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WARNER BROS. PICTURE OBAMA, CASTRO: EMBARGO MUST END Both leaders talk IN NEWS uMany in Argentina plan to of building new protest Obama’s visit. relationships uCastro says human rights shouldn’t be ‘politicized.’ Gregory Korte @gregorykorte uVoices: Baseball, birthplace USA TODAY beckons sportswriter.

HAVANA President Obama and uMLB, Cuba seek common Cuban President Raúl Castro ground. IN SPORTS emerged from two hours of meet- ings in Havana on Monday agree- when Castro’s brother, Fidel, took ing on at least one thing: The power after a revolution ousted 54-year economic embargo of the former dictator Fulgencio Ba- Cuba needs to end so the eco- tista. The United States then nomic ties between the two na- backed an unsuccessful invasion tions can improve. by Cuban exiles in April 1961 and Fifteen months after Obama started the economic embargo in and Castro announced their in- February 1962. tent to normalize relations, Oba- Obama said the leaders deep- ma said he’s done almost all he ened agricultural ties with Cuba. can do to lift travel and trade re- “With only 90 miles between us, strictions without action by Con- we are natural trading partners,” gress. But he said it was only a NICHOLAS KAMM, AFP/GETTY IMAGES Obama said. He echoed Castro’s matter of time before Congress Cuban President Raúl Castro tries to raise President Obama’s hand during a meeting at the call for Congress to end the votes to lift the embargo, and that Revolution Palace in Havana on Monday. The awkward moment was an Internet sensation. embargo. the progress would continue even On Tuesday, Obama is sched- after he leaves office. Obama and Castro’s meeting dent to the island in 88 years. Castro said while differences uled to address the Cuban people “The embargo’s going to end. Monday was their third face-to- “For more than half a century, remain between the two coun- at El Gran Teatro de Havana, When, I can’t be entirely sure,” face encounter since the two the sight of a U.S. president here tries, Obama’s visit was a key part meet with dissidents and watch Obama said. “The reason is that countries began to normalize re- in Havana would have been un- toward building a new and posi- the Tampa Bay Rays play the Cu- what we did for 50 years did not lations 15 months ago, but it was imaginable. But it’s a new day, el tive relationship with the United ban National Team in baseball. serve our interests or the inter- the first on Castro’s home turf nuevo dias, between out two States. Ties between the two na- Obama will then fly from Havana ests of the Cuban people.” and the first visit of a U.S. presi- countries,” Obama said. tions started to fray in early 1959, to Buenos Aires.

NEWSLINE IN MONEY Trump For teachers in pricey Starwood accepts meets enclaves, paying the new merger bid from Marriott with D.C.’s Revised $13.6 billion rent a tough assignment offer thwarts China’s doubtful Anbang for now. Districts respond by building housing

David Jackson SHAWN THEW, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY Intel’s legendary USA TODAY Trump speaks Monday at AIPAC. Madison Park Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama Special to USA TODAY CEO Andy Grove WASHINGTON Donald Trump organized a meeting for Trump dies at age 79 visited the nation’s capital with GOP lawmakers past and After waving goodbye to his Monday to seek peace with present, including former first-graders at Malcolm X Acad- IN SPORTS skeptical groups of traditional House speaker Newt Gingrich. emy, public school teacher Antho- Republicans and Jewish voters, At the AIPAC conference ny Arinwine slings his backpack and predicted he would soon Monday evening, Trump over his shoulder, gets into his Check out the have the 1,237 delegates needed pledged to protect Israel from Nissan Altima and becomes an women’s NCAA to clinch the Republican presi- threats ranging from the Iran Uber driver. dential nomination. nuclear deal to the possibility “It’s something I never thought tourney bracket “We should make it pretty that the United Nations would I’d have to do,” he said. “I have a easily based on what I’m see- seek to impose some sort of set- college degree and a paycheck. I IN LIFE ing,” Trump told reporters after tlement with the Palestinians. thought it would be enough.” MADISON PARK FOR USA TODAY meeting with current and for- “When I become president, the Arinwine teaches in San Fran- Anthony Review: ‘Passion’ mer Republican lawmakers. days of treating Israel like a sec- cisco but lives in slightly more affordable Oakland, Arinwine, a shows Trump said he has drawn ond-class citizen will end on where his $1,700 monthly rent eats more than half San Francisco new voters to the Republican day one,” Trump told the influ- his monthly pay. Four hours of Uber driving after elementary little Party, and “if people want to be ential pro-Israel lobby. the 8-hour school day helps bridge the gap. school teach- mercy smart, they should embrace While Trump has taken criti- Arinwine is one of many teachers struggling to er, also drives this movement.” cism for previously saying he live on a public service salary in the Bay Area, where for Uber to on us Trump also denounced talk would be neutral between the housing costs rank highest in the nation. Many help pay for Yearwood, that some more traditional Re- Israelis and the Palestinians, at teachers share Arinwine’s frustrations. housing in the actors can’t publicans might try run their AIPAC he described the Pales- As the gap between wages and the high cost of liv- Bay Area. own candidate, saying that tinians as unwilling partners ing reaches a crisis point, school districts are taking save the would hand the election to the and said they will have to stop drastic steps to keep their teachers in town: They SKIP BOLEN production. Democrats. attacks on Israel before he are building affordable housing for them. Some Republicans have would support any kind of San Francisco announced in October it would vowed to never support Trump, agreement. take steps to build 100 housing units for the city’s saying he is not a true conserva- Trump also pledged to move educators and consider rental subsidies and forgiv- tive and that his economic and the U.S. Embassy to “the eter- able loans to keep 500 educators in the city. The QIJFAF-02005y(b)c foreign policy proposals are nal capital of the Jewish people, project is still early in development with no time dangerous. Jerusalem.” ©COPYRIGHT 2016 USA TODAY, v STORY CONTINUES ON 2A A division of Gannett Co., Inc.

USA SNAPSHOTS© Oval Office FBI may not need Apple’s help to hack phone handicaps Kevin Johnson Apple goes small informed Apple of its request, od of days before the government said it would file a status report developed enough confidence to Traits Americans see USA TODAY with new devices with the court by April 5. “Our seek a cancellation of Tuesday’s as least presidential: Introduces 4-inch iPhone SE, top priority has always been gain- hearing. The official, who is not Never On the eve of its scheduled le- smaller iPad Pro. IN MONEY ing access into the phone used by authorized to comment publicly, Atheist held office gal showdown in a California the terrorist in San Bernardino,” said the outside party approached court with Apple Inc., the Justice Farook’s phone, recovered in the Justice spokeswoman Melanie the FBI with a potential solution. 53% Department’s request for a post- aftermath of the December mas- Newman said Monday. “With this The request by the govern- 52% ponement was granted Monday sacre that left 14 dead. goal in mind, the FBI has con- ment came as the tech giant by a federal judge as the FBI tests “Testing is required to deter- tinued in its efforts to gain access Monday was again defending its anew method for unlocking the mine whether it is a viable meth- to the phone without Apple’s decision to oppose last month’s iPhone of San Bernardino terror- od that will not compromise data assistance.” federal court order, directing the ist Syed Farook. on Farook’s iPhone,” Justice law- Federal authorities declined to company to help investigators in Justice lawyers claimed in yers said in the three-page filing. identify the outside party work- their attempt to gain access to the court documents filed late Mon- “If the method is viable, it should ing with the FBI. But a federal phone. “We have a responsibility Sources Pew Research Center; day that an undisclosed “outside eliminate the need for the assis- law enforcement official said au- to help (our customers) protect Statista.com party” demonstrated a “possible tance from Apple Inc.” thorities have been in discussions your data and protect your priva- TERRY BYRNE AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY method” to the FBI for unlocking The government, which earlier with the outside source for a peri- cy,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said.

STATE-BY-STATE 4A AMERICA’S MARKETS 4B MARKETPLACE TODAY 4D PUZZLES 4D TONIGHT ON TV 5D WEATHER 6A YOUR SAY 6A USA TODAY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 NEWS 2A VOICES Time to relish Cuba’s baseball history to see him.” Cesar Brioso Newcombe was with the Cin- USA TODAY Sports cinnati Reds in 1959, when his team played a pair of spring training games in Havana against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the last time any major- league team played in Cuba until Should Jackie Robinson’s wid- the Baltimore Orioles visited in ow, Rachel Robinson, go to Esta- 1999. The practice of Americans dio Latinoamericana in Havana playing in Cuba ended in the on Tuesday, she’ll see a game at early 1960s after Fidel Castro the same site where her husband came to power. played 69 years ago just before Like many Cubans, my father breaking baseball’s color barrier. fled his country after the revolu- Rachel Robinson and her tion, forced to give up his job and daughter, Sharon, traveled to Ha- his home after he applied for vana on Sunday aboard Air Force permission to leave for the USA. One for President Obama’s visit I was only 5 months old when to Cuba, including Tuesday’s ex- my family left Cuba in 1965. hibition game between the Tam- My father has refused to go pa Bay Rays and the Cuban back, fearful because he man- national baseball team. aged to escape despite being of Jackie Robinson’s ground- military draft age at the time. My breaking 1947 major-league sea- mother, Maria, returned in 1980, son began with spring training in spending a month on a ship in Cuba as a member of the Brook- Mariel harbor before finally be- lyn Dodgers’ Class AAA Montre- ing able to return with her al Royals farm team, playing AP FILE PHOTO brother and his family. games at what was then called El Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher, left, shakes hands with Jackie Robinson of the I’ve never been back, but I’ve Gran Stadium. Montreal Royals before an exhibition game in Havana on March 31, 1947. always longed to see the land of As a kid growing up in Cuba in my birth. Most of all, I long to the 1940s and ’50s, my father, Robinson to the majors. was heightened once I learned Robinson and his African-Amer- see baseball games in Cuba. I Cesar, attended games there, My father didn’t see Robinson that Robinson’s history-making ican teammates at the Hotel Los long to go to the “Esquina Cali- watching his favorite team, Al- play in Cuba, but he saw many season began in Cuba. I spent Angeles, a place one newspaper ente” — the “Hot Corner” at Ha- mendares, one of Havana’s four others, including future Hall of years seeking out those players described as “a musty, third-rate vana’s Parque Central, where professional baseball teams that Famers Ray Dandridge, Monte to chronicle their experiences. hotel” that looked “like a movie people still gather as they have played in the Cuban League ev- Irvin and Tommy Lasorda and a Dodger pitching great Don version of a waterfront hostelry for decades to talk baseball. And ery winter. The Cuban League, then-little known Dodgers mi- Newcombe was in Cuba with in Singapore.” I long to walk into El Gran Stadi- which debuted in 1878, had been nor-league player named Kevin Robinson, along with Roy Cam- Newcombe told me how he um, just as my father did as a integrated since 1900 with white Connors, who would find more panella and Roy Partlow, as was stopped in the lobby of the die-hard Almendares fan so major- and minor-league players fame as Hollywood actor Chuck teammates on the 1947 Royals exclusive Hotel Nacional when many years ago. having Negro League players Connors in The Rifleman. team in spring training. he went to talk to Rickey. Watching on television as Air and black Cubans as teammates. When I was a kid, I would lis- While the Dodgers stayed at “One (white) bellhop put me Force One landed in Cuba, I had It was the reason then-Dodg- ten to my father’s stories about Havana’s opulent Hotel Nacion- out of the lobby,” Newcombe one thought: “It’s time.” ers’ president Branch Rickey re- the different American players — al, the Royals were housed and said. “I told him I had to see Mr. located the team’s spring black and white — who would trained at the Havana Military Rickey with the Dodgers. I was Brioso, a digital producer for USA training base from Jim Crow-era play in Cuba each winter. Those Academy, about 15 miles outside allowed to go to the house tele- TODAY Sports, is the author of Ha- vana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Daytona Beach, Fla., to Havana stories fueled my interest in Cu- the city. Rickey, perhaps out of phone and call Mr. Rickey to get Robinson and the Cuban League. in 1947 as he prepared to elevate ban baseball, an interest that an abundance of caution, housed permission to go up to his room A third of emails to U.S. House are malware, viruses Cyber pests getting trickier, officer warns

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WASHINGTON Roughly a third of the 200 million emails received KAREN BLEIER, AFP/GETTY IMAGES by the U.S. House in 2015 were Government computer systems are malware, viruses or spam, ac- often outdated, an expert says. cording to the top House administrator. the University of Buffalo. House officials used cyber se- The government is a particu- curity tools to detect and block larly soft target because their those emails, but the people try- computer systems are often out- ing to breach the network are get- dated, the professor said. “They MADISON PARK FOR USA TODAY ting craftier, House Chief are typically generations behind Anthony Arinwine teaches in San Francisco but lives in slightly more affordable Oakland, where Administrative Officer Will Plas- the more secure systems.” his $1,700 monthly rent takes more than half his monthly pay. ter said at a recent hearing of the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee. Corrections & Clarifications

“The sophistication of those USA TODAY is committed Gap between wages, cost who are trying to infiltrate our to accuracy. To reach us, network has increased dramat- contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-872- ically,” Plaster said. “They’re find- 7073 or e-mail accu- of living keeps widening ing much more creative ways to [email protected]. get into our network.” Please indicate whether you’re responding to Plaster responded to questions content online or in the v CONTINUED FROM 1A co Board of Supervisors said the from Rep. Steven Palazzo, R- newspaper. “I wanted to work city needed to address the hous- Miss., who said he is concerned frame, according to the mayor’s in a community ing crisis because it is affecting about phishing attempts that try office. Funding for San Francisco the ability to retain teachers. to get congressional aides to click teachers’ housing would come and be a model But even if the district builds on email attachments and links from the city and school district. for kids and show designated housing, it’s unclear that allow potential spies inside “A policy for determining whether it will make a real differ- the House network. Hackers who which educators get access to the them you can do ence for the vast majority of try to get into government net- housing will be adopted by the this if you put teachers. San Francisco schools works can range from criminals SUBSCRIPTIONS School Board in the future, employ 9,500 people. trying to steal employees’ identi- 1-800-USA-0001 your mind and Monday – Friday should we be able to make an Housing prices are a flash ties to foreign governments seek- 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET educator housing development fi- effort into it.” point in the Bay Area as it gentri- ing classified information. nancially feasible,” wrote Francis fies amid an influx of tech work- “There are bad actors out there 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, Va. 22108, Tsang, chief deputy communica- Teacher Anthony Arinwine ers. Though the median salary for who want to know what we’re do- 703-854-3400 Published by Gannett, Volume 34, No. 134 tion director for San Francisco San Francisco teachers is ing, whether we’re talking about (ISSN0734-7456) Mayor Ed Lee. sue. A 180-unit residential project $67,000, the median rent for one- armed services or homeland se- Regular U.S. subscription rates: $25 per month; Cupertino Union School Dis- for Stanford University faculty is bedroom apartments is $3,490 in curity issues,” Palazzo said. $300 per year. For customer service-related trict, the home of Apple, an- set to open by 2017. The univer- San Francisco, $2,210 in Oakland The congressman said he wor- inquiries, please contact Barb Smith, VP/Customer nounced in December that it sity in Palo Alto already oversees and $2,200 San Jose, according to ries that hackers might try to Service, PO BOX 650301, DALLAS TX 75265-0301, or sought to build 200 housing units more than 700 on- and off-cam- January data from Zumper, “mess with our calendars” by ac- fax 1-800-732-3631. 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Published tech sector,” the school district County Community College Dis- The situation irks Arinwine, A cyber security expert said daily except Saturdays, Sundays and widely observed holidays. Periodicals postage paid at wrote in its announcement. trict also rents apartments to em- who admits holding down two the volume of attacks on the McLean, Va., and at additional mailing offices. USA “Equally, the influx of tech work- ployees at below-market rates. jobs is sometimes so exhausting House network is not unique to TODAY, its logo and associated graphics are ers ... has dramatically increased School districts in cities in- that he had to remind himself the House or to government. registered trademarks. All rights reserved. rental rates.” The school board is cluding Los Angeles, Milwaukee why he became a teacher: “I “The use of malware has gone up, Our Pledge to subscribers: likely to discuss the housing pro- and Asheville, N.C., have also built wanted to work in a community whether you’re talking about gov- www.ourpledge.usatoday.com posal in a meeting Tuesday. teacher housing facilities. and be a model for kids and show ernment or the private sector,” POSTMASTER: Send address changes to USA TODAY,PO Housing affordability is not In the Bay Area, David Cam- them you can do this if you put said Arun Vishwanath, a profes- BOX 650301, DALLAS TX 75265-0301. just a public school teacher’s is- pos, a member of the San Francis- your mind and effort into it.” sor and cyber security expert at USA TODAY TUESDAY,MARCH 22, 2016 NEWS 3A COMPANIES STEERING CONSUMERS TO COSTLY NAME-BRAND DRUGS

