STORRS, Conn. (AP) – No. 21 Connecticut found its 3-point shot in time to avoid an upset at the hands of Stony Brook.

The Huskies (5-1) hit their final eight attempts from behind the arc Sunday to rally for a 73-62 victory.

Niels Giffey came off the bench to score a career-high 15 points and grab eight rebounds for UConn and Shabazz Napier had 15 of his 19 points in the second half.

Omar Calhoun added 14 points. The three players combined to go 9 of 16 from 3-point range. The team finished 10 of 22.

“(Stony Brook) packed it in, packed it in, they dared us to shoot 3s,” said UConn coach Kevin Ollie. “Once we started getting in and understanding our offense and drawing two and taking an advantage, we started kicking it out and our guys were wide open.”

Dave Coley led Stony Brook (4-2) with 15 points and Tommy Brenton added 14.

The Seawolves led 33-26 early in the second half after a 10-0 run that overlapped with halftime.

“We came out with great energy in the first half and we were winning, so there was no

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — There’s just something about the Aspen hill that suits Kathrin Zettel’s style of skiing.

The Austrian standout feels right at home on a course that features sharp turns, deep ruts, dark shadows and rolling bumps. It may be difficult for some — maddeningly challenging, even — just not for her.

“I always want to come back here,” said Zettel, who held off teammate and training partner Marlies Schild to win a World Cup slalom Sunday.

Only, she won’t be coming back for a while. The World Cup will skip Aspen next season and take the tour instead to Beaver Creek.

That way, the women can get used to the new course in advance of the 2015 world championships which will be held at that site.

This wasn’t exactly welcome news for Zettel. Not after picking up her eighth career podium finish at this venue. The last thing she wants to do is not come back for a season.

“I love this little city, the people here, the slopes,” Zettel said. “Aspen is a great place for me.”

Zettel finished in a combined time of 1 minute, 42.46 seconds to edge Schild by 0.67 seconds. Tina Maze of Slovenia was third in a race

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Aksel Lund Svindal thought he had a chance for a perfect weekend at Lake Louise. Turns out, he was right.

Svindal won a super-G Sunday, edging Adrien Theaux of France by .85 seconds and completing a sweep the downhill and super-G races at the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup.

“Most racers, including myself, you don’t have the chance to win World Cups every day and when you feel you have a chance, you have to get after it,” Svindal said. “Yesterday and today, I felt ‘This is a race I can win,’ and you’ve got to try and take advantage of those opportunities.”

Svindal became the first man to pull off the double at Lake Louise since American Bode Miller in 2004. He also won the super-G here in 2011.

“That’s the great thing about skiing. When you have it, you go fast,” the big Norwegian said.

Svindal was timed in 1 minute, 34.96 seconds. Joachim Puchner of Austria was third in 1:35.86, and Ted Ligety of the U.S. was fourth in 1:35.87.

The men now head to Beaver Creek, Colo., for downhill, super-G and giant slalom races on the Birds of Prey course. The women arrive at Lake Louise this

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two children were among four people killed when a car collided with a minivan on a rural Northern California highway, authorities said.

The wreck came as a Toyota Prius crossed the center line on Highway 50 near Placerville on Saturday night and struck a Toyota Sienna minivan “broadside,” said California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer John Frizzell.

The crash also left three people injured. Earlier reports had put the injury toll at five.

Three people in the Prius were killed in the crash, Frizzell said. They were identified as 38-year-old Sheng Kun Su, who was driving; 39-year-old Shu Zhen Zhao; and 8-year-old Shawn Su, all from Oakland. Another child in the car, identified as 10-year-old Elly Su, was hospitalized with severe injuries, CHP Officer Sean Ricci told the Sacramento Bee.

Of the five people in the minivan, a 4-year-old girl from Pollock Pines was killed, Frizzell said. Nora Elizabeth Temple died after being taken to a hospital. A 35-year-old female driver and a 52-year-old man suffered minor to moderate injuries. Twin 1-year-old boys were not injured.

