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1 Who warned his wie, Pandora, notto open her amous box?2 Whats the only near-actual-sizeitem used as a token in Monopoly?3 At what time o night does daylightsaving time begin and end?4 What director sued in 2003 overthe new on-screen name o the ormerNashville Network?5 Who wrote the Janis Joplin hit Meand Bobby McGee?
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Dori Jenrette is the manager ovolunteer services and bereave-ment coordinator at GentivaHospice in Columbus.
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Wy, Oct. 2Table Talk: Author and illus-trator Laurie Parker o Starkvillediscusses her frst novel, TheMatchstick Cross, at noon at theColumbus-Lowndes Public Library,314 Seventh St. N. The Friends othe Library invite you to bring lunchat 11:30 a.m. to socialize; iced teais provided. Or join riends or the
program rom noon-1 p.m. For moreinormation, contact the library,662-329-5300.
Ty, Oct. 3Book signings: Adele Elliott oColumbus will read rom her debutnovel Friendship Cemetery ata book signing rom 5-7 p.m. atHollyhocks, 204 Fith St. S., in Co-
lumbus. She will also attend book
signings Oct. 12 rom 4-6 p.m.
at the North Mississippi Holistic
Center, 140 Brickerton, and Oct.
28 rom 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library,
314 Seventh St. N. For more
inormation, call 662-368-2211 or
email [email protected].
Fy, Oct. 4MSU fall plant sale: Missis-sippi States Horticulture Club andstudent chapter o the AmericanInstitute o Floral Designers hosttheir all plant and wreath saleat the greenhouse area behindDorman Hall on campus rom 8a.m-5:30 p.m. For more inorma-tion, call 662-325-2311.
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Congressplunged the nation into a partialgovernment shutdown today as along-running dispute over Presi-dent Barack Obamas health carelaw stalled a temporary undingbill, orcing about 800,000 ed-
eral workers o the job and sus-
pending most non-essential ed-eral programs and services.
With the Republican -con-trolled House and Democrat-ic-controlled Senate at a stale-mate, it was unclear how longthe government would remainshuttered. The No. 2 Democratin the Senate, Dick Durbin o Il-linois, called the ailure to pass abudget conduct unbeftting a re-sponsible Congress and said hehoped it could be resolved by theend o the day today.
Most people in the body pol-
itic are taking a look at this andsaying, A pox on both o yourhouses. It should never havereached this point, Durbinsaid this morning on CNN. Andtheres wisdom to that.
The shutdown, the frst sincethe winter o 1995-96, closednational parks, museums alongthe Washington Mall and theU.S. Capitol visitors center. TheSmithsonian website displayeda red banner noting that allSmithsonian museums and the
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Caroline Handy, 5, smiles as she rocks on the horses at Lee Park in Columbus on Monday. Caroline is the daughter o Mike andKelli Handy o Columbus who enjoy taking Caroline to all Columbus parks. Caroline says the horses are her avorite part o Lee Park.
Bffo W W y Cob octoBy WILLIAM BROWNING
Columbus residents can expect twonew dining options to open on Highway45 North, one oering old-ashionedhamburgers and the other providing asports-themed grill and bar.
Jess Ousley, director o operations orBualo Wild Wings ranchises in Oxordand Starkville, confrmed Monday thatthe restaurant is considering a location in
Jackson Square.I plans go as expected, the restaurant
which states on its corporate websitethat all you need to know About Us isthese three things: Wings. Beer. Sports. will locate in the space ormerly occu-pied by Goose Hollow Furniture.
Ousley said his team still has to workout a lease agreement, but talks with anarchitect and contractor are underway.He said he is 90 percent positive the
restaurant will be coming to Columbus,although he would not speculate on whenthe restaurant would open.
We pegged Columbus because youhave a lot o things going on in that mar-ket, Ousley said, noting Columbus Air
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
House MajorityLeader Rep. Eric
Cantor, R-Va.,let, and House
Majority WhipRep. Kevin McCa-rthy, R-Cali., rear
center, look onas Speaker o theHouse Rep. JohnBoehner, R-Ohio,pauses during a
news conerenceon Capitol Hill
this morning.
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The Associated Press
CHICAGO Millions oAmericans will be able to shopor the frst time today on theinsurance marketplaces that are
at the heart o President BarackObamas health care reorms,
entering a world that is sup-posed to simpliy the mysterieso health coverage but could endup making it even more conus-ing, at least initially.
Whether consumers will bepleased with the experience, the
premiums and the out-o-pock-et costs o the plans oered to
them will fnally start to becomeclear. Todays rollout comes a-
ter months o buildup in whichthe marketplaces, also known
as exchanges, have been bothpraised and vilifed.
Illustrating the heated po-litical disagreements over thelaw, the opening o the exchang-es comes the same day as theshutdown o the ederal govern-ment, led by congressional Re-publicans who want to block thehealth insurance reorms romtaking eect.
The shutdown will have noimmediate eect on the insur-
ance marketplaces that are thebackbone o the law, becausethey operate with money thatisnt subject to the annual bud-get wrangling in Washington.
The marketplaces opening inall 50 states represent a turningpoint in the nations approach tohealth care, the biggest expan-sion in coverage in nearly 50years.
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Lowndes Coun-tys total value hasgone up. Now its su-pervisors salarieswill also.
Supervisors will
receive a $1,000 raise and make$45,700 a year now that the countystotal assessed value is more than $1billion. The pay raise is mandatory bystate law, which states supervisors incounties worth between $1 and $2 bil-lion make $45,700.
Supervisors also approved salaryincreases or county prosecutor Al-lison Kizer and justice court judgesRon Cooke, Chris Hemphill and Peg-gy Phillips. They also were compen-sated $44,700 yearly and will receivean additional $1,000. Sims & Sims,the law frm employing board attor-ney Tim Hudson, will also receive$45,700.
Lowndes joins six other Missis-sippi counties DeSoto, Harrison,Hinds, Jackson, Madison and Rankin in having a total value o at least $1
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Columbus Monday
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Normal high/low ......................... 82/57Record high ............................ 96 (1953)
Record low .............................. 39 (1967)
Monday ........................................... 0.62"Month to date ................................. 4.77"
Normal month to date ...................... 3.65"Year to date .................................. 50.18"
Normal year to date ....................... 41.52"
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Atlanta 82 63 pc 83 62 pc
Boston 80 58 s 76 55 s
Chicago 79 64 s 80 67 t
Dallas 89 73 pc 90 73 s
Honolulu 87 73 c 88 73 pc
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Stennis Dam 166' 136.64' -0.02'
Bevill Dam 136' 136.37' -0.09'
Amory 20' 11.47' +0.21'
Bigbee 14' 3.79' -0.01'
Columbus 15' 5.10' -0.09'
Fulton 20' 7.40' none
Tupelo 21' 0.60' -0.10'
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Sunrise ..... 6:48 a.m.
Sunset ...... 6:38 p.m.
Moonrise ... 3:30 a.m.
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Orlando 88 72 pc 86 74 t
Philadelphia 84 63 s 81 63 pc
Phoenix 94 70 s 93 67 s
Raleigh 84 61 s 85 61 pc
Salt Lake City 70 49 pc 60 41 sh
Seattle 56 45 r 60 43 s
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I wont lie that its been rustrating to watch the flmaterwards knowing teams like Auburn are trying totake me away rom the game.MSU senior running back LaDarius Perkins. Story, 1B.
Snake salesman to openstore, replacing garageThe AssociATed Press
SHIRLEY, N.Y. ALong Island animal con-trol ocer ound withmore than 850 snakes inhis garage is moving themto a storage acility untilhe can open his own store.
An attorney or Rich-ard Parrinello tells News-day his client is deciding
among three properlyzoned locations.
He says moving thereptiles is dicult becauseits the end o their breed-ing season, when emale
snakes care or their eggs.The town o Brookhav-
en says Parrinello is coop-erating but has our weeksto get the snakes out o hisgarage.
Authorities removedtwo 6-oot Burmese py-thons rom Parrinellosgarage earlier this month.Burmese pythons are il-
legal to own in New YorkState without a permit.Most o Parrinellos
snakes are legal, but hesbeen cited or not havingproper permits.
AP Photo/Brookhaven, N.Y. Public Inormation Ofce
Michael Ralbovsky, center, who is the general cura-tor and herpetologist at the Rainforest Reptile Show,displays one of two Burmese Pythons from a home inShirley, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 19.
By KAreN MATTheWs
The Associated Press
NEW YORK Be-loved authors Judy Blumeand Eric Carle helped theNew York Public Librarycelebrate childrens litera-ture Monday as the library
released a list o 100 greatbooks rom the last 100years.
The list includes picturebooks or preschoolersas well as books or olderreaders like The Hobbitand Harry Potter and theSorcerers Stone.
