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Pentagon:
Showdown
ahead for
F-35, A-10
BY TRAVIS J. TRITTEN
Stars and Stripes
Asking for accountability
Proposed legislation would require DOD to track military hazing
BY DAN L AMOTHE
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — New legislation set to
be introduced Tuesday would require the
Pentagon to create a database tracking incidents of hazing in the military, carry out
an annual survey of U.S. troops on the issue
and boost training so it is better recognized
and handled.
The bill is called the Harry Lew Military Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act, said Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., who
crafted the legislation and named it after
her nephew. He was a Marine who committed suicide in Afghanistan’s Helmand
province in April 2011 after he fell asleep
while on guard duty and was subsequently
assaulted by other members of his platoon.
Chu said in an interview that she asked
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., a member of
the House Armed Services Committee, to
include the bill in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act as an amendment
because it has a better chance of becoming
law that way.
ILLUSTRATION
BY
NOGA A MI -R AV/Stars and Stripes
“Hazing has no place in our military, and
it has a negative impact on military retention and the long-term health of military
servicemembers and veterans,” Chu said.
“It certainly doesn’t create a bond within
a unit. But, what is most alarming is that,
for the most part, there has been no justice
for the victims. I do think that if there is
accountability and if there are those in supervisory positions who actually stop the
hazing, then we could see a day when we
eliminate hazing in the military.”
SEE HAZING ON PAGE 3
WASHINGTON — A showdown might soon settle one of the
U.S. military’s biggest air power
controversies.
The high-tech and expensive F35 Joint Strike Fighter will face
off in upcoming testing with the
Air Force’s aging close-air-support stalwart, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the director of the Defense
Department operational test and
evaluation office said Tuesday.
The battlefield comparison
“makes common sense” and will
pit the two airframes against
each other in a variety of war scenarios this year, Michael Gilmore
said during Senate testimony.
The department is in the midst
of developing the F-35 — the most
expensive procurement program
in its history — to take over the
A-10’s four-decade-old role of
supporting ground forces with its
titanium armor and powerful nose
cannon. But the move is opposed
by infantry troops and members
of Congress who believe the A-10
is uniquely capable of saving lives
on the battlefield.
“To me, comparison testing just
makes common sense,” Gilmore
said. “If you’re spending a lot of
money to get improved capability,
that’s the easiest way to demonstrate it is to do a rigorous comparison test.”
The F-35 is being touted as the
most advanced fighter jet in the
world, a jack of all trades intended to take over a variety of roles
from other aircraft, including the
A-10 and the F-16 fighter jet. The
Marine Corps declared its variant
of the aircraft combat-ready last
summer and the Air Force plans
to complete its testing this year.
But its 15-year procurement
quest has been riddled with delays,
scandals and technical glitches.
The F-35 program office is trying to overcome a problem with
the aircraft’s software system that
caused the radar to blink out and
require rebooting during flight.
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Panel tackles
harassment, sexual
assault in military
BY DIANNA CAHN
Stars and Stripes
ARLINGTON, Va. — A panel
of psychologists, researchers and
defense officials hoped that a halfday event next door to the Pentagon on military sexual assault,
harassment and hazing would
draw commanders integral to
leading a cultural change.
Not one showed up.
“We sent invites out to all of
the Department of Defense,” said
Ellen Haring, a senior fellow at
Women in International Security
and a member of the board of directors at the Service Women’s
Action Network, which organized
Monday’s event.
“We held this at Arlington to
make it as close to the Pentagon as
possible,” she told the small group
of mostly women who attended at
the Women in Military Service for
America memorial at the cemetery’s entrance. “We were disappointed there was no interest.”
For more than four hours, experts discussed why, despite a
decadelong effort to counter the
problem, harassment and sexual
assault in the military continues.
The numbers are staggering:
116,600
servicemembers
were sexually harassed in 2014
— 22 percent of women and 7 percent of men
20,300 active-duty servicemembers were sexually assaulted
— 4.9 percent of women and 1 percent of men.
43,900 active-duty servicemembers experienced gender discrimination in 2014; 60 percent of
those were committed by a supervisor or unit leader.
The numbers come from a 2014
study released by the Rand Corp.
— the most comprehensive study
on the subject to date.
The survey was the first to identify the high rates of men being
sexually harassed, said Andrew
Morral, a senior behavioral scientist at Rand. The study found that
an estimated one in 12 men in the
Army and one in 10 in the Navy
experienced sexual harassment
or gender discrimination in 2014.
It also found that most sexual assaults against men go unreported
because men are more likely to
describe the assault as a hazing
event.
Jessica Gallus, the research
psychologist for the Army’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention program,
said the Army has created programs to try to help drive home
the message, such as basing the
training in a virtual reality or
game-based program and using
animated vignettes.
It’s not a cure-all, she said, but it
breaks the “death by Power Point”
effect.
Another problem with the military’s efforts lies in its failure to
use its data adequately, said Brenda Farrell, who is responsible for
military and DOD personnel issues at the Government Accountability Office. She said while the
DOD has put a lot of effort into
creating a sexual assault prevention strategy, it hasn’t linked its
prevention techniques with the
overall goals, so it lacks the ability
to evaluate whether its techniques
are working.
“Without a defined link between
activities and desired outcomes,
DOD may not be able to determine
which activities are having the desired effect or, when necessary, to
make timely and informed adjustments to its efforts to help ensure
it continues to progress toward
desired outcomes,” she said. “Also
DOD may lack the information
that is needed to conduct a rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness
of its efforts.”
Farrell said another key gap in
the Pentagon’s approach was its
failure to identify risk factors at
the leadership and military community levels. So it doesn’t recognize that “the inherent nature
of certain types of commands or
units” could cultivate an environment with increased risk of sexual
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Service Women’s Action Network Chief Operating Officer Kate
Germano speaks during a panel discussion in Arlington, Va., on
Monday.
assault. One such risk factor is
hazing, she said.
Linked to hazing is the phenomenon of workplace harassment
called mobbing, where the organization or institution tolerates or
even sanctions the harassment,
allowing gossip or individualized
bullying to build into a group dynamic, said Maureen Duffy, a
family therapist and workplace
consultant who has written two
books on the topic.
Usually, the dynamic emerges
with people ganging up on the
one person who spoke out or tried
to change things. If that dynamic
builds in a military unit, it can
be devastating because work and
identity in the military are so interwoven, she said.
“The topic of mobbing and bullying is near and dear to my heart,”
said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kate
Germano, who will become the
chief operating officer of SWAN
when she retires in July.
Germano led the Marines’ only
all-female recruit training unit but
was relieved under allegations of
toxic leadership. She believes the
service trains women to underperform, and she pushed for change.
Germano said her relief was a
mystery to her until she learned
about mobbing. “I was actually a
target of mobbing,” she said.
Self-defense instructor Lauren
Taylor told the audience members
to stand up, take a step back and
put their hands in front of their
chest, close together, palms facing
out. Then she told them to repeat
after her:
“Stop,” she said, and the audience repeated.
“You need to leave.”
“Take your hands off me.”
“Stop. STOP!”
Then she had them say “No”
several times, each time getting
louder. “You need all those levels
and more in between — there are
so many situations in life.”
“Just think what it was like during Lauren’s presentation, what
it was like to say the word ‘Stop’
on your own behalf,” said retired
Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton, who was
director of the Defense Centers of
Excellence for mental health and
now works for New York City.
“It’s not going to be easy to
change the systems,” she said. But
she said the military has come a
long way by opening up to lesbians,
gays and transgender people, and
she was confident that it would get
a handle on sexual assault as well.
“We serve in an institution that
is the world’s best in blocking
change,” she said. “But when required to change, there is no organization that is better on Earth in
leading the way.”
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Pentagon, Congress at odds over bases
BY ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon thinks it has a winning argument for why Congress should
allow a new round of military
base closings. The case goes like
this: The Army and Air Force
have vastly more space for training and basing troops than they
need, and trimming the surplus
would save money better used to
strengthen the military.
Congress, however, has its own
logic: Closing bases can hurt local
economies, which can cost votes
in the next election. Besides,
some lawmakers say, the Pentagon has cooked the books to justify its conclusions or at least has
not finished doing the math.
Lawmakers are fiercely protective of bases in their district
or state and generally prefer to
ignore or dismiss any Pentagon
push to close them. Nearly every
year the Pentagon asks Congress
for authority to convene a baseclosing commission. The answer
is always the same: not this year.
And probably not anytime soon,
either.
In a little-noticed report to congressional leaders this month,
the Pentagon offered a detailed
analysis — the first of its kind
in 12 years — that concludes the
military will have an overall 22
percent excess of base capacity
in 2019. The Army will have 33
percent surplus, the Air Force 32
percent and the Navy and Marine
Corps a combined 7 percent, the
report says.
Base capacity is the total
amount of acreage or work space
available to support military
forces at places such as a training range, an air base, a weapons
storage site or an office building.
“Spending resources on excess infrastructure does not
make sense,” Deputy Defense
Secretary Robert Work wrote
leaders of the relevant congressional committees on April 12.
The letter was meant to support
the Obama administration’s case
for a bipartisan base-closing authority, known as a Base Closure
and Realignment Commission
(BRAC). This mechanism, meant
to take politics out of the process,
was used during the 1990s and
again in 2005, but not since.
The Pentagon has not said a
lot publicly about its latest pitch
to Congress for another commission, perhaps because it sees little
chance of success.
The chairman of the House
Armed Services Committee, Rep.
Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said
last week that the House version
of the bill that authorizes military
spending for the coming budget year will stop the Pentagon’s
base-closing campaign in its
tracks. The bill unveiled Monday
will allow studies to answer the
committee’s questions about excess base capacity, but rejects the
Pentagon’s plea for another round
of closures in 2019.
In Thornberry’s view, the
Pentagon is selling a half-baked
argument.
“I’m not interested in sales brochures,” he said as the committee had sought but didn’t receive
a Pentagon analysis of the force
structure in 2012. “I’m inter-
ested in objective data that leads
them to think there is too much
infrastructure.”
The data is fairly clear, even
if Thornberry doesn’t believe it
is objective. It is derived from a
type of study, called a parametric analysis, which the Pentagon
had not done since 2004. The new
analysis compares base capacity
to the expected shape of the military in 2019, when the next BRAC
would be held.
It found a big mismatch: 22 percent more base capacity than will
be needed for the military that is
envisioned for 2019. By that time
the Army is scheduled to be even
smaller than today, shrinking
from about 475,000 active-duty
soldiers to 450,000.
The study calculated the
amount of surplus base capacity in the aggregate, not by individual bases. So it does not point
to any particular bases as candidates for shuttering or downsizing. The study concluded that
reducing the overall surplus by
about 5 percent would produce
savings of $2 billion a year. The
savings would be partially offset
by an estimated $7 billion in closure costs, including the expense
of environmental cleanup, during
the first six years.
Military commanders do not
like to get drawn into the debate
about base closings, but they recognize that surplus capacity has
financial implications.
Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, commander of the Army’s 1st Corps,
headquartered at Joint Base
Lewis-McChord near Tacoma,
Wash., sees a national review of
base capacity as a way to search
for savings that could be used to
improve “readiness,” or the combat preparedness, of his and other
forces.
“I do think it’s viable to examine, base by base, where we have
infrastructure ... that perhaps
is not being utilized properly,”
he said in a telephone interview.
“If done correctly, and if we do
it honestly and openly, then perhaps it’s worthy of a discussion
to look at our facilities and see
where we could have some costsaving measures.”
Hazing: Legislation to create database
J. Michael Gilmore,
the Defense
Department’s
director of
operational test and
evaluation, testifies
Tuesday at a Senate
Armed Forces
Committee hearing
on Capitol Hill.
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should not be expected to perform as A-10
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The program, including production and maintenance, could
ultimately cost taxpayers about
$1.4 trillion and, despite promises of air dominance, the F-35
remains untested in real combat
— especially the type typically
waged by the 1970s-era Warthog.
The A-10, on the other hand, is
now deployed in the war against
the Islamic State group in Iraq
and Syria and has built a devoted
following among combat veterans. But the airframe is aging and
the Air Force now plans to retire
the Warthog and unshoulder the
costs of upkeep by 2022.
Gilmore said the two aircraft
will face off on close air support
and combat search and rescue, as
well as other missions.
“We’re going to do it under all
the circumstances that we see
CAS [close air support] conducted, including under high-threat
conditions in which we expect
F-35 will have an advantage and
other conditions requiring loitering on the target, low-altitude operations and so-forth,” Gilmore
told the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
On paper, the F-35 faces some
apparent challenges because it
does not carry the firepower of
the Gatling-style nose cannon or
the ability to fly over targets for
a long period of time compared to
the Warthog.
“There are a lot of arguments
that ensues over which aircraft
might have the advantage, the A10 or the F-35, but that is what the
comparison test is meant to show
us,” Gilmore said.
The controversy over whether
the two aircraft will have similar
capabilities became murkier in
March when Air Force Chief of
Staff Gen. Mark Welsh testified
to the Senate committee that the
F-35 would not replace the A-10.
During the hearing Tuesday,
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said
the general’s earlier testimony appeared to contradict statements on
the fighter jet program’s website
and its longtime aim to take over
the Warthog responsibilities.
The Pentagon’s top weapons
buyer denied any contradiction.
“Both statements are correct.
We will in fact replace the A-10s
with F-35s, that is the plan,” said
Frank Kendall, under secretary
of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
But Kendall said there should
be no expectation that the F-35
will perform in the same way as
the A-10 on the battlefield.
“The A-10 was designed to be
low and slow and close to the targets it was engaging, relatively
speaking,” he said. “We will not
use the F-35 in the same way as
the A-10, so it will perform the
mission very differently.”
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The recommendations stem
from a report released in February by the Government Accountability Office that was requested
by Chu after her nephew died. It
found that hazing — typically described as abusive behavior meant
to correct a mistake or serve as
a rite of passage into a group
— is not tracked uniformly by the
services.
The Pentagon adopted a new
policy on hazing Dec. 23, less than
a week after the GAO released a
draft report to the Defense Department. Clarence A. Johnson,
the director of the Pentagon’s Office of Diversity Management,
said in a response to the GAO’s
preliminary findings that the Defense Department’s new policy
on hazing and bullying will help
the service track cases in the
services.
The Defense Department also
agreed with a number of the GAO’s
other recommendations, such as
determining what constitutes hazing and tracking information uniformly across the services.
The proposed legislation appears to take things farther. In
addition to calling for a database
of incidents, it would require the
Defense Department to issue
guidance on how to use the data,
including information about “protected classes” such as minority
race and religious groups who are
“often the victims of hazing.” The
database has similarities to one
that was formed in recent years
for sexual assault in the military.
The annual hazing survey of
servicemembers would be carried
out by each service secretary and
require an assessment of the prevalence of hazing, the effectiveness of training against it and the
extent to which servicemembers
report it, according to the bill. A
report to the armed services committees in both the House and
Senate would be due to Congress
each year through 2021 by the end
of each January.
Speier said in a statement released to The Washington Post
that there are “too many stories of
hazing” and that the practice can
harm mental health, diminish unit
cohesion and cost lives.
“Unfortunately, for all these
tragic examples, we still lack a
clear understanding of hazing and
the military’s response,” Speier
said. “The creation of a database
of reported incidents of hazing,
implementation of surveys, and
the implementation of new antihazing training are the least we
can do to ensure progress is made
to fight hazing. We must act to
honor the memory of those who
we have lost to abuse at the hands
of their fellow soldiers.”
Pentagon officials had no immediate response to the proposed
legislation Monday afternoon. In
the past, they have said that there
is no room for hazing in the military. Separately, however, they
also have expressed broad frustration with the number of reports
to Congress that Capitol Hill requires them to complete.
Chu said that she has been
tracking an incident at the Marine Corps’ recruit depot at Parris
Island, S.C., in which a recruit of
Pakistani descent, Raheel Siddiqui, 20, died March 18. Rep.
Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., wrote
the Marine Corps commandant,
Gen. Robert B. Neller, afterward
and asked numerous questions,
including whether the death was
related to hazing. Marine Capt.
Gregory Carroll, a spokesman at
Parris Island, said that with the investigation still ongoing, labeling
the case as hazing-related “would
be speculation at this point.”
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McRaven: Military brass ‘denigrated’ Professor
removed
Commander of bin Laden raid blasts Senate for disrespect, abuse
BY CRAIG WHITLOCK
The Washington Post
A long-percolating feud between Navy brass and the Senate
has erupted into open conflict,
with the retired admiral who
oversaw the daring 2011 raid that
killed Osama bin Laden publicly
accusing lawmakers of harboring deep disrespect for military
leaders.
In an unusually blunt column
published Sunday in the Tampa
(Fla.) Tribune, William H. McRaven, a retired four-star admiral,
former Navy SEAL and former
commander of the secretive Joint
Special Operations Command,
blasted members of Congress for
a “disturbing trend in how politicians abuse and denigrate military leadership, particularly the
officer corps, to advance their
political agendas.”
Although McRaven did not
single out lawmakers by name,
he made clear that he was angry
at the Senate for its treatment of
Rear Adm. Brian L. Losey, the
commander in charge of the Navy’s elite SEAL teams and other
commando units.
Losey, who formerly served
under McRaven, was denied promotion last month and is being
forced to retire after several senators from both parties pressured
the Navy to hold him accountable
for retaliating against multiple
whistleblowers.
Calling Losey’s fate a “miscarriage of justice,” McRaven
called him “without a doubt one
of the finest officers with whom
I have ever served. Over the past
15 years, no officer I know in the
SEAL teams has given more to
this country than Brian.”
McRaven accused lawmakers
of pushing for Losey’s ouster for
unspecified political reasons.
“It is clear in this case that certain members of Congress didn’t
care about Losey’s innocence.
Nor did they seem to care that he
has sacrificed more for this country than most members on Capitol
Hill — or that the emotional strain
of this investigation was devastating to his family. It is clear that all
these lawmakers cared about was
political leverage.”
DOD findings
McRaven’s description of Losey
as an innocent victim is at odds
with the findings of the Defense
Department’s inspector general,
which concluded that he had repeatedly violated whistleblowerprotection laws.
The agency investigated Losey
five times after subordinates
complained that he had wrongly
fired, demoted or punished them
during a vengeful but fruitless
hunt for a person who had anonymously reported him for a minor
travel-policy infraction.
After conducting separate investigations that involved more
than 100 witnesses and 300,000
pages of emails, the inspector
general upheld complaints from
three of the five staffers and recommended that the Navy take action against him.
The Navy, however, dismissed
the findings that Losey had violated the law and was poised to
promote him last fall to become
a two-star admiral until details
of the case were revealed publicly for the first time in October
by The Washington Post. That
prompted several senators to
object to the Navy’s plans. They
turned up the pressure with a
variety of legislative tactics until
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus relented in March and announced
that Losey’s promotion had been
nixed.
In remarks on the Senate floor
in April, Sen. Charles Grassley,
R-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called
Losey “an honored naval officer.”
But he said that it was clear from
the inspector general’s investigations that Losey was “a serial
retaliator” who had broken the
law. “He can only blame himself
for what happened … and must
now pay the
price.”
Losey is a
preeminent
figure in the
military’s
secretive
Special Operations
forces who
once commanded
Grassley
SEAL Team
6. Most recently, he has served as leader of
the Naval Special Warfare Command and has also served in Afghanistan, Iraq, Panama, Bosnia,
Somalia and other conflict zones.
The whistleblower complaints
stem from his time as commander of U.S. Special Operations
Command-Africa, also known as
SOCAFRICA.
On Monday, he spoke publicly
for the first time about his ouster.
“I am deeply humbled by Admiral McRaven’s comments and
was privileged to serve under his
inspiring leadership,” he said in a
brief statement released through
the Navy. “I remain unambiguously accountable and responsible for the actions that I took
while serving at SOCAFRICA.”
McRaven retired from the
Navy in 2014 and now serves as
chancellor of the University of
Texas system. He and others in
the Navy saw Losey’s case very
differently than the Senate and
seethed at the intervention by
lawmakers. In his op-ed, McRaven dismissed the whistleblowers
as lazy employees who abused
the inspector-general system to
seek revenge on Losey. He also
ripped the inspector general as
an agency run amok, calling it
“apparently accountable to no
one, dismissing the recommendations of the services and ruining
officers’ careers.”
Had he stopped there, McRa-
ven’s comments probably would
not have attracted much public
attention. Instead, he went on to
slam lawmakers and question
whether a fundamental underpinning of the American system
of government — civilian control
of the military — was frayed or at
risk.
“The greater concern for
America is the continued attack
on leadership in the military,” he
wrote. “During my past several
years in uniform, I watched in
disbelief how lawmakers treated
the chairman, the service chiefs,
the combatant commanders and
other senior officers during
Congressional testimony.
These
officers
were men
of incredible integrity,
and
yet some
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last several no respect
for
their
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much for our Navy and nation,”
Richardson said. “I read Admiral
McRaven’s piece with great inter-
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est; he raises a number of important issues that deserve additional
consideration, and I welcome that
conversation.”
McRaven’s attack
on
federal
whistleblower-protection laws and
the Pentagon’s inspector general
didn’t mention how rare
it actually is
Losey
for officers
such as Losey to get into trouble
for violating them.
In comparison with other federal employees, whistleblowers
working in the military or national security agencies must
meet a higher burden of proof to
win their cases. Of the more than
1,000 whistleblower complaints
that are filed each year with the
Pentagon’s inspector general,
about 97 percent are dismissed,
or categorized as “unsubstantiated,” records show. For three
separate complaints to be upheld
against a single officer is almost
unheard of.
The whistleblowers in Losey’s
case worked under him in 2011
and 2012 at SOCAFRICA, a command based in Stuttgart, Germany. In his column, McRaven
labeled the whistleblowers as
ineffectual staff members “who
had been living in Europe for
years enjoying the comfortable
lifestyle in Stuttgart,” suggesting
that they simply rebelled at Losey’s demands to work harder.
One of them was Fredrick D.
Jones, a retired Army Special
Forces colonel who served as
Losey’s civilian chief of staff.
Jones was abruptly demoted after
Losey suspected — wrongly, it
turned out — that Jones and the
other whistleblowers had turned
him in for a minor travel policy
infraction.
In an emailed statement, Jones
called McRaven “the finest senior officer I worked for over my
career.” He noted that McRaven
had personally presented him
with a Defense Superior Service
Medal when he retired from the
Army in 2007, “something I don’t
believe he would have done had
he thought I was incompetent
or unprofessional or was there
‘fighting to maintain my comfortable life’ in the Special Operations community.”
Calling all of the whistleblowers “outstanding performers,”
Jones said that McRaven “must
have simply been misinformed”
about the case by Losey, whom
he characterized as “masterful at
managing upward.”
“Losey is extremely bright,
hard-working and a dedicated
and decorated officer, but he is no
William McRaven,” Jones added.
“His seniors never saw the real
mean-spirited and toxic leadership style that he employed.”
at Naval
Academy
BY CHRISTINA JEDRA
The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital
A Marine and history professor
at the United States Naval Academy has been removed from his
position after academy officials
learned of allegations that he had
sex with a fellow Marine and a female midshipman in 2011, before
he began teaching.
Maj. Michael Pretus was informed of his reassignment last
month, according to Naval Academy spokesman Cmdr. John
Schofield.
Pretus’ removal comes after
Marine Corps investigators reopened the case of Maj. Mark
Thompson, an academy professor convicted in 2013 for having
sex with two female midshipmen,
according to The Washington
Post. Thompson maintains his
innocence.
Pretus initially challenged
testimony from Thompson’s accusers, Sarah Stadler and a classmate, the Post reported. Pretus
was later investigated for engaging in a threesome in 2011 with
Stadler and Thompson, according
to the Post.
It is a crime for an officer to
have sex with a midshipman, according to military law. It is also
against military law to participate
in a sex act with another person
in the room, Schofield said.
Pretus was removed immediately after Marine Corps investigators informed academy
officials of Pretus’ alleged role in
the relationship, Schofield said.
“The Naval Academy immediately initiated administrative
actions to reassign Maj. Pretus
upon discovery of his past involvement with Maj. Thompson
and Ms. Stadler,” he said. “There
is an extremely high standard of
behavior expected of our staff
and faculty here. We determined
that the behavior — while predating his assignment to USNA
— was not in keeping with those
standards.”
Schofield said the academy had
“no knowledge” of Pretus’ alleged
involvement in the 2011 incident
before he began teaching there.
“Under
no
circumstances
would the Naval Academy have
allowed for assignment on staff
and faculty had there been disclosure of the circumstances and
details of his involvement in that
event,” Schofield said.
Pretus is no longer in teaching
and his orders for reassignment
have been issued with an early
May departure date from the
academy, Schofield said.
Pretus could not immediately
be reached for comment.
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Vietnam War
Marine to be
honored for
patriotism
S. Korea: North ready
to launch 5th nuke test
BY M ATTHEW M. BURKE
BY K IM GAMEL
Stars and Stripes
A Marine veteran who made a
documentary film about his company’s harrowing tale from the
77-day siege of Khe Sanh during
the Vietnam War will be honored
with the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s
highest award.
Ken Rodgers, of Eagle, Idaho,
will receive the Ellen Hardin
Walworth Founders Medal for Patriotism on May 12 in Boise, the
society announced in a statement.
The medal honors an adult who
has displayed “outstanding patriotism in the promotion of NSDAR’s
ideals of God, home and country
through faithful and meritorious
service to our community, state
and nation.”
Rodgers, along with his wife,
Betty, directed and co-produced
the award-winning film “Bravo!
Common Men, Uncommon Valor.”
The film won the best documentary feature prize in 2015 at the GI
Film Festival at San Diego’s Local
Film Showcase.
“Ken is an amazing person, veteran and Idahoan,” Barbara Grant,
of the NSDAR Eagle chapter, said
in an email to Stars and Stripes.
Ken and the others “fought so valiantly to preserve and uphold the
freedoms we as Americans hold
so dear.”
The film details the bloody Khe
Sanh battle from the perspective of Company B, 1st Battalion,
26th Marine Regiment, complete
Stars and Stripes
Courtesy of “Bravo! Common Men;
Uncommon Valor”
Retired Marine Ken Rodgers
poses during the Vietnam War at
Khe Sanh in 1968.
with interviews from more than
a dozen survivors, never-beforeheard audio, after-action reports
and photos. Participants in the
battle said the process allowed
many of them to heal old wounds.
The battle for Khe Sanh came
to symbolize the American involvement and resolve in Vietnam,
as well as the war’s complexities. During the 11-week siege in
early 1968, a single surrounded
and cut-off Marine regiment of
about 5,000 and their supporting
forces stood in defiance of three
North Vietnamese Army divisions — about 20,000 troops. They
were victorious, but only after 27
deaths, with 19 wounded and one
taken prisoner.
The base was later abandoned
to the enemy.
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Eight militants killed in
botched Afghan attack
BY CHAD GARLAND
Stars and Stripes
KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight
suicide bombers blew themselves
up prematurely while organizing
coordinated attacks in Kunduz
province Tuesday, the Interior
Ministry said.
The incident occurred in Nahar
Kohna village in the Dasht-eArchi district of northern Kunduz. The would-be bombers were
linked to the Taliban, the ministry
said in a statement.
News of the botched attack
came the day after Afghan forces
arrested a top Taliban official in
the province, where the insurgent
group recently launched an offensive in an attempt to recapture
Kunduz city.
The group briefly occupied Afghanistan’s fifth-largest city last
year — the first major urban center to fall under Taliban control
since they were ousted in the 2001
U.S. invasion.
