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Sifting through
the destruction
Members of the Sacramento County Coroner’s office look for human remains in the rubble of a house Monday in Paradise, Calif.
Search intensifies in California wildfire zone
BY M ARTHA M ENDOZA
AND GILLIAN F LACCUS
Associated Press
PARADISE, Calif. — Authorities moved
to set up a rapid DNA-analysis system and
bring in cadaver dogs, mobile morgues and
more search teams in an intensified effort
to find and identify victims of the deadliest
wildfire in California history, an inferno that
killed at least 42 people.
Five days after flames all but obliterated
the Northern California town of Paradise,
population 27,000, officials were unsure of
the exact number of missing. But the death
toll was almost certain to rise.
“I want to recover as many remains as we
possibly can, as soon as we can. Because I
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After 17 years,
many Afghans
blame US for
unending war
BY K ATHY GANNON
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — When
U.S. forces and their Afghan al-
lies rode into Kabul in November
2001 they were greeted as libera-
tors. But after 17 years of war, the
Taliban have retaken half the
country, security is worse than
it’s ever been, and many Afghans
place the blame squarely on the
Americans.
The U.S. has lost more than
2,400 soldiers in its longest war,
and has spent more than $900
billion on everything from mili-
tary operations to the construc-
tion of roads, bridges and power
plants. Three U.S. presidents
have pledged to bring peace to
Afghanistan, either by adding or
withdrawing troops, by engaging
the Taliban or shunning them.
Last year, the U.S. dropped the
“mother of all bombs” on a cave
complex.
None of it has worked. After
years of frustration, Afghanistan
is rife with conspiracy theories,
including the idea that Americans
didn’t stumble into a forever war,
PHOTOS BY JOHN L OCHER /AP but planned one all along.
SEE AFGHANS ON PAGE 5
know the toll it takes on loved ones,” Butte
‘ For a number of
years things worked
County Sheriff Kory Honea said Monday perfectly well.
night as he announced the discovery of 13
more dead. Then we saw the
More than a dozen coroner search-and-
recovery teams looked for bodies across the
United States either
apocalyptic landscape that was once Para- changed course or
dise, while anxious relatives visited shelters
and called police and hospitals in hopes of simply neglected
finding loved ones. the views of the
Lisa Jordan drove 600 miles from Yakima,
Wash., to search for her uncle, Nick Clark, Afghan people and
and his wife, Anne, who lived in Paradise.
Anne Clark has multiple sclerosis and can-
the conditions of the
Afghans.
not walk. Jordan said no one seemed to know
whether they were able to get out. Shawn Slack rests after felling trees burned
’ Hamid Karzai
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MILITARY
NATO: Cash
needed for
high-tech
defense
BY JOHN VANDIVER
Stars and Stripes
STUTTGART, Germany — NATO’s
recently completed Trident Juncture
exercise served as a testing ground for
new equipment like 3D spare part print-
ers and a microdrone, but allies will
need to step up investments to stay on
the cutting edge of technology, the alli-
ance’s top official said Tuesday.
Members of the 29-nation alliance
will be expected to submit by the end
of the year plans on how to boost mili-
tary expenditures that, while on the rise
in recent years, still fall short of NATO
requirements, Secretary-General Jens
Stoltenberg said.
“We must keep up the momentum,” he
said at a NATO defense industry forum
in Berlin.
Stoltenberg’s comments came one
week after NATO concluded its Trident
Juncture exercises in Norway, the larg-
est series of alliance war games since
the end of the Cold War.
The drills, conducted with a near-
peer adversary like Russia in mind,
were focused on defending a member
state under attack. Troops had a chance
to use some of the alliance’s latest tech-
nology, some of which could change how
forces operate in the future.
“For instance, our commanders no-
ticed that vehicles were breaking down
more frequently due to the cold,” Stol-
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A Spanish-made, gasoline-powered Alpha 800 drone was among the new
technology on display during NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise, which ended last
week in Norway.
tenberg said. “So we started using 3D
printing to make spare parts. These
could be distributed immediately.”
Allies also tested “one of the smallest
drones in the world — a drone which can
see in the dark,” Stoltenberg said.
“Many of these technologies are about
reacting and responding more quickly,
seeing further and detecting threats
well in advance,” he added.
Going forward, NATO will focus on
priorities including better coordination
on developing precision-guided muni-
tions, executing strategic airlifts and
air-to-air refueling, Stoltenberg said.
During the past year, NATO’s Euro-
pean allies and Canada increased their
combined defense spending by 5.2 per-
cent, which amounts to the largest boost
in 25 years. Still, only eight countries
meet a NATO guideline that calls for
dedicating 2 percent of respective eco-
nomic output to military matters.
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If European allies and Canada all met
the 2 percent target, that would add an
extra $100 billion for defense. “This
will ensure the alliance remains at the
leading edge of military technology in
a world which remains competitive and
unpredictable,” he said.
Member nations have already agreed
that 20 percent of all defense spending
should be directed to major equipment
investment.
Still, while NATO has a system for
setting defense priorities and outlining
where investments are needed, efficien-
cy can be elusive. For example, in Eu-
rope there are still 17 different types of
main battle tanks, compared to just one
in the United States.
“We can and we must achieve greater
efficiency by working more closely to-
gether,” Stoltenberg said.
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Mattis to visit
Mexico border
BY CAITLIN M. K ENNEY
Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
said he will visit the U.S.-Mexico border Wednes-
day, less than two weeks after he ordered active-
duty troops to deploy there in response to President
Donald Trump’s request that the military help pro-
tect against a migrant caravan traveling north from
Central America.
Mattis will visit with soldiers for about an hour
at Camp Donna outside McAllen, Texas, according
to Tom Crosson, a Pentagon spokesman. The De-
fense Department location has tents for soldiers and
equipment for the mission. Mattis said Tuesday that
the Defense Department’s mission on the southern
border remains the same.
“There’s been no change to that mission at this
time. We’ll have to see what the future holds,” he
said. “But right now, that’s the only mission I have.”
More than 5,200 troops were initially deployed
to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection in
Texas, Arizona and California, but that is expected
to increase to more than 7,000 soldiers along the
southern border. There are now roughly 1,300 troops
in California, 1,500 in Arizona and 2,800 in Texas,
according to the Defense Department. Soldiers have
been mostly putting up concertina wire and assist-
ing CBP with logistical support. The Pentagon has
called up nearly 60 military units and teams with
engineering, logistics, aviation, medical, military
police and public affairs capabilities primarily from
the Army, according to U.S. Northern Command.
The deployment of active-duty troops is the largest
single movement of forces since Mattis took office
in January 2017. It follows roughly 2,100 National
Guard troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border
region since April to support CBP agents under the
umbrella of a separate operation.
Though the migrant caravan, which is reported to
number in the thousands and is traveling to Tijua-
na, Mexico, just across the California border, Mat-
tis said the group’s proximity has not changed the
Pentagon’s plans, though DOD officials meet daily
on the issue. Mattis also said Pentagon officials will
provide updates on the cost of the mission “as they
become known.”
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MILITARY
Soldier dies at
USS Green Bay in Camp Casey

Papua New Guinea BY K IM GAMEL

Stars and Stripes
SEOUL, South Korea — A sol-
dier with the 210th Field Artil-

to provide security
BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS
Stars and Stripes
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE,
Japan — The USS Green Bay
pulled into Papua New Guinea’s
capital city Tuesday ahead of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Coopera-
tion conference that will gather
world leaders for trade discus-
sions Saturday and Sunday.
The Sasebo, Japan-based am-
phibious transport dock ship is
providing “security and support”
for the summit after Adm. Phil
Davidson, who leads Indo-Pacific
Command, announced over the
summer the United States’ agree-
ment to handle protection for the
event.
Davidson said in August that
the Navy would take care of in-
shore security during APEC’s
“Leaders’ Week.” The USS Green
Bay crew is “expected to fly UH-
1Y Huey helicopters in the area
over the next few days as part
of their preparation to support
APEC,” a Navy statement said.
Leaders from 21 Pacific Rim
countries — including Vice
President Mike Pence, Chinese
President Xi Jinping, Russian
President Vladimir Putin and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe — are to discuss interna-
tional relations and economic
interdependence.
President Donald Trump was
originally scheduled to attend
APEC. The White House did
not say why Pence was sent in
his place; however, Trump was
recently in France marking the
100th anniversary of the end of
World War I.
Papua New Guinea has a high
crime rate, and the State Depart-
ment has listed Port Moresby —
the capital and largest city — as a
“critical-threat location for crime
directed at or affecting official
The USS Green Bay is anchored in Port Moresby Harbour, Papua
New Guinea, on Tuesday.
U.S. government interests,” ac-
cording to the State Department’s
website.
“The rate of crime in Papua
New Guinea is among the high-
est in the world,” the website
says. “Crime rates are highest in
and around major cities — Port
Moresby, Lae, Madang, Mount
Hagen, and Goroka — but crimes
can and do occur anywhere.”
However, the State Department
assessed Port Moresby as a low-
threat location for terrorist activ-
ity directed at U.S. interests.
This is the second time in a
MIKE G ARCIA /Courtesy of the U.S. Navy
little more than a month that a
U.S. ship has visited Papua New
Guinea. The USS Michael Mur-
phy visited last month when the
Navy and the Papua New Guinea
Self Defense Force met aboard
the ship to sign an agreement
“to advance and finalize nego-
tiations on three important bilat-
eral agreements that will further
deepen security cooperation and
links” between the countries, the
Navy said at the time.
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lery Brigade has died on Camp
Casey, a U.S. base near the border
with North Korea, the Army said
Tuesday.
Sgt. Adam David Wright, 32,
was pronounced dead by emergen-
cy medical personnel on Sunday
after he was found unconscious at
Camp Casey, according to a state-
ment. The Army did not release
the cause of death and said the de-
tails remain under investigation.
Wright, a multiple-launch rock-
et system gunner, was assigned to
the brigade’s 6th Battalion, 37th
Field Artillery Regiment, and had
been stationed on Camp Casey
since February.
He joined the Army from Hill
Air Force Base, Utah, in June
2016. Wright became an active-
duty soldier after resigning his
commission as a first lieutenant
in the Arkansas Army National
Guard, according to the 2nd In-
fantry Division.
He is survived by his wife and
their 18-month-old daughter.
“Sgt. Wright was an exemplary
[noncommissioned officer], and
we share the pain his family feels
during this time of loss,” regiment
commander Lt. Col. Wilbert Hsu
said in the statement.
“He served his battery as a

2nd lady speaks with military spouses
BY SETH ROBSON
Stars and Stripes
TOKYO — Federal agencies are looking at
ways for more military spouses to do govern-
ment jobs from home, second lady Karen Pence
told a group of servicemembers’ husbands and
wives in the Japanese capital Tuesday.
Vice President Mike Pence’s wife — who is
accompanying her husband on a tour that will
include the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
summit this weekend in Papua New Guinea —
met with a few dozen of the more than 16,000
Japan-based U.S. military spouses at the home
of Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty.
Standing in a room where Gen. Douglas Ma-
cArthur and former Japanese Emperor Hiro-
hito once met after World War II, Karen Pence
told the spouses they play a significant role in
the defense of their nation.
“The strength of our country doesn’t just de-
pend on the people in uniform who fight to pro-
tect our freedom,” she said. “The spouses and
families who serve alongside them also make
sacrifices.”
Pence, the daughter of an airman and moth-
er of a Marine, said she held her first listen-
ing session with military spouses in Japan last
year aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald
Reagan and has met many more since.
Employment is one of their top concerns,
she said. When servicemembers change duty
station every two to three years, their spouses
often must obtain new local certifications in
order to work.
“By the time they get that done, employers
don’t want to hire them because they know
they will be leaving in a year,” she said.
The National Defense Authorization Act for
fiscal year 2018 allowed servicemembers to
claim up to $500 in reimbursements if a spouse
must relicense or recertify to seek employment
when they change duty stations, Pence said.
In May, President Donald Trump signed an
executive order requiring federal agencies to
look for ways for military spouses to keep their
jobs when they move. That may include oppor-
tunities for them to work remotely from home,
Pence said.
The government has been talking about
the issue with companies such as Microsoft,
Booz Allen Hamilton and employment website
LinkedIn, which is giving military spouses a
year’s free access to its premier service each
time they change duty stations, she said.
R. Riveter — short for Rosie the Riveter, of
World War II fame — employs military spouses
to make handbags and other items, Pence said.
They craft parts for the products at home that
are mailed to a factory for assembly.
Pence also spoke to the spouses about art
therapy, something she thinks could help ser-
vicemembers dealing with service-related
traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic
stress disorder.
The counseling is based on the belief that
“the creative process involved in artistic self-
expression helps people to resolve conflicts
and problems, develop interpersonal skills,
manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-
esteem and self-awareness and achieve in-
sight,” according to the American Art Therapy
Association.
Pence said she has met with Thomas De-
Graba, a neurologist at Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center, who has shown that
the therapy lowers anxiety levels for soldiers.
She also spoke about former Marine ser-
geant and Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Chris
Stowe, who benefited from the therapy.
Stowe, who runs a glass-blowing factory in
St. Petersburg, Fla., where he teaches other
veterans to work with glass, told Pence the
treatment for anxiety, depression and anger
he experienced after being exposed to blasts
in combat “didn’t sound like something a big,
tough Marine would want to do” but that it gave
him his life back, she said.
“Please reach out to an art therapist if you
have that issue,” Pence told the military
spouses.
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leader, friend and brother. Our
deepest condolences to his family
during this difficult time, and we
remain strong to honor Adam and
his life,” he added.
Wright’s awards and decora-
tions included the Army Achieve-
ment Medal, the National Defense
Service Medal, the Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal and the
Army Service Ribbon.
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Twitter: @kimgamel
Marine accused
in assault case
Stars and Stripes
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa —
An Okinawa-based Marine was
arrested over the weekend in the
assault of a local man at a Chatan
bar.
Lance Cpl. Hunter Bondurant,
20, of the III Marine Expedi-
tionary Force, is suspected of
striking the unnamed Okinawan
in the head from behind with a
pool stick at about 5:30 a.m. Sun-
day, said Okinawa police Deputy
Chief Eiji Hirata. The victim, 25,
suffered head injuries that are not
considered to be life-threatening,
Hirata said. He was able to call
the police on his own.
Bondurant, who is stationed at
Camp Hansen, was arrested in
the bar’s parking lot. Police de-
clined to say at which bar the in-
cident took place.
Bondurant was drunk at the
time of the incident, Hirata said.
“We will find out more details
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as the investigation starts some-
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, time today,” Hirata said.
Karen, arrive at Yokota Air Base in Japan on burke.matt@stripes.com
Monday. ichihashi.aya@stripes.com
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MILITARY

7th Special Forces

Group soldier dies
in training accident
BY CHAD GARLAND
Stars and Stripes
A soldier assigned to the Army’s
7th Special Forces Group (Air-
borne) died in a training accident
in California, the second soldier to
die in training on the West Coast
last week.
Spc. Nicholas C. Jividen died
Nov. 6 at the National Training
Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., the
PHOTOS BY THERON G ODBOLD/Stars and Stripes military said Wednesday. The
Cheerleaders from Yokota High School at Yokota Air Base, Japan, pose for photos ahead of their 21-year-old native of Charleston,
performance Saturday at a Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Tokyo. W.Va., was assigned to 3rd Bat-
talion, Headquarters and Support
Company.
Yokota team
Spc. Nicholas C. Jividen
The accident occurred dur-
ing “routine training,” Lt. Col. as part of the Warfighter com-

brings cheer
Loren Bymer, a spokesman for the
Army’s Special Operations Com-
mand, told the Panama City (Fla.)
from afar to
News Herald by email on Friday.
It’s not clear what training
puter-simulated war game, which
will train more than 1,000 soldiers
from Eglin, Bliss, Fort Bragg, N.C.;
Fort Stewart, Ga.; and Fort Hood,
Texas, officials said.

skating event Jividen was participating in at the

BY THERON GODBOLD
Stars and Stripes
TOKYO — A cheerleading
squad from the home of U.S.
Forces Japan recently repre-
sented the United States at a
Grand Prix of Figure Skating
event in Tokyo.
Eleven Yokota High School
cheerleaders gathered Saturday
at AiiA 2.5 Theater in Tokyo’s
Shibuya district to perform a
routine that was broadcast to an
audience in Hiroshima, venue
for this year’s NHK Trophy
competition.
The Grand Prix of Figure
Skating is a series of interna-
tional tournaments that awards
medals in men’s and women’s
singles, pairs and ice dancing.
The final will be held next
month in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
“I think this is a great op-
portunity for our team and our
school,” said Yokota senior Re-
becca Holladay.
“It shows that we can be more
involved with off-base events.”
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base in California’s Mojave Desert.
Bymer said the accident would be
investigated by a team from Fort
Rucker, Ala.
A signals intelligence analyst,
Jividen joined the Army in 2015
and served in field artillery and
military intelligence units before
his assignment with 7th Group, the
Panama City News Herald report-
ed. He deployed to Kuwait with the
7th Group for six months last year
in support of Operation Inherent
Resolve, the mission to defeat the
A Yokota High School cheerleader prepares for the performance. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
“It was an honor having him
serve within the ranks of 7th
SFG(A). He was a part of our fam-
ily, and will not be forgotten,” said
Col. Patrick T. Colloton, the unit’s
commander.
Jividen is survived by his moth-
er Margaret, brother Daniel and
sister Kirsten, Colloton said.
Friends and loved ones on Face-
book recalled Jividen as a “sweet
kid” who was often smiling and
could brighten anyone’s day.
“You were such a great man,
dude,” said Facebook user Destiny
Perkins, who said she served with
him in the Army. “You gave me
some brighter times throughout
the darkness of basic training (and
advanced individual training).
Rest easy now, your duty is done.”
Jividen’s death comes as some
members of 7th Group, based in
Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., are
Cheerleaders from Yokota High School perform at event. also training at Texas’s Fort Bliss
His death came just days after
Army Spc. Drew Watters was killed
in a training accident at Joint Base
Lewis-McChord in Washington on
Nov. 4. Watters was assigned to
4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regi-
ment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat
Team, 7th Infantry Division.
The 23-year-old from Evans-
ville, Ind., was hit by a Stryker
armored vehicle and pinned under
it, his father told WFIE television
news in Evansville last week. The
young soldier is survived by his
wife, Carley, and 2-month-old son
Jack.
Every year since 2015, training
deaths have outpaced combat fa-
talities, mostly due to aviation inci-
dents, the House Armed Services
Committee said this spring.
Last year, 80 servicemembers
died as a result of noncombat
training deaths, while 21 died in
combat, the committee found.
At the time of the May report, 25
servicemembers had died in avia-
tion mishaps this year. So far, nine
servicemembers have died as the
result of hostile actions in Iraq and
Afghanistan in 2018.
In June, a Military Times analy-
sis found that of the nearly 16,000
active-duty servicemembers and
mobilized reservists who have died
while serving in the armed forces
since 2006, just 28 percent of the
deaths were from going to war.
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Twitter: @chadgarland

Military contract info the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

session draws crowds
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Con-
struction at military facilities
in interior Alaska is attracting
strong interest from contractors.
The Procurement Technical
Assistance Program in Fair-
banks announced a presentation,
scheduled for Wednesday, on how
to do business with the military,
reported.
Organizers expected about 30
people to sign up, said contract
specialist Pierre Thompson. In-
stead, they quickly filled reser-
vations last week for the planned
venue with responses from 135
people.
The meeting will feature Army
and Air force military contractor
officials.
From The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
WAR ON TERRORISM
Afghan leader tells
US audience Taliban
not winning the war
BY M ATTHEW PENNINGTON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The presi-
dent of Afghanistan told a U.S. au-
dience Monday that his country is
not losing the war to the Taliban
and is not at risk of collapse amid
escalating attacks by the militant
group and an expansion of the ter-
ritory it controls.
President Ashraf Ghani said his
administration is intent on seek-
ing a negotiated peace with the
Taliban, which have shown no
interest in direct talks with a gov-
ernment they see as illegitimate.
“The Taliban are not in a win-
ning position,” Ghani said by
video to an
audience at
the School
of Advanced
Interna-
tional Stud-
ies at Johns
Hopkins
University in
Washington
as a suicide
bombing in
Ghani Kabul and a
deadly mili-
tant assault on districts in eastern
Afghanistan suggested govern-
ment control was slipping further.
Ghani said that more than 28,000
Afghan forces have been killed in
the past four years but that the
military will be able to retake ter-
ritory as long as it has an air force
and commando troops. He said
most of the losses incurred by its
security forces were in defending
static positions, so the government
was rethinking how it deploys its
forces.
Speaking on Veterans Day,
the Afghan leader paid tribute to
American sacrifices in Afghani-
stan, including the death of Brent
Taylor, a Utah mayor serving as a
major in the state’s Army National
Guard who was training Afghan
commandos. Taylor, 39, was fa-
tally shot a week ago by one of his
Afghan trainees.
But Ghani also offered a rare
public accounting of the scale of
the Afghan losses. He described
how their casualties have risen
sharply while U.S.-led coalition
casualties have declined after Af-
ghan forces assumed responsibil-
ity for combat operations in the
country. He said that since 2015,
58 American forces have died in
Afghanistan.
“In the same period, 28,529 of
our security forces have lost their
lives and become martyrs,” he
said.
U.S. military officials have pre-
viously indicated that Afghan ca-
sualties have been increasing, but
they have avoided giving hard fig-
ures, apparently because of politi-
cal sensitivities.
In its most recent report to
Congress, in October, the special
inspector general for Afghanistan
said Afghan casualty numbers
had been reported only in classi-
fied form since September 2017
because the U.S. military com-
mand in Kabul said it had stopped
making them public at the request
of the Afghan government. How-
ever, the report said that the aver-
age number of casualties between
May and October this year was
the greatest it has ever been dur-
ing similar periods.
On Oct. 30, Defense Secretary
Jim Mattis said Afghan forces had
more than 1,000 dead and wound-
ed during August and September
alone, “and they stayed in the field
fighting.”
The Trump administration has
marginally increased U.S. troop
numbers to train Afghan forces
and intensify military pressure
on the Taliban in hopes of forcing
the insurgents to negotiate an end
to the 17-year conflict. Successes
on the battlefield have been elu-
sive. The inspector general report
said the number of districts under
Afghan government control and
influence has declined and stands
at just 55 percent — down 16 per-
centage points in the past three
years.
U.S. special envoy Zalmay
Khalilzad is on his second tour
of the region in a month, seek-
ing to kick-start a peace process.
The diplomatic veteran is making
stops in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the
United Arab Emirates and Qatar,
where the Taliban maintain a po-
litical office. The insurgents say
they met Khalilzad in Qatar last
month. The Taliban have refused
direct negotiations with Kabul,
which they view as a U.S. puppet.
On the sensitive topic of the U.S.
role in talks, Ghani said there was
“total agreement” between the
U.S. and Afghan governments
on moving the peace process
forward.
“U.S. engagement is to ensure
that talks with the Taliban result
not in negotiations with Taliban
but with talks, direct talks, be-
tween the Afghan government
and the Taliban,” he said.
He insisted that the Afghan gov-
ernment was seeking a negotiated
peace but would not do so “from a
position of weakness.”
In a possible sign of America’s
efforts, Pakistan released two Tal-
iban officials on Monday, members
of the militant group said. Abdul
Samad Sani, a U.S.-designated
terrorist who served as the Af-
ghan Central Bank governor dur-
ing the militants’ rule in the late
1990s, and a lower-ranking com-
mander named Salahuddin, were
freed, according to two Taliban
officials who spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not
authorized to brief media.
•STA R S A N D ST R I P E S
Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.
Afghans: Some blame US for lingering
war, others point to corrupt government
FROM FRONT PAGE
Mohammed Ismail Qasimyar,
a member of Afghanistan’s High
Peace Council, wonders how
U.S. and NATO forces — which
at their peak numbered 150,000
and fought alongside hundreds of
thousands of Afghan troops, were
unable to vanquish tens of thou-
sands of Taliban.
“Either they did not want to
or they could not do it,” he said.
He now suspects the U.S. and its
ally Pakistan deliberately sowed
chaos in Afghanistan to justify
the lingering presence of foreign
forces — now numbering around
15,000 — in order to use the coun-
try as a listening post to monitor
Iran, Russia and China.
“They have made a hell, not a
paradise for us,” he said.
Afghanistan is rife with such
conspiracy theories. After last
month’s assassination of Kanda-
har’s powerful police chief, Gen.
Abdul Raziq, social media ex-
ploded with pictures and posts
suggesting he was the victim of
a U.S. conspiracy. Recent insider
attacks, in which Afghan forces
have killed their erstwhile U.S.
and NATO allies, have attracted
online praise.
“In 2001 the Afghan people
supported the arrival of the Unit-
ed States and the international
community wholeheartedly,” said
Hamid Karzai, who was installed
as Afghanistan’s first president
and twice won re-election, serv-
ing until 2014.
“For a number of years things
worked perfectly well,” he said in
a recent interview. “Then we saw
the United States either changed
course or simply neglected the
views of the Afghan people and
the conditions of the Afghans.”
He blames the lingering war on
the U.S. failure to eliminate mili-
tant sanctuaries in neighboring
Pakistan, the bombing of Afghan
villages and homes, and the de-
tention of Afghans in raids.
Others blame the notoriously
corrupt government, which Kar-
zai headed for more than a de-
cade, and which is widely seen
• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5
M ASSOUD HOSSAINI /AP
‘ The foreigners are
worse,” he said. “How is it that
a superpower like the United
States cannot stop the Taliban?
not making things It is a question every Afghan is
better. They should asking.”
’
The U.S. and NATO formally
go. concluded their combat mission
Hajji Akram in 2014. Since then, the Taliban
day laborer have carried out near-daily at-
tacks on rural checkpoints and
staged coordinated assaults on
as yet another bitter fruit of the major cities. Authorities stopped
American invasion. publishing casualty figures ear-
“All the money that has come lier this year, deeming them
to this country has gone to the classified.
people in power. The poor people
didn’t get anything,” said Hajji
Akram, a day laborer in Kabul’s
Old City who struggles to feed his
family on around $4 a day. “The
foreigners are not making things
better. They should go.”
It’s not just Afghans. The U.S.
inspector general for Afghani-
stan’s reconstruction offered a
blistering critique in a speech in
Ohio this month.
John Sopko pointed out that
the U.S. has spent $132 billion
on Afghanistan’s reconstruction
— more than was spent on West-
ern Europe after World War II.
Another $750 billion has been
spent on U.S. military operations,
and Washington has pledged $4
billion a year for Afghanistan’s
security forces.
The result?
“Even after 17 years of U.S.
and coalition effort and financial
largesse, Afghanistan remains
one of the poorest, least educated,
and most corrupt countries in the
world,” Sopko said. “It is also one
of the most violent.”
Hamidullah Nasrat sells im-
ported fabrics in the capital’s
main bazaar on the banks of the
Kabul River, a fetid trickle run-
ning through a garbage-filled
trench. He remembers welcom-
ing the overthrow of the Taliban,
who had shut down his photogra-
phy studio because it was deemed
un-Islamic.
“After the Taliban we were
expecting something good, but
instead, day by day, it is getting
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MILITARY

