seed play-in game March 12. Right now, Nevada (12-16, 3-11 MWC) is at the bottom of the league standings and in a three-way struggle with Wyoming (18-11, 4-11) and Fresno State (10-18, 4-11) for the bottom three spots in the standings. Both Fresno State and Wyoming have only one game apiece this week.</p>
<p>When Nevada played UNM in the Pit a month ago, the Wolf Pack’s talented back court of Deonte Burton and Malik Story combined for 33 points and had their team ahead at 51-50 with under 10 minutes to go.</p>
<p>“Burton and Story are terrific guards,” Alford said. “It starts there and obviously we have to move beyond that with personnel, but those are the two biggest keys.”</p>
<p>On the other end, UNM enjoyed its most efficient offensive game of the season shooting 56 percent from the floor, hitting 11 3-pointers and dishing out 22 assists to only seven turnovers.</p>
<p>NEW MEXICO’S MR. BASKETBALL: How’s this for a championship trifecta in the Land of Enchantment?</p>
<p>UNM video administrator Brandon Mason has now won a Sun Belt regular-season West Division championship as a player at New Mexico State (2002), an NBA D-League championship as a player with the Albuquerque Thunderbirds (2006) and now a Mountain West championship as an assistant coach at New Mexico (2013).</p>
<p>TOURNEY TIMES: With the No. 1 seed wrapped up, Lobo fans can start planning around UNM’s games in the MWC tournament next week in Las Vegas. No other seeds – two through nine – have been determined.</p>
<p>The March 13 quarterfinal will start at 7:35 p.m. MDT against the winner of the No. 8 and No. 9 seed. The winner of that game plays at 7:05 p.m. MDT March 15 in the semifinals. The men’s championship game will start at 4:05 p.m. March 16.</p>
<p>The quarterfinal and semifinal games will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network. The men’s championship game will be televised on CBS.</p>
<p>LOBOS LINKS: <a href="" type="internal">Roster</a> | <a href="" type="internal">Schedule/Results</a> | <a href="" type="internal">Geoff Grammer’s blog</a></p>
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<p>— This article appeared on page D1 of the Albuquerque Journal</p>
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<p>Here’s the 12th edition of the Mountain West Football Notebook, compiled each week by Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman with contributions from beat writers around the league.</p>
<p>MOUNTAIN DIVISION</p>
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<p>AIR FORCE</p>
<p>Barely 70 days after making his college debut, Air Force sophomore Jacobi Owens is on the verge of 1,000 rushing yards.</p>
<p>This sudden emergence, nearly unprecedented in Falcons history, isn’t even something Owens’ running backs coach saw coming.</p>
<p>“Not going into it, I didn’t,” coach Ben Miller said. “I knew he had a chance. What he’s done is just work every day to get to that point and has just consistently been the best guy in practice. Because really he had nothing but scout team from last year and then practice in spring ball and August to go from, and he was consistently day in and day out the best one. And he’s continued to do that throughout the season, too.”</p>
<p>Owens has rushed for 988 yards in his debut season. In team history only Dee Dowis and Pat Evans have rushed for 1,000 yards as sophomores. Dowis was a quarterback and Evans was a fullback, so Owens would be the first sophomore tailback to break that barrier.</p>
<p>It’s hard to gauge where Owens’ emergence ranks on the list of factors in Air Force’s turnaround season – the play of the defense and of quarterback Kale Pearson certainly come to mind first – but it’s impossible to ignore the team’s 5-0 record in games in which Owens has run for 100 yards.</p>
<p>Air Force’s rushing attack ranks eighth in the nation at 282.4 yards per game, and Owens ranks 18th individually with his 988 yards.</p>
<p>Owens knew the running game was critical on Saturday, as Air Force (7-2, 3-2 Mountain West) ran for 386 yards in crushing UNLV 48-21.</p>
<p>“It was super important,” Owens said after running for 135 yards and a touchdown in his hometown. “Running the ball is our offense, essentially. We can’t pass if we can’t run the ball. Establishing the run game was actually the most important thing of the day.”</p>
<p>Air Force is still alive in the hunt for the Mountain West title, though it will need some help. The Falcons can control only the three games they play, starting with a home game against Nevada on Saturday.</p>
<p>But along the way, the team figures to enjoy watching this sophomore crack an important statistical barrier with 12 more yards.</p>
<p>“It’s fun,” Miller said. “We haven’t concentrated on numbers or anything like that, but that’s a fun milestone. Hopefully he can get it.”</p>
<p>Next game: vs. Nevada, noon MT Saturday, Root Sports</p>
<p>Notable: WR Garrett Brown returned to practice Monday after not traveling to UNLV because of a hamstring injury. … LB Jordan Pierce, SS Weston Steelhammer and RB Jacobi Owens missed practice Monday, but all are expected to play against Nevada. … Air Force is 4-0 at home this season. … The Falcons have scored 90 points in their two meetings with Nevada, but are 1-1 in those games. … Air Force’s average time of possession of 32:36 is the best in the Mountain West. … PK Will Conant has connected on 14 straight field goal attempts, an Air Force record for one season.</p>
<p>— Brent Briggeman, The Gazette</p>
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<p>BOISE STATE</p>
<p>Boise State defensive coordinator Marcel Yates tried schematic fixes first.</p>
<p>That just caused confusion.</p>
<p>Then he tried personnel changes.</p>
<p>The Broncos removed seniors Corey Bell and Blake Renaud — two of their most productive players and, in Bell’s case, the defensive captain — in the second half of Saturday’s wild game at New Mexico and replaced them with two first-year players.</p>
<p>Sophomore safety Chanceller James and redshirt freshman linebacker Joe Martarano helped spark the Broncos to a 60-49 victory.</p>
<p>“If you think the scheme is right, then you have to do some personnel changes,” coach Bryan Harsin said. “That’s not a knock on anybody else. That’s part of the game. Those guys (who were replaced) were fantastic. They weren’t in, but they were supportive. We were able to make enough plays from those changes to slow it down.”</p>
<p>The Broncos allowed 42 points and 417 rushing yards in the first half. They allowed seven points and 88 rushing yards in the second half.</p>
<p>Martarano finished second on the team with eight tackles. James added three tackles, including a fourth-down stop that allowed the Broncos to turn a four-point lead into 11 in the closing minutes.</p>
<p>Bell, third on the team in tackles going into the game, did not have a tackle. Renaud, who was sixth, made one.</p>
<p>“That’s the one thing about option football — you have to be disciplined and fit your gaps,” Yates said. “Everybody has a gap, everybody has to do their job and when certain guys aren’t doing their job or not fitting it right or not in the right place or guessing, you can get creased a little bit.”</p>
<p>At halftime, coaches drew up the necessary corrections on a dry-erase board. They emphasized some movement of the defensive linemen at the snap, to slow down the interior run plays.</p>
<p>But they didn’t ask the players to do anything different than they had practiced during the week, coaches said.</p>
<p>“That’s what people would think, that it was an adjustment, but honestly there were no adjustments,” Yates said. “That’s probably the frustrating thing, to give up 42 points in the first half and then come back and give up seven in the second half and not make any adjustments at all. I mean, I didn’t change the scheme and I didn’t change what I was calling. We just had guys fitting their gaps and doing their job.”</p>
<p>Next game: vs. San Diego State, 8:15 p.m. MT Saturday, ESPNU</p>
<p>Notable: Boise State’s next game, at Wyoming, also will kick at 8:15 p.m. — the Broncos’ fifth start after 8 p.m. this season. The Broncos have earned a minimum TV bonus of $1.6 million, though. … Boise State senior kicker Dan Goodale was named the MW special teams player of the week. It was the first such honor for the Broncos since the week before Kyle Brotzman’s infamous missed field goals in 2010 at Nevada. … Boise State has won 11 straight home games, all by double digits, since losing to San Diego State in 2012 on the Blue. … Boise State had four penalties for 24 yards last week. New Mexico had five for 50. It was the first time since the season opener against Ole Miss that Boise State was the least-penalized team in a game. “What we’ve been doing for penalties in practice hopefully will pay off,” Harsin said.</p>
<p>— Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman</p>
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<p>COLORADO STATE</p>
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<p>Jim McElwain fully expected Colorado State’s football program to get into the top 25 and contend for conference titles when he took over as coach nearly three years ago.</p>
<p>So he’s not surprised that his Rams (9-1, 5-1 Mountain West) moved into the national rankings at No. 23 in the Associated Press media poll and No. 25 in the Amway Coaches’ Poll. The surprise, he said Monday, is how quickly the turnaround has occurred.</p>
<p>The continuity in the coaching staff, with only one change in assistants in three years, and commitment of the players, has sped up the process, McElwain said at his weekly news conference.</p>
<p>The Rams aren’t just in the top 25 for the first time since the start of the 2003 season, they’re off to their best start since 1994. And, with just three weeks left in the regular season, they’re one of only a handful of teams not in one of the five power conferences with a chance to play their way into the Cotton, Fiesta or Peach Bowl as the top-ranked champion from one of the other five conferences — American Athletic, Mid-American, MW, Sun Belt and Conference USA.</p>
<p>“Getting people to kind of notice Colorado State University on a national level is something that our administration brought us in here to put us on that national scope,” McElwain said. “We’re probably there a little early in the maturation of the organization, and we’ve got a long ways to go. And yet it’s very satisfying to see what these guys have put in to get there.”</p>
<p>Conference USA leader Marshall (9-0, 5-0), ranked No. 21 in both the AP and coaches’ polls, is the only team outside of a Power Five conference ranked ahead of the Rams this week. Neither CSU nor Marshall was ranked in the top 25 last week by the College Football Playoff committee, which will determine which champion from a conference outside of the Power Five gets that bowl bid. The CFP committee will put out new rankings Tuesday evening.</p>
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<p>That big-time bowl game is only a possibility for the Rams, though, if they win the MW title. And the only way they can even get into the championship game to play for that title is by winning their final two games, Nov. 22 vs. Mexico (3-6, 1-4) and Nov. 28 at Air Force (7-2, 3-2), and having Boise State (7-2, 4-1) drop one of its final three — at home Saturday vs. San Diego State (5-4, 3-2), Nov. 22 at Wyoming (4-6, 2-4) and at home Nov. 29 against Utah State (7-3, 4-1).</p>
<p>The Rams, in other words, could finish 11-1 and not win the conference title.</p>
<p>McElwain is fully aware of the possibility and says if that’s the case, the Rams will have no one but themselves to blame. Their 37-24 loss Sept. 6 at Boise State gives the Broncos the Mountain Division title should both teams finish 7-1 in league play</p>
<p>“There’s nothing we can do about it,” McElwain said. “We didn’t win that game, so you can’t cry over spilt milk. You just control what you can control, and that’s going out and finishing these last two ballgames with the same effort and same passion that we’ve been playing with, and then we get to see what happens.”</p>
<p>NEXT GAME: Nov. 22 vs. New Mexico</p>
<p>NOTABLE: WR Rashard Higgins still leads all FBS players with his 1,280 receiving yards and 13 touchdown catches despite missing last Saturday’s win over Hawaii with a shoulder injury. Higgins is expected back by the New Mexico game. … CSU has won 15 of its past 18 games since, a record surpassed only by Florida State (18-0), Michigan State (16-2) and Marshall (16-2). … QB Garrett Grayson set CSU’s single-season record for touchdown passes with 26 after throwing four in the win over Hawaii. Grayson also holds single-season school records for completions (297 in 2013), passing yards (3,696 in 2013) and career records for completions (622), passing yards (8,208) and touchdown passes (58).</p>
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<p>NEW MEXICO</p>
<p>New Mexico will sorely miss sophomore linebacker Dakota Cox’s 12.9 tackles per game.</p>
<p>Even more, perhaps, the Lobos will miss Cox’s leadership and football IQ.</p>
<p>Cox, who ranked No. 2 nationally in total tackles per game, was lost for the rest of the season with a knee injury — believed to be a torn ACL — late in last week’s 60-49 loss to Boise State in Albuquerque.</p>
<p>“Typical Dakota Cox,” coach Bob Davie said. “He was throwing his body around late in that football game on (Boise State’s) very last series of the game. He got injured over on the sidelines, really on an effort play.</p>
<p>“It’s going to be surgery. It’s going to be a long rehab.”</p>
<p>There’s no replacing Cox, who had almost twice as many tackles as the No. 2 UNM player, strong safety David Guthrie, on the stat sheet. But, Davie said, the defense will adjust as best it can.</p>
<p>Junior Mike Arredondo has been listed all season as Cox’s backup, but has logged precious little playing time other than on special teams. Instead of moving Arredondo into Cox’s “mike” linebacker spot, UNM will move redshirt freshman Kimmie Carson from the “will” to the mike. Junior Ryan Langford, who has been splitting time with Carson, will start at the will.</p>
<p>It is, Davie said, far from an ideal solution. Both Carson and Langford, a junior college transfer, are in their first year of FBS competition.</p>
<p>“That’s a major problem,” Davie said, “because we’ve not gotten the (desired) execution out of either one of those guys at the will, to be honest. We’ve gotten some great effort, but now we have two young guys, and both those young guys are in the game.”</p>
<p>Next game: at Utah State, 2 p.m. MT Saturday, ESPNews</p>
<p>Notable: Having looked at all available angles, frame by frame, Davie said at his Tuesday news conference that he saw no indisputable evidence that UNM quarterback Lamar Jordan failed to reach the first-down marker on a crucial fourth-and-2 play in the fourth quarter against Boise State. The play, ruled a first down on the field, was reversed by the replay official. Davie said he wasn’t suggesting that the reversal cost UNM a victory. “Boise beat us, Boise deserved to beat us,” he said. “… (But) the only people that say that it was indisputable, and there was concrete evidence that that call should be overturned, was the Mountain West Conference. To me, that’s a bit of a slap in the face.” … Junior running back Jhurell Pressley is expected to miss Saturday’s game at Utah State with a sprained ankle suffered late in the first half of the Boise State game. New Mexico also will be missing quarterback Cole Gautsche (foot), nose guard Cole Juarez (knee), cornerback Isaiah Brown (hamstring), all starters, as well as nickel back Devonta Tabannah and defensive end Randy Williams, both key backups, due to concussion symptoms. The Lobos also are without senior running back Crusoe Gongbay, who was the team’s leading rusher before being lost for the season with a foot injury on Oct. 4 at UTSA. Davie noted that Utah State is playing its No. 4 quarterback, true freshman Kent Myers. “There’s certainly no whining (about injuries),” Davie said. “… We’re dealing with it.”</p>
<p>— Rick Wright, Albuquerque Journal</p>
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<p>UTAH STATE</p>
<p>Utah State’s once extremely deep linebacking corps is now so thin, the injuries are even affecting the run game.</p>
<p>Utah State coach Matt Wells said Monday that Nick Vigil, a linebacker who ranks fifth on the team with 33 carries for 118 yards, will see only limited carries in the future.</p>
<p>“We can’t run him 23 times like I’d like,” Wells said.</p>
<p>At this point, Vigil is needed more on defense than offense with fellow linebacker LT Filiaga joining the list of players out for the season with injuries.</p>
<p>Filiaga, who ranks third on the team with 61 tackles, injured his Achilles tendon in the Aggies’ 20-3 win over Wyoming.</p>
<p>Vigil, who only played the first half against Wyoming for precautionary reasons due to a hamstring injury, is listed as day-to-day this week as is outside linebacker Torrey Green, who injured his ankle against Wyoming.</p>
<p>The Aggies (7-3, 4-1) host New Mexico (3-6, 1-4) on Saturday.</p>
<p>“We just have to rise up and figure out another way to win,” Wells said.</p>
<p>The Aggies have lost nine starters to season-ending injuries. That list includes three other linebackers in Tavaris McMillian (shoulder), Kyler Fackrell (knee) and Alex Huerta (shoulder).</p>
<p>Junior La’Bradford Harold is listed as Filiaga’s backup but juniors Anthony Green and Jarom Baldomero have also received more playing time. Baldomero had a career-high six tackles against Wyoming.</p>
<p>“He is smart and is in the right place at the right time,” Wells said of Baldomero. “Torrey, Nick, Zach (Vigil) they are all going to have to man up inside.”</p>
<p>Next game: vs. New Mexico, 2 p.m. MT Saturday, ESPNews</p>
<p>Notable: Even though they are just 3-6, the Lobos have done well on the road this season, with all three wins coming away from home. The Lobos lost to Air Force just 35-31 in their only other road game. Such results caught the attention of Wells, who said he believes the Lobos “band together,” on the road. “Sometimes there’s a good mindset on the road,” Wells said. “Some teams have it and some teams don’t. This team seems to have it.” … Injuries are helping the Aggies create some interesting statistics as Utah State is the only team in the nation with five players who have at least two touchdown passes. Sophomore Darell Garretson has eight, senior Craig Harrison has three, freshman Kent Myers has three and Chuckie Keeton has two. Receiver Ronald Butler has two as well. … USU’s offense has turned the ball over six times in the last seven games, but so far teams aren’t capitalizing on the turnovers as the Aggies’ defense has denied opponents any points off those mistakes.</p>
<p>— Lya Wodraska, The Salt Lake Tribune</p>
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<p>WYOMING</p>
<p>Red-zone offense is an area the Cowboys (4-6 overall, 2-4 Mountain West) need to work on during their bye week.</p>
<p>Wyoming got only one field goal in two red-zone trips in its 20-3 home loss to Utah State last Friday. Penalties, dropped passes and two fourth-quarter interceptions deep in Utah State territory stalled or halted scoring drives. Wyoming outgained Utah State in terms of total yardage 363-356, had six more first downs, ran 25 more plays and had nearly a 10-minute advantage in time of possession.</p>
<p>The Cowboys have scored touchdowns 14 of 28 times inside the red zone this season.</p>
<p>“We have to make those plays, and that’s been a consistent issue with us this season,” offensive coordinator Brent Vigen said. “Fifty percent touchdown-wise is not a number that’s good enough to be successful.”</p>
<p>Wyoming’s defense continues to be a patch-work group due to injuries at numerous areas, but after allowing 178 first-quarter yards to Utah State, along with an 80-yard punt return for a touchdown where it fell behind 17-0, it allowed only 178 yards the rest of the game and held its fifth opponent to 20 points or less this season.</p>
<p>“We’re encouraged from the standpoint everybody is learning how to fight, learning how to scrap and learning how to compete for four quarters,” defensive coordinator Steve Stanard said.</p>
<p>The Cowboys are off this week, and must win their final two games to become bowl eligible.</p>
<p>Next game: vs. Boise State, Nov. 22</p>
<p>Notable: Junior defensive end Eddie Yarbrough, an All-MW pick last season and preseason all-conference selection in the summer, has 25 tackles, four sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss in his last four games. … True freshman Brian Hill had 122 yards against Utah State, and is the first freshman running back to have three 100-yard games in a season since Wynel Seldon in 2005. What sets Hill apart is he’s had three consecutive 100-yard games. … Coach Craig Bohl did not attend Monday’s weekly news conference so he could be with his mother in Lincoln, Neb. She underwent a medical procedure. … Wyoming will play its third straight game on ESPN2 next week against Boise State, and it will have earned $1.3 million in appearance bonuses this season for playing on ESPN2.</p>
<p>— Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune Eagle</p>
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<p>WEST DIVISION</p>
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<p>FRESNO STATE</p>
<p>Fresno State went about things differently against San Jose State, leading with the run rather than relying too much on a passing game that had struggled much of the season.</p>
<p>With quarterback Brian Burrell back in the starting lineup the Bulldogs came out and rushed the football on their first eight plays over two series and ended up gaining 232 rushing yards on 53 plays, which is a season high against FBS opponents. That led to the highest percentage of run plays in a game this season.</p>
<p>Junior Marteze Waller had an average of 15.8 carries in the first nine games, but had 15 in the first quarter when rushing for 106 yards. He is the first Bulldogs back to gain 100 or more yards in the first quarter since Robbie Rouse had 144 against Colorado in 2012, and finished with 145 yards on 22 plays.</p>
<p>And the Bulldogs didn’t slow down much after Waller went down late in the second quarter with a shoulder injury. Senior Juice Quezada, who had been struggling, gaining only 25 yards on 16 plays over the past four games, churned out another 112 yards on 24 plays.</p>
<p>Waller and Quezada are the first Bulldogs to rush for 100-plus yards in the same game since Anthony Harding (120 yards) and Lonyae Miller (113) against Colorado State on Dec. 20, 2008.</p>
<p>Did it make a difference?</p>
<p>It appeared to for Burrell, who had hit only 53.8 percent of his passes in a loss to Wyoming, 52.0 percent in a loss at Boise State, 56.8 percent in a loss at UNLV and 50 percent in a victory over San Diego State coming in. He hit 20 of 26 passes (76.9 percent) for 207 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.</p>
<p>“We wanted to take some pressure off the quarterback position and if you can run it well, now it opens up your passing game. We just thought we had a good matchup there,” coach Tim DeRuyter said.</p>
<p>The offensive line definitely appreciated the opportunity to run the football.</p>
<p>“We came into this game knowing that we were going to have to run the ball,” right guard Cody Wichmann said. “These guys came in with the No. 1 passing defense in the country and as an offensive line we knew that it was game time for us. We really had to shine, and we did.”</p>
<p>And the Bulldogs might want to try it again needing to win their final two games at Nevada and against Hawaii to remain a player in the West Division race.</p>
<p>In all four of their victories this season, they have run the football more times than they have passed it.</p>
<p>Next game: at Nevada, Nov. 22</p>
<p>Notable: The Bulldogs had a blocked punt return for a touchdown in a 21-0 run in the second quarter – wideout Da’Mari Scott had the block and running back T.J. Thomas plucked it out of the air and went nine yards into the end zone. That is their first blocked punt return for a score since Desia Dunn had one in 2010 in a game against Cal Poly. … Senior Josh Harper caught seven passes against the Spartans, giving him 200 for his career. He is only the fourth player in school history with 200 or more career receptions, joining Davante Adams (2012-13) with 233, Rodney Wright (1998-2001) with 222 and Isaiah Burse (2010-13) with 209. … Despite the inconsistency at the quarterback position this season, the Bulldogs are not altering recruiting plans to bring in a JC or FBS transfer to add some experience or depth to the position group. They like what they have in Burrell, redshirt freshman Zack Greenlee and freshman Kilton Anderson. They just need to grow up, offensive coordinator Dave Schramm said. “The position takes time and there’s no simulator that you can get in,” he said. “It takes time. You have to feel the heat. You have to get in the game. You have to do all of those things. I think we’ll get better. I think we are getting better and we’re going to stay the course with these guys because they know the program, they know the system, they work extremely hard, they’re good kids.” … Inside (Will) linebacker Kyrie Wilson was selected as the defensive player of the week in the Mountain West after making six solo tackles including two for loss and intercepting a pass against the Spartans. Wilson, a 240-pound junior, is the first Fresno State player to be honored as player of the week this season.</p>
<p>— Robert Kuwada, The Fresno Bee</p>
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<p>HAWAII</p>
<p>Barring injury or other unexpected circumstances, it appears the Rainbow Warriors will go the rest of the season with third-year sophomore Ikaika Woolsey as their lone quarterback. Despite completing 34 percent of his passes, Woolsey was the quarterback whistle to whistle in a 49-22 loss to Colorado State this past Saturday. No. 2 quarterback Beau Reilly, a 22-year-old freshman, has not played this season, preserving his redshirt option. Head coach Norm Chow said Reilly will be used if needed. Eric Prater, also a 22-year-old freshman, remained in Honolulu to be with his wife, who is expecting the couple’s first child. Woolsey and Reilly were the only two quarterbacks on the 64-player travel roster to Fort Collins.</p>
<p>Against CSU, running back Joey Iosefa rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown in his first game since missing four games because of a fractured ankle and three games because of a suspension. His most impressive play was his 19-yard completion as a wildcat quarterback.</p>
<p>Next game: at San Jose State, 2:30 p.m. MT Saturday, Mountain West Network (online)</p>
<p>Notes: The Warriors have lost 17 road games in a row, the nation’s longest current such streak. They returned to Honolulu on Sunday afternoon and will depart this Thursday afternoon for San Jose. The Warriors will travel 36,050 miles for six road games this season. The Warriors will miss nine school days because of the travel. … Inside linebacker Julian Gener might be available to play against San Jose State this week. He has missed five games because of a fractured fibula. Last season, he missed nine games because of an elbow injury that required “Tommy John surgery.” He has missed 14 of 22 games during his two-season UH career.</p>
<p>— Stephen Tsai, Honolulu Star-Advertiser</p>
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<p>NEVADA</p>
<p>Recruiting is and always will be important, but perhaps there is a little less importance on the Nevada football team’s 2015 class than others in recent history.</p>
<p>Coach Brian Polian’s last two classes have all the makings of being really good ones, and the youthfulness of this Wolf Pack team — it’s the ninth-youngest team in the FBS — has kind of solidified some positions moving forward.</p>
<p>Polian, whose team is coming off of a bye, said he plans to add 20 new recruits when the team announces its 2015 class on Feb. 4. A few of them could be mid-season transfers, which the school could announce in late December.</p>
<p>They’ll join four players who grayshirted last season for a class of 24, plus or minus one.</p>
<p>Polian, who said when he took over in January 2013 that there was an imbalance in offensive and defensive players, has added more players to the defensive side in his first two classes, and said last week that the numbers are “getting close to back to where they need to be.”</p>
<p>Of the 20 newcomers, he said, nine would be offensive players, 10 would be defensive players and one would be a specialist.</p>
<p>The RGJ has identified just eight verbal commitments so far, much fewer than most schools have at this stage of the game, according to top recruiting trackers such as Scout.com, ESPN.com and Rivals.com.</p>
<p>Polian said his biggest needs in this class are at linebacker, offensive line and tight end.</p>
<p>The Wolf Pack practiced just two days last week. Polian said there were many players battling minor injuries, and they needed the week to heal. Polian spent part of the week recruiting and even tweeted a photo of the U.S.-Canadian border, saying, “Oh the places we will go! Turning over rocks looking for the next group to join the family. #WolfPackFamily.”</p>
<p>Next game: at Air Force, noon MT Saturday, Root Sports</p>
<p>Notable: Both Nevada and Air Force bring three-game winning streaks into Saturday’s game. … The only player on the two-deep chart with injury concerns ahead of the Air Force game is OL Connor Talbott, who suffered a head injury against San Diego State on Nov. 1 and was listed as questionable last week (OL Jeremy Macauley, TE Patrick Clifford and LB/ST Gabe Lee are out for the season). … Polian said he expects a great battle at quarterback next season between Tyler Stewart (a junior in 2015), sophomore Dante Mayes and redshirt freshman Hunter Fralick. “The day the season ends, Hunter Fralick and Dante Mayes and Stewart are all going to compete for the starting job,” Polian said. “… It will be fun to watch. And it will go through the fall. … May the best man win.”</p>
<p>— Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette-Journal</p>
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<p>SAN DIEGO STATE</p>
<p>San Diego State’s coaching staff and players had to be thinking the same thing after Saturday night’s nonconference victory over Idaho: It’s about time.</p>
<p>For weeks the Aztecs have struggled with their passing attack, due in large part to injuries to quarterback Quinn Kaehler and a couple of his key receivers. Kaehler might not be fully healthy for the entire season, but he showed more strength and his receivers did their jobs to get open as SDSU passed for 249 yards and got three receiving touchdowns against the Vandals.</p>
<p>Kaehler’s career-best efficiency rating of 203.71 was the best for a quarterback at SDSU since 2012, and his three TD passes tied a career high.</p>
<p>The rejuvenating effort could not have come at a better time, with SDSU facing a possible shootout on Saturday at Boise State.</p>
<p>“I thought he threw the ball well. I thought he threw it a lot more like he did last year,” Aztecs coach Rocky Long said. “We had some guys wide open on play-action passes. Now the bootlegs didn’t work worth a darn, but the play-action opened up some receivers behind the linebackers.”</p>
<p>Two Aztecs receivers who had been limited by injuries had big performances. Ezell Ruffin, the senior leader who missed five games in the middle of the season with a broken collarbone, caught his first two touchdowns of the season. And sophomore receiver Eric Judge, whose team-best speed had been limited by a bruised knee, made a catch and run for a 58-yard score. Judge had four catches for a career-high 107 yards.</p>
<p>“We felt good in practice the last couple of weeks, and it just hadn’t come together in games,” Kaehler said. “It did this game and it felt good.</p>
<p>“I felt like the receivers did a good job of understanding where they had to be in certain coverages, and the offensive line gave me enough time to deliver the ball.”</p>
<p>Since suffering a sprained shoulder in Week 3, Kaehler’s throwing had been weaker and less accurate. In the three games leading up to Idaho, Kaehler hadn’t thrown for more than 189 yards, and for the season he had only four touchdowns to go with eight interceptions.</p>
<p>Next game: at Boise State, 8:15 p.m. MT Saturday, ESPNU</p>
<p>Notable: Aztecs LB Jake Fely played his second game since suffering a neck injury in spring practice, but sat out the second half against Idaho with a stringer. … Long said he didn’t think there were any injuries that would keep starters from participating against Boise State. … RB D.J. Pumphrey ran for 142 yards against Idaho, marking his sixth 100-yard game of the season. … SDSU owned a plus-13 margin in average field position and is 11-0 in the Division I era when having at least a plus-11 edge.</p>
<p>— Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
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<p>SAN JOSE STATE</p>
<p>San Jose State coach Ron Caragher called the second quarter of his team’s loss to Fresno State “an all-out abomination.”</p>
<p>That’s when the Spartans (3-6, 2-3 Mountain West) allowed three touchdowns in a span of 2 minutes and 2 seconds in an eventual 38-24 defeat that leaves their season hovering on the brink of becoming a failure.</p>
<p>While little has gone right for SJSU this year, the Spartans entered that game with Fresno with a chance to push into a tie for first place in the West Division. Instead, they were embarrassed with a poor showing that leaves them needing to win their final three games to become bowl eligible. Considering that stretch includes road games at Utah State and San Diego State, the prospects are not high.</p>
<p>Caragher said the performance against the Bulldogs was “not our standard” and noted some structural issues the program needs to address.</p>
<p>“That’s not acceptable and I understand that,” Caragher said. “I’m the leader of the program. I’m in charge and I take full responsibility.”</p>
<p>One change that could occur immediately is adjusting the practice schedule during weeks the team plays a road night game. Caragher compared Saturday’s performance to last year’s futile performance against Nevada in a 38-16 road loss. In both cases, those were 7:30 p.m. Saturday games played after the team commuted by bus.</p>
<p>The Spartans practice at 9 a.m. on Tuesday through Thursday and so for road games, their last practice is that Thursday morning session. There’s typically a light walk-through on Friday. But the gap from a 9 a.m. practice on Thursday until a Saturday night game seems to be a problem.</p>
<p>Players’ class schedules are the primary reason for the morning practices — it’s easier for them to knock out practice in the morning and then have from noon on to be able to schedule classes — but Caragher said they may need to look into some late evening practices after classes are over to get the team under the lights and more prepared for night games. He has a chance to test that theory next week if he chooses because the Spartans play at Utah State in a Friday night game on Nov. 21.</p>
<p>Next game: vs. Hawaii, 2:30 p.m. MT Saturday, MW Network (online)</p>
<p>Notable: Twenty seniors will participate in the final game at Spartan Stadium, including several who were key parts of resurrecting the program when they signed on as part of former coach Mike MacIntyre’s first recruiting class in 2010. … DE Eugene Taylor is out this week after injuring his right knee against Fresno State. He’s due to receive an MRI on Tuesday. He started in place of Cedric Lousi, who suffered an MCL sprain against Colorado State but may be ready to return this week.</p>
<p>— Jimmy Durkin, San Jose Mercury News</p>
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<p>UNLV</p>
<p>UNLV quarterback Blake Decker probably won’t practice until at least Wednesday, and it is then coaches should have a better gauge on whether he can play Saturday at Brigham Young.</p>
<p>Decker left Saturday’s 48-21 loss to Air Force late in the third quarter after absorbing five sacks.</p>
<p>“He’s banged up,” coach Bobby Hauck said Monday. “That’s an understatement. If we had to play today, he wouldn’t be able to go.</p>
<p>“We’ll get him out there this week in nonpadded days, and hopefully he’ll be well enough to go.”</p>
<p>Decker has completed 58.6 percent of his passes this season for 2,433 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 14 interceptions.</p>
<p>He has a direct connection to BYU, having walked on there in 2012. Then Decker transferred to Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College in 2013 and signed with UNLV in December of that year.</p>
<p>His backup is Jared Lebowitz, a redshirt freshman who played in his first game last weekend. He completed 3 of 12 passes for 18 yards against the Falcons.</p>
<p>“He did some good things on Saturday in terms of decision-making,” Hauck said. “He’s got to hit the throws when he’s asked to, but for getting thrown in there in his first real action, he was calm, he made good decisions. Now he’s got to settle in and make the throws he’s been making in practice.”</p>
<p>Next game: at BYU, 5 p.m. MT Saturday, ESPNU</p>
<p>Notable: Wide receiver Devonte Boyd is making a push for Freshman All-America consideration. He is second nationally among freshmen with 751 yards receiving, just 10 behind Penn State’s Desean Hamilton. Boyd, who has 51 receptions, also is five catches and 161 yards from breaking the UNLV freshman records of 55 catches for 911 yards set by Ryan Wolfe in 2006. … Wide receiver Devante Davis returned to the lineup for the first time since the Sept. 20 game at Houston. Davis caught six passes for 114 yards and a touchdown against Air Force. He is third in school history with 2,568 career yards and fifth with 175 receptions. … UNLV faces BYU for the first time since the Cougars left the Mountain West following the 2010 season to become an independent in football. BYU won the last meeting 55-7 in that season in Provo, Utah.</p>
<p>— Mark Anderson, Las Vegas Review-Journal</p>
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heres 12th edition mountain west football notebook compiled week chadd cripe idaho statesman contributions beat writers around league mountain division 160 air force barely 70 days making college debut air force sophomore jacobi owens verge 1000 rushing yards sudden emergence nearly unprecedented falcons history isnt even something owens running backs coach saw coming going didnt coach ben miller said knew chance hes done work every day get point consistently best guy practice really nothing scout team last year practice spring ball august go consistently day day best one hes continued throughout season owens rushed 988 yards debut season team history dee dowis pat evans rushed 1000 yards sophomores dowis quarterback evans fullback owens would first sophomore tailback break barrier hard gauge owens emergence ranks list factors air forces turnaround season play defense quarterback kale pearson certainly come mind first impossible ignore teams 50 record games owens run 100 yards air forces rushing attack ranks eighth nation 2824 yards per game owens ranks 18th individually 988 yards owens knew running game critical saturday air force 72 32 mountain west ran 386 yards crushing unlv 4821 super important owens said running 135 yards touchdown hometown running ball offense essentially cant pass cant run ball establishing run game actually important thing day air force still alive hunt mountain west title though need help falcons control three games play starting home game nevada saturday along way team figures enjoy watching sophomore crack important statistical barrier 12 yards fun miller said havent concentrated numbers anything like thats fun milestone hopefully get next game vs nevada noon mt saturday root sports notable wr garrett brown returned practice monday traveling unlv hamstring injury lb jordan pierce ss weston steelhammer rb jacobi owens missed practice monday expected play nevada air force 40 home season falcons scored 90 points two meetings nevada 11 games air forces average time possession 3236 best mountain west pk conant connected 14 straight field goal attempts air force record one season brent briggeman gazette 160 boise state boise state defensive coordinator marcel yates tried schematic fixes first caused confusion tried personnel changes broncos removed seniors corey bell blake renaud two productive players bells case defensive captain second half saturdays wild game new mexico replaced two firstyear players sophomore safety chanceller james redshirt freshman linebacker joe martarano helped spark broncos 6049 victory think scheme right personnel changes coach bryan harsin said thats knock anybody else thats part game guys replaced fantastic werent supportive able make enough plays changes slow broncos allowed 42 points 417 rushing yards first half allowed seven points 88 rushing yards second half martarano finished second team eight tackles james added three tackles including fourthdown stop allowed broncos turn fourpoint lead 11 closing minutes bell third team tackles going game tackle renaud sixth made one thats one thing option football disciplined fit gaps yates said everybody gap everybody job certain guys arent job fitting right right place guessing get creased little bit halftime coaches drew necessary corrections dryerase board emphasized movement defensive linemen snap slow interior run plays didnt ask players anything different practiced week coaches said thats people would think adjustment honestly adjustments yates said thats probably frustrating thing give 42 points first half come back give seven second half make adjustments mean didnt change scheme didnt change calling guys fitting gaps job next game vs san diego state 815 pm mt saturday espnu notable boise states next game wyoming also kick 815 pm broncos fifth start 8 pm season broncos earned minimum tv bonus 16 million though boise state senior kicker dan goodale named mw special teams player week first honor broncos since week kyle brotzmans infamous missed field goals 2010 nevada boise state 11 straight home games double digits since losing san diego state 2012 blue boise state four penalties 24 yards last week new mexico five 50 first time since season opener ole miss boise state leastpenalized team game weve penalties practice hopefully pay harsin said chadd cripe idaho statesman 160 advertisement colorado state 160 jim mcelwain fully expected colorado states football program get top 25 contend conference titles took coach nearly three years ago hes surprised rams 91 51 mountain west moved national rankings 23 associated press media poll 25 amway coaches poll surprise said monday quickly turnaround occurred continuity coaching staff one change assistants three years commitment players sped process mcelwain said weekly news conference rams arent top 25 first time since start 2003 season theyre best start since 1994 three weeks left regular season theyre one handful teams one five power conferences chance play way cotton fiesta peach bowl topranked champion one five conferences american athletic midamerican mw sun belt conference usa getting people kind notice colorado state university national level something administration brought us put us national scope mcelwain said probably little early maturation organization weve got long ways go yet satisfying see guys put get conference usa leader marshall 90 50 ranked 21 ap coaches polls team outside power five conference ranked ahead rams week neither csu marshall ranked top 25 last week college football playoff committee determine champion conference outside power five gets bowl bid cfp committee put new rankings tuesday evening advertisement bigtime bowl game possibility rams though win mw title way even get championship game play title winning final two games nov 22 vs mexico 36 14 nov 28 air force 72 32 boise state 72 41 drop one final three home saturday vs san diego state 54 32 nov 22 wyoming 46 24 home nov 29 utah state 73 41 rams words could finish 111 win conference title mcelwain fully aware possibility says thats case rams one blame 3724 loss sept 6 boise state gives broncos mountain division title teams finish 71 league play theres nothing mcelwain said didnt win game cant cry spilt milk control control thats going finishing last two ballgames effort passion weve playing get see happens next game nov 22 vs new mexico notable wr rashard higgins still leads fbs players 1280 receiving yards 13 touchdown catches despite missing last saturdays win hawaii shoulder injury higgins expected back new mexico game csu 15 past 18 games since record surpassed florida state 180 michigan state 162 marshall 162 qb garrett grayson set csus singleseason record touchdown passes 26 throwing four win hawaii grayson also holds singleseason school records completions 297 2013 passing yards 3696 2013 career records completions 622 passing yards 8208 touchdown passes 58 160 kelly lyell fort collins coloradoan new mexico new mexico sorely miss sophomore linebacker dakota coxs 129 tackles per game even perhaps lobos miss coxs leadership football iq cox ranked 2 nationally total tackles per game lost rest season knee injury believed torn acl late last weeks 6049 loss boise state albuquerque typical dakota cox coach bob davie said throwing body around late football game boise states last series game got injured sidelines really effort play going surgery going long rehab theres replacing cox almost twice many tackles 2 unm player strong safety david guthrie stat sheet davie said defense adjust best junior mike arredondo listed season coxs backup logged precious little playing time special teams instead moving arredondo coxs mike linebacker spot unm move redshirt freshman kimmie carson mike junior ryan langford splitting time carson start davie said far ideal solution carson langford junior college transfer first year fbs competition thats major problem davie said weve gotten desired execution either one guys honest weve gotten great effort two young guys young guys game next game utah state 2 pm mt saturday espnews notable looked available angles frame frame davie said tuesday news conference saw indisputable evidence unm quarterback lamar jordan failed reach firstdown marker crucial fourthand2 play fourth quarter boise state play ruled first field reversed replay official davie said wasnt suggesting reversal cost unm victory boise beat us boise deserved beat us said people say indisputable concrete evidence call overturned mountain west conference thats bit slap face junior running back jhurell pressley expected miss saturdays game utah state sprained ankle suffered late first half boise state game new mexico also missing quarterback cole gautsche foot nose guard cole juarez knee cornerback isaiah brown hamstring starters well nickel back devonta tabannah defensive end randy williams key backups due concussion symptoms lobos also without senior running back crusoe gongbay teams leading rusher lost season foot injury oct 4 utsa davie noted utah state playing 4 quarterback true freshman kent myers theres certainly whining injuries davie said dealing rick wright albuquerque journal 160 utah state utah states extremely deep linebacking corps thin injuries even affecting run game utah state coach matt wells said monday nick vigil linebacker ranks fifth team 33 carries 118 yards see limited carries future cant run 23 times like id like wells said point vigil needed defense offense fellow linebacker lt filiaga joining list players season injuries filiaga ranks third team 61 tackles injured achilles tendon aggies 203 win wyoming vigil played first half wyoming precautionary reasons due hamstring injury listed daytoday week outside linebacker torrey green injured ankle wyoming aggies 73 41 host new mexico 36 14 saturday rise figure another way win wells said aggies lost nine starters seasonending injuries list includes three linebackers tavaris mcmillian shoulder kyler fackrell knee alex huerta shoulder junior labradford harold listed filiagas backup juniors anthony green jarom baldomero also received playing time baldomero careerhigh six tackles wyoming smart right place right time wells said baldomero torrey nick zach vigil going man inside next game vs new mexico 2 pm mt saturday espnews notable even though 36 lobos done well road season three wins coming away home lobos lost air force 3531 road game results caught attention wells said believes lobos band together road sometimes theres good mindset road wells said teams teams dont team seems injuries helping aggies create interesting statistics utah state team nation five players least two touchdown passes sophomore darell garretson eight senior craig harrison three freshman kent myers three chuckie keeton two receiver ronald butler two well usus offense turned ball six times last seven games far teams arent capitalizing turnovers aggies defense denied opponents points mistakes lya wodraska salt lake tribune 160 wyoming redzone offense area cowboys 46 overall 24 mountain west need work bye week wyoming got one field goal two redzone trips 203 home loss utah state last friday penalties dropped passes two fourthquarter interceptions deep utah state territory stalled halted scoring drives wyoming outgained utah state terms total yardage 363356 six first downs ran 25 plays nearly 10minute advantage time possession cowboys scored touchdowns 14 28 times inside red zone season make plays thats consistent issue us season offensive coordinator brent vigen said fifty percent touchdownwise number thats good enough successful wyomings defense continues patchwork group due injuries numerous areas allowing 178 firstquarter yards utah state along 80yard punt return touchdown fell behind 170 allowed 178 yards rest game held fifth opponent 20 points less season encouraged standpoint everybody learning fight learning scrap learning compete four quarters defensive coordinator steve stanard said cowboys week must win final two games become bowl eligible next game vs boise state nov 22 notable junior defensive end eddie yarbrough allmw pick last season preseason allconference selection summer 25 tackles four sacks 85 tackles loss last four games true freshman brian hill 122 yards utah state first freshman running back three 100yard games season since wynel seldon 2005 sets hill apart hes three consecutive 100yard games coach craig bohl attend mondays weekly news conference could mother lincoln neb underwent medical procedure wyoming play third straight game espn2 next week boise state earned 13 million appearance bonuses season playing espn2 robert gagliardi wyoming tribune eagle 160 west division 160 fresno state fresno state went things differently san jose state leading run rather relying much passing game struggled much season quarterback brian burrell back starting lineup bulldogs came rushed football first eight plays two series ended gaining 232 rushing yards 53 plays season high fbs opponents led highest percentage run plays game season junior marteze waller average 158 carries first nine games 15 first quarter rushing 106 yards first bulldogs back gain 100 yards first quarter since robbie rouse 144 colorado 2012 finished 145 yards 22 plays bulldogs didnt slow much waller went late second quarter shoulder injury senior juice quezada struggling gaining 25 yards 16 plays past four games churned another 112 yards 24 plays waller quezada first bulldogs rush 100plus yards game since anthony harding 120 yards lonyae miller 113 colorado state dec 20 2008 make difference appeared burrell hit 538 percent passes loss wyoming 520 percent loss boise state 568 percent loss unlv 50 percent victory san diego state coming hit 20 26 passes 769 percent 207 yards three touchdowns one interception wanted take pressure quarterback position run well opens passing game thought good matchup coach tim deruyter said offensive line definitely appreciated opportunity run football came game knowing going run ball right guard cody wichmann said guys came 1 passing defense country offensive line knew game time us really shine bulldogs might want try needing win final two games nevada hawaii remain player west division race four victories season run football times passed next game nevada nov 22 notable bulldogs blocked punt return touchdown 210 run second quarter wideout damari scott block running back tj thomas plucked air went nine yards end zone first blocked punt return score since desia dunn one 2010 game cal poly senior josh harper caught seven passes spartans giving 200 career fourth player school history 200 career receptions joining davante adams 201213 233 rodney wright 19982001 222 isaiah burse 201013 209 despite inconsistency quarterback position season bulldogs altering recruiting plans bring jc fbs transfer add experience depth position group like burrell redshirt freshman zack greenlee freshman kilton anderson need grow offensive coordinator dave schramm said position takes time theres simulator get said takes time feel heat get game things think well get better think getting better going stay course guys know program know system work extremely hard theyre good kids inside linebacker kyrie wilson selected defensive player week mountain west making six solo tackles including two loss intercepting pass spartans wilson 240pound junior first fresno state player honored player week season robert kuwada fresno bee 160 hawaii barring injury unexpected circumstances appears rainbow warriors go rest season thirdyear sophomore ikaika woolsey lone quarterback despite completing 34 percent passes woolsey quarterback whistle whistle 4922 loss colorado state past saturday 2 quarterback beau reilly 22yearold freshman played season preserving redshirt option head coach norm chow said reilly used needed eric prater also 22yearold freshman remained honolulu wife expecting couples first child woolsey reilly two quarterbacks 64player travel roster fort collins csu running back joey iosefa rushed 64 yards touchdown first game since missing four games fractured ankle three games suspension impressive play 19yard completion wildcat quarterback next game san jose state 230 pm mt saturday mountain west network online notes warriors lost 17 road games row nations longest current streak returned honolulu sunday afternoon depart thursday afternoon san jose warriors travel 36050 miles six road games season warriors miss nine school days travel inside linebacker julian gener might available play san jose state week missed five games fractured fibula last season missed nine games elbow injury required tommy john surgery missed 14 22 games twoseason uh career stephen tsai honolulu staradvertiser 160 nevada recruiting always important perhaps little less importance nevada football teams 2015 class others recent history coach brian polians last two classes makings really good ones youthfulness wolf pack team ninthyoungest team fbs kind solidified positions moving forward polian whose team coming bye said plans add 20 new recruits team announces 2015 class feb 4 could midseason transfers school could announce late december theyll join four players grayshirted last season class 24 plus minus one polian said took january 2013 imbalance offensive defensive players added players defensive side first two classes said last week numbers getting close back need 20 newcomers said nine would offensive players 10 would defensive players one would specialist rgj identified eight verbal commitments far much fewer schools stage game according top recruiting trackers scoutcom espncom rivalscom polian said biggest needs class linebacker offensive line tight end wolf pack practiced two days last week polian said many players battling minor injuries needed week heal polian spent part week recruiting even tweeted photo uscanadian border saying oh places go turning rocks looking next group join family wolfpackfamily next game air force noon mt saturday root sports notable nevada air force bring threegame winning streaks saturdays game player twodeep chart injury concerns ahead air force game ol connor talbott suffered head injury san diego state nov 1 listed questionable last week ol jeremy macauley te patrick clifford lbst gabe lee season polian said expects great battle quarterback next season tyler stewart junior 2015 sophomore dante mayes redshirt freshman hunter fralick day season ends hunter fralick dante mayes stewart going compete starting job polian said fun watch go fall may best man win dan hinxman reno gazettejournal 160 san diego state san diego states coaching staff players thinking thing saturday nights nonconference victory idaho time weeks aztecs struggled passing attack due large part injuries quarterback quinn kaehler couple key receivers kaehler might fully healthy entire season showed strength receivers jobs get open sdsu passed 249 yards got three receiving touchdowns vandals kaehlers careerbest efficiency rating 20371 best quarterback sdsu since 2012 three td passes tied career high rejuvenating effort could come better time sdsu facing possible shootout saturday boise state thought threw ball well thought threw lot like last year aztecs coach rocky long said guys wide open playaction passes bootlegs didnt work worth darn playaction opened receivers behind linebackers two aztecs receivers limited injuries big performances ezell ruffin senior leader missed five games middle season broken collarbone caught first two touchdowns season sophomore receiver eric judge whose teambest speed limited bruised knee made catch run 58yard score judge four catches careerhigh 107 yards felt good practice last couple weeks hadnt come together games kaehler said game felt good felt like receivers good job understanding certain coverages offensive line gave enough time deliver ball since suffering sprained shoulder week 3 kaehlers throwing weaker less accurate three games leading idaho kaehler hadnt thrown 189 yards season four touchdowns go eight interceptions next game boise state 815 pm mt saturday espnu notable aztecs lb jake fely played second game since suffering neck injury spring practice sat second half idaho stringer long said didnt think injuries would keep starters participating boise state rb dj pumphrey ran 142 yards idaho marking sixth 100yard game season sdsu owned plus13 margin average field position 110 division era least plus11 edge tod leonard san diego uniontribune 160 san jose state san jose state coach ron caragher called second quarter teams loss fresno state allout abomination thats spartans 36 23 mountain west allowed three touchdowns span 2 minutes 2 seconds eventual 3824 defeat leaves season hovering brink becoming failure little gone right sjsu year spartans entered game fresno chance push tie first place west division instead embarrassed poor showing leaves needing win final three games become bowl eligible considering stretch includes road games utah state san diego state prospects high caragher said performance bulldogs standard noted structural issues program needs address thats acceptable understand caragher said im leader program im charge take full responsibility one change could occur immediately adjusting practice schedule weeks team plays road night game caragher compared saturdays performance last years futile performance nevada 3816 road loss cases 730 pm saturday games played team commuted bus spartans practice 9 tuesday thursday road games last practice thursday morning session theres typically light walkthrough friday gap 9 practice thursday saturday night game seems problem players class schedules primary reason morning practices easier knock practice morning noon able schedule classes caragher said may need look late evening practices classes get team lights prepared night games chance test theory next week chooses spartans play utah state friday night game nov 21 next game vs hawaii 230 pm mt saturday mw network online notable twenty seniors participate final game spartan stadium including several key parts resurrecting program signed part former coach mike macintyres first recruiting class 2010 de eugene taylor week injuring right knee fresno state hes due receive mri tuesday started place cedric lousi suffered mcl sprain colorado state may ready return week jimmy durkin san jose mercury news 160 unlv unlv quarterback blake decker probably wont practice least wednesday coaches better gauge whether play saturday brigham young decker left saturdays 4821 loss air force late third quarter absorbing five sacks hes banged coach bobby hauck said monday thats understatement play today wouldnt able go well get week nonpadded days hopefully hell well enough go decker completed 586 percent passes season 2433 yards 10 touchdowns 14 interceptions direct connection byu walked 2012 decker transferred scottsdale ariz community college 2013 signed unlv december year backup jared lebowitz redshirt freshman played first game last weekend completed 3 12 passes 18 yards falcons good things saturday terms decisionmaking hauck said hes got hit throws hes asked getting thrown first real action calm made good decisions hes got settle make throws hes making practice next game byu 5 pm mt saturday espnu notable wide receiver devonte boyd making push freshman allamerica consideration second nationally among freshmen 751 yards receiving 10 behind penn states desean hamilton boyd 51 receptions also five catches 161 yards breaking unlv freshman records 55 catches 911 yards set ryan wolfe 2006 wide receiver devante davis returned lineup first time since sept 20 game houston davis caught six passes 114 yards touchdown air force third school history 2568 career yards fifth 175 receptions unlv faces byu first time since cougars left mountain west following 2010 season become independent football byu last meeting 557 season provo utah mark anderson las vegas reviewjournal 160 160 160
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<p>In this Oct. 24, 2006 photo provided by the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office, police investigate the wreckage of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt that crashed in St. Croix County, killing Natasha Weigel, 18, and Amy Lynn Rademaker, 15, and injuring the 17-year-old driver, Megan Ungar-Kerns. The vehicle's ignition was found in the "accessory" position and the air bags didn't deploy. General Motors' recent recall of 2.6 million small cars, including the 2005 Cobalt, has shed light on an unsettling fact: Air bags might not always deploy when drivers - and federal regulators - expect them to. (AP Photo/St. Croix County Sheriff's Office)</p>
<p>Here's an unsettling fact about cars equipped with air bags: they don't always deploy when drivers - or regulators - expect them to.</p>
<p>Thirteen people have died in crashes involving older GM cars with defective ignition switches. In each of those crashes, and in others in which occupants were injured, the air bags failed to deploy even after striking trees, guard rails or other objects.</p>
<p>Puzzled by these failures, federal safety regulators told Congress last month they believed the cars' air bags should have worked for up to 60 seconds after the engine stalled. But GM has since told The Associated Press that regulators were mistaken: the cars only had enough reserve power to sense a crash and deploy the air bags for 150 milliseconds after the switch malfunctioned and cut off the car's power.</p>
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<p>General Motors is recalling 2.6 million small cars to fix the ignition switches. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is now scrambling to find out from other automakers and air bag suppliers how their air bags would function in similar situations.</p>
<p>Regulators, lawmakers and ordinary drivers are learning what auto engineers already know: These billowing white bags are actually very complex. After a crash, a car's computer determines, in 15 to 20 milliseconds, where it was hit, what position the occupants are in and whether the 150-mile-per-hour speed of the air bag would do more harm than good. Then it deploys - or doesn't. Every automaker programs them differently.</p>
<p>"It's very complicated, the logic behind it. It makes it very, very difficult for an automaker or supplier to explain why it did or didn't go off in a certain situation," said Joe Nolan, senior vice president for vehicle research at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a group funded by the insurance industry that performs crash tests and other research.</p>
<p>If an occupant is unbelted or very small, or the car is traveling very slowly, the air bag may not deploy because it could cause even more severe injuries. Depending on the angle, the side air bags may deploy but not the front ones. If a car is parked and turned off when it's hit, the air bags won't work.</p>
<p>GM's switches created an unusual problem. Because of insufficient resistance, they moved from the "run" position into the "accessory" or "off" position while the car was moving, possibly due to a bump from the driver's knee or the weight of a key chain. With the switch in that position, the engine stalled and the power steering and power brakes stopped working, making the car harder to control.</p>
<p>In a 2006 crash in Wisconsin, a Chevrolet Cobalt traveling at 71 mph suddenly stalled. Two seconds later - outside GM's 150-millisecond window - it hit a clump of trees. The ignition was found in the "accessory" position and the air bags didn't deploy. Two passengers died and the driver was severely injured.</p>
<p>GM says the air bags in newer cars would work for a slightly longer period of time if the ignition is off, but still less than a second.</p>
<p>If the engine had stalled while the ignition was still in the "run" position, the crash might have had a different outcome. In that situation, the air bags, steering, brakes and most other equipment would have had power for up to several hours depending on the amount of charge in the car's battery, GM said.</p>
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<p>A report on the crash, completed by a team from Indiana University that was hired by the government, said the air bags may not have deployed because the ignition moved out of position. But the report also noted two other reasons: The trees bent when the car hit them, so the impact may not have triggered the air bags. And none of the occupants was wearing a seat belt. Air bags are meant to supplement seat belts, not to replace them.</p>
<p>The report said further analysis would be necessary to figure out whether the air bags could go off if the ignition was in the "accessory" position. Seven years later, that analysis is finally being done.</p>
<p>In a statement to the AP, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is talking to car companies and air bag suppliers about how air bag performance relates to the position of the ignition. The agency says it will take "appropriate action" based on its findings. It didn't specify what form that action could take, but the agency could make new rules governing how long air bags must work if power to the vehicle is cut.</p>
<p>Right now, federal regulations don't govern when air bags must deploy or how much power they need. Automakers are only required to meet government standards for protection of dummies in a series of crash tests.</p>
<p>The lack of regulation is intended to promote innovation. A decade ago, for example, automakers unveiled advanced air bags that determine how much power to use based on occupants' size and whether they're wearing seat belts. But that also leads to a myriad of designs that are harder for safety regulators to track.</p>
<p>The government may have believed there was a 60-second window because GM tells emergency personnel to wait for 60 to 120 seconds after disabling the power in a vehicle to make sure the air bags have deployed. But that is simply out of an abundance of caution, the automaker said.</p>
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<p>AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher contributed from Washington.</p>
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<p>And one more authorization — expected to be the last before Doña Ana County can go forward with the bid process leading to construction — is likely to come in January, officials said. Construction could start late spring or early summer of 2017 on the 24-mile route, officials said.</p>
<p>An improved southern road to Spaceport America is believed to be key to Doña Ana County benefiting economically from the spaceport and important to the spaceport’s success because it would drastically cut the drive time to the southeastern Sierra County facility from Las Cruces, the nearest large city.</p>
<p>Doña Ana County commissioners in mid-December OK’d an agreement with several government entities involved in the southern-road project that spells out its parameters and how historical and cultural sites will be protected during construction.</p>
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<p>“There are still some administrative things that have to happen, some things that have to be reviewed and signed and approved,” said County Manager Julia Brown. “But if there are no further speed bumps in the road, no pun intended, we expect we’ll be in the position to issue an RFP (request for proposals) for a construction contract in the spring. And then, after the appropriate review of that, we should be able to see the start of construction either late spring or at the very beginning of the summer.”</p>
<p>Continued Brown: “So we are positively thrilled about that and holding our breath that no further delays will occur.”</p>
<p>Doña Ana County has been tasked with overseeing construction of the road, currently a dirt route that reaches from the Upham Exit of Interstate 25 north to Spaceport America — a $218.5 million, taxpayer-owned launch site for suborbital space vehicles. But the route crosses a combination of lands belonging to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, private individuals and the State Land Office. The route’s proximity to El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, a north-south route that connected Mexico City to Santa Fe, had sparked concerns among historical preservation advocates.</p>
<p>Though Doña Ana County will oversee construction, the New Mexico Spaceport Authority is paying for the roughly $14 million southern road project. The project has seen a number of delays over the years, sparked by matters ranging from who’d be responsible for paying for the road once it’s built to a mismatch in engineering plans and a key environmental study.</p>
<p>NMSA board Chairman Rick Holdridge said he’s optimistic the key hurdles have been cleared.</p>
<p>“It’s taken longer than we wanted, but I am confident now we are on track to get this thing started by early this summer,” he said. “We’re getting awfully close. It’s just taken longer than we expected with all the permits and archeological investigations.”</p>
<p>Now, there is a dirt route leading to the spaceport, but it’s not adequate to sustain regular traffic, officials have said. What’s proposed to be built is an improved road, though not all-out asphalt pavement, spaceport officials have said. In addition, concrete “box culverts” are slated to be installed at two arroyo crossings along the path, Rincon Arroyo and Yost Draw, according to county documents.</p>
<p>The recent agreement approved by Doña Ana County is among the last steps in the approval process with the BLM. Next, the federal agency must create a “right-of-way grant,” which the the county would have to sign and send back to the BLM, said Bill Childress, district manager for the BLM Las Cruces District.</p>
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<p>“It comes back to our office, and I sign it and it is executed as an approved right-of-way,” he said. “It gives them authorization to do the modification to the road surface, some slight realignments they wanted to do to smooth out curves and to upgrade it from the (current) graded route or to a more substantial, crowned graveled surface. It’s very likely by the end of January, we’d been a position to have an executed right of way.”</p>
<p>“Crowned” means the roadway will be raised from the surrounding terrain, similar to improvements made to Baylor Canyon Road near the Organ Mountains, according to Childress.</p>
<p>“The water doesn’t run into the road; it runs off the road,” he said.</p>
<p>Holdridge said the spaceport authority didn’t have the funding for an asphalt road, but the proposed new roadway will be “all-weather and much more usable than what we have now.”</p>
<p>“The New Mexico DOT (Department of Transportation) has given us a bunch of crushed material that will be added to the road,” he said.</p>
<p>Though the county may not be planning to do a full-fledged asphalt road now, Childress said the BLM’s authorization does allow for that type of road to be built in the future.</p>
<p>Once Doña Ana County officials get the right-of-way, it’s up to them as to when construction starts, Childress said.</p>
<p>While the project seems to have taken a while, Childress said for the length of road being proposed, it’s “about normal” for the processing time needed.</p>
<p>“This has been a complex right-of-way,” he said.</p>
<p>Holdridge said an improved southern road is “absolutely essential long-term for the spaceport’s success.”</p>
<p>“We have lost some companies (as spaceport tenants) in the past because the road was not there,” he said.</p>
<p>Brown said the county reached an agreement with the state that the road, once built, will be maintained by the state.</p>
<p>“The spaceport is a state facility, and we felt that it would be appropriate the road have a state designation and be maintained by the state,” she said. “And they agreed with that.”</p>
<p>Now to reach the spaceport from Las Cruces, the only paved route is by traveling north to Truth or Consequences on I-25 and backtracking on a state highway to the spaceport, about an hour and 45 minute- to two-hour drive. Officials have estimated the drive could be cut to 45 minutes if a paved southern road is built.</p>
<p>Diana Alba Soular may be reached at 575-541-5443, [email protected] or @AlbaSoular on Twitter.</p>
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one authorization expected last doña ana county go forward bid process leading construction likely come january officials said construction could start late spring early summer 2017 24mile route officials said improved southern road spaceport america believed key doña ana county benefiting economically spaceport important spaceports success would drastically cut drive time southeastern sierra county facility las cruces nearest large city doña ana county commissioners middecember okd agreement several government entities involved southernroad project spells parameters historical cultural sites protected construction advertisement still administrative things happen things reviewed signed approved said county manager julia brown speed bumps road pun intended expect well position issue rfp request proposals construction contract spring appropriate review able see start construction either late spring beginning summer continued brown positively thrilled holding breath delays occur doña ana county tasked overseeing construction road currently dirt route reaches upham exit interstate 25 north spaceport america 2185 million taxpayerowned launch site suborbital space vehicles route crosses combination lands belonging us bureau land management private individuals state land office routes proximity el camino real de tierra adentro national historic trail northsouth route connected mexico city santa fe sparked concerns among historical preservation advocates though doña ana county oversee construction new mexico spaceport authority paying roughly 14 million southern road project project seen number delays years sparked matters ranging whod responsible paying road built mismatch engineering plans key environmental study nmsa board chairman rick holdridge said hes optimistic key hurdles cleared taken longer wanted confident track get thing started early summer said getting awfully close taken longer expected permits archeological investigations dirt route leading spaceport adequate sustain regular traffic officials said whats proposed built improved road though allout asphalt pavement spaceport officials said addition concrete box culverts slated installed two arroyo crossings along path rincon arroyo yost draw according county documents recent agreement approved doña ana county among last steps approval process blm next federal agency must create rightofway grant county would sign send back blm said bill childress district manager blm las cruces district advertisement comes back office sign executed approved rightofway said gives authorization modification road surface slight realignments wanted smooth curves upgrade current graded route substantial crowned graveled surface likely end january wed position executed right way crowned means roadway raised surrounding terrain similar improvements made baylor canyon road near organ mountains according childress water doesnt run road runs road said holdridge said spaceport authority didnt funding asphalt road proposed new roadway allweather much usable new mexico dot department transportation given us bunch crushed material added road said though county may planning fullfledged asphalt road childress said blms authorization allow type road built future doña ana county officials get rightofway construction starts childress said project seems taken childress said length road proposed normal processing time needed complex rightofway said holdridge said improved southern road absolutely essential longterm spaceports success lost companies spaceport tenants past road said brown said county reached agreement state road built maintained state spaceport state facility felt would appropriate road state designation maintained state said agreed reach spaceport las cruces paved route traveling north truth consequences i25 backtracking state highway spaceport hour 45 minute twohour drive officials estimated drive could cut 45 minutes paved southern road built diana alba soular may reached 5755415443 dalbalcsunnewscom albasoular twitter 2017 las cruces sunnews las cruces nm visit las cruces sunnews las cruces nm wwwlcsunnewscom distributed tribune content agency llc _____
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<p>Q: Did genetically modified mosquitoes cause the Zika outbreak?</p>
<p>A: No. In fact, GM mosquitoes may be able to help control the virus’ spread.</p>
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<p>Any truth to Zika virus linked&#160;to genetically modified mosquitoes released through the Gates Foundation?</p>
<p>The rumor that GM mosquitoes could be behind the Zika outbreak in Brazil began on Jan. 25 with a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/42mhii/genetically_modified_mosquitoes_released_in/" type="external">Reddit thread</a>&#160;titled: “Genetically modified mosquitoes released in Brazil in 2015 linked to the current Zika epidemic?” Some media outlets, including <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/videos/10154024270311336/" type="external">Fox News</a>, <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987024/pandoras_box_how_gm_mosquitos_could_have_caused_brazils_microcephaly_disaster.html" type="external">The Ecologist</a>&#160;and&#160; <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3425381/Are-scientists-blame-Zika-virus-Researchers-released-genetically-modified-mosquitos-Brazil-three-years-ago.html" type="external">The Daily Mail</a>&#160;went on to spread the rumor.&#160;Some websites, such as&#160; <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/052824_Zika_virus_genetically_engineered_mosquitoes_unintended_consequences.html" type="external">Natural News</a>,&#160;cited the involvement of Bill Gates. (The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation provided $19.7 million for a project to develop and test GM mosquitoes, according to <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2010/11/gm-mosquito-trial-strains-ties-gates-funded-project" type="external">Science</a>.)</p>
<p><a href="" type="internal" />The initial Reddit post was a reaction to the Zika virus’ spread through the Americas, including Brazil, and a rise in suspected cases of <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/microcephaly/basics/definition/con-20034823" type="external">microcephaly</a>, which can signify abnormal brain development.&#160;The Zika virus likely spread to Brazil around August 2014, as&#160; <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/health/zika-virus-brazil-how-it-spread-explained.html" type="external">reported</a> by&#160;the New York Times. As of Feb. 5 this year, the World Health Organization&#160; <a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/204348/1/zikasitrep_5Feb2016_eng.pdf?ua=1" type="external">reported</a> that Brazilian authorities estimate between 497,593 and 1,482,701 cases of Zika infection have occurred since the outbreak began.&#160;Zika is primarily <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/" type="external">spread</a> by the Aedes mosquito.</p>
<p>The Aedes mosquito also spreads the dengue and chikungunya viruses. To reduce Aedes mosquito populations and combat these widespread viruses, a British biotech company called Oxitec <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/oxitec-video/using-genes-to-control-insects-the-oxitec-solution/" type="external">genetically engineered</a> male Aedes mosquitoes to produce offspring that die before they reach adulthood. This technique has been&#160; <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-mosquito-works-to-control-aedes-aegypti-in-dengue-hotspo/" type="external">shown</a> to reduce mosquito populations by 95 percent in some areas where Oxitec released the GM mosquitoes. And fewer mosquitoes mean less disease transmission.</p>
<p>Why do some claim GM mosquitoes caused the Zika outbreak? The initial Reddit contributor, who posted to a subreddit geared toward conspiracies, included three reasons: (1) The mosquitoes were released in the same area as Zika’s epicenter; (2) some offspring will still survive and pass on their genes; and (3) GM mosquito and Zika genes will then mix, resulting in a super virus that causes microcephaly.</p>
<p>This is all false: (1) Oxitec released its&#160;mosquitoes 400 miles away from Zika’s epicenter; (2) only a small percentage of offspring survive; and (3) there are no known ways for mosquito genes to infiltrate those of Zika.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, a newly released survey indicated that more than a third of Americans believe the rumor.&#160;The <a href="http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/half-of-americans-concerned-zika-will-spread-to-their-neighborhoods" type="external">Annenberg Science Knowledge survey</a>, which was conducted between Feb. 12 and Feb. 16,&#160;asked respondents which statement came closer to their view: “Genetically modified mosquitoes have caused the spread of the Zika virus OR Genetically modified mosquitoes could minimize the spread of the Zika virus?” Thirty-five percent said GM mosquitoes caused the spread, 43 percent said minimize the spread, and 19 percent said they didn’t know.&#160;</p>
<p>Fifty-one&#160;percent of those polled also said that they are concerned that the Zika virus will spread to where they live. The Aedes mosquito distribution does <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/resources/vector-control.html" type="external">extend</a> to parts of the southern and eastern United States and Hawaii, but, as of Feb. 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html" type="external">reported</a> no locally transmitted cases of Zika to the United States (beyond some local cases in U.S. territories). The CDC did, however, report 82 cases associated with travel to Zika-infected regions, such as Brazil.</p>
<p>Oxitec first engineered its&#160;Aedes mosquitoes to combat the spread of the dengue and chikungunya viruses, but the same mosquitoes also transmit Zika. As a result, the company recently began <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/oxitec-vector-control-solution-in-brazil-attacking-source-of-zika-virus/" type="external">discussing</a>&#160;its technology’s potential to combat Zika.</p>
<p>So how are GM mosquitoes made? Oxitec engineered its male mosquitoes by disrupting their DNA, such that they produce offspring that are inviable in the absence of tetracycline, an antibiotic. Researchers took advantage of a mechanism that normally occurs within the cell to do this.</p>
<p>Within the cell, an enzyme called the <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874221/" type="external">transposase</a> has the job of recognizing specific sequences of DNA, binding to them and then catalyzing the movement of that section of DNA to another part of the genome. In other words, the transposase cuts and pastes DNA from one section of the genome to another. That’s why scientists like to call these sequences of DNA “ <a href="http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/transposons-or-jumping-genes-not-junk-dna-1211" type="external">jumping genes</a>.”</p>
<p>Taking advantage of this mechanism, Oxitec researchers <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/oxitec-video/using-genes-to-control-insects-the-oxitec-solution/" type="external">inserted</a> a gene that leads to developmental problems in the GM mosquitoes’ offspring.&#160;But if mosquito larva are reared on tetracycline, this gene is deactivated and normal development ensues.</p>
<p>Once released, the GM males go on to mate with wild females, who only mate once in their lifetime. With each release of the male GM mosquitoes, more pairs produce inviable offspring, and the overall mosquito population decreases within a given area. And when there are fewer&#160;mosquitoes to pass on dengue and Zika, there’s less opportunity for people to catch the viruses.</p>
<p>Still, some people believe GM mosquitoes are causing the Zika outbreak. We’ll explain why the claims made in the initial Reddit post were wrong.</p>
<p>The Reddit contributor starts by implying that the area where Oxitec released the GM mosquitoes is the same area where “all the deformed babies are being born.” That’s false.</p>
<p>Oxitec first released GM mosquitoes in Brazil near Juazeiro, Bahia, which is roughly 400 miles away from the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Recife, Pernambuco. That’s like&#160; <a href="https://twitter.com/NerdyChristie/status/694453818726096896/photo/1" type="external">claiming</a> Washington, D.C., is the same area as Boston.</p>
<p>Moreover, the Reddit contributor inaccurately stated that GM mosquitoes were released in Juazeiro do Norte – a different city than Juazeiro, Bahia, that’s still 300 miles away from Recife.</p>
<p>Mosquitoes can’t travel very far. According to the <a href="http://www.who.int/denguecontrol/mosquito/en/" type="external">World Health Organization</a>, the Aedes mosquito, which transmits Zika, has a lifetime flight range of around 400 meters – that’s 0.25 miles.</p>
<p>Also, Oxitec released GM Aedes mosquitoes near Juazeiro, Bahia, between <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003864" type="external">2011</a> and <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/" type="external">2013</a>, not 2015, as the thread title claimed. Moscamed, one of Oxitec’s partners, did release more GM mosquitoes between <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/oxitec-newsletter-august-2013/" type="external">2013 and 2015</a> in Jacobina, Bahia. But this is roughly 440 miles away from Recife by air.</p>
<p>Since April 2015, Oxitec also has been <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/oxitec-vector-control-solution-in-brazil-attacking-source-of-zika-virus/" type="external">releasing</a> GM mosquitoes in Piracicaba, São Paulo. This is even further from Recife, at roughly 1,320 miles away. Not to mention the Zika outbreak had already started by then.</p>
<p>Matthew Warren, a press officer at Oxitec, told us that the locations we cite above include all of the releases of GM mosquitoes in Brazil.</p>
<p>As we <a href="" type="internal">explained previously</a>, scientists have wondered whether Zika causes microcephaly because rises in reported cases of the virus matched increases in reported cases of the birth defect in time and place. But for GM mosquitoes, a similar correlation has not been found. As a result, there is no epidemiological evidence to support the claim that GM mosquitoes caused the Zika outbreak or an increase in reported cases of microcephaly.</p>
<p>The Reddit contributor does correctly point out that researchers <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062711" type="external">found</a> roughly 4 percent of the GM mosquito offspring “survive to adulthood in the absence of the tetracycline antibiotic.”&#160;But that’s only in a laboratory setting.</p>
<p>Glen Slade, director of Oxitec’s Brazilian branch, told <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/science-sushi/2016/01/31/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-didnt-start-zika-ourbreak/#.VsYOXOY1wVr" type="external">Discover</a>&#160;that it is “unlikely that the survival rate is anywhere near that high in the harsher field conditions since offspring reaching adulthood will have been weakened by the self-limiting gene.”</p>
<p>Even in the lab, that number should be chopped roughly in half — only female mosquitoes can transmit Zika because <a href="http://www.oxitec.com/faqs/" type="external">only females</a> bite people. And it should be doubly noted that Oxitec only releases male GM mosquitoes.</p>
<p>However, traces of tetracycline, the antibiotic the GM mosquitoes would need to survive, can be <a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10311-013-0404-8/fulltext.html" type="external">found</a> in the environment globally, including in Brazil, due to runoff from agricultural practices, among other causes.</p>
<p>In 2015 researchers at Oxitec and elsewhere <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003999" type="external">published</a> a collection of studies that investigated the likelihood that leached tetracycline would increase the survival rates of GM mosquitoes in Brazil. However, their data showed “that potential routes of exposure of [GM mosquito] individuals to tetracycline and its analogues in the environment are not expected to increase the survivorship of [GM mosquitoes].”</p>
<p>Even if a female offspring of a GM mosquito were to survive (and fly significantly outside its normal range), there’s no mechanism to explain how the Zika virus and the GM mosquito genes would interact to bring about microcephaly or change the virus’ physiology. In other words, some evidence suggests that Zika alone could cause microcephaly, but this has nothing to do with the mosquito — let alone GM mosquitoes. The mosquito is only a carrier of the virus.</p>
<p>Still, the Reddit contributor uses a slippery slope argument commonly employed against GMOs: By interacting with the GM mosquito, the contributor wrote, Zika “could evolve into something far more dangerous than its original incarnation, pulling the lever on the slot machine with every replication until it hits the genetic jackpot.”</p>
<p>As we explained above, genes do “jump” from one place in the same genome to another. Researchers, including those at Oxitec, can also use this mechanism to insert genes artificially into an organism’s genome, thereby making it a genetically modified organism.</p>
<p>Viruses have been <a href="http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-virology-100114-055127" type="external">known</a> to insert their genes by the same process into their host organism’s DNA — but this only occurs with specific kinds of viruses. Some viruses, such as Herpes, have double-stranded DNA as their genetic material. Others only have single-stranded DNA. Others still, including Zika, <a href="http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/6/et-2006_article" type="external">have only RNA</a>. By comparison, humans — and all plants and animals for that matter — have double-stranded DNA.</p>
<p>But do host genes ever make it into virus genomes? In other words, could GM mosquito DNA make it into the Zika genome? No, virologist Kenneth Stedman told <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/science-sushi/2016/01/31/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-didnt-start-zika-ourbreak/#.VsdvieY1wVr" type="external">Discover</a>: “There are a quite small, but not insignificant, number of examples of partial genomes of RNA and single-stranded DNA viruses that have been incorporated into [host] DNA genomes. … However, there are&#160;NO&#160;examples of the inverse, that is to say purely RNA viruses or ssDNA viruses picking up genes from host genomes.”</p>
<p>In short, there is no known way Zika could “evolve into something far more dangerous than its original incarnation,” as the original Reddit contributor claimed — at least not at the hand of GM mosquitoes.</p>
<p>Overall, the rumor that GM mosquitoes are behind the recent Zika outbreak in Brazil is completely ill-founded. The mosquitoes weren’t released in the same area; very few offspring survive; and even if they do, there’s no mechanism to explain how the mosquitoes’ genes could make their way into Zika’s genome.</p>
<p>Correction, Feb. 23: This article was updated to accurately reflect the&#160;Annenberg Science Knowledge survey question on whether GM&#160;mosquitoes have caused the spread of the Zika virus or minimized the spread of the virus.&#160;</p>
<p>Editor’s Note: SciCheck is made possible by a grant from the Stanton Foundation.</p>
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mosquitoes brazil near juazeiro bahia roughly 400 miles away epicenter zika outbreak recife pernambuco thats like160 claiming washington dc area boston moreover reddit contributor inaccurately stated gm mosquitoes released juazeiro norte different city juazeiro bahia thats still 300 miles away recife mosquitoes cant travel far according world health organization aedes mosquito transmits zika lifetime flight range around 400 meters thats 025 miles also oxitec released gm aedes mosquitoes near juazeiro bahia 2011 2013 2015 thread title claimed moscamed one oxitecs partners release gm mosquitoes 2013 2015 jacobina bahia roughly 440 miles away recife air since april 2015 oxitec also releasing gm mosquitoes piracicaba são paulo even recife roughly 1320 miles away mention zika outbreak already started matthew warren press officer oxitec told us locations cite include releases gm mosquitoes brazil explained previously scientists wondered whether zika causes microcephaly rises reported cases virus matched increases reported cases birth defect time place gm mosquitoes similar correlation found result epidemiological evidence support claim gm mosquitoes caused zika outbreak increase reported cases microcephaly reddit contributor correctly point researchers found roughly 4 percent gm mosquito offspring survive adulthood absence tetracycline antibiotic160but thats laboratory setting glen slade director oxitecs brazilian branch told discover160that unlikely survival rate anywhere near high harsher field conditions since offspring reaching adulthood weakened selflimiting gene even lab number chopped roughly half female mosquitoes transmit zika females bite people doubly noted oxitec releases male gm mosquitoes however traces tetracycline antibiotic gm mosquitoes would need survive found environment globally including brazil due runoff agricultural practices among causes 2015 researchers oxitec elsewhere published collection studies investigated likelihood leached tetracycline would increase survival rates gm mosquitoes brazil however data showed potential routes exposure gm mosquito individuals tetracycline analogues environment expected increase survivorship gm mosquitoes even female offspring gm mosquito survive fly significantly outside normal range theres mechanism explain zika virus gm mosquito genes would interact bring microcephaly change virus physiology words evidence suggests zika alone could cause microcephaly nothing mosquito let alone gm mosquitoes mosquito carrier virus still reddit contributor uses slippery slope argument commonly employed gmos interacting gm mosquito contributor wrote zika could evolve something far dangerous original incarnation pulling lever slot machine every replication hits genetic jackpot explained genes jump one place genome another researchers including oxitec also use mechanism insert genes artificially organisms genome thereby making genetically modified organism viruses known insert genes process host organisms dna occurs specific kinds viruses viruses herpes doublestranded dna genetic material others singlestranded dna others still including zika rna comparison humans plants animals matter doublestranded dna host genes ever make virus genomes words could gm mosquito dna make zika genome virologist kenneth stedman told discover quite small insignificant number examples partial genomes rna singlestranded dna viruses incorporated host dna genomes however are160no160examples inverse say purely rna viruses ssdna viruses picking genes host genomes short known way zika could evolve something far dangerous original incarnation original reddit contributor claimed least hand gm mosquitoes overall rumor gm mosquitoes behind recent zika outbreak brazil completely illfounded mosquitoes werent released area offspring survive even theres mechanism explain mosquitoes genes could make way zikas genome correction feb 23 article updated accurately reflect the160annenberg science knowledge survey question whether gm160mosquitoes caused spread zika virus minimized spread virus160 editors note scicheck made possible grant stanton foundation reddit user redditsucksatbanning genetically modified mosquitoes released brazil 2015 linked current zika epidemic reddit thread 25 jan 2016 accessed 18 feb 2016 zika outbreak caused geneticallymodified mosquitoes fox news 1 feb 2016 tickell oliver pandoras box gm mosquitos could caused brazils microcephaly disaster ecologist 1 feb 2016 curtis joseph scientists blame zika virus researchers released genetically modified mosquitos brazil three years ago daily mail 31 jan 2016 adams mike zika virus outbreak linked release genetically engineered mosquitoes disastrous unintended consequences threaten life across americas natural news 1 feb 2016 white house press briefing sec josh earnest 2 feb 2016 enserink martin gm mosquito trial strains ties gatesfunded project science 16 nov 2010 mayo clinic microcephaly accessed 22 feb 2016 mcneil donald g romero simon tavernise sabrina medical mystery brazil led doctors zika new york times 6 feb 2016 world health organization zika situation report 5 feb 2016 centers disease control prevention zika virus transmission accessed 22 feb 2016 oxitec using genes control insects oxitec solution accessed 22 feb 2016 oxitec oxitect mosquito works control aedes aegypti dengue hotspot press release 2 jul 2015 cdc surveillance control aedes aegypti aedes albopictus united states160accessed 22 feb 2016 cdc zika virus disease united states 20152016 17 feb 2016 oxitec expansion oxitecs vector control solution brazil attacking source zika virus dengue fever positive program results press release 19 jan 2016 muñozlópez martín garcíapérez josé l dna transposons nature applications genomics current genomics 2 nov 2010 pray leslie transposons jumping genes junk dna nature education 2008 dengue control mosquito160accessed 22 feb 2016 carvalho danilo et al suppression field population aedes aegypti brazil sustained release transgenic male mosquitoes plos neglected tropical diseases 2 jul 2015 oxitec oxitec report 96 suppression dengue mosquito brazilian trials press release 20 may 2013 oxitec moscamed launches urbanscale project jacobina newsletter 29 aug 2013 schipani vanessa facts zika factcheckorg 10 feb 2016 massonnetbruneel blandine et al fitness transgenic mosquito aedes aegypti males carrying dominant lethal genetic system plos one 14 may 2013 wilcox christine gm mosquitoes didnt start zika outbreak blog post discover 31 jan 2016 oxitec faqs accessed 22 feb 2016 curtis zoe et al assessment impact potential tetracycline exposure phenotype aedes aegypti ox513a implications field use plos neglected tropical diseases 13 aug 2015 stedman kenneth deep recombination rna ssdna virus genes dna virus host genomes annual review virology 2 nov 2015 published online 2 sep 2015 cdc etymologia zika virus emerging infectious diseases jun 2014
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<p>WASHINGTON — Stopping short of a complete turnabout, President Donald Trump is expected Friday to announce a revised Cuba policy aimed at stopping the flow of U.S. cash to the country’s military and security services while maintaining diplomatic relations and allowing U.S. airlines and cruise ships to continue service to the island.</p>
<p>In a speech Friday at a Miami theater associated with Cuban exiles, Trump will cast the policy moves as fulfillment of a promise he made during last year’s presidential campaign to reverse then-President Barack Obama’s diplomatic re-engagement with the island after decades of estrangement.</p>
<p>Senior White House officials who briefed reporters Thursday on the coming announcement said Obama’s overtures had enriched Cuba’s military while repression increased on the island. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the policy before Trump announces it, despite the president’s regular criticism of the use of anonymous sources.</p>
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<p>The moves to be announced by Trump are only a partial reversal of Obama’s policies, however. And they will saddle the U.S. government with the complicated task of policing U.S. travel to Cuba to make sure there are no transactions with the military-linked conglomerate that runs much of the Cuban economy.</p>
<p>By restricting individual U.S. travel to Cuba, the new policy also risks cutting off a major source of income for Cuba’s private business sector, which the policy is meant to support.</p>
<p>Under the expected changes, the U.S. will ban American financial transactions with the dozens of enterprises run by the military-linked corporation GAESA, which operates dozens of hotels, tour buses, restaurants and other facilities.</p>
<p>Most U.S. travelers to Cuba will again be required to visit the island as part of organized tour groups run by American companies. The rules also require a daylong schedule of activities designed to expose the travelers to ordinary Cubans. But because Cuban rules requires tour groups to have government guides and use state-run tour buses, the requirement has given the Cuban government near-total control of travelers’ itineraries and funneled much of their spending to state enterprises.</p>
<p>Obama eliminated the tour requirement, allowing tens of thousands of Americans to book solo trips and spend their money with individual bed-and-breakfast owners, restaurants and taxi drivers.</p>
<p>The U.S. Embassy in Havana, which reopened in August 2015, will remain as a full-fledged diplomatic outpost. Trump isn’t overturning Obama’s decision to end the “wet foot, dry foot” policy that allowed most Cuban migrants who made it onto U.S. soil to stay and eventually become legal permanent residents.</p>
<p>Also not expected are any changes to U.S. regulations governing what items Americans can bring back from Cuba, including the rum and cigars produced by state-run enterprises.</p>
<p>More details about the changes are expected to be released Friday, when the new policy is set to take effect. But none of the changes will become effective until the Treasury Department issues new regulations, which could take months. That means that any U.S. traveler currently booked on a flight to Cuba in the next few weeks, or even months, could go ahead and make the trip.</p>
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<p>Critics said the changes would only hurt everyday Cubans who work in the private sector and depend on American visitors to help provide for their families. Supporters expressed appreciation for Trump’s emphasis on human rights in Cuba.</p>
<p>Obama announced in December 2014 that he and Cuban leader Raul Castro were restoring diplomatic ties between their countries, arguing that the policy the U.S. had pursued for decades had failed to bring about change and that it was time to try a new approach.</p>
<p>The U.S. severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 after Fidel Castro’s revolution. It spent subsequent decades trying to either overthrow the Cuban government or isolate the island, including toughening an economic embargo first imposed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The embargo remains in place and unchanged by Trump’s policy. Only the U.S. Congress can lift the embargo, and lawmakers, especially those of Cuban heritage, like Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., have shown no interest in doing so.</p>
<p>The son of a Cuban immigrant, Rubio opposed Obama’s re-engagement with Cuba, saying Obama was making concessions to an “odious regime.”</p>
<p>Trump aides said Thursday that Rubio was “very helpful” to the administration as it spent months reviewing the policy. The senator, who challenged Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, was expected to travel with the president aboard Air Force One and appear with him at Friday’s announcement.</p>
<p>The change in the U.S. posture toward Cuba under Trump marks the latest policy about-face by the president.</p>
<p>While campaigning last year in Miami, which is home to a large Cuban-American population, Trump pledged to reverse Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba unless it met certain “demands,” including granting Cubans religious and political freedom, and releasing all political prisoners. He said he would “stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communist oppression,” and went on to win about half the Cuban vote in Florida in the presidential election.</p>
<p>Trump had previously said he supported restoring diplomatic relations but wished the U.S. had negotiated a better deal.</p>
<p>For the announcement, the White House chose to have Trump speak at the Manuel Artime Theate in Miami. The theater is named for an exile leader of the Bay of Pigs veterans’ association that endorsed Trump last October.</p>
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<p>Weissenstein reported from Havana.</p>
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<p>Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly made the remarks at his confirmation hearing before a Senate committee that was unusual for its bipartisan tone during a highly partisan era. Kelly was greeted warmly by Republicans and Democrats alike and appeared to be on his way to an easy confirmation for the high-profile post of running the Department of Homeland Security.</p>
<p>Long known for his blunt manner, the former chief of the U.S. Southern Command added several layers of uncertainty to Trump’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration, which was the centerpiece of the president-elect’s campaign and which Kelly would oversee at DHS.</p>
<p>Kelly appeared to play down the importance of Trump’s promised wall, telling senators that “a physical barrier in and of itself will not do the job” and that technology such as drones and sensors are also needed to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. He said the structure might not “be built anytime soon” because it is such an immense project, appearing to contradict Trump, who has said building the wall is “easy” and can be “done inexpensively.”</p>
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<p>House Republicans said last week they plan to fund the wall, which some experts have estimated will cost more than $20 billion.</p>
<p>Kelly said he would “keep an open mind” on the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. The 2012 initiative has given temporary protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in the United States as children. Trump vowed during the campaign to reverse it.</p>
<p>The rhetorical difference between Trump and his prospective DHS chief was perhaps most striking on the subject of Muslims. While Trump once called for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States as a counterterrorism measure, Kelly noted that when he was a Marine officer in Iraq, his forces secured stability in part by reaching out to clerics and other Muslim leaders.</p>
<p>“I don’t believe it is appropriate” to target any group of people solely based on religion or ethnic background, including through the development of a registry, Kelly told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.</p>
<p>His remarks, which also included a vow to promote “tolerance,” seemed to reinforce his declaration during his opening remarks that he would always give “those in power” his “full candor.” Though he never openly broke with the future commander in chief, his words helped win over Democrats concerned about Trump’s incendiary remarks.</p>
<p>Sen. Claire McCaskill, Mo., the committee’s ranking Democrat, thanked Kelly for “your service to this country” and said his vow to speak truth to power had been “music to my ears.” She added that the committee “is not here to participate in some partisan or political exercise.”</p>
<p>“I very much believe in that principle, and I think we all anticipate that you will need it in your next job,” McCaskill said, noting her belief that Trump has “used some of his most extreme and divisive rhetoric on issues under DHS’ jurisdiction.”</p>
<p>Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., the committee’s chairman, called Kelly “just an extraordinary individual, a great American who has served faithfully and sacrificed mightily for this nation.”He called for a quick confirmation, adding that he “can’t think of a single individual more qualified” to run DHS than Kelly.</p>
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<p>Trump’s team was drawn to Kelly because of his experience at the Southern Command, where he oversaw military operations across Central and South America and worked with several DHS agencies. Kelly is also a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, which advises the DHS secretary on a variety of security issues.</p>
<p>In documents released Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Kelly said that upon his confirmation he would resign from DynCorp International, a McLean military contractor where he has worked since June as an adviser at a salary of $166,000. He also vowed to resign from advisory or board positions at two other defense contractors and a private equity firm, which are paying him a combined $73,000.</p>
<p>Kelly also said he owns a consulting business, Oak Square Perspectives, but that it is dormant and has never had clients. He said it would remain dormant during his time at DHS.</p>
<p>Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates introduced Kelly at the confirmation hearing, with Gates calling Kelly “one of the finest people I’ve ever known. I would trust him with my life.”</p>
<p>Kelly was a senior military adviser to Gates and also former defense secretary Leon Panetta during the Obama administration.</p>
<p>His role in the current administration – and his typically blunt style – led to clashes over women in combat and plans to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.</p>
<p>Kelly opposed President Barack Obama’s failed plans to close Guantanamo, people familiar with his views said, and he has strongly defended how the military handles detainees. In a 2014 interview, he told The Washington Post that criticism of their treatment by human rights groups and others was “foolishness.”</p>
<p>He also publicly expressed concerns over the Pentagon’s order in December that opened all jobs in combat units to women, including the most elite forces such as the Navy SEALs.</p>
<p>“They’re saying we are not going to change any standards,” Kelly told reporters at the Pentagon. “There will be great pressure, whether it’s 12 months from now, four years from now, because the question will be asked whether we’ve let women into these other roles, why aren’t they staying in those other roles?”</p>
<p>Even before he left the Obama administration, Kelly was sounding the alarm – in terms reminiscent of Trump’s campaign rhetoric – about drugs, terrorism and other cross-border threats that he said that he sees as emanating from Mexico and Central and South America. He has described the military’s counterterrorism operations abroad as a war against a “savage” enemy who would gladly launch more deadly attacks.</p>
<p>Yet Kelly has also stressed the importance of supporting human rights, and did so again during Tuesday’s hearing.</p>
<p>Kelly is widely respected at the Pentagon for his personal sacrifice and deep knowledge of the pain suffered by many military families. His son, 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, died in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban in 2010.</p>
<p>Kelly also repeatedly stressed the need to reduce the demand for illicit drugs in the U.S. as a way to diminish the flight of undocumented immigrants from central and South America.</p>
<p>“The Latins will tell you that because of your recreational use, thousands and thousands of Latins die every year that shouldn’t die,” he said. “There’s no such thing as non-violent use of recreational drugs.</p>
<p>As DHS secretary, Kelly would take on a major management challenge in what is considered to be one of Washington’s most challenging jobs, in part because the agency’s employee morale is among the federal government’s lowest. He said in his remarks that he recognizes “the many challenges facing the Department of Homeland Security,” and he vowed to tackle the department’s complicated and diffuse culture.</p>
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<p>VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Francis visits the United States this fall, he can expect the same rock-star adulation that greets him wherever he goes. But his positions on hot-button issues such as the death penalty and climate change could quickly set the stage for conflict. That may explain why Francis has been clearing the decks on a host of less high-profile matters of contention that could also have marred the visit.</p>
<p>In a matter of a few short weeks, Francis abruptly ended the Vatican's deeply contested investigation of U.S. nuns and engineered the removal of an American bishop who failed to report a suspected sex abuser. Had he left those issues to fester, they would certainly have cast a cloud over the historic trip — which will include the first papal address to the U.S. Congress.</p>
<p>On Saturday Francis will try to address another controversy over his planned canonization of an 18th century Franciscan missionary, Junipero Serra, accused by Native Americans of running a genocidal machine that tortured indigenous converts and spread disease. Francis will celebrate a Mass in Serra's honor at the main U.S. seminary in Rome.</p>
<p>While Francis' popularity ratings in the United States rival those of St. John Paul II, he is not without his detractors. Conservative Republicans privately grumble about his views on global warming and immigration, and his vehement opposition to the death penalty.</p>
<p>Here is a look at how Francis has recently stoked flames on some key issues and resolved others.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>CLIMATE CHANGE</p>
<p>Francis got a big thumbs-up this week for his green agenda from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, who said his upcoming environment encyclical could be a game-changer in the run-up to climate change talks in Paris at the end of the year.</p>
<p>Ban was the keynote speaker at a Vatican conference bringing together Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Francis' key environmental advisers and faith leaders. They were unanimous in agreeing that climate change is real, mostly man-made, hardest on the poorest, and a problem that only collective action can solve.</p>
<p>Many Republicans have opposed efforts to reduce fossil fuels and other pollutants that contribute to global warming, and some deny that human activity is responsible.</p>
<p>The conference's host had choice words for such skeptics: "It's the same people who defend the oil industry," said Monsignor Sanchez Sorondo, one of Francis' top advisers. "It's the lobby of profit."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>DEATH PENALTY</p>
<p>Francis has gone well beyond his predecessors — and Catholic Church teaching — in saying there is simply no justification for the death penalty today. "Inadmissible," he calls it, "regardless of how grave the crime."</p>
<p>He has called life prison terms a "hidden death penalty" and solitary confinement a "form of torture" — and said both should be abolished.</p>
<p>The pope's advocacy won him an award this week from the Hands Off Cain anti-capital punishment advocacy group.</p>
<p>The United States is in the Top 10 list of countries that still execute people, along with China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and North Korea.</p>
<p>While capital punishment has many supporters in the U.S. — it's legal in more than 30 states — even some conservatives are coming out against it. Princeton University's Robert George, a leading conservative Catholic intellectual, recently wrote to Kansas' governor urging him to repeal the death penalty.</p>
<p>The bishops of Massachusetts have issued their own appeal for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be spared the death penalty, amid sentencing hearings this week.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>NUN CRACKDOWN</p>
<p>The Vatican removed a major headache awaiting Francis by cutting short a controversial crackdown on the main umbrella group of American sisters that had begun under Francis' doctrinaire predecessor, Benedict XVI.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious announced a truce, with the Vatican ending its oversight two years early and the sisters agreeing to ensure that their publications and programs had sound doctrinal foundations. The group had been under investigation for allegedly promoting "radical feminist themes" putting it in a "grave" doctrinal crisis.</p>
<p>The sisters had been deeply offended by the crackdown, and they received an enormous outpouring of support from ordinary Catholics who viewed it as evidence of Vatican misogyny. Even Francis' top U.S. adviser, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, said the investigation had been a "disaster" on the public relations front.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>SEX ABUSE</p>
<p>Another potential problem issue that could have marred the papal visit concerned Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, Missouri, who remained in office for nearly three years after being convicted of failing to report a suspected child abuser.</p>
<p>Victims and advocacy groups had held up Finn as Exhibit A of how Francis still doesn't get it on sex abuse. That's something no pope would want to answer to on a trip to a country where the Catholic Church has paid more than $3 billion in settlements and fees related to the sex abuse scandal.</p>
<p>On April 22, Francis accepted Finn's resignation following a Vatican investigation. It's unclear if the resignation was offered freely or if the Vatican pressured him into it.</p>
<p>A little-noticed Vatican law issued in November may have had something to do with it: The law included the novelty that higher church authorities could ask a bishop to step down in certain circumstances.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>CONTROVERSIAL MISSIONARY</p>
<p>The Vatican and the archdiocese of Los Angeles are on an all-out effort to establish more positive vision of Junipero Serra before Francis canonizes the Franciscan missionary at Washington's Natinal Shrine on the first day he arrives in the U.S.</p>
<p>Native Americans say Serra tortured converts and was part of a genocidal missionary machine that wiped out indigenous populations.</p>
<p>On Thursday, in the shadow of St. Peter's Square, the Los Angeles archdiocese hosted the authors of a new biography on Serra that tries to paint a more nuanced picture.</p>
<p>Robert Senkewicz, history professor at Santa Clara University in California, said the historical record is clear that there was "significant mistreatment of native populations" in the missions — and that Serra himself supported flogging natives as punishment.</p>
<p>But he said Serra also genuinely believed he was sparing them from the exploitation of Spanish conquistadores by protecting them on the missions.</p>
<p>"Serra has been treated in binary way: either as totally blameless or a total villain," Senkewicz said. "What we tried to do was fill in that middle ground and talk about Serra as a complicated and real human being with his strengths and weaknesses."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Follow Nicole Winfield at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nwinfield" type="external">www.twitter.com/nwinfield</a></p>
<p>VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Francis visits the United States this fall, he can expect the same rock-star adulation that greets him wherever he goes. But his positions on hot-button issues such as the death penalty and climate change could quickly set the stage for conflict. That may explain why Francis has been clearing the decks on a host of less high-profile matters of contention that could also have marred the visit.</p>
<p>In a matter of a few short weeks, Francis abruptly ended the Vatican's deeply contested investigation of U.S. nuns and engineered the removal of an American bishop who failed to report a suspected sex abuser. Had he left those issues to fester, they would certainly have cast a cloud over the historic trip — which will include the first papal address to the U.S. Congress.</p>
<p>On Saturday Francis will try to address another controversy over his planned canonization of an 18th century Franciscan missionary, Junipero Serra, accused by Native Americans of running a genocidal machine that tortured indigenous converts and spread disease. Francis will celebrate a Mass in Serra's honor at the main U.S. seminary in Rome.</p>
<p>While Francis' popularity ratings in the United States rival those of St. John Paul II, he is not without his detractors. Conservative Republicans privately grumble about his views on global warming and immigration, and his vehement opposition to the death penalty.</p>
<p>Here is a look at how Francis has recently stoked flames on some key issues and resolved others.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>CLIMATE CHANGE</p>
<p>Francis got a big thumbs-up this week for his green agenda from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, who said his upcoming environment encyclical could be a game-changer in the run-up to climate change talks in Paris at the end of the year.</p>
<p>Ban was the keynote speaker at a Vatican conference bringing together Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Francis' key environmental advisers and faith leaders. They were unanimous in agreeing that climate change is real, mostly man-made, hardest on the poorest, and a problem that only collective action can solve.</p>
<p>Many Republicans have opposed efforts to reduce fossil fuels and other pollutants that contribute to global warming, and some deny that human activity is responsible.</p>
<p>The conference's host had choice words for such skeptics: "It's the same people who defend the oil industry," said Monsignor Sanchez Sorondo, one of Francis' top advisers. "It's the lobby of profit."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>DEATH PENALTY</p>
<p>Francis has gone well beyond his predecessors — and Catholic Church teaching — in saying there is simply no justification for the death penalty today. "Inadmissible," he calls it, "regardless of how grave the crime."</p>
<p>He has called life prison terms a "hidden death penalty" and solitary confinement a "form of torture" — and said both should be abolished.</p>
<p>The pope's advocacy won him an award this week from the Hands Off Cain anti-capital punishment advocacy group.</p>
<p>The United States is in the Top 10 list of countries that still execute people, along with China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and North Korea.</p>
<p>While capital punishment has many supporters in the U.S. — it's legal in more than 30 states — even some conservatives are coming out against it. Princeton University's Robert George, a leading conservative Catholic intellectual, recently wrote to Kansas' governor urging him to repeal the death penalty.</p>
<p>The bishops of Massachusetts have issued their own appeal for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be spared the death penalty, amid sentencing hearings this week.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>NUN CRACKDOWN</p>
<p>The Vatican removed a major headache awaiting Francis by cutting short a controversial crackdown on the main umbrella group of American sisters that had begun under Francis' doctrinaire predecessor, Benedict XVI.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious announced a truce, with the Vatican ending its oversight two years early and the sisters agreeing to ensure that their publications and programs had sound doctrinal foundations. The group had been under investigation for allegedly promoting "radical feminist themes" putting it in a "grave" doctrinal crisis.</p>
<p>The sisters had been deeply offended by the crackdown, and they received an enormous outpouring of support from ordinary Catholics who viewed it as evidence of Vatican misogyny. Even Francis' top U.S. adviser, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, said the investigation had been a "disaster" on the public relations front.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>SEX ABUSE</p>
<p>Another potential problem issue that could have marred the papal visit concerned Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, Missouri, who remained in office for nearly three years after being convicted of failing to report a suspected child abuser.</p>
<p>Victims and advocacy groups had held up Finn as Exhibit A of how Francis still doesn't get it on sex abuse. That's something no pope would want to answer to on a trip to a country where the Catholic Church has paid more than $3 billion in settlements and fees related to the sex abuse scandal.</p>
<p>On April 22, Francis accepted Finn's resignation following a Vatican investigation. It's unclear if the resignation was offered freely or if the Vatican pressured him into it.</p>
<p>A little-noticed Vatican law issued in November may have had something to do with it: The law included the novelty that higher church authorities could ask a bishop to step down in certain circumstances.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>CONTROVERSIAL MISSIONARY</p>
<p>The Vatican and the archdiocese of Los Angeles are on an all-out effort to establish more positive vision of Junipero Serra before Francis canonizes the Franciscan missionary at Washington's Natinal Shrine on the first day he arrives in the U.S.</p>
<p>Native Americans say Serra tortured converts and was part of a genocidal missionary machine that wiped out indigenous populations.</p>
<p>On Thursday, in the shadow of St. Peter's Square, the Los Angeles archdiocese hosted the authors of a new biography on Serra that tries to paint a more nuanced picture.</p>
<p>Robert Senkewicz, history professor at Santa Clara University in California, said the historical record is clear that there was "significant mistreatment of native populations" in the missions — and that Serra himself supported flogging natives as punishment.</p>
<p>But he said Serra also genuinely believed he was sparing them from the exploitation of Spanish conquistadores by protecting them on the missions.</p>
<p>"Serra has been treated in binary way: either as totally blameless or a total villain," Senkewicz said. "What we tried to do was fill in that middle ground and talk about Serra as a complicated and real human being with his strengths and weaknesses."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Follow Nicole Winfield at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nwinfield" type="external">www.twitter.com/nwinfield</a></p>
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punishment advocacy group united states top 10 list countries still execute people along china iran iraq saudi arabia somalia sudan north korea capital punishment many supporters us legal 30 states even conservatives coming princeton universitys robert george leading conservative catholic intellectual recently wrote kansas governor urging repeal death penalty bishops massachusetts issued appeal boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev spared death penalty amid sentencing hearings week ___ nun crackdown vatican removed major headache awaiting francis cutting short controversial crackdown main umbrella group american sisters begun francis doctrinaire predecessor benedict xvi earlier month vatican leadership conference women religious announced truce vatican ending oversight two years early sisters agreeing ensure publications programs sound doctrinal foundations group investigation allegedly promoting radical feminist themes putting grave doctrinal crisis sisters deeply offended 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francis canonizes franciscan missionary washingtons natinal shrine first day arrives us native americans say serra tortured converts part genocidal missionary machine wiped indigenous populations thursday shadow st peters square los angeles archdiocese hosted authors new biography serra tries paint nuanced picture robert senkewicz history professor santa clara university california said historical record clear significant mistreatment native populations missions serra supported flogging natives punishment said serra also genuinely believed sparing exploitation spanish conquistadores protecting missions serra treated binary way either totally blameless total villain senkewicz said tried fill middle ground talk serra complicated real human strengths weaknesses ___ follow nicole winfield wwwtwittercomnwinfield
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<p>BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 19, 2018--DC is going all-out to celebrate the one-thousandth issue of ACTION COMICS—the longest continually published comic book of its kind in history, the series that introduced Superman to the world and the title that launched the superhero genre. The Jim Lee-drawn cover features a new costume that integrates a variety of classic and new elements, including the Man of Steel’s trademark red trunks.</p>
<p>This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180119005211/en/" type="external">http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180119005211/en/</a></p>
<p>Cover, ACTION COMICS #1000. Pencils by Jim Lee, inks by Scott Williams, colors by Alex Sinclair.</p>
<p>“ACTION COMICS #1000 represents a watershed moment in the history of not just comic books, but entertainment, literature and pop culture,” said Lee. “There’s no better way to celebrate Superman’s enduring popularity than to give him a look that combines some new accents with the most iconic feature of his classic design.”</p>
<p>Available at comics retailers and digitally on April 18, ACTION COMICS #1000 features the DC debut of acclaimed writer Brian Michael Bendis in a 10-page Superman story featuring art by DC publisher and celebrated artist Jim Lee. This milestone issue will also include two 15-page stories from two of DC’s current and most popular talent teams: SUPERMAN writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Pat Gleason, as well as ACTION COMICS writer and artist Dan Jurgens.</p>
<p>“The one-thousandth issue of ACTION COMICS is an incredible milestone in pop culture and a testament to the vision of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster,” said DC publisher Dan DiDio. “Without this book, along with Siegel and Shuster’s fertile imaginations and boundless creativity, the superhero’s place in literature may have been wildly different, if not altogether nonexistent.”</p>
<p>This must-have collector’s item comic book will also feature previously unpublished art from Curt Swan, whose dynamic, iconic style many consider the definitive look for the Man of Steel throughout comics’ Golden and Silver Ages. Acclaimed DC writer Marv Wolfman will script a story based on this never-before-seen content. In addition, the comic will include a collection of memorable bonus stories from some of the most celebrated names in comics and entertainment.</p>
<p>Contributors to this once-in-a-lifetime issue include legendary Superman movie director Richard Donner and New York Times best-selling writer Geoff Johns, with art by Olivier Coipel. Other contributing creative teams will include Paul Dini with José Luis García-López; Tom King with Clay Mann and Jordie Bellaire; Brad Meltzer with John Cassaday and Laura Martin; Louise Simonson with Jerry Ordway; Scott Snyder with Tim Sale and more to be announced.</p>
<p>This celebratory comic book is just the beginning; this milestone will be recognized across the DC superhero line for the month of April with a series of Superman-themed variant covers and even more to come. Check out the website at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dccomics.com&amp;esheet=51745786&amp;newsitemid=20180119005211&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.dccomics.com&amp;index=1&amp;md5=bd2408e5d7c2775811859fb5df726d1e" type="external">www.dccomics.com</a> or the DC <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FDCEntertainmentTV&amp;esheet=51745786&amp;newsitemid=20180119005211&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=YouTube+channel&amp;index=2&amp;md5=69dfbdaa5bac6766bd40cddf9af64975" type="external">YouTube channel</a> for the latest news regarding Krypton’s last son and his elevation to pop culture icon.</p>
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<p>BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 19, 2018--DC is going all-out to celebrate the one-thousandth issue of ACTION COMICS—the longest continually published comic book of its kind in history, the series that introduced Superman to the world and the title that launched the superhero genre. The Jim Lee-drawn cover features a new costume that integrates a variety of classic and new elements, including the Man of Steel’s trademark red trunks.</p>
<p>This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180119005211/en/" type="external">http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180119005211/en/</a></p>
<p>Cover, ACTION COMICS #1000. Pencils by Jim Lee, inks by Scott Williams, colors by Alex Sinclair.</p>
<p>“ACTION COMICS #1000 represents a watershed moment in the history of not just comic books, but entertainment, literature and pop culture,” said Lee. “There’s no better way to celebrate Superman’s enduring popularity than to give him a look that combines some new accents with the most iconic feature of his classic design.”</p>
<p>Available at comics retailers and digitally on April 18, ACTION COMICS #1000 features the DC debut of acclaimed writer Brian Michael Bendis in a 10-page Superman story featuring art by DC publisher and celebrated artist Jim Lee. This milestone issue will also include two 15-page stories from two of DC’s current and most popular talent teams: SUPERMAN writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Pat Gleason, as well as ACTION COMICS writer and artist Dan Jurgens.</p>
<p>“The one-thousandth issue of ACTION COMICS is an incredible milestone in pop culture and a testament to the vision of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster,” said DC publisher Dan DiDio. “Without this book, along with Siegel and Shuster’s fertile imaginations and boundless creativity, the superhero’s place in literature may have been wildly different, if not altogether nonexistent.”</p>
<p>This must-have collector’s item comic book will also feature previously unpublished art from Curt Swan, whose dynamic, iconic style many consider the definitive look for the Man of Steel throughout comics’ Golden and Silver Ages. Acclaimed DC writer Marv Wolfman will script a story based on this never-before-seen content. In addition, the comic will include a collection of memorable bonus stories from some of the most celebrated names in comics and entertainment.</p>
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<p>Students from the New Era After School Academy on the southside of Santa Fe take a closer look at the head of Zozobra at the Sanbusco Market Center where “Old Man Gloom” was constructed. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>SANTA FE, N.M. — Tonight, one of the City Different’s most popular, and certainly most unique, traditions takes place at Fort Marcy Park when the despised 50-foot marionette effigy known as Zozobra meets his fiery demise for the 90th consecutive year.</p>
<p>Tradition resumes in another way as the burning of “Old Man Gloom” returns to a Friday night for the first time in 17 years.</p>
<p>Since 1998, the year after a young man was killed on Santa Fe’s Plaza following Zozobra’s burning, the event has been held on the Thursday prior to perhaps the city’s oldest tradition, Fiesta de Santa Fe.</p>
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<p>Ray Sandoval, chief organizer of the event put on each year by the Kiwanis Club, said moving it back to Friday night – albeit the Friday of Labor Day weekend and a week before Fiesta de Santa Fe officially opens – is necessary to keep the tradition ignited by Santa Fe artist Will Schuster in 1924 alive.</p>
<p>“Friday is essential to Zozobra’s survival,” Sandoval said. “Moving it to Thursday has been bad for Zozobra economically and bad for the tradition. So we’re looking to save Zozobra not only monetarily, we’re looking at saving Zozobra as a tradition.”</p>
<p>Early indications are the move to Friday will be beneficial for the event. As of Thursday, pre-event ticket sales were at 10,000, about 10 times more than the pre-sale a year ago.</p>
<p>Last year, Zozobra drew about 32,000 people. Sandoval said he didn’t want to speculate how many will show up this year. “But we’re ready for this,” he said. “We’ve been planning for this. We wanted to bring Zozobra back to the people.”</p>
<p>Gates open at 3 p.m. and entertainment starts about a half hour later. The event officially begins at 7 p.m. If all goes as planned, Zozobra should go up in flames about 9 p.m.</p>
<p>A sketch by Will Shuster from around 1929 shows a bare-chested Zozobra. The sketch was on display at the Sanbusco Market Center in Santa Fe leading up to tonight’s torching of “Old Man Gloom.” (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>Keeping a promise</p>
<p>Sandoval, 40, has been attached to Zozobra since he was about 6 when he says he was lucky enough to get invited to the Zozobra build. “Just from touching the chicken wire, I was hooked. I knew this was something I wanted to be a part of,” he said.</p>
<p>Sandoval has remained involved with the event ever since then, save for a few years while attending law school in Boston and opening up a law practice in Seattle. He says his lifelong love for the tradition played a part in bringing him back to his hometown.</p>
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<p>For about a decade, he served as former Zozobra guru Ray Valdez’s right-hand man, in charge of the pyrotechnics that makes the spectacle of Zozobra so spectacular.</p>
<p>He took charge of the overall event last year, following the ill-fated 2012 event plagued by high winds that forced two delays to the festivities and after which many attendees complained Zozobra had strayed too far from its tradition.</p>
<p>That was also the year ticket prices were raised to $20 apiece, further raising the ire of a faithful but increasingly irritable crowd.</p>
<p>Sandoval said the price increase came at a time when Zozobra’s flame was flickering. The Kiwanis Club’s Zozobra fund was beginning to rely on its cash reserves. A rainout would have exhausted them entirely.</p>
<p>But even Sandoval admits the “$20 experiment” was a failure. The event attracted just 13,000 to Fort Marcy Park, the lowest draw on record.</p>
<p>“Because, for a family of five, with a twenty dollar ticket, you’re talking one hundred dollars to go see Zozobra,” he said. “Although the proceeds go to help our charities, we made a promise to Will Schuster 50 years ago this year that we would present Zozobra to the citizens of Santa Fe and that’s our first duty in hosting this event. So it was important for us to provide Zozobra at an affordable ticket price to allow Santa Feans to come and enjoy him.”</p>
<p>But there’s the rub, Sandoval says. Lowering ticket prices to $10 last year meant the event needed to attract more people for Zozobra to stay solvent. The best chance to do that was to move it to Friday.</p>
<p>“We looked at historical records for a Thursday burn versus the historical records for a Friday burn and we felt it was necessary to go to a Friday in order to keep Zozobra on stable financial footing,” he said. “So the question became which Friday.”</p>
<p>The head of Zozobra stares down a student from the New Era After School Academy in Santa Fe at the Sanbusco Market Center. This year’s Zozobra sports a handlebar mustache. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>A pre-Fiesta event</p>
<p>The burning of Zozobra has long been tied to the opening of Fiesta de Santa Fe, though they’re two separate events put on by different organizations.</p>
<p>Still, the groups have always worked as partners and still do, even though this year’s Zozobra was moved up nearly a week to Labor Day weekend.</p>
<p>Sandoval says it took 18 months to settle on that date. A consulting firm was hired to research and analyze the options, countless hours were spent in discussions with city officials, law enforcement and the Fiesta Council, and feedback was received from their target audience, the citizens of Santa Fe.</p>
<p>“We put everything on the table,” Sandoval said. “One thing I told my team is we can’t make any assumptions. We have to do what’s in the best interest of the event and what’s in the best interest of the citizens of Santa Fe to keep this tradition going.”</p>
<p>Moving it back to the Friday of Fiesta weekend – Zozo’s spot for decades before the 1997 shooting – was considered.</p>
<p>“As we explored this more and more, what we found out was that the burden we’d be placing on city staff and law enforcement on a Fiesta Friday night was just enormous,” he said. “We found out it just was not a tenable situation.”</p>
<p>Dale Lettenberger, deputy chief of the Santa Fe Police Department, agrees. He said the Friday before Labor Day was the preferred date from law enforcement’s perspective.</p>
<p>“It was something Kiwanis brought up and we all wanted to look at to see if it makes a difference. We were against having it on the Friday before Fiesta because of the impact it would have on manpower.”</p>
<p>Moving it back to later in September after Fiesta was also considered, but that would be too big a break from tradition.</p>
<p>“Zozobra is a pre-Fiesta event and we want to keep it that way,” Sandoval said.</p>
<p>The answer to which Friday was best suited to host the burning was found by reviewing history, Sandoval said. For decades, Zozobra was held on the Friday of Labor Day weekend, when Fiesta was also part of the holiday weekend.</p>
<p>“In fact, in 1969, which was Jacques Cartier’s last dance as the fire dancer, Zozobra burnt on Aug. 29,” he said.</p>
<p>Sandoval says the new date fits nicely into the schedule of events leading up to the Fiesta’s official opening on Sept. 5.</p>
<p>“So now you have a weeklong celebration,” he said.</p>
<p>Ray Sandoval, who is in charge of the burning “Old Man Gloom,” poses with the hand of Zozobra at the Sanbusco Market Center. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>Safety first</p>
<p>In years past, the celebration had gotten out of hand, often fueled by alcohol.</p>
<p>In 1971, Mayor George Gonzales and Police Chief Felix Lujan declared a state of emergency after several hundred mostly young people clashed with police in and around the Plaza.</p>
<p>Fights broke out, rocks were thrown at police and nine storefront windows were reported broken before police used tear gas to clear the streets and disperse the unruly crowd. State Police reinforcements were summoned and then-Gov. Bruce King called in the National Guard to protect state property.</p>
<p>But most of the unrest occurred Sunday and Monday night that year, days after Zozobra had burned.</p>
<p>In 1976, things flared up again. This time, problems started when dozens of mostly youths in their late teens and early 20s got into it with a group of motorcyclists on the Saturday of Fiesta. That set off widespread havoc, and again there were numerous incidents of fist fights, rock and bottle throwing and broken storefront windows around the Plaza.</p>
<p>Sam Pick was mayor at that time.</p>
<p>“There were a bunch of bikers in town and we had some university students who liked to fight,” he remembered. “We had to use tear gas and there were a lot of windows broken on the Plaza. Though he won’t admit it, the only person who was happy about that was Joe Valdez because he owned the glass company.”</p>
<p>According to newspaper reports, about 65 people were arrested that Saturday and another 15 on Sunday. St. Vincent Hospital officials reported that an unprecedented number of people were treated for injuries that year: 86 on Friday, the night Zozobra burned, 99 on Saturday, 100 on Sunday and 93 on Monday.</p>
<p>At that time. Police Chief Larry Moya said it was time to consider moving Zozobra to another location, perhaps Santa Fe High School.</p>
<p>But it took a killing to get the event moved, although not to a different location.</p>
<p>Following Zozobra’s burning in 1997, gunfire erupted in the Plaza. Twenty-year-old Carlos Santiago Romero was killed and two other people were injured by stray bullets in what police said was a gang-related shooting. That prompted the City Council to take action to move the event to a Thursday in the hope that it would attract a more passive crowd.</p>
<p>Sandoval thinks that was an overreaction.</p>
<p>“Although it was a horrible tragedy, we have to be able to overcome that,” he said. “I don’t think the actions of one individual should change something like this.”</p>
<p>Still, Sandoval said public safety is his primary concern. “I would be lying to you if I said I haven’t had any sleepless nights. I want to make sure that people are safe,” he said. “To move it to Friday, I had to be convinced it was going to be safe.”</p>
<p>Sandoval said there will be about 100 private security personnel on hand at Fort Marcy Park tonight. That’s in addition to SFPD, State Police and the Albuquerque Police Department’s horse patrol.</p>
<p>“With the outside agencies that will be assisting us, we’ll have 150 to 160 officers out there,” Lettenberger said.</p>
<p>The horse patrol is something that hasn’t been seen in years. Lettenberger said SFPD hasn’t had a horse patrol in more than 10 years. The steeds are being brought in primarily to patrol the area of the Cross of the Martyrs, a city park where in past years they’ve had some problems with people barbecuing and consuming alcohol, he said.</p>
<p>“That whole area will be closed off and we figured the easiest way to monitor the area is with a horse patrol,” he said.</p>
<p>At a city Public Safety Committee meeting last week, Lettenberger said there will be more than a dozen cameras placed around Fort Marcy Park that will be used to monitor crowd activity during the event.</p>
<p>In a phone interview, Lettenberger, who has worked close to 20 Zozobras, said he didn’t have the statistics in front of him but he estimated there have only been 1-3 arrests made each of the past few years.</p>
<p>“I would say that, in recent years, it has been a fairly peaceful event,” he said, adding that the arrests were for such offenses as disorderly conduct and underage drinking. “We’ll see how everything works this year, and will evaluate it at the end of Zozobra and look to see if we need to make any changes.”</p>
<p>In all, close to 180 SFPD officers will be working 12-hour shifts today. Some will be assigned duty around the Plaza, which will be closed to pedestrians after Zozobra.</p>
<p>Communication is key</p>
<p>Access to the Plaza area has been an issue in recent years, with some downtown merchants expressing concern about a rowdy crowd descending on downtown after Zozobra has gone up in smoke. Some hotel owners complained their guests were being scared off by the large crowd or had trouble getting through the Plaza to their hotels, and that revelers were coming in only to use their restrooms.</p>
<p>Sandoval did two things to try to rectify the problem. One, he added additional porta-potties at the site and near Paseo de Peralta, so now there are more than 100 available for use. The other, after meeting with downtown merchants last spring, he instituted a pass system that allows hotel guests and restaurant patrons to get to their destination by way of the Plaza.</p>
<p>Hotel guests and those with restaurant reservations are able to print out a pass or show an email confirmation on their cellphones to police officers that will allow them to pass through the Plaza. There’s also a phone number that can be called if there are any issues.</p>
<p>Sandoval said the passes were merely a convenience and, in years to come, there will be no need for a pass.</p>
<p>James Campbell Caruso, owner of both La Boca and Taberna La Boca restaurants downtown, said he typically closed his businesses during Zozobra when it was on a Thursday night – not a popular night for dining, anyway. But his restaurants will be open tonight.</p>
<p>“How could I close on Friday? It’s a huge revenue day,” he said.</p>
<p>Caruso said he doesn’t care much for the pass system, though he’s not worrying about it too much. “I always support local events,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s fair to close the Plaza when we’re inviting people downtown for an event … . My doors are open for everybody. I just need people to be able to get to my restaurant and park somewhere.”</p>
<p>Sandoval knows he can’t please everyone, but he’s done his best to address the concerns of downtown businesses by meeting with them and thinking outside the gloom box to find solutions.</p>
<p>“I’m willing to bend over backwards to show our downtown merchants that this event doesn’t have to be anything that is feared or despised, but can be an opportunity for all of us,” Sandoval said. “But we have to communicate.”</p>
<p>Kids from the New Era After School Academy on the southside of Santa Fe look at the head of Zozobra at the Sanbusco Market Center where “Old Man Gloom” was constructed. This year’s Zozobgra has a handlebar mustache. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>Keeping tradition alive</p>