A local official said Monday that
many villages in Kunduz’s Dashte-Archi district had been cleared
of the Taliban, but holdouts remained in some of the rural villages. Operations were underway to
remove them, local police spokesman Hijratullah Akbari said.
Also on Tuesday, U.S. ForcesAfghanistan announced that it was
seeking information about eight
other insurgents from the Haqqani network and Taliban that were
“known to be planning attacks on
the Afghan people” in four provinces, including the capital.
Officials were seeking information about the suspected plotters,
the command said: Hayatullah,
Mullah Mushfiq, Sangari and
Faruq in Parwan; Tila Khan and
Mansour in Khost; HamdardHasib in Kabul; and Talha in
Logar.
The announcement of an attack
being planned in Kabul came a
week after a massive complex
suicide bombing outside Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency
killed 64 people, including many
civilians.
Afghans have expressed anger
and resolve in the wake of the
bombing.
Afghan
President
Ashraf Ghani vowed Monday
that the government “will now
use all its resources to defend the
country.”
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SEOUL, South Korea — South
Korea’s President Park Geun-hye
said Tuesday that North Korea is
ready to stage a fifth nuclear test at
any time, but she warned Pyongyang will face tougher sanctions if
it goes through with the test.
North Korea “completed its
preparations for a fifth nuclear
test and it is in a situation in which
it can carry out” the test whenever it wants to, Park was quoted
as saying during a meeting with
chief editors of South Korean
newspapers and broadcasters at
the presidential office in Seoul.
She didn’t elaborate on the claim.
Her statement came as a South
Korean news agency reported
that the North is believed to have
put a new, powerful, midrange
missile on standby for an impending launch. Yonhap cited an unidentified official in Seoul for the
report. South Korea’s Ministry of
Defense said it had no intelligence
about such plans.
It would be the second effort in
less than two weeks to fire a purported Musudan missile, which
has the range to reach far-off
U.S. military installments in Asia.
U.S. officials said another launch
on April 15 failed, although they
didn’t confirm the type of missile.
Tensions spiked even further
last weekend after North Korea
tested a submarine-launched
ballistic missile. South Korean
military officials said on Saturday
that the missile flew only about 20
miles, well short of the roughly 190
miles needed to be a success. But
analysts said the North appears to
be making significant progress in
its weapons programs.
The flurry of tests and threats
comes as North Korea gears up
for a ruling Workers’ Party congress, which is expected to be held
as early as next week. Kim Jong
Un is believed to be hoping to use
the first such congress in 36 years
to consolidate his hold on power.
He is also sending a clear message to the international community that he won’t be intimidated
by harsh U.N. sanctions that were
imposed after the North staged
its fourth nuclear test and a longrange rocket launch earlier this
year.
Park insisted the sanctions are
starting to have an effect, and
she promised to plug any possible
loopholes in them.
“If North Korea continues to
stage a provocation in disregard of
warnings of the international community, it will hasten its collapse,”
Park said, according to Yonhap.
She also pointed to the importance of Chinese enforcement of
the measures. Beijing, which is a
traditional ally and trading partner of North Korea, was key to
passage of the sanctions and has
shown increasing impatience with
Kim’s defiance.
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Combat in Aleppo intensifies; at least 70 dead
BY SLOBODAN LEKIC
Stars and Stripes
DAMASCUS, Syria — At least
70 people have died in and around
the embattled northern city of
Aleppo in the past three days as
combat continues to intensify despite a cease-fire that is holding
in most parts of Syria, government and opposition sources said
Tuesday.
The casualties include five rescue workers killed in an airstrike
on the town of Atareb, located
in rebel-held territory about 12
miles west of Aleppo, the Syria
Civil Defense volunteer group
said in a statement.
The group, whose members
— known as “White Helmets”
— work as emergency crews in
many opposition-held parts of the
country, said the strike followed
“three of the most intense days
of bombardment in Syria in over
a year.”
The escalation coincided with
President Barack Obama’s announcement in Germany on Monday that the United States would
send 250 more troops to Syria.
Green Berets will likely make up
a large portion of that contingent,
which will be joining some 50 spe-
cial forces deployed to northern
Syria late last year.
The Green Berets headed to
Syria will be inserted into elements of the Syrian Democratic
Forces, a 20,000-strong unit of
primarily Kurdish fighters in
the northern part of the country.
The U.S. has already been working with this force to attack the
Islamic State group in Syria, a
U.S. defense official told Stars and
Stripes.
Analysts say the escalating
bloodshed is seriously undermining a cease-fire brokered by the
U.S. and Russia — the first in the
five-year war, which has so far
claimed at least 250,000 lives.
The cease-fire has resulted in a
sharp decrease of casualties since
it was implemented at the end of
February.
The escalation also coincided
with last week’s walkout from
peace talks in Geneva by the
Saudi-backed High Negotiations
Committee, which cited the worsening situation on the battlefields
and numerous alleged violations
of the cease-fire by Syrian government forces.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a
pro-opposition monitoring group,
confirmed on Tuesday that five
people had been killed in the
aerial bombardment of the local
civil defense center in the rebelheld town of Atareb, saying it appeared to have been deliberately
targeted.
Syria’s state-run SANA news
agency reported late Monday
that rebel shelling of the government-held part of Aleppo had
killed 18 civilians and injured 86.
This brought the total number of
deaths in the area since Friday to
more than 70.
The situation in Aleppo, which
is divided into government- and
opposition-held areas, is particularly complicated because
the main rebel force there is the
al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front,
which together with the Islamic
State group is not part of the current truce because they are considered terrorists.
Moscow has called on the
moderate rebels, who are intermingled with Nusra fighters in
the city, to distance themselves
from the terrorist group in order
to avoid being hit.
Aleppo’s current population
is estimated at about 2 million
people.
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killer able to get by dogs
BY A NN SANNER
Associated Press
JACOB B YK , THE M ARSHFIELD (WIS.) NEWS -HERALD/AP
A student crosses below two flags while entering Antigo High School
on Monday in Antigo, Wis, two days after an 18-year-old former
student opened fire outside of the prom, wounding two students.
Focus shifts to bullying
after Wis. prom shooting
BY GREG MOORE
Associated Press
ANTIGO, Wis. — Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker on Monday
called for a discussion on how to
deal with bullying in schools after
friends of a gunman who wounded two people outside a high
school prom said the 18-year-old
had been bullied.
Authorities have not revealed
a motive for the shooting outside
Antigo High School in northern
Wisconsin and declined to comment Monday on whether bullying may have been a factor. Police
fatally shot former student Jakob
E. Wagner after he opened fire on
students outside the school Saturday night, authorities say.
Wagner’s mother, Lorrie Wagner, told The Associated Press
that her son “wasn’t a monster.”
“If anything, I hope it shines
light on bullying and how deeply
it affects people,” she said, before
ending the interview.
Former classmate Dakotta
Mills, who said he had known
Wagner since sixth grade, told
the AP that he had “some rough
spots now and then” and that he
had witnessed him being bullied.
Another former classmate, Emily
Fisher, told the Wausau Daily
Herald that students ganged up
on Wagner and called him names,
in part because of poor hygiene.
The bullying started in middle
school, Fisher said, and continued
through high school.
Walker, a Republican, said authorities should address bullying and mental health, as well as
teaching students how to resolve
disagreements peacefully rather
than impose new limits on firearms. He said that if there were
a ban on rifles in Wisconsin, “you
wouldn’t have hunting here.”
At a news conference Monday,
authorities said they couldn’t
confirm that Wagner had been
taunted by fellow students or say
whether it was a possible motive
in the shooting.
“I can’t get into the specifics
on that,” Antigo Police Chief Eric
Roller. “That’s still part of the
investigation.”
However, Roller said it didn’t
appear that the victims had been
specifically targeted.
The state Department of Justice has taken over the case
because it involves a police shooting. Agency spokesman Johnny
Koremenos said in an email that
it was too early to offer a motive
or provide other details of the
investigation.
Roller said the officers’ response “saved lives by stopping
the threat” in that the suspect
“didn’t end up inside a building
that was full of prom-goers.”
Wagner arrived on a bicycle,
armed with a rifle, and opened
fire as two couples were leaving
the dance, Roller said. One 18year-old student was struck in the
leg and a bullet grazed his date’s
thigh. The other couple wasn’t
struck.
Two officers were stationed in
front of the school and one quickly shot the gunman.
The couple who wasn’t shot
helped the 18-year-old victim by
wrapping a necktie around his
leg as a tourniquet to stanch the
bleeding, Roller said.
The victim’s family requested
privacy, but said in a statement
that their son was doing well after
a long surgery. They thanked everyone who helped and asked
that people “pray for the family of
Jakob Wagner.
“As much as we are struggling
through this event, we cannot
imagine the grief they are experiencing at this time,” the statement read.
Roller said no weapons were
recovered aside from the rifle.
He declined to describe the
weapon further or say how many
rounds of ammunition Wagner
was carrying.
Principal Tom Zamzow, wearing a burgundy T-Shirt that read
“Antigo Pride” in bold white letters, said that classes were back
in session Monday and that attendance was normal. Counselors
were on campus to help students.
A school official told the AP
on Sunday that Wagner had not
graduated as scheduled last May,
but Zamzow said Monday that he
was a graduate.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The father of one of the eight people
slain in southern Ohio said that
he knew nothing about marijuana-growing operations at three
of the four crime scenes and that
he found it odd that the killer or
killers were able to get past his
daughter’s dogs.
Leonard Manley, father of
Dana Rhoden, first learned of the
marijuana from news reports, he
told the Cincinnati Enquirer on
Monday.
Manley, 64, said he’s sure his
37-year-old daughter couldn’t
have been involved in anything
illegal.
“They are trying to drag my
daughter through the mud, and I
don’t appreciate that,” said Manley, whose three grandchildren
— Dana’s children — were also
among the dead.
Manley also noted that the assailant was able to get by his
daughter’s two dogs.
“Whoever done it knows the
family,” Manley said. “There
were two dogs there that would
eat you up.”
All eight victims were found
fatally shot in the head Friday in
Pike County, an economically distressed area in the Appalachian
Mountain region that’s roughly 80
miles east of Cincinnati. All were
members of the Rhoden family.
No arrests have been made,
and officials have not said if they
have any suspects in mind.
Pike County Prosecutor Rob
Junk told the Columbus Dispatch
on Monday that the marijuana
operations included a grow house
sheltering hundreds of plants.
“It wasn’t just somebody sitting
pots in the window,” Junk said.
Attorney General Mike DeWine said there was also possible
evidence of cockfighting at one
of the properties, but he didn’t
know what was relevant to the
investigation.
Law enforcement officials had
been familiar with the family
only for other reasons, Junk told
the Dispatch.
“Altercations with people, that
sort of thing,” he said. “Nothing
like this.”
Two of the four homes that became crime scenes are within
walking distance of each other.
The others are nearby.
While authorities have not released any details about a motive, the attorney general’s office
did confirm Monday that one of
the victims had received a threat
via Facebook. Authorities didn’t
elaborate.
Okla. bill that ties abortions
to doctor licenses criticized
BY TIM TALLEY
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — Of the
pieces of anti-abortion legislation
that Oklahoma lawmakers have
considered this session, one that
would strip doctors of their license
to practice has abortion rights activists and the state’s medical association balking.
The bill would prohibit any physician who performs abortions,
deemed “unprofessional conduct”
in the measure, from obtaining a
license to practice medicine. That
would be the first such law in the
nation — and an unconstitutional
attempt to ban abortions, according to the Center for Reproductive
Rights, a New-York based abortion
rights organization.
“Any law that bans abortion,
which this law would do, is unconstitutional,” and is unlikely to
withstand a legal challenge, said
Amanda Allen, the organization’s
senior state legislative counsel.
The Oklahoma State Medical
Association, which represents
more than 4,000 physicians and
medical students in the state, opposes the attempt to ban an otherwise legal medical practice,
said Wes Glinsman, the group’s
director of legislative and political
affairs.
“We believe it’s unconstitutional,” Glinsman said. “It really places a chilling effect on physicians’
practice in Oklahoma.”
Supporters of the measure in
the Republican-led Legislature
have said the intent is to “protect
the life of the unborn.”
“I think this is one of the core
functions of government,” Sen.
Nathan Dahm, a Republican from
Broken Arrow who sponsored the
bill in Senate, said when it passed
last month. “All people have the
inherent right to life.”
Under the measure, Oklahoma
medical licensure officials would
be prohibited from renewing or
granting a license to any physician
who performs an abortion, except
when the procedure is necessary
to protect the life of the mother.
There are no exceptions for abortions performed in cases of rape
or incest.
The House voted for the bill 559 last week and sent it back to the
Senate for consideration of House
amendments. Gov. Mary Fallin
has not said whether she would
sign the bill into law. Her press
secretary, Michael McNutt, said
Fallin generally does not comment on pending legislation until
she and her staff have received
the final version.
“Doctors who provide reproductive health care for women,
including abortions, are heroes,”
said Martha Skeeters, an abortion
rights supporter who used to serve
as the president of the Oklahoma
Coalition for Reproductive Justice. “The Legislature’s attack on
them is an attack on women.”
“Oklahoma politicians have
made it their mission year after
year to restrict women’s access
(to) vital health care services, yet
this total ban on abortion is a new
low,” Allen said. “I can’t imagine
an amendment that would fix the
constitutional defect. This bill
should be killed.”
Already, the state faces legal
challenges over a law that allows
abortions to be performed only
if a physician with local hospital
admitting privileges is present,
as well as recently passed restrictions on medication abortion.
Other abortion-related measures still going through the Legislature this session include:
Prohibiting abortions due to
a diagnosis of Down syndrome
or a genetic abnormality. Indiana
passed a similar measure this
year.
Mandating Oklahoma’s public
schools to teach that life begins at
conception. The bill was amended to have the state Department
of Health maintain information
concerning public and private
agencies and services available to
assist a woman through pregnancy and childbirth.
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election
lawsuits
OK to make
mistakes
when patient
is a dummy
BY M IKE HOUSEHOLDER
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The
leadership at the University of
Michigan’s nursing school says
there is value in students making
mistakes while treating patients.
And when the patients aren’t
real, that’s even better.
The Ann Arbor school’s new
state-of-the-art Clinical Learning Center building features six
simulation rooms that house
high-fidelity mannequins capable of bleeding, vomiting and
even giving birth — just like real
patients.
Alexandra Noga, a junior from
suburban Detroit, said it’s “somewhat intimidating the things that
some of these mannequins can
do.” But Noga added that they’re
“really helpful, because they can
simulate a lot of real-life issues”
that wouldn’t likely surface during training in a typical hospital
setting.
That’s the point, said Maureen
Westfall, a clinical instructor who
led a recent simulation in which
Noga and another student assisted as “Sarah,” a patient with gestational diabetes, gave birth.
“I’ve seen a build in confidence,
and I’ve seen just an overall level
of comfort” in the students, said
Westfall, who points out that it
benefits her young charges to
learn by trial and error.
BY EMERY P. DALESIO
AND GARY D. ROBERTSON
Associated Press
CARLOS OSORIO/AP
Nursing school students Sarah Hampel, left, and Alexandra Noga interact with a mannequin to learn how
to respond to real-life medical situations in Ann Arbor, Mich. The high-fidelity mannequins can bleed,
vomit and give birth.
Or, as Clinical Learning Center
Director Michelle Aebersold put
it: “People clearly remember the
times they screw up.”
The simulation exercises the
instructors create mimic real-life
patient situations that many nursing students won’t see in their
clinical rotations. Students can
practice suctioning secretions
from the trachea, electrically
shocking the heart into starting
again and administering intravenous drugs.
Westfall is part of a team of specially trained simulation instructors who, while seated in front of
a bank of screens and behind a
one-way mirror, act as the mannequins’ minds and bodies. They
use wireless controls to prompt
just about any possible physiological response.
Michigan is far from alone in
training would-be nurses this
way. But Aebersold said the
school is unique in that it allows
all undergraduates — including first-year students — to take
part in the “sims” as they’re often
called and uses “dedicated simulation faculty.”
Plus, Aebersold said, studies indicate undergraduates can
replace up to half of their clinical hours with simulations without impacting their ability to
pass the nursing certification
examination.
When each “sim” ends, students immediately take part in
a debriefing session, discussing
what they did well and what could
have gone better.
“Wouldn’t life be so great if we
could debrief after every time we
go through something at any job
that we’ve had?” Westfall said.
“Just to critically think about
what we could have done different or better.”
ACLU says Kansas voting rolls are in ‘chaos’
Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. — Voting rolls
in Kansas are in “chaos” because
of the state’s proof-of-citizenship
requirements, the American
Civil Liberties Union has argued
in a court document, noting that
about two-thirds of new voter
registration applications submitted during a three-week period in
February are on hold.
Kansas is fending off multiple
legal challenges from voting
rights activists, and just months
before the state’s August primary, the status of the “dual registration” system remains unclear.
Federal judges in separate voterregistration lawsuits unfolding
in Kansas and Washington, D.C.,
could rule at any time. There’s
also greater urgency because
registrations typically surge during an election year.
Kansas is one of four states,
along with Georgia, Alabama and
Arizona, to require documentary proof of citizenship — such
as a birth certificate, passport
or naturalization papers — to
register to vote. Under Kansas’
challenged system, voters who
registered using a federal form,
which hadn’t required proof of
U.S. citizenship, could only vote
in federal races and not in state
or local races. Kansas says it will
keep the dual voting system in
place for upcoming elections if
the courts allow its residents to
register to vote either with a federal form or at motor vehicle offices without providing proof of
citizenship.
The following things were revealed in various court filings
last week:
Of the more than 22,000
voter registration applications
submitted between Feb. 1 and
Feb. 21, only 7,444 were completed with proof of citizenship, State
Elections Director Bryan Caskey
said. That meant the majority of
those registrants were put on the
suspense list, and their voting
registrations will be purged after
90 days unless proper documents
are submitted.
Younger citizens were affected the most. Although those
between the ages of 18 and 29
comprise only 14.9 percent of
registered Kansas voters, that
age group makes up more than 58
percent of applicants who registered at motor vehicle offices and
are on the suspense list.
Kansas Secretary of State
Kris Kobach contends that since
the provisions went into effect
Jan. 1, 2013, a total of 244,699
people completed their registrations, accounting for about 94
percent of all applicants.
Since the beginning of the year,
the state’s voter registration system has been at the forefront of
legal challenges.
On Jan. 15, a Shawnee County
District Court judge ruled Kobach has no authority to bar voters
who use a federal form to register
from casting ballots in local and
state elections. The judge also
said the right to vote is not tied to
the method of registration.
Two weeks later, the new executive director of the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission
unilaterally — and without approval of the commission — required citizenship documentation
on the federal registration form
for voters in Kansas, Georgia and
Alabama. Kobach has argued the
dual voting system is no longer
needed and asked a state court
to reconsider its earlier ruling as
moot. The judge has yet to rule on
that request.
The League of Women Voters, joined by other voting rights
groups, filed a lawsuit Feb. 12
against EAC head Brian Newby
and the EAC, contending his action will hurt voter registration
drives and deprive eligible voters
of the right to vote in the presidential primary elections. A ruling is pending in federal court in
Washington over a requested temporary order to block the changes
for the three states.
The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 18 seeking class-action
status in Kansas City, Kan., arguing that Kansas residents trying
to register to vote at motor vehicle
offices are being forced to provide
documentary proof of citizenship
in violation of federal law.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawsuits
challenging changes to North
Carolina’s election law failed to
show it hampered the ability of
minority voters to exercise political power, a federal judge ruled
Monday in dismissing the cases.
U.S. District Judge Thomas
Schroeder ruled against the U.S.
Justice Department, the North
Carolina NAACP chapter and
named voters. They sued alleging
the law was passed to discriminate against poor and minority
voters in violation of the Constitution and U.S. Voting Rights Act.
While North Carolina had a
sordid history of freezing black
voters out of the political process,
the plaintiffs didn’t show that the
law hampered the ability of minority voters to exercise electoral
politics, Schroeder said.
The plaintiffs “failed to show
that such disparities will have
materially adverse effects on the
ability of minority voters to cast
a ballot and effectively exercise
the electoral franchise” as a result of the 2013 state law, Schroeder wrote. That argument was
made more difficult after black
voter turnout increased in 2014,
he wrote.
“There is significant, shameful past discrimination. In North
Carolina’s recent history, however, certainly for the last quarter
century, there is little official discrimination to consider,” Schroeder wrote.
The law’s most public feature is
that it requires voters who appear
in person to cast ballots to show
an accepted form of photo identification like a driver’s license,
a passport or a military ID. The
law also eliminated same-day
voter registration and ended outof-precinct voting. The number of
early-voting days was cut while
the early-voting hours available
stayed stable.
Same-day registration and outof-precinct provisional voting
will end after the June 7 primary
elections for North Carolina’s
congressional seats.
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Protests erupt
in NC over law
on restroom use
BY JONATHAN DREW
GARY D. ROBERTSON
AND
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — A day of
protests and arrests around North
Carolina’s statehouse marked
what’s likely to be weeks of impassioned debate over a law limiting
protections for LGBT people.
Officers arrested 54 protesters
who came to voice opposition to
the law late Monday as legislators
returned to start their session. The
arrests capped a day of dueling
demonstrations that also included
thousands of people who gathered
to praise the law.
The state’s top elected Republican leaders said they don’t plan
to repeal it, a stance likely to stoke
further protests.
Dozens intent on disrupting
lawmakers created a raucous atmosphere at the state legislative
building following an afternoon
rally that drew hundreds of the
law’s opponents.
Ken Jones, of Swannanoa, was
among three-dozen demonstrators who stayed to make noise long
after the chambers gaveled out.
He said he was encouraged by the
fact that dozens were willing to
risk arrest.
“It’s a reason for hope. There’s
so many of us here,” he said. “I’m
pretty passionate about it.”
Three waves of several dozen
people held sit-ins outside the offices of legislative leaders. The
final group included those who
sought to be arrested to make
their point.
Shortly before the evening session began, more than a dozen
demonstrators walked into House
Speaker Tim Moore’s office and
began chanting. A few minutes
later, law enforcement officers
started leading out the protesters
who had entered Moore’s office,
one by one, in plastic handcuffs.
One man had to be carried out.
Each time one was led out, fellow protesters chanted standing
nearby shouted: “Thank you! We
love you!”
Eighteen of those arrested were
led from Moore’s office, while
the rest were arrested a couple of
hours later outside Moore’s closed
office as officers sought to close
the building for the night.
Acting General Assembly Police
Chief Martin Brock said all would
be charged with second-degree
trespassing, and would be cited for
violating building rules or the fire
code. Brock said one also faces a
resisting arrest charge.
Other pockets of protest broke
out elsewhere in the Legislative
Building Monday night. As the
short House meeting ended, demonstrators in the gallery yelled
their displeasure. Several dozen
protesters shouted, danced and
waved their hands inside the front
doors of the Legislative Building for at least a half hour before
leaving.
Earlier in the day, thousands
of Christian conservatives and
other supporters of the law known
as House Bill 2 gathered on a
grassy mall behind the Legislative Building on the legislature’s
opening day to praise the mostly
Republican legislators and GOP
Gov. Pat McCrory for passing the
restrictions last month in a special
session.
“It took great courage for them
to establish this bill,” said Doug
Woods, 82, of Raleigh, a rally
participant. “They need to stand
firm.”
The law blocks local and state
protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and
directs which restrooms transgender people can use in public
buildings.
ELISE A MENDOLA /AP
Amjad Bhatti, president of the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester, poses inside the mosque in
Worcester, Mass., on April 12. He and other leaders of the mosque are hoping to build a Muslim
cemetery on farmland in Dudley, Mass., but residents are vigorously opposing the project.
Plans for Muslim cemeteries
draw opposition around US
BY DENISE L AVOIE
Associated Press
DUDLEY, Mass. — On the site
of a long-idle dairy farm, leaders
of a local mosque hope to build a
final resting place for about 500
Muslim families — to the dismay
of many residents of this quaint
town in central Massachusetts.
In arguments cemetery developers and activists decry as thinly
veiled bigotry, neighbors say they
fear burial practices could contaminate groundwater because
Muslims traditionally do not embalm bodies and bury their dead
without coffins. They also cite concerns about noise, vandalism and
increased traffic on the narrow
road where the cemetery would
be built. One resident said he worried he would have to put up with
“crazy music” like the Islamic call
to prayer.
Similar sentiments have been
expressed by people in communities around the country where
Muslim cemeteries have been
proposed, including Farmervsille,
Texas; Walpole, Mass.; Carlisle,
Pa.; and Farmington, Minn.
In some cases, opponents have
succeeded in defeating the new
cemetery projects, while in others, Muslim groups have appealed
and judges have cleared the way.
In Farmersville, near Dallas,
some residents were openly hostile during meetings on a proposal
to build a Muslim cemetery on a
35-acre site just outside the city.
Farmersville is not far from Garland, where police fatally shot two
Islamic State followers last year
after they opened fire outside a
cartoon contest lampooning the
Prophet Muhammad.
“People don’t trust Muslims.
Their goal is to populate the United States and take it over,” Barbara Ashcraft said during a meeting
in August.
City leaders were so bombarded
with complaints that they published an informational guide on
the city’s website, assuring residents that there is “no training
facility planned for this site ... no
terrorist activity associated with
this site ... no plans for a mosque
at this site.”
Muslim leaders have been taken
aback by the level of resistance.
“We were absolutely flabbergasted, to be honest, to see that
kind of opposition,” said Ismail
Fenni, a representative of Al-Marhama Islamic Burial, which wants
to build a cemetery in Walpole,
south of Boston.
“All we’re trying to establish is
a place for a final resting place for
the loved ones of the Muslim community members,” he said. “No
other activity is going to be happening in a cemetery except what
is customary for a cemetery.”
Ex-speaker sued over hush money Police official criticized for
Associated Press
CHICAGO — A man who alleges he was sexually abused by
former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and later promised
$3.5 million to stay quiet filed a
breach-of-contract lawsuit Monday, saying he’s owed more than
half the money Hastert promised.
The man, identified in court
documents as Individual A, filed
the lawsuit in Yorkville, the northern Illinois city where Hastert
was a high school teacher and
wrestling coach when, prosecutors believe, he molested at least
four boys decades ago.
Prosecutors said the statute of
limitations on the sex crimes ran
out long ago, so they could charge
the 74-year-old Republican only
with dodging banking regulations when he withdrew the hush
money. Hastert pleaded guilty to
the federal banking charges in
October and is scheduled to be
sentenced Wednesday in Chicago.
He faces a maximum sentence of
five years in prison.
Hastert’s attorneys declined to
comment on the lawsuit Monday.
Individual A’s attorney, Kristi L.
Brown, said a settlement proposal
was sent to Hastert’s attorneys.
“They didn’t give us the courtesy
of a response,” she said.
In the lawsuit, the man, who
is identified as James Doe, said
he was 14 years old when Hastert offered to take him to a wrestling camp before he went to high
school. The man said Hastert sexually abused him in a motel room
where he and Hastert were staying alone.
In the years following, the man
“suffered severe panic attacks
which lead to periods of unemployment, career changes, bouts
of depression, hospitalization, and
long-term psychiatric treatment,”
according to the lawsuit.
It wasn’t until 2008, when the
man said he learned he wasn’t
Hastert’s only victim, that he confronted the powerful former Illinois congressman.
remarks on Rice settlement
Associated Press
CLEVELAND — The head of
a Cleveland police union said the
family of a 12-year-old black boy
shot dead by a white police officer
while playing with a pellet gun
should use money from a $6 million settlement to educate children
about the dangers of handling real
and replica firearms, while an attorney representing the boy’s family blasted the comments.