Decades after ‘Star Wars,’

DOD looks back to future
BY PAUL SONNE
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON
scale attacks, we hope to confound the United States must put a net-
the enemy’s planning to such a de- work of satellite surveillance
gree that they cannot be certain of sensors in space to detect missile
an assured first strike. That’s fun- threats in real time at every loca-

M
ore than three de-
cades ago, Michael
Griffin was at the
center of the mil-
itary’s “Star Wars” initiative,
working to realize President
Ronald Reagan’s dream of shield-
ing the United States from Soviet
missiles like “a roof protects a
family from rain.”
Now, the scientist, 69, is back at
the Pentagon as its top technology
official, looking to revive some of
the same missile defense concepts
that proponents credited with help-
ing end the Cold War and detrac-
tors ridiculed as the excesses of a
hawkish Hollywood president.
It is not only Griffin who has
returned to the Pentagon. So, too,
has the zeal of a great-power arms
race reminiscent of the rivalry
with the Soviet Union. Drawing on
robust defense funding from Con-
gress, Defense Secretary Jim Mat-
tis is embarking on a vast overhaul
of the U.S. military to take aim at
threats from Russia and China.
As part of the overhaul, Vice
President Mike Pence is leading
President Donald Trump’s push
for a new Space Force. Though
critics say the initiative risks an
arms race in space, Pence has ar-
gued that space has been milita-
rized since the launch of Sputnik
and that the U.S. armed forces
must move faster than Russia and
China to dominate the domain.
The same outlook extends to mis-
sile defense.
“We have renewed great power
competition,” Griffin said in an
interview. “Well, great powers
regrettably aim missiles at one
another.”
Legislative push
In the 1980s, Reagan and his
close advisers largely took the
lead in advancing the Strategic
Defense Initiative, which critics
later dubbed “Star Wars” for its
science-fiction timbre and epic
budget.
More recently, Congress has
been leading the charge. The
latest defense policy bill, which
Trump signed into law in August,
requires the Pentagon to work on
plans to detect and possibly one
day shoot down missiles from
space and find ways to intercept
missiles shortly after they are
launched. Other legislation has
pushed investment in high-power
lasers to blunt multiple missiles
one after the other, which Griffin
wants to prioritize.
Whether any of the efforts come
to fruition depends partly on the
Trump administration’s willing-
ness to refocus the nation’s missile
defense program, which since the
end of the Cold War has concen-
trated on combating accidental
launches or limited attacks from
North Korea and Iran.
“For smaller-scale attacks, we
hope to be able to deflect those en-
tirely,” Griffin said. “For larger-
damentally what we are trying to
do with missile defense.”
Top officials in the administra-
tion sent a draft of the Defense
Department’s new missile defense
policy back to the drawing board
early this year after arguing that
the strategy didn’t sufficiently ad-
dress burgeoning threats from
Russia and China. More than half
a year later, the policy hasn’t been
released. Deputy Defense Secre-
tary Patrick Shanahan has told
reporters that the strategy is fin-
ished, even though the adminis-
tration hasn’t made it public.
The Trump administration’s
next budget request, due out
sometime in February, is likely to
indicate how much the Pentagon
wants to reorient missile defense.
While missile defense has re-
ceived substantive funding in re-
cent years, to a tune of about $12
billion a year, much of the money
has gone to increasing the number
of existing systems rather than in-
troducing new technologies.
Now that the Democrats have
taken control of the House, they
could seek to scale back any push
for weaponized missile defenses
in space, as the ballooning deficit
forces harder choices on spending
and critics raise doubts about the
technology.
Pressing ahead
Griffin, meanwhile, is pressing
ahead.
He still speaks with passion
about the possibilities for missile
defense more than three decades
after he ran the launch team at
the Strategic Defense Initiative
for what he described as the first
space intercept of a target being
powered in flight.
As the rocket debris trailed
down over Kwajalein Atoll in the
Pacific, Griffin understood that
the purpose of his achievement
was not only to demonstrate a ru-
dimentary proof of concept but
also to show Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev, ahead of the high-
stakes 1986 summit in Reykjavik,
Iceland, that missile defense was
something Moscow would strug-
gle to counter.
“The test was, if you will, tech-
no-political,” Griffin recalled.
The former NASA administra-
tor hoped the missile defense proj-
ects he was working on during the
Reagan era would blossom into
operational systems but express-
es little surprise many of them
didn’t. Even today, his engineer’s
enthusiasm for missile defenses in
space belies a recognition, as he
put it, that “this stuff is going to
be done by my successor’s succes-
sor’s successor.”
Griffin supports the Pentagon’s
effort to study interceptors in
space that could take down bal-
listic missiles on ascent in their
“boost phase.” He also backs the
push to invest heavily in lasers.
But first and foremost, he said,
tion in the world.
The Pentagon is particularly
concerned about superfast and
agile precision-guided missiles
under development in China that
could put U.S. ships and bases at
risk during a conflict in Asia.
Griffin characterized plans for
a sensor network in space as a
necessary response to Russia and
China’s pursuit of hypersonic mis-
siles, or maneuverable missiles
faster than the speed of sound that
could hit any target in the world in
an hour or two and easily pierce
existing defenses.
“You’re never going to hit a tar-
get you don’t know is coming,”
Griffin said.
‘Timely awareness’
The idea is for the Pentagon to
use a couple hundred satellites
— as few as 120 or as many as 300,
according to Griffin — with ad-
vanced sensors to track missiles
from the moment they launch and
relay their movements almost im-
mediately. The missile trackers
would talk to one another and to
installations on the ground in an
“internet, protocol-like fashion,”
according to Griffin.
“I need persistent, global, timely
awareness of what’s going on,” he
said. “If the Chinese, for example,
in a conflict in the western Pa-
cific, choose to launch hypersonic
threats at our forward bases or
carriers, we want to know where
those are coming from. It’s not our
purpose to let them have an infi-
nite number of free shots.”
The Defense Department could
build the satellites or essentially
rent capacity on satellite plat-
forms that private space industry
firms are planning to launch into
orbit for other purposes.
“Many companies have offered
up plans that would feature the
deployment of hundreds or even
thousands of low-altitude satel-
lites for communications or Earth
observations,” Griffin said. “One
of our ideas is to order an extra
200 buses from them, put our own
sensors on it and deploy it in that
fashion.”
Griffin said the United States
could have such a surveillance
constellation “in play” by 2022 or
2023, “if we were really serious
and concerned the way we have
been about some things in the
past.”
As for the cost, he estimated the
sensor constellation could be com-
pleted for several billion dollars.
If the Pentagon produces its own
satellites, the project could cost
closer to $10 billion, he said.
Any effort to go beyond sensors
and put weapons into space that
can intercept missiles is far more
fraught and uncertain. At the di-
rection of Congress, the Missile
Defense Agency is studying the
possibility.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis waits outside for Chinese Minister
of Defense General Wei Fenghe to begin an arrival ceremony at the
Pentagon on Friday.
So far, the interceptors would
only be capable of going after bal-
listic missiles rather than hyper-
sonic missiles. In any case, Griffin
said, the space sensor network for
missiles should come first.
The Pentagon’s missile defense
policy, if it is released, and Febru-
ary budget request could indicate
whether the administration in-
tends to advance an effort to put
interceptors in space beyond the
study stage. Washington’s with-
drawal in 2002 from the 1972
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with
Moscow gives the United States
more leeway to develop those
technologies.
Provocation
A move in that direction would
prompt intense criticism from
disarmament advocates, who say
such an installation would be over-
ly costly, vulnerable to attack and
questionably effective, and possi-
bly provoke a war with Russia and
China in a domain that so far has
been conflict-free.
“We haven’t really crossed that,
where countries have decided to
station destructive weapons in
space. We just haven’t for lots of
good reasons,” said Laura Grego,
senior scientist at the Union of
Concerned Scientists. “That’s a
useful and important restraint. It
does keep the U.S. more safe.”
Others see the evolution of
space into a war-fighting domain
as inevitable.
“We are already in an arms
race,” said Henry “Trey” Obering
III, a retired U.S. Air Force lieu-
tenant general and former direc-
tor of the Missile Defense Agency,
PABLO M ARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP
who now works on high-energy
lasers at the consulting firm Booz
Allen Hamilton.
Laser weaponry, the technology
perhaps most evocative of the Rea-
gan era, is still a ways away from
being able to take down missiles
for the U.S. military, particularly
from space.
According to Griffin, the Penta-
gon is again giving serious consid-
eration to neutral particle beams,
sometimes called ray guns, which
officials explored during the Star
Wars era to down missiles from
space.
Not all of the missile defense
concepts the Pentagon is consid-
ering are reminiscent of that era
or focused on Russia and China.
In one idea gaining traction, a
patrol of high altitude drones or F-
35 fighter jets would fly above the
waters around North Korea, ready
to shoot down any missiles Pyong-
yang decides to fire in their boost
phase or immediately after.
Should the U.S. military proceed
with the concept, Griffin said cost
would drive the decision between
a drone and a fighter jet as the
“basing mode,” and the military
would then arm whichever plat-
form it chooses with an air-to-air
missile rather than a laser.
He declined to say how far the
military has gone in developing
the idea.
“I will leave it that airborne
boost-phase defense is of great in-
terest to us at this point,” Griffin
said. “It is technically feasible. We
can do it. There are several basing
modes. We’d pick the best value
for the buck.”
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
NATION
Centrist Democrat flips
the Arizona Senate seat
BY NICHOLAS R ICCARDI
Associated Press
In a year of liberal challenges
to President Donald Trump,
an avowed centrist scored the
Democratic Party’s biggest coup
— flipping a red state’s U.S. Sen-
ate seat.
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema won the
Arizona Senate seat being va-
cated by Republican Jeff Flake
to become the first woman to win
a U.S. Senate seat in the state.
The race against Republican
Rep. Martha McSally was tight
enough that a winner wasn’t de-
cided until Monday, after a slow
count of mail-in ballots gave her
an insurmountable lead.
Sinema’s win achieves a long-
time Democratic goal of making
Arizona, with its growing Latino
population, a competitive state.
And she did it by pointedly not
running against the president or
even critiquing his hard-line im-
migration stance.
“She didn’t put the progressive
bit in her mouth and run with
it,” said Chuck Coughlin, a GOP
strategist in Phoenix. “She spit it
out and did something else.”
Sinema targeted moderate Re-
publican and independent women
by painting herself as a nonparti-
san problem-solver who voted to
support Trump’s agenda 60 per-
cent of the time. Her nearly sin-
gle-issue campaign talked about
the importance of health care
and protections for people with
pre-existing conditions.
She knew McSally was vulner-
able there because she backed
the Republicans’ failed attempt to
repeal President Barack Obama’s
health care law.
Sinema tailored her campaign
for conservative-leaning Arizona
rather than the national environ-
ment, but it may be a guide for
Democrats who hope to expand
the electoral map in 2020. While
some liberals won important
races in California, Colorado and
Kansas, the left’s highest-profile
champions disappointed on Elec-
tion Day.
Rep. Beto O’Rourke fell short
in his challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz
in Texas. Stacey Abrams trails
her Republican opponent in the
still undecided bitter Georgia gu-
Federal judge orders Georgia to work to protect provisional ballots
BY BILL BARROW
AND K ATE BRUMBACK
Associated Press
ATLANTA — A federal judge
has ordered Georgia take steps to
ensure provisional ballots aren’t
improperly rejected and to wait
until Friday to certify the results of
the midterm elections that include
an unsettled race for governor.
In a ruling late Monday, U.S.
District Judge Amy Totenberg
ordered the secretary of state’s
office to establish and publicize
a hotline or website where voters
can check whether their provi-
sional ballots were counted and, if
not, the reason why. And, for coun-
ties with 100 or more provisional
bernatorial race, and Tallahassee
Mayor Andrew Gillum, who once
led in the polls in the race for
Florida governor, is now awaiting
the results of a recount.
Sinema prevailed while the
Democratic candidate for gov-
ernor, David Garcia, ran as an
avowed progressive and got
trounced by Republican incum-
bent Doug Ducey.
“Kyrsten was the perfect can-
didate for this race,” said Demo-
cratic strategist Chad Campbell,
who previously served with Sine-
ma in Arizona’s state legislature.
“We saw
that with
‘ She didn’t
Garcia.”
Sinema
put the first came
to promi-
progressive nence as
bit in her an openly
bisexual
mouth and Green
run with it. Party ac-
She spit it tivist in
Phoenix,
out and did and McSal-
ly raked the
something
Democrat
’
else. over her
Chuck Coughlin protests
GOP strategist against the
Iraq and
Afghani-
stan wars. Sinema was elected as
a Democrat to the state legislature
in 2004 and carved out a reputa-
tion as a liberal who could work
with her conservative colleagues.
By the time she was elected
to Congress representing a sub-
urban Phoenix swing district
in 2012, Sinema had completely
remade herself into a centrist.
She voted against Nancy Pelosi,
of California, as the Democratic
leader, supported relaxed regu-
lations on banks and a law to
increase penalties on people ille-
gally re-entering the country. She
supported a bill making it easier
to deport immigrants identified
by police as gang members.
During the Senate campaign,
Sinema stuck to her centrist mes-
sage, almost robotically at times.
She faced only a nominal primary
challenge from her left and was
free to burnish her nonpartisan
credentials, unlike McSally, who
faced two primary challengers
ballots, she ordered the secretary
of state’s office to review, or have
county election officials review,
the eligibility of voters who had to
cast a provisional ballot because
of registration issues.
Totenberg also ruled that Geor-
gia must not certify the election
results before Friday at 5 p.m.,
which falls before the Nov. 20
deadline set by state law.
State elections director Chris
Harvey testified at a hearing last
week that the state had planned
to certify the election results on
Wednesday, a day after the dead-
line for counties to certify their
results. He said that would allow
preparations to begin for any nec-
essary runoff contests, including
•STA R S A N D ST R I P E S
RICK SCUTERI /AP
U.S. Sen.-elect Kyrsten Sinema,
D-Ariz., declares victory over
Republican challenger U.S. Rep.
Martha McSally on Monday.
from the right and tied herself to
Trump.
On Election Day, Sinema swung
by Arizona State University’s
downtown Phoenix campus to
hand out doughnuts and gleefully
posed for photos. She has four de-
grees from the school and teaches
two classes there.
“What are you going to do for
people who are a little more on
the left?” voter Petra Morrison
asked. The candidate said she
wasn’t focused on party labels
or ideology. Morrison later told a
reporter she was going to vote for
Sinema, even though “she seems
to come across as a Democrat in
sheep’s clothing.”
Though Sinema wooed mod-
erates, she needed liberals like
Morrison in her corner for her
win. She benefited from a long-
time organizing push by activists
who especially targeted the state’s
young, growing and Democratic-
leaning Latino electorate.
“It’s been 10 years and even
more, this mobilization and gal-
vanizing,” said Lisa Magana,
a professor in ASU’s School of
Transborder Studies.
one already projected in the race
for the next secretary of state.
Current unofficial returns show
Republican Brian Kemp leading
by a margin that would make him
the governor-elect. But Democrat
Stacey Abrams insists that enough
outstanding votes remain to be
counted that could pull Kemp
below the majority threshold and
force a Dec. 4 runoff.
Totenberg acted in response to
a lawsuit filed Nov. 5 by Common
Cause Georgia. The suit accuses
Kemp, the state’s top elections of-
ficial until he resigned as secre-
tary of state last week, of acting
recklessly after a vulnerability in
Georgia’s voter registration da-
tabase was exposed shortly be-
• F3HIJKLM
Fla. recount chugs
along as additional
irregularities seen
BY TERRY SPENCER
Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —
Florida’s election recount is chug-
ging along as more irregularities
are uncovered, and a judge asked
the warring sides to “ramp down
the rhetoric,” saying it erodes pub-
lic confidence in the election for
Senate and governor.
One county revealed Monday
that it had allowed some hurri-
cane-displaced voters to cast their
ballots by email — a violation of
state law. Another had to restart
its recount after getting about a
quarter finished because someone
forgot to push a button.
Palm Beach said it won’t finish
its recount by the Thursday dead-
line. And in oft-criticized Broward
County, additional sheriff’s depu-
ties were sent to guard ballots and
voting machines, even though a
judge said no Republican who has
publicly alleged fraud in the coun-
ty’s process — a list that includes
President Donald Trump and
Gov. Rick Scott — has presented
any evidence to law enforcement.
“An honest vote count is no lon-
ger possible” in Florida, Trump
declared Monday, without elabo-
rating. He demanded that the
election-night results — which
showed the Republicans lead-
ing based upon incomplete ballot
counts — be used to determine the
winner.
Trump went on to allege that
“new ballots showed up out of no-
where, and many ballots are miss-
ing or forged” and that “ballots
(are) massively infected.” It was
unclear what he was referring to.
State law requires a machine re-
count in races where the margin is
less than 0.5 percentage points. In
the Senate race, Scott’s lead over
incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson
was 0.14 percentage points. In
the governor’s contest, unofficial
results showed Republican for-
fore the election. Kemp’s actions
increased the risk that eligible
voters could be illegally removed
from the voter registration data-
base or have registration informa-
tion illegally altered, the lawsuit
says.
Sara Henderson, executive di-
rector of Common Cause Georgia,
said in an emailed statement that
the ruling helps increase voter
confidence in elections.
The secretary of state’s office
said it was reviewing the order
and considering its options.
Totenberg’s order doesn’t
change the Tuesday deadline for
counties to certify their results.
But Abrams’ campaign filed a
lawsuit Sunday asking a federal
PAGE 7
mer Rep. Ron DeSantis ahead of
Democratic Tallahassee Mayor
Andrew Gillum by 0.41 percent-
age points.
Once the recount is complete, if
the differences in any of the races
are 0.25 percentage points or less,
a hand recount will be ordered.
All 67 counties face a state-or-
dered deadline of Thursday to fin-
ish their recounts.
Trump’s comments came just
hours before Broward Chief Cir-
cuit Judge Jack Tuter held an
emergency hearing on a request
by Scott’s lawyers that deputies be
put in charge of ballots and voting
machines that aren’t being used
until the recount is over.
An attorney for Election Super-
visor Brenda Snipes described lay-
ers of security including keycard
and password access to rooms
where ballots are kept, secured by
deputies and monitored by secu-
rity cameras and representatives
of both campaigns and parties.
Scott’s lawyers had alleged in
court documents that Snipes was
engaging in “suspect and unlaw-
ful vote counting practices” that
violate state law and that she might
“destroy evidence of any errors,
accidents or unlawful conduct.”
The judge said he could see no
evidence of any violations and
said, “I am urging because of the
highly public nature of this case to
ramp down the rhetoric.
“If someone in this lawsuit or
someone in this county has evi-
dence of voter fraud or irregulari-
ties at the supervisor’s office, they
should report it to their local law
enforcement officer,” Tuter said.
“If the lawyers are aware of it, they
should swear out an affidavit, but
everything the lawyers are saying
out there in front of the elections
office is being beamed all over the
country. We need to be careful of
what we say. Words mean things
these days.”
court to push that deadline to
Wednesday, while also requiring
that elections authorities count
certain provisional and absentee
ballots that have been or would be
rejected for “arbitrary reasons.”
“I am fighting to make sure our
democracy works for and repre-
sents everyone who has ever put
their faith in it. I am fighting for
every Georgian who cast a ballot
with the promise that their vote
would count,” Abrams said in a
statement explaining her refusal
to end her bid to become the first
black woman elected governor in
American history.
Kemp’s campaign retorted that
Abrams’ latest effort is “a disgrace
to democracy.”
PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM
NATION
Trump chides France over world wars
BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President
Donald Trump escalated his ver-
bal assaults against France on
Tuesday, suggesting that Ameri-
ca’s stalwart European ally would
have been vanquished in both
world wars if not for the military
firepower provided by the United
States.
Trump tweeted about a sug-
gestion by French President Em-
manuel Macron that Europe build
up its militaries because the con-
tinent can no longer depend on the
U.S. for defense. Macron had also
said Europe needs to protect itself
against cyberthreats from China,
Russia and the U.S.
Macron’s comments were in-
accurately reported and Trump
continues to misrepresent them,
seemingly for political hay. The
French leader’s office said Trump
had lumped together Macron’s re-
marks on protecting against cy-
berthreats and “interference in
our democracies” from “China,
Russia and even the United
States” with Macron’s later state-
ment on military defense.
“Macron suggests building
its own army to protect Europe
against the U.S., China and Rus-
sia,” Trump tweeted. “But it was
Germany in World Wars One &
Two - How did that work out for
New members of Congress get
first lesson on ins and outs of job
BY L AURIE K ELLMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Don’t hire
someone you can’t fire, like the
son of a campaign donor or the
child of the mayor. No matter
what you may have said dur-
ing the campaign about chang-
ing Congress, hire enough Hill
veterans to make the office run
smoothly. And make sure the per-
son answering the phone sounds
like folks from back home.
That’s only some of the advice
headed for the historic class of
House freshmen of both major
political parties streaming into
Washington this week for orienta-
tion on the nuts and bolts under-
pinning a job like none other.
Under tight security, new mem-
bers and their staffs pulled up in
front of a hotel about a mile from
the Capitol on Tuesday. A bank of
cameras and a table marked “lug-
gage drop-off” awaited their ar-
rivals in the morning chill.
“I’m just trying to figure out
what’s going on,” said Rep.-elect
Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a former
member of the state Legislature.
“I figure that we’re the small fish
in a very big pond right now.”
They are a younger generation
of lawmakers — including a re-
cord number of women — arriving
flush with victory and optimism.
The Democrats are ready to take
on President Donald Trump in the
biggest and most diverse class of
Senator blasts Trump for
canceling cemetery visit
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S.
Sen. Jack Reed has criticized
President Donald Trump’s
canceled visit to a World War
I American military cemetery
in France, saying it showed an
“indifference if not disrespect”
to service members.
The Providence Journal re-
ported that the Rhode Island
Democrat made his comments
Monday during a Veterans Day
forum at Brown University.
Reed is an Army veteran and
a ranking member of the Senate
Armed Services Committee.
Trump was scheduled to visit
the Aisne-Marne American
Cemetery near Paris on Satur-
day. The White House says the
France? They were starting to
learn German in Paris before the
U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or
not!”
The president has long com-
plained that NATO countries
don’t pay their fair share of the
new lawmakers since Watergate.
“I hope that we are ushering in
a new era,” one of the class stars,
Massachusetts Rep.-elect Ayanna
Pressley, said Monday.
They are psyched — if not ex-
actly unified. Even among the new
Democrats, there’s an uncomfort-
able vote looming on whether
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, former speak-
er of the House, should lead them.
Rep.-elect Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J.,
on Monday became the latest
House Democrat newcomer to say
she won’t vote for Pelosi because
she wants “new leadership.” Pelo-
si has said she expects to become
speaker again.
Pressley and several of her
classmates made their Washing-
ton debut on Monday in a packed
news conference whose setting
suggested as much about the new
majority’s intentions as the agen-
da they described. Gathered in the
atrium of the AFL-CIO down the
street from the White House, they
appeared as the newest members
of the ascendant House Progres-
sive Caucus, dedicated to univer-
sal health care and new climate
policy. The incoming majority, in-
cluding a gain of at least 32 seats,
will be fighting a Republican-led
Senate and a president with a his-
tory of tweeting trouble for people
who displease him.
And the newly elected Repub-
licans are on the same side as
Trump, at least in theory.
But for both parties of newcom-
•STA R S A N D ST R I P E S
trip was canceled due to con-
cerns about the rainy weather
and traffic.
Reed says the president
would have had the resources
to travel where he needs to go.
White House Chief of Staff
John Kelly was present at the
cemetery in place of Trump.
In a series of tweets Tuesday,
Trump defended his decision
to cancel the Saturday trip.
“By the way, when the heli-
copter couldn’t fly to the first
cemetery in France because of
almost zero visibility, I suggest-
ed driving. Secret Service said
NO, too far from airport & big
Paris shutdown. Speech next
day at American Cemetary in
pouring rain! Little reported-
Fake News!” he tweeted.
alliance’s expenses, leaving the
U.S. to carry much of the bur-
den. He criticized Macron before
and after a weekend ceremony in
Paris to commemorate 100 years
since the end of World War I.
Trump and Macron discussed
ers, those big questions are for
later. The first votes on Pelosi, for
example, won’t unfold until after
Thanksgiving. And the new Con-
gress, the 116th session, doesn’t
convene until Jan. 3.
Now, for many newcomers, it’s
a scramble to stand up offices in
the warren of Capitol Hill and
back home in House districts that
each represent more than 700,000
people. Every office has a budget.
And every freshman who doesn’t
already have a home in pricey
Washington will have to figure
out how to rent an apartment, or
maybe just keep a rollaway bed in
the office, on a $174,000 salary.
“We focus on getting them to
appreciate that there are certain
activities that they have to do in
the next 90 days,” said Bradford
Fitch, president and CEO of the
nonprofit, nonpartisan Congres-
sional Management Foundation,
which is among those briefing
new members.
The new crop of lawmakers in-
cludes a lot of firsts.
For the first time, two Native
American women are headed to
the House, in addition to two Mus-
lim congresswomen-elect. Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut also will
send black women to Congress as
firsts for their states.
But not every freshman is new
to Washington.
Rep.-elect Donna Shalala of
Florida was health and human
services secretary to President
• Wednesday, November 14, 2018
defense, trade and other issues
when they met Saturday at the
Elysee Palace.
A top adviser to Macron said
Tuesday that the French posi-
tion has been “clarified.” The
official, who spoke on condition
of anonymity in keeping with
French customs, said Macron ex-
plained the European army issue
to Trump, stressing that France
was not making a choice between
a European defense mechanism
and organizations such as NATO.
Gerard Araud, France’s am-
bassador to the U.S., challenged
Trump’s assertions. “For the sake
of truth, Pres.@EmmanuelMa-
cron didn’t say that EU needed an
army ‘against the US’. It was an
erroneous press report,” Araud
tweeted.
Trump also complained Tues-
day about tariffs on U.S. wine sold
in France, saying it’s “not fair,
must change!” He also appeared
to take a dig at Macron’s low pub-
lic approval rating.
Nearly all U.S. wine exports to
major markets, including the Eu-
ropean Union — of which France
is a part — face tariffs, according
to the Wine Institute, which rep-
resents California winemakers
in Washington on matters of tax,
trade and regulatory issues.
Trump opened a winery in
Charlottesville, Va., in 2011.
Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of the new class
of lawmakers entering Congress, listens during a news conference
Monday with members of the Progressive Caucus in Washington.
Bill Clinton. Former NFL line-
backer Colin Allred of Texas is a
civil rights lawyer who worked in
President Barack Obama’s hous-
ing department. Andy Kim, a New
Jersey Democrat, is an Obama ad-
ministration alumnus who served
as a civilian adviser in Iraq.
At the progressive caucus brief-
ing for new members on Monday,
Fitch handed out a 300-page book,
“Setting Course: A Congressional
Management Guide,” updated for
the incoming Congress. It sets
out everything from hiring a core
“The problem is that Emmanuel
suffers from a very low Approval
Rating in France, 26%, and an un-
employment rate of almost 10%.
He was just trying to get onto an-
other subject. By the way, there is
no country more Nationalist than
France, very proud people-and
rightfully so! ... MAKE FRANCE
GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump appeared to be refer-
ring to Macron’s comment Sunday
during a speech for the World War
I centennial in which he decried
the rise of nationalism across
Europe and elsewhere, calling it
a “betrayal of patriotism.” The
comments were widely viewed as
a rebuke of Trump, who sat stone-
faced with other world leaders as
Macron spoke and who embraces
the “nationalist” label despite the
negative connotations associated
with the term.
Trump’s continued complaints
about France and Macron struck
a nerve with some in the nation,
especially since the latest broad-
sides came on the third anniver-
sary of the Paris terror attacks
that killed 130 people in 2015.
It prompted French journal-
ist Hugo Clement to tweet in re-
sponse: “We are already great,
especially on november 13th. Go
back to your room and give the
phone to an adult.”
SUSAN WALSH /AP
staff in November and December
to the culture of Congress.
Chapter One talks about Dos
and Don’ts of these first days. Do
learn to delegate, for example.
Don’t “skip the House/Senate ori-
entations and party organization-
al activities.”
And don’t “try to do
everything.”
During this period, “they don’t
have to come up with a solution
to the Middle East crisis,” Fitch
said.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
VETERANS
GAO report finds VA to ban some
‘
from union activities
VA contractors not
meeting standards
BY NIKKI WENTLING
Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — The Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs doesn’t
have the tools to track whether
private-sector medical providers
are accurately giving exams that
help determine whether veterans
are eligible for VA benefits, a gov-
ernment watchdog agency found.
Disability compensation exams
are key in determining whether
veterans have injuries or illnesses
connected to their military service
and deserve compensation. Be-
cause of legislation passed in 2014
that allows the VA to outsource
more services, an increasing num-
ber of veterans are receiving their
exams outside of the agency.
The Government Accountabil-
ity Office reported last week that
the VA lacks the data to determine
whether the private-sector pro-
viders are meeting standards for
quality, timeliness and accuracy.
Based on analysis by the GAO, the
contractors are falling short with
the exams.
“As VA continues to rely on con-
tracted examiners, it is important
that the agency is well positioned
to carry out effective oversight
of contractors to help ensure that
veterans receive high-quality and
timely exams,” the GAO report
states.
The report is expected to be the
subject of a House subcommittee
hearing Thursday.
Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., the
chairman of the House Commit-
tee on Veterans’ Affairs, asked the
GAO to conduct the investigation.
“If Congress is without data on
the quality and timeliness of these
examinations, we have no way of
knowing if this is wise use of tax-
payer funds,” Roe said Friday in a
statement. “I remain just as com-
mitted as I was when I first be-
came chairman to ensuring that
veterans are receiving timely and
quality examinations and that tax-
payer money is well spent.”
The VA awarded contracts in
2016 to five private firms to con-
duct the exams, totaling up to $6.8
billion for five years. The firms
are: VetFed Resources Inc. in Al-
exandria, Va.; Logistics Health
Inc. in La Crosse, Wis.; Medical
Support Los Angeles in Pasadena,
Calif.; QTC Medical Services Inc.
in Diamond Bar, Calif.; and Vet-
erans Evaluation Services Inc. in
Houston, Texas.
When awarding the contracts,
then-VA Secretary Robert Mc-
Donald said it was good news for
veterans who were waiting for
the VA to determine whether they
were eligible for VA benefits – a
process that can take years.
“For these veterans, we want
the process to be smoother – from
beginning to end,” McDonald said
in a statement at the time.
The GAO focused its investiga-
tion on 2017, when contractors
conducted 767,000 disability com-
•STA R S A N D ST R I P E S • F3HIJKLM PAGE 9
BY NIKKI WENTLING
Stars and Stripes This is a huge overstep by (VA Secretary Robert)
’ WASHINGTON — More than
400 medical professionals with
the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs will no longer be allowed to
Wilkie, and we intend to fight back.
Bonnie Castillo
National Nurses United
perform union activities during
work hours starting Thursday.
The order, issued by the VA last understaffing throughout the “Allowing health care work-
week, ends “official time” status VA.” ers to do taxpayer-funded union
for 430 employees and bars an- Bonnie Castillo, executive di- work instead of serving veterans
other 100,000 employees from rector of National Nurses United, impacts patient care negatively,”
pensation medical exams – about getting involved in union activi- said it was part of an attempt to said Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd, the
half of the total exams that year. ties during working hours. It ap- “silence the collective voice of VA acting assistant secretary for
The cost of the exams by contrac- nurses.” human resources and administra-
plies to all physicians, dentists,
tors totaled $765 million. tion. “President Trump has made
podiatrists, chiropractors, op- “This is a huge overstep by [VA
The VA set standards for the out- it clear — VA employees should
tometrists, registered nurses and Secretary Robert] Wilkie, and we
side contractors to meet, including always put veterans first. And
physician assistants. intend to fight back,” she said in a
for 92 percent of exam reports to when we hire medical profession-
VA employees use “official statement.
contain no errors. In the first half als to take care of veterans, that’s
of 2017, only one contractor met time” to file staff grievances, me- The VA described the use of of-
what they should do at all times.
that target, the GAO found. diate conflicts and discuss issues ficial time as a waste of taxpayer
No excuses, no exceptions.”
Most contractors fell into the such as safety and productivity. funds and lauded the action as
Trump has previously taken
“unsatisfactory performance” Union leaders responded hotly putting 430 medical providers steps to limit federal workers’
category, meaning 10 percent or to the decision. J. David Cox, back to work treating veterans. union involvement. In May, he is-
more of their reports contained president of the American Fed- The agency cited a report from sued three executive orders to cut
eration of Government Employ- the U.S. Office of Personnel Man-
errors. The worst-performing con- back on union activity, shorten
ees, called it another in a series agement that shows VA employees
tractor had errors in 38 percent of the amount of time that it takes to
of attacks on unions by President spent 1 million hours on official
their exam reports. fire federal workers and encour-
Donald Trump’s administration. time in fiscal year 2016 – about
The VA doesn’t have data for the age agencies to fire employees,
“Union leaders and members 3.5 hours per employee.
second half of 2017, but the agency instead of merely disciplining
working at VA facilities across After the Defense Department,
said it hired more staff to review them.
this country ensure that our vet- the VA has the second-most em-
the quality of the reports. A federal court decision blocked
The department had even less erans are treated properly and ployees of any federal agency. some elements of Trump’s ex-
information about how quickly the are provided the care they are Nearly 300,000 employees are ecutive orders, contending they
exams are being performed. Con- owed,” Cox said in a statement. union members. exceeded the bounds of his presi-
tractors are supposed to send their “They have blown the whistle The amount of official time dential authority. His administra-
exam reports to the VA within 20 on wait-list scandals, fought back used by VA employees cost the tion is appealing the decision.
days after they accept a veteran’s against the gender pay disparity, agency about $49 million in fiscal wentling.nikki@stripes
exam request. The VA lacked the and brought to light the rampant year 2016, the report shows. Twitter: @nikkiwentling
tools to determine whether they
met that mark.
Using VA data, the GAO inves-
tigators themselves analyzed the
timeliness of 646,005 exams that
contractors completed between
February 2017 and January 2018.
Of those exams, 306,479 – just
more than half – were completed
within 20 days. Twelve percent,
69,748 claims, took 40 days – dou-
ble the targeted time.
Contractors gave various rea-
sons for the delays, including
severe weather, veterans’ avail-
ability and challenges finding
medical specialists in rural areas.
As of June 2018, there were
more than 87,000 exams pending
with contractors. Of those exams,
37,077 had already lapsed be-
yond the 20-day target, the GAO
reported.
“Tracking these exams is im-
portant because a large volume
of such exams could ultimately
increase the amount of time veter-
ans have to wait for their claims to
be processed,” the report states.
The GAO made four recommen-
dations to better track and analyze
the contractors’ performance.
Investigators also recommended
the VA improve its training for the
providers who conduct disability
compensation exams.
In response to the report, VA
Secretary Robert Wilkie said the
VA was developing a new system
to capture and analyze data from
the exams, which is expected to be
completed by the end of the year.
The department is also trying to
hire employees who could imple-
ment a new training plan for out-
side medical providers.
The House subcommittee on
disability assistance and memo-
rial affairs is scheduled to meet
Thursday to discuss the report.
“It is time to delve into the de-
tails,” Roe said.
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NATION
Calif. utility
contacted
resident
before fire
BY M ARTHA M ENDOZA
AND GARANCE BURKE
Associated Press
PULGA, Calif. — A day before a deadly
blaze destroyed a California town, the giant
utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. got in
touch with Betsy Ann Cowley, saying the
company needed access to her property be-
cause its power lines were causing sparks.
The cause of the fire is still under investi-
gation. What is known is that it started last
Thursday near Cowley’s property in the
tiny town of Pulga, incinerated the neigh-
boring town of Paradise and killed at least
42 people.
On Monday, fire investigators declared
the area surrounding power lines on Cow-
ley’s property, in an oak-filled canyon, a
crime scene. Security guards would not let
PG&E inspectors pass.
Cowley said she was on vacation last
Wednesday when she got a surprise email
from PG&E. Details of that exchange, de-
scribed to The Associated Press, combined
with the utility’s track record in California
wildfire history has again brought the com-
pany under scrutiny.
The email said crews needed to come to
her property to work on the power lines,
Cowley said. PG&E told her “they were
having problems with sparks,” she said.
They visited her property, but she said she
wasn’t there Wednesday and was not aware
of their findings.
Cowley was back at the property Monday
and expressed gratitude at finding most of
the 65 structures on it still standing, just
a few hundred feet from the crime scene
where investigators worked to determine
what had happened to spark the massive
fire.
The former landscaper bought Pulga,
an abandoned and decrepit, historic gold
prospecting town, in 2015 and embarked
on a project that transformed it into a pic-
turesque private destination. She cleared
overgrown brush, patched up buildings and
added new ones. With San Francisco Bay
Area artists and architects, she re-created
a town, complete with a stage and school-
house. And then, a year ago, she opened for
business, renting out Pulga for corporate
retreats.
As she reached the site of her own home,
she raised her hand to her cheek.
“It’s gone,” she said. ‘That’s where all my
stuff was, but it’s not there anymore.”
She paused and picked up a mug that
somehow had survived the inferno. “It’s
OK,” Cowley told herself quietly. “It’s OK.”
PG&E declined to discuss with AP the
email it sent Cowley, saying it has provided
an “initial electric incident report” with
state regulators and will fully cooperate
with any investigations.
Publicly, PG&E has said it experienced a
problem on an electrical transmission line
near the site of the massive fire, minutes
before the blaze broke out.
In its Friday filing to the state Public
Utilities Commission, it said it had detected
an outage on an electrical transmission line
near the site of the blaze. It said a subse-
quent aerial inspection detected damage to
a transmission tower on the line.
The area where CalFire says the blaze
•STA R S A N D
A fire truck on Tuesday drives through an area burned in the wildfire in Paradise, Calif.
Chris and Nancy Brown embrace while searching through the remains of their home
leveled by the Camp Fire.
started, and where PG&E says sparks were
detected on Cowley’s property, is roughly
the same, according to an AP reporter at
the site.
The utility, which has been criticized and
sued in a number of other large and deadly
fires across California, had announced
before the blaze started that it might shut
down power in nine counties, including
Butte County where Pulga and Paradise
are, because of extreme fire danger. But it
never did.
Later Thursday, PG&E said it had de-
cided against a power cut because weather
conditions did not warrant one.
State Sen. Jerry Hill, a Redwood City
Democrat and longtime critic of the util-
ity, called the report of troubles on PG&E’s
lines in the area extremely worrisome.
“If PG&E is found responsible for burn-
ing down the state again, at some point, we
have to say enough is enough and we have
to ask should this company be allowed to do
business in California?” Hill said. “These
fires take a spark, and at least in the last few
years, fires have been caused by negligent
behavior by PG&E. We need to see how we
can hold them responsible or look at an al-
ternative way of doing business.”
California utility regulators are working
with CalFire staff on their own, separate
investigation into whether PG&E complied
ST R I P E S • Wednesday, November 14, 2018
NOAH BERGER /AP
with state rules and regulations in areas
that were torched in the fire.
The California Public Utilities Com-
mission will be evaluating PG&E’s main-
tenance of their facilities, vegetation
management and emergency preparedness
and response, said commission spokes-
woman Terrie Prosper.
This is not the first time PG&E’s manage-
ment practices have come under question in
the drought-stricken state.
In 2014, regulators ordered the state’s
investor-owned utilities to set priorities
for inspecting and removing dead and sick
trees near their power lines, warning that
“climate change has facilitated and exacer-
bated numerous wildfires” that have dam-
aged and threatened their facilities.
But after a wildfire killed two people,
destroyed 475 homes and scorched 70,000
acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills the fol-
lowing year, homeowners and their attor-
neys questioned whether PG&E had done
enough to clear dry trees flanking its power
lines. In 2016, CalFire ultimately found
PG&E was responsible for that fire, after
tree maintenance by PG&E and its contrac-
tors led to a tree falling on a power line.
Investigators have determined that
PG&E equipment started several of the
2017 wildfires in Northern California wine
country that killed 44 people.
JOHN L OCHER /AP
Sifting: Residents
are ‘staying hopeful’
FROM FRONT PAGE
“I’m staying hopeful,” she said.
“Until the final word comes, you keep
fighting against it.”
Authorities said they were bring-
ing in two mobile morgue units from
the military, requesting an additional
150 search-and-rescue personnel and
seeking the setup of a rapid DNA sys-
tem to speed the analysis of remains.
Chaplains accompanied some coro-
ner search teams that visited dozens
of addresses belonging to people re-
ported missing. No cars in the drive-
way was considered a good sign, one
car a little more ominous and multi-
ple burned-out vehicles more reason
for worry.
State officials said the cause of the
inferno was under investigation.
But a landowner near where the
blaze began, Betsy Ann Cowley, said
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. notified
her the day before the fire that crews
needed to come onto her property be-
cause the utility’s power lines were
sparking. PG&E had no comment on
the email.
More than 5,000 firefighters bat-
tling the blaze made gains overnight,
slowing the flames’ advance toward
Oroville, a town of about 19,000 peo-
ple. The fire, which has charred 195
square miles and destroyed more
than 6,400 homes since it started
Thursday, was reported 30 percent
contained.
At the other end of the state, in
Southern California, firefighters
continued making progress against
a blaze that killed two people in star-
studded Malibu and destroyed over
400 structures.
Crews lit backfires and extended
containment lines overnight. They
expected to have the more than 146-
square-mile fire fully contained by
Thursday.
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NATION

