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WEEKLY SUDOKU

By Linda Thistle. Our most popular feature! Don’t miss the great

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FEAR KNOT

By Ron Johnson. Unscramble twelve letter chains. Some clues result

in multiple words, and its up to the fearless

puzzle solver to figure out which fits where.

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GO FIGURE

By Linda Thistle. A number puzzle that

will help you flex those mental muscles. Each

puzzle is rated for difficulty.

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MAGIC MAZE

The ever-popular word search puzzle covers every subject

under the sun.

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1. MONEY: What is the building depicted on the back of a $20 bill?

2. MEASUREMENTS: How many yards are in a fathom?

3. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the fear represented by pyrophobia?

4. TELEVISION: Who voiced the role of Charlie on the original “Char-lie’s Angels” TV series?

5. U.S. STATES: Which three state capitals have the least number of let-ters in their names?

6. LANGUAGE: What are gauchos?7. FIRSTS: Who was the first wom-

an to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross?

8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In superstitious beliefs, how many years of bad luck allegedly come from breaking a mirror?

9. MATH: What is a 20-sided shape called?

10. AWARDS: What is the award given each year to major-league base-ball’s most outstanding pitchers in the American and National Leagues?

Answers1. The White House2. Two (six feet)3. Fear of fire4. John Forsythe5. Salem, Oregon; Dover, Delaware;

Boise, Idaho (five letters)6. South American cowboys7. Amelia Earhart8. Seven9. An icosagon10. Cy Young award

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TRIVIA TEST

By Fifi Rodriguez. Are you a trivia champ — or chump? Test your wits against trivia queen

Fifi Rodriquez. Each week, Fifi fires off 10

questions from 10 categories.

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EDITORIAL CARTOONS

A selection of eight of the best editorial

cartoons produced by King Features “Best and Wittiest” series.

Work by Kevin Siers, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for

editorial cartooning, is included.

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Shooting at the Constitution

Before I’m finished with this com-mentary, I will have incensed nearly everyone. It’s about guns. So let the fury begin: If I had my way, pri-vate ownership would be eliminated — no pistols, no rifles, certainly no assault weapons, except in the hands of the military and law enforcement. End of story. Right now, the readers who adore their instruments of death are already seething and preparing their hateful comments and personal threats.

But let’s not leave out antagoniz-ing those who advocate controls on the nation’s private arsenal. Their heroes are the Democratic members who led a sit-in on the House of Rep-resentatives floor. It was all designed to hearken back to the public-accom-modation disruptions in the 1960s, when demonstrators were breaking the back of Jim Crow. This time, they are trying to achieve a victory against a modern-day tyrant, the National Rifle Association.

It’s hard to blame them. The NRA has used every political corruption and intimidation tactic imaginable to successfully crush even token efforts to regulate guns. But what our non-ragtag band of demonstrators some-how have managed to do is support a solution that is at least as noxious as the problem. What they are demand-ing is a “No Fly, No Buy” law. If someone is on the No Fly List or the Terror Watch List, he or she would be stopped from purchasing a gun. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Actually, it

doesn’t.Gun ownership has been deemed a

right in this country. That’s what the courts have decided based on what our founders suggested when they con-cocted the Second Amendment. May-be they made a mistake back in the 1700s, or maybe our justices did with their interpretation. Nevertheless, it is the law of the land.

But then, so is due process. The Fifth and 14th Amendments make that very clear. Their practical effect is that any deprivation of rights must be adju-dicated, it can’t be arbitrarily taken away, certainly not out of public view. The No Fly List does just that. Law enforcement, acting in secret, deter-mines just who is on that list. Regret-tably, sometimes investigators make horrendous mistakes, or even occa-sionally act out of malice. An individ-ual has little recourse.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which endorses gun control and is cer-tainly no friend of the NRA, calls the No Fly Lists “error-prone and unreli-able,” leaving those who end up on them “without a meaningful process to correct government error and clear their names.”

One can only imagine that many supporters of gun control would have a serious problem stripping away such a fundamental right as due process. However, in their frustration, people are advocating exactly that, which is a highly objectionable way to accom-plish their goals. And the Republicans are rubbing it in, by floating a “com-promise” that would be unworkable.

The fact is, the Second Amendment does allow gun ownership to be “well-regulated.” The trick is to convince millions of Americans who adore their weapons that stringent restrictions are needed.