<p>The economic benefit for the city, the Zozobra committee and the charities that benefit from the Kiwanis Club staging the event is one thing. But Sandoval says that, as the event’s organizer, he’s also tasked with preserving and celebrating the tradition.</p>
<p>That also figured in the decision to move the event to Friday night, away from a school night.</p>
<p>“Friday night was important not only to increase ticket sales, but we overwhelmingly heard from families that there was a generation of kids who were missing out on Zozobra. You cannot keep a tradition alive if you do not have a circulation of new blood and new fans.</p>
<p>“Zozobra belongs to the people of Santa Fe and we can’t ever forget that.”</p>
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tradition early indications move friday beneficial event thursday preevent ticket sales 10000 10 times presale year ago last year zozobra drew 32000 people sandoval said didnt want speculate many show year ready said weve planning wanted bring zozobra back people gates open 3 pm entertainment starts half hour later event officially begins 7 pm goes planned zozobra go flames 9 pm sketch shuster around 1929 shows barechested zozobra sketch display sanbusco market center santa fe leading tonights torching old man gloom eddie moorealbuquerque journal keeping promise sandoval 40 attached zozobra since 6 says lucky enough get invited zozobra build touching chicken wire hooked knew something wanted part said sandoval remained involved event ever since save years attending law school boston opening law practice seattle says lifelong love tradition played part bringing back hometown advertisement decade served former zozobra guru ray valdezs righthand man charge pyrotechnics makes spectacle zozobra spectacular took charge overall event last year following illfated 2012 event plagued high winds forced two delays festivities many attendees complained zozobra strayed far tradition also year ticket prices raised 20 apiece raising ire faithful increasingly irritable crowd sandoval said price increase came time zozobras flame flickering kiwanis clubs zozobra fund beginning rely cash reserves rainout would exhausted entirely even sandoval admits 20 experiment failure event attracted 13000 fort marcy park lowest draw record family five twenty dollar ticket youre talking one hundred dollars go see zozobra said although proceeds go help charities made promise schuster 50 years ago year would present zozobra citizens santa fe thats first duty hosting event important us provide zozobra affordable ticket price allow santa feans come enjoy theres rub sandoval says lowering ticket prices 10 last year meant event needed attract people zozobra stay solvent best chance move friday looked historical records thursday burn versus historical records friday burn felt necessary go friday order keep zozobra stable financial footing said question became friday head zozobra stares student new era school academy santa fe sanbusco market center years zozobra sports handlebar mustache eddie moorealbuquerque journal prefiesta event burning zozobra long tied opening fiesta de santa fe though theyre two separate events put different organizations still groups always worked partners still even though years zozobra moved nearly week labor day weekend sandoval says took 18 months settle date consulting firm hired research analyze options countless hours spent discussions city officials law enforcement fiesta council feedback received target audience citizens santa fe put everything table sandoval said one thing told team cant make assumptions whats best interest event whats best interest citizens santa fe keep tradition going moving back friday fiesta weekend zozos spot decades 1997 shooting considered explored found burden wed placing city staff law enforcement fiesta friday night enormous said found tenable situation dale lettenberger deputy chief santa fe police department agrees said friday labor day preferred date law enforcements perspective something kiwanis brought wanted look see makes difference friday fiesta impact would manpower moving back later september fiesta also considered would big break tradition zozobra prefiesta event want keep way sandoval said answer friday best suited host burning found reviewing history sandoval said decades zozobra held friday labor day weekend fiesta also part holiday weekend fact 1969 jacques cartiers last dance fire dancer zozobra burnt aug 29 said sandoval says new date fits nicely schedule events leading fiestas official opening sept 5 weeklong celebration said ray sandoval charge burning old man gloom poses hand zozobra sanbusco market center eddie moorealbuquerque journal safety first years past celebration gotten hand often fueled alcohol 1971 mayor george gonzales police chief felix lujan declared state emergency several hundred mostly young people clashed police around plaza fights broke rocks thrown police nine storefront windows reported broken police used tear gas clear streets disperse unruly crowd state police reinforcements summoned thengov bruce king called national guard protect state property unrest occurred sunday monday night year days zozobra burned 1976 things flared time problems started dozens mostly youths late teens early 20s got group motorcyclists saturday fiesta set widespread havoc numerous incidents fist fights rock bottle throwing broken storefront windows around plaza sam pick mayor time bunch bikers town university students liked fight remembered use tear gas lot windows broken plaza though wont admit person happy joe valdez owned glass company according newspaper reports 65 people arrested saturday another 15 sunday st vincent hospital officials reported unprecedented number people treated injuries year 86 friday night zozobra burned 99 saturday 100 sunday 93 monday time police chief larry moya said time consider moving zozobra another location perhaps santa fe high school took killing get event moved although different location following zozobras burning 1997 gunfire erupted plaza twentyyearold carlos santiago romero killed two people injured stray bullets police said gangrelated shooting prompted city council take action move event thursday hope would attract passive crowd sandoval thinks overreaction although horrible tragedy able overcome said dont think actions one individual change something like still sandoval said public safety primary concern would lying said havent sleepless nights want make sure people safe said move friday convinced going safe sandoval said 100 private security personnel hand fort marcy park tonight thats addition sfpd state police albuquerque police departments horse patrol outside agencies assisting us well 150 160 officers lettenberger said horse patrol something hasnt seen years lettenberger said sfpd hasnt horse patrol 10 years steeds brought primarily patrol area cross martyrs city park past years theyve problems people barbecuing consuming alcohol said whole area closed figured easiest way monitor area horse patrol said city public safety committee meeting last week lettenberger said dozen cameras placed around fort marcy park used monitor crowd activity event phone interview lettenberger worked close 20 zozobras said didnt statistics front estimated 13 arrests made past years would say recent years fairly peaceful event said adding arrests offenses disorderly conduct underage drinking well see everything works year evaluate end zozobra look see need make changes close 180 sfpd officers working 12hour shifts today assigned duty around plaza closed pedestrians zozobra communication key access plaza area issue recent years downtown merchants expressing concern rowdy crowd descending downtown zozobra gone smoke hotel owners complained guests scared large crowd trouble getting plaza hotels revelers coming use restrooms sandoval two things try rectify problem one added additional portapotties site near paseo de peralta 100 available use meeting downtown merchants last spring instituted pass system allows hotel guests restaurant patrons get destination way plaza hotel guests restaurant reservations able print pass show email confirmation cellphones police officers allow pass plaza theres also phone number called issues sandoval said passes merely convenience years come need pass james campbell caruso owner la boca taberna la boca restaurants downtown said typically closed businesses zozobra thursday night popular night dining anyway restaurants open tonight could close friday huge revenue day said caruso said doesnt care much pass system though hes worrying much always support local events said dont think fair close plaza inviting people downtown event 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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Late last year, lawyers for President Donald Trump expressed optimism that special counsel Robert Mueller was nearing the end of his probe of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. But if there was hope in the White House that Trump might be moving past an investigation that has dogged his presidency from the start, 2018 is beginning without signs of abatement. In fact, the new year set off a flurry of developments in the probes by Mueller and Congress ranging in importance from the trivial to the ominous.</p>
<p>Some recent events suggest Trump’s Russia woes aren’t going away anytime soon:</p>
<p>GO!</p>
<p>In a remarkable broadside against a fellow conservative, two Republican House members called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, criticizing his Justice Department for not cooperating with Congress and for leaks related to its Russia investigation.</p>
<p>Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio criticized Sessions in an opinion piece published Jan. 4 on the Washington Examiner’s website. The headline said: “It’s time for Jeff Sessions to go.”</p>
<p>They wrote that Sessions “has recused himself from the Russia investigation, but it would appear he has no control at all of the premier law enforcement agency in the world.”</p>
<p>Sessions, who was part of Trump’s presidential campaign, stepped aside last year from the department’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Sessions’ deputy, Rod Rosenstein, later appointed Mueller to take over the probe. A Sessions resignation would allow Trump to appoint a new attorney general, who would assume oversight of the probe from Rosenstein.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>DON’T GO!</p>
<p>A day after the lawmakers’ opinion piece, it emerged that Trump had tried to keep Sessions from recusing himself. The report that Trump directed his White House counsel, Don McGahn, to press Sessions just before he announced he would step aside added a new layer for the investigation.</p>
<p>The episode is known to Mueller and his team of prosecutors and is likely of interest to them as they look into whether Trump’s actions as president, including the May firing of FBI Director James Comey, amount to improper efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation. Investigators recently concluded a round of interviews with current and former White House officials, including McGahn.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>WILL HE, WON’T HE?</p>
<p>This week, it emerged that Mueller’s team has broached the prospect of an interview with Trump, prompting speculation about when, or if, that might happen and under what terms.</p>
<p>The Associated Press and other news organizations reported that Mueller had indicated interest in eventually speaking with Trump as the team investigates possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign and the potential of obstruction of justice.</p>
<p>Prior presidents, including Bill Clinton, have spoken with investigators, but it remains to be seen whether Trump will do so.</p>
<p>Although White House lawyers have pledged their cooperation in the last several months, with a hint of confrontation to come, Trump said this week that it “seems unlikely” that he’ll be interviewed and that “we’ll see what happens.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>PARTISAN DRAMA</p>
<p>In a sign that congressional probes are becoming ever more partisan, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee broke with the panel’s Republican chairman on Tuesday by releasing on her own the transcript of a closed-door interview with Glenn Simpson. Simpson is the co-founder of a political research firm that commissioned what became a dossier of allegations about Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.</p>
<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she acted because “the American people deserve the opportunity to see what he said and judge for themselves,” though Sen. Chuck Grassley, the committee chairman, called the move “confounding” and said it could undermine attempts to interview additional witnesses.</p>
<p>According to the transcript, Simpson said the former British spy who put together the dossier — essentially a compilation of memos — brought the document to the FBI in July 2016 because he was worried about “whether a political candidate was being blackmailed.” According to Simpson, ex-spy Christopher Steele flew to Rome to meet an FBI agent stationed there for his second debriefing before the November election. He said the FBI contact told Steele that there was renewed interest in his research because the bureau had corroborated some of the material. That testimony undercut Republican allegations that the dossier initiated the FBI’s Russia probe.</p>
<p>Trump has dismissed the dossier as false and a political hit job, and several Republican-led congressional committees are investigating the role the dossier played in the initial stages of the FBI’s investigation.</p>
<p>In a tweet Wednesday, Trump accused Feinstein of being “underhanded and a disgrace” for disclosing details of Simpson’s testimony about the dossier and its allegations about his ties to Russia during the presidential campaign.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>IVANKA TOO?</p>
<p>One member of the Trump inner circle who had avoided the klieg lights of the Russia investigation is the president’s daughter Ivanka. But that changed Thursday when the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said he wants the panel to interview her.</p>
<p>California Rep. Adam Schiff said Republicans have declined to invite many witnesses who would be valuable to the probe, including Ivanka Trump and several people who he says have additional information about a June 2016 meeting between Russians and the Trump campaign.</p>
<p>In the meeting at Trump Tower, several Trump campaign officials sat down with a Russian lawyer and others under the impression they might receive damaging information about the Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. The meeting has captured the interest of congressional investigators and Mueller.</p>
<p>The Los Angeles Times reported last week that Ivanka Trump talked to at least two of the meeting’s participants on the way out.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>TREASON!</p>
<p>In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday, Trump accused an FBI agent who was removed from Mueller’s investigative team of “treason.”</p>
<p>Peter Strzok, who had been assigned to work on Mueller’s team, was removed last summer following the discovery of anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with an FBI lawyer who was also assigned to the team.</p>
<p>It was not clear how the exchange reflected treason, which is defined in law as aiding an enemy of the United States.</p>
<p>Aitan Goelman, a lawyer for Strzok, called the president’s allegation “beyond reckless.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report.</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Late last year, lawyers for President Donald Trump expressed optimism that special counsel Robert Mueller was nearing the end of his probe of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. But if there was hope in the White House that Trump might be moving past an investigation that has dogged his presidency from the start, 2018 is beginning without signs of abatement. In fact, the new year set off a flurry of developments in the probes by Mueller and Congress ranging in importance from the trivial to the ominous.</p>
<p>Some recent events suggest Trump’s Russia woes aren’t going away anytime soon:</p>
<p>GO!</p>
<p>In a remarkable broadside against a fellow conservative, two Republican House members called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, criticizing his Justice Department for not cooperating with Congress and for leaks related to its Russia investigation.</p>
<p>Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio criticized Sessions in an opinion piece published Jan. 4 on the Washington Examiner’s website. The headline said: “It’s time for Jeff Sessions to go.”</p>
<p>They wrote that Sessions “has recused himself from the Russia investigation, but it would appear he has no control at all of the premier law enforcement agency in the world.”</p>
<p>Sessions, who was part of Trump’s presidential campaign, stepped aside last year from the department’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Sessions’ deputy, Rod Rosenstein, later appointed Mueller to take over the probe. A Sessions resignation would allow Trump to appoint a new attorney general, who would assume oversight of the probe from Rosenstein.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>DON’T GO!</p>
<p>A day after the lawmakers’ opinion piece, it emerged that Trump had tried to keep Sessions from recusing himself. The report that Trump directed his White House counsel, Don McGahn, to press Sessions just before he announced he would step aside added a new layer for the investigation.</p>
<p>The episode is known to Mueller and his team of prosecutors and is likely of interest to them as they look into whether Trump’s actions as president, including the May firing of FBI Director James Comey, amount to improper efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation. Investigators recently concluded a round of interviews with current and former White House officials, including McGahn.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>WILL HE, WON’T HE?</p>
<p>This week, it emerged that Mueller’s team has broached the prospect of an interview with Trump, prompting speculation about when, or if, that might happen and under what terms.</p>
<p>The Associated Press and other news organizations reported that Mueller had indicated interest in eventually speaking with Trump as the team investigates possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign and the potential of obstruction of justice.</p>
<p>Prior presidents, including Bill Clinton, have spoken with investigators, but it remains to be seen whether Trump will do so.</p>
<p>Although White House lawyers have pledged their cooperation in the last several months, with a hint of confrontation to come, Trump said this week that it “seems unlikely” that he’ll be interviewed and that “we’ll see what happens.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>PARTISAN DRAMA</p>
<p>In a sign that congressional probes are becoming ever more partisan, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee broke with the panel’s Republican chairman on Tuesday by releasing on her own the transcript of a closed-door interview with Glenn Simpson. Simpson is the co-founder of a political research firm that commissioned what became a dossier of allegations about Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.</p>
<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she acted because “the American people deserve the opportunity to see what he said and judge for themselves,” though Sen. Chuck Grassley, the committee chairman, called the move “confounding” and said it could undermine attempts to interview additional witnesses.</p>
<p>According to the transcript, Simpson said the former British spy who put together the dossier — essentially a compilation of memos — brought the document to the FBI in July 2016 because he was worried about “whether a political candidate was being blackmailed.” According to Simpson, ex-spy Christopher Steele flew to Rome to meet an FBI agent stationed there for his second debriefing before the November election. He said the FBI contact told Steele that there was renewed interest in his research because the bureau had corroborated some of the material. That testimony undercut Republican allegations that the dossier initiated the FBI’s Russia probe.</p>
<p>Trump has dismissed the dossier as false and a political hit job, and several Republican-led congressional committees are investigating the role the dossier played in the initial stages of the FBI’s investigation.</p>
<p>In a tweet Wednesday, Trump accused Feinstein of being “underhanded and a disgrace” for disclosing details of Simpson’s testimony about the dossier and its allegations about his ties to Russia during the presidential campaign.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>IVANKA TOO?</p>
<p>One member of the Trump inner circle who had avoided the klieg lights of the Russia investigation is the president’s daughter Ivanka. But that changed Thursday when the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said he wants the panel to interview her.</p>
<p>California Rep. Adam Schiff said Republicans have declined to invite many witnesses who would be valuable to the probe, including Ivanka Trump and several people who he says have additional information about a June 2016 meeting between Russians and the Trump campaign.</p>
<p>In the meeting at Trump Tower, several Trump campaign officials sat down with a Russian lawyer and others under the impression they might receive damaging information about the Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. The meeting has captured the interest of congressional investigators and Mueller.</p>
<p>The Los Angeles Times reported last week that Ivanka Trump talked to at least two of the meeting’s participants on the way out.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>TREASON!</p>
<p>In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday, Trump accused an FBI agent who was removed from Mueller’s investigative team of “treason.”</p>
<p>Peter Strzok, who had been assigned to work on Mueller’s team, was removed last summer following the discovery of anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with an FBI lawyer who was also assigned to the team.</p>
<p>It was not clear how the exchange reflected treason, which is defined in law as aiding an enemy of the United States.</p>
<p>Aitan Goelman, a lawyer for Strzok, called the president’s allegation “beyond reckless.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report.</p>
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investigation russian meddling 2016 election sessions deputy rod rosenstein later appointed mueller take probe sessions resignation would allow trump appoint new attorney general would assume oversight probe rosenstein ___ dont go day lawmakers opinion piece emerged trump tried keep sessions recusing report trump directed white house counsel mcgahn press sessions announced would step aside added new layer investigation episode known mueller team prosecutors likely interest look whether trumps actions president including may firing fbi director james comey amount improper efforts obstruct russia investigation investigators recently concluded round interviews current former white house officials including mcgahn ___ wont week emerged muellers team broached prospect interview trump prompting speculation might happen terms associated press news organizations reported mueller indicated interest eventually speaking trump team investigates possible coordination russia trump campaign potential obstruction justice prior presidents including bill clinton spoken investigators remains seen whether trump although white house lawyers pledged cooperation last several months hint confrontation come trump said week seems unlikely hell interviewed well see happens ___ partisan drama sign congressional probes becoming ever partisan top democrat senate judiciary committee broke panels republican chairman tuesday releasing transcript closeddoor interview glenn simpson simpson cofounder political research firm commissioned became dossier allegations trumps presidential campaign russia sen dianne feinstein said acted american people deserve opportunity see said judge though sen chuck grassley committee chairman called move confounding said could undermine attempts interview additional witnesses according transcript simpson said former british spy put together dossier essentially compilation memos brought document fbi july 2016 worried whether political candidate blackmailed according simpson exspy christopher steele flew rome meet fbi agent stationed second debriefing november election said fbi contact told steele renewed interest research bureau corroborated material testimony undercut republican allegations dossier initiated fbis russia probe trump dismissed dossier false political hit job several republicanled congressional committees investigating role dossier played initial stages fbis investigation tweet wednesday trump accused feinstein underhanded disgrace disclosing details simpsons testimony dossier allegations ties russia presidential campaign ___ ivanka one member trump inner circle avoided klieg lights russia investigation presidents daughter ivanka changed thursday top democrat house intelligence committee said wants panel interview california rep adam schiff said republicans declined invite many witnesses would valuable probe including ivanka trump several people says additional information june 2016 meeting russians trump campaign meeting trump tower several trump campaign officials sat russian lawyer others impression might receive damaging information democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton meeting captured interest congressional investigators mueller los angeles times reported last week ivanka trump talked least two meetings participants way ___ treason interview wall street journal published thursday trump accused fbi agent removed muellers investigative team treason peter strzok assigned work muellers team removed last summer following discovery antitrump text messages exchanged fbi lawyer also assigned team clear exchange reflected treason defined law aiding enemy united states aitan goelman lawyer strzok called presidents allegation beyond reckless ___ associated press writer eric tucker contributed report washington ap late last year lawyers president donald trump expressed optimism special counsel robert mueller nearing end probe russias interference 2016 election hope white house trump might moving past investigation dogged presidency start 2018 beginning without signs abatement fact new year set flurry developments probes mueller congress ranging importance trivial ominous recent events suggest trumps russia woes arent going away anytime soon go remarkable broadside fellow conservative two republican house members called attorney general jeff sessions resign criticizing justice department cooperating congress leaks related russia investigation reps mark meadows north carolina jim jordan ohio criticized sessions opinion piece published jan 4 washington examiners website headline said time jeff sessions go wrote sessions recused russia investigation would appear control premier law enforcement agency world sessions part trumps presidential campaign stepped aside last year departments investigation russian meddling 2016 election sessions deputy rod rosenstein later appointed mueller take probe sessions resignation would allow trump appoint new attorney general would assume oversight probe rosenstein ___ dont go day lawmakers opinion piece emerged trump tried keep sessions recusing report trump directed white house counsel mcgahn press sessions announced would step aside added new layer investigation episode known mueller team prosecutors likely interest look whether trumps actions president including may firing fbi director james comey amount improper efforts obstruct russia investigation investigators recently concluded round interviews current former white house officials including mcgahn ___ wont week emerged muellers team broached prospect interview trump prompting speculation might happen terms associated press news organizations reported mueller indicated interest eventually speaking trump team investigates possible coordination russia trump campaign potential obstruction justice prior presidents including bill clinton spoken investigators remains seen whether trump although white house lawyers pledged cooperation last several months hint confrontation come trump said week seems unlikely hell interviewed well see happens ___ partisan drama sign congressional probes becoming ever partisan top democrat senate judiciary committee broke panels republican chairman tuesday releasing transcript closeddoor interview glenn simpson simpson cofounder political research firm commissioned became dossier allegations trumps presidential campaign russia sen dianne feinstein said acted american people deserve opportunity see said judge though sen chuck grassley committee chairman called move confounding said could undermine attempts interview additional witnesses according transcript simpson said former british spy put together dossier essentially compilation memos brought document fbi july 2016 worried whether political candidate blackmailed according simpson exspy christopher steele flew rome meet fbi agent stationed second debriefing november election said fbi contact told steele renewed interest research bureau corroborated material testimony undercut republican allegations dossier initiated fbis russia probe trump dismissed dossier false political hit job several republicanled congressional committees investigating role dossier played initial stages fbis investigation tweet wednesday trump accused feinstein underhanded disgrace disclosing details simpsons testimony dossier allegations ties russia presidential campaign ___ ivanka one member trump inner circle avoided klieg lights russia investigation presidents daughter ivanka changed thursday top democrat house intelligence committee said wants panel interview california rep adam schiff said republicans declined invite many witnesses would valuable probe including ivanka trump several people says additional information june 2016 meeting russians trump campaign meeting trump tower several trump campaign officials sat russian lawyer others impression might receive damaging information democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton meeting captured interest congressional investigators mueller los angeles times reported last week ivanka trump talked least two meetings participants way ___ treason interview wall street journal published thursday trump accused fbi agent removed muellers investigative team treason peter strzok assigned work muellers team removed last summer following discovery antitrump text messages exchanged fbi lawyer also assigned team clear exchange reflected treason defined law aiding enemy united states aitan goelman lawyer strzok called presidents allegation beyond reckless ___ associated press writer eric tucker contributed report
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<p>CLAXTON, Ga. — Talmadge Yarbrough had just sat down at his desk and opened a box of pecans when he let out a gasp that could have been his last breath. He’d gone into cardiac arrest in his office, a co-worker called 911, and an ambulance drove him two miles to the small hospital that serves this rural community in southeast Georgia.</p>
<p>“I would have never lasted to get to Savannah or Statesboro,” Yarbrough said of the biggest cities near Claxton — each 30 to 60 miles away. “I firmly believe if that hospital wasn’t here, I wouldn’t be here.”</p>
<p>But like Yarbrough, the 10-bed Evans Memorial Hospital has fought to survive. That story is reflected nationwide — rural hospitals have long struggled, with patients who are older, suffer from chronic illnesses, and face few insurance options, if they’re insured at all. Most rural hospitals have a higher-than-normal percentage of Medicaid patients; expected cuts to the federal program for low-income residents will affect facilities everywhere, but experts and administrators are particularly worried about rural areas. Still more rural patients are on Medicare, for those 65 and older, but both programs’ reimbursements are lower than the cost of care.</p>
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<p>Now, as Republicans in Washington put forward long-anticipated plans to get rid of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, rural hospitals and communities are watching the debate closely. But if they didn’t fare too well under the ACA, many question whether they’d be better off under the plan backed by President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>At Evans Memorial, many blue-collar workers are unable to afford insurance but are too well-off for Medicaid, said chief financial officer John Wiggins. Such uninsured patients are perhaps the No. 1 problem for rural hospitals: Evans Memorial has been saddled with $3 million or more in unpaid medical bills in recent years.</p>
<p>But the hospital can’t and won’t turn away the uninsured — federal law prohibits it in emergencies. Recently, Dr. Kyle Parks performed an urgent gallbladder operation on an uninsured woman. “It is what we’ve always done — we take care of people, payer or no payer,” Parks said. “But we’re fighting a struggle to keep our little hospital open.”</p>
<p>Evans Memorial, which opened in 1968, has managed to keep operating by seeking new revenue — for example, a new wing for dementia patients scheduled to open soon. But the hospital was in the red for four years before finding itself $50,000 in the black this year.</p>
<p>“We do not have fear of the doors closing, but we remember those days and we never get comfortable,” said Nikki NeSmith, the CEO who doubles as chief nursing officer, in part to cut costs. “I don’t think we’ll be in that comfortable position anytime soon.”</p>
<p>Meantime, other rural hospitals have shuttered — 80 since 2010, mostly in the South and Midwest, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. A wave of closures also hit in the 1980s and early ’90s with changes in Medicare reimbursement, though Congress eventually increased that.</p>
<p>At Evans Memorial, about half the patients are covered by Medicare; 10 percent are on Medicaid. An uneven, state-by-state expansion of Medicaid has been a problem there and elsewhere. Georgia’s among 19 states that didn’t expand the program under the ACA. It’s never been a popular proposal in rural Georgia, where Trump saw his strongest support in the state. But Evans CFO Wiggins said many of his uninsured patients would have qualified under an expansion.</p>
<p>The ACA was intended to slash the number of uninsured patients seeking care they could never afford at hospitals. It succeeded in rural areas, where overall the rate of uninsured people fell by 8 percent since full implementation of the law in 2014, said Brock Slabach, of the National Rural Health Association. But it fell more in urban areas, in part because of the dearth of choices in the exchanges set up under the ACA. Thirty to 40 percent of rural communities have only one company from which to pick.</p>
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<p>Snap Lewis has been selling property and casualty insurance in Claxton for nearly four decades, and he said even he couldn’t find affordable coverage after the ACA was implemented. He took a part-time job driving a school bus, with health benefits. He wakes up at 4:45 a.m. for his morning route, then heads to his insurance office at 8. He’s back on a bus at 2 p.m. for his after-school route, and then sells insurance for another hour or so.</p>
<p>“I thought it was a very good plan,” Lewis said, “if you can stand the hours.”</p>
<p>But not all rural residents can — and many can’t find jobs with insurance at all. At Evans Memorial, 10 percent of patients are uninsured.</p>
<p>Beyond the insurance, Medicare and Medicaid problems, rural hospitals face death by a thousand paper cuts: a nationwide trend toward outpatient care, trouble recruiting staff, industry consolidation, low-patient volume, and a preference by private-insurance clients for newer hospitals.</p>
<p>When rural hospitals are forced to close, the effects reverberate, a 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation study shows. Such hospitals are often the community’s largest employer, leading to job losses. Doctors and others leave the area. Closures also make it hard to attract outside employers or investors who want quick access to emergency rooms.</p>
<p>And for many rural health care workers, the GOP’s new plan isn’t calming nerves. At Evans Memorial, administrators say they haven’t heard much in the proposal that sounds beneficial — besides perhaps the chance to allow Americans to shop for insurance across state lines. But officials recognize the tough task legislators have.</p>
<p>“I wouldn’t want to be in a position where I needed to say, ‘Here’s what we need to do to fix it,'” said Parks, the hospital’s surgeon. “Because I honestly don’t know what that would be.”</p>
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<p>Santana reported from New Orleans; Foody from Atlanta.</p>
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<p>Follow Rebecca Santana on Twitter @ruskygal.</p>
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claxton ga talmadge yarbrough sat desk opened box pecans let gasp could last breath hed gone cardiac arrest office coworker called 911 ambulance drove two miles small hospital serves rural community southeast georgia would never lasted get savannah statesboro yarbrough said biggest cities near claxton 30 60 miles away firmly believe hospital wasnt wouldnt like yarbrough 10bed evans memorial hospital fought survive story reflected nationwide rural hospitals long struggled patients older suffer chronic illnesses face insurance options theyre insured rural hospitals higherthannormal percentage medicaid patients expected cuts federal program lowincome residents affect facilities everywhere experts administrators particularly worried rural areas still rural patients medicare 65 older programs reimbursements lower cost care advertisement republicans washington put forward longanticipated plans get rid president barack obamas affordable care act rural hospitals communities watching debate closely didnt fare well aca many question whether theyd better plan backed president donald trump evans memorial many bluecollar workers unable afford insurance welloff medicaid said chief financial officer john wiggins uninsured patients perhaps 1 problem rural hospitals evans memorial saddled 3 million unpaid medical bills recent years hospital cant wont turn away uninsured federal law prohibits emergencies recently dr kyle parks performed urgent gallbladder operation uninsured woman weve always done take care people payer payer parks said fighting struggle keep little hospital open evans memorial opened 1968 managed keep operating seeking new revenue example new wing dementia patients scheduled open soon hospital red four years finding 50000 black year fear doors closing remember days never get comfortable said nikki nesmith ceo doubles chief nursing officer part cut costs dont think well comfortable position anytime soon meantime rural hospitals shuttered 80 since 2010 mostly south midwest according north carolina rural health research program wave closures also hit 1980s early 90s changes medicare reimbursement though congress eventually increased evans memorial half patients covered medicare 10 percent medicaid uneven statebystate expansion medicaid problem elsewhere georgias among 19 states didnt expand program aca never popular proposal rural georgia trump saw strongest support state evans cfo wiggins said many uninsured patients would qualified expansion aca intended slash number uninsured patients seeking care could never afford hospitals succeeded rural areas overall rate uninsured people fell 8 percent since full implementation law 2014 said brock slabach national rural health association fell urban areas part dearth choices exchanges set aca thirty 40 percent rural communities one company pick advertisement snap lewis selling property casualty insurance claxton nearly four decades said even couldnt find affordable coverage aca implemented took parttime job driving school bus health benefits wakes 445 morning route heads insurance office 8 hes back bus 2 pm afterschool route sells insurance another hour thought good plan lewis said stand hours rural residents many cant find jobs insurance evans memorial 10 percent patients uninsured beyond insurance medicare medicaid problems rural hospitals face death thousand paper cuts nationwide trend toward outpatient care trouble recruiting staff industry consolidation lowpatient volume preference privateinsurance clients newer hospitals rural hospitals forced close effects reverberate 2016 kaiser family foundation study shows hospitals often communitys largest employer leading job losses doctors others leave area closures also make hard attract outside employers investors want quick access emergency rooms many rural health care workers gops new plan isnt calming nerves evans memorial administrators say havent heard much proposal sounds beneficial besides perhaps chance allow americans shop insurance across state lines officials recognize tough task legislators wouldnt want position needed say heres need fix said parks hospitals surgeon honestly dont know would __ santana reported new orleans foody atlanta __ follow rebecca santana twitter ruskygal
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<p>PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORSKelly McBride teaches journalists from around the world how to do their jobs better. She is a faculty member for The Poynter Institute, where she trains reporters, photographers and editors in the skills of ethical decision-making, critical thinking and reporting and writing. She is the Ethics group leader and co-director of Poynter's annual Summer News Reporting and Writing Program for Recent College Graduates. Since coming to Poynter in 2002, she has researched how newsrooms cover rape, gay and lesbian issues, sex, pop culture and children. Kelly writes an ethics column for Poynter Online and speaks at National Writers Workshops and other journalism conferences around the country. She provides in-house workshops for newsrooms, including The Portland Oregonian, The Commercial-Appeal&#160;in Memphis&#160;and the Kansas City Star. Prior to coming to Poynter, Kelly was a reporter for 15 years, spending most of that time at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., where she covered the police beat for six years and the religion and ethics beat for eight years. She won awards for a series she wrote on gay Christians, a series on the ethics of fertility treatments and a series on faith and medicine. Kelly has a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and master's degree in religion from Gonzaga University. She is married to Shawn Jacobson, a photojournalist. They have three children.&#160; Sara Quinn teaches in the areas of visual journalism and leadership at The Poynter Institute. Before joining the faculty in 2003, Sara spent nearly 20 years working in newspaper newsrooms. Trained as a journalist, designer and illustrator, Sara believes in the power of fine photojournalism, great headlines, crystal-clear graphics, beautiful typography, compelling writing, investigative reporting, smart use of color and razor-sharp captions&#160;-- not necessarily in that order. At Poynter, Sara directs The Institute's annual Summer Visual Journalism Program for Recent&#160;College Graduates. She also leads Poynter's new Eyetrack study for newspaper design. She writes occasionally for Poynter Online and speaks at design and journalism workshops around the country. She provides in-house workshops for newsrooms and universities, including The Toronto Star, The Columbus Dispatch, The Tampa Tribune, Bowling Green State, Associated Press Managing Editors and more. A former assistant managing editor at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sara also spent&#160;11 years at her hometown newspaper, The Wichita Eagle. She has edited and designed magazines, books and new media and has taught design at the University of South Florida. She has won numerous awards from the Society for News Design and has been a juror for competitions such as SND, the Best of Cox, Alternative News Weekly, news photographers associations and others. She is a former board member for SND and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Sara has a B.A. in journalism and graphic design from Wichita State University and a master's in illustration from Syracuse University. Sara lives in Sarasota, not just because it's fun to say "Sara from Sarasota," but also because her commute to Poynter involves a beautiful drive each day over Tampa Bay on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. She is married to Paul Quinn. They have no kids -- just lots of funny, spoiled, little dogs.Anne Van Wagener is adjunct faculty for visual journalism and is committed to teaching journalists the finer points of color, typography and design in the news media. Anne provides practical lessons that teach participants the importance of understanding and interpreting content in visual storytelling. She emphasizes conceptual, creative thinking in a collaborative environment. She writes about design, information graphics, photojournalism, Web design and interactive media for Poynter Online in a column called The Design Desk. As Poynter's design editor, she conceptualizes, designs and produces projects for Poynter Online and Poynter's printed publications. A skilled visual journalist, Anne joined Poynter in 1997. Her previous five years were spent honing her craft at The Tennessean in Nashville, where she was the design and graphics editor, design coordinator and a page designer. She received the Award of Excellence from the Communication Arts Interactive Design competition in 2002, and designed Poynter Online, which launched in November of 2002. Anne received her B.F.A. from Ringling School of Art &amp; Design, Sarasota, Fla.Jacqui Banaszynski is the associate managing editor at The Seattle Times in charge of special enterprise projects and staff development. She also is the Knight Chair in Editing at the University of&#160;Missouri School of Journalism, where she is developing programs in editing and writing excellence. Banaszynski spent 18 years as a beat and enterprise reporter, then worked as a projects editor at newspapers in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. While at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, her series "AIDS in the Heartland," an intimate look at the life and death of a gay farm couple, won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing and a national Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. She was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer in international reporting for coverage of the Ethiopian famine and won the national AP Sports Editors deadline writing contest with a story from the 1988 Summer Olympics. Her work has exposed a fraudulent developer, explored the plight of Kurdish refugees in Iraq and followed a dogsled expedition across Antarctica. She has edited several award-winning projects, including the work of The Oregonian's Tom Hallman Jr., which won a ASNE Distinguished Writing Award in 1997, and "In Her Mother¹s Shoes" by Paula Bock and Betty Udesen of The Seattle Times. Their story, about women and AIDS in Zimbabwe, won the 2003 Ernie Pyle Award and four other national awards for writing, photography and online presentation. Banaszynski is a native of a Wisconsin farm village and a 1974 graduate of Marquette University. She teaches journalism workshops around the world, has taught at The Poynter Institute, API, the University of Kansas and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, and has served as a Pulitzer juror.ADDITIONAL FACULTY Pegie Stark Adam is a faculty affiliate at The Poynter Institute. She served as director of the Institute's Graphics and Design programs from 1991 to 1995. Previously she spent two years as a journalism professor at the University of Florida, was a graphics editor at The Detroit News, graphics director at the Detroit Free Press, and art editor/designer at the St. Petersburg Times. She is the author of the Poynter Paper, "Color, Contrast and Dimension in News Design," is co-author with Mario Garcia on "Eyes on the News," the book reporting the results of the Poynter Eye Trac research, and designer for Garcia's third edition of "Contemporary Newspaper Design" as well as "Newspaper Evolutions." Pegie is a design consultant and redesigned The Ottawa Citizen of Ontario, Canada, The Patriot News of Harrisburg, Pa., created Rush Hour, the alternative weekly for The Ottawa Citizen and is currently redesigning The Repositorty of Canton, Ohio, and the Ohio State University Alumni magazine. She has designed corporate communications materials including in-house newsletters for Bank One, Verizon and JPMorgan Chase. She has consulted with news organizations including The Salt Lake Tribune, The Hamilton Spectator, The Toronto Star, The Independent of London, The Ottawa Citizen, The Sowetan, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She is working with Garcia Media as a freelance designer and was part of the team that redesigned of The Staten Island Advance. She also collaborated with Poynter's Design Editor, Anne Van Wagener, to create the interactive version of "Color, Contrast and Dimension in News Design" for which they received the 2002 International Interactive Design Award from Communication Arts magazine. Pegie has taught drawing, lithography, painting, photography, design and typography, and has owned and operated a print shop. She was a visiting professor in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University 2002-2003, and is currently an associate professor in the visual communications area of the Dept. of Journalism and Media Studies, University of South Florida St. Petersburg. She is an Affiliate Faculty member at The Poynter Institute where she teaches. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts, printmaking, and an MA and Ph.D. in mass communications from Indiana University.Becky Bowers is a copy editor on the A Desk of the St. Petersburg Times. She handles wire copy from the world and nation, as well as local stories that make it to the front page. Two days a week she acts as news editor, pitching stories for the front at the afternoon meeting and overseeing the editing of the A section. She also coordinates one of the newsroom's in-house seminar programs, Times U, and recently led a session on in-house training at the national conference of the American Copy Editors Society. Her reporting background stretches to high school, when she was executive editor of the school newspaper and also produced a teen segment every two weeks for a local morning TV news show. She got her first pro reporting job at age 18, for the local daily, the Chico (Calif.) Enterprise-Record. She started as a general assignment reporter, moving to weekend police coverage and eventually covered a community college school board and the town of Paradise, Calif., all while studying journalism at California State University, Chico. She joined the Times in June 2002, moving to the A Desk in January 2003. The rest has been a blur of big news stories, from the invasion of Iraq to the explosion of the Columbia to last season's hurricanes. She founded and chairs the Tampa Bay chapter of the Association of Young Journalists. Her husband, Jeremy, is a prelaw student, computer technician and tech columnist for tbt*, a weekly publication of the Times.Roy Peter Clark is vice president and senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, where he has taught writing since 1979. He is a graduate of Providence College and has a Ph.D. in English from SUNY at Stony Brook. He worked at the St. Petersburg Times as a writing coach and served briefly as a reporter, feature writer and critic. He founded the Writing Center at Poynter, lending support to the writing coach movement. Since 1980, Roy has also taught writing to children and their teachers. That work is described in a book "Free To Write: A Journalist Teaches Young Writers," which was published in 1986 by Heinemann Educational Books. With Don Fry, he is the author of "Coaching Writers," published by St. Martin's Press. Bedford/St. Martin's Press published the second edition of "Coaching Writers" earlier this year. In 2002, Roy with Raymond Arsenault edited an inspirational collection of newspaper columns under the title, "The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968." He is the co-editor of "America's Best Newspaper Writing: A Collection of ASNE Prizewinners," and he was the director of the National Writers Workshops. In 1996, Roy wrote, "Three Little Words," a book-length AIDS narrative that appeared as a month long series in the St. Petersburg Times. In 1997, he wrote "Sadie's Ring," published in The Miami Herald, The Charlotte Observer, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His newspaper novel on millennial themes, "Ain't Done Yet," was commissioned by the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group and was published as a month long series in more than two-dozen newspapers. Aly Colón is Poynter's Reporting, Writing &amp; Editing group leader and the new "Best Newspaper Writing" Editor. He has been the Ethics group leader and Diversity Program director. He teaches ethical decision-making, how to connect with under-covered communities and how to find, report, write and edit the untold stories. He has written book chapters and articles about ethics and diversity issues and writes regularly for Poynter Online, including the "Talk about Ethics" column. He also edits the "Journalism with a Difference" column. He explores diverse approaches to covering news and presents regularly at the National Writers Workshops. In his consulting work, he teaches about ethics, diversity, writing and leadership. Prior to Poynter, he worked at The Seattle Times as Diversity reporter and coach. As a reporter, he focused on the "intersections" where people of different races, cultures, gender and abilities meet. As coach, he helped reporters and editors address diversity issues. He also was a Seattle Times assistant metro editor for urban affairs, health care, ethics&#160;and values, religion, and social issues. He worked at The Herald in Everett, Wash., as an executive editor over both business and features and at The Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich. Some of Aly's fellowships include: a Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in business at Columbia University, a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship in ethics, Knight Center for Specialized Journalism fellowships in health care and race, and a Robert Bosch Study Fellowship on European unity and German reunification. He got his B.A. in journalism from Loyola University in New Orleans and his M.A. in journalism from Stanford University. His wife, Sheila, is a marketing research consultant and a journalism educator. His 10-year-old daughter Christina plays the violin. His 3-year-old Standard Poodle, Biscuit, runs outside, sniffs the newspaper, then waits for Aly to pick it up.Lane DeGregory is a features writer at the St. Petersburg Times. She writes about people in the shadows: She went backstage with a middle-aged singer before his band opened for Molly Hatchet. She traced the path of a Pepsi bottle -- and the boy who stuffed a note in it 19 years ago. She hung out with a fugitive, followed Russian orphans, spent a week on a carnival midway with the fat man and the midget. Before joining the Times in 2000, DeGregory covered news and features for The Virginian-Pilot for 10 years. She also wrote a travel book: "The Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Outer Banks." Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including Pagan World Report, Rural Migration News, Cannibas News, Commercial Fisherman and Music Therapy Today. DeGregory received a master's degree in Rhetoric and Communication Studies and an undergraduate English degree, both from the University of Virginia. She was editor-in-chief of her daily college paper, The Cavalier Daily, and editor-in-chief of her high school's monthly paper, The Rockville Rampage. Under her tenure, both student papers won Gold Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.&#160; Andrew DeVigal is a tenure-track assistant professor at San Francisco State University. He teaches visual and online journalism and is the coordinator for the online sequence in the school's journalism department. DeVigal was a Visiting Professional with The Poynter Institute in Florida, teaching and collaborating in the area of New Media and Visual Journalism. Formerly, he was Web producer/site &amp; interface designer for Knight-Ridder New Media, ChicagoTribune.com. DeVigal is the founder of <a href="http://www.interactivenarratives.org/" type="external">InteractiveNarratives.org</a>, a site that celebrates the best of Interactive Journalism on the Internet. He is also co-principal of DeVigal Design, a San Francisco based interactive firm. Recent design work includes Albany's <a href="http://timesunion.com/" type="external">timesunion.com</a> and his J-Dept.'s online publication <a href="http://xpress.sfsu.edu/" type="external">Xpress Online</a>. Steve Dorsey is the design and graphics director at the Detroit Free Press and a part-time design consultant. He edits SND's quarterly Design Journal and was a member of their competition committee for eleven years; he served as the contest coordinator for the 21st edition (published in fall 2000). He's been a speaker at conferences and workshops around the U.S.; a visiting professor at Syracuse University; and a guest speaker at The Poynter Institute. Before Detroit, Steve spent time at the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader (named one of the World's Best Designed in 1998), the York (Pa.) Daily Record, The Syracuse (N.Y.) Newspapers and the Norwich (N.Y.) Evening Sun. He graduated from Syracuse University's S.I.Newhouse School and The Poynter visual apprenticeship program. Steve is currently deeply engaged in the Free Press' (and Knight Ridder's) installation of a CCi BaseLine system and he now dreams in Danish -- of Quark.Deanne Fitzmaurice, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 2005, has been a staff photographer at the San Francisco Chronicle for 16 years. She has been published in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News &amp; World Report, Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine, NY Times Magazine and People Magazine. She has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, National Press Photographers Association, Best of Photojournalism, Pictures of the Year International, California Press Photographers Association, Atlanta Photojournalism Competition, the Mark Twain Award in 2004 and was named the 2002 Photographer of the Year by Bay Area Press Photographers Association. She has participated in Day in the Life book projects and is a graduate of the Academy of Art College in San Francisco with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography.Kim Folstad is senior features editor at The Tampa Tribune. She has covered everything from the shootings at Columbine High School to the 2000 election debacle in Palm Beach County. She's worked as a copy editor, page designer, reporter, columnist and editor at papers large and small, and she is a proud alumna of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.Tom French began work as a St. Petersburg Times reporter soon after his graduation from Indiana University. He worked on several reporting beats and began the development of serial narrative projects that grew into books. The first was a newspaper series titled "A Cry in the Night," an account of a dramatic murder investigation and trial that French turned into a book called "Unanswered Cries." A year reporting in a public high school produced the series and book "South of Heaven." His series "Angels &amp; Demons," about the murder of three women visiting Florida, earned him a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. And in 2003, he was one of four Times staffers who spent months shadowing a handful of Tampa seventh-graders to research "13: Life at the Edge of Everything." They went to the kids' slumber parties, hung out at their homes, witnessed all the mini-dramas of growing up. Along the way, they gained access into a secret world normally hidden from parents. French is The Poynter Institute's first Writing Fellow. Dr. Mario R. Garcia is&#160; CEO and founder of Garcia Media. Mario has 35 years of design and teaching experience and has redesigned over 450 newspapers worldwide including The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit (Germany), El Mercurio (Chile), El Tiempo (Bogota, Colombia), The Miami Herald, The San Jose Mercury News, The Charlotte Observer, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dagens Nyheter and Gotesborgs Posten (Sweden) and many others around the world. He is the author of a dozen books including his most recent, "Pure Design." He has served as professor at Syracuse University (New York) and the University of South Florida; and, since 1984, has been a faculty member at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, where he founded the graphics department , has conducted EyeTrack research with Dr. Pegie Stark Adam, and is now a member of the Institute's National Advisory Board. He has won numerous awards from the Society of News Design as well as receiving their first Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as a newspaper designer. Most recently, he has summarized his insights and experiences about the emergence of tabloid formats worldwide in a publication titled "The impact of the Compact," available through the Garcia Media Web site, <a href="http://www.garcia-media.com" type="external">www.garcia-media.com</a>.Jeff Goertzen is a graphic journalist with the St. Petersburg Times. He graduated in 1986 from California State University at Fresno with a bachelor's degree in journalism and art. Since then, he has worked as a graphic artist at The Orange County Register and the Detroit Free Press. He spent over two years in Spain as a consulting graphics editor for El Mundo in Madrid and then on to El Periodico, Barcelona. In 1992, while at El Periodico, he was the recipient of the SND Gold Award for his coverage of the Barcelona Olympics. He has won over 30 awards for his work. Jeff has done infographics consulting for nearly 40 newspapers and magazines in Europe, Central and South America, and recently in Asia. His work as a freelance graphic artist took him to Israel to gather research on the Middle East conflict for an infographic project for The Dallas Morning News. He is frequently a guest speaker for various organizations including IFRA in Germany and IAPA/SIP for Spanish speaking journalists. Jeff is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.David Handschuh has been an award winning staff photographer at the New York Daily News for more than 16 years and has been an adjunct Professor of Photojournalism at New York University since 1995. Mr. Handschuh brings his passion for his craft to the community through his Focus on Mentoring project, which puts digital cameras into the hands of inner city youth and encourages them to look at their world in a new way. David is a Past President of the National Press Photographers Association, a 10,000 member organization of media professionals and is chairperson of the Media and Government Committee.&#160; He is currently education chair for the Northern Short Course, a three day long program for six hundred photographers. David continues his participation in his industry through extensive commitments to organizations that support professionals in the Journalism community. In 1994 Handschuh co-authored the "National Media Guide for Emergency and Disaster Incidents," which is in its third printing. David continues to work with Public Safety providers and the media on a national level to foster better relations between the two. He recently addressed 6,000 firefighters from around the country at the Fire Department Instructors Conference in Indianapolis, where he presented a multimedia presentation on the 9/11 attack in New York City. David suffered serious injuries and narrowly escaped with his life while covering the attack on the World Trade Center.&#160; During months of recovery, Handschuh implemented several programs to document and address long term physical and mental health issues for journalists that may arise from working at Ground Zero. For that work he was honored as a "Fellow of the Society," the highest honor bestowed by Sigma Delta Chi, the National Society of Professional Journalists. David has dedicated many years to studying the effects of trauma on journalists who go out and cover tough stories in the course of their daily work. As a Dart Fellow, Handschuh initiated the first-ever study of the effects of covering traumatic situations on his peers. Handschuh established and continues to support Peer Counseling Workshops, where members of the industry are trained to assist fellow journalists.&#160; That work garnered him the Donald Berreth Award from the National Public Health Information Council. David continues to receive recognition from his industry peers for his commitment and has participated in many professional educational opportunities.&#160; Handschuh was the only visual journalist invited to participate as an Ethics Fellow at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. He recently presented several programs and was involved with media training in bio-terrorism. He has been nominated three times for a Pulitzer Prize and has received numerous awards for his Photography from the National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year, New York Press Photographers Association, New York Press Club, Society of the Silurian’s, the Deadline Club, the National Headliners and many others. Jane Harrigan directs the journalism program at the University of New Hampshire, where she decided to try teaching "for a year" in 1985. Before that, she was an AP reporter and managing editor of the Concord Monitor, where many Poynter summer alums have gotten their first jobs. She is a writing and editing coach for various newspapers and wrote The Editorial Eye, an editing textbook used in many colleges and recently revised by Karen Dunlap of Poynter. She and her husband have traveled to every continent except Antarctica, lived in Japan for a year, and lived in London in 2004. She has taught travel writing in London and Cambridge, England. She wishes she had more time to write and to read something besides e-mail and student papers.Ed Hashey is a project manager, designer, and illustrator for Garcia Media. Ed is currently working on the redesigns of the Grand Rapids Press and the Portland Press Herald. Most recently, Ed managed the redesigns of The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, The Gulf News, Dubai and the Staten Island Advance. Other Clients include the Wall Street Journal Europe, the Wall Street Journal Asia, The Charlotte Observer, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Hamilton Spectator and OpinionJournal.com. Before joining Garcia Media, he was an illustrator and page designer for the Bradenton Herald. Ed is a graduate of the prestigious Ringling School of Art &amp; Design where he was selected as a Presidential Trustee Scholar for Illustration. He holds a BFA in Illustration and Graphic Design and was a 1997 Visual Journalism fellow at the Poynter Institute where he has returned every summer to teach visual journalism.Kenny Irby is an integral figure in visual journalism education. He's known for his insightful knowledge of photographic storytelling, innovative management ideas, and steadfast ethical thinking. He is the founder of Poynter's photojournalism program. Kenny teaches in seminars and consults in areas of photojournalism, leadership, ethics and diversity. He has traveled to Russia, South Africa, Singapore, Jamaica and Denmark preaching excellence in photojournalism. He chaired Unity '99 Visual Task Force, and was Poynter's representative to the Best of Photojournalism Committee. Among his many accomplishments, Kenny contributed as a photo editor to three Pulitzer Prize-winning projects while at Newsday; was a juror for the Society for News Design, Annual Pictures of the Year Competition, White House News Photographers' Competition and ASNE Community Service Photojournalism Award; has received numerous NPPA awards including the 1999 Joseph Costa Award for outstanding initiative, leadership and service in photojournalism, and the 2002 Presidents Award. Before coming to Poynter, Kenny was photographer and deputy director of photography, Newsday, Inc., photographer and assistant photo editor, The Oakland Press. J. Kyle Keener received a Polaroid Super Shooter in 1972 at the age of 12, and his love of photography was born. An avid basketball player, his first photos mimicked those he saw in magazines like Sports Illustrated. While in college at Central Michigan University, the majority of his photo education came from outside of class. Keener took photos for the yearbook and newspaper, and completed four newspaper internships. He also spent a lot of time in the library studying the work of the masters. Magazines such as Life and Look, among others, helped him to develop an appreciation for various types of photography. After graduating from college, Keener landed a job with the Kansas City Times, thanks to a recommendation from a good friend. He spent two years there before joining the staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer. His nine years with The Inquirer helped him to develop his own style and to define himself as a photographer. In 1995 Keener became a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press and in 2001 he gained the title of Chief Photographer. The same year he also began publishing his own column entitled "Keenervision." His portfolio encompasses a wide range of photographs and styles from fashion to features to photo illustrations and more. He has won numerous awards for his work; in fact, he was named National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Regional Photographer of the year six times. Once familiar with Keener's photography, it is easy to recognize his singular style. He integrates his artistic flair with a true respect for the subject, which often creates almost surreal looking pictures. Perhaps his most interesting photographs are his photo illustrations where he can control every aspect of the image. Keener views every day as a new challenge and is always striving to see the world in different light. He continues to grow and learn by constantly comparing his work to the best photographers, and he always keeps a camera nearby just in case. J. Kyle Keener sees his job as much more than just taking photographs. For him, photography has become a lifestyle and he embraces his opportunity to capture pieces of life with his camera. He works as a mentor to many aspiring photojournalists regularly teaches location lighting seminars for the NPPA's Northern Short Course, and lectures and judges at state photojournalism conferences. Beyond his employment at the Detroit Free Press, Keener feels that he must also act as a civil service employee. In his words, "My job is to bring beauty and truth to the public through photography, a role that I take very seriously. There is a powerful emotional connection formed with my subjects when the photographs are published and I get a great deal of satisfaction from having a strong connection to the thousands of readers of this newspaper."Mike Lang has been a staff photographer for the Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune since 1988. During that time, he's seen a lot of changes in the newsroom, but one of the biggest came five years ago when the Herald-Tribune launched it's own 24-hour cable news channel. TV and print journalists sharing a newsroom&#160;-- and sharing information&#160;-- was a new concept to many. Staff photographers were immediately called upon to shoot video and contribute content to this new 'experiment'. Since then, most of the photo staff has embraced the multi-media approach although they are still trying to define their role in this converging media. Mike was recently promoted to Director of Photography, overseeing a staff of ten photographers and three imagers in four bureaus.Scott Libin is a faculty member at The Poynter Institute. Scott's teaching specialties are leadership and ethical decision-making. He conducts training at television stations and journalism conferences nationwide in areas including newsgathering, writing, producing and management. From 1998-2003, Scott was news director of KSTP-TV, the ABC affiliate in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He joined that station after his first three years as a Poynter faculty member. He began work at Poynter in 1995 after nine years at WGHP-TV in the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, N.C., market, where he was vice president of news. Scott began at that station as a reporter, later working as weekend anchor, managing editor and news director. Early in his career, Scott worked in Washington, D.C., first as a congressional press secretary, then as a national correspondent for an independent television news bureau serving stations around the country. He holds a master’s degree in journalism and public affairs from American University in Washington D.C., and a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from the University of Richmond. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Joanne Mamenta spent her journalism career as a reporter, copy editor, features editor and managing editor at newspapers in the Midwest and the South. Today, she lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her family and pursues a freelance writing and consulting career.&#160;Christine Martin is the vice president for institutional advancement and director of communications for West Virginia University. She is the former dean of the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism at West Virginia University (WVU) and is the former co-director of the News Reporting &amp;Writing summer program at The Poynter Institute. Martin was the 1999 Freedom Forum Journalism Professor of the Year, the 1998 CASE/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teachers, West Virginia Professor of the Year and the winner of the 1997-98 West Virginia University Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching. Prior to becoming dean, Martin worked at WVU for 10 years as a print journalism professor and the director of the writing program. Before that she worked as a reporter for the Pittsburgh/Greensburg Tribune-Review and reporter, education writer and news editor the Uniontown (Pa.) Herald-Standard. During her years as a reporter, Martin won the National Education Writers Association Award for investigative journalism and an American Cancer Society Award for health reporting. Martin speaks nationally on writing and reporting, and offers workshops to newspaper groups across the region. She has presented seminars and workshops at Poynter, Columbia University, the New York Press Association and the National Writers Workshops. Martin is the recipient of two 1997-98 Freedom Forum Journalism Professors Publishing Grants&#160;-- one to complete the publication of a collection of biographies and oral histories of 16 women correspondents who covered the Vietnam War, and the other to co-produce a documentary film on the same subject. Martin holds a B.A. in English from California University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in journalism from the University of Maryland and is currently completing a Ph.D. there in American Studies.Dean Miller is the managing editor of the Post Register&#160;in Idaho Falls,&#160;an employee-owned 25,000 morning daily about 90 miles southwest of Yellowstone National Park. During his tenure, the Post Register has grown circulation while also winning such national awards as the 2003 National Headliners (News Series, 3d) 1998 James K. Batten Award for best civic journalism, and regional awards for the five-state northwestern region. As a reporter, he covered Idaho politics for 10 years, most of those for The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wa. His freelance credits include The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Nuclear Submarine Review, U.S. News &amp; World Report and High Country News. Miller is the co-author of "Cat Attacks: True Stories and Hard Lessons from Cougar Country," (Sasquatch Books, Seattle). He edited the "The Insiders' Guide to Greater Yellowstone," (Pequot Books, Westport, Conn.) and the final two volumes in the "Byways" series of SUV guidebooks. Miller was lead researcher for "Every Knee Shall Bow," Jess Walters' book on theRuby Ridge case, which was subsequently made into a television movie. At the National Writers Workshops in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oregon, Miller has been invited to teach a special session on improvement of writing at small newspapers. In 2004, he wrote and produced an interactive public meetings training course for local government officials, which is being taught in multiple sessions paid for the by the Best in the West journalism foundation. He has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, PBS and Monitor Radio as an expert on western politics and western predator management. Miller was born in Tennessee, reared in Vermont and educated at Cornell University. He is a lifelong skier, fly fisherman and whitewater boater.James M. Naughton is a geezer who retired in September 2003 after seven years as president of The Poynter Institute. Previously, he was executive editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. In 18 years at the newspaper, he also served as national/international news editor, metro editor, associate managing editor, deputy managing editor and managing editor. The newspaper was awarded&#160;10 Pulitzer Prizes for journalism done under his direction. From 1969 to 1977, Naughton was a correspondent in the Washington bureau of The New York Times. He covered urban affairs, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, the Nixon White House, the 1972 presidential candidacies of Edmund Muskie and George McGovern, Congress, the Senate Watergate Hearings, the House of Representatives Inquiry into the Impeachment of President Nixon, the Ford White House and the 1976 Republican candidacy of Gerald Ford. This made him, in effect, the Times' expert on losers. From 1962 to 1969, he was a police, rewrite, federal, city hall, politics and state legislative reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer. He worked as a police reporter for WGAR radio during a four-month newspaper strike. Naughton's love affair with newsgathering began his junior year in high school at The Painesville (Ohio) Telegraph; despite working there each summer from 1955 through 1960 as reporter, photographer, editor, editorial writer, copy editor and proofreader, he professes no culpability in its untimely death. He was born (in 1938) in Pittsburgh, raised in Cleveland and was graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1960. He served, with no discernible increase in hostilities, as an officer of the U.S. Marines from 1960 to 1962.&#160; He and Diana Naughton, parents of four children and two grandsons, now live -- get this -- on Coffee Pot Boulevard in St. Petersburg.&#160; Naughton was the recipient of a Sigma Delta Chi award for national correspondence in 1973 for writing of the fall of Spiro Agnew and a Press Club of Cleveland award for politics reporting in 1967 for writing of the rise of Mayor Carl Stokes. He was a visiting Marsh Professor of Journalism in 1977 and 1985 at the University of Michigan. He was the only newspaper editor in America who had a chicken machine in his office, perhaps because his most notorious moment as a journalist could have been when he wore a chicken head to a President Ford&#160;news conference in 1976.Robert Newman has been the design director of Fortune since September 2003. He was previously the creative director of Real Simple, and the design director of Inside, Vibe, Details, New York, Entertainment Weekly, the Village Voice, Guitar World and the alternative weekly Seattle Sun. He was also the editor of The Rocket, a monthly music magazine in Seattle. He has lectured and given workshops to publications, groups and conferences across the country. He is the past president of the Society of Publication Designers. He lives in Manhattan.Jeannie Nissenbaum celebrates her 13th year working at Poynter this year. She and her husband of 37 years, Dick (Clinical Pharmacy Director for Wellcare HMO), left the cold and cloudy Wisconsin winters in 1992 to settle in sunny Florida. While she loves nurturing all her students and taking care of the details of organizing seminars, Jeannie confesses that she misses the Midwest. A loyal Wisconsin Badger fan, she graduated with bachelor's in social work from UW-Madison. Her older son, David, followed in the family tradition by graduating from UW-Madison with a bachelor's and master's degrees in physical therapy and athletic training. He and his wife, Jill (his former professor!) were married in 2001, live in suburban Madison and welcomed baby Sophie into their home in April of this year! Her younger son, Andy, decided to go east and graduated from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently lives in the Provence region of France with his wife, Magali, and their adorable children, 2-year old son Rémy and 5-month old Lila. Jeannie is known around Poynter as "the party girl," probably a throwback to her days at UW. She's bipartisan in her professional football allegiance, rooting for both the Bucs and the Packers. She loves to cook and entertain but her real passion is playing bridge.Mizanur Rahman is an assistant metro editor at The Dallas Morning News, where he has worked since July 2003. He previously worked as an assistant city editor at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va. He grew up in Detroit, and graduated from the Journalism Institute for Minorities at Wayne State University in Detroit. He started as a writer for the Michigan Chronicle, a historic black newspaper in Detroit, before working as a reporter at suburban Detroit dailies. He was a 2002 Poynter Ethics fellow.Claire Regan is associate managing editor of&#160;The&#160;Staten Island Advance, a Newhouse newspaper in New York City. Claire joined the newspaper in 1980 as a wedding writer and subsequently worked as a feature writer, general assignment reporter, entertainment editor, Lifestyle editor, assistant news editor and design editor. Claire was named associate managing editor in October 2002 after directing a complete redesign of The Advance with Garcia Media in preparation for a Web reduction and new press. The project was successfully completed in under 10 months. She evaluates design and content of The Advance, oversees newsroom hiring and recruitment and supervises the college internship program. In September, Claire was elected to the board of directors of the New York State Associated Press Association. She serves on the executive council of the Deadline Club, the New York City chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists and is an assistant professor of journalism at Wagner College, her alma mater, teaching undergraduate courses in design, copyediting, newswriting, ethics and the history of journalism. She is also faculty adviser to Wagner's student newspaper, yearbook and literary arts magazine. Claire recently completed a high school journalism initiative sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and was a featured speaker at the annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association conference for high school students at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.&#160; Ron Reason has spent 20 years working hard to make newspapers better, as an editor, designer, educator and consultant. In the real world, he spent 10 years at the St. Petersburg Times, in various positions including copy editor, front page news editor, and design director. As an educator, Ron served The Poynter Institute as Director of Visual Journalism and Faculty Member ('95-99), and there he remains a visiting faculty member. At the university level, Ron taught for several years at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, and the University of South Florida in Tampa. As an independent consultant, Ron directed major redesigns for papers including The Dallas Morning News, Orlando Sentinel, Lincoln Journal-Star, Boston Herald, and others. He also created custom staff and management training programs for his redesign clients, as well as for the largest newspapers in Singapore, Iceland, Denmark, and Brazil. As a consultant with Garcia Media, Ron has redesigned The Harvard Crimson, Portland Press-Herald, San Francisco Examiner, Crain’s Chicago Business, and the 167-year-old Bristol Phoenix (and four sister weeklies around East Bay, Rhode Island). He also assisted with the 2002 redesign of The Wall Street Journal, where he focused primarily on the development of the new Personal Journal section. Miscellany: Ron is a graduate of the journalism program of Indiana University and the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editing workshop. He spent two months this winter on a "working sabbatical" in Buenos Aires, but otherwise is based in Chicago. George Rorick is a former member of the visual journalism faculty at The Poynter Institute. He is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of print, broadcasting, and interactive visual journalism. He focuses on content first and is a strong advocate for new ideas and innovative design. He encourages better use of today's technology to expand creativity and productivity. George believes in change and cross training, and specializes in improving working relationships and communications between newsrooms and visual journalists. He helped pioneer the use of the Macintosh computer in newsrooms. He introduced the team concept of assigning researchers, graphics editors, and graphics reporters to work in conjunction with the newsroom. George is the winner of numerous awards for graphics and design; 1994 Knight-Ridder entrepreneur of the year award for the direction of the KRT Graphics service, launching "Faces in the News," the KRT European Graphics Service, and News In Motion. He was a consultant to El Mundo, Spain; director of, KRT Graphics, KRT European Graphics, News In Motion, Washington, D.C.; assistant managing editor-graphics, The Detroit News; graphics director, St. Petersburg Times; part of the design and graphics team for USA TODAY, where he designed the original weather page; art director, The Denver Post and The Lansing State Journal; artist, The Herald Palladium, Benton Harbor, St Joseph, Mich. George is a graduate of Westport Conn., School of Commercial Art, Design, and Illustration.</p>
<p>Adithya Sambamurthy I was born in Chennai, India, but grew up in Dortmund, Germany, where I graduated from high school. I became serious about a career in photojournalism as a sophomore at the University of Texas, where I worked on the student newspaper for three years, and have since photographed for publications in the United States, Germany and in India. I hope to continue improving as a visual journalist and want to ultimately work on issues concerning the various communities of South Asia, the European Union and the United States.Chip Scanlan is senior faculty in the Reporting, Writing &amp;&#160;Editing group at The Poynter Institute and director of the National Writers Workshops. Chip joined the faculty in 1994 from the Knight Ridder Newspapers Washington Bureau where he was a national correspondent. From 1994-2000, he directed Poynter's writing programs and edited the Best Newspaper Writing series. In two decades of reporting, he earned 16 awards including a Robert F. Kennedy award for international journalism. Chip is a graduate of Fairfield University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and spent the first years of his career at The Milford (Conn.) Citizen, Manchester (Conn.) Journal-Inquirer and Delaware State News. From 1977-85, he was a reporter at the Providence Journal-Bulletin, where he helped create and run the paper's writing program and edited "How I Wrote the Story," a collection of newswriting accounts. From 1985-89, he was a feature writer at St. Petersburg Times. His articles, essays and short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, among them The American Scholar, Redbook, The Washington Post Magazine, The Writer, The Mississippi Review Web, Fiction Quarterly and The Boston Globe Magazine, and the online magazine Salon. He is the author of "Reporting and Writing: Basics for the 21st Century," (Oxford University Press) and co-editor of "America's Best Newspaper Writing: A Collection of ASNE Prizewinners" (Bedford/St. Martin's). In 2003, Chip and his wife, Katharine Fair, wrote "The Holly Wreath Man," a 25-part Christmas-themed serialized novel for newspapers that appeared in 27 papers nationwide. Chip and Kathy have three daughters and live on St. Pete Beach.D. Alice Sky is a Senior Producer, City Group sites, for Knight Ridder Digital. She has primary responsibility for the Kansas.com, AberdeenNews.com, GrandForksHerald.com and Belleville.com Web sites. Kansas.com was recently honored by the Kansas Press Association. Previously, Sky worked for The Wichita (KS) Eagle as a Web site leader, news editor and presentation team designer. Sky is the recipient of the President¹s Award for Excellence in Volunteerism, and the Society of Newspaper Design bronze and silver medals. Designated a Bill Brown Master Editor at Kansas State University, she received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism and mass communications.Jennette Smith is the program assistant for Visual Journalism at Poynter. She began working at Poynter in August 1990 as a faculty secretary in the Management and Leadership programs. Jennette is a native of Florida who grew up in New Jersey and New York.&#160; She moved to St. Petersburg in 1979 and has held a variety of positions with the City of St. Petersburg, the now defunct Fotomat and the St. Petersburg Times.</p>
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<p>Alysia Tate is editor and publisher of The Chicago Reporter, a non-profit, investigative magazine that&#160;focuses on race and poverty issues and is published by the Community Renewal Society. Alysia joined The Reporter staff in 1998, after covering regional news trends at the Daily Herald, the third-largest paper in Illinois. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Clarion Award from the National Association for Women in Communications and the Unity Award in Media from Lincoln University of Missouri. She was named in the 2002 "40 Under 40" listing in Crain's Chicago Business, and makes frequent appearances on local media and before civic and community-based groups. Born and raised in Denver, Colo., Alysia earned her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She is the former vice president-print for the Chicago Association of Black Journalists.</p>
<p>Al Tompkins is The Poynter Institute's group leader for Broadcasting and Online. More than 10,000 people a day read his online journalism story idea column "Al's Morning Meeting" on Poynter Online. Tompkins is the author of "Aim For The Heart: A Guide for TV Producers and Reporters," which is being used by more than 26 universities as their main broadcast writing textbook. He co-authored three editions of the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation's "Newsroom Ethics" workbook. Al joined Poynter's faculty from his job as news director at WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tenn. For 24 years, he worked as a photojournalist, reporter, producer, anchor, assistant news director, special projects/investigations director, documentary producer and news director.&#160; His hour long documentary "Saving Stefani" was featured as a special Dateline NBC and was awarded the 1999 Clarion Award. The 10-year documentary project tells the story of a young girl&#160;whom Al and a medical team found dying in a Guatemala hospital. Al has trained more than 9,000 local television news producers, reporters, photojournalists and managers in 30 states in his One-Day Storytelling Workshops. During his two and a half decades as a journalist, Al has won The National Emmy, The Peabody Award (group award), the Japan Prize, The American Bar Association's Silver Gavel for Court Reporting, seven National Headliner Awards, two Iris Awards, and the Robert F. Kennedy award for international reporting.Butch Ward&#160;-- On Ascension Thursday, 1952, I was born "William" at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore. Within four days, my father gave me the nickname that nuns, editors and at least six mortgage companies have since attempted to convince me to abandon. 'People won't take you seriously,' they told me. So I kept the name and became a journalist. Actually, I first became an altar boy, a guitar-player, a part-time clothing salesman and the lead (male) in 'Oklahoma.' For two weeks one summer, I worked for a buddy whose business was waterproofing basements. That was good preparation for my first newspaper job (the part about going out of business). But I'm jumping ahead again. After graduating from Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore, I spent four years under the Golden Dome at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. I graduated with a degree in English, a finer appreciation for the forward pass and no clear career track. Journalism and me: a marriage made in heaven. Truth is, journalism promised me the chance to do what a lot of us in the early 1970s talked about doing: the opportunity to make a difference. So when The News American in Baltimore offered me a summer internship and then the opportunity to return full-time on the rewrite desk, I never looked back. (Now at 52, I feel like Lot's wife: I don't dare look back.) In the best tradition of American newspapers, The News American gave me endless opportunities (and countless riches) -- and over the next eight years, I took advantage of them all: rewrite, suburban editor, metro editor, news editor, managing editor. The News American also gave me my first experience in downsizing a newsroom, and afterward I decided to seek new opportunities in Philadelphia.&#160; The Inquirer hired me in late 1981, and we agreed that I would report for work on Feb. 1, 1982. Three days before I arrived, The Philadelphia Bulletin announced it was folding. (Just a coincidence, I'm sure.) In Philadelphia, the opportunities continued.&#160; For the next five years, I was New Jersey editor, helping the paper discover the wonderful world of zoning against well-established local competition. In 1987, I became the assistant managing editor for the Sunday paper; in 1989, AME in Features; in 1992, metropolitan editor. Then in 1994, I took a detour and spent a year on a Knight-Ridder reengineering task force before returning to Philadelphia in 1995 as assistant to the publisher. Finally, in July 1996, I returned from the dark side to become managing editor of The Inquirer. I held that job until July 2001 when I accepted a company-wide buyout. I spent the next three years working with the media from the other side -- as vice president for corporate and public affairs at Independence Blue Cross. With that experience in hand, I've joined Poynter with the goal of helping journalism become a more effective tool for our democracy. (No sense aiming low.) Along the way, I accomplished some really important things: I married Donna Dixon in 1975, and together we're enjoying our son, Coley, 25, and our daughter, Caitlin, 19. We belong to a dynamic parish, St. John Chrysostom, in Wallingford, Pa., and every month I return to Baltimore to play in a band of rock star wannabees. (We've opened for the Village People.) That's it.&#160; I'm still called Butch and despite that, at least American Express takes me seriously. And yes, I still believe that I can make a difference.Keith Woods is the dean of the faculty at The Poynter Institute. He had been the Reporting, Writing &amp; Editing group leader at Poynter. He is a former sportswriter, news reporter, city editor, editorial writer, and columnist who worked his way through those jobs in 16 years at the New Orleans Times-Picayune. His professional writing won statewide and national awards, including the 1994 National Headline-award he shared with colleagues for the 1993 series "Together Apart/The Myth of Race." He joined Poynter in 1995 and for seven years led the Institute's teaching on diversity and coverage of race relations as part of the ethics faculty. In his time at Poynter, he has written columns and essays on topics ranging from fatherhood to race relations to the emerging journalism of the South African press. Keith leads seminars for columnists and editorial writers, college graduates and journalists who must handle stories about race. He&#160;was the editor of "Best Newspaper Writing," the annual collection of prize-winning stories and photojournalism selected by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He is a regular speaker at the National Writers Workshops each spring and consults with newspapers and television stations on matters of diversity, race relations, writing and editing. He has written extensively about how news organizations handle race relations and diversity in the newsroom, boardrooms, newspapers and broadcasts. He is married to WTVT-TV anchor Denise White. Their blended family includes five wonderful children ages 3 to 23, a sickly cat and a neurotic cocker spaniel.</p>
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university married shawn jacobson photojournalist three children160 sara quinn teaches areas visual journalism leadership poynter institute joining faculty 2003 sara spent nearly 20 years working newspaper newsrooms trained journalist designer illustrator sara believes power fine photojournalism great headlines crystalclear graphics beautiful typography compelling writing investigative reporting smart use color razorsharp captions160 necessarily order poynter sara directs institutes annual summer visual journalism program recent160college graduates also leads poynters new eyetrack study newspaper design writes occasionally poynter online speaks design journalism workshops around country provides inhouse workshops newsrooms universities including toronto star columbus dispatch tampa tribune bowling green state associated press managing editors former assistant managing editor sarasota heraldtribune sara also spent16011 years hometown newspaper wichita eagle edited designed magazines books new media taught design university south florida numerous awards society news design juror competitions snd best cox alternative news weekly news photographers associations others former board member snd american institute graphic arts sara ba journalism graphic design wichita state university masters illustration syracuse university sara lives sarasota fun say sara sarasota also commute poynter involves beautiful drive day tampa bay sunshine skyway bridge married paul quinn kids lots funny spoiled little dogsanne van wagener adjunct faculty visual journalism committed teaching journalists finer points color typography design news media anne provides practical lessons teach participants importance understanding interpreting content visual storytelling emphasizes conceptual creative thinking collaborative environment writes design information graphics photojournalism web design interactive media poynter online column called design desk poynters design editor conceptualizes designs produces projects poynter online poynters printed publications skilled visual journalist anne joined poynter 1997 previous five years spent honing craft tennessean nashville design graphics editor design coordinator page designer received award excellence communication arts interactive design competition 2002 designed poynter online launched november 2002 anne received bfa ringling school art amp design sarasota flajacqui banaszynski associate managing editor seattle times charge special enterprise projects staff development also knight chair editing university of160missouri school journalism developing programs editing writing excellence banaszynski spent 18 years beat enterprise reporter worked projects editor newspapers midwest pacific northwest st paul pioneer press series aids heartland intimate look life death gay farm couple 1988 pulitzer prize feature writing national distinguished service award society professional journalists finalist 1986 pulitzer international reporting coverage ethiopian famine national ap sports editors deadline writing contest story 1988 summer olympics work exposed fraudulent developer explored plight kurdish refugees iraq followed dogsled expedition across antarctica edited several awardwinning projects including work oregonians tom hallman jr asne distinguished writing award 1997 mother¹s shoes paula bock betty udesen seattle times story women aids zimbabwe 2003 ernie pyle award four national awards writing photography online presentation banaszynski native wisconsin farm village 1974 graduate marquette university teaches journalism workshops around world taught poynter institute api university kansas university st thomas st paul served pulitzer juroradditional faculty pegie stark adam faculty affiliate poynter institute served director institutes graphics design programs 1991 1995 previously spent two years journalism professor university florida graphics editor detroit news graphics director detroit free press art editordesigner st petersburg times author poynter paper color contrast dimension news design coauthor mario garcia eyes news book reporting results poynter eye trac research designer garcias third edition contemporary newspaper design well newspaper evolutions pegie design consultant redesigned ottawa citizen ontario canada patriot news harrisburg pa created rush hour alternative weekly ottawa citizen currently redesigning repositorty canton ohio ohio state university alumni magazine designed corporate communications materials including inhouse newsletters bank one verizon jpmorgan chase consulted news organizations including salt lake tribune hamilton spectator toronto star independent london ottawa citizen sowetan st louis postdispatch working garcia media freelance designer part team redesigned staten island advance also collaborated poynters design editor anne van wagener create interactive version color contrast dimension news design received 2002 international interactive design award communication arts magazine pegie taught drawing lithography painting photography design typography owned operated print shop visiting professor newhouse school public communications syracuse university 20022003 currently associate professor visual communications area dept journalism media studies university south florida st petersburg affiliate faculty member poynter institute teaches holds bfa fine arts printmaking phd mass communications indiana universitybecky bowers copy editor desk st petersburg times handles wire copy world nation well local stories make front page two days week acts news editor pitching stories front afternoon meeting overseeing editing section also coordinates one newsrooms inhouse seminar programs times u recently led session inhouse training national conference american copy editors society reporting background stretches high school executive editor school newspaper also produced teen segment every two weeks local morning tv news show got first pro reporting job age 18 local daily chico calif enterpriserecord started general assignment reporter moving weekend police coverage eventually covered community college school board town paradise calif studying journalism california state university chico joined times june 2002 moving desk january 2003 rest blur big news stories invasion iraq explosion columbia last seasons hurricanes founded chairs tampa bay chapter association young journalists husband jeremy prelaw student computer technician tech columnist tbt weekly publication timesroy peter clark vice president senior scholar poynter institute taught writing since 1979 graduate providence college phd english suny stony brook worked st petersburg times writing coach served briefly reporter feature writer critic founded writing center poynter lending support writing coach movement since 1980 roy also taught writing children teachers work described book free write journalist teaches young writers published 1986 heinemann educational books fry author coaching writers published st martins press bedfordst martins press published second edition coaching writers earlier year 2002 roy raymond arsenault edited inspirational collection newspaper columns title changing south gene patterson journalism civil rights 19601968 coeditor americas best newspaper writing collection asne prizewinners director national writers workshops 1996 roy wrote three little words booklength aids narrative appeared month long series st petersburg times 1997 wrote sadies ring published miami herald charlotte observer minneapolis star tribune philadelphia inquirer newspaper novel millennial themes aint done yet commissioned new york times regional newspaper group published month long series twodozen newspapers aly colón poynters reporting writing amp editing group leader new best newspaper writing editor ethics group leader diversity program director teaches ethical decisionmaking connect undercovered communities find report write edit untold stories written book chapters articles ethics diversity issues writes regularly poynter online including talk ethics column also edits journalism difference column explores diverse approaches covering news presents regularly national writers workshops consulting work teaches ethics diversity writing leadership prior poynter worked seattle times diversity reporter coach reporter focused intersections people different races cultures gender abilities meet coach helped reporters editors address diversity issues also seattle times assistant metro editor urban affairs health care ethics160and values religion social issues worked herald everett wash executive editor business features oakland press pontiac mich alys fellowships include knightbagehot fellowship business columbia university national endowment humanities fellowship ethics knight center specialized journalism fellowships health care race robert bosch study fellowship european unity german reunification got ba journalism loyola university new orleans journalism stanford university wife sheila marketing research consultant journalism educator 10yearold daughter christina plays violin 3yearold standard poodle biscuit runs outside sniffs newspaper waits aly pick uplane degregory features writer st petersburg times writes people shadows went backstage middleaged singer band opened molly hatchet traced path pepsi bottle boy stuffed note 19 years ago hung fugitive followed russian orphans spent week carnival midway fat man midget joining times 2000 degregory covered news features virginianpilot 10 years also wrote travel book insiders guide north carolinas outer banks work appeared variety publications including pagan world report rural migration news cannibas news commercial fisherman music therapy today degregory received masters degree rhetoric communication studies undergraduate english degree university virginia editorinchief daily college paper cavalier daily editorinchief high schools monthly paper rockville rampage tenure student papers gold crown awards columbia scholastic press association160 andrew devigal tenuretrack assistant professor san francisco state university teaches visual online journalism coordinator online sequence schools journalism department devigal visiting professional poynter institute florida teaching collaborating area new media visual journalism formerly web producersite amp interface designer knightridder new media chicagotribunecom devigal founder interactivenarrativesorg site celebrates best interactive journalism internet also coprincipal devigal design san francisco based interactive firm recent design work includes albanys timesunioncom jdepts online publication xpress online steve dorsey design graphics director detroit free press parttime design consultant edits snds quarterly design journal member competition committee eleven years served contest coordinator 21st edition published fall 2000 hes speaker conferences workshops around us visiting professor syracuse university guest speaker poynter institute detroit steve spent time lexington ky heraldleader named one worlds best designed 1998 york pa daily record syracuse ny newspapers norwich ny evening sun graduated syracuse universitys sinewhouse school poynter visual apprenticeship program steve currently deeply engaged free press knight ridders installation cci baseline system dreams danish quarkdeanne fitzmaurice pulitzer prize winner 2005 staff photographer san francisco chronicle 16 years published time newsweek us news amp world report sports illustrated espn magazine ny times magazine people magazine awards society professional journalists national press photographers association best photojournalism pictures year international california press photographers association atlanta photojournalism competition mark twain award 2004 named 2002 photographer year bay area press photographers association participated day life book projects graduate academy art college san francisco bachelor fine arts photographykim folstad senior features editor tampa tribune covered everything shootings columbine high school 2000 election debacle palm beach county shes worked copy editor page designer reporter columnist editor papers large small proud alumna university missouri school journalismtom french began work st petersburg times reporter soon graduation indiana university worked several reporting beats began development serial narrative projects grew books first newspaper series titled cry night account dramatic murder investigation trial french turned book called unanswered cries year reporting public high school produced series book south heaven series angels amp demons murder three women visiting florida earned pulitzer prize feature writing 2003 one four times staffers spent months shadowing handful tampa seventhgraders research 13 life edge everything went kids slumber parties hung homes witnessed minidramas growing along way gained access secret world normally hidden parents french poynter institutes first writing fellow dr mario r garcia is160 ceo founder garcia media mario 35 years design teaching experience redesigned 450 newspapers worldwide including wall street journal wall street journal europe asian wall street journal die zeit germany el mercurio chile el tiempo bogota colombia miami herald san jose mercury news charlotte observer philadelphia inquirer dagens nyheter gotesborgs posten sweden many others around world author dozen books including recent pure design served professor syracuse university new york university south florida since 1984 faculty member poynter institute media studies founded graphics department conducted eyetrack research dr pegie stark adam member institutes national advisory board numerous awards society news design well receiving first lifetime achievement award work newspaper designer recently summarized insights experiences emergence tabloid formats worldwide publication titled impact compact available garcia media web site wwwgarciamediacomjeff goertzen graphic journalist st petersburg times graduated 1986 california state university fresno bachelors degree journalism art since worked graphic artist orange county register detroit free press spent two years spain consulting graphics editor el mundo madrid el periodico barcelona 1992 el periodico recipient snd gold award coverage barcelona olympics 30 awards work jeff done infographics consulting nearly 40 newspapers magazines europe central south america recently asia work freelance graphic artist took israel gather research middle east conflict infographic project dallas morning news frequently guest speaker various organizations including ifra germany iapasip spanish speaking journalists jeff fluent spanish portuguesedavid handschuh award winning staff photographer new york daily news 16 years adjunct professor photojournalism new york university since 1995 mr handschuh brings passion craft community focus mentoring project puts digital cameras hands inner city youth encourages look world new way david past president national press photographers association 10000 member organization media professionals chairperson media government committee160 currently education chair northern short course three day long program six hundred photographers david continues participation industry extensive commitments organizations support professionals journalism community 1994 handschuh coauthored national media guide emergency disaster incidents third printing david continues work public safety providers media national level foster better relations two recently addressed 6000 firefighters around country fire department instructors conference indianapolis presented multimedia presentation 911 attack new york city david suffered serious injuries narrowly escaped life covering attack world trade center160 months recovery handschuh implemented several programs document address long term physical mental health issues journalists may arise working ground zero work honored fellow society highest honor bestowed sigma delta chi national society professional journalists david dedicated many years studying effects trauma journalists go cover tough stories course daily work dart fellow handschuh initiated firstever study effects covering traumatic situations peers handschuh established continues support peer counseling workshops members industry trained assist fellow journalists160 work garnered donald berreth award national public health information council david continues receive recognition industry peers commitment participated many professional educational opportunities160 handschuh visual journalist invited participate ethics fellow poynter institute media studies recently presented several programs involved media training bioterrorism nominated three times pulitzer prize received numerous awards photography national press photographers association pictures year new york press photographers association new york press club society silurians deadline club national headliners many others jane harrigan directs journalism program university new hampshire decided try teaching year 1985 ap reporter managing editor concord monitor many poynter summer alums gotten first jobs writing editing coach various newspapers wrote editorial eye editing textbook used many colleges recently revised karen dunlap poynter husband traveled every continent except antarctica lived japan year lived london 2004 taught travel writing london cambridge england wishes time write read something besides email student papersed hashey project manager designer illustrator garcia media ed currently working redesigns grand rapids press portland press herald recently ed managed redesigns wall street journal miami herald gulf news dubai staten island advance clients include wall street journal europe wall street journal asia charlotte observer las vegas reviewjournal hamilton spectator opinionjournalcom joining garcia media illustrator page designer bradenton herald ed graduate prestigious ringling school art amp design selected presidential trustee scholar illustration holds bfa illustration graphic design 1997 visual journalism fellow poynter institute returned every summer teach visual journalismkenny irby integral figure visual journalism education hes known insightful knowledge photographic storytelling innovative management ideas steadfast ethical thinking founder poynters photojournalism program kenny teaches seminars consults areas photojournalism leadership ethics diversity traveled russia south africa singapore jamaica denmark preaching excellence photojournalism chaired unity 99 visual task force poynters representative best photojournalism committee among many accomplishments kenny contributed photo editor three pulitzer prizewinning projects newsday juror society news design annual pictures year competition white house news photographers competition asne community service photojournalism award received numerous nppa awards including 1999 joseph costa award outstanding initiative leadership service photojournalism 2002 presidents award coming poynter kenny photographer deputy director photography newsday inc photographer assistant photo editor oakland press j kyle keener received polaroid super shooter 1972 age 12 love photography born avid basketball player first photos mimicked saw magazines like sports illustrated college central michigan university majority photo education came outside class keener took photos yearbook newspaper completed four newspaper internships also spent lot time library studying work masters magazines life look among others helped develop appreciation various types photography graduating college keener landed job kansas city times thanks recommendation good friend spent two years joining staff philadelphia inquirer nine years inquirer helped develop style define photographer 1995 keener became staff photographer detroit free press 2001 gained title chief photographer year also began publishing column entitled keenervision portfolio encompasses wide range photographs styles fashion features photo illustrations numerous awards work fact named national press photographers association nppa regional photographer year six times familiar keeners photography easy recognize singular style integrates artistic flair true respect subject often creates almost surreal looking pictures perhaps interesting photographs photo illustrations control every aspect image keener views every day new challenge always striving see world different light continues grow learn constantly comparing work best photographers always keeps camera nearby case j kyle keener sees job much taking photographs photography become lifestyle embraces opportunity capture pieces life camera works mentor many aspiring photojournalists regularly teaches location lighting seminars nppas northern short course lectures judges state photojournalism conferences beyond employment detroit free press keener feels must also act civil service employee words job bring beauty truth public photography role take seriously powerful emotional connection formed subjects photographs published get great deal satisfaction strong connection thousands readers newspapermike lang staff photographer sarasota fl heraldtribune since 1988 time hes seen lot changes newsroom one biggest came five years ago heraldtribune launched 24hour cable news channel tv print journalists sharing newsroom160 sharing information160 new concept many staff photographers immediately called upon shoot video contribute content new experiment since photo staff embraced multimedia approach although still trying define role converging media mike recently promoted director photography overseeing staff ten photographers three imagers four bureausscott libin faculty member poynter institute scotts teaching specialties leadership ethical decisionmaking conducts training television stations journalism 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<p>ATLANTA (AP) — The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump’s presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump’s own making.</p>
<p>In the same week that he honored King by making a national park out of the ground where King was born and preached until his death, Trump denigrated practically the entire African diaspora, and left many Americans headed into the civil rights icon’s birthday convinced that the leader of their country is a racist.</p>
<p>For African-Americans in particular, this latest insult from Trump felt like whiplash. Barely a year ago, America’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked his final King Day in office with his usual community service; now, his successor is presiding over a racial backlash the country has hardly seen in more than a generation.</p>
<p>The children of Martin Luther King Jr. at the crypt of their father.</p>
<p>Trump has denied being racist, labeling himself the “least racist person there is” during his 2016 campaign. Some of his actions leading up to this year’s federal holiday honoring King’s birth seemed to be an attempt to live up to that.</p>
<p>He began last week by designating the historic site around King’s Atlanta birth home as a national park. By week’s end, Trump was signing a King holiday proclamation with the martyred activist’s nephew at his side.</p>
<p>As the world celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday, his daughter Bernice King is asking for President Donald Trump to tone down his rhetoric on Twitter. (Jan. 13)</p>
<p>But in between, the president sat in a White House meeting on immigration policy and denigrated much of the African diaspora as “shithole countries” while expressing a preference for immigrants from Norway, a majority white nation.</p>
<p>This is the type of thing, activists, religious leaders and scholars say, that puts Trump’s presidency in direct conflict with the legacy of King, who was assassinated April 4, 1968 while trying to make America a more inclusive society.</p>
<p>King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, will be the keynote speaker at the commemorative service honoring her father at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. As is the custom for most presidents, Trump is not expected to participate, but she does hope he will observe the holiday.</p>
<p>Martin Luther King III</p>
<p>“This is what I would like President Trump to do: Don’t let the King Holiday find you using your Twitter account in an inappropriate way,” Bernice King told The Associated Press in an interview. “If he can dare to do that, I would be proud on that day that our president honored Dr. King by not doing things that are offensive.”</p>
<p>Much of Trump’s first year as president has been marked by racial controversy. Last February, Trump kicked off Black History Month by praising long-dead abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the present tense, as if Douglass were still alive. He referred to NFL players protesting systemic racism as “sons of bitches” and suggested they should be benched or fired for their refusal to stand during the national anthem.</p>
<p>During a speech to African leaders last fall, he referred to the non-existent country of “Nambia” when attempting to discuss Namibia. In June, he said Nigerian immigrants would “never go back to their huts” after coming to the U.S.</p>
<p>Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.</p>
<p>King’s son, Martin Luther King III, met with Trump on the last King holiday, four days before Trump took office. He spoke to the then-president-elect about the importance of voting rights — only to see Trump establish a now-defunct commission to investigate voter fraud, which some saw as a move to intimidate minority voters.</p>
<p>“I would like to believe that the president’s intentions are not to be divisive, but much of what he says seems or feels to be divisive,” King III told AP in an interview. “It would be wonderful to have a president who talked about bringing America together and exhibited that, who was involved in doing a social project ... that would show humility.”</p>
<p>Civil rights leaders said Friday the president’s comments are not new, but are the most recent and glaring proof of Trump’s racist views, and shocking to the point that congressional leaders and Americans can no longer ignore his bigotry.</p>
<p>“The Trump era ... is a direct assault on the legacy of Dr. King,” said the Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer, where King preached for the last eight years of his life. “The conversation about who we are as Americans has shifted and given in to a kind of xenophobia that makes it difficult to discuss issues that affect all Americans.”</p>
<p>New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who is in Atlanta this weekend being honored by The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, said “my soul has ached” during Trump’s presidency.</p>
<p>But Booker, one of two black senators, said Trump’s critics must mobilize against his policies or risk being consumed by their own hurt and anger. Paraphrasing King, Booker said, “The problem today is not the vitriolic words and violent actions of the bad people, but the appalling silence and inaction of the good people.”</p>
<p>During the civil rights movement, King directly confronted and exposed the ills of racism, and led a movement that pressured the American government to end legalized segregation. He spent the last year of his life condemning what he called the “triple evils” of racism, poverty and war.</p>
<p>Bernice King, who serves as the King Center’s chief executive, said the lesson of nonviolence is to focus on defeating injustice, not individuals. he said her father’s life and work should be applied to the current moment, where racism has again come out into the open.</p>
<p>Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.</p>
<p>“Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise,” Bernice King said. “This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.”</p>
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<p>Associated Press reporter Bill Barrow contributed from Atlanta.</p>
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<p>Errin Haines Whack is The Associated Press’ National Writer for Race and Ethnicity. Follow her work on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/emarvelous" type="external">http://www.twitter.com/emarvelous</a></p>
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<p>The King Center: <a href="http://www.thekingcenter.org/" type="external">http://www.thekingcenter.org/</a></p>
<p>ATLANTA (AP) — The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump’s presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump’s own making.</p>
<p>In the same week that he honored King by making a national park out of the ground where King was born and preached until his death, Trump denigrated practically the entire African diaspora, and left many Americans headed into the civil rights icon’s birthday convinced that the leader of their country is a racist.</p>
<p>For African-Americans in particular, this latest insult from Trump felt like whiplash. Barely a year ago, America’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked his final King Day in office with his usual community service; now, his successor is presiding over a racial backlash the country has hardly seen in more than a generation.</p>
<p>The children of Martin Luther King Jr. at the crypt of their father.</p>
<p>Trump has denied being racist, labeling himself the “least racist person there is” during his 2016 campaign. Some of his actions leading up to this year’s federal holiday honoring King’s birth seemed to be an attempt to live up to that.</p>
<p>He began last week by designating the historic site around King’s Atlanta birth home as a national park. By week’s end, Trump was signing a King holiday proclamation with the martyred activist’s nephew at his side.</p>
<p>As the world celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday, his daughter Bernice King is asking for President Donald Trump to tone down his rhetoric on Twitter. (Jan. 13)</p>
<p>But in between, the president sat in a White House meeting on immigration policy and denigrated much of the African diaspora as “shithole countries” while expressing a preference for immigrants from Norway, a majority white nation.</p>
<p>This is the type of thing, activists, religious leaders and scholars say, that puts Trump’s presidency in direct conflict with the legacy of King, who was assassinated April 4, 1968 while trying to make America a more inclusive society.</p>
<p>King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, will be the keynote speaker at the commemorative service honoring her father at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. As is the custom for most presidents, Trump is not expected to participate, but she does hope he will observe the holiday.</p>
<p>Martin Luther King III</p>
<p>“This is what I would like President Trump to do: Don’t let the King Holiday find you using your Twitter account in an inappropriate way,” Bernice King told The Associated Press in an interview. “If he can dare to do that, I would be proud on that day that our president honored Dr. King by not doing things that are offensive.”</p>
<p>Much of Trump’s first year as president has been marked by racial controversy. Last February, Trump kicked off Black History Month by praising long-dead abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the present tense, as if Douglass were still alive. He referred to NFL players protesting systemic racism as “sons of bitches” and suggested they should be benched or fired for their refusal to stand during the national anthem.</p>
<p>During a speech to African leaders last fall, he referred to the non-existent country of “Nambia” when attempting to discuss Namibia. In June, he said Nigerian immigrants would “never go back to their huts” after coming to the U.S.</p>
<p>Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.</p>
<p>King’s son, Martin Luther King III, met with Trump on the last King holiday, four days before Trump took office. He spoke to the then-president-elect about the importance of voting rights — only to see Trump establish a now-defunct commission to investigate voter fraud, which some saw as a move to intimidate minority voters.</p>
<p>“I would like to believe that the president’s intentions are not to be divisive, but much of what he says seems or feels to be divisive,” King III told AP in an interview. “It would be wonderful to have a president who talked about bringing America together and exhibited that, who was involved in doing a social project ... that would show humility.”</p>
<p>Civil rights leaders said Friday the president’s comments are not new, but are the most recent and glaring proof of Trump’s racist views, and shocking to the point that congressional leaders and Americans can no longer ignore his bigotry.</p>
<p>“The Trump era ... is a direct assault on the legacy of Dr. King,” said the Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer, where King preached for the last eight years of his life. “The conversation about who we are as Americans has shifted and given in to a kind of xenophobia that makes it difficult to discuss issues that affect all Americans.”</p>
<p>New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who is in Atlanta this weekend being honored by The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, said “my soul has ached” during Trump’s presidency.</p>
<p>But Booker, one of two black senators, said Trump’s critics must mobilize against his policies or risk being consumed by their own hurt and anger. Paraphrasing King, Booker said, “The problem today is not the vitriolic words and violent actions of the bad people, but the appalling silence and inaction of the good people.”</p>
<p>During the civil rights movement, King directly confronted and exposed the ills of racism, and led a movement that pressured the American government to end legalized segregation. He spent the last year of his life condemning what he called the “triple evils” of racism, poverty and war.</p>
<p>Bernice King, who serves as the King Center’s chief executive, said the lesson of nonviolence is to focus on defeating injustice, not individuals. he said her father’s life and work should be applied to the current moment, where racism has again come out into the open.</p>
<p>Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.</p>
<p>“Trump’s election could be a blessing in disguise,” Bernice King said. “This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.”</p>
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<p>Associated Press reporter Bill Barrow contributed from Atlanta.</p>
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<p>Errin Haines Whack is The Associated Press’ National Writer for Race and Ethnicity. Follow her work on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/emarvelous" type="external">http://www.twitter.com/emarvelous</a></p>
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<p>The King Center: <a href="http://www.thekingcenter.org/" type="external">http://www.thekingcenter.org/</a></p>
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<p>CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s chief prosecutor broke with the government Friday and rebuked a Supreme Court decision stripping congress of its last vestiges of power, showing a crack in the embattled administration of socialist President Nicolas Maduro amid a torrent of international condemnation over what many decried as a major step toward dictatorship.</p>
<p>In a shocking pronouncement, long-time government loyalist Luisa Ortega Diaz said it was her “unavoidable historical duty” as the nation’s top judicial authority to denounce what she called a “rupture” of the constitutional order in the court ruling against the opposition-controlled National Assembly.</p>
<p>“We call for reflection so that the democratic path can be retaken,” she said to the loud applause of aides gathered around her.</p>
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<p>The statement gave a major boost to the opposition, some of whom spent the day sparring with riot police and gearing up for what they hope will be nationwide protests Saturday.</p>
<p>A defiant Maduro defended the Supreme Court in an appearance on state television and said the opposition would be left with “their cold champagne, uncorked.”</p>
<p>But he also called for renewed dialogue between the government and opposition as the only way to resolve Venezuela’s political crisis.</p>
<p>“I’m ready with whoever is willing,” he said.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday that as long as lawmakers remained in contempt of earlier court rulings that nullified all legislation passed by congress, the high court can assume the constitutionally assigned powers of the National Assembly, which has been controlled by the opposition for nearly a year and a half.</p>
<p>The United States and governments across Latin America condemned the ruling, which the head of the Organization of American States likened to a “self-inflicted coup” by the leftist Maduro. The United Nations’ top human rights official expressed “grave concern” and called on the high court to reverse its decision.</p>
<p>Late in the day, the OAS announced that it would hold an emergency meeting at its Washington headquarters Monday to discuss the situation in Venezuela.</p>
<p>Opposition leaders, long-marginalized the past 17 years of socialist rule, called on other public officials to follow Ortega Diaz’s example. They also urged the military, the traditional arbiter of political disputes in Venezuela, to break its silence and defend the constitution drafted by late President Hugo Chavez to which it swore allegiance.</p>
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<p>“You have a new opportunity to show the country and international community if you are with the dictatorship or want your children and grandchildren to grow and live in a country where there’s democracy and liberty,” said David Smolansky, a Caracas area mayor.</p>
<p>Amid the turmoil, the normally ever-present Maduro was conspicuously silent until late Friday. Then he went on state TV to argue that Venezuela’s institutions are operating normally and that it is his “right-wing, fascist” opponents who are attempting to break the constitutional order.</p>
<p>He said that in an effort to calm the political impasse he had called an emergency meeting Friday night of the National Security Council, which includes the president of the National Assembly and Venezuela’s chief prosecutor.</p>
<p>“Like all controversy this should be resolved with dialogue,” Maduro said.</p>
<p>The National Security Council meeting began hours later, but with at least one key detractor absent. National Assembly president Julio Borges said he would not attend, likening Maduro’s invitation to a circus act put on by the same person the opposition blames for Venezuela’s crisis.</p>
<p>Instead Borges called for the international community to continue putting diplomatic pressure on Venezuela’s government and he urged citizens to protest Saturday.</p>
<p>“In Venezuela the only dialogue possible is the vote,” Borges said.</p>
<p>Dressed in black and waving a small blue book containing the Venezuelan constitution, Maduro told about a dozen officials at the meeting that Venezuela was experiencing a “political lynching” but that he had faith the council would find a swift solution.</p>
<p>Maduro’s foreign minister was forced to abruptly cancel a meeting with diplomats in the capital to explain the court’s ruling after Colombia, Chile and Peru withdrew their ambassadors. The Mercosur trade bloc, which suspended Venezuela in December, called an emergency meeting for Saturday in Argentina to discuss the crisis.</p>
<p>“This clearly destroys the most important pillar of any democracy, which is popular representation,” Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said. In the past, he has been reluctant to criticize Maduro, fearing a backlash against the millions of Colombians who live in Venezuela and in recent months have been flocking home in the face of the worsening economic crisis.</p>
<p>A day after the Trump administration strongly criticized the Supreme Court’s move and called on Maduro to free political prisoners, the State Department pointed to the OAS as the best place to address concerns about Venezuela.</p>
<p>OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro called an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis after two previous sessions this week ended with 20 governments led by the U.S. and Mexico voicing deep concern but no concrete actions to hold Maduro accountable.</p>
<p>“This is a decisive hour for the region,” said Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who met Friday with Almagro in Washington. Venezuelans will find out “who is with the people and democracy and who is with corruption and dictatorship,” he said.</p>
<p>In Caracas, national guardsmen in riot gear fired buckshot and swung batons at students who gathered outside the Supreme Court. Several protesters were arrested and some journalists had their cameras seized. One journalist, from Colombia’s Caracol Radio, was surrounded by a dozen soldiers who swung her around by her arms and legs and appeared to hit and drag her.</p>
<p>Despite sporadic flare-ups of protest Friday, it wasn’t clear if critics of the government were in the mood for another street fight after previous attempts fizzled or ended in bloodshed with little to show. Weeks of unrest in 2014 left more than 40 dead and dozens arrested, while a mass protest last September was followed a few days later by authorities cancelling a recall petition campaign seeking to force Maduro from office before his term ends in 2019.</p>
<p>What could be different this time is that Venezuela’s economy is on its knees. Governments in the region, as well as the Trump administration, seem far more engaged in seeking a solution to the political and increasingly humanitarian crisis that threatens to spill beyond the country’s borders.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court’s ruling and another earlier this week limiting lawmakers’ immunity from prosecution capped a feud that began when the opposition won control of the legislature by a landslide in December 2015 and then mounted a campaign to force Maduro from office.</p>
<p>The leftist leader, who has seen his approval ratings plunge amid widespread food shortages and triple-digit inflation, responded by relying on the Supreme Court to unseat several opposition lawmakers and then issue an order nullifying all legislation passed by the National Assembly.</p>
<p>The government argues that the latest ruling did not seek to supplant congress but rather to guarantee the rule of law as long as legislators remain obstructionist by refusing to sign off on a budget and key economic decisions like a plan by Venezuela’s state-run oil company to form joint ventures with private companies, including Russia’s Rosneft.</p>
<p>“It’s untrue that a coup has taken place in Venezuela,” the government said in a statement Thursday. “On the contrary, the institutions have taken corrective legal action to stop the distractive, coup-like actions of an opposition that has declared itself openly in contempt of the decisions made by the republic’s top court.”</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Fabiola Sanchez reported this story in Caracas and AP writer Joshua Goodman reported from Bogota, Colombia. AP writers Hannah Dreier and Jorge Rueda in Caracas, Christine Armario in Bogota and Josh Lederman and Luis Alonso Lugo in Washington contributed to this report.</p>
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wednesday long lawmakers remained contempt earlier court rulings nullified legislation passed congress high court assume constitutionally assigned powers national assembly controlled opposition nearly year half united states governments across latin america condemned ruling head organization american states likened selfinflicted coup leftist maduro united nations top human rights official expressed grave concern called high court reverse decision late day oas announced would hold emergency meeting washington headquarters monday discuss situation venezuela opposition leaders longmarginalized past 17 years socialist rule called public officials follow ortega diazs example also urged military traditional arbiter political disputes venezuela break silence defend constitution drafted late president hugo chavez swore allegiance advertisement new opportunity show country international community dictatorship want children grandchildren grow live country theres democracy liberty said david smolansky caracas area mayor amid turmoil normally everpresent maduro conspicuously silent late friday went state tv argue venezuelas institutions operating normally rightwing fascist opponents attempting break constitutional order said effort calm political impasse called emergency meeting friday night national security council includes president national assembly venezuelas chief prosecutor like controversy resolved dialogue maduro said national security council meeting began hours later least one key detractor absent national assembly president julio borges said would attend likening maduros invitation circus act put person opposition blames venezuelas crisis instead borges called international community continue putting diplomatic pressure venezuelas government urged citizens protest saturday venezuela dialogue possible vote borges said dressed black waving small blue book containing venezuelan constitution maduro told dozen officials meeting venezuela experiencing political lynching faith council would find swift solution maduros foreign minister forced abruptly cancel meeting diplomats capital explain courts ruling colombia chile peru withdrew ambassadors mercosur trade bloc suspended venezuela december called emergency meeting saturday argentina discuss crisis clearly destroys important pillar democracy popular representation colombian president juan manuel santos said past reluctant criticize maduro fearing backlash millions colombians live venezuela recent months flocking home face worsening economic crisis day trump administration strongly criticized supreme courts move called maduro free political prisoners state department pointed oas best place address concerns venezuela oas secretary general luis almagro called emergency meeting discuss crisis two previous sessions week ended 20 governments led us mexico voicing deep concern concrete actions hold maduro accountable decisive hour region said venezuelan opposition leader henrique capriles met friday almagro washington venezuelans find people democracy corruption dictatorship said caracas national guardsmen riot gear fired buckshot swung batons students gathered outside supreme court several protesters arrested journalists cameras seized one journalist colombias caracol radio surrounded dozen soldiers swung around arms legs appeared hit drag despite sporadic flareups protest friday wasnt clear critics government mood another street fight previous attempts fizzled ended bloodshed little show weeks unrest 2014 left 40 dead dozens arrested mass protest last september followed days later authorities cancelling recall petition campaign seeking force maduro office term ends 2019 could different time venezuelas economy knees governments region well trump administration seem far engaged seeking solution political increasingly humanitarian crisis threatens spill beyond countrys borders supreme courts ruling another earlier week limiting lawmakers immunity prosecution capped feud 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<p>Gov. Susana Martinez, right, with Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera, announces that New Mexico high school graduation rates are at an all-time high during a press conference on Monday in Albuquerque. (Greg Sorber/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>SANTA FE – Santa Fe Public Schools increased its graduation rate by about four percentage points to 71 percent during the 2015-16 school year, matching the state average for the first time since the state started using a four-year cohort to measure graduation rates in 2008.</p>
<p>The 71 percent rate was also a record&#160;high for the state average, which was 69 percent for the 2015 graduating class and as low as 63 percent in 2011.</p>
<p>Despite the boost in students earning caps and gowns, New Mexico kids are well behind their peers in other states. The national rate is 83 percent, and high performers such as Iowa and Nebraska are graduating about 90 percent of students.</p>
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<p>Gov. Susana Martinez, alongside Education Secretary Hanna Skandera, announced the results at a press conference held at the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce on Monday, the eve of this year’s 60-day legislative session.</p>
<p>The governor also took the opportunity to tout her support for proposed legislation that would hold back third-graders who fall short in reading proficiency. Similar third-grade retention bills have been introduced in each of the past six years, but none has reached the governor’s desk for approval.</p>
<p>“It’s time to end the failed practice of moving our kids from one grade to the next when they simply cannot read,” Martinez said. “We have children who cannot read a sentence and we are moving them from one grade to the next.”</p>
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<p>Graduation rates went up in 48 out of 89 school districts across the state, with Ruidoso, Taos and Carlsbad improving by 10 percentage points or more.</p>
<p>Because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, school districts statewide were closed. A spokesman for Santa Fe Public Schools reached on his day off said Superintendent Veronica Garcia would be unable to comment until today.</p>
<p>Graduation rates are calculated using a model that factors in the number of students who graduated in four years after entering the ninth grade. For example, students who entered ninth grade during the 2011-12 school year are the ones who made up this 2016 cohort.</p>
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<p>Santa Fe’s graduation rate came out ahead of Albuquerque (66 percent) but lower than Rio Rancho (84 percent).</p>
<p>Rates for some of the other school districts in northern New Mexico were 83 percent for Los Alamos; 75 percent for Pojoaque Valley Schools; 74 percent in Taos; 70 and 68 percent for West Las Vegas and Las Vegas Schools, respectively; and 64 percent for Española Public Schools.</p>
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<p>According to data released by PED, the graduation rate at Capital High School increased approximately 6 percentage points to 72 percent, while Santa Fe High went up 3 percentage points to 73 percent. Female students at both schools posted graduation rates of 81 percent, 3 percentage points above the state average. The rates for male students was 64 percent at Capital and 65 percent at Santa Fe High, compared with the state average 67 percent for males.</p>
<p>The graduation rate at Academy at Larragoite, an alternative high school, was 51 percent, while the Academy for Technology and the Classics, a college prep charter school within the Santa Fe district, graduated 84 percent of the 2016 cohort.</p>
<p>The governor noted during the press conference that gradation rates increased for Hispanic, African-American, low-income and disabled students statewide. “With more students graduating high school than ever before, New Mexico is better preparing our kids to enter the workforce, college and beyond,” she said.</p>
<p>The graduation rates for economically disadvantaged and disabled students in Santa Fe were 72 and 56 percent, respectively, both about 5 percentage points above the state average. At 71 percent, the graduate rate for Hispanic students in Santa Fe was right at the state average.</p>
<p>Caucasian students in Santa Fe graduated at a 74 percent rate, compared to 76 percent statewide.</p>
<p>Santa Fe’s American Indian students had 76 percent graduation rate, while the state average was 63 percent.</p>
<p>Martinez touted gradation improvement as proof her administration’s educational reforms are bearing fruit. “We raised the bar for the kids, and they have met the bar,” Martinez said.</p>
<p>“Change is hard for some people sometimes, and I understand that,” she said. “I think the special interest groups need to sit back and take a look at what is in the best interest for our kids and everything else will fall into place.”</p>
<p>Charles Goodmacher, spokesman for the National Education Association – New Mexico, pushed back against the governor, saying the graduation rates increased “despite harrowing working conditions” for school employees.</p>
<p>“Increased graduation rates are good news to be sure and there is much more to be done to ensure success for all NM students,” he said. “Early assessments and individually targeted supplemental learning help, started early would make state-mandated flunking of third-graders an irrelevant question. Reading supports must start in early childhood experiences and continue at every grade until all students achieve their full potential for reading and other learning skills.”</p>
