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CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TOBLACK CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS

The tiny island city of Folly Beach, South Carolina, paid trib-ute to Union soldiers whose bones were found there morethan a century after the Civil War ended. Photo: Civil war

reenactors bow heads during prayer ceremony to rememberBlack Union troops who were encamped, died and wereburied there during Civil War. SEE PAGE 3.

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REPORT: HATE CRIMES RISING IN CITY, STATE

Hate crimes in the city were up by27 percent last year compared to2009.

According to a report by thestate’s Division of Criminal JusticeServices, there were 350 hate crimesreported in the city in 2010 — 75more than the previous year.

That also accounts for half of the699 hate crimes reported statewide.

Of those 350 reported crimes, 130led to arrests.

Statewide, the number of reportedbias crimes against individualsincreased by just over a hundred.

Jews, Blacks, gays and Hispanicswere the groups that were targetedthe most by bias attackers.

Most hate crime incidentsinvolved destruction, damage, orvandalism of property, followed byassault and intimidation.

ONE TEEN KILLED, ANOTHER TEEN WOUNDED IN BROOKLYN SHOOTING

Police are searching for the per-son who shot two teenage boys inEast Flatbush. Brooklyn Sundaynight and killed one of them.

Authorities say the suspectwalked up to a 13-year-old boy at thecorner of East 39th Street andAvenue J shortly after 7 p.m. andshot him in the buttocks.

The suspect then walked up thestreet and shot 15-year-old DequanMercurius in the torso before run-ning away.

Both victims were taken to thehospital, where Dequan was pro-nounced dead.

One man who lives in the areasaid the neighborhood is usuallypretty safe.

“I’m very upset because in 1990the first incident that happened, ataxi guy got shot at 48th Street overthere, and from then there hadnever been an incident,” the neigh-bor said. “This is a very good blockand when a situation like this hap-pens, I get very upset.”

A gun was recovered near thescene, but it is not clear if it was thesame one used in the shooting.

Anyone with information on thecase should contact the Crime Stop-pers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, ortext CRIMES and then enter TIP577,or visitwww.nypdcrimestoppers.com.

SCHUMER DEMANDS AIRLINES PAY REFUNDS FOR ALL LOST BAGGAGE

Senator Charles Schumer says ifairlines fail to reimburse passengersfees for lost bags, he will introduce abill to force them.

A new regulation by the U.S.Department of Transportation thatis set to take effect next monthwould refund passengers only iftheir bags are lost permanently.However, the majority of the bagsare eventually returned.

Schumer says airlines should stillrefund the fees, or else passengerscontinue to be unfairly charged incases when the bags do not show upat the passenger’s destination.

In a letter, he called on major air-lines to reimburse those passengersvoluntarily.

NNEEWWSS BBRRIIEEFFSSFormer South African President

Nelson Mandela is 93 today, July 18.July 18 is Mandela Day, an inter-

national day first recognized by theUnited Nations in 2009 in honor ofNobel Peace Prize Laureate and for-mer South African president NelsonMandela’s birthday, during which henot only turns 93 but asks everyoneto help make the world better,healthier, and just.

On July 11 in South Africa, agroup of motorcyclists began theirseven-day expedition dubbed Bikersfor Mandela Day in honor of theethos of Mandela Day. The ride is a2,200 km journey through Gauteng,the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal andMpumalanga, with a crossoverthrough Swaziland.

The Mandela Day slogan is “TakeAction. Inspire change. Make everyday a Mandela Day.” This year, he isasking you to set aside time (67 min-utes to be exact, symbolizing his 67years of service to the people ofSouth Africa and the world) to dosomething positive for your commu-nity and for yourself, from cleaningup litter in your neighborhood togetting tested for HIV if you haven’talready.

Here are 13 healthy things fromMandela’s 67-item wish list, and heonly suggests that you pick one:

1. Get in touch with your localHIV organizations and find out howyou can help.

2. Help out at your local hospice,as staff members often need as muchsupport as the patients.

3. Many terminally ill people haveno one to speak to. Take a little timeto have a chat and bring some sun-shine into their lives.

4. Talk to your friends and familyabout HIV.

5. Get tested for HIV and encour-age your partner to do so too.

6. Take a bag full of toys to a localhospital that has a children’s ward.

7. Take younger members of yourfamily for a walk in the park.

8. Donate some medical supplies toa local community clinic.

9. Take someone you know, whocan’t afford it, to get their eyes testedor their teeth checked.

10. Bake something for a supportgroup of your choice.

11. Start a community garden toencourage healthy eating in yourcommunity.

12. Donate a wheelchair or guidedog, to someone in need.

13. Create a food parcel and give itto someone in need.

Thirteen healthy ways to honor Nelson Mandela Day

By JAMES B.KELLEHER

CHICAGO — An oppressive andpotentially deadly summertime mix ofsizzling temperatures and highhumidity baked a large swath of thecountry again on Sunday, pushingafternoon heat indexes in dozens ofcities to dangerous levels.

Forecasters warned the heatwavewould persist through much of thecoming week and cautioned residentsin more than three dozen states to takeextra precautions.

The National Weather Service post-ed excessive heat warnings for muchof the country’s midsection, includingIllinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Okla-homa, as well as South and NorthDakota, where forecasters predictedheat indexes could hit 115 degrees.

“This will likely be the most signif-icant heat wave the region has experi-enced in at least the last five years,”the weather service said.

Cities especially hard hit by the heatincluded Rapid City, South Dakota,

Springfield, Illinois, and Minneapolis,Minnesota, where AccuWeather.commeteorologists were predicting long-standing high-temperature recordswould fall this week.

Kristina Pydynowski, a seniormeteorologist at AccuWeather, pre-dicted the heatwave will affect morethan 40 states.

All the states will see temperaturesof 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher,she said, and “a large number of themwill bake above 100 degrees for dayson end.”

The scorching weather is the latestin a series of meteorological problemsto best the Midwest in recent months.

The list includes the devastatingtornado that ripped through Joplin,Missouri in late May, killing nearly160 people and destroying more than8,000 homes and other structures, aswell as the ongoing flooding along theMissouri River, which has triggeredweeks of evacuations and other emer-gency measures from Montanathrough Missouri.

While the heat wave is currentlyfocused on the High Plains and Mis-sissippi Valley, it is expected to press

east by the middle of the week, theweather service said.

In Chicago, where high heat andhumidity warnings were twinnedwith an alert for poor air quality, tem-peratures were expected to hit 95degrees in the afternoon, creatingheat indexes as high as 105.

In Minnesota, the heat wave wasexpected to continue through Wednes-day with possible thunderstorms insome parts. Highs in the Twin Citiesarea could reach 94 degrees on Sun-day, and 97 degrees from Mondaythrough Wednesday.

The weather service is projectingpossibly six consecutive days of tem-peratures at 90 degrees or higher inthe Twin Cities, the longest stretch tofar this year, but short of records,meteorologist Jim Richardson said.

“Basically, today through Wednes-day looks to be the warmest regimeand humidity levels up there as well,”Richardson said.

By mid week many locations on theeast coast will have heat index valuesapproaching or exceeding 100degrees, including Washington D.C.,the weather service said.

