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Graphic 911 calls capture the moments before Fort Bend mom killed daughters Husband pleaded: 'I promise you, whatever you want'

 A graphic 911 call detailed the violent eruption of a Fort Bend County family just minutes before the mother and her two daughters lay fatally wounded in the street.

 "Please forgive me, I'm sorry," a voice can be heard saying on a call that the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office said was placed by daughter Madison Sheats, 17.

 "Please don't shoot, I'm sorry."

 "Please don't point that gun at us."

 Then husband, Jason Sheats, can be heard saying, "I promise you, whatever you want, I'll ..." before the call drops off.

 The mother, Christy Byrd Sheats, 42, opened fire on her children Friday after calling a family meeting. She chased the girls out of the house into the street, and then stood over them trying to fire more bullets.

 She went back into the house to reload, then fired another shot into the back of one of the girls, according to another 911 call by a neighbor who witnessed the shootings.

 Daughters, Taylor, 22, and Madison, died of gunshot wounds. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who arrived at the scene as she was firing the final shot.

 A family friend, Madison Davey, 21, said Tuesday she knew the mother had a history of mental illness, and had been "in and out of mental hospitals."

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 "I do want people to know the truth, and everybody is like 'What is Christy's motive?'" Davey said. "Christy did not have a motive. Christy was not mentally stable, and mental illness is a serious issue."

 Fort Bend County sheriff's officials also confirmed Monday that they had received several mental health-related calls for help over the past four years at the family's residence.

 Three of the phone calls the sheriff's office responded to in the past were suicide attempts, although the Sheriff's Office would not confirm who the calls concerned.

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 Christy and her husband, Jason, 45 — who was also targeted by his wife in the shooting but was unharmed — had been separated in the past, Davey said. The two never divorced.

 "I know that Jason and Christy were fighting about several different issues but I'm not sure what the final thing was that made her snap," she said.

 Davey also said Christy never liked people coming over to the house while she was around.

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 Photo: Facebook Photos Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close Image 1 of 15 Taylor Sheats, 22, Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by their mother, Christy Sheats, 42, in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook, Facebook) Taylor Sheats, 22, Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by their mother, Christy Sheats, 42, in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook, Facebook) Photo: Facebook Photos Image 2 of 15 Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed her two daughters on Friday, June 24, 2016, according to police. The daughters, 17-year-old Madison Sheats and 22-year-old Taylor Sheats, are pictured in this Facebook photo posted by their mother. (Source: Facebook) less Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed her two daughters on Friday, June 24, 2016, according to police. The daughters, 17-year-old Madison Sheats and 22-year-old Taylor Sheats, are pictured in this Facebook photo ... more Photo: Facebook Image 3 of 15 Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook Image 4 of 15 Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook Image 5 of 15 Image 6 of 15 Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by her mother in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook Image 7 of 15 Christy Sheats, 42, shot her daughters to death in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016, according to police. (Source: Facebook) Christy Sheats, 42, shot her daughters to death in Katy, Texas on Friday, June 25, 2016, according to police. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook Image 8 of 15 The Sheats shooting shook the suburban neighborhood Friday as residents gathered to watch officers investigate the scene. It came just days before one of the daughters was set to be married. The Sheats shooting shook the suburban neighborhood Friday as residents gathered to watch officers investigate the scene. It came just days before one of the daughters was set to be married. Photo: Karen Warren, Staff Image 9 of 15 The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office investigates a shooting involving a mother and her two daughters who were shot at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office investigates a shooting involving a mother and her two daughters who were shot at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, ... more Photo: Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle Image 10 of 15 Image 11 of 15 Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her ... more Photo: Mike Glenn / Houston Chronicle Image 12 of 15 The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed ... more Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Image 13 of 15 Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her ... more Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Image 14 of 15 Fort Bend County Sheriffs department crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Fort Bend County Sheriffs department crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Image 15 of 15 Graphic 911 calls capture the moments before Fort Bend mom killed daughters 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

 Taylor was a student at Lone Star College-Cy Fair and was engaged to be married on Monday. Madison was an incoming senior at Seven Lakes High School, Katy Independent School District officials confirmed.

 Davey shared memories of her friend Taylor as a passionate and talented artist who was thinking of pursuing a career in teaching.

 "The thing I enjoyed most about Taylor was her attitude towards life," Davey said. "Taylor never complained. She was always laughing and smiling." ||||| Transcript of the 911 calls in the Fort Bend family shooting

 Graphic 911 calls captured the violent argument that erupted in a Fort Bend County home just minutes before a mother and her two daughters lay fatally wounded in the street in their quiet, suburban neighborhood:

 "Please don't point that gun at us," father Jason Sheats can be heard screaming on the 911 recordings. "Please. Please, don't shoot my family."

 The calls reveal the harrowing back-and-forth between Christy Byrd Sheats, her husband and their two daughters, Taylor, 22, and Madison, 17, before the shooting Friday afternoon near Fulshear.

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 The sisters and their father can be heard begging the woman to put down the gun. Instead, Christy Sheats, 42, opened fire on her daughters then chased them into the street before she eventually was shot dead by law enforcement officers.

 Madison Sheats died at the scene. Taylor Sheats, who was set to be married Monday, died later at a local hospital. Jason Sheats, 45, escaped into the cul de sac and was not injured.

 Recordings of the three calls - placed by Taylor and Madison Sheats and an unidentified neighbor - were released Tuesday by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.

 The first call, which authorities said was placed by Madison, begins with a woman's voice, apparently Christy Sheats, shouting.

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 "I told you ...," she says, before a man's voice can be heard shouting, "Please forgive me, I'm sorry."

 The father and daughters can all be heard apologizing to Christy Sheats without explaining why.

 "Wait ... please don't shoot," one of the girls said.

 "Don't do it. Please don't do it," says another.

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 Photo: Facebook Photos Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Image 1 of 12 Taylor Sheats, 22, Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by their mother, Christy Sheats, 42, on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook, Facebook) Taylor Sheats, 22, Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by their mother, Christy Sheats, 42, on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook, Facebook) Photo: Facebook Photos Image 2 of 12 Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed her two daughters on Friday, June 24, 2016, according to police. The daughters, 17-year-old Madison Sheats and 22-year-old Taylor Sheats, are pictured in this Facebook photo posted by their mother. (Source: Facebook) less Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed her two daughters on Friday, June 24, 2016, according to police. The daughters, 17-year-old Madison Sheats and 22-year-old Taylor Sheats, are pictured in this Facebook photo ... more Photo: Facebook Image 3 of 12 Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Taylor Sheats, 22, was shot to death by her mother on Friday, June 25, 2016. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook Image 4 of 12 Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by her mother on Friday. (Source: Facebook) Madison Sheats, 17, was shot to death by her mother on Friday. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook Image 5 of 12 Image 6 of 12 Christy Sheats, 42, shot her daughters to death on Friday, June 25, 2016, according to police. (Source: Facebook) Christy Sheats, 42, shot her daughters to death on Friday, June 25, 2016, according to police. (Source: Facebook) Photo: Facebook Image 7 of 12 The Sheats shooting shook the suburban neighborhood Friday as residents gathered to watch officers investigate the scene. It came just days before one of the daughters was set to be married. The Sheats shooting shook the suburban neighborhood Friday as residents gathered to watch officers investigate the scene. It came just days before one of the daughters was set to be married. Photo: Karen Warren, Staff Image 8 of 12 The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office investigates a shooting involving a mother and her two daughters who were shot at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office investigates a shooting involving a mother and her two daughters who were shot at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, ... more Photo: Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle Image 9 of 12 The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed ... more Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Image 10 of 12 Image 11 of 12 Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her two daughters, Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, while her husband, Jason Sheats, 45, escaped. Christy Sheats was shot and killed by officers. less Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office crime scene members bag a gun for evidence in a shooting at Blanchard Grove and Remson Hollow, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Katy. Christy Sheats, 42, allegedly shot and killed her ... more Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Image 12 of 12 Transcript of the 911 calls in the Fort Bend family shooting 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

 Jason Sheats can then be heard saying, "I promise you, whatever you want, I'll ..." before the call drops off.

 The second call came from Taylor Sheats' phone, authorities said. It captured more screams and shouts, but the words are indiscernible.

 A third 911 call from a neighbor provided a second-by-second account of the mother chasing the daughters outside the home then standing over them trying to fire more shots.

 "There's a lady with a gun," the caller said, peering outside the window of his home. "They're lying in the street, in the middle of the street."

 She apparently stopped only when the gun was empty, then went inside to reload, he said.

 "She's trying to shoot again," the neighbor said, his voice shaking. "She don't have any more bullets."

 She returned to fire another shot into Taylor Sheats.

