- Two nuclear scientists in Iran were targeted in bomb attacks on their cars in Tehran on Monday, killing one and injuring the other. - The injured scientist, Fereidoun Abbasi, is on a U.N. sanctions list for suspected links to nuclear activities. - Iran's president accused Israel and Western governments of being behind the attacks. - The attacks come amid rising tensions over Iran's nuclear program and its refusal to comply with U.N. demands to prove it is not weaponizing.

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KOREA IN CRISIS
Obama:
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mU.S. servicemembers shot during
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mDad lied about
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By David Jackson and Oren Dorell
Michigan brothers USA TODAY
ages 5, 7 and 9,
police say, 3A President Obama proposed a two-year federal
Tanner Skelton, 5. Photo via AP
pay freeze Monday that may be as much about in-
creased Republican power in Congress as it is about
the size of the federal debt.
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Obama said his proposal, which must be ap-
proved by Congress, would save $28 billion over
By Wally Santana, AP
five years — a tiny percentage of the total federal
debt now pegged at $13.7 trillion.
Dreams of one Korean starting to fade: Pro-reunification activists denounce war games between The plan drew compliments from Republicans as
South Korea and the United States during a candlelight vigil Monday in Seoul. their congressional leaders prepare to meet today
with Obama at the White House. Republicans take
In Seoul, rising anxiety control of the House in January.
The nation’s long-term debt is “a challenge that
both parties have a responsibility to address,” Oba-
ma said. The freeze for 2 million federal workers
over a menacing North
would not apply to the military, he said. Federal
Dance Central by Harmonix
Video games for all ages A decade of raises
Average pay increases for private and federal
mWhether for a kid, teen or adult, we Deadly attack on island time to confront the North’s communist dictator- civilian workers:
find a few games that will keep them ship over years of frightening provocations. How- Private industries Federal civilians
busy. Guide at usatoday.com. raises the prospect of a ever, she is nervous about the consequences.
“We need a strong reaction, but not so strong
10%
new era of provocations that war breaks out,” says Pae, 41, who says she
took comfort by the arrival of the
8% 2.2%
Most get enough calcium, vitamin D
By Calum MacLeod
nuclear-powered USS George
Washington off her country’s Cover 6%
Institute of Medicine recommends 600 IUs of vi-
tamin D daily; some experts say that’s too low. 3A.
USA TODAY shore. “It is America’s biggest
ship, I feel relieved when it comes
story 4%
2%
Transit strike hobbles London SEOUL — It’s late November, but Christmas dec- here to protect our country.”
orations already light up Seoul’s bustling Shinse- Throughout Seoul, there is a feeling that the Ko- 0.6%
Britain’s biggest city in disarray after 24-hour 0
gae department store, where housewife Pae Jung reas have entered what could be a dangerous ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09
06
strike cuts service to subway. 5A. Hee bought presents of socks for her two children phase in a 57-year cold war that turned hot with Note: Federal figures do not include military or postal
mMoney: Alcohol easier for fliers to get Monday. Yet the bogeyman over the border is last week’s shelling by the North, which killed employees
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
spoiling her festive mood. two South Korean Marines and two civilians.
In-flight happy hour, terminal tastings are ways “I am worried that North Korea will attack us The attack seems to have sent ripples through
By Julie Snider, USA TODAY
airlines, airports make liquor more accessible. 6A. again,” Pae says of the deadly artillery barrage the the psyche of people here and beyond:
uStrong online sales over holiday weekend offer employees haven’t had their pay frozen since 1986,
North fired upon a South Korean island last week. It has raised questions about the democratic when President Reagan imposed a one-year freeze.
hope to retailers. 6A. Like many residents of this bustling capital of 10 South’s “Sunshine Policy,” in which thousands of Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, the incoming House
mSports: Heat’s coach on hot seat million — which is within range of thousands of speaker, applauded the proposal, but said it should
North Korean artillery launchers — Pae says it is Please see COVER STORY page 2A u be followed up by a federal hiring freeze. Other-
With 9-8 record, chatter turns to tenure of Spoel-
stra, who met with LeBron James on Monday. 1B. wise, “a pay freeze won’t do much to rein in a fed-
eral bureaucracy that added hundreds of thousands
mLife: Gail Sheehy’s secret to longer life
Clinton blasts leaks as ‘an attack’
of employees to its payroll over the last two years,”
Selfless caregivers are rewarded with greater he said.
longevity, says journalist and lecturer Sheehy. 10B. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Oba-
ma wants to work with Republicans on areas such
WikiLeaks under fire; At the center of the controversy
were The New York Times and other
as making government more efficient. “The Ameri-
can people want us to work together,” Gibbs said.
® investigation launched
USA TODAY Snapshots news organizations that began pub- Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies with
lishing stories about the documents the libertarian Cato Institute, said, “the pay freeze
‘Guests, like fish, begin to By Mimi Hall and Richard Wolf on Sunday. The Times defended pub- appears to apply only to cost-of-living adjustments,
USA TODAY lication of the documents as serving not the ‘step’ and ‘grade’ increases that federal
smell after three days
mell days’ “an important public interest.” workers receive on a regular basis. It also wouldn’t
— Benjamin Franklin WASHINGTON — The Obama admini- Few current or former U.S. officials affect federal benefits.”
People say stration scrambled Monday to control agreed. Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michi- The proposed pay freeze will have “a limited ef-
they can
e the diplomatic damage from a quarter- gan, senior Republican on the House fect” on the deficit, and is to some extent a symbol-
cope with
p million leaked State Department docu- Intelligence Committee, called the ic gesture aimed at the Republicans, said Julian Zel-
out-of-town
u ments reverberating across the nation’s AP
leak a “catastrophic” breach of trust. izer, who teaches congressional history at Princeton
relatives for:
l capital and around the globe. Clinton: Says allianc- The documents, which WikiLeaks University. But it also shows that Obama “is serious
3-6 The White House ordered a govern- es were attacked. said would be released over a period about trying to cut the size of the government.”
2 days
days ment-wide review of procedures to safe- of months, show: At the same time, Zelizer said, Obama needs to
or less
45% 33% guard classified data and vowed to pros- uU.S. diplomats were instructed try and avoid a revolt from Democrats “who don’t
7 days
ecute anyone who broke U.S. law by Role of press to collect personal data on United think this is the time for deficit reduction,” he said.
leaking the latest trove of documents to Nations officials, including flight The proposed freeze disappointed public union
or more the online whistle-blower WikiLeaks. uDid leaks schedules, credit card numbers, In- members who backed Obama during his 2008
22% “This disclosure is not just an attack on serve public ternet passwords and even some campaign. Colleen Kelley, president of the National
Source: Leflein Associates
for Cambria Suites America’s foreign policy interests,” Sec- good? 2A biometric information. Treasury Employees Union, vowed to block the pay
By Anne R. Carey and Alejandro Gonzalez, USA TODAY retary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Former U.S. ambassador to the freeze in Congress. Kelley said her members want
said. “It is an attack on the international United Nations John Bolton ques- to work with the administration to reduce the def-
community — the alliances and partnerships, the tioned the authenticity of that cable. “I have never icit, but criticized Obama for not consulting public
conversations and negotiations, that safeguard seen one like that,” he said. Diplomats “are not employees beforehand.
International special edition global security and advance economic prosperity.” competent to engage in espionage.” “I would say that any CEO who would propose a
This is a special edition of USA TODAY designed Attorney General Eric Holder said the govern- Clinton defended the diplomats’ work. State De- pay freeze without consulting employees is not go-
and edited for readers around the world. ment was conducting a criminal investigation and partment spokesman P.J. Crowley said, “Our diplo- ing to be a very successful CEO,” she said.
Additional content and late-breaking news and would hold responsible “anybody who was in- mats don’t break the law.” At the White House, Obama lamented the fact it
sports scores can always be found at volved in the breaking of American law.” uArab countries, including Saudi Arabia, are far would hit such federal employees as veterans’ doc-
usatoday.com. The e-mails and other documents released by more concerned about Iran’s nuclear program than tors , and Social Security Administration workers.
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negotiations and unfolding world events. to anyone that Iran is a source of great concern, not ways done,” Obama said. “Play their part.”
Governments in Europe condemned the leaks. only in the United States,” Clinton said. One federal employee, Monte Wheeler, a hydrol-
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini dubbed uThe U.S. bartered with other countries to try to ogist at the Ohio River Forecast Center in Wilming-
them “the Sept. 11 of world diplomacy.” get them to take some of the terrorism suspects be- ton, Ohio, said the proposed pay freeze doesn’t
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said ing held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. matter much to him. “You can’t plan on any money
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World
Poll shows
S. Koreans
see reaction
as too small By Vahid Salemi, AP
Ahmadinejad: “The hand of the Zionist regime
and Western governments is involved.”
Bombs target
Continued from 1A
tons of food and millions of dollars have been sent
to the struggling North for 10 years, in an attempt
to foster friendship and perhaps a peaceful uni-
fication of the divided Korean peninsula. Days be-
fore the attack the ministry that oversees the policy
two nuclear
called it a failure.
Meanwhile, the North recently revealed a new
uranium enrichment facility as part
scientists
Cover of a nuclear program it had vowed to
disband, jangling nerves in Japan and One killed, one injured; Iranian
story the West. And moves by North Kore-
an dictator Kim Jong Il, 69, to install president blames Israel, the West
his 27-year-old son as head of that
nation has South Koreans — many of whom have The Associated Press
hoped Kim’s departure would improve the chances
of Korean reconciliation and ease the threat from TEHRAN, Iran — Assailants on motorcycles at-
the North — facing the prospect of an unpredict- tached magnetized bombs to the cars of two nucle-
able, nuclear-armed menace for several more dec- ar scientists in Tehran on Monday, killing one and
ades. wounding another who is on a U.N. sanctions list for
At the very least, the attack has turned up the suspect activity. Iran’s president accused Israel and
tension in relations between the Koreas. As thou- the West of being behind the attacks.
sands of South Koreans continue to protest the The wounded scientist, Fereidoun Abbasi, is
North’s actions, South Korean President Lee Myung specified by a United Nations resolution for sanc-
Bak is promising “serious retaliation” if the North tions because of suspected links to nuclear activ-
attacks again.In a speech televised nationwide ities, describing him as a Defense Ministry scientist.
Monday, Lee vowed that “now is the time we have Iranian media said he was a member of Iran’s Islam-
to demonstrate our determination with actions, ic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country’s strong-
rather than many words.” est military force.
The other scientist, who died in the attack and
What can be done? does not appear in any U.N. resolutions, was in-
volved in a major project with Iran’s nuclear agency,
Public opinion polls indicate that the many South said the agency’s chief, Ali Akbar Salehi. He did not
Koreans see the attack — the first on South Korean give specifics.
soil since the Korean War ended in 1953 — as a Iran also confirmed for the first time that a com-
turning point. puter worm affected centrifuges in the country’s
A poll released Monday by the Asan Institute for uranium-enrichment program. Iran had previously
Policy Studies in Seoul found that more than 80% of denied that the Stuxnet worm — which experts, in-
South Koreans believe their military should have hit cluding Salehi, say is calibrated to destroy centri-
back harder after the North Korean attack. The fuges by making them spin out of control — had
South returned fire but did not cause any damage. caused any damage.
If the North attacks again, 40% favor military retalia- Iran suspects the assassination was part of a co-
tion, calibrated to avoid all-out war, while 33% said vert campaign aimed at damaging the country’s
they are willing to risk war to deliver a strong mil- nuclear program, which the United States and its al-
itary response. lies say is intended to build a weapon — a claim Iran
What the North will do next, and how it can be denies. “Undoubtedly, the hand of the Zionist re-
stopped from doing it, are questions that have gime and Western governments is involved in the
many governments nervous. assassination,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The communist regime has agitated the United told a news conference. He said the attack would
Nations Security Council by flouting several agree- not hamper the nuclear program.
ments to end its weapons programs. The USA ac- Asked about the Iranian accusations, Israeli gov-
cuses it of enflaming tensions in the Middle East by ernment spokesman Mark Regev said Israel did not
secretly exporting nuclear technology to terrorist- comment on such matters. Washington has denied
supporting states such as Syria, and shipping mis- any link to previous attacks.
siles to Iran that can hit targets hundreds of miles Assailants on motorcycles approached the cars as
away. As many as 1 million people have starved to tour brochure from the Seoul City Tour company. “North Korea’s people may be more loyal to- they were moving through Tehran and attached
death under the regime, the U.N. says. Seoul student Kim Na Rae has a fantasy: South wards Kim Jong Il’s son (Kim Jong Un) as he took magnetized bombs to the vehicles, Tehran Police
Paul Stares, a senior fellow at the Council on For- Korea and North Korea gradually expand cultural some action against South Korea to build up sup- Chief Hossein Sajednia said. The bombs exploded
eign Relations, says there are several options short relations until the happy day when bitter, divided port,” says Kim Yong Hyun, a North Korea expert at seconds later, he told the state news agency IRNA.
of war to try to moderate the North’s behavior. rivals are reunified as one nation. Dongguk University in Seoul. The bombings both took place in the morning,
Stares says the U.S. could boost its level of military “But it’s impossible for now,” admits Kim, 20. Park Young Ho, a researcher at the Korea Institute but there were conflicting reports on what time
support by increasing the tempo and frequency of Instead she wants her government to show more for National Unification in Seoul, said the USA each took place. The bombs went off in separate lo-
military exercises and filling gaps in South Korea’s mettle amid one of the tensest moments on the Ko- “should maintain a very resolute and strong stance cations in north and northeast Tehran that lie about
defensive capabilities. rean peninsula since the end of the Korean War. for the next few years.” a 15-minute-drive apart without traffic.
The most extreme response would be pushing “I don’t want a strong military reaction, but I The challenge remains to make the response The slain scientist, Majid Shahriari, was a mem-
North Korea’s regime toward collapse through po- want a stronger political reaction; so far our gov- match the provocation. Cellphone saleswoman Kim ber of the nuclear engineering faculty at Shahid Be-
litical warfare, Stares says. ernment has not been strong enough,” she says. Sung Hee says the South’s response “is too weak. heshti University in Tehran. His wife, who was in
Conservative think tanks have pushed for a re- “There should be zero contact with North Korea, no I’m afraid of war but once we conquer North Korea the car with him, was wounded.
imposition of tough sanctions that were lifted by food and no support until North Korea admits they through military means, there’ll be no more threats Shahriari cooperated with the Atomic Energy Or-
President Bush in 2008. Another idea is to put were wrong.” anymore.” ganization of Iran, said Salehi, a vice president who
North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of ter- At Dongguk University in Seoul, where Kim is a Pinkston says the world should stop waiting for heads the organization. “He was involved in one of
ror. student, interest in their troublesome neighbor has China to rein in its ally. the big AEOI projects, which is a source of pride for
“North Korea appears to waned, says student Han “China won’t implement any policy that imposes the Iranian nation,” Salehi said. “They (Iran’s ene-
have abandoned previously Chul Woo. real cost,” he says. mies) are mistaken if think they can shake us,” Sale-
self-imposed constraints on “Young people don’t care At the Namdaemun market in Seoul, where hun- hi said, weeping, as he spoke later on state TV.
its behavior,” says Bruce about North Korea any- dreds of stalls offer flowers, clothes and local pro- The AEOI is in charge of Iran’s nuclear activities,
Klingner, a senior research more,” he sighs. “They just duce, some residents are taking the latest crisis in including its uranium enrichment program, which
fellow for Northeast Asia in want to get a job, and don’t stride. the United Nations has demanded be halted.
the Asian Studies Center at pay much attention to “For me, it’s like an annual performance by North The other attack targeted Abbasi, who was
Heritage. “Although this North Korea, even though it Korea, although a bit stronger than before,” says Lee wounded along with his wife. Abbasi is on a sanc-
new brazenness could be is a daily problem for us all.” Young Hoon, who runs an underwear stall. “When- tions list under U.N. Security Council resolution
related to the ongoing Such conciliatory talk ever these things happen, we never take strong ac- 1747, passed in 2007, which described him as a
North Korean leadership may surprise outsiders, but tion because we are such a weak nation, manipulat- Defense Ministry scientist with links to the Institute
succession, it may also re- Americans should consider ed by the USA and Japan,” says Lee, 52. of Applied Physics, working closely with Mohsen
flect the regime’s growing their reaction “if they had a Fakhrizadeh, a scientist believed to be heading se-
desperation brought on by seriously armed and hostile Contributing: Donna Leinwand in Washington cret nuclear projects.
deteriorating economic and state sitting where Canada
political conditions.” By Ahn Young-joon, AP
is,” says Andrei Lankov of
Obama, Hill leaders meet:
South Korea could also Protesting attack: A North Korean defector Seoul’s Kookmin University.
pull back on its food ship- demonstrates Monday in Seoul. “The mood in South Korea
ments, which resumed in is, ‘everything but war,’ and
October and are critical to the maintenance of the North Korea knows that extremely well.
1.1 million-member military that is the North Kore- The United States has faced this quandary many
an regime’s power base. President Lee said he is times with the North.
considering such a move. The USA also could ramp In 2002 the Bush administration learned that the
up the boarding of North Korean ships suspected of North had built a nuclear enrichment program in
taxes, treaty top agenda
carrying illicit materials. violation of the “agreed framework” it made with The Associated Press want to renew tax cuts for everyone; 50% prefer ex-
“The U.S. could decide the regime has to feel real President Clinton in 1994. In 2003 the North with- tending the reductions only for those earning under
pain. You could lay out a whole menu of punitive, drew from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. In WASHINGTON — House and Senate leaders from $250,000 a year; and 14% want to end them for all.
potentially destabilizing actions,” Stares says. “The 2006 the North stunned the world by testing a nu- both parties sat down Tuesday for their first post- On START, Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, one of the Re-
Chinese would be very unhappy about that.” clear weapon. election meeting with President Obama in an publicans invited to Tuesday’s meeting, has reject-
Lee has already replaced his defense minister, or- President Bush responded with six-party talks atmosphere charged with tension over taxes and a ed the administration’s assertion that the treaty
dered reinforcements for the 4,000 troops on Yeon- involving China and a new agreement that gave the new nuclear arms treaty with Russia. must be dealt with during the lame-duck session,
pyeong and four other Yellow Sea islands and up- North a half-million tons of food in return for its Republicans set the tone for the session, declar- saying the Senate has more pressing issues to deal
graded rules of engagement. He welcomed the promise to allow inspections of its nuclear program. ing steadfast opposition to any tax increases when with. But Sen. John McCain appeared to leave open
arrival of the USS George Washington, an aircraft Just before leaving office in 2009, Bush dropped the the current Bush era tax cuts expire at the end of the possibility of working with the White House,
carrier with 6,000 sailors ad 75 fighter jets that Chi- North from the U.S. terror watch list. A few months the year. Obama has said he would oppose a per- saying he still hoped progress could be made this
na decried as an act of aggression. In the Yellow Sea later the North pulled out of the six-party talks and manent extension of the tax cuts for taxpayers year. “I believe that we could move forward with
west of Seoul in waters China says it considers its barred nuclear inspectors. earning more than $200,000 as individuals and the START treaty and satisfy Sen. Kyl’s concerns and
sphere of influence, the carrier led a U.S. flotilla in President Obama signed on to sanctions barring $250,000 as couples. mine about missile defense and others,” McCain
large-scale naval exercises with South Korea that luxury and other goods sought by the regime after At the same time a couple of Republican senators said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
continued for a second day on Monday. the sinking of the Cheonan. Then, on Nov. 12, the signaled possible movement on the START treaty, Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, who earlier this
The artillery attack and the March sinking by the North showed Stanford professor Siegfried Hecker which would reduce nuclear weapons arsenals in month raised concerns about the treaty’s impact on
North of a South Korean navy vessel in which 46 to a building at the Yongbyon nuclear complex that the U.S. and Russia. Obama has made approval of the former Soviet satellite nations, told reporters,
sailors died represent an “extraordinary deterrent had been transformed into what he described as a the treaty this year a top national security goal. “I’d like to get it done, but in my conscience I want
failure,” says Daniel Pinkston, a security analyst “stunning” modern uranium enrichment facility. The midmorning meeting came a day after Oba- to feel it’s the right thing to do.”
based in Seoul for the International Crisis Group, a Experts say the North is playing a dangerous ma, pre-empting the Republicans, announced he Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., was asked about the latest
think tank. game by creating problems it says can be solved was proposing to freeze the salaries of some 2 mil- wrinkle, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s
South Korea must restore a credible threat, he only with more help propping up its regime. North lion federal workers for the next two years. The warning that a new arms race will erupt if Russian
says, “but it’s a fine line. You want to avoid war, but Korea is reinforcing its message with its latest prov- White House talks Tuesday were seen as an oppor- can’t agree with the West about a joint European
if you are completely unwilling to go to war then ocation, Lankov says. tunity for the two parties to size up each other even missile defense program.
there’s no credible threat.” North Korea “has really “We are here, we are dangerous and it’s better as they struggle for common groundon the legisla- “I’m open-minded and this is one of the issues I’ll
crossed the line into new territory,” Pinkston says. and cheaper for you to pay us,” by renewing aid tive agenda before Congress adjourns for the year. raise with the State Department briefing teams
supplies, he says. Speaking ahead of the meeting, House GOP Whip coming up to talk to me,” he said.
Wanting a stronger response Pyongyang succession politics are making the sit- Eric Cantor said his party wants to “make sure no Obama said Monday he hopes Tuesday’s White
uation more dangerous, say experts. Ailing Kim one gets a tax hike while we’re trying to create jobs House session “will mark a first step toward a new
The last major Cold War relic, the demilitarized Jong Il’s attempt to have his son, a former Swit- in the private sector.” and productive working relationship, because we
zone separating the two Koreas, is a symbol — and a zerland boarding school student who he named a The meeting comes as a new Associated Press- now have a shared responsibility to deliver for the
tourist destination. “Feel the reality and pain of the four-star general, succeed him may prompt more CNBC Poll shows most people oppose extending American people on the issues that define not only
only separated nation in the world,” runs a DMZ unpredictable behavior from the North. expiring tax cuts for the richest Americans. Just 34% these times but our future.”
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3. USA TODAY · WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010 · 3A
Nation
Nationline
Police: Father lied about three sons
Minnesota déjà vu? No sign of maternal grandparents and
spokeswoman for the family.
tried to hang himself Friday.
Earlier Monday, more than
Recount for governor missing boys Police are interested in
talking to anyone who saw
60 law enforcement officers
and firefighters searched the
Minnesota launched a recount in its governor’s
race Monday, hand-sorting more than 2.1 million
in Mich., Ohio John Skelton’s blue 2000
Dodge Caravan between 2:30
Lazy River Campground near
Pioneer, Ohio. Owner Doug
ballots in a process officials hope will go smoothly By Gina Damron p.m. Thursday and 1:30 p.m. Rowland said he didn’t know
because of lessons from a 2008 U.S. Senate recount. Detroit Free Press Friday, and especially from 4 of Skelton staying there.
“It’s kind of like a sequel,” Ramsey County elec- a.m. to 7 a.m. Friday, Weeks “I have no record of him
tions manager Joe Mansky said. “The original movie More than 200 volunteers, said. The FBI said the vehicle having camped here, at least
AP photos
— I don’t need to see that one again.” including out-of-towners was on the Ohio Turnpike under that name,” Rowland
Workers and partisan observers were briefed be- from Ohio and Indiana, joined Andrew Alexander Tanner during that time. said. He added that Skelton
fore the seals on ballot boxes were broken at scores authorities Monday searching Skelton Skelton Skelton Police have searched Skel- could have stayed there un-
of counting locations statewide. Democrat Mark for three missing Michigan ton’s home and collected der reservations made in
Dayton led Republican Tom Emmer by almost boys. ton, 39, told investigators he Skelton hasn’t been named things “to assist us with the someone else’s name.
8,800 votes going into the recount. The search included a gave the boys — Tanner, 5, Al- a suspect, but Weeks said po- investigation,” Weeks said. John Skelton’s mother,
The recount comes two years after the conten- northern Ohio campground, exander, 7, and Andrew, 9 — lice have also haven’t ruled Volunteers have been Roxann Skelton, said from her
tious battle between then-senator Norm Coleman, border areas and the south- to a woman named Joann him out. searching around Morenci, home in Florida she believes
a Republican, and Democratic challenger Al Fran- ern Michigan town of Mo- Taylor before he unsuccess- The boys were reported about 75 miles southwest of her grandchildren are OK.
ken, who ultimately was declared the winner. renci, where the boys were fully attempted to hang him- missing Friday by their moth- Detroit, for days. On Monday, “In my heart, I know my
last seen Thursday in the self. But Weeks disputed the er, Tanya Skelton, Weeks said. they checked fields, farms grandchildren are safe some-
backyard of their father, John claim. The parents were going and wooded areas along the where,” she said. “I know
Skelton. “We can confirm that through a divorce, and the state boundary, Weeks said. those children are . . . still
Morenci Police Chief Larry there’s no established rela- boys were with their father as Weeks said Skelton was with us.”
Weeks said Monday that tionship between he and the part of court-ordered visita- being treated at an Ohio hos-
Skelton lied about their disap- person he described as Joann tion, according to Kathye Her- pital for “mental health is- Contributing: The Associated
pearance. Weeks said Skel- Taylor,” Weeks said. rera, a neighbor of the boys’ sues” after telling them he Press
By Robin Rombach, AP
Deer adding danger to roads
Pickup stuck up a tree Road fatalities
Dangling freedom: Firefighters rescue Erin Dawn involving animals
Bowser, 33, from her vehicle using ropes and lad- There were 1,017 people killed
ders near Evans City, Pa., after her speeding pickup in collisions between animals
ran off Route 68 and landed in treetops about 30 and motor vehicles from 2005
through 2009:
feet above the Connoquenessing Creek ravine.
Ala. 14
Man indicted in Oregon terror plot Alaska 10
Ariz. 16
A Somali-American teen was indicted on federal Ark. 12
charges that he tried to blow up a car bomb at a Calif. 26
Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore. Colo. 23
The indictment charged Mohamed Osman Mo- Conn. 2
hamud, 19, with attempted use of a weapon of Del. 3
mass destruction. He pleaded not guilty in federal
Fla. 21
court. He was arrested Friday near the crowded
Pioneer Courthouse Square, after a months-long By Amy Sancetta, AP Ga. 27 KARE 11 News via AP
FBI sting operation. Deer crossing: A white-tailed buck crosses a street Nov. 3 Hawaii 2 Minnesota crash: Chris and Susan Blake and daughter Olivia
Elsewhere: in suburban Shaker Heights, Ohio. Idaho 18 survived after a deer flew through their windshield Nov. 6.
uA Somali national who admitted his role in an Ill. 26
April 10 attack on a Navy ship off the coast of Africa
was sentenced in Norfolk, Va., to 30 years in prison.
Jama Idle Ibrahim was sentenced on three charges
Michigan teen’s death Ind.
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Kan.
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neighborhood than I’ve ever seen in the past.” He says deer
populations have grown because of a lack of natural predators.
Fatal vehicle-animal crashes also have involved cattle, hors-
involving the USS Ashland: an attack to plunder a
vessel, an act of violence against persons on a ves-
puts motorists in mind Ky.
La. 10
21 es, dogs and at least one bear, IIHS says. “Particularly when
you get out West, you see elk and all kinds of things that it
sel, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
American inmates in Iran call home
of threat animals pose Maine
Md. 7
11
wouldn’t occur to you would be out on a roadway,” Hazelbak-
er says.
Vehicle-animal collisions increased by 7% from 2008 to
Two Americans held in Iran on espionage charges By Larry Copeland Mass. 4 2009, according to a recent analysis by USAA. The average
told their families during brief phone calls over the USA TODAY Mich. 53 claim in those crashes: $2,886. “Some safety features such as
weekend that they haven’t had access to their law- Minn. 31 air bags and anti-lock brakes work well, but if you hit a deer at
yer and do not know what is happening in their he crash was horrific, all the more so for its freak na- a high rate of speed, it becomes a projectile,” Rosen says.
T
Miss. 18
cases, their families said Monday. Shane Bauer ture: A 17-year-old girl was killed last week in Low- Mo. 20 That’s what happened in Lowell, Mich., police say.
called his mother in Pine City, Minn., and Josh Fattal ell, Mich., when a deer that had been struck by an- Mont. 32 Barnick was driving west on Fulton Street when a car ap-
called his parents’ suburban Philadelphia home. other vehicle was flung into her minivan, causing it Neb. 18 proaching in the eastbound lane struck the deer and flung it
Bauer’s mother, Cindy Hickey, said her son sounded to lose control, leave the road and strike a tree. across the road into her windshield. “There’s not much she
Nev. 5
“strong but frustrated.” Fattal’s mother, Laura Fat- Barbara Barnick died at the scene. Three passengers in could have done,” Michigan State Police Trooper Dale Cook
tal, said it was “joyous” to hear her son’s voice but her Chrysler minivan and the driver of the other vehicle sur- N.H. 7 told The Grand Rapids Press newspaper. “If a car in front of you
that it also underlined her family’s heartbreak. vived; Barnick and the others were all wearing seatbelts, N.J. 6 hits a deer, what can you do? It’s just like a NASCAR pile-up —
The men, arrested near Iran’s border with Iraq in police said. N.M. 14 you just don’t have a chance sometimes.”
July 2009, face trial Feb. 6 in Tehran. The high school senior’s death in western Michigan, near N.Y. 20
Grand Rapids, serves as a tragic reminder that November is N.C. 22 In Michigan, ‘you’ve got to make sure you’re ultra-alert’
Student takes hostages at Wis. school the deadliest month for collisions between motor vehicles N.D. 10
An armed student burst into a high school class- and deer. Ohio 49 Michigan has one of the nation’s highest frequencies of vehi-
room in Marinette, Wis., on Monday, taking 23 stu- Insurance claims for crashes involving animals are nearly Okla. 31 cle-deer collisions, according to USAA’s analysis. Kent County,
dents and one teacher hostage, Police Chief Jeff Sko- three times as high in November as in other months, ac- where Barnick was killed, has about 2,200 such collisions a
Ore. 11
rik said. cording to the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), the re- year, Michigan State Police Lt. Chris McIntire says. Another
A Marinette High School administrator called au- search arm of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Pa. 48 driver was killed recently on U.S. 131 north of Grand Rapids af-
thorities after 3 p.m. local time to say a student had (IIHS). R.I. 2 ter hitting a dead deer that another motorist had killed and left
taken over a classroom. Skorik said authorities had “The chance of a vehicle encountering a deer and striking S.C. 22 in the highway, McIntire says.
been able to communicate with the teacher. No in- it goes way up in November during deer mating season,” S.D. 14 “We’re an area where you have a very, very
juries were reported as of Monday evening, and says Kim Hazelbaker, HLDI senior vice president. “They are Tenn. 18 large metro area, but within five minutes, you’re
Skorik said no shots had been fired. crossing the road when they shouldn’t be, oblivious to the Texas 88 in a very rural countryside,” he says. “Many of our
“We have no idea as far as motivations at this traffic around them.” Utah 13 roads are through heavily wooded areas where
point,” Skorik said. Vt. 6 the trees and woods come right up to the road.
Marinette is about 50 miles north of Green Bay. Many crash deaths are preventable When you’re driving in Michigan, you’ve got to make sure
Va. 23
you’re ultra-alert to what’s going on around you and
Over the five-year period 2005-09, 1,017 people died in Wash. 14
watch the tree line for deer.”
vehicle-animal collisions, according to the IIHS. Many vehi- W.Va. 9 Barnick was a senior at Saranac Community Schools
cle-animal collision deaths are preventable: In a 2004 study, Wis. 57 who had played volleyball and softball and was expected
IIHS found that 60% of people who died in such crashes in Wyo. 13 to play softball again in the spring, Superintendent Jea-
automobiles were not wearing seatbelts; 65% of those killed Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety nette Adams says. “She was a nice girl,” Adams says. “A
on motorcycles were not wearing helmets. By Julie Snider, USA TODAY little bit on the quiet side, but with friends both here and
About three-fourths of vehicle-animal fatalities involve in (nearby) Ionia.”
deer, according to the IIHS. Adams says the tragedy stunned her district, which has 1,150 students, in-
“One of the problems is we as a society have taken over where the deer used cluding 360 at the high school. “Everybody knows everybody,” she says.
to be,” Hazelbaker says. “They’ve been going to school for a long time together.” She says grief counsel-
All across the USA, suburban areas that used to be deer habitats have been ors were available at the school, and students were given the opportunity to
developed into subdivisions, but the deer are still there, says Ken Rosen, senior delay exams scheduled last week.
vice president and chief claims officer for San Antonio-based USAA, the na- “We lost a senior last spring,” Adams says. “For us to lose a senior from this
tion’s eighth-largest auto insurer. “We’re seeing more deer walking around the class as well, seven months later. . . . It was just such a freak accident.”
Ice-breaking mission
By Sean D. Elliot, The Day, via AP
Got calcium? Probably enough, report says
Bow line released: Coast Guard seaman Jon Park By Nanci Hellmich takes: food fortification and more and too much calcium from supple-
helps launch the 140-foot cutter Morro Bay from USA TODAY Recommendations by age supplement use. Many foods, such as ments has been linked to kidney
Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, Conn., on milk and yogurt products, are rich in stones, the report says.
its second deployment to the Great Lakes for a A report today from the influential Among the Institute of Medicine’s calcium and fortified with vitamin D. Vitamin D has been a hot topic in
five-month stint to break up ice in all five lakes. Institute of Medicine sets the first for- specific recommendations for vita- Fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel recent years because research has
mal recommendations for daily in- min D and calcium by age group: and tuna also have a lot of vitamin D. linked lower levels of the nutrient to
u Children ages 1 to 3 should
Vandals damage prehistoric art takes of calcium and vitamin D for consume 700 milligrams of calcium
Sunlight triggers the production of certain cancers, diabetes, and bone
bone health, and suggests that most a day; children ages 4 to 8, 1,000 vitamin D in skin and contributes to and immune system problems.
Federal authorities in Nevada are offering a people are getting what they need. milligrams of calcium daily. people’s levels. The panel concluded that more sci-
$2,500 reward for information about vandals who The recommended amounts are uAdolescents 9 through 18 re- Robert Heaney, a professor of entific research is needed to investi-
spray-painted graffiti over prehistoric rock art at higher than guidelines set 13 years quire no more than 1,300 milligrams medicine at Creighton University in gate the potential health benefits of
the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. ago that were simply estimates, but of calcium a day. Omaha who has studied vitamin D’s larger amounts of vitamin D.
The Bureau of Land Management and supporters the vitamin D recommendations im- uFor adults ages 19-50 and men health benefits, says the overall daily “We looked at that evidence, and
of Red Rock Canyon said the paint covers pic- mediately drew criticism from some up until age 71, 1,000 milligrams of value of 600 IUs of vitamin D a day “is it’s conflicting,” Ross says. “Some
tographs drawn by ancient inhabitants and petro- experts who said they are still far too calcium meets their daily needs. way too low.” He says people should studies show potential benefit, but
uWomen beginning at age 51
glyphs scraped long ago into rocks at the scenic pre- low. and both men and women age 71
consider taking up to 4,000 IUs a day. others show no benefit, and some
serve about 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. According to the report, children and older need no more than 1,200 “For me, it’s a no-brainer. There is a studies show the opposite, even
Federal archaeologist Mark Boatwright called the and adults younger than 70 need no milligrams a day. large body of evidence for benefit at harm.”
damage severe and estimated restoration will cost more than 600 international units uChildren and adults under 70, intakes above the IOM recommenda- Steven Clinton, a committee mem-
$10,000. Friends of Red Rock Canyon and the Con- (IUs) of vitamin D a day and should 600 IUs (international units) of vita- tions. There is no risk, and very little ber and a professor in the division of
servation Lands Foundation are offering the reward. consume 700 to 1,300 milligrams of min D daily. cost, so why not take a chance of a medical oncology at Ohio State Uni-
calcium a day, depending on their age. uPeople 71 and older may need benefit if there’s any possibility?” versity, says part of the uncertainty
By John Bacon with staff and wire reports The committee was surprised to as much as 800 IUs a day. The committee, made up of nutri- over the nutrient comes from the
see that most Americans are meeting tion scientists, set the upper limit for blood tests that are used to measure
Please recycle their needs for both of the nutrients, State University and chairwoman of vitamin D at 4,000 IUs a day for those it. “There are no national guidelines
except for adolescent girls who may the panel that prepared the report. who are ages 9 and older. This is con- for how vitamin D should be mea-
Sign up for USA TODAY’s FREE Daily Briefing not be getting enough calcium and The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is set sidered the safe boundary and is not sured and what levels are appropri-
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news each morning. enough of either, says Catharine Ross, of health issues. the panel cautions. Excessive vitamin Clinton recommends that national
Go to email.usatoday.com professor of nutrition at Pennsylvania Among the reasons for sufficient in- D can damage the kidneys and heart, standards be developed.
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4. 4A · WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010 · USA TODAY
Washington
Role of free press weighed in leaks’ wake
Secret documents’ release ‘Not an act for the public good’
has effects reaching far James Carafano of the conservative Heritage
Foundation cited broader concerns, calling the re-
beyond diplomatic circles lease of the information “harmful to democracy.”
“Democracies have the notion of ordered liber-
By Mimi Hall and Richard Wolf ty,” he says. “We set up institutions and we hold
USA TODAY those institutions accountable. WikiLeaks has noth-
ing that shows the American government violated
WASHINGTON — At the heart of the heated re- its contract with the American people.”
action Monday to WikiLeaks’ latest giant govern- So instead of exposing government wrongdoing
ment document drop were fundamental questions or manipulation, he says, publication of the infor-
about the role of a free press in a democracy: mation has done something worse: put at risk the
Would the publication of secret State Department government’s efforts to make progress on issues
information serve the public good? Or would it important to the American people. “This is clearly
merely endanger diplomats, jeopardize interna- not an act for the public good,” Carafano says. “It is
tional relations and complicate the war on terror? not justifiable in any way, shape for form.”