Dems not coy Healing,

about 2020
election hopes
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — In the days
after the midterm election, New
Jersey Sen. Cory Booker worked
the phones with Democratic lu-
minaries in Iowa. Montana Gov.
Steve Bullock courted high-dollar
donors in New York. Other Demo-
crats openly mused about their
White House ambitions on live
television.
Motivated by an urgency to
unseat President Donald Trump
and the prospect of a historically
large primary field, Democrats
see little incentive to delay or
downplay their 2020 presiden-
tial hopes. Their more transpar-
ent approach is upending one of
Washington’s favorite “will they
or won’t they” parlor games and
pushed the campaign calendar up
earlier than ever before.
“No one is waiting for anyone
in the race to run for president,”
said Jim Messina, who managed
President Barack Obama’s 2012
campaign. “Those days are long,
long over.”
Running for president used to
involve a familiar routine, with
potential candidates spending
months publicly demurring about
their ambitions and professing to
be content in their current roles.
Advisers labored to keep meet-
ings with donors and potential
staff under wraps ahead of for-
mal, carefully choreographed
campaign announcements.
This time around, many Dem-
ocrats believe it would be too
risky to wait much longer before
making their intentions known,
particularly those with lower na-
tional profiles who could quickly
be overshadowed by a field that
could have more than two dozen
candidates.
There are practicalities to
consider, given the limited sup-
ply of money and top-flight staff
available to run a campaign. But
another driving factor is more
visceral: Democrats are simply
eager to take on the president.
“This is starting very fast,” said
former Iowa Democratic Party
Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky. She
said that given the imperative to
beat Trump, “it kind of needs to.”
Two long-shot Democrats have
already declared their candidacy.
West Virginia state Sen. Richard
Ojeda, a retired Army paratroop-
er who lost a race for Congress last
week, announced his plans to run
for president on Monday. Ojeda
joins Maryland Rep. John Del-
aney, who has been running for
the Democratic nomination since
July 2017, and has already trav-
eled to Iowa 19 times and made 12
trips to New Hampshire.
Delaney said he believes that
his early start will help put him at
an advantage ahead of would-be
rivals.
Higher-profile Democrats have
also started to lift the veil on their
White House hopes.
On Monday, Ohio Sen. Sherrod
Brown, said he was “seriously
looking at” a presidential cam-
paign, saying in an interview that
his election to a third term shows
“a strong progressive can win.”
He called his Senate campaign “a
blueprint for our nation in 2020.”
New York Sen. Kirsten Gil-
librand was also up front about
her White House ambitions, tell-
ing ABC’s “The View” Monday
that she was indeed considering a
campaign.
“I believe right now every one
of us should figure out how we can
do whatever we can with our time,
with our talents, to restore that
moral decency, that moral com-
pass and that truth of who we are
as Americans,” Gillibrand said.
Unlike in 2016, when Hillary
Clinton’s shadow loomed large
over the party, Democrats enter
the 2020 campaign without a clear
favorite. Former Vice President
Joe Biden occupies the most simi-
lar role, with broad name recogni-
tion and a deep political network.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, takes the stage alongside his wife,
Connie Schultz, during the Ohio Democratic Party election night
watch party in Columbus, Ohio. He may run for president in 2020.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, is considering a 2020
presidential run and Richard Ojeda, a Democrat who lost a race for
Congress in West Virginia last week, has announced plans to run.
But Biden associates say he is
still conflicted about whether to
run, and he has pointedly said
other would-be 2020 candidates
should not defer to his plans.
Biden is expected to make a deci-
sion by January.
Booker has been among the
most aggressive in courting sup-
porters in early-voting states.
After the midterms, he called
each member of the Iowa Demo-
cratic statewide ticket, for whom
the New Jersey senator cam-
paigned ahead of the midterm,
the day after the election.
California Sen. Kamala Harris,
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AP photos
who would be considered an early
favorite in the White House race,
also called candidates she cam-
paigned for in early-voting presi-
dential states.
Montana’s Bullock, who has
made several stops in Iowa this
year, traveled to New York after
Election Day to meet with poten-
tial donors.
And while the midterms showed
that Trump remains a powerful
force in the GOP, at least two Re-
publicans are considering taking
Trump on: retiring Arizona Sen.
Jeff Flake and outgoing Ohio Gov.
John Kasich.
Ginsburg
works
from home
From wire reports
WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg was not on the
bench Tuesday for the first ses-
sion of the Supreme Court since
her discharge from the hospital
with fractured ribs but is improv-
ing, a spokeswoman said.
“She continues to improve and
is working from home this morn-
ing,” said Kathy Arberg, the
court’s public information officer.
The court’s meeting was a brief
non-argument session, which jus-
tices often skip. The court issued
lists of cases it had accepted and
rejected for this term.
Ginsburg, 85, was discharged
from George Washington Uni-
versity Hospital on Friday, a day
after being admitted and treated
for fractured ribs on her left side,
the result of a fall in her office.
Ginsburg has persevered on
the bench despite several health
issues, including scares from both
colon and pancreatic cancer, and
a heart procedure in which she
received a stent in her right coro-
nary artery.
She has broken ribs on at least
two previous occasions. After one
of those episodes, in 2012, Gins-
burg disclosed to a reporter that
she had cracked two ribs in a fall
but did not take time off because
of the court’s heavy workload.
CNN sues Trump
over reporter’s
credentials
Associated Press
NEW YORK — CNN sued the
Trump administration Tuesday,
demanding that correspondent
Jim Acosta’s credentials to cover
the White House be returned be-
cause it violates the constitutional
right of freedom of the press.
The ad-
ministra-
tion stripped
Acosta of his
pass to enter
the White
House fol-
lowing Presi-
dent Donald
Trump’s con-

FBI reports rise in hate crimes in 2017 tentious news

The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Hate crimes in America
rose 17 percent last year, the third consecu-
tive year that such crimes increased, accord-
ing to newly released FBI data.
Law enforcement agencies reported 7,175
hate crimes occurred in 2017, up from 6,121
in 2016. That increase was fueled in part
by more police departments reporting hate
crimes data to the FBI, but overall there is
still a large number of departments that re-
port no hate crimes to the federal database.
More than half of such crimes, about 3 of
5, targeted a person’s race or ethnicity, while
about 1 of 5 targeted their religion.
Of the more than 7,000 incidents reported
last year, 2,013 targeted black Americans,
while 938 targeted Jewish Americans. Inci-
dents targeting people for their sexual ori-
entation accounted for 1,130 hate crimes,
according to the FBI.
The FBI has urged local police departments
to provide more complete information about
hate crimes in their jurisdictions.
More than 4,000 were crimes against peo-
ple, ranging from threats and intimidation
to assault, to murder. More than 3,000 were
crimes against property, ranging from van-
dalism to robbery to arson.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whita-
ker said the new figures are “a call to action
— and we will heed that call. The Department
of Justice’s top priority is to reduce violent
crime in America, and hate crimes are violent
crimes. They are also despicable violations of
our core values as Americans.”
Whitaker said he was “particularly troubled
by the increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes,”
which are already the most common type of
religious hate crime in the United States.
Anti-Semitic hate crimes rose 37 percent
in 2017. Anti-Islamic hate crimes declined 11
percent last year, with 273 such incidents, the
data show.
conference
Acosta
last week, where Acosta refused
to give up a microphone when the
president said he didn’t want to
hear anything more from him.
Trump has made CNN and its
reporters a particular target of
his denunciation of “fake news”
and characterization of the media
as an enemy of the people.
The White House Correspon-
dents’ Association backed the
lawsuit, filed in Washington, D.C.,
district court.
CNN asked for an injunction
to immediately reinstate Acosta,
as well as a hearing on the larger
issue of barring a reporter.
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NATION
Mitzi Eaton poses
with a red-tailed hawk.
PAUL KUEHNEL , YORK (PA .) DAILY RECORD/AP
REHABBING RAPTORS
Pa. woman with a ‘bucket of dead stuff’ provides a lifeline for injured, ill birds of prey
BY FRANK BODANI
York (Pa.) Daily Record
WRIGHTSVILLE, Pa.
S
he lugged a bucket of dead rats and
mice into the sanctuary nestled
along a crooked country road.
She had just scooped them out of
the chest freezer in her garage. They were
neatly bagged and preserved, just like the
robin, the lake carp and who knows what
else.
Mitzi Eaton giggled as she went, appre-
ciating the strangeness of her scene: A 5-
foot-2, 120-pound mother of three grown
children hurrying home from a hair ap-
pointment to give food and fluids to sick
hawks, swaddling one with her left hand
while cleaning its cardboard cage with her
right.
When she walked out the back door with
her “bucket of dead stuff,” she passed the
garden projects that are her reprieve and
yet require more time than she ever seems
to have.
Tangled Concord grape vines bordered
one side of the path, weaving through the
branches of an enormous white pine fit
for the deep woods. A red maple reached
out to greet her next. Its old, heavy limbs
stretched toward the tool shed overtaken by
fiery trumpet vine.
That’s where these 2 acres open to reveal
a fortress of handmade, wood-plank flight
cages as tall as 12 feet. They contain some
•STA R S A N D
of the most powerful birds in the world.
Eaton unlatched each door and flung the
rodents inside to feed the rescued and re-
habbing hawks, owls and a pair of juvenile
bald eagles that didn’t yet look like the ea-
gles most imagine. Their yellow beaks and
white-feathered heads are still to come.
In another cage, two red-shouldered
hawks flapped their wings and banged into
each other as they tried to lift off. They were
calling for their upcoming release.
With her bucket empty, Eaton finally
caught herself. Was her mascara running in
the afternoon sun?
She laughs at herself easily, which has
proved one of her greatest gifts.
For 30 years she has been York County’s
lifeline for injured and ill birds of prey. The
unending flow of grounded raptors comes
to her Lower Windsor Township home at all
hours of the day and night.
Unique
Always, there are 15 to 30 birds here in
various stages of recovery. Those in the
worst shape are closely monitored in crates
and boxes in her basement and garage.
Being a state and federally licensed rap-
tor rehabilitator is a rare and wearisome
undertaking requiring vigilance seven
days a week.
Eaton must be the determiner of life
and death. And she receives no pay or fi-
nancial reimbursement for the food and
ST R I P E S • Wednesday, November 14, 2018
medicine required to nurse them back to
health.
It’s understandable, then, how she is the
only one who specializes in raptor care
through a five-county area. The next clos-
est options are 90 minutes away.
Only now, at 61, is she giving in to the un-
deniable signs. As she continues working a
full-time veterinary technician job to pay
the bills, her frazzled, unpredictable sched-
ule weighs more than ever. No longer does
she do overnight car runs in her pajamas to
pick up injured birds.
Now, she feels compelled to share her ex-
pertise and find her hopeful replacement.
The birds, it seems, need help more than
ever.
Enraptured
Eaton was a 20-something veterinary as-
sistant in Red Lion, Pa., when she first held
a hawk in her hands.
She was mesmerized by their browns,
reds and whites, no common red tail re-
motely the same. She was empowered by
helping such fierce predators, the kind of
birds who hunted for medieval kings and
were worshipped by ancient Egyptians.
Gradually, she became comfortable han-
dling them and more aware of their need for
permanent care. Who else would provide
that around here? So she boldly took it on, no
matter that her first child was just 4 months
old when she received her permits.
She owned rudimentary skills then and
had just built the first few flight cages be-
hind her home.
“I had no idea it would basically rule your
life,” she said, a smile growing.
“The whole reason I stuck with it is be-
cause of commitment. It’s being a steward.
We’re commanded to take care of this earth
as if it was our own. That’s a commitment,
just like marriage through thick and thin.
“It’s about being a responsible human
being. The birds come in because they’ve
been impacted by us humans. … I wanted to
help return their freedom.”
Each year, her number of admitted rap-
tors climbs, partly because of her reputation,
partly because of rebounding populations
clashing with development.
Last year, she cared for an all-time high
of 160 birds, though many were in hopeless
condition when they arrived. They were hit
by cars, had clipped power lines or were
diseased or starving. They often survived
only a day or two.
She’s already admitted 93 raptors this
year, including 13 over an 11-day summer
run. Her voice catches when she talks about
certain ones, like a red-tailed hawk recent-
ly in her care. Its wing would not heal, so
it cannot fend for itself. Finding an educa-
tional or other permanent placement option
proved fruitless.
“I’m putting it off. I have to euthanize
him,” she said of that hawk, one of the few
times her bubbly vibe faded.
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WORLD