 "Oh," the witness groaned. "She shot her again. She shot her again ... She shot her from the back."

 The neighbor said he heard more gunshots, then told the dispatcher that the woman had fallen to the ground. He quickly realized that law enforcement officers had arrived.

 "It doesn't look like she's moving anymore," he told the 911 dispatcher.

 "I'm sorry you had to see that, sir," the dispatcher said.

 A family friend, Madison Davey, 21, said Tuesday she knew that Christy Sheats had a history of mental illness, and had been "in and out of mental hospitals."

 She didn't like people coming to the house while she was there, Davey said.

 "I do want people to know the truth," Davey said. "Christy did not have a motive. Christy was not mentally stable, and mental illness is a serious issue."

 Fort Bend County sheriff's officials said they had received 14 calls for help from the home over the past four years, including three attempted suicides. But they would not identify which member of the family was suicidal.

 Christy and Jason Sheats had been separated in the past, Davey said, but had never divorced.

 "I know that Jason and Christy were fighting about several different issues but I'm not sure what the final thing was that made her snap," she said.

 Taylor was a student at Lone Star College-Cy Fair and was engaged to be married Monday to her boyfriend of four years, Juan Sebastian Lugo, according to a Facebook post from her grandmother. Madison was an incoming senior at Seven Lakes High School, Katy Independent School District officials confirmed.

 Davey said her friend Taylor as a passionate and talented artist who was thinking of pursuing a career in teaching.

 "The thing I enjoyed most about Taylor was her attitude towards life," Davey said. "Taylor never complained. She was always laughing and smiling." ||||| Authorities on Tuesday released 911 calls that capture the panic in a Houston-area home before a mother killed her two daughters, as well as in the home of a neighbor after the shootings.

 The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office released recordings of two 911 calls from Christy Sheats' daughters, 17-year-old Madison Sheats and 22-year-old Taylor Sheats. A third 911 call came from a neighbor's home.

 Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls said Wednesday that Christy Sheats called a family meeting Friday, apparently to tell the family that she and her husband were going to divorce, the Houston Chronicle reports.

 After an argument, she "quickly" pulled out a handgun and fatally shot her two daughters before an officer killed her.

 Nehls interviewed her husband, 45-year-old Jason Sheats, who was uninjured in the shooting.

 Christy Sheats wanted "to punish her husband," Nehls said Wednesday.

 The sheriff's office said on Facebook that "two of the calls are from Taylor and Madison and are difficult to listen to."

 In the first call, a voice is heard crying, "Please! Forgive [inaudible]! Please! Don't shoot!" After a scream, someone cries, "Please! I'm sorry." A voice yells "Please! Don't point that gun at us!"

 Another voice, possibly that of husband Jason Sheats, is heard saying, "I promise you, whatever you want," before the call is disconnected.

 In the second call, a woman is heard saying, weakly, "She shot [inaudible]."

 In the third call, a neighbor describes Madison and Taylor Sheats, apparently still alive, lying in the street in front of their house. The neighbor describes Christy Sheats in a purple dress kneeling over one of her daughters and shooting her dead. The other daughter died later at a hospital.

 "There's a guy trying to help them, but the lady is on top of one of them with a gun in her hand," the panicked neighbor says in a recording of the call obtained by the Houston Chronicle.

 "She's standing over one of the patients with the gun?" the dispatcher asks.

 "Yes... It looks like both of them are alive," the neighbor says. "She's trying to shoot again on top of her, but apparently she don't have anymore bullets."

 The man then tells the dispatcher that the woman went back into the house.

 "Hopefully she's not getting anymore bullets, because she looks like she's going to look for more bullets," he says.

 About a minute later, the neighbor tells 911 the woman has returned with more bullets.

 "Oh," the man says, with pain in his voice. "She shot her again ... From the back."

 The neighbor, who occasionally tells his family members to get on the floor, says he could hear more gunfire before seeing the woman lying on the ground. The man says he thinks the woman shot herself , then says she has stopped moving.

 "Sir, I'm so sorry you're seeing this," the dispatcher tells him.

 A Fulshear police officer killed Christy Sheats after she refused demands to drop her gun.

 Her Facebook profile included a pro-gun post, alongside posts about how much she loved members of her family.

 Officials said Christy Sheats had been hospitalized several times after suicide attempts and had a history of mental illness.

 Authorities had been called to the home 14 times in the past four years, including three times for suicide attempts, once for a possible suicide attempt and one for an argument, Nehls said.

 Staff writer Tom Steele and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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 @clairezcardona ||||| Disturbing new details were released Monday in a Katy shooting that left two young women and their mother dead. (Photo: KHOU)

 The terrifying final moments of two Katy sisters were captured in 911 recordings released Tuesday.

 Madison and Taylor Sheats both called 911 before their mother, Christy Sheats, shot them to death. Their father, Jason Sheats, could be heard begging his wife not to shoot them as the girls screamed in the background.

 “Please don’t point the gun at us … I beg you, please put it away,” Jason Sheats pleaded. “I’m sorry. I promise you, whatever you want … “

 Madison Davey, a family friend, said Christy hid the gun in the couch cushions before she called a family meeting. When she pulled out the gun, Jason tried to push the girls out the front door, Davey said.

 Taylor and Madison Sheats

 Madison, 17, was shot just as she made it outside. She collapsed and died.

 Taylor, 22, was shot once inside the home. Christy Sheats followed her outside and shot her again. Then she went inside, reloaded and shot Taylor a third time, according to Fort Bend County investigators.

 "She's coming back again. Oh!!! She shot her again. The female that was lying on the ground," a neighbor told the 911 dispatcher.

 Madison and Taylor Sheats (Photo: KHOU)

 That's when a Fulshear police officer shot and killed Christy Sheats.

 "I can hear bullets," the neighbor said. "She [the shooter] is lying down... It doesn't look like she's moving anymore."

 Jason Sheats ran to a neighbor’s house for help. He wasn’t shot.

 Witnesses said before the shootings, Christy yelled that she wanted her husband to suffer. The shootings happened on his birthday.

 Davey said the couple had marital problems and Christy had moved out for a while and had recently moved back in.

 Madison and Taylor Sheats

 The 38-revolver she used was apparently passed down to Christy from her grandfather, and Jason was unaware she owned a gun.

 Taylor had planned to marry her longtime boyfriend on Monday at the courthouse, Davey said. She graduated from Lone Star College but wanted to return to school for a degree in art or teaching.

 Davey said Taylor and Madison were both talented artists. Madison was going to be a senior at Seven Lakes High School.

 Madison and Taylor Sheats (Photo: KHOU)

 Now, family members are now planning their funerals. There will be a memorial service for Taylor and Madison in Houston and they’ll be buried in Alabama.

 Christy’s funeral will be separate and she will be cremated.

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 Raw: Madison Sheats' 911 call (warning: graphic)

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– Police have released the heartbreaking 911 calls placed in the moments before Texas mom Christy Sheats killed her two daughters Friday. In the first of three calls—which are "difficult to listen to," say police—Madison, 17, and Taylor, 22, can be heard pleading with their mom not to shoot. "Please forgive me, I'm sorry," a voice says, per the Houston Chronicle. "Please don't shoot, I'm sorry." A scream is then heard, followed by a male voice believed to be that of husband and father Jason Sheats pleading, "Please don't point that gun at us … I beg you, please put it away," per KHOU. "I promise you whatever you want," the man continues before the call ends. A second call includes only muffled voices, screams, and shouts, per the Chronicle. In a third call, a neighbor describes the two daughters lying in the street. He watches as a woman in a purple dress emerges from the house with a gun and stands over one of the victims. "She's trying to shoot again … but apparently she don't have any more bullets," he says, per the Dallas Morning News. He watches the woman go back inside to reload, then return. "Oh! She shot her again," he says, per KHOU. "From the back. She was trying to run." He then hears more gunfire and sees the shooter on the ground—killed by a police officer's bullet. A family friend says Sheats had recently moved back into the home and hid a gun in a couch before calling a family meeting. Fort Bend County police say they received a dozen calls from the home in four years, including three regarding suicide attempts. It isn't clear who the calls were about.


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(CNN) Because of John Wayne Gacy, John Doe No. 89 now has a name.

 It's Andy Drath, who as a teenage boy fit the profile of many of the serial killer's victims. Authorities don't think Drath was one of them, though investigators looking into Gacy's past did manage to put two and two together in a major breakthrough in a 36-year-old cold case and major relief to Drath's family.

 "You should never lose hope in finding your loved one." said Dr. Willia Wertheimer, Drath's half-sister who submitted DNA that proved pivotal. "... John Doe No. 89 now will come home to his kid sister with his own name -- Andy."