The Cat in the Hat,Pippi Longstocking and
Where the Wild ThingsAre all made the list, whichaccompanies an exhibit onchildrens literature at thelibrarys main building inmidtown Manhattan.
Blume and Carle joinedlibrarians or a reading andpanel discussion.
Viewed over time,
childrens books are thecollected memory o our
hopes and dreams, saidmoderator Leonard Mar-cus, a book critic and thecurator o the exhibit.They are the message ina bottle that each genera-tion tosses out to the nextgeneration in the hope thatit may wash ashore and beread and be taken to heart.
Blume, whose Tales oa Fourth Grade Nothing ison the list, said that whenshe was in the ourth gradehersel she always had sto-ries in her head.
But I never told any-body about them because Ithought i I did they wouldthink I was weird, she said.
Since Blume beganpublishing in the 1970s,many o her books dealingwith subjects like racism,divorce and sexuality havebeen banned by authoritieswho considered the topicsinappropriate or children.
Books that are lovedby children are oten thebooks that scare adults,Blume said.
Carle made the libraryslist with The Very HungryCaterpillar, his 1969 pic-ture book about a voraciousbug that becomes a butter-fy. He said he created thecaterpillar by olding andmanipulating paper; he rstthought o the characteras a bookworm, Willie theWorm.
NYC library offers list of 100 great kids booksonlinen nypl.org/childrens100
By rUsseLL coNTrerAs
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE,N.M. Insultsdished out by oodcritic Anthony Bour-dain on an episodeo CNNs Parts Un-known have stirredup outrage in NewMexico and nowhe acknowledgesthat he was wrong.
The sharp-tongued che andwriter lashed into the World Fa-mous Frito pies sold at Santa FesFive & Dime General Stores snack
bar. The store is a tourist attractionand a mainstay in the citys historicplaza.
The dish, according to Bour-dain, was made with canned Hor-mel Chili and a day-glow orangecheese-like substance.
But Bourdain spokeswomanKaren Reynolds told The Associat-ed Press on Monday that the writerwas incorrect in his description othe chile used by Santa Fes Five &Dime General Stores snack bar tomake the Frito pies.
He admits that we got it wrongabout the chile, Reynolds said in
an email. And well try to correct itor uture airings.
In his critique, Bourdain alsosaid that the local avorite isnt evena New Mexico meal, but rather aTexas creation. He said New Mexi-cans should leave the recipe to theTexans.
New Mexico, you have many
wonderul things, Bourdain said.I think, let Texas have this one.
Mike Collins, store managero the Five & Dime, says Bour-dain was completely wrong onthe stores Frito pie. He said theirversion is homemade rom chiliesgrown in New Mexico and remainspopular.
I dont have any idea where hegot that rom, Collins said. I mean,
i were using canned Hormel Chilithen Id like to buy stock in that be-cause what we have is good.
Still, Collins said he and the stadont have any ill eelings towardBourdain. He said during the tap-ing o the visit, Bourdain was niceand a pleasure to be around.
Reynolds also said Bourdain
enjoyed the pie, something thatwasnt clear rom the show.
Contrary to the impression letby some reports o the show, I, inact, very much enjoyed my Fritopie in spite o its disturbing weightin the hand. It may have elt like(expletive) but was shockinglytasty, Bourdain said in a statement.
The ood critic wasnt all nega-
tive toward New Mexico on the ep-isode. Bourdain is seen driving onRoute 66 through New Mexico andspeaks o the amous highwaysdierent cultures and cornucopiao ood. He also is shown enjoyingsome level 3 green chile and hav-ing to wait it out while the spicyeects wear o.
Anthony Bourdain admits mistake on Frito pie
Bourdain
AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Luis Sanchez Saturno
Connie Lanyon-Robert enjoys a World Famous Frito pie sold at SantaFes Five & Dime General Stores snack bar in Santa Fe, N.M.
AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Luis Sanchez Saturno
In this Sept. 27, 2013, photo, Loraine Chavez, of Santa Fe, prepares a Frito Pie for a customer at the Five &Dime in Santa Fe, N.M. The tourist attraction and a mainstay in the citys historic plaza was recently insulted byfood critic Anthony Bourdain on an episode of CNNs Parts Unknown.
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The Associated Press
JACKSON I MississippiPower Co. misses a May dead-line to complete construction oa $4.3 billion power plant in Kem-per County, it will be orced torepay $133 million in ederal taxcredits.
However, the company saysthat because o accounting rules,it wouldnt write the amount o
rom proft and wouldnt add it tothe $990 million in overruns itsalready written o.
Company spokeswomanAmoi Geter said that decisioncould come this week.
Mississippi Power President
Ed Holland told The Associat-ed Press recently that ofcialswere reviewing the schedule andcould push it back.
We still think that May dateis achievable, Holland said. Itsa challenge, and were in the pro-cess o evaluating how achiev-able it is.
Geter says Mississippi Powerreceived tax credits in 2009 to en-courage it to build a coal-ueledpower plant emitting less carbondioxide, with a fve-year deadlineto complete construction.
Rainy weather and addition-al work have pushed back theschedule, Holland said. Morethan 6,000 workers are on the
site, a work-
orce thats beenramped up as Mis-sissippi Power hastried to stay onschedule. But Hol-land says thereare now so manyworkers on sitethat it can be hardto squeeze them into the samespaces, creating congestion thatlimits productivity.
Monitors employed by thePublic Service Commission havewarned that some work remainssignifcantly behind, particular-
ly certain kinds o cabling. URSCorp., one o the two monitors,wrote in its August report thatinternal worst-case scenarioscould call or months o delays incompleting the plant and startingit up. The company hopes to start
the gasifer, a key part o starting
the whole plant, by December.The startup schedule is com-pressed, theres no doubt aboutthat, Holland said. But we thinkits doable.
Lower labor productivity isone o the actors that could driveup costs even more. SouthernCo. shareholders are already ab-sorbing $990 million in overruns,and the company has warnedcosts could go up again. ButChie Financial Ofcer MosesFeagin said the $133 million intax credits, which would be re-paid rom cash or by reducing u-
ture tax credits, would be only anindirect drag on uture proft. Healso said adding the $133 millionto the $990 million in overrunswould be adding apples and or-anges.
Under a settlement approved
in January, Mississippi rate-
payers will have to pay or $2.4billion o the plants price, pluspay or up to another $1 billionin bonds that Mississippi Powerwont make a proft on. Thatsnot counting the additional hun-dreds o millions or costs o themine and pipeline.
The PSC voted 2-1 to approvea 15 percent rate increase to startpaying o the plants debt evenbeore it begins operations, ol-lowed by an additional 3 percentincrease in 2014. MississippiPower has said its likely in 2014to seek an additional increase o
at least 4 percent over 20 years topay o the bonds.The ederal government o-
ered the tax credits to Kemperbecause the new plant is de-signed to limit carbon dioxideemissions.
Kemper delay could orce repayment o $133 million
The ollowing arrestswere reported by theOktibbeha County Sher-is Oice, the LowndesCounty Sheris Oiceand the Columbus PoliceDepartment:
n Gregory QuamehMurunga, 33, o 424 23rdSt. S., was arrested at22nd St. S. and CollegeSt., by CPD Sept. 29 andcharged with violation oprobation, contempt o
court and driving witha suspended drivers li-cense. His court date isscheduled or Oct. 9.n Tomarcus Keion
Davis, 28, o 1514 EighthAve N., was arrested atHighway 45 N. and 18thAve. N., by CPD Sept. 30and charged with viola-tion o probation and con-tempt o court. His courtdate has been scheduledor Oct. 23.n Larry Mitchell Mar-
lowe, 51, o 495 shadyLane, was arrested at 143Carolyn Drive, by MDOCSept. 28 and charged withviolation o probation.n Cornell R. Jimerson,
28, was arrested Sept. 23by OCSO and chargedwith the sale o cocaineand ailure to pay childsupport. He has not beenreleased.n Jahajaawon B.
Christian, 19, was arrest-ed by OCSO Sept. 25 andcharged with armed rob-bery. Bond has been setat $30,000.
n Sean Porter Ross,20, was arrested byOCSO Sept. 27 andcharged with the sale omore than 30 grams omarijuana. He was re-leased the same day on$10,000 bond. His courtdate is scheduled or Oct.21.n Cornell Logan, 29,
was arrested Sept. 28 by
OCSO and charged withthe sale o narcotics. Hewas released the sameday on $10,000 bond. Hiscourt date is scheduledor Oct. 21.n Joseph Rodney
Johnson, 28, was arrest-ed Sept. 28 by OCSOand charged with manu-acturing narcotics andthe possession o narcot-ics. He has not been re-leased.
Jimerson
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Logan
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Deputies fnd man stealing uel rom tankerThE AssociATEd PrEss
PASS CHRISTIAN A 52-year-old Long Beachman suspected o stealingabout $7,500 in uel rom atanker trucking businesswas caught in the act oputting uel in 55-gallondrums.