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gov susana martinez right public education secretary hanna skandera announces new mexico high school graduation rates alltime high press conference monday albuquerque greg sorberalbuquerque journal santa fe santa fe public schools increased graduation rate four percentage points 71 percent 201516 school year matching state average first time since state started using fouryear cohort measure graduation rates 2008 71 percent rate also record160high state average 69 percent 2015 graduating class low 63 percent 2011 despite boost students earning caps gowns new mexico kids well behind peers states national rate 83 percent high performers iowa nebraska graduating 90 percent students advertisement gov susana martinez alongside education secretary hanna skandera announced results press conference held greater albuquerque chamber commerce monday eve years 60day legislative session governor also took opportunity tout support proposed legislation would hold back thirdgraders fall short reading proficiency similar thirdgrade retention bills introduced past six years none reached governors desk approval time end failed practice moving kids one grade next simply read martinez said children read sentence moving one grade next abqjournalcom 71 students got diplomas 2016 aps improves still behind state average continue reading graduation rates went 48 89 school districts across state ruidoso taos carlsbad improving 10 percentage points martin luther king jr day holiday school districts statewide closed spokesman santa fe public schools reached day said superintendent veronica garcia would unable comment today graduation rates calculated using model factors number students graduated four years entering ninth grade example students entered ninth grade 201112 school year ones made 2016 cohort advertisement santa fes graduation rate came ahead albuquerque 66 percent lower rio rancho 84 percent rates school districts northern new mexico 83 percent los alamos 75 percent pojoaque valley schools 74 percent taos 70 68 percent west las vegas las vegas schools respectively 64 percent española public schools sf high schools numbers according data released ped graduation rate capital high school increased approximately 6 percentage points 72 percent santa fe high went 3 percentage points 73 percent female students schools posted graduation rates 81 percent 3 percentage points state average rates male students 64 percent capital 65 percent santa fe high compared state average 67 percent males graduation rate academy larragoite alternative high school 51 percent academy technology classics college prep charter school within santa fe district graduated 84 percent 2016 cohort governor noted press conference gradation rates increased hispanic africanamerican lowincome disabled students statewide students graduating high school ever new mexico better preparing kids enter workforce college beyond said graduation rates economically disadvantaged disabled students santa fe 72 56 percent respectively 5 percentage points state average 71 percent graduate rate hispanic students santa fe right state average caucasian students santa fe graduated 74 percent rate compared 76 percent statewide santa fes american indian students 76 percent graduation rate state average 63 percent martinez touted gradation improvement proof administrations educational reforms bearing fruit raised bar kids met bar martinez said change hard people sometimes understand said think special interest groups need sit back take look best interest kids everything else fall place charles goodmacher spokesman national education association new mexico pushed back governor saying graduation rates increased despite harrowing working conditions school employees increased graduation rates good news sure much done ensure success nm students said early assessments individually targeted supplemental learning help started early would make statemandated flunking thirdgraders irrelevant question reading supports must start early childhood experiences continue every grade students achieve full potential reading learning skills
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<p>BALTIMORE (AP) — The mother of a mentally ill woman who was left outside a Baltimore hospital on a frigid night wearing only a flimsy gown and socks says the 22-year-old daughter was denied care by medical professionals and left to face life-threatening conditions on the street.</p>
<p>Cheryl Chandler said she was only made aware of her missing daughter's predicament on the night of Jan. 9 when she happened upon a viral video shot by a passer-by enraged at the way she was treated.</p>
<p>Chandler's daughter, Rebecca, was escorted out of the hospital by uniformed security personnel with her street clothes stuffed in plastic bags, and she was left at an open-air bus stop with outdoor temperatures in the 30s. She had a gash on her forehead and was visibly disoriented, stumbling in her hospital gown and unable to formulate any words on the cold night.</p>
<p>At a Thursday press conference held at a lawyer's office, Chandler described her daughter as a beloved young woman who has been struggling intensely with mental illness since she was 16. Over the past year-and-a-half, she has cycled through a couple of residential facilities for mentally ill clients.</p>
<p>She said Rebecca, who has health insurance, was "denied her right by law to receive the clinical care" that the CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center has publicly claimed she received that night.</p>
<p>"My daughter did not choose to be the face of mental illness. She didn't choose to be an example of the impact of a failed mental health care system. She was an individual in need of services," Chandler said through tears, adding that she was "eternally grateful" to psychotherapist Imamu Baraka for shooting the cellphone video showing her daughter's condition.</p>
<p>J. Wyndal Gordon, the attorney representing Rebecca, said she was suffering from an episode of acute psychosis when the institution turned its back on her. He asserts it's a case of "patient dumping," an illegal practice of turning away patients, mostly uninsured, from emergency rooms.</p>
<p>"Rebecca's condition was going to require a considerable hospital stay to stabilize her. UMMC, believing that she did not have insurance, determined it was better to return her to the street untreated and face whatever consequences arose from that decision rather than to absorb the cost," Gordon alleged.</p>
<p>Dr. Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of University of Maryland Medical Center, told reporters last week there were no excuses for what happened to the young woman. But he stood by her medical care, saying she received treatment and was discharged.</p>
<p>"We believe firmly that we provided appropriate medical care to a patient who came to us in need, but where we absolutely failed, and where we own that failure, is in the demonstration of basic humanity and compassion as a patient was being discharged," he said.</p>
<p>On Thursday, the hospital released a statement saying its internal investigation has identified a breakdown after the point of medical discharge. It said resulting "actions steps" will include holding personnel accountable and getting outside experts to conduct an independent audit.</p>
<p>Suntha, in the statement, said he's confident that their actions "address the root causes of last week's breakdown."</p>
<p>But Gordon said he expects "legal action" over the incident.</p>
<p>He believes Rebecca should have been placed on a 72-hour hold so she could be properly evaluated. Instead, the hospital dumped her on the street "unable to speak coherently, fend for herself, or respond appropriately to the frigid temperatures."</p>
<p>She was involuntarily admitted to another Baltimore hospital a day after being discharged from the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus and sent to a homeless shelter, her family said.</p>
<p>Her mother said Rebecca is now at an undisclosed inpatient facility undergoing mental health treatment. Her younger sister, Rachelle, said she was doing better and read aloud a statement from Rebecca thanking people for their support.</p>
<p>Rebecca's twin sister, Rosslyn, who flew to Baltimore from her home in Texas, wept as she recalled watching the video showing her beloved sister in such distress.</p>
<p>"It didn't take a genius to see that she needed help," she said, her voice shaking.</p>
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<p>BALTIMORE (AP) — The mother of a mentally ill woman who was left outside a Baltimore hospital on a frigid night wearing only a flimsy gown and socks says the 22-year-old daughter was denied care by medical professionals and left to face life-threatening conditions on the street.</p>
<p>Cheryl Chandler said she was only made aware of her missing daughter's predicament on the night of Jan. 9 when she happened upon a viral video shot by a passer-by enraged at the way she was treated.</p>
<p>Chandler's daughter, Rebecca, was escorted out of the hospital by uniformed security personnel with her street clothes stuffed in plastic bags, and she was left at an open-air bus stop with outdoor temperatures in the 30s. She had a gash on her forehead and was visibly disoriented, stumbling in her hospital gown and unable to formulate any words on the cold night.</p>
<p>At a Thursday press conference held at a lawyer's office, Chandler described her daughter as a beloved young woman who has been struggling intensely with mental illness since she was 16. Over the past year-and-a-half, she has cycled through a couple of residential facilities for mentally ill clients.</p>
<p>She said Rebecca, who has health insurance, was "denied her right by law to receive the clinical care" that the CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center has publicly claimed she received that night.</p>
<p>"My daughter did not choose to be the face of mental illness. She didn't choose to be an example of the impact of a failed mental health care system. She was an individual in need of services," Chandler said through tears, adding that she was "eternally grateful" to psychotherapist Imamu Baraka for shooting the cellphone video showing her daughter's condition.</p>
<p>J. Wyndal Gordon, the attorney representing Rebecca, said she was suffering from an episode of acute psychosis when the institution turned its back on her. He asserts it's a case of "patient dumping," an illegal practice of turning away patients, mostly uninsured, from emergency rooms.</p>
<p>"Rebecca's condition was going to require a considerable hospital stay to stabilize her. UMMC, believing that she did not have insurance, determined it was better to return her to the street untreated and face whatever consequences arose from that decision rather than to absorb the cost," Gordon alleged.</p>
<p>Dr. Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of University of Maryland Medical Center, told reporters last week there were no excuses for what happened to the young woman. But he stood by her medical care, saying she received treatment and was discharged.</p>
<p>"We believe firmly that we provided appropriate medical care to a patient who came to us in need, but where we absolutely failed, and where we own that failure, is in the demonstration of basic humanity and compassion as a patient was being discharged," he said.</p>
<p>On Thursday, the hospital released a statement saying its internal investigation has identified a breakdown after the point of medical discharge. It said resulting "actions steps" will include holding personnel accountable and getting outside experts to conduct an independent audit.</p>
<p>Suntha, in the statement, said he's confident that their actions "address the root causes of last week's breakdown."</p>
<p>But Gordon said he expects "legal action" over the incident.</p>
<p>He believes Rebecca should have been placed on a 72-hour hold so she could be properly evaluated. Instead, the hospital dumped her on the street "unable to speak coherently, fend for herself, or respond appropriately to the frigid temperatures."</p>
<p>She was involuntarily admitted to another Baltimore hospital a day after being discharged from the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus and sent to a homeless shelter, her family said.</p>
<p>Her mother said Rebecca is now at an undisclosed inpatient facility undergoing mental health treatment. Her younger sister, Rachelle, said she was doing better and read aloud a statement from Rebecca thanking people for their support.</p>
<p>Rebecca's twin sister, Rosslyn, who flew to Baltimore from her home in Texas, wept as she recalled watching the video showing her beloved sister in such distress.</p>
<p>"It didn't take a genius to see that she needed help," she said, her voice shaking.</p>
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baltimore ap mother mentally ill woman left outside baltimore hospital frigid night wearing flimsy gown socks says 22yearold daughter denied care medical professionals left face lifethreatening conditions street cheryl chandler said made aware missing daughters predicament night jan 9 happened upon viral video shot passerby enraged way treated chandlers daughter rebecca escorted hospital uniformed security personnel street clothes stuffed plastic bags left openair bus stop outdoor temperatures 30s gash forehead visibly disoriented stumbling hospital gown unable formulate words cold night thursday press conference held lawyers office chandler described daughter beloved young woman struggling intensely mental illness since 16 past yearandahalf cycled couple residential facilities mentally ill clients said rebecca health insurance denied right law receive clinical care ceo university maryland medical center publicly claimed received night daughter choose face mental illness didnt choose example impact failed mental health care system individual need services chandler said tears adding eternally grateful psychotherapist imamu baraka shooting cellphone video showing daughters condition j wyndal gordon attorney representing rebecca said suffering episode acute psychosis institution turned back asserts case patient dumping illegal practice turning away patients mostly uninsured emergency rooms rebeccas condition going require considerable hospital stay stabilize ummc believing insurance determined better return street untreated face whatever consequences arose decision rather absorb cost gordon alleged dr mohan suntha president ceo university maryland medical center told reporters last week excuses happened young woman stood medical care saying received treatment discharged believe firmly provided appropriate medical care patient came us need absolutely failed failure demonstration basic humanity compassion patient discharged said thursday hospital released statement saying internal investigation identified breakdown point medical discharge said resulting actions steps include holding personnel accountable getting outside experts conduct independent audit suntha statement said hes confident actions address root causes last weeks breakdown gordon said expects legal action incident believes rebecca placed 72hour hold could properly evaluated instead hospital dumped street unable speak coherently fend respond appropriately frigid temperatures involuntarily admitted another baltimore hospital day discharged university maryland medical center midtown campus sent homeless shelter family said mother said rebecca undisclosed inpatient facility undergoing mental health treatment younger sister rachelle said better read aloud statement rebecca thanking people support rebeccas twin sister rosslyn flew baltimore home texas wept recalled watching video showing beloved sister distress didnt take genius see needed help said voice shaking ___ david mcfadden twitter httpstwittercomdmcfadd baltimore ap mother mentally ill woman left outside baltimore hospital frigid night wearing flimsy gown socks says 22yearold daughter denied care medical professionals left face lifethreatening conditions street cheryl chandler said made aware missing daughters predicament night jan 9 happened upon viral video shot passerby enraged way treated chandlers daughter rebecca escorted hospital uniformed security personnel street clothes stuffed plastic bags left openair bus stop outdoor temperatures 30s gash forehead visibly disoriented stumbling hospital gown unable formulate words cold night thursday press conference held lawyers office chandler described daughter beloved young woman struggling intensely mental illness since 16 past yearandahalf cycled couple residential facilities mentally ill clients said rebecca health insurance denied right law receive clinical care ceo university maryland medical center publicly claimed received night daughter choose face mental illness didnt choose example impact failed mental health care system individual need services chandler said tears adding eternally grateful psychotherapist imamu baraka shooting cellphone video showing daughters condition j wyndal gordon attorney representing rebecca said suffering episode acute psychosis institution turned back asserts case patient dumping illegal practice turning away patients mostly uninsured emergency rooms rebeccas condition going require considerable hospital stay stabilize ummc believing insurance determined better return street untreated face whatever consequences arose decision rather absorb cost gordon alleged dr mohan suntha president ceo university maryland medical center told reporters last week excuses happened young woman stood medical care saying received treatment discharged believe firmly provided appropriate medical care patient came us need absolutely failed failure demonstration basic humanity compassion patient discharged said thursday hospital released statement saying internal investigation identified breakdown point medical discharge said resulting actions steps include holding personnel accountable getting outside experts conduct independent audit suntha statement said hes confident actions address root causes last weeks breakdown gordon said expects legal action incident believes rebecca placed 72hour hold could properly evaluated instead hospital dumped street unable speak coherently fend respond appropriately frigid temperatures involuntarily admitted another baltimore hospital day discharged university maryland medical center midtown campus sent homeless shelter family said mother said rebecca undisclosed inpatient facility undergoing mental health treatment younger sister rachelle said better read aloud statement rebecca thanking people support rebeccas twin sister rosslyn flew baltimore home texas wept recalled watching video showing beloved sister distress didnt take genius see needed help said voice shaking ___ david mcfadden twitter httpstwittercomdmcfadd
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<p>BUENOS AIRES, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Argentina’s Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA exchange operator said on Friday it would end an agreement that connects its trading and settlements systems with the ROFEX futures exchange, a move traders said could reduce market liquidity.</p>
<p>In a letter to the Buenos Aires stock exchange, BYMA said it notified ROFEX that the termination of the deals signed in 2014 and 2015 would take place on Feb. 18. BYMA also said it would end ROFEX’s license to use its benchmark Merval index beginning on April 18.</p>
<p>“It is too bad because it is a product that was widely used in the market,” said one Buenos Aires-based trader, referring to futures contracts based on the stocks that make up the Merval index. “It is a setback because Argentina’s capital markets were developing very well.”</p>
<p>The move comes as Argentina’s business-friendly President Mauricio Macri is trying to modernize the country’s capital markets, which are small compared to regional peers. Earlier this week, the government issued a resolution allowing short-selling, and Macri has sent a sweeping capital markets reform bill to Congress.</p>
<p>In a message posted on Twitter, ROFEX said its futures and options contracts based on the Merval index would continue trading normally until their expiry dates. It said it was working on “developing a better alternative” in light of the change.</p>
<p>ROFEX, based in Rosario, Argentina, also hosts futures and options trading for commodities and other financial products. (Reporting by Luc Cohen; editing by Grant McCool)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Wednesday announced plans to place a 25 percent tariff on certain U.S. aircraft, in a move expected to affect some older Boeing Co ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=BA.N" type="external">BA.N</a>) narrowbody models, according to documents from China’s Ministry of Commerce and the U.S. manufacturer.</p> FILE PHOTO: Boeing employees are pictured in front of a 737 MAX 8 produced for Southwest Airlines as Boeing celebrates the 10,000th 737 to come off the production line in Renton, Washington, U.S., March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Redmond/File Photo
<p>But although several analysts said China had spared the newer 737 MAX - key to future Boeing profits - the impact remained uncertain because of a lack of detail in the announcement and the fact that not all airplane characteristics are published.</p>
<p>Boeing shares fell as much as 6 percent after China hit back at U.S. tariffs with the announcement of duties on key U.S. imports including soybeans, cars, beef and chemicals, as well as planes.</p>
<p>These include aircraft with an “empty weight” of between 15,000 kg and 45,000 kg, or 15 to 45 tonnes.</p>
<p>Depending on how “empty weight” is defined, this leaves a question mark over the fate of Boeing’s new big-selling 737 MAX 8 jet - though the larger MAX 9 and MAX 10 could be spared.</p>
<p>The stakes are high. The United States exported $15 billion of aircraft to China in 2016, ranking equally with agricultural products like soybeans as the biggest category of goods.</p>
<p>Several definitions of “empty weight” are used in the aircraft industry and the ministry document gave no explanation.</p>
<p>Two industry experts said the rules most likely refer to the “manufacturer’s empty weight,” or the core aircraft structure.</p>
<p>But manufacturers are usually shy about publishing this number because of its commercial sensitivity, while they do give estimates for the slightly higher “operating empty weight,” which includes airline crew and some equipment, but not fuel.</p>
<p>Yet even this number can vary according to an airline’s specific requirements, so it is seen as a guideline.</p>
<p>Whatever category is used, the range appears comfortably to include the current-generation 737 narrowbody aircraft, which is in the midst of being replaced by the newer 737 MAX.</p> 737 MAX 8 IMPACT UNCLEAR
<p>Boeing documents available online list the “operating empty weight” (OEW) of the 737-700, 737-800 and 737-900 well within the tariff zone at 37.6 to 42.9 tonnes.</p>
<p>The “manufacturer’s empty weight” (MEW) would typically be about 1-1.5 tonnes lower, two airplane appraisal experts said.</p>
<p>In contrast, the newer 737 MAX 8 is heavier than its predecessor, with an operating empty weight of 45,070 kg, according to a Boeing document published in August 2017.</p>
<p>Depending on how rules are applied, this leaves it hovering close to the tariff border line and potentially still exposed to sanctions if the more conservative “manufacturer” scale is used.</p>
<p>“I would expect a non-variable weight (MEW) to be used as the benchmark, as OEW will vary from operator to operator,” said Stuart Hatcher, chief operating officer of UK-based advisory firm IBA, adding this would pull the jet below 45 tonnes.</p>
<p>Even if the more generous OEW weight format were used, not all 737 MAX 8s might escape as some use lighter layouts. “A 70kg drop is pretty easy once you get into the realms of low-cost carriers or standard single-class operations,” Hatcher added.</p>
<p>Boeing said in a statement that while the United States and China have both outlined positions that could harm the global aerospace industry, nothing drastic has happened yet.</p>
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<p>“We will continue in our own efforts to proactively engage both governments and build on the recent assurances by U.S. and Chinese leaders that productive talks are ongoing,” it said.</p>
<p>Chinese airlines have been on a buying spree from Boeing and rival Airbus ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=AIR.PA" type="external">AIR.PA</a>) as air travel grows.</p>
<p>Boeing and China’s Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) are expected to open a 737 completion center in the coastal city of Zhoushan to install interiors and paint liveries this year.</p>
<p>The bulk of published 737 orders from Chinese that have not yet been delivered are for the newer MAX version.</p>
<p>However, China Southern Airlines ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=600029.SS" type="external">600029.SS</a>), Ruili Airlines and Okay Airways each have two 737-800s on order and Xiamen Airlines has four more, according to the Boeing order book.</p>
<p>Asked if the airline’s plane buying plans could shift away from Boeing, China Eastern Airlines Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=600115.SS" type="external">600115.SS</a>) Chief Executive Ma Xulun said on Wednesday “it’s too early to say, we will keep an eye on the situation of the China-U.S. trade war.”</p>
<p>Apart from some Boeing jets, the Gulfstream G650, a large corporate jet manufactured by General Dynamics Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=GD.N" type="external">GD.N</a>), also falls into the weight range targeted for tariffs.</p>
<p>Gulfstream declined to comment.</p>
<p>Reporting by Jamie Freed in SINGAPORE and Brenda Goh in SHANGHAI; additional reporting by Tim Hepher in PARIS, Alwyn Scott in NEW YORK; Writing by Jamie Freed and Tim Hepher; Editing by Mark Potter, Susan Fenton and Tom Brown</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - It took China just 11 hours to retaliate against the United States for proposing tariffs on some 1,300 Chinese products, but Chinese officials are holding back on taking aim at their largest American import: government debt.</p>
<p>In a tit-for-tat response to the Trump administration’s plan for 25 percent duties on $50 billion of Chinese imports, China hit back with its own list of similar duties on key American imports including soybeans, planes, cars, beef and chemicals. But officials signaled no interest for now in bringing their vast holdings of U.S. Treasuries to the fight.</p>
<p>China held around $1.17 trillion of Treasuries as of the end of January, making it the largest of America's foreign creditors and the No. 2 overall owner of U.S. government bonds after the Federal Reserve. Any move by China to chop its Treasury portfolio could inflict significant harm on U.S. finances and global investors, driving bond yields higher and making it more costly to finance the federal government.(Graphic: Top U.S. trade partners &amp; foreign holders of Treasuries - <a href="http://reut.rs/2CUqQB0" type="external">reut.rs/2CUqQB0</a>)</p>
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<p>Jeffrey Gundlach, the chief executive of DoubleLine Capital LP, said China can use its Treasury holdings as leverage, but only if they keep holding them.</p>
<p>“It is more effective as a threat. If they sell, they have no threat,” said Gundlach, known as Wall Street’s Bond King.</p>
<p>“It would only escalate the situation and eliminate their leverage.”</p>
<p>Prices on benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes slipped on Wednesday, giving back earlier gains on the trade news. Their yield edged up to about 2.81 percent Wednesday afternoon.</p>
<p>China’s Treasury holdings have dipped in recent months, declining by about $30 billion from $1.20 trillion last August, and they are down about 11 percent from their record high above $1.3 trillion in late 2013, according to U.S government data. In all, foreign governments own $4 trillion, or more than a quarter, of the $14.7 trillion in Treasury securities outstanding.</p>
<p>Asked by a reporter on Wednesday if China would reduce its U.S. Treasury holdings in retaliation, Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao reiterated China’s long-standing policy regarding its foreign exchange reserves, saying it is a responsible investor and that it will safeguard their value.</p>
<p>China’s foreign exchange reserves, the world’s largest, stood at about $3.13 trillion at the end of February, with roughly a third of it held in Treasuries.</p>
<p>“If they wanted to pull the nuclear switch, if they committed to dumping Treasuries, it would have an immediate and temporary impact on money markets in the United States,” said Jeff Klingelhofer, a portfolio manager who oversees more than $6 billion at Thornburg Investment Management Inc. “But I think it is a bigger hit to the sustainability of what they’re trying to accomplish.”</p>
<p>Brad Setser, senior fellow for international economics&#160;at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, said China can sell Treasuries and buy lower-yielding European or Japanese debt.</p>
<p>But the effect would likely be to strengthen the yuan against the dollar, weakening the relative desirability of its exports, analysts said. The sale could also tank the value of the Treasuries China retains, with nothing to show for the aggression.</p>
<p>More likely, if China wanted to turn up the heat it would let the yuan depreciate against the U.S. dollar, according to CFR’s Setser, a move that could kneecap the Trump administration’s goal of jump-starting U.S. manufacturing. The yuan weakened by about 0.25 percent on Wednesday but remains near its strongest in two and a half years.</p>
<p>Even if the likelihood of a change in Chinese policy regarding its Treasuries portfolio remains low, investors are sensitive to the risk any big shift would pose to world financial markets, where Treasuries are a global benchmark asset.</p>
<p>A January report that China might halt its purchases of Treasuries forced yields higher, but China disputed the news and said it was only diversifying its foreign exchange reserves to safeguard their value.</p>
<p>Reporting by Kate Duguid and Trevor Hunnicutt; Additional reporting by Jennifer Ablan; Editing by Dan Burns and James Dalgleish</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Janet Yellen visited Wall Street for a paid appearance two months after stepping down as Fed chair, discussing the economy and interest rates at an event hosted by investment bank Jefferies that included a sit-down dinner for forty.</p> FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen poses for IMF Governors family photo during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, DC, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
<p>In a short telephone interview, Yellen, who ran the U.S. Federal Reserve the last four years until early February, said she revealed no confidential information at Monday’s gathering, put on by Jefferies CEO Richard Handler.</p>
<p>One source familiar with the event told Reuters it was her first such engagement since leaving the Fed.</p>
<p>“I talked about the economy and general perspectives on monetary policy,” Yellen said late on Wednesday. She said she was paid but declined to say how much, and did not provide details.</p>
<p>The program included a question-and-answer session with more than 100 Jefferies clients, where according to the source she stuck close to the gradual rate-hike message that her successor, Jerome Powell, has also delivered since taking charge.</p>
<p>Later, over dinner at the Manhattan penthouse of Jefferies’ chief executive, Yellen told executives from hedge funds, private equity firms and other companies that she considered inflation to be in check and unlikely to spike, so rates would stay relatively low, according to a second person familiar with the discussion.</p>
<p>Cashing in after years in public service is a well-trodden path for policymakers and regulators, highlighting the demand among investors for any exclusive insights they can offer.</p>
<p>In the case of former Fed chiefs, who can earn an annual salary in one night and have no constraints on expressing their views provided they do not broach confidential matters, those insights could potentially move markets.</p>
<p>Yellen’s predecessor Ben Bernanke waited just over a month after leaving the Fed in 2014 before earning some $250,000 for a private talk in Abu Dhabi. He followed that up with similarly-priced private dinners with investors in New York, at which he predicted rates would remain low for a long time.</p>
<p>Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan waited only a week after stepping down before addressing a private dinner in 2006 hosted by Lehman Brothers, the investment bank whose collapse two years later sent the global financial crisis into high gear.</p> ‘AN AMAZING EVENING’
<p>Under Yellen, who earned just more than $200,000 per year as chair, the Fed finally turned the corner from its crisis-era policies of near-zero interest rates and trillions of dollars of bond-buying.</p>
<p>At Monday’s larger forum for Jefferies clients, she expressed the view that three or four rate rises were likely this year, and that recent U.S. tax cuts and a boost in government spending posed at least some risk of running the economy hot, according to the first source, who requested anonymity.</p> FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington, DC, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
<p>Reuters was not able to reach David Zervos, the Jefferies Group LLC [JGLL.UL] chief strategist who conducted the forum and who later tweeted a link to a photograph of him with a smiling Yellen on Instagram.</p>
<p>“An amazing evening last night hosting Janet Yellen for our clients in NY,” read the tweet, posted Tuesday.</p>
<p>The Fed raised rates last month at its first meeting under Powell, and forecasts showed policymakers were split between three or four total hikes this year as economic growth and inflation were seen rising.</p>
<p>Yellen joined the Brookings Institution think tank immediately after stepping down and spoke publicly there in February about the economy. Last month she discussed her Fed tenure at University of Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>In recent months she was listed as a speaker-for-hire by the Washington Speakers Bureau, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p>Her profile page, alongside that of Bernanke and Greenspan, says she travels from Washington and fees vary based on event location.</p>
<p>With reporting by Lawrence Delevingne in New York; editing by John Stonestreet</p> Our Standards:
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<p>SAO PAULO (Reuters) - China’s move to slap tariffs on U.S. farm products sent Brazil soy premiums surging to historic highs on expectations of higher export demand on Wednesday, but traders and analysts warned that Latin America could not entirely replace U.S. production.</p> FILE PHOTO: Workers harvest soybeans in a farm in the city of Primavera do Leste in the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File photo
<p>China responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to impose $50 billion in tariffs on its goods by announcing tariffs of equal value on U.S. imports, including a wide range of agricultural products.</p>
<p>Goods produced in South America made the list, including soy, beef, tobacco, cotton and frozen orange juice.</p>
<p>That raised the prospect that China would seek to shift large parts of its agricultural sourcing from the United States to the region. Alternate global suppliers of goods ranging from televisions to vaccines could be unexpected beneficiaries of Trump’s policies.</p> FILE PHOTO: A truck is loaded with soybeans in a farm in the city of Primavera do Leste in the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso February 7, 2013. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File photo
<p>Already record high premiums for Brazilian soy over Chicago prices were driven up 37 percent in response, the biggest one-day increase since January 2017.</p>
<p>“I have never seen a premium this high in history, this in a way will more than compensate for the bloodbath in Chicago,” said Aedson Pereira, an analyst at IEG-FNP, a subsidiary of Informa Economics.</p>
<p>Chicago soybeans futures contracts for May delivery fell 2 percent, closing at around $10.15 per bushel, retracing some losses after a 5 percent plunge.</p>
<p>But Latin America does not produce enough to compensate fully for U.S. output - and that may help push China and the United States to settle the dispute, according to Pereira and other analysts.</p>
<p>Brazil already sells roughly 75 percent of its soybean exports to China and with increasing domestic demand is unlikely to be able to free up much more for export.</p>
<p>“Even if Brazil sells its entire export volume to China, the Asian country would be short of 30 million tonnes,” said one Brazil-based analyst, who declined to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media.</p> FILE PHOTO: A close-up photo shows soy plants in a farm in Sao Desiderio, Bahia state, Brazil March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Roberto Samora
<p>South America’s other top producer Argentina already sent almost 90 percent of its 7.3 million soybeans to China last year, while smaller Paraguay does not have diplomatic relations with China.</p>
<p>The outlook for soybean prices was already robust after Argentina supplies took a hit from drought, while China’s demand has continued to rise.</p>
<p>Rodrigo Oliveira, chief strategist of Agro Financeira, a small trading and hedging firm based in the state of Tocantins, said his firm was looking to take advantage, buying up more Brazilian soybeans compared to last year.</p> Beijing hits back at U.S. trade tariffs
<p>“When China is going to buy from Brazilian trading (firms), they will have to pay us the Brazilian premium,” said Oliveira. “This is going to be huge for Brazilian soybean prices.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Ana Mano and Roberto Samora; Additional reporting by Maximilian Heath and Nicolas Misculin in BUENOS AIRES, Daniela Desantis in ASUNCION, Karl Plume in CHICAGO and Jose Roberto Gomes in SAO PAULO; Writing by Jake Spring, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien</p> Our Standards:
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kg 45000 kg 15 45 tonnes depending empty weight defined leaves question mark fate boeings new bigselling 737 max 8 jet though larger max 9 max 10 could spared stakes high united states exported 15 billion aircraft china 2016 ranking equally agricultural products like soybeans biggest category goods several definitions empty weight used aircraft industry ministry document gave explanation two industry experts said rules likely refer manufacturers empty weight core aircraft structure manufacturers usually shy publishing number commercial sensitivity give estimates slightly higher operating empty weight includes airline crew equipment fuel yet even number vary according airlines specific requirements seen guideline whatever category used range appears comfortably include currentgeneration 737 narrowbody aircraft midst replaced newer 737 max 737 max 8 impact unclear boeing documents available online list operating empty weight oew 737700 737800 737900 well within tariff zone 376 429 tonnes manufacturers empty weight mew would typically 115 tonnes lower two airplane appraisal experts said contrast newer 737 max 8 heavier predecessor operating empty weight 45070 kg according boeing document published august 2017 depending rules applied leaves hovering close tariff border line potentially still exposed sanctions conservative manufacturer scale used would expect nonvariable weight mew used benchmark oew vary operator operator said stuart hatcher chief operating officer ukbased advisory firm iba adding would pull jet 45 tonnes even generous oew weight format used 737 max 8s might escape use lighter layouts 70kg drop pretty easy get realms lowcost carriers standard singleclass operations hatcher added boeing said statement united states china outlined positions could harm global aerospace industry nothing drastic happened yet boeing co 32744 ban new york stock exchange 338 102 ban airpa 600029ss 600115ss gdn continue efforts proactively engage governments build recent assurances us chinese leaders productive talks ongoing said chinese airlines buying spree boeing rival airbus airpa air travel grows boeing chinas commercial aircraft corp china comac expected open 737 completion center coastal city zhoushan install interiors paint liveries year bulk published 737 orders chinese yet delivered newer max version however china southern airlines 600029ss ruili airlines okay airways two 737800s order xiamen airlines four according boeing order book asked airlines plane buying plans could shift away boeing china eastern airlines corp 600115ss chief executive xulun said wednesday early say keep eye situation chinaus trade war apart boeing jets gulfstream g650 large corporate jet manufactured general dynamics corp gdn also falls weight range targeted tariffs gulfstream declined comment reporting jamie freed singapore brenda goh shanghai additional reporting tim hepher paris alwyn scott new york writing jamie freed tim hepher editing mark potter susan fenton tom brown standards thomson reuters trust principles new york reuters took china 11 hours retaliate united states proposing tariffs 1300 chinese products chinese officials holding back taking aim largest american import government debt titfortat response trump administrations plan 25 percent duties 50 billion chinese imports china hit back list similar duties key american imports including soybeans planes cars beef chemicals officials signaled interest bringing vast holdings us treasuries fight china held around 117 trillion treasuries end january making largest americas foreign creditors 2 overall owner us government bonds federal reserve move china chop treasury portfolio could inflict significant harm us finances global investors driving bond yields higher making costly finance federal governmentgraphic top us trade partners amp foreign holders treasuries reutrs2cuqqb0 jeffrey gundlach chief executive doubleline capital lp said china use treasury holdings leverage keep holding effective threat sell threat said gundlach known wall streets bond king would escalate situation eliminate leverage prices benchmark 10year us treasury notes slipped wednesday giving back earlier gains trade news yield edged 281 percent wednesday afternoon chinas treasury holdings dipped recent months declining 30 billion 120 trillion last august 11 percent record high 13 trillion late 2013 according us government data foreign governments 4 trillion quarter 147 trillion treasury securities outstanding asked reporter wednesday china would reduce us treasury holdings retaliation vice finance minister zhu guangyao reiterated chinas longstanding policy regarding foreign exchange reserves saying responsible investor safeguard value chinas foreign exchange reserves worlds largest stood 313 trillion end february roughly third held treasuries wanted pull nuclear switch committed dumping treasuries would immediate temporary impact money markets united states said jeff klingelhofer portfolio manager oversees 6 billion thornburg investment management inc think bigger hit sustainability theyre trying accomplish brad setser senior fellow international economics160at council foreign relations new york said china sell treasuries buy loweryielding european japanese debt effect would likely strengthen yuan dollar weakening relative desirability exports analysts said sale could also tank value treasuries china retains nothing show aggression likely china wanted turn heat would let yuan depreciate us dollar according cfrs setser move could kneecap trump administrations goal jumpstarting us manufacturing yuan weakened 025 percent wednesday remains near strongest two half years even likelihood change chinese policy regarding treasuries portfolio remains low investors sensitive risk big shift would pose world financial markets treasuries global benchmark asset january report china might halt purchases treasuries forced yields higher china disputed news said diversifying foreign exchange reserves safeguard value reporting kate duguid trevor hunnicutt additional reporting jennifer ablan editing dan burns james dalgleish standards thomson reuters trust principles new yorksan francisco reuters janet yellen visited wall street paid appearance two months stepping fed chair discussing economy interest rates event hosted investment bank jefferies included sitdown dinner forty file photo federal reserve chair janet yellen poses imf governors family photo imfworld bank annual meetings washington dc us october 14 2017 reutersyuri gripasfile photo short telephone interview yellen ran us federal reserve last four years early february said revealed confidential information mondays gathering put jefferies ceo richard handler one source familiar event told reuters first engagement since leaving fed talked economy general perspectives monetary policy yellen said late wednesday said paid declined say much provide details program included questionandanswer session 100 jefferies clients according source stuck close gradual ratehike message successor jerome powell also delivered since taking charge later dinner manhattan penthouse jefferies chief executive yellen told executives hedge funds private equity firms companies considered inflation check unlikely spike rates would stay relatively low according second person familiar discussion cashing years public service welltrodden path policymakers regulators highlighting demand among investors exclusive insights offer case former fed chiefs earn annual salary one night constraints expressing views provided broach confidential matters insights could potentially move markets yellens predecessor ben bernanke waited month leaving fed 2014 earning 250000 private talk abu dhabi followed similarlypriced private dinners investors new york predicted rates would remain low long time former fed chair alan greenspan waited week stepping addressing private dinner 2006 hosted lehman brothers investment bank whose collapse two years later sent global financial crisis high gear amazing evening yellen earned 200000 per year chair fed finally turned corner crisisera policies nearzero interest rates trillions dollars bondbuying mondays larger forum jefferies clients expressed view three four rate rises likely year recent us tax cuts boost government spending posed least risk running economy hot according first source requested anonymity file photo federal reserve chairman janet yellen speaks news conference twoday federal open markets committee fomc policy meeting washington dc us september 20 2017 reutersjoshua robertsfile photo reuters able reach david zervos jefferies group llc jgllul chief strategist conducted forum later tweeted link photograph smiling yellen instagram amazing evening last night hosting janet yellen clients ny read tweet posted tuesday fed raised rates last month first meeting powell forecasts showed policymakers split three four total hikes year economic growth inflation seen rising yellen 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<p>* Rules on NPL stock face delay</p>
<p>* ECB could set out principles in March</p>
<p>* Details would be ironed out in following months</p>
<p>* Code on new NPLs also due out in March</p>
<p>By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi</p>
<p>FRANKFURT, Jan 24 (Reuters) - European Central Bank supervisors are likely to postpone publishing new rules aimed at tackling a huge pile of unpaid loans weighing down euro zone banks after fierce criticism from lawmakers and bankers, sources have told Reuters.</p>
<p>The delay is the latest climbdown in the ECB’s attempt to reduce the bloc’s 759 billion euros ($935 billion) of soured credit inherited from the financial crisis - a priority since it became the euro zone’s top banking supervisor in 2014.</p>
<p>Bankers and European parliamentarians, particularly from Italy, fear that forcing banks to set aside more money against their bad loans will strangle lending in economies that are already missing out on a brisk economic expansion in other parts of the euro zone.</p>
<p>ECB supervisors still aim to publish in March a first draft of new measures targeting soured loans that are sitting on banks’ balance sheets - a big issue in countries such as Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Slovenia - the three sources close to the matter said.</p>
<p>But they added this document was increasingly likely to be a mere placeholder setting out principles, while the nuts and bolts of the new rules could be decided in the following months. No final decision on the matter had yet been made.</p>
<p>An ECB spokeswoman declined to comment.</p>
<p>Bankers fear the need to stash away more money will force them to tap the market - a feat that has eluded Monte Paschi and other struggling lenders in the past 1-1/2 years.</p>
<p>ECB supervisors are now carrying out an assessment of the impact that these new measures would have on the euro zone’s banking sector, the sources said.</p>
<p>This study includes scenarios modelled on the ECB’s draft guidelines on new non-performing loans (NPLs), which give banks seven years to provide for credit backed by collateral and two years for unsecured debt, the sources said.</p>
<p>One of the variables is whether the new measures will be applied to all banks with above-average levels of NPLs or only with those where the issue is at its worst, they added.</p>
<p>Just over 5 percent of loans at large euro zone banks were not being repaid at the end of September 2017, down from 6.5 percent a year earlier, ECB data showed.</p>
<p>But this ratio is as high as 46 percent in Greece, 34 percent in Cyprus, 18 percent in Portugal and 12-13 percent in Slovenia, Ireland and Italy.</p>
<p>Bankers have said the ECB wants large banks to cut soured loans below 10 percent of total lending and have kept the pressure on individual lenders.</p>
<p>Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo, for instance, announced earlier this month a shift in strategy over bad debts, in a move that sources have said was driven by the ECB’s proposed new rules and the regulator’s stance.</p>
<p>The delay will also allow the ECB to take stock of the European Commission’s upcoming legislative measures on the matter and avert a new conflict with Brussels.</p> FLOW
<p>The ECB’s separate, long-postponed guidelines on new non-performing loans are also expected to see the light of day by the end of March, the sources said.</p>
<p>But banks will likely have to start providing for loans that sour only from the following quarter, they added.</p>
<p>Speaking in Frankfurt on Wednesday, the ECB’s chief banking supervisor Daniele Nouy said the code for new NPLs will be will be finalised in the first quarter of the year but its application may be delayed.</p>
<p>Unveiled in October and originally due to come into force at the start of this year, the regime has been put on hold due to strong criticism received during a public consultation.</p>
<p>The sources added the substance of the reform is unlikely to change, as flagged by Nouy herself in a recent meeting with Italian bankers.</p>
<p>The wording of the rules will be tweaked, however, to inject flexibility into the way they are applied.</p>
<p>This was seen as especially relevant for secured NPLs, which will have to be fully provided for despite the high probability of recovering some money, albeit after a long time, the sources said.</p>
<p>The new wording will also seek to assuage EU lawmakers’ criticism that the code encroached on their prerogatives by creating new legislation for all banks, rather than implementing existing law on a case-by-case basis.</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The effects of the Federal Reserve interest rate hike announced on Wednesday will extend beyond corporate America to household budgets.</p> A security guard walks in front of an image of the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, U.S., March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
<p>Most people will see at least a minor impact on their credit card statements in the next few billing cycles, while those with adjustable-rate mortgages, home equity lines of credit, auto loans and other loans with variable rates of interest will be hit hardest.</p>
<p>Credit cards with fixed interest rates and annual percentage rates that don’t change for a set period of time won’t be immediately affected.</p>
<p>Fixed-rate mortgages are also going to become more expensive, which could have a chilling effect on the real estate market. Higher interest rates typically depress home values by making monthly mortgage payments more expensive.</p>
<p>The Fed lifted its benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 1.50 percent to 1.75 percent at the end of a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. The U.S. central bank also forecast at least two more hikes for 2018, signaling growing confidence in the strengthening economy, which could lead to more aggressive future tightening.</p>
<p>“The cumulative effect (of rate hikes) can be quite significant,” said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com.</p> WHICH CONSUMER RATES WILL BE MOST AFFECTED?
<p>The average rate on a five-year Treasury-indexed adjustable-rate mortgage is currently about 3.67 percent, according to Freddie Mac. ARM rates are modified annually, so a 0.25 percentage point increase in the rate in March wouldn’t have an immediate effect. But when it does kick in, it could add up to $1,250 a year to interest payments on a $500,000 mortgage.</p>
<p>That mortgage owner could pay an additional $312.50 a month, or $3,750 a year, in interest if the Fed follows through with two more quarter-point hikes this year.</p>
<p>The rate hike on Wednesday could add $12.50 a year in interest to a credit card with a balance of $5,000 and an interest rate of 14.99 percent, the average in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Fed data.</p>
<p>That doesn’t sound like much. Even $37.50 a year, the amount three quarter-point rate increases this year would add, may not shock households.</p>
<p>But consider that approximately $62.50 a year has already been added as a result of the Fed’s previous five rate hikes since late 2015, and interest payments may be up by $100 at the end of the year.</p> FILE PHOTO - A shopper walks down an aisle in a newly opened Walmart Neighborhood Market in Chicago in this September 21, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Jim Young/Files WHAT HAPPENS TO HOME EQUITY CREDIT LINES?
<p>Interest rates on home equity credit lines are lower, at around 5 percent. “For somebody with a $30,000 home equity line, a quarter-point rate hike increases the minimum payment by $6 a month. But, this now being the sixth interest rate hike, the cumulative effect since December 2015 is that a $30,000 home equity line now carries a minimum payment that is $37 a month higher,” McBride said.</p>
<p>Those relationships are not quite so neat in practice. The federal funds rate, which the Fed determines directly, sets the rate at which banks lend money to one another. But there are more factors that determine the interest rate on a consumer loan.</p>
<p>“For every 100-basis-point increase in the fed funds rate, historically, it has been the case that the adjustable-rate mortgage rate would go up by 70 basis points,” said Michael Cox, founding director of the O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.</p>
<a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SYF.N" type="external">Synchrony Financial</a> 35.3 SYF.N New York Stock Exchange -0.10 (-0.28%) SYF.N GS.N ARE RATE HIKES A SIGN THE ECONOMY IS OVERHEATING?
<p>U.S. economic strength is evident with the unemployment rate at a 17-year low and companies receiving windfalls from President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, which they may reinvest to create jobs and improve wages.</p>
<p>But U.S. wage growth has remained sluggish and household budgets are tight. Though wages improved in January at the best pace since 2009, worker pay hasn’t made significant improvements since the 2007-2009 recession.</p>
<p>There is evidence in rising debt levels: American households owed a record high total of $13.15 trillion at the end of 2017, according to data from the New York Fed.</p>
<p>If wages don’t rise as rate hikes mount, contracted spending could eventually lead to a broader economic slowdown.</p> IS THERE ANY GOOD NEWS WITH RATE HIKES?
<p>Savers benefit as yields on savings accounts and certificates of deposit edge higher. The average national savings account interest rate was 0.6 percent before the Fed began raising rates in 2015, according to FDIC data. It is now 0.7 percent.</p>
<p>Rates on a 36-month certificate of deposit have gone from 0.48 percent to 0.65 percent. There are, however, internet banks including Synchrony ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SYF.N" type="external">SYF.N</a>) and Goldman Sachs’ ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=GS.N" type="external">GS.N</a>) Marcus that are engaged in an arms race of raising rates on savings accounts, which are 1.55 percent at the upper end, and CDs.</p>
<p>Reporting by Kate Duguid; Editing by Jennifer Ablan and Paul Simao</p> Our Standards:
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) - Tesla Inc shareholders approved a compensation package potentially worth $2.6 billion for Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday in a test of their confidence in the leader of the electric car company.</p> Elon Musk speaks at a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
<p>A Tesla spokesperson confirmed that shareholders had approved the measure at a special shareholder’s meeting in Fremont, California, but did not disclose the number of votes for or against.</p>
<p>Tesla’s general counsel, Todd Maron, indicated at the meeting that Musk’s pay was strongly supported by investors, a person who attended the meeting told Reuters. A Tesla spokesperson declined further comment.</p>
<p>The proposed compensation award for the Silicon Valley billionaire, valued at $2.6 billion, involves no salary or cash bonus but sets rewards based on Tesla’s market value rising to as much as $650 billion over the next 10 years.</p>
<p>The vote has been seen as a test of whether big investors are prepared to support such a large payout at the founder-led company.</p>
<p>The massive award, if achieved, surpasses anything previously granted to top U.S. executives, according to proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services.</p>
<p>“At $2.6 billion, the grant value is unprecedented and sets the new high-water mark for an individual executive equity award at a U.S. public company,” ISS wrote last month, in a recommendation to vote against the package. ISS said its own valuation of the award was even higher, at $3.7 billion.</p>
<p>Shares of Tesla are down 19 percent from a year high reached in September. The Silicon Valley company has been facing pressure on multiple fronts, from a cash crunch and production delays to increasing competition from rivals, as well as growing concern that Musk is distracted by too many projects.</p>
<p>Compensation for the CEOs of large U.S. companies is typically approved by around 95 percent of votes cast in annual “say on pay” advisory votes. But Musk’s potentially huge payout meant extra scrutiny at Wednesday’s vote.</p>
<p>Tesla would likely regard any result above 70 percent support for Musk’s compensation as a win, reflecting agreement from most investors, said compensation consultant Brent Longnecker.</p>
<p>“If they got that, they would breathe a sigh of relief,” he said. A lower figure would likely lead Tesla to review its communications with shareholders, he added.</p> SOME OPPOSITION
<p>Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, a top investor in Tesla and a major proxy adviser offered opposing views on whether to support the compensation deal, which required majority approval from shareholders.</p>
<p>Musk’s pay plan “is well aligned with shareholders’ long-term interests,” a spokesman for T. Rowe Price Group, Tesla’s fourth-largest investor with about 6 percent of its shares, told Reuters on Wednesday, without saying which way the Baltimore fund firm would vote.</p>
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<p>A smaller investor, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), said it planned to vote no. CalSTRS is one of the nation’s largest public pension plans but only the 59th largest investor in Tesla, with a 0.13 percent stake.</p>
<p>“Given the size of the award, we believe the potential dilution to shareholders is just too great. In addition, we have concerns about the lack of focus on profitability for the company, and the one profitability metric that is used excludes the cost of stock-based compensation,” CalSTRS’ Director of Corporate Governance, Anne Sheehan, said in a statement.</p>
<p>Musk could own as much as $55.8 billion in Tesla stock and more than a quarter of the electric car company in the next decade if he hits all targets of the new plan.</p>
<p>Under the proposed award, which involves stock options that vest in 12 tranches, Tesla’s market value must increase to $100 billion for the first tranche to vest and rise in additional $50 billion increments for the remainder.</p>
<p>Tesla was valued at about $52.46 billion at Tuesday’s closing price, according to Thomson Reuters data. Its shares have fallen nearly 12 percent since the pay plan was announced.</p>
<p>Tesla has been struggling to manufacture its Model 3 sedan - for which it holds about 500,000 advance reservations - and has repeatedly pushed back production timelines.</p>
<p>The company has been burning through cash and expects spending to rise this year, even as a host of upcoming projects demand attention and capital, including the new Tesla Semi and the Model Y crossover.</p>
<p>A wave of electric vehicles on the horizon from rivals are also adding pressure. Global automakers from Ford Motor Co to Volkswagen AG ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=VOWG_p.DE" type="external">VOWG_p.DE</a>) are cumulatively investing $90 billion in electrification over the next five years, with luxury models from Audi and Tata Motors Ltd’s Jaguar due this summer.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Rishika Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil Nair and Bill Rigby</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - Salesforce.com Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=CRM.N" type="external">CRM.N</a>) said on Tuesday it would buy U.S. software maker MuleSoft Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=MULE.N" type="external">MULE.N</a>) for about $5.90 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, illustrating CEO Marc Benioff’s push to bolster the company’s cloud-based portfolio with new technology.</p> FILE PHOTO - The Salesforce logo is pictured on a building in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Lily Jamali
<p>MuleSoft shareholders would get $36 in cash and 0.0711 of a Salesforce share, or $44.89 per share, representing a premium of 36 percent to Mulesoft’s Monday close.</p>
<p>MuleSoft shares were up 5 percent in extended trading after rising 27 percent during the day. Salesforce shares were down more than 2 percent after the bell.</p>
<p>Including debt, the deal was valued at $6.5 billion, the companies said in a joint statement.</p>
<p>“It is really a natural fit for Salesforce to own Mule,” Steve Koenig, analyst at Wedbush Securities said.</p>
<p>“Salesforce usually helps customers move to the cloud and digitally transform their business that often starts with CRM, so having Mule helps eliminate friction as customers transform their business and to provide a more complete solution,” he said.</p>
<p>MuleSoft listed on the New York Stock Exchange on March 17 last year at $17 apiece. It closed up 40 percent on the first day of trading, giving it a market value of nearly $3 billion.</p>
<p>Salesforce Ventures, the company’s venture capital arm, led a $128 million funding round in MuleSoft in 2015.</p>
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<p>Salesforce holds more than 18 percent of the global customer relationship management software market, followed by Oracle Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=ORCL.N" type="external">ORCL.N</a>) with 9.4 percent, according to 2016 figures provided by research firm IDC.</p>
<p>MuleSoft makes software that provides enterprises with tools to automatically integrate various applications, devices and disparate data to help businesses networks run faster. It counts Coca-Cola Co ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=KO.N" type="external">KO.N</a>), McDonald’s Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=MCD.N" type="external">MCD.N</a>), Salesforce and Spotify ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SPOT.N" type="external">SPOT.N</a>) among its customers.</p>
<p>Reuters had reported about the deal earlier on Tuesday.</p>
<p>BofA Merrill Lynch is Salesforce’s financial adviser and Goldman Sachs advised MuleSoft.</p>
<p>Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and forecast at least two more hikes for 2018, highlighting its growing confidence that tax cuts and government spending will boost the economy and inflation and spur more aggressive future tightening.</p> Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meetings in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
<p>In its first policy meeting under new Fed chief Jerome Powell, the U.S. central bank indicated that inflation should finally move higher after years below its 2 percent target and that the economy had recently gained momentum.</p>
<p>The Fed also raised the estimated longer-term “neutral” rate, the level at which monetary policy neither boosts nor slows the economy, a touch, in a sign the current gradual rate hike cycle could go on longer than previously thought.</p>
<p>“The economic outlook has strengthened in recent months,” the Fed said in a statement at the end of a two-day meeting in which it lifted its benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 1.50 percent to 1.75 percent.</p>
<p>Powell, who took over from former Fed chief Janet Yellen in early February, said the central bank was staying on a path of gradual rate increases but needed to be on guard against inflation.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>“We are trying to take the middle ground here,” Powell said in a press conference after the end of the policy meeting, adding that there were no signs the economy was on the cusp of accelerating inflation.</p>
<p>The rate hike was widely expected. All 104 economists polled by Reuters from March 5-13 said the Fed would increase borrowing costs this week.</p>
<p>U.S. stocks rose after the policy statement before paring gains to close lower. U.S. Treasury yields fell and then recovered. The dollar .DXY recorded its steepest one-day loss in nearly two months against a basket of currencies.</p>
<p>“The guidance in terms of the future rate hikes is a touch more hawkish than originally expected. 2019 looks like we’re going to get a faster pace of rate hikes,” said Matt Miskin, market strategist at John Hancock Investments.</p>
<p>“This a new Fed chairman starting with a bit of a hawkish tone as he takes leadership.”</p> Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meetings in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein CONFIDENCE IN THE ECONOMY
<p>The rate hike was the latest step away from years of stimulating the world’s largest economy in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession. The Fed tightened policy three times last year.</p>
<p>The combination of $1.8 trillion in expected fiscal stimulus from the Trump administration and recent hints of price and wage pressures had prompted some Fed officials to speculate more Americans could be drawn into an already tight labor market.</p>
<p>Some even worried inflation could rise well above the Fed’s target if the economy got too hot.</p> Slideshow (5 Images)
<p>Policymakers were largely split on Wednesday as to whether a total of three or four rate hikes would be needed this year. They predicted rates would rise three times next year and two times in 2020, a further indication of their view that the economy is on solid footing.</p>
<p>“The Fed seems to be gaining confidence,” said Brian Coulton, an economist at Fitch Rating in London.</p>
<p>Fed policymakers projected U.S. economic growth of 2.7 percent in 2018, an increase from the 2.5 percent forecast in December, and also marked up growth for next year. The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation was expected to end 2018 at 1.9 percent, unchanged from the previous forecast, but it is seen rising a bit above the target next year.</p>
<p>The U.S. unemployment rate by the end of 2018 is expected to edge down to 3.8 percent, indicating the Fed sees more room for the labor market to run. Fed officials predicted the longer-run rate would settle at 4.5 percent, slightly lower than the forecast from December.</p>
<p>U.S. joblessness stood at 4.1 percent last month.</p>
<p>While recent home sales and retail spending data have been on the weak side, the overall economic picture has brightened after growth accelerated to 2.3 percent last year.</p>
<p>Before the meeting, analysts were split over whether the Fed, which is wary of an early misstep under its new leadership, would raise policy tightening expectations until more price pressures are clearly evident. There are also looming outside risks to the economy such as a possible global trade war.</p>
<p>“This is a new risk (that) had been probably a low-profile risk, but which has become ... a more prominent risk to the outlook,” Powell said, adding, however, that the trade tensions had not affected the Fed’s expectations for the economy.</p>
<p>Reporting by Jonathan Spicer and Jason Lange in Washington; Additional reporting by Daniel Bases in New York and Ann Saphir in San Francisco; Editing by Paul Simao</p> Our Standards:
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rules npl stock face delay ecb could set principles march details would ironed following months code new npls also due march francesco canepa balazs koranyi frankfurt jan 24 reuters european central bank supervisors likely postpone publishing new rules aimed tackling huge pile unpaid loans weighing euro zone banks fierce criticism lawmakers bankers sources told reuters delay latest climbdown ecbs attempt reduce blocs 759 billion euros 935 billion soured credit inherited financial crisis priority since became euro zones top banking supervisor 2014 bankers european parliamentarians particularly italy fear forcing banks set aside money bad loans strangle lending economies already missing brisk economic expansion parts euro zone ecb supervisors still aim publish march first draft new measures targeting soured loans sitting banks balance sheets big issue countries italy portugal ireland slovenia three sources close matter said added document increasingly likely mere placeholder setting principles nuts bolts new rules could decided following months final decision matter yet made ecb spokeswoman declined comment bankers fear need stash away money force tap market feat eluded monte paschi struggling lenders past 112 years ecb supervisors carrying assessment impact new measures would euro zones banking sector sources said study includes scenarios modelled ecbs draft guidelines new nonperforming loans npls give banks seven years provide credit backed collateral two years unsecured debt sources said one variables whether new measures applied banks aboveaverage levels npls issue worst added 5 percent loans large euro zone banks repaid end september 2017 65 percent year earlier ecb data showed ratio high 46 percent greece 34 percent cyprus 18 percent portugal 1213 percent slovenia ireland italy bankers said ecb wants large banks cut soured loans 10 percent total lending kept pressure individual lenders italys intesa sanpaolo instance announced earlier month shift strategy bad debts move sources said driven ecbs proposed new rules regulators stance delay also allow ecb take stock european commissions upcoming legislative measures matter avert new conflict brussels flow ecbs separate longpostponed guidelines new nonperforming loans also expected see light day end march sources said banks likely start providing loans sour following quarter added speaking frankfurt wednesday ecbs chief banking supervisor daniele nouy said code new npls finalised first quarter year application may delayed unveiled october originally due come force start year regime put hold due strong criticism received public consultation sources added substance reform unlikely change flagged nouy recent meeting italian bankers wording rules tweaked however inject flexibility way applied seen especially relevant secured npls fully provided despite high probability recovering money albeit long time sources said new wording also seek assuage eu lawmakers criticism code encroached prerogatives 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hikes sign economy overheating us economic strength evident unemployment rate 17year low companies receiving windfalls president donald trumps tax cuts may reinvest create jobs improve wages us wage growth remained sluggish household budgets tight though wages improved january best pace since 2009 worker pay hasnt made significant improvements since 20072009 recession evidence rising debt levels american households owed record high total 1315 trillion end 2017 according data new york fed wages dont rise rate hikes mount contracted spending could eventually lead broader economic slowdown good news rate hikes savers benefit yields savings accounts certificates deposit edge higher average national savings account interest rate 06 percent fed began raising rates 2015 according fdic data 07 percent rates 36month certificate deposit gone 048 percent 065 percent however internet banks including synchrony syfn goldman sachs gsn marcus engaged arms race raising rates savings accounts 155 percent upper end cds reporting kate duguid editing jennifer ablan paul simao standards thomson reuters trust principles san franciscoboston reuters tesla inc shareholders approved compensation package potentially worth 26 billion chief executive elon musk wednesday test confidence leader electric car company elon musk speaks press conference following first launch spacex falcon heavy rocket kennedy space center cape canaveral florida us february 6 2018 reutersjoe skipper tesla spokesperson confirmed shareholders approved measure special shareholders meeting fremont california disclose number votes teslas general counsel todd maron indicated meeting musks pay strongly supported investors person attended meeting told reuters tesla spokesperson declined comment proposed compensation award silicon valley billionaire valued 26 billion involves salary cash bonus sets rewards based teslas market value rising much 650 billion next 10 years vote seen test whether big investors prepared support 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lead tesla review communications shareholders added opposition ahead wednesdays vote top investor tesla major proxy adviser offered opposing views whether support compensation deal required majority approval shareholders musks pay plan well aligned shareholders longterm interests spokesman rowe price group teslas fourthlargest investor 6 percent shares told reuters wednesday without saying way baltimore fund firm would vote volkswagen ag 1605 vowg_pde xetra 080 050 vowg_pde smaller investor california state teachers retirement system calstrs said planned vote calstrs one nations largest public pension plans 59th largest investor tesla 013 percent stake given size award believe potential dilution shareholders great addition concerns lack focus profitability company one profitability metric used excludes cost stockbased compensation calstrs director corporate governance anne sheehan said statement musk could much 558 billion tesla stock quarter electric car company next decade hits targets new plan proposed award involves stock options vest 12 tranches teslas market value must increase 100 billion first tranche vest rise additional 50 billion increments remainder tesla valued 5246 billion tuesdays closing price according thomson reuters data shares fallen nearly 12 percent since pay plan announced tesla struggling manufacture model 3 sedan holds 500000 advance reservations repeatedly pushed back production timelines company burning cash expects spending rise year even host upcoming projects demand attention capital including new tesla semi model crossover wave electric vehicles horizon rivals also adding pressure global automakers ford motor co volkswagen ag vowg_pde cumulatively investing 90 billion electrification next five years luxury models audi tata motors ltds jaguar due summer additional reporting rishika chatterjee bengaluru editing sunil nair bill rigby standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters salesforcecom inc crmn said tuesday would buy us software maker mulesoft inc mulen 590 billion cashandstock deal illustrating ceo marc benioffs push bolster companys cloudbased portfolio new technology file photo salesforce logo pictured building san francisco california us october 12 2016 reuterslily jamali mulesoft shareholders would get 36 cash 00711 salesforce share 4489 per share representing premium 36 percent mulesofts monday close mulesoft shares 5 percent extended trading rising 27 percent day salesforce shares 2 percent bell including debt deal valued 65 billion companies said joint statement really natural fit salesforce mule steve koenig analyst wedbush securities said salesforce usually helps customers move cloud digitally transform business often starts crm mule helps eliminate friction customers transform business provide complete solution said mulesoft listed new york stock exchange march 17 last year 17 apiece closed 40 percent first day trading giving market value nearly 3 billion salesforce ventures companys venture capital arm led 128 million funding round mulesoft 2015 salesforcecom inc 1217 crmn new york stock exchange 342 273 crmn mulen orcln kon mcdn salesforce holds 18 percent global customer relationship management software market followed oracle corp orcln 94 percent according 2016 figures provided research firm idc mulesoft makes software provides enterprises tools automatically integrate various applications devices disparate data help businesses networks run faster counts cocacola co kon mcdonalds corp mcdn salesforce spotify spotn among customers reuters reported deal earlier tuesday bofa merrill lynch salesforces financial adviser goldman sachs advised mulesoft reporting supantha mukherjee bengaluru editing shounak dasgupta standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters us federal reserve raised interest rates wednesday forecast least two hikes 2018 highlighting growing confidence tax cuts government spending boost economy inflation spur aggressive future tightening federal reserve chairman jerome powell speaks news conference following federal open market committee meetings washington us march 21 2018 reutersaaron p bernstein first policy meeting new fed chief jerome powell us central bank indicated inflation finally move higher years 2 percent target economy recently gained momentum fed also raised estimated longerterm neutral rate level monetary policy neither boosts slows economy touch sign current gradual rate hike cycle could go longer previously thought economic outlook strengthened recent months fed said statement end twoday meeting lifted benchmark overnight lending rate quarter percentage point range 150 percent 175 percent powell took former fed chief janet yellen early february said central bank staying path gradual rate increases needed guard inflation related coverage fomc statement march 2021 meeting fed raises rates signals confidence strengthening economy traders boost bets federal reserve interest rate rises trying take middle ground powell said press conference end policy meeting adding signs economy cusp accelerating inflation rate hike widely expected 104 economists polled reuters march 513 said fed would increase borrowing costs week us stocks rose policy statement paring gains close lower us treasury yields fell recovered dollar dxy recorded steepest oneday loss nearly two months basket currencies guidance terms future rate hikes touch hawkish originally expected 2019 looks like going get faster pace rate hikes said matt miskin market strategist john hancock investments new fed chairman starting bit hawkish tone takes leadership federal reserve chairman jerome powell speaks news conference following federal open market committee meetings washington us march 21 2018 reutersaaron p bernstein confidence economy rate hike latest step away years stimulating worlds largest economy wake 20072009 financial crisis recession fed tightened policy three times last year combination 18 trillion expected fiscal stimulus trump administration recent hints price wage pressures prompted fed officials speculate americans could drawn already tight labor market even worried inflation could rise well feds target economy got hot slideshow 5 images policymakers largely split wednesday whether total three four rate hikes would needed year predicted rates would rise three times next year two times 2020 indication view economy solid footing fed seems gaining confidence said brian coulton economist fitch rating london fed policymakers projected us economic growth 27 percent 2018 increase 25 percent forecast december also marked growth next year feds preferred measure inflation expected end 2018 19 percent unchanged previous forecast seen rising bit target next year us unemployment rate end 2018 expected edge 38 percent indicating fed sees room labor market run fed officials predicted longerrun rate would settle 45 percent slightly lower forecast december us joblessness stood 41 percent last month recent home sales retail spending data weak side overall economic picture brightened growth accelerated 23 percent last year meeting analysts split whether fed wary early misstep new leadership would raise policy tightening expectations price pressures clearly evident also looming outside risks economy possible global trade war new risk probably lowprofile risk become prominent risk outlook powell said adding however trade tensions affected feds expectations economy reporting jonathan spicer jason lange washington additional reporting daniel bases new york ann saphir san francisco editing paul simao standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a still undetermined awards race and an industry undergoing tectonic shifts with the Me Too and Time's Up movements, awards shows have become canaries in the coal mine.</p>
<p>After the Golden Globes, it was clear that the entertainment business was not shying away from its problems, but the Screen Actors Guild Awards suggested that perhaps the Hollywood reckoning is now following a familiar script.</p>
<p>There were big moments Sunday at the 24th annual celebration of actors, like Harvey Weinstein accusers Marisa Tomei and Rosanna Arquette naming some of the key silence breakers who lit the fuse to the movement, and big questions about what would happen if the recently accused James Franco and Aziz Ansari won in their categories (they didn't).</p>
<p>But much of the evening was numbingly similar to what we've seen before, from the winners — like "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" — to the commentary on why the crusade is important and gestures like having nearly all female presenters.</p>
<p>"We are living in a watershed moment," first ever SAG Awards host Kristen Bell said in her opening monologue, which stayed light. "Let's make sure that we're leading the charge with empathy and diligence."</p>
<p>After winning big at the Globes, the Western-inspired revenge tale "Three Billboards" dominated the major film awards with wins for best ensemble, best actress for Frances McDormand and best supporting actor for Sam Rockwell.</p>
<p>It was almost an exact repeat of the major Golden Globe Award wins with Gary Oldman also winning best actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" and Allison Janney taking supporting actress for playing Tonya Harding's mother in "I, Tonya."</p>
<p>With many prominent men in Hollywood facing accusations of sexual misconduct, virtually every aspect of the awards season has been impacted by the scandal — from questions on the red carpet to anxiety over who might be nominated, attend or win any given ceremony.</p>
<p>Both Franco and Ansari two weeks ago won Golden Globe Awards while wearing Time's Up pins before being accused of sexual misconduct and, in Ansari's case, aggressive sexual behavior by an anonymous accuser. Both were nominated Sunday and lost, Franco to Oldman and Ansari to William H. Macy for "Shameless."</p>
<p>E! host Giuliana Rancic asked "GLOW" actress Alison Brie about recent allegations of misconduct against her brother-in-law James Franco (Brie is married to actor Dave Franco.)</p>
<p>"I think that above all what we've always said is it remains vital that anyone who remains victimized should have the right to speak out and come forward," Brie said, adding that in the case of Franco, "Not everything that has come forward is fully accurate."</p>
<p>Franco has also called some of the accusations inaccurate, but after two days of facing questions about the claims on late-night television, "The Disaster Artist" star has kept a lower profile, although he was in attendance at the SAG Awards. He did not attend last week's Critics' Choice Awards.</p>
<p>The winners, by and large, made sure to at least reference the moment.</p>
<p>Rockwell, in his acceptance speech, said he was standing with, "All the incredible women in this room who are trying to make things better. It's long overdue."</p>
<p>Most of the comments in the evening were forward-looking too. SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris said, "This is not a moment in time. This is a movement."</p>
<p>Big television winners included NBC's "This Is Us," which took the ensemble award for drama and won Sterling K. Brown the outstanding actor award, and HBO's "Veep," which got outstanding comedy ensemble and a best actress win for Julia Louis-Dreyfus.</p>
<p>HBO's "Big Little Lies" picked up best actor in a miniseries wins for both Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman.</p>
<p>"I'm so grateful today that our careers can go beyond 40 years old," Kidman said in her acceptance speech. "We are potent and powerful and viable. I just beg that the industry stays behind us because our stories are finally being told."</p>
<p>But not everyone got a headline-worthy moment, Sunday. Lifetime achievement award recipient Morgan Freeman kept his remarks brief.</p>
<p>Producers say the female-forward approach was inspired by last year's Women's March, but the show arrived at a time when some of the industry's biggest names are leading the Time's Up and Me Too movements to address gender inequality, sexual misconduct, pay disparities and other issues.</p>
<p>The show comes two weeks after a black-dress protest at the Golden Globe Awards, and several stars including Meryl Streep, Emma Stone and Michelle Williams bringing activists to the show. The SAG red carpet saw the return of colorful frocks and far fewer Time's Up pins — although some actors, like Kumail Nanjiani and Gina Rodriguez, were still sporting theirs.</p>
<p>The Globes were the first major awards show forced to confront the sexual misconduct scandal since it exploded in October with dozens of women accusing Harvey Weinstein of harassment and in some instances, rape. (Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.)</p>
<p>Tomei and Arquette provided perhaps the most memorable moment of the evening. While Arquette held back tears, they named some of the "silence breakers" in the movement including Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra, Ashley Judd, Daryl Hannah, Mira Sorvino, Anthony Rapp and Olivia Munn.</p>
<p>"So many powerful voices are no longer silenced by the fear of retaliation," Arquette said. "We can control our own destiny."</p>
<p>Not every show can have barn burning Oprah Winfrey moment, but sometimes a trace of genuine emotion is just enough.</p>
<p>Your move, Oscars.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>AP Entertainment Reporters Sandy Cohen, Amanda Lee Myers and Mike Cidoni Lennox contributed from Los Angeles.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>For full coverage of awards season, visit: <a href="" type="internal">https://apnews.com/tag/AwardsSeason</a></p>
<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a still undetermined awards race and an industry undergoing tectonic shifts with the Me Too and Time's Up movements, awards shows have become canaries in the coal mine.</p>
<p>After the Golden Globes, it was clear that the entertainment business was not shying away from its problems, but the Screen Actors Guild Awards suggested that perhaps the Hollywood reckoning is now following a familiar script.</p>
<p>There were big moments Sunday at the 24th annual celebration of actors, like Harvey Weinstein accusers Marisa Tomei and Rosanna Arquette naming some of the key silence breakers who lit the fuse to the movement, and big questions about what would happen if the recently accused James Franco and Aziz Ansari won in their categories (they didn't).</p>
<p>But much of the evening was numbingly similar to what we've seen before, from the winners — like "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" — to the commentary on why the crusade is important and gestures like having nearly all female presenters.</p>
<p>"We are living in a watershed moment," first ever SAG Awards host Kristen Bell said in her opening monologue, which stayed light. "Let's make sure that we're leading the charge with empathy and diligence."</p>
<p>After winning big at the Globes, the Western-inspired revenge tale "Three Billboards" dominated the major film awards with wins for best ensemble, best actress for Frances McDormand and best supporting actor for Sam Rockwell.</p>
<p>It was almost an exact repeat of the major Golden Globe Award wins with Gary Oldman also winning best actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" and Allison Janney taking supporting actress for playing Tonya Harding's mother in "I, Tonya."</p>
<p>With many prominent men in Hollywood facing accusations of sexual misconduct, virtually every aspect of the awards season has been impacted by the scandal — from questions on the red carpet to anxiety over who might be nominated, attend or win any given ceremony.</p>
<p>Both Franco and Ansari two weeks ago won Golden Globe Awards while wearing Time's Up pins before being accused of sexual misconduct and, in Ansari's case, aggressive sexual behavior by an anonymous accuser. Both were nominated Sunday and lost, Franco to Oldman and Ansari to William H. Macy for "Shameless."</p>
<p>E! host Giuliana Rancic asked "GLOW" actress Alison Brie about recent allegations of misconduct against her brother-in-law James Franco (Brie is married to actor Dave Franco.)</p>
<p>"I think that above all what we've always said is it remains vital that anyone who remains victimized should have the right to speak out and come forward," Brie said, adding that in the case of Franco, "Not everything that has come forward is fully accurate."</p>
<p>Franco has also called some of the accusations inaccurate, but after two days of facing questions about the claims on late-night television, "The Disaster Artist" star has kept a lower profile, although he was in attendance at the SAG Awards. He did not attend last week's Critics' Choice Awards.</p>
<p>The winners, by and large, made sure to at least reference the moment.</p>
<p>Rockwell, in his acceptance speech, said he was standing with, "All the incredible women in this room who are trying to make things better. It's long overdue."</p>
<p>Most of the comments in the evening were forward-looking too. SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris said, "This is not a moment in time. This is a movement."</p>
<p>Big television winners included NBC's "This Is Us," which took the ensemble award for drama and won Sterling K. Brown the outstanding actor award, and HBO's "Veep," which got outstanding comedy ensemble and a best actress win for Julia Louis-Dreyfus.</p>
<p>HBO's "Big Little Lies" picked up best actor in a miniseries wins for both Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman.</p>
<p>"I'm so grateful today that our careers can go beyond 40 years old," Kidman said in her acceptance speech. "We are potent and powerful and viable. I just beg that the industry stays behind us because our stories are finally being told."</p>
<p>But not everyone got a headline-worthy moment, Sunday. Lifetime achievement award recipient Morgan Freeman kept his remarks brief.</p>
<p>Producers say the female-forward approach was inspired by last year's Women's March, but the show arrived at a time when some of the industry's biggest names are leading the Time's Up and Me Too movements to address gender inequality, sexual misconduct, pay disparities and other issues.</p>
<p>The show comes two weeks after a black-dress protest at the Golden Globe Awards, and several stars including Meryl Streep, Emma Stone and Michelle Williams bringing activists to the show. The SAG red carpet saw the return of colorful frocks and far fewer Time's Up pins — although some actors, like Kumail Nanjiani and Gina Rodriguez, were still sporting theirs.</p>
<p>The Globes were the first major awards show forced to confront the sexual misconduct scandal since it exploded in October with dozens of women accusing Harvey Weinstein of harassment and in some instances, rape. (Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.)</p>
<p>Tomei and Arquette provided perhaps the most memorable moment of the evening. While Arquette held back tears, they named some of the "silence breakers" in the movement including Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra, Ashley Judd, Daryl Hannah, Mira Sorvino, Anthony Rapp and Olivia Munn.</p>
<p>"So many powerful voices are no longer silenced by the fear of retaliation," Arquette said. "We can control our own destiny."</p>
<p>Not every show can have barn burning Oprah Winfrey moment, but sometimes a trace of genuine emotion is just enough.</p>
<p>Your move, Oscars.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>AP Entertainment Reporters Sandy Cohen, Amanda Lee Myers and Mike Cidoni Lennox contributed from Los Angeles.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>For full coverage of awards season, visit: <a href="" type="internal">https://apnews.com/tag/AwardsSeason</a></p>
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emotion enough move oscars ___ ap entertainment reporters sandy cohen amanda lee myers mike cidoni lennox contributed los angeles ___ full coverage awards season visit httpsapnewscomtagawardsseason los angeles ap still undetermined awards race industry undergoing tectonic shifts times movements awards shows become canaries coal mine golden globes clear entertainment business shying away problems screen actors guild awards suggested perhaps hollywood reckoning following familiar script big moments sunday 24th annual celebration actors like harvey weinstein accusers marisa tomei rosanna arquette naming key silence breakers lit fuse movement big questions would happen recently accused james franco aziz ansari categories didnt much evening numbingly similar weve seen winners like three billboards outside ebbing missouri commentary crusade important gestures like nearly female presenters living watershed moment first ever sag awards host kristen bell said opening monologue stayed light lets make sure leading charge empathy diligence winning big globes westerninspired revenge tale three billboards dominated major film awards wins best ensemble best actress frances mcdormand best supporting actor sam rockwell almost exact repeat major golden globe award wins gary oldman also winning best actor portrayal winston churchill darkest hour allison janney taking supporting actress playing tonya hardings mother tonya many prominent men hollywood facing accusations sexual misconduct virtually every aspect awards season impacted scandal questions red carpet anxiety might nominated attend win given ceremony franco ansari two weeks ago golden globe awards wearing times pins accused sexual misconduct ansaris case aggressive sexual behavior anonymous accuser nominated sunday lost franco oldman ansari william h macy shameless e host giuliana rancic asked glow actress alison brie recent allegations misconduct brotherinlaw james franco brie married actor dave franco think weve always said remains vital anyone remains victimized right speak come forward brie said adding case franco everything come forward fully accurate franco also called accusations inaccurate two days facing questions claims latenight television disaster artist star kept lower profile although attendance sag awards attend last weeks critics choice awards winners large made sure least reference moment rockwell acceptance speech said standing incredible women room trying make things better long overdue comments evening forwardlooking sagaftra president gabrielle carteris said moment time movement big television winners included nbcs us took ensemble award drama sterling k brown outstanding actor award hbos veep got outstanding comedy ensemble best actress win julia louisdreyfus hbos big little lies picked best actor miniseries wins alexander skarsgard nicole kidman im grateful today careers go beyond 40 years old kidman said acceptance speech potent powerful viable beg industry stays behind us stories finally told everyone got headlineworthy moment sunday lifetime achievement award recipient morgan freeman kept remarks brief producers say femaleforward approach inspired last years womens march show arrived time industrys biggest names leading times movements address gender inequality sexual misconduct pay disparities issues show comes two weeks blackdress protest golden globe awards several stars including meryl streep emma stone michelle williams bringing activists show sag red carpet saw return colorful frocks far fewer times pins although actors like kumail nanjiani gina rodriguez still sporting globes first major awards show forced confront sexual misconduct scandal since exploded october dozens women accusing harvey weinstein harassment instances rape weinstein denied allegations nonconsensual sex tomei arquette provided perhaps memorable moment evening arquette held back tears named silence breakers movement including asia argento annabella sciorra ashley judd daryl hannah 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<p>Chester Nez, the last of the “Original 29” Navajo Code Talkers who developed and implemented a top secret code that confounded the Japanese in World War II, died Wednesday at his home on Albuquerque’s West Side.</p>
<p>U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Manfred Hermann had just returned from Iraq in this Nov. 12, 2007, photo when he shook hands with Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez. Nez, 93, died Wednesday. He was the last surviving member of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers, who developed and fielded the top secret code during World War II. (Albuquerque Journal File)</p>
<p>Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly on Wednesday issued a proclamation directing all flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at half-staff in Nez’s honor from sunrise today until sunset Sunday.</p>
<p>The Code Talkers took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific, sending thousands of messages on Japanese troop movements and battlefield tactics, directing artillery attacks and providing other communications critical to the Allied victory – an important contribution that was a closely guarded secret for another 40 plus years.</p>
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<p>In a White House ceremony on July 26, 2001, then-President George W. Bush presented Nez with a Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian award. Though there were only a handful of the Original 29 on hand to receive the medals, all 29 received the honor. All other Code Talkers were awarded the Congressional Silver Medal.</p>
<p>Nez, whose health had been deteriorating the past few years, was 93.</p>
<p>One of nine children, Nez was born at Cousin Brothers Trading Post on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles southwest of Gallup. His family isn’t certain of his birth date, but government officials have set it at Jan. 23, 1921, according to his son, Mike Nez of Albuquerque.</p>
<p>Nez grew up at Chichiltah – which translates to “among the oaks” – on the Navajo reservation where he tended the family’s sheep herd and lived a traditional Navajo boy’s life until, at age 9, he was sent to Tohatchi Boarding School.</p>
<p>By the time he was 18, Nez had attended boarding schools in Fort Defiance, Ariz., Gallup and Tuba City, interspersed with “vacations” back home on the reservation.</p>
<p>“He was in the 10th grade at Tuba City Boarding School when the (Marine Corps) recruiters came to the school,” Mike Nez said in a 2011 interview. “They were specifically looking for Navajos. They (the students) didn’t know they would be Code Talkers when they were recruited.”</p>
<p>In 1942, Philip Johnston, a World War I veteran and non-Native American who grew up on the Navajo reservation and spoke fluent Navajo, proposed that the military base a secret code on the complex language. After demonstrating to the military that Navajos could quickly encode, transmit and decode an otherwise undecipherable three-line message in 20 seconds, the Marine Corps brass authorized the recruitment of Navajos to create and implement the code as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Nez and other new recruits were bused to Fort Defiance and sworn into the Corps in May 1942. From there they went to Camp Pendleton in California for basic training, and then 29 of them were selected and assigned to the 382nd Platoon.</p>
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<p>“After boot camp training was over they sent us to Camp Elliott, and that’s where we started doing the code,” Nez said in the 2011 interview. “It was kind of hard work, but it didn’t take us too long to develop the code.”</p>
<p>Chester Nez is in the center of the front row of this 1942 photo. Nez helped develop the top secret code the Japanese could never break. (Albuquerque Journal File)</p>
<p>Day in and day out, the group worked on nothing but the code, Nez said. They first developed an alphabet using common Navajo words. For example, “A” became the Navajo word for “ant” or wolla-chee. “A” could also be bela-sana, the Navajo word for “apple,” or tse-nill for “ax.” The use of multiple words for a single letter helped make the code undecipherable.</p>
<p>The code-makers also substituted familiar Navajo terms for military terminology. For example, a submarine became an iron fish, a tank became a tortoise and a grenade was a potato.</p>
<p>Each Code Talker memorized the code through constant repetition, not only at Camp Elliott but during breaks, at night, during meals and on long ship voyages throughout the Pacific.</p>
<p>Once the code was fully developed, it was taught to other Navajo recruits while Nez and his fellow Marines headed for the Pacific theater.</p>
<p>The Code Talkers worked in teams of two, one sending coded messages by radio while the other cranked the radio’s internal generator and watched for the enemy or returned fire. After a few hours, they would switch, Nez said.</p>
<p>Nez left active duty in 1945 and went into the Marine Reserves until he was reactivated for the Korean conflict in 1951. He left the military in 1952 with the rank of corporal and soon enrolled at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kan., now known as Haskell Indian Nations University, where he earned his GED and met his future wife, Ethel.</p>
<p>The couple married in 1953 in St. Michaels, Ariz., and raised three sons and a daughter. They eventually divorced, and Ethel died of a heart attack in the early 1990s.</p>
<p>Nez – who had a talent for drawing – worked as a painter at the Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 23 years before retiring in 1974. The walls of the center’s recreation building feature several of his works.</p>
<p>For decades, none of Nez’s family had any idea what he did during the war, other than loose references to being a “radio man.”</p>
<p>All Code Talkers were under strict military orders to keep the code secret, and were not allowed to reveal their true roles in the war until the code was declassified in 1968. Once that secret was made public, the roughly 400 Navajo Code Talkers who served during the war became celebrities.</p>
<p>In April, Nez traveled to Quantico, Va., to attend the dedication of a Marine Corps building to the Navajo Code Talkers.</p>
<p>In 2012, a book titled “Code Talker,” written by Tijeras author Judith Schiess Avila, was released chronicling Nez’s life and the contributions of the Code Talkers to the war effort. Until recently, Nez would attend book signings and pen his name in beautiful script, accompanied by a title only he could include – “Original 29.”</p>
<p>Services are pending with French Mortuary. Nez will be buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, his son said Wednesday.</p>
<p>New Mexico politicos issued statements Wednesday regarding the passing of Chester Nez, the last living member of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers.</p>
<p>“Chester Nez and his fellow Code Talkers were also pressed into combat duty to brave the jungles of Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and countless other islands throughout the Pacific Theater.&#160; Throughout their lives they have shown what it means to be true patriots, leaving a legacy of service and sacrifice. We are proud of Chester Nez, and each of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers. They changed the course of history, and will live on in our hearts forevermore.”</p>
<p>— Gov. Susana Martinez</p>
<p>“Like the code that helped win two world wars, Chester Nez’s commitment to the United States was unbroken. He loved his culture and his country, and when called, he fought to protect both. And because of his service, we enjoy freedoms that have stood the test of time. As we mark Chester’s passing, let us honor his memory with a renewed inspiration to preserve our Native languages, and rededicate ourselves to keeping alive the story of our Code Talkers and the patriotic spirit that has always run deep in New Mexico and our nation.”</p>
<p>— U.S. Sen. Tom Udall</p>
<p>“Chester Nez was a true American hero. His bravery and service will always be remembered. Chester, along with 28 other Navajo Code Talkers, used their Native language to develop what would become one of the most indispensable tools in World War II. Serving as a Marine at a young age, Chester’s love of country and his commitment to freedom never wavered — neither did his courage. Our nation is forever in his debt.”</p>
<p>— U.S. Sen Martin Heinrich</p>
<p>“Mr. Nez grew up at a time when speaking his native Navajo was prohibited and punished, yet it did not stop him from holding on to his culture and keeping his language alive. While Mr. Nez has been described as a traditionally modest and humble man who did not talk a lot, he always sought to preserve his language, and helped share the stories of the Code Talkers with younger generations of Navajos so they understand the importance of their language and are encouraged to learn it. While we are saddened by the loss of Chester Nez, we are inspired by his service to our nation and the efforts of all Navajo Code Talkers who played a critical role in World War II.&#160; We thank them for their service.”</p>
<p>— U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan</p>
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chester nez last original 29 navajo code talkers developed implemented top secret code confounded japanese world war ii died wednesday home albuquerques west side us marine corps cpl manfred hermann returned iraq nov 12 2007 photo shook hands navajo code talker chester nez nez 93 died wednesday last surviving member original 29 navajo code talkers developed fielded top secret code world war ii albuquerque journal file navajo nation president ben shelly wednesday issued proclamation directing flags navajo nation flown halfstaff nezs honor sunrise today sunset sunday code talkers took part every assault marines conducted pacific sending thousands messages japanese troop movements battlefield tactics directing artillery attacks providing communications critical allied victory important contribution closely guarded secret another 40 plus years advertisement white house ceremony july 26 2001 thenpresident george w bush presented nez congressional gold medal nations highest civilian award though handful original 29 hand receive medals 29 received honor code talkers awarded congressional silver medal nez whose health deteriorating past years 93 one nine children nez born cousin brothers trading post navajo nation 15 miles southwest gallup family isnt certain birth date government officials set jan 23 1921 according son mike nez albuquerque nez grew chichiltah translates among oaks navajo reservation tended familys sheep herd lived traditional navajo boys life age 9 sent tohatchi boarding school time 18 nez attended boarding schools fort defiance ariz gallup tuba city interspersed vacations back home reservation 10th grade tuba city boarding school marine corps recruiters came school mike nez said 2011 interview specifically looking navajos students didnt know would code talkers recruited 1942 philip johnston world war veteran nonnative american grew navajo reservation spoke fluent navajo proposed military base secret code complex language demonstrating military navajos could quickly encode transmit decode otherwise undecipherable threeline message 20 seconds marine corps brass authorized recruitment navajos create implement code soon possible nez new recruits bused fort defiance sworn corps may 1942 went camp pendleton california basic training 29 selected assigned 382nd platoon advertisement boot camp training sent us camp elliott thats started code nez said 2011 interview kind hard work didnt take us long develop code chester nez center front row 1942 photo nez helped develop top secret code japanese could never break albuquerque journal file day day group worked nothing code nez said first developed alphabet using common navajo words example became navajo word ant wollachee could also belasana navajo word apple tsenill ax use multiple words single letter helped make code undecipherable codemakers also substituted familiar navajo terms military terminology example submarine became iron fish tank became tortoise grenade potato code talker memorized code constant repetition camp elliott breaks night meals long ship voyages throughout pacific code fully developed taught navajo recruits nez fellow marines headed pacific theater code talkers worked teams two one sending coded messages radio cranked radios internal generator watched enemy returned fire hours would switch nez said nez left active duty 1945 went marine reserves reactivated korean conflict 1951 left military 1952 rank corporal soon enrolled haskell institute lawrence kan known haskell indian nations university earned ged met future wife ethel couple married 1953 st michaels ariz raised three sons daughter eventually divorced ethel died heart attack early 1990s nez talent drawing worked painter raymond g murphy veterans affairs medical center 23 years retiring 1974 walls centers recreation building feature several works decades none nezs family idea war loose references radio man code talkers strict military orders keep code secret allowed reveal true roles war code declassified 1968 secret made public roughly 400 navajo code talkers served war became celebrities april nez traveled quantico va attend dedication marine corps building navajo code talkers 2012 book titled code talker written tijeras author judith schiess avila released chronicling nezs life contributions code talkers war effort recently nez would attend book signings pen name beautiful script accompanied title could include original 29 services pending french mortuary nez buried santa fe national cemetery son said wednesday new mexico politicos issued statements wednesday regarding passing chester nez last living member original 29 navajo code talkers chester nez fellow code talkers also pressed combat duty brave jungles guadalcanal iwo jima countless islands throughout pacific theater160 throughout lives shown means true patriots leaving legacy service sacrifice proud chester nez original 29 navajo code talkers changed course history live hearts forevermore gov susana martinez like code helped win two world wars chester nezs commitment united states unbroken loved culture country called fought protect service enjoy freedoms stood test time mark chesters passing let us honor memory renewed inspiration preserve native languages rededicate keeping alive story code talkers patriotic spirit always run deep new mexico nation us sen tom udall chester nez true american hero bravery service always remembered chester along 28 navajo code talkers used native language develop would become one indispensable tools world war ii serving marine young age chesters love country commitment freedom never wavered neither courage nation forever debt us sen martin heinrich mr nez grew time speaking native navajo prohibited punished yet stop holding culture keeping language alive mr nez described traditionally modest humble man talk lot always sought preserve language helped share stories code talkers younger generations navajos understand importance language encouraged learn saddened loss chester nez inspired service nation efforts navajo code talkers played critical role world war ii160 thank service us rep ben ray lujan 160 160
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<p>WASHINGTON — For weeks, President Donald Trump had been seething.</p>
<p>The swirling questions about possible contacts between his presidential campaign team and Russia just wouldn’t stop, and he felt it was overshadowing his early achievements.</p>
<p>Who was to blame? In Trump’s view, FBI Director James Comey.</p>
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<p>Comey had allowed the bureau’s investigation to play out in the press, the president told those close to him, and hadn’t done enough to stop leaks about it.</p>
<p>Those simmering frustrations, described by people with knowledge of the president’s conversations, culminated with Trump’s surprise announcement late Tuesday that he was firing Comey. The people recounting the behind-the-scenes activity spoke only on condition of anonymity to disclose private discussions.</p>
<p>White House officials offered a somewhat different version Wednesday of how Trump came to fire Comey, casting his decision as one that reflected an “erosion of confidence” that had long been in the making.</p>
<p>“Frankly, he’d been considering letting Director Comey go since the day he was elected,” said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders. She also expressed the White House hope that the Russia investigation would wrap soon. “We’d love for that to be completed so that we can all move on.”</p>
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<p>But for weeks, the Russia investigation has not appeared to be going away.</p>
<p>Comey confirmed in March that the FBI was looking into possible coordination between the Russians and Trump associates. As Trump’s presidency hit its 100-day mark, reporters were still asking questions.</p>
<p>Just last week, Comey answered more questions about it at hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. That testimony — during which Comey noted he felt “mildly nauseous” at the thought that his actions in the Hillary Clinton email case influenced the election — made Trump increasingly convinced he wanted Comey gone, according to a White House official.</p>
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<p>That’s around the time Comey was asking the Justice Department for more resources to pour into the Russia investigation — an indication the questions will be continuing.</p>
<p>The embattled top lawman told lawmakers he made the request for more help in a meeting with Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general overseeing the Russia probe, according to three U.S. officials. The Justice Department denies there was such a request.</p>
<p>The White House would not say whether Trump knew.</p>
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<p>Some allies had been warning Trump since before his inauguration to get rid of Comey, describing him as a Republican who would criticize and do in fellow Republicans, according to one Trump associate.</p>
<p>But a final straw, said Sanders, landed in a Monday meeting between the president and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Rosenstein, in which the two Justice officials expressed deep concern about Comey’s leadership.</p>
<p>They had been at the White House on other business when Trump called them in to talk about Comey and asked, “So what do you think?” according to a senior White House official.</p>
<p>The president got an earful, according to Sanders, and told them to put their concerns in writing.</p>
<p>Rosenstein answered with a three-page memo that amounted to a scathing takedown of the FBI director, calling his 2016 disclosures about the bureau’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server a “textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do.”</p>
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<p>Around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Trump called a number of legislators, including Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, a fellow New Yorker, to relay the stunning news that he was firing Comey.</p>
<p>“With all due respect, you’re making a big mistake,” Schumer told Trump.</p>
<p>The president was taken aback, according to a person with knowledge of the call. Apparently the White House had expected Democrats to largely welcome the decision, given their outrage over Comey’s handling of the Clinton email investigation.</p>
<p>Democrats, though, and even some Republicans are openly skeptical of the notion that Trump decided to fire Comey because of how he’d treated Clinton. They note that Trump last October had publicly praised Comey for having the “guts” to raise new questions late in the campaign about Clinton’s email situation.</p>
<p>As recently as last week, the White House had said Comey had Trump’s confidence.</p>
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<p>As for Comey, he was speaking to agents at the FBI’s field office in Los Angeles when news of his firing broke.</p>
<p>The White House had a Trump bodyguard deliver a copy of Trump’s dismissal letter to the Justice Department and sent Comey an email as well, according to a senior administration official. But it’s unclear whether Comey got the word before his ouster was publicly announced.</p>
<p>Television screens in the Los Angeles field office began flashing the news as he spoke, and he initially chuckled. He continued his speech to the agents, finished and headed into an office, according to a law enforcement official who was present.</p>
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<p>As commentators on cable TV called Trump’s move an abuse of power, the president was startled and infuriated by how his action was being received, according to a person with knowledge of his reaction.</p>
<p>The White House also did not appear to be prepared for the firestorm. Aides scrambled to rush out a statement on Comey’s firing. But the White House’s email system was running slowly. Journalists raced to Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s office to confirm the news, prompting him to read the statement out loud before disappearing into his office.</p>
<p>Initial reaction from lawmakers was muted, and the White House appeared inclined to let the day finish without sending the president or top aides on television.</p>
<p>But as the response grew more critical, Trump ordered his press staff to get out and defend him.</p>
<p>A trio of senior aides, including Spicer, hastily headed out for TV interviews on the North Lawn of the White House.</p>
<p>That chore completed, Spicer still had to deal with a horde of other reporters. He took a step out of the White House hedges, where he had been waiting after finishing a TV interview, and demanded that the cameras and their lights be turned off.</p>
<p>At the end of a long day, only the dim lights from reporters’ cellphones lit the scene as the White House press secretary spoke, largely in the dark.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Julie Pace, Vivian Salama, Ken Thomas, Eric Tucker and Catherine Lucey contributed to this report.</p>
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<p>Follow Jonathan Lemire on Twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/" type="external">http://twitter.com/</a> <a href="http://twitter.com" type="external">http://twitter.com</a> .</p>
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washington weeks president donald trump seething swirling questions possible contacts presidential campaign team russia wouldnt stop felt overshadowing early achievements blame trumps view fbi director james comey advertisement comey allowed bureaus investigation play press president told close hadnt done enough stop leaks simmering frustrations described people knowledge presidents conversations culminated trumps surprise announcement late tuesday firing comey people recounting behindthescenes activity spoke condition anonymity disclose private discussions white house officials offered somewhat different version wednesday trump came fire comey casting decision one reflected erosion confidence long making frankly hed considering letting director comey go since day elected said white house spokeswoman sarah sanders also expressed white house hope russia investigation would wrap soon wed love completed move ___ weeks russia investigation appeared going away comey confirmed march fbi looking possible coordination russians trump associates trumps presidency hit 100day mark reporters still asking questions last week comey answered questions hearing senate judiciary committee testimony comey noted felt mildly nauseous thought actions hillary clinton email case influenced election made trump increasingly convinced wanted comey gone according white house official advertisement thats around time comey asking justice department resources pour russia investigation indication questions continuing embattled top lawman told lawmakers made request help meeting rod rosenstein deputy attorney general overseeing russia probe according three us officials justice department denies request white house would say whether trump knew ___ allies warning trump since inauguration get rid comey describing republican would criticize fellow republicans according one trump associate final straw said sanders landed monday meeting president attorney general jeff sessions rosenstein two justice officials expressed deep concern comeys leadership white house business trump called talk comey asked think according senior white house official president got earful according sanders told put concerns writing rosenstein answered threepage memo amounted scathing takedown fbi director calling 2016 disclosures bureaus investigation hillary clintons use personal email server textbook example federal prosecutors agents taught ___ around 5 pm tuesday trump called number legislators including democratic sen chuck schumer fellow new yorker relay stunning news firing comey due respect youre making big mistake schumer told trump president taken aback according person knowledge call apparently white house expected democrats largely welcome decision given outrage comeys handling clinton email investigation democrats though even republicans openly skeptical notion trump decided fire comey hed treated clinton note trump last october publicly praised comey guts raise new questions late campaign clintons email situation recently last week white house said comey trumps confidence ___ comey speaking agents fbis field office los angeles news firing broke white house trump bodyguard deliver copy trumps dismissal letter justice department sent comey email well according senior administration official unclear whether comey got word ouster publicly announced television screens los angeles field office began flashing news spoke initially chuckled continued speech agents finished headed office according law enforcement official present ___ commentators cable tv called trumps move abuse power president startled infuriated action received according person knowledge reaction white house also appear prepared firestorm aides scrambled rush statement comeys firing white houses email system running slowly journalists raced press secretary sean spicers office confirm news prompting read statement loud disappearing office initial reaction lawmakers muted white house appeared inclined let day finish without sending president top aides television response grew critical trump ordered press staff get defend trio senior aides including spicer hastily headed tv interviews north lawn white house chore completed spicer still deal horde reporters took step white house hedges waiting finishing tv interview demanded cameras lights turned end long day dim lights reporters cellphones lit scene white house press secretary spoke largely dark ___ associated press writers julie pace vivian salama ken thomas eric tucker catherine lucey contributed report ___ follow jonathan lemire twitter httptwittercom httptwittercom
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<p>WASHINGTON — An FBI report on the rise of black “extremists” is stirring fears of a return to practices used during the civil rights movement, when the bureau spied on activist groups without evidence they had broken any laws.</p>
<p>The FBI said it doesn’t target specific groups, and the report is one of many its intelligence analysts produce to make law enforcement aware of what they see as emerging trends. A similar bulletin on white supremacists, for example, came out about the same time.</p>
<p>The 12-page report, issued in August, says “black identity extremists” are increasingly targeting law enforcement after police killings of black men, especially since the shooting of Michael Brown roiled Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. The report describes cases in which “extremists” had “acted in retaliation for perceived past police brutality incidents.” It warned that such violence was likely to continue.</p>
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<p>Black leaders and activists were outraged after Foreign Policy revealed the existence of the report last month. The Congressional Black Caucus, in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, said the report “conflates black political activists with dangerous domestic terrorist organizations” and would further erode the frayed relationship between police and minority communities.</p>
<p>“I have never met a black extremist. I don’t know what the FBI is talking about,” said Chris Phillips, a filmmaker in Ferguson.</p>
<p>Before the Trump administration, the report might not have caused such alarm. The FBI noted it issued a similar bulletin warning of retaliatory violence by “black separatist extremists” in March 2016, when the country had a black president, Barack Obama, and black attorney general, Loretta Lynch.</p>
<p>But black voters overwhelmingly opposed Donald Trump. And they are suspicious of his administration, which has been criticized as insensitive on racial issues, including when Trump was slow to condemn white nationalist protesters following a deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p>
<p>Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a former Alabama senator whose career has been dogged by questions about race and his commitment to civil rights, did not ease lawmakers’ concerns when he was unable to answer questions about the report or its origins during a congressional hearing this past week.</p>
<p>Sessions said he was aware of “groups that do have an extraordinary commitment to their racial identity, and some have transformed themselves even into violent activists.” He struggled to answer the same question about white extremists.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t be unusual for an attorney general not to have seen such an FBI assessment, which the FBI creates on its own to circulate internally among law enforcement agencies. But the exchange with Rep. Karen Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat, presented an uncomfortable moment.</p>
<p>“What worries me about this terribly is that this is that it is a flashback to the past,” Bass said after the hearing. She said she was especially concerned after receiving complaints from members of Black Lives Matter, who said they were being monitored and harassed by police in her district.</p>
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<p>The group rallies after racially charged encounters with police, but it is not mentioned in the FBI’s intelligence assessment. Even so, Bass said she worried the report will send a message to police that it’s OK to crack down on groups critical of law enforcement.</p>
<p>The FBI does not comment on its intelligence bulletins, which usually are not public. In a statement, the FBI said it cannot and will not open an investigation based solely on a person’s race or exercise of free speech rights.</p>
<p>“Our focus is not on membership in particular groups but on individuals who commit violence and other criminal acts,” the FBI said. “Furthermore, the FBI does not and will not police ideology. When an individual takes violent action based on belief or ideology and breaks the law, the FBI will enforce the rule of law.”</p>
<p>The assessments are designed to help law enforcement agencies stay ahead of emerging problems and should not be seen as a sign of a broader enforcement strategy, said Jeffrey Ringel, a former FBI agent and Joint Terrorism Task force member who now works for the Soufan Group, a private security firm. Agencies can decide for themselves whether the assessment reflects a real problem, he said.</p>
<p>Still, some veterans of the black and Latino civil rights movement said the FBI assessment reminded them of the bureau’s now-defunct COINTELPRO, a covert and often illegal operation under Director J. Edgar Hoover in the 1950s and 1960s. Agents were assigned to “expose, disrupt, misdirect, or otherwise neutralize the activities of black nationalists,” Hoover said in a once-classified memo to field agents.</p>
<p>David Correia, an American Studies professor at the University of New Mexico, said the new memo carries a similar message.</p>
<p>“It’s part of their playbook,” he said. “They try to characterize legitimate concerns about something like police violence as somehow a danger so they can disrupt protests.” The FBI used a similar tactic to try to cause confusion among New Mexico Hispanic land grant activists in the 1960s, he said.</p>
<p>The cases listed in the new bulletin include that of a sniper who said he was upset about police treatment of minorities before killing five officers during a protest in Dallas, and a man who wrote of the need to inflict violence on “bad cops” before killing three in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In each of the cases, the FBI alleges the suspects were connected to radical ideologies linked to black nationalism.</p>
<p>Phillips, who is set to release a film about the shooting of Brown and its aftermath, said if the FBI were really worried about unrest, it should turn its focus to the concerns of the people “who are protesting in the streets” instead of targeting people who face discrimination daily.</p>
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<p>Contreras reported from Albuquerque, New Mexico.</p>
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<p>Follow Sadie Gurman at <a href="http://twitter.com/sgurman" type="external">http://twitter.com/sgurman</a> and Russell Contreras at <a href="http://twitter.com/russcontreras" type="external">http://twitter.com/russcontreras</a></p>
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washington fbi report rise black extremists stirring fears return practices used civil rights movement bureau spied activist groups without evidence broken laws fbi said doesnt target specific groups report one many intelligence analysts produce make law enforcement aware see emerging trends similar bulletin white supremacists example came time 12page report issued august says black identity extremists increasingly targeting law enforcement police killings black men especially since shooting michael brown roiled ferguson missouri 2014 report describes cases extremists acted retaliation perceived past police brutality incidents warned violence likely continue advertisement black leaders activists outraged foreign policy revealed existence report last month congressional black caucus letter fbi director christopher wray said report conflates black political activists dangerous domestic terrorist organizations would erode frayed relationship police minority communities never met black extremist dont know fbi talking said chris phillips filmmaker ferguson trump administration report might caused alarm fbi noted issued similar bulletin warning retaliatory violence black separatist extremists march 2016 country black president barack obama black attorney general loretta lynch black voters overwhelmingly opposed donald trump suspicious administration criticized insensitive racial issues including trump slow condemn white nationalist protesters following deadly rally charlottesville virginia attorney general jeff sessions former alabama senator whose career dogged questions race commitment civil rights ease lawmakers concerns unable answer questions report origins congressional hearing past week sessions said aware groups extraordinary commitment racial identity transformed even violent activists struggled answer question white extremists wouldnt unusual attorney general seen fbi assessment fbi creates circulate internally among law enforcement agencies exchange rep karen bass los angeles democrat presented uncomfortable moment worries terribly flashback past bass said hearing said especially concerned receiving complaints members black lives matter said monitored harassed police district advertisement group rallies racially charged encounters police mentioned fbis intelligence assessment even bass said worried report send message police ok crack groups critical law enforcement fbi comment intelligence bulletins usually public statement fbi said open investigation based solely persons race exercise free speech rights focus membership particular groups individuals commit violence criminal acts fbi said furthermore fbi police ideology individual takes violent action based belief ideology breaks law fbi enforce rule law assessments designed help law enforcement agencies stay ahead emerging problems seen sign broader enforcement strategy said jeffrey ringel former fbi agent joint terrorism task force member works soufan group private security firm agencies decide whether assessment reflects real problem said still veterans black latino civil rights movement said fbi assessment reminded bureaus nowdefunct cointelpro covert often illegal operation director j edgar hoover 1950s 1960s agents assigned expose disrupt misdirect otherwise neutralize activities black nationalists hoover said onceclassified memo field agents david correia american studies professor university new mexico said new memo carries similar message part playbook said try characterize legitimate concerns something like police violence somehow danger disrupt protests fbi used similar tactic try cause confusion among new mexico hispanic land grant activists 1960s said cases listed new bulletin include sniper said upset police treatment minorities killing five officers protest dallas man wrote need inflict violence bad cops killing three baton rouge louisiana cases fbi alleges suspects connected radical ideologies linked black nationalism phillips set release film shooting brown aftermath said fbi really worried unrest turn focus concerns people protesting streets instead targeting people face discrimination daily __ contreras reported albuquerque new mexico __ follow sadie gurman httptwittercomsgurman russell contreras httptwittercomrusscontreras
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<p>Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most deadly ones that lack screening tools now.</p>
<p>Many groups are working on liquid biopsy tests, which look for DNA and other things that tumors shed into blood, to try to find cancer before it spreads, when chances of cure are best.</p>
<p>In a study Thursday in the journal Science, Johns Hopkins University scientists looked to see how well their experimental test detected cancer in people already known to have the disease. The blood tests found about 70 percent of eight common types of cancer in the 1,005 patients. The rates varied depending on the type — lower for breast tumors but high for ovarian, liver and pancreatic ones.</p>
<p>In many cases, the test narrowed the possible origin of the cancer to one or two places, such as colon or lung, important for limiting how much follow-up testing a patient might need. It gave only seven false alarms when tried on 812 others without cancer.</p>
<p>The test is nowhere near ready for use yet; it needs to be validated in a larger study already underway in a general population, rather than cancer patients, to see if it truly works and helps save lives — the best measure of a screening test’s value.</p>
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<p>“We’re very, very excited and see this as a first step,” said Nickolas Papadopoulos, one of the Hopkins study leaders. “But we don’t want people calling up” and asking for the test now, because it’s not available, he said.</p>
<p>Some independent experts saw great promise.</p>
<p>“It’s such a good first set of results” that it gives hope this approach will pan out, said Dr. Peter Bach, a health policy expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who consults for a gene testing company. “Anything close to 50 percent or 40 percent detection is pretty exciting stuff,” and this one did better than that, he said.</p>
<p>Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, was encouraged that the test did well on cancers that lack screening tests now. If a blood test could find 98 percent of ovarian cancers at an early stage, as these early results suggest, “that would be a significant advance,” he said.</p>
<p>But he cautioned: “We have a long way to go to demonstrate its effectiveness as a screening test.”</p>
<p>TESTING THE TEST</p>
<p>The test detects mutations in 16 genes tied to cancer and measures eight proteins that often are elevated when cancer is present.</p>
<p>It covers breast, colon and lung and five kinds that don’t have screening tests for people at average risk: ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic and esophageal. Prostate cancer is not included. A blood test already is widely used — the PSA test — but its value for screening is controversial.</p>
<p>Researchers tried the new test on people whose cancers were still confined to where it started or had spread a little but not widely throughout the body. It detected 33 percent of breast cancers, about 60 percent of colon or lung cancers and nearly all of the ovarian and liver ones. It did better when tumors were larger or had spread. It did less well at the very earliest stage.</p>
<p>CAVEATS AND NEXT STEPS</p>
<p>The test probably will not work as well when tested in a general population rather than those already known to have cancer, researchers say. Hopkins and Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania have started a study of it in 10,000 Geisinger patients who will be tracked for at least five years.</p>
<p>The work was financed by many foundations, the Mayo Clinic, the National Institutes of Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which provides The Associated Press with funding for health and science coverage. Many study leaders have financial ties to gene testing companies, and some get royalties for patents on cancer detection methods.</p>
<p>Researchers say the test could cost around $500 based on current materials and methods, but the ultimate goal is to commercialize it, so what a company would charge is unknown.</p>
<p>OTHER LIQUID BIOPSY NEWS</p>
<p>Also this week, Taiwan-based CellMax Life gave results on its liquid biopsy test, which looks for whole tumor cells shed into blood, at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference.</p>
<p>Researchers tested 620 people getting colonoscopies or with confirmed colon cancer at a hospital in Taiwan. The company said its test had an overall accuracy of 84 to 88 percent for detecting cancer or precancerous growths and a false alarm rate around 3 percent.</p>
<p>The company’s chief executive, Atul Sharan, said U.S. studies should start this year. The test is sold now in Taiwan for $500, but should cost around $150 in the U.S., he said.</p>
<p>Dr. Richard Schilsky, chief medical officer of the oncology society, said results are encouraging, but the test needs more study, especially to see if it gives too many false alarms.</p>
<p>“The last thing you’d want is a test that tells you you might have cancer if you don’t,” he said.</p>
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<p>Marilynn Marchione can be followed on Twitter: @MMarchioneAP</p>
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<p>This Associated Press <a href="" type="internal">series</a> was produced in <a href="https://www.ap.org/press-releases/2017/ap-and-howard-hughes-medical-institute-collaborate-to-enhance-science-journalism" type="external">partnership</a> with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.</p>
<p>Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most deadly ones that lack screening tools now.</p>
<p>Many groups are working on liquid biopsy tests, which look for DNA and other things that tumors shed into blood, to try to find cancer before it spreads, when chances of cure are best.</p>
<p>In a study Thursday in the journal Science, Johns Hopkins University scientists looked to see how well their experimental test detected cancer in people already known to have the disease. The blood tests found about 70 percent of eight common types of cancer in the 1,005 patients. The rates varied depending on the type — lower for breast tumors but high for ovarian, liver and pancreatic ones.</p>
<p>In many cases, the test narrowed the possible origin of the cancer to one or two places, such as colon or lung, important for limiting how much follow-up testing a patient might need. It gave only seven false alarms when tried on 812 others without cancer.</p>
<p>The test is nowhere near ready for use yet; it needs to be validated in a larger study already underway in a general population, rather than cancer patients, to see if it truly works and helps save lives — the best measure of a screening test’s value.</p>
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<p>“We’re very, very excited and see this as a first step,” said Nickolas Papadopoulos, one of the Hopkins study leaders. “But we don’t want people calling up” and asking for the test now, because it’s not available, he said.</p>
<p>Some independent experts saw great promise.</p>
<p>“It’s such a good first set of results” that it gives hope this approach will pan out, said Dr. Peter Bach, a health policy expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who consults for a gene testing company. “Anything close to 50 percent or 40 percent detection is pretty exciting stuff,” and this one did better than that, he said.</p>
<p>Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, was encouraged that the test did well on cancers that lack screening tests now. If a blood test could find 98 percent of ovarian cancers at an early stage, as these early results suggest, “that would be a significant advance,” he said.</p>
<p>But he cautioned: “We have a long way to go to demonstrate its effectiveness as a screening test.”</p>
<p>TESTING THE TEST</p>
<p>The test detects mutations in 16 genes tied to cancer and measures eight proteins that often are elevated when cancer is present.</p>
<p>It covers breast, colon and lung and five kinds that don’t have screening tests for people at average risk: ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic and esophageal. Prostate cancer is not included. A blood test already is widely used — the PSA test — but its value for screening is controversial.</p>
<p>Researchers tried the new test on people whose cancers were still confined to where it started or had spread a little but not widely throughout the body. It detected 33 percent of breast cancers, about 60 percent of colon or lung cancers and nearly all of the ovarian and liver ones. It did better when tumors were larger or had spread. It did less well at the very earliest stage.</p>
<p>CAVEATS AND NEXT STEPS</p>
<p>The test probably will not work as well when tested in a general population rather than those already known to have cancer, researchers say. Hopkins and Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania have started a study of it in 10,000 Geisinger patients who will be tracked for at least five years.</p>
<p>The work was financed by many foundations, the Mayo Clinic, the National Institutes of Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which provides The Associated Press with funding for health and science coverage. Many study leaders have financial ties to gene testing companies, and some get royalties for patents on cancer detection methods.</p>
<p>Researchers say the test could cost around $500 based on current materials and methods, but the ultimate goal is to commercialize it, so what a company would charge is unknown.</p>
<p>OTHER LIQUID BIOPSY NEWS</p>
<p>Also this week, Taiwan-based CellMax Life gave results on its liquid biopsy test, which looks for whole tumor cells shed into blood, at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference.</p>
<p>Researchers tested 620 people getting colonoscopies or with confirmed colon cancer at a hospital in Taiwan. The company said its test had an overall accuracy of 84 to 88 percent for detecting cancer or precancerous growths and a false alarm rate around 3 percent.</p>
<p>The company’s chief executive, Atul Sharan, said U.S. studies should start this year. The test is sold now in Taiwan for $500, but should cost around $150 in the U.S., he said.</p>
<p>Dr. Richard Schilsky, chief medical officer of the oncology society, said results are encouraging, but the test needs more study, especially to see if it gives too many false alarms.</p>
<p>“The last thing you’d want is a test that tells you you might have cancer if you don’t,” he said.</p>
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<p>Marilynn Marchione can be followed on Twitter: @MMarchioneAP</p>
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scientists reporting progress blood test detect many types cancer early stage including deadly ones lack screening tools many groups working liquid biopsy tests look dna things tumors shed blood try find cancer spreads chances cure best study thursday journal science johns hopkins university scientists looked see well experimental test detected cancer people already known disease blood tests found 70 percent eight common types cancer 1005 patients rates varied depending type lower breast tumors high ovarian liver pancreatic ones many cases test narrowed possible origin cancer one two places colon lung important limiting much followup testing patient might need gave seven false alarms tried 812 others without cancer test nowhere near ready use yet needs validated larger study already underway general population rather cancer patients see truly works helps save lives best measure screening tests value excited see first step said nickolas papadopoulos one hopkins study leaders dont want people calling asking test available said independent experts saw great promise good first set results gives hope approach pan said dr peter bach health policy expert memorial sloan kettering cancer center consults gene testing company anything close 50 percent 40 percent detection pretty exciting stuff one better said dr len lichtenfeld deputy chief medical officer american cancer society encouraged test well cancers lack screening tests blood test could find 98 percent ovarian cancers early stage early results suggest would significant advance said cautioned long way go demonstrate effectiveness screening test testing test test detects mutations 16 genes tied cancer measures eight proteins often elevated cancer present covers breast colon lung five kinds dont screening tests people average risk ovarian liver stomach pancreatic esophageal prostate cancer included blood test already widely used psa test value screening controversial researchers tried new test people whose cancers still 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tested 620 people getting colonoscopies confirmed colon cancer hospital taiwan company said test overall accuracy 84 88 percent detecting cancer precancerous growths false alarm rate around 3 percent companys chief executive atul sharan said us studies start year test sold taiwan 500 cost around 150 us said dr richard schilsky chief medical officer oncology society said results encouraging test needs study especially see gives many false alarms last thing youd want test tells might cancer dont said ___ marilynn marchione followed twitter mmarchioneap ___ associated press series produced partnership howard hughes medical institutes department science education ap solely responsible content scientists reporting progress blood test detect many types cancer early stage including deadly ones lack screening tools many groups working liquid biopsy tests look dna things tumors shed blood try find cancer spreads chances cure best study thursday journal science johns hopkins university scientists looked see well experimental test detected cancer people already known disease blood tests found 70 percent eight common types cancer 1005 patients rates varied depending type lower breast tumors high ovarian liver pancreatic ones many cases test narrowed possible origin cancer one two places colon lung important limiting much followup testing patient might need gave seven false alarms tried 812 others without cancer test nowhere near ready use yet needs validated larger study already underway general population rather cancer patients see truly works helps save lives best measure screening tests value excited see first step said nickolas papadopoulos one hopkins study leaders dont want people calling asking test available said independent experts saw great promise good first set results gives hope approach pan said dr peter bach health policy expert memorial sloan kettering cancer center consults gene testing company anything close 50 percent 40 percent detection pretty exciting stuff one better said dr len lichtenfeld deputy chief medical officer american cancer society encouraged test well cancers lack screening tests blood test could find 98 percent ovarian cancers early stage early results suggest would significant advance said cautioned long way go demonstrate effectiveness screening test testing test test detects mutations 16 genes tied cancer measures eight proteins often elevated cancer present covers breast colon lung five kinds dont screening tests people average risk ovarian liver stomach pancreatic esophageal prostate cancer included blood test already widely used psa test value screening controversial researchers tried new test people whose cancers still confined started spread little widely throughout body detected 33 percent breast cancers 60 percent colon lung cancers nearly ovarian liver ones better tumors larger spread less well earliest stage caveats next steps test probably work well tested general population rather already known cancer researchers say hopkins geisinger health system pennsylvania started study 10000 geisinger patients tracked least five years work financed many foundations mayo clinic national institutes health howard hughes medical institute provides associated press funding health science coverage many study leaders financial ties gene testing companies get royalties patents cancer detection methods researchers say test could cost around 500 based current materials methods ultimate goal commercialize company would charge unknown liquid biopsy news also week taiwanbased cellmax life gave results liquid biopsy test looks whole tumor cells shed blood american society clinical oncology conference researchers tested 620 people getting colonoscopies confirmed colon cancer hospital taiwan company said test overall accuracy 84 88 percent detecting cancer precancerous growths false alarm rate around 3 percent companys chief executive atul sharan said us studies start year test sold taiwan 500 cost around 150 us said dr richard schilsky chief medical officer oncology society said results encouraging test needs study especially see gives many false alarms last thing youd want test tells might cancer dont said ___ marilynn marchione followed twitter mmarchioneap ___ associated press series produced partnership howard hughes medical institutes department science education ap solely responsible content