 A ward of Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services, Drath was a 16-year-old boy when he was last seen in late 1978 or early the next year, the Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday. He'd gone west to San Francisco, hoping to have his guardianship transferred there.

 It was in that Northern California city, in June 1979, that police found a male's body with multiple gunshot wounds in a homicide.

 They didn't know who he was, much less who killed him. And, according to authorities, his case went cold.

 At least until Gacy entered the picture.

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 Gacy was arrested in December 1978, and about 14 months later, he went on trial. It ended with his conviction for raping and killing 33 boys and young men who he had lured into his home over a span of six years. To get them there, he'd promised them construction jobs, drugs and alcohol or by posing as a police officer or by offering money for sex.

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Hide Caption 14 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Joel David Rifkin was stopped by police for driving without a license plate when a body was found in his pickup. Rifkin killed 17 women in New York between 1991 and 1993 and was sentenced to life in prison. Hide Caption 15 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Charles Ng, seen here, and accomplice Leonard Lake tortured, killed and buried 11 people in northern California between 1984 and 1985. After the men were arrested for shoplifting, police found bullets and a silencer in their car and took them into the police station for questioning. Lake killed himself there with a cyanide pill. Ng was later sentenced to death. Hide Caption 16 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Robert Lee Yates Jr. killed 15 people, most of them between 1996 and 1998. He buried one of them in a flower bed by his house in the Spokane, Washington, area. Most of his victims were prostitutes or drug addicts he killed in his van. He is on Washington's death row. Hide Caption 17 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Gary Leon Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, confessed to 48 killings after his DNA was linked to a few of his victims. Remains of his victims, mostly runaways and prostitutes, turned up in ravines, rivers, airports and freeways in the Pacific Northwest. Hide Caption 18 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida in 2002 for the murders of seven men whom she had lured by posing as a prostitute or a distressed traveler. Hide Caption 19 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Derrick Todd Lee was accused of raping and killing six women in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, between 2001 and 2003. He was arrested in Atlanta for the murder of Charlotte Murray Pace, convicted in 2004 and sentenced to death. Hide Caption 20 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Danny Rolling pleaded guilty to the 1990 murders of five students he raped, tortured and mutilated in Gainesville, Florida. Rolling was also found responsible for a 1991 triple homicide in Shreveport, Louisiana, and was executed in 2006. Hide Caption 21 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Angel Maturino Resendez, also known as the Railway Killer, was a drifter from Mexico. During the 1990s, he would rob and kill his victims near railroad tracks on both sides of the border and then hop rail cars to escape. Resendez was executed in 2006. Hide Caption 22 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Pig farmer Robert Pickton was charged with 26 counts of murder after police found the bodies of young women on his farm in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He was convicted of six murders in 2007, and he is serving a life sentence. Hide Caption 23 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers The BTK Strangler, Dennis Rader, killed 10 people between 1977 and 1991 in the Wichita, Kansas, area. He was sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms in 2005. Rader named himself BTK, short for "bind, torture, kill." Hide Caption 24 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Police found the decomposing and buried bodies of 10 women and the skull of another woman at the Cleveland home of ex-Marine Anthony Sowell. He was convicted and given the death penalty in 2011. Hide Caption 25 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Chester Dewayne Turner was sentenced to death for murdering 14 women and one victim's unborn fetus in the Los Angeles area between 1987 and 1998. Turner was later convicted and sentenced to death for four more murders. Hide Caption 26 of 26

 Twenty-eight bodies were found in and around the serial killer's Chicago home, most of them in a 40-foot crawl space beneath his house and garage. Four others had been thrown into the Des Plaines River.

 Yet while authorities believed and the jury agreed that Gacy was responsible for all these deaths, that didn't mean they knew who all of them were.

 That was the case in 2011, seven years after the serial killer was executed, when the Cook County Sheriff's Office launched a new effort to identify eight of the victims.

 This time, they'd use new technology to obtain DNA profiles, an effort they hoped would provide closure to families looking for their loved ones for decades.

 Sheriff: Case shows 'never give up'

 Only of those eight Gacy victims, William George Bundy, has been positively identified as a result.

 The Cook County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Wednesday that 12 cases have been closed as a result of Gacy-related leads, in part because relatives of missing people from that era and area came forward with new information at the urging of authorities.

 William George Bundy was nearly 19 when he was reported missing in October 1976. Decades later, authorities determined that John Wayne Gacy had killed him.

 In five cases, once-missing people were found alive and were reunited with their families. Two others died of natural causes after they were reported missing. And there was some resolution for four other instances -- Drath being one of them.

 Wertheimer, his maternal half-sister, reached out to the Sheriff's Office and submitted DNA thinking that Drath -- as a young white male from Chicago's North Side -- fit the profile of Gacy's other victims.

 Investigators weren't able to link her to any of Gacy's known victims, but her information was uploaded to a federal DNA database. DNA from Darth's tissue samples was uploaded in late 2014, though it wasn't until May 2015 that this was matched with Wertheimer. Dental records and a tattoo with the name "Andy" confirmed the connection.

 Wertheimer learned of the link on September 10, and San Francisco police are now trying to find the killer -- not of John Doe No. 89 but of Andre "Andy" Drath.

 "I'm thankful that Andy Drath will be brought home and laid to rest with the dignity he deserves," Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said. "This breakthrough illustrates that we should never give up on a cold case, no matter how hopeless it appears." ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. |||||

– The effort to identify all of John Wayne Gacy's victims has solved another decades-old disappearance, and while it isn't exactly a happy ending, Andy Drath's relatives now know that he wasn't murdered by the notorious serial killer. Drath was 16 when he was last heard from in Illinois in 1978, and DNA submitted as part of the Gacy probe helped investigators discover that he was "John Doe No. 89," who was shot dead in San Francisco in 1979, CNN reports. His half-sister, Dr. Willa Wertheimer, submitted her DNA to the Gacy investigation because he fit the profile of the Chicago killer's dozens of victims. "You should never lose hope in finding your loved one," Wertheimer said in a release issued by the office of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, per the Los Angeles Times. "He could still be living, or at least your heart can know the peace of bringing him home." John Doe No. 89, she says, "now will come home to his kid sister with his own name—Andy." Now that Drath has been identified, authorities in San Francisco are taking another look at the cold case in the hope of finding the killer, CNN reports. The identities of seven of Gacy's 33 known victims are still unknown. (The probe has found five missing people alive, including a man in Montana who lost touch with his family after getting "caught up in the '70s lifestyle.")


The post below entitled, “DIY Microwave Popcorn Is Way Easier Than You Know,” originally appeared on FWx.

 Store-bought microwave popcorn is such an easy snack it might seem like Orville Redenbacher made a deal with the devil, but there’s really no reason to go to the store and buy it. With just a good ol’ fashioned brown paper bag, a little oil, salt, and of course, some popcorn kernels, you can whip up a bag of microwave popcorn in just couple minutes.

 YouTube’s The King of Random recently demonstrated this method in a video, racking up over 300,000 views in just one day. There are a few benefits to DIY. First, you can season it yourself – for instance, go from standard microwave popcorn to addictive kettle corn by just adding a little sugar. Plus, many claim that microwavable popcorn bought from the big brands can have dangerous chemicals with negative health effects.

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 Related: 6 Microwave Mistakes That Could Harm Your Health

 1. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Also found in the coatings on some nonstick cookware, the inside of pizza boxes and fire-fighting foam, this chemical is used in the linings of some microwave popcorn bags to prevent oil from soaking through the paper. Exposure in people who live or work near plants that produce PFOA has been associated with kidney and testicular cancers, Emory University scientists reported in 2013. It may also be associated with infertility in women according to a University of California Los Angeles study. And a 2012 Harvard School of Public Health study found that it may reduce the effectiveness of some childhood vaccines.

 How to avoid it: Many major brands, like Jolly Time, Orville Redenbacher and Newman’s Own Organic Pop’s Corn, use PFOA-free bags. So do some smaller brands like Quinn and Snappy. Check labels. Under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program, the use of PFOAs is to be phased out of almost all products by the end of 2015.

 Or pop your own. Grab a bag or a jar of popcorn kernels at the supermarket and haul out your air-popper. Or follow package directions for popping in a skillet or pot.

 2. Trans fats. Linked with heart disease, stroke and diabetes, these “Franken fats” are still found in many microwave popcorn varieties. The American Heart Association recommends keeping your consumption to no more than 1 percent of total daily calories, equal to about 2 grams if you eat 2,000 calories a day. (The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 and the Institute of Medicine recommend keeping consumption as low as possible.)But flavors like Pop Secret’s Extra Butter have 5 grams of trans fats — in just one-third of a bag. Jolly Time’s Jalapeno Butter Spicy Popcorn has 5 grams in a serving equal to about two-fifths of a bag.