By WENDELL MARSH

WASHINGTON — Americans’access to basic needs, ranging fromfood and shelter to clean water andhealthcare, has not significantlyimproved since the height of therecession, according to a Gallupstudy released on Friday.

The Basic Access Index, a 13-itemmeasure of Americans’ access tobasic necessities, was at 82.0 in June,only slightly better than the lowpoint of 81.5 recorded in Februaryand March of 2009.

In June 2008, before the recession,the score was 83.6.

“The continued lack of recovery inthe Basic Access Index metrics over-all in 2011 shows that Americans arestill lagging behind prior years interms of their access to the basicnecessities that foster a healthy, pro-ductive life,” Dan Witters, a Gallupwriter, said on its website.

The index is based on around29,000 interviews conducted eachmonth from January 2008 untilJune 2011.

The score’s most recent movementis mainly due to large decreases in

the percentage of adult Americanswho have health insurance coverage,have a personal doctor, visited a den-tist in the last year, and have hadenough money to buy food at alltimes in the last year.

There have also been smalldecreases in the percentage of Amer-icans with enough money to provideadequate shelter.

Access to affordable fresh fruitsand vegetables have made a signifi-cant 2.6 percent gain since June2008. However, the 91.1 percentageis down from June 2010 when thatrate was 92.8.

Economy still affects access to basic needs

Worst heatwave in years grips Midwest, moving east

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By HARRIET MCLEOD

FOLLY BEACH, South Carolina— The tiny island city of FollyBeach, South Carolina, paid tributeto Union soldiers whose bones werefound there more than a centuryafter the Civil War ended.Residents, visitors and Civil War

re-enactors gathered at a riversidepark on Friday for ceremonies thatincluded rifle and cannon firesalutes, bagpipes and the unveilingof a historical marker to the soldiers’unit, General Edward A. Wild’s“African Brigade.”The unit camped here from 1863

to 1865. It consisted of the 55thMassachusetts Regiment, free men,and the First North CarolinaInfantry, former slaves.This year, states North and South

are holding commemorations of the150th anniversary of the Civil War,the first shots of which were firednearby in Charleston harbor. Thebloodiest war in American historyclaimed 620,000 American lives and

ended slavery in the United States.In 1987, Civil War relic hunter

Robert Bohrn was exploring avacant lot on Folly Beach with ametal detector when he found Unionuniform buttons and a skeleton. Theremains of 19 soldiers ultimatelywere discovered in what turned outto have been the brigade cemetery.“In a shovelful of sand, I touched

a soldier,” Bohrn told the crowd.“It’s one thing to find artifacts, butto find the men who lost them is anhonor that I just cannot describe.”Bohrn, 54, contacted the Universi-

ty of South Carolina’s archaeologyand anthropology department to tellthem he’d found bones. “They said‘you sure it’s not a cow?’ I said ‘no,I’ve never seen a cow wear a Yankeeuniform.’”The soldiers were reburied with

full military honors at BeaufortNational Cemetery in 1989, butforensic artist Roy Paschal madecasts of two skulls and createdbronze busts of what the soldiersprobably looked like. He displayedthem on Friday.

Historians have records of whowas buried in the brigade cemeterybut identifying the men would bedifficult, Paschal said.Retired Washington, D.C. fire-

fighter Louis Clark said identity iswhat drives him to re-enact the CivilWar as a soldier in the 54th Massa-chusetts Volunteer Regiment, one ofthe first all-Black units, whose mem-bers fought and died in this area.“I might have an answer about

my ancestors that I haven’t foundyet,” he said.” These soldiers allknew that they were going to raisetheir people to a higher level in life.They had the consolation of know-ing that future generations weregoing to receive the benefit of whatthey did.”“The Civil War doesn’t mean any-

thing to you, not yet,” re-enactorMelvin Turner, also with the 54thMassachusetts Regiment, told agroup of preschoolers after the cere-monies.“This happened 150 years ago.

But this is the uniform they wore.See this medal? I’m brave.”

South Carolina beach city remembers Black Civil War soldiers

Joe McGill portrays a soldier inthe 54th Massachusetts Regiment,one of the first all-Black units ofthe Civil War, at a Folly Beach,South Carolina park.

By GENEVRA PITTMAN

Black men are half as likely to dieat any given time if they’re in prisonthan if they aren’t, suggests a newstudy of North Carolina inmates.The Black prisoners seemed to be

especially protected against alcohol-and drug-related deaths, as well aslethal accidents and certain chronicdiseases.But that pattern didn’t hold for

white men, who on the whole wereslightly more likely to die in prisonthan outside, according to findingspublished in Annals of Epidemiolo-gy.Researchers say it’s not the first

time a study has found lower deathrates among certain groups ofinmates — particularly disadvan-taged people, who might get protec-tion against violent injuries andmurder.

“Ironically, prisons are often theonly provider of medical care accessi-ble by these underserved and vulner-able Americans,” said Hung-EnSung of the John Jay College ofCriminal Justice in New York.“Typically, prison-based care is

more comprehensive than whatinmates have received prior to theiradmission,” Sung, who wasn’tinvolved in the new study, toldReuters Health by email.The new study involved about

100,000 men between age 20 and 79who were held in North Carolinaprisons at some point between 1995and 2005. Sixty percent of those menwere Black.Researchers linked prison and

state health records to determinewhich of the inmates died, and ofwhat causes, during their prisonstay. Then they compared those fig-ures with expected deaths in men of

the same age and race in the generalpopulation.Less than one percent of men died

during incarceration, and there wasno difference between Black andwhite inmates. But outside prisonwalls, Blacks have a higher rate ofdeath at any given age than whites.“What’s very sad about this is that

if we are able to all of a sudden equal-ize or diminish these health inequal-ities that you see by race inside aplace like prison, it should also bethat in places like a poor neighbor-hood we should be able to diminishthese sort of inequities,” said EvelynPatterson, who studies correctionalfacilities at Vanderbilt University inNashville, Tennessee.“If it can be done (in prison), then

certainly it can happen outside ofprison,” Patterson, who wasn’tlinked to the new work, told ReutersHealth.

As in the general population, can-cer and heart and blood vessel dis-eases were the most common causeof death among inmates — account-ing for more than half of deaths.White prisoners died of cardiovas-

cular diseases as often as expectedand died of cancer slightly moreoften than non-prisoners.Black inmates, by contrast, were

between 30 and 40 percent less like-ly to die of those causes than thosewho weren’t incarcerated. They werealso less likely to die of diabetes, alco-hol- and drug-related causes, airwaydiseases, accidents, suicide and mur-der than Black men not in prison.All told, their risk of death at any

age was only half that of men livingin the community.For white men, the overall death

rate was slightly higher — by about12 percent — than in the generalpopulation, with some of that attrib-uted to higher rates of death frominfection, including HIV and hepati-tis. When the researchers broke pris-oners up by age, death rates wereonly higher for white prisoners age50 and older.“For some populations, being in

prison likely provides benefits inregards to access to healthcare andlife expectancy,” said study authorDr. David Rosen, from the Universityof North Carolina at Chapel Hill.But, he added in an email, “it’s

important to remember that thereare many possible negative conse-quences of imprisonment — forexample, broken relationships, lossof employment opportunities, andgreater entrenchment in criminalactivity — that are not reflected inour study findings but neverthelesshave an important influence on pris-oners’ lives and their overall health.”For Rosen, one of the main mes-

sages from the study is the need tomake the world outside of prisonwalls safer, and to make sure peopleliving there have adequate access tohealthcare.