Freedom of expression is another constitutional right, of course, out-lined in the First Amendment. So go ahead and let me have it, everyone — and I mean everyone. Words should be the ultimate weapons.

© 2016 Bob FrankenDistributed by King Features Synd.

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BOB FRANKEN

A 20-year veteran CNN reporter covering Capitol Hill and both Iraq Wars, Bob comes

to King Features Syndicate with rich inside-the-Beltway

experience. His opinions tend to be

left-of-center, but his acumen is dead-on.

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Heed Trump’s WarningOne of Donald Trump’s political skills

is giving widely condemned speeches.His post-Orlando jeremiad fit the

pattern. There is something so inher-ently inflammatory in Trump’s deliv-ery that he could read the Gettysburg Address and some listeners would wonder how he could possibly say such a thing.

The kernel of Trump’s speech was rather obvious: “The bottom line is that the only reason the killer was in America in the first place was because we allowed his family to come here. That is a fact, and it’s a fact we need to talk about.”

The reaction of much of the opinion elite was nearly instantaneous: What-ever we do, let’s not talk about that fact.

Countless articles have been writ-ten on how much better we are at assimilating Muslim immigrants than Europe is, usually with back-patting over our openness and fluidity as a society in contrast to the self-defeat-ing insularity of a country like France.

This may be true, but the assump-tion that we have the magic formula is under stress now that we’ve repeat-edly suffered mass killings by second-generation immigrants.

The Islamic State model of inspiring “lone wolves” already here is dependent on loosely assimilated American Mus-lims susceptible to its hateful appeals. Disturbingly, it is finding takers.

In six months, terrorists have killed more than 60 people on our shores; two of the perpetrators were the sons of immigrants, and one an immigrant

herself.One of the reasons we have avoided

the problems of a France may be sheer numbers. France has 50 percent more Muslim immigrants than we do, even though it is a much smaller country. Only 1 percent of the U.S. population is Muslim; 7.5 percent of the French population is.

On the current trajectory, we will take in 1 million Muslim immigrants or more over the next decade. It can’t be out of bounds to ask whether that’s a good idea.

Or it shouldn’t be. The immigration debate is so encrusted with unexam-ined pieties that any suggestion that we reduce the number or the compo-sition of the current immigrant flow is taken as an attempt to kneecap the Statue of Liberty.

At bottom, the Trump doctrine on immigration is that our policy should serve our values and interests, and the status quo fails on both counts. That said, his proposed Muslim ban is a mis-take. It communicates a hostility to all Muslims and, besides, is unworkable.

Responsibility for Omar Mateen’s heinous act is all his own, but it is cer-tainly relevant that his Dear Old Dad supports the Taliban and hates gays. He is exactly the kind of immigrant you would hope to deny the priceless privilege of coming here.

Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies proposes to reduce legal immigration. If we elimi-nated the visa lottery, tightened the criteria for family unification and accepted fewer refugees, we would diminish the number of low-skilled immigrants who have trouble thriving here, and at the margins, the number of new Muslim entrants.

Donald Trump does the cause of immigration restriction a disservice by rendering it in caricature. But the questions he raises won’t go away, and they shouldn’t.

Rich Lowry is the editor of the National Review.

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RICH LOWRY

Rich Lowry presents a conservative perspective on the state of American

values in the context of global politics, the

impact of those values, and the implications that conflicting cultures may have on the promise of modernity. Lowry edits the National Review.

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OUT ON A LIMB

By Gary Kopervas. A zany slant on life’s

ups and downs, viewed through a fractured lens.

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THE CASHIER

By Ricardo Galvão. Tabloid headlines

imagined by the poor sap who scans them while

waiting for customers at the register.

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JUST LIKE CATS AND DOGS

By Dave T. Phipps. They fight just like cats and dogs. Are we talking

about men and women, or canines and felines? The answer is, "Yes!"

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GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Fred Wagner. Grin and Bear It deflates the ordinary inconsisten-cies and absurdities of American morals and

everyday life.

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FLASH GORDON

By Jim Keefe. Originatined in 1934

by legendary comic strip artist Alex

Raymond, Flash Gordon has set the

standard for science-fiction adven-

ture, inspiring such modern-day

classics as Star Wars.

A King Features Classic!

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TOP TEN

By Jim Clarke and Brenda Weaver.

Each week there's another ten.

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Q: My husband and I are fans of “Lucifer” on Fox. It has won-

derful, evolving characters, with just the right balance of comedy and dra-ma, and it’s thought-provoking. Can you tell us about Tom Ellis? And will there be a second season? — Jane M., Lakewood, N.J.