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<p>MIAMI — Labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta is expected to face questions at his Senate confirmation hearing about an unusual plea deal he oversaw for a billionaire sex offender while U.S. attorney in Miami.</p>
<p>Acosta has won confirmation for federal posts three times previously, but he has never faced scrutiny on Capitol Hill for his time as U.S. attorney.</p>
<p>Critics, including attorneys for some underage victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein, say the plea agreement was a “sweetheart deal” made possible only by Epstein’s wealth, connections and high-powered lawyers. Acosta has defended his decisions as the best outcome given evidence available at the time.</p>
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<p>“Some may feel that the prosecution should have been tougher. Evidence that has come to light since 2007 may encourage that view,” Acosta wrote in a March 2011 letter to media outlets after leaving the U.S. attorney’s office. “Had these additional statements and evidence been known, the outcome may have been different. But they were not known to us at the time.”</p>
<p>Senate aides from both parties expect Democrats to raise the case during Acosta’s confirmation hearing Wednesday as an example of him not speaking up for less-powerful people. The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.</p>
<p>Sen. Patty Murray, the leading Democrat on the committee, said in a statement she met with Acosta on Thursday and is concerned about whether he would “stand up to political pressure” and advocate for workers as labor secretary. Unlike Trump’s original choice for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, Acosta is expected to win confirmation.</p>
<p>The Florida International University law school dean was nominated after Puzder, a fast-food executive, withdrew over his hiring of an undocumented immigrant housekeeper and other issues.</p>
<p>Acosta, 48, has previously won Senate confirmation as Miami U.S. attorney, head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division and the National Labor Relations Board.</p>
<p>He declined comment when asked about the Epstein case this week.</p>
<p>Epstein, now 64, pleaded guilty in 2008 to Florida charges of soliciting prostitution and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, of which he served 13 months. Epstein was also required to register as a sex offender and pay millions of dollars in restitution to as many as 40 victims who were between the ages of 13 and 17 when the crimes occurred.</p>
<p>According to court documents, Epstein paid underage girls for sex, sexual massages and similar acts at a Palm Beach mansion he then owned as well as properties in New York, the U.S. Virgin Islands and New Mexico. Prosecutors say he had a team of employees to identify girls as potential targets.</p>
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<p>After an investigation by local police, Palm Beach prosecutors decided to charge Epstein with aggravated assault, which would have meant no jail time, no requirement that he register as a sex offender and no guaranteed restitution for victims.</p>
<p>Unhappy local investigators went to Acosta’s office, which opened a federal probe and eventually drafted a proposed 53-page indictment that could have resulted in a sentence of 10 years to life in prison for Epstein, if convicted. With that as leverage, a deal was worked out for Epstein to plead guilty to state prostitution solicitation charges and the federal indictment was shelved.</p>
<p>It didn’t stop there. Epstein’s lawyers worked out an unusual and secret “non-prosecution agreement” to guarantee neither Epstein nor his employees would ever face federal charges.</p>
<p>Well-known Miami defense lawyer Joel DeFabio, who has represented numerous defendants in sex cases, said he had never heard of such an agreement before Epstein’s came to light. DeFabio said he has had clients with far less egregious sex charges — and far less wealth — who were sentenced to 10 or 15 years behind bars. DeFabio tried to use the Epstein case to argue for more lenient sentences.</p>
<p>“There still has been no clear explanation as to why Epstein received such preferential treatment,” DeFabio said. “This thing just stinks. The elite take care of their own.”</p>
<p>The non-prosecution agreement became public in a related civil case, leading two Epstein victims — identified only as Jane Does No. 1 and 2, to file a victims’ rights lawsuit claiming they were improperly left in the dark about the deal. The lawsuit, which is still pending, seeks to reopen the case to expose the details and possibly nullify the agreement.</p>
<p>Other victims have come forward, including one woman who claimed as a teenager that Epstein flew her around the world for sexual escapades, including encounters with Britain’s Prince Andrew. Buckingham Palace has vehemently denied those claims.</p>
<p>The Justice Department’s position in the victims’ rights lawsuit is that since no federal indictment was ever filed, the victims were not entitled to notification about the non-prosecution agreement. Settlement talks last fall went nowhere.</p>
<p>“There will not be a settlement. That case will eventually get to trial,” said Bradley Edwards, attorney for the two Jane Doe victims.</p>
<p>In his 2011 letter, Acosta defended his decisions as the best possible outcome.</p>
<p>“Our judgment in this case, based on the evidence that was known at the time, was that it was better to have a billionaire serve time in jail, register as a sex offender and pay his victims restitution than risk a trial with a reduced likelihood of success,” Acosta wrote. “I supported that judgment then, and based on the state of the law as it then stood and the evidence known at the time, I would support that judgment again.”</p>
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<p>Kellman reported from Washington.</p>
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miami labor secretary nominee alexander acosta expected face questions senate confirmation hearing unusual plea deal oversaw billionaire sex offender us attorney miami acosta confirmation federal posts three times previously never faced scrutiny capitol hill time us attorney critics including attorneys underage victims financier jeffrey epstein say plea agreement sweetheart deal made possible epsteins wealth connections highpowered lawyers acosta defended decisions best outcome given evidence available time advertisement may feel prosecution tougher evidence come light since 2007 may encourage view acosta wrote march 2011 letter media outlets leaving us attorneys office additional statements evidence known outcome may different known us time senate aides parties expect democrats raise case acostas confirmation hearing wednesday example speaking lesspowerful people aides spoke condition anonymity werent authorized speak publicly sen patty murray leading democrat committee said statement met acosta thursday concerned whether would stand political pressure advocate workers labor secretary unlike trumps original choice labor secretary andrew puzder acosta expected win confirmation florida international university law school dean nominated puzder fastfood executive withdrew hiring undocumented immigrant housekeeper issues acosta 48 previously senate confirmation miami us attorney head justice departments civil rights division national labor relations board declined comment asked epstein case week epstein 64 pleaded guilty 2008 florida charges soliciting prostitution sentenced 18 months prison served 13 months epstein also required register sex offender pay millions dollars restitution many 40 victims ages 13 17 crimes occurred according court documents epstein paid underage girls sex sexual massages similar acts palm beach mansion owned well properties new york us virgin islands new mexico prosecutors say team employees identify girls potential targets advertisement investigation local police palm beach prosecutors decided charge epstein aggravated assault would meant jail time requirement register sex offender guaranteed restitution victims unhappy local investigators went acostas office opened federal probe eventually drafted proposed 53page indictment could resulted sentence 10 years life prison epstein convicted leverage deal worked epstein plead guilty state prostitution solicitation charges federal indictment shelved didnt stop epsteins lawyers worked unusual secret nonprosecution agreement guarantee neither epstein employees would ever face federal charges wellknown miami defense lawyer joel defabio represented numerous defendants sex cases said never heard agreement epsteins came light defabio said clients far less egregious sex charges far less wealth sentenced 10 15 years behind bars defabio tried use epstein case argue lenient sentences still clear explanation epstein received preferential treatment defabio said thing stinks elite take care nonprosecution agreement became public related civil case leading two epstein victims identified jane 1 2 file victims rights lawsuit claiming improperly left dark deal lawsuit still pending seeks reopen case expose details possibly nullify agreement victims come forward including one woman claimed teenager epstein flew around world sexual escapades including encounters britains prince andrew buckingham palace vehemently denied claims justice departments position victims rights lawsuit since federal indictment ever filed victims entitled notification nonprosecution agreement settlement talks last fall went nowhere settlement case eventually get trial said bradley edwards attorney two jane doe victims 2011 letter acosta defended decisions best possible outcome judgment case based evidence known time better billionaire serve time jail register sex offender pay victims restitution risk trial reduced likelihood success acosta wrote supported judgment based state law stood evidence known time would support judgment ___ kellman reported washington
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<p>“If something is amiss and you feel the need to call 911 right away, call 911 right away,” Michele L. White, general registrar of the Northern Virginia county’s elections office told about 30 election workers during a recent training for Election Day duty. “Please use your sixth sense; don’t hesitate.”</p>
<p>A county with a rapidly growing immigrant community and a ratio of Latino residents that is more than twice the state average, Prince William is also home to Corey A. Stewart, chairman of the board of supervisors and a GOP candidate for governor in 2017. Stewart, who until recently was Trump’s Virginia chairman, has celebrated Trump’s heated rhetoric against illegal immigration and likes to say “I was Trump before Trump was Trump.”</p>
<p>Hoping to ease tensions during an Election Day that is expected to draw about 80 percent of the county’s 270,000 registered voters, election officials are taking measures to speed up voting and minimize disruptions.</p>
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<p>For the first time, each of the county’s 91 precincts will have “line chasers” whose job will be to check IDs outside the polling station to ensure everyone is in the right place and lines move quickly. Those people will also keep an eye out for potential disturbances, officials said.</p>
<p>Inside the stations, precinct chiefs will monitor election observers from both major parties – essentially watching the poll watchers. If those observers are overzealous in their scrutiny of voters, they may be kicked out of the polling station, county officials said.</p>
<p>Also for the first time, every polling station will be in direct contact with county officials through special walkie-talkie radios to coordinate actions in the event of an emergency.</p>
<p>“Honestly, I expect people to behave themselves in public; I know my expectations may be unrealistic at this point,” said Rosanna West, a precinct chief who will oversee voting in the Bristow Run district, the county’s busiest with 4,796 registered voters. “I try to keep a smile on at all times.”</p>
<p>Keith A. Scarborough, chair of the county electoral board, said the more aggressive measures stem from the “bad karma” brought on by this presidential race. Election officials around the country are taking novel steps, including those in Denver who trained their poll workers how to respond to an active shooter situation for the first time.</p>
<p>For weeks, Trump has warned that the general election will be “rigged.” And he has called on his backers to “get everybody to go out and watch” polling sites on Election Day, particularly in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Ohio. But generally, he said that voting locations should “have the sheriffs and the police chiefs and everybody watching.”</p>
<p>Scarborough, a Democrat, said those suggestions coming from the top of a ticket may fuel suspicions and compel people to try to interfere with voting in a way that hasn’t happened before.</p>
<p>“We have one of the major candidates talking about having a rigged election,” Scarborough said. “That’s never happened before. There’s a lot of bad rhetoric coming down.”</p>
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<p>The groups that plan to send volunteers to the polling stations say they want to avoid conflict.</p>
<p>Immigration activists are deploying several dozen volunteers to Prince William County and nearby Manassas, mainly, they say, to insure against voter intimidation. Other nonprofits, including the progressive New Virginia Majority organization, also plan to send volunteers.</p>
<p>“We’re just going to go from polling station to polling station making sure that everything is OK,” said Fernanda Durand, spokeswoman for the CASA In Action immigrant advocacy group.</p>
<p>John Fredericks, chair of the Trump campaign in Virginia, estimated that about 1,200 people have signed up so far to work as poll watchers.</p>
<p>“We’ve got more volunteers coming in by the day than we can figure out where to put them,” Fredericks said. “We don’t expect any confrontations with anybody legitimate. If the Hillary campaign decides to hire people to do things like throw eggs or start fights, I guess our volunteers will have to deal with it in a professional manner.”</p>
<p>The county’s electoral board briefly considered asking private groups that host polling stations to impose a one-day ban against guns on Election Day, but abandoned the idea when local state Del. Robert G. Marshall, R-Prince William, raised objections, citing the state’s “open carry” gun law.</p>
<p>Under that law, weapons are already prohibited inside public schools, of which 70 in Prince William County will function as polling stations. Prince William County schools will also be closed on Election Day.</p>
<p>Scarborough said election officials are now being instructed to treat a voter carrying a gun in the same way they’d treat one with a loud hat or T-shirt: Ignore it.</p>
<p>“They’re legally entitled to do that,” he said. “As long as they don’t do anything to cause disruption.”</p>
<p>Kimball Brace, chief of the county’s newly created Sudley precinct just north of Manassas, said he anticipates some disturbances.</p>
<p>The precinct of 2,054 voters is located in the heart of Prince William County’s rapidly growing Latino immigrant population.</p>
<p>“I would imagine we’ll have a target on the door or something along that line,” Brace said.</p>
<p>To guard against any confrontations outside the polling station, Brace – a former general registrar in the county elections office – said he is prepared to move the line of voters completely inside the Sudley Elementary School.</p>
<p>“If I’m hearing reports of people feeling like they’re being intimidated or that sort of thing, then we end up going outside and talking to people,” he said. “Ultimately, under Virginia law, we do have the right to call 911.”</p>
<p>At a recent county training session, several polling station workers said they were unsure what they’ll face on Election Day.</p>
<p>“I’m expecting hecticness,” said Ross Fontana, 17, who decided to help with elections in the Manassas area upon the advice of his high school government teacher.</p>
<p>Safiya Samman, 70, who has worked several previous elections in Prince William County, said she expects some hostilities to be directed toward her because she’s a Muslim who covers her head with a hijab.</p>
<p>During the state elections last year, one voter angrily refused her help when there was a problem with a ballot scanner.</p>
<p>“I just stepped back and I waited,” Samman, a U.S. citizen for 41 years, recalled.</p>
<p>But, she said, she’s eager to work this presidential election.</p>
<p>“I want them to see my face,” Samman said. “To see that we’re all part of this.”</p>
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something amiss feel need call 911 right away call 911 right away michele l white general registrar northern virginia countys elections office told 30 election workers recent training election day duty please use sixth sense dont hesitate county rapidly growing immigrant community ratio latino residents twice state average prince william also home corey stewart chairman board supervisors gop candidate governor 2017 stewart recently trumps virginia chairman celebrated trumps heated rhetoric illegal immigration likes say trump trump trump hoping ease tensions election day expected draw 80 percent countys 270000 registered voters election officials taking measures speed voting minimize disruptions advertisement first time countys 91 precincts line chasers whose job check ids outside polling station ensure everyone right place lines move quickly people also keep eye potential disturbances officials said inside stations precinct chiefs monitor election observers major parties essentially watching poll watchers observers overzealous scrutiny voters may kicked polling station county officials said also first time every polling station direct contact county officials special walkietalkie radios coordinate actions event emergency honestly expect people behave public know expectations may unrealistic point said rosanna west precinct chief oversee voting bristow run district countys busiest 4796 registered voters try keep smile times keith scarborough chair county electoral board said aggressive measures stem bad karma brought presidential race election officials around country taking novel steps including denver trained poll workers respond active shooter situation first time weeks trump warned general election rigged called backers get everybody go watch polling sites election day particularly philadelphia pittsburgh ohio generally said voting locations sheriffs police chiefs everybody watching scarborough democrat said suggestions coming top ticket may fuel suspicions compel people try interfere voting way hasnt happened one major candidates talking rigged election scarborough said thats never happened theres lot bad rhetoric coming advertisement groups plan send volunteers polling stations say want avoid conflict immigration activists deploying several dozen volunteers prince william county nearby manassas mainly say insure voter intimidation nonprofits including progressive new virginia majority organization also plan send volunteers going go polling station polling station making sure everything ok said fernanda durand spokeswoman casa action immigrant advocacy group john fredericks chair trump campaign virginia estimated 1200 people signed far work poll watchers weve got volunteers coming day figure put fredericks said dont expect confrontations anybody legitimate hillary campaign decides hire people things like throw eggs start fights guess volunteers deal professional manner countys electoral board briefly considered asking private groups host polling stations impose oneday ban guns election day abandoned idea local state del robert g marshall rprince william raised objections citing states open carry gun law law weapons already prohibited inside public schools 70 prince william county function polling stations prince william county schools also closed election day scarborough said election officials instructed treat voter carrying gun way theyd treat one loud hat tshirt ignore theyre legally entitled said long dont anything cause disruption kimball brace chief countys newly created sudley precinct north manassas said anticipates disturbances precinct 2054 voters located heart prince william countys rapidly growing latino immigrant population would imagine well target door something along line brace said guard confrontations outside polling station brace former general registrar county elections office said prepared move line voters completely inside sudley elementary school im hearing reports people feeling like theyre intimidated sort thing end going outside talking people said ultimately virginia law right call 911 recent county training session several polling station workers said unsure theyll face election day im expecting hecticness said ross fontana 17 decided help elections manassas area upon advice high school government teacher safiya samman 70 worked several previous elections prince william county said expects hostilities directed toward shes muslim covers head hijab state elections last year one voter angrily refused help problem ballot scanner stepped back waited samman us citizen 41 years recalled said shes eager work presidential election want see face samman said see part votingvirginia
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<p>The Latest on massive winter storm in the Northeastern U.S. (all times EST):</p>
<p>8:55 p.m.</p>
<p>Flights suspended at John F. Kennedy International Airport because of a massive snowstorm are set to resume Friday.</p>
<p>Flights were suspended at JFK due to strong winds and whiteout conditions caused by a winter storm that has pummeled the East Coast with heavy snow and hurricane-force winds. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the flights will resume at 7 a.m.</p>
<p>Air traffic suspensions at LaGuardia Airport have been lifted, but authorities advise passengers to contact their airlines regarding specific flights.</p>
<p>The flight-tracking site FlightAware reports nearly 5,000 canceled flights across the United States. Those flights include more than two-thirds of flights in and out of New York City and Boston airports.</p>
<p>The storm roared up the East Coast and dumped as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine. It also has unleashed record flooding.</p>
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<p>The hurricane-force storm that roared up the East Coast, dumping as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine, also has unleashed record flooding.</p>
<p>The Republican governor of Massachusetts told reporters Thursday that the flooding resulting from a "historic high tide" led to the deployment of a number of National Guard high-water rescue vehicles to help stranded residents and vehicles.</p>
<p>Gov. Charlie Baker says weather officials believe Massachusetts experienced the highest high tide on record in the state.</p>
<p>Maine has seen the most tidal flooding in 40 years. The high tide in Portland on Thursday was 13.79 feet, nearly reaching the 14.17 foot mark reported during the Blizzard of 1978.</p>
<p>New Hampshire's Seacoast area saw flooding in streets and people's basements.</p>
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<p>6:15 p.m.</p>
<p>Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (ray-MAHN'-doh) is urging people to stay off the roads during a massive storm in the Northeast and says tractor-trailer trucks are still banned from her state's roads.</p>
<p>The Democratic governor expects to lift the truck ban at 9 p.m. Thursday. She says trucks are obeying it for the most part.</p>
<p>Raimondo says local roads are worse than state roads. She says plows were sidelined in Narragansett because of poor visibility but are now back on the roadways.</p>
<p>Philadelphia offices and schools are being closed in an effort to keep drivers off icy roads.</p>
<p>The massive storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, dumping as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds.</p>
<p>Massachusetts was hit with more than 22,000 power outages.</p>
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<p>5:30 p.m.</p>
<p>A man driving a pickup truck home from work on an icy South Carolina interstate has slid off the roadway, hit some trees and been killed.</p>
<p>Arther Cumbie Jr. is the state's first storm-related death from Wednesday's ice and snow.</p>
<p>Kershaw County coroner David West says Cumbie was driving at or below the speed limit Wednesday afternoon when his truck left Interstate 20. He says witnesses tell investigators Cumbie's truck started sliding on the ice and snow and he lost control.</p>
<p>West says Cumbie was wearing a seatbelt but died from head injuries.</p>
<p>The massive storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, dumping as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds.</p>
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<p>5 p.m.</p>
<p>More than 100,000 customers lost power in the winter storm that's blanketed the East Coast with heavy snow and hurricane-force winds.</p>
<p>In the New England states, Massachusetts was hit with more than 22,000 outages Thursday afternoon. Scattered power outages were reported in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Maine reported 4,400 outages.</p>
<p>About 6,300 customers lost power on Long Island on Thursday afternoon, but crews quickly restored more than 2,000 as of early Thursday evening.</p>
<p>About 1,500 utility customers are without power due to the snow and heavy winds that have swept through New Jersey.</p>
<p>Virginia had a peak of 45,000 outages, with about half restored as of early Thursday afternoon. The Carolinas experienced about 30,000 outages at its peak on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>4:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Boston's mayor is pleading with drivers to stay off the roads as parts of the city are seeing flooding in unexpected places.</p>
<p>Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday that too many cars are still out on the roads and getting caught up in the rising flood waters and requiring rescues. He says the city's public school will remain closed Friday.</p>
<p>Icy waters from Boston Harbor poured into streets during the afternoon high tide in the city's Seaport District and parts of downtown popular with tourists.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in coastal Massachusetts, the state National Guard helped rescue a woman and her two children from a car in flood waters in Marshfield.</p>
<p>In Newburyport, police said there were evacuations on Plum Island because of flooding and the only road from the mainland was closed.</p>
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<p>3:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Bostonians are out braving near whiteout conditions as a vicious winter storm pummels the East Coast with heavy snows, hurricane force wind gusts and coastal flooding.</p>
<p>Qizuyu Fan, who hails from a Chinese city near the border with Russia, said Thursday afternoon he wasn't fazed by the tough weather. He says it's nothing compared to what he's had to deal with at home, where temperatures are often well below zero in the winter.</p>
<p>The 21-year-old Boston Children's Hospital research student was out getting groceries but planned to spend a good part of the day playing in the snow.</p>
<p>Across town, Marcus Slaga was hunkered down at a hotel bar in Boston's Seaport District enjoying his third Guinness. The 44-year-old sushi chef's morning flight to Austin, Texas, was cancelled in the whiteout conditions.</p>
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<p>3 p.m.</p>
<p>Authorities say a passenger is dead after a vehicle couldn't stop at the bottom of a steep, snow-covered hill and slammed into a commuter train on its way to Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Police say the driver of the car was able to escape before the crash Thursday morning in Lower Moreland but the passenger stayed inside as the vehicle crashed through a gate at the railroad crossing. That person was later found by police along the tracks.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says none of the passengers on board the West Trenton line train were injured. The train was about 20 miles north of downtown Philadelphia.</p>
<p>It happened as a winter storm was blowing snow, icing up roads and causing traffic havoc around the region.</p>
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<p>2:20 p.m.</p>
<p>A vicious winter storm hitting the East Coast is now bringing hurricane force wind gusts and coastal flooding to Massachusetts.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service says it received reports of a wind gust of 76 mph on Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Thursday and a gust of 75 mph in Wellfleet, on Cape Cod. Winds of 74 mph or higher are considered hurricane force.</p>
<p>Block Island, Rhode Island experience a 61 mph wind gust.</p>
<p>Coastal flooding in Massachusetts, including in Boston, Lynn and Cape Cod, has made roads impassable.</p>
<p>One observer said water had cut through a barrier island in Chatham, flooded up to a condominium complex's doors and caused several cars to float.</p>
<p>Boston firefighters rescued a man who had become trapped in his car in a flooded intersection.</p>
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<p>2 p.m.</p>
<p>The agency that runs New York City-area airports says all flights have been suspended temporarily at JFK and LaGuardia airports due to wind and whiteout conditions.</p>
<p>At Newark Liberty airport in New Jersey, airlines had cancelled 867 flights as of noon Thursday, 73 percent of normal flight activity.</p>
<p>Two-thirds of all flights at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey airports are canceled.</p>
<p>Passengers are being urged to call their carrier before going to the airports Thursday or later this week and also should not go to the airports unless they have a reservation.</p>
<p>The snowstorm hitting the Northeast is expected to drop 6 to 10 inches of snow in the New York City area.</p>
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<p>1:25 p.m.</p>
<p>The South is continuing to deal with frigid temperatures as a brutal winter storm batters the Northeast.</p>
<p>In South Florida, it's so cold <a href="" type="internal">iguanas</a> are falling from trees.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service in Miami said temperatures dipped below 40 degrees early Thursday. That's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs.</p>
<p>In Mississippi, frigid weather is causing water pipes to <a href="" type="internal">burst</a> underground in Jackson, the state's largest city. The city has been put under a precautionary boil-water notice and portable toilets were placed outside the state Capitol because some of the toilets won't flush inside.</p>
<p>In South Carolina, parts of Interstate 95 remain closed because of icy patches.</p>
<p>And in Tennessee, officials say the heat is mostly back on at the <a href="" type="internal">prison</a> that houses the state's male death row offenders. The facility's heating system failed on Monday.</p>
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<p>12:35 p.m.</p>
<p>A mail carrier who works in Providence, Rhode Island, is taking the postal service's unofficial creed to heart.</p>
<p>Joseph Rodriquez says snow was slowing down carriers Thursday although he was having a "pretty easy day" as he made his rounds during a storm that could drop 18 inches of snow on the state.</p>
<p>He says it's important to get the mail out, even in blizzard conditions, because he delivers medication and checks.</p>
<p>Rodriquez says the post office had prepared for the weather by making sure carriers didn't have to carry anything extra and by having them start early.</p>
<p>The postal service's unofficial motto is "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed round," but it has been known to cancel service during severe weather.</p>
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<p>11:40 a.m.</p>
<p>North Carolina authorities say a driver slid off a road in snowy conditions and overturned his vehicle, marking the state's third fatality attributed to a snowstorm sweeping the region.</p>
<p>State Emergency Management spokesman Keith Acree says the man died in Beaufort County around 2 a.m. Thursday.</p>
<p>The man's vehicle slid off the road into a ditch and overturned. Acree says the area had a lot of snow, and authorities determined it was a weather-related death.</p>
<p>Acree identified the man as 29-year-old Joshua Wayne Biddle of Washington, North Carolina.</p>
<p>The Highway Patrol had earlier reported that two men died in a weather-related crash in Moore County on Wednesday night.</p>
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<p>11:30 a.m.</p>
<p>The Boston Bruins home game against the Florida Panthers has been postponed because of the snowstorm battering New England.</p>
<p>The Boston area could get as much as 18 inches of snow as well as high winds that could lead to power outages from the Thursday storm.</p>
<p>The National Hockey League hasn't announced the date and time of the rescheduled game. Tickets for Thursday's game will be valid for the makeup game.</p>
<p>The Bruins are in second place in the Atlantic Division after going 16-3-2 in their last 21 games. The Panthers had won five consecutive games before losing Tuesday in Minnesota.</p>
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<p>11:15 a.m.</p>
<p>The snowstorm sweeping up the East Coast is ruining travel plans for many, with thousands of U.S. flights canceled.</p>
<p>Airports in the New York City area and Boston have been particularly hard hit, with more than two-thirds of flights in and out canceled.</p>
<p>The airline-tracking site FlightAware <a href="https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/" type="external">is reporting</a> more than 3,200 canceled flights within, into, or out of the United States on Thursday.</p>
<p>The massive winter storm is sweeping from the Carolinas to Maine, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds.</p>
<p>Linda Heuman and Amy Remensnyder were supposed to fly to Berlin on Thursday, but the flight was canceled. That left them stuck in their home in Providence, Rhode Island. Their plans for the rest of the day were simple: They were going to make some soup and maybe watch a movie.</p>
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<p>10:30 a.m.</p>
<p>The governor of Massachusetts is warning of possible prolonged power outages resulting from the strong snowstorm that is pummeling the East Coast, to be followed by more severe cold.</p>
<p>Gov. Charlie Baker said during a morning briefing Thursday that emergency officials are prepared to open shelters in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, where heavy wet snow and howling wind gusts of 60 mph or higher pose the greatest threat of outages.</p>
<p>The strong winds could also make it difficult, if not impossible, for utility crews to use bucket trucks to quickly restore downed power lines.</p>
<p>In Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says more than 100 warming centers are open in 34 towns. Malloy says the state has 634 state plow trucks and 250 contractors working to clear the highways.</p>
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<p>9:55 a.m.</p>
<p>Two deaths in North Carolina are being blamed on the East Coast snowstorm.</p>
<p>Authorities say two men died during the winter storm Wednesday night when their pickup truck overturned into a creek.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the state Highway Patrol says the truck came to rest on its top while submerged in the creek in Moore County, which is southwest of the Raleigh-Durham area.</p>
<p>Sgt. Michael Baker identified those killed as the driver, 57-year-old Michael Alexander Wilson, and a passenger, 73-year-old Jerry David Wilson. Both were from Bear Creek.</p>
<p>Both men died at the scene.</p>
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<p>8:05 a.m.</p>
<p>Snow that could pile as high as 18 inches (46 centimeters) in some spots of New England has begun falling.</p>
<p>A light snow started falling in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire just before dawn Thursday.</p>
<p>Snow is expected to increase after sunrise and peak during the late morning through the afternoon. Rain over Cape Cod and the Islands is likely to change over to snow in the afternoon.</p>
<p>The storm is not just bringing snow but high winds with gusts as high as 75 mph in some spots, which could bring down power lines and cause power outages.</p>
<p>There also is a risk of coastal flooding.</p>
<p>Schools across the region are closed for the day, and governors are urging people to stay off the roads.</p>
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<p>7:20 a.m.</p>
<p>A state of emergency is in effect on parts of Maryland's Eastern Shore in response to a coastal winter storm.</p>
<p>Gov. Larry Hogan issued the declaration late Wednesday for the Lower Shore, including Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties.</p>
<p>Ankle deep snow and wind gusts approaching 50 mph (80 kph) covered the Ocean City Boardwalk, which was under a blizzard warning Thursday.</p>
<p>Parts of Southern Maryland also reported significant snow accumulations.</p>
<p>Wind restrictions were put in place Thursday on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Coast Guard restricted ships from entering the Port of Baltimore.</p>
<p>Numerous school systems closed throughout the state, including in Baltimore City, where the teachers' union called for closures after reporting heating issues in numerous schools.</p>
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<p>6:50 a.m.</p>
<p>The Hampton Roads region of Virginia is bearing the worst of a winter storm that prompted Gov. Terry McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency.</p>
<p>Dominion Energy reported more than 35,000 customers in southeastern Virginia without power Thursday morning. The Northern Neck region had 635 outages, with no other significant outages in the rest of the state.</p>
<p>The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel was closed to all traffic early Thursday morning because of the weather conditions which included snow and heavy winds.</p>
<p>Virginia State Police reported that from 8 p.m. Wednesday through 5 a.m. Thursday, it received 212 emergency calls for service in its Chesapeake region, which includes Hampton Roads, including 101 crashes. The Richmond region reported 123 calls for service and 72 crashes.</p>
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<p>6:30 a.m.</p>
<p>State offices are closed throughout Delaware as snowfall accumulates quickly from a coastal winter storm.</p>
<p>The Delaware Department of Transportation reports that accumulations have exceeded six inches (15 centimeters) by early Thursday in parts of Sussex County, Delaware's southernmost county.</p>
<p>State offices were closed Thursday in all three Delaware counties, including the state's Department of Motor Vehicles locations.</p>
<p>DART bus service was suspended in Sussex County.</p>
<p>The Delaware River and Bay Authority suspended operations for its ferry connecting Lewes, Delaware, to Cape May, New Jersey. The authority citing significant ice accumulation in canals along the Delaware Bay, as well as forecasts for heavy winds.</p>
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<p>6:24 a.m.</p>
<p>Snow and bitter cold are sweeping across parts of Pennsylvania, causing some schools to close or delay opening.</p>
<p>A winter storm warning is in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday for Delaware, Philadelphia, eastern Montgomery and lower Bucks counties.</p>
<p>Forecasters say accumulations of 4 to 7 inches (10 to 17 centimeters) are expected. That will be following by biting cold temperatures. The central part of the state is waking to another coating of snow.</p>
<p>The Philadelphia school district and the city's archdiocesan schools are closed.</p>
<p>Amtrak says Keystone Service between Harrisburg and Philadelphia is operating as scheduled.</p>
<p>The region's transportation system says it's operating on a regular weekday schedule. All bus routes with the exception of Route 35 are running.</p>
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<p>6 a.m.</p>
<p>Wind-whipped snow is slowing the morning commute across New Jersey and forcing many schools to close.</p>
<p>A blizzard warning remains in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday along the New Jersey shore and for portions of central and southern New Jersey.</p>
<p>Forecasters say 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 centimeters) of snow are possible with northerly winds gusting as high as 45 to 55 mph (72 to 80 kph) along the immediate coast causing whiteout conditions.</p>
<p>The strong winds could down trees and power lines.</p>
<p>Road crews are out, but the snow continues to cover the paths that the plows have cleared.</p>
<p>New Jersey has authorized a two-hour delayed opening from normal start times for all non-essential state employees.</p>
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<p>1:15 a.m.</p>
<p>Residents across a huge swath of the U.S. are hunkering down, waiting out a massive winter storm packing snow, ice and high winds, followed by brutal cold, as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard.</p>
<p>The worst conditions stretch from the Carolinas to Maine, with the Northeast getting the brunt on Thursday.</p>
<p>It already has led to thousands of canceled flights and shuttered schools, as well as fears of outages and flooding.</p>
<p>Officials are urging residents to stay home so crews can clear streets and roads of what could be as much as foot or more of snow in some places. Boston could get as much as 14 inches.</p>
<p>The blast of winter weather and accompanying plunging temperatures has been linked to at least 17 deaths as far south as Texas.</p>
<p>The Latest on massive winter storm in the Northeastern U.S. (all times EST):</p>
<p>8:55 p.m.</p>
<p>Flights suspended at John F. Kennedy International Airport because of a massive snowstorm are set to resume Friday.</p>
<p>Flights were suspended at JFK due to strong winds and whiteout conditions caused by a winter storm that has pummeled the East Coast with heavy snow and hurricane-force winds. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the flights will resume at 7 a.m.</p>
<p>Air traffic suspensions at LaGuardia Airport have been lifted, but authorities advise passengers to contact their airlines regarding specific flights.</p>
<p>The flight-tracking site FlightAware reports nearly 5,000 canceled flights across the United States. Those flights include more than two-thirds of flights in and out of New York City and Boston airports.</p>
<p>The storm roared up the East Coast and dumped as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine. It also has unleashed record flooding.</p>
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<p>7 p.m.</p>
<p>The hurricane-force storm that roared up the East Coast, dumping as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine, also has unleashed record flooding.</p>
<p>The Republican governor of Massachusetts told reporters Thursday that the flooding resulting from a "historic high tide" led to the deployment of a number of National Guard high-water rescue vehicles to help stranded residents and vehicles.</p>
<p>Gov. Charlie Baker says weather officials believe Massachusetts experienced the highest high tide on record in the state.</p>
<p>Maine has seen the most tidal flooding in 40 years. The high tide in Portland on Thursday was 13.79 feet, nearly reaching the 14.17 foot mark reported during the Blizzard of 1978.</p>
<p>New Hampshire's Seacoast area saw flooding in streets and people's basements.</p>
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<p>6:15 p.m.</p>
<p>Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (ray-MAHN'-doh) is urging people to stay off the roads during a massive storm in the Northeast and says tractor-trailer trucks are still banned from her state's roads.</p>
<p>The Democratic governor expects to lift the truck ban at 9 p.m. Thursday. She says trucks are obeying it for the most part.</p>
<p>Raimondo says local roads are worse than state roads. She says plows were sidelined in Narragansett because of poor visibility but are now back on the roadways.</p>
<p>Philadelphia offices and schools are being closed in an effort to keep drivers off icy roads.</p>
<p>The massive storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, dumping as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds.</p>
<p>Massachusetts was hit with more than 22,000 power outages.</p>
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<p>5:30 p.m.</p>
<p>A man driving a pickup truck home from work on an icy South Carolina interstate has slid off the roadway, hit some trees and been killed.</p>
<p>Arther Cumbie Jr. is the state's first storm-related death from Wednesday's ice and snow.</p>
<p>Kershaw County coroner David West says Cumbie was driving at or below the speed limit Wednesday afternoon when his truck left Interstate 20. He says witnesses tell investigators Cumbie's truck started sliding on the ice and snow and he lost control.</p>
<p>West says Cumbie was wearing a seatbelt but died from head injuries.</p>
<p>The massive storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, dumping as much as 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds.</p>
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<p>5 p.m.</p>
<p>More than 100,000 customers lost power in the winter storm that's blanketed the East Coast with heavy snow and hurricane-force winds.</p>
<p>In the New England states, Massachusetts was hit with more than 22,000 outages Thursday afternoon. Scattered power outages were reported in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Maine reported 4,400 outages.</p>
<p>About 6,300 customers lost power on Long Island on Thursday afternoon, but crews quickly restored more than 2,000 as of early Thursday evening.</p>
<p>About 1,500 utility customers are without power due to the snow and heavy winds that have swept through New Jersey.</p>
<p>Virginia had a peak of 45,000 outages, with about half restored as of early Thursday afternoon. The Carolinas experienced about 30,000 outages at its peak on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>4:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Boston's mayor is pleading with drivers to stay off the roads as parts of the city are seeing flooding in unexpected places.</p>
<p>Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh said Thursday that too many cars are still out on the roads and getting caught up in the rising flood waters and requiring rescues. He says the city's public school will remain closed Friday.</p>
<p>Icy waters from Boston Harbor poured into streets during the afternoon high tide in the city's Seaport District and parts of downtown popular with tourists.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in coastal Massachusetts, the state National Guard helped rescue a woman and her two children from a car in flood waters in Marshfield.</p>
<p>In Newburyport, police said there were evacuations on Plum Island because of flooding and the only road from the mainland was closed.</p>
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<p>3:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Bostonians are out braving near whiteout conditions as a vicious winter storm pummels the East Coast with heavy snows, hurricane force wind gusts and coastal flooding.</p>
<p>Qizuyu Fan, who hails from a Chinese city near the border with Russia, said Thursday afternoon he wasn't fazed by the tough weather. He says it's nothing compared to what he's had to deal with at home, where temperatures are often well below zero in the winter.</p>
<p>The 21-year-old Boston Children's Hospital research student was out getting groceries but planned to spend a good part of the day playing in the snow.</p>
<p>Across town, Marcus Slaga was hunkered down at a hotel bar in Boston's Seaport District enjoying his third Guinness. The 44-year-old sushi chef's morning flight to Austin, Texas, was cancelled in the whiteout conditions.</p>
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<p>3 p.m.</p>
<p>Authorities say a passenger is dead after a vehicle couldn't stop at the bottom of a steep, snow-covered hill and slammed into a commuter train on its way to Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Police say the driver of the car was able to escape before the crash Thursday morning in Lower Moreland but the passenger stayed inside as the vehicle crashed through a gate at the railroad crossing. That person was later found by police along the tracks.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says none of the passengers on board the West Trenton line train were injured. The train was about 20 miles north of downtown Philadelphia.</p>
<p>It happened as a winter storm was blowing snow, icing up roads and causing traffic havoc around the region.</p>
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<p>2:20 p.m.</p>
<p>A vicious winter storm hitting the East Coast is now bringing hurricane force wind gusts and coastal flooding to Massachusetts.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service says it received reports of a wind gust of 76 mph on Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Thursday and a gust of 75 mph in Wellfleet, on Cape Cod. Winds of 74 mph or higher are considered hurricane force.</p>
<p>Block Island, Rhode Island experience a 61 mph wind gust.</p>
<p>Coastal flooding in Massachusetts, including in Boston, Lynn and Cape Cod, has made roads impassable.</p>
<p>One observer said water had cut through a barrier island in Chatham, flooded up to a condominium complex's doors and caused several cars to float.</p>
<p>Boston firefighters rescued a man who had become trapped in his car in a flooded intersection.</p>
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<p>2 p.m.</p>
<p>The agency that runs New York City-area airports says all flights have been suspended temporarily at JFK and LaGuardia airports due to wind and whiteout conditions.</p>
<p>At Newark Liberty airport in New Jersey, airlines had cancelled 867 flights as of noon Thursday, 73 percent of normal flight activity.</p>
<p>Two-thirds of all flights at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey airports are canceled.</p>
<p>Passengers are being urged to call their carrier before going to the airports Thursday or later this week and also should not go to the airports unless they have a reservation.</p>
<p>The snowstorm hitting the Northeast is expected to drop 6 to 10 inches of snow in the New York City area.</p>
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<p>1:25 p.m.</p>
<p>The South is continuing to deal with frigid temperatures as a brutal winter storm batters the Northeast.</p>
<p>In South Florida, it's so cold <a href="" type="internal">iguanas</a> are falling from trees.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service in Miami said temperatures dipped below 40 degrees early Thursday. That's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs.</p>
<p>In Mississippi, frigid weather is causing water pipes to <a href="" type="internal">burst</a> underground in Jackson, the state's largest city. The city has been put under a precautionary boil-water notice and portable toilets were placed outside the state Capitol because some of the toilets won't flush inside.</p>
<p>In South Carolina, parts of Interstate 95 remain closed because of icy patches.</p>
<p>And in Tennessee, officials say the heat is mostly back on at the <a href="" type="internal">prison</a> that houses the state's male death row offenders. The facility's heating system failed on Monday.</p>
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<p>12:35 p.m.</p>
<p>A mail carrier who works in Providence, Rhode Island, is taking the postal service's unofficial creed to heart.</p>
<p>Joseph Rodriquez says snow was slowing down carriers Thursday although he was having a "pretty easy day" as he made his rounds during a storm that could drop 18 inches of snow on the state.</p>
<p>He says it's important to get the mail out, even in blizzard conditions, because he delivers medication and checks.</p>
<p>Rodriquez says the post office had prepared for the weather by making sure carriers didn't have to carry anything extra and by having them start early.</p>
<p>The postal service's unofficial motto is "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed round," but it has been known to cancel service during severe weather.</p>
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<p>11:40 a.m.</p>
<p>North Carolina authorities say a driver slid off a road in snowy conditions and overturned his vehicle, marking the state's third fatality attributed to a snowstorm sweeping the region.</p>
<p>State Emergency Management spokesman Keith Acree says the man died in Beaufort County around 2 a.m. Thursday.</p>
<p>The man's vehicle slid off the road into a ditch and overturned. Acree says the area had a lot of snow, and authorities determined it was a weather-related death.</p>
<p>Acree identified the man as 29-year-old Joshua Wayne Biddle of Washington, North Carolina.</p>
<p>The Highway Patrol had earlier reported that two men died in a weather-related crash in Moore County on Wednesday night.</p>
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<p>11:30 a.m.</p>
<p>The Boston Bruins home game against the Florida Panthers has been postponed because of the snowstorm battering New England.</p>
<p>The Boston area could get as much as 18 inches of snow as well as high winds that could lead to power outages from the Thursday storm.</p>
<p>The National Hockey League hasn't announced the date and time of the rescheduled game. Tickets for Thursday's game will be valid for the makeup game.</p>
<p>The Bruins are in second place in the Atlantic Division after going 16-3-2 in their last 21 games. The Panthers had won five consecutive games before losing Tuesday in Minnesota.</p>
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<p>11:15 a.m.</p>
<p>The snowstorm sweeping up the East Coast is ruining travel plans for many, with thousands of U.S. flights canceled.</p>
<p>Airports in the New York City area and Boston have been particularly hard hit, with more than two-thirds of flights in and out canceled.</p>
<p>The airline-tracking site FlightAware <a href="https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/" type="external">is reporting</a> more than 3,200 canceled flights within, into, or out of the United States on Thursday.</p>
<p>The massive winter storm is sweeping from the Carolinas to Maine, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds.</p>
<p>Linda Heuman and Amy Remensnyder were supposed to fly to Berlin on Thursday, but the flight was canceled. That left them stuck in their home in Providence, Rhode Island. Their plans for the rest of the day were simple: They were going to make some soup and maybe watch a movie.</p>
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<p>10:30 a.m.</p>
<p>The governor of Massachusetts is warning of possible prolonged power outages resulting from the strong snowstorm that is pummeling the East Coast, to be followed by more severe cold.</p>
<p>Gov. Charlie Baker said during a morning briefing Thursday that emergency officials are prepared to open shelters in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, where heavy wet snow and howling wind gusts of 60 mph or higher pose the greatest threat of outages.</p>
<p>The strong winds could also make it difficult, if not impossible, for utility crews to use bucket trucks to quickly restore downed power lines.</p>
<p>In Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says more than 100 warming centers are open in 34 towns. Malloy says the state has 634 state plow trucks and 250 contractors working to clear the highways.</p>
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<p>9:55 a.m.</p>
<p>Two deaths in North Carolina are being blamed on the East Coast snowstorm.</p>
<p>Authorities say two men died during the winter storm Wednesday night when their pickup truck overturned into a creek.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the state Highway Patrol says the truck came to rest on its top while submerged in the creek in Moore County, which is southwest of the Raleigh-Durham area.</p>
<p>Sgt. Michael Baker identified those killed as the driver, 57-year-old Michael Alexander Wilson, and a passenger, 73-year-old Jerry David Wilson. Both were from Bear Creek.</p>
<p>Both men died at the scene.</p>
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<p>8:05 a.m.</p>
<p>Snow that could pile as high as 18 inches (46 centimeters) in some spots of New England has begun falling.</p>
<p>A light snow started falling in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire just before dawn Thursday.</p>
<p>Snow is expected to increase after sunrise and peak during the late morning through the afternoon. Rain over Cape Cod and the Islands is likely to change over to snow in the afternoon.</p>
<p>The storm is not just bringing snow but high winds with gusts as high as 75 mph in some spots, which could bring down power lines and cause power outages.</p>
<p>There also is a risk of coastal flooding.</p>
<p>Schools across the region are closed for the day, and governors are urging people to stay off the roads.</p>
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<p>7:20 a.m.</p>
<p>A state of emergency is in effect on parts of Maryland's Eastern Shore in response to a coastal winter storm.</p>
<p>Gov. Larry Hogan issued the declaration late Wednesday for the Lower Shore, including Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties.</p>
<p>Ankle deep snow and wind gusts approaching 50 mph (80 kph) covered the Ocean City Boardwalk, which was under a blizzard warning Thursday.</p>
<p>Parts of Southern Maryland also reported significant snow accumulations.</p>
<p>Wind restrictions were put in place Thursday on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Coast Guard restricted ships from entering the Port of Baltimore.</p>
<p>Numerous school systems closed throughout the state, including in Baltimore City, where the teachers' union called for closures after reporting heating issues in numerous schools.</p>
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<p>6:50 a.m.</p>
<p>The Hampton Roads region of Virginia is bearing the worst of a winter storm that prompted Gov. Terry McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency.</p>
<p>Dominion Energy reported more than 35,000 customers in southeastern Virginia without power Thursday morning. The Northern Neck region had 635 outages, with no other significant outages in the rest of the state.</p>
<p>The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel was closed to all traffic early Thursday morning because of the weather conditions which included snow and heavy winds.</p>
<p>Virginia State Police reported that from 8 p.m. Wednesday through 5 a.m. Thursday, it received 212 emergency calls for service in its Chesapeake region, which includes Hampton Roads, including 101 crashes. The Richmond region reported 123 calls for service and 72 crashes.</p>
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<p>6:30 a.m.</p>
<p>State offices are closed throughout Delaware as snowfall accumulates quickly from a coastal winter storm.</p>
<p>The Delaware Department of Transportation reports that accumulations have exceeded six inches (15 centimeters) by early Thursday in parts of Sussex County, Delaware's southernmost county.</p>
<p>State offices were closed Thursday in all three Delaware counties, including the state's Department of Motor Vehicles locations.</p>
<p>DART bus service was suspended in Sussex County.</p>
<p>The Delaware River and Bay Authority suspended operations for its ferry connecting Lewes, Delaware, to Cape May, New Jersey. The authority citing significant ice accumulation in canals along the Delaware Bay, as well as forecasts for heavy winds.</p>
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<p>6:24 a.m.</p>
<p>Snow and bitter cold are sweeping across parts of Pennsylvania, causing some schools to close or delay opening.</p>
<p>A winter storm warning is in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday for Delaware, Philadelphia, eastern Montgomery and lower Bucks counties.</p>
<p>Forecasters say accumulations of 4 to 7 inches (10 to 17 centimeters) are expected. That will be following by biting cold temperatures. The central part of the state is waking to another coating of snow.</p>
<p>The Philadelphia school district and the city's archdiocesan schools are closed.</p>
<p>Amtrak says Keystone Service between Harrisburg and Philadelphia is operating as scheduled.</p>
<p>The region's transportation system says it's operating on a regular weekday schedule. All bus routes with the exception of Route 35 are running.</p>
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<p>6 a.m.</p>
<p>Wind-whipped snow is slowing the morning commute across New Jersey and forcing many schools to close.</p>
<p>A blizzard warning remains in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday along the New Jersey shore and for portions of central and southern New Jersey.</p>
<p>Forecasters say 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 centimeters) of snow are possible with northerly winds gusting as high as 45 to 55 mph (72 to 80 kph) along the immediate coast causing whiteout conditions.</p>
<p>The strong winds could down trees and power lines.</p>
<p>Road crews are out, but the snow continues to cover the paths that the plows have cleared.</p>
<p>New Jersey has authorized a two-hour delayed opening from normal start times for all non-essential state employees.</p>
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<p>1:15 a.m.</p>
<p>Residents across a huge swath of the U.S. are hunkering down, waiting out a massive winter storm packing snow, ice and high winds, followed by brutal cold, as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard.</p>
<p>The worst conditions stretch from the Carolinas to Maine, with the Northeast getting the brunt on Thursday.</p>
<p>It already has led to thousands of canceled flights and shuttered schools, as well as fears of outages and flooding.</p>
<p>Officials are urging residents to stay home so crews can clear streets and roads of what could be as much as foot or more of snow in some places. Boston could get as much as 14 inches.</p>
<p>The blast of winter weather and accompanying plunging temperatures has been linked to at least 17 deaths as far south as Texas.</p>
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carolina interstate slid roadway hit trees killed arther cumbie jr states first stormrelated death wednesdays ice snow kershaw county coroner david west says cumbie driving speed limit wednesday afternoon truck left interstate 20 says witnesses tell investigators cumbies truck started sliding ice snow lost control west says cumbie wearing seatbelt died head injuries massive storm roared east coast thursday dumping much 18 inches 46 centimeters snow carolinas maine unleashing hurricaneforce winds ___ 5 pm 100000 customers lost power winter storm thats blanketed east coast heavy snow hurricaneforce winds new england states massachusetts hit 22000 outages thursday afternoon scattered power outages reported new hampshire rhode island maine reported 4400 outages 6300 customers lost power long island thursday afternoon crews quickly restored 2000 early thursday evening 1500 utility customers without power due snow heavy winds swept new jersey virginia peak 45000 outages half restored early thursday afternoon carolinas experienced 30000 outages peak wednesday ___ 445 pm bostons mayor pleading drivers stay roads parts city seeing flooding unexpected places democratic mayor marty walsh said thursday many cars still roads getting caught rising flood waters requiring rescues says citys public school remain closed friday icy waters boston harbor poured streets afternoon high tide citys seaport district parts downtown popular tourists elsewhere coastal massachusetts state national guard helped rescue woman two children car flood waters marshfield newburyport police said evacuations plum island flooding road mainland closed ___ 330 pm bostonians braving near whiteout conditions vicious winter storm pummels east coast heavy snows hurricane force wind gusts coastal flooding qizuyu fan hails chinese city near border russia said thursday afternoon wasnt fazed tough weather says nothing compared hes deal home temperatures often well zero winter 21yearold boston childrens hospital research student getting groceries planned spend good part day playing snow across town marcus slaga hunkered hotel bar bostons seaport district enjoying third guinness 44yearold sushi chefs morning flight austin texas cancelled whiteout conditions ___ 3 pm authorities say passenger dead vehicle couldnt stop bottom steep snowcovered hill slammed commuter train way philadelphia police say driver car able escape crash thursday morning lower moreland passenger stayed inside vehicle crashed gate railroad crossing person later found police along tracks spokeswoman southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority says none passengers board west trenton line train injured train 20 miles north downtown philadelphia happened winter storm blowing snow icing roads causing traffic havoc around region ___ 220 pm vicious winter storm hitting east coast bringing hurricane force wind gusts coastal flooding massachusetts national weather service says received reports wind gust 76 mph nantucket massachusetts thursday gust 75 mph wellfleet cape cod winds 74 mph higher considered hurricane force block island rhode island experience 61 mph wind gust coastal flooding massachusetts including boston lynn cape cod made roads impassable one observer said water cut barrier island chatham flooded condominium complexs doors caused several cars float boston firefighters rescued man become trapped car flooded intersection ___ 2 pm agency runs new york cityarea airports says flights suspended temporarily jfk laguardia airports due wind whiteout conditions newark liberty airport new jersey airlines cancelled 867 flights noon thursday 73 percent normal flight activity twothirds flights port authority new york new jersey airports canceled passengers urged call carrier going airports thursday later week also go airports unless reservation snowstorm hitting northeast expected drop 6 10 inches snow new york city area ___ 125 pm south continuing deal frigid temperatures brutal winter storm batters northeast south florida cold iguanas falling trees national weather service miami said temperatures dipped 40 degrees early thursday thats chilly enough immobilize green iguanas common miamis suburbs mississippi frigid weather causing water pipes burst underground jackson states largest city city put precautionary boilwater notice portable toilets placed outside state capitol toilets wont flush inside south carolina parts interstate 95 remain closed icy patches tennessee officials say heat mostly back prison houses states male death row offenders facilitys heating system failed monday ___ 1235 pm mail carrier works providence rhode island taking postal services unofficial creed heart joseph rodriquez says snow slowing carriers thursday although pretty easy day made rounds storm could drop 18 inches snow state says important get mail even blizzard conditions delivers medication checks rodriquez says post office prepared weather making sure carriers didnt carry anything extra start early postal services unofficial motto neither snow rain heat gloom night stays couriers swift completion appointed round known cancel service severe weather ___ 1140 north carolina authorities say driver slid road snowy conditions overturned vehicle marking states third fatality attributed snowstorm sweeping region state emergency management spokesman keith acree says man died beaufort county around 2 thursday mans vehicle slid road ditch overturned acree says area lot snow authorities determined weatherrelated death acree identified man 29yearold joshua wayne biddle washington north carolina highway patrol earlier reported two men died weatherrelated crash moore county wednesday night __ 1130 boston bruins home game florida panthers postponed snowstorm battering new england boston area could get much 18 inches snow well high winds could lead power outages thursday storm national hockey league hasnt announced date time rescheduled game tickets thursdays game valid makeup game bruins second place atlantic division going 1632 last 21 games panthers five consecutive games losing tuesday minnesota ___ 1115 snowstorm sweeping east coast ruining travel plans many thousands us flights canceled airports new york city area boston particularly hard hit twothirds flights canceled airlinetracking site flightaware reporting 3200 canceled flights within united states thursday massive winter storm sweeping carolinas maine dumping snow along coast bringing strong winds linda heuman amy remensnyder supposed fly berlin thursday flight canceled left stuck home providence rhode island plans rest day simple going make soup maybe watch movie ___ 1030 governor massachusetts warning possible prolonged power outages resulting strong snowstorm pummeling east coast followed severe cold gov charlie baker said morning briefing thursday emergency officials prepared open shelters southeastern massachusetts cape cod heavy wet snow howling wind gusts 60 mph higher pose greatest threat outages strong winds could also make difficult impossible utility crews use bucket trucks quickly restore downed power lines connecticut gov dannel p malloy says 100 warming centers open 34 towns malloy says state 634 state plow trucks 250 contractors working clear highways ___ 955 two deaths north carolina blamed east coast snowstorm authorities say two men died winter storm wednesday night pickup truck overturned creek spokesman state highway patrol says truck came rest top submerged creek moore county southwest raleighdurham area sgt michael baker identified killed driver 57yearold michael alexander wilson passenger 73yearold jerry david wilson bear creek men died scene ___ 805 snow could pile high 18 inches 46 centimeters spots new england begun falling light snow started falling connecticut rhode island massachusetts new hampshire dawn thursday snow expected increase sunrise peak late morning afternoon rain cape cod islands likely change snow afternoon storm bringing snow high winds gusts high 75 mph spots could bring power lines cause power outages also risk coastal flooding schools across region closed day governors urging people stay roads ___ 720 state emergency effect parts marylands eastern shore response coastal winter storm gov larry hogan issued declaration late wednesday lower shore including somerset wicomico worcester counties ankle deep snow wind gusts approaching 50 mph 80 kph covered ocean city boardwalk blizzard warning thursday parts southern maryland also reported significant snow accumulations wind restrictions put place thursday chesapeake bay bridge coast guard restricted ships entering port baltimore numerous school systems closed throughout state including baltimore city teachers union called closures reporting heating issues numerous schools ___ 650 hampton roads region virginia bearing worst winter storm prompted gov terry mcauliffe declare state emergency dominion energy reported 35000 customers southeastern virginia without power thursday morning northern neck region 635 outages significant outages rest state chesapeake bay bridge tunnel closed traffic early thursday morning weather conditions included snow heavy winds virginia state police reported 8 pm wednesday 5 thursday received 212 emergency calls service chesapeake region includes hampton roads including 101 crashes richmond region reported 123 calls service 72 crashes ___ 630 state offices closed throughout delaware snowfall accumulates quickly coastal winter storm delaware department transportation reports accumulations exceeded six inches 15 centimeters early thursday parts sussex county delawares southernmost county state offices closed thursday three delaware counties including states department motor vehicles locations dart bus service suspended sussex county delaware river bay authority suspended operations ferry connecting lewes delaware cape may new jersey authority citing significant ice accumulation canals along delaware bay well forecasts heavy winds ___ 624 snow bitter cold sweeping across parts pennsylvania causing schools close delay opening winter storm warning effect 7 pm thursday delaware philadelphia eastern montgomery lower bucks counties forecasters say accumulations 4 7 inches 10 17 centimeters expected following biting cold temperatures central part state waking another coating snow philadelphia school district citys archdiocesan schools closed amtrak says keystone service harrisburg philadelphia operating scheduled regions transportation system says operating regular weekday schedule bus routes exception route 35 running ___ 6 windwhipped snow slowing morning commute across new jersey forcing many schools close blizzard warning remains effect 7 pm thursday along new jersey shore portions central southern new jersey forecasters say 8 12 inches 20 30 centimeters snow possible northerly winds gusting high 45 55 mph 72 80 kph along immediate coast causing whiteout conditions strong winds could trees power lines road crews snow continues cover paths plows cleared new jersey authorized twohour delayed opening normal start times nonessential state employees ___ 115 residents across huge swath us hunkering waiting massive winter storm packing snow ice high winds followed brutal cold moves eastern seaboard worst conditions stretch carolinas maine northeast getting brunt thursday already led thousands canceled flights shuttered schools well fears outages flooding officials urging residents stay home crews clear streets roads could much foot snow places boston could get much 14 inches blast winter weather accompanying plunging temperatures linked least 17 deaths far south texas latest massive winter storm northeastern us times est 855 pm flights suspended john f kennedy international airport massive snowstorm set resume friday flights suspended jfk due strong winds whiteout conditions caused winter storm pummeled east coast heavy snow hurricaneforce winds port authority new york new jersey says flights resume 7 air traffic suspensions laguardia airport lifted authorities advise passengers contact airlines regarding specific flights flighttracking site flightaware reports nearly 5000 canceled flights across united states flights include twothirds flights new york city boston airports storm roared east coast dumped much 18 inches 46 centimeters snow carolinas maine also unleashed record flooding ___ 7 pm hurricaneforce storm roared east coast dumping much 18 inches 46 centimeters snow carolinas maine also unleashed record flooding republican governor massachusetts told reporters thursday flooding resulting historic high tide led deployment number national guard highwater rescue vehicles help stranded residents vehicles gov charlie baker says weather officials believe massachusetts experienced highest high tide record state maine seen tidal flooding 40 years high tide portland thursday 1379 feet nearly reaching 1417 foot mark reported blizzard 1978 new hampshires seacoast area saw flooding streets peoples basements ___ 615 pm rhode island gov gina raimondo raymahndoh urging people stay roads massive storm northeast says tractortrailer trucks still banned states roads democratic governor expects lift truck ban 9 pm thursday says trucks obeying part raimondo says local roads worse state roads says plows sidelined narragansett poor visibility back roadways philadelphia offices schools closed effort keep drivers icy roads massive storm roared east coast thursday dumping much 18 inches 46 centimeters snow carolinas maine unleashing hurricaneforce winds massachusetts hit 22000 power outages ___ 530 pm man driving pickup truck home work icy south carolina interstate slid roadway hit trees killed arther cumbie jr states first stormrelated death wednesdays ice snow kershaw county coroner david west says cumbie driving speed limit wednesday afternoon truck left interstate 20 says witnesses tell investigators cumbies truck started sliding ice snow lost control west says cumbie wearing seatbelt died head injuries massive storm roared east coast thursday dumping much 18 inches 46 centimeters snow carolinas maine unleashing hurricaneforce winds ___ 5 pm 100000 customers lost power winter storm thats blanketed east coast heavy snow hurricaneforce winds new england states massachusetts hit 22000 outages thursday afternoon scattered power outages reported new hampshire rhode island maine reported 4400 outages 6300 customers lost power long island thursday afternoon crews quickly restored 2000 early thursday evening 1500 utility customers without power due snow heavy winds swept new jersey virginia peak 45000 outages half restored early thursday afternoon carolinas experienced 30000 outages peak wednesday ___ 445 pm bostons mayor pleading drivers stay roads parts city seeing flooding unexpected places democratic mayor marty walsh said thursday many cars still roads getting caught rising flood waters requiring rescues says citys public school remain closed friday icy waters boston harbor poured streets afternoon high tide citys seaport district parts downtown popular tourists elsewhere coastal massachusetts state national guard helped rescue woman two children car flood waters marshfield newburyport police said evacuations plum island flooding road mainland closed ___ 330 pm bostonians braving near whiteout conditions vicious winter storm pummels east coast heavy snows hurricane force wind gusts coastal flooding qizuyu fan hails chinese city near border russia said thursday afternoon wasnt fazed tough weather says nothing compared hes deal home temperatures often well zero winter 21yearold boston childrens hospital research student getting groceries planned spend good part day playing snow across town marcus slaga hunkered hotel bar bostons seaport district enjoying third guinness 44yearold sushi chefs morning flight austin texas cancelled whiteout conditions ___ 3 pm authorities say passenger dead vehicle couldnt stop bottom steep snowcovered hill slammed commuter train way philadelphia police say driver car able escape crash thursday morning lower moreland passenger stayed inside vehicle crashed gate railroad crossing person later found police along tracks spokeswoman southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority says none passengers board west trenton line train injured train 20 miles north downtown philadelphia happened winter storm blowing snow icing roads causing traffic havoc around region ___ 220 pm vicious winter storm hitting east coast bringing hurricane force wind gusts coastal flooding massachusetts national weather service says received reports wind gust 76 mph nantucket massachusetts thursday gust 75 mph wellfleet cape cod winds 74 mph higher considered hurricane force block island rhode island experience 61 mph wind gust coastal flooding massachusetts including boston lynn cape cod made roads impassable one observer said water cut barrier island chatham flooded condominium complexs doors caused several cars float boston firefighters rescued man become trapped car flooded intersection ___ 2 pm agency runs new york cityarea airports says flights suspended temporarily jfk laguardia airports due wind whiteout conditions newark liberty airport new jersey airlines cancelled 867 flights noon thursday 73 percent normal flight activity twothirds flights port authority new york new jersey airports canceled passengers urged call carrier going airports thursday later week also go airports unless reservation snowstorm hitting northeast expected drop 6 10 inches snow new york city area ___ 125 pm south continuing deal frigid temperatures brutal winter storm batters northeast south florida cold iguanas falling trees national weather service miami said temperatures dipped 40 degrees early thursday thats chilly enough immobilize green iguanas common miamis suburbs mississippi frigid weather causing water pipes burst underground jackson states largest city city put precautionary boilwater notice portable toilets placed outside state capitol toilets wont flush inside south carolina parts interstate 95 remain closed icy patches tennessee officials say heat mostly back prison houses states male death row offenders facilitys heating system failed monday ___ 1235 pm mail carrier works providence rhode island taking postal services unofficial creed heart joseph rodriquez says snow slowing carriers thursday although pretty easy day made rounds storm could drop 18 inches snow state says important get mail even blizzard conditions delivers medication checks rodriquez says post office prepared weather making sure carriers didnt carry anything extra start early postal services unofficial motto neither snow rain heat gloom night stays couriers swift completion appointed round known cancel service severe weather ___ 1140 north carolina authorities say driver slid road snowy conditions overturned vehicle marking states third fatality attributed snowstorm sweeping region state emergency management spokesman keith acree says man died beaufort county around 2 thursday mans vehicle slid road ditch overturned acree says area lot snow authorities determined weatherrelated death acree identified man 29yearold joshua wayne biddle washington north carolina highway patrol earlier reported two men died weatherrelated crash moore county wednesday night __ 1130 boston bruins home game florida panthers postponed snowstorm battering new england boston area could get much 18 inches snow well high winds could lead power outages thursday storm national hockey league hasnt announced date time rescheduled game tickets thursdays game valid makeup game bruins second place atlantic division going 1632 last 21 games panthers five consecutive games losing tuesday minnesota ___ 1115 snowstorm sweeping east coast ruining travel plans many thousands us flights canceled airports new york city area boston particularly hard hit twothirds flights canceled airlinetracking site flightaware reporting 3200 canceled flights within united states thursday massive winter storm sweeping carolinas maine dumping snow along coast bringing strong winds linda heuman amy remensnyder supposed fly berlin thursday flight canceled left stuck home providence rhode island plans rest day simple going make soup maybe watch movie ___ 1030 governor massachusetts warning possible prolonged power outages resulting strong snowstorm pummeling east coast followed severe cold gov charlie baker said morning briefing thursday emergency officials prepared open shelters southeastern massachusetts cape cod heavy wet snow howling wind gusts 60 mph higher pose greatest threat outages strong winds could also make difficult impossible utility crews use bucket trucks quickly restore downed power lines connecticut gov dannel p malloy says 100 warming centers open 34 towns malloy says state 634 state plow trucks 250 contractors working clear highways ___ 955 two deaths north carolina blamed east coast snowstorm authorities say two men died winter storm wednesday night pickup truck overturned creek spokesman state highway patrol says truck came rest top submerged creek moore county southwest raleighdurham area sgt michael baker identified killed driver 57yearold michael alexander wilson passenger 73yearold jerry david wilson bear creek men died scene ___ 805 snow could pile high 18 inches 46 centimeters spots new england begun falling light snow started falling connecticut rhode island massachusetts new hampshire dawn thursday snow expected increase sunrise peak late morning afternoon rain cape cod islands likely change snow afternoon storm bringing snow high winds gusts high 75 mph spots could bring power lines cause power outages also risk coastal flooding schools across region closed day governors urging people stay roads ___ 720 state emergency effect parts marylands eastern shore response coastal winter storm gov larry hogan issued declaration late wednesday lower shore including somerset wicomico worcester counties ankle deep snow wind gusts approaching 50 mph 80 kph covered ocean city boardwalk blizzard warning thursday parts southern maryland also reported significant snow accumulations wind restrictions put place thursday chesapeake bay bridge coast guard restricted ships entering port baltimore numerous school systems closed throughout state including baltimore city teachers union called closures reporting heating issues numerous schools ___ 650 hampton roads region virginia bearing worst winter storm prompted gov terry mcauliffe declare state emergency dominion energy reported 35000 customers southeastern virginia without power thursday morning northern neck region 635 outages significant outages rest state chesapeake bay bridge tunnel closed traffic early thursday morning weather conditions included snow heavy winds virginia state police reported 8 pm wednesday 5 thursday received 212 emergency calls service chesapeake region includes hampton roads including 101 crashes richmond region reported 123 calls service 72 crashes ___ 630 state offices closed throughout delaware snowfall accumulates quickly coastal winter storm delaware department transportation reports accumulations exceeded six inches 15 centimeters early thursday parts sussex county delawares southernmost county state offices closed thursday three delaware counties including states department motor vehicles locations dart bus service suspended sussex county delaware river bay authority suspended operations ferry connecting lewes delaware cape may new jersey authority citing significant ice accumulation canals along delaware bay well forecasts heavy winds ___ 624 snow bitter cold sweeping across parts pennsylvania causing schools close delay opening winter storm warning effect 7 pm thursday delaware philadelphia eastern montgomery lower bucks counties forecasters say accumulations 4 7 inches 10 17 centimeters expected following biting cold temperatures central part state waking another coating snow philadelphia school district citys archdiocesan schools closed amtrak says keystone service harrisburg philadelphia operating scheduled regions transportation system says operating regular weekday schedule bus routes exception route 35 running ___ 6 windwhipped snow slowing morning commute across new jersey forcing many schools close blizzard warning remains effect 7 pm thursday along new jersey shore portions central southern new jersey forecasters say 8 12 inches 20 30 centimeters snow possible northerly winds gusting high 45 55 mph 72 80 kph along immediate coast causing whiteout conditions strong winds could trees power lines road crews snow continues cover paths plows cleared new jersey authorized twohour delayed opening normal start times nonessential state employees ___ 115 residents across huge swath us hunkering waiting massive winter storm packing snow ice high winds followed brutal cold moves eastern seaboard worst conditions stretch carolinas maine northeast getting brunt thursday already led thousands canceled flights shuttered schools well fears outages flooding officials urging residents stay home crews clear streets roads could much foot snow places boston could get much 14 inches blast winter weather accompanying plunging temperatures linked least 17 deaths far south texas
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<p>File-This March 27, 1997, file photo shows 1998 Chevrolet Malibu at the media preview of the New York International Automobile Show. General Motors’ safety crisis worsened on Monday, June 30, 2014, when the automaker added 8.2 million vehicles to its huge list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches. The latest recalls cover seven vehicles, including the Chevrolet Malibu from 1997 to 2005 and the Pontiac Grand Prix from 2004 to 2008. The recalls also cover a newer model, the 2003-2014 Cadillac CTS. GM said the recalls are for “unintended ignition key rotation.” (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)</p>
<p>DETROIT — General Motors’ safety crisis deepened dramatically Monday when the automaker added 8.2 million vehicles to its ballooning list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches.</p>
<p>The latest recalls involve mainly older midsize cars and bring GM’s total recalls in North America to 29 million this year, surpassing the 22 million recalled by all automakers last year. They also raise questions about the safety of ignition switches in cars made by all manufacturers.</p>
<p>In the latest recalls, GM said keys may be jostled or accidentally bumped, causing the ignition to slip out of the “run” position. The recalls cover seven vehicles, including the Chevrolet Malibu from 1997 to 2005, the Pontiac Grand Prix from 2004 to 2008, and the 2003-2014 Cadillac CTS.</p>
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<p>The company is aware of three deaths, eight injuries and seven crashes involving the vehicles, although it says there’s no clear evidence that faulty switches caused the accidents. Air bags didn’t deploy in the three fatal accidents, which is a sign that the ignition was out of position. But air bags may not deploy for other reasons as well.</p>
<p>A GM spokesman couldn’t say Monday if more recalls are imminent. But this may be the end of the recalls associated with a 60-day review of all of the company’s ignition switches. At the company’s annual meeting earlier in June, CEO Mary Barra said she hoped most recalls related to that review would be completed by the end of the month.</p>
<p>Karl Brauer, an industry analyst with Kelley Blue Book, said the number of recalls — while huge — may be a good thing for the company in the long run.</p>
<p>“I think there’s a new standard for what GM considers a potential safety defect, and Mary Barra has no tolerance or patience for potential safety defects that are unresolved,” he said.</p>
<p>In a statement Monday, Barra said “we will act appropriately and without hesitation” if any new issues come to light.</p>
<p>Lance Cooper, a Marietta, Georgia, attorney who is suing GM, said he was not surprised by the additional recalls and expects even more. A company-funded investigation of the ignition switch problems by former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas found that GM had a dysfunctional corporate culture in which people didn’t take responsibility to fix the problems, Cooper said.</p>
<p>“Cars got made that were defective. The buck kept getting passed, and this is what happened as a result,” Cooper said.</p>
<p>The announcement of more recalls extends a crisis for GM that began in February with small-car ignition switch problems. GM recalled 2.6 million older small cars worldwide because the switches can unexpectedly slip from “run” to “accessory,” shutting off the engines. That disables power steering and power brakes and can cause people to lose control of their cars. It also stops the air bags from inflating in a crash. GM has been forced to admit that it knew of the problem more than 10 years, yet it failed to recall the cars until this year.</p>
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<p>GM has been reviewing the performance of its ignition switches since the first recalls were announced, and it continues to find more that can turn too easily. Of the 29 million vehicles recalled by the company this year, 17.1 million have been due to ignition switches.</p>
<p>The problem has drawn the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government’s road safety agency. On June 18, the agency opened two investigations into ignition switches in Chrysler minivans and SUVs, and acknowledged that it’s looking at the whole industry.</p>
<p>The agency is looking into how long air bags remain active after the switches are moved out of the run position. In many cases, the answer is less than a second.</p>
<p>GM’s conduct in the small-car recall already is under investigation by the Justice Department and both houses of Congress. Earlier this year, the company paid a $35 million fine to NHTSA for delays in reporting the small-car ignition switch problems.</p>
<p>GM’s recalls on Monday bring this year’s total so far to more than 40 million for the U.S. industry, far surpassing the old full-year record of 30.8 million from 2004.</p>
<p>The recalls come the same day the company’s compensation consultant, Kenneth Feinberg, announced plans to pay victims of crashes caused by the defective small-car switches. Attorneys and lawmakers say about 100 people have died and hundreds were injured in crashes, although Feinberg said he didn’t have a total.</p>
<p>Feinberg said the company has placed no limit on how much he can spend in total to compensate victims. But victims of the new set of recalls announced Monday can’t file claims to the fund, which deals only with the small cars.</p>
<p>In the original recall, the ignition switches didn’t meet GM’s specifications but were used anyway, and they slipped too easily out of the “run” position.</p>
<p>The vehicles recalled Monday have switches that do conform to GM’s specifications. In these cases, the keys can move the ignition out of position because of jarring, bumps from the driver’s knee or the weight of a heavy key chain. The cars recalled Monday will get replacement keys; the small cars recalled in February are getting new ignitions.</p>
<p>In all the cases, the ignition switches out of the “run” position and into the “accessory” or “off” position.</p>
<p>GM is urging people to remove everything from their key rings until all of the recalled cars can be repaired.</p>
<p>Of the three people who died in crashes involving the newly recalled vehicles, it’s unclear whether those deaths were ignition-related, said GM spokesman Alan Adler. In each of the cases the air bags didn’t deploy, but there are many reasons air bags don’t deploy, including the angle at which a car is hit and whether or not the occupants were belted, he said.</p>
<p>The Detroit company said it plans to take a $1.2 billion charge in the second quarter for recall-related expenses. Added to a $1.3 billion charge in the first quarter, that brings total recall expenses for the year to $2.5 billion.</p>
<p>GM also announced four other recalls Monday covering more than 200,000 additional vehicles. Most are to fix an electrical short in the driver’s door that could disable the power locks and windows and even cause overheating.</p>
<p>GM has announced 54 separate recalls this year.</p>
<p>GM’s stock fell 32 cents, or just under 1 percent, to close at $36.30 on Monday.</p>
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filethis march 27 1997 file photo shows 1998 chevrolet malibu media preview new york international automobile show general motors safety crisis worsened monday june 30 2014 automaker added 82 million vehicles huge list cars recalled faulty ignition switches latest recalls cover seven vehicles including chevrolet malibu 1997 2005 pontiac grand prix 2004 2008 recalls also cover newer model 20032014 cadillac cts gm said recalls unintended ignition key rotation ap photoed bailey file detroit general motors safety crisis deepened dramatically monday automaker added 82 million vehicles ballooning list cars recalled faulty ignition switches latest recalls involve mainly older midsize cars bring gms total recalls north america 29 million year surpassing 22 million recalled automakers last year also raise questions safety ignition switches cars made manufacturers latest recalls gm said keys may jostled accidentally bumped causing ignition slip run position recalls cover seven vehicles including chevrolet malibu 1997 2005 pontiac grand prix 2004 2008 20032014 cadillac cts advertisement company aware three deaths eight injuries seven crashes involving vehicles although says theres clear evidence faulty switches caused accidents air bags didnt deploy three fatal accidents sign ignition position air bags may deploy reasons well gm spokesman couldnt say monday recalls imminent may end recalls associated 60day review companys ignition switches companys annual meeting earlier june ceo mary barra said hoped recalls related review would completed end month karl brauer industry analyst kelley blue book said number recalls huge may good thing company long run think theres new standard gm considers potential safety defect mary barra tolerance patience potential safety defects unresolved said statement monday barra said act appropriately without hesitation new issues come light lance cooper marietta georgia attorney suing gm said surprised additional recalls expects even companyfunded investigation ignition switch problems former us attorney anton valukas found gm dysfunctional corporate culture people didnt take responsibility fix problems cooper said cars got made defective buck kept getting passed happened result cooper said announcement recalls extends crisis gm began february smallcar ignition switch problems gm recalled 26 million older small cars worldwide switches unexpectedly slip run accessory shutting engines disables power steering power brakes cause people lose control cars also stops air bags inflating crash gm forced admit knew problem 10 years yet failed recall cars year advertisement gm reviewing performance ignition switches since first recalls announced continues find turn easily 29 million vehicles recalled company year 171 million due ignition switches problem drawn attention national highway traffic safety administration governments road safety agency june 18 agency opened two investigations ignition switches chrysler minivans suvs acknowledged looking whole industry agency looking long air bags remain active switches moved run position many cases answer less second gms conduct smallcar recall already investigation justice department houses congress earlier year company paid 35 million fine nhtsa delays reporting smallcar ignition switch problems gms recalls monday bring years total far 40 million us industry far surpassing old fullyear record 308 million 2004 recalls come day companys compensation consultant kenneth feinberg announced plans pay victims crashes caused defective smallcar switches attorneys lawmakers say 100 people died hundreds injured crashes although feinberg said didnt total feinberg said company placed limit much spend total compensate victims victims new set recalls announced monday cant file claims fund deals small cars original recall ignition switches didnt meet gms specifications used anyway slipped easily run position vehicles recalled monday switches conform gms specifications cases keys move ignition position jarring bumps drivers knee weight heavy key chain cars recalled monday get replacement keys small cars recalled february getting new ignitions cases ignition switches run position accessory position gm urging people remove everything key rings recalled cars repaired three people died crashes involving newly recalled vehicles unclear whether deaths ignitionrelated said gm spokesman alan adler cases air bags didnt deploy many reasons air bags dont deploy including angle car hit whether occupants belted said detroit company said plans take 12 billion charge second quarter recallrelated expenses added 13 billion charge first quarter brings total recall expenses year 25 billion gm also announced four recalls monday covering 200000 additional vehicles fix electrical short drivers door could disable power locks windows even cause overheating gm announced 54 separate recalls year gms stock fell 32 cents 1 percent close 3630 monday
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<p>Independent pharmacies like Model in Nob Hill have had to diversify to survive.</p>
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Model Pharmacy isn’t much of drug store any more.</p>
<p>With its playful cursive pink-and-blue neon sign, the pharmacy near the corner of Lomas and Carlisle NE beckons to anyone with a prescription to fill. But the business model is one based on an active lunch trade, selling “classic European fragrances,” purveying greeting cards, gifts and vitamins, and over-the-counter medications.</p>
<p>In a pinch, the landmark Nob Hill business will fill a prescription, but it’s on a cash-only basis, said owner Jack Lerner, a pharmacist who decided about a decade ago to not accept any form of insurance for those needing prescribed medications.</p>
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<p>It was a game of diminishing returns, said Lerner, who got tired of haggling with insurance companies over reimbursement rates. “Bottom line, it just didn’t pencil out anymore,” said Lerner. “We were making peanuts (per prescription).”</p>
<p>And when a sprawling Walgreens opened across the street, it was hard to compete with the buying power of large chains that not only fill prescriptions at lower prices, but also generate most of their income selling cigarettes, liquor and grocery staples like bread and milk.</p>
<p>Model Pharmacy has a popular retail shop/luncheonette.</p>
<p>So independents in Albuquerque like Model have diversified to survive. The retail store/luncheonette has a large following, serving up homestyle soups, sandwiches and desserts like berry cobbler. Lerner purchased the company 31 years ago from original owner Delbert Swindle, who opened the business in 1947. “He wanted to open a model pharmacy,” said Lerner, manning the cash register and chatting up a customer during a recent visit.</p>
<p>Declining to break down the revenue stream, Lerner said food sales represent a “significant” portion of the business, which has nine employees.</p>
<p>“We get people visiting from all over,” said Lerner about the pharmacy, which clearly is sustained by customer loyalty and tradition, but also a place that tourists seek out.</p>
<p>To address the challenge of competing with big chains, local independent pharmacies are wise to tailor themselves to the needs of their communities, and explore niche markets and services, according to an industry observer.</p>
<p>“We don’t compete with big companies, especially their buying power,” said John Norton, spokesman for the National Community Pharmacists Association. “Independent pharmacists tend to be in under-served areas, have diversified into compounding or immunizations or focus on a niche, such as opening near an oncology center,” Norton said.</p>
<p>As CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid have battled it out over the past 10 years, the number of independent pharmacies was stable, around 22,000, said Norton. There are 82 independents and 99 chain pharmacies in New Mexico, he said.</p>
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<p>Compounding</p>
<p>Highland Pharmacy is an independent, locally-owned retail and compounding pharmacy.</p>
<p>Across town, locally owned Highland Pharmacy at 717 Encino NE is just as likely to fill a regular prescription as counsel clients needing compounding services.</p>
<p>Compounded medications are prescriptions and medication orders that are written by physicians, veterinarians and other authorized prescribers, and prepared by trained pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.</p>
<p>At Highland’s compounding pharmacy, every gel, cream, ointment and lollipop is made from scratch with raw ingredients.</p>
<p>Up until the mid-1960s, when pharmaceutical manufacturing came along, it was common to see pharmacists standing behind the counter crushing and grinding ingredients by hand with a ceramic mortar and pestle.</p>
<p>These days, Highland pharmacists offer patient consultations in their specialties of pain management and hormone replacement therapy. With a doctor’s referral, pharmacists complete a full medical history, discussing drug options, and factors such as diet and exercise. They then make medications in an on-site compounding laboratory.</p>
<p>Highland Pharmacy technician Antonia Miller prepares a compound in a laboratory.</p>
<p>While Highland has offered consultations for at least 20 years, Director of Pharmacy Teri Rolan said many other pharmacists are moving toward a more clinical model of care. When pharmacists take on that role, it lifts some of the burden from other providers, she said. She often sees patients overwhelmed by a diagnosis who have trouble reaching their doctor and turn to pharmacies for help.</p>
<p>Rolan and her crew of eight use automated equipment in Highland’s laboratory to prepare patient-specific drugs that aren’t commercially available in the concentrations and strengths needed, using component ingredients. The electronic mortar and pestle they use resembles a milkshake machine. Pharmacists use it to mix transdermal cream for wound-care patients to ensure the same concentration of active ingredients are dispersed throughout the substance.</p>
<p>“We can really customize the medication to the individual,” Rolan said. “We can customize the dosage and the dosage form.”</p>
<p>Medications are often compounded for seniors, young children and cancer patients who have trouble swallowing. Rolan said physicians also refer patients to a compounding pharmacy when their medications are no longer available from manufacturers or for people who are chemically sensitive or allergic to the fillers in tablets.</p>
<p>Highland, which was started by the Hayman family in 1942, also does home delivery, a welcome service for the elderly and the homebound. The business accepts most insurance plans, including workmen’s compensation. While other pharmacies have compounding services, Rolan said Highland is the first and only Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board facility in New Mexico. This designation ensures quality compounded medications with additional oversight, she said.</p>
<p>At Highland’s stores in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the pharmacists and techs wear hairnets, masks and booties that have never been worn outside the building to keep the laboratory sterile and keep from being exposed to some of the chemicals they are working with.</p>
<p>Finding a way to stay local</p>
<p>Despite being in a competitive landscape dominated by massive chains, and where even supermarkets and discount stores operate pharmacy counters, the goal of opening an independent drug store still resonates with some in the profession.</p>
<p>Mike Gallegos, the owner of Corrales Pharmacy since 2015, wants to help clients not only with their pharmacy needs, but also to address other health care concerns, as well, such as weight loss, diabetes medication management and hormone replacement therapy.</p>
<p>Pharmacist Mike Gallegos consults with Certified Nurse Practitioner Katie Boylan before mixing a compound for a patient at Corrales Pharmacy.</p>
<p>A 2005 graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Pharmacy, the Albuquerque native opened his first pharmacy in an under-served area of the South Valley. It wasn’t a great place to practice in the early going, but Gallegos pressed on and made it successful.</p>
<p>Despite being squeezed by insurance reimbursements, Gallegos persevered and grew customer volume to a level that attracted the attention of Walgreens, which offered to purchase his book of business, but not the location. The electronic prescription records of customers who patronized Gallegos were transferred to the chain’s database.</p>
<p>With the proceeds of the sale, Gallegos headed for Corrales, a market he said offers “a better demographic” for dispensing both retail and compounding prescriptions, and a chance to be more than just a friendly face behind the counter. His goal is to eventually move into the role of pharmacist clinician.</p>
<p>The small-town druggist said a larger portion of his clientele is older, requiring more medications, but with better pharmacy retiree benefits. Insurance pays more, said Gallegos, and he doesn’t have to generate as much volume as the South Valley location for less money.</p>
<p>Some of the services he’s moving toward will be out-of-pocket, such as hormone replacement therapies. On a recent visit, Gallegos was mixing “a female Viagra” ointment for a customer over 60.</p>
<p>He works often with Katie Boylan, a certified nurse practitioner who leases space at the business, which is located at 4940 Corrales Rd. “Having Mike next door is a nice adjunct to my practice,” said Boylan. “He gets clinical experience” toward becoming a pharmacist clinician and Boylan sends business his way.</p>
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independent pharmacies like model nob hill diversify survive albuquerque nm model pharmacy isnt much drug store playful cursive pinkandblue neon sign pharmacy near corner lomas carlisle ne beckons anyone prescription fill business model one based active lunch trade selling classic european fragrances purveying greeting cards gifts vitamins overthecounter medications pinch landmark nob hill business fill prescription cashonly basis said owner jack lerner pharmacist decided decade ago accept form insurance needing prescribed medications advertisement game diminishing returns said lerner got tired haggling insurance companies reimbursement rates bottom line didnt pencil anymore said lerner making peanuts per prescription sprawling walgreens opened across street hard compete buying power large chains fill prescriptions lower prices also generate income selling cigarettes liquor grocery staples like bread milk model pharmacy popular retail shopluncheonette independents albuquerque like model diversified survive retail storeluncheonette large following serving homestyle soups sandwiches desserts like berry cobbler lerner purchased company 31 years ago original owner delbert swindle opened business 1947 wanted open model pharmacy said lerner manning cash register chatting customer recent visit declining break revenue stream lerner said food sales represent significant portion business nine employees get people visiting said lerner pharmacy clearly sustained customer loyalty tradition also place tourists seek address challenge competing big chains local independent pharmacies wise tailor needs communities explore niche markets services according industry observer dont compete big companies especially buying power said john norton spokesman national community pharmacists association independent pharmacists tend underserved areas diversified compounding immunizations focus niche opening near oncology center norton said cvs walgreens rite aid battled past 10 years number independent pharmacies stable around 22000 said norton 82 independents 99 chain pharmacies new mexico said advertisement compounding highland pharmacy independent locallyowned retail compounding pharmacy across town locally owned highland pharmacy 717 encino ne likely fill regular prescription counsel clients needing compounding services compounded medications prescriptions medication orders written physicians veterinarians authorized prescribers prepared trained pharmacists pharmacy technicians highlands compounding pharmacy every gel cream ointment lollipop made scratch raw ingredients mid1960s pharmaceutical manufacturing came along common see pharmacists standing behind counter crushing grinding ingredients hand ceramic mortar pestle days highland pharmacists offer patient consultations specialties pain management hormone replacement therapy doctors referral pharmacists complete full medical history discussing drug options factors diet exercise make medications onsite compounding laboratory highland pharmacy technician antonia miller prepares compound laboratory highland offered consultations least 20 years director pharmacy teri rolan said many pharmacists moving toward clinical model care pharmacists take role lifts burden providers said often sees patients overwhelmed diagnosis trouble reaching doctor turn pharmacies help rolan crew eight use automated equipment highlands laboratory prepare patientspecific drugs arent commercially available concentrations strengths needed using component ingredients electronic mortar pestle use resembles milkshake machine pharmacists use mix transdermal cream woundcare patients ensure concentration active ingredients dispersed throughout substance really customize medication individual rolan said customize dosage dosage form medications often compounded seniors young children cancer patients trouble swallowing rolan said physicians also refer patients compounding pharmacy medications longer available manufacturers people chemically sensitive allergic fillers tablets highland started hayman family 1942 also home delivery welcome service elderly homebound business accepts insurance plans including workmens compensation pharmacies compounding services rolan said highland first pharmacy compounding accreditation board facility new mexico designation ensures quality compounded medications additional oversight said highlands stores albuquerque santa fe pharmacists techs wear hairnets masks booties never worn outside building keep laboratory sterile keep exposed chemicals working finding way stay local despite competitive landscape dominated massive chains even supermarkets discount stores operate pharmacy counters goal opening independent drug store still resonates profession mike gallegos owner corrales pharmacy since 2015 wants help clients pharmacy needs also address health care concerns well weight loss diabetes medication management hormone replacement therapy pharmacist mike gallegos consults certified nurse practitioner katie boylan mixing compound patient corrales pharmacy 2005 graduate university new mexico school pharmacy albuquerque native opened first pharmacy underserved area south valley wasnt great place practice early going gallegos pressed made successful despite squeezed insurance reimbursements gallegos persevered grew customer volume level attracted attention walgreens offered purchase book business location electronic prescription records customers patronized gallegos transferred chains database proceeds sale gallegos headed corrales market said offers better demographic dispensing retail compounding prescriptions chance friendly face behind counter goal eventually move role pharmacist clinician smalltown druggist said larger portion clientele older requiring medications better pharmacy retiree benefits insurance pays said gallegos doesnt generate much volume south valley location less money services hes moving toward outofpocket hormone replacement therapies recent visit gallegos mixing female viagra ointment customer 60 works often katie boylan certified nurse practitioner leases space business located 4940 corrales rd mike next door nice adjunct practice said boylan gets clinical experience toward becoming pharmacist clinician boylan sends business way
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<p>PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice today after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.</p>
<p>The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, prompted sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Christie, and the head of the New Jersey Assembly called for Rice to be fired.</p>
<p>With mounting criticism on a state and national level, the school decided to take action, relieving Rice of his duties after three largely unsuccessful seasons at the Big East school. There will be a national search to replace him.</p>
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<p>Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the video in late November by a former employee. After hiring independent investigators to analyze the tape, he suspended Rice for three games, fined him $50,000 and ordered him to attend anger management classes. University president Robert Barchi saw the tape and signed off on the initial punishment.</p>
<p>But in an email today, Rutgers referred to new information and “a review of previously discovered issues” as the reasons for Rice’s termination.</p>
<p>“I am responsible for the decision to attempt a rehabilitation of Coach Rice,” Pernetti said. “Dismissal and corrective action were debated in December and I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate, but I was wrong. Moving forward, I will work to regain the trust of the Rutgers community.”</p>
<p>Rice, who helped Robert Morris to two NCAA tournament appearances, was one of the hot coaching candidates in the spring of 2010. He interviewed with Fordham, where he played as a guard, only to not get the chance to return to his alma mater. Eventually, there was a difference in opinion in the school’s search committee, and Rice’s fiery, in-game behavior was a sticking point.</p>
<p>But Rutgers, and Pernetti, took a chance on him not long after that. The Scarlet Knights had an opening because of the unexpected dismissal of Fred Hill, Jr., and Rice, who has strong New Jersey recruiting roots, seemed like a fit.</p>
<p>But he wasn’t able to push Rutgers into the upper echelon of the conference, and went just 44-51 at Rutgers. Rice posted just a 16-38 mark in the Big East, after going 73-31 in three seasons at Robert Morris. The Scarlet Knights went 15-16 this season and 5-13 in the league.</p>
<p>But his success — or lack thereof — on the court is all secondary now. The school is no longer dealing with an issue of wins and losses, but of right and wrong.</p>
<p>In an interview with WFAN Radio in New York on Tuesday, Pernetti confirmed that Barchi viewed the tape last fall and agreed with the punishment. But ESPN’s broadcast prompted an outcry, led by the governor himself.</p>
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<p>“Governor Christie saw the video today for the first time and he is obviously deeply disturbed by the conduct displayed and strongly condemns this behavior,” spokesman Michael Drewniak said. “It’s not the type of leadership we should be showing our young people and clearly there are questions about this behavior that need to be answered by the leaders at Rutgers University.”</p>
<p>The video shows numerous clips of Rice at practice firing basketballs at players, hitting them in the back, legs, feet and shoulders. Rice was also shown pushing players in the chest and grabbing them by their jerseys and yanking them around the court. Rice could be heard yelling obscenities at players and using gay slurs.</p>
<p>Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex/Passaic) called Rice’s conduct “unacceptable not only at our state university, but in all circumstances. It is offensive and unbecoming of our state.”</p>
<p>“Mike Rice should no longer be employed by Rutgers University,” Oliver said. “He must go. Meanwhile, the decision not to dismiss him last year needs a complete and thorough review.”</p>
<p>After landing the position in 2010, Rice moved his family from Pittsburgh to Little Silver, N.J. He quickly became part of the fabric of that community, often attending church functions and youth games that his children played in. But on the practice floor, some 30 miles away, obviously, a different person surfaced.</p>
<p>“You have to be always cautious about public reaction, because the reaction the public is having is the same I had when I saw it (the film),” Pernetti told the radio station. “I am factoring everything into what we do going forward. The most important thing I am factoring in is trying to make sure that we don’t do harm to Rutgers University, because we are small slice of the pie here at this great place. I don’t want to put any negatively on the university when we have a lot of real good things going on.”</p>
<p>Pernetti said he understands why many asked why Rice wasn’t fired after the initial investigation.</p>
<p>“I spent more time with that option on whether we should fire Mike or not than any other option,” he said. “At the same the results of the investigation where we ended up, the determination was made to suspend him. My biggest concern as the AD is that I am always trying to protect the interests and reputation of the university and that’s what makes this one so difficult. There is a lot of hindsight, 20-20, …. that there will be no other option than to terminate Mike. I made that decision. I am accountable for it. I have to live with it.”</p>
<p>Rice was Pernetti’s first major hire after getting the AD’s job. And after the regular season, in fact, despite the suspension and the losing record, Pernetti announced at the Big East tournament that Rice would return to the Rutgers bench.</p>
<p>Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) called Rice’s conduct is indefensible, and said he should have been fired in December, after the tape was given to Pernetti. Gusciora also said Pernetti’s decision deserves a full review.</p>
<p>“If the university does not act, I will seek to add a provision to the state budget defunding Mr. Rice’s salary,” Gusciora said. “Taxpayers should not be paying for this behavior.”</p>
<p>Pernetti said his decision to only suspend Rice was made in part because the coach was remorseful and admitted he made mistakes. Pernetti said Rice also worked hard to improve himself with the counseling, the practice monitor while working on his own behavior.</p>
<p>Rice had a reputation as being “a fiery guy with an edge” before coming to Rutgers and Pernetti said the two talked about it for five hours before he was hired.</p>
<p>“He convinced me he understood his reputation, but he also understood where the line was,” Pernetti said. “I made clear to him if he crossed the line he would be held accountable. In this case he did, and we held him accountable for it.”</p>
<p>That might not be enough in the wake of the video made by Eric Murdock, the former NBA player who was hired by Rice to be director of player development.</p>
<p>The two had a falling out over Murdock’s appearances at a camp, and Pernetti said Murdock’s contract was not renewed. Murdock, who said he was fired, then compiled the video, splicing together the practice lowlights of Rice’s first three years as coach.</p>
<p>Pernetti said about 60 percent of the incidents happened in Rice’s first season. He also was upset with Rice using a certain gay slur at a university where student Tyler Clementi committed suicide after a roommate used a webcam to see him kissing a man.</p>
<p>“I would tell you that that word was at the core of the suspension,” Pernetti said. “It absolutely concerns me. It’s not acceptable.”</p>
<p>This is another in a long line of embarrassing incidents regarding this program. Rutgers had to fire Hill, Jr., just before hiring Rice because the former acted inappropriately at a Rutgers baseball game that his father, Fred, Sr., was coaching. And Hill replaced Gary Waters, who missed a home game because he was snowbound in Ohio after being honored the night before by Kent State.</p>
<p>Before all of that, Kevin Bannon was fired after questionable practice decisions regarding his players. Bannon ordered two Scarlet Knights and two student managers to run sprints naked during a foul-shooting contest. Both of them later transferred from the school.</p>
<p>The Scarlet Knights haven’t qualified for the NCAA tournament since 1991.</p>
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piscataway nj ap rutgers fired basketball coach mike rice today videotape aired showing shoving grabbing throwing balls players practice using gay slurs practice videotape broadcast tuesday espn prompted sharp criticism gov chris christie head new jersey assembly called rice fired mounting criticism state national level school decided take action relieving rice duties three largely unsuccessful seasons big east school national search replace advertisement rutgers athletic director tim pernetti given copy video late november former employee hiring independent investigators analyze tape suspended rice three games fined 50000 ordered attend anger management classes university president robert barchi saw tape signed initial punishment email today rutgers referred new information review previously discovered issues reasons rices termination responsible decision attempt rehabilitation coach rice pernetti said dismissal corrective action debated december thought best interest everyone rehabilitate wrong moving forward work regain trust rutgers community rice helped robert morris two ncaa tournament appearances one hot coaching candidates spring 2010 interviewed fordham played guard get chance return alma mater eventually difference opinion schools search committee rices fiery ingame behavior sticking point rutgers pernetti took chance long scarlet knights opening unexpected dismissal fred hill jr rice strong new jersey recruiting roots seemed like fit wasnt able push rutgers upper echelon conference went 4451 rutgers rice posted 1638 mark big east going 7331 three seasons robert morris scarlet knights went 1516 season 513 league success lack thereof court secondary school longer dealing issue wins losses right wrong interview wfan radio new york tuesday pernetti confirmed barchi viewed tape last fall agreed punishment espns broadcast prompted outcry led governor advertisement governor christie saw video today first time obviously deeply disturbed conduct displayed strongly condemns behavior spokesman michael drewniak said type leadership showing young people clearly questions behavior need answered leaders rutgers university video shows numerous clips rice practice firing basketballs players hitting back legs feet shoulders rice also shown pushing players chest grabbing jerseys yanking around court rice could heard yelling obscenities players using gay slurs assembly speaker sheila oliver dessexpassaic called rices conduct unacceptable state university circumstances offensive unbecoming state mike rice longer employed rutgers university oliver said must go meanwhile decision dismiss last year needs complete thorough review landing position 2010 rice moved family pittsburgh little silver nj quickly became part fabric community often attending church functions youth games children played practice floor 30 miles away obviously different person surfaced always cautious public reaction reaction public saw film pernetti told radio station factoring everything going forward important thing factoring trying make sure dont harm rutgers university small slice pie great place dont want put negatively university lot real good things going pernetti said understands many asked rice wasnt fired initial investigation spent time option whether fire mike option said results investigation ended determination made suspend biggest concern ad always trying protect interests reputation university thats makes one difficult lot hindsight 2020 option terminate mike made decision accountable live rice pernettis first major hire getting ads job regular season fact despite suspension losing record pernetti announced big east tournament rice would return rutgers bench assemblyman reed gusciora dmercerhunterdon called rices conduct indefensible said fired december tape given pernetti gusciora also said pernettis decision deserves full review university act seek add provision state budget defunding mr rices salary gusciora said taxpayers paying behavior pernetti said decision suspend rice made part coach remorseful admitted made mistakes pernetti said rice also worked hard improve counseling practice monitor working behavior rice reputation fiery guy edge coming rutgers pernetti said two talked five hours hired convinced understood reputation also understood line pernetti said made clear crossed line would held accountable case held accountable might enough wake video made eric murdock former nba player hired rice director player development two falling murdocks appearances camp pernetti said murdocks contract renewed murdock said fired compiled video splicing together practice lowlights rices first three years coach pernetti said 60 percent incidents happened rices first season also upset rice using certain gay slur university student tyler clementi committed suicide roommate used webcam see kissing man would tell word core suspension pernetti said absolutely concerns acceptable another long line embarrassing incidents regarding program rutgers fire hill jr hiring rice former acted inappropriately rutgers baseball game father fred sr coaching hill replaced gary waters missed home game snowbound ohio honored night kent state kevin bannon fired questionable practice decisions regarding players bannon ordered two scarlet knights two student managers run sprints naked foulshooting contest later transferred school scarlet knights havent qualified ncaa tournament since 1991 160
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<p>(Reuters) - Eastern cougars that once prowled North America from Michigan to South Carolina were officially declared extinct and removed from the U.S. endangered species list on Monday, eight decades after the last confirmed sighting of the wild feline predator.</p>
<p>The large cats, also known as mountain lions, pumas or panthers, historically roamed every state east of the Mississippi River but by 1900 had all but vanished due to systematic hunting and trapping, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.</p>
<p>The agency opened an extensive review in 2011 into the status of the eastern cougar, a genetic cousin of the mountain lions that still inhabit much of the Western United States and of a small, imperiled population of Florida panthers found only in the Everglades.</p>
<p>In 2015, federal wildlife biologists concluded that pumas elsewhere in the Eastern United States were beyond recovery, and thus no longer warranted protection under the Endangered Species Act.</p>
<p>The plan to de-list them became final on Monday.</p>
<p>Eastern cougars, preying mostly on white-tailed deer in forests and coastal marshes, were declared endangered in 1973, even though no sightings had been documented for three decades. The last of their kind on record was killed by a hunter in Maine in 1938.</p>
<p>Sightings since then turned out to be wayward visitors from the West. For example, a lone male mountain lion was killed on a Connecticut highway in 2011 after traveling thousands of miles (kilometers) from South Dakota through Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York, the Fish and Wildlife Service said.</p>
<p>Cougars, which measure up to 8 feet (2.44 meters) long from head to tail and can weigh as much as 140 pounds (63.5 kg), were once the most widely distributed land mammal in the Western Hemisphere, before extermination campaigns and habitat destruction saw them eliminated from roughly two-thirds of their original range.</p>
<p>Conservation groups said removal of the Eastern puma from the endangered species list clears the way for states like New York — where the Adirondack Mountains contain prime cougar habitat — to re-establish a mountain lion presence with animals imported from burgeoning populations in the West.</p>
<p>“We need large carnivores like cougars, which would curb deer overpopulation and tick-borne diseases that threaten human health, so we hope Eastern and Midwestern states will reintroduce them,” Michael Robinson, a conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement.</p>
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<p>BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Billions of people live on farmland that is deteriorating and producing less food, and this situation could force hundreds of millions of people to migrate over the next three decades, a major report said on Monday.</p>
<p>The study, which is backed by the United Nations, said climate change and worsening land quality could see crop yields halve in some regions by 2050, and warned that larger tracts of degraded land meant conflict over resources was more likely.</p>
<p>“Decreasing land productivity also makes societies more vulnerable to social instability – particularly in dryland areas, where years with extremely low rainfall have been associated with an increase of up to 45 percent in violent conflict,” said Robert Scholes, the report’s co-author.</p>
<p>The report was written by more than 100 experts from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a global scientific group.</p>
<p>The body said that as degraded land becomes less productive - through deforestation, overgrazing, flash floods or drought - people, many of them poor farmers, are forced to migrate to cities or abroad.</p>
<p>And, it warned, when arid, semi-dry or dryland areas degrade further, deserts spread - which means lower crop yields.</p>
<p>“In just over three decades from now, an estimated 4 billion people will live in drylands,” Scholes said in a statement.</p>
<p>“By then it is likely that land degradation, together with the closely related problems of climate change, will have forced 50-700 million people to migrate,” he said.</p>
<p>Increasing demand for food has led to the rapid expansion and unsustainable management of crop and grazing lands, which are key factors in worsening land quality, the report said.</p>
<p>It said the problem had reached “critical levels” in many areas, with wetlands particularly badly affected.</p>
<p>Land degradation drives climate change, with deforestation - which contributes 10 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions - and soil erosion worsening the problem, it said.</p>
<p>“Land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change are three different faces of the same central challenge: the increasingly dangerous impact of our choices on the health of our natural environment,” said Robert Watson, an atmospheric scientist and chair of IPBES, in a statement.</p>
<p>The report said land could be restored by planting trees, using salt-tolerant crops, and re-flooding drained wetlands.</p>
<p>More than 550 IPBES experts from more than 100 nations are meeting in Colombia where a set of peer-reviewed regional reports about the state of nature in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Europe and Central Asia have been launched.</p>
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<p>Labour leady Jeremy Corbyn moved to calm a growing row within the party over anti-Semitism on Sunday night by apologising to the Jewish community for any hurt caused by certain members of his party and vowed to stamp them out.</p>
<p>British PM Theresa May is leading efforts to stop an “outrageous” EU move to freeze Britain out of Europe’s 10 billion euro ($12.36 billion) Galileo satellite project, as space becomes a new issue in foregoing Brexit negotiations.</p>
<p>The National Railway Museum is about to embark on a 50 million pounds ($70.76 million) redevelopment in a move to highlight the country’s rich heritage and encourage upcoming engineers.</p>
<p>Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s activist shareholders are planning to push for more ambitious goals at its annual meeting in May to pursue a radical shift away from fossil fuels and tackling climate change.</p>
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<p>CLARK, Philippines (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - He may never set foot in New Clark City, but taxi driver Edgard Labitag hopes the Philippines’ first green, disaster-resilient, high-tech metropolis will ease the pressure on Manila - meaning fewer hours stuck in traffic and more time with his children.</p>
<p>On a sweltering Sunday afternoon, the 42-year-old at the wheel bemoaned another shift spent inching along the infamously congested streets of the capital city of 13 million people.</p>
<p>“Crowding, pollution and traffic - this is what people say about Manila,” he said, gesturing at the gridlock.</p>
<p>“But luckily the government has a plan ... and (President Rodrigo) Duterte is the right man to see it through.”</p>
<p>That plan is New Clark, a 9,450-hectare (23,350-acre) city that government officials say will be bigger than New York’s Manhattan by the time it is completed in 25 to 30 years - with an expected population of more than 1.2 million.</p>
<p>The aim is to build a city equipped to deal with climate shocks in one of the world’s most cyclone-affected regions, and to promote healthy, eco-friendly and sustainable living by putting nature at the heart of development, urban experts say.</p>
<p>Reflecting a rising trend from Japan and India to the United States, New Clark seeks to challenge conventional urban planning by uniting government, developers, business and the public - and proving that green and resilient cities can be cost-effective.</p>
<p>“The objective is not simply to build a disaster-resilient city, but rather a successful, innovative and economically competitive city that is also disaster-resilient,” said Benjamin Preston, a researcher at RAND Corporation, a global think tank.</p>
<p>New Clark is still in its infancy, but officials say Duterte is fast-tracking the project as the Philippines, one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies in 2017, seeks to boost spending on infrastructure to create jobs and attract more foreign firms.</p>
<p>Yet even as the government races to build New Clark and tackle Manila’s booming population, density and congestion, it must plan the new city with care and avoid past mistakes, says the state-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).</p>
<p>“We need to strike a balance between fast-paced development that maximizes value for the private sector, and protecting open spaces and making the city walkable, green and resilient,” said Vince Dizon, president of the BCDA, which oversees the project.</p>
<p>“Traditional development cannot overwhelm or overpower the area,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “For New Clark City, here lies the challenge.”</p> GREEN AGENDA
<p>Situated about 100 km (62 miles) north of Manila in Tarlac province near Clark International Airport, one of the country’s busiest hubs, New Clark will be home to several government departments, an agro-industrial park and a huge sports complex.</p>
<p>Yet despite the range of planned infrastructure, only a third of the $14-billion city’s land will be developed, with two-thirds reserved for green spaces and agriculture, the government said.</p>
<p>Houston in Texas and nearby Singapore have provided inspiration on how to plan the city in an integrated manner where water management and green spaces are linked closely to all urban systems, according to Dutch architect Matthijs Bouw.</p>
<p>By focusing on nature and allowing plenty of open space along rivers, for example, New Clark can benefit beyond protecting itself from floods, said Bouw, who has worked on the master plan for the city with the government.</p>
<p>“Putting green areas on the agenda not only helps with water storage and drainage, but creates community spaces and guides street design in a way that benefits pedestrians and bikes ... so social resilience also gets strengthened,” Bouw said.</p>
<p>Yet the rapid pace of development and large number of actors working on different structures and systems means some aspects could “fall through the cracks resilience-wise”, he warned.</p> MAKING THE CASE
<p>Another challenge in designing and developing such a city is changing the mindsets of officials used to traditional planning approaches, who may be wary of going green, urban experts say.</p>
<p>“How do you do this in a regional context in Asia where there is massive and widespread corruption, and where elected representatives change in the short term?” asked Harini Nagendra, an author and academic based in southern India.</p>
<p>The answer: convince politicians and bureaucrats that making a city stronger and safer against modern-day threats will not slow down development, and will save their governments money in the long run, said Oesha Thakoerdin of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is backing the New Clark project.</p>
<p>Economists at RAND are seeking to demonstrate the social, environmental and economic gains from building resilience and are developing a business case to prove that green urban planning is not only an option for wealthy economies.</p>
<p>“Increasingly we are seeing middle-income countries realize that planning and investing in green areas in cities is critical for their development - and cost-competitive,” Thakoerdin said.</p> INFRASTRUCTURE GAP
<p>Urban experts say New Clark City could not only set a shining example for Southeast Asia in terms of balancing rapid economic development with social and environmental policies, but may also mark a turning point closer to home.</p>
<p>“(It) has the potential to take pressure off Manila so that Manila can also invest in building a more resilient future,” said Lauren Sorkin, director for Asia-Pacific with 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), a network backed by The Rockefeller Foundation.</p>
<p>Manila is one of the world’s densest cities, with 14,500 people per square kilometer, almost triple London’s level, U.N. data shows. Congestion could cost the capital $155 million a day in lost productivity by 2030, a Japanese government study found.</p>
<p>Cities across the Philippines generate more than 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), while the percentage of urban dwellers is set to rise by 2050 to 65 percent - representing 102 million people - up from 45 percent today, the World Bank says.</p>
<p>While New Clark has been hailed for its vision, experts warn the push for resilience in Asia may be sacrificed in the rush to invest the $1.7 trillion per year through 2030 the ADB estimates is required to keep up with the region’s infrastructure demand.</p>
<p>“We’re facing a huge infrastructure gap ... and a rapidly growing urban population,” Sorkin said.</p>
<p>“It’s going to be enormously difficult to make up deficits, and plan for and meet emerging needs at the same time.”</p>
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<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s Space Communications said on Monday it signed a $112 million deal with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to build its Amos-8 advanced communications satellite.</p>
<p>The satellite, which is designed to provide service for at least 15 years, is slated to be launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the second half of 2020, Spacecom said.</p>
<p>Spacecom chose SSL, a unit of Maxar Technologies, over state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries, the maker of previous Amos satellites.</p>
<p>A year ago, Spacecom began operating Amos-7 — obtained in a deal with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings — after losing two satellites in the prior two years.</p>
<p>In September 2016, Amos-6 was destroyed days before its scheduled launch when a SpaceX launcher exploded. Spacecom also lost contact with another satellite in 2015.</p>
<p>Amos-8 will replace Amos-3, which was launched in 2008.</p>