“Something positive must come
from this tragic loss,” said Steve
Loomis, president of the Cleveland
Police Patrolmen’s Association.
“That would be educating youth of
the dangers of possessing a real or
replica firearm,” he said.
The statement came hours after
the city announced a settlement
Monday in a lawsuit over the death
of Tamir Rice.
An order filed in U.S. District
Court in Cleveland said the city
will pay out $3 million this year
and $3 million the next.
There was no admission of
wrongdoing in the settlement.
Family attorney Subodh Chandra sharply criticized Loomis’
response.
He said Loomis’ comments
managed to “blame the victim ...”
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Trump to take on critics in foreign policy speech
BY SAHIL K APUR
Bloomberg
C HRISTOPHER DOLAN,
THE (SCRANTON, PA .) TIMES & TRIBUNE /AP
Donald Trump addresses the
crowd at a campaign rally
Monday in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Trump plans to focus on foreign
policy and show his sober and
serious side starting Wednesday
in Washington.
Donald Trump plans to kick off
a series of speeches on Wednesday that aim to recast the realestate mogul as a more sober and
serious presidential candidate
than he’s perceived by many
Americans and foreign allies. It
won’t be easy.
Trump’s critics include foreign
policy specialists across the ideological spectrum who view the
Republican front-runner as erratic and misguided, and say he’s
pushing ideas that endanger U.S.
interests. He has faced criticism
for making campaign promises
such as banning Muslims from
entering the U.S., forcing Mexico
to pay for a border wall between
the two nations and, as he suggested Monday at a rally in West
Chester, Pa., making Gulf states
pay for a “safe zone” in Syria. His
freewheeling temperament has
also been a target.
“The main takeaway for me is
an unpredictability. That would be
the most worrisome issue among
our friends and allies around the
world — what Trump says today
may not be what he says tomorrow. And he does not seem to
have much compunction about
changing his views,” said Richard LeBaron, a senior fellow at
the Atlantic Council and longtime
diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Kuwait under President George W. Bush. “It’s very
rarely a useful tool in foreign policy. ... It leads to misperceptions
and it leads to miscalculations by
other countries in how they react
to the United States.”
It remains to be seen whether
Trump will tailor his speech on
Wednesday in Washington to an
audience of foreign policy elites
or the masses of voters he hopes
will make him president. If it’s
the former, he has a steep hill to
climb in gaining favor.
A rollout last month of his foreign policy team, led by U.S. Sen.
Jeff Sessions, did little to quell
doubts. Michael Hayden, a former
Central Intelligence Agency director under George W. Bush and
Barack Obama, told Politico’s Off
Message podcast he’d trust Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton over the “incoherent” Trump
on national security, even though
he leans Republican. Trump has
also faced fire from neoconservative hawks in his party, such
as former rivals Marco Rubio,
a Florida senator, and Lindsey
Graham, a South Carolina senator, for proposing to reconsider
U.S. participation in NATO and to
bring back waterboarding.
Despite the criticism, Trump
routinely outshines his Republi-
can competitors among voters in
the primary on questions of trust
in handling terrorism and national
security, indicating that his brash
rhetoric and hawkish isolationism
has caught on with the party base.
In his telling, America’s enemies
must be crushed, and allies need
to pay up to show their appreciation of U.S. protections they enjoy.
“A strong element of Trump’s
foreign policy is just a massive
fear of the rest of the world,” said
Daniel Drezner, a professor of international politics at Tufts University. “To any kind of foreign
threat, his response is just to wall
off the United States — literally
and figuratively. He does believe
we can use the threat of U.S. economic power to somehow rewrite
the rules.”
Trump won support among
GOP voters for staking out a position on banning Muslims from
entering the U.S. The U.S. must
spare no effort to crush anyone who would threaten it and
withdraw from commitments to
Japan and South Korea aimed at
keeping China and North Korea
in check, even if it means the two
nations build nuclear weapons.
“It combines militarism with
isolationism,” said Peter Beinart,
a foreign policy commentator and
professor at the City University of
New York. “It’s a very zero-sum
idea of what is best for America
— our enemies should be attacked ferociously but with no
real interest in the context which
the enemies [arise], no interest
in trying to shape the societies.
There’s a zero-sum mentality
that we’re getting screwed by our
trading partners and we need to
be tougher on them.”
Trump’s rejection of military
intervention in pursuit of democratization in Libya and Syria also
puts him crosswise with many
neoconservative policy advisers.
His emphatic opposition to the
Iran nuclear deal demonstrates
a deep skepticism of diplomacy,
unlike former secretary of state
Clinton, who puts a premium on
“soft power,” or coercive diplomacy. Last month on MSNBC,
Trump described himself as his
chief foreign policy adviser, “because I have a very good brain.”
To the extent that it matters,
foreign policy is shaping up to
be a vulnerability for Trump in a
match-up against Clinton, according to a recent George Washington University Battleground Poll.
The survey found even though a
generic GOP candidate has an advantage of 48 to 44 percent over
Democrats on foreign affairs,
Clinton leads Trump by a margin
of 60 to 33 percent in that category among voters nationally.
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Wild things roam
at Texas landfill
Facility in Austin suburb is part
of a dump-beautification trend
BY LYNN BREZOSKY
San Antonio Express-News
CREEDMOOR, Texas — On
a cool, rainy day, “Rowdy” the
rhinoceros isn’t about to come
out of his heated-floor pen. But
the kangaroos are hopping, the
antelope and oryx are grazing,
and as Texas Disposal Systems’
recycling director, Paul Gregory,
steers his Chevy Suburban over
damp gravel, a camel trots to keep
pace, lips flapping in the wind.
For Creedmoor, Texas, population 221, this incongruous combination of landfill and exotic game
ranch, with its stock of globally
curated species and rustic, ranchstyle pavilion to delight nearby
Austin’s glitterati, is just the icing
on the wedding cake, which is
how Gregory describes tiers of
trash and clay that, by the time
they’re capped, essentially will
be three mountains of garbage 62
feet deep and 60 feet high, the San
Antonio Express-News reported.
Whatever controversy there was
some 25 years ago when Gregory’s
father, Bob, and uncle, Jim, got the
permit for this site 15 miles south
of Austin is a now-distant memory,
even as the facility takes in 3,000
tons of trash per day.
The privately owned landfill
is now Creedmoor’s largest taxpayer, largest employer and purportedly best industrial neighbor.
When the holidays roll around,
the company gives every nearby
family a Christmas tree and a
ham. The landfill staff even tends
to the once-neglected adjacent
cemetery where Jacob T. Wilhite,
founder of the Texas Health Department and still Creedmoor’s
most famous citizen, is buried.
Soils are key when you’re in the
landfill business, and Gregory
compared the consistency of the
clay under Creedmoor to handmilled soap, ideal for building a
landfill that won’t seep contaminants into the environment.
Over time, it became a fullfledged exotic animal-breeding
operation that hauls trash for
more than 120 homeowners associations and municipalities, including Austin, San Antonio, and
San Marcos.
The landfill also composts food
waste from the Alamo Heights Independent School District as well
as about 130 schools in the Austin
Independent School District. It
recently completed a San Antonio
River Authority composting facility, potentially a 50-year contract
involving 54 acres of property.
It’s a competitive market, and
the fisticuffs have come out in
legal battles over contracts and
municipal recycling revenue that
as of late hasn’t materialized.
But Texas Disposal Systems can
tout its vast facility as one of the
industry’s top-rated landfills.
Evolving operations
Landfills, most of which are
now privately run, are a $52
billion-per-year business. The
Creedmoor facility is an example
of how they have evolved over
the years from smelly, open-air
dumps to picturesque green spaces that recycle more of their trash
than they bury in the ground.
The TDS landfill recycles about
25 tons, the size of two whales,
per hour. It’s part of a national
industry that in 2014 turned 135
million metric tons of trash into
resellable commodities, like aluminum sheets, with a market
value of about $80 billion. Two
decades ago, there were about
500 curbside recycling programs.
Now there are about 10,000.
While there may not be another landfill in the U.S. that’s host
to wildebeest and buffalo like
the Creedmoor facility, there’s
a growing trend to beautify old
and active landfills with gardens,
playgrounds, and walking paths.
Mount Trashmore Park in Virginia Beach, Va., is a former landfill that’s been transformed into a
165-acre expanse of lakes, paths,
and picnic grounds as well as a
skate park. The Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, N.Y., is a 264acre former landfill that’s now
an oasis of trees, wildflowers,
and marshland fauna that can be
rented for weddings.
Des Moines, Iowa’s, Metro
Waste Authority hosts students
for tours of its landfill, which has
about 800 acres that are farmed
and 500 acres of prairie, woods
and wetlands. Here in San Antonio, Republic Services Inc.’s
Tessman Road Landfill’s greencolored solar energy cover was
a first-of-its-kind way of using a
landfill cap in 2009, as well as a
PHOTOS
BY
BOB O WEN, THE SAN A NTONIO E XPRESS -NEWS/AP
An ostrich stands in a fenced field as heavy equipment pushes garbage in a landfill at Texas Disposal
Systems in Creedmoor, Texas.
Rowdy, a white rhinoceros, gets a visit from Paul Gregory, director
of recycling and organics at Texas Disposal Systems. The privately
owned landfill is now the largest taxpayer and largest employer in
Creedmoor, Texas.
biogas-to-energy system beneath
it, to generate electricity.
“If you really think about the
evolution of waste management,
we’re kind of coming full circle,”
said Anastasia Welch, vice president and project director at Long
Beach, California-based SCS Engineers, an environmental consulting and construction firm.
“In the olden days, kind of really
before a lot of the development
took off in the 1900s, there was
separation, there was reusing.
And a lot of things that are happening now.”
Many of the changes were
spurred by the increase in trash
volume due to the explosion of
fast food and packaged goods as
well as the environmental awareness brought by the 1970s Love
Canal toxic waste disaster, which
prompted President Jimmy Carter to sign the Superfund environmental cleanup bill into law.
The new laws required landfills
to protect the environment more
by lining the bottoms to keep toxic
waste from seeping into nearby
groundwater as well as other measures to ensure our trash didn’t
become a public health hazard.
Changing economics
Workers sort through cardboard and paper waste March 9 at Texas
Disposal Systems.
Recycling trash used to be profitable, as developing nations like
India and China sought out the
cheaper materials and consumers
willingly provided free raw materials, allowing businesses like
Texas Disposal to take the maintenance of landfills to a high art.
But recycling is all about the
global commodities market, and
with commodity prices so low
right now and the U.S. dollar so
high, the export market has suffered. The volume of high-value
paper recyclables has also fallen
by 18 million tons since the turn
of the millennium as more people
go digital and use less paper, making operations like the Gregorys’
anomalies.
Houston-based Waste Management, North America’s largest
solid waste and recycling company, has closed or sold off dozens of
its recycling facilities during the
past few years. During its fourth
quarter 2015 earnings report, the
company noted that prices for recycled products tumbled 18.6 percent from the same three-month
period the year before.
For shareholders, the good news
was that even if recycling was
down the company was making
money just taking in the trash.
“We are encouraged by the positive momentum we are seeing in
these volumes and expect them to
continue throughout 2016,” Waste
Management CEO David Steiner
told investors.
The Austin City Council adopted a “zero waste” plan in 2011.
The goal is to reduce the amount
of trash sent to landfills to 10 percent or less by 2040. Texas Disposal Systems handles about half
of Austin’s recyclables, but the
company lost $2.7 million on the
contract over the past two years
because the market has been
paying less for recyclables than it
costs to process them, according
to an Austin-American Statesman report.
Some communities have stopped
recycling low-priced commodities altogether. Houston plans to
eliminate glass from its curbside
recycling program as part of its
two-year contract with Waste
Management, city officials said in
March. Houston Mayor Sylvester
Turner said the deal would lower
processing costs while keeping
Waste Management from having
to lay off local employees.
Don Smith, Waste Management’s area vice president, at
the time called glass a “negativevalue commodity.”
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Re-entry effort’s
public face speaks
from experience
BY ERIC T UCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Twenty
years after being busted for cocaine trafficking, Daryl Atkinson
is the public face of the Justice
Department’s efforts to help convicted felons re-enter society.
Atkinson finished college and
earned a law degree after spending 3½ years behind bars for his
drug crimes. Now, he’s joined the
Justice Department as its firstever Second Chance Fellow, helping develop a re-entry policy that
the Obama administration sees as
a vital component of its broader
effort to reshape the criminal justice system and the handling of
nonviolent drug offenders.
Atkinson, 45, is responsible for
advising a federal re-entry council that represents more than 20
federal agencies and develops
strategies for helping ex-convicts
restart their lives. In working to
remove common hurdles faced by
felons, he says he’s committed to
identifying people who, like him,
found success after prison and he
hopes to feature their collective
experiences in an online digital
“story bank.”
“We have to fundamentally
change the culture about what we
think about people who’ve come
into contact with the system — and
part of that is the human narrative, is the human story,” Atkinson
said, adding that he also hopes to
dispel stereotypes about those
with criminal records: “They don’t
have six heads and five arms.”
The department, which is pushing for more reasonable sentences
for nonviolent drug crimes, sees
the work as especially important
given that roughly 600,000 citizens leave state and federal prisons each year and often struggle
to find education, housing and
jobs.
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Atkinson’s path to the Justice
Department was unconventional,
to say the least.
He grew up in Alabama in a
family committed to public service, a talented and popular athlete with a wide circle of friends.
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Daryl Atkinson, a Justice Department official who helps oversee reentry programs for convicted felons, finished college after his own
incarceration and earned a law degree.
But after an injury cut short his
basketball ambitions at the University of Tennessee, he returned
to college in his home state and
soon found himself disengaged
from school life. He was caught
selling cocaine, pleaded guilty to
a state crime and was sentenced
to 10 years, later cut short for
good behavior. In the process, he
learned about the rigid framework
governing drug crimes when his
lawyer told him that it wouldn’t
make any difference if professors
or other supporters spoke out on
his behalf.
“The mandatory minimum is
that if you do X, it’s going to be Y,
and there was really no ability for
a judge” to change that, Atkinson
said his lawyer explained to him.
He became inspired by a fellow
prisoner to turn his life around and
moved in with his mother after his
release in 1999 from an Alabama
state prison.
Though he was determined to
return to college, his criminal
background barred him from receiving federal financial student
aid, and his family pooled resources to help him afford his education. When it came time to apply
to law school, his criminal record
kept him from being accepted at
all but one — the University of St.
Thomas in Minneapolis.
“We like to think of ourselves as
a nation that’s open to rehabilitation and reformation,” said Mark
Osler, a St. Thomas law professor
who says he is familiar with his
story. “It’s a nation of second acts
— but sometimes on an individual
basis, we’re not so good.”
Atkinson graduated in 2007 in
the top third of his class and was
the commencement speaker. He
stood out among other students
for “an unmatched sense of righteous indignation about injustice,”
said Artika Tyner, who was one of
Atkinson’s supervising attorneys
in a family law clinic.
Scattered laws bring together partners in pot
BY A LEX H ALPERIN
Special to The Washington Post
DENVER — Normally, when a
company based in one state wants
to sell products in another state, it
starts calling truckers. For Strainz,
a Las Vegas marijuana company,
it was more complicated.
By early 2015, Strainz’s owners knew they wanted to expand
to Colorado and Washington, the
states with the most normalized
marijuana markets. Despite state
laws that allow the sale of marijuana, it remains a federal criminal offense to ship it across state
lines. And as Nevada residents,
the husband-and-wife Strainz cofounders weren’t eligible to apply
for business licenses in either
state.
The Hempel family’s strategy
for Strainz is one that marijuana
companies are pursuing to build
a national presence. Strainz,
which recently announced that it
has raised $8 million in funding,
formed partnerships with the parent company of Zoots, a Seattle
edibles maker, and Bronnor, a
Colorado manufacturer.
The factory in Washington that
makes Zoots edibles has started
making Strainz products, and if
all goes as planned, in the coming months Strainz and Zoots
products will be rolling out of the
Bronnor factory in Denver and one
the Hempel family partly owns in
northern Nevada.
The arrangement required
Bronnor to build the factory in
Denver, but Strainz CEO Hugh
Hempel shrugged off the expense
with a hint at the profits in-store.
“Financially, it’s not a hard thing
to justify a $4 million facility in
a reasonably mature market,” he
said.
The market potential is enormous. In 2015, U.S. customers
bought $5.4 billion worth of legal
marijuana products, billions more
than they spent on ketchup, salsa,
mayonnaise, mustard and hot
sauce combined. But while a few
big brands dominate each of those
condiment markets, the nascent
legal marijuana industry comprises thousands of smaller businesses. For the companies that
want their brands to grow into the
industry’s Heinz or Tabasco, expansion is imperative.
Colorado and Washington voters
legalized recreational marijuana
in November 2012. The following
August, then-U.S. Deputy Attor-
ney General James M. Cole released eight priorities for federal
marijuana enforcement. They
include no distribution to minors
and no contact between the industry and organized crime. And
then this one, which complicates
multistate growth for entrepreneurs: “preventing the diversion
of marijuana from states where
it is legal under state law in some
form to other states.”
Since the Cole memo, pot companies that follow state laws have
largely been able to operate unbothered by the Justice Department. Marijuana companies that
sell products in more than one
state may represent only a small
fraction of the U.S. pot industry,
but they are among the most ambitious players in the industry.
MIAMI — The organization
that names tropical storms and
hurricanes says it will retire the
names Erika, Joaquin and Patricia following the 2015 season.
The World Meteorological Organization announced Monday
that Elsa and Julian will be used
for future storms in the Atlantic,
while Pamela will be used in the
eastern North Pacific. The organization reuses storm names
every six years, meaning the new
names might first be used in 2021.
Names are retired when a storm
is so deadly or costly that its future use would be insensitive.
Tropical Storm Erika was directly responsible for 30 deaths
on the Caribbean island of Dominica and one in Haiti. Hurricane Joaquin took the lives of 34
people, and Hurricane Patricia
eventually became the strongest
hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere.
Cruise ship rescues
fugitives off of Cuba
NEW ORLEANS — A Walt
Disney Co. cruise ship has rescued three fugitives off the coast
of Cuba who were wanted in New
Orleans.
U.S. Marshal Amos Rojas Jr.
said in a news release that last
Thursday, the Disney Fantasy
cruise ship found the fugitives
clinging to a capsized boat. He
said all three were wanted for violating their supervised release on
federal credit card fraud charges
in New Orleans.
Luis Rivera-Garcia, 26, Juliet
Estrada-Perez, 23, and Enrique
Gonzalez-Torres, also 23, were
turned over to authorities in
Florida.
The fugitives were Cuban
nationals who were from the
United States. Rojas said authorities believe the three may have
been fleeing to Cuba to avoid
prosecution.
Senator reads 50 Cent
book in tax filibuster
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. —
The Missouri Senate has tabled a
sales tax proposal after a senator
filibustered it by reading a book
about rapper 50 Cent.
Democratic Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal on Monday read for
almost an hour from “The 50th
Law,” a self-help book co-authored by 50 Cent and Robert
Greene that draws on anecdotes
from the rapper’s life.
Chappelle-Nadal opposes a
plan to would allow unincorporated areas of St. Louis County to
vote on a sales tax to fund law enforcement. She says the county’s
government should not see additional funding until it addresses
a number of issues, including the
way law enforcement responded
to protests in Ferguson following
the fatal police shooting of 18year-old Michael Brown.
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Muslim extremists
behead Canadian
in the Philippines
BY JIM GOMEZ
Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — The
Philippine military came under
increased pressure Tuesday to
rescue more than 20 foreign hostages after their Muslim extremist captors beheaded a Canadian
man, but troops face a dilemma in
how to succeed without endangering the remaining captives.
Abu Sayyaf gunmen beheaded
John Ridsdel on Monday in the
southern province of Sulu, sparking condemnations and prompting
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pledge to help the
Philippines pursue the extremists
behind the “heinous act.”
“Canada condemns without reservation the brutality of the hostage takers and this unnecessary
death,” Trudeau told reporters.
“This was an act of cold-blooded
murder and responsibility rests
squarely with the terrorist group
who took him hostage.”
Ridsdel’s head, which was placed
in a plastic bag, was dumped by
motorcycle-riding militants Monday night in Jolo town in impoverished Sulu, a densely forested
province about 590 miles south of
Manila, where the Abu Sayyaf and
allied gunmen are believed to be
holding 22 foreign hostages from
six Western and Asian countries.
It’s a politically sensitive time
for troops to carry out major offensives, at the height of campaigning in a closely fought race
among four contenders in the May
9 presidential election. President
Benigno Aquino III and opposition
politicians have had differences
over the handling of the Muslim
insurgency and the social ills that
foster it.
“The pressure on the armed
forces is really immense,” said
Julkipli Wadi, who has conducted
extensive studies on the Muslim
secessionist conflict in the south.
The underfunded military has
to contend with escalating territorial disputes in the South China
Sea while dealing with Muslim
and Marxist rebellions that have
endured through several presidencies, fueled by the poverty,
neglect and desperation that have
not been tamed by political leaders, Wadi said.
A large-scale offensive could
displace many villagers and
draw attention to the longstanding security and social issues in
the vote-rich south, homeland of
minority Muslims in the largely
Roman Catholic nation.
That could play to the advantage
of Rodrigo Duterte, the toughtalking city mayor from the south
who has emerged as the front-runner in the presidential race by a
lofty promise to end crime in six
months and restore law and order.
Aquino has endorsed another
candidate, Mar Roxas, whose
platform focuses on continuing
About 2,000
military personnel,
backed by Huey and
MG520 rocket-firing
helicopters and
artillery, are involved
in the manhunt for
the militants.
EFREM LUKATSKY/AP
People lay flowers to commemorate victims of the Chernobyl nuclear
disaster on the 30th anniversary, at the memorial to Chernobyl
workers and firefighters in Slavutych, Ukraine.
Ukraine marks 30 years
since ’86 nuclear disaster
Associated Press
the president’s anti-corruption
drive and economic reforms. All
the presidential candidates condemned the beheading.
The Philippine military and police said “there will be no letup” in
the effort to combat the militants
and find the hostages, even though
they have had little success in
safely securing their freedom.
Many hostages were believed to
have been released due to huge
ransom payments.
“The full force of the law will
be used to bring these criminals
to justice,” they said in a joint
statement.
About 2,000 military personnel,
backed by Huey and MG520 rocket-firing helicopters and artillery,
are involved in the manhunt for
the militants, who are believed to
be massing in Sulu’s mountainous
Patikul town, military officials
said.
While under pressure to produce results, government troops
have been ordered to carry out
assaults without endangering the
remaining hostages, including in
the use of airstrikes and artillery
fire, a combat officer told The Associated Press by cellphone from
Sulu. He spoke on condition of
anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
Amid the offensive, Brig. Gen.
Alan Arrojado resigned Tuesday in Sulu as commander of an
army brigade “due to conflict of
approach in addressing the Abu
Sayyaf threats” in the province.
Arrojado did not elaborate.
In past militant videos posted
online, Ridsdel and fellow Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian
Kjartan Sekkingstad and Filipino
Marites Flor were shown sitting
in a clearing with heavily armed
militants standing behind them.
In some of the videos, a militant
aimed a long knife at Ridsdel’s
neck as he pleaded for his life.
Two black flags with Islamic State
group-like markings hung in the
backdrop of lush foliage.
The four were seized from a
marina on southern Samal Island
and taken by boat to Sulu, where
Abu Sayyaf gunmen continue to
hold several captives.
Ridsdel was killed after the
militants failed to receive a huge
ransom demand by a Monday
deadline.
KIEV, Ukraine — With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on
Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world’s
worst nuclear disaster. Some survivors said the chaos of that time
is etched in their minds forever.
A vigil was held at midnight
Monday in the Ukrainian town
of Slavutych, where many former
Chernobyl workers were relocated, and more tributes were being
held Tuesday.
About 600,000 people, often
referred to as Chernobyl’s “liquidators,” were sent in to fight the
fire at the nuclear plant and clean
up the worst of its contamination.
The initial explosion at the power
plant killed at least 30 people, ex-
posed millions to dangerous levels
of radiation and forced a widescale, permanent evacuation of
hundreds of towns and villages.
The final death toll from Chernobyl is subject to speculation,
due to the long-term effects of
radiation, but ranges from an estimate of 9,000 by the World Health
Organization to a possible 90,000
by the environmental group
Greenpeace.
Thirty years later, many could
not hold back the tears as flowers
and candles were brought to a memorial to the workers killed in the
explosion. Some of the former liquidators who survived dressed in
white robes and caps for the memorial, just like those they were
wearing in the aftermath of the
disaster.
Swedish Greens jolted by
claims of Islamist infiltration
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM — One refused
to shake hands with a female
journalist. Another compared
Israel to Nazi Germany. A third
was seen doing hand signs associated with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood in the background of a live
TV broadcast.
The behavior of some Muslim members of Sweden’s Green
Party, which is part of a coalition government since 2014, has
sparked concerns that the small
environmentalist group may have
been infiltrated by Islamists.
It also has triggered a wider
discussion about whether Sweden
has tried so hard to be inclusive
and tolerant toward migrants that
it’s failed to stand up for its own
feminist ideals.
“In our eagerness to embrace
a diverse and multicultural society, we have turned a blind eye to
undemocratic views,” said Gulan
Avci, a lawmaker for the Liberals,
a center-right opposition party.
Green Party leaders said
Monday there’s no evidence of
Islamists influencing party policies, but admitted the party needs
a “reset” with greater focus on
environmental issues.
The party’s problems started
when Housing Minister Mehmet
Kaplan, a Green Party member
and former leader of a Swedish
Muslim youth group, resigned
last week after media reports that
he had contacts with ultra-nationalists and Islamists in his native
Turkey. Though he denied any
wrongdoing and the party leadership defended him until the end,
he stepped down when a video
surfaced of Kaplan comparing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to
how the Nazis persecuted Jews.
Trying to cool things down,
Green Party co-leader Asa Romson only made them worse when
she went off on a bizarre tangent
in a TV interview, describing the
Sept. 11 attacks as “accidents.”
She later clarified that she condemns the attacks.
But it didn’t end there. New images emerged where Kaplan and
other Muslim members of the
Green Party were seen holding
up four fingers, a hand gesture
used by the Muslim Brotherhood
in Egypt.
There are no official statistics
on Muslims in Sweden because
authorities don’t register people
by their religion. Estimates range
between 100,000 and nearly
500,000.
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s Constitutional Court has
rejected a former CIA operative’s
appeal against her extradition to
Italy to serve a six-year sentence
for her part in the U.S. extraordinary renditions program, a court
official said Tuesday.
A judge ruled there were no
constitutional grounds to reverse
a decision by a lower court and
the Supreme Court to send Sabrina de Sousa back to Italy, the
official told The AP. He spoke
on condition of anonymity in accordance with the Constitutional
Court’s rules.
De Sousa was among 26 Americans convicted in absentia for
the 2003 kidnapping in Milan of
terror suspect Osama Moustafa
Hassan Nasr. She was arrested
last October at Lisbon Airport on
a European warrant.
It was not immediately clear
whether the court’s rejection of
her appeal was final.
Video purports to show
Paris suicide bombing
PARIS — French television has
broadcast what it says is a video
taken from inside the Paris restaurant where jihadi Brahim Abdeslam blew himself up on Nov.
13, killing himself and wounding
several others.