Study: Black men survive longer in prison than out

By GRANT MCCOOL

Most Americans want smokingbanned in all public places but only 19percent believe that cigarette smokingshould be illegal in the United States,a Gallup poll said.The Princeton, New Jersey-based

pollster found in its July 7-10 tele-phone survey that for the first timesince it initially asked the question in2001, a majority of Americans, 59percent, support a public ban onsmoking.Ten years ago, 39 percent were in

favor, a percentage that was about thesame when Gallup did a similar pollon the subject in 2007, according tothe survey published on the websitewww.gallup.com.The 19 percent of respondents who

want a law against smoking is close tothe 14 percent who told Gallup in

1990 they wanted smoking to be ille-gal.“A majority of Americans now sup-

port the concept of a full smoking banin all public places, marking a signif-icant change from four years ago,when Gallup last measured this atti-tude,” the pollster said.“Relatively few Americans support

the idea of making all smoking illegalacross the country, perhaps partly inrecognition of the practical difficulties

involved in enforcing such a ban.”Anti-smoking sentiment has risen

in the United States in recent years.New York, the country’s most pop-

ulous city of 8 million, bans smokingcigarettes in almost all public places,including outdoor plazas and beaches.The District of Columbia and 27 stateshave passed smoke-free laws.Gallup said its July poll also ques-

tioned Americans about their ciga-rette smoking habits.“Twenty-two percent of adult

Americans reported having smokedcigarettes within the last week, a per-centage that is essentially unchangedover the last five years,” Gallup said.The results of the poll are based on

a random sample of 1,016 people aged18 and older living in all 50 U.S. statesand the District of Columbia. Gallupsaid the maximum margin of sam-pling error is plus or minus 4 per-centage points.

Poll: Most in U.S. want ban on smoking in public

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By WILLIAM REED

The worst abuses of the JimCrow era have been eliminated,but the moral outrage inspiredby a personal encounter withbigotry remains the most pow-erful vehicle for conveying theinjuries and indignities ofracial inequality.

In the days since the greatcivil rights awakening, a revo-lution has occurred acrossAmerica. Uptight suburbaniteswho couldn’t imagine socializ-ing with, working for or mar-rying a “Negro,” have givenway to a new and different gen-eration. That process hascleared the way for a genera-tion of Black Believers thatfully accept that Americameans what it says when itpromises to treat them - fairly.Are these young African Amer-icans naive about racism orbasically more confident thantheir elders? Now, from a ven-erated and bestselling voice onAmerican life comes a tremen-dously important book aboutone of the most significantissues in the history of ourrepublic – America’s race rela-tions.

The End of Anger” offers afresh, original appraisal of ournation at this extraordinarytime, tracking the diminish-ment of Black anger and inves-tigating the “generationalshifting of the Americanmind.” Weaving material frommyriad interviews as well astwo large and ambitious sur-veys that he conducted - one ofBlack Harvard MBAs and theother of graduates of A BetterChance, a program that hasoffered elite educational oppor-tunities to thousands of youngpeople of color since 1963 -Cose offers an invaluable por-

trait of contemporary Americain which all intervieweesagreed that life is different foran African American than it isfor a White American. Cosesays that what is different isthe significance of that dis-crimination in terms of theirlife possibilities. YoungerBlacks are more likely tobelieve that they can personallyovercome institutional racismbecause there are ways to getaround it that their parentsdidn’t have, and their grand-parents could not even imag-ine.

Cose sketches a picture ofsteady historical and genera-tional change in which grow-ing optimism among Blacks isa natural response to waningracial bigotry among Whites.In “The End of Anger,” Cosenames each generation toreflect improving race rela-tions: the Black “Fighters” ofmid-century America were suc-ceeded by the civil rights“Dreamers” of the late 20thcentury, who are now sharingpower and prominence with the“Believers” of the new millenni-um. Cose’s collection of inter-generational interviews pro-vides tangible evidence of theimprovement in racial dynam-ics during the last 50 years: thecontempt and blatant discrimi-nation suffered by the “fight-ers” and “dreamers” givingway to the inter-racial relation-ships and expanded job oppor-tunities of the Believers.

The refreshing, readable andcomprehensive book cites “asense of optimism amongAfrican Americans and in ainteresting manner, attributesthe increase of Black optimismto three factors: Barack Oba-ma’s election; “generationalevolution,” which sees each

successive generation harbor-ing fewer racial prejudices,suggesting that African Amer-icans could be facing lessracism than their parents did;and the related rise of racialequality.

The refreshing, readable andcomprehensive book provides acontemporary look at 21st-cen-tury America. “The End ofAnger” is a paradoxical por-trait of race in America, whereeducated, privileged Blacks areoptimistic about their future,but for Blacks at the lower endof the economic spectrum,equality remains as elusive asever. Cose matches statistics toanalysis in this readable andcomprehensive look at race in21st-century America. “TheEnd of Anger” provides insighton young Black movers andshakers like the former Ten-nessee congressman Harold E.Ford Jr. and the N.A.A.C.P.president, Benjamin Jealous.Cose’s interviews with well—established leaders with rela-tively conventional platformsand constituencies producedpredictable interviews and com-ments.

Does hard-core and blatantracism still exist? Read Cose’soffering as he states “I thinkwe will for generations, andmaybe forever, be dealing withthe impact of racism. Butracism as a phenomenon itselfis fading, but I don’t think we’llreach a point where we can talkabout it and deal with it whenit’s still a problem.”

In short, The End of Angermay well be the most importantbook dealing with race inAmerica to date.

— William Reed is avail-able for speaking/seminarprojects via BaileyGroup.org.

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By MOLLYO’TOOLE

WASHINGTON — Thenumber of homeless veteranson any given night hasdropped by over 55,000, theDepartment of VeteransAffairs said on Friday, due inpart to programs like the$46.2 million announcedThursday to provide perma-nent housing for 6,790 home-less veterans.

Despite a still-stagnanteconomy and increased troopdrawdowns leading to poten-tially higher numbers ofhomeless veterans, VADeputy Press Secretary DrewBrookie said the number ofveterans that are homelesseach night has dropped froman estimated 131,000 in 2009to 75,700 as of June this year.

But continued pressure onthis targeted group makesThursday’s funding funda-mental to the Obama Admin-istration’s goal of ending vet-eran homelessness by 2015,according to Anne Oliva,director of the Department ofHousing and Urban Develop-

ment’s homeless office.“It’s a critical time,” Oliva

told Reuters Friday. “We haveveterans that are returning

from Iraq and Afghanistanthat are potentially becominghomeless in higher numbersthan they have in the past.

This new influx of people ...we want to try and get infront of it.”