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reuters eastern cougars prowled north america michigan south carolina officially declared extinct removed us endangered species list monday eight decades last confirmed sighting wild feline predator large cats also known mountain lions pumas panthers historically roamed every state east mississippi river 1900 vanished due systematic hunting trapping according us fish wildlife service agency opened extensive review 2011 status eastern cougar genetic cousin mountain lions still inhabit much western united states small imperiled population florida panthers found everglades 2015 federal wildlife biologists concluded pumas elsewhere eastern united states beyond recovery thus longer warranted protection endangered species act plan delist became final monday eastern cougars preying mostly whitetailed deer forests coastal marshes declared endangered 1973 even though sightings documented three decades last kind record killed hunter maine 1938 sightings since turned wayward visitors west example lone male mountain lion killed connecticut highway 2011 traveling thousands miles kilometers south dakota minnesota wisconsin new york fish wildlife service said cougars measure 8 feet 244 meters long head tail weigh much 140 pounds 635 kg widely distributed land mammal western hemisphere extermination campaigns habitat destruction saw eliminated roughly twothirds original range conservation groups said removal eastern puma endangered species list clears way states like new york adirondack mountains contain prime cougar habitat reestablish mountain lion presence animals imported burgeoning populations west need large carnivores like cougars would curb deer overpopulation tickborne diseases threaten human health hope eastern midwestern states reintroduce michael robinson conservation advocate center biological diversity said statement editing steve gorman sandra maler standards thomson reuters trust principles bogota thomson reuters foundation billions people live farmland deteriorating producing less food situation could force hundreds millions people migrate next three decades major report said monday study backed united nations said climate change worsening land quality could see crop yields halve regions 2050 warned larger tracts degraded land meant conflict resources likely decreasing land productivity also makes societies vulnerable social instability particularly dryland areas years extremely low rainfall associated increase 45 percent violent conflict said robert scholes reports coauthor report written 100 experts intergovernmental sciencepolicy platform biodiversity ecosystem services ipbes global scientific group body said degraded land becomes less productive deforestation overgrazing flash floods drought people many poor farmers forced migrate cities abroad warned arid semidry dryland areas degrade deserts spread means lower crop yields three decades estimated 4 billion people live drylands scholes said statement likely land degradation together closely related problems climate change forced 50700 million people migrate said increasing demand food led rapid expansion unsustainable management crop grazing lands key factors worsening land quality report said said problem reached critical levels many areas wetlands particularly badly affected land degradation drives climate change deforestation contributes 10 percent humancaused greenhouse gas emissions soil erosion worsening problem said land degradation biodiversity loss climate change three different faces central challenge increasingly dangerous impact choices health natural environment said robert watson atmospheric scientist chair ipbes statement report said land could restored planting trees using salttolerant crops reflooding drained wetlands 550 ipbes experts 100 nations meeting colombia set peerreviewed regional reports state nature americas asia pacific africa europe central asia launched reporting anastasia moloney anastasiabogota editing robert carmichael please credit thomson reuters foundation charitable arm thomson reuters covers humanitarian news womens rights trafficking property rights climate change resilience visit newstrustorg standards thomson reuters trust principles march 26 reuters following top stories financial times reuters verified stories vouch accuracy headlines corbyn apologises attempt defuse labour antisemitism row onftcom2g8hwht may scrambles avoid uk frozen eu satellite project onftcom2pei2ua uk national railway museum embarks 50 mln stg redevelopment onftcom2gaqgts shell faces shareholder push climate change goals onftcom2pfmvbd overview labour leady jeremy corbyn moved calm growing row within party antisemitism sunday night apologising jewish community hurt caused certain members party vowed stamp british pm theresa may leading efforts stop outrageous eu move freeze britain europes 10 billion euro 1236 billion galileo satellite project space becomes new issue foregoing brexit negotiations national railway museum embark 50 million pounds 7076 million redevelopment move highlight countrys rich heritage encourage upcoming engineers royal dutch shell plcs activist shareholders planning push ambitious goals annual meeting may pursue radical shift away fossil fuels tackling climate change 1 08089 euros 1 07066 pounds compiled bengaluru newsroom standards thomson reuters trust principles clark philippines thomson reuters foundation may never set foot new clark city taxi driver edgard labitag hopes philippines first green disasterresilient hightech metropolis ease pressure manila meaning fewer hours stuck traffic time children sweltering sunday afternoon 42yearold wheel bemoaned another shift spent inching along infamously congested streets capital city 13 million people crowding pollution traffic people say manila said gesturing gridlock luckily government plan president rodrigo duterte right man see plan new clark 9450hectare 23350acre city government officials say bigger new yorks manhattan time completed 25 30 years expected population 12 million aim build city equipped deal climate shocks one worlds cycloneaffected regions promote healthy ecofriendly sustainable living putting nature heart development urban experts say reflecting rising trend japan india united states new clark seeks challenge conventional urban planning uniting government developers business public proving green resilient cities costeffective objective simply build disasterresilient city rather successful innovative economically competitive city also disasterresilient said benjamin preston researcher rand corporation global think tank new clark still infancy officials say duterte fasttracking project philippines one asias fastestgrowing economies 2017 seeks boost spending infrastructure create jobs attract foreign firms yet even government races build new clark tackle manilas booming population density congestion must plan new city care avoid past mistakes says staterun bases conversion development authority bcda need strike balance fastpaced development maximizes value private sector protecting open spaces making city walkable green resilient said vince dizon president bcda oversees project traditional development overwhelm overpower area told thomson reuters foundation new clark city lies challenge green agenda situated 100 km 62 miles north manila tarlac province near clark international airport one countrys busiest hubs new clark home several government departments agroindustrial park huge sports complex yet despite range planned infrastructure third 14billion citys land developed twothirds reserved green spaces agriculture government said houston texas nearby singapore provided inspiration plan city integrated manner water management green spaces linked closely urban systems according dutch architect matthijs bouw focusing nature allowing plenty open space along rivers example new clark benefit beyond protecting floods said bouw worked master plan city government putting green areas agenda helps water storage drainage creates community spaces guides street design way benefits pedestrians bikes social resilience also gets strengthened bouw said yet rapid pace development large number actors working different structures systems means aspects could fall cracks resiliencewise warned making case another challenge designing developing city changing mindsets officials used traditional planning approaches may wary going green urban experts say regional context asia massive widespread corruption elected representatives change short term asked harini nagendra author academic based southern india answer convince politicians bureaucrats making city stronger safer modernday threats slow development save governments money long run said oesha thakoerdin asian development bank adb backing new clark project economists rand seeking demonstrate social environmental economic gains building resilience developing business case prove green urban planning option wealthy economies increasingly seeing middleincome countries realize planning investing green areas cities critical development costcompetitive thakoerdin said infrastructure gap urban experts say new clark city could set shining example southeast asia terms balancing rapid economic development social environmental policies may also mark turning point closer home potential take pressure manila manila also invest building resilient future said lauren sorkin director asiapacific 100 resilient cities 100rc network backed rockefeller foundation manila one worlds densest cities 14500 people per square kilometer almost triple londons level un data shows congestion could cost capital 155 million day lost productivity 2030 japanese government study found cities across philippines generate 70 percent gross domestic product gdp percentage urban dwellers set rise 2050 65 percent representing 102 million people 45 percent today world bank says new clark hailed vision experts warn push resilience asia may sacrificed rush invest 17 trillion per year 2030 adb estimates required keep regions infrastructure demand facing huge infrastructure gap rapidly growing urban population sorkin said going enormously difficult make deficits plan meet emerging needs time reporting kieran guilbert editing megan rowling please credit thomson reuters foundation charitable arm thomson reuters covers humanitarian news womens rights trafficking property rights climate change resilience visit newstrustorg standards thomson reuters trust principles jerusalem reuters israels space communications said monday signed 112 million deal space systemsloral ssl build amos8 advanced communications satellite satellite designed provide service least 15 years slated launched elon musks spacex second half 2020 spacecom said spacecom chose ssl unit maxar technologies stateowned israel aerospace industries maker previous amos satellites year ago spacecom began operating amos7 obtained deal asia satellite telecommunications holdings losing two 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<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Closer Alex Colome and All-Star designated hitter/outfielder Corey Dickerson are among seven players who agreed to one-year contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays, avoiding salary arbitration.</p>
<p>Infielders Matt Duffy and Brad Miller, outfielder Steven Souza, Jr., catcher Jesus Sucre and relief pitcher Dan Jennings also reached terms before Friday’s deadline for players and teams to exchange proposed salaries for next season.</p>
<p>Pitcher Jake Odorizzi and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria are Tampa Bay’s only arbitration-eligible players who didn’t agree to deals. Odorizzi’s case set to be settled by an arbiter for the second straight winter.</p>
<p>The 27-year-old right-hander won his arbitration case last February, receiving a raise from $520,700 to $4.1 million. He went 10-8 with a 4.14 ERA in 28 starts last season.</p>
<p>This time, Odorizzi is seeking $6.3 million while the Rays are offering $6.05 million.</p>
<p>Hechavarria, acquired in a trade from Miami in June, is asking for $5.9 million after making $4.35 million last season. He played solid defense while batting .257 with seven homers and 24 RBIs after the joining the Rays, who are offering $5.35 million for 2018.</p>
<p>Colome, an AL All-Star for the first time two years ago, received a whopping raise from $547,900 to $5.3 million after going 2-3 with a 3.24 ERA and a major league-leading 47 saves in 2017. He’s the first pitcher in franchise history to lead the majors in saves, finishing with six more than the nearest contender.</p>
<p>Dickerson, meanwhile, was bumped up to $5.95 million after batting .282 with a career-best 27 homers last season, when he made $3.025 million and was the starting designated hitter for the AL in the all-star game.</p>
<p>The left-handed hitting slugger also posted career highs for games played (150), runs (84), hits (166), extra-base hits (64), total bases (288) and multihit games (51) in 2017.</p>
<p>Duffy will earn $930,000 — up from $545,300 a year ago, when he missed the entire season while recovering from Achilles surgery. He’s appeared in just 21 games since being acquired in a trade that sent pitcher Matt Moore to the San Francisco Giants in August 2016. In addition to his salary, Duffy can earn $70,000 in bonuses based on plate appearances: $10,000 each for 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 375 and 400.</p>
<p>Miller hit a career-low .201 with nine homers and 40 RBIs in 110 games last season, a big drop from 2016, when he batted .243 with a career-best 30 homers and 81 RBIs in his first season in Tampa Bay.</p>
<p>Miller’s salary climbs from $3.575 million to $4.5 million for 2018.</p>
<p>Souza, 28, is coming off the best season of his career after hitting .239 with personal bests of 148 games, 78 runs, 125 hits, 21 doubles, 30 home runs, 78 RBI, 84 walks and 16 stolen bases. He’ll make $3.55 million this year, up from $546,700, and he can earn a $25,000 bonus for 500 plate appearances.</p>
<p>Jennings’ salary increases from $1.4 million to $2.375 million. He pitched well after being obtained last summer in a trade from the Chicago White Sox, finishing 3-1 with a 3.45 ERA in a combined 77 appearances for the two teams.</p>
<p>Sucre made $630,000 in 2017, his first full season in the majors. The 29-year-old catcher hit .256 with seven homers and 29 RBIs in 62 games and received a raise to $925,000.</p>
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<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Closer Alex Colome and All-Star designated hitter/outfielder Corey Dickerson are among seven players who agreed to one-year contracts with the Tampa Bay Rays, avoiding salary arbitration.</p>
<p>Infielders Matt Duffy and Brad Miller, outfielder Steven Souza, Jr., catcher Jesus Sucre and relief pitcher Dan Jennings also reached terms before Friday’s deadline for players and teams to exchange proposed salaries for next season.</p>
<p>Pitcher Jake Odorizzi and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria are Tampa Bay’s only arbitration-eligible players who didn’t agree to deals. Odorizzi’s case set to be settled by an arbiter for the second straight winter.</p>
<p>The 27-year-old right-hander won his arbitration case last February, receiving a raise from $520,700 to $4.1 million. He went 10-8 with a 4.14 ERA in 28 starts last season.</p>
<p>This time, Odorizzi is seeking $6.3 million while the Rays are offering $6.05 million.</p>
<p>Hechavarria, acquired in a trade from Miami in June, is asking for $5.9 million after making $4.35 million last season. He played solid defense while batting .257 with seven homers and 24 RBIs after the joining the Rays, who are offering $5.35 million for 2018.</p>
<p>Colome, an AL All-Star for the first time two years ago, received a whopping raise from $547,900 to $5.3 million after going 2-3 with a 3.24 ERA and a major league-leading 47 saves in 2017. He’s the first pitcher in franchise history to lead the majors in saves, finishing with six more than the nearest contender.</p>
<p>Dickerson, meanwhile, was bumped up to $5.95 million after batting .282 with a career-best 27 homers last season, when he made $3.025 million and was the starting designated hitter for the AL in the all-star game.</p>
<p>The left-handed hitting slugger also posted career highs for games played (150), runs (84), hits (166), extra-base hits (64), total bases (288) and multihit games (51) in 2017.</p>
<p>Duffy will earn $930,000 — up from $545,300 a year ago, when he missed the entire season while recovering from Achilles surgery. He’s appeared in just 21 games since being acquired in a trade that sent pitcher Matt Moore to the San Francisco Giants in August 2016. In addition to his salary, Duffy can earn $70,000 in bonuses based on plate appearances: $10,000 each for 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 375 and 400.</p>
<p>Miller hit a career-low .201 with nine homers and 40 RBIs in 110 games last season, a big drop from 2016, when he batted .243 with a career-best 30 homers and 81 RBIs in his first season in Tampa Bay.</p>
<p>Miller’s salary climbs from $3.575 million to $4.5 million for 2018.</p>
<p>Souza, 28, is coming off the best season of his career after hitting .239 with personal bests of 148 games, 78 runs, 125 hits, 21 doubles, 30 home runs, 78 RBI, 84 walks and 16 stolen bases. He’ll make $3.55 million this year, up from $546,700, and he can earn a $25,000 bonus for 500 plate appearances.</p>
<p>Jennings’ salary increases from $1.4 million to $2.375 million. He pitched well after being obtained last summer in a trade from the Chicago White Sox, finishing 3-1 with a 3.45 ERA in a combined 77 appearances for the two teams.</p>
<p>Sucre made $630,000 in 2017, his first full season in the majors. The 29-year-old catcher hit .256 with seven homers and 29 RBIs in 62 games and received a raise to $925,000.</p>
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st petersburg fla ap closer alex colome allstar designated hitteroutfielder corey dickerson among seven players agreed oneyear contracts tampa bay rays avoiding salary arbitration infielders matt duffy brad miller outfielder steven souza jr catcher jesus sucre relief pitcher dan jennings also reached terms fridays deadline players teams exchange proposed salaries next season pitcher jake odorizzi shortstop adeiny hechavarria tampa bays arbitrationeligible players didnt agree deals odorizzis case set settled arbiter second straight winter 27yearold righthander arbitration case last february receiving raise 520700 41 million went 108 414 era 28 starts last season time odorizzi seeking 63 million rays offering 605 million hechavarria acquired trade miami june asking 59 million making 435 million last season played solid defense batting 257 seven homers 24 rbis joining rays offering 535 million 2018 colome al allstar first time two years ago received whopping raise 547900 53 million going 23 324 era major leagueleading 47 saves 2017 hes first pitcher franchise history lead majors saves finishing six nearest contender dickerson meanwhile bumped 595 million batting 282 careerbest 27 homers last season made 3025 million starting designated hitter al allstar game lefthanded hitting slugger also posted career highs games played 150 runs 84 hits 166 extrabase hits 64 total bases 288 multihit games 51 2017 duffy earn 930000 545300 year ago missed entire season recovering achilles surgery hes appeared 21 games since acquired trade sent pitcher matt moore san francisco giants august 2016 addition salary duffy earn 70000 bonuses based plate appearances 10000 150 200 250 300 350 375 400 miller hit careerlow 201 nine homers 40 rbis 110 games last season big drop 2016 batted 243 careerbest 30 homers 81 rbis first season tampa bay millers salary climbs 3575 million 45 million 2018 souza 28 coming best season career hitting 239 personal bests 148 games 78 runs 125 hits 21 doubles 30 home runs 78 rbi 84 walks 16 stolen bases hell make 355 million year 546700 earn 25000 bonus 500 plate appearances jennings salary increases 14 million 2375 million pitched well obtained last summer trade chicago white sox finishing 31 345 era combined 77 appearances two teams sucre made 630000 2017 first full season majors 29yearold catcher hit 256 seven homers 29 rbis 62 games received raise 925000 ___ ap baseball httpsapnewscomtagmlbbaseball st petersburg fla ap closer alex colome allstar designated hitteroutfielder corey dickerson among seven players agreed oneyear contracts tampa bay rays avoiding salary arbitration infielders matt duffy brad miller outfielder steven souza jr catcher jesus sucre relief pitcher dan jennings also reached terms fridays deadline players teams exchange proposed salaries next season pitcher jake odorizzi shortstop adeiny hechavarria tampa bays arbitrationeligible players didnt agree deals odorizzis case set settled arbiter second straight winter 27yearold righthander arbitration case last february receiving raise 520700 41 million went 108 414 era 28 starts last season time odorizzi seeking 63 million rays offering 605 million hechavarria acquired trade miami june asking 59 million making 435 million last season played solid defense batting 257 seven homers 24 rbis joining rays offering 535 million 2018 colome al allstar first time two years ago received whopping raise 547900 53 million going 23 324 era major leagueleading 47 saves 2017 hes first pitcher franchise history lead majors saves finishing six nearest contender dickerson meanwhile bumped 595 million batting 282 careerbest 27 homers last season made 3025 million starting designated hitter al allstar game lefthanded hitting slugger also posted career highs games played 150 runs 84 hits 166 extrabase hits 64 total bases 288 multihit games 51 2017 duffy earn 930000 545300 year ago missed entire season recovering achilles surgery hes appeared 21 games since acquired trade sent pitcher matt moore san francisco giants august 2016 addition salary duffy earn 70000 bonuses based plate appearances 10000 150 200 250 300 350 375 400 miller hit careerlow 201 nine homers 40 rbis 110 games last season big drop 2016 batted 243 careerbest 30 homers 81 rbis first season tampa bay millers salary climbs 3575 million 45 million 2018 souza 28 coming best season career hitting 239 personal bests 148 games 78 runs 125 hits 21 doubles 30 home runs 78 rbi 84 walks 16 stolen bases hell make 355 million year 546700 earn 25000 bonus 500 plate appearances jennings salary increases 14 million 2375 million pitched well obtained last summer trade chicago white sox finishing 31 345 era combined 77 appearances two teams sucre made 630000 2017 first full season majors 29yearold catcher hit 256 seven homers 29 rbis 62 games received raise 925000 ___ ap baseball httpsapnewscomtagmlbbaseball
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<p>LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Britain’s tourism boom since Brexit vote faded in the three months to September as growth in the number of visitors slid to a one-year low, official data showed on Thursday.</p>
<p>Tourism has been a winner from the 2016 Brexit vote which pushed down the value of the pound, making Britain a more attractive holiday destination for foreign tourists and encouraging British holidaymakers to stay at home.</p>
<p>The number of overseas visitors to Britain rose by 2.7 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2017, the weakest increase in a year and following an 8.9 percent rise in the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, the continued growth in tourism was a factor behind Britain’s faster economic growth in the third quarter, said economist Howard Archer from EY ITEM Club consultancy.</p>
<p>Thursday’s figures also showed the number of Britons travelling abroad fell by 0.4 percent year-on-year during the third quarter, the first drop since early 2013.</p>
<p>The world’s sixth-biggest economy largely withstood the immediate shock of the referendum decision in 2016 to leave the EU. It felt more of an impact in 2017 due to higher inflation - caused by a fall in the value of the pound - and uncertainty among businesses about what Brexit means for them.</p>
<p>Tourism, however, has been a bright spot.</p>
<p>Thursday’s data suggested currency moves were a big factor behind trips to Britain.</p>
<p>The number of visitors from North America fell 5.4 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, weighed by the U.S. dollar weakening almost 8 percent against the British pound during the first nine months of 2017, after sterling’s slump in 2016.</p>
<p>By contrast, visits from the European Union were up 3.5 percent, likely boosted by the euro strengthening by almost 4 percent against the pound between January and September 2017.</p>
<p>Spending by foreign visitors in Britain rose by 7.7 percent in the third quarter, the smallest annual increase since the end of 2016.</p>
<p>Spending from North American and European visitors decreased. But travellers from the Middle East, China, Israel and South Africa ramped up their purchases.</p>
<p>The ONS said there was high spending recorded by visitors from Saudi Arabia in particular, although it cautioned that sample sizes for this were relatively small. (Reporting by Andy Bruce; Editing by William Schomberg and Alison Williams)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial stocks led a drop on Wall Street on Friday as results from big banks failed to enthuse and fear of broader conflict in Syria further unnerved investors.</p>
<p>The S&amp;P banks index fell 2.6 percent and the broader S&amp;P financial index lost 1.6 percent, the most among the 11 major S&amp;P sectors.</p>
<p>Shares of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, dropped 2.7 percent after the bank’s quarterly profit fell slightly short of expectations. JPMorgan shares were the biggest weight on the S&amp;P 500.</p>
<p>Wells Fargo sank 3.4 percent after the bank said it may have to pay a penalty of $1 billion to resolve investigations, while Citigroup dropped 1.6 percent despite beating profit estimates.</p>
<p>Weak loan growth weighed on bank shares, said RJ Grant, head of trading at Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods in New York.</p>
<p>“If you didn’t own financials going into the quarter, there was nothing in the numbers today that would make you excited about owning them,” Grant said.</p>
<p>U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday after the State Department said that it had proof that Syria carried out a recent chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma.</p>
<p>The renewed possibility of a strike in Syria “is enough to cause heartburn for the market,” said Robert Phipps, a director at Per Stirling Capital Management in Austin, Texas. “There’s a ton of uncertainty right now so investors don’t want to go into the weekend particularly long.”</p>
<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 122.91 points, or 0.5 percent, to 24,360.14, the S&amp;P 500 lost 7.69 points, or 0.29 percent, to 2,656.3 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 33.60 points, or 0.47 percent, to 7,106.65.</p>
<p>Still, for the week, the S&amp;P 500 rose 1.99 percent, the Dow gained 1.79 percent, and the Nasdaq added 2.77 percent.</p>
<p>Friday’s bank results kicked off earnings season, with Thomson Reuters data predicting profits at S&amp;P 500 companies increased by 18.6 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, their biggest rise in seven years.</p>
<p>While the U.S. economy is performing well, geopolitical issues are weighing on stock markets this year.</p>
<p>Senior Russian lawmakers said on Friday that the lower house of parliament would consider draft legislation giving the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict a list of U.S. imports, reacting to new U.S. sanctions on Russian tycoons and officials.</p>
<p>Boeing fell 2.4 percent after a Russian lawmaker said the country may stop supplying titanium to the company.</p>
<p>Issues with engines for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes also weighed on the company’s shares.</p>
<p>The top gainer among S&amp;P sectors was energy, up 1.1 percent as oil prices rose.</p> Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
<p>Tesla rose 2.1 percent after founder Elon Musk said the electric car maker would be profitable in the third and fourth quarters and would not need to raise any money this year.</p>
<p>Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 1.28-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.64-to-1 ratio favored decliners.</p>
<p>Volume on U.S. exchanges was 5.78 billion shares, compared to the 7.22 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru and Sinéad Carew in New York; Editing by Patrick Graham and Chizu Nomiyama</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices extended recent gains and a gauge of global stocks eased on Friday as concern over a broader conflict in Syria left investors nervous, while U.S. bank shares led Wall Street lower.</p> FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
<p>The State Department said on Friday that it had proof that Syria carried out a recent chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma.</p>
<p>The prospect of Western military action in Syria that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over the Middle East.</p>
<p>Oil prices added to recent gains that drove them to highs not seen since late 2014 and posted their biggest weekly gain since July.</p>
<p>“The geopolitical jitters just keep getting priced in here more and more, as we get closer to the moment of the strikes, if there are any,” said John Kilduff, partner at hedge fund Again Capital Management. He noted that Syria poses a large risk to global stability because of its relationship with powerful oil producers.</p>
<p>On Wall Street, fear of broader conflict in Syria further unnerved investors, while financial stocks led the day’s declines.</p>
<p>Shares of JPMorgan Chase ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=JPM.N" type="external">JPM.N</a>) were down 2.7 percent after its earnings missed estimates, while Citigroup ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=C.N" type="external">C.N</a>) dropped 1.6 percent despite beating profit estimates. An S&amp;P 500 index of bank stocks .SPXBK fell 2.6 percent.</p>
<p>Weak loan growth weighed on bank shares, said RJ Grant, head of trading at Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods in New York. “If you didn’t own financials going into the quarter, there was nothing in the numbers today that would make you excited about owning them,” Grant said.</p>
<p>The banks’ results kicked off the U.S. earnings reporting period. Tax cuts are expected to help corporate America post its biggest quarterly profit growth in seven years. Earnings at S&amp;P 500 companies are estimated to grow by 18.4 percent from a year earlier.</p>
<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average <a href="/finance/markets/index?symbol=.DJI" type="external">.DJI</a> fell 122.91 points, or 0.5 percent, to 24,360.14, the S&amp;P 500 <a href="/finance/markets/index?symbol=.SPX" type="external">.SPX</a> lost 7.69 points, or 0.29 percent, to 2,656.3 and the Nasdaq Composite <a href="/finance/markets/index?symbol=.IXIC" type="external">.IXIC</a> dropped 33.60 points, or 0.47 percent, to 7,106.65.</p>
<p>For the week, the S&amp;P 500 was up 2 percent, the Dow rose 1.8 percent and Nasdaq gained 2.8 percent.</p>
<p>The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index <a href="/finance/markets/index?symbol=.FTEU3" type="external">.FTEU3</a> rose 0.10 percent and MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS shed 0.15 percent. The MSCI index ended the week with its strongest performance in five.</p>
<p>In the oil market, U.S. crude CLcv1 rose 32 cents to settle at $67.39 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOcv1 rose 56 cents to $72.58.</p>
<p>The dollar was little changed against a basket of major currencies as traders waited for more clarity on a possible Western military intervention in Syria.</p>
<p>The dollar index .DXY, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was 0.03 percent higher at 89.78.</p>
<p>The Japanese yen weakened 0.01 percent versus the greenback at 107.36 per dollar.</p>
<p>Aluminum hit a six-year high on Friday and posted its biggest weekly gain since the current contract was launched after the United States imposed sanctions on Russia’s UC Rusal ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=0486.HK" type="external">0486.HK</a>), the world’s second-biggest producer.</p>
<p>London Metal Exchange aluminum CMAL3 hit its highest since March 2012 at $2,340 a ton before retreating to close at $2,285, down 1.7 percent.</p>
<p>Spot gold XAU= added 0.7 percent to $1,345.01 an ounce. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 gained 0.50 percent to $1,348.60 an ounce.</p>
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<p>In the bond market, the U.S. Treasury yield curve hovered at its lowest level in more than decade as short-dated yields have risen more than longer-dated ones this week on expectations of further interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve.</p>
<p>Graphic: U.S. yield curve flattest in a decade</p>
<p>The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) stepped into the currency market and bought another HK$3.368 billion ($429.08 million) in Hong Kong dollars late in the U.S. session on Friday, as the local currency hit the weaker end of its trading range.</p>
<p>Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR last rose 3/32 in price to yield 2.8248 percent, from 2.834 percent late on Thursday.</p>
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<p>(Reuters) - Tesla Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=TSLA.O" type="external">TSLA.O</a>) will be profitable in the third and fourth quarters of this year and will not have to raise any money from investors, billionaire Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday, driving shares in the electric carmaker higher.</p> FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla, speaks at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
<p>Tesla has already sought this month to play down widespread Wall Street speculation that it would need to return to capital markets this year to raise more funds for the money-losing company as it ramps up production of the Model 3 sedan seen as crucial to its long-term profitability.</p>
<p>The Silicon Valley car maker, which has consistently fallen short of promised production targets and is fighting bad publicity over a fatal crash of a car using its Autopilot system, said 10 days ago it would have positive cash flow from the third quarter.</p>
<p>Musk went further on Friday in a tweeted response to a story in The Economist which cited estimates Tesla would need $2.5 billion to $3 billion this year in additional funding.</p>
<p>“The Economist used to be boring, but smart with a wicked dry wit. Now it’s just boring (sigh). Tesla will be profitable &amp; cash flow+ in Q3 &amp; Q4, so obv no need to raise money,” Musk wrote.</p>
<p>Tesla shares, which have gained nearly 10 percent since disclosing the Model 3 production numbers on April 3, were up 1.8 percent in afternoon trading on Wall Street.</p>
<p>Musk’s claim about profit and cash flow hinges on a rapid rise in production of the Model 3 sedan, Tesla’s latest vehicle to have experienced production delays. That has postponed revenue from reaching Tesla’s bottom line from cars being delivered to customers.</p>
<p>An unprecedented level of robots used in the Model 3’s final assembly, in a break with automotive manufacturing norms, has added complexity and delays, which Musk acknowledged on Friday.</p>
<p>“Excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake,” Musk tweeted. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated.”</p>
<p>Thomson Reuters consensus of analyst estimates predicts Tesla’s free cash flow to be negative well into 2019, thanks in part to heavy investments. Only one of 19 analysts covering the stock see positive adjusted earnings per share in the third quarter, with that number growing to four for the fourth quarter.</p> FILE PHOTO: A Tesla dealership is seen in West Drayton, just outside London, Britain, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
<p>Wall Street brokerage Jefferies, which provided the funding estimate cited by The Economist, said in a note last week it expects refinancing risk to remain high for Tesla until it can consistently produce 10,000 Model 3s a week.</p>
<p>The company again missed its own 2,500 target for weekly production at the end of the first quarter, and analysts and fund managers doubt Tesla’s ability to keep production growing to a promised 5,000 Model 3s per week in three months time.</p>
<p>Musk in July said Tesla was going through “manufacturing hell” in ramping up production of the Model 3.</p>
<p>He told “CBS News” in an interview that aired Friday the company “got complacent” and “put too much new technology into the Model 3 all at once.” Part of the interview took place in a Tesla Model 3 Musk was driving with Autopilot activated at times.</p>
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<p>Musk told CBS Tesla is currently producing 2,000 Model 3 cars a week.</p>
<p>Last month, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Tesla’s credit rating to B3 from B2, reflecting “the significant shortfall in the production rate of the company’s Model 3.”</p>
<p>Moody’s added that its negative outlook for Tesla “reflects the likelihood that Tesla will have to undertake a large, near-term capital raise in order to refund maturing obligations and avoid a liquidity shortfall.”</p>
<p>On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board said that after a series of public disclosures by Tesla it had taken the unusual step of revoking Tesla’s status as a formal party to its investigation of a March 23 crash in California that killed a driver who was using Autopilot. The NTSB is also investigating two other Tesla crashes.</p>
<p>Tesla lashed out at the NTSB and said it planned to complain to Congress.</p>
<p>Asked by CBS if there was a defect with Autopilot, Musk responded: “The system worked as described, which is that it is a hands-on system. It is not a self-driving system.”</p>
<p>At one point during the interview, Musk did not have his hands on the wheel and the car beeped at him to retake the wheel.</p>
<p>Reporting by Sonam Rai in Bengaluru and David Shepardson in Washington; additional reporting by Dan Burns and Alexandria Sage; editing by Phil Berlowitz</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - Two multi-billion dollar takeovers of semiconductor makers are being stalled by Chinese regulatory reviews amid rising U.S.-China trade tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.</p> FILE PHOTO: A sign on the Qualcomm campus is seen in San Diego, California, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
<p>Qualcomm Inc’s ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=QCOM.O" type="external">QCOM.O</a>) proposed $44 billion purchase of Dutch chip maker NXP Semiconductors NV ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=NXPI.O" type="external">NXPI.O</a>) could be at risk due to the delayed review. China is the only country that has not yet signed off on the deal, or on Toshiba Corp’s ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=6502.T" type="external">6502.T</a>) planned $19 billion sale of its chip unit to a Bain Capital consortium, according to the newspaper.</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
<p>Qualcomm’s merger agreement with NXP was extended for a second time in January, giving the two until to April 25, although the parties could decide to extend the deadline.</p>
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<p>China’s Vice President, Wang Qishan, last month assured Qualcomm Chief Executive Steve Mollenkopf that the review would not be affected by politics, the newspaper said.</p>
<p>Qualcomm and Toshiba did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>In a move to force China to lower its $375 billion trade surplus with the U.S., the Trump administration this month unveiled tariffs representing about $50 billion on Chinese technology, transport and medical products, drawing an immediate threat of retaliatory action from Beijing.</p>
<p>At the same time, China pledged to further open the country’s economy and lower import tariffs on certain products, moves it said were unrelated to the trade spat.</p>
<p>Reporting by Gary McWilliams; editing by Diane Craft</p> Our Standards:
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adds reaction detail london jan 18 reuters britains tourism boom since brexit vote faded three months september growth number visitors slid oneyear low official data showed thursday tourism winner 2016 brexit vote pushed value pound making britain attractive holiday destination foreign tourists encouraging british holidaymakers stay home number overseas visitors britain rose 27 percent yearonyear third quarter 2017 weakest increase year following 89 percent rise second quarter office national statistics ons said nonetheless continued growth tourism factor behind britains faster economic growth third quarter said economist howard archer ey item club consultancy thursdays figures also showed number britons travelling abroad fell 04 percent yearonyear third quarter first drop since early 2013 worlds sixthbiggest economy largely withstood immediate shock referendum decision 2016 leave eu felt impact 2017 due higher inflation caused fall value pound uncertainty among businesses brexit means tourism however bright spot thursdays data suggested currency moves big factor behind trips britain number visitors north america fell 54 percent yearonyear third quarter weighed us dollar weakening almost 8 percent british pound first nine months 2017 sterlings slump 2016 contrast visits european union 35 percent likely boosted euro strengthening almost 4 percent pound january september 2017 spending foreign visitors britain rose 77 percent third quarter smallest annual increase since end 2016 spending north american european visitors decreased travellers middle east china israel south africa ramped purchases ons said high spending recorded visitors saudi arabia particular although cautioned sample sizes relatively small reporting andy bruce editing william schomberg alison williams standards thomson reuters trust principles new york reuters financial stocks led drop wall street friday results big banks failed enthuse fear broader conflict syria unnerved investors sampp banks index fell 26 percent broader sampp financial index lost 16 percent among 11 major sampp sectors shares jpmorgan chase amp co biggest us bank assets dropped 27 percent banks quarterly profit fell slightly short expectations jpmorgan shares biggest weight sampp 500 wells fargo sank 34 percent bank said may pay penalty 1 billion resolve investigations citigroup dropped 16 percent despite beating profit estimates weak loan growth weighed bank shares said rj grant head trading keefe bruyette amp woods new york didnt financials going quarter nothing numbers today would make excited owning grant said us stocks extended losses friday state department said proof syria carried recent chemical weapons attack town douma renewed possibility strike syria enough cause heartburn market said robert phipps director per stirling capital management austin texas theres ton uncertainty right investors dont want go weekend particularly long dow jones industrial average fell 12291 points 05 percent 2436014 sampp 500 lost 769 points 029 percent 26563 nasdaq composite dropped 3360 points 047 percent 710665 still week sampp 500 rose 199 percent dow gained 179 percent nasdaq added 277 percent fridays bank results kicked earnings season thomson reuters data predicting profits sampp 500 companies increased 186 percent first quarter year ago biggest rise seven years us economy performing well geopolitical issues weighing stock markets year senior russian lawmakers said friday lower house parliament would consider draft legislation giving kremlin powers ban restrict list us imports reacting new us sanctions russian tycoons officials boeing fell 24 percent russian lawmaker said country may stop supplying titanium company issues engines boeings 787 dreamliner planes also weighed companys shares top gainer among sampp sectors energy 11 percent oil prices rose traders work floor new york stock exchange nyse new york us april 10 2018 reutersbrendan mcdermidfile photo tesla rose 21 percent founder elon musk said electric car maker would profitable third fourth quarters would need raise money year declining issues outnumbered advancing ones nyse 128to1 ratio nasdaq 164to1 ratio favored decliners volume us exchanges 578 billion shares compared 722 billion average full session last 20 trading days additional reporting sruthi shankar bengaluru sinéad carew new york editing patrick graham chizu nomiyama standards thomson reuters trust principles new york reuters oil prices extended recent gains gauge global stocks eased friday concern broader conflict syria left investors nervous us bank shares led wall street lower file photo traders work floor new york stock exchange nyse new york us april 10 2018 reutersbrendan mcdermid state department said friday proof syria carried recent chemical weapons attack town douma prospect western military action syria could lead confrontation russia hung middle east oil prices added recent gains drove highs seen since late 2014 posted biggest weekly gain since july geopolitical jitters keep getting priced get closer moment strikes said john kilduff partner hedge fund capital management noted syria poses large risk global stability relationship powerful oil producers wall street fear broader conflict syria unnerved investors financial stocks led days declines shares jpmorgan chase jpmn 27 percent earnings missed estimates citigroup cn dropped 16 percent despite beating profit estimates sampp 500 index bank stocks spxbk fell 26 percent weak loan growth weighed bank shares said rj grant head trading keefe bruyette amp woods new york didnt financials going quarter nothing numbers today would make excited owning grant said banks results kicked us earnings reporting period tax cuts expected help corporate america post biggest quarterly profit growth seven years earnings sampp 500 companies estimated grow 184 percent year earlier dow jones industrial average dji fell 12291 points 05 percent 2436014 sampp 500 spx lost 769 points 029 percent 26563 nasdaq composite ixic dropped 3360 points 047 percent 710665 week sampp 500 2 percent dow rose 18 percent nasdaq gained 28 percent paneuropean ftseurofirst 300 index fteu3 rose 010 percent mscis gauge stocks across globe miwd00000pus shed 015 percent msci index ended week strongest performance five oil market us crude clcv1 rose 32 cents settle 6739 barrel brent crude lcocv1 rose 56 cents 7258 dollar little changed basket major currencies traders waited clarity possible western military intervention syria dollar index dxy measures greenback basket six major currencies 003 percent higher 8978 japanese yen weakened 001 percent versus greenback 10736 per dollar aluminum hit sixyear high friday posted biggest weekly gain since current contract launched united states imposed sanctions russias uc rusal 0486hk worlds secondbiggest producer london metal exchange aluminum cmal3 hit highest since march 2012 2340 ton retreating close 2285 17 percent spot gold xau added 07 percent 134501 ounce us gold futures gccv1 gained 050 percent 134860 ounce jpmorgan chase amp co 1103 jpmn new york stock exchange 307 271 jpmn cn dji spx ixic bond market us treasury yield curve hovered lowest level decade shortdated yields risen longerdated ones week expectations interest rate increases federal reserve graphic us yield curve flattest decade hong kong monetary authority hkma stepped currency market bought another hk3368 billion 42908 million hong kong dollars late us session friday local currency hit weaker end trading range benchmark 10year notes us10ytrr last rose 332 price yield 28248 percent 2834 percent late thursday graphic world stocks set best week month reutrs2iqudhs graphic us yield curve flattest decade reutrs2ckkwkx reporting caroline valetkevitch rodrigo campos additional reporting richard leong saqib iqbal ahmed sinead carew jessica resnickault new york editing dan grebler cynthia osterman standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters tesla inc tslao profitable third fourth quarters year raise money investors billionaire chief executive elon musk said friday driving shares electric carmaker higher file photo elon musk founder ceo lead designer spacex cofounder tesla speaks international space station research development conference washington us july 19 2017 reutersaaron p bernstein tesla already sought month play widespread wall street speculation would need return capital markets year raise funds moneylosing company ramps production model 3 sedan seen crucial longterm profitability silicon valley car maker consistently fallen short promised production targets fighting bad publicity fatal crash car using autopilot system said 10 days ago would positive cash flow third quarter musk went friday tweeted response story economist cited estimates tesla would need 25 billion 3 billion year additional funding economist used boring smart wicked dry wit boring sigh tesla profitable amp cash flow q3 amp q4 obv need raise money musk wrote tesla shares gained nearly 10 percent since disclosing model 3 production numbers april 3 18 percent afternoon trading wall street musks claim profit cash flow hinges rapid rise production model 3 sedan teslas latest vehicle experienced production delays postponed revenue reaching teslas bottom line cars delivered customers unprecedented level robots used model 3s final assembly break automotive manufacturing norms added complexity delays musk acknowledged friday excessive automation tesla mistake musk tweeted precise mistake humans underrated thomson reuters consensus analyst estimates predicts teslas free cash flow negative well 2019 thanks part heavy investments one 19 analysts covering stock see positive adjusted earnings per share third quarter number growing four fourth quarter file photo tesla dealership seen west drayton outside london britain february 7 2018 reutershannah mckayfile photo wall street brokerage jefferies provided funding estimate cited economist said note last week expects refinancing risk remain high tesla consistently produce 10000 model 3s week company missed 2500 target weekly production end first quarter analysts fund managers doubt teslas ability keep production growing promised 5000 model 3s per week three months time musk july said tesla going manufacturing hell ramping production model 3 told cbs news interview aired friday company got complacent put much new technology model 3 part interview took place tesla model 3 musk driving autopilot activated times tesla inc 30034 tslao nasdaq 626 213 tslao musk told cbs tesla currently producing 2000 model 3 cars week last month moodys investors service downgraded teslas credit rating b3 b2 reflecting significant shortfall production rate companys model 3 moodys added negative outlook tesla reflects likelihood tesla undertake large nearterm capital raise order refund maturing obligations avoid liquidity shortfall thursday national transportation safety board said series public disclosures tesla taken unusual step revoking teslas status formal party investigation march 23 crash california killed driver using autopilot ntsb also investigating two tesla crashes tesla lashed ntsb said planned complain congress asked cbs defect autopilot musk responded system worked described handson system selfdriving system one point interview musk hands wheel car beeped retake wheel reporting sonam rai bengaluru david shepardson washington additional reporting dan burns alexandria sage editing phil berlowitz standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters two multibillion dollar takeovers semiconductor makers stalled chinese regulatory reviews amid rising uschina trade tensions wall street journal reported saturday citing people familiar matter file photo sign qualcomm campus seen san diego california us november 6 2017 reutersmike blakefile photo qualcomm incs qcomo proposed 44 billion purchase dutch chip maker nxp semiconductors nv nxpio could risk due delayed review china country yet signed deal toshiba corps 6502t planned 19 billion sale chip unit bain capital consortium according newspaper slideshow 2 images qualcomms merger agreement nxp extended second time january giving two april 25 although parties could decide extend deadline qualcomm inc 5573 qcomo nasdaq 053 096 qcomo nxpio 6502t chinas vice president wang qishan last month assured qualcomm chief executive steve mollenkopf review would affected politics newspaper said qualcomm toshiba immediately respond requests comment move force china lower 375 billion trade surplus us trump administration month unveiled tariffs representing 50 billion chinese technology transport medical products drawing immediate threat retaliatory action beijing time china pledged open countrys economy lower import tariffs certain products moves said unrelated trade spat reporting gary mcwilliams editing diane craft standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - As U.S. government funding ran out at midnight, the White House issued a statement blaming Senate Democrats for blocking a bill to avert a shutdown and said it would not negotiate on immigration, a key demand of Democrats.</p>
<p>“We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands,” the statement said after the funding legislation failed to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a procedural hurdle. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Leslie Adler)</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>) said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.</p>
<p>Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a conference call with reporters that Facebook had not seen “any meaningful impact” on user growth from the scandal, although he added, “It’s not good.”</p>
<p>Shares rose more than 3 percent after the bell.</p>
<p>Zuckerberg told reporters that he accepted blame for the data leak, which has angered users, advertisers and lawmakers, while also saying he was still the right person to head the company he founded.</p>
<p>He said he had not fired anyone over the scandal.</p>
<p>“Life is about learning from the mistakes and figuring out what you need to do to move forward,” Zuckerberg said.</p>
<p>He said he was not aware of any discussions on the Facebook board about him stepping down, although doing so would be a challenge for directors because Zuckerberg is the controlling shareholder.</p>
<p>Facebook first acknowledged last month that personal information about millions of users wrongly ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica.</p>
<p>Zuckerberg will testify about the matter next week before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.</p>
<p>London-based Cambridge Analytica, which has counted U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign among its clients, disputed Facebook’s estimate of affected users. It said in a tweet on Wednesday that it received no more than 30 million records from a researcher it hired to collect data about people on Facebook.</p>
<p>Zuckerberg, on the call with reporters, said Facebook should have done more to audit and oversee third-party app developers like the one that Cambridge Analytica hired in 2014.</p>
<p>“Knowing what I know today, clearly we should have done more,” he said.</p>
<p>Going forward, he said, Facebook was taking steps to restrict which personal data is available to third-party app developers, and he said it might take two more years to fix Facebook's problems. ( <a href="https://bit.ly/2Ejpktb" type="external">bit.ly/2Ejpktb</a>)</p> FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo
<p>“We’re broadening our view of our responsibility,” Zuckerberg said.</p>
<p>Most of the up to 87 million people whose data was shared with Cambridge Analytica were in the United States, Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer wrote in a blog post. (Graphic: <a href="https://bit.ly/2q5r5pl" type="external">bit.ly/2q5r5pl</a>)</p>
<p>Shares in Facebook closed down 0.6 percent on Wednesday to $155.10. They have tumbled more than 16 percent since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke.</p>
<p>The previous estimate of more than 50 million Facebook users affected by the data leak came from two newspapers, the New York Times and London’s Observer, based on their investigations of Cambridge Analytica.</p>
<p>Zuckerberg said Facebook came to the higher estimate by looking at the number of people who had downloaded a personality quiz app created by Cambridge University academic Aleksandr Kogan, or about 270,000 people, and then adding in the number of friends they had.</p>
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<p>Cambridge Analytica has said that it engaged Kogan “in good faith” to collect Facebook data in a manner similar to how other third-party app developers have harvested personal information.</p>
<p>The scandal has kicked off investigations by Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and by some 37 U.S. state attorneys general.</p>
<p>Nigeria’s government will investigate allegations of improper involvement by Cambridge Analytica in that country’s 2007 and 2015 elections, a presidency spokesman said on Monday.</p>
<p>Reporting by David Ingram in San Francisco; Additional reporting by Arjun Panchadar in Bengaluru and Eric Auchard in London; Editing by Lisa Shumaker</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China should avoid a trade war, China’s Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said on Wednesday, stressing that Beijing’s preference was to resolve the dispute through negotiations.</p> FILE PHOTO: China's Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai (L), listens as U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus takes notes while Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a U.S.-China business roundtable, comprised of U.S. and Chinese CEOs in Seattle, Washington September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Elaine Thompson/Pool
<p>“Negotiation would still be our preference but it takes two to tango,” Cui told reporters after an hour-long meeting at the State Department with Acting U.S. Secretary of State John Sullivan. “We will see what the U.S. will do,” he added.</p>
<p>Cui said the meeting covered all aspects of the U.S.-China relationship, which he described as “comprehensive and complex.”</p>
<p>“We discussed the overall relationship, including the trade aspects,” he said.</p>
<p>Cui and State Department officials said the meeting had been arranged before Washington announced proposed U.S. tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese products, a move that provoked Chinese retaliation.</p>
<p>A U.S. trade official said on Wednesday the United States may pursue negotiations to resolve deepening differences over trade, but he declined to say whether high-level meetings were planned.</p>
<p>One of the first opportunities for the United States and China to discuss the dispute will be on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meeting in Washington on April 20-22. A U.S. official said no talks had been scheduled.</p>
<p>The State Department said afterwards that both sides had discussed the need to restore “fairness and balance” in the economic relationship between the United States and China, the world’s largest economies.</p>
<p>Both sides agreed on the importance of pursuing a “constructive U.S.-China relationship that produces meaningful results,” the department said in a statement.</p>
<p>The meeting also reaffirmed their commitment “to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” - a reference to their cooperation in resolving a crisis over North Korea’s development of nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States.</p>
<p>China has traditionally been North Korea’s closest ally though ties have been frayed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and missiles and Beijing’s backing of tough U.N. sanctions in response.</p>
<p>Reporting by Lesley Wroughton and David Brunnstrom in Washington; Editing by Diane Craft and James Dalgleish</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States voiced willingness on Wednesday to negotiate a resolution to an escalating trade fight with China after Beijing retaliated against proposed U.S. tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods by targeting key American imports, but the Chinese ambassador to Washington said it "takes two to tango."(Graphic: U.S. trade in goods with China - <a href="http://tmsnrt.rs/2GcOZIH" type="external">tmsnrt.rs/2GcOZIH</a>)</p>
<p>Just 11 hours after President Donald Trump’s administration proposed 25 percent tariffs on some 1,300 Chinese industrial, technology, transport and medical products, China shot back with a list of similar duties on major American imports including soybeans, planes, cars, beef and chemicals.</p>
<p>Beijing's swift and forceful response raised the prospect of a quickly spiraling dispute between the world's two economic superpowers that could harm the global economy.Graphic: U.S. imports from China - <a href="http://tmsnrt.rs/2FMsz1Q" type="external">tmsnrt.rs/2FMsz1Q</a>)</p>
<p>While Trump posted defiant messages on Twitter, his administration signaled possible wiggle room.</p>
<p>Asked whether the U.S. tariffs announced on Tuesday may never go into effect and may be a negotiating tactic, Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, told reporters: “Yes, it’s possible. It’s part of the process.” He called the announcements by the two countries mere opening proposals.</p>
<p>Kudlow later told Fox News Channel: “I don’t think it’s a trade war. I think there is going to be intense negotiations on both sides.”</p> Related Coverage
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<p>“I think we’re going to come to agreements,” he said, adding that “I believe that the Chinese will back down and will play ball.”</p>
<p>Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States, held an hour-long meeting at the U.S. State Department in Washington with acting Secretary of State John Sullivan.</p>
<p>“Negotiation would still be our preference, but it takes two to tango. We will see what the U.S. will do,” the ambassador said afterward.</p>
<p>The trade actions will not be carried out immediately, so there may be room for maneuver. Publication of Washington’s list on Tuesday started a period of public comment and consultation expected to last around two months. The effective date of China’s moves depends on when the U.S. action takes effect.</p>
<p>If the two countries are unable to settle the dispute, a full-scale trade war could destabilize U.S.-Chinese commercial ties, an important component of the global economy.</p>
<p>China’s action rattled U.S. farmers, while shares in U.S. exporters of everything from planes to tractors were volatile.</p>
<p>After dropping at the outset of trading, Wall Street’s three major indexes staged a comeback to close about 1 percent higher as investors turned their focus to earnings and away from the trade fight.</p>
<p>White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said U.S. implementation of the tariffs would depend on China’s behavior.</p>
<p>“It’s going to be a couple months before tariffs on either side would go into effect and be implemented and we’re hopeful that China will do the right thing,” she told reporters.</p>
<p>“I would anticipate that if there are no changes to the behavior of China and they don’t stop the unfair trade practices, then we would move forward,” Sanders said.</p>
<p>Trump, who contends his predecessors served the United States badly in trade matters, wrote on Twitter: “We are not in a trade war with China that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S.”</p> POLITICAL DAMAGE
<p>While Washington targeted products that benefit from Chinese industrial policy - including its “Made in China 2025” initiative to replace advanced technology imports with domestic products in strategic industries such as advanced IT and robotics - Beijing appeared to offer a response intended to inflict political damage.</p>
<p>Washington’s list was filled with many obscure industrial items, but China’s struck at signature U.S. exports, including soybeans, frozen beef, cotton and other agricultural commodities produced in states from Iowa to Texas that voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election.</p>
<p>The list extends to tobacco and whiskey, both produced in states including Kentucky, home of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, like Trump a Republican.</p>
<p>Trump said last month that “trade wars are good, and easy to win,” but key fellow Republicans expressed unease over the latest developments.</p> Shipping containers at Pier J at the Port of Long Beach wait for processing in Long Beach, California, U.S., April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bob Riha Jr.
<p>McConnell said he was nervous about the “growing trend in the administration to levy tariffs” that could become a “slippery slope,” while Senator Chuck Grassley, whose home state of Iowa is a major agricultural producer, said: “Farmers and ranchers shouldn’t be expected to bear the brunt of retaliation for the entire country.”</p>
<p>The possibility of an escalating U.S.-China trade war will result in “a bumpy ride” for the U.S. economy, said James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.</p>
<p>China said its list of 25 percent additional tariffs on U.S. goods covered 106 items with a trade value matching the $50 billion targeted on Washington’s list.</p>
<p>U.S.-made goods that appear to face added tariffs in China include Tesla Inc electric cars, Ford Motor Co’s Lincoln auto models, Gulfstream jets made by General Dynamics Corp and Brown-Forman Corp’s Jack Daniel’s whiskey.</p>
<p>Information technology products, from cellphones to personal computers, largely escaped the latest salvo of U.S.-China trade measures despite accounting for a significant portion of bilateral trade.</p>
<p>China ran a $375 billion goods trade surplus with the United States in 2017. Trump has demanded that the China cut the trade gap by $100 billion.</p> Slideshow (9 Images)
<p>The U.S. move was aimed at forcing Beijing to address what Washington says is deeply entrenched theft of U.S. intellectual property and forced technology transfer from U.S. companies to Chinese competitors, charges Chinese officials deny.</p>
<p>The U.S. tariff list followed China’s imposition of tariffs on $3 billion worth of U.S. fruits, nuts, pork and wine to protest U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs imposed last month by Trump.</p>
<p>Reporting by David Lawder in Washington and Michael Martina in Beijing; Additional reporting by Lesley Wroughton, David Brunnstrom, Jason Lange, Ginger Gibson, Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Makini Brice, Susan Heavey, David Chance and Lindsay Dunsmuir in Washington; Michael Martina, Cheng Fang, Ryan Woo, Ben Blanchard, Tony Munroe, Cate Cadell, Philip Wen, Dominique Patton, Josephine Mason and Stella Qiu in Beijing, Engen Tham in Shanghai and Brenda Goh in Shanghai, Tom Miles in Geneva and Michael Hogan in; Hamburg; Writing by Will Dunham; Editing by Steve Orlofsky and Peter Cooney</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - It took China just 11 hours to retaliate against the United States for proposing tariffs on some 1,300 Chinese products, but Chinese officials are holding back on taking aim at their largest American import: government debt.</p>
<p>In a tit-for-tat response to the Trump administration’s plan for 25 percent duties on $50 billion of Chinese imports, China hit back with its own list of similar duties on key American imports including soybeans, planes, cars, beef and chemicals. But officials signaled no interest for now in bringing their vast holdings of U.S. Treasuries to the fight.</p>
<p>China held around $1.17 trillion of Treasuries as of the end of January, making it the largest of America's foreign creditors and the No. 2 overall owner of U.S. government bonds after the Federal Reserve. Any move by China to chop its Treasury portfolio could inflict significant harm on U.S. finances and global investors, driving bond yields higher and making it more costly to finance the federal government.(Graphic: Top U.S. trade partners &amp; foreign holders of Treasuries - <a href="http://reut.rs/2CUqQB0" type="external">reut.rs/2CUqQB0</a>)</p>
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<p>Jeffrey Gundlach, the chief executive of DoubleLine Capital LP, said China can use its Treasury holdings as leverage, but only if they keep holding them.</p>
<p>“It is more effective as a threat. If they sell, they have no threat,” said Gundlach, known as Wall Street’s Bond King.</p>
<p>“It would only escalate the situation and eliminate their leverage.”</p>
<p>Prices on benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes slipped on Wednesday, giving back earlier gains on the trade news. Their yield edged up to about 2.81 percent Wednesday afternoon.</p>
<p>China’s Treasury holdings have dipped in recent months, declining by about $30 billion from $1.20 trillion last August, and they are down about 11 percent from their record high above $1.3 trillion in late 2013, according to U.S government data. In all, foreign governments own $4 trillion, or more than a quarter, of the $14.7 trillion in Treasury securities outstanding.</p>
<p>Asked by a reporter on Wednesday if China would reduce its U.S. Treasury holdings in retaliation, Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao reiterated China’s long-standing policy regarding its foreign exchange reserves, saying it is a responsible investor and that it will safeguard their value.</p>
<p>China’s foreign exchange reserves, the world’s largest, stood at about $3.13 trillion at the end of February, with roughly a third of it held in Treasuries.</p>
<p>“If they wanted to pull the nuclear switch, if they committed to dumping Treasuries, it would have an immediate and temporary impact on money markets in the United States,” said Jeff Klingelhofer, a portfolio manager who oversees more than $6 billion at Thornburg Investment Management Inc. “But I think it is a bigger hit to the sustainability of what they’re trying to accomplish.”</p>
<p>Brad Setser, senior fellow for international economics&#160;at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, said China can sell Treasuries and buy lower-yielding European or Japanese debt.</p>
<p>But the effect would likely be to strengthen the yuan against the dollar, weakening the relative desirability of its exports, analysts said. The sale could also tank the value of the Treasuries China retains, with nothing to show for the aggression.</p>
<p>More likely, if China wanted to turn up the heat it would let the yuan depreciate against the U.S. dollar, according to CFR’s Setser, a move that could kneecap the Trump administration’s goal of jump-starting U.S. manufacturing. The yuan weakened by about 0.25 percent on Wednesday but remains near its strongest in two and a half years.</p>
<p>Even if the likelihood of a change in Chinese policy regarding its Treasuries portfolio remains low, investors are sensitive to the risk any big shift would pose to world financial markets, where Treasuries are a global benchmark asset.</p>
<p>A January report that China might halt its purchases of Treasuries forced yields higher, but China disputed the news and said it was only diversifying its foreign exchange reserves to safeguard their value.</p>
<p>Reporting by Kate Duguid and Trevor Hunnicutt; Additional reporting by Jennifer Ablan; Editing by Dan Burns and James Dalgleish</p> Our Standards:
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<p>BRASILIA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Brazil on Thursday offered an initial $1 billion worth of 2047 dollar bonds in the first sovereign debt transaction of the year, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.</p>
<p>In a statement, the National Treasury said it had hired Citigroup Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc and Morgan Stanley to underwrite the reopening of its 5.625 percent Global 2047 bond. There were $1.5 billion worth of outstanding Global 2047 bonds at the end of November. (Reporting by Patricia Duarte; Writing by Bruno Federowski Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial stocks led a drop on Wall Street on Friday as results from big banks failed to enthuse and fear of broader conflict in Syria further unnerved investors.</p>
<p>The S&amp;P banks index fell 2.6 percent and the broader S&amp;P financial index lost 1.6 percent, the most among the 11 major S&amp;P sectors.</p>
<p>Shares of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, dropped 2.7 percent after the bank’s quarterly profit fell slightly short of expectations. JPMorgan shares were the biggest weight on the S&amp;P 500.</p>
<p>Wells Fargo sank 3.4 percent after the bank said it may have to pay a penalty of $1 billion to resolve investigations, while Citigroup dropped 1.6 percent despite beating profit estimates.</p>
<p>Weak loan growth weighed on bank shares, said RJ Grant, head of trading at Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods in New York.</p>
<p>“If you didn’t own financials going into the quarter, there was nothing in the numbers today that would make you excited about owning them,” Grant said.</p>
<p>U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday after the State Department said that it had proof that Syria carried out a recent chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma.</p>
<p>The renewed possibility of a strike in Syria “is enough to cause heartburn for the market,” said Robert Phipps, a director at Per Stirling Capital Management in Austin, Texas. “There’s a ton of uncertainty right now so investors don’t want to go into the weekend particularly long.”</p>
<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 122.91 points, or 0.5 percent, to 24,360.14, the S&amp;P 500 lost 7.69 points, or 0.29 percent, to 2,656.3 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 33.60 points, or 0.47 percent, to 7,106.65.</p>
<p>Still, for the week, the S&amp;P 500 rose 1.99 percent, the Dow gained 1.79 percent, and the Nasdaq added 2.77 percent.</p>
<p>Friday’s bank results kicked off earnings season, with Thomson Reuters data predicting profits at S&amp;P 500 companies increased by 18.6 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, their biggest rise in seven years.</p>
<p>While the U.S. economy is performing well, geopolitical issues are weighing on stock markets this year.</p>
<p>Senior Russian lawmakers said on Friday that the lower house of parliament would consider draft legislation giving the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict a list of U.S. imports, reacting to new U.S. sanctions on Russian tycoons and officials.</p>
<p>Boeing fell 2.4 percent after a Russian lawmaker said the country may stop supplying titanium to the company.</p>
<p>Issues with engines for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes also weighed on the company’s shares.</p>
<p>The top gainer among S&amp;P sectors was energy, up 1.1 percent as oil prices rose.</p> Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
<p>Tesla rose 2.1 percent after founder Elon Musk said the electric car maker would be profitable in the third and fourth quarters and would not need to raise any money this year.</p>
<p>Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 1.28-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.64-to-1 ratio favored decliners.</p>
<p>Volume on U.S. exchanges was 5.78 billion shares, compared to the 7.22 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.</p>
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<p>LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies appear to have accomplished their mission of reducing global oil stocks to desired levels, the International Energy Agency said on Friday, signaling that the market could become too tight if supply remains restrained.</p> A flag with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) logo is seen during a meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC producing countries in Vienna, Austria September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
<p>The IEA, which coordinates the energy policies of industrialized nations, said stocks in developed countries could fall to their five-year average - a metric used by OPEC to measure the success of output cuts - as early as May.</p>
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<p>“It is not for us to declare on behalf of the Vienna agreement countries that it is ‘mission accomplished’, but if our outlook is accurate, it certainly looks very much like it,” the IEA said in its monthly report.</p>
<p>Vienna-based OPEC has reduced production in tandem with Russia and other allies since January 2017 to prop up oil prices, which soared above $70 per barrel this month, giving a new boost to booming U.S. output of shale oil.</p>
<p>But as oil production has collapsed in OPEC member Venezuela and still faces hiccups in peers such as Libya and Angola, the oil exporter group is producing below its targets, meaning the world needs to use stocks to meet rising demand.</p>
<p>On Thursday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a monthly report that oil stocks in the developed world were only 43 million barrels above the latest five-year average. The Paris-based IEA put the figure at just 30 million barrels as of the end of February.</p>
<p>The IEA said that even though non-OPEC output was set to soar by 1.8 million barrels per day this year on higher U.S. production, it was not enough to meet global demand, expected to rise by 1.5 million bpd or around 1.5 percent.</p>
<p>OPEC was producing 31.83 million bpd in March, below the call on its crude for the rest of the year at 32.5 million bpd.</p>
<p>“Our balances show that if OPEC production were constant this year, and if our outlooks for non-OPEC production and oil demand remain unchanged, in 2Q18-4Q18 global stocks could draw by about 0.6 million bpd,” the IEA said.</p>
<p>The figure would represent 0.6 percent of global supply or around half of OPEC’s current production cuts of nearly 1.2 million bpd.</p>
<p>The output-limiting pact runs until the year-end. OPEC meets in June to decide its next steps. The organization’s de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, has said it would like the agreement to extend into 2019.</p>
<p>OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo told Reuters on Thursday OPEC and its allies were poised to extend the pact into next year even as a glut of crude should evaporate by September.</p>
<p>“OPEC is within rapid reach of its first announced goals and will have to come up with a new metric for the June meeting if it wants the agreement to last into the second half of the year,” said Olivier Jakob from Petromatrix consultancy.</p>
<p>Qatar’s energy minister told Reuters last week that even though stocks around the world were falling, an investment drought continued to afflict the oil industry and hence the price of crude could spike in the long run.</p>
<p>Reuters market analyst John Kemp argues that recent statements from OPEC members indicate the organization appears to be reformulating its target in terms of upstream investment rather than inventories.</p>
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<p>(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co’s ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=JPM.N" type="external">JPM.N</a>) quarterly profit fell short of Wall Street expectations on Friday as lower revenue from investment banking ate into gains from stock trading and higher interest rates.</p> FILE PHOTO: People walk inside JP Morgan headquarters in New York, U.S., October 25, 2013. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
<p>Investment banking revenue fell 7 percent as it underwrote fewer debt and equity offerings, a dark spot in an otherwise strong quarterly report.</p>
<p>Shares of the largest U.S. bank by assets were down nearly 1 percent, paring early gains. The stock has risen 33 percent in the past 12 months.</p>
<p>JPMorgan gained from a strengthening economy and higher interest rates that lifted lending revenue more than the its cost of money. Its equity markets business had a robust quarter, driven by a surge in volatility in global markets.</p>
<p>Overall, profit rose 35 percent to an all-time high, while revenue was up 10 percent.</p>
<p>“We are pleased with the firm’s performance this quarter, with all of our businesses showing continued and broad strength and an overall environment that remains supportive,” Chief Financial Officer Marianne Lake said on a call.</p>
<p>She expects tax cuts and higher interest rates to provide even more of a “tailwind” to profits going forward.</p>
<p>JPMorgan, like its rivals, had indicated that President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to the U.S. tax law would kick-start economic growth and help lenders boost their revenue as corporations borrow more to expand their businesses.</p>
<p>Income tax expense was down 8.6 percent at $2.56 billion as the corporate tax rate fell.</p>
<p>Markets revenue rose 7 percent, excluding special items, on a 26 percent jump in equity trading.</p>
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<p>Global markets have been in churn since February due to worries over inflation, rising bond yields and heightened trade tensions between the United States and China.</p>
<p>Net interest income rose 9 percent to $13.5 billion as the rates it received for loans rose faster than its costs of funds.</p>
<p>The bank’s net income rose 35 percent to $8.71 billion in the quarter.</p>
<p>Excluding items, it earned $2.26 per share, missing average estimate of $2.28, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.</p>
<p>Net revenue was $28.52 billion, beating the average estimate of $27.68 billion.</p>
<p>Return on tangible common equity, a performance measure, was 19 percent, compared with 13 percent a year earlier. JPMorgan in February raised its return target for three years out to 17 percent, largely because of lower tax rates.</p>
<p>Reporting by Sweta Singh in Bengaluru and David Henry in New York; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - Tesla Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=TSLA.O" type="external">TSLA.O</a>) will be profitable in the third and fourth quarters of this year and will not have to raise any money from investors, billionaire Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday, driving shares in the electric carmaker higher.</p> FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla, speaks at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
<p>Tesla has already sought this month to play down widespread Wall Street speculation that it would need to return to capital markets this year to raise more funds for the money-losing company as it ramps up production of the Model 3 sedan seen as crucial to its long-term profitability.</p>
<p>The Silicon Valley car maker, which has consistently fallen short of promised production targets and is fighting bad publicity over a fatal crash of a car using its Autopilot system, said 10 days ago it would have positive cash flow from the third quarter.</p>
<p>Musk went further on Friday in a tweeted response to a story in The Economist which cited estimates Tesla would need $2.5 billion to $3 billion this year in additional funding.</p>
<p>“The Economist used to be boring, but smart with a wicked dry wit. Now it’s just boring (sigh). Tesla will be profitable &amp; cash flow+ in Q3 &amp; Q4, so obv no need to raise money,” Musk wrote.</p>
<p>Tesla shares, which have gained nearly 10 percent since disclosing the Model 3 production numbers on April 3, were up 1.8 percent in afternoon trading on Wall Street.</p>
<p>Musk’s claim about profit and cash flow hinges on a rapid rise in production of the Model 3 sedan, Tesla’s latest vehicle to have experienced production delays. That has postponed revenue from reaching Tesla’s bottom line from cars being delivered to customers.</p>
<p>An unprecedented level of robots used in the Model 3’s final assembly, in a break with automotive manufacturing norms, has added complexity and delays, which Musk acknowledged on Friday.</p>
<p>“Excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake,” Musk tweeted. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated.”</p>
<p>Thomson Reuters consensus of analyst estimates predicts Tesla’s free cash flow to be negative well into 2019, thanks in part to heavy investments. Only one of 19 analysts covering the stock see positive adjusted earnings per share in the third quarter, with that number growing to four for the fourth quarter.</p> FILE PHOTO: A Tesla dealership is seen in West Drayton, just outside London, Britain, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
<p>Wall Street brokerage Jefferies, which provided the funding estimate cited by The Economist, said in a note last week it expects refinancing risk to remain high for Tesla until it can consistently produce 10,000 Model 3s a week.</p>
<p>The company again missed its own 2,500 target for weekly production at the end of the first quarter, and analysts and fund managers doubt Tesla’s ability to keep production growing to a promised 5,000 Model 3s per week in three months time.</p>
<p>Musk in July said Tesla was going through “manufacturing hell” in ramping up production of the Model 3.</p>
<p>He told “CBS News” in an interview that aired Friday the company “got complacent” and “put too much new technology into the Model 3 all at once.” Part of the interview took place in a Tesla Model 3 Musk was driving with Autopilot activated at times.</p>
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<p>Musk told CBS Tesla is currently producing 2,000 Model 3 cars a week.</p>
<p>Last month, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Tesla’s credit rating to B3 from B2, reflecting “the significant shortfall in the production rate of the company’s Model 3.”</p>
<p>Moody’s added that its negative outlook for Tesla “reflects the likelihood that Tesla will have to undertake a large, near-term capital raise in order to refund maturing obligations and avoid a liquidity shortfall.”</p>
<p>On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board said that after a series of public disclosures by Tesla it had taken the unusual step of revoking Tesla’s status as a formal party to its investigation of a March 23 crash in California that killed a driver who was using Autopilot. The NTSB is also investigating two other Tesla crashes.</p>
<p>Tesla lashed out at the NTSB and said it planned to complain to Congress.</p>
<p>Asked by CBS if there was a defect with Autopilot, Musk responded: “The system worked as described, which is that it is a hands-on system. It is not a self-driving system.”</p>
<p>At one point during the interview, Musk did not have his hands on the wheel and the car beeped at him to retake the wheel.</p>
<p>Reporting by Sonam Rai in Bengaluru and David Shepardson in Washington; additional reporting by Dan Burns and Alexandria Sage; editing by Phil Berlowitz</p> Our Standards:
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brasilia jan 18 reuters brazil thursday offered initial 1 billion worth 2047 dollar bonds first sovereign debt transaction year source direct knowledge matter told reuters statement national treasury said hired citigroup inc hsbc holdings plc morgan stanley underwrite reopening 5625 percent global 2047 bond 15 billion worth outstanding global 2047 bonds end november reporting patricia duarte writing bruno federowski editing chizu nomiyama standards thomson reuters trust principles new york reuters financial stocks led drop wall street friday results big banks failed enthuse fear broader conflict syria unnerved investors sampp banks index fell 26 percent broader sampp financial index lost 16 percent among 11 major sampp sectors shares jpmorgan chase amp co biggest us bank assets dropped 27 percent banks quarterly profit fell slightly short expectations jpmorgan shares biggest weight sampp 500 wells fargo sank 34 percent bank said may pay penalty 1 billion resolve investigations citigroup dropped 16 percent despite beating profit estimates weak loan growth weighed bank shares said rj grant head trading keefe bruyette amp woods new york didnt financials going quarter nothing numbers today would make excited owning grant said us stocks extended losses friday state department said proof syria carried recent chemical weapons attack town douma renewed possibility strike syria enough cause heartburn market said robert phipps director per stirling capital management austin texas theres ton uncertainty right investors dont want go weekend particularly long dow jones industrial average fell 12291 points 05 percent 2436014 sampp 500 lost 769 points 029 percent 26563 nasdaq composite dropped 3360 points 047 percent 710665 still week sampp 500 rose 199 percent dow gained 179 percent nasdaq added 277 percent fridays bank results kicked earnings season thomson reuters data predicting profits sampp 500 companies increased 186 percent first quarter year ago biggest rise seven years us economy performing well geopolitical issues weighing stock markets year senior russian lawmakers said friday lower house parliament would consider draft legislation giving kremlin powers ban restrict list us imports reacting new us sanctions russian tycoons officials boeing fell 24 percent russian lawmaker said country may stop supplying titanium company issues engines boeings 787 dreamliner planes also weighed companys shares top gainer among sampp sectors energy 11 percent oil prices rose traders work floor new york stock exchange nyse new york us april 10 2018 reutersbrendan mcdermidfile photo tesla rose 21 percent founder elon musk said electric car maker would profitable third fourth quarters would need raise money year declining issues outnumbered advancing ones nyse 128to1 ratio nasdaq 164to1 ratio favored decliners volume us exchanges 578 billion shares compared 722 billion average full session last 20 trading days additional reporting sruthi shankar bengaluru sinéad carew new york editing patrick graham chizu nomiyama standards thomson reuters trust principles london reuters opec allies appear accomplished mission reducing global oil stocks desired levels international energy agency said friday signaling market could become tight supply remains restrained flag organization petroleum exporting countries opec logo seen meeting opec nonopec producing countries vienna austria september 22 2017 reutersleonhard foeger iea coordinates energy policies industrialized nations said stocks developed countries could fall fiveyear average metric used opec measure success output cuts early may graphic oecd stocks vs fiveyear average reutrs2hofgvn graphic stocks days forward demand vs fiveyear average reutrs2gsobai us declare behalf vienna agreement countries mission accomplished outlook accurate certainly looks much like iea said monthly report viennabased opec reduced production tandem russia allies since january 2017 prop oil prices soared 70 per barrel month giving new boost booming us output shale oil oil production collapsed opec member venezuela still faces hiccups peers libya angola oil exporter group producing targets meaning world needs use stocks meet rising demand thursday organization petroleum exporting countries said monthly report oil stocks developed world 43 million barrels latest fiveyear average parisbased iea put figure 30 million barrels end february iea said even though nonopec output set soar 18 million barrels per day year higher us production enough meet global demand expected rise 15 million bpd around 15 percent opec producing 3183 million bpd march call crude rest year 325 million bpd balances show opec production constant year outlooks nonopec production oil demand remain unchanged 2q184q18 global stocks could draw 06 million bpd iea said figure would represent 06 percent global supply around half opecs current production cuts nearly 12 million bpd outputlimiting pact runs yearend opec meets june decide next steps organizations de facto leader saudi arabia said would like agreement extend 2019 opec secretarygeneral mohammad barkindo told reuters thursday opec allies poised extend pact next year even glut crude evaporate september opec within rapid reach first announced goals come new metric june meeting wants agreement last second half year said olivier jakob petromatrix consultancy qatars energy minister told reuters last week even though stocks around world falling investment drought continued afflict oil industry hence price crude could spike long run reuters market analyst john kemp argues recent statements opec members indicate organization appears reformulating target terms upstream investment rather inventories reporting dmitry zhdannikov editing dale hudson standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters jpmorgan chase amp cos jpmn quarterly profit fell short wall street expectations friday lower revenue investment banking ate gains stock trading higher interest rates file photo people walk inside jp morgan headquarters new york us october 25 2013 reuterseduardo munozfile photo investment banking revenue fell 7 percent underwrote fewer debt equity offerings dark spot otherwise strong quarterly report shares largest us bank assets nearly 1 percent paring early gains stock risen 33 percent past 12 months jpmorgan gained strengthening economy higher interest rates lifted lending revenue cost money equity markets business robust quarter driven surge volatility global markets overall profit rose 35 percent alltime high revenue 10 percent pleased firms performance quarter businesses showing continued broad strength overall environment remains supportive chief financial officer marianne lake said call expects tax cuts higher interest rates provide even tailwind profits going forward jpmorgan like rivals indicated president donald trumps sweeping changes us tax law would kickstart economic growth help lenders boost revenue corporations borrow expand businesses income tax expense 86 percent 256 billion corporate tax rate fell markets revenue rose 7 percent excluding special items 26 percent jump equity trading jpmorgan chase amp co 1103 jpmn new york stock exchange 307 271 jpmn global markets churn since february due worries inflation rising bond yields heightened trade tensions united states china net interest income rose 9 percent 135 billion rates received loans rose faster costs funds banks net income rose 35 percent 871 billion quarter excluding items earned 226 per share missing average estimate 228 according thomson reuters ibes net revenue 2852 billion beating average estimate 2768 billion return tangible common equity performance measure 19 percent compared 13 percent year earlier jpmorgan february raised return target three years 17 percent largely lower tax rates reporting sweta singh bengaluru david henry new york editing saumyadeb chakrabarty standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters tesla inc tslao profitable third fourth quarters year raise money investors billionaire chief executive elon musk said friday driving shares electric carmaker higher file photo elon musk founder ceo lead designer spacex cofounder tesla speaks international space station research development conference washington us july 19 2017 reutersaaron p bernstein tesla already sought month play widespread wall street speculation would need return capital markets year raise funds moneylosing company ramps production model 3 sedan seen crucial longterm profitability silicon valley car maker consistently fallen short promised production targets fighting bad publicity fatal crash car using autopilot system said 10 days ago would positive cash flow third quarter musk went friday tweeted response story economist cited estimates tesla would need 25 billion 3 billion year additional funding economist used boring smart wicked dry wit boring sigh tesla profitable amp cash flow q3 amp q4 obv need raise money musk wrote tesla shares gained nearly 10 percent since disclosing model 3 production numbers april 3 18 percent afternoon trading wall street musks claim profit cash flow hinges rapid rise production model 3 sedan teslas latest vehicle experienced production delays postponed revenue reaching teslas bottom line cars delivered customers unprecedented level robots used model 3s final assembly break automotive manufacturing norms added complexity delays musk acknowledged friday excessive automation tesla mistake musk tweeted precise mistake humans underrated thomson reuters consensus analyst estimates predicts teslas free cash flow negative well 2019 thanks part heavy investments one 19 analysts covering stock see positive adjusted earnings per share third quarter number growing four fourth quarter file photo tesla dealership seen west drayton outside london britain february 7 2018 reutershannah mckayfile photo wall street brokerage jefferies provided funding estimate cited economist said note last week expects refinancing risk remain high tesla consistently produce 10000 model 3s week company missed 2500 target weekly production end first quarter analysts fund managers doubt teslas ability keep production growing promised 5000 model 3s per week three months time musk july said tesla going manufacturing hell ramping production model 3 told cbs news interview aired friday company got complacent put much new technology model 3 part interview took place tesla model 3 musk driving autopilot activated times tesla inc 30034 tslao nasdaq 626 213 tslao musk told cbs tesla currently producing 2000 model 3 cars week last month moodys investors service downgraded teslas credit rating b3 b2 reflecting significant shortfall production rate companys model 3 moodys added negative outlook tesla reflects likelihood tesla undertake large nearterm capital raise order refund maturing obligations avoid liquidity shortfall thursday national transportation safety board said series public disclosures tesla taken unusual step revoking teslas status formal party investigation march 23 crash california killed driver using autopilot ntsb also investigating two tesla crashes tesla lashed ntsb said planned complain congress asked cbs defect autopilot musk responded system worked described handson system selfdriving system one point interview musk hands wheel car beeped retake wheel reporting sonam rai bengaluru david shepardson washington additional reporting dan burns alexandria sage editing phil berlowitz standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, natural gas is flared from an oil well near Parshall, N.D. The North Dakota Industrial Commission is holding a hearing in Bismarck on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, on its new natural gas flaring policy that's intended to cut back on the amount of natural gas burned off and wasted as a byproduct of natural gas production. The percentage of gas being flared in the state is pegged at a record 36 percent. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)</p>
<p>BISMARCK, N.D. - Dr. Lyle Best traveled nearly 200 miles from the heart of North Dakota's oil patch Tuesday to tell state regulators one thing: "Slow down."</p>
<p>The North Dakota Industrial Commission is considering a proposal that would cut back on the state's booming oil production as a means of controlling the amount of natural gas that's being burned off at well sites and wasted as a byproduct of the more valuable substance, oil.</p>
<p>But oil companies are fighting the idea of slowing production, and want regulators to consider self-imposed steps to curb natural gas flaring, such as submitting plans for natural gas gathering before applying for a drilling permit.</p>
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<p>North Dakota drillers currently burn off, or flare, a record 36 percent of the gas because development of pipelines and processing facilities to capture it hasn't kept pace with oil drilling. The U.S. Energy Department says less than 1 percent of natural gas is flared from oil fields nationwide, and less than 3 percent worldwide.</p>
<p>Best, a Watford City physician, was among more than two dozen people who testified in favor of restricting oil development to reign in flaring. Best said he lives within 200 yards of two oil wells that emit flares at least 20 feet high and produce a sound "similar to a jetliner passing nearby."</p>
<p>The biggest issues with burning the gas, he said, is wasting it and the potentially harmful emissions that may be released from flaring.</p>
<p>"Some mild restrictions on this activity would go a long way toward improving a host of problems related to oil development, not the least of which is gas flaring," Best said.</p>
<p>North Dakota, which is producing nearly 1 million barrels of daily, also produces more than 1 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. The state is losing nearly $1 million monthly in natural gas tax revenue from flaring, state tax department records show.</p>
<p>Oil producers can flare gas without paying taxes on it for up to a year, but companies are almost always granted waivers after that.</p>
<p>The North Dakota Petroleum Council's flaring task force said the industry has already invested more than $6 billion in infrastructure to capture natural gas in the past six years and plans to spend at least an additional $1.7 billion over the next two years building gas pipelines and other infrastructure. The council in January pledged to capture 85 percent of the gas by 2016, and 90 percent within six years as infrastructure catches up with oil development.</p>
<p>"I'm confident that flaring goals are going to be met by industry," said Ron Ness, president of the Petroleum Council, which represents more than 500 energy-related companies working in North Dakota. "Nobody wants gas flaring captured more than the operator."</p>
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<p>Several company officials warned regulators Tuesday that restricting oil development would impact investment and, more importantly, the state's treasury, which already is flush with $2 billion in savings.</p>
<p>"If production curtailment is the chosen regulatory path, then wells will be shut in or not even drilled," said Roger Kelley, director of regulatory affairs for Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc., one of the biggest players in western North Dakota's oil patch. "Revenues will be reduced, taxes will not be generated and those jobs will be lost. And the gas will not be captured and used productively."</p>
<p>Industry officials say obtaining right of way easements from landowners has been one of the biggest hurdles in trying to gather natural gas, and its task force recommended the state review potential legislation to improve access.</p>
<p>The panel that took testimony Tuesday will forward their recommendations to Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, who make up the Industrial Commission.</p>
<p>Theodora Bird Bear of Mandaree told the regulatory panel that blaming landowners is unfair and that an increasing number of spills in the oil patch have many residents worried.</p>
<p>"Landowners are not a barrier to this development," said Bird Bear, a spokeswoman for the Dakota Resource Council, an environmental-minded landowner group. "If industry really wants to work with landowners, they need to reach out in a very genuine way."</p>
<p>Bird Bear said flaring should only be allowed in an emergency or during testing at a well. She also said state health officials need to closely monitor emissions and test residents for any ill effects from flaring.</p>
<p>"We need to address issues the public has," she said. "We know a lot of revenue being generated. But there is going to be a lot of costs to the public if this is not done right."</p>
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file sept 23 2008 file photo natural gas flared oil well near parshall nd north dakota industrial commission holding hearing bismarck tuesday april 22 2014 new natural gas flaring policy thats intended cut back amount natural gas burned wasted byproduct natural gas production percentage gas flared state pegged record 36 percent ap photojames macpherson file bismarck nd dr lyle best traveled nearly 200 miles heart north dakotas oil patch tuesday tell state regulators one thing slow north dakota industrial commission considering proposal would cut back states booming oil production means controlling amount natural gas thats burned well sites wasted byproduct valuable substance oil oil companies fighting idea slowing production want regulators consider selfimposed steps curb natural gas flaring submitting plans natural gas gathering applying drilling permit advertisement north dakota drillers currently burn flare record 36 percent gas development pipelines processing facilities capture hasnt kept pace oil drilling us energy department says less 1 percent natural gas flared oil fields nationwide less 3 percent worldwide best watford city physician among two dozen people testified favor restricting oil development reign flaring best said lives within 200 yards two oil wells emit flares least 20 feet high produce sound similar jetliner passing nearby biggest issues burning gas said wasting potentially harmful emissions may released flaring mild restrictions activity would go long way toward improving host problems related oil development least gas flaring best said north dakota producing nearly 1 million barrels daily also produces 1 million cubic feet natural gas daily state losing nearly 1 million monthly natural gas tax revenue flaring state tax department records show oil producers flare gas without paying taxes year companies almost always granted waivers north dakota petroleum councils flaring task force said industry already invested 6 billion infrastructure capture natural gas past six years plans spend least additional 17 billion next two years building gas pipelines infrastructure council january pledged capture 85 percent gas 2016 90 percent within six years infrastructure catches oil development im confident flaring goals going met industry said ron ness president petroleum council represents 500 energyrelated companies working north dakota nobody wants gas flaring captured operator advertisement several company officials warned regulators tuesday restricting oil development would impact investment importantly states treasury already flush 2 billion savings production curtailment chosen regulatory path wells shut even drilled said roger kelley director regulatory affairs oklahoma citybased continental resources inc one biggest players western north dakotas oil patch revenues reduced taxes generated jobs lost gas captured used productively industry officials say obtaining right way easements landowners one biggest hurdles trying gather natural gas task force recommended state review potential legislation improve access panel took testimony tuesday forward recommendations gov jack dalrymple attorney general wayne stenehjem state agriculture commissioner doug goehring make industrial commission theodora bird bear mandaree told regulatory panel blaming landowners unfair increasing number spills oil patch many residents worried landowners barrier development said bird bear spokeswoman dakota resource council environmentalminded landowner group industry really wants work landowners need reach genuine way bird bear said flaring allowed emergency testing well also said state health officials need closely monitor emissions test residents ill effects flaring need address issues public said know lot revenue generated going lot costs public done right
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<p>BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States, not China, threatens the global trade system, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration called U.S. support for Beijing’s joining the World Trade Organization in 2001 a mistake.</p> Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee
<p>WTO rules have proved ineffective in making China embrace a market-oriented trade regime, and the United States “erred” in backing China’s entry to the trade body on such terms, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said last week.</p>
<p>Its report came as Trump weighs a series of trade actions against Beijing, including a decision in a “Section 301” investigation into China’s alleged theft of intellectual property, expected in the next few weeks.</p>
<p>Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that since China joined the WTO, it had strictly followed the body’s rules, carried out its obligations and contributed to the development of the multilateral system.</p>
<p>Other countries have benefited from trade with China, which has stuck by the route of reform and opening up and has supported an open global economy, she added.</p>
<p>“I think everyone has seen that it’s precisely the United States’ unilateralist methods, and the sounds it’s made on unilateralism, that are an unprecedented challenge to the multilateral trade system,” Hua told a regular news briefing.</p>
<p>“Many WTO members have already expressed worry about this,” she added.</p>
<p>“So we hope the United States can correctly view China and at the same time take their own actual steps to protect the multilateral trading system.”</p>
<p>China has sought to portray itself as a champion of global trade in the face of Trump’s “America First” policies, despite criticism from foreign businesses, and their governments, that many parts of its market are protected from foreign competition.</p>
<p>Critics also say Chinese industrial policies seek to assimilate and supplant foreign technology.</p>
<p>White House officials have said China has failed to follow through on promises to move toward a market-oriented economy.</p>
<p>Trump told Reuters in an interview last week that he was considering a big “fine” against China for forcing U.S. companies to transfer their intellectual property to China as a cost of doing business there.</p>
<p>In Beijing, many experts believe Washington is unwilling to pay the heavy economic price needed to upset prevailing trade dynamics between the two countries, including China’s record high trade surplus of $275.81 billion with the United States in 2017.</p>
<p>Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina; Editing by Clarence Fernandez</p> Our Standards:
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<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - About 200 people demonstrated in Sacramento on Saturday to protest the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark, in the latest of nearly two weeks of mostly peaceful rallies since the unarmed black man was gunned down in his grandmother’s yard.</p>
<p>Another vigil with about 150 people was held on Saturday night, and a protester was apparently hit by a Sacramento sheriff’s vehicle, according to a video posted on the internet and the Sacramento Bee newspaper.</p>
<p>The video shows the protester apparently hit and then fall to the ground as people screamed. The newspaper said the protester was taken to a hospital by the fire department and later released with bruises.</p>
<p>No officials were available for comment early on Sunday.</p>
<p>Saturday’s demonstration brought together a multi-racial crowd, many holding signs such as “Stop Police Rage” and “Power to the People”. It was led by retired National Basketball Association player Matt Barnes, who grew up in the area and had two stints with the Sacramento Kings franchise.</p>
<p>The death of Clark, a 22-year-old father of two, was the latest in a string of killings of black men by police that have triggered street protests and fueled a renewed national debate about bias in the U.S. criminal justice system.</p>
<p>“We’re here today to raise awareness, to come together peacefully and to have some accountability for the officers, not only in Sacramento but across the country, who have been doing this,” Barnes told the Sacramento Bee.</p>
<p>Some of Clark’s relatives attended the gathering in a city plaza. It followed a more heated protest overnight, during which demonstrators yelled expletives at police clad in riot gear.</p>
<p>Clark was shot on the night of March 18 by police responding to a report that someone was breaking windows. Police said the officers feared he had a gun, but that he was later found to have been holding a cellphone.</p>
<p>Police have said he was moving towards officers in a menacing way. The shooting was captured on a body cam video released by police.</p> Salena Manni (L), fiancee of Stephon Clark, holds their son Cairo and an unidentified man holds son Aiden (2nd R) while Basim Elkarra speaks and Rev Shane Harris listens at a rally in Sacramento, California, U.S., March 31, 2018. REUTERS/Bob Strong NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
<p>On Friday, an attorney for Clark’s family released a private autopsy showing most of the eight bullets that hit Clark struck him in the back, contradicting the police version of events.</p>
<p>Clark was shot six times in the back, once in the side and once in the leg, said the attorney, Benjamin Crump.</p>
<p>“This independent autopsy affirms that Stephon was not a threat to police and was slain in another senseless police killing under increasingly questionable circumstances,” Crump said.</p>
<p>The Sacramento Police Department said it would have no further comment until after the release of the findings of an official autopsy by the county coroner, and a review by state and local prosecutors.</p> Slideshow (14 Images)
<p>In several days of sporadic protests, protesters have blocked traffic and twice delayed fans from reaching games played by the Kings at the Golden 1 Center.</p>
<p>Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles, Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, Rich McKay in Atlanta and Jonathan Allen in New York; Editing Sandra Maler and Alison Williams</p> Our Standards:
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<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s defense minister rejected on Sunday calls for an inquiry into the killing of 15 Palestinians by the military during a Palestinian demonstration that turned violent on Friday at the Gaza-Israel border.</p> Relatives of Palestinian Hamdan Abu Amshah, who was killed along Israel border with Gaza, mourn during his funeral in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern Gaza Strip March 31, 2018. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
<p>Hamas, the dominant Palestinian group in Gaza, said five of the dead were members of its armed wing. Israel said eight of the 15 belonged to Hamas, designated a terrorist group by Israel and the West, and two others came from other militant factions.</p>
<p>U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent investigation into Friday’s bloodshed.</p>
<p>His appeal was echoed by Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Amnesty International, and by Tamar Zandberg, leader of Israel’s left-wing opposition Meretz party.</p> FILE PHOTO: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman arrives ahead of the Yisrael Beitenu faction weekly meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
<p>“Israeli soldiers did what was necessary. I think all our soldiers deserve a medal,” the defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, told Army Radio. “As for a commission of inquiry - there won’t be one.”</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered on Friday along the fenced 65-km (40-mile) frontier, where tents had been erected for a planned six-week protest pressing for a right of return for refugees and their descendents to what is now Israel.</p>
<p>But hundreds ignored calls from organizers and the Israeli military to stay away from the frontier.</p>
<p>The military said some of those who were shot had fired at soldiers, rolled burning tyres and hurled rocks and fire bombs toward the border.</p>
<p>“The use of live ammunition should, in particular, be part of an independent and transparent investigation,” Mogherini said in a statement on Saturday. “While Israel has the right to protect its borders, the use of force must be proportionate at all times.”</p>
<p>The protest is scheduled to culminate on May 15, when Palestinians mark the “Nakba” or “Catastrophe” when hundreds of thousands fled or were driven out of their homes in 1948, when the state of Israel was created.</p> Slideshow (8 Images)
<p>Israel has long ruled out any right of return, fearing it would lose its Jewish majority.</p>
<p>On Saturday, Israeli troops using live ammunition and rubber bullets shot and wounded about 70 Palestinians among demonstrators at the border, Palestinian officials said. Witnesses said stones were thrown at the soldiers.</p>
<p>Israel says Hamas is using the protests to deflect frustration among Gaza’s two million inhabitants over deepening economic hardship.</p>
<p>Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 but, citing security concerns, still tightly controls its land and sea borders. Egypt also keeps its Gaza frontier largely shut.</p>
<p>Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Maayan Lubell and Mark Potter</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - Mexico’s presidential front-runner launches his campaign near the U.S. border on Sunday, amid tension over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to put a wall between the two countries.</p> FILE PHOTO: Leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) addresses the audience during a conference organised by the Mexican Construction Industry Association in Guadalajara, Mexico March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero
<p>As the July 1 election approaches, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and three other candidates will face off over issues including corruption, drug violence and trade.</p>
<p>Here are some facts on the presidential contenders:</p> ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR
<p>Two-time runner-up Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, is running on an anti-corruption platform with his National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party and he has a double-digit lead in opinion polls.</p>
<p>He could usher in a Mexican government less accommodating toward the United States, where Trump has stoked trade tensions with Mexico and aggressively moved to curb immigration. Trump’s pledge to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border was a main theme of his 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.</p>
<p>Variously described as a leftist, a populist and a nationalist, Lopez Obrador, 64, has aimed for a moderate tone in this campaign. His slogan is “peace and love,” and he says he is not looking for revenge against the current government.</p>
<p>But the former Mexico City mayor has also promised to review recently awarded oil contracts and threatened to cancel the capital’s new airport, spooking investors.</p> Ricardo Anaya, presidential candidate for the National Action Party (PAN), leading a left-right coalition, gives a speech to supporters during his campaign rally in Mexico City, Mexico March 31, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero
<p>When he narrowly lost his first presidential bid in 2006, he contested the result and organized a sit-in that closed one of the main thoroughfares in Mexico City for weeks, causing chaos. Lopez Obrador says he has changed since then.</p> RICARDO ANAYA
<p>The youngest of the four presidential candidates, Anaya sprung to prominence when he took over the presidency of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) in 2015.</p>
<p>Born in the small, central state of Queretaro, the 39-year-old career politician helped the party take more than 10 of the country’s governorships for the first time in its history.</p>
<p>His main proposals include a universal minimum income and an international commission to investigate the current government over corruption allegations.</p>
<p>Anaya has been criticized for his frequent trips to Atlanta, where his wife and three children have lived, and over a real estate deal the ruling party said was money laundering.</p>
<p>Anaya denied the allegations.</p>
<p>He joined the PAN as a law student and held several senior positions in the Queretaro state government between 2002 and 2009 before becoming president of the federal lower house in 2013.</p> JOSE ANTONIO MEADE
<p>At the end of 2017, in an attempt to clean up its image and as Lopez Obrador took off in opinion polls, the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) chose a non-member as its candidate for the first time.</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
<p>Meade, 49, has served in five different ministerial jobs, including minister of foreign affairs, social development, energy and finance, under PRI and PAN governments.</p>
<p>His critics blame him for a hike in gasoline prices in 2017 that led to protests across Mexico and spiked inflation, and tie him to corruption accusations at departments he ran. He denies any wrongdoing.</p> MARGARITA ZAVALA
<p>Zavala is the only independent candidate on the ballot after a scandal over falsified signatures knocked out two of her opponents.</p>
<p>The former first lady left the PAN in 2017, in a split with fellow candidate Ricardo Anaya. Mexico City-born Zavala would be Mexico’s first-ever female president.</p>
<p>In the 1990s, Zavala was a lawmaker in the Mexico City assembly and the chief lawyer for the PAN’s executive committee. She was later a federal congresswoman.</p>
<p>She faces criticism for her husband Felipe Calderon’s policy of putting soldiers on the streets when he was president, during a war on drug gangs that saw tens of thousands killed.</p>
<p>If elected, Zavala says she would withdraw the troops.</p>
<p>Reporting by Mexico City Newsroom; editing by Jonathan Oatis</p> Our Standards:
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<p>CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico’s presidential front-runner launches his campaign close to the U.S. border on Sunday amid tension over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to put up a wall between the countries.</p> FILE PHOTO: Leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) addresses the audience during a conference organised by the Mexican Construction Industry Association in Guadalajara, Mexico March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero
<p>If leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins the July 1 election, he is expected to be less accommodating toward Trump than the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which has been lagging in polls because of anger over its failure to contain violence and graft.</p>
<p>His three-month campaign starts in Ciudad Juarez, a tribute to the city’s namesake Benito Juarez, the 19th century Mexican president from indigenous roots whose exiled government resisted a French colonialist intervention from the unruly border city.</p>
<p>Lopez Obrador recently criticized President Enrique Pena Nieto for “governing with recipes sent from abroad,” but he has lately softened his opposition to the government’s policy of allowing foreign investment in the oil industry.</p>
<p>The ruling party candidate trailing in third place, former finance minister Jose Antonio Meade, launches his own campaign on Sunday at the other end of the country in the southeastern town of Merida.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>Second-place Ricardo Anaya began campaigning on Friday.</p>
<p>Silver-haired leftist Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, first ran for president in 2006. He would seek a meeting with Trump “as soon as possible” a senior advisor said, while indicating foreign policy would hew less closely to U.S. regional priorities if he wins.</p>
<p>Trump’s tough trade policies, insults against Mexican migrants and demands for the border wall have angered ordinary Mexicans who see their country as a natural ally of the United States.</p>
<p>Lopez Obrador has made clear U.S.-Mexican relations will remain strong if he wins, while promising to throw Trump a “curve ball” and defend Mexican pride. His unconventional, and at times inconsistent, policy stances have sometimes led to comparisons with the U.S. president.</p>
<p>He supports the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and the United States, but has called for talks started by Trump to renegotiate the deal to be suspended until after the election.</p>
<p>In a possible sign of the moderation Lopez Obrador is keen to project, Ciudad Juarez also harbored another of his heroes — Francisco I. Madero, a wealthy, U.S.-educated, moderate leader of the Mexican revolution who tried to unite conservatives and radicals.</p>
<p>However, the 64-year-old continues to play to his leftist base, attacking the current government over a $13 billion airport project he says is tainted by corruption.</p>
<p>He has promised to “consult the people” on reforms and plans to turn the presidential residence into a cultural center, sell the presidential plane and cut his salary in half.</p>
<p>The candidate’s foreign policy advisor, Hector Vasconcelos, has said U.S. relations should be aimed at bolstering economic cooperation and that the current ties over-emphasize police and military relations.</p>
<p>Vasconcelos also said Mexico would not follow the United States in sanctioning socialist Venezuela, and would refrain from foreign interference to focus on critical problems at home such as violence.</p>
<p>As well as its storied history, in modern times Ciudad Juarez, opposite El Paso in Texas, has been the scene of the murders of hundreds of women, many of them low-salaried workers in export factories.</p>
<p>That horror, mirrored in towns across Mexico during a decade of extreme drug violence, is another reason Lopez Obrador chose the city to start campaigning, an advisor said.</p>
<p>“It is a symbol of the need to heal Mexican pain,” said senior campaign member Tatiana Clouthier.</p>
<p>Angel Perez, 29, a Mexican national who lives in El Paso, said he would attend Sunday’s campaign launch with his wife and two daughters, hopeful that Lopez Obrador will deliver on promises for change.</p>
<p>“I think he has what it takes to put Trump in his place,” he said.</p>
<p>Writing by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Sandra Maler</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
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thomson reuters trust principles sacramento calif reuters 200 people demonstrated sacramento saturday protest fatal police shooting stephon clark latest nearly two weeks mostly peaceful rallies since unarmed black man gunned grandmothers yard another vigil 150 people held saturday night protester apparently hit sacramento sheriffs vehicle according video posted internet sacramento bee newspaper video shows protester apparently hit fall ground people screamed newspaper said protester taken hospital fire department later released bruises officials available comment early sunday saturdays demonstration brought together multiracial crowd many holding signs stop police rage power people led retired national basketball association player matt barnes grew area two stints sacramento kings franchise death clark 22yearold father two latest string killings black men police triggered street protests fueled renewed national debate bias us criminal justice system today raise awareness come together 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circumstances crump said sacramento police department said would comment release findings official autopsy county coroner review state local prosecutors slideshow 14 images several days sporadic protests protesters blocked traffic twice delayed fans reaching games played kings golden 1 center additional reporting alex dobuzinskis los angeles brendan obrien milwaukee rich mckay atlanta jonathan allen new york editing sandra maler alison williams standards thomson reuters trust principles jerusalem reuters israels defense minister rejected sunday calls inquiry killing 15 palestinians military palestinian demonstration turned violent friday gazaisrael border relatives palestinian hamdan abu amshah killed along israel border gaza mourn funeral beit hanoun town northern gaza strip march 31 2018 reuterssuhaib salem hamas dominant palestinian group gaza said five dead members armed wing israel said eight 15 belonged hamas designated terrorist group israel west two others came militant factions un secretarygeneral antonio guterres called independent investigation fridays bloodshed appeal echoed federica mogherini european unions foreign policy chief amnesty international tamar zandberg leader israels leftwing opposition meretz party file photo israeli defence minister avigdor lieberman arrives ahead yisrael beitenu faction weekly meeting knesset israeli parliament jerusalem march 12 2018 reutersronen zvulun israeli soldiers necessary think soldiers deserve medal defense minister avigdor lieberman told army radio commission inquiry wont one tens thousands palestinians gathered friday along fenced 65km 40mile frontier tents erected planned sixweek protest pressing right return refugees descendents israel hundreds ignored calls organizers israeli military stay away frontier military said shot fired soldiers rolled burning tyres hurled rocks fire bombs toward border use live ammunition particular part independent transparent investigation mogherini said statement saturday israel right protect borders use force must proportionate times protest scheduled culminate may 15 palestinians mark nakba catastrophe hundreds thousands fled driven homes 1948 state israel created slideshow 8 images israel long ruled right return fearing would lose jewish majority saturday israeli troops using live ammunition rubber bullets shot wounded 70 palestinians among demonstrators border palestinian officials said witnesses said stones thrown soldiers israel says hamas using protests deflect frustration among gazas two million inhabitants deepening economic hardship israel withdrew gaza 2005 citing security concerns still tightly controls land sea borders egypt also keeps gaza frontier largely shut writing jeffrey heller editing maayan lubell mark potter standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters mexicos presidential frontrunner launches campaign near us border sunday amid tension us president donald trumps plan put wall two countries file photo leftist frontrunner andres manuel lopez obrador national regeneration movement morena addresses audience conference organised mexican construction industry association guadalajara mexico march 23 2018 reutershenry romero july 1 election approaches andres manuel lopez obrador three candidates face issues including corruption drug violence trade facts presidential contenders andres manuel lopez obrador twotime runnerup lopez obrador known amlo running anticorruption platform national regeneration movement morena party doubledigit lead opinion polls could usher mexican government less accommodating toward united states trump stoked trade tensions mexico aggressively moved curb immigration trumps pledge build wall usmexican border main theme 2016 us presidential campaign variously described leftist populist nationalist lopez obrador 64 aimed moderate tone campaign slogan peace love says looking revenge current government former mexico city mayor also promised review recently awarded oil contracts threatened cancel capitals new airport spooking investors ricardo anaya presidential candidate national action party pan leading leftright coalition gives speech supporters campaign rally mexico city mexico march 31 2018 reutershenry romero narrowly lost first presidential bid 2006 contested result organized sitin closed one main thoroughfares mexico city weeks causing chaos lopez obrador says changed since ricardo anaya youngest four presidential candidates anaya sprung prominence took presidency conservative national action party pan 2015 born small central state queretaro 39yearold career politician helped party take 10 countrys governorships first time history main proposals include universal minimum income international commission investigate current government corruption allegations anaya criticized frequent trips atlanta wife three children lived real estate deal ruling party said money laundering anaya denied allegations joined pan law student held several senior positions queretaro state government 2002 2009 becoming president federal lower house 2013 jose antonio meade end 2017 attempt clean image lopez obrador took opinion polls ruling institutional revolutionary party pri chose nonmember candidate first time slideshow 2 images meade 49 served five different ministerial jobs including minister foreign affairs social development energy finance pri pan governments critics blame hike gasoline prices 2017 led protests across mexico spiked inflation tie corruption accusations departments ran denies wrongdoing margarita zavala zavala independent candidate ballot scandal falsified signatures knocked two opponents former first lady left pan 2017 split fellow candidate ricardo anaya mexico cityborn zavala would mexicos firstever female president 1990s zavala lawmaker mexico city assembly chief lawyer pans executive committee later federal congresswoman faces criticism husband felipe calderons policy putting soldiers streets president war drug gangs saw tens thousands killed elected zavala says would withdraw troops reporting mexico city newsroom editing jonathan oatis standards thomson reuters trust principles ciudad juarez mexico reuters mexicos presidential frontrunner launches campaign close us border sunday amid tension us president donald trumps plan put wall countries file photo leftist frontrunner andres manuel lopez obrador national regeneration movement morena addresses audience conference organised mexican construction industry association guadalajara mexico march 23 2018 reutershenry romero leftist andres manuel lopez obrador wins july 1 election expected less accommodating toward trump ruling institutional revolutionary party pri lagging polls anger failure contain violence graft threemonth campaign starts ciudad juarez tribute citys namesake benito juarez 19th century mexican president indigenous roots whose exiled government resisted french colonialist intervention unruly border city lopez obrador recently criticized president enrique pena nieto governing recipes sent abroad lately softened opposition governments policy allowing foreign investment oil industry ruling party candidate trailing third place former finance minister jose antonio meade launches campaign sunday end country southeastern town merida related coverage factbox mexicos presidential candidates start campaigning secondplace ricardo anaya began campaigning friday silverhaired leftist lopez obrador former mexico city mayor first ran president 2006 would seek meeting trump soon possible senior advisor said indicating foreign policy would hew less closely us regional priorities wins trumps tough trade policies insults mexican migrants demands border wall angered ordinary mexicans see country natural ally united states lopez obrador made clear usmexican relations remain strong wins promising throw trump curve ball defend mexican pride unconventional times inconsistent policy stances sometimes led comparisons us president supports north american free trade agreement nafta canada united states called talks started trump renegotiate deal suspended election possible sign moderation lopez obrador keen project ciudad juarez also harbored another heroes francisco madero wealthy useducated moderate leader mexican revolution tried unite conservatives radicals however 64yearold continues play leftist base attacking current government 13 billion airport project says tainted corruption promised consult people reforms plans turn presidential residence cultural center sell presidential plane cut salary half candidates foreign policy advisor hector vasconcelos said us relations aimed bolstering economic cooperation current ties overemphasize police military relations vasconcelos also said mexico would follow united states sanctioning socialist venezuela would refrain foreign interference focus critical problems home violence well storied history modern times ciudad juarez opposite el paso texas scene murders hundreds women many lowsalaried workers export factories horror mirrored towns across mexico decade extreme drug violence another reason lopez obrador chose city start campaigning advisor said symbol need heal mexican pain said senior campaign member tatiana clouthier angel perez 29 mexican national lives el paso said would attend sundays campaign launch wife two daughters hopeful lopez obrador deliver promises change think takes put trump place said writing daina beth solomon editing frank jack daniel sandra maler standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Officials in Venezuela confirmed Tuesday that a rebellious police officer who led a brazen helicopter attack in Caracas last year was among those killed in a violent shootout with security forces.</p>
<p>Oscar Perez was among the seven who died fighting against police and soldiers Monday in a small mountain community outside of Caracas, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said.</p>
<p>Two police officers were killed and eight others gravely injured, he said.</p>
<p>"The terrorist acts committed by this terrorist cell showed the destabilizing objectives that they were pursuing," Reverol said.</p>
<p>Opposition lawmakers and human rights groups called for a transparent investigation into the deaths after video images showed Perez shouting over gunfire that they wished to surrender.</p>
<p>"We're going to turn ourselves in!" Perez said in the video.</p>
<p>A former police officer, action-movie star and pilot, Perez leaped into the spotlight in June, when he stole a helicopter and used it to lob grenades and fire at two government buildings in Caracas. Nobody was killed in the attack.</p>
<p>Perez, 36, had been one of Venezuela's most wanted fugitives ever since, periodically posting videos on Instagram calling upon Venezuelans to take to the streets against what he called President Nicolas Maduro's tyrannical government.</p>
<p>Perez claimed that he was fighting for Venezuela's freedom from a government that is starving its people. He garnered tens of thousands of followers online and has piqued the curiosity of Venezuelans who either hail him as hero, condemn him as a criminal or question if he might be a ruse to support Maduro's assertion that the nation is under attack by opposition conspirators.</p>
<p>In December, Perez posted videos showing him and a small armed band taking over a military outpost and smashing a portrait of Maduro with his foot. Perez and the assailants berated several detained guardsmen for doing nothing to help their fellow citizens.</p>
<p>Perez surfaced online again early Monday in videos — blood dripping across his face — and holed up in a mountainside house. Perez shouted over a spray of gunfire that the group wished to surrender, but that the police outside were set on killing them.</p>
<p>"I want to ask Venezuela not to lose heart — fight, take to the streets," he said. "It is time for us to be free, and only you have the power now."</p>
<p>Reverol said that an intense search finally led security forces to the house. Perez's group opened fire first, requiring a response from authorities, he said.</p>
<p>Troops arrested another six people identified as members, collaborators and financiers of the group. They also confiscated rifles, smoke grenades, military uniforms, ammunition, and a pickup, officials said.</p>
<p>Mystery surrounded Perez's fate for nearly 24 hours as officials remained silent until the announcement on state television that he was among the dead.</p>
<p>The Venezuelan Program of Education and Action on Human Rights has called for the government to provide a full report. The opposition-controlled National Assembly early Tuesday formed a special commission to conduct its own investigation.</p>
<p>"How is it possible that while surrendering, they riddled him with bullets?" said Delsa Solorzano, National Assembly deputy assigned to head the commission.</p>
<p>Solorzano called for the government turn the bodies over to relatives rather than cremate them, allowing for a transparent investigation.</p>
<p>CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Officials in Venezuela confirmed Tuesday that a rebellious police officer who led a brazen helicopter attack in Caracas last year was among those killed in a violent shootout with security forces.</p>
<p>Oscar Perez was among the seven who died fighting against police and soldiers Monday in a small mountain community outside of Caracas, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said.</p>
<p>Two police officers were killed and eight others gravely injured, he said.</p>
<p>"The terrorist acts committed by this terrorist cell showed the destabilizing objectives that they were pursuing," Reverol said.</p>
<p>Opposition lawmakers and human rights groups called for a transparent investigation into the deaths after video images showed Perez shouting over gunfire that they wished to surrender.</p>
<p>"We're going to turn ourselves in!" Perez said in the video.</p>
<p>A former police officer, action-movie star and pilot, Perez leaped into the spotlight in June, when he stole a helicopter and used it to lob grenades and fire at two government buildings in Caracas. Nobody was killed in the attack.</p>
<p>Perez, 36, had been one of Venezuela's most wanted fugitives ever since, periodically posting videos on Instagram calling upon Venezuelans to take to the streets against what he called President Nicolas Maduro's tyrannical government.</p>
<p>Perez claimed that he was fighting for Venezuela's freedom from a government that is starving its people. He garnered tens of thousands of followers online and has piqued the curiosity of Venezuelans who either hail him as hero, condemn him as a criminal or question if he might be a ruse to support Maduro's assertion that the nation is under attack by opposition conspirators.</p>
<p>In December, Perez posted videos showing him and a small armed band taking over a military outpost and smashing a portrait of Maduro with his foot. Perez and the assailants berated several detained guardsmen for doing nothing to help their fellow citizens.</p>
<p>Perez surfaced online again early Monday in videos — blood dripping across his face — and holed up in a mountainside house. Perez shouted over a spray of gunfire that the group wished to surrender, but that the police outside were set on killing them.</p>
<p>"I want to ask Venezuela not to lose heart — fight, take to the streets," he said. "It is time for us to be free, and only you have the power now."</p>
<p>Reverol said that an intense search finally led security forces to the house. Perez's group opened fire first, requiring a response from authorities, he said.</p>
<p>Troops arrested another six people identified as members, collaborators and financiers of the group. They also confiscated rifles, smoke grenades, military uniforms, ammunition, and a pickup, officials said.</p>
<p>Mystery surrounded Perez's fate for nearly 24 hours as officials remained silent until the announcement on state television that he was among the dead.</p>
<p>The Venezuelan Program of Education and Action on Human Rights has called for the government to provide a full report. The opposition-controlled National Assembly early Tuesday formed a special commission to conduct its own investigation.</p>
<p>"How is it possible that while surrendering, they riddled him with bullets?" said Delsa Solorzano, National Assembly deputy assigned to head the commission.</p>
<p>Solorzano called for the government turn the bodies over to relatives rather than cremate them, allowing for a transparent investigation.</p>
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caracas venezuela ap officials venezuela confirmed tuesday rebellious police officer led brazen helicopter attack caracas last year among killed violent shootout security forces oscar perez among seven died fighting police soldiers monday small mountain community outside caracas interior minister nestor reverol said two police officers killed eight others gravely injured said terrorist acts committed terrorist cell showed destabilizing objectives pursuing reverol said opposition lawmakers human rights groups called transparent investigation deaths video images showed perez shouting gunfire wished surrender going turn perez said video former police officer actionmovie star pilot perez leaped spotlight june stole helicopter used lob grenades fire two government buildings caracas nobody killed attack perez 36 one venezuelas wanted fugitives ever since periodically posting videos instagram calling upon venezuelans take streets called president nicolas maduros tyrannical government perez claimed fighting venezuelas freedom government starving people garnered tens thousands followers online piqued curiosity venezuelans either hail hero condemn criminal question might ruse support maduros assertion nation attack opposition conspirators december perez posted videos showing small armed band taking military outpost smashing portrait maduro foot perez assailants berated several detained guardsmen nothing help fellow citizens perez surfaced online early monday videos blood dripping across face holed mountainside house perez shouted spray gunfire group wished surrender police outside set killing want ask venezuela lose heart fight take streets said time us free power reverol said intense search finally led security forces house perezs group opened fire first requiring response authorities said troops arrested another six people identified members collaborators financiers group also confiscated rifles smoke grenades military uniforms ammunition pickup officials said mystery surrounded perezs fate nearly 24 hours officials remained silent announcement state television among dead venezuelan program education action human rights called government provide full report oppositioncontrolled national assembly early tuesday formed special commission conduct investigation possible surrendering riddled bullets said delsa solorzano national assembly deputy assigned head commission solorzano called government turn bodies relatives rather cremate allowing transparent investigation caracas venezuela ap officials venezuela confirmed tuesday rebellious police officer led brazen helicopter attack caracas last year among killed violent shootout security forces oscar perez among seven died fighting police soldiers monday small mountain community outside caracas interior minister nestor reverol said two police officers killed eight others gravely injured said terrorist acts committed terrorist cell showed destabilizing objectives pursuing reverol said opposition lawmakers human rights groups called transparent investigation deaths video images showed perez shouting gunfire wished surrender going turn perez said video former police officer actionmovie star pilot perez leaped spotlight june stole helicopter used lob grenades fire two government buildings caracas nobody killed attack perez 36 one venezuelas wanted fugitives ever since periodically posting videos instagram calling upon venezuelans take streets called president nicolas maduros tyrannical government perez claimed fighting venezuelas freedom government starving people garnered tens thousands followers online piqued curiosity venezuelans either hail hero condemn criminal question might ruse support maduros assertion nation attack opposition conspirators december perez posted videos showing small armed band taking military outpost smashing portrait maduro foot perez assailants berated several detained guardsmen nothing help fellow citizens perez surfaced online early monday videos blood dripping across face holed mountainside house perez shouted spray gunfire group wished surrender police outside set killing want ask venezuela lose heart fight take streets said time us free power reverol said intense search finally led security forces house perezs group opened fire first requiring response authorities said troops arrested another six people identified members collaborators financiers group also confiscated rifles smoke grenades military uniforms ammunition pickup officials said mystery surrounded perezs fate nearly 24 hours officials remained silent announcement state television among dead venezuelan program education action human rights called government provide full report oppositioncontrolled national assembly early tuesday formed special commission conduct investigation possible surrendering riddled bullets said delsa solorzano national assembly deputy assigned head commission solorzano called government turn bodies relatives rather cremate allowing transparent investigation
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<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Geno Smith is making a pitch for a much-improved third NFL season.</p>
<p>The New York Jets quarterback trained with former major league pitcher Tom House in California recently, looking to put the struggles of his first two years behind him.</p>
<p>Smith, expected to compete with Ryan Fitzpatrick for the starting quarterback job, worked with House along with Jets wide receivers Quincy Enunwa and Shaq Evans. House, widely regarded as an innovative pitching coach, has also tutored several NFL quarterbacks over the years, including Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton, Alex Smith and Tim Tebow.</p>
<p>"I heard about his name a few times when I was coming out of college and I always thought about working with him, but just never really had an opportunity," Smith said during a conference call after the Jets' first voluntary workout Monday. "This past offseason, I had the opportunity to work with him and was very pleased in the work that we were able to do and the progress I made."</p>
<p>While Smith didn't go into specifics about the workouts with House, he said there was no overhaul to his mechanics.</p>
<p>"It wasn't a thing where I needed to change things," Smith said. "It was basically just going out there to work out and get better, and that's what we accomplished."</p>
<p>Smith has thrown 25 touchdowns in his first two seasons, but has also tossed 34 interceptions with a dismal career quarterback rating of 71.5. Because of that inconsistency, the quarterback position remains an uncertainty for the Jets — despite Smith throwing for 358 yards and three touchdowns with a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3 in the season-ending win at Miami.</p>
<p>"There's a ton of potential there," center Nick Mangold said of Smith.</p>
<p>New coach Todd Bowles recently said the team would like to add another player to the quarterback mix for new offensive coordinator Chan Gailey's system that includes Smith, Fitzpatrick and Matt Simms. New York could focus on another quarterback in free agency, or opt to draft one, namely Oregon's Marcus Mariota, with the No. 6 pick.</p>
<p>"Well, whoever we draft is going to obviously be someone who's going to help out this team," Smith said.</p>
<p>For now, Smith is expected to take the bulk of snaps with the starters since Fitzpatrick won't be fully cleared for practice until training camp after breaking his leg in a game with Houston last season. Smith said the coaches haven't spoken definitively about his role, and he danced around a question as to whether the next few months are vital for him and his future with the franchise.</p>
<p>"Every offseason has been important for me," he said. "I take it upon myself to work hard and try to improve myself every way I possibly can. This offseason was no different than any other. I worked extremely hard and did my best to get better."</p>
<p>Part of that was working out in Florida a few weeks ago with recently acquired wide receiver Brandon Marshall.</p>
<p>"We really just talked over things and ran through routes," Smith said, "and started to develop a chemistry and a bond with one another."</p>
<p>Smith said he and Gailey have spoken briefly about the basics of his offense, including running the huddle, his cadence and a few routes. The quarterback also acknowledged that Fitzpatrick has a greater familiarity with Gailey's offense from their days together in Buffalo, but added that the veteran has already been willing to help him pick up the system.</p>
<p>"As of right now, I'm just focusing on getting better every single day, and relishing every single opportunity that I have," Smith said. "Today's only Day 1, Phase 1."</p>
<p>NOTES: Mangold on Bowles: "We got to see him up in front of the team this morning, and he's got great passion." ... Mangold on Rex Ryan moving from the Jets to the AFC East-rival Buffalo Bills: "Obviously, I'm happy for Rex and I'm excited for him and hope that he does well — but not that well." ... WR Jeremy Kerley said Gailey's offense can be "explosive" and "different," and added, "different can be good."</p>
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<p>AP NFL websites: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Geno Smith is making a pitch for a much-improved third NFL season.</p>
<p>The New York Jets quarterback trained with former major league pitcher Tom House in California recently, looking to put the struggles of his first two years behind him.</p>
<p>Smith, expected to compete with Ryan Fitzpatrick for the starting quarterback job, worked with House along with Jets wide receivers Quincy Enunwa and Shaq Evans. House, widely regarded as an innovative pitching coach, has also tutored several NFL quarterbacks over the years, including Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton, Alex Smith and Tim Tebow.</p>
<p>"I heard about his name a few times when I was coming out of college and I always thought about working with him, but just never really had an opportunity," Smith said during a conference call after the Jets' first voluntary workout Monday. "This past offseason, I had the opportunity to work with him and was very pleased in the work that we were able to do and the progress I made."</p>
<p>While Smith didn't go into specifics about the workouts with House, he said there was no overhaul to his mechanics.</p>
<p>"It wasn't a thing where I needed to change things," Smith said. "It was basically just going out there to work out and get better, and that's what we accomplished."</p>
<p>Smith has thrown 25 touchdowns in his first two seasons, but has also tossed 34 interceptions with a dismal career quarterback rating of 71.5. Because of that inconsistency, the quarterback position remains an uncertainty for the Jets — despite Smith throwing for 358 yards and three touchdowns with a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3 in the season-ending win at Miami.</p>
<p>"There's a ton of potential there," center Nick Mangold said of Smith.</p>
<p>New coach Todd Bowles recently said the team would like to add another player to the quarterback mix for new offensive coordinator Chan Gailey's system that includes Smith, Fitzpatrick and Matt Simms. New York could focus on another quarterback in free agency, or opt to draft one, namely Oregon's Marcus Mariota, with the No. 6 pick.</p>
<p>"Well, whoever we draft is going to obviously be someone who's going to help out this team," Smith said.</p>
<p>For now, Smith is expected to take the bulk of snaps with the starters since Fitzpatrick won't be fully cleared for practice until training camp after breaking his leg in a game with Houston last season. Smith said the coaches haven't spoken definitively about his role, and he danced around a question as to whether the next few months are vital for him and his future with the franchise.</p>
<p>"Every offseason has been important for me," he said. "I take it upon myself to work hard and try to improve myself every way I possibly can. This offseason was no different than any other. I worked extremely hard and did my best to get better."</p>
<p>Part of that was working out in Florida a few weeks ago with recently acquired wide receiver Brandon Marshall.</p>
<p>"We really just talked over things and ran through routes," Smith said, "and started to develop a chemistry and a bond with one another."</p>