Gaza militant groups accept cease-fire

BY A RON H ELLER
AND FARES A KRAM
Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Hamas and other Gaza
militant groups said Tuesday they have ac-
cepted an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire
after launching hundreds of rockets into
Israel over the past 24 hours and weather-
ing a wave of punishing Israeli airstrikes.
There was no immediate word from Is-
rael on whether it had accepted a deal to
halt the heaviest exchange of fire with Ga-
za’s Hamas rulers since a 2014 war.
Just an hour before the militants made
their declaration, the Israeli Security
Cabinet said it had ordered the military to
“continue operations as needed,” following
a six-hour meeting.
The cease-fire was announced by a
group of Gaza militant groups, includ-
ing Hamas, whose leader Ismail Haniyeh
earlier signaled a readiness to halt the lat-
est round of fighting. He said the Islamic
militant group would stop its rocket fire if
Israel halts its airstrikes.
The terms of the deal appeared to be
modest. Daoud Shehab, a spokesman for
the Islamic Jihad militant group, said each
side would promise quiet in exchange for
quiet.
The fighting was triggered by a botched
Palestinian mourners carry the body of PFLP militant Mohammed al-Tattri, 27, during
his funeral in Jabalia refugee camp, north Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. Al-Tattri was killed in
an Israeli airstrike Monday.
Israeli undercover raid into Hamas-ruled
Gaza late Sunday, in which seven Palestin-
ian militants and a high-ranking Israeli
officer were killed. International media-
from Gaza since Monday afternoon, with
more than 100 of them intercepted by Isra-
el’s Iron Dome defense system.
Israel said it has struck some 160 mili-
tant targets in Gaza, including a strike
that destroyed Hamas’ TV station. Three
other buildings believed to be connected to
Hamas were destroyed, it said.
On Tuesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said
three Palestinians in their 20s were killed
in separate airstrikes, raising the number
killed since the Israeli offensive began to
seven, including five militants. At least 25
people have been wounded.
Nearly 30 people have been wounded in
Israel, three critically, according to medi-
cal officials.
The military said jets struck several
“key strategic” Hamas targets, includ-
ing military compounds, rocket launch-
ing posts and part of its vast underground
A BED EL K AREEM H ANA /AP tunnel network. Also targeted was a Gaza
City building serving Hamas’ military and
intelligence forces that houses a munitions
warehouse.
Earlier Tuesday, the armed wing of
tors have appealed for restraint, hoping to Hamas threatened to step up its attacks
avert another war. and fire rockets further north toward the
The Israeli military said some 460 rock- Israeli cities of Ashdod and Beersheba if
ets and mortar rounds have been launched Israel continued its airstrikes.

Rohingya Ukrainians protest as gas

dispute leaves many freezing
keep faith Associated Press er rooms and turn on the heating if

healers in MINSK, Belarus — Angry

business
BY R ISHABH R. JAIN
Associated Press
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh
— Abul Kalam sits cross-legged
on the floor of his tiny mud hut
and whispers prayers into a small
plastic bottle filled with water,
creating what he says is a potion
that will cure stomach cramps.
“I got these powers in my
dreams,” he says. “People come to
me because I heal them.”
Kalam is a boidu, or faith healer,
and for decades has been treating
fellow Rohingya Muslims, first
in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine
state and now in a squalid camp
in Bangladesh, where 700,000 Ro-
hingya took refuge last year after
escaping a campaign of govern-
ment violence at home.
Faith healers have long been
sought out in Rohingya society
to treat physical and mental ail-
ments. Their trade has thrived in
part because of traditional beliefs
and in part because Rohingya
have lacked access to modern
medical care in Buddhist-major-
ity Myanmar, where they are one
of the most persecuted minority
groups in the world.
Access to medical care has
changed for the better in Ban-
gladesh, where thousands of aid
workers offer Rohingya every-
thing from vaccinations to psycho-
logical support.
Doctors Without Borders, which
runs four inpatient hospitals and a
dozen medical centers in the area,
Rohingya spiritual healer Abul Kalam, 60, right, recites verses from
the holy Quran in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, in August.
Faith healers have long been sought out in Rohingya society to treat
physical and mental ailments.
said it has provided more than
800,000 outpatient consultations
and admitted more than 15,000
patients since August 2017.
Yet many Rohingya still seek
out their faith healers.
Kalam, a 60-year-old who ar-
rived in Bangladesh in 2012 in an
earlier exodus of Rohingya, said
he receives more than five clients
each day.
“People come to me because
they benefit from my power,” he
says. “That’s why they keep com-
ing back.”
Myanmar officials have said
they expect the repatriation of Ro-
hingya to start this week, a move
criticized by rights groups who
say it is not yet safe for them to
return.
Anita Saha, a clinical psycholo-
gist who has worked in the camps
since August 2017, says Rohingya
refugees’ dependence on faith
healers stems from a lack of expo-
sure to doctors and a suspicion of
scientific medicine.
A LTAF Q ADRI /AP
She said many refugees mistak-
enly believe they will lose their
Islamic faith and be converted to
Christianity if they take vaccina-
tions for diseases like cholera and
diphtheria. And in the case of men-
tal illness, she said, many believe
it is a reflection of evil forces and
is best countered by a faith healer
invoking prayer.
Ali Nesa has never known what’s
wrong with her teenage daughter,
who spends her days in the refu-
gee camp lying on the floor of her
family’s thatch hut, unable to talk,
walk or eat on her own.
“I don’t know if her disease is
due to an evil spirit or because of
difficulty in breathing,” Nesa says.
“If this is because of an evil spirit,
then only a boidu can treat her. If
it is a breathing problem, then a
doctor may be able to help her.”
Nesa says none of the many boi-
dus she has visited has been able
to help her daughter and she is los-
ing her faith in them. She’s now in-
terested in seeking medical help.
Ukrainians took to the streets and
blocked roads Tuesday as hundreds
of thousands remain without heat-
ing at a time when temperatures
are plunging because of a dispute
between the national gas company
and regional utility providers.
The crisis, which affects mostly
Ukraine’s center, south and south-
east, came after national gas com-
pany Naftagaz raised gas prices
that some struggling municipali-
ties said were impossibly high for
them to pay. Naftagaz has said
it will resume supply to utilities
companies and powers stations
only after they clear the debts or
pay for supplies in advance.
Residents in Kryvy Rih, a city of
600,000 in Ukraine’s southeast, on
Monday set tires on fire and seized
the building of the local gas com-
pany demanding that the heating
be turned on. Temperatures in the
area were below zero overnight on
Tuesday.
About a hundred residents were
protesting outside the building on
Tuesday afternoon.
“We will take control of the boil-
Former SS guard said
he knew of conditions
BERLIN — A 94-year-old for-
mer SS guard said he was aware
of the terrible conditions endured
by prisoners in the Stutthof con-
centration camp, but did not take
part in atrocities against them.
The dpa news agency reported
that Johann Rehbogen, who is on
trial facing hundreds of counts
the government doesn’t care about
us,” protester Andriy Balygo told
The Associated Press by phone.
Neither Naftagaz nor the Ukrai-
nian government was available for
comment on Tuesday.
In the town of Smila, in central
Ukraine, residents on Tuesday
blocked roads leading into town to
demand authorities provide heat-
ing. Smila’s mayor said in com-
ments carried by Ukrainian media
that the city may be forced to an-
nounce a state of emergency if the
dispute is not resolved.
Opposition lawmaker Oleh Lyas-
hko said last week that at least six
towns with a combined popula-
tion over 1 million remain without
heating.
Ukraine is struggling with a
flagging economy and a separatist
conflict in the east which is weigh-
ing down on the nation’s finances.
One of the conditions for the In-
ternational Monetary Fund to
continue providing Ukraine with
loans was to increase gas prices
by 23 percent starting Nov. 1. Bills
for hot water and heating are ex-
pected to increase by another 15
percent on Dec. 1.
of accessory to murder, told the
Muenster state court he did not
oppose his posting to the camp
from 1942 to 1944 out of fear for
retribution.
More than 60,000 people were
killed at the Nazi German camp
built east of Danzig, which is
today the Polish city of Gdansk.
Prosecutors argue that as a
guard there, Rehbogen helped
the camp operate.
From The Associated Press
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AMERICAN ROUNDUP
Community protests THE CENSUS
flag with swastika The approximate worth of gold coins stolen from a Billings, Mont., coin shop. Grizzly Gold and

CO FRUITA —
dents are speaking
Resi-

out against the display of a swas-

tika flag in a western Colorado
$13K Silver store manager Roger Brucker said two men entered the store to look at coins and made a
variety of requests to distract a store employee. He said surveillance cameras captured images
of one of the two men palming coins and putting them in his pocket.

community.
About 70 people marched to a
home in Fruita on Sunday and
rallied across the street for about
two hours. They chanted anti-
Nazi slogans and some held signs
with profanities in the city of
about 13,000.
A handful of people stood in the
driveway of the home with the
swastika flag. Two Confederate
flags and an American flag were
also displayed.
There was some shouting back
and forth but no violence. Sev-
eral police officers monitored the
demonstration.
Paul DeLancey told The Daily
Sentinel he traveled from Texas
to help his family because they
received threats over the swas-
tika flag.

Hammer, knives wielded

in family’s fight

IA RED OAK — Authorities

said a 69-year-old woman
and her two sons were flown to a
Nebraska hospital for treatment
after a fight broke out at their
home in western Iowa.
Police officers were sent to the
Red Oak home Sunday.
Assistant Police Chief Derrick
Walker says the Viola Rinehart’s
younger son, Luke Rinehart, in-
tervened when she and her elder
son, Kain Rinehart, got into an
argument. Walker said Kain
grabbed a kitchen knife and at-
tacked his mother and his broth-
er, so she armed herself with a
hammer while her younger son,
Luke, also got a knife.
Each of them suffered several
wounds and were flown to Nebras-
ka Medical Center in Omaha.
Two-headed snake on
exhibit at Salato Center
KY FRANKFORT — A
rare, two-headed cop-
perhead snake is on display at the
Salato Wildlife Education Center
in Frankfort.
The center says the snake,
which is only a month old, will be
shown to the public until Nov. 21,
when it closes for the winter.
The center closes seasonally
each year to allow the staff to
maintain and update exhibits and
facilities.
During this year’s closure, cen-
ter staff plan to expand the exist-
ing indoor snake exhibit.
Police: Man got in bed
naked with residents
GA AUGUSTA — A Geor-
gia man is accused of
breaking into an Augusta home,
rummaging around and then
jumping naked into bed with two
residents.
News outlets report Christo-
pher Lindner, 29, has been arrest-
ed on charges including criminal
trespassing. A Columbia County
Sheriff’s Office’s report said he
broke in last week and jumped
into bed with the couple, who was
Gondoliers gone wild
Gondoliers Parker Harrison, front right, of Newport Beach, Calif., and Alex Haynes of Providence, R.I., paddle during the 2.6-mile tandem
race in the U.S. Gondola Nationals on Sunday on the Providence River, in Providence. About 30 Venetian-style gondoliers from across the
nation competed in the U.S. Gondola Nationals that included single and tandem races for sprint, distance and slalom courses.
watching television.
It says they fled the home with
Lindner in pursuit. It says re-
sponding deputies found Lindner
lying in a roadway and he fled.
Authorities approached again,
and an aggressive Lindner was
pepper-sprayed to no effect.
Lindner then tried to enter a law
enforcement vehicle, was hit was
a metal baton and arrested.
Wall collapse injures 5
school football players
AL OAKMAN — Five
Alabama high school
football players were injured in
a locker room when a brick wall
collapsed onto them while they
were getting ready for a game.
News outlets reported that the
Oakman High School players
were in the visitor side locker
room at Pike County High School
on Friday when the cinder block
wall collapsed onto them as they
sat on a bench.
The five players were taken to
hospitals.
WBRC-TV reports that Pike
County’s superintendent says the
fire marshal’s office will inves-
tigate to find out why the partial
wall collapsed.
Driver hurt after driving
around a railroad gate
MD CUMBERLAND
— A Maryland driver
was injured after driving around
a lowered crossing gate at a rail-
road crossing.
The Cumberland Times-News
reported that the driver suffered
non-life-threatening injuries in
the Saturday morning accident.
Cumberland Police say the
driver’s vehicle was dragged
about 50 feet by the train that was
moving at about 10 mph. The ve-
hicle was badly damaged.
The driver, who wasn’t imme-
diately identified, faces traffic
charges including failure to obey
a traffic control device and reck-
less driving.
9-year-old girl wins toy
invention contest
NE OMAHA — A nine-
year-old Texas girl will
have the chance to pitch her toy
idea at the next American Inter-
national Toy Fair after winning a
contest.
Fat Brain Toys said that Emma
Turner of Marble Falls, Texas,
won its annual toy invention con-
test with her idea for a lighted box
that attracts bugs.
Emma will also receive a
$2,500 scholarship and a collec-
tion of prizes worth $500 from
the Omaha-based toy retailer.
Museum exhibiting rare
page from German bible
NY GLENS FALLS — A
small upstate New York
museum known for its fine arts
collection is displaying two cop-
ies of late 15th century German
books and a rare page from the
Gutenberg Bible.
The Hyde Collection in Glens
Falls says the page from Johann
Gutenberg’s Bible printed in
Germany in the mid-1450s was
discovered by a museum cura-
tor during research for “Making
History: The Nuremberg and
Augsburg Chronicles,” an exhibi-
tion running through Dec. 30.
The Gutenberg Bible page was
found among the extensive col-
lection of rare books compiled
by museum founder Louis Fiske
Hyde. Museum officials say he
acquired the document from the
owner in England in 1933 through
an antiquarian books dealer near
STEVEN SENNE /AP
Glens Falls.
The Gutenberg Bible is consid-
ered the first printed with mov-
able metal type.
Boy, 11, charged in
high-speed chase
OH CLEVELAND — Au-
thorities say an 11-
year-old boy in Ohio accused
of his second high-speed police
chase in 13 months has been
charged with grand theft and
criminal damaging.
Cleveland.com reported the
boy also was charged in Cuyahoga
County Juvenile Court with fail-
ing to comply with a police order.
Police in the Cleveland suburb of
Brooklyn said the boy took off in
his mother’s SUV on Sunday after
she took away his video game
console.
Police say officers chased him
as he sped down a road the wrong
way, reaching speeds of 70 to
90 mph. The chase ended about
30 minutes later when the boy
crashed into a parked truck and
received minor injuries.
Authorities say he led police on
a 100-mph chase last fall.
From wire reports
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FACES
‘Fixer Upper’ couple
forming TV network
One of America’s most popu-
lar television couples — Chip and
Joanna Gaines of “Fixer Upper”
fame — are returning to televi-
sion to launch a new TV network
in partnership with cable pro-
gramming giant Discovery.
The Texas couple’s HGTV show
ended this year, just before the
birth of their fifth child. On the
Nov. 9 episode of NBC’s “The To-
night Show with Jimmy Fallon,”
Chip Gaines dropped the news of
the new venture.
“We’re coming back to televi-
sion,” Gaines said, to cheers from
the studio audience. “We’re actu-
ally going to have a network, and
I think we’re going to really carve
it out in a way that makes sense to
us and our family.”
Discovery plans to rebrand one
of its smaller TV outlets — such
as DIY, Great American Country AP
Channel or Destination Ameri-
Stan Lee, pictured in 2001, served in the Army during World War II before becoming the architect of the contemporary comic book.
ca — into the Chip and Joanna
Gaines channel.

