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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
President Barack
Obama speaks on the
15th anniversary of
the 9/11 attacks on
Sunday morning at
the Pentagon.
C OREY DICKSTEIN
Stars and Stripes
Obama: ‘There is nothing we
Americans cannot overcome’
President says nation will never
forget 9/11, praises US resilience
On 15th anniversary of terrorist
attacks, ‘grief never goes away’
BY COREY DICKSTEIN
BY JENNIFER PELTZ AND VERENA DOBNIK
Stars and Stripes
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Sunday morning stood solemnly in the spot where, 15 years
earlier, terrorists flew a hijacked commercial airliner
into one of the nation’s most iconic buildings, a symbol
of American power.
In the shadow of the Pentagon’s western-most side,
the president joined a small crowd of survivors of the
attack on the Defense Department’s headquarters and
the family members of others who died Sept. 11, 2001.
NEW YORK — The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, with victims’ relatives reading
their names and reflecting on a loss that still felt as immediate to them as it was indelible for the nation.
“It doesn’t get easier. The grief never goes away. You
don’t move forward — it always stays with you,” said
Tom Acquaviva, who lost his son, Paul Acquaviva, as he
joined over 1,000 victims’ family members, survivors
and dignitaries at ground zero under an overcast sky.
SEE FORGET ON PAGE 6
A NDREW H ARNIK /AP
A member of the audience becomes emotional during
a ceremony for the 15th anniversary of the attacks on
the World Trade Center in New York on Sunday.
SEE GRIEF ON PAGE 7
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Saudi Arabia, during the annual hajj
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Expert: Dropouts are top
problem in treating PTSD
BY WYATT OLSON
Stars and Stripes
TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER,
Hawaii — Standing in front of an auditorium
full of health care professionals, Dr. Charles
Hoge described a handful of emerging strategies for treating post-traumatic stress
disorder.
But at the end of his presentation, which
was part of an annual health summit Thursday and Friday, Hoge declared that research
is needed on how to get patients to stick with
their therapy.
“I think treatment dropouts are still the
most critical problem,” said Hoge, a leading expert on PTSD and a senior scientist at
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in
Maryland.
Trauma-focused therapies, during which
patients undergo prolonged exposure to
thoughts and memories associated with a
traumatic event, are now widely used to treat
PTSD in active-duty military, veteran and civilian patients, Hoge said.
“This is sort of the standard of care now
for patients with PTSD, to utilize one of these
types of treatments,” he said. “They are very
effective. About 70 percent, plus or minus, of
people recover if they stay in the treatment.
But there’s a high percentage of people who
drop out of the treatment.”
A course of treatment generally lasts about
12 sessions, although that varies.
In practice, however, less than 50 percent
of people recover when they get care because,
for one reason or another, some drop out.
“That may be because we’re not presenting the material in a way that’s comfortable to
them,” he said. “It might be because they decided to prioritize their job over getting care.
Or they had child care concerns or transportation problems or felt that stigma was going
to be a burden.
“It’s an area where we need more research,
to be sure.”
The annual health summit, now in its fifth
year, aims to share best practices and information on many topics among professionals in
DOD, VA and civilian health care systems.
PTSD affects people across all of society,
but the post-9/11 wars brought the condition
to the forefront for those who served in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates PTSD affects 11 percent to 20 percent
of veterans of those two conflicts. It’s estimated to affect 30 percent of Vietnam War
veterans.
People with PTSD may experience emotional numbness and loss of interest in things
they used to enjoy. They can be easily startled, upset, irritated or act out aggressively.
They often have trouble sleeping or getting to
sleep.
Hoge said he and others in the PTSD treatment community have been challenged by a
change several years ago in the definition of
PTSD in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders. It lays out the characteristics or symptoms a patient must exhibit, and
excludes some individuals who would have
been determined to have PTSD under the previous definition.
“The problem with that is that we have 30
years of research using the original definition, including all of our treatment trials. We
have effective treatments,” Hoge said.
“We have not a single treatment trial using
the new definition yet. The implication is
that there may be people who we know treatment would be beneficial for but who are not
receiving the diagnosis because of the new
definition.”
The new definition also has created a new
group of people identified as having PTSD,
but treatments for them have not been validated through trials, he said.
“The important thing, from my standpoint,
is that we want to make sure people get the
treatment they need, and we want to give
them the diagnoses that’s going to support
that treatment,” he said.
The DOD and VA are using the new definition, but Hoge said he would not hesitate to
diagnose someone as having PTSD under the
old guidelines. He called that a “reasonable”
approach, even if it “may not be what some of
our policy experts want us to do.”
The most successful trauma-focused therapies are those in which patients are exposed
repetitively to the same cues that trigger their
symptoms.
Hoge described this as “new learning that’s
being overlaid on the fear condition.” The
problem is that over time, this fear “extinction learning” sometimes degrades, and some
patients return months or years after successful treatment.
An emerging area of research focuses on
how to permanently change a conditioned
fear response in the brain, he said.
Experiments have found that during certain points of successful therapy, a “reconsolidation window” exists during which memory
can actually be changed, he said.
“When memory becomes activated, we
know that within the next hour or two —
maybe as much as five hours — that memory
can be reconsolidated,” he said. “But there’s
M ATTHEW BREITBART
National Museum of Health and Medicine
This mask was designed by an active-duty
servicemember during art-therapy sessions
at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence,
Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center. It is one work from a temporary
exhibit of art-therapy masks on display at the
National Museum of Health and Medicine in
Silver Spring, Md., through September.
a short window and then that window closes. It either gets consolidated in a new way
or it gets reconsolidated in the way it was
before.”
One therapy that could be promising in
such permanent change is accelerated resolution therapy, or ART, he said.
During ART, patients bring up the traumatic experience in their mind, during which
they typically feel it manifest somewhere in
their body — gut, chest, head.
“There are techniques to help them alleviate the sensations they’re having in their
body, and once they have a more positive
response in their body, then oftentimes they
can go back to visualizing the traumatic experience without as much visceral response,”
he said.
ART also uses “rescripting,” whereby a patient recalls a bad experience and then visualizes a different outcome, Hoge said.
Although the patient logically knows that’s
not how it really happened, at a neurological
level in the limbic system — the part of the
brain that supports emotions and long-term
memory, among other basics — something
changes and “people feel much better afterwards,” he said.
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N. Korea test shows clear progress on nukes
BY K IM GAMEL
Stars and Stripes
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea
sent a clear message with its fifth and most
powerful nuclear test: It is moving closer to
its goal of developing a nuclear device that
could hit the U.S. mainland, though just
how close remains uncertain.
What is obvious is that Pyongyang has
become much more prolific with its provocations — the blast was the second in eight
months — and is learning
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ballistic missile program.
The United Nations
Security Council strongly condemned the
test and vowed to pursue “significant measures” as it convened its second emergency
session on North Korea in less than a week.
It met earlier to denounce a triple missile
test last Monday. But the council tightened
sanctions considerably in March, raising
questions about what more can be done.
Defying intense diplomatic pressure to
stop, the reclusive regime has insisted on
acceptance as a nuclear state as a precondition for any negotiations to ease the nearly yearlong crisis on the divided peninsula.
In the past, it has used bellicose threats
and exaggerated claims to wring concessions and food aid from the West.
President Barack Obama declared the
United States “does not, and never will”
accept North Korea as a nuclear state, but
the U.S. election to replace him is looming
in less than two months.
Pyongyang appears to be betting that its
show of nuclear strength will give it more
leverage and will leave the U.S. and its allies with no choice but to engage.
“North Korea is taking this opportunity
to demonstrate their nuclear capabilities
with an eye to the next government,” said
Shunji Hiraiwa, a professor of contemporary Korean studies in Japan. “They are
preparing to bring the next U.S. administration to the negotiation table by showing
off their nuclear capabilities.”
Joel Wit of the U.S.-Korea Institute at
Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies said the window for getting the North to back down is
closing.
“As their nuclear deterrent grows, as
it becomes more capable, of course the
chances for denuclearization go down,” he
said. “But it also has the effect of raising
the price of denuclearization.”
The underground explosion occurred as
North Koreans were celebrating the 68th
anniversary of the founding of their communist state. South Korea’s military said
it was a 10-kiloton blast near the North’s
main Punggye-ri nuclear site. By comparison, the atomic bomb the United States
dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
in 1945 was about 15 kilotons.
“This would kill about 80,000 people if
they were to shoot it on a missile and aim
it at Tokyo,” said Bruce Bechtol, a political
science professor at Angelo State University in Texas.
He said the fact that the North Koreans
conducted two nuclear tests in the same
year — following single blasts in 2006,
2009 and 2013 — showed they are accelerating their efforts on that front together
with their missile advances.
Bechtol, a former Marine who has written several books on North Korea, pointed
out that many of the missiles tested already
have a range putting them within reach of
Japan and the U.S. territory of Guam, not
to mention neighboring South Korea.
“They can threaten both Japanese and
U.S. assets in the region,” he said in a telephone interview.
The timing also was a slap in the face to
Obama, who was on his way home from his
last presidential trip to Asia.
The administration’s policy of relying on
punishing measures to squeeze the North
so far has failed to force the isolated country to relinquish its nuclear program.
Instead, tensions have intensified as
the North condemned annual U.S.-South
Korean war games held last month and
unprecedented U.S. sanctions against its
ruler Kim Jong Un.
North Korea has carried out 37 missile
tests since the young leader took power
after his father’s death in 2011, according
to a South Korean tally. That’s more than
twice as many as were conducted during
Kim Jong Il’s 17-year rule.
Many failed to launch or exploded in
midair, but military officials have recorded increasing levels of success. The three
midrange missiles fired last Monday flew
about 620 miles before landing close to
each other in the sea near Japan.
Other apparent accomplishments include
successful missile launches from road-
mobile platforms and even from a submarine, all of which would be harder to detect
in advance. The North also is believed to
have developed a new solid-fuel rocket engine that is quicker to prepare for launch
than the previous, liquid-fuel models.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said it was time for a “rethinking” of America’s strategy toward North
Korea.
Clinton, who spoke after meeting Friday
with a bipartisan group of national security experts in New York, agreed that North
Korea must renounce its nuclear weapons
program and promised to pursue stricter
sanctions.
However, she also said sanctions “aren’t
enough” and multiparty negotiations such
as those that led to the breakthrough nuclear deal with Iran earlier this year should
be considered.
Donald Trump did not issue a public
comment about the latest test. The Republican presidential nominee said previously he would hold talks with North Korea
and press China to do more to contain the
problem.
China, the North’s traditional ally, signed
on to the last round of sanctions and is key
to implementation.
But disputes over plans to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system known
as THAAD in South Korea and the South
China Sea likely will limit further cooperation, experts said.
Beijing also fears a collapse of the North
Korean regime would lead to instability on
its border and would eliminate a key buffer
with democratic South Korea.
It issued a tepid statement Friday saying it “firmly opposed” the nuclear test
but urged all parties to act cautiously and
“avoid provoking each other.”
North Korea boasted that the test showed
it can now make warheads small enough to
fit on a missile, and produce them in significant numbers.
“By standardizing and normalizing the
nuclear warhead, we will be able to produce as many smaller, lighter and more
diversified nuclear warheads as we need,”
the North said. “This has definitely put on
a higher level [the North’s] technology of
mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic
rockets.”
Pyongyang has made such unprovable
claims before. In March, state-run media
published photos showing Kim posing with
a silver globe that was purportedly a miniaturized warhead.
Many military experts believe North
Korean scientists already are able to place
nuclear warheads inside smaller missiles
but say it will take years to be able to deliver the weapon effectively on an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Pyongyang insists its nuclear program
is aimed at deterring an attack by the U.S.
and South Korean forces stationed on the
other side of the world’s most heavily militarized border.
Some 28,500 U.S. servicemembers are
stationed in the South, which remains
technically at war with the North after the
1950-53 war ended with an armistice instead of a peace treaty.
North Korea’s 32-year-old leader also has
made a series of moves, including purges
and executions within his inner circle, to
consolidate his hold on power.
South Korea has cited a rising number
of defections, including a senior diplomat
from the country’s embassy in London, as
evidence the regime is struggling.
Jeffrey Lewis, of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey,
Calif., said the possession of a significant
number of nuclear weapons could allow
the North to strike ports and airfields to
prevent the U.S. from amassing forces in
the event of a war.
North Korea’s intensified weapons program also poses new challenges for the allied defense strategy on the peninsula.
“Although South Korea is investing
heavily in missile defenses — not just
THAAD, but indigenous systems as well
— North Korea appears to be developing
a number of countermeasures to defeat defenses,” Lewis wrote in a commentary for
the Washington-based Center for Strategic
and International Studies.
The U.S. and South Korea, meanwhile,
dispatched planes equipped with radiationdetection equipment to collect samples
near the test site to determine whether
Friday’s bomb was hydrogen or atomic,
and to confirm the size.
Stars and Stripes staffers Yoo Kyong Chang and
Chiyomi Sumida contributed to this report.
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Woman in famed Times Square
V-J Day kiss photo dies at 92
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The woman in an
iconic photo shown kissing an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died.
Greta Zimmer Friedman was 92.
Friedman, who fled Austria during the war as a 15-year-old, died
Thursday at a hospital in Richmond,
Va., from complications of old age,
said her son, Joshua Friedman.
Greta Friedman was a 21-year-old
dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform
when she became part of one of the
most famous photographs of the 20th
century.
On Aug. 14, 1945, known as V-J
Day, the day Japan surrendered to
the United States, people spilled into
the New York City streets from restaurants, bars and movie theaters,
celebrating the news.
That’s when George Mendonsa
spotted Friedman, spun her around
and planted a kiss. The two had
never met. In fact, Mendonsa was
on a date with an actual nurse, Rita
Petry, who would later become his
wife.
The photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt
is called “V-J Day in Times Square,”
but is known to most simply as “The
Kiss.” Mendonsa said that in some
photos of the scene, Petry could be
seen smiling in the background.
Another image from a different
angle was taken by U.S. Navy photographer Victor Jorgensen but it
was Eisenstaedt’s photo that became
seared in people’s minds. His photo
was first published in Life magazine,
buried deep within its pages. Over
the years, the photo gained recognition, and several people claimed to
be the kissing couple.
In an August 1980 issue of Life,
11 men and three women said they
were the subjects. It was years before Mendonsa and Friedman were
confirmed to be the couple.
Joshua Friedman said his mother
recalled the events happening in an
instant.
“It wasn’t that much of a kiss,”
Friedman said in an interview with
the Veterans History Project in 2005.
“It was just somebody celebrating. It
wasn’t a romantic event.”
Both of Friedman’s parents died
in the Holocaust, according to Lawrence Verria, co-author of “The
Kissing Sailor: The Mystery Behind
the Photo that Ended World War II.”
Friedman will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, next to her
late husband, Dr. Misha Friedman.
VICTOR JORGENSEN,
PROVIDED BY THE
U.S. N AV Y/AP
A sailor kisses a nurse Aug. 14, 1945, in Manhattan’s
Times Square as New York City celebrates the end of World
War II. The woman, Greta Zimmer Friedman, died Thursday
at the age of 92, her son said.
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The USS Zumwalt sits at a dock at Naval
Station Newport, R.I., on Friday.
PHOTOS
BY
MICHAEL D WYER /AP
WAVE OF THE FUTURE
Navy gives look inside futuristic destroyer
BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT
Associated Press
NEWPORT, R.I. — The Navy gave a
first look inside the stealthy and futuristic
Zumwalt destroyer on Friday during the
ship’s first port stop at a Rhode Island naval
station.
The 610-foot-long warship has an angular
shape to minimize its radar signature and
it cost more than $4.4 billion. It’s the most
expensive destroyer built for the Navy.
It’s headed from Naval Station Newport
to Baltimore, where it will be commissioned
in October before going to its homeport in
San Diego. It was built at Bath Iron Works
in Maine.
During a tour, the Navy showed off the
ship’s bridge, weaponry and mission center. In the bridge, there are 180-degree
windows and chairs for the ship’s captain
and executive officer to command the vessel. They overlook two gun mounts that
resemble cannon barrels. The Zumwalt’s
powerful new gun system can unload 600
rocket-powered projectiles on targets more
than 70 miles away.
In the mission center, about two dozen
people can sit at consoles with multiple
computer screens to plan missions ranging
from land attack and air defense to anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare and support for special operations forces. There’s
a large flight deck and two small boats on
board in a bay that those forces can use.
It looks like a much smaller vessel on
radar and it’s quieter than other ships, making it hard to detect, track and attack.
Vice Adm. Tom Rowden mans, trains
and equips the surface ships of the Pacific
fleet, which will include the Zumwalt. He
said Friday that the Zumwalt will make a
significant difference.
Its advanced technology and capabilities
allow it to do a range of defensive and offensive missions wherever it is needed, and
that’s generating tremendous excitement
within the Navy, Rowden said. He said the
Zumwalt will be a “very stabilizing” sight
for allies and partners, and perhaps a “menacing” sight for potential enemies.
Also, the Zumwalt’s unique and significant capability to generate power could be
used in ways perhaps not even envisioned
yet, such as in the testing and use of laser
and directed-energy weapons systems,
Rowden said.
“We have the embodiment of the spirit of
technological breakthroughs and the future
of our Navy. I think we have the embodiment of Adm. Bud Zumwalt,” Rowden said.
“And I think as you combine those and many
other things together, what you really see is
tremendous, tremendous opportunity.”
The ship is named after the late Adm.
Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt, who earned the
Bronze Star in World War II and commanded small boats that patrolled the Mekong
Delta in Vietnam. He became the youngest
chief of naval operations and earned a reputation as a reformer who fought racism and
sexism.
Capt. James Kirk, the ship’s commanding
officer, has pictures of Zumwalt and books
about him in his office. Kirk said that the
ship’s commissioning will bring the admiral’s legacy as a reformer back into the fleet.
He said the Zumwalt’s crew of 147 officers
and sailors possess a high level of technical
expertise, great teamwork and mental and
physical toughness.
Additional equipment will be installed on
the ship in San Diego, and systems will be
tested and the crew will train. Rowden said
training and testing will last through 2017
and into 2018. He didn’t speculate when the
first deployment will happen.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., visited the Zumwalt on Friday, and he and Rowden said
technologies aboard will likely be added
to other classes of Navy ships moving
forward.
Sailors conduct business aboard the Zumwalt, which has an angular shape to minimize
its radar signature. The destroyer cost more than $4.4 billion.
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WAR ON TERRORISM
Syria deal offers
hope, but Russia
to call the shots
BY BRADLEY K LAPPER
AND M ATTHEW L EE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Saturday’s
deal to renew a nationwide truce
in Syria, open aid routes and establish a U.S.-Russia military
partnership may be the best hope
to end the brutal
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war. It is also
full of potential
pitfalls and leaves Moscow with
far more power than Washington to determine if there can be
peace.
Careful to note the possibility for failure, Secretary of State
John Kerry and Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov were
nevertheless upbeat as they announced the agreement after a
marathon negotiating session in
Geneva that culminated dozens
of one-on-one conversations over
the past several months. Spurred
on by the violence that has enveloped the Syrian city of Aleppo —
intense airstrikes were reported
there Saturday — the two diplo-
mats forged a pact they say departs from previous unsuccessful
attempts to halt the bloodshed.
Yet the new blueprint appears
to suffer from an imbalance common to the earlier efforts.
If U.S.-backed or other rebels
fighting Syrian President Bashar
Assad break the cease-fire, Russia could threaten to respond or
allow Assad’s forces to retaliate.
But if Assad breaks the ceasefire, the U.S. has no clear enforcement stick.
Washington is unlikely to attack
Syrian forces, given President
Barack Obama’s opposition to entering the war, even after Assad
crossed Obama’s “red line” by
using chemical weapons in 2013.
Allowing the opposition to launch
attacks would risk reopening a
fight that the rebels were losing.
As a result, the U.S. strategy
seems to rest almost entirely on
Russia’s good faith.
Moscow can punish Assad by
withdrawing the military support that has shored up his position. But if Russia acquiesces to
Syrian government violations or
K EVIN L AMARQUE /AP
Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a news
conference in Geneva about the crisis in Syria.
breaks the deal by hitting U.S.backed rebels, the only recourse
the United States might have is
to abandon the cease-fire, which
is scheduled to start at sundown
Monday, and the military cooperation arrangement supposed to
take effect seven days thereafter.
Sustainability is another potential problem, given the Syrian
opposition’s rejection of any settlement that leaves Assad in power.
Kerry said the breakthrough
could lead to an undefined political transition. He made no mention of Assad leaving power.
For Washington, the fighting’s
brutality and the Islamic State
group’s rise trump any gain it may
have seen in Assad’s departure.
When the cease-fire begins
Monday, Assad’s air force can still
fly combat missions against the
Islamic State group and Syria’s al-
Qaida affiliate, the Nusra Front,
for seven more days. That poses
problems because various U.S.backed rebels intermingle with
the al-Qaida-linked militants, a
symbiosis the U.S. must break. A
Syrian strike against Nusra can
easily be perceived as one against
the “moderate opposition.”
After a week of compliance
with the deal, Assad’s forces
would then be restricted to fighting only the Islamic State group.
But the group’s territory isn’t always clear.
Underlying the entire process
is U.S.-Russian mistrust. Obama
spoke of it a week ago after meeting Putin in China. Lavrov used
the word Saturday.
Some of Lavrov’s particulars
didn’t match Kerry’s, a problem
compounded by the lack of a publicly available, written document.
Iran welcomes Syria cease-fire agreement
Associated Press
BEIRUT — The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed a U.S.-Russian agreement
on a cease-fire for Syria, where it
has been a key ally of President
Bashar Assad during the fiveyear war that has resulted in as
many as 500,000 deaths.
Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news
agency quoted Foreign Ministry
spokesman Bahram Ghassemi as
saying, “Iran has always welcomed
a cease-fire in Syria and the facilitation of humanitarian access to
all people in this country.”
The agreement is set to go into
effect on Monday night, coinciding with the Muslim holiday, Eid
al-Adha.
With Iran’s endorsement, the
agreement is now backed by
Assad and all key allies of the Syrian government: Moscow, Tehran
and the Lebanese militant group
Hezbollah.
Rebel factions say they are
still deliberating the agreement,
which permits government forces
to strike al-Qaida-linked militants
for seven days before the U.S. and
Russia would take over the task.
Rebels have been fighting side
by side with the al-Qaida-linked
Fatah al-Sham around Aleppo as
they try to break a government
siege on the city’s opposition-held
quarters. It is not clear how the
government will distinguish between the two and whether it can
strike at Fatah al-Sham without
hitting other rebels as well.
In the past, several cease-fires
were brokered, and all failed. The
Russian and U.S. governments
contend this will go beyond previous truces between the Syrian government and armed opposition.
Libyan troops recapture key oil terminals from militia
BY R AMI MUSA
Associated Press
BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan
forces loyal to a powerful general
on Sunday recaptured two oil terminals from militias, according
to officials.
They said forces led by Gen.
Khalifa Hifter, who heads the
Libyan National Army, took over
the Ras Lanuf and al-Sidra terminals on Libya’s Mediterranean
coast and were battling militias at
a third terminal, al-Zueitina.
The majority of Libya’s oil exports went through the three
terminals before the Petroleum
Facilities Guard militia seized
them more than two years ago.
The militia driven out of the
facilities is allied with the U.N.backed government headquar-
tered in the capital, Tripoli.
The
Petroleum
Facilities
Guard’s leader, Ibrahim Jedran,
struck a deal in July with the
U.N. envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler. Critics have speculated it involved billions of dollars, sparking
charges that Kobler and the United Nations were empowering the
warlord, who is viewed by many
as having held Libya’s oil hostage.
The officials said there were no
casualties among the attacking
forces and that the militiamen did
not offer much resistance.
The attack took place on the eve
of a major Muslim holiday, Eid alAdha, which begins on Monday.
Hifter’s forces also moved
against two areas in the eastern city of Benghazi that remain
under militia control.
Hifter enjoys the support of
several Arab nations, including
Egypt, the United Arab Emirates
and Jordan, but he also is viewed
by many as an obstacle to peace.
He is allied with the parliament
based in eastern Libya, which
refuses to recognize the U.N.-
backed government in Tripoli.
Libya has been split between
rival governments, each backed
by a loose array of militias and
tribes. Western nations view the
U.N.-brokered government as the
best hope for uniting the country.
While American officials highlighted the initial, weeklong phase
of the truce, Lavrov said it starts
with a two-day period and then
requires a 48-hour extension.
He said the U.S.-Russian arrangement still allows Syrian air
forces to be “functional in other
areas outside those that we have
singled out for Russian-American
military cooperation.”
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9/11: 15 YEARS LATER
Ceremony honors
those who died
on, after Sept. 11
BY CHAD GARLAND
Stars and Stripes
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.
Marine Staff Sgt. Vinny Camillo
was a junior in high school the
day hijackers crashed planes into
the World Trade Center towers,
the Pentagon and a field outside
Shanksville, Pa. His uncle, then
a New York Police Department
detective, was a first responder.
On the fifth anniversary, Camillo was at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, where the United States
has held detainees in the war on
terrorism since shortly after the
U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Ten years on, he was in Afghanistan, and he was back again on
the 15th anniversary, part of a
flag detail at a ceremony Sunday
at the headquarters of the NATOled Resolute Support mission in
Kabul, Afghanistan.
Camillo is just of many whose
lives have followed the arc of
America’s longest war. Gen.
John W. Nicholson, commander
of the NATO mission that in 2015
transitioned to a train-adviseassist role, said the “short and
simple” ceremony honored them
all — those who died on Sept. 11
and since, and all who have sacrificed for the coalition’s efforts
to oust the Taliban and fight terrorism in Afghanistan.
Nicholson, who is also commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, thanked America’s allies
who have “stood by us in our
darkest hours.”
“Our strength resides in our
unity,” he said. Attacks in Europe
and elsewhere this year “are reminders that our partnership
and our mission are as important
now as they have ever been.”
As a result of the coalition’s efforts, NATO has ended its counterinsurgency combat mission
and reduced the troop presence
to 10 percent of what it was at its
height, Nicholson said. “It is now
our Afghan comrades who take
the fight to the enemy on a daily
basis.”
But Americans and their allies are still fighting and dying
in Afghanistan, including two
who Nicholson called “the latest
heroes in this long war” — U.S.
Army Sgt. Michael Thompson,
a Special Forces medic who
was killed outside Lashkar Gah
in August while advising Afghan forces, and Lt. Mohammad
Akbar, an Afghan special police
officer who was killed in the response to an attack on American
University of Afghanistan in
Kabul last month.
For Camillo, his hopes on the
15th anniversary are for a day
when all of America’s troops are
back safe from the country’s longest war.
“It’s just trying to bring everyone home,” Camillo said. “Fight
back, but bring everyone back.”
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U.S. soldiers at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul,
Afghanistan, bow their heads at a Sept. 11 ceremony on Sunday
honoring the victims of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon, and the crew and passengers of Flight 93.
PHOTOS
BY
C OREY DICKSTEIN /Stars and Stripes
Herb Wolk sits on the bench dedicated to the memory of his son-in-law, Navy Lt. Darin Pontell, on the
15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Forget: President Obama praises troops
who joined the military after the ’01 attacks
FROM FRONT PAGE
He delivered a message of hope
and continued perseverance on
the anniversary of one of the nation’s darkest days.
