WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER26, 2016 FIRSTEDITION »$1.50 SunSentinel.SunSentinel.comcom Mobile.SunSentinel.com Brazilian Find your Miami Heat rhythm king season preview pullout WEATHER Bossa nova inside today’s edition. High: 84 legend Sergio THE EAT Low: 76 Mendes brings Forecast, 18B BEAT the beat to SPORTS Panthers fall at end Boca. 18B Penguins get Crosby back, rally 3-2. 1C INDEX Opinion.......16A FOOD Xs & Omar live • Catch up on the Lottery .........5B Obituaries.10B Mike Mayo’s guide to buying latest with Dolphins writer Omar Kelly Money.........12B the best stone crab. at 1 p.m. SunSentinel.com/Xomar ELECTION ’16 All eyes on Florida prize MARIA LORENZINO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER STEPHEN M. DOWELL/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles as a crowd of supporters at the Broward College campus in Coconut Creek sings “Happy Birthday” to mark her 69th birthday, which is Wednesday. At right, Republican candidate Donald Trump campaigns in Sanford, one of several Florida stops that included his golf resort in Doral. Rubio, Murphy Senate race attracts big dollars Clinton, Trump By Andy Reid the nearly $17 million Sen. Staff writer Bill Nelson raised in his 2012 re-election race, according crisscross state With control of the U.S. to federal records. Senate at stake, money The money keeps flowing By Anthony Man and Andy Reid | Staff writers pouring into the race be- into this year’s race because tween Sen. Marco Rubio both Republicans and COCONUT CREEK— Trump, whom she alter- and U.S. Rep. Patrick Mur- Democrats think winning Hillary Clinton and Donald nately chastised and phy is outpacing Florida’s Florida’s seat can help them Trump both focused their mocked. pastcongressional elections. win control of the Senate, campaigns Tuesday on In a voice that sounded Rubio’s campaign has according to David Keating, Florida, one of the closest more gravelly than usual, raised about $20millionand president of the Center for battlegrounds in the coun- Clinton also pushed the Murphy’s campaign raised Competitive Politics. try. laundry lists of policies that $11 million through Sept. 30, “Florida is probably one Appearing at a Broward she’sknown for,such asuni- according to recent filings to of the biggest competitive College campus on the sec- versal pre-kindergarten ed- the Federal Election Com- states. There are a lot of me- ond day of in-person early ucation, affordable college mission. dia markets all over the voting, Clinton’s 27-minute and clean energy jobs. ANDRES LEIVA/AP For Rubio, that’s already state. It costs a lot money to JOHN RAOUX/AP speech was standard politi- “This is acrossroads elec- Marco Rubio’s late re- more than the $17.2 million run in Florida,”said Keating, Patrick Murphy wants to cal fare. She praised local tion that’s going to deter- election start hasn’t kept he raised in his initial run for whose organization advo- end the unlimited spend- Democratic politicians, ex- mine so much what kind of him from taking the fund- Senate in 2010, according to cates for easing limits on ing on campaign advertis- tensively promoted U.S. country we have in the dec- raising lead over Patrick the commission. ing by corporations, Senate candidate Patrick Murphy. And it’s also more than See SENATE,15A unions and others. Murphy, then turned to See CAMPAIGN,15A YOUR NATION, Two arrested in crackdown YOUR WORLD Man who tried to cash fake $1B on drug-treatment providers Pentagon told to bond was duped, his lawyer says speed bonus review By Skyler Swisher ity in Boynton Beach, and Christo- President Obama wants By Paula McMahon Barrios Brecino, 50, pleaded and Ryan Van Velzer pher Lee Hutson, an operations National Guard officials Staff writer guilty to aconspiracy charge Tues- Staff writers consultant. The men were to settle the issue, but dis- day in federal court in Fort Lau- charged with patient brokering, a agrees with Congress over Aman who now admits that he derdale. The prosecution and de- An investigation involving more felony offense. total debt forgiveness. 2A tried to cash a counterfeit $1 bil- fense have agreed to recommend a than 10 law enforcement agencies Kigar, 55, and Hutson, 36, are lion dollar bond in Broward punishment of two years in fed- has led to the first arrests in a accused of illegally paying a confi- American sentenced County was duped, his lawyer eral prison when he is sentenced crackdown on unscrupulous so- dential informant who worked for said. in January. ber homes and drug-treatment asober home for patient referrals, to 18 years in Iran But Hugo Barrios Brecino “Even though he was duped, he providers in Palm Beach County, according to a probable cause affi- Analysts say actions against knows he committed a federal wants to do the right thing and prosecutors said Tuesday. davit released Tuesday. California man and others crime and that he should have admit that what he did was Authorities arrested James Ki- Investigators started their likely to be used by hard- done more to check whether the wrong,” defense lawyer Albert gar, CEO of Whole Life Recovery, liners in future interna- document was authentic before asubstance abuse treatment facil- See ARRESTS, 13A tional negotiations. 