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s an- Open-government advocates expressed mixed
swer was clear: “There is nothing laudable about feelings. Steven Aftergood, director of the Feder-
endangering innocent people and nothing brave ation of American Scientists’ Project on Govern-
about sabotaging the peaceful relations between ment Secrecy, said the documents contain informa-
nations,” she told reporters. tion that benefits the public, such as that North
Without specifically mentioning the explosive Korea has been aiding Iran on its nuclear quest.
release in 1971 of the Pentagon Papers, which de- “There’s also a compromise of diplomatic com-
tailed government deception during the Vietnam munications which is potentially very damaging,”
War, Clinton said there have been “examples in his- he said. “If, as a nation, we want to engage in diplo-
tory in which official conduct has been made public By Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images By Mark Wilson, Getty Images
macy or intelligence collection, we need the capac-
in the name of exposing wrongdoings or misdeeds” Clinton: “There is nothing laudable about endan- Seeking source of leaks: Attorney General Eric ity to preserve secrecy. You cannot conduct diplo-
by government officials and agencies. gering innocent people,” secretary of State says. Holder said criminal investigation is underway. matic negotiations in public.”
“This is not one of those cases,” she said sternly. He said WikiLeaks bears all the responsibility:
In an editor’s note, The New York Times stoutly leaks harm the nation’s image on the world stage. intelligence specialist, Bradley Manning, was sub- “They have an anarchist sensibility. They do not re-
defended publication of the documents as serving “They make us look weak,” he said. “The WikiLeaks sequently arrested and charged with leaking the spect any restrictions on disclosure whether they
“an important public interest, illuminating the reveal problems without solutions.” documents. He is in prison awaiting trial. are due to security or personal privacy or intellectu-
goals, successes, compromises and frustrations of Elliott Abrams, who served at the State Depart- Some of the new State Department documents al property or whatever it may be. That has the po-
American diplomacy in a way that other accounts ment and National Security Council in Republican contain disparaging remarks about foreign leaders; tential to be very destructive.”
cannot match.” administrations, said foreign governments have the others offer frank assessments of world events. Lucy Dalglish of the Reporters Committee for
Executive Editor Bill Keller added that the news- most to lose. “These are not our secrets. They’re Clinton said the e-mail messages do not reflect Freedom of the Press said publication of the e-mails
paper worked hard to avoid “sloppy journalism” in other people’s secrets,” he said. government policy but are necessary private con- could lead to a government crackdown on informa-
publishing its stories. “As you will see over the next versations that occur in the course of doing busi- tion the public has a right to know. “The chilling ef-
week or so, this is careful journalism,” he said in an Frank discussions, blunt assessments ness. “In almost every profession — whether it’s law fect will be huge,” she warned. She said the news
e-mail Monday to USA TODAY. or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or outlets have carefully and responsibly reported the
Yet, Clinton’s was a broadly held sentiment. The e-mails and other documents released by running a small business — people rely on confiden- information available and there’s “no smoking gun”
“It is critical that the perpetrator who betrayed WikiLeaks in its third big document dump this year tial communications to do their jobs,” she said. “We anyway. She said she’s disturbed that most people
his country be brought to justice for this deliberate offer a blunt look at government efforts to combat count on the space of trust that confidentiality pro- won’t bother to read the stories. “The biggest ques-
treason that jeopardizes our national security,” Sen. terrorism, negotiate treaties and settlements, and vides. When someone breaches that trust, we are tion,” she said, is “does the American public care?”
Kit Bond, R-Mo., said. secure weapons of mass destruction. all worse off for it.”
Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson In- In July and October, the organization released In this case, Clinton said the disclosure could Contributing: Tom Vanden Brook
ternational Center for Scholars, who advised six vast troves of classified government documents re- jeopardize the safety of human rights activists,
secretaries of State not including Clinton, said the lated to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. An Army journalists and others who work with U.S. officials. uWhite House damage control, 1A
Cities sweat funding as Congress picks over ‘earmarks’
By John Fritze Rochester, N.Y., to $250,000 for Senate GOP leader Mitch McCon- as Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Joya, Texas, city Administrator marks have just become a politi-
USA TODAY park upgrades in Gonzales, La. nell and President Obama. House support the ban. Others, such as Mike Alaniz said leaders have cal football,” he said. Cuellar said
It’s not clear wheth- Republicans have ex- Senate Democratic leader Harry been trying to build a youth cen- supporters of the center are look-
WASHINGTON — Cities are er Congress will ap- tended an earmark Reid, note the spending repre- ter for nearly 20 years. “Nothing ing for other sources for money.
bracing to lose millions of dollars prove any of those in ban, but the future of sents a tiny fraction of the budget fancy,” he said. “A big activity Longtime earmark critic Rep.
in funding for transportation and the year-end session the practice is less and say the money would be room and some lockers.” Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said he doesn’t
community projects, from sub- underway. And after clear in the Senate. spent by federal agencies even if To finish the project, the city is doubt some of the requests are
way lines to youth centers, be- several candidates suc- Lawmakers will lawmakers gave up the earmarks. looking to Congress for $500,000. worthwhile, but said they should
cause of a renewed push in Con- cessfully raised the debate the issue The debate has left local gov- Texas Democratic Rep. Henry be judged fairly against other pro-
gress to ban lawmaker-directed spending as an issue in again today thanks to ernments unsure about whether Cuellar requested the spending jects: “They ought to compete
spending known as “earmarks.” the midterm elections, an earmark ban pro- they will receive any money. In La and defended the project. “Ear- like everybody else.”
With the incoming Republican some local leaders say posed by Sen. Tom
majority in the House of Repre- they’re worried about Coburn, R-Okla. The
sentatives committed to ending the chances in 2011. measure, which Co-
Study dismisses risk of gay troops
USA TODAY
the practice and the Senate facing “We’re hopeful that Coburn: Proposed burn hopes to
a vote to ban earmarks today, lo- they don’t close the ban on “earmarks.” amend to a food
cal officials are scrambling to find door on us,” said Hil- safety bill, needs 67
ways to pay for projects in case
the federal funding never arrives.
liard Hampton, mayor of Inkster, votes to pass — a tall order. The
Mich., a city west of Detroit that vote on the bill was delayed from
Findings may not Gates and Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen
repeal. According to the assess-
ment, 92% of troops who have
Spending bills in the House for is in line for $1 million to build a Monday. “Senate Democrats have sway Republicans were expected to discuss the re- served with someone they be-
the 2011 fiscal year include more senior center that would provide to do something,” said Steve Ellis port later Tuesday, with the lieved to be gay thought that
than 3,000 earmarks worth health care. with Taxpayers for Common The Associated Press study’s co-chairs, Pentagon Gen- their unit’s ability to work to-
$3 billion, according to the bud- Congressional pet projects Sense. “They can’t simply plow eral Counsel Jeh Johnson and gether was either very good,
get watchdog Taxpayers for Com- have come under intense scruti- ahead . . . or they’re going to run WASHINGTON — A Pentagon Army Gen. Carter Ham. good, or neither good nor poor.
mon Sense — from $2.5 million ny in recent months from mem- into a buzz saw.” study on gays in the military has The findings were confirmed One person familiar with the
for a transportation center in bers of both parties, including A handful of Democrats, such determined that overturning the by several people familiar with report said it will show that mil-
law known as “don’t ask, don’t the study who spoke on condi- itary commanders believe gay
tell” might cause some disrup- tion of anonymity because the and lesbian troops have a strong
Supreme Court to review
tion at first but would not create results hadn’t been publicly re- desire to fit in and feel accepted
any widespread or long-lasting leased. The study found that 70% by their units. The report will also
problems. of troops surveyed believed that show that gay service members
The study was expected to repealing the law would have currently serving in the military
campaign-finance dispute provide some much-needed am-
munition to congressional Demo-
crats struggling to overturn the
law. But despite supporters’
mixed, positive or no effect, while
30% predicted negative conse-
quences. Opposition was strong-
est among combat troops, with at
have expressed a patriotic desire
to serve, and want to be subject
to the same rules as other service
members.
By Joan Biskupic professor Richard Hasen of Loyola Law School in hopes to force a vote during the least 40% saying it was a bad idea. The survey is based on re-
USA TODAY Los Angeles, said the case could be significant if the lame-duck legislative session, it That number climbs to 46% sponses by some 115,000 troops
court issues a broader ruling on state public-financ- remains unclear whether the among Marines. and 44,200 military spouses to
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed ing laws passed to reduce the threat of corruption findings would be enough to The study also draws a strong more than a half million ques-
Monday to take up a nationally watched dispute in races. Hasen adds that triggered matching funds sway skeptical Republicans, led correlation between troops who tionnaires distributed last sum-
over an Arizona campaign-finance law that gives can attract candidates into a public-financing plan by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. have worked with a gay service mer by an independent polling
extra public funds to candidates who face well-off, because the funds could ensure they remain com- Defense Secretary Robert member and those who support firm.
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The case to be heard in early 2011 would be the The Arizona law, which was adopted by ballot
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5. USA TODAY · WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010 · 5A
World
London’s transit strike hobbles commuters
Without Tube, . . . It’s like the blood of the city.”
London’s transit system
Bob Crow, leader of the Na-
tional Union of Rail, Maritime and
many cope, brought in extra buses, deployed
an army of staffers to guide pas-
Transport Workers, would not
rule out the possibility of two- or
with aplomb sengers and stepped up the wa-
ter buses that ply the Thames
even three-day strikes in 2011.
He scoffed at the claims by the
River. transit agency Transport for Lon-
By Traci Watson Among those who couldn’t don that disruption was minimal.
Special for USA TODAY turn to the bus was sales man- “If you believe what is on the TfL
ager Matt Matthews, who ar- website, then you believe in Fa-
LONDON — Britain’s biggest rived in London from Paris by ther Christmas,” Crow said Mon-
city was plunged into disarray train at 10 a.m. and was still try- day. “They are using propaganda
and confusion Monday by a 24- ing to get to work three hours lat- to mislead the public.”
hour strike that slashed service er. Transport for London spokes-
on the famed Tube network, one “I’m hoping I can get straight to man Ben Pennington dismissed
of the world’s biggest and busiest work with no hesitations, but Crow’s allegations as “nonsense.”
subway systems. there’s lots of traffic,” he said, At the height of rush hour at 8:30
Commuters forced to take to noting that his boss was mad. a.m., 40% of the usual 427 trains
their cars created traffic jams The strike was the fourth to hit were in operation and dozens of
that nearly paralyzed parts of the Tube in the past three stations were closed. While lead-
downtown London as thousands months. Two labor unions have ers traded blame, Londoners
of union workers stayed home. called the strikes over plans to showed patience.
Bewildered tourists wandered cut staffing at ticket offices at The Tube station close to the
subway and railroad stations. some Tube stations. north London home of Vishnu Ti-
And some people trying to get to Many Londoners now rely on wan, a stay-at-home dad, was
work gave up in disgust. By Jason Alden, Bloomberg
debit-card-like Tube passes that closed, so he took the bus down-
“I could take a bus, but it would Work-around to work: Monday rush-hour foot traffic hoofs across the London Bridge, with the Tower can be charged at automated town to run errands and then
take me hours,” said London resi- Bridge as backdrop. The daily 3.5 million Tube riders had to find alternatives during the strike. booths, rather than on tickets spent at least 35 minutes waiting
dent Shadie Allyn, a telephone purchased from a clerk. The for his bus home.
operator who spent five hours half of the usual trains were run- switch lines repeatedly or she gave herself 90 extra minutes union says the job cuts would The buses are “packed, there
trying to get to work before de- ning and dozens of stations were squeeze into packed buses. for the trip — and still missed her jeopardize passenger safety and are too many queues, too many
ciding she’d had enough. “Every- closed, in a network that pro- University student Elizabeth train, because buses showed up increase the risk of muggings. argumentative people,” he said,
one depends on the Tube. They vides roughly 3.5 million trips a Bajomo normally would have infrequently and then crawled “Can’t believe the rail unions,” but he denied he’d been signifi-
shouldn’t be allowed to strike. It’s day. Seven of the city’s 11 subway taken the Tube to a downtown through congested streets. London Mayor Boris Johnson cantly affected. “Londoners have
ridiculous.” lines were at least partially railway station to catch her train. “The traffic was horrible,” she tweeted when the latest negotia- gotten used to it. . . . You just
By the afternoon, fewer than closed, requiring passengers to Shunted onto the bus Monday, said. “The Tube is so important. tions broke down Friday. crack on with it.”
Afghan police officer kills 6 U.S. servicemen U.S. death toll
As of Monday, 4,419 U.S. servicemem-
The Associated Press A spokesman for the Afghan Interior they were from until next of kin could be legedly at the hands of an Afghan soldier. bers and 13 Defense Department civilians
Ministry, Zemeri Bashary, confirmed notified. After two deadly shootings in July, had been reported killed in the Iraq war.
KABUL — An Afghan border police- that the gunman in Monday’s attack was Bashary said the incident happened in NATO officers said they were re-examin- In and around Afghanistan, 1,301 U.S. ser-
man killed six U.S. servicemen during a a border police officer rather than an in- the Pachir Wagam district of Nangarhar ing training practices to make sure that vicemembers and two Defense Depart-
training mission Monday, underscoring surgent who donned the uniform. province near Pakistan. such attacks did not happen again. ment civilians had been reported killed.
one of the risks in a U.S.-led program to The Taliban issued a statement claim- An investigation team has been sent On July 20, an Afghan army sergeant Latest death identified in Afghanistan:
educate enough recruits to turn over the ing responsibility. It said the gunman to Pachir Wagam, said Gen. Aminullah got into an argument at a shooting range uArmy Pvt. Devon J. Harris, 24, of
lead for security to Afghan forces by joined the border police to kill foreign Amerkhail, the regional border police in northern Afghanistan and shot dead Mesquite, Texas, died Saturday in Wardak
2014. troops. commander for the east. He said infor- two American civilian trainers before province when insurgents attacked his
The shooting in a remote area near the The shooter opened fire on the NATO mation was not coming back quickly. being killed. Another Afghan soldier was unit with a rocket-propelled grenade;
Pakistani border appeared to be the troops and then was killed in the shoot- “The area is very remote,” Amerkhail killed in the crossfire. 10th Mountain Division.
deadliest attack of its kind in two years. out, NATO said. said. “Even the telephones are not work- In the past year, the size of the Afghan
Attacks on NATO troops by Afghan po- Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokes- ing there.” police force has grown 27%, from about Source: Defense Department
licemen or soldiers, although still rare, man, confirmed that the six killed were NATO is investigating an incident this 95,000 officers to 120,500. The army has uFor a complete list of U.S. military
have increased as the coalition has accel- American. He declined to provide their month in which two U.S. Marines were increased 42%, from 97,000 soldiers to deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, go
erated the program. identities or say which military branch killed in southern Helmand province, al- about 138,200. to casualties.usatoday.com
271 Picasso pieces The pieces were created between 1900 and fight global warming. “The atmosphere is indiffer-
1932, an intensely creative period for Picasso after ent to the sovereignty of states,” President Felipe
he moved from Barcelona to Paris. Calderón said in the keynote speech to 15,000 dele-
at center of dispute Saddam’s foreign minister gets 10 years
gates, business leaders, activists and journalists.
The conference is the first since a summit in Co-
An Iraqi court convicted Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hus- penhagen, which failed to reach an agreement on
Artist Pablo Picasso’s heirs are claiming theft after sein’s longtime foreign minister, of terrorizing Shi- greenhouse gas emissions.
a retired electrician revealed that 271 of the mas- ite Kurds during the Iran-Iraq War, sentencing him
ter’s paintings have been sitting for decades in his to 10 years in prison. The jail term is an additional Protesters riot over Egypt vote
garage. Pierre Le Guennec, who installed burglar penalty for the 74-year-old Aziz, the only Christian Protesters set fire to cars, tires and two polling
alarms for Picasso, says they were a gift. He asked in Saddam’s inner circle. Aziz already faces an exe- stations in riots that erupted around Egypt over al-
the heirs in September to authenticate the un- cution sentence from another case. legations the ruling party carried out widespread
documented art from Picasso’s Cubist period. Aziz, wearing a blue suit and leaning heavily on fraud to sweep parliamentary elections.
By Joe Raedle, Getty Images
Instead, they sued for illegal possession of the his cane, was without a lawyer in court. He has pre- The country’s most powerful opposition move-
works. Police raided Le Guennec’s French Riviera dicted he will die in prison. ment, the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brother-
Haiti count in chaos home last month, questioned him and his wife and hood, said that it may be swept out of parliament
No results: A child plays Monday among ballots at confiscated the disputed artworks. Climate conference begins in Cancun by what it and other called rampant rigging.
in Port-au-Prince. Election observers said violence Le Guennec and his wife say Picasso’s second Climate negotiators began a two-week confer- The U.S. State Department said the United States
and the fact that thousands couldn’t vote because wife gave them a trunk full of art that they kept vir- ence Monday with a call from Mexico’s president to has “serious concerns about what occurred.”
they couldn’t find their names on rosters weren’t tually untouched. The Picasso estate describes that think beyond their nations’ borders and consider all
enough to invalidate the elections. account as ridiculous. humanity as they bargain over an agreement to The Associated Press
Washington
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PUBLISHED NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD RECEIPTS PRESENTED
a 23% cut in doctors’ pay that was scheduled to take effect Dec. 1. SETTLEMENT This notice may affect your rights. TO CUSTOMERS AT THE POINT OF SALE.
ULTIMATE ESCAPES HOLDINGS, LLC, et al., Case No. 10-12915 (BLS)
Debtors. (Jointly Administered)
That gives lawmakers a month to come up with a longer-term plan Please read carefully. WHAT DOES THE SETTLEMENT PROVIDE? NOTICE OF LAST DATES FOR FILING PROOFS OF CLAIM
to overhaul a system that in recent years has bedeviled Congress, an- IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Under the terms of the settlement, each class
WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA member will be entitled to receive a voucher good for TO: ALL CREDITORS AND OTHER PARTIES-IN-INTEREST WITH CLAIMS
gered doctors and jeopardized health care for 46 million seniors and IN RE: PASTORE V. LE CREUSET OF AMERICA, one (1) 9” Stoneware Oval Dish-Cherry
AGAINST THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED DEBTORS:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT on November 22, 2010, the United States
disabled. INC., CASE NO.: CV 09-1139
________________________
(Item#PG1040-2467), with a manufacturerʼs
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”)
suggested retail price of forty dollars ($40.00). The
“This bill is a stopgap measure to make sure that seniors and mil- SUMMARY NOTICE OF CERTIFIED CLASS Settlement also imposes certain other requirements,
entered an order (the “Bar Order”) in the Chapter 11 cases of the
above-captioned debtors and debtors-in-possession (the “Debtors”) in
itary families can continue to see their doctors during December ACTION SETTLEMENT which are set forth in detail in the Settlement accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c) fixing:
A settlement has been proposed in a class action Agreement. A Full Notice describing the Settlement (a) January 11, 2011, at 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) (the
while we work on the solution for the next year,” said Rep. Frank Pal- lawsuit about the truncation requirements imposed in more detail is available at the website above. “General Bar Date”), as the last day for filing proofs of claim in these
lone, D-N.J., chairman of the Energy and Commerce health sub- by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act HOW DO YOU ASK FOR A VOUCHER? cases for all claims arising prior to September 20, 2010 (the “Petition
Date”); and
committee. (“FACTA”). All persons who used a credit or debit If you would like to participate in the settlement and (b) March 19, 2011, at 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) (the
card at any LE CREUSET OF AMERICA, INC. receive one of the Settlement Vouchers described “Governmental Unit Bar Date”), as the last day for all governmental units,
Health care payment formulas for military servicemembers and location between December 4, 2006 and November above, you can simply print and complete the short as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code, for filing proofs of
veterans are tied to Medicare. The payment cuts are the result of a 17, 2010 MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A form at the above-noted website address and mail it claim in these cases for all claims arising before the Petition Date.
SETTLEMENT VOUCHER REDEEMABLE AT ANY to Le Creuset of America, Inc., Attn: Penny Rollins, All “claims,” as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code,
1990s budget-balancing law that attempted, with little success, to LE CREUSET OF AMERICA, INC. STORE 114 Bob Gifford Blvd., Early Branch, SC 29916 whenever arising, including, in each case, any claims against the Debtors’
keep Medicare spending in line. With medical groups estimating that LOCATION. If you qualify, you may send in a claim postmarked by January 14, 2011. You can also estates based upon the Debtors’ primary, secondary, direct, indirect,
fixed, secured, unsecured, contingent, guaranteed, disputed, undisputed,
as many as two-thirds of doctors would stop taking new Medicare pa- form to get benefits, or you can exclude yourself from
the settlement, or object to it.
submit a claim for a voucher online, at the above
noted internet address.
liquidated, unliquidated, matured, unmatured, legal, or equitable
liability or otherwise (each, a “Claim”), except as otherwise provided for
tients if the cuts go into effect, Congress has had to periodically step in WHOʼS INCLUDED? WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER OPTIONS? or specifically excepted herein, shall be filed with the following claims
to stop the automatic cuts. Last summer, when Congress missed the You are a class member and could get benefits if you If you do not want to be legally bound by the agent: The BMC Group, Inc. (the “Claims Agent”), in writing, with an
original signature, together with supporting documentation, substantially
used a credit or debit card at any Le Creuset of settlement, you must exclude yourself by January 14,
deadline for an extension, Medicare officials had to hold off processing America, Inc. location between December 4, 2006 2011, or you wonʼt be able to sue, or continue to sue, complying with Official Bankruptcy Form B10, so as to actually be
received on or before the General Bar Date, the Governmental Unit Bar
claims to avoid paying the lower rates. and November 17, 2010. If you believe you are a Le Creuset of America, Inc. about the legal claims in Date, the Administrative Claims Bar Date, the Rejection Bar Date, or the
member of the class, you may view the Full Notice at this case. If you exclude yourself, you canʼt get a Amended Schedules Bar Date, as applicable, depending upon the nature
Justice Department inspector general stepping down http://Expdatelawsuit.com or you can request a copy
of the Full Notice by sending a written request to the
Settlement Voucher from this settlement. If you stay
in the settlement, you may object to it by January 14,
of the Claim, at the following if delivered by first class mail: BMC Group
Inc, Attn: Ultimate Escapes Claims Processing, PO Box 3020, Chanhassen,
MN 55317-3020; or, if by hand delivery, or overnight courier: BMC Group
Justice Department inspector general Glenn Fine will step down in following address: Le Creuset of America, Inc., Attn: 2011. The Full Notice contains important information
Inc, Attn: Ultimate Escapes Claims Processing, 18750 Lake Drive East,
Penny Rollins, 114 Bob Gifford Blvd., Early Branch, regarding the rights, obligations, requirements, and
January after 10 years of critiquing some of the department’s most SC 29916. Include your name and current address. deadlines for class members to participate in the
Chanhassen, MN 55317.
Creditors may consult the Bar Order for claims that are excepted from
controversial actions. Fine was IG during an especially tumultuous You may also request a Notice and Claim Form by Settlement, to exclude themselves from the the Bar Order and are not required to be filed on or before the Bar Dates.
calling Class Counsel at 1-800-467-5241. Settlement, or to object.
time for the Justice Department. During the Bush administration, he WHATʼS THIS ABOUT? The Court will hold a hearing in this case on March
Any creditor whose pre-petition Claim against the Debtors is not listed
in the Schedules or is listed as “contingent,” “unliquidated,” “subject to
criticized some department tactics in the war on terrorism and the Joellen Pastore (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of all members 28, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 7A, to consider adjustment,” “disputed,” or “unknown” (or assigned a zero amount) and
of the class, has asserted that Le Creuset of America, whether to approve the settlement and a request by that desires to participate in these cases or share in any distribution in
politically tainted firings of U.S. attorneys. Inc. violated certain requirements imposed by the the lawyers representing all Class Members for these cases, and any creditor whose pre-petition Claim is improperly
Fine and his investigators found that FBI counterterrorism exec- Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”). attorneysʼ fees and costs. You may ask to appear at
classified in the Schedules or is listed in an incorrect amount, must file a
proof of claim on or before the applicable Bar Date.
utives issued improper blanket demands for records of nearly 4,000 Specifically, Plaintiff claims that Le Creuset of the hearing, but you donʼt have to.
Executory Contract and Lease Rejection Claims. Holders of Claims
America, Inc. printed more than the last five digits of This notice is not to be construed as an expression against the Debtors arising from the rejection by the Debtor of an
telephone lines. He also concluded that department officials during the credit card or debit card number, and/or the of any opinion by the District Court with respect to the executory contract or unexpired lease must file a proof of claim on or
the George W. Bush administration broke the law by letting politics expiration date of the credit card or debit card on re- merits of the respective claims or defenses of the before the later of: (a) the General Bar Date; (b) thirty (30) days after the
ceipts presented to customers at the point of sale at parties. entry of an order by the Court authorizing such rejection; or (c) such other
dictate the hiring of some career government lawyers. Fine says it is its stores, in violation of FACTA, as specifically set /s/The Honorable David S. Cercone date, if any, as the Court may fix in the order authorizing such rejection (the
time for him to pursue new professional challenges. forth in the Complaint on file and available at the United States Judge “Rejection Bar Date”).
Court at 700 Grant Street, Suite 3100, Pittsburgh, PA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, Amended Schedules Bar Date Claims. If after the General Bar
Date, the Debtors amend their Schedules to reduce the undisputed,
Indiana’s Pence considers White House bid 15219. Le Creuset of America, Inc. denies any
liability or wrongdoing. NEITHER PLAINTIFF NOR
ADDRESS ALL INQUIRIES IN THE MANNER SET
FORTH ABOVE. THE COURT AND THE CLERK
noncontingent, and liquidated amount or to change the nature or
classification of a Claim against a Debtor reflected therein to “contingent,”
The third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives says ANY CLASS MEMBER HAS SUSTAINED ANY WILL NOT ANSWER LEGAL QUESTIONS FROM “unliquidated,” “subject to adjustment,” “disputed,” or “unknown” (or
ACTUAL MONETARY INJURY AS A RESULT OF INDIVIDUAL CLAIMANTS. BY ISSUING THIS assigned a zero amount), then the affected claimant shall have thirty (30)
he’ll decide after Jan. 1 whether to run for president. Indiana Rep. THE ISSUES IN DISPUTE IN THIS LITIGATION. NOTICE, THE COURT EXPRESSES NO OPINION days from the date of service of notice thereof to file a proof of claim or
Mike Pence said Monday that he and his family will “take the next few HOWEVER, FACTA REQUIRES THAT ALL BUT AS TO THE MERITS OF ANY CLAIMS OR to amend any previously-filed proof of claim in respect of such amended
scheduled Claim (the “Amended Schedules Bar Date”).
THE LAST FIVE DIGITS OF THE CARD NUMBER DEFENSES ASSERTED IN THIS CIVIL ACTION.
months and pray about” a possible White House run. AND THE EXPIRATION DATE BE DELETED FROM PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT. Any creditor that is required to file a proof of Claim, but fails to do
so in a timely manner pursuant to the instructions herein, shall not be
Pence won a sixth congressional term this month and then an- treated as a creditor with respect to such claims for purposes of voting
nounced he would step down from his position as chairman of the upon, or receiving distributions under any plan in the Debtors’ Chapter
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Moneyline Online sales provide ray of hope
How’s the market doing today? ered, the picture is much brighter. formance of mobile websites for the
Track the major market indexes updated Thanksgiving Day business The number of people who shopped Top websites largest 15 retailers over the holiday
continuously throughout the day at
money.usatoday.com also boosts shopping outlook online on Thanksgiving through Sun-
day rose 15%, NRF says.
1. Dell
2. Williams-Sonoma
weekend was only “tolerable” when
compared with the performance of
There were no major retail website 3. QVC retail websites overall, Gomez says.
Confidence up as businesses expand By Jayne O’Donnell crashes or slowdowns reported, but 4. Best Buy “Mobile websites are reminiscent
USA TODAY problems late Sunday with Comcast’s 5. Sears of where the overall Web was 10
Confidence among U.S. consumers rose in No-
Internet service left many in the years ago, performance-wise,” says
vember to the highest level in five months and a Top mobile websites
Online shoppers flooded retail websites Monday, Northeast without Web access as Cy- Matt Poepsel, vice president of per-
gauge of business activity unexpectedly climbed, 1. QVC
taxing Web servers and stressing mobile websites. ber Monday promotions began to be formance strategies for Gomez.
signaling the recovery is taking hold heading into 2. Newegg
Sales at 500 retail websites were up about 20% posted. The outage lasted several A Gomez survey found 58% of peo-
2011. The Conference Board’s sentiment index in- 3. Dell
over Cyber Monday 2009 as of 3 p.m. ET Monday, hours starting at about 8:20 p.m., ac- ple expect mobile sites to be as good
creased to 54.1, exceeding the median forecast in a 4. Williams-Sonoma
Bloomberg News survey, figures from the New Retailing says IBMperformance of retail mon-
itors the
Coremetrics, which
sites.
cording to PCMag.com. Comcast did
not respond to requests for comment.
5. OfficeMax
Source: Compuware Gomez User
as or better than websites on their
computers. And 52% of users say they
York-based research group showed Tuesday. Gains Experience Index
That fueled hopes that Web sales would offset luke- “Internet outages are to online re- are unlikely to return to a site they
in spending that are giving retailers like Wal-Mart a
warm sales in stores over the long holiday week- tailers what the weather is to stores: had trouble accessing on their phone.
boost during the holiday-shopping season are more
end. unpredictable, uncontrollable and frustrating,” says Balancing the need for speed with using photos
likely to continue into next year as households
ShopperTrak, which monitors traffic in stores and NRF spokeswoman Ellen Davis. and graphics that sell products — but slow down
sense that job and income prospects are improving.
malls, said Monday that sales Friday through Sun- Just as twice as many consumers told NRF that sites — is a challenge for retailers, says Jason Taylor,
“The economy has weathered the soft patch and is
day were flat compared with the same period last they plan to use their smartphones to shop this a vice president at Usablenet, which powers retail
regaining some lost momentum,” said Ward Mc-
year. But the National Retail Federation said when year, retailers’ mobile websites are having their mobile sites including Macy’s and Victoria’s Secret.
Carthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies & Co. in
overall online sales and a huge uptick in sales on own problems, says Compuware’s Gomez unit, “If you go to a site and it’s very boring, that’s as un-
New York. Meanwhile, the Institute for Supply Man-
Thanksgiving Day in stores and online were consid- which reviews sites’ speed and availability. The per- satisfying as if it takes too long to load,” Taylor says.
agement-Chicago said its business barometer index
advanced to the highest since April. The gauge rose
to 62.5 in November from 60.6 in October. Figures
greater than 50 signal expansion.
Sites selling counterfeit goods targeted
The U.S. government is zeroing in on websites il-
It’s getting easier to drink and fly
legally selling counterfeit goods and copyrighted
works. Attorney General Eric Holder said law en-
forcement authorities have seized 82 domain
Airports and airlines
names of commercial websites, disrupting the sale
of counterfeit items such as sports equipment and
increase access to alcohol
illegal copies of music and software. . . . In another By Charisse Jones
matter, Holder has confirmed that the U.S. At- USA TODAY
torney’s office in the southern district of New York
is conducting a criminal investigation of Wall It’s getting easier to grab a drink at the airport and in the
Street. The FBI has searched the offices of three air.
hedge funds in New York, Connecticut and Mas- Some airports now allow liquor to be sold at dawn or
sachusetts, and mutual fund company Janus Capital around the clock. Passengers
Group said it was cooperating with an inquiry.
Lufthansa to test biofuel on passenger jet
can experience happy hour at
30,000 feet. And wine aficiona- Cover story
dos passing through airports in
Germany’s Lufthansa plans to launch the world’s Philadelphia, New York and Seattle can enjoy a tasting
first passenger flight using biofuel next year. The without leaving the termi-
carrier said an Airbus A321 on daily flights between nal.
Hamburg and Frankfurt will be powered with a The ability to enjoy a libation while flying is a
biofuel blend made from 50% vegetable oil. The long-standing perk. But the increased access
flights start in April 2011 and will continue for six and options reflect efforts by some airports to
months as part of a study on the impact of biofuels boost revenue, as well as a growing marketing
on aircraft performance. . . . Shareholders ap- savvy by airlines, which now sell everything
proved an $8.9 billion merger between British from meals to day passes to their premium lounges,
Airways and Spain’s Iberia to create Europe’s No. travel experts say.
3 airline. The airlines hope the merger will help “What’s happening is airlines are becoming better re-
counter falling demand from both business and lei- tailers of products,” says Jay Sorensen, a consultant, who
sure travelers due to the sluggish global economy. says the cocktail push by U.S. airlines began during the last
Supreme Court to hear Microsoft case year. “They’re doing things to highlight the fact that, ‘Yes,
indeed, we do sell alcohol on the airplane.’ They’re trying
The Supreme Court agreed to referee a $290 mil- to mimic what occurs on the ground in terms of consumer
lion dispute between Microsoft and a Canadian promotions.”
company about complaints that a tool used in the But some union leaders, local officials and frequent fliers
Microsoft Word program violated patent protec- fear that the increased access to alcohol raises the risk of
tions. The high court agreed to hear an appeal from more drunken travelers, particularly at a time when many
Microsoft, which wants a multimillion-dollar judg- passengers find a travel experience that involves en-
ment against it erased. Toronto-based i4i sued Mi- hanced screening and crowded planes more stressful than
crosoft in 2007, saying it owned the technology be- ever.
hind a tool used in Word. Lower courts ordered Last month, two AirTran passengers — one flying from
Microsoft to pay i4i $290 million and stop selling Los Angeles International to Atlanta Hartsfield, another
versions of Word with the infringing technology. headed to Atlanta from New Orleans — weren’t allowed to
. . . The Supreme Court won’t overturn a ruling board because they were intoxicated.
that says eBay isn’t violating Tiffany’s trademarks “It’s too early to know what the effect will be, but mak-
by selling items on its website that may be counter- ing liquor more available to passengers certainly has the
feit. The high court refused to hear Tiffany’s appeal. potential to create problems for airline workers, both in
the terminals and on the aircraft,” Frank Larkin, spokes-
From Associated Press reports man for the International Association of Machinists and
The Dollar Aerospace Workers, says of increased access to alcohol at
airports. “Their job is difficult enough without having to
Rates for trades of $1 million minimum manage unruly passengers made worse by too many
6 mos. drinks.”
New York rates Mon Fri ago Yr. ago
Australian dollar 1.0385 1.0377 1.1823 1.1029
British pound1 0.6425 0.6410 0.6914 0.6068
By Karl Gelles, USA TODAY
Please see COVER STORY next page u
Canadian dollar 1.0196 1.0199 1.0510 1.0623
Chinese yuan
Euro2
Hong Kong dollar
6.6653
0.7624
7.7664
6.6729
0.7555
7.7652
6.8353
0.8139
7.7882
6.8294
0.6687
7.7503
Tech firms work on online
programs to keep kids safe
Indian rupee 45.956 45.830 46.729 46.468
Israeli shekel 3.6820 3.6781 3.8212 3.7930
Japanese yen 84.24 84.07 90.88 86.70
Mexican peso 12.5640 12.4950 12.8670 12.9200
Norwegian krone 6.1797 6.1607 6.4977 5.6850
By Byron Acohido is,” says Richard Harrison, spokesman for
Singapore dollar 1.3216 1.3193 1.4069 1.3874
South African rand 7.1398 7.1628 7.6161 7.4145
USA TODAY (ISC)2.
South Korean won 1164.00 1154.20 1223.20 1173.70
Numerous studies show that children
Swedish krona 6.9979 7.0028 7.8496 6.9832 The technology industry is making an routinely engage in risky online behavior,
Swiss franc 1.0005 1.0030 1.1579 1.0065 intensified national push to try to keep such as befriending and sharing personal
Taiwan dollar 30.53 30.53 32.05 32.34 children safer online. data and photos with strangers.
1 – pound per dollar; 2 – euro per dollar: uMicrosoft is sponsoring a national A recent survey by anti-virus software
program called Generation Safe to provide maker AVG found mothers of young chil-
training for teachers and school officials to dren may be unwittingly exposing their
Stock market questions? Ask Matt build community networks for protecting offspring to unforeseen dangers. Some
Stock market reporter Matt Krantz’s children online. 82% of 2,200 mothers of children under
column, Ask Matt, appears weekdays uThe International Information Sys- age 2 in 10 nations had posted prenatal so-
at money.usatoday.com tems Security Certifica- nograms or baby photos on the Internet;
Technology tion Consortium — U.S. respondents led, with 92% of mothers
USA TODAY Snapshots® which refers to itself as
(ISC)2, pronounced ISC-squared — is dis-
posting. That can make kids vulnerable to
sexual predators, experts say. Photos can
patching volunteers into classrooms to be widely viewed and quickly copied, says
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uNon-profit groups StaySafeOnline.org
J.R. Smith, AVG’s chief executive officer.
And data of all types persist indefinitely
and iKeepSafe.org, which are sponsored on the Web, says Caroline Knorr, parenting
… believe by large corporations, are providing online editor at Common Sense Media, a non-
… dislike most that
most to safety tips and teaching curricula to par- profit advocacy group. “Every sort of ad-
they pay
spend more than ents and teachers. missions office, whether it be a pre-school,
money on: they uGoGoStat Parental Guidance offers a a private school or college or an employer
Cable for should: free program that allows parents to mon- is going to Google your kid and find out
home Cable for itor their offsprings’ use of a PC or iPhone. everything they can,” says Knorr.
home Smartphones, tablet PCs, Internet TVs Experts recommend that parents edu-
and even video-gaming consoles let chil- cate themselves about Internet technol-
dren access websites such as Facebook, ogies, talk to their children and proactively
YouTube and Twitter, where cyberbullies, guide them to embrace safe online behav-
sexual predators and identity thieves prey iors.
on minors ranging from infants to teen- “Too many parents use the hope sys-
Source:
WhiteFence/Kelton
agers. tem: ‘I hope my kid isn’t doing anything
Research survey “Kids really need to know the risks that inappropriate,’ ” says Ron Stevenson,
By Jae Yang and Paul Trap, USA TODAY are out there and what sensible behavior product manager for GoGoStat.
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7. USA TODAY · WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010 · 7A
Your Money
Is that charity worthy of your help?