“We remember and we will
never forget the 3,000 beautiful
lives taken from us, including 184
men, women and children here,”
Obama said on his final 9/11 as
commander in chief. “You — the
survivors and families of 9/11
— your steadfast love and faithfulness has been an inspiration to
me and to our entire country. Together, there is nothing we Americans cannot overcome.”
The attacks 15 years ago at the
World Trade Center in New York,
the Pentagon and in a Pennsylvania field inspired a generation of
Americans to dedicate their lives
to serving the nation, in uniform
and out.
The president thanked the
“extraordinary” individuals who
have joined the military that has
dealt “devastating blows to alQaida,” the Navy SEALs who
“made sure justice was finally”
brought to Osama bin Laden and
the more than 5,000 servicemembers who have died on battlefields
in Iraq and Afghanistan since the
9/11 attacks.
The terrorism threat has
evolved in the 15 years since the
attacks, Obama said. He spoke of
the “unspeakable violence” that
has occurred in recent years
across the country in Boston,
San Bernardino, Calif., and Orlando, Fla., vowing groups such
as al-Qaida and the Islamic State
will “never be able to defeat a nation as strong as America.”
The nation is strong because
of those Americans who have
made the ultimate sacrifice, said
Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford,
the chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff. The nation’s top general
asked servicemembers to remember the reason their fallen broth-
Flowers rest on the memorial for fallen U.S. Navy Lt. Darin Pontell,
who was one of the 184 people who died when a plane hit the
Pentagon during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
ers and sisters served — because
of their belief in the United States
of America.
“We serve because of our belief
in high ideals, and we serve to
protect our families, friends and
fellow citizens,” Dunford said.
After a moment of silence and
the laying of a memorial wreath
at the National Pentagon 9/11
Memorial, Obama, Dunford and
Defense Secretary Ash Carter
walked into the crowd to shake
hands and speak briefly with survivors and family members.
“We know that we can never
fully know how you feel on this
solemn day, as you return to this
place,” Carter said. “But we do
know — we fully know — what
your loved one’s sacrifice means
to our department and to our
country, and what your resolve
means to all of us as we come to
work each day to continue the
mission your fallen loved ones
summon us to. Your example
makes us stronger, and for that
we thank you.”
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‘ We remember and we will never forget
the 3,000 beautiful lives taken from us,
including 184 men, women and children
here. You — the survivors and families
of 9/11 — your steadfast love and
faithfulness has been an inspiration to me
and to our entire country.
’
President Barack Obama
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Grief: Fraught passage of 15 years feels like ‘15 seconds’
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James Johnson, a retired New York City
police sergeant who is now police chief in
Forest City, Pa., was there for the first time
since he last worked on the rescue and recovery efforts in early 2002.
“I’ve got mixed emotions, but I’m still
kind of numb,” he said. “I think everyone
needs closure, and this is my time to have
closure.”
Despite a tradition of putting aside partisan politics for the day, the observance
became part of the news of a combustible
presidential campaign when Democratic
candidate Hillary Clinton left about 90 minutes into the ground zero ceremony after
feeling “overheated,” her campaign said.
Spokesman Nick Merrill said in a statement that Clinton was feeling better after
spending some time at her daughter’s
apartment but offered no additional details,
including whether Clinton required medical attention.
Republican rival Donald Trump, who was
also at the ceremony for a time, didn’t immediately comment on the developments.
His supporters have repeatedly questioned
Clinton’s health.
The 15th anniversary arrives in a country
caught up in the campaign, keenly focused
on political, economic and social fissures
and still fighting terrorism. But for those
who lost relatives, the fraught passage of 15
years feels “like 15 seconds,” said Dorothy
Esposito, who lost her son, Frankie.
Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked
planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001. It was the
deadliest terror attack on American soil.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Sunday news shows that the
United States is safer now than it was in
2001 against another 9/11-style attack but
continues to face the challenge of potential attacks by solo and homegrown violent
extremists.
President Barack Obama, speaking at the
Pentagon memorial service, praised America’s diversity and urged Americans not to
let their enemies divide them.
“Our patchwork heritage is not a weakness — it is still and always will be one of
our greatest strengths,” Obama said. “This
is the America that was attacked that September morning. This is the America that
we must remain true to.”
Some victims’ relatives at ground zero
pleaded for the nation to look past its
differences.
“The things we think separate us really
don’t. We’re all part of this one Earth in this
vast universe,” said Granvilette Kestenbaum, who lost her astrophysicist husband,
Howard Kestenbaum.
Others expressed hopes for peace or
alluded to the presidential race: “Guide
America’s next commander in chief and
help make America safe again,” said Nicholas Haros, who lost his mother, Frances
Haros.
Neither Clinton nor Trump made public
remarks at the ceremony, where politicians
haven’t been invited to speak since 2011.
The two candidates also followed a custom
of halting television ads for the day.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people gathered
for a name-reading observance at the Flight
93 National Memorial in Shanksville, where
one of the hijacked planes crashed 15 years
ago.
PHOTOS
BY
C RAIG RUTTLE /AP
Above: A New York City firefighter walks among flags at the FDNY Memorial Wall
on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Right: A
team member with GORUCK, a group led by veterans that teaches teamwork training,
marches quickly as the group pays tribute near One World Trade Center.
In New York, ceremony organizers included some additional music and readings
Sunday to mark the milestone year. But
they kept close to what are now traditions:
moments of silence and tolling bells, an apolitical atmosphere and the hourslong reading of the names of the dead.
Some speakers described how their
loss had moved them to do something for
others.
Ryan Van Riper said he planned to honor
his slain grandmother, Barbara Shaw, by
serving the country. Jerry D’Amadeo, who
was 10 when he lost his father, Vincent
Gerard D’Amadeo, said he worked this
summer with children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where
26 children and adults were massacred in
2012.
“Sometimes, the bad things in our lives
put us on the path to where we should be
going — to help others as many have helped
me,” he said.
Financial and other hurdles delayed the
redevelopment of the Trade Center site
early on, but now the 9/11 museum, three
of four currently planned skyscrapers, an
architecturally adventuresome transportation hub and shopping concourse and other
features stand at the site. A design for a
long-stalled, $250 million performing arts
center was unveiled Thursday.
The crowd has thinned somewhat at the
anniversary ceremony in recent years. But
some victims’ family members, like Cathy
Cava, have attended all 15 years.
“I will keep coming as long as I am walking and breathing,” Cava said, wearing a Tshirt with a photo of her slain sister, Grace
Susca Galante. “I believe most of her spirit,
or at least some of her spirit, is here. I have
to think that way.”
‘
I’ve got mixed emotions, but I’m still kind of numb. I think
everyone needs closure, and this is my time to have closure.
James Johnson
a retired New York police officer visiting ground zero on Sunday for the first time since 9/11
’
PHOTOS
BY
JARED WICKERHAM /AP
Above: Visitors make their way to the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National
Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., where one of the hijacked planes crashed.
Below: People pay tribute to the passengers and crew of the flight at the memorial.
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Trump rails against Clinton’s
comment about ‘deplorables’
BY CATHERINE LUCEY
Associated Press
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Republican Donald Trump is condemning Hillary Clinton’s remark
that half of his supporters could
be put in a “basket of deplorables”
and dismissing her admission that
she was wrong, saying the Democrat had committed “the worst
mistake of the political season.”
“For the first time in a long
while, her true feelings came out,
showing bigotry and hatred for
millions of Americans,” Trump
said Saturday in a statement rejecting her effort to walk back her
remarks. “How can she be president of our country when she has
such contempt and disdain for so
many great Americans?”
Trump’s statement came after
Clinton had backed off her disdainful description of half of his
supporters. In her initial remarks
Friday night at a private fundraiser in New York City, she said:
“To just be grossly generalistic,
you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket
of deplorables. Right? The racist,
sexist, homophobic, xenophobic,
Islamaphobic — you name it.”
Her remarks drew enough controversy that by midday Saturday,
she tried to refocus her criticism
squarely on Trump and continued to stress that she thought
many aspects of his campaign
were deplorable.
“Last night, I was ‘grossly generalistic,’ and that’s never a good
idea. I regret saying ‘half’ — that
was wrong.” She added: “He has
built his campaign largely on prejudice and paranoia and given a
national platform to hateful views
and voices, including by retweeting fringe bigots with a few dozen
followers and spreading their message to 11 million people.”
In his response, Trump said:
“Isn’t it disgraceful that Hillary
Clinton makes the worst mistake
of the political season and instead
of owning up to this grotesque attack on American voters, she tries
to turn it around with a pathetic
rehash of the words and insults
EVAN VUCCI /AP
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wait
for his arrival to a rally, on Friday in Pensacola, Fla.
used in her failing campaign?”
Friday night, Clinton bemoaned
the people she described as “deplorables,” saying that “unfortunately, there are people like that.
And he has lifted them up. He has
given voice to their websites that
used to only have 11,000 people
— now have 11 million. He tweets
and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now,
some of those folks — they are irredeemable, but thankfully they
are not America.”
Clinton fundraising with a vengeance despite cash advantage
BY JULIE BYKOWICZ
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton could
spend $2.2 million every day until the Nov.
8 election without running out of money.
And every month, she widens her cash advantage over Donald Trump. As of Sept. 1,
it was a $55 million gulf.
Yet the Democratic nominee is not letting
up on gas when it comes to fundraising.
Clinton planned to return to California on
Monday for still more finance events after
a lucrative August swing through dot-com
mansions in Silicon Valley and celebritypacked dinners in Los Angeles.
Her allies say the continued fundraising
helps other Democrats because the party
can keep building up voter turnout operations. It also serves as protection in a rollicking race against a man who claims to be
worth $10 billion and once said he was will-
ing to spend up to $1 billion to get elected.
So far, he’s put about $60 million of his own
money into his campaign.
Even when Clinton is busy campaigning,
wallets are still flying open for her.
As she wrapped up a speech in Kansas
City on Thursday night, running mate Tim
Kaine was in New York entertaining five
donors who’d given $500,000. A day later,
Clinton was in the city telling donors, “I’m
all that stands between you and the apocalypse” at a private concert headlined by
Barbra Streisand.
The singer’s rendition of “Send in the
Clowns” tore into Trump. “Is he that rich?
Maybe he’s poor? ’Til he reveals his returns,
who can be sure?” Streisand sang. “Who
needs this clown?”
Clinton scooped up well over $1.2 million
from the 1,000-donor event — which was
just hours after another, far more exclusive
fundraiser at the home of private equity
firm executive Hamilton “Tony” James.
The 30 people at his home together chipped
in at least $1.5 million.
Much of the money Clinton is raising goes
into efforts to find and persuade voters to
back her candidacy and get the ones who do
to show up at the polls or cast their ballots
early where they can. It’s a costly endeavor.
Her campaign has a staff of about 700,
with a monthly payroll of almost $5 million.
She is spending roughly $10 million each
week on television ads, according to Kantar
Media’s political ad tracker. She also just
began leasing a Boeing 737, dubbed “Hill
Force One,” to travel to the most competitive states.
Four years ago, President Barack Obama
raised more than $1 billion for his re-election. By the end of August, Clinton had
raised about $600 million for her campaign
and allied Democratic groups, an Associated Press review of records found.
A NDREW H ARNIK /AP
The crowd applauds as Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
speaks at an LBGT for Hillary gala at the
Cipriani Club in New York on Friday.
Kaine says Catholic Church might change stance on gay marriage
BY K ATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democratic vice presidential nominee
Tim Kaine is predicting that the
Roman Catholic Church may
eventually change its opposition
to gay marriage.
Kaine is a devout Roman Catholic as well as a U.S. senator from
Virginia and a former governor
of that state. He told the Human
Rights Campaign during its na-
tional dinner
Saturday in
Washington
that he had
changed
his
mind
about
gay
marriage
and that his
church may
follow suit
Kaine
one day.
“I think it’s going to change because my church also teaches me
about a creator who, in the first
chapter of Genesis, surveyed
the entire world, including mankind, and said, ‘It is very good,’ ”
Kaine said. He then recalled
Pope Francis’ remark, “Who am
I to judge?” in reference to gay
priests.
“I want to add: Who am I to
challenge God for the beautiful
diversity of the human family? I
think we’re supposed to celebrate
it, not challenge it,” Kaine said.
While he pledged to fight for
increased rights for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender Americans, Kaine admitted that he
had opposed gay marriage until
2005.
“For a long time while I was
battling for LGBT equality, I believed that marriage was something different,” he said.
Virginia’s lieutenant governor
when state lawmakers pushed
for a constitutional amendment
to keep marriage between one
man and one woman, Kaine recalled speaking to amendment
supporters who said they hoped
LGBT people would feel so unwelcome that they would move
out of Virginia.
“When I heard the proponents
describe their motivations, it
became clearer to me where I
should stand on this,” he said.
Voters approved the amendment in 2006. The U.S. Supreme
Court legalized gay marriage in
all states in June 2015.
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Man who shot Reagan leaves mental hospital
Released, Hinckley will live with mother in Va.
BY JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The man
who tried to assassinate President
Ronald Reagan has been released
from a Washington mental hospital for good, more than 35 years
after the shooting.
A spokeswoman for the District of Columbia’s Department of
Mental Health said early Saturday that all patients scheduled to
leave St. Elizabeths Hospital had
been discharged. John Hinckley
Jr. was among those scheduled
for discharge.
An Associated Press reporter saw a hired car pull into the
driveway of the Hinckley home
about 2:30 p.m. Officers from the
Kingsmill (Va.) Police Department chased reporters away.
A federal judge ruled in late
July that Hinckley, 61, is not a
danger to himself or the public
and can live full time at his mother’s home in Williamsburg.
Hinckley already had been
visiting Williamsburg for long
stretches at a time and preparing for the full-time transition.
He’ll have to follow a lot of rules
while in Williamsburg, but his
longtime lawyer, Barry Levine,
said he thinks Hinckley will be a
“citizen about whom we can all be
proud.”
This is what life will look like in
Williamsburg for Hinckley:
Work: Hinckley will have to
work or volunteer at least three
days per week. He hasn’t yet done
paid work in Williamsburg, but he
has volunteered at a church and a
mental health hospital, where he
has worked in the library and in
food service.
Home sweet home: Hinckley’s mother lives in the gated
community of Kingsmill. The
unassuming home is on the 13th
hole of a golf course. Hinckley’s
room has a king-size bed and a
TV and is decorated with paintings he has done of houses and
cats, according to court documents. In the past, he has done
chores like cleaning, dishwashing, laundry and leaf-raking.
After a year, he may live alone or
with roommates.
Therapy: Hinckley will continue to go to therapy while in Williamsburg. For at least the first six
months he’ll see his psychiatrist
twice per month and he’ll have
to attend weekly group therapy
sessions. He’ll also see a therapist individually. He’ll return to
Washington once per month to
St. Elizabeths’ outpatient department to discuss his mental health
and compliance with the conditions of his leave.
Road tripping: Hinckley got
a driver’s license in 2011. The
court order in his case lets him
drive within 30 miles of Williamsburg by himself, which gets him
to Newport News but not Norfolk.
He can go up to 50 miles from the
city if accompanied by his mom,
sibling or a therapist or social
worker. He can also drive to and
from Washington once per month
for his outpatient meetings.
Leisure: Hinckley has long
considered himself a musician
and an artist. He paints and
plays the guitar and has been involved in both as part of his therapy. He’ll continue to see a music
therapist once per month while in
Williamsburg. At court hearings
in the case in late 2011 and early
2012, lawyers discussed the fact
that Hinckley recently had developed an interest in photography.
EVAN VUCCI /AP
John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington in
November 2013. The man who shot President Ronald Reagan left a
Washington mental hospital for good Saturday.
There are limits to how Hinckley can spend his leisure time.
He also can’t drink or use illegal
drugs. He can surf the web but, at
least initially, he’s not allowed to
search for information about his
crimes or victims, among other
things. He can’t have accounts
on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,
YouTube or LinkedIn without
permission.
Voting: Hinckley can register to vote in Virginia. He has ex-
pressed an interest in voting in the
past and tried unsuccessfully to
get a ballot in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hinckley’s lawyer, Barry Levine,
told a newspaper in early August
that he thinks his client will register to vote. Virginia’s deadline to
register for the November presidential election is Oct. 17.
Media: Don’t expect to see
Hinckley giving any interviews.
He’s barred from talking to the
press.
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US decries Netanyahu’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ video
BY WILLIAM BOOTH
The Washington Post
JERUSALEM — U.S. officials
condemned a provocative video
posted Friday by Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
that accused the Palestinians of
wanting to commit “ethnic cleansing” by ridding the West Bank of
Jews.
ANALYSIS Netanyahu
asserted
that
the
Palestinians would not allow Jews to live
in a future Palestinian state — a
charge Palestinians say is false.
In his video Netanyahu said
any demands that Jews leave
their West Bank settlements was
“outrageous.”
“It’s even more outrageous that
the world doesn’t find this outrageous,” Netanyahu said. “Some
otherwise enlightened countries
even promote this outrage.”
State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau harshly
criticized Netanyahu’s assertions
in a news conference Friday in
Washington.
“We obviously strongly disagree with the characterization
that those who oppose settlement
activity or view it as an obstacle
to peace are somehow calling for
ethnic cleansing of Jews from the
West Bank,” Trudeau said.
“We believe that using that type
of terminology is inappropriate
and unhelpful,” she said.
Netanyahu’s Twitter and Facebook feed introduced his latest
video with the short sentence: “No
Jews.”
It is a pretty sensational charge
— especially given the context. To
many, the phrase “no Jews” raises
the specter of Nazis and Nuremberg laws, of Judenfrei and the
Holocaust.
In the video, Netanyahu speaks
in English (with Arabic and Hebrew subtitles available).
The video was released at about
3 p.m. Friday in Israel, just a few
hours before the Jewish Sabbath
and on the day that marks Muslim
holidays.
Netanyahu begins: “I am sure
many of you have heard the claim
that Jewish communities in Judea
Samaria, the West Bank, are an
obstacle to peace. I’ve always been
perplexed by this notion.”
Judea and Samaria are the biblical and historical terms many Israelis use for the West Bank. The
Jewish communities he refers to
are the 200-plus Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank, home
to about 400,000 residents, includ-
ing many American Israelis.
Because the West Bank has
been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967, the international
community calls these settlements
“illegal,” and the United States
calls them “illegitimate” and “an
obstacle to peace.” Israel disputes
this.
Netanyahu continues: “No one
would seriously claim that the
nearly 2 million Arabs living inside Israel — that they’re an obstacle to peace. That’s because
they aren’t. On the contrary.”
Arabs, mostly Muslim, make up
more than 20 percent of the Jewish state.
“Israel’s diversity shows its
openness and readiness for peace,”
Netanyahu says in the video. “Yet
the Palestinian leadership actually demands a Palestinian state
with one precondition: no Jews.
“There’s a phrase for that: It’s
called ethnic cleansing,” he says.
Netanyahu appears to be referring to a 2013 statement by
Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas.
“In a final resolution,” Abbas
told Egyptian journalists three
years ago, “we would not see the
presence of a single Israeli — civilian or soldier — on our lands.”
Abbas was speaking about how
a new Palestinian state would
look. Also note: He says “Israeli,”
not “Jew.”
Obviously, the Palestinians
today cannot “ethnically cleanse”
any Jews. The Israeli settlements
are all in the 60 percent of the
West Bank called Area C, which
is under the complete control of
the Israeli army, stationed there to
protect Jewish settlements.
Turkey replaces 28 elected
officials with appointees
BY CINAR K IPER
Associated Press
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An officer runs to take position during a bomb scare at Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris on Friday.
Paris judge charges woman in
female ‘terror commando’ probe
BY ELAINE GANLEY
Associated Press
PARIS — A judge handed preliminary charges on Saturday
to a 29-year-old woman whom
authorities suspect is part of a
female “terrorist commando” in
the service of the Islamic State
group — one of five suspects in an
aborted attack near Notre Dame
Cathedral and another possible attack thwarted by police.
The discovery of an abandoned
car early on Sept. 4 led investigators to the arrests of three more
women and a man with links to
two attacks this year in France
claimed by the Islamic State
group. France, which is in a state
of emergency, has been on tenterhooks with three attacks this year,
including a truck attack in Nice on
Bastille Day. The abandoned car,
which had its license plates removed and its hazard lights mysteriously flashing, was loaded with
gas canisters. A frantic search was
set in motion.
A woman identified by authorities as Ornella G. was the first to
be arrested, on Tuesday with a
companion at a highway stop near
the southern city of Orange. Her
companion was freed, the prosecutor’s office said Saturday. But
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins
said Friday that Ornella G’s fingerprints were found inside the
car. She was known to intelligence
agents as someone who was looking to go to Syria.
The judge charged Ornella G.
with association with terrorists
to commit attacks and attempted
murder in an organized group
linked to a terrorist enterprise
and ordered her jailed, the prosecutor’s office said.
On the heels of Ornella G.’s
arrest, police traced the person
linked to the car to a house in the
Essonne region south of Paris and
descended Thursday evening. A
confrontation with three women
outside ensued, including the
daughter of the car’s owner, Ines
Madani, 19. She was shot in the
leg as she lunged at a police officer with a knife — after another
woman, Sarah H., 23, attacked
and wounded a plain-clothes officer with a kitchen knife through
the open window of his car, Molins
said on Friday. The third woman,
Amel S., 39, who lived at the house,
also was arrested, along with her
daughter, about to turn 16 but potentially implicated in the “terrorist project,” according to the
prosecutor. She was found in another Paris suburb.
Molins said the investigation
has led to the dismantling of a
“terrorist commando of young
women” aligned with the Islamic
State group.
Police found a handwritten
pledge of allegiance to Islamic
State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi inside Madani’s purse. The
note also stated that in answer to
the call of the No. 2 Islamic State
leader, killed in August, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, “I attack you
in your lands to mark your minds
and terrorize you,” Molins said.
ISTANBUL — Clashes erupted
between police and protesters
Sunday after the Interior Ministry in Ankara, Turkey, announced
it had replaced 28 elected municipal and district mayors in several
predominantly Kurdish towns in
Turkey’s east and southeast.
The officials being replaced
are suspected of colluding with
groups the government considers
terrorist organizations, the ministry announced Sunday, adding
that the decision was in line with
the governmental decree enacted
on Sept. 1. Turkey declared a state
of emergency following a failed
military coup on July 15 that allows the government to rule by
decree. It has since suspended
tens of thousands of people from
government jobs over suspected
links to terrorist organizations.
Of those replaced, 24 are suspected of ties with the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party, or PKK, and four
are thought to be linked to the
Gulen movement allegedly responsible for the abortive coup,
which killed over 270 people.
The ministry said in its statement that when local governments “come under the influence
of terrorist organizations, it is the
state’s primary duty to take precautions against those who have
usurped the people’s will.”
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag
wrote on Twitter, “Mayors and
town councilors, who come to
power through elections, must
perform their duties according to
the law. Being an elected official
isn’t a license to commit crimes.
If mayors and town councilors finance terrorism by transferring
public funds allocated to them
to serve the people and allow the
use of municipal vehicles, equipment and capabilities in terrorist
activities, they lose their democratic legitimacy.”
Three of the 28 officials belong
to the ruling Justice and Development Party, one to the Nationalist
Movement Party and the rest to
the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party, or HDP.
The HDP condemned the appointments as a “coup by trustees” in a press statement released
Sunday. It said it wouldn’t recognize the appointments, which
violated the Turkish constitution
and the European Convention
of
Human
Rights.
“This unThis
lawful
and
unlawful
arbitrary action will only
and
deepen existarbitrary
ing problems
in
Kurdish
action
towns
and
will only
cause
the
deepen
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issue
to
be
existing
even
more
problems unsolvable,”
in Kurdish it added.
Addressing
towns.
the nation on
for
People’s Sunday
Democracy the Muslim
Party holiday Eid,
in a statement President
Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said
he was determined to “save Turkey from the PKK scourge.”
“Like the Gulen movement, the
PKK cannot possibly withstand
the power of the people and the
strength of the state,” he said in a
video statement.
The mayors have been replaced
by Ankara-appointed deputy and
district governors, who took up
their new posts Sunday morning. Security forces have taken
up positions outside the affected
municipal offices. The private
news agency Dogan reported
that a group of about 200 people
gathered in front of city hall in
the southeastern town of Suruc
to protest the appointments and
were dispersed with tear gas and
water cannons. Turkish media
reported internet and electricity
were out in the affected cities in
the morning, but no official reason has been given.
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Pope prays for victims
of clashes in Gabon
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed for victims of violent
protests in the West African nation
of Gabon, calling attention to what
he called a “grave political crisis”
in the former French colony.
In remarks to the faithful in St.
Peter’s Square, Francis on Sunday also encouraged the Gabonese people to be “builders of
peace while respecting legality,
dialogue and brotherhood.”
Gabon was marked by violent
protests after the results of an
Aug. 27 presidential election were
announced. The opposition candidate mounted a legal challenge,
accusing the incumbent of fraud.
The opposition says as many as
100 people have died in the protests, while the government has
put the toll at three.
South Africa reports
drop in rhino poaching
PHOTOS
BY
N ARIMAN EL-MOFTY/AP
Chechens pray Friday atop Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s Noor Mountain, where, Muslims believe, the Prophet Muhammad received his first
revelation from God to preach Islam. Muslim pilgrims have begun arriving at the holiest sites in Islam ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Muslims gather in Mecca for hajj
Associated Press
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Before dawn on Sunday, Muslim pilgrims from
around the world began ascending a hill just
outside Mecca where it is believed the Prophet
Muhammad delivered his final sermon some
1,400 years ago.
The day spent on Mount Arafat is the pinnacle of the five-day hajj pilgrimage, which all
able-bodied Muslims are required to perform
at least once. Muslims spend the day there in
deep prayer, many openly weeping as they repent and ask God for forgiveness.
Prayer on this day at Mount Arafat, about
12 miles east of Mecca, is believed to offer the
best chance of erasing past sins and starting
anew. Many Muslims who are not performing
the hajj fast from dawn to dusk on this day, for
similar reasons.
Many of the roughly 2 million pilgrims taking part in this year’s hajj will climb a hill
called Jabal al-Rahma, or mountain of mercy,
in Arafat and spend time there in supplication. It was here where, Muslims believe, the
Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon, calling for equality and for Muslims to
unite.
The white terrycloth garments worn by
men throughout the five-day hajj are forbidden to contain any stitching — a restriction
meant to emphasize the equality of all Muslims and prevent wealthier pilgrims from differentiating themselves with more elaborate
garments.
The day of Arafat is the one time during the
hajj when roughly all pilgrims are in the same
place at the same time. The sight of people
from more than 160 different countries, with
all the men dressed in simple white garments,
is breathtaking.
Egyptian pilgrim Mahmoud Awny said the
JOHANNESBURG — South
Africa says protection efforts in
its biggest wildlife park have reduced rhino poaching there.
Edna Molewa, South Africa’s
environment minister, said Sunday that the carcasses of 458
poached rhinos were found in
Kruger National Park between
January and the end of August,
down about 18 percent from the
same period last year.
The African News Agency
quotes Molewa as saying poaching groups may be responding to
pressure in Kruger park by killing more rhinos in other areas.
She says poachers killed 36 elephants in Kruger, an increase in
an area that had been mostly unaffected by elephant poaching.
4 rebels killed near
Kashmir border
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, in Mecca.
feeling of being in Arafat is “indescribable.”
“All Muslims on Earth wish they could have
been here today. Thanks to Allah for enabling
me to be here,” he said.