Harrison County Sher-i Melvin Brisolara tellsThe Sun Herald DevernSam Taylor was under in-vestigation on an embez-zlement complaint whendeputies and business per-sonnel ound him allegedlystealing more uel Sundaynight in Pass Christian.
The sheri said inves-tigators believe Taylorsaccomplice let beore du-ties arrived.
BCP Tank Lines, oGulport, had fled thecomplaint and had re-cords and log books show-ing Taylor was responsi-ble or the truck when theuel went missing.
Taylor is held at the
Harrison County jail on a$10,000 bond set by Jus-tice Court Judge BruceStrong.
It was unclear whetherhe has an attorney.
Suspected of steling $7,500 in fuel
Compny sys 2009 tx credits encourged
it to build the plnt with 5-yer dedline
ThE AssociATEd PrEss
JACKSON Personal incomegrowth in Mississippi trailed the na-tion in the second quarter, draggeddown by a drop in arm income andslow growth in the service sector.
The economic measure expand-ed 0.5 percent, the ederal Bureauo Economic Analysis said Monday,ranking 44th among states. Person-al income in the United States as awhole grew 1 percent rom April toune.
Farm income, which can beamong the most volatile parts othe measure, ell more in Mississip-pi than nationwide. A decrease ingovernment transer payments alsohurt the states perormance
Personal income is all o incomereceived rom every source, includ-ing wages, business owner profts,interest, dividends, rent and govern-ment transers. Its not the same asa measure o the overall economy,but can be a rough proxy.
Among the states, Arizona per-ormed the strongest, with personalincome rising 1.5 percent. Nebraskawas the weakest, alling 0.7 percent.
Iowa and South Dakota, which likeNebraska saw particularly bad armearnings, also had personal incomeall.
O the three major categorieso personal income work-relat-ed earnings, investment incomeand government transer payments only transer payments ell inMississippi. The state lagged thenational perormance in all threecategories, though.
Personal income grows slowly in second quarterMississippi rnks 44th mong other sttes
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Some numbers commandyour attention, even i yourenot certain what they mean.
Take $1 billion, or exam-ple.
On Monday, during themonthly meeting o the Lown-des County Board o Super-visors, it was revealed thatthe countys total assessedvalue has eclipsed the $1
billion mark or the frst time.Lowndes County is one o sixMississippi counties to havesurpassed that mark, joiningDeSoto, Harrison, Hinds,ackson, Madison and Rankin
in that rare company.How much is $1 billion?
There are some un ways tothink about it. One billion
one-dollar bills would carpetan area o roughly our squaremiles. I you stacked a billionone-dollar bills, the stack
would be almost 68 milestall. Laid end-to-end, a billionone-dollar bills would goaround the earth our times.
OK. Thats what it wouldlook like.
The bigger quest ion or
the almost 60,000 residentso Lowndes County is: Whatdoes it mean?
One thing it means is thatthe county has bucked a majortrend. Since 2008, when thefrst pangs o the Great Reces-sion frst began, the assessed
value o the county has actual -ly grown by about 25 percent,
which is pret ty amazing, giventhe breadth and scope o thehard times we are still tryingto recover rom nationally.
It also means that the plan-ning that began years earlierhas proven to be successul.
While there are many actorsin that growth, there are twothat stand apart. The frst isthe 2001 sale o the county
hospital, which created a$30 mill ion trust und or thecounty and led to the creationo the Columbus-LowndesDevelopment Link, which hasexpanded to include Clay andOktibbeha counties to becomethe Golden Triangle Develop-ment Link.
Under the Links guidance,
the county has seen a boomin industrial development,the ull benefts o which thecounty is only beginning torealize. With the expirationo ee-in-lieu agreements ora handul o those big indus-trial developments soon athand, the county should reapan additional $3 million to $5million annually in revenues.
While assessed value isone indicator o a healthycounty, challenges remainin making sure the windallsthat seem almost certain tocome the countys way will beused wisely, ensuring uturegrowth and making LowndesCounty a better place to liveand work and play.
It is interesting to note thatduring this period o prosper-ity, the county has actuallylost population, a cause orconcern. We do not think itsa good idea or the county tobecome little more than onebig industrial park.
Just as we are seeing theruits o wise planning anddecision-making that began a
decade ago, it will be equallyimportant the county ofcialstake a long view o the roadahead. Old challenges remain.New challenges are sure toemerge.
But there is reason oroptimism.
A bill ion reasons, youmight say.
There shouldnt have to be laws to compel theobvious, such as not hiring convicted government em-bezzlers or positions o public trust again. A halwaydecent background check and common sense shouldbe enough.
Unortunately, sometimes in the past, both o thosehiring saeguards have apparently been missing instate and local governments in Mississippi. Thatswhy, at the urging o State Auditor Stacey Pickering,legislators this year passed a law that says anyone in agovernment job caught and convicted o stealing rom
the taxpayers can never work in state or local govern-ment again.
Last week brought the convictions o the frst twoto be impacted by the new law. A ormer Union Countycoroner pleaded guilty to submitting alse claims orpayment totaling more than $275,000. A ormer stateDepartment o Health employee pleaded guilty to em-bezzling more than $23,000.
Both were hit with numerous penalties jail timeor house arrest and paying restitution or what theystole and or the states costs or catching them inaddition to the lietime ban rom government employ-ment.
In a third case, Walthall County Deputy ChanceryClerk Kristy Laird pleaded guilty to one count o em-bezzlement, but she got o more lightly than the other
two.Pickering said that Laird embezzled $15,531 romMarch 2011 through April 2013. She was sentenced tofve years, suspended, and two years probation. Shepaid restitution totaling $25,052, including accruedinterest and investigative costs.
However, i Laird stays out o trouble her case willbe non-adjudicated at the end o the probationaryperiod, meaning her record will be wiped clean. Pick-ering, in his speech here, indicated he wasnt too happywith that part o the sentence.
The new law sends a message that this state takesseriously when public employees steal rom taxpayers.It also should keep those who do the hiring rom givingthe thieves another crack at getting their hands in thepublic till.
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I wonder how manyothers were glued toC-Span at 1:00 on a re-cent Sunday morninglistening to the speech-es rom the foor o theUnited States House oRepresentatives pre -ceding a vote whoseoutcome was a ore-gone conclusion.
I am risking havingmy sanity called into
question when I admitthat I was and that Iwas ar more ascinated than thelevel o intrigue called or. Thespeeches in the middle o thenight made on the foor which, orthe most part, alternated betweenthe Democrats and the Republi-cans might just as well have beenbeamed in rom separate planetsrather than having been deliveredas they were rom a ew eet awayrom each other.
The question has been otrepeated lately by those not paidto understand the machinationso government: What happensnow? Others ask, When has itbeen like this? Indeed, I hopethis observers next paycheckdoes not depend on knowing justhow ar this Congressional dead-lock can go and what will happeni it does indeed persist.
Two major things take placeon Oct. 1. It is the rst day thatenrollment in health care insur-ance plans as prescribed by theA ordable Care Act (Obamacare)began. Secondly, it is also the rstday o a new scal year in whicha new budget or at least a newcontinuing resolution commenced
unct ioning. The only problemwas that a signicant segment othe United States House main-tained that i the health caresignup moves orward then thebudget will not. The bottom linewas no budget no governmentunding.
Has Congress ever witnessedsuch a sharp division between thetwo major parties in their opinionso the role o government? Have
they ever reachedsuch a bitter impasse?A search or answersas to what history cantell us about Congressand its experiencesin discovering theindispensable art ocompromise ollowinga period o deadlockis not very rewarding,and it can be somewhatdisheartening. For
instance, the period ogreatest disagreement
and reusal to engage in a meet-ing o the minds is undoubtedlythe years immediately prior tothe Civil War. John C. Calhoun,perhaps the Ted Cruz o his day,supplied the language o nulli-cation and interposition that laterlead to the rationale or secessiono the Southern states.
The 34th Congress in 1855 be-gan with pro-slavery and anti-slav-ery advocates killing each other inthe Bleeding Kansas territory.The violence made it to the Capi-tol when Massachusetts SenatorCharles Sumner denounced Con-gressional members who support-ed slavery and was subsequentlycaned within an inch o his lieby South Carolina RepresentativePreston Brooks on the Senatefoor. Ultimately, the Southernstates made good on their threatsto secede rom the union.
In more modern times therehave been major uprisings. InMarch o 1956, 19 Senators and77 House members signed andissued The Southern Maniesto.This document was composed asa reaction by Southerners to the
U. S. Supreme Courts decision inBrown vs. The Board o Edu-cation in 1954 ending the legalpractice o maintaining separatebut equal acilities or black andwhite citizens. T he SouthernManiesto stated in no uncertainterms the determination o theSouth not to abide by the hold-ing o the Court in the Browndecision. Mississippi SenatorJames O. Eastland, like Calhoun
a century earlier, took up the callor nullication by the stateso ederal laws with which theseSouthern states disagreed. Yearso bloody confict ollowed as theCivil Rights movement began inearnest.
