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Michael GraczykTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON

A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a rul-ing requiring the Texas prison system to disclose more infor-mation about where it gets lethal-injection drugs, revers-ing a judge who had halted an upcoming execution.

Only hours before the appel-late decision, a lower-court judge issued a temporary injunction halting the execution of Tommy Lynn Sells, a convicted serial killer who was set to die today.

The case originally includ-ed Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, another inmate scheduled to be put to death next week. But the appellate ruling affected only Sells. The appeals court said it would take up Hernandez-Lla-nas’ case at a later date.

Texas officials have insisted the identity of the drug suppli-er must be kept secret to pro-tect the company from threats of violence and that the stock of

the sedative pentobarbital falls within the acceptable ranges of potency.

Defense attorneys say they must have the name of the sup-plier so they can verify the qual-ity of the drug and spare con-demned inmates from uncon-stitutional pain and suffering.

In the lower court ruling, U.S. District Judge Vanes-sa Gilmore ordered the Texas Department of Criminal Jus-tice to provide defense attor-neys with details about the sup-plier and how the drug was tested.

Lawyers for the state appealed to the 5th U.S. Cir-cuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, saying the arguments from the inmates’ attorneys “are nothing more than a calcu-lated attempt to postpone their executions.”

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected simi-lar arguments about execution secrecy in a Missouri case, and the condemned prisoner was put to death.

Mark ShermanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON

The Supreme Court’s conser-vative majority voted Wednesday to free wealthy donors to give to as many political candidates and campaigns as they want, fur-ther loosening the reins on giving by big contributors as the 2014 campaign moves into high gear.

It was a fresh declaration by the 5-4 majority that many lim-its on big-money contributions violate the givers’ constitution-al free-speech rights, continuing a steady erosion of the restric-

tions under Chief Justice John Roberts. The biggest of those rulings was the 2010 decision in the Citizens United case that lift-ed restrictions on independent spending by corporations and labor unions.

Wednesday’s ruling voided the overall federal limit on individu-als’ contributions — $123,200 in 2013 and 2014 — and may have more symbolic than substantive importance in a world in which millions in unlimited donations from liberal and conservative spenders already are playing a major role in campaigns.

The ruling will allow the

wealthiest contributors to pour millions of dollars into candidate and party coffers, though those contributions will be subject to disclosure under federal law.

The early beneficiaries could be the political parties, which have lost influence amid the rise of independent spending, and challengers who may have been cut off from getting money from wealthy contributors who previ-ously hit the cap that the court invalidated Wednesday.

Roberts said the aggregate limits do not act to prevent cor-ruption or the appearance of corruption.

The overall limits “intrude without justification on a citi-zen’s ability to exercise ‘the most fundamental First Amendment activities’,” Roberts said.

Justice Stephen Breyer, writ-ing for the liberal dissenters, said that the court’s conservatives had “eviscerated our nation’s cam-paign finance laws” through Wednesday’s ruling and the ear-lier Citizens United case.

“If the court in Citizens Unit-ed opened a door, today’s deci-sion we fear will open a flood-gate,” Breyer said in comments from the bench. “It understates the importance of protecting

the political integrity of our governmental institution.”

Breyer adopted examples put forward by the Obama admin-istration and campaign-limits supporters showing that an indi-vidual now will be able to make $3.6 million in contributions to candidates and parties, hand it over in one check to maximize his sway and have much or all of it directed to a favored candi-date. Breyer said the money may have to be divvied up among state and national party orga-nizations and rerouted, but that it can be done without violating the law.

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Today’s gameSteamboat girls lacrosse vs. Aspen, 4 p.m.

Friday’s gameSteamboat boys lacrosse vs. Golden, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s gamesSteamboat baseball vs. Battle Mountain at Moffat County High School, 11 a.m.Steamboat boys lacrosse vs. Cheyenne Mountain, 11:30 a.m.Steamboat girls lacrosse at Durango, 11 a.m.Steamboat girls soccer vs. Delta, 1:30 p.m.Steamboat track and field at Eagle Valley, 9 a.m.Hayden track and field at Eagle Valley, 9 a.m.Soroco track and field at Eagle Valley, 9 a.m.

The Associated PressAll Times MDTEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBx-Toronto 43 32 .573 —x-Brooklyn 40 34 .541 2 1/2New York 33 43 .434 10 1/2Boston 23 52 .307 20Philadelphia 16 59 .213 27Southeast Division W L Pct GBy-Miami 52 22 .703 —x-Washington 39 36 .520 13 1/2Charlotte 37 38 .493 15 1/2Atlanta 32 42 .432 20Orlando 21 54 .280 31 1/2Central Division W L Pct GBy-Indiana 53 23 .697 —x-Chicago 43 32 .573 9 1/2Cleveland 31 45 .408 22Detroit 27 48 .360 25 1/2Milwaukee 14 61 .187 38 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBy-San Antonio 59 16 .787 —Houston 49 25 .662 9 1/2Dallas 44 31 .587 15Memphis 44 31 .587 15New Orleans 32 43 .427 27Northwest Division W L Pct GBx-Oklahoma City 54 19 .740 —Portland 49 27 .645 6 1/2Minnesota 37 37 .500 17 1/2Denver 33 42 .440 22Utah 23 52 .307 32Pacific Division W L Pct GBx-L.A. Clippers 53 22 .707 —Golden State 46 29 .613 7Phoenix 44 30 .595 8 1/2Sacramento 27 48 .360 26L.A. Lakers 25 50 .333 28