Do some research How charities are faring
tus this year because they
missed the deadline to file an an-
before writing a check More than a third of charities said contributions increased during the first
nine months of the year, but 37% reported a decline:
nual return with the IRS. Previ-
ously, non-profits with annual Join our forum for readers to
discuss, celebrate and debate the
2007 2008 2009 2010 revenue of less than $25,000
Are your trousers still snug because you couldn’t were exempt. cars and trucks we drive at
Increased 52% 38% 23% 36% driveon.usatoday.com
resist an extra piece of pecan pie? Are your knees Stayed about the same 25% 25% 25% 26% Under the 2006 Pension Pro-
aching because you stood outside an electronics Decreased 19% 35% 51% 37% tection Act, any organization that
store for six hours on Friday so you could get a good
deal on a flat-screen TV?
Don’t know 4% 2% 1%
Source: Nonprofit Research Collaborative. The study was fielded online through a site constructed
1%
by the National Center for Charitable Statistics. A total of 2,349 charities and 163 foundations com-
fails to file an annual return for
three consecutive years will have Leaf crowned Car of
Then maybe this is a good
time to loosen your belt a
notch and plan your charita-
pleted the survey. its tax exemption revoked. On
May 17, the three-year clock ran
out for organizations that haven’t
the Year in Europe
ble giving for 2010. The
Sign up for
uSharing in filed a return since 2007. While the IRS gave non- By Chris Woodyard
need is great: Charities are the USA, profits until Oct. 15 to file, more than 265,000 or-
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.com many of those organizations didn’t file because Now the two most prominent electric cars each
mand for their services. they no longer exist. rule a continent — Chevrolet Volt in the U.S. and
That means it’s even more Once the IRS publishes an official list of charities Nissan Leaf in Europe.
important to contribute to Ken Berger, chief executive of Charity Navigator, and non-profits that have lost their tax-exempt sta- The all-electric Leaf beat out seven finalists to be
an organization that will put says the new ratings system will also consider ac- tus, donations will no longer be tax-deductible. The named 2011 European Car of the Year on Monday
By Sandra Block by a panel of 58 auto journalists representing 23
your money to good use. countability and transparency when evaluating a IRS doesn’t plan to publish the list until early next
Where to start: charity. And most significantly, he says, it will at- year, so contributions made this year will still be European countries. The award comes the same
uDo your research. The Internet has made it tempt to measure whether a charity is fulfilling its tax-deductible. month that Volt swept the Motor Trend and Auto-
easier than ever to get information about non-profit mission and making an impact on people’s lives. Still, Berger says donors should think twice about mobile magazines and Green Car Journal car of the
organizations’ finances. Unfortunately, there’s no Charity Navigator hopes to complete the overhaul supporting an organization that hasn’t complied year awards in the U.S.
consensus on the most effective way to gauge by mid-2012. with the rule — especially since all the IRS required The European jury cited the Leaf’s quietness,
whether an organization is effectively using donors’ In addition to Charity Navigator, you can research was an abbreviated, online form. Failing to fulfill practical space and features typical of a conven-
funds. charities at the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giv- that requirement “is an indicator of being asleep at tional car and said it “surprises the first-time driver
One of the best known charity watchdogs, Char- ing Alliance (www.give.org), the American Institute the switch,” he says. with the abundant torque and instantaneous re-
ity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org), plans to of Philanthropy (www.charitywatch.org) and Give- But Thomas Pollak, program director for the Ur- sponse.” The jury said that, “In spite of the lack of a
revamp its rating system, which currently relies on Well (www.givewell.org). You can also glean infor- ban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statis- large recharging network and the limited range,
financial ratios, such as the percentage of the over- mation from the charity’s website, Berger says. tics, believes donors shouldn’t abandon active non- the Leaf represents a technical and commercial bet
all budget spent on programs vs. administrative Look for evidence of widespread results, not just a profits they’ve long supported just because they that might otherwise satisfy many potential con-
costs. heartwarming story about an individual the charity may lose their tax exemption. As long as you know sumers, especially where public incentives will
Critics say such ratings penalize charities that helped, he says. the organization is doing good work, Pollak says, come to reduce the paying price.”
want to invest money to make their programs more uCheck the charity’s tax status. If you item- you should continue to support it. The Environmental Protection Agency has rated
effective. ize, you can deduct your charitable contributions — But you might want to remind the president of Leaf’s range at 73 miles before it needs a recharge.
Donors who focus solely on a charity’s overhead but only if the charity is tax-exempt. IRS Publication your PTA or Little League of the filing requirement. The Leaf narrowly beat the Alfa Romeo Giulietta
costs may overlook some worthwhile organiza- 78, available at www.irs.gov, provides a list of char- You can find a list of non-profits at risk of losing and the Opel/Vauxhall Meriva. Other finalists in-
tions, says Bill Strathmann, chief executive of Net- ities and non-profits that are eligible for tax-de- their tax-exempt status at www.irs.gov. cluded the Citroën C3/DS3, the Dacia Duster, Ford
work for Good, an online giving site. “They may be ductible contributions. C-Max/Grand C-Max, and the Volvo S60/V60.
paying really talented people and getting a good re- This year, though, there’s a new wrinkle. Thou- To suggest columns, e-mail: sblock@usatoday.com. Leaf European deliveries begin early next year in
sult.” sands of small non-profits lost their tax-exempt sta- Follow on Twitter: ww.twitter.com/sandyblock Portugal, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the
Netherlands. The Volt was not in the running. GM
has said Ampera, a version from its Opel/Vauxhall
Alcohol sales
unit, may be in Europe by the end of 2011.
But U.S. deliveries of the $33,800 Leaf and
$41,000 Volt begin next month — just in time for
add to profits,
the biggest showdown of all between the two for
2011 North American Car of the Year honors, to be
presented at the Detroit auto show in January.
and to tipsy Honda CR-V, Kia Optima in safety probes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
passengers
tion has opened preliminary investigations into
electrical issues in the 2006 Honda CR-V and shift-
ing issues in the 2007 Kia Optima.
The CR-V probe, covering 150,000 vehicles,
Continued from 6A comes after three owners complained of fires in
the driver’s door from the power window switch.
Among new options for drinking or buying li- The Kia probe covering 41,000 vehicles follows
quor: three complaints that a shift cable in the automatic
uChicago’s city council passed ordinances in transmission could detach from the shifter, pre-
July allowing bars at O’Hare and Midway airports to venting it from working properly. One owner said
serve customers around the clock. the car rolled away after it was parked.
uPortland International’s venues Such investigations can lead to recalls.
Cover and shops have been able to sell
cocktails and bottled alcohol as early Corrections & Clarifications
story as 5 a.m. since July 2009, after the air-
port received special permission Having a drink in Music City: Travelers visit Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge at Nashville International Airport.
Metropolitan Nashville Airport
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from the Oregon Liquor Control Com- indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the newspaper.
mission for sellers to open earlier. “We are only in airports, because we think Access to alcohol, he says, “is a convenience that
uLas Vegas’ McCarran International will have a there’s such an opportunity in the airport space,” should not be taken away for those with delays . . . Securities attorney Dan Hurson of Daniel J. Hur-
liquor store in its baggage claim area, expected to says Tomlinson, whose company opened its first but with that comes the need for airlines to strictly son Law Offices was misquoted in a story Monday
open for business in the spring of 2011. store in 2005 and now has 14 stores in 10 airports police who they are letting on flights. I have been about Wall Street investigations of insider trading.
uAmerican Airlines is offering an in-flight “hap- across the U.S., including Philadelphia, New York, on flights with intoxicated passengers. At that He was referring to the U.S. Attorney for New York
py hour” for December on certain flights. Pas- Seattle and Sacramento. “Most passengers find point, it turns from convenience into a nightmare.” in the comment, “They play hardball.”
sengers can purchase wine, beer or cocktails for $5 themselves with at least a half hour or more to
on trips that take off between 5 and 6 p.m. spare after they get through security, and they’re
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Showcase
apple juice, a splash of orange juice, a squeeze of Airlines say their varied drink offerings are to sat-
lime and vodka. For a limited time this summer, it isfy the requests of passengers, make the travel ex- National Auctioneers Association
offered free wine in its economy plus section. perience more enjoyable and entice fliers to try
Alcohol can bring healthy profits to some airport other amenities, such as more premium seating.
retailers who pay airports based on their sales, says United’s offering of complimentary wine, for in-
Pauline Armbrust, CEO of the magazine Airport stance, “was in part a test to see what would get
Revenue News. people interested in economy plus,” a more premi-
“Alcohol has always played a key role (for) . . . um section of the cabin, says Rahsaan Johnson, a
concessionaires to profit and to pay healthy rents to United Airlines spokesman.
the airport,” she says, adding that food and bever- American began offering complimentary alco-
age sales for the 50 best-performing airports in holic and non-alcoholic drinks in its domestic Ad-
North America were slightly more than $3 billion in mirals Club lounges on Oct. 1, and passengers who
2009. purchase a day pass can also partake.
In addition to allowing establishments in Chi- “Our customers asked for it,” says American Air-
cago’s O’Hare and Midway airports that sell alcohol lines’ Stacey Frantz. Separately, the happy hour be-
to remain open 24 hours a day, there are licenses ing offered on some December flights is a way to
available for up to 17 stationary carts or kiosks to thank fliers and bring “a fun element onboard dur-
sell beer and wine through the day and night, says ing the peak holiday travel season.”
Karen Pride, spokeswoman for the Chicago Depart- For many airlines, now charging for everything
ment of Aviation. from meals to Internet access, alcoholic beverages
The changes at O’Hare are projected to bring in are a tried-and-true way to bring in cash.
an additional $500,000 to $1 million, and at Mid- “It’s a high-margin, non-perishable item, and
way, between $150,000 and $200,000, Pride says. that makes it very attractive,” Sorensen says. “Plus,
Currently, alcohol sales at O’Hare account for for many people, it adds a certain ambience to the
roughly $20 million a year, and roughly $8 million in-flight experience.”
in revenue at Midway.
Commissioners for Clark County, Nev., have given Too inebriated to fly?
the go-ahead for a liquor store in the Las Vegas air-
port’s baggage claim area. The shop is expected to But some worry that more drink specials and op-
generate roughly $4 million in gross sales, bringing
tions pave the way for more drunk and disorderly
the airport roughly $400,000 to $600,000 a year, passengers. On Jan. 8, a passenger on an AirTran
says Randall Walker, director of aviation for the flight from Atlanta to San Francisco who became
Clark County Department of Aviation, which oper- inebriated locked himself in the lavatory, then
ates the airport. tossed shoes down the aisle. The plane was di-
Passengers won’t be able to consume what verted to Colorado Springs — escorted by F-16s.
they’ve purchased at the airport, or in rental cars “That’s probably the worst-case scenario,” says
and buses, says Walker, who adds that the store is AirTran spokesman Chris White. But “it’s not atypi-
aimed at those who would normally buy packaged cal to have any number of passengers that have a
liquor while visiting. “We’re providing a much morelittle too much to drink.”
convenient opportunity to do that here while White echoes other airline officials who say flight
they’re waiting for their bags," he says. attendants and other personnel can use their judg-
At Portland’s airport, the 7 a.m. start time forment to stop serving apparently inebriated pas-
selling alcohol was moved up two hours after sell- sengers or prevent them from getting on a flight.
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Business Travel
Some avoid
downs to avoid them when they can.
Anne Seymour, a Washington-based crime-vic-
tim advocate who’s flown about 35 round trips this
year, is one. She says she’s taken other means of
flying to
transportation on five other trips to avoid them.
A thorough pat-down at Washington Reagan air-
port a few weeks ago “was an incredible invasion of
my privacy and private parts,” Seymour says. “All I
avoid scans,
kept thinking was how horrifying this security
measure would be for the one in four women in the
U.S. and many men who have been victims of a sex-
ual assault.”
pat-downs
Steinberg, the doctor, says he dislikes the ma-
chines because he absorbs “repetitive doses of radi-
ation,” is “offended by nude pictures being taken”
and must leave his belongings on a conveyor belt.
When faced with a body scan or a pat-down,
New security screening though, he opts for the body scan. He reluctantly
makes that choice, he says, because it “was so up-
methods draw jeers setting” to be groped by TSA agents during previous
pat-downs.
“I’ll take the radiation and risk of being robbed
By Gary Stoller over being sexually assaulted by screeners,” he
USA TODAY says.
Many of the nation’s most frequent fliers — those Some support measures if skies are ‘safer’
By Jeff Chiu, AP
who travel on business and who the airlines de-
pend on for higher-price fares — say they oppose Holiday trip prerequisite: A Transportation Security Administration officer pats down a traveler as he Consumer advocate Kate Hanni of FlyersRights
new security screening methods at airports, and works his way through security at San Francisco International Airport on Nov. 24. .org says intrusive searches such as the new pat-
some are so disturbed, they’re cutting back on air downs are ordinarily used only when a credible ter-
travel. rorist threat is received. Using them otherwise, she
“I am eliminating as many flights as I can,” says
John Steinberg, a doctor and health care consultant
Thoughts on security says, leads her to believe that the TSA has purpose-
ly made the pat-downs an unpleasant experience.
Do you approve or disapprove of full-body
who’s taken about 50 round-trip flights this year. scanning machines to screen passengers? The TSA wants “to force everyone into their scan-
Steinberg, of Randallstown, Md., says that for 10 ners, which they’ve invested lots of money in,” she
other trips, he purposely didn’t take commercial Undecided Approve (107 road warriors) says.
flights so he could avoid having to go through full- (2 road warriors) TSA spokesman Nicholas Kimball says “it’s not
body scanning machines or more intrusive pat- 1.1% 59.1% true” that the agency is using the pat-downs so
downs. passengers will opt for the scanning machines in
Other members of USA TODAY’s panel of Road the future.
Warriors, battle-tested travel veterans who log mil- 39.8% A terrorist threat using non-metallic explosive
lions of miles a year on business trips and volun- materials exists, and the pat-downs and body-
tarily provide information to USA TODAY, view the scanning machines are used to prevent such an at-
Disapprove (72 road warriors)
new, controversial screening techniques similarly. tack, Kimball says.
Fifty-eight percent of 181 Road Warriors who re- Not every Road Warrior is opposed to the new
sponded to a survey say they disapprove of the Do you approve or disapprove of thorough screening measures. Many say the inconvenience is
pat downs to search passengers?
thorough pat-downs which often touch breasts, worth it to fly safely.
buttocks and genital areas. About 40% disapprove of Approve Rich Szulewski of Germantown, Tenn., is one of
(76 road warriors) 42%
the full-body machines. those. He says pat-downs are “a necessary precau-
Their response is similar to the findings of a USA Disapprove tion to keep those of us who fly as safe as possible.”
(105 road warriors) 58%
TODAY/Gallup Poll released last week in which 57% Szulewski, who works in the medical device in-
of adults who flew two or more times in the past Source: USA TODAY By Veronica Salazar, USA TODAY
dustry and has flown about 65 round-trip flights
year were bothered or angry about the pat-downs. this year, says he approves the use of the full-body
The same percentage said they weren’t bothered scanning machines.
by the machines, though 42% said they were both- lines worldwide. “In fact, I disapprove of those who disapprove of
ered or angry about them. So far, there’s no telling what effect the screening full-body scans,” he says. “If it keeps our skies safer,
methods are having on air travel or whether they’ll I am all for it.”
‘Hassle’ concerns some in industry affect bookings down the line, says David Castelve- Peter Juhren of Salem, Ore., also supports both
ter, vice president of the Air Transport Association, a screening methods. He says thorough pat-downs
By Jeff Swensen, Getty Images
Unlike many Americans who fly rarely and trade group representing major U.S. airlines. have been used for years in other countries and
helped stir an uproar about the screening tech- Checked: A traveler gets a body scan before her The Transportation Security Administration says “should not be viewed as a personal assault.”
niques before the Thanksgiving holiday, Road War- flight at Pittsburgh International on Nov. 24. less than 3% of fliers undergo the pat-down, which New technology such as the full-body scanners
riors often fly twice a week or more and have been passengers can choose instead of the machines. must be used to ensure the safety of fliers, says Juh-
through the machines, of which there are now 385 cerned that their dissatisfaction with the screening About 1,000 scanning machines will be at airports ren, who works in the construction equipment in-
at 68 airports, or undergone the pat-downs, which can affect airlines. by the end of next year. The TSA says the devices dustry and has flown on about 60 round-trip flights
began Oct. 29. “During a time of fragile economic recovery, we can effectively detect weapons and explosives, but this year.
Their repeat business and the high-price tickets are certainly concerned that the return of the air- they’ve been criticized for exposing passengers to a “Terrorists are finding new ways to bypass secu-
they frequently purchase in premium class or at the port security hassle factor may make some pas- small dose of radiation and allowing screeners to rity, and we need to be diligent in staying ahead,” he
last moment are vital to an airline industry re- sengers think twice about buying a ticket,” says see nude images of their bodies. says. “I believe that if you are not for the most up-
bounding from a recession and expected to be Steve Lott, a spokesman for the International Air Many USA TODAY Road Warriors say they’ve ex- to-date security measures and screening methods
profitable this year. Some in the industry are con- Transport Association, which represents 230 air- perienced enough of the machines and the pat- available, take the train or drive instead.”
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Today’s debate: Nuclear weapons
Stop playing politics and ratify By Mike Keefe, The Denver Post, for USA TODAY
the New START arms treaty Letters
As the 111th Congress grumbles through its final Sen. Jon Kyl, the Senate’s No. 2 GOP leader and a key
weeks, divided over nearly everything and achieving figure on nuclear issues, said the treaty will have to
nearly nothing, you’d think its members might seize wait until next year because the Senate agenda is
Boomers cope with worries
an opportunity to show exasperated voters that they crowded. Other Republicans followed, and now the
can actually govern, not just wrangle for political ad- likeliest result is defeat or delay. At today’s post-
about long-term care
vantage. But you would be wrong. election summit with Kyl and other congressional
For evidence, look no further than the Senate’s leaders, Obama is expected to make a last-ditch pitch USA TODAY’s article correctly identified long-
looming failure to ratify the New START treaty with for ratification this year, before a new Senate with term care insurance as a major financial and
Russia. more potential opponents arrives. emotional concern for Baby Boomers. However,
The Strategic Arms Reduction To address Kyl’s longstanding it relied too heavily upon insurance agents and
Treaty would eliminate about concern that the nuclear arsenal their trade association for an explanation of plan
1,000 nuclear weapons, a concept Shrinking stockpiles needs to be modernized, Obama
features (“Long-term care worries Boomers,”
Cover story, Money, Nov. 22).
that is utterly non-controversial The U.S. and Russia each had more offered $80 billion, and recently
than 10,000 deployed strategic war- Missing from the piece was the protection af-
sweetened the offer, but so far Kyl forded to people who are insured through cov-
heads before treaties began reducing
won’t take yes for an answer.
.
OUR VIEW their arsenals to these limits. erage that is generally “guaranteed renewable.”
6,000 A few other Republicans are This means that even those companies that
Kyl’s qualms put years trotting out issues addressed have stopped selling the coverage are required
months ago. They question the to maintain coverage for existing customers as
of progress at risk 1,700-
2,200 treaty’s verification scheme. Nev- long as premiums continued to be paid. The fo-
1,550
er mind that there has been no cus here needs to be on state regulators and the
because no one thinks the weap- formal verification system since National Association of Insurance Commission-
ons are needed. Each side would START Moscow New START the last treaty expired a year ago. ers’ oversight of premium rate increases.
still be allowed 1,550 warheads 1991 2002 (pending) They worry that the treaty might Also missing was any discussion of meaning-
Sources: Senate Foreign Relations
and 700 launchers — a 30% drop Committee, USA TODAY research pre-empt U.S. decisions on missile ful benefits such as non-forfeiture protection.
By Joe Brier for USA TODAY
that would leave enough weapons By Suzy Parker, USA TODAY defense. Never mind that differ- This feature provides people with long-term
to annihilate the other several ences with Russia on missile de- care insurance protection even if coverage Generations United staffers: From left, Shel-
times over. The treaty would restore verification pro- fense appear to be narrowing, or that either side can lapses due to non-payment. More costly — yes ton Roulhac, 31, Donna Butts, 55, Halina Man-
cedures, which lapsed last year. And it would advance drop out of the treaty. And they fret over whether the — but it’s a way to protect and maintain cov- no, 24, and Thomas Taylor, 84.
erage if, after premiums have been paid for 20
the “reset” of relations with Russia, which is showing Russians will have to cut less than the U.S. Never mind
to 30 years, the insurer seeks unacceptable rate are beginning to turn 65.
promise on a number of fronts, from containing Iran to that both sides want fewer weapons for reasons of cost hikes. I am a member of Generation X — the ones
missile defense. and safety, and that this treaty could lead to another Paul Rapo who are always forgotten. I could probably
Every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has en- on shorter-range weapons, of which Russia has more. Middle Haddam, Conn. write a book about the Baby Boomers with ev-
dorsed New START. So have former secretaries of State Democrats say all this shows that the Republicans erything that has been written and reported
from all recent administrations of both parties. simply want to deny Obama a foreign policy victory, An obnoxious generation about them, and shoved down our collective
President Obama signed the treaty in April, leaving which, if true, would be shameful. throats for the past 20 years or so. What is there
a more-than-ample eight months for the Senate to We’d rather believe, or at least hope, that Kyl means Are we tired of the Baby Boomers? (“Tired of to know about the Baby Boomers that the
fully vet its provisions and vote on ratification. Its For- what he says: He just wants to work out the details. He the Baby Boomers,” Cover story, Life, Nov. 18.) world doesn’t already know? Seriously.
eign Relations Committee did just that, approving the knows the issues, and he has not said that he opposes If you’re referring to the Boomer babies, Has anyone realized that my generation is en-
treaty in September on a bipartisan 14-4 vote. the treaty. But delay still equals failure, specifically fail- those weepy, whiny, long-faced malcontents tering its 40s and moving into different life cy-
It almost looked as if Washington had regained the ure by Kyl to address his concerns in a timely, efficient who complain about everything, were the first cles and situations also? Wouldn’t it be nice to
belief that partisan division must end where relations fashion. It would be a sorry moment if so much pro- to discover sex and behave as if they were see how my fellow “slackers” are doing at mid-
with the rest of the world begin. gress is lost because one senator couldn’t get his members of the only generation to go to war, dle age, and how many of us have proved that
Then, two weeks ago, it all fell apart. homework done on time. then no, actually, we are not tired of them. we’re doing a pretty fine job of being respon-
Many of us tuned them out back in the ’60s sible and productive adults?
‘Dangerously one-sided’
when they became obnoxious. Sure, we might not be as large a group as the
Roy Dehn Baby Boomers who come before us, or the Mil-
Lisle, Ill. lenials who came after, but don’t you think that
we deserve some attention, too? We are the
By Kit Bond defense decisions. Already, Moscow has declared its Don’t forget about Gen X new “sandwich generation.”
right to withdraw from the treaty should the U.S. need But I guess asking USA TODAY to notice my
This month, the world was reminded of the still- to expand our missile defenses, giving Russia a lever to Thank you so much, USA TODAY, for in- generation, its struggles and accomplishments,
present threat from rogue nations when North Korea use against our right to defend ourselves against ballis- forming the world yet again about everything is asking too much.
tic missile attack. that the Baby Boomer generation has gone Greta Jordan-Whitworth
unveiled a vast new nuclear weapons plant, followed
Adding insult to injury, due to the treaty’s dismally through, and are going through, now that they Phoenix
just days later by its deadly attack on South Korea. Last
.
month, Iran celebrated weak verification procedures, the U.S. will lack any re-
OPPOSING VIEW progress at its first nu- liable means of verifying Russian compliance with its
clear power plant re- warhead limit. Given Moscow’s poor history of com-
Go back to the actor, putting it within pliance with arms treaties, having no means to detect
drawing board months of operation. Russian cheating is unacceptable. The publicly known If the injured player is lost for the season, the
Despite the ever-
growing threat from rogue regimes such as Iran and
information that the treaty does not allow for ade-
quate verification is disturbing enough — but the clas-
Bristol Palin’s example player who caused it should also sit out the rest
of the season and forfeit money for each game.
North Korea, the Obama administration is attempting sified details are even more chilling. I have repeatedly glamorizes teen moms It is only when players see that their liveli-
to strong-arm the Senate into ratifying a treaty that urged my colleagues to review this classified intelli- hoods are attached to the well-being of fellow
How appropriate that USA TODAY’s story on
could weaken our nation’s ability to defend itself. gence before voting for this flawed treaty. the MTV series about teen mothers was pub- players that change will take place in the NFL.
While the White House, accompanied by Russia’s The administration would have the Senate ignore lished on the same day that the finale of Danc- David C. Wagner
own public relations campaign, has attempted to sell these dangerous flaws, arguing that any treaty that al- ing With the Stars aired, for no one has done River Falls, Wis.
the New START treaty as a first step to global non- lows inspections is better than none. This weak and more to glamorize teen motherhood than Bris-
proliferation, the agreement is dangerously one-sided.
The New START treaty actually requires unilateral cuts
risky argument only demonstrates the need to hit the
reset button on New START. The administration needs
tol Palin has (“16, pregnant — and famous,”
Cover story, Life, Nov. 23).
Support for Ariz. law
to our arsenal, while allowing the Russians to increase to go back to the drawing board and negotiate a treaty If Bristol Palin had not become a teen mother, I read USA TODAY’s article that reported Ari-
their own missiles, bombers and warheads. that puts first America’s national security. she would have been treated as just another zona has lost more than $250 million from eco-
While this one-sided reduction to our own strategic one of Sarah Palin’s children. Instead, she be- nomic boycotts caused by its tough immigra-
Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., is vice chairman of the Senate came an ambassador for teen abstinence, and tion law (“Ariz. feels negative ‘ripple effect’ over
forces should be enough of a reason to oppose New
Intelligence Committee. (Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., declined to then was awarded her starring role as an ama- border law,” News, Nov. 19).
START, the flaws don’t end there. However, the piece failed to mention those
teur dancer. All with the enthusiastic support of
This treaty also gives Russia a “vote” on our missile provide an opposing view.) people who “buy-cotted” Arizona. For example,
many Tea Partiers and some on the religious
right, who likely would have been aghast if Vice I decided to let my son go to Arizona State Uni-
President Biden would have had a teenage versity, along with buying a house there, be-
daughter who was an unmarried mother. cause of Arizona’s immigration law. And I will
The terror suspect next door Gordon Engel
Green Bay, Wis.
personally support any other state that does the
same thing. What part of the word illegal do
people not understand?
The plot to bomb a crowded Christmas tree lighting was arraigned Monday, was arrested after authorities Dave Lane
ceremony in Portland, Ore., underscores some of the said he tried to remotely detonate what he thought Make NFL games safer Donahue, Iowa
truths about terrorism that often pass with too little were explosives in a van parked near the lighting cere- As someone who has coached high school
notice. It’s not always the work of far-off enemies. A mony. It was an inert device, part of an elaborate FBI
terrorist can be the college student next door. It’s not sting. Authorities had been tracking Mohamud, a nat-
football, I believe the following plan would save
football and increase the popularity of the game
Be tolerant of diversity
confined to the nation’s iconic cities. Plots uralized U.S. citizen, since at least August (“Only we can save the NFL from itself,” The Fo- While Gary Bauer, president of American Val-
have been broken up in Columbus, Ohio, 2009, when he communicated with a man rum, Nov. 23). ues, is certainly entitled to his opinions on social
Springfield, Ill., and now Portland. Most overseas described as a terrorist recruiter. uMove the defensive line a yard off the ball. issues as expressed in the Forum piece “Elec-
important, it’s not beyond the ability of law Since 9/11, terrorists have tried to attack This would lessen the blow tion was about more than just the economy,” he
enforcement to infiltrate such plots. the U.S. at the rate of about once every five linemen on both sides suf- should not make the mistake of trying to im-
Thanksgiving has passed, but for this the months, and a long list of plots have failed. fer, and it would not allow a pose all his conservative values on the many
nation should be thankful. That’s the result of inept plotters, good po- lineman to launch right into Americans who disagree with him (Nov. 17).
the opposing player. America is a great nation because we have
Twice in the past year, tragedy was lice work and increased public vigilance.
avoided more through good luck than The threat from al-Qaeda and other foes uWhat passes for tack- great diversity of ideas, and people have a wide
ling in the NFL today would range of political opinions. In his commentary,
good intelligence work. Last Christmas, air- has not disappeared. If anything, it has Bauer commends the ousting of three Iowa
be considered spearing at
line passengers stopped the “underwear AP morphed and now comes largely from self- the high school level. Using judges who “foisted gay marriage on the state
bomber” in the act of trying to blow up a Mohamud radicalized individuals in our midst. Who the crown of your helmet to deliver a blow is last year.” This is a deeply troubling sign for our
Detroit-bound plane after he slipped would have suspected that Mohamud — spearing, which is a 15-yard personal foul and democracy because it shows that the careers of
through embarrassing gaps in U.S. security. Similarly, an Oregon State University student, a fan of the Port- automatic first down. If the NFL referees called judges who do their best to follow the law and
in May, street vendors spotted smoke coming out of a land Trail Blazers and hip-hop — allegedly wanted to spearing enough times, then coaches would provide equal rights to citizens are in jeopardy.
car in New York’s crowded Times Square and alerted blow up families attending a festive holiday event? start drilling the players to use proper methods. We should have a legal system in which the
police. In our open society, someday a plot will succeed. uIf a player caused an injury via helmet-to- courts can exercise judicial independence.
On Friday, things went more as Americans hope That is not a reason to be frightened. It is a reason to helmet contact, the offender should sit out the Daniel Lippman
they would. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, who avoid complacency. same number of games the injured player does. Great Barrington, Mass.
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The Forum
Create jobs by bringing in immigrants
The U.S. should grease the skids to give foreign entrepreneurs (i.e. job creators) access to the American dream of business
By Katrina Trinko tions can launch new companies up technology or engineering companies many would-be immigrants’ home
or revitalize established busi- had at least one immigrant founder. (At countries has resulted in a sharp decline
ark your calendars: In about nesses, generating jobs for all. the front end of the Internet boom in of those seeking H-1B visas. That trend —
M 1,500 days, normal life re-
turns. In around 48 months Expand the visa process
of mortgage payments and
credit card bills, of buying groceries and But the current U.S. immigra-
gas, economic prosperity is scheduled to tion policy doesn’t recognize the
1995, Jerry Yang, who was born in Tai-
wan, co-founded tech giant Yahoo.)
Those companies produced 450,000
jobs in the U.S. over the decade, accord-
ing to a 2007 paper written by Duke Uni-
what Wadhwa calls a “brain drain” — is
unfortunate because it deprives the U.S.
of the chance to the reap the economic
rewards that the innovations and skills of
these talented workers could bring.
make a comeback. potential these new entrepre- versity professor Vivek Wadhwa. To put Nor does research suggest that H-1B
An August prediction by the Congres- neurs have for invigorating our that number into context, last year’s visa holders are snatching jobs that
sional Budget Office estimates that by stalled economy. Strict caps on $814 billion stimulus is estimated by a would otherwise go to Americans. A
the end of 2014, the unemployment rate the number of immigrants al- November White House report to have 2008 study from NFAP found that for ev-
will finally decrease to 5%, the regular lowed per year, and numerous created or saved 2.7 million-3.7 million ery immigrant hired by a technology
rate in a healthy economy. While various laws and rules, legal tape and jobs. High-skilled immigrants might not company, five Americans were also
factors could make that estimate hooey, fees, ensure that for many top that number, but whatever jobs they hired. That correlation indicates that
it remains a reasonable — and terrifying would-be immigrants, starting a do create don’t cost taxpayers a dime. there’s no need to assume Americans
— prediction based on the information life in the USA is about as easy as And odds are, foreign entrepreneurs lose when internationals are hired.
currently available. it is for an American to find a could help tens of thousands of Ameri- As Americans have painfully learned
Lingering for four more years in an era non-texting teen. What we need cans re-enter the working world. En- in recent years, there’s no guaranteed
where a reality show titled The Fairy Job- to do is gradually change our im- trepreneur and start-up visa promoter amount of jobs. The upside to that, how-
mother has a built-in audience should be migration policy, beginning with Brad Feld figures the visas could create ever, is there’s no limit on how many
unacceptable. With unemployment establishing visas targeted at en- 5,000 to 25,000 jobs annually, while the jobs could be created if there’s technol-
hovering around the 10% mark for a trepreneurs interested in launch- National Foundation for American Policy ogy and creativity fueling new inven-
year-and-a-half now, 8 million jobs lost ing start-up companies. (NFAP), a public policy think tank, esti- tions and products.
since the recession’s start, and no imme- Currently, a foreign entrepre- mates that up to 100,000 jobs could be In these dismal times, why wouldn’t
diate prospect of the economy produc- neur who invests at least $1 mil- created over three years if 10,000 start- we want to do some insourcing, harvest-
ing the 200,000 jobs a month necessary lion in opening a new U.S. busi- up visas were issued per year. ing the potential that the world’s bright-
By Suzy Parker, USA TODAY
to launch the country back to economic ness that will employ 10 or more est and most talented could bring to U.S.
health, it’s time to fight for any and all people receives an EB-5 (or em- H-1B ‘brain drain’ companies? Ultimately, the best way to
jobs. ployment-based) visa. A bill sponsored companies have been launched with an restore the American dream to the mil-
That’s why it’s essential that the U.S. by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Rich- average of $31,000 and that some start- In addition to start-up visas, the U.S. lions of Americans unemployed or un-
attracts and retains international talent. ard Lugar, R-Ind., would change that. In- ups initially employ fewer than five should make H-1B visas easier for high- deremployed might just be to open the
Harnessing the creative brainpower of stead, foreign entrepreneurs with at workers. Regardless, it’s crucial to make skilled workers to obtain. With these vi- country and share that dream with im-
the best scientists, mathematicians and least $250,000 in financial backing from these visas easily accessible. sas requiring filing fees up to $6,000 and migrants all over the world.
technology whizzes currently living a U.S. investor and the intention of hiring That’s because high-skilled immi- allowing workers to stay a maximum of
across the globe could help the nation’s five or more employees would receive a grants have a proven record of generat- six years, it’s no wonder that the combi- Katrina Trinko is a freelance writer and
economy soar back to prosperity. High- two-year visa. Those specific parame- ing jobs. nation of the recent recession and the former editorial page intern at USA TO-
skilled immigrants’ ideas and innova- ters aren’t ideal: Critics point out that From 1995 to 2005, a quarter of start- expanded economic opportunities in DAY.
In foreign policy circles, doom-n-gloom for sale
By Lionel Beehner and Nuno P. Monteiro The problem with all these gloomy the Soviet Union imploded? If foreign- do, you’ll become a Henry Kissinger-like ally. In so doing, we allow the most
prognoses is they’re most likely wrong. affairs specialists were weathermen, soothsayer. In practice, it is hard to find a alarmist views to crowd out more pru-
Look at those storm clouds gathering. Before last summer’s election they’d be out of a job. And foreign-policy commentator who was dent voices. Visions of gloom raise the
After the Sudanese take to the polls in in Lebanon, we were told a yet, over the past few dec- discredited as a result of being wrong. political temperature and whip the pub-
January, many analysts predict renewed Hezbollah defeat would trig- ades, a cottage industry of Finally, there are those who willingly lic into a frenzy (on, say, Iranian nukes),
civil war and genocide. Once a United ger a political conflict. In fact, doomsday Svengalis has or naively are the pawns of interests that which in turn leads to blunders like the
Nations tribunal indicts those behind Hezbollah lost and barely found a receptive news benefit from hyping bad news. Fear war in Iraq (remember those smoking-
former Lebanese prime minister Rafik raised a peep. The year be- media audience. Why? helps advance expansionist foreign pol- gun-as-mushroom-cloud metaphors?).
Hariri’s assassination, we’re told, the fore, a number of Balkan ex- Doom-and-gloom makes icy agendas and the military-industrial Nowadays, it seems every analyst is
country will descend into chaos. If perts thought Bosnia was “on for good copy. Predicting sta- complex against which Dwight Eisen- angling to become the Nouriel Roubini —
Greece, Ireland and Portugal start paying the brink.” Instead, Bosnia re- bility in Sudan, a reasoned hower warned over half a century ago. aka Doctor Doom — of foreign policy and
higher interest rates, the euro will un- mains mostly the same: tense, but man- 10% drop in the euro, or normal relations Sure, some forecasts turn out to be reap the fame and fortune that come
ravel and the European Union will col- ageable. Year after year, we’re told Iran is with a nuclear Iran is a snoozer. Or con- right. Some, such as early warnings of a with the soapbox. Perhaps the profes-
lapse. And the latest release of secret one year away from acquiring nukes — sider a recent Atlantic cover headline: cholera outbreak in Haiti, should even be sion needs a Hippocratic oath of sorts. In
diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks? It sig- but then nothing happens. “Israel Is Getting Ready to Bomb Iran.” commended. But for each right, useful foreign affairs, as in medicine, the first
nals “nothing short of a political melt- Glum forecasting is not, of course, a Somehow, “Israel Will Take A Cautionary prediction, we have many more wrong, rule should be to “do no harm.”
down for U.S. foreign policy,” according new phenomenon. In the ’80s, predic- Carrot-and-Sticks Approach to Iran” harmful ones. Too often, forecasting
to Der Spiegel. tions that Japan would overtake the U.S. seems less sexy. mayhem abroad benefits the prognosti- Lionel Beehner is a member of USA TO-
Indeed, much of foreign-policy pun- were legion — until the Japanese econo- Then there is pundit accountability. If cator at the expense of the public. DAY’s Board of Contributors. Nuno P.
ditry these days has one underlying my tanked. And remember the wide- your worst predictions don’t pan out, It seems we take the maxim “if you Monteiro is an assistant professor of politi-
message: Disaster is upon us. spread fear of loose nukes for sale after nobody will likely remember. But if they want peace, prepare for war” too liter- cal science at Yale.
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13. World Cup
decision
The men’s World
Cup hosts for 2018
and 2022 will be
decided Thursday,
and the USA is in
the running for the
2022 soccer event.
A closer look at the
By Rich Schultz, AP
U.S. bid, 2B
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Home soil: Jozy Altidore of the USA, which hosted in ’94.
Sportsline Johnson, Finnegan fined for on-field fight
By Sean Leahy uWith Gore injured, Westbrook powers 49ers past Cardinals, 4B
Basketball/NBA m3, 7B USA TODAY uDecember determines home field, Three and Out; Who is Cortland Finnegan? 4B
Okla. City 95, New Orleans 89 Miami 105, Washington 94
Dallas 101, Houston 91 Utah 109, Milwaukee 88
NFL rivals Andre Johnson and Cort- over and done with.” Titans coach Jeff Fisher defended
Men’s top 25 m6B land Finnegan will be a little lighter in Johnson landed several blows to Finnegan, saying the fifth-year cor-
4-Kan. State 85, Emporia State 61Virginia 87, 17-Minnesota 79
the wallet, but at least they’ll be able Finnegan’s head, and each player nerback did not throw a punch.