 How to avoid it: Read the Nutrition Facts panel on the box. Most brands have products with zero trans fats. Or pop your own in a skillet or air-popper for a zero trans-fat treat.

 3. Saturated fat. This is stuff that clogs arteries and raises “bad” LDL cholesterol. The American Heart Association recommends keeping your saturated fat intake low — about 16 grams per day if you eat 2,000 calories per day. But if you’re a big popcorn fan, you could get that much from one bag of some types of microwave popcorn, including store brands.

 How to avoid it: Look for saturated fat on the Nutrition Facts panel. Most microwave popcorn brands offer lower fat choices. Or make your own. Air-pop it, then sprinkle with herbs and spices instead of butter.

 4. Sodium. We know — what’s popcorn without salt? But if you’re trying to reduce your sodium intake to help control or prevent high blood pressure, microwave popcorn can be a salt bomb worth sidestepping. A single serving (usually about one-third of a bag…but who stops there?) may contain up to 380 milligrams of sodium. Munch the whole bag and you’ll have eaten more than half of the total you should get in a day. (The American Heart Association recommends a daily limit of 1500 milligrams.)

 How to avoid it: Look for a lower-sodium variety — many brands offer healthier types with less sodium and fat. Or make your own and top with a reasonable amount of salt or sodium-free seasonings.

 Related: 4 Food Apps to Add to Your Phone or Tablet

 Sari Harrar is an award-winning health, medicine and science journalist whose work appears in Dr. Oz The Good Life magazine, Good Housekeeping, O--Oprah Magazine, Organic Gardening and other publications. ||||| You know that hypnotizingly lovely smell that fills up the room when you make a fresh batch of popcorn in the microwave? Yeah, that may not be as good as you might think. That enchanting smell is actually a chemical called diacetyl, a synthetic butter flavoring. Why is it so bad, you ask? According to a research published in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, inhaling butter-flavouring chemical mixtures has been linked with severe obstructive lung disease commonly known as 'popcorn lung.’ Diacetyl is harmless when consumed, but when heated to high temperatures, diacetyl vaporizes and becomes toxic.

 What’s Going on in Those Factories?

 In fact, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), an arm of the Centers for Disease Control, had begun investigating people who worked in microwave popcorn factories who had developed bronchiolitis obliterans (a lung disease characterized by fixed airway obstruction) and the results revealed the cause of the disease was something back at the factory - specifically exposure to an artificial flavoring agent: 2,3-butanedione or diacetyl. It was evident ‘popcorn lung’ was a problem, with NIOSH even issuing a health alert for workers, complete with preventive steps and an exposure limit guideline.

 Chemicals, Chemicals Everywhere

 Another problem is the presence of chemicals like perfluoroalkyls, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) which are used to line the popcorn bags to prevent grease from soaking the bag wet. On heating, these chemicals fuse into the popcorn you eat. They’re termed ‘likely carcinogens’ by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which cause a host of health nightmares. They mess up your endocrine system, causes thyroid issues, bladder cancer and much more.

 A study in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology from researchers from the University of Minnesota reveal a possible link between diacetyl, via its impact on a brain protein and Alzheimer’s disease. Another study that appeared in Mercola says -“Researchers conducting test-tube studies revealed that diacetyl has several concerning properties for brain health. Not only can it pass through the blood-brain barrier, which is intended to help keep toxins out of your brain, but it can also cause brain proteins to misfold into the Alzheimer's-linked form known as beta amyloid. It also inhibits mechanisms that help to naturally clear the dangerous beta amyloid from your brain.It's not known at this time whether eating diacetyl-containing foods (it's used not only in microwave popcorn but also in other snack foods, baked goods, pet foods, some fast foods and other food products) increases your risk of Alzheimer's, but the finding that it may contribute to brain plaques linked to Alzheimer's at very low concentrations is concerning, to say the least.”Probably the most famous case was that of 59-year old Wayne Watson who took home $7.2 million from three companies as damages caused by microwave popcorn. He had been diagnosed with a rare case of irreversible lung disease, which had restricted his air flow by about 60 percent. His lawyers effectively argued that this disease was a direct result of Watson inhaling toxic fumes and the artificial butter smell of microwave popcorn, which he consumed daily for over 10 years.A quick look at the labels of most popcorn brands gives way to an unpleasant story. Apart from complex, difficult to understand ingredients, there is no mention of diacetyl or any warning whatsoever. At most, the labels would say ‘natural and artificial flavouring.’ In the past, at large, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considered diacetyl safe for consumption. Diacetyl had also escaped FDA regulation because the after effects are to do with respiration and not indigestion. However, FDA is reviewing and rolling out new warnings. However, what the FDA did recently was pass a rule banning trans fats in all food items. The FDA said in its statement "there is no safe level of consumption of artificial trans fat" and gave three years to companies to eliminate the ingredient from their products. Trans fats are commonly found in butter popcorn so that's one unhealthy ingredient off the list.In the face of so much backlash, a lot of microwave popcorn manufacturers have said they’ll be replacing diacetyl with another flavoring. But what will this flavouring be? Many experts fear the alternatives won’t be any better. An animal study published in American Journal of Pathology resonates with this thought. The researchers found that 2,3-pentanedione, a diacetyl substitute caused similar problems to the lung in rats and caused gene alternations in their brains.Trans fats, a byproduct of partially hydrogenated oils, is popular among food manufacturers as it gives food a distinctive taste, texture and also increases product shelf life. However, Trans fats is associated with many health problems – it increases bad cholesterol and builds up plaque in the arteries – which leads to coronary artery disease and heart attacks. Trans fats has been a go-to ingredient for microwave popcorn companies for its high melting point, as it keeps the fat in oil solid till the package is heated. Conversely, FDA has taken steps to ban, or limit, the use of trans fat in United States forcing food companies to come up with substitutes. Also, another matter of concern is the crazy amount of salt in these packs.Away from the chemicals and grime, it’s far easier and healthier to make your own popcorn at home. You can either put kernels in a brown paper bag and lay it flat in a microwave or put them in a glass bowl covered with a plate for six and a half minutes on high. You don’t even need a microwave. A pan or a pressure cooker works just as good, if not better. The best part about homemade popcorn? Go ahead and ask your lungs to give it a big whiff and inhale in all that homemade goodness. |||||

Write a summary.

– Like a nice bowl of microwave popcorn in the evening? Others do too—in fact, America downs 16 billion quarts of popcorn annually—but Safebee reports that many microwave popcorns come with apparent health risks. Four, to be exact: Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA): This nonstick coating can be found in fire-fighting foam and pizza boxes. Scientists say the chemical is also associated with cancers and female infertility. Luckily some brands, like Orville Redenbacher and Jolly Time, don't have it. Trans fats: Several microwave popcorns include these so-called "Franken fats," which have been linked to diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Check the product's Nutrition Facts panel for brands that have no trans fats. Saturated fat: If you don't want "bad" LDL cholesterol, buy microwave popcorn with better fat options. Visit Safebee to read about the fourth potential health woe—high sodium—or read more on apparent health risks of microwave popcorn at NDTV. On a positive note, see In Style's guide to microwaving popcorn on your own.


Article:

Story highlights Four of the eight explosions take place at the Mahabodi complex

 The temple houses a tree where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment

 Suspicion falls on the Islamist group Indian Mujahideen

 A series of small bombs went off in and around a world-famous Buddhist temple in eastern India Sunday, injuring two people, authorities said.

 Four of the eight explosions occurred at the Mahabodhi temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Bihar state that houses a tree where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment.

 The temple itself was not damaged.

 The other four blasts hit other sacred locations around Mahabodhi, said Bihar police official S.K. Bhardwaj.

 A 50-year-old Tibetan and a 30-year-old Myanmar national were injured in the attack, Bhardwaj said.

 While no one took responsibility for the attack, suspicion fell on the home-grown Islamist group Indian Mujahideen, Bhardwaj said.

 The group, designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, is blamed for dozens of deadly bomb explosions throughout India since 2005. ||||| Image caption The Bodh Gaya temple complex is one of the oldest in India

 A series of blasts has shaken India's holiest Buddhist shrine, where the Buddha himself is said to have gained enlightenment, police have said.

 Two people were injured in nine explosions in the Bodh Gaya temple complex, in northern Bihar state.

 Police described the bombs as low-intensity timed devices. Windows and one door in the complex were damaged.

 The Indian government said the blasts were a terror attack. No group has said it was responsible.