Brilliant storyline ends

The TV channel — and even-
tually a Gaines-branded stream-
ing service — will be owned by
Discovery, although the Gaine-
ses will have an equity stake and
serve as chief creative officers.
Discovery will handle TV af-
filiate and advertising sales and
technical support, according to
a person familiar with the dis-
cussions who was not authorized
to comment publicly. The couple
will retain merchandising rights
for products.
Sorvino hopes for
more from #MeToo
Mira Sorvino believes the key
to eradicating sexual misconduct
lies more in preventative educa-
tion than in “naming and sham-
ing” the perpetrators.
The Oscar-winning actress
was one of the first to come for-
ward with allegations of abuse
against movie mogul Harvey
Weinstein, and her resilience has
not wavered.
She wants to work with stu-
dents — from younger grades to
the end of high school — to make
them understand consent and
their physical rights.
“So we don’t raise boys — be-
cause it’s mostly boys who do this,
some girls, but mostly boys — who
turn into men who commit these
heinous crimes,” Sorvino told the
Associated Press during a recent
interview while promoting her
role on the new season of the Sony
Crackle series, “StartUp.”
Other news
 Douglas Rain, a Canadian
actor who played some of Shake-
speare’s most intriguing charac-
ters onstage but perhaps is best
known for supplying the creepily
calm voice of the rogue computer
HAL in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001:
A Space Odyssey,” died Sunday.
He was 90.
 New York Mets minor leagu-
er Tim Tebow has another off-
season job. The 2007 Heisman
Trophy winner and former NFL
quarterback will host “Million
Dollar Mile,” a 10-episode high-
stakes physical competition show
on CBS. No debut date has been
announced.
From wire reports
Stan Lee, creator of Marvel superheroes with human frailties, dies at 95
BY A NDREW DALTON AND DAVE ZELIO Celebrity tributes the most enduring. In 1972, he became Marvel’s
publisher and editorial director; four years later,
Associated Press
“I owe it all to you... Rest 72 million copies of “Spider-Man” were sold.
Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolution- In Peace Stan... #MCU CBS turned the Hulk into a successful TV series,
ized the comic book and helped make billions for
Hollywood by introducing human frailties in Mar-
#Excelsior #legend #rip with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno portraying the
#stanlee #TeamStark” doomed scientist from 1978-82. A Spider-Man se-
vel superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic “Iron Man” actor Robert ries ran briefly in 1978. Both characters were fea-
Four and the Incredible Hulk, died Monday. He Downey Jr., via Instagram tured in animated TV series as well.
was 95. The first big-budget movie based on Lee’s char-
Lee was declared dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical “There will never be another acters, “X-Men,” was a smash in 2000, earning
Center in Los Angeles, according to Kirk Schenck, Stan Lee. For decades more than $130 million at North American the-
an attorney for Lee’s daughter, J.C. Lee. he provided both young aters. “Spider-Man” did even better, taking in more
As the top writer at Marvel Comics and later as and old with adventure, than $400 million in 2002. A Marvel movie empire
its publisher, Lee was widely considered the archi- escape, comfort, confidence, would emerge after that, one of the most lucrative
tect of the contemporary comic book. He revived inspiration, strength, mega-franchises in cinema history, with the recent
the industry in the 1960s by offering the costumes friendship and joy. He exuded “Avengers: Infinity War” grossing more than $2 bil-
and action craved by younger readers while insist- love and kindness and will lion worldwide. In 10 years, the Marvel Cinematic
ing on sophisticated plots, college-level dialogue, leave an indelible mark on so, Universe films have netted more than $17.6 billion
satire, science fiction and even philosophy. so, so many lives. Excelsior!!” in worldwide grosses.
Millions responded to the unlikely mix of real- “Captain America” actor Stanley Martin Lieber was born Dec. 28, 1922,
istic fantasy, and many of his characters, includ- Chris Evans, via Twitter in New York. He grew up a fan of “Hardy Boys”
ing Spider-Man, the Hulk and X-Men, went on to
adventure books and Errol Flynn movies, and got
become stars of blockbuster films. He won the Na- “Thank you, Stan, for making a job at Timely Comics after graduating from high
tional Medal of Arts in 2008. me not only the boy I was school.
Recent projects Lee helped make possible range but also the man I am today. Within a few months, the editor and art direc-
from the films “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Black You had great power and you tor quit, leaving the 17-year-old Lee with creative
Panther” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” to such always used it responsibly, control over the company, which grew and was re-
TV series as “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Dare- fostering billions of dreamers named Atlas Comics and, finally, Marvel.
devil.” Lee was recognizable to his fans, having who all know your name — a After a stint in the Army Signal Corps during
had cameos in many Marvel films and TV projects, name written in the stars for World War II, writing for training films, he was
often delivering his trademark motto, “Excelsior!” all time. You were not just the back at Marvel to begin a long and admittedly bor-
Lee hit his stride in the 1960s when he brought
the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron
literary titan of comic books,
you were our modern day
ing run of assembly line comic book production.
Comics in the 1950s were the subject of Senate
Man and numerous others to life. “It was like there Mark Twain. I will miss you all hearings pushed by the Comics Code Authority,
was something in the air. I couldn’t do anything my days, my friend and hero. which frowned on gore and characters that ques-
wrong,” he said. Excelsior forevermore.” tioned authority. Major comic book companies ad-
His heroes, meanwhile, were a far cry from Filmmaker, comic book opted the code as a form of self-regulation to avoid
virtuous do-gooders such as rival DC Comics’ devotee and Stan Lee friend sanctions.
Superman. Kevin Smith, via Instagram Lee said he was also working for a publisher who
The Fantastic Four fought with each other. Spi- considered comics as fare only for children.
der-Man was goaded into superhero work by his “One day I said, ‘This is insane,’ ” Lee told the
alter ego, Peter Parker, who suffered from unre- Guardian in 1979. “I’m just doing the same type
quited crushes, money problems and dandruff. The Silver Surfer, an of stories as everybody else. I wasn’t taking pride in my work and I
alien doomed to wander Earth’s atmosphere, waxed about the woeful wanted to quit. But my wife said, ‘Look, why don’t you do the kind of
nature of man. The Hulk was marked by self-loathing. Daredevil was comics you want for a change?’ ”
blind and Iron Man had a weak heart. The result was the first issue of “The Fantastic Four,” in 1960, with
Some of Lee’s creations became symbols of social change — the the characters, plot and text from Lee and the illustrations by famed
inner turmoil of Spider-Man represented ’60s America, for example, Marvel artist Jack Kirby.
while The Black Panther and The Savage She-Hulk mirrored the tra- The characters were normal people changed into reluctant super-
vails of minorities and women. heroes through no fault of their own.
Lee scripted most of Marvel’s superhero comics himself during “The Amazing Spider-Man” followed in 1962 and before long,
the ’60s, including ones about the Avengers and the X-Men, two of Marvel Comics was an industry behemoth.
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OPINION
Could Trump love military any less?
BY K AREN T UMULTY
The Washington Post
N
early every day lately, President
Donald Trump has found a new
way to show us how little regard
he has for the sacrifices of our
nation’s military.
The latest came the very morning that
the nation was commemorating Veterans
Day, when the commander in chief made a
radical and illegal proposal. He tweeted:
“The Florida Election should be called in
favor of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis in that
large numbers of new ballots showed up out
of nowhere, and many ballots are missing
or forged. An honest vote count is no longer
possible — ballots massively infected. Must
go with Election Night!”
Forget for a moment that Trump and the
Republicans have been pushing, without
evidence, conspiracy theories of massive
election fraud. Trump’s off-the-wall pro-
posal to “go with” the election night totals
would throw out a great number of military
and overseas ballots, which are required by
Florida law to be counted if they arrive by
Friday, so long as they were postmarked by
Nov. 6.
This comes after Trump on Saturday
skipped a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne
American Cemetery in France, where there
are headstones for 2,289 U.S. troops, many
of whom were killed in the bloody 1918
Battle of Belleau Wood. The names of more
than 1,000 others who were never found are
inscribed on a wall there.
The reason Trump decided not to show?
Rain. Washington Post columnist Max Boot
noted over the weekend:
“The White House explained that bad
weather grounded the helicopters that
Trump and his entourage were planning
In California, moments that test you under fire
BY JOHN H EUBUSCH
Special to The Washington Post
When Californians see the tragic weath-
er events that interrupt the lives of so many
year round in other parts of the country, we
grimace. Most of us have friends or rela-
tives back East who have been caught in a
storm of one kind or another.
But, to be honest, it’s often hard to relate
to those stories when the weather here is so
friendly all year. Sunny and mild most all of
the time. No hurricanes. No such thing as
a tornado. Our blizzards stay in the moun-
tain ski resorts where they belong. We
rarely hear of floods because our constant
droughts dictate that we seem to never, ever
see a drop of rain. There’s just no weather
here.
That is, until the fires arrive.
Santa Ana winds that come roaring out
of the Western desert about this time each
year arrived last Thursday. They were not a
welcome guest. This time, they’ve brought
with them massive fires and a world turned
upside down. No one knows just yet how the
fires got their start. Flames erupted near-
ly simultaneously in several canyons that
stretch like fingers into the San Fernando
Valley. A quarter-million people living just
north of Los Angeles had to evacuate.
Many managed to escape the Califor-
nia way. There we sat, stalled in traffic for
hours, as famous freeways such as the Pa-
cific Coast Highway along the ocean were
closed north and south to make way for the
firetrucks. They moved fast, but for many,
unfortunately, not fast enough. Large swaths
of comfortable neighborhoods; Paramount
Ranch, the site for countless Western mov-
ies; idyllic outdoor restaurants; mansions,
horse ranches and vineyards were ravaged
as flames jumped the 10 lanes of Highway
ST R I P E S • Wednesday, November 14, 2018
to take. Yet somehow, bad weather did not
prevent French President Emmanuel Ma-
cron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel or
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
from attending outdoor ceremonies com-
memorating the end of World War I that
afternoon. Somehow, bad weather did not
stop Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and retired
general John Kelly, the White House chief
of staff, from attending the very ceremony
that Trump could not make.”
Meanwhile, now that the election is over,
Trump is no longer talking about the sup-
posed “invasion” of this country by a mi-
grant caravan. But 5,600 U.S. troops are still
having to live with the effects of the stunt he
pulled when he rushed them to the border
to perform the vital mission of — well, that
still isn’t exactly clear.
It is far from certain when, where or
even if the destitute, foot-sore migrants
will arrive. And yet The New York Times
reported:
“Instead of football with their families on
this Veterans Day weekend, soldiers with
the 19th Engineer Battalion, fresh from
Fort Knox, Ky., were painstakingly web-
bing concertina wire on the banks of the
Rio Grande, just beneath the McAllen-Hi-
dalgo-Reynosa International Bridge.
“Nearby, troops from Joint Base Lewis-
McChord, in Washington state, were mak-
ing sure a sick call tent was properly set up
next to their aid station. And a few miles
away, Staff Sgt. Juan Mendoza was direct-
ing traffic as his engineer support company
from Fort Bragg, N.C., unloaded military
vehicles.
“Come Thanksgiving, they most likely
will still be here.
“Two thousand miles away, at the Penta-
gon, officials privately derided the deploy-
101 intent on making their way to Malibu,
15 miles west.
Make it they did. Fifty-mph gusts of wind
might not sound like much to the hurricane
hardened. But when they are pushing a
40-foot wall of fire down suburban streets,
you know it’s trouble. Two people have died
in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Our
neighbors to the north, victims of the “Camp
Fire,” have fared far worse. There, at least
three dozen have perished in the most de-
structive firestorm in California history,
many of them trapped in their cars as they
attempted to outrun the flames. More than
200 people are missing. The entire town of
Paradise in the Sierra Nevada foothills is
gone. Some 6,700 structures, most of them
homes, vanished in just a few hours.
As I type this on my iPhone, I am standing
in the middle of the street a hundred yards
from our home where, by some miracle,
there is still some cell coverage. Scores of
neighborhoods around me lie quiet, without
power, many guarded by police to prevent
looting or the return of owners trying to
find if their houses still stand. Hundreds of
homes and countless memories lie in ashes.
I am told satellite views from space show
much of southern California shrouded in
smoke. I believe it. Most everyone you meet
smells like a campfire. A haze fills the air,
and it’s not safe to breathe. Children cough.
Eyes burn.
The skies have looked like a war zone for
three days. I stood perched on our rooftop
two days ago, garden hose in hand, trying
to soak our wood shingles before a burn-
ing ember might descend, taking our home
with it (don’t do this). I watched as heli-
copters and prop planes, laden with water,
took turns diving behind the hillsides near-
by to drop their loads. All at once, a huge
ment as an expensive waste of time and
resources, and a morale-killer to boot.
“Leading up to the midterm vote on Tues-
day (Nov. 6), the military announced that
the border mission would be called Opera-
tion Faithful Patriot. But Defense Secretary
Jim Mattis on Election Day told officials to
drop the name, and the Pentagon sent out
a terse news release a day later saying the
operation was now simply to be known as
border support. The term “faithful patriot,”
officials said, had political overtones.”
Though he is nearly two years into his
presidency, Trump has yet to visit U.S.
troops in a combat zone, something his
four most recent predecessors all did. Last
month, Trump, who has spent more than
100 days of his presidency golfing, told The
Associated Press that he believed such a
trip is not “overly necessary. I’ve been very
busy with everything that’s taking place
here.”
All of this, perhaps, should not be sur-
prising, given how Trump as a candidate
mocked the suffering of Sen. John McCain,
R-Ariz., in a North Vietnamese prison and
attacked a Gold Star family.
Yet he often pounds his chest and claims
“nobody has been better at the military.”
The president has also claimed that he
gave the military its first pay raise in a de-
cade or more. That is a flat-out lie. Military
personnel get a raise every year. While this
year’s pay boost of 2.4 percent is the largest
in eight years, increases in 2008, 2009 and
2010 were all 3.4 percent or greater.
The U.S. military deserves better than a
commander in chief who treats it as a prop.
Rather than throwing a big parade, the
president should make sure the rights and
needs of those who put everything on the
line are respected and honored.
DC-10 seemed to emerge from heaven. Fly-
ing low, it dropped bright orange retardant
on a fire climbing a hill just a few streets
away. I felt I could reach out and touch it. It
just as quickly turned and arced out of our
neighborhood, having saved the day.
Brave pilots have been attacking the fires
around the clock as the winds swirl and
flames flare up, die down and then flare
up again from one deep canyon to the next.
God bless them all. They, along with the
firefighters on the ground and the police,
are the heroes here. Farther north, 200 in-
mates, part of a volunteer force, joined the
professional firefighters there. Our home
was saved. Our best friends who introduced
us to southern California and helped us find
our cherished neighborhood were not so
lucky. They live in Malibu Canyon nearby
and lost everything.
You find that these moments are tests.
What do you reach for in the dark when the
power is out and you have just minutes to
pack only what you can carry? It turns out,
not much. Things to get by. Some clothes.
A toothbrush. A comfortable pair of shoes.
And, of course, the things with meaning.
The things impossible to replace or that
help keep you alive. Wedding photos. Keep-
sakes. Passports. Prescriptions.
Everyone is tired, running on adrena-
line. When you are forced from normalcy
so quickly, it’s difficult to sleep. But there
are benefits, too. It’s been heartening to see
people in our neighborhood come together
to help one another like never before. We’ve
met new and wonderful people. Hugs are
shared. The fires have found a way to forge
us together like nothing before.
John Heubusch is a novelist and the executive
director of the Reagan Foundation and Library in
Simi Valley, Calif.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
BUSINESS/WEATHER
Amazon to split second HQ between NY, Va.
BY A LAN SUDERMAN
AND JOSEPH P ISANI
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. — Amazon
will split its second headquarters
between Long Island City in New
York and Crystal City in northern
Virginia, according to a person
familiar with the plans.
The online retailer was expect-
ed to make an official announce-
ment later Tuesday. The person
was not authorized to speak pub-
licly ahead of that announce-
ment and spoke on condition of
anonymity.
The decision ends an intense
competition between North Amer-
ican cities to win Amazon and its
Internet traffic hijack disrupts Google services
BY FRANK BAJAK
Associated Press
An internet traffic diversion
that rerouted data through Rus-
sia and China disrupted Google
services on Monday, including
search, cloud-hosting services and
its bundle of collaboration tools for
businesses.
Service interruptions lasted for
nearly two hours, network ser-
vice companies said. In addition
to Russian and Chinese telecom-
munications companies, a Nige-
rian internet provider was also
involved.
The diversion “at a minimum
caused a massive denial of service
to G Suite (business collaboration
tools) and Google Search” and
“put valuable Google traffic in the
hands of ISPs in (internet service
providers) in countries with a long
history of Internet surveillance,”
WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Baghdad
69/56
Kuwait
City Bahrain
82/76
70/66
Riyadh Doha
85/64 83/78
Djibouti
86/77
promise of 50,000 new jobs. Some
locations tried to stand out with
stunts, but Amazon made clear
that it really wanted incentives,
such as tax breaks and grants.
The company received 238 pro-
posals before narrowing the list
to 20 in January.
Amazon had stipulated that it
wanted to be near a metropolitan
area with more than a million
people; be within 45 minutes of an
international airport; have direct
access to mass transit; and have
room to expand. It also wanted to
able to attract top technical talent
and be able to expand the head-
quarters to as much as 8 million
square feet in the next decade.
Set within eyeshot of the na-
the network-intelligence company
ThousandEyes said in a blog post.
A Google status page noted that
“access to some Google services
was impacted” and said the cause
was “external to Google.” The
company offered little additional
information.
The type of traffic misdirec-
tion employed, known as border
gateway protocol hijacking, can
knock essential services offline
and facilitate espionage and finan-
cial theft. It can result either from
misconfiguration — human error,
essentially — or from malicious
action.
Most network traffic to Google
services — 94 percent as of Oc-
tober 27 — is encrypted, which
shields it from prying eyes even if
diverted.
Alex Henthorn-Iwane, an ex-
ecutive at ThousandEyes, called
Monday’s incident the worst af-
Kabul
54/30
Kandahar
64/38
Lajes,
Azores
61/57
Morón
72/52
Rota
73/54
•STA R S A N D ST R I P E S
tion’s capital, Crystal City is a
thicket of 1980s-era office towers
trying to plug into new economic
energy after thousands of federal
jobs moved elsewhere.
Rapidly growing Long Island
City, in the borough of Queens,
is an old manufacturing area al-
ready being reinvented as a hub
for 21st-century industry, cre-
ativity and urbane living.
In setting off the flurry of inter-
est, Amazon said it could spend
more than $5 billion to build its
second headquarters over the
next 17 years. The two locations
combined would be about the
same size as the company’s cur-
rent home in Seattle, which has
33 buildings, 23 restaurants and
fecting Google that his San Fran-
cisco company has seen.
He said he suspected nation-
state involvement because the
traffic was effectively landing at
state-run China Telecom. A recent
study by U.S. Naval War College
and Tel Aviv University scholars
found that China systematically
hijacks and diverts U.S. internet
traffic.
Google said it had no reason to
believe the traffic hijacking was
malicious. It did not explain why.
Much of the internet’s under-
pinnings are built on trust, a relic
of the good intentions its design-
ers assumed of users. One con-
sequence: little can be done if a
nation-state or someone with ac-
cess to a major internet provider
— or exchange — decides to re-
route traffic.
Henthorn-Iwane said Monday’s
hijacking may have been “a war-
WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE
Mildenhall/
Lakenheath
57/45
Brussels
Ramstein
54/40
48/43
Stuttgart Pápa
52/39 54/32
Aviano/
Vicenza
64/46
Naples
67/46
Sigonella
68/55
• F3HIJKLM
houses 40,000 employees. The
company isn’t leaving Seattle,
and Amazon founder and CEO
Jeff Bezos has said the new head-
quarters will be “a full equal” to
its current home.
The extra space will help
the rapidly growing company.
Launched in 1995 as a site that
mostly sells books, Amazon now
produces movies, makes voice-
activated Echo devices, runs the
Whole Foods grocery chain, of-
fers online services to businesses
and designs its own brands of fur-
niture, clothing and diapers. Its
ambitions are wide: It launched
a company to lower health care
costs for its employees and Am-
azon’s corporate partners in the
game experiment.”
The Department of Homeland
Security did not immediately re-
spond to a request for comment.
ThousandEyes named the com-
panies involved in Monday’s inci-
dent, in addition to China Telecom,
as the Russian internet provider
Transtelecom and the Nigerian
ISP MainOne.
MARKET WATCH
THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC
Seoul
59/39
Osan
54/34 Busan
61/48 Iwakuni
61/40
Sasebo
63/44
Okinawa
76/67
Souda Bay
62/54 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
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venture, JPMorgan Chase and
Berkshire Hathaway.
Amazon’s employee total has
ballooned to more than 600,000
worldwide, and that’s expected to
increase as it builds more ware-
houses across the country to keep
up with online orders. The com-
pany recently announced that it
would pay all its workers at least
$15 an hour, but the employees at
its second headquarters will be
paid a lot more — Amazon says
they’ll make an average of more
than $100,000 a year.
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Military rates
Euro costs (Nov. 14)..........................$1.1555
Dollar buys (Nov. 14) ........................€0.8654
British pound (Nov. 14) ........................ $1.33
Japanese yen (Nov. 14) ...................... 111.00
South Korean won (Nov. 14) ..........1,109.00
Commercial rates
Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................... 0.3770
British pound ........................................ $1.2947
Canada (Dollar)....................................... 1.3243
China (Yuan) ........................................... 6.9568
Denmark (Krone)................................... 6.6238
Egypt (Pound)........................................ 17.9101
Euro ............................................... $1.1268/.8875
Hong Kong (Dollar) ................................ 7.8309
Hungary (Forint).................................... 286.90
Israel (Shekel) ......................................... 3.6919
Japan (Yen)............................................... 113.96
Kuwait (Dinar) ........................................ 0.3044
Norway (Krone) ..................................... 8.4884
Philippines (Peso) .................................... 53.13
Poland (Zloty).............................................. 3.81
Saudi Arabia (Riyal) .............................. 3.7514
Singapore (Dollar).................................. 1.3813
South Korea (Won) ............................ 1,133.56
Switzerland (Franc) ............................... 1.0102
Thailand (Baht) ......................................... 32.99
Turkey (New Lira) .................................. 5.5040
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SCOREBOARD
College football College basketball
Sports West Alabama-Bowie State winner at San Francisco 88, Sonoma St. 54
on AFN STATS FCS poll Valdosta State (10-0) Men’s AP Top 25 UC Irvine 87, Life 53
The top 25 teams in the STATS Foot- Wingate-West Georgia winner vs. The top 25 teams in The Associated Washington 66, San Diego 63
ball Championship Subdivision poll, with Florida Tech-Lenoir-Rhyne winner Press’ college basketball poll, with first-
first-place votes in parentheses, records Fort Hays State-Indianapolis winner place votes in parentheses, records
through Nov. 11, points and previous at Ouachita Baptist (11-0) through Nov. 11, total points based on Women’s AP Top 25
rank: Harding-Ferris State winner vs. North- 25 points for a first-place vote through The top 25 teams in The Associated
Go to the American Forces Record Pts Pvs west Missouri State-Grand Valley State one point for a 25th-place vote and last Press’ women’s college basketball poll,
Network website for the most 1. North Dakota State (155) 10-0 3875 1 winner week’s ranking: with first-place votes in parentheses,
2. Kennesaw State 9-1 3677 2 Colorado State-Pueblo-Colorado Mines Record Pts Prv records through Nov. 11, total points
up-to-date TV schedules. 3. Weber State 8-2 3502 3 winner at Minnesota-Mankato (11-0) 1. Duke (48) 2-0 1606 4 based on 25 points for a first-place vote
myafn.net 4. Eastern Washington 8-2 3415 5 Azusa Pacific-Tarleton State winner
vs. Texas A&M-Commerce--Minnesota
2. Kansas (14) 1-0 1571 1 through one point for a 25th-place vote
5. South Dakota State 7-2 3262 6 3. Gonzaga 2-0 1478 3 and last week’s ranking:
6. Jacksonville State 8-2 2822 8 Duluth winner 4. Virginia (2) 2-0 1326 5 Record Pts Pvs
7. James Madison 7-3 2806 9 5. Tennessee (1) 2-0 1306 6 1. Notre Dame (30) 1-0 774 1
College hockey 8. Colgate
9. UC Davis
9-0 2691 10
8-2 2635 4 AFCA Division III Coaches poll 6. Nevada
7. North Carolina
2-0 1277
2-0 1260
7
8
2. UConn
3. Oregon (1)
1-0 736
2-0 704
2
3
10. Stony Brook 7-3 2379 12 Nov. 12 8. Villanova 2-0 1139 9 4. Baylor 3-0 679 4
11. Princeton 9-0 2099 13 Record Pts Pvs 9. Auburn 2-0 1132 11 5. Louisville 2-0 664 5
NCAA Division I poll 12. North Carolina A&T
13. Wofford
8-2 1989 14
7-3 1838 15
1. Mount Union (41) 10-0 1289 1 10. Kentucky 1-1 1054 2 6. Mississippi St. 2-0 593 6
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor (11) 10-0 1258 2 11. Michigan St. 1-1 919 10 7. Stanford 2-0 560 7
MINNEAPOLIS — The top 20 teams in 14. Elon 6-3 1794 7 3. Brockport 10-0 1144 3
the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey 12. Kansas St. 1-0 892 12 8. Oregon St. 1-0 535 8
15. Towson 7-3 1784 20 4. Wisconsin-Whitewater 10-0 1142 4 13. Oregon 2-0 739 14 9. Maryland 2-0 508 9
poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey 16. Maine 7-3 1728 16 5. St. John’s 10-0 1117 5
Online, with first-place votes in paren- 14. Florida St. 2-0 731 17 10. South Carolina 1-0 492 10
17. Delaware 7-3 1572 11 6. Frostburg State 9-0 1038 6 15. Syracuse 2-0 673 16 11. Texas 1-0 457 11
theses, records through Nov. 11 and pre- 18. Nicholls 7-3 1528 17 7. Hardin-Simmons 9-1 976 8
vious ranking: 16. Virginia Tech 1-0 664 15 12. Tennessee 1-0 428 11
19. ETSU 8-2 1315 19 8. John Carroll 9-1 935 10 17. Mississippi St. 2-0 549 18 13. Iowa 2-0 391 13
Record Pts Pvs 20. Dartmouth 8-1 776 25 9. North Central 9-1 858 11
1. Minnesota Duluth (41) 8-1-1 989 1 18. Michigan 2-0 486 19 14. Georgia 2-0 368 14
21. San Diego 8-2 495 NR 10. Trine 10-0 793 12 19. Clemson 2-0 350 22 15. DePaul 1-0 319 15
2. St. Cloud State (7) 9-1-0 953 2 22. McNeese 6-4 447 18 11. Whitworth 9-0 707 15
3. Minnesota State (2) 7-1-0 899 3 20. UCLA 2-0 340 21 16. Missouri 1-0 290 16
23. Southeast Missouri State 7-3 412 21 11. Delaware Valley 9-1 707 13 21. TCU 2-0 323 20 17. NC State 2-0 273 17
4. UMass 8-1-0 807 9 24. UIW 6-4 378 NR 13. Johns Hopkins 9-1 632 16
5. Penn State 8-1-0 728 8 22. LSU 2-0 248 23 18. Syracuse 1-1 259 18
25. Montana State 6-4 152 NR 14. Washington & Jefferson 9-1 554 17 23. Purdue 2-0 218 24 19. Marquette 3-0 228 19
6. Ohio State 6-3-1 719 7 Others: Indiana State 124, Idaho State 15. Bethel 9-1 538 23
7. Denver 5-2-1 656 5 24. Marquette 2-0 155 — 20. Texas A&M 2-0 182 20
112, Lamar 99, Alcorn State 90, Montana 16. Wittenberg 9-1 500 19 25. Buffalo 2-0 154 —
8. Notre Dame 5-4-1 638 6 89, UNI 81, Furman 74, North Dakota 72, 21. South Florida 2-0 160 22
17. Wabash 9-1 448 20 Others receiving votes: West Virginia 22. Arizona St. 1-1 120 23
9. Providence 5-3-1 637 4 Monmouth 56, Abilene Christian 47, Illi- 18. Berry 9-1 363 9
10. Bowling Green 7-2-2 560 10 nois State 37, Duquesne 34, Chattanoo- 145, Indiana 131, Nebraska 41, Wisconsin 23. California 2-0 108 24
19. St. Thomas 8-2 362 7 32, Washington 29, Maryland 28, Notre
11. North Dakota 5-3-1 451 11 ga 25, Western Illinois 16, Sam Houston 20. Linfield 7-2 311 22 24. Miami 3-0 107 25
12. Union 7-3-1 399 12 State 13, Rhode Island 12, Central Arkan- 21. Illinois Wesleyan 8-2 277 24 Dame 24, Miami 16, Ohio St. 14, Alabama 25. Minnesota 1-0 41 —
13. Northeastern 6-3-1 362 15 sas 10, Murray State 6, Southern Univer- 22. Muhlenberg 9-1 247 25 11, Florida 9, Iowa St. 9, Louisville 8, Texas Others receiving votes: West Virginia
14. Quinnipiac 7-2-0 328 13 sity 4, Florida A&M 3. 23. Rensselaer 8-1 119 14 6, Texas Tech 5, Arizona St. 4, Butler 4, 32, Cent Michigan 26, Northwestern 15,
15. Princeton 3-1-1 312 18 24. Wheaton 8-2 100 NR Vanderbilt 4, Loyola of Chicago 3, Arizona Duke 7, TCU 4, Boise St. 4, Michigan 3,
16. Michigan 5-4-0 270 14 25. Baldwin Wallace 8-2 93 21 2, Marshall 2, St. John’s 2, Xavier 2, David- Drake 3, Florida St. 2, Virginia Tech 2, Buf-
17. Cornell 4-2-0 263 17 FCS Coaches poll Others receiving votes: Centre (Ky.) son 1, Furman 1, Penn 1, S. Illinois 1. falo 1.
18. Arizona State 9-3-0 168 — Nov. 12 71; Wartburg (Iowa) 66; Case Western
19. Minnesota
20. Miami
2-4-1 114 16
8-4-0 104 19
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Dakota State (26) 10-0 650 1
Reserve (Ohio) 62; Wisconsin-La Crosse
45; Ithaca (N.Y.) 18; Denison (Ohio) 16;
Monday’s men’s scores Monday’s women’s scores
Other receiving votes: Bemidji State 2. Kennesaw State 9-1 622 2 Trinity (Conn.) 14; Washington (Mo.) 13; EAST EAST
60, Wisconsin 38, Lake Superior 16, Air 3. Eastern Washington 8-2 594 3 Amherst (Mass.) 10; St. Norbert (Wis.) Binghamton 107, Misericordia 64 Baruch 74, Yeshiva 66
Force 9, Michigan Tech 7, Boston Univer- 4. Weber State 8-2 570 4 10; Central (Iowa) 9; Salisbury (Md.) 9; New Hampshire 100, Mount St. Vincent 61 Boston U. 72, Brown 51
sity 7, Boston College 5, Michigan State 5. South Dakota State 7-2 547 6 Randolph-Macon (Va.) 8; Wesley (Del.) 8; Niagara 80, St. Bonaventure 72 Columbia 70, Army 49
1. 6. Colgate 9-0 503 8 Framingham St. (Mass.) 6; Southwestern Penn St. 76, Jacksonville St. 61 Cornell 48, Albany (NY) 34
7. Jacksonville State 8-2 484 9 (Tex.) 5; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) Pittsburgh 84, Troy 75 Duquesne 73, Mount St. Mary’s 64
8. James Madison 7-3 467 10 3; Eureka (Ill.) 3; Hanover (Ind.) 3; Martin Sacred Heart 114, W. New England 72 SOUTH