13-Baylor 90, Prairie View A&M 45
to earn their next paychecks. wrestled the helmet off the other. The “He tried to reach to get the face
Women’s top 25 m6B The pair avoided suspension Mon- fight drew players onto the field from mask, but in my opinion he didn’t
24-St. John’s 55, St. Bonaventure 44 day, but the league fined Johnson, the both benches in a scene that looked throw a punch,” Fisher said in his
Football/NFL m4B Houston Texans’ star wide receiver, like a brawl. Monday news conference.
San Francisco 27, Arizona 6 and Finnegan, the Tennessee Titans Johnson, whose Texans (5-6) travel Fisher, speaking before the fines
cornerback, $25,000 each for their to face the Philadelphia Eagles on were announced, said he didn’t think
Hockey/NHL m
Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Dallas 4, Carolina 1
fight during Sunday’s game. Thursday, and Finnegan, whose Titans Finnegan should be suspended.
Edmonton 4, Ottawa 1 Calgary 3, Minnesota 0 Johnson apologized after the Tex- (5-6) host the Jacksonville Jaguars on The two have tussled before. John-
Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 0 ans’ 20-0 win against the Titans, dur- Sunday, are eligible to play this week. son was fined $7,500 last season for
ing which both players were ejected. The (Nashville) Tennessean report- taking Finnegan to the ground by the
“What happened out there today ed that it was the fourth fine this sea- face mask.
TCU going to the Big East Conference was not me,” Johnson said. “I just lost By David J. Phillip, AP
son for Finnegan, whose season total Johnson and Finnegan will meet
TCU is getting out of future debates about my cool, and I wish that I could take Play on: Cortland Finnegan, left, and increased to $45,000 after the latest again when the teams play for a sec-
whether it deserves to be in a Bowl Championship back what happened, but I can’t. It’s Andre Johnson escaped suspensions. punishment. ond time Dec. 19.
Series football game. The Horned Frogs are joining
a league with automatic access. They won’t have to
be a BCS buster when they move to the Big East,
starting with the 2012 season. Win their new
league, and they will be guaranteed a spot.
uExit diminishes Mountain West, 6B
Connecticut rises in men’s hoops poll
A week after winning the Maui Invitational with
wins against then-No. 2 Michigan State and then-
Gender issues
in sport, court
No. 9 Kentucky, Connecticut made a splash in the
USA TODAY/ESPN men’s basketball poll. UConn, un-
ranked a week ago, is No. 9. Duke is a unanimous
pick for the No. 1 spot. The Blue Devils picked up all
31 first-place votes. Ohio State moved up a spot to
No. 2, followed by Pittsburgh. — Tim Gardner
uComplete poll, Huskies’ revival, 6B
Golf: Lana
Giants’ Uribe set to leave for Dodgers Lawless, a
Less than a month removed from a postseason of
Recent lawsuit, evolving policies transgender
woman, has
significant contributions, infielder Juan Uribe is set
to leave the San Francisco Giants and join the ar-
take on complex topic of sexes challenged
chrival Los Angeles Dodgers. Uribe has agreed to a the LPGA’s
three-year, $21 million contract with the Dodgers, By Douglas Robson policy that
as first reported by ESPN, leaving a void in the Gi- Special for USA TODAY George Washington basketball players must
ants’ infield. Uribe hit .248 and had a .310 on-base player Kye Allums shares his be female at
A basic tenet of modern athletics in- story of coming out as a birth.
percentage but slugged 24 homers and drove in 85 transgender athlete at
runs at third base and shortstop for much of 2010. volves separation of the sexes. Yet that
sports.usatoday.com
principle is increasingly being challenged
Eagles-Bears scores season-high rating on the court and in the court-
room.
Fox’s Philadelphia Eagles-Chicago Bears game
Earlier this month, Kye Al-
Sunday drew an 18 overnight rating, the highest of
lums, a female-to-male trans-
any NFL game this season. The game between
gender student on the wom-
teams from two of the USA’s biggest TV markets
en’s basketball team at George
and a big story line in Michael Vick drew 18% of
Washington University, public-
households in the 56 urban TV markets measured
ly discussed his decision to
for overnights. That’s up 10% from comparable cov-
compete after coming out in a
erage of a Bears-Minnesota Vikings game last sea-
story first reported at Out-
son . — Michael Hiestand
sports.com.
uBlowouts outdraw higher-ranked teams, 3B
World Cup voters accused of payoffs
Cover The junior, 21,
who once went by
Three days before the vote on the 2018 and 2022 story Kay-Kay Allums
and has not had
men’s World Cup soccer hosts, FIFA, the sport’s gender-reassign-
governing body, was hit by corruption allegations ment surgery, is the first
when three senior officials were accused of having known transgender person to
received secret payments. Executive committee compete in Division I college
members Ricardo Teixeira of Brazil, Nicolas Leoz of basketball.
Paraguay and Issa Hayatou of Cameroon were Allums’ disclosure came on
named as having allegedly received payoffs from FI- the heels of a legal challenge to
FA’s former marketing agency. The three long- the Ladies Professional Golf As-
standing members of FIFA’s ruling panel received sociation’s policy that its play-
kickbacks from marketing agency ISL from 1989 to ers be “female at birth.” Lana
1999, the BBC and Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger Lawless, a 57-year-old trans-
and Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported. The gender woman, filed a lawsuit
media outlets said they obtained a secret ISL docu- Oct. 12 claiming the rule vio-
ment listing the names and payments. ISL and its lates California civil rights law.
parent company ISMM went bust in May 2001, Both could lead to policy
leaving debts estimated at $300 million and plung- changes regarding transgender
ing FIFA into a financial crisis. The collapse triggered athletes.
one of Switzerland’s biggest criminal fraud cases. The LPGA will discuss in a
Lawless photo by
player meeting today at the
Compiled from staff and wire reports LPGA Tour Championship in Orlando Basketball: Kye Allums is a female- Ben Margot, AP;
Allums photo by
whether its female-at-birth requirement to-male transgender student on the H. Darr Beiser,
for membership should be changed to al- George Washington women’s team. USA TODAY
Allums has not had gender-reas-
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S DA James bumps Spoelstra into the spotlight
Active NHL head coaches with By Rachel Shuster but the Heat were not taking without all the help. uMore on the Heat’s
USA TODAY anything for granted. But a win was welcomed
most penalty minutes as players They hit 100 points for the in what Spoelstra said was
day, Spurs’ surge, 7B
Since LeBron James and first time in seven games, his team’s “fishbowl world.” time . . . (he and James) felt
Randy Carlyle (Ducks) 1,400 Erik Spoelstra collided during showed the passion that was James (30 points), Wade comfortable with each other
John MacLean (Devils) 1,328 a timeout in the Miami Heat’s missing in some testy en- (26) and Bosh (20) scored taking over and not worrying
Lindy Ruff (Sabres) 1,264
loss Saturday at the Dallas counters with the Wizards 20-plus for a second game in about whether we are going
Mavericks, the world of Face- and gave their embattled a row and a combined 70- to get a shot or get the ball.”
Brent Sutter (Flames) 1,054 book, Twitter and YouTube coach his 100th win, 105-94. plus for a fourth time. “We Wade, consistently Spoel-
Joel Quenneville has relentlessly attacked “I like it when we come in have to figure out how to stra’s strongest advocate,
(Blackhawks) 705 Spoelstra’s tenure as coach. with a chip on our shoulder,” complement each other on seemed to be adding to the
Scott Arniel (Blue Jackets) 599 Both men Monday said it Spoelstra said. the court,” James said. chorus of frustration sur-
Joe Sacco (Avalanche) 421 was unintentional. And after Opening at 10-8 wasn’t the The three did it by aban- rounding the team: “I’m not
they met for 30 minutes, the expectation when Heat Presi- doning the long shots (two going to say he’s my guy, but
Heat for one game proved dent Pat Riley signed James three-pointers), playing off he’s our coach. . . . Some-
they really can get along. and Chris Bosh to join more screens and having By Mike Ehrmann, Getty Images
times players and coaches get
Source: World Features Syndicate The Washington Wizards Dwyane Wade in Miami. The James post up. Said Wade: “I Seat getting hot: Coach Erik into disagreements.”
By Kevin Greer and Veronica Salazar, USA TODAY
r A A (5-11) are not the Mavericks, Heat did that last season think tonight is the second Spoelstra’s Heat are 10-8. No one is disputing that.
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Soccer
USA bidding for 2022 World Cup The competition
The U.S. bid committee projects
5 million tickets would be sold,
The USA is bidding to host the 2022 World Cup and faces competition from Qatar, Australia, Japan and South generating more than $1 billion
Korea. FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, votes Thursday in Zurich on the 2018 and 2022 hosts. in revenue. The 1994 World Cup
set an attendance record of
England, Russia, Spain-Portugal and Belgium-Netherlands are competing to host in 2018. more than 3.5 million.
Australia
Seattle Eighteen cities were submitted in the USA’s bid. Not all sites will host games if It has never hosted the World Cup
Husky Stadium FIFA selects the USA. In the 1994 World Cup, nine U.S. sites were used. The pos- but has hosted the Olympics in
(72,500) sible venues, with the estimated capacities for the World Cup: 1956 and 2000. The plan includes
Qwest Field 10 host cities, with three new sta-
(68,056) diums in Canberra, Perth and
Sydney.
Boston Japan
Gillette Stadium (73,393) The country’s bid includes 11 host
cities. Of the 13 proposed stadi-
ums, eight were used during the
2002 World Cup co-hosted with
South Korea. Japan has a high-tech
Indianapolis Philadelphia bid, promising to install 200 HD
Lucas Oil Stadium Lincoln Financial cameras to capture the play on the
Denver Kansas City Field (69,111) New York/ field and project the images in 3D
(66,500) New Jersey
Invesco Field (75,165) Arrowhead Stadium displays.
(75,364) New Meadowlands
Stadium (84,046) Qatar
The World Cup has never been
held in the Middle East. Qatar’s
Washington, D.C. Baltimore ambitious bid calls for 12 stadiums
FedEx Field (89,690) M&T Bank that will be built or upgraded at a
Phoenix/Glendale Stadium cost of $4 billion. The head of the
University of Phoenix Nashville (71,008) FIFA inspection team, Harold
Stadium (71,362) LP Field (75,000)
Mayne-Nicholls, said in September
Los Angeles that the small country (pop.
Memorial 1.6 million) faces logistical chal-
Coliseum Atlanta lenges, noting that Qatar does not
(93,607) Georgia Dome have the necessary accommoda-
(70,868) tions and transport links. Qatar fac-
Rose Bowl
(89,109) es concerns about heat that can
reach 122 degrees Fahrenheit.
San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dallas South Korea
(67,700) Cotton Bowl (89,000) South Korea co-hosted the 2002
Cowboys Stadium (91,600) Tampa World Cup with Japan. The chair-
Raymond James man of South Korea’s World Cup
Stadium (75,000) Miami bidding committee, Han Sung-joo,
Houston Sun Life Stadium has said he envisions having three
Reliant Stadium (80,240) or four games in North Korea if
(76,000) South Korea wins the bid.
Source: USA Bid Committee Reporting by Roxanna Scott; graphic by Bob Laird, USA TODAY
Gender controversy
is a ‘new frontier’
Continued from 1B woman by the International Association
of Athletics Federations in July.
low transgender membership. A consti- Male-to-female transgender athletes
tutional change requires two-thirds ap- such as Canadian cyclist Kristen Worley,
proval of the LPGA’s membership in at- who tried to qualify for the 2008 Beijing
tendance, and they could vote as early as Olympics, and Danish golfer Mianne
tonight. Bagger, who has competed on the Euro-
“I appreciate, and respect, the issues pean and Australian tours since 2004,
raised in Ms. Lawless’ lawsuit, which we also have dotted the sports landscape.
plan to discuss in detail with our play- “It really is a new frontier,” says Chris-
ers,” LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan tina Kahrl, co-founder and editor of
wrote in an e-mail. “We certainly take Baseball Prospectus, the journal devoted
the litigation seriously, and plan to re- to the sport’s sabermetric analysis. Kahrl
spond accordingly, on our own timeline.” is a transgender female.
More broadly, the “So much is tied to advances in diag-
Cover cases are forcing an in-
convenient truth on
noses,” says Kahrl, who was once known
as Chris. “It’s not just about genitalia. In By David J. Phillip, AP
story elite athletics: Gender
identity does not al-
today’s environment, we can identify Track: Caster Semenya, the 2009 world champ at 800 meters, was cleared to compete as a woman after having gender testing.
ambiguity and difference so much more
ways fit neatly into es- than in the past.” partment of Sports Management, said probably most genetic females,” says
tablished parameters. Lawless’ suit could be a precedent-set- Lawless, who carried a 1-handicap as an
Renee Richards, the male-to-female Changing rules ting case if it goes forward. adult male.
transgender who successfully sued ten- “The misconception here is that all
nis authorities in the 1970s to compete Only a handful of cases since Richards’ Questions of fairness we’re doing is putting on lipstick, make-
on the women’s professional tour, says legal battle have come to light, but the up and a dress,” says her San Francisco-
three decades later the complex issues growing awareness and understanding Away from the courtroom, organiza- based attorney, Christopher Dolan. “It’s
involving transgender people in sport re- of gender identity is compelling institu- tions are just starting to grapple with the not. You’re losing your gender.”
main largely unsettled. tions to re-examine their policies. complicated issue of gender identity. Richards, a top amateur tennis player
“It’s a conundrum,” said Richards, 76. No blanket policy exists in profession- Even before Allums came out publicly, when she had a sex change at 40, isn’t so
For better or worse, sport is predi- al sports when it comes to transgender the NCAA had planned to review its pol- sure.
cated on the idea that a level playing athletes, though several athletic bodies icies toward transgender athletes — pol- “A transsexual person, like it or not as
field exists. To that end, competitions have altered their rules in recent times icies that could affect everything from we wish, may be in a special category,”
ranging from boxing to soccer to golf are to allow transgender people to compete. individual scholarships to a team’s eligi- says Richards, who thinks a younger
divided by age, weight, skill level and, of Six years ago, the International Olym- bility to compete in the men’s or wom- transgender woman could have a dis-
course, gender. Those artificial bound- pic Committee opened the doors to en’s competitions. tinct advantage against women in sports
aries clearly are fraying, as these cases transgender athletes once they have For now, the NCAA recommends that where strength comes into play.
and others demonstrate. completed reassignment surgery and gender classification adhere to docu- “I can feel her angst at not being ac-
Spurred by changing social mores, the had at least two years of postoperative mentation such as voter registration or corded every last bit of rights and privi-
dissemination of information and ad- hormone-replacement therapy. Other driver’s license. leges that she feels she is now entitled
vanced testing, the conventional male- sports organizations such as the Wom- Allums is eligible since he has not had to,” Richards says of Lawless. “On the
to-female “binary” is blurring — and no- en’s Tennis Association followed the IOC 1976 AP photo
any hormone treatments, some of other hand, I’m not so sure I feel that she
where more provocatively than in the with similar policies. Tennis: Renee Richards sued to com- which, like testosterone, are on the is entitled to the right of competing on
segregated world of sport, where it has The LPGA stands out because of its pete on the women’s pro tour. NCAA’s banned list of substances. the LPGA with other women, although I
touched the highest echelons. female-at-birth policy, which the organi- With greater awareness of gender- think in her case, it’s probably just fine
Also, Caster Semenya, a middle-dis- zation says has been in place since the She says she is just as female as any oth- identity issues and the increasing num- because she’s 57.”
tance runner from South Africa, sparked early 1990s. The U.S. Golf Association, er competitor and has no competitive ber of transgender people competing Heather Sykes, an associate professor
a firestorm of controversy when ques- the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies advantage. and coming out at younger ages, more at the University of Toronto and expert
tions were raised about her gender after Golf Union in Britain have no such policy. The lawsuit, which also names the collegiate athletes will likely take Allums’ on transgender policies in sport, equates
she impressively won the 800 meters in Lawless, a retired police officer who LDA and two of its corporate sponsors, lead and come forward, says Helen Car- “genderism” to “sexism.” She says the
the 2009 world championships. had gender-reassignment surgery in seeks an injunction stopping the tour roll, co-author of a report released last level-playing-field argument is a distrac-
Semenya was forced to have gender 2005, gained prominence as an athlete from holding events in California as well month aimed at providing guidance to tion from those who fear transgender
testing but was cleared to compete as a when she won the women’s world as an unspecified amount in damages. schools and universities for better prac- people are somehow cheating.
championship in long-drive golf in 2008. California is one of 13 states and the tices toward transgender athletes. “It’s just an anxiety,” she says. “The
The event was canceled in 2009, and District of Columbia with laws barring When it comes to policy decisions, the gender boundaries have never been
Corrections & clarifications when it returned this year, she was discrimination on the basis of gender debate almost always revolves around clear, and sport is under an illusion that
deemed ineligible because the Long identity. fairness. they can police or contain it.”
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ing the LPGA’s female-born policy. McCoy, a civil rights attorney in San Lawless, who says she is 5-11 and who identify as androgynous or trans-
A list of Super 25 high school football Lawless wrote to the LPGA asking to Francisco who has handled many types weighs “closer to 200 than to 100” gender to those in the process of chang-
rematches in Friday’s domestic edition compete in qualifying events but was in- of discrimination cases. pounds, says the reassignment surgery ing their sex.
omitted No. 12 Hoover, Ala., which de- formed she would be turned down. Thomas Kemp, a lawyer representing and hormones mean she is “medically That’s why Kahrl doesn’t expect an
feated Mountain Brook (Birmingham) “They are violating my civil rights and the LDA, declined to comment. and legally” female, with no more of an easy solution. “We could end up with
24-3 on Oct. 22 in the regular season excluding me from something I should Ryan Rodenberg, an assistant profes- advantage than any other woman. this crazy quilt of administrative pol-
and 44-20 in the 6A playoffs Friday. be included in,” Lawless said last month. sor of sports law at Florida State’s De- “My estrogen level is higher than icies,” she says.
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Keeping Score n Webline
Newsmakers from the wide
TCU’s move world of Web and TV sports
fits in with
wacky year
Coming soon to the Big East: A pivotal clash
between those two heated conference football
rivals, Connecticut and TCU.
Huh?
That’s the future. Texas Christian University
might be 1,549 air miles
from the league offices in
Providence, but it is join-
ing the club. One day the
Horned Frogs are aligned
with San Diego State in
the Mountain West, the 1979 AP photo
next day Seton Hall in the Sky-hook: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Big East. This move might had a classic scene in Airplane.
make the cover of Nation-
al Geographic. Kareem remembers
Commentary The strange news fits
By Mike Lopresti right into a college foot-
‘Airplane’ actor Nielsen
ball season that has pro- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar paid
duced enough material for a rousing game of By Joe Mahoney, AP
tribute Monday on his blog to
“What If?” Start with near-weekly crossroad Mile-high frustration: Fans call for the firing of Josh McDaniels on Sunday during the Broncos’ 36-33 loss to the Rams. Leslie Nielsen, his fellow cast
moments that could easily have turned out member in Airplane. The comic
much differently. Throw in curves like this one, Tom Weir’s Halftime actor died Sunday at 84.
and you have a landscape that can change in less “For me, it was a real pleasure
McDaniels’ punishment too lenient
time than it takes to dot the “i” in Script Ohio. to know and work with Leslie
The beauty of college football is its turbulence. Nielsen,” Abdul-Jabbar wrote.
What if the Horned Frogs had already made “He was a consummate profes-
the move this season? Look at all of the Big East sional when the cameras were
football jokes we’d be missing. Plus, with TCU Denver Broncos coach Josh Mc- won five times in its last 21 games, so rolling. And during downtime he
holding the Big East slot, there’d be room in the Daniels got off easy, Tom Weir wrote at least there’s little indication cheat- was a notorious practical joker.
Bowl Championship Series bowls for Boise State Monday in his Halftime commentary ing has translated to Denver victories. He would often engage the casu-
or Michigan State. post in the Game On! blog: And with the 3-8 Broncos looking at al acquaintance in what seemed
What if the leading scorer in the history of the McDaniels received more punish- three consecutive road games and a to be a serious conversation
Western Athletic Conference didn’t miss a ment from the Denver boo birds Sun- season finale against the scorching- while he manipulated a whoopie
gimme putt of a field goal for Boise State to beat day than from the NFL for cheating. hot San Diego Chargers, maybe cushion, causing that person to
Nevada? The Broncos would be thinking Rose In a league where James Harrison’s the opening plays they have scripted. McDaniels will be dealt a proper pun- look around and try to figure out
Bowl, and TCU would be wondering how cold its fines have reached six figures this sea- That’s valuable stuff, and if the NFL is ishment in other ways. what exactly was going on. He
postseason was going to be. son, the $50,000 slap on McDaniels’ serious about stopping spying, it did this to me the first time I met
What if Alabama had one fewer fumble or wrist makes no sense. The filming of a needs to send a stronger message. Reader input: Tom Weir’s shout- him, when he started talking
dropped pass against Auburn? Just one. The Ti- San Francisco 49ers walk-through be- McDaniels should have been given out Monday for the user comment of about the food they served on
gers’ title dreams would be as sunken as Atlantis, fore the Oct. 31 game in London is be- at least a one-game suspension. When the day . . . the set in disparaging ways and I
with TCU likely in the national title game. ing treated as a rogue act by a videog- Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams To darko714 on LeBron James got real quiet until I noticed he
What if the California kicker had not stutter- rapher, but it happened on McDaniels’ directed obscene gestures at the Buf- bumping into Erik Spoelstra while had his hand in his pocket on the
stepped before the snap and drawn a penalty watch. Despite Bill Belichick-groomed falo Bills last season, it cost him coming off the court Saturday night: device, which made me break
that wiped out a field goal and late lead against McDaniels’ assertions that he had no $250,000. So the league thinks that’s a “If Phil Jackson were his coach, Le- out into a big grin as I figured out
Oregon? Maybe the Ducks don’t escape 15-13, ties to the New England Patriots’ Spy- far greater crime than spying? Really? Bron would get out of his way.” his antics. He kept everybody in
and they’d be taking their 50-point-a-game av- gate, these dots beg to be connected. The funny thing is Denver still lost a light mood and made the set a
erage to an undercard bowl. Typically, a walk-through is a dress to one of the league’s weakest teams Click here at lunchtime for Halftime lot of fun so that we could all
What if Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick rehearsal in which teams go through after the filming. McDaniels’ crew has gameon.usatoday.com make a great movie together.”
had not fumbled at the goal line as he tried to — Tom Weir
score against Hawaii? The 11-1 Wolf Pack, who
lost 27-21, might be unbeaten today, and anoth- 10 questions gameon.usatoday.com
er BCS dilemma.
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What if Virginia Tech, which had 21 first
downs against Boise State, had been able to get
one more when sitting on a 30-26 lead and try-
Struggling Colts losing their grip in AFC South up big bar bill for fans
The Whiskey Tango bar in
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game-clinching drive against Wisconsin? One whose record gift card at the end of the game.
stop, and the Badgers, down 27-24 but surging, streak of seven Heading into Monday’s game
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that be a fine mess for the BCS to sort out? sons with at least Whiskey Tango had poured
What if Miami had scored when it had first- 12 wins is over, $30,000 in free drinks.
and-goal at the 1 against South Florida? The Hur- face a serious “As a fan, you can’t lose,” own-
ricanes might not have lost in overtime; maybe fight for the divi- er John Todora told CNBC. “If
Randy Shannon has a job today. One yard. sion title they’ve they win, you go home happy. If
What if an Indiana pass in the final seconds to failed to win you lose, we’ve at least compen-
upset Iowa had not been dropped in the end twice since 2002. The Tennessee Titans and Houston Tex- sated you in some way.”
zone? The Hoosiers would be in a bowl, and ans, each 5-6, sit a game behind the Colts and Jaguars. Todora figures the publicity
maybe Bill Lynch has a job today, too. Colts offensive tackle Charles Johnson said the blowout By Andy Lyons, Getty Images
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What if Nebraska had come into the Big Ten loss was a bitter pill. “There haven’t been very many times Frustrated: Not much went right for Peyton Manning and “I couldn’t buy that for
one year earlier? Ohio State or Wisconsin where this has happened to us,” Johnson told The Indian- the Colts during Sunday’s 36-14 loss to the Chargers. $10,000,” Todora said.
wouldn’t be in the conference title game, let apolis Star. “We’ve done it a couple times in the past to But he does worry about los-
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How things change. Which brings us back to Three of the Colts’ final five games are against the Jag- Said Peyton Manning: “This was not our day, our night, doesn’t meet expectations.
TCU’s announcement Monday. uars and Titans (whom they’ll play twice). If they win for sure tonight on offense. We need to bounce back.” “In New York, they’ll keep
What if Congress goes after the BCS — as often those three games, they should be able to corral the divi- watching the games so they
is threatened — but the claimants have fled to sion crown. Lose, and they risk playing for a wild-card Click here for all 10 questions could boo you and get angry. It’s
the dark side? Utah is headed for the Pacific-10. berth, which could be dangerous since they would lose thehuddle.usatoday.com not that way here,” he said.
Now TCU, ready to be outraged this season if “People will jump off the band-
slighted, is off to the Big East. What next, Boise wagon as quickly as they jumped
State in the Southeastern Conference? TV ratings on it.”
By the way, the Horned Frogs change leagues — Reid Cherner
slightly less often than their oil. This will be their
fifth since 1995. Also, the 17-team Big East bas-
ketball conference will now be bigger than the Ohio State vs. Michigan is still a big draw gameon.usatoday.com
Quick question
NCAA tournament was in its first 14 years.
The world turns out there among the pom- In college football, brand names often trump Bowl Championship Series rankings. In ESPN prime time Friday, then top- uWho will win the clash of
poms, sometimes in the oddest ways. We’ll ranked Oregon’s win vs. Arizona drew a 4.6 overnight and, later, Boise State’s loss to Nevada got a 3.5, but Ohio State the 9-2 Jets and 9-2 Patriots in
be reminded of that the day Syracuse takes its blowing out Michigan midday Saturday on ABC produced a 4.8 overnight. — Michael Hiestand Week 13?
Big East hopes to Fort Worth. O Patriots ............................. 68%
Day, time Rating Day, time Rating
O Jets ..................................... 32%
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Orlando Magic (1.7 million) Roger Federer- 12:30 (308,000) in Miami with LeBron James and
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National Football League
December determines home field
Standings
American Football Conference
East W L T Pct PF PA
New England 9 2 0 .818 334 266
N.Y. Jets 9 2 0 .818 264 187
Miami 6 5 0 .545 205 225
Buffalo 2 9 0 .182 229 295
Inside a dome
South W L T Pct PF PA
Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 282 252
Jacksonville 6 5 0 .545 240 294
Houston 5 6 0 .455 264 287
Tennessee
North
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
5 6 0 .455 257
W L T Pct
8 3 0 .727 250
8 3 0 .727 254
PF
218
PA
188
181
or frigid tundra?
Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 216 229
Cincinnati 2 9 0 .182 225 288
West W L T Pct PF PA Home, Sweet Dome: A climate-con-
Kansas City
San Diego
7 4 0 .636 285
6 5 0 .545 310
231
225
trolled dome or perhaps a frigid Windy
Oakland 5 6 0 .455 255 256 City.
Denver 3 8 0 .273 250 323 December will determine whether the
National Football Conference
East W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta Falcons, an NFC-best 9-2, can finish
N.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 277 240
Philadelphia 7 4 0 .636 310 257 strong enough to earn a No. 1 playoff seed
Washington 5 6 0 .455 215 262 for the first time in franchise history.
Dallas 3 8 0 .273 256 301
South W L T Pct PF PA The Falcons edged the Green Bay Pack-
Atlanta
New Orleans
9 2 0 .818 276
8 3 0 .727 265
209
197
ers for their 15th consecutive home vic-
Tampa Bay 7 4 0 .636 219 223 tory at the raucous Georgia Dome. The lat-
Carolina 1 10 0 .091 140 276
North W L T Pct PF PA est down-to-the-wire finish improved
Chicago 8 3 0 .727 222 172 Matt Ryan’s home record to 19-1, match-
Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 269 166
Minnesota 4 7 0 .364 189 239 ing ex-Dallas Cowboy Danny White for
Detroit 2 9 0 .182 258 282 best over a quarterback’s first 20 home
West W L T Pct PF PA
St. Louis 5 6 0 .455 213 231 games during the Super Bowl era.
Seattle 5 6 0 .455 209 275 Yet the NFC North-leading Chicago
San Francisco 4 7 0 .364 187 225
Arizona 3 8 0 .273 194 319 Bears (8-3) made their own statement
Monday’s result
Week 12 against the Philadelphia Eagles. Imagine a By Ron Chenoy, US Presswire
San Francisco 27, Arizona 6 potent offense, as was the case Sunday, Big surprise: Rookie Sam Bradford and
Sunday’s results the Rams are tied for the NFC West lead.
Houston 20, Tennessee 0
Atlanta 20, Green Bay 17 Three and out
Minnesota 17, Washington 13
N.Y. Giants 24, Jacksonville 20 By Jarrett Bell
Pittsburgh 19, Buffalo 16 (OT)
Cleveland 24, Carolina 23 complementing a defense that pestered
Kansas City 42, Seattle 24
Miami 33, Oakland 17 Michael Vick and allows an NFL-low 15.6
St. Louis 36, Denver 33 points a game.
Chicago 31, Philadelphia 26
Baltimore 17, Tampa Bay 10 Soldier Field in January? That’s as at-
San Diego 36, Indianapolis 14 tractive for Atlanta as Lambeau Field.
Thursday’s results
New England 45, Detroit 24
“You want every advantage that you can
New Orleans 30, Dallas 27 get,” Falcons running back Michael Turner
N.Y. Jets 26, Cincinnati 10 says. “But that’s way down the line.”
Week 13
Thursday’s game To secure home-field advantage for Jan-
Houston at Philadelphia, 8:20 uary, the Falcons must win on the road in
Sunday’s games
San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 December. A three-game road swing be-
Denver at Kansas City, 1
Buffalo at Minnesota, 1
gins at Tampa Bay on Sunday; the next
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 home date is Dec. 27 against New Orleans.
Cleveland at Miami, 1 “We’re not going to be here for a while,”
Chicago at Detroit, 1
Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 Turner said. “We’ve got our bags packed.”
New Orleans at Cincinnati, 1 With the hopes of leaving them un-
Oakland at San Diego, 4:05
Carolina at Seattle, 4:15 packed for the playoffs.
St. Louis at Arizona, 4:15
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:15
Dallas at Indianapolis, 4:15 Wild, Weak (NFC) West: Look who’s
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:20 in first place: The St. Louis Rams.
Monday’s game
N.Y. Jets at New England, 8:30 By withstanding a Denver Broncos rally, By Timothy T. Ludwig, US Presswire
Week 14 coupled with a Seattle Seahawks loss, the Ouch: The Steelers’ James Harrison was
Dec. 9
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 8:20
Rams are tied for the NFC West lead. By John Bazemore, AP
penalized for this hit on Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Dec. 12 Sure, it’s half-empty. The Rams (5-6) Georgia Dome advantage: Third-year quarterback Matt Ryan is 19-1 at home as the
Cleveland at Buffalo, 1 aren’t even .500, have a 25th-ranked of- NFC-best Falcons try to earn a No. 1 playoff seed for the first time in franchise history. tackle, similar to one that he made against
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1
Oakland at Jacksonville, 1 fense and play in the NFL’s worst division. Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Camp-
Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 Yet it’s half-full, too. The Rams, 4-24 bell the previous week that drew a penal-
Green Bay at Detroit, 1
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 1 away from home since 2007, got their first Honor roll: Week 12 ty but didn’t result in a fine from the NFL.
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 road win in more than a year. They are one He suggests that he has become a target.
St. Louis at New Orleans, 4:05
Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 victory shy of matching the franchise’s to- Stud of the week: Dwayne Bowe. yard game and passed for three TDs. “There’s nothing wrong about the play,”
Denver at Arizona, 4:15 tal for the last three seasons. With 13 catches for 170 yards and three Comeback player of the week: Harrison said. “It’s getting to the point
New England at Chicago, 4:15
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 4:15 “This was a huge step . . . taking it to touchdowns in a rout at the Seattle Sea- Chad Henne. In his return from a bench- where the refs feel like if they don’t make
Kansas City at San Diego, 4:15 the next level,” quarterback Sam Bradford hawks, the Kansas City Chiefs wide re- ing and a knee injury suffered two the call they may be in trouble.”
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:20
Dec. 13 said of the road win. “It’s obviously some- ceiver continued to make a case for an weeks earlier, he passed for 307 yards When the NFL declared its crusade
Baltimore at Houston, 8:30 thing we’ve struggled with earlier in the all-pro season. He has had 13 of his NFL- and two TDs as the Miami Dolphins against flagrant hits in October, it threat-
year. But to finally clear that hurdle, I feel high 14 TDs in the last seven games. beat the Oakland Raiders. ened stiffer penalties — and even suspen-
like things can only get better now.” Rookie of the week: Sam Bradford. — Jarrett Bell sions — for repeat offenders. Harrison
Perhaps no player has reflected the The St. Louis Rams notched their first might qualify.
49ers 27, Cardinals 6 Rams’ progress like Bradford, the No. 1 road win of the season, vs. the Denver uFor more awards and a full recap Interestingly, the league handed out
San Francisco 14 7 3 3 — 27 pick overall. In the last six games, he has Broncos, as their quarterback, the No. 1 of Week 12, check out NFL Replay $25,000 fines, not suspensions, after the
Arizona 3 3 0 0 — 6 pick overall, notched his first NFL 300- at nfl.usatoday.com
thrown for 11 TDs with one interception. fisticuffs between Tennessee Titans cor-
First quarter
The Rams are tied for the sixth-fewest nerback Courtland Finnegan and Houston
San Francisco: 38 yd pass Troy Smith to Mi-
chael Crabtree (Shane Andrus kick), 9:35. turnovers in the NFL (13). review of James Harrison. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mo- Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson.
Drive: 1 plays, 38 yards in 0:07. 49ers 7-0. The Rams could play at co-leader Seattle This time the Pittsburgh Steelers star hamed Massaquoi and New Orleans Saints This despite Finnegan’s “repeat offend-
Arizona: 31 FG by Jay Feely, 5:56. Drive: 7
plays, 55 yards in 3:39. 49ers 7-3.
in Week 17 for the NFC West crown. But linebacker is under scrutiny for a hit on quarterback Drew Brees — again was defi- er” status and the notion that the rugged
San Francisco: 1 yd run by Anthony Dixon first things first: They continue a three- Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ant in defending his style. cornerback instigated Sunday’s skirmish,
(Shane Andrus kick), 0:29. Drive: 10 plays, 55 game road swing Sunday vs. Arizona. that drew a 15-yard personal foul. Officials ruled that Harrison was flagged which included Johnson landing three
yards in 5:27. 49ers 14-3.
Second quarter
Harrison — fined $95,000 for two cases for leading with his helmet as he hit Fitz- blows to the head as the players ripped off
San Francisco: 8 yd run by Brian Westbrook
Marked man? Another week, another in October stemming from illegal hits on patrick’s chest. Harrison said it was a clean each other’s helmet.
(Shane Andrus kick), 7:23. Drive: 6 plays, 42
Cortland Finnegan file
Westbrook, Niners
yards in 2:44. 49ers 21-3.
Arizona: 39 FG by Jay Feely, 2:16. Drive: 10
plays, 40 yards in 5:07. 49ers 21-6.
Third quarter uBad to the bone: Known as
overpower Cardinals
San Francisco: 38 FG by Shane Andrus, 2:38. one of the NFL’s most talented
Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards in 3:53. 49ers 24-6. defensive backs, the Tennessee
Fourth quarter Titans’ Cortland Finnegan is also
San Francisco: 26 FG by Shane Andrus, 12:43.
Drive: 11 plays, 42 yards in 4:03. 49ers 27-6.
considered one of the dirtiest.
Team statistics “From what I know, every receiv- By Jim Corbett
S.F. Ari. er in the league hates Finnegan, I USA TODAY
First downs 26 8 guess because he’s a little guy
Rushing 18 0
Passing 6 8 who doesn’t get bullied,” Titans GLENDALE, Ariz. — San Fran-
Penalty 2 0
3rd-down efficiency 7-13 2-11 defensive tackle Sen’Derrick cisco 49ers tight end Vernon Da-
4th-down efficiency
Total net yards
0-0
386
0-1
203
Marks said. Last year, a poll of vis had tears streaming down his
Total plays 71 47 NFL players ranked Pittsburgh face — before he even took the
Average gain 5.4 4.3
Net yards rushing 261 13 Steelers wide receiver Hines field for Monday night’s pregame
Rushes 47 11 Ward as the dirtiest player in the By Jack Dempsey, AP
coin flip.
Average per rush 5.6 1.2
Net yards passing 125 190 league. Finnegan was voted sixth. Safe, maybe: Broncos owner Pat Bowlen said Josh McDaniels, left, The offensive captain’s emo-
Completed-attempted 11-23 16-35 “I’m aspiring to be No. 1,” he said. would return next season but then seemed to back off that position. tional outburst proved a fitting
Yards per pass 5.2 5.3
Sacked-yards lost 1-4 1-6 uWho is he? Finnegan, 26, metaphor for a must-have meet-
Had intercepted 1 1
Punts-average
Return yardage
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
2-53.0
116
2-54
2-62
1-0
6-47.2
138
2-5
6-133
1-0
was drafted by the Titans in the
seventh round in 2006 (215th
overall) out of Samford. He made
McDaniels keeping job ing dripping with desperation
against the similarly struggling
Arizona Cardinals.