3A trying to cash it, his attorney said. See BOND, 13A &C & 30 For more information, call 561-746-6615 We reach nearly 1.5 million adults every week with the combined resources of: Vol. 57, No. 184 » Copyright 2016 All rights reserved For home delivery, call 1-800-548-NEWS 18B | Sun Sentinel SunSentinel.com Wednesday, October 26, 2016 PN Brought to you by the staff Go! of SouthFlorida.com CELEBRITIES Mendes, Marsalis and Tribune news services ‘Pink Panther’ coming in ’17 By Phillip Valys Staff writer GARETH CATTERMOLE/GETTY On Monday, the Festival Ballot boxer: Justin Tim- of the Arts Boca an- berlake flew more than nounced that bossa nova 1,700 miles from California king Sergio Mendes and to Tennessee in order to lanky, animated cat Pink vote early, and state offi- Panther will lead the 2017 cials say that’s great, but he bill of concerts, films and shouldn’t have taken a author appearances in selfie at the ballot box. The Boca Raton. singer posted a picture of Tickets will go on sale at himself at the voting booth Nov. 1for the March 2-12 on Instagram on Monday, festival of top-tier thinkers noting that if he could and performers, with ad- make that effort, then mission ranging from $9.99 PIETER M. VAN HATTEM / COURTESY there are “No excuses, my to $125 per show at Festi- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan will kick off good people!” A Tennessee valBoca.org. the Festival of the Arts Boca on March 2. law that took effect this The 75-year-old Mendes year bars voters from tak- and his rechristened band nia, Boca Raton. Kitsopou- Visit From the Goon ing photographs or video Brasil 2017 will close out los and the Symphonia will Squad”) will top the lineup while inside a polling loca- the showcase March 12 at also join Grammy-winning of authors at 7 p.m. March tion. Timberlake lives in Mizner Park Amphitheater. saxophonist Branford 2, possibly bearing her California but grew up in Mendes, an epitome of Marsalis for a forthcoming novel, “Man- the Memphis area and 1960s cool who pioneered a 7p.m. March 3 program hattan Beach.” Also appear- owns property near Nash- brand of bossa nova-jazz celebrating the sound- ing are New Yorker cartoon ville. fusion, is touring the 50th tracks of film composer editor Bob Mankoff, Pulit- anniversary release of John Williams (“Star zer Prize-winning historian Mama’s boy: Drake may “Herb Alpert Presents Wars,” “Harry Potter,” Jon Meacham (“American GARETH CATTERMOLE/GETTY have celebrated his 30th Sergio Mendes & Brasil “Jaws”). Lion: Andrew Jackson in Comedian Amy Schumer says her parody of Beyonce’s birthday partying Sunday ’66.” Alpert and his wife, Kitsopoulos will also the White House”) and “Formation” video is a “tribute.” with the rich and the fa- Brasil ’66 lead singer Lani join University of Miami’s theoretical physicist Brian mous, but he decided to Hall, performed at the Henry Mancini Institute Greene (“The Elegant spend his actual birthday festival in 2015. Orchestra for a screening of Universe”). Schumer slammed Monday with his mother. The $9.99 performance the 1963 comedy-mystery Festival of the Arts Boca E! News learned Drake, belongs to “La Boheme” classic “The Pink Panther,” will take place March 2-12 at Sandi Graham and a group (7:30 p.m. March 4), a which spawned the iconic Mizner Park Amphitheater, for Beyonce parody of close friends and family stripped-down version of pink cat and bafflingly 590 Plaza Real, and Mizner members hit up Nobu in the opera with full cos- inept French detective Park Cultural Arts Center, Amy Schumer is brushing off critics who say her Malibu, Calif., on Monday tumes but few elaborate set Inspector Clouseau, played 201 Plaza Real, in Boca parody of Beyonce’s “Formation” video is racially night. pieces under the baton of originally by Peter Sellers. Raton. Tickets cost insensitive. conductor Constantine The score, created by Man- $9.99-$125. For the full The video features a sweaty Schumer dancing to Pumpkin tale: Rita Kitsopoulos. Over the cini, will be performed at schedule, call 866-571-2787 the song alongside Goldie Hawn, Wanda Sykes and Wilson’s phone has been summer, Kitsopoulos 7:30 p.m. March11 by the or go to FestivalBoca.org. Joan Cusack. Some Twitter users are slamming the blowing up, and it’s all raised $18,000 via Kick- orchestra while the film video on charges of cultural appropriation.