Tennis 9. Princeton
10. Stony Brook
9-0 430 11
7-3 382 15
Luther (Minn.) 3; Monmouth (Ill.) 3; MIT
(Mass.) 2; Texas Lutheran 2; Union (N.Y.)
Saint Joseph’s 78, Monmouth (NJ) 63
UMBC 75, Manhattan 52
SOUTH
Belmont 78, Tulsa 53
Florida Gulf Coast 99, Florida Memorial 68
Georgia St. 67, FIU 61
11. UC Davis 8-2 372 7 2; Hope (Mich.) 1.
12. Elon 6-3 339 5 Chowan 86, Piedmont International 66 LSU-Alexandria 72, Xavier (NO) 64
13. North Carolina A&T 8-2 324 13 James Madison 82, Bridgewater (Va.) 59 Mercer 79, Georgia Southern 72
ATP Finals 14. Wofford 7-3 319 14 NCAA Division III playoffs LSU-Alexandria 76, Xavier (NO) 68 Northwestern St. 100, LeTourneau 40
Monday 15. Nicholls 7-3 285 16 First Round Maryland 82, NC A&T 59 SE Louisiana 70, Mobile 57
O2 Arena 16. Towson 7-3 266 20 Saturday, Nov. 17 North Carolina 90, Stanford 72 Savannah St. 101, Carver Bible 49
London 17. East Tennessee State 8-2 256 17 Maryville (Tenn.) (7-2) at Berry (9-1) Presbyterian 109, Welch 57 Troy 72, Samford 52
Surface: Hard-Indoor 18. Delaware 7-3 227 12 St. Norbert (9-1) at Trine (10-0) South Florida 74, Austin Peay 70, OT Vanderbilt 99, Austin Peay 70
Round Robin 19. Maine 7-3 224 21 Denison (8-2) at Mount Union (10-0) The Citadel 148, Mid-Atlantic Christian 75 W. Carolina 63, Young Harris 54
Singles 20. Dartmouth 8-1 169 23 Washington & Jefferson (9-1) at Cen- VCU 72, Bowling Green 61 William & Mary 88, Howard 75
Group Guga Kuerten 21. McNeese 6-4 84 18 tre (9-1) MIDWEST MIDWEST
Alexander Zverev (3), Germany, def. 22. San Diego 8-2 83 NR Randolph-Macon (8-2) at John Carroll Bemidji St. 103, Oak Hills 63 Augustana (SD) 87, Mount Marty 61
Marin Cilic (5), Croatia, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1). 23. Southeast Missouri St. 7-3 82 19 (9-1) Butler 84, Detroit 63 E. Illinois 97, Lincoln (Pa.) 34
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. John 24. Indiana State 6-4 50 NR Muhlenberg (9-1) at Delaware Valley Davenport 68, Calvin 66 Kansas St. 61, Omaha 46
Isner (8), United States, 6-4, 6-3. 25. North Dakota 6-4 23 NR (9-1) DePaul 91, Morgan St. 63 Loras 77, Wis.-Whitewater 73
Standings: Djokovic 1-0 (2-0, 12-7), Others receiving votes: Incarnate Framingham State (8-2) at Brockport Kalamazoo 114, Concordia (Ill.) 93 Loyola of Chicago 52, Detroit 43
Zverev 1-0 (sets 2-0, games 14-12), Cilic Word 22; Idaho State 12; Montana State (10-0) Kansas 84, Vermont 68 Northwestern (Minn.) 58, Saint Cath-
0-1 (0-2, 12-14), Isner 0-1 (0-2, 7-12). 11; Illinois State 10 Alcorn State 9; Mon- Husson (7-2) at Rensselear (8-1) Kansas St. 64, Denver 56 erine 52
Group Lleyton Hewitt mouth (N.J.) 9; Furman 6; Montana 6; Western New England (8-2) at Frost- Miami (Ohio) 91, Midway 42 Notre Dame 75, Penn 55
Standings: Anderson 1-0 (2-0, 13-9), Rhode Island 4; Chattanooga 3; Northern burg State (9-0) Minnesota 78, Utah 69 Old Dominion 76, Cincinnati 72
Nishikori 1-0 (2-0, 13-9), Federer 0-1 (0-2, Iowa 3; Western Illinois 2; Duquesne 1. MIT (9-1) at Johns Hopkins (9-1) Nebraska Wesleyan 104, Bethany Lu- Purdue Fort Wayne 84, Taylor 74
9-13), Thiem 0-1 (0-2, 9-13), Eureka (9-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater theran 85 S. Dakota St. 80, Cent. Michigan 71
Doubles (9-0) Ohio 81, Campbell 73 W. Illinois 136, MacMurray 39
Group Knowles/Nestor AFCA Division II Coaches poll Hardin Simmons (9-1) at Mary Hardin- SE Missouri 102, Quincy 66 SOUTHWEST
Oliver Marach, Austria, and Mate Nov. 12 Baylor (10-0) Viterbo 102, East-West 70 Arkansas St. 77, Memphis 66
Pavic (1), Croatia, def. Pierre-Hugues Record Pts Pvs Martin Luther (9-1) at St. John’s Youngstown St. 106, Heidelberg 83 Lamar 94, Louisiana College 43
Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (8), France, 1. Minnesota State (29) 11-0 818 1 (Minn.) (10-0) SOUTHWEST SMU 62, MVSU 47
6-4, 7-6 (3). 2. Ferris State (3) 11-0 789 2 Hanover (7-3) at North Central (Ill.) (9-1) Arkansas St. 89, Missouri Baptist 54 Texas 64, North Texas 54
Mike Bryan and Jack Sock (5), United 3. Valdosta State (1) 10-0 738 5 Wartburg (8-2) at Bethel (Minn.) (9-1) FAR WEST Texas A&M-CC 59, Texas Rio Grande
States, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and 4. Ouachita Baptist 11-0 728 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7-3) at Arizona St. 90, Long Beach St. 58 Valley 49
Marcelo Melo (3), Brazil, 6-3, 7-6 (5). 5. Minnesota Duluth 11-0 682 6 Whitworth (9-0)
Standings: M.Bryan-Sock 1-0 (2-0, 13- Grand Canyon 76, Jacksonville 59 FAR WEST
6. Tarleton State 10-0 664 7 Montana 79, Montana Tech 55 Portland 89, Weber St. 73
9), Marach-Pavic 1-0 (2-0, 13-10), Her- 7. Grand Valley State 10-1 608 8
bert-Mahut 0-1 (0-2, 10-13), Kubot-Melo 8. West Chester 10-0 559 9 NAIA poll
0-1 (0-2, 9-13)
Group Llodra/Santoro
Standings: Cabal-Farah 1-0 (2-0, 12-7),
9. Colorado State-Pueblo 10-1 539 10
10. West Georgia
11. Notre Dame (OH)
10-1 527 3
11-0 491 11
Nov. 11
1. Morningside (Iowa)
Record Pts Pvs
11-0 366 1
Deals
J.Murray-Soares 1-0 (2-1, 12-12), Klaasen- 12. Indianapolis 9-1 446 12 2. Marian (Ind.) 10-0 352 2
Venus 0-1 (1-2, 12-12), Mektic-Peya 0-1 (0- 13. LIU Post 10-0 410 13 3. Bethel (Tenn.) 10-0 337 3 Ferguson to the practice squad. Re-
2, 7-12) 14. Colorado School of Mines 10-1 395 15 4. Reinhardt (Ga.) 9-1 324 4 Monday’s transactions leased WR Malachi Dupre from the prac-
15. Texas A&M-Commerce 9-2 366 14 5. Northwestern (Iowa) 9-1 304 5 BASEBALL tice squad.
16. MSU Texas 8-2 310 16 6. Kansas Wesleyan 11-0 293 6 American League NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed WR
Pro soccer 17. Lenoir-Rhyne 10-1 306 17
18. Northwest Missouri State 9-2 297 19
7. Benedictine (Kan.)
8. Saint Francis (Ind.)
10-1 284
8-2 264
7
8
MINNESOTA TWINS — Announced the
retirement of C/1B Joe Mauer.
Brandon Marshall.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Announced DT
19. Fort Hays State 9-2 232 22 9. Langston (Okla.) 9-1 253 10 National League Eddie Vanderdoes will remain on the Re-
20. Kutztown 9-1 214 21 10. Grand View (Iowa) 8-2 235 12 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Announced serve/PUP list.
MLS playoffs 21. Harding 9-2 186 25 11. Cumberlands (Ky.) 10-1 230 13 LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu accepted the qualify- SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Promoted RB
Conference Semifinals 22. Ohio Dominican 9-2 91 NR 12. Baker (Kan.) 8-2 218 14 ing offer. Matthew Dayes from the practice squad.
Home-and-home 23. Hillsdale 9-2 68 20 13. Concordia (Mich.) 9-2 195 15 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Promoted Waived DB Tyvis Powell.
First leg 24. Azusa Pacific 8-3 48 NR 14. Evangel (Mo.) 9-2 174 9 Katina Shaw to vice president-commu- TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived
Eastern Conference 25. Bowie State 9-2 46 NR 15. Dickinson State (N.D.) 8-2 165 16 nity relations and family liaison. K Chandler Catanzaro. Signed K Cairo
Columbus 1, New York 0 Others receiving votes: Central Wash- 16. Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 8-3 160 11 BASKETBALL Santos.
Atlanta 1, New York City FC 0 ington 30; New Haven (Conn.) 19; Pitts- 17. Saint Xavier (Ill.) 8-3 156 17 National Basketball Association HOCKEY
Western Conference burg St. (Kan.) 18; West Alabama 18; 18. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 7-3 133 18 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Trad- National Hockey League
Portland 2, Seattle 1 Fairmont St. (W.Va.) 17; Missouri S&T 16; 19. Georgetown (Ky.) 7-3 115 19 ed F Jimmy Butler and C Justin Patton to ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled C Kalle
Sporting Kansas City 1, Real Salt Lake 1 Tiffin (Ohio) 15; Slippery Rock (Pa.) 12; 20. Ottawa (Kan.) 8-2 88 21 Philadelphia for Fs Robert Covington and Kossila from San Diego (AHL). Assigned
Second leg Virginia Union 8; Indiana (Pa.) 6; South- 21. Southeastern (Fla.) 7-3 84 25 Dario Saric; G Jerryd Bayless and a 2022 C Isac Lundestrom to San Diego.
Eastern Conference ern Arkansas 6; Colorado Mesa 1; Florida 22. College of Idaho 6-5 53 24 second-round draft pick. CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F An-
Atlanta 3, New York City FC 1, Atlanta Tech 1. 23. Dordt (Iowa) 7-3 44 NR FOOTBALL thony Peluso to Stockton (AHL).
advances on 4-1 aggregate 24. Eastern Oregon 6-4 29 NR National Football League ST. LOUIS BLUES — Announced the re-
New Yok 3, Columbus 0, New York ad- 25. Arizona Christian 7-3 20 NR
vances on 3-1 aggregate NCAA Division II playoffs 25. Siena Heights (Mich.) 7-3 20 20
BUFFALO BILLS — Released QB Nathan
Peterman
tirement of G Luke Opilka.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned
Western Conference First Round Others receiving votes: Montana CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed RB D Aaron Ness to Hershey (AHL).
Seattle 3, Portland 2, 4-4 aggregate; Saturday, Nov. 17 Western 9, Ave Maria (Fla.) 5, Southern Travaris Cadet to a one-year contract. COLLEGE
Portland advanced on 4-2 penalty kicks Hillsdale (9-2) at Kutztown (9-1) Oregon 4, Tabor (Kan.) 3, Avila (Mo.) 3.
Sporting Kansas City 4, Real Salt Lake CINCINNATI BENGALS — Fired defen- TUSCULUM — Named Josh Ealy direc-
Slippery Rock (9-2) at LIU Post (10-0) sive coordinator Teryl Austin. tor of athletic development.
2, Sporting KC advances on 5-3 aggre- New Haven (8-1) at West Chester (10-0)
gate West Alabama (8-3) at Bowie State (9-1) NAIA playoffs DENVER BRONCOS — Signed C Gino
Gradkowski. Placed C Matt Paradis on
WISCONSIN — Announced senior F
Alex Illikainen will leave the men’s bas-
Conference Championships Wingate (8-3) at West Georgia (10-1) First Round
Home-and-home injured reserve. ketball program, but will remain enrolled
Florida Tech (8-3) at Lenoir-Rhyne (10-1) Saturday, Nov. 17 HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed RB Josh at the university.
Eastern Conference Fort Hays State (9-2) at Indianapolis (9-1) Grand View (Iowa) (8-2) at Saint Fran-
First leg Harding (9-2) at Ferris State (11-0)
Sunday: New York at Atlanta cis (Ind.) (8-2)

AP sportlight
Second leg Northwest Missouri State (9-2) at Rocky Mountain (Mont.) (8-3) at Morn-
Thursday, Nov. 29: Atlanta at New Grand Valley State (10-1) ingside (Iowa) (11-0)
York Azusa Pacific (8-2) at Tarleton State Concordia (Mich.) (9-2) at Reinhardt
Western Conference (10-0) (Ga.) (9-1)
First leg Texas A&M-Commerce (9-2) at Minne- St. Xavier (Ill.) (8-3) at Marian (Ind.) Nov. 14 115. Johnson has 41 points, Bellamy 40.
Sunday: Sporting Kansas City at Port- sota Duluth (11-0) (10-0) 1943 — Sid Luckman of the Chicago 1964 — Detroit’s Gordie Howe be-
land Colorado State-Pueblo (10-1) at Colo- Baker (Kan.) (8-2) at Bethel (Tenn.) Bears becomes the first pro to pass for comes the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring
Second leg rado Mines (10-1) (10-0) more than 400 yards (433) and seven leader, including playoffs, with his 627th
Thursday, Nov. 29: Portland at Sport- Second Round Dickinson State (N.D.) (8-2) at North- touchdowns in a 56-7 victory over the career goal. Howe beats Montreal’s
ing Kansas City Saturday, Nov. 24 western (Iowa) (9-1) New York Giants. Charlie Hodge in a 4-2 loss.
MLS Cup Hillsdale-Kutztown winner at Notre Langston (Okla.) (9-1) at Kansas Wes- 1964 — Gus Johnson and Walt Bella- 1966 — Muhammad Ali knocks out
Saturday, Dec. 8 Dame (Ohio) (11-0) leyan (11-0) my become the first NBA teammates to Cleveland Williams in the third round
Sporting Kansas City-Portland winner Slippery Rock-LIU Post winner vs. New Cumberlands (Ky.) (10-1) at Benedic- score 40 points apiece as the Baltimore to retain the world heavyweight title in
at Atlanta-New York winner Haven-West Chester winner tine (Kan.) (10-1) Bullets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 127- Houston.
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NHL/COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Clemson moves
NHL roundup

Rangers
hold off
Canucks
on to next goal
Associated Press Division title is already checked off
NEW YORK — Henrik Lun-
dqvist stopped 25 shots to lead BY PETE I ACOBELLI ing the latest one.
the surging New York Rangers to Associated Press Now, though, it’s back to work
a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver when any loss could mean the end
Canucks on Monday night. CLEMSON, S.C. of Clemson’s latest playoff run.

C
Filip Chytil and Brett Howden lemson left guard John After Duke, which is nearly a
scored to help Lundqvist get his Simpson is excited four-touchdown underdog, Clem-
437th career win, tying Jacque about the Tigers’ latest son faces inconsistent rival South
Plante for seventh place on the achievement. He’s even Carolina at home on Nov. 24 be-
NHL’s all-time list. The Rang- more thrilled for what comes fore facing the ACC Coastal win-
ers improved to 6-0-1 in the last next. ner — right now, Pittsburgh is in
seven. Second-ranked Clemson (10-0, the driver’s seat — in Charlotte,
Lundqvist made two big saves 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference, N.C., on Dec. 1.
on Vancouver’s rookie sensation CFP 2) clinched its fourth straight Clemson’s offense continues
Elias Pettersson in the closing ACC Atlantic Division title — and to thrive with young players like
seconds to preserve the win. seventh in 10 years — with a 27-7
freshman quarterback Trevor
Nikolay Goldobin scored and win over No. 22 Boston College on
Lawrence and sophomore tail-
Jacob Markstrom made 25 saves K ARL B D EBLAKER /AP Saturday night.
back Travis Etienne leading the
for the Canucks, who snapped a But Simpson said the Tigers
The Carolina Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho, right, tussles with the way.
six-game point streak (4-0-2). are focused on accomplishments
Chicago Blackhawks’ John Hayden during the third period of There’s always concern, co-of-
The 19-year-old Chytil tied the beyond the division, including
Monday’s game in Raleigh, N.C. The Hurricanes won 3-2 in OT. fensive coordinator Tony Elliott
score 1-1 with 7:18 left in the sec- staying undefeated to maintain
said, of newer players letting up
ond on a rebound from the left its status in the College Football
on the intensity with the division
side for his first of the season. The
20-year Howden got the game-
NHL scoreboard Playoff poll.
“We’re obviously not done yet,” race complete.
he said Monday. “We still have a Elliott said Clemson’s expe-
winner with 8:41 left in the third rienced leaders take control of
when he snapped a wrist shot past lot ahead of us.”
Markstrom.
Eastern Conference Monday The next hurdle in that journey setting expectations and the
Atlantic Division Rangers 2, Canucks 1 is Duke (7-3, 3-3) at home on Sat- week-to-week tone of keeping fo-
Hurricanes 3, Blackhawks GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 17 12 4 1 25 63 48 Vancouver 0 1 0—1 urday night. cused and sharp.
2 (OT): Sebastian Aho scored Toronto 17 11 6 0 22 58 46 N.Y. Rangers 0 1 1—2
A Clemson victory would com- “These guys have big-pic-
1:16 into overtime and Carolina Boston 17 10 5 2 22 53 41 Second Period—1, Vancouver, Goldo-
spoiled Cam Ward’s emotional Montreal 17 9 5 3 21 58 55 bin 2 (Motte, Hutton), 3:16. 2, N.Y. Rang- plete its second perfect run in ture goals in mind,” Elliott said.
Buffalo 17 9 6 2 20 53 52 ers, Chytil 1 (Kreider, Pionk), 12:42 (pp).
return to Raleigh. Ottawa 18 7 8 3 17 62 76 Third Period—3, N.Y. Rangers, Howden ACC play in the past four years “They understand that in order to
Teuvo Teravainen and Mi-
Detroit 17 7 8 2 16 47 60 4 (Fast, Vesey), 11:19.
since the national runner up team accomplish the big-picture goals
Florida 14 6 5 3 15 47 45 Shots on Goal—Vancouver 8-7-11—26.
cheal Ferland scored power-play Metropolitan Division N.Y. Rangers 8-10-9—27. in 2015 started 14-0 before fall- that you’ve got to take it one day
Columbus 18 10 6 2 22 58 59 Power-play opportunities—Vancouver
goals 66 seconds apart late in N.Y. Rangers 18 9 7 2 20 52 55 ing to Alabama in the CFP title at a time, one week at a time. The
0 of 4; N.Y. Rangers 1 of 6.
the second period for Carolina,
Philadelphia 17 9 7 1 19 57 60 Goalies—Vancouver, Markstrom 7-4-2 game. mentality for us is that each game
Carolina 18 8 7 3 19 50 54 (27 shots-25 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lun-
which has earned points in three N.Y. Islanders 16 8 6 2 18 49 42 dqvist 6-6-2 (26-25). Tigers coach Dabo Swinney is the biggest week of the season.
Pittsburgh 15 7 5 3 17 51 47 A—17,100 (18,006). T—2:28. And they know the fun is in the
straight and beat Chicago for the Washington 16 7 6 3 17 54 56 has long told staffers and players
second time in four nights. New Jersey 15 6 8 1 13 45 54 to enjoy the moment while keep- winning.”
Hurricanes 3, ing sight of what’s next. Swinney Clemson has certainly shown
Ward stopped 37 shots in his Western Conference
return to PNC Arena, Jonathan
Blackhawks 2 (OT) said it’s not easy to be expected that down the stretch the past few
Central Division Chicago 1 1 0 0—2
Toews scored a deflected goal and GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 0 2 0 1—3 to succeed and then go do it with seasons. The Tigers are 18-3 after
Nashville 17 13 3 1 27 57 37 First Period—1, Chicago, Toews 9 October the past four seasons with
Alex DeBrincat added a goal, but Minnesota 17 11 4 2 24 54 44 team after team looking to take
(Jokiharju, Kane), 9:07.
the Blackhawks lost their eighth Winnipeg 16 10 5 1 21 51 42 Second Period—2, Chicago, DeBrincat you down. two of those losses coming to the
Dallas 18 9 7 2 20 51 50
straight. Colorado 17 8 6 3 19 59 50 9 (Kampf, Kahun), 10:49. 3, Carolina, Ter- “I know people, fans, get caught Crimson Tide in CFP contests.
Chicago 18 6 8 4 16 51 67 avainen 4 (Aho), 14:07 (pp). 4, Carolina,
Blue Jackets 2, Stars 1: St. Louis 15 6 6 3 15 52 51 Ferland 9 (Svechnikov), 15:13 (pp). up in bigger things like playoffs “You talk about some of the
Overtime—5, Carolina, Aho 5 (Faulk, and all that stuff,” Swinney said. high profile guys that come in the
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored mid- Pacific Division
Svechnikov), 1:16.
Vancouver 19 10 7 2 22 61 64
way through the third period to Calgary 18 10 7 1 21 56 56 Shots on Goal—Chicago 12-16-7—35. But “I still remember our first di- door and they just assimilate into
San Jose 18 9 6 3 21 56 55 Carolina 11-18-8-3—40. the culture,” he said. “That’s what
lift Metropolitan Division-lead- Anaheim 19 8 8 3 19 44 54 Power-play opportunities—Chicago 0 vision win (in 2009) and I want to
ing Columbus over host Dallas. Arizona 16 8 7 1 17 45 39 of 0; Carolina 2 of 2. make sure that we enjoy” clinch- leads to success.”
Edmonton 17 8 8 1 17 46 54 Goalies—Chicago, Ward 3-2-4 (40
Dubois took a pass from Cam Vegas 18 7 10 1 15 44 54 shots-37 saves). Carolina, Darling 2-2-1
Atkinson behind the net and Los Angeles 16 5 10 1 11 33 50 (35-33).
Note: Two points for a win, one point A—11,221 (18,680). T—2:33.
backhanded the puck under the for overtime loss. Top three teams in
crossbar with 9:39 left for his each division and two wild cards per
conference advance to playoffs. Blue Jackets 2, Stars 1
eighth goal. Sunday’s games Columbus 0 1 1—2
Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2 Dallas 0 1 0—1
Atkinson had scored the game’s Florida 5, Ottawa 1 Second Period—1, Columbus, Atkin-
first goal in the second period. Arizona 4, Washington 1 son 8 (Jones), 1:29 (pp). 2, Dallas, Radu-
Winnipeg 5, New Jersey 2 lov 6 (Heiskanen, Benn), 18:20.
Alexander Radulov, who re- Boston 4, Vegas 1
Third Period—3, Columbus, Dubois 8
turned to the Stars’ lineup, tied San Jose 3, Calgary 1
Colorado 4, Edmonton 1 (Atkinson, Murray), 10:21.
the game in the second period. Monday’s games Shots on Goal—Columbus 10-10-8—28.
Carolina 3, Chicago 2, OT Dallas 9-8-10—27.
Ducks 2, Predators 1 (SO): N.Y. Rangers 2, Vancouver 1 Power-play opportunities—Columbus
Pontus Aberg and Rickard Rakell Columbus 2, Dallas 1 1 of 3; Dallas 0 of 4.
Anaheim 2, Nashville 1, SO Goalies—Columbus, Bobrovsky 6-6-0
scored in the shootout, John Gib- Tuesday’s games (27 shots-26 saves). Dallas, Khudobin 3-
Pittsburgh at New Jersey 2-1 (28-26).
son made 34 saves and Anaheim Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders A—17,543 (18,532). T—2:34.
dealt Nashville its first road loss Florida at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Buffalo
of the year. Arizona at Detroit Ducks 2, Predators 1 (SO)
Rakell scored in the fourth Washington at Minnesota Nashville 0 0 1 0—1
Montreal at Edmonton Anaheim 0 1 0 0—2
round of the shootout to give the Toronto at Los Angeles Anaheim won shootout 2-1
Nashville at San Jose
Ducks the 2-1 lead. Gibson then Wednesday’s games
Second Period—1, Anaheim, Getzlaf 4
(Rakell, Lindholm), 19:30.
stopped Kevin Fiala for the win. Washington at Winnipeg Third Period—2, Nashville, Fiala 2 (Tur-
St. Louis at Chicago
Ryan Getzlaf scored in regu- Boston at Colorado ris, Smith), 3:07.
Anaheim at Vegas Shootout—Nashville 1 (Turris G, Fors-
lation for Anaheim, which im- Thursday’s games berg NG, Ellis NG, Fiala NG), Anaheim 2
proved to 2-2 in shootouts. Florida at Columbus (Aberg G, Kase NG, Getzlaf NG, Rakell G).
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh Shots on Goal—Nashville 10-5-10-10—
Fiala scored in regulation and New Jersey at Philadelphia 35. Anaheim 10-9-7-4—30.
Kyle Turris in the shootout for N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders Power-play opportunities—Nashville
Detroit at Ottawa 0 of 7; Anaheim 0 of 2. ELISE A MENDOLA /AP
Nashville, which had a five-game Vancouver at Minnesota Goalies—Nashville, Rinne 6-1-1 (30
winning streak snapped. Pekka Nashville at Arizona shots-29 saves). Anaheim, Gibson 6-6-3 Clemson’s offense has continued to thrive under freshman
Montreal at Calgary (35-34).
Rinne made 29 saves. Toronto at San Jose A—16,629 (17,174). T—3:7. quarterback Trevor Lawrence, center.
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NBA

Clippers top Warriors in OT

M ARK J. TERRILL /AP
Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams shoots as Golden State
Warriors guard Shaun Livingston defends during the second half
Monday in Los Angeles. The Clippers won 121-116 in overtime.
BY BETH H ARRIS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Lou Williams couldn’t hit a
lick in regulation, so of course he had the ball in
crunch time.
The Los Angeles Clippers wouldn’t have it any
other way.
Williams scored the Clippers’ final 10 points in
overtime after they blew a 14-point lead in the fourth
quarter, and they hung on Monday night to beat the
Golden State Warriors at home for the first time in
nearly four years, 121-116.
Williams recovered after shooting 3-for-16 in
regulation, when the Clippers were scoreless over
the final 5:15 while the Warriors ran off 11 straight
points to force overtime tied at 106-all.
“There would be no point for me to be on the floor
if I didn’t have confidence,” said Williams, who fin-
ished with 25 points.
Montrezl Harrell added 23 points off the bench
and rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 18.
“It’s not about the run they go on,” Harrell said.
“It’s about how we handle it. We stayed after it and
kept going after them.”
The Clippers snapped a seven-game skid against
the Warriors at Staples Center, where they last won
on Dec. 25, 2014.
“Unfortunately we lost, but we’ll see them again
at least three more times and that’ll be different,”
Klay Thompson said.
Kevin Durant had 33 points, 11 rebounds and
10 assists for the Warriors before fouling out with
3:46 left in the extra session. Thompson added 31
points, but was just 5-for-16 on three-pointers on a
night without injured fellow Splash Brother Stephen
Curry.
“Everything changes without Steph,” Warriors
coach Steve Kerr said. “He’s one of the best offensive
players in the history of the game so you take him
out and they don’t have to worry about as much.”