The hajj is a physically and emotionally
exhausting experience, and this year, temperatures soared to 108 degrees Fahrenheit
in Arafat. Volunteers passed out water, juice
and umbrellas to shade pilgrims from the
sun.
Around sunset, the pilgrims will head to
an area called Muzdalifa, 5.5 miles west of
Arafat. Many walk the route, while others use
buses. They spend the night there, most in the
open air huddled near one another, and pick
up pebbles along the way that will be used in
a symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina, where
Muslims believe the devil tried to talk the
Prophet Ibrahim — named Abraham in the
Bible — out of submitting to God’s will.
An Indonesian man carries his daughter
through the crowd after reaching the top
of a rocky hill known as Mountain of Mercy
during the annual hajj pilgrimage.
SRINAGAR, India — The Indian army said it killed four militants in a fierce gunbattle Sunday
near the Kashmir border separating Pakistan from India’s portion
of the Himalayan region.
Army spokesman Col. N.N.
Joshi said the gunbattle began
early Sunday in Kupwara district,
when the rebels were seen moving in the area. When challenged
by soldiers, the rebels opened
fire, and a gunfight, in which four
of them were killed, followed.
The Indian-controlled portion
of Kashmir has been racked by
protests for the past two months
following the killing of a top rebel
leader. More than 70 civilians
have been killed and thousands
wounded, mostly by government
forces firing bullets and shotgun
pellets to quell the protests.
India accuses Pakistan of training and financing militants and
helping them infiltrate into Indian Kashmir. Islamabad denies
the charge, saying it offers only
moral and diplomatic support to
the militants and to Kashmiris
who oppose Indian rule.
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Colombia’s rebels turn over 13 child soldiers
BY JOSHUA GOODMAN
Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s largest rebel group has handed 13 child soldiers over to an international humanitarian
mission as part of a deal to end decades of
bloody fighting.
The International Red Cross said in a
statement Saturday that the minors were in
good health and were being transported to
a temporary shelter under the supervision
of the United Nations Children’s Fund.
The humanitarian gesture comes in the
wake of a deal reached last month between
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and the government to
end a half-century of hostilities.
Out of respect for the minors’ privacy,
the Red Cross did not say where the handover took place nor provide their ages.
The FARC has long faced accusations of
violating human rights norms by forcing
minors to join its ranks, as a way to demonstrate its military strength in rural areas
where it is dominant. Between 1975 and
2014, almost 12,000 minors are believed to
have been illegally recruited, Colombia’s
chief prosecutor says.
But as peace talks in Cuba advanced last
year, the rebels announced they were raising the minimum age for recruits from 15
to 17, and in May it agreed to let all guerrillas younger than 18 leave its jungle camps.
The handover didn’t materialize until now
because of FARC leaders’ security concerns that the underage fighters would be
interrogated by authorities in order to locate and attack rebel camps.
It’s unclear how many of the FARC’s estimated 7,000 guerrillas are minors. The
chief rebel negotiator known by his alias
Ivan Marquez said in May that 21 soldiers
younger than 15 live in guerrilla camps,
but some government officials have put the
number closer to 200.
A visit to a rebel camp last month by Associated Press journalists found several
guerrillas who acknowledged joining the
rebel group as children, some as young as
14. But all said they had done so of their
own free will while fleeing poverty and domestic violence.
Authorities say more minors could be
handed over before the FARC begins to demobilize as part of the peace deal. The government has vowed to reunite the children
with their families when possible and to
provide them with psychological assistance
to ease their transition back to civilian life.
Man charged with
terrorism after
stabbing in Sydney
Associated Press
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Violeta Zuniga stands in a projection of photographs of Chileans who were detained and disappeared
during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, including her partner, after performing Wednesday in Santiago.
Solo dancers in Chile to protest
Pinochet-era disappearances
BY EVA VERGARA
Associated Press
SANTIAGO, Chile — Violeta
Zuniga gets around with a cane
because of her knee problems, but
nothing can keep the 83-year-old
from performing Chile’s national
dance to protest her partner’s disappearance during the country’s
military dictatorship.
The cueca dance is performed
by couples during Chile’s national
holidays, a source of celebration
and pride for many in the South
American country. But Zuniga has
danced alone for nearly 40 years to
mourn and protest the forced disappearance of her partner, Pedro
Silva Bustos, during Gen. Augusto
Pinochet’s 1973-1990 rule.
Zuniga is among the women
British pop singer Sting told of
in his 1987 protest song, “They
Dance Alone.”
“Why are there women here
dancing on their own?” Sting
asked in the song. “Why is there
this sadness in their eyes?”
Sting invited Zuniga and other
women from her group to dance
on stage during an Amnesty International concert in Argentina
in 1988. They also performed
with singers Peter Gabriel and
Sinead O’Connor before more
than 70,000 people in Chile’s National Stadium in 1990.
Zuniga will dance alone to the
cueca on Sunday, the 43rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 1973,
bloody coup that brought Pinochet
to power. She’ll wear a picture
of her partner around her neck
and will wave a white handkerchief embroidered with one word:
“Justice.”
“You never want to give up
the search,” Zuniga said of Silva
Bustos, a mason and Communist
Party member who disappeared
in 1976.
In all, 40,018 people were
killed, tortured or imprisoned
for political reasons. The government estimates that 3,095 were
killed during Pinochet’s dictatorship, including about 1,200 who
were forcibly disappeared.
The performance of the cueca
by women without partners was
first performed in public in 1978
to commemorate International
Women’s Day. The handkerchief,
traditionally used in the courtship dance, has become a symbol
of mourning for the women who
continue to search for their disappeared loved ones.
Today, Zuniga lives alone but
for her dog “Garzon,” named
after Spanish jurist Baltasar Garzon, who gained a global reputation for going after Pinochet in
the 1990s. Pinochet died in 2006
under house arrest, never tried
on charges of illegal enrichment
and human rights violations.
Just a handful of women are left
in the folkloric dance group; most
have died or retired. But Zuniga
keeps marching with the families
of the disappeared in front of the
presidential palace. Despite her
aches and age, she is determined
to dance until her last breath.
“I’m here because we have to
keep searching for truth,” she
said. “We have to keep searching
for justice.”
SYDNEY — A man charged
with committing a terrorist act
and attempted murder in the
stabbing of a man in Sydney was
inspired by the Islamic State
group, police said Sunday.
Wayne Greenhalgh, 59, was
stabbed several times while
walking through a park in suburban Minto in southwest Sydney
on Saturday afternoon and is in
critical condition, police said in a
statement.
The suspect, Ihsas Khan, 22,
also attempted to stab a police officer before he was arrested, police said. He was charged Sunday
and faces a potential life prison
sentence if convicted.
Khan was refused bail in the
Parramatta Bail Court and his
case was adjourned until Wednesday. He did not enter pleas.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull noted that the attack came on
the eve of the 15th anniversary of
the al-Qaida attacks on the United
States.
“Connecting them both is a violent Islamist ideology,” Turnbull
told reporters.
Khan and Greenhalgh did
not know each other, and New
South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn described the attack as planned and
deliberate.
“This was clearly a very volatile, a very violent situation that
police and the members of the
community were confronted
with,” Burn told reporters.
Khan shouted words at the
scene, which led police to believe
he was inspired by the Islamic
State group, Burn said.
“We know that this person has
strong religious beliefs inspired
by ISIS. What made him act yesterday we don’t know,” she said.
The victim’s wife, Bronwyn
Greenhalgh, said her husband
had a punctured lung and had lost
several fingers.
“He (Khan) just came toward
him (Wayne Greenhalgh) and
got a machete out of his backpack
and started going at Wayne,”
Bronwyn Greenhalgh told Ten
Network television.
Khan previously had been
charged with a property-related
offence, Burn said.
Vietnam War veteran Les King
said Khan had stolen and destroyed Australian flags from his
fence in 2013. Ten reported Kahn
was charged with malicious damage but he escaped punishment
due to this mental health.
“He has had a couple of interactions with local police over matters
where we might say his behavior
was odd or unusual,” Burn said.
“He is a person of concern.”
Despite his unusual behavior,
he was not known to be connected with any terrorist group, she
said.
“This really highlights the
challenge that this is the new face
of terrorism,” she added.
Federal Attorney General
George Brandis said bystanders
had put their own lives at risk by
intervening in the attack.
“It may very well be but for
the bravery of those citizens to
intervene, the victim’s life would
have been lost,” Brandis told
reporters.
An 18-year-old man was arrested on Thursday outside the
Sydney Opera House after allegedly telling security guards he
was under instructions to carry
out an attack by the Islamic State
group.
Counterterrorism investigators
charged the teen with threatening to destroy property. Police
said he was carrying two canisters of automotive fluid.
His arrest came days after the
Islamic State urged followers to
stab, shoot, poison and run over
Australians at iconic locations including the Opera House.
The teen appeared in a Sydney
court on Friday, where the judge
ordered him to undergo a psychiatric assessment.
The government plans to introduce legislation to Parliament this
week that would enable courts to
keep prisoners convicted of terrorist offenses behind bars for
indefinite periods.
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S
uspicion falls on a high-level administration official. Colin Powell,
who cultivates a saintlike image as
a man above politics, knows that
the accused is blameless. He nevertheless remains silent so as not to besmirch
his own image. The accused twists in the
wind and suffers personal and professional
calamities, which largely could have been
avoided had Powell spoken up earlier. The
tale of Hillary Clinton’s emails? Actually,
that was the Scooter Libby episode.
Libby, chief of staff to then-Vice President Dick Cheney, was falsely accused of
leaking the name of CIA employee Valerie
Plame. The real culprit was Richard Armitage — as his boss, Colin Powell, knew
all too well. Powell and Armitage remained
silent, but prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald
(who also knew Armitage was the culprit)
investigated Libby, whose poor memory
led to a prosecution, conviction and later
a partial pardon. Powell apparently felt
no guilt in countenancing investigation of
an innocent man. He learned no lesson, it
seems.
Along comes Hillary Clinton, no computer whiz. New to the job, she asks Colin
Powell about how he dealt with emails. In
this case, it was a good thing she was using
email. We now have that email exchange
in which Powell tells her: “I didn’t have
a BlackBerry. What I did do was have a
personal computer that was hooked up to
a private phone line (sounds ancient). So I
could communicate with a wide range of
friends directly without it going through
the State Department servers.” That
sounds not so different at all, especially to
a nontechie, from having her own server at
home, doesn’t it? Powell confided, “I even
used it to do business with some foreign
leaders and some of the senior folks in the
Department on their personal email accounts. I did the same thing on the road in
hotels.” He acknowledged warnings from
intelligence services, but he “went about
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dal has a much less ominous feel when
you have the details of the Powell-Clinton
exchange.
Clinton is never blameless in these scandals. She should have strictly abided by
State Department protocol for email, just
like she should have prevented even the
appearance of impropriety by ending corporate and foreign donations to the Clinton
Foundation as soon as she became secretary of state. (In the latter case, there nevertheless is no proof of a quid pro quo and
no “official” act.) Her errors are of sloppiness and a cavalier attitude toward the appearance of impropriety.
She is not, however, a criminal mastermind, nor even as culpable as Donald
Trump, whose actions in connection with a
donation to a campaign group tied to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi should
clearly set forth the basis for a bribery investigation. The Tampa Bay Times editorial board argues convincingly: “Federal
prosecutors should investigate whether
there is any connection between the decision by Pam Bondi’s office not to pursue
fraud allegations against Trump University and a $25,000 campaign contribution
he gave her. Since Florida prosecutors will
not touch this mess, the Justice Department is the only option. The appearance of
something more than a coincidence is too
serious and the unresolved questions are
too numerous to accept blanket denials by
Bondi and Trump without more digging
and an independent review.” We agree.
We also agree with those who criticize
a false equivalence between Trump and
Clinton in the realm of ethics. Clinton is no
goody two-shoes, but she is not in Trump’s
league when it comes to lies, deceit and
buying and selling politicians. That’s not
an excuse for her; it’s an indictment of the
media coverage that has bought Trump’s
line that Clinton is somehow worse than
he is. We have no doubt who is the worst
of the two.
Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn blog for The
Washington Post, offering reported opinion from
a conservative perspective.
We must remember what we learned on 9/11
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OMBUDSMAN
our business and stopped asking.” He also
advised that BlackBerry records could become public. He counsels, “I got around it
all by not saying much and not using systems that captured the data.”
You now understand how Clinton could
have understood that, generally speaking,
Powell did what she did. “Not using systems that captured the data” could very
well have sounded to a layperson like “not
using a server that captured the data on
the State Department’s system.” She, like
Powell, used unsecure systems in hotels.
Nevertheless, Clinton was painted as a liar,
and Powell even indignantly claimed at
one point that the Clinton team was always
trying to “pin” the email problem on him.
It was Powell who was playing it too cute
by half. He knew the advice he had given
Clinton. He knew his own workarounds.
Why didn’t he speak up, even if it meant
casting himself in a poor light? Libby probably has wondered the same thing. Now
Powell defensively writes in a prepared
statement something about not being aware
“at the time of any requirement for private,
unclassified exchanges to be treated as official records.” He adds, “I stand by my decisions and I am fully accountable.” How
about offering an apology for rotten advice
to Clinton and for remaining mum, which
made him look good and her much worse?
And James Comey, frankly, is partially
to blame for making Clinton seem like an
abject liar. He surely knew about the Powell-Clinton exchange, which is much more
favorable to her than his sterile account
and conclusion that Powell did not, in fact,
do what she did. (He had no home server.)
You also get a much better idea why she
was not prosecuted; it was pretty darn
close to what Powell did and, in any case,
she relied in good faith on his advice.
Now, Clinton had an independent duty
to comply with updated security protocols.
She should not initially have said no classified emails were sent or received. She, like
Powell, clearly was doing this to avoid allowing some material to be captured (not
for “convenience”). But the entire scan-
I
t has been 15 years since 9/11 and,
yes, the shock has gone along with
flag-waving national unity. But no one
who was around then can forget that
day, and no one who is around now should
forget that we are still faced with insanely
barbaric terrorists who want as many more
such days as they can contrive.
The danger has been played down some
lately. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested in a speech that news outlets should
maybe tone down their reporting of catastrophic killings around the world, and
President Barack Obama assures us that
the Islamic State group will be contained
and something else — that we are not faced
with an “existential” threat, meaning that
our country will not be wiped out.
While we don’t want to go around shivering, shaking and thinking up new ways to
squeeze relaxation and happiness out of our
lives, we do want to be realistic. Thanks to
improved intelligence and aggressiveness,
we thwarted a number of domestic plots
and quieted things down some for a period,
but there have lately been catastrophic killings around the world and there is something else to worry about: bioterrorism.
The National Security Council once
said a biological attack could conceivably
kill hundreds of thousands of people and
cost the country $1 trillion. A Blue Ribbon Study Panel late last year said we are
likely to be hit and, despite spending tens
of billions of dollars on the issue, are not
prepared to contain a contagious outbreak.
The Islamic State group has said it fully intends to come at us with bioweapons.
Then there’s terrorism-sponsoring Iran.
It entered into an agreement to delay the
production of nuclear weapons and gave
up some materials lengthening how long it
would take them to create bombs by some
months. The Obama administration’s idea
was that we were getting friendlier with
the Iranians when, in fact, the nation kidnapped some of our military men, has set
off missiles and has screeched what a satanic horror we are at every opportunity.
It has lately been learned we paid a $400
million ransom to get hostages back and,
yes, it was a ransom.
What we are talking about here is possibly having nukes in the hands of the terroristic someday, and that has existential
implications. Many forces have been at
play, but let’s consider an Obama legacy
that on one side includes the skillful use
of drones and the assassination of Osama
bin Laden, and on the other requires the
patience of making a long list.
The items on that list include mishandling the Syrian crisis in a half-dozen
different ways; withdrawing troops from
Iraq; and the destabilizing of Libya. All the
above have aided the Islamic State group in
its vicious emergence and in such deeds as
sending killers to San Bernardino, Calif.,
and elsewhere around the world.
The Islamic State group must be eliminated from the face of the Earth, but let’s
not suppose that would be the end of radical Islamic terrorism. Some thought getting rid of al-Qaida would do the job, and
we have indeed weakened it, but its loss
was the Islamic State group’s gain.
Back in the 1950s, the philosopher Eric
Hoffer showed how frustrated young men
will often find sacrificial purpose in life
by joining violent, hateful, fanatical mass
movements. In this case, the movement
is radical Islam that manifests itself in a
variety of different groups. Those signing
up see themselves partaking in a divinely
ordained heritage under which they will
eventually conquer the world and save it
through Shariah law. That includes demolishing the United States.
Peaceful Muslims, which is to say, most
Muslims, must reach out to these young
jihadis and try to convert them to different understandings, and we in the United
States should remember what we learned
on 9/11 — stand together, prepare with
more than money and fight back, understanding that it won’t be over in a day.
Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune
News Service.
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The campaign week that was … embarrassing
BY K ATHLEEN PARKER
Washington Post Writers Group
WASHINGTON
merica has had better weeks than
the one just past.
Only days away from the 15th
anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates convened for
what was dubbed the “Commander-inChief Forum,” sponsored by NBC News
and hosted by “Where in the world is Matt
Lauer?”
Indeed.
And then there was the Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson, whose spaceship
apparently had just landed in the middle
of Earth’s 2016. Appearing Thursday on
“Morning Joe,” he responded to Mike Barnicle’s question about Aleppo with, “And
what is Aleppo?” Barnicle might as well
have said it was an Italian coffeemaker
and moved on.
At the forum, we learned that Lauer apparently just got wind that Hillary Clinton
used a private email server because he devoted fully one-third of her allotted time to
questions about the email, which has been
investigated exhaustively, including by
the FBI, for about two years. Otherwise,
we learned that Clinton’s top counterterrorism goal is to defeat the Islamic State
group, which failed to awaken any of the
thousands of people who requested an induced coma until after Nov. 8.
From Donald Trump we learned that he
built a great company, which was news to
us, and that he has a plan for defeating the
Islamic State group but he’s not about to
tell anyone because he might win the elec-
A
tion and then the terrorists
would know that he intends
to ask his top generals for a
plan.
We also learned, because
we’ve never heard this before, that the U.S.-led Iraq
invasion was a mistake
that Clinton once favored
and that Trump did not, except that he did. But who,
pray tell, ever cared what
Trump the New York real
estate developer thought
about our military plans
for Iraq? Why not just ask
Joe the doorman at 30 E.
76th St.? Or the cashier at
Madison Avenue’s 3 Guys
Restaurant?
Today, let’s face it, everybody’s against it after
they were for it.
Clinton seems to have
abandoned even her qualifying trope for
voting for the Iraq invasion — based on
the intelligence we had at the time. At the
forum, rising from her seat, she simply and
solemnly intoned that it “was a mistake.”
This was a noteworthy moment, obviously premeditated in anticipation of the
question, and seems to have been choreographed to convey statesmanlike buckstops-here gravitas. A curious choice when
speaking to the military audience gathered
and an unqualified obscenity to the ears of
families whose loved ones perished. Why
not use the opportunity to say that as commander in chief, her first order of business
would be to ensure no such intelligence
failure ever happens again?
Similarly curious was Trump’s response
outlining his qualifications to command
the military: “I’ve built a great company.”
For real? He missed an obvious opening to
say something thoughtful and original that
highlights what he has over his opponent
— a record of dealmaking and negotiation.
He had a chance to create a new narrative: If war is a failure of diplomacy, then
Trump could say he’s uniquely qualified to
use his talents to end all wars.
This isn’t necessarily so, but it sure beats
his usual campaign Big Talk about nukes
and nationalistic jingoism. Instead, he essentially finessed the forum by saying so
little of substance that no
one’s the wiser and his
supporters can continue
to invent whatever fantasy narrative gets them
through the night — including, it would seem,
that it’s OK for the Republican nominee to blow
kisses at Vladimir Putin,
whom Mitt Romney long
ago, and to much eyerolling, identified as our
greatest geopolitical foe.
Not to Trump, who declared Wednesday that
Putin is a far better leader
for Russia than President
Barack Obama has been
for the U.S. Never mind
that Putin — former KGB
officer, aggressor, oppressor, autocrat and, yes, dictator — leads in part by
ensuring that his opponents cease breathing. Is this really Trump’s idea of leadership? What could go wrong?
To distill the week: Clinton proved
herself knowledgeable, if foggy, and experienced in public affairs, as well as in
artifice and deceit. Trump is a substancefree figment of his own imagination, whose
stated reason for running for president is
that he thinks he can win. Finally, Johnson
is a former governor who stopped smoking
pot to run for commander in chief because
a crow landed on his shoulder in the New
Mexico desert and whispered in his ear
that he should.
Missing Romney yet?
Panel defends integrating VA care and outside doctors
MILITARY UPDATE
BY TOM PHILPOTT
C
ommission on Care leaders defended their tough diagnosis and
18-point treatment plan for what
ails the Department of Veterans
Affairs health care system, including their
controversial push to let veterans begin
to choose their own primary care doctors
from new, integrated networks of VA and
private-sector physicians.
Answering critics who say they went
too far or not far enough in proposing to
transform the Veterans Health Administration over the next 20 years, commission
Chairwoman Nancy Schlichting, CEO of
the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit,
and Vice Chairman Dr. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, CEO of worldwide Cleveland Clinic
hospitals, warned the House Veterans Affairs’ Committee on Wednesday that VHA
is rife with weaknesses.
The many “glaring problems,” said
Schlichting, include understaffing, aging
facilities, obsolete information technology,
flawed operating processes, supply chain
weaknesses and health outcomes that
vary across VHA, all of which “threaten
the long-term viability of the system.” Yet
VHA’s ability to transform is most hampered by “lack of leadership continuity and
strategic focus,” and “a culture of fear and
risk aversion,” she said.
Having only two of 15 commissioners
from the congressionally chartered panel
testify allowed committee members to
focus on what a majority of industry health
experts recommend, rather than complaints of veterans service groups defending the status quo or the unpopular notion
of dismantling the VHA system as backed
by the billionaire Koch brothers.
But Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the committee chairman who will retire in January,
added his own list of VHA weaknesses that
have been the focus of House committee
hearings and press releases: “persistent
access failures, noncompliance with federal prompt pay laws, lack of accountability,
a bloated and self-preserving bureaucracy,
and billions of taxpayer dollars lost to financial mismanagement of construction
projects, IT programs, bonuses for poor
performing employees.” The list, Miller
said, is “legion and growing.”
But Miller on one issue joined with the
Obama administration and most veteran
service organizations. He opposes the
commission’s call to establish a new layer
of VHA oversight — a board of directors
comprised of health industry experts who
would have authority to direct VHA transformation, set long-term health care strategy and ensure both are carried out by a
VA undersecretary of health who would be
appointed for five-year fixed terms.
“Outsourcing the crucial role of a cabinet secretary to an independent board
… neither elected nor accountable to the
American people would be irresponsible
and inappropriate, not to mention unconstitutional,” Miller said.
Miller and California Rep. Mark Takano,
the committee’s ranking Democrat, agreed
with many commission recommendations
and noted that VA Secretary Robert McDonald said many already were being implemented as part of his ambitious MyVA
reforms announced last year.
But Takano, on behalf of veterans
groups, criticized the commission’s call to
integrate VA medical staff with networks of
screened private-care physicians, to allow
enrolled veterans to choose their own primary-care doctors and to allow their pro-
viders in turn to manage all care including
referrals to specialists on VA staffs or approved outside networks.
The worry, Takano said, is that too many
veterans will choose private-sector care,
driving up VA costs and jeopardizing “the
viability of unique VA health services”
to treat spinal cord injuries, polytrauma
cases, amputee care, blindness or traumatic brain injuries. Why didn’t the commission recommend that its expanded
“choice” model be tested initially to determine the impact on VA budgets and programs? he asked.
Commissioners did discuss a phased approach to include testing, Schlichting said,
and that is reasonable considering the complexity of implementing these reforms.
“It’s important to balance this question
of choice — making sure access is really
available within every market across the
country — with the issue of how we’re trying to also control those networks to better
serve veterans,” the commission chairwoman said. “Finding that balance is really important.”
Schlichting recalled heated commission
debates over how and why to expand patient choice using the private sector. In the
end, a consensus of commissioners believe
they have hit a “sweet spot” for expanding
choice by preserving VA system strengths,
while also allowing access to outside providers carefully screened to provide quality and veteran-centric care.
The commission would allow VA-enrolled veterans to pick a private-care provider even when a doctor was available
inside VA. What data did the commission
rely on to decide that would be OK? Takano
wanted to know.
“If you begin to the think of the VHA
care system in the way we did,” Schlichting said, then “it’s not a question of VA versus provider-in-the-community. It’s one
system that should be operating in a much
more integrated way. And every provider
within that VHA care system then would
be able to provide access for veterans. It’s
a different mindset than today.”
She bristled at a charge from Rep. Doug
Lamborn, R-Colo., that the commission
missed a chance to truly transform veterans’ health care by rejecting the vision of
two dissenting commissioners who wanted
VA care more fully privatized and the VHA
bureaucracy largely dismantled.
Neither of those commissioners, Schlichting said, “has ever implemented a
major change in a health system as Dr.
Cosgrove and I have. I think we recognize
the transformative aspects of what we’re
proposing.”
If Congress embraces recommendations from a majority of commissioners,
she said, it would begin a “process that will
take many, many years to complete, recognizing the complexities of both facilities
and staffing issues and leadership (and) IT
interoperability. … And to say that what
we’re proposing is not transformative, I
think, is just untrue.”
Cosgrove, a former Air Force surgeon,
emphasized that a first step toward transforming VA health care must be replacing a
woefully outdated electronic health records
system with an off-the-shelf commercial
system that allows providers and patients
to schedule their own appointments.
He and Schlichting also stressed that
VHA can’t be transformed without an undersecretary for health who sticks around,
and the backing of some sort of oversight
team of experts to demand adherence to
sustained progress. Congressional oversight, they argued, just isn’t enough.
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AMERICAN ROUNDUP
Police: Mother hands
off baby before fleeing
WARREN — Police in
OH
northeast Ohio said a
woman suspected of having her-
THE CENSUS
195
The number fugitives U.S. marshals in Phoenix said have been arrested as the result of a two-month
operation to weed out gang activity. The suspects netted in “Operation Summer Burn” include two
wanted for homicide, 25 for sex crimes and nearly 50 who are documented as members or associates
of gangs. The operation also netted 22 firearms and $13,400 in cash. Illegal drugs were also seized.
oin in her purse crashed her car
and then handed her 1-year-old
son to a bystander before running
from officers.
The Warren Tribune-Chronicle
reported that Savanha Cofield,
20, was arrested Thursday. She
pleaded not guilty Friday in Warren Municipal Court to resisting
arrest, child endangerment, obstructing official business and
falsification charges. She was assigned a public defender and was
released on bond. A county children’s services agency has taken
custody of the baby.
Warren police said that after
finding a crashed car Thursday,
they tried to question a woman
walking away with a baby in her
arms. Police said she gave officers a false name, gave her son to
a bystander and tried to flee.
Retired deputy charged
with hit and run, perjury
PORT
ORCHARD
— A Kitsap County
sheriff’s deputy who retired last
month amid an investigation into
an off-duty car crash in Silverdale
has been charged with seconddegree perjury.
The Kitsap Sun reported that
Kenneth Mahler, 62, also was
charged Thursday with hit and
run of an unattended vehicle.
The perjury charge comes after
a surveillance vehicle showed him
in the parking lot where the crash
occurred after he signed a statement claiming he was not there.