The footage broadcast by
France’s M6 on Sunday appears
to show a man walking into the
Comptoir Voltaire restaurant
crowded with Friday night diners,
looking down and covering his
eyes before an explosion at his back
propels his body forward.
The images are gruesome but reaction in France has been muted.
A spokesman for France’s television watchdog says he couldn’t give
the total number of complaints
but says it wasn’t unusually high.
The Nov. 13 attacks in Paris
killed 130 victims and wounded
hundreds more.
Gay activist killed in
Bangladesh attack
NEW DELHI — Bangladesh’s
prime minister vowed to hunt
down and prosecute assailants
who fatally stabbed two men, including a gay rights activist who
also worked for the U.S. Agency
for International Development.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
blamed the main opposition party
and allied militants for Monday
night’s killings.
But a different group of radical
Islamists claimed responsibility
Tuesday for the attack, raising
doubts about Hasina’s repeated
assurances that authorities have
the security situation under control even as months of deadly
attacks continue against outspoken atheists, moderates and
foreigners.
The victims of the most recent
attack were identified as USAID
employee Xulhaz Mannan, who
previously worked as a U.S.
Embassy protocol officer, and
his friend, theater actor Tanay
Majumder.
The banned group Ansar-al
Islam, the Bangladeshi branch of
al-Qaida on the Indian subcontinent, claimed responsibility for
what it called a “blessed attack.”
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Man jailed in case of
$100 sob story con
MEADVILLE — A
PA
Pennsylvania man who
allegedly conned someone out of
THE CENSUS
$1
The amount for which a northwest Iowa church is selling its old next-door parsonage, but the buyer has to move it. Sioux City
television station KTIV reported that parish leaders decided two years ago that a new parsonage would be bought, so the building
that’s housed pastors since 1923 will be sold. It cost $11,000 to build. Parish leaders say they just want the house to go to people
who will love it as much as parish members have. The parish has received a couple of offers, but nothing is set yet.
$100 by claiming that his mother
was in a bad car accident has
been ordered to remain in jail
stand trial.
Ryan Matthew Young, 33, of
Pleasantville, is charged with
theft by deception for knocking
on a door in Centerville in September and telling the resident
his sob story.
The resident agreed to give
Young $50, but he claimed he
needed $100. The woman relented after Young left $200 worth of
fishing gear at her home as collateral on the “loan.” Police said
it turns out the gear belonged to
a friend who had forgotten it in
Young’s vehicle after they went
fishing in June.
Paramedic accused of
stealing credit card
SANTA FE — A New
NM
Mexico
paramedic
stole a debit card from a man
getting treatment and used it to
spend more than $11,000 after the
patient died, authorities allege.
Police arrested Michael John
Harcharik last week after Allan
Pearson’s daughter noticed multiple transactions on her father’s
account, including cash withdrawals and purchases of a riding
lawn mower, boots, dog food and
car parts.
Police believe Harcharik stole
the card when paramedics went
to Pearson’s Santa Fe home
after he was found unresponsive
March 25. Rebecca Pearson said
the family believes her father previously wrote his PIN code on the
card after he suffered a stroke.
Human skull found
during river cleanup
PENNSAUKEN — An
Earth Day effort to clean
up a trash-ridden New Jersey
river took a grisly turn over the
weekend when a volunteer uncovered a human skull.
Kelly Offner oversaw the
cleanup by United by Blue. She
said Monday that volunteers were
cleaning up the Cooper River in
Pennsauken, across the Delaware
River from Philadelphia.
One of them reached for what
he thought was a white milk jug
but it turned out to be an intact
human skull.
The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the remains were human and said an
investigation is underway but declined to give other details.
NJ
Unusual O’Keeffe piece
of art to be auctioned
A NDY C OLWELL , ERIE (PA .) TIMES -NEWS/AP
Pickup at sundown
The sun sets behind a game of pickup basketball at Bayview Park in Erie, Pa., on Saturday.
to Alfred Stieglitz’s family compound on the upstate New York
lake. She married the celebrated
photographer in 1924.
Horizontally, it’s a landscape of
rolling hills reflected in a body of
water. Vertically, it becomes abstract, more reminiscent of her
iconic flower paintings.
O’Keeffe herself hung it vertically when it was first exhibited
in a New York gallery in 1923.
The current O’Keeffe auction
record is $44.4 million.
Deputy loses job over
pepper spray incident
SAVANNAH — A
NEW YORK — A GA Georgia sheriff said he
NY
monumental painting has fired a deputy for using pepby Georgia O’Keeffe that can be per spray on a restrained inmate
viewed horizontally or vertically
is coming to auction and it could
bring up to $12 million.
“Lake George Reflection,” created in 1921-22, will be offered
at Christie’s New York on May
19. Measuring 5 feet by 3 feet, it
was inspired by O’Keeffe’s visits
who spit in her face.
Chatham County Sheriff John
Wilcher planned a news conference Monday to discuss the firing
of Sgt. Charlesetta Hawkins, who
was also charged with cruelty to
an inmate.
A news release says Hawkins
placed inmate Jonathan Mahone
in a restraint chair April 18 after
he broke a sprinkler head in his
cell. It says Mahone was strapped
into the chair when he spit in
Hawkins’ face, prompting the
deputy to spray him twice with
pepper spray.
hound bus station while police
were holding a counterterrorism
training exercise. He is survived
by his wife and two children.
Arrest in theft of slain
officer’s donation jar
LINCOLN — AuthoriNE
ties say a 2-year-old
was taken to a hospital after being
YORKTOWN — AuPA
thorities have arrested
a man in connection with the
theft of a donations jar of money
intended for the family of a slain
Virginia State trooper.
The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s
Office said in a news release that
Tyree Burrell, 25, was arrested
Saturday, four days after authorities say a man stole the jar from a
7-Eleven convenience store near
Yorktown.
The money was intended for
the family of State Trooper Chad
Dermyer. Authorities said Dermyer was killed March 31 by a
gunman at a Richmond Grey-
Officials say toddler
bitten by zoo animal
bitten by an animal at Lincoln
Children’s Zoo.
Lincoln fire medics were sent
to the zoo about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
They said the child’s injury was
not life-threatening.
Zoo spokesman Ryan Gross
told the Lincoln Journal Star that
the child was bitten by a fossa,
which the zoo website describes
as a catlike species from Madagascar that’s related to the mongoose family.
Gross did not provide details
about how the child got so close to
the fossa but said the animal had
not escaped its habitat and that
the child was not inside the habitat when bitten.
Teacher suspended over
minors getting alcohol
LONOKE — An ArkanAR
sas elementary school
teacher has been suspended after
she was arrested on 33 preliminary charges of giving alcohol to
minors and endangering the welfare of minors.
Officials at the Pulaski County
Special School District confirmed
that Marcie Duncan, 48, was suspended Monday pending an internal investigation. Duncan was
arrested early Sunday after Lonoke County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of minors with
alcohol at an after-prom party.
Deputies said several teenagers
tried to flee into the woods, and
three cars with several apparently intoxicated teenagers were
stopped from leaving the party.
Authorities say Duncan told
officers she didn’t see a problem
with the party because she had
been supervising.
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Lack of political will strains space program
BY ROBERT WEINER,
LILE FU AND BEN L ASKY
Special to the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
L
ast week, China announced that
it plans to land a rover on Mars
by 2020. The Russian Federal
Space Agency is working with
the European Space Agency. Every major
power in the world has some form of interest in Mars. Like 1961, when Russia first
rocketed Yuri Gagarin into orbit and the
U.S. was afraid that Russians would beat
us with the first actual man on the Moon,
the race is on.
The U.S. should again set its priorities to
one day be able to claim that it first stepped
foot on the Red Planet. Unfortunately,
we’re not doing this.
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, 1969,
Americans dreamed of the possibilities in
spaceflight. We were certain that in the
not-too-distant future, an astronaut would
land on Mars. However, 47 years after the
moon landing, the U.S. is no closer to that
goal.
The U.S. still has its eyes on Mars — at
least that’s what the government leads us
to believe. Astronaut Scott Kelly was back
on Earth after spending 340 days in space
on March 2. His year in space was part of
a NASA study involving both him and his
twin brother, Mark, a former astronaut, on
space travel and the human body in space
versus on Earth. This was in preparation
for a theoretical Mars mission.
The problem is, there has been no mission to Mars. For nearly 50 years and
counting since we landed on the moon,
there has been a manned mission-to-orbit
circling 200 to 300 miles above us, and an
unmanned mission to other planets.
Mark Kelly and Col. Terry Virts, a former Air Force pilot, attended a “breakfast
from space” presentation in person on the
mission to Mars at the National Press Club
in Washington on Sept. 15. Mark’s brother,
Scott, also spoke at the event, live from the
International Space Station.
There is a “lack of political will” to generate public support for funding, according
to Kelly and Virts. We have spent countless trillions of dollars on failed wars with
wasted results, but we have spent nowhere
near what we need to accomplish manned
science in other parts of our universe. This
could have amazing givebacks in resources and knowledge.
“Space is just a blip on the political
radar,” writes Keith Cowing, a former
NASA employee and the editor of NASA
Watch. NASA’s budget is less than half a
percent of total federal spending, which
hit $3.7 trillion in the 2015 budget year.
NASA’s budget has stayed at less than 1
percent of the federal budget for more than
30 years after reaching its peak of almost
4 percent under President Richard Nixon,
when we stepped on the moon.
NASA advocates have tried. However, the
Constellation human spaceflight program
was first removed from the 2010 NASA
budget request, and has disappeared since,
even though President Barack Obama predicted a U.S.-crewed orbital Mars mission
by the mid-2030s, preceded by an asteroid
mission by 2025. Liberals typically block
space programs to better spend money “at
home.”
According to Virts, technology has a lot
of promise in a journey to Mars. He also
said that based on the progress between
1961 and 1969, from Earth orbit to manned
lunar landing on Mars is not far-fetched.
But it can be done only with a green light
from Congress and the White House.
“We must think of [space activities]
as part of a continuing process and not a
series of separate leaps,” Nixon stated on
March 7, 1970.
Subsequent presidents put Mars exploration into their presidential calendars
— and then ignored the funding.
The central question inspiring Earthbound humans remains: Is there, or was
there ever, life elsewhere in the solar system? Earth is the only planet that possesses
life that we know. But that does not pass our
common-sense test, which is why millions
either did see UFOs or believe they did.
Whether life is possible on another planet
attracts scientists and everyone else.
And then there is commercialization.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ran
for president and called for space colonization. Maybe that’s not the best reason to go
there.
Neil Armstrong famously declared that
his landing was, “One small step for (a)
man, one giant leap for mankind.” That joy
of pure science and exploration is a great
hope. However, since those first steps, the
U.S. has barely crawled toward anywhere
else.
Robert Weiner is a former spokesman for the
Clinton White House and House Government
Operations Committee. Lile Fu, of Beijing , is policy
analyst at Solutions for Change. Ben Lasky is
senior policy analyst at Solutions for Change.
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s female veterans of the U.S.
armed services, we wish to thank
President Barack Obama for his
protection of the historic SewallBelmont House in Washington as the
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National
Monument. This unassuming building near
the U.S. Capitol celebrates the trailblazing
American women who fought for women’s
equality and the betterment of our communities and our country. We are grateful for
these women and the opportunities today
that their leadership affords us.
The Sewall-Belmont House was command central for Alice Paul and other
women of the National Women’s Party
who fought for the passage and ratification
of the 19th Amendment — guaranteeing
women the right to vote. The house now
forever commemorates women’s progress
toward equality under the law thanks to its
protection by Obama via the Antiquities
Act.
About 10 of the more than 400 national
park sites in this country specifically commemorate women’s history. Protecting
this site is a step toward ensuring that our
national parks and other protected public
lands not only offer opportunities to learn
about science and nature, history and culture — but also offer critical inspiration as
our daughters and granddaughters continue to seek equality in their classrooms,
workplaces and on the battlefield.
As veterans, we too are part of a proud
tradition of women serving their country.
The arc of women’s history that includes
Alice Paul also includes the Women’s
Army Auxiliary Corps, which was established in 1942 as a branch of the U.S.
Army. It includes Air Force veteran Maj.
Mary Jennings Hegar (the second woman
in history to earn the Distinguished Flying
Cross with Valor medal), who successful-
JACQUELYN M ARTIN /AP
President Barack Obama speaks at the newly designated Belmont-Paul Women’s
Equality National Monument on National Equal Pay Day, April 12, in Washington.
ly fought to repeal the Combat Exclusion
Policy. It includes Capt. Kristen Griest and
1st Lt. Shaye Haver — the first two women
to graduate from the Army’s elite Ranger
School.
There are those in Congress who would
curtail the president’s ability to use the
1906 Antiquities Act to protect historic
places like the Sewall-Belmont House, and
other sites that commemorate our nation’s
history and heroes. Chairman of the U.S.
House Natural Resources Committee Rob
Bishop appears to want to abolish the Antiquities Act altogether — despite the law
being used by 16 U.S. presidents: eight Republicans and eight Democrats.
The Antiquities Act not only has been
used to protect such iconic American places worth fighting for as the Grand Canyon
or the Statue of Liberty, it has also been
used to specifically ensure that our military history and heritage can be preserved
for future generations. For instance, in
2013, with support from a bipartisan congressional delegation, Obama protected the
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National
Monument, commemorating Young’s service to our nation as a man born into slavery who went on to become a colonel, the
highest ranking black officer in the Army
at the time, and telling the story of the storied Buffalo Soldiers, who defended the
Union and, later, our national parks.
The Sewall-Belmont House now joins
these storied ranks, for which we are glad.
Thank you, President Obama, for working
to expand the stories told and sites protected in our system of public lands. Protecting
the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument honors the women who
bravely fought for suffrage — and inspires
those who bravely fight today — for their
families, for their communities and for our
nation.
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Offensive names will get their day in court
BY NOAH FELDMAN
Bloomberg View
T
he Washington Redskins are
headed for the Supreme Court
— in the guise of a dance rock
band called the Slants. The
Department of Justice has asked the court
to review a lower court’s holding that the
Patent and Trademark Office violated the
band’s free-speech rights by denying it a
registered trademark on the grounds of
offensiveness.
The justices are likely to take the case
— which would mean that next year they
will effectively decide whether the patent
office was right to cancel the National Football League franchise’s trademark registration. It also means that the question of
what to do about names that offend some
listeners is going to get its day in court.
The Justice Department intervened in a
case last year to defend the government’s
right to cancel the Redskins’ trademark
registration, but that matter hasn’t made
its way to the Supreme Court yet. That’s
one reason there will be significant attention paid to the parallel case of the Slants,
decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit under the case name
In re Simon Shiao Tam.
Tam is the founder of the Slants, an allAsian-American band that took its name
with the intention of subverting the racial
slur. The patent office refused to register
the band’s name as a trademark because
of a federal law, section 2(a) of the Lanham
Act, which says that the office need not
register a trademark that “consists of or
comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter which may disparage … institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring
them into contempt, or disrepute.”
For 70 years, the patent office has regularly refused to register trademarks that
it considers offensive. The appeals court’s
opinion features some names that the office
has rejected, including “Stop the Islami-
M ANUEL BALCE C ENETA /AP
Cornerback Josh Norman signed with the Washington Redskins last week. The U.S.
Supreme Court is likely to take a case that will effectively decide whether the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office was right to cancel the Redskins’ trademark registration.
sation of America”; “Christian Prostitute”;
“Mormon Whiskey”; “Heeb” and some
much cruder ones.
Most of that time, no one questioned
that the statute was constitutional. When
the government denies trademark registration, it isn’t prohibiting anybody from
using a name or phrase. It doesn’t even
prevent patent infringement lawsuits.
The function of registering a trademark
is somewhat technical. When a trademark
has been registered under the Lanham Act,
its owner is allowed to use the ® symbol
and receives a presumption of trademark
ownership and certain protections against
the importation of counterfeit goods.
The First Amendment says Congress
can’t make a law abridging freedom of
speech. Under traditional free-speech doctrine, where there’s no abridgment, there’s
no violation. The Justice Department,
backing the patent office, says that there’s
no First Amendment violation in turning
down offensive trademarks because no
speech is being limited. All that’s happening is that a privilege is being withheld.
But free-speech protection has been expanding for 20 years. One important factor of that expansion is a doctrine known
as “prohibited viewpoint discrimination”
that was favored by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
The idea is that the government may not
pick and choose between different types
of private speech on the basis of the viewpoint expressed. In theory, the government
could still do so if it had a compelling reason and used the least restrictive means
possible. In reality, that standard is almost
never met. If the court finds that the government has discriminated on the basis
of viewpoint, it almost invariably strikes
down the law.
You can see why viewpoint discrimination doctrine poses a problem for the denial of trademark protection. As the appeals
court said, “When the government refuses
to register a mark under sec. 2(a), it does
so because it disapproves of the message
a speaker conveys by the mark.” That’s
the definition of prohibited viewpoint
discrimination.
The appeals court said that denying registered-trademark status had the effect of
chilling speech even if it didn’t ban it completely. The whole point of denying offensive marks, it said, is to discourage people
from using them.
Although it’s too soon to be certain, I
don’t think this case will end with a 4-4
split among the Supreme Court justices,
even if the final seat on the court isn’t filled
in time to consider the case. Viewpoint discrimination has become a basic element of
the court’s free speech jurisprudence. And
it will be difficult to convince five justices
that refusing a government benefit doesn’t
count as abridging speech.
The court’s ultimate decision probably
won’t expressly address the question of
whether names like “Redskins” are morally acceptable. But the effect will probably be to make that question one of policy,
not of law.
Bloomberg View columnist Noah Feldman is a
professor of constitutional and international law
at Harvard University.
Did harassment lead to Va. firefighter’s suicide?
BY PETULA DVORAK
The Washington Post
T
he trolls were horrid to her while
she was alive. And they continued
to be awful after her death.
Fairfax County firefighter Nicole Mittendorff, 31, killed herself in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, the state
medical examiner concluded. But even
after the search for her was over, after her
body was identified and memorial candles
began to burn, the cyberbullies — who
claimed they were her fellow firefighters
— kept scorching Mittendorff online.
If these trolls are actually members of
her firehouse family, then Mittendorff
becomes another example of a new form
of workplace harassment. Instead of happening in the office, it happens publicly
online.
There is an investigation at Mittendorff’s
firehouse to find out who posted the vicious
online attacks and whether they played a
role in her suicide.
“We at Fairfax Fire and Rescue are
aware of the posts and are looking into the
matter. I assure you that my department
can not and will not tolerate bullying of any
kind,” Fairfax County Fire Chief Richard
Bowers wrote in a public statement Saturday. “We will thoroughly investigate this
matter and take any appropriate actions
needed.”
Mittendorff’s case offers a chilling window into the persistent harassment women
encounter on a daily basis online and at
work. In fact, those two forms of ugliness
appear to be merging.
It means sexual harassment isn’t just
lone-wolf bosses pawing at a secretary or
men disparaging female co-workers at the
water cooler. It can happen from a home
computer and devastate a woman’s reputation and career.
“It seems to be a newer thing, doing this
online,” said Angela Hughes, a Baltimore
County fire captain who is also president
of the International Association of Women
in Fire and Emergency Medical Services.
“Cyberbullying on social media outlets is a
new form of harassment.”
Her group gets frequent requests for
help from firefighters who believe they are
being harassed, threatened or mistreated
because of their gender. But recently, the
group has seen more online bullying, including some Facebook pages that actively
harass female firefighters. The problem,
she said, is a firehouse fosters a culture
of toughness, of not needing help. And
too often, harassment goes on because it’s
against the culture to ask for help.
Online harassment often gets directed at
public-facing women on social media and
by online commenters all the time.
The women of WGN, a television station
in Chicago, recently took on their abusers
when they read some of the nastiest emails,
tweets and Facebook posts — attacks on
their weight, their voices, their faces. …
And we’ve seen it in Gamergate, where
women in the video-game world are continually blasted online. That scandal
started with feminist video-game reviewer
Anita Sarkeesian, who had to cancel a university speaking engagement two years
ago because one of her many persistent
and vulgar online harassers threatened a
mass shooting if she spoke. And recently
it included Zoe Quinn, a video-game developer who was smeared online with death
threats and lurid details about her sex life
by other gamers and an ex-boyfriend who
didn’t like her game. From A to Z, they get
hazed.
I know. I am on the receiving end of the
onslaught daily. Here’s a gem I got during a week when I wrote about a neighborhood bone marrow drive and Planned
Parenthood:
“Hey Petula, you [profanity] ugly [profanity],” he wrote in a Facebook message.
“Too bad your mother did not have an
abortion.”
I Googled him. He’s an older income tax
specialist living on Long Island who likes
to post inspirational quotes and pictures of
himself on his Facebook page. He’s not a
co-worker, just a foul-mouthed jerk trying
to humiliate me for what I do for a living.
This brand of workplace harassment operates outside the world of those surveys,
workshops and seminars that company
lawyers make everyone take, which do
nothing to reduce sexism, but only exist
to thwart lawsuits in case a caveman boss
demands sex for a promotion. Even if the
trolls ripping Mittendorff apart online
didn’t work with her, those posts were up
there to shame her for her career choice
and belittle her within her career.
This subversive yet simultaneously very
public sexual harassment is becoming increasingly common. A Pew Research Center survey in 2014 found that 1 in 4 young
women has been stalked online — and
about as many have been sexually harassed or physically threatened.
We know women still face on-the-job
harassment in male-dominated fields: the
military, law enforcement, science, the
tech sector. Even the women who work
for the National Park Service have offered
horror stories.
And it’s especially prevalent in firefighting, where I found case after case — in
Rhode Island, Arizona, Utah, Florida — of
women winning sexual harassment cases
against their departments in just the past
couple of years.
In federal reports, congressional testimony, courtroom testimony, personal
essays and formal complaints, we hear
the same story. Women continue to be harassed, belittled, passed over and manipulated by their male co-workers or bosses.
And those happened on the job.
What happens online?
Too often, women get told to just “ignore
those guys, they’re losers anyhow” or “it’s
online, what do you care?” or to “shake it
off.” Nope. It matters, it hurts, it means
something. And it has to stop.
I’d say, “Ask Nicole Mittendorff how this
feels.” But we can’t.
Petula Dvorak is a Washington Post columnist.
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WIRED WORLD
Flight of fancy
Mind-controlled drones
race toward the future
JASON D EAREN /AP
University of Florida sophomore Michael Lakin uses a brain-controlled interface headset to fly a drone during a mind-controlled drone race in Gainesville, Fla.
For more than a century science has been able to detect brainwaves, but recent advances in cheaper equipment is moving the technology out of the lab.
BY JASON DEAREN
Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla.
earing black headsets
with tentacle-like sensors
stretched over their foreheads, the competitors
stare at cubes floating on computer
screens as their small white drones
prepare for takeoff.
“Three, two, one ... GO!” the announcer hollers, and as the racers fix
their thoughts on pushing the cubes,
the drones suddenly whir, rise and
buzz through the air. Some struggle to
move even a few feet, while others zip
confidently across the finish line.
The competition — billed as the
world’s first drone race involving a
brain-controlled interface — involved
16 pilots who used their willpower to
drive drones through a 10-yard dash
over an indoor basketball court at
the University of Florida earlier this
month. The Associated Press was
there to record the event, which was
sponsored with research funding from
Intel Corp. Organizers want to make it
an annual inter-collegiate spectacle,
involving ever-more dynamic moves
and challenges, and a trophy that puts
the brain on a pedestal.
“With events like this, we’re popularizing the use of BCI instead of it
being stuck in the research lab,” said
Chris Crawford, a Florida PhD student in human-centered computing.
“BCI was a technology that was geared
specifically for medical purposes, and
in order to expand this to the general
W
LYNNE SLADKY/AP
Richard Tursi undergoes therapy using brain-controlled technology to help
improve his motor functions. A motorcycle accident when he was 16 left
Tursi a quadriplegic. The therapies have improved his brain function, allowing
him to stand and move his arms.
public, we actually have to embrace
these consumer brand devices and
push them to the limit.”
Scientists have been able to detect
brainwaves for more than a century,
and mind-controlled technology is
already providing for medical breakthroughs, helping paralyzed people
move limbs or robotic prostheses.
But only recently has the technology
become widely accessible. The elec-
troencephalogram headsets the competitors wore can be purchased online
for several hundred dollars.
Professor Juan Gilbert, whose computer science students organized the
race, is inviting other universities to
assemble brain-drone racing teams
for 2017, hoping to push interest in a
technology whose potential applications seem to be limited only by the
human imagination.
So far, BCI research has largely
been about helping disabled people regain freedom of movement. Recently,
an Ohio man using only his thoughts
was able to move his paralyzed hand
with the aid of a chip implanted in his
brain. In Miami, doctors using BCI
are helping a 19-year-old man stand
on his own after losing the use of his
legs in a motorcycle accident.
While implanted devices are more
powerful, noninvasive brainwave
readers are now much less expensive.
The models used by the Florida racers
Saturday cost about $500 each.
“One day you could wear a braincontrolled interface device like you
wear a watch, to interact with things
around you,” Gilbert said.
The Defense Department — which
uses drones to kill suspected terrorists
in the Middle East from vast distances — is looking for military braincontrol applications. A 2014 Defense
grant supports the Unmanned Systems Laboratory at the University of
Texas, San Antonio, where researchers have developed a system enabling
a single person with no prior training
to fly multiple drones simultaneously
through mind control.
In that system, instead of the pilot
thinking certain thoughts to move
the drones, she looks at a screen with
flickering signals, triggering brain
activity that translates into specific
movements. “It can accommodate lots
of commands, much more than imaginary motion can,” UT scientist Yufei
Huang said.
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Kelly Ripa
Ripa returns
to ‘Live,’ says
all is settled
Associated Press
Confidence booster
With Elton John’s endorsement, Gallant strides toward stardom
BY JONATHAN L ANDRUM JR.
Associated Press
W
hen Elton John said last year that R&B singer Gallant was “going to be huge,” the 24year-old felt unworthy of the praise.
“It was very strange,” Gallant said. “It
was so undeserving of me getting that type of attention.
I was surprised that he was even listening to my music.
He’s a legend. To hear him speak with so much enthusiasm about me, it was surreal.”
John’s endorsement of Gallant’s single “Weight of
Gold” affirmed Gallant’s inclination to stay true to himself musically.
The extra vote of confidence seems to be working for
Gallant, who released his debut studio album, “Ology,”
this month. In the past several months, Gallant has garnered fans from Moby and DJ Zane Lowe. He shared the
stage with Seal at Coachella.
“It made me ask myself more questions,” he said. “It
makes me want to open up even more. (‘Ology’) is purely
just me not letting my inner voice get away with avoiding
any answers to whatever questions I might have. Why
am I acting this way? Why do I feel this way? Where am
I going? I really want to just grow and evolve as a human
being. It motivates me in that respect.”
The album details the depth of his insecurities and his
pursuit of optimism, showcasing the soul singer’s booming falsetto voice. He was initially nervous about how
the album would be received.
“It’s right on the line of me not wanting people to hear
this,” he said. “Even the delivery on some songs, I wondered if this would be too much. . . . I was hoping that it
counts for something and people can connect with it.”
Gallant said his uncertainty about his music came
from a place of depression. After high school, he moved
from a Maryland suburb to New York to study music at
NYU with expectations of launching his singing career,
but the self-proclaimed introvert said he often felt musically stifled and was never comfortable.
About three years ago, he moved to Los Angeles and
self-released his EP “Zebra,” which detailed the aftermath of his somber state of living in New York. He was
ultimately discovered by music manager Jake Udell,
who helped launch the careers of EDM group Krewella
and Grammy-nominated musician ZHU.