The current situation in thenations capital is compoundedsignicantly as Oct. 17 has beenpegged as the absolute date bywhich the ceiling on the Federaldebt must be raised or the country
risks deaulting on its previouslyincurred debt. In preparation orthat debate, Republicans in the U.S. House have prepared a laundrylist o virtually every prominentissue on their agenda which theyclaim must be addressed beorethe ceiling can be raised. Ocourse this list includes delayingimplementation o the A ord-able Care Act or a year. At thisjuncture neither the legislationattached to the continuing resolu-tion nor the legislation associatedwith the debt ceil ing stands anychance o passing the Democrat-ically-held Senate. This is wherewe run out o answers. Further-more, the lines have ormed justas planned on Oct. 1 to sign up orinsurance under the A ordableCare Act.
It was said by one commentatorthat compromise is the lie bloodo our representative Democracy.Another opined that negotiationand compromise comprised theuel that makes the engine oAmerican Democracy run. It wasquite evident rom the midnightHouse debate that all the lines andall o the ta lking points in deenseo the two parties positions have
been used many times over. Theultimate outcomes provided tous by history are too dismal tocontemplate.
What remains is the answer tothe question How are we going toget out o this wilderness and whois going to lead us?
Wiseman is director of the Sten-nis Institute at Mississippi StateUniversity. His e-mail address [email protected].
Oct. 1, a day to remember
Stealing shouldbe a disqualifer
A billion dollars
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Dr. Thomas VinsonDr. Thomas Lynn Tom-
my Vinson, age 64, diedSunday, September 29,2013, at North MississippiMedical Center in Tupelo.Services will be held Tues-day, October 1, 2013, at1:00 PM at Memorial Fu-neral Home Chapel with
Rev. Granville Wiggins and Rev. Walter But-ler ociating. Burial will ollow at MemorialGardens o Columbus. Visitat ion will be heldrom 11:00 AM until service time at the uneralhome.
Dr. Vinson was born on Thursday, Septem-ber 1, 1949, in Oxord, MS to the late JamesPreston and Gertrude Fooshee Vinson. He wasa member o First Baptist Church Columbus.He graduated rom Oxord High School in Mayo 1967, then graduated rom the Universityo Mississippi in 1971 with a degree in Liber-al Arts Pre-Medicine, and in 1975 graduatedrom the University Medical Center.
He then moved to Mobile, AL to completehis residency and internship at Mobile GeneralHospital, which he completed in 1980.
Dr. Vinson was a member o the USAFROTCat University o Mississippi, and upon nishinghis medical residency was commissioned to theUnited States Air Force.
He completed our years o military serviceat Columbus Air Force Base rom 1980-1983.
During his thirty plus years o medical ser-vice, he served at Baptist Memorial Hospital,North Mississippi Medical Center, and manyother local acilities, while also committinghimsel to his local practice.
Personally, he devoted himsel to his wieand amily, riends and patients. His erventpassions included owning and showing Tennes-see Walking horses and supporting Ole MissAthlet ics.
He came to know the Lord in 1961 and wasbaptized at Yellow Lea Baptist Church in La-ayette County, MS.
Survivors include his wie, Patricia JeanVinson, Columbus, MS; daughter, WhitneyAllen (Je), Oxord, MS; sons, Corey Vinson,Oxord, MS, Paul Hawkins (Katelyn), Dallas,TX and Tony Hawkins, Denver, CO; brother,Jimmy Vinson (Diane), Oxord, MS; grandchil-dren, Hardy Allen, Scout Hawkins, River Haw-kins and Ryder Hawkins; and mother-in-law,Ellen Davis, Hamilton, MS.
The pallbearers will be Bill Dorrah, EdgarAbernathy, Corey Vinson, David Shepherd,Paul Hawkins and Tony Hawkins.
In lieu o fowers, memorials may be made tothe UAB Neuro-Oncology Program, 510 20th
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Elnor BrittElnor Glen Clark Britt, 85, o Columbus, MS
passed away Monday, September 30, 2013, atVineyard Court Nursing Center, Columbus,MS.
Visitation will be Tuesday, October 1, 2013,rom 6-8 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Colum-bus, MS. Funeral services will be Wednesday,October 2, 2013, at 2 PM at Lowndes FuneralHome Chapel with Bro. Ben Yarber ofciatingand Bro. Shane Cruse assist ing. Interment
will be in Friendship Cemetery, Mil lport, ALwith Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Ms. Britt was born August 10, 1928, in Ful-ton, MS to the late Grover and Mimie McMa-nus Nethery. She was a member o CanaanBaptist Church, Columbus, MS and AmericanLegion Post 69 Ladies Auxiliary. Ms. Britt en-
joyed fshing and loved cats and dogs. She re-tired in 1983 rom Lowndes General Hospitalas a nurse. In addition to her parents, Ms. Britt
was preceded in death by her husbands, AllenGosa, Earl Clark, and Thomas Britt; brother,
Travis Nethery; and grandson, Shawn Clark.Ms. Britt is survived by her sons, Gary
(Sam) Clark, Helena, AL, Stanley (Valerie)Clark, Caledonia, MS and Jeery Earl (Char-lotte) Clark, Columbus, MS; daughters, Pa-
tricia Brown, West Point, MS and Lisa Kersh,Caledonia, MS; stepdaughter, Gina Graham,Columbus, MS; sister-in-law, Clarice Nethery,Millport, AL; grandchildren, Remona (David)Philpott, Elizabeth (Terry) Owens, ChasityDesmidt, Melissa Chance, Candice Clark, Je-ery Clark, Amanda Kersh and Blakney Clark;and 8 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Mark Ward, John Fanch-er, Je Clark, Stanley Clark, Gary Clark and
Jeery Clark.Honorary pallbearers will be the sta o
Vineyard Court, Sonny Shelton, Rob Carson,American Legion Post 69 Ladies Auxiliary,Dr. Jerry Stennett, Dr. Robert Buckley, Ken-
neth Reynolds, Jack Atkins, Ted Russell, TonyClark, Ruth Gibson and the sta o BaptistHospice.
Memorials may be made to American Can-cer Society, 1380 Livingston Lane, Jackson,MS 39213 and Cedar Hill Animal Sanctuary,84 Sanctuary Loop, Caledonia, MS 39740.
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Mary Emma PriceSmith, 85, died Sept.24, 2013, at West PointCommunity LivingCenter.
Services are Wednes-day at noon at St. Mat-thews Temple COGICwith Roosevelt Will iamsociating. Burial willollow in GreenwoodCemetery. Visitationis today rom 3-6 p.m.at Carters MortuaryServices Chapel.
Mrs. Smith was bornFeb. 26, 1928, to the lateLouis Price and JuliaNewsom Price.
In addition to her par-ents, she was precededin death by her hus-band, George L. Smith;brothers, Lee AndrewPrice, Willie Lee Price,John Eddie Price, LouisPrice, Roger Priceand Sam Frank Price;and sister, Maggie M.Young.
Survivors include hersons, George W. Smithand Willie G. Smith;daughter, Ruthie M.ONeal; brothers, Albert
Price, Richard Price.Gene A. Price andMaurice Price; sevengrandchildren and sixgreat-grandchildren.
Miriam WilderCOLUMBUS Mir-
iam Russell Wilder, 99,died Sept. 30, 2013, atPeach Tree Village in
Brandon.Services are Thurs-
day at 2 p.m. at Me-morial Funeral HomeChapel. Visitation is onehour prior to services.
Mikayla SouthCOLUMBUS Mi-
kayla Ruth South, 1,died Sept. 30, 2013, ather residence.
Services are Thurs-day at Memorial Funer-
al Home Chapel. Burialis Friday at 2 p.m. inBarrancas NationalCemetery in Pensacola,Fla.
Louise FisherCOLUMBUS Lou-
ise Fisher, 86, died Sept.30, 2013, at Baptist Me-morial HospitalGoldenTriangle.
Arrangements areincomplete and will be
announced by CartersFuneral Services.
Odell TateMACON Odell
Wells Tate, 82, diedSept. 29, 2013, in Phila-delphia.
Services are Satur-day at 1 p.m. at Mt. ZionMB Church. CartersFuneral Services oMacon is in charge oarrangements.
Ellen CondraCOLUMBUS El-
len Kay Condra, 54,died Sept. 226, 2013, ather residence.
Memorial servicesare Wednesday a 11a.m. at Memorial Funer-al Home Chapel.
Ms. Condra was bornAug. 29, 1959, to the lateLawrence and MaxineWalker Barham. She
was o a Pentecostalaith.