The Washington State Patrol
began investigating Mahler after
a person called 911 to report that
their vehicle had been hit by another vehicle in a parking lot. The
caller provided a license plate
number and a description of the
vehicle, and a search determined
it was registered to Mahler.
WA
Fire in Batman bounce
house damages facility
FOREST HILL —
MD
Authorities say a fire
in a unit at a bounce house play
center heavily damaged the center in Harford County.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office said in a news release that
on Friday afternoon, a customer
at the Jump on It Fun Center in
Forest Hill saw smoke and flames
coming from the blower of a Batman bounce house. Officials said
about 25 customers left safely.
An employee shut off electricity to other houses and tents in the
facility, causing the bounce houses to deflate, which fire officials
said helped contain the fire.
It took firefighters about 45
minutes to bring the blaze under
control. No one was hurt.
The Fire Marshal’s Office estimated damage to be $450,000.
Officials said the fire was caused
by a mechanical failure of the
blower.
Man arrested in theft of
$600 from woman, 93
NY
NEW YORK — New
York City police have ar-
C OURTNEY SACCO, C ORPUS C HRISTI (TEXAS) CALLER-TIMES/AP
Vettes and Jets
Corvettes are carried onto the flight deck aboard the USS Lexington museum by elevator as organizers set up for the Jets and Vettes on the
Lex event over the weekend in Corpus Christi, Texas. Organizers said it was the final Vettes and Jets event because the aircraft carrier, built
during WWII and nicknamed “The Blue Ghost,” is getting old and its elevator has sustained a lot of wear and tear. In 2013, the event raised
$42,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project and $25,000 to preserve the ship, according to the Texas Corvette Association’s website.
rested a man on suspicion of stealing $600 from an elderly woman’s
bra as she sat in a wheelchair.
Police charged Broyoan Lopez,
26, of Brooklyn, with robbery,
grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. The
theft happened last Wednesday in
East Harlem; Lopez was arrested
Friday.
Police said the woman, 93, had
taken the money out of the bank
for her rent and had put it into an
envelope, which she put inside her
blouse.
They said the suspect, who
had observed her, followed her to
a clothing store, where she was
shopping with her health aide.
Police said Lopez approached
her from behind, grabbed the envelope and fled. The incident was
caught on video.
charged Friday with kidnapping
and assault with a deadly weapon.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s
Detective Jacob Sanchez said the
woman, 23, was at a taco truck
Wednesday night when Contreras violently dragged her down
the street and began stabbing her
with a 3-inch-long folding knife.
He said a stranger intervened
and suffered a wound to the chest
that wasn’t life-threatening. Nearby deputies arrived, and Contreras dropped the knife and was
arrested. Lt. Alex Salinas said
Contreras admitted to using methamphetamine all day.
The woman survived multiple
wounds to her legs and arms.
Man charged in attack
on woman at taco truck
SEARSBURG — The
VT
Vermont Department of
Fish and Wildlife is urging bear
LOS ANGELES — A
CA
man accused of randomly attacking a woman with a
knife as she ate a taco in East Los
Angeles has been charged with attempted murder.
Andres Contreras, 29, also was
Officials ask hunters
to spare collared bears
hunters to spare any bears they
spot with radio collars and yellow
ear tags.
About a dozen bears were collared as part of an ongoing study
on the effects of a proposed wind
energy
development
within
Green Mountain National For-
est in the towns of Searsburg and
Readsboro.
The bear study is designed to
determine how the construction
and operation of the wind turbines affects local bear populations. The wind energy proposal
is the first located in a national
forest, and the study will help inform future wind energy developments proposed in bear habitats.
Dozens of birds fall
from sky; cause sought
BOSTON — Health
officials are trying to
figure out what caused dozens of
birds to fall out of the sky onto a
Boston neighborhood.
City officials said 47 grackles
were found Thursday in the city’s
Dorchester neighborhood.
Thirty-five of those birds are
now dead. A dozen died before
rescuers arrived, others were
found thrashing in the street and
were later euthanized or died on
the way to the shelter.
The Animal Rescue League of
Boston said it went to the neighborhood after residents reported
birds falling from the sky. The
MA
group is warning people to keep
their pets away after it was unable to rescue a cat that also fell
ill and has died.
The birds that died were sent
for testing to Tufts University’s wildlife clinic. Results are
pending.
Study: Don’t believe
5-second rule for food
NEW BRUNSWICK — It
might be time to reconsider the five-second rule when
thinking about eating food that
has fallen on the floor.
Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey say in a new
study that bacteria can contaminate food that falls on the floor
instantaneously.
The findings were published
this month in the American Society for Microbiology’s journal.
Researcher Donald Schaffner
said the five-second rule is a “significant oversimplification of what
actually happens when bacteria
transfer from a surface to food.”
NJ
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Cirque du Soleil’s latest show based
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BY M ARKL K ENNEDY
Associated Press
T
he first “Avatar” sequel
is still years away from
hitting movie theaters,
but fans of the blue-hued
Na’vi can get their fix at a touring
Cirque du Soleil show that James
Cameron helped create — without his having to reveal too much
of what’s up his cinematic sleeve.
Cameron, who plans four sequels starting in 2018, served as
a consultant on “Toruk — The
First Flight,” a stadium show that
opened in Montreal in November and has since toured North
America.
The writer and director suggested to the Cirque team things
that the Na’vi might do or how
they might think about certain
things, but said he largely let
writer-directors Michel Lemieux
and Victor Pilon create freely.
“I was just a cheerleader on
the side with some pom-poms,”
Cameron said this week when the
show stopped in Brooklyn. “Interestingly, left to their own devices,
the Cirque guys creatively wound
up resonating very, very closely
to the overall arc of the four-sequel saga.”
The Cirque show’s upcoming
stops include Newark, N.J.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Minneapolis; Win-
nipeg, Canada; Fresno, Calif.;
Ontario, Canada; Los Angeles;
Phoenix; San Diego, Calif.; Sacramento, Calif.; and Portland, Ore.
The original 2009 film centered on the conflict between humans and the blue-skinned alien
race Na’vi of Pandora. “Toruk” is
named after the film’s massive,
dragonlike creatures, and tells
the story of two Na’vi warriors
finding a series of sacred objects.
The action takes place on the
planet before humans make contact, thereby sidestepping the
problem of how to depict the 10foot Na’vi. Now Cirque gymnasts,
no matter how tall, can shine. “If
you want to see that explosive
celebration of human movement,
they’re not going to be tall people,” said Cameron.
Cameron, always on the cutting
edge of tech, will shoot his sequels
partially using a high 48 frame
rate format. He said he appreciated the Cirque show employing
40 digital projectors to show everything from lava to water.
AP
Director James Cameron (shown above) has influenced art far beyond the cinema with “Avatar.” A Cirque
du Soleil show is based on the movie, which also inspired “Toruk The First Flight,” a stadium show that
has toured North America since November. Four film sequels are planned as well.
He said that after seeing the
stage show, he might swipe some
of the hairstyles and costumes for
his films. He also said the Cirque
team never asked what was coming up in the sequels, afraid of
leaks.
The filmmaker has a history
with Cirque that includes being
an executive producer and camera operator for the 2012 fantasy
film “Cirque du Soleil: Worlds
Away.” He said he admires the
way the company promotes talent
and keeps creative lines open.
“They empower and celebrate
creativity and empower the artist.
It’s the exact opposite of Hollywood,” he said. “It’s like the antiHollywood. If Hollywood were
just more like that, I think movies
would be a whole lot better.”
Cameron said he hopes the first
film sequel can open at Christmas 2018, and then he’ll roll out
each successive movie every year
‘They empower and celebrate creativity and empower the artist. It’s the
exact opposite of Hollywood. It’s like the anti-Hollywood. If Hollywood
were just more like that, I think movies would be a whole lot better.
James Cameron
about Cirque du Soleil, saying the performance company promotes talent and keeps creative lines open
Rivera regrets backing Ailes
Associated Press
Geraldo Rivera says he’s “filled with regret” for initially discounting the sexual
harassment allegations against his former
Fox News Channel boss, Roger Ailes, and
is apologizing for his skepticism.
In a lengthy post to his Facebook page
on Sept. 8, Rivera said Ailes is a “deceitful,
selfish misogynist” if the charges against
him are true. Ailes has denied them, but
Fox News parent 21st Century Fox settled
a lawsuit last week with first accuser
Gretchen Carlson, paying her $20 million
and publicly apologizing. Other women
also have accused the deposed Fox News
boss of harassment.
Rivera tweeted in the wake of Carlson’s
lawsuit this summer that “I stand with
Roger Ailes” and not to believe the charges against him.
Rivera worked for Ailes for more than
20 years at CNBC and Fox News, and
wrote that his personal and professional
loyalty compelled him to jump to Ailes’
defense.
“I apologize for my skepticism,” Rivera
wrote. “Like victims of sexual assault,
those alleging harassment deserve the
presumption of credibility.”
Rivera said he is paying the price for
supporting his former boss. He said he
learned last week that HarperCollins has
Tragically Hip frontman
launches new project
decided not to publish his manuscript,
“Geraldo of Arabia, From Tora Bora to
Trump,” and said it was a direct result of
his support for Ailes and flattering portrayal of him in the book.
Rapper Desiigner arrested
Authorities say rapper Desiigner has
been arrested for brandishing a handgun
at another motorist and having drugs in
a car.
Police said Sept. 9 that the “Panda” performer was pulled over the previous night
in midtown Manhattan following a road
rage dispute in the Lincoln Tunnel.
Police say another driver identified the
19-year-old rapper as the passenger in a
white Range Rover who flipped a lit cigarette and waved a handgun while exiting
the tunnel.
Desiigner’s real name is Sidney Selby.
Police say they also discovered drugs in
plain view during the car stop.
Other news
Tony Award winner Ben Vereen is
divorcing his first wife — again. The New
York Post reports Vereen claims he divorced his first wife, Andrea, in the 1970s
but she’s saying the divorce was never of-
’
after that. But Cameron said he
would tweak the timetable to
ensure each film is released as
closely as possible so there are
no lengthy delays. “Once you’re
on that ride, you don’t want to get
off,” he said.
The original 3-D “Avatar” film
has netted more than $2.7 billion,
and Cameron pointed to its beauty and its overall theme of protecting nature as reasons for its
success. He noted that more than
half of all humans now live in cities, and that we’re paving over all
the green.
“We’re all struggling with our
own nature-deficit disorder,” he
said. “The angels of our better nature know that what we’re doing
is wrong, and I think ‘Avatar’ is
just a way to process that.”
AP
Television personality Geraldo Rivera
is apologizing for his initial skepticism
over the sexual harassment allegations
against his former Fox News Channel
boss, Roger Ailes.
ficial and she only learned about it when
she filed for Social Security. The two were
in a Brooklyn court Sept. 8 to hash out the
details. Vereen won best actor in the 1973
musical “Pippin.”
Danny DeVito will make his Broadway debut next year as a wily furniture
dealer in Arthur Miller’s “The Price.”
Performances begin Feb. 16.
Ukraine has announced that next
year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take
place in its capital, Kiev. Ukraine is the
host after Ukrainian singer Jamala won
this year’s event.
The lead singer and songwriter of The
Tragically Hip said Sept. 9 that he will be
releasing a new solo album with an accompanying graphic novel and animated film.
Gord Downie’s latest endeavors come
just weeks after the band performed its
final concert. The singer announced this
year that he has terminal brain cancer.
The new project is inspired by Canada’s
state-funded church schools that First Nation children for more than 100 years were
forced to attend.
The “Secret Path” project tells the story
of a young First Nation boy who died in
1966 after running away from the Cecilia
Jeffrey Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ontario.
Beginning in the 19th century, Canada
required more than 150,000 aboriginal
children to attend state-funded Christian
boarding schools against their parents’
wishes, in an attempt to rid them of their
native cultures and languages and integrate them into mainstream society.
There were more than 130 such schools
operating across Canada with the last one
closing in 1996.
The album and book will be released on
Oct. 18 and the film will air on CBC on Oct.
23. Proceeds will go to charity.
From The Associated Press
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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
HIGH ON CUTENESS
How cute baby, animal photos toy with your brain
BY A NA SWANSON
The Washington Post
I
t has a chubby little body, a big head
and floppy little limbs. It has a high,
babylike voice, a button nose and a
little mouth. It has big bright eyes and
rosy cheeks. It giggles and squeals. But unlike a human baby, it is also bright yellow
and makes a springing noise when it hops.
Of all the “pocket monsters” that people
can hunt in Pokemon Go, the popular mobile game that has swept the world, the most
universally beloved is Pikachu, the yellow
“rodent Pokemon” that is the franchise’s
mascot.
Pikachu’s popularity is no accident. With
its squishy body and squeals of joy, Pikachu is designed to be super cute — and as
a result, it might trigger deeper, biological
forces that grab people’s attention and generate affection.
People today seem to spend more time
looking at cute things than ever before. The
internet puts at our fingertips a virtual zoo
of baby sloths, cuddling otters and hamsters
in top hats. We watch the minions bumble
about on the big screen, buy Hello Kitty
merchandise, or watch a Pikachu convention dance on YouTube.
The appeal of these characters may seem
trivial, but it actually highlights an evolutionary force — one that can trigger billions
of dollars a year in consumer spending.
Cuteness is an especially powerful force in
our digital world because it is something
that can be consumed in quick, small doses,
in a gif or picture. And it has blossomed in
our consumerist culture because it is incredibly good at selling things.
According to a body of academic research
— yes, there are dozens of researchers who
study “cuteness” — the science of cuteness
begins with babies. Babies have large eyes
and heads, button noses, soft, chubby bodies, floppy little limbs and a teetering gate.
Those properties are echoed in Pikachu,
puppies and even the Volkswagen Beetle.
The first person to enumerate these characteristics was Konrad Lorenz, a Nobel-winning Austrian zoologist who is often thought
of as the father of cuteness research.
Lorenz’s early work studied the process
by which baby animals and their caregivers bonded after a birth. He observed a set
of characteristics in human and animal babies that he termed “kindchenschema” and
believed triggered caretaking behavior in
a parent. These baby attributes are large
eyes, bulbous foreheads and small chins.
Today, some researchers think these
traits are evolutionary signals to parents
that a baby is healthy and worth caring for,
said Jeffrey Kurland, a retired professor of biological anthropology at Penn
State. But others think these traits
are random.
“Human infants could have
had pinhole eyes, a really
bulbous chin, a low
brow, ears that
stick out,” Kurland said. “Why aren’t those
sort of things cute? There’s nothing intrinsic, built in to those properties that elicits
cuteness. It’s something that we’ve imbued
them with.”
There are other explanations for why babies don’t have pinhole eyes and tiny heads,
of course. Babies have large heads and eyes
because humans have large brains and eyeballs that don’t grow much over their lives.
Babies have small noses and chins because
cartilage takes time to develop
Regardless of why babies are cute, their
features trigger a strong effect. Studies
have shown that pictures of cute babies
cause the release of dopamine, the same
chemical that is released when people fall in
love, have sex or take drugs. Other research
has shown that cuter babies get better care
from their parents, and that cute kids are
more likely to be engaged in friendships
and play.
In one 2009 study, researchers manipulated pictures of babies to give them less
pronounced baby features — like smaller
eyes and narrower faces — or more pronounced baby features. People who viewed
the photographs rated the babies with the
more infantile faces as cuter and said they
felt a stronger drive to take care of them.
Cuteness may also make people focus
more. In one fascinating study, Hiroshima
University researchers in Japan found people who had looked at pictures of puppies
and other baby animals subsequently did
better in tasks that required concentration.
They said their findings suggested human
brains are programmed to zap to attention
when a cute thing appears.
Cuteness is also a way to elicit positive
emotions in unexpected contexts. Robotic
cats are being used to keep elderly people
company in nursing homes. Miniature
therapy horses visited survivors of the 2012
Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut.
But others argue that watching animal
videos and the like have become a way
for people to cope with the drudgery
of white-collar work.
“We are suffering from the
effects of late capitalism, including loneliness
and
isolation,
and then cuteness is offered
as this salve or
reward,” said
Allison
Page, a
visiting professor at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
Feelings of affection spill over to
cute animals, cartoon characters and
even inanimate objects — sometimes in
weird and inappropriate ways.
Humans have bred dogs, cats, rabbits
and even fish to be cuter over generations.
Just picture the watery eyes and impractically short snout of pugs, some of the most
beloved dogs on the internet. It’s been documented that pandas and other animals we
consider cute tend to get more conservation
funds than less cute animals.
Then there are the animals that seem to
have been hit by “the ugly stick of evolution”: moles, snakes, birds and fish.
In a famous essay, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould discusses why people dislike camels. Camels lift their nose,
draw the corners of their mouths down, half
close their eyes and blow out through their
nose — “the ‘harrumph’ of the stereotyped
upper-class Englishman or his well-trained
servant,” Gould wrote.
Perhaps no one has better tapped into
these ideas and prejudices than Disney. In
animating dozens of animal heroes and villains over the decades, Disney has made
full use of our love of babylike features and
our disdain of the opposite.
As Mickey Mouse gained in popularity
over the decades, Gould wrote, his head
and eyes became much larger, and his snout
thickened to give him a snub nose. His arms
and legs thickened, and his clothes became
longer to give him shorter looking legs.
Meanwhile, the villains that Mickey
faced off against were drawn with more
adult appearances. Gould noted that Mortimer Mouse, a sports car-driving mouse
that challenged Mickey for Minnie’s love in
a 1936 short, has a much smaller head and
longer snout for his body and head size than
Mickey.
Disney was far from the
only company trying to
make money off cuteness. Researchers
say that the rise
of cuteness is
closely
tied
with industrialization, advertising and
Studies
have shown
that pictures of
cute babies cause
the release of
dopamine, the same
chemical that
is released when
people fall in love,
have sex or
take drugs.
the rise of consumerism in the late 1800s and
onward.
Over the years, Betty Boop, Snoopy,
Precious Moments, the Minions and Hello
Kitty have launched commercial empires
of cartoons, video games, movies, figurines,
T-shirts and lunchboxes. Companies have
extended the power of “cuteness” in less
predictable ways — selling smaller-sized
versions of their products, typically for a
higher price per pound. Think of miniature
M&Ms, cupcakes and iPod minis.
Others have incorporated cute characteristics by giving products rounder, softer
edges and large “eyes.” In a 2011 study,
researchers found that consumers saw the
fronts of cars as similar to human faces,
with the headlights representing the eyes.
Cars with big, round headlights elicited
more positive responses.
The Volkswagen New Beetle, introduced
in 1997, was particularly cute, with its round
shapes, huge headlights and dashboard
flower vase. GQ called it “concentrated
cutesiness — the drivable equivalent of a
YouTube video where a puppy hugs a kitten
while a baby panda looks on knowingly.”
The car sold particularly well among
women — according to VW, women accounted for nearly 70 percent of the car’s
buyers. But it appeared to gain perhaps too
strong of a reputation for cuteness, ending
up with few male buyers.
By 2011, the company had redesigned the
Beetle to be more streamlined, more angular and “more masculine,” as Volkswagen’s
head of design said. It also removed the
flower vase.
“More power, less flower” was the
company’s new slogan.
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BUSINESS/WEATHER
Obamacare opponents fueled turmoil
BY NOAM N. LEVEY
Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — As insurers
exit “Obamacare” marketplaces
across the country, critics of the
Affordable Care Act have redoubled claims the law isn’t working.
Yet these same critics, many of
them Republican politicians in red
states, took steps to undermine the
2010 law and fuel the current turmoil in their insurance markets.
Among other things, they
blocked expansion of Medicaid
coverage for the poor, erected barriers to enrollment and refused to
move health plans into the “Obamacare” marketplaces, a key step to
bringing in healthier consumers.
Those decisions left the marketplaces in many red states with
poorer, sicker customers than they
otherwise might have had.
Now, consumers are paying the
price, as insurers seek major rate
hikes or stop selling plans.
The marketplaces have been
shaken by the closure of more than
a dozen new insurance co-ops and
moves by major national insurers,
including UnitedHealth Group,
Humana and Aetna, to scale back
offerings in 2017.
Nearly all cited unsustainable
losses due to sicker customers
than the health plans anticipated.
In nearly a third of counties nationwide, just a single insurer will
offer plans next year, according to
an analysis by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
The law’s architects hoped insurers would be drawn in by the
opportunity to sell health plans to
millions of Americans.
State insurance regulators were
to phase out health plans insurers had been offering before 2014,
thereby moving those policyholders into the marketplaces. These
customers were overwhelmingly
healthy because prior to 2014 insurers in most states largely didn’t
sell plans to people with pre-existing medical conditions.
States were also offered millions
in federal aid for outreach and enrollment efforts starting in 2013.
Marketing was seen as critical
since younger, healthier consumers would probably need to be
educated about the importance of
getting coverage.
Some states, including California, Connecticut and Maryland,
played an active role.
State officials there and elsewhere also worked closely with
insurance companies to get them
into the markets so consumers
would have more choices.
States that supported the law
haven’t been immune to the market turmoil, as many factors have
affected their marketplaces and
helped drive up premiums.
But even with some market
exits, consumers in more than half
of California counties can choose
from at least three insurers when
selecting health plans next year.
There are many fewer options
in states whose leaders worked to
sabotage the law. These include
Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina,
Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Several are among the more
than a dozen that imposed addi-
tional regulations on people who
were supposed to help consumers
enroll in health plans.
But consumer advocates, patients groups and others saw the
rules as a tactic to weaken the law.
Missouri’s regulations were so restrictive they were thrown out by a
federal judge, who concluded state
leaders were trying to undermine
the marketplace.
Nineteen states are still rejecting federal aid to expand their
Medicaid programs to poor, childless adults.
This has been problematic for
those states’ marketplaces, research suggests, as many poor residents who couldn’t get Medicaid
have gone into the marketplaces.
Federal data indicate that more
than 40 percent of marketplace
enrollees in states that didn’t expand Medicaid earn less than
138 percent of the federal poverty
level, or about $16,000 a year.
By contrast, less than 10 percent of marketplace enrollees in
states that expanded Medicaid are
so poor.
EXCHANGE RATES
Military rates
Euro costs (Sept. 12) ........................$1.1567
Dollar buys (Sept. 12) ......................€0.8645
British pound (Sept. 12) ...................... $1.36
Japanese yen (Sept. 12) ...................... 99.00
South Korean won (Sept. 12) ........1,072.00
Commercial rates
Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3769
British pound .....................................$1.3243
Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3040
China (Yuan) ........................................6.6843
Denmark (Krone) ................................6.6431
Egypt (Pound) ......................................8.8821
Euro ........................................ $1.1205/0.8925
Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................. 7.7565
Hungary (Forint) ................................. 276.16
Israel (Shekel) ..................................... 3.7669
Japan (Yen)........................................... 103.02
Kuwait (Dinar) ..................................... 0.3014
Norway (Krone) ................................... 8.2749
Philippines (Peso)................................. 47.43
Poland (Zloty) .......................................... 3.88
Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7508
Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3604
South Korea (Won) ..........................1,108.25
Switzerland (Franc)............................ 0.9781
Thailand (Baht) .....................................34.85
Turkey (Lira) .........................................2.9734
(Military exchange rates are those
available to customers at military banking
facilities in the country of issuance
for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the
Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For
nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e.,
purchasing British pounds in Germany),
check with your local military banking
facility. Commercial rates are interbank
rates provided for reference when buying
currency. All figures are foreign currencies
to one dollar, except for the British pound,
which is represented in dollars-to-pound,
and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.)
INTEREST RATES
Prime rate ................................................ 3.50
Discount rate .......................................... 1.00
Federal funds market rate ................... 0.36
3-month bill ............................................. 0.34
30-year bond ........................................... 2.39
WEATHER OUTLOOK
MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC
MONDAY IN EUROPE
Misawa
69/64
Kabul
86/61
Baghdad
106/76
Kandahar
98/67
Kuwait
City
112/83
Riyadh
105/78
Seoul
84/66
Osan
86/66
Mildenhall/
Lakenheath
81/64
Bahrain
104/86
Brussels
85/65
Lajes,
Azores
72/62
Doha
103/83
Ramstein
88/56
Stuttgart
86/62
Iwakuni
79/72
Sasebo
82/73
Guam
86/80
Pápa
86/61
Aviano/
Vicenza
89/65
Naples
81/66
Morón
95/68
Sigonella
84/67
Rota
84/70
Djibouti
110/90
Tokyo
77/71
Busan
79/68
Okinawa
86/79
The weather is provided by the
American Forces Network Weather Center,
2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Souda Bay
83/68
Sunday’s US temperatures
City
Abilene, Texas
Akron, Ohio
Albany, N.Y.
Albuquerque
Allentown, Pa.
Amarillo
Anchorage
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Austin
Baltimore
Baton Rouge
Billings
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Bridgeport
Brownsville
Buffalo
Burlington, Vt.
Caribou, Maine
Casper
Charleston, S.C.
Charleston, W.Va.
Charlotte, N.C.
Hi
93
78
75
84
81
90
61
79
86
78
91
81
90
51
90
59
70
73
76
95
76
74
70
52
88
85
83
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68
51
52
61
51
66
52
63
70
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63
72
42
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51
49
58
60
75
55
51
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Chattanooga
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Colorado Springs
Columbia, S.C.
Columbus, Ga.
Columbus, Ohio
Concord, N.H.
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Ft Worth
Dayton
Daytona Beach
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
El Paso
Elkins
Erie
Eugene
Evansville
Fairbanks
Fargo
Flagstaff
Flint
Fort Smith
89
63
78
81
78
77
88
90
80
75
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92
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Fort Wayne
Fresno
Goodland
Grand Junction
Grand Rapids
Great Falls
Green Bay
Greensboro, N.C.
Harrisburg
Hartford Spgfld
Helena
Honolulu
Houston
Huntsville
Indianapolis
Jackson, Miss.
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Key West
Knoxville
Lake Charles
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
77
91
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50
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78
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Louisville
Lubbock
Macon
Madison
Medford
Memphis
Miami Beach
Midland-Odessa
Milwaukee
Mpls-St Paul
Missoula
Mobile
Montgomery
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark
Norfolk, Va.
North Platte
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Paducah
Pendleton
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
83
88
89
77
84
88
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92
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75
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71
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Portland, Maine
Portland, Ore.
Providence
Pueblo
Raleigh-Durham
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Roanoke
Rochester
Rockford
Sacramento
St Louis
St Petersburg
St Thomas
Salem, Ore.
Salt Lake City
San Angelo
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
St Ste Marie
Savannah
Seattle
Shreveport
66
72
80
75
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83
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80
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Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, Mo.
Syracuse
Tallahassee
Tampa
Toledo
Topeka
Tucson
Tulsa
Tupelo
Waco
Washington
W. Palm Beach
Wichita
Wichita Falls
Wilkes-Barre
Wilmington, Del.
Yakima
Youngstown
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Hi: Sat., 113, Death Valley, Calif.
Lo: Sat., 14, Bondurant, Wyo.
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Auto racing
Federated Auto Parts 400
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Saturday
At Richmond International Raceway
Richmond, Va.
Lap length: .750 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 407 laps, 0
rating, 44 points.
2. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 407, 0,
40.
3. (6) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 407, 0,
40.
4. (17) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 407, 0,
37.
5. (19) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 407,
0, 36.
6. (7) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 407, 0,
35.
7. (4) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 407,
0, 34.
8. (5) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 407, 0, 34.
9. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 407, 0, 32.
