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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016
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REINFORCEMENTS
US European Command says armor
brigade rotations to begin in 2017
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Soldiers from 1st Armored
Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division,
prepare for gunnery
operations on Dec. 3
at Sugar Loaf Multi-Use
Range at Fort
Hood, Texas.
C HRISTOPHER D ENNIS
Courtesy of the U.S. Army
Families ordered to leave Turkey are unlikely to return
BY JENNIFER H. SVAN
Stars and Stripes
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The first military families
ordered to leave Turkey because
of deepening security concerns in
the region arrived in Germany on
Wednesday afternoon and were
to continue on to the States. Their
departure from Turkey will most
likely be permanent.
“It was a pretty full plane of
folks,” said Kris Gault, a spokes-
woman for U.S. Air Forces in
Europe–Air Forces Africa. The
family members on the first flight
into Ramstein Air Base have
all opted to return to the States,
Gault said, and were expected
to continue their journey later
Wednesday evening.
Families were being transported from Turkey on C-17 military
aircraft and commercial planes
operated by Air Mobility Command’s Patriot Express charter
flights.
‘They’re not going to be gone for three months
and return. At this time, dependents won’t be
in Turkey. There is no timeline of a return.
’
Julie Weckerlein
U.S. European Command spokesperson
“Families are being briefed on
all their options,” Julie Weckerlein, a spokeswoman for U.S. European Command, said.
Those options include return-
ing to one’s home of record in the
States or moving to a follow-on
assignment if there is one, she
said. Families with school-age
children will also likely be able
to stay at Ramstein temporarily
so their kids can finish out the
school year, Air Force officials at
Ramstein said.
In all scenarios, the military is
paying expenses such as transportation and lodging for those
families.
Upon arriving at their destination, families will be greeted by
a team that will address housing,
medical, financial and educational needs, Weckerlein said.
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3 brigades’ levels in Europe by ’18
BY STEVEN BEARDSLEY
Stars and Stripes
NAPLES, Italy — The U.S.
Army will begin rotational deployments of an armored brigade
combat team in Europe starting
next February, the military announced Wednesday, in a move
that will raise the number of
American troops on the Continent in response to a more assertive Russia.
Each rotating brigade will
bring its own equipment, including scores of tanks and Bradley
fighting vehicles, U.S. European
Command said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Army will
repair and upgrade its already
pre-positioned
weapons
and
equipment and place them at sites
in Belgium, the Netherlands and
Germany.
Both decisions — part of the
military’s $3.4 billion request
to fund European operations in
the coming fiscal year — are designed to win approval from both
west and east European nations
at odds over how best to respond
to the threat from Russia. Congress has yet to approve the funding request.
While the Baltic nations, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria have
asked for a more permanent stationing of American or NATO
C HRISTOPHER D ENNIS/Courtesy of the U.S. Army
U.S. European Command announced Wednesday that U.S. Army Europe would begin receiving
continuous troop rotations of U.S.-based armored brigade combat teams to the theater in 2017.
troops in their region, western
European countries — Germany
in particular — have opposed it.
The continuous presence of an
armored brigade, to be rotated
every nine months, skirts the
issue of permanence.
“This is a big step in enhancing the Army’s rotational presence and increasing their combat
equipment in Europe,” EUCOM
commander Gen. Philip Breedlove said in a statement. “This
army implementation plan continues to demonstrate our strong
and balanced approach to reassuring our NATO allies and partners in the wake of an aggressive
Russia in eastern Europe and
elsewhere.”
The military has not said where
the rotational brigade will be stationed, a question on the agenda
of this summer’s NATO summit
in Warsaw, Poland.
The rotational brigade will
bring Army manpower and equipment levels in Europe to three full
brigades by the end of 2017. Two
brigade combat teams are perma-
nently stationed in Europe — the
173rd Airborne Brigade Combat
and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
The previously pre-positioned
equipment, set aside for rotating
troops to use during exercises,
will form the core of the new prepositioned stocks in Western Europe, EUCOM said. Those stocks
will be sufficient for another
armored brigade to fall in on if
needed.
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Families: Officials had been considering move ‘for some time’
FROM FRONT PAGE
The mandatory departure, ordered Tuesday by the State and
Defense departments, affects
about 670 dependents of military
and civilian personnel at Incirlik Air Base and those at smaller
bases in Izmir and Mugla. The
families of U.S. diplomats in the
same areas are also ordered to
depart.
No specific threat triggered the
dramatic move to pull most dependents out of Turkey, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
“This was a decision made out
of an abundance of caution, given
the overall picture, the security
threats that … we looked at in
the region,” Defense Department
spokesman Peter Cook said.
Weckerlein added that “they’ve
been considering this for some
time.”
“While realizing how disruptive this is for our families, the
top priority is their safety, security and well-being,” she said.
Cook said the decision was
also made at the request of
EUCOM commander Gen. Philip
Breedlove.
“This decision allows for the
deliberate safe return of family
members from these areas due
to continued security concerns in
the region,” Cook said at a Pentagon briefing. “It in no way signifies a permanent decision to end
accompanied tours at these facilities and is specifically intended to
mitigate the risk to DOD elements
and personnel, including family.”
The military is reviewing the
status of Incirlik and other installations in Turkey as a family
destination, officials said. It’s not
known when or if families might
be able to return to the affected
installations.
“They’re not going to be gone
for three months and return,”
Weckerlein said. “At this time,
dependents won’t be in Turkey.
There is no timeline of a return.”
The types of tours at these installations — unaccompanied
versus accompanied — as well as
tour lengths are currently under
review, she said.
How long personnel whose
families have left Turkey might
remain there is also being reviewed, Weckerlein said. If, for
example, an airmen is on a threeyear accompanied tour without
family, that tour length may be
adjusted, she said.
For now, servicemembers will
continue to live in installation
housing as long as they’re there,
she said.
Uncertainty about the nature
of future tours to the base comes
as military operations at Incirlik
have increased. The base is on
the front lines of the fight against
the Islamic State group in Syria
and Iraq, with U.S. fighters routinely launching from Incirlik on
strike missions.
The security situation in Turkey
has been deteriorating in recent
months as Turkey has been hit
with a series of terrorist attacks,
including high-profile bombings
in Istanbul, Ankara and areas in
the south. Defense Department
personnel and their dependents
in Europe are restricted from
traveling there.
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Marine’s kin sue
in Osprey crash
BY AUDREY MC AVOY
Associated Press
L ANCE POUNDS/Courtesy of the U.S. Army
Maj. Gen. George Franz III, commander of Intelligence and Security Command, watches Col. Timothy
Higgins, 207th Military Intelligence Brigade commander, and his senior enlisted leader, Command
Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Segraves, unfurl the campaign streamers on a new unit guidon during the activation
ceremony of the 207th Military Intelligence Brigade on March 16, at Caserma Ederle, Italy.
Army outlines realignment
of military intelligence units
BY NANCY MONTGOMERY
Stars and Stripes
VICENZA, Italy — The Army
has stood up a military intelligence brigade in Vicenza to
support operations in Africa
and counter increasing security
threats from the continent’s extremist groups.
The 207th Military Intelligence
(Theater) Brigade was activated
earlier this month at Caserma
Ederle, which is the home of U.S.
Army Africa.
The new brigade headquarters,
along with the 307th Military Intelligence Battalion, comprises
assets from the 66th MI Brigade
in Wiesbaden, Germany, according to a news release from U.S.
Army Africa. Another battalion belonging to the brigade, the
522nd MI Battalion, will be based
in Wiesbaden.
The move is intended to provide
dedicated tactical intelligence to
support AFRICOM operations on
a continent destabilized by a number of militant Islamist groups,
according to an Army news release. Those include al-Shabab in
Somalia and Nigeria-based Boko
Haram, which was ranked as the
world’s deadliest terrorist group
by the Global Terrorism Index in
2015 and has pledged allegiance
to the Islamic State group.
Adherents of the Islamic State
group have established a foothold
in Libya, a growing concern for
the U.S., which is targeting the
group in Iraq and Syria.
As part of the military intelligence realignment, two companies within the 66th MI Battalion
will inactivate. Germany will lose
about 320 military personnel and
450 family members, according
to the news release. Italy will gain
300 military personnel and about
420 family members.
The Army will also inactivate
another unit attached to the 66th
— the 1st MI Aerial Exploitation
and Reconnaissance Battalion
— as part of a plan for all such
battalions to be managed by one
aerial intelligence brigade. That
brigade headquarters will be located in the U.S. to support global
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements, according to the release.
The moves will have no impact
on U.S. European Command operations, according to the news
release, because the 66th positions going to Vicenza were already supporting AFRICOM.
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Marine found dead off Okinawa identified
Stars and Stripes
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A
Marine found dead in waters off
Camp Schwab, Okinawa, has
been identified.
The body of Lance Cpl. Giancarlo Goyone, of Fairfax, Va., was
spotted by the Japan Coast Guard
about 11 a.m. Monday, a Marine
Corps statement said.
No further details about the
circumstances of his death have
been released. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is
investigating.
Goyone, who arrived in Okinawa in December 2014, was
stationed on Camp Schwab in
northern Okinawa, and served as
an engineer equipment electrical
systems technician with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations
Pacific.
“We remember him as a bright
and patriotic Marine who was
dedicated to mission readiness for
the Marines at Camp Schwab,”
Col. Thomas Pecina, command-
ing officer of Headquarters and
Support Battalion, Marine Corps
Base Camp Butler, said in the
statement. “We fondly remember
his genuine, caring nature, and
his warm and charismatic energy, which was contagious to all
Marines within the battalion.”
Goyone received the Navy and
Marine Corps Overseas Service
Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism
Service Medal and the National
Defense Service Medal, the statement said.
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HONOLULU — The parents of
a Marine killed in the crash of an
MV-22 Osprey in Hawaii last year
have sued the aircraft’s manufacturers and unnamed government
agencies.
The lawsuit accuses Boeing
Corp., Bell Helicopter Textron
Inc. and Eaton Aerospace of negligence and recklessness.
The
airplane-and-helicopter
hybrid aircraft crashed at a military base outside Honolulu with
21 Marines and a Navy corpsman
on board. Two Marines were
killed, including Lance Cpl. Matthew Determan, 21, of Ahwatukee, Ariz.
His parents, Michael and
Charlesa Determan, filed the
lawsuit in federal court in Honolulu on Monday. Other defendants
include unnamed government
agencies and individuals the
plaintiffs say they’re unable to
identify until attorneys are able
to examine documents and interview witnesses.
Boeing and Bell Helicopter
spokesmen referred requests for
comment to the Marine Corps.
Marine Corps spokeswoman
Capt. Sarah Burns said in a statement the Marines are committed
to ensuring their aircraft are safe
and that air crew who fly them
are thoroughly trained. She said
the Marines diligently investigate accidents.
In November, a Marine Corps
investigation found the MV-22
aircraft flew in sandy or dusty
conditions for an extended period before its engine stalled. The
stalled left engine then put the Osprey in an unavoidable freefall.
The probe said the pilots didn’t
violate any regulations or flight
standards,
but
investigators
found a proper risk assessment
should have prompted the pilots
to choose a different flight path or
landing site to avoid dust or sand.
Investigators have recommended changes to help pilots
make better decisions in similar
situations.
Determan was a member of the
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
based at Camp Pendleton in Calif.
His aircraft had taken off from a
Navy ship 100 miles offshore and
was flying to Oahu to drop off Marines for training on land when it
crashed.
Airman gets 25-year term
in child pornography case
BY K ENT H ARRIS
Stars and Stripes
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — A
former Aviano-based airman is
serving a 25-year sentence for
viewing, possessing and producing child pornography after more
than 70,000 digital images and
videos were found in his home in
Italy.
Christopher W. Cluff, a former master sergeant who was
reduced in rank to E-1 as part of
his sentence and given a bad-conduct discharge, pleaded guilty to
four specifications of viewing and
possessing child pornography
in a February court-martial. He
pleaded not guilty to one specification of producing child pornography, but the military judge, Col.
Shelly Schools, found him guilty
on all charges. He also had to forfeit all pay and allowances. He is
serving his sentence in Leavenworth, Kan.
“This is the worst child pornography case I have ever encountered,” James Parsons, a defense
computer forensic laboratory examiner, said in an Air Force news
release.
Capt. Brian Hanley, one of the
prosecutors, said Wednesday that
the conviction came as a result
of “hundreds of hours” of work
by members of the 31st Fighter
Wing’s legal team and contribu-
tions from various American and
Italian agencies.
Cluff’s case started with a tip
from the FBI and Europol to the
Italian postal police that pointed
to an IP address in Italy associated with child pornography.
Italian authorities matched the
address to Cluff’s home in Sacile,
searched the residence and arrested him on April 16, 2015.
The U.S. requested and was
granted jurisdiction on July 15.
Cluff spent most of his time until
the court-martial at the U.S.
military’s holding facility in Sembach, Germany.
Among the digital images and
videos discovered in Cluff’s home
were stored videos that came
from chat rooms or other online
sites featuring minors engaged in
“sexually explicit conduct” Cluff
was found to have fostered.
There was no evidence introduced that he was physically
present at locations where the
acts took place or that he had engaged in similar activity before
he arrived at Aviano. The charges
date to Cluff’s arrival in Italy in
December 2013.
During the trial, prosecutors offered 3,781 images and 138 video
files of child pornography for the
military judge’s consideration,
according to the news release.
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for Ramstein
Once-secret DOD office Service
sergeant slated Friday
enlists input of industry
Stars and Stripes
BY TONY CAPACCIO
Bloomberg
A recently declassified Pentagon office that gives the military
services seed money to test new
ways of employing existing weapons, platforms and sensors plans
to issue a call to the defense industry for new ideas.
It will be the Strategic Capabilities Office’s first major attempt to
enlist industry input since it was
set up in 2012 and then declassified in February by Defense
Secretary Ash Carter, its director, Will Roper, told reporters
Monday at his suburban Virginia
headquarters.
Carter’s proposed defense budget for fiscal 2017 includes $902
million for the Strategic Capabilities Office, up from $469 million
enacted this year and $171 million in fiscal 2015. The Defense
Department has highlighted its
work helping the Army convert
howitzers into potential antimissile systems, the Air Force with
micro-drones that might be dispensed from F-16 fighters, and the
Navy with revamping Raytheon
Co.’s SM-6 air defense missile into
a ship-killer.
The agency’s work is currently
focused on the Pentagon’s rebalance of resources to the Asia-Pacific region, according to budget
documents, including protecting
U.S. bases from missile attack.
Roper said the agency — with a
core of six full-time employees, including him, and about 20 support
contractors — has assisted the
services in moving technologies
from the experimental, prototype
test phase to budgeted programs
in five or six instances, all of
them classified. The new effort to
“repurpose” the SM-6 is the first
unclassified example, he said.
Citing the goal of moving “beyond the boundaries,” Roper said
his office works with the military
services to experiment. “That’s
exactly how the SM-6 was funded,” he said, and the Navy will
now use its own money to carry
out the program.
“All they needed was kickstarter funding” to help turn the
missile into a “dual threat,” Roper
said.
The agency is bankrolling projects with exotic names reminiscent of James Bond villains, such
as Sea Mob, Third Eye, Strike
Ex, Sea Stalker and Sea Dragon.
There’s also a more mundane
project, known simply as “MK48 Heavyweight Torpedo Prototype,” to improve that weapon’s
propulsion.
Many of the projects remain
secret, Roper said, because the
agency wants “to have our best
tricks behind the door.”
“We are looking for things we
can go put our hands on today”
and “we need a strategic aspect,”
such as whether it creates doubt
in a potential adversary’s mind or
has the potential to impose additional costs to counter the weapon,
he said.
There are some clues in budget
documents. Although Roper didn’t
want to discuss “Sea Dragon,”
the documents show the agency
is spending $150 million on it,
including for a second phase of
underwater testing and an initial
system demonstration this year.
A memorial service will be
held Friday for a Ramstein Air
Base sergeant who died Saturday
in a car-bicycle accident outside
of Kaiserslautern.
Staff Sgt. Grant Davis, of Delevan, N.Y., was an evaluation
communication system operator
assigned to the 76th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein. He was 31.
Davis was riding a bicycle on
the K25 between Rodenbach and
Einsiedlerhof when a car coming
the other way crossed the center
General Dynamics wins
contract for submarines
GROTON, Conn. — The U.S.
Navy has chosen General Dynamics Electric Boat to be the
prime contractor for a new class
of ballistic-missile submarines.
The Navy strategy, released
Monday night, describes how
submarine construction will proceed over the next decade.
Electric Boat is already designing 12 ballistic-missile submarines to replace the current fleet
of 14.
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-
line and struck him, police said.
“It is truly a tragedy to lose a
member of our team,” Brig. Gen.
Jon Thomas, 86th Airlift Wing
commander, said. “The Mighty
86th, as well as the entire Kaiserslautern Military Community,
come together during this time to
support Staff Sgt. Davis’ family
and friends. Please keep them in
your thoughts and prayers.”
The service will be held at 2
p.m. Friday, at the North Side
Chapel.
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Conn., said Groton-based Electric Boat will perform about 80
percent of the construction work
for the ballistic-missile submarines. Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia will do the rest.
The two shipyards build attack submarines under a teaming
agreement.
Courtney said the Navy has emphatically declared its submarine
construction priorities and now
has a plan for achieving them.
He said the strategy means billions of dollars and thousands of
jobs for southern New England.
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AF wife injured Some post-9/11 vets denied VA aid
in Brussels dies
BY H EATH DRUZIN
Stars and Stripes
BY TARA COPP
Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — The wife
of an Air Force officer caught at
Brussels Airport during the recent terrorist attacks there died
as a result of her injuries, according to news reports.
Gail Minglana Martinez, 41,
was the wife of Air Force Lt. Col.
Kato Martinez.
The Martinez family was at the
airport March 22 when terrorists
affiliated with the Islamic State
group detonated suitcase bombs
near the security screening and
check-in area.
Martinez is from Corpus
Christi, Texas, and one of four
Americans killed in the Brussels
attacks.
Her husband and four children
remain hospitalized.
Air Force officials declined to
confirm reports of her death, citing privacy concerns.
On tributes posted to the social
media websites Twitter and Facebook, family members grieved
the loss of Martinez, whom they
remembered as “fearless.”
“Our family is still in shock
over the loss of our family member Gail,” her cousin Edwina
Minglana posted to Twitter.
“#Brussels.”
In describing how Gail Minglana Martinez lived out her life,
Edwina Minglana wrote: “Nothing was a barrier. You were the
influential leader among all of us
cousins.”
Martinez had just celebrated
her 21st wedding anniversary.
Her Facebook page is filled with
pictures of her family’s travels in
Europe during Kato Martinez’
assignment to Allied Joint Force
Command Brunssum.
Martinez had selected a J.R.R.
Tolkien quote for her page, which
was posted at the top with photos
of the family in front of several of
Europe’s famous landmarks.
“Not all those who wander are
lost,” she posted.
According to the latest reports,
32 people died in the attacks and
more than 270 were injured.
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is
wrongfully denying services to
roughly 125,000 post-9/11 veterans with other than honorable
discharges, according to a joint
study released Wednesday by two
veterans advocacy groups and
Harvard Law School.
Some veterans are missing out
on benefits such as health care,
housing help for the homeless
and disability services, in part,
because the VA’s own rules are in
contravention of the original GI
Bill of Rights passed by Congress
in 1944, according to the study.
That represents roughly 6.5 percent of post-9/11 veterans, including more than 33,000 who served
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Veterans who have served
since 9/11 are being excluded
from the VA at a higher rate than
any other generation of veterans,”
said Dana Montalto, the study’s
author and a Liman Fellow with
the Harvard Law School’s Veterans Legal Clinic. “They’re being
denied very basic services.”
There has long been confusion over the status of so-called
“bad paper” veterans — servicemembers who received less than
honorable discharges. The vast
majority have discharge char-
acterizations less severe than
“dishonorable” or “bad conduct,”
both of which can be issued only
as a sentence in a court-martial.
There also has been recent concern among advocates and lawmakers that troops with mental
health disorders are being unfairly kicked out of the military
with bad paper.
According to the report, congressionally passed rules stipulate that only those veterans
whose conduct would have led to a
dishonorable discharge in a courtmartial should be denied VA services. But the VA’s own internal
rules contradict that and lead it
to deny services to the vast majority of post-9/11 veterans with
other than honorable discharges,
including disabled veterans.
The report was commissioned
by two veterans groups — the
National Veterans Legal Services
Program and Swords to Plowshares — with assistance from
Harvard Law School’s Veterans
Legal Clinic. It analyzed VA and
Department of Defense records
and 23 years of decisions by the
Board of Veterans’ Appeals.
VA Deputy Secretary Sloan
Gibson released a statement praising the report, saying department
officials have been meeting with
Swords to Plowshares and will
continue to work with them to
remedy the problem.
“I believe the report provides
us, as a department, an opportunity to do a thorough review,
take a fresh look at this issue and
make changes to help veterans,”
he said. “Where we can better
advocate for and serve veterans
within the law and regulation,
we will look to do so as much as
possible.”
Swords to Plowshares also filed
an official petition with the VA to
revise the departments regulations on veterans with other than
honorable discharges. According
to a VA statement, the department
is studying the recommendations
in order to issue a response, which
it is required by law to issue.
Bart Stichman, co-executive
director of National Veterans
Legal Services Program, said the
military is kicking out many servicemembers who have underlying mental health issues without
going through a lengthy medical
evaluation board process that
often results in an honorable discharge. That means more veterans are receiving administrative
separations with a less than honorable discharge than in previous
generations.
“They want to get them off the
rolls because they want them replaced with another soldier who
can perform,” Stichman said.
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WAR ON TERRORISM
Taliban claim of
role in Bagram
crash is refuted
BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN
Stars and Stripes
SANA/AP
Syrian soldiers sit on top of a tank during fighting between Government forces and Islamic State group
militants in Palmyra, Syria, on Sunday. The victory by Syrian forces was a strategic political coup for
embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Palmyra victory puts forces
of Assad at the heart of fight
BY ZEINA K ARAM
Associated Press
BEIRUT — The recapture of
Palmyra in central Syria from
Islamic State militants puts government forces at the heart of the
fight against the jihadist group
— and not just geographically
speaking.
For President Bashar Assad,
recapturing the historic town
represents a strategic political
coup through which he hopes to
convince the West that the Syrian army is a credible partner in
combatting terrorism as it ramps
up the fight against the Islamic
State group.
It is an awkward argument that
the U.S. has repeatedly rebuffed.
Officials in Washington are quick
to point out that it was Assad’s
brutal crackdown on his own
people that created the kind of
vacuum that allowed extremists
like the Islamic State to flourish
in the first place.
An alliance between the U.S.led coalition fighting the Islamic
State — similar to the assistance
and training provided to the Iraqi
military on the other front in the
war — seems out of the question.
But with the international focus
now on fighting the Islamic State
group — and a partial cease-fire
in place to facilitate that — there
appears to be tacit U.S. approval
for at least this part of Assad’s
offensive in Syria to continue. If
that is seen to develop, it could
help the authoritarian ruler survive a ruinous 5-year-old conflict
that has seen half the country’s
population displaced.
The desert town of Palmyra,
with its 2,000-year-old ruins,
is an archaeological gem and
a cherished landmark known
endearingly to Syrians as the
Report: Cease-fire allows UN
Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — A
new report says the United Nations and partners delivered
badly needed medical and food
supplies to about 150,000 people in besieged areas of Syria
after a cease-fire that started
last month led to a drop-off in
fighting.
U.N. convoys delivered supplies to people in 10 of 18 areas
under siege and to thousands
in other, hard-to-reach areas
after the Feb. 27 cease-fire, according to the monthly report
made available Tuesday.
By comparison, less than 1
percent of areas designated
as besieged received food aid
in all of 2015, according to the
U.N.’s humanitarian office.
The U.N. estimates about
“Bride of the Desert.” It is also a
strategic crossroads linking the
Syrian capital, Damascus, with
the country’s east and the border
with Iraq.
“It’s a fantastic public relations
coup,” said Thomas Pierret, a
lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, describing Palmyra’s
recapture. The Syrian government recognizes the Western “obsession” with the town’s ancient
ruins, and “they’re exploiting it
and it works very well,” he said.
Government forces recaptured
Palmyra on Sunday, scoring an
important victory over Islamic
State fighters who had overseen
a 10-month reign of terror in the
town. It dealt the extremist group
its first major defeat at the hands
487,000 people live in besieged
areas and more than 4 million
live in hard-to-reach areas. The
new report covers February
and some data from March.
Although the cease-fire has
been fragile, with numerous
reports of violence including
airstrikes and ground attacks,
the report says getting aid to
those who need it was more difficult before it began.
“Indiscriminate and disproportionate aerial bombings
and ground attacks by Government forces, supported by
their allies, and indiscriminate
shelling by non-State armed
opposition groups and designated terrorist groups continued to kill, injure and displace
civilians,” the report says.
of government forces in years.
During their stay, the extremists destroyed some of Palmyra’s
best-known monuments, including two large temples dating
back more than 1,800 years and
a Roman triumphal arch. The
militants also used the ancient
Roman amphitheater for public
killings, including a video they
released showing 25 boys with
pistols shooting captured Syrian
soldiers, with the colonnades in
the background.