The $46.2 million will go to

public housing agencies in all50 states and the District ofColumbia.

“We’re reducing the time ittakes to get veterans intohomes,” Brookie told ReutersFriday.

The funding is part of theVeterans Affairs SupportiveHousing Program. HUD Sec-retary Shaun Donovan andVA Secretary Eric Shinsekiannounced the grants Thurs-day morning.

They are the first of tworounds of funding that willallocate the $50 millionappropriated to fight veteranhomelessness in Fiscal Year2011.

Participating veterans inthe HUD-VASH programgenerally contribute no morethan 30 percent of theirincome toward rental of pri-vately owned housing,according to the HUD.

The program is coordinat-ed by HUD, the VA and localhousing authorities.

“Now we know whatworks,” Oliva said. “This isthe time; we have theresources ... having one veter-an homeless is too many.”

VA: Homeless veteran numbers drop by 55,000

Veterans line up to check in for the Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down at theVA Medical Center in Washington.

By KIM PALMER

CLEVELAND — Jurors inthe capital murder trial ofaccused Ohio serial killerAnthony Sowell watched onFriday as he admitted in avideotaped interrogation tohaving sex with six womenwhose remains were foundon his property.

In the video, jurors see aSowell who is at times talka-tive and animated when dis-cussing his house or rela-tionship with ex-girlfriend

Lori Frazier, but who some-times appears agitated whenthe subject turns to theremains found in his home.

Sowell, 51, is on trialaccused of murdering 11women and assaulting fourothers, and could face thedeath penalty. The bodies ofthe women were found inand around his house afterpolice raided his home in2009 to arrest him for rapeand assault.

Sowell, in video shown tojurors, never confesses tohurting or killing any of the

women found at his house,although he does discussmeeting women and refersto dreams and fantasies asdetectives ask him directquestions.

Sowell appears to concen-trate as he tries to rememberinformation about thewomen he met, what theywere wearing, and theirheight and weight. He isseen rocking in his chairgrabbing his head andrepeating: “I don’t remem-ber.”

At one point, two detec-

tives show Sowell a diagramoutlining where they foundsix bodies and asking himrepeatedly which body was“his first” and which “thelast”.

“I don’t remember actual-ly killing anyone,” Sowellsays and tells the detectiveshe can’t distinguish thewomen he dates from the sixbodies that had been foundby then by police.

“I was separated ... I seeflashes,” he says.

Throughout the inter-view, Sowell is asked if the

women he describes meetingwere “one of the six”. Neverdoes Sowell hint that therewere more remains to befound on his property.

Sowell admits to havingsex with “the six” womenbut when Smith says, “If wetook DNA from you will wefind it on them?” Sowellresponds, “I don’t want to dothat.”

Sowell talks about meet-ing women and bringingthem to his house. But henever gives any details aboutwhat happened to them orhow their remains came tobe in his house. “Maybe all Idid was strangle ... that’swhat I did,” he says.

He says, “I’m sorry, I’msorry” over and over againas the interrogation goes onlate into the night and thedetectives offer to give himtime to think.

Sowell agrees with detec-tives that he should helpgive the families of the vic-tims closure but appears tohave problems distinguish-ing fact from fantasy.

“I’m telling you the best Ican,” he says.

At one point, Sowellseems to grasp what isgoing to happen to him, “Mylife is over,” he tells detec-tives.

Accused Ohio serial killer, in video, admits sex with victims

By WENDELLMARSH

WASHINGTON — Thestory of President BarackObama’s mother’s fight withinsurance companies as shesuffered from cancer is stillcompelling, despite a recentbook’s suggestion it wasembellished during the cam-paign, a White Housespokesman said.

Janny Scott’s biographypublished in May about AnnDurham — “A SingularWoman: The Untold Story ofBarack Obama’s Mother” —

questions the accountObama gave in his campaignand his effort to overhaulhealthcare.

“This personal history ofthe President’s speaks pow-erfully to the impact of pre-existing condition limits oninsurance protection fromhealth care costs,” WhiteHouse spokesman NicholasPapas said in an emailedstatement on Friday.

The anecdote described amother battling cancer onlyto have insurance companiesinsist she was ineligible forcoverage because of a preex-isting condition.

However Scott, who took aleave from the New YorkTimes to write the book, saidher research found that let-ters written in 1995 byDurham indicated most ofher expenses were coveredthrough her primary insur-ance provider and that thedispute arose from a supple-mentary disability claim tocover the cost of herdeductible.

“As Ms. Scott’s accountmakes clear, the President’smother incurred severalhundred dollars in monthlyuncovered medical expensesthat she was relying on

insurance to pay,” Papassaid.

“She first could not get aresponse from the insurancecompany, then was refusedcoverage.”

Papas did not challengethe book’s claims, but sug-gested there were onlyminor differences in details.

“We have not reviewed theletters or other material onwhich the author bases heraccount,” Papas said.

“The President has toldthis story based on his recol-lection of events that tookplace more than 15 yearsago.”

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By ALEXDOBUZINSKIS

LOS ANGELES— A feder-al appeals court has reverseditself and temporarily rein-stated the “Don’t Ask, Don’tTell” policy on gays in themilitary, but it has blockedthe Pentagon from signifi-cant enforcement of the poli-cy.

In an order issued late onFriday, a three-judge panel ofthe San Francisco-based 9thU.S. Circuit Court of Appealssided with a request by Pres-ident Barack Obama’s admin-istration to temporarily rein-state the policy against allow-ing openly gay men andwomen to serve in the mili-

tary.The government has said

it needs more time to preparefor an end to the controver-sial policy.

Obama signed legislationin December to repeal “Don’tAsk, Don’t Tell,” but the billgave the Pentagon an unlim-ited time frame to implementthe change, leading up to afinal “certification” of therepeal.

In the meantime, a sepa-rate challenge to the policyhad advanced in the federalcourt system, where lastweek the 9th U.S. CircuitCourt panel upheld a lower-court decision declaring“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”unconstitutional and orderedthe military to immediately

lift the ban.In their latest ruling, the

judges said that, based oninformation provided by gov-ernment lawyers, senior mil-itary officials have madeplans to end “Don’t Ask,Don’t Tell” and that certifica-tion will be presented toObama by the end of July orin early August.

The judges’ three-pageorder also states that onlyone military service memberhas been discharged for

being openly gay since thepassage of the repeal act inDecember.

The judges stated that “inorder to provide this courtwith an opportunity to con-sider fully the issues present-ed in light of these previous-ly undisclosed facts” it wastemporarily reinstating thepolicy.

But the order also blocksthe military “from investigat-ing, penalizing or discharg-ing anyone from the military

pursuant to the Don’t Ask,Don’t Tell policy.”

The policy dates from1993, when then-PresidentBill Clinton signed the direc-tive into law as a compromisewith the military to end anoutright ban on gay servicemembers that had been inforce for decades.

More than 13,000 men andwomen have been expelledfrom the military under thepolicy since it was institutedby Clinton.

Court temporarily reinstates ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By JONATHANALLEN

The board of New Jersey’sRutgers University hasslashed in half a recom-mended tuition hike, buck-ing the tide of historictuition spikes at public col-leges in cash-strapped statesnationwide.

