Seminoles hand UNC its worst loss under Williams

North Carolina's players from left, Dexter Strickland, Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, John Henson, and James McAdoo watch as Florida State's Michael Snaer shoots a technical foul free throw in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

North Carolina's players from left, Dexter Strickland, Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, John Henson, and James McAdoo watch as Florida State's Michael Snaer shoots a technical foul free throw in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

North Carolina head coach Roy Williams directs his defense during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Florida State on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

North Carolina's John Henson (31) gets around the defense of Florida State's Bernard James (5) to get off a shot attempt in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ? Deividas Dulkys' childhood dream came true Saturday. And you couldn't blame him if he might have believed it had been a dream.

The senior Florida State guard scored a career-high 32 points and was 8 of 10 from 3-point range to key the Seminoles' 90-57 victory over No. 3 North Carolina that snapped a nine-game winning streak and was the Tar Heels' worst loss under coach Roy Williams.

"Every little kid has a dream when you're playing on a big stage like I did today," Dulkys said. "I guess today was my day."

And that was an understatement.

Dulkys, a native of Lithuania whose previous career-high was 22 points, was 12 of 14 from the field overall and added four steals and a blocked shot. His eight 3s were a Florida State record in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

"We tried to keep him from scoring if we could but he just kept getting so open and our guys were running into screens," Williams said. "It was a great performance shooting the basketball."

It was an unexpected turnabout for a Florida State team that lost 79-59 at Clemson just a week ago and came into Saturday's game with the poorest 3-point shooting mark in the conference at 30.2 percent.

But behind Dulkys, the Seminoles hit 12 of 27 from long distance while the Tar Heels were simply off while playing on the road for the first time in six weeks. North Carolina made only 9 of 20 free throws and were beaten 43-35 on the boards despite Tyler Zeller's 14 rebounds. North Carolina had not been beaten on the boards in its previous seven games.

Micahel Snaer added 17 points and Okaro White contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Seminoles.

Dulkys said he made 28 straight from beyond the 3-point arc while warming up earlier in the day with the help of two student managers who took care of rebounding the shots.

"He shoots this well every day in practice," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. "He's had a difficult time transferring that to the game. Sometimes when he misses that first shot, he gets a little tight."

The Seminoles (11-6, 2-1) started the second half on a 30-8 run to take a 66-36 lead en route to handing North Carolina its most lopsided conference loss since a 96-56 defeat at Maryland in 2003, the season before Williams took over. Harrison Barnes scored 15 points and Zeller added 14 for North Carolina (15-3, 2-1), which finished 4 of 21 from 3-point range.

Williams took his team ? except for five walk-ons who finished the game ? from the court with 14.2 seconds left in expectation of the court-storming by the Florida State fans.

"We just tried to be cautious," Williams explained. "It's been shown that's it not always been safe in some scenarios."

Hamilton said he had suggested Williams remove the players as a precaution.

The Seminoles never trailed after Dulkys' first 3-pointer 43 seconds into the game.

Florida State led by as many as 12 points in the first half, grabbing a 31-19 lead on Dulkys' fourth 3-pointer with 7:35 remaining and then again with 6:08 left on Bernard James' riveting dunk on a put back. The 6-foot-10 James, who had six rebounds in the early going, drew his second foul just 5 seconds later and sat the rest of the half.

Dulkys was 6 of 7 from the field in the first half, including 4 of 5 from 3-point distance.

North Carolina had reeled off nine straight wins during a 35-day home stand, shoring up on defense and rebounding that contributed to early season losses to UNLV and Kentucky. But those deficiencies returned to haunt Williams' club in a big way Saturday.

"Princeton's defense must be a hell of a lot better than ours," Williams said. "They can hold them to 10 points in a half and we give up 8,000."

It was the first win of the season over a ranked team for Florida State, which returned nine key players from last season's team that advanced to the NCAA's regional finals.

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Gingrich faces tough questions at black church (AP)

COLUMBIA, S.C. ? Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich faced tough questions Saturday about his past statements on race and class, making a rare appearance by a Republican primary candidate before a black church ? an audience unlikely to vote in South Carolina's Jan. 21 contest.

Standing behind the lectern at Jones Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Gingrich was peppered with questions about his assertion that poor children lack work ethic and his criticism of President Barack Obama as a "food-stamp president."

Gingrich may get credit for spending nearly an hour in front of a largely unsupportive crowd. But the event is unlikely to help him win many votes in South Carolina's primary, a contest Gingrich himself has said will be make-or-break for his campaign.

Blacks made up just 2 percent of those who voted in South Carolina's 2008 Republican primary, according to exit polls.

While the give and take between Gingrich and more than 50 people in the audience was largely respectful, some in the crowd had sharp questions for the former House Speaker. Many centered on Gingrich's remark last month that poor children as young as nine should work at least part time cleaning their schools in order to learn about work.

Gingrich said his comments were misconstrued.

"What I was saying was, in the poorest neighborhoods, if we can find a way to help young people earn some money, we might actually be able to keep the dropout rate down and give people an incentive to come to school," he said.

The explanation little satisfied some in the crowd, including a woman who said Gingrich's words came across "so negatively, like we're not doing everything for our young people."

Gingrich was also asked if he stood by his assertion that Obama is a "food stamp president", a line the Georgia Republican uses often during stump speeches. He responded with a simple, "Yes."

Gingrich is grasping for campaign life in South Carolina after disappointing fourth place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire. Success for Gingrich in the South's first primary will depend largely on his ability to draw support from the state's conservative and evangelical voters.

That made Saturday's appearance at a black church all the more head-scratching, particularly because it was Gingrich's only public appearance of the day in South Carolina.

But Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said the appearance was a good use of the candidate's time.

"If you're going to lead America, you have to be willing to lead all of America," he said.

The often-combative Gingrich did try to strike a conciliatory tone at times, promising "a very serious outreach to Democrats" in Washington if he were elected president. And he said the forum was appropriately being held around the holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

"This would be what he would have liked," Gingrich said of the late civil rights leader.

Following the question and answer session, church members prayed over Gingrich and his wife, Callista. The couple then joined the crowd in the church basement for dinner.

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Ted Roof named new defensive coordinator at PSU (AP)

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ? Ted Roof is the new defensive coordinator at Penn State.

Replacing Tom Bradley, Roof will leave Central Florida after a month to take over the same position with the Nittany Lions under new coach Bill O'Brien.

Roof was named Central Florida's defensive coordinator Dec. 8 after leaving Auburn following the regular season. He previously spent three seasons as the Tigers' defensive coordinator, including the 2010 national championship season. Auburn was ninth in the country in rushing defense that year.

O'Brien also hired John Butler to coach the secondary on Friday. Butler was on staff at Auburn and South Carolina the past two seasons, respectively.

Bradley, the veteran assistant under former coach Joe Paterno, posted on his Twitter account that he finished packing up his office late Thursday: "Walked out the doors proud with a lot of great memories and friends and a better man."

Roof signed a three-year contract with Auburn paying him $500,000 a year, but a young Tigers' unit was 78th in total defense (406 yards per game) and 79th in scoring (29.3 points per game) before he departed for Central Florida. The Knights' website stopped listing him on the coaching staff Wednesday night.

Roof was also defensive coordinator at Minnesota in 2008, and spent six seasons at Duke. He became the Blue Devils' head coach in 2003, going 6-45 before departing in 2007.

O'Brien was offensive coordinator at Duke from 2005-6. O'Brien and Roof were also on the same staff at Georgia Tech from 1995-2001 under George O'Leary, the current head coach at Central Florida.

Butler, who is from Philadelphia, decided to move back to his home state after a year with the Gamecocks. He told Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier on Wednesday he was moving on.

O'Brien retained two veteran assistants under Bradley from the previous staff, defensive line coach Larry Johnson and linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden. Among the other newcomers to Happy Valley is assistant head coach Stan Hixon, the former receivers coach with the Buffalo Bills.

The leader of the Linebacker U. defense since 2000, Bradley had served as interim head coach the season's final four games following Paterno's dismissal on Nov. 9. The Nittany Lions went 1-3 in that stretch.

But Penn State defenses under Bradley were typically one of the best in the Big Ten, if not the country. Bradley worked 33 seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, and even interviewed to become Paterno's permanent replacement, but his future became cloudy after Penn State tabbed O'Brien on Jan. 7.

In an emotional statement released after O'Brien was formally introduced, Bradley wished Penn State's new boss well and pledged his full support to the school.

"This is forever my home and forever my family. It is important that we come together to support our players and our university," Bradley said. "Now is the time to demonstrate that we are ? and always will be ? Penn State."

An open recruiting contact period begins Saturday, a 16-day window in which the new coaches can try to shore up previous verbal commitments while trying to entice other high school prospects who might be intrigued by Penn State's new direction under O'Brien. He's finishing up his duties as offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots and the position coach for star quarterback Tom Brady.

O'Brien has committed to remaining with the Patriots through the NFL playoffs. New England hosts Denver in an AFC divisional game Saturday night.

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Underground Nukes Leave Traceable Uplift

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Surface rock above a nuclear test will expand enough to trackable by radar satellites. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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If a country wants to keep a nuclear bomb test secret, it?ll probably do it deep underground. But even if you bury the bomb, some clues will reach the surface. So says a study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. [P. Vincent et al, Anomalous transient uplift observed at the Lop Nor, China nuclear test site using satellite radar interferometry timeseries analysis]

Scientists analyzed radar satellite data of a spot in western China, where three nukes were detonated underground in the ?90s. And they found that after the blasts, the land above the test chambers gradually swelled one inch higher in elevation.

Here?s why: shock waves from the explosion left cracks in rock near the surface. Years later, plumes of underground water, still steamy from the blast, trickled up and infiltrated those cracks,? causing the rock to expand and rise?forensic evidence that could be used to infer the bomb?s explosive energy.

The International Atomic Energy Agency won?t be busting nuclear rebels with this method any time soon?it took four years for this bulge in the Chinese desert to appear. But since seismic analysis?the other tool for studying bomb blasts?can be foiled by a cleverly designed detonation chamber, this trick gives nuclear detectives one more way to study blasts from the past.

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Butter and Olive Oil-Basted California Halibut

This simple halibut recipe is easy to prepare and celebrates the delicate flavor of this flaky white fish.

By Donald Link

8	ounce(s) (up to 12) California halibut filet (or other thin white fish filet)
?	teaspoon(s) salt
?	teaspoon(s) black pepper
	Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1	tablespoon(s) butter
1	tablespoon(s) extra virgin olive oil
?	teaspoon(s) seedless chili flakes, or ? teaspoon regular chili flakes

Season fish filets with salt and pepper and set aside.

Heat a 10 to 12 inch saut? pan over medium heat (slightly on the low side of medium) for 4 minutes to get warm.

Add the butter, olive oil, lemon zest and juice and the chili flakes to the pan.

When the butter is melted add the fish filets and cook about 4 minutes per side, or until the fish feels flaky when you gently push your finger against it. Larger filets will take longer and may need about 5 minutes of oven time at 450 degrees. Thin filets (1 inch or less) will easily finish on the stove top.

Place the fish on the serving plate and pour the remaining pan juices on top.

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