10. (12) Joey Logano, Ford, 407, 0, 31.
11. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet,
407, 0, 30.
12. (27) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet,
407, 0, 29.
13. (8) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 407, 0,
28.
14. (18) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 407, 0, 27.
15. (29) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 407,
0, 26.
16. (11) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 407, 0,
25.
17. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 407, 0, 24.
18. (22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 407,
0, 23.
19. (34) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 407,
0, 22.
20. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet,
407, 0, 21.
21. (26) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 407,
0, 20.
22. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 407,
0, 19.
23. (28) Greg Biffle, Ford, 407, 0, 18.
24. (31) Chris Buescher, Ford, 407, 0,
17.
25. (39) Dylan Lupton, Toyota, 406, 0,
0.
26. (38) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 404,
0, 15.
27. (40) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 403,
0, 15.
28. (15) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 402,
0, 13.
29. (24) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, accident, 397, 0, 13.
30. (36) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 396, 0,
11.
31. (37) Michael Annett, Chevrolet,
390, 0, 10.
32. (13) Carl Edwards, Toyota, suspension, 366, 0, 9.
33. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, accident, 363, 0, 8.
34. (21) David Ragan, Toyota, accident,
362, 0, 7.
35. (35) Brian Scott, Ford, accident,
362, 0, 6.
36. (32) Landon Cassill, Ford, 358, 0, 5.
37. (25) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, accident, 352, 0, 4.
38. (3) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, accident,
335, 0, 4.
39. (20) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 279, 0, 2.
40. (30) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, accident, 264, 0, 1.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 85.778
mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 33 minutes, 31
seconds.
Margin of Victory: seconds.
Caution Flags: 16 for 89 laps.
Lead Changes: 21 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 1-12; J.Earnhardt
13-14; D.Hamlin 15-51; M.Truex 52-85;
M.Kenseth 86; Ku.Busch 87; D.Hamlin
88-100; M.Truex 101-202; M.Kenseth 203;
M.Truex 204-222; D.Hamlin 223; M.Truex
224-228; Ku.Busch 229-230; M.Truex 231245; M.Kenseth 246; R.Smith 247-248;
D.Hamlin 249-267; K.Larson 268-271;
D.Hamlin 272-292; K.Larson 293-303;
M.Truex 304-321; D.Hamlin 322-407
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,
Laps Led): M.Truex, 6 times for 187 laps;
D.Hamlin, 7 times for 182 laps; K.Larson,
2 times for 13 laps; Ku.Busch, 2 times
for 1 lap; J.Earnhardt, 1 time for 1 lap;
R.Smith, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Kenseth, 3
times for 0 laps.
Wins: Ky.Busch, 4; B.Keselowski, 4;
C.Edwards, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; K.Harvick, 2;
J.Johnson, 2; M.Kenseth, 2; M.Truex, 2;
C.Buescher, 1; Ku.Busch, 1; K.Larson, 1;
J.Logano, 1; T.Stewart, 1.
Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 840;
2. B.Keselowski, 797; 3. J.Logano, 752;
4. C.Edwards, 746; 5. D.Hamlin, 729; 6.
Ku.Busch, 728; 7. Ky.Busch, 727; 8. M.Truex,
696; 9. M.Kenseth, 669; 10. C.Elliott, 659;
11. J.Johnson, 656; 12. A.Dillon, 651; 13.
J.McMurray, 642; 14. R.Newman, 620; 15.
K.Larson, 606; 16. K.Kahne, 598.
Pro football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T
Pct PF PA
Buffalo
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Miami
0 0 0
.000
0
0
N.Y. Jets
0 0 0
.000
0
0
New England
0 0 0
.000
0
0
South
Houston
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Indianapolis
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Jacksonville
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Tennessee
0 0 0
.000
0
0
North
Baltimore
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Cincinnati
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Cleveland
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Pittsburgh
0 0 0
.000
0
0
West
Denver
1 0 0 1.000 21 20
Kansas City
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Oakland
0 0 0
.000
0
0
San Diego
0 0 0
.000
0
0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
Dallas
0 0 0
.000
0
0
N.Y. Giants
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Philadelphia
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Washington
0 0 0
.000
0
0
South
Carolina
0 1 0
.000 20 21
Atlanta
0 0 0
.000
0
0
New Orleans
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Tampa Bay
0 0 0
.000
0
0
North
Chicago
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Detroit
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Green Bay
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Minnesota
0 0 0
.000
0
0
West
Arizona
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Los Angeles
0 0 0
.000
0
0
San Francisco 0 0 0
.000
0
0
Seattle
0 0 0
.000
0
0
Thursday’s games
Denver 21, Carolina 20
Sunday’s games
Minnesota at Tennessee
Cleveland at Philadelphia
Green Bay at Jacksonville
San Diego at Kansas City
Chicago at Houston
Oakland at New Orleans
Tampa Bay at Atlanta
Buffalo at Baltimore
Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets
Miami at Seattle
N.Y. Giants at Dallas
Detroit at Indianapolis
New England at Arizona
Monday’s games
Pittsburgh at Washington
Los Angeles at San Francisco
Thursday, Sep. 15
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo
Sunday, Sep. 18
San Francisco at Carolina
Dallas at Washington
Miami at New England
New Orleans at N.Y. Giants
Baltimore at Cleveland
Tennessee at Detroit
Kansas City at Houston
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Seattle at Los Angeles
Tampa Bay at Arizona
Jacksonville at San Diego
Indianapolis at Denver
Atlanta at Oakland
Green Bay at Minnesota
Monday, Sep. 19
Philadelphia at Chicago
Injury report
NEW YORK — The National Football
League injury report, as provided by the
league (OUT - Definitely will not play;
DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited
participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice):
Monday
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at WASHINGTON REDSKINS — STEELERS: LIMITED: T
Marcus Gilbert, DB Senquez Golson, DT
Javon Hargrave, DE Cameron Heyward,
NT Daniel McCullers, FB Roosevelt Nix, SS
Shamarko Thomas, C Cody Wallace, WR
Markus Wheaton. REDSKINS: LIMITED:
WR Joshua Doctson, RB Matt Jones, G
Spencer Long, DE Kendall Reyes.
LOS ANGELES RAMS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — RAMS: LIMITED: WR Pharoh
Cooper, CB Edwin Gaines, MLB Bryce
Hager, T Robert Havenstein, WR Nelson
Spruce. 49ERS: LIMITED: DT Arik Armstead, ILB Nick Bellore, CB Christopher
Davis, DT Quinton Dial, DT Glenn Dorsey,
CB Keith Reaser.
Deals
Saturday’s transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled RHP
Austin Adams from Columbus (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed 3B Trevor Plouffe on the 15-day DL.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Activated RHP
Tom Wilhelmsen from the 15-day DL.
TEXAS RANGERS — Received RHP R.J.
Alvarez on a waiver claim from the Chicago Cubs. Transferred RHP Lucas Harrell from the 15 to the 60-day DL.
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated
OF Andre Ethier from the 60-day DL.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DETROIT LIONS — Released LB Josh
Bynes from injured reserve.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released LB
Dezman Moses.
Pro soccer
Golf
MLS
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Toronto FC
13 8 7 46 41 29
New York City FC 12 9 8 44 49 50
New York
12 9 7 43 47 35
Philadelphia
11 10 8 41 48 45
Montreal
9 8 11 38 42 43
Orlando City
7 7 13 34 45 45
New England
8 12 9 33 34 48
D.C. United
7 9 11 32 35 36
Chicago
6 13 8 26 33 42
Columbus
5 11 11 26 36 45
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
FC Dallas
15 8 6 51 45 37
Colorado
12 5 10 46 29 24
Real Salt Lake
12 9 8 44 42 41
Los Angeles
10 4 14 44 45 30
Sporting KC
11 12 6 39 35 35
Portland
10 11 8 38 43 44
Vancouver
9 13 7 34 37 45
San Jose
7 8 12 33 27 30
Seattle
9 13 5 32 33 37
Houston
5 11 11 26 32 37
Note: Three points for victory, one
point for tie.
Friday’s games
Houston 3, Sporting Kansas City 3, tie
Saturday’s games
Montreal 1, Philadelphia 1, tie
Vancouver 3, Columbus 1
New England 3, New York City FC 1
Toronto FC 2, Chicago 1
Colorado 1, FC Dallas 0
Portland 1, Real Salt Lake 0
Seattle 1, San Jose 1, tie
Sunday’s games
D.C. United at New York
Orlando City at Los Angeles
Friday, Sept. 16
D.C. United at Chicago
Saturday, Sept. 17
Vancouver at Seattle
Philadelphia at Portland
FC Dallas at New York City FC
Columbus at Orlando City
New England at Montreal
San Jose at Colorado
Houston at Real Salt Lake
Sunday, Sept. 18
Los Angeles at Sporting Kansas City
New York at Toronto FC
Saturday
Timbers 1, Real Salt Lake 0
Real Salt Lake
0 0—0
Portland
1 0—1
First half—1, Portland, Adi 14, 12th
minute.
Goalies—Real Salt Lake, Nick Rimando; Portland, Jake Gleeson.
Yellow Cards—Sunny, Real Salt Lake,
40th, Ridgewell, Portland, 50th, Morales,
Real Salt Lake, 54th, Phillips, Real Salt
Lale, 75th, Gleeson, Portland, 86th, Plata,
Real Salt Lake, 90th.
A—NA (21,144)
Sounders 1, Earthquakes 1
Seattle
0 1—1
San Jose
1 0—1
First half—1, San Jose, Wondolowski
10(Stewart), 20th minute.
Second half—2, Seattle, Lodeiro 3,
80th.
Goalies—Seattle, Stefan Frei; San
Jose, David Bingham.
Yellow Cards—Stewart, San Jose, 44th,
Alonso, Seattle, 54th, Dawkins, San jose,
58th, Wynne, San Jose, 69th, Quintero,
San Jose, 84th.
A—NA (18,000)
Rapids 1, FC Dallas 0
Colorado
0 1—1
FC Dallas
0 0—0
Second half—1, Colorado, Badji 3(Le
Toux), 52nd minute.
Goalies—Colorado, Tim Howard; FC
Dallas, Chris Seitz.
Yellow
Cards—Sjoberg,
Colorado,
30th, Burch, Colorado, 51st, Azira, Colorado, 68th, Hairston, Colorado, 81st, Urruti, FC Dallas, 90th+6.
A—14,468 (20,500)
BMW Championship
New York City FC
0 1—1
New England
2 1—3
First half—1, New England, Agudelo
5(Fagundez), 21st minute,2, New England, Nguyen 6(Rowe), 42nd.
Second half—3, New York City FC,
Lampard 12(Allen, Pirlo), 49th, 4, New
England, Fagundez 4(Agudelo), 58th.
Goalies—New York City FC, Josh Saunders; New England, Brad Knighton.
Yellow Cards—Mena, New York City
FC, 20th, Koffie, New England, 69th, Allen,
New York City FC, 72nd, Mendoza, New
York City FC, 86th.
Red Cards—Bravo, New York City FC,
86th.
A—23,235 (23,235)
Toronto FC 2, Fire 1
Toronto FC
1 1—2
Chicago
0 1—1
First half—1, Toronto FC, Altidore
6(Morrow, Johnson), 33rd minute.
Second half—2, Toronto FC, Osorio
1(Altidore), 52nd, 3, Chicago, de Leeuw
4(Goossens), 58th.
Goalies—Toronto FC, Alex Bono; Chicago, Sean Johnson.
A—NA (20,000)
Whitecaps 3, Crew 1
Vancouver
1 2—3
Columbus
1 0—1
First half—1, Columbus, Kamara
11(Saeid), 11th minute, 2, Vancouver
Sauro 1(OG), 13th.
Second half—3, Vancouver, Jacobson
2(Bolanos), 74th, 4, Vancouver, Hurtado
1, 82nd.
Goalies—Vancouver, David Ousted;
Columbus, Steve Clark.
Yellow Cards—Techera, Vancouver,
19th, Mezquida, Vancouver, 86th.
Red Cards—Tchani, Columbus, 86th.
A—15,589 (20,145)
Impact 1, Union 1
Montreal
0 1—1
Philadelphia
1 0—1
First half—1, Philadelphia, Barnetta
5(Herbers, Bedoya), 45th.
Second half—2, Montreal, Mancosu
3(Toia, Bernardello), 88th.
Goalies—Montreal, Eric Kronberg;
Philadelphia, Andre Blake.
Yellow Cards—Pontius, Philadelphia,
34th, Ciman, Montreal, 48th, Sapong,
Philadelphia, 54th, Camara, Montreal,
60th.
A—18,500 (18,500)
NWSL
W L T Pts GF
Washington
12 3 3 39 29
Portland
10 3 5 34 29
Chicago
8 5 5 29 21
Western New York 8 5 5 29 34
Sky Blue FC
7 7 5 26 23
Seattle
6 6 6 24 24
FC Kansas City
6 8 4 22 16
Orlando
6 12 1 19 18
Houston
5 9 4 19 22
Boston
3 13 2 11 13
Note: Three points for victory,
point for tie.
Saturday’s game
Sky Blue FC 2, Orlando 1
Sunday’s games
Chicago at FC Kansas
Boston at Houston
Western New York at Portland
Washington at Seattle
Saturday, Sept. 24
FC Kansas City at Orlando
Western New York at Boston
Washington at Chicago
Sunday, Sept. 25
Portland at Sky Blue FC
Seattle at Houston
End regular season
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Pro basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
New York
21
10 .677
Atlanta
16
14 .533
Chicago
15
15 .500
Indiana
15
15 .500
Washington
12
18 .400
Connecticut
11
19 .367
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
Minnesota
25
5 .833
Los Angeles
24
7 .774
Seattle
14
17 .452
Phoenix
13
17 .433
Dallas
10
21 .323
San Antonio
6
24 .200
Thursday’s games
Atlanta 86, Los Angeles 81
Friday’s games
Seattle 81, Washington 76
Indiana 95, Chicago 88
New York 89, Connecticut 82
Dallas 92, San Antonio 84
Saturday’s games
No games scheduled
Sunday’s games
Chicago at Connecticut
Indiana at Washington
Minnesota at San Antonio
New York at Dallas
Atlanta at Phoenix
Los Angeles at Seattle
Revolution 3,
New York City FC 1
GB
—
4½
5½
5½
8½
9½
GB
—
1½
11½
12
15½
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Sept. 12
1895 — Defender wins three straight
matches from the British challenger Valkyrie II to defend the America’s Cup for
the United States.
1936 — Fred Perry becomes the first
foreign player to win three U.S. men’s
singles titles when he defeats Don
Budge, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8. Alice Marble
ends the four-year reign of Helen Jacobs
as U.S. women’s singles champion, with
a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.
1993 — Miami’s Dan Marino becomes
the fourth player in NFL history to reach
the 40,000-yard mark with 286 yards
passing in a 24-14 loss to the New York
Jets. Marino joins Fran Tarkenton, Dan
Fouts and John Unitas.
1999 — Andre Agassi comes back from
2-1 sets down to win his second U.S. Open
singles title. Agassi, who never lost his
serve, defeats Todd Martin, 6-4, 6-7 (5),
6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2. It’s the first five-set U.S.
Open final in 11 years.
2010 — The United States wins its first
world basketball championship since
1994, beating Turkey 81-64. Tournament
MVP Kevin Durant scores 28 points, setting a record along the way for most in
the tournament by a U.S. player.
2015 — David Ortiz homers twice to
become the 27th player in major league
history to reach 500 homers, and Boston
beats Tampa Bay 10-4.
PGA Tour
Saturday
At Crooked Stick CC
Carmel, Ind.
Purse: $8.5 million
Yardage: 7,516; Par: 72
Third Round
Dustin Johnson
67-63-68—198
Paul Casey
67-66-68—201
J.B. Holmes
69-65-68—202
Roberto Castro
65-65-74—204
Adam Scott
69-69-67—205
Matt Kuchar
68-69-68—205
Ryan Palmer
73-64-69—206
Chris Kirk
68-66-73—207
Billy Horschel
73-68-67—208
Jordan Spieth
68-72-68—208
Hideki Matsuyama
68-71-69—208
Russell Knox
71-69-69—209
William McGirt
67-73-69—209
Brian Harman
66-72-71—209
Daniel Berger
70-68-71—209
Kevin Na
69-68-72—209
Jamie Lovemark
72-69-69—210
James Hahn
69-71-70—210
Si Woo Kim
71-68-71—210
Bubba Watson
71-67-72—210
Jon Curran
69-71-71—211
Jhonattan Vegas
69-72-70—211
Patrick Reed
70-70-71—211
Jason Day
73-67-71—211
Jason Kokrak
69-70-72—211
Smylie Kaufman
70-71-71—212
Phil Mickelson
68-73-71—212
David Hearn
67-73-72—212
Vaughn Taylor
71-70-71—212
Luke Donald
69-73-70—212
Jim Herman
69-71-72—212
Charl Schwartzel
70-70-72—212
Brandt Snedeker
72-71-69—212
Bill Haas
73-72-67—212
Emiliano Grillo
73-68-72—213
Rory McIlroy
68-72-73—213
Graeme McDowell
73-67-73—213
Branden Grace
73-70-70—213
Jimmy Walker
74-69-70—213
Sergio Garcia
69-68-76—213
Zach Johnson
73-69-72—214
Billy Hurley III
70-72-72—214
Louis Oosthuizen
71-69-74—214
Scott Piercy
73-70-71—214
Jason Dufner
67-72-75—214
Justin Rose
74-70-70—214
Hudson Swafford
73-72-69—214
Sean O’Hair
75-66-74—215
Charley Hoffman
69-71-75—215
Justin Thomas
71-71-73—215
Harris English
71-69-75—215
Kyle Reifers
73-72-70—215
Fabian Gomez
68-71-76—215
Gary Woodland
71-74-70—215
Brooks Koepka
68-72-76—216
Kevin Streelman
72-70-74—216
Aaron Baddeley
71-71-74—216
Kevin Chappell
75-71-70—216
Kevin Kisner
70-73-74—217
Rickie Fowler
75-71-71—217
Tony Finau
75-72-70—217
Brian Stuard
75-70-73—218
Ryan Moore
73-74-71—218
Charles Howell III
69-72-78—219
David Lingmerth
75-70-74—219
Marc Leishman
74-75-71—220
Brendan Steele
72-70-79—221
Daniel Summerhays
77-69-76—222
Ben Martin
75-73-74—222
-18
-15
-14
-12
-11
-11
-10
-9
-8
-8
-8
-7
-7
-7
-7
-7
-6
-6
-6
-6
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-1
-1
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-1
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-1
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E
E
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+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+3
+3
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KLM Open
PGA European Tour
Saturday
At The Dutch
Spijk, Netherlands
Purse: $1.85 million euros
Yardage: 6,981; Par: 71
Third Round, Leading Scores
Scott Hend
67-68-64—199
Nino Bertasio
66-67-67—200
Richard Bland
67-69-66—202
David Horsey
67-68-67—202
Ben Evans
65-69-68—202
Joost Luiten
69-64-69—202
Brandon Stone
72-68-63—203
Simon Khan
68-67-68—203
Tommy Fleetwood
67-67-69—203
Bernd Wiesberger
66-66-71—203
Daniel Im
70-67-67—204
Chris Hanson
66-71-67—204
Alejandro Canizares
67-67-70—204
Nicolas Colsaerts
71-69-65—205
Matthew Southgate
72-65-68—205
Mike Lorenzo-Vera
68-68-69—205
Also
Johannes Veerman
70-71-69—210
Jason Knutzon
72-68-71—211
Boxing
Fight schedule
Sept. 13
At Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino, Nice, Calif., Eddie Ramirez vs. Kevin
Watts, 10, junior welterweights.
Sept. 15
At 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, Dusty
Hernandez-Harrison vs. Thomas LaManna, 10, welterweights.
Sept. 16
At Osaka, Japan, Shinsuke Yamanaka
vs. Anselmo Moreno, 12, for Yamanaka’s
WBC World bantamweight title; Hugo
Ruiz vs. Hozumi Hasegawa, 12, for Ruiz’s
WBC World super bantamweight title.
Sept. 17
At AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas,
Liam Smith vs. Canelo Alvarez, 12, for
Smith’s WBO junior middleweight title;
Willie Monroe, Jr. vs. Gabriel Rosado, 12,
middleweights; Joseph Diaz vs. Andrew
Cancio, 10, for Diaz’s NABF featherweight
title; Diego De La Hoya vs. Luis Orlando
Del Valle, 10, super bantamweights.
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Monday, September 12, 2016
US OPEN/MMA
UFC champ Miocic
keeps title with KO
BY TOM WITHERS
for Miocic when he knocked him
on his butt and attempted to end
the fight. But Miocic wasn’t going
CLEVELAND — Stipe Miocic to be denied and was offended
climbed to the top of the octagon when he learned that Overeem
and threw his legs over its sides, had thought he tapped out.
straddling the cage like he was
“I don’t remember tapping out,”
riding a horse.
Miocic said. “I remember punchHe had defended his title in ing him in the face until he was
stunning fashion, and Cleveland’s unconscious.”
hometown hero has no plans to
Before Miocic’s stunning comegive it up.
back, former WWE superstar CM
“I’m going to stay champ for a Punk could have used a folding
long time,” he said.
chair or a tag-team partner.
Floored by an early punch, MioPunk, who was one of WWE’s
cic recovered and knocked out biggest stars when he left it two
Alistair Overeem at
years ago to try his
4:27 of the first round
hand in ultimate
to conclude UFC 203
I don’t
fighting, tapped out
on Saturday night in
just 2:14 into the
remember
front of nearly 20,000
first round after he
tapping out.
delirious fans.
was pummeled and
Miocic, whose title
choked by welterI remember
in May set off a run
weight Mickey Gall.
punching
him
of championships in
The
38-year-old
a city that didn’t celein the face
Punk charged Gall
brate one for 52 years,
but was on his back
until
he
was
was in big trouble
less than 10 seconds
unconscious. into the fight. Pinned
after Overeem caught
him on the jaw with
Stipe Miocic up against the fenca short left. Overeem
UFC heavyweight ing, he was unable to
pounced on Miocic, a
champ get out from under
Cleveland fire fighter,
Gall, who smashed a
and put him in a guilright hand into Punk’s
lotine hold as he tried to choke temple and then kneeled on top of
him out. But the 6-foot-4, 240- him and swung both arms like a
pound Miocic escaped the hold pendulum, connecting with one
and quickly pressed the action.
hard shot after another.
In the final minute of the round,
Punk nearly got free, but Gall
Miocic stunned Overeem with a regained a dominant position.
punch and then held him down Punk had no choice but to tap
and delivered four devastating his hand on the mat, ending the
right-handed punches to the chal- fight the way many inside UFC
lenger’s head to finish him off.
predicted.
When the fight was stopped,
Prior to Miocic’s bout, former
Miocic ran and climbed the heavyweight champ Fabricio
cage, a move he had planned for Werdum won a unanimous decimonths. Soon after, he took the sion over Travis Browne.
microphone and yelled “O-H”
Following the heated bout, Werto the crowd, which responded dum put his gloved hands to his
“I-0,” to the local champ, whose face and was pretending to wipe
knock out of Fabricio Werdum away tears when he was conthis spring was followed by the fronted by Browne’s coach EdCavaliers overcoming a 3-1 defi- mond Tarverdyan. Werdum tried
cit to beat Golden State in the to kick Tarverdyan and security
rushed into the ring as both corNBA Finals.
Overeem almost ruined things ners jawed at each other.
Associated Press
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PETER MORGAN /AP
Angelique Kerber celebrates after defeating Karolina Pliskova during the women’s singles final of the
U.S. Open on Saturday in New York. It was Kerber’s first U.S. Open title.
Kerber claims Open crown
German replaces Serena at No. 1 with win over Pliskova
BY HOWARD FENDRICH
Scoreboard
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Early in what
would become a tight test of a
U.S. Open final, Angelique Kerber sprinted forward to somehow
reach a drop shot and scoop a
down-the-line winner to a corner.
The Arthur Ashe Stadium
crowd roared, and Kerber celebrated by raising her right hand
and wagging her index finger in
the air, as if to remind opponent
Karolina Pliskova — and everyone else — “I’m No. 1!”
Yes, she is. And a two-time
Grand Slam champion, too.
Kerber won her first U.S.
Open title and the second major
trophy of her out-of-nowhere
breakthrough season, taking
five of the last six games to beat
a fading Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 on
Saturday.
“It means a lot to me. When I
was a kid, I was always dreaming
to one day be the No. 1 player in
the world, to win Grand Slams,”
said Kerber, a 28-year-old German who will move up one spot
from No. 2 and replace Serena
Williams atop the WTA rankings on Monday. “I mean, all the
dreams came true this year, and
I’m just trying to enjoy every
moment on court and also off
court.”
Never a Grand Slam finalist before 2016, Kerber beat Williams
for the Australian Open title in
January, then lost to her in the
Wimbledon final in July.
On Saturday, the No. 2-seeded
Kerber trailed by a break at 3-1 in
the third set before coming back
against Pliskova, a 24-year-old
Czech who was seeded 10th and
hadn’t been past the third round
Saturday
JULIO C ORTEZ /AP
Karolina Pliskova returns a shot
to Angelique Kerber during their
finals match.
at a major until this tournament.
“For sure,” Kerber told Pliskova during the trophy ceremony,
“you have a great future.”
The present could not be brighter for the left-handed Kerber, the
first woman from Germany to
win the U.S. Open — and to get to
No. 1 — since her idol and mentor,
Steffi Graf.
It was Pliskova who guaranteed
Kerber’s ascension in the rankings by beating Williams in the
semifinals, ending her recordtying 186-week stay at the top,
which began in February 2013.
Kerber, who collected $3.5 million in prize money Saturday, lost
to Pliskova the last time they met,
just three weeks ago in the final
of a hard-court tournament in
Cincinnati.
At The USTA Billie Jean King
National Tennis Center
New York
Purse: $46.3 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Women
Championship
Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, def.
Karolina Pliskova (10), Czech Republic,
6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles
Men
Final
Jamie Murray, Britain, and Bruno
Soares (4), Brazil, def. Pablo Carreno
Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez,
Spain, 6-2, 6-3.
Legends Doubles
Women
Final
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe
Fernandez, United States, def. Martina
Navratilova, United States, and Arantxa
Sanchez-Vicario, Spain, 6-4, 6-2.
At the outset of this final, it
was Kerber who was in charge.
Her defense is exemplary, scrambling along the baseline to put her
racket on seemingly every ball,
crouching so low that her knees
would come close to scraping the
ground.
As she does against most opponents, Kerber would make
Pliskova swing two, three, four
extra times to try to end a point.
And Pliskova was troubled by that
in the early going, making 17 unforced errors in the first set alone,
14 more than Kerber. By the conclusion of the 2-hour, 7-minute
final, Pliskova totaled 47 unforced
errors, 30 more than Kerber.
“She really proved she’s the
world No. 1,” Pliskova told the
fans. Then she addressed Kerber
directly, saying: “It was a great
match, and I’m very honored to
play with you.”
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DAVID D ERMER /AP
Stipe Miocic, top, punches Alistair Overeem during a heavyweight
title bout at UFC 203 on Saturday in Cleveland. Miocic retained his
title when he knocked out Overeem in the first round.
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HIGH SCHOOL: DODEA PACIFIC
NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE WEEKEND
Ricafrente gets Perry off to strong start
Senior’s mission
is to get back to
D-II title game
Stars and Stripes
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
IWAKUNI, Japan – M.C. Perry’s Caeleb
Ricafrente entered his senior football
season with a mission, Samurai coach
Frank Macias said.