The board of governors atRutgers, New Jersey’s stateuniversity, approved onThursday the lowest under-graduate fee increase inmore than two decades.

It rejected Rutgers Presi-dent Richard McCormick’scall for a 3.1 percent increasein tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates, cut-ting the increase to 1.6 per-cent.

That adds $195 to the2011-12 bill compared to theprevious year, meaning thetypical student will now pay$10,104 in tuition and$2,651 in mandatory stu-dent fees.

At a time when public col-lege tuition is rising by his-toric amounts nationwide,including a roughly 20 per-cent increase at Californiapublic universities for thecoming year, the Rutgersmove was heralded as a vic-tory for students.

“Cutting it in half reallydoes send a message to stu-dents that they really aretrying to strike the right bal-ance during these hard eco-nomic times,” Matt Cordeiro,

president of the RutgersUniversity Student Assem-bly, said in a telephone inter-view on Friday.

Cordeiro and his col-leagues were eager to workwith the president’s staff tofind savings and other rev-enue sources to make up forthe estimated $12 milliondifference in revenue thanunder the proposed budget.

Since the U.S. recessionbegan in late 2007, at least43 state governments havecut aid to state universitysystems, which typicallymake up the difference byincreasing tuition.

At the University ofDelaware this fall, for exam-ple, students will face thelargest increase in tuitionand fees in five years.

Cordeiro said responsibili-ty to ensure that higher edu-cation remains affordablefalls to New Jersey’s govern-ment.

State aid to Rutgers hasdwindled to about the samelevel it was in 1994 withoutaccounting for inflation,despite the student bodygrowing by some 10,000 to56,000 students in that time,a university spokesman said.

Calls to the office of RalphIzzo, chairman of the Rut-gers board of governors,were not returned on Friday.

A request to interviewMcCormick, the universitypresident, about the board’srejection of his proposedincrease went unansweredFriday.

Rutgers University boardhalves recommended

tuition hike

By JEREMYPELOFSKY

WASHINGTON — A U.S.appeals court on Fridayupheld the use of full-bodyscanners to screen air travel-ers, but said the Transporta-tion Security Administrationshould have sought publiccomment before deployingthem.

The U.S. Court of Appealsfor the District of ColumbiaCircuit ruled that themachines, known asAdvanced Imaging Technolo-gy (AIT), were not an uncon-stitutional search anddeclined to halt their usedespite TSA’s failure to followproper procedure.

Privacy advocates, whohave strongly opposed theuse of the machines, hadargued their use constitutedan illegal search under theU.S. Constitution’s FourthAmendment. They also saidTSA failed to provide publicnotice that it was deployingthem and to seek public com-ment.

“Any passenger may opt-out of AIT screening in favor

of a pat-down, which allowshim to decide which of thetwo options for detecting aconcealed, nonmetallicweapon or explosive is leastinvasive,” the three-judgepanel ruled.

The court agreed that thedeployment of the scanners,which allow screeners to seeunder a traveler’s clothes in abid to detect hidden explo-sives, was significant enoughthat the TSA should havesought public input.

“It is clear that by produc-ing an image of the unclothedpassenger, an AIT scannerintrudes upon his or her per-sonal privacy in a way a mag-netometer does not,” JudgeDouglas Ginsburg wrote forthe panel, adding that theagency should have providednotice and sought comment.

The court sent the matterback to the TSA for action.

The TSA accelerateddeploying full-body scannersafter a Nigerian man alleged-ly boarded a flight from Ams-terdam to Detroit in Decem-ber 2009 and tried to detonatea bomb hidden in his under-wear. It failed to explodefully.

TSA has also begun testingsoftware in which a genericoutline of a person is shownrather than the revealingimage.

TSA spokesman GregSoule said they were review-ing the ruling and that theagency already seeks publicinput.

“This is the best technolo-gy currently available todetect nonmetallic impro-vised explosive devices hid-den on a passenger, and is animportant part of TSA’s mul-tilayered security efforts,” hesaid.

Some air travelers haveexpressed anger at the newmachines, saying they weretoo invasive and that thealternative physical pat-downs were as well.

“Many Americans object tothe airport body scanner pro-gram,” said Marc Rotenberg,president of the ElectronicPrivacy Information Center,which had challenged theiruse. “Now they will have anopportunity to express theirviews to the TSA and theagency must take their viewsinto account as a matter oflaw.”

Court upholds use of airport body scanners

A Transportation Security Administration employee participates in a demonstration ofnew body scanner software in Arlington.

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INTERNATIONAL

By PAUL TAIT

KABUL - NATOaircraft killed aninsurgent leaderlinked to a deadlyhotel attack in theAfghan capital thisweek, the coalitionsaid on Thursday, araid that raisedquestions aboutwhether Afghanforces are ready forthe looming securi-ty transition.

The Taliban claimedresponsibility for theattack on theIntercontinental, one oftwo major hotels usedby foreigners andAfghan governmentofficials, a rare night-time raid that began onTuesday and ended fivehours later with 12killed.

However, the NATO-led Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) said the alQaeda-linked Haqqaninetwork had also beeninvolved in the assaultby nine suicide bombersand gunmen.

ISAF identified theHaqqani networkleader killed in an airstrike as Ismail Jan,who it described as adeputy to the seniorHaqqani commander inAfghanistan, Haji MaliKhan.

It said he and “sever-al Haqqani fighters”were killed in the airstrike in the Gardez dis-trict of Paktia provincesouth of Kabul onWednesday.

“The Haqqani net-work, in conjunctionwith Taliban operatives,was responsible for theTuesday night attackon the KabulIntercontinental hotelwhich killed 12 people,including a provincialjudge,” ISAF said in astatement.

The brazen raid cameonly a week afterPresident BarackObama announced aphased withdrawal ofcombat troops, with10,000 to leave by theend of this year andanother 23,000 by theend September 2012.

Obama’s announce-

ment preceded the startof a gradual transitionof responsibility toAfghan forces fromnext month that willend with all foreigncombat troops leavingAfghanistan by the endof 2014.

With that transitionprocess to begin inseven areas nextmonth, the hotel raidraised serious ques-tions about whetherAfghan forces, particu-larly the police, wereready to take over.

“It shows one of theconcerns is that theAfghan security forcesare growing in quanti-ty, not in quality,” saidThomas Ruttig, co-director of the Kabul-based AfghanistanAnalysts Network.

SNIPERSThe attack ended

when snipers on boarda NATO helicopterkilled the last threeattackers fighting fromthe roof of the hotel.Earlier televisionfootage showed Afghanforces firing wildly intothe air.

The New York Timesreported on Thursdaythat some police hadrefused to fight back.

ISAF has been train-ing members of the126,000-strong AfghanNational Police since2009.

Afghan police, whowill be at the front lineof the security transi-tion in villages andtowns acrossAfghanistan, have longbeen viewed as ineptand lagging behind thetraining of the better-equipped army, whichhad been the focus oftraining efforts sincethe Taliban were top-pled in late 2001.