to the most clinically appropriate Drugmakers are offered incentives and most affordable medication,” spokesman David Whitrap says. Jayne O’Donnell l USA TODAY “And in almost all cases when a ge- neric is available, the generic is the ecret deals often prompt drug benefit companies to most cost-effective option.” cover brand-name prescriptions when equally ef- Hayes says that’s incorrect and cited generic diabetes drugs that fective generic or even over-the-counter medica- are cheaper based on their average Stions are available, several drug pricing experts say. wholesale price than the generic These companies, known as pharmacy benefit versions Express Scripts prefers. managers (PBMs), negotiate deals with drugmakers that in- An egregious example of the clude rebates and other compensation to encourage certain problem, according to Cahn, is the drugs and come up with lists of drugs that their insurance class of ulcer drugs known as “pro- ton-pump inhibitors” or PPIs. The plans will cover. Employers and insurance companies then best known is Nexium, which costs determine which drugs to encourage on these formularies. several times the price of generics, The process is so convoluted that the United States’ larg- which often cost far more than est insurer, Anthem, discovered what it said were $3 billion many over-the-counter options. in overcharges by Express Scripts and filed suit Monday Most plans, including Medicare and Medicaid, are “spending an ab- against the PBM for damages. surd amount of money” on pre- scription PPIs, Cahn says. “That the largest insurer has to how PBMs de- CVS Caremark, the chain’s PBM, file suit against the largest PBM is termine reim- doesn’t exclude Nexium from its a testament to the complexity that bursements, 2016 formulary, but spokeswoman GETTY IMAGES/ exists in the market,” says Michael especially with Christine Cramer says “in some ISTOCKPHOTO Rea, CEO of Rx Savings Solutions, government cases, although less expensive over- which represents health plans. drug benefit the-counter versions of drugs may Express Scripts spokesman Bri- programs in- be available, some patients will still an Henry said the suit is “without cluding Medi- require access to a prescription merit. ... Express Scripts has con- care Part D. drug to treat their condition.” sistently acted in good faith and in Susan Hayes Last week,the Dayton, Ohio, gastroenterologist accordance with the terms of its says brand Pharmaceutical Sanjay Sandhir says he has a patient agreement with Anthem.” names are Care Manage- who was spending $140 a month for In their deals with drugmakers, seldom made ment Associa- her share of the cost of Nexium, so PBMs agree to favor the high-cost cheaper than tion, the PBM he told her to buy one of the non- drugs on the PBMs’ formularies generics. trade group, prescription over-the-counter ver- WHERE EXPRESS SCRIPTS’ 2016 FORMULARY and agree they won’t place quanti- launched a cam- sions, which saved her $100 a PREFERS HIGHER DRUG COSTS ty limits or require prior authori- paign to emphasize that PBMs are month. zation on the drugs, even though part of the solution to high drug “The prices are too high for pa- Preferred doing so would save money and prices and not part of the problem. tients and there’s a lack of transpar- and/or Lower-cost drug make medical sense, says Linda But those who audit PBM con- ency,” Sandhir says. Category covered drug that’s excluded Cahn, founder and president of tracts for a living disagree. Cahn says drugmakers should Diabetic One touch TrueTest, Pharmacy Benefit Consultants, “What really gets me started is stop selling “copycat PPIs,” doctors testing TrueTrack which audits PBM contracts. when PBMs sell their clients on should stop writing prescriptions Acu-check As drug prices fall under scruti- programs that increase costs by for PPIs and PBMs should educate Diabetic Bydureon, Tanzeum, ny following the disclosure of price encouraging brands so that the clients on how to cut waste. Phar- medications Byetta, Victoza increases by drugmakers, the role PBM can collect rebates,” says Su- macists should suggest patients Trulicity of PBMs is being more closely ex- san Hayes, a principal in Pharmacy stop using prescription versions. amined. The Centers for Medicare Outcomes Specialists, which audits Another example: The choles- Nasal Nasonex, Beconase, and Medicaid Services is consider- PBM contracts. terol-lowering drug Lipitor is on steroids Qnasi AQ, Omnaris, Veramyst ing whether to require more trans- PBMs pass along some or all of many formularies even though the parency in the Medicare Part D the rebates to their clients, but generic can save patients hundreds Eye & ear Ciprodex Cetraxal prescription drug program. they seldom make brand-name of dollars a month. CVS Caremark antibiotics Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., rein- drugs cheaper than generics for excludes Lipitor for coverage, but Source Pharmacy Outcomes Specialists troduced legislation recently to re- employers and unions, Hayes say. Express Scripts does not, a review GEORGE PETRAS, USA TODAY quire more public disclosure in “Express Scripts nudges patients of formularies shows, Cahn says.

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JACQUES DEMARTHON, AFP/GETTY IMAGES SAUL LOEB, AFP/GETTY IMAGES French urban climber Alain Robert, also known as “French Hillary Clinton speaks to American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington. Spiderman,” scales the headquarters building of French oil giant Total in a Paris suburb on Monday.

CONGO REBEL LEADER ed crime directly to the nation’s Clinton: Trump’s view of the CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES highest court without seeking to go through lower courts first. A former Congolese rebel lead- Oklahoma and Nebraska com- world is ‘dangerously wrong’ er and vice president was convict- plained that pot purchased legally ed Monday in a landmark in Colorado is being transported In speech to AIPAC, she attacks rival’s foreign policy inexperience International Criminal Court illegally into or through their case that identified sexual vio- states, overwhelming police and lence by troops as a war crime. courts dealing with a sudden in- stand that has no business being mont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Heidi M. Przybla Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda flux of smugglers. our president,” said Clinton. Yet Clinton is at odds with AI- said the trial of Jean-Pierre Bem- — Richard Wolf USA TODAY Trump’s stance on foreign poli- PAC on President Obama’s nucle- ba highlighted the critical need to cy in the Middle East, including ar pact with Iran, which the eradicate sex crimes as weapons NORTH KOREA FIRES Hillary Clinton went on of- his opposition to the Iraq War, is group tried to stop and which of war. PROJECTILES INTO SEA fense against Republican front- more isolationist than most re- Trump has criticized. Clinton has Bemba, 53, was accused of al- runner Donald Trump on Mon- cent Republican candidates, and tried to explain her support for lowing his 1,000-man rebel army, North Korea fired five short- day, saying he would abdicate U.S. he may face a skeptical audience the deal by emphasizing her com- the Movement for the Liberation range ballistic missiles into wa- leadership in the Middle East, his when he speaks later Monday. mitment to enforcement. of Congo, to run roughshod over ters off the country’s east coast world view is “dangerously Clinton is seeking to amplify Clinton said her approach is to civilians in neighboring Central Monday in an apparent rebuke of wrong” and he is a “bully” — all the billionaire real estate mogul’s “distrust and verify” that Iran is African Republic in 2002-03. joint military exercises underway without speaking his name. potential weaknesses on foreign in fact winding down its nuclear Testimony revealed numerous between the United States and The former secretary of State policy before a hard-line Jewish program. “This deal must come instances of women and girls be- South Korea. began her speech before the in- audience. Yet she didn’t limit her with vigorous enforcement,” she ing gang raped at gunpoint, some- The missiles were launched fluential American Israel Public attacks to Israel policy, also call- said, and “clear consequences for times as their families were from a site near the northeastern Affairs Committee by slamming ing on attendees to oppose “big- any violations.” forced to watch. — John Bacon city of Hamhung and flew about candidates who think they can otry” after citing Trump’s Trump is getting a mixed re- 125 miles before landing in wa- “outsource” Middle Eastern lead- proposed temporary ban on Mus- ception from American Jews. JUSTICES WON’T HEAR ters off North Korea’s east coast, ership to “dictators” and followed lims entering the U.S. While a group of liberal Rabbis MARIJUANA DISPUTE CASE South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of up with a more frontal attack on “Silence encourages the tor- planned to protest at the confer- Staff said. Trump, who has said wants to be mentor, never the tormented,” ence, some high-profile Republi- The Supreme Court refused Hours after the missiles were a “neutral” broker between Israe- she said. “Let us never be neutral cans may be warming to him. Monday to referee a simmering launched, South Korea and the lis and Palestinians. or silent in the face of bigotry.” Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas dispute between Colorado and United States began talks in “America can’t ever be neutral The dueling speeches offer a casino magnate, has indicated he two neighboring states over the Seoul on implementing new when it comes to Israel security preview of the foreign policy de- may be willing to back Trump. cross-border impact of marijuana United Nations sanctions im- or survival,” Clinton told the AI- bate likely to unfold if Clinton Yet he is facing skepticism af- legalization, heartening legaliza- posed on the North over its nu- PAC meeting in Washington. and Trump win their party nomi- ter saying in a recent debate that tion advocates who feared the clear test in January and Candidates who think “America nations. And Clinton’s aggressive he views himself as impartial high court could have rolled back long-range rocket launch last no longer has vital national inter- attack on Trump indicates she is when it comes to Israel and Pal- their gains. month. Pyongyang has repeatedly ests at stake in this region are pivoting to a general election estine. The justices denied an effort by issued nuclear strike threats dangerously wrong,” she said. campaign in which she is the like- In her speech, Clinton empha- Oklahoma and Nebraska to bring against both Seoul and Washing- “Some things aren’t negotiable, ly Democratic nominee after a sized the need for an “unshake- their grievances about pot-relat- ton. — Steph Solis and anyone who doesn’t under- string of primary wins over Ver- able commitment” to Israel. USA TODAY TUESDAY,MARCH 22, 2016 NEWS 5A ON TRAVEL AGENDA: ARGENTINA, WHICH LOVES ‘TO HATE THE U.S.’

NATACHA PISARENKO, AP Images of people “disappeared” during Argentina’s military dictatorship are displayed at La Parque de la Memoria, or Remembrance Park, in Buenos Aires.

Kamilia Lahrichi “I feel upset because tions,” said Gustavo Obligado, 25, a Special for USA TODAY … Obama’s visit is musician in Buenos Aires. BUENOS AIRES “I feel upset because … Obama’s meant to promote the visit is meant to promote the resident Obama will receive a warm welcome Trans-Pacific Partner- Trans-Pacific Partnership, which from Argentina’s new free-market president ship. ... It is led by Macri wants to join. It is led by but face mass anti-American protests from reg- large corporations large corporations and filled with P ular Argentines when he stops here after his secret clauses … which threaten and filled with secret historic trip to Cuba this week. countries’ sovereignty,” he said. clauses.” The 12-nation TTP is one of the “We Argentines love to hate the U.S.,” said Gustavo Si- JUAN MABROMATA, AFP/GETTY IMAGES largest economic treaties to lower Clarin Argentine Nobel Peace Prize winner erra, a journalist at the . Adolfo Pérez Esquivel trade barriers. Concluded in 2015, Obama, the first U.S. president to visit Argentina in it has drawn political opposition in Mexico more than two decades, hopes to strengthen economic Cuba Atlantic the U.S. role during the Argentine the USA as well. and political ties with Latin America and conservative Ocean military’s infamous “dirty war,” is Macri, 57, told the Associated likely to address that chapter of Press last week that Obama’s visit President Mauricio Macri during his two-day visit, start- history during his trip. is a chance to show that Argentina ing Wednesday. Argentine Nobel Peace Prize is cleaning up its act and wants to Brazil winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel open the country to investment. “A Macri took office in December, American Leaders Initiative before Peru wrote in an open letter that Obama year from now ... we hope to be re- Pacific vowing to reverse many policies of traveling Thursday to Bariloche Ocean Buenos would not be welcome on Thurs- ceiving investments from all over his leftist predecessors, who im- and Patagonia. Aires day’s anniversary because the the world,” he said. posed tight controls over the econ- The visit is controversial be- United States “has been and is be- Buenos Aires lawyer Yamil San- omy. One quick change: He lifted cause it comes on the 40th anni- Chile hind all the destabilization at- toro called Obama’s visit “a step in Argentina currency controls to allow a free versary of the military coup March Bariloche tempts on popular governments of the right direction. I think that it exchange of the Argentine peso for 24, 1976, that the United States Atlantic our continent.” gives us the possibility to ... im- U.S. dollars. first supported, and resentment Ocean About 10,000 people are likely to prove our international standing Obama plans to lay a wreath at lingers over the tens of thousands 0 500 protest on the anniversary in the and generate agreements to foster the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Ca- of people who disappeared or were N Miles iconic Plaza de Mayo, carrying development.” thedral, where Pope Francis served killed under military dictatorship. banners that read, “Memory Day, as archbishop. Obama will hold a Obama, who plans to declassify Source ESRI Obama Get Out!” “I will attend the Contributing: Gregory Korte in Wash- town hall with the Young Latin U.S. documents that shed light on USA TODAY event to protest against corpora- ington

President offers support Obama, Castro talk human rights to Cuban entrepreneurs Groups list names of those held by regime dars Gregory Korte , like my family did last and Alan Gomez night,” Obama said, struggling to pronounce the Spanish Gregory Korte USA TODAY words for private bed and USA TODAY breakfasts and restaurants. HAVANA It’s fair to say Presi- “The food was really good, even HAVANA Allegations of human dent Obama has learned at if my Spanish is not that great.” rights abuses in Cuba dominated least one word of Cuban Span- Obama spoke Monday at a the discussion between President ish since normalizing relations meeting of Cuban entrepre- Obama and Cuban President with communist Cuba 15 neurs, where he become an Raúl Castro on Monday. months ago. evangelist for capitalism in a “Did you ask if we have politi- Cuentapropista. country dominated by a social- cal prisoners?” Castro challenged These self-employed people ist regime for nearly six dec- a television reporter after con- work outside state-sponsored ades. sulting with an aide about wheth- businesses, either as sole pro- The United States, he said, er he should even answer the prietors or employees of small was “built on entrepreneurship question. “Give me a list of the businesses. They are mostly in and market-based principles, political prisoners, and I will re- the service industries: cabdriv- and it’s produced wealth that’s lease them directly. Give me a AFP/GETTY IMAGES ers, restaurant owners, barbers, unmatched in the history of the name or names. ... It is not correct President Obama takes part Monday in a wreath-laying at the mechanics and even cigarette- world.” He argued that those to ask me about political prison- Jose Marti Memorial in the Revolution Square in Havana. lighter repairmen. same market principles could ers in general.” “Today, about half a million help empower the Cuban peo- Human rights groups quickly from Castro and other Cuban Cubans, including some of you, ple by making them less reliant released their own lists, saying leaders, which he called a sign of are proud cuentapropistas, run- on government. the Castro regime detained 8,000 progress and that the two nations ning your own restaurants, ca- To help spread that message, people for political reasons last can speak candidly. fes, beauty salons, barber Obama brought with him to year. The United States has prob- shops. Or working as artists, Cuba an entourage of CEOs Obama said the United States lems with the human rights rec- seamstresses and taxi drivers,” from 11 companies, including “will continue to speak out on de- ords of many nations, such as Obama said, noting that these Airbnb and Paypal. mocracy and fundamental hu- China, Obama said. Despite those businesses employ about a “What we represent is diplo- man rights,” but he sought to disagreements, he said, economic third of the Cuban people. macy on a person-to-person reassure Cuba that he would not ties can improve. “With help from services level,” said Brian Chesky of impose U.S. values. “Cuba is sov- JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY Members of Congress who like Airbnb, more Americans Airbnb, which has 4,000 bed- ereign and rightly has great pride, Members of the Ladies in traveled to Cuba with Obama said are staying at your casas partic- and-breakfast-style homes for and the future of Cuba will be de- White begin their weekly the Cuban government needs to ulares and eating at your palan- rent in Cuba. cided by Cubans and not anybody protest march Sunday. do more on human rights. else.” “There have been some baby Human rights, Obama said, moments, as when Castro aides steps taken when it comes to the does not have to be the only issue suddenly appeared from behind a economy and the release of dissi- U.S. and Cuban leaders discuss, curtain and whispered comments dents. More has to happen on the “but this is something we’re going to him. When Obama tried to get Cuban side,” said Sen. Amy Klo- to stay on.” Castro to take more questions buchar, D-Minn. Castro said he did not think than they had agreed to, Castro Obama and Castro have met human rights issues “should be demurred. twice before: first at the Pan- politicized.” Castro said human “There is a program here to be American summit in Panama and rights mean different things to fulfilled, I know if I stay here, you again at the United Nations Gen- different countries. For example, will ask 500 questions,” he said. “I eral Assembly in New York. women in Cuba receive equal pay said I would answer one. Well, I There have been no plans an- for the same work as men, which will answer one and a half.” nounced for Castro to visit is not true in other nations. Castro then delivered his own Washington. The unusual news conference exposition on human rights, say- Obama began the day with a JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY allowed Castro to show the rhe- ing the United States does not wreath-laying at a memorial to President Obama listens to questions, along with journalist torical style that, though more guarantee the right to health care, Jose Marti, a turn-of-the-century and small-business owner Soledad O’Brien, while attending subdued than his brother Fidel, education or equal pay for wom- Cuban nationalist leader who was a business summit in Havana. remained animated and defiant at en. Obama said that he welcomed a unifying figure in the country’s age 84. There were some bizarre criticism of the United States history. USA TODAY 6A NEWS TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016

YOUR SAY Tracking the nation’s conversation FOREIGN POLICY TOON TALK Obama overtures toward Cuba are worth trying