Syrian officials said Palmyra
would become a launching pad
for operations against Islamic
State strongholds in Raqqa to the
north and Deir el-Zour farther
east — efforts that are expected
to be much more difficult.
KABUL, Afghanistan — There
is no evidence enemy fire caused
a U.S. F-16 to crash on takeoff
from Bagram Air Field late Tuesday, officials said.
The pilot ejected safely.
The Taliban claimed to have
shot down the aircraft and said
there were casualties. Capt.
Bryan Bouchard, spokesman
for the 455th Air Expeditionary
Wing, said that was not true.
“I can definitely refute that,”
he said. “There were no indications this was from hostile fire.”
Bouchard said the pilot was
taken to the Craig Joint Theater
Hospital, and “for all intents and
purposes is fine.”
Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook said Tuesday
the plane crashed during takeoff
about 8:30 p.m.
Bouchard said the crash site
was still secured Wednesday afternoon and that an investigation
could take weeks or months to
conclude.
This was the second incident
at Bagram this week. On Monday, a 22-year-old Afghan was
shot outside Bagram Air Field
by a member of the U.S.-led coalition. That incident is being
jointly investigated by U.S. forces
and Afghan national and local
police, said Brig. Gen. Charles
H. Cleveland, spokesman U.S.
Forces–Afghanistan.
The governor of Bagram district in Parwan province, Abdul
Shuqoor Qudoosi, said the young
man killed was approaching the
base when he was warned off by
a member of the U.S.-led coalition
in a guard tower.
The Associated Press reported
the servicemember was an American. Coalition officials would not
confirm the nationality.
Bagram Air Field is roughly 35
miles north of the capital Kabul.
It is the largest U.S. military base
in Afghanistan.
Stars and Stripes reporter Tara Copp
contributed to this report.
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Twitter: @PhillipWellman
15 Afghan fighters die
in battle with Taliban
BY M IRWAIS K HAN
Associated Press
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A
late night gunbattle with the Taliban killed at least 15 members of
the Afghan security forces in the
volatile southern Uruzgan province, an official said Wednesday.
The fighting took place late
Tuesday during an operation to
reopen an important highway in
the province, said Mohammad
Nabi Niazo, the Dihrawud district
police chief. Taliban gunmen had
blocked the highway between Dihrawud and the provincial capital,
Tarin Kot, for almost four days, he
said.
Following the deadly firefight,
Afghan forces have retaken
control of the road, Niazo said.
Eight members of the security
forces were wounded during the
operation.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf
Ahmadi told The Associated Press
that the battle for control of the
highway is still going on. The insurgents often exaggerate their
battlefield prowess.
Niazo had no information on
any insurgent casualties during
the battle.
The Taliban have in recent
months stepped up their attacks in
Uruzgan and neighboring provinc-
es in the south, including the Taliban heartland of Helmand where
much of the world’s illicit opium
is produced. The crop, along with
other contraband, funds the insurgency, now in its 15th year.
In Zabul province on Wednesday, two children were killed in an
explosion behind the police headquarters in Qalat, the provincial
capital, said Asadullah Kakar, a
member of the provincial council.
Another civilian was wounded
in the blast, he said, adding that
the target was unclear and the incident is under investigation.
No group immediately claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Roadside bombs planted by insurgents are a major threat for both
Afghan security forces and civilians across the country.
In northern Balkh province,
fighting Wednesday killed two
police officers and eight militants
in Charhar Bolak district, on the
western border of the province,
said Gen. Abdul Razaq Qaderi,
Balkh’s deputy police chief.
“Around 100 Taliban insurgents, including foreign fighters,
attacked police checkpoints,”
Qaderi said. “The Taliban were
pushed back after reinforcements
arrived and right now the battle is
going on in neighboring Jawzjan
province.”
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GAO: IRS leaving
taxpayers at risk
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Just in time
for tax season, the Government
Accountability Office is warning
that weak financial controls at the
Internal Revenue Service leave
taxpayer information at risk.
In a report released this week
to IRS commissioner John Koskinen, the GAO noted the agency’s
progress in information security
but said “weaknesses in the controls limited their effectiveness in
protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of financial and sensitive taxpayer data.”
The GAO chided the IRS,
saying it “has not effectively
implemented elements of its information security program.”
Unless the IRS takes additional
steps, including updating test and
evaluation procedures, the GAO
said, “financial and taxpayer
data will remain unnecessarily
vulnerable to inappropriate and
undetected use, modification, or
disclosure.”
The GAO determined that the
IRS “had a significant deficiency
in internal control over financial
reporting in its information security in fiscal year 2015.”
The report stated:
“For example, the agency had
not always (1) implemented controls for identifying and authenticating users, such as applying
proper password settings; (2)
appropriately restricted access
to servers; (3) ensured that sensitive user authentication data
were encrypted; (4) audited and
monitored systems to ensure
compliance with agency policies;
and (5) ensured access to restricted areas was appropriate. In
addition, unpatched and outdated
software exposed IRS to known
vulnerabilities.”
In response, Koskinen said
“IRS is committed to improving
its financial management, internal controls, information technology security posture, and the
overall effectiveness of information system controls.”
PARKS CANADA /AP
A bison and its calf roam in Canada’s Elk Island National Park.
Descendants of a herd sent to Canada more than 140 years ago will
be relocated to a Montana American Indian reservation.
Bison returning ‘home’
to Montana reservation
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. — Descendants of a bison herd captured
and sent to Canada more than a
century ago will be relocated to a
Montana American Indian reservation next month in what tribal
leaders bill as a homecoming for
a species emblematic of their
traditions.
The shipment of bison from Alberta’s Elk Island National Park to
the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
follows a 2014 treaty among tribes
in the United States and Canada.
That agreement aims to restore
bison to areas of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains where mil-
lions once roamed.
“For thousands of years the
Blackfeet lived among the buffalo here. The buffalo sustained
our way of life, provided our
food, clothing, shelter,” Blackfeet
Chairman Harry Barnes said.
“It became part of our spiritual
being. We want to return the
buffalo.”
The 89 plains bison, also known
as buffalo, will form the nucleus
of a herd that tribal leaders envision will soon roam freely across
a vast landscape: the Blackfeet
reservation, nearby Glacier National Park and the Badger-Two
Medicine wilderness — more than
4,000 square miles combined.
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Push on to extend legal
aid to some civil cases
BY DAVE COLLINS
Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. — A flood
of poor defendants representing
themselves, often ineffectively,
in cases involving eviction, foreclosure, child custody and involuntary commitment has led to a
push in U.S. state legislatures to
expand rights to free lawyers in
certain civil proceedings.
Everyone has a right to a free
lawyer in criminal cases if they
can’t afford one. The same right
isn’t guaranteed in civil cases.
More than two dozen bills being
considered in 18 states this year
would provide either public defenders or private lawyers at state
expense for low-income people in
certain civil cases, according to
the National Coalition for a Civil
Right to Counsel.
“When your basic human needs
are at stake, you should have a
lawyer to protect those needs,”
said John Pollock, a lawyer with
the Public Justice Center nonprofit group who coordinates the
coalition. “The consequences are
too great.”
The spike in self-represented
defendants stems from the Great
Recession, which created new
waves of foreclosure, eviction,
debt collection and bankruptcy
cases and hindered people’s ability to pay for lawyers, judges and
lawyers say.
Such cases have overwhelmed
and slowed court dockets, judges
say.
Adelaida Torres, of Hartford,
couldn’t afford a lawyer in 2011
as she tried to regain custody of
her two daughters from her nowex-husband. She lost custody of
Gloria and Elizabeth, then ages
8 and 4, while she was in jail for
several weeks, unable to afford
bail after being arrested for what
she called a bogus misdemeanor
assault allegation lodged by her
ex.
Torres had to represent herself
in court trying to win back custody and said she felt overwhelmed.
She managed to get supervised
visitation with her daughters, but
little else after nearly a year of
effort.
“I didn’t know anything about
the court system,” she said. “I
was crying. I was very lost.”
She believes she never would
have regained custody if she
hadn’t learned about Greater
Hartford Legal Aid, which provides free legal help to the indigent. It took nearly 1 ½ years, but
legal aid lawyer Linda Allard was
able to win back sole custody of
the children to Torres.
Connecticut lawmakers are
considering a bill that would create a task force to look into expanding the right to free lawyers
for the poor in civil cases.
Every year, more than 80 percent of low-income people with
civil legal troubles do not obtain
the legal representation they
need, and legal aid organiza-
Volcanic ash
coats Alaskan
villages near
erupting Pavlov
BY DAN JOLING
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A village not far from
an erupting Alaska volcano urged residents to stay
indoors after the mountain rained down ash, coating ground areas and turning some rooftops and car
windows black.
The volcano kept pumping out new ash Tuesday
that could threaten aircraft, but it came in smaller
amounts at lower heights, according to the Alaska
Volcano Observatory.
Pavlof Volcano, 625 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, erupted Sunday. The
initial eruption continued for about 17 hours and put
out an ash cloud that reached 37,000 feet.
U.S. Geological Survey geologist Kristi Wallace
said there were reports of a significant ash fall in
Nelson Lagoon, a village of 39 people about 55 miles
northeast of the volcano. Residents reported oneeighth to two-thirds of an inch of ash.
Cpl. Barrett Taylor, a village public safety officer
in Nelson Lagoon, saw ash falling early Monday.
“It was raining ash for a little bit,” Taylor said.
“It turned everything black, the rooftops, the fuel
tanks, homes.”
The ash was worse Tuesday, he said, because wind
coming in off the ocean was whipping it around.
Officials say ash can be hazardous to eyes, skin
and breathing passages.
The community put out a health advisory to stay
inside until Wednesday. Taylor was hoping strong
wind or rain will sweep some of the ash away.
“I actually saw an eagle land on the grass today,
and as he landed a big pile of ash came up and flew
away,” he said.
The plume blew northeast and by Tuesday had
reached Canada, but Dave Schneider, a USGS geophysicist at the observatory, said activity had calmed
from the continuous eruptive phase.
LJ TAYLOR /via AP
The Alaska Volcano Observatory says minor
amounts of volcanic ash from Pavlof Volcano are
being reported on the ground by several Alaska
communities, including Nelson Lagoon, above.
“Over the last six to eight hours the activity is
more intermittent,” he said Tuesday. “There are
short duration, small explosive events that are occurring, as opposed to sort of a continuous plume.”
The original ash cloud crossed Bristol Bay, spread
into interior Alaska and stretched into northern
Canada, said Don Moore, meteorologist in charge
of the National Weather Service Alaska Aviation
Weather Unit.
Volcanic ash is angular and sharp and can cause
a jet engine to shut down. Alaska Airlines canceled
41 flights within the state Monday and 28 more
Tuesday.
Sherry Keever has lived in Healy, Alaska, for only
a year and was trying to get home from a vacation in
California when ash from the volcano prompted the
cancellation of her flight.
“I’m kind of new, and I wasn’t even aware there
were volcanoes that could affect the flight patterns,
and I’m OK with it,” she said while sitting in a waiting area of Ted Stevens Anchorage International
Airport, waiting to see if she could get her flight to
Fairbanks on Tuesday.
The volcano in the 8,261-foot mountain is one
of Alaska’s most active. It has had 40 known
eruptions.
DAVE C OLLINS/AP
Adelaida Torres, right, believes she never would have won custody
of her two daughters in 2013 if not for the free legal help from
her lawyer, Linda Allard, left, and Greater Hartford Legal Aid in
Connecticut.
tions have to turn away nearly a
million people a year nationwide
because of a lack of resources,
according to the Legal Services
Corp., a group funded by the federal government that is the largest provider of legal aid funding
in the country.
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BY A LEJANDRA CANCINO
For The Associated Press
RICH PEDRONCELLI /AP
Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys
Program for the Department of Water Resources, checks the depth of
the snowpack on March 1 at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif.
Improved Calif.
spring snowpack
won’t end drought
BY SCOTT SMITH
Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif. — State drought
surveyors will trudge through
deep snow Wednesday to manually measure what could be close to
a normal Sierra Nevada snowpack
for this time of year.
A year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown
stood on the same spot — then a
dusty patch of ground with no
snow — to announce that the dire
drought required residents to cut
back water use by 25 percent.
Statewide, the snowpack was
then at 5 percent, marking a record low.
An El Nino weather system
has delivered considerably more
wet weather this year — mostly
in Northern California — but not
enough to end the drought, said
Doug Carlson, a state Department
of Water Resources spokesman.
“The hope had been that we
might be able to ride on the back
of El Nino and receive an awful
lot of precipitation,” Carlson said.
“We haven’t seen that above-average situation play out.”
Northern California saw the
most rain and snow, lifting the
state’s three largest reservoirs to
above normal levels and bringing
the snowpack to nearly average
depth. But electronic monitors
stationed throughout the Sierra
Nevada reveal that statewide, the
snowpack’s water-content is at 87
percent of normal.
Little rain and snow hit Southern California, leaving most of
its reservoirs low, and it will take
years to replenish the overdrawn
groundwater that has seen the
state through the first four years
of the drought.
“We’re looking at a long-term
recovery and not a one-shot wonder,” Carlson said.
Still, state water board spokesman George Kostyrko said agency officials expect to soon reopen
a discussion of the conservation
order issued by Brown.
California’s snowpack is a key
indicator of the state’s water condition. Typically at its deepest
on April 1, the snow then melts
through the warm months, rushing down streams and rivers into
lakes and reservoirs, providing
roughly one-third of the state’s
water. The melted snow goes to
farms in the nation’s leading agricultural and most populous state.
In 2015, surveyors performed
the final snowpack survey of the
wet season on April 1. This year
officials say that because of the
improved conditions, they may
return to the mountains in early
May to measure the snow for insight into how much runoff they
can expect.
Officials at the State Water Resources Control Board have said
they may relax or even set aside
strict conservation requirements,
depending on how much rain and
snow has fallen.
Strong El Nino storms in early
March have some water districts
questioning whether a drought
emergency still exists and if residents should still be required to
take shorter showers and let their
lawns turn brown.
Leaders of local water districts
say the state needs to save the
emergency declaration for the
true emergencies, fearing they
will lose credibility with the public the next time drought hits and
they’re asked to conserve.
CHICAGO — Many relatives
and friends providing financial
support or care to people with
dementia have dipped into their
retirement savings, cut back on
spending and sold assets to pay
for expenses tied to the disease,
according to a survey released
Wednesday by the Alzheimer’s
Association.
About 1 in 5 go hungry because
they don’t have enough money.
“This was a big shocker for us,”
said Keith Fargo, Alzheimer’s Association director of scientific programs and outreach.
Fargo said he didn’t expect so
many families to be struggling.
He said the survey shows that
people are not prepared for the
high costs of home care or nursing home care. The median cost of
a home care aide is $20 per hour
and the average cost of a semiprivate room in a nursing home is
$80,300 per year.
Nationwide, there are 5.4 million people with Alzheimer’s, the
most common cause of dementia.
The majority are older than 75.
As the dementia progresses, patients often need help with daily
activities, such as eating, getting
dressed or bathing. Roughly 2 out
of 5 of the more than 15 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S. have a
household income below $50,000,
the Alzheimer’s Association says.
Often the caregiving role falls on
a daughter or a spouse.
‘ There is no silver
bullet in planning
for (Alzheimer’s);
the costs are too
staggering.
’
Beth Kallmyer
Alzheimer’s Association vice president
of constituent services
Renee Packel, of Philadelphia,
said that shortly after her husband
was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in
1999, she sold their car and their
two-bedroom suburban home.
To keep costs down, they moved
into a one-bedroom apartment in
the city. “We needed money,” said
Packel, 80.
Art Packel, who died last year,
was in charge of the couple’s finances, and by the time she realized something was wrong, money
was missing and they were behind
on bills. Packel said she didn’t
want her children supporting
them, so she got a job as a receptionist at a title company, where
she still works.
As the disease progressed and
her husband started falling and
getting aggressive, she moved
him into a nursing home, where he
lived for almost four years.
She was lucky, she said, that
her husband’s veteran status
granted him some benefits. But
even with the government’s help,
she still paid for a year of nursing
home care, about $800 or $900 per
month.
The Family Impact of Alzheimer’s Survey was based on more
than 3,500 interviews made in December. About 500 respondents
said they provided caregiving
and/or financial aid to someone
with dementia.
Ninety-three percent were family members and the rest were
friends. On average, they spent
more than $5,000 per year, mostly
on food, travel and medical supplies, such as diapers. The highest
expenses were incurred by spouses or partners.
Nearly half of respondents
said they cut back on spending.
About 20 percent go to the doctor
less often, while 11 percent don’t
get all of their own medications.
About 11 percent cut back on their
children’s educational expenses.
Beth Kallmyer, Alzheimer’s
Association vice president of
constituent services, said people
erroneously believe Medicare
covers long-term care costs, when
it doesn’t.
“There is no silver bullet in
planning for (Alzheimer’s); the
costs are too staggering,” Kallmyer said, but people who plan early
can avoid crises.
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State official faulted in Flint water crisis
BY JOHN FLESHER
Associated Press
FLINT, Mich. — Shortly before
this poverty-stricken city began
drawing its drinking water from
the Flint River in April 2014 in
a cost-cutting move, officials
huddled at the municipal water
treatment plant, running through
a checklist of final preparations.
Mike Glasgow, the plant’s laboratory supervisor at the time, says
he asked district engineer Mike
Prysby, of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality,
how often staffers would need to
check the water for proper levels
of phosphate, a chemical they intended to add to prevent lead corrosion from the pipes. Prysby’s
response, according to Glasgow:
“You don’t need to monitor phosphate because you’re not required
to add it.”
Recalling the meeting Tuesday in an interview with The
Associated Press, Glasgow said
he was taken aback by the state
regulator’s instruction; treating drinking water with anticorrosive additives was routine
practice. Glasgow said his gaze
shifted to a consulting firm engineer in attendance, who also
looked surprised.
“Then,” Glasgow said, “we
went on to the next question.”
In hindsight, he said, it was a
fateful moment. For nearly 18
months, Flint residents would
drink water that had coursed
through aging pipes and fixtures,
scraping away lead from lines
that ran from water mains to
some homes and schools.
By the time Gov. Rick Snyder
announced in October 2015 that
Flint would return to the Detroit
system, from which it had bought
treated Lake Huron water for decades, scientists and doctors had
reported dangerously high levels
of lead in numerous water samples and a spike in the proportion
of children with elevated lead in
their blood. Even low amounts
of lead are a health threat, especially for young children, as it is
linked to lower IQs and behavioral problems.
Flint residents still are advised
not to drink unfiltered tap water.
In a report last week, a task
force appointed by Snyder to
investigate the water crisis described the state as “fundamentally accountable,” partly
because of the DEQ’s instruction
to omit corrosion controls. It
also assigned lesser blame to the
state Department of Health and
Human Services, local and federal agencies and emergency
managers Snyder had appointed
to oversee city operations.
The report did not fault Prysby
alone among DEQ officials. The
department’s former director,
Dan Wyant, and its chief spokesman resigned in December.
Snyder later fired Liane Shekter
Smith, former chief of the DEQ’s
Office of Drinking Water and
Municipal Assistance. Another
official has been suspended.
But during a hearing Tuesday
in Flint before a legislative committee investigating the catastrophe, Glasgow said it was Prysby
who told him that federal regulations on lead and copper pollution
required testing the water for two
consecutive six-month periods
before deciding whether to apply
corrosion controls.
The DEQ later would admit that
was a misreading of the rules,
which instead require systems
serving more than 50,000 people
to install and maintain corrosion
control treatment.
Prysby has declined previous
AP requests for an interview.
Study finds great
headlight variance
BY JOAN LOWY
Associated Press
PHOTOS
BY
BILL SIKES/AP
Rodnell P. Collins carries a painting of Malcolm X on Tuesday outside the house where the slain black
activist spent part of his teen years in the Roxbury section of Boston.
Dig starts at early Malcolm X home
Associated Press
BOSTON — Archeologists are
digging at a boyhood home of
Malcolm X in an effort to uncover
more about the slain black rights
activist’s early life as well as the
property’s long history, which
possibly includes Native American settlement.
The two-week archaeological
dig began Tuesday outside a 2½story home in Boston’s historically black Roxbury neighborhood
that was built in 1874.
City Archaeologist Joseph
Bagley said his office chose to dig
up the site because it’s likely that
work will be needed soon to shore
up the foundation of the vacant
and run-down structure.
“This is kind of a now-or-never
dig,” he said. “If we don’t do this,
the site will be destroyed. We
can’t afford to wait.”
Among Tuesday’s early finds
was a large piece of fine porcelain
that Bagley says was likely part
of a dish set owned by the family
of Malcolm X’s sister, which still
owns the house.
“We’re literally just scratch-
City archeologist Joe Bagley, right, digs as volunteer Rosemary
Pinales sifts soil for items at the boyhood house of Malcolm X.
ing the surface,” Bagley said as
he and volunteers used a sifter
to carefully pore over mounds of
rubble on a side yard.
Bagley said that once the initial
rubble is cleared, a ground-penetrating radar survey will be used
to determine the best locations to
dig. Major excavation work is expected to dig up to 4 feet into the
ground. The site will be open to
the public throughout to observe
the work.
“We don’t actually go in looking
for anything,” Bagley said. “It’s
more like we’re looking for anything that might tell us something
about the people that lived here.”
Rodnell Collins, a nephew of
Malcolm X who lived with him in
the house, hopes the survey can
raise public awareness of his family’s deep roots in Boston. He’s
been working for years to renovate the dilapidated structure for
public tours and other uses.
WASHINGTON — There may
be a reason why people have
trouble seeing while driving at
night, and it’s not their eyesight.
A new rating of the headlights of
more than 30 midsized car models gave only one model a grade
of “good.”
Of the rest, about a third were
rated “acceptable,” a third “marginal” and a third “poor.” The
difference between the top- and
bottom-rated models for a driver’s
ability to see down a dark road
was substantial, according to the
study released Wednesday by the
Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety, an industry-funded organization that evaluates automotive safety.
The LED headlights in the top
trim level Toyota Prius V — the
only one of 31 models tested to
get the “good” rating — were able
to illuminate a straight roadway
sufficiently to see a pedestrian,
bicyclist or obstacle up to 387 feet
ahead. At that distance, the vehicle could be traveling up to 70
mph and still have time to stop.
But halogen headlights in the
BMW 3 series, the worst-rated
ones, were able to illuminate only
128 feet ahead. At that distance,
the vehicle couldn’t be traveling
at more than 35 mph and still
have time to stop, according to
the study.
That’s important because of the
more than 32,000 traffic deaths
last year, about half happened at
night or during dawn and dusk
when visibility is lower.
The reason for the big performance gap is that there’s a
lot more to how well headlights
help drivers see than merely the
brightness of the bulb or even
what type of bulb is used, said
David Zuby, the institute’s executive vice president and chief
researcher.
“We found the same light bulb,
depending upon what reflector or
lens it’s paired with and how it’s
mounted on the vehicle, can give
you very different visibility down
the road,” he said.
It gets more complicated. Consumers can’t buy a more expensive model or add an expensive
technology package and necessarily expect to get better headlights,
the report said. The halogen
headlights in the economically
priced base model 4-door Honda
Accord, for example, earned an
acceptable
rating while
Zuby
halogen and
said it’s
LED
headlights in two
hard for
pricier Merconsumers cedes-Benz
models were
to figure
poor.
out which rated
Zuby said
vehicles
that with no
reliable clues
will
such as the
provide
price of the
the safest car or the
type of light,
visibility.
it’s hard for
consumers
to figure out which vehicles will
provide the safest visibility. He
recommended car buyers check
the institute’s ratings at http://
www.iihs.org.
The report comes as halogen lamps are being replaced
by high-intensity discharge and
LED lamps in many vehicles.
Headlights that swivel with the
car’s steering to help see around
curves are also becoming more
widespread. While these changes
can have advantages, they don’t
guarantee good performance, the
report said.
Researchers tested the headlights after dark at the institute’s
test track in Ruckersville, Va. A
special device measured the light
from both low beams and high
beams as the vehicles were driven
on five different approaches: traveling straight, a sharp left curve,
a sharp right curve, a gradual left
curve and a gradual right curve.
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Sanders is facing
narrow path but
vows to continue
BY LISA LERER
AND K EN T HOMAS
Associated Press
A NTHONY WAH, THE JANESVILLE (WIS.) G AZETTE /AP
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally Tuesday in Janesville, Wis., where
a battery charge against Trump’s campaign manager is dominating coverage of the upcoming primary.
Charge against Trump aide
dominates Wis. campaign
BY STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
— The 2016 presidential race
may have descended on Wisconsin — but most of the campaign
buzz surrounds an incident that
happened nearly a month ago in
Florida.
Police there charged Donald
Trump’s campaign manager with
simple battery Tuesday as a videotaped altercation with a reporter transformed what was another
messy campaign sideshow into a
criminal court summons. Trump
decried the charges.
Jupiter, Fla., police determined
that probable cause existed to file
a criminal complaint against the
Republican front-runner’s most
trusted political adviser, Corey
Lewandowski, for an altercation
that took place after a campaign
appearance earlier in the month.
Police on Tuesday morning issued Lewandowski a notice to appear before a judge on May 4 for
the misdemeanor charge, which
carries up to a year in jail.