Violence has risen torecord levels acrossAfghanistan over thepast 18 months asNATO troops, especial-ly U.S. forces, hit backagainst a growinginsurgency, especiallyin the Taliban heart-land in the south.

A quarterly report bythe United Nations sec-retary-general to theSecurity Council aboutAfghanistan found that

the number of securityincidents since Marchhad risen 51 percent onthe same period in2010, with suicideattacks rising sharply.

Attacks in theTaliban heartland ofKandahar were espe-cially worrying. “Thecity of Kandahar andits surroundings regis-tered the majority ofthe incidents duringthe reporting period,with a quarter of theoverall attacks andmore than half of allassassinations recordedcountrywide,” thereport said.

But Ruttig said theattack also highlightedother problems con-fronting Afghanistanbefore the transitionprocess, which alsoincludes handing therunning of civil institu-tions and projects overto Afghans, begins.

Not the least of thoseis the political paralysisthat has gripped thecountry for months.

“The fact that neitherNATO nor the Afghanswere able to prevent it

says something — thattransition needs to besomething more thanjust security,” Ruttigsaid of the hotel attack.

“Security forces areonly part of transition.There also needs to be astrengthening of politi-cal institutions and, atthe moment, the parlia-mentary crisis hasbrought politics to astandstill,” he toldReuters.

Last week, a specialpoll court set up by adecree by PresidentHamid Karzai over-turned the results for aquarter of the seats inparliament from elec-tions last year, effec-tively throwing out 62MPs who had beendeclared winners.

The move, and thecourt itself, have beenbranded unconstitu-tional and illegal byAfghan and Westernofficials and observers.Critics have said thecourt was set up byKarzai to further hisown political agendaand silence opposition.

NATO air strike kills fighter linked to Afghan hotel

By LUTFI ABU-AUN

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Russia said onThursday France’sarms drop to rebelsfighting MuammarGaddafi violated a U.N.arms embargo on Libya,a stance that coulddeepen divisions withina NATO alliance thatwants him ousted frompower.

France onWednesday became thefirst NATO country toopenly acknowledgearming the insurgencyagainst Gaddafi’s 41-year rule that hasbecome the bloodiest ofthe pro-democracy“Arab Spring” revoltsbuffeting the MiddleEast and North Africa.

Russia’s position isimportant also becauseit could raise theweapons airlift issue inthe U.N. SecurityCouncil, where Moscowis a veto-wielding per-manent member.

Governments —

including some ofFrance’s allies in NATO— questioned whetherthe French moveexceeded the terms of aU.N. resolution author-izing the use of force toprotect Libyan civiliansin the four-month-oldconflict.

“We asked ourFrench colleaguestoday whether reportsthat weapons fromFrance were deliveredto Libyan rebels corre-spond with reality,”Russian ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrovsaid.

“If this is confirmed,it is a very crude viola-tion of U.N. SecurityCouncil Resolution1970,” he said. That res-olution, adopted inFebruary, imposed acomprehensive armsembargo on Libya.

France’s weaponsairlift, while possiblyincreasing the insur-gent threat to Gaddafi,highlights a dilemmafor NATO.

More than 90 daysinto its bombing cam-

paign, Gaddafi is still inpower and no break-through is in sight,making some NATOmembers feel theyshould help the rebelsmore pro-actively,something the poorlyarmed insurgents haveencouraged.

But if they do that, asin the case of France,they risk fracturing thecohesion of the interna-tional coalition becauseof differences over howfar to go in trying totopple Gaddafi.

Even before news ofthe French arms supplyemerged, fissures wereemerging in the coali-tion with some mem-bers voicing frustrationabout the high cost,civilian casualties, andthe elusiveness of a mil-itary victory.

Gaddafi says theNATO campaign is anact of colonial aggres-sion aimed at stealingthe North Africanstate’s oil and saysNATO’s U.N.-mandatedjustification for its cam-paign — to protect

Libyan civilians fromattack — is spurious.IMMINENT THREATFrance said on

Wednesday it did notbreak the embargo byparachuting weapons tothe rebels because thearms were needed todefend civilians whowere in imminent dan-ger of being overrun byGaddafi’s forces.

NATO SecretaryGeneral Anders FoghRasmussen made clearon Thursday the airliftwas a unilateral Frenchinitiative. Asked byreporters on a visit toVienna if NATO hadbeen involved, heanswered: “No.”

“As regards compli-ance with the U.N.Security Council resolu-tion, it is for the U.N.sanctions committee todetermine that,”Rasmussen said.

In the rebel-held cityof Misrata, a city about200 km (130 miles) eastof Tripoli that has beenbombarded for monthsby Gaddafi’s securityforces, six rockets land-

ed early on Thursdaynear the oil refineryand port.

A Reuters journalistin Misrata reported nocasualties.

Britain’s militarysaid its Apache helicop-ters had attacked a gov-ernment checkpointand two military vehi-cles near Khoms, on theMediterranean coastbetween Misrata andTripoli.

Insurgents in thearea say Gaddafi’sforces are massing, andbringing up weapons,to quell an uprising inthe nearby town ofZlitan. Rebels insideZlitan said they mount-ed a raid on pro-Gaddafipositions on Wednesdaynight.

“(We) carried out aviolent attack last nighton checkpoints ... andexchanged gunfire,killing a number of sol-diers,” a rebelspokesman, who identi-fied himself asMabrouk, told Reutersfrom the town.

WEAPONS DROP

Le Figaro newspapersaid France had para-chuted rocket launch-ers, assault rifles andanti-tank missiles intothe Western Mountainsregion, southwest ofTripoli, in early June. Amilitary spokesmanlater confirmed deliveryof arms.

Despite the diplomat-ic storm, the rebelsencouraged more armsdeliveries.

“Giving (us) weaponswe will be able to decidethe battle more quickly,so that we can shed aslittle blood as possible,”senior rebel figureMahmoud Jibril told anews conference inVienna.

The conflict has halt-ed oil exports fromLibya, helping push upworld oil prices to near$112 per barrel.

Jibril said it may takeyears for oil exports toresume from the ArabNorth African state.“No, no oil is being sold.A lot of the oil well sys-tem was destroyed,especially in the east.”

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By SAMER AL-ATRUSH

CAIRO -Thousands of pro-testers ralliedacross Egypt onFriday, capping aweek of nationwidesit-ins to demandpolitical change asanger grows withthe military rulersover the slow paceof reform.

More than 28 move-ments called for the ral-lies to pressure theSupreme Council of theArmed Forces (SCAF) —which took power whenpresident Hosni

Mubarak was toppled —to respond to theirdemands.

In Cairo, thousandsof demonstratorscrowded into TahrirSquare, the epicentre ofthe protest movementthat overthrewMubarak in Februaryand where hundredshave been staging a sit-in for a week.

A preacher who gavethe sermon at theFriday noon prayer inthe square called forspeedy trials of police-men responsible for thedeaths of protestersduring the 18-dayrevolt and led a funeralprayer for them, theofficial MENA newsagency reported.

The protesters, whohave dubbed the ralliesas the “Friday of theFinal Warning,” arecalling for a defined andtransparent plan for thetransition, criticisingthe military junta fortheir absolute grip onpower.

