Patriot Games: Ammon Bundy, the leader of the “patriot” group that seized an Oregon wildlife refuge, and seven other people were arrested in a traffic stop that left one person dead.

Some reports say the man killed was LaVoy Finicum, who has acted as spokesman for the occupiers.

Bundy, his brother Ryan, and the others were travelling yesterday afternoon to attend a community meeting in John Day, Ore. Authorities didn’t say exactly what happened, only that shots were fired during the stop. It’ unknown whether the arrests will break the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife refuge.

Politics: Donald Trump says he will not participate in tomorrow night’s Republican debate on Fox because Megyn Kelly will be one of the hosts asking questions. Trump claims Kelly is biased against him. “Let’s see how much money Fox is going to make on the debate without me,” Trump said at a news conference.

Trump is relying on his infallibility, that nothing he says or does will cost him the lead in the Republican presidential race.

Yesterday Trump picked up the endorsement of Jerry Falwell, Jr., the leader of Liberty University, one of the largest evangelical universities in the world. It’s a big stamp of approval for Trump, who needs evangelical voters in Iowa, and a disappointment to Ted Cruz, who is more genuinely religious.

Cruz is roughly even with Trump in Iowa polling, but says the New York billionaire could be “nearly unstoppable” if he wins the caucuses.

Amid an increasingly vicious Republican campaign, the NY Times reports that Republican leaders are growing increasingly alarmed that no one will emerge as an alternative to Cruz and Trump. The trailing candidates; Bush, Rubio, Kasich, Christie, el al. are in a knife fight that isn’t lifting any of them in the polls.

Police Beat: The Cleveland Police have dismissed six police officers who fired more than 100 rounds at a car, killing an unarmed black couple in 2012. A chase that involved 62 police cars and 100 officers started with a car backfiring, which was mistakenly taken for gunfire. One officer stood on the hood of the car and fired 15 rounds through the windshield.

Money: Apple reported the biggest quarterly profit in the history of any American company yesterday, but shares fell after hours because investors think Apple has peaked. With foreign currencies falling against the dollar and the Chinese economy stumbling, Apple says sales in the current quarter will be down for the first time in 13 years.

But sales and the stock prices are up at McDonald’s. Apparently offering an all-day breakfast did the trick for the company whose meals don’t make customers as happy as they once did.

The Obit Page: Abe Vigoda, the hangdog actor in “The Godfather” who delivered the famous line, “Tell Mike it was only business, I always liked him,” has died in New Jersey at age 94.

Vigoda was a 50-year-old stage actor when Francis Ford Coppola cast him as the traitorous Salvatore Tessio. He went on to play the over-the-hill detective Detective Phil Fish on the hit sitcom “Barney Miller,” and had his own spinoff simply called “Fish.”

Vigoda lived 34 years beyond an erroneous report that he had died, which became a running joke in his life.

But Vigoda’s lasting image is as the wistful Tessio, about to be driven away for the last time. He says to Robert Duvall, “Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times’ sake?”. Duvall as Tom Hagen answers, “Can’t do it, Sally.”

Political Corrections: Amherst College in Massachusetts has decided to abandon its mascot “Lord Jeff.” The college is named after the town where it’s located, which originally was named for Lord Jeffery Amherst, who helped the British defeat the French in The French and Indian War. But Amherst sullied his name in history by seeking to eradicate Indians with smallpox infected blankets. A significant number of students found Lord Jeff’s presence as a mascot offensive. The board of trustees says the name of the college will remain the same.

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