Scoreboard Roundup
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Monday
Wizards 117, Magic 109
Mavericks 103, Bulls 98
DALLAS — Barnes 7-16 8-9 23, Doncic
76ers 124, Heat 114
PHILADELPHIA — Redick 11-20 0-0 25,
Pelicans end
Toronto
Philadelphia
W
12
9
L
2
6
Pct
.857
.600
GB
—
3½
ORLANDO — Iwundu 3-4 0-1 8, Gordon
8-13 2-2 18, Vucevic 8-17 0-0 17, Augustin
6-10 0-1 15, Fournier 7-14 3-4 20, Martin
3-12 3-4 11, Jordan 3-5 0-2 6, Smith Jr. 5-12
0-0 11, Finney-Smith 2-6 3-4 8, Kleber 4-4
0-0 10, Powell 3-5 4-6 11, Harris 3-5 0-0 7,
Brunson 1-3 0-2 2, Barea 6-12 1-2 14. To-
Chandler 2-3 0-0 5, Embiid 8-15 16-20
35, Simmons 5-7 3-4 13, Fultz 2-8 1-3 5,
Shamet 3-5 2-2 10, Muscala 3-11 4-5 13,
A.Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, McConnell 0-4 2-2
Raptors’ run
Boston 7 6 .538 4½ 1-3 0-0 2, Birch 0-0 0-0 0, Bamba 0-1 0-0
Brooklyn 6 8 .429 6 tals 37-80 19-29 103. 2, Korkmaz 5-9 3-3 16. Totals 39-83 31-39
0, Simmons 2-10 0-0 5, Ross 7-14 3-3 21, 124. Associated Press
New York 4 10 .286 8 Grant 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 43-89 8-11 109. CHICAGO — Holiday 5-9 1-1 14, Parker
Southeast Division 6-17 4-4 16, Carter Jr. 3-9 1-1 7, Arcidiaco- MIAMI — McGruder 2-4 2-2 6, Winslow
WASHINGTON — Porter Jr. 2-4 0-0 6,
Charlotte 7 6 .538 — Morris 5-9 5-6 16, Howard 6-9 5-7 17, Wall no 3-9 1-2 9, LaVine 8-23 10-11 26, Hutchi- 2-5 0-0 5, Whiteside 5-8 2-4 13, Dragic 8-15 TORONTO — Anthony Davis
9-15 5-8 25, Beal 8-20 3-4 21, Oubre Jr. 0-5 son 4-7 0-0 9, Felicio 0-0 0-0 0, Lopez 2-4 5-7 22, Richardson 4-8 5-5 17, Jones Jr. 2-4
Orlando 6 8 .429 1½
1-1 5, Blakeney 3-7 2-2 9, Harrison 1-4 0-0 0-0 4, Olynyk 3-5 6-6 13, Adebayo 3-6 2-4 had 25 points and a season-high 20
Miami 5 8 .385 2 1-2 1, Green 6-7 2-2 18, Mahinmi 0-1 0-0
Washington 4 9 .308 3 0, Rivers 2-5 1-2 6, Satoransky 2-4 2-2 7. 3. Totals 35-89 20-22 98. 8, Ellington 4-11 2-2 14, T.Johnson 4-11 3-3 rebounds, E’Twaun Moore scored
Totals 40-79 24-33 117. Dallas 25 31 22 25—103 12. Totals 37-77 27-33 114.
Atlanta 3 10 .231 4
Orlando 30 25 28 26—109 Philadelphia 32 32 32 28—124 a season-high 30 points and the
Central Division Chicago 20 29 26 23— 98
Milwaukee 10 3 .769 — Washington 30 25 28 34—117 Three-Point Goals—Dallas 10-33 (Kle-
Miami 26 36 28 24—114 New Orleans Pelicans snapped
Three-Point Goals—Orlando 15-30 Three-Point Goals—Philadelphia 15- the Toronto Raptors’ six-game
Indiana 8 6 .571 2½ ber 2-2, Doncic 2-7, Barea 1-2, Harris 1-3,
(Ross 4-5, Augustin 3-5, Fournier 3-7, 36 (Embiid 3-4, Korkmaz 3-6, Redick 3-9,
Detroit 6 6 .500 3½ Powell 1-3, Smith Jr. 1-5, Finney-Smith 1- Muscala 3-10, Shamet 2-4, Chandler 1-1, winning streak with a 126-110 vic-
Chicago 4 10 .286 6½ Iwundu 2-2, Grant 1-1, Simmons 1-2, 5, Barnes 1-6), Chicago 8-33 (Holiday 3-7,
Vucevic 1-3, Martin 0-1, Gordon 0-4), McConnell 0-2), Miami 13-31 (Richardson tory Monday.
Cleveland 1 11 .083 8½ Arcidiacono 2-7, Blakeney 1-1, Hutchison 4-5, Ellington 4-10, Winslow 1-1, White-
Washington 13-33 (Green 4-5, Wall 2-3, 1-1, Harrison 1-3, Lopez 0-1, Carter Jr. 0-
Porter Jr. 2-4, Beal 2-10, Rivers 1-2, Mor- side 1-2, Olynyk 1-3, T.Johnson 1-4, Dragic Jrue Holiday had 29 points and
3, Parker 0-4, LaVine 0-6). Fouled Out—
Western Conference ris 1-3, Satoransky 1-3, Oubre Jr. 0-3).
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Orlando Parker. Rebounds—Dallas 49 (Jordan 16),
1-4, Jones Jr. 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Re-
bounds—Philadelphia 42 (Embiid 18), Mi-
matched a season high with 14 as-
Southwest Division 34 (Vucevic 11), Washington 41 (Morris, Chicago 45 (Carter Jr. 10). Assists—Dallas ami 40 (Whiteside 11). Assists—Philadel- sists, and Julius Randle added 17
W L Pct GB Beal, Howard 8). Assists—Orlando 28 18 (Barea 5), Chicago 16 (Arcidiacono 6). phia 24 (Simmons 7), Miami 19 (Dragic
San Antonio 7 5 .583 — (Fournier 5), Washington 24 (Wall 10). Total Fouls—Dallas 22, Chicago 26. Tech- 5). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 24, Miami
points and 12 rebounds as New
Memphis 7 5 .583 — Total Fouls—Orlando 28, Washington 17. nicals—Chicago coach Bulls (Defensive 30. A—19,600 (19,600). Orleans won its third straight fol-
New Orleans 7 6 .538 ½ A—15,346 (20,356). three second). A—19,012 (20,917).
lowing a six-game losing streak.
Houston 5 7 .417 2 Timberwolves 120, Nets 113
Dallas 5 8 .385 2½ Pelicans 126, Raptors 110 Jazz 96, Grizzlies 88 T-wolves 120, Nets 113: Karl-
Northwest Division BROOKLYN — Harris 3-15 0-0 8, Dudley Anthony Towns had 25 points and
Portland 10 3 .769 — NEW ORLEANS — Johnson 2-6 0-0 5, UTAH — Ingles 6-12 4-6 19, Favors 4-5 3-9 0-0 8, Hollis-Jefferson 5-10 4-6 14, Rus-
Denver 9 4 .692 1 Davis 11-20 2-2 25, Randle 7-12 3-5 17, 2-2 12, Gobert 5-7 5-7 15, Rubio 3-11 0-0 sell 10-22 2-5 31, LeVert 5-12 0-0 10, Car- a season-high 21 rebounds as host
Oklahoma City 8 5 .615 2 Holiday 12-19 2-4 29, Moore 13-18 1-2 30, 7, Mitchell 3-14 6-6 12, Crowder 2-9 1-2 6, roll 3-8 3-4 11, Davis 2-4 3-4 7, Dinwiddie Minnesota beat Brooklyn, which
Miller 2-8 0-0 6, Diallo 4-8 0-0 8, Frazier 0- O’Neale 1-2 0-0 2, Udoh 1-1 0-0 2, Niang 1- 5-10 2-2 14, Napier 2-2 0-0 4, Crabbe 2-9
Utah 7 6 .538 3 2 0-0 0, Clark 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 54-99 8-13 lost leading scorer Caris LeVert to
Minnesota 5 9 .357 5½ 2 0-0 2, Exum 3-7 2-4 9, Burks 3-12 3-3 10. 1-1 6. Totals 40-101 15-22 113.
126. Totals 32-82 23-30 96. MINNESOTA — Wiggins 5-12 1-2 13,
Pacific Division TORONTO — Leonard 7-20 5-5 20, Gibson 5-8 7-8 17, Towns 9-11 5-6 25,
what appeared to be a severe right
Golden State 11 3 .786 — MEMPHIS — Anderson 3-11 1-2 7, Jack-
Siakam 8-12 4-4 22, Ibaka 8-16 1-2 19, son Jr. 4-9 2-2 10, Gasol 7-13 2-4 16, Conley Teague 8-14 8-9 24, Rose 8-18 4-4 23, Toll- leg injury late in the first half.
L.A. Clippers 8 5 .615 2½ Lowry 1-9 2-2 4, Green 1-4 0-0 3, Miles 1-3 iver 1-4 0-0 3, Dieng 2-4 0-0 5, Jones 1-2
Sacramento 8 6 .571 3 0-0 3, Anunoby 6-13 3-5 17, Valanciunas
7-16 7-7 24, Temple 2-8 2-2 6, Mack 4-9 1-2
0-0 2, Okogie 3-7 1-2 8, C.Williams 0-0 0-0
76ers 124, Heat 114: Joel
9, Selden 2-4 2-2 6, M.Brooks 4-9 1-2 10.
L.A. Lakers 7 6 .538 3½ 0-3 2-2 2, Monroe 0-2 0-0 0, Wright 3-5 2-2 Totals 33-79 18-23 88. 0. Totals 42-80 26-31 120. Embiid scored 35 points and
Phoenix 2 11 .154 8½ 10, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, VanVleet 4-8 0-0 10, Brooklyn 31 22 32 28—113
Sunday’s games Richardson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-97 19-22 Utah 20 20 34 22—96 grabbed 18 rebounds as visiting
Memphis 16 27 26 19—88 Minnesota 30 27 36 27—120
Charlotte 113, Detroit 103 110.
Three-Point Goals—Brooklyn 18-50 Philadelphia added to Miami’s
Houston 115, Indiana 103 New Orleans 31 35 28 32—126 Three-Point Goals—Utah 9-32 (Ingles
Orlando 115, New York 89 Toronto 29 32 22 27—110 3-6, Favors 2-2, Exum 1-4, Burks 1-4, Rubio (Russell 9-15, Dudley 2-5, Carroll 2-6, Din- early season struggles.
widdie 2-7, Harris 2-9, Crabbe 1-5, LeVert
Milwaukee 121, Denver 114 Three-Point Goals—New Orleans 10- 1-5, Crowder 1-7, Niang 0-1, O’Neale 0-1,
0-3), Minnesota 10-23 (Rose 3-5, Towns 2- Jazz 96, Grizzlies 88: Joe
Portland 100, Boston 94 27 (Moore 3-5, Holiday 3-7, Miller 2-7, Mitchell 0-2), Memphis 4-24 (Conley 3-8,
Davis 1-2, Johnson 1-4, Clark 0-1, Randle M.Brooks 1-2, Jackson Jr. 0-1, Anderson 0- 2, Wiggins 2-3, Dieng 1-1, Okogie 1-4, Toll- Ingles scored 19 points, Rudy
L.A. Lakers 107, Atlanta 106 iver 1-4, Jones 0-1, Teague 0-3). Fouled
Monday’s games 0-1), Toronto 13-45 (Wright 2-3, Siakam 1, Selden 0-1, Mack 0-3, Gasol 0-4, Temple
Out—Dinwiddie. Rebounds—Brooklyn 42 Gobert added 15 points and 16 re-
2-4, VanVleet 2-4, Ibaka 2-6, Anunoby 0-4). Fouled Out—Rubio. Rebounds—Utah
Washington 117, Orlando 109
2-8, Miles 1-1, Green 1-4, Leonard 1-6, 49 (Gobert 16), Memphis 42 (Anderson
(Davis 14), Minnesota 52 (Towns 21). As- bounds and visiting Utah won its
New Orleans 126, Toronto 110 sists—Brooklyn 28 (Russell 6), Minnesota
Philadelphia 124, Miami 114
Valanciunas 0-1, Brown 0-2, Lowry 0-6). 13). Assists—Utah 19 (Ingles 5), Memphis 26 (Teague 11). Total Fouls—Brooklyn 29, third straight.
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Or- 19 (Anderson 5). Total Fouls—Utah 25,
Dallas 103, Chicago 98 leans 54 (Davis 20), Toronto 43 (Ibaka 14). Memphis 28. A—13,477 (18,119).
Minnesota 17. Technicals—Dinwiddie, Thunder 118, Suns 101: Paul
Minnesota 120, Brooklyn 113 Gibson. A—10,186 (19,356).
Assists—New Orleans 30 (Holiday 14), George matched his season high
Oklahoma City 118, Phoenix 101 Toronto 22 (Lowry 11). Total Fouls—New
Utah 96, Memphis 88 Orleans 20, Toronto 20. Technicals—New Kings 104, Spurs 99 Clippers 121, with 32 points, Dennis Schroder
Sacramento 104, San Antonio 99 Orleans coach Pelicans (Defensive three SAN ANTONIO — DeRozan 8-17 7-8 23, added 20 points and nine assists,
L.A. Clippers 121, Golden State 116, OT second). A—19,800 (19,800). Cunningham 4-7 0-0 9, Aldridge 6-12 2-2
Warriors 116 (OT) and Oklahoma City beat visiting
Tuesday’s games 14, White 4-10 2-2 11, Forbes 4-11 0-0 10, GOLDEN STATE — Durant 10-24 11-13
Charlotte at Cleveland Thunder 118, Suns 101 Pondexter 0-2 0-0 0, Gay 6-12 0-0 14, Metu 33, Green 3-9 0-0 6, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Cook Phoenix.
Houston at Denver 0-0 0-0 0, Bertans 3-4 0-0 9, Poeltl 0-0 1-2 3-7 0-0 7, Thompson 13-31 0-0 31, McKin- Kings 104, Spurs 99: Iman
Atlanta at Golden State PHOENIX — Ariza 3-9 0-0 8, Warren 10- nie 1-2 0-0 3, Bell 1-1 0-0 2, Jerebko 1-1 0-
14 0-0 21, Ayton 6-10 2-2 14, Canaan 0-3 1, Mills 2-8 0-0 5, Belinelli 1-4 1-2 3. Totals
Wednesday’s games 38-87 13-16 99. 0 3, Looney 4-7 1-2 9, Livingston 3-4 2-3 Shumpert made a tiebreaking
Cleveland at Washington 1-2 1, Booker 7-18 4-4 19, Bridges 3-8 6- 8, Iguodala 5-7 2-5 14. Totals 44-94 16-23
6 13, Jackson 1-4 0-2 2, Holmes 4-5 0-0 8, SACRAMENTO — Shumpert 1-4 0-0 2,
116.
jumper with 4:05 left, De’Aaron
Philadelphia at Orlando Okobo 1-2 0-0 2, Crawford 4-8 3-3 13. To- Bjelica 4-5 0-0 11, Cauley-Stein 6-14 1-2
Chicago at Boston tals 39-81 16-19 101. 13, Fox 7-9 2-4 19, Hield 5-13 2-4 14, Jack- L.A. CLIPPERS — Harris 7-18 1-2 17, Fox and Nemanja Bjelica fol-
Detroit at Toronto OKLAHOMA CITY — George 11-19 4-4 son 0-2 0-0 0, Bagley III 3-9 1-1 7, Giles III Gallinari 3-12 6-7 14, Gortat 4-5 4-4 12, lowed with three-pointers and
Miami at Brooklyn 32, Grant 4-8 1-2 10, Adams 9-13 0-0 18, 6-10 0-0 12, Mason 2-3 0-0 4, Bogdanovic Gilgeous-Alexander 8-11 2-2 18, Beverley
Memphis at Milwaukee Schroder 6-19 6-6 20, Ferguson 2-7 0-0 5, 9-17 1-1 22. Totals 43-86 7-12 104. 2-5 0-0 4, Scott 3-5 0-0 6, Harrell 10-13 3-5 host Sacramento pulled away to
New Orleans at Minnesota Patterson 2-3 0-0 5, Noel 3-6 3-3 9, Felton San Antonio 24 31 21 23— 99 23, Thornwell 0-0 0-0 0, Wallace 1-4 0-0 2, end a 14-game losing streak to San
New York at Oklahoma City 1-4 0-0 2, Burton 0-0 0-0 0, Abrines 2-6 2-2 Williams 5-18 14-14 25. Totals 43-91 30-34
Utah at Dallas 8, Diallo 3-7 3-3 9, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-0
Sacramento 25 31 21 27—104 121. Antonio.
Three-Point Goals—San Antonio 10-31 Golden State 30 31 20 25 10—116
San Antonio at Phoenix 0-0 0. Totals 43-92 19-20 118.
(Bertans 3-4, Gay 2-5, Forbes 2-7, Cun-
Wizards 117, Magic 109: John
Phoenix 13 27 35 26—101 L.A. Clippers 34 30 26 16 15—121
Portland at L.A. Lakers
Oklahoma City 32 32 22 32—118
ningham 1-1, White 1-3, Mills 1-6, Pon- Three-Point Goals—Golden State 12- Wall had 25 points and 10 assists,
Thursday’s games dexter 0-1, DeRozan 0-2, Belinelli 0-2),
Golden State at Houston Three-Point Goals—Phoenix 7-26 Sacramento 11-24 (Bjelica 3-3, Fox 3-4,
31 (Thompson 5-16, Iguodala 2-3, Durant Bradley Beal added 21 points and
(Crawford 2-5, Ariza 2-6, Warren 1-2, 2-4, Jerebko 1-1, McKinnie 1-2, Cook 1-3,
Atlanta at Denver Bogdanovic 3-7, Hield 2-5, Mason 0-1, Green 0-2), L.A. Clippers 5-20 (Harris 2-5, host Washington won consecu-
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers Booker 1-4, Bridges 1-4, Okobo 0-1, Ca- Bagley III 0-2, Shumpert 0-2). Fouled
Friday’s games naan 0-2, Jackson 0-2), Oklahoma City 13- Gallinari 2-6, Williams 1-5, Scott 0-1, Gil- tive games for the first time this
27 (George 6-10, Schroder 2-2, Abrines 2- Out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio geous-Alexander 0-3). Fouled Out—Du-
Toronto at Boston
6, Patterson 1-2, Grant 1-2, Ferguson 1-3, 43 (Aldridge 18), Sacramento 45 (Cau- rant. Rebounds—Golden State 46 (Green season.
Miami at Indiana Diallo 0-1, Felton 0-1). Fouled Out—None. ley-Stein 13). Assists—San Antonio 25 14), L.A. Clippers 49 (Harris, Harrell Mavericks 103, Bulls 98: Har-
Utah at Philadelphia Rebounds—Phoenix 37 (Ayton, Holmes (DeRozan 8), Sacramento 27 (Fox 7). To- 8). Assists—Golden State 27 (Durant
Brooklyn at Washington 7), Oklahoma City 42 (George, Grant 8). tal Fouls—San Antonio 12, Sacramento 10), L.A. Clippers 23 (Williams 6). Total
rison Barnes scored a season-high
Sacramento at Memphis Assists—Phoenix 25 (Booker 6), Okla- 20. Technicals—San Antonio coach Spurs Fouls—Golden State 25, L.A. Clippers 23. 23 points and visiting Dallas over-
Portland at Minnesota homa City 23 (Schroder 9). Total Fouls— (Defensive three second), Sacramento Technicals—L.A. Clippers coach Clippers
New York at New Orleans Phoenix 21, Oklahoma City 15. Techni- coach Kings (Defensive three second). (Defensive three second) 2. A—19,068
came a sluggish performance by
Chicago at Milwaukee cals—Schroder. A—18,203 (18,203). A—15,500 (17,608). (18,997). prized rookie Luka Doncic.
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Briefs
Twins’ Mauer retires
MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Mauer is leav-
ing the playing field after a 15-year major
league career, but not Minnesota or the
Twins.
Mauer formalized his goodbye to the
game on Monday at a news conference
packed with people he’s close to.
With his wife, Maddie, due any day with
the couple’s third child, Mauer’s focus in
retirement for now will be fatherhood. He
said he’ll stay connected to his hometown
team in some capacity and will raise his
kids in Minnesota.
Six weeks after Mauer symbolically
donned his catcher’s gear for one last
crouch behind the plate in the final inning
of the season, Mauer formalized his good-
bye to the game at a tear-filled-yet-cheer-
ful news conference to wrap up a 15-year
major league career at age 35.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to have the
personal accolades, and I really do believe
that’s a byproduct of how the team does,
and those things just come along with it,”
Mauer said. “But I’d want to be known as a
great teammate, a great person, and a guy
who gave it everything he had.”
Mauer’s final tally of 2,123 hits might ul-
timately leave him short of the call to Coo- R AY CARLIN /AP
perstown, but he was clearly on that track
The Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani was named the AL Rookie of the Year on Monday by The Baseball Writers’ Association of
over the first 10 years of his career consid-
America. Ohtani was the first player since Babe Ruth in 1919 to have 10 home runs and four pitching wins in the same season.
ering he hit .323 with an .873 on-base-plus-

Ohtani, Acuna top rookies

slugging percentage until a concussion in
2013 forced him to move out from behind
the plate and become a first baseman.
Mauer is the only American League catch-
er to win a batting title, a feat he accom-
plished three times: 2006, 2008 and 2009.
The six-time All-Star finished with a
.306 lifetime average