<p>Smith said he and Gailey have spoken briefly about the basics of his offense, including running the huddle, his cadence and a few routes. The quarterback also acknowledged that Fitzpatrick has a greater familiarity with Gailey's offense from their days together in Buffalo, but added that the veteran has already been willing to help him pick up the system.</p>
<p>"As of right now, I'm just focusing on getting better every single day, and relishing every single opportunity that I have," Smith said. "Today's only Day 1, Phase 1."</p>
<p>NOTES: Mangold on Bowles: "We got to see him up in front of the team this morning, and he's got great passion." ... Mangold on Rex Ryan moving from the Jets to the AFC East-rival Buffalo Bills: "Obviously, I'm happy for Rex and I'm excited for him and hope that he does well — but not that well." ... WR Jeremy Kerley said Gailey's offense can be "explosive" and "different," and added, "different can be good."</p>
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<p>AP NFL websites: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL</p>
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new york ap geno smith making pitch muchimproved third nfl season new york jets quarterback trained former major league pitcher tom house california recently looking put struggles first two years behind smith expected compete ryan fitzpatrick starting quarterback job worked house along jets wide receivers quincy enunwa shaq evans house widely regarded innovative pitching coach also tutored several nfl quarterbacks years including tom brady drew brees carson palmer andy dalton alex smith tim tebow heard name times coming college always thought working never really opportunity smith said conference call jets first voluntary workout monday past offseason opportunity work pleased work able progress made smith didnt go specifics workouts house said overhaul mechanics wasnt thing needed change things smith said basically going work get better thats accomplished smith thrown 25 touchdowns first two seasons also tossed 34 interceptions dismal career quarterback rating 715 inconsistency quarterback position remains uncertainty jets despite smith throwing 358 yards three touchdowns perfect quarterback rating 1583 seasonending win miami theres ton potential center nick mangold said smith new coach todd bowles recently said team would like add another player quarterback mix new offensive coordinator chan gaileys system includes smith fitzpatrick matt simms new york could focus another quarterback free agency opt draft one namely oregons marcus mariota 6 pick well whoever draft going obviously someone whos going help team smith said smith expected take bulk snaps starters since fitzpatrick wont fully cleared practice training camp breaking leg game houston last season smith said coaches havent spoken definitively role danced around question whether next months vital future franchise every offseason important said take upon work hard try improve every way possibly offseason different worked extremely hard best get better part working florida weeks ago recently acquired wide receiver brandon marshall really talked things ran routes smith said started develop chemistry bond one another smith said gailey spoken briefly basics offense including running huddle cadence routes quarterback also acknowledged fitzpatrick greater familiarity gaileys offense days together buffalo added veteran already willing help pick system right im focusing getting better every single day relishing every single opportunity smith said todays day 1 phase 1 notes mangold bowles got see front team morning hes got great passion mangold rex ryan moving jets afc eastrival buffalo bills obviously im happy rex im excited hope well well wr jeremy kerley said gaileys offense explosive different added different good ___ ap nfl websites httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl new york ap geno smith making pitch muchimproved third nfl season new york jets quarterback trained former major league pitcher tom house california recently looking put struggles first two years behind smith expected compete ryan fitzpatrick starting quarterback job worked house along jets wide receivers quincy enunwa shaq evans house widely regarded innovative pitching coach also tutored several nfl quarterbacks years including tom brady drew brees carson palmer andy dalton alex smith tim tebow heard name times coming college always thought working never really opportunity smith said conference call jets first voluntary workout monday past offseason opportunity work pleased work able progress made smith didnt go specifics workouts house said overhaul mechanics wasnt thing needed change things smith said basically going work get better thats accomplished smith thrown 25 touchdowns first two seasons also tossed 34 interceptions dismal career quarterback rating 715 inconsistency quarterback position remains uncertainty jets despite smith throwing 358 yards three touchdowns perfect quarterback rating 1583 seasonending win miami theres ton potential center nick mangold said smith new coach todd bowles recently said team would like add another player quarterback mix new offensive coordinator chan gaileys system includes smith fitzpatrick matt simms new york could focus another quarterback free agency opt draft one namely oregons marcus mariota 6 pick well whoever draft going obviously someone whos going help team smith said smith expected take bulk snaps starters since fitzpatrick wont fully cleared practice training camp breaking leg game houston last season smith said coaches havent spoken definitively role danced around question whether next months vital future franchise every offseason important said take upon work hard try improve every way possibly offseason different worked extremely hard best get better part working florida weeks ago recently acquired wide receiver brandon marshall really talked things ran routes smith said started develop chemistry bond one another smith said gailey spoken briefly basics offense including running huddle cadence routes quarterback also acknowledged fitzpatrick greater familiarity gaileys offense days together buffalo added veteran already willing help pick system right im focusing getting better every single day relishing every single opportunity smith said todays day 1 phase 1 notes mangold bowles got see front team morning hes got great passion mangold rex ryan moving jets afc eastrival buffalo bills obviously im happy rex im excited hope well well wr jeremy kerley said gaileys offense explosive different added different good ___ ap nfl websites httpwwwpro32aporg httpwwwtwittercomap_nfl
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<p>The hours move slowly in “ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9AYPxH5NTM" type="external">Call Me By Your Name</a> .”</p>
<p>It’s summertime in Northern Italy in 1983 on a secluded 17th century villa, where life among the antiquities is beautifully tranquil and nothing is ever pressing. There is time to read the paper in the morning, while delicately picking at a soft-boiled egg. There is time to dally around with the locals at the lake for endless stretches or pop into a card game while in town “running errands.” Shirts are optional, shoes are too, bathing suits are a wardrobe staple and naps are a way of life. No one is ever making grocery runs or stressing about what to have for dinner (that’s the cook’s job). Even the flies are serene.</p>
<p>This is life for a precocious 17-year-old, Elio (Timothee Chalamet), his Greco-Roman professor father (Michael Stuhlbarg) and translator mother (Amira Casar) in Luca Guadagnino’s unabashedly beautiful and subtly powerful adaptation of Andre Aciman’s novel of first love and burgeoning sexuality. His father has enlisted, as he always does, a research assistant for the summer. This year’s model is Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old American graduate student who is comically sculpted and handsome, preternaturally confident and disarmingly intelligent.</p>
<p>Oliver doesn’t look 24, however. He looks like a grown man, which makes Elio, whose skinny, stretched frame can barely fill out his denim shorts and polo shirts, look even younger.</p>
<p>The exaggerated physical incongruities only highlight the rift in emotional maturity between Elio and Oliver, whose flirtation intensifies from imperceptible to full flung over the course of Oliver’s time with the Perlman family. Oliver teases, Elio resists, and the desire eventually manifests itself into a beautiful and tastefully sensual physical relationship.</p>
<p>Chalamet, with his sleepy eyes and gawky-confident gait, gets the role of a lifetime in Elio. His performance is one that is so lived-in and naturalistic that its impact almost catches you off guard. Hammer is very good too as an effortlessly charming specimen who knows how to use his inherently charismatic presence to make everyone fall in love with him.</p>
<p>“Call Me by Your Name” can be a bit of a sleeper at times. Knowing conversations about the curves of Greek statues or the origins of the word “apricot” can feel indulgent and obvious in James Ivory’s script. And there is that ever-present fog of the enormous wealth of everyone involved — the “good” kind of wealth, a Platonic ideal of Persol sunglasses, rumpled Ralph Lauren t-shirts, and the daily pursuit of leisure, sport and knowledge. It can be a little much, but, like all of Guadagnino’s films (“A Bigger Splash,” ″I Am Love”), it is certainly pretty to look at.</p>
<p>And it’s an aesthetic journey that pays off in a stunning third act when the endless summer quickens to light speed and is gone in a flash.</p>
<p>“We wasted so many days,” Elio says to Oliver, finally recognizing that life will not always be languid afternoons by the lake, and regretful of how long it took for him to realize what he wanted. And, just like that, you start to feel wistful along with the characters — mourning the moment as it’s happening.</p>
<p>It’s all building up to the two scenes of the movie, the ones that will contextualize and poeticize everything that came before it. First, an all-timer monologue from father to son that serves as a kind of thesis for the film, and, really, life.</p>
<p>Then, the final shot, which will stop you cold and gnaw at your heart for days (and probably longer), until you pick yourself up and take yourself back to the movies to spend the summer again with Elio and Oliver. The characters might not be able to go back and relive those idle days, but we can.</p>
<p>“Call Me By Your Name,” a Sony Pictures Classics release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sexual content, nudity and some language.” Running time: 132 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.</p>
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<p>MPAA Definition of R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.</p>
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<p>Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ldbahr" type="external">www.twitter.com/ldbahr</a></p>
<p>The hours move slowly in “ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9AYPxH5NTM" type="external">Call Me By Your Name</a> .”</p>
<p>It’s summertime in Northern Italy in 1983 on a secluded 17th century villa, where life among the antiquities is beautifully tranquil and nothing is ever pressing. There is time to read the paper in the morning, while delicately picking at a soft-boiled egg. There is time to dally around with the locals at the lake for endless stretches or pop into a card game while in town “running errands.” Shirts are optional, shoes are too, bathing suits are a wardrobe staple and naps are a way of life. No one is ever making grocery runs or stressing about what to have for dinner (that’s the cook’s job). Even the flies are serene.</p>
<p>This is life for a precocious 17-year-old, Elio (Timothee Chalamet), his Greco-Roman professor father (Michael Stuhlbarg) and translator mother (Amira Casar) in Luca Guadagnino’s unabashedly beautiful and subtly powerful adaptation of Andre Aciman’s novel of first love and burgeoning sexuality. His father has enlisted, as he always does, a research assistant for the summer. This year’s model is Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old American graduate student who is comically sculpted and handsome, preternaturally confident and disarmingly intelligent.</p>
<p>Oliver doesn’t look 24, however. He looks like a grown man, which makes Elio, whose skinny, stretched frame can barely fill out his denim shorts and polo shirts, look even younger.</p>
<p>The exaggerated physical incongruities only highlight the rift in emotional maturity between Elio and Oliver, whose flirtation intensifies from imperceptible to full flung over the course of Oliver’s time with the Perlman family. Oliver teases, Elio resists, and the desire eventually manifests itself into a beautiful and tastefully sensual physical relationship.</p>
<p>Chalamet, with his sleepy eyes and gawky-confident gait, gets the role of a lifetime in Elio. His performance is one that is so lived-in and naturalistic that its impact almost catches you off guard. Hammer is very good too as an effortlessly charming specimen who knows how to use his inherently charismatic presence to make everyone fall in love with him.</p>
<p>“Call Me by Your Name” can be a bit of a sleeper at times. Knowing conversations about the curves of Greek statues or the origins of the word “apricot” can feel indulgent and obvious in James Ivory’s script. And there is that ever-present fog of the enormous wealth of everyone involved — the “good” kind of wealth, a Platonic ideal of Persol sunglasses, rumpled Ralph Lauren t-shirts, and the daily pursuit of leisure, sport and knowledge. It can be a little much, but, like all of Guadagnino’s films (“A Bigger Splash,” ″I Am Love”), it is certainly pretty to look at.</p>
<p>And it’s an aesthetic journey that pays off in a stunning third act when the endless summer quickens to light speed and is gone in a flash.</p>
<p>“We wasted so many days,” Elio says to Oliver, finally recognizing that life will not always be languid afternoons by the lake, and regretful of how long it took for him to realize what he wanted. And, just like that, you start to feel wistful along with the characters — mourning the moment as it’s happening.</p>
<p>It’s all building up to the two scenes of the movie, the ones that will contextualize and poeticize everything that came before it. First, an all-timer monologue from father to son that serves as a kind of thesis for the film, and, really, life.</p>
<p>Then, the final shot, which will stop you cold and gnaw at your heart for days (and probably longer), until you pick yourself up and take yourself back to the movies to spend the summer again with Elio and Oliver. The characters might not be able to go back and relive those idle days, but we can.</p>
<p>“Call Me By Your Name,” a Sony Pictures Classics release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sexual content, nudity and some language.” Running time: 132 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.</p>
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<p>MPAA Definition of R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.</p>
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<p>Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ldbahr" type="external">www.twitter.com/ldbahr</a></p>
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shirts look even younger exaggerated physical incongruities highlight rift emotional maturity elio oliver whose flirtation intensifies imperceptible full flung course olivers time perlman family oliver teases elio resists desire eventually manifests beautiful tastefully sensual physical relationship chalamet sleepy eyes gawkyconfident gait gets role lifetime elio performance one livedin naturalistic impact almost catches guard hammer good effortlessly charming specimen knows use inherently charismatic presence make everyone fall love call name bit sleeper times knowing conversations curves greek statues origins word apricot feel indulgent obvious james ivorys script everpresent fog enormous wealth everyone involved good kind wealth platonic ideal persol sunglasses rumpled ralph lauren tshirts daily pursuit leisure sport knowledge little much like guadagninos films bigger splash love certainly pretty look aesthetic journey pays stunning third act endless summer quickens light speed gone flash wasted many days elio says oliver finally recognizing life always languid afternoons lake regretful long took realize wanted like start feel wistful along characters mourning moment happening building two scenes movie ones contextualize poeticize everything came first alltimer monologue father son serves kind thesis film really life final shot stop cold gnaw heart days probably longer pick take back movies spend summer elio oliver characters might able go back relive idle days call name sony pictures classics release rated r motion picture association america sexual content nudity language running time 132 minutes three half stars four ___ mpaa definition r restricted 17 requires accompanying parent adult guardian ___ follow ap film writer lindsey bahr twitter wwwtwittercomldbahr hours move slowly call name summertime northern italy 1983 secluded 17th century villa life among antiquities beautifully tranquil nothing ever pressing time read paper morning delicately picking softboiled egg time dally around locals lake endless stretches pop card game town running errands shirts optional shoes bathing suits wardrobe staple naps way life one ever making grocery runs stressing dinner thats cooks job even flies serene life precocious 17yearold elio timothee chalamet grecoroman professor father michael stuhlbarg translator mother amira casar luca guadagninos unabashedly beautiful subtly powerful adaptation andre acimans novel first love burgeoning sexuality father enlisted always research assistant summer years model oliver armie hammer 24yearold american graduate student comically sculpted handsome preternaturally confident disarmingly intelligent oliver doesnt look 24 however looks like grown man makes elio whose skinny stretched frame barely fill denim shorts polo shirts look even younger exaggerated physical incongruities highlight rift emotional maturity elio oliver whose flirtation intensifies imperceptible full flung course olivers time perlman family oliver teases elio resists desire eventually manifests beautiful tastefully sensual physical relationship chalamet sleepy eyes gawkyconfident gait gets role lifetime elio performance one livedin naturalistic impact almost catches guard hammer good effortlessly charming specimen knows use inherently charismatic presence make everyone fall love call name bit sleeper times knowing conversations curves greek statues origins word apricot feel indulgent obvious james ivorys script everpresent fog enormous wealth everyone involved good kind wealth platonic ideal persol sunglasses rumpled ralph lauren tshirts daily pursuit leisure sport knowledge little much like guadagninos films bigger splash love certainly pretty look aesthetic journey pays stunning third act endless summer quickens light speed gone flash wasted many days elio says oliver finally recognizing life always languid afternoons lake regretful long took realize wanted like start feel wistful along characters mourning moment happening building two scenes movie ones contextualize poeticize everything came first alltimer monologue father son serves kind thesis film really life final shot stop cold gnaw heart days probably longer pick take back movies spend summer elio oliver characters might able go back relive idle days call name sony pictures classics release rated r motion picture association america sexual content nudity language running time 132 minutes three half stars four ___ mpaa definition r restricted 17 requires accompanying parent adult guardian ___ follow ap film writer lindsey bahr twitter wwwtwittercomldbahr
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<p>SOMERSET, N.J. — President Donald Trump denounced protests by NFL players and rescinded a White House invitation for NBA champion Stephen Curry in a two-day rant that targeted top professional athletes and brought swift condemnation from league executives and star players alike on Saturday.</p>
<p>Wading into thorny issues of race and politics, Trump’s comments in a Friday night speech and a series of Saturday tweets drew sharp responses from some of the nation’s top athletes, with LeBron James calling the president a “bum.”</p>
<p>Trump started by announcing that Curry, the immensely popular two-time MVP for the Golden State Warriors, would not be welcome at the White House for the commemorative visit traditionally made by championship teams after Curry indicated he didn’t want to come. Later, Trump reiterated what he said at a rally in Alabama the previous night — that NFL players who kneel for the national anthem should be fired.</p>
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<p>The Warriors said it was made clear to them that they were not welcome at the White House.</p>
<p>Curry had said he did not want to go anyway, but the Warriors had not made a collective decision before Saturday — and had planned to discuss it in the morning before the president’s tweet, to which coach Steve Kerr said : “Not surprised. He was going to break up with us before we could break up with him.”</p>
<p>Others had far stronger reactions.</p>
<p>“U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going!” James tweeted in a clear message to the president — a post that Twitter officials said was quickly shared many more times than any other he’s sent. “So therefore ain’t no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!”</p>
<p>Curry appreciated James’ strong stance.</p>
<p>“That’s a pretty strong statement,” Curry said. “I think it’s bold, it’s courageous for any guy to speak up, let alone a guy that has as much to lose as LeBron does and other notable figures in the league. We all have to kind of stand as one the best we can. For me, the questions how things have gone all summer if I wanted to go to the White House or not, I told you yesterday being very transparent what my vote would have been in a meeting had we had one, based on just trying to let people know I didn’t want to be applauded for an accomplishment on the court when the guy that would be doing the patting on the back is somebody I don’t think respects the majority of Americans in this country.”</p>
<p>James also released a video Saturday, saying Trump has tried to divide the country. “He’s now using sports as the platform to try to divide us,” James said. “We all know how much sports brings us together. … It’s not something I can be quiet about.”</p>
<p>The Warriors said that when they go to Washington this season they will instead “celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion — the values that we embrace as an organization.” General manager Bob Myers said he was surprised by the invitation being pulled.</p>
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<p>“The White House visit should be something that is celebrated,” Myers said. “So we want to go to Washington, D.C., and do something to commemorate kind of who we are as an organization, what we feel, what we represent and at the same time spend our energy on that. Instead of looking backward, we want to look forward.”</p>
<p>Added Kerr after his team’s first practice of the season, “These are not normal times.”</p>
<p>As a candidate and as president, Trump’s approach has at times seemed to inflame racial tensions in a deeply divided country while emboldening groups long in the shadows. Little more than a month ago, Trump came under fire for his response to a white supremacists’ protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump also pardoned Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, who had been found guilty of defying a judge’s order to stop racially profiling Latinos.</p>
<p>Trump’s latest entry into the intersection of sports and politics started in Alabama on Friday night, when he said NFL players who refused to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner” are exhibiting a “total disrespect of our heritage.”</p>
<p>Several NFL players, starting last season with then-San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick, have either knelt, sat or raised fists during the anthem to protest police treatment of blacks and social injustice. Last week at NFL games, four players sat or knelt during the anthem, and two raised fists while others stood by the protesters in support.</p>
<p>“That’s a total disrespect of everything that we stand for,” Trump said, encouraging owners to act. He added, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, you’d say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired.”</p>
<p>On Saturday, Trump echoed his stance.</p>
<p>“If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL, or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the National Anthem,” Trump tweeted. “If not, YOU’RE FIRED. Find something else to do!”</p>
<p>Trump has enjoyed strong support from NFL owners, with at least seven of them donating $1 million each to Trump’s inaugural committee. They include New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft, who Trump considers a friend.</p>
<p>NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell strongly backed the players and criticized Trump for “an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL” while several team owners issued similar statements. New York Giants owners John Mara and Steve Tisch said the comments were inappropriate and offensive. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, who has supported the players who have knelt, said the country “needs unifying leadership right now, not more divisiveness,” and San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York ripped Trump’s comments as “callous.”</p>
<p>Plenty of other current and former stars from across sports weighed in Saturday. Richard Sherman of Seattle Seahawks said the president’s behavior is “unacceptable and needs to be addressed.”</p>
<p>In his Friday remarks, Trump also bemoaned what he called a decline in violence in football, noting that it’s “not the same game” because players are now either penalized or thrown out of games for aggressive tackles.</p>
<p>“No man or woman should ever have to choose a job that forces them to surrender their rights,” DeMaurice Smith, the NFL Players Association executive director, said Saturday. “No worker nor any athlete, professional or not, should be forced to become less than human when it comes to protecting their basic health and safety.”</p>
<p>Trump has met with some championship teams already in his first year in office.</p>
<p>Clemson visited the White House this year after winning the College Football Playoff, some members of the New England Patriots went after the Super Bowl victory and the Chicago Cubs went to the Oval Office in June to commemorate their World Series title. The Cubs also had the larger and more traditional visit with President Barack Obama in January, four days before the Trump inauguration.</p>
<p>North Carolina, the reigning NCAA men’s basketball champion, said Saturday it will not visit the White House this season. The Tar Heels cited scheduling conflicts.</p>
<p>Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, said Trump has “taken indecency to a new low.”</p>
<p>“I think that the president has forgotten that he is the standard bearer for our country, that little boys and little girls look up to the president,” he said. “Little boys and little girls want to be like the president. They want to talk like the president. I think that the president has insulted the American people with this low level of verbiage.”</p>
<p>Warriors forward Draymond Green said the good news was that Golden State won’t have to talk about going to the White House again — unless they win another title during the Trump presidency.</p>
<p>“Michelle Obama said it best,” Green said. “She said it best. They go low. We go high. He beat us to the punch. Happy the game is over.”</p>
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<p>Reynolds reported from Miami. AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in Oakland, California, and AP writer Corey Williams in Detroit contributed to this story.</p>
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somerset nj president donald trump denounced protests nfl players rescinded white house invitation nba champion stephen curry twoday rant targeted top professional athletes brought swift condemnation league executives star players alike saturday wading thorny issues race politics trumps comments friday night speech series saturday tweets drew sharp responses nations top athletes lebron james calling president bum trump started announcing curry immensely popular twotime mvp golden state warriors would welcome white house commemorative visit traditionally made championship teams curry indicated didnt want come later trump reiterated said rally alabama previous night nfl players kneel national anthem fired advertisement warriors said made clear welcome white house curry said want go anyway warriors made collective decision saturday planned discuss morning presidents tweet coach steve kerr said surprised going break us could break others far stronger reactions u bum stephencurry30 already said aint going james tweeted clear message president post twitter officials said quickly shared many times hes sent therefore aint invite going white house great honor showed curry appreciated james strong stance thats pretty strong statement curry said think bold courageous guy speak let alone guy much lose lebron notable figures league kind stand one best questions things gone summer wanted go white house told yesterday transparent vote would meeting one based trying let people know didnt want applauded accomplishment court guy would patting back somebody dont think respects majority americans country james also released video saturday saying trump tried divide country hes using sports platform try divide us james said know much sports brings us together something quiet warriors said go washington season instead celebrate equality diversity inclusion values embrace organization general manager bob myers said surprised invitation pulled advertisement white house visit something celebrated myers said want go washington dc something commemorate kind organization feel represent time spend energy instead looking backward want look forward added kerr teams first practice season normal times candidate president trumps approach times seemed inflame racial tensions deeply divided country emboldening groups long shadows little month ago trump came fire response white supremacists protest charlottesville virginia trump also pardoned joe arpaio former sheriff arizonas maricopa county found guilty defying judges order stop racially profiling latinos trumps latest entry intersection sports politics started alabama friday night said nfl players refused stand starspangled banner exhibiting total disrespect heritage several nfl players starting last season thensan francisco quarterback colin kaepernick either knelt sat raised fists anthem protest police treatment blacks social injustice last week nfl games four players sat knelt anthem two raised fists others stood protesters support thats total disrespect everything stand trump said encouraging owners act added wouldnt love see one nfl owners somebody disrespects flag youd say get son bitch field right hes fired saturday trump echoed stance player wants privilege making millions dollars nfl leagues allowed disrespect great american flag country stand national anthem trump tweeted youre fired find something else trump enjoyed strong support nfl owners least seven donating 1 million trumps inaugural committee include new england patriots owner bob kraft trump considers friend nfl commissioner roger goodell strongly backed players criticized trump unfortunate lack respect nfl several team owners issued similar statements new york giants owners john mara steve tisch said comments inappropriate offensive miami dolphins owner stephen ross supported players knelt said country needs unifying leadership right divisiveness san francisco 49ers ceo jed york ripped trumps comments callous plenty current former stars across sports weighed saturday richard sherman seattle seahawks said presidents behavior unacceptable needs addressed friday remarks trump also bemoaned called decline violence football noting game players either penalized thrown games aggressive tackles man woman ever choose job forces surrender rights demaurice smith nfl players association executive director said saturday worker athlete professional forced become less human comes protecting basic health safety trump met championship teams already first year office clemson visited white house year winning college football playoff members new england patriots went super bowl victory chicago cubs went oval office june commemorate world series title cubs also larger traditional visit president barack obama january four days trump inauguration north carolina reigning ncaa mens basketball champion said saturday visit white house season tar heels cited scheduling conflicts rep al green dtexas said trump taken indecency new low think president forgotten standard bearer country little boys little girls look president said little boys little girls want like president want talk like president think president insulted american people low level verbiage warriors forward draymond green said good news golden state wont talk going white house unless win another title trump presidency michelle obama said best green said said best go low go high beat us punch happy game ___ reynolds reported miami ap sports writer janie mccauley oakland california ap writer corey williams detroit contributed story
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<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mohammed Aly does not see why he shouldn't try to ease the lives of Orange County's homeless. But the authorities — and many of his neighbors — disagree.</p>
<p>Aly, a 28-year-old lawyer and activist, has been arrested three times as he campaigned on behalf of street people. Recently, he was denied permission to install portable toilets on a dried-up riverbed, site of an encampment of roughly 400 homeless.</p>
<p>"It is a question of basic empathy," he said.</p>
<p>But his detractors are engaged in a debate up and down the West Coast as the region struggles to cope with a rising tide of homelessness. They say Aly and other well-meaning residents who provide the homeless with tents, toilets and hot meals are enabling them to remain unsheltered.</p>
<p>And they note, nuisances like trash and unsanitary conditions fester and aberrant behavior continues.</p>
<p>In California, the San Diego County community of El Cajon passed a measure that curtails feeding the homeless, citing health concerns. Los Angeles city officials have closed and re-opened restrooms for those on Skid Row amid similar controversies.</p>
<p>The issue is hotly debated in Orange County. In the seaside enclave of Dana Point, neighbors fear a nightly meal is drawing homeless to a state beach where teens play beach volleyball and families picnic and surf. And on the riverbed 30 miles north, a van fitted with shower stalls pulls up to help those living in the trash-strewn encampment, which neighbors worry is becoming more entrenched in an area where they once jogged and biked.</p>
<p>"There's no doubt that giving them stuff there prevents them from a desire to move," said Shaun Dove, a 46-year-old soon-to-be retired policeman who lives less than a mile away.</p>
<p>The number of homeless living in Orange County has climbed 8 percent over the last two years. In the United States, homelessness rose slightly in the last year to nearly 554,000, pushed up largely by increases on the West Coast, federal data shows. The increase is driven by soaring housing costs, as well as a drug crisis and need for mental health services.</p>
<p>Advocates say the homeless have become more visible as police have cracked down on rules barring camping, driving people to spots like the riverbed, which is county property.</p>
<p>Everybody knows the solution is more housing; there aren't enough beds available in a county with a median home price near $700,000.</p>
<p>In Dana Point, the nightly meals began more than two decades ago at local churches but were moved to the beach parking lot after a late night stabbing between two homeless residents.</p>
<p>The homeless say as much as they appreciate the hot meals, the food isn't keeping them on the streets.</p>
<p>"It doesn't help me tomorrow. It doesn't," said a 55-year-old man who refused to give his name. "But it helps me today."</p>
<p>Volunteers say the homeless are drawn to beaches because of the open space and access to water and restrooms and that feeding people can build trust and lead them to additional services.</p>
<p>But Brian Brandt, a 55-year-old lawyer, doesn't let his six children go down to the beach alone after seeing volatile outbursts among the homeless and frequent police calls.</p>
<p>"I don't want to be seen as a bad guy — 'OK, look at this heartless dude,'" he said. "I don't feel safe. I don't feel like my kids are safe."</p>
<p>Toni Nelson, who co-founded a neighborhood group, is also critical of the meals. She has joined with housing advocates to try to raise money to house the homeless with ties to the community, figuring if about a third of the city's residents chip in $68 they can cover much of the need for a year.</p>
<p>So far, dozens have signed up to give. But they still have a long way to go.</p>
<p>Robert Marbut, a consultant on homelessness, believes it's misguided to provide housing or other services without heavy incentives for recipients to be in treatment programs for mental health problems, addiction or other issues.</p>
<p>"Anytime you give out services without treatment," Marbut said, "that's enabling, period. ... You've got to serve the food in a place where mental health is being provided."</p>
<p>People say they ended up at the riverbed encampment for different reasons ranging from drug addiction to a lost job.</p>
<p>Many nearby residents said their neighborhoods have suffered since the camp has grown. Hypodermic needles have been found in the park and shopping carts rattle on otherwise quiet streets.</p>
<p>Anaheim officials said any aid should be part of a broader effort to help people find a way out of the riverbed. "The goal shouldn't be to make it slightly more comfortable there to live that way but rather, how can we get those folks to a better place?" said city spokesman Mike Lyster.</p>
<p>Orange County has shelter beds but they largely fill up. And many homeless said they don't like a shelter curfew or rules barring pets and prefer their privacy, even outdoors.</p>
<p>County authorities say they want to clear the riverbed and have provided those living there with showers and case management services to help those who want it.</p>
<p>Larry Ford, a 53-year-old veteran, said he appreciates the assistance but food and showers don't tether him to the string of tents.</p>
<p>"Look at this," he said, pointing to garbage by his feet. "What is this enabling here?"</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.</p>
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<p>Follow AP's complete coverage of the West Coast homeless crisis here: https://apnews.com/tag/HomelessCrisis</p>
<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mohammed Aly does not see why he shouldn't try to ease the lives of Orange County's homeless. But the authorities — and many of his neighbors — disagree.</p>
<p>Aly, a 28-year-old lawyer and activist, has been arrested three times as he campaigned on behalf of street people. Recently, he was denied permission to install portable toilets on a dried-up riverbed, site of an encampment of roughly 400 homeless.</p>
<p>"It is a question of basic empathy," he said.</p>
<p>But his detractors are engaged in a debate up and down the West Coast as the region struggles to cope with a rising tide of homelessness. They say Aly and other well-meaning residents who provide the homeless with tents, toilets and hot meals are enabling them to remain unsheltered.</p>
<p>And they note, nuisances like trash and unsanitary conditions fester and aberrant behavior continues.</p>
<p>In California, the San Diego County community of El Cajon passed a measure that curtails feeding the homeless, citing health concerns. Los Angeles city officials have closed and re-opened restrooms for those on Skid Row amid similar controversies.</p>
<p>The issue is hotly debated in Orange County. In the seaside enclave of Dana Point, neighbors fear a nightly meal is drawing homeless to a state beach where teens play beach volleyball and families picnic and surf. And on the riverbed 30 miles north, a van fitted with shower stalls pulls up to help those living in the trash-strewn encampment, which neighbors worry is becoming more entrenched in an area where they once jogged and biked.</p>
<p>"There's no doubt that giving them stuff there prevents them from a desire to move," said Shaun Dove, a 46-year-old soon-to-be retired policeman who lives less than a mile away.</p>
<p>The number of homeless living in Orange County has climbed 8 percent over the last two years. In the United States, homelessness rose slightly in the last year to nearly 554,000, pushed up largely by increases on the West Coast, federal data shows. The increase is driven by soaring housing costs, as well as a drug crisis and need for mental health services.</p>
<p>Advocates say the homeless have become more visible as police have cracked down on rules barring camping, driving people to spots like the riverbed, which is county property.</p>
<p>Everybody knows the solution is more housing; there aren't enough beds available in a county with a median home price near $700,000.</p>
<p>In Dana Point, the nightly meals began more than two decades ago at local churches but were moved to the beach parking lot after a late night stabbing between two homeless residents.</p>
<p>The homeless say as much as they appreciate the hot meals, the food isn't keeping them on the streets.</p>
<p>"It doesn't help me tomorrow. It doesn't," said a 55-year-old man who refused to give his name. "But it helps me today."</p>
<p>Volunteers say the homeless are drawn to beaches because of the open space and access to water and restrooms and that feeding people can build trust and lead them to additional services.</p>
<p>But Brian Brandt, a 55-year-old lawyer, doesn't let his six children go down to the beach alone after seeing volatile outbursts among the homeless and frequent police calls.</p>
<p>"I don't want to be seen as a bad guy — 'OK, look at this heartless dude,'" he said. "I don't feel safe. I don't feel like my kids are safe."</p>
<p>Toni Nelson, who co-founded a neighborhood group, is also critical of the meals. She has joined with housing advocates to try to raise money to house the homeless with ties to the community, figuring if about a third of the city's residents chip in $68 they can cover much of the need for a year.</p>
<p>So far, dozens have signed up to give. But they still have a long way to go.</p>
<p>Robert Marbut, a consultant on homelessness, believes it's misguided to provide housing or other services without heavy incentives for recipients to be in treatment programs for mental health problems, addiction or other issues.</p>
<p>"Anytime you give out services without treatment," Marbut said, "that's enabling, period. ... You've got to serve the food in a place where mental health is being provided."</p>
<p>People say they ended up at the riverbed encampment for different reasons ranging from drug addiction to a lost job.</p>
<p>Many nearby residents said their neighborhoods have suffered since the camp has grown. Hypodermic needles have been found in the park and shopping carts rattle on otherwise quiet streets.</p>
<p>Anaheim officials said any aid should be part of a broader effort to help people find a way out of the riverbed. "The goal shouldn't be to make it slightly more comfortable there to live that way but rather, how can we get those folks to a better place?" said city spokesman Mike Lyster.</p>
<p>Orange County has shelter beds but they largely fill up. And many homeless said they don't like a shelter curfew or rules barring pets and prefer their privacy, even outdoors.</p>
<p>County authorities say they want to clear the riverbed and have provided those living there with showers and case management services to help those who want it.</p>
<p>Larry Ford, a 53-year-old veteran, said he appreciates the assistance but food and showers don't tether him to the string of tents.</p>
<p>"Look at this," he said, pointing to garbage by his feet. "What is this enabling here?"</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Follow AP's complete coverage of the West Coast homeless crisis here: https://apnews.com/tag/HomelessCrisis</p>
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anaheim calif ap mohammed aly see shouldnt try ease lives orange countys homeless authorities many neighbors disagree aly 28yearold lawyer activist arrested three times campaigned behalf street people recently denied permission install portable toilets driedup riverbed site encampment roughly 400 homeless question basic empathy said detractors engaged debate west coast region struggles cope rising tide homelessness say aly wellmeaning residents provide homeless tents toilets hot meals enabling remain unsheltered note nuisances like trash unsanitary conditions fester aberrant behavior continues california san diego county community el cajon passed measure curtails feeding homeless citing health concerns los angeles city officials closed reopened restrooms skid row amid similar controversies issue hotly debated orange county seaside enclave dana point neighbors fear nightly meal drawing homeless state beach teens play beach volleyball families picnic surf riverbed 30 miles north van fitted shower stalls pulls help living trashstrewn encampment neighbors worry becoming entrenched area jogged biked theres doubt giving stuff prevents desire move said shaun dove 46yearold soontobe retired policeman lives less mile away number homeless living orange county climbed 8 percent last two years united states homelessness rose slightly last year nearly 554000 pushed largely increases west coast federal data shows increase driven soaring housing costs well drug crisis need mental health services advocates say homeless become visible police cracked rules barring camping driving people spots like riverbed county property everybody knows solution housing arent enough beds available county median home price near 700000 dana point nightly meals began two decades ago local churches moved beach parking lot late night stabbing two homeless residents homeless say much appreciate hot meals food isnt keeping streets doesnt help tomorrow doesnt said 55yearold man refused give name helps today volunteers say homeless drawn beaches open space access water restrooms feeding people build trust lead additional services brian brandt 55yearold lawyer doesnt let six children go beach alone seeing volatile outbursts among homeless frequent police calls dont want seen bad guy ok look heartless dude said dont feel safe dont feel like kids safe toni nelson cofounded neighborhood group also critical meals joined housing advocates try raise money house homeless ties community figuring third citys residents chip 68 cover much need year far dozens signed give still long way go robert marbut consultant homelessness believes misguided provide housing services without heavy incentives recipients treatment programs mental health problems addiction issues anytime give services without treatment marbut said thats enabling period youve got serve food place mental health provided people say ended riverbed encampment different reasons ranging drug addiction lost job many nearby residents said neighborhoods suffered since camp grown hypodermic needles found park shopping carts rattle otherwise quiet streets anaheim officials said aid part broader effort help people find way riverbed goal shouldnt make slightly comfortable live way rather get folks better place said city spokesman mike lyster orange county shelter beds largely fill many homeless said dont like shelter curfew rules barring pets prefer privacy even outdoors county authorities say want clear riverbed provided living showers case management services help want larry ford 53yearold veteran said appreciates assistance food showers dont tether string tents look said pointing garbage feet enabling ___ mulvihill reported cherry hill new jersey ___ follow aps complete coverage west coast homeless crisis httpsapnewscomtaghomelesscrisis anaheim calif ap mohammed aly see shouldnt try ease lives orange countys homeless authorities many neighbors disagree aly 28yearold lawyer activist arrested three times campaigned behalf street people recently denied permission install portable toilets driedup riverbed site encampment roughly 400 homeless question basic empathy said detractors engaged debate west coast region struggles cope rising tide homelessness say aly wellmeaning residents provide homeless tents toilets hot meals enabling remain unsheltered note nuisances like trash unsanitary conditions fester aberrant behavior continues california san diego county community el cajon passed measure curtails feeding homeless citing health concerns los angeles city officials closed reopened restrooms skid row amid similar controversies issue hotly debated orange county seaside enclave dana point neighbors fear nightly meal drawing homeless state beach teens play beach volleyball families picnic surf riverbed 30 miles north van fitted shower stalls pulls help living trashstrewn encampment neighbors worry becoming entrenched area jogged biked theres doubt giving stuff prevents desire move said shaun dove 46yearold soontobe retired policeman lives less mile away number homeless living orange county climbed 8 percent last two years united states homelessness rose slightly last year nearly 554000 pushed largely increases west coast federal data shows increase driven soaring housing costs well drug crisis need mental health services advocates say homeless become visible police cracked rules barring camping driving people spots like riverbed county property everybody knows solution housing arent enough beds available county median home price near 700000 dana point nightly meals began two decades ago local churches moved beach parking lot late night stabbing two homeless residents homeless say much appreciate hot meals food isnt keeping streets doesnt help tomorrow doesnt said 55yearold man refused give name helps today volunteers say homeless drawn beaches open space access water restrooms feeding people build trust lead additional services brian brandt 55yearold lawyer doesnt let six children go beach alone seeing volatile outbursts among homeless frequent police calls dont want seen bad guy ok look heartless dude said dont feel safe dont feel like kids safe toni nelson cofounded neighborhood group also critical meals joined housing advocates try raise money house homeless ties community figuring third citys residents chip 68 cover much need year far dozens signed give still long way go robert marbut consultant homelessness believes misguided provide housing services without heavy incentives recipients treatment programs mental health problems addiction issues anytime give services without treatment marbut said thats enabling period youve got serve food place mental health provided people say ended riverbed encampment different reasons ranging drug addiction lost job many nearby residents said neighborhoods suffered since camp grown hypodermic needles found park shopping carts rattle otherwise quiet streets anaheim officials said aid part broader effort help people find way riverbed goal shouldnt make slightly comfortable live way rather get folks better place said city spokesman mike lyster orange county shelter beds largely fill many homeless said dont like shelter curfew rules barring pets prefer privacy even outdoors county authorities say want clear riverbed provided living showers case management services help want larry ford 53yearold veteran said appreciates assistance food showers dont tether string tents look said pointing garbage feet enabling ___ mulvihill reported cherry hill new jersey ___ follow aps complete coverage west coast homeless crisis httpsapnewscomtaghomelesscrisis
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<p>CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Maikel Franco finishes another impressive round of batting practice, walks over to sign a baseball for a kid in a Yankees jersey and then jogs out to left field to shag flies. He jokes around with teammates while young Phillies fans holler his name and ends the morning by stopping to sign more autographs on his way to the clubhouse.</p>
<p>The 23-year-old third baseman is quite comfortable as the face of the franchise’s rebuild.</p>
<p>“When I see and hear so many fans calling my name, it’s a great feeling,” Franco said Sunday. “I feel really good. I feel excited. Two years ago, it wasn’t the same. I’m in a good situation. I’m thankful the fans support me and every year I want to be better and do everything I can to win and improve.”</p>
<p>Franco is coming off an excellent rookie season cut short by a broken left wrist. He batted .280 with 14 homers and 50 RBIs in only 80 games. Franco earned strong consideration for NL Rookie of the Year before new teammate Jeremy Hellickson hit him with a fastball on the wrist in August, forcing him to miss six weeks.</p>
<p>Franco’s wrist has healed and he’s off to an outstanding start in spring training. He’s batting .385 (5 for 13) with two homers.</p>
<p>“I feel more comfortable because I know coming in when I see the lineup, I’ll play every day,” he said. “Knowing that, I just want to have fun and play the game.”</p>
<p>Franco was Philadelphia’s top hitting prospect this time last year, but began the season in Triple-A in part for service time reasons. Once he came up in May, he proved he’ll be a fixture in the middle of the lineup for years.</p>
<p>“He’ll get better and better,” manager Pete Mackanin said.</p>
<p>The rebuilding Phillies are far from the team that dominated the NL East between 2007-11 and won the 2008 World Series. Only Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz remain from that group.</p>
<p>Franco is expected to anchor the offense and help lead the Phillies back to contention. He certainly has All-Star potential, and the greatest third baseman in club history, Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, predicted Franco will win an MVP award during his career.</p>
<p>“I know people talk about that, but I just try to do the best I can and help my team, be prepared every day and play the game the right way and have fun,” Franco said.</p>
<p>The Phillies signed Franco as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2010. He had a breakout season with Class A Clearwater in 2013 and continued his progress that summer at Double-A Reading, where he hit .339 with 15 homers and 51 RBIs in 69 games.</p>
<p>Franco earned a promotion to the majors in September 2014 and it won’t be long before his No. 7 jersey becomes the most popular one at the ballpark.</p>
<p>“I did a lot of hard work in the minor leagues and I want to keep doing hard work now that I’m here and try to improve every day,” Franco said.</p>
<p>The Phillies have revamped their farm system through recent drafts and several trades. Shortstop J.P. Crawford, center fielder Roman Quinn, outfielders Nick Williams and Cornelius Randolph and catchers Jorge Alfaro and Andrew Knapp are a big part of the team’s future. They already have young talent in the majors. Outfielders Odubel Herrera and Aaron Altherr, infielders Freddy Galvis and Cesar Hernandez join Franco in the lineup.</p>
<p>“It’s a young team and everybody has to do something to try to win the game every day,” Franco said. “We have good talent here.”</p>
<p>Franco already has built a solid rapport with his teammates and has embraced a leadership role.</p>
<p>“I like to be a good friend with everybody, have good communication with everybody, have fun, enjoy the game and bring energy every day,” he said.</p>
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<p>CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Maikel Franco finishes another impressive round of batting practice, walks over to sign a baseball for a kid in a Yankees jersey and then jogs out to left field to shag flies. He jokes around with teammates while young Phillies fans holler his name and ends the morning by stopping to sign more autographs on his way to the clubhouse.</p>
<p>The 23-year-old third baseman is quite comfortable as the face of the franchise’s rebuild.</p>
<p>“When I see and hear so many fans calling my name, it’s a great feeling,” Franco said Sunday. “I feel really good. I feel excited. Two years ago, it wasn’t the same. I’m in a good situation. I’m thankful the fans support me and every year I want to be better and do everything I can to win and improve.”</p>
<p>Franco is coming off an excellent rookie season cut short by a broken left wrist. He batted .280 with 14 homers and 50 RBIs in only 80 games. Franco earned strong consideration for NL Rookie of the Year before new teammate Jeremy Hellickson hit him with a fastball on the wrist in August, forcing him to miss six weeks.</p>
<p>Franco’s wrist has healed and he’s off to an outstanding start in spring training. He’s batting .385 (5 for 13) with two homers.</p>
<p>“I feel more comfortable because I know coming in when I see the lineup, I’ll play every day,” he said. “Knowing that, I just want to have fun and play the game.”</p>
<p>Franco was Philadelphia’s top hitting prospect this time last year, but began the season in Triple-A in part for service time reasons. Once he came up in May, he proved he’ll be a fixture in the middle of the lineup for years.</p>
<p>“He’ll get better and better,” manager Pete Mackanin said.</p>
<p>The rebuilding Phillies are far from the team that dominated the NL East between 2007-11 and won the 2008 World Series. Only Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz remain from that group.</p>
<p>Franco is expected to anchor the offense and help lead the Phillies back to contention. He certainly has All-Star potential, and the greatest third baseman in club history, Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, predicted Franco will win an MVP award during his career.</p>
<p>“I know people talk about that, but I just try to do the best I can and help my team, be prepared every day and play the game the right way and have fun,” Franco said.</p>
<p>The Phillies signed Franco as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2010. He had a breakout season with Class A Clearwater in 2013 and continued his progress that summer at Double-A Reading, where he hit .339 with 15 homers and 51 RBIs in 69 games.</p>
<p>Franco earned a promotion to the majors in September 2014 and it won’t be long before his No. 7 jersey becomes the most popular one at the ballpark.</p>
<p>“I did a lot of hard work in the minor leagues and I want to keep doing hard work now that I’m here and try to improve every day,” Franco said.</p>
<p>The Phillies have revamped their farm system through recent drafts and several trades. Shortstop J.P. Crawford, center fielder Roman Quinn, outfielders Nick Williams and Cornelius Randolph and catchers Jorge Alfaro and Andrew Knapp are a big part of the team’s future. They already have young talent in the majors. Outfielders Odubel Herrera and Aaron Altherr, infielders Freddy Galvis and Cesar Hernandez join Franco in the lineup.</p>
<p>“It’s a young team and everybody has to do something to try to win the game every day,” Franco said. “We have good talent here.”</p>
<p>Franco already has built a solid rapport with his teammates and has embraced a leadership role.</p>
<p>“I like to be a good friend with everybody, have good communication with everybody, have fun, enjoy the game and bring energy every day,” he said.</p>
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clearwater fla ap maikel franco finishes another impressive round batting practice walks sign baseball kid yankees jersey jogs left field shag flies jokes around teammates young phillies fans holler name ends morning stopping sign autographs way clubhouse 23yearold third baseman quite comfortable face franchises rebuild see hear many fans calling name great feeling franco said sunday feel really good feel excited two years ago wasnt im good situation im thankful fans support every year want better everything win improve franco coming excellent rookie season cut short broken left wrist batted 280 14 homers 50 rbis 80 games franco earned strong consideration nl rookie year new teammate jeremy hellickson hit fastball wrist august forcing miss six weeks francos wrist healed hes outstanding start spring training hes batting 385 5 13 two homers feel comfortable know coming see lineup ill play every day said knowing want fun play game franco philadelphias top hitting prospect time last year began season triplea part service time reasons came may proved hell fixture middle lineup years hell get better better manager pete mackanin said rebuilding phillies far team dominated nl east 200711 2008 world series ryan howard carlos ruiz remain group franco expected anchor offense help lead phillies back contention certainly allstar potential greatest third baseman club history hall famer mike schmidt predicted franco win mvp award career know people talk try best help team prepared every day play game right way fun franco said phillies signed franco amateur free agent dominican republic 2010 breakout season class clearwater 2013 continued progress summer doublea reading hit 339 15 homers 51 rbis 69 games franco earned promotion majors september 2014 wont long 7 jersey becomes popular one ballpark lot hard work minor leagues want keep hard work im try improve every day franco said phillies revamped farm system recent drafts several trades shortstop jp crawford center fielder roman quinn outfielders nick williams cornelius randolph catchers jorge alfaro andrew knapp big part teams future already young talent majors outfielders odubel herrera aaron altherr infielders freddy galvis cesar hernandez join franco lineup young team everybody something try win game every day franco said good talent franco already built solid rapport teammates embraced leadership role like good friend everybody good communication everybody fun enjoy game bring energy every day said ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi clearwater fla ap maikel franco finishes another impressive round batting practice walks sign baseball kid yankees jersey jogs left field shag flies jokes around teammates young phillies fans holler name ends morning stopping sign autographs way clubhouse 23yearold third baseman quite comfortable face franchises rebuild see hear many fans calling name great feeling franco said sunday feel really good feel excited two years ago wasnt im good situation im thankful fans support every year want better everything win improve franco coming excellent rookie season cut short broken left wrist batted 280 14 homers 50 rbis 80 games franco earned strong consideration nl rookie year new teammate jeremy hellickson hit fastball wrist august forcing miss six weeks francos wrist healed hes outstanding start spring training hes batting 385 5 13 two homers feel comfortable know coming see lineup ill play every day said knowing want fun play game franco philadelphias top hitting prospect time last year began season triplea part service time reasons came may proved hell fixture middle lineup years hell get better better manager pete mackanin said rebuilding phillies far team dominated nl east 200711 2008 world series ryan howard carlos ruiz remain group franco expected anchor offense help lead phillies back contention certainly allstar potential greatest third baseman club history hall famer mike schmidt predicted franco win mvp award career know people talk try best help team prepared every day play game right way fun franco said phillies signed franco amateur free agent dominican republic 2010 breakout season class clearwater 2013 continued progress summer doublea reading hit 339 15 homers 51 rbis 69 games franco earned promotion majors september 2014 wont long 7 jersey becomes popular one ballpark lot hard work minor leagues want keep hard work im try improve every day franco said phillies revamped farm system recent drafts several trades shortstop jp crawford center fielder roman quinn outfielders nick williams cornelius randolph catchers jorge alfaro andrew knapp big part teams future already young talent majors outfielders odubel herrera aaron altherr infielders freddy galvis cesar hernandez join franco lineup young team everybody something try win game every day franco said good talent franco already built solid rapport teammates embraced leadership role like good friend everybody good communication everybody fun enjoy game bring energy every day said ___ follow rob maaddi twitter httpstwittercomap_robmaaddi
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<p>(Reuters) - Federal air safety officials investigating why the engine of a Southwest Airlines jet blew apart, killing a passenger after shattering a plane window, said on Wednesday that the incident began when a fan blade already suffering metal fatigue snapped off in mid-flight.</p>
<p>National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt told a news conference that he could not yet say if the incident, the first deadly airline accident in the United States since 2009, pointed to a fleet-wide issue in the Boeing 737-700.</p>
<p>"We want to very carefully understand what was the result of this problem, and as I mentioned a few minutes ago, I'm very concerned about this particular event," Sumwalt said at the news conference at the Philadelphia airport. "To be able to extrapolate that to the entire fleet, I'm not willing to do that right now."</p>
<p>The CFM56 engine exploded over Pennsylvania about 20 minutes after Dallas-bound Southwest Flight 1380 left New York's LaGuardia Airport with 149 people on board, sending pieces of shrapnel into the plane.</p>
<p>Bank executive Jennifer Riordan, 43, was killed when she was partially pulled through a shattered window next to her seat in row 14 as the cabin suffered rapid decompression. Fellow passengers were able to pull her back inside but she died of her injuries later on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Southwest crews were inspecting similar engines the airline had in service, focusing on the 400 to 600 oldest of the CFM56 engines, made by a partnership of France's Safran and General Electric, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. It was the second time that style of engine had failed on a Southwest jet in the past two years, prompting airlines around the world to step up inspections.</p>
<p>A National Transportation Safety Board inspection crew was also combing over the Boeing 737-700 for signs of what caused the engine to explode.</p>
<p>Sumwalt said the fan blade, after suffering metal fatigue where it attached to the engine hub, suffered a second fracture about halfway along its length. Pieces of the plane were found in rural Pennsylvania by investigators who tracked them on radar. The metal fatigue would not have been observable by looking at the engine from the outside, Sumwalt said.</p>
<p>According to Sumwalt, the jet was traveling at 190 miles per hour when it made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport, much faster than the typical 155-mile-per-hour touchdown.</p>
<p>Passengers described scenes of panic as a piece of shrapnel from the engine shattered a window on the aircraft, almost sucking Riordan out.</p>
<p>"The window had broken and the negative pressure had pulled her outside the plane partially," Peggy Phillips, a registered nurse who was on the plane, told WFAA-TV in Dallas. "Two wonderful men ... they managed to get her back inside the plane, and we laid her down and we started CPR."</p>
<p>Riordan was a Wells Fargo banking executive and well-known community volunteer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, the company said.</p> Emergency personnel monitor the damaged engine of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, which diverted to the Philadelphia International Airport this morning after the airline crew reported damage to one of the aircraft's engines, on a runway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S. April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela ?MY LAST FEW MOMENTS?
<p>Videos posted on social media showed passengers grabbing for oxygen masks and screaming as the plane, piloted by 56-year-old Tammie Jo Shults, a former fighter pilot for the U.S. Navy, prepared for the descent into Philadelphia.</p>
<p>"All I could think of in that moment was, I need to communicate with my loved ones," passenger Marty Martinez told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. During the incident, he logged on to the plane's in-flight Wi-Fi to send messages to his family.</p>
<p>"I thought, these are my last few moments on Earth and I want people to know what happened," said Martinez, who live-streamed on Facebook images of passengers in oxygen masks as the plane made a bumpy descent into Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Southwest Airlines experienced an unrelated safety incident early on Wednesday when a Phoenix-bound flight was forced to land at the Nashville airport shortly after takeoff because of bird strike.</p>
<p>The airline expected to wrap up its inspection of the engines it was targeting in about 30 days.</p> Slideshow (10 Images)
<p>The GE-Safran partnership that built the engine said it was sending about 40 technicians to help with Southwest's inspections.</p>
<p>Pieces of the engine including its cowling - the smooth metal exterior that covers its inner workings - were found about 60 miles (97 km) from Philadelphia airport, Sumwalt said. The investigation could take 12 to 15 months to complete.</p>
<p>In August 2016, a Southwest flight made a safe emergency landing in Pensacola, Florida, after a fan blade separated from the same type of engine and debris ripped a hole above the left wing. That incident prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to propose last year that similar fan blades undergo ultrasonic inspections and be replaced if they failed.</p>
<p>Reporting by Alwyn Scott, Jonathan Allen and Alana Wise in New York, David Shepardson in Washington and Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Additional reporting by Arunima Banerjee in Bengaluru; Writing by Scott Malone and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Susan Thomas and Leslie Adler</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House budget office said on Wednesday it was probing whether a $43,000 soundproof phone booth installed for Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt violated the law, while dozens of Democratic senators called for him to resign over allegations of ethics lapses.</p> FILE PHOTO: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks during an interview with Reuters journalists in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
<p>Pruitt has been under fire for potential ethics lapses, including flying first class, excessive spending on security, and the rental of a room in a Washington condominium owned by the wife of an energy lobbyist.</p>
<p>The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing whether spending on the booth installed in Pruitt's office broke a law prohibiting federal agencies from incurring expenses in excess of available funds, known as the Anti-Deficiency Act.</p>
<p>"We take the anti-deficiency statue very, very seriously and if (it's) been broken, we'll follow the rules," Mick Mulvaney, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, told lawmakers in a House hearing. "We will enforce the law, and we'll do so in a transparent fashion."</p>
<p>An OMB spokeswoman said the probe had already begun and her agency was working with the EPA on it.</p>
<p>The EPA's approval of the phone booth violated both the anti-deficiency law and another requiring agencies to notify Congress when they obligate more than $5,000 in federal funds to make improvements in an office of a presidential appointee, the Government Accountability Office, a congressional watchdog, said on Monday.</p>
<p>Pruitt has said the phone booth is necessary for him to conduct official business. When asked about the OMB's probe, Jahan Wilcox, an EPA spokesman, said his agency disagreed that spending on the booth required notification to Congress and said the agency is addressing the GAO's concern.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump said this month that Pruitt, who has carried out his policy of slashing regulations on the fossil fuel industry, "has done a fantastic job." Trump added that he will look into the allegations of ethical lapses.</p>
<p>Mulvaney said the anti-deficiency law is technically a criminal statute, but he did not know if anybody had ever been charged criminally with violating it.</p>
<p>Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have criticized Pruitt over the allegations. On Wednesday, 38 Democratic U.S. senators and an independent who votes with them in the 100- member chamber introduced a resolution calling for Pruitt to resign.</p>
<p>Pruitt has "completely violated the trust of the American people and the standards of his office, with a list of ethical transgressions that grows longer by the day," Senator Tom Udall said.</p>
<p>The Senate is controlled by Pruitt's fellow Republicans. Although Republicans can defeat the resolution, it is symbolically important because it represents the most senators ever to call for a cabinet member's ouster in such a petition, its sponsors said.</p>
<p>More than 130 U.S. representatives signed a companion resolution in the 435-seat House of Representatives.</p>
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<p>UNITED NATIONS/WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley fired back at White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Tuesday over his remarks that she may have been confused over Washington's plans to impose more sanctions on Russia.</p>
<p>"With all due respect, I don't get confused," Haley, a member of President Donald Trump's cabinet, told Fox News.</p>
<p>Haley said on Sunday that Washington was preparing new sanctions on Russia over its support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. However, Trump delayed further action, according to a senior administration official.</p>
<p>Kudlow said of Haley on Tuesday: "She's doing a great job, she's a very effective ambassador. There might have been some momentary confusion about that."</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
<p>"I think the issue here is we have a set of sanctions and additional sanctions are under consideration but have not been determined," Kudlow told a briefing at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump was meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for two days of talks.</p>
<p>He said there was no confusion in the White House approach toward Moscow.</p>
<p>A senior administration official said on Monday that Trump was unlikely to approve them unless Moscow carried out a new cyber attack or some other provocation.</p>
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<p>WICHITA, Kan. (Reuters) - A federal court jury on Wednesday found three men guilty of plotting to bomb a western Kansas apartment complex that is home to Somali immigrants and their mosque, in a crime prosecutors branded an act of domestic terrorism.</p> FILE PHOTO: Curtis Allen 49, (L to R), Gavin Wright, 49 and Patrick Eugene Stein, 47 are shown in these booking photos in Wichita, Kansas provided October 15, 2016. Photo courtesy of Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
<p>The men, whom prosecutors described as members of a right-wing militia group, were also convicted of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of their intended victims in Garden City, Kansas.</p>
<p>Each defendant - Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright and Patrick Eugene Stein - faces a maximum penalty of life in prison when sentenced on June 27. In addition, Wright was found guilty of lying to the FBI in connection with the 2016 plot.</p>
<p>In closing arguments on Tuesday, prosecutors said the three men, all of whom are white, were out to kill as many of the residents as possible and send the message to the Somali immigrants that they were not welcome in the United States.</p>
<p>"Terrorists, whether they be foreign or domestic, must be stopped and punished according to the law," U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister told reporters after the verdict was delivered in a Wichita courtroom.</p>
<p>The 12-member jury deliberated for just six hours over two days before reaching its verdict.</p>
<p>Defense attorneys have said their clients were entrapped by the federal government's use of an informant who provided the three men with maps and encouraged the use of bombs.</p>
<p>Federal, state and local authorities investigated the plot for eight months as the three men stockpiled guns and explosives in preparation for bombing the apartment complex, where about 120 Somali immigrants lived and had built a small mosque, according to the charges.</p>
<p>The men intended to park a vehicle packed with explosives at each corner of the complex and detonate them, prosecutors said. Garden City is a town of about 27,000 people in southwestern Kansas.</p>
<p>Prosecutors have said the men were members of a militia group called the Kansas Security Force and formed a splinter group, the Crusaders. The defendants had tried unsuccessfully to recruit other militia members to join them in their plot, and it was one of those men who tipped the FBI off to the plan.</p>
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jan 17 reuters egyptian financial supervisory authority receives mandatory purhcase offer cleopatra hospital buy upto 72 million shares nozha international hospital egp 90 per share says studying purchase offer made cleopatra hospital buy stake nozha international hospital source bitly2rjnkuu company coverage standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters federal air safety officials investigating engine southwest airlines jet blew apart killing passenger shattering plane window said wednesday incident began fan blade already suffering metal fatigue snapped midflight national transportation safety board chairman robert sumwalt told news conference could yet say incident first deadly airline accident united states since 2009 pointed fleetwide issue boeing 737700 want carefully understand result problem mentioned minutes ago im concerned particular event sumwalt said news conference philadelphia airport able extrapolate entire fleet im willing right cfm56 engine exploded pennsylvania 20 minutes dallasbound southwest flight 1380 left new yorks laguardia airport 149 people board sending pieces shrapnel plane bank executive jennifer riordan 43 killed partially pulled shattered window next seat row 14 cabin suffered rapid decompression fellow passengers able pull back inside died injuries later tuesday southwest crews inspecting similar engines airline service focusing 400 600 oldest cfm56 engines made partnership frances safran general electric according person knowledge situation second time style engine failed southwest jet past two years prompting airlines around world step inspections national transportation safety board inspection crew also combing boeing 737700 signs caused engine explode sumwalt said fan blade suffering metal fatigue attached engine hub suffered second fracture halfway along length pieces plane found rural pennsylvania investigators tracked radar metal fatigue would observable looking engine outside sumwalt said according sumwalt jet traveling 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<p>Comic Con roars into San Diego this week for a three day fantasy, comic, video game and cinema bonanza. The famous annual conference dedicated to anything geek will run from Thursday, July 12th through Sunday, July 15th. The conference is expecting 123,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors.</p>
<p>In the spirit of the festivities, a look into the political themes and tones found in the most successful comic book plots seemed natural.</p>
<p>Since their creation, comic books and superhero movies have centered around politics. Many argue that this is because comics must stay relevant to be popular. A prime example is the first mainstream popular superhero, Superman.</p>
<p>DC Comic’s Superman was first published in “ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1" type="external">Action Comics #1</a>” on April 18, 1938. Superman started off as a character who fought crime, which is arguably a take on the late 1930’s corruption and mafia control, in an era of Al Capone. Superman evolved throughout World War II and began selling war bonds. In the 1950s, Superman questioned technological threats and began an intellectual battle trying to fight Lex Luthor and Braniac. In the 1970’s, as commentary to the Ayatollah terrorism in Iran, he took his crime fighting to an international level, even joining the CIA under President Reagan’s request. If Superman were to be classified as a political party figure, he would be a moderate Republican.</p>
<p>His slightly lefter Marvel counterpart, is often classified as a Truman Democrat. Captain America was first printed in 1941 but most Americans are familiar with him from recent blockbusters. He fought against the Nazis in World War II and then against the Russians during the Cold War. He went on to form the Avengers together with Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk. Together, similar to DC’s Justice League, they would fight crime both domestically and on the international level.</p>
<p>Lately, however, Captain America has shifted from war propaganda to a more political commentary, using examples of Tea Party riots and conservative protesters in the books. Predictably it upset the vocal right wing, with Fox News claiming writers of Captain America, “[made] patriotic Americans into your newest super villains.” This new technique has shifted comic books from a universal favorite, to perhaps something only fans of a specific political party can enjoy.</p>
<p>V for Vendetta and the Watchmen, two of Alan Moore’s classics, also exemplify strong political references and how they divide followers. V for Vendetta set in an imagined future in the United Kingdom where a totalitarian government rules. A mysterious masked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary" type="external">revolutionary</a> who calls himself “V” works to destroy the oppressive rulers. The Watchmen takes place in an alternate universe where the Second Amendment was repealed and former President Nixon is serving his fifth term. Moore is not subtle about the way his graphic novels propagate anarchist societies.</p>
<p>“Anarchy is a romance. It’s clearly the best way and the only morally sensible way to run the world,” said Moore. “Everyone should be the masters of their own destinies. Everyone should be their own leader.”</p>
<p>A DC superhero who many argue is the embodiment of an Independent, is Batman.</p>
<p>Batman, though working with Superman and other in the Justice League, rarely leaves his home of Gotham City (said to be a mix between mid-to-late 1900s New York, Detroit and Camden, New Jersey). Granted both in the comic books and in the real cities the comics were based off of, crime was overflowing and there was little reason for him to leave. The point is Batman focused on domestic politics, reducing big government and the United States’ role in international politics, and left the world saving up to the other members of his crew.</p>
<p>Batman fandom goes beyond Comic Con and all the way to Congress. Senator <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/us-sen-patrick-leahy-batman-aficionado-to-appear-in-the-dark-knight-rises-with-vt-debut/2012/07/03/gJQAmeEoKW_story.html" type="external">Patrick Leahy of Vermont</a> will be appearing in a cameo for the second time in the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises”.</p>
<p>Leahy, a lifelong Batman fan, said he admired Batman because he “has no super powers…He had to use his own brains and his own knowledge. He could have had an entirely different life. As a billionaire, he could have done anything.”</p>
<p>Bruce Wayne, Batman’s alter ego is simply a billionaire who uses his money for good. Sounds a bit like the 99%…life imitating art?</p>
<p>And what about recent cases of high-profile vigilantes, since Batman is essentially one himself?</p>
<p>George Zimmerman continues to make national headlines in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin incident. On February 26th, George Zimmerman fatally shot an unarmed African American teenager. Zimmerman, 28, was the designated neighborhood watch coordinator for The Retreat at Twin Lakes, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gated_community" type="external">gated community</a> in Florida where the shooting took place.</p>
<p>Another group of famous vigilantes is the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=newssearch&amp;cd=6&amp;ved=0CDsQqQIwBQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fusnews.msnbc.msn.com%2F_news%2F2012%2F06%2F25%2F12400258-leaving-arizona-after-supreme-court-ruling-some-illegal-immigrants-may-go-others-vow-to-stay%3Flite&amp;ei=vnIAUP_6EfGA2QWr_7C1BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3h4MK8fCQtUfGkjk5-8mGtDsceg" type="external">Minutemen</a>, a multiracial and controversial group based in California who patrol the border for illegal immigrants.</p>
<p>Seattle is the home for new vigilantes, this time a la Kick-Ass, a 2010 movie featuring a teenager who dresses up as a superhero and fights crime in the real world. Urban Avenger, Mr. Xtreme, Pitch Black, Knight Owl, Ghost, and Phoenix Jones are some of the real life people living in Seattle who dress up in home made superhero outfits and fight crime. They’ve chased car thieves, broke up bar fights and even changed the tires of stranded strangers. Jones says they break up 2-3 violent acts a night.</p>
<p>While the perks to being a superhero are clearly evident, the negatives are pretty serious. Phoenix Jones, the most famous and beloved of the pack of 6, ended up in the hospital in last August. Some citizens of Seattle are also starting to turn against their local superheroes, just like in the plots of Batman and Spiderman.</p>
<p>It seems superhero comics will continue to draw inspiration from the real life domestic and international political climate. Wonder wonders if an epic partisan battle is in the works for their famed pages?</p>
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<p>BEIRUT — The Latest on the conflict in Syria where thousands more civilians and rebels are expected to leave the eastern part of the city of Aleppo under a key cease-fire deal (all times local):</p>
<p>10:25 p.m.</p>
<p>An official with Syria’s main opposition group says it supports Russia’s call for resumed peace talks, but wants them to take place under United Nations auspices.</p>
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<p>Bassma Kodmani of the High Negotiations Committee spoke to The Associated Press by phone after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement earlier Friday of a peace initiative brokered with Turkey in which Astana, Kazakhstan would host talks between Syrian government and opposition representatives.</p>
<p>Kodmani says the HNC is “completely in favor of those talks, but we want them under U.N. auspices.” She called on Russia to seek a process “acceptable to credible opposition and regional players.”</p>
<p>She said the HNC doesn’t believe Astana was “the appropriate place.”</p>
<p>Several rounds of U.N.-mediated indirect peace talks this year in Geneva suspended with no progress amid new fighting.</p>
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<p>9:40 p.m.</p>
<p>U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power says she’s in favor of a French-drafted U.N. resolution calling for independent international monitors to oversee the evacuation of civilians and rebel fighters from war-torn Aleppo.</p>
<p>However, Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin was not as quick to embrace the plan, saying “it takes weeks to deploy observers.”</p>
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<p>Power’s and Churkin’s comments to reporters came after a closed Security Council meeting on the Syrian government takeover of eastern Aleppo, which had been a rebel stronghold in the civil war since 2012.</p>
<p>Power said the Security Council could possibly vote this weekend, but if there is a stalemate, an emergency special session of the General Assembly is possible. Churkin opposes that idea.</p>
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<p>9:15 p.m.</p>
<p>An official with Syria’s main opposition group says it supports Russia’s call for resumed peace talks, but wants them to take place under United Nations auspices.</p>
<p>Bassma Kodmani of the High Negotiations Committee spoke to The Associated Press by phone after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement earlier Friday of a peace initiative brokered with Turkey in which Astana, Kazakhstan would host talks between the Syrian government and opposition representatives.</p>
<p>Kodmani says the HNC is “completely in favor of those talks, but we want them under U.N. auspices.” She called on Russia to “go for a serious process that is acceptable to credible opposition and regional players.”</p>
<p>She said the HNC doesn’t believe Astana is “the appropriate place.”</p>
<p>Several rounds of U.N.-mediated indirect peace talks this year in Geneva yielded no progress amid renewed fighting.</p>
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<p>8:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the U.N. stands ready to assist as needed to help rescue as many people as possible from besieged Aleppo — even as an overnight rescue operation had to be suspended due to fighting.</p>
<p>Ban, speaking to reporters during his final news conference at U.N. headquarters on Friday, described the war in Syria as “heart-breaking” for him.</p>
<p>Ban said thousands of people had evacuated from eastern Aleppo overnight with the help of U.N. agencies, the Red Cross and the Arab Red Crescent, including 194 patients who were taken to hospitals in other parts of Syria and Turkey.</p>
<p>“I feel very much regret we had to stop this operation at this time,” he said.</p>
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<p>7:15 p.m.</p>
<p>Russia’s U.N. ambassador says the most urgent task now in Syria is to end all military activities and resume negotiations between the government and opposition.</p>
<p>Vitaly Churkin has told the Security Council on Friday that “Damascus has more than once confirmed its readiness to take part in these negotiations.”</p>
<p>Churkin reiterated that from the beginning of the Syrian crisis, Russia has been in favor of a peaceful resolution while respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.</p>
<p>Evacuations from eastern Aleppo seal the end of the Syrian rebels’ most important stronghold and mark a watershed moment in the country’s civil war, now in its sixth year.</p>
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<p>6 p.m.</p>
<p>France’s Ambassador to the United Nations says his country and Germany have called an emergency meeting of the Security Council to consider the situation in war-torn Aleppo.</p>
<p>Francois Delattre said the meeting would take place Friday and that if an agreement can’t be reached on safely evacuating civilians and enabling humanitarian aid under the watchful eye of international observers, members could call for an emergency special session of the 193-member General Assembly.</p>
<p>Delattre told reporters outside Security Council chambers that the meeting would include a briefing by Humanitarian Affairs chief Stephen O’Brien.</p>
<p>He said France has already begun drafting a resolution for consideration by the council.</p>
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<p>5:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Syria’s state news agency SANA is reporting an explosion outside a police station in the capital Damascus.</p>
<p>The agency had no immediate word on casualties.</p>
<p>SANA said the blast occurred in the central Midan neighborhood, a main market area that is usually crowded on Fridays.</p>
<p>The number of explosions in the capital dropped sharply over the past year due to tightened security measures and checkpoints searching cars around the capital.</p>
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<p>5 p.m.</p>
<p>A top U.N. official for Syria is calling on its government, its allies Russia and Iran, and a leading rebel group to allow for a resumption of evacuations from besieged parts of eastern Aleppo.</p>
<p>In a text message to The Associated Press on Friday, Jan Egeland of the office of the U.N. Syria envoy praised the “very successful” evacuations over the last day that “brought many thousands of civilians to safety” — but added that others are trying to leave too.</p>
<p>Egeland said: “Among those desperate to be evacuated are a group of orphans and unaccompanied children.”</p>
<p>He said his office was urging “parties the ground, including Syria, Iran, Russia, and the armed opposition groups led by Ahrar al-Sham to let the evacuations resume unimpeded and in safety.”</p>
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<p>4:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Syrian state TV says buses are heading to the two Shiite villages besieged by armed groups to evacuate a number of humanitarian cases.</p>
<p>The state TV announcement Friday came hours after the evacuation of the embattled part of eastern Aleppo was suspended, apparently a final pressure card to push for the evacuation of the Shiite villages in northern Syria. Rebels had previously rejected linking the two evacuations, saying evacuating the Shiite villages is related to another separate deal.</p>
<p>Two rebel spokesmen privy to the talks say the fighters besieging the two Shiite villages, including al-Qaida linked militant group Fatah al-Sham Front, have agreed to evacuate several hundred wounded from the Shiite villages. If it happens, this may lead to the resumption of evacuation from Aleppo.</p>
<p>Thousands of Aleppo residents are believed still stuck in the enclave surrounded by government forces.</p>
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<p>4 p.m.</p>
<p>Turkey’s foreign minister says 7,500 civilians have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo and that he has intensively reached out to Tehran in a bid to keep the process on track.</p>
<p>Speaking in Ankara on Friday, Mevlut Cavusoglu said there had been a “hold up with the latest convoy” and that he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart, Jawad Zarif, “in an effort to overcome this.”</p>
<p>Cavusoglu said other officials, including Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were speaking to their Russian and Iranian equivalents as well as the different players of the Syrian conflict.</p>
<p>The Syrian government suspended evacuations from eastern Aleppo just hours after they resumed on Friday, saying that rebels had opened fire on a convoy of evacuees at a crossing point with the enclave.</p>
<p>Turkish state-media is blaming Iran, which is active in the Syrian conflict and the frontline of Aleppo, for the flare up of hostilities that held up the convoy.</p>
<p>Cavusoglu blamed the Syrian regime which has the backing of Moscow and Tehran. Ankara is one of many to say Assad’s regime has committed war crimes in Aleppo and in the course of the Syrian conflict.</p>
<p>He said those who evacuated Aleppo since the start of the process on Thursday were civilians and suggested that they wanted to remain inside Syria, where Turkey is raising tented camps to accommodate them.</p>
<p>The minister re-iterated that his country would take in the most vulnerable — including the old, children and sick — but would consider allowing more in later if “there’s a need.”</p>
<p>“But it looks like those people, with the hope of returning to Aleppo one day, want to remain within Syria even if there are safer areas available,” he told reporters.</p>
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<p>2:45 p.m.</p>
<p>The U.N. health agency’s top official in Syria says negotiations are underway in hopes of resuming evacuations from rebel-held parts of eastern Aleppo.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Hoff, the Syria representative for the World Health Organization, says that the agency knows “there are a large number of women and children, and there are others, who are still inside and want to get out.”</p>
<p>She spoke by phone on Friday with The Associated Press from government-controlled western Aleppo, after Russia’s military claimed that all women and children had been taken out of eastern Aleppo during evacuations that began a day earlier involving WHO help.</p>
<p>Hoff says that “negotiations are ongoing” through the office of the U.N. envoy for Syria to try to restart the evacuations. She says she has no indication that the evacuations have been completed.</p>
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<p>1:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Russia is claiming that all women and children have been taken out of eastern Aleppo and that a final sweep by the Syrian military is underway to clear out the last remaining rebels in the city — though there is no evidence on the ground of this.</p>
<p>A statement on Friday from the Russian military’s Center for Reconciliation in Syria says the evacuations have been “completed.” It came shortly after the Syrian government said it was suspending the evacuations because a convoy leaving Aleppo was fired on by the rebels.</p>
<p>The U.N. and international aid agencies insist there are still people in eastern Aleppo waiting to be evacuated.</p>
<p>The Russian statement claims Russia said that over 9,500 people, including more than 4,500 rebels and 337 wounded, have been taken out of the rebel-held districts in eastern Aleppo.</p>
<p>The Russian military also says some die-hard militants have stayed behind and are firing on the Syrian government troops.</p>
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<p>1:05 p.m.</p>
<p>An official with the International Committee of the Red Cross is urging all parties in Syria to ensure that the evacuations from Aleppo resume.</p>
<p>ICRC’s regional director Robert Mardini posted on Twitter that, “Regretfully, the operation was put on hold. We urge the parties to ensure it can be relaunched &amp; proceed in the right conditions.”</p>
<p>The Syrian government suspended evacuations from eastern Aleppo hours after they resumed on Friday, saying that rebels opened fire on a convoy with evacuees at a crossing point with the enclave.</p>
<p>A Syrian rebel spokesman, Yasser al-Youssef of the Nour el-Din el-Zinki rebel group, claimed pro-government forces had opened fire on the convoy and also confiscated 25 private cars belonging to the Aleppo evacuees.</p>
<p>Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency says “pro-regime terrorists groups” had opened fire on the convoy in Aleppo.</p>
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<p>1 p.m.</p>
<p>A Syrian rebel spokesman says government forces opened fire on the road used for evacuations from eastern Aleppo, leading to the suspension in the process.</p>
<p>Yasser al-Youssef, a spokesman for the Nour el-Din el-Zinki rebel group, says the government forces also confiscated 25 private cars belonging to Aleppo residents on Friday.</p>
<p>He says he is convinced the government is trying to link the Aleppo evacuations to those from two Shiite villages in the country’s northwest besieged by rebels</p>
<p>Syrian state TV blamed opposition fighters, saying they opened fire on a convoy on the road evacuating people from eastern Aleppo.</p>
<p>Hezbollah’s Military Media says government supporters had blocked a road used by evacuees from Aleppo, demanding the wounded in the Shiite villages of Foua and Kfarya be allowed to leave.</p>
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<p>12:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Turkey’s state-run news agency claims forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad attacked a convoy of people being evacuated from the rebel enclave in eastern Aleppo, which led to the suspension of evacuations.</p>
<p>That claim is contrary to Damascus’ statement that rebels opened fire on a convoy with evacuees on Friday, forcing the government to suspend the evacuations.</p>
<p>Anadolu Agency says “pro-regime terrorists groups” had opened fire on the convoy, adding that a “pro-regime crowd gathering on the road is also preventing the passage of vehicles.”</p>
<p>Turkey, which helped broker the evacuation deal, has been a main supporter of armed opposition groups fighting to topple Assad. Ankara, with Moscow, helped negotiate a cease-fire between the warring parties in Syria to allow the evacuations from eastern Aleppo.</p>
<p>Moscow, along with Tehran, has given critical military support to the Damascus government and helped turn the course of the war in Assad’s favor.</p>
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<p>12:35 p.m.</p>
<p>The World Health Organization’s top representative in Syria says she hopes the suspension of evacuations of civilians and rebels from eastern Aleppo is only temporary and that the process would resume soon.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Hoff says WHO staffers at the Ramouseh crossing point with the rebel enclave who were assisting in the operation were told “without explanation” to leave the area.</p>
<p>Hoff spoke to reporters at U.N. offices in Geneva by phone from western, government-controlled part of the city of Aleppo.</p>
<p>She says many women and children in eastern Aleppo had gathered to wait for buses and ambulances to return and take them out on Friday, but were now compelled to go back home.</p>
<p>Hoff says that “this is a great concern to us because we know that they are desperate to get out.”</p>
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<p>11:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Syrian state TV says evacuations of civilians and opposition fighters from eastern Aleppo have been suspended after rebels opened fire on a convoy at one of the crossing points of the rebel-held enclave.</p>
<p>It wasn’t immediately clear how long the suspension, which was announced within a couple of hours after the evacuations resumed on Friday, would last.</p>
<p>The Syrian state TV also claims the rebels tried to take with them captive they had seized and were holding in the rebel enclave.</p>
<p>Lebanon’s Al-Manar Hezbollah TV says the Syrian army stopped the process because the rebels had violated the cease-fire deal. Hezbollah militiamen are fighting in the Syrian civil war alongside President Bashar Assad’s forces.</p>
<p>The Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV says buses that were parked at the Ramouseh crossing point left the area after it was targeted by gunmen.</p>
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<p>11:05 a.m.</p>
<p>A Turkish official says Turkey’s aid organizations are helping Syrians who have been evacuated from the city of Aleppo to a border area held by the opposition in Syria’s Idlib province.</p>
<p>Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said on Friday that “20 buses from Aleppo have reached the safe zone under control of the Free Syrian Army in Idlib.” He says about 30-35 wounded people being treated at the Sahra hospital just on the other side of the border.</p>
<p>Kaynak said there had been a discussion with Syrian opposition forces over the possibility of establishing a center “within a security zone in Syria.” He told the private Dogan news agency that “Idlib has no physical capacity to accommodate so many people.”</p>
<p>Kaynak estimated there are 80,000 to 100,000 individuals who would like to leave Aleppo under the cease-fire deal that Turkey helped broker.</p>
<p>He added that Turke is willing to provide assistance to “legitimate” Syrian opposition groups to help meet their needs. The minister spoke after visiting the Cilvegozu border crossing with Syria in southern Turkey</p>
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<p>10:55 a.m.</p>
<p>Syrian state TV says that evacuations of civilians and rebels from the last rebel-held territory in eastern Aleppo have resumed for the second day.</p>
<p>Ikhbariya TV is reporting that four convoys with fighters and civilians departed from the rebel enclave on Friday.</p>
<p>The TV has shown dozens of green public buses and ambulances parked in the southern Aleppo neighborhood of Ramouseh to help in the evacuation. It then showed trucks and other vehicles ferrying residents of eastern Aleppo and driving through the corridor leading to rebel-controlled areas in the countryside.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in the central province of Hama, buses and ambulances are waiting to evacuate thousands of people from two Shiite villages besieged by rebels, a last-minute condition that became part of the cease-fire deal for Aleppo. Iran had demanded that the evacuations from Foua and Kefraya be ted with the mass movement out of eastern Aleppo.</p>
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<p>9:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he and his Turkish counterpart are working to launch a new round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition — negotiations that would take place in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana.</p>
<p>Putin, who spoke on a visit to Japan on Friday, says that Ankara had helped broker the rebel exit from Aleppo that is currently underway. He says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are also working for an overall truce in Syria.</p>
<p>The Russian leader says that once the Syrian army secures control of all of Aleppo, civilians will be able to return to their homes.</p>
<p>It wasn’t immediately clear if western-backed Syrian opposition would accept such a location for peace talks with President Bashar Assad’s government.</p>
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<p>9:20 a.m.</p>
<p>Thousands more are expected to leave eastern Aleppo in the coming hours under a cease-fire deal that effectively surrendered the last rebel-held part of the city to Syrian government control. There are conflicting numbers on how many have been evacuated from Aleppo so far as part of a Turkey- and Russia-brokered cease-fire deal to transfer all still in the rebel enclave to rebel-held areas in the countryside.</p>
<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross says about 4,000 civilians were taken out on Thursday. Syrian state news agency says 2,300 opposition fighters and their families left Aleppo the previous night.</p>
<p>Russia, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, says that more than 6,462 people, including more than 3,000 rebels and 301 wounded, have been taken out.</p>
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however russias un ambassador vitaly churkin quick embrace plan saying takes weeks deploy observers advertisement powers churkins comments reporters came closed security council meeting syrian government takeover eastern aleppo rebel stronghold civil war since 2012 power said security council could possibly vote weekend stalemate emergency special session general assembly possible churkin opposes idea ___ 915 pm official syrias main opposition group says supports russias call resumed peace talks wants take place united nations auspices bassma kodmani high negotiations committee spoke associated press phone russian president vladimir putins announcement earlier friday peace initiative brokered turkey astana kazakhstan would host talks syrian government opposition representatives kodmani says hnc completely favor talks want un auspices called russia go serious process acceptable credible opposition regional players said hnc doesnt believe astana appropriate place several rounds unmediated indirect peace talks year geneva yielded progress amid renewed fighting ___ 830 pm outgoing secretarygeneral ban kimoon says un stands ready assist needed help rescue many people possible besieged aleppo even overnight rescue operation suspended due fighting ban speaking reporters final news conference un headquarters friday described war syria heartbreaking ban said thousands people evacuated eastern aleppo overnight help un agencies red cross arab red crescent including 194 patients taken hospitals parts syria turkey feel much regret stop operation time said ___ 715 pm russias un ambassador says urgent task syria end military activities resume negotiations government opposition vitaly churkin told security council friday damascus confirmed readiness take part negotiations churkin reiterated beginning syrian crisis russia favor peaceful resolution respecting sovereignty territorial integrity country evacuations eastern aleppo seal end syrian rebels important stronghold mark watershed moment countrys civil war sixth year ___ 6 pm frances ambassador united nations says country germany called emergency meeting security council consider situation wartorn aleppo francois delattre said meeting would take place friday agreement cant reached safely evacuating civilians enabling humanitarian aid watchful eye international observers members could call emergency special session 193member general assembly delattre told reporters outside security council chambers meeting would include briefing humanitarian affairs chief stephen obrien said france already begun drafting resolution consideration council ___ 530 pm syrias state news agency sana reporting explosion outside police station capital damascus agency immediate word casualties sana said blast occurred central midan neighborhood main market area usually crowded fridays number explosions capital dropped sharply past year due tightened security measures checkpoints searching cars around capital ___ 5 pm top un official syria calling government allies russia iran leading rebel group allow resumption evacuations besieged parts eastern aleppo text message associated press friday jan egeland office un syria envoy praised successful evacuations last day brought many thousands civilians safety added others trying leave egeland said among desperate evacuated group orphans unaccompanied children said office urging parties ground including syria iran russia armed opposition groups led ahrar alsham let evacuations resume unimpeded safety ___ 445 pm syrian state tv says buses heading two shiite villages besieged armed groups evacuate number humanitarian cases state tv announcement friday came hours evacuation embattled part eastern aleppo suspended apparently final pressure card push evacuation shiite villages northern syria rebels previously rejected linking two evacuations saying evacuating shiite villages related another separate deal two rebel spokesmen privy talks say fighters besieging two shiite villages including alqaida linked militant group fatah alsham front agreed evacuate several hundred wounded shiite villages happens may lead resumption evacuation aleppo thousands aleppo residents believed still stuck enclave surrounded government forces ___ 4 pm turkeys foreign minister says 7500 civilians evacuated syrian city aleppo intensively reached tehran bid keep process track speaking ankara friday mevlut cavusoglu said hold latest convoy spoken iranian counterpart jawad zarif effort overcome cavusoglu said officials including turkeys president recep tayyip erdogan speaking russian iranian equivalents well different players syrian conflict syrian government suspended evacuations eastern aleppo hours resumed friday saying rebels opened fire convoy evacuees crossing point enclave turkish statemedia blaming iran active syrian conflict frontline aleppo flare hostilities held convoy cavusoglu blamed syrian regime backing moscow tehran ankara one many say assads regime committed war crimes aleppo course syrian conflict said evacuated aleppo since start process thursday civilians suggested wanted remain inside syria turkey raising tented camps accommodate minister reiterated country would take vulnerable including old children sick would consider allowing later theres need looks like people hope returning aleppo one day want remain within syria even safer areas available told reporters ___ 245 pm un health agencys top official syria says negotiations underway hopes resuming evacuations rebelheld parts eastern aleppo elizabeth hoff syria representative world health organization says agency knows large number women children others still inside want get spoke phone friday associated press governmentcontrolled western aleppo russias military claimed women children taken eastern aleppo evacuations began day earlier involving help hoff says negotiations ongoing office un envoy syria try restart evacuations says indication evacuations completed ___ 145 pm russia claiming women children taken eastern aleppo final sweep syrian military underway clear last remaining rebels city though evidence ground statement friday russian militarys center reconciliation syria says evacuations completed came shortly syrian government said suspending evacuations convoy leaving aleppo fired rebels un international aid agencies insist still people eastern aleppo waiting evacuated russian statement claims russia said 9500 people including 4500 rebels 337 wounded taken rebelheld districts eastern aleppo russian military also says diehard militants stayed behind firing syrian government troops ___ 105 pm official international committee red cross urging parties syria ensure evacuations aleppo resume icrcs regional director robert mardini posted twitter regretfully operation put hold urge parties ensure relaunched amp proceed right conditions syrian government suspended evacuations eastern aleppo hours resumed friday saying rebels opened fire convoy evacuees crossing point enclave syrian rebel spokesman yasser alyoussef nour eldin elzinki rebel group claimed progovernment forces opened fire convoy also confiscated 25 private cars belonging aleppo evacuees turkeys staterun anadolu agency says proregime terrorists groups opened fire convoy aleppo ___ 1 pm syrian rebel spokesman says government forces opened fire road used evacuations eastern aleppo leading suspension process yasser alyoussef spokesman nour eldin elzinki rebel group says government forces also confiscated 25 private cars belonging aleppo residents friday says convinced government trying link aleppo evacuations two shiite villages countrys northwest besieged rebels syrian state tv blamed opposition fighters saying opened fire convoy road evacuating people eastern aleppo hezbollahs military media says government supporters blocked road used evacuees aleppo demanding wounded shiite villages foua kfarya allowed leave ___ 1245 pm turkeys staterun news agency claims forces loyal syrian president bashar assad attacked convoy people evacuated rebel enclave eastern aleppo led suspension evacuations claim contrary damascus statement rebels opened fire convoy evacuees friday forcing government suspend evacuations anadolu agency says proregime terrorists groups opened fire convoy adding proregime crowd gathering road also preventing passage vehicles turkey helped broker evacuation deal main supporter armed opposition groups fighting topple assad ankara moscow helped negotiate ceasefire warring parties syria allow evacuations eastern aleppo moscow along tehran given critical military support damascus government helped turn course war assads favor ___ 1235 pm world health organizations top representative syria says hopes suspension evacuations civilians rebels eastern aleppo temporary process would resume soon elizabeth hoff says staffers ramouseh crossing point rebel enclave assisting operation told without explanation leave area hoff spoke reporters un offices geneva phone western governmentcontrolled part city aleppo says many women children eastern aleppo gathered wait buses ambulances return take friday compelled go back home hoff says great concern us know desperate get ___ 1135 syrian state tv says evacuations civilians opposition fighters eastern aleppo suspended rebels opened fire convoy one crossing points rebelheld enclave wasnt immediately clear long suspension announced within couple hours evacuations resumed friday would last syrian state tv also claims rebels tried take captive seized holding rebel enclave lebanons almanar hezbollah tv says syrian army stopped process rebels violated ceasefire deal hezbollah militiamen fighting syrian civil war alongside president bashar assads forces lebanonbased almayadeen tv says buses parked ramouseh crossing point left area targeted gunmen ___ 1105 turkish official says turkeys aid organizations helping syrians evacuated city aleppo border area held opposition syrias idlib province deputy prime minister veysi kaynak said friday 20 buses aleppo reached safe zone control free syrian army idlib says 3035 wounded people treated sahra hospital side border kaynak said discussion syrian opposition forces possibility establishing center within security zone syria told private dogan news agency idlib physical capacity accommodate many people kaynak estimated 80000 100000 individuals would like leave aleppo ceasefire deal turkey helped broker added turke willing provide assistance legitimate syrian opposition groups help meet needs minister spoke visiting cilvegozu border crossing syria southern turkey ___ 1055 syrian state tv says evacuations civilians rebels last rebelheld territory eastern aleppo resumed second day ikhbariya tv reporting four convoys fighters civilians departed rebel enclave friday tv shown dozens green public buses ambulances parked southern aleppo neighborhood ramouseh help evacuation showed trucks vehicles ferrying residents eastern aleppo driving corridor leading rebelcontrolled areas countryside meanwhile central province hama buses ambulances waiting evacuate thousands people two shiite villages besieged rebels lastminute condition became part ceasefire deal aleppo iran demanded evacuations foua kefraya ted mass movement eastern aleppo ___ 935 russian president vladimir putin says turkish counterpart working launch new round peace talks syrian government opposition negotiations would take place kazakhstans capital astana putin spoke visit japan friday says ankara helped broker rebel exit aleppo currently underway says turkish president recep tayyip erdogan also working overall truce syria russian leader says syrian army secures control aleppo civilians able return homes wasnt immediately clear westernbacked syrian opposition would accept location peace talks president bashar assads government ___ 920 thousands expected leave eastern aleppo coming hours ceasefire deal effectively surrendered last rebelheld part city syrian government control conflicting numbers many evacuated aleppo far part turkey russiabrokered ceasefire deal transfer still rebel enclave rebelheld areas countryside international committee red cross says 4000 civilians taken thursday syrian state news agency says 2300 opposition fighters families left aleppo previous night russia key ally syrian president bashar assad says 6462 people including 3000 rebels 301 wounded taken
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<p>Jan 24 (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce and technology company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and U.S. grocer Kroger Co have had early discussions on working together, including a meeting in which U.S. executives traveled to China, a source familiar with the matter said.</p>
<p>The business development talks are at an initial stage, and it is not clear if they will lead to any cooperation, the person said, declining to be named.</p>
<p>The discussions come as U.S. e-commerce company Amazon.com Inc is expanding aggressively into groceries with its acquisition of Whole Foods Market.</p>
<p>Spokespeople for Kroger in the United States and Alibaba in China did not immediately respond to requests for comment. (Reporting By Peter Henderson; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped sanctions on Russian individuals and entities for U.S. election meddling and cyber attacks but put off targeting oligarchs and government officials close to President Vladimir Putin, prompting lawmakers in both parties to say President Donald Trump needs to do much more.</p>
<p>With the United States under pressure to act, the actions announced by the U.S. Treasury Department - targeting 19 individuals and five entities including Russian intelligence services - represented the most significant steps taken against Moscow since Trump assumed office in January 2017.</p>
<p>The United States also joined Britain, Germany and France in demanding that Russia explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack in England on a former Russian double agent, and Trump said “it certainly looks like the Russians were behind” the incident.</p>
<p>But congressional critics called the administration’s action a woefully inadequate retaliation for Russia interference in the 2016 U.S. election and cyber attacks stretching back two years that targeted the U.S. power grid including nuclear facilities.</p>
<p>“The sanctions today are a grievous disappointment and fall far short of what is needed to respond to that attack on our democracy let alone deter Russia’s escalating aggression, which now includes a chemical weapons attack on the soil of our closest ally,” said Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee.</p>
<p>“Today’s action, using authorities provided by Congress, is an important step by the administration. But more must be done,” Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce added.</p>
<p>Trump has faced fierce criticism in the United States for doing too little to punish Russia for the election meddling and other actions, and special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russians, an allegation the president denies.</p>
<p>Sixteen of the Russian individuals and entities sanctioned were indicted on Feb. 16 as part of Mueller’s criminal investigation.</p>
<p>“They didn’t hit Putin’s power structure and they didn’t team up with Europe,” Brian O’Toole, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank and a former senior adviser at the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, said of the administration’s actions.</p>
<p>A senior administration official told Reuters that Trump, who campaigned on warmer ties with Putin, has grown exasperated with Russian activity.</p>
<p>In Moscow, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia was preparing retaliatory measures, as U.S.-Russian relations plunged again despite Trump’s stated desire for improved ties.</p>
<p>Thursday’s announcement also marked the first time that the U.S. government stated publicly that Russia had attempted to break into the American energy grid, which U.S. security officials have longed warned may be vulnerable to debilitating cyber attacks from hostile adversaries.</p>
<p>The Treasury Department said the sanctions were also meant to counter destructive cyber attacks including the NotPetya attack that cost billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia and the United States. The United States and Britain last month blamed Russian military for that attack.</p> FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin discusses the Trump administration's tax reform proposal in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File photo
<p>Trump has frequently questioned a January 2017 finding by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign using hacking and propaganda in an effort eventually aimed at tilting the race in Trump’s favor. Russia denies interfering in the election.</p>
<p>But Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was unequivocal in saying that Thursday’s action by his department “counters Russia’s continuing destabilizing activities, ranging from interference in the 2016 election to conducting destructive cyber-attacks.”</p> ‘GET SMART’
<p>“Putin constantly attacks our friends. So, President Trump, are you going to get smart about the threat Russia poses to the United States and our allies?” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said.</p>
<p>Schiff said that only two new senior Russian officials with ties to military intelligence were included in Thursday’s action and the Obama administration had already imposed sanctions in December 2016 on the other named Russian intelligence entities and individuals.</p> FILE PHOTO: Voters cast their votes during the U.S. presidential election in Elyria, Ohio, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo
<p>Trump told reporters during a White House event with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar that “it certainly looks like the Russians were behind” the use of a nerve agent to attack Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent in England. Trump called it “something that should never, ever happen, and we’re taking it very seriously, as I think are many others.”</p>
<p>Russian government hackers since at least March 2016 “have also targeted U.S. government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors,” a Treasury Department statement said.</p>
<p>A senior administration told reporters on a conference call that Russian actors infiltrated parts of the U.S. energy sector.</p>
<p>“We were able to identify where they were located within those business systems and remove them from those business systems,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>Mnuchin said there would be additional sanctions against Russian government officials and oligarchs “for their destabilizing activities.” Mnuchin did not give a time frame for those sanctions, which he said would sever the individuals’ access to the U.S. financial system.</p>
<p>The new sanctions include Russian intelligence services, the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), and six individuals working on behalf of the GRU.</p>
<p>Thursday’s action blocks all property of those targeted that is subject to U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits American citizens from engaging in transactions with them.</p>
<p>Russian businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, one of those indicted by Mueller and hit with sanctions on Thursday, said in comments cited by RIA news agency that he was not worried.</p>
<p>“I have been sanctioned maybe three or four times - I’m tired of counting, I can’t remember. I don’t have any business in the United States or with Americans. I’m not worried by this. Except that now I will stop going to McDonald’s,” Prigozhin was quoted as saying.</p>
<p>Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu; Additional reporting by Dustin Volz, Lesley Wroughton, Warren Strobel and James Oliphant in Washington and Polina Ivanova in Moscow; Editing by Mary Milliken and Will Dunham</p> Our Standards:
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<p>BEIRUT (Reuters) - The war has cost one man part of his liver and intestines. Another his home and work. A third his homeland and studies.</p> Fouad al-Ghraibi is seen (2ndL) with fighters in this undated photo in Idlib, Syria. REUTERS/Stringer
<p>All three have lost hope.</p>
<p>Abu Farhan, Fouad al-Ghraibi and Abu al-Baraa took the rebels’ side in the violence which began after the government put down street protests that started on March 15, 2011.</p>
<p>Ghraibi, who has a business renting out construction machinery, joined a rebel group and later set up his own fighting unit. Abu al-Baraa, then just 16, joined a militant group, the Nusra Front, and became a jihadist fighter. Abu Farhan, a student and part-time kitchen fitter, joined the first protests in the central Syrian city of Homs and went on to became an opposition activist.</p>
<p>The harrowing tales of the three men — they don’t know each other but all risked their lives by siding against President Bashar al-Assad — help show why the rebellion is failing.</p>
<p>All three quickly became disillusioned with divisions among the rebels and what they saw as various fighting groups’ intolerance of anyone who does not think like them — a trait similar to what they see in Assad.</p>
<p>Two of them have concluded the war is unwinnable, especially as Assad now has heavy military support from Russia and Iran that far outweighs the weapons shipped to rebels by the United States, Gulf Arab states and Turkey.</p>
<p>But hatred of Assad means fighters like Ghraibi battle on. Men such as Abu al-Baraa and Abu Farhan are so disillusioned with both sides that they see no life for them in Syria.</p>
<p>“What happened destroyed my whole future,” Abu al-Baraa, who now lives in exile in Turkey, told Reuters by telephone. He fled across the border after falling out with the Nusra Front, which he says imprisoned and tortured him.</p>
<p>Ghraibi, 37, has recovered from abdomen and hand wounds and lost part of his liver and intestines, and a finger, says he will fight to the death with the rebels but also believes the rebellion’s original ideals are dead.</p>
<p>“We’ll keep fighting to our last breath, even against the whole world,” he said.</p> OPPOSITION ACTIVIST
<p>Abu Farhan shares that sense of despair. Now 30, he was forced out of Homs by the fighting in 2014. Although he has found work and an apartment in Syria’s northern Idlib province, he is deeply disillusioned by what has become of Syria and dreams of leaving to start a new life abroad.</p>
<p>“We didn’t want to destroy our country and create this rift among Syrians,” he said. “If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t have joined the protests.”</p>
<p>He asked to be identified only by his nom de guerre for fear of upsetting rebels in Idlib.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>The civil war has killed 511,000 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and forced over 5.4 million to flee the county, according to U.N. data. It has also caused a refugee crisis in neighboring countries and western Europe and inspired fatal attacks from Nice to Los Angeles.</p>
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<p>It is a civil war that has laid bare the international community’s inability to resolve conflicts on such a scale, increasing strains between Russia and the West.</p>
<p>Abu Farhan had studied physical education at university in Homs before the war and was working as a kitchen fitter. He threw his lot in with Assad’s opponents when he joined anti-government protesters pouring out of the Khaled bin al-Walid mosque in Homs.</p>
<p>Abu Farhan put aside his studies and his hopes of marriage, and began organizing protests.</p>
<p>His best friend and favorite cousin both disappeared under arrest. Last year he found out that they were killed - a fate which human rights groups say has befallen tens of thousands in Assad’s prisons. The president denies the accusations.</p>
<p>By February 2012, the Syrian army was regularly shelling the district where Abu Farhan lived in the Jouret al Shayyah district of Homs near the Old City. But he chose not to fight.</p>
<p>“I knew that taking up arms would be a curse, not a blessing,” he said.</p>
<p>As fighting intensified and warplanes began bombing city blocks in late 2012, he left his home with his parents and two siblings for al-Waer, a quieter opposition area in another part of the city.</p>
<p>Waer was soon subjected to a siege that lasted until 2017 and food became more scarce. During Ramadan, the Muslim holy month when people traditionally eat delicacies at night after fasting through the daylight hours, he says the family usually had only bulgur wheat to break their fast.</p>
<p>“Sometimes we didn’t even have that,” he said.</p>
<p>Terrified of arrest by Assad’s security forces - which he believed would lead to torture and summary execution - Abu Farhan and his family joined rebels who left for Idlib in a negotiated withdrawal, surrendering Waer to the government.</p>
<p>Idlib will never feel like home for Abu Farhan. “I am a refugee here,” he said.</p>
<p>After leaving Waer, he and his sister both found jobs in Idlib, with Abu Farhan working as a fitness instructor.</p>
<p>Despite overcrowding caused by the flood of refugees from other parts of Syria, they were able to rent an apartment. For now, though, Abu Farhan is unable to get to work in the southern part of Idlib because bombing by pro-Assad forces makes his journey too dangerous.</p> A Syrian man who identified himself as Abu al-Baraa and lives in exile in Turkey, casts his shadow during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, Turkey March 9, 2018.&#160;Picture taken March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
<p>The bombing, destruction and what he sees as the intolerance of rebel groups running Idlib have convinced him there is no point staying in Syria. He has started learning Turkish and hopes to gain refugee status.</p> JIHADIST AND EXILE
<p>Abu al-Baraa was a schoolboy in Waer when the protests began, but volunteered as a hospital orderly and helped injured demonstrators hide from the police. He briefly became a medical student, while it was still possible to travel into the university in central Homs.</p>
<p>Realising he was now a wanted man because of his actions, he joined the Nusra Front. He said the group seemed to represent his conservative religious views and that he became aware of its true nature and violent militancy only later.</p>
<p>“We didn’t know then that the Nusra Front was affiliated to al Qaeda. We had a religious upbringing, and they lured us in with their religious beliefs,” said Abu al-Baraa.</p>
<p>The Nusra Front’s brutal methods were soon evident to Abu al-Baraa, as was the split between jihadist and nationalist groups that has plagued the uprising.</p>
<p>“They established security apparatuses and prisons just like the (Assad government) regime, where they tortured people,” Abu al-Baraa said. “I know of at least one man who died under torture and was later shown to be innocent.”</p>
<p>After only a few months fighting with the group, he was stripped of his gun and mobile phone for opposing its actions and he started volunteering at a medical center.</p>
<p>His disillusionment with the Nusra Front and other rebels grew and he publicly argued with the group’s local commander, who threw him into prison.</p>
<p>He was held in a dark underground cell infested with rats and was tortured, he said.</p> Slideshow (19 Images)
<p>“They faked 15 accusations against me, including theft and spying for the regime. After 12 days of living hell, I collapsed and confessed to the fake accusations,” he said.</p>
<p>While he wasted in prison the rebellion, undermined by internal wrangling and facing a government strengthened by the arrival of Russian warplanes, was losing ground.</p>
<p>When its enclave in the city of Aleppo fell to Assad in late 2016, it led to a series of surrenders of other small opposition pockets around Syria. Waer was one of them.</p>
<p>Abu al-Baraa was stuck in prison, but he still had friends in the Nusra Front who managed to smuggle him out. He was able to board one of a number of green buses sent by the government to evacuate the rebels, and made it to Idlib.</p>
<p>For Abu al-Baraa, worried he was in danger from the Nusra Front and now using false documents, the misery and poverty of Idlib offered no haven.</p>
<p>“Two or three families shared one small apartment, taking turns to sleep,” he said.</p>
<p>Six weeks after arriving there, he made the dangerous border crossing into Turkey with the help of the same people who had rescued him from prison. It was his seventh attempt.</p>
<p>Mow living in Istanbul with his mother and younger brother, Abu al-Baraa says the trauma of that time, when the sound of jets meant an attack could be imminent, still affects them.</p>
<p>“We live near the airport. Whenever a plane takes off or lands, my brother runs crying to his mother,” he said.</p>
<p>Their father did not make it out of Syria. He died of a stroke in Waer in 2014. Abu al-Baraa still fears his former rebel allies enough to be identified only by his nom de guerre.</p> REBEL COMMANDER
<p>When anti-government protests began in the city of Idlib in 2011, Fouad al-Ghraibi quickly joined them.</p>
<p>There was never any question where his allegiances lay. Thirteen of his uncles and cousins, all from the family’s home village of Kafr Oueid in Idlib province, were killed or jailed when government forces crushed a years-long revolt by the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization, in 1982.</p>
<p>Ghraibi was shot in the hand and abdomen when Assad cracked down on the protesters and was taken to Turkey for treatment.</p>
<p>Returning to Idlib months later, he gathered friends to join the Free Syrian Army (FSA), an alliance of rebel groups backed by Western and Arab countries.</p>
<p>Disappointed by divisions in the FSA, he later joined Jaish al-Islam, a better organized Islamist coalition backed by Saudi Arabia where he was put in charge of 150 fighters.</p>
<p>Three of his brothers, Mokhlis, Khaled and Mustafa, were killed in combat in the northwest, scene of some of the fiercest fighting of the war. An air strike on his village in June 2015 killed 33 civilians, including his niece.</p>
<p>When an alliance of jihadist groups led by the Nusra Front, which changed its name in 2016, took over much of Idlib last year, Ghraibi returned home to Kafr Oueid.</p>
<p>Once there, he set up a group of 45 local fighters which he hopes will defend the village from both Assad and the Islamist factions, and return the revolution to the ideals he believes it originally espoused.</p>
<p>All it has done so far is contribute yet another small armed faction to a civil war that shows no sign of ending.</p>
<p>Editing by Angus McDowall and Timothy Heritage</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents, including some related to Russia, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the matter.</p> FILE PHOTO: 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, DC, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
<p>Details of the subpoena were not available, the newspaper said. The Trump Organization, which U.S. President Donald Trump ran with his family before he entered the White House, played down the significance of any subpoena, a lawyer saying on Thursday that the company has told the public since July that it is being cooperative with the special counsel’s investigation.</p>
<p>Mueller is investigating Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election, and potential collusion by Trump aides. Russia has denied U.S. intelligence agencies’ conclusion that it meddled in the election and Trump has said there was no collusion between his campaign and Moscow officials.</p>
<p>Mueller has charged several Trump associates and more than a dozen Russians.</p>
<p>Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to comment on the Times report about a subpoena, which was the first known time Mueller had demanded materials directly related to Trump’s businesses.</p>
<p>The S&amp;P 500 ended slightly lower on Thursday in choppy trade as strong jobs and manufacturing data was balanced by the Times report on Mueller’s subpoena.</p>
<p>“This is old news and our assistance and cooperation with the various investigations remains the same today,” New York lawyer Alan Futerfas, who represents the Trump Organization in the Russia probe, said in a statement.</p>
<p>Futerfas also represents Donald Trump Jr. and other Trump Organization officers and employees.</p>
<p>Congressional committees also have been investigating Russia and the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.</p>
<p>The White House declined to comment specifically on the report and referred questions to the Trump Organization.</p>
<p>“We’re going to continue to fully cooperate. Out of respect for the special counsel, we’re not going to comment,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Karen Freifeld, Doina Chiacu and James Oliphant; editing by Grant McCool</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
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jan 24 reuters chinese ecommerce technology company alibaba group holding ltd us grocer kroger co early discussions working together including meeting us executives traveled china source familiar matter said business development talks initial stage clear lead cooperation person said declining named discussions come us ecommerce company amazoncom inc expanding aggressively groceries acquisition whole foods market spokespeople kroger united states alibaba china immediately respond requests comment reporting peter henderson editing muralikumar anantharaman standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters united states slapped sanctions russian individuals entities us election meddling cyber attacks put targeting oligarchs government officials close president vladimir putin prompting lawmakers parties say president donald trump needs much united states pressure act actions announced us treasury department targeting 19 individuals five entities including russian intelligence services represented significant steps taken moscow since trump assumed office january 2017 united states also joined britain germany france demanding russia explain militarygrade nerve toxin attack england former russian double agent trump said certainly looks like russians behind incident congressional critics called administrations action woefully inadequate retaliation russia interference 2016 us election cyber attacks stretching back two years targeted us power grid including nuclear facilities sanctions today grievous disappointment fall far short needed respond attack democracy let alone deter russias escalating aggression includes chemical weapons attack soil closest ally said adam schiff top democrat house representatives intelligence committee todays action using authorities provided congress important step administration must done republican house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce added trump faced fierce criticism united states little punish russia election meddling actions special counsel robert mueller looking whether trumps campaign colluded russians allegation president denies sixteen russian individuals entities sanctioned indicted feb 16 part muellers criminal investigation didnt hit putins power structure didnt team europe brian otoole senior fellow atlantic council think tank former senior adviser treasury departments office foreign assets control said administrations actions senior administration official told reuters trump campaigned warmer ties putin grown exasperated russian activity moscow deputy foreign minister sergei ryabkov said russia preparing retaliatory measures usrussian relations plunged despite trumps stated desire improved ties thursdays announcement also marked first time us government stated publicly russia attempted break american energy grid us security officials longed warned may vulnerable debilitating cyber attacks hostile adversaries treasury department said sanctions also meant counter destructive cyber attacks including notpetya attack cost billions dollars damage across europe asia united states united states britain last month blamed russian military attack file photo us secretary treasury steven mnuchin discusses trump administrations tax reform proposal white house briefing room washington us april 26 2017 reuterscarlos barriafile photo trump frequently questioned january 2017 finding us intelligence agencies russia interfered 2016 campaign using hacking propaganda effort eventually aimed tilting race trumps favor russia denies interfering election treasury secretary steven mnuchin unequivocal saying thursdays action department counters russias continuing destabilizing activities ranging interference 2016 election conducting destructive cyberattacks get smart putin constantly attacks friends president trump going get smart threat russia poses united states allies senate democratic leader chuck schumer said schiff said two new senior russian officials ties military intelligence included thursdays action obama administration already imposed sanctions december 2016 named russian intelligence entities individuals file photo voters cast votes us presidential election elyria ohio us november 8 2016 reutersaaron josefczykfile photo trump told reporters white house event irish prime minister leo varadkar certainly looks like russians behind use nerve agent attack sergei skripal former russian double agent england trump called something never ever happen taking seriously think many others russian government hackers since least march 2016 also targeted us government entities multiple us critical infrastructure sectors including energy nuclear commercial facilities water aviation critical manufacturing sectors treasury department statement said senior administration told reporters conference call russian actors infiltrated parts us energy sector able identify located within business systems remove business systems official said speaking condition anonymity related coverage white house remain tough russia behavior changes us blames russia cyber attacks energy grid sectors russian businessman prigozhin dismisses new us sanctions ria mnuchin said would additional sanctions russian government officials oligarchs destabilizing activities mnuchin give time frame sanctions said would sever individuals access us financial system new sanctions include russian intelligence services federal security service fsb main intelligence directorate gru six individuals working behalf gru thursdays action blocks property targeted subject us jurisdiction prohibits american citizens engaging transactions russian businessman evgeny prigozhin one indicted mueller hit sanctions thursday said comments cited ria news agency worried sanctioned maybe three four times im tired counting cant remember dont business united states americans im worried except stop going mcdonalds prigozhin quoted saying reporting steve holland doina chiacu additional reporting dustin volz lesley wroughton warren strobel james oliphant washington polina ivanova moscow editing mary milliken dunham standards thomson reuters trust principles beirut reuters war cost one man part liver intestines another home work third homeland studies fouad alghraibi seen 2ndl fighters undated photo idlib syria reutersstringer three lost hope abu farhan fouad alghraibi abu albaraa took rebels side violence began government put street protests started march 15 2011 ghraibi business renting construction machinery joined rebel group later set fighting unit abu albaraa 16 joined militant group nusra front became jihadist fighter abu farhan student parttime kitchen fitter joined first protests central syrian city homs went became opposition activist harrowing tales three men dont know risked lives siding president bashar alassad help show rebellion failing three quickly became disillusioned divisions among rebels saw various fighting groups intolerance anyone think like trait similar see assad two concluded war unwinnable especially assad heavy military support russia iran far outweighs weapons shipped rebels united states gulf arab states turkey hatred assad means fighters like ghraibi battle men abu albaraa abu farhan disillusioned sides see life syria happened destroyed whole future abu albaraa lives exile turkey told reuters telephone fled across border falling nusra front says imprisoned tortured ghraibi 37 recovered abdomen hand wounds lost part liver intestines finger says fight death rebels also believes rebellions original ideals dead well keep fighting last breath even whole world said opposition activist abu farhan shares sense despair 30 forced homs fighting 2014 although found work apartment syrias northern idlib province deeply disillusioned become syria dreams leaving start new life abroad didnt want destroy country create rift among syrians said could go back time wouldnt joined protests asked identified nom de guerre fear upsetting rebels idlib related coverage explainer foreign powers obstruct assad gains syria civil war killed 511000 people according syrian observatory human rights forced 54 million flee county according un data also caused refugee crisis neighboring countries western europe inspired fatal attacks nice los angeles years deadly days syria tmsnrtrs2hb9bkg civil war laid bare international communitys inability resolve conflicts scale increasing strains russia west abu farhan studied physical education university homs war working kitchen fitter threw lot assads opponents joined antigovernment protesters pouring khaled bin alwalid mosque homs abu farhan put aside studies hopes marriage began organizing protests best friend favorite cousin disappeared arrest last year found killed fate human rights groups say befallen tens thousands assads prisons president denies accusations february 2012 syrian army regularly shelling district abu farhan lived jouret al shayyah district homs near old city chose fight knew taking arms would curse blessing said fighting intensified warplanes began bombing city blocks late 2012 left home parents two siblings alwaer quieter opposition area another part city waer soon subjected siege lasted 2017 food became scarce ramadan muslim holy month people traditionally eat delicacies night fasting daylight hours says family usually bulgur wheat break fast sometimes didnt even said terrified arrest assads security forces believed would lead torture summary execution abu farhan family joined rebels left idlib negotiated withdrawal surrendering waer government idlib never feel like home abu farhan refugee said leaving waer sister found jobs idlib abu farhan working fitness instructor despite overcrowding caused flood refugees parts syria able rent apartment though abu farhan unable get work southern part idlib bombing proassad forces makes journey dangerous syrian man identified abu albaraa lives exile turkey casts shadow interview reuters istanbul turkey march 9 2018160picture taken march 9 2018 reutershuseyin aldemir bombing destruction sees intolerance rebel groups running idlib convinced point staying syria started learning turkish hopes gain refugee status jihadist exile abu albaraa schoolboy waer protests began volunteered hospital orderly helped injured demonstrators hide police briefly became medical student still possible travel university central homs realising wanted man actions joined nusra front said group seemed represent conservative religious views became aware true nature violent militancy later didnt know nusra front affiliated al qaeda religious upbringing lured us religious beliefs said abu albaraa nusra fronts brutal methods soon evident abu albaraa split jihadist nationalist groups plagued uprising established security apparatuses prisons like assad government regime tortured people abu albaraa said know least one man died torture later shown innocent months fighting group stripped gun mobile phone opposing actions started volunteering medical center disillusionment nusra front rebels grew publicly argued groups local commander threw prison held dark underground cell infested rats tortured said slideshow 19 images faked 15 accusations including theft spying regime 12 days living hell collapsed confessed fake accusations said wasted prison rebellion undermined internal wrangling facing government strengthened arrival russian warplanes losing ground enclave city aleppo fell assad late 2016 led series surrenders small opposition pockets around syria waer one abu albaraa stuck prison still friends nusra front managed smuggle able board one number green buses sent government evacuate rebels made idlib abu albaraa worried danger nusra front using false documents misery poverty idlib offered two three families shared one small apartment taking turns sleep said six weeks arriving made dangerous border crossing turkey help people rescued prison seventh attempt mow living istanbul mother younger brother abu albaraa says trauma time sound jets meant attack could imminent still affects live near airport whenever plane takes lands brother runs crying mother said father make syria died stroke waer 2014 abu albaraa still fears former rebel allies enough identified nom de guerre rebel commander antigovernment protests began city idlib 2011 fouad alghraibi quickly joined never question allegiances lay thirteen uncles cousins familys home village kafr oueid idlib province killed jailed government forces crushed yearslong revolt muslim brotherhood islamist organization 1982 ghraibi shot hand abdomen assad cracked protesters taken turkey treatment returning idlib months later gathered friends join free syrian army fsa alliance rebel groups backed western arab countries disappointed divisions fsa later joined jaish alislam better organized islamist coalition backed saudi arabia put charge 150 fighters three brothers mokhlis khaled mustafa killed combat northwest scene fiercest fighting war air strike village june 2015 killed 33 civilians including niece alliance jihadist groups led nusra front changed name 2016 took much idlib last year ghraibi returned home kafr oueid set group 45 local fighters hopes defend village assad islamist factions return revolution ideals believes originally espoused done far contribute yet another small armed faction civil war shows sign ending editing angus mcdowall timothy heritage standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters us special counsel robert mueller subpoenaed trump organization documents including related russia new york times reported thursday citing two people briefed matter file photo special counsel robert mueller departs briefing members us senate investigation potential collusion russia trump campaign capitol hill washington dc us june 21 2017 reutersjoshua robertsfile photo details subpoena available newspaper said trump organization us president donald trump ran family entered white house played significance subpoena lawyer saying thursday company told public since july cooperative special counsels investigation mueller investigating russian attempts influence 2016 us election potential collusion trump aides russia denied us intelligence agencies conclusion meddled election trump said collusion campaign moscow officials mueller charged several trump associates dozen russians peter carr spokesman mueller declined comment times report subpoena first known time mueller demanded materials directly related trumps businesses sampp 500 ended slightly lower thursday choppy trade strong jobs manufacturing data balanced times report muellers subpoena old news assistance cooperation various investigations remains today new york lawyer alan futerfas represents trump organization russia probe said statement futerfas also represents donald trump jr trump organization officers employees congressional committees also investigating russia 2016 election possible collusion trump campaign white house declined comment specifically 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<p>PINE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won’t stop federal agents from seizing the drug — even in tiny amounts — on busy freeways and backcountry highways.</p>