 Witnesses said some of the bombs exploded close to the Bodhi tree, thought to be a descendant of the one that the Buddha sat under when he achieved enlightenment, according to tradition.

 Police said there was no damage to the tree.

 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh strongly condemned the blasts, saying: "Such attacks on religious places will be never be tolerated."

 The Bodh Gaya complex is one of the oldest Buddhist sites in India. It was listed as a world heritage site by the UN cultural organisation Unesco in 2002.

 Correspondents say attacks on Buddhists are rare in India, but there have been recent Muslim-Buddhist tensions in nearby Burma (also called Myanmar), Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

 The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, went on a quest for enlightenment some time in the 5th or 6th Century BC. He is said to have achieved it while sitting under the Bodhi tree (tree of awakening).

 There are currently some 376 million followers of Buddhism worldwide. |||||
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– Two people were injured as a number of small bombs hit a major Buddhist temple yesterday in eastern India. The Mahabodhi temple complex, home to a tree where Buddha is said to have reached enlightenment, was struck by at least four blasts, but the temple wasn't damaged, CNN reports—nor was the tree, though bombs reportedly went off nearby, the BBC adds. Several other explosions hit sacred spots near the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in India's Bihar state, police say. The injured were a Tibetan, 50, and a Burmese national, 30. No group took responsibility for the attack, but authorities suspect Indian Islamist group Mujahideen.


Paul Ceglia, the 39-year-old western New York man who in 2010 sued Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for 84% of the company, has been indicted on federal charges of wire and mail fraud for allegedly faking evidence in the case.

 Ceglia claimed in his original lawsuit that Zuckerberg promised him a huge stake in Facebook in return for coding work on Facebook performed in 2003. According to this week's indictment, however, Ceglia was indeed contracted to work on Facebook, but he created a falsified contract “in which Zuckerberg agreed to provide Ceglia with at least a 50 percent interest in Facebook."

 Ceglia, who was arrested and first charged in a criminal complaint last month, is also accused of creating fake e-mails and destroying evidence in the case against him. His previous plea was not guilty.

 Each charge against Ceglia could put him behind bars for up to 20 years. He's scheduled to appear in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

 Facebook declined to comment on Ceglia's indictment, but a Facebook spokesman told Mashable of Ceglia's case against the company and its CEO in April that "this is a fraudulent lawsuit brought by a convicted felon, and we look forward to defending it in court. From the outset, we’ve said that this scam artist’s claims are ridiculous, and this newest complaint is no better."

 A later court filing by Facebook's legal team called Ceglia's lawsuit a "brazen and outrageous fraud on the court." It also labeled Ceglia an "inveterate scam artist."

 Photo Credit Bloomberg/Contributor/Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images ||||| The latest in a string of lawyers who have represented a man in a multibillion lawsuit against Facebook is expected to ask a federal judge Tuesday for permission to withdraw from the case.

 Ohio attorney Dean Boland filed the request last month, a few days after his client, Paul Ceglia, was arrested on criminal charges accusing him of doctoring and destroying evidence to support his civil suit.

 Ceglia has pleaded not guilty.

 The request also comes as a motion by Facebook seeking to have Ceglia's lawsuit thrown out is pending.

 Boland has not publicly said why he wants to withdraw, only that it has nothing to do with any belief that Ceglia engaged in fraud. He submitted his detailed reasons privately to the judge.

 Attorneys for Menlo Park, California-based Facebook have asked the judge to make the reasons public, or at least disclose the reasons to them. Facebook won't oppose Boland's motion as long as it does not delay the case, the attorneys said in court filings.

 At least a half dozen lawyers and firms have withdrawn as Ceglia's attorney before Boland. Their reasons have not been publicly disclosed.

 Tuesday's hearing is expected to be conducted by telephone. Facebook's attorneys from the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher are based in New York City, while Boland's office is in Lakewood, Ohio. Ceglia also is represented by attorney Paul Argentieri of Hornell.

 Ceglia's 2010 lawsuit claims that he and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2003 signed a software development contract that included a provision entitling Ceglia to half-ownership of Facebook in exchange for $1,000 in startup money for Zuckerberg's then-fledgling idea.

 Zuckerberg counters the document he signed had only to do with a street-mapping database called Streetfax that Ceglia had hired Zuckerberg, then a Harvard University student, to help develop.

 Earlier this year, attorneys for Facebook and Zuckerberg filed a motion to have Ceglia's lawsuit dismissed, asserting that Ceglia had forged documents, fabricated emails and destroyed evidence. They also said he had waited too long _ six years _ to bring his claim and the statute of limitations had expired. |||||

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– Facebook cried fraud last year over the guy claiming he was entitled to 84% of the company—and Facebook might have been right. Paul Ceglia, who sued the company and Mark Zuckerberg in 2010, has now been indicted on fraud charges for allegedly faking evidence, Mashable reports. Ceglia is accused of creating a false contract "in which Zuckerberg agreed to provide Ceglia with at least a 50% interest in Facebook" in return for coding work Ceglia did in 2003. Ceglia is also charged with creating fake emails and destroying evidence; each charge carries a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years. Facebook's appeal to have the lawsuit against the company tossed is pending, and the latest of Ceglia's attorneys is seeking the permission of a federal judge to withdraw from the case, reports AP.


Here is a news article: "The delayed response in ensuring that the inmates received needed medical care is unacceptable," the statement read.

 Estrada was scheduled for kidney dialysis Friday, but a technician with South Valley Dialysis Center, the contracted treatment provider, did not arrive, wrote Brooke Adams, department spokeswoman.

 The technician didn't show up Saturday either. Estrada died about 10:30 p.m. Sunday as medics were getting him ready to go to the hospital.

 University of Utah Health Care, which operates the dialysis center, plans to "conduct a thorough review of the circumstances that led to this unacceptable mistake and will take whatever steps are necessary to improve communications procedures," according to a statement by spokeswoman Kathy Wilets.

 The six other inmates who'd missed their treatments were taken to University Hospital for evaluation. Two were in good condition and sent back to prison; three others were admitted and returned to the prison on Monday. One remains in the hospital.

 "The department's internal investigation will include a review of all aspects of the situation, including the response by its medical leadership and staff, actions of its contract provider and an analysis of what measures need to be taken to prevent this from happening again," Adams wrote.

 The department's Clinical Services Bureau director has been put on leave.

 While the investigation is underway, prison staff have created a dialysis schedule calendar and collected phone numbers of dialysis technicians, Adams wrote. Nurses are required to take post-treatment reports from those technicians and make better chart notes about the inmates' condition.

 Staff also are required to make "timely notification" to the charge nurse if the schedule changes or a technician misses an appointment, Adams wrote.

 Adams didn't know the condition of the inmate who remains hospitalized.

 ealberty@sltrib.com ||||| SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prison inmate is dead of an apparent heart attack related to renal failure after a dialysis provider didn't show up for a scheduled treatment for two days in a row, a prison official said Tuesday.

 Ramon C. Estrada, 62, was set to be paroled in less than three weeks when he died Sunday at the prison in Draper, Utah Department of Corrections spokeswoman Brooke Adams said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

 He was scheduled to have dialysis Friday at the prison's treatment center, but a technician did not show up on Friday or Saturday. The technician or technicians involved worked for a University of Utah Hospital clinic that provides dialysis for the prison.

 Kathy Wilets, a University of Utah Hospital spokeswoman, said there appears to have been some miscommunication with South Valley Dialysis technician scheduling, and the hospital is investigating.

 "We have a responsibility to provide quality care for patients. We will now conduct a thorough review of the circumstances that led to this unacceptable mistake and will take whatever steps are necessary to improve communications and procedures," Wilets said in a statement.

 The organization was saddened to learn of Estrada's death, she said.

 Adams said six other inmates had been waiting for dialysis treatment and were taken to a hospital for evaluation. Four of them were treated, and one of the four remained hospitalized Tuesday afternoon. The other two inmates were returned to their cells. Adams did not have details about how long the four admitted to the hospital went without dialysis treatment.

 The Utah State Medical Examiner's office will conduct an autopsy on Estrada's body and determine his cause of death, Adams said.

 The corrections department's law enforcement bureau is investigating, but an initial review indicates that Estrada's lack of treatment may have played a role in his death, Adams said.

 The prison's clinical services director has been placed on leave as the department investigates how prison staff and South Valley Dialysis responded and how a similar situation can be prevented.

 The department is taking immediate steps to ensure the prison has contact numbers for technicians scheduled to show up and that prison staff are notified when technicians show up for treatment and that they report on inmate conditions, Adams said.

 Adams said she did not have details about whether prison staff tried to contact the technicians when they failed to show. She told The Associated Press that was part of the ongoing investigation.