Ricafrente is out to return to the Far
East Division II title game Perry played
in 2014 but missed out
on last season.
Ricafrente sure played
like it in the Samurai’s
season debut on Saturday, scoring for five touchdowns and
totaling 215 yards of offense as Perry
routed Zama 49-12. Much of the second half was played with a running
clock.
“What can I say about him,” Macias
said of Ricafrente. “He played like a senior who wants to get back to the title
game.”
Largely on the strength of Ricafrente’s running, Perry reached the 2014
D-II championship game, where the
Samurai lost 60-50 to Daegu. Perry
failed to get there again last season.
On Saturday, Ricafrente helped the
Samurai take their first step toward a
title-game return, rushing 19 times for
148 yards and catching two passes for
67 yards.
The Samurai also got 57 yards and
a TD each from running backs Dylan
Ernst and Zach Brown, while Marshall
China returned a fumble 25 yards for a
score. Garrett Macias was an economical 2-for-4 for 67 yards.
E.J. King: Returning All-Far East
Division II runner Amelia
McGrath provided the
highlight for the Cobras,
who participated in the
Kanto Plain Association
of Secondary Schools cross-country
meet. McGrath paced all Cobras runners with a 15:37.1, 16th overall, in
the second heat on the girls’ 2.1-mile
course.
Kinnick: Jerry Lotz was the highest
DODEA finisher in the
boys’ first heat Saturday
at Tama Hills Recreation
Center, clocking 16 minutes, 39.3 seconds and
finishing fifth on the 2.9-mile boys
course. Kinnick beat Yokohama 15-49
while losing 28-29 to Christian Academy Japan.
A NGELA ROOT/Special to Stars and Stripes
Humphreys ball carrier Da’Shun Cline gets wrapped up from behind by Daegu’s Jarvis Stokes during the
Blackhawks’ 27-8 win Friday.
Zama: It was the Trojans’ second
defeat in as many DII games. Zach Dignan
scored his second rushing touchdown of the
season, on a 5-yard run,
while Anthony Ames took a broken-play
handoff and ran 60 yards. … Trojans
girls volleyball split its season openers
at Edgren, winning in four sets Friday
and losing in four Saturday.
Kadena:
Call Saturday’s home
opener for the Panthers
a sackfest. Kadena pass
rushers bagged Seoul
American
quarterback
David Messinger seven
times, Abe Patterson recording three
and Emery Oakley 2½. Panthers quarterbacks Cody Sego and Ryan Cabase
accounted for two touchdowns each in
a 48-6 romp.
Kubasaki: The first of two in-season
inter-area competitions
for Dragons volleyball saw
two-time defending Far
East Division I Tournament champion Kubasaki
win three of four matches. The Dragons
won three matches on Saturday at Taipei American School and dropped one
Sunday at Da’an, each decided in four
sets.
Edgren: Patrick Sledge was the
brightest light for the
outmanned Eagles, who
opened their football
season in defeat 51-0
at American School In
Japan. The senior quarterback was
4-for-13 for 31 yards and rushed 11
times for 60.
Guam High: After taking two victories by forfeit to open
the season, coach Jacob
Dowdell was just happy
his Panthers could take
the field, even in a 33-6
defeat against defending league champion Father Duenas. “This was about
finding out about our kids’ hearts,” he
said. Solomon White scored the Panthers’ lone points with a 95-yard run.
Yokota: Sisters Irene and Adrianna
Diaz set the pace as Panthers volleyball won its
season opener in straight
sets, 25-18, 25-22, 2519, at Kinnick. The recent
transfers from New Mexico combined
for nine kills and eight aces and Kyra
Anderson had 19 assists.
Seoul American: Falcons girls volleyball opened strongly,
winning three matches
in three sets each Friday
and Saturday, 25-17, 2515, 25-12 over Yongsan
and twice over Daegu 25-7, 25-6, 2521 and 25-9, 25-16, 25-11. The boys
won in four sets over the Guardians 1125, 25-23, 25-19, 25-16.
Osan: Senior Haille Nugent played
a strong game up front
as the Cougars began
the girls volleyball season with a three-set victory over Daegu. Nugent
scored seven kills and five aces, while
setter Allyson Marek added five kills.
Daegu: Warriors cross country
returned to KoreanAmerican Interscholastic
ActivitiesConferencecompetition for the first time
since 2010 in Wednesday’s meet. Team captain Jake Dexter
ran the 3.1-mile course in 19:11.
Humphreys: The Blackhawks football team took the first
step toward a D-II title
game berth, downing
three-time defending Far
East champion Daegu
27-8 at home Friday. Freshman David
Key led three Blackhawks in doublefigure tackles, with 10 plus a sack and
a fumble recovery. Humphreys scored
touchdowns on offense, defense and
special teams.
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Sanchez, Tanaka lead
Yanks past Tampa Bay
New York wins season-best seventh straight
BY BEN WALKER
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Even when a pitcher
tried to walk him on purpose, Gary Sanchez almost hit a home run.
That’s how good things are going for the
rookie — and his team, too.
Sanchez homered and nearly launched
another as Tampa Bay messed up an intentional walk, leading the hard-charging Yankees to their season-best seventh straight
win, 5-1 over the Rays on Saturday.
“The guys feel really good about themselves,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
No wonder, with how they’re playing and
moving up in the playoff race.
The Yankees closed within three games
of AL East-leading Boston, their closest to
the lead since mid-April, and remained
one game behind Baltimore for the second
wild-card spot. The Orioles beat Detroit
11-3, leaving the Tigers with the same record as the Yankees.
Masahiro Tanaka (13-4) struck out 10
and took a shutout into the eighth inning.
Chris Archer (8-18) tied the Tampa Bay
record for losses in a season, set by Tanyon
Sturtze in 2002.
It was scoreless in the sixth when Jacoby
Ellsbury hit a two-run homer and Sanchez
followed with a long drive.
In the eighth, after Ellsbury’s double put
runners on second and third with no outs,
the Rays seemed set to walk Sanchez.
“I knew they were going to walk me,”
Sanchez said through a translator. “At the
same time, I wanted to be ready.”
In case, maybe, a soft toss floated near
the strike zone.
“It’s not something pitchers are always
doing a lot and comfortable,” Girardi said.
He was right.
Catcher Bobby Wilson moved wide as
reliever Enny Romero lobbed in his first
pitch at 52 mph, but the ball drifted close
to the plate. Alertly, Sanchez socked it to
the warning track in deep center field for
a sacrifice fly.
“Yeah, I know I was supposed to throw
a base on balls on four pitches, intentional
walk,” Romero said.
Romero said his hand was sweaty and
the ball started to slip. But, he said, “I can’t
stop because if I stop it’s a balk.”
From the dugout, Rays manager Kevin
Cash seemed to say, “What happened?”
While some officials in Major League
Baseball have proposed making intentional
walks an automatic affair — just wave the
batter to first base without a pitch — things
like this are bound to keep people talking.
Up to a point, that is.
“As far as the eighth inning is concerned,
I’m not really going to talk about it other
than to say it’s embarrassing,” Cash said.
“That’s embarrassing, but we’re not going
to talk about it any farther than that.”
Sanchez connected for the second
straight day, giving the 23-year-old catcher
13 home runs in 125 at-bats this season.
Tanaka won his sixth straight decision,
giving up five hits and walking none. He
left in the eighth after Bobby Wilson homered with one out and Logan Forsythe was
hit by a pitch.
BILL KOSTROUN /AP
The Yankees’ Gary Sanchez, right, celebrates with Didi Gegorius after hitting a home
run during the sixth inning of Saturday’s win over the Tampa Bay Rays in New York.
Roundup
Hill tosses seven perfect innings in Dodgers’ win
Associated Press
MIAMI — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill was removed
after throwing seven perfect innings against the Miami Marlins
in a 5-0 win on Saturday night.
Hill (3-0) had thrown 89 pitches and struck out nine when
first-year manager Dave Roberts
replaced the 35-year-old lefthander with Joe Blanton at the
start of the eighth inning.
Blanton stuck out Christian
Yelich and retired Marcell Ozuna
on a groundout before Jeff Francoeur singled to left. Grant Dayton gave up Dee Gordon’s two-out
infield hit in the ninth that put two
on, and Kenley Jansen retired
Martin Prado on a groundout to
complete the two-hitter.
Joc Pederson homered twice
for Los Angeles.
Miami’s Tom Koehler (9-11)
allowed four runs and six hits in
five-plus innings.
Braves 4, Mets 3 (10): Adonis Garcia’s tiebreaking single in
the 10th inning drove in Dansby
Swanson, and Atlanta snapped
visiting New York’s six-game
winning streak.
WILFREDO LEE /AP
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill threw seven perfect
innings in Miami on Saturday against the Marlins before being pulled
after 89 pitches and nine strikeouts.
Nationals 3, Phillies 0: Bryce
Harper hit a three-run homer
in the eighth inning, lifting host
Washington to the win.
Harper struck out in each of
his first three plate appearances,
all against Philadelphia starter
Jerad Eickhoff. He then provided
the game’s only scoring against
Patrick Schuster, who threw a
wild pitch, issued a walk and gave
up the homer without recording
an out.
Cardinals 5, Brewers 1: Randal Grichuk made two key plays
for host St. Louis and Adam
Wainwright pitched eight strong
innings.
Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2: J.A.
Happ got his 18th win, Melvin
Upton Jr. hit a two-run homer and
host Toronto pulled within one
game of AL East-leading Boston.
Toronto stopped a four-game
losing streak and avoided matching its longest skid this season.
Astros 2, Cubs 1: Rookie Alex
Bregman homered and Collin
McHugh pitched five effective innings, leading host Houston to the
victory.
Mariners 14, Athletics 3: Seattle ace Felix Hernandez pitched
six scoreless innings to continue
his dominance at the Oakland
Coliseum.
Royals 6, White Sox 5: Whit
Merrifield hit a two-run double in
Kansas City’s three-run seventh
inning, and Kansas City held on
for the road win.
Twins 2, Indians 1 (12): Joe
Mauer’s single off Joe Colon
scored Brian Dozier from second
in the 12th inning, lifting host
Minnesota to the win.
Giants 11, Diamondbacks 3:
Hunter Pence had three hits, including a solo homer, and Johnny
Cueto pitched seven solid innings
to lead San Francisco to the road
victory.
Padres 6, Rockies 3: Christian Friedrich matched his career high with 10 strikeouts in
seven brilliant innings, leading
San Diego to a victory over visiting Colorado.
Orioles 11, Tigers 3: Matt
Wieters hit two of visiting Baltimore’s four home runs, and the
Orioles chased Jordan Zimmermann in the second inning and
moved back ahead of Detroit in
the AL wild-card race.
Reds 8, Pirates 7: At Pittsburgh, Cincinnati star Joey Votto
celebrated his 33rd birthday with
four hits, including a home run.
Rangers 8, Angels 5: Jonathan
Lucroy hit a two-run homer in the
eighth to power visiting Texas to
the win.
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MLB SCOREBOARD
American League
East Division
W
L
79
62
78
63
77
64
76
65
59
82
Central Division
Cleveland
82
59
Detroit
76
65
Kansas City
73
68
Chicago
68
73
Minnesota
53
89
West Division
Texas
85
58
Houston
75
67
Seattle
74
68
Los Angeles
62
79
Oakland
60
81
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
New York
Tampa Bay
Braves 4, Mets 3 (10)
Pct
.560
.553
.546
.539
.418
GB
—
1
2
3
20
.582
.539
.518
.482
.373
—
6
9
14
29A
.594
.528
.521
.440
.426
—
9A
10A
22
24
National League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Washington
84
58
.592
—
New York
75
67
.528
9
Miami
70
72
.493
14
Philadelphia
63
79
.444
21
Atlanta
55
87
.387
29
Central Division
Chicago
90
51
.638
—
St. Louis
75
66
.532
15
Pittsburgh
69
71
.493
20A
Milwaukee
63
79
.444
27A
Cincinnati
59
82
.418
31
West Division
Los Angeles
80
61
.567
—
San Francisco
76
65
.539
4
Colorado
68
74
.479
12A
San Diego
59
83
.415
21A
Arizona
58
83
.411
22
Saturday’s games
Houston 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Toronto 3, Boston 2
N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 1
Seattle 14, Oakland 3
Baltimore 11, Detroit 3
Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Minnesota 2, Cleveland 1, 12 innings
Texas 8, L.A. Angels 5
Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 7
Washington 3, Philadelphia 0
Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 3, 10 innings
L.A. Dodgers 5, Miami 0
St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 1
San Francisco 11, Arizona 3
San Diego 6, Colorado 3
Sunday’s games
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees
Boston at Toronto
Baltimore at Detroit
Cleveland at Minnesota
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox
Texas at L.A. Angels
Seattle at Oakland
Chicago Cubs at Houston
L.A. Dodgers at Miami
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta
Philadelphia at Washington
Milwaukee at St. Louis
San Francisco at Arizona
Colorado at San Diego
Monday’s games
L.A. Dodgers (De Leon 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Mitchell 1-0)
Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 9-6) at Toronto
(Liriano 7-12)
Baltimore (Miley 8-12) at Boston
(Pomeranz 10-11)
Minnesota (Santana 7-10) at Detroit
(Boyd 5-3)
Oakland (Detwiler 1-3) at Kansas City
(Duffy 11-2)
Cleveland (Carrasco 11-7) at Chicago
White Sox (Gonzalez 3-6)
Texas (Perez 10-10) at Houston (Fister
12-11)
Seattle (Miranda 3-1) at L.A. Angels
(Nolasco 5-13)
N.Y. Mets (Montero 0-0) at Washington
Pittsburgh (Cole 7-9) at Philadelphia
(Hellickson 10-9)
Miami (Cashner 5-11) at Atlanta
(Wisler 6-11)
Milwaukee (Peralta 6-9) at Cincinnati
(DeSclafani 8-3)
Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 14-7) at St.
Louis (Leake 9-9)
Colorado (Anderson 5-5) at Arizona
(Miller 2-11)
San Diego (Clemens 2-5) at San Francisco (Samardzija 11-9)
Saturday
Cardinals 5, Brewers 1
Milwaukee
St. Louis
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Villar 3b
3 0 0 0 Crpnter 1b 2 1 0 0
Gennett 2b 4 0 1 0 Wong 2b
4 1 1 1
Carter 1b
0 0 0 0 Pscotty rf 4 1 1 2
Braun lf
3 0 1 0 Moss lf
4 0 0 0
H.Perez 1b 4 0 1 0 Bowman p 0 0 0 0
Knebel p
0 0 0 0 Molina c
4 0 1 1
Marinez p
0 0 0 0 Gyorko ss 4 0 1 0
D.Sntna rf
4 0 1 0 J.Prlta 3b
3 0 2 0
K.Brxtn cf
3 1 2 1 Pham pr-lf 0 1 0 0
Or.Arca ss 4 0 0 0 Grichuk cf 3 1 1 0
Susac c
2 0 0 0 Wnwrght p 1 0 1 0
Elmore pr
0 0 0 0 M.Adms ph 1 0 0 1
Mldnado c 0 0 0 0 G.Grcia 3b 0 0 0 0
Ch.Andr p
2 0 0 0
C.Trres p
0 0 0 0
Y.Rvera ph-2b0 0 0 0
Totals
29 1 6 1 Totals
30 5 8 5
Milwaukee
000 010 000—1
St. Louis
000 000 05x—5
E—Villar (27). DP—Milwaukee 2, St.
Louis 2. LOB—Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 4.
2B—Piscotty (33), Grichuk (23). HR—Broxton (7). CS—Carpenter (3). S—Rivera (3).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Milwaukee
Anderson
5C
3
0
0
2 4
Torres H,14
1B
0
0
0
0 2
Knebel L,1-3 BS,2
B
3
4
4
1 0
Marinez
C
2
1
1
0 1
St. Louis
Wainwright W,11-8 8
6
1
1
4 7
Bowman
1
0
0
0
0 1
T—2:39. A—45,440 (43,975).
New York
Atlanta
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
J.Reyes 3b 4 1 0 0 Incarte cf 5 1 1 0
A.Cbrra ss 5 0 1 0 Ad.Grca 3b 4 0 1 1
Cspedes lf 5 2 1 1 F.Frman 1b 4 0 1 0
Grndrsn cf 4 0 0 0 M.Kemp lf 3 1 1 2
T.Kelly cf
0 0 0 0 Mrkakis rf 4 1 1 1
Bruce rf
3 0 0 1 Pterson 2b 4 0 0 0
Flores 1b
4 0 1 0 Swanson ss 4 1 2 0
Loney 1b
0 0 0 0 Przynsk c 3 0 1 0
K.Jhnsn 2b 3 0 2 0 Wisler pr
0 0 0 0
T.Rvera ph-2b 1 0 1 0 Gant p
1 0 0 0
T.d’Arn c
2 0 1 0 Cunniff p
0 0 0 0
De Aza ph
1 0 0 0 Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
Robles p
0 0 0 0 S.Smmns p 0 0 0 0
Blevins p
0 0 0 0 Jose.Rm p 0 0 0 0
E.Gddel p
0 0 0 0 G.Bckhm ph 1 0 0 0
Smoker p
0 0 0 0 Krol p
0 0 0 0
B.Colon p
3 0 0 0 J.Jhnsn p
0 0 0 0
Salas p
0 0 0 0 Withrow p 0 0 0 0
Ad.Reed p
0 0 0 0 Flowers ph 1 0 0 0
Cnforto ph 1 0 0 0
R.Rvera c
0 0 0 0
Totals
36 3 7 2 Totals
35 4 8 4
New York
200 010 000 0—3
Atlanta
100 101 000 1—4
E—Ad.Garcia (18), Peterson (12). DP—
New York 1, Atlanta 2. LOB—New York 7,
Atlanta 5. 2B—Flores (14), Inciarte (21).
HR—Cespedes (29), M.Kemp (30), Markakis (10). SB—K.Johnson (3). SF—M.Kemp
(11).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
New York
Colon
6
4
3
3
1 2
Salas
1
1
0
0
0 0
Reed
1
0
0
0
0 0
Robles
B
0
0
0
0 0
Blevins
C
0
0
0
0 1
Goeddel L,1-1
B
2
1
1
0 1
Smoker
B
1
0
0
0 0
Atlanta
Gant
4C
4
3
1
4 6
Cunniff
B
0
0
0
0 0
Simmons
1
1
0
0
0 0
Ramirez
1
0
0
0
0 0
Krol
1
2
0
0
0 1
Johnson
1
0
0
0
0 0
Withrow W,3-0
1
0
0
0
0 0
HBP—by Colon (Pierzynski). WP—Gant,
Goeddel. T—3:24. A—47,841 (49,586).
Rangers 8, Angels 5
Texas
Los Angeles
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
C.Gomez lf 5 2 2 3 Y.Escbr 3b 4 0 2 0
Desmond cf 4 2 2 0 Calhoun rf 5 1 1 2
Beltran dh 5 0 2 0 Trout cf
4 1 2 1
Gallo pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Pujols dh
5 0 0 0
Beltre 3b
5 0 2 1 Cron 1b
4 0 1 1
Mreland 1b 3 0 0 0 Pnngtn pr-2b 0 0 0 0
DShelds pr 0 1 0 0 J.Marte lf 3 1 1 0
Rua 1b
1 0 0 0 Choi 1b
0 0 0 0
Lucroy c
5 1 2 3 A.Smmns ss 3 0 1 0
Mazara rf
4 0 1 0 Bandy c
4 0 0 1
Hoying pr-rf 1 1 0 0 G.Petit 2b 1 1 0 0
Andrus ss
2 1 0 0 Ortega ph-lf 2 1 1 0
Profar 2b
3 0 1 0
Totals
38 8 12 7 Totals
35 5 9 5
Texas
200 200 031—8
Los Angeles
001 100 300—5
E—Hamels (3). LOB—Texas 8, Los
Angeles 8. 2B—Lucroy (21), Cron (19).
3B—Mazara (3). HR—C.Gomez 2 (9), Lucroy (23), Calhoun (17). SB—Trout (25),
A.Simmons (7), G.Petit (1). SF—Trout (5).
S—Profar (2).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Texas
Hamels
6
4
2
2
4 6
Kela BS,1
C
4
3
3
0 0
Scheppers W,1-0
B
0
0
0
0 0
Bush H,18
1
0
0
0
0 1
Dyson S,34-38
1
1
0
0
0 1
Los Angeles
Wright
5
6
4
4
1 2
Chacin
2
1
1
1
0 3
Alvarez H,10
B
0
0
0
0 0
Valdez L,1-2 BS,1
C
2
2
2
1 1
Achter
C
3
1
1
0 1
Ege
B
0
0
0
0 1
Chacin pitched to 1 batter in the 8th
HBP—by Wright (Andrus), by Wright (Moreland). WP—Hamels, Valdez. T—3:40.
A—39,146 (43,250).
Giants 11, Diamondbacks 3
San Francisco
Arizona
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Span cf
5 0 1 0 Segura 2b 4 0 1 0
G.Hrnnd cf 0 0 0 0 Owings ss 4 0 0 0
Pagan lf
5 2 3 0 Gldschm 1b 3 0 0 0
Wlmsn ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Jensen 1b 1 0 0 0
Posey c
4 1 2 1 Ja.Lamb 3b 4 1 1 0
Brown ph-c 1 0 0 0 Tomas rf
4 1 1 1
Crwford ss 5 2 2 1 Drury lf
2 0 1 1
Adrnza ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Brito cf
3 0 0 0
Pence rf
3 4 3 1 Leone p
0 0 0 0
J.Prker rf
0 0 0 0 Gswisch c 2 0 0 0
Belt 1b
5 1 1 2 A.Brdly p
0 0 0 0
Panik 2b
5 1 3 1 O’Brien ph 1 1 1 1
E.Nunez 3b 4 0 3 2 Corbin p
0 0 0 0
Cueto p
3 0 1 1 Gsselin ph 1 0 0 0
Gllspie ph
1 0 0 0 Godley p
0 0 0 0
Peavy p
0 0 0 0 Bracho p
0 0 0 0
Osich p
0 0 0 0 Haniger cf 1 0 0 0
Totals
43 11 19 9 Totals
30 3 5 3
San Francisco
014 000 240—11
Arizona
001 000 101— 3
DP—San Francisco 1, Arizona 2. LOB—
San Francisco 11, Arizona 3. 2B—Crawford (28), Belt (34), Panik 2 (18), Segura
(36), Ja.Lamb (26). 3B—Pagan (4), Posey
(2). HR—Pence (11), Tomas (28), O’Brien
(5). SB—E.Nunez (36). S—Cueto (10).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
San Francisco
Cueto W,15-5
7
3
2
2
2 6
Peavy
1
1
0
0
1 1
Osich
1
1
1
1
0 1
Arizona
Bradley L,6-9
3
8
5
5
2 3
Corbin
3
3
0
0
2 2
Godley
1
3
2
2
0 1
Bracho
B
3
4
4
1 0
Leone
1C
2
0
0
0 2
WP—Bradley, Corbin, Leone. PB—Gosewisch. T—3:09. A—32,301 (48,633).
Padres 6, Rockies 3
Colorado
San Diego
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Blckmon cf 3 1 0 0 Jnkwski cf 3 1 0 0
LMahieu 2b 4 1 2 1 Jay rf
4 2 2 1
Ca.Gnzl rf
4 0 2 2 Myers 1b
3 1 2 2
Arenado 3b 3 0 0 0 Solarte 3b 4 0 2 3
T.Mrphy c
4 0 0 0 A.Dckrs lf 4 0 0 0
Dahl lf
4 0 0 0 Schimpf 2b 4 0 0 0
Mar.Ryn 1b 4 0 0 0 De.Nrrs c
3 0 1 0
Adames ss 3 1 0 0 Srdinas ss 4 1 1 0
J.Gray p
1 0 0 0 Frdrich p
2 1 0 0
Crdullo ph 1 0 0 0 Dmnguez p 0 0 0 0
E.Btler p
0 0 0 0 Hand p
0 0 0 0
Pttrson ph 1 0 0 0 Maurer p
0 0 0 0
Qualls p
0 0 0 0
Totals
32 3 4 3 Totals
31 6 8 6
Colorado
000 000 030—3
San Diego
150 000 00x—6
E—Sardinas (4), Murphy (1). DP—Colorado 1. LOB—Colorado 4, San Diego 5. 2B—
Gonzalez (35), Myers (25), Solarte (24).
Colorado
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Gray L,9-8
4
8
6
5
3 3
Butler
3
0
0
0
0 2
Qualls
1
0
0
0
0 0
San Diego
Friedrich W,5-10
7
2
0
0
1 10
Dominguez
C
1
3
0
1 0
Hand
B
1
0
0
0 0
Maurer S,9-14
1
0
0
0
0 1
WP—Friedrich, Dominguez, Hand. T—
2:37. A—23,719 (42,302).
Twins 2, Indians 1 (12)
Cleveland
Minnesota
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Ra.Dvis cf
6 1 1 0 B.Dzier 2b 5 1 1 0
Kipnis 2b
5 0 1 0 Mauer 1b 6 0 1 1
Lindor ss
4 0 0 1 J.Plnco ss 4 0 1 0
Napoli dh
4 0 1 0 Kepler rf
5 0 1 0
C.Sntna 1b 5 0 1 0 Sano dh
4 1 1 1
Jose.Rm 3b 5 0 1 0 E.Rsrio lf
5 0 1 0
Guyer rf
3 0 1 0 K.Szuki c
3 0 0 0
Chsnhll ph-rf 1 0 1 0 Schafer pr 0 0 0 0
A.Almnt ph-rf 1 0 0 0 J.Mrphy c 1 0 0 0
Crisp lf
4 0 0 0 Brsford 3b 4 0 1 0
R.Perez c
2 0 0 0 Buxton cf 3 0 0 0
Naquin ph
0 0 0 0
Gimenez c 1 0 0 0
Totals
41 1 7 1 Totals
40 2 7 2
Cleveland
100 000 000 000—1
Minnesota
010 000 000 001—2
DP—Minnesota 1. LOB—Cleveland 10,
Minnesota 10. 2B—Ra.Davis (21), Jose.
Ramirez (38). HR—Sano (23). SF—Lindor
(12). S—Beresford (1), Buxton (4).
Cleveland
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Clevinger
4
2
1
1
2 5
Garner
1B
2
0
0
0 2
Manship
C
0
0
0
1 0
Armstrong
B
1
0
0
1 0
Crockett
B
0
0
0
0 1
McAllister
1B
0
0
0
0 1
Shaw
1
0
0
0
1 0
Miller
1
0
0
0
0 0
Otero
1
0
0
0
0 0
Colon L,1-2
C
2
1
1
0 0
Minnesota
Santiago
7
5
1
1
4 2
Pressly
1
0
0
0
0 1
Kintzler
1
1
0
0
1 0
Boshers
C
0
0
0
0 1
Wimmers
C
1
0
0
0 0
O’Rourke
C
0
0
0
0 0
Chargois W,1-1
1
0
0
0
0 1
T—3:38. A—23,584 (39,021).