Penalties-yards
Fumbles-lost
Time of possession
Player statistics
6-40
1-0
39:01
6-61
1-1
20:59
the Pro Bowl in 2008.
uTrouble spots: He was fined
$25,000 Monday for fighting
through ’11, owner says Davis’ demonstrative inspira-
tion helped trigger an outpour-
ing of power football in a 27-6
Missed field goals — San Francisco: Andrus 47,
with Houston Texans wideout throttling of Arizona. By Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic
37. Andre Johnson. Video of the fight From wire reports Talib reportedly made an ex- At 4-7, the 49ers remain in the First strike: Michael Crabtree’s
San Francisco rushing: Dixon 14-54 (TD), has generated close to 50,000 pletive-laced comment to an un- hunt in the weak NFC West, one 38-yard TD opened the scoring.
Gore 5-52, Morgan 1-13, Norris 1-0, T. Smith hits on YouTube. Titans coach Jeff Denver Broncos owner Pat identified official about the call game behind the first-place
3-6, Westbrook 23-136 (TD).
Arizona rushing: Anderson 1-0, Hightower
Fisher defended Finnegan: Bowlen says embattled coach made by field judge Boris Cheek. St. Louis Rams and Seattle Sea- Singletary’s smash-mouth ap-
5-0, Wells 5-13. “(Cortland) tried to reach and get Josh McDaniels’ job is safe. The Tampa Tribune and the St. Pe- hawks. proach was punctuated when
San Francisco passing: T. Smith 11-23 for 129, the face mask (of Johnson), but In a rare interview, Bowlen told tersburg Times reported the offi- Brian Westbrook, stepping in Westbrook darted up the middle
1 INT, 1 TD. . . . he didn’t throw a punch.” AOL FanHouse on Monday night cial responded by using an exple- after workhorse back Frank Gore behind rookie left guard Mike Iu-
Arizona passing: Anderson 16-35 for 196, 1
INT, 0 TD.
uOn Sept. 20, 2009, Finnegan that he was not interested in tive of his own and the player suffered a strained hip, rushed for pati for an 8-yard touchdown for
San Francisco receiving: Crabtree 2-48 (TD),
(5-10, 188) jumped on Johnson’s making a coaching change this then threatened to punch him. 136 yards and a touchdown on a 21-3 second-quarter lead. Fee-
V. Davis 2-32, Dixon 1-(-5), Ginn Jr. 1-11, Mor- back before the ball reached year or next and was sticking by 23 carries in the former Philadel- ly’s second field goal made it 21-6
gan 3-28, Norris 1-5, Zeigler 1-10. Johnson (6-3, 225) and was McDaniels despite the team’s 5- Romo throws: Since breaking phia Eagle’s best performance at halftime.
Arizona receiving: Breaston 2-22, Doucet 5- flagged for pass interference. 21 slide and the his left collarbone, Tony Romo has since signing with San Francisco. The Cardinals appeared to an-
60, Fitzgerald 4-37, Roberts 2-21, Stephens-
Howling 2-13, Wells 1-43. uThe NFL warned Finnegan to Notes videotaping scandal done the rehab work and kept his “(He showed us) the same swer when Anderson hit a leap-
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unoffi- tone down his post-whistle be- that rocked the fran- body in shape. He has gone to the thing he shows us in practice,” ing Larry Fitzgerald for what was
cial): Adams 1-0-0, Bowman 2-0-0, Brooks 1- havior after he was fined for per- chise this month. meetings and watched the 49ers coach Mike Singletary said. initially signaled an 18-yard
0-0, Brown 6-0-0, Clements 3-0-0, Crabtree
1-0-0, Franklin 2-0-0, Goldson 1-0-0, Haral- sonal fouls in three consecutive A call to Bowlen’s office after games from the sideline. “He wants to play, and it was real- touchdown. But after consulting,
son 1-0-0, LaBoy 1-0-0, J. Smith 2-0-0, R. games this season. hours wasn’t answered. A team And Monday, five weeks after ly nice for him to have a chance to the officials ruled Fitzgerald failed
Smith 3-0-0, Spencer 1-0-0, Spikes 2-1-0,
Spillman 2-0-0, Willis 4-1-1, Zeigler 1-0-0. uHe was fined $10,000 in Oc- spokesman said McDaniels he was hurt, Romo was back on step up and make some plays. He to complete the catch.
Arizona tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): tober for unnecessary roughness wasn’t reachable and chief oper- the Dallas Cowboys practice field did a nice job.” Rookie running back Anthony
Adams 6-3-0, Branch 1-0-0, Dockett 3-1-0, after hitting Denver Broncos ating officer Joe Ellis wasn’t avail- throwing passes. They were only The Cardinals? Dixon scored on a 1-yard run the
Doucet 1-0-0, Haggans 4-0-1, Hayes 5-2-0, R.
Johnson 2-0-0, Lenon 7-3-0, McBride 2-0-0,
guard Chris Kuper after his hel- able for comment Monday night. soft tosses in warm-ups but Coach Ken Whisenhunt’s team series after quarterback Troy
Porter 3-0-0, Rhodes 4-0-0, Robinson 1-1-0, met was off. showed his desire to return. has cycled through three quar- Smith hit a diving Michael Crab-
Rodgers-Cromartie 1-0-0, Schofield 1-0-0,
Washington 4-0-0, Watson 2-0-0, D. Williams
uHe was fined $5,000 in Sep- Talib clash reviewed: The “The mind-set we have as an terbacks since Kurt Warner’s Jan- tree for a 38-yard TD one play af-
6-0-0, Wilson 6-3-0. tember for throwing New York NFL is looking into a verbal con- organization is to get him as uary retirement one year re- ter Chris Wells fumbled.
Turnovers — Interceptions: San Francisco: Giants wide receiver Steve Smith frontation between Tampa Bay healthy as quickly as we can,” in- moved from leading Arizona to San Francisco had won three of
Spikes 1 for 0 yards; Arizona: Adams 1 for 0 down by his helmet. Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib terim coach Jason Garrett said. the Super Bowl. four before suffering its first
yards. Fumbles lost: Arizona: Anderson. Op-
ponents fumbles recovered: San Francisco: uFormer NFL coach Tony and an official who worked the After releasing Matt Leinart be- home shutout in 33 years, a 21-0
Franklin. Dungy said he used to tell players game vs. the Baltimore Ravens. Appeals rejected: The NFL fore the season and switching loss to Tampa Bay on Nov. 21. Sin-
Officials — Referee: Steratore, Umpire: Han- to be wary of dirty tactics from Tampa Bay coach Raheem has rejected Pittsburgh Steelers from Derek Anderson to undraft- gletary said his team’s work ethic
nah, Line judge: Marinucci, Side judge:
Weatherford, Head linesman: Bergman, Back Finnegan. Said Dungy: “I always Morris said Talib did nothing linebacker James Harrison’s ap- ed Max Hall, then back to An- is still strong.
judge: Paganelli, Field judge: Waggoner. warned my players, ‘You have to wrong during a heated exchange peals of his $75,000 fine for a hit derson, the 3-8 Cardinals have “When I look at our team and I
A: 62,308. T: 3:05.
keep your cool, especially against outside the team’s locker room on Cleveland Browns wide re- lost six consecutive games. Sin- look at our staff, the guys con-
Cortland Finnegan. He’s going to after Sunday’s 17-10 loss in Balti- ceiver Mohamed Massaquoi and gletary’s 12th-ranked defense in- tinue to work, they continue to
try to get on your nerves.’ ” more. Talib was upset about $25,000 fine for slamming hel- tercepted Anderson once and fight, they continue to practice,
teammate Myron Lewis being met-first into New Orleans Saints held the Cardinals to field goals of and it says a lot about who they
Compiled by Scott Gleeson penalized for pass interference. quarterback Drew Brees’ back. 31 and 39 yards by Jay Feely. are,” Singletary said.
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2010 major-college
Air Force W ...........Oregon State ...........37-24
W.....at New Mexico State.....59-0
W .......La.-Monroe [HC] .......38-10
L .......at Arkansas State .......24-51
W ....at Middle Tennessee ....23-17
L ...at Louisiana-Monroe ...37-49
L .......at Michigan State .......31-35
L ............Indiana............31-34 (OT)
L .........at Miami (Ohio) .........3-23 W
W
w
W m
2010 record: 8-4
W ....Northwestern State ....65-21 W ............Toledo [HC] ............57-14 L ............North Texas ............17-23 L ...........Kansas State ...........41-49 Tennessee W
W.........Brigham Young.........35-14 W.........at San Jose State.........48-0 W....at Western Kentucky....27-26 Rice 2010 record: 6-6 W
L ...........at Oklahoma ...........24-27 W .........Louisiana Tech .........49-20 W.........Florida Atlantic.........38-14 Northern Illinois 2010 record: 4-8 W.......Tennessee-Martin.......50-0
W ..................Hawaii ..................42-7 D. 4 at Florida International L ..................Texas1..................17-34 m
football schedules
W............at Wyoming............20-14 2010 record: 10-2 L ................Oregon................13-48
W ...................Navy ...................14-6 W................at Idaho................52-14 L ...........at Iowa State ...........10-27 W..........at North Texas..........32-31 L .................Florida.................17-31 W
W .........Colorado State .........49-27 W.............Fresno State.............51-0 Minnesota W ..........North Dakota ..........23-17 L ..........Northwestern..........13-30 W........Ala.-Birm.........32-29 (2OT) W m
L ......at San Diego State ......25-27 L .........at Nevada .........31-34 (OT) 2010 record: 3-9 L ...............at Illinois...............22-28 L .................Baylor .................13-30 L .................at LSU .................14-16
L ..................at TCU ..................7-38 D. 4 Utah State
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W.........at Middle Tenn..........24-17 W...........at Minnesota...........34-23 L ....Southern Methodist ....31-42 L .............at Georgia .............14-41 U ah a
L ...................Utah...................23-28 at Landover, Md. L ..........South Dakota ..........38-41 W ...............at Akron ...............50-14 L ........at Texas-El Paso........24-44 L ..............Alabama ..............10-41
W................at Army................42-22 L .....Southern California .....21-32 W.................Temple.................31-17 W ..........Houston [HC] ..........34-31 L .......at South Carolina.......24-38 m
Boston College L ........Northern Illinois........23-34 W............Buffalo [HC]............45-14 L .......at Central Florida.......14-41 W............at Memphis............50-14 W
W ...........New Mexico ...........48-23
W ...............at UNLV ...............35-20 2010 record: 7-5 Dates TV subject to change L ..........Northwestern..........28-29
L ...........at Wisconsin...........23-41
W ........Central Michigan ........33-7
W ...at Western Michigan ...28-21
L ................at Tulsa ................27-64
L ...............at Tulane...............49-54
W ........Mississippi [HC] ........52-14
W ...........at Vanderbilt ...........24-10
W ...........Weber State ...........38-20
Akron W..............Kent State..............26-13
L ............Virginia Tech ............0-19 W .............at Syracuse .............23-6 W....at New Mexico State....59-24 L .......at Arkansas State .......20-34
L ..............at Purdue ..............17-28
L ..............Penn State..............21-33
W.................Toledo.................65-30
W ............at Ball State ............59-21
W ...........East Carolina ...........62-38
W.......Ala.-Birmingham.......28-23
W ..............Kentucky ..............24-14 W m
2010 record: 1-11 D. 4 UNLV W........Southeastern La.........21-20
L ................Syracuse ................3-29 L ............Notre Dame............13-31 W..............Cincinnati..............38-17
L ...............at Auburn...............3-52
L .............Ohio State .............10-52 W ......at Eastern Michigan ......71-3 1
at Reliant Stadium, Houston Texas w
L ............at N.C. State............17-44 D. 4 at South Fla. (ABC/ESPN) L ........at Michigan State ........8-31 MAC Championship 2010 record: 5-7
L .....Gardner-Webb.....37-38 (OT)
L ............at Kentucky............10-47 L .........at Florida State .........19-24 Houston W.........Florida Atlantic.........20-17 W...............at Illinois...............38-34 at Detroit Rutgers W ..................Rice1 ..................34-17 W wM
L ..............at Indiana..............20-35 L ..............Maryland ..............21-24 Duke 2010 record: 5-7
W.............Texas State.............68-28
W ...at Western Kentucky ...35-30
L ....at Middle Tennessee ....10-38
W...................Iowa...................27-24 D. 3 Miami (Ohio) (ESPN2) 2010 record: 4-7 W ...............Wyoming ...............34-7 W
L .......Northern Illinois .......14-50 W...............Clemson...............16-10 2010 record: 3-9 W ............Norfolk State ............31-0 W...........at Texas Tech...........24-14
W ..............Troy [HC] ..............28-14
L ............at Kent State............17-28 W .........at Wake Forest .........23-13 W ...................Elon ...................41-27 W ..........Texas-El Paso ..........54-24
L ................at UCLA................13-31 L .......at Fla. Int’l .......35-42 (2OT)
Mississippi Northwestern W .....at Fla. International .....19-14 L ..................UCLA ..................12-34
L ................at Ohio ................10-38 W ................at Duke ................21-16 L .........at Wake Forest .........48-54 2010 record: 4-8 2010 record: 7-5 L .........North Carolina .........13-17 L .............Oklahoma2.............20-28
L ..................at LSU ..................0-51
L ......Western Michigan......10-56 W ................Virginia ................17-13 L ...............Alabama...............13-62 W .................Tulane .................42-23
L .......Mississippi State .......24-47 W............North Texas............49-37
L ...Jacksonville St....49-48 (2OT) W ...........at Vanderbilt ...........23-21 L .................Tulane .................14-17 W ............at Nebraska ............20-13 Vand b
L ...............at Temple ...............0-30 W..............at Syracuse..............16-7 L ..................Army ..................21-35 W ...............at Tulane ...............27-13 W .............Illinois State .............37-3 W............Connecticut............27-24 L ..............Iowa State..............21-28
L ............at Maryland............16-21 L .................at Rice .................31-34 L .....Louisiana-Lafayette.....22-23
L ......at Ball State ......30-37 (2OT) 1 L .............Vanderbilt .............14-28 W.................at Rice.................30-13 W ............Army1 ............23-20 (OT) L .................Baylor .................22-30 w
L ...........Miami (Ohio)...........14-19 Bowling Green L ............Miami (Fla.)............13-28 W........at So. Methodist........45-20
W............at Memphis............56-17
at Little Rock W............Fresno State............55-38 W.......Central Michigan.......30-25 L ...........at Pittsburgh ...........21-41 L .........at Kansas State .........14-39
2010 record: 2-10 L ..........at Virginia Tech..........7-44 W ..............Kentucky ..............42-35 W...........at Minnesota...........29-28 L ........at South Florida ........27-28 L ........Oklahoma State ........16-33 W M
W.................Buffalo.................22-14
L .................at Troy .................27-30 W................at Navy................34-31 L .........Central Florida.........33-40 LSU L ............at Alabama ............10-23 L .................Purdue.................17-20 L ...............Syracuse...............10-13 W .........Florida Atlantic .........51-17
W ...............Virginia ...............55-48 L ..............Tulsa [HC]..............25-28 2010 record: 10-2
Alabama L ................at Tulsa ................20-33
W...............Marshall...............44-28 L .........Boston College .........16-21 L .......at Southern Miss .......41-59 W ........North Carolina1 ........30-24
L ............at Arkansas ............24-38
L ................Auburn ................31-51
L .....Michigan State [HC].....27-35
W..............at Indiana..............20-17
L ...........at Cincinnati ...........38-69
L ..............Louisville..............13-40
L .............Texas A&M.............17-24
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at Reliant Stadium, Houston; 2at
W M
2010 record: 9-3 L ...........at Texas Tech...........20-35 W.............at Vanderbilt.............27-3
L ............at Michigan ............21-65 L .........at Georgia Tech.........20-30 W ......La.-Lafayette [HC] ......43-21 L ...........at Penn State ...........21-35 D. 4 at West Virginia (ABC/ESPN) Dallas
W ...........San Jose State ...........48-3 W.........Mississippi State.........29-7
L .................Buffalo.................26-28 L .........North Carolina .........19-24 L ...........at Tennessee ...........14-52 W...................Iowa...................21-17 1
at East Rutherford, N.J.
W ..............Penn State ..............24-3
W ................at Duke ................62-13 L ................at Ohio ................25-49 Idaho W ..........West Virginia ..........20-14 L .................at LSU.................36-43 L ................Illinois1 ................27-48 Texas A&M
W ............at Arkansas ............24-20 L ..............at Temple ..............27-28 East Carolina 2010 record: 5-7
W ...........North Dakota ...........45-0
W .............Tennessee .............16-14
W ..............at Florida ..............33-29
L ........Mississippi State........23-31 L ...........at Wisconsin ...........23-70
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San Diego State 2010 record: 9-3
W..................Florida..................31-6 L ...............Kent State...............6-30 2010 record: 6-6 at Wrigley Field, Chicago 2010 record: 8-4 W ........Stephen F. Austin ........48-7
L .......at South Carolina .......21-35 W .....at Central Michigan .....17-14 W ..................Tulsa ..................51-49 L ............at Nebraska ............17-38 W..........McNeese State..........31-10
L ..............at Auburn..............17-24
Mississippi State W............Nicholls State............47-0 W .........Louisiana Tech .........48-16 W
W ........Mississippi [HC] ........23-10 L ...........Miami (Ohio)...........21-24 W ..............Memphis ..............49-27 W...................UNLV...................30-7 2010 record: 8-4 Notre Dame W ....at New Mexico State ....41-21 W ....Florida International ....27-20
W ...........at Tennessee ...........41-10 L ...............at Toledo...............14-33 L .........at Virginia Tech.........27-49 L .......at Colorado State .......34-36
W....at Western Michigan....33-13
W...............Alabama...............24-21
W ..Louisiana-Monroe [HC] ..51-0
W ...............Memphis ...............49-7 2010 record: 7-5 L ............at Missouri ............24-27 L ......at Oklahoma State......35-38 V gna
L .................at LSU .................21-24 L .......Western Michigan .......7-41 L .......at North Carolina.......17-42 L ................Auburn ................14-17 W ................Purdue ................23-12 W ...............Utah State ...............41-7 L ..............Arkansas1 ..............17-24
W ......at Southern Miss. ......44-43 L .......at Louisiana Tech.......35-48 W.............Mississippi.............43-36 L ...................at LSU...................7-29 W m
W........Mississippi State........30-10 L ..............Michigan ..............24-28 L .......at Brigham Young.......21-24 L ................Missouri ................9-30
L ..............Arkansas2 ..............23-31
W............Georgia State............63-7 Brigham Young W .........N.C. State .........33-27 (OT) W....New Mexico St. [HC]....37-14
L ..............at Hawaii..............10-45
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at Atlanta; 2at Little Rock
W................Georgia................24-12 L ...at Michigan State...31-34 (OT) W ..........Air Force [HC] ..........27-25 W ..............at Kansas ..............45-10
L ................Auburn ................27-28 2010 record: 6-6 W ..........Marshall [HC] ..........37-10 W............Alcorn State............49-16 L ...............Stanford ...............14-37 W.........at New Mexico.........30-20 W .............Texas Tech .............45-27 W M
W............Washington............23-17 L .......at Central Florida.......35-49 L ................Nevada ................17-63 W .............at Houston .............47-24 W .......at Boston College .......31-13 W ...........at Wyoming ...........48-38 W .............Oklahoma .............33-19
Alabama at L ............at Air Force ............14-35 L ..................Navy ..................35-76 L .............Boise State.............14-52 Louisiana Tech W ...............at Florida ...............10-7 W .............Pittsburgh .............23-17 W .........Colorado State .........24-19 W ...............at Baylor ...............42-30
L ......... at Florida State.........10-34 W ....at Ala.-Birmingham ....54-42 W ............at Utah State ............28-6 2010 record: 5-6 W.........Ala.-Birm. [HC].........29-24 W......Western Michigan......44-20 L .................at TCU.................35-40 W ................Nebraska ................9-6
Birmingham L ................Nevada ................13-27 L .................at Rice.................38-62 L .........at Fresno State .........20-23 W .............Grambling1 .............20-6 W ..............Kentucky ..............24-17 L .................Navy1 .................17-35 L ...................Utah...................34-38 W................at Texas................24-17 W M
L ...........at Utah State ...........16-31 L ......So. Methodist ......38-45 (OT) D. 4 San Jose State L ..........at Texas A&M..........16-48 L .............at Alabama.............10-30 L ...................Tulsa...................27-28 W..................UNLV..................48-14 1 W M m
2010 record: 4-8 at Arlington, Texas
L .........Florida Atlantic .........31-32 W....San Diego State [HC]....24-21 L ..................Navy ..................23-37 L ..........Arkansas ..........31-38 (OT) W....................Utah....................28-3
L ...at Southern Methodist ...7-28 L ..................at TCU ..................3-31 Eastern Michigan Illinois L .........Southern Miss. .........12-13 W...........at Mississippi...........31-23 W ..................Army2 ..................27-3 San Jose State TCU M
W...................Troy...................34-33 W..............Wyoming..............25-20 2010 record: 2-10 2010 record: 6-5 L ..............at Hawaii ..............21-41 W.......at Southern Calif........20-16 2010 record: 1-11 2010 record: 12-0
L .....at Tennessee .....29-32 (2OT) W ...................UNLV ...................55-7 L ..................Army ..................27-31 L ..............Missouri1 ..............13-23
W.........Southern Illinois.........35-3
W ..............Utah State ..............24-6
W.............Idaho [HC].............48-35
Missouri 1
at East Rutherford, N.J; 2at New L .............at Alabama .............3-48 W ..........Oregon State1 ..........30-21
L .........at Central Florida .........7-42 W .......at Colorado State .......49-10 L ........at Miami (Ohio) ........21-28 2010 record: 10-2 York L ...........at Wisconsin...........14-27 W ..........Tennessee Tech ..........62-7
W............Texas-El Paso............21-6 W ............New Mexico ............40-7 L .......Central Michigan .......14-52 W .......Northern Illinois .......28-22
L .............Ohio State .............13-24
L ..........at Boise State ..........20-49
L ...........Fresno State ...........34-40
W ................Illinois1 ................23-13 W .........Southern Utah .........16-11 W .................Baylor .................45-10 V g n aT h
L .....at Mississippi State .....24-29 L ................at Utah ................16-17 L ...........at Ohio State ...........20-73
W...........at Penn State...........33-13 W ....at New Mexico State ....41-20
W ..........McNeese State ..........50-6 Ohio L ..................at Utah..................3-56 W ........at So. Methodist ........41-24
W ......at So. Miss. ......50-49 (2OT) L ...................Ohio...................17-30 W.........San Diego State.........27-24 2010 record: 8-4 L ...............UC-Davis...............13-14 W ........at Colorado State ........27-0
W........at San Jose State........45-38
L ..........Marshall [HC] ..........17-31 Buffalo L ............at Vanderbilt ............6-52 L ........at Michigan State ........6-26
W ...........Indiana [HC] ...........43-13 D. 4 Nevada
W...........Miami (Ohio)...........51-13 W................Wofford................33-10 L ..............at Nevada..............13-35 W...............Wyoming...............45-0 m M
L ...........East Carolina ...........42-54 2010 record: 2-10 W........at Ball State........41-38 (OT) 1 W ...............Colorado ...............26-0 L .................Toledo.................13-20 L ..............Boise State..............0-48 W..........Brigham Young ..........31-3 W
W...............Memphis...............31-15 W ............Rhode Island ............31-0 L .............at Virginia .............21-48 W ................Purdue ................44-10 at Shreveport, La. W ...........at Texas A&M ...........30-9 L ............Fresno State............18-33 W
L ............at Ohio State ............7-43 W ...........Air Force [HC] ...........38-7
L .................at Rice.................23-28 L ................at Baylor ................6-34 L ..................Toledo ..................7-42 L ......at Michigan......65-67 (3OT) W ........Oklahoma [HC] ........36-27 L ....at New Mexico State ....27-29 W
L .............at Marshall.............23-24 W ................at UNLV ................48-6
L .........Central Florida .........10-24 L ...at Western Michigan ...30-45 L .............Minnesota .............34-38 Louisville L ............at Nebraska ............17-31 W.....at Eastern Michigan.....30-17 L .............Utah State .............34-38 W..................at Utah..................47-7 W M
W.........Northwestern2 .........48-27
Arizona L .........at Connecticut .........21-45 W...............at Buffalo...............21-17
D. 3 at Fresno State
2010 record: 6-6
L ..............Kentucky ..............16-23
L ...........at Texas Tech ...........17-24 W.........Bowling Green.........49-25 L ...............at Hawaii ...............7-41 W ........San Diego State ........40-35 W W
2010 record: 7-4 W.......at Bowling Green.......28-26 L .........Northern Illinois.........3-71 1 2
W ...........Kansas State ...........38-28 W.............Akron [HC].............38-10 L .........Louisiana Tech .........38-45 W.........at New Mexico.........66-17 W
L .....at Northern Illinois.....14-45 at St. Louis; at Wrigley Field, W.......Eastern Kentucky.......23-13 W............at Iowa State............14-0 D. 4 at Idaho W
W ................at Toledo ................41-2 W ........at Miami (Ohio) ........34-13 1
at Arlington, Texas
W..............The Citadel..............52-6 L ............Temple [HC] ............0-42 Florida Chicago L .........at Oregon State.........28-35
W.......at Arkansas State.......34-24
W.................Kansas2 .................35-7 W.....Louisiana-Lafayette.....38-31 W
W ..................Iowa ..................34-27 L ............Miami (Ohio)............9-21 2010 record: 7-5
Indiana W ...............Memphis ...............56-0
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at St. Louis; 2at Kansas City, Mo. W.................Buffalo.................34-17 South Carolina Texas-El Paso W
W
M m
W ...............California ...............10-9 L .................at Ohio.................17-34 W ..........Miami (Ohio) ..........34-12 W ..............at Temple ..............31-23 2010 record: 9-3 2010 record: 6-6
L ...........Oregon State ...........27-29 L ................Ball State................3-20 W...........South Florida...........38-14 2010 record: 5-7
W ................Towson ................51-17
L ..............Cincinnati..............27-35
W ............Connecticut ............26-0
Navy L ............at Kent State ............6-28 W..........Southern Miss..........41-13 W .....Arkansas-Pine Bluff .....31-10 m
W......at Washington State......24-7 L .......Eastern Michigan .......17-21 W ...........at Tennessee ...........31-17 2010 record: 8-3 W.................Georgia.................17-6 L .............at Houston.............24-54
L ............at Pittsburgh ............3-20
W .......Washington [HC] .......44-14 L ...............at Akron...............14-22 W ..............Kentucky ..............48-14 W ...at Western Kentucky ...38-21
W .................Akron .................35-20 W ............at Syracuse ............28-20
L .............Maryland1 .............14-17 Ohio State W................Furman................38-19 W ......New Mexico State ......42-10
W ...............at UCLA ...............29-21 L ..............at Alabama..............6-31 W........Georgia Southern........13-7 2010 record: 11-1 L ..............at Auburn ..............27-35 W ..............Memphis ..............16-13 M
L .............at Stanford.............17-42 California L ...................LSU ...................29-33 L ..............Michigan ..............35-42 L ......South Florida ......21-24 (OT) W .......at Louisiana Tech .......37-23 W ................Marshall ................45-7 W...............Alabama...............35-21 W.........at New Mexico.........38-20
L .....Southern California .....21-24 2010 record: 5-7 L ....Mississippi State [HC] ....7-10 L ...........at Ohio State ...........10-38
W ....Arkansas State [HC] ....36-34
L ...........West Virginia...........10-17
W..............at Rutgers..............40-13
L ..............at Air Force..............6-14 W............Miami (Fla.)............36-24 L ............at Kentucky............28-31 W ..............Rice [HC] ..............44-24 Wak Fo
L ..............at Oregon..............29-48 W................UC-Davis................52-3 W..........Georgia1 ..........34-31 (OT) W .........at Wake Forest .........28-27 W....................Ohio....................43-7 W.............at Vanderbilt.............21-7 L ......at Ala.-Birmingham......6-21
D. 2 Arizona State (ESPN) W ................Colorado ................52-7 W ...........at Vanderbilt ...........55-14 L ..............at Illinois ..............13-43 W....Southern Methodist....28-21 W.......Eastern Michigan.......73-20 W .............Tennessee .............38-24 L .................Tulane .................24-34 W
L ..............at Nevada ..............31-52 L .........South Carolina .........14-36 L ..........Northwestern..........17-20 Marshall W ..........Notre Dame2 ..........35-17 W...............at Illinois...............24-13 L .........Arkansas [HC] .........20-41 L .............at Marshall.............12-16 W
Arizona State L ...............at Arizona...............9-10 W ......Appalachian State ......48-10 L ...................Iowa...................13-18
L ...........at Wisconsin...........20-83
2010 record: 5-7
L ............at Ohio State ............7-45
L ..............Duke [HC]..............31-34 W ................Indiana ................38-10 W ..............at Florida ..............36-14 W ....Southern Methodist ....28-14
2010 record: 5-6 W ..............UCLA [HC] ..............35-7 L ...........at Florida State...........7-31 W.........at East Carolina.........76-35 L ...........at Wisconsin ...........18-31 W...................Troy...................69-24 L ............at Arkansas ............58-21
W...........Portland State...........54-9 L .......at Southern Calif........14-48 1
at Jacksonville L ............Penn State1 ............24-41 L ......West Virginia ......21-24 (OT) W .......Central Michigan .......38-37 W ............Purdue [HC] ............49-0 W..............at Clemson..............29-7 L ................at Tulsa ................28-31
W ......Northern Arizona ......41-20 W...........Arizona State...........50-17 W .........at Purdue .........34-31 (OT) L ......at Bowling Green ......28-44 W .........Arkansas State .........35-19 W ...........at Minnesota ...........52-10 SEC Championship
L ...........at Wisconsin...........19-20 L ..........at Oregon State ..........7-35 Florida Atlantic 1
at Landover, Md. W ..................Ohio ..................24-23
L .......at Southern Miss.......16-41
D. 11 Army3 (CBS) W .............Penn State .............38-14 at Atlanta Texas Tech
L ................Oregon ................31-42 W ....at Washington State ....20-13 2010 record: 4-7 1
at Baltimore; 2at East Ruther- W ................at Iowa ................20-17 D. 4 Auburn (CBS) 2010 record: 7-5 M
L .........at Oregon State.........28-31 L ................Oregon ................13-15 W.....at Ala.-Birmingham.....32-31 Iowa L .........Central Florida .........14-35 ford, N.J. W ................Michigan ................37-7 W....Southern Methodist....35-27
L .........at East Carolina.........10-37
W..........at Washington..........24-14 L ...............Stanford...............14-48 L .........Michigan State1 .........17-30 2010 record: 7-5
W......Texas-El Paso [HC]......16-12
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at Philadelphia South Florida W .........at New Mexico .........52-17
L ............at California ............17-50 L ............Washington ............13-16 L ............North Texas ............17-21 W...........Eastern Illinois...........37-7
W .....at Ala.-Birmingham .....31-17 Oklahoma 2010 record: 7-4 L ..................Texas..................14-24 m
W...Washington State [HC]...42-0 L .........at South Florida .........3-31 W...............Iowa State...............35-7 Nebraska 2010 record: 10-2 W............Stony Brook............59-14 L ...........at Iowa State ...........38-52 W
L .......at Southern Calif. .......33-34 Central Florida L ....at Louisiana-Monroe....17-20 L ..............at Arizona..............27-34 W ..............Memphis ..............28-13
2010 record: 10-2 W..............Utah State..............31-24 L ..............at Florida ..............14-38 W ................Baylor1 ................45-38
L ...............Stanford ...............13-17 2010 record: 9-3 L .......at Arkansas State .......16-37 W ...............Ball State ...............45-0
W ..............Penn State ..............24-3
L ..at Southern Methodist ..17-31
W.................Tulane.................38-23 W......Western Kentucky......49-10 W............Florida State............47-17 W......Western Kentucky......24-12 L .........Oklahoma State.........17-34 Wa h ng on
W..................UCLA..................55-34 W............South Dakota............38-7 W ...Fla. International2 [HC] ...21-9 W..................Idaho..................38-17 W...............Air Force...............27-24 W ..........Florida Atlantic ..........31-3 W.............at Colorado.............27-24
D. 2 at Arizona (ESPN) L ..............N.C. State ..............21-28 W....at Western Kentucky....17-16 W ............at Michigan ............38-28 W .........at Washington .........56-21 W...........at Cincinnati1 ...........31-29 L ...........Syracuse [HC] ...........9-13 W ..........at Texas A&M ..........27-45 m
W ..............at Buffalo ..............24-10 W.....Louisiana-Lafayette.....24-23 L .............Wisconsin .............30-31 Maryland W.......South Dakota State.......17-3 W .................Texas2 .................28-20 L ..........at West Virginia ..........6-20 W ..........Missouri [HC] ..........24-17 W
Arkansas L .........at Kansas State .........13-17 L ................at Texas................17-51 W ..........Michigan State ..........37-6
W..............at Indiana..............18-13
2010 record: 8-4
W..................Navy1 ..................17-14
W .........at Kansas State .........48-13 W..........Iowa State [HC]..........52-0 W ...........at Cincinnati ...........38-30 L ............at Oklahoma ............7-45
2010 record: 10-2 W ........Ala.-Birmingham ........42-7 L ....at Middle Tennessee....14-38 L ..................Texas ..................13-20 L .............at Missouri.............27-36 W................Rutgers................28-27 W ...........Weber State ...........64-21 W
W..........Tennessee Tech..........44-3 W.............at Marshall.............35-14 D. 4 Troy (ESPNU) L ........at Northwestern........17-21 W............Morgan State............62-3 W......at Oklahoma State......51-41 W...............Colorado...............43-10 W .......at Louisville .......24-21 (OT) W ...............Houston ...............35-20
W.......Louisiana-Monroe1 .......31-7 W...............Rice [HC]...............41-14 1
at Detroit; 2at SunLife Stadium L ..............Ohio State..............17-20 L ........at West Virginia ........17-31 W ...............Missouri ...............31-17 L ..........at Texas A&M ..........19-33 L .............Pittsburgh .............10-17 1 W
at Dallas
W..............at Georgia..............31-24 W...........East Carolina...........49-35 L ...........at Minnesota...........24-27 W....Florida International....42-28 W.......at Iowa State.......31-30 (OT) W ..............Texas Tech ..............45-7 W.....at Miami (Fla.).....23-20 (OT)
L ...............Alabama...............20-24 W.............at Houston.............40-33 Florida W ..................Duke ..................21-16 W..................Kansas..................20-3 W...............at Baylor...............53-24 D. 4 Connecticut (ABC/ESPN) Toledo
W............Texas A&M2 ............24-17 L .........Southern Miss. .........21-31 Iowa State L ..............at Clemson ..............7-31 L .............at Texas A&M.............6-9 W......at Oklahoma State......47-41
L .............at Auburn .............43-65 W ...............at Tulane ...............61-14 International 2010 record: 5-7 W.......at Boston College.......24-21 W...............Colorado...............45-17 Big 12 Championship
2010 record: 8-4
W
W.............Mississippi.............38-24 W ............at Memphis ............37-17 2010 record: 6-5 W........Northern Illinois........27-10 W.......Wake Forest [HC].......62-14 Big 12 Championship at Arlington, Texas Southern L .................Arizona.................2-41
W ................at Ohio ................20-13 W
L ................Rutgers................14-19 L ..................at Iowa..................7-35 L .........at Miami (Fla.) .........20-26
W .............Vanderbilt .............49-14
W .......at South Carolina .......41-20
C-USA Championship
D. 4 vs. Southern Methodist L ..........at Texas A&M ..........20-27 L ...........Kansas State1...........20-27 W..............at Virginia..............42-23
at Arlington, Texas
D. 4 Oklahoma (ABC)
D. 4 Nebraska (ABC)
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Paul Brown Stadium; 2at Dallas
California W....at Western Michigan....37-24 W
2010 record: 7-5 W ..............at Purdue ..............31-20
W ..........Texas-El Paso ..........58-21 (ESPN2) L ...........at Maryland ...........28-42
L ...........at Pittsburgh...........17-44
W ..........Northern Iowa ..........27-0 L ...........Florida State ...........16-30
W ..............N.C. State ..............38-31 W ..............at Hawaii ..............49-36 L ..............Wyoming..............15-20 Wa h ng on a
W ......at Miss. State ......38-31 (OT) W .............Texas Tech .............52-38 Nevada Oklahoma State W ................Virginia ................17-14 L ..........at Boise State ..........14-57
W...................LSU1 ...................31-23
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Central Michigan W......Western Kentucky......28-21
W .........at North Texas .........34-10
L ...................Utah...................27-68
L ............at Oklahoma ............0-52
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at Baltimore
2010 record: 11-1 2010 record: 10-2 W...........at Minnesota...........32-21 W .............Kent State .............34- m
at Little Rock; 2at Arlington, Tex- 2010 record: 3-9 W ....Eastern Washington ....49-24 W.......Washington State.......65-17 W ....at Washington State ....50-16 W W M
as W ...............Hampton ...............33-0 L .........Florida Atlantic1 .........9-21 W................at Texas................28-21 Memphis W...........Colorado State...........51-6 W ...................Troy ...................41-38 L ............Washington ............31-32 W M M
L .........at Temple .........10-13 (OT) W .La.-Monroe [HC] .42-35 (2OT) W............Kansas [HC]............28-16 2010 record: 1-11 W ..............California ..............52-31 W ..................Tulsa ..................65-28 L .............at Stanford.............35-37
W.................at Troy.................52-35
Arkansas State W.....at Eastern Michigan.....52-14
W...at Louisiana-Lafayette...38-17
L ..........Nebraska..........30-31 (OT)
L ............at Colorado ............14-34
L ......at Mississippi State ......7-49
L .........at East Carolina.........27-49
W.......at Brigham Young.......27-13 W.............Texas A&M.............38-35 W ..............California ..............48-14 W w
2010 record: 4-8 L .......at Northwestern .......25-30 W ...............at UNLV ...............44-26 W.........at La.-Lafayette.........54-28 L ............Oregon [HC]............32-53 W M
L ...............Ball State...............17-31 W..........Arkansas State..........31-24 L ................Missouri ................0-14 W ......Middle Tennessee ......24-17
L ..............at Auburn..............26-52 W .....San Jose State [HC] .....35-13 W...........at Texas Tech...........34-17 W ..........Arizona State ..........34-33