 The Unified Police Department, which covers Salt Lake County, is also investigating.

 Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal said investigators are waiting for autopsy results to pinpoint the cause of death, but didn't find any signs of foul play in the man's cell.

 Estrada had been in prison since August 2005 on a rape conviction, Adams said. He was scheduled to be paroled on April 21.

 Estrada was from Mexico and believed to have been in the country illegally, Adams said. He would have been turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service when his sentence was complete, she said.

 Randall W. Richards, a lawyer who represented Estrada in 2005, did not return messages seeking comment Tuesday. It was unclear if Estrada had an attorney at the time of his death.

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 Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst in Salt Lake City contributed to this report. ||||| A Utah State Prison inmate died Sunday after a medical contractor responsible for performing his dialysis treatment failed to show up on Friday and Saturday. Ramon Estrada, 62, died from apparent cardiac arrest due to kidney failure.

 UTAH STATE PRISON — An inmate scheduled to be paroled in two weeks died Sunday after a medical contractor responsible for performing his dialysis treatments failed to show up at the prison on Friday and Saturday.

 Ramon C. Estrada, 62, died from apparent cardiac arrest that was the result of kidney failure, according to a statement from the Utah Department of Corrections. His body was sent to the state medical examiner to determine an exact cause of death.

 "A preliminary review indicates that the lack of dialysis treatment could be a contributing factor in Estrada’s death," said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Brooke Adams.

 Richard Garden, the clinical services bureau director for the Department of Corrections, was placed on administrative leave while the circumstances leading to Estrada's death are investigated.

 A dialysis technician who works for University of Utah South Valley Dialysis Center, based in Sandy, "failed to show up as anticipated" at the Utah State Prison on both Friday and Saturday to provide dialysis treatment for inmates, Adams said. Estrada was to receive kidney dialysis on Friday. He died Sunday night while prison staff and others were preparing to take him to University Hospital to be treated.

 Six other inmates, all men, also went without their scheduled dialysis and were taken to the hospital Sunday night. Four were admitted for an overnight stay. One man remained hospitalized Tuesday.

 Adams would not comment on why the technician failed to show up or why it took prison officials until Sunday night to get treatment for the inmates.

 "Obviously, we are aware that he didn't (show up)," Adams said, but she would not say when prison officials discovered that the inmates hadn't received their scheduled treatment.

 The spokeswoman also declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding Garden being placed on leave. An internal investigation is underway.

 "The delayed response in ensuring that the inmates received needed medical care is unacceptable," Adams said.

 Estrada's parole date was just two weeks away, on April 21. He was sent to prison in August of 2005 after being convicted of rape. Estrada was a citizen of Mexico.

 Aside from the Department of Corrections' internal investigation, the Unified Police Department is also investigating Estrada's death, which is standard procedure. Lt. Justin Hoyal said his department is primarily interested in finding out Estrada's cause of death from his autopsy.

 "(Criminal culpability in Estrada's death) is one of the things that could play into this and one of the things we will look into," Hoyal said. "But as far as the investigation as to what took place there at the prison, as far as his medical care and what may or may not have been taken care of, is being conducted internally by prison officials."

 A spokeswoman for the University of Utah Health Care said it would also investigate the "unacceptable mistake."

 "We are saddened to learn of this prisoner’s death and are concerned about the scheduling error for dialysis services provided at the prison by University of Utah technicians. We have a responsibility to provide quality care for patients. We will now conduct a thorough review of the circumstances that led to this unacceptable mistake and will take whatever steps are necessary to improve communications and procedures," Kathy Wilets said in a prepared statement.

 Adams said several changes will be put in place at the prison "to improve communication with and oversight of the dialysis contract provider."

 "Those steps include getting a schedule calendar with contact telephone numbers for dialysis technicians; requiring nursing staff assigned to the Olympus (prison) facility to make contact with and receive post-treatment reports from the on-duty technician on dialysis days; improving chart notes about each inmate’s status and condition; and requiring timely notification to the charge nurse when the dialysis schedule changes or a technician fails to show up," she said.

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– An inmate from Utah just weeks away from parole died after a dialysis technician failed to show up—for two days in a row. The Utah Department of Corrections says 62-year-old Ramon C. Estrada died on Sunday of "apparent cardiac arrest due to renal failure," the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The department says Estrada was scheduled to have dialysis treatment on Friday but nobody showed up that day or the next, and he died while prison staff were preparing to take him to a hospital Sunday night, reports the Deseret News. Six other inmates who had also been waiting for treatment were hospitalized, a department spokeswoman says, and one of them was still in the hospital yesterday afternoon. A spokeswoman for the University of Utah Hospital, which was supposed to send a technician to the prison in Draper, tells the AP there appears to have been a miscommunication and there will be a "thorough review of the circumstances that led to this unacceptable mistake." The corrections department also describes the delay in medical care as unacceptable and has suspended its clinical services bureau director while Estrada's death is investigated, reports the Tribune. Estrada, a Mexican national who had been in prison since a 2005 rape conviction, was scheduled to be released on parole on April 21. (County jailers in Alabama are being sued for allegedly withholding basic medical care to cut costs, leading to the deaths of at least three inmates.)


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– In our own obituary of AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov last month, we included this quote: The rifle was invented "for the protection of the Motherland," he said. "I have no regrets and bear no responsibility for how politicians have used it." It turns out "no regrets" might not have exactly been true. The AFP picks up a report from Russia's Izvestia that Kalashnikov penned a letter to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church nine months before his December death in which he wrote of "unbearable ... spiritual pain" and asked about his culpability. It contains this line: "I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle took away people's lives, then can it be that I ... am guilty for people's deaths, even if they were enemies?" AFP notes that Izvestia ran a copy of the letter, which is typed on Kalashnikov's personal stationery and signed "with a wavering hand." A rep for Patriarch Kirill confirms that the letter was sent, and says the church leader wrote a reply—one that very may well have calmed his fears. Says the rep, "The Church has a very definite position: when weapons serve to protect the Fatherland, the Church supports both its creators and the soldiers who use it." But the BBC notes that it's not clear whether every word came from Kalashnikov: Izvestia reports that his daughter believes a priest helped him write the letter.

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 The inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle apparently wrote to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church before he died expressing fears he was morally responsible for the people it killed.

 Mikhail Kalashnikov, who died last month aged 94, wrote a long emotional letter to Patriarch Kirill in May 2012, church officials say.

 He said he was suffering "spiritual pain" over the many deaths it caused.

 Kalashnikov had previously refused to accept responsibility for those killed.

 'Devilish desires'

 Analysis The letter published by Izvestia provides a fascinating insight into the mind of the man who created Russia's most famous weapon. Mikhail Kalashnikov spent his career designing and perfecting assault rifles. More than 100 million Kalashnikovs have been sold worldwide. The gun brought Kalashnikov fame and a string of awards. But his letter to the Patriarch suggests that, towards the end of his life, Kalashnikov felt a degree of guilt - or "spiritual pain" as he puts it - for having invented a killing machine. It's unclear, though, how much of this he wrote himself. Izvestia quotes Kalashnikov's daughter, Elena, as saying she believes a priest helped her father compose the letter.

 But in a letter, published in Russia's pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia, he wrote: "My spiritual pain is unbearable.

 "I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle claimed people's lives, then can it be that I... a Christian and an Orthodox believer, was to blame for their deaths?" he asked.

 "The longer I live," he continued, "the more this question drills itself into my brain and the more I wonder why the Lord allowed man to have the devilish desires of envy, greed and aggression".

 The letter is typed on Kalashnikov's personal writing paper, and is signed with a wavering hand by the man who describes himself as "a slave of God, the designer Mikhail Kalashnikov".

 The Kalashnikov, or AK-47, is one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons.

 Its comparative simplicity made it cheap to manufacture, as well as reliable and easy to maintain.

 It is thought that more than 100 million Kalashnikov rifles have been sold worldwide.

 Kalashnikov refused to accept responsibility for the many people killed by his weapon, blaming the policies of other countries that acquired it.

 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Russian President Vladimir Putin attended Kalashnikov's funeral in December

 However, pride in his invention was tempered with sadness at its use by criminals and child soldiers.

 "It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon," Kalashnikov said in 2008.

 He designed this rifle to defend his country, not so terrorists could use it in Saudi Arabia Cyril Alexander Volkov, Press secretary for Russian Patriarch Kirill

 Defend his country

 In his letter to Patriarch Kirill, Kalashnikov said that he first went into a church at the age of 91 and was later baptised.

 The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says it is unclear how much of it he wrote himself. Izvestia quotes Kalashnikov's daughter, Elena, as saying she believes a priest helped her father compose the letter.