The cabinet said ithad sent ambulancesand medics to thesquare to tend to pro-testers on hungerstrike.

Among the keydemands are an end tomilitary trials of civil-ians, the redistributionof wealth and the openand speedy trials of for-mer regime officials.

Protesters also wantpolice accused of tortur-

ing and killing protest-ers — whether before orduring the January 25uprising — to bebrought to justice.

In the canal city ofSuez, hundreds of pro-testers chanted “Suezhas toppled the FieldMarshall (HusseinTantawi),” referring tothe country’s de factoruler and Mubarakdefence minister for twodecades.

Hundreds alsomarched in theMediterranean coastalcity of Alexandria, anAFP photographerreported.

The mounting ten-sion has prompted boththe government and the

military council to offersome concessions in abid to placate the pro-testers.

Prime MinisterEssam Sharaf orderedthe sacking of seniorpolice officers accusedof abuse and InteriorMinister MansurEssawy announced acomplete restructuringof his department.

On Wednesday, aftera lengthy silence, themilitary council insistedit supported the revolu-tion and said it wouldcontinue to support thegoals of the revolution.

But the concessionsfell flat with protesters,who labelled them asempty rhetoric.

“Our demands arethe same but the condi-tions are different, sincewe reject the speeches ofthe prime minister andSCAF,” said Bola Abdou,23, who was camping inCairo’s Tahrir Square.

“We want (ourdemands) taken intoaccount, so we will stayin the square,” saidIbrahim Abul Kheir, 25,a member of the April 6protest movement.

Some protesters havecalled for a march toleave from the square,but others feel thatwould leave those leftbehind vulnerable toattack by old regimeloyalists or hired thugs.

Mass pro-reform protests planned in Egypt

An Egyptian protester rests in his tent at a camp set-up in Cairo's TahrirSquare on July 12. Thousands of protesters have rallied across Egypt,capping a week of nationwide sit-ins to demand political change as angergrows with the military rulers over the slow pace of reform.

An Egyptian protester rests in his tent at a camp set-up in Cairo's TahrirSquare on July 12. Thousands of protesters have rallied across Egypt,capping a week of nationwide sit-ins to demand political change as angergrows with the military rulers over the slow pace of reform.

President JacobZuma on Fridaycalled for unity inSouth Africa in therun-up to the 100thanniversary cele-brations for his rul-ing AfricanNational Congress.

The ANC is Africa’soldest liberation move-ment, founded onJanuary 8, 1912, origi-nally to unite blacks inchallenging oppressionby South Africa’s whiterulers.

Zuma highlightedthe party’s evolution,stressing its moves toinclude whites, Indiansand mixed-raced“coloureds” as part of

the struggle to end theracist apartheid rule.

“The question ofunity in the ANC is asold as the ANC itself,”Zuma told a gatheringof top party brass atJ o h a n n e s b u r g ’ sConstitution Hill, oncea prison that heldNelson Mandela andnow home to thenation’s highest court.

“The ANC did notlook at the colour ofperson, but their com-mitment to a just, free,non-racial, non-sexistand democratic SouthAfrica,” Zuma said.

“Together we mustcelebrate the non-racialcharacter of the ANCand entrench it furtherin our country.”

The party alsounveiled a new logo forthe ANC’s centenary,with 10 figures inblack, green and yellow— the colours of theparty — waving theANC flag above thewords “Unity inDiversity”.

The ANC is planningcelebrations forJanuary 8 inBloemfontein, the citywhere the party wasfounded, followed by ayear of concerts,speeches and memori-als to the worst atroci-ties of the apartheidregime.

The ANC has runSouth Africa since thefirst all-race elections in1994 brought Mandela

to the presidency.As a ruling party,

the ANC is increasinglyunder scrutiny overclaims of corruptionand nepotism, whilesome leaders have maderemarks that offendedwhite Afrikaners,descended from thefirst European settlers.

But Zuma insistedthat the party remainscommitted to non-racialism.

“What should bejudged is what theorganisation says,”Zuma said. “If one per-son or two make somestatements that are outof the main context, itdoesn’t necessarilymean that mean that wehave changed policy.”

S.Africa’s Zuma calls for unity in ANC

President Jacob Zuma has called for unity inSouth Africa in the run-up to the 100th anniver-sary celebrations for his ruling AfricanNational Congress. The ANC is Africa's oldestliberation movement, founded on January 8,1912, originally to unite Blacks in challengingoppression by South Africa's white rulers.

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30M voters registered forCongo November elections

KINSHASA, Congo - An electoral offi-cial says more than 30 million people inCongo are now registered to vote inNovember’s crucial elections.

Daniel Ngoy Mulunda, president of theIndependent National Electoral Commission, saidFriday that officials will consider whether to fur-ther extend enrollment again.

The opposition wants registration pushed backa few more days, saying that people haven’t beengiven enough time.

Congo’s pivotal presidential and parliamentaryelections are slated for the end of November.

President Joseph Kabila first took office afterhis father was assassinated in 2001 and was laterelected in 2006 in the country’s first democraticelection.

The vast, mineral-rich Central African nationwas ravaged by years of dictatorship and civilwar.

Sect wounds 7 in besieged north Nigeria city

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A Nigerianofficial says suspected members of a rad-ical Muslim sect have wounded sevencivilians in a car-bombing in the coun-try’s restive northeast.

Col. Victor Ebhaleme says assailants from theBoko Haram sect threw a bomb at a police patrolcar in Maiduguri on Friday morning.

Boko Haram is responsible for a rash ofkillings targeting security officers, local leadersand clerics, but its attacks also kill bystanders.

Soldiers deployed to the area to rein in thegroup are also accused of killing civilians.

Thousands of residents have moved out of thearea this week.

Boko Haram wants the strict implementationof Shariah law in northern Nigeria.

South African scientists tracking penguins

JOHANNESBURG - South African sci-entists are fitting young penguins raisedby humans with satellite transmitters sothey can track them once released intothe wild, hoping to gather informationthat might one day lead to new breedingcolonies of the endangered birds.

Researchers attached a transmitter the size ofa matchbox to a 10-week-old, 3-kilogram (6.6-pound) African penguin Friday. The bird namedRichie will be given a week to get used to swim-ming in a pool with the 30-gram (1-ounce) devicebefore he’s released into the ocean from the south-ern tip of Africa. The first penguin in the projectwas released last month. A total of five penguinsare to be released over a few months.

The numbers of African penguins have plum-meted to 60,000 from up to 4 million in the early1900s.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia -Drought-hit Somalia isstretching relief workersto their limits and is nowfacing a fully-fledgedhumanitarian catastrophe,aid agencies warned onFriday.

“We are no longer talkingabout a humanitarian crisis or ahumanitarian emergency,” saidJens Oppermann, the countrydirector of Action AgainstHunger (Action Contre La Faim,ACF).

“We are seeing this as ahumanitarian catastrophe,” hetold AFP.

Thousands of Somalis havefled in recent months to neigh-bouring Ethiopia and Kenya insearch of food and water, withmany dying along the way, asthe region suffers what the UN

has described as the worstdrought in decades.