The unexpected development
injects a court battle into an already contentious Republican
primary season just a week before a high-stakes election in
Wisconsin. It came on a day that
all five presidential contenders
campaigned in the state, overshadowing Wisconsin Gov. Scott
Walker’s endorsement of Ted
Cruz and Bernie Sanders’ push to
narrow Hillary Clinton’s delegate
lead.
Speaking to reporters on his
airplane in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Trump vowed to stand by his
campaign manager and lashed
out at the young female reporter
who conveyed the incident to
Candidates waver
on backing winner
WASHINGTON — None
of the three Republican
presidential
candidates
still in the 2016 GOP White
House race is committing
to support whomever the
party chooses as its standard-bearer in the fall
campaign.
That contradicts the
stance that Donald Trump,
Ted Cruz and John Kasich
took early in the campaign
when they and other candidates at the time raised
their hands when asked in a
debate to do so if they would
back the eventual choice.
The three were asked
the question again Tuesday
night in town hall appearances in Milwaukee hosted
by CNN.
Trump, who is the frontrunner, replied, “We’ll see
who it is.” Cruz said, “I’m
not in the habit of supporting someone who attacks
my wife and children.” And
Kasich said, “I will wait
and see what happens.”
From The Associated Press
police.
“How do you know those bruises weren’t there before?” the New
York businessman charged.
“I’m not going to let a person’s
life be destroyed,” Trump said
of Lewandowski. “No jury, in my
opinion, would convict a man and
destroy a man’s life over what you
witnessed.”
He repeated that stance Tuesday night during an interview on
a CNN-sponsored town hall event
in Milwaukee.
Police charged Lewandowski
after reviewing a surveillance
video of the incident, obtained
from security at the Trump-owned
property. Police determined the
video shows Lewandowski grabbing Michelle Fields, who worked
for Breitbart News at the time, as
she tried to ask Trump a question
after a March 8 appearance.
It’s unclear what impact, if any,
the news will have on Trump’s
march toward his party’s presidential nomination. Critics cast
it as another example of why the
brash billionaire would struggle
to attract women in a prospective
race against Clinton, the Democratic front-runner.
“What Donald Trump has been
doing over these last months is
inciting violent behavior, aggressive behavior that I think is very
dangerous and has resulted in
attacks on people at his events
including this charge that has
now been brought against his
campaign manager,” Clinton said
in La Crosse, Wis. “I think ultimately the responsibility is Mr.
Trump’s.”
The New York businessman’s
Republican rivals also seized on
the news.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said the incident is “the consequence of the
culture of the Trump campaign
— the abusive culture when you
have a campaign that is built on
personal insults, on attacks and
now physical violence.”
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he
“probably would suspend somebody” depending on the evidence
available.
MADISON, Wis. — If there’s
anyone who understands how
Bernie Sanders feels right now, it
might just be Hillary Clinton.
Sanders is sweeping Western
states but is struggling to overcome Clinton’s significant lead
with the delegates who ultimately
will decide the Democratic party’s nomination.
It’s a situation that’s oddly
reminiscent of the White House
race eight years ago, when a frustrated and fatigued Clinton found
herself fighting — and failing —
to close then-Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama’s early delegate lead.
Just as Clinton did in 2008,
Sanders and his team are vowing
to take their fight all the way to
the party convention in July with
an aggressive push for delegates
in next month’s contests in Wisconsin, New York and five northeastern states. They’re ratcheting
up focus on her weaknesses, particularly with independents and
younger voters.
And Sanders is casting himself
as the most electable Democrat in
the general election, an effort targeted at wooing superdelegates,
the party insiders who play a big
role in picking the nominee.
There’s little question that
Sanders has tapped into a powerful force within the Democratic
party. He’s still drawing tens of
thousands to his rallies — attracting 17,300 in Seattle on Sunday —
and has collected more than $140
million in donations. His fundraising shows no signs of slowing
down. Sanders raised more than
$4 million since his victories in
Saturday’s contests in Washington state, Hawaii and Alaska.
But his campaign has always
had a fight ahead of it. And despite his wins in 15 contests, that
shot seems to have grown even
longer in recent weeks.
Even top staffers acknowledge
that the path forward isn’t easy.
“We’re going to have to win
states by significant margins,”
said senior strategist Tad Devine.
“It’s not going to be a big lead.”
Based on primaries and caucuses to date, Clinton has 1,243
delegates to Sanders’ 975. Including superdelegates, Clinton has
1,712 delegates to Sanders’ 1,004,
leaving her shy of the 2,383 it
takes to win.
According to an Associated
Press analysis, Sanders needs
to win 67 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted
superdelegates through June to
be able to clinch the Democratic
nomination. So far he’s winning
only 37 percent.
The difficult math is, at least in
part, a reflection of how Clinton
learned from her 2008 mistakes.
One of her first hires was Jeff
Berman, Obama’s delegate guru.
Her campaign invested early
in their delegate strategy,
The truth a tactic that
seems to have
is that
paid off. Her
after April current lead
of 268 pledged
26 there
delegates is
is just not nearly double
the
margin
enough
that Obama
real
held
over
estate for Clinton during the 2008
Senator
primary.
Clinton’s
Sanders
to contest campaign
believes she
can
knock
the lead
Sanders
that we’ve out
by the end of
built.
next month,
Joel Benenson arguing she
have
Clinton strategist will
racked
up
enough delegates after the April 26 contests
in five northeastern states to
make it mathematically impossible for him to win.
“He’s going to contest these
states, we’re going to contest these
states, but the truth is that after
April 26 there is just not enough
real estate for Senator Sanders to
contest the lead that we’ve built,”
said Joel Benenson, Clinton’s senior strategist.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.,
said she faced similar questions
in 2008 about her allegiances to
Clinton as a superdelegate after
Obama won her home state’s
primary.
Baldwin, who again endorsed
Clinton, said she will be voting
for the former secretary of state
in next month’s primary and it
would be “odd” for her to vote for
someone as a superdelegate and
then not pledge support for that
candidate in the convention.
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Governors illustrate GOP divide on LGBT rights
BY BILL BARROW
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Two Republican governors. Two proposals at the heart of LGBT
rights. One rejection. One new law.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said he was
preventing discrimination and protecting
commerce when he announced his veto of
a measure that would have allowed certain
individuals, businesses and faith organizations to deny services based on “sincerely
held religious beliefs.”
In North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory
said he was protecting his citizens’ privacy
and using “common sense” when he signed
into law a bill that, among other things,
prohibits local anti-discrimination ordinances and obligates transgender people
to use restrooms matching the gender on
their birth certificates.
Their moves highlight a familiar GOP
fault line between business conservatives,
led by large corporations that have embraced LGBT rights, and social conservatives, who have ramped up their calls for
their own legal protections since the U.S.
Supreme Court legalized
same-sex
marriage last year.
The tussle is particularly fierce in
statehouses
like
those in Atlanta and
Raleigh, N.C., where
the
GOP
holds
overwhelmingly
majorities.
Deal
“There was no escape hatch,” former
Deal aide Brian Robinson said. “He was
getting torn between two factions . . . both
of which have supported him strongly for
years.”
Yet there’s a stark political reality in the
governors’ different conclusions. Deal is a
74-year-old in his second term, unable to a
seek a third consecutive term and almost
certain never to face Georgia voters again;
McCrory is a 59-year-old running for reelection, with a newfound general election
issue smoldering in his lap.
So Deal was free to wax eloquent
Monday about constitutional freedoms,
largely avoiding explicit commentary
on same-sex marriage and LGBT
rights as he explained his decision.
“If indeed our
religious liberty is
conferred by God
and not by manmade government,
McCrory
we should heed the
‘hands-off’ admonition of the First Amendment to our Constitution,” he said.
The veto disappointed some religious
conservatives and enraged others, all of
them promising to press the matter again.
But Deal stood his ground, alluding to his
own lifelong Southern Baptist affiliation.
“I do not think we have to discriminate
against anyone to protect the faith-based
community,” he said.
Conversely, McCrory now must try to
frame the new North Carolina law in his
favor, while his Democratic general election opponent, North Carolina Attorney
General Roy Cooper, does the same. The
challenge for both men is to placate their
respective party bases — gay-rights supporting liberals for Cooper, social conservatives for McCrory — while appealing to
independents who hold sway in the closely
divided state.
McCrory and his aides focus on provisions that require people to use multistall
bathrooms of the sex matching their birth
certificates at state agencies, schools and
universities. The law was the product of a
special session Republicans called essentially to override a city of Charlotte ordinance allowing transgender individuals to
use the bathroom assigned to their gender
identity.
Chris LaCivita, McCrory’s chief campaign strategist, said it’s a simple question: “Can a male use a female bathroom
and a female locker room?” LaCivita said
McCrory “has always maintained that this
is a case about reasonable expectations of
privacy.”
Opponents of an anti-discrimination ordinance in Houston successfully used the
same arguments in a 2015 referendum.
Court explores
a compromise
on birth control
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A seemingly divided
Supreme Court is exploring a possible
compromise ruling in the dispute between
faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control.
The justices issued an unusual order
Tuesday directing both sides in the case
that was argued last week to file a new
round of legal briefs. They’re asked to examine the minimum the groups must do in
order to register their objection to paying
for contraception.
The Obama administration wants to ensure that women covered under the groups’
health plans have access to cost-free birth
control.
The court set an April 20 deadline, suggesting that the justices want to resolve the
case by late June. A 4-4 tie would leave different rules in place in different parts of the
country because lower courts have issued
conflicting rulings.
Another option is to leave the issue unsettled until a ninth justice is confirmed to
take the place of Justice Antonin Scalia.
The administration devised what it has
called a generous moral and financial buffer to spare the not-for-profit colleges, charities and advocacy groups from involvement
in the provision of contraceptives to which
they object on religious grounds.
The groups complain that they remain
complicit in the process because they have
to object to the contraceptive coverage by
notifying the government or their insurer.
They say the process triggers the government’s hijacking of their health plans — a
description Chief Justice John Roberts and
Justice Anthony Kennedy also used during
last week’s arguments.
In the order Tuesday, the court asked both
sides to discuss whether contraceptive coverage could be provided without the groups
having to object at all. The court even suggested a way that could happen.
The nonprofit groups could tell their insurance company at the time they arrange
for health insurance that they don’t want to
include some or all contraceptive coverage,
the court said.
SETH WENIG /AP
A bus tour ticket seller, center, walks through a group of costumed characters in Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The
characters could be restricted to specific zones under legislation being considered by the New York City Council.
NYC ponders regulating characters
BY DEEPTI H AJELA
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The costumed characters, naked painted ladies and bus tour
ticket sellers who have made all of Times
Square their stomping grounds could be
restricted to specific zones under legislation being considered by the City Council.
The council’s committee on transportation was holding a hearing Wednesday
morning on legislation that would allow
the city’s Department of Transportation to
create rules and regulations for pedestrian
plazas like the ones in Times Square. The
bill comes after scores of complaints in
recent years over aggressive panhandling
behavior, primarily from the costumed
characters pushing onlookers for tips.
In the most recent incident, a man in a
Spider-Man costume was accused of fight-
ing with a tourist over a tip last weekend
and was arrested on an assault charge.
Other incidents in the past couple of years
include another Spider-Man figure in the
same area punching a police officer trying to prevent aggressive solicitation, and
a man dressed as Cookie Monster attacking a 2-year-old child whose parents didn’t
offer up a tip.
“Come to New York, duke it out with a
superhero! Is that really what we want to
be known for?” said Councilmember Daniel Garodnick, one of the bill’s sponsors, at
an event in support of it on Monday.
Those supporting the bill, like Tim
Tompkins, president of the Times Square
Alliance business group, say the legislation will allow for all the kinds of activities
that take place in Times Square now, but in
specific zones. So those who want to take a
photo with a costumed character or buy a
ticket for a sightseeing tour could still do
that while those who don’t would be able to
get through the area without the threat of
being harassed.
“We are not saying that all the people
dressed in costume behave this way but
there is a consistent and ongoing issue that
needs to be dealt with,” he said.
On Tuesday afternoon, Times Square
was filled with people in costume, from
superheroes to cartoon characters. Among
them was Evan Laws, in full Batman regalia. The 25-year-old from Queens said he
was there almost every day, and on a good
day can make anywhere from $100 to $150
in tips. But that’s dependent on him being
able to move around, he said.
If he was forced to remain in one place,
he said, that could cut what he makes in
half. “That would be depressing,” Laws
said.
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Myanmar’s new
president vows
a push for unity
BY ESTHER HTUSAN
Associated Press
M ATTHIAS SCHRADER /AP
German navy sailors approach a boat with more than 100 migrants near the German combat supply ship
Frankfurt am Main during Operation Sophia, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, on Tuesday.
The flow of migrants continues to vex European efforts to slow the arrivals of those seeking refuge.
Migrants evacuated from camp
in Paris; more arrive in Greece
Associated Press
PARIS — Police evacuated
nearly 1,000 migrants Wednesday from a makeshift camp near
a Paris subway station, and hundreds of people sought to cross
from Turkey to Greece despite
European efforts to slow down
the arrivals.
The Paris operation was peaceful, and authorities offered the
migrants temporary lodging and
help applying for asylum, the
Interior Ministry said in a statement. They reportedly included
people from Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Sudan and Afghanistan who had
been living beneath elevated train
tracks for the past several weeks.
The Paris transit authority
closed the Stalingrad metro sta-
tion during the operation. The
area has seen multiple migrant
camps in recent years that are
periodically cleared out.
“The street should not be a refuge” for people fleeing persecution, the ministry said, calling the
evacuation necessary for public
order, public health and humanitarian reasons.
France has not seen nearly as
many Syrian refugees or other
migrants over the past year as
Germany or countries farther
east, but has experienced tensions around the northern port of
Calais, where migrants converge
in hopes of crossing into Britain.
The flow of migrants to the
Greek islands, meanwhile, seems
to be on the rise again as weather
warms.
Canadian priest suspected
of gambling refugee funds
The Washington Post
According to reports in the
Canadian media, an Ontariobased Catholic priest is under
investigation on suspicion of
gambling away funds that
had been set aside to provide
for refugees newly settled in
Canada.
Father Amer Saka, a priest at
the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in London, Ontario,
is suspected to have lost roughly half a million Canadian dollars — equivalent to $380,000
— that had been entrusted to
him by local families keen on
sponsoring new arrivals from
the Middle East.
Saka phoned the church’s
bishop, Emanuel Shaleta, last
month to confess that the funds
were lost.
“He called me on the phone
and . . . said he lost all the
money. I said, ‘How?’ He said,
‘Gambling,’ ” Shaleta told the
Toronto Star this weekend. He
has since checked the priest
into an addiction center.
Figures released by the Greek
government Wednesday showed
766 people reached the islands
of Lesbos, Samos, Chios and Kos
in the 24 hours until Wednesday
morning. The number is a roughly three-fold jump compared with
arrivals in previous days.
In Turkey, the coast guard said
it rescued dozens of mostly Syrian migrants as they tried to reach
Greece in an inflatable dinghy.
Off the coast of Libya, a German
combat ship rescued scores of
people on Tuesday who were trying to cross the Mediterranean
from North Africa into Italy’s
southern islands.
A new European Union-Turkey agreement comes into effect
next week to curb the flow of
migrants.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar —
Myanmar’s slow transition to democracy took a momentous step
Wednesday as a trusted aide to
ruling-party leader Aung Suu Kyi
took over as the country’s president, officially ending more than
50 years of the military’s control
over government.
In a day full of ceremony and
symbolism, Htin Kyaw was sworn
in along with his two vice presidents and 18 Cabinet ministers.
Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace laureate and face of Myanmar’s prodemocracy movement, takes on
a prominent role as the country’s
new foreign minister and the head
of three other ministries.
“The Union Parliament has
elected me as president, which is
a historic moment for this country,” Htin Kyaw, 70, said in a
speech after being sworn in. He
pledged to work toward national
reconciliation, strive for peace
with warring ethnic rebels and
improving the lives of Myanmar’s
54 million people.
While it was a historic day
for this impoverished Southeast
Asian country, democracy remains incomplete.
The military retains considerable power in the government
and parliament, and the president
himself will play second fiddle to
Suu Kyi. She cannot be president
because of a constitutional manipulation engineered by the military, and has repeatedly said she
will run the country from behind
the scenes.
“I am very happy that we have
a president who represents people,” said Mar Thin, 50, a street
cleaner. She said she used to own
70 acres of land that she and her
sister inherited from their father
before the military kicked them
out and appropriated the land for
the defense ministry.
“I hope that the new government can solve the land confiscation problem and let us own our
land as farmers” Mar Thin said.
“All we want is enough food, and
to live without fear. I hope that
President Htin Kyaw will do that
for us because Daw Suu promised
us a lot of things, and we love her
too,” she said, using an affectionate term for Suu Kyi.
Htin Kyaw’s swearing-in was
held in an austere hall of parliament, with lawmakers dressed in
traditional costume. A few hours
later, outgoing President Thein
Sein shook hands with his successor and handed him a letter and
a golden sash, officially transferring power.
It was Suu Kyi who led her
National League for Democracy
party to a landslide win in November elections, ushering in
Myanmar’s first civilian government after 54 years of direct and
indirect military rule.
Suu Kyi endured decades of
house arrest and harassment by
military rulers without ever giving up on her nonviolent campaign to unseat them.
Egyptian hijacker ordered detained
Associated Press
LARNACA, Cyprus — A Cyprus court on Wednesday ordered
the detention for eight days of an
Egyptian man who admitted to
hijacking a domestic EgyptAir
flight and diverting it to the east
Mediterranean island nation by
threatening to blow it up with a
fake explosives belt.
Police prosecutor Andreas
Lambrianou said the suspect,
whom Cypriot and Egyptian authorities identified as Seif Eddin
Mustafa, 59, faces charges including hijacking, illegal possession of
explosives, kidnapping and threats
to commit violence.
Judge Maria Loizou said she
found the police’s request for the
maximum eight-day detention
necessary because of fears that
the suspect might flee and the fact
that he admitted to the hijacking.
Tuesday’s dramatic hijacking
ended peacefully when police
arrested the suspect after all 72
passengers and crew aboard the
Airbus A320 aircraft were released. Police said apart from the
eight-member crew and 56 passengers, eight EgyptAir crew were
aboard the aircraft as passengers.
Lambrianou said the suspect
told police after his arrest, “What’s
someone supposed to do when he
hasn’t seen his wife and children
in 24 years and the Egyptian government won’t let him?”
A handcuffed Mustafa flashed
the “V” for victory sign as he was
driven from the Larnaca court
house after the hearing.
Cypriot officials had described
Mustafa as “psychologically unstable” following a bizarre set of
demands he made to police negotiators, including what Lambrianou said was a letter he wanted
delivered to his Cypriot ex-wife in
which he demanded the release of
63 dissident women imprisoned in
Egypt.
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An Orange County (Calif) Register editorial
N
ot again. Even on Easter, innocent people are slaughtered
by terrorists. At least 72 people
were killed and 300 wounded in
Sunday’s attack, aimed at Christians gathered for Easter at a park in the Pakistani
city of Lahore.
“The park was crowded with families,
some celebrating Easter. Many victims are
said to be women and children,” the BBC
reported. “Police told the BBC it appeared
to be a suicide bomb. A Pakistan Taliban
faction said it carried out the attack.”
Taliban Islamic extremists were the
ruling government in neighboring Afghanistan that President George W. Bush
overthrew when he invaded the country
after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. The main
intent of the invasion was to capture or kill
9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Unfortunately, Bush expanded the mission to attempting to reform the whole
country into a model democracy, something that still hasn’t happened, despite a
U.S. military presence that continues in
America’s longest war.
Most Taliban also are members of the
Pashtun tribe that inhabits large parts of
both Afghanistan and Pakistan, facilitating cross-border trade, contraband and
terrorist planning. “Pakistan Taliban
splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar told local
and Western media it was behind the attack,” the BBC said.
“We claim responsibility for the attack
on Christians as they were celebrating
Easter,” said Taliban spokesperson Ehansullah Ehsan, according to Pakistan’s Express Tribune.
Also Sunday, two terrorist suspects
were arrested in Mali in connection with
a March 13 attack on a resort in neighboring Ivory Coast that killed at least 19
people. “One of the suspects was identified
as the driver who brought the men to Ivory
Coast,” reported the Associated Press.
“Authorities identified the second man as
his accomplice. Already three men from
Mali have been detained in Ivory Coast.”
The attacks in Ivory Coast and Pakistan
demonstrate the worldwide scourge of terrorism, which this month also hit Brussels. Paris was hit twice last year. And, of
course, in December, terrorists killed 14
people and seriously wounded 22 in San
Bernardino, Calif.
That’s five major terrorist attacks across
four continents. The problem of Islamic
K.M. C HAUDARY/AP
A Pakistani nun holds a candle during a vigil for victims of Sunday’s suicide bombing
in a park, Monday, in Lahore, Pakistan. The attackers targeted Christians gathered for
Easter, killing at least 72 people.
extremist terror obviously isn’t abating.
What can be done?
First, as we have warned since the 9/11
attack almost 15 years ago, it is a big mistake to “nation build,” even when such
horrible regimes as the Taliban rule a
country. Going after bin Laden certainly
was a necessary mission, but the diversion
of U.S. forces to the wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq delayed dealing with him by almost 10 years.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan is a bigger
mess than ever, continuing to serve as an
incubator of terrorism, even as U.S. troops
remain bogged down. The lessons of the
Soviet Union’s own quagmire in that benighted country in the 1980s were not adequately learned.
As to the 2003 Iraq invasion, Lt. Gen.
Michael Flynn, the former head of U.S.
Special Forces in Afghanistan, recently
told Germany’s Der Spiegel, “We were
too dumb. We didn’t understand who we
had there at that moment. When 9/11 occurred, all the emotions took over, and our
response was, ‘Where did those bastards
come from? Let’s go kill them. Let’s go get
them.’ Instead of asking why they attacked
us, we asked where they came from. Then
we strategically marched in the wrong
direction.”
Second, America’s military and intelligence services should work more closely
with forces in other countries to preclude
terrorist attacks. However, the services in
those cooperating counties need to take the
lead because they best know their countries and peoples and such an approach
would tend to mitigate anti-Americanism.
We should be friends and assistants, not
overlords.
Third, the demonization of any group,
such as Muslims, should be shunned. Almost all Muslims are dedicated to peace.
This needs to be encouraged. And cooperation with such Muslims is crucial to finding the bad actors among them.
Fourth, we need to continue to safeguard
American liberties, including the rights of
privacy and freedom from unreasonable
searches and seizures. It makes no sense
to defend our liberties if we weaken them
in the process.
Fifth, American military commitments
need to be reassessed. For example, the
28-nation European Union is wealthier
and more populous than the United States.
Certainly, we should assist our NATO allies with intelligence and logistics. But they
need to do more to defend themselves so
we can redirect U.S. forces where they’re
really needed.
In sum, what’s needed against terrorism
is not more irrational lashing out, but cool
and calculated action.
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Create rules to address the use of cyberattacks
A Washington Post editorial
A
bout 30 miles north of New York
City, in Rye, N.Y., sits the Arthur
R. Bowman Dam, a reinforcedconcrete gravity dam constructed a century ago for ice-making, and now
primarily used for flood control, with a
sluice gate that can control water permitted to flow downstream. Between Aug. 28
and Sept. 18, 2013, a hacker sneaked into
computer systems that monitor the dam
and move the sluice gate.
According to a grand jury indictment
unsealed last week in federal court in New
York City, the hacker was Hamid Firoozi,
34, the network manager for a computer
security firm, ITSec Team, based in Iran.
Firoozi collected information about the
dam’s water levels and temperature, and
the status of the sluice gate. He might have
been able to open the gate, but, fortunately,
it was manually disconnected for maintenance. He was charged with one count of
computer hacking. The intrusion shows
once again that cyberattacks are proving
feasible against critical civilian infrastructure such as electrical grids, power plants
and dams. The Bowman Dam is not the
Hoover Dam, but its vulnerability ought to
concern everyone.
Firoozi was part of a larger group of
seven people employed by ITSec and another company, Mersad, that were also behind a massive onslaught against websites
run by U.S. banks that reached a peak in
September 2012, the indictment says. In
effect, the group overwhelmed the websites with so many hits that hundreds of
thousands of regular customers could not
access their accounts. The attackers didn’t
steal data or money, but using botnets,
threw so much traffic at the websites that
the sites failed.
It is unlikely that Firoozi or the others,
still in Iran, are going to face trial in a
U.S. courtroom for these assaults. Nor will
grand jury indictments deter future cyberattacks from abroad. But leveling charges
and naming those responsible shows that
the hackers cannot always escape with anonymity; doing so may crimp international
travel by those charged, and the hidden
hand of Iran is exposed. According to the
Justice Department, the two companies involved worked for the government, including Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and one of
the hackers got credit toward completion
of mandatory military service.
How do these Iranian assaults differ from
Stuxnet? That was the computer worm deployed by the U.S. and Israel to wreck centrifuges in Iran making enriched uranium
that could be used in a nuclear bomb. The
attack methods were similar; Stuxnet also
targeted industrial control mechanisms.
But Stuxnet was aimed at Iran’s illicit
weapons-making ability, not at civilians.
The distinction is important — just like the
difference between military and civilian
targets matters in other forms of war.