Royals 6, White Sox 5
Kansas City
Chicago
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
J.Dyson cf
4 2 1 0 Eaton cf
5 1 3 0
Mrrfeld 2b 5 1 1 2 Ti.Andr ss 5 0 1 0
Hosmer 1b 3 1 2 2 Me.Cbrr lf 5 1 2 2
Morales dh 2 0 1 1 Shuck pr
0 0 0 0
S.Perez c
4 0 0 0 Abreu 1b
4 1 1 1
A.Grdon lf
4 1 1 1 Mrneau dh 5 0 2 1
Orlando rf
4 0 0 0 T.Frzer 3b 2 1 0 0
A.Escbr ss 3 0 0 0 Av.Grca rf 3 0 1 0
C.Colon 3b 3 0 1 0 Narvaez c 4 0 0 1
Gore pr
0 1 0 0 Sladino 2b 4 1 3 0
Cthbert 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals
33 6 7 6 Totals
37 5 13 5
Kansas City
200 100 300—6
Chicago
001 120 001—5
E—Abreu (8). DP—Kansas City 1, Chicago 1. LOB—Kansas City 5, Chicago
9. 2B—Merrifield (17), Eaton 2 (25),
Me.Cabrera (35), Morneau 2 (13), Saladino (13). HR—Hosmer (22), A.Gordon (15).
SB—Gore (8), Shuck (3). S—T.Frazier (1).
Kansas City
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Volquez
5
9
4
4
2 1
Strahm
C
1
0
0
1 1
McCarthy W,1-0
B
0
0
0
0 1
Herrera H,25
1
0
0
0
0 1
Soria H,19
1
0
0
0
0 2
Davis S,23-26
1
3
1
1
0 3
Chicago
Shields
6
4
3
3
4 5
Beck L,2-2 BS,1
B
2
3
3
1 1
Jennings
1
1
0
0
0 0
Minaya
C
0
0
0
0 1
Smith
1
0
0
0
0 0
T—3:33. A—20,148 (40,615).
Reds 8, Pirates 7
Cincinnati
Peraza cf
Cozart ss
Votto 1b
Duvall lf
B.Wood p
Lrenzen p
D Jesus ph
Cngrani p
Phllips 2b
Schbler rf
E.Sarez 3b
Brnhart c
Stphnsn p
Irbrren ph
Jos.Smt p
T.Holt lf
ab
4
5
5
4
0
0
1
0
4
3
4
5
1
1
1
1
r
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
h
1
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
bi
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
Totals
39 8 15 8
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
ab r h bi
Hrrison 2b 4 1 2 2
SRdrgz pr-2b 1 0 1 0
Bell rf-1b
4 2 2 1
McCtchn cf 2 0 0 0
G.Plnco lf 5 1 0 0
Kang 3b
4 1 3 3
Hanson pr 0 0 0 0
Jaso 1b
2 0 0 0
Locke p
0 0 0 0
Joyce ph
1 0 0 0
Nicasio p
0 0 0 0
Freese ph 1 0 0 0
Crvelli c
5 0 1 1
Flrimon pr 0 0 0 0
Mercer ss 5 1 1 0
Htchson p 1 0 0 0
J.Rgers ph 0 0 0 0
T.Wllms p 0 0 0 0
A.Frzer rf 1 1 0 0
Totals
36 7 10 7
000 430 001—8
202 002 001—7
E—Suarez (20). DP—Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh
10. 2B—Peraza (7), Votto (27), Barnhart
(22), Harrison (25), Bell (4). HR—Votto
(23), Kang (18). SF—Peraza (2).
Cincinnati
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Stephenson
3
5
4
4
2 2
Smith W,3-1
2B
2
2
2
2 2
Wood H,12
1C
0
0
0
2 1
Lorenzen H,5
1
1
0
0
0 0
Cingrani S,17-22
1
2
1
1
1 1
Pittsburgh
Hutchison
4
8
4
4
0 3
Williams L,1-1
1
4
3
3
1 1
Locke
2
1
0
0
0 3
Nicasio
2
2
1
1
1 2
HBP—by Hutchison (Schebler), by
Smith (Frazier), by Nicasio (Phillips).
T—3:36. A—25,918 (38,362).
Orioles 11, Tigers 3
Baltimore
ab
A.Jones cf
4
Reimold lf
1
Schoop 2b 5
M.Mchdo 3b 3
C.Davis 1b
3
Stubbs rf
1
Trumbo rf
4
Bourn lf-cf 1
Pearce lf-1b 5
P.Alvrz dh
3
Wieters c
4
J.Hardy ss
4
Flherty ss
1
Detroit
r
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
h
3
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
1
bi
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
ab r h bi
Kinsler 2b 3 0 0 0
An.Rmne 2b 2 0 1 0
Maybin cf 3 1 1 0
J.Jones cf 2 0 0 0
Mi.Cbrr 1b 2 0 0 0
J.Hicks 1b 2 1 1 0
V.Mrtnz dh 3 1 1 0
MCnn ph-dh 1 0 1 0
J.Mrtn rf
3 0 2 1
Moya rf
1 0 0 0
J.Upton lf 2 0 0 0
Collins lf
1 0 1 1
Sltlmcc c
4 0 0 0
Aybar 3b
2 0 0 1
McGhee 3b 2 0 0 0
J.Iglss ss
2 0 0 0
D.Mchdo ss 0 0 0 0
Totals
39 11 12 10 Totals
35 3 8 3
Baltimore
331 103 000—11
Detroit
100 100 010— 3
LOB—Baltimore 8, Detroit 9. 2B—
Trumbo (23), Pearce (13), J.Hicks (1),
V.Martinez (21). HR—A.Jones (27), C.Davis
(36), Wieters 2 (14). SB—Maybin (15).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Baltimore
Jimenez W,7-11
7
4
2
2
3 4
Wilson
1
3
1
1
0 1
Britton
1
1
0
0
1 1
Detroit
Zimmermann L,9-6 1
4
6
6
3 0
Hardy
2
2
1
1
2 4
Farmer
3
5
4
4
2 3
Ryan
1
0
0
0
0 0
Lowe
1
0
0
0
0 0
Mantiply
1
1
0
0
0 2
Zimmermann pitched to 4 in the 2nd
WP—Hardy. T—3:05. A—36,634 (41,681).
Nationals 3, Phillies 0
Philadelphia
Washington
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
C.Hrnnd 2b 4 0 2 0 T.Trner cf 4 0 0 0
O.Hrrra cf
4 0 0 0 Revere lf
4 1 2 0
A.Blnco 3b 2 0 1 0 D.Mrphy 2b 3 1 1 0
T.Jseph 1b 3 0 0 0 Harper rf
4 1 1 3
Rupp c
4 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 4 0 0 0
Galvis ss
4 0 1 0 C.Rbnsn 1b 2 0 1 0
Bourjos rf
4 0 1 0 Rzpczyn p 0 0 0 0
Altherr lf
3 0 0 0 Kelley p
0 0 0 0
Eckhoff p
2 0 0 0 Drew ph
1 0 0 0
Asche ph
0 0 0 0 Mlancon p 0 0 0 0
Franco ph
1 0 0 0 Espnosa ss 2 0 0 0
Lu.Grca p
0 0 0 0 Lobaton c 3 0 2 0
Schster p
0 0 0 0 Schrzer p 2 0 0 0
Mariot p
0 0 0 0 Zmmrmn 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals
31 0 5 0 Totals
30 3 7 3
Philadelphia
000 000 000—0
Washington
000 000 03x—3
DP—Washington 1. LOB—Philadelphia 7, Washington 6. 2B—A.Blanco
(14), Revere (9). HR—Harper (24). SB—
C.Hernandez (17), A.Blanco (2).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Philadelphia
Eickhoff
6
5
0
0
2 5
Garcia L,1-1
1B
1
1
1
0 1
Schuster
0
1
2
2
1 0
Mariot
C
0
0
0
0 2
Washington
Scherzer
6C
4
0
0
1 8
Rzepczynski
1
1
0
0
0 1
Kelley W,2-2
B
0
0
0
0 0
Melancon S,40-43
1
0
0
0
0 1
Schuster pitched to 2 in 8th HBP—by
Scherzer (Blanco), by Scherzer (Joseph).
WP—Schuster. T—3:05. A—36,152.
Dodgers 5, Marlins 0
Los Angeles
ab
Kndrick 2b 3
C.Sager ss 4
Ju.Trnr 3b
4
Ad.Gnzl 1b 4
Grandal c
4
Reddick rf
4
Puig lf
3
Pderson cf 3
R.Hill p
3
Blanton p
0
Ethier ph
1
Dayton p
0
Jansen p
0
Miami
ab r h bi
D.Grdon 2b 4 0 1 0
Scruggs 1b 4 0 0 0
Prado 3b
4 0 0 0
Yelich cf
3 0 0 0
Ozuna rf
3 0 0 0
Frnceur lf 3 0 1 0
Mathis c
2 0 0 0
Bour ph
1 0 0 0
Telis c
0 0 0 0
Hchvrra ss 3 0 0 0
Koehler p 1 0 0 0
Dunn p
0 0 0 0
Andino ph 1 0 0 0
Ellngtn p
0 0 0 0
Crvenka p 0 0 0 0
McGowan p 0 0 0 0
Hood ph
1 0 0 0
Totals
33 5 8 5 Totals
30 0 2 0
Los Angeles
000 013 100—5
Miami
000 000 000—0
E—Ju.Turner (6). DP—Miami 2. LOB—
LA 4, Miami 3. HR—Seager (25), Turner
(26), Pederson 2 (22). CS—Gonzalez (2).
Los Angeles
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Hill W,12-3
7
0
0
0
0 9
Blanton
1
1
0
0
0 1
Dayton
C
1
0
0
0 2
Jansen
B
0
0
0
0 0
Miami
Koehler L,9-11
5
6
4
4
2 4
Dunn
1
0
0
0
0 1
Ellington
1
1
1
1
0 2
Cervenka
1
0
0
0
0 1
McGowan
1
1
0
0
1 0
Koehler pitched to 3 batters in the 6th
T—2:52. A—20,933 (36,742).
r
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
h
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
bi
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Mariners 14, Athletics 3
Seattle
Oakland
ab
Aoki lf
5
S.Smith rf
4
Heredia rf
0
Cano 2b
3
O’Mlley ph-2b1
N.Cruz dh
4
K.Sager 3b 5
Lind 1b
3
Sucre c
5
Gamel cf
5
K.Marte ss 5
r
3
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
2
h
3
2
0
0
1
3
2
0
2
2
2
bi
2
0
1
0
2
3
2
0
1
1
1
ab r h bi
Wendle 2b 5 0 1 1
Semien ss 3 0 0 0
Alcnt ph-ss 2 0 0 0
Vogt c
3 0 1 0
McBride c 1 0 0 0
K.Davis lf 3 0 0 0
Eibner cf
1 0 0 0
Alonso 1b 4 0 1 0
Vlencia rf 2 0 0 0
Muncy rf
0 1 0 0
Healy 3b
4 2 3 2
Maxwell dh 4 0 2 0
Smlnski cf-lf 3 0 1 0
Pinder ph 1 0 0 0
Totals
40 14 17 13 Totals
36 3 9 3
Seattle
204 002 600—14
Oakland
000 000 120— 3
E—K.Seager (22). DP—Seattle 1, Oakland 2. LOB—Seattle 5, Oakland 8. 2B—
Aoki 2 (19), Cruz 2 (24), Alonso (26). HR—
K.Seager (28), Healy (8). SF—Cruz (7).
Seattle
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Hernandez W,11-5
6
6
0
0
1 2
Storen
1
2
1
1
0 0
Wilhelmsen
1
1
2
2
1 1
Nuno
1
0
0
0
0 0
Oakland
Graveman L,10-10
5
12
8
8
3 1
Wendelken
1B
4
5
5
1 3
Smith
2C
1
1
1
1 2
Graveman pitched to 3 batters in the
6th T—3:03. A—18,438 (37,090).
Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2
Boston
Toronto
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 1 Travis 2b
4 0 3 0
Bgaerts ss 4 0 0 0 Dnldson 3b 4 1 0 0
Ortiz dh
4 0 0 0 Encrncn dh 4 0 0 0
Mncda pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Butista rf 4 0 1 1
Betts rf
3 0 0 0 Carrera rf 0 0 0 0
Han.Rmr 1b 3 1 1 0 Ru.Mrtn c 3 1 0 0
A.Hill 3b
3 0 1 0 Tlwtzki ss 3 0 0 0
B.Holt ph
1 0 0 0 M.Upton lf 3 1 1 2
Chris.Y lf
3 0 1 0 Smoak 1b 3 0 0 0
Brdly J cf
3 0 0 1 Pillar cf
3 0 1 0
Hanigan c
2 0 0 0
T.Shaw ph
1 0 0 0
Holaday c
0 0 0 0
Totals
31 2 4 2 Totals
31 3 6 3
Boston
000 001 100—2
Toronto
021 000 00x—3
E—Tulowitzki (8), A.Hill (2). LOB—Boston 6, Toronto 7. 2B—Travis (22). HR—Pedroia (13), M.Upton (20). SB—Betts (23),
M.Upton (26). SF—Bradley Jr. (4).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Boston
Rodriguez L,2-7
6
4
3
2
2 5
Barnes
1
2
0
0
0 1
Kelly
1
0
0
0
1 2
Toronto
Happ W,18-4
6
4
2
2
1 5
Benoit H,15
1
0
0
0
0 1
Grilli H,18
1
0
0
0
0 1
Osuna S,31-34
1
0
0
0
1 1
Happ pitched to 2 in 7th HBP—by Happ
(Young). T—3:03. A—47,829 (49,282).
Astros 2, Cubs 1
Chicago
Houston
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Fowler cf
3 0 1 0 Sprnger rf 3 0 0 0
Bryant 3b
4 0 0 0 Bregman ss 4 1 2 1
Rizzo 1b
3 0 0 0 Altuve dh 3 1 1 0
Szczur pr
0 0 0 0 TKmp ph-dh 1 0 0 0
Soler lf
3 1 0 0 Gurriel 3b 4 0 1 0
M.Mntro dh 4 0 1 0 Ma.Gnzl 2b 3 0 1 1
Cntrras c
1 0 0 1 Rasmus lf 1 0 0 0
Heyward rf 3 0 0 0 A.Reed 1b 2 0 0 0
J.Baez ss
3 0 0 0 J.Cstro c
3 0 0 0
L Stlla 2b
2 0 0 0 Mrsnick cf 3 0 0 0
Kwsaki pr-2b 0 0 0 0
Totals
26 1 2 1 Totals
27 2 5 2
Chicago
000 100 000—1
Houston
002 000 00x—2
E—Gonzalez (6), Bryant (13). DP—Houston 1. LOB—Chicago 5, Houston 6. 2B—
Montero (8). HR—Bregman (8). SB—Kawasaki (2). CS—Contreras (2), Marisnick (5).
SF—Contreras (1). S—Gonzalez (6).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Chicago
Lackey L,9-8
6
4
2
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Houston
McHugh W,10-10
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Gregerson H,12
1
0
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1 2
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1
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1 2
WP—McHugh, Giles. T—2:54. A—41,854
(42,060).
Yankees 5, Rays 1
Tampa Bay
New York
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Ellsbury (23), S.Castro (25). HR—Wilson
(6), Ellsbury (8), Sanchez (13). SF—Sanchez (1), Gregorius (4). S—Franklin (2).
IP
H
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(Franklin). T—2:34. A—33,460 (49,642).
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Saturday’s stars
Kalen Ballage, Arizona State, tied an NCAA record by
scoring eight TDs and had 185 all-purpose yards, helping
Arizona State outlast Texas Tech 68-55.
Skyler Howard, West Virginia, tied a career high with
five TD passes and threw for 389 yards to lead the Mountaineers to a 38-21 win over Youngstown State.
Jake Browning, Washington, matched a school record with five TD passes and finished with 294 yards in
the No. 8 Huskies’ 59-14 victory over Idaho.
Drew Lock, Missouri, tied a school record with five
TD passes and threw for 450 yards to lead the Tigers past
Eastern Michigan 61-21.
Trevor Knight, Texas A&M, threw for 344 yards and
three TDs and ran for another score in a 67-0 rout of Prairie View A&M.
Mark Walton, Miami, rushed for 155 yards and four
TDs, helping the No. 25 Hurricanes shake off a slow start
to beat Florida Atlantic 38-10.
Tommy Armstrong Jr., Nebraska, passed for 377
yards and three TDs to help the Cornhuskers beat Wyoming 52-17.
Chase Litton, Marshall, threw for 309 yards with six
first-half TD passes in a 62-0 rout of Morgan State.
Mitch Leidner, Minnesota, threw for 295 yards and
four TDs as the Gophers rolled to a 58-28 win over Indiana
State.
Kenny Potter, San Jose State, threw three TD passes
and ran for two more scores in a 66-35 win over Portland
State.
Quinton Flowers, South Florida, threw for 350 yards
and four TDs in a 48-17 rout of Northern Illinois.
Shane Buechele, Texas, passed for 244 yards and
TDs touchdowns and the No. 11 Longhorns rolled to a
41-7 victory over UTEP.
Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington, threw for 450
yards and four scores in a 50-44 overtime loss to North
Dakota State.
— The Associated Press
A LAN DIAZ /AP
Miami running back Mark Walton scores one of his four touchdowns Saturday in a 38-10 win over Florida Atlantic.
How the AP Top 25 fared
1
Alabama beat Western Kentucky
38-10. At Tuscaloosa, Ala., freshman Jalen Hurts passed for 287
yards and two touchdowns in his
first career start to lead the Crimson
Tide.
Next: at No. 19 Mississippi,
Saturday.
Clemson beat Troy 30-24.
Deshaun Watson threw three
touchdown passes and Clemson avoided a host of mistakes
— including an embarrassing early celebration punt-return gaffe by Ray-Ray
McCloud that cost the Tigers a touchdown — to hold off pesky Troy.
Next: vs. SC State, Saturday.
Florida State beat Charleston
Southern 52-8. At Tallahassee,
Fla., Deondre Francois threw
three touchdown passes and
Dalvin Cook ran for two more scores
in Florida State’s victory over depleted
Charleston Southern. The Seminoles
led 28-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Next: at No. 13 Louisville, Saturday.
Ohio State beat Tulsa 48-3.
At Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State
overcame a sluggish offensive
start, a lightning delay and a driving rainstorm in the second half to beat
Tulsa. Ohio State (2-0) didn’t score an
offensive touchdown until quarterback
J.T. Barrett ran in from 16 yards with
9:42 left in the third quarter.
Next: at No. 14 Oklahoma,
Saturday.
Michigan beat UCF 51-14. Ann
Arbor, Mich., Wilton Speight
threw two of his four touchdown
passes to Jake Butt, and Khalid
Hill ran for two scores. The Wolverines
(2-0) have won their first two games by
a combined total of 97 points.
Next: vs. Colorado, Saturday.
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6
Houston beat Lamar 42-0. At
Houston, the Cougars easily
overcame the absence of injured
quarterback Greg Ward Jr. and a
3½-hour lightning delay to rout Lamar.
With Ward on the sideline nursing an
injured right shoulder, backup Kyle
Postma ran 39 yards for a score in the
first quarter in a game that lasted 6
hours, 18 minutes.
Next: at Cincinnati, Thursday.
Stanford did not play. The Cardinal had a week off after beating
Kansas State 26-13 to move up
one spot in the rankings.
Next: vs. Southern Cal, Saturday.
Washington beat Idaho 5914. At Seattle, Jake Browning
matched Washington’s school record with five touchdown passes
— two each to Dante Pettis and John
Ross — and finished with 294 yards
in the Huskies’ victory. Browning has
helped Washington (2-0) to its highest
ranking since 2001.
Next: vs. Portland State, Saturday.
Georgia beat Nicholls 26-24. At
Athens, Ga., Georgia scored two
quick-strike touchdowns — one
on offense, one on defense — in
a span of about two minutes after Nicholls took a third-quarter lead.
See story on Page 30.
Next: at Missouri, Saturday.
Wisconsin beat Akron 5410. At Madison, Wis., Corey
Clement ran for two scores
before leaving with an injury, Jazz Peavy had two touchdown
catches and Wisconsin stuffed Akron’s
spread offense. The Badgers (2-0)
didn’t slack off in their 2016 debut at
Camp Randall Stadium, a week after
outmuscling SEC power LSU 16-14.
Next: vs. Georgia State, Saturday.
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8
4
9
5
10
11
12
Texas beat UTEP 41-7. At
Austin, Texas, freshman
quarterback Shane Buechele
passed for 244 yards and
four TDs and Texas backed up its first
national ranking since 2013.
Next: at California, Saturday.
Michigan State did not play.
The Spartans have a lot to
work on after a penalty-filled
28-13 opening win over Furman, and it remains to be seen how the
running game will fare against tougher
competition.
Next: at No. 18 Notre Dame,
Saturday.
Louisville beat Syracuse
62-28, Friday. At Syracuse,
N.Y., the Orange was trying
to rally in the third quarter
as the Cardinals faced a third-and-18.
Then the Cardinals’ elusive sophomore
quarterback Lamar Jackson ripped off
a 33-yard run to again stun the Orange
on a night of big plays.
Next: vs. No. 3 Florida State,
Saturday.
Oklahoma beat LouisianaMonroe 59-17. At Norman, Okla., Baker Mayfield
passed for 244 yards and
three touchdowns in a half of work and
Oklahoma beat Louisiana-Monroe in a
warmup for its showdown with Ohio
State.
Next: vs. No. 4 Ohio State,
Saturday.
TCU lost to Arkansas 41-38,
2OT. At Fort Worth, Texas,
Austin Allen ran 5 yards for
the winning score in the second overtime, and Arkansas pulled out
a wild victory.
Next: vs. Iowa State, Saturday.
See story on Page 30.
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14
15
16
Iowa beat Iowa State 423. At Iowa City, Iowa. C.J.
Beathard threw for 235
yards and three touchdowns
and Iowa throttled Iowa State for its
biggest win over the rival Cyclones in
18 seasons under coach Kirk Ferentz.
Next: vs. North Dakota State,
Saturday.
Tennessee beat Virginia
Tech 45-24. At Bristol,
Tenn., Joshua Dobbs threw
three touchdown passes and
ran for two more scores and Tennessee overcame an early 14-point deficit
in front of an NCAA-record crowd of
156,990 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
See story on Page 29.
Next: vs. Ohio, Saturday.
Notre Dame beat Nevada
39-10. At South Bend, Ind.,
DeShone Kizer threw two
passes and ran for a score,
Josh Adams rushed for 106 yards and
Notre Dame’s defense rebounded from
a disappointing performance a week
ago.
Next: vs. No. 12 Michigan State,
Saturday.
Mississippi beat Wofford 3813. At Oxford, Miss., Chad
Kelly threw for 219 yards and
three touchdowns. Ole Miss
(1-1) played just five days after losing to
Florida State 45-34. The Rebels didn’t
appear tired scoring on all four of their
first-half drives to lead 24-3 at halftime.
Next: vs. No. 1 Alabama, Saturday.
Texas A&M beat Prairie
View 67-0. At College Station, Tex., Trevor Knight
threw for 344 yards and
three touchdowns and ran for another
score in Texas A&M’s romp.
Next: at Auburn, Saturday.
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19
20
21
LSU beat Jacksonville State
34-13. At Baton Rouge, La.,
LSU backup quarterback
Danny Etling made his debut
with the 21st-ranked Tigers count.
Replacing struggling starter Brandon
Harris on LSU’s third possession, Etling
opened with three straight scoring
drives to help the Tigers pull away.
Next: vs. Mississippi State, Saturday.
Oklahoma State lost to
Central Michigan 30-27. A
mistake by the officials that
extended the game when it
should have been over allowed Central
Michigan to score the winning touchdown on a desperation pass and lateral
for an astonishing 30-27 upset.
See story on Page 32.
Next: vs. Pittsburgh, Saturday.
Baylor beat SMU 40-13.
At Waco Texas, Seth Russell threw for 261 yards and
two touchdowns and ran for
a score, and Baylor recovered from a
slow start to rout SMU.
Next: at Rice, Friday.
Oregon beat Virginia 4426. At Eugene, Ore., Dakota
Prukop threw for 331 yards
and three touchdowns,
Royce Freeman ran for 207 yards and
two scores.
Next: at Nebraska, Saturday.
Miami beat FAU 38-10. At
Miami Gardens, Fla., Mark
Walton ran for 155 yards
and four touchdowns, and
Miami shook off a slow start. Mark
Richt improved to 2-0 at Miami, becoming the 10th coach to win his first
two games on the Hurricanes sideline.
Next: at Appalachian State,
Saturday.
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Record crowd watches Vols top Hokies
BY STEVE M EGARGEE
Associated Press
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Tennessee
erased an early 14-point deficit at
Bristol Motor Speedway almost
as fast as drivers typically race
around the half-mile track that
circled the makeshift football
field.
Joshua Dobbs threw three
touchdown passes and ran for two
more scores Saturday night as
the 17th-ranked Volunteers beat
Virginia Tech 45-24 in front of an
NCAA-record crowd of 156,990
at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The crowd total shattered the
previous NCAA record of 115,109
who attended a Michigan victory
over Notre Dame at Michigan
Stadium in 2013.
“Just an unbelievable spectacle,” Tennessee coach Butch Jones
said. “I think the reality hit our
players when we came here yes-
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Saturday’s football game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech at
Bristol Motor Speedway set an attendance record of 156,900.
terday for the walk through with
all the campers and trailers again
this is truly a special evening that
we’ll remember for a lifetime.”
Virginia Tech (1-1) outscored
Scoreboard
touchdowns. The Hokies have lost
nine fumbles through their first
two games.
“We’ve obviously got to do a
better job either teaching or understanding or emphasizing ball
security,” Virginia Tech coach
Justin Fuente said. “We’re inadequate, to say the least, right now.”
Jalen Hurd ran for 99 yards on
22 carries. Virginia Tech’s Travon McMillian rushed 14 times
for 127 yards, including a 69-yard
touchdown.
The turning point of the game
came when Abernathy recovered
a fumble on the Virginia Tech 5
in the opening play of the second
quarter. Dobbs found Jennings in
the end zone on the next play.
Tennessee’s next three drives
resulted in a 38-yard touchdown
pass from Dobbs to Malone, an
Aaron Medley 34-yard field goal
and a Dobbs 5-yard touchdown
run.