A: Until about 2013, Welsh actor Tom Ellis, 37, was known pri-

marily for his work across the Pond. He was best known for “Eastenders,” “The Catherine Tate Show” and “Miranda.” Here in the States, he played Robin Hood in “Once Upon a Time” and Dr. William Rush in USA network’s “Rush,” and now he holds the title role in Fox’s “Lucifer,” which will be back for its second season on Sept. 19.

When we last saw Lucifer, he was lamenting the escape of “Mom” from hell. Tricia Helfer (“Battlestar Galac-tica”) will play the role of the devil’s mother, Charlotte. The official word from Fox about Lucifer’s mommy issues: “Trapped in hell for thousands of years by God (her ex-husband), the Mother of Angels is now free on Earth. Everything that fascinates Lucifer about people repels Mom — a dis-dain that’s highlighted by that fact that Mom’s trapped in a human body for her stay on Earth. Lucifer’s desperate to find out what Mom’s up to, but she claims that all she wants is to spend time with her sons again.”

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Q: I adore the IFC mockumentary series “Documentary Now!”

with Bill Hader and Fred Armisen. I’ve watched season one many times already, and it never fails to make me laugh. Will there be another season? — Samuel D., via email

A: “Documentary Now!” happens to be one of my favorite com-

edies, and I am happy to report that it will indeed be back in September with a seven-episode season two. Of the announced episodes so far, first we have “The Bunker,” which uses the 1993 political documentary “The War Room” with James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to skewer the

insane world of ‘90s politics. Next is “Juan Likes Rice and Chicken,” which is a satirical take on the charming 2011 documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.” Then there’s “Globesmen,” which is a parody of the 1968 Maysles broth-ers’ documentary “Salesman,” which followed a wearied quartet of door-to-door Bible salesmen. And finally, inspired by the groundbreaking 1984 Talking Heads concert documentary “Stop Making Sense,” the two-part “Test Pattern” features an eponymous hit band (Armisen, Hader and guest star Maya Rudolph) performing a riv-eting, high-energy final concert to an eager audience of fans.

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Q: When will the “Gilmore Girls” revival air on Netflix? — Gina

T., via email

A: While as of this writing there is still not an exact premiere date,

we do know it will be later this year. In the meantime, you can now stream all seven seasons of the series from Netf-lix in order to refresh your memory, or to catch up on what you missed the first time around (me: guilty).

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803; or e-mail her at [email protected].

© 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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CELEBRITYEXTRA

By Cindy Elavsky. A weekly fix of

entertainment gossip and happenings in a

Q&A format.

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PICKS OF THE WEEKBatman vs. Superman: Dawn of

Justice (PG-13) — America’s two most iconic superheroes have some pretty big differences in philosophy and methods when it comes to how to protect humanity. They get the opportunity to grimace and growl their differences about in this surpris-ingly un-fun pairing. Batman (Ben Affleck) pegs Super-man (Henry Cavill) for a threat the first time he sees the all-powerful alien flying about, breaking buildings in his climactic battle against Zod, and thus begins plotting how to remove that threat by killing the Man of Steel. Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) also makes it into the Battle Royale.

For a superhero brawl-turned-teamup, it sure is grim. So grim that it makes the Dark Knight films look like the colorful Spider-Man flicks we got last decade. They are just so serious and irrational, it’s hard to feel anything for these heroes. Direc-tor Zack Snyder (“Suckerpunch,” “300”) continues his war on color and keeps it gray and desaturated.

Miles Ahead (R) — Don Chea-dle stars, directs and co-wrote this out-of-left-field thriller about a great American musician. Repeat: This is not another musical biopic. In the late ‘70s, the legendary trumpeter dropped off of the map for a while, caught in conflict with his music label and shut up in his New York apartment. Ewan McGregor plays a fictional Rolling Stone reporter who shows up at Davis’ door, only to get socked in the face and pulled into a deadly game between the musician and ruthless agents of Columbia Records.

You won’t get many details or a lot of insight about Davis’ life. You will get a strange but engaging portrait of a complicated artist as written, directed and performed by another great art-ist. It’s clear that Cheadle’s interest in Davis runs deep, and that manifests

on-screen. This story about Davis may be larger than life, but it’s built to scale.