TWITTER LETTERS @USATOPINION [email protected] IMAGE IMPROVES We asked what our follow- ers thought about Presi- What is your opinion of Cuba? Ihave no problem dent Obama’s historic trip to Cuba. with the U.S. opening Favorable Unfavorable up trade and travel with Iam glad he is trying to re- No opinion Cuba. In a not-so-perfect store our diplomatic rela- world, we also have to be tionship with Cuba! Huge 1996 realistic. As we opened up congrats to Obama. 10% with communist China, so we @Donooovaan_ should open up with commu- 81% nist Cuba. We can’t pretend the country doesn’t exist. bama dr adful f r ign 9% O ’s e o e But let’s lay off the jolly p li y n inu making o c co t es, 2016 smiles and the hugs. The n i n d p r co cess o s to es ots, e- Castro regime has killed and ivingn hinginr urn 54% Increase opportunity ce ot et . tortured innocent Cubans. I @BaylorRangers 40% cringe when I see the pope or for women in Hollywood 6% any foreign leader hug and I think that a visit by POTUS is smile with these communist long overdue. But the help of Source Gallup Poll conducted Feb. 3-7 thugs. When Obama visits FACEBOOK of 1,021 adults nationwide; margin of FACEBOOK.COM/USATODAYOPINION the Holy Father enabled and error is ±4 percentage points Cuba, he should lay off the expedited this visit. KARL GELLES, USA TODAY hugs, smiles and handshakes, @ronaldwgumbs and get down to the nitty- Celebrities are calling out in- it’s hard to listen to someone FACEBOOK gritty and in plain language equality in pay and creative who just made millions of dol- FACEBOOK.COM/ opportunities for women in lars for a few months of work We deal with much worse USATODAYOPINION tell the Castro boys that either they respect human Hollywood, according to a USA whining. countries than Cuba. Don’t TODAY article (“Stars declare I care about the women who see a problem. The embargo of Cuba did not rights or the deal is off. Sim- a hi v i aim Y u an ngag war on sexism,” Life, March 15). are battling it out in the real @TheThirdPartyUS c e e ts s. o c e e, ple as that. and with time achieve gradual To embrace the Castros is dog-eat-dog world trying to pay change. It will be too fast for some, a slap in the face of the mem- We vote with our dollars. the rent, put food on the table It’s about time. Let’s give Cu- and for others not fast enough, but ories of all the Cubans who Hollywood, whi ch always has and keep the heat on. ba the same chances we’ve there will be change. have suffered and died under some sort of agenda to push, is Paul Jarosz given the Chinese. Going backwardis not an op- communist rule. Is that ask- still a business. If women and @juanito10025 tion that will be effective. ing too much of the minorities (and everyone else) I’d like to see a study showing Dan Porath president? don’t purchase movie tickets, the which gender spends the most situation will change! money to watch movies, in- A slap in the face to the peo- Tom R. Kovach This “normalization” of the Nevis, Minn. And women and minority cluding DVD purchases. Then we ple of Cuba. Unless this relationship has nothing to do with actors could go on strike, but can ask which producer or direc- would help them be free, he human rights. It’s about dollars. because of the big money in- tor — male or female — can give has no business being there. Cuba, being so close to the U.S. volved, they won’t. what that viewer wants. @ksr10sfan Wm Craft I all ab u lling i k and having an economically op- POLICING THE USA t’s o t se t c ets pressed population, is a perfect POLICING.USATODAY.COM and making money. Y u k p y ur fri nd l Men will always benefit as Bob Rejefski Sr. o ee o e s c ose breeding ground to leverage a Sh e you thoughts bout and y ur n mi l r B ar r a long as the studios are owned o e e es c ose . e- low-cost labor pool. ce, just ce, ed . Sub t id w wan xp ra i m ia mi by them; ladies, buy up the Th war n ri h whi mal i s es, e t to e ose Jake Lessnar photos o co e ts v T t- e o c te es s h m wha Am ri aha r mm n ia wi damned studios! a l ng and ir d a If y u wan t e to t e c s to te us g #po c gtheus , o o t e ct. o t ff r r in li in a r Stephanie Dickens quali y g and arn i If h o e . Maybe if we talk, we will have e ette s@us tod y.co . e t , o e t. t e @TennRobt mail l r a a m m vi ar ha g d p pl better luck than by forcing an You c so c 5 0- -2 2 o es e t t oo , eo e an al all 4 739 9 8 I’m all for equal pay and will go and see them. Follow @USATOpinion or embargo. to leave a voice message. #tellusatoday for more. Chuck Boyle opportunities for everyone, but Michael Bassett

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TODAY’S DEBATE SMOKING Our view Opposing view Raise cigarette sales age 21 for cigarettes, and see whether it helps but 18 for pot?

When California lawmakers cence is likely to adversely affect Mike Gatto marijuana cards to whoever voted this month to raise the legal cognitive function and develop- asks. We’re bombarded with age to buy cigarettes from 18 to SUCCESS STORY ment. Adolescents are more advertisements in which mari- 21, they joined Hawaii and more Smoking among high school prone to addiction than adults Should you have to be 21 to juana dispensaries guarantee than 100 localities in seeking a seniors has dropped by because parts of the brain most buy beer and cigarettes, but 18 you’ll get approved. And once new way to prevent vulnerable two-thirds in the past 20 years. responsible for decision-making, to smoke marijuana? If a mea- you’re approved, you can buy as teenagers from getting hooked. impulse control and susceptibili- sure that passed the California much as you want. Indeed, 34% Almost everyone who smokes ty to peer pressure are still devel- Legislature is signed into law, of high school seniors who started by age 18, research shows. 1995 oping. As for the health effects, that’s exactly what will happen. smoke pot get it from someone The tobacco industry, among the 33.5% the risks for smoking-related ill- The measure would raise the with a medical marijuana card. world’s slickest marketers, has 2000 31.4% ness rise not only with the num- legal age to buy cigarettes to 21, Are there other arguments known and used that fact to its 2005 ber of cigarettes smoked per day the same as it is for alcohol. against raising the tobacco age benefit for decades. “Raising the 23.2% but also with the number of years How could this happen? Cer- to 21? Several lawmakers as- legal minimum age for cigarette 2010 19.2% a person smokes. tainly, many of the same argu- serted that, at some point, soci- purchaser to 21 could gut our key 2015 The most persistent argument ments that apply to limiting ety will need to decide young adult market (17-20) 11.4% against raising the age is that at the use of alcohol and ciga- conclusively at what age we’ll where we sell about 25 billion cig- Source Monitoring the Future 18, people have the right to marry, rettes apply with equal force to treat individuals as adults. arettes,” a Phillip Morris report national survey to vote and to serve in the mili- marijuana. Teenagers tend to An 18-year-old can enlist in noted in 1986. KARL GELLES, USA TODAY tary, so they should be able to get hooked more easily. Young the military, serve on a jury This suggests that raising the choose to smoke. But society does people driving impaired re- that condemns someone to age is worth a try. Gov. Jerry high school seniors have fallen set 21 as the age for another dan- mains a serious problem. And death, and vote for the leader of Brown, D-Calif., ought to sign the drastically, from 33.5% in 1995 to gerous activity, drinking alcohol like tobacco, marijuana smoke the free world. It might sound measure, and careful study is 11.4% last year, that still leaves — a change that has prevented harms lungs. strange to them that we don’t warranted to find out to what de- millions of adolescents addicted about 900 drunken driving It’s therefore difficult to jus- trust them with making health gree the change affects teen and vulnerable in later years to deaths a year. Smoking is the tify raising the legal age for cig- decisions. smoking. cancer, heart disease and prema- public’s business, too: Everyone arettes to match alcohol, while That’s not what motivated Parents and public health ad- ture death. Raising taxes, running helps pick up the tab for the enor- leaving marijuana alone. my vote against the measure to vocates shouldn’t get their hopes anti-smoking ad campaigns, and mous health care costs of tobac- I doubt my colleagues want raise the cigarette purchase age too high. Teenage behavior is un- making smoking less cool have co-related illnesses. to steer young people toward to 21. I think it’s most impor- predictable and resourceful; worked, but more is needed. In Finland, daily smoking marijuana, but I fear that’s tant that we correct the legal many teens use fake IDs to buy Last year, the respected Insti- dropped significantly among 14- what this law would do. If an anomaly making it easier to ob- alcohol and no doubt would do tute of Medicine projected that if to 16-year-olds after the legal age 18-year-old wants to smoke tain marijuana. Until we stan- the same for tobacco. But unless a the legal age were raised to 21, by was raised from 16 to 18 and en- something, he’ll be able to le- dardize the rules, we are few states make the change, the the time today’s teenagers be- forcement was bolstered. There’s gally smoke marijuana, as long hypocrites and can’t claim we value can’t be calculated. Right came adults smoking prevalence no comparable research in the as he convinces a doctor that care about the lungs of young now, all but five states set the le- would be cut by 12%. The greatest USA, which is precisely the point. he occasionally has trouble people. gal purchase age at 18. In Ala- impact, the IOM found, would Given the tobacco industry’s suc- sleeping or has some aches and bama, Alaska, New Jersey and likely be among teens 15 to 17. cess in getting young people pains. (Who doesn’t?) Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a Utah, it is 19. Hawaii went to 21 Plenty of reasons exist to try to hooked, it’s worth finding out And as most Californians Democrat, represents the Los on Jan. 1. cut further into youth smoking. whether the U.S. has been miss- know, there are plenty of prac- Angeles area in the California Although smoking rates among Nicotine exposure during adoles- ing a powerful tool to save lives. titioners who grant “medical” Legislature.

Todd Moss CUBA’S Obamacare attacks hen the White House announced that Presi- my religious liberty Wdent Obama would be anyone it wishes without our visiting Cuba, I decided to sneak a TRAGIC Loraine Maguire signing a form. It has been clear peek a couple of weeks ahead. I to us that rather than being an wanted to see Havana before the When I answered God’s call to “opt out,” the form is an opt-in. It Secret Service advance teams de- join the Little Sisters of the Poor gives the government permission scended on the island and the TIME WARP and vow myself to Him and to the to use our plan to deliver services tourist floodgates opened. care of the elderly, I never such as ella, the week-after pill. I’ve traveled to 49 countries, Crumbling buildings recall a glorious, thought that one day I’d be walk- The form even says our signature including some of the world’s ing up the white marble steps of will legally alter our contract with poorest and most difficult places, vanished past. Is change coming? the Supreme Court. I will be our insurance provider. so I expected huge hassles. I was there to attend a legal proceeding At the same time the govern- wrong. Going to Cuba is surpris- on whether the government can ment has been trying to force us ingly easy. force my order to help offer to sign this form and provide Americans still cannot go there health care services that violate these services, it has exempted for tourism, but there are now a my Catholic faith and that are al- close to 100 million Americans dozen categories of allowable ready available through existing from having to comply with this travel and qualification is self-de- government exchanges. mandate. It has exempted its own clared. Your itinerary is supposed For the past two years, since military family plan, its own in- to match your purpose, but in the time we felt we had no choice surance for the disabled as well as practice, there are few checks. but to engage in this legal proc- large private corporations such as I’ve waited weeks for visas to oth- ess, I have been saddened to see Pepsi. All these exemptions were er countries, but I bought my Cu- some of the anger and misinfor- issued for convenience or com- ban visa for $85, along with a mation generated about our case. mercial reasons, but when we prepaid $25 departure tax, at the One of the most misunderstood have asked to be exempted for re- Miami airport when I checked in. aspects has arisen from early ligious reasons, we have been de- It couldn’t have been simpler. statements made by the govern- nied the same privilege. ment about how all it was asking As I look around the home ANOTHER WORLD was that we sign a form saying we where I live in Baltimore, I see Scheduled commercial flights are had a religious objection to its those who are truly affected by due to start this summer. For mandated services so it could this unnecessary legal proceed- now, travelers must fly via char- provide these services indepen- ing: our 13,000 elderly residents. ters run by American Airlines TODD MOSS dent of our health care plan. My heart is filled with grief at the from Miami, Jet Blue from New This is untrue. The govern- worry and suffering this has York, or others. On the day I trav- Once grand Spanish-style homes and neoclassical apartments are falling apart in Vedado, an upscale Havana neighborhood. ment already knows we object. caused them. I tell them that eled, there were at least five In fact, this is not our first ap- whatever happens, God will take flights from Miami. peal for protection from the care of all of us as He has since Housing was another potential still have Committees for the De- like wandering into a long lost court. In December 2013, we first the founding of our order 175 worry. Cuba has some hotels, but fense of the Revolution, and chil- city. Blocks of once-grand Span- asked to be protected from the years ago. As I walk up the Su- luckily the government recently dren still join the Communist ish-style homes and neoclassical fines that would accrue against us preme Court steps on this Holy allowed small bed-and-breakfasts Youth League (slogan: Study, apartments were falling apart. unless we provided the objection- Wednesday, I will be praying for to open and for people to rent Work, Rifle!). These visuals creat- Buildings had rotting walls and able services. At the time, Justice our elderly residents. rooms in their homes. I booked a ed an impression of Havana as a collapsed roofs, while power lines Sonia Sotomayor stopped the Finally, I will be praying that beautiful light-filled room in a cross between 1950s Hollywood drooped like vines. Except Veda- Bananas fines and the government re- our laws continue to protect reli- central location for $50 per night. and Woody Allen’s . do is no deserted city in the mid- ceived a letter from us stating our gious liberty, not only for my or- Airport immigration and cus- dle of the jungle. It’s a densely objection. Even before then, since der but for all Americans. toms were each quick and pain- TOTALITARIAN STATE populated upscale residential the government announced it less. There was a friendly taxi There are constant reminders neighborhood in the heart of the had put this regulation into ef- Mother Loraine Maguire is the curbside, and I was off. that Cuba is a totalitarian state, capital. Derelict buildings also fect, we registered our objection Mother Provincial for the Little Cuba felt like another world. where the government owns stand all along the Malecón, the in writing, citing our concerns. Sisters of the Poor. The Little Sis- U.S. cellphones don’t work, nor nearly everything. Political dissi- lively waterfront boulevard that Everyone knows the govern- ters are represented in court by the do American ATM or credit cards dents are routinely rounded up, should be the country’s most ex- ment can provide free services to Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. (though that will be changing). It and three-quarters of the popula- pensive real estate. was also jarring to be in a big city tion works for the state. The gov- I expected Cubans to be ecstat- and see no Western companies, ernment provides free health ic about Obama’s trip, but when I "USA TODAY hopes to serve as a no chain stores, no fast food. care, free education, and subsi- asked, I was mostly met with am- forum for better understanding Havana also immediately felt dized food and other goods. But a bivalence. One person said, “We and unity to help make the USA like a time warp. The classic hulk- medical doctor earns the equiva- don’t expect much from Obama. truly one nation." ing American cars are every- lent of only $40 a month. Cuba will change eventually. We Allen H. Neuharth, where. One of my taxis was a Cuba was once one of the rich- just don’t know when.” Founder, Sept. 15, 1982 pristine orange-and-white 1956 est countries in the Western I left with the sense that Cuba Chevrolet, the same model my hemisphere. Today, Havana is lit- was on the verge of major trans- GANNETT COMPANY PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER grandfather Lou first bought for erally crumbling. The tourist cen- formation. I’ll return again in a Robert Dickey my grandmother Betty when they ter of Old Havana has been few months to see firsthand lived in Queens in the 1950s. beautifully restored. El Capitolio, whether the visit of a U.S. presi- GANNETT CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER USA TODAY PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER Part of Cuba’s charm is the the national capital building, dent was just one more foreign Joanne Lipman John Zidich throwback atmosphere. Unlike looks nearly identical to the U.S. VIP on a whitewashed tour, or a EDITOR IN CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER Eastern Europe, where commu- Capitol. And the stunning Gran truly pivotal moment in history. David Callaway Susan Motiff nist propaganda is radical chic Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alon- EDITOR, EDITORIAL PAGE CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER nostalgia, it’s still very much alive so, site of Obama’s speech Tues- Todd Moss, a former deputy as- Bill Sternberg Kevin Gentzel — and serious — in Cuba. Bill- day, was recently refurbished. Yet sistant secretary of State, is chief EXECUTIVE EDITOR CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER boards dot the city, extolling the in the rest of the city, where peo- operating officer of the Center for Beryl Love Daniel Bernard Global Development. His thriller, virtues of revolution and hailing ple work and live, the deterio- MANAGING EDITOR PRESIDENT, SPORTS MEDIA GROUP Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and ration is overwhelming. Ghosts of Havana, will be pub- Patty Michalski David Morgan Hugo Chávez. Neighborhoods Walking through Vedado was lished in September. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 SECTION B