Service academies roundup
Butler 59, Franklin 14
Central 45, Augustana (Ill.) 17
Cincinnati 38, Purdue 20
Dakota St. 62, St. Ambrose 48
Dakota Wesleyan 55, Jamestown 17
Dayton 13, Robert Morris 0
Defiance 18, Hope 6
Dickinson St. 42, Northwestern (Iowa)
Saturday’s scores
EAST
Albany (NY) 35, Rhode Island 7
Army 31, Rice 14
Boston College 26, UMass 7
Brockport 49, Alfred St. 0
California (Pa.) 79, Cheyney 3
Delaware 24, Lafayette 6
Duquesne 30, Bucknell 19
Fordham 83, Elizabeth City St. 21
Gannon 24, Shippensburg 20
Georgetown 20, Marist 17
Glenville St. 31, WV Wesleyan 28
Hobart 42, Endicott 20
Johns Hopkins 41, Susquehanna 7
King’s (Pa.) 41, Lycoming 28
Muhlenberg 35, Franklin & Marshall 19
Navy 28, UConn 24
New Hampshire 39, Holy Cross 28
Pittsburgh 42, Penn St. 39
Rutgers 52, Howard 14
Sacred Heart 42, Valparaiso 14
Salve Regina 24, Dean 14
Slippery Rock 36, West Chester 28
Temple 38, Stony Brook 0
Towson 35, St. Francis (Pa.) 28
Utica 34, Ohio Northern 30
Villanova 26, Lehigh 21
Wagner 38, Concordia (Mich.) 0
Wesley 43, Frostburg St. 7
West Virginia 38, Youngstown St. 21
SOUTH
Alabama 38, W. Kentucky 10
Alabama A&M 35, MVSU 16
Alcorn St. 21, Alabama St. 18
Appalachian St. 31, Old Dominion 7
Auburn 51, Arkansas St. 14
Campbell 47, Chowan 14
Carson-Newman 48, St. Augustine’s 14
Charlotte 47, Elon 14
Chattanooga 34, Presbyterian 0
Christopher Newport 45, HampdenSydney 27
Clemson 30, Troy 24
Coastal Carolina 49, Florida A&M 10
Davidson 35, Kentucky Wesleyan 21
East Carolina 33, NC State 30
Emory & Henry 28, Brevard 14
Faulkner 28, Bluefield South 13
Florida 45, Kentucky 7
Florida St. 52, Charleston Southern 8
Georgia 26, Nicholls 24
Georgia Southern 24, South Alabama 9
Georgia Tech 35, Mercer 10
James Madison 56, CCSU 21
Kennesaw St. 49, Point (Ga.) 3
LSU 34, Jacksonville St. 13
Liberty 55, Jacksonville 7
Louisiana Tech 53, SC State 24
Louisiana-Lafayette 30, McNeese St. 22
Marshall 62, Morgan St. 0
Miami 38, FAU 10
Mississippi 38, Wofford 13
Mississippi St. 27, South Carolina 14
Monmouth (NJ) 31, Delaware St. 23
Murray St. 22, Missouri St. 0, 24OT
Richmond 34, Norfolk St. 0
South Florida 48, N. Illinois 17
Southern Miss. 56, Savannah St. 0
St. Xavier 46, Ave Maria 3
Stetson 30, Warner 15
Tennessee 45, Virginia Tech 24
Tennessee St. 40, Jackson St. 26
Tennessee Tech 41, Austin Peay 7
The Citadel 19, Furman 14
Tulane 66, Southern U. 21
VMI 17, Morehead St. 13
Vanderbilt 47, Middle Tennessee 24
W. Carolina 44, Gardner-Webb 14
Wake Forest 24, Duke 14
Wash. & Jeff. 63, Grove City 13
Washington & Lee 21, Sewanee 17
William & Mary 24, Hampton 14
Wingate 56, Shaw 7
MIDWEST
Baker 41, William Penn 7
Beloit 42, Knox 32
Bowling Green 27, North Dakota 26
Tennessee 14-0 and outgained
the Vols 204-28 in the first quarter. Tennessee (2-0) responded by
scoring 31 straight points, including 24 in the second period.
Dobbs ran for 106 yards on
14 carries, one week after being
held to negative rushing yards in
a 20-13 overtime victory over Appalachian State. He was 10 of 19
for 91 yards through the air and
threw touchdown passes to Jauan
Jennings, Josh Malone and Alvin
Kamara.
“We just executed,” Dobbs
said. “In the first quarter, there
was really no reason to panic. We
knew that we were going to have
to score more than 14 points if
we wanted to win this ballgame.
There’s just that expectation and
confidence throughout the unit
that we’ll be fine, we’ll go out,
make our plays and our time will
come.”
Tennessee’s Micah Abernathy
set a school single-game record
with three fumble recoveries.
Virginia Tech ended up losing
five fumbles, and three of those
turnovers resulted in Tennessee
13
Doane 23, William Jewell 12
Dordt 27, McPherson 13
E. Illinois 21, Miami (Ohio) 17
Grand View 35, Evangel 17
Hastings 35, Valley City St. 32
Illinois St. 9, Northwestern 7
Indiana 30, Ball St. 20
Iowa 42, Iowa St. 3
Lindsey Wilson 49, Georgetown (Ky.)
28
Michigan 51, UCF 14
Mid-Am Nazarene 37, Graceland (Iowa)
18
Minnesota 58, Indiana St. 28
Missouri 51, E. Michigan 21
Montana 20, N. Iowa 14
N. Dakota St. 50, E. Washington 44, OT
NC A&T 39, Kent St. 36, 4OT
Nebraska 52, Wyoming 17
North Carolina 48, Illinois 23
Notre Dame 39, Nevada 10
Ohio 37, Kansas 21
Ohio St. 48, Tulsa 3
Peru St. 30, Avila 28
Presentation 29, Briar Cliff 0
Robert Morris-Chicago 48, Bacone 6
S. Dakota St. 56, Drake 28
S. Illinois 30, SE Missouri 22
Siena Heights 38, Missouri Baptist 10
South Dakota 52, Weber St. 49
St. Francis (Ind.) 37, Taylor 6
St. Joseph’s (Ind.) 13, Alderson-Broaddus 6
Tiffin 20, Davenport 17
Toledo 45, Maine 3
W. Illinois 34, N. Arizona 20
W. Michigan 70, NC Central 21
Wis.-LaCrosse 65, Ripon 14
Wis.-Platteville 26, St. Francis (Ill.) 7
Wisconsin 54, Akron 10
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 41, TCU 38, 2OT
Austin 19, Howard Payne 17
Baylor 40, SMU 13
Cent. Michigan 30, Oklahoma St. 27
Hendrix 49, Lyon 14
Houston 42, Lamar 0
Houston Baptist 24, Texas Southern 20
N. Colorado 55, Abilene Christian 52
North Texas 41, Bethune-Cookman 20
Oklahoma 59, Louisiana-Monroe 17
Panhandle St. 20, Ark.-Pine Bluff 16
Samford 35, Cent. Arkansas 29
Stephen F. Austin 30, West Alabama 24
Texas 41, UTEP 7
Texas A&M 67, Prairie View 0
Texas A&M-Kings. 68, Simon Fraser 7
FAR WEST
Air Force 48, Georgia St. 14
Arizona 31, Grambling St. 21
Arizona St. 68, Texas Tech 55
Boise St. 31, Washington St. 28
Cal Poly 38, San Diego 16
Colorado 56, Idaho St. 7
Colorado St. 23, UTSA 14
Fresno St. 31, Sacramento St. 3
Hawaii 41, UT Martin 36
Montana St. 27, Bryant 24
New Mexico St. 32, New Mexico 31
Oregon 44, Virginia 26
Puget Sound 49, Occidental 42
Rocky Mountain 21, Carroll (Mont.) 20
S. Utah 28, SE Louisiana 23
San Diego St. 45, California 40
San Jose St. 66, Portland St. 35
Southern Cal 45, Utah St. 7
UC Davis 52, S. Oregon 35
UCLA 42, UNLV 21
Utah 20, BYU 19
Washington 59, Idaho 14
Army rolls to second victory
Associated Press
WEST POINT, N.Y. — When
Army walked off the field last
December after another loss
to archrival Navy, the Black
Knights had their fifth doubledigit-loss season since the turn of
the century. When Army walked
off the field on Saturday, it almost
seemed the past was prologue.
Andy Davidson rushed for 107
yards and three touchdowns, the
Army defense created two more
turnovers, and the Black Knights
beat Rice 31-14 on Saturday for
its second straight win to open
the season.
Army already has matched its
win total from last year as thirdyear coach Jeff Monken’s system has begun to show signs of
success.
“I am proud of our team. I am
proud of our players, our coaching staff and the effort they put in
to give ourselves a chance today
to win.” Monken said. “I think
our guys are playing really hard.
They’re playing together and with
great effort. You’ve got to execute,
and we’ve found a way to do that.”
It had been 70 games since
Army (2-0) won two in a row,
and it’s the first time the Black
Knights have started a season
with two straight wins since 1996.
Ronnie McAda led that team to
nine straight wins and a national
ranking to start the season.
“It feels great. I don’t even
know how to describe it,” Army
quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw
said. “It’s a great feeling to know
we’ve done something that hasn’t
been done in a while.”
The Army offense finished
with 348 yards rushing as its triple option continued to perform
at a high level — it has not had a
turnover in either game, the first
time that’s happened in consecutive outings in three years.
The Black Knights had 329 rush-
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Air Force’s Tim McVey returns
a kick off 99 yards for a
touchdown during the first
quarter Saturday against Georgia
State in Colorado Springs, Colo.
ing yards in last week’s seasonopening 28-13 win over Temple.
That was a breakthrough moment
of sorts, and they continued to ride
the momentum from that game
against these Owls on a sweltering
day at Michie Stadium.
The Army defense entered the
game tied for the national lead in
turnover margin and late in the
second added another takeaway.
Sophomore linebacker James
Nachtigal hit Stehling from behind as he was about to throw
and Andrew King recovered for
the Black Knights at the Rice 35.
Linebacker Jeremy Timpf added
his sixth career interception late
in the third, Army’s fourth of the
season.
Navy 28, UConn 24: Navy had
already blown a 21-point lead,
and now the host Midshipmen
were in desperate need of a late
stop to stave off another Connecticut comeback. Aided by a questionable bit of clock management
by the Huskies, Navy (2-0, 1-0
American Athletic Conference)
pulled out a victory.
Will Worth scored two touchdowns in his debut as Navy’s
starting quarterback, the last on
a 1-yard run with 3:08 remaining
following a 26-yard punt return to
the UConn 17.
That made it 28-24, but Connecticut wasn’t done.
The Huskies moved 79 yards
to the Navy 1 and took their final
timeout with 17 seconds left,
even though the game clock had
stopped on an out-of-bounds play.
Ron Johnson was subsequently
stuffed on a rush attempt, and
time expired before Connecticut
could run another play.
“That goal line stand symbolizes who we are,” Navy coach Ken
Niumatalolo said. “Things looked
bleak. I didn’t see the play. I was
closing my eyes praying and I
have no idea what happened.
Shows you what kind of coach I
am. I just looked up and our guys
were cheering.”
Air Force 48, Georgia State
14: Tim McVey returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and
scored on an 18-yard run, helping Air Force to its 14th straight
home victory.
Receiver Tyler Williams added
two rushing TDs and QB Nate
Romine gained 124 yards on the
ground for Air Force (2-0), which
hasn’t lost at Falcon Stadium since
Nov. 21, 2013, against UNLV. It’s
the longest home winning streak
in team history.
Georgia State (0-2) struggled on
special teams, giving up McVey’s
kick return, shanking several
punts and allowing Air Force to
recover an onside kick moments
after the Falcons scored to start
the second half. The Falcons
cashed that bold move in with
Williams’ 2-yard score to make it
41-14.
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No. 9 Georgia survives scare
Nicholls outscores Bulldogs 10-0 in fourth quarter of narrow loss
BY CHARLES ODUM
Associated Press
ATHENS, Ga. — For about
two minutes, Kirby Smart’s first
home game as Georgia’s coach
couldn’t have gone better.
“It was great at the beginning
of the game,” Smart, the former
Georgia safety and assistant
coach, said of his first game at
Sanford Stadium as coach. “It
was great the first drive.”
After that, it was one big, ugly
scare for Smart and his No. 9
Bulldogs.
Georgia scored two quickstrike touchdowns — one on offense, one on defense — in a span
of about two minutes after Nicholls took a third-quarter lead, and
the Bulldogs escaped with an uninspiring 26-24 win over the Colonels on Saturday.
This was designed to be the
start of the Jacob Eason era in
his first start at quarterback. The
freshman completed his first two
passes for 48 yards on the opening drive. Nick Chubb, coming off
a huge game in last week’s impressive win over North Carolina,
capped the drive with a 6-yard
scoring run.
Georgia (2-0) appeared headed
for the easy win over the FCS
Colonels that was widely expected. The ease with which Georgia scored possibly convinced
Smart’s players they could relax.
That was the opening Nicholls,
a FCS team from the Southland
Conference, would need. The
Colonels (0-1) played an inspired
game on defense and generated
just enough offense behind freshman quarterback Chase Fourcade to lead midway through the
third quarter.
The visitors outscored the Bulldogs 10-0 in the final quarter.
“Overall this was a good first
game for us to take into next
week,” Fourcade said.
Smart called the sloppy win
disappointing.
“We had a lot of guys today who
didn’t play the way they are capable, and I’ve got to figure out why
that is,” Smart said.
Nicholls led 14-13 midway
through the third after Fourcade,
a surprise starter, threw a 20-yard
touchdown pass to Jarrell Rogers.
Eason threw a 66-yard scoring
pass to Isaiah McKenzie less than
a minute later. The Bulldogs’ rally
continued on Lorenzo Carter’s 24yard fumble return for a score.
A fumbled punt return by
McKenzie inside the Georgia 10
set up a late Nicholls touchdown
on Fourcade’s 6-yard pass to C.J.
Bates, cutting the Bulldogs’ lead
to 2 points.
Georgia relied on Chubb to run
out the clock.
“If we get a stop, who knows
what could’ve happened?” asked
Nicholls coach Tim Rebowe. “I’m
proud of our guys. ... We found
out some things today about our
team.”
Chubb had only 17 yards rushing
in the first half and lost a fumble
that set up Dontrell Taylor’s 4-yard
touchdown run late in the half.
Poll implications: Georgia could
be headed for a sharp fall in the
Top 25. It’s possible the Bulldogs
received too much credit from
voters when they jumped nine
spots from No. 18 following the
win over North Carolina. Georgia’s offensive line couldn’t dominate Nicholls’ defensive front, so
voters have reason to wonder how
the unit will fare against Southeastern Conference defenses.
BRANT SANDERLIN, ATLANTA JOURNAL-C ONSTITUTION /AP
Nicholls State running back C.J. Okpalobi is tackled by Georgia
safety Dominick Sanders on Saturday in Athens, Ga.
Mistake: Hail Mary on untimed play
leaves Oklahoma State bewildered
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TONY G UTIERREZ /AP
Arkansas quarterback Austin Allen (8) celebrates with Drew Morgan, center right,
Dominique Reed (3), Jeremy Sprinkle (83) and Dan Skipper (70) after scoring a
touchdown in the second overtime against TCU on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.
Arkansas pulls off upset
of No. 15 TCU in 2OT
BY SCHUYLER DIXON
Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas — Arkansas appeared on its way to a big early season
victory over No. 15 TCU following a pedestrian debut and a year after a stunning
Week 2 loss to Toledo.
Then the Razorbacks looked like they
had let the victory get away. And finally,
they walked off with their fifth win over
a ranked opponent as an unranked team
since 2014.
Quarterback Austin Allen ran 5 yards
for the winning score in the second overtime, and Arkansas pulled out a wild 41-38
victory over the Horned Frogs on Saturday
night, snapping a 14-game TCU home winning streak that ranked third nationally.
“The scars of the past are great remind-
ers of what you want to accomplish in the
future,” said coach Bret Bielema, whose
team beat Louisiana Tech 21-20 at home to
start the season.
Allen led the Razorbacks (2-0) to the
tying score in the final 2 minutes of regulation, throwing a touchdown pass to Keon
Hatcher and then catching the tying 2point conversion from the receiver with
1:03 remaining.
The Horned Frogs (1-1) rallied from 13
down in the fourth quarter to take a 28-20
lead, but couldn’t hang in the first meeting
of these former Southwest Conference rivals since 1991. That was the year before
Arkansas started play in the SEC.
“You feel like you gave one away,” TCU
coach Gary Patterson said. “They’re going
to be upset when they watch the film.”
But the final result stood. Article 3b of
the NCAA rulebook states: When the referee declares that the game is ended, the
score is final.
“Despite the error, this will not change
the outcome of the contest,” Bill Carollo,
the NCAA’s coordinator of football officials, said in a statement released by the
MAC.
That did not satisfy Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder.
“We had conversations with everyone
that could help us understand the situation and do something about the outcome.
We were told the result is final and there is
nothing we can do about it,” Holder said in
a statement. “In my mind, it is incomprehensible that a misapplication of the rules
after time has expired can’t be corrected.”
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said
in a text to the AP: “The game is final and
errors can only be corrected during the
course of the game. Very unfortunate.”
Corey Willis scored the winning touchdown after grabbing a lateral from Jesse
Kroll at the Oklahoma State 12 and fighting his sway into the end zone.
Oklahoma State (1-1) thought it had won
when Mason Rudolph threw the ball away
on fourth down as the clock expired, instead
of just taking a knee and risking giving the
ball back to Central Michigan (2-0). But it
backfired after the officials conferred, they
assessed an intentional grounding penalty
and gave Central Michigan another play.
“That’s a tough one. Just so everyone
knows, I was the one who called the passing play,” said OSU coach Mike Gundy. “To
be honest with you, I never even thought of
intentional grounding being called at that
point in the game. As much time as we put
into end of game situations that never really crossed my mind. Unfortunately, that’s
a difficult way to learn a hard lesson.”
BRODY SCHMIDT/AP
A referee signals a touchdown as Central
Michigan wide receiver Corey Willis (8)
celebrates with running back Joe Bacci
(40) after scoring the winning touchdown
in the final seconds of Saturday’s game
against Oklahoma State in Stillwater,
Okla.
Cooper Rush lofted up a Hail Mary pass
that hit Kroll just inside the 10. As Kroll
was being taken down, he pitched it back
to Willis at about the 12, who cut across the
field and barely managed to score while
being dragged down.
“To be honest, I actually had a missed
assignment on that, I wasn’t supposed to be
right there, but it all worked for the better,”
said Willis.
Coach John Bonamego said: “It’s an improbable finish, but it’s a situation that we
practiced and rehearsed. We were able to
execute and pull out the win.”
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League to review
Panthers’ handling
of Newton after hits
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The NFL will
review how the Panthers’ medical
team handled a hit to Cam Newton’s head during Carolina’s loss
to Denver in the season opener.
The league said Sunday that it
wants to ensure the concussion
protocol is being “uniformly applied across all 32 teams.” So
along with the players’ association, the NFL will review “the relevant documents and video and
interview the involved parties.”
Newton took several hard hits
in Thursday night’s game, including one after which he appeared
woozy. The union has questioned
why Newton didn’t undergo a
cognitive exam on the sideline
during the game.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy reiterated in his statement
Sunday that this review “does
not mean that we have seen any
evidence that the protocol was applied improperly, but simply reflects our obligation to ensure the
health and safety of our players.”
In other NFL news:
The Jacksonville Jaguars
said running back Chris Ivory has
been hospitalized with a “general
medical issue” and won’t play in
the team’s season opener against
Green Bay.
The Jaguars released a statement Sunday saying Ivory was inactive and had been admitted to a
hospital. He was limited in three
practices this week because of a
calf injury.
“Chris Ivory is doing well and is
expected to be released from the
hospital in the next day or two,”
the Jaguars said. “More info will
be provided at that time.”
With Ivory out, running back
T.J. Yeldon will start against the
Packers and get the bulk of the
work. The plan had been to have
Ivory and Yeldon share carries.
Champ Golovkin stops
Brook in 5th round
LONDON — Jumping two
weight classes to challenge Gennady Golovkin, Kell Brook’s ambitious challenge wasn’t given
much hope.
Despite that leap, a valiant
Brook made it far tougher for the
world middleweight champion
than anticipated as they traded
punches for four rounds in a
thrilling, open contest Saturday
night in London.
Brook’s vision was affected
after his right eye socket was
broken in the second round and
the previously unbeaten welterweight champion began to fade.
After the formidable Golovkin
unloaded a rapid succession of
powerful punches in the fifth
round, the Brook’s corner threw
in the towel.
In other boxing news:
Roman Gonzalez observed
the raucous scene in the ring
through swollen eyes. His battered ears absorbed the cheers
from thousands of fans celebrating his arrival at the apex of Nicaragua’s boxing history.
Chocolatito had to put in 12
rounds of punishing work for his
latest world title, which only made
it all the sweeter.
Gonzalez won a championship
in his fourth weight class Saturday night, taking a unanimous
decision over Carlos Cuadras to
claim the WBC 115-pound belt in
Inglewood, Calif.
The Nicaraguan pound-forpound star better known by his
nickname persevered through a
brutal slugfest with Cuadras, who
was outstanding on the biggest
stage of his career. The fighters
traded big shots and frenetic flurries all night, but Chocolatito’s
remarkable skills earned the victory on all three judges’ cards:
117-111, 116-112 and 115-113.
Johnson heads into final
day with 3-stroke lead
CARMEL, Ind. — U.S. Open
champion Dustin Johnson birdied four of the last five holes Saturday for a 4-under 68, giving
him a three-shot lead going into
the final round of the soggy BMW
Championship.
Johnson couldn’t make any
putts early. He couldn’t miss late.
His late run to seize control
began with a 10-foot birdie putt
on the 14th hole and ended with
an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th.
Paul Casey matched two of
Johnson’s birdies during his late
run until he had to scramble for
pars on the last two holes. He still
managed a bogey-free 68 and will
be in the final group Sunday.
Johnson was at 18-under 198.
In other golf news:
Australia’s Scott Hend shot
a 7-under 64 to take a one-stroke
lead over Italy’s Nino Bertasio
into the final round of the KLM
Open in Spijk, Netherlands.
Canada beats US in
World Cup exhibition
OTTAWA, Ontario — New
York Islanders star John Tavares
scored twice to lead Canada to a
5-2 victory over the United States
on Saturday night in a World Cup
of Hockey exhibition game.
Logan Couture, Jay Bouwmeester and Matt Duchene also
scored for Canada. Braden Holtby
allowed two goals on 13 shots, and
Corey Crawford faced 10 shots in
26:28 of ice time.
The U.S. will face Finland on
Tuesday in an exhibition game
in Washington. Canada will complete its pre-tournament schedule
against Russia on Wednesday in
Pittsburgh.
C HET STRANGE /AP
Denny Hamlin celebrates winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at Richmond International Raceway
in Richmond, Va., on Saturday. It was the final race of the regular season.
Hamlin wins wild finale
Angry Newman takes spotlight as Chase field is set
BY JENNA FRYER
lar and having anger issues. Google Tony Stewart,
you’ll see all kinds of things he’s done. Look it up on
YouTube, everything else. Quite the guy.”
RICHMOND, Va. — It was yet another Denny
Stewart, who last week intentionally wrecked
Hamlin runaway for Joe Gibbs Racing on Saturday Brian Scott, is retiring at the end of the season and
night in what turned out to be an anticlimactic end already had his spot in the Chase secure headed
to NASCAR’s regular season.
into Richmond. He’d had time to cool down before
The fireworks came off the track at Richmond addressing the incident and Newman’s comments,
International Raceway, where Tony Stewart inten- joking Newman will get “his wish in 10 weeks” for
tionally wrecked Ryan Newman before Newman Stewart to retire.
angrily chided his former boss for the ac“He’s got to do his part, too, to race
cident that officially ended Newman’s
for a championship,” Stewart said. “This
chances to make the playoffs.
night didn’t dictate it for him.”
I
don’t
The verbal beat down from Newman
He didn’t get it, and the remaining
think there
came with 37 laps left, before Hamlin
playoff positions in the 16-driver field
finished off his third career Sprint Cup
went to rookie Chase Elliott, Austin Dilwas any
win at his home track while giving JGR
and Jamie McMurray. Chris Buereason other lon
its third consecutive victory at the track
scher also made the Chase by virtue
and ninth in the last 15 races.
than him
of his win at a rain-shortened race and
Newman called Stewart “bipolar,” said
by maintaining a spot in the top 30 in
just being
the retiring race car driver had anger ispoints.
bipolar and
sues, and all but outright referenced the
The rest of the Chase field is made up
2014 incident in which Stewart fatally
having anger of the other 12 race winners this season.
struck a sprint car driver.
Once again, Gibbs has all four of its
issues.
“I guess he thought he was in a sprint
cars in the Chase, and a bonus, too, with
car again and didn’t know how to control
Ryan Newman sister team Furniture Row Racing with
his anger,” Newman said after the two
NASCAR driver driver Martin Truex Jr. And just like last
speaking about Tony year, when Kyle Busch won his first Cup
made contact three times before finally
Stewart wrecking him title and ended a 10-year title drought
wrecking. Dylan Lupton couldn’t avoid
the accident and his car ended up wedged
for Gibbs, the team again is the favorite.
between the wall and on top of Newman’s
The JGR cars and Truex dominated
car when the crashing finally ceased.
at Richmond and Hamlin seemed to have the win
Stewart admitted to wrecking Newman.
locked up until an accident — the race record 16th
“He’s right, that was the third time he had driv- yellow flag — forced Hamlin to win it in overtime.
en into me. How many times is he supposed to hit Kasey Kahne, needing a win to make the Chase, pityou before you say, ‘I’ve had enough of it?’ ” Stewart ted for tires in a last-ditch effort for a miracle, but he
said.
didn’t have anything for Hamlin in the end.
The wreckage caused a stoppage of just over 20
JGR drivers and Truex led 385 of the 407 laps.
minutes and sent Newman’s temperature soaring.
Jimmie’s long night: Six-time NASCAR champion
Newman’s team was penalized 15 points this week Jimmie Johnson didn’t appear to be Chase ready in
by NASCAR for failing post-race inspection at Dar- the final tuneup. He had a tire go down, hit the wall,
lington, and the punishment made his task of trying and his crew had an uncontrolled tire on pit road
during Johnson’s 11th-place finish. Although he
to race his way into the Chase extremely difficult.
But few expected him to be so harsh toward Stew- has two wins this year, he’s at career lows in nearly
art, who employed Newman for five years until every category, including laps led.
Up next: The opening race in the Chase for the
Newman was let go from Stewart-Haas Racing at
Sprint Cup championship on Sunday at Chicagoland
the end of the 2013 season.
“Just disappointing that you have somebody old Speedway. The field starts with 16 drivers, which
like that that should be retired the way he drives. will be whittled down over nine rounds to create a
It’s just ridiculous,” Newman said. “I don’t think final four to race for the title Nov. 20 at Homesteadthere was any reason other than him just being bipo- Miami Speedway.
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Oklahoma State linebacker Chad Whitener sits alone in the end zone while the Central Michigan players celebrate a last-second touchdown by wide receiver Corey Willis that
gave the Chippewas a 30-27 win over the Cowboys in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday.
Chippewas capitalize on officials’ miscue in upset of No. 22 Cowboys
BY JOHN TRANCHINA
Associated Press
STILLWATER, Okla.
he officiating mistake was a doozy
— and it cannot be fixed. The
play that followed was even more
astonishing.
One of the oddest endings imaginable
left Oklahoma State stunned and Central
Michigan celebrating.
A misinterpreted rule extended the
game when it should have been over and
allowed the Chippewas to score a wild,
winning touchdown on a Hail Mary and
lateral — yes, both! — that covered half
the field for a 30-27 upset of No. 22 Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Oklahoma State (1-1) tried to kill the
final 4 seconds of the game by throw-
T
ing the ball away on fourth down, but the
Cowboys were penalized for intentional
grounding, which is a loss of down penalty.
Rules state that the game cannot end on
an accepted live-ball penalty, referee Tim
O’Dey of the Mid-American Conference,
CMU’s league, said.
He later admitted there is a situation
where the game can end on an infraction.
“There’s an exception to the rule that
says if enforcement of the foul involves a
loss of down, then that brings the game to
an end,” O’Dey told a pool reporter.
O’Dey said after conferring with NCAA
rules committee secretary Rogers Redding after the game, the crew determined the “extension should not have
happened.”
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Oklahoma State safety Jordan Sterns, left, watches as Central Michigan wide receiver
Jesse Kroll, right, being tackled by Oklahoma State corner back Ramon Richards,
bottom, laterals the ball to teammate Cory Willis on Saturday.
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