Survivors include herdaughter, Latasha John-ston o San Antonio;sons, Justin Phillips oLytle, Texas and TravisPhillips o San Antonio;sisters, Betty God-rey, Brenda Johnson,Patia James and SynthiaMcLaughlin; brother,John Barham; and ninegrandchildren.
By KRISTEN GELINEAU
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The world is aging soast that most countries
are not prepared to sup-port their swelling num-bers o elderly people, ac-cording to a global studybeing issued Tuesday bythe United Nations andan elder rights group.
The repor t ranks thesocial and economicwell-being o elders in 91countries, with Swedencoming out on top and A-ghanistan at the bottom.It refects what advocates
or the old have beenwarning, with increas-ing urgency, or years:Nations are simply notworking quickly enough
to cope with a populationgraying aster than everbeore. By the year 2050,or the rst time in histo-ry, seniors older than 60wil l outnumber childrenyounger than 15.
Truong Tien Thao,who runs a small tea shopon the sidewalk near hishome in Hanoi, Vietnam,is 65 and acutely awarethat he, like millions oothers, is plunging into
old age without a saetynet. He wishes he couldretire, but he and his61-year-old wie dependon the $50 a month they
earn rom the shop. Andso every day, Thao risesearly to open the stall at6 a.m. and works until 2p.m., when his wie takesover until closing.
People at my ageshould have a rest, but Istill have to work to makeour ends meet, he says,while wa iting or custom-ers at the shop, whichsells green tea, cigarettesand chewing gum. My
wie and I have no pen-sion, no health insurance.Im scared o thinking obeing sick I dont knowhow I can pay or themedical care.
Thaos story refectsa key point in the report,which was released earlyto The Associated Press:Aging is an issue acrossthe world.
Study: World not ready for aging populationswdn ank hgh n cal and cnmc wll-ng
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P Health Writer
WASHINGTON Abiotech drug rom Rochehas become the rst medi-cine approved to treat breastcancer beore surgery, o-ering an earlier approach
against one o the deadliestorms o the disease.
The Food and Drug Ad-ministration approved Per-jeta or women with a ormo early-stage breast cancerwho ace a high risk o hav-ing their cancer spread toother parts o the body.
Surgery to remove tu-mors is usually the rst stepin treating most orms ocancer. Perjeta is the rstdrug to be approved as apre-surgical step.
Doctors hope that usingcancer drugs earlier couldhelp shrink tumors, mak-
ing them easier to remove.In some cases, that couldallow women to keep theirbreasts, rather than havinga ull mastectomy. Doctorsalso say that treating thedisease at its earliest stagescould prevent tumors romreturning later, though
studies have not yet estab-lished that benet.
By making eectivetherapies available to high-risk patients in the earliestdisease setting, we maydelay or prevent cancer re-currences, said FDAs Dr.Richard Pazdur.
FDA approves frst pre-surgical breast cancer medicine
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COLUMBUS Au-thorities in LowndesCounty have arrested anArtesia man in connectionwith an assault on a schoolbus driver.
Sheris deputies tellWTVA that 21-year-old Ty-quan Lucius was booked
with ag-g r a v a t e d
assault on aschool of-cial.
I n v e s t i -gators saythe Lown-des CountySchool District bus was
making its fnal stop othe day on Friday when
Lucius got on the bus andassaulted the driver, whowas not identifed by au-thorities.
Investigators say an en-counter earlier in the daymay have triggered theincident.
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billion.The increase will be eective
once the board spreads the unani-mously passed resolution upon itsminutes.
i-k c qt tbA request rom Craword Mayor
Fred Tolan or about $13,000 in in-
kind services to help the town closeout a large-scale sewer project was ta-bled until the boards Oct. 7 meetingto give county road manager RonnieBurns time to review the tasks hiscrew would have to perorm.
Tolan said the town is fnishinga $800,000 sewage overhaul whichwill improve the quality o lie or res-idents. The town, however, is $19,000short o the remaining $101,000 proj -ect cost. Ater District 4 supervisore Smith made a motion to support
the project, Board president HarrySanders said he was not opposed toassisting Craword but suggestedthe matter wait one week because he
and Burns were seeing the requestor the frst time.
(Burns) could probably do it ora lot cheaper than $13,000, Sanderssaid.
The in-kind portion involves theremoval o rotting trees and under-growth as well as the addition o asmall clay gravel driveway.
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Ater adjourning rom their meet-ing, supervisors called a meetingo the trustees or the county trustund and passed an investment pol-icy. The policy sets the ground rulesor Stephens Capital Managementand Renasant Wealth Managementon structuring o the und portolio.Those two fnancial consulting frmswere selected to manage the $30 mil-lion rom the countys hospital sale.
The investment strategy sets al-location policy targets o 2 percent
or cash equivalents, 58 percent orfxed income and 40 percent or eq-uities.
Cash equivalent investments in-clude unds deposited in ederallyinsured institutions. Fixed incomeinvestments the two managementfrms can use are general obligationbonds, Mississippi Highway bonds,
Tennessee Valley Authority bondsand bonds rated Single A or bet-ter. The frms will be able to investin stocks that are on NASDAQ andhave outstanding shares with at totalmarket value o $50 million or more.
Financial consultant Bob Brad-ord o Pickett, Bradord and Associ-ates in Jackson, who guided trusteesthrough the frm selection process,said the policy gives them leeway butcontrol over how the frms invest.
Under the policy, trustees expectto withdraw 3 percent o the bookvalue o the trust each year romwhat the frms investments earn.
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National Zoo are closed.Agencies like NASA
and the EnvironmentalProtection Agency willbe all but shuttered. Peo-ple classifed as essentialgovernment employees such as air trafc control-lers, Border Patrol agents
and most ood inspectors will continue to work.
The health care lawitsel was unaected asenrollment opened to-
day or millions o peopleshopping or medical in-surance.
The White House wasoperating with a skeletalsta, including house-hold workers taking careo the frst amilys res-idence and presidential
aides working in the WestWing. A groundskeep-er working outside thismorning at daybreaksaid he was doing the job
normally handled by ourworkers.
The military will bepaid under legislationreshly signed by Obama,but paychecks or otherederal workers will bewithheld until the im-passe is broken. Feder-
al workers were told toreport to their jobs or ahal-day but to perormonly shutdown tasks likechanging email greetings
and closing down agen-cies Internet sites.
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hopes to sign up 7 millionpeople during the frstyear and has a goal oeventually signing up atleast hal o the nearly 50million uninsured Amer-
icans through an expan-sion o Medicaid or gov-ernment-subsidized plans.
But i people becomerustrated with predict-ed glitches in the com-puter-based enrollmentprocess and turn awayrom the program, the
prospects or Obamassignature domestic policyachievement could dim.
The promise o thelaw is that no one willgo bankrupt because o
medical bills, said NeeraTanden, president o theCenter or AmericanProgress, which helpedwork or passage o thelaw. It wont happen inthe frst day or the frstyear. But when the law isully operational, it will
provide an economic ben-eft to roughly 30 millionAmericans.
Tanden cautionedagainst rushing to judgethe marketplaces success
on its frst-day peror-mance. Numerous observ-ers have predicted bugsand setbacks. Trainedoutreach workers in manystates are having troublegetting the certifcationthey need to start helpingpeople enroll.
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Force Base and Missis-sippi University o Womenare located in the town, aswell as the high amount otrafc on Highway 45. Itmakes sense.
Also on Monday, o-fcials with Jacks, a Bir-mingham, Ala.-based astood chain, confrmed thatthey will open a location in
the building that ormer-ly housed Bojangles on
Highway 45 North.Doors are expected to
open in late November,according to Pam Measel,director o marketing orJacks Family Restaurants.
Bojangles closed in lateJuly. Jacks began renovat-ing the location in earlySeptember. The Colum-bus location will be the
ourth in Mississippi, join-ing locations in Iuka, Red
Bay and Corinth. Thereare 122 locations in thecountry all-together, ac-cording to Measel.
The ast ood restau-rant oers biscuits, riedchicken, hamburgers andsandwiches, shakes andother items.
Jacks expects to em-ployee between 50 and 60
people once the Columbuslocation is up and running,
Measel said.Ousley said based on
employment numbers atthe Bualo Wild Wingshis company operates inOxord on East WalnutStreet and Starkville onSpring Street, the Colum-bus location would em-ployee a little more than100 people.
The Starkville locationopened in August 2011.
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BY SCOTT WALTERS
Ole Miss ootball coachHugh Freeze is looking at histeams frst loss o the year as abump in the road and not a sea-son-changing moment.
Following a 25-0 loss Satur-day at No. 1 Ala-bama, Ole Miss(3-1, 1-1 South-eastern Con-
erence), whichslipped threespots to No. 24 inThe AssociatedPress rankings,has re-ocused
and started to prepare or Au-burn (3-1, 1-1) at 6 p.m. Satur-day (ESPNU) at Jordan-HareStadium in Auburn, Ala.