“I was just putting something out that was raw,” he
said. “The industry in New York initially thought I
shouldn’t be doing it. I didn’t understand it. But that was
the beginning for me. It allowed me to move and meet
genuine people. It eventually propelled me to have more
confidence, dig even deeper and be free. That’s all I’ve
ever wanted to be.”
R&B singer Gallant, who recently released his full-length debut, has been busy collecting famous fans.
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Kelly Ripa returned to her daytime talk show Tuesday after time
off to “gather (her) thoughts” after learning her co-host Michael
Strahan was leaving, saying the
incident had started a conversation about workplace respect.
She also said her bosses had
apologized to her, and she’d received assurances that the “Live
with Kelly and Michael” show
was important to the parent Walt
Disney Co.
“Guys, calm down, they didn’t
say anything about Christmas bonuses,” she joked after the audience applauded.
Ripa was reportedly upset that
she learned only a few minutes
before the public last Tuesday
that Strahan, her co-host since
2012, was leaving in September
for a full-time job with ABC’s
“Good Morning America.” He
works part-time on the morning
show now and executives there
are looking for a way to turn
around fading ratings.
Ripa skipped Wednesday and
Thursday’s show, and said she
had a scheduled vacation Friday
and Monday.
“I needed a couple of days to
gather my thoughts,” she said
after returning to a standing ovation from the audience. “After
26 years with this company, I’ve
earned that right.”
She said the time helped her
gain some perspective and that
“apologies have been made.” She
didn’t say who apologized and
ABC officials haven’t publicly admitted to blowing the transition.
Reynolds helps out Utah theater in trouble over ‘Deadpool’
Associated Press
Ryan Reynolds is showing his support
for a Salt Lake City movie theater cited
under a Utah obscenity law for serving
drinks during a screening of his movie
“Deadpool.”
The actor gave $5,000 to a fundraising
website set up to help the theater called
Brewvies with its legal bills on Sunday. He
also tweeted out a story about the situation,
writing “Thank god, they’ve found a way to
legislate fun.”
A representative for Reynolds, who plays
the title character of the foul-mouthed superhero film, confirmed the donation and
that the tweet came from the actor.
Brewvies is facing a fine of up to $25,000
and could lose its liquor license after undercover officers attended a screening of
Marvel’s R-rated antihero film “Deadpool”
in February.
The state says playing “Deadpool” while
serving booze violates Utah law because
the movie includes nudity and simulated
sex, including a suggestive scene in the
film’s credits involving a cartoon unicorn.
The obscenity law is generally used to
regulate strip clubs, which are required to
have dancers wear G-strings and pasties if
the club serves liquor.
It also bans showing any film with sex
acts or simulated sex acts, full-frontal nudity or the “caressing” of breasts or buttocks if at businesses with liquor licenses.
Brewvies is fighting the action in court,
arguing “Deadpool” isn’t obscene and that
Utah is restricting free speech, which is
unconstitutional.
Other news
Showtime released a complete cast
list Monday for the reboot of the offbeat
series “Twin Peaks.” The cast includes
Naomi Watts, Richard Chamberlain, Jim
Belushi, Michael Cera and Amanda Seyfried. They join “Twin Peaks” veterans
Kyle MacLachlan, Sherilyn Fenn, David
Duchovny and Harry Dean Stanton. The
series’ 2017 premiere date has yet to be announced. Other newcomers include Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ashley Judd, Laura Dern,
Ernie Hudson and Tom Sizemore.
Jennifer Hudson and Harvey Fierstein will headline the cast of NBC’s
“Hairspray Live!” on Dec. 7. The live musical, based on the cult John Waters film
set in 1960s Baltimore, will be directed by
Alex Rudzinski, who helmed Fox’s “Grease
Live!” in January.
Kid Rock’s assistant was killed in
an ATV accident Monday at a suburban
Nashville property belonging to the singer.
A news release from the Metro Nashville
Police Department said the accident happened when Michael Sacha, 30, drove two
people down the driveway to meet an Uber
driver. Sacha crashed while riding back to
the residence.
Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato are
the latest artists to cancel shows in North
Carolina in protest of the state’s new law
addressing LGBT rights and bathroom use
by transgender people. Bruce Springsteen,
Pearl Jam, Ringo Starr, Boston, Blue Man
Group and Cirque du Soleil have cancelled
performances in North Carolina since the
law was passed last month.
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Mitsubishi admits tampering since ’91
BY YURI K AGEYAMA
Associated Press
TOKYO — Mitsubishi Motors
Corp., the Japanese automaker
that acknowledged last week that
it had intentionally lied about fuel
economy data for some of its models, said an internal investigation
found such tampering dated back
to 1991.
President Tetsuro Aikawa told
reporters Tuesday the probe was
ongoing, suggesting that more irregularities might be found.
“We don’t know the whole picture and we are in the process
of trying to determine that,” he
said at a news conference at the
Transport Ministry. “I feel a
great responsibility.”
Aikawa said so much was unknown that it’s uncertain what
action the company will take.
He said he didn’t know why employees resorted to such tactics to
make mileage look better.
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Motors
had repeatedly promised to come
clean after a massive scandal 15
years ago involving a systematic
cover-up of auto defects.
The inaccurate mileage tests
involved 157,000 of its eK wagon
and eK Space light passenger
cars and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz
Roox vehicles produced for Nissan Motor Co.
The models are all so-called
“minicars,” with tiny engines
whose main attraction is generally great mileage. They were
produced from March 2013. The
problem surfaced after Nissan
pointed out inconsistencies in
data.
The automaker found the company’s mileage goal for the minicars that had been set in 2011 was
suddenly raised in 2013. Why that
happened is not known, according to officials.
Aikawa also said it was unclear
how customers were going to be
compensated because the extent
of the cheating was still under
investigation.
Mileage fraud is a violation of
Japan’s fuel efficiency law for
autos because buyers are eligible
for tax breaks if a vehicle model
delivers good mileage. Possible
penalties are still unclear due to
the uncertainties over the investigation’s outcome, according to
the Transport Ministry.
Mitsubishi Motors released two
diagrams explaining how road
tests were manipulated.
The company, which also
makes the Outlander sport-utility
vehicle and the i-MiEV electric
car, has arranged for a panel of
three lawyers, including a former
prosecutor, to further investigate
the mileage scandal from an outsider’s point of view, with a report
expected within three months.
Production and sales of all affected models have been halted.
Japan is periodically shaken by
scandals at top-name companies,
including electronics company
Toshiba Corp., which had doctored accounting books for years,
and medical equipment company
Olympus Corp., which acknowledged it had covered up massive
losses.
Mitsubishi Motors struggled
for years to win back consumer
trust after a defects scandal in
the early 2000s over cover-ups of
problems such as failing brakes,
faulty clutches and fuel tanks
prone to falling off dating back to
the 1970s. That resulted in more
than a million vehicles being recalled retroactively.
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Euro ........................................ $1.1261/0.8880
Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................. 7.7561
Hungary (Forint) ................................. 277.03
Israel (Shekel) ..................................... 3.7630
Japan (Yen)........................................... 111.28
Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3015
Norway (Krone) ...................................8.2033
Philippines (Peso)................................. 46.91
Poland (Zloty) .......................................... 3.92
Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7504
Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3533
South Korea (Won) ..........................1,151.04
Switzerland (Franc)............................ 0.9759
Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 35.10
Turkey (Lira) .........................................2.8487
(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 ............................................. 0.24
30-year bond ........................................... 2.73
WEATHER OUTLOOK
WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC
WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE
Misawa
53/45
Kabul
74/49
Baghdad
109/80
Seoul
72/46
Kandahar
91/60
Kuwait
City
106/76
Bahrain
95/77
Doha
98/75
Riyadh
101/73
Brussels
48/33
Lajes,
Azores
66/57
Ramstein
46/31
Stuttgart
50/34
Iwakuni
64/52
Sasebo
63/54
Guam
89/79
Pápa
65/39
Aviano/
Vicenza
57/35
Naples
65/55
Morón
82/57
Sigonella
78/53
Rota
69/57
Djibouti
90/81
Tokyo
63/56
Osan
70/46 Busan
59/47
Mildenhall/
Lakenheath
49/31
Okinawa
74/65
The weather is provided by the
American Forces Network Weather Center,
2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Souda Bay
72/56
Wednesday’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.
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56
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64
76
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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
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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
60
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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
78
80
87
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59
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Pocatello
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
58
53
62
61
65
85
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Sioux Falls
South Bend
Spokane
Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, Mo.
Syracuse
Tallahassee
Tampa
Toledo
Topeka
Tucson
Tulsa
Tupelo
Waco
Washington, D.C.
W. Palm Beach
Wichita
Wichita Falls
Wilkes-Barre
Wilmington, Del.
Yakima
Youngstown
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National temperature extremes
Hi: Mon., 101, Cotulla, Texas
Lo: Mon., 13, Mount Washington, N.H.
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Events
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Looking for a "Good Time" The
Darmstadt
Retired
Military
Group is looking for new members. We meet once a month to
share ideas and help each
other. No Dues. If you are a
Retired U.S Military Service
Member, surviving spouse or a
retired American and are interested please contact Larry at
06151-52548
or
at
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Autos for Sale
- Germany
142
Auto - Quality Pre-owned
US SPEC Vehicles
www.vilseckautosales.com
Free Europe-wide delivery
Announcements
BMW, X5 35i, E70, 2013
$35500.00 Absolutely like NEW
Only 10K mi ! 306HP, twin turbo
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not driven in the winter, no,
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shoes. No dents, scratches or
dings. Many, many extras to
include heated seats, roof rails,
free shipping to USA, Euro
coding and hardware package
e.g. rear fog light, etc., Alpine
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US and German specifications.
Will not find a cleaner car for
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BMW Z3, Cabrio 2 seat, 2001
$9500.00 Roadster, 2.2i Automatic, ABS, ESP, Power steering,
airbags,
climate
control,alarm, board computer,
CD, alloy wheels, ele windows,mirrors, heated seats, full
leather, full service history, color
black metallic, Sports PK, Emission Euro4, 015124145956
[email protected]
Ford, Fiesta, 2010 $9000.00
European specs, excellent condition, manual transmission, diesel, fully loaded, power everything, sunroof, all wheel drive,
summer & winter tires & rims,
excellent gas mileage. Dealer
maintained. 015202668023 kio
[email protected]
Honda,
Odyssey,
2006
$6900.00 EX model. Engine and
interior are in very good condition. Body is fair. Inspected Jan
2016. Very good summer and
winter tires, both with rims. Nice
car to travel through Europe.
Reliable. Located in Bad Windsheim. 09841-7552 after 17:00
0175-839-0001
Infiniti, 2008 $18000.00 Infiniti
G37S Coupe, 2dr sedan, 19"
alloy wheels, charcoal grey
exterior, black leather interior,
pwr steering, pwr locks, pwr
seats, sun roof, heated leather
seats, Bose stereo premium,
340hp, brand new tires. Runs
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Jeep, Wrangler, Sport, 2012
$24000.00, 29,000 miles, still
under 75,000 mile warrantee.
Excellent condition. Also comes
with Thule Ski rack pictured
here. Willing to drive to your
area if necessary as I know it's a
long way to GAP. Message me
if interested or if you know
anyone else who might be.
Thanks! +4917680539663
Toyota, Corolla S, 2003
$2500.00. Great condition & well
maintained with receipts for
upgrades.
Power
windows,
locks, side mirrors. Air, cruise,
pioneer stereo with removable
face for extra security. Currently
has winter tires on and comes
with a set of summers on
standard Toyota aluminum rims.
5 speed manual, 4 cyl engine.
Smoking deal, $900 below blue
book heidi.pennington@edelwe
isslodgeandresort.com
Toyota, RAV4, 2007 $11000.00
European specs, excellent condition diesel, manual transmission, new brakes & rotors, fully
loaded, power everything, sunroof, all wheel drive, summer &
winter tires & rims, excellent gas
mileage. Dealer maintained.
015202668023
[email protected]
Volvo, XC60, 2016 $41000.00
U.S. Specs. T5 AWD, 5cyl; 2.5
liter, twilight bronze metallic;
platinum, safety, and sports
leather package. $42,000 OBO.
Available for sale in late May
timeframe. Call 0151 52132375
or email [email protected]
Autos for Sale
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142
VW, Golf convertible, 2013
$17500.00 White with black
leather, black top, GPS, air
conditioned. Dealer maintained.
All the bells and whistles, prime
condition. 015146243986
[email protected]
Autos for Sale
- Italy
144
BMW, 328i Hardtop Convertible,
2009 $15500.00 US Specs,
Hardtop Convertible, new run
flat tires, rear park assistance,
s i n g l e
o w n e r .
[email protected]
Motorcycles
164
BMW,
R1150RT,
2001
$5500.00 Silver German spec
38000 KM; Excellent condition
garage kept no accidents falls;
hard sidecases and topcase;
heated grips, Throttlemeister
(cruise control), footpeg lower
kits can be removed; $5500
OBO; [email protected];
Stuttgart area.
Harley-Davidson, FLTRI Road
Glide, 2004 $10500.00 Great
Cruiser for the German roads,
Has a lot of extras on it,
including larger heads, tour
pack, and lots of chrome extras.
0 9 6 8 1 - 9 1 7 2 1 8
[email protected]
no voice mail
Autos for Sale
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146
Nissan, Cube, 2009 $6500.00
2009 Nissan cube, very good
condition. Bought new from
dealer, all check-ups and routine
maintenance performed by dealer every 6 months $1200 below
TrueCar market average, with
1/3 the mileage Minor damage
to right front top and left front
side Intelligent key, push button
start Nissan HDD GPS, DVD,
CD, MP3, TV, USB connection
for Ipod Rear view camera
Xtronic CVT transmission Non
smoking Emergency battery
charger and snow chains included
08017849908
[email protected]
Autos for Sale
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148
Chrysler, Town & Country
Touring-L Minivan 4D, 2011
$18800.00
Mileage:
31,000(50,500km)
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asking
$18.8K USD Option as followings; Keyless Entry, Remote
Start Premium Sound with DVD
System, Leather, Heated Seats,
Eco drive + Llumar premium tint
window film + Black box with
2ch. cameras + Two of snow &
Ice winter Michelin tires included. [email protected]
Autos for Sale
- Korea
148
Ford, Taurus Limited Edition
All-Wheel-Drive (AWD), 2008
$7200.00 3.5L V6 6-Speed
Automatic
All-Wheel
Drive
(AWD) Limited Edition Sedan.
Runs Great. 81,000 miles. Excellent condition, Fully loaded.
Highest IIHS Safety Ratings.
Light Sage Clearcoat Metallic
exterior, All-Leather Camel interior. Ceiling mount DVD entertainment system is great for
children. Local Ford Service
center maintained. EPA Mileage
EST 18/28 mpg. $7,200 asking
price is $1,000 below April 2016
Kelley Blue Book price. Make an
Offer. 010-4555-6266
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1
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Harley Davidson, FLHTK, 2013
$17500.00 US SPEC 2 Electra
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grips, titanium face gauges,
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Computer Cabinet $200.00 Solid hard wood computer desk
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Wicker Hutch $75.00 Beautiful
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SCOREBOARD
Sports
on AFN
Go to the American Forces
Network website for the most
up-to-date TV schedules.
myafn.net
Pro soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Philadelphia
4 3 0 12 10 7
Montreal
4 3 0 12 10 8
Toronto FC
3 2 2 11
8 5
Orlando City
2 2 3
9 13 11
D.C. United
2 3 3
9 10 10
Columbus
2 3 2
8
7 9
New England
1 2 5
8
8 13
New York
2 6 0
6
8 17
Chicago
1 2 3
6
6 7
New York City FC 1 3 3
6
9 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
FC Dallas
5 2 2 17 15 13
Colorado
5 2 1 16 10 6
Los Angeles
4 1 2 14 17 7
Real Salt Lake
4 1 2 14 12 11
San Jose
4 2 2 14 11 10
Sporting KC
4 4 0 12
9 8
Vancouver
3 4 1 10
9 11
Portland
2 3 2
8 11 14
Seattle
2 4 1
7
7 10
Houston
1 4 2
5 13 14
Note: Three points for victory, one
point for tie.
Saturday, April 23
Toronto FC 2, Montreal 0
Philadelphia 2, New York City FC 0
D.C. United 3, New England 0
Columbus 1, Houston 0
Colorado 3, Seattle 1
Los Angeles 5, Real Salt Lake 2
Vancouver 3, FC Dallas 0
Sunday, April 24
San Jose 1, Sporting Kansas City 0
New York 3, Orlando City 2
Wednesday’s games
Montreal at New York City FC
Portland at New England
Sporting Kansas City at Vancouver
Friday’s game
FC Dallas at New York
Saturday’s games
San Jose at Philadelphia
Colorado at Montreal
Columbus at Seattle
Vancouver at New York City FC
D.C. United at Chicago
Orlando City at New England
Houston at Real Salt Lake
Sunday’s games
Toronto FC at Portland
Los Angeles at Sporting Kansas City
NSWL
W L T Pts GF GA
Washington
2 0 0
6
3 1
Portland
1 0 1
4
3 2
Orlando
1 1 0
3
4 3
Sky Blue FC
1 1 0
3
3 3
Houston
1 1 0
3
4 4
Chicago
1 1 0
3
2 3
Seattle
1 1 0
3
4 2
Western New York 1 1 0
3
1 1
FC Kansas City
0 1 1
1
1 2
Boston
0 2 0
0
0 4
Note: Three points for victory, one
point for tie.
Saturday, April 23
Chicago 1, Western New York 0
Orlando 3, Houston 1
FC Kansas City 1, Portland 1, tie
Sunday, April 24
Washington 2, Sky Blue FC 1
Seattle 3, Boston 0
Friday’s games
Washington at Western New York
Sky Blue FC at Houston
Sunday’s games
Portland at Boston
Orlando at Chicago
FC Kansas City at Seattle
AP sportlight
April 27
1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the
undefeated heavyweight boxing champion. He finished with a 49-0 record, including six title defenses and 43 knockouts.
1968 — Jimmy Ellis won the world
heavyweight boxing title with a 15-round
decision over Jerry Quarry in Oakland,
Calif. This is the final bout of an eightman elimination tournament to fill Muhammad Ali’s vacated title.
1994 — Scott Erickson, who allowed
the most hits in the majors the previous
season, pitches Minnesota’s first no-hitter in 27 years as the Twins beat Milwaukee 6-0.
1994 — Dave Hannan scores 5:43 into
the fourth overtime to keep the Buffalo
Sabres going in the NHL playoffs with a
1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils,
the sixth-longest game in NHL history.
2001 — Jamal Mashburn of Charlotte
sets an NBA playoff record by making all
25 of his free throws during the threegame sweep of Miami. Mashburn is 10for-10 in Charlotte’s 94-79 victory.
2002 — Derek Lowe pitches a no-hitter against Tampa Bay. Brent Abernathy
is the only baserunner Lowe allows in
Boston’s 10-0 victory.
College baseball
Tennis
Baseball America Top 25
Grand Prix SAR
DURHAM, N.C. — The top 25 teams in
the Baseball America poll through April
24 (selected by the staff of Baseball
America):
Record Prv
1. Florida
36-6
2
2. Texas A&M
32-8
3
3. Mississippi State
27-13
7
4. Miami
30-8
1
5. Florida State
28-11 11
6. South Carolina
33-8 12
7. Texas Christian
28-10
4
8. Louisiana State
27-13
5
9. Mississippi
31-10 15
10. Louisville
31-9
6
11. Vanderbilt
30-10
8
12. N.C. State
28-11 14
13. Texas Tech
31-12 10
14. Southern Miss.
29-12 NR
15. Rice
25-13 13
16. Michigan
28-10 18
17. UC Santa Barbara
25-10
9
18. Oregon State
26-10 22
19. Coastal Carolina
30-11 25
20. Tulane
26-13 NR
21. East Carolina
26-14 NR
22. Virginia
26-17 NR
23. Louisiana-Lafayette
27-13 24
24. Minnesota
25-11 NR
25. Oklahoma State
25-14 NR
Monday
At Au Club des Cheminots
Rabat, Morocco
Purse: $250,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Ekaterina Makarova (2), Russia, def.
Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, 6-4, 6-2.
Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Anna
Karolina Schmiedlova (3), Slovakia, 6-0,
6-1.
Timea Babos (5), Hungary, def. Polona
Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-1.
Teliana Pereira, Brazil, def. Annika
Beck (6), Germany, 6-3, 6-1.
Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Donna
Vekic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2.
Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Germany, 7-5, 7-5.
Doubles
First Round
Richel Hogenkamp and Lesley Kerkhove, Netherlands, def. Ghita Benhadi,
Morocco, and Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 6-2,
2-6, 10-5.
Marina Melnikova, Russia, and Amra
Sadikovic, Switzerland, def. Polina Leykina, Russia, and Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-3.
Collegiate Baseball poll
Istanbul Open
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through April 24.
Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:
Record Pts Prv
1. Florida
36-6 493
2
2. South Carolina
33-8 490
4
3. Florida State
28-11 489
9
4. Miami, Fla.
30-8 486
1
5. Texas A&M
32-8 485
5
6. Vanderbilt
30-10 482
6
7. Louisville
31-9 481
3
8. Mississippi State
27-13-1 478 10
9. N.C. State
28-11 476 13
10. Texas Tech
31-12 473
7
11. Texas Christian
28-10 472
8
12. Oregon State
26-10 470 17
13. Coastal Carolina
30-11 467 18
14. Southern Miss.
29-12 465 19
15. Louisiana State
27-13 463 15
16. Virginia
26-17 460 20
17. Arizona
26-14 456 NR
18. Minnesota
25-11 453 22
19. Cal Poly
25-13 450 NR
20. California
22-14 449 14
21. UC Santa Barbara
25-10-1 447 11
22. Kentucky
24-15 446 12
23. South Alabama
30-11 445 23
24. Mississippi
31-10 441 NR
25. Washington
22-14 440 27
26. Creighton
27-9 437 25
27. Arizona State
23-14 435 NR
28. Cal St. Fullerton
24-14 433 28
29. Rice
25-13 431 24
30. Oklahoma State
25-14 426 NR
Monday
At Koza World of Sports
Istanbul
Purse: $542,250 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Adrian Ungur, Romania, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-3.
Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Andrey Rublev,
Russia, 6-3, 6-2.
Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, def.
Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 6-1, 6-4.
Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Renzo Olivo, Argentina, 7-5, 6-4.
Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, def.
Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-2, 6-4.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (8), Spain, def.
Adrain Mannarino, France, 7-5, 6-1.
Doubles
First Round
Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Robert
Lindstedt (1), Sweden, def. Radu Albot,
Moldova, and Illya Marchenko, Ukraine,
7-6 (8), 6-3.
Aljaz Bedene, Britain, and Antonio
Sancic, Croatia, def. Cem Ilkel, Turkey,
and Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-4, 6-2.
Monday’s scores
EAST
Keene St. 11, W. New England 3
SOUTH
Belmont 12, Memphis 6
Coastal Carolina 4, High Point 0
NC State 6, East Carolina 1
MIDWEST
Bellevue 9, Peru St. 5
Prague Open
Monday
At TK Sparta Praha
Prague, Czech Republic
Purse: $500,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Su-wei Hsieh, Taiwan, def. Kristyna
Pliskova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Jelena Ostapenko (6), Latvia, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.
Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, 7-6 (7), 7-5.
Madison Brengle, United States, def.
Naomi Broady, Britain, 6-2, 6-0.
Pro football
Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic,
def. Alize Cornet, France, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Doubles
First Round
Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears (1),
United States, def. Lyudmyla Kichenok
and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2.
Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, and Darija
Jurak (3), Croatia, def. Vera Dushevina,
Russia, and Lidziya Marozava, Belarus,
6-1, 6-7 (6), 10-6.
Chan Chin-wei, Taiwan, and Klaudia
Jans-Ignacik, Poland, def. Tereza Smitkova and Barbora Stefkova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain,
def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and
Stephanie Vogt, Liechtenstein, 6-0, 6-0.
Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, and Paula
Kania, Poland, def. Barbora Strycova and
Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 76 (5).
BMW Open
Monday
At MTTC Iphitos
Munich
Purse: $520,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Thomaz Bellucci (6), Brazil, def.
Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-3, 1-0, retired.
Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Ernests
Gulbis, Latvia, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6
(2).
Doubles
First Round
Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski, Britain, def. Dustin Brown and Florian Mayer,
Germany, 6-3, 6-2.
Oliver Marach, Austria, and Fabrice
Martin, France, def. Marcelo Melo, Brazil,
and Jean-Julien Rojer (1), Netherlands,
6-4, 6-4.
Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev,
Germany, def. Marco Cecchinato and Fabio Fognini, Italy, 3-6, 6-4, 10-6.
Estoril Open
Monday
At Clube de Tenis do Estori
Cascais, Portugal
Purse: $520,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Leonardo Mayer (7), Argentina, def.
Pedro Sousa, Portugal, 6-1, 6-4.
Stephane Robert, France, def. Thomas
Fabbiano, Italy, 6-2, 6-2.
Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Frederico
Ferreira Silva, Portugal, 6-3, 6-2.
Borna Coric (6), Croatia, def. Andrea
Arnaboldi, Italy, 6-4, 6-1.
Doubles
First Round
Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski
(1), Poland, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, and
Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 5-7, 6-1, 119.
Pablo Carreno Busta and Inigo Cervantes, Spain, def. Rui Machado and Pedro Sousa, Portugal, 6-4, 6-2.
Golf
PGA Tour statistics
Through April 24
Scoring Average
1, Adam Scott, 69.63. 2, Phil Mickelson, 69.71. 3, Rickie Fowler, 69.83. 4, Justin Rose, 69.93. 5, Jordan Spieth, 69.93. 6,
Hideki Matsuyama, 69.95. 7, Rory McIlroy,
69.95. 8, Dustin Johnson, 70.02. 9, Charles
Howell III, 70.09. 10, Branden Grace,
70.18.
Driving Distance
1, Gary Woodland, 313.1. 2, Tony Finau,
312.3. 3, J.B. Holmes, 310.2. 4, Dustin Johnson, 308.6. 5 (tie), Bubba Watson and Jason Kokrak, 308.0. 7, Hudson Swafford,
307.0. 8, Ollie Schniederjans, 306.9. 9, Jamie Lovemark, 306.4. 10, Andrew Loupe,
306.0.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Thomas Aiken, 74.66%. 2, Colt Knost,
72.83%. 3, Darron Stiles, 72.45%. 4, Justin
Leonard, 72.16%. 5, Jerry Kelly, 71.87%.
6, Emiliano Grillo, 70.92%. 7, Zac Blair,
70.27%. 8, Kevin Kisner, 70.16%. 9, Matthew Fitzpatrick, 70.00%. 10, Jason Bohn,
69.63%.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
1, Bubba Watson, 72.63%. 2, Lucas
Glover, 72.46%. 3, Russell Knox, 72.10%.
4, Sergio Garcia, 72.00%. 5, Rickie Fowler,
71.88%. 6, Thomas Aiken, 71.47%. 7, Jhonattan Vegas, 71.43%. 8, Bernd Wiesberger, 71.11%. 9, Henrik Stenson, 71.03%. 10,
Roberto Castro, 70.60%.
Total Driving
1, Emiliano Grillo, 71. 2, Lucas Glover,
84. 3, Henrik Stenson, 88. 4, Keegan Bradley, 91. 5, Marc Leishman, 94. 6, Davis
Love III, 95. 7 (tie), Hudson Swafford and
Thomas Aiken, 100. 9, Jim Herman, 101.