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Tucked ‘The Press-Enterprise’ in Riverside within a small, 350-seat theater County, to Digital First Media. on Apple’s campus here, CEO Freedom Communications, Tim Cook didn’t take long to ad- which owns the newspapers, dress the elephant in the room. previously had attempted to sell LATEST TUG OF WAR “For many of us, the iPhone is them to Tribune Publishing, an extension of ourselves,” Cook which owns the ‘Los Angeles said. “We need to decide as a na- Times,’ and the ‘Chicago Tribune,’ tion how much power the govern- but it was blocked by antitrust ment should have over our data concerns. FOR STARWOOD a nd over our privacy. We did not expect to be in this position, at DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG. Revised Charisse Jones odds with our own government. But we have a responsibility to 17,750 $13.6B and Alan Gomez @charissejones, @alangomez help you protect your data and 17,700 offer USA TODAY protect your privacy. We owe it to 4:00 p.m. our customers. and we owe it to 9:30 a.m. 17,624 keeps 17,650 17,602 our country. China’s Starwood Hotels & Resorts “We will not 17,600 Worldwide accepted a sweetened shrink from this Anbang $13.6 billion offer to merge with 17,550 responsibility,” 21.57 at bay — Marriott International, creating he said to rous- 17,500 the largest hotel chain in the ing, prolonged for now world and thwarting Chinese in- applause. surer Anbang’s latest effort to As Apple MONDAY MARKETS broaden its lodging portfolio. JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY INDEX CLOSE CHG product launch Nasdaq composite 4808.87 x 13.22 Marriott raised its bid for Star- reshape hospitality in Cuba are Marriott CEO events go, this S&P 500 2051.60 x 2.02 wood from $65.33 a share to even greater. “We are eager to roll Arne Soren- was a radical T- note, 10-year yield 1.92% x 0.05 $79.53 a share, greater than An- up our sleeves and get back to son says he’s departure from FP/GETTY IMAGES Oil, light sweet crude $39.91 x 0.47 bang’s offer of $78. Starwood work,” he said. ready to get the usual recap Tim Cook Euro (dollars per euro) $1.1251 y 0.0017 shareholders will receive $21 cash Friday, Starwood dropped a the “historic of sales and Yen per dollar 111.86 x 0.26 and 0.8 shares of Marriott Class A $12.2 billion bid from Marriott merger” back SOURCES USA TODAY RESEARCH, MARKETWATCH.COM marketing milestones that serve uUSA MARKETS, 4B ROLEX DELA PENA, EPA common stock for each share of and opted instead for a $13 billion on track. as a preamble to highly-scripted China’s An- Starwood common stock. all-cash offer from Anbang. If presentations pioneered by Steve USA SNAPSHOTS© bang Insur- “We’re excited to get back on Starwood had backed out of the Jobs and refined by Cook. ance Group, track and get this historic merger agreement with Marriott, it Monday’s announcement of which bid together. We think what we can would have owed its hotel rival modest upgrades to the iPhone, Jobless rate hits $13 billion accomplish together is just fabu- $400 million in cash. “I think iPad and Apple Watch product pre-recession level for Starwood lous,” Arne Sorenson, Marriott But Anbang s houldn’t be there’s lines had the feel of a subdued, in- on Friday, International’s CEO who will counted out quite yet. “It is an as- broad cremental event. could helm the newly combined com- set that means a lot to Anbang recognition That’s in contrast to the launch counter Mar- pany, told USA TODAY. Sorenson, and its partners,” Baird analyst of the Apple Watch last year or who is vice chair of President David Loeb said. Also, “Marriott’s of what riott again. we can the iPhone 6 in 2014. And it was Obama’s Export Council, is in Cu- bid isn’t that much higher ... than certainly milder than the fire- Unemployment ba with the president. Anbang’s, and I doubt that An- accomplish works expected Tuesday, when together.” rate reached CEO Starwood Hotels and Resorts is bang’s first bid would b e its last.” Apple was scheduled to face off in poised to play a significant role in If Starwood, which runs hotel Marriott federal court with the govern- sees Cuba, having received authoriza- brands such as Westin, Sheraton International CEO ment in Southern California. 4.9% tion from the U.S Treasury De- and Aloft, changes its mind again, Arne Sorenson, in February, promise on the proposed the lowest since partment to operate existing it would incur a breakup fee of merger with v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B November in Cuba hotels on the island. Marriott also $450 million Starwood 2007 at 4.7% received the necessary permis- Starwood shares closed Friday Sorenson says sion from the Treasury Depart- at $80.57 and rose 4.5% to finish Apple’s big week Marriott can ment but hasn’t announced any at $84.19 on Monday. 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As Pearson departs, Ackman Going for the Green joins embattled Valeant board Drugmaker accuses former company’s since-canceled busi- CFO, another executive ness dealings with Philidor Rx Services, a specialty pharmacy of ‘improper conduct’ that had helped distribute some of Valeant’s medications. Kevin McCoy An October report by Citron @kmccoynyc USA TODAY Research and its executive editor, activist short-seller Andrew Left, contended that arrangement was Embattled drugmaker Valeant designed to create “phantom ac- Pharmaceuticals International CHRIS RATCLIFFE, BLOOMBERG counts” as part of a purported said Monday that CEO J. Michael Bill Ackman’s hedge fund “fraud to create invoices to de- Pearson will step down and bil- holds a 9% stake in Valeant. ceive the auditors and book reve- lionaire hedge fund manager Wil- nue.” Valeant denied the allega- liam Ackman will join the was halted before U.S. markets tions and characterized them as company’s board of directors. opened. The stock closed up 7.4% an effort to drive down the price The company also said it would at $28.98 in regular trading. of the company’s shares. restate some of its financial re- The Canada-based company However, Valeant appointed a sults, a move Valeant said was said Pearson, who recently re- special committee to examine the based in part on “improper con- turned following treatment for issue. Preliminary results from duct” of Howard Schiller, the pneumonia, would stay on as the review showed that approxi- drugmaker’s former chief finan- chief executive and a member of mately $58 mill ion in net revenue On the Links by American Impressionist Childe Hassam 1 1 cial officer, and a second execu- the firm’s board of directors until from sales to Philidor in the sec- Signed & Dated 1926 • Original Oil on Panel • 10 /4”h x 12 /2”w tive. Schiller, who denied the asuccessor is appointed. He had ond half of 2014 should not have allegations, has not agreed to a re- been hailed for Valeant’s rapid ex- been recognized at the time the quest that he leave the company’s pansion in recent years through medications were delivered to the 888.821.0212 board, Valeant said. acquisition of other pharmaceuti- specialty pharmacy. Trading in the drugmaker’s cal firms and their medications. The committee’s review is con- Antiques • Fine Art • Jewelry Since 1912 rauantiques.com shares, which have lost roughly But his tenure has been marred 15MSRA231-04-130381-14 87% of their value since August, by questions and criticism of the v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B USA TODAY 2B MONEY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 Ackman says GAWKER’S COMEUPPANCE MAY Valeant set for rebound COST MORE THAN JUST $140M v CONTINUED FROM 1B it would be a threat to anything tinuing. The examination pre- Rem Rieder else,” George Freeman, executive vented Valeant from filing its @remrieder director of the Media Law Re- annual report before a March 15 USA TODAY source Center and a former assis- deadline, a slip that raised risk of tant general counsel of the New potential default on the compa- York Times Company, told The ny’s bonds, the drugmaker New York Times. Erwin Cheme- warned last week. The disclosure rinsky, dean of the law school at caused Valeant shares to lose half the University of California-Ir- their value in a single day. Times MEDIA Wilt Chamberlain vine, told the he sees no Additionally, Valeant has ac- once said that no- First Amendment right to pub- knowledged that its drug pricing body roots for lish a sex tape. and distribution policies are un- Goliath. But Tobin is not so sanguine. der investigation by federal pros- It’s no doubt “The issue is who gets to make ecutors in New York and equally true that nobody roots for editorial decisions,” he told USA Massachusetts, the Securities and Gawker. TODAY. “The First Amendment Exchange Commission and two So it’s unlikely that there was leaves that, for good or bad, in the congressional committees. widespread despair among the hands of journalists. The Framers “While I regret the controver- populace over a Florida jury’s de- felt it would be dangerous to put sies that have adversely impacted cision last Friday to award fundamental rights up for the our business over the past several $115 million in compensatory popular vote, and this verdict per- months, I know that Valeant is a damages to retired wrestler fectly illustrates why.” strong and resilient company, and Hulk Hogan after Gawker.com Regardless of what happens I am committed to doing every- published a sex tape starring next for Gawker, one thing is thing I can to ensure a smooth Hogan and the wife of one of EVE EDELHEIT, AP clear: The freewheeling, vicious transition,” Pearson said. his friends. Monday, the jurors Gawker owner Nick Denton, heyday of Denton’s bad-boy site is Ackman, whose fund Pershing tacked on $25.1 million in puni- above, warns the Hulk Hogan a thing of the past. Last July, al- Square Capital Management tive damages. sex tape case could put his ready reeling from Hogan’s law- hedge fund holds a 9% Valeant Gawker long has been known enterprise out of business. suit, Gawker came under fire for stake, will join the board of direc- for its snarky tone and gratu- publishing an article accusing a tors immediately. itously cruel treatment of those POOL could put his enterprise out of little-known media company While Schiller did not agree to in its sights. In a sense it symbol- business. If you’re thinking that CFO of soliciting sex from a male step down, Katherine Stevenson izes the unrestrained nastiness “The issue is who gets to doesn’t sound like the end of the porn actor, a charge the executive voluntarily resigned from Va- that has been the true dark side make editorial decisions. world, you are forgiven. But denied. Raising the question: leant’s board because the panel’s of the Internet. The First Amendment media lawyer Charles Tobin ar- What was the point? current maximum size is fixed at The Florida jury, in hammer- leaves that, for good gues such a development is not And then something surprising 14 members, the company said. ing Gawker in the invasion of pri- or bad, in the hands of without unhealthy ramifications. happened: Denton repudiated the “The improper conduct of the vacy lawsuit, seemed to be saying “Allowing a jury to bankrupt a story and took it down. He ex- company’s former Chief Finan- that there are limits, that enough journalists. The Framers publisher, over content that the plained that it was time for Gawk- cial Officer and former Corporate is enough, that such behavior felt it would be Florida appeals court already er to evolve along with Internet Controller, which resulted in the should have consequences. dangerous to put held was a matter of legitimate culture. provision of incorrect informa- Team Gawker certainly didn’t fundamental rights up public concern, is extremely dan- He wrote that the “media envi- tion to the committee and the help itself when former editor for the popular vote, gerous,” he told me. Tobin adds ronment has changed, our read- company’s auditors, contributed A.J. Daulerio testified that he and this verdict perfectly that he’s confident Gawker will ers have changed, and I have to the misstatement of results,” would draw the line against pub- illustrates why.” prevail on appeal. changed. Not only is criticism of Valeant said. lishing celebrity sex tapes only That appeal will be forthcom- yesterday’s piece from readers in- In response, Schiller issued a when they involved 4-year-olds Media lawyer Charles Tobin ing, Denton says. And it’s hardly tense, but much of what they’ve statement through his attorneys or younger tykes. He was pre- publicly discussed. unusual for eye-popping jury said has resonated. Some of our that said “at no time did I engage sumably kidding, but seriously. Even in the wild and woolly In- awards in cases involving alleged own writers, proud to work at one in any improper conduct that re- I’m a huge First Amendment ternet era, shouldn’t there be media misbehavior to be drasti- of the only independent media lates to any restatement of reve- guy, although perhaps not so some boundaries? cally reduced. So the battle is far companies, are equally appalled. nue that the company is hardcore as late media lawyer That is not to say the verdict from over. “I believe this public mood re- considering.” The statement also Dick Schmidt, who liked to joke isn’t a tad excessive, or several Some media law gurus say that flects a growing recognition that said Schiller did not provide any that as a lad he had run into a tads. It’s even more than Hogan, even if the verdict stands, the we all have secrets, and they are incorrect information to Va- crowded firehouse and yelled, whose actual name is Terry G. First Amendment repercussions not all equally worthy of leant’s Audit and Risk Committee “theater.” But I have to say I don’t Bollea, had been seeking in com- would not be drastic. Given the exposure.” or outside auditors. see any purpose to posting a sex pensatory damages. narrow nature of the case, the de- True that. Let’s hope Denton is Ackman predicted the compa- tape featuring a grappler/reality Gawker owner Nick Denton cision “could be bad for the fu- right about where Internet mores ny would rebound from a “chal- TV star, even if said tape has been has warned that the Hogan case ture of sex tapes, but I’m not sure are heading. lenging time.”

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The music wafting through Time whether in a recent cover the auditorium after the event THE BEST SOURCE FOR COINS WORLDWIDE™ story or during Apple’s share- left no doubt — it was Tom Petty’s holders’ meeting last month here. I Won’t Back Down. USA TODAY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 E2 MONEY 3B Legendary Intel CEO Andy Grove has died Silicon Valley power erations of technologists, entre- “Andy made the preneurs, and business leaders.” broker ‘made the Grove was born András István impossible impossible happen’ Gróf in Budapest, Hungary, in happen, time and 1936. He and his mother took on Elizabeth Weise false identities to hide from the again.” Nazis, who invaded their country USA TODAY in 1944 and sent hundreds of Intel CEO Brian Krzanich thousands of Jews to concentra- SAN FRANCISCO Andy Grove, leg- tion camps. endary leader of Intel, noted au- In 1956, during the Hungarian opment under Gordon Moore of thor of business books and a Uprising against Soviet control, Moore’s Law. Silicon Valley power broker of the Grove escaped to the United When Robert Noyce, nick- highest degree, died Monday. States. named “the mayor of Silicon Val- Grove, 79, was one of the earli- He studied chemical engineer- ley,” and Moore left Fairchild to est leaders at Intel, joining in ing at the City College of New found Intel in 1968, the first em- 1969. He became president in York, and got his Ph.D at the Uni- ployee they hired was Grove. 1979 and CEO in 1987 and served versity of California at Berkeley Grove was the author of a very as Chairman of the Board from in 1963. popular business book, Only the 1997 to 2005. After graduation, Grove was Paranoid Survive, in 1999. “We are deeply saddened by hired by Gordon Moore at Fair- He is survived by his wife of 58 the passing of former Intel Chair- child Semiconductor, considered years, Eva, two daughters and man and CEO Andy Grove,” said one of the companies that created eight grandchildren. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich. “Andy Silicon Valley. There he began as INTEL A cause of death was not given made the impossible happen, a researcher and became assis- Andy Grove, legendary CEO of Intel and a noted technologist. but Grove had suffered from Par- time and again, and inspired gen- tant head of research and devel- Grove died Monday at the age of 79. kinson’s disease for many years. Justices to hear patent battle Samsung appealing $548M in damages owed to Apple

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The Apple-Samsung smart- phone patent war will rage on. Stepping into a highly charged legal battle between the smart- phone giants, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Samsung’s appeal of rulings that MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, AP the Korean company infringed on Greg Joswiak, VP of iOS, iPad and iPhone marketing, announces the new iPhone SE at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. design patents in U.S. rival Ap- ple’s popular iPhones. The court said it would limit its review to one of two questions raised by Samsung — whether the maker of the rival Galaxy smart- APPLE GOES RETRO WITH $399 phones was hit with excessive fi- nancial penalties after a U.S. jury concluded the company copied IPHONE SE, SMALLER IPAD PRO some of Apple’s iPhone designs. Marco della Cava Features like the A9 processor and its graphic processor, though @marcodellacava USA TODAY Big or small, iPhone not the modest storage offering, are high-end for a phone priced in the midrange, he said. CUPERTINO, CALIF. Typically size matters to many The occasion was not without a forward-looking Apple is making nod to Apple’s ongoing battle a bid to extend its product line by and improved camera capabili- with the FBI, in which Apple is Ed Baig taking a cue from its past. ties of the more advanced fighting an order that it provide PETER MACDIARMID, GETTY IMAGES The company unveiled the @edbaig iPhones. That means a superior the agency with code that can Apple accuses Samsung of [email protected] 12-megapixel camera that’s able iPhone SE Monday, which execu- USA TODAY break into the iPhone used by a infringing on design patents tives described as “the most pow- to shoot “Live Photos.” killer in the San Bernardino mass for its iPhone. erful 4-inch phone ever.” It means speeds that are shooting. Apple CEO Tim Cook twice as fast as the iPhone 5s, The phone starts at $399, or kicked off the town hall by tack- The Supreme Court action $17 a month without a service plus the ability to summon Siri ling the issue head on. with an out-loud “Hey Siri” means Samsung might not have contract. Orders start March 24, to pay Apple the $548 million in and the phone will become avail- NEW YORK Going small may command. And it also lets cus- turn out to be a smart business tomers exploit Apple Pay, Ap- damages the firms agreed to last able March 31. year following lower court The iPhone SE features the decision for Apple’s bottom ple’s mobile payments service. line, but for folks like me — in- For the most part, think rulings. same processing power of the Apple declined to comment on flagship 6S, which is double that vested in Apple’s phablet-sized iPhone 6s in an iPhone 5s body, phones such as the iPhone 6 without features such as 3D the decision. Samsung said, “The of the earlier iPhone 5S. It also court’s review of this case can packs the same graphics capabili- Plus — there’s no turning back. Touch. The SE is aimed at the rest: Indeed, such capabilities will lead to a fair interpretation of ty of the 6S and includes a 12- patent law that will support cre- megapixel iSight camera. the 30 million people who appeal to the buyers who held bought 4-inch iPhones last year off on upgrading their iPhones. ativity and reward innovation.” One missing feature: 3D Design patents involve the Touch, which iPhone 6S owners or who haven’t yet bought one, Apple also made some modest MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ AP plus potential buyers in India, tweaks to iOS, adding pass- Apple CEO Tim Cook an- shape or appearance features cor- use to access different aspects of porate owners craft for products. the mobile-operating system de- China and other developing words to the Notes app and a nounces an update to the Ap- markets for whom the lower Night Shift feature that promis- ple Watch. Cook also discuss- They differ from utility patents, pending on how hard they press which cover new and useful ma- on the screen. price makes it more com- es to help you sleep better by ed Apple’s fight with the FBI. petitive. shifting the color temperature chines, processes or improve- Apple allowed reporters at the “We need to decide as a nation ments. In a legal battle that began event to briefly try out the new And size does matter. I know on the screen. how much power the government people who resisted the larger I plan to spend some time in 2011, Apple argued Samsung phone. Physically, it felt nearly should have over our data and improperly copied some of the identical to the old iPhone 4, with iPhones and rival smartphone with a smaller iPhone to see if I over our privacy,” Cook said. “We makers’ phablets because they have a new appreciation for a iPhone’s look and features. They the more defined sides of that did not expect to be in this posi- include the round-cornered front earlier phone than later iPhones. thought the handsets were too more diminutive form factor. tion, at odds with our own gov- large. My guess: My fingers (and face and colorful grid of icons. A Apple took a similar retro ap- ernment. But we have a California federal jury agreed, proach for its newest iPad Pro, By unveiling the iPhone SE, eyes) probably won’t be able to responsibility to help you protect the company catches these buy- make the switch, but there are and a Washington, D.C., appeals shrinking the business-focused your data and protect your priva- court upheld much of the verdict tablet to a 9.7-inch diagonal size ers up with a phone that has plenty of others who won’t cy. We owe it to our customers most of the latest robust specs mind. and damages award last May. that echoes that of the standard and we owe it to our country. We However, Samsung argued the iPad. will not shrink from this rulings improperly allowed the The differences include a dis- lesson from its last event, which responsibility.” jury “to find infringement based play that is superior to that of the came under fire for being held in Cook’s message was delivered merely on similarities in ‘overall standard iPad, with increased a huge arena in San Francisco after a short video introduction appearance’ and indeed based on contrast ratio and a 40% less-re- and featured updates to products that listed a stream of Apple ‘any perceived similarities or dif- flective screen than an iPad Air 2. that underwhelmed many critics. products that have been released ferences’ whatsoever.” Samsung It is also 25% brighter. The device Monday’s event in a small audito- since the company was founded. also contended the lower courts will go head to head with Micro- rium on its campus was a more Its 40th anniversary is April 1. compounded the problem by soft’s Surface Pro. subdued event for around 300 Cook closed the presentation awarding Samsung’s full profits Prices for the new iPad Pro are that seemed to better fit the in- by noting that “this will be the from sales of smartphones that $599 (32 GB) and $749 (128 GB). cremental news. last product event here,” the contain the patented designs. There’s also an $899 version with APPLE “While not ‘swing you around same theater where the iPod and An image released by Apple Google, Facebook and other a massive 256 GB capacity. the room’ in terms of excitement, App Store were unveiled. tech firms backed Samsung’s con- Both the new iPhone and iPad showing the newly unveiled it did answer a few, very impor- Then a drawing of the compa- 9.7-inch iPad Pro. tentions in friend-of-the-court le- have an improved ability to sense tant questions, like how will Ap- ny’s in-progress headquarters gal briefs. They contended that ambient light and reduce screen ple compete better in emerging- flashed on the screen, a bold and decades-old U.S. patent laws are glare accordingly. Researchers In other product news, Apple region smartphones,” Patrick massive circle with an open not equipped to provide the prop- have determined that looking at announced Siri voice dictation for Moorhead, an analyst with Moor atrium. er legal framework for decisions bright screens late at night can Apple TV. Insights & Strategy, told USA “In 2017, we look forward to on modern technology in smart- impede deep sleep. Apple seems to have learned a TODAY. welcoming you all there,” he said. phones and other products. USA TODAY 4B MONEY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016