D. 4 Middle Tennessee 1
at Kansas City, Mo. L ........at Texas-El Paso ........13-16
L ..at Louisiana-Lafayette ..24-31 L .........at Virginia Tech.........21-45
L ......Miami (Ohio) [HC]......20-27
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at SunLife Stadium L ....................Tulsa....................7-48
L ...............at Hawaii...............21-27 L ..........Nebraska [HC]..........41-51 W .............at Arizona .............24-21 T oy
W......Louisiana-Monroe......34-20 W.............Utah State.............56-42 W .........at Kansas State .........24-14 L ..........at Oregon State ..........7-36
L .................at Troy.................28-35 L .......at Northern Illinois.......7-33 Kansas L .............at Louisville .............0-56 W................at Idaho................63-17 W .................Baylor .................55-28 L ...........Notre Dame ...........16-20
L ..............Louisville ..............24-34 L .........Bowling Green .........14-17 Florida State 2010 record: 3-9 L .........Southern Miss..........19-41 W .........at Fresno State .........35-34 W................at Texas................33-16 D. 4 at UCLA
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W .........at North Texas .........24-19 W......Western Michigan......26-22 2010 record: 9-3 L .......North Dakota State .......3-6 L ...........Houston [HC]...........17-56 W .......New Mexico State .......52-6 W ..............at Kansas ..............48-14 W
W................Samford................59-6 L .............Tennessee .............14-50 m m
L ..............at Indiana..............34-36 L ................at Navy ................37-38 W...........Georgia Tech...........28-25 W ........Boise State ........34-31 (OT) L .............Oklahoma .............41-47 W
W .........Florida Atlantic .........37-16 L ...............at Toledo...............31-42 L ...........at Oklahoma ...........17-47 L .......at Southern Miss .......16-31 L .............at Marshall.............13-28 D. 4 at Louisiana Tech Southern Methodist W M W V gna
W.........Brigham Young.........34-10 L .....at Ala.-Birmingham.....15-31
W ......Middle Tennessee ......51-24 W ......New Mexico State ......42-16 Oregon 2010 record: 7-5 W
L .Western Kentucky.35-36 (OT) Cincinnati W.............Wake Forest.............31-0
W .............at Virginia .............34-14
L ................at Baylor ................7-55 L ..........Central Florida..........17-37
New Mexico 2010 record: 11-0 L ...........at Texas Tech ...........27-35 M W
L ................at Navy ................19-35 2010 record: 4-7 L .............Kansas State.............7-59 2010 record: 1-11 W ............New Mexico ............72-0 W ........Ala.-Birmingham ........28-7 W W M
L ..........at Florida Int’l ..........24-31 L .........at Fresno State .........14-28 W..........at Miami (Fla.)..........45-17 L .......Texas A&M [HC] .......10-45 Miami (Fla.) L ...............at Oregon ...............0-72 W ...........at Tennessee ...........48-13 W.......Washington State.......35-21 W M
W ............Indiana State ............40-7 W .........Boston College .........24-19 L ...........at Iowa State ...........16-28 2010 record: 7-5 L ...................TCU...................24-41
L .............Texas Tech .............17-52 W...........Portland State...........69-0
L ............at N.C. State............24-28
Army L ............at N.C. State............19-30
L ....North Carolina [HC] ....35-37
W ..............Colorado ..............52-45
L .............at Nebraska .............3-20
W ............Florida A&M ............45-0
L ...........at Ohio State ...........24-36
L ..................Utah ..................14-56 W ........at Arizona State ........42-31 W .................at Rice .................42-31
W...................Tulsa...................21-18
W W W
2010 record: 6-5 L..............Oklahoma1 ..............29-31 L ...............at UNLV ...............10-45 W ...............Stanford ...............52-31 W
W............Miami (Ohio)............45-3 W...............Clemson...............16-13 L ........Oklahoma State........14-48 W ............at Pittsburgh ............31-3 L ................at Navy ................21-28
W.....at Eastern Michigan.....31-27 L ...........Texas-El Paso...........20-38 W ....at Washington State ....43-23
W............at Maryland............30-16 L ...............Missouri1 ...............7-35 W ............at Clemson ............30-21 L ..........Houston [HC]..........20-45
L .................Hawaii.................28-31 W ............at Louisville ............27-35
L ..........South Florida ..........30-38 W ..................Florida ..................31-7 1
at Kansas City, Mo. L ...........Florida State ...........17-45
L ....at New Mexico State....14-16 W..................UCLA..................60-13
W ...............at Tulane ...............31-17 Tu an W
W.............North Texas.............24-0 L .........San Diego State.........20-30 W.......at Southern Calif........53-32
L ...........Syracuse [HC] ...........7-31 ACC Championship W................at Duke................28-13 L ........at Texas-El Paso ........14-28 W
W................at Duke................35-21 L .......at Colorado State .......14-38 W .......Washington [HC] .......53-16 W
L ................Temple................35-42 L ........at West Virginia ........10-37 at Charlotte
D. 4 Virginia Tech (ESPN)
Kansas State W .........North Carolina .........33-10
L .............at Virginia .............19-24
W..............Wyoming..............34-31 W............at California............15-13 W ...............Marshall ...............31-17
M W
W...............at Tulane...............41-23 W................Rutgers................69-38 2010 record: 7-5 L ............at Air Force ............23-48 W................Arizona................48-29 W....at East Carolina....45-38 (OT)
L ..........Rutgers1 ..........20-23 (OT) L ..........at Connecticut..........17-38 W..................UCLA..................31-22 W .........Maryland [HC] .........26-20 L ........at Brigham Young........7-40 D. 4 at Oregon State C-USA Championship
W .........Virginia Military .........29-7 D. 4 Pittsburgh (ABC/ESPN/2) Fresno State W..........Missouri State..........48-24 W.........at Georgia Tech.........35-10 L ...................TCU ...................17-66 D. 4 at Central Florida (ESPN2) W
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2010 record: 7-4 L ...........Virginia Tech ...........17-31
L ...............Air Force...............22-42
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at Paul Brown Stadium
W..............Cincinnati..............28-14
W.............Iowa State1 .............27-20
L ......South Florida......20-23 (OT) Oregon State
W ...........at Kent State ...........45-28 W..........Central Florida..........17-13 New Mexico State 2010 record: 5-6 Southern Miss W
L ............Notre Dame2 ............3-27 Clemson W ...........at Utah State ...........41-24
L ..........at Mississippi ..........38-55
L ...............Nebraska ...............13-48
Miami (Ohio) 2010 record: 2-10 L ...................TCU1 ...................21-30 2010 record: 8-4 M
D. 11 Navy3 (CBS) 2010 record: 6-6 W................at Kansas................59-7 L .........San Diego State.........21-41 W ..............Louisville ..............35-28 L .......at South Carolina.......13-41 M
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W............North Texas............35-10 W................Cal Poly................38-17 L ...............at Baylor...............42-47 2010 record: 8-4
at East Rutherford, N.J. L ........at Texas-El Paso........10-42 L ...........at Boise State...........24-37 W.............Prairie View.............34-7 W
2 W ...........Presbyterian ...........58-21 L ................Hawaii ................27-49 L ...Oklahoma State [HC] ...14-24 L ..............at Florida ..............12-34
at New York; 3at Philadelphia L ..............at Kansas..............16-42 W...........Arizona State...........31-28 W.................Kansas.................31-16
L .........at Auburn.........24-27 (OT) W....New Mexico St. [HC]....33-10 W ..................Texas ..................39-14 W.......Eastern Michigan.......28-21 M
L ..............Boise State ..............0-59 W .............at Arizona .............29-27 W .......at Louisiana Tech .......13-12 M
W........at San Jose State........33-18 W..........Colorado State..........31-10
Auburn L ............Miami (Fla.) ............21-30
W .......at Louisiana Tech .......40-34
L .............at Missouri.............28-38
L ............at Colorado ............36-44 L .............at Missouri.............13-51
W ...........New Mexico ...........16-14 L ....at Washington....34-35 (2OT) W ...............Marshall ...............41-16 W
2010 record: 12-0 L .......at North Carolina.......16-21
W................Maryland................31-7 L ................Nevada ................34-35 W .........at North Texas .........49-41 W..............Kent State..............27-21
L .........at Fresno State .........10-33 W...........California [HC]...........35-7 L ......East Carolina [HC]......43-44 Tu a
W .........Arkansas State .........52-26 L ...............at Idaho ...............14-37 L ................at UCLA................14-17 W ............at Memphis ............41-19
W ...........Georgia Tech ...........27-13 L ............at Boise State............0-51 1
at Kansas City, Mo. L ............at Cincinnati ............3-45 W
W......at Mississippi State......17-14 W .....San Jose State [HC] .....29-27 L .......Washington State.......14-31 L ........Ala.-Birm.........49-50 (2OT)
L .......at Boston College .......10-16 W..................Idaho..................23-20 W .....at Central Michigan .....27-20 M
W ..........Clemson ..........27-24 (OT) L ...........at Utah State ...........22-27 W ......Southern California ......36-7 W...............at Tulane...............46-30 W w
W .........South Carolina .........35-27 W ..............N.C. State ..............14-13 D. 3 Illinois (ESPN2) Kent State L ..............Ohio [HC]..............13-34
W................at Buffalo................21-9
L .........Louisiana Tech .........20-41 L ..............at Stanford ..............0-38 W .......at Central Florida .......31-21 m
L .........at Florida State .........13-16 2010 record: 5-7 L ...............at Nevada...............6-52 D. 4 Oregon
W .......Louisiana-Monroe .......52-3
W ............at Kentucky ............37-34 W .........at Wake Forest .........30-10 Georgia W ...........Murray State ...........41-10 W.......at Bowling Green.......24-21 L ................Hawaii ................24-59 1
at Arlington, Texas
W...............Houston...............59-41
L ................at Tulsa ................50-56
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L ...........South Carolina...........7-29 2010 record: 6-6 L .......at Boston College.......13-26 W ...............at Akron ...............19-14
W ..............Arkansas ..............65-43 W ......Louisiana-Lafayette ......55-7 W .................Temple .................23-3 M
W ...................LSU ...................24-17 L ............at Penn State............24-0 North Carolina Penn State Stanford W M
W...........at Mississippi...........51-31 Colorado L ........at South Carolina ........6-17
L ...............Arkansas...............24-31
L ........at Miami (Ohio) ........21-27 MAC Championship
at Detroit 2010 record: 7-5 2010 record: 7-5 W m W
W ......Chattanooga [HC] ......62-24 2010 record: 5-7 W.............Akron [HC].............28-17 L ...................LSU1...................24-30 W ......Youngstown State ......44-14 2010 record: 11-1 W
W..........Colorado State1 ..........24-3 L .....at Mississippi State .....12-24 L ...............at Toledo ...............21-34 D. 3 Northern Illinois (ESPN2) W.......Sacramento State.......52-17
W................Georgia................49-31 L ...........Georgia Tech...........24-30 L ..............at Alabama..............3-24 W
L .............at California .............7-52 L .............at Colorado.............27-29 W........at Bowling Green........30-6 W ................at UCLA ................35-0 W
W ............at Alabama ............28-27 W..............at Rutgers..............17-13 W ..............Kent State ..............24-0 W
SEC Championship W.................Hawaii.................31-13 W..............Tennessee..............41-14 W...............Ball State...............33-14 Michigan W ...........East Carolina ...........42-17 W.................Temple.................22-13 W ...........Wake Forest ...........68-24 W M m
W................Georgia................29-27 W..........Vanderbilt [HC]..........43-0 L ................Temple ................10-28 2010 record: 7-5 W..........at Notre Dame..........37-14 W
at Atlanta W ...............Clemson ...............21-16 L .................at Iowa .................3-24
W............at Kentucky............44-31 W............Connecticut............30-10 L ..............at Oregon ..............31-52
D. 4 South Carolina (CBS) L ..............at Missouri..............0-26
L .................Baylor .................25-31 L ...........Florida1 ...........31-34 (OT)
L .................Army .................28-45
L .....at Western Michigan.....3-38 W .........at Notre Dame .........28-24
W .............at Virginia .............44-10 L ............Illinois [HC] ............13-33
W .....Southern California .....37-35
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L .........at Miami (Fla.) .........10-33 W...........at Minnesota...........33-21
W..............Idaho State..............55-7 W .........Massachusetts .........42-37
Ball State L ........Texas Tech [HC] ........24-27
L ...........at Oklahoma...........10-43 L ..............at Auburn..............31-49
W....................Ohio....................28-6
W .........Bowling Green .........65-21
W....William & Mary [HC]....21-17 W...............Michigan...............41-31 W .......Wash. State [HC] .......38-28
W...........at Washington...........41-0
W
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2010 record: 4-8 W .........at Florida State .........37-35 W..........Northwestern..........35-21
W .......SE Missouri State .......27-10 L ..............at Kansas ..............45-52 W ...........Georgia Tech ...........42-34
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at Jacksonville
Kentucky W ..............at Indiana ..............42-35
L ..........Michigan State..........17-34
L ...........Virginia Tech...........10-26 L ...........at Ohio State ...........14-38 W................Arizona................42-17
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L ................Liberty ................23-27 W .............Iowa State .............34-14 2010 record: 6-6 L ..............N.C. State ..............25-29 W................Indiana1................41-24 W.........at Arizona State.........17-13
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L ..............at Purdue ..............13-24 W ...........Kansas State ...........44-36
Georgia Tech W ............at Louisville ............23-16 L ..............Iowa [HC]..............28-38
L ...........at Penn State...........31-41
W ...............at Duke...............24-19 L .........Michigan State .........22-28 W............at California............48-14
W............Oregon State............38-0
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L .................at Iowa .................0-45 L ............at Nebraska ............17-45 W......Western Kentucky......63-28 1
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at Denver 2010 record: 6-6 W..................Akron..................47-10 W...........Illinois...........67-65 (3OT) W
W .....at Central Michigan .....31-17
L ....Western Mich. [HC] ....16-45
W ....South Carolina State ....41-10 L ..............at Florida..............14-48 W ..............at Purdue ..............27-16
N.C. State Syracuse W
L .....Eastern Mich. .....38-41 (OT) Colorado State L ..............at Kansas ..............25-28 L ..........at Mississippi ..........35-42 L .............Wisconsin .............28-48
2010 record: 8-4 Pittsburgh 2010 record: 7-5 W W
2010 record: 3-9 W.......at North Carolina.......30-24 L ................Auburn................34-37 L .............at Ohio State.............7-37 2010 record: 6-5 W ................at Akron ................29-3 W
L ...............at Toledo...............24-31 W ........Western Carolina ........48-7 W
L ...............Colorado1 ...............3-24 L ..............N.C. State..............28-45 W .........South Carolina .........31-28 L ...........at Utah ...........24-27 (OT) L .........at Washington .........20-41 M
L ...........at Kent State ...........14-33 W.......at Central Florida.......28-21
W............Akron............37-30 (2OT) L ...............at Nevada...............6-51 W .........at Wake Forest .........24-20 L ...........Georgia [HC]...........31-44 Michigan State W..............Cincinnati..............30-19 W........New Hampshire........38-16 W .................Maine .................38-14 W M
L ........at Miami (Ohio) ........10-31 W...........Virginia [HC]...........33-21 L ......at Mississippi State......17-24 2010 record: 11-1 L .............Miami (Fla.) .............3-31 W..................Colgate..................42-7 W
W................at Buffalo................20-3 W.........at Georgia Tech.........45-28
W.......Middle Tennessee.......42-14 W......Western Michigan......38-14 W....Florida International....44-17 W .........at South Florida .........13-9
L ........Northern Illinois........21-59 W..................Idaho..................36-34
L ....................TCU ....................0-27 L .............at Clemson.............13-27
W ...Charleston Southern ...49-21
W .............Vanderbilt .............38-20 W ........Florida Atlantic1 ........30-17
L ...........Virginia Tech...........30-41
L ..........at Notre Dame..........17-23 L ........Pittsburgh [HC] ........14-45
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W .........Boston College .........44-17
L .........at Virginia Tech .........21-28 W.......Notre Dame.......34-31 (OT) W.............at Syracuse.............45-14
Baylor L ............at Air Force ............27-49
W .............UNLV [HC] .............43-10 L ............Miami (Fla.)............10-35
L ...........at Tennessee ...........14-24
W.......Northern Colorado.......45-7
L ....at East Carolina ....27-33 (OT)
W ................Rutgers ................41-21
W ........at West Virginia ........19-14
W.............at Cincinnati.............31-7
W W
W M
2010 record: 7-5 W ...........Florida State ...........28-24
W ......Sam Houston State ......34-3 L .................at Utah .................6-59 W..................Duke..................30-20
L .............at Georgia .............34-42
Louisiana-Lafayette W .............Wisconsin .............34-24
W ............at Michigan ............34-17
L .............at Clemson.............13-14 W...........Louisville [HC]...........20-3
L .........at Connecticut .........28-30
L ..............Louisville ..............20-28 W w
W..................Buffalo..................34-6 W ...........New Mexico ...........38-14 2010 record: 3-9 W........Wake Forest [HC]........38-3 W..............at Rutgers..............13-10
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L ................at TCU ................10-45 L ......at San Diego State ......19-24
Hawaii L ...............at Georgia...............7-55 W.............Illinois [HC].............26-6
W .......at Northwestern .......35-27
W.......at North Carolina.......29-25 W ........at South Florida ........17-10
L ..........West Virginia ..........10-35
L .............Connecticut.............6-23
L ...........Boston College...........7-16
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W.................at Rice.................30-13 L ........Brigham Young ........10-49 W..........Arkansas State..........31-24 L ............at Maryland ............31-38 W
L ............at Wyoming ............0-44 2010 record: 9-3 L ......Middle Tennessee ......14-34 L .................at Iowa .................6-37 D. 4 at Cincinnati (ABC/ESPN) W
W..................Kansas..................55-7
L ............Texas Tech1 ............38-45
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at Denver L ....Southern California ....36-49 W .........at North Texas .........28-27 W ..............Minnesota ..............31-8
W ................Purdue ................35-31 North Texas Temple
W................at Army................31-28
W.............at Colorado.............31-25 L ........Oklahoma State ........28-54
W...........at Penn State...........28-22 2010 record: 3-9 Purdue 2010 record: 8-4 m
W ......Kansas State [HC] ......47-42 Connecticut L ............at Colorado ............13-31
W.....Charleston Southern.....66-7
L .................at Troy.................24-31 1
at Detroit
L .............at Clemson.............10-35 2010 record: 4-8 W...............Villanova...............31-24
W ..Central Michigan ..13-10 (OT)
W W m
W................at Texas................30-22 2010 record: 7-4 L .......W. Kentucky [HC].......21-54 L ....................Rice....................31-32 L .........at Notre Dame .........12-23 W
L ............at Michigan ............10-30 W..........Louisiana Tech..........41-21 L .................at Ohio.................31-38 W............Connecticut............30-16
L ......at Oklahoma State......28-55 L .................at Army.................0-24 W.........Western Illinois.........21-31
L ............Texas A&M ............30-42 W ..........Texas Southern ..........62-7 W .........at Fresno State .........49-27 L ..........at Mississippi ..........21-43 Middle Tennessee W.......at Florida Atlantic.......21-17 W ..............Ball State ..............24-13 L ...........at Penn State...........13-22 w
L ..............at Temple ..............16-30 W ................Nevada ................27-21 L .......at Florida Atlantic.......23-24 2010 record: 5-6 W................at Army................42-35 m
L .............Oklahoma .............24-53 L .....Louisiana-Lafayette .....27-28 L .................Toledo.................20-31
W ............at Utah State ............45-7 L .............Minnesota .............17-24 L ......at Northern Illinois......17-31
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at Dallas W.................Buffalo.................45-21
W .............Vanderbilt .............40-21 W .............Idaho [HC] .............45-10
L ........Fla. International........17-38
W ...at Louisiana-Monroe ...23-22 W ............Austin Peay ............56-33
L .........Arkansas State .........19-24 W .......at Northwestern .......20-17
W ....Bowling Green [HC] ....28-27
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L ..Fla. International [HC] ..10-34 W ........Minnesota [HC] ........28-17
L ............at Boise State............7-42 L ............at Memphis ............17-24 W ...............at Buffalo ...............42-0
Boise State L ..............at Rutgers..............24-27
L .............at Louisville .............0-26 W............San Jose State............41-7 Louisiana-Monroe W.........at La.-Lafayette.........34-14
W ....at Western Kentucky ....33-6 L ............at Ohio State ............0-49
W ..................Akron ..................30-0
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2010 record: 10-1 L ...................Troy...................35-41 L ..............at Illinois ..............10-44 W
W......West Virginia......16-13 (OT) 2010 record: 5-7 L....................Troy....................13-42 W ...........at Kent State ...........28-10
W ..........Virginia Tech1 ..........33-30 L ........at Georgia Tech ........14-42
L .............Wisconsin .............13-34 W wM — m m m
W .............Pittsburgh .............30-28 L ...............Arkansas1 ...............7-31 L ..............Michigan ..............16-27 L ...................Ohio...................23-31
W ............at Wyoming ............50-6 W
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18. 6B · WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010 · USA TODAY
Colleges
Mountain
West takes
another hit
Poll before Monday’s games; times p.m. Eastern. By Jack Carey
USA TODAY
1. Duke (6-0)
Points: 775 (31 first-place votes). Previous ranking The Mountain West Confer-
(PR): 1. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. No. 6 Michigan
State in ACC/Big Ten Challenge (ESPN, 9:30), Saturday vs. ence hasn’t completely lost its
Butler in East Rutherford, N.J. (ESPN, 3:15). Last week: football identity, but several de-
Beat Marquette 82-77, beat then-No. 4 Kansas State 82-68, partures in the past few months
beat Oregon 98-71. have thrown the once-up-and-
2. Ohio State (5-0) coming league for a loss.
Points: 728. PR: 3. Upcoming game: Today at Florida
TCU’s announcement Monday
State in ACC/Big Ten Challenge (ESPN, 7:30). Last week: that it will become the 17th
Beat Morehead State 64-45, beat Miami (Ohio) 66-45. school and ninth football mem-
ber in the Big East for the 2012-13
3. Pittsburgh (7-0) academic year means the Moun-
Points: 712. PR: 5. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. tain West will lose three mar-
Duquesne (ESPNU, 9), Saturday vs. Rider. Last week: Beat quee programs in the next 21
Robert Morris 74-53, beat Pennsylvania 82-58.
months. Utah is joining the Pacif-
4. Kansas (6-0) ic-12 Conference next season,
Points: 683. PR: 6. Upcoming game: Thursday vs. and Brigham Young, which will
UCLA in Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (ESPN, 9). Last be a football independent, is also
week: Beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 82-41, beat Ohio in its past year in the league.
98-41, beat Arizona 87-79. Although these schools will be
5. Kansas State (6-1) replaced by Boise State, Nevada
Points: 588. PR: 4. Monday’s result: Beat Emporia and Fresno State — and Hawaii is
State 85-61. Upcoming games: Friday at Washington another candidate to join — the
State in Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (FSN, 11), Dec. 6 MWC’s once-growing possibility
vs. Alcorn State. Last week: Beat then-No. 18 Gonzaga 81- of securing an automatic Bowl
64, lost to No. 1 Duke 82-68, beat Texas Southern 84-60. Championship Series spot has
6. Michigan State (5-1) dimmed. The departures also fig-
Points: 583. PR: 2. Upcoming games: Wed. at No. 1 ure to negatively impact the
Duke in ACC/Big Ten Challenge (ESPN, 9:30), Sat. vs. Bowl- Mountain West’s media deals.
ing Green. Last week: Beat Chaminade (Hawaii) 82-74, TCU, which was in the Fiesta
lost to then-unranked Connecticut 70-67, beat then- Bowl last season, is third in the
No. 11 Washington 76-71, beat Tennessee Tech 73-55. BCS standings and could play for
7. Syracuse (6-0) the national title if Auburn or
Points: 571. PR: 10. Upcoming games: Today vs. Cor- Oregon loses this week. Other-
nell, Saturday vs. North Carolina State (ESPN2, 5:15). Last wise, the Horned Frogs (12-0)
week: Beat Michigan 53-50, beat Georgia Tech 80-76. By Eugene Tanner, AP
are ticketed for the Rose Bowl.
Leading by example: Connecticut junior guard Kemba Walker, working against Kentucky’s Josh Harrellson last week in Utah brought the MWC more
8. Missouri (5-0) the Maui Invitational, is showing the way on a team that otherwise depends largely on underclassmen. credibility two years ago when it
Points: 464. PR: 12. Upcoming games: Today vs. upset Alabama in the Sugar Bowl,
No. 14 Georgetown in Kansas City, Mo. (ESPNU, 9), Thurs-
Walker, young UConn rise
day at Oregon in Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (FSN, 11). and BYU has been a solid pro-
Last week: Beat Wyoming 72-62, beat La Salle 83-71, beat gram for much of the last three
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 91-63. decades.
But the MWC is not standing
9. Connecticut (5-0) still. “Today’s intercollegiate ath-
Points: 428. PR: Not ranked. Upcoming games: Today
vs. New Hampshire, Friday vs. Maryland-Baltimore Coun-
ty. Last week: Beat Wichita State 83-79, beat then-No. 2
Junior averaging Walker followed with 29 against
then-No. 9 Kentucky in the title game.
zling: 52.7% shooting from the field,
40.6% on three-pointers and 88.6% on
letics environment is very fluid,”
Commissioner Craig Thompson
Michigan State 70-67, beat then-No. 9 Kentucky 84-67.
30 for new No. 9 The Huskies also got a big lift from 6-9
Oriakhi, who was in double figures in
free throws. Also, he’s averaging 4.2 re-
bounds, 3.6 assists and 2.2 steals.
said in a statement. “Our board of
directors and directors of athlet-
10. Baylor (5-0) points and rebounds against Michigan “Teams are going to start doing ev- ics, as they have throughout the
Points: 405. PR: 13. Monday’s result: Beat Prairie View By Marlen Garcia State and Kentucky. He’s averaging 13.4 erything in their power to stop me,” history of the MWC and with
90-45. Upcoming game: Thursday vs. Arizona State in Big USA TODAY points and 12.0 rebounds. Freshmen Walker said. even more focus recently, will
12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (ESPN2, 7), Last week: Beat
Lipscomb 72-60. such as Niels Giffey, Shabazz Napier He hopes his teammates then will continue to analyze the land-
Kemba Walker chuckles at his 30- and Roscoe Smith are doing well in sup- pick up the slack. He said he had tried scape and chart our course in the
11. Kentucky (4-1) point scoring average for the Connecti- porting roles. to help the rookies through trying mo- context of ongoing changes.
Points: 403. PR: 9. Upcoming games: Today vs. Boston cut men’s basketball team. “I couldn’t be prouder of the effort ments in practices. “That includes conversations
University, Saturday at North Carolina (CBS, 12:30). Last “Averaging 30 is something I never we have put forward,” coach Jim Cal- “The guys do silly things,” he said. already under way with potential
week: Beat Oklahoma 76-64, beat then-No. 11 Washing- would have dreamed about,” the 6-1 houn said. “They know the work ethic “Freshman mistakes: unnecessary future members, as well as relat-
ton 74-67, lost to then-unranked Connecticut 84-67.
junior from New York said Monday. they need to stay in this program, and turnovers, taking shots too fast.” ed discussions with our televi-
12. Villanova (5-1) He’s not at all surprised, though, that they have learned it from Kemba.” Walker stopped to laugh a little. “I sion and bowl partners.”
Points: 377. PR: 7. Upcoming game: Friday vs. Saint UConn is 5-0 heading into its game to- When practice officially began made those mistakes,” he conceded. The Big East may not be done
Joseph’s (ESPNU, 8:30). Last week: Beat UCLA 82-70, lost day against New Hampshire in Storrs Oct. 15, Connecticut made news off the He just hasn’t made many of those as well. Villanova still has an in-
to then-No. 24 Tennessee 78-68. despite relying heavily on sophomore court. Calhoun and UConn adminis- lately. vitation to add Bowl Subdivision
Alex Oriakhi and freshmen for the rest trators met that day with NCAA offi- football, which would bring the
13. Minnesota (6-1) of its scoring. cials concerning rules violations related Men’s games league to 10 teams. The Wildcats
Points: 372. PR: 17. Monday’s result: Lost to Virginia
87-79. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. Cornell. Last week:
“We have a bunch of young guys to the recruitment of a player, imper- Virginia 87, No. 13 Minnesota 79: currently play in the Champion-
Beat North Dakota State 84-65. with a lot of enthusiasm,” Walker said. missible phone calls and text messages Mustapha Farrakhan scored a career- ship Subdivision.
He and his young teammates have and a charge that Calhoun failed to pro- high 23 points and Mike Scott had 17 TCU also brings a national
14. Georgetown (6-0) Connecticut ranked ninth in the latest mote an atmosphere of compliance. points and 12 rebounds to lead visiting championship-contending base-
Points: 351. PR: 16. Upcoming games: Today vs. No. 8 USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Poll, its first The NCAA could announce anytime Virginia in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. ball team, though its basketball
Missouri in Kansas City, Mo. (ESPNU, 9), Sat. vs. Utah State appearance this season. The Huskies whether self-imposed sanctions are Joe Harris scored 24 for the Cavaliers team hasn’t been to the NCAA
(ESPNU, noon). Last week: Beat UNC-Asheville 87-72. didn’t receive a vote in the preseason (4-3). Trevor Mbakwe had 18 points
sufficient for the eight major violations. tournament since 1998.
15. Memphis (5-0) poll after finishing 18-16 last season Walker has UConn back on promis- and 11 rebounds for Minnesota (6-1). From a football perspective,
Points: 318. PR: 15. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. and making a second-round exit from ing footing. Last summer, he was a No. 3 Kansas State 85, Emporia teams can now play eight league
Arkansas State, Saturday vs. Western Kentucky. Last the NIT. In the Associated Press news member of the college select team that State 61: Jacob Pullen scored 20 points games instead of seven, giving
week: Beat Tennessee-Martin 102-80. media poll, UConn is seventh. worked out with the national team, and broke the school record for career each four home conference con-
Connecticut’s title last week in the which went on to win a world gold three-pointers with his 241st, leading tests. Under the current format,
16. Florida (5-1) Maui Invitational, led by Walker’s medal. K-State (6-1) at home. some teams have three home Big
Points: 316. PR: 14. Upcoming games: Wednesday at standout performances, has the Hus- “I just learned the pace of the game, No. 10 Baylor 90, Prairie View 45: East games.
Central Florida, Sunday vs. American at Verizon Center,
Washington, D.C. Last week: Beat Florida Atlantic 79-66, kies back in the national spotlight. when to use my speed and when to LaceDarius Dunn scored 20 points, and Syracuse athletics director Da-
beat Florida State 55-51. Before going to Maui, Walker had a slow down,” Walker said. the Bears (5-0) led all the way at home. ryl Gross was among those prais-
career-high 42 points Nov. 17 vs. Ver- That’s something Calhoun has ing the addition of TCU. “We’ve
17. Tennessee (5-0) mont. In Maui, he scored 31 in a quar- preached since Walker’s freshman sea- Women’s game been pre-emptive, proactive, and
Points: 314. PR: 24. Upcoming game: Today vs. Middle terfinal win against Wichita State and son, when he averaged 8.9 points. Last No. 24 St, John’s 55, St. Bonaven- we’ll continue to be that way,” he
Tennessee State. Last week: Beat Virginia Commonwealth had 30 against then-No. 2 Michigan season, he averaged 14.6 on a team that ture 44: Da’Shena Stevens had 17 said. “That has just enhanced the
77-72, beat then-No. 7 Villanova 78-68.
State in the semifinals to become the lacked chemistry, Walker said, adding, points and 11 rebounds for the visiting stock of the Big East.”
18. Purdue (5-1) first UConn player since 1967 to score “We disappointed everybody.” Red Storm (6-1). The Bonnies (3-3) got
Points: 252. PR: 8. Upcoming games: Wed. at Virginia 30 or more in three consecutive games. His statistics this season are daz- 12 points from Megan Van Tatenhove. Contributing: Wire reports
Tech in ACC/Big Ten Challenge (ESPN, 7:30), Sat. vs. Ala-
bama (ESPN2, 3:30). Last week: Beat Austin Peay 87-65,
beat Southern Illinois 79-60, lost to Richmond 65-54.
19. San Diego State (6-0)
Golf
Points: 229. PR: 22. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs.
Saint Mary’s (Mtn., 10), Saturday vs. Wichita State (Mtn.,
10). Last week: Beat Miami (Ohio) 77-56, beat San Diego
Christian 88-69.
20. Texas (5-1)
Top honors up for grabs in LPGA tour finale
By Steve DiMeglio again and motivated me to work
Points: 216. PR: 21. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs.
Lamar, Sunday at Southern California in Big 12/Pac-10 USA TODAY harder this year. If I had accomplished
Hardwood Series (FSN, 10:30). Last week: Beat Sam (it) all in one year, especially as a roo-
Houston State 84-50, beat Rice 62-59. In last year’s LPGA Tour Champi- kie, it could have caused me to be-
onship, Jiyai Shin came within 2 inch- come arrogant, and it could have cre-
21. Illinois (6-1) es and one point of winning the player ated a downfall.”
Points: 203. PR: 19. Upcoming games: Today vs. North of the year award when her chip shot Choi has been on the upswing with
Carolina in ACC/Big Ten Challenge (ESPN, 9:30), Saturday
vs. No. 24 Gonzaga in Seattle (ESPN, 5:15). Last week: on the final hole of the final tourna- two wins, three seconds and two
Beat Yale 73-47, beat Western Michigan 78-63. ment did everything but go in. thirds in her past 12 events.
This year’s award — and a trio of “I would be lying if I say I do not
22. Washington (3-2) other top honors — could be decided much care about winning awards,”
Points: 195. PR: 11. Upcoming games: Today vs. Long by margins even smaller at the sea- Choi says. “I am aware that I have no
Beach State, Saturday vs. Texas Tech in Big 12/Pac-10 Hard- son-ending Tour Championship at control over the outcomes. What I can
wood Series (FSN, 4), Dec. 6 vs. Portland. Last week: Beat
Virginia 106-63, lost to then-No. 9 Kentucky 74-67, lost to Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando do instead is to control myself. Even if
then-No. 2 Michigan State 76-71. beginning Thursday. I come up short, I wouldn’t be dis-
Five players — Shin, Cristie Kerr, Ya- appointed and I wouldn’t regret any-
23. UNLV (6-0) ni Tseng, Na Yeon Choi and Ai Miyaza- thing because I will do my very best at
Points: 122. PR: Not ranked. Upcoming games: Wed. to — could be player of the year; the Tour Championship.”
at Illinois State, Sat. at Nevada. Last week: Beat Tulsa 80- points are awarded at each tourna- Miyazato could come up short de-
71, beat Murray State 69-55, beat Virginia Tech 71-59.
ment to players finishing in the top 10 spite winning five times this season.
24. Gonzaga (3-2) (a win is worth 30 points). The five All season she has talked about the
Points: 110. PR: 18. Upcoming games: Today vs. East- have combined to win 14 of the 25 abundant talent on the tour and said
ern Washington, Saturday vs. No. 21 Illinois in Seattle events, and Kerr (LPGA Champion- the Tour Championship provides the
(ESPN, 5:15). Last week: Lost to then-No. 4 Kansas State ship) and Tseng (Kraft Nabisco and Ri- By Eduardo Verdugo, AP
perfect example.
81-64, beat Marquette 66-63. coh Women’s British Open) won Major winner: Cristie Kerr is in the running for player of the year honors “Winning a player of the year
25. Brigham Young (6-0) three of the four majors. heading into the Tour Championship. “There is a lot on the line,” Kerr says. award was a goal I wanted to achieve
Points: 103. PR: Not ranked.
Shin, Kerr, Tseng, Choi and Suzann in the next two or three years, so
Upcoming games: Wed. at Pettersen could end the year No. 1 in Pettersen. pez as the only players to be rookie when the year started, I was more
Creighton, Sat. vs. Hawaii. Last the Rolex World Rankings. Shin is “Yeah, there is a lot on the line, and and player of the year in the same sea- able to focus on myself and my game
week: Beat Miss. Valley State No. 1, but since Lorena Ochoa retired even if you don’t win the tournament, son were dashed last year when her back then to compete against so many
86-36, beat South Florida 77-75 in May the spot has changed hands you have to fight for every shot,” Kerr birdie chip from 20 feet slid by and great players,” she says. “But as the
2OT, beat Saint Mary’s 74-73.
Dropped out: No. 20 Temple (3-2), nine times among three players — says. “Players started seeing opportu- Ochoa won her fourth consecutive season progressed, it became some-
No. 23 Butler (3-2), No. 25 North Caro- Shin, Kerr and Miyazato. nity, and a lot of people started play- player of the year award. The near thing achievable this year and that
lina (4-2).
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 61; North Carolina 39; West Virginia Choi holds slim leads for the LPGA ing well this year. With Annika (So- miss, however, had a lasting effect. changed my thinking and it has been
35; Louisville 25; Virginia Tech 23; Vanderbilt 12; Wisconsin 10; New official money title and for the Vare renstam, who stepped away from the “I realized I had too many thoughts difficult to deal with. I have lost some
Mexico 9; Richmond 9; Butler 8; Northwestern 5; Temple 5; Arizona 4;
Mississippi State 3; Saint Mary’s 3; Cincinnati 2; Wichita State 2; Old Do- Trophy for lowest scoring average. In game at the end of the 2008 season) racing through my mind, and I didn’t focus.
minion 1; Utah State 1. that race, Choi (69.77) leads Kerr by and Lorena not winning 10 times, get to enjoy playing the game that I “This week I’m just going to do my
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at
Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of 0.09 strokes a round. Pettersen is 0.06 there was hope.” love most,” Shin says. “And the expe- best and not think about the awards,
Basketball Coaches. behind Kerr, and Shin is 0.03 behind Shin’s hopes of joining Nancy Lo- rience allowed me to define my goals and we’ll see what happens.”