So far, the world’s major powers have
managed to coalesce only around some
informal and voluntary norms of behavior for cyberconflict. Perhaps it is time to
set them down more concretely and firmly
rule out floods and blackouts as tools of
cyberattack.
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Libya unravels Clinton’s ‘policy ace’ claims
BY GEORGE F. WILL
Washington Post Writers Group
WASHINGTON
epublican peculiarities in this
political season are so numerous and lurid that insufficient attention is being paid to this: The
probable Democratic nominee’s principal
credential, her service as secretary of
state, is undermined by a debacle of remarkable dishonesty.
Hillary Clinton’s supposedly supreme
presidential qualification is not her public
prominence, which is derivative from her
marriage, or her unremarkable tenure in
a similarly derivative Senate seat. Rather,
her supposed credential is her foreign policy mastery. Well.
She cannot be blamed for Vladimir
Putin’s criminality or, therefore, for the
failure of her “reset” with Russia, which
was perhaps worth trying. She cannot be
blamed for the many defects of the Iran
nuclear agreement, which was a presidential obsession. And she cannot be primarily blamed for the calamities of Iraq, Syria
and the Islamic State group, which were
incubated before her State Department
tenure. Libya, however, was what is known
in tennis as an “unforced error,” and Clinton was, with President Barack Obama, its
co-author.
On March 28, 2011, nine days after the
seven-month attack on Libya began and 10
days after saying it would last “days, not
weeks,” Obama gave the nation televised
assurance that “the task that I assigned
our forces [is] to protect the Libyan people
from immediate danger and to establish
a no-fly zone.” He said that U.S. forces
would play only a “supporting role” in
what he called a “NATO-based” operation,
although only eight of NATO’s 28 members
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PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waits to be introduced during a rally
at Western Technical College in La Crosse, Wis., on Tuesday.
participated and the assault could not have
begun without U.S. assets. Obama added,
“Broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.”
The next day, a Clinton deputy repeated
that to a Senate committee. And thenDefense Secretary Robert Gates said at
the time that no vital U.S. interest was
at stake. Recently, he told The New York
Times (Feb. 27, 2016) that “the fiction was
maintained” that the goal was to cripple
Moammar Gadhafi’s ability to attack other
Libyans. This was supposedly humanitarian imperialism implementing “R2P,” the
“responsibility to protect.” Perhaps as
many as — many numbers were bandied
— 10,000 Libyans. R2P did not extend to
protecting the estimated 200,000 Syrians
that have been killed since 2011 by Bashar
Assad’s tanks, artillery, bombers, barrel
bombs and poison gas.
Writing for Foreign Policy online, Micah
Zenko, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, notes that “just hours into
the intervention, Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from a British submarine
stationed in the Mediterranean Sea struck
an administrative building in [Gadhafi’s]
Bab al-Azizia compound, less than 50
yards away from the dictator’s residence.”
A senior military official carefully insisted
“[Gadhafi’s] not on a targeting list.” This
was sophistry in the service of cynicism:
For months, places he might be were on
targeting lists.
The pretense was that this not-reallyNATO operation, with the United States
“supporting” it, was merely to enforce U.N.
resolutions about protecting Libyans from
Gadhafi. Zenko, however, argues that the
coalition “actively chose not to enforce”
the resolution prohibiting arms transfers
to either side in the civil war. While a senior NATO military official carefully said
“I have no information about” arms coming into Libya, and another carefully said
that no violation of the arms embargo “has
been reported,” Zenko writes that “Egypt
and Qatar were shipping advanced weapons to rebel groups the whole time, with the
blessing of the Obama administration.”
On May 24, 2011, NATO released a public relations video showing sailors from a
Canadian frigate, supposedly enforcing
the arms embargo, boarding a rebel tugboat laden with arms. The video’s narrator says, “NATO decides not to impede
the rebels and to let the tugboat proceed.”
Zenko writes, “A NATO surface vessel stationed in the Mediterranean to enforce an
arms embargo did exactly the opposite,
and NATO was comfortable posting a video
demonstrating its hypocrisy.”
On Oct. 20, 2011, Clinton, while visiting
Afghanistan, was told that insurgents, assisted by a U.S. Predator drone, had caught
and slaughtered Gadhafi. She quipped,
“We came, we saw, he died.” She later said
that her words expressed “relief” that the
mission “had achieved its end.”
Oh, so this military adventure was, after
all, history’s most protracted and least surreptitious assassination. Regime change
was deliberately accomplished by the determined decapitation of the old regime,
and Libyans are now living in the result
— a failed state.
Stopping in Libya en route to Afghanistan two days before Gadhafi’s death, Clinton said, “I am proud to stand here on the
soil of a free Libya.” If you seek her presidential credential, look there.
Despite narrative, Clinton never went left of Sanders
BY PAULA DWYER
Bloomberg View
O
ne bit of conventional 2016 campaign wisdom is that Bernie
Sanders has pushed Hillary
Clinton far to the left. It seems
so obvious that even the socialists are
celebrating.
Like a lot of conventional wisdom, it’s
partly true. Clinton’s words on taxes,
trade, minimum wages, immigration and
Wall Street do sound a lot like those of
the socialist Sanders. But look past the
stump speeches and something more significant becomes clear: Clinton’s rhetoric
may have changed, but her policy positions
haven’t. That means her anticipated pivot
toward the center for the general election
is also likely to be more oratorical than
substantive.
So far, Clinton has pulled off a neat trick.
She has gone toe-to-toe with Sanders by
calling for higher taxes on the rich, more
generous health care subsidies and criminal justice reforms. She positions herself
to his left on gun control, equal pay for
women and immigration.
Even his most steadfast supporters are
convinced. “Thanks to Bernie Sanders,”
said Adam Green, the co-founder of the
Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal grassroots group, “Hillary
Clinton was made a better candidate.” He
cites her support for debt-free college, more
generous Social Security benefits and jailing Wall Street bankers who break the law
as examples of how she moved in Sanders’
direction and “remolded the Democratic
Party.”
But an analysis of her speeches, debates
and white papers shows that she’s been a
careful tactician. On issue after issue, she
has left an escape hatch and declined to
say things that might cause voter whiplash
later. Once she clinches the nomination,
Clinton may not need to tack back to the
center much at all.
One example is the minimum wage.
When Sanders called for a nationwide $15
minimum, she responded by backing a
higher wage too. But hers was for $12, citing economists who say a $15 floor could
invite more automation and job losses in
depressed and rural areas.
Her escape clause? Unlike Sanders, she
would let the states decide. She allows
that a higher minimum wage might work
in more expensive cities and states — and
they are free to enact one if they choose.
She similarly responded to Sanders’ call
for free college, one of his trademark issues, by touting a new tuition-subsidy plan
of her own. It’s less costly and more complicated than Sanders’, involving free community college tuition for lower-income
students and debt-free public college programs for others. Her plan is less generous
and means-tested so that the well-off — including Donald Trump’s kids, she likes to
say — wouldn’t get the taxpayer subsidy.
She’s sharpened her anti-Wall-Street
rhetoric, claiming to be tougher than Sanders when it comes to banking regulation.
Yet in the fall, her positions aren’t likely
to get in the way when she taps financiers’
wallets to compete against, say, a self-financed Trump.
Unlike Sanders, she doesn’t call for
breaking up big banks, a position that
might demand modification in a general
election campaign. Instead, she proposes
to close loopholes in the 2010 Dodd-Frank
financial reform law and bring lightly regulated groups, including high-speed traders and private-equity firms, under closer
supervision. And despite Sanders’ constant
criticism of her well-paid speeches to Goldman Sachs, she has never vowed to refuse
Wall Street’s money.
Clinton has flipped from a supporter
of trade liberalization when her husband
Bill Clinton was president to a quasi-antitrade position. She has said, for example,
that she can’t support the Trans-Pacific
Partnership in its present form, even after
helping to negotiate it as President Barack
Obama’s secretary of state. Yet she’s never
said she couldn’t eventually favor it, leaving wiggle room when Congress hammers
out the details, possibly in a lame-duck session after the election.
Both Democratic candidates speak passionately about reducing inequality. But
they have vastly different approaches.
Sanders favors huge, across-the-board tax
increases on the wealthy. Clinton matches his rhetoric, but her tax increases are
more selective. For higher-income taxpayers, she would raise taxes on the sale of
stocks, bonds and other investments held
for less than two years, limit the value of
income-tax deductions and impose a 4 percent income tax surcharge on those earning above $5 million.
Wealthy Republicans won’t like her tax
agenda, but it won’t bother many independents and moderate Democrats, many of
whom view the Sanders tax increases as
radical and unfeasible. To attract those
voters in the fall, Clinton plans to un-
veil a middle-class tax cut in the coming
months.
Sanders would expand Social Security
benefits broadly and make annual costof-living adjustments more generous. To
pay for that, he would raise the $118,500
payroll tax cap. The problem is that Social
Security already needs shoring up and, by
adding to its costs, Sanders would make it
harder to close the funding gap. Clinton,
though, manages to match his rhetoric by
promising a small benefit enhancement for
the elderly poor, and to consider subjecting
more investment income to the payroll tax
(it’s taxed at 3.8 percent now).
And on down the list of issues. When
Sanders proposes $1 trillion for infrastructure spending over five years, Clinton
answers with a similar, yet more feasible,
$275 billion five-year effort. When Sanders
says he would replace Obamacare with an
expensive Medicare-for-all single-payer
plan, Clinton defends Obamacare — yet
calls for more generous subsidies. In each
case, she can proclaim to primary voters
that she’s addressing a nagging problem
but to general election voters that she’s not
busting the federal budget.
Call it political expediency or call it
smart politics, but surprisingly little of
Clinton’s primary strategy will require her
to do an embarrassing about-face for the
general election. Some of her Bernie-light
positions, including calls for slightly more
entitlement and health care spending, both
popular among disaffected whites who
have flocked to Trump, may even help her
broaden her base in November.
Paula Dwyer writes editorials on economics,
finance and politics.
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AMERICAN ROUNDUP
Evicted gnome homes
reappearing elsewhere
— Some tiny
PA NEWPORT
gnome homes that were
evicted from a Pennsylvania park
are making magic elsewhere.
Little Buffalo State Park managers gave permission for Steve
Hoke to create the minihouses in
December but then decided they
could affect wildlife habitat.
Hoke had made about 40 gnome
houses in tree roots, in hollow logs
and on stumps around the forest
near Newport. He said children
loved the houses, but he removed
them last month.
The boroughs of Millerstown
and Duncannon offered to keep
the gnome homes in local parks.
News site Pennlive.com reported Monday that 11 gnome homes
have been moved to Millerstown
Community Park and three are in
Noye Park in Duncannon.
THE CENSUS
The number of gallons of maple syrup stolen from a Vermont farm stand that operates on the honor system. Vermont
State Police Trooper James Matthews said the syrup was stolen from the Miller and Son Orchards farm store in Dummerston
sometime Sunday night. The theft marks the second time since 2003 that someone made off with a large amount of syrup
from the farm. Authorities said a Putney man was convicted in 2005 of stealing about 75 gallons from the Dwight Miller
Farm, putting his own labels on the syrup and selling it. Owner Read Miller told The Rutland Herald that the theft will not
change the family farm’s tradition of doing business with the honor system.
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Driver backs up, kills
brother at raceway
GILLIAM — The Caddo
LA
Parish Sheriff’s Office
said a racing crewmember from
northeast Texas was killed when
his brother accidentally backed a
dragster into him at a northwest
Louisiana track.
Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy
Chadwick said Steven Smith, 60,
died at a hospital after the accident involving his brother, Stuart
Smith, 55. Both are from Atlanta,
Texas.
She said in a news release that
investigators have not filed any
charges connected to Monday’s
accident at Thunder Road Raceway Park in Gilliam, about 25
miles north of Shreveport.
Chadwick said the Smith-Fair
Racing crew was conducting
test runs as part of the National
Hot Rod Association licensing
process.
PEGGY PEATTIE, THE SAN DIEGO UNION -TRIBUNE /AP
Police wonder if wind
played role in fatal fall
Hauling a house
TEANECK — Police are
NJ
investigating
whether
powerful wind gusts played a role
Workers oversee the hauling of a small house in Hillcrest, Calif., on Monday. The house, built in 1925, was being moved to a storage yard in
Otay Mesa, Calif., before finally being relocated to a new lot in Chula Vista. Owner Anne Wilson, who had lived in the 800-square-foot stucco
house for 23 years, plans to build a new three-story house on the Hillcrest lot.
in the death of a man who fell off
the roof of a seven-story office
building in New Jersey.
The building manager at the
Glenpointe office complex in Teaneck was found on the ground
about 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Detective Capt. John Faggello
told The Record that newspaper
authorities believe the 56-yearold had gone up to the roof to
check for damage from the strong
winds overnight. Police are investigating whether he was blown off
the roof and hit a tree in the fall.
The National Weather Service
recorded a peak wind gust estimated at 32 mph around the time
of the accident.
The man’s name has not been
released because police were still
notifying relatives.
Male bonobo dies of
cardiac arrest at zoo
JACKSONVILLE
—
FL
The oldest male bonobo
at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has died of cardiac arrest.
In a news release on Tuesday,
zoo officials said Akili, 35, was
being treated for heart disease,
which is common in great apes.
Zoo spokesman Lucas Meers
said Akili was anesthetized for an
exam to assess his condition on
March 23 when he went into cardiac arrest. Officials weren’t able
to revive him.
Meers said Akili would have
turned 36 in July. He was born at
the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in 1980. He lived
at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
until he came to the Jacksonville
Zoo in 2008. He was the primary
breeding male of the zoo’s bonobo
group.
Nurse loses license
over photo of patient
the charge of moral unfitness.
Authorities said she used an
iPhone 5 to photograph an incapacitated male patient’s genitals.
After a nine-month investigation,
the Onondaga County District
Attorney’s Office charged her
last year with unlawful surveillance and disseminating unlawful surveillance.
She eventually pleaded guilty
to misdemeanor disseminating
of unlawful surveillance photos
under a plea deal that required
her to give up her license and
spend three years on probation.
Man playing with gun
kills self; charges filed
He and a female suspect also
are charged with tampering with
physical evidence and making
a false report. A third suspect
is charged only with tampering
with physical evidence.
Authorities said the shooting
happened while several people
were inside Abbett’s trailer
smoking methamphetamine and
playing with a revolver. Court
documents say Pitman shot himself after Abbett put a live round
in the weapon.
Abbett told authorities he assumed Pitman had watched him
put the bullet in the gun.
Man pleads guilty to
operating heroin house
HENLEY — ProsSYRACUSE — A for- MO ecutors have filed
BANGOR — A BanNY
mer New York hospital charges after a man died while ME gor man has pleaded
nurse who was convicted last year playing with a firearm in central guilty to federal charges that he
of taking a photo of the intimate
parts of an unconscious man has
surrendered her license.
The state Education Department announced that Kristen
Johnson, 27, of Fulton, gave up her
nursing license and didn’t contest
Missouri.
The Columbia Daily Tribune
reported that Lucas Abbett, 21, of
Henley, is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in
the death last Thursday of Casey
Pitman, 23.
operated his home as a drug mart
for heroin.
Daniel Lyons, 42, pleaded
guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises. Court records
say he allowed dealers to store
and sell heroin in his home on a
daily basis and received heroin as
compensation.
Lyons faces up to 20 years in
prison and a $500,000 fine.
Police: Woman killed
coal miners’ roosters
ASHLAND — Police
PA
said a woman killed two
roosters who kept coal miners
company in central Pennsylvania
because their crowing woke her
up.
Ashland police have charged
Jenna Caso, 21, with shooting the
birds, which had been donated to
the Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine.
The birds were donated after another rooster called Big Red and
a hen named Anne-thracite died
of natural causes.
Tony Loftus works at the mine
and told WNEP-TV that the birds
followed him around, kept the
workers company and crowed
when the sun came up. Police
said Caso didn’t like being awakened by the roosters and allege
she shot them on March 17.
From wire reports
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nothing crazy, nothing out-there,
nothing destructive — you can
just enjoy him with your friends.
I’m going to miss that. I’m going
to miss his language, style and his
outlandish point of view.”
Much has been written about
Noah’s predecessor, Jon Stewart,
leaving the fake-news show he’d
anchored for more than 16 years
just before a bizarre presidential
election full of Trump Steaks and
Marcobots, feeling the Bern and
Hillary emails about fixing her
fax machine. But Noah’s charming
on-air development in the middle
of this “Desperate Horserace,” as
“The Daily Show” recently called
it, is almost enough to offset the
pangs of missing Stewart. Noah
isn’t as satisfyingly curmudgeonly as his predecessor, and his
jokes don’t draw nearly as much
blood, but his timing is spot-on.
“You know it’s bad,” Noah
riffed, after Trump blamed raucous Chicago protesters for canceling his recent appearance,
“when people in Chicago are like,
‘Man, what a violent weekend.’ ”
side of the street. Eventually his
parents split up and Noah mostly
lived with his mother in Soweto,
Johannesburg’s
shack-filled
township for black families.
Noah was born in 1984; apartheid fell when he was 10 years
old. “Overnight, it now became,
like, it is no longer illegal to be
black, so you can now do things
... start by sitting on the benches,
start by riding on the bus, start by
walking through the city at whatever time,” the comic told Jerry
Seinfeld on “Comedians In Cars
Getting Coffee.” “Then slowly
you go, what else can we do? You
can sing, you can do shows. ... Can
we tell jokes? Yeah, you can tell
jokes.”
Noah had told jokes to friends
throughout his childhood. He did
his first routine in public at a jazz
club in Joburg. Soon, comedy was
booming in South Africa’s largest city, and Noah, with his good
looks, mischievous smile, talent
for mocking officials in every
local dialect and stay-up-all-night
work ethic, became its biggest
star. He hosted a children’s TV
show and the prestigious local
comedy awards, headlining clubs,
then theaters, then he toured the
U.S., then he appeared on U.S. late
night shows before Stewart hired
him as a correspondent in 2014.
After Stewart acolytes such as
Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and
Larry Wilmore graduated to their
own shows, Noah became his unexpected successor.
“The hardest thing is not ‘are
the jokes funny enough?’ The
hardest thing is the point of view
and the angle and the take,” says
Noah, who inherited most of
Stewart’s writers and producers.
“Jon and I always joke about how
we come to the same conclusions
but we use very different formulas to get there.
“It’s tough sometimes, because
the news presents itself where you
cannot escape what the thing is.
You have to be different but you
cannot be obscure,” Noah adds.
“We have a pretty good hit rate
when it comes to that, but I’m trying every single day to get higher
and higher.”
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Trevor Noah is
working hard
to fill
a big chair
Comedy Central
Trevor Noah is the host of
“The Daily Show with Trevor
Noah.” He took over the show
in September of last year.
The hardest
thing is not
‘are the
jokes funny
enough?’
The hardest
thing is the
point of view
and the angle
and the take.”
BY STEVE K NOPPER
Chicago Tribune
T
he day after Ben Carson
drops out of the presidential race, leaving a trail
of weird childhood knifefight stories, fake Josef Stalin
quotes and fumbling entrances
to debate stages, Trevor Noah
picks up the phone. The South
African comedian is in preparation mode for that evening’s “The
Daily Show with Trevor Noah,”
on Comedy Central and on AFNSpectrum, of which he took
control in September, and he’s
more than happy to eulogize the
retired neurosurgeon’s bizarre
campaign.
“Ah, man, it’s sad,” says Noah,
32. “What I loved about Ben Carson was, he was harmless fun.
Donald Trump is dangerous fun,
which I think the country’s slowly
starting to learn. Ben Carson’s
just light fun.
“Ben Carson was almost like
the weed of the race,” Noah continues. “No deaths reported,
Where Stewart always seemed
on the verge of blowing smoke out
of his ears, Noah has a relaxed,
smiling presence that sneaks up
on viewers. His impressions, for
example, are steadily improving
as the race goes on. “Sometimes it
takes more time than others — if
I find the note is more complicated, I take a while to pick up what a
person does,” he says. “I’m not an
impersonator by nature. It takes
a while to slowly happen over
time.” The hardest candidate to
imitate is Marco Rubio: “Because
he’s a very plain guy — there are
no real characters in his voice
per se. And surprisingly, Donald
Trump, because he has three different ways of speaking.”
Noah was born in Johannesburg, in the final years of apartheid, to a Xhosa-Jewish mother
and Swiss father. Because of
South Africa’s strict laws banning relationships between blacks
and whites, Noah’s parents had to
keep their son a secret — upon
spotting the police, his father literally had to move to the other
Patty Duke’s talent, bravery recalled; actress dies at 69
Associated Press
The courage that a teenage Patty Duke
portrayed on-screen as Helen Keller in
“The Miracle Worker” was breathtaking
and Oscar-winning.
Duke’s own struggle with bipolar disorder was equally admired. She opened up
about her condition at a time when such
candor was unusual and she became an activist for mental health causes.
The actress, who died Tuesday at age 69,
was “a warrior,” said her son, actor Sean
Astin. “You watch this 4-foot-10, tiny imp
of a lady who’s more powerful than the
greatest military leaders in history.”
“We’re so grateful to her for living a life
that generates that amount of compassion
and feeling in others,” Astin told The Associated Press in reflecting on the outpouring of sentiment from fans at the news of
her death.
Colleagues responded with equal passion. “I will miss her every day but I will
find comfort in the words of Helen Keller:
‘The best and most beautiful things in
the world cannot be seen or even touched
— they must be felt with the heart,’ ” wrote
Melissa Gilbert, who starred with Duke in
a TV remake of “The Miracle Worker.”
Duke died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where she
had lived for the past quarter-century, according to Teri Weigel, Astin’s publicist.
She astonished audiences as the young
deaf-and-blind Keller on Broadway, then
in an acclaimed 1962 film version, appearing in both alongside Anne Bancroft, who
played Helen’s teacher, Annie Sullivan.
In 1963, Duke burst onto the TV scene
starring in her own sitcom, “The Patty
Duke Show,” which aired for three seasons.
She played dual roles as identical cousins
Cathy and Patty. In 2015, she would play
twin roles again: as a pair of grandmas on
an episode of “Liv and Maddie,” a series on
the Disney Channel.
Born Anna Marie Duke in the New
York borough of Queens on Dec. 14, 1946,
she had a difficult childhood with abusive
parents. By 8 years old, she was largely
under the control of husband-and-wife talent managers who kept her busy on soap
operas and advertising displays. They also
supplied her with alcohol and prescription
drugs, which accentuated the effects of her
undiagnosed bipolar disorder.
In her 1988 memoir, “Call Me Anna,”
Duke wrote of her illness and the diagnosis
she had gotten only six years earlier, and of
the subsequent treatment that helped stabilize her life. The book became a 1990 TV
film in which she starred.
In addition to her acting career, Duke
served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988.
Other news
Fiddler Charlie Daniels, singer Randy
Travis, and producer and label owner Fred
Foster are joining the Country Music Hall
of Fame. The announcement was made
Tuesday by the Hall of Fame and Museum,
along with the Country Music Association,
at a press conference in Nashville. They
will be inducted during a ceremony later
this year.
Country icon Merle Haggard has
canceled his April concert dates as he
recovers from a recurring bout of double
pneumonia.
The author of the best-selling novel
“Luckiest Girl Alive” posted an essay
online Tuesday saying that the gang rape
AP
In 2004, Academy Award winner and
television actress Patty Duke — with her
sons, actors Mackenzie Astin, left, and
Sean Astin — was honored with a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Duke died Tuesday of sepsis from a
ruptured intestine. She was 69.
in high school her character suffered
was based on an assault in her own life.
Jessica Knoll, writing on a website for
young women that’s co-managed by Lena
Dunham, said that since the book came
out last year she has deflected questions
about similarities between herself and the
protagonist, TifAni.
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Apple still in dark over
how FBI hacked iPhone
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The FBI’s
announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a
public setback for Apple Inc., as
consumers learned that they can’t
keep the government out of even
an encrypted device that U.S. officials had claimed was impossible to crack. Apple, meanwhile,
remains in the dark about how to
restore the security of its flagship
product.
The government said it was able
to break into an iPhone used by
a gunman in a mass shooting in
California, but it didn’t say how.
That puzzled Apple software engineers about how the FBI broke the
digital locks on the phone without
Apple’s help.
The Justice Department’s announcement that it was dropping a
legal fight to compel Apple to help
it access the phone also took away
any obvious legal avenues Apple
might have used to learn how the
FBI did it. Magistrate Judge Sheri
Pym on Tuesday vacated her Feb.
16 order.
A few clues have emerged. A senior law enforcement official told
The Associated Press that the FBI
managed to defeat an Apple security feature that threatened to delete the phone’s contents if the FBI
failed to enter the correct passcode combination after 10 tries.
That allowed them to repeatedly
and continuously test passcodes in
what’s known as a brute-force attack until the right code is entered
and the phone is unlocked.
It wasn’t clear how the FBI
dealt with a related Apple security
feature that introduces increasing
time delays between guesses. The
EXCHANGE RATES
Military rates
Euro costs (March 31) .....................$1.1505
Dollar buys (March 31) ....................€0.8692
British pound (March 31) .................... $1.46
Japanese yen (March 31) .................. 110.00
South Korean won (March 31) ......1,132.00
Commercial rates
official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was
not authorized to discuss the technique publicly.
FBI Director James Comey has
said that with those features removed, the FBI could break into
the phone in 26 minutes.