Were 5-1 in the last six
BY MATTHEW STEVENS
STARKVILLE Even LaDariusPerkins can get rustrated about his lack o pro-duction.
The Mississippi State senior tai lback ad-mitted Monday he has dealtwith a lot o negative emotionswhile trying to recover rom aright oot injury and to get thebetter o deenses ocusing onhim.
It has been rustrating towatch the flm aterward know-ing teams like Auburn are tryingto take me away rom the game,
Perkins said Monday. Ive got to realize weveproven we can move the ball without big playsrom me because o how deenses are set up.Theyl l be times or me to get yards.
Like his quarterback Tyler Russell, Perkins
hasnt been the same since a 21-3 loss to then-No.
13 Oklahoma State in the Texas Kicko Classic
in Houston. Perkins had 16 carries or 50 yards
and three catches or 52 yards against the Cow-
boys. In the preseason, MSU (2-2, 0-1 Southeast-
ern Conerence) said it would try to get Perkins
a certain number o touches per game.
Perkins is the guy probably we need to get
the ball to a little bit more, MSU coach Dan
BY AdAM MiNiCHiNO
REFORM, Ala. emarcus Brown doesnt
know when enough isenough.
For Patrick Plott andthe Pickens County HighSchool ootball team,Browns drive to do moreevery day is wonderulthing to have in the locker
room. Not only does the
seniors never-enough at-
titude inspire him to out-
do himsel each week, but
it also motivates the Tor-
nadoes to stay hungry in
their quest to win an Ala-
bama High School Athlet-
ic Association Class 1A
State title.
Brown will have to do
some serious work i he
intends to improve
on his perormance
last week.
The 5-oot-
11, 175-pounder
rushed or 116
yards, had six
touchdowns, and
intercepted three
passes Friday night in a
53-18 victory against Al-
iceville. Brown caught 24-
and 74-yard touch-
down passes rom
Devonte Simon,
returned a kick 80
yards or another
score, had a 60-
yard interception
return or a touch-
down, and scored
on runs o 25 and 6 yards
in the ourth quarter to
help push the Tornadoes,
the top-ranked team in
the latest AHSAA Class
1A poll, to 5-0.
For Browns accom-
plishments, he is The Dis-
patchs Prep Player o the
Week.
I did what I could do,
Brown said. I wanted to
do more, but I got injured
when I frst star ted, so I
just did what I could.
Brown said he was in-
jured on a horse-collar
tackle. The injury only
kept him out o a hand-
ul o deensive plays,
but Brown returned with
a vengeance as i he had
missed two or three quar-
ters. He said he didnt
want to let his teammates
down because Aliceville
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Micah Green/Dispatch StaffMississippi State senior running back LaDarius Perkins said he isnt eeling any ill eects rom anankle injury he frst suered in the season opener against then-No. 13 Oklahoma State in the TexasKicko Classic in Houston. He re-aggravated the injury in a 62-7 victory against Troy.
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Freeze
Saan, Feeze downpay oe of SiseyTUSCALOOSA, Ala. Alabama coach Nick Saban said any
concerns about the role o staer Tyler Siskey during the gameagainst Ole Miss is much ado about nothing.
Television cameras showed Siskey in the coaches box watchingthrough binoculars. That prompted some Rebels ans to complainon message boards and social media that he was spying.
Siskey is the associate director or player personnel. Heworked or coach Hugh Freeze at Ole Miss last season and beorethat at Arkansas State.
He didnt really assist in the game plan, and he wasnt on aheadset, Saban said. He didnt talk to anybody during the game.I dont know i theres any rule that says he cant go into the press
box and watch the games. He wasnt in any dierent position thanhes been in a game.Freeze seems to agree with Saban. He didnt accuse Alabama
o any wrongdoing and twice said he wanted to talk about histeams game against Auburn.
games weve played, whichwe think has provided a verygood oundation in where weare headed with the program,Freeze said Monday at hisweekly media gathering. Sit-
ting at 3-1 with the scheduleweve had is something that sa good start to year two o ourbuilding here.
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BY BRETT MARTEL
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS Drew Brees made his lat-est claim to the moniker oMr. Monday Night.
He also gave the MiamiDolphins another reasonto regret not making aharder push to sign himwhen they had the chanceseven years ago.
Brees passed or 413
yards and our touch-downs, and the New Orle-ans Saints turned a clash ounbeaten teams into a lop-sided aair, beating Miami38-17 on Monday night.
I elt like we ound ourrhythm, Brees said. Ev-ery time we touched theball, it elt like we were go-ing to go down and scorepoints.
Two o Brees touch-downs went to Jimmy Gra-ham or 27 and 43 yards asthe tight end had at least100 yards receiving or thethird straight game.
Brees other scoringstrikes went to BenjaminWatson and Darren Spro-les, who also rushed or atouchdown.
He plays out o thisworld, Graham said.This team is so dynamic,we have so many weaponsand Drew knows exactlywhere to go with the bal l.
Sproles 5-yard scoringrun on the games openingseries gave the Saints alead they would not relin-quish en route to their frst4-0 start since their SuperBowl championship sea-son o 2009. It also urtheraccentuated what a turn-around the Saints havemade since coach SeanPayton served his boun-ty ban last season, whichNew Orleans opened withour losses.
We like this a lot bet-ter, Brees said o the 4-0start. Everything thatcould have gone wrongor us went wrong. Fortu-
nately were having theball bounce our way thisyear. Were playing goodootball.
Ryan Tannehill passedor 249 yards and a touch-down to Charles Clay, buthis our turnovers on aumble and three intercep-tions hurt Miami (3-1).
bees,
Saints
powe y
Dophins
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BY STEPHEN HAWKiNS
The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas The frst person DavidPrice looked or ater pitch-ing the Tampa Bay Raysinto the playos was thirdbaseman Evan Longoria.
Price yelled ater thetwo locked eyes, and theyembraced to start the cele-bration.
He just told me he hada dream about it, Longoriasaid. It was awesome toeel that emotion rom him.Thats what an ace does.Thats what a leader o a
sta does.Price, Longoria, and the
Tampa Bay Rays are goingto playos again, gettingthere with a victory in theirfnal regular-season gameor the second time in threeyears. They needed an ex-tra game this time.
Price pitched his ourthcomplete game this year,Longoria hit a two-run ho-mer and the Rays beat theTexas Rangers 5-2 in the ALwild-card tiebreaker gameMonday night, the 163rd
game or both teams.When Price woke upMonday, all he could thinkabout was throwing a com-plete game, then gettingthat last out and turningstraight to Longoria.
Youre probably sup-posed to go to your catcherfrst, but or what hes doneor us and what hes done orme personally, Price said.I think about that type ostu beore I pitch all thetime, but or it to happentoday. I didnt want to texthim when I thought about it.I didnt want to jinx it.
Luckily or manageroe Maddon and the Rays,
they werent done in by an-other blown call in Texas though this one did costthem at least one run.
Tampa Bay will ace an-other must-win situationWednesday night at Cleve-land in the AL wild-cardgame, Tampas third gamein three cities in a our-daystretch. The winner willace Boston in the divisionseries.
Price (10-8), the reigningAL Cy Young winner, had a10.26 ERA in our previousstarts at Rangers Ballpark.
PricepitchesRays intoplayoffs
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Prep FootballFridays Games
Clinton at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Center Hill at New Hope, 7 p.m.
Washington School at Heritage Academy, 7 p.m.
Caledonia at Houston, 7 p.m.
West Lowndes at West Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.
Northwest Rankin at Starkville, 7 p.m.
Clarksdale at West Point, 7 p.m.
Kosciusko at Noxubee County, 7 p.m.
Houlka at Hamilton, 7 p.m.Aberdeen at Nettleton, 7 p.m.
Itawamba AHS at Amory, 7 p.m.
East Webster at Okolona, 7 p.m.
Winona at Louisville, 7 p.m.
French Camp at East Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.
West Lowndes at West Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.
Madison-Ridgeland at Starkville Academy, 7 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy at Manchester Academy, 7 p.m.
Strider Academy at Hebron Christian, 7 p.m.
Park Place Christian at Immanuel Christian, 7 p.m.
Winston Academy at Leake Academy, 7 p.m.
Victory Christian at New Lie, 7 p.m.
Lamar County at Aliceville, 7 p.m.
Pickens County at Parrish, 7 p.m.
South Lamar at Hubbertville, 7 p.m.
Oakman at Sulligent, 7 p.m.Jackson Academy at Pickens Academy, 7 p.m.
Prep SoftballTodays Games
Starkville at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Amory at Hamilton, 6:30 p.m.
Smithville at Caledonia, 6:30 p.m.