ALL THE MARKET ACTION IN REAL TIME. AMERICA’S MARKETS AMERICASMARKETS.USATODAY.COM DID YOU KNOW? What to watch Facts about America’s investors How we’re performing Next hurdle for stocks: Take out previous highs who use SigFig tracking services: USA’s portfolio allocation for tech stocks Here’s how America’s individual investors are performing based Adam Shell viewed as nothing more than a counter-trend rally in a down on data from SigFig online investment tracking service: @adamshell USA TODAY market. But if the bull can notch a fresh CONSERVATIVE BALANCED record, it would cement its posi- Less than 30% equities 30%-50% equities The broad U.S. stock market is tion as only the third bull market 5-day avg.: -1.82 5-day avg.: -1.68 back in the black for the year, in history to last seven years. If it 6-month avg.: -5.23 6-month avg.: -7.82 erasing its sizable losses in what can close at another peak and also Largest holding: AAPL Largest holding: AAPL had been its worst start to a year not suffer a 20% drop between Most bought: NFLX Most bought: AAPL —ever. now and the end of April, the 84- Most sold: NFLX Most sold: AAPL But for the bull to get a second month old bull will supplant the lease on life, the Standard & 85.6-month-old bull that ended MODERATE AGGRESSIVE Poor’s 500 stock index has to do in August 1956 as the second 51%-70% equities 71% or more in equities more than just stay in the plus longest in history. 5-day avg.: -1.58 5-day avg.: -2.09 column for 2016. In short, it has So, there’s a lot at stake for 6 month avg.: -8.98 6-month avg.: -11.52 SigFig investors in Michigan Largest holding Largest holding to take out its previous record stock investors. Another high are 1.9 times more likely than : AAPL : MSFT closing high of 2,130.82 from May would confirm the rebound rally Most bought: AAPL Most bought: AAPL 2015. If it does that the bull mar- is for real. It would also mark a the average investor to be Most sold: AAPL Most sold: AAPL ket will be back on and the cor- new starting point in which fu- invested in auto companies. NOTE: INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SIGFIG IS STATISTICAL IN NATURE AND DOES POWERED BY SIGFIG rection that kicked off they ear ture corrections (or drops of 10% NOT CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION OF ANY STRATEGY OR SECURITY. VISIT will end as just that, and not a or more) and bear markets are POWERED BY SIGFIG SIGFIG.USATODAY.COM/DISCLOSE FOR ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES AND INFORMATION. bear market, or drop of 20% or measured. But if the bull stum- more from a peak. bles, the market narrative will More than half a million investors nationwide with total assets of $200 billion Until the bull reasserts itself quickly shift from rebound and manage their investment portfolios online with SigFig investment tracking service. and tallies another record, the resilience to a tired bull still stuck Data on this page are based on SigFig analysis. current rebound rally will be in a new downtrend. MAJOR INDEXES STORY STOCKS 4-WEEK TREND Valeant DJIA DOW SPX S&P $100 +21.57 +2.02 Pharmaceuticals $28.98 JONES 500 Price: $28.98 The troubled drugmaker said its INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE STANDARD & POOR'S Chg: $2.00 CEO is stepping down and activist $20 CHANGE: +.1% CLOSE: 17,623.87 CHANGE: +.1% CLOSE: 2,051.60 % chg: 7.4% hedge fund manager Bill Ackman YTD: +198.84 PREV. CLOSE: 17,602.30 YTD: +7.66 PREV. CLOSE: 2,049.58 Day’s high/low: would join its board of directors. Feb. 22 March 21 YTD % CHG: +1.1% RANGE: 17,551.28-17,644.97 YTD % CHG: +.4% RANGE: 2,043.14-2,053.91 $31.59/$25.99 4-WEEK TREND St oo Hote s COMP NASDAQ RUT RUSSELL arw d l $100 $84.19 COMPOSITE RUSSELL 2000 INDEX and Resorts +13.22 -3.09 Price: $84.19 C : Marriott sweetened its bid for the hg $3.62 hotel chain to $13.6 billion, topping % chg: 4.5% $60 CHANGE: +.3% CLOSE: 4,808.87 CHANGE: -.3% CLOSE: 1,098.58 D ’s / o : a$13.2 billion offer made last week Feb. 22 March 21 YTD: -198.54 PREV. CLOSE: 4,795.65 YTD: -37.31 PREV. CLOSE: 1,101.67 ay high l w by a group of Chinese investors. YTD % CHG: -4.0% RANGE: 4,785.38-4,814.85 YTD % CHG: -3.3% RANGE: 1,096.15-1,103.62 $84.37/$83.46 4-WEEK TREND

Sherwin-Williams $300 $273.29 S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS YTD G A I N ERS Company (ticker symbol) Price $ Chg % Chg % Chg The paint manufacturer said it will Price: $273.29 buy rival Valspar for more than Mallinckrodt (MNK) 58.96 +4.34 +7.9 -21.0 Chg: -$15.40 $11 billion, or about $113 a share. c : $250 Recent pullback seen as buying opportunity. % hg -5.3% The companies said no divesti- Feb. 22 March 21 Day’s high/low: tures are expected to get the deal Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) 84.19 +3.62 +4.5 +21.5 $288.29/$270.54 to clear antitrust hurdles. Marriott tops Anbang bid with $13.6 billion offer. TOP 10 MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTING ASK MATT PayPal Holdings (PYPL) 41.14 +1.73 +4.4 +13.6 Fund, ranked by size NAV Chg. 4wk 1 YTD 1 Shares jump after analyst upgrade. Vanguard 500Adml 189.14 +0.18 +7.2% +0.9% Vanguard TotStIAdm 50.73 +0.04 +7.6% +0.3% Weaving in, out Vanguard InstIdxI 187.28 +0.18 +7.2% +0.9% Micron Technology (MU) 11.53 +.39 +3.5 -18.6 Vanguard TotStIdx 50.72 +0.04 +7.6% +0.3% Shakes off downgrade and climbs. Vanguard InstPlus 187.29 +0.19 +7.2% +0.9% can be difficult Vanguard TotIntl 14.41 -0.03 +8.0% -0.2% Fidelity Contra 95.92 +0.17 +6.0% -2.3% — but profitable Illumina (ILMN) 155.13 +4.89 +3.3 -19.2 American Funds IncAmerA m 20.57 -0.02 +5.5% +2.5% Still growing at double-digit rate. American Funds GrthAmA m 39.94 +0.04 +6.7% -3.3% American Funds CapIncBuA m 57.26 -0.08 +5.2% +3.4% – C PI L G INS ND DIVIDENDS EINVES ED Q: When should investors Flir Systems (FLIR) 33.36 +.90 +2.8 +18.8 1 A TA A A R T Gets contracts of $38 million. TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS panic? ETF, ranked by volume Ticker Close Chg. % Chg %YTD Gilead Sciences (GILD) 92.67 +2.40 +2.7 -8.4 SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr SPY 204.67 +0.29 +0.1% +0.4% Matt Krantz Hepatitis C drug prescriptions show consistent increase. Barc iPath Vix ST VXX 18.80 -0.55 -2.8% -6.5% [email protected] CS VS 2x Vix ShTm TVIX 4.98 -0.47 -8.6% -20.4% SA DA iShs Emerg Mkts EEM 34.10 +0.07 +0.2% +5.9% U TO Y Nike (NKE) 64.72 +1.73 +2.7 +3.6 Dir Dly Gold Bear3x DUST 3.14 unch. unch. -81.0% Gains ahead of earnings; Under Armour designer joins. SPDR Financial XLF 22.69 -0.04 -0.2% -4.8% Mkt Vect Gold Miners GDX 20.57 -0.04 -0.2% +49.9% PVH (PVH) 90.57 +2.29 +2.6 +23.0 US Oil Fund LP USO 10.59 +0.11 +1.0% -3.7% iShares Rus 2000 IWM 109.35 -0.26 -0.2% -2.9% Rises as investors anticipate quarterly results. ProShs Ultra VIX ST UVXY 22.15 -1.35 -5.7% -21.9% A: Investors are told to stay calm dur- Celgene (CELG) 101.14 +2.38 +2.4 -15.5 INTEREST RATES MORTGAGE RATES ing volatility. But panic can be profitable, Seen cheap, shares up. Type Close 6 mo ago Type Close 6 mo ago according to new research. Prime lending 3.50% 3.25% 30 yr. fixed 3.70% 3.79% Alan Moreira and Tyler Muir, profes- YTD Federal funds 0.37% 0.14% 15 yr. fixed 2.81% 2.93% sors of finance at the Yale School of Man- LOSERS Company (ticker symbol) Price $ Chg % Chg % Chg 3 mo. T-bill 0.29% 0.01% 1 yr. ARM 2.78% 2.66% 5 yr. T-note 1.38% 1.49% 5/1 ARM 3.19% 3.12% agement, say panicking and selling when Sherwin-Williams (SHW) 273.29 -15.40 -5.3 +5.3 10 yr. T-note 1.92% 2.20% SOURCE: BANKRATE.COM market volatility picks up can boost suc- Valspar deal raises antitrust concerns. cess. Stocks’ returns aren’t large enough COMMODITIES to justify the risk investors are taking Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) 77.07 -3.72 -4.6 +6.1 Commodities Close Prev. Chg. % Chg. % YTD during volatility, they say. Retreats from 2016 high after fund manager sale. Cattle (lb.) 1.38 1.40 -0.02 -1.1% +1.9% Corn (bushel) 3.70 3.67 +0.03 +0.7% +3.0% Investors get better risk-adjusted re- Gold (troy oz.) 1,243.80 1,253.80 -10.00 -0.8% +17.3% turns shifting to bonds and out of stocks Williams Companies (WMB) 17.35 -.80 -4.4 -32.5 Hogs, lean (lb.) .69 .71 -0.02 -2.9% +16.0% when volatility is high and shifting back Evens March as fund manager sells. Natural Gas (Btu.) 1.83 1.91 -0.08 -4.1% -21.8% Oil, heating (gal.) 1.24 1.24 unch. unch. +12.4% when it’s low. When stocks get clobbered Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 39.91 39.44 +0.47 +1.2% +7.8% they tend to stay depressed for a long Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) 21.79 -.98 -4.3 +23.2 Silver (troy oz.) 15.84 15.81 +0.03 +0.2% +15.0% Dips as it repeats annual spending/production forecast. Soybeans (bushel) 9.02 8.98 +0.04 +0.5% +3.5% time. But volatility tends to be over Wheat (bushel) 4.67 4.63 +0.04 +0.8% -0.7% quickly. Investors can duck out of the EQT (EQT) 63.33 -2.41 -3.7 +21.5 market during periods of high volatility Loses momentum in trailing sector. FOREIGN CURRENCIES and have plenty of time to get back in, Currency per dollar Close Prev. 6 mo. ago Yr. ago the professors say. British pound .6948 .6906 .6451 .6693 OneOK (OKE) 29.69 -1.13 -3.7 +20.4 Canadian dollar 1.3068 1.3029 1.3230 1.2578 Real-l ife evidence, though, has shown Magnum Hunter seeks to reject contract. Chinese yuan 6.4835 6.4743 6.3648 6.2061 how difficult it is to weave in and out of Euro .8888 .8874 .8935 .9250 stocks. Famed investor Warren Buffett Endo International -3.4 Japanese yen 111.86 111.60 120.60 120.17 (ENDP) 28.84 -1.00 -52.9 Mexican peso 17.3930 17.3430 16.6645 15.0539 has a long-term record of gnoring short- Shares dip ahead of FDA approval on generic alternative. term swings and remaining invested. Again last year, two-thirds of active Staples (SPLS) 9.69 -.31 -3.1 +2.3 FOREIGN MARKETS Fights in court to save Office Depot takeover. Country Close Prev. Change %Chg. YTD % managers who tried to beat the market Frankfurt 9,948.64 9,950.80 -2.16 unch. -7.4% wound up lagging it, according to S&P Hong Kong 20,684.15 20,671.63 +12.52 +0.1% -5.6% Range Resources (RRC) 32.93 -1.02 -3.0 +33.8 Japan (Nikkei) 16,724.81 16,936.38 -211.57 -1.3% -12.1% Dow Jones Indices. Investors who pan- Stock rating cut to neutral at Macquarie. London 6,184.58 6,189.64 -5.06 -0.1% -0.9% icked and sold stocks this February after Mexico City 45,482.39 45,482.39 unch. unch. +5.8% the market dropped 10% on the year may SO CES: O NINGS , DOW JONES INDEXES, E SSOCI ED P ESS Transocean (RIG) 10.53 -.25 -2.3 -14.9 UR M R TAR TH A AT R have locked in losses if they didn’t get Price target lowered, sector’s weak. IN-DEPTH MARKETS COVERAGE back in. That’s a shame as the market has SOURCE: BLOOMBERG AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS USATODAY.COM/MONEY since recovered nearly all its losses.