10, Russell Henley, 102.
Putting Average
1, Jordan Spieth, 1.672. 2, Steve Stricker, 1.677. 3, Jason Bohn, 1.711. 4, Aaron
Baddeley, 1.714. 5, Kevin Kisner, 1.715.
6 (tie), Hideki Matsuyama and Andrew
Loupe, 1.718. 8, Phil Mickelson, 1.722. 9
(tie), Ryan Moore and Daniel Summerhays, 1.725.
Birdie Average
1, Hideki Matsuyama, 4.79. 2, Dustin
Johnson, 4.78. 3, Jordan Spieth, 4.77. 4,
Adam Scott, 4.47. 5 (tie), Rory McIlroy
and Rickie Fowler, 4.39. 7, Henrik Stenson, 4.36. 8, Phil Mickelson, 4.27. 9, Justin
Rose, 4.23. 10, J.B. Holmes, 4.19.
Eagles (Holes per)
1, Ben Martin, 70.4. 2, Adam Scott, 72.0.
3, Bubba Watson, 81.0. 4, Patrick Rodgers,
88.0. 5, Sung Kang, 92.0. 6, D.H. Lee, 93.0.
7, Chez Reavie, 97.2. 8, Jerry Kelly, 108.0.
9, Andrew Loupe, 113.1. 10, Morgan Hoffmann, 114.0.
Sand Save Percentage
1, David Toms, 71.11%. 2, Sean O’Hair,
67.50%. 3, Justin Rose, 65.31%. 4, K.J. Choi,
64.44%. 5, Mark Wilson, 63.27%. 6, Robert
Allenby, 62.00%. 7, Jonas Blixt, 61.90%.
8, Stuart Appleby, 61.02%. 9, Brendan
Steele, 60.34%. 10, Jon Curran, 60.19%.
All-Around Ranking
1, Rickie Fowler, 189. 2, Justin Rose,
200. 3, Adam Scott, 281. 4, Kevin Kisner,
297. 5, Henrik Stenson, 302. 6, Brendan
Steele, 323. 7, Rory McIlroy, 340. 8, Jason
Day, 393. 9, Jordan Spieth, 399. 10, Phil
Mickelson, 403.
PGA Tour FedEx Cup leaders
Through April 24
Rank Player
Points YTD Money
1. Adam Scott
1,731
$4,362,198
2. Jason Day
1,340
$3,416,229
3. Brandt Snedeker
1,300
$2,781,611
4. Russell Knox
1,300
$2,851,401
5. Kevin Kisner
1,182
$2,578,280
6. Jordan Spieth
1,132
$2,772,927
7. Kevin Na
1,130
$2,366,916
8. Patrick Reed
1,121
$2,558,989
9. Justin Thomas
1,051
$2,370,087
10. Bubba Watson
1,043
$2,708,050
11. Smylie Kaufman
1,019
$2,075,938
12. Hideki Matsuyama
989
$2,353,610
13. Graeme McDowell
909
$1,951,529
14. Jason Dufner
882
$1,697,599
15. Kevin Chappell
869
$1,804,335
16. Dustin Johnson
863
$2,138,399
17. Branden Grace
862
$1,811,831
18. Charley Hoffman
818
$1,655,883
19. Charl Schwartzel
802
$1,691,136
20. Emiliano Grillo
802
$1,656,983
21. Fabian Gomez
791
$1,560,126
22. Jim Herman
784
$1,725,924
23. Rickie Fowler
784
$1,752,307
24. Phil Mickelson
761
$1,790,600
25. Bill Haas
730
$1,530,880
26. Charles Howell III
27. Henrik Stenson
28. Danny Willett
29. Jason Bohn
30. Ryan Moore
31. William McGirt
32. Jason Kokrak
33. J.B. Holmes
34. Jamie Lovemark
35. Rory McIlroy
36. Tony Finau
37. Sergio Garcia
38. Jimmy Walker
39. K.J. Choi
40. David Lingmerth
41. Si Woo Kim
42. Patton Kizzire
43. Louis Oosthuizen
44. Freddie Jacobson
45. Brooks Koepka
46. Vaughn Taylor
47. Peter Malnati
48. Luke Donald
49. Matt Kuchar
50. Harris English
51. Billy Horschel
52. Kevin Streelman
53. Alex Cejka
54. Scott Piercy
55. Justin Rose
56. Brendan Steele
57. Scott Brown
58. Chez Reavie
59. Paul Casey
60. Zac Blair
61. Zach Johnson
62. Daniel Berger
63. Kyle Reifers
64. Jonas Blixt
65. Ryan Palmer
66. Ricky Barnes
67. John Huh
68. Graham DeLaet
69. Chris Kirk
70. Aaron Baddeley
71. Marc Leishman
72. Daniel Summerhays
73. Patrick Rodgers
74. Danny Lee
75. Bryce Molder
76. Jon Curran
77. Andrew Loupe
78. Colt Knost
79. Luke List
703
693
644
607
587
586
586
581
580
579
579
565
563
562
562
558
554
543
535
535
533
528
518
505
496
494
488
481
476
475
474
473
471
459
457
454
443
437
430
430
423
421
418
413
410
399
398
384
382
381
377
373
373
369
$1,389,694
$1,523,333
$1,852,959
$1,285,105
$1,366,724
$1,164,028
$1,168,114
$1,428,893
$1,092,095
$1,510,068
$996,391
$1,132,023
$1,173,946
$1,140,315
$1,162,532
$1,002,913
$1,064,781
$1,565,988
$1,076,503
$1,166,516
$1,313,808
$1,230,590
$893,245
$968,035
$873,359
$1,013,079
$899,110
$897,782
$848,118
$1,119,667
$853,192
$896,768
$810,601
$1,058,558
$737,894
$892,036
$973,579
$683,816
$862,357
$654,946
$623,466
$770,169
$756,237
$805,865
$713,905
$713,679
$603,862
$695,206
$816,016
$681,844
$714,214
$705,463
$481,302
$597,349
NFL Draft first round order
April 28-30
At Chicago
First Round
1. Los Angeles (from Tennessee)
2. Philadelphia (from Cleveland)
3. San Diego
4. Dallas
5. Jacksonville
6. Baltimore
7. San Francisco
8. Cleveland (from Miami through
Philadelphia)
9. Tampa Bay
10. N.Y. Giants
11. Chicago
12. New Orleans
13. Miami (from Philadelphia)
14. Oakland
15. Tennessee (from Los Angeles)
16. Detroit
17. Atlanta
18. Indianapolis
19. Buffalo
20. N.Y. Jets
21. Washington
22. Houston
23. Minnesota
24. Cincinnati
25. Pittsburgh
26. Seattle
27. Green Bay
28. Kansas City
New England (forfeited)
29. Arizona
30. Carolina
31. Denver
Deals
Monday’s transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
BASEBALL — Suspended San Francisco
Giants SS Travious Relaford (AugustaSAL) 100 games following a third positive
test for a drug of abuse and free agent
RHP Brent Jones 50 games following a
second positive test for a drug of abuse,
both violations of the Minor League Drug
Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated
RHP Kevin Gausman from the 15-day DL.
Optioned INF Ryan Flaherty to Norfolk
(IL). Claimed RHP David Hale off waivers from Colorado and optioned him to
Norfolk.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP
Erik Johnson to Charlotte (IL). Selected
the contract of RHP Miguel Gonzalez
from Charlotte.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed RHP
Carlos Carrasco on the 15-day DL. Activated OF RHP Michael Brantley from the
15-day DL.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled RHP Michael Feliz from Fresno (PCL). Optioned
OF Jake Marisnick to Fresno.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated INF/
OF Danny Santana from the 15-day DL.
Recalled RHP Alex Meyer from Rochester
(IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP
Andrew Triggs from Nashville (PCL). Optioned LHP Eric Surkamp to Nashville.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled RHP
Mayckol Guaipe from Tacoma (PCL).
Placed RHP Joaquin Benoit on the 15-day
DL, retroactive to April 22.
TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the contract of LHP Cesar Ramos from Round
Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Nick Martinez
to Round Rock. Transferred RHP Keone
Kela from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS — Placed OF Jay
Bruce on the three-day paternity list. Recalled RHP Layne Somsen from Louisville
(IL). Transferred RHP Michael Lorenzen
to the 60-day DL.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated C
Nick Hundley from the seven-day concussion DL. Recalled RHP Scott Oberg Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP Jordan
Lyles and C Dustin Garneau to Albuquerque (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated
RHP Louis Coleman from the bereavement list. Optioned LHP Luis Avilan to
Oklahoma City (PCL).
Hall of Fame
NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
AND MUSEUM — Announced the resignation of vice president of communications and education Brad Horn. Named
Jon Shestakofsky vice president of communications and education.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR
Saalim Hakim. Waived TE Chase Ford.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released DE
Ray Drew.
COLLEGE
FOOTBALL BOWL ASSOCIATION —
Named Sun Bowl executive director Bernie Olivas chairman of 2016-17 executive
committee.
BUTLER — Announced men’s graduate
basketball G Avery Woodson has transferred from Memphis.
DEPAUL — Announced junior men’s
basketball G Max Strus has transferred
from Lewis.
EAST CAROLINA — Announced junior
QB Kurt Benkert has decided to transfer.
KENTUCKY — Announced freshman
women’s basketball F Batouly Camara
will transfer.
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Manziel indicted
in domestic case
with ex-girlfriend
BY NOMAAN M ERCHANT
Associated Press
C HRIS CARLSON /AP
Alabama’s Derrick Henry, shown with Clemson defenders chasing him, figures to be a late first-round or a
second-round pick on Thursday, making him the fifth Tide RB picked in the first two rounds since 2011.
Henry latest in Tide RB line
BY JOHN ZENOR
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Derrick Henry is set to become the
latest Alabama running back to
parlay collegiate success into a
sizable NFL paycheck.
The Heisman Trophy winner is also hoping he’ll consistently produce big numbers on
the field, which hasn’t been the
case with his recent Alabama
predecessors.
Henry is expected to become
the fifth Crimson Tide running
back drafted in the first two
rounds since 2011, an impressive
run even if first-rounders Mark
Ingram and Trent Richardson
have had unspectacular careers
so far.
“You definitely want to carry
on what’s been going on,” Henry
said of the draft.
Success has been harder to
come by for the ex-Tide runners
after draft night.
Green Bay’s Eddie Lacy, the
lowest pick of the group, has had
the best start with two seasons of
1,100-plus yards before posting
career-low numbers in 2015. Ingram’s also had two solid, though
injury-shorted seasons with New
Orleans after totaling 1,462 yards
in his first three years.
Yeldon had a promising start
as a Jacksonville rookie before a
season-ending injury. Richardson, a former No. 3 overall pick by
the Browns, is trying to rebuild
his career with the Baltimore Ravens after sitting out last season.
He’s been the biggest disappointment in the group.
None of the questionable production from Alabama running
backs will likely have any effect
on Henry’s draft stock.
“One of the scouting axioms
is you don’t grade schools, you
grade individual players,” said
Phil Savage, a former NFL general manager who now runs the
How recent Alabama
RBs have fared in NFL
Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry
is expected to become the fifth Alabama
running back drafted in the first two rounds
since 2011. Here is a look at how the other
four have fared in the NFL:
Mark Ingram, 1st round (28th overall)
in 2011, New Orleans Saints. Has dealt
with injuries but is coming off his two best
seasons. The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner had 769 rushing yards and a careerhigh 405 receiving yards before missing the
final four games last season with a shoulder
injury.
Trent Richardson, 1st (No. 3 overall)
in 2012, Cleveland Browns. Has been a
disappointment so far but signed this week
with the Baltimore Ravens. Was traded from
Cleveland to Indianapolis just two games
into his second season, then released by the
Colts following the 2014 season. Didn’t play
last season after getting cut by Oakland in
training camp. Has averaged just 3.3 yards
per carry with 2,032 yards and 17 touchdowns in 46 career games.
Eddie Lacy, 2nd (61st overall), Green
Bay in 2013. The lowest pick in the draft
of the four backs, but also the most productive. Set franchise records for a running
back when he gained 2,317 yards and had
24 total touchdowns in his first two seasons
with the Packers. AP’s offensive NFL rookie
of the year in 2013.
T.J. Yeldon, 2nd (36th overall), Jacksonville in 2015. Ran for 740 yards last
season, the most by a Jaguars rookie since
Maurice Jones-Drew gained 941 yards in
2006. Yeldon started 12 games but missed
the last three with a knee injury.
— The Associated Press
Senior Bowl. “Trent Richardson
has struggled but T.J. Yeldon
looks like he’s going to have a
good career. Mark Ingram has,
as a first-rounder, at times been a
disappointment but at other times
he’s been better than OK.
“Eddie Lacy burst on the scene
his rookie year, took a bit of a step
back last year. I think you have
to look at the individual. Derrick
Henry is a hard worker. I think
he’s figured out, and Alabama
figured out, what worked best
for him and they capitalized on
that.”
Henry had one of the most prolific rushing seasons in major
college football history, including
Southeastern Conference records
of 2,219 yards and 28 rushing
touchdowns to lead the Tide to
a national title. Henry said the
Bama backs who preceded him
have advised him leading up to
the draft to “just enjoy it.”
“I talk to them all the time,”
Henry said. “They always give
me good advice. We always talk
about it. Any time I want to talk to
them, they’re all ready to talk.”
While Ingram won the 2009
Heisman and Richardson was a
finalist two years later, none had
a season like Henry did as a junior — his only stint as a full-time
starter. It’s also hard to compare
the more compact runners Alabama has had since 2011 to the
6-foot-3, 243-pounder.
But Savage said he can recall
seeing all those smaller backs at
Alabama get tackled from behind
in open field, but not Henry, who’s
hard to stop once he gets going.
Henry is expected to be the second running back chosen, behind
Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott, and
Savage doesn’t believe Henry will
fall beyond the second round.
“I think he’s different than
all the other running backs that
Alabama has produced since
Nick Saban arrived,” Savage
said. “He’s going through sort
of the same situation that he
went through coming out of high
school. People see him as a 6foot-3, 245-pound football player
but they’re like, ‘Are you really
a running back?’ He looks like an
outside linebacker.
“Alabama was wise enough to
take him and let him play running back. I think that he’s not a
running back that is a fit for every
team in the league.”
Luckily for Henry, it only takes
one.
DALLAS — Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny
Manziel was indicted by a grand
jury on Tuesday on misdemeanor
charges stemming from a domestic violence complaint by his
ex-girlfriend.
The 2012 Heisman Trophy
winner and Texas A&M star was
accused by ex-girlfriend Colleen
Crowley of hitting her and threatening to kill her during a night out
on Jan. 30. Crowley said in court
documents that Manziel struck
her so hard that she temporarily
lost hearing in one ear.
The indictment accuses Manziel of striking Crowley and
“forcing [her] into a vehicle and
against a vehicle dashboard.”
Manziel faces a charge of misdemeanor assault related to family violence, which carries up to
one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Dallas police referred the case
to a grand jury in February, asking the Dallas County District
Attorney’s Office to present the
misdemeanor assault case.
Manziel was cut by the Browns
in March after two tumultuous
seasons marked by inconsistent
play and off-the-field headlines
about his partying and drinking, including one stint in rehab.
His future in the NFL is uncertain at best, and might be nonexistent without a second stint in
treatment that two agents have
demanded. The league also has
tougher standards regarding domestic violence cases after revising its policy in August 2014
following the Ray Rice case,
which could complicate any attempt by Manziel to return.
The first agent, Erik Burkhardt,
cut ties with Manziel after last
season. Burkhardt’s replacement, Drew Rosenhaus, dropped
Manziel last week. His marketing
agency dropped him before the
charges were filed, and Nike confirmed last week that it no longer
has an endorsement deal with
Manziel.
Crowley alleged that the 23year-old quarterback accosted
her at a Dallas hotel and later
struck her when they drove back
to her apartment in Fort Worth.
She was granted a protective
order that requires Manziel to not
see her for two years, stay at least
500 feet from her home and place
of work, and pay $12,000 in legal
fees.
Crowley alleged she and Manziel had a confrontation in the
hotel room that eventually continued downstairs to the valet station. She said he forced her into
a car and a valet disregarded her
pleas for help.
The two eventually drove to
where her car was parked in
front of a Dallas bar, she said in
an affidavit. She said Manziel got
into the driver’s seat and began
to drive. Crowley said Manziel
stopped when she tried to jump
out of the car, but then he dragged
her back inside and hit her.
She said Manziel threatened to
kill himself as he drove her back
to Fort Worth, about 30 miles
west of Dallas, where police were
called.
Dallas police said Feb. 5 that
they were investigating the case,
a day after they issued a statement saying they considered the
case to be closed.
Manziel was cleared of any
wrongdoing last year after he and
Crowley got into a heated roadside argument near his home.
Witnesses to that incident saw
Manziel arguing on the side of a
highway with his girlfriend and
pulling her back into his car as
she tried to leave the vehicle.
He was not arrested, and Crowley told police she didn’t want to
press charges.
TONY D EJAK /AP
Ex-Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was indicted by a
grand jury on Tuesday on misdemeanor charges stemming from a
domestic violence complaint by his ex-girlfriend.
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NBA PLAYOFFS
Balancing act helps Thunder get past Mavs
BY CLIFF BRUNT
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — The
Thunder have developed multiple
scoring threats around Kevin
Durant and Russell Westbrook,
and that could make their Western Conference semifinal series
against the San Antonio Spurs
interesting.
In Oklahoma City’s first-round
series against Dallas, the Thunder
shot 47.6 percent from the field.
Durant and Westbrook posted
their usual scoring numbers, both
averaging 26 points per game. But
Durant shot an unusually low 36.8
percent in the series.
The rest of the team picked
up the slack. Enes Kanter averaged 15.2 points, Serge Ibaka
12.6, Dion Waiters 11.0 and Steven Adams 9.2, and the Thunder
won the series 4-1. Players other
than Westbrook or Durant made
a combined 110 of 202 shots (54.5
percent) from the field against the
Mavericks.
“They threw many defenses
out there,” Durant said. “They
pressed us, they played zone, they
double-teamed in the post and
they were standing tight on our
shoes on the perimeter, so it was
allowing Russ (Westbrook) to get
down here and make decisions.
He made great decisions throughout the series, and guys finished.”
The Thunder will need more of
that balance if they are to advance
to the conference finals.
“Obviously, they are a great
team, well coached team and
they are going to test us,” Thunder forward Nick Collison said of
the Spurs. “I think the ability to
play every play, be engaged every
play, is key for us because they
are going to test us. They run a lot
of actions, it’s difficult to guard,
and they aren’t going to beat
themselves.”
Here are a few things we
learned from Oklahoma City’s
overwhelming win over the
Mavericks:
Westbrook superstar? Dallas
owner Mark Cuban said Westbrook was an All-Star, but not
a superstar in a pregame interview session before Game 5 of
their first-round series Monday
night, then Westbrook dropped
36 points, 12 rebounds and nine
assists. He averaged 26.0 points,
11.2 assists and 7.2 rebounds in
the five-game series.
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle disagreed with Cuban’s assessment
of Westbrook, the 2014-15 scoring
champion and two-time reigning
All-Star Game MVP.
“I thought Westbrook played
beautiful basketball this year,”
Carlisle said.
Durant was a bit more pointed
in response to Cuban’s jab.
“He’s an idiot,” Durant said of
Cuban. “He’s an idiot. Don’t listen to — he’s an idiot. That’s what
we’ve got to say about that. He’s
an idiot. Next question.”
Blown away: The Thunder’s
four wins against the Mavericks
came by an average of 23 points,
including a 108-70 win in the
opener and a 131-102 landslide in
Game 3. All four victories were by
double digits. The Thunder shot at
least 50 percent from the field in
each of the last three games, all
wins.
Paul leaves with broken hand
as Clippers lose to Blazers
BY A NNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — As the Trail Blazers celebrated, the Clippers’ locker room was somber.
Chris Paul has a broken hand, Blake Griffin is battling more trouble with his quad, and a series that
was going Los Angeles’ way is now all even.
Al-Farouq Aminu scored a career-high 30 points
and Portland pulled away after Paul left with a broken bone in his right hand, beating the Clippers 9884 on Monday night to tie their series at two games
apiece.
“It changes a lot,” Blazers guard Damian Lillard
said. “Their best player goes down. The guy who
makes their offense go. It’s unfortunate. You don’t
wish that on anybody, but they still have a really
good team.”
Paul left in the third quarter. Then Griffin aggravated the left quad injury that had plagued him
during the regular season. Both players were to be
re-evaluated on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Game 5 is
set for Wednesday.
CJ McCollum added 19 points for the Blazers, while
Mason Plumlee had 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
It was not clear how Paul was hurt, although his
wrist appeared to bend back when he guarded Portland’s Gerald Henderson on a layup. Paul had 16
points when he went to the bench clutching his hand.
He kicked a seat cushion on the floor as he left for
the locker room.
“Chris is taking this very hard,” Clippers coach
Doc Rivers said. “He’s worked all year to get back to
the playoffs, and for this to happen to him — he’s a
very emotional guy.”
Paul was averaging 26.3 points and 8.3 assists in
the first three games of the series. He did not speak
to reporters after the game.
Griffin had 17 points before leaving with under
6 minutes left. Rivers suggested he was 50-50 for
Wednesday’s game.
“I could feel it,” Griffin said. “Hopefully in the
next 24-48 hours you turn a corner and feel better,
so I’m not really concentrating on how it felt tonight.
That’s kind of expected after you tweak something.”
Jeff Green also had 17 off the bench for Los
Angeles.
The Blazers are trying to become the first team
A LONZO A DAMS/AP
Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, center, tries to go up for a basket
as Thunder centers Enes Kanter, left, and Steven Adams defend
during Monday’s first-round Game 5 in Oklahoma City. The Thunder
won 118-104 to advance.
Scoreboard
Eastern Conference
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Cleveland 4, Detroit 0
Cleveland 106, Detroit 101
Cleveland 107, Detroit 90
Cleveland 101, Detroit 91
Cleveland 100, Detroit 98
Toronto 2, Indiana 2
Indiana 100, Toronto 90
Toronto 98, Indiana 87
Toronto 101, Indiana 85
Indiana 100, Toronto 83
Tuesday: Indiana at Toronto
Friday: Toronto at Indiana
x-Sunday, May 1: Indiana at Toronto
Miami 2, Charlotte 2
Miami 123, Charlotte 91
Miami 115, Charlotte 103
Charlotte 96, Miami 80
Monday: Charlotte 89, Miami 85
Wednesday: Charlotte at Miami
Friday: Miami at Charlotte
x-Sunday, May 1: Charlotte at Miami
Atlanta 2, Boston 2
Atlanta 102, Boston 101
Atlanta 89, Boston 72
Boston 111, Atlanta 103
Boston 104, Atlanta 95, OT
Tuesday: Boston at Atlanta
Thursday: Atlanta at Boston
x-Saturday: Boston at Atlanta
Western Conference
C RAIG MITCHELLDYER /AP
Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu, left, passes
the ball during Game 4 of a first-round playoff
series Monday in Portland, Ore. Aminu scored a
career-high 30 points in Portland’s 98-84 win.
to overcome a 2-0 deficit since Memphis came
back against the Clippers in the first round in 2013.
Since 2008, 53 of the last 55 teams to win the first
two games of an NBA playoff series have ultimately
prevailed.
“My job as a coach is to figure out a way of getting
us up and ready for Game 5,” Rivers said. “There’s
nobody, probably in the league, that’s going to replace Chris Paul so there’s nobody clearly on our
team that’s going to do it. As a group everybody
pitches in.”
Golden State 3, Houston 1
Golden State 104, Houston 78
Golden State 115, Houston 106
Houston 97, Golden State 96
Golden State 121, Houston 94
Wednesday: Houston at Golden State
x-Friday: Golden State at Houston
x-Sunday, May 1: at Golden State
San Antonio 4, Memphis 0
San Antonio 106, Memphis 74
San Antonio 94, Memphis 68
San Antonio 96, Memphis 87
San Antonio 116, Memphis 95
Oklahoma City 4, Dallas 1
Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 70
Dallas 85, Oklahoma City 84
Oklahoma City 131, Dallas 102
Oklahoma City 119, Dallas 108
Monday: Oklahoma City 118, Dallas 104
L.A. Clippers 2, Portland 2
L.A. Clippers 115, Portland 95
L.A. Clippers 102, Portland 81
Portland 96, L.A. Clippers 88
Monday: Portland 98, L.A. Clippers 84
Wednesday: Portland at L.A. Clippers
Friday: L.A. Clippers at Portland
x-Sunday, May 1: at L.A. Clippers
Monday
Hornets 89, Heat 85
MIAMI — Deng 4-14 5-5 15, J.Johnson 612 0-0 16, Whiteside 3-5 2-5 8, Dragic 5-10
0-0 12, Wade 4-11 4-6 12, Richardson 1-7
0-0 3, Winslow 3-8 1-2 8, Stoudemire 2-2
1-1 5, Wright 0-2 0-0 0, Haslem 0-1 1-2 1,
Green 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 30-76 14-21 85.
CHARLOTTE — Williams 0-5 0-0 0, Kaminsky 1-5 2-4 4, Jefferson 4-12 1-2 9,
Walker 13-28 6-7 34, Lee 3-8 4-4 11, Lin 610 8-9 21, Zeller 3-4 2-2 8, Hawes 0-3 2-2 2.
Totals 30-75 25-30 89.
Miami
26 13 22 24—85
Charlotte
19 29 21 20—89
Three-Point
Goals—Miami
11-29
(J.Johnson 4-5, Dragic 2-4, Deng 2-8,
Green 1-2, Richardson 1-4, Winslow 1-5,
Wright 0-1), Charlotte 4-17 (Walker 2-8,
Lee 1-3, Lin 1-3, Kaminsky 0-1, Williams 02). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami
57 (J.Johnson, Wade, Deng, Whiteside 7),
Charlotte 46 (Hawes 8). Assists—Miami
20 (Wade 10), Charlotte 10 (Lin, Jefferson 3). Total Fouls—Miami 26, Charlotte
20. A—19,156 (19,077).
Trail Blazers 98, Clippers 84
L.A. CLIPPERS — Mbah a Moute 0-1 00 0, Griffin 6-15 4-5 17, Jordan 3-5 1-6 7,
Paul 7-14 2-2 16, Redick 3-13 0-0 8, Green
5-10 4-6 17, Crawford 4-15 3-4 12, Johnson
0-0 0-0 0, Rivers 1-7 2-2 4, Aldrich 0-1 0-2
0, Pierce 0-2 0-0 0, Ayres 1-1 1-1 3, Prigioni 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-84 17-28 84.
PORTLAND — Aminu 11-20 2-2 30, Harkless 5-8 2-2 12, Plumlee 1-6 0-0 2, Lillard
4-15 2-2 12, McCollum 6-13 5-7 19, Henderson 1-9 2-2 4, Davis 2-8 0-0 4, Crabbe 5-5
0-0 12, Kaman 0-3 0-0 0, Connaughton 0-0
0-0 0, Montero 1-1 0-0 3, Roberts 0-0 0-0 0,
Vonleh 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-88 13-15 98.
L.A. Clippers
20 23 21 20—84
Portland
24 23 19 32—98
Three-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 7-25
(Green 3-6, Redick 2-8, Griffin 1-1, Crawford 1-4, Pierce 0-1, Paul 0-2, Rivers 0-3),
Portland 13-31 (Aminu 6-10, Crabbe 2-2,
McCollum 2-4, Lillard 2-8, Montero 1-1,
Davis 0-1, Harkless 0-2, Henderson 0-3).