The FBI hacked into the iPhone
used by gunman Syed Farook,
who died with his wife in a gunbattle with police after they killed
14 people in December in San Bernardino, Calif. The iPhone was
found in a vehicle the day after the
shooting.
Apple said the legal case to
force its cooperation “should
never have been brought,” and it
promised to increase the security
of its products. CEO Tim Cook
has said the Cupertino-based
company is constantly trying to
improve security for its users.
Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3771
British pound ..................................... $1.4276
Canada (Dollar) ................................... 1.3179
China (Yuan) ........................................6.5106
Denmark (Krone) ................................ 6.6519
Egypt (Pound) ......................................8.8799
Euro ........................................ $1.1205/0.8925
Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................. 7.7578
Hungary (Forint) .................................280.62
Israel (Shekel) ..................................... 3.8181
Japan (Yen)........................................... 113.45
Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3021
Norway (Krone) ...................................8.4704
Philippines (Peso).................................46.30
Poland (Zloty) .......................................... 3.80
Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ........................... 3.7512
Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3680
South Korea (Won) ..........................1,166.16
Switzerland (Franc)............................ 0.9742
Thailand (Baht) .....................................32.58
Turkey (Lira) .........................................2.8665
(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.)
Syed Farook
MARKET WATCH
INTEREST RATES
Prime rate ................................................ 3.50
Discount rate .......................................... 1.00
Federal funds market rate ................... 0.36
3-month bill ............................................. 0.28
30-year bond ........................................... 2.66
WEATHER OUTLOOK
THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC
THURSDAY IN EUROPE
Misawa
46/38
Kabul
68/50
Baghdad
72/49
Seoul
71/49
Kandahar
84/60
Kuwait
City
80/56
Bahrain
75/68
Riyadh
83/70
Brussels
45/42
Lajes,
Azores
64/55
Doha
79/69
Ramstein
63/41
Stuttgart
70/46
Iwakuni
67/52
Sasebo
68/50
Guam
86/77
Pápa
71/55
Aviano/
Vicenza
62/55
Naples
75/56
Morón
67/44
Sigonella
82/52
Rota
64/50
Djibouti
87/79
Tokyo
64/49
Osan
74/46 Busan
66/53
Mildenhall/
Lakenheath
49/36
Okinawa
72/61
The weather is provided by the
American Forces Network Weather Center,
2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Souda Bay
69/53
Thursday’s US temperatures
City
Abilene, Tex
Akron, Ohio
Albany,N.Y.
Albuquerque
Allentown, Pa.
Amarillo
Anchorage
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Austin
Baltimore
Baton Rouge
Billings
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Bridgeport
Brownsville
Buffalo
Burlington,Vt.
Caribou,Maine
Casper
Charleston,S.C.
Charleston,W.Va.
Charlotte,N.C.
Hi
71
67
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60
68
62
51
66
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68
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59
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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
73
36
60
70
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45
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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
67
71
50
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62
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42
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52
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81
74
68
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84
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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
73
69
77
51
74
77
82
72
56
46
59
78
78
75
80
67
68
73
48
67
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87
71
65
60
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67
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63
74
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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
54
62
69
65
54
75
42
63
75
66
66
57
73
67
83
85
69
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55
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66
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Sioux City
Sioux Falls
South Bend
Spokane
Springfield,Ill
Springfield,Mo
Syracuse
Tallahassee
Tampa
Toledo
Topeka
Tucson
Tulsa
Tupelo
Waco
Washington
W. Palm Beach
Wichita
Wichita Falls
Wilkes-Barre
Wilmington,Del.
Yakima
Youngstown
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National temperature extremes
Hi: Tue., 93, Pecos, Texas; Wink, Texas
Lo: Tue., 9, Mount Washington, N.H.
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KCON Comic con Kaiserslautern Come out to the KMCC on
the 19th and 20th of March in
the food court from 9-7 on
Saturday and 10-6 on Sunday.
Hundreds of comics, cosplayers,
crafts, and games. Art and
Costume contests for all ages!
for more Information go to
KCON - Kaiserslautern Comicon
on Facebook.
[email protected]
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Chevy engine, 350cid 5.7lt,
1978 $500.00 looking for used
pre-1978 350cid 5.7 lt motor in
rebuildable
condition
[email protected]
chevy engine, 350cid 5.7lt, 1978
$500.00 looking for used pre1978 lt motor in rebuildable
condition forbro1956yahoo.com
Autos for Sale
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Events
Announcements
040
Let's Celebrate
Announce the birth of a child,
marriage, or perhaps an
anniversary in Stars and Stripes!
Call us: +49 (0)631 351 3612
no voice mail
041
KCON Comic con Kaiserslautern Come out to the KMCC on
the 19th and 20th of March in
the food court from 9-7 on
Saturday and 10-6 on Sunday.
Hundreds of comics, cosplayers,
crafts, and games. Art and
Costume contests for all ages!
for more Information go to
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on
[email protected]
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Audi, A6 3.0T Quattro Prestige,
2012 $31146.00 PCS Sale 4dr
Sedan Quattro 42,650 miles
(black book value $35,146)
Supercharged V6 Automatic
transmission LED running lights
Layered walnut inlays Innovation avigation package Drivers
assist package Dakota Gray
metallic paint 19" winter (VR)
rims 18" all season (HR) rims
0611-143-537-4902
[email protected]
Auto - Quality Pre-owned
US SPEC Vehicles
www.vilseckautosales.com
Free Europe-wide delivery
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BMW, 325i, 1995 $2600.00 This
a great go to work European
Spec car! This vehicle is fully
operational, very clean, sounds
great, just passed USAREUR
inspection, and is ready for a
new owner NOW!! All four tires
are less than a year old, and
fluids were just topped off and
filters changed. Ready to sell
now! 01602947022
BMW, 325i, 1995, This a great
go to work European Spec car!
This vehicle is fully operational,
very clean, sounds great, just
passed USAREUR inspection,
and is ready for a new owner
NOW!! All four tires are less
than a year old, and fluids were
just topped off and filters
changed. Ready to sell now!!!
$2500
OBO
01602947022
[email protected]
Jaguar, XF, 2010 With great
regret, German Specs. Dealer
Maintained. A beautiful vehicle,
3.0 Diesel, automatic, dealer
maintained. Up to 50 Miles per
Gallon. All the comfort and
performance of a Jag XF.
Summer and winter tires (Z
rating). Six CD changer, leather
interior, all of the extras one
would expect. PCSing in June.
Asking $25,000.00, OBO Contact me at 0951-3918361
(home) or 0711-680-2713 (office
after
28
March)
Email:
[email protected]
Jaguar, XF, 2010 With great
regret, German Specs. Dealer
Maintained. A beautiful vehicle,
3.0 Diesel, automatic, dealer
maintained. Up to 50 Miles per
Gallon. All the comfort and
performance of a Jag XF.
Summer and winter tires (Z
rating). Six CD changer, leather
interior, all of the extras one
would expect. PCSing in June.
Asking $25,000.00, OBO Contact me at 0951-3918361
(home) or 0711-680-2713 (office
after
28
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Jeep, Wrangler Sport, 2 Door,
2012 $24000.00 Are you tired of
your hoopty? Are you in dire
need of a dose of Freedom? A
liberating dose of American
power? Well you're in luck,
because I'm selling my Jeep.
29,000 miles, fully loaded, excellent condition, Thule ski rack
included if you want it. Never
been off road except in snow
here in Garmisch. I am located
in Garmisch but am willing to
travel to you if need be as I
know it's a long way down here.
Call or text if you are interested
in
making
an
offer.
+4917680539663 Thanks! +cha
[email protected]
Lexus, 2015 IS 350 RWD - F
Sport, $41285.00 IS 350 RWD F Sport (black book value
$43,197) Packages Included:
HDD Navigation 835-Watt, 15 Speaker Mark Levinson Sound
Package Backup Camera Bluetooth Streaming Audio Advanced Voice Command Lexus
Enform App Suite in US Destination Assist in US F Sport
Package 18' F Sport Split
5-Spoke Alloy Wheels Adaptive
Variable F Sport Tuned Suspension Sport + Driving Mode Twin
Projector LED Headlights Headedentilated Front Seats Aluminum Pedals Leather Wheel &
Shift Knob 0171-2722-169
[email protected]
Mercedes, C180, 1996. Excellent condition.81,000 kilometers.
46,000 miles. Silver color. 5speed, manual transmission.
4-door.
Call
Benjamin
at
0152-0599-7637.
Porsche , Cayman S, 2008
$29000.00 German Porsche
dealer maintained. Power windows, seats, mirrors, door locks.
6 CD changer. Extra rims with
winter tires. Excellent condition!
Great fun car!
[email protected]
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Opel, Astra Wagon, 2001
$1000.00 great on gas, PS,PW,
CD player runs good. I'm selling
the vehicle as is, inspection
good till 10 May 2016. The
vehicle has a few wear and tear
issues to pass inspection. Might
need a muffler and value cover
gasket. If you are a mechanically inclined person it's a good
vehicle for you. $1000 or best
offer Handy - 015156669891
only
serious
reply's.
06227-64281
[email protected]
Porsche, Cayman S, 2008
$29000.00 German Porsche
dealer maintained. Power windows, seats, mirrors, door locks.
6 CD changer. Extra rims with
winter tires. Excellent condition!
Great fun car!
[email protected]
Skoda, Fabia, 2000 $2000.00
good trunk space, good car for
work, dealer maintained, comes
with winter tires, and an after
market radio, cd, bluetooth..
0 1 7 6 3 1 5 0 8 7 2 6
[email protected]
Toyota, Venza, 2009 $7500.00
4 cyl, 2.7 Liter engine, 29 mpg,
cruise control, stereo with CD,
rear camera, air conditioning,
leather seats, electric seat controls, no body damage and no
mechanical problems. Just a
great family car. Blue Book
value $11,000 but will sell due to
impending PCS. 015203479457
Volkswagen,
Golf,
2008
$8000.00 Eurospec Golf, 122
HP 1.4 liter TSI DSG. Uses E10
gas, Hatchback, Metallic gray,
ABS, Radio CD, automatic, 7
speed, cruise control, power
steering, 8 wheels, tires for
summer& winter, 60,500 miles,
Air Conditioning, seat heaters
front, city 29 MPG, Hwy 44
MPG, Comb 37 MPG. Major
tune-up
Oct
2015.
06123-601276 kiedrich.bill@gm
ail.com
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Volvo, XC60, 2011 $23500.00
White , dealer maintained, 3.2L
turbo and many extras. Located
at Patch during work day.
0711-680-7299
or
DSN
430-7299
VW, Golf IV Edition 1.4, 2000,
Town car, 4 door sedan, power
steering,locks,windows; winter &
summer tires on rims, reliable
transportation,well maintained.
$2,900 or best offer. Roof carrier
(never
used)
optional.
0160-97712589
or
[email protected]
Musical Instruments740
Marshall 1936 Lead $390.00
Excellent Condition! Made in
England. Two 12" Celestion
G12T75 speakers. 150W handling. Mono or stereo option.
Size matches full-size heads
+ 4 9 1 7 5 8 1 4 1 3 5 8
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College basketball
Men’s NCAA Tournament
FINAL FOUR
At Houston
National Semifinals
Saturday
Villanova (33-5) vs. Oklahoma (29-7)
North Carolina (32-6) vs. Syracuse (23-13)
National Championship
Monday
Semifinal winners
Men’s NIT
Pro baseball
Spring training
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Toronto
17 5 .773
Houston
17 9 .654
Los Angeles
15 8 .652
Minnesota
17 10 .630
Detroit
15 11 .577
Chicago
15 12 .556
Texas
16 13 .552
Cleveland
14 12 .538
Seattle
15 13 .536
Tampa Bay
11 11 .500
New York
12 13 .480
Oakland
11 14 .440
Kansas City
14 18 .438
Boston
12 16 .429
Baltimore
10 14 .417
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
Washington
17 4 .810
Arizona
21 7 .750
Colorado
14 10 .583
Philadelphia
14 10 .583
Los Angeles
13 13 .500
Cincinnati
14 15 .483
Milwaukee
12 13 .480
Miami
10 12 .455
St. Louis
9 13 .409
San Francisco
11 19 .367
Chicago
9 17 .346
San Diego
9 19 .321
New York
7 15 .318
Pittsburgh
7 20 .259
Atlanta
6 18 .250
Note: Split-squad games count in the
standings; games against non-major
league teams do not.
Tuesday’s games
Minnesota 6, Boston 2, 7 innings
N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Philadelphia at
Clearwater, Fla., ccd., Rain
Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter,
Fla., ccd., Rain
N.Y. Yankees (ss) 5, Pittsburgh 4, 5 innings
Toronto (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland,
Fla., ccd., Rain
Tampa Bay vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., ccd., Rain
Miami 1, N.Y. Mets 0
L.A. Angels 1, Cleveland (ss) 1, tie
Chicago White Sox 6, Texas 2
Chicago Cubs 9, Oakland 5
Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 2
San Diego 11, L.A. Dodgers 9
Colorado 6, Arizona 1
Baltimore 4, Atlanta 4, tie, 10 innings
Kansas City 16, San Francisco 10
Cleveland (ss) 4, Seattle 1
Wednesday’s games
Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St.
Lucie, Fla.
Toronto vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla.
Boston (ss) vs. Tampa Bay at Port
Charlotte, Fla.
St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla.
Boston (ss) vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla.
Houston vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee,
Fla.
Kansas City vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz.
Arizona vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz.
San Diego vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz.
Cleveland vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz.
Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati at
Goodyear, Ariz.
Colorado (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at
Mesa, Ariz.
Milwaukee vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz.
Detroit vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla.
Thursday’s games
Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla.
N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla.
Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay at Port
Charlotte, Fla.
St. Louis vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla.
Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear,
Ariz.
Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla.
Arizona vs. Colorado at Scottsdale,
Ariz.
N.Y. Mets vs. Chicago Cubs at Las Vegas
Milwaukee at Houston
L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers
Oakland at San Francisco
Friday’s games
Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla.
Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla.
Milwaukee at Houston
Chicago Cubs vs. N.Y. Mets at Las Vegas
Baltimore at Philadelphia
Minnesota at Washington
Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal
N.Y. Yankees at Miami
Cleveland at Texas
Kansas City at Arizona
L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers
Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz.
Chicago White Sox at San Diego
Oakland at San Francisco
Semifinals
At New York
Tuesday
Valparaiso 72, BYU 70
George Washington 65, San Diego
State 46
Championship
Thursday
Valparaiso (30-6) vs. George Washington (27-10)
CIT
Championship
Tuesday
Columbia 73, UC Irvine 67
CBI
Championship Series
(Best-of-three)
Morehead State 86, Nevada 83, Morehead St. leads 1-0
Wednesday: Morehead State (23-12)
at Nevada (22-14)
Friday: Morehead State at Nevada, if
necessary
Vegas 16
Semifinals
Tuesday
Old Dominion 64, UC Santa Barbara 49
Oakland 104, ETSU 81
Championship Series
Wednesday
Old Dominion (24-13) vs. Oakland (23-11)
Women’s NCAA Tournament
FINAL FOUR
At Indianapolis
National Semifinals
Sunday
UConn (36-0) vs. Oregon State (32-4)
Washington (26-10) vs. Syracuse (29-7)
National Championship
Tuesday
Semifinals winners
Women’s NIT
Semifinals
Wednesday
Oregon (24-10) at South Dakota (30-6)
Thursday
Michigan (21-13) at Florida Gulf Coast
(32-5)
Championship
Saturday
Seminfinal winners
Women’s
NCAA Division II Tournament
Championship
At Indianapolis
Monday
Lubbock Christian vs. Alaska Anchorage
Women’s
NCAA Division III Tournament
Championship
At Indianapolis
Monday
Tufts vs. Thomas More
AP sportlight
March 31
1909 — Baseball’s National Commission rules that players who jump contracts will be suspended for five years.
Players joining outlaw organizations will
be suspended for three years as punishment for going outside organized baseball.
1923 — The Ottawa Senators of the
NHL complete a two-game sweep of the
WCHL’s Edmonton Eskimos with a 1-0
victory to win the Stanley Cup for the
third time in four years. Harry “Punch”
Broadbent scores the goal.
1961 — The Pacific Coast League’s
proposal to use a designated hitter for
the pitcher is rejected by the Professional Baseball Rules Committee by a
vote of 8-1.
1973 — The Philadelphia Flyers tie an
NHL record for most goals in one period,
scoring eight goals in the second period
of a 10-2 win over the New York Islanders.
1973 — Ken Norton scores a stunning
upset by winning a 12-round split decision over Muhammad Ali to win the NABF
heavyweight title. Norton, a 5-1 underdog, breaks Ali’s jaw in the first round.
1975 — UCLA beats Kentucky 92-85
for its 10th NCAA basketball title under
head coach John Wooden. Wooden finishes with a 620-147 career record after
announcing his retirement two days earlier.
1980 — Larry Holmes scores a TKO
in the eighth round over Leroy Jones to
retain his WBC heavyweight title in Las
Vegas.
1980 — Mike Weaver knocks out John
Tate in the 15th round to win the WBA
heavyweight title in Knoxville, Tenn.
College baseball
College hockey
Deals
Tuesday’s scores
NCAA Division I Tournament
Tuesday’s transactions
EAST
New Paltz 7, Old Westbury 3
Susquehanna 3, Gettysburg 1
Thiel 8, Allegheny 7
UConn 9, Boston College 4
W. New England 5, Suffolk 3
SOUTH
Barton 4-3, NC Wesleyan 1-2
Carson-Newman 18, Limestone 1
Centenary 9, LeTourneau 5
Centre 23-4, Rust 1-5, 1st game, 7 innings
Clemson 9, Furman 7
Duke 6, Liberty 1
ETSU 6, Radford 5
Florida 3, Florida St. 2
Freed-Hardeman 5, Bethel (Tenn.) 3
Hampden-Sydney 8, Averett 7
Indiana-Southeast 3, Lindsey Wilson 2
Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Winston-Salem 3
Lipscomb 12, UT Martin 4
Louisville 17, W. Kentucky 0
Miles 18-16, Lane 2-7
Missouri-St. Louis 8, Bellarmine 5
Mount Olive 13, Francis Marion 8
Murray St. 18, Kentucky St. 5
North Carolina 10, Davidson 2
NC Central 14, High Point 1
NC State 7, Charlotte 1
N. Kentucky 5, Kentucky 4
Rhodes 8, Christian Brothers 7
St. Andrews 12, Greensboro 2
Spring Hill 8, Mississippi College 6
Tennessee 9, Middle Tennessee 2
Trevecca Nazarene 7, North Alabama 5
Tusculum 11, King (Tenn.) 3
Union (Ky.) 12, Asbury 2
Union (Tenn.) 11, Le Moyne-Owen 1
VMI 5, Virginia Tech 3
Wake Forest 4, Elon 3
Wis.-Whitewater 2, Castleton 1
MIDWEST
Grand View 19-9, Avila 1-10
SOUTHWEST
Houston Baptist 5, Prairie View 3
Incarnate Word 6, Texas Rio Grande
Valley 5
New Mexico 12, Sacramento St. 3
SW Oklahoma 10, Oklahoma Christian
7, 11 innings
MIDWEST REGIONAL
At Cincinnati
First Round
Friday, March 25
North Dakota 6, Northeastern 2
Michigan 3, Notre Dame 2, OT
Regional Championship
Saturday, March 26
North Dakota 5, Michigan 2
NORTHEAST REGIONAL
At Worcester, Mass.
First Round
Friday, March 25
Minnesota-Duluth 2, Providence 1, 2OT
Boston College 4, Harvard 1
Regional Championship
Saturday, March 26
Boston College 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2
WEST REGIONAL
At St. Paul, Minn.
First Round
Saturday, March 26
Ferris State 5, St. Cloud State 4, OT
Denver 7, Boston U. 2
Regional Championship
Sunday, March 27
Denver 6, Ferris State 3
EAST REGIONAL
At Albany, N.Y.
First Round
Saturday, March 26
Quinnipiac 4, RIT 0
UMass-Lowell 3, Yale 2, OT
Regional Championship
Sunday, March 27
Quinnipiac 4, UMass-Lowell 1
FROZEN FOUR
At Tampa, Fla.
Semifinals
Thursday, April 7
Quinnipiac (31-3-7) vs. Boston College
(28-7-5)
Denver (25-9-6) vs. North Dakota (32-6-4)
Championship
Saturday, April 9
Quinnipiac-Boston College winner vs.
Denver-North Dakota winner
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Chicago White Sox RHP Kameron Loe
(Charlotte-IL) 80 games and Arizona OF
Stephen Dezzi (Hillsboro-NWL) 50 games
for a violating the Minor League Drug
Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned OF
Dariel Alvarez to Norfolk (IL).
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP
Tommy Kahnle and INFs Matt Davidson,
Leury Garcia and Carlos Sanchez to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned OF Jason Coats to
minor league camp.
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned OF Wynton Bernard to Toledo (IL).
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned
RHPs Nick Tropeano and Al Alburquerque to Salt Lake (PCL). Placed LHP Rob
Rasmussen on the voluntary retired list.
Acquired LHP Chris Jones from Baltimore
for OF Natanael Delgado and INF Erick
Salcedo and optioned Jones to Salt Lake
(PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned LHP
Ryan O’Rourke and RHP Tyler Duffey to
Rochester (IL). Reassigned LHP Logan
Darnell and RHP Brandon Kintzler to minor league camp.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP
Jesse Hahn to Nashville (PCL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired C Bryan
Holaday from Detroit for C Bobby Wilson
and RHP Myles Jaye. Designated LHP
Sam Freeman for assignment. Optioned
RHP Nick Martinez to Round Rock (PCL).
Released OF Drew Stubbs.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP
Drew Hutchison to Buffalo (IL). Released
RHP Steve Delabar and LHP Randy Choate.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Zack Godley to Mobile (SL).
Released LHP Wesley Wright and RHP
Sam LeCure.
CHICAGO CUBS — Released 2B
Munenori Kawasaki, OF Shane Victorino
and LHP Manny Parra.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned C
Dustin Garneau to Albuquerque (PCL).
Selected the contract of OF Ryan Raburn
from Albuquerque.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned
LHP Adam Liberatore to Oklahoma City
(PCL).
MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHPs
Nefi Ogando and Jose Urena to New Orleans (PCL). Released 3B Don Kelly and
OF Justin Maxwell.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned
2B Darnell Sweeney, RHP Luis Garcia and
LHPs Adam Morgan and Elvis Araujo to
Lehigh Valley (IL). Released RHP Edward
Mujica. Agreed to terms with OF Will
Venable on a minor league contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned
INF Jake Goebbert and RHPs Trey Haley
and Rob Scahill to Indianapolis (IL). Reassigned OFs Danny Ortiz and Antoan
Richardson, RHP Curtis Partch and LHP
Robert Zarate to minor league camp.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Released INF/
OF Skip Schumaker. RHP Philip Humber
announced his retirement. Optioned RHP
Leonel Campos to El Paso (PCL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned C
Andrew Susac to Sacramento (PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Released
RHPs Bronson Arroyo and Burke Badenhop. Selected the contract of RHP Matt
Belisle from Syracuse (IL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NEW YORK GIANTS — Re-signed LB
Jasper Brinkley.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled F
Derek Ryan from Charlotte (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Reinstated
Rockford F Garret Ross after all charges
against him were dismissed.
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Assigned G
Spencer Martin from San Antonio (AHL)
to Fort Wayne (ECHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Vili
Saarijarvi from Grand Rapids (AHL) to
Toledo (ECHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to
terms with C Kyle Schempp on a twoyear, entry-level contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to
terms with F Steven Fogarty on an entrylevel contract.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Reassigned
D Maxim Lamarche from Lehigh Valley
(AHL) to Reading (ECHL).
SOCCER
National Women’s Soccer League
SKY BLUE FC — Signed M Ashley Nick.
COLLEGE
KANSAS — Announced junior men’s
basketball G Wayne Selden Jr. will enter
the NBA Draft.
MICHIGAN — Granted the release of
F Ricky Doyle and G Spike Albrecht from
the basketball program in order to transfer.
MINNESOTA — Reinstated freshman
Gs Kevin Dorsey and Dupree McBrayer
and sophomore G Nate Mason to the
basketball team.
NEBRASKA — Announced men’s sophomore basketball F Jacob Hammond will
transfer.
NORTHWESTERN — Named Tim Brandon, Mike Kafka and Steve Pursley graduate assistant football coaches.
OHIO STATE — Announced men’s
freshman basketball G A.J. Harris, F
Mickey Mitchell and C Daniel Giddens
will transfer.
RICE — Named Frank Okam defensive
line coach.
ST. JOHN’S — Announced men’s sophomore basketball F Amar Alibegovic will
transfer.
Tennis
Pro soccer
MLS
Miami Open
Tuesday
At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park
Key Biscayne, Fla.
Purse: Men, $6.13 million (Masters
1000); Women, $6.13 million (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Fourth Round
Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic,
def. Richard Gasquet (10), France, 6-4,
3-6, 7-5.
Milos Raonic (12), Canada, def. Damir
Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-0, 6-3.
David Goffin (15), Belgium, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 7-5, 6-3.
Gilles Simon (18), France, def. Lucas
Pouille, France, 6-0, 6-1.