New Hope at Grenada, 6:30 p.m.
Prep VolleyballTodays Matches
Columbus at Starkville, 6 p.m.
Caledonia at New Hope, 6 p.m.
TodayMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m. Playos, NL Wild Card game, Cincinnati
at Pittsburgh, TBS
NHL
7 p.m. Washington at Chicago, NBC Sports
Network
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League, AC Milan
at Ajax Amsterdam, Fox Sports Net
1:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League,
Barcelona at Glasgow Celtic, FS1
6 p.m. UEFA Champions League, Steaua vs.
Chelsea, at Bucharest, Romania (same-day
tape), FS1
WednesdayGOLF
3 a.m. LPGA, Reignwood Classic, frst round,at Beijing (delayed tape), TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m. Playos, AL Wild Card game, Tampa
Bay at Cleveland, TBS
NHL
7 p.m. Bualo at Detroit, NBC Sports Network
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League, Juventus
vs. Galatasaray, at Turin, Italy, Fox Sports Net
1:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League,
Manchester United at Shakhtar Donetsk, FS1
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LocalImmanuel Christian girls soccer team loses fnal game
The Immanuel Christian Schoolgirls soccer team lost to BayouAcademy 1-0 last week at Delta State University in its final game of theseason.
With its starting goalkeeper unable to make the trip, seventh-graderKatie Wansley made 17 saves. Senior Kari Thomason, who is backrom a concussion, played the majority of the game until a hit frombehind took her out with 20 minutes to play.
Seniors Courtney Hall and Justine Bell will play in the MississippiAssociation of Independent Schools North All-Star game Oct. 9 atJackson Prep. Thomason was selected as an alternate.
MSUWomens gol team has eight-stroke lead at Old Waverly
Bulldog InvitationalWEST POINT With home field advantage on its side, the Mis-
sissippi State womens golf team sprinted to an eight-stroke lead afterhe first round of the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational played Mondayafternoon at Old Waverly Golf Club.
Ginger Brown-Lemms squad posted a tournament-record 7-un-der-par 281, while Ally McDonald also notched a tournament-best 5-un-der-par 67. MSUs 281 also matched the second-lowest single-roundally in program history.
Finishing only one shot off her career best, the All-American hasa two-shot lead over fellow Bulldog Jessica Peng. Pengs 3-under-par69 tied the school record for lowest round by a freshman in recordedhistory.
After rebounding from an over-par front nine with birdies on holes13 and 15, Mary Langdon Gallagher finished tied for eighth at even par.
Ji Eun Baik and Rica Tse rounded out the MSU lineup with 1-over-par73s. Redshirt freshman Blaise Carabello holds a share of 18th afteriring her lowest score of her young career with an opening-round 74.Logan Chaney and Gabi Oubre posted an 80 and 81, respectively,while Izel Pieters shot a 82 in her career debut.
nRamey finishes 11th, mens golf team takes sixth: AtColumbus, Ohio, Senior Chad Ramey posted his second-consec-utive Top 15 finish, as Mississippi State took sixth place at the OhioState-hosted Jack Nicklaus Invitational on Monday.
MSU shot a 15-over-par 299, giving it a three-round score of39-over 891 at the Scarlett Course. Ramey posted a 5-over 218 to tieor 11th.
Sophomore Ben Wood notched his second Top 25 of the season,iring off a 9-over 222 to tie for 24th overall. Seniors Joe Sakulpolphai-san (12-over 225) and Barrett Edens (17-over 230) each shot a 79Monday to finish 31st and 41st, respectively. Freshman Jackson Dickimproved his score each round at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational. TheAustralian native fired a final round 4-over 75 after shooting a 9-over 80and 6-over 77 Sunday.
No.1 ranked California won the tournament with a 10-under 842.n
Angus loses on first day of ITA All-American qualifying:At Tulsa, Okla., In day one of the qualifying round at the 2013 ITAAll-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., the mens tennis squadsaw its lone singles competitor fall in the first round. Jordan Angusdropped a tough match to Ole Miss Stefan Lindmark 6-3, 7-5.
MSU will turn its attention to the doubles draw of the qualifyinground, which begins today. Robin Haden and Florian Lakat were a lateaddition to the qualifying round and will face off against Armys AsikaIsoh and Harrison McCormick.
nMaroon Madness will hit The Junction Oct. 11: At Starkville,Hoist the tailgating tents and get a first look at the mens and womensbasketball teams as Maroon Madness comes to The Junction at 6 p.m.Friday, Oct. 11.
The event will take place on Creelman Street between Dorman Halland The Junction, and free pizza will be given out to all MSU fans, whilehe first 500 fans will receive a free Maroon Madness T-Shirt.
The evenings festivities will feature a dunk contest and othergames and giveaways involving fans, coaches and players. Also includ-ed will be performances by the Famous Maroon Band, cheerleadersand the pom squad, along with Bully and Champ.
This years Maroon Madness will be part of MSUs Homecomingestivities. Fans can enjoy the annual Homecoming parade and court,chili cook-off and Maroon Madness before capping the night at the MSUSoccer Field as Aaron Gordons squad hosts Florida at 7 p.m.
n In related news, the MSU womens basketball team addedanother national championship-winning talent to its staff by hiring formerexas A&M standout Skylar Collins as the programs video coordinator.he Cedar Hill, Texas, native will be responsible for breaking down
game and practice film, as well as video exchange for second-yearcoach Vic Schaefers squad.
AlabamaSingle-game tickets available or ootball games
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The University of Alabama announcedMonday tickets remain for the football teams game Saturday againstGeorgia State and the game against Chattanooga on Nov. 23. Ticketsor both of games were made available from sections not utilized byvisiting teams.
Georgia State and Chattanooga game tickets can be purchased for
$55 each. Print at home delivery method is recommended for GeorgiaState. Also available are individual seats located in the South End ZoneField Suite area for the Arkansas (Oct. 19), Tennessee (Oct. 26), andChattanooga (Nov. 23) games. The Field Suite is an upscale area of thestadium, which includes a food amenity. For more information on FieldSuite ticket availability, call 205-348-2262.
nMens basketball team holds first practices of season: Atuscaloosa, Ala., the 2013-14 Alabama mens basketball season held
its first practices of the season Saturday at Coleman Coliseum and itssecond practice Monday at its new practice facility.
New NCAA rules for this season moved the start of team practiceearlier in the fall from 30 days prior to the first game of the season to42 days. The Crimson Tides first regular-season game will be on Nov. 8in Dallas, Texas, against Oklahoma.
The Crimson Tide returns eight letterwinners and three startersrom last seasons 23-12 squad that finished tied for second in theSoutheastern Conference. Five of the top seven scorers return from lastyears NIT quarterfinal team, led by First Team All-SEC and All-Districtperformer in senior guard Trevor Releford.
nRijsdijk named SEC Offensive Player of the Week: At
Birmingham, Ala., Junior forward Pia Rijsdijk has been selected as theSoutheastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the leagueoffice announced on Monday.
Rijsdijk had a big part in leading Alabama to a pair of homevictories over Vanderbilt and Tennessee last weekend. She scoredhree goals in the two wins, including the game-winner against theVolunteers.
nVolleyball teams Thomas named SEC Freshman of theWeek: At Birmingham, Ala., Freshman outside hitter Brittany Thomas,of Chandler, Ariz., was named the Southeastern Conference Freshmanof the Week, as announced by the conference office Monday. Inmatches against Alabama State and Kentucky, she averaged 3.14 killsand 2.29 digs per set.
SECSEC honors Murray, Mosley, Morgan
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray,Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley, and Georgia placekicker MarshallMorgan are the Southeastern Conference players of the week.
The league named Murray offensive player of the week after hepassed for 298 yards and four touchdowns in the Bulldogs 44-41win over LSU. Murray also ran for a touchdown. Mosley led Alabamawith nine tackles, broke up a pass and had two quarterback hurriesagainst Ole Miss. He made a fourth-quarter stop for a safety. Mor-gans three field goals included a career-long 55 yarder for Georgia.Florida defensive back Vernon Hargreaves III intercepted a Kentuckypass in the end zone to earn freshman of the week honors. Missouriend Michael Sam is defensive lineman of the week and South Caroli-na guard A.J. Cann received offensive line honors.
n In related news, the Alabama coaches recognized 10 playersor their performance Saturday in a 25-0 victory against No. 21 OleMiss. Kevin Norwood, Anthony Steen, and T.J. Yeldon were namedplayers of the week on offense. HaHa Clinton-Dix and Mosley repre-sented the defense, while Landon Collins, Cade Foster, Dillon Lee,Cody Mandell, and DeAndrew White were on the special teams list.
Colleges
AP Source: Texas AD Dodds to retire August 2014AUSTIN, Texas After 32 years of building Texas into thewealthiest and one of the most powerful college programs in thecountry, Longhorns athletic director DeLoss Dodds is set to retire.