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Go elite or go home. See travel trends, maximize your points and get the tips you need to always be VIP. roadwarriorvoices.com USA TODAY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 MONEY 5B Marriott CEO sees plenty of promise in Cuba Sorenson says island Monday, the goal is to build and negotiates with foreign compa- the Web. operate their own facilities. nies and designates people who “One of the things that we will has challenges, needs The difficulty comes in navi- can be hired by them. The com- be announcing here is that Goo- infusion of capital gating Cuba’s arcane foreign in- panies then pay the Cuban gov- gle has a deal to start setting up vestment laws, which limit the ernment directly, and the more Wi-Fi access, broadband ac- Alan Gomez ownership stake foreign compa- government pays those workers a cess on the island,’’ Obama said. nies can get and requires them to typical Cuban salary — about $25 Still, Sorenson said the inabil- @alangomez USA TODAY hire workers approved by the a month — and keeps the rest. ity to own properties outright will government. Sorenson said the White also limit the interest, and will- “This is one of the riddles. How House is addressing that issue ingness, of any company to dive HAVANA When Marriott CEO do you attract foreign capital to with the Cuban government but into the Cuban market. When Fi- Arne Sorenson walks around the Cuba in the context of a socialist says he’s limited in how far he can del Castro swept to power in streets of this Cuban capital, he economy which has very different echo those concerns. 1959, he quickly started national- sees a place in desperate need of rules than typically work for in- “To some extent, it would be izing foreign companies. The U.S. an infusion of foreign capital and dustry?” he said. “That’s the path presumptuous of us, for a single Department of Justice has certi- foreign assistance. Figuring out (the Cuban government has) to ROBERT HANASHIRO, USA TODAY company, to come down and say, fied 5,913 claims of property how to get those dollars down navigate. It’s obvious that that Arne Sorenson says Amer- ‘We must make demands that owned by U.S. citizens and com- here, however, isn’t so easy. new capital won’t come in unless icans have a renewed fascina- you change your approach,’ ” he panies being confiscated by the Sitting in a hotel a block away the rules are set up in a way that tion with Cuba. said. “But I do think we can have Cuban government, estimated to from the capitol building and allows that capital to get a return. conversations with them and say, be worth about $7 billion today. wearing a guayabera — a fashion If those things can be done, the on Monday and a state dinner ‘Let’s explore how we can evolve Sorenson said the result is a staple on this Caribbean island — capital will come in.” with Cuban President Raúl Cas- this process to make sure these system in which foreign compa- Sorenson said joint ventures to Sorenson is visiting Cuba as tro later that night. But he’s also great jobs get created.’ ” nies that strive for predictability manage existing Cuban hotels part of President Obama’s histor- meeting with Cuban officials in One potential roadblock — a and stability would be forced to like the one reached by Starwood ic trip to the island, the first for a the hotel industry to continue fig- lack of Internet access — may be enter a deal in which they’re tied Hotels and Resorts are the first sitting U.S. president in nearly 90 uring out how Marriott can ex- disappearing. In an interview that to the whims of an unpredictable steps. But when he looks to the years. Sorenson is traveling as pand on the island in the future. aired Monday, President Obama government. future, one he hopes includes part of the president’s Export One of the biggest hurdles he told ABC News anchor David Despite those difficulties, So- Starwood after the two sides Council, which means he will join sees is the restriction on hiring. Muir that more Cubans may soon renson said he’s optimistic about reached a new merger agreement a summit on entrepreneurship The Cuban government typically have an easier time hopping on his chain’s future in Cuba. Chinese companies FREE snatching up U.S. firms TRADE: at hot pace ‘It will be a record A RUNDOWN year’ for acquisitions, S&P Global asserts

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China is looking to buy Ameri- can at a never-before-seen clip. Starwood Hotels & Resorts is just LOSERS the biggest and latest target. Chinese investors and buyers have announced plans to spend $39 billion so far this year buying U.S. companies, says Richard Pe- KENA BETANCUR, AFP/GETTY IMAGES terson, senior director at S&P GOP front-runner Donald Trump, above, says current U.S. trade deals are disasters, calling them bad deals for Americans. Global Market Intelligence. This whopping total includes Anbang Insurance Group’s offer last week Trump, Sanders revive national debate over who does, doesn’t benefit for hotel chain Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which S&P Global says u Roger Yu More export-created is valued at $15.2 billion. (Marri- jobs: U.S. companies need more ott International countered Mon- @RogerYu_ USA TODAY designers and R&D engineers as day with a higher offer.) demand for their products grows The pace of Chinese buying of in foreign markets. In turn, their U.S. companies is unprecedented, In 1992, independent presi- suppliers hire more workers. Peterson says. The value of Chi- dential candidate Ross Perot pre- American companies benefit nese bids for U.S. companies just dicted the North American Free from heightened competition this year is roughly four times the Trade Agreement would produce from foreign players in their sec- $9.4 billion of Sino-U.S. deals an- a “giant sucking sound” of U.S. tors. About one in four manufac- nounced last year and already jobs fleeing to low-wage Mexico. turing jobs are supported by well above the previous record of A quarter-century later, anoth- exports, according to the Office of $11.8 billion for Chinese compa- er billionaire businessman, Re- the U.S. Trade Representative. nies that announced spending in publican presidential front- And exports supported 6.2 mil- 2013. That was the year China’s runner Donald Trump, is picking lion jobs in 2013, it said. Henan Shineway Industry Group up where Perot left off by bashing In 2014, U.S. manufacturing agreed to buy food processor NAFTA and other trade agree- exports reached a record $1.4 tril- Smithfield Foods for $7.3 billion. ments as bad deals for America lion, and all exports rose by near- “The deal flow is self-explana- and its workers. “I think NAFTA ly 50% from 2009 to 2014, the tory,” Peterson says. “It will be a has been a disaster. I think our Obama administration said. record year for Chinese acquisi- current deals are a disaster,” CRIS BOURONCLE, AFP/GETTY IMAGES uHigher foreign demand: tions of companies based in the Trump told CNN last year. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, left, visits the Creditex Raising living standards of trad- U.S.” Recently, he has been joined by textile factory, a clothing maker, in Lima, Peru, on March 15. ing partners means foreign con- China’s shopping spree in the Democratic candidate Bernie sumers gain buying power to U.S. is starting to get harder to ig- Sanders, whose message reso- “Free trade is a uJob loss ripple effect: As purchase U.S. goods and services, nore. Five of the six largest Chi- nates in states such as Michigan manufacturing jobs fade, so do and they spend more when they nese buyouts of U.S. companies that have lost manufacturing jobs beautiful thing for service jobs that support them, travel, as evidenced by Chinese occurred this year, Peterson says. to foreign trading partners rang- consumers. The such as accounting and legal ser- tourists flocking to the USA. “The Ingram Micro, a U.S.-based com- ing from Mexico to China. “Our problem, of course, is vices, Scott said. “Those services U.S. as a country that’s promoting pany that distributes electronics disastrous trade policies for the people aren’t just used to be counted as manufac- free trade is a good thing,” Guil- made by companies ranging from past 30 or 40 years have had a turing jobs,” he said. “The truth len said. He said European, Japa- Apple to Microsoft, was bought in horrendous impact on the lives of consumers. They is, each manufacturing job sup- nese and Korean companies have February by China’s Tianjin Tian- millions of working Americans,” need to work and ports two additional jobs in the moved manufacturing facilities to hai for $7.3 billion. Sanders tweeted March 16. make a living.” economy.” In all, about 70,000 Mexico to be closer to their most Then there was China’s Qing- The Economic Policy Institute, factories have closed and 5 mil- important customer, the U.S. dao Haier’s $5.4 billion buy of a liberal think tank partly funded Mauro Guillen, a professor lion jobs were lost in manufactur- More than 500,000 American General Electric’s GE Appliances at the University of Pennsylvania’s by unions, estimated more than Wharton School ing since 2000 because of trade jobs “are supported by imports of unit in January. 850,000 jobs have been lost due with Europe, China and other clothes and toys from China to NAFTA since the agreement would have gone somewhere else. countries now part of the 12-na- alone,” according to policy ana- CHINESE BUYERS was enacted in 1994. During that Auto, textiles, toys, consumer tion Trans-Pacific Partnership lysts Bryan Riley and Anthony Largest investments in U.S. companies involving Chinese buyers (including an- time, the U.S. trade deficit with electronics, auto parts — they’re deal, an agreement among 12 Pa- Kim of the Heritage Foundation, nounced and completed deals): Mexico swung from a $1.7 billion also made in Asia.” cific Rim countries awaiting con- a conservative think tank. Value U.S. surplus in 1993 to a $61.4 bil- Adds Robert Scott, EPI’s direc- gressional approval, Scott said. uLess Mexican immigra- Target (in millions) Buyer lion deficit in 2012, according to tor of trade and manufacturing uLower wages: Expanded tion: NAFTA’s role in boosting Starwood Hotels $15,188 Anbang the Council on Foreign Relations. policy: “The most important ele- trade has suppressed wages, said the Mexican economy has bene- Insurance Smithfield Foods $7,276 Henan Shineway A fair assessment of the impact ment of trade is who wins and Josh Bivens, EPI’s research and fited the U.S. by reversing the Industry of free trade requires more than loses. Exports support domestic policy director. Annual wages for flood of Mexicans streaming Ingram Micro $7,247 Tianjin Tianhai counting the number of lost U.S. jobs. Imports displace jobs.” full-time U.S. workers without a across the border. Mexicans can Investment jobs, economists say. Opening Trade agreement impacts: four-year degree fell about $1,800 find more good-paying jobs at GE Appliances $5,400 Qingdao Haier U.S. borders to imports also low- in 2011 because of free trade, Bi- home, such as in the auto indus- Terex $5,122 Zoomlion Heavy ers prices for consumers and cre- LOSSES vens wrote in January 2015. try, which has overtaken Japan in Industry u Legend Pictures $3,500 Dalian Wanda ates jobs for Americans who Trade deficit with China: the number of vehicles exported AMC $2,909 Dalian Wanda distribute or sell imports. Trade Normal trade relations with Chi- GAINS to the U.S. By 2020, Mexico will Entertainment also fuels economic growth in de- na signed by President Clinton in uLower-priced goods: Im- account for about a quarter of all Fairchild $2,659 China Resources veloping nations, which increases 2000 and China’s membership in ports help to keep prices low, a auto vehicles produced in North Semiconductor (Holdings) Co. Devon Energy $2,442 Sinopec Int’l demand for U.S. exports and cre- the World Trade Organization in benefit as wages rise slowly. Mid- America, according to IHS Auto- (5 U.S. shale oil Petroleum ates new manufacturing and ser- 2001 fueled the Asian country’s dle-class consumers gain “an esti- motive. “In the last couple of and gas fields) vice jobs in the United States. emergence as a powerhouse ex- mated 29% of their purchasing years, immigration by Mexicans Activision $2,339 Tencent Mauro Guillen, a professor at porter of manufactured goods. As power from trade,” according to (to the U.S.) has been negative,” Blizzard (stake Holdings* bought by group the University of Pennsylvania’s a result, the U.S. trade deficit with the Council of Economic Advis- Guillen said, noting the number of investors) Wharton School, doesn’t dispute China has grown to $365.7 billion ers. “This is especially important of Mexicans returning home now Waldorf Astoria $1,950 Anbang the validity of 850,000 jobs lost in 2015 from $83.8 billion in for middle-class consumers who exceeds those entering the U.S. New York Insurance because of NAFTA, but said they 2000. About 3.5 million jobs were spend a larger share of their dis- “NAFTA has been successful in NOTE: TENCENT HOLDING WAS ONE OF SEVERAL INVESTORS, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES-BASED LEONARD likely would have disappeared lost due to the trade deficit with posable income on heavily traded helping Mexico develop enough GREEN even without that deal. “They China, EPI’s Scott said. food and clothing items.” to slow that down.” SOURCE: S&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 SECTION C No. 2 ousted Equality issues Kelsey Plum’s 32 points lift Why are we Washington still having a past second- debate about seeded equal prize Maryland money in and into tennis? Nancy Sweet 16, 2C Armour, 3C

PLUM, TOP, BY PATRICK SEMANSKY, AP SPORTSLINE Making LITTLE ROOM LEFT decision FOR BIG MEN IN NBA on NBA KRAFT BY MARK J. REBILAS, USA TODAY SPORTS FIRST WORD easier IT’S VERY HARD TO COMPETE WITHOUT THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE DRAFT. Nicole Auerbach AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THE @NicoleAuerbach IMPORTANCE, AND I ASSURE USA TODAY Sports WE’VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO THAT HAS A CHANCE OF SUCCESS.” In the least surprising news of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, say- the week, Ben Simmons has de- ing he wrote a letter to NFL Com- clared for the NBA. He almost missioner Roger Goodell in laying certainly will be drafted No. 1 or 2 out his case for the reinstatement in June’s draft. of the team’s first-round pick that But for most of the NCAA un- was taken as part of Deflategate. derclassmen who will consider going pro in the coming weeks, there is far greater uncertainty. There always has been; each year, news outlets make lists of the tal- ented players who end up going undrafted as an example of poor decision-making and the intoxi- cating allure of the NBA giving way to the reality of playing in the Development League or overseas.

MARK D. SMITH, USA TODAY SPORTS To those deeply invested in the sport of college basketball, many TWEET OF THE DAY of those disappointments — or @kurt13warner gaps between players’ dreams My heart hurts 4 my and reality — could have been guys @UNImbb ... I’ve been avoided. And can be avoided, as there & no words to ease pain long as those players get better - but a great group of guys information about their actual who showed the world who draft stock. they are! That was the thinking behind a Retired NFL quarterback Kurt new predraft process proposed Warner, whose alma mater jointly by coaches and repre- Northern Iowa fell in two over- sentatives of the NCAA, National times to Texas A&M in the second Association of Basketball Coach- round of the NCAA West Region. es and NBA. It will take effect this spring. Essentially, it pushes back the deadline for underclassmen to decide if they want to return to college to 10 days after the pre- draft combine, giving them an- other five-plus weeks to get feedback directly from NBA per- sonnel regarding their pro

EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ, GETTY IMAGES prospects. There also is a cap on how many players will be invited ALMOST LAST WORD SOOBUM IM, USA TODAY SPORTS to the combine, which should “AS I’VE SAID FROM THE Dwight Howard, right, is averaging 8.8 shot attempts per game this season, an 11-year low. weed out players whose high ex- START, MY JOB IS TO ENFORCE pectations for themselves do not THE LAW, AND STARTING TO- Dominant centers on decline with ‘small ball’ focus match the NBA’s at that time. DAYDRAFTKINGS AND FAN- There could still be at least a DUEL WILL ABIDE BY IT. TO- 28-mile drive from the team’s ard told USA TODAY Sports. dozen players invited to the com- DAY’S AGREEMENT ALSO CRE- Sam Amick Toyota Center arena to his pa- “It’s really like we’re dinosaurs ATES AN EXPEDITED PATH TO @sam_amick latial home in the suburb of and they’re trying to extinct us. v STORY CONTINUES ON 4C RESOLVE THIS LITIGATION USA TODAY Sports Richmond, flashed that Texas- But the Ice Age will not come, SHOULD THATLAW CHANGE sized smile in between bites for and we will not be extinct. OR UPON A DECISION BY THE HOUSTON If a picture is truly each supporter who came in “You watch a guy like Shaq APPELLATE DIVISION.” worth a thousand words, then search of a selfie. That he was (O’Neal) or Kareem (Abdul- New York Attorney General Eric the cellphone shots Dwight getting fed for once surely Jabbar) and all these guys, and Schneiderman, announcing he Howard took with adoring helped his jovial mood consid- I don’t know if they would want agreed to drop all claims against Houston Rockets fans at Rudy’s ering, well, it doesn’t happen to just play with guys shooting DraftKings and FanDuel except Country Store & BBQ last week much for big men the likes of threes and stuff like that. They for false advertising in exchange might have been a tad deceiv- him these days. want to be fed, but it’s the evo- for the daily fantasy game sites ing. “The way the (NBA) game is lution of the game. And the way halting paid contests in the state. Howard, who stopped into played (now), it’s all outside-in, ROBERT DEUTSCH, USA TODAY SPORTS one of his favorite spots on the it’s threes, it’s super-fast,” How- v STORY CONTINUES ON 6C Jay Wright: “You’re going to LAST WORD see a lot better decisions.” “THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS DEAL FOR THE DAILY FANTASY SITES IS THATTHEY WON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A DOOMSDAY SCENARIO.” MLB, Cuba seeking common ground Daniel Wallach, a sports and gambling attorney and partner Embargo impedes volucion, with Tampa Bay Rays in the firm Becker & Poliakoff. coaches sharing tips on hitting, possible deal on fielding and pitching. Edited by USA TODAY Sports staff Jeter, making his first trip to player transfers the island, echoed Torre’s words in saying, “There’s so many differ- USA SNAPSHOTS© Jorge L. Ortiz ences between the countries, whether it’s location, language, @jorgelortiz Winners’ reward USA TODAY Sports political views, but the one thing that’s a common thread is we speak the same language of base- HAVANA Perhaps buoyed by the ball.” $1.03 million goodwill Major League Baseball And yet, they sent contrasting has engendered in its return to messages Monday in addressing a Cuba, Commissioner Rob Man- key issue in their relationship. fred is confident a new system to Paving the way for a new sys- govern the transfer of Cuban tem that would allow Cuban play- Prize money players can b e in place by the end ers to offer their services to U.S. that will be of the year. WILL VRAGOVIC, AP teams without abandoning their awarded to Cuban baseball officials, while Rays catcher Rene Rivera uses his cellphone to take a photo at country is one of MLB’s goals each of the men’s Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana on Monday. and women’s grateful for the visit, insistently during this visit. singles champions of the point to the five-decades-old eco- The trip, set in motion after Miami Open nomic embargo as a major road- at the same time — evoked re- Jeter and Hall of Fame manager President Obama announced a block. peated nods to baseball’s ability Joe Torre, along with former Cu- normalizing of relations between Note The coed tennis tournament in The first day of this unique trip to bring cultures together. ban players Luis Tiant and Jose the countries in December 2014, Key Biscayne, Fla., begins Wednesday — an unprecedented combina- MLB came in with some of its Cardenal. The last three attended will culminate with Tuesday’s Source Miami Open tion of an MLB team and the sit- most distinguished ambassadors a clinic for 9- and 10-year-olds at ELLEN J. HORROW AND JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY ting U.S. president traveling here in New York Yankees icon Derek a field across from Plaza de la Re- v STORY CONTINUES ON 6C USA TODAY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 SPORTS 3C