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National Basketball Association
Spurs still rise Standings
Atlantic
Boston
New York
Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB L10 Streak
12 4 .750 — 7-3 W-3
9 9 .500 4 6-4 W-1
Mavericks 101, Rockets 91
Houston
Battier
Scola
Hayes
fg ft
22 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 2
rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
20 6-13 3-6 1-5 2 2 15
15 1-1 0-0 1-7 1 3
3
2
Thunder 95, Hornets 89
Ariza
West
Okafor
fg ft
New Orleans min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
rb
37 4-7 0-0 0-3 1 5 10
33 10-24 0-3 1-7 2 5 20
31 5-8 3-5 2-11 0 2 13
as Duncan slips
New Jersey 6 11 .353 6½ 4-6 W-1 Martin 31 4-15 6-6 0-3 0 1 17 Belinelli 29 3-10 2-2 1-2 0 1 10
Toronto 6 11 .353 6½ 5-5 L-2 Lowry 25 3-7 0-0 0-1 5 1 6 Paul 35 6-13 4-4 0-2 14 2 17
Philadelphia 4 13 .235 8½ 2-8 W-1 Hill 27 3-9 4-5 5-8 0 5 10 Ilunga- 14 1-1 0-0 0-4 0 4 2
Southeast W L Pct GB L10 Streak Miller 23 4-6 2-2 1-6 5 0 11 Mbenga
Budinger 25 2-7 5-5 0-1 4 1 9 Green 19 2-5 2-2 0-2 2 4 6
Orlando 12 4 .750 — 7-3 W-3 Smith 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Atlanta 11 7 .611 2 5-5 W-3 Smith 16 2-7 0-0 0-3 0 2 4
Lee 23 4-13 2-2 3-6 3 1 13 Jack 12 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 3
Miami 10 8 .556 3 5-5 W-1 Taylor 7 1-4 2-2 0-1 1 0 5 Pondexter 9 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 4
Charlotte 6 11 .353 6½ 5-5 L-1
By J. Michael Falgoust Washington 5 11 .313 7 3-7 L-3
Jeffries
Totals
7 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1
232 29-81 24-28 11-39 22 17 91
0 Totals 235 36-82 11-17 5-36 21 26 89
Percentages: FG-.439, FT-.647. 3-point goals: 6-
USA TODAY Central W L Pct GB L10 Streak Percentages: FG-.358, FT-.857. 3-point goals: 9- 14, .429 (Ariza 2-4, Belinelli 2-6, Paul 1-2, Green
Chicago 9 6 .600 — 7-3 W-1 23, .391 (Battier 1-3, Martin 3-6, Lowry 0-2, Mil-
Indiana 8 7 .533 1 6-4 W-1 0-1, Jack 1-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots:
Cleveland 7 9 .438 2½ 4-6 W-1 ler 1-3, Budinger 0-2, Lee 3-4, Taylor 1-2, Jef- 4 (Okafor 4). Turnovers: 13 (Ariza 3, West, Beli-
NEW ORLEANS — This has Detroit 6 11 .353 4 4-6 L-1 fries 0-1). Team rebounds: 8. Blocked shots: 5 nelli 2, Paul 2, Ilunga-Mbenga, Green, Smith 3).
been the worst NBA season for Milwaukee 6 11 .353 4 4-6 LW-1 (Battier 2, Martin, Miller 2). Turnovers: 13 (Bat-
tier 2, Scola, Hayes 3, Lowry 2, Hill, Budinger,
Steals: 11 (Ariza 3, West 2, Paul 5, Ilunga-Mben-
Western Conference ga).
USA TODAY follows the Miami Heat Tim Duncan, but it could shape Southwest W L Pct GB L10 Streak Smith, Lee 2). Steals: 8 (Battier, Hayes, Miller, fg ft rb
(10-8) throughout the season here up to be one of his best with the San Antonio 14 2 .875 — 9-1 W-1 Budinger 2, Lee 2, Jeffries). Okla. City min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
fg ft rb Durant 40 7-22 12-13 2-11 2 1 26
and at heat.usatoday.com Dallas 13 4 .765 1½ 8-2 W-6
San Antonio Spurs. New Orleans 12 5 .706 2½ 5-5 L-2 Dallas
Butler
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
27 8-14 2-2 0-1 2 2 19
Green
Krstic
41 4-14 2-2 1-7 1 3 13
16 1-4 1-2 2-7 0 0 3
Memphis 7 10 .412 7½ 4-6 L-1
Duncan, a 13-time All-Star Houston 5 12 .385 9½ 4-6 L-1
Nowitzki 29 10-16 0-0 0-10 1 2 20 Sefolosha 27 4-4 3-3 0-5 0 4 13
Chandler 23 0-2 5-6 2-8 1 1 5 Westbrook 36 9-19 5-6 3-5 11 2 25
Monday: 105-94 vs. the Wash- power forward, is posting career Northwest
Utah
W L Pct GB L10 Streak
14 5 .737 — 8-2 W-6
Stevenson 21 3-5 2-2 0-2 1 3 10 Ibaka 30 0-5 0-0 3-11 0 3 0
Kidd 25 3-8 0-0 1-3 11 0 8 Collison 18 3-5 1-1 3-4 0 0 7
ington Wizards (5-11) lows of 14 points, 9.2 rebounds Okla. City 12 6 .667 1½ 7-3 W-1 Marion 26 5-10 4-5 4-10 0 1 14 Harden 17 2-5 0-0 1-5 2 4 4
and 29.4 minutes a game. But the Denver
Portland
10 6 .625 2½ 6-4 W-4
8 8 .500 4½ 4-6 L-3
Terry
Haywood
20 2-7 2-2 0-0 0 3
21 3-6 0-0 2-9 1 1
6
6
Maynor
Totals
11 1-4 2-2 1-1 1 0
236 31-82 26-29 16-56 17 17 95
4
F LeBron James: 20 of his 30 Spurs (14-2) are atop the West- Minnesota 4 13 .235 9 3-7 L-4 Barea
Jones
26 5-8 0-0 0-3 6 3 11
7 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 2
Percentages: FG-.378, FT-.897. 3-point goals: 7-
Pacific W L Pct GB L10 Streak
points in the first half; 15th ern Conference after a three-year L.A. Lakers 13 4 .765 — 6-4 L-2 Cardinal 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 20, .350 (Durant 0-5, Green 3-6, Sefolosha 2-2,
Mahinmi 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Westbrook 2-2, Harden 0-3, Maynor 0-2). Team
game in a row of at least 20 hiatus and are the only unbeaten By Soobum Im, US Presswire Golden State 8 9 .471 5 3-7 W-1
Totals 234 39-79 17-19 9-47 23 18 101 rebounds: 10. Blocked shots: 9 (Durant 2,
Phoenix 8 9 .471 5 5-5 L-1
road team (7-0). Lows: Tim Duncan is averaging Sacramento 4 11 .267 8 1-9 L-4 Percentages: FG-.494, FT-.895. 3-point goals: 6- Green, Sefolosha, Ibaka 3, Collison, Harden).
Turnovers: 18 (Durant 3, Green, Krstic, Sefo-
G Dwyane Wade: 15 of his 26 “I haven’t had a great year so 14 points and 9.2 rebounds. L.A. Clippers 3 15 .167 10½ 2-8 L-2
Monday’s results
16, .375 (Butler 1-3, Nowitzki 0-1, Stevenson
2-4, Kidd 2-3, Terry 0-2, Barea 1-1, Jones 0-1, losha 2, Westbrook 8, Ibaka 2, Collison). Steals:
points in the third quarter far, but we’ve had a great start as Miami 105, Washington 94 Cardinal 0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 10 (Durant, Sefolosha 2, Westbrook 5, Ibaka,
Harden).
5 (Nowitzki 3, Haywood 2). Turnovers: 15 (No-
a team. That’s all that matters,” subtly retooled. Oklahoma City 95, New Orleans 89
witzki 3, Stevenson 2, Kidd 2, Marion, Terry,
Dallas 101, Houston 91 New Orleans 19 29 22 19 — 89
F Chris Bosh: 20 points; 20 or says Duncan, 34. “We’re going to Instead of lockdown defenders Utah 109, Milwaukee 88 Haywood, Barea, Jones 3, Mahinmi). Steals: 4
Okla. City 23 27 18 27 — 95
(Butler, Chandler, Stevenson, Barea).
more in seven of last eight games find a rhythm with my minutes such as Bruce Bowen, the Spurs Tuesday’s games
Boston at Cleveland, 7 A: 18,203. T: 2:23. Officials: McCutchen, Dalen,
and the rotation as we go have complementary scorers Houston 26 19 26 20 — 91 Smith.
Detroit at Orlando, 7
Next: Wednesday, vs. the De- through the year. It’s going to pay such as George Hill (9.9) and Ga- Portland at Philadelphia, 7 Dallas 25 27 31 18 — 101
New Jersey at New York, 7:30 A: 19,435. T: 2:05. Officials: Mauer, Adams, Fitz-
troit Pistons (6-11) dividends down the stretch. . . . ry Neal (5.8 points). Starting L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 gerald.
Hopefully I can keep my legs un- small forward Richard Jefferson, Indiana at Sacramento, 10 Heat 105, Wizards 94
San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 fg ft rb
hhh derneath me and continue to feel in his second season with the Today’s games Washington min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
healthy, and keeping those min- Spurs, is hitting his stride with Memphis at Atlanta, 7 Jazz 109, Bucks 88 Gee 24 2-4 3-4 0-1 0 5 7
Blatche 37 8-19 10-14 3-9 1 5 26
Oklahoma City at New Jersey, 7 fg ft rb
Stat lines: The best two-play- utes down will be a part of it.” 15.2 points a game on a career- Washington at Toronto, 7 Milwaukee min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Armstrong
Hinrich
16 0-1 0-0 0-4 0 2
35 2-7 1-2 0-3 3 3
0
5
Mbah a 32 1-4 0-0 1-4 0 3 2
er combination through Sunday Even with Duncan in that role, high 50.6% shooting. Portland at Boston, 7:30
Moute
Arenas 41 9-21 2-2 0-5 7 2 23
Detroit at Miami, 7:30 McGee 26 5-7 0-1 5-10 1 6 10
was James and forward James San Antonio has shifted its identi- The low-post trio of DeJuan Orlando at Chicago, 8
Ilyasova 40 6-10 4-4 2-6 0 3 18 Young 33 4-15 5-6 1-2 0 2 13
Sanders 16 0-3 4-6 1-2 0 4 4 Booker 7 3-4 0-0 0-1 1 3 6
Jones (Heat ahead +100). James- ty from a defensive juggernaut Blair, Tiago Splitter and Antonio Charlotte at New Orleans, 8 Salmons 30 1-11 3-4 2-4 4 1 6 Martin 9 2-4 0-0 0-2 0 1 4
Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 Jennings 32 8-20 7-9 0-2 4 1 27
Bosh (+89) and Bosh-Wade (+83) that won four NBA champion- McDyess is combining for 16.7 L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8:30 Brockman 18 2-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 4
Seraphin
Totals
7 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 2
235 35-84 21-29 11-39 14 31 94
0
were next. But Wade-James Milwaukee at Denver, 9 Douglas- 33 5-12 6-9 1-4 1 1 19
ships from 1999 to 2007 to an of- points and 15.3 rebounds a Indiana at Utah, 9 Roberts Percentages: FG-.417, FT-.724. 3-point goals: 3-
(+29) was 19th, and it showed fensive force. The Spurs are the game. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 Dooling 23 3-10 2-2 0-2 4 2 8 17, .176 (Hinrich 0-1, Arenas 3-10, Young 0-4,
Boykins 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Martin 0-2). Team rebounds: 12. Blocked shots:
again Monday. James had the hot third-highest scoring team Duncan is “thrilled to have Sunday’s results
Totals 235 26-75 26-34 9-26 16 15 88 5 (Blatche, McGee 2, Booker 2). Turnovers: 13
Atlanta 96, Toronto 78
first half while Wade went 1- (107.2 points a game) and first in other people take on that load so New York 125, Detroit 116 (2OT) Percentages: FG-.347, FT-.765. 3-point goals: (Gee, Blatche 2, Hinrich 3, Arenas, McGee 2,
10-23, .435 (Ilyasova 2-4, Salmons 1-2, Jen- Young, Booker, Martin 2). Steals: 6 (Gee,
for-7; Wade had the hot third three-point shooting (42.1%). he doesn’t have to do that every San Antonio 109, New Orleans 95
nings 4-9, Douglas-Roberts 3-5, Dooling 0-2, Blatche, Armstrong, Hinrich 2, Arenas).
Utah 109, L.A. Clippers 97 fg ft rb
quarter as James was 2-for-5. Point guard Tony Parker, 28, night,” Spurs coach Gregg Popov- Houston 99, Oklahoma City 98 Boykins 0-1). Team rebounds: 12. Blocked Miami min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
shots: 2 (Sanders, Douglas-Roberts). Turn- James 38 10-18 9-11 1-6 5 3 30
Heat quote: “Slowly but surely and shooting guard Manu Gino- ich says. “If the superstar has any New Jersey 98, Portland 96
Denver 138, Phoenix 133 overs: 12 (Mbah a Moute, Ilyasova 4, Salmons, Bosh 36 5-14 10-14 2-7 1 2 20
I’m learning how Wade manages bili, 33, finally are in good health, character at all, it’s welcomed.” Indiana 95, L.A. Lakers 92 Jennings 3, Douglas-Roberts 2, Dooling). Steals: Ilgauskas
Wade
12 2-3 0-0 1-6 0 2
34 8-17 10-10 0-8 6 1 26
4
Scoring G FG FT Pts Avg 11 (Mbah a Moute, Ilyasova 3, Sanders,
his game. He tries to get a feel for too. They are having markedly Duncan sees the glass as half Durant, OKC 15 135 118 411 27.4 Salmons, Jennings 3, Brockman, Dooling). Arroyo 24 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 0
fg ft rb Jones 24 2-5 1-1 0-1 0 1 7
the game early. If he is trying . . . better seasons than last year, full with his numbers down. Rose, CHI 14 144 66 372 26.6 Utah min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Anthony 23 2-3 2-4 4-4 0 6 6
Bryant, LAL 17 152 121 451 26.5 Howard 9 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 4
then I can’t be trying to get a feel with Parker’s 17.9 points and 7.4 “We’re moving the ball a lot Nowitzki, DAL 16 155 94 417 26.1
Kirilenko
Millsap
39 4-9 5-6 3-8 4 2 13
29 4-7 0-0 5-9 4 2 8 Dampier 11 1-1 1-2 1-5 0 2 3
for the game early at the same assists a game and Ginobili’s ca- more. It’s harder to focus on just Ellis, GOL
Gordon, LAC
17 161 78 424 24.9
16 126 117 388 24.3
Jefferson 31 11-14 0-0 3-11 0 3 22 Chalmers
House
21 2-8 0-0 0-5 1 1
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
5
0
Bell 24 5-14 0-0 2-3 1 3 10
time. I am trying to . . . come out reer highs of 21.6 points, 5.1 as- one guy,” he says. “I want to play Westbrook, OKC 17 129 142 404 23.8 Williams 30 8-12 4-4 0-5 10 4 22 Totals 233 34-74 33-42 9-45 15 21 105
Anthony, DEN 16 135 98 380 23.8 Elson 12 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 4
aggressive from the beginning and sists and 47.4% shooting. more consistently, but when it Stoudemire, NYK 18 151 115 422 23.4 Miles 20 2-9 1-2 0-1 2 4 6
Percentages: FG-.459, FT-.786. 3-point goals: 4-
12, .333 (James 1-1, Wade 0-1, Arroyo 0-1,
then let D-Wade do what he With Duncan limited because comes down to it, we’re a better James, MIA 17 127 127 397 23.4 Price
Watson
14 4-7 2-2 1-3 0 4 10
27 5-8 0-0 2-6 7 5 12 Jones 2-4, Chalmers 1-5). Team rebounds: 10.
Through Sunday
does.” — James of leg injuries, San Antonio has team because of it.” Fesenko 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Blocked shots: 6 (James, Ilgauskas, Wade, An-
thony 2, Dampier). Turnovers: 15 (James 7,
Hayward 3 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
Udonis Haslem injury up- Evans 1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 2 Bosh 4, Ilgauskas, Wade 2, Arroyo). Steals: 6
Totals 235 46-84 12-14 16-48 28 30 109
date: “I’m still looking forward to Monday’s other games Percentages: FG-.548, FT-.857. 3-point goals: 5-
(James, Bosh, Wade 4).
making it back (this) season; it 17, .294 (Kirilenko 0-2, Bell 0-2, Williams 2-4, Washington 21 23 25 25 — 94
will be later than sooner.” Miles 1-5, Price 0-1, Watson 2-3). Team re- Miami 24 28 28 25 — 105
THUNDER 95, G Russell Westbrook scored 12 of his 25 points during a decisive 14-0 run late in the bounds: 11. Blocked shots: 10 (Kirilenko 4, Mill- A: 19,600. T: 2:32. Officials: Kennedy, Jones, Zie-
The Return: Pastor Prince J. Hornets 89 fourth quarter and also had 11 assists for Oklahoma City. F David West scored 20 points sap, Jefferson 4, Watson). Turnovers: 18 (Kiri- linski.
Moultry of In Touch for Christ lenko 2, Millsap, Jefferson 2, Bell, Williams 5,
to lead New Orleans but missed his last six shots. Miles 2, Price 3, Watson 2). Steals: 8 (Millsap,
Christian Center in Cleveland MAVERICKS 101, F Caron Butler scored 13 of his 19 points during a third-quarter run, F Dirk Nowitzki Bell, Williams, Price 3, Watson 2).
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‘Glee’ goes Grinch revel in my treasures,” she says.
Cheerio Becky (Lauren Potter) is First look
‘Potter’ The beginning of the in Christmas show dressed up like the Grinch’s reindeer/
dog Max, and Brittany (Heather Morris) Glee
end of the Harry “looks an awful lot like Cindy Lou Who,” ‘A Very Glee
stays Potter saga stayed at
No. 1 as Disney’s
Tangled brushed off
By Gary Levin
USA TODAY
the child who still believes in Santa,
Lynch says. (The Seuss estate licensed
Christmas’
put other newcomers.
It’s a Glee-ful Christmas for Fox’s hit
rights to the characters but didn’t allow
their use in publicity photos.)
musical-comedy series, but not for the Finn (Cory Monteith) brings some
school staff whose Secret Santa is Christmas cheer (a tree) to McKinley
soured by Jane Lynch’s Grinchy Sue High, while the soundtrack features a
Sylvester. duet with k.d. lang and Will Schuester
In the holiday episode airing Dec. 7 (Matthew Morrison) for the classic song
Avg. Pct. (8 ET/PT), the cheerleading coach You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch. It’s part
Film Wknd Total per site chg. Out
manages to replace all of their names of a 12-song Glee Christmas album,
1 Harry Potter $49.1 $219.1 $11,900 –61 2
and the Deathly with hers. “I was everybody’s Secret released Nov. 16, that’s No. 8 on Bill-
Hallows, Part 1 Santa, and I got all the presents,” Lynch board’s top album chart.
2 Tangled $48.8 $68.71 $13,535 1 teases. But when the students give The episode marks Glee’s last original
3 Megamind $12.6 $130.2 $3,687 –21 4
them away to poor children, Sue dons until a post-Super Bowl outing on Feb. 6,
“green camo makeup” in a nod to Dr. in which Emmy-winning Lynch prom- By Justin Lubin, Fox
4 Burlesque $11.9 $17.31 $3,934 1
Seuss’ classic How the Grinch Stole ises a Sue “temper tantrum the likes of The gift of laughter: Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays get in
5 Unstoppable $11.4 $60.4 $3,592 –12 3
Christmas, only to “steal it back and which you’ve never seen on Glee.” the Christmas spirit for the holiday episode of the musical comedy.
6 Love & $9.7 $13.91 $3,967 1
Other Drugs
7 Faster $8.5 $12.01 $3,473 1
8 Due Date $7.2 $84.9 $2,805 –20 4
Pod people:
9 The Next $4.7 $14.4 $1,826 –28 2 Apl.de.ap, left,
Three Days
Fergie, Will.i.am
10 Morning Glory $3.9 $26.3 $1,602 –25 3
and Taboo’s new
1
Opened Wednesday album is out today.
Source: Rentrak Corp. Ralph Fiennes by Warner Bros. Entertainment
Photos by AP
Fresher faces: Anne Hathaway and James Franco
will co-host the Academy Awards Feb. 27.
And the Oscar hosting gig goes to . . .
Oscar organizers have picked young talents
James Franco and Anne Hathaway to co-host the
83rd Academy Awards. Though it’s the second year
in a row a pair have been tapped for the hosting gig,
it’s a departure from last year’s more seasoned Alec
Baldwin and Steve Martin. Both stars, however, are
hardly new in Hollywood: Hathaway, 28, will be
making her fifth appearance on an Academy
Awards telecast and stars now in Love & Other
Drugs. In 2008, she was nominated for an Oscar for
her lead performance in Rachel Getting Married. It
will be the second time at the Oscars for Franco, 32,
By Robert Astley Sparke
who can be seen now in 127 Hours. The ceremony
Black Eyed Peas T
will take place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles
Feb. 27 and air on ABC. LOS ANGELES
he Black Eyed Peas, keyed up for a late-night rehears-
‘Empire’ director Irvin Kershner dies al at the Nokia Theatre, are surprisingly lively consid-
BEGIN AGAIN
The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner ering they’ve just ended The E.N.D., a world tour
died Saturday at his Los Angeles home after a 3½- launched 14 months ago in Japan. After wrapping the
year battle with lung cancer. He was 87. Kershner final seven-week leg in Mexico and South America, the Peas
was hired by George Lucas to direct the 1980 Star headed to their beloved hometown of L.A. days ago, only to
Wars sequel, which was the second produced but plunge immediately into the task of promoting The Begin-
fifth in the Star Wars chronology. The Philadelphia- ning, out today.
born director’s other big-budget film credits in- Inspired to keep going after ‘The E.N.D.,’ First, Will.i.am, Fergie, Apl.de.ap and Taboo — real names
William Adams, Stacy Ferguson, Allan Pineda and Jaime
cluded the 1983 James Bond movie Never Say Nev-
er Again with Sean Connery and Robocop 2 in 1990. group hits the clubs to mine new sounds Gomez — trade tales of happily readjusting to L.A. routines.
Surveying the familiar room service trays and corporate dé-
By Cindy Clark with wire reports cor of the suite in downtown’s high-rise Marriott, Apl moans,
E-mail USATCMlifeline@usatoday.com Cover story By Edna Gundersen m USA TODAY “Oh, no, we’re in a hotel room again!”
Conversation quickly turns to the culinary joys found on
their home turf. Apl indulged in Filipino dish chicken adobo
Today in the sky at usatoday.com Listen Up review of ‘The Beginning,’ next page but confesses, “The first day, I ate soft chicken tacos — from
Taco Bell!”
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Page 11B Handicapping the Justin Bieber, B.o.B, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Train and Miranda Lambert
aren’t just performing on The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! —
Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night (CBS, Wednesday, 10 p.m. ET/PT).
Likely to nab nominations, they’ll be hustling votes in hopes of nailing
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Grammy nominees trophies at the Feb. 13 Grammy Awards. m Hundreds will vie for prizes in
109 categories. Who has a shot? A look at the odds in three top categories:
Album of the year Record of the year Best new artist
When is it time to ‘deck the
Eminem, with 11 Grammys but none in Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z and Alicia The old rule that prevent-
halls’ for the winter holidays?
r h the marquee categories, should land a slot Keys’ colossal 2009 hit, remains a strong ed Lady Gaga from consider-
here for Recovery, a strong seller regarded contender despite receding from the air- ation here last year (because
as a mature breakthrough. He’ll have rap waves. The Eminem/Rihanna duet Love of an earlier Grammy nomi-
After Halloween 2%
r l e % competition from Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 if the Way You Lie seems an obvious pick. nation) is gone, so Drake
the September 2009 release hasn’t faded Expect Perry’s summer won’t be barred
Before Thanksgiving
h k n 6% from voter memory. Sade’s impressive smash California Gurls, Music news & views for his. Mum-
Soldier of Love, her first new work in near- Lady Gaga’s ubiquitous Bad By Edna Gundersen ford & Sons,
After Thanksgiving
h k n
ly 10 years, could grab a slot, as could Romance and Lady Antebel- Neon Trees,
67% Arcade Fire’s highly praised The Suburbs. lum’s crossover hit Need You Now to make Florence + The Machine and
Lambert’s Revolution, which won best the cut. Also possible, Bruno Mars’ Just the Ke$ha are chief candidates.
Right before Santa i it
Rig bef
Ri ht b fore Sant visits
San 11% album at the CMA Awards, should get Way You Are, Florence + The Machine’s Susan Boyle’s novelty
Nashville’s backing. And while voters gave Dog Days Are Over, Train’s Hey, Soul Sister stigma may shut her out.
I don’t decorate/cel brate
on’ deco t / elebrat
eleb te this honor to Taylor Swift, 20, this year, and B.o.B’s Airplanes and Nothin’ on You. Bieber is a shoo-in nominee
any winter holidays
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te olid
liday
days 14
14%
veterans frequently prevail here, which By Kevin Mazur, WireImage
If popularity trumps taste, Ke$ha’s Tik Tok and likely victor if voters’
Source: 3M survey of 600 women by Wakefield opens the door for Live at the Troubadour Sade: Her Soldier of Love album may sneak in. Watch for some duplication kids get their hands on
By Michelle Healy and Sam Ward, USA TODAY
y A A by Carole King, 68, and James Taylor, 62. could be a big winner. in best song, awarded to composers. ballots.
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Music reviews by USA TODAY critics
Out of eeee
Jazmine Sullivan, Love Me Back
tracks
eee½ AGONY AND ECSTASY
spotlight
Sullivan’s husky, keening vocals have a dark hue that belies
her youth and would seem naturally suited to expressions of
pick of the week
heartache and loss. But some of the most instantly winning Rolling in the Deep, Adele
songs on this sophomore effort have an exuberant spirit,
from the blithely funky, ’80s-flavored Don’t Make Me Wait to “You had my heart and soul,
the deeply retro-soulful Excuse Me. Elsewhere, though, she and you played it to the
invests more somber fare — notably the searing Redemption, beat.” And Adele’s mesmer-
which describes an abusive relationship from both sides — izing new single, from next
with an unmannered intensity that’s as poignant as it is year’s 21 album, does exactly
precocious. — Elysa Gardner the same thing. It begins
albums
with an echo-laden vocal
>>Download: aforementioned tracks, Love You that sounds as if it is calling
Long Time, 10 Seconds from a dark pit, then builds
with pounding drum and pi- By Andrew Yee
Flo Rida, Only One Flo (Part 1) ano as the British soul diva
ee½ SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED sings about “reaching a fever pitch.” Finally, the whole
thing explodes into a chorus that pulls up memories of
Flo Rida’s third studio album got a promising start with sin- Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy but with background singers who
gle Club Can’t Handle Me, a palatable smoothie of rap, dance add their own haunting wail. — Brian Mansfield
rhythms and pop sweetening, nicely sewn up by producer
David Guetta. Elsewhere, the pickings are slimmer as Flo’s
flow slackens and guests Gucci Mane and Ludacris attempt the playlist
to salvage the party. The rapper, dubbing this eight-track ap-
petizer his melodic half, promises an edgier display of his rap USA TODAY music critic Brian Mansfield highlights 10
powers on Part 2, due in spring. Perhaps a mash-up is in intriguing tracks found during the week’s listening.
order. — Edna Gundersen
This Is Country The Country Music Association’s
>>Download: Club Can’t Handle Me Music entertainer of the year lays out his
Brad Paisley musical manifesto in a song he premiered
on the recent awards show.
Soulja Boy, The DeAndre Way
ee½ HE’S JUST HAVING FUN Ring of Fire Jackson loses the horns from Johnny
Alan Jackson Cash’s 1963 hit but keeps the shuffle,
Twenty-year-old rapper DeAndre Cortez Way (aka Soulja beefs up the guitar twang and adds
Lee Ann Womack on harmony.
Boy) has garnered his share of critics in the past three years,
but he has forged ahead in creating some of hip-hop’s catch- By Christian Lantry, Geffen Records Machine Gun Blues SoCal punk legends get old-school tough
iest, most upbeat party music. While other rappers have Social Distortion like Jimmy Cagney on lead single from
complained about his lack of substance, he has parlayed his
knack for self-promotion (he launched his career on YouTube
and MySpace) and clever hooks into a string of radio hits.
Most of the tracks here are in a similar vein, with boasts
El DeBarge wins big I Won’t Do
Ya Like That
upcoming Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes.
A honky-tonk angel, flanked by Jason &
the Scorchers guitarist Warner Hodges
with ‘Second Chance’
Stacie Collins and the Georgia Satellites’ Dan Baird.
about his gear (First Day of School), self-confidence (Pretty
Boy Swag) or success with the ladies (Blowin’ Me Kisses). Body and Soul Vibes great teams with late saxophonist
He also takes a stab at his haters on the 50 Cent-assisted Mike Maineri Charlie Mariano for a Johnny Hartman
Mean Mug. Like him or not, there’s no denying he has made ballad, from the John Coltrane-inspired
Crescent album.
his own way. — Steve Jones El DeBarge, Second Chance familiar territory that should help him
eee½ A WELCOME RETURN connect with fans past and present. Windows Are Rolled-down windows often symbolize
>>Download: aforementioned tracks, Fly, Speakers Going Hammer Songs like his sexy duet with Faith Evans, Rolled Down freedom and escape. They do here, too,
It has been 16 years since El De- Lay With You, the smooth Format with 50 Amos Lee just not from the perspective of the
Cent and confident 5 Seconds with Fabo- person who’s singing.
The Black Eyed Peas, The Beginning Barge released an album, but he’s taking
ee THE BEAT GOES ON full advantage of this opportunity to re- lous put fresh spins on his vintage sound. This Corrosion Pop songstress revisits her goth youth on
kindle a once-sparkling career derailed Like the title track, several other Diane Birch next week’s The Velveteen Age EP, which
On 2009 blockbuster The E.N.D., the Peas told us that the en- by drug abuse and a stint in prison. songs carry deeper meaning. On the includes this keyboard-driven Sisters
ergy never dies, but it was at least channeled in a positive di- What’s clear here is that hard times beautifully haunting The Other Side, he of Mercy cover.
rection. The group’s newest concoction of spacey funk dance didn’t diminish his soul, spiritually or copes with the loss of something he
Hoeing Weeds Canadian pop act wants to “trade this city
ditties is more like a live wire pointlessly sparking all over musically. His sweet, soaring falsetto re- cherished, while on the buoyant Joyful, Sowing Seeds in for the farm,” one with clubby beats
the place. The incessant thumping rhythms may find cur- mains intact, and he has lost none of his he declares “this time I’m going to win.” The Russian Futurists and catchy hooks for dancing in the fields.
rency in the clubs and even on the radio, so long as you don’t knack for writing catchy, romantic tunes. Both deal with love but also could be
listen to the banal lyrics too closely. First single The Time (The The gorgeous title track serves as both interpreted as being about the road Christmas Tonight Nashville singer/songwriter really can’t
Dirty Bit) is a good example. It’s already a hit, though it offers love ballad and life mission statement as he has traveled. It’s good he made it Dave Barnes wait to get all jazzy and romantic with
back. — Steve Jones Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott.
little innovation beyond the sample of Dirty Dancing movie he looks to better days ahead. Baby, it’s cold outside.
theme (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life. A more creative step Producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis,
forward would have been appreciated. — Jones Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Mike >>Download: aforementioned tracks, The Christians More families should behave like this one,
City put the suave R&B singer/pianist in Heaven and the Pagans whose faith differences are real yet don’t
>>Download: Do It Like This, Don’t Stop the Party Dar Williams prevent their sharing a holiday meal.
Cover story
‘The smiles, the dancing’ are true signs of success
Continued from 8B The Peas’ punchy beats and took on an older brother role,
slinky dance-pop production get helping me deal with the tears.
Taboo chimes in, “I went to high marks from critics, who Fighting through that rejection
In-N-Out Burger.” tend to mock their rhymes as, and winning people over brings
Fergie skipped the cupcakes well, pea-brained. Review aggre- you the confidence to stay true to
and cookies tempting her at gator Metacritic gave The E.N.D. yourself.”
home. a middling 60 (out of 100), The four, all from modest back-
“It was Josh’s birthday, and I based on 15 reviews, including grounds, are still adjusting to
had to tell myself, ‘No sugar!’ ” The Boston Globe’s assessment wealth and fame. They find shop-
she says. Her willpower vanished that the “increasingly insipid ping sprees less rewarding than
when she took her husband, ac- hip-hop quartet . . . inanely and philanthropy and assisting their
tor Josh Duhamel, to celebrate at repetitiously natters on about families. Will designed a flashy
upscale Boa Steakhouse. “I’m a partying.” All Music Guide com- car, under construction the past
sauce freak. We had the pepper- plained of “vapid lyrics, clumsy year, but he’s more animated
corn rub, and I asked for all five or delivery, vocals smoothed over talking about his new fund to res-
six sauces on the side. My favor- by Auto-Tune, and songwriting cue families from foreclosure. Apl
ite was the cabernet. Creamed that constantly strains for (and put his siblings through school in
corn, creamed spinach, mashed reaches) the lowest common the Philippines and is supporting
potatoes. I mean, mmm.” denominator.” the foundation that facilitated his
Because they relish working U.S. adoption.
out as much as pigging out, these Fans outweigh the critics “I’m putting my son through
four are more string beans than college,” says Taboo, father of a
roly-poly Peas. They arrive trim The Peas, comfortable with in- teen and a toddler. “No male in
and buff in their usual futuristic ternal give and take, shrug it off. my family has gone to college.
disco couture. Will’s Louboutin “It’s toxic,” Will says. “It might When I started in music, it was
white oxfords are studded with be constructive during the proc- about me and my ego. I’m proud
silver spikes. Fergie sports skinny ess, but once the album’s out, to provide for my wife and kids.
metallic pants and spike heels. what are you going to do? Where Now it’s about us.”
They’re revved for another were you when I was recording, Fergie invested in land in Cali-
march up the charts a mere 17 By Evan Agostini, AP
Mr. Opinion Man? You have your fornia’s Santa Ynez Valley to start
months after The E.N.D. stormed The time of their lives: Taboo, left, Apl.de.ap, Fergie and Will.i.am, photographed during a mini-concert customer, that’s the real. The the Ferguson Crest vineyard with
Billboard at No. 1 with opening- in New York’s Times Square in March, will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show Feb. 6. smiles, the dancing. Criticism is her dad and funded early retire-
week sales of 304,000 copies. when you play something and ment and health care for her
“It didn’t make sense to stop Beginning as a fresh start. nobody moves. What matters is mother. “She gave up a lot of her
now,” Will says of the Peas’ mara- “We don’t sit around and think about “We don’t sit around and think the weight you attract, the phys- life to help me with my dreams,”
thon that precludes a vacation about our Grammys,” Fergie ical bodies.” she says.
and the standard industry retreat our Grammys. . . . You become says. “You have to be inspired by Taboo concurs. “The 10 critics In showbiz since age 7, Fergie
between albums. a caricature if you try to repeat the now. When we’re in the stu-
dio, we think, ‘How is this going
who give you bad reviews don’t
amount to the 10 million people
also rewarded herself for reach-
ing her goal.
‘The E.N.D.’ started something the magic of the past. There’s new to feel in the club?’ That’s where who see you in the span of a “I got to buy my own dia-
these last two albums live and tour.” monds,” she says, flashing the
The group crafted The Begin- magic to be made.” — Fergie breathe. Fergie welcomes the debate. dark jewels on her fingers. “I re-
ning while on tour, recording in “On tour, the guys went out Without controversy, the grind cently splurged on three Loree
makeshift studios in hotel rooms. every night — I’d make it once a gets boring, she says. Besides, Rodkin rings. I wear them every
“Traveling, going out every E.N.D. took them to a different audience may not have heard be- week — and we felt the pulse of mainstream reviewers aren’t day, and I adore them. Because I
night and hearing DJs come up level. For 26 weeks in 2009, they fore by distilling it in a way that’s what’s going on in clubs all over stalking the club scene trends. come from humble beginnings, I
with songs inspired us,” Apl says. had a single at No. 1. It’s crazy.” embraceable. They can introduce the world. You become a car- “The earthlings don’t under- appreciate the value of money. It
“We’re not touring 300 days a The Peas are on a roll, but will European dance beats, hip-hop icature if you try to repeat the stand the Martians,” interjects was a big splurge for me, but
year anymore. We used to do The Beginning approach The elements, Fergie’s voice and magic of the past. There’s new Will, likening his use of voice- they’re worth every penny.”
three shows a day. We’re more E.N.D. in riches and glory? The blend it in a fun, uplifting way magic to be made.” distorting Auto-Tune to Bob Bling was never a motivator. In
selective.” Time (The Dirty Bit), built on a that the public finds appealing.” Apl turned 36 on Sunday. The Dylan’s scandalous switch from leaner years, Will and Apl worked
They’ve pared it to two: “the sample from Dirty Dancing The Peas, newly enlisted to others are 35. Will, the producer acoustic to electric. as telemarketers to raise money
show and the after-party,” Apl theme (I’ve Had) The Time of My perform at the Feb. 6 Super Bowl and primary beat master, isn’t “We used a lot of Auto-Tune on to buy a scooter that would get
says. Life, is No. 18 on USA TODAY’s and mulling a 2011 stadium tour, concerned that the Peas may these two records,” Fergie says. them to area clubs. Apl also la-
Hard work has paid off. The top-40 airplay chart, a modest have a hunch they’ve mined plat- outgrow their frisky, party-exalt- “It’s not to say we’ll always use bored at a movie theater, don-
E.N.D., their first No. 1 album, has start. inum from the underground ing singalongs. that much. There’s something to ning long gloves to stir deep vats
sold 2.8 million copies, according “It will be interesting to see if clubs and far-flung dance haunts “As a creator, you make what be said for the rawness of not us- of nacho cheese. Taboo wins the
to Nielsen SoundScan. With 6.4 The Beginning can pick up where they scoured for beats and you feel,” he says. “You don’t ing it, but it’s very of this time crummy job prize: He was a cus-
million downloads, I Gotta Feeling The E.N.D. left off,” Caulfield says. grooves during the past year. make music thinking, ‘Will I be and this environment.” todian at Disneyland, pushing the
is the best-selling digital song “The single riffs on a beloved “America is a big island, and able to dance to this when I’m Dealing with negative outside honey bucket to pick up horse
ever. Boom Boom Pow, with song, which can work against people here don’t realize what 60?’ The only music that truly forces, the Peas are a tight pod. manure at the rear of the Electri-
5.7 million, ranks fifth. you. But as the Peas have proven else is out there,” Will says. “We lives without an industry, a mar- Friction is rare, and while Will’s cal Parade.