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 51 (Jordan 15), Portland 68 (Plumlee
14). Assists—L.A. Clippers 16 (Paul 4),
Portland 27 (Plumlee 10). Total Fouls—
L.A. Clippers 17, Portland 25. Technicals—Jordan, Davis. Flagrant Fouls—Davis. A—19,607 (19,980).
Thunder 118, Mavericks 104
DALLAS — Anderson 5-10 2-4 14,
Nowitzki 8-16 5-5 24, Pachulia 3-7 6-6 12,
Felton 5-12 0-0 10, Matthews 3-13 2-2 11,
Powell 6-7 4-6 16, Barea 4-7 0-0 8, Harris
4-9 1-1 9, Villanueva 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-81
20-24 104.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Durant 11-24 88 33, Ibaka 0-4 2-2 2, Adams 5-8 5-9 15,
Westbrook 13-23 7-8 36, Roberson 3-6 00 6, Waiters 4-8 0-0 11, Collison 1-1 1-2
3, Foye 0-1 2-2 2, Payne 2-2 0-0 5, Kanter
2-4 1-1 5, Morrow 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-81
26-32 118.
Dallas
24 37 22 21—104
Oklahoma City
35 33 25 25—118
Three-Point Goals—Dallas 8-24 (Nowitzki 3-6, Matthews 3-7, Anderson 2-5, Barea 0-1, Felton 0-2, Harris 0-3), Oklahoma
City 10-30 (Waiters 3-6, Westbrook 3-8,
Durant 3-11, Payne 1-1, Ibaka 0-1, Kanter
0-1, Roberson 0-2). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Dallas 43 (Powell 9), Oklahoma City 50 (Westbrook 12). Assists—
Dallas 24 (Pachulia 9), Oklahoma City 19
(Westbrook 9). Total Fouls—Dallas 24,
Oklahoma City 22. Technicals—Anderson, Nowitzki, Oklahoma City defensive
three second. A—18,203 (18,203).
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Warriors’
Curry out
two weeks
BY JOSH DUBOW
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — If the Golden State
Warriors want to cap a record-setting season with a second straight NBA title, they
will need to survive the next two weeks
without their best player.
Stephen Curry is expected to miss at
least two weeks with a Grade 1 sprain of
the MCL in his right knee, dealing an unexpected blow to the Warriors’ hopes of repeating as champions.
“From our perspective, it’s relatively
good news,” general manager Bob Myers
said Monday. “Clearly
we don’t want to be
Clearly
here getting MRIs at
this point of the seawe don’t
son, especially somewant to
one of Steph’s stature.
... But mechanically
be here
the knee is intact, so
getting
that’s good.”
MRIs at
Myers said the twoweek estimate was an
this point
educated guess based
of the
on how players typicalseason,
ly respond to similar
injuries, but cautioned
especially
the absence could be
someone
three weeks or possibly slightly shorter.
of Steph’s
The team will have
stature.
a better handle on how
Bob Myers
long Curry will be out
Warriors GM
after about a week but
Curry will miss the
rest of the first round of the playoffs and
almost assuredly the start of the second
round if the Warriors advance. Golden
State leads Houston 3-1 heading into Game
5 at home on Wednesday night.
“If it’s not two weeks, don’t go crazy,”
Myers said. “If it’s before that, great. If it’s
after, it’s after.”
Curry was injured on the final play of
the first half of Sunday’s 121-94 win in
Houston when he slid awkwardly on a wet
spot on the court and fell. He immediately
grabbed his knee and jogged with a limp to
the locker room.
Curry came out with the team after halftime, but sat on the bench for most of the
warmup time. After talking with coaches,
he returned to the locker room with his second injury of the series. Curry had missed
the previous two games with a sprained
right ankle but said that was not an issue
during the first half Sunday.
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BY
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Kemba Walker waves his arms to quiet the crowd during the second half of Game 4 of the Hornets’ first-round series against the
Heat in Charlotte, N.C. The Hornets won 89-85 to even the series at 2-2 as it shifts back to Miami for Game 5.
Hornets top Heat, even series
BY STEVE R EED
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Steve Clifford
has seen that look in Kemba Walker’s eye.
It tells the Charlotte coach to just give the
point guard the ball and let him go.
Walker responded, like he’s done so
many times before.
Walker had 11 straight Charlotte points
during a crucial stretch midway through
the fourth quarter and finished with a
playoff career-high 34 points to lead the
Hornets to an 89-85 victory over the Miami
Heat on Monday night, evening the firstround series at 2-2.
“He’s so confident late in games that he
will make the play,” Clifford said.
The smallest player on the floor at 6-foot1, Walker finished 13-for-28 from the field.
“Throughout my career I have made big
plays — that is what I’m known for,” Walker
said. “Tonight was a good example of it.”
Jeremy Lin finished with 21 points and
Courtney Lee sank two free throws with
4.6 seconds left to seal the win after being
fouled on an offensive rebound.
Lin, who kept Charlotte in the game in
the first half, said it was fun just watching
Walker from the corner — and taking a
breather — down the stretch.
“I told Kemba to take us home,” Lin said.
“It’s on you.”
Game 5 is Wednesday night in Miami.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra called Walker
“dynamic.”
“He’s a handful in the pick-and-rolls
and there is only so much you can do with
that little guy,” Dwyane Wade said. “He’s
crafty. ... And every time we tried to make
a comeback, he hit a big shot.”
Lin also was a handful too, maneuvering
his body in the lane to draw fouls and get to
the line. He finished 8-for-9 on free-throw
attempts.
“Walker and Lin, they put you on your
heels,” Spoelstra said. “They are aggressive and make you have to defend with
position. You have to expect that in the
playoffs — great performances.”
The Heat’s Hassan Whiteside, left, and
the Hornets’ Marvin Williams battle for a
loose ball during the second half.
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MLB SCOREBOARD
American League
East Division
W
L
11
7
10
9
10
11
9
10
8
10
Central Division
Chicago
14
6
Kansas City
12
7
Cleveland
9
8
Detroit
9
9
Minnesota
6
14
West Division
Seattle
10
9
Oakland
10
10
Texas
10
10
Los Angeles
9
11
Houston
6
14
Baltimore
Boston
Toronto
Tampa Bay
New York
Twins 4, Indians 3
Pct
.611
.526
.476
.474
.444
GB
—
1A
2A
2A
3
.700
.632
.529
.500
.300
—
1A
3A
4
8
.526
.500
.500
.450
.300
—
Cleveland
A
A
1A
4A
National League
East Division
W
L
Pct GB
Washington
14
4
.778 —
New York
11
7
.611
3
Philadelphia
9
10
.474
5A
Miami
7
11
.389
7
Atlanta
4
15
.211 10A
Central Division
Chicago
14
5
.737 —
Pittsburgh
11
9
.550
3A
St. Louis
10
9
.526
4
Cincinnati
9
11
.450
5A
Milwaukee
8
11
.421
6
West Division
Los Angeles
12
8
.600 —
Arizona
11
10
.524
1A
San Francisco
10
11
.476
2A
Colorado
9
10
.474
2A
San Diego
7
13
.350
5
Monday’s games
Chicago White Sox 7, Toronto 5
Tampa Bay 2, Baltimore 0
Boston 1, Atlanta 0
Detroit 7, Oakland 3
N.Y. Yankees 3, Texas 1
Minnesota 4, Cleveland 3
L.A. Angels 6, Kansas City 1
Seattle 3, Houston 2
N.Y. Mets 5, Cincinnati 3
Pittsburgh 6, Colorado 1
Arizona 12, St. Louis 7
Miami 3, L.A. Dodgers 2
San Francisco 5, San Diego 4
Tuesday’s games
Chicago White Sox at Toronto
Baltimore at Tampa Bay
Boston at Atlanta
Oakland at Detroit
N.Y. Yankees at Texas
Cleveland at Minnesota
Kansas City at L.A. Angels
Houston at Seattle
Philadelphia at Washington
Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh at Colorado
St. Louis at Arizona
Miami at L.A. Dodgers
San Diego at San Francisco
Wednesday’s games
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-1) at
Toronto (Estrada 1-1)
Atlanta (B.Norris 1-3) at Boston
(S.Wright 1-2)
Baltimore (Tillman 1-1) at Tampa Bay
(Moore 1-1)
Oakland (S.Gray 3-1) at Detroit (Verlander 1-2)
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 1-1) at Texas
(M.Perez 0-2)
Cleveland (Tomlin 2-0) at Minnesota
(Gibson 0-3)
Kansas City (C.Young 1-3) at L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-0)
Houston (McHugh 1-3) at Seattle (Iwakuma 0-2)
San Diego (Cashner 1-1) at San Francisco (Samardzija 2-1)
Philadelphia (Hellickson 1-1) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 1-0)
Cincinnati (Moscot 0-1) at N.Y. Mets
(Harvey 1-3)
Milwaukee (Jungmann 0-3) at Chicago
Cubs (Arrieta 4-0)
Pittsburgh (Niese 3-0) at Colorado
(J.Gray 0-0)
St. Louis (Wainwright 0-3) at Arizona
(Corbin 1-2)
Miami (Cosart 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers
(Kazmir 1-1)
Monday
White Sox 7, Blue Jays 5
Chicago
Toronto
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Eaton rf
5 2 2 2 Carrer cf
5 0 2 0
Rollins ss
5 2 3 1 Dnldsn dh 5 1 1 0
Abreu 1b
3 0 0 1 Bautist rf 3 2 2 0
Frazier 3b
3 0 2 3 Encrnc 1b 5 0 2 3
MeCarr lf
4 0 1 0 Tlwtzk ss 4 1 2 0
Lawrie 2b
5 1 0 0 Sandrs lf
5 1 3 2
AvGarc dh 4 1 2 0 Goins 2b
4 0 0 0
Navarr c
4 0 1 0 Barney 3b 4 0 0 0
AJcksn cf
3 1 0 0 Thole c
4 0 2 0
Totals
36 7 11 7 Totals
39 5 14 5
Chicago
100 000 501—7
Toronto
203 000 000—5
LOB—Chicago 8, Toronto 10. 2B—Rollins (5), Frazier (3), Av.Garcia (2), Navarro
(1), Donaldson (7), Bautista 2 (7), Encarnacion (5). HR—Saunders (2). SB—Rollins
(1). CS—Frazier (1). SF—Frazier.
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Chicago
Mi.Gonzalez
5B 11
5
5
2 6
Putnam W,1-0
1B
0
0
0
0 2
Da.Jennings H,1
B
1
0
0
0 0
Albers H,6
1
0
0
0
0 1
Robertson S,8-9
1
2
0
0
1 0
Toronto
Stroman
6C
6
4
4
2 4
Cecil L,0-4
0
2
2
2
1 0
Floyd BS,1-1
1
2
0
0
1 2
Venditte
B
1
1
1
1 1
Chavez
1
0
0
0
0 2
Cecil pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
Venditte pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.
WP—Mi.Gonzalez.
T—3:24.
A—24,333
(49,282).
ROSS D. FRANKLIN /AP
The Diamondbacks’ Zack Greinke falls backwards after being
brushed back on a bunt attempt as Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina,
left, makes the catch during the sixth inning Monday in Phoenix.
Giants 5, Padres 4
San Diego
San Francisco
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Jay cf
4 0 1 1 Span cf
5 0 1 0
Myers 1b
5 0 1 0 Panik 2b
5 1 3 0
Kemp rf
5 2 3 0 MDuffy 3b 4 0 1 0
UptnJr lf
4 1 1 0 Posey c
4 1 2 1
DeNrrs c
4 0 1 1 Pence rf
3 1 1 2
ARmrz ss
4 0 1 1 Belt 1b
1 2 0 0
Rosales 3b 3 0 1 0 BCrwfr ss 4 0 1 0
Wallac ph
1 0 1 1 Bmgrn p
3 0 0 0
Jnkwsk pr
0 0 0 0 Gearrin p 0 0 0 0
Qcknsh p
0 0 0 0 GBlanc ph 1 0 0 0
Weeks 2b-3b 4 1 1 0 Strckln p
0 0 0 0
Pomrnz p
1 0 0 0 Law p
0 0 0 0
Perdm p
0 0 0 0 Osich p
0 0 0 0
Blash ph
1 0 0 0 Casilla p
0 0 0 0
CVllnv p
0 0 0 0 Pagan lf
4 0 3 2
Pirela ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Totals
37 4 11 4 Totals
34 5 12 5
San Diego
001 001 020—4
San Francisco
010 210 10x—5
LOB—San Diego 9, San Francisco 10.
2B—Kemp 2 (5), De.Norris (4), Weeks (1),
Pagan (5). 3B—Panik (3). HR—Posey (3),
Pence (4). SB—Upton Jr. (6), Jankowski
(2). S—Pomeranz. SF—Pence.
IP
H
R ER BB SO
San Diego
Pomeranz L,2-2
4B
7
4
3
3 6
Perdomo
1C
2
0
0
0 1
Ca.Villanueva
1
2
1
1
1 1
Quackenbush
1
1
0
0
0 1
San Francisco
Bumgarner W,2-2
6C
6
2
2
2 9
Gearrin H,2
B
0
0
0
0 0
Strickland H,3
B
3
2
2
0 1
Law
0
1
0
0
0 0
Osich H,3
B
0
0
0
0 1
Casilla S,4-6
1B
1
0
0
0 3
Law pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
WP—Pomeranz 2. PB—De.Norris 2. T—
3:47. A—41,266 (41,915).
D-backs 12, Cardinals 7
St. Louis
Arizona
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Carpntr 3b 5 1 2 1 Segura 2b 6 1 4 3
Pisctty rf
5 3 2 1 Drury 3b
5 1 2 0
Hollidy lf
2 1 1 1 Gldsch 1b 2 1 0 0
Hazelkr lf
2 1 2 3 Tomas lf
4 3 2 1
Moss 1b
3 0 0 1 WCastll c 5 2 3 2
Grichk cf
4 0 1 0 DPerlt rf
5 1 2 1
Molina c
4 0 1 0 Owings cf 5 2 3 3
Gyorko 2b
3 0 0 0 Greink p
3 1 1 0
Siegrist p
0 0 0 0 Chafin p
0 0 0 0
Maness p
0 0 0 0 WeksJr ph 1 0 1 1
Fryer ph
1 0 0 0 Burgos p
0 0 0 0
Lyons p
0 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 4 0 0 0
A.Diaz ss-2b 4 1 2 0
JGarci p
0 0 0 0
Bowmn p
0 0 0 0
Wong 2b
1 0 0 0
Tejada ss
1 0 0 0
Totals
35 7 11 7 Totals
40 12 18 11
St. Louis
200 030 200— 7
Arizona
010 109 01x—12
E—Wong (4). DP—St. Louis 2, Arizona
1. LOB—St. Louis 4, Arizona 10. 2B—Segura (4), Drury (5), Tomas 2 (6), W.Castillo
(2), Weeks Jr. (3). 3B—Holliday (1), Hazelbaker (2), Grichuk (1), D.Peralta (3). HR—
Carpenter (3), Hazelbaker (5), Segura (4).
CS—Goldschmidt (1). S—J.Garcia 2.
IP
H
R ER BB SO
St. Louis
J.Garcia
5
8
4
3
3 3
Bowman L,0-1 H,1
B
2
2
2
0 1
Siegrist BS,1-1
0
2
3
3
1 0
Maness
1C
4
2
1
1 0
Lyons
1
2
1
1
1 0
Arizona
Greinke W,2-2
6C 11
7
7
0 2
Chafin
1B
0
0
0
1 0
Burgos
1
0
0
0
0 3
J.Garcia pitched to 2 batters in the
6th. Siegrist pitched to 3 batters in the
6th. WP—Maness. PB—Molina 2. T—3:26.
A—18,208 (48,519).
Angels 6, Royals 1
Kansas City
Los Angeles
ab r h bi
YEscor 3b 3 0 0 0
Ortega cf-lf 4 1 2 0
Trout dh
3 2 1 1
Pujols 1b
4 3 2 2
Calhon rf
3 0 0 1
ASmns ss 4 0 2 1
Pnngtn 2b 2 0 0 0
C.Perez c 4 0 1 0
Choi lf
1 0 0 0
Gntry pr-cf 0 0 0 0
Totals
31 1 4 1 Totals
28 6 8 5
Kansas City
000 100 000—1
Los Angeles
301 010 10x—6
E—Pujols (2). DP—Kansas City 2.
LOB—Kansas City 8, Los Angeles 5. 2B—
K.Morales (5). HR—Trout (4), Pujols 2 (5).
CS—Ortega (1).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Kennedy L,2-2
6
7
5
5
4 2
Soria
1
1
1
1
0 1
Wang
1
0
0
0
1 0
Los Angeles
Richards W,1-3
6C
3
1
0
5 5
Salas H,4
1B
1
0
0
0 1
J.Smith
1
0
0
0
0 1
HBP—by Kennedy (Y.Escobar, Calhoun). WP—Kennedy. T—2:59. A—31,061.
AEscor ss
Mostks 3b
L.Cain cf
Hosmer 1b
KMorls dh
AGordn lf
S.Perez c
Infante 2b
JDyson rf
ab
3
2
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
r
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
h
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
bi
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Mariners 3, Astros 2
Houston
Seattle
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Altuve 2b
5 0 2 0 Aoki lf
2 0 0 0
Springr rf
4 1 1 0 S.Smith dh 3 0 0 0
Correa ss
4 0 1 1 Cano 2b
3 0 1 1
ClRsms lf
4 0 0 0 Cruz rf
3 0 0 0
White 1b
3 1 0 0 Lind 1b
4 0 0 0
Gattis dh
4 0 2 0 KSeagr 3b 4 1 1 1
CGomz cf
4 0 2 1 Iannett c
2 0 0 0
Valuen 3b
3 0 0 0 LMartn cf 2 1 1 1
MGnzlz pr
0 0 0 0 KMarte ss 3 1 1 0
Kratz c
3 0 1 0
Tucker ph
1 0 1 0
Totals
35 2 10 2 Totals
26 3 4 3
Houston
010 000 010—2
Seattle
001 110 00x—3
DP—Houston 2. LOB—Houston 8, Seattle 6. 2B—Altuve (9), Springer (4), Gattis (3). HR—K.Seager (4), L.Martin (4).
SB—Correa (3). CS—C.Gomez (2).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Houston
Fister L,1-3
6
4
3
3
7 2
Fields
1
0
0
0
0 2
W.Harris
1
0
0
0
0 0
Seattle
T.Walker W,2-0
7
6
1
1
1 11
Jo.Peralta H,4
1
2
1
1
0 2
Cishek S,5-5
1
2
0
0
1 0
WP—Fister. T—2:40. A—14,832.
Pirates 6, Rockies 1
Pittsburgh
Colorado
ab r h bi
Parra cf
5 0 2 1
Story ss
2 0 0 0
Germn p
0 0 0 0
BBarns ph 1 0 0 0
CGnzlz rf
4 0 1 0
Arenad 3b 4 0 0 0
Raburn lf
3 0 0 0
Paulsn lf
1 0 0 0
Rynlds 1b 4 0 2 0
Hundly c
4 0 1 0
LeMahi 2b 4 1 2 0
Bettis p
1 0 0 0
Oberg p
0 0 0 0
Adms ph-ss 2 0 1 0
Totals
34 6 9 5 Totals
35 1 9 1
Pittsburgh
000 010 410—6
Colorado
000 000 100—1
DP—Colorado 1. LOB—Pittsburgh 5,
Colorado 11. 2B—G.Polanco (8), Reynolds
(5). 3B—Hundley (1). HR—Joyce (2). SB—
S.Marte (6), Parra (5). S—Locke, Bettis.
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Locke W,1-2
6
5
0
0
2 8
Scahill
C
2
1
1
1 0
Schugel S,1-1
2B
2
0
0
0 1
Colorado
Bettis L,2-1
6C
6
4
4
2 3
Oberg
B
1
1
1
0 0
Germen
2
2
1
1
0 2
HBP—by Bettis (J.Harrison). WP—Bettis 2, Oberg. T—3:30. A—20,674 (50,398).
Jaso 1b
SRdrgz 1b
Joyce lf
Freese 3b
SMarte cf
Cervelli c
GPolnc rf
JHrrsn 2b
Mercer ss
Locke p
JRogrs ph
Scahill p
Schugel p
ab
4
0
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
1
0
0
1
r
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
h
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
bi
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Minnesota
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
RDavis cf
4 1 2 0 Nunez 3b
3 1 0 0
Brantly ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Dozier 2b
4 1 1 2
Kipnis 2b
5 0 1 1 Mauer dh 3 0 1 0
Lindor ss
3 0 0 0 Sano rf
3 0 1 1
Napoli 1b
5 0 0 0 Park 1b
4 0 0 0
CSantn dh 4 1 2 0 Arcia lf
4 1 1 1
Gomes c
3 1 1 1 EEscor ss 3 0 0 0
Byrd rf
4 0 2 1 KSuzuk c
2 0 0 0
Uribe 3b
4 0 2 0 DaSntn cf 3 1 1 0
Naquin pr-cf 0 0 0 0
JRmrz lf-3b 4 0 2 0
Totals
37 3 12 3 Totals
29 4 5 4
Cleveland
010 010 010—3
Minnesota
000 030 001—4
No outs when winning run scored.
E—K.Suzuki (1). DP—Minnesota 1. LOB—
Cleveland 10, Minnesota 5. 2B—Byrd (2),
Uribe (3), Dozier (4), Mauer (4). HR—
Gomes (3), Arcia (3). SB—R.Davis (6).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Cleveland
Salazar
4C
3
3
3
4 3
Manship
B
1
0
0
0 0
Detwiler
C
0
0
0
0 0
Chamberlain
1B
0
0
0
0 0
B.Shaw
1
0
0
0
0 2
McAllister L,1-1
0
1
1
1
0 0
Minnesota
Milone
4C
7
2
2
2 5
May
1B
1
0
0
0 2
Abad H,2
C
1
0
0
0 1
Pressly BS,1-1
1B
3
1
1
1 2
Jepsen W,1-3
1
0
0
0
0 0
McAllister pitched to 1 batter in the
9th. WP—Salazar, Milone 2. Balk—Salazar, Abad. T—3:24. A—17,503 (38,871).
Yankees 3, Rangers 1
New York
Texas
ab r h bi
Odor 2b
4 0 0 0
Mazara rf 3 0 1 0
Beltre 3b
4 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0
Dsmnd lf
3 0 0 0
Morlnd dh 2 0 0 0
Albrto pr-dh 0 0 0 0
Andrus ss 3 0 0 0
Nichols c
3 1 1 1
DShlds cf 3 0 0 0
Totals
36 3 10 3 Totals
28 1 3 1
New York
002 001 000—3
Texas
000 000 010—1
E—Gregorius (4). DP—New York 3,
Texas 1. LOB—New York 8, Texas 2. 2B—
Teixeira (1), Fielder (2). HR—Ellsbury (1),
S.Castro (3), Nicholas (1).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
New York
Eovaldi W,1-2
7
2
0
0
2 6
Betances H,5
1
1
1
1
0 1
A.Miller S,5-5
1
0
0
0
0 0
Texas
C.Ramos L,0-1
6
9
3
3
2 5
Klein
1
0
0
0
0 2
Diekman
1
1
0
0
0 1
Wilhelmsen
1
0
0
0
0 1
C.Ramos pitched to 2 batters in the
7th. Eovaldi pitched to 1 batter in the
8th. PB—Nicholas. T—2:46. A—31,453
(48,114).
Ellsury cf
Gardnr lf
Beltran dh
Teixeir 1b
SCastro 2b
Headly 3b
Ackley rf
Gregrs ss
AuRmn c
ab
5
5
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
r
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
h
2
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
2
bi
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Red Sox 1, Braves 0
Boston
Atlanta
ab r h bi
Markks rf 2 0 0 0
DCastr ss-2b 4 0 0 0
AdGarc 3b 4 0 1 0
Przyns c
4 0 0 0
Francr lf
4 0 1 0
FFrmn 1b
3 0 2 0
Petersn 2b 2 0 0 0
Stbbs ph-cf 1 0 0 0
MSmith cf 2 0 0 0
Aybar ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Tehern p
2 0 0 0
JJhnsn p
0 0 0 0
KJhnsn ph 1 0 0 0
Vizcain p
0 0 0 0
Totals
33 1 6 1 Totals
30 0 4 0
Boston
000 000 100—1
Atlanta
000 000 000—0
E—Pierzynski (1), Ad.Garcia (7).
DP—Atlanta 1. LOB—Boston 8, Atlanta
6. 2B—Betts (4), Vazquez (2), Francoeur
(1). HR—Bradley Jr. (1). SB—Bogaerts (3).
CS—T.Shaw (1), Peterson (1).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Boston
Porcello W,4-0
6B
4
0
0
2 6
Ross Jr. H,1
C
0
0
0
0 1
Uehara H,7
1
0
0
0
1 1
Kimbrel S,6-7
1
0
0
0
0 2
Atlanta
Teheran L,0-3
7
6
1
1
3 8
J.Johnson
1
0
0
0
0 1
Vizcaino
1
0
0
0
0 2
T—2:55. A—22,735 (49,586).
Betts rf
Pedroia 2b
Bogarts ss
T.Shaw 1b
Rutledg 3b
B.Holt lf
BrdlyJr cf
Vazquz c
Porcell p
RossJr p
Uehara p
Ortiz ph
Kimrel p
ab
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
4
3
0
0
1
0
r
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
h
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
bi
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tigers 7, Athletics 3
Oakland
Detroit
ab r h bi
ab r h bi
Burns cf
4 0 1 1 JIglesis ss 5 1 1 0
Coghln 3b
3 0 0 0 Upton lf
3 1 1 1
Canha ph-3b 2 0 1 1 MiCarr 1b 4 2 4 4
Reddck rf
4 0 2 0 VMrtnz dh 4 1 2 1
Lowrie 2b
4 0 2 0 JMrtnz rf
4 0 0 0
Vogt c
4 0 0 0 Cstllns 3b 4 1 2 0
Crisp lf
4 1 0 0 AnRmn 3b 0 0 0 0
KDavis dh
4 0 1 0 Sltlmch c
3 0 0 0
Alonso 1b
3 1 1 1 TyCllns cf 4 0 0 0
Butler ph
1 0 1 0 Gose cf
0 0 0 0
Semien ss
4 1 1 0 Aviles 2b
4 1 2 1
Totals
37 3 10 3 Totals
35 7 12 7
Oakland
000 001 200—3
Detroit
110 041 00x—7
E—Upton (1), Zimmermann (2). DP—
Detroit 1. LOB—Oakland 8, Detroit 6.
2B—Alonso (2), Butler (3), Semien (1),
Mi.Cabrera (4). HR—Mi.Cabrera 2 (3),
V.Martinez (3). SB—Castellanos (1). SF—
Upton.
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Oakland
Graveman L,1-2
4C 10
6
6
1 4
Hendriks
1B
2
1
0
0 1
Fe.Rodriguez
1
0
0
0
0 1
Triggs
1
0
0
0
0 1
Detroit
Zimmermann W,4-0 6C
7
3
1
1 1
B.Hardy
C
2
0
0
0 0
Lowe
C
0
0
0
0 1
J.Wilson
1
1
0
0
0 0
PB—Vogt. T—2:39. A—21,671 (41,297).