Elvis & Nixon (R) — Based on a bizarro-world photograph that kick-started the ‘70s, this short feature looks at the mega-meeting between The King (Michael Shannon) and the The President (Kevin Spacey). With Nixon falling out of touch with a generation he saw as degenerates, his staffers set up a photo-op with the biggest rockstar they can pull: Elvis Presley, jumpsuited and past his prime. Shannon steps into a different light from most of his character (usu-ally icy-eyed men of abnormal sever-ity) and creates an Elvis who is a bit wacky, but also multi-dimensional.

Demolition (R) — After losing his wife in a car accident, Wall Street wonder Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal) doesn’t seem like a man in mourning. His feelings start leaking out in let-ters he writes to the customer-service department of a vending machine company — he never got the candy he paid for while he waited on his wife in the hospital. Davis’ grief also takes the shape of maniacally dismantling every faulty mechanism in his life, from his leaky fridge to a defective door and even taking a hammer to his own house. His letters contain little details about his life that draw atten-tion from Karen (Naomi Watts), a sim-ilarly lost soul who helps pull Davis from the brink.

TV RELEASESBitten: Season 3Orphan Black: Season 4Person of Interest: Season 5Royal Pains: Season 8The 100: Season 3

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COUCH THEATER

By Sam Struckhoff. Sam offers quick review

of DVD movie and television releases,

mixing box-office hits with more obscure titles.

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STRANGE BUT TRUE

By Samantha Weaver. A compendium of weird and wonderful factoids.

These are perfect for filling those spare inches in a layout.

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• It was beloved 20th-century Ameri-can dancer, singer and actor Fred Astaire who made the following sage observation: “The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.”

• If you’re of a certain age, you may remember the popular cartoon “Far Side,” by Gary Larson. You may not realize, however, that this daily chuck-le influenced science as well as humor. In a 1982 drawing, Larson dubbed the spikes at the end of a stegosaurus’s tail the “thagomizer” — which is what paleontologists call the spikes today.

• If you write the word “suns” upside down, it still says “suns.”

• This election season might be a good time to resurrect the word “flap-doodler.” During Victorian times, any annoyingly boastful or self-righteous person was considered to be a flapdoo-dler.

• In Britain in the early 2000s, dead hedgehogs started turning up with their heads stuck in McFlurry cups. It seems that the little creatures would stick their heads in to get to the remains of the discarded treat, then they’d be unable to get out and would starve to death. In response, in 2006 McDonald’s changed the design of the McFlurry cups to be more hedgehog-friendly.

• If you’re planning a road trip to the Pacific Northwest, keep in mind that in Oregon it’s against the law to test your endurance while driving a car.

• You might be surprised to learn that Helen Keller, probably best known as the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, was one of the first members of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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ple to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.” — Studs Terkel

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You face the possibility of raising your relationship to another level. How-ever, your partner might demand that you make promises for which you’re not sure you’re ready.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) As changes continue, expect things to get a little more hectic at your workplace. An unexpected travel opportunity could open new career prospects.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Con-front the person who caused your hurt feelings and demand a full explanation for his or her actions. You’ll not only recover your self-esteem, but you’ll also gain the respect of others.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) That personal problem in the workplace is compounded by someone’s biased interference. Stand your ground, and you’ll soon find allies gathering around you.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) You don’t accept disapproval easily. But instead of hiding out in your den to lick your wounded pride, turn the criti-cism into a valuable lesson for future use.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) That former friend you thought you’d cut out of your life is still affect-ing other relationships. Counter his or her lies with the truth. Your friends are ready to listen.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) What appears to be an unfair situ-ation might simply be the result of a misunderstanding. If you feel some-thing is out of balance, by all means, correct it.

SCORPIO (October 23 to Novem-ber 21) A stalled relationship won’t budge until you make the first move. Your partner offers a surprising expla-nation about what got it mired down in the first place.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A co-worker shares some startling news, but before you can use it to your advantage, make sure it’s true. The weekend favors family matters.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your usual conservative approach to family situations might not work at this time. Keep an open mind about developments, and you might be pleasantly surprised.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to Feb-ruary 18) Plans might have to be put on hold because of a family mem-ber’s problems. Don’t hesitate to get involved. Your help could make all the difference.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Relationships in the home and in the workplace need your careful atten-tion during this period. Be careful not to allow misunderstandings to create problems.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a keen, insightful intellect and enjoy debating your views with others who disagree with you. You also love to solve puzzles — the harder, the better.

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