<p>Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder that state and federal laws collide when it comes to pot. The U.S. government classifies marijuana as a controlled substance, like heroin and LSD.</p>
<p>“Prior to Jan. 1, it’s going to be the same after Jan. 1, because nothing changed on our end,” said Ryan Yamasaki, an assistant chief of the Border Patrol’s San Diego sector. “If you’re a federal law enforcement agency, you uphold federal laws.”</p>
<p>The checkpoints, located up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) from Mexico, are considered a final line of defense against immigrants who elude agents at the border. They also have been a trap for U.S. citizens carrying drugs, even tiny bags of marijuana.</p>
<p>About 40 percent of pot seizures at Border Patrol checkpoints from fiscal years 2013 to 2016 were an ounce (28 grams) or less from U.S. citizens, according to a Government Accountability Office report last month. California’s new law allows anyone 21 and over to carry up to an ounce.</p>
<p>The Border Patrol operates 34 permanent checkpoints along the Mexican border and an additional 103 “tactical” stops, typically cones and signs that appear for brief periods.</p>
<p>Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner of parent agency Customs and Border Protection, called drug seizures an “ancillary effect” of enforcing immigration laws. Motorists typically are released after being photographed and fingerprinted. They generally aren’t charged with a crime because prosecutors consider them low priority.</p>
<p>The clash between state and federal marijuana laws played out on a smaller scale near the Canadian border in Washington after that state legalized marijuana in 2014. California is a far busier route for illegal crossings with many more agents.</p>
<p>State and federal marijuana laws have conflicted since California became the first to legalize marijuana for medical use in 1996. Next week, California will be among seven states and Washington, D.C., with legal recreational pot.</p>
<p>U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a staunch opponent of legalization, said last month that he was taking a close look at federal enforcement, suggesting a tougher stance than President Barack Obama’s administration.</p>
<p>At highway checkpoints, Border Patrol agents look for signs of nervous drivers, like clutching steering wheels and avoiding eye contact and interrupting when passengers are asked to state citizenship. Some panicked drivers make a U-turn when they spot the checkpoint, a dead giveaway.</p>
<p>One recent morning on westbound Interstate 8 about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of San Diego, an agent standing outside a booth under a large white canopy stopped drivers for a few seconds to ask their citizenship or waved them through after peering inside.</p>
<p>In about an hour, three raised enough suspicion to be ordered aside for a thorough vehicle search.</p>
<p>A dog discovered a marijuana stash about the size of a thumbprint inside the pickup truck of a man with Arizona license plates who was taking his elderly uncle to a hospital appointment. It would have taken up to an hour to process the arrest, so agents released him after seizing the pot and warning it was illegal.</p>
<p>“I didn’t know that, sorry,” the driver said, walking to his truck after waiting on a bench a few minutes while the dog searched.</p>
<p>The animal sniffed something in another car but found nothing in the seats or trunk. The apologetic driver said she smoked marijuana a week earlier, implying the odor lingered.</p>
<p>The Pine Valley checkpoint, amid oak- and chaparral-covered mountains on the main route from Arizona to San Diego, gets busy with drivers returning from weekend getaways but is less traveled than others.</p>
<p>Agents say a checkpoint on Interstate 5 between San Diego and Los Angeles can cause a 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) backup in 90 seconds during peak hours.</p>
<p>The government faces pushback over checkpoints. Some residents complain about delays and trespassers trying to circumvent checkpoints — some even dying from heat and exhaustion. Motorists who consider them a privacy invasion steadfastly refuse to answer questions and post their test encounters on YouTube.</p>
<p>Border Patrol officials insist they are effective. Without them, Vitiello said, smugglers would have open passage to cities like Phoenix and Albuquerque, New Mexico, once past the border.</p>
<p>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that agents can question people at checkpoints even without reason to believe anyone in the vehicle is in the country illegally and don’t need a search warrant.</p>
<p>Michael Chernis, an attorney who represents people charged with marijuana crimes, believes checkpoint seizures are a waste of resources but acknowledged the government is empowered.</p>
<p>“The bottom line is, there’s absolutely no protection against federal interaction when it comes to adult use,” he said.</p>
<p>PINE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won’t stop federal agents from seizing the drug — even in tiny amounts — on busy freeways and backcountry highways.</p>
<p>Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder that state and federal laws collide when it comes to pot. The U.S. government classifies marijuana as a controlled substance, like heroin and LSD.</p>
<p>“Prior to Jan. 1, it’s going to be the same after Jan. 1, because nothing changed on our end,” said Ryan Yamasaki, an assistant chief of the Border Patrol’s San Diego sector. “If you’re a federal law enforcement agency, you uphold federal laws.”</p>
<p>The checkpoints, located up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) from Mexico, are considered a final line of defense against immigrants who elude agents at the border. They also have been a trap for U.S. citizens carrying drugs, even tiny bags of marijuana.</p>
<p>About 40 percent of pot seizures at Border Patrol checkpoints from fiscal years 2013 to 2016 were an ounce (28 grams) or less from U.S. citizens, according to a Government Accountability Office report last month. California’s new law allows anyone 21 and over to carry up to an ounce.</p>
<p>The Border Patrol operates 34 permanent checkpoints along the Mexican border and an additional 103 “tactical” stops, typically cones and signs that appear for brief periods.</p>
<p>Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner of parent agency Customs and Border Protection, called drug seizures an “ancillary effect” of enforcing immigration laws. Motorists typically are released after being photographed and fingerprinted. They generally aren’t charged with a crime because prosecutors consider them low priority.</p>
<p>The clash between state and federal marijuana laws played out on a smaller scale near the Canadian border in Washington after that state legalized marijuana in 2014. California is a far busier route for illegal crossings with many more agents.</p>
<p>State and federal marijuana laws have conflicted since California became the first to legalize marijuana for medical use in 1996. Next week, California will be among seven states and Washington, D.C., with legal recreational pot.</p>
<p>U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a staunch opponent of legalization, said last month that he was taking a close look at federal enforcement, suggesting a tougher stance than President Barack Obama’s administration.</p>
<p>At highway checkpoints, Border Patrol agents look for signs of nervous drivers, like clutching steering wheels and avoiding eye contact and interrupting when passengers are asked to state citizenship. Some panicked drivers make a U-turn when they spot the checkpoint, a dead giveaway.</p>
<p>One recent morning on westbound Interstate 8 about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of San Diego, an agent standing outside a booth under a large white canopy stopped drivers for a few seconds to ask their citizenship or waved them through after peering inside.</p>
<p>In about an hour, three raised enough suspicion to be ordered aside for a thorough vehicle search.</p>
<p>A dog discovered a marijuana stash about the size of a thumbprint inside the pickup truck of a man with Arizona license plates who was taking his elderly uncle to a hospital appointment. It would have taken up to an hour to process the arrest, so agents released him after seizing the pot and warning it was illegal.</p>
<p>“I didn’t know that, sorry,” the driver said, walking to his truck after waiting on a bench a few minutes while the dog searched.</p>
<p>The animal sniffed something in another car but found nothing in the seats or trunk. The apologetic driver said she smoked marijuana a week earlier, implying the odor lingered.</p>
<p>The Pine Valley checkpoint, amid oak- and chaparral-covered mountains on the main route from Arizona to San Diego, gets busy with drivers returning from weekend getaways but is less traveled than others.</p>
<p>Agents say a checkpoint on Interstate 5 between San Diego and Los Angeles can cause a 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) backup in 90 seconds during peak hours.</p>
<p>The government faces pushback over checkpoints. Some residents complain about delays and trespassers trying to circumvent checkpoints — some even dying from heat and exhaustion. Motorists who consider them a privacy invasion steadfastly refuse to answer questions and post their test encounters on YouTube.</p>
<p>Border Patrol officials insist they are effective. Without them, Vitiello said, smugglers would have open passage to cities like Phoenix and Albuquerque, New Mexico, once past the border.</p>
<p>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that agents can question people at checkpoints even without reason to believe anyone in the vehicle is in the country illegally and don’t need a search warrant.</p>
<p>Michael Chernis, an attorney who represents people charged with marijuana crimes, believes checkpoint seizures are a waste of resources but acknowledged the government is empowered.</p>
<p>“The bottom line is, there’s absolutely no protection against federal interaction when it comes to adult use,” he said.</p>
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contact interrupting passengers asked state citizenship panicked drivers make uturn spot checkpoint dead giveaway one recent morning westbound interstate 8 40 miles 64 kilometers east san diego agent standing outside booth large white canopy stopped drivers seconds ask citizenship waved peering inside hour three raised enough suspicion ordered aside thorough vehicle search dog discovered marijuana stash size thumbprint inside pickup truck man arizona license plates taking elderly uncle hospital appointment would taken hour process arrest agents released seizing pot warning illegal didnt know sorry driver said walking truck waiting bench minutes dog searched animal sniffed something another car found nothing seats trunk apologetic driver said smoked marijuana week earlier implying odor lingered pine valley checkpoint amid oak chaparralcovered mountains main route arizona san diego gets busy drivers returning weekend getaways less traveled others agents say checkpoint interstate 5 san diego los angeles cause 4mile 64kilometer backup 90 seconds peak hours government faces pushback checkpoints residents complain delays trespassers trying circumvent checkpoints even dying heat exhaustion motorists consider privacy invasion steadfastly refuse answer questions post test encounters youtube border patrol officials insist effective without vitiello said smugglers would open passage cities like phoenix albuquerque new mexico past border us supreme court ruled 1976 agents question people checkpoints even without reason believe anyone vehicle country illegally dont need search warrant michael chernis attorney represents people charged marijuana crimes believes checkpoint seizures waste resources acknowledged government empowered bottom line theres absolutely protection federal interaction comes adult use said pine valley calif ap california legalizes marijuana recreational use monday wont stop federal agents seizing drug even tiny amounts busy freeways backcountry highways marijuana possession still prohibited eight border patrol checkpoints california reminder state federal laws collide comes pot us government classifies marijuana controlled substance like heroin lsd prior jan 1 going jan 1 nothing changed end said ryan yamasaki assistant chief border patrols san diego sector youre federal law enforcement agency uphold federal laws checkpoints located 100 miles 161 kilometers mexico considered final line defense immigrants elude agents border also trap us citizens carrying drugs even tiny bags marijuana 40 percent pot seizures border patrol checkpoints fiscal years 2013 2016 ounce 28 grams less us citizens according government accountability office report last month californias new law allows anyone 21 carry ounce border patrol operates 34 permanent checkpoints along mexican border additional 103 tactical stops typically cones signs appear brief periods ronald vitiello acting deputy commissioner parent agency customs border protection called drug seizures ancillary effect enforcing immigration laws motorists typically released photographed fingerprinted generally arent charged crime prosecutors consider low priority clash state federal marijuana laws played smaller scale near canadian border washington state legalized marijuana 2014 california far busier route illegal crossings many agents state federal marijuana laws conflicted since california became first legalize marijuana medical use 1996 next week california among seven states washington dc legal recreational pot us attorney general jeff sessions staunch opponent legalization said last month taking close look federal enforcement suggesting tougher stance president barack obamas administration highway checkpoints border patrol agents look signs nervous drivers like clutching steering wheels avoiding eye contact interrupting passengers asked state citizenship panicked drivers make uturn spot checkpoint dead giveaway one recent morning westbound interstate 8 40 miles 64 kilometers east san diego agent standing outside booth large white canopy stopped drivers seconds ask citizenship waved peering inside hour three raised enough suspicion ordered aside thorough vehicle search dog discovered marijuana stash size thumbprint inside pickup truck man arizona license plates taking elderly uncle hospital appointment would taken hour process arrest agents released seizing pot warning illegal didnt know sorry driver said walking truck waiting bench minutes dog searched animal sniffed something another car found nothing seats trunk apologetic driver said smoked marijuana week earlier implying odor lingered pine valley checkpoint amid oak chaparralcovered mountains main route arizona san diego gets busy drivers returning weekend getaways less traveled others agents say checkpoint interstate 5 san diego los angeles cause 4mile 64kilometer backup 90 seconds peak hours government faces pushback checkpoints residents complain delays trespassers trying circumvent checkpoints even dying heat exhaustion motorists consider privacy invasion steadfastly refuse answer questions post test encounters youtube border patrol officials insist effective without vitiello said smugglers would open passage cities like phoenix albuquerque new mexico past border us supreme court ruled 1976 agents question people checkpoints even without reason believe anyone vehicle country illegally dont need search warrant michael chernis attorney represents people charged marijuana crimes believes checkpoint seizures waste resources acknowledged government empowered bottom line theres absolutely protection federal interaction comes adult use said
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<p>ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — It's been more than four decades since Jimmy Carter campaigned across Georgia and asked voters to make him governor.</p>
<p>His winning race set the stage for his election as president in 1976.</p>
<p>Carter's just turned 90, but he was out campaigning on Sunday for his grandson Jason, a Democratic state senator and lawyer who's challenging the Republican governor, Nathan Deal, on Nov. 4, in a close race.</p>
<p>The former president and his grandson spoke during a church service open to the public in south Georgia, a key area for Jason Carter as he looks to woo former Democrats back to a party that many left more than a decade ago. The visit to Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany was part of a campaign push ahead of early voting, which begins Monday.</p>
<p>Jimmy Carter spoke of the struggle for blacks to obtain the right to vote and praised his grandson, a state senator and lawyer from Atlanta, for fighting against the state's voter ID law. The former president said Republicans are for limiting, not expanding, voter access.</p>
<p>"He's led the charge," the former president said of his grandson's work in the courtroom to challenge the state law. "Everyone here and everyone you can contact should join with . Jason when the time comes this year to make Martin Luther King's dream come true."</p>
<p>Polls suggest a tight race between Carter and Deal, and Democrats see both the governor's race and a fierce battle for the state's open U.S. Senate seat as critical to laying the foundation for Georgia to become a presidential swing state in 2016.</p>
<p>Up until this point, the elder Carter had largely stayed behind the scenes, headlining private fundraisers and offering counsel to his grandson's campaign. But in the final weeks, he is taking on a more prominent role.</p>
<p>Among those in the crowd was Hildry Branch, a retired educator from Albany, who brought her family to hear the former president and who appreciated his support for his grandson. A lifelong Democrat, Branch said she planned to vote for the younger Carter.</p>
<p>"I like what he's said about education," she said. "All children need to be educated. That's one thing no one can take from you."</p>
<p>During his remarks, Jason Carter talked about how his grandfather had inspired him, and what prompted him to run for governor.</p>
<p>"He was born in a little country town in south Georgia," he said of his grandfather. "He didn't have a lot in his life. But if one child in rural Georgia can grow up to do the things he has done, then we owe it to every child to educate them and give them opportunity."</p>
<p>The battle for voters outside of Atlanta, particularly in south and middle Georgia, will be key in both the races for governor and Senate. Georgia hasn't backed a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton in 1992, and Republicans have made steady gains across the state in the years since.</p>
<p>But the state's demographics have been changing, with a growing minority population and an increase in people moving into Georgia from other states.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Democrats have launched a targeted effort this year to register some of the estimated 800,000 black, Latinos and Asians already living in the state who have yet to engage in the political process.</p>
<p>Republicans have been eager to link Jason Carter to the elder Carter's policies, portraying him as a liberal Atlanta Democrat who can't be trusted not to raise taxes.</p>
<p>Jason Carter has criticized Deal for not doing enough to fund education and help the state's middle class. Deal, a former congressman, has argued his policies have helped state revenues and jobs increase despite tough economic times while protecting education from budget cuts.</p>
<p>Deal said last week that he expected the former president would take a more public role in the campaign, adding he didn't think it would persuade voters.</p>
<p>"I respect President Carter, and if I were a grandfather I'd probably want to support my grandson too," Deal said. "But we are not a state nor a nation in which titles such as governor are inherited by virtue of your legacy."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writer Kathleen Foody in Marietta, Georgia, contributed to this report. Follow Christina Almeida Cassidy on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Christina.</p>
<p>ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — It's been more than four decades since Jimmy Carter campaigned across Georgia and asked voters to make him governor.</p>
<p>His winning race set the stage for his election as president in 1976.</p>
<p>Carter's just turned 90, but he was out campaigning on Sunday for his grandson Jason, a Democratic state senator and lawyer who's challenging the Republican governor, Nathan Deal, on Nov. 4, in a close race.</p>
<p>The former president and his grandson spoke during a church service open to the public in south Georgia, a key area for Jason Carter as he looks to woo former Democrats back to a party that many left more than a decade ago. The visit to Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany was part of a campaign push ahead of early voting, which begins Monday.</p>
<p>Jimmy Carter spoke of the struggle for blacks to obtain the right to vote and praised his grandson, a state senator and lawyer from Atlanta, for fighting against the state's voter ID law. The former president said Republicans are for limiting, not expanding, voter access.</p>
<p>"He's led the charge," the former president said of his grandson's work in the courtroom to challenge the state law. "Everyone here and everyone you can contact should join with . Jason when the time comes this year to make Martin Luther King's dream come true."</p>
<p>Polls suggest a tight race between Carter and Deal, and Democrats see both the governor's race and a fierce battle for the state's open U.S. Senate seat as critical to laying the foundation for Georgia to become a presidential swing state in 2016.</p>
<p>Up until this point, the elder Carter had largely stayed behind the scenes, headlining private fundraisers and offering counsel to his grandson's campaign. But in the final weeks, he is taking on a more prominent role.</p>
<p>Among those in the crowd was Hildry Branch, a retired educator from Albany, who brought her family to hear the former president and who appreciated his support for his grandson. A lifelong Democrat, Branch said she planned to vote for the younger Carter.</p>
<p>"I like what he's said about education," she said. "All children need to be educated. That's one thing no one can take from you."</p>
<p>During his remarks, Jason Carter talked about how his grandfather had inspired him, and what prompted him to run for governor.</p>
<p>"He was born in a little country town in south Georgia," he said of his grandfather. "He didn't have a lot in his life. But if one child in rural Georgia can grow up to do the things he has done, then we owe it to every child to educate them and give them opportunity."</p>
<p>The battle for voters outside of Atlanta, particularly in south and middle Georgia, will be key in both the races for governor and Senate. Georgia hasn't backed a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton in 1992, and Republicans have made steady gains across the state in the years since.</p>
<p>But the state's demographics have been changing, with a growing minority population and an increase in people moving into Georgia from other states.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Democrats have launched a targeted effort this year to register some of the estimated 800,000 black, Latinos and Asians already living in the state who have yet to engage in the political process.</p>
<p>Republicans have been eager to link Jason Carter to the elder Carter's policies, portraying him as a liberal Atlanta Democrat who can't be trusted not to raise taxes.</p>
<p>Jason Carter has criticized Deal for not doing enough to fund education and help the state's middle class. Deal, a former congressman, has argued his policies have helped state revenues and jobs increase despite tough economic times while protecting education from budget cuts.</p>
<p>Deal said last week that he expected the former president would take a more public role in the campaign, adding he didn't think it would persuade voters.</p>
<p>"I respect President Carter, and if I were a grandfather I'd probably want to support my grandson too," Deal said. "But we are not a state nor a nation in which titles such as governor are inherited by virtue of your legacy."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writer Kathleen Foody in Marietta, Georgia, contributed to this report. Follow Christina Almeida Cassidy on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Christina.</p>
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carter largely stayed behind scenes headlining private fundraisers offering counsel grandsons campaign final weeks taking prominent role among crowd hildry branch retired educator albany brought family hear former president appreciated support grandson lifelong democrat branch said planned vote younger carter like hes said education said children need educated thats one thing one take remarks jason carter talked grandfather inspired prompted run governor born little country town south georgia said grandfather didnt lot life one child rural georgia grow things done owe every child educate give opportunity battle voters outside atlanta particularly south middle georgia key races governor senate georgia hasnt backed democrat president since bill clinton 1992 republicans made steady gains across state years since states demographics changing growing minority population increase people moving georgia states meanwhile democrats launched targeted effort year register estimated 800000 black latinos asians already living state yet engage political process republicans eager link jason carter elder carters policies portraying liberal atlanta democrat cant trusted raise taxes jason carter criticized deal enough fund education help states middle class deal former congressman argued policies helped state revenues jobs increase despite tough economic times protecting education budget cuts deal said last week expected former president would take public role campaign adding didnt think would persuade voters respect president carter grandfather id probably want support grandson deal said state nation titles governor inherited virtue legacy ___ associated press writer kathleen foody marietta georgia contributed report follow christina almeida cassidy twitter httptwittercomap_christina
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<p>CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina kept hitting the glass hard — then pulled away after one of its most important players hit the floor hard.</p>
<p>Luke Maye had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the 15th-ranked Tar Heels beat Georgia Tech 80-66 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Theo Pinson added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Joel Berry II and Cameron Johnson finished with 16 points apiece to help the Tar Heels (16-4, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).</p>
<p>They shot 42 percent and dominated the glass, building a 46-25 rebounding advantage and scoring 26 second-chance points to Georgia Tech's four.</p>
<p>"We're pushing our guys — as you've heard me say for 15 years how important I think rebounding the ball is," coach Roy Williams said.</p>
<p>Jose Alvarado scored 17 points and hit four 3-pointers, including one that pulled the Yellow Jackets to 70-62 with about 3½ minutes left. But he fouled Berry on the Tar Heels' ensuing possession, sending the point guard to the floor — and then stepped over him, earning a technical foul with 3:21 to play.</p>
<p>"I just felt like it was disrespectful to me," Berry said. "I never want anybody to disrespect me like that. So I knew at the time he was going to do it. I just tried to get up fast, because I don't like people stepping over me anyway. I just told him, 'Watch where you're stepping.'"</p>
<p>Berry hit three of the four free throws he was awarded to put North Carolina's lead into double figures to stay. The Tar Heels were 19 of 24 from the line, while Georgia Tech was just 3 of 6.</p>
<p>Josh Okogie led Georgia Tech (10-9, 3-3) with 18 points, while Ben Lammers and Abdoulaye Gueye each had 12. The Yellow Jackets were just 5 of 18 from 3-point range and had 15 turnovers.</p>
<p>"The whole key is, you've got to make free throws and don't turn the ball over," Tech coach Josh Pastner said. "Those are two areas where we haven't been as good as I would like to be, and that's put us in some positions of some of our losses."</p>
<p>BIG PICTURE</p>
<p>Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets had won four in a row before this two-game run against Top 15 opponents. After suffocating against No. 2 Virginia's ACC-best defense, Georgia Tech couldn't keep up with North Carolina's fast-paced offense, which averages nearly 83 points — especially after one stretch in which it had two field goals in 10-plus minutes.</p>
<p>North Carolina: The Tar Heels' winning streak remains intact, but Berry had a rough day until his free-throw bonanza all but iced it. The most outstanding player at the Final Four finished just 3 of 17 from the field and was just 1 of 8 from long range.</p>
<p>STAT LINES</p>
<p>Pinson scored in double figures for the third straight game — the first time he's done that in his career. . Johnson's two highest-scoring games as a Tar Heel came this week. He scored 21 in the victory over Clemson.</p>
<p>HE SAID IT</p>
<p>"I know Coach. If I tried to do something, Coach would get on me and yell at me, regardless of the situation." — Berry, on keeping his cool after Alvarado stepped over him.</p>
<p>MEN IN STRIPES</p>
<p>Official Ted Valentine worked his first North Carolina game since he memorably turned his back on Berry as the guard protested the lack of a foul call during a loss at Florida State on Jan. 3. The first time Valentine blew his whistle was when Berry drew a charging call on Brandon Alston. Berry said Valentine apologized before the game.</p>
<p>HONORS</p>
<p>North Carolina placed former forward Justin Jackson's jersey No. 44 in the rafters during a halftime ceremony. He qualified for the honor by winning the ACC player of the year award last season, while helping the Tar Heels win their third NCAA Tournament title since 2005.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Georgia Tech: Visits Florida State on Wednesday night.</p>
<p>North Carolina: Plays at Virginia Tech on Monday night.</p>
<p>___</p>
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<p>CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina kept hitting the glass hard — then pulled away after one of its most important players hit the floor hard.</p>
<p>Luke Maye had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the 15th-ranked Tar Heels beat Georgia Tech 80-66 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Theo Pinson added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Joel Berry II and Cameron Johnson finished with 16 points apiece to help the Tar Heels (16-4, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).</p>
<p>They shot 42 percent and dominated the glass, building a 46-25 rebounding advantage and scoring 26 second-chance points to Georgia Tech's four.</p>
<p>"We're pushing our guys — as you've heard me say for 15 years how important I think rebounding the ball is," coach Roy Williams said.</p>
<p>Jose Alvarado scored 17 points and hit four 3-pointers, including one that pulled the Yellow Jackets to 70-62 with about 3½ minutes left. But he fouled Berry on the Tar Heels' ensuing possession, sending the point guard to the floor — and then stepped over him, earning a technical foul with 3:21 to play.</p>
<p>"I just felt like it was disrespectful to me," Berry said. "I never want anybody to disrespect me like that. So I knew at the time he was going to do it. I just tried to get up fast, because I don't like people stepping over me anyway. I just told him, 'Watch where you're stepping.'"</p>
<p>Berry hit three of the four free throws he was awarded to put North Carolina's lead into double figures to stay. The Tar Heels were 19 of 24 from the line, while Georgia Tech was just 3 of 6.</p>
<p>Josh Okogie led Georgia Tech (10-9, 3-3) with 18 points, while Ben Lammers and Abdoulaye Gueye each had 12. The Yellow Jackets were just 5 of 18 from 3-point range and had 15 turnovers.</p>
<p>"The whole key is, you've got to make free throws and don't turn the ball over," Tech coach Josh Pastner said. "Those are two areas where we haven't been as good as I would like to be, and that's put us in some positions of some of our losses."</p>
<p>BIG PICTURE</p>
<p>Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets had won four in a row before this two-game run against Top 15 opponents. After suffocating against No. 2 Virginia's ACC-best defense, Georgia Tech couldn't keep up with North Carolina's fast-paced offense, which averages nearly 83 points — especially after one stretch in which it had two field goals in 10-plus minutes.</p>
<p>North Carolina: The Tar Heels' winning streak remains intact, but Berry had a rough day until his free-throw bonanza all but iced it. The most outstanding player at the Final Four finished just 3 of 17 from the field and was just 1 of 8 from long range.</p>
<p>STAT LINES</p>
<p>Pinson scored in double figures for the third straight game — the first time he's done that in his career. . Johnson's two highest-scoring games as a Tar Heel came this week. He scored 21 in the victory over Clemson.</p>
<p>HE SAID IT</p>
<p>"I know Coach. If I tried to do something, Coach would get on me and yell at me, regardless of the situation." — Berry, on keeping his cool after Alvarado stepped over him.</p>
<p>MEN IN STRIPES</p>
<p>Official Ted Valentine worked his first North Carolina game since he memorably turned his back on Berry as the guard protested the lack of a foul call during a loss at Florida State on Jan. 3. The first time Valentine blew his whistle was when Berry drew a charging call on Brandon Alston. Berry said Valentine apologized before the game.</p>
<p>HONORS</p>
<p>North Carolina placed former forward Justin Jackson's jersey No. 44 in the rafters during a halftime ceremony. He qualified for the honor by winning the ACC player of the year award last season, while helping the Tar Heels win their third NCAA Tournament title since 2005.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Georgia Tech: Visits Florida State on Wednesday night.</p>
<p>North Carolina: Plays at Virginia Tech on Monday night.</p>
<p>___</p>
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figures stay tar heels 19 24 line georgia tech 3 6 josh okogie led georgia tech 109 33 18 points ben lammers abdoulaye gueye 12 yellow jackets 5 18 3point range 15 turnovers whole key youve got make free throws dont turn ball tech coach josh pastner said two areas havent good would like thats put us positions losses big picture georgia tech yellow jackets four row twogame run top 15 opponents suffocating 2 virginias accbest defense georgia tech couldnt keep north carolinas fastpaced offense averages nearly 83 points especially one stretch two field goals 10plus minutes north carolina tar heels winning streak remains intact berry rough day freethrow bonanza iced outstanding player final four finished 3 17 field 1 8 long range stat lines pinson scored double figures third straight game first time hes done career johnsons two highestscoring games tar heel came week scored 21 victory clemson said know coach tried something coach would get yell regardless situation berry keeping cool alvarado stepped men stripes official ted valentine worked first north carolina game since memorably turned back berry guard protested lack foul call loss florida state jan 3 first time valentine blew whistle berry drew charging call brandon alston berry said valentine apologized game honors north carolina placed former forward justin jacksons jersey 44 rafters halftime ceremony qualified honor winning acc player year award last season helping tar heels win third ncaa tournament title since 2005 next georgia tech visits florida state wednesday night north carolina plays virginia tech monday night ___ ap college basketball httpcollegebasketballaporg httpwwwtwittercomap_top25 chapel hill nc ap north carolina kept hitting glass hard pulled away one important players hit floor hard luke maye 17 points 11 rebounds 15thranked tar heels beat georgia tech 8066 saturday theo pinson added 11 points 10 rebounds joel berry ii cameron johnson finished 16 points apiece help tar heels 164 52 atlantic coast conference shot 42 percent dominated glass building 4625 rebounding advantage scoring 26 secondchance points georgia techs four pushing guys youve heard say 15 years important think rebounding ball coach roy williams said jose alvarado scored 17 points hit four 3pointers including one pulled yellow jackets 7062 3½ minutes left fouled berry tar heels ensuing possession sending point guard floor stepped earning technical foul 321 play felt like disrespectful berry said never want anybody disrespect like knew time going tried get fast dont like people stepping anyway told watch youre stepping berry hit three four free throws awarded put north carolinas lead double figures stay tar heels 19 24 line georgia tech 3 6 josh okogie led georgia tech 109 33 18 points ben lammers abdoulaye gueye 12 yellow jackets 5 18 3point range 15 turnovers whole key youve got make free throws dont turn ball tech coach josh pastner said two areas havent good would like thats put us positions losses big picture georgia tech yellow jackets four row twogame run top 15 opponents suffocating 2 virginias accbest defense georgia tech couldnt keep north carolinas fastpaced offense averages nearly 83 points especially one stretch two field goals 10plus minutes north carolina tar heels winning streak remains intact berry rough day freethrow bonanza iced outstanding player final four finished 3 17 field 1 8 long range stat lines pinson scored double figures third straight game first time hes done career johnsons two highestscoring games tar heel came week scored 21 victory clemson said know coach tried something coach would get yell regardless situation berry keeping cool alvarado stepped men stripes official ted valentine worked first north carolina game since memorably turned back berry guard protested lack foul call loss florida state jan 3 first time valentine blew whistle berry drew charging call brandon alston berry said valentine apologized game honors north carolina placed former forward justin jacksons jersey 44 rafters halftime ceremony qualified honor winning acc player year award last season helping tar heels win third ncaa tournament title since 2005 next georgia tech visits florida state wednesday night north carolina plays virginia tech monday night ___ ap college basketball httpcollegebasketballaporg httpwwwtwittercomap_top25
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<p>PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany want to reach a joint position on euro zone reform, including tax convergence, capital markets and the banking union, between March and June this year, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday.</p> FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire arrives for a news conference at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
<p>Speaking after talks with his German counterpart in Paris, Le Maire said that a joint French-German position would spur other euro zone members to come on board.</p>
<p>“We have ... an immediate priority which is the completion of the banking union, the completion of the capital markets union and tax convergence with Germany,” Le Maire said at a news conference with his German counterpart Peter Altmaier.</p>
<p>“On these three issues, our goal is to reach a final joint position between March and June,” he added.</p>
<p>So far Germany has had concerns about how risks would be shared among euro zone countries if further progress is made on banking union.</p>
<p>While the euro zone has created a common banking supervisor at the ECB, the bloc has struggled to agree on a mechanism to wind down troubled banks and agree a joint deposit insurance system.</p>
<p>“To complete this element, we have to reduce risks with a road map to avoid future crises in the banking sector,” Altmaier said.</p>
<p>Le Maire said that France prepared to address Germany’s concerns and in particular the way that non-performing loans are handled, which is particularly sensitive for Italy due to a high number of dud loans on some Italian banks’ balance sheets.</p>
<p>“This is a concrete example of France’s will to overcome certain technical problems that have lasted for months or years and reach a consensus and agreement,” Le Maire said.</p>
<p>The two ministers are to discuss euro zone integration with their Italian and Spanish counterparts over dinner on Monday in Brussels, Le Maire said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Writing by Michel Rose; Editing by Richard Lough and Geert De Clercq</p> Our Standards:
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<p>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian air defenses shot down 13 missiles fired in a U.S.-led attack on the country on Saturday, Syrian state TV said.</p>
<p>It said the missiles had been shot down in the Kiswah area south of Damascus, the capital.</p>
<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a total of three scientific research centers had been hit in the attacks - two in Damascus and one in the Homs area - in addition to military bases in Damascus.</p>
<p>The Observatory said all the bases and facilities struck in the attack had been evacuated by the Syrian government earlier this week.</p>
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<p>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Friday that Washington estimates that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have used chemical weapons at least 50 times during the seven-year-long conflict.</p>
<p>“Our President has not yet made a decision about possible action in Syria. But should the United States and our allies decide to act in Syria, it will be in defense of a principle on which we all agree,” Haley told the U.N. Security Council.</p>
<p>“All nations and all people will be harmed if we allow Assad to normalize the use of chemical weapons,” Haley said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is using Tomahawk cruise missiles in its strikes in Syria, and taking aim at multiple targets in the country, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, without disclosing whether U.S. aircraft were also involved in strikes.</p>
<p>The disclosure came moments after U.S. President Donald Trump said he ordered precision strikes targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons capabilities after a poison gas attack that killed at least 60 people last week.</p> INSIGHT: Trump orders strikes against Syria
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<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s lower house of parliament is to consider draft legislation that would give the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict a list of U.S. imports, reacting to new U.S. sanctions on a group of Russian tycoons and officials.</p> Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, visits the historical Space Pavilion opened after a renovation at the the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH) on the Cosmonautics Day in Moscow, Russia April 12, 2018. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERS
<p>Senior lawmakers in the State Duma, which is dominated by Kremlin loyalists, said they had prepared the list ranging from food and alcohol to medicine and consulting services in response to Washington’s move last week.</p>
<p>It was not immediately clear if the draft legislation - which would allow the government to impose the measures should the need arise - would become law in its current form, or if it had the backing of the Kremlin.</p>
<p>A Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said it was understandable that Russian lawmakers wanted to retaliate against the U.S. measures. He said, though, that the Kremlin had yet to familiarise itself with the draft law.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>The Russian parliament is often used to send assertive messages to foreign states, but these do not always translate into concrete measures.</p>
<p>Large-scale restrictions on U.S. goods and services would hurt American firms but could also cause significant disruption in Russia, where consumers flock to McDonald’s restaurants, fly on vacation in Boeing jets, and use Apple phones.</p>
<p>The draft law, according to a text seen by Reuters, is aimed at protecting Russia’s interests and security in the face of “unfriendly and unlawful acts by the United States of America and other foreign states”.</p>
<p>Russian currency and stock markets, preoccupied with the threat of U.S. military action in Syria and the fallout from Washington’s new sanctions, did not react to the draft legislation.</p>
<p>It is to be discussed in the lower house next week.</p> TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL
<p>The proposed measures are in retaliation for the White House’s imposition of the toughest set of sanctions on Russia since Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014, which dragged relations to their lowest point since the Cold War.</p>
<p>Moscow reacted then with countersanctions banning a wide range of food imports from Western countries.</p>
<p>Russia imported $12.5 billion worth of U.S. products in 2017, according to official customs data. That included aircraft, machinery, pharmaceutical and chemical products.</p>
<p>The draft legislation would give authorities the power to impose bans or restrictions in multiple areas of trade with the United States if they deemed that Washington was threatening Russia’s interests.</p>
<p>The sectors listed in the draft which could be subject to bans or restrictions include U.S.-made software and farm goods, U.S. medicines that can be sourced elsewhere, and tobacco and alcohol.</p>
<p>It gives the government the power to ban cooperation with the United States on atomic power, rocket engines and aircraft making, and to bar U.S. firms from taking part in Russian privatisation deals.</p>
<p>The provision of auditing, legal and consulting services by U.S. firms could also be subject to bans or restrictions, and curbs could be imposed on U.S. citizens working in Russia.</p>
<p>Western companies, including Ford Motor Co, PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola’s bottler Coca-Cola HBC, have also invested billions of dollars since the fall of the Soviet Union to set up local production in Russia.</p>
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<p>Back during my days at Gourmet magazine, my many duties included teaching cooking classes. I used to tell my students — especially the cooking-impaired ones — that if they made sure to greet dinner party guests with a special homemade drink, they would always win, no matter what else happened that evening.</p>
<p>Let them buy take-out food, rearrange it artfully on platters, then claim it as their own. Nobody would think twice as long as they were handed a special drink on their way in the door. Festive drinks scream, “Party!”</p>
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<p>The holiday season boasts any number of festive libations. My favorite is eggnog. After all, if you’re trying to crystallize holiday excess in liquid form, how better than to combine sweet cream with strong rum or brandy</p>
<p>But what if — just this once — you don’t want to overdo it? How do you cut down the fat and calories in eggnog without losing the drink’s signature richness? More precisely, is there a way to keep it creamy without cream? I tried making eggnog using nonfat milk, both regular and condensed. I even tried thickening the mixture with cornstarch. My daughter, Ruthie, a connoisseur of cocktails, rejected both of these strategies.</p>
<p>Nonfat milk made the drink too watery. Cornstarch successfully thickened the drink, but in a way that reminded my expert of a loose pudding, not eggnog.</p>
<p>Ruthie suggested losing the nonfat milk in favor of 2 percent milk, which is still much lighter than cream. That did the trick.</p>
<p>Then I added chai spices, which contributed their own luxurious and exotic notes that work so nicely with the more traditional nutmeg.</p>
<p>My second concoction, Christmas sangria, required much less experimentation, if only because traditional sangria — a mix of wine and fruit — is a fairly healthy punch to begin with. Essentially, all I did was swap out the drink’s usual summertime fruits for their wintertime counterparts — pomegranates, clementines and apples, along with some fresh fruit juice.</p>
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<p>Reformatted in this fashion, a warm weather stalwart suddenly looks and tastes just right for the holidays.</p>
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<p>3½-inch stick cinnamon, smashed using the side of a knife</p>
<p>½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise</p>
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<p>10 whole cloves</p>
<p>½ teaspoon whole black peppercorns, coarsely crushed</p>
<p>½ teaspoon ground ginger</p>
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<p>Kosher salt</p>
<p>2 large eggs</p>
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<p>¼ cup sugar</p>
<p>Brandy or rum, for flavoring (optional)</p>
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<p>In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine 1½ cups of the milk with the cinnamon, vanilla bean, cloves, peppercorns, ginger, cardamom pods and a hefty pinch of salt. Bring the mixture to a simmer, then turn off the heat and let it stand for 15 minutes.</p>
<p>Strain the mixture through a sieve, discarding all of the solids except for the vanilla bean. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the milk; discard the vanilla pod.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, in a medium bowl beat the eggs with the sugar for 2 minutes, or until they are light and lemon colored. Add the heated milk in a stream, whisking gently. Return the egg-milk mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it thickens and coats the back of the spoon, about 4 to 6 minutes. Do not let the mixture come to a simmer or the eggs will scramble.</p>
<p>Quickly add the remaining ½ cup of milk to the pan to stop the cooking. Transfer the mixture to a pitcher and chill for at least 2 hours or until very cold.</p>
<p>To serve, divide the eggnog among 4 chilled glasses, stir in a dash of brandy or rum, if desired, and top with a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg.</p>
<p>PER SERVING: 140 calories; 40 calories from fat (29 percent of total calories); 4.5 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 100 mg cholesterol; 16 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 16 g sugar; 7 g protein; 210 mg sodium.</p>
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<p>2 tablespoons superfine sugar</p>
<p>In a large bowl combine all ingredients and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Chill, tightly covered, at least 8 hours before serving.</p>
<p>PER SERVING: 180 calories; 0 calories from fat (0 percent of total calories); 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 24 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 19 g sugar; 1 g protein; 5 mg sodium.</p>
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<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Projects which raise funds through “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) are attacked by cyber criminals 100 times a month on average, a report said, underscoring the risks of investing in cryptocurrency ventures online.</p> A padlock is displayed at the Alert Logic booth during the 2016 Black Hat cyber-security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 3, 2016. REUTERS/David Becker
<p>The research, published by Moscow-based cyber security firm Group-IB on Wednesday, was based on an analysis of 450 attacks on ICOs since the beginning of 2017. Attempts by hackers to steal money from ICO projects increased tenfold over the period.</p>
<p>Group-IB also took part in a study published this week by Ernst &amp; Young which showed that roughly $400 million of the $3.7 billion raised via ICOs to date had been stolen.</p>
<p>The findings come amid a cryptocurrency investing craze, with young companies raising hundreds of millions of dollars online to fund projects, with often little more than a handful of employees and an outline business plan.</p> A copy of bitcoin standing on PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017. Picture taken October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
<p>There is also growing scrutiny from regulators and investors, some of whom say they have been misled or defrauded via ICO schemes.</p>
<p>Group-IB said ICOs and cryptocurrency investors were particularly at risk from so-called phishing attacks - when hackers spoof emails and websites to steal passwords and personal information - with some groups who previously targeted banks now stealing as much as $1.5 million a month this way.</p>
<p>In some cases, hackers have also attacked and doctored ICO project websites, changing the information so would-be investors send their money to the wrong digital “wallets” used for storing cryptocurrencies.</p>
<p>“Most attacks use traditional and well-proven techniques, which are also very effective for stealing cryptocurrencies,” said Ruslan Yusufov,&#160;director of private client&#160;services at Group-IB. “Lots of projects underestimate cybersecurity risks, which leads to an avalanche of threats and successful thefts.”</p>
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<p>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is investigating whether Facebook did enough to protect data after a whistleblower said a London-based political consultancy hired by Donald Trump improperly accessed information on 50 million Facebook users to sway public opinion.</p>
<p>Facebook ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>) shares closed down nearly 7 percent on Monday, wiping nearly $40 billion off its market value as investors worried that damage to the reputation of the world’s largest social media network would deter users and advertisers.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Denham, the head of Britain’s Information Commission, is seeking a warrant to search the offices of consultancy Cambridge Analytica after a whistleblower revealed it had harvested the private information of millions of people to support Trump’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.</p>
<p>“We are looking at whether or not Facebook secured and safeguarded personal information on the platform and whether when they found out about the loss of the data they acted robustly and whether or not people were informed,” Denham told BBC Radio.</p>
<p>U.S. and European lawmakers have demanded an explanation of how the consulting firm gained access to the data in 2014 and why Facebook failed to inform its users, raising broader industry questions about consumer privacy.</p>
<p>In Washington, the Republican chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee sent a letter on Monday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting information and a briefing on the Facebook user data.</p>
<p>“The possibility that Facebook has either not been transparent with consumers or has not been able to verify that third party app developers are transparent with consumers is troubling,” read the letter which was also addressed to Nigel Oakes, chief executive of Cambridge Analytica’s affiliate SCL.</p>
<p>Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook. Its shares fell a further 1.8 percent.</p>
<p>In London, the head of Britain’s cross-party Media parliamentary committee also wrote to Zuckerberg asking for more information. “We would like to receive your response by Monday 26 March,” lawmaker Damian Collins wrote.</p>
<p>In Dublin, Ireland’s privacy watchdog said it was following up with Facebook to clarify its oversight. The Irish body is the lead regulator for Facebook in the European Union because the network’s European headquarters are in Dublin.</p>
<p>Created in 2013, Cambridge Analytica markets itself as a source of consumer research, targeted advertising and other data-related services to both political and corporate clients.</p>
<p>According to the New York Times, it was launched with $15 million in backing from billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer and a name chosen by the-then future Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon.</p>
<p>Facebook says the data were harvested by a British academic, Aleksandr Kogan, who created an app on the platform that was downloaded by 270,000 people, providing access not only to their own personal data but also their friends’.</p>
<p>Facebook said Kogan then violated its policies by passing the data to Cambridge Analytica. Facebook has since suspended both the consulting firm and SCL (Strategic Communication Laboratories), a government and military contractor.</p>
<p>Facebook said it had been told that the data were destroyed.</p>
<p>Kogan says he changed the terms and conditions of his personality-test app on Facebook from academic to commercial part way through the project, according to an email to Cambridge University colleagues obtained and cited by CNN.</p> Slideshow (9 Images)
<p>Kogan says Facebook made no objection, but Facebook says it was not informed of the change, CNN reported. Kogan was not immediately reachable for comment.</p> GRAVE VIOLATION
<p>“If this data still exists, it would be a grave violation of Facebook’s policies and an unacceptable violation of trust and the commitments these groups made,” Facebook said.</p>
<p>Cambridge Analytica has denied all the media claims and said it deleted the data after learning the information did not adhere to data protection rules.</p>
<p>On Tuesday people were seen carrying multiple plastic storage containers into and out of the building that houses Cambridge Analytica’s London office, among other companies. It was not clear which firm they were going to.</p>
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<p>“We are not alone in using data from social media sites to extract user information,” Cambridge Analytica said. “No Facebook data was used by our data science team in the 2016 presidential campaign.”</p>
<p>Denham, head of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said on Monday she was seeking a warrant to access the offices of Cambridge Analytica after seeing an investigation by Britain’s Channel 4 news which secretly recorded its executives boasting of their ability to sway elections.</p>
<p>She said it would not take long to obtain the warrant.</p>
<p>“We have offered to share with the ICO all the information that it asked for and for the ICO to attend our office voluntarily, subject to our agreeing the scope of the inspection,” Cambridge Analytica said.</p>
<p>Facebook said it had hired forensic auditors from the firm Stroz Friedberg to investigate and determine whether Cambridge Analytica still had the data. The auditors were in Cambridge Analytica’s offices on Monday night but left at the request of the British authorities.</p>
<p>The Information Commissioner can currently impose fines of up to 500,000 pounds ($700,000) but will gain the power to fine an organization up to 4 percent of its global turnover when new data protection legislation comes into force in May.</p>
<p>The criticism of Cambridge Analytica presents a new threat to Facebook, which is already under attack over Russia’s alleged use of Facebook tools to sway U.S. voters with divisive and false news posts before and after the 2016 election.</p>
<p>“This story comes on the back of increasing scrutiny and societal unease with FB’s potential impact on kids as well as increasing concerns around the power of mega cap Internet names, setting the stage for deeper investigation,” Deutsche Bank analyst Lloyd Walmsley wrote in a note, keeping his “buy” rating on Facebook stock.</p>
<p>Walmsley said he was worried “about how scrutiny could ultimately impact Facebook’s ability to gather and deploy data for ad targeting, which has been critical to ad efficacy and budget growth”.</p>
<p>The company said last month it had 1.4 billion active daily users, up 14 percent from a year earlier. But the number of daily users in the United States and Canada fell for the first time in its history, dipping in the company’s home market by 700,000 from a quarter earlier to 184 million.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>(Reuters) - British privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica late Monday following reports that the company may have improperly gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users, according to a Channel 4 television report.</p>
<p>The move came as U.S. and European lawmakers demanded an explanation of how the consulting firm, which worked on President Donald Trump's election campaign, gained access to the data. In the U.S., members of Congress called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about Facebook's actions. ( <a href="http://reut.rs/2pn8btD" type="external">reut.rs/2pn8btD</a>)</p>
<p>Facebook said on Monday it had hired forensic auditors from the firm Stroz Friedberg to investigate and determine whether Cambridge Analytica still had the data.</p>
<p>“Auditors from Stroz Friedberg were on site at Cambridge Analytica’s London office this evening,” the company said in a statement late Monday. “At the request of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which has announced it is pursuing a warrant to conduct its own on-site investigation, the Stroz Friedberg auditors stood down.”</p>
<p>Facebook shares closed down nearly 7.0 percent on Monday, wiping nearly $40 billion off its market value as investors worried that new legislation could damage the company’s advertising business.</p>
<p>“The lid is being opened on the black box of Facebook data practices, and the picture is not pretty,” said Frank Pasquale, a University of Maryland law professor who has written about Silicon Valley’s use of data.</p>
<p>Also on Monday, a source said that Facebook head of security, Alex Stamos, plans to leave the company over disagreements about the company’s policies on misinformation. He had been a strong advocate for an aggressive approach to alleged Russian activity on the platform aimed at manipulating elections. His departure was first reported by the New York Times. Facebook declined immediate comment.</p>
<p>In a tweet, Stamos did not deny he was leaving but said: “Despite the rumors, I’m still fully engaged with my work at Facebook. It’s true that my role did change.”</p>
<p>The criticism of Cambridge Analytica presents a new threat to Facebook’s reputation, which is already under attack over Russia’s alleged use of Facebook tools to sway U.S. voters with divisive and false news posts before and after the 2016 election.</p>
<p>London-based Cambridge Analytica said it strongly denied the media claims, and that it deleted all Facebook data it obtained from a third-party application in 2014 after learning the information did not adhere to data protection rules.</p>
<p>However, further allegations about the firm’s tactics were reported late Monday by British broadcaster Channel 4 which said it secretly taped interviews with senior Cambridge Analytica executives in which they boasted of their ability to sway elections in countries around the world with digital manipulation and traditional political trickery.</p>
<p>Cambridge Analytica rejected the allegations, saying in a statement that the Channel 4 report “is edited and scripted to grossly misrepresent the nature of those conversations and how the company conducts its business.”</p>
<p>Facebook was already facing calls on Saturday for regulation from the U.S. Congress after the reports in the New York Times and London’s Observer over the weekend.</p> FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration shows a Facebook logo reflected in a person's eye, in Zenica, March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
<p>Republican Senator John Kennedy called on Zuckerberg to testify before Congress, and Democratic Senator Ron Widen sent a letter to Zuckerberg asking about company policies for sharing user data with third parties.</p>
<p>Facebook usually sends lawyers to testify to Congress, or allows trade organizations to represent it and other technology companies in front of lawmakers.</p>
<p>Facebook and other social media companies including Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube have taken voluntary steps to restrict possible foreign interference and combat false news, but they have not been forced by law or regulation to make changes and legislation on the issue has stalled.</p>
<p>Late on Monday, the Connecticut Attorney General said the office will initiate an inquiry into Facebook data policies.</p>
<p>The Senate was expected to move forward on Monday with a bill that would chip away at the internet industry’s legal shield, a decades-old law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, with a bill intended to address online sex trafficking. The measure has already passed the House and is expected to soon become law.</p> A 3D-printed Facebook logo are seen in front of displayed binary digits in this illustration taken, March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
<p>Facebook said on Friday it had learned in 2015 that a Cambridge University psychology professor lied to the company and violated its policies by passing data to Cambridge Analytica from a psychology testing application he had built.</p>
<p>Facebook said it suspended the firms and researchers involved and said the data had been misused but not stolen, because users gave permission.</p>
<p>Facebook shares fell 6.8 percent to $172.56, dragging the U.S. S&amp;P 500 technology sector index down 2.1 percent and broadly weighing on U.S. equities. Fears of increased regulation also weighed on shares of Twitter, Google parent Alphabet and Snapchat parent Snap Inc.</p>
<p>“(Tech companies) are going to get a lot more scrutiny over what data they are collecting and how they are using it,” said Shawn Cruz, senior trading specialist at TD Ameritrade in Chicago.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>European officials, who have been more willing to regulate Silicon Valley companies than their U.S. counterparts, were strident in criticism of Facebook.</p>
<p>The revelations about Cambridge Analytica were “horrifying, if confirmed,” said EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova. “We don’t want this in the EU and will take all possible legal measures” including stricter rules under the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation that takes effect in May, she said.</p>
<p>A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said the allegations were “clearly very concerning.”</p>
<p>The head of the European Parliament said EU lawmakers will investigate possible data misuse, calling the allegations an unacceptable violation of citizens’ privacy rights.</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>
<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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moscow reuters projects raise funds initial coin offerings icos attacked cyber criminals 100 times month average report said underscoring risks investing cryptocurrency ventures online padlock displayed alert logic booth 2016 black hat cybersecurity conference las vegas nevada us august 3 2016 reutersdavid becker research published moscowbased cyber security firm groupib wednesday based analysis 450 attacks icos since beginning 2017 attempts hackers steal money ico projects increased tenfold period groupib also took part study published week ernst amp young showed roughly 400 million 37 billion raised via icos date stolen findings come amid cryptocurrency investing craze young companies raising hundreds millions dollars online fund projects often little handful employees outline business plan copy bitcoin standing pc motherboard seen illustration picture october 26 2017 picture taken october 26 2017 reutersdado ruvic also growing scrutiny regulators investors say misled defrauded via ico schemes groupib said icos cryptocurrency investors particularly risk socalled phishing attacks hackers spoof emails websites steal passwords personal information groups previously targeted banks stealing much 15 million month way cases hackers also attacked doctored ico project websites changing information wouldbe investors send money wrong digital wallets used storing cryptocurrencies attacks use traditional wellproven techniques also effective stealing cryptocurrencies said ruslan yusufov160director private client160services groupib lots projects underestimate cybersecurity risks leads avalanche threats successful thefts reporting jack stubbs editing alexander smith standards thomson reuters trust principles london reuters britain investigating whether facebook enough protect data whistleblower said londonbased political consultancy hired donald trump improperly accessed information 50 million facebook users sway public opinion facebook fbo shares closed nearly 7 percent monday wiping nearly 40 billion market value investors worried damage reputation worlds largest social media network would deter users advertisers elizabeth denham head britains information commission seeking warrant search offices consultancy cambridge analytica whistleblower revealed harvested private information millions people support trumps 2016 us presidential campaign looking whether facebook secured safeguarded personal information platform whether found loss data acted robustly whether people informed denham told bbc radio us european lawmakers demanded explanation consulting firm gained access data 2014 facebook failed inform users raising broader industry questions consumer privacy washington republican chairman senate commerce science transportation committee sent letter monday facebook ceo mark zuckerberg requesting information briefing facebook user data possibility facebook either transparent consumers able verify third party app developers transparent consumers troubling read letter also addressed nigel oakes chief executive cambridge analyticas affiliate scl bloomberg reported us federal trade commission investigating facebook shares fell 18 percent london head britains crossparty media parliamentary committee also wrote zuckerberg asking information would like receive response monday 26 march lawmaker damian collins wrote dublin irelands privacy watchdog said following facebook clarify oversight irish body lead regulator facebook european union networks european headquarters dublin created 2013 cambridge analytica markets source consumer research targeted advertising datarelated services political corporate clients according new york times launched 15 million backing billionaire republican donor robert mercer name chosen thethen future trump white house adviser steve bannon facebook says data harvested british academic aleksandr kogan created app platform downloaded 270000 people providing access personal data also friends facebook said kogan violated policies passing data cambridge analytica facebook since suspended consulting firm scl strategic communication laboratories government military contractor facebook said told data destroyed kogan says changed terms conditions personalitytest app facebook academic commercial part way project according email cambridge university colleagues obtained cited cnn slideshow 9 images kogan says facebook made objection facebook says informed change cnn reported kogan immediately reachable comment grave violation data still exists would grave violation facebooks policies unacceptable violation trust commitments groups made facebook said cambridge analytica denied media claims said deleted data learning information adhere data protection rules tuesday people seen carrying multiple plastic storage containers building houses cambridge analyticas london office among companies clear firm going facebook inc 170975 fbo nasdaq 283 168 fbo alone using data social media sites extract user information cambridge analytica said facebook data used data science team 2016 presidential campaign denham head information commissioners office ico said monday seeking warrant access offices cambridge analytica seeing investigation britains channel 4 news secretly recorded executives boasting ability sway elections said would take long obtain warrant offered share ico information asked ico attend office voluntarily subject agreeing scope inspection cambridge analytica said facebook said hired forensic auditors firm stroz friedberg investigate determine whether cambridge analytica still data auditors cambridge analyticas offices monday night left request british authorities information commissioner currently impose fines 500000 pounds 700000 gain power fine organization 4 percent global turnover new data protection legislation comes force may criticism cambridge analytica presents new threat facebook already attack russias alleged use facebook tools sway us voters divisive false news posts 2016 election story comes back increasing scrutiny societal unease fbs potential impact kids well increasing concerns around power mega cap internet names setting stage deeper investigation deutsche bank analyst lloyd walmsley wrote note keeping buy rating facebook stock walmsley said worried scrutiny could ultimately impact facebooks ability gather deploy data ad targeting critical ad efficacy budget growth company said last month 14 billion active daily users 14 percent year earlier number daily users united states canada fell first time history dipping companys home market 700000 quarter earlier 184 million related coverage index provider msci says reviewing facebook data privacy issue malaysia says never hired british data firm center scrutiny uks cambridge university questions facebook academics role data breach 1 07136 pounds additional reporting doina chiacu washington editing david stamp editing guy faulconbridge david stamp standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters british privacy regulators seeking warrant search offices political consultancy cambridge analytica late monday following reports company may improperly gained access data 50 million facebook users according channel 4 television report move came us european lawmakers demanded explanation consulting firm worked president donald trumps election campaign gained access data us members congress called facebook ceo mark zuckerberg testify facebooks actions reutrs2pn8btd facebook said monday hired forensic auditors firm stroz friedberg investigate determine whether cambridge analytica still data auditors stroz friedberg site cambridge analyticas london office evening company said statement late monday request uk information commissioners office announced pursuing warrant conduct onsite investigation stroz friedberg auditors stood facebook shares closed nearly 70 percent monday wiping nearly 40 billion market value investors worried new legislation could damage companys advertising business lid opened black box facebook data practices picture pretty said frank pasquale university maryland law professor written silicon valleys use data also monday source said facebook head security alex stamos plans leave company disagreements companys policies misinformation strong advocate aggressive approach alleged russian activity platform aimed manipulating elections departure first reported new york times facebook declined immediate comment tweet stamos deny leaving said despite rumors im still fully engaged work facebook true role change criticism cambridge analytica presents new threat facebooks reputation already attack russias alleged use facebook tools sway us voters divisive false news posts 2016 election londonbased cambridge analytica said strongly denied media claims deleted facebook data obtained thirdparty application 2014 learning information adhere data protection rules however allegations firms tactics reported late monday british broadcaster channel 4 said secretly taped interviews senior cambridge analytica executives boasted ability sway elections countries around world digital manipulation traditional political trickery cambridge analytica rejected allegations saying statement channel 4 report edited scripted grossly misrepresent nature conversations company conducts business facebook already facing calls saturday regulation us congress reports new york times londons observer weekend file photo picture illustration shows facebook logo reflected persons eye zenica march 13 2015 reutersdado ruvicillustrationfile photo republican senator john kennedy called zuckerberg testify congress democratic senator ron widen sent letter zuckerberg asking company policies sharing user data third parties facebook usually sends lawyers testify congress allows trade organizations represent technology companies front lawmakers facebook social media companies including twitter inc alphabet incs youtube taken voluntary steps restrict possible foreign interference combat false news forced law regulation make changes legislation issue stalled late monday connecticut attorney general said office initiate inquiry facebook data policies senate expected move forward monday bill would chip away internet industrys legal shield decadesold law known section 230 communications decency act bill intended address online sex trafficking measure already passed house expected soon become law 3dprinted facebook logo seen front displayed binary digits illustration taken march 18 2018 reutersdado ruvicillustration facebook said friday learned 2015 cambridge university psychology professor lied company violated policies passing data cambridge analytica psychology testing application built facebook said suspended firms researchers involved said data misused stolen users gave permission facebook shares fell 68 percent 17256 dragging us sampp 500 technology sector index 21 percent broadly weighing us equities fears increased regulation also weighed shares twitter google parent alphabet snapchat parent snap inc tech companies going get lot scrutiny data collecting using said shawn cruz senior trading specialist td ameritrade chicago related coverage socially responsible investors reassess facebook ownership privacy issues emerge major business risk facebook facebooks security chief depart source says concerning european officials willing regulate silicon valley companies us counterparts strident criticism facebook revelations cambridge analytica horrifying confirmed said eu justice commissioner vera jourova dont want eu take possible legal measures including stricter rules blocs general data protection regulation takes effect may said spokesman british prime minister theresa may said allegations clearly concerning head european parliament said eu lawmakers investigate possible data misuse calling allegations unacceptable violation citizens privacy rights version story refiles fix spell check errors proper names ticker symbol reporting dustin volz munsif vengattil additional reporting chuck mikolajczak sruthi shankar david ingram julia fioretti editing nick zieminski 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 170975 fbo nasdaq 283 168 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 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
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three moderate Republican U.S. senators on Monday, emerging from a bipartisan meeting aimed at trying to end the government shutdown, said there could enough support if Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell made a firmer commitment to move legislation that would address so-called Dreamer immigrants.</p> FILE PHOTO: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks to reporters as she arrives for a nomination vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
<p>“It would ... be helpful if Senator McConnell’s language were stronger,” Senator Susan Collins, standing alongside fellow Republicans Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake, told reporters.</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his U.S. citizen brother with blood cancer, obtaining a rare waiver to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the family’s lawyer said on Thursday.</p> Patient Maziar Hashemi (L), who has the cancer Myelodysplastic syndrome, and his wife Fereshteh talk after meeting with his transplant doctor at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
<p>Mahsa Khanbabai, a lawyer based in Massachusetts, said she received a call on Thursday from the consulate in Yerevan, Armenia where Kamiar Hashemi had applied for a visa in February after he learned he was a rare 100 percent match for a transplant that could potentially save his brother’s life.</p>
<p>The status of the visa application was “refused” on the Department’s website but Khanbabai said she was told on the call that a waiver had been granted, two days after Reuters first reported on the case, and that Hashemi should make arrangements to travel to Armenia to pick it up.</p>
<p>The State Department through a spokeswoman said it was unable to comment on a specific visa case.</p>
<p>Trump’s travel ban, which the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to go into effect on Dec. 8 after months of legal wrangling, puts permanent bars on most travelers to the United States from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea, as well as certain government officials from Venezuela. Although the ban allows for case-by-case waivers to be granted, attorneys and applicants say the process is opaque with few clear guidelines on how to apply and why waivers are, or are not, granted.</p>
<p>Since the ban took effect, the State Department told Reuters more than 375 waivers have been approved, but declined to say for which countries and out of how many applications.</p>
<p>“It’s unfortunate that so much effort had to go into getting just one, clearly urgent, visa approved,” said Khanbabai. “There are thousands of people are stuck, also with urgent cases, with no idea what is happening.”</p>
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Thursday it would no longer presume that many pregnant women detained by immigration authorities should be released from custody, reversing an Obama-era directive.</p> A Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) bus is seen parked outside a federal jail in San Diego, California, U.S. October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
<p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will make a case by case determination under the new policy. Women in their third trimester will still be released as before, said Philip Miller, an ICE deputy executive associate director.</p>
<p>“Just like there are men who commit heinous acts violent acts, so too have we had women in custody that commit heinous acts,” Miller told reporters on Thursday.</p>
<p>The Republican president has vowed to crack down on illegal immigration, including policies on which deportees can remain free during pending cases. Democrats and advocacy groups have criticized the administration for separating migrant from their children when detained.</p>
<p>During President Barack Obama’s administration, ICE in 2016 announced that pregnant women not subject to mandatory detention should be presumptively released.</p>
<p>Miller said on Thursday the new directive was meant to align with a Trump executive order mandating tougher ICE enforcement. Thirty-five pregnant women are in ICE custody, all subject to mandatory detention, he said.</p>
<p>Since the policy was implemented in December, Miller said, 506 pregnant women have been detained by ICE. He could not say what happened to each of them, but noted that some likely had been deported while others might have been released in the United States.</p>
<p>Michelle Brané, director of the Migrant Rights and Justice Program with the Women’s Refugee Commission, criticized the move and said many women entering the United States are pregnant due to rape.</p>
<p>“Detention is especially traumatic for pregnant women and even more so for victims of rape and gender-based violence,” she said in a statement.</p>
<p>Miller said pregnant women with asylum claims determined to be based on a “credible fear” of persecution in their home country would still likely be released.</p>
<p>The policy change was first reported by The Hill on Thursday, citing internal ICE documents.</p>
<p>Reporting by Dan Levine; Editing by Richard Chang</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - At least seven companies said on Thursday they were dropping advertisements from Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter and he responded with a call for a boycott.</p>
<p>Parkland student David Hogg, 17, tweeted a list of a dozen companies that advertise on “The Ingraham Angle” and urged his supporters to demand that they cancel their ads.</p>
<p>Hogg is a survivor of the Feb. 14 mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Parkland suburb of Fort Lauderdale. He and other classmates have become the faces of a new youth-led movement calling for tighter restrictions on firearms.</p>
<p>Hogg took aim at Ingraham’s advertisers after she taunted him on Twitter on Wednesday, accusing him of whining about being rejected by four colleges to which he had applied.</p>
<p>On Thursday, Ingraham tweeted an apology “in the spirit of Holy Week,” saying she was sorry for any hurt or upset she had caused Hogg or any of the “brave victims” of Parkland.</p>
<p>“For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David ... immediately after that horrific shooting and even noted how ‘poised’ he was given the tragedy,” Ingraham tweeted.</p>
<p>But her apology did not stop companies from departing.</p>
<p>Nutrish, the pet food line created by celebrity chef Rachael Ray, travel website TripAdvisor Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=TRIP.O" type="external">TRIP.O</a>), online home furnishings seller Wayfair Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=W.N" type="external">W.N</a>), the world’s largest packaged food company, Nestle SA ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=NESN.S" type="external">NESN.S</a>), online streaming service Hulu, travel website Expedia Group Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=EXPE.O" type="external">EXPE.O</a>) and online personal shopping service Stitch Fix ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SFIX.O" type="external">SFIX.O</a>) all said they were canceling their advertisements.</p>
<p>Wayfair said in a statement it supports dialogue and debate, but “the decision of an adult to personally criticize a high school student who has lost his classmates in an unspeakable tragedy is not consistent with our values.”</p>
<p>Replying to Hogg’s boycott call, Nutrish tweeted: “We are in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program.”</p> A combination of file photos show media personality Laura Ingraham in Washington October 14, 2017 and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg, at a rally in Washington March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert, Jonathan Ernst/Files
<p>Responding to public pressure, Nestle wrote on Twitter that it had “no plans to buy ads on the show in future.”</p>
<p>Hulu said on Twitter: “We’d like to confirm that we are no longer advertising on Laura Ingraham’s show and are monitoring all of our ad placements carefully.”</p>
<p>CNBC cited a TripAdvisor spokesman as saying the company does not condone “inappropriate comments” by Ingraham that “cross the line of decency.”</p>
<p>TripAdvisor representatives did not immediately reply to a request for comment.</p>
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<p>Expedia, which was not on Hogg’s list or another list of sponsors that Hogg retweeted, “no longer advertises on this show,” Expedia spokeswoman Maureen Thon said in an email.</p>
<p>Hogg wrote on Twitter that an apology just to mollify advertisers was insufficient. He said he would accept it only if Ingraham denounced the way Fox News treated him and his friends.</p>
<p>“It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children,” Hogg tweeted.</p>
<p>Ingraham’s show runs on Fox News, part of Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FOXA.O" type="external">FOXA.O</a>).</p>
<p>Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales in Chicago; Additional reporting by Gina Cherelus in New York, Andrew Hay; Editing by David Gregorio, Matthew Lewis and Diane Craft</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - A federal judge has rejected adult film star Stormy Daniels’ request for permission to question Donald Trump and schedule a trial soon in her lawsuit to end her agreement to remain silent about her alleged sexual encounter with the U.S. president.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge S. James Otero in Los Angeles said on Thursday that the request by Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to depose Trump and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen was premature because they had yet to formally request that she arbitrate her claims.</p>
<p>The judge said the defendants’ eventual response might address some open issues, limiting the need to gather evidence. Daniels had sought a trial as soon as this summer.</p>
<p>Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Daniels, tweeted that the order does “not bode well for the defendants” and suggested “that there is a strong likelihood that the Court will ultimately agree with our requests for discovery and a trial.”</p>
<p>Cohen and his lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>Daniels wants to end an agreement from October 2016, the month before Trump was elected president, under which she received $130,000 in what she called hush money to keep quiet about a relationship she claimed to have begun with Trump in 2006.</p>
<p>According to Daniels, the agreement is void because Trump never signed it, and the $130,000 payment amounted to an illegal campaign contribution.</p>
<p>The White House has denied that Trump had sex with Daniels.</p>
<p>Avenatti has said he would need no more than two hours each to question Trump and Cohen.</p>
<p>Daniels on Monday added Cohen as a defendant in her lawsuit, claiming that he defamed her by suggesting she was a liar.</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 has said Daniels made defamatory statements about him in an interview broadcast on Sunday on CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”</p>
<p>The White House has also said that Trump has denied having what former Playboy model Karen McDougal has described as a 10-month affair with him, also starting in 2006.</p>
<p>Reporting by Mark Hosenball; Additional reporting by Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Jonathan Oatis</p> Our Standards:
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washington reuters three moderate republican us senators monday emerging bipartisan meeting aimed trying end government shutdown said could enough support senate republican leader mitch mcconnell made firmer commitment move legislation would address socalled dreamer immigrants file photo senator susan collins rme speaks reporters arrives nomination vote us capitol washington us december 19 2017 reutersjoshua roberts would helpful senator mcconnells language stronger senator susan collins standing alongside fellow republicans lindsey graham jeff flake told reporters reporting susan heavey editing tim ahmann standards thomson reuters trust principles new york reuters us state department granted visa man iran hoping donate bone marrow us citizen brother blood cancer obtaining rare waiver president donald trumps travel ban familys lawyer said thursday patient maziar hashemi l cancer myelodysplastic syndrome wife fereshteh talk meeting transplant doctor hospital boston massachusetts us march 26 2018 reutersbrian snyder mahsa khanbabai lawyer based massachusetts said received call thursday consulate yerevan armenia kamiar hashemi applied visa february learned rare 100 percent match transplant could potentially save brothers life status visa application refused departments website khanbabai said told call waiver granted two days reuters first reported case hashemi make arrangements travel armenia pick state department spokeswoman said unable comment specific visa case trumps travel ban us supreme court allowed go effect dec 8 months legal wrangling puts permanent bars travelers united states iran libya syria yemen somalia chad north korea well certain government officials venezuela although ban allows casebycase waivers granted attorneys applicants say process opaque clear guidelines apply waivers granted since ban took effect state department told reuters 375 waivers approved declined say countries many applications unfortunate much effort go getting one clearly urgent visa approved said khanbabai thousands people stuck also urgent cases idea happening reporting mica rosenberg new york editing james dalgleish standards thomson reuters trust principles san francisco reuters us president donald trumps administration said thursday would longer presume many pregnant women detained immigration authorities released custody reversing obamaera directive homeland security immigration customs enforcement ice bus seen parked outside federal jail san diego california us october 19 2017 reutersmike blake us immigration customs enforcement officers make case case determination new policy women third trimester still released said philip miller ice deputy executive associate director like men commit heinous acts violent acts women custody commit heinous acts miller told reporters thursday republican president vowed crack illegal immigration including policies deportees remain free pending cases democrats advocacy groups criticized administration separating migrant children detained president barack obamas administration ice 2016 announced pregnant women subject mandatory detention presumptively released miller said thursday new directive meant align trump executive order mandating tougher ice enforcement thirtyfive pregnant women ice custody subject mandatory detention said since policy implemented december miller said 506 pregnant women detained ice could say happened noted likely deported others might released united states michelle brané director migrant rights justice program womens refugee commission criticized move said many women entering united states pregnant due rape detention especially traumatic pregnant women even victims rape genderbased violence said statement miller said pregnant women asylum claims determined based credible fear persecution home country would still likely released policy change first reported hill thursday citing internal ice documents reporting dan levine editing richard chang standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters least seven companies said thursday dropping advertisements laura ingrahams fox news show conservative pundit mocked teenage survivor florida school massacre twitter responded call boycott parkland student david hogg 17 tweeted list dozen companies advertise ingraham angle urged supporters demand cancel ads hogg survivor feb 14 mass shooting killed 17 people marjory stoneman douglas high school parkland suburb fort lauderdale classmates become faces new youthled movement calling tighter restrictions firearms hogg took aim ingrahams advertisers taunted twitter wednesday accusing whining rejected four colleges applied thursday ingraham tweeted apology spirit holy week saying sorry hurt upset caused hogg brave victims parkland record believe show first feature david immediately horrific shooting even noted poised given tragedy ingraham tweeted apology stop companies departing nutrish pet food line created celebrity chef rachael ray travel website tripadvisor inc tripo online home furnishings seller wayfair inc wn worlds largest packaged food company nestle sa nesns online streaming service hulu travel website expedia group inc expeo online personal shopping service stitch fix sfixo said canceling advertisements wayfair said statement supports dialogue debate decision adult personally criticize high school student lost classmates unspeakable tragedy consistent values replying hoggs boycott call nutrish tweeted process removing ads laura ingrahams program combination file photos show media personality laura ingraham washington october 14 2017 marjory stoneman douglas high school student david hogg rally washington march 24 2018 reutersmary f calvert jonathan ernstfiles responding public pressure nestle wrote twitter plans buy ads show future hulu said twitter wed like confirm longer advertising laura ingrahams show monitoring ad placements carefully cnbc cited tripadvisor spokesman saying company condone inappropriate comments ingraham cross line decency tripadvisor representatives immediately reply request comment tripadvisor inc 4089 tripo nasdaq 028 069 tripo wn nesns expeo sfixo expedia hoggs list another list sponsors hogg retweeted longer advertises show expedia spokeswoman maureen thon said email hogg wrote twitter apology mollify advertisers insufficient said would accept ingraham denounced way fox news treated friends time love thy neighbor mudsling children hogg tweeted ingrahams show runs fox news part rupert murdochs twentyfirst century fox inc foxao reporting suzannah gonzales chicago additional reporting gina cherelus new york andrew hay editing david gregorio matthew lewis diane craft standards thomson reuters trust principles reuters federal judge rejected adult film star stormy daniels request permission question donald trump schedule trial soon lawsuit end agreement remain silent alleged sexual encounter us president us district judge james otero los angeles said thursday request daniels whose real name stephanie clifford depose trump personal lawyer michael cohen premature yet formally request arbitrate claims judge said defendants eventual response might address open issues limiting need gather evidence daniels sought trial soon summer michael avenatti lawyer daniels tweeted order bode well defendants suggested strong likelihood court ultimately agree requests discovery trial cohen lawyers immediately respond requests comment daniels wants end agreement october 2016 month trump elected president received 130000 called hush money keep quiet relationship claimed begun trump 2006 according daniels agreement void trump never signed 130000 payment amounted illegal campaign contribution white house denied trump sex daniels avenatti said would need two hours question trump cohen daniels monday added cohen defendant lawsuit claiming defamed suggesting liar stormy daniels adult film star director whose real name stephanie clifford interviewed anderson cooper cbs news 60 minutes program early march 2018 still image video provided march 25 2018 cbsnews60 minuteshandout via reuters cohen said daniels made defamatory statements interview broadcast sunday cbs news 60 minutes white house also said trump denied former playboy model karen mcdougal described 10month affair also starting 2006 reporting mark hosenball additional reporting karen freifeld jonathan stempel editing jonathan oatis standards thomson reuters trust principles
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<p>Trader John Santiago, left, and specialist Patrick Murphy work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. U.S. stocks moved slightly lower in early trading Thursday, extending losses following the worst market drop since September. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p>
<p>Energy stocks led a broad rally in U.S. stocks Thursday, giving the market its biggest gain in over a month.</p>
<p>A recovery in crude oil prices helped put stocks into rebound mode a day after the market had its worst drop since September. Investors also welcomed some encouraging company earnings.</p>
<p>Chevron and Exxon Mobil each jumped about 5 percent, by far the biggest gains in the Dow Jones industrial average. It was a reprieve for the energy sector, which has been battered in recent months as crude oil prices plunged. U.S. crude oil rose 2.4 percent on Thursday.</p>
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<p>"That all led to a little bit of confidence in the markets and some buyers coming in," said Sean Lynch, co-head of global equity for Wells Fargo Investment Institute. "It's been pretty ugly so far, year-to-date, and it's good to see the gains, but we'll see if they follow through (Friday.)"</p>
<p>The Dow rose 227.64 points, or 1.4 percent, to 16,379.05. The average had risen as much as 330 points earlier. The Standard &amp; Poor's 500 index gained 31.56 points, or 1.7 percent, to 1,921.84. The Nasdaq composite added 88.94 points, or 2 percent, to 4,615.</p>
<p>It was the best gain for each index since Dec. 4.</p>
<p>Even with the big rebound day the three major U.S. stock indexes remain down for the year. The Dow and S&amp;P 500 are both off about 6 percent, while the Nasdaq is down nearly 8 percent.</p>
<p>It's been a rocky start to the year for stocks, reflecting investor worries about the slowdown in China, plunging oil prices and the implications those trends may have for U.S. corporations. The first eight trading days of 2016 represent the worst start to a year in the history of both the S&amp;P 500 and the Dow.</p>
<p>That slump worsened on Wednesday, pushing the S&amp;P 500 index into what's known as a correction, or a drop of 10 percent or more from a peak.</p>
<p>On Thursday, after wavering in the first hour of trading, the market shifted higher and remained on an upward track the rest of the day.</p>
<p>Investors welcomed a pickup in the price of crude oil, which had briefly fallen below $30 a barrel for the first time since late 2003 the day before. It ended up rising 72 cents, or 2.4 percent, to close at $31.20 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, also gained 72 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $31.03 a barrel in London.</p>
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<p>The rise in crude oil led traders to pile into several big-name energy companies. Exxon Mobil added $3.47, or 4.6 percent, to $79.12, while Chevron rose $4.14, or 5.1 percent, to $85.47.</p>
<p>"The markets in general needed a little dose of confidence and they got it through a firming of oil prices," Lynch said.</p>
<p>Energy company Williams Cos. vaulted 34.4 percent, to lead all the gainers in the S&amp;P 500. The stock, which had fallen sharply a day earlier, rose $4.68 to $18.29. It's still down 29 percent for the year. Freeport-McMoRan also got a boost. The mining company rose 46 cents, or 12.3 percent, to $4.20.</p>
<p>All told, the S&amp;P 500's energy stocks jumped 4.5 percent. The sector remains down 6.1 percent for the year.</p>
<p>The start of the latest corporate earnings season also helped lift the market Thursday.</p>
<p>JPMorgan Chase rose 1.5 percent after the bank reported earnings that were better than analysts expected. The stock added 86 cents to $58.20.</p>
<p>Some companies provided less encouraging updates.</p>
<p>Best Buy slid 9.7 percent after the electronics store operator reported a drop in sales during the holiday season. The company also said it expects a wider drop in fourth-quarter revenue, partly on weak mobile phone and personal device sales. The stock was the biggest decliner in the S&amp;P 500 index. It shed $2.83 to $26.43.</p>
<p>Investors may get more insight into how the U.S. economy and Corporate America are doing on Friday. Reports on consumer sentiment, retail sales and manufacturing are due out. Several big banks, including Citigroup and Wells Fargo, are also scheduled to release quarterly earnings.</p>
<p>In Europe, Germany's DAX dropped 1.7 percent and France's CAC 40 slid 1.8 percent. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.7 percent lower. In Asia, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dived 2.7 percent, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.9 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.6 percent. The Shanghai Composite rebounded nearly 2.0 percent.</p>
<p>Precious and industrial metals future closed mixed. Gold lost $13.50 to $1,073.60 an ounce, silver fell 41 cents to $13.75 an ounce and copper rose 2 cents to $1.98 a pound.</p>
<p>In other energy trading, wholesale gasoline rose 1.6 cents to $1.068 a gallon, heating oil rose 1.1 cents to 98.1 cents a gallon, and natural gas fell 13 cents to $2.139 per 1,000 cubic feet.</p>
<p>U.S. government bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.10 percent from 2.09 percent late Wednesday.</p>
<p>In currency trading, the euro fell to $1.0862 from $1.0876, while the dollar rose to 118.15 yen from 117.78 yen.</p>
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trader john santiago left specialist patrick murphy work floor new york stock exchange thursday jan 14 2016 us stocks moved slightly lower early trading thursday extending losses following worst market drop since september ap photorichard drew energy stocks led broad rally us stocks thursday giving market biggest gain month recovery crude oil prices helped put stocks rebound mode day market worst drop since september investors also welcomed encouraging company earnings chevron exxon mobil jumped 5 percent far biggest gains dow jones industrial average reprieve energy sector battered recent months crude oil prices plunged us crude oil rose 24 percent thursday advertisement led little bit confidence markets buyers coming said sean lynch cohead global equity wells fargo investment institute pretty ugly far yeartodate good see gains well see follow friday dow rose 22764 points 14 percent 1637905 average risen much 330 points earlier standard amp poors 500 index gained 3156 points 17 percent 192184 nasdaq composite added 8894 points 2 percent 4615 best gain index since dec 4 even big rebound day three major us stock indexes remain year dow sampp 500 6 percent nasdaq nearly 8 percent rocky start year stocks reflecting investor worries slowdown china plunging oil prices implications trends may us corporations first eight trading days 2016 represent worst start year history sampp 500 dow slump worsened wednesday pushing sampp 500 index whats known correction drop 10 percent peak thursday wavering first hour trading market shifted higher remained upward track rest day investors welcomed pickup price crude oil briefly fallen 30 barrel first time since late 2003 day ended rising 72 cents 24 percent close 3120 barrel new york brent crude benchmark international oils also gained 72 cents 24 percent 3103 barrel london advertisement rise crude oil led traders pile several bigname energy companies exxon mobil added 347 46 percent 7912 chevron rose 414 51 percent 8547 markets general needed little dose confidence got firming oil prices lynch said energy company williams cos vaulted 344 percent lead gainers sampp 500 stock fallen sharply day earlier rose 468 1829 still 29 percent year freeportmcmoran also got boost mining company rose 46 cents 123 percent 420 told sampp 500s energy stocks jumped 45 percent sector remains 61 percent year start latest corporate earnings season also helped lift market thursday jpmorgan chase rose 15 percent bank reported earnings better analysts expected stock added 86 cents 5820 companies provided less encouraging updates best buy slid 97 percent electronics store operator reported drop sales holiday season company also said expects wider drop fourthquarter revenue partly weak mobile phone personal device sales stock biggest decliner sampp 500 index shed 283 2643 investors may get insight us economy corporate america friday reports consumer sentiment retail sales manufacturing due several big banks including citigroup wells fargo also scheduled release quarterly earnings europe germanys dax dropped 17 percent frances cac 40 slid 18 percent ftse 100 index leading british shares 07 percent lower asia japans benchmark nikkei 225 dived 27 percent south koreas kospi fell 09 percent hong kongs hang seng lost 06 percent shanghai composite rebounded nearly 20 percent precious industrial metals future closed mixed gold lost 1350 107360 ounce silver fell 41 cents 1375 ounce copper rose 2 cents 198 pound energy trading wholesale gasoline rose 16 cents 1068 gallon heating oil rose 11 cents 981 cents gallon natural gas fell 13 cents 2139 per 1000 cubic feet us government bond prices fell yield 10year treasury note rose 210 percent 209 percent late wednesday currency trading euro fell 10862 10876 dollar rose 11815 yen 11778 yen 160 160
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<p>MIAMI (Reuters) - A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave Downey said.</p>
<p>Emergency personnel with sniffer dogs searched for signs of life amid the wreckage of concrete slabs and twisted metal after the 950-ton bridge crushed vehicles on one of the busiest roads in South Florida.</p>
<p>At least eight vehicles were trapped in the wreckage of the bridge and at least 10 people have been transported to hospitals, officials and doctors told news conferences.</p>
<p>Witnesses told local media the vehicles were stopped at a traffic light when the bridge collapsed on top of them at around 1:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT).</p>
<p>“We’re working our way into the pile trying to create holes that we can actually physically see,” Miami-Dade Fire Department Division Chief Paul Estopian told reporters.</p>
<p>At one point, police requested television helicopters leave the area so rescuers could hear for any sounds of people crying for help from beneath the collapsed structure, CBS Miami television said.</p>
<p>Complicating the rescue effort was the uncertainty about the integrity of the bridge, parts of which remained off the ground, much of it inclined, local media reported.</p>
<p>The 174-feet (53-meter) long bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater and was installed on Saturday in six hours over the eight-lane highway, according to a report posted on the university’s website.</p>
<p>“If anybody has done anything wrong, we will hold them accountable,” said Florida Governor Rick Scott, at a Thursday night press conference, after his office issued statement saying a company contracted to inspect the bridge was not pre-qualified by the state.</p>
<p>The bridge was intended to provide a walkway over the busy street where an 18-year-old female FIU student from San Diego was killed while trying to cross last August, according to local media reports.</p>
<p>Students at FIU are currently on their spring break vacation, which runs from March 12 to March 17.</p> ‘A MIRACLE’
<p>Student Aura Martinez was having lunch in a nearby restaurant with her mother when a waitress told her the bridge had collapsed. She ran outside and helped pull a woman out of her car, most of which was flattened by the bridge.</p> Aerial view shows a pedestrian bridge collapsed at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
<p>“Her car, it was literally a miracle of God, her car got squished by the bridge from the back, so she was able to get out and she was on the floor and it was just very traumatic,” she told the local CBS affiliate.</p>
<p>To keep the inevitable disruption of traffic associated with bridge construction to a minimum, the 174-foot portion of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest 8th Street using a method called Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC). It was driven into its perpendicular position across the road by a rig in only six hours on Saturday, according to a statement released by the university.</p>
<p>The $14.2 million bridge was designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, the most dangerous measure by the National Hurricane Center, and built to last 100 years, the university said. ( <a href="http://bit.ly/2tQ2ARg" type="external">bit.ly/2tQ2ARg</a>)</p>
<p>The National Transportation Safety Board was sending a team to investigate why it collapsed.</p> Slideshow (10 Images)
<p>President Donald Trump thanked first responders for their courage on Twitter. Along with Governor Scott, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio went to the scene of the collapse.</p>
<p>Munilla Construction Management, which installed the bridge was founded in 1983 and owned by five brothers, according to its website. In addition to its Florida operations, the company also has divisions in Texas and Panama and employs 500 people.</p>
<p>“Munilla Construction Management is a family business and we are all devastated and doing everything we can to assist,” the company said in a statement.</p>
<p>FIGG Engineering said it took part in the bridge project and the collapse was a first in its 40-year history.</p> Related Coverage
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<p>Both companies said they would cooperate fully with investigators.</p>
<p>Colorado-based engineering company BDI said in a tweet on March 12 that it was “thrilled” to have conducted structural monitoring during the “spectacular” process of moving the bridge into place. The company removed the tweet on Thursday and said in a statement it did so out of respect for individuals affected by the collapse.</p>
<p>Scott’s office said FIU picked a firm that was not pre-qualified to check the design of the bridge, which was required because it was such a long pedestrian bridge and other unique characteristics.</p>
<p>“The firm selected, Louis Berger, was not FDOT pre-qualified for this service, which is required under FIU’s agreement with the state. FIU’s design build team is responsible for selecting a pre-qualified firm and ensuring this process is followed,” the governor said in a statement.</p>
<p>Officials at the Miami office of global engineering services firm Louis Berger were not immediately available for comment.</p>
<p>Reporting by Zachary Fagenson; Additional reporting by Gina Cherelus, Joseph Ax, Daniel Wallis and Andrew Hay in New York, Scott Malone in Boston, Bernie Woodall in Fort Lauderdale, James Oliphant in Washington, Keith Coffman in Colorado and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Lisa Shumaker</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to replace his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, but the move is not expected to be made immediately, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.</p> National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
<p>Citing five people with knowledge of the plans, the Post said Trump was considering several possible replacements, including former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton and Keith Kellogg, the chief of staff of the National Security Council.</p>
<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the president has signaled in recent days that a shake-up at the top levels of his administration was not over.</p> FILE PHOTO: National security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster waits to be introduced at the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, DC, U.S., October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
<p>“I’m really at a point where we’re getting very close to having the Cabinet and other things that I want,” Trump told reporters after Tillerson was fired.</p>
<p>McMaster is not expected to be ousted immediately, the Post reported. Trump is willing to take his time making the change to avoid humiliating McMaster and carefully choose a strong replacement, the Post said.</p>
<p>Trump never personally gelled with McMaster and the president recently told White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that he wanted McMaster replaced, according to the Post.</p>
<p>Trump has complained that McMaster, a three-star Army general, is too rigid and that his briefings go on too long and seem irrelevant, the Post reported.</p>
<p>McMaster is Trump’s second national security adviser, succeeding Michael Flynn who was dismissed a year ago for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, has filed for divorce in New York, according to court records.</p> FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Vanessa attend the second day session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File photo
<p>Vanessa Trump, a former model and actress, and Trump Jr. said in a joint statement on Thursday: “After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to go our separate ways.”</p>
<p>The statement was provided by the Trump Organization, the president’s business empire, which his son helps manage.</p>
<p>Further details were not immediately available on the uncontested divorce filing by Vanessa Trump in a New York state court. She and Trump Jr. have “enormous respect” for each other, according to the joint statement, which also asked for privacy.</p>
<p>The couple were married in 2005 and have five children.</p> FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. (C) hugs his father Donald Trump as Donald Jr's wife Vanessa (L) walks past after Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File photo
<p>In recent months, Trump Jr., 40, has become enmeshed in an investigation of possible collusion between his father’s presidential campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election. The president has denied any such collusion.</p>
<p>Trump Jr. arranged a 2016 meeting between a group of Russians and members of his father’s campaign after an intermediary said the Russians offered damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “I love it,” Trump Jr. responded to the intermediary in an email.</p> FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. (C) jokes around and motions with a large pair of scissors toward the throat of his wife Vanessa Trump (R) while Too Kim Tiah (L) the CEO of TA Global, the owner and developer of Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver, looks on during the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Nick Didlick/File photo
<p>He has played a key role in the Trump Organization since his father entered the White House in January 2017. The president said he would maintain ownership in his hotels, golf courses and hundreds of other businesses but hand off control to his two oldest sons.</p>
<p>The Trump Organization’s website describes Trump Jr. as an executive vice president, like his brother Eric Trump.</p>
<p>Last month, Vanessa Trump was taken to a New York hospital after she opened a piece of mail containing a threat and a white powder that was later determined to be non-hazardous.</p>
<p>Federal prosecutors in Boston earlier this month charged a Massachusetts man with sending the threatening letter.</p>
<p>Reporting by Jason Lange in Washington and Karen Freifeld in New York; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Peter Cooney</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By imposing new sanctions on Russia and condemning a suspected Russian chemical attack in Britain, Washington has hinted at a tougher stance toward Moscow despite President Donald Trump’s stated desire for better ties.</p> National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
<p>In the most significant steps the United States has taken against Russia since Trump took office amid U.S. intelligence agency allegations that Moscow tried to help him win the 2016 election, the U.S. Treasury slapped sanctions on 19 Russian citizens and five entities for election meddling and cyber attacks.</p>
<p>While the Treasury put off targeting oligarchs and officials close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, it said further sanctions were coming and for the first time blamed Moscow for cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the U.S. power grid, including nuclear facilities.</p>
<p>After initially equivocating about a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent in Salisbury, England, the White House joined a statement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany in which they said they “abhor the attack” and blamed Moscow for it.</p>
<p>Moscow has denied any involvement in the poisoning.</p>
<p>Thursday’s actions have caused some Russia analysts to ask whether the administration is taking a more confrontational stance despite Trump’s repeated statements in the election campaign that he wanted a better relationship with Moscow, his praise for Putin and apparent reluctance to criticize the Russian leader.</p>
<p>“I think we have hit an inflection point in the current administration’s approach towards Russia,” said a diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity. “There has been a shift in balance.”</p>
<p>The diplomat attributed the evolution partly to a clash between U.S.-backed and Russian-backed forces in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor in February; Russia pounding Syria’s eastern Ghouta enclave of anti-government rebels with air strikes during the past month; And Putin showing a video on March 1 of a weapon appearing to hover over what looked like a map of Florida, home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.</p>
<p>“Those three things, taken together, have caused a shift in analysis in parts ... of the administration,” said the diplomat.</p>
<p>Other Russia analysts said it was not clear whether Trump had fundamentally changed his stance.</p>
<p>Eugene Rumer, a former U.S. national intelligence officer for Russia, suggested Trump’s approach may ultimately be guided by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether Russia meddled in the election campaign. The Kremlin denies interfering. Mueller is also investigating any potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow officials, something Trump denies.</p>
<p>“My hypothesis is ... the White House stance on Russia is going to be determined to a large extent by how much they think the investigation threatens their political position,” Rumer said.</p>
<p>Officials from multiple U.S. agencies discussed next steps at a meeting on Thursday, with one aim being to avoid personally attacking Putin and taking in-your-face steps that could prompt retaliation.</p>
<p>In announcing Thursday’s sanctions, U.S. officials made clear more would follow.</p>
<p>“This is just one of a series of ongoing actions that we’re taking to counter Russian aggression,” one U.S. official told reporters.&#160;“There will be more to come, and we’re going to continue to employ our resources to combat malicious Russian activity and respond to nefarious attacks.”</p>
<p>Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found unconscious on a bench outside a shopping center on March 4 after being exposed to what the British authorities have identified as a military-grade, Soviet era Novichok nerve agent.</p>
<p>Another U.S. official attributed the sharper edge to U.S. policy to increasingly brazen behavior by Russia in cyberspace and on the ground, culminating in the Salisbury attack.</p>
<p>This U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also pointed to Russia’s refusal to restrain Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the role of Russian “mercenaries” in Syria, now entering its eighth year of civil war.</p>
<p>The official said it was unclear if Trump himself saw Russia an adversary but suggested Putin may have “overplayed his hand” by leaving Russian fingerprints on the hacking, the chemical attack, the deployment of ground-launched cruise missiles which the U.S. says violate an arms control treaty, and a March 1 speech on “invincible” Russian weaponry.</p>
<p>“If the president felt like Putin was one-upping him, not to mention stealing the limelight, then it wouldn’t be surprising that he would react,” the official said.</p>
<p>While more sanctions are expected, it is not clear if the Trump policy toward Russia is changing, especially given Trump’s unpredictability, said a third official, who is involved in talks on next steps.</p>
<p>“Tomorrow is another day,” the official said.</p>
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jan 24 reuters ct real estate investment trust ct reit announces offering 200m 3865 series f senior unsecured debentures due december 7 2027 source text eikon company coverage standards thomson reuters trust principles miami reuters newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes traffic collapsed florida international university thursday killing four people miamidade county fire chief dave downey said emergency personnel sniffer dogs searched signs life amid wreckage concrete slabs twisted metal 950ton bridge crushed vehicles one busiest roads south florida least eight vehicles trapped wreckage bridge least 10 people transported hospitals officials doctors told news conferences witnesses told local media vehicles stopped traffic light bridge collapsed top around 130 pm et 1730 gmt working way pile trying create holes actually physically see miamidade fire department division chief paul estopian told reporters one point police requested television helicopters leave area rescuers could hear sounds people crying help beneath collapsed structure cbs miami television said complicating rescue effort uncertainty integrity bridge parts remained ground much inclined local media reported 174feet 53meter long bridge connects university city sweetwater installed saturday six hours eightlane highway according report posted universitys website anybody done anything wrong hold accountable said florida governor rick scott thursday night press conference office issued statement saying company contracted inspect bridge prequalified state bridge intended provide walkway busy street 18yearold female fiu student san diego killed trying cross last august according local media reports students fiu currently spring break vacation runs march 12 march 17 miracle student aura martinez lunch nearby restaurant mother waitress told bridge collapsed ran outside helped pull woman car flattened bridge aerial view shows pedestrian bridge collapsed florida international university miami florida us march 15 2018 reutersjoe skipper car literally miracle god car got squished bridge back able get floor traumatic told local cbs affiliate keep inevitable disruption traffic associated bridge construction minimum 174foot portion bridge built adjacent southwest 8th street using method called accelerated bridge construction abc driven perpendicular position across road rig six hours saturday according statement released university 142 million bridge designed withstand category 5 hurricane dangerous measure national hurricane center built last 100 years university said bitly2tq2arg national transportation safety board sending team investigate collapsed slideshow 10 images president donald trump thanked first responders courage twitter along governor scott us senator marco rubio went scene collapse munilla construction management installed bridge founded 1983 owned five brothers according website addition florida operations company also divisions texas panama employs 500 people munilla construction management family business devastated everything assist company said statement figg engineering said took part bridge project collapse first 40year history related coverage factbox collapsed florida bridge erected six hours companies said would cooperate fully investigators coloradobased engineering company bdi said tweet march 12 thrilled conducted structural monitoring spectacular process moving bridge place company removed tweet thursday said statement respect individuals affected collapse scotts office said fiu picked firm prequalified check design bridge required long pedestrian bridge unique characteristics firm selected louis berger fdot prequalified service required fius agreement state fius design build team responsible selecting prequalified firm ensuring process followed governor said statement officials miami office global engineering services firm louis berger immediately available comment reporting zachary fagenson additional reporting gina cherelus 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introduced fdd national security summit washington dc us october 19 2017 reutersyuri gripasfile photo im really point getting close cabinet things want trump told reporters tillerson fired mcmaster expected ousted immediately post reported trump willing take time making change avoid humiliating mcmaster carefully choose strong replacement post said trump never personally gelled mcmaster president recently told white house chief staff john kelly wanted mcmaster replaced according post trump complained mcmaster threestar army general rigid briefings go long seem irrelevant post reported mcmaster trumps second national security adviser succeeding michael flynn dismissed year ago misleading vice president mike pence contacts russian ambassador united states reporting eric beech editing peter cooney standards thomson reuters trust principles washingtonnew york reuters wife donald trump jr eldest son us president donald trump filed divorce new york according court records file photo donald trump jr wife vanessa attend second day session republican national convention cleveland ohio us july 19 2016 reutersjonathan ernstfile photo vanessa trump former model actress trump jr said joint statement thursday 12 years marriage decided go separate ways statement provided trump organization presidents business empire son helps manage details immediately available uncontested divorce filing vanessa trump new york state court trump jr enormous respect according joint statement also asked privacy couple married 2005 five children file photo donald trump jr c hugs father donald trump donald jrs wife vanessa l walks past trump accepted republican presidential nomination 2016 republican national convention cleveland ohio us july 21 2016 reutersmike segarfile photo recent months trump jr 40 become enmeshed investigation possible collusion fathers presidential campaign russia 2016 presidential election president denied collusion trump jr arranged 2016 meeting group russians members fathers campaign intermediary said russians offered damaging information democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton love trump jr responded intermediary email file photo donald trump jr c jokes around motions large pair scissors toward throat wife vanessa trump r kim tiah l ceo ta global owner developer trump international hotel tower vancouver looks grand opening trump international hotel tower vancouver british columbia canada february 28 2017 reutersnick didlickfile photo played key role trump organization since father entered white house january 2017 president said would maintain ownership hotels golf courses hundreds businesses hand control two oldest sons trump organizations website describes trump jr executive vice president like brother eric trump last month vanessa trump taken new york hospital opened piece mail containing threat white powder later determined nonhazardous federal prosecutors boston earlier month charged massachusetts man sending threatening letter reporting jason lange washington karen freifeld new york editing kevin drawbaugh peter cooney standards thomson reuters trust principles washington reuters imposing new sanctions russia condemning suspected russian chemical attack britain washington hinted tougher stance toward moscow despite president donald trumps stated desire better ties national flags russia us fly vnukovo international airport moscow russia april 11 2017 reutersmaxim shemetov significant steps united states taken russia since trump took office amid us intelligence agency allegations moscow tried help win 2016 election us treasury slapped sanctions 19 russian citizens five entities election meddling cyber attacks treasury put targeting oligarchs officials close russian president vladimir putin said sanctions coming first time blamed moscow cyber attacks stretching back least two years targeted us power grid including nuclear facilities initially equivocating chemical attack former russian double agent salisbury england white house joined statement leaders britain france germany said abhor attack blamed moscow moscow denied involvement poisoning thursdays actions caused russia analysts ask whether administration taking confrontational stance despite trumps repeated statements election campaign wanted better relationship moscow praise putin apparent reluctance criticize russian leader think hit inflection point current administrations approach towards russia said diplomat spoke condition anonymity shift balance diplomat attributed evolution partly clash usbacked russianbacked forces syrian city deir alzor february russia pounding syrias eastern ghouta enclave antigovernment rebels air strikes past month putin showing video march 1 weapon appearing hover looked like map florida home trumps maralago resort three things taken together caused shift analysis parts administration said diplomat russia analysts said clear whether trump fundamentally changed stance eugene rumer former us national intelligence officer russia suggested trumps approach may ultimately guided special counsel robert muellers investigation whether russia meddled election campaign kremlin denies interfering mueller also investigating potential collusion trump campaign moscow officials something trump denies hypothesis white house stance russia going determined large extent much think investigation threatens political position rumer said officials multiple us agencies discussed next steps meeting thursday one aim avoid personally attacking putin taking inyourface steps could prompt retaliation announcing thursdays sanctions us officials made clear would follow one series ongoing actions taking counter russian aggression one us official told reporters160there come going continue employ resources combat malicious russian activity respond nefarious attacks sergei skripal 66 daughter yulia 33 found unconscious bench outside shopping center march 4 exposed british authorities identified militarygrade soviet era novichok nerve agent another us official attributed sharper edge us policy increasingly brazen behavior russia cyberspace ground culminating salisbury attack us official spoke condition anonymity also pointed russias refusal restrain syrian president bashar alassad role russian mercenaries syria entering eighth year civil war official said unclear trump saw russia adversary suggested putin may overplayed hand leaving russian fingerprints hacking chemical attack deployment groundlaunched cruise missiles us says violate arms control treaty march 1 speech invincible russian weaponry president felt like putin oneupping mention stealing limelight wouldnt surprising would react official said sanctions expected clear trump policy toward russia changing especially given trumps unpredictability said third official involved talks next steps tomorrow another day official said reporting arshad mohammed john walcott additional reporting warren strobel editing grant mccool standards thomson 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<p>NEW DELHI (AP) — Moshe Holtzberg, a boy whose parents were killed at a Jewish center in Mumbai during a 2008 terror attack, returned to India for the first time Tuesday to visit the site of the attack.</p>
<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in New Delhi for a six-day visit Sunday and will travel to Mumbai on Thursday where he will visit the Chabad Center where Holtzberg’s parents, Rabbi Gabriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah, were gunned down as 10 Muslim militants rampaged through Mumbai in a three-day siege. Netanyahu is to unveil a memorial to the 166 people who were killed in the attacks.</p>
<p>Moshe was 2 at the time of the attack and was carried to safety by his nanny, who found him by his parents’ bodies. Holtzberg’s parents were emissaries of the Chabad movement living in Mumbai at the time. Chabad is a Hasidic group known for its religious outreach programs serving Jews worldwide.</p>
<p>The 11-year-old boy visited Mumbai’s Chabad Center Tuesday afternoon with his grandparents.</p>
<p>Before his arrival, Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky, the head of the Chabad Trust in India, told reporters that members were “very excited for the upcoming visit of Baby Moshe, who is not anymore a baby. But he will always remain in our heart as baby Moshe”.</p>
<p>He’s coming back to “the very place where his life was miraculously saved by his Indian nanny.”</p>
<p>Sandra Samuels, the boy’s nanny, traveled to Israel with him after his parents were killed and the boy was given Israeli citizenship in 2010. On Tuesday, she accompanied him and his relatives as they arrived in Mumbai.</p>
<p>Netanyahu on Thursday will unveil a memorial to all the victims of the Mumbai attack, Kozlovsky said. There will be a special memorial for Moshe’s parents, “who dedicated their lives to establish this center and they have run it until the last breath of their life,” Kozlovsky said.</p>
<p>Netanyahu’s visit to India is his first and marks 25 years since India and Israel established diplomatic relations. Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel.</p>
<p>During the Cold War, India did not have open relations with Israel, leaning heavily in favor of the Palestinians. But over the past quarter of a century ties between the two countries have warmed.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife visited Agra to see the Taj Mahal.</p>
<p>Speaking at a news conference in New Delhi later Tuesday, Netanyahu said India and Israel are “challenged by radical Islam and its terrorist offshoots from a variety of corners.”</p>
<p>Netanyahu on Wednesday will travel to Gujarat, Modi’s home state, before heading to Mumbai, where he will also meet with business leaders.</p>
<p>NEW DELHI (AP) — Moshe Holtzberg, a boy whose parents were killed at a Jewish center in Mumbai during a 2008 terror attack, returned to India for the first time Tuesday to visit the site of the attack.</p>
<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in New Delhi for a six-day visit Sunday and will travel to Mumbai on Thursday where he will visit the Chabad Center where Holtzberg’s parents, Rabbi Gabriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah, were gunned down as 10 Muslim militants rampaged through Mumbai in a three-day siege. Netanyahu is to unveil a memorial to the 166 people who were killed in the attacks.</p>
<p>Moshe was 2 at the time of the attack and was carried to safety by his nanny, who found him by his parents’ bodies. Holtzberg’s parents were emissaries of the Chabad movement living in Mumbai at the time. Chabad is a Hasidic group known for its religious outreach programs serving Jews worldwide.</p>
<p>The 11-year-old boy visited Mumbai’s Chabad Center Tuesday afternoon with his grandparents.</p>
<p>Before his arrival, Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky, the head of the Chabad Trust in India, told reporters that members were “very excited for the upcoming visit of Baby Moshe, who is not anymore a baby. But he will always remain in our heart as baby Moshe”.</p>
<p>He’s coming back to “the very place where his life was miraculously saved by his Indian nanny.”</p>
<p>Sandra Samuels, the boy’s nanny, traveled to Israel with him after his parents were killed and the boy was given Israeli citizenship in 2010. On Tuesday, she accompanied him and his relatives as they arrived in Mumbai.</p>
<p>Netanyahu on Thursday will unveil a memorial to all the victims of the Mumbai attack, Kozlovsky said. There will be a special memorial for Moshe’s parents, “who dedicated their lives to establish this center and they have run it until the last breath of their life,” Kozlovsky said.</p>
<p>Netanyahu’s visit to India is his first and marks 25 years since India and Israel established diplomatic relations. Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel.</p>
<p>During the Cold War, India did not have open relations with Israel, leaning heavily in favor of the Palestinians. But over the past quarter of a century ties between the two countries have warmed.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife visited Agra to see the Taj Mahal.</p>
<p>Speaking at a news conference in New Delhi later Tuesday, Netanyahu said India and Israel are “challenged by radical Islam and its terrorist offshoots from a variety of corners.”</p>
<p>Netanyahu on Wednesday will travel to Gujarat, Modi’s home state, before heading to Mumbai, where he will also meet with business leaders.</p>
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<p>MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have fled devastated Puerto Rico for the continental United States since Hurricane Maria. Many have left the island for Bismarck and Mandan, where their families and friends reside.</p>
<p>Their move to the Peace Garden State presents significant challenges, including learning a new language, securing housing and finding jobs. They are enrolling their children in school, which, for these students, means navigating an entirely new education system.</p>
<p>About 40 students from Puerto Rico have enrolled in Bismarck and Mandan schools since September, the <a href="http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/puerto-ricans-make-bismarck-mandan-home/article_e40f5192-e0ad-59a7-8077-da65e893f2a4.html" type="external">Bismarck Tribune reported</a> .</p>
<p>As the number of English learners has increased in recent years, local districts are adapting by hiring additional teachers and staff. Bismarck and Mandan received federal funding this year for more instructional aides for English learners, as well as other services. Mandan also is considering opening a Welcome Center, similar to the center established for Bismarck English learners in grades K-5.</p>
<p>Juan Duran left his family and his hometown of Lares, Puerto Rico, five years ago for a "better life, a better future" in Mandan.</p>
<p>Three years later, after finding some stability and a place to live for his family still in Puerto Rico, he brought his wife, Maria Duran, and their two daughters, Nayelie and Karina.</p>
<p>Now, Juan Duran has brought his wife's parents, Roberto Acevedo, 75, and his wife, Miriam Marti, 73, to Mandan, who were displaced by the hurricane. They arrived on Oct. 27.</p>
<p>The move has been difficult for Acevedo and Marti. They left their home of more than 20 years, which was destroyed in the storm. They came here with only the clothes on their backs.</p>
<p>Acevedo said, day by day, he has been taking in his surroundings and the new culture. For Marti, the move has been particularly difficult.</p>
<p>"(It's been) very sad," Marti said through a translator in an interview at her daughter and husband's apartment. She choked up, explaining how she wishes to be back on the island, where her family and friends remain.</p>
<p>When Acevedo and Marti left their home in Utuado, Puerto Rico, there was no electricity or water, and they had to wait for help to come with food. They stayed in their home even after the hurricane hit, finding whatever inhabitable space they could.</p>
<p>Acevedo marvels at the beauty of North Dakota's landscape - they often take the scenic route around town. He's also a Vietnam veteran and said the U.S. Department of Veterans? Affairs services here are good.</p>
<p>Acevedo and Marti sleep on a mattress in Juan and Maria Duran's living room. They make it work, and Acevedo said he's used to sleeping wherever you can, because in the Army you made do with what you had.</p>
<p>Many Puerto Ricans akin to Acevedo and Marti feel guilty after leaving the island. Juan Duran spoke about the challenges he encountered after moving to Mandan in 2012. He said he woke up the day after he arrived and wondered if he made the right decision by moving here, far away from the rest of his family.</p>
<p>"The secret in that situation is to adapt," Juan Duran said.</p>
<p>Acevedo and Marti said they are happy he's able to see their two granddaughters and new great-granddaughter. They are unsure if they want to stay; Acevedo said his wife already misses home, so it is likely they will go back. It's difficult, though, because health care is more accessible here, he said.</p>
<p>The Durans have decided to make North Dakota home. Juan Duran said they still have a house in Puerto Rico, not completely destroyed by the storm, but because the situation is dire in Puerto Rico he does not see them returning.</p>
<p>Juan Duran's daughter, Nayelie, is a junior at Mandan High School. She said she plans to graduate from high school then go on to college to become a nurse.</p>
<p>An influx of Puerto Rican students in Bismarck-Mandan has presented a challenge for local educators - one of which they and other schools officials are welcoming.</p>
<p>Jennifer Bina is a Bismarck EL teacher, who teaches students in kindergarten and first grade. English learners are invited to Bismarck's Welcome Center, where they are given an English proficiency test and assigned a level of proficiency.</p>
<p>Because English learners are at many different levels, this can be difficult for educators, such as Bina, who also has students enroll during the middle of the school year.</p>
<p>One November day in her classroom, students worked on English letters, sounds and vocabulary. On a wall of her classroom, she has hung photos of each student, which she calls picture cues. These photos help the students know which assignment they should be tackling. Also, Bina uses color coordination throughout her classroom, which she said helps with classroom management.</p>
<p>Michael Cruz, an aide and interpreter, scurried around Bina's classroom helping translate for the students. Most of the students in the classroom speak Spanish and are from Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>"It's a challenge for them," Cruz said. "Coming from a new country, it can be overwhelming."</p>
<p>EL teachers and instructional aides train these students to be prepared to engage at new schools. The first step is teaching them the new language, and then they have to speak it.</p>
<p>Cruz recalled a student earlier this year, whom he had spoken to in Spanish and welcomed him to the classroom. The student was overwhelmed by all of the new information, and all he could get out was, "No hablo Ingles."</p>
<p>The number of English learners in Bismarck and Mandan has been increasing. Bismarck has about 260 English learners. Tamara Uselman, superintendent for Bismarck Public Schools, said she embraces the new students to the district and said they bring with them a new culture, which is beneficial to other students.</p>
<p>In response to EL population growth, Uselman said BPS added three EL teachers this year - one at each level: elementary, middle and high schools.</p>
<p>There are nearly 100 English learners in Mandan, 81 of whom are from Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>Mandan Public Schools Superintendent Mike Bitz said district officials are weighing the pros and cons of opening a Welcome Center, which will likely be discussed next year.</p>