“Everybody knows the back in the past, they can find great are the Jacques Cousteaus ex- keting company or money is in production dominates record- “I made enough to buy a car, a
story, how they were this vaguely success with very unconvention- ploring and bringing back what the club. People around the ings, an informal democracy Bug with no door,” he says. “It
crunchy-granola-esque hip-hop al singles. Even they didn’t think we discover.” world make music every night in prevails. was a great time, because at
troupe until Fergie showed up Boom Boom Pow would be a hit. Rather than conjure a second DJ sets. They don’t think about When the Peas drafted Fergie night I was performing with Will
and gave them more pop gloss,” “They’re so popular with a coming of The E.N.D., which won going to No. 1 or winning a Gram- in 2002, “I was hated by their and Apl.”
says Keith Caulfield, Billboard as- wide array of people, and they’ve three Grammys and sold 11 mil- my or being on the radio. They fans, who thought I was ruining And he flashes a grin as bright
sociate director of charts. “The been able to use sounds their lion copies globally, they saw The want to make people dance.” the group,” she says. “The guys as Fergie’s diamonds.
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Program helps Under control:
Paul Sorvino’s
outlook on
diabetes evolved
with his daughter
patients hold Mira’s help.
off diabetes
CDC, the Y promote lifestyle changes,
modest weight loss for those at risk In Paul’s kitchen:
Good Parmesan, prosciutto
and low-carbohydrate pas-
tas. “A true Italian eats pasta
By Mary Brophy Marcus care (one of the USA’s largest every day, but now I eat
USA TODAY health insurers) joined the CDC the low-carb pasta
and the Y to pick up costs in some two or three times
It’s not too late to reverse a slide areas. “A web is building across the a week.” In Mira’s kitchen:
down the slippery slope to diabetes. country. This is a monumental Healthy vegetables, berries of
There’s a science-based helping amassing of partners,” Albright says. all kinds (“naked” berries
hand now to do that. “It’s a great approach, a model with nothing on them),
healthy, lean meats — a lot of
A new type 2 diabetes preven- we should be taking more often in chicken and fish, olive oil. “I’m
tion program that involves drop- medicine,” says Richard Bergenstal, always pushing organics. I’ve
ping a reasonable amount of weight American Diabetes Association shifted Dad’s thinking about
— and making a handful of lifestyle president for medicine and science. organics. He buys organic
adjustments — can help prevent or “The biggest reason we came on fruits now.” By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY
delay diabetes, says Ann board was we recognized that dia-
Albright, director of the betes and obesity are becoming
Sorvino lives the good life
Centers for Disease Con- epidemic. We have to give this the
trol and Prevention’s Di- same amount of focus as HIV and
vision of Diabetes Trans- breast cancer,” says physician De-
lation. Albright has been neen Vojta, senior vice president of
talking up the National the UnitedHealth Center for Health
Diabetes Prevention Pro- Reform and Modernization.
gram these days. One in 10 U.S. adults has diabetes
For pasta-loving actor Paul Sorvino, 71, a type 2 diabetes diagnosis about
The program, based on now. Prevalence is expected to rise four years ago challenged him to rejigger his lifestyle, especially his eating
research by the National sharply over the next 40 years.
Institutes of Health and the CDC, In addition to covering eating and
habits. His daughter, actress Mira Sorvino, joined him recently to talk with
has demonstrated that by improv- exercise problems, the program of- USA TODAY’S Mary Brophy Marcus about how family dinners have
ing exercise and other habits, along fers a behavioral component. “It
with modest weight reduction — talks about barriers and problem
evolved. “For the better,” Mira says.
7% of body weight — people with solving,” says Albright, who adds
pre-diabetes have a 58% chance of that 57% of the population lives Q. Were you surprised to find you had diabetes? for drug company Sanofi-Aventis U.S. and are featured
preventing or delaying diabetes if within 3 miles of a Y. Paul: I was kind of shocked. I had no idea. I play ten- on the company’s “Diabetes Co-Stars” website.)
they follow the plan. Albright says it John Nedel, 45, of Columbus, nis and work out. I don’t do drugs or drink much. Paul: You can watch us cooking on Diabetescostars
involves 16 one-hour sessions with Ohio, says he has been attending a .com, too. We make lasagna. We cook that chocolate
monthly follow-ups for a year. class since September and has lost Q. Did you get on a more serious eating and pie. All these things that sound completely sinful and
The CDC recently partnered with 30 pounds, down from a starting medication plan right away? have been adapted to be diabetes-friendly.
the Y (formerly YMCA), using the weight of 372. Paul: It was bothersome. I sort of took care of it and
research-based model, to create the “As silly as it sounds, it has made sort of didn’t. You have to check your blood sugar to Q. It sounds like you eat a lot of meals together. Is
affordable program, Albright says. me aware of how to eat properly,” know where it’s at — it’s like you’re constantly tending that a challenge for you, Mira, since you don’t have
“We’re up and running.” Nedel says. “I felt like I was never a fire. I was using diabetes pills, too. diabetes and you have three kids to feed?
Classes are available at 28 sites in taught how to eat. This helps sup- Mira: He was treating it reactively, not proactively. Paul: We share meals two or three times a week.
metropolitan areas. UnitedHealth- port people.” He’d be naughty on his diet and eat a piece of cake. His Mira: It’s made me aware of the extreme amount of
blood sugar would be getting out of control, and then sugar I was having. I’d forgo a meal so I could eat des-
he’d take pills. sert, like a brownie. But it’s not just about the calories.
I’m really trying to shift things because I realize that I
Q. So you decided to take a different approach? genetically could be in line for type 2 diabetes. We’ve
Diabetes: Richard Bergenstal, the American Diabetes Associa-
tion’s president for medicine and science, discusses
Paul: We had an incident at Mira’s house where I’d
eaten too much pasta e fagioli. My blood sugar shot
cut out the bread on the table, and there’s no cake after.
Dad will make his famous meatballs and cook with
What’s new? some of the most promising recent research. right up and I got dizzy and Mira was very alarmed and low-carb pasta. It tastes the same — it’s actually really
it spotlighted to me that it wasn’t all the best. So I delicious. We don’t feel deprived.
Prevention Treatment spoke with my doctor.
Q. Any other cooking tips?
Type 1 “Exciting work is being done on vaccines and
regulating the immune system to prevent type 1
Blood-sugar-monitoring devices
and insulin pumps keep getting
Q. How long ago was that? Mira: I do a lot of salads now for him. I try to be cre-
diabetes,” he says. They’ve only been tested in mice better. As the technology Mira: That was right after my son Holden was born, ative and put in little bits of cheese and berries and all
but look promising. The first humans to receive improves, scientists are and he’s 17 months old now. Dad got onto an insulin kinds of interesting elements. I push it on him.
a vaccine will likely be high-risk individuals — marching closer to creating pen. It releases insulin slowly throughout the day, and Paul: Yes, she makes me a salad as big as a skating
siblings and children of parents with type 1. While an effective artificial pancreas his blood sugar is on a much more even keel now. rink. With a good olive oil and balsamic vinegar, it’s in-
there is a series of different immune system drugs — a technology that allows credibly delicious.
designed to intervene with an immune attack, blood-sugar sensors and pumps Q. Can you still eat the delish Italian foods you
vaccines may be a safer route. to “talk” with each other.
grew up with in Brooklyn? Q. How about exercise?
Mira: He’s being much more careful about what he Paul: I work out almost every day.
Type 2 A1C testing — a blood test that gives an average
blood glucose level reading over several months —
Several drugs can lower blood
sugar, but now scientists are eats. Diet and exercise is a big piece of the puzzle. Mira: He also walks all the time. When he comes
is helping to identify more and more people with focusing on those that can over to our house now, instead of the dessert course —
diabetes earlier on. New community-based lower blood sugar without Q. It sounds like you’ve educated yourself. a cognac and a piece of cake — we take a beach walk.
education programs like one at the Y (see story causing dangerously low blood Mira: I did a lot of reading and spoke to doctors and We just have the best time walking and watching the
above) can help people with pre-diabetes learn sugar or weight gain.
about healthy eating, weight loss and exercise.
went on the Web. (The Sorvinos are paid spokespeople waves.
The secret to longer life may surprise you Eating
disorders
You will be as hat if it isn’t a dog-eat-dog “Survival of the Kindest” is not just a
sending
stunned as I to
learn how the
W world? What if caring for a
dog or for a mom with Alz-
heimer’s makes you strong-
er and allows you to live longer?
Researchers at the University of Califor-
theory. It is becoming a revolutionary cul-
tural movement. There are many signs
that caring is gaining currency.
Keltner, who has been studying the
science of this instinct for 15 years, says
more
kids to
nia-Berkeley are challenging our long- we are coming to the end of our Gordon
most selfless held belief that humans are hard-wired to
be selfish.
New Passages
By Gail Sheehy
Gekko-Ivan Boesky-Bernie Madoff
25-year cycle of greed. Berkeley and Stan-
hospital
caregivers are Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural ford universities now have compassion
selection was misinterpreted by his male centers devoted to the study and teaching
rewarded with popularizers, the researchers say. Rather
than “every man for himself,” Darwin be-
of this theory.
It will run up against hostility among
A new report on eating
disorders cites data show-
lieved that humans are successful as a Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the the Hobbseians. Ayn Rand wrote, “If any ing a sharp increase in chil-
greater species precisely because of our nurtur- author of 16 books about adult life stages, civilization is to survive, it is the morality dren’s hospitalizations for Stockdisc
ing, altruistic and compassionate traits. including Passages in Caregiving. of altruism that men have to reject.” As such problems.
longevity. Why has it taken so long for Darwin’s Americans, we have a cultural bias against Among children younger than 12 who had eating
central revelation to be properly inter- Circle of Care. Reach out to your brothers caring. disorders, hospitalizations surged 119% from 1999
preted? and sisters, friends, neighbors and com- Oh, sure, we lavish our families with to 2006. That’s according to government data cited
“We’ve had too many men in social sci- munity volunteers to help you care, be- gifts during the holiday season, but in a in an American Academy of Pediatrics report re-
ence,” Berkeley psychology professor cause no one can perform this over- capitalist system based on unbridled leased online Monday.
Dacher Keltner told me in an interview. whelming role alone. You will be as competition, we worry that if we care, we The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and
“Female scientists acknowledge that stunned as I to learn how the most self- lose. Compassion is a woman’s word. In Quality released data last year showing that hospital
‘fight or flight’ is part of human nature, less caregivers are rewarded with greater men, it’s cast as wimpy, when in fact it stays for eating disorders increased 15% among kids
but so is caring for people.” longevity. makes us stronger under stress and more and teens overall during the seven-year period. The
This is no touchy-feely feminist theory. Stephanie Brown, associate professor of highly respected by our peers. biggest increase was in the youngest patients.
Hard science is showing how the human preventive medicine at SUNY-Stony For so long we have repeated the care- The American Academy of Pediatrics advises pe-
capacity to care is wired into our brains Brook, followed a group of older adults less aphorism “Nice guys finish last.” But diatricians to do routine screenings and refer young
and nervous systems. caring for family members with dementia the 40 richest Americans who took the patients for specialized treatment.
In my book Passages in Caregiving, and other illnesses. Giving Pledge to commit half their for- The academy says doctors can help prevent eat-
I urge women who assume the whole re- If they offered care more than 14 hours tunes to doing good are no spring chick- ing disorders by stressing proper nutrition and
sponsibility for taking care of an elderly a week, they were less likely to die in a ens. Here is my reinterpretation: Nice exercise to avoid an unhealthy focus on weight and
parent or chronically ill spouse to build a seven-year period than their peers. guys die last. dieting. — The Associated Press
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Across the USA Florida: Jacksonville — A program Louisiana: Alexandria — The Central
Bethesda, Md. She says he was patrol-
ling in Helmand Province on Nov. 8 Ohio: Waynesville — The owner of
slowed while one driver tried to exit
State Highway 360. The injuries weren’t
News from every state that provides free medication to state Louisiana Interfaith Immigration Center when he was hit by enemy fire. the popular Der Dutchman restaurant life threatening, she said. Police are in-
residents with HIV and AIDS is strug- has opened at the Newman Methodist said it will close permanently after an vestigating whether condensation on
gling, with a backlog of about 2,000 pa- Church Outreach Center to offer afford- Nebraska: Omaha — Winds gusting Oct. 13 fire that caused an estimated the road played a role.
Alabama: Tuscaloosa — Construc- tients due to high unemployment and a able services and legal counsel on immi- to nearly 30 mph spread a house fire to $1.5 million in damage. No one was in-
tion is nearly finished on the Tuscaloosa growing number of uninsured people. gration issues. Some of the services in- nearby homes in east-central Omaha on jured in the accidental fire that broke Utah: Alpine — School district admin-
Amphitheater, scheduled to open in The program has a waiting list for the clude family petitions, adjustment of Sunday night. The flames destroyed the out at breakfast time. The company that istrators are campaigning to get the
spring. The removable box seats with first time in nearly 15 years for drugs status, naturalization, employment vi- empty house where the fire began, and owns the restaurant said the decision to state Legislature to renew funding for
cushioned boxes and folding armrests that can cost $10,000 or more a year for sas, translation of documents from Eng- four other homes sustained minor dam- close was based on the cost of starting voluntary extended-day kindergarten.
will arrive in March. All 40 of the box- each patient. lish to Spanish, and English classes. age, said Assistant Fire Chief Steve Aus- over and economic conditions. Officials said a four-year program to
seat areas have been sold. demore. The cause has not been deter- fund full-day classes has raised math
Georgia: Jekyll Island — A prelimi- Maine: Bangor — Union nurses and mined yet. No injuries were reported. Oklahoma: Oklahoma City — Public and reading skills for the 200 children in
Alaska: Juneau — Sens. Lisa Murkow- nary draft of a conservation plan will be officials at Eastern Maine Medical Cen- health advocates and the Oklahoma the program at 10 elementary schools.
ski, a Republican, and Mark Begich, a presented Wednesday with diagrams, ter were scheduled to go back to the Nevada: Primm — Buffalo Bill’s resort Municipal League asked state lawmak- They said that unless the program is re-
Democrat, plan to oppose a proposed step-by-step plans of each aspect of is- bargaining table. The sides have been and casino on the Nevada-California ers Monday for legislation that to allow newed, it will end after this school year.
ban on earmarks that could come be- land management, and education and unable to agree on a contract to replace border is closing temporarily for a quick cities and towns to adopt tobacco poli-
fore the full Senate in the next couple of ways to find more information about a the one that expired Sept. 30. The dis- makeover. The casino about 40 miles cies more restrictive than current state Vermont: Burlington — Victims of
days. Some senators say a ban would topic. Officials will collect public com- pute came to a head Nov. 22 when southwest of Las Vegas shut down Mon- laws. Smoking is now banned in most minor crimes will soon be able to start
help control federal spending. Murkow- ment on the plan whose goal is to long- nurses went on strike for one day fol- day to remodel guest rooms, add a Den- indoor places to which the public has filling out their own crime reports rath-
ski and Begich say a ban wouldn’t dent term protection of natural resources on lowing a two-day lockout imposed by ny’s Restaurant and introduce an ener- access, but there are exceptions includ- er than waiting for police to arrive. Po-
spending and would hurt their state. the island. hospital administrators. gy-efficiency program. It plans to ing bars and some restaurants. lice Chief Mike Schirling said that after
reopen Dec. 23. The Las Vegas Sun re- two months of testing, the department
Arizona: Tucson — The U.S. Border Hawaii: Honolulu — The U.S. Fish and Maryland: Upper Marlboro — Three ported the hotel was taking advantage Oregon: Eugene — Lane Community is ready to launch its online citizens’
Patrol says agents recovered more than Wildlife service is reviewing whether a Prince George’s County police officers of a traditionally slow period. College will officially open the doors Fri- crime reporting system for minor
$1 million worth of marijuana in three Hawaii bird should still be considered who have been arrested as part of a fed- day to its new 6,200-square-foot long- crimes such as harassing phone calls or
incidents over Thanksgiving weekend. an endangered species. The Oahu ele- eral investigation into corruption in the New Hampshire: Meredith — The house. The $1.6 million building took lost property.
Agents tracked suspected smugglers paio, a brown and white bird found only county represent only a fraction of Board of Selectmen has come up with more than four years to build, but offi-
near Casa Grande for several hours and on Oahu, is threatened by rats, low re- county police officers accused of mis- new rules that overturn an earlier ban cials say it is only the second Native Virginia: Hampton — Department of
recovered more than 500 pounds of production rates, disease and wildfires. conduct in other cases. Documents on picking trash at the town’s transfer American longhouse to open at a com- Transportation documents show that
marijuana, worth more than $405,000. The review is part of a regular study of show at least 46 officers have been sus- station. The earlier decision was made munity college nationally. Its Hall of 9% of the state’s bridges and culverts,
protected species every five years. pended or assigned to administrative because of concerns over liability and Honor, features the nine federally recog- about 1,800 of them, are structurally
Arkansas: Little Rock — A legislative duties. the theft of $450 worth of metal. The nized tribes in Oregon. deficient. Chief engineer Mal Kerley said
task force recommended Monday that Idaho: Twin Falls — A Meridian man new policy allows picking of items from the bridges aren’t dangerous and that
the state cut taxes for thousands of low- was struck and killed by a SUV while Massachusetts: Lowell — A special a metal pile at the station for such things Pennsylvania: Harrisburg — State the agency would close any dangerous
income people and expand education trying to free a car after it slid off Inter- benefit screening of The Fighter will be as bicycles, furniture and tools. police said the death toll on highways bridge. He estimated it would cost $4
and insurance programs for the poor to state 84. Dallin Briner, 22, a passenger in held Dec. 9 at the Showcase Cinemas. during the Thanksgiving holiday period billion to bring all bridges in the state up
reduce poverty over the next decade. the car, was helping dig the car out of Tickets for the 300-seat screening and a New Jersey: Highlands — SeaStreak was the highest in seven years. At least to standards.
the snow when a California man lost reception are $75 and benefit the Team ferries are not stopping at Sandy Hook 17 people were killed in crashes during
California: Blythe — U.S. Border Pa- control of his SUV, which slid into the Micky Ward Charities and Merrimack Bay Marina through the winter because the five-day period that started Washington: Tacoma — Hundreds
trol agents seized about 47 pounds of median and struck Briner and the car. Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. docks were damaged by storms last Wednesday, the most since 2003, when of people attended Monday’s dedication
cocaine worth $1.5 million and arrested The biopic of local boxer Ward features year. A 7:30 a.m. Sandy Hook departure 19 died. Last year, three deaths were re- of the Lakewood Police Department
one suspected smuggler. Agents at a Illinois: Charleston — The Will Rog- Boston native Mark Wahlberg in the will be replaced by a direct 7:30 a.m. ported. Eleven of this year’s victims memorial to the four officers who were
Highway 95 checkpoint sent an SUV to a ers Theater, which opened in the 1930s, starring role. ferry to Manhattan from Atlantic High- were not wearing seat belts. slain one year ago. Sgt. Mark Renninger
secondary inspection after a cocaine- has closed. The theater was the only one lands. Regular ferry passengers said and officers Ronald Owens, Tina Gris-
sniffing dog was alerted. The Border Pa- in town, home of Eastern Illinois Univer- Michigan: Port Huron — Ryan’s Par- they’ll have a longer drive and fear Rhode Island: Central Falls — Su- wold and Greg Richards were gunned
trol says the driver was a female Mexi- sity. It was owned by Kansas City, Mo.- ty Store filed suit seeking to overturn a crowding on the boat. perintendent of Schools Frances Gallo down at Forza Coffee Shop in Parkland
can national. Agents found cocaine con- based AMC Entertainment. The small federal decision that it can’t participate said 14 of 81 high school teachers were by Maurice Clemmons. Clemmons died
cealed in the SUV’s ceiling. theater opened with a single screen and in food stamps and other aid programs New Mexico: Santa Fe — The Geor- graded as “unsatisfactory” in the latest in a shootout after a two-day manhunt.
later added a second screen. It had for three years. Ryan’s said it’s being un- gia O’Keeffe Museum is selling a 1926 round of evaluations. Central Falls High
Colorado: Burlington — A new wind changed owners several times. fairly penalized for the acts of dishonest oil painting by the artist depicting a col- drew national attention in February West Virginia: Wheeling — Chesa-
farm is operating on Colorado’s Eastern employees who mishandled coupons orful canna lily. It’s estimated that Can- when the entire staff was fired for poor peake Energy’s plan to drill for natural
Plains, providing enough electricity to Indiana: West Lafayette — Purdue from the Women, Infants and Children na Red and Orange will bring $1.2 mil- student performance. Most teachers got gas in Oglebay Park has stalled; the Park
power up to 14,000 homes. Duke Ener- University will digitize 13 films made by program. Customers said it’s hard to get lion to $1.8 million at auction at their jobs back in May under conditions Commission said the plan is incomplete
gy said Monday that the 51-megawatt Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, whose story to other stores that participate. Christie’s in New York City on Wednes- including acceptance of the evaluations. regarding water use and transportation,
Kit Carson project near Burlington is of their life with 12 children was told in day. The museum said the proceeds gas distribution and dealing with spills.
running. The Tri-State Generation and numerous books and the film Cheaper Minnesota: Burnsville — Students from the sale will allow it to acquire oth- South Carolina: Greenville — Bos-
Transmission Association is buying its By the Dozen. The Gilbreths helped pio- at Nicollet Junior High had an extra day er works. ton University researchers examining Wisconsin: Madison — A state law
power under a 20-year agreement. neer the field of motion studies in the off for Thanksgiving. Classes were can- 18 years of state data found that for ev- banning texting while driving takes ef-
early 20th century to improve industrial celed Monday because a broken water New York: Albany — Anglers fear ery 1% increase in unemployment, child fect Wednesday. It fines first-time viola-
Connecticut: West Hartford — Nel- workers’ efficiency and minimize fa- pipe flooded about 60% of the main lev- budget cuts will reduce the number of mistreatment reports a year later rose tors $20 to $400, plus four points on
son Ebo, a native of Angola who attends tigue. el and part of the lower level of the trout and salmon stocked in state wa- by at least 0.5 per 1,000 children. The their driving records. Second-time vio-
the University of Hartford’s Hartt school over the weekend. School offi- terways next spring, despite the in- Department of Social Services investi- lators face fines of $200 to $800. Thirty
School of Music, was invited to perform Iowa: Des Moines — Iowa Reptile Res- cials hoped to have the water cleaned creased price of a fishing license from gated nearly 19,000 cases over the last states and the District of Columbia ban
at Human Rights Day 2010. The United cue, a shelter for abandoned reptiles, is up in time for classes today. $19 to $29 last fall. Conservation Fund fiscal year, up almost 7%. Proven cases texting while driving.
Nations invited Ebo to perform in Gene- staying open, thanks to donations. KCCI- officials said the recommended staffing rose nearly 3% to nearly 7,000.
va at the Dec. 10 event that focuses on TV reports that the home to about 80 Mississippi: Yazoo City — Police Offi- level in the fish hatchery system is 80, Wyoming: Cheyenne — Alcohol
protecting human rights and ending reptiles and amphibians, including cer Patrick Jaco is recovering from mul- but early retirement incentives and va- South Dakota: Milbank — A local played a role in 41% of road deaths last
discrimination. The tenor taught him- snakes, turtles, alligators and iguanas tiple gunshot wounds after an incident cancies have lowered staffing to 67. woman is accused of stealing more than year. There were 116 fatal crashes in the
self to sing opera by listening to a CD. has raised the $2,500 it needed to stay Sunday outside the House Doctor $30,000 from the VFW post where she state in 2009 and alcohol was a factor in
in business. Jason and Robin Argo oper- Lounge. Police Chief Eric Snow said Jaco North Carolina: Fleetwood — State worked. Lori Richardt, 46, is due in 55 of those deaths. Last year, the Legis-
Delaware: Newark — An anonymous ate the rescue at Southridge Mall. is in fair condition at the University of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler court Dec. 7 on a felony embezzlement lature failed to pass measures that
University of Delaware alumnus has do- Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. and the Christmas Tree Association said charge. She is accused of taking the would have made refusing to take
nated $10 million to fund graduate fel- Kansas: Topeka — Angela Decker Jaco was shot after confronting some more than 1,100 trees will be delivered money between Jan. 1, 2009, and June blood-alcohol tests a crime and in-
lowships in the Department of Chemi- gave birth Friday to quadruplets, one men who had been fighting at the as gifts to Marines at Camp Lejeune and 30 this year. She faces up to 10 years in creased drunken driving penalties.
cal Engineering, the News Jour nal girl and three boys, at Stormont-Vail Re- nightclub, Snow said. soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas. North prison if convicted.
reported. It is the largest gift to the uni- gional Health Center. Angela and her Carolina is the nation’s second-largest U.S. territory: Guam — An exhibit
versity from an individual since 1995 husband, Anthony, named their first Missouri: Jefferson City — Officials producer of real Christmas trees, with Tennessee: Memphis — Mayor A C featuring testimonials from World War
and the largest outright gift ever to the children Alyssa, Maddox, Logan and Ja- have placed on the ballot a proposal to $100 million in sales in 2009. The state Wharton said security is being upgrad- II survivors opened Monday at the Ca-
College of Engineering, according to the den. The children are in the hospital’s raise the city’s lodging tax by 4 cents per has about 1,500 tree growers. ed at the city’s impounded vehicles lot thedral-Basilica Museum in Hagatña.
school. neo-natal intensive care unit. dollar to help pay for a new conference after legal claims piled up over stolen ra- “Take My Hand: Remembering How the
center. Residents will vote in February North Dakota: Fargo — Trial is dios and CD players, and sometimes, War Began, Promoting Peace in Our
D.C.: National Arboretum interim di- Kentucky: Newport — The Aquari- on the measure to increase the tax from scheduled to begin today for an Oklaho- entire vehicles. The city has paid Land,” runs through Dec. 8. The exhibit
rector Ramon Jordan said he will re- um will close the Kroger Kingdom of the 3% to 7%. ma City man accused of killing a Fargo $72,798 in claims the past three years. also has photos from before, during and
evaluate his decision to cut down as Penguins in January to revamp and ex- dentist in a murder-for-hire scheme. Lots now have better video surveillance after Japanese forces invaded the island.
many as 10,000 mature azaleas after pand the popular exhibit. It is expected Montana: Billings — A Marine from Authorities say Michael Nakvinda of and lighting.
opposition went viral and protesters to reopen in March. Zoo curator Ric Ur- Billings shot in Afghanistan has been Oklahoma City beat Philip Gattuso to From wire reports
created a website, savetheazaleas.org, ban said redesigning the rocks and nat- awarded a Purple Heart. Jeri Domson death last year in exchange for $3,000 Texas: Arlington — Ten people were
The Washington Post reported. Officials ural features will give the birds more told the Billings Gazette that her son, Sgt. from Gattuso’s former father-in-law, hurt in a chain-reaction wreck involving
said they will lose an annual $110,000 nesting opportunities. Officials said Dustin Stroble, received the Purple Gene Kirkpatrick. Prosecutors say Kirk- 32 vehicles early Monday morning, po- Get news updated 24 hours
private grant that funds two of their 20 penguin merchandise far outsells other Heart on Nov. 18. He’s been recovering patrick did not approve of the way his lice officer Zhivonni McDonnell said. a day. Visit us on the Web at
gardeners. merchandise in the zoo’s gift shop. at the National Naval Medical Center in granddaughter was being raised. The accidents happened as traffic www.usatoday.com
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Tallinn 19/17pc 20/17pc Caracas, Venezuela 80/60t 81/62pc
Aberdeen 30/27pc 30/24sn Seattle
Tirana 65/57r 63/55r Cozumel, Mexico 76/65sh 76/64sh
Ajaccio 57/40r 57/37sh 42/34sh
Valencia 59/40pc 57/37s Fort-de-France 84/75sh 86/75sh Toronto Boston
Athens 73/57pc 73/56c 39/30sn
Venice 42/38r 46/39sh Halifax, Nova Scotia 43/37pc 45/42sh Portland Minneapolis-St. Paul 54/40sh
Barcelona 54/38pc 51/37s
Vienna 27/24sn 31/25pc Lima, Peru 70/63pc 71/62pc 46/36sh 22/16pc
Belfast 32/27pc 34/27sn
Vilnius 9/-1pc 10/0pc Montreal 44/33r 37/27pc
Belgrade 43/39r 52/41r New York
Warsaw 11/6c 24/7sn Nassau, Bahamas 82/70t 79/66sh 58/36r
Bergen 24/18s 25/19s Chicago
Philipsburg, St. Maarten 82/76sh 83/75pc
Bern 34/27sn 32/24sn Asia/Oceania Thursday Friday Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 83/62s 83/63s 31/20c
Bilbao 44/35r 42/35r
Adelaide 75/64sh 81/65sh Punta Arenas, Chile 48/40sh 53/42sh Washington
Birmingham 31/27sf 32/20pc Denver
Alice Springs 90/58s 95/60s Quebec 37/33sh 35/23r St. Louis 59/33r
Bonn 21/18sn 20/16sn 51/27pc
Bali 87/77c 88/77s Quito, Ecuador 62/49sh 65/48sh San Francisco 42/29s
Bordeaux 38/30r 42/32sn
Broome 90/82s 91/82pc San Jose, Costa Rica 72/54t 79/58t 59/48pc
Bratislava 28/26sn 33/27pc
Cairns 85/75t 86/75t Santo Domingo 85/67sh 85/67pc
Bucharest 36/33sn 42/34sn
Calcutta 82/62s 84/62s Sao Paulo, Brazil 73/66r 79/67r
Cadiz 59/45sh 56/41sh Los Angeles
Changde 69/45s 64/45s Toronto 39/30sn 35/29sn
Caen 30/26c 32/27sn 68/50s
Changsha 68/44s 64/44s Vancouver 41/33sh 40/30sn Dallas
Cagliari 61/49sh 58/46sh
Christchurch 66/51s 70/53s Winnipeg 10/-1pc 8/-4pc 65/41s
Cardiff 32/28pc 34/25pc
Dresden 15/14sn 25/17sn Da Nang
Darwin
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Dubrovnik 60/54r 58/53sh New Orleans
Dusseldorf 22/18sn 21/18sn Dhaka 84/66s 84/66s MiddeEast Wednesday Thursday Houston
58/40s Miami
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Edinburgh 29/24sf 29/20pc Guangzhou 81/61s 79/60s Abidjan, Ivory Coast 90/76s 90/77s 80/59t
Faro, Portugal 61/45sh 58/44sh Hagatna, Guam 87/79s 88/79s Abu Dhabi 82/67s 82/64s
Geneva 33/24sn 32/25sn Hanoi 81/64pc 82/63pc Accra, Ghana 94/76pc 93/76s
Genoa 47/44r 47/40pc Ho Chi Minh City 91/73t 90/72t Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 72/52s 72/48s
Glasgow
Goteborg
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Karachi
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Algiers, Algeria
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Hamburg 21/20pc 21/12sn Katmandu 67/42s 72/39s Amman, Jordan 77/50s 76/50s Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thursday
Helsinki 19/18c 22/15c Kuala Lumpur 89/75t 89/74t Ankara, Turkey 64/38pc 65/40pc Albany, N.Y. 54/31r 40/28pc Fargo, N.D. 14/-1pc 13/0pc Philadelphia 60/34r 44/33s
Innsbruck 31/27sn 34/23sn Kyoto 61/46pc 57/43sh Baghdad 81/53s 80/49s Albuquerque 51/31s 58/34s Fort Myers, Fla. 73/45t 74/47s Phoenix 69/46s 76/48s
Kiev 12/8pc 22/10sn Lhasa 50/24s 47/25pc Bahrain 77/68s 77/67s Allentown, Pa. 55/28r 43/26s Grand Rapids, Mich. 31/26sn 33/26sn Pittsburgh 36/25sn 34/25sn
Krakow 15/13c 34/15sn Macau 76/67s 74/66s Beirut 79/65s 77/63pc Anchorage 14/5s 24/16pc Greensboro, N.C. 51/27r 49/31s Portland, Maine 47/39sh 47/30pc
Las Palmas 68/59pc 69/61c Mumbai 89/77s 91/77s Cape Town, South Africa73/60s 78/59pc Atlanta 47/32s 56/36s Hartford, Conn. 57/36r 46/31s Portland, Ore. 46/36sh 45/36sh
Le Havre 29/27c 34/28sn Nanchang 70/49s 64/46s Casablanca, Morocco 62/53pc 62/49sh Atlantic City 61/31r 46/29s Honolulu 83/73sh 82/72sh Providence, R.I. 58/38sh 46/32pc
Lisbon 55/46sh 53/47sh New Delhi 72/51s 75/51s Damascus, Syria 77/43s 76/41s Austin, Texas 66/36s 73/44s Houston 65/43s 72/53s Raleigh, N.C. 58/28r 53/32s
Lucerne 33/27sn 32/24sn Noumea 80/75c 81/74pc Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 91/75pc 91/75t Baltimore 60/31r 45/30pc Huntsville, Ala. 49/30s 58/33pc Rapid City, S.D. 39/21c 36/22pc
Luxembourg 22/17sn 19/14sn Osaka 65/46pc 60/43sh Harare, Zimbabwe 76/65t 80/64t Baton Rouge, La. 59/32s 66/39s Indianapolis 33/23c 40/24pc Reno, Nev. 46/32c 44/35c
Lyon 37/25sn 35/26sn Pago Pago 86/77sh 86/77sh Istanbul, Turkey 69/61pc 71/59pc Billings, Mont. 37/19c 36/24pc Jackson, Miss. 57/31s 64/35s Richmond 61/29t 50/31s
Malaga 61/47r 58/43sh Perth 77/55pc 72/54c Kabul, Afghanistan 59/29s 62/32s Birmingham, Ala. 51/31s 59/33pc Jacksonville, Fla. 61/30sh 62/33s Rochester, N.Y. 45/29sn 37/28sn
Manchester 32/26sf 34/20pc Phnom Penh 89/77t 88/76t Kinshasa, Congo 87/73t 86/74t Boise, Idaho 39/35sn 41/33sn Kansas City, Mo. 42/28s 52/30pc Sacramento 59/40pc 61/45sh
Marseille 51/35r 46/34pc Pyongyang 54/22pc 35/22s Kuwait 80/47s 81/45s Boston 54/40sh 46/34pc Knoxville, Tenn. 42/27pc 52/30pc Saint Louis 42/29s 47/29sf
Milan 36/29sn 34/23sn Rangoon 92/73pc 91/73s Lagos, Nigeria 92/73pc 92/73pc Buffalo 41/30sn 35/28sn Las Vegas 58/39s 63/46s Salt Lake City 39/27sn 45/34pc
Minsk 0/-9s 7/-7c Sapporo 47/24s 49/35sh Luanda, Angola 86/77t 84/76t Cedar Rapids, Iowa 29/18s 35/17sf Little Rock 57/34s 61/37s San Antonio 64/41s 72/48s
Monte Carlo 51/40r 49/38pc Singapore 87/77t 87/77t Lusaka, Zambia 83/68t 82/67t Charleston, S.C. 58/30sh 58/34s Louisville 41/28s 44/31c San Diego 69/50s 70/54pc
Naples 65/52r 59/50sh Suva, Fiji 82/72c 81/72sh Luxor, Egypt 88/58s 88/58s Charlotte, N.C. 52/28sh 51/31s Memphis 53/36s 57/37pc San Francisco 59/48pc 60/51sh
Nice 53/38r 50/37pc Tianjin 47/23pc 46/23s Mecca, Saudi Arabia 98/72s 98/72s Cheyenne, Wyo. 44/28pc 46/31pc Miami 80/59t 75/58pc San Juan, P.R. 80/73sh 81/73pc
Oslo 13/3s 14/5s Vladivostok 43/18pc 23/18sn Mombasa, Kenya 87/78t 86/76t Chicago 31/20c 35/21s Milwaukee 31/21c 33/23pc Sarasota, Fla. 68/41t 70/45s
Palermo 68/58sh 64/56sh Wellington 63/56s 67/56s Nairobi, Kenya 77/60t 78/59t Cincinnati 35/24pc 41/26c Minneapolis 22/16pc 25/15pc Savannah, Ga. 57/29pc 59/32s
Palma 60/40pc 57/39sh Wuhan 70/41s 65/41s Nicosia, Cyprus 79/57pc 79/57s Cleveland 33/26sn 35/27sn Mobile, Ala. 57/32s 64/38s Seattle 42/34sh 43/34sh
Prague 20/17sn 29/18sn Yokohama 61/53pc 66/48t Rabat, Morocco 59/50sh 61/45sh Colorado Springs 51/28pc 55/32s Myrtle Beach, S.C. 63/30sh 55/33s Shreveport, La. 60/37s 66/41s
Reims 24/20sn 22/15sn Tangier, Morocco 60/50r 58/47sh Columbia, S.C. 56/30pc 58/32s Nashville 46/30s 52/30pc Spokane, Wash. 33/28sn 33/25sn
Reykjavik 43/34sh 35/26s
Americas Wednesday Thursday Tbilisi, Georgia 62/47pc 61/43s Columbus, Ohio 33/23sf 39/26sn New Orleans 58/40s 65/47s Syracuse, N.Y. 51/29r 37/27sn
Riga 19/3pc 19/4c Acapulco, Mexico 87/70s 89/72s Tehran, Iran 67/46s 66/45s Concord, N.H. 48/34sh 43/26pc Norfolk, Va. 65/36sh 47/38s Tampa 68/42t 68/45s
Salzburg 32/27sn 33/25sn Belize 83/68t 81/70sh Tel Aviv, Israel 82/57s 81/56s Dallas-Ft. Worth 65/41s 67/44s Oklahoma City 59/33s 62/33s Topeka, Kan. 45/27s 54/27pc
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Sarajevo 44/39r 48/39r Bogota, Colombia 65/49sh 65/50sh Tripoli, Libya 83/59c 79/54pc Denver 51/27pc 54/33s Orlando 66/40t 67/42s Tulsa 57/31s 61/32s
Seville 56/41sh 54/37s Brasilia, Brazil 80/68t 81/65t Tunis, Tunisia 72/54sh 67/52s Detroit 32/25sn 35/25sn Palm Springs, Calif. 72/45s 78/52s Washington 59/33r 47/34pc
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