Nick Kyrgios (24), Australia, def. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Dominic Thiem (14), Austria, 6-3, 6-4.
Gael Monfils (16), France, def. Grigor
Dimitrov (26), Bulgaria, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3.
Kei Nishikori (6), Japan, def. Roberto
Bautista Agut (17), Spain, 6-2, 6-4.
Women
Quarterfinals
Timea Bacsinszky (19), Switzerland,
def. Simona Halep (5), Romania, 4-6, 6-3,
6-2.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (15), Russia, def.
Ekaterina Makarova (30), Russia, 6-7 (3),
6-4, 6-3.
Doubles
Women
Second Round
Timea Babos, Hungary, and Yaroslava
Shvedova (4), Kazakhstan, def. Casey
Dellacqua and Sam Stosur, Australia, 75, 6-4.
Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, and
Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Vania
King, United States, and Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Montreal
2 1 0
6
6 4
Philadelphia
2 1 0
6
5 3
Orlando City
1 0 2
5
4 3
New York City FC 1 1 2
5
7 7
Toronto FC
1 1 1
4
4 3
New York
1 2 0
3
4 8
New England
0 1 3
3
4 7
Chicago
0 1 2
2
4 5
D.C. United
0 2 2
2
2 8
Columbus
0 2 1
1
2 4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting KC
3 0 0
9
4 1
FC Dallas
3 1 0
9
7 5
Los Angeles
2 1 0
6
7 3
Vancouver
2 2 0
6
6 6
San Jose
2 1 0
6
4 4
Real Salt Lake
1 0 2
5
6 5
Houston
1 2 1
4 11 8
Portland
1 1 1
4
5 5
Colorado
1 1 1
4
2 2
Seattle
0 3 0
0
2 5
Note: Three points for victory, one
point for tie.
Friday’s games
New York at New England
Saturday’s games
Philadelphia at Chicago
Toronto FC at Colorado
Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City
Columbus at FC Dallas
Montreal at Seattle
Los Angeles at Vancouver
D.C. United at San Jose
Sunday’s games
Portland at Orlando City
Friday, April 8
Orlando City at Philadelphia
Saturday, April 9
Columbus at Montreal
Toronto FC at New England
Vancouver at D.C. United
Sporting Kansas City at New York
San Jose at FC Dallas
Colorado at Real Salt Lake
Golf
World rankings
Through March 27
1. Jason Day
AUS
2. Jordan Spieth
USA
3. Rory McIlroy
NIR
4. Bubba Watson
USA
5. Rickie Fowler
USA
6. Adam Scott
AUS
7. Henrik Stenson
SWE
8. Justin Rose
ENG
9. Dustin Johnson
USA
10. Patrick Reed
USA
11. Louis Oosthuizen
SAF
12. Danny Willett
ENG
13. Branden Grace
SAF
14. Hideki Matsuyama
JPN
15. Sergio Garcia
ESP
16. Zach Johnson
USA
17. Brandt Snedeker
USA
18. Brooks Koepka
USA
19. Jim Furyk
USA
20. Phil Mickelson
USA
21. Charl Schwartzel
SAF
22. Kevin Kisner
USA
23. J.B. Holmes
USA
24. Jimmy Walker
USA
25. Paul Casey
ENG
26. Byeong-Hun An
KOR
27. Kevin Na
USA
28. Matt Kuchar
USA
12.53
11.06
9.36
8.68
7.86
7.26
7.18
6.07
5.94
5.00
4.83
4.65
4.65
4.59
4.40
4.23
4.18
4.09
4.01
3.97
3.88
3.79
3.44
3.33
3.30
3.27
3.23
3.21
29. Bill Haas
30. Andy Sullivan
31. Marc Leishman
32. Shane Lowry
33. Justin Thomas
34. Russell Knox
35. Emiliano Grillo
36. Rafa Cabrera-Bello
37. Kiradech Aphibarnrat
38. Danny Lee
39. Ryan Moore
40. Bernd Wiesberger
41. Thongchai Jaidee
42. David Lingmerth
43. Matthew Fitzpatrick
44. Billy Horschel
45. Soren Kjeldsen
46. Victor Dubuisson
47. Martin Kaymer
48. Scott Piercy
49. Chris Wood
50. Anirban Lahiri
51. Smylie Kaufman
52. Robert Streb
53. Chris Kirk
54. Jaco Van Zyl
55. Jamie Donaldson
56. Thomas Pieters
57. Patton Kizzire
58. Charley Hoffman
59. Daniel Berger
USA
ENG
AUS
IRL
USA
SCO
ARG
ESP
THA
NZL
USA
AUT
THA
SWE
ENG
USA
DEN
FRA
GER
USA
ENG
IND
USA
USA
USA
SAF
WAL
BEL
USA
USA
USA
3.18
3.15
3.13
3.13
2.94
2.81
2.77
2.75
2.70
2.69
2.67
2.65
2.62
2.55
2.50
2.50
2.48
2.46
2.46
2.44
2.42
2.42
2.42
2.38
2.37
2.32
2.25
2.21
2.21
2.17
2.15
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SOCCER
US back on track in
World Cup qualifying
Lineup changes help spark a rout of Guatemala
BY CRAIG M ERZ
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — American soccer
fans fretted for four days: If the United
States lost to Guatemala once again, the
U.S. would have little chance to qualify for
the 2018 World Cup.
Their worries quickly vanished Tuesday
night.
Clint Dempsey scored 12 minutes in,
Geoff Cameron, Graham Zusi and Jozy
Altidore added goals and the U.S. routed
Guatemala 4-0 to get back on track.
“I thought we showed a lot of heart,”
Dempsey said. “We showed a lot of character by dealing with a pressure situation.”
Following a dismal 2-0 loss at Guatemala City on Friday night in which Jurgen
Klinsmann deployed several players out of
their most comfortable positions, the U.S.
coach made five lineup changes and shifted two others into their more usual spots.
The Americans responded and improved
to 27-0-2 at home in qualifying since 2001,
including 7-0-2 at Mapfre Stadium.
“Columbus has bailed us out on several
occasions,” U.S. captain Michael Bradley
said.
Cameron doubled the lead in the 35th
and Zusi, added to the roster on Sunday,
made it 3-0 just 18 seconds into the second
half. Jozy Altidore capped the scoring in
the 89th.
“The attitude tonight was outstanding,”
Klinsmann said. “We were in sync with
the wonderful crowd that pushed them
from the first second. There was wonderful energy.”
Trinidad and Tobago (3-0-1) won 6-0 at
home against St. Vincent and the Grenadines and leads Group C with 10 points,
three ahead of the U.S. (2-1-1). Guatemala
(2-2) has six points, and St. Vincent (0-4)
has been eliminated.
Seeking its eighth straight World Cup
berth, the U.S. travels to St. Vincent on
Sept. 2, then finishes the round four days
later against Trinidad at Jacksonville, Fla.
“We showed our pride,” Dempsey said.
“You’ve got to do that if you want to make
it to the World Cup. You’ve got to show that
you want it, and we showed that we wanted
it.”
Dempsey scored his 49th international goal, eight behind Landon Donovan’s
American record, after Cameron looped
a pass just inside the center circle to just
inside the penalty area. A streaking Gyasi
Zardes, flanked by Moises Hernandez and
Rafael Morales, used the side of his head
to knock the ball down. Dempsey ran onto
the ball after two bounces and first-timed
a 14-yard right-footed shot past goalkeeper
Paulo Motta.
Dempsey has six goals in 10 games
against Guatemala and a U.S.-record 14
in World Cup qualifying, one more than
Donovan.
Cameron doubled the lead after Bobby
Wood was fouled by Cristian Jimenez,
Bradley took the free kick, and Cameron
got in front of Carlos Castrillo for an 8-yard
header, his fourth international goal.
At the start of the second half, Yedlin
played the ball to Zardes, who allowed it to
bounce off him. Zusi ran in and got off a
quick shot for his fourth U.S. goal, his first
JAY L A PRETE /AP
Guatemala’s Jean Marquez, left, and the United States’ Bobby Wood fight for a
loose ball during the first half of a Tuesday’s World Cup qualifying soccer match in
Columbus, Ohio. The United States won 4-0.
since October 2013 in a qualifier at Panama. A giveway by Rodrigo Saravia of the
hometown Columbus Crew led to Dempsey
feeding Altidore for his 34th U.S. goal.
Midfielder Christian Pulisic, also added
to the roster Sunday, made his national
team debut in the 81st minute. At 17 years,
193 days, Pulisic became the youngest
American in a qualifier. By appearing in
the game, Pulisic became ineligible to play
for Croatia, the nation of his grandfather.
“It’s exactly what I expected; very, very
physical,” he said. “It was a good game. It
gives me confidence. I’m going to try and
stay grounded and keep doing what I’m
doing and become the best player I can.”
No Olympics for Americans after loss to Colombia
Associated Press
FRISCO, Texas — The United
States failed to qualify for consecutive Olympic men’s soccer
tournaments for the first time in
a half century, a collapse players
found hard to address or analyze.
Roger Martinez scored twice,
Americans Luis Gil and Matt Miazga were ejected and Colombia’s
under-23 team defeated the U.S.
2-1 Tuesday night to earn the
last berth in the Rio de Janeiro
Games with a 3-2 aggregate win
in the two-leg, total-goals series.
Following a nightmare in Nashville four years ago, when the
Americans were eliminated by
El Salvador, they had a fiasco in
Frisco.
“You dream about it since you
were a little kid,” forward Jordan
Morris said, “so, it’s a tough one
to swallow.”
Coach Andi Herzog said it
wasn’t the right time for him
to dissect the Americans’ poor
performance.
“I’m real emotional, and I don’t
want to say anything without
coming down a bit,” Herzog said.
“I’m really disappointed.”
Martinez redirected Andres
BRANDON WADE /AP
Colombia’s Roger Martinez, left, scores a goal as U.S. goalkeeper Ethan Horvath, background, and Tim
Parker (4) defend in the first half of Tuesday’s Olympic qualifying match in Frisco, Texas. Colombia won
2-1, earning the last berth in the Rio Games.
Roa’s off-target shot past goalkeeper Ethan Horvath in the 30th
minute. An own goal by Delver
Machado tied the score in the
59th, with the defender head-
ing the ball over his own keeper
while trying to clear Morris’ pass
from Emerson Hyndman.
Martinez put the Colombians
back ahead in the 64th minute,
eluding Tim Parker at the 6-yard
box and beating Horvath. At that
point, because the first tiebreaker is away goals, the Americans
needed to score twice.
“We give up such a simple, stupid goal,” Herzog said.
The U.S. then showed its frustration. Gil, who scored in the
first leg, entered in the 67th minute and was given a yellow card
by Uzbek referee Ravshan Irmatov in the 77th for fouling Wilmer
Barrios near midfield. Gil dissented and was shown a red.
Miazga received a red in the
90th minute for fouling Christian Borga just outside the penalty area on a clear goal-scoring
opportunity.
The U.S. had last failed to qualify for consecutive Olympics from
1960-68. Colombia will make its
first appearance since 1992.
U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann said the 2012
group of under-23 players was set
back by its failure to play at the
London Olympics and he made
qualifying for Brazil a priority,
installing top assistant Herzog as
under-23 coach.
But the Americans were forced
into the playoff by losing to Honduras 2-0 last October in the
semifinal round of the regional
qualifying in North and Central
America and the Caribbean.
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NBA
Scoreboard
Eastern Conference
Pistons 88, Thunder 82
y-Cleveland
x-Toronto
x-Atlanta
Miami
Boston
Charlotte
Detroit
Indiana
W
52
49
45
43
43
43
40
39
L
22
24
30
30
31
31
35
35
Pct
.703
.671
.600
.589
.581
.581
.533
.527
GB
—
2½
7½
8½
9
9
12½
13
Chicago
Washington
Orlando
Milwaukee
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
37
36
31
30
30
21
9
37
38
43
44
45
53
66
.500
.486
.419
.405
.400
.284
.120
15
16
21
22
22½
31
43½
Western Conference
Pct
.905
.838
.693
.630
.554
.520
.500
.493
GB
—
5
15½
20½
26
28½
30
30½
Dallas
36 38 .486
Denver
31 44 .413
Sacramento
29 45 .392
New Orleans
27 46 .370
Minnesota
25 49 .338
Phoenix
20 54 .270
L.A. Lakers
15
59 .203
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Monday’s games
Oklahoma City 119, Toronto 100
Miami 110, Brooklyn 99
Atlanta 102, Chicago 100
Minnesota 121, Phoenix 116
New Orleans 99, New York 91
San Antonio 101, Memphis 87
Dallas 97, Denver 88
Utah 123, L.A. Lakers 75
Portland 105, Sacramento 93
L.A. Clippers 114, Boston 90
Tuesday’s games
Chicago 98, Indiana 96
Charlotte 100, Philadelphia 85
Orlando 139, Brooklyn 105
Detroit 88, Oklahoma City 82
Houston 106, Cleveland 100
Golden State 102, Washington 94
Wednesday’s games
Atlanta at Toronto
L.A. Clippers at Minnesota
Phoenix at Milwaukee
Denver at Memphis
New Orleans at San Antonio
New York at Dallas
Golden State at Utah
Washington at Sacramento
Miami at L.A. Lakers
Thursday’s games
Chicago at Houston
Brooklyn at Cleveland
Orlando at Indiana
Denver at New Orleans
L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City
Boston at Portland
31
36½
38
39½
42
47
52
y-Golden State
y-San Antonio
y-Oklahoma City
x-L.A. Clippers
Memphis
Portland
Utah
Houston
M ARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ /AP
The Warriors’ Stephen Curry, left, defends the Wizards’ Otto Porter Jr. during the second half Tuesday in
Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 102-94.
Roundup
Warriors drop Wizards
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Steve
Kerr and his do-everything superstar, Stephen Curry, expected
Golden State to build on its championship run of last season.
This record, though? No way.
And 60 games over .500 at this
stage? Yeah, right.
Curry knocked down six more
three-pointers to increase his record total on the way to 26 points,
and the Warriors beat the Washington Wizards 102-94 on Tuesday night to stay on track for the
all-time wins record.
Klay Thompson followed backto-back 40-point games with 16
as Golden State (67-7) stayed a
game ahead of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ pace during their 7210 season. The Warriors matched
their win total of last season and
must go 6-2 over the final eight
games to have the record all to
themselves.
Kerr thought “maybe our record would get a little worse” as
defending champs.
“I was under the same impression that our record might not
be indicative of the progress we
might have made over the course
of the season. And not to get discouraged if we couldn’t match
what we did last year knowing
that the ultimate goal is to win a
championship,” Curry said.
“As you go through the season
and kind of get lost in the journey,
we should be able to accomplish
both: be a better team and better
our record, which we’re on our
way to doing. For us to be playing at such a high level for two
straight years and have our eyes
set on the ultimate goal, it’s fun.”
Draymond Green had 15 points,
16 rebounds and nine assists to
just miss back-to-back triple-doubles in the Warriors’ 54th straight
regular-season home win and
36th consecutive this season.
Bradley Beal scored 17 for the
Wizards, who lost their fourth
straight to Golden State.
Curry, who scored 51 points
with a career-high and franchise
record-tying 11 threes in the
first meeting Feb. 3, shot 9-for20 overall and 6-for-8 from long
range. He added seven rebounds,
seven assists and five steals.
Rockets 106, Cavaliers 100:
James Harden scored 27 points
and Houston rallied from a 20point deficit to beat host Cleveland,
which rested LeBron James.
Harden scored 18 points in
the fourth quarter and Houston
outscored Cleveland 35-16 in the
period.
Dwight Howard’s free throw
with 2:13 left put Houston ahead
95-94. Harden’s three-pointer
made it 98-94 before Kyrie Irving
hit a three-pointer with 1:30 left,
making it a one-point game.
Both teams missed shots on
their next possession, but Trevor
Ariza’s three-pointer from the
corner with 17 seconds left gave
Houston a 101-97 lead.
Bulls 98, Pacers 96: Jimmy
Butler made a tiebreaking jumper with 3.7 seconds left, and visiting Chicago beat Indiana to snap
a four-game losing streak.
Nikola Mirotic scored 28 points
as Chicago (37-37) got back to
.500 and pulled within two games
of Indiana for the eighth and
final playoff spot in the Eastern
Conference. Mirotic made seven
three-pointers, his final one tying
it at 96 with 2:19 remaining.
The Pacers missed five shots
in the final 2 minutes that would
have given them the lead before
the Bulls rebounded Pau Gasol’s
miss with 20 seconds remaining
and got the ball to Butler for his
17-footer from the right wing.
Pistons 88, Thunder 82: Marcus Morris scored 24 points, and
Detroit took advantage of Kevin
Durant’s absence in a victory
over visiting Oklahoma City.
The Thunder rested Durant and
Serge Ibaka, and Oklahoma City
was held to only nine points in the
third period en route to its lowestscoring game of the season. The
Thunder rallied from a 15-point
deficit, closing the gap to just one
in the fourth, but Detroit was able
to hold on late for another victory
in its push for a playoff spot.
Hornets 100, 76ers 85:
Nicolas Batum had 19 points, 12
rebounds and 12 assists for his
second triple-double of the season, leading visiting Charlotte
over Philadelphia.
Cody Zeller added 18 points and
11 boards for Charlotte, which set
a franchise record for wins in
a month with its 13th victory in
March.
The Hornets, who entered the
game in sixth place in the Eastern
Conference, also inched closer to
clinching their first playoff spot
in two years and just second postseason berth in the last 13 years.
Charlotte hasn’t won a playoff series, though, since 2002.
Magic 139, Nets 105: Aaron
Gordon had 20 points and Elfrid
Payton had 11 points and 12 assists
as the host Magic scored a season
high in defeating Brooklyn.
Victor Oladipo and Evan
Fournier had their moments and
backup center Dewayne Dedmon,
playing in place of injured Nikola
Vucevic, scored 15 points.
W
67
62
52
46
41
39
37
37
L
7
12
23
27
33
36
37
38
Tuesday
Warruirs 102, Wizards 94
WASHINGTON — Porter 4-9 3-4 11,
Morris 5-12 2-2 15, Gortat 4-6 1-2 9, Wall
4-14 0-2 8, Beal 6-16 4-4 17, Nene 4-8 2-6
10, Dudley 2-4 1-1 5, Temple 1-2 0-0 3, Sessions 0-3 1-2 1, Thornton 0-3 0-0 0, Hickson 4-6 1-2 9, Oubre Jr. 2-3 2-2 6. Totals
36-86 17-27 94.
GOLDEN STATE — Barnes 6-11 2-2 14,
Green 4-6 4-4 15, Bogut 1-2 0-0 2, Curry 920 2-2 26, Thompson 7-19 0-0 16, Barbosa
2-6 2-2 6, Varejao 0-3 3-4 3, Livingston 4-7
0-2 8, Speights 3-7 1-3 7, Clark 1-4 0-0 2,
McAdoo 1-2 1-4 3. Totals 38-87 15-23 102.
Washington
22 24 26 22— 94
Golden State
27 22 30 23—102
Three-point goals—Washington 5-23
(Morris 3-7, Temple 1-1, Beal 1-6, Oubre
Jr. 0-1, Porter 0-1, Dudley 0-1, Thornton
0-3, Wall 0-3), Golden State 11-25 (Curry
6-8, Green 3-4, Thompson 2-8, Barbosa
0-1, Clark 0-1, Speights 0-1, Barnes 0-2).
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Washington 53 (Gortat 10), Golden State 64
(Green 16). Assists—Washington 26 (Wall
11), Golden State 27 (Green 9). Total
Fouls—Washington 19, Golden State 23.
A—19,596 (19,596).
Rockets 106, Cavaliers 100
HOUSTON — Ariza 5-10 3-4 15, Motiejunas 3-7 0-0 6, Howard 2-3 7-22 11, Beverley
4-10 0-0 10, Harden 8-16 8-10 27, Beasley
8-15 1-2 17, Capela 4-7 1-2 9, Brewer 2-5
1-2 5, Terry 1-2 0-0 3, McDaniels 1-4 0-0 3.
Totals 38-79 21-42 106.
CLEVELAND — Shumpert 4-14 1-2 11,
Love 5-14 1-2 13, Mozgov 1-2 0-0 2, Irving
9-23 8-9 31, J. Smith 1-6 2-2 4, Thompson
4-8 8-9 16, Frye 0-3 0-0 0, Dellavedova 2-7
0-0 4, J.Jones 2-5 4-4 10, Williams 2-2 0-0 6,
Jefferson 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 31-86 24-28 100.
Houston
26 14 31 35—106
Cleveland
24 35 25 16—100
Three-point
goals—Houston
9-25
(Harden 3-8, Beverley 2-4, Ariza 2-5,
McDaniels 1-1, Terry 1-2, Beasley 0-1,
Brewer 0-2, Motiejunas 0-2), Cleveland
14-40 (Irving 5-11, Williams 2-2, J.Jones
2-5, Shumpert 2-6, Love 2-6, Jefferson
1-1, Dellavedova 0-3, Frye 0-3, J. Smith 03). Rebounds—Houston 71 (Howard 11),
Cleveland 50 (Love 11). Assists—Houston 23 (Harden 8), Cleveland 21 (Irving,
Dellavedova 8). Total Fouls—Houston 24,
Cleveland 31. Technicals—Houston defensive three second 2. Flagrant Fouls—
Thompson. A—20,562 (20,562).
OKLAHOMA CITY — Waiters 1-8 2-2 4,
Singler 2-4 2-2 6, Adams 3-6 1-2 7, Westbrook 8-28 6-9 24, Roberson 1-3 0-0 2, Foye
3-9 2-4 9, Kanter 6-8 1-3 14, Payne 1-6 0-0
2, Huestis 2-3 0-0 5, Morrow 3-6 0-0 7, Collison 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-82 14-22 82.
DETROIT — Harris 6-14 4-4 17, Morris
9-13 5-5 24, Drummond 6-9 1-2 13, Jackson 4-15 4-4 13, Caldwell-Pope 3-16 2-2 8,
Johnson 3-6 0-1 7, Blake 0-5 0-0 0, Baynes
1-6 2-2 4, Tolliver 1-2 0-0 2, Hilliard 0-1 0-0
0. Totals 33-87 18-20 88.
Oklahoma City
21 27
9 25—82
Detroit
25 21 25
17—88
Three-point goals—Oklahoma City 621 (Westbrook 2-8, Kanter 1-1, Huestis
1-1, Morrow 1-2, Foye 1-4, Waiters 0-2,
Payne 0-3), Detroit 4-19 (Morris 1-1, Harris 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Jackson 1-5, Tolliver
0-1, Blake 0-4, Caldwell-Pope 0-5). Fouled
Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City
58 (Kanter 14), Detroit 57 (Drummond 15).
Assists—Oklahoma City 16 (Westbrook
6), Detroit 20 (Jackson, Caldwell-Pope 6).
Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 21, Detroit
18. Technicals—Harris, Detroit defensive
three second. A—18,201 (22,076).
Magic 139, Nets 105
BROOKLYN — Bogdanovic 2-5 2-2 6,
Robinson 8-13 2-7 18, Lopez 2-7 1-2 5, Larkin 4-9 2-2 10, Karasev 1-1 6-6 9, Kilpatrick
4-12 3-5 11, Sims 2-6 4-4 8, Sloan 0-1 0-0 0,
Brown 3-6 5-9 11, McCullough 2-3 0-0 5, Ellington 4-10 1-1 12, Reed 5-6 0-1 10. Totals
37-79 26-39 105.
ORLANDO — Fournier 6-10 0-0 15, Gordon 9-11 1-1 20, Dedmon 6-7 3-3 15, Payton 4-11 3-3 11, Oladipo 3-7 0-0 7, Smith
7-11 0-0 14, Hezonja 4-8 1-2 10, Nicholson
9-9 3-6 24, Jennings 4-8 0-0 11, Watson 0-3
2-2 2, Marble 2-3 0-2 4, Napier 2-3 0-0 6.
Totals 56-91 13-19 139.
Brooklyn
23 22 28 32—105
Orlando
32 41 30 36—139
Three-point goals—Brooklyn 5-14 (Ellington 3-5, Karasev 1-1, McCullough 1-2,
Brown 0-1, Bogdanovic 0-2, Kilpatrick 03), Orlando 14-27 (Nicholson 3-3, Fournier
3-4, Jennings 3-6, Napier 2-3, Oladipo 1-2,
Gordon 1-3, Hezonja 1-4, Payton 0-1, Marble 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—
Brooklyn 48 (Robinson 12), Orlando 48
(Smith, Payton 5). Assists—Brooklyn 19
(Brown 5), Orlando 40 (Payton 12). Total
Fouls—Brooklyn 18, Orlando 29. A—17,536
(18,500).
Bulls 98, Pacers 96
CHICAGO — Dunleavy 1-3 1-2 3, Gibson
0-4 0-0 0, Gasol 4-13 2-3 10, Rose 4-15 0-0
8, Butler 6-10 2-2 14, Mirotic 9-18 3-3 28,
Brooks 3-6 0-0 7, Moore 2-6 0-0 5, Portis
3-3 3-3 9, McDermott 2-6 1-1 6, Holiday 0-0
0-0 0, Felicio 3-3 2-2 8. Totals 37-87 14-16
98.