A person with knowledge of Dodds decision tells The Associ-ated Press that Dodds is to announce plans Tuesday to retire nextAugust and move into a paid consulting role. The source spoke oncondition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt an official statementrom Dodds and university officials.
Now 76, Dodds has overseen a program that has won 14 mensnational championships and 107 conference titles. Under Dodds,exas has expanded and improved athletic facilities, moved from the
old Southwest Conference to the Big 12 and signed a $300-millionagreement with ESPN to create the Longhorn Network.
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BaseballAmerican League
East DivisionW L Pct GB
x-Boston 97 65 .599 y-Tampa Bay 92 71 .564 5Baltimore 85 77 .525 12New York 85 77 .525 12Toronto 74 88 .457 23
Central DivisionW L Pct GB
x-Detroit 93 69 .574 y-Clevelan d 92 70 .568 1Kansas City 86 76 .531 7Minnesota 66 96 .407 27Chicago 63 99 .389 30
West DivisionW L Pct GB
x-Oakland 96 66 .593 Texas 91 72 .558 5Los Angeles 78 84 .481 18Seattle 71 91 .438 25
Houston 51 111 .315 4 5
x-clinched divisiony-clinched wild card
Mondays GameTampa Bay 5, Texas 2
End of Regular Season
PlayoffsWILD CARD
Both games televised by TBSTodays Game
NL: Cincinnati (Cueto 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Liriano16-8), 7:07 p.m.
Wednesdays GameAL: Tampa Bay (Garza 4-5) at Cleveland (Sala-zar 2-3), 7:07 p.m.
DIVISION SERIES(Best-of-five; x-if necessary)
American LeagueBoston vs. Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner
Fridays GameCleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston,2:07 p.m. (TBS)
Saturdays GameCleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston,4:37 p.m. (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 7
Boston at Cleveland-Tampa Bay winnerx-Tuesday, Oct. 8
Boston at Cleveland-Tampa Bay winnerx-Thursday, Oct. 10
Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston
Oakland vs. DetroitFridays Game
Detroit at Oakland, 9:37 p.m. (TBS)Saturdays Game
Detroit at Oakland, 8:07 p.m. (TBS)Monday, Oct. 7
Oakland at Detroitx-Tuesday, Oct. 8
Oakland at Detroitx-Thursday, Oct. 10
Detroit at Oakland
National LeagueSt. Louis vs. Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner
Thursdays GameCincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis,4:07 p.m. (TBS)
Fridays GameCincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis,12:07 p.m. (MLB)
Sundays GameSt. Louis at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner
x-Monday, Oct. 7St. Louis at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner
x-Wednesday Oct. 9Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis
Atlanta vs. Los AngelesThursdays Game
Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7:37 p.m. (TBS)Fridays Game
Los Angeles at Atlanta, 5:07 p.m. (TBS)Sundays Game
Atlanta at Los Angelesx-Monday, Oct. 7
Atlanta at Los Angelesx-Wednesday Oct. 9
Los Angeles at Atlanta
BasketballWNBA Playoffs
FINALS(Best-of-five)
Sundays GameAtlanta at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 8Atlanta at Minnesota, TBA
Thursday, Oct. 10Minnesota at Atlanta, TBA
FootballNFLAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PANew England 4 0 0 1.0 00 89 57Miami 3 1 0 .750 91 91N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 68 88Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 88 93
SouthW L T Pct PF PA
Indianapoli s 3 1 0 .750 105 51Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 98 69Houston 2 2 0 .500 90 105Jacksonvi lle 0 4 0 .000 31 129
NorthW L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 91 87Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 64 70Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 81 81Pittsburgh 0 4 0 .000 69 110
WestW L T Pct PF PA
Denver 4 0 0 1.000 179 91Kansas City 4 0 0 1.0 00 102 41San Diego 2 2 0 .500 108 102Oakland 1 3 0 .250 71 91
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 2 2 0 .500 104 85Philadelph ia 1 3 0 .250 99 138Washington 1 3 0 .250 91 112N.Y. Giants 0 4 0 .000 61 146
SouthW L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 4 0 0 1.000 108 55Carolina 1 2 0 .333 68 3 6Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 94 104Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 44 70
NorthW L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 3 1 0 .750 122 101Chicago 3 1 0 .750 127 114Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 96 88Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 115 123
WestW L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 4 0 0 1.000 109 47San Francisco 2 2 0 .5 00 79 95Arizona 2 2 0 .500 69 89St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 69 121
Thursday, Sept. 26San Francisco 35, St. Louis 11
Sunday, Sept. 29Kansas City 31, N.Y. Giants 7Seattle 23, Houston 20, OTBuffalo 23, Baltimore 20
Arizona 13, Tampa Bay 10Indianapolis 37, Jacksonville 3Cleveland 17, Cincinnati 6Detroit 40, Chicago 32Minnesota 34, Pittsburgh 27Tennessee 38, N.Y. Jets 13Washington 24, Oakland 14San Diego 30, Dallas 21Denver 52, Philadelphia 20New England 30, Atlanta 23Open: Carolina, Green Bay
Mondays GameNew Orleans 38, Miami 17
Thursdays GameBuffalo at Cleveland, 7:25 p.m.
Sundays GamesDetroit at Green Bay, NoonNew Orleans at Chicago, NoonKansas City at Tennessee, NoonJacksonville at St. Louis, NoonNew England at Cincinnati, NoonSeattle at Indianapolis, NoonBaltimore at Miami, NoonPhiladelphia at N.Y. Giants, NoonCarolina at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.Denver at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.Houston at San Francisco, 7:30 p.m.San Diego at Oakland, 10:35 p.m.Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay,Washington
Monday, Oct. 7N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 7:40 p.m.
Saints 38, Dolphins 17Miami 3 7 0 717New Orleans 7 14 14 338
First QuarterNOSproles 5 run (Hartley kick), 11:52.MiaFG Sturgis 34, 7:16.
Second QuarterNOGraham 27 pass from Brees (Hartleykick), 8:01.MiaMiller 5 run (Sturgis kick), 3:35.NOSproles 13 pass from Brees (Hartleykick), :55.
Third QuarterNOWatson 4 pass from Brees (Hartley kick),9:44.NOGraham 43 pass from Brees (Hartleykick), 8:12.
Fourth QuarterMiaClay 3 pass from Tannehill (Sturgis kick),13:48.NOFG Hartley 29, 7:15.A73,118.
Mia NOFirst downs 19 23Total Net Yards 331 465Rushes-yards 19-115 24-68Passing 216 397Punt Returns 1-5 3-44Kickoff Returns 3-68 2-36Interceptio ns Ret. 0-0 3-28Comp-Att-Int 22-35-3 30-39-0Sacked-Yards Lost 4-33 2-16Punts 4-52.0 3-47.3Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 5-25 6-45Time of Possessi on 26:11 33:49
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGMiami, Miller 11-62, Tannehill 4-48,Dan.Thomas 4-5. New Orleans, K.Robinson12-37, Sproles 4-28, Brees 4-2, Thomas 4-1.PASSINGMiami, Tannehill 22-35-3-249.New Orleans, Brees 30-39-0-413.
RECEIVINGMiami, Gibson 6-71, Clay 6-42,Hartline 3-34, Wallace 3-24, Thigpen 1-50,Matthews 1-21, Miller 1-6, Dan.Thomas 1-1.New Orleans, Sproles 7-114, Colston 7-96,Thomas 5-37, Graham 4-100, Stills 4-38, Toon1-18, Collins 1-6, Watson 1-4.MISSED FIELD GOALSNew Orleans,Hartley 43 (WL).
CFLFridays Games
Hamilton at Toronto, 6 p.m.Saskatchewan at B.C., 9 p.m.
Saturdays GamesMontreal at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.Winnipeg at Calgary, 5:30 p.m.
The Associated PressTop 25 Schedule
Thursdays GameNo. 12 UCLA at Utah, 9 p.m.
Saturdays Game
No. 1 Alabama vs. Georgia State, 11:21 a.m.No. 2 Oregon at Colorado, 5 p.m.No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse, 2:30 p.m.No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern, 7 p.m.No. 5 Stanford vs. No. 15 Washi ngton, 9:30 p.m.No. 6 Georgia at Tennessee, 2:30 p.m.No. 7 Louisville at Temple, 11 a.m.No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 25 Maryland, 11 a.m.No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State, 6 p.m.No. 11 Oklahoma vs. TCU, 6 p.m.No. 13 South Carolina vs. Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.No. 14 Miami vs. Georgia Tech, 2:30 p.m.No. 17 Baylor vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m.No. 18 Florida vs. Arkansas, 6 p.m.No. 19 Michigan vs. Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.No. 20 Texas Tech at Kansas, 11 a.m.No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State, 2:30 p.m.No. 22 Ariz