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division———Tuesday’s gamesBrooklyn 105, Houston 96Golden State 122, Dallas 120, OTPortland 124, L.A. Lakers 112Wednesday’s gamesCleveland 119, Orlando 98Indiana 101, Detroit 94Washington 118, Boston 92Charlotte 123, Philadelphia 93New York 110, Brooklyn 81Toronto 107, Houston 103Miami 96, Milwaukee 77Chicago 105, Atlanta 92Minnesota 102, Memphis 88San Antonio 111, Golden State 90Denver 137, New Orleans 107Sacramento 107, L.A. Lakers 102L.A. Clippers 112, Phoenix 108Today’s gamesSan Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.Friday’s gamesDenver at Memphis, 5 p.m.Indiana at Toronto, 5 p.m.Orlando at Charlotte, 5 p.m.Detroit at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Boston, 5:30 p.m.Minnesota at Miami, 5:30 p.m.Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.Washington at New York, 5:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 7 p.m.Oklahoma City at Houston, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Portland, 8 p.m.Sacramento at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

FINAL FOURAt AT&T StadiumArlington, TexasNational SemifinalsSaturday, April 5UConn (30-8) vs. Florida (36-2), 4:09 p.m.Kentucky (28-10) vs. Wisconsin (30-7), 6:49 p.m.National ChampionshipMonday, April 7Semifinal winners, 7:10 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAy-Boston 76 52 18 6 110 243 161x-Tampa Bay 76 42 25 9 93 226 202x-Montreal 77 43 27 7 93 200 192Detroit 76 36 26 14 86 205 215Toronto 77 37 32 8 82 223 241Ottawa 76 32 30 14 78 219 252Florida 77 27 42 8 62 184 254Buffalo 75 21 45 9 51 145 224Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Pittsburgh 76 48 23 5 101 233 189N.Y. Rangers 77 43 30 4 90 208 184Philadelphia 75 39 27 9 87 213 211Columbus 75 38 30 7 83 210 203Washington 76 34 29 13 81 217 231New Jersey 76 32 28 16 80 186 198Carolina 76 33 32 11 77 191 211N.Y. Islanders 76 31 35 10 72 212 250

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-St. Louis 75 51 17 7 109 241 168x-Colorado 75 48 21 6 102 230 204x-Chicago 76 42 19 15 99 248 200Minnesota 76 39 26 11 89 189 191Dallas 75 37 27 11 85 219 212Winnipeg 77 34 33 10 78 214 226Nashville 76 33 32 11 77 190 229Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Anaheim 76 50 18 8 108 247 193x-San Jose 77 48 20 9 105 237 188Los Angeles 76 44 26 6 94 191 162Phoenix 76 36 27 13 85 207 214Vancouver 77 34 32 11 79 185 209Calgary 76 31 38 7 69 194 226Edmonton 77 26 42 9 61 190 257

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Tuesday’s gamesBuffalo 3, New Jersey 2, SOSt. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0, SOWinnipeg 2, Phoenix 1, SOToronto 3, Calgary 2N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 2Carolina 4, Pittsburgh 1Dallas 5, Washington 0Colorado 3, Columbus 2, OTTampa Bay 3, Montreal 1N.Y. Rangers 3, Vancouver 1San Jose 5, Edmonton 4Wednesday’s gamesN.Y. Islanders 2, Ottawa 1Detroit 3, Boston 2Anaheim 3, Edmonton 2Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 0Today’s gamesColumbus at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.Dallas at Carolina, 5 p.m.Boston at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.Calgary at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 6 p.m.Buffalo at St. Louis, 6 p.m.Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.Friday’s gamesMontreal at Ottawa, 5 p.m.Chicago at Columbus, 5 p.m.Washington at New Jersey, 5 p.m.Buffalo at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.Calgary at Florida, 5:30 p.m.Edmonton at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Nashville at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUETuesday’s gamesHouston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 2Texas 3, Philadelphia 2Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 3Cleveland at Oakland, ppd., rainWednesday’s gamesDetroit 2, Kansas City 1, 10 inningsChicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 6, 11 inningsOakland 6, Cleveland 1, 1st gameBoston 6, Baltimore 2Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 0Texas 4, Philadelphia 3Houston 3, N.Y. Yankees 1Cleveland 6, Oakland 4Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 2Today’s gamesKansas City (Ventura 0-0) at Detroit (Sanchez 0-0), 11:08 a.m.Minnesota (Hughes 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 0-0), 12:10 p.m.Boston (Doubront 0-0) at Baltimore (Chen 0-0), 5:05 p.m.Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Archer 0-0), 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0) at Houston (Oberholtzer 0-0), 6:10 p.m.Seattle (Elias 0-0) at Oakland (Chavez 0-0), 8:05 p.m.Friday’s gamesBaltimore at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.Milwaukee at Boston, 12:05 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.Texas at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.L.A. Angels at Houston, 6:10 p.m.Seattle at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUETuesday’s gamesL.A. Dodgers 3, San Diego 2Miami 4, Colorado 3Texas 3, Philadelphia 2Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 2Arizona 5, San Francisco 4Wednesday’s gamesAtlanta 1, Milwaukee 0Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 16 inningsColorado 6, Miami 5Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 1Texas 4, Philadelphia 3San Francisco 2, Arizona 0L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 1Today’s gamesChicago Cubs (Hammel 0-0) at Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 0-0), 10:35 a.m.St. Louis (Lynn 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 10:35 a.m.Colorado (Morales 0-0) at Miami (Turner 0-0), 10:40 a.m.Washington (Zimmermann 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-0), 11:10 a.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 0-0) at Arizona (Arroyo 0-0), 1:40 p.m.Friday’s gamesAtlanta at Washington, 11:05 a.m.Milwaukee at Boston, 12:05 p.m.Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.Arizona at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.San Diego at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Sunday’s gamesNew York 1, Chivas USA 1, tie Saturday’s gamesSeattle FC at Portland, 1 p.m.New York at Montreal, 2 p.m.Philadelphia at Chicago, 3 p.m.Toronto FC at Columbus, 4 p.m.Colorado at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m.New England at D.C. United, 5 p.m.FC Dallas at Houston, 6 p.m.Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.Sunday, April 6Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 1 p.m.