Ryu accepts qualifying offer

NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers
pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu was the only play-
er to accept among the seven given $17.9
million qualifying offers by their former
teams on Nov. 2.
Ryu accepted the offer before Monday’s
deadline and is considered a signed player.
He is just the sixth to accept among the 80
qualifying offers made since the process
began in 2012.
A 31-year-old left-hander, Ryu was 7-
3 with a 1.97 ERA in 15 starts, sidelined
from May 2 to Aug. 15 by a groin injury.
Among those who didn’t accept were
outfielder Bryce Harper (Washington),
closer Craig Kimbrel (Boston), left-hand-
ers Patrick Corbin (Arizona) and Dallas
Keuchel (Houston), outfielder A.J. Pollock
(Arizona) and catcher Yasmani Grandal
(Dodgers).
If a player who turned down a qualify-
ing offer signs a major league contract
with another club before the June amateur
draft, his former club will receive a draft
pick as compensation at the end of the first
round.
Japan tops MLB All-Stars
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Ryosuke Kiku-
chi drove in the go-ahead run as Japan ral-
lied with four runs in the top of the ninth
inning to beat the MLB All-Stars 5-3 and
take a 3-1 lead in their six-game exhibition
series on Tuesday.
The ninth-inning comeback started
when Kirby Yates walked leadoff bat-
ter Kazuki Tanaka, who stole second and
scored on Seiji Uebayashi’s single to center
to cut the MLB lead to 3-2.
Japan tied the game on Kosuke Tanaka’s
single to center that scored Uebayashi
from second.
John Brebbia replaced Yates and Japan
took the lead on Kikuchi’s sacrifice bunt
that scored Kosuke Tanaka from third.
— Associated Press
Both players win
by huge margins
BY RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani was re-
warded for a Ruthian season at the plate
— and on the mound.
Baseball’s best two-way player since
the Babe at the dawn of the live-ball era a
century ago, Ohtani was an overwhelming
pick for American League Rookie of the
Year on Monday despite an elbow injury
that stymied his switch from Japan to the
major leagues and likely will prevent him
from pitching next year.
“I was just kind of disappointed I wasn’t
able to play a full season,” he said through
a translator. “I feel like every player should
be able to play a full year and help out the
team. So that’s something I need to work
on, and that’s going to be one of my goals,
to stay healthy for a long full season and be
able to help the team win from day one.”
TORU TAKAHASHI /AP
Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna
Jr. was a runaway choice for the NL honor The Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuna Jr., left, was voted NL Rookie of the Year.
over Washington outfielder Juan Soto in a
contest between 20-year-olds. hitter, had Tommy John surgery on Oct. 1 367 plate appearances.
A singular sensation who earned a cho- and hopes to be able to help the Angels at Acuna received 27 first-place votes
rus of praise for his dual success, Ohtani the plate next season. He probably won’t and three seconds for 144 points. Soto got
became the first player since Ruth in 1919 take the mound again until 2020. two firsts and 89 points, and Los Angeles
with 10 homers and four pitching wins in Ohtani, who left the Nippon Ham Fight- Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler was next
the same season. ers to play in the major leagues, received with one first and 28 points.
He didn’t play between June 4 and July 25 first-place votes and four seconds for Acuna, in Japan with a major league
3 because of a sprained ulnar collateral 137 points from the Baseball Writers’ As- All-Star team, declined to participate
ligament in his right elbow, an injury the sociation of America. New York Yankees in a morning conference call about the
Angels were aware of when they signed third baseman Miguel Andujar was second vote, BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack
him for a $2,315,000 bonus last winter. The with five firsts and 89 points, and Yankees O’Connell said.
24-year-old right-hander made just one second baseman Gleyber Torres was next Acuna started the season at Triple-A
more mound appearance, on Sept. 2, and with 25 points. and made his debut on April 25, the young-
three days later the team said a scan re- Ohtani was 4-2 with a 3.31 ERA and 63 est player in the majors then at 20 years,
vealed additional damage and surgery was strikeouts over 51 2 ⁄3 innings in 10 starts. 128 days. The Venezuelan hit .293 with 26
recommended. As a designated hitter, he batted .285 with homers, 64 RBIs and 16 steals with a .917
Ohtani appeared in 22 more games as a 22 homers and 61 RBIs and a .925 OPS in OPS.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
COLLEGE BASKETBALL/SPORTS BRIEFS
AP Top 25 roundup
Tar Heels
put away
Cardinal Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Kenny Wil-
liams spent two games missing shot after
shot in an unusually cold stretch for No. 7
North Carolina’s senior starting guard and
top defensive player.
He tried not to get too frustrated and
kept believing the next ones were sure to
fall — until they finally did against Stan-
ford on Monday night.
Williams scored 12 points after starting
the season by missing his first 10 shots,
and UNC dominated the first half to beat
Stanford 90-72 in its home opener.
It was a good sign for Williams, whose
0-for-10 shooting start through two games
included missing all eight of his three-point
tries. It was an odd stretch for a guy who
had improved to a 40 percent three-point
shooter last season and a complementary
double-figure scorer, yet he entered this
game with just a single free throw in Fri-
day’s win against Elon to his credit.
But he scored a layup less than 90 sec-
onds into Monday’s game, then followed
with a three a few minutes later to finally
break through.
“It was a big relief,” Williams admit-
ted, even as he tried to shrug off the
frustration.
“I wasn’t doing anything different to
my shot,” he said. “Like I told you guys,
it just wasn’t going in. And that happens
sometimes. At some point, it would fall in
again.”
Cameron Johnson had 17 points to lead
four players in double figures for the Tar
Heels (3-0), who shot 60 percent in the first
half to take a 52-26 lead on Luke Maye’s
three-pointer just before the buzzer.
It was a rough start for Stanford (2-1),
enough so that coach Jerod Haase burned
a timeout after barely 2 ½ minutes.
“I told the guys, I’m not worried about
mistakes,” Haase said. “What I am wor-
ried about is any lack of intensity.”
KZ Okpala scored 16 points to lead the
Cardinal, who got no closer than 15 points
after halftime.
No. 2 Kansas 84, Vermont 68: Lag-
erald Vick was 8-for-8 from beyond the
three-point arc and scored a career-high
32 points, Udoka Azubuike added 23 points
and 10 rebounds, and the second-ranked
Jayhawks slogged their way past visiting
Vermont.
Kansas (2-0) was jumped by Duke for
the top spot in the AP poll earlier in the
day, even though the Jayhawks beat then-
No. 10 Michigan State in the Champions
Classic last week. And for most of their
game against the Catamounts (1-1), they
did little to prove the voters wrong.
Kansas led just 40-36 at halftime before
two big runs allowed coach Bill Self to
breathe easy.
No. 12 Kansas State 64, Denver 56:
Barry Brown scored 15 of his 25 points in
the second half and the host Wildcats held
off the pesky Pioneers.
Dean Wade and Xavier Sneed each had
12 points for Kansas State (2-0), which has
won 25 consecutive home games against
nonconference opponents. Wade added 16
rebounds and four assists.
Joe Rosga paced Denver (1-1) with 18
points. Ronnie Harrell Jr. and Ade Murkey
scored 14 apiece.
•STA
Buffalo’s Nick Perkins, center, goes to the basket as Southern Illinois’ Brendon
Gooch, left, and Eric McGill defend during Monday’s game in Carbondale, Ill.
No. 25 Bulls prove
ranking warranted
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Buffalo grabbed
headlines for taking down Arizona in last
year’s NCAA Tournament, then going on
the road to hand a ranked West Virginia
team its first loss in a home opener in 15
years.
The 25th-ranked Bulls won’t surprise
anyone now, not with the program’s first who had nine points and five assists.
appearance in the AP Top 25.
Buffalo’s win against the
Mountaineers was enough to lift
the Mid-American Conference
program into the final spot in
Monday’s latest poll. Hours later,
the Bulls (3-0) won their second
road game this season by beating
Southern Illinois 62-53.
Montell McRae and Jeremy
Harris each scored 11 points as
Buffalo pulled away.
“I talked to our guys about being
a high-character team,” Bulls
coach Nate Oats said. “We could
be really immature and come in
with a poor attitude. After we got
all the accolades and everything,
how are we going to come in and
respond to it? I thought they re-
sponded pretty well.”
The national ranking is the lat-
est accolade for a program that’s
been transformed since Bobby
Hurley was hired as head coach
in 2013.
Oats was elevated from an as-
sistant role after Hurley left for
Arizona State and has helped
Buffalo continue its success. The
Bulls reached the NCAA Tournament in
two of the past three seasons after Hurley the AP Top 25 a while.
led them there for the first time in 2015.
Buffalo came into this season with high be the worst to have nine days off,” Oats
expectations after losing just one key play- said. “We can regroup. ... We can kind of
er, point guard Wes Clark, from a team that concentrate on making ourselves better.”
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JEFF ROBERSON /AP
won a school-record 27 games and upset
fourth-seeded Arizona as a No. 13 seed in
the first round of last year’s NCAAs.
Buffalo overcame an eight-point deficit
in the first half on Monday and won de-
spite shooting 35.5 percent from the field,
including 8-for-28 from three-point range.
“It’s a big win,” said Davonta Jordan,
The Bulls had a 41-33 advan-
‘
tage on the glass and scored 23
We could points off 19 Salukis turnovers.
“We kind of out-toughed them,
be really I felt a little bit, and they are a re-
immature ally tough team,” Oats said. “We
and come just had to grind out a win here.”
Kavion Pippen led Southern Il-
in with linois (0-2) with 18 points. Aaron
a poor Cook scored 11 and Sean Lloyd
had 10.
attitude. Unlike teams that fly largely
After we unnoticed until the wins pile up
got all the in February, Buffalo needed only
a week of the regular season to
accolades make its move.
and Buffalo has a couple of notable
everything, nonconference games on the
schedule in December, including
how are consecutive road games at No. 15
we going Syracuse and No. 24 Marquette.
In the meantime, the Bulls don’t
to come play again until Nov. 21 against
in and Dartmouth, though Oats figures
respond his team can use the break. The
’
Bulls are unbeaten despite shoot-
to it. ing less than 40 percent through
Nate Oats the first three games, includ-
Buffalo coach ing 26 percent from three-point
range.
Fix that, and Buffalo could be staying in
“The way our shooting’s gone, it may not
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Briefly
Brodeur tops Hockey HoF list
TORONTO — Martin Brodeur, Willie
O’Ree and NHL commissioner Gary Bett-
man led the latest group of inductees to the
Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Brodeur, the all-time leader in goal-
ie wins and shutouts, was joined in the
player’s category by Martin St. Louis, Ca-
nadian women’s star Jayna Hefford and
Russian great Alexander Yakushev. Bet-
tman and O’Ree — the NHL’s first black
player — went into the Hall as builders.
A three-time Stanley Cup champion and
four-time Vezina Trophy winner with the
New Jersey Devils, Brodeur won 691 games
and had 125 shutouts in his 20 seasons.
A two-time Olympic gold medalist for
Canada, Brodeur shares or owns 12 NHL
records.
In other NHL news:
 Washington Capitals forward Tom
Wilson has had his 20-game suspension
reduced to 14 by a neutral arbitrator and is
eligible to play immediately.
Wilson has already served 16 games of
his suspension for an illegal check to the
head of St. Louis forward Oskar Sundqvist
in each team’s preseason finale.
McIlroy leaving European Tour
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory
McIlroy is set to give up European Tour
membership in 2019 to focus on the U.S.
PGA Tour.
Just for the year, for now.
McIlroy said on Tuesday at the World
Tour Championship he intends to play only
two full-field European Tour events in the
first half of 2019 because of changes in the
tournament schedule.
The three-time Race to Dubai champion
said he’ll be spending most of his time in
the U.S. because the Players’ Champion-
ship and the U.S. PGA Championship have
been brought forward to March and May
respectively. That has pushed the Euro-
pean Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA
Championship, to September.
“It is the result of the changes,” he said.
“I don’t have to commit to anything until
May, so I will not have played a European
Tour event ... I will play the WGCs and ma-
jors and events like that, but the true Euro-
pean Tour season does not start until July.
Baylor, Iowa St. players to sit
Iowa State running back David Mont-
gomery and Baylor defensive end Greg
Roberts will miss the first half of their
teams’ games this week after the scuffle
that led to their ejections in the second half
of a testy game.
Cyclones coach Matt Campbell said
Monday that his team wouldn’t appeal the
penalty against Montgomery, who retaliat-
ed with a swing after Roberts reached over
an official to throw a punch at the running
back on Saturday.
NASCAR’s Silver Fox dies at 83
David Pearson, the NASCAR pioneer
known as “The Silver Fox” for his cunning
craft and a longtime rivalry with Richard
Petty, has died. He was 83.
The Wood Brothers Racing team said
Pearson died Monday night in Spartan-
burg, S.C., where he was born and lived
most of his life. Details were not immedi-
ately available.
Pearson was one of NASCAR’s first su-
perstars along with Petty, Bobby Allison
and Cale Yarborough, and they raced all
over the country as the cornerstone during
NASCAR’s period of slow growth beyond
a regional racing series. Pearson was a
three-time Cup champion, his 105 career
victories trail only Petty’s 200.
— Associated Press
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NFL

Jackson back with Bengals

Ex-Browns coach tries Cincinnati for third stint as special assistant
BY JOE K AY
Associated Press
CINCINNATI — Hue Jackson
needed only a few weeks to land
another job in the place where
he’s always welcomed.
The Bengals hired Jackson on
Tuesday as a special assistant to
head coach Marvin Lewis as he
tries to resurrect Cincinnati’s his-
torically bad defense. Lewis was
fired by the Cleveland Browns
last month after he won only
three games in three seasons as
head coach.
As soon as Cleveland let him
go, the Bengals showed an inter-
est in Jackson, who begins his
third stint with them.
In his latest role, he’ll help
Lewis — a close friend — to try
to fix the defense and save the
season. Cincinnati (5-4) has lost
three of its last four games and is
on pace to give up the most yards
in a season in NFL history. The
Bengals have allowed 500 yards
in three straight games, a first for
any team in the Super Bowl era.
They fired defensive coordi-
nator Teryl Austin on Monday,
with Lewis taking over as defen-
sive coordinator in addition to
his head coaching duties. Lewis
said on Monday that there was a
plan to help him do both jobs, but
didn’t get specific.
The Bengals talked to Jackson
about becoming Lewis’ special
assistant, and he readily accepted
the position.
“I have a great comfort level
with Hue and his ability to assist
me with the day-to-day responsi-
bilities on defense, including ana-
lyzing our opponents and helping
me on game days with the players
and defensive coaches,” Lewis
said.
Lewis hired Jackson in 2004
— his second season in Cincinna-
ti — as receivers coach. He spent
three years in the job before mov-
ing to the Falcons as offensive co-
ordinator, developing a reputation
for creativity. He was the Raid-
ers’ offensive coordinator before
moving up to head coach in 2011.
After his firing in Oakland, he
returned to the Bengals in 2012 as
a special assistant working with
the defensive backs in 2012. He
worked with the running backs in
2013 and was promoted to offen-
sive coordinator a year later when
Jay Gruden went to Washington.
The Bengals had one of their
best years on offense in 2015, with
Andy Dalton leading the AFC in
passer rating. Jackson was hired
by the Browns after the season
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam
fired Jackson after a 33-18 loss
in Pittsburgh, Cleveland’s 25th
consecutive road defeat. Jackson
wasn’t getting along with offen-
sive coordinator Todd Haley, who
also was fired.
Even though Jackson will be DAVID RICHARD/AP
working with the defense in his
latest incarnation in Cincinnati, Former Browns head coach Hue Jackson has re-joined Cincinnati’s
it’ll create an awkward dynamic. staff under Marvin Lewis. Jackson, who was fired in Cleveland on
Dalton developed a close relation- Oct. 19, was hired by the Bengals on Tuesday as a special assistant.
ship with Jackson, who helped Jackson previously worked for the team in 2004 for three years, ana
him to his greatest success in the again from 2012-2015.
NFL. Bill Lazor is in his first full
season as the Bengals’ offensive New Orleans also has one of the an injured hip that could keep
coordinator. league’s worst defenses. him out of Sunday’s game.
The offense is missing receiver The Bengals play at Baltimore The Bengals haven’t won a
A.J. Green indefinitely with an (4-5) on Sunday, a game that’s playoff game since the 1990 sea-
injured toe on his right foot. The pivotal for both teams. Pittsburgh son, the sixth-longest streak of
starting unit managed only one (6-2-1) has started pulling away postseason futility in NFL histo-
touchdown during a 51-14 loss atop the AFC North. The Ravens ry. Lewis is 0-7 in the playoffs, the
to the Saints on Sunday at Paul have lost three straight games, worst coaching mark in league
Brown Stadium, even though and quarterback Joe Flacco has history.

Stunk: Bucs try shaking up offense; Gruden’s Raiders in shambles

FROM BACK PAGE
in here and straight beat us.”
Maybe because the Bills were trying a
whole lot harder?
“Nobody’s quit on anybody,” Kearse
added. “We win together, we lose together
and that’s everybody’s mindset right now.
We’re all not perfect, we’re out here trying
to figure it out and find ways to improve
this situation like anybody else. So, I would
think that’s far from the truth.”
The Jets have never fired a coach dur-
ing the season since the Johnson fam-
ily bought the franchise in 2000. At least
Bowles seems to have that going for him.
Koetter is in his third season in charge
in Tampa, and he’s supposedly an offen-
sive mastermind. Until being manhandled
by Washington, the Bucs were tearing it up
when they had the ball. Maybe somebody
tore up all the play sheets that worked pre-
viously because they scored a mere three
points against a team struggling with
injuries.
Offensive coordinator Todd Monken had
been calling plays, but Koetter took over
against the Redskins. He wouldn’t explain
why, but clearly it was a bogus decision.
“We weren’t good enough as a team,
and that starts with me,” Koetter said. “To
move the ball like that and come up with
three points, you’re just not going to win
that way.”
Tampa (3-6) has the second-longest JOHN HEFTI /AP
playoff drought, 10 seasons, and Koetter’s
chances of breaking that string are dimin- Raiders head coach Jon Gruden gestures during the second half of Sunday’s game between the Raiders and the Los Angeles
ishing rapidly. Chargers in Oakland, Calif. Gruden’s return to Oakland has been a fiasco, with a 1-8 record and a retooled roster. Gruden already
No such worries for Gruden, whose re- traded stars Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper, then released veteran Bruce Irvin.
turn to Oakland has been a fiasco so far.
Give him credit for all the high draft picks that has been outscored 75-9 in the past Irvin and Amari Cooper. He’s got that Cleveland, which stunned Atlanta; and, of
the Raiders will have in April, and maybe nine quarters in what has quickly become wildly lucrative 10-year contract, virtual course, Buffalo — was so strong, so admi-
for the high prospects they will carry into a lost season. “It’s painful. It’s really hard. total control of personnel and no qualms rable. Perhaps the worst sign for a strug-
Las Vegas when they move in 2020. It’s painful. It’s going to be hard to sleep about doing pretty much anything. gling team is when it looks lost, lethargic
For now, though, well — pardon us on this again, hard to get up in the morning.” What must hurt fans of these three and lacking skill on the field.
one — they’ve fallen into a Black Hole. When Gruden gets up, he’ll perhaps look teams that got hammered Sunday is that In New Jersey and the Tampa and Oak-
“This will be a year that a lot of us will at others to get rid of as he retools the ros- the effort from other losing clubs — Ari- land bay areas, that’s exactly what the fans
never forget,” Gruden said of his 1-8 team ter already missing Khalil Mack, Bruce zona, which tested powerful Kansas City; saw in Week 10.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 •STA R S A N D ST R I P E S • F3HIJKLM PAGE 31

NFL

Manning rallies Giants past 49ers

Scoreboard
American Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 7 3 0 .700 280 236

Veteran QB leads late drive, throws winning TD pass in final minute

Miami 5 5 0 .500 199 256
Buffalo 3 7 0 .300 137 251
N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 208 254
South
Houston 6 3 0 .667 216 184
Tennessee 5 4 0 .556 168 151
Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 260 239 BY JOSH DUBOW
Jacksonville 3 6 0 .333 160 199
North Associated Press
Pittsburgh 6 2 1 .722 279 209
Cincinnati 5 4 0 .556 235 288 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Eli
Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 213 160
Cleveland 3 6 1 .350 218 263 Manning showed he still has what
West it takes to lead the kind of game-
Kansas City 9 1 0 .900 353 240
L.A. Chargers 7 2 0 .778 240 186 winning drive that earned him
Denver 3 6 0 .333 205 213 two Super Bowl MVP awards.
Oakland 1 8 0 .111 147 272
Manning capped a 75-yard
National Conference drive with a 3-yard touchdown
East pass to Sterling Shepard with 53
W L T Pct PF PA seconds left and the New York
Washington 6 3 0 .667 176 175
Dallas 4 5 0 .444 181 171 Giants snapped a five-game los-
Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 198 183 ing streak by beating the San
N.Y. Giants 2 7 0 .222 177 228
South Francisco 49ers 27-23 on Monday
New Orleans 8 1 0 .889 330 232
Carolina 6 3 0 .667 241 232 night.
Atlanta 4 5 0 .444 244 254 “It doesn’t get old,” said Man-
Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 232 291
North ning, whose 36 game-winning
Chicago 6 3 0 .667 269 175 drives are the third most in the
Minnesota 5 3 1 .611 221 204
Green Bay 4 4 1 .500 223 216 NFL since he entered the league
Detroit 3 6 0 .333 202 244 in 2004. “It’s fun. It’s fun playing
West
L.A. Rams 9 1 0 .900 335 231 in those games and having a two-
Seattle 4 5 0 .444 219 192 minute drive to win it. Those are
Arizona 2 7 0 .222 124 225
San Francisco 2 8 0 .200 230 266 the situations you want to be in.
Thursday’s game You want to have a chance.”
Pittsburgh 52, Carolina 21
Sunday’s games The Giants (2-7) have failed
New Orleans 51, Cincinnati 14
Cleveland 28, Atlanta 16 to capitalize on those late-game
Kansas City 26, Arizona 14 situations this season, losing five
Tennessee 34, New England 10
Washington 16, Tampa Bay 3 games by seven points or fewer
Indianapolis 29, Jacksonville 26 as part of a disappointing stretch
Buffalo 41, N.Y. Jets 10
Chicago 34, Detroit 22 that has put the 37-year-old Man-
L.A. Chargers 20, Oakland 6 ning’s status as starting quarter-
Green Bay 31, Miami 12
L.A. Rams 36, Seattle 31 back in question.
Dallas 27, Philadelphia 20 But Manning delivered against
Open: Minnesota, Denver, Baltimore, TONY AVELAR /AP
Houston the 49ers (2-8) to give New York a
Monday’s game
N.Y. Giants 27, San Francisco 23 much-needed win. Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard, left, and quarterback Eli Manning celebrate as they run off the
Thursday, Nov. 15 “That’s what Eli is really good field after scoring in the final minute to beat the 49ers on Monday.
Green Bay at Seattle
Sunday, Nov. 18 at, engineering those come-from-
Houston at Washington behind drives,” coach Pat Shur- the third quarter and briefly left
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants mur said. “That was terrific. He the game. On his first play back
Dallas at Atlanta hung in there and made some re- in to start the fourth quarter, a
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Carolina at Detroit ally good throws and got us into pass from Mullens deflected off
Tennessee at Indianapolis the end zone. That’s the sign of a
Denver at L.A. Chargers Goodwin’s hands for the second
Oakland at Arizona good quarterback.” interception of the game by B.J.
Philadelphia at New Orleans Manning threw two TD passes
Minnesota at Chicago Goodson. Goodwin was slow to
Open: Buffalo, San Francisco, Miami, to Odell Beckham Jr. and then get up after that play and went
New England, Cleveland, N.Y. Jets
Monday, Nov. 19 engineered the late game-win- back into the medical tent for
Kansas City vs L.A. Rams at Mexico ning drive with help from a pair observation. Goodwin returned
City
of third-down penalties against to the game later in the fourth
Monday Malcolm Smith and Ahkello quarter.
Giants 27, 49ers 23 Witherspoon.
New York 7 3 10 7—27
Saquon Barkley then had a 23- Century mark
San Francisco 3 10 7 3—23 yard catch to get the ball into the
First quarter
SF—FG Gould 53, 10:13. red zone and Manning connected Barkley rans for 67 yards and
NYG—Beckham 10 pass from Manning with Shepard on third down to added 33 receiving to join Eric
(Rosas kick), 2:43.
Second quarter give the Giants the win. Dickerson as the only players
SF—Breida 3 run (Gould kick), 13:05. “I just saw man-to-man cov- since the merger to gain at least
NYG—FG Rosas 20, 1:50.
SF—FG Gould 36, :02. erage,” Shepard said. “That’s 100 yards from scrimmage in
Third quarter something we’ve been practicing. eight of their first nine career
SF—Breida 11 pass from Mullens
(Gould kick), 8:09. I was able to capture the outside games.
NYG—Beckham 20 pass from Manning edge and Eli put the ball in a per-
(Rosas kick), 6:36.
NYG—FG Rosas 31, 2:10.
Fourth quarter
fect place.” Playing for Paradise
SF—FG Gould 30, 2:46. Matt Breida ran for 101 yards
NYG—S.Shepard 3 pass from Manning and scored two touchdowns for Niners GM John Lynch wel-
(Rosas kick), :53. comed the high school football
A—69,409. the 49ers (2-8), who were unable
NYG SF to win consecutive games under TONY AVELAR /AP team from Paradise, a town de-
First downs 17 24
third-string quarterback Nick stroyed by the wildfires in Butte
Total Net Yards 277 374 Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard, top, catches the winning
Rushes-yards 23-97 29-124 Mullens. Breida’s 23-yard run County, about 175 miles north.
Passing 180 250 touchdown pass over 49ers cornerback D.J. Reed Jr. in the final
Punt Returns 1-7 2-24 helped set up a 30-yard field goal minute in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday. Players and cheerleaders from
Kickoff Returns 4-104 0-0 by Robbie Gould that gave the the school were on the field for
Interceptions Ret. 2-8 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 19-31-0 27-39-2 Niners a 23-20 lead with 2:46 to Mullens wasn’t nearly as sharp also threw two interceptions with the national anthem. The Niners
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 0-0 play. raised more than $100,000 to sup-
Punts 5-47.6 3-44.3 as he was in his NFL debut against the first setting up a 10-yard TD
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 But the 49ers allowed the go- pass from Manning to Beckham. port relief and recovery efforts.
Penalties-Yards 8-78 10-97 the Raiders on Nov. 1 when he
ahead score and couldn’t pull it Those two connected again on The air quality for the game
Time of Possession 25:46 34:14 joined Hall of Famers Jim Kelly
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS out at the end as Mullens’ pass a 20-yard score in the third quar- was at an unhealthy level because
RUSHING—New York, Barkley 20-67, and Fran Tarkenton as the only of the fires. The Air Quality Index
S.Shepard 1-27, Gallman 2-3. San Fran- from the Giants 21 sailed out of ter as New York rallied from 10
cisco, Breida 17-101, Morris 9-19, Juszc- the end zone on the final play. players with at least 250 yards was at 161 at kickoff, which is in
zyk 1-3, Mullens 2-1. passing, three touchdown passes points down to tie the game in the
PASSING—New York, Manning 19-31-0- “Those are the plays you have second half. the unhealthy zone, and smoke
188. San Francisco, Mullens 27-39-2-250. to make to finish the game,” Mul- and no interceptions in their first could be smelled throughout the
RECEIVING—New York, Beckham 4-73, career games.
lens said. “That was a moment stadium. The NFL had monitored
Engram 4-46, Barkley 4-33, Penny 2-12,
S.Shepard 2-9, C.Coleman 1-11, Ellison of truth, and I didn’t get the job Mullens threw for 250 yards Hard hit the situation but the AQI never
1-6, Pulley 1-(minus 2). San Francisco,
Kittle 9-83, Goodwin 4-69, Bourne 4-33, done. I have to play better in those and had an 11-yard TD pass to Niners receiver Marquise got near 200, the level where the
Pettis 4-12, Breida 3-31, Juszczyk 2-10, moments of truth. We all have to Breida that made it 20-10 early Goodwin was hit in the helmet by game would have needed to be
T.Taylor 1-12.
MISSED FIELD GOALS — None. play better.” in the third quarter. But Mullens Alec Ogletree on a catch late in moved.
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Buffalo Bills tight end Jason Croom recovers a fumble by wide receiver Zay Jones, left, for a touchdown against the New York Jets during the first quarter Sunday in East
Rutherford, N.J. Jets coach Todd Bowles, below, admitted after the game that his team was an embarrasment in the 41-10 loss in the Meadowlands.

‘We stunk it up’

Awful Jets, Bucs, Raiders making game day painful for fans
BY BARRY WILNER
Associated Press
To say the Jets, Raiders and Bucs
have quit would be hyperbole.
To say their fans are ready to
quit watching them would be more
accurate.
There was little to nothing worth
mentioning about their perfor-
mances Sunday in one-sided de-
feats. In the New York and Tampa
Bay areas, much of the chatter will
be about removing Todd Bowles
and Dirk Koetter as head coaches of
their respective outfits. At least Jon
Gruden won’t be worrying about job
security with a Raiders team he has
torn asunder, and he has the job se-
curity to rebuild.
Bowles got it right at New Jersey’s
Meadowlands following a 41-10 em-
barrassment at the hands of the
previously-inept-on-offense Buf-
falo Bills, saying: “We stunk it up as
coaches, we stunk it up as players.”
His team certainly represented
what used to be swamp land quite
well Sunday.
The Jets (3-7, losers of four in a
row) were blitzed from the begin-
ning by a quarterback, Matt Bark-
ley, who was unemployed a few days
ago, and has been a journeyman for
almost his entire NFL stint; this
was his 12th game since 2013. They
were overrun by LeSean McCoy,
which is fine except when you con-
sider he was in a horrendous slump
and hadn’t scored all season.
Worst, they seemed apathetic
and disinterested from the start, a
strong indictment of the players
and the coaches.
“They just came in and just
straight, flat out, beat us,”
said Jets receiver Jermaine
Kearse, who has had to ad-
just to lots of losing in New
York after lots of winning
while he was with the Se-
ahawks. “I wish I could
give you an explanation.
It’s frustrating for all of
us, but they just came
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