Rays 2, Orioles 0
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
ab r h bi
Forsyth 2b 3 0 0 0
Pearce 1b 3 0 1 0
Longori 3b 4 0 1 0
Dickrsn dh 3 1 0 0
DJnngs lf
4 0 0 0
BMiller ss 2 0 1 0
TBckh ph-ss 2 0 0 0
SouzJr rf
3 1 1 0
Kiermr cf 2 0 0 0
Casali c
2 0 1 2
Totals
32 0 5 0 Totals
28 2 5 2
Baltimore
000 000 000—0
Tampa Bay
000 011 00x—2
DP—Baltimore 1. LOB—Baltimore 5,
Tampa Bay 8. 2B—P.Alvarez 2 (3), B.Miller
(4), Casali (2).
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Baltimore
Gausman L,0-1
5
3
1
1
2 7
Matusz
C
1
1
1
2 0
Worley
2B
1
0
0
0 2
Tampa Bay
Archer W,1-4
6C
5
0
0
0 10
Romero H,3
B
0
0
0
0 0
E.Ramirez H,1
1B
0
0
0
0 1
Cedeno H,2
B
0
0
0
0 0
Colome S,4-4
B
0
0
0
0 0
HBP—by Worley (Casali), by Gausman
(Forsythe). T—2:37. A—12,996 (31,042).
ab
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Rickrd lf
Machd 3b
A.Jones cf
C.Davis 1b
Trumo rf
Wieters c
JHardy ss
PAlvrz dh
Schoop 2b
r
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
h
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
bi
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Marlins 3, Dodgers 2
Miami
Los Angeles
ab r h bi
KHrndz lf
2 0 0 0
Utley ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Kndrck 2b-lf 4 0 0 0
Puig rf
4 1 1 1
Turner 3b 4 0 2 0
Grandl 1b 4 0 0 0
Thmps cf
4 1 2 1
Ellis c
3 0 1 0
Pedrsn ph 0 0 0 0
Culersn ss 3 0 1 0
Lieratr p
0 0 0 0
Blanton p 0 0 0 0
AGnzlz ph 1 0 0 0
Strplng p
1 0 0 0
Howell p
0 0 0 0
Colemn p 0 0 0 0
CSegr ph-ss 2 0 0 0
Totals
34 3 8 3 Totals
33 2 7 2
Miami
000 111 000—3
Los Angeles
000 200 000—2
E—Yelich (2). DP—Miami 1, Los Angeles
1. LOB—Miami 7, Los Angeles 7. 2B—Stanton (2). 3B—Dietrich (1). HR—Stanton (5),
Puig (2), Thompson (1). S—Stripling.
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Miami
Chen W,1-1
6C
6
2
2
1 4
Barraclough H,1
B
0
0
0
0 1
Phelps H,3
1
1
0
0
0 1
A.Ramos S,4-4
1
0
0
0
1 2
Los Angeles
Stripling L,0-1
5B
8
3
3
3 3
Howell
C
0
0
0
0 0
Coleman
1
0
0
0
0 2
Liberatore
C
0
0
0
0 0
Blanton
1B
0
0
0
0 1
PB—Realmuto.
T—2:51.
A—44,954
(56,000).
ab
DGordn 2b 5
Ozuna cf
2
Yelich lf
4
Stanton rf
3
Bour 1b
4
Phelps p
0
ARams p
0
Realmt c
4
Dietrch 3b
3
CJhnsn ph-1b 1
Hchvrr ss
4
Chen p
3
Brrclgh p
0
Rojas 3b
1
r
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
h
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
bi
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Mets 5, Reds 3
Cincinnati
New York
ab r h bi
Grndrs rf
5 0 1 0
DWrght 3b 4 0 0 0
Confort lf 3 3 3 1
Duda 1b
4 1 2 2
NWalkr 2b 4 1 2 2
ACarer ss 3 0 0 0
De Aza cf 4 0 1 0
Reed p
0 0 0 0
Famili p
0 0 0 0
dArnad c
3 0 1 0
Plawck c
1 0 0 0
Syndrg p
1 0 0 0
Bastrd p
0 0 0 0
Verrett p
0 0 0 0
Lagars cf 1 0 0 0
Totals
34 3 8 3 Totals
33 5 10 5
Cincinnati
001 000 200—3
New York
102 000 20x—5
E—Syndergaard
(1).
LOB—Cincinnati 7, New York 8. 2B—Conforto (7).
HR—Conforto (3), Duda (4), N.Walker (8).
SB—Suarez (4), Phillips (3), De Jesus Jr.
(2), B.Hamilton 2 (4). S—Syndergaard.
SF—Cozart.
IP
H
R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
R.Iglesias
5
8
3
3
2 7
J.Ramirez L,0-1
2
2
2
2
1 2
Cotham
1
0
0
0
0 1
New York
Syndergaard
6C
7
3
3
0 9
Bastardo BS,1-1
0
1
0
0
1 0
Verrett W,2-0
B
0
0
0
0 1
Reed H,4
1
0
0
0
0 1
Familia S,6-6
1
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Yankees’ Eovaldi flirts with no-hitter
New York pitcher
doesn’t surrender
hit until seventh
in win over Texas
BY STEPHEN H AWKINS
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Nathan Eovaldi
was well aware that he was throwing a nohitter. The New York Yankees right-hander
from the same hometown as baseball’s nohit and strikeout king will take the sevenplus scoreless innings.
Eovaldi lost his no-hit bid when Rangers
rookie Nomar Mazara led off the seventh
with a single but pitched into the eighth
without allowing a run for his first victory
in four starts this season as the Yankees
won 3-1 at Texas on Monday night.
“In the fifth inning. I realized I had
it going on. Once it’s over with, it’s over
with,” Eovaldi said. “And I just want to try
to go as deep in the game as I can. ... When
it was hit, I thought it was an out. But with
the shift, the ball made it through.”
The Rangers were without a hit until
Mazara, a day before his 21st birthday,
singled through the left side of the infield.
After Mazara was wiped out by a double
play, Prince Fielder swung at a high pitch
for a double to right-center before Ian Desmond grounded out to end the inning.
“He was amazing. His split ... anything
that started at your thigh went straight to
the ground,” Fielder said. “Obviously if
you can get a big-league team to go no hits
through the seventh, you’re doing something good.”
Jacoby Ellsbury and Starlin Castro had
solo homers for the Yankees off Cesar
BRANDON WADE /AP
Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi throws during the seventh inning of Monday’s game against the Rangers in Arlington, Texas.
Ramos (0-1), the lefty starting in place of
Cole Hamels (sore groin).
After Eovaldi (1-2) walked Mitch Moreland to start the eighth, Dellin Betances
took over and promptly got Elvis Andrus
to ground into a double play before Brett
Nicholas hit his first career homer. Andrew Miller worked a perfect ninth for his
fifth save in as many opportunities as the
Rangers lost their fourth straight game.
Eovaldi is only the second major league
player from Alvin, Texas. The other is another big right-hander: Nolan Ryan, who
threw a record seven no-hitters.
“We saw tonight what we saw toward
the end of last year, and we’d love for that
to continue,” said Yankees first baseman
Mark Teixeira, who was then asked what
he saw from the pitcher. “Uncomfortable
swings. You can tell how good a guy is and
how good his stuff is by the reaction of the
hitters. They’re swinging at pitches in the
dirt or they’re swinging at pitches over
their heads because it’s just an uncomfortable at-bat.”
Eovaldi threw 66 of his 98 pitches for
strikes. He walked two and struck out six,
ending his streak of seven consecutive
starts with at least seven strikeouts that
was tied with the longest in team history.
“I feel like I’ve progressed in each outing,” he said. “It was good for everything
to come together in this one.”
Roundup
Collins’ obscene gesture taints Tigers’ victory
Associated Press
DETROIT — Tyler Collins
tainted a much-needed win for
the Detroit Tigers.
Collins directed an obscene
gesture at fans after he lost a ball
in the lights, leading to the first
run Jordan Zimmermann gave up
this year, but Miguel Cabrera hit
two homers to help Detroit snap a
skid with a 7-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
“To be at home and to hear boos
after that play hit a trigger inside
of me and I lashed out completely
inappropriately,” Collins said.
“I’m absolutely embarrassed it
happened and I’m very sorry to
everybody in Detroit.”
The center fielder extended the
middle finger on his left hand and
waved it from right to left and
also appeared to yell an obscenity
to the booing crowd.
“Clearly, it’s something that
can’t happen,” Tigers manager
Brad Ausmus said. “I spoke to
Tyler immediately in the dugout,
in the tunnel, after it happened
and I spoke to him after the game.
CARLOS OSORIO/AP
Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez looks skyward after his
solo home run during the fifth inning of Monday’s game against the
Athletics in Detroit. The Tigers won 7-3 to snap a four-game skid.
He regrets it.”
A contrite Collins said he could
not see the flyball from Oakland’s
Marcus Semien because of the
lights. He wasn’t charged with an
error, but left fielder Justin Upton
was after he failed to field the ball
on the ground, allowing Semien
to reach third. Semien scored
after Billy Burns, the next batter,
hit a single to end Zimmermann’s
unblemished start.
Twins 4, Indians 3: Oswaldo
Arcia led off the ninth inning with
a home run off of Zach McAllister
(1-1) to lift host Minnesota over
Cleveland.
Angels 6, Royals 1: Albert
Pujols hit two homers and Mike
Trout added another, powering
host Los Angeles over Kansas
City.
Mets 5, Reds 3: Neil Walker
hit his seventh home run in 10
games, a tiebreaking shot in the
seventh inning that kept host New
York rolling against Cincinnati.
Rays 2, Orioles 0: Chris Archer (1-4) struck out 10 over 6 2 ⁄3
innings to end a 10-start winless streak, and host Tampa Bay
beat Kevin Gausman (0-1) and
Baltimore.
White Sox 7, Blue Jays 5:
Todd Frazier doubled home the
go-ahead run in a five-run seventh inning and visiting Chicago
rallied to beat Toronto.
Marlins 3, Dodgers 2: Giancarlo Stanton homered, doubled and
drove in two runs to lead visiting
Miami past Los Angeles.
Red Sox 1, Braves 0: Rick
Porcello (4-0) combined with
three relievers on a four-hitter
and visiting Boston beat Atlanta,
giving the punchless Braves their
sixth straight loss.
Mariners 3, Astros 2: Taijuan
Walker (2-0) tied his career-high
with 11 strikeouts over seven
innings and host Seattle beat
Houston for its eighth win in 11
games.
Pirates 6, Rockies 1: Matt
Joyce hit a three-run homer, Jeff
Locke (1-2) threw six scoreless
innings and visiting Pittsburgh
beat Colorado in a game that was
briefly delayed by rain.
Diamondbacks 12, Cardinals
7: Jean Segura had four hits,
including a go-ahead three-run
home run in the sixth inning, to
lead host Arizona over St. Louis.
Giants 5, Padres 4: Hunter
Pence hit a home run and sacrifice
fly, Buster Posey also homered to
back Madison Bumgarner’s (2-2)
first win since opening day and
host San Francisco held on to
beat San Diego.
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Kerr is coach of year
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Steve Kerr is the
NBA’s coach of the year, after leading the
Golden State Warriors to the best regular
season record in league history.
Kerr got 64 first-place votes from the
panel of 130 media members who regularly cover the league. Portland’s Terry Stotts
was second with 37 first-place votes. San
Antonio’s Gregg Popovich was third.
Kerr missed the Warriors’ first 43
games this season while recovering from
back surgeries, with the team being operated in his absence by assistant coach Luke
Walton. Voters took notice of Walton’s work
as well; he finished tied for eighth in the
balloting.
Golden State finished 73-9 this season,
breaking the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record
of 72-10 for the best record in league history. Kerr played for that Chicago team.
Parker left off women’s roster
NEW YORK — Candace Parker was
shocked when the two-time Olympic gold
medalist learned that she will not be on the
U.S. women’s basketball roster for the Rio
Games.
“I was surprised and disappointed,”
Parker said in a phone interview with The
Associated Press on Tuesday. “Having
gone to last two Olympics, I know what it
means to represent the USA. I wish everybody on the team good luck. The USA is
going to win a sixth gold medal.”
Parker received a call from national
team director Carol Callan last week informing her of USA Basketball’s decision.
Parker helped the U.S. win gold medals
in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. She was the
team’s leading rebounder in the London
Games four years ago. She is a two-time
WNBA MVP and was fifth in the voting
for the award last year despite sitting out
the first half of the season to rest injuries.
When Parker did return, she averaged 19.4
points, 10.1 rebounds and a career-high 6.3
assists.
With Parker off the team, it is likely that
Elena Delle Donne and Breanna Stewart,
who play the same position as Parker, will
make their first Olympic rosters. The roster is expected to be announced Wednesday. Delle Donne won the WNBA’s MVP
last year and Stewart helped UConn win a
fourth straight national championship earlier this month. She was the No. 1 pick in
the WNBA draft and also has helped USA
Basketball win gold medals at nearly every
level she’s played.
The Americans will be trying for a sixth
straight Olympic gold medal in Rio.
Lloyd to miss 3-6 weeks
U.S. women’s national team star Carli
Lloyd has a sprained right knee and will
miss from three to six weeks, the Houston
Dash announced.
Lloyd was injured in the fifth minute of
a National Women’s Soccer League match
between the Dash and the expansion Orlando Pride on Saturday. She played until
the 14th minute, and was later seen on the
sideline icing her knee.
Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16
minutes of the United States’ 5-2 victory
over Japan in the final of the Women’s
World Cup last summer. She was named
FIFA Player of the Year.
The Dash said Monday that an MRI
revealed she has a Grade 1 MCL sprain.
There were concerns that if the injury
were more severe she could miss the U.S.
team’s bid for a fourth straight Olympic
gold medal this summer in Brazil. The
Olympic women’s soccer tournament runs
from Aug. 3-19.
Lloyd is not the only player from the
World Cup-winning national team that is
dealing with an injury: midfielder Megan
Rapinoe is currently rehabbing after
surgery to repair a torn ACL in her right
knee. She was injured during practice last
December.
Cyclist banned for using motor
AIGLE, Switzerland — Caught using
a hidden motor at a world championship
race, cyclo-cross rider Femke Van Den
Driessche of Belgium has been banned
from cycling for six years.
The sanction imposed Tuesday by the
International Cycling Union is a first using
its rules on technological fraud.
“This case is a major victory for the
UCI and all those fans, riders and teams
who want to be assured that we will keep
this form of cheating out of our sport,”
DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr yells from the sidelines during the first-round
playoff series against the Rockets. Kerr was voted NBA coach of the year.
UCI president Brian Cookson said in a
statement.
The motor was found using magnetic
resonance scans of bikes in the pits area
at the women’s world under-23 cyclo-cross
race in Belgium in January.
Schwartzel skipping Olympics
Charl Schwartzel of South Africa is the
latest player to drop out of the Olympics,
making him the fourth major champion
in the last two weeks to decide against
being part of golf’s return after a 112-year
absence.
Ty Votaw, the PGA Tour’s chief spokesman and vice president of the International Golf Federation, said Monday that
Schwartzel notified officials late last week.
The former Masters champion moved into
a strong qualifying position when former
British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen
cited family and scheduling issues for
withdrawing.
Another former Masters champion,
Adam Scott of Australia at No. 7 in the
world, is the most high-profile player to say
he would not compete this summer in Rio.
NASCAR changes lug nuts rule
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has
added mandatory fines and other penalties
for teams caught without five lug nuts on
each wheel.
The move announced Monday comes
less than a week after three-time series
champion Tony Stewart urged NASCAR to
take action. The series had stopped monitoring lug nuts during pit stops, and some
teams were using fewer than five, allowing
them to send cars out faster in hopes of getting better position and a better finish.
NASCAR can only check for every lug
nut before and after a race, but may call a
car back to pit road during a race.
Swing: Braun key part of Milwaukee’s successful start at the plate
FROM BACK PAGE
JIM MONE /AP
The Brewers’ Ryan Braun, right, is congratulated by Kirk
Nieuwenhuis after scoring against the Twins on April 19.
“He’s crushed mistakes that
guys have made to him. He’s
doing a nice job,” Counsell said.
As is the rest of the lineup, for
the most part.
Veteran
catcher
Jonathan
Lucroy, hitting .297, has an
eight-game hitting streak. First
baseman Chris Carter, a career
.217 hitter who averaged .199 last
season in Houston, is hitting .295
with five homers and 15 RBIs. He
has nine doubles and, like Braun,
is a dangerous hitter to the opposite field in right.
Shortstop Jonathan Villar, another offseason acquisition from
the Astros, is playing solid defense and getting on base. Second baseman Scooter Gennett, a
left-handed hitter, has four home
runs and has shown improvement
against lefty pitchers.
Power-hitting prospect Domingo Santana isn’t a typical leadoff
hitter, but performing well in
that role, hitting .275 with two
homers.
“He’s gotten on base, he’s been
himself. He’s taken the same atbat you take in another spot in
the lineup,” Counsell said. “Guys
may think they have to change
themselves, and he’s continued to
be himself.”
Part of the Brewers’ successful
start at the plate is due to a more
patient approach, and a focus
on working counts and drawing walks. Gennett has 10 walks
through 18 games after drawing
12 in 114 games all of last season.
The Brewers were 8-11 through
the season’s first three weeks.
It’s a respectable enough record,
especially given the trouble the
team has had of late in getting
quality starts from the pitching
staff.
The club is in the early stages
of the rebuilding process. Players
potentially seen as holdover pieces, like Carter and Villar, could
eventually give way to younger
prospects, and the pitching staff
could skew younger, too.
But for now, the team can draw
positives from the back end of the
bullpen and the offense.
“Certainly room for improvement in some areas. Always a
matter of consistency; we haven’t
been very consistent in many aspects of the game but I think we
can be better than we’ve been to
this point,” Braun said.
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Scoreboard
First round
(Best-of-seven)
(x-if necessary)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 2
N.Y. Islanders 5, Florida 4
Florida 3, N.Y. Islanders 1
N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 3, OT
Florida 2, N.Y. Islanders 1
N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1, 2OT
N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1, 2OT
Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 1
Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 2
Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 0
Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 1, Detroit 0
Washington 4, Philadelphia 2
Washington 2, Philadelphia 0
Washington 4, Philadelphia 1
Washington 6, Philadelphia 1
Philadelphia 2, Washington 1
Philadelphia 2, Washington 0
Washington 1, Philadelphia 0
Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 1
Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 2
N.Y. Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 2
Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 0
Pittsburgh 6, Rangers 3
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Dallas 4, Minnesota 2
Dallas 4, Minnesota 0
Dallas 2, Minnesota 1
Minnesota 5, Dallas 3
Dallas 3, Minnesota 2
Minnesota 5, Dallas 4, OT
Dallas 5, Minnesota 4
St. Louis 4, Chicago 3
St. Louis 1, Chicago 0, OT
Chicago 3, St. Louis 2
St. Louis 3, Chicago 2
St. Louis 4, Chicago 3
Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, 2OT
Chicago 6, St. Louis 3
Monday: St. Louis 3, Chicago 2
Anaheim 3, Nashville 3
Nashville 3, Anaheim 2
Nashville 3, Anaheim 2
Anaheim 3, Nashville 0
Anaheim 4, Nashville 1
Anaheim 5, Nashville 2
Monday: Nashville 3, Anaheim 1
Wednesday: at Anaheim
San Jose 4, Los Angeles 1
San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3
San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1
Los Angeles 2, San Jose 1, OT
San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2
San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3
Second round
EASTERN CONFERENCE
N.Y. Islanders vs. Tampa Bay
Wednesday: at Tampa Bay
Rest of schedule TBA
Monday
Blues 3, Blackhawks 2
Chicago
1 1 0—2
St. Louis
2 0 1—3
First Period—1, St. Louis, Lehtera 1
(Bouwmeester, Schwartz), 1:00. 2, St.
Louis, Parayko 2 (Berglund, Steen), 13:43.
3, Chicago, Hossa 3 (Panik), 18:30.
Second Period—4, Chicago, Shaw 4
(Toews, Keith), 3:20 (pp).
Third Period—5, St. Louis, Brouwer 1
(Fabbri, Stastny), 8:31.
Shots on Goal—Chicago 11-13-9—33.
St. Louis 9-12-5—26.
Power-play opportunities—Chicago 1
of 1; St. Louis 0 of 2.
Goalies—Chicago, Crawford 3-4-0 (26
shots-23 saves). St. Louis, Elliott 4-3-0
(33-31).
A—19,935 (19,150). T—2:36.
Brouwer, Blues boot Blackhawks
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis
Blues acquired Troy Brouwer for
moments like this, dealing fan favorite T.J. Oshie to Washington
for some badly needed veteran
presence.
The
30-year-old
forward
showed plenty of poise when his
first shot clanked off the post midway through the third period. The
second effort off the backhand
produced the
goal that put
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Blues right wing on
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go-ahead goal ugliest goal
I’ve
ever
scored
and
probably the timeliest goal I’ve
ever scored.”
“I just tried to stay with it,
knowing the magnitude of the
game, knowing how everything’s
been going,” Brouwer added.
Brouwer played for the Blackhawks’ Cup winner in 2010 and
this was his seventh career Game
7. The goal at 8:31 was his first in
24 postseason games since 2013
and was the difference in a tense
series that was either tied or a
one-goal game 91 percent of the
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Blues right wing Troy Brouwer, left, scores the game-winning goal past Blackhawks goaltender Corey
Crawford in the third period of Game 7 in St. Louis on Monday. The Blues won 3-2 and will face Dallas
in the second round of the playoffs.
time, according to NHL.com.
Chicago just missed a chance to
tie it when Brent Seabrook’s shot
went off both posts with about
3:30 left. Coach Joel Quenneville came close to challenging the
play.
“We had a sniff there,” Quenneville said. “We didn’t get the
positive feedback from the headset. It was close.”
It is the first time the Blues advanced past the first round since
2012, when they beat San Jose
BY TERESA M. WALKER
Predators 3, Ducks 1
Associated Press
Playoff scoring leaders
Through April 25
GP
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
6
7
4
5
6
7
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10
5 4
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Calendar
April 30 — NHL Draft lottery, 7 p.m.
May 29-June 4 — NHL rookie combine
at Buffalo, N.Y.
June 24-25 — NHL Draft at Buffalo, N.Y.
July 1 — Free agency opens, noon.
the Blackhawks tied it in the second period.
Marian Hossa scored his third
goal of the series and Andrew
Shaw got his fourth on a power
play for the Blackhawks. Patrick
Kane was dangerous all night but
was scoreless, and was minus-3.
Brouwer scored from close
range off a feed from Robby Fabbri. The first shot went off the
right post and he nudged the second past Corey Crawford.
Predators stay alive, force Game 7
Anaheim
0 1 0—1
Nashville
0 2 1—3
Second Period—1, Nashville, Ekholm
2 (Jarnkrok, Ellis), 8:10. 2, Nashville, Neal
2 (Johansen), 17:45. 3, Anaheim, Kesler 3
(Perry, Fowler), 19:46 (pp).
Third Period—4, Nashville, Weber 2
(Neal), 19:50 (en).
Shots on Goal—Anaheim 7-11-9—27.
Nashville 8-12-6—26.
Power-play opportunities—Anaheim 1
of 2; Nashville 0 of 1.
Goalies—Anaheim, Andersen 3-1-0 (25
shots-23 saves). Nashville, Rinne 3-3-0
(27-26).
A—17,113 (17,113). T—2:31.
Jamie Benn, Dal
John Tavares, NYI
Jason Spezza, Dal
Nikita Kucherov, TB
Reilly Smith, Fla
Sidney Crosby, Pit
Brent Burns, SJ
Jason Pominville, Min
Jaden Schwartz, StL
Evgeni Malkin, Pit
Tyler Johnson, TB
Nicklas Backstrom, Was
Artemi Panarin, Chi
Patrick Kane, Chi
11 tied with 6 pts.
in five games but then lost four
straight to Los Angeles. St. Louis
plays Dallas in the next round.
“We’re still not where we want
to be,” Brouwer said. “We want to
be playing in a month and a half
still.”
Jori Lehtera scored his first
career playoff goal and rookie
defenseman Colton Parayko also
scored for the Blues, who avoided
another inglorious finish. They
led 2-0 early, their second twogoal cushion in two games, before
M ARK HUMPHREY/AP
Predators goalie Pekka Rinne, left, blocks a
shot as defenseman Shea Weber, right, ties
up Ducks center Rickard Rakell on Monday
in Nashville. The Predators won 3-1 to even
the series 3-3.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — By treating their
elimination game like a Game 7, the Nashville
Predators finally have pushed a playoff series
to a seventh game.
Now they want to go back to Anaheim and
finish off the Ducks.
James Neal scored the winning goal late
in the second period, and the Predators
beat Anaheim 3-1 on Monday night to force
the second Game 7 in the first round of this
postseason.
“Anything can happen,” Nashville captain
Shea Weber said. “It’s obviously two good
teams that are pretty equal and it is going to
come down to the last game, and we’ll see how
it goes.”
The Predators had lost the previous five
Game 6s when needing a win to stay alive in
the playoffs, and they snapped a three-game
skid to the Ducks to force this series back to
Anaheim for the deciding game Wednesday
night.
“For our group to come together like that
with the way we played at home, we really
wanted to make sure we left it all on the ice
tonight because it would have been really disappointing if we lost every game at home,”
Predators center Ryan Johansen said.
Weber sealed the victory with an empty-net
goal with 10 seconds left off an assist by Neal.
Mattias Ekholm also scored a goal, and Pekka
Rinne made 26 saves for the win.
“I don’t think there’s anything better in the
Stanley Cup (playoffs) than a Game 7 when
everything means something,” Predators
coach Peter Laviolette said. “It’s a big game,
our guys will be excited.”
Ryan Kesler scored a power-play goal for
the Ducks, who now are 8-6 in Game 6s. They
return to Anaheim where they lost their last
three last spring in the Western Conference
finals to eventual Stanley Cup champ Chicago. They also lost Game 7 on home ice to the
Kings in 2014 and Detroit in 2013.
“It’s a new team, new time,” Anaheim coach
Bruce Boudreau said. “Every year is different. Every day is different. We’re looking forward to the game.”
This will be the first Game 7 with Anaheim
for players such as left wing David Perron.
The Ducks became the first to win on home
ice in this series in Game 5.
“We are going to have to rely on guys who
have been there before and we are going to
throw our everything at them, play our best
game and find a way to move on to that second
round,” Perron said. “I’m excited for our next
game already.”
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Bringing
the swing
Healthy Braun finding groove
after recovering from injuries
BY GENARO C. A RMAS
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE
yan Braun is healthy again, and it’s showing
with his swing.
He is hitting with authority the opposite
way, to right field. Maybe this rebuilding
season won’t be so tough after all for the Milwaukee
Brewers.
“Swing is in a good place, bat path is in a good
place,” Braun said after the Brewers’ 8-5 win on
Sunday over the Philadelphia Phillies. “But more
than that, I’m healthy, healthiest I’ve been in a
while. I feel good.”
The Brewers’ best player is hitting .364 with
five homers and 15 RBIs in 18 games. He had a
seven-game hitting streak going into the start
of a three-game series on Tuesday in Chicago
against the Cubs.
Braun had offseason back surgery, a procedure that delayed his winter workout program
by a couple weeks. He had to sit out about a
week during spring training to rest the back, but
finished with a flurry, hitting home runs in each
of his three final spring games.
Braun was also bothered in recent seasons
by a nerve injury near his right thumb. But that
doesn’t seem to be an issue anymore, either.
“He’s locked in, there’s no question,” manager
Craig Counsell said before Sunday’s game. And
that was before Braun went 2-for-4, including a solo homer near the right-field corner in
the fourth. Braun also stole his first base of the
season.
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