WEdNESdAy NIGhT’S dRAWINGPowerball: 8-13-19-22-53Powerball: 24 Powerplay: 2Lotto: 21-24-29-30-35-38Cash 5: 1-8-12-18-26Pick 3: 6-9-5

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1-and-done working just fine for Kentucky

dave SkrettaTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS

Everyone has an opinion about John Calipari.

He’s a pariah to some, suc-cessful only because of his abil-ity to attract one-and-done stars destined for the NBA. They point to him as a scourge of col-lege basketball, arguing that he’s complicit — responsible, even — in stripping “student” from stu-dent-athletes.

Then there are those who see him as an elite coach, the architect of successful programs at UMass, Memphis and now Kentucky. He’s churned out players who are making mil-lions in the pros, and it is hard to argue that he’s let any of them down.

“He does get the best guys, but he challenges them and push-es them to be who they are,” said New Orleans Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans, who played one season for Calipari at Memphis.

“That’s the thing about playing for him,” Evans said. “You’ve got to be willing to take on the challenge, and take on him getting on you every day in practice. Some guys can handle it, some guys can’t. Before you get there, he’ll tell you that.”

Those who accept the chal-

lenge usually are rewarded.His group at Memphis head-

lined by Derrick Rose reached the national title game in 2008, though the trip later was vacat-ed. Another troupe of young stars led by Anthony Davis beat Kansas to win Kentucky’s eighth national championship in 2012.

And the latest group of fabu-lous freshmen has the Wildcats back in the Final Four, knock-ing off three of the top four seeds in the Midwest Region along the way. They’ll start five first-year players Saturday against Wisconsin, headlined by twin guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison and power forward Julius Randle, a potential lottery pick in the June draft.

“He’s tough on us,” said Ran-dle, when asked to describe what it’s like to play for Calipari. “You may not like it some days, but at the end of the day, it’s what’s best for us.”

Calipari hardly is unique. Ohio State’s Thad Matta has churned out five one-and-dones since 2006, and Rick Barnes, of Texas, has produced four. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has lost a couple, and could lose stand-out Jabari Parker makes his stay-or-go decision.

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Athletes take labor cause to Capitol HillTom Raum and Kimberly hefling

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHInGton

Northwestern University ath-letes pressed their case for col-lective bargaining rights during meetings Wednesday with law-makers, as a vote was scheduled for them to decide whether to authorize a union.

The vote will be held April 25, according to Ramogi Huma, president of the College Ath-letes Players Association.

During meetings on Capitol Hill, Huma and former North-western quarterback Kain Col-ter tried to drum up support just a week after a ruling that the athletes were employees and had the same rights to bargain col-lectively as other workers.

“Health and safety of ath-letes is the concern, especially to reduce the risk of brain trau-ma,” Huma said.

Added Colter, co-founder of the association: “We’re up here raising awareness.”

Even though the issue is not directly before lawmakers, “Congress is an important part of the chess board,” he said

after meeting with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

Brown said in a statement that “the right to fair treatment is why all workers, no matter the job or venue, should have the opportunity to unionize.”

“College athletes dedicate the same hours to their sup-port as full-time employees and deserve the same protections as any other worker,” he said.

Colter and Huma were accompanied by Tim Waters, national policy director of the United Steelworkers union, which is underwriting and financing the effort.

More meetings were sched-uled today.

“We’re up here to let the lead-ership know what’s going on, basically getting information out,” Huma said.

The Chicago-region direc-tor of the National Labor Rela-tions Board ruled last week that Northwestern’s football play-ers on scholarships are employ-ees of the university under the National Labor Relations Act and therefore have the right to vote to unionize.

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