INDIANA — George 7-16 4-4 20, Turner
3-8 0-0 6, Mahinmi 9-12 0-0 18, G.Hill 3-6 00 6, Ellis 3-12 2-2 8, Allen 4-6 1-2 9, Lawson
4-7 0-0 8, Stuckey 1-5 2-2 4, S.Hill 0-6 4-4
4, J.Hill 3-5 0-0 6, Miles 2-7 2-3 7. Totals
39-90 15-17 96.
Chicago
28 32 24 14—98
Indiana
27 31 26 12—96
Three-point goals—Chicago 10-26
(Mirotic 7-13, McDermott 1-2, Brooks 1-2,
Moore 1-3, Gasol 0-1, Dunleavy 0-1, Rose
0-2, Butler 0-2), Indiana 3-19 (George 2-7,
Miles 1-4, G.Hill 0-1, Stuckey 0-1, Lawson
0-1, Ellis 0-2, S.Hill 0-3). Fouled Out—
None. Rebounds—Chicago 53 (Gasol 11),
Indiana 52 (George 9). Assists—Chicago
22 (Gasol 7), Indiana 20 (George 5). Total
Fouls—Chicago 19, Indiana 16. A—17,050
(18,165).
Hornets 100, 76ers 85
CHARLOTTE — Batum 8-16 2-2 19, Williams 3-10 2-2 8, Zeller 7-8 4-4 18, Walker
5-19 2-2 16, Lee 6-10 1-1 15, Jefferson 39 1-1 7, Lamb 2-7 3-4 7, Kaminsky 2-5 2-2
6, Gutierrez 1-1 0-0 2, Daniels 1-1 0-0 2,
Hansbrough 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-87 17-18
100.
PHILADELPHIA — Thompson 2-11 2-2
8, Covington 6-16 0-0 18, Landry 3-8 2-2
8, Smith 6-17 0-0 15, Canaan 3-10 1-1 10,
Stauskas 4-11 3-4 13, McConnell 1-7 0-0 2,
Brand 3-10 1-1 7, Marshall 1-2 0-0 2, Wood
1-4 0-0 2. Totals 30-96 9-10 85.
Charlotte
23 29 25 23—100
Philadelphia
19 17 26 23— 85
Three-point goals—Charlotte 7-25
(Walker 4-12, Lee 2-2, Batum 1-4, Kaminsky 0-1, Lamb 0-2, Williams 0-4), Philadelphia 16-44 (Covington 6-14, Canaan
3-8, Smith 3-8, Stauskas 2-5, Thompson
2-6, Marshall 0-1, McConnell 0-2). Fouled
Out—None.
Rebounds—Charlotte
69
(Batum 12), Philadelphia 48 (Thompson
10). Assists—Charlotte 26 (Batum 12),
Philadelphia 20 (Smith 6). Total Fouls—
Charlotte 7, Philadelphia 18. Technicals—Charlotte defensive three second.
A—14,486 (20,318).
Calendar
April 13 — Regular season ends.
April 15 — Playoff rosters set, 3 p.m.
EDT.
April 16 — Playoffs begin.
May 17 — Draft lottery.
June 2 — NBA Finals begin.
June 13 — Early-entry withdrawal
deadline for NBA Draft (5 p.m. EDT)
June 23 — NBA Draft.
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Eastern Conference
z-Washington
d-Tampa Bay
N.Y. Rangers
Florida
Pittsburgh
Boston
N.Y. Islanders
Philadelphia
GP
75
76
76
76
76
77
75
75
W
54
44
43
42
43
40
41
37
L OT Pts GF GA
16 5 113 236 175
27 5 93 214 182
24 9 95 219 199
25 9 93 218 189
25 8 94 219 190
29 8 88 223 209
25 9 91 210 193
25 13 87 196 199
Detroit
New Jersey
Carolina
Ottawa
Montreal
Buffalo
Columbus
Toronto
77
77
77
76
77
77
76
76
38
37
33
34
35
31
30
28
28
32
28
33
36
35
38
37
11
8
16
9
6
11
8
11
87
82
82
77
76
73
68
67
198
173
187
217
205
185
195
186
212
194
208
234
224
210
237
222
Western Conference
x-Dallas
x-Los Angeles
x-St. Louis
x-Anaheim
x-Chicago
x-San Jose
Nashville
Minnesota
GP
77
76
77
75
77
77
77
77
W
46
45
46
42
44
43
39
38
L
22
26
22
23
26
28
25
28
OT Pts GF GA
9 101 252 220
5 95 208 180
9 101 206 186
10 94 196 178
7 95 213 192
6 92 228 199
13 91 215 199
11 87 210 190
Colorado
77 39 34 4 82 205 218
Arizona
76 34 35 7 75 199 226
Calgary
76 32 38 6 70 210 240
Winnipeg
76 31 38 7 69 194 223
Vancouver
76 27 36 13 67 172 221
Edmonton
79 30 42 7 67 194 234
Note: Two points for a win, one point
for overtime loss.
d-division leader
x-clinched playoff spot
z-clinched conference
Monday’s games
Philadelphia 3, Winnipeg 2, OT
Washington 4, Columbus 1
Detroit 3, Buffalo 2
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0
Colorado 4, Nashville 3
Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1
Calgary 5, Arizona 2
San Jose 5, Los Angeles 2
Tuesday’s games
N.Y. Islanders 2, Carolina 1, SO
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 4, SO
New Jersey 2, Boston 1
Montreal 4, Detroit 3
Toronto 5, Florida 2
Minnesota 4, Chicago 1
St. Louis 3, Colorado 1
Dallas 5, Nashville 2
San Jose 4, Vancouver 1
Wednesday’s games
Ottawa at Winnipeg
Washington at Philadelphia
Calgary at Anaheim
Thursday’s games
Toronto at Buffalo
Columbus at N.Y. Islanders
Nashville at Pittsburgh
N.Y. Rangers at Carolina
Montreal at Tampa Bay
New Jersey at Florida
Ottawa at Minnesota
Arizona at Dallas
Calgary at Los Angeles
Vancouver at San Jose
Tuesday
Sharks 4, Canucks 1
San Jose
0 2 2—4
Vancouver
0 1 0—1
Second Period—1, San Jose, Pavelski
37 (Burns, Thornton), :20. 2, Vancouver,
Higgins 3, 6:21 (sh). 3, San Jose, Couture
11 (Spaling), 19:49.
Third Period—4, San Jose, Couture 12
(Pavelski, Marleau), 14:01 (pp). 5, San Jose,
Couture 13 (Burns, Zubrus), 19:43 (en).
Shots on Goal—San Jose 7-12-12—31.
Vancouver 13-5-6—24.
Power-play opportunities—San Jose 1
of 4; Vancouver 0 of 2.
Goalies—San Jose, Reimer 15-14-7 (24
shots-23 saves). Vancouver, Markstrom
11-13-4 (30-27).
A—18,315 (18,910). T—2:30.
Stars 5, Predators 2
Nashville
1 1 0—2
Dallas
1 2 2—5
First Period—1, Nashville, Ellis 9, 6:12
(sh). 2, Dallas, Ja.Benn 38 (Goligoski),
10:55.
Second Period—3, Dallas, Faksa 3
(Roussel, Hemsky), 11:03. 4, Dallas, Spezza 30 (Goligoski), 11:49. 5, Nashville, Arvidsson 8 (Johansen, Neal), 14:41 (pp).
Third Period—6, Dallas, Sharp 19, 18:05
(en). 7, Dallas, Ja.Benn 39, 18:44 (en).
Shots on Goal—Nashville 8-10-12—30.
Dallas 7-9-9—25.
Power-play opportunities—Nashville
1 of 3; Dallas 0 of 4.
Goalies—Nashville, Rinne 32-20-10 (23
shots-20 saves). Dallas, Lehtonen 23-10-2
(30-28).
A—18,265 (18,532). T—2:36.
Devils 2, Bruins 1
Boston
0 1 0—1
New Jersey
1 0 1—2
First Period—1, New Jersey, Zajac 14
(Boucher, Warsofsky), 16:59 (pp).
Second Period—2, Boston, Marchand
35 (Chara, Stempniak), 4:28.
Third Period—3, New Jersey, Boucher
8 (Zajac, Palmieri), 4:05 (pp).
Shots on Goal—Boston 11-13-16—40.
New Jersey 8-4-3—15.
Power-play opportunities—Boston 0
of 2; New Jersey 2 of 5.
Goalies—Boston, Rask 29-22-7 (15
shots-13 saves). New Jersey, Kinkaid 97-1 (40-39).
A—15,486 (17,625). T—2:27.
Colorado
1 0 0—1
St. Louis
1 2 0—3
First Period—1, St. Louis, Backes 20
(Steen, Shattenkirk), 1:48 (pp). 2, Colorado, Grigorenko 6 (Barrie, Boedker),
18:12.
Second Period—3, St. Louis, Brouwer
16 (Stastny, Steen), 9:30 (pp). 4, St. Louis,
Tarasenko 36, 12:28.
Shots on Goal—Colorado 5-6-10—21.
St. Louis 11-13-3—27.
Power-play opportunities—Colorado
0 of 1; St. Louis 2 of 3.
Goalies—Colorado, Varlamov 27-21-3
(27 shots-24 saves). St. Louis, Elliott 217-6 (21-20).
A—19,263 (19,150). T—2:27.
Canadiens 4, Red Wings 3
Detroit
0 3 0—3
Montreal
2 0 2—4
First Period—1, Montreal, Pacioretty
26 (Hanley, Andrighetto), 8:23. 2, Montreal, Byron 11 (Emelin, Galchenyuk), 11:25.
Second Period—3, Detroit, Nyquist 17
(Kronwall, Sheahan), 12:33 (pp). 4, Detroit, Mantha 2 (Datsyuk), 13:17 (pp). 5,
Detroit, Green 6 (Datsyuk, Tatar), 16:20
(pp).
Third Period—6, Montreal, Andrighetto 7 (Plekanec, Markov), 6:34 (pp). 7,
Montreal, Pacioretty 27 (Galchenyuk,
Byron), 11:18.
Shots on Goal—Detroit 8-11-23—42.
Montreal 8-9-10—27.
Power-play opportunities—Detroit 3
of 5; Montreal 1 of 4.
Goalies—Detroit, Mrazek (7 shots-5
saves), Howard 11-12-5 (11:25 first, 2018). Montreal, Condon 19-23-6 (42-39).
A—21,288 (21,287). T—2:39.
Maple Leafs 5, Panthers 2
Toronto
1 2 2—5
Florida
0 1 1—2
First Period—1, Toronto, Grabner 8
(C.Brown, Gardiner), 15:11 (sh).
Second Period—2, Florida, Huberdeau
16 (Barkov, Jagr), 6:23. 3, Toronto, Kadri 15
(Michalek, C.Brown), 10:36 (pp). 4, Toronto, Kadri 16 (C.Brown, Bozak), 18:14 (pp).
Third Period—5, Toronto, Parenteau 19
(Gardiner), 6:34 (pp). 6, Florida, McKegg
1 (Purcell, Petrovic), 11:26. 7, Toronto,
Kadri 17 (Grabner), 17:21 (en).
Shots on Goal—Toronto 8-6-15—29.
Florida 11-10-13—34.
Power-play opportunities—Toronto 3
of 4; Florida 0 of 3.
Goalies—Toronto, Bernier 11-20-3 (34
shots-32 saves). Florida, Luongo 32-19-6
(28-24).
A—16,724 (19,250). T—2:25.
TIM SHARP/AP
Predators center Ryan Johansen, right, and Stars right wing Ales Hemsky swat at the puck as Predators
goalie Pekka Rinne watches during Tuesday’s game in Dallas. The Stars won 5-2.
Roundup
Stars skate past Predators
Dallas keeps pace with St. Louis for Western Conference lead
Wild 4, Blackhawks 1
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Chicago
1 0 0—1
Minnesota
1 0 3—4
First Period—1, Minnesota, Stoll 4
(Reilly, Schroeder), 2:37. 2, Chicago, Hossa 13 (Toews, Rozsival), 11:55 (sh).
Third Period—3, Minnesota, Spurgeon
11 (Koivu, Pominville), 4:07. 4, Minnesota,
Haula 13 (Niederreiter, Dumba), 11:03. 5,
Minnesota, Niederreiter 20 (Granlund,
Haula), 18:41 (en).
Shots on Goal—Chicago 5-7-7—19.
Minnesota 8-6-4—18.
Power-play opportunities—Chicago 0
of 3; Minnesota 0 of 3.
Goalies—Chicago, Darling 9-8-3 (17
shots-14 saves). Minnesota, Dubnyk 3222-6 (19-18).
A—19,190 (17,954). T—2:19.
DALLAS — Radek Faksa’s first NHL goal at home
was a memorable one. It was pretty much business
as usual for Jason Spezza.
Faksa and Spezza scored 46 seconds apart in the
second period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Dallas won for the fifth time in six games to keep
pace with St. Louis for the Western Conference lead.
Each team has a 46-22-9 record and 101 points with
five games to play. The tiebreaker currently belongs
to the Stars, who have 44 regulation and overtime
wins compared to 41 for the Blues.
Faksa converted a rebound at 11:03 of the second.
It was the rookie’s third of the season.
“It’s my first home-game goal,” Faksa said. “I was
patient, and I knew they would come.”
Spezza skated in 2 on 1 with another young player,
Valeri Nichushkin, kept the puck and beat Pekka
Rinne for his 30th goal.
Nashville lost for the second straight night, hurting its chances of catching Chicago for third in the
loaded Central Division.
“We made a couple mistakes,” Predators coach
Peter Laviolette said, “but our effort was for the circumstances or traveling, back-to-back, I thought our
guys played real hard.”
Jamie Benn scored two goals for Dallas, and
Kari Lehtonen made 27 saves. Patrick Sharp and
Benn scored into an empty net during the final two
minutes.
“Kari made some real good saves for us,” coach
Lindy Ruff said. “We didn’t give up the high quality
chances. We stayed pretty tight in our own end. He
had to make a couple good saves for us, but we kept
the quality of those saves down.”
Ryan Ellis scored a short-handed goal at 6:12 of
the first period to give Nashville a 1-0 lead.
The Stars responded with three in a row. Benn
scored his 38th goal on a breakaway at 10:55. Then
there was the burst by Faksa and Spezza in the
second.
Blues 3, Avalanche 1: Brian Elliott made 20
saves and Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 36th goal
to power host St. Louis to its fifth straight victory.
Colorado has lost three of four and trails Minne-
Penguins 5, Sabres 4 (SO)
Buffalo
3 0 1 0—4
Pittsburgh
0 4 0 0—5
Pittsburgh won shootout 2-0
First Period—1, Buffalo, Moulson 6
(Larsson, Nelson), 9:26 (pp). 2, Buffalo,
R.O’Reilly 18, 14:05 (sh). 3, Buffalo, McCabe 4 (R.O’Reilly, Bogosian), 18:58.
Second Period—4, Pittsburgh, Lovejoy
4 (Rust, Kuhnhackl), 1:28. 5, Pittsburgh,
Sheary 6 (Crosby), 5:55. 6, Pittsburgh,
Kuhnhackl 4 (Cullen, Letang), 18:47 (sh).
7, Pittsburgh, Bonino 7 (Hagelin), 19:11
(sh).
Third Period—8, Buffalo, Bogosian 7
(Larsson, Nelson), 2:13 (pp).
Shootout—Buffalo 0 (R.O’Reilly NG,
Eichel NG), Pittsburgh 2 (Crosby NG, Letang G, Kessel G).
Shots on Goal—Buffalo 9-4-12-5—30.
Pittsburgh 18-14-11-3—46.
Power-play opportunities—Buffalo 2
of 3; Pittsburgh 0 of 3.
Goalies—Buffalo, Johnson 19-16-4 (46
shots-42 saves). Pittsburgh, Murray 5-2-1
(30-26).
A—18,513 (18,387). T—2:48.
Islanders 2, Hurricanes 1 (SO)
Carolina
0 1 0 0—1
N.Y. Islanders
0 0 1 0—2
N.Y. Islanders won shootout 1-0
Second Period—1, Carolina, Ryan 2
(Gerbe), 18:31.
Third Period—2, N.Y. Islanders, Lee 13
(Tavares, Leddy), 12:08 (pp).
Shootout—Carolina 0 (Ryan NG, Slavin
NG, Nordstrom NG), N.Y. Islanders 1 (Okposo G, Nielsen NG, Tavares NG).
Shots on Goal—Carolina 7-11-5-4—27.
N.Y. Islanders 6-11-12-2—31.
Power-play opportunities—Carolina 0
of 1; N.Y. Islanders 1 of 3.
Goalies—Carolina, Ward 21-16-10 (31
shots-30 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Greiss
20-11-4 (27-26).
A—13,733 (15,795). T—2:35.
sota by five points in the battle for the last wild card
in the Western Conference. Both teams have five
games left.
Wild 4, Blackhawks 1: Jared Spurgeon, Erik
Haula and Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period, and host Minnesota stretched its season-long
winning streak to six straight games.
Marian Hossa had the goal for Chicago, the 499th
of his career. The Blackhawks played without their
two top defensemen, because of an illness for Brent
Seabrook and then an ugly first-period match penalty on Duncan Keith for swinging his stick at Charlie
Coyle, a potentially costly mistake that could draw a
multigame suspension from the NHL.
Canadiens 4, Red Wings 3: Max Pacioretty’s
second goal of the night lifted host Montreal to the
victory.
The Canadiens played the spoiler, with the Red
Wings remaining just out of the second Eastern
Conference wild card and one point back of Boston
for third in the Atlantic Division.
Sharks 4, Canucks 1: Logan Couture scored
three goals for his first career hat trick, and visiting
San Jose handed Vancouver its ninth straight loss.
The Sharks, who host the Canucks on Thursday,
sit third in the Pacific Division, two points back of
Anaheim and three behind Los Angeles.
Devils 2, Bruins 1: Reid Boucher scored a tiebreaking power-play goal early in the third period,
Keith Kinkaid made 39 saves and host New Jersey
kept its faint playoff hopes alive.
Penguins 5, Sabres 4 (SO): Sidney Crosby and
Phil Kessel beat Chad Johnson in a shootout, and
host Pittsburgh inched closer to a 10th straight playoff berth.
The Penguins remained three points clear of the
Islanders for third in the Metropolitan Division.
Islanders 2, Hurricanes 1 (SO): Kyle Okposo
scored the only goal of the shootout and host New
York rallied for the win.
Maple Leafs 5, Panthers 2: Nazem Kadri scored
two of his three goals during second-period power
plays, leading Toronto to the road victory.
Michael Grabner and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau also scored for Toronto, and Jonathan Bernier
made 32 saves.
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Osan’s Misner shouldering an extra load
Cougars pitcher has to balance desire to play with health as he recovers from injury
BY DAVE ORNAUER
Stars and Stripes
A
aron Misner’s comeback stalled
last week.
His Osan Cougars led Seoul
American 5-0 last Friday, but the
game began slipping away and the senior
right-hander was inserted in relief to help
stop the bleeding.
To no avail. Misner is still on the mend
after surgery last fall following a separated
shoulder suffered during football season;
now, his elbow was acting up. He had faced
four batters, given up two hits and the Falcons were charging back.
“Coach, I don’t have it,” Misner said to
Don Tusha when he visited the mound.
Taking no chances, Tusha, the Cougars’
second-year coach, removed Misner, erring on the side of protecting his player’s
health rather than risking it for the sake
of one game, which the Cougars eventually
lost to the Falcons 6-5.
Wednesday, Misner took to the mound
again, pitching two-thirds of an inning in
Osan’s 8-8 tie with Humphreys. He struck
out two and gave up two hits. He didn’t report any discomfort.
It’s a balancing act that many players
and coaches face: They both want to win,
and win now, but don’t want to risk a player’s health
“It was definitely really hard, sitting on
the bench after I came in and sat down,”
Misner said. “But I didn’t want to keep
throwing, tear a ligament or a tendon and
be out for the season. Conserving my arm
and tending to my health and not sit in a
hospital bed.”
“You have to take care of your kid,”
Tusha said, adding he already had Misner on a pitch and inning count and didn’t
want to hurt the comeback by making him
throw too much.
“He’s come a long way from that surgery,” Tusha said. “We didn’t know whether he would be able to pitch as recently as
the last six weeks.”
Misner’s shoulder was hurt during
Osan’s homecoming football game on Oct.
9. Diving after a loose ball, Misner separated his throwing shoulder but remained in
the game, saying that likely due to adrenaline and the emotion of it being homecoming, he felt no pain until he was taken to the
emergency room as a precaution.
“Getting a painkiller shot, I was thinking, ‘Wow, my shoulder is separated,’ ” Misner remembered. “I wanted to stay in and
continue playing and get Osan its first victory on homecoming. You wish you could
go back in time and not dive for the ball,
but it is what it is.”
Capt. Nicolas Skordas, an orthopedic
surgeon, performed arthroscopic surgery
to repair ligaments that stabilize the AC
(acromioclavicular) joint atop his throwing
Tusha did what he could to save wear
and tear on Misner’s arm, having him play
first base, where he’d be catching more
than throwing.
“Limit the amount of throwing he does,
try to limit the number of times he has to
throw during the week and monitor pitch
counts,” Tusha said. “(He may not) like it
sometimes (but) I’ll pull him out generally after three innings, that’s the limit for
him.”
He got the opening-day start for the Cougars on March 23 vs. Humphreys. He threw
shutout ball the first three innings, during
which Osan took a 9-0 lead. Two pitchers
relieved and
the
Blackhawks cut it
My arm
to 9-8 before
wasn’t used to
Misner was
re-inserted
the motion. It
and got the
definitely took
final out to
me awhile for
save his own
win.
my muscles to
“I wasn’t
remember how to throwing at
full
speed,
deliver the ball.
I was very
Aaron Misner
conscious of
Osan player
my shoulder,
didn’t want to
throw my arm out in the opener,” Misner
said. “I got up there and did what I had to
do. It ended up turning out in my favor.”
But then came the four-batter stint
against Seoul American, reminding both
player and coach that such a rehab will
have its ups and downs. It takes a player
being honest and a coach who can read
his players well to know when the player
should say when.
“Aaron’s pretty good about it. He’s pretty
honest. He’ll tell you when he’s hurting,”
Tusha said. “You have to have a good relationship with your kids and trust what they
tell you about their arm and whatever it is
that ails them.”
Misner’s value stretches well off the
field, Tusha said. “I wish I had 15” of him,
he said. “He’s a model student. He doesn’t
just carry the team from a physical standpoint. He’s everything a coach can ask for
as a leader and a student-athlete.”
Misner says he’ll push ahead despite
the setback last Friday, knowing that his
next pitch could be his last pitch, or that he
might be able to push through the entire
season and beyond.
“Definitely not getting hurt is my main
concern, but … I’m living for the moment.
Whatever happens, happens. You have to
live with the consequences and live with
the benefits,” Misner said. “So far, I’m taking it game by game, week by week, and
hoping for the best.”
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M ARIAM LEE /Special to Stars and Stripes
Osan senior right-hander Aaron Misner has had some ups and downs early in the season
as he recovers from shoulder surgery. He separated his shoulder playing football.
shoulder.
Next came several months in a comprehensive shoulder rehabilitation program
to engender full shoulder mobility and
strengthen the muscles to regain normal
throwing function.
Whether that would happen worried
Misner, he said. “I was definitely incredibly scared that I was never going to be
able to throw again. It was depressing, to
say the least. It was a driving force for getting on the mound, pitching for Osan and
be better than I was.”
“For awhile, I couldn’t lift my arm over
my head, the pain was so unbearable,”
Misner said. “The therapy plan whipped
me back into shape and was the biggest
help in getting me back on the mound and
pitching.”
Misner began throwing off a mound in
late February. “It was terrifying, getting
up there and hoping I don’t throw out my
arm, pop the shoulder back out,” he said.
“My arm wasn’t used to the motion. It definitely took me awhile for my muscles to remember how to deliver the ball.”
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Top performances
Track and field
Baseball
Softball
Girls soccer
Christian Sonnenberg, Yokota: Broke his own
northwest Pacific record in the discus three times
within a 20-minute span, topping his old mark of
51.98 meters with a final throw of 56.40 – 185
feet – during Saturday’s meet at Yokota.
Daniel Galvin, Yokota: Broke the 32-year-old
Kanto Plain record in the 3,200, clocking 9 minutes, 38.13 seconds, .77 seconds better than the
mark set in 1984 by Rich Gallagher of American
School In Japan.
Troy Barnes, Yokota: Pitched a four-inning nohitter in his first start for the Panthers. The freshman allowed two walks and struck out three to
boost Yokota past E.J. King 15-0.
Garrett Macias, Perry: Improved to 2-0 on the
season, giving up three hits, five walks and striking out seven in four innings as the Samurai beat
defending Far East Division II champion Yokota
8-1. Macias has struck out 27 batters in 12 2 ⁄3
innings this season.
Briana Wilson, Kadena: Homered, doubled
and drove in five runs to spark a Panthers rally
from a 2-0 deficit to an 8-3 win over Kubasaki on
Saturday, leveling the season series at 1-1.
Rachel Norton, Zama: Scored 10 goals in three
matches, giving her 16 on the season, secondbest in the Pacific, helping the Trojans to a weekend sweep at Edgren and a 2-0 shutout Tuesday
of defending Far East D-II champion Yokota.