Weather conditions at the time of the crash were clear.

“We don’t know what caused the Prius to cross into oncoming traffic,” Frizzell said Sunday. “There’s an

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a crash in northern California has killed four people and injured five others.

The California Highway Patrol says two children are among the dead from the accident Saturday evening on Highway 50 near Placerville.

The Sacramento Bee quotes (http://sacb.ee/S4gaUT ) the patrol as saying a westbound Toyota Prius veered into the path of a minivan and the vehicles collided head-on.

Patrol Sgt. Gilbert Lee says a 4-year-old in the minivan and a child in the Prius died as did the Prius’ driver and another adult in the car.

Lee says four others in the minivan, including 1-year-old twins, survived as did a 10-year-old child in the Prius.

The five were rushed to area hospitals, but there was no word on their conditions.

No names were immediately available.

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Information from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:

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Americans’ growing comfort with online shopping puts more pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which depend so heavily on the holiday season.

2. WHAT BLACK LEADERS WANT FROM OBAMA

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3. D.C. ON RECORD PACE FOR FEWEST HOMICIDES

The number of murders in the nation’s capital is on pace to finish lower than 100 for the first time since 1963.

4. EGYPTIANS SET TO PROTEST AGAINST MORSI

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5. WHAT ISRAELIS THINK ABOUT THE CEASE-FIRE WITH HAMAS

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A helicopter crashed Thursday in an upscale Bahamas resort community, killing one U.S. citizen and injuring four others, police reported.

Abaco Police Superintendent Noel Curry said all five people on board were Americans. He did not release the identities or genders of anyone and declined to comment on their injuries.

Livingston Marshall, spokesman for the exclusive Baker’s Bay Golf Ocean Club on Great Guana Cay, said the pilot died in the crash.

“The four surviving passengers were evacuated from Baker’s Bay and are currently receiving medical attention,” Marshall said. He added that he had no information on their conditions and didn’t say where they were taken.

He declined to release the names of the five people who were on the helicopter.

A Florida television station, CBS Miami, reported that one of the injured was Jeffrey Soffer, principal of Florida-based real estate developer Turnberry Associates.

Renardo Curry, Parliament member for North Abaco, said the helicopter was attempting to land at Baker’s Bay when a wind gust sent the aircraft spiraling.

An employee of the resort community

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Friday:

1. WHY BLACK FRIDAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

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2. WHO THE U.S. IS COUNTING ON TO KEEP THE PEACE IN GAZA

Egypt’s President Morsi emerges from his first major international crisis with enhanced prestige after mediating between sworn enemies Israel and Hamas.

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4. 100 CARS AND TRUCKS IN TEXAS HOLIDAY PILEUP

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5. DEAR AMERICA: IT ONLY SEEMS LIKE YOU’RE GETTING MORE CATALOGS

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6. MEXICO WANTS TO BOOT THE U AND THE S

Its formal name is “The United Mexican States” and President Felipe Calderon wants to make it simply “Mexico.”

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8. HOW AN

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A helicopter crashed early Thursday in an upscale Bahamas resort community, killing one U.S. citizen and injuring four others, police reported.

Abaco Police Superintendent Noel Curry said all five passengers were Americans, but he could not confirm the identities or genders of the dead person or the four survivors. He also said he could not immediately comment on the extent of the survivors’ injuries.

A Florida television station, CBS Miami, identified one of the survivors as Jeffrey Soffer, principal of Florida-based real estate developer Turnberry Associates.

Renardo Curry, Parliament member for North Abaco, said the helicopter was attempting to land at the exclusive Baker’s Bay Golf Ocean Club on Great Guana Cay when a wind gust sent the aircraft spiraling.

An employee of the resort community told The Associated Press that he helped residents pull people out of the wreckage. He described the crash as a “nightmare.”

“They got into an air pocket and it went into a tailspin. It recovered, and then it went into a tailspin again and from there it hit the ground. The tail came off and the cabin just went into a spin and somebody got thrown out,” said the Baker’s Bay employee, who