German Chancellor Angela Merkel, until the New Year's Eve assaults the biggest proponent of the immigrants, continued Saturday to back away from the immigrant cause. She promised to deport anyone found to have participated in criminal activity, and to slow the influx of immigrants in the long run. And, as reported yesterday in Credible and Incisive, the embargo on news contrary to the interests of immigrants has been broken by the massive sexual assaults, which took place in Cologne, Stuttgart and Hamburg in Germany, as well as in Helsinki, Finland.
Some reports Friday claimed that the sexual assaults, all of which seemed to start near midnight on New Year's Eve, may have been coordinated.
The protests in Cologne were organized by the group called "PEGIDA" (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West). A counter-protest in another part of Cologne was attended by an estimated 1,300 people. Police had some 1,700 officers in uniform on Saturday, many more than were on duty on New Year's Eve near the central train station, where the sexual assaults began. All told, police said 120 women were assaulted, robbed or sexually molested.
Sports: Trimble's Long Three-Point-Shot Gives No. 3 Maryland Hard-Earned Win at Wisconsin; Carter, Stone Also Play Key Roles as Terps Improve to 4-0 in Big Ten, 15-1 Overall
Melo Trimble's long three-point-shot with under two seconds left to play gave Maryland a hard-earned 63-60 win in Madison against the Wisconsin Badgers. Wisconsin had staged a remarkable rally to pull even with Maryland at 60-60 with 23 seconds left to play. Maryland coach Mark Turgeon elected not to call a time-out, and Trimble dribbled the ball out near mid-court until the clock ticked down to about 7 seconds. He then feigned left, then right before pulling up and firing from about 27 feet away.
After the Trimble basket, Badger coach Greg Gard tried to have one of his players call time-out, but none of them saw him. Instead, Badger Forward Nigel Hayes launched a shot from his own foul-line that came nowhere near the basket.
Robert Carter also played extremely well for Maryland, collecting 14 points and 10 rebounds, many of them critical in nature deep into the second half. Diamond Stone, in his return to his home state, scored 11 points and was a force in the second half. He was booed by the crowd with vigor in the first half.
The win pushes Maryland to 15-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten. For the time being, they are in first place alone, one-half game ahead of Indiana, Iowa and Ohio State, all at 3-0. Ohio State plays at Indiana tomorrow, while Iowa is idle until Thursday, January 14, when they travel to Michigan State. By then, Maryland will have played another Big Ten Game. The Terps return to the floor Tuesday Night, 9 pm, at Michigan.
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