It's looking more and more like the top to UBS strategist Julian Emanuel.

In a note to clients on Friday, Emanuel wrote:

Signs are accumulating that, after 6 1/2 years and price gains of more than 200%, the Bull Market has entered into the "Late Innings." M&A activity — as revenue growth stays challenged — has been feverish, and the announcement of talks between Pfizer (PFE) and Allergan (AGN) is reminiscent of deals such as AOL/Time Warner in 2000 and RBS/ABN-AMRO in 2007, blockbusters in market leading sectors which were followed by major market tops.

Emanuel makes it clear, though, that this is not yet the peak for stocks.

And though this is one of the longest bull runs since FDR was president in the 1930s, bull markets don't die of old age. But a few things are signaling that the top is near.

We've seen a surge in M&A activity that is putting this year on pace to smash records in terms of deal volume. The M&A frenzy usually happens in cycles of three years, and this one began in 2014, Emanuel wrote.

M&A activity also boomed in the years leading up to 2000 and 2007, coinciding with the two most recent big stock market tops.

Stock market volatility has also started to pick up again.

Emanuel says it's no surprise given recent concerns about China's economy and the Fed's ability to raise rates, all coming alongside soft revenue and earnings growth from the biggest companies in the US.

"While common wisdom has it that higher volatility necessarily signals a discrete end to the [bull market], it is often the case that higher vol is a natural occurrence in the 'late innings' of extended rallies, particularly when the Fed is raising rates, as was the case in late 1999-2000," he wrote.

Emanuel also observed that New York Stock Exchange members' margin debt, or the borrowed amounts used to trade, had peaked.

This also happened in 2000 and 2007.

Emanuel again:

The weight of the accumulated evidence by no means signals an imminent end to the Bull, but with the start of the "late innings" investors should be cognizant of the appearance of additional "caution flags" and begin to shift behavior to a more selective market opportunities orientation, in our view.

Earlier this month, Emanuel cut his target for the S&P 500 earlier this month, to 2,125 from 2,225.

The index closed at 2,085 on Thursday.

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Derek Carr and the high-powered Oakland offense have the Raiders — after a dozen years of losing — back into contention in the AFC for a change.

Carr threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns to help Oakland pick apart the New York Jets' vaunted defense in a 34-20 victory Sunday that put the Raiders in the thick of the playoff race.

Latavius Murray ran for 113 yards, Andre Holmes caught two touchdown passes and Charles Woodson intercepted his league-leading fifth pass of the season to give the Raiders (4-3) their first winning record this late in the season since 2011.

Oakland is one of five AFC teams with a winning record and looks capable of ending a 12-year run of no winning records or playoff berths.

Michael Crabtree had 102 yards receiving and another touchdown and Taiwan Jones got his first career score on a tackle-breaking 59-yard catch and run that exposed a New York defense that had been outstanding the first six games.

Ryan Fitzpatrick left with a left hand injury on the opening drive for the Jets (4-3), who have lost two straight games. Former starter Geno Smith threw for 265 yards and two TD passes in his first action since losing the job in training camp after getting punched in the locker room by teammate IK Enemkpali.

Smith then left in the closing minute on a hard hit by Ray-Ray Armstrong. Fitzpatrick returned despite the injury and threw two passes before Smith returned.

Getting beaten by Tom Brady and New England last week might not have been a cause for alarm, but the Jets were even worse this week against the emerging Raiders offense that has put together back-to-back stellar performances behind a second-year quarterback.

After scoring on the first seven drives in last week's 37-29 win at San Diego, the Raiders were once again almost perfect on offense at the start. Carr threw touchdown passes on the first drives as the Raiders controlled the line of scrimmage and broke numerous tackles in the secondary. Oakland didn't punt until the fourth quarter.

Carr was helped out by his receivers making big gains after the catch with Crabtree breaking tackles from Demario Davis, Antonio Cromartie and Marcus Williams on his 36-yard touchdown and Jones running around and through half the Jets defense on his long score.

But Carr also showed the ability to throw the deep ball, connecting on a 49-yarder to Holmes that made it 21-3 late in the first half. Carr now has seven TD passes and no interceptions the past two weeks and is just the third Raiders quarterback to throw for 300 or more yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions since the merger. Rich Gannon did it in 2002 and Jeff Hostetler in 1994.

Fitzpatrick got hurt scrambling in the opening drive of the game. Smith came on and led the Jets to a field goal, but then threw an interception to Woodson and did not get the Jets into the end zone until midway through the third quarter with Oakland already up 28-6.

Smith also took a hard hit by David Amerson that drew "oohs and ahhs" from the crowd after a 29-yard run down the sideline.

He didn't get much help from the running game. Chris Ivory, who came into the game averaging more than 100 yards a game, was held to 17 yards on 15 carries behind a line missing starting center Nick Mangold.

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Left tackle Ty Sambrailo is inactive for the fourth consecutive game, leaving the job of protecting Peyton Manning's blind side to Ryan Harris and Tyler Polumbus when the Denver Broncos host the Green Bay Packers.

Sambrailo injured his left shoulder on Sept. 27 at Detroit and hasn't played since. He gave it a go at practice all week, but the coaching staff decided to hold him out again.

Sambrailo, a rookie from Colorado State had hoped the bye week would help him get back to action this weekend.

Also inactive for Denver is third receiver Jordan Norwood, who pulled a hamstring at a particularly cold Friday morning practice.

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GREEN BAY AT DENVER

Packers: QB Brett Hundley, CB LaDarius Gunter, LB Andy Mulumba, G Lane Taylor, G Josh Walker, TE Kennard Backman, WR Ty Montgomery.

Broncos: WR Jordan Norwood, QB Trevor Siemian, CB Lorenzo Doss, OLB Shane Ray, G Shelley Smith, T Ty Sambrailo, NT Darius Kilgo.

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SEATTLE AT DALLAS

Seahawks: T Russell Okung, CB Tye Smith, FS Steven Terrell, OL Kristjan Sokoli, TE Cooper Helfet, DT David King, RB Brice Brown

Cowboys: RB Joseph Randle, WR Brice Butler, QB Kellen Moore, CB Tyler Patmon, G Ronald Leary, TE Geoff Swaim, DE Ryan Russ

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NEW YORK JETS AT OAKLAND

Jets: QB Bryce Petty, WR Devin Smith, S Calvin Pryor, RB Bilal Powell, OL Jarvis Harrison, OL Ben Ijalana, C Nick Mangold.

Raiders: WR Walt Powell, CB Dexter McDonald, LB Neiron Ball, OL Jon Feliciano, OL Matt McCants, WR Rod Streater, DL C.J. Wilson.

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CINCINNATI AT PITTSBURGH

Bengals: WR Mario Alford, CB Chris Lewis-Harris, LB P.J. Dawson, TE C.J. Uzomah, DT Marcus Hardison, DT Brandon Thompson, DE Margus Hunt.

Steelers: QB Michael Vick, WR Tyler Murphy, S Will Allen, LB Terence Garvin, OT Byron Stingily, TD Jesse James, DE Stephon Tuitt.