spect afforded to female athletes. Women in general, really. The passage of Title IX in 1972 opened any number of doors to Tennis firestorm shows fight girls and women. Playing sports is now a rite of passage for girls, rather than something they have to fight for. The number of wom- for equality is far from over en pursuing math and science fields continues to grow. A coffee cart is no longer our entrée to the Novak Djokovic got one thing boardroom. right: Female athletes do have to Nancy Armour There is a difference between go through a lot of different [email protected] opportunity and equality, howev- things their male counterparts do USA TODAY Sports er, and it’s in the latter where we not. still lag. Men continue to earn Like people who ought to know more and have an easier time be- better diminishing their accom- ing promoted. They are taken plishments and dismissing their more seriously than their female contributions to the sport. Like up,” Kloss added. “I think this is counterparts even when their the public and people in positions one of those moments.” qualifications are the same. of power treating them as com- Let’s dispatch with the “equal modities, their importance deter- pay” argument right away. Yes, “There will mined not by their ability but by the men play best-of-five sets in continue to be their appearance. the Grand Slam tournaments Like having to fight the same while the women play best-of- moments that ... tired battle over and over and three. In most other events, how- over again. ever, it’s best-of-three for both. wake people up Djokovic’s remarks Sunday The irony wasn’t lost on any- (about that male tennis players deserve one that Djokovic’s comments more prize money was equally if came after he beat Milos Raonic inequality).” not more disheartening than In- in two sets — the same number it dian Wells CEO Raymond took Victoria Azarenka to beat Ilana Kloss, CEO and commissioner of Moore’s ridiculous comments Williams. Djokovic actually Mylan World TeamTennis about “lady players” riding the worked less, in fact, routing They are showcased based on coattails of men. These were ar- Raonic 6-2, 6-0, while Azarenka their talent and ability, not how guments that were supposed to needed six more games to dis- good they’ll look in a swimsuit or have been settled long ago, beliefs patch Williams 6-4, 6-4. a short dress and heels. about women’s inferiority and As for the Slams, organizers “That is such a disservice,” Se- subservience a relic from the era have recognized that equal pay is rena Williams said Sunday when of wooden rackets and cat gut. the only answer when time of asked about Moore’s comments, Yet 40-plus years after Title IX, play varies wildly. Should Roger “not only (to) a female athlete, they’re being resurrected. At a Federer earn more if he goes five but every woman on this planet time when Serena Williams is sets while Rafael Nadal needs that has ever tried to stand up for one of the most dominant and only three? What if Caroline what they believed in and (been) recognizable faces in sports, no Wozniacki needs 90 minutes for a proud to be a woman.” less. Not just tennis, but in all two-set match and Djokovic races Monday, Williams posted a pic- sports. through his three-setter in 75? ture of herself on Instagram, “Our sport has always tried to And what would you have done looking ready to do battle, with lead and do the right thing. For with the 2005 Wimbledon finals, the hashtags #strongisbeautiful the most part, we continue to do where it took Venus Williams 45 JAYNE KAMIN-ONCEA, USA TODAY SPORTS and #womenrock. that,” said Ilana Kloss, CEO and minutes longer to win her title World No. 1 Novak Djokovic suggested men should get more She’s right, of course. It’s just commissioner of Mylan World than Federer needed to claim his? prize money than women’s players. too bad the reminders are still TeamTennis and a past Women’s Djokovic said the men should needed. Tennis Association board mem- get more because their events ing on ESPN, compared with 1.8 men’s and the women train just ber. draw better. Yet the women’s final for the men’s final between Fe- as hard and for just as long, equi- FOLLOW COLUMNIST “There will continue to be mo- at last year’s U.S. Open sold out derer and Djokovic. ty is the only answer. NANCY ARMOUR ments that are defining, that re- before the men’s. The all-Wil- In a sport in which the wom- But the larger, more troubling @nrarmour for commentary on mind people and wake people liams quarterfinal drew a 3.7 rat- en’s game is as big a draw as the issue is that of the value and re- the latest in major sports. Instead of new rule, empower McIlroy eager referees on player ejections for Match Play

Jarrett Bell World No. 3 sees [email protected] USA TODAY Sports format as cure for inconsistent play JIM O’CONNOR, USA TODAY SPORTS Josh Nor- Steve DiMeglio man, left, @Steve_DiMeglio USA TODAY Sports BOCA RATON, FLA. There isn’t tussled with much debate at the resort where Odell Beck- NFL power brokers are meeting ham Jr. in AUSTIN Rory McIlroy was head this week about the spirit of a December, and shoulders above his col- proposed rule to eject players but neither leagues after winning last year’s from a game after two unsports- player was World Golf Championships- manlike conduct penalties. ejected. Match Play Championship in San REINHOLD MATAY, USA TODAY SPORTS “I like the direction we’re go- Francisco. Rory McIlroy finished in a tie ing,” Los Angeles Rams coach Jeff wrong way with this two-and-out to centralized replay reviews. Now he’s trying to figure out for 27th Sunday in the Arnold Fisher told USA TODAY Sports business. Not to say that Orakpo’s flags what’s going on inside his head as Palmer Invitational. on Monday. “We’re trying to em- Instead of a new rule, the were not deserved, but near the he readies himself to defend his phasize sportsmanship, because league needs to empower refer- end of the AFC title game, New title starting Wednesday in the Solid footing has not been it’s gotten out of hand.” ees to enforce what’s already in England Patriots tight end Rob WGC-Dell Match Play Champi- there. There are supporting numbers, the rules. If they see Beckham- Gronkowski was in the face of an onship at Austin Country Club. But McIlroy doesn’t allow him- like a league-record 75 unsports- Norman-type drama, go ahead official, protesting a non-call after “The good stuff is in there. I self to think of what might have manlike penalties last season that and toss ’em. Let the referees use an incompletion included a slick just need to eradicate the bad been. “There’s no point. You’re were roughly double the norm. their discretion — which I’d ex- tug on his jersey from Denver stuff,” McIlroy said Sunday after just going to frustrate yourself. It “I don’t think it’s that big of a pect would include going to both Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib. finishing off an up-and-down happened,” he said. “And I’d say deal,” Buffalo Bills coach Rex head coaches after an initial inci- No flag. week in the Arnold Palmer Invi- some of the most enjoyable Ryan said. “It’s about eliminating dent and issuing a warning — and See, it’s subjective. Does Orak- tational, where he shot 75-67-75- weeks last year were my rehab the personal battle between two let the chips fall where they may. po get that call? 65 to finish tied for 27th. weeks down in Portugal. I was players.” Too subjective? Too bad. Let Richard Sherman, the opinion- “It’s nothing to do with me seeing progress every day, from Yet had this suggested rule that be a deterrent, too, which ated Seattle Seahawks corner- technically. It’s more mental. … not being able to walk to doing a been on the books in December, might inspire teammates to dem- back, took NFL Commissioner I’m beating myself up over mis- light jog to getting back in the when New York Giants receiver onstrate leadership and cool Roger Goodell to task last week- takes that I’m making on the gym. I progressed from chipping Odell Beckham Jr. and Carolina down a hothead in their midst. end for being a man “in a suit” course, and then I’m not letting and putting to hitting shots again. Panthers cornerback Josh Nor- And, sure enough, the competi- while pushing for a new rule. myself get over it so that it sort of I was sort of a kid again. ... man engaged in a dangerous, tion committee also is making it a While politically blasting the lingers there for the next few “Since Match Play last year, my WWE-like grudge match, it point of emphasis for officials to commish (again), Sherman could holes.” life’s been great. Yes, I haven’t would not have resulted in auto- use their power to eject. That have at least acknowledged that McIlroy, 26, has fallen to No. 3 won as much as I’ve liked, the an- matic ejections of either player. should be enough. Never mind there are influential former NFL in the world rankings after hold- kle injury setting me back. But I Say what? the extra cover of a new rule. players, such as union adversary ing a substantial lead last year. got my game back at the end of Beckham and Norman drew “It is essentially giving the cop Troy Vincent and Merton Hanks, While he hasn’t fallen off the the year. Things are going great in unnecessary roughness flags, not on the beat the authority to write working for Goodell. deep end — he won the European my personal life, and I do feel like unsportsmanlike citations. Call it a ticket,” Hall of Fame general But that’s not really the point. Tour’s season-ending DP World I’ve made progress with my game rule book semantics. The devil in manager Bill Polian said. Goodell wears a suit for sure, but Tour Championship — he hasn’t and my health. I feel like I’m in a the details that dictates “rough- Polian, an ESPN analyst, used you don’t have to be a player to been the player the golf world really good place. I’m going in the ness” involves contact between to swing heavy wood for years on know that the game’s appeal is came to know when he won his right direction.” players, while “unsportsmanlike” the competition committee … and damaged when cases such as fourth major championship at 25. He might be in the right place is of the non-contact, sticks-and- before that, he gave out a few T’s Beckham-Norman replace the That McIlroy wouldn’t have given to get his game where he wants it. stones-may-break-my-bones as a basketball official. He likes game story. up a three-shot, 54-hole lead two While he said the Match Play is a variety. the proposal and has a keen sense It’s also striking that when weeks ago in the WGC-Cadillac “weird” last event before heading If the auto-ejection rule were of nuances. He also realizes the Goodell first publicly floated the Championship when he did just the Masters in Augusta, Ga., in effect in 2015, one player cultural shift NFL officials would idea of automatic ejections, he that by making one birdie in the where he’s one green jacket shy of would have been tossed, Tennes- undergo if they started tossing talked about it stemming from final round. the career Grand Slam, it’s a good see Titans linebacker Brian Orak- more players at their discretion personal fouls. Now, after further “Up and down,” McIlroy said of weird. po, who drew two flags for and how they could suddenly be- review, it has morphed into a his play last weekend at Arnie’s “I love Match Play,” McIlroy arguing with an official after one come story lines when they are measure to crack down on un- Bash. “It’s been the story of the said. “Instead of trying to beat 155 play. trained to be anything but. sportsmanlike flags — while mul- week and sort of been the story of guys out here, you’re trying to Listening to Dean Blandino, The basic mind-set for officials, tiple horse-collar flags or my year as well. I’ve played some beat the guy in front of you. I feel the NFL’s officiating chief, ex- to this point, has been not to eject face-mask violations or spearing great golf and not great golf. I’ve like I thrive under that type of plain Monday how the new rule players and to let the league office penalties, for instance, would not made a lot of mistakes.” format. I enjoy the battles. I enjoy would be a deterrent — and that handle discipline with fines and result in automatic ejections. Perhaps it’s understandable seeing what the guy is doing right unsportsmanlike penalties for, suspensions. That philosophy Then again, multiple horse- considering the 10 months he’s in front of you and you have to re- say, excessive group dancing amid needs to change. NFL officials are collar infractions can get you had since winning the 2015 spond. I haven’t been in conten- touchdown celebrations wouldn’t grown-ups. If they can’t handle tossed — if a ref uses his power. Match Play. He got engaged to Er- tion enough this year, and in be subject to the two-strike ejec- that authority — like baseball um- And that’s the ticket, not an- ica Stoll, had laser eye surgery Match Play you’re in contention tion standard — only added to my pires — why are they in charge of other new rule. and went left-hand low with his from the first tee shot because ev- skepticism. what happens on the field? And putting grip. He rolled his left an- ery hole is a mini-tournament. The NFL rightfully wants to think of the psychological boost it FOLLOW NFL COLUMNIST kle July 4 while playing soccer “And with the sort of golf I’m crack down on foolishness and would deliver to a group with Big JARRETT BELL and was forced to miss the British playing, with a lot of birdies and send a strong, no-tolerance mes- Brother watching over their col- @JarrettBell for commentary, Open at St Andrews, his favorite mistakes, it sort of goes well. I’m sage. But it is going about it the lective shoulder as we inch closer analysis and breaking news. course. looking forward to it.” USA TODAY 4C SPORTS TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT Self weighs in on ACC vs. Big 12

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This will be a week in which there will be a lot of discussion about how great the Atlantic Coast Conference is. Rightfully so, after the league placed a record six teams in the Sweet 16. But what about the con- ference touted as the toughest all year long? USA TODAY SPORTS The one with Bill Self seven teams in KenPom’s top 51. The Big 12. Of the seven teams that made the NCAA tournament, three re- RON CHENOY, USA TODAY SPORTS main: No. 1 overall seed Kansas, “We want bigger things for ourselves,” says Georges Niang, left, going to the hoop Saturday, “so we’re going to keep fighting.” No. 2 seed Oklahoma and No. 4 seed Iowa State. All three are le- gitimate Final Four contenders. But three is not six, so USA Iowa State’s Niang on mission TODAY Sports asked Jayhawks coach Bill Self: Is NCAA tourna- ment performance a fair indicator that cellphone background to “Your best player games at the Pepsi Center in of relative conference strength? Senior savoring something a little less somber? Denver. “I think it’s fair to do that to an first Sweet 16 but No chance, Mitrou-Long said, and has to play the Niang had 28 points in each of extent,” Self said. “But also so Niang agreed. The Sweet 16 sure best in March in the Cyclones’ first two games, first much of it depends on the match- still not satisfied is nice, but it’s not the ultimate in a 94-81 win against Iona on ups, or, a lot of times, when you’re goal. big moments. The Thursday and then in a 78-61 win a 1 seed, you don’t have a chance Lindsay H. Jones “That’s not what we aspire for. last two games against Arkansas-Little Rock on to play someone who upset a high- Like coach (Steve Prohm) says, he Saturday. Niang was particularly er seed in (your game) in the sec- @bylindsayhjones USA TODAY Sports wants bigger things for us. We he’s been dominant early in that second ond round. If you’re a 10 and beat want bigger things for ourselves, unbelievable.” game, scoring 17 points in the first a 7 and a 15 beats a 2 — I think so we’re going to keep fighting,” half while completely staying out that was Syracuse. Syracuse is DENVER Georges Niang didn’t Niang said. Iowa State coach Steve Prohm on of foul trouble. playing lights-out; they’re playing Georges Niang, who scored 28 points in spend his senior year trying to But that doesn’t mean this trip each game “Your best player has to play great. But I guarantee they were forget the failures of NCAA tour- to the Sweet 16 isn’t special for the best in March in big mo- probably happy it was Middle naments past. Niang. The Cyclones will play but Niang couldn’t play. Iowa ments. The last two games he’s Tennessee in the second round Instead, he had a constant re- No. 1 seed Virginia on Friday at State lost in that round to eventu- been unbelievable,” Prohm said. and not Michigan State. Not that minder of postseason heartbreak United Center in Chicago. al national champion Connecti- That was a big difference for they couldn’t beat Michigan State, staring him in the face dozens of The winningest player in cut, with Niang watching from Niang than in last year’s tourna- but just the way it fell. times a day. school history and the first Cy- the bench. ment loss to UAB, when he had 11 “I do think it’s legitimate. Last Shortly after Iowa State’s first- clone to play in four NCAA tour- “That was the (most down) a points and was limited to 28 min- year our league did poor in the round upset loss to Alabama at naments finally will get a chance locker room has ever been after a utes on the floor because of early postseason. This year we didn’t Birmingham last March as a No. 3 to play in the tournament’s sec- win,” Niang recalled about the last foul issues. get off to a great first day. But the seed, the Cyclones forward ond week. Until now, Niang’s time the Cyclones advanced out When the Cyclones returned to three teams that all advanced to changed the background picture tournament history has been de- of the opening weekend. “I tried Ames after that loss, they shut off the second round all advanced to on his cellphone to a photograph fined by disappointment. to not make it about me, even their cellphones for days, trying to the third round. I think everybody of himself from that game. He’s in As a freshman in 2013, Niang though I was extremely upset limit their interactions with any- has believed that the ACC all year disbelief, his hands locked behind was guarding Ohio State’s Aaron about it. It was a great joy to be in one but each other. long is a terrific league. Certainly his head. Craft when the Buckeyes guard the Sweet 16. But I will tell you, it Once Niang emerged, he found they’ve shown it, how deep they “That was a dark time, but it’s lofted a buzzer-beater to knock sucked sitting there watching it at that photograph and placed it on are in the top half. Getting six in been very motivating for him,” off Iowa State in the Round of 32. Madison Square Garden.” his phone. It’s on his Twitter page, the Sweet 16 ... that’s a fabulous fellow Cyclones senior Nazareth A year later, Niang suffered a bro- Before this NCAA tournament too. accomplishment. But you also Mitrou-Long told USA TODAY ken bone in his foot during the started, Niang told Mitrou-Long, “But this year, this is the year, have more teams in that league, Sports. second half of his team’s first- his roommate for four years in and we believe that. He’s on a too. We have three out of 10, and Now that Niang has exorcised round win. Ames, that if the Cyclones ad- mission,” Mitrou-Long said. they have six out of however many some of those NCAA tournament The Cyclones went on to beat vanced to the Sweet 16 he wanted “Look at what he’s putting up on there is. That’s terrific. demons by leading the Cyclones North Carolina later that week- to feel like he had earned it. the board; it means everything to “I’m just happy we’re one of the to the Sweet 16, might he change end to advance to the Sweet 16, He certainly did that in two him.” three out of our league.”