Many too have risked conflictby fleeing into Somalia’s capitalMogadishu in a desperate searchfor aid.

Food prices in Somalia havesoared by 270 percent in a year,he said.

“We see people coming intoMogadishu in a state that wehave not seen in this formbefore,” Oppermann added,describing “unimaginable suf-fering beyond the scale of whatis acceptable.”

“We are not able to provideenough assistance to everyone,”he said.

ACF has been working inSomalia since 1992.

Meanwhile Doctors withoutBorders (MSF) said they wereboosting efforts to supportrefugees fleeing across the bor-

der into Kenya after assess-ments found “alarmingly highrates of malnutrition.”

“I expected to find a difficultsituation but not a catastrophicone,” said Anita Sackl, who coor-dinates nutritional assessmentsfor MSF.

“The majority of new arrivalsactually fled because they hadnothing to eat, not just becausetheir country has been at warfor decades,” she added.

Refugees are waiting for 40days before being registered,receiving only two days ofrations for that period, MSF saidin a statement.

In Kenya’s Dadaab refugeecamp, 37.7 percent of childrenunder five checked by MSFteams were suffering from acutemalnutrition, with 17.5 per centof those facing a “high risk ofdeath.”

Somalia faces drought ‘catastrophe’

New internally displaced families from southern Somalia arrive in Mogadishu seeking for foodand shelter on July 15. Drought-hit Somalia is stretching relief workers to their limits and is nowfacing a fully-fledged humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies have warned

By ABDIGULED

M O G A D I S H U ,Somalia (AP) - Somalipirates holding SouthKorean hostagesdemanded on Fridaythat the South Koreangovernment releasepirate prisoners andpay compensation for acommando raid thatkilled several piratesearlier this year.

The attempt to usehostages to get conces-sions directly fromtheir governments is anew trend, followingdemands made to theIndian government inApril.

Hassan Abdi, one ofthe pirates holding 25crew aboard the MVGemini, told TheAssociated Press thathis group wants com-pensation for eightpirates killed inFebruary when SouthKorean commandosstormed a ship andfreed 21 hostages.

Abdi also he wantspirates being held pris-oner in South Korea tobe released.

“First, we want theSouth Korean govern-ment to change its fool-ish treatment of us andcome with a betterapproach toward us,”he said in a statementread to the AP.

“Second, we wantcompensation fromthem because theykilled our brothers andthey also have torelease others in theirjails. After that we mayreconsider holdingtheir nationals in ourhands,” he said.

The MV Gemini washijacked off the Kenyancoast in May. Four ofthe crew are SouthKorean.

South KoreanForeign Ministry offi-cials declined to com-ment but South Korea’sYonhap news agencyquoted a governmentofficial saying thatnegotiating withpirates was out of the

question and suspectson trial cannot bereleased. Yonhap saidthe official spoke oncondition of anonymi-ty.

For the past twoyears, pirates have beenholding hundreds ofhostages at any onetime. Some are fromnations like thePhilippines, which doesnot have a naval pres-ence off the EastAfrican coast. Butmany hostages areIndian, a countrywhich has taken anactive role in anti-pira-cy operations.

In April, piratesreleased the MVAsphalt Venture but

Pirates demand compensation from S. Korean navy


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C A R A C A S ,Venezuela —Venezuela´s presi-dent Hugo Chavezsaid that his treat-ment after therecent removal of atumour will contin-ue with chemother-apy and radiothera-py sessions.

“After the tumourwas removed, recoveryreached its top level. Weare now going into asecond stage and per-haps into a third thatwill probably includeprocedures like radio-therapy and chemother-apy to defend my bodyfrom threateningmalignant cells,” saidthe president during aphone conversation

with VTV television.“However, I am not

sure about it yet; it alldepends on the medicalevaluation,” Chavezadded, as he admittedthat the coming stageof the treatment couldbe “somewhat uncom-fortable,” though heunderscored his faith inovercoming any diffi-culty.

“The medical evalua-tions should continuebecause the threat ofexpansion is latent.These evaluations goorgan by organ and Imust not give furtherdetails,” he said.

Chavez (56) under-went surgery inHavana, Cuba, toremove a canceroustumour from the pelvic

area. On Wednesday,the head of state did notwant to give moredetails about the zoneon his body where thetumour was found,though he rejected thatit was in his colon orhis stomach, as somemedia have speculated.

“They are speculat-ing about me havingthe colon cut in fourpieces, or that it is mystomach, but I havenothing like that and Ithink they must haveunderstood that fromthe activities I havebeen doing in thisstage. It is cancer butnot as bad as manywould like it to be,” hesaid.

Chavez was able toreturn to Venezuela on

July 4, but he stillneeds rigorous medicaltreatment that limitshis public appearancesand his working agen-da.

“I had this bigtumour. When I saw itsimage, I said: “My God!It was the size of a base-ball,” said Chavez as headmitted that when hewas diagnosed cancerhe was assaulted by theghosts of death. “Whenyou are told the wordcancer, you link it tothe end,” he said andwent on to explain thathe lost 14 kilos lastmonth. “But my body isstronger than Ithough.”

Chavez, who expectsto run for presidentialelections in 2012 and

have a third six-yearterm of office, said thathis disease has helpedhim admit “fundamen-tal mistakes” and lookat life from a differentview.

“I feel better thanever. We are in resur-rection time. Thishuman being is nowundergoing a spiritualrenovation process,” hesaid.

The Venezuelan pres-ident said he is learningto “delegate” and let hisministers act on theirown and work in anindependent manner.

“I do not considermyself indispensable.Here, we have a processunfolding and everyonehas a role to play,” thepresident explained.

However, he reiterat-ed that he is in “therearguard, but com-manding” his team.

Chavez admitted thathe was killing himselfby personally attendingto subjects from thevital state issues to therepair of a road.

“I was killing myself;I would eat everything,I used to weigh over100 kilos and I carriedthree phones with me.If I saw somethinginteresting on TV Iwould call a minister(...) the people wouldgive me papers request-ing a home. It was per-manent anguish thatdid not even allow mebreathe and it was myown fault,” he conclud-ed.

Chavez talks about his medical treatment

PORT OF SPAIN,Trinidad — Thegovernment ofTrinidad andTobago is moving tohave a more visiblepresence of policeofficers in the com-munities and on thestreets as part ofthe formal intro-duction of the 21stPolicing Initiative,which was intro-duced in theWestern Division afew months ago.

Addressing a postcabinet press confer-

ence, Minister ofNational SecurityBrigadier John Sandysaid the concept“intends to ensure theentire citizenry feelmore comfortable witha police presence so wehave a crime free socie-ty...where victims donot feel like perpetra-tors”.

He outlined severalelements of the pro-gramme, whichincludes training andinstilling integrity,accountability and bet-ter communicationskills to police officers.

He said the govern-

ment is hoping that theinitiative brings about amore proactive policeservice.

He said a more visiblepresence on the streetsand communities meantpolice officers would beable to “respond to inci-dents quicker havingregard to fact that theinformation would berelayed to them whilethey are on the beat.And they can investi-gate