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MINNESOTA AT CHICAGO

Vikings: LB Audie Cole, C Nick Easton, DT Sharrif Floyd, OL Jeremiah Sirles, TE Rhett Ellison, DE Justin Trattou, QB Taylor Heinicke.

Bears: CB Terrance Mitchell, RB Ka'Deem Carey, LB Shea McClellin, C Hroniss Grasu, OL Jermon Bushrod, DL Bruce Gaston, WR Cameron Meredith.

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TAMPA BAY AT ATLANTA

Buccaneers: QB Ryan Griffin, CB Tim Jennings, S Major Wright, DT Tony McDaniel, WR Vincent Jackson, TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, DT Clinton McDonald

Falcons: WR Nick Williams, CB Dezmen Southward, S William Moore, C Gino Gradkowski, OT Bryce Harris, WR Leonard Hankerson, DE Malliciah Goodman

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ARIZONA AT CLEVELAND

Cardinals: QB Matt Barkley, LB Shaq Riddick, LB Alex Okafor, T D.J. Humphries, T/G Earl Watford, TE Darren Fells, NT Xavier Williams.

Browns: QB Austin Davis, WR Andrew Hawkins, DB Jordan Poyer, DB Don Jones, LB Jayson DiManche, TE Rob Housler TE E.J. Bibbs

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SAN DIEGO AT BALTIMORE

Chargers: LB Manti Te'o, LB Denzel Perryman, LB Tourek Williams, G Orlando Franklin, CB Craig Mager, FS Eric Weddle, RB Donald Brown, RB Donald Brown.

Ravens: T Eugene Monroe, WR Jeremy Butler, WR Breshad Perriman, CB Tray Walker, OL De'Ondre Wesley, DT Kapron Lewis-Moore, S Terrence Brooks.

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NEW YORK GIANTS AT NEW ORLEANS

Giants: CB Prince Amukamara, LB Jon Beason, LB J.T. Thomas, DE Owa Odighizuwa, T Bobby Hart, WR Victor Cruz, DT Louis Nix III.

Saints: QB Garrett Grayson, LB David Hawthorne, DE Obum Gwacham, LB Dannell Ellerbe, DT Kaleb Eulls, T Andrus Peat, DE Tavaris Barnes

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SAN FRANCISCO AT ST. LOUIS

49ers: WR DeAndrew White, RB Carlos Hyde, G Brandon Thomas, OL Ian Silberman, NT Mike Purcell, WR Anquan Boldin, TE Blake Bell.

Rams: QB Sean Mannion, S Christian Bryant, RB Trey Watts, TE Justice Cunningham, G Cody Wichmann, DE Chris Long, DT Doug Worthington.

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TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON

Titans: QB Marcus Mariota, CB Perrish Cox, RB Terrance West, G Quinton Spain, WR Harry Douglas, DE Ropati Pitoitua, DT Mike Martin.

Texans: WR Cecil Shorts, CB Kareem Jackson, S Rahim Moore, LB Kourtnei Brown, LB Akeem Dent, LB Bernardrick McKinney, C Greg Mancz

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference threw some penalty flags of its own Sunday, suspending the officiating crew that worked the Miami-Duke game for two league contests after finding they committed "a series of errors" that allowed the Hurricanes to score a wild last-play touchdown and pull out a win.

The ACC said the crew committed four errors on that play, the most grievous being not seeing Miami running back Mark Walton's knee was down as he threw one of the eight laterals the Hurricanes used on their desperate kickoff return. If that was noticed, Duke would have prevailed because no time was left on the clock.

Per league rule, the outcome — Miami 30, Duke 27 — cannot be overturned.

"At the end of the day, we got the win," Miami's Corn Elder, who took the final lateral 91 yards for the winning score, said Sunday after the Hurricanes returned from Duke. "So no matter what they say, we won. That's all that matters."

That surely wasn't Duke's opinion, nor was it that of the ACC.

"Unfortunately, there is no mechanism that I know of in place to reverse an outcome of a game," Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. "I do believe that there should be. ... What instant replay is in place for is to get it right. And we did not get it right."

The on-field crew members — referee Jerry Magallanes, umpire Terrence Ramsay, linesman Mike Owens, line judge Jim Slayton, back judge Robert Luklan, field judge Bill Dolbow, side judge Michael McCarthy and center judge Tracy Lynch — got two-game bans, as did the game's replay official and communicator.

In addition to not seeing that Walton was down, the ACC said the crew also missed a block in the back, erred in how they waved off an erroneous penalty call and should have penalized Miami's Rashawn Scott for running from the sideline onto the field in celebration before the play was over. None of those three events would have ended the game, but had Walton been ruled down correctly, all that would have been moot.

"I knew I was going down, so I was just trying to throw the ball back," Walton said. "The referee made a good call."

The ACC disagreed.

"The last play of the game was not handled appropriately," ACC Commissioner John Swofford said.

Plenty of other plays left both sides seething, including three pass-interference calls against the Hurricanes on the final drive and Miami insisting that the Blue Devils' touchdown run to end that possession — giving Duke a 27-24 lead with 6 seconds left — should have been negated.

Officials ruled Duke's Thomas Sirk carried the ball into the end zone; video replays were far from conclusive and Miami believed Juwon Young kept him from the goal line.

"They didn't get in," Miami interim coach Larry Scott said.

Miami was flagged 23 times — not only a school and ACC record, but the second-most in major college football history — compared to only five penalties against Duke. The 18-penalty disparity had been seen at the FBS level only one other time in the last 20 years. No team in the country has been penalized more this season than Miami, and the Hurricanes found the late pass-interference calls particularly troubling since one negated what would have been a game-sealing interception.

Still, Duke felt the Hurricanes got away with one.

"I certainly get what coach Scott's saying," Cutcliffe said. "I think they could have called more, to be honest with you. And that's just as honest as I can be."

The Hurricanes play host to Virginia on Saturday while Duke visits North Carolina. Duke (6-2, 3-1) still controls its destiny in the ACC's Coastal Division race, and Miami (5-3, 2-2) also remains in the division-crown mix.

The saga adds just another chapter to a most challenging few days for the Hurricanes.

Al Golden was fired as head coach last Sunday, a day after a 58-0 loss to Clemson that was the worst defeat in Miami history. Star quarterback Brad Kaaya didn't make the Duke trip, left home with a concussion. Cornerback Artie Burns' mother died unexpectedly Monday. Reserve defensive tackle Michael Wyche was arrested Wednesday, accused of committing battery against his girlfriend.

And Kaaya's backup, Malik Rosier, threw for 272 yards Saturday — then stayed behind for evaluation of an undisclosed medical problem before returning to Coral Gables later Sunday. Scott said Rosier was doing well, and that the team was hoping for more information on Kaaya's progress Monday.

"It's been a crazy week," said Elder, who was flagged twice for pass interference on Duke's final drive. "It started off rough but it feels good to be able to win, and today, finally, be happy."

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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — As the adoring crowd lingered in the darkness at Martinsville Speedway, Jeff Gordon took a moment to soak it in.

In a 23-year career that is one long highlight reel, his victory Sunday overwhelmed the NASCAR great. He had just earned a spot in the championship race, a chance to race for an elusive fifth title. It was, in his mind, "one of my finest moments I've ever had."