 The press secretary for the Russian Patriarch, Cyril Alexander Volkov, told the paper the religious leader had received Kalashnikov's letter and had written a reply.

 "The Church has a very definite position: when weapons serve to protect the Fatherland, the Church supports both its creators and the soldiers who use it," Mr Volkov was quoted as saying.

 "He designed this rifle to defend his country, not so terrorists could use it in Saudi Arabia."

 Kalashnikov received many Russian state honours, including the Order of Lenin and the Hero of Socialist Labour, but made little money from his gun.

 He died on 23 December after being admitted to hospital a month earlier with internal bleeding. ||||| In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 file photo Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK-47 assault rifle, attends festivities to celebrate his 90th birthday at the Kremlin in Moscow. (AP Photo/Natalia Kolesnikova, Pool, file)

 Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, turned to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church shortly before his death to express fears he was personally guilty for those it killed.

 Kalashnikov, who died in December at the age of 94, in April wrote a lengthy emotional letter to Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, Izvestia, a pro-Kremlin daily, reported on Monday.

 "My spiritual pain is unbearable. I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle took away people's lives, then can it be that I... am guilty for people's deaths, even if they were enemies?" he asked.

 The typed letter on Kalashnikov's personal writing paper, reproduced by Izvestia, is signed with a wavering hand by the man who describes himself as "a slave of God, the designer Mikhail Kalashnikov."

 Kalashnikov, whose funeral was attended by President Vladimir Putin, came up with the durable and simple rifle design after experiencing the Red Army's dire lack of weapons during World War II.

 Now the AK-47 is widely manufactured unlicenced around the world and has become a visual hallmark of armed insurgent movements, including those using child soldiers.

 Kalashnikov wrote that he first went into a church at the age of 91 and was later baptised.

 The Patriarch's press secretary, Alexander Volkov, told Izvestia that the Russian Church leader received the letter and wrote a personal reply.

 "The Church has a very definite position: when weapons serve to protect the Fatherland, the Church supports both its creators and the soldiers who use it," Volkov said.

 "He designed this rifle to defend his country, not so terrorists could use it in Saudi Arabia."

 The Russian Orthodox Church has sought to consolidate its new-found strength after the Soviet era by building up close ties with state agencies and powerful officials.

 When Kalashnikov was feted by the Soviet authorities, it would have been unthinkable for him to have declared himself anything else than an atheist.

 His daughter, Yelena, told Izvestia: "Of course you can't say he went to services or lived strictly according to the commandments. You have to understand his generation." |||||


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 "The NYPD has now given us the all clear, and employees have been permitted to return to the building,"CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said in an internal memo to staff. "The building is secure and safe for everyone to return in the morning."

 "We appreciate the swift action by the local authorities, and the patience and professionalism of all the employees who were impacted."

 The threat was not substantiated, the New York Police Department tweeted.

 The threat came Thursday night when a caller indicated there were five devices in the building, according to a law enforcement source.

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– CNN says its New York offices and studios have been given the all-clear after a bomb threat was phoned in Thursday night. The threat at Manhattan's Time Warner Center forced the evacuation of the facility and the closure of part of West 58th Street to vehicle and pedestrian traffic, the New York Post reports. Police say a man with a southern accent called CNN at around 10pm and said five bombs had been placed in the building, reports the AP. Fire alarm bells rang in the newsroom and Don Lemon's CNN Tonight, which had been on a commercial break, ceased broadcasting as the network switched to taped programming. After around 30 minutes, Lemon and Brian Stelter resumed broadcasting from outside the building. "We were told to evacuate the building and to do it as soon as possible," Lemon told viewers. "We grabbed what we could and got out of the building and now, we are standing outside of the building." After the all-clear was given, CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker thanked authorities for the swift action and praised the "patience and professionalism" of staff. (CNN had to evacuate the facility after a suspicious device was found in October.)


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 A local Tennessean Keaton was getting bullied at lunch and at Gibbs Elementary School and has gained popularity to which Tennessee Football players have reached out to go to his school ||||| An emotional video of an east Tennesse middle schooler talking about bullying is going viral.

 The video was posted by Kimberly Jones on her Facebook page Friday afternoon.

 A Tennessee woman's video of her son recounting being bullied at middle school has prompted a wave of support from athletes and entertainers.

 Kimberly Jones said in a Facebook post Friday she had just picked up her son, Keaton, from school because he was too afraid to go to lunch.

 In the video, Keaton said other students call him ugly, make fun of his nose and tell him he has no friends. The video had 17 million views as of Sunday.

 On Twitter, Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker invited the Jones family to an upcoming game, while University of Tennessee wide receiver Tyler Byrd said he and several teammates plan to visit Keaton at school.

 Country music star Kelsea Ballerini and retired race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. also wrote messages of support on Twitter.

 (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) ||||| A boy teased for being "different" was flooded with comforting messages from dozens of celebrities over the weekend. This comes after he expressed his daily struggles as a victim of bullying in a heart-wrenching video posted online.

 On Friday, Keaton Jones of Knoxville, Tennessee, described the painful ordeal to his mother Kimberly in a Facebook video, where he breaks down in tears.

 "They make fun of my nose, they call me ugly," Jones said."I have no friends."

 You can watch the entire clip below -- it has been viewed at least 21 million times as of Sunday night:

 For the record, Keaton asked to do this AFTER he had he me pick him up AGAIN because he was afraid to go to lunch. My kids are by no stretch perfect, & at home, he's as all boy as they come, but by all accounts he's good at school. Talk to your kids. I've even had friends of mine tell me they're kids were only nice to him to get him to mess with people. We all know how it feels to want to belong, but only a select few know how it really feels not to belong anywhere. Posted by Kimberly Jones on Friday, December 8, 2017

 During lunchtime, the bullying turns from verbal to physical, Jones says. According to his mother, the boy asked her to pick him because he was afraid to eat with his schoolmates.

 "They pour milk on me and put ham down my clothes, throw bread at me," the boy said.

 He tries to reason with his bullies, saying, "People that are different don't need to be criticized because it's not their fault."

 Still, Jones offered advice to victims of bullying and how they can handle it.

 "If you're being made fun of, don't let it bother you," Jones said. "Stay strong I guess. It's hard. It will probably get better one day."

 The powerful, emotional video of his experience at school quickly went viral, amassing to more than 21 million views and 400 shares on Facebook since it was published, and it reached even more eyeballs as it spread to other social platforms. On Twitter, hundreds of tweets surfaced with the #StandWithKeaton hashtag. It also grabbed the attention of celebrities across the different industries, who pledged to help Keaton in any way they can.

 On Instagram, rapper Snoop Dogg reposted the video of Jones while offering words of support.

 "Say lil Man U gotta friend in me for life hit me on dm so we can chop it up love is the only way to beat hate," he wrote.

 Say lil Man U gotta friend in me for life hit me on dm so we can chop it up love is the only way to beat hate 👊🏾☝🏾 A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg) on Dec 10, 2017 at 7:50am PST

 "Captain America" star Chris Evans was also the among high-profile actors to step up for Jones and even invited him to Los Angeles for the premiere of the next Avengers movie.

 "Stay strong, Keaton. Don't let them make you turn cold. I promise it gets better," Evans wrote on Twitter.

 Stay strong, Keaton. Don’t let them make you turn cold. I promise it gets better. While those punks at your school are deciding what kind of people they want to be in this world, how would you and your mom like to come to the Avengers premiere in LA next year? https://t.co/s1QwCQ3toi — Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) December 10, 2017

 Another Avengers actor, Mark Ruffalo who plays The Hulk, also tweeted his support saying Jones is "about one of the coolest kids I have ever seen! Can't wait to meet you in person, pal."

 Keaton, will you’ve my guest at the Premiere of #InfinityWar too? I think you are about one of the coolest kids I have ever seen! Can’t wait to meet you in person, pal. Forget those ignorant kids. One day, very soon, they are going to feel pretty stupid for this. https://t.co/BqJLxu25GN — Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) December 11, 2017

 Tyler Bird, a wide receiver for Jones' hometown team, the Tenneesse Volunteers, said the team would show up to his school Tuesday.