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5 Maryland Indiana 5 bine who don’t get drafted, how- South East ever. And, as it’s always worth Louisville Philadelphia noting, being drafted in the sec- Saturday Sunday ond round can be even worse xx3 - Miami (Fla.) Championship Notre Dame 6 Houston than going undrafted (at which Louisville April 4 Philadelphia point at least you’d be a free Thursday Friday agent) for most college players. So pitfalls remain. But in an age of heightened awareness for 2 Villanova Wisconsin 7 the well-being of student-ath- Final Four Final Four letes, college basketball coaches Houston, April 2 Houston, April 2 think this new process is the right 1 Oregon Virginia 1 step — even though it means they Anaheim, Chicago could have significant roster un- Calif. Friday certainty at the start of the spring Thursday signing period. “I was actually part of the talks 4 Duke Iowa St. 4 West Midwest with the NBA with that, and it’s Anaheim, Calif. Chicago not perfect,” Kansas coach Bill Saturday Sunday Self said. “We were told it was a 3 Texas A&M Gonzaga 11 really good first step toward get- Anaheim, Chicago ting to an end result that would Calif. Friday be one in which everybody, NBA Thursday and college, would be more pleased. I’m going to hold my opi- 2 Oklahoma Syracuse 10 nion until after this year, because Source: USA TODAY Ifehji we may be a team that’s affected by it as much as anybody in the MATT CASHORE, USA TODAY SPORTS “A lot of these guys are getting good rule. But if you have all country. We have a lot of good Notre Dame junior guard Demetrius Jackson is likely to ex- bad information. They’re making these kids that apply for the draft players, but we don’t have the plore leaving early for the NBA draft. an informed decision with bad in- thinking they’re going to be one high lottery picks. The lottery formation. Now they’re going to in the combine or one of the 60 picks are going to go anyway. … plays out, the effectiveness of it. I the one-and-dones is not the guys get good information, and I think that are going to be drafted or It’s the ones that are mid-second hope it is good for our game.” that go to the NBA that are the you’re going to see a lot better whatnot and they give up their round or maybe projected not to Notre Dame coach Mike Brey, first-round picks. It’s not those decisions.” chance to come back to school … get drafted — we put our name in whose star player, Demetrius guys. It’s not DeMarcus Cousins. Self thinks the process is even I’m just nervous kids are going to and then how do we approach it Jackson, likely will test the wa- … It’s the 50, 60 guys that should more interesting this year be- eliminate the opportunity to after we put our name in? ters, said he thinks this is a great be in college for four years and cause NBA analysts and draft come back if they’re not smart.” “I think in theory it’s good, be- step for the NCAA and the NBA, would be great players in college pundits consider this a weak That includes signing with an cause it gives the players and and he finds it encouraging that that wind up going overseas or draft. agent. Once a player does that, he their families more accurate in- the organizations are working to- playing in the D-League. To have “So there will be more kids that cannot return to college. formation to make a decision gether on it. Villanova coach Jay the guys identified by the NBA make an attempt to probably look But as long as the new rules based on what they’re hearing Wright thinks the new process and to go to this predraft camp is into it. The key is it’s OK to look, play out as they’re intended to, from NBA people as opposed to shows that both sides are con- going to make decisions for these but when you look, do you jeopar- coaches expect to see better deci- what they’re hearing from people cerned about the quality of the guys. It’s going to really give them dize your amateurism?” Self said. sions and fewer so-called mis- that maybe aren’t connected to game at both levels. real information. And then once “If kids are smart and families are takes. It’s a complicated process, the NBA, whether it be agents or “This one-and-done rule, it’s they go there, you’re going to get smart enough to stay on campus so a few tweaks to the system whoever or third parties. ... I lessening the quality of both,” even better information to make and not jeopardize your amateur- won’t fix everything. But it’s a think it remains to be seen how it Wright said. “The problem with an informed decision. ism, then I think it could be a start. USA TODAY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 SPORTS 5C NCAA TOURNAMENT TEN MVPS CARRY SWEET 16 HOPES Hield, Ferrell, Koenig among ones to watch

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Down to the Sweet 16 of March Madness. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s field of 68 was quickly sliced over the weekend, and the group of teams vying for a national title is much smaller. Getting to the second week didn’t happen by accident, and most teams that advanced got a MARK L. BAER, USA TODAY SPORTS significant boost from an individ- Miami (Fla.) guard Angel Rodriguez was a difference-maker in ual player. Here are the 10 most the second round, scoring 28 points against Wichita State. valuable players in the Sweet 16. range. But he finished with 24 NCAA tournament. Coach Roy points and eight rebounds and Williams leans heavily on his vet- BUDDY HIELD, OKLAHOMA was 13-for-14 from the free throw eran, and Johnson has responded. The senior guard is a scoring ma- line. It’s no secret the sophomore He had 21 points and 10 rebounds chine and shoots nearly 50% from point guard needs to play well for to help UNC defeat Providence. three-point range. His offensive the Terrapins to win, and that’s es- The Tar Heels will need produc- production has obviously played a pecially the case against Kansas. tion like that again to beat big part in the Sooners’ success, Coach Mark Turgeon has a talent- Indiana. and he keeps showing how he can ed starting five, and each player is take over games. Hield had capable of scoring. But if Mary- MALCOLM BROGDON, 29 points in the second half of MARK D. SMITH, USA TODAY SPORTS land is to upset the top-seeded VIRGINIA their second-round win against Buddy Hield scored 36 points for Oklahoma on Sunday. Jayhawks, it will need Trimble to The Atlantic Coast Conference Virginia Commonwealth (36 to- lead the way. player of the year makes the Cava- tal) and 27 against Cal State- opponents is his heart. The crafty teams Kansas and Oklahoma this liers better in so many ways. Bakersfield in the first round. guard plays with a grit that can season. YOGI FERRELL, INDIANA Against Butler, the 6-5 guard had shoot life into a team, and that The 6-1 guard has an Isiah Thom- 22 points, five rebounds and five GRAYSON ALLEN, DUKE was on full display in the second DOMANTAS SABONIS, as flavor about him, playing with assists. That’s a usual stat line for Allen has carried the Blue Devils round. He’s also hard to stop when GONZAGA an edge to fuel a team. The Hoo- Brogdon, who has played a big offensively all season. His energy he’s shooting lights-out from the Former All-American Kyle Wiltjer siers wouldn’t be Big Ten regular- part in Virginia’s last two stellar and fiery play also drive this team. field. It’s safe to say the Hurri- might be the Bulldogs’ best offen- season champs or in the Sweet 16 seasons. Brogdon is at the top of The explosive guard can score canes will go as far as Rodriguez sive weapon, but Sabonis is the without him, that’s for sure. In In- his game and could lift the Cava- driving to the basket, connecting can take them. team’s most crucial one. The 6-11 diana’s program-lifting second- liers to the Final Four or beyond. from deep and in most any other sophomore is a force in the paint round win against rival Kentucky, way imaginable. In a first-round GEORGES NIANG, IOWA STATE and plays with a tenacity that Ferrell scored 18 points and hit BRONSON KOENIG, win vs. North Carolina-Wilming- The multidimensional forward gives the ’Zags a backbone and several clutch shots. He had WISCONSIN ton, for instance, he was 15-for-17 scored 28 points in each of the Cy- identity atypical of most of Mark 20 points and 10 assists against Koenig hit a buzzer-beating three- from the free throw line. He clones’ two NCAA tournament Few’s teams. No other team in the Tennessee-Chattanooga in the pointer from the right corner to scored 29 points in a second- games, against Iona and Arkansas- tournament has a versatile center first round. oust Xavier, lifting the new-look round win against Yale after a Little Rock, helping Iowa State quite like him. To beat Gonzaga, Badgers into the Sweet 16. Frank blazing first half. dispatch two Cinderella-type Sabonis (17.5 points, 11.7 rebounds BRICE JOHNSON, Kaminksy, Sam Dekker and coach teams in the process. Niang was a game) must be stopped. NORTH CAROLINA Bo Ryan are gone from back-to- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, an All-American in 2014-15 and The senior forward has been the back Final Four teams, and Koe- MIAMI (FLA.) had the numbers for it this season MELO TRIMBLE, MARYLAND focus for the Tar Heels all season, nig is one of the few remaining Coach Jim Larranaga said after had his team not underachieved in Trimble didn’t shoot well in Mary- averaging a double-double and tal- starters. His experience has paid the Hurricanes’ win against Wich- the Big 12. Niang will be the key land’s second-round win against lying 39 points and 23 rebounds in off. How well he plays will deter- ita State that the one trait for the Cyclones going forward; he Hawaii, going 5-for-14 from the a Jan. 4 win against Florida State. mine if Greg Gard’s team can ad- 5-11 Rodriguez has bigger than his helped them beat fellow Sweet 16 field and 1-for-6 from three-point His role hasn’t changed in the vance to the Elite Eight.

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That’s and are second behind Stephen natural.” Curry and his Golden State War- Hakeem Olajuwon, on Dwight Howard’s riors this year (31). struggles with the Rockets The difference this time, one that has made things a tad tense in Houston and might lead to his de- parture, is the strategy isn’t work- ing. The Rockets, whose second- place finish in the brutal Western Conference last season was fol- lowed by their first conference fi- nals appearance since 1997, stand at .500 and just in the playoffs. Howard, who averaged 13.4 at- tempts per game from 2010 to 2012, is at a career-low 8.8, with only his rookie season’s 8.3 lower. In a recent stretch, Howard had a combined 22 shots against the Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timber- wolves and Atlanta Hawks, and the team went 2-2. While Howard uses Stickum spray on his hands during games TROY TAORMINA, USA TODAY SPORTS to help with his grip, it’s Harden Dwight Howard, above, is among several centers up for free agency, including Andre Drummond, Joakim Noah and Al Jefferson. whose penchant for holding the ball is worthy of an Elmer’s Glue to an estimated $92 million), 2012 with the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s merely one of many factors, reads — was an attractive part of sponsorship. Harden’s usage rate, teams will have to decide how Knee issues cost him significant but Howard is aware of his reputa- the franchise’s history. The image, which calculates the percentage of many, if any, of the available cen- time last season (he played 41 reg- tion as a deserter. with Howard up top and Yao a team’s offensive possessions that ters are worth a maximum-salary ular-season games), and back is- “It’s always a factor, because I’m Ming, Hakeem Olajuwon, Ralph a player uses, leads all perimeter deal that could cost a combined sues sidelined him leading into a people person,” said Howard, Sampson, Elvin Hayes and Moses players in the NBA at 32.8. $145 million over five years. The this one (he missed camp and all lambasted after his trade demand Malone below, was supposed to be Howard finds himself longing free agency field of centers is rich, but one game of the preseason). with the Orlando Magic sent him a foreshadowing of greatness to for the days when things were with Howard, Andre Drummond, That hasn’t helped his reputation to the Lakers and roundly criti- come. different. Joakim Noah, Hassan Whiteside as an injury-prone player. cized again when he left Los Ange- Instead, even Olajuwon admits “Since I’ve been in the NBA, es- and Al Jefferson among the group. Along the way, his string of les three summers ago. “Each city he’s not sure if Howard’s days in pecially when we (were) in Orlan- How rich they will be remains to eight consecutive All-Star Game that I’ve been in, I’ve really tried Houston are about to come to an do and (then-coach) Stan (Van be seen. appearances from 2007 to 2014 to get into the community. When end. “I know he loves Houston, Gundy) got there, he made a big This much is clear as it relates segued into a two-year absence. you build relationships with peo- and he wants to be here,” Olaju- emphasis on playing inside-out to Howard: He cares greatly about “That bothered me a lot,” said ple that’s beyond basketball and won told USA TODAY Sports. and really just playing a bully-type getting one last long-term max Howard, who spent the All-Star you have to leave, it really hurts. “(He’s) trying to find his identity style of basketball,” said Howard, deal before his twilight years. break on a personal retreat of That’s something that does hurt again. I think for a big man like who plans to decline his “(For people to) assume that I sorts in Scottsdale, Ariz. “I really me when people say, ‘Oh, he’s self- Dwight, more of the frustration is $23.2 million player option for can’t play anymore because of wanted to be at All-Star weekend. ish’ and all that stuff. It affects me. not being utilized. He can do next season. “And we did pick and what they look at, you know it up- I really wanted to be a part of ev- “Leaving Orlando, it affected much more. All the big men al- rolls too, so it was kind of like a sets me,” said Howard, who aver- erything, but I felt like I needed to me to the point where there were ways feel that way. That’s natural. mixture. That’s what threw teams aged 22.4 points and 14.4 get myself together (in Scotts- times where we were playing But what I try to tell him is get off. It wasn’t (just) me getting rebounds in the 12 games in which dale). You have those moments in (with the Lakers) and I was like, more in the flow of the game. post-ups so I can always score, but he had at least 12 shots. “I think life where you really just have to ‘Man, these people don’t under- “There are some intangibles it was doing that to free up our that’s what sometimes messes get away from everything to really stand how much love I have for (that are important). It’s not, ‘I shooters, to give them more space with my head during games. I get get the big picture.” this city. It’s bigger than just bas- want the points. I want the re- (and) to really shoot the ball.” frustrated, and then I allow what ketball.’ ” bounds.’ (It’s) intimidation, fight- is being said (about the state of his ON THE MOVE AGAIN? But basketball will have every- ing for position and (making it so) PROBLEM FOR TODAY’S BIGS game) to affect me in a way where If Howard is to remain with the thing to do with what happens his man can’t leave him and that With big men fast becoming NBA I can’t be who I am every single Rockets, it might take this scenar- next, and that’s the problem. creates more room for James to relics, the question of what that night and who my teammates io: He fails to find max money, not When Howard signed with the (roam), and where if you leave means for players such as Howard need me to be.” to mention the scoring role he had Rockets in the summer of 2013, him it’s a lob. … There are other on the open market remains unre- Yet Howard’s production has before; he would have to resist the their “Legacy of Bigs” — as the intangibles to bring to the team. solved. Even with the forthcoming been on the decline since he had urge to change teams yet again poster that’s plastered on the Just win games. Don’t worry salary cap spike (from $67 million back surgery in the summer of while taking a less-than-max deal. Toyota Center parking garage about it. Just win.” MLB hopes for new Cuban player transfer system v CONTINUED FROM 1C game between the Rays and the Cuban national team. While MLB has benefited from a substantial influx of Cuban tal- ent in recent years, those players have typically reached the USA after risking their lives by escap- ing on boats, often with the inter- vention of human traffickers. Both parties would like to end that practice, but they don’t nec- essarily agree on the way to do it. “I think we will have a new sys- tem for the movement of Cuban players in the relatively near fu- ture,” Manfred told a group of U.S.-based news reporters, adding that it figures to come within the An image of Che Guevara context of the new collective bar- adorns a building across from gaining agreement, expected to Plaza de la Revolucion. be in place this fall. “We do feel pressure to make a leadoff batter. change as a result of some of the His first at-bat figures to make abuses of which we’ve become for an emotional moment at Es- painfully aware the last few tadio Latinoamericano, even if years.” the expected sellout crowd is Star players such as Yasiel composed mostly of Communist Puig, Jose Abreu and Yoenis Ces- party members, as some in Ha- pedes defected by boat in recent vana have quietly grumbled (pub- years and established residency lic dissent is strongly discour- in third countries, allowing them PHOTOS BY JORGE ORTIZ, USA TODAY SPORTS aged). to become free agents and negoti- Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey, center, works with Cuban kids at a clinic in Havana on Monday. Among the interested partici- ate contracts worth upwards of pants Tuesday will be Pavel Her- $35 million each. the embargo in place. unless they had started the proc- rare chance to watch a major nandez, a pitching prospect for But their harrowing tales “We want the embargo to be ess of emigrating. As it stands league team in Cuban soil. The the famed Industriales team in brought to light the risky nature eliminated so what we’re doing in right now, they can receive a sala- only other time that has hap- Havana who will serve as a bat of their defections, which in good faith for baseball and for our ry only if they don’t pay special pened in the last half-century was boy. Puig’s case included being held players is just, fair and rational,” taxes in Cuba. in 1999, when the Baltimore Hernandez, 19, has been keep- captive in Mexico by smugglers Cuban baseball commissioner The regime of President Raul Orioles prevailed 3-2 in an exhi- ing close track of the recent base- seeking a cut of his bonus money. Heriberto Suarez said. “The idea Castro has allowed standouts bition game against the Cuban ball and political developments. The process of reforming the is for our players to be able to go such as Yulieski Gourriel, Freder- national team. “The presidents of both coun- system is complicated by the par- to the United States with an ich Cepeda and Alfredo Des- At the urging of his players, tries still have to meet, but Com- ticipation of four entities — MLB, equality of conditions and rights, paigne to play in foreign leagues and recognizing the significance missioner Rob Manfred has the players association and the just as the citizens of any other in recent years, but with the gov- of the moment, Tampa Bay already said he would be happy if U.S. and Cuban governments — country.” ernment keeping a significant manager Kevin Cash plans to Cuban players didn’t have to con- each with its own interests, and That’s still not the case. percentage of their salaries. start Class AA outfielder Dayron tinue defecting, but rather go an embargo the Republican-led Until last week, when the Oba- While high-level officials con- Varona — the Rays’ only Cuban- straight to MLB,” Hernandez Congress has shown no intention ma administration further eased tinue to hash out their differ- born player and a veteran of said. “This is something that of lifting. Manfred thinks major restrictions, Cuban citizens could ences, fans of the island’s most seven seasons in the island’s could impact my future. I could reforms can be made even with not earn a substantial U.S. salary popular sport are thrilled for the league — as the right fielder and be in that situation one day.”