<p>"We couldn't consider a Welcome Center before because we didn't have the numbers to justify that," Bitz said.</p>
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<p>Information from: Bismarck Tribune, <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com" type="external" /> <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com" type="external">http://www.bismarcktribune.com</a></p>
<p>MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have fled devastated Puerto Rico for the continental United States since Hurricane Maria. Many have left the island for Bismarck and Mandan, where their families and friends reside.</p>
<p>Their move to the Peace Garden State presents significant challenges, including learning a new language, securing housing and finding jobs. They are enrolling their children in school, which, for these students, means navigating an entirely new education system.</p>
<p>About 40 students from Puerto Rico have enrolled in Bismarck and Mandan schools since September, the <a href="http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/puerto-ricans-make-bismarck-mandan-home/article_e40f5192-e0ad-59a7-8077-da65e893f2a4.html" type="external">Bismarck Tribune reported</a> .</p>
<p>As the number of English learners has increased in recent years, local districts are adapting by hiring additional teachers and staff. Bismarck and Mandan received federal funding this year for more instructional aides for English learners, as well as other services. Mandan also is considering opening a Welcome Center, similar to the center established for Bismarck English learners in grades K-5.</p>
<p>Juan Duran left his family and his hometown of Lares, Puerto Rico, five years ago for a "better life, a better future" in Mandan.</p>
<p>Three years later, after finding some stability and a place to live for his family still in Puerto Rico, he brought his wife, Maria Duran, and their two daughters, Nayelie and Karina.</p>
<p>Now, Juan Duran has brought his wife's parents, Roberto Acevedo, 75, and his wife, Miriam Marti, 73, to Mandan, who were displaced by the hurricane. They arrived on Oct. 27.</p>
<p>The move has been difficult for Acevedo and Marti. They left their home of more than 20 years, which was destroyed in the storm. They came here with only the clothes on their backs.</p>
<p>Acevedo said, day by day, he has been taking in his surroundings and the new culture. For Marti, the move has been particularly difficult.</p>
<p>"(It's been) very sad," Marti said through a translator in an interview at her daughter and husband's apartment. She choked up, explaining how she wishes to be back on the island, where her family and friends remain.</p>
<p>When Acevedo and Marti left their home in Utuado, Puerto Rico, there was no electricity or water, and they had to wait for help to come with food. They stayed in their home even after the hurricane hit, finding whatever inhabitable space they could.</p>
<p>Acevedo marvels at the beauty of North Dakota's landscape - they often take the scenic route around town. He's also a Vietnam veteran and said the U.S. Department of Veterans? Affairs services here are good.</p>
<p>Acevedo and Marti sleep on a mattress in Juan and Maria Duran's living room. They make it work, and Acevedo said he's used to sleeping wherever you can, because in the Army you made do with what you had.</p>
<p>Many Puerto Ricans akin to Acevedo and Marti feel guilty after leaving the island. Juan Duran spoke about the challenges he encountered after moving to Mandan in 2012. He said he woke up the day after he arrived and wondered if he made the right decision by moving here, far away from the rest of his family.</p>
<p>"The secret in that situation is to adapt," Juan Duran said.</p>
<p>Acevedo and Marti said they are happy he's able to see their two granddaughters and new great-granddaughter. They are unsure if they want to stay; Acevedo said his wife already misses home, so it is likely they will go back. It's difficult, though, because health care is more accessible here, he said.</p>
<p>The Durans have decided to make North Dakota home. Juan Duran said they still have a house in Puerto Rico, not completely destroyed by the storm, but because the situation is dire in Puerto Rico he does not see them returning.</p>
<p>Juan Duran's daughter, Nayelie, is a junior at Mandan High School. She said she plans to graduate from high school then go on to college to become a nurse.</p>
<p>An influx of Puerto Rican students in Bismarck-Mandan has presented a challenge for local educators - one of which they and other schools officials are welcoming.</p>
<p>Jennifer Bina is a Bismarck EL teacher, who teaches students in kindergarten and first grade. English learners are invited to Bismarck's Welcome Center, where they are given an English proficiency test and assigned a level of proficiency.</p>
<p>Because English learners are at many different levels, this can be difficult for educators, such as Bina, who also has students enroll during the middle of the school year.</p>
<p>One November day in her classroom, students worked on English letters, sounds and vocabulary. On a wall of her classroom, she has hung photos of each student, which she calls picture cues. These photos help the students know which assignment they should be tackling. Also, Bina uses color coordination throughout her classroom, which she said helps with classroom management.</p>
<p>Michael Cruz, an aide and interpreter, scurried around Bina's classroom helping translate for the students. Most of the students in the classroom speak Spanish and are from Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>"It's a challenge for them," Cruz said. "Coming from a new country, it can be overwhelming."</p>
<p>EL teachers and instructional aides train these students to be prepared to engage at new schools. The first step is teaching them the new language, and then they have to speak it.</p>
<p>Cruz recalled a student earlier this year, whom he had spoken to in Spanish and welcomed him to the classroom. The student was overwhelmed by all of the new information, and all he could get out was, "No hablo Ingles."</p>
<p>The number of English learners in Bismarck and Mandan has been increasing. Bismarck has about 260 English learners. Tamara Uselman, superintendent for Bismarck Public Schools, said she embraces the new students to the district and said they bring with them a new culture, which is beneficial to other students.</p>
<p>In response to EL population growth, Uselman said BPS added three EL teachers this year - one at each level: elementary, middle and high schools.</p>
<p>There are nearly 100 English learners in Mandan, 81 of whom are from Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>Mandan Public Schools Superintendent Mike Bitz said district officials are weighing the pros and cons of opening a Welcome Center, which will likely be discussed next year.</p>
<p>"We couldn't consider a Welcome Center before because we didn't have the numbers to justify that," Bitz said.</p>
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<p>Information from: Bismarck Tribune, <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com" type="external" /> <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com" type="external">http://www.bismarcktribune.com</a></p>
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mandan nd ap tens thousands puerto ricans fled devastated puerto rico continental united states since hurricane maria many left island bismarck mandan families friends reside move peace garden state presents significant challenges including learning new language securing housing finding jobs enrolling children school students means navigating entirely new education system 40 students puerto rico enrolled bismarck mandan schools since september bismarck tribune reported number english learners increased recent years local districts adapting hiring additional teachers staff bismarck mandan received federal funding year instructional aides english learners well services mandan also considering opening welcome center similar center established bismarck english learners grades k5 juan duran left family hometown lares puerto rico five years ago better life better future mandan three years later finding stability place live family still puerto rico brought wife maria duran two daughters nayelie karina juan duran brought wifes parents roberto acevedo 75 wife miriam marti 73 mandan displaced hurricane arrived oct 27 move difficult acevedo marti left home 20 years destroyed storm came clothes backs acevedo said day day taking surroundings new culture marti move particularly difficult sad marti said translator interview daughter husbands apartment choked explaining wishes back island family friends remain acevedo marti left home utuado puerto rico electricity water wait help come food stayed home even hurricane hit finding whatever inhabitable space could acevedo marvels beauty north dakotas landscape often take scenic route around town hes also vietnam veteran said us department veterans affairs services good acevedo marti sleep mattress juan maria durans living room make work acevedo said hes used sleeping wherever army made many puerto ricans akin acevedo marti feel guilty leaving island juan duran spoke challenges encountered moving mandan 2012 said woke day arrived wondered made right decision moving far away rest family secret situation adapt juan duran said acevedo marti said happy hes able see two granddaughters new greatgranddaughter unsure want stay acevedo said wife already misses home likely go back difficult though health care accessible said durans decided make north dakota home juan duran said still house puerto rico completely destroyed storm situation dire puerto rico see returning juan durans daughter nayelie junior mandan high school said plans graduate high school go college become nurse influx puerto rican students bismarckmandan presented challenge local educators one schools officials welcoming jennifer bina bismarck el teacher teaches students kindergarten first grade english learners invited bismarcks welcome center given english proficiency test assigned level proficiency english learners many different levels difficult educators bina also students enroll middle school year one november day classroom students worked english letters sounds vocabulary wall classroom hung photos student calls picture cues photos help students know assignment tackling also bina uses color coordination throughout classroom said helps classroom management michael cruz aide interpreter scurried around binas classroom helping translate students students classroom speak spanish puerto rico challenge cruz said coming new country overwhelming el teachers instructional aides train students prepared engage new schools first step teaching new language speak cruz recalled student earlier year spoken spanish welcomed classroom student overwhelmed new information could get hablo ingles number english learners bismarck mandan increasing bismarck 260 english learners tamara uselman superintendent bismarck public schools said embraces new students district said bring new culture beneficial students response el population growth uselman said bps added three el teachers year one level elementary middle high schools nearly 100 english learners mandan 81 puerto rico mandan public schools superintendent mike bitz said district officials weighing pros cons opening welcome center likely discussed next year couldnt consider welcome center didnt numbers justify bitz said ___ information bismarck tribune httpwwwbismarcktribunecom mandan nd ap tens thousands puerto ricans fled devastated puerto rico continental united states since hurricane maria many left island bismarck mandan families friends reside move peace garden state presents significant challenges including learning new language securing housing finding jobs enrolling children school students means navigating entirely new education system 40 students puerto rico enrolled bismarck mandan schools since september bismarck tribune reported number english learners increased recent years local districts adapting hiring additional teachers staff bismarck mandan received federal funding year instructional aides english learners well services mandan also considering opening welcome center similar center established bismarck english learners grades k5 juan duran left family hometown lares puerto rico five years ago better life better future mandan three years later finding stability place live family still puerto rico brought wife maria duran two daughters nayelie karina juan duran brought wifes parents roberto acevedo 75 wife miriam marti 73 mandan displaced hurricane arrived oct 27 move difficult acevedo marti left home 20 years destroyed storm came clothes backs acevedo said day day taking surroundings new culture marti move particularly difficult sad marti said translator interview daughter husbands apartment choked explaining wishes back island family friends remain acevedo marti left home utuado puerto rico electricity water wait help come food stayed home even hurricane hit finding whatever inhabitable space could acevedo marvels beauty north dakotas landscape often take scenic route around town hes also vietnam veteran said us department veterans affairs services good acevedo marti sleep mattress juan maria durans living room make work acevedo said hes used sleeping wherever army made many puerto ricans akin acevedo marti feel guilty leaving island juan duran spoke challenges encountered moving mandan 2012 said woke day arrived wondered made right decision moving far away rest family secret situation adapt juan duran said acevedo marti said happy hes able see two granddaughters new greatgranddaughter unsure want stay acevedo said wife already misses home likely go back difficult though health care accessible said durans decided make north dakota home juan duran said still house puerto rico completely destroyed storm situation dire puerto rico see returning juan durans daughter nayelie junior mandan high school said plans graduate high school go college become nurse influx puerto rican students bismarckmandan presented challenge local educators one schools officials welcoming jennifer bina bismarck el teacher teaches students kindergarten first grade english learners invited bismarcks welcome center given english proficiency test assigned level proficiency english learners many different levels difficult educators bina also students enroll middle school year one november day classroom students worked english letters sounds vocabulary wall classroom hung photos student calls picture cues photos help students know assignment tackling also bina uses color coordination throughout classroom said helps classroom management michael cruz aide interpreter scurried around binas classroom helping translate students students classroom speak spanish puerto rico challenge cruz said coming new country overwhelming el teachers instructional aides train students prepared engage new schools first step teaching new language speak cruz recalled student earlier year spoken spanish welcomed classroom student overwhelmed new information could get hablo ingles number english learners bismarck mandan increasing bismarck 260 english learners tamara uselman superintendent bismarck public schools said embraces new students district said bring new culture beneficial students response el population growth uselman said bps added three el teachers year one level elementary middle high schools nearly 100 english learners mandan 81 puerto rico mandan public schools superintendent mike bitz said district officials weighing pros cons opening welcome center likely discussed next year couldnt consider welcome center didnt numbers justify bitz said ___ information bismarck tribune httpwwwbismarcktribunecom
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<p>Jan 25 (Reuters) - Fingerprint Cards CEO Christian Fredrikson told a telephone conference:</p>
<p>* FINGERPRINT CARDS CEO SAYS NO CHANGE IN MARKET SHARE, NOT THE REASON FOR TODAY’S PROFIT WARNING</p>
<p>* FINGERPRINT CARDS CEO SAYS SEES ITS MARKET IN SMARTPHONES TO DECLINE IN VALUE IN 2018 Further company coverage: (Reporting by Stockholm Newsroom)</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - Toys ‘R’ Us Inc, the iconic U.S. toy retailer, is shuttering all its U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or reach a restructuring deal with creditors to push its indebted business out of bankruptcy, the company said on Thursday.</p>
<p>Toys ‘R’ Us is seeking approval to implement the liquidation of inventory in its 735 U.S. stores.</p>
<p>The closure of Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us is a blow to generations of consumers and hundreds of toy makers that sold their products at the chain’s 885 U.S. locations, including Barbie maker Mattel Inc, board game company Hasbro Inc and other large vendors like Lego.</p>
<p>The company also said it is in discussions with some interested parties for a deal to combine up to 200 of its top performing U.S. stores with its Canadian operations.</p> Slideshow (3 Images)
<p>The company will pursue a going concern reorganization and a sale process for its Canadian and international operations in Asia and Central Europe, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.</p>
<p>“We no longer have the financial support to continue the company’s U.S. operations. We are therefore implementing an orderly process to shutter our U.S. operations,” Toys ‘R’ Us Chief Executive Dave Brandon said.</p>
<p>Wayne, New Jersey-based Toys ‘R’ Us, with roughly 33,000 full and part time U.S. employees, was already in the process of closing one fifth of its stores as part of an attempt to emerge from one of the largest ever bankruptcies by a speciality retailer.</p>
<p>Efforts collapsed this month after lenders decided, absent a clear reorganization plan, they could recover more in a liquidation, closing stores and raising money from merchandise sales, sources with knowledge of the matter said.</p>
<p>Reporting by Tracy Rucinski in Chicago and Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty</p> Our Standards:
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved spending more money on metal detectors, locks and other school security measures on Wednesday, but took no steps to tighten gun control laws a month after a Florida high school shooting that killed 17 people.</p>
<p>While students marched nationwide for change on one of America’s most vexing social issues, lawmakers voted 407-10 for legislation to spend $50 million to $75 million per year from 2019 through 2028 on school security and safety training.</p>
<p>No parallel measure was pending in the Senate, where a somewhat more ambitious bill was being debated, but prospects for meaningful gun control reforms in Congress remained remote in the face of stiff resistance from gun industry lobbyists.</p>
<p>“This bill, on its own, is not the kind of meaningful congressional action needed to address this crisis of gun violence,” Representative Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 House Democrat, said in a statement.</p>
<p>“This must be a first step and it must be followed by a serious effort to pass legislation that expands background checks and bans military-style assault weapons,” he said.</p>
<p>It was not yet clear when the Senate would take up the House bill, which would not become law without Senate approval.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump applauded the House bill, the White House said, though it falls far short of broader gun control legislation he talked about shortly after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.</p>
<p>The measure would not allow any of the funding to be used for arming teachers or other school personnel. The White House said the bill would be improved by lifting that restriction.</p> People supporting gun control attend a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing about legislative proposals to improve school safety in the wake of the mass shooting at the high school in Parkland, Florida, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
<p>Since the Parkland massacre, student protesters have successfully lobbied for tighter gun controls in Florida. Hundreds of them gathered outside the Capitol to urge Congress to take action on placing new limits on firearms and gun sales.</p>
<p>In the Senate is a bill to strengthen existing background checks of gun purchasers. It enjoys broad bipartisan support but has not been scheduled for debate.</p> Slideshow (5 Images)
<p>Congressional aides said discussions were underway about folding the school safety and background check bills into a government funding bill that lawmakers want to pass by March 23.</p>
<p>Eleven organizations, including some gun control and law enforcement groups, wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urging passage this month of the background checks bill.</p>
<p>Since the Florida shooting, the Republican-led Congress and the Trump administration have considered measures to curb gun violence while trying to avoid crossing the powerful National Rifle Association lobby group, or threatening the right to bear arms enshrined in the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.</p>
<p>Neither the House nor Senate bills address many of the gun control initiatives backed by students, teachers and families of shooting victims at the Florida school.</p>
<p>In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Katherine Posada, a teacher at the school, recounted the horror she experienced the day of the shooting and urged Congress to ban assault-style weapons like the AR-15 rifle used by Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged in the murders.</p>
<p>“Some of the victims were shot through doors, or even through walls – a knife can’t do that,” Posada said. “How many innocent lives could have been saved if these weapons of war weren’t so readily available?”</p>
<p>Reporting by Richard Cowan, Lisa Lambert, David Alexander and Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Tom Brown</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>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, which the Rafale won. But negotiations quickly bogged down over local production and prices, and in the end, the government ordered just 36 of the planes 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) - Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Wednesday filed a motion in federal court seeking to dismiss charges against him, saying that the special counsel had exceeded his authority by charging Manafort with crimes not related to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.</p> Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
<p>In a 46-page filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Manafort’s attorney Kevin Downing said Manafort had been threatened with additional indictments and “faces a game of criminal-procedure whack-a-mole” by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, “whose massive resources he cannot possibly hope to match.”</p>
<p>Under the terms of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s order in May appointing Mueller, the special counsel can probe links or coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly” from the investigation.</p>
<p>Mueller’s office indicted Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates in October on charges including conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy against the United States and failing to register as foreign agents of Ukraine’s former pro-Russian government.</p>
<p>Gates, a former Trump aide, pleaded guilty last month to lying to investigators and conspiring to defraud the United States.</p>
<p>The filing said the special counsel should only be concerned with issues involving Russian meddling in the election. Instead Mueller has been given a blank check for a wide-ranging investigation. “It is a blank check the special counsel has cashed, repeatedly,” it said.</p> Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
<p>The charges against Manafort “simply have no connection to alleged coordination with the Russian government or the 2016 presidential election,” the filing said.</p>
<p>In January, Manafort filed a civil lawsuit in the District of Columbia federal court accusing Rosenstein of exceeding his legal authority to “grant Mr. Mueller carte blanche to investigate and pursue criminal charges in connection with anything he stumbles across.”</p>
<p>None of the charges against Manafort or Gates make reference to alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election nor accusations of collusion between Moscow and Trump’s campaign.</p>
<p>U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Moscow sought to meddle in the campaign to tilt the vote in favor of Trump, the Republican candidate, including by hacking the emails of leading Democrats and distributing disinformation and propaganda online.</p>
<p>Russia has denied the accusations of interference. Trump has said there was no collusion and denied any attempt to obstruct Mueller’s probe.</p>
<p>Manafort is also facing separate indictments in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, charging him with bank fraud, filing false tax returns and failing to report foreign bank accounts to the U.S. government.</p>
<p>Reporting by Sarah Lynch; Writing by Eric Walsh; Editing by Eric Beech and Michael Perry</p> Our Standards:
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<p>DALLAS — The Latest on the NCAA women’s championship game (all times local):</p>
<p>7:13 p.m.</p>
<p>South Carolina has spoiled the miracle for Mississippi State.</p>
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<p>A’ja Wilson and Allisha Gray both had double-doubles and the Gamecocks beat the Bulldogs 67-55 to win the NCAA women’s championship in an all-Southeastern Conference matchup of first-time finalists Sunday night.</p>
<p>The loss for Mississippi State came two days after ending UConn’s record 111-game winning streak with a stunning buzzer-beater by Morgan William in overtime in the semifinals.</p>
<p>Thanks to that win, the crowd heavily favored Mississippi State, which used the energy for an early 7-1 lead before the Gamecocks took control for a third straight win this season against the Bulldogs.</p>
<p>It was the first title for the SEC since the second of two straight by Tennessee in 2008.</p>
<p>Wilson had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Gray added 18 points and 10 boards.</p>
<p>William was never much of a factor, even sitting during a fourth-quarter run that got Mississippi State within four after the Bulldogs trailed by as many as 14 points in the third quarter. The 5-foot-5 junior finished with 8 points.</p>
<p>Victoria Vivians led Mississippi State with 12 points.</p>
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<p>6:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Mississippi State still has a shot heading to the fourth quarter in a matchup of first-time finalists for the NCAA women’s basketball championship.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs got as close as four points after trailing by as many as 14 in the third quarter, but Kaela Davis hit a jumper just before the buzzer to push South Carolina’s lead to 52-44 on Sunday night.</p>
<p>The Gamecocks are in the second Final Four in three seasons. It’s the first trip for Mississippi State, which ended UConn’s record 111-game winning streak in the semifinals.</p>
<p>Victoria Vivians has 12 points and Dominique Dillingham 11 for the Bulldogs. A’ja Wilson leads South Carolina with 15 points, and Allisha Gray has 14.</p>
<p>Davis, who was 2 of 15 in a semifinal win over Stanford, missed eight of her first 10 against the Bulldogs before the late shot in the third.</p>
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<p>6:25 p.m.</p>
<p>UConn coach Geno Auriemma is in an unfamiliar spot: watching the NCAA women’s championship game after his Huskies won the past four titles.</p>
<p>Auriemma’s team had a record 111-game winning streak ended on a stunning buzzer-beater by Mississippi State’s Morgan William in the national semifinals. The Bulldogs are playing South Carolina for the title.</p>
<p>The nine-time Associated Press coach of the year says “you kind of forget that there’s another side to it” after winning four straight. UConn has 11 titles overall.</p>
<p>Auriemma says it “takes a while getting used to watching it, but two good teams and two teams that deserve to be playing tonight.”</p>
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<p>6:10 p.m.</p>
<p>South Carolina is halfway to its first NCAA women’s championship in a matchup of first-time finalists with Mississippi State.</p>
<p>The Gamecocks overcame an early surge that delighted a pro-Bulldogs crowd, leading by as many as 13 points in the second quarter before settling for a 36-26 halftime lead Sunday night.</p>
<p>Allisha Gray and A’ja Wilson scored 11 points apiece for South Carolina, which trailed 7-1 early before taking its first lead on two free throws by Doniyah Cliney with 24 seconds left in the first quarter.</p>
<p>Morgan William, whose buzzer beat ended four-time champion UConn’s 111-game winning streak in the semifinals, was held to one field goal and 6 points in the first half.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs trailed by double digits and at halftime for the first time in the NCAA Tournament.</p>
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<p>5:55 p.m.</p>
<p>Seven members of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team have been honored at the NCAA women’s championship game.</p>
<p>During a break in the first half of the Mississippi State-South Carolina title game Sunday night, the players were introduced along with some coaches and staff members. South Carolina coach Dawn Staley, an assistant on the staff, was mentioned as she worked the huddle with her Gamecocks.</p>
<p>The players present were Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Tamika Catchings and Lindsay Whalen. Catchings played high school basketball in the Dallas suburb of Duncanville.</p>
<p>The U.S. won gold in Rio de Janeiro last summer with UConn coach Geno Auriemma leading the way. He was on the court for the presentation two nights after his four-time champion Huskies had their 111-game winning streak ended by Mississippi State.</p>
<p>Staley is replacing Auriemma as head coach.</p>
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<p>5:40 p.m.</p>
<p>South Carolina has weathered an early surge from crowd favorite Mississippi State to take an 18-14 lead after one quarter of the NCAA women’s championship game Sunday night.</p>
<p>Allisha Gray scored 6 points and Bianca Cuevas-Moore had 3 while shadowing Bulldogs guard Morgan William, who ended UConn’s 111-game winning streak with a buzzer-beating jumper in overtime in the semifinals.</p>
<p>After taking a 7-1 lead, Mississippi State ended up battling foul trouble in the first. Dominique Dillingham and Breanna Richardson had two apiece.</p>
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<p>5:15 p.m.</p>
<p>There’s a lot of Mississippi State maroon at the home of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks for the NCAA women’s championship game.</p>
<p>Busloads of fans, many in Bulldogs gear, could be seen arriving before Sunday night’s title game that will produce a first-time champion, Mississippi State or South Carolina.</p>
<p>One ticket scalper said he could get someone in the lower bowl for $400 in the roughly 20,000-seat American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. Another wasn’t selling for less than $700.</p>
<p>Roy Tucker drove from Hamilton, Mississippi, to Tyler in East Texas on Saturday after Morgan William’s stunning buzzer beater ended UConn’s 111-game winning streak in the national semifinals.</p>
<p>Tucker, who finished the drive Sunday without tickets, said he and two friends had found two tickets at a “reasonable price” about an hour and half before tipoff and were looking for one more.</p>
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<p>4:55 p.m.</p>
<p>Mississippi State is missing a famous fan in pursuit of the school’s first championship in women’s basketball.</p>
<p>Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, who wildly celebrated the shot that ended UConn’s record 111-game winning streak in the national semifinals, missed the Bulldogs’ NCAA title game against South Carolina on Sunday night because of a commitment he couldn’t break.</p>
<p>Prescott, a popular starter for the Bulldogs, had a record-setting rookie season for the Cowboys while leading them to the NFC East title after Tony Romo got hurt.</p>
<p>From a seat near the Mississippi State bench on Friday, Prescott jumped and threw his arms in the air when Morgan William hit a buzzer-beating jumper to knock off the four-time champion Huskies in overtime.</p>
<p>Asked after the game if he would be there for the final, Prescott said he was going to try. Turns out he couldn’t make the arrangements.</p>
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<p>4:20 p.m.</p>
<p>A first-time champion is set to be crowned in women’s basketball with an all-Southeastern Conference NCAA title game between South Carolina and Mississippi State.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs will try to knock off a third consecutive No. 1 seed Sunday night, two days after ending UConn’s record 111-game winning streak on Morgan William’s breathtaking, buzzer-beating jumper.</p>
<p>Both teams are in the title game for the first time. It’s Mississippi State’s first trip to the Final Four and the second for the Gamecocks, who beat frequent Final Four qualifier Stanford in the semifinals.</p>
<p>South Carolina coach Dawn Staley made three Final Fours as a player at Virginia in the early 1990s but never won the title. Mississippi State’s Vic Schaefer was on Texas A&amp;M’s staff when the Aggies won the championship six years ago.</p>
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dallas latest ncaa womens championship game times local 713 pm south carolina spoiled miracle mississippi state advertisement aja wilson allisha gray doubledoubles gamecocks beat bulldogs 6755 win ncaa womens championship allsoutheastern conference matchup firsttime finalists sunday night loss mississippi state came two days ending uconns record 111game winning streak stunning buzzerbeater morgan william overtime semifinals thanks win crowd heavily favored mississippi state used energy early 71 lead gamecocks took control third straight win season bulldogs first title sec since second two straight tennessee 2008 wilson 23 points 10 rebounds gray added 18 points 10 boards william never much factor even sitting fourthquarter run got mississippi state within four bulldogs trailed many 14 points third quarter 5foot5 junior finished 8 points victoria vivians led mississippi state 12 points ___ advertisement 645 pm mississippi state still shot heading fourth quarter matchup firsttime finalists ncaa womens basketball championship bulldogs got close four points trailing many 14 third quarter kaela davis hit jumper buzzer push south carolinas lead 5244 sunday night gamecocks second final four three seasons first trip mississippi state ended uconns record 111game winning streak semifinals victoria vivians 12 points dominique dillingham 11 bulldogs aja wilson leads south carolina 15 points allisha gray 14 davis 2 15 semifinal win stanford missed eight first 10 bulldogs late shot third ___ 625 pm uconn coach geno auriemma unfamiliar spot watching ncaa womens championship game huskies past four titles auriemmas team record 111game winning streak ended stunning buzzerbeater mississippi states morgan william national semifinals bulldogs playing south carolina title ninetime associated press coach year says kind forget theres another side winning four straight uconn 11 titles overall auriemma says takes getting used watching two good teams two teams deserve playing tonight ___ 610 pm south carolina halfway first ncaa womens championship matchup firsttime finalists mississippi state gamecocks overcame early surge delighted probulldogs crowd leading many 13 points second quarter settling 3626 halftime lead sunday night allisha gray aja wilson scored 11 points apiece south carolina trailed 71 early taking first lead two free throws doniyah cliney 24 seconds left first quarter morgan william whose buzzer beat ended fourtime champion uconns 111game winning streak semifinals held one field goal 6 points first half bulldogs trailed double digits halftime first time ncaa tournament ___ 555 pm seven members gold medalwinning us olympic womens basketball team honored ncaa womens championship game break first half mississippi statesouth carolina title game sunday night players introduced along coaches staff members south carolina coach dawn staley assistant staff mentioned worked huddle gamecocks players present seimone augustus sue bird tina charles maya moore breanna stewart tamika catchings lindsay whalen catchings played high school basketball dallas suburb duncanville us gold rio de janeiro last summer uconn coach geno auriemma leading way court presentation two nights fourtime champion huskies 111game winning streak ended mississippi state staley replacing auriemma head coach ___ 540 pm south carolina weathered early surge crowd favorite mississippi state take 1814 lead one quarter ncaa womens championship game sunday night allisha gray scored 6 points bianca cuevasmoore 3 shadowing bulldogs guard morgan william ended uconns 111game winning streak buzzerbeating jumper overtime semifinals taking 71 lead mississippi state ended battling foul trouble first dominique dillingham breanna richardson two apiece ___ 515 pm theres lot mississippi state maroon home nbas dallas mavericks ncaa womens championship game busloads fans many bulldogs gear could seen arriving sunday nights title game produce firsttime champion mississippi state south carolina one ticket scalper said could get someone lower bowl 400 roughly 20000seat american airlines center downtown dallas another wasnt selling less 700 roy tucker drove hamilton mississippi tyler east texas saturday morgan williams stunning buzzer beater ended uconns 111game winning streak national semifinals tucker finished drive sunday without tickets said two friends found two tickets reasonable price hour half tipoff looking one ___ 455 pm mississippi state missing famous fan pursuit schools first championship womens basketball dallas cowboys quarterback dak prescott wildly celebrated shot ended uconns record 111game winning streak national semifinals missed bulldogs ncaa title game south carolina sunday night commitment couldnt break prescott popular starter bulldogs recordsetting rookie season cowboys leading nfc east title tony romo got hurt seat near mississippi state bench friday prescott jumped threw arms air morgan william hit buzzerbeating jumper knock fourtime champion huskies overtime asked game would final prescott said going try turns couldnt make arrangements ___ 420 pm firsttime champion set crowned womens basketball allsoutheastern conference ncaa title game south carolina mississippi state bulldogs try knock third consecutive 1 seed sunday night two days ending uconns record 111game winning streak morgan williams breathtaking buzzerbeating jumper teams title game first time mississippi states first trip final four second gamecocks beat frequent final four qualifier stanford semifinals south carolina coach dawn staley made three final fours player virginia early 1990s never title mississippi states vic schaefer texas aampms staff aggies championship six years ago
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<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s quest to convince the federal government to put-up-or-shut-up by paying California an additional $6.9 billion he says the state needs to carry out Washington D.C. imposed mandates is just one high-profile example of states increasingly asserting their rights.</p>
<p>The battle over when states rights trump federal government edicts is as old as the constitution, waxing and waning in favor of each camp for nearly 225 years.&#160; But recently, an increasing number of states are standing up to the federal government and asserting their independence through legislation, resolutions or rhetoric.</p>
<p>“It’s widespread. We’re seeing states all across the republic with different resolutions or legislation. Some deal with health care, some firearms some light bulbs. Civil resistance against federal drug policy began here in California. In a way, we’re leading the charge,” said Bryce Shonka, (CQ) California state coordinator for the <a href="http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/the-10th-amendment-movement/" type="external">Tenth Amendment Center</a>, a Los Angeles-based clearinghouse and advocacy group for states rights issues.</p>
<p>As Shonka says, while Schwarzenegger’s chief focus is securing money to balance California’s budget, other states are declaring their independence differently.&#160; According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 23 states have followed Montana and introduced legislation saying if a gun is manufactured in that state and stays in that state, then federal regulation, such as registration, doesn’t apply.&#160; On March 12, Gov. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, a Republican, signed such a bill into law. Wyoming’s governor signed a similar bill the day before.</p>
<p>Idaho’s GOP Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter signed a law March 17 ordering the state attorney general to sue if Congress approves health care legislation. Similar bills are pending in 37 other states although its unlikely any would survive a court challenge.</p>
<p>Frank Antenori, an Arizona lawmaker, introduced a bill in February similar to the gun measures but dealing instead with incandescent light bulbs which begin to be phased out in 2012 under a federal law signed by President George W. Bush. Under Antenori’s bill, HB 2337, incandescent bulbs manufactured in Arizona and sold only to Arizona residents would not be subject to the phase-out.&#160; Antenori, a freshman legislator, is candid about his goals – pick a fight with the federal government and go to court.&#160; “The real intent of this legislation is to challenge the federal mandate in court,” he told the Arizona House Commerce Committee. “We could make history by having the (United States) Supreme Court rule that the federal government overstepped its bounds.”</p>
<p>Another Arizona lawmaker has introduced a firearms measure similar to the one signed by Rounds of South Dakota.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Starting with Maine in 2007, 25 states have passed resolutions or legislation denouncing or refusing to implement the federal REAL ID which imposes strict – and costly – security and authentication standards for issuing drivers licenses, the Tenth Amendment Center says.&#160;</p>
<p>While some say the push for states rights is largely a Republican, red state, Tea Party phenomenon, Shonka doesn’t agree. He points to Oregon, Wisconsin, Maryland and New Hampshire – all states won by President Obama in 2008 – where resolutions were introduced last year aimed at bringing members of the National Guard home from Iraq and Afghanistan.&#160;&#160;&#160; “It’s not at all a partisan issue. Having decisions made closer to home, everyone appreciates that sort of thing,” said Shonka. “Centralization was in full gear all throughout the last decade under Bush just as it is under Obama. When Obama was elected, the people on the right naturally were the ones more eager to oppose the federal government.”</p>
<p>One of the most common manifestations of states rights is passing legislation that exceeds federal law.&#160; “The governor has always said, under Presidents Bush and Obama, we’re not going to wait for Washington to act,” said Aaron McLear, Schwarzenegger’s press secretary. “And that’s why the real action has been happening in the states.”</p>
<p>Schwarzenegger and California’s Democratic majority Legislature have passed laws stronger than federal statutes routinely, particularly on environmental matters.&#160; AB 32, the landmark 2006 measure designed to ratchet down state greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 is the most visible example.&#160; More recently, California approved stricter tailpipe emission standards. Twenty other states followed California and passed the same law. The Obama administration has now adopted the same emission standards for the country.&#160;</p>
<p>It’s unclear what ultimate impact many states rights measures will have. Much of the legislation tracked by the Tenth Amendment Center is resolutions, which are non-binding and don’t carry the force of law. A large percentage of the states’ rights bills, regardless of subject, don’t win legislative approval let alone a gubernatorial signature.</p>
<p>But the message is clear: Don’t Tread on Me!</p>
<p>“We no longer can ignore what is owed to us or what we are forced to spend on federal mandates,” Schwarzenegger said in his January State of the State speech.&#160; “We are currently owed billions of dollars by the federal government for various different programs. We need to work with the feds so that we can fix the flawed formula that demands that the states spend money that we do not have.”</p>
<p>While members of the Schwarzenegger administration say its unlikely they will receive their goal of $6.9 billion in additional federal revenue, the GOP governor’s crusade has yielded some positive results.&#160; To date, California has either received or been pledged 42 percent of the $6.9 billion, according to Schwarzenegger’s Department of Finance.</p>
<p>At the center of the arguments made by states’ rights advocates is the Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights:</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”</p>
<p>That amendment is a weaker version of a similar sentence in the earlier Articles of Confederation:</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.”</p>
<p>Over the past century, federal court rulings have expanded the federal government’s reach – largely by applying the Constitution’s Interstate Commerce Clause: Congress shall have the power “to regulate commerce… among the several states.”&#160; During the first part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s, the Supreme Court struck down many of his proposed expansions of federal authority – enough that Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of justices on the court from nine to 15.&#160;</p>
<p>The court subsequently shifted its stance on the Commerce Clause.&#160; A key 1942 Supreme Court ruling, Wickard v. Filburn, involved a farmer, Roscoe Filburn, who grew wheat to feed his chickens said the limits on wheat production imposed by the federal government to increase the price shouldn’t apply to him because he sold none of the extra wheat.&#160; Using the Commerce Clause, the court reasoned that the extra wheat Filburn grew reduced the amount of wheat he would otherwise buy for chicken feed on the open market.&#160; Because there was a national trade in wheat, Filburn’s extra production affected interstate commerce,&#160;allowing federal regulation.</p>
<p>Citing the Wickard ruling and the Commerce Clause, the courts struck down California’s medicinal marijuana law in 2005.&#160;&#160;&#160; Growing marijuana for personal or medical use would “frustrate” the federal interest in ending commercial transactions in the interstate market, the court said.&#160; “In both cases, the regulation is squarely within Congress’ commerce power because production of the commodity meant for home consumption, be it wheat or marijuana, has a substantial effect on supply and demand in the national market for that commodity,” the majority opinion says.</p>
<p>Taking the side of states rights, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote:</p>
<p>&#160;&#160;&#160; “The court has endorsed making it a federal crime to grow small amounts of marijuana in one’s own home for one’s own medicinal use. This overreaching stifles an express choice by some states, concerned for the lives and liberties of their people, to regulate medical marijuana differently.&#160; Whatever the wisdom of California’s experiment with medical marijuana, the federalism principles that have driven our Commerce Clause cases require that room for experiment be protected in this case.”</p>
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introduced legislation saying gun manufactured state stays state federal regulation registration doesnt apply160 march 12 gov mike rounds south dakota republican signed bill law wyomings governor signed similar bill day idahos gop gov cl butch otter signed law march 17 ordering state attorney general sue congress approves health care legislation similar bills pending 37 states although unlikely would survive court challenge frank antenori arizona lawmaker introduced bill february similar gun measures dealing instead incandescent light bulbs begin phased 2012 federal law signed president george w bush antenoris bill hb 2337 incandescent bulbs manufactured arizona sold arizona residents would subject phaseout160 antenori freshman legislator candid goals pick fight federal government go court160 real intent legislation challenge federal mandate court told arizona house commerce committee could make history united states supreme court rule federal government overstepped bounds another arizona lawmaker introduced firearms measure similar one signed rounds south dakota160160160160 starting maine 2007 25 states passed resolutions legislation denouncing refusing implement federal real id imposes strict costly security authentication standards issuing drivers licenses tenth amendment center says160 say push states rights largely republican red state tea party phenomenon shonka doesnt agree points oregon wisconsin maryland new hampshire states president obama 2008 resolutions introduced last year aimed bringing members national guard home iraq afghanistan160160160 partisan issue decisions made closer home everyone appreciates sort thing said shonka centralization full gear throughout last decade bush obama obama elected people right naturally ones eager oppose federal government one common manifestations states rights passing legislation exceeds federal law160 governor always said presidents bush obama going wait washington act said aaron mclear schwarzeneggers press secretary thats real action happening states schwarzenegger californias democratic majority legislature passed laws stronger federal statutes routinely particularly environmental matters160 ab 32 landmark 2006 measure designed ratchet state greenhouse gas emissions 1990 levels 2020 visible example160 recently california approved stricter tailpipe emission standards twenty states followed california passed law obama administration adopted emission standards country160 unclear ultimate impact many states rights measures much legislation tracked tenth amendment center resolutions nonbinding dont carry force law large percentage states rights bills regardless subject dont win legislative approval let alone gubernatorial signature message clear dont tread longer ignore owed us forced spend federal mandates schwarzenegger said january state state speech160 currently owed billions dollars federal government various different programs need work feds fix flawed formula demands states spend money members schwarzenegger administration say unlikely receive goal 69 billion additional federal revenue gop governors crusade yielded positive results160 date california either received pledged 42 percent 69 billion according schwarzeneggers department finance center arguments made states rights advocates tenth amendment bill rights 160160160 powers delegated united states constitution prohibited states reserved states respectively people amendment weaker version similar sentence earlier articles confederation 160160160 state retains sovereignty freedom independence every power jurisdiction right confederation expressly delegated united states congress assembled past century federal court rulings expanded federal governments reach largely applying constitutions interstate commerce clause congress shall power regulate commerce among several states160 first part franklin roosevelts new deal 1930s supreme court struck many proposed expansions federal authority enough roosevelt proposed increasing number justices court nine 15160 court subsequently shifted stance commerce clause160 key 1942 supreme court ruling wickard v filburn involved farmer roscoe filburn grew wheat feed chickens said limits wheat production imposed federal government increase price shouldnt apply sold none extra wheat160 using commerce clause court reasoned extra wheat filburn grew reduced amount wheat would otherwise buy chicken feed open market160 national trade wheat filburns extra production affected interstate commerce160allowing federal regulation citing wickard ruling commerce clause courts struck californias medicinal marijuana law 2005160160160 growing marijuana personal medical use would frustrate federal interest ending commercial transactions interstate market court said160 cases regulation squarely within congress commerce power production commodity meant home consumption wheat marijuana substantial effect supply demand national market commodity majority opinion says taking side states rights justice sandra day oconnor wrote 160160160 court endorsed making federal crime grow small amounts marijuana ones home ones medicinal use overreaching stifles express choice states concerned lives liberties people regulate medical marijuana differently160 whatever wisdom californias experiment medical marijuana federalism principles driven commerce clause cases require room experiment protected case
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<p>UFC star Ronda Rousey's next fight could come in a WWE ring.</p>
<p>WWE executive Paul Levesque, better known as wrestling superstar Triple H, had dinner with Rousey in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, again fueling speculation that UFC's biggest female star could leave the octagon for a career in sports entertainment.</p>
<p>"We are talking to Ronda, as we've been for a while," Levesque told The Associated Press by phone on Wednesday. "She has a lot of things going on. We have a lot of things going on. But we have a great relationship with her, a very friendly standpoint for a long period of time now. It was great to catch up with her."</p>
<p>Rousey, once the most dominant fighter in mixed martial arts, has not competed since she suffered a 48-second loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 in December 2016. Rousey (12-2) lost two straight bouts in 13 months and took a hiatus that saw her branch out into other forms of entertainment.</p>
<p>Rousey, who adopted the "Rowdy" nickname from WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a big wrestling fan as made guest appearances at WWE events. She notably stood side-by-side with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as they fought off the villainous Triple H and his wife and fellow executive, Stephanie McMahon.</p>
<p>The Rock raised Rousey's arm in celebration at the end of the segment held at WrestleMania in 2015. Rousey has since appeared in the stands at events for WWE's developmental system, NXT.</p>
<p>Rousey and fellow UFC fighters Marina Shafir, Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke were known as the Four Horsewomen — a tribute to the nefarious Ric Flair-led Four Horsemen stable of the 1980s and '90s. Baszler has signed with WWE and wrestles in NXT.</p>
<p>The WWE recently announced it will hold its first women's Royal Rumble match (an over-the-top-rope battle royale) at the Jan. 28 Royal Rumble pay-per-view in Philadelphia. The match would be a splendid time to showcase Rousey in her WWE debut if she can break free from her film commitments. Rousey could also lead her Horsewomen against a WWE faction at WrestleMania on April 8.</p>
<p>Or, it could just be buzz designed to keep Rousey in the news and give the WWE a publicity boost as it heads toward its biggest four-month stretch of the year.</p>
<p>"We have nothing to announce at this time," Levesque said. "But she's a huge fan of what we do and she's incredibly interested in what we do and the opportunities that lie there. We're fans of hers and incredibly interested in what those opportunities could be with us. But there's a lot of things to walk through. We're talking. We're having conversations."</p>
<p>UFC President Dana White was on vacation and unavailable for comment.</p>
<p>Levesque was in Los Angeles to speak on a Television Critics Association panel.</p>
<p>Rousey refused to comment when approached by TMZ, only saying, "I enjoy fine dining."</p>
<p>But it's clear that the Rousey-wrestling connection appeals to WWE.</p>
<p>"I'd love it," Levesque said.</p>
<p>UFC star Ronda Rousey's next fight could come in a WWE ring.</p>
<p>WWE executive Paul Levesque, better known as wrestling superstar Triple H, had dinner with Rousey in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, again fueling speculation that UFC's biggest female star could leave the octagon for a career in sports entertainment.</p>
<p>"We are talking to Ronda, as we've been for a while," Levesque told The Associated Press by phone on Wednesday. "She has a lot of things going on. We have a lot of things going on. But we have a great relationship with her, a very friendly standpoint for a long period of time now. It was great to catch up with her."</p>
<p>Rousey, once the most dominant fighter in mixed martial arts, has not competed since she suffered a 48-second loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 in December 2016. Rousey (12-2) lost two straight bouts in 13 months and took a hiatus that saw her branch out into other forms of entertainment.</p>
<p>Rousey, who adopted the "Rowdy" nickname from WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a big wrestling fan as made guest appearances at WWE events. She notably stood side-by-side with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as they fought off the villainous Triple H and his wife and fellow executive, Stephanie McMahon.</p>
<p>The Rock raised Rousey's arm in celebration at the end of the segment held at WrestleMania in 2015. Rousey has since appeared in the stands at events for WWE's developmental system, NXT.</p>
<p>Rousey and fellow UFC fighters Marina Shafir, Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke were known as the Four Horsewomen — a tribute to the nefarious Ric Flair-led Four Horsemen stable of the 1980s and '90s. Baszler has signed with WWE and wrestles in NXT.</p>
<p>The WWE recently announced it will hold its first women's Royal Rumble match (an over-the-top-rope battle royale) at the Jan. 28 Royal Rumble pay-per-view in Philadelphia. The match would be a splendid time to showcase Rousey in her WWE debut if she can break free from her film commitments. Rousey could also lead her Horsewomen against a WWE faction at WrestleMania on April 8.</p>
<p>Or, it could just be buzz designed to keep Rousey in the news and give the WWE a publicity boost as it heads toward its biggest four-month stretch of the year.</p>
<p>"We have nothing to announce at this time," Levesque said. "But she's a huge fan of what we do and she's incredibly interested in what we do and the opportunities that lie there. We're fans of hers and incredibly interested in what those opportunities could be with us. But there's a lot of things to walk through. We're talking. We're having conversations."</p>
<p>UFC President Dana White was on vacation and unavailable for comment.</p>
<p>Levesque was in Los Angeles to speak on a Television Critics Association panel.</p>
<p>Rousey refused to comment when approached by TMZ, only saying, "I enjoy fine dining."</p>
<p>But it's clear that the Rousey-wrestling connection appeals to WWE.</p>
<p>"I'd love it," Levesque said.</p>
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ufc star ronda rouseys next fight could come wwe ring wwe executive paul levesque better known wrestling superstar triple h dinner rousey los angeles tuesday night fueling speculation ufcs biggest female star could leave octagon career sports entertainment talking ronda weve levesque told associated press phone wednesday lot things going lot things going great relationship friendly standpoint long period time great catch rousey dominant fighter mixed martial arts competed since suffered 48second loss amanda nunes ufc 207 december 2016 rousey 122 lost two straight bouts 13 months took hiatus saw branch forms entertainment rousey adopted rowdy nickname wwe hall famer rowdy roddy piper big wrestling fan made guest appearances wwe events notably stood sidebyside dwayne rock johnson fought villainous triple h wife fellow executive stephanie mcmahon rock raised rouseys arm celebration end segment held wrestlemania 2015 rousey since appeared stands events wwes developmental system nxt rousey fellow ufc fighters marina shafir shayna baszler jessamyn duke known four horsewomen tribute nefarious ric flairled four horsemen stable 1980s 90s baszler signed wwe wrestles nxt wwe recently announced hold first womens royal rumble match overthetoprope battle royale jan 28 royal rumble payperview philadelphia match would splendid time showcase rousey wwe debut break free film commitments rousey could also lead horsewomen wwe faction wrestlemania april 8 could buzz designed keep rousey news give wwe publicity boost heads toward biggest fourmonth stretch year nothing announce time levesque said shes huge fan shes incredibly interested opportunities lie fans incredibly interested opportunities could us theres lot things walk talking conversations ufc president dana white vacation unavailable comment levesque los angeles speak television critics association panel rousey refused comment approached tmz saying enjoy fine dining clear rouseywrestling connection appeals wwe id love levesque said ufc star ronda rouseys next fight could come wwe ring wwe executive paul levesque better known wrestling superstar triple h dinner rousey los angeles tuesday night fueling speculation ufcs biggest female star could leave octagon career sports entertainment talking ronda weve levesque told associated press phone wednesday lot things going lot things going great relationship friendly standpoint long period time great catch rousey dominant fighter mixed martial arts competed since suffered 48second loss amanda nunes ufc 207 december 2016 rousey 122 lost two straight bouts 13 months took hiatus saw branch forms entertainment rousey adopted rowdy nickname wwe hall famer rowdy roddy piper big wrestling fan made guest appearances wwe events notably stood sidebyside dwayne rock johnson fought villainous triple h wife fellow executive stephanie mcmahon rock raised rouseys arm celebration end segment held wrestlemania 2015 rousey since appeared stands events wwes developmental system nxt rousey fellow ufc fighters marina shafir shayna baszler jessamyn duke known four horsewomen tribute nefarious ric flairled four horsemen stable 1980s 90s baszler signed wwe wrestles nxt wwe recently announced hold first womens royal rumble match overthetoprope battle royale jan 28 royal rumble payperview philadelphia match would splendid time showcase rousey wwe debut break free film commitments rousey could also lead horsewomen wwe faction wrestlemania april 8 could buzz designed keep rousey news give wwe publicity boost heads toward biggest fourmonth stretch year nothing announce time levesque said shes huge fan shes incredibly interested opportunities lie fans incredibly interested opportunities could us theres lot things walk talking conversations ufc president dana white vacation unavailable comment levesque los angeles speak television critics association panel rousey refused comment approached tmz saying enjoy fine dining clear rouseywrestling connection appeals wwe id love levesque said
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<p>MUMBAI (Reuters) - India’s Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) said on Friday that Price Waterhouse can continue to service existing clients whose financial year started on Jan. 1 2018, but it refused to grant a stay on a two-year audit ban ordered by the market regulator.</p>
<p>The markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India, last week barred Price Waterhouse from auditing listed companies in the country for two years, after a probe into a nearly decade-old accounting fraud case in a software services company that became India’s biggest corporate scandal.</p>
<p>It had however allowed Price Waterhouse to continue auditing books for the current fiscal year ending in March. Most Indian companies follow an April-March financial year.</p>
<p>Price Waterhouse had appealed to SAT to lift the SEBI ban, but the Tribunal only agreed to give it a reprieve to permit it to complete audits it had already taken on for the 2018 calendar year.</p>
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<p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank’s ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=DBKGn.DE" type="external">DBKGn.DE</a>) supervisory board intends to “take a decision” on Sunday after discussing John Cryan’s job at the helm of the bank, the German lender said late on Saturday.</p> Deutsche Bank building before the bank's annual news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
<p>In a brief statement, the bank confirmed earlier reports that Chairman Paul Achleitner had invited the supervisory board to an “update call”. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that a replacement for Cryan could be discussed at the meeting.</p>
<p>“Deutsche Bank’s Supervisory Board will have a discussion on the bank’s CEO position on Sunday evening,” the bank said. “It is planned to take a decision in this context on the same day.”</p>
<p>A representative for the bank was not immediately available to elaborate, but the two sources said earlier on Saturday that they could not rule out the possibility of a major announcement.</p>
<p>An external candidate to succeed Cryan was more likely than an internal candidate, one of the sources said.</p>
<p>Achleitner will act quickly to resolve the situation, said a third person who is a major investor in the bank, also speaking on condition of anonymity.</p>
<p>The Sunday discussion by the board follows two weeks of turmoil over the bank’s leadership.</p>
<p>Achleitner had initiated a search to replace Cryan, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on March 27, following a flurry of negative headlines after the bank reported a third consecutive annual loss.</p>
<p>Cryan, who has been in office less than three years, responded by writing a memo to staff in which he said he remained “absolutely committed” to the bank. But Achleitner stayed silent, to the chagrin of major investors seeking clarity.</p>
<p>In recent days, Achleitner has broken his silence and reached out to some major investors, according to two other people with knowledge of the matter.</p>
<p>Achleitner was criticized by two major investors this week over the bank’s performance and his handling of the search for a new chief executive.</p>
<p>The leadership debate underscores the continued fragility of the 148-year-old bank after speculation of a possible government bailout just over a year ago.</p> Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan during the bank's annual news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski INVESTMENT BANK WOES
<p>The debate also parallels concern about the path forward for Deutsche’s investment bank, whose swift expansion in the years leading up to the financial crisis is blamed for many of the bank’s current woes.</p>
<p>Revenue at the investment bank in 2017 was down 25 percent compared with 2015, a steeper fall than those suffered by its competitors. The division employed more than 41,000 staff at the end of 2017, up 4 percent from 2015, but key staff have left.</p>
<p>Cryan is conducting a global review of the investment bank, known internally as Project Colombo, a person with direct knowledge of the matter has said.</p>
<p>Cryan, the son of a jazz musician, is married into the wealthy Du Pont family of the United States. He was appointed to the helm of Deutsche in 2015 to overhaul the bank after years of rapid growth under investment bankers.</p>
<p>But his tumultuous tenure as CEO highlights many of the bank’s underlying issues.</p>
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<p>Early on, Cryan quickly announced thousands of job cuts to trim costs but reversed the bank’s plans to sell its Postbank retail unit after tepid interest from buyers.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the bank announced earlier this year that it would post its third consecutive annual loss for 2017.</p>
<p>The German government and some of the nation’s most senior politicians criticized Cryan for paying 2.3 billion euros ($2.82 billion) in staff bonuses despite those losses, four times higher than the previous year.</p>
<p>One board member, Kim Hammonds, told leadership at a recent meeting that the bank was “the most dysfunctional company” she had ever worked for, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.</p>
<p>Over the past weeks, a number of names have surfaced in the media as possible replacements for Cryan. But some analysts wonder whether anyone would be able to do a better job on turning the bank around.</p>
<p>“There has been actually a disciplined execution in a tough environment by this team,” said Peter Nerby, who analyses the bank for Moody’s. “I wonder if anyone really has a better way to get there. It’s not obvious to me what that way would be.”</p>
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<p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=DBKGn.DE" type="external">DBKGn.DE</a>) plans to continue with its co-deputy structure under a new chief executive, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.</p>
<p>Deutsche Bank’s supervisory board is currently meeting to discuss promoting Christian Sewing to CEO, taking over from John Cryan, the source said.</p>
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<p>Garth Ritchie, the bank’s co-head of corporate and investment banking, is likely to be one of two co-deputy CEO’s under Sewing, the source said.</p>
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<p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Adidas expects to close down stores in the coming years as part of a shift towards selling more goods online, its chief executive told a newspaper.</p> Adidas sport shoes are seen before the company's annual news conference in Herzogenaurach, Germany March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
<p>In an interview with the Financial Times, Kasper Rorsted said “over time, we will have fewer stores but they will be better”, adding that over the coming year the number of Adidas stores was expected to contract slightly.</p>
<p>“Our website is the most important store we have in the world.”</p>
<p>Adidas, which wants to more than double its ecommerce sales to 4 billion euros ($4.91 billion) by 2020 from 1.6 billion last year, has 2,500 stores globally and 13,000 additional mono-branded franchise stores, the Financial Times said.</p>
<p>($1 = 0.8143 euros)</p>
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<p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Escalating tensions between the United States and China have triggered a flurry of U.S. soybean purchases by European buyers, in one of the first signs that trade tariff threats lobbed between the world’s top two economies are disrupting global commodity trade flows.</p> FILE PHOTO: Soybeans being sorted according to their weight and density on a gravity sorter machine at Peterson Farms Seed facility in Fargo, North Dakota, U.S., December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Dan Koeck/File Photo
<p>News of the sales, confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday, helped to underpin benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soybean prices &lt;0#S:&gt; after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on an additional $100 billion of Chinese goods.</p>
<p>The USDA said 458,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans were sold to undisclosed destinations, which traders and grains analysts said included EU soybean processors such as the Netherlands and Germany.</p>
<p>If the entire volume is confirmed to be going to the European Union, it would be the largest one-off sale to the bloc in more than 15 years, according to USDA data. The USDA could not immediately be reached for comment.</p>
<p>“We’re seeing a realignment of trade,” largely because the politics is driving up Brazilian soybean prices, said Jack Scoville, analyst with the Price Futures Group.</p>
<p>Traders and analysts said the unusual trade flows were likely to continue in the near term, benefiting U.S. Gulf Coast shippers and likely hurting exporters in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the No. 2 bulk grain outlet that relies heavily on Chinese demand.</p>
<p>Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing have rattled markets over the past week. Soybean prices tumbled by as much as 5 percent after China threatened to levy extra duties on U.S. shipments, though the market ultimately ended the week down about 1 percent.</p>
<p>The United States is the second-largest soybean exporter in the world after Brazil. China is by far the top buyer, importing about two-thirds of all soybeans traded globally.</p>
<p>The big U.S. soybean sales come at a time when U.S. shipments are traditionally costlier than newly harvested soybeans shipped from Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter.</p>
<p>But accelerated buying of Brazilian beans by Chinese importers, weary of potentially paying steep tariffs on U.S. purchases, has sent Brazilian export premiums to historic highs.</p>
<p>Near-term soybean shipments from Brazil peaked near 200 cents above CBOT May soybean futures SK8 before pulling back to around 170 cents over by the end of the week, traders said. U.S. Gulf Coast shipments, by comparison, were only around 90 cents a bushel above futures.</p>
<p>“The Brazilian beans are likely going to go to China in the short run and the U.S. beans are available. With what’s happened to the price spreads, U.S. beans are sort of on sale for these buyers,” said Jim Sutter, CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council.</p>
<p>Some of the sales announced by USDA on Friday were initially booked as Brazilian shipments, but were switched to cheaper U.S. beans when Brazil’s prices spiked, traders said.</p>
<p>“U.S. prices got exceedingly cheap compared to Brazil,” said a U.S. trader who asked not to be named. “Some of this is outright new business. Some of it is arbitraging away from Brazil.”</p>
<p>The current-season shipments are slated for loading from May to July, they said, typically the height of Brazil’s export season and a low point for U.S. shipments.</p>
<p>“I think we’ll see more (U.S.) selling to some destinations in volumes that we don’t ordinarily see, at least in the short term until the Brazilian basis calms down,” Scoville said.</p>
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<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian soccer is making positive news for a change with historic performances at the continental under-23 championships, spearheaded by a coach nick-named "The Asian Hiddink."</p>
<p>Vietnam head coach Park Hang-seo is the toast of the country after leading the team to the semifinals. Park was a member of Guus Hiddink's coaching staff when South Korea reached the 2002 World Cup semifinals — a run that had millions of Koreans gathering in the streets to support the national team's progress in the tournament it was co-hosting with Japan.</p>
<p>On Saturday it was the turn of Vietnam fans to celebrate in the streets and plazas after a famous quarterfinal win over Iraq. From the country's&#160;ubiquitous&#160;scooter riders waving flags to&#160;Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, there were hearty congratulations for the team.</p>
<p>"I have always believed that the players had the talent," Park, who burst into tears after the successful penalty shootout that followed a dramatic 3-3 draw, told reporters. "They needed a lift and the belief they can win against teams like Iraq. Now we have to keep going."</p>
<p>It is not only the results and performances that have fans and media swooning. Park has received praise for his friendly manner and putting his hand on his chest during national anthems.</p>
<p>"We have never seen a foreign coach like this," reported Ho Chi Minh city newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong. "We have had many Korean singers and movies stars be popular here but now it is Park receiving the love of the Vietnamese people."</p>
<p>In Seoul, Park's exploits with Vietnam have been widely covered with commentators observing that the man who witnessed the events of almost 16 years ago is now forging a legend of his own by injecting belief and discipline into a team that has always had talent.</p>
<p>It is not over yet. Vietnam faces a tough task against Qatar, which has won all four of its games in the tournament so far, in the semifinal on Tuesday. Confidence is high after the Iraq win and victory over Australia in the group stage.</p>
<p>"We know that there is still lots of work to do," Park said. "But now we are looking forward to showing what we can do. We are ready."</p>
<p>Another surprise win could pit Park against South Korea in the final if the East Asian team can overcome Uzbekistan.</p>
<p>South Korea had to defeat Southeast Asian opposition in the quarterfinal, with a tough 2-1 victory over Malaysia. Despite the loss, fans in Kuala Lumpur were happy with a fine performance and a good tournament overall.</p>
<p>"We played well in this quarterfinal match, though we know they are good teams," Malaysia goalscorer N. Thanabalan said after the match."But we can prove that we can play with them."</p>
<p>The soccer news in Malaysia has been dismal for some time and the senior team is currently ranked No. 175 by FIFA, its lowest ever in the international standings.</p>
<p>Low expectations heading into the tournament were seemingly confirmed after a 4-1 loss to Iraq in the opening game. The Tigers bounced back, though, to draw with Jordan and beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the last group stage game before giving the Koreans a scare.</p>
<p>Now Malaysia coach Ong Kim Swee wants to move forward and qualify for the 2020 Olympics by going one step further in the next U-23 Championship.</p>
<p>"It is a very good achievement, but we cannot afford to be too happy or celebrate too much," the coach said. "We can't just stop here, personally my target is qualification for the Olympic Games . and what we will have to do is become one of the top four teams at the 2020 AFC Under-23 Championship."</p>
<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian soccer is making positive news for a change with historic performances at the continental under-23 championships, spearheaded by a coach nick-named "The Asian Hiddink."</p>
<p>Vietnam head coach Park Hang-seo is the toast of the country after leading the team to the semifinals. Park was a member of Guus Hiddink's coaching staff when South Korea reached the 2002 World Cup semifinals — a run that had millions of Koreans gathering in the streets to support the national team's progress in the tournament it was co-hosting with Japan.</p>
<p>On Saturday it was the turn of Vietnam fans to celebrate in the streets and plazas after a famous quarterfinal win over Iraq. From the country's&#160;ubiquitous&#160;scooter riders waving flags to&#160;Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, there were hearty congratulations for the team.</p>
<p>"I have always believed that the players had the talent," Park, who burst into tears after the successful penalty shootout that followed a dramatic 3-3 draw, told reporters. "They needed a lift and the belief they can win against teams like Iraq. Now we have to keep going."</p>
<p>It is not only the results and performances that have fans and media swooning. Park has received praise for his friendly manner and putting his hand on his chest during national anthems.</p>
<p>"We have never seen a foreign coach like this," reported Ho Chi Minh city newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong. "We have had many Korean singers and movies stars be popular here but now it is Park receiving the love of the Vietnamese people."</p>
<p>In Seoul, Park's exploits with Vietnam have been widely covered with commentators observing that the man who witnessed the events of almost 16 years ago is now forging a legend of his own by injecting belief and discipline into a team that has always had talent.</p>
<p>It is not over yet. Vietnam faces a tough task against Qatar, which has won all four of its games in the tournament so far, in the semifinal on Tuesday. Confidence is high after the Iraq win and victory over Australia in the group stage.</p>
<p>"We know that there is still lots of work to do," Park said. "But now we are looking forward to showing what we can do. We are ready."</p>
<p>Another surprise win could pit Park against South Korea in the final if the East Asian team can overcome Uzbekistan.</p>
<p>South Korea had to defeat Southeast Asian opposition in the quarterfinal, with a tough 2-1 victory over Malaysia. Despite the loss, fans in Kuala Lumpur were happy with a fine performance and a good tournament overall.</p>
<p>"We played well in this quarterfinal match, though we know they are good teams," Malaysia goalscorer N. Thanabalan said after the match."But we can prove that we can play with them."</p>
<p>The soccer news in Malaysia has been dismal for some time and the senior team is currently ranked No. 175 by FIFA, its lowest ever in the international standings.</p>
<p>Low expectations heading into the tournament were seemingly confirmed after a 4-1 loss to Iraq in the opening game. The Tigers bounced back, though, to draw with Jordan and beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the last group stage game before giving the Koreans a scare.</p>
<p>Now Malaysia coach Ong Kim Swee wants to move forward and qualify for the 2020 Olympics by going one step further in the next U-23 Championship.</p>
<p>"It is a very good achievement, but we cannot afford to be too happy or celebrate too much," the coach said. "We can't just stop here, personally my target is qualification for the Olympic Games . and what we will have to do is become one of the top four teams at the 2020 AFC Under-23 Championship."</p>
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<p>Almost all of the misinformation coming from politicians on the Sunday shows this week had to do with the expiring Bush tax cuts, which Congress is expected to vote on this week. Coming in second was the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy for gay servicemembers — we’ll post Tuesday on an exchange that took place on that topic on ABC’s "This Week."</p>
<p>Polling Problems</p>
<p>On CBS’ “ <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/FTN_120510.pdf?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea" type="external">Face the Nation</a>,” Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona gave a misleading description of public opinion on the Bush tax cuts. After host Bob Schieffer cited a <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20024494-503544.html" type="external">CBS News poll</a> that found 53 percent of respondents wanted the tax cuts to be extended only for households earning less than $250,000 a year, Kyl said: “There’s a Gallup poll of — a week ago, that had 80 percent of Americans saying don’t increase taxes.”</p>
<p>Kyl gave the impression that the Gallup poll showed a large majority favoring the extension of all tax cuts, even for the wealthy, contradicting the CBS survey. But that’s not the case. Instead, the <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/144989/Vast-Majority-Wants-Aspect-Bush-Tax-Cuts-Extended.aspx" type="external">USA Today/Gallup poll</a>, conducted Nov. 19-21, found that 44 percent wanted to extend the tax cuts but set limits for wealthy Americans. Another 40 percent wanted to keep all the cuts for all income groups. That’s a total of 84 percent wanting to keep the tax cuts in some form – but not for everyone.</p>
<p>Other recent polls <a href="" type="internal">similarly have found</a> that Americans are divided on whether to extend the cuts for everyone or only for those earning under $250,000.</p>
<p>Blame the Bush Tax Cuts</p>
<p>Also on “Face the Nation,” Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois made the hyperbolic claim that the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy “led us into this recession.”</p>
<p>Durbin: And the Bush economic policies of tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals have led us into this recession, cost us 15 million jobs, have utterly failed. You can’t point to those policies as successful.</p>
<p>Really? It was the tax cuts for the upper-income brackets that single-handedly caused the recession? Kyl rightly questioned that theory, saying:</p>
<p>Kyl: They did not create the problem that we have today. That was a problem created, as you know, by the crash of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the housing market, the so-called bubble. It had nothing to do with these tax rates.</p>
<p>We looked into the causes of the financial crisis in 2008 and found there was plenty of blame to go around. Those at fault included the Bush and Clinton administrations, homebuyers, Congress, mortgage brokers, Wall Street firms and the Federal Reserve. As <a href="" type="internal">we wrote</a>: “The U.S. economy is enormously complicated. Screwing it up takes a great deal of cooperation. Claiming that a single piece of legislation was responsible for (or could have averted) the crisis is just political grandstanding.”</p>
<p>Kyl went on to offer some grandstanding of his own, saying that “without the taxes being where they are the situation would have been much worse.” That’s highly debatable.</p>
<p>When the Congressional Research Service looked into the impact on the economy of extending the Bush tax cuts, it <a href="http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41443_20101005.pdf" type="external">found</a> that the economy performed worse according to several indicators after the tax cuts were enacted than it had before. That lends some credence to Durbin’s belief that the tax cuts hurt the economy — but certainly not that they caused the recession. CRS wrote that another interpretation is that the cuts didn’t have much of an impact at a time when other factors were negatively affecting the economy. So it’s not at all clear that the cuts helped the economy, as Kyl claimed.</p>
<p>CRS, Oct. 2010 report: By almost any economic indicator, the economy performed better in the period before the tax cuts than after the tax cuts were enacted, regardless of whether recession years are omitted from the comparison. GDP growth, median real household income growth, weekly hours worked, the employment-population ratio, personal saving, and business investment growth were all lower in the period after the tax cuts were enacted. … One interpretation is that the tax cuts contributed to the deterioration in economic performance, because income effects on work and saving dominated or because of the negative economic effects of the higher budget deficits. An alternative interpretation is that the tax cuts did not have significant enough effects to show up in the data at a time when other factors were causing the economy to perform relatively poorly. In this interpretation, the tax cuts could have small positive, small negative, or no effects on the economy.</p>
<p>That’s Not All They Said</p>
<p>In a conversation about Senate approval of the New START treaty — the nuclear weapons agreement with Russia — Kyl said that he hasn’t “held it up” and selectively cited a Washington Post editorial to back up his view that approving the treaty wasn’t an urgent matter.</p>
<p>Kyl: I haven’t held it up. Leader Reid can bring it to the floor any time he wants to. I have no ability to hold it up. I haven’t even said whether I’m for it or against it.</p>
<p>He went on to say that the “Washington Post editorialized saying no calamity will befall the United States, if this treaty isn’t done in a lame duck session.” It’s true that Sen. Harry Reid can bring the matter to the floor whenever he wants, and that a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111906562.html" type="external">Post editorial</a> said that “no calamity will befall the United States if the Senate does not act this year.” But there’s more to it than that.</p>
<p>Kyl <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/senate-leader-deals-blow-to-president-on-arms-treaty/" type="external">surprised the White House in November</a> by saying that there wasn’t enough time in the lame duck session to consider the New START treaty. In theory, Reid could bring the pact to a vote, but in reality, without the support of Kyl, who is a Republican leader on this issue, approval is unlikely. And while the Post said that President Barack Obama was overstating matters “more than a little” by claiming passage was "a national security imperative," the Post also had critical words for Kyl, saying he had "blindsided the administration" in claiming there wasn’t enough time to approve the treaty this year.</p>
<p>Washington Post editorial, Nov. 19: Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who has been representing the Republican side, acknowledged months ago that the treaty is "relatively benign"; his concern has been obtaining a parallel commitment from the administration to modernize the remaining U.S. weapons stockpile and its related industrial infrastructure. The White House has gone a long way to meet his concerns, promising to spend $7 billion this year and larger amounts in subsequent years as part of a 10-year, $85 billion plan.</p>
<p>The Post said both sides should stop playing politics and pass the treaty: “Both sides would do well to stop maneuvering for political advantage and return to the negotiations that appeared close to winning the necessary support for the treaty before the midterm elections.”&#160;</p>
<p>A $100 Billion Here, a $100 Billion There&#160;</p>
<p>On NBC’s " <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40493580/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts#" type="external">Meet the Press</a>," Democratic Sen. John Kerry slightly exaggerated the cost of extending the Bush tax cuts. In discussing the Senate’s <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/us/politics/05cong.html" type="external">rejection</a> Dec. 4 of the Democratic plan to extend the cuts on income below $250,000 for families and $200,000 for individuals, Kerry said extending the tax cuts for those upper-income levels would add $800 billion to the deficit.&#160;</p>
<p>Kerry: We’re — we want to extend the tax cuts for every single American, but up to a level that makes sense in terms of our economy. You talk about uncertainty of the economy, how much uncertainty is there to our economy when you add $800 billion to the deficit.</p>
<p>The cost would be $700 billion, not $800 billion, and it would be over 10 years — from 2011 to 2020, according to an <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/117xx/doc11705/08-18-Update.pdf#page=44" type="external">August 2010 report</a> by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO&#160;says the cost of extending the Bush tax cuts for all income levels would be about $2.7 trillion over that 10-year period, including $700 billion for income above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for families.</p>
<p>Small-Business Bunk</p>
<p>Also on "Meet the Press," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell repeated a claim about the expiring tax cuts and small businesses that we’ve seen, and shot holes in, before.</p>
<p>McConnell: Over 700,000 small businesses pay taxes as individuals. They would be hit by raising the top rate above $250,000; 700,000 of our most productive and effective small businesses. That’s 50 percent of small business income and 25 percent of the work force in the middle of a recession.</p>
<p>An <a href="" type="external">analysis by the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation</a> reported that 3 percent of all taxpayers with net positive business income would be affected by raising tax rates for households making more than $250,000 ($200,000 for individuals), or about 750,000 taxpayers in 2011. Fifty percent of the $1 trillion in net positive business income would be subject to the increased tax rate.</p>
<p>But the JCT also says that not all of these taxpayers are entities that would be considered "small" businesses. The committee doesn’t know how many fall under that rubric; neither does McConnell, and neither do we.</p>
<p>We’ll have more on this issue soon.</p>
<p>– Lori Robertson, Eugene Kiely and Viveca Novak</p>
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almost misinformation coming politicians sunday shows week expiring bush tax cuts congress expected vote week coming second militarys dont ask dont tell policy gay servicemembers well post tuesday exchange took place topic abcs week polling problems cbs face nation republican sen jon kyl arizona gave misleading description public opinion bush tax cuts host bob schieffer cited cbs news poll found 53 percent respondents wanted tax cuts extended households earning less 250000 year kyl said theres gallup poll week ago 80 percent americans saying dont increase taxes kyl gave impression gallup poll showed large majority favoring extension tax cuts even wealthy contradicting cbs survey thats case instead usa todaygallup poll conducted nov 1921 found 44 percent wanted extend tax cuts set limits wealthy americans another 40 percent wanted keep cuts income groups thats total 84 percent wanting keep tax cuts form everyone recent polls similarly found americans divided whether extend cuts everyone 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small positive small negative effects economy thats said conversation senate approval new start treaty nuclear weapons agreement russia kyl said hasnt held selectively cited washington post editorial back view approving treaty wasnt urgent matter kyl havent held leader reid bring floor time wants ability hold havent even said whether im went say washington post editorialized saying calamity befall united states treaty isnt done lame duck session true sen harry reid bring matter floor whenever wants post editorial said calamity befall united states senate act year theres kyl surprised white house november saying wasnt enough time lame duck session consider new start treaty theory reid could bring pact vote reality without support kyl republican leader issue approval unlikely post said president barack obama overstating matters little claiming passage national security imperative post also critical words kyl saying blindsided administration claiming wasnt enough time approve treaty year washington post editorial nov 19 sen jon kyl rariz representing republican side acknowledged months ago treaty relatively benign concern obtaining parallel commitment administration modernize remaining us weapons stockpile related industrial infrastructure white house gone long way meet concerns promising spend 7 billion year larger amounts subsequent years part 10year 85 billion plan post said sides stop playing politics pass treaty sides would well stop maneuvering political advantage return negotiations appeared close winning necessary support treaty midterm elections160 100 billion 100 billion there160 nbcs meet press democratic sen john kerry slightly exaggerated cost extending bush tax cuts discussing senates rejection dec 4 democratic plan extend cuts income 250000 families 200000 individuals kerry said extending tax cuts upperincome levels would add 800 billion deficit160 kerry want extend tax cuts every single american level makes sense terms economy talk uncertainty economy much uncertainty economy add 800 billion deficit cost would 700 billion 800 billion would 10 years 2011 2020 according august 2010 report nonpartisan congressional budget office cbo160says cost extending bush tax cuts income levels would 27 trillion 10year period including 700 billion income 200000 individuals 250000 families smallbusiness bunk also meet press senate minority leader mitch mcconnell repeated claim expiring tax cuts small businesses weve seen shot holes mcconnell 700000 small businesses pay taxes individuals would hit raising top rate 250000 700000 productive effective small businesses thats 50 percent small business income 25 percent work force middle recession analysis congressional joint committee taxation reported 3 percent taxpayers net positive business income would affected raising tax rates households making 250000 200000 individuals 750000 taxpayers 2011 fifty percent 1 trillion net positive business income would subject increased tax rate jct also says taxpayers entities would considered small businesses committee doesnt know many fall rubric neither mcconnell neither well issue soon lori robertson eugene kiely viveca novak
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — John V. Tunney, whose successful campaign for a California seat in the U.S. Senate became the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film “The Candidate,” has died. He was 83.</p>
<p>Tunney died of prostate cancer Friday at a home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, his brother, Jay Tunney, told The Associated Press.</p>
<p>Tunney was among the youngest people elected to the U.S. Senate in the past century when he won his seat in 1970 at age 36. He then became one of the youngest in recent history to lose a Senate seat when he was defeated after just one term.</p>
<p>The charismatic young Democrat, who was often compared to the Kennedy brothers, had to quiet some of his idealism and swing to the center to beat the 68-year-old Republican incumbent George Murphy in 1970.</p>
<p>Director Michael Ritchie worked on Tunney’s campaign, and the story of competing generations and the machinations of elections was perfect fodder for the political-minded Hollywood of the day.</p>
<p>Redford took on the role of Bill McKay, based on Tunney. The film was a commercial and critical success, winning an Academy Award for screenwriter Jeremy Larner.</p>
<p>Tunney was born in New York the son of Connecticut socialite Polly Lauder Tunney and boxer Gene Tunney, the 1920s heavyweight champion whose two victories over Jack Dempsey were among the most renowned fights of the 20th century.</p>
<p>Gene Tunney was insistent that his sons pursue professions other than boxing.</p>
<p>“He was very strict about that,” Jay Tunney said.</p>
<p>John Tunney grew up on the family farm in Connecticut. He graduated from Yale and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia before moving to California, where he became a law professor.</p>
<p>Tunney was elected to the U.S. House, where he served from 1964 until his Senate election in 1970.</p>
<p>In 1976, he was challenged on the left by political activist Tom Hayden, but won re-nomination.</p>
<p>He lost in the general election to Republican S.I. Hayakawa, the 70-year-old president of California State University, San Francisco who had never run for office before.</p>
<p>Jay Tunney said his brother wasn’t overly devastated by the loss.</p>
<p>“He didn’t like the temper of Washington,” Jay Tunney said. He didn’t care for it.”</p>
<p>John Tunney returned to a Los Angeles firm and resumed practicing law.</p>
<p>In addition to his brother, he is survived by his second wife, Kathinka Osborne Tunney, sons Mark and Ted, daughters Arianne and Tara, stepchildren Cedric Osborne and Dariane Osborne Hunt, and grandsons John, Liam and Andreas.</p>
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<p>This story has been corrected to show Tunney died in Los Angeles, not Santa Monica, California.</p>
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<p>Follow Andrew Dalton on Twitter at www.twitter.com/andyjamesdalton.</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — John V. Tunney, whose successful campaign for a California seat in the U.S. Senate became the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film “The Candidate,” has died. He was 83.</p>
<p>Tunney died of prostate cancer Friday at a home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, his brother, Jay Tunney, told The Associated Press.</p>
<p>Tunney was among the youngest people elected to the U.S. Senate in the past century when he won his seat in 1970 at age 36. He then became one of the youngest in recent history to lose a Senate seat when he was defeated after just one term.</p>
<p>The charismatic young Democrat, who was often compared to the Kennedy brothers, had to quiet some of his idealism and swing to the center to beat the 68-year-old Republican incumbent George Murphy in 1970.</p>
<p>Director Michael Ritchie worked on Tunney’s campaign, and the story of competing generations and the machinations of elections was perfect fodder for the political-minded Hollywood of the day.</p>
<p>Redford took on the role of Bill McKay, based on Tunney. The film was a commercial and critical success, winning an Academy Award for screenwriter Jeremy Larner.</p>
<p>Tunney was born in New York the son of Connecticut socialite Polly Lauder Tunney and boxer Gene Tunney, the 1920s heavyweight champion whose two victories over Jack Dempsey were among the most renowned fights of the 20th century.</p>
<p>Gene Tunney was insistent that his sons pursue professions other than boxing.</p>
<p>“He was very strict about that,” Jay Tunney said.</p>
<p>John Tunney grew up on the family farm in Connecticut. He graduated from Yale and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia before moving to California, where he became a law professor.</p>
<p>Tunney was elected to the U.S. House, where he served from 1964 until his Senate election in 1970.</p>
<p>In 1976, he was challenged on the left by political activist Tom Hayden, but won re-nomination.</p>
<p>He lost in the general election to Republican S.I. Hayakawa, the 70-year-old president of California State University, San Francisco who had never run for office before.</p>
<p>Jay Tunney said his brother wasn’t overly devastated by the loss.</p>
<p>“He didn’t like the temper of Washington,” Jay Tunney said. He didn’t care for it.”</p>
<p>John Tunney returned to a Los Angeles firm and resumed practicing law.</p>
<p>In addition to his brother, he is survived by his second wife, Kathinka Osborne Tunney, sons Mark and Ted, daughters Arianne and Tara, stepchildren Cedric Osborne and Dariane Osborne Hunt, and grandsons John, Liam and Andreas.</p>
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<p>This story has been corrected to show Tunney died in Los Angeles, not Santa Monica, California.</p>
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<p>Follow Andrew Dalton on Twitter at www.twitter.com/andyjamesdalton.</p>
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los angeles ap john v tunney whose successful campaign california seat us senate became basis 1972 robert redford film candidate died 83 tunney died prostate cancer friday home brentwood section los angeles brother jay tunney told associated press tunney among youngest people elected us senate past century seat 1970 age 36 became one youngest recent history lose senate seat defeated one term charismatic young democrat often compared kennedy brothers quiet idealism swing center beat 68yearold republican incumbent george murphy 1970 director michael ritchie worked tunneys campaign story competing generations machinations elections perfect fodder politicalminded hollywood day redford took role bill mckay based tunney film commercial critical success winning academy award screenwriter jeremy larner tunney born new york son connecticut socialite polly lauder tunney boxer gene tunney 1920s heavyweight champion whose two victories jack dempsey among renowned fights 20th century gene tunney insistent sons pursue professions boxing strict jay tunney said john tunney grew family farm connecticut graduated yale earned law degree university virginia moving california became law professor tunney elected us house served 1964 senate election 1970 1976 challenged left political activist tom hayden renomination lost general election republican si hayakawa 70yearold president california state university san francisco never run office jay tunney said brother wasnt overly devastated loss didnt like temper washington jay tunney said didnt care john tunney returned los angeles firm resumed practicing law addition brother survived second wife kathinka osborne tunney sons mark ted daughters arianne tara stepchildren cedric osborne dariane osborne hunt grandsons john liam andreas ___ story corrected show tunney died los angeles santa monica california __ follow andrew dalton twitter wwwtwittercomandyjamesdalton los angeles ap john v tunney whose successful campaign california seat us senate became basis 1972 robert redford film candidate died 83 tunney died prostate cancer friday home brentwood section los angeles brother jay tunney told associated press tunney among youngest people elected us senate past century seat 1970 age 36 became one youngest recent history lose senate seat defeated one term charismatic young democrat often compared kennedy brothers quiet idealism swing center beat 68yearold republican incumbent george murphy 1970 director michael ritchie worked tunneys campaign story competing generations machinations elections perfect fodder politicalminded hollywood day redford took role bill mckay based tunney film commercial critical success winning academy award screenwriter jeremy larner tunney born new york son connecticut socialite polly lauder tunney boxer gene tunney 1920s heavyweight champion whose two victories jack dempsey among renowned fights 20th century gene tunney insistent sons pursue professions boxing strict jay tunney said john tunney grew family farm connecticut graduated yale earned law degree university virginia moving california became law professor tunney elected us house served 1964 senate election 1970 1976 challenged left political activist tom hayden renomination lost general election republican si hayakawa 70yearold president california state university san francisco never run office jay tunney said brother wasnt overly devastated loss didnt like temper washington jay tunney said didnt care john tunney returned los angeles firm resumed practicing law addition brother survived second wife kathinka osborne tunney sons mark ted daughters arianne tara stepchildren cedric osborne dariane osborne hunt grandsons john liam andreas ___ story corrected show tunney died los angeles santa monica california __ follow andrew dalton twitter wwwtwittercomandyjamesdalton
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<p>She was a key player in her father’s winning campaign, and people are closely watching the next moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s 35-year-old daughter.</p>
<p>She’s attended her father’s transition meetings with high-profile figures, including the Japanese prime minister and technology leaders, and has indicated her interest in working on policy issues such as child care.</p>
<p>The Trump Organization executive vice president also owns her own company that sells clothes and jewelry. While three of Donald Trump’s adult children are viewed as close advisers, he often highlights Ivanka and has made clear that he’d love to have her with him when he moves into the White House.</p>
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<p>It’s not clear whether that would be in a formal position. But Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway suggested this past week that there may be an exception to anti-nepotism laws for Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who runs a real estate and construction business.</p>
<p>Previous first daughters have played a social role in the White House.</p>
<p>During Harry Truman’s presidency, when his wife, Bess, was home in Missouri, their daughter Margaret would play hostess. But it would be “unprecedented” for Ivanka Trump to serve as a close adviser, said Katherine Jellison, who heads the history department at Ohio University.</p>
<p>“If there was ever a first daughter who played such a close advisory role to her dad, she really kept it under cover,” Jellison said.</p>
<p>What we know so far about Ivanka Trump:</p>
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<p>With the Trump family, everything comes back to the vast family business empire.</p>
<p>Ivanka Trump, one of Donald Trump’s three children with his first wife, Ivana, is an executive vice president of the business along with brothers Donald Jr., 38, and Eric, 32. Just how the president-elect will handle his business interests remains unclear. Trump has said he will turn management over to his sons and executives.</p>
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<p>Ivanka Trump has her own business to consider as well. She recently drew criticism after her company promoted a $10,800 bracelet she wore during a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS. The spokeswoman for the company later apologized.</p>
<p>Since then, Ivanka Trump has sought to put some distance between herself and her fashion business. A letter posted on her website said that she would separate her social media accounts from her company’s.</p>
<p>But questions continue to come up. Earlier this month, a “Coffee with Ivanka Trump” was listed on a charity fundraising website. Offered by the Eric Trump Foundation, it was to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The auction — reported on by The New York Times — drew high bids, but also raised ethics questions.</p>
<p>The auction appeared to have been removed from the website Friday. Asked about the change, the Trump team provided a statement from Eric Trump: “The only people who lost are the children of St. Jude,” he said.</p>
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<p>THE WHITE HOUSE</p>
<p>Trump’s team says no official decision has been made about Ivanka Trump’s role, and she was not made available for an interview for this story.</p>
<p>But the president-elect has made his wishes known.</p>
<p>“I think we’ll have to see how the laws read. I would love to be able to have them involved,” Trump said on Fox News of Ivanka Trump and her husband.</p>
<p>Congress passed an anti-nepotism law in 1967 that prohibits the president from appointing a family member to work in an office or agency the president oversees. But Conway said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that the law has “an exception if you want to work in the West Wing, because the president is able to appoint his own staff.”</p>
<p>Still, Richard Painter, chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, said: “I don’t believe that this statue exempts the White House.” He said Conway’s interpretation would be reasonable policy because it would bring family members under conflict of interest rules, but added “I’m just not convinced that’s what the statute says.”</p>
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<p>POLICY PLATFORM</p>
<p>While much about Ivanka Trump’s future role is murky, her policy interests are quite clear.</p>
<p>Throughout the campaign she highlighted her interest in issues like child care, pay equity and maternity leave. Her father mentioned those issues rarely.</p>
<p>Ivanka Trump met with a group of Republican congresswomen on these issues in September. Since the election, she has reached out to members of Congress to continue the conversation, according to Sarah Chamberlain, the president and CEO of Republican Main Street Partnership, who said she has not heard from the future first daughter.</p>
<p>Republican consultant Katie Packer, who opposed Donald Trump, said she was welcoming “the spotlight that Ivanka Trump is going to put on these issues.” But Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director MomsRising, an advocacy group for women and families, said she was concerned that the president-elect’s conservative Cabinet picks don’t share those interests.</p>
<p>“Ivanka Trump is right that child care and paid family leave are national emergencies, but she was not elected to be president of the United States of America and her dad, who was, has taken the opposite approach,” Rowe-Finkbeiner said.</p>
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<p>WHITE HOUSE HOSTESS</p>
<p>Throughout the campaign, Ivanka Trump played a more prominent role than Trump’s third wife, Melania, who has focused her attention on 10-year-old son Barron.</p>
<p>Donald Trump said last month that Melania and Barron Trump would not move from New York to the White House until the end of the school year. She could still come in for major events, but there is historical precedent for a daughter or sister to step in and shoulder some of the social responsibilities.</p>
<p>Since the election, Melania Trump has kept a low profile while Ivanka Trump has been a regular fixture at Trump Tower in New York. This past week she appeared in a photo with Kanye West.</p>
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<p>On Twitter, follow Catherine Lucey at: <a href="http://twitter.com/catherine_lucey" type="external">http://twitter.com/catherine_lucey</a></p>
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three firms that bought crude oil last year from U.S. emergency stockpiles raised concerns about dangerous levels of a poisonous chemical in the cargoes, according to internal Energy Department emails and shipping documents reviewed by Reuters.</p>
<p>Problems with crude quality would make the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) less useful in an emergency because refiners would need to spend time and money removing contamination before producing fuel. The reserve is the world’s largest government stockpile, currently holding 665 million barrels.</p>
<p>Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) occurs naturally in crude and natural gas, but oil producers typically decontaminate such products before delivery to buyers. High levels of H2S can corrode refinery parts and pipelines - and can be lethal to humans in gas form.</p>
<p>Authorities in all major consuming countries keep oil in reserve to ensure that they do not run out of crude to refine into fuels if a natural disaster or war disrupts global supplies. The U.S. government established its reserve in 1975 following the Arab oil embargo.</p>
<p>The U.S. Department of Energy oversees the reserve and periodically sells some of its oil at times when there are no emergencies, as it did with the sales that sparked contamination concerns.</p>
<p>Department Spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes declined to comment about the contamination complaints uncovered by Reuters.</p>
<p>The three firms that raised concerns about high H2S levels were Royal Dutch Shell Co ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=RDSa.L" type="external">RDSa.L</a>), Australian bank Macquarie Group and PetroChina International America, the U.S. trading arm of state-owned energy firm PetroChina Co Ltd [601857.SS], according to the shipping documents, emails provided by the Energy Department in response to a public records request, and a department official who declined to be identified.</p>
<p>The department took responsibility for cleaning the shipment to PetroChina with an additive after it determined in May of last year that levels of H2S were too high, according to the department official. The department disputes tests showing levels were too high in the other two cargoes, the official said.</p>
<p>All three firms bought cargoes of SPR oil stored in an underground salt cavern in Bryan Mound, Texas last year. The oil was pumped from Bryan Mound through pipelines to the nearest oil terminal at Freeport, Texas before being loaded onto ships, according to records reviewed by Reuters and the department official.</p>
<p>The Freeport facility is owned by Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners LP ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=EPD.N" type="external">EPD.N</a>). Enterprise knew about higher levels of H2S in a small number of cargoes traded between private firms that passed through its terminal, Enterprise Senior Vice President Brent Secrest told Reuters in an interview.</p>
<p>“Of the hundreds of cargoes we’ve loaded across Freeport and other Enterprise terminals, we’ve only had a handful of customers give us feedback regarding high levels of H2S,” he said.</p> UNPLEASANT SURPRISE
<p>In March, Shell complained to the Energy Department after finding high levels of H2S in a cargo the company bought as part of a 6.2 million-barrel purchase from the U.S. government in January, according to emails provided by the department in response to the Reuters public records request.</p>
<p>The firm was “unpleasantly surprised” to find the high levels, Shell oil trader Steve Sellers wrote to the department, adding that the issue caused concern at Shell about the quality of SPR crude for future purchases.</p>
<p>Shell declined to comment on its complaint to the government.</p>
<p>The oil firm’s emails said an initial test sample detected H2S gas at levels of less than five parts per million (ppm). But a later test by Shell - after it shipped the crude by boat to another U.S. location - showed H2S levels of 600 parts per million, according to Shell’s emails to the department.</p>
<p>Exposure to vapors containing 500-700 ppm of H2S could cause a person to collapse in five minutes and die within an hour, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.</p> SAFETY CONCERNS
<p>In November, Australian bank Macquarie Group bought the third shipment from the SPR and sold it to PetroChina, according to the shipping documents reviewed by Reuters.</p> Slideshow (3 Images)
<p>The cargo was loaded at Freeport onto a ship called the Stena Sunrise, the documents show.</p>
<p>A testing company named Inspectorate tested a sample from the SPR cargo purchased by Macquarie, according to the documents, and found H2S levels of up to 9,000 ppm.</p>
<p>Inspectorate declined to comment and referred questions to the Energy Department. Macquarie declined to comment.</p>
<p>After the Inspectorate testing, the terminal operator refused to allow workers to perform additional tests out of concern about violating safety regulations, according to the shipping documents.</p>
<p>It is unclear if PetroChina or Macquarie decontaminated the cargo. PetroChina shipped the oil to China, where it arrived on Jan. 18, according to Thomson Reuters shipping data.</p> RARE INCIDENTS
<p>Reuters was not able to determine how often high levels of H2S are detected across the industry, but industry experts and chemical petroleum engineers said such incidents are rare.</p>
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<p>Some crude grades can have H2S levels as high as 1000 ppm when produced, said Ramanan Krishnamoorti, chief energy officer and a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston. But producers remove most of that before transporting crude to customers.</p>
<p>Contamination could result from blending different crude grades, for example when one grade of crude is stored in a tank that previously contained a different grade, Krishnamoorti said.</p>
<p>“There has to be some concentrated source of it,” Krishnamoorti said. “It’s just very odd.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Catherine Ngai; Editing by David Gaffen, Simon Webb and Brian Thevenot</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SBUX.O" type="external">SBUX.O</a>) and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled, possibly exposing the companies to millions of dollars in fines.</p> FILE PHOTO - A woman holds a Frappuccino at a Starbucks store inside the Tom Bradley terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
<p>A little-known not-for-profit group sued some 90 coffee retailers, including Starbucks, on grounds they were violating a California law requiring companies to warn consumers of chemicals in their products that could cause cancer.</p>
<p>One of those chemicals is acrylamide, a byproduct of roasting coffee beans that is present in high levels in brewed coffee.</p>
<p>Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said in a decision dated Wednesday that Starbucks and other companies had failed to show there was no significant risk from a carcinogen produced in the coffee roasting process, court documents showed.</p>
<p>Starbucks and other defendants have until April 10 to file objections to the decision.</p>
<p>Starbucks declined to comment, referring reporters to a statement by the National Coffee Association (NCA) that said the industry was considering an appeal and further legal actions.</p>
<p>“Cancer warning labels on coffee would be misleading. The U.S. government’s own Dietary Guidelines state that coffee can be part of a healthy lifestyle,” the NCA statement said.</p>
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<p>In his decision, Berle said: “Defendants failed to satisfy their burden of proving by a preponderance of evidence that consumption of coffee confers a benefit to human health.”</p>
<p>Officials from Dunkin’ Donuts ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=DNKN.O" type="external">DNKN.O</a>), McDonald’s Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=MCD.N" type="external">MCD.N</a>), Peet’s and other big coffee sellers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by the Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT). It calls for fines as large as $2,500 per person for every exposure to the chemical since 2002 at the defendants’ shops in California. Any civil penalties, which will be decided in a third phase of the trial, could be huge in California, which has a population of nearly 40 million.</p>
<p>CERT’s lawyer Raphael Metzger did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p>Starbucks lost the first phase of the trial in which it failed to show the level of acrylamide in coffee was below that which would pose a significant risk of cancer. In the second phase of the trial, defendants failed to prove there was an acceptable “alternative” risk level for the carcinogen, court documents showed.</p>
<p>Several defendants in the case settled before Wednesday’s decision, agreeing to post signage about the cancer-linked chemical and pay millions in fines, according to published reports.</p>
<p>Reporting by Nate Raymond; Additional reporting by Lisa Baertlein; Writing by Andrew Hay; Editing by Richard Chang and Leslie Adler</p> Our Standards:
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<p>(Reuters) - Online retailing behemoth Amazon.com Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=AMZN.O" type="external">AMZN.O</a>) has cut ties with Washington lobbying firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &amp; Feld LLP and Squire Patton Boggs, Bloomberg reported on Friday.</p> FILE PHOTO: An Amazon.com Inc driver stands next to an Amazon delivery truck in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
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<p>The changes took place about a week before U.S. President Donald Trump accused Amazon in a tweet on Thursday of not paying enough tax, taking advantage of the U.S. postal system and putting small retailers out of business.</p>
<p>Amazon had cut ties from the lobbying firms last Friday and in their place hired Paul Brathwaite of Federal Street Strategies LLC and Josh Holly of Holly Strategies Inc, both of whom have previously worked as outside lobbyists for Airbnb Inc and Oracle Corp ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=ORCL.N" type="external">ORCL.N</a>), the report said, citing a source.</p>
<p>Neither of the parties were immediately available for comment outside regular business hours.</p>
<p>The e-commerce giant employs about 15 lobbyists, according to earlier disclosures submitted to the U.S. Senate, with another 15 outside lobbying firms who each assign more lobbyists to work on behalf of the company.</p>
<p>The retailer spent $15.4 million in 2017 on lobbying in Washington, up from $12 million a year earlier.</p>
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<p>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean trade officials braved snowstorms, ate instant noodles to save time and spent weeks hotel-hopping in Washington as they raced to overcome major trade hurdles with their U.S. ally ahead of high-stakes nuclear discussions with North Korea.</p> FILE PHOTO: Rolled steel are seen at a Hyundai Steel plant in Dangjin, about 130 km (81 miles) southwest of Seoul June 15, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
<p>What was meant to be a week-long trip to Washington stretched into a four-week marathon, as dozens of Seoul officials sought to wrap up talks aimed at amending the six-year-old U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement known as KORUS, according to several South Korean officials with direct knowledge of the matter.</p>
<p>U.S. plans announced earlier this month to impose hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum imports added urgency to the trade negotiations. As the third-largest steel exporter to the United States, South Korea had a lot to lose from 25 percent tariffs.</p>
<p>Seoul also felt it couldn’t afford a protracted trade dispute with its most important ally at a time when the two need to work together to contain a nuclear-armed North Korea, the officials told Reuters.</p>
<p>“This had to work well,” a senior official at South Korea’s presidential Blue House told Reuters. “It was right to settle this as soon as possible because if this remains ahead of inter-Korean talks and U.S.-North Korea talks, it could unnecessarily complicate our relationship.”</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump initially welcomed the breakthrough as a “great deal for American and Korean workers”, a marked turnaround from a year ago when he told Reuters he would either renegotiate or scrap what he called a “horrible” trade deal.</p>
<p>But Trump said on Thursday he may hold up signing it until after an agreement is reached with North Korea on denuclearisation, saying such a deal was “a very strong card” to ensure fairness on the new trade pact.</p>
<p>Trump is expected to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in May after the two Koreas hold their first summit in more than a decade in late April. All parties are expected to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea.</p> “FINALLY WITHIN REACH”
<p>Whenever South Korean President Moon Jae-in had a phone call with Trump to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue in recent months, Moon also raised the trade agenda, the Blue House official said.</p>
<p>In their latest call on March 16, while the two countries’ trade representatives were holding a third round of trade talks in Washington, Moon asked Trump to have a “keen interest” in the matter and work toward a speedy trade agreement before their respective summit meetings Kim, the Blue House said at the time.</p>
<p>Around that time, South Korean negotiators started to see a glimmer of hope they could save the trade pact, which has seen the U.S. goods trade deficit with South Korea double since 2012 when it took effect.</p>
<p>“The negotiations started to make progress around March 17, and that’s why our trade team decided to stay longer because they thought agreement was finally within reach,” said a South Korean senior trade ministry official.</p>
<p>The official and another trade official said nearly 30 South Korean negotiators had to move hotels repeatedly in Washington when their trip took longer than expected, at times finding themselves crammed into one hotel room to work on their negotiation strategy for the next day.</p>
<p>“We mostly lived off on instant noodles and quick seaweed rice wraps bought from Korean supermarkets to save time,” the official said.</p>
<p>The efforts culminated in a revised pact the two countries announced this week that gives U.S. automakers and pharmaceuticals more access to the South Korean market.</p>
<p>It also lifted the threat of a 25 percent U.S. tariff on South Korean steel in exchange for quotas that will cut imports of Korean steel by about 30 percent.</p>
<p>“We swiftly removed potential conflicts between the two countries at a time when close cooperation between South Korea and the United States is more important than ever,” a second senior Blue House official said.</p>
<p>All the South Korean officials interviewed by Reuters asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue.</p> “AS COLD AS SIBERIA”
<p>The talks didn’t get off to a good start as the United States “kept asking us to make concessions unilaterally,” South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong said in an interview broadcast live to the Blue House’s Facebook account on Thursday.</p>
<p>“When we first met to talk, the mood was as cold as Siberia and our meeting only lasted for 21 minutes,” Kim said, referring to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. “Later on, we got closer and our relations developed to something like a bromance.”</p>
<p>From the start, South Korea saw that for the deal to survive, concessions were inevitable in autos, which made up over 70 percent of its 2017 trade surplus with the United States.</p>
<p>“If the free trade deal got terminated and 8 percent tariffs revived on South Korean auto exports, that would have been an absolute nightmare. Problem was, how do we sell a deal that doesn’t do anything good for us?,” a senior South Korean government official said.</p>
<p>“The steel issue effectively provided an opening. We make concessions in autos that we saw as inevitable anyway, and in return become the first country to be exempt from steel tariffs. This suddenly became a win-win.”</p>
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<p>The agreement Iran and six other world powers signed last year ended some of the sanctions that had punished and isolated Iran for its nuclear program. But sanctions for ballistic missile research, terrorism, human rights violations and money laundering remain in place.</p>
<p>Mahan Air, the country’s second-largest carrier, is under terror-related sanctions. The U.S. has accused the company of providing “transportation, funds transfers and personnel travel services” to the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Forces, flying them and weapons to Syria to train Hezbollah militants, Syrian army troops and others.</p>
<p>Many countries honored the U.S. terror sanctions and blocked Mahan Air. But weeks before the nuclear deal was signed in July 2015, the airline announced it was launching a route to Munich — its second German destination. A wave of new routes to 15 countries followed, including France, Russia, China and Italy. France and Denmark were added in June 2016, and talks continue to add more routes in Europe.</p>
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<p>A U.S. Treasury official told The Associated Press that the U.S. has been trying to get those countries to cooperate with U.S. efforts to block the airline’s financial network, but has met with stiff resistance.</p>
<p>Washington doesn’t want to restrict travel to and from Iran, the official said, noting that the country’s main carrier, Iran Air, can fly around the world since the nuclear deal was implemented in January. The official was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.</p>
<p>“By letting Mahan in, the Europeans are forgoing a critical pressure tool they have in their arsenal of nonmilitary coercive measures to pressure Iran and (Syrian President Bashar) Assad,” said Emanuele Ottolenghi, an Iran expert at the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the bipartisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies.</p>
<p>But the U.S. has no leverage to change EU laws allowing Mahan in. All it can do is ask the countries to ban Mahan and go after companies providing services to the airline, including banks, baggage handlers and cargo and freight companies.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for the European Union said Mahan Air is not under EU sanction and the U.S. has no jurisdiction. In 2014, the European Commission allowed those deemed safe commercial air transport operators — including Mahan Air — to fly to, from or within the EU.</p>
<p>The EU has also ignored U.S. terror sanctions and last week lifted its own on Bank Saderat, which Washington accuses of transferring money to groups it considers terror organizations, such as Hezbollah’s militant wing and Hamas.</p>
<p>“How many dead Syrians does it take for the Europeans to think there is a threat?” said Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., who wants the EU to designate Mahan as a terrorist entity.</p>
<p>In May, Sherman and two dozen other members of Congress wrote David O’Sullivan, the EU ambassador to the U.S. urging the EU to “promptly end Mahan Air’s operations in Europe,” saying that doing so would “signal to European businesses that the EU will remain vigilant in acting against Iranian companies supporting terrorism and Assad’s regime.”</p>
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<p>Mahan Air officials in Tehran declined to speak to The Associated Press.</p>
<p>The sanctions against Mahan say the airline provided financial, material and technological support to the Quds Force, the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ special forces responsible for operations outside of Iran, including in Iraq and Syria. This year, sanctions were extended to a number of entities providing services to the airline — mainly in Dubai, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>Mahan has denied the charges. Its website notes it is private and “it does not belong to any governmental or military bodies or to any political party or individuals.”</p>
<p>Sanctions against five commercial and cargo carriers, including Iran Air, the country’s largest commercial airline, were lifted in January following implementation of the country’s nuclear agreement.</p>
<p>Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, is a vast, powerful military conglomerate, with naval, air and ground components organized in parallel to the conventional Iranian military. It is the country’s biggest economic player, with a hand in virtually every sector, from oil and gas to auto-making, telecommunications, construction, farming and beyond.</p>
<p>The airline’s current chairman and chief executive, Hamid Arabnejad, is a close affiliate of the IRGC and is believed to still have a close relationship with the division that spawned the Quds Force. The U.S. sanctioned Arabnejad in 2013 for having “been instrumental in facilitating the shipment of illicit cargo to Syria on Mahan Air aircraft.”</p>
<p>Sanctioned foreign governments, companies or individuals are generally barred from doing business with U.S. citizens and businesses, or with foreign entities operating in the American financial system. The restrictions are usually accompanied by asset and property freezes as well as visa bans.</p>
<p>Mahan Air flies to Dubai International Airport twice daily from Tehran. The airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, declined to discuss Mahan Air, referring questions to federal authorities, who also declined comment.</p>
<p>The Treasury Department said plane spotters have seen Mahan Air flights land in Syria almost daily.</p>
<p>“We’re not saying Mahan Air assists the IRGC; we’d say Mahan Air is the IRGC — and we have to give notice to our friends in Europe,” Sherman said. “This idea that we can allow Mahan Air to do whatever it wants just because there are temporary restrictions on the nuclear deal — that wasn’t the deal.”</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai contributed to this report.</p>
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<p>The Drury Plaza Hotel, located in what used to be the St. Vincent Hospital just off the Plaza, officially opened for business this week. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>SANTA FE, N.M. — There’s a big new addition to Santa Fe’s downtown hotel market.</p>
<p>While a “soft” opening was held last month, the 182-room Drury Plaza Hotel officially opened for business this week.</p>
<p>But it’ll still be a while before the vision laid out for the hotel – in what used to be a hospital – is fully complete.</p>
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<p>“The project is being built in three phases, so we still have a ways to go,” Tauseen Malik, the hotel’s general manager, said on a tour of the property this week.</p>
<p>The new Drury Plaza Hotel, located in a former hospital building, is a major part of the downtown Santa Fe landscape. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>Planning for the project – an adaptive reuse conversion of the landmark five-story building originally built as St. Vincent Hospital in the early 1950s – began seven years ago when Drury purchased the property, Malik said.</p>
<p>Careful thought went into the redesign of the five-acre site just east of the Plaza behind the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, as well as the layout, amenities and artistic elements found inside the hotel.</p>
<p>“Everything is handpicked,” Malik said, while standing in the lobby of the hotel, redesigned in a territorial revival style by Santa Fe architect Mark Hogan.</p>
<p>Malik pointed to a large chandelier hanging above a cozy lounge area furnished with couches, chairs, and end and coffee tables situated in front of a sandstone fireplace.</p>
<p>Andreas Kessler, assistant general manager, second from right, talks to general manager Tauseen Malik at the new Drury Plaza Hotel in downtown Santa Fe. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>The chandelier and lighting fixtures throughout the hotel are from Firefly Lighting of Tesuque, he notes. The furniture comes from Drury’s factory in St. Louis and, while not “Santa Fe style,” is nonetheless befitting of a four-star hotel in the downtown of The City Different.</p>
<p>Still, tweaks are being made. Malik said a colorful painting leaning from the mantle above the lobby’s fireplace will likely be replaced with that of a deer skull, reminiscent of an O’Keeffe.</p>
<p>Malik said it will be another two or three weeks before the fine-tuning is finished and all 182 rooms are ready for occupancy, but business has begun. Next weekend, the Drury Plaza Hotel will host its first major event in its 3,800-square-foot ballroom, a symposium put on by the Women’s International Study Center that will include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as one of the speakers.</p>
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<p>Drury owns more than 130 properties in 20 states. Santa Fe’s is the third in New Mexico, the others being in Albuquerque and Las Cruces, but Malik said this is the most upscale of the trio.</p>
<p>Aside from the construction that has taken place over the past few years, the old hospital property hasn’t seen much activity over the past decade.</p>
<p>The new Drury Plaza Hotel has a whirlpool on its fifth floor, along with an open-air swimming pool. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>“This space has been dormant for years,” said Malik, who previously served as regional assistant general manager for Heritage Hotels &amp; Resorts in Santa Fe. “What Drury has done is brought life to this space.”</p>
<p>The building used to be a place life began for many Santa Feans. Cynthia Delgado, marketing director at Tourism Santa Fe, was one of countless city residents born there while it served as a hospital from 1953-77.</p>
<p>The building was then sold to the state, which used it to house the Department of Cultural Affairs and other state offices.</p>
<p>“It’s cool to go back and look at it now,” she said. “The property basically was abandoned. Santa Fe prides itself on having a vibrant downtown area and whenever you have a large amount of space like that that’s vacant, it’s a hole. Drury has beautifully filled that hole.”</p>
<p>Delgado said it’s not just the hotel that’s filling the hole. The restaurant in the main building, scheduled to open some time this fall, will enhance Santa Fe’s reputation as a culinary center, she said.</p>
<p>“There are really two exciting things about that: the restaurant and the quality of the chef,” she said of John Rivera Sedlar, a Santa Fe native who operated successful restaurants in Los Angeles and was deemed “the Father of Modern Southwest Cuisine” by Gourmet magazine. “It’s for reasons like that it will be such an incredible destination.”</p>
<p>Malik says the restaurant will be called “Eloisa,” named after Sedlar’s grandmother, a professional chef herself who helped teach him how to serve up authentic New Mexico food. The restaurant, which will have a separate entrance on Palace Avenue, will specialize in Southwestern Latin fusion cuisine, and be open seven days a week for lunch and dinner.</p>
<p>Patrons of the hotel can also visit a second floor space overlooking the lobby to enjoy a hot breakfast in the morning and dinner snacks at night, as well as three drinks from the bar – all at no extra charge. Malik says that’s in keeping with one of Drury’s catchphrases, “Extras Aren’t Extra.”</p>
<p>More amenities are found on a trip up to the fifth floor, where there’s a fitness center, outdoor swimming pool – something of a rarity in Santa Fe – and whirlpool on the rooftop, as well as event space offering panoramic views of the city and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.</p>
<p>Here’s a look at a king room in the Drury Plaza Hotel. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>The building also houses a 24-hour business center, meeting rooms and sitting nooks where guests can go to relax or socialize in small groups.</p>
<p>The hotel rooms vary in size and configuration.</p>
<p>“Because it’s an historic building and because of the adaptive reuse, we have a lot of different types of rooms,” Malik said.</p>
<p>Some come with terraces, some have bedrooms separated from seating areas and their own fireplace, but even the simplest have large bathrooms and offer comfortable accommodations tastefully decorated with Southwest artwork.</p>
<p>Art is a big part of the concept Drury incorporated into its plans.</p>
<p>Malik says art broker Bobby Beals headed the hotel’s art project, lining up the paintings and sculptures that adorn the building, all of which are for sale.</p>
<p>The tour moves outside onto a properly oriented compass-rose design on the main driveway, accessed from Paseo de Peralta. Malik says the hotel provides valet parking only for the 280 spaces. “Being downtown, that’s a luxury,” he said.</p>
<p>About 40 percent of the property is devoted to open space. “That’s a lot for a hotel this size,” he says.</p>
<p>The landscape architect company Surroundings did most of the design and Cassidy’s Landscaping is involved in adding trees and foliage. Sod was just laid for what’s going to be the “Wedding Cove” in the northeast part of the property.</p>
<p>Malik points out where a promenade will begin, linking the property to Canyon Road and Santa Fe’s downtown.</p>
<p>“The whole idea is to take the promenade and connect it with Cathedral Park,” he says, adding that Drury owns a piece of the park.</p>
<p>Between the park and the hotel’s main building stands Marian Hall, built in 1910 and originally serving as St. Vincent’s sanatorium. Interestingly, even then, visitors to Santa Fe could rent rooms, just as they could in a hotel, provided rooms were available.</p>
<p>Some rooms at the Drury Plaza have seating areas. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)</p>
<p>Malik said Marian Hall may eventually be converted into a high-end boutique branch of the hotel.</p>
<p>Another nearby structure is the former hospital’s old boiler building, which will house meeting rooms on two levels; its renovation is nearly complete.</p>
<p>In all, the hotel will have 17,000 square feet of meeting space.</p>
<p>The one new building on the property is the parking garage, which Malik said will also house retail shops facing Paseo de Peralta.</p>
<p>While Drury has spent years and untold amounts of money to invest in Santa Fe and convert the old hospital into an upscale hotel, Malik said now that it’s open, the focus will be on customer service.</p>
<p>“Our overall philosophy is ‘Guests First.’ There’s a lot of focus on service and personalization when it comes to Drury,” Malik said, noting that J.D. Powers has recognized Drury Hotels for excellence in customer service for nine straight years. “It’s the small things that make the hotel so special … . We’re positioning ourselves as a four-star hotel where guests can enjoy all that Santa Fe has to offer right in the heart of downtown.”</p>
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drury plaza hotel located used st vincent hospital plaza officially opened business week eddie moorealbuquerque journal santa fe nm theres big new addition santa fes downtown hotel market soft opening held last month 182room drury plaza hotel officially opened business week itll still vision laid hotel used hospital fully complete advertisement project built three phases still ways go tauseen malik hotels general manager said tour property week new drury plaza hotel located former hospital building major part downtown santa fe landscape eddie moorealbuquerque journal planning project adaptive reuse conversion landmark fivestory building originally built st vincent hospital early 1950s began seven years ago drury purchased property malik said careful thought went redesign fiveacre site east plaza behind cathedral basilica saint francis assisi well layout amenities artistic elements found inside hotel everything handpicked malik said standing lobby hotel redesigned territorial revival style santa fe architect mark hogan malik pointed large chandelier hanging cozy lounge area furnished couches chairs end coffee tables situated front sandstone fireplace andreas kessler assistant general manager second right talks general manager tauseen malik new drury plaza hotel downtown santa fe eddie moorealbuquerque journal chandelier lighting fixtures throughout hotel firefly lighting tesuque notes furniture comes drurys factory st louis santa fe style nonetheless befitting fourstar hotel downtown city different still tweaks made malik said colorful painting leaning mantle lobbys fireplace likely replaced deer skull reminiscent okeeffe malik said another two three weeks finetuning finished 182 rooms ready occupancy business begun next weekend drury plaza hotel host first major event 3800squarefoot ballroom symposium put womens international study center include us supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg one speakers advertisement drury owns 130 properties 20 states santa fes third new mexico others albuquerque las cruces malik said upscale trio aside construction taken place past years old hospital property hasnt seen much activity past decade new drury plaza hotel whirlpool fifth floor along openair swimming pool eddie moorealbuquerque journal space dormant years said malik previously served regional assistant general manager heritage hotels amp resorts santa fe drury done brought life space building used place life began many santa feans cynthia delgado marketing director tourism santa fe one countless city residents born served hospital 195377 building sold state used house department cultural affairs state offices cool go back look said property basically abandoned santa fe prides vibrant downtown area whenever large amount space like thats vacant hole drury beautifully filled hole delgado said hotel thats filling hole restaurant main building scheduled open time fall enhance santa fes reputation culinary center said really two exciting things restaurant quality chef said john rivera sedlar santa fe native operated successful restaurants los angeles deemed father modern southwest cuisine gourmet magazine reasons like incredible destination malik says restaurant called eloisa named sedlars grandmother professional chef helped teach serve authentic new mexico food restaurant separate entrance palace avenue specialize southwestern latin fusion cuisine open seven days week lunch dinner patrons hotel also visit second floor space overlooking lobby enjoy hot breakfast morning dinner snacks night well three drinks bar extra charge malik says thats keeping one drurys catchphrases extras arent extra amenities found trip fifth floor theres fitness center outdoor swimming pool something rarity santa fe whirlpool rooftop well event space offering panoramic views city sangre de cristo mountains heres look king room drury plaza hotel eddie moorealbuquerque journal building also houses 24hour business center meeting rooms sitting nooks guests go relax socialize small groups hotel rooms vary size configuration historic building adaptive reuse lot different types rooms malik said come terraces bedrooms separated seating areas fireplace even simplest large bathrooms offer comfortable accommodations tastefully decorated southwest artwork art big part concept drury incorporated plans malik says art broker bobby beals headed hotels art project lining paintings sculptures adorn building sale tour moves outside onto properly oriented compassrose design main driveway accessed paseo de peralta malik says hotel provides valet parking 280 spaces downtown thats luxury said 40 percent property devoted open space thats lot hotel size says landscape architect company surroundings design cassidys landscaping involved adding trees foliage sod laid whats going wedding cove northeast part property malik points promenade begin linking property canyon road santa fes downtown whole idea take promenade connect cathedral park says adding drury owns piece park park hotels main building stands marian hall built 1910 originally serving st vincents sanatorium interestingly even visitors santa fe could rent rooms could hotel provided rooms available rooms drury plaza seating areas eddie moorealbuquerque journal malik said marian hall may eventually converted highend boutique branch hotel another nearby structure former hospitals old boiler building house meeting rooms two levels renovation nearly complete hotel 17000 square feet meeting space one new building property parking garage malik said also house retail shops facing paseo de peralta drury spent years untold amounts money invest santa fe convert old hospital upscale hotel malik said open focus customer service overall philosophy guests first theres lot focus service personalization comes drury malik said noting jd powers recognized drury hotels excellence customer service nine straight years small things make hotel special positioning fourstar hotel guests enjoy santa fe offer right heart downtown
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