 "We going to the middle school next Tuesday show young Man some love we will also TWITTER LIVE some of it so everyone can show there love and support," he tweeted. |||||
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– "They make fun of my nose, they call me ugly," Tennessee middle schooler Keaton Jones says in a heartbreaking anti-bullying video originally uploaded to Facebook Friday. "I have no friends." But after the video was shared more than 430,000 times and viewed more than 20 million times, his friends now include rappers, Hollywood stars, and football players, CBS News reports. Snoop Dogg shared the video, calling Keaton a "friend for life," while Chris Evans, who plays Captain America, invited him to the premiere of Avengers: Infinity Wars. Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker recorded a video supporting Keaton and offered him tickets, and University of Tennessee wide receiver Tyler Byrd said several players plan to visit the boy at school next week, the Washington Post reports. In the video, which mother Kimberly Jones says she recorded after she picked him up because he was afraid to go to lunch, Keaton sobs as he describes how he's bullied both verbally and physically, KWCH reports. "They pour milk on me and put ham down my clothes, throw bread at me," he says, offering advice to other victims of bullying: "Stay strong, I guess. It's hard. It will probably get better one day." In another Facebook post that now seems to be taken down, Kimberly Jones said the response had been overwhelming and she was "humbled by the voice my boy has been given." Keaton's many other supporters included Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, who tweeted: "I wanna be your friend ( but srsly) ur freakin awesome."


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Tony Finau hits a fairway shot on the third hole during the final round of the Northern Trust golf tournament, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (Associated Press)

 Tony Finau hits a fairway shot on the third hole during the final round of the Northern Trust golf tournament, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (Associated Press)

 PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — To his right was the silver trophy Bryson DeChambeau won Sunday at The Northern Trust, a victory that felt comfortable to everyone but him. To his left was the silver FedEx Cup trophy, a reminder of the ultimate prize in the PGA Tour season.

 Missing was the gold Ryder Cup trophy.

 DeChambeau took a giant step toward playing for that, too.

 "Like I said yesterday, I'm a man on a mission right now — two missions, actually," DeChambeau said after a four-shot victory in the opening FedEx Cup playoff event. "One being the Ryder Cup and one being the FedEx Cup. I'm doing pretty well right now and just got to keep moving forward in the right direction."

 That was the only direction his game went in a final round devoid of much drama.

 Staked to a four-shot lead, DeChambeau never let anyone closer than two shots, ended the threat with consecutive birdies and closed with a 2-under 69 to win by four shots over Tony Finau, who also had the Ryder Cup on his mind.

 DeChambeau never felt entirely in control until he stabbed at a chip short of the 12th green — a shot he had worked on all week and used that one time — that rolled out to 4 feet for a birdie that turned back his only threat.

 His only wild shot was on the 18th hole, sending his drive so far to the right that landed in the fairway of a hole that wasn't being used at Ridgewood Country Club. He still had a good angle to the green, made par and finished at 18-under 266.

 He won for the second time this year, both against some of the strongest fields. He moved to the top of the FedEx Cup standings and is virtually assured of being one of the top five seeds at the Tour Championship who have a clear shot at the $10 million bonus.

 Also on his mind is playing for no money at all at the Ryder Cup.

 DeChambeau narrowly missed earning one of the eight automatic spots for the U.S. team when he missed the cut at the PGA Championship. Jim Furyk makes three of his four captain's picks a week from Tuesday, and it will be tough to ignore a 24-year-old Californian with victories at the Memorial and a FedEx Cup playoff event.

 "Hopefully he can see that I've got some grit and grind, and that even when I don't execute certain shots, I can get it done," DeChambeau said.

 DeChambeau, who stayed on the practice range until it was dark Saturday night, came out firing with two straight birdies to stretch the lead to six shots. His only mistakes were a pair of three-putt bogeys on the front nine, the second one at No. 9 that reduced his lead to two shots over Aaron Wise.

 But not for long.

 Wise's threat ended with a bogey on No. 16, about the time DeChambeau got up-and-down with that chip from just short of the reachable par-4 12th for birdie.

 No one got any closer the rest of the way.

 Finau also made a strong statement about a captain's pick. Furyk invited Finau to join a small group of Americans who played Le Golf Nacional the weekend before the British Open. He was playing with Furyk at the PGA Championship when Finau tied a tournament record with 10 birdies in the second round.

 And while he stared five shots back on a course where the greens were as firm as they have been all week, Finau closed with a 68 to finish alone in second. Finau cracked the top 20 in the world (No. 18) for the first time in his career.

 "If I'm in the conversation, this doesn't hurt my chances, I don't believe," Finau said. "I had a solid week all around. My game feels good and I feel confident. Whatever his decision is, I'll be ready to play."

 Tiger Woods, coming off a runner-up finish at the PGA Championship, never got anything going. He closed with a 70 and tied for 40th, 14 shots out of the lead.

 "I'm sure you guys are used to seeing me win five times a year or more," Woods said. "It's not that easy to win out here. What you're seeing is that I'm close, and just one shot here, one shot there per day, flips momentum."

 Woods has played plenty of practice rounds with DeChambeau and is a strong advocate for adding him to the U.S. team that goes to France at the end of September.

 "The guy is fiery," Woods said. "He's competitive, and we want guys like that. It's going to be a tough environment, so we want guys that are mentally tough and can handle it."

 Billy Horschel (68) and Cameron Smith (69) tied for third.

 Ryan Palmer also felt like a winner. He came into the FedEx Cup playoffs at No. 100 — the top 100 advance to the second stage next week at the TPC Boston — and Palmer delivered a 65 on Sunday highlighted by a wedge he holed for eagle on the par-5 third hole. He tied for fifth, along with Wise (67) and Adam Scott (69), and moved all the way to No. 50.

 Dustin Johnson's only consolation was four birdies over the final four holes for a 68 that enabled him to stay No. 1 in the world by the narrowest of margins over U.S. Open and PGA champion Brooks Koepka.

 Nick Watney was among six players who moved from outside the top 100 to advance to the Dell Technologies Championship, which starts Friday. The others were Scott Stallings, Jhonattan Vegas, Bronson Burgoon, Brian Stuard and Danny Lee. ||||| Tiger Woods comments on his relationship with President Donald Trump and believes you have to respect the office. (0:51)

 Tiger on Trump: 'We all must respect the office' (0:51)

 PARAMUS, N.J. -- Tiger Woods did his best to stay clear of controversy Sunday when he was asked after the final round of the Northern Trust about his relationship with President Donald Trump.

 Woods has played golf with Trump, including after he was elected in 2016 and again last year at Thanksgiving with golfers Dustin Johnson and Brad Faxon.

 "Well, I've known Donald for a number of years,'' Woods said during a post-round interview at Ridgewood Country Club. "We've played golf together. We've had dinner together. I've known him pre-presidency and obviously during his presidency.''

 Editor's Picks Tiger finishes in 40th, minimizes putting woes Tiger Woods finished his first FedEx Cup playoff event in five years on Sunday at Ridgewood Country Club pretty much the way it began -- unable to explain a dearth of birdies and poor putting while shooting a 1-under-par 70.

 DeChambeau wins FedEx Cup playoff opener Bryson DeChambeau cruised to a four-shot win in The Northern Trust on Sunday, moving atop the FedEx Cup standings. He's hoping to be a captain's pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team when Jim Furyk announces three of his choices a week from Tuesday. 1 Related

 When pressed about some people being threatened by Trump "and his policy,'' as well as Woods' seemingly friendly relationship with the president, Woods said:

 "Well, he's the president of the United States. You have to respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office.''

 Asked if he had any more to say about the state and discourse of race relations, Woods said: "No. I just finished 72 holes and am really hungry.''

 Trump weighed in Monday morning on Twitter, praising Woods' answers and recent play.

 The Fake News Media worked hard to get Tiger Woods to say something that he didn't want to say. Tiger wouldn't play the game - he is very smart. More importantly, he is playing great golf again! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018

 Woods has played golf with former presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the latter both in and out of office. There were efforts to coordinate something with George W. Bush, but it never came together, as the president cut back on his golfing in his second term.

 Like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Phil Mickelson, Woods has a villa named after him at Trump's Doral resort in Miami. |||||Summary:

– President Trump thinks Tiger Woods' interviewing skills are as good as his golf ones, or so he suggested in a Monday tweet. After finishing up the Northern Trust tourney Sunday, the golfer was asked by the press about his relationship with Trump, whom he has golfed with on several occasions. Woods said simply, "I've known him pre-presidency and obviously during his presidency," adding that they've both golfed and dined together. ESPN reports he was then "pressed" about what appears to be a warm relationship. His response: "Well, he's the president of the United States. You have to respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office.'' He was finally asked if he had comments about race in America, and said, "No. I just finished 72 holes and am really hungry.'' Trump's Monday reply on Twitter: "The Fake News Media worked hard to get Tiger Woods to say something that he didn’t want to say. Tiger wouldn’t play the game - he is very smart. More importantly, he is playing great golf again!" The great golf part is debatable: The AP reports he tied for 40th place, 14 shots behind winner Bryson DeChambeau. (Though he did come close at the British Open.)