Bobbi Hill, Perry: Scored five goals, giving her
a Pacific-best 21 on the season, as the Samurai
swept a pair of weekend matches from Division I
Kinnick, 2-1 and 3-0.
Boys soccer
Kevin McGuire, Seoul American: Scored six
goals, giving him eight on the season, helping
the Falcons win both their games in Saturday’s
DODEA-Korea jamboree at Osan.
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Track and field is last sport to get started
Season begins this weekend before being
interrupted for two weeks by spring break
BY GREGORY BROOME
Stars and Stripes
T
he calendar has long been marked.
The athletes are all set. It’s finally
time to go.
The 2016 DODEA Europe track
and field season opens Saturday with meets
at Kaiserslautern, Lakenheath and Naples,
signaling the launch of the last sport to
start in the organization’s 2015-16 athletics
calendar.
That late debut leaves just enough time
for one Saturday of regular-season action on this side of spring break; the season’s second weekend won’t come to pass
until April 23. From there, it’s a six-week
straightaway through the European championships, set for May 27-28 at Kaiserslautern High School.
Girls
The defending champion Ramstein Royals are loaded across the board with talent,
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Bitburg’s Elise Rasmussen won the girls
shot put competition with a throw of 32
feet, 9 ½ inches last year at the DODDS
Europe track and field championships in
Kaiserslautern, Germany.
ranging from proven performers to promising newcomers. In fact, the Royals are so
deep that some of DODEA Europe’s premier power struggles will play out primarily within the Ramstein roster.
Count senior Denee Lawrence among
Ramstein’s most accomplished returnees.
The reigning 100-meter dash champion
also finished in the top three in Europe at
200 and 400 meters and is a threat to sweep
the three sprints this spring. Sophomore
teammate Yhari Dupree, who along with
Lawrence comprised half of Ramstein’s
record-setting 4x100 relay team last year,
is among Lawrence’s most dangerous rivals in all three of those events.
In the longer distances, Royals junior
Katelyn Schultz returns to defend her European title at 3,200 meters while vying
again for 1,600 and 800-meter titles. But
she’ll face in-house challenges in those
events from freshman Holly Moser and senior Quinci Cox.
Ramstein coach William Buckley is very
confident in the group he’s assembled.
“We are in a great position to repeat last
year’s performance,” Buckley said.
Meanwhile, returning runner-up Stuttgart expects to contend again even as it
deals with the loss of elite athletes such as
2015 Stars and Stripes girls track Athlete
of the Year Julia Lockridge. The Panthers
will look to seniors Gabby Garcia, Elizabeth Donnellan and Kayla Hampe to maintain the program’s momentum.
Local divisional rivals Kaiserslautern
and Wiesbaden represent further threats
to Ramstein’s reign, though both schools
will need to register a week or two of regular-season results to really see where they
stand in the team race.
“We’re unpredictable,” Wiesbaden coach
David Brown said. “So many new young
athletes.”
In the smaller divisions, the realignment
of Ansbach pits the 2015 Division II champion Cougars against the reigning Division
III champion Alconbury Dragons while
leaving Division II stalwarts such as AFNORTH and Black Forest Academy in line
for the abdicated DII crown.
Ansbach coach David Dickens has a resilient squad despite the school’s steady
drop in population, and the program figures to perpetuate its high-level hurdling
history behind Shermaine Nesbitt, Amelie
Carlisle and Alona Wright.
Alconbury junior Olivia Sealey, the reigning champion in the 100-meter hurdles and
a contender in the triple jump, long jump
and high jump, is among DODEA Europe’s
best athletes at any level.
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Kaiserslautern’s David Zaryczny, center, crosses the finish line in 49.26 seconds to
win the boys 400-meter run at the DODDS Europe track and field championships in
Kaiserslautern, Germany, on May 23. Zaryczny also completes in 100 and 200.
Boys
The Stuttgart Panthers are the only program to finish in the top three in both the
boys and girls Division I race last spring.
They’d like to maintain that position this
spring despite heavy roster turnover.
“We lost several key seniors, but believe
our returnees and underclassmen will
come up and replace those that left,” Stuttgart coach Philip Bailey said.
Bailey’s squad does have several standout seniors to lead the way. That list includes 800-meter contender John Bowman,
high-jump specialist Jacob Milton and
2015 Stars and Stripes boys cross country
Athlete of the Year Hunter Ficenec.
Runner-up Naples and third-place Kaiserslautern figure to remain in the title
hunt this spring along with Ramstein and
Wiesbaden. Kaiserslautern coach Lauren
Pantone reports 10 returning boys varsity
athletes, with senior David Zaryczny contending for individual titles at 100 and 200
meters even as he defends his 2015 European title at 400 meters.
But overall, the Raiders are likely in the
early stages of contention.
“We are a very young team this year,”
Pantone said. “So our main focus has been
fundamentals and building a strong foundation in each of our athletes.”
In Division II, Bitburg boasts a strong
core of experienced performers. Senior
John Blake will chase a high-jump title
after an ill-timed injury dashed his hopes
last spring. Junior Curtiss Wilson is a
standout sprinter and fixture of the Barons’ relay teams. Junior Matt Holmes took
third at 800 meters last spring and will run
the 1,600 and relays this year.
Aviano should again push Bitburg for a
divisional crown after finishing second last
year. Senior runners Jaylen Esposito and
Brandon Vigil headline the Saints’ roster.
The Division III title was left vacant with
Menwith Hill’s closure, and Alconbury and
Baumholder are among the teams eying
the throne after tying for second in 2015.
Baumholder coach Todd Coyour is working with his largest roster “in a number of
years,” a turnout buoyed by a “very strong
freshman class,” as the Bucs plan to “get
better every meet and stay healthy.”
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Top performances
Boys soccer
Tyler Kearny, Stuttgart: The Panthers turned in an impressive victory
over defending champion Ramstein on
Saturday. The senior Kearny provided a
pair of goals in Stuttgart’s 3-0 shutout
win.
Tyler Jankowski, Kaiserslautern:
The sophomore gave the senior-heavy
Raiders a boost in their 2-0 opening
weekend. Jankowski scored four goals
against Bitburg on Friday and notched
an assist in a 4-0 win over Lakenheath
on Saturday.
Jose Cordero, Alconbury: The Dragons blasted Baumholder twice over
the weekend as Cordero poured in repeated goals. His output amounted to
four goals on Friday and three more the
next day.
Davide Di Costanzo, Naples: The
returning Wildcats star was in top form
Saturday. The senior scored twice and
dished out two assists in a 9-0 romp
over Sigonella.
Girls soccer
Kalin Olsen, Kaiserslautern: The
Raiders’ prolific sophomore star accounted for 70 percent of her team’s
goals over two weekend wins. Olsen
scored three goals in a 4-0 defeat of
Bitburg and four in a 6-1 win over
Lakenheath.
Saskia Zaremba, Aviano: The Saints
edged Italian rival Vicenza 2-1 on Saturday thanks largely to Zaremba’s efforts
in goal. The Aviano keeper made seven
saves and kept the Cougars scoreless
after halftime.
Peggy Sue Mathis, Wiesbaden: The
Warriors ventured to Bavaria and came
home with a 7-0 shutout win over Ansbach on Saturday. Mathis led the way
offensively with four goals scored.
Erin Barnett, Ramstein: Barnett
helped the Royals earn a win and avoid
a loss over the weekend. Her two goals
aided a 7-0 rout of Lakenheath on Friday, and her last-minute penalty kick
Saturday forced a 2-2 tie with archrival
Stuttgart.
Baseball
Gunner Yingling, Wiesbaden: The
Warriors’ new freshman ace made a
brilliant debut on Saturday. Yingling
took a perfect game into the fifth inning of a 3-2 defeat of Division I powerhouse Stuttgart.
Softball
Sierra Nelson, Ramstein: The defending champion Royals routed Vilseck
17-2 and 25-4 in lopsided rematches
of last year’s Division I championship
game. Junior slugger Nelson smacked
a home run to left field and accounted for four RBIs to lead the Ramstein
assault.
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Briefly
Paul won’t play
in Rio Olympics
Associated Press
Chris Paul won’t play for the
U.S. basketball team in this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics,
passing up a chance for a third
gold medal.
Paul played for the U.S. in 2008
and 2012 and could have joined
LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in trying to become the
first players to win three Olympic
basketball golds.
“He’s made a major contribution to USA Basketball. I think he
was great for us and I think it was
good for him to be part of what
we did, and we’re appreciative of
that,” USA Basketball chairman
Jerry Colangelo said Tuesday.
“That’s the way it should be
when a player gets to a point and
makes a decision that it might
not be best to push it, to push the
envelope as you get on in your
career, and so we respect that
decision.”
Colangelo said Paul, who started every game for the Americans
at the 2012 London Games, had
indicated a couple of months ago
he might not be up for the trip to
Rio, but wanted more time to consider it.
Paul, who will turn 31 in May,
played for the Americans as a
rookie in the 2006 world basketball championships before winning Olympic golds in Beijing and
London. The Clippers’ All-Star
told Sports Illustrated, which first
reported his decision Tuesday,
that, “I feel my body telling me
that I could use the time.”
Harrell suspended five
games for pushing ref
NEW YORK — Houston Rockets forward Montrezl Harrell has
been suspended five games without pay in the NBA Development
League for pushing a referee to
the floor during an altercation.
Also, Bakersfield forward
Derek Cooke Jr. was suspended
one game without pay for pushing
Harrell during the skirmish in a
game Saturday.
It happened right after Bakersfield completed a 119-115 victory
over Rio Grande, where Harrell
is on assignment from the Rockets. The National Basketball Referees Association had called for a
multiple-game suspension, saying Harrell committed “deliberate assault and battery” against
the referee.
Harrell is ineligible to be recalled by the Rockets until he has
completed the suspension, which
he began serving Tuesday.
Djokovic advances to
Miami Open quarters
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. —
Novak Djokovic rolled his eyes
after a backhand found the net,
shrugged after an early barrage
of errors and even heard the
crowd at times pulling for his
opponent.
Looking for his fifth title on Key
Biscayne in six years, the world’s
top player reached the quarterfinals Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-4 win
over 14th-seeded Dominic Thiem
of Austria.
Djokovic will meet seventhseeded Tomas Berdych — who
grinded out a three-set win over
10th-seeded Richard Gasquet of
France — in the semifinals.
Gilles Simon is also headed to
the men’s quarterfinals, rolling
past fellow Frenchman Lucas
Pouille 6-0, 6-1. No. 6 seed Kei
Nishikori of Japan, No. 12 seed
Milos Raonic of Canada, No. 15
David Goffin of Belgium, No. 16
Gael Monfils of France and No.
24 Nick Kyrgios of Australia also
advanced to the quarters. Monfils
needed three sets; Nishikori, Raonic, Goffin and Kyrgios moved
on with straight-set victories.
Granato taking over at
alma mater Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Tony
Granato is the new head coach of
the Wisconsin Badgers.
Granato returns to his alma
mater after more than 27 years
in the NHL as a player, assistant
or head coach. Wisconsin athletic
director Barry Alvarez planned
to formally welcome Granato at
a Wednesday news conference in
Madison.
Granato was in his second season as an assistant with the Detroit Red Wings. He had two stints
as a head coach with the Colorado
Avalanche, and played 13 years
in the NHL, skating for the New
York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings
and San Jose Sharks.
He’s now charged with reviving
a program that has won six national titles, but finished well below
.500 the past couple of seasons.
OSU loses three more
freshmen hoops players
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three
more players from the Ohio State
basketball team have left the
program.
The school said Tuesday that
freshman guards Daniel Giddens
and A.J. Harris and freshman
forward Mickey Mitchell were
granted their release by coach
Thad Matta. Freshman guard
Austin Grandstaff left the team
in December.
All were part of the 2015 recruiting class and role players on
last season’s team. None have disclosed why they were leaving or
their future plans. Giddens, Harris and Mitchell accounted for
about 11 percent of Ohio State’s
scoring last season.
C HRIS O’MEARA /AP
The Twins’ Byung Ho Park follows the flight of his home run off Blue Jays pitcher Gavin Floyd during a
March 8 spring training game. Park spent nine previous seasons in the Korean Baseball Organization.
Place: Park, Twins optimistic about potential
FROM BACK PAGE
The infielder/designated hitter
is not a typical rookie.
Park turns 30 on July 10 and
comes to the majors after spending nine seasons in the KBO, most
of the past five with the Nexen
Heroes.
He hit 105 home runs in his
final two years, including a career-best 53 with a league-record
146 RBIs in 2015. He also posted
personal highs in games (140), at
bats (528), runs (129), hits (181),
doubles (35), batting average
(.343) and slugging percentage
(.714).
Minnesota, hoping to add some
power to the middle of the lineup, envisions Park as a DH and
backup first baseman behind Joe
Mauer.
The Twins paid Nexen $12.83
million for negotiating rights
and signed the slugger to a fouryear, $12 million contract in
December.
“He’s fit in really well. He’s
had a good camp,” Molitor said.
“We’re seeing a guy who’s been
around. He’s played a lot of baseball, and the confidence he had
as a Korean player, we’ve seen it
begin to transfer over here. Every
day is kind of a learning experience for him right now.”
On and off the field.
Park’s wife, Ji Yoon Yi, and
son, Seung Ri Park, will move to
the U.S. after the regular season
begins. But outside of acknowl-
edging those plans, the slugger
— a national hero and instantly
recognizable back home in South
Korea — is reluctant to talk much
about what he likes to do when he
leaves the ball park.
“My family will come to Minnesota,” Park began before politely cutting the answer short.
“I want privacy. Understand? ...
Sorry.”
Park is joining the majors a
year after former Nexen teammate Jung Ho Kang made his big
league debut for the Pittsburgh
Pirates, hitting .287 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs.
While the two of them remain
close, Park said he hasn’t relied
on Kang — still recovering from
a knee injury suffered while turning a double play against the Chicago Cubs last September — to be
a mentor.
His friend did offer one piece of
advice that the rookie is taking to
heart.
“He said to me: ‘Hey, baseball
is baseball,’ ” Park said. “He said
just try your best, you will be
fine.”
So far, so good.
Park hit a grand slam against
the Tampa Bay Rays for his
first spring training homer and
through Monday was batting
.283 with three home runs and 13
RBIs — second on team behind
Trevor Plouffe’s four homers and
14 RBIs.
“I think he’s one of those think-
ers in terms of he likes to sit on
pitches. I think he tries to look for
patterns and things he can try to
capitalize on,” Molitor said. “But
he’s handled himself, and his atbats, really well.”
The Twins also like what
they’ve seen of Park as a first
baseman.
Although, he won three Gold
Gloves at the position in the KBO,
Molitor said he’s been receptive
to coaching that could help him
become an even better fielder.
“There were some things we
tried to tighten up that weren’t
huge flaws as much as to give
him a little better chance” for a
smooth tranistion, the manager
said. “Everything from how he
flips the ball to the pitcher to
his positioning when he takes
throws on the base and learning
how to create angles in throwing
situations.
“Most things that have been
said have been put into practice
rather quickly, which is a good
sign.”
Not that Parks has any doubts
about his ability.
“I played first base for 10
years,” he said. “I don’t think it
will be a problem.”
He’s just as confident he’ll have
an impact offensively, too.
“Now it’s just exhibition games,”
Park said. “I try every day to
study and learn the pitchers. I feel
good about what I can do.”
So do the Twins.
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NIT roundup
Valpo,
GW roll
into final
Associated Press
WINSLOW TOWNSON,
LEFT, AND
SUE OGROCKI,
RIGHT/AP
Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine, left, and Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, right, headline an All-America Team of four seniors and a sophomore.
Valentine, Hield top list
Both unanimous picks
BY JIM O’CONNELL
Associated Press
Whenever talk of the best college basketball player this season
came up, so did two names: Denzel Valentine of Michigan State
and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma.
They were unanimous selections Tuesday to The Associated Press’ 2015-16 All-America
Team.
Both led their teams to successful seasons and their numbers
lifted them above all others.
Valentine, the Big Ten player
of the year, averaged 19.4 points,
7.6 rebounds and 7.6 assists, while
Hield, the player of the year in
the Big 12, averaged 25 points, 5.6
rebounds and 3.0 assists.
“I don’t know many guys that
have improved in every aspect of
the game like he has,” Spartans
coach Tom Izzo said of the 6foot-5 Valentine, the school’s first
All-American since Draymond
Green in 2012. His importance
to Michigan State showed when
he missed four games during the
season with a knee injury.
Hield, Oklahoma’s first AllAmerican since Blake Griffin
in 2009, became a highlight reel
staple with his ability to shoot the
ball from long range and with defenders right on him. The 6-foot4 Hield shot 46.4 percent from
three-point range.
“He has had a fantastic year
and has been very consistent,”
Sooners coach Lon Kruger said
of the Bahamas native who was a
third-team selection last season.
“He worked hard and has that
passion and focus that makes him
what he is.”
In the age when one-and-dones
usually dominate the college
basketball landscape, Valentine
and Hield were joined on the AllAmerica team by fellow seniors
Brice Johnson of North Carolina
and Malcolm Brogdon of Virginia. Sophomore Tyler Ulis of Kentucky rounded out the team. The
2013-14 team had four seniors
and a freshman.
Valentine and Hield both received 65 first-team votes from
the national media panel that selects the weekly poll.
Johnson and Brogdon gave the
Atlantic Coast Conference two
first-teamers for the first time
since 2006, when J.J. Redick and
Shelden Williams from Duke did
it.
AP All-America Team
First team
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State,
6-5, 220, senior, Lansing, Mich., 19.4
ppg, 7.6 rpg, 7.6 apg, 44.7 3pt fg pct,
85.3 ft pct (65, 325).
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma, 6-4, 214,
senior, Freeport, Bahamas, 25.0 ppg,
5.6 rpg, 3.0 apg, 46.4 3pt fg pct, 89.5 ft
pct, 35.0 minutes (65, 325).
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky, 5-9, 160, sophomore, Chicago, 17.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 7.2
apg, 85.6 ft pct, 1.5 steals, 36.9 minutes (43, 273).
Brice Johnson, North Carolina, 610, 230, senior, Orangeburg, S.C., 16.6
ppg, 10.6 rrpg, 61.4 fg pct, 1.3 blocks
(39, 269).
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia, 6-5,
215, senior, Atlanta, 18.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg,
2.8 apg, 40.9 3pt fg pct, 88.4 ft pct (36,
263).
Second team
Jakob Poeltl, Utah, 7-0, 248, sophomore, Vienna, Austria, 17.6 ppg, 9.2
rpg, 64.9 fg pct, 1.6 blocks (41, 259).
Ben Simmons, LSU, 6-10, 240,
freshman, Melbourne, Australia, 19.2
ppg, 11.8 rpg, 4.8 apg, 56.0 fg pct, 2.0
steals, (13, 200).
Perry Ellis, Kansas, 6-8, 225, senior,
Wichita, Kan., 16.7 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 52.3 fg
pct, 43.3 3pt fg pct (9, 151).
Kris Dunn, Providence, 6-4, 220, junior, New London, Conn., 16.0 ppg, 5.5
rpg, 6.4 apg, 2.5 steals (3, 150).
Georges Niang, Iowa State, 6-8,
230, senior, Methuen, Mass., 19.8 ppg,
6.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 54.7 fg pct (5, 140).
Third team
Grayson Allen, Duke, 6-5, 205, sophomore, Jacksonville, Fla., 21.6 ppg, 4.5
rpg, 3.6 apg, 41.7 3pt fg pct, 83.5 ft pct,
1.4 steals, 36.3 minutes (2, 130).
Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell, Indiana, 6-0,
180, senior, Indianapolis, 17.0 ppg, 3.9
rpg, 5.5 apg, 41.7 3pt fg pct (2, 123).
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa, 6-9, 221, senior, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 18.9 ppg, 6.4
rpg, 2.7 blocks (0, 76).
Kay Felder, Oakland, 5-9, 176, junior, Detroit, 24.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 9.3 apg,
84.6 ft pct, 2.0 steals, 36.8 minutes (2,
52).
Jamal Murray, Kentucky, 6-4, 207,
freshman, Kitchener, Ontario, 20.1
ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.1 apg, 42.1 3pt fg pct,
35.2 minutes (0, 47).
Honorable mention
(in alphabetical order)
Ryan Anderson, Arizona; Anthony
“Cat” Barber, N.C. State; DeAndre’
Bembry, Saint Joseph’s; Ben Bentil,
Providence; Trevon Bluiett, Xavier;
Joel Bolomboy, Weber State; Evan
Bradds, Belmont; Dillon Brooks, Oregon; Cane Broome, Sacred Heart;
John Brown, High Point; Antonio
Campbell, Ohio; Kyle Collinsworth,
BYU; Stephen Croone, Furman; James
Daniel III, Howard; Juan’ya Green,
Hofstra; Derrick Griffin, Texas Southern; Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech;
A.J. Hammons, Purdue; Marvelle Harris, Fresno State; Josh Hart, Villanova;
Danuel House, Texas A&M; Brandon
Ingram, Duke; Stefan Jankovic, Hawaii; Tim Kempton, Lehigh; Max Landis, IPFW; Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette; Dallas Moore, North Florida;
Nic Moore, SMU; Gary Payton II, Oregon State; Alec Peters, Valparaiso;
Justin Robinson, Monmouth (N.J.);
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga; Justin Sears, Yale; Pascal Siakam, New
Mexico State; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Fred VanVleet, Wichita State;
Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin;
Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Isaiah
Whitehead, Seton Hall; Kyle Wiltjer,
Gonzaga.
— Associated Press
NEW YORK — George Washington looked right at home in
Madison Square Garden, even
though the arena was unfamiliar
territory.
Tyler Cavanaugh had 20 points
and 11 rebounds, and the Colonials advanced to the championship game of the National
Invitation Tournament by throttling San Diego State in a 65-46
victory Tuesday night.
Patricio Garino added 13 points
for the fourth-seeded Colonials
(27-10), who committed only six
turnovers. They matched the
school record for wins in a season
and won in their first visit to the
Garden since 2001.
“I told them, ‘I want them to
leave a legacy,’” coach Mike
Lonergan said. “I can’t wait for
Thursday night.”
Dakarai Allen had 13 points for
No. 2 seed San Diego State (2810), which struggled to score at
times throughout the season and
had a dreadful shooting night at
the wrong time.
The Aztecs fell behind by double digits late in the first half and
then had trouble with George
Washington’s 1-3-1 zone. They
shot 28.8 percent from the field,
including 3-for-22 from threepoint range.
Valparaiso 72, BYU 70: At
New York, David Skara sank the
tiebreaking three-pointer with 20
seconds left and the Crusaders
held off the Cougars to reach the
championship game.
Skara came off the bench to
score a season-high 15 points,
none bigger than his jumper that
gave the top-seeded Crusaders
(30-6) a 71-68 advantage after
they had squandered a 16-point
cushion.
Alec Peters also had 15 points
for the Crusaders.
Kyle Collinsworth paced the
Cougars (26-11) with 20 points,
five rebounds and five assists
in his final college game. Nick
Emery scored 18 and Chase
Fischer added 16.
With the Cougars trailing
by three, Fischer had his shot
blocked, but scored on a putback
with 7.4 seconds remaining to cut
the deficit to one.
Shane Hammink broke free
behind the defense on the ensuing inbounds play, but fumbled
the ball and was quickly fouled
near the basket. He made one of
two free throws with 4.7 seconds
to go, then blocked Fischer’s long
three-point try at the buzzer to
seal it.
Keith Carter had 13 points for
the Crusaders, who were playing in the NIT semifinals for the
first time. Hammink and Darien
Walker each added 10.
After trailing by 16 early in the
second half, BYU took its first
lead at 64-63.
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Twins infielder and
designated hitter
Byung Ho Park
CARLOS G ONZALEZ,
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Two-time Korean
MVP finding
his way with
Minnesota
BY FRED GOODALL
Associated Press
B
FORT MYERS, Fla.
yung Ho Park sat at his locker in the Minnesota Twins’ spring training clubhouse,
sipping a cup of iced coffee, oiling a
first baseman’s glove and interacting with teammates.
He’s relaxed. There’s no hint of
anxiety, which would be natural considering the challenge he faces.
Instead, the Korean slugger is
excited about making the transition from his homeland to the major
leagues. His goal is to make noise
with his bat while quietly going about
his business off the field and getting
acclimated to life more than 7,500
miles from Seoul.
He likes the warm Florida weather
that greeted him at his first big league
camp this spring. He hasn’t given much
thought to how cold it can get in Minnesota in the middle of winter, though that
reality is coming.
The Twins hired a full-time translator to help
the two-time Korean Baseball Organization
MVP deal with a language barrier that Park is
diligently working to overcome.
The 29-year-old’s English is far from perfect
— but he is making strides communicating
with teammates, coaches and manager Paul
Molitor and felt comfortable enough to conduct
his first interview in English without translator J.D.
Kim. Hand gestures had to be used at times to communicate with Park, who sometimes had to be paraphrased but was
able to express himself well with short responses.
“I’m very excited,” Park told The Associated Press, a smile
spreading across his face. “Everybody’s nice. Teammates, coaches make time to help me.”
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Oklahoma’s Hield, Michigan State’s Valentine
top All-America Team » College basketball, Page 31
Stars top Predators to keep pace
for Western lead » NHL, Page 27