So Gordon, who at 44 years old celebrated his ninth Martinsville win by jumping along the track like a little boy on Christmas morning, climbed into the grandstands to share the emotion of the victory with the fans.

"I don't know what it feels like to be a rock star, but that's as close as it can get," Gordon said. "That's a rock star moment right there."

He has Matt Kenseth to thank for this storybook ending to his career.

Kenseth intentionally wrecked Joey Logano — payback from an incident three races ago — to take the race leader out with 47 laps remaining. Logano had the dominant car, and Kenseth, who was in an earlier wreck with Brad Keselowski, came back on the track 10 laps down and drove Logano into the wall.

Logano had led 207 of the 500 laps and was furious. His father, Tom, had to be pushed into the team hauler by the crew chief as the crowd cheered wildly in support of Kenseth.

Although NASCAR chairman Brian France has championed on-track incidents, Kenseth could be sanctioned because he was not racing for the win.

"I think what was disappointing ... a driver that's not competing for a win, in fact, was many laps down when that happened, in our minds, that's a little bit different than two drivers really going after it coming out of turn four for a win," said Steve O'Donnell, head of NASCAR's racing operations.

Denny Hamlin, who last week accused Kevin Harvick of deliberately causing an accident to preserve his spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field, said the level of aggression is out of hand. He's teammates with Kenseth, and both were eliminated from title contention last week.

"It's a no-holds-barred, Wild, Wild West," Hamlin said. "The structure in which we have around us is not very strong as far as an authority figure saying, 'No, you cannot do that anymore.'

"I love Brian France, but when he says that drivers are 'doing what they have to do,' it seems like he's promoting this type of racing. That's tough to crown a true champion when things go like this."

Kenseth downplayed the incident, deadpanning it was a result of an earlier incident with Keselowski, who had led 143 laps as the two Team Penske teammates were the class of the field. Instead of celebrating a win and a spot in the Nov. 22 finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Logano is last in the eight-driver field and Keselowski is sixth.

There are two races remaining for the rest of the final four to be set, and Logano has a lot of work to do to make it back to the championship finale for the second year.

He was racing for his fourth consecutive victory, but there was a looming suspicion that Kenseth would get in the way.

Kenseth had been leading in the closing laps three weeks ago at Kansas when Logano spun him out of the way for the win. Kenseth has been furious since.

Logano felt Kenseth's move was dirty.

"I think what happened at Kansas is a completely different deal. We were racing for the win and he blocks you a few times and then we raced hard and he blocked me the last time and we spun out," Logano said. "Here it was just a complete coward move, especially for a championship race car driver and race team. Just a complete coward. I don't have anything else to say. It's a chicken-you-know-what move to completely take out the leader when your race is over."

The two drivers have not talked since Kansas, and even though they were in the care center together after the accident, there was no conversation.

"They won't let me get to him," Logano said about NASCAR.

Kenseth tried hard to dismiss the incident Sunday as a byproduct of earlier contact with Keselowski — a wreck that sent both Kenseth and Keselowski to the garage. But he was summoned to the NASCAR hauler after the race for a meeting that his crew chief and car owner Joe Gibbs attended.

Kenseth eventually revealed why the wreck happened at Martinsville, the first of three races to set the championship field.

"He's got a couple races left, he's got the best car, he might get a couple of wins here and still have a shot at it," Kenseth said. He also indicated that payback had to be done.

"You never like to be in these situations. They really stink, to be honest with you, but sometimes you get put in these spots and you've got to try to keep respect in the garage area," Kenseth said.

Gordon understood Kenseth's frustration, and didn't mind that he knocked the two best cars from the race and cleared the path for him to get to a pivotal victory lane.

The four-time NASCAR champion won for the first time this season and first time in 39 races. It was his 93rd career victory, ninth at Martinsville, and put him in position to ride into retirement with the long coveted fifth title. His last title was in 2001.

"That was clutch. That was huge," he said. "Yeah, we had a few things that fell in our favor. But you've got to be there and be ready for that moment when it comes, and we were."

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A county clerk from Kentucky jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and secretly recorded videos that reignited the debate over abortion dominated national politics this summer.

But in Kentucky, home to Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and the most competitive governor's race in the country, Republican Matt Bevin and Democrat Jack Conway have scarcely mentioned those issues in TV ads and debates in the final weeks of the campaign. Instead, the focus has stayed on issues of everyday concern to voters, such as health care and education.

Kentucky is among several states in which voters will cast ballots Tuesday in off-year elections that will be watched for any signs of the nation's shifting political attitudes ahead of next year's presidential election. Other races garnering attention include rival school-funding initiatives in Mississippi, an attempt to restrict Airbnb operations in San Francisco and mayoral races in Salt Lake City, Houston and Philadelphia.

This year, three states are choosing their next governor. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, appears on track for re-election, while Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, is prohibited from running for a third term. A runoff in Louisiana between Democrat John Bel Edwards and Republican David Vitter is scheduled for Nov. 21.

Kentucky has drawn interest not only for having an open gubernatorial seat but for being one of only a few states in the country where political power is divided. Democrats control statewide offices and the state House, while Republicans dominate the state Senate and the congressional delegation. The governor's race has turned into a referendum on President Barack Obama's signature health care law, and the results could affect the health insurance of more than half a million people.

Beshear used an executive order to expand the state's Medicaid program to cover an additional 400,000 Kentucky residents and create a health exchange, where more than 100,000 people have purchased discounted health plans with the help of federal subsidies. In the race to replace him, Republican Matt Bevin, a Louisville businessman, has promised to scale back the expansion and eliminate the exchange, saying taxpayers can't afford it. Democrat Jack Conway, a two-term state attorney general, has called Bevin's plan "callous" and said he would keep both programs.

A third candidate, independent Drew Curtis, has said he would keep the Medicaid expansion as well.

Bevin and Curtis have said they would sign a bill legalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, while Conway has warned that such a law would inflame the problem of drug addiction in Kentucky, where prescription pain pills and heroin have led to an increase in overdose deaths. Conway also has focused on expanding the state's public preschool programs, but Bevin has balked at spending money on programs he says are ineffective.

Frankfort resident Bill May said he is opposed to gay marriage but does not think it's a political issue, adding he won't be voting for Conway because the Democrat is "too close to Obama." Lizz Taylor, who owns an independent bookstore in Frankfort, expressed relief that the marriage license controversy had dissipated.

"I'm glad that happened and that we're back to focusing on what's important for Kentucky," said Taylor, who supports Conway.

In Mississippi, Gov. Bryant has outraised and outspent Democratic challenger Robert Gray, a long-haul trucker and political newcomer, by a wide margin. Much of the attention has shifted to two statewide education initiatives.

Initiative 42, a citizen-sponsored constitutional amendment, would allow residents to sue the state to seek additional money for schools. Critics say it would take budget decisions away from Mississippi lawmakers and give the courts too much power. The Legislature has put forward its own ballot measure, Initiative 42-A, that would prohibit "judicial enforcement" of school funding.

In Washington state, a proposal backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen would add state penalties for anyone who imports certain animal products for commercial purposes, such as elephant ivory or rhino horns. It also would expand the number of animals prohibited for trade.

Colorado voters will decide what to do with $66 million in tax revenue generated from the sale of recreational marijuana. An existing state law requires excess tax revenue to be returned to taxpayers. A statewide initiative on Tuesday's ballot asks voters to make an exception with the marijuana revenue and direct it instead toward public education and drug-prevention programs.

Voters in San Francisco will decide a citizen-backed initiative to restrict the operations of Airbnb, the room-rental site, and a $310 million bond package for affordable housing. Also on the ballot is San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who was in the middle of a national firestorm last summer after his jail released a Mexican national who was in the country illegally despite a federal immigration request to detain him. The man is charged with killing a young woman after he was released.

While few states are holding legislative elections, two former Michigan lawmakers are running for their old seats in Tuesday's special primary. They are running just months after revelations that they had an extramarital affair forced their removal from office. And in the swing state of Virginia, Democrats are trying to reverse the GOP's narrow majority in the Senate. Gov. Terry McAuliffe is a Democrat, but the House is controlled by the GOP by a wide margin.

Houston, Philadelphia and Salt Lake City are among the handful of larger cities choosing mayors. The Salt Lake City race features two-term incumbent Ralph Becker, one of Obama's appointees on a climate change task force, and former state lawmaker Jackie Biskupski. If Biskupski wins, she will be the city's first openly gay mayor.

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Cassidy reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Janie Har in San Francisco; Rachel La Corte in Olympia, Washington; Emily Wagster Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi; Michelle L. Price in Salt Lake City; and Kristen Wyatt in Denver contributed to this report.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — One student was shot dead and another wounded after gunfire erupted Sunday near dormitories on the Winston-Salem State University campus.

Authorities were searching for a suspected gunman, but police and university spokesman Aaron Singleton would provide no identifying details. The historically black school urged visitors to the campus to stay away, but said student services were operating normally and that classes will be held on regular schedules Monday.

The slaying victim was 19-year-old Anthony White Jr., a second-year student from Charlotte, according to campus and Winston-Salem police.

A second student hit by gunfire received hospital treatment but was released early Sunday, city police said. His name and condition were being withheld.

White was studying information technology and though he was an accomplished football player at Belton-Honea Path High School in Honea Path, South Carolina, about 130 miles west of Charlotte, Martin said. He wanted to focus on his studies rather than try for a spot on the college team, his mother said.

"He went academically because he wanted to do sciences, and the football schedule wouldn't allow him" to do both, said Xavier Martin of Charlotte.

White worked during holiday and summer breaks from college with his uncle's landscaping business or doing handyman jobs, she said.

Martin said she didn't know whether her son's plans Saturday evening included festivities related to the school's homecoming weekend or a Halloween party.

"I don't know anything" about how he spent his final hours, she added.

Kiyah Graves, a 19-year-old sophomore, lived in the same dormitory as White and said she knew him. She described White as "real chill, laid back."

Brandy Pittman, a 20-year-old junior who was among several hundred students who attended a vigil beneath the school's clock tower Sunday night, said she had a civil rights class with White. She said he made his classmates step up their studies because of his own energy.

"We could tell by his spirit, just him coming to class that he wanted to do better," Pittman said. "He might not have had the best of things, and he might have been off on some days, but there were days that Anthony would come into class and he would be on top of things and he would make an impact on the other students."

She said White had an uplifting spirit that brightened the day for his classmates.

"If you were having a bad day and you were to come into class and he would just speak to you, you would just light up," she said. "Something about him, you would just light up inside."

The shooting was reported around 1:20 a.m. Sunday at a parking lot near two dormitories. The campus was locked down for more than three hours before the warnings against venturing outdoors were lifted at 4:50 a.m.

Winston-Salem State was founded in 1892 and touts itself as being one of the first historically black colleges to grant elementary education teaching degrees in 1925. The school, part of the public University of North Carolina system, is known for strengths in education and health sciences instruction.

It had been a festive atmosphere on campus on the weekend. There was an installation ceremony for Chancellor Elwood Robinson on Friday, followed by the homecoming football game Saturday.

Decorations marking the weekend's activities were still visible across the campus on the city's east side. Light poles had signs announcing homecoming and displaying the school's mascot logo attached to them, while balloons were attached to entrances to several buildings. A few students could be seen walking into the student center as skies were gray and a light rain fell.

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The much-anticipated new "Supergirl" series finally premiered on Monday, and it should have left "Superman" fans very pleased.

Why? The pilot episode showed great regard for the Man of Steel, with several references to him (but not by name) and his heroic history. He actually appears on the pilot, though we don't see his face.

Nevertheless, the episode went to great lengths to show viewers that Supergirl and her more famous cousin are from the same legacy, Krypton pods and all.

Here are 10 ways CBS's "Supergirl" is just like "Superman":

Warning: Mild spoilers ahead if you didn't watch the "Supergirl" pilot episode.

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Both Superman and Supergirl escape Krypton in pod-like spaceships. Though sent to protect her baby cousin, Supergirl's pod is caught in the Phantom Zone where time doesn't pass. When she finally arrives to Earth years later, her cousin has grown into the man known as Superman.

Supergirl aka Kara gets her own set of adoptive parents. The Danvers will end up raising the young Kryptonian. In a nod to Superman stories of yore, they're played by "Lois and Clark" star Dean Cain and Helen Slater, who played Supergirl in the 1984 film named for the character. They both also cameoed on The CW's "Smallville." It's a small world, at least in comic-book adaptations.

Clearly, the family known as the House of El has journalism in its blood. Kara follows in her cousin's footsteps and decides to work in news. Again, like her cousin, she works for a taskmaster: media mogul Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart).

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks are back to .500.

And the Dallas Cowboys are running out of time to find a way to win without Tony Romo.

Russell Wilson had a scoring pass for the game's only touchdown and directed a late drive to the winning field goal, leading the Seahawks over the Cowboys 13-12 Sunday.

The defending NFC champions (4-4) are back to .500 after an 0-2 start. The Cowboys (2-5) lost their fifth straight without Romo in Dez Bryant's return from a five-game absence with a broken right foot.

The Seahawks started the decisive drive at their 15, with Wilson converting three third downs capped by a scramble that helped run the clock before Steven Hauschka's 24-yard field goal with 1:06 remaining.

Seattle receiver Ricardo Lockette had an injury scare and came away with a concussion and was moving his extremities after a vicious block by Jeff Heath on a punt return. Lockette was carted off the field after a lengthy delay.

The Dallas offense, held without a touchdown for the second time in five games without Romo, didn't take advantage of two good chances in the fourth quarter.

First, the Cowboys settled for a field goal after defensive end Greg Hardy tipped a pass from Wilson and intercepted it — the first takeaway in five games for Dallas. The only thing that kept him from scoring was Wilson's arm tackle around the ankles the Seattle 16. Three plays later, Dallas got Dan Bailey's fourth field goal and a 12-10 lead.

After David Irving blocked Hauschka's potential go-ahead field goal, the Cowboys couldn't get a first down on three runs by Darren McFadden, who had 64 yards on 20 carries.

Wilson, who was 19 of 30 for 210 yards, started the winning drive by finding Jimmy Graham, who had game highs of seven catches for 75 yards, on third down. Later facing third-and-7, Wilson beat Barry Church to the corner and dived for the first down to allow Seattle to run more clock.

With just over a minute to work with, the Dallas offense fizzled again. Cassel was sacked by Bruce Irvin on third down and went down again on what appeared to be the final play of the game. Instead, because of a false start, Dallas got one more shot on fourth-and-16 with 12 seconds remaining. Cassel's heave along the sideline was broken up.

Cassel was 13 of 25 for 97 yards in his second start in place of Romo, who will miss at least two more games with a broken left collarbone. Brandon Weeden lost the first three starts.

Bryant had two catches for 12 yards in his first game since the opener. Mostly shadowed by Richard Sherman, he didn't have his first catch until the third quarter, and Sherman promptly dropped him for a 3-yard loss. He had a 15-yarder a short time later.

Lockette's injury was a scary and tense moment for both teams, with some Seattle players appearing upset at Heath.

Lockette was running downfield and appeared to be engaged with another player before he turned and ran into the block by Heath. Lockette immediately slumped to the ground on his side and appeared to be unconscious when trainers and medical officials quickly attended to him.

After Lockette was put on a stretcher and loaded onto a motorized cart several minutes later, the receiver's facemask had been removed from his helmet. He could be seen talking while moving both hands. He pointed his right hand toward his Seattle teammates on the sideline, and then thrust his index finger high into the air.

Heath was penalized for a blind-side hit, though replays showed the contact was with the players facing each other and to the upper body.

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Warning: There are potential spoilers ahead for the future of the DC movie universe.

Fans may be extremely excited for next year's "Batman v Superman," but there's one Batman story fans would probably love to see on the big screen and it looks like we may just get it. 

According to JoBlo.com, we could see the Joker and a version of Robin in the next solo Batman film. 

For Batfans, that should sound off some immediate bells.

Last chance before spoilers. 

Over the years, Batman has had numerous sidekicks fill in for the role of Robin.

In the iconic 1988 "Batman: A Death in the Family," the Joker is notoriously responsible for the death of the Dark Knight's second Robin, Jason Todd. It's a death which plagues the Caped Crusader for years afterward. 

However, the story doesn't end there.

Year's later, Todd is resurrected and becomes the antihero Red Hood. This time around, Todd doesn't play by Batman's rules and isn't afraid to use gunfire to bring down criminals. Unsurprisingly, he also has a bit of a grudge against Bats and goes after the Dark Knight for never avenging his death.

According to the site, Warner Bros. is looking to adapt the "Death in the Family" series along with the "Red Hood" comics. 

JoBlo suggests that Red Hood would be DC's version of Marvel's Winter Soldier a sidekick who has gone to the dark side and needs a shot at redemption. 

If the story sounds familiar, it's been adapted before. 

In 2010, Warner Bros. released a direct-to-video animated picture titled "Batman: Under the Red Hood" which delivered a gritty look at the "Death in the Family" storyline.

The recent "Batman: Arkham Knight" game dealt directly with Jason Todd/Red Hood as well.

JoBlo reports we may also see cameos from Red Hood in "Batman v Superman" or "Suicide Squad."

If you rewatch the latest "Batman v Superman" trailer, that certainly helps the following shots make more sense. 

"Batman v Superman" will be in theaters March 25, 2016.

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Sydney (AFP) - Australia has removed knights and dames from the national honours system, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed Monday, saying the titles were "not appropriate" in the modern age.

Knights and dames were unexpectedly revived last year by then prime minister, and staunch monarchist, Tony Abbott -- prompting accusations he was in a "time warp" and out of touch with voters.

Turnbull, an outspoken republican, had been widely expected to dump the titles ever since he replaced Abbott in a conservative Liberal Party room coup in September. 

"The cabinet recently considered the Order of Australia... and agreed that knights and dames are not appropriate in our modern honours system," Turnbull said in a statement.

The prime minister said Britain's Queen Elizabeth had agreed to the government's recommendation to remove knights and dames from the Order of Australia, which recognises achievement and service.

"This change will not affect existing knights and dames," he added.

Abbott's reintroduction of knights and dames in 2014 was questioned, but it was his subsequent decision to knight Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip which was met with ridicule and disbelief.

"I just think giving our top award to a British royal is anachronistic," Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten said at the time.

"To be honest it's a bit of a time warp. I wasn't quite sure it was serious until I realised it was."

Republicans, who favour cutting Australia's ties to the British monarchy, had already accused Abbott of turning the clock back to a colonial mindset.

The mis-step over Prince Philip's knighthood was seen as one of the catalysts for a leadership challenge against Abbott in February, adding to flagging opinion polls and an unpopular budget. He survived but was removed by Turnbull's challenge seven months later.

He has since admitted the decision was a mistake, describing it as "an injudicious appointment, obviously".

Knights and dames were introduced into Australia's system of honours in 1976 by then-prime minister Malcolm Fraser, but abolished a decade later by Bob Hawke. Previously, Australians had been honoured through British imperial awards.

Australia has long wrestled with the idea of cutting ties to the British monarchy, but a 1999 referendum on the issue kept the traditional model under which Britain's Elizabeth II is head of state.

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China has announced that it would finally end its one-child policy.

Initially implemented 35 years ago, this policy was intended to contain the country's perceived overpopulation problem.

But is has also had disturbing effects in the form of skewed demographics.

It's well known that China's population is aging rapidly, causing the workforce to shrink. And without siblings, children are under tremendous financial pressure, as they have to care for their own aging parents.

But those aren't even the most frightening trends.

"Perhaps the more alarming concern for population sustainability is the large imbalance between baby girls and boys," wrote Nomura analysts in a 2011 note. Here's more:

"Women are bearing only 0.71 girls over their lifetime, well below the replacement figure of just over unity. In 2010, there were 51m more men than woman in the country. The sex ratio among newborns is 120 boys for every 100 girls, the highest in the world (Figure 39). At this rate, there will not be enough brides for as many as one-fifth of today's baby boys when they get to marrying age, heightening the risk of social tensions."

"Social tensions" is putting it gently. Rape and assault are among the horrific acts that occur when men are unable to find girlfriends or wives.

Reform couldn't come soon enough.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including an outsized role on "Law & Order," died Sunday, his family said. He was 73.

At 6-foot-6 with a booming voice, Thompson appeared in at least 20 motion pictures. His credits include "In the Line of Fire," ''The Hunt for Red October," ''Die Hard II" and "Cape Fear." By the early '90s, Thompson said he had become bored with his 10-year stint in Hollywood and wanted to enter public service. That's when he headed back to Nashville and launched his Senate campaign.

A man of varied roles on and off the screen, he was a lawyer by training and once served as a committee counsel during the Senate Watergate hearings.

The family statement said Thompson died in Nashville following a recurrence of lymphoma.

"It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing of our brother, father and grandfather who died peacefully in Nashville," it said. "Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, the movie studio, or the town square of ... his home."

Thompson alternated between politics and acting much of his adult life. Once regarded as a rising star in the Senate, he retired from that seat when his term expired in January 2003. "I simply do not have the heart for another six-year term," Thompson said in a statement then. "Serving in the Senate has been a tremendous honor, but I feel that I have other priorities that I need to attend to."

After his Senate service, Thompson returned to show business and — billed as Fred Dalton Thompson — joined the cast of the veteran NBC drama series "Law & Order." In the supporting role of District Attorney Arthur Branch, Thompson was seen weekly alongside stars including Sam Waterston and Alana de la Garza, as well as occasionally on spinoffs "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."

Yet again he returned to politics in 2007 by announcing he would seek the Republican presidential nomination. But he dropped out in January 2008 after faring poorly in early caucuses and primaries. "I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort," Thompson said afterward.

After leaving the race, he briefly sought support to become chairman of the Republican National Committee but gave up that quest after a few months.

Thompson took stock of his life after the January 2002 death of his daughter, Elizabeth Thompson Panici, 38, following an accidental prescription drug overdose.

Thompson's rise to the Senate was atypical. He had never before held public office, but he overwhelmingly won a 1994 special election for Al Gore's old Senate seat after connecting with voters. In 1996 he easily won a six-year term.

Thompson's key prop was a red pickup truck that he used to crisscross the state throughout the campaign. In the end, Thompson captured 60 percent of the vote against then-Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper.

"He's got a little pizazz, he's got a sense of purpose and he's got an independent streak," Lamar Alexander said shortly after winning election to succeed Thompson in the Senate.

Alexander, the Republican senator, said Sunday of Thompson: "Very few people can light up the room the way Fred Thompson did. He used his magic as a lawyer, actor, Watergate counsel, and United States senator to become one of our country's most principled and effective public servants."

The son of a car salesman, Thompson was born in Sheffield, Ala., and grew up in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., where he was a star athlete. He was 17 when he married Sarah Lindsey. The couple, who divorced in 1985, lived in public housing for a year as newlyweds.

Thompson graduated in 1964 from Memphis State University — now the University of Memphis — and earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967. To pay for school, he worked at a bicycle plant, post office and motel.

Thompson went on to become a lawyer in Nashville. In 1969, he became an assistant U.S. attorney, then volunteered in 1972 to work on the re-election campaign of former Republican Sen. Howard Baker. A year later, Baker selected Thompson to be chief minority counsel on the committee investigating the Watergate scandal.

Afterward, Thompson returned to Tennessee and represented Marie Ragghianti, the head of the Tennessee Parole Board who was fired in 1977 after exposing a pardon-selling scheme.

Ragghianti won reinstatement and her case was made into a 1985 movie titled "Marie," based on the 1983 book "Marie: A True Story," by Peter Maas. The producers asked Thompson to play himself, and the role launched his acting career.

Thompson once called the Senate a "remarkable place" but, like Hollywood, said there was "frustration connected with it."

He said he was disappointed the Governmental Affairs Committee didn't get more time in 1997 to investigate the fund-raising practices of the 1996 presidential election.

Some thought his high-profile role as chairman of the hearings could launch a presidential bid. That did not materialize in 2000 after the hearings were dismissed as political theater.

"They ran me for a while and then they took me out of the race, and all the time I was kind of a bystander," Thompson said in 2002 about speculation over his presidential prospects two years earlier.

Nevertheless, he won praise from some for his commitment to better government.

"He has a real dedication to a lot of the nuts and bolts government reform issues that others just don't care about," Norm Ornstein, a political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, said then.

Just before leaving the Senate, Thompson said too much time was spent on meaningless matters and partisan bickering. "On important stuff, where the interests are really dug in on both sides, it's extremely difficult to get anything done," Thompson had told AP at the time.

In 2007, he portrayed Ulysses S. Grant in the TV movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."

In June 2002, Thompson married Jeri Kehn, a political and media specialist.

After retiring from politics, Thompson hosted a conservative radio talk show between 2009 and 2011 and became a TV advertising pitchman for a reverse mortgage financial company.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the World Series, where the Kansas City Royals lead the New York Mets three games to one and try Sunday night to win their first title since 1985 (all times EST):

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8:40 p.m.

Curtis Granderson led off the bottom of the first with a 410-foot drive to right-center off Edinson Volquez on an 0-2 pitch. Volquez settled after Granderson hit that 87 mph offering for his third homer of the World Series. Volquez struck out David Wright and Daniel Muprhy before getting Yoenis Cespedes to ground out. Mets 1, Royals 0.

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8:30 p.m.

New York's Matt Harvey looked sharper in the first inning than he did in Game 1, when Alcides Escobar hit an inside-the-park home run on his first pitch.

Harvey threw 10 of 13 pitches for strikes, allowing one hit on a soft single to left by Lorenzo Cain. After Cain stole second, Harvey escaped troubled by striking out Eric Hosmer with a 97 mph fastball, his fastest pitch of the inning — and faster than any he threw in the opener.

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8:14 p.m.

The Mets' Matt Harvey is set to throw the first pitch of Game 5 of the World Series. Does he have a plan similar to teammate Noah Syndergaard, who zinged his first offering over the head of the Royals' Alcides Escobard to open Game 3?

Edinson Volquez will try to lead the Royals to their first World Series title in 30 years. He's starting after attending his father's funeral in the Dominican Republic earlier in the week. Volquez's dad died hours before Edinson gave up three runs in six innings of Game 1 on Tuesday night.

"Just tells you the type of teammate he is, the type of competitor he is," Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said. "We certainly did not expect him to come back and be ready to pitch in a World Series game."

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8:05 p.m.

Both managers have been effusive in praising their influential baseball mentors.

For Ned Yost of the Royals, it's Hall of Famer and former Atlanta skipper Bobby Cox.

For Terry Collins of the Mets, it's longtime big league bench boss Jim Leyland.

"The best experience I had was being the bullpen coach and third base coach for Bobby Cox for 12 years. That's where the majority of the lessons that I've learned came from," Yost said Sunday. "I'm still very close to Bobby. I talk to Bobby all the time. He's definitely helped me through this process."

Leyland hired Collins as bullpen coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1992 and has enjoyed watching this Mets run to the World Series.

"I'm really happy for Terry. I'm thrilled," Leyland said before Game 4. "He's ridden the wave, the crest of the wave and the bottom of the wave and all that. He's done it all and he's just stayed steady and I think it's been very important to his players. Like a lot of people say, well, do you think he's changed? And I said, 'No, I think he's adjusted.'

"He's really handled it like a true professional," Leyland said. "Very proud of him."

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8:00 p.m.

On the field during batting practice Saturday, former major league skipper Jim Leyland talked about everything that comes with managing in the World Series, recalling the championship he won in Game 7 with the 1997 Florida Marlins.

"I think the biggest thing is that you have to remember, it's a happening and it's a party for everybody else, but you're working. You know what I mean? I mean, I can remember the seventh game in 1997 when we won, I had 16 people, my wife's brother and sister in my house, were staying with us. I left for the ballpark for an 8:30 game at 7:15 in the morning because I couldn't take it," Leyland said.

"They were having a great time, partying, jumping in the pool, you know, they're getting sun. I mean, they were having a great time — which they should have been," Leyland added. "But for me, I'm working. You know? So I went to the ballpark at 7:15 and went back to sleep. I had to get away from it."

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7:49 p.m.

Mets manager Terry Collins doesn't regret his bullpen decisions in Game 4.

He left starter Steven Matz in to pitch the sixth inning, and the rookie gave up a run that cut Kansas City's gap to 3-2. Then Collins decided not to bring in closer Jeurys Familia for a six-out save, and setup man Tyler Cippard walked a pair of batters in the eighth, when Kansas City scored three runs in its 5-3 win.

"After it didn't work, it's easy: 'Well, you should have used Familia,'" Collins said. "Well, I used Familia in Los Angeles and I got crucified because I used him for a six-out save. And last night I got crucified because I didn't use him for six outs. That's the nature of the game. I'm not offended by that. That's opinions. But we went with what worked for us, and it didn't work last night."

Before the Mets completed their League Championship Series sweep of the Chicago Cubs, Collins said he's not immune from second-guessing, even at home.

"You make the best-educated guess you can make," he said. "If it doesn't work, as I've said many times, my wife on the way home tells me it was a dumb move, and she hasn't been in baseball until five years ago."

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4:48 p.m.

The Mets honored Team USA's 18-under championship club before Game 4 Saturday night, a team coached by the dad of New York minor leaguer Gavin Cecchini and former major league infield Davis Eckstein.

"It's great that they're honoring the boys today, but it's another bonus to get to see the Mets, where my son plays, getting a chance to compete to win a World Series," Glenn Cecchini said. "He didn't have to tell me to root for the Mets, but I am. Whatever team my sons are playing on, that's the team I'm rooting for."

Gavin Cecchini batted .317 with Double-A Binghamton, with seven homers and 41 RBIs. His older brother, Garin, is a prospect in the Red Sox organization.

Team USA went 8-1 in tournament play, giving the United States three consecutive 18U world championships. Many on the 20-man roster are expected to be selected in the 2016 MLB draft.

While the team was on the field, Mets stars David Wright and Matt Harvey took some time out of their pregame routine to meet with the players.

"Matt Harvey just came over, David Wright came over, so the kids are starstruck," Eckstein said. "This is what they want to be, this is who they want to become, they want to be a big leaguer and have the opportunity to play for a world championship."

-- By AP freelancer Charles O'Brien

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4:25 p.m.

Kansas City's Salvador Perez has set a major league record for most innings caught over a two-year span since 1914, according to STATS.

Perez's total innings behind the plate during the regular season and postseason has climbed to 2,713 through Game 4 of the World Series. The highest previous total had been the 2,704 for the Chicago Cubs' Randy Hundley in 1967-68.

In addition, Perez has caught 38 spring training innings over the past two years plus 36 innings during the major league All-Stars 2014 postseason tour of Japan.

"He's a horse," Mets manager Terry Collins said Sunday. "Put up the offensive numbers, when you're catching 150 a year, that's impressive. I mean, I know he's a big, strong guy, but that big body gets beat up. He's had some foul tips already in the first part of this Series that you wonder if he's coming back out and yet he does. He's a horse."

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Japan met Monday for their first formal one-on-one talks in 3 ½ years, a day after they held a three-way summit with China's premier and agreed to strengthen ties that have frayed over history and territorial disputes.

Ties between Japan and its two Asian neighbors — key trading partners — have deteriorated after the hawkish Abe took office in late 2012. Seoul and Beijing see Abe as whitewashing Japan's atrocities during and leading up to World War II.

Although no major agreement was announced after Sunday's meeting in Seoul, it can be still considered as a step forward after the gap in such meetings, which used to be an annual affair. A joint statement said the three leaders agreed to try to resolve history-related issues by "facing history squarely and advancing toward the future" and boost exchanges and cooperation on economic, cultural and other sectors.

Since taking office in early 2013, South Korean President Park Geun-hye had never had bilateral talks with Abe until Monday's meeting at her presidential Blue House in Seoul, though U.S. President Barack Obama brought them together in a three-way meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, last November.

The last two-way summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea happened in May 2012, when Park's predecessor, Lee Myung-bak, met with then-Prime Minister Yoshihiro Noda.

On Monday, Park and Abe were scheduled to hold initial talks for about 30 minutes and then go into expanded talks involving their top aides and senior officials, according to Park's office.

On the agenda is the issue of Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves for Japan's Imperial Army troops.

In the face of repeated protests by Beijing and Seoul, Abe was forced to abandon his earlier plans to revise Japan's 1995 apology over its wartime aggression and an earlier apology to so-called "comfort women." Japan has apologized many times before, but many South Koreans see the statements as insufficient.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man who fatally shot three people during a rampage through the streets of Colorado Springs was a recovering alcoholic who posted an online video two days earlier expressing displeasure with his father for allegedly falling under the sway of a particular preacher — but gave no indication of the violence to come.

Authorities on Monday identified the gunman as 33-year-old Noah Jacob Harpham, who lived just steps from where his first victim was slain on Saturday.

Witnesses said Harpham had a rifle in one hand and a revolver in the other when he first killed a bicyclist. He then calmly walked less than a mile and fatally shot two women on the porch of a sobriety house. Harpham was then killed in a gunbattle with police.

A motive for the downtown shootings in broad daylight was unknown, and Harpham left few clues in blog posts and on social media.

His mother, Heather Kopp, a freelance writer living in New York, described his longtime struggle with addiction in "Sober mercies: How love caught up with a Christian Drunk," a book also about her own battle with alcoholism.

Authorities have not said whether there was any link between his substance abuse problems and the fact that two of his victims were women who themselves were in addiction recovery.

Colorado Springs police released no new details about the shooting but identified the victims late Monday as Andrew Alan Myers, 35; Jennifer Michelle Vasquez, 42; and Christina Rose Baccus-Gallela, 34. The El Paso County sheriff's office said four officers fired at Harpham but that they were not wearing body cameras, and their squad cars were not equipped with dashboard cameras.

A fuller picture of Harpham emerged in details from his mother's book, in which she described him as "introverted and moody" and turned to drugs and alcohol around the time he gave up on college. Kopp said Harpham, who was living in Eugene, Oregon at the time, "struggled just to live and keep a job." His family was so worried about him that they staged a "mini intervention," but their efforts failed.

He completed a three-month program in California, but drank on his first night out, Kopp said.

"Noah loved and hated all of us in equal measure," she wrote. "In Noah's mind, he was the loser child, the burnt piece of toast in the bunch."

During a visit to his family's Colorado Springs home years ago, he drank too much, became angry and "exploded," Kopp said. His mood had become "so toxic it was scary."

His mother and stepfather urged Harpham to move in with them. In Colorado Springs, she said, he found work as an insurance agent and met with an Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor regularly.

His mother wrote that he seemed to improve under their roof and eventually moved into his own place. She said he began helping other addicts.

In a YouTube video posted Thursday, Harpham questioned what he called his father's involvement with the Rev. Bill Johnson and the Bethel Church in Redding, California. The church is part of a stream of Pentecostalism that heavily emphasizes signs of God's miracles and revelations in modern-day life, along with supernatural healing. Johnson and his church have come under criticism from conservative Christians who say Johnson promotes teachings far beyond the boundaries of mainstream Christianity.

Efforts to reach Harpham's father, Thomas, and officials with the Bethel Church by telephone on Monday weren't immediately successful.

Kopp and other relatives did not return messages seeking comment. Benjamin Broadbent, lead minister of the First Congregational Church of Colorado Springs, released a statement he said was provided by Harpham's family, saying they were shocked and saddened and requesting privacy.

Harpham first shot Vasquez, who was sitting outside the house, causing Galella to open the front door to see what was going on, said Galella's uncle, Chris Bowman.

The white picket fence in front of the house was riddled with bullet holes on Monday.

Neighbor Teresa Willingham said the third victim, Myers, was a bicyclist who begged for his life as the gunman continued to fire.

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Associated Press writer P. Solomon Banda in Colorado Springs and researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The push to put California among the states where marijuana can be sold to and legally used by adults for recreation took a major step forward on Monday as ballot language backed by Napster co-founder Sean Parker, other wealthy entrepreneurs who support pot legalization and leading advocacy groups was filed with the state.

The proposed legalization initiative is one of more than a dozen that has been submitted in California for the November 2016 election. Because of the deep pockets, political connections and professional credibility of its supporters, however, observers think the so-called Adult Use of Marijuana Act is the vehicle with the greatest chance of success.

"We believe this effort has the support and resources to mount a successful campaign for responsible adult-use," California Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director Nate Bradley, whose organization is endorsing the measure, said. "This is the one to watch. This is the one."

The measure would allow adults 21 and over to buy an ounce of marijuana and marijuana-infused products at licensed retail outlets and also to grow up to six pot plants for personal recreational use. Both the new recreational market and the state's existing medical marijuana industry would be regulated through the California Department of Consumer Affairs and authorize the state to impose the same 15 percent excise tax on both medical and recreational marijuana.

Four people who worked on the initiative independently told The Associated Press that the drafting process and early work to enlist sponsors and build a campaign team was spearheaded by Parker, the billionaire technology investor who upended the music business as a teenager by co-founding the file sharing site Napster and served as Facebook's first president.

Those people requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss Parker's involvement or to name the other wealthy entrepreneurs expected to fund the effort until an official campaign committee starts raising money and becomes subject to state disclosure laws.

But Parker himself issued a statement on Monday afternoon expressing optimism about the initiative without acknowledging his role in getting it drafted.

"I've been following this issue with great interest for some time. It's very encouraging to see a vibrant community of activists, many of whom have dedicated their lives to this issue, coming together around a sensible reform based measure," he said.

Other potential donors who have expressed interest in bankrolling the work to qualify the measure for the ballot and to mount a multi-million dollar election campaign include a political action committee founded by the family of the late Progressive Insurance executive Peter Lewis; some members of the Chicago family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain; and Justin Hartfield, chief executive of online marijuana directory WeedMaps, the sources said.

Lewis, who died almost two years ago, gave $218,505 in 2010 to support what became an unsuccessful attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in California. Parker gave $100,000.

The Parker-backed initiative also has lined up support from the Drug Policy Alliance and the Marijuana Policy Project, two leading marijuana reform advocacy groups that led the earlier campaigns to pass pot legalization measures in Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska.

"This is the most incredibly broad coalition that could have been brought together, everything from the drug policy reform movement to the environmental movement to the industry actors to the medical field, as well as the lineup of all of the most likely funders for something like this," said Lynne Lyman, California director for the Drug Policy Alliance.

The fledgling campaign recruited Dr. Donald Lyman, the former head of state health department division responsible for discouraging tobacco use, and former California Fish and Game Commission President Michael Sutton as the measure's official proponents — the individuals whose names will appear in voter guides as the sponsors.

While it has attracted the most support so far and stands poised to amass the most funding, the new measure may not be the only one seeking to legalize recreational pot use California voters may face next year.

The Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform, a group that spent months soliciting ideas for what a California measure should look like at meetings throughout the state, submitted its own initiative on Oct. 2 with the backing of the president of the California NAACP.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A gunman shot and killed three people in broad daylight on the streets of Colorado Springs this weekend before dying in a shootout with police.

One of the victims was a bicyclist who begged for his life, and the other two were killed outside an addiction recovery house. One of them was turning her life around, studying cosmetology, and the other had plans with friends that Saturday.

Here is a look at the victims:

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CHRISTY GALELLA

Her relatives say the 33-year-old was a dynamic, caring person who was turning her life around after becoming addicted to painkillers. Galella's addiction started after she had gastric bypass surgery in 2012 and dropped from 430 pounds to 160 pounds after surgery, sister Megan Williams said.

Galella was studying cosmetology and working as a telemarketer during her recovery, her sister said.

Aunt Joyce Ann Bowman said Galella was a redhead with a "beautiful, lively on-fire spirit about her" who deeply cared for others, although her moods could change dramatically.

"If she was down about something, she was down, if she was up about something, she'd be really up. That was Christy, and we all grew to know her and love her for who she was," Bowman said.

The family says police told them that the gunman first shot another woman outside the house, leading Galella to open the front door to see what was going on, her uncle Chris Bowman said.

"As soon as she opened the door, he put a bullet in her face," Bowman said, pausing. "Killed her instantly."

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JENNIFER VASQUEZ

Marcie Maes, who was married to Jennifer Vasquez's cousin, described her as a great mother to two daughters.

Vasquez, 42, "was a very sweet girl. She was always fun to be around," Maes told The Associated Press.

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ANDREW ALAN MYERS

The shooter first killed Andrew Alan Myers, 35. Myers was shot as he rode his bicycle down a block not far from the gunman's home, and neighbor Teresa Willingham said he begged for his life.

"His last words were 'Please God, no,'" she said. After he was shot, Willingham said she saw Myers lying face down in the street, his mangled legs still intertwined in his bike.

"He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time," she said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gregg Popovich's plan to give some rest to one of his veterans hit a snag.

Chalk it to Manu Ginobili's persuasion. Or blame the "bunch of cowards" Popovich has for assistant coaches.

Either way, Ginobili was set to play for the San Antonio Spurs on Monday at New York on the second half of a back-to-back.

Popovich wasn't watching the World Series on Sunday night, when Mets pitcher Matt Harvey talked manager Terry Collins into leaving him in the game. But Popovich faced a similar situation with the 38-year-old Ginobili following a victory in Boston on Sunday afternoon.

"I don't really want to play him much in back-to-backs this year, which is really nothing new," Popovich said. "So we talked about it. I thought we had come to a conclusion. Manu said we hadn't.

"So we played last night or yesterday afternoon, so I said, 'Tomorrow's a back-to-back, so you're not going to play.' He said, 'Pop, I have to play.'"

Popovich said his six assistant coaches had also agreed to his plan. He occasionally sits his veteran players out of games during busy portions of the schedule for rest purposes.

"So I said, 'You go talk to them. I'm tired of talking to you,'" Popovich told the Argentine star.

Ginobili did, during breakfast Monday. When the meeting was over, Ginobili was playing.

"So I've got a bunch of cowards for assistants," Popovich said. "Manu runs the program."

But Popovich added: "I am in charge of minutes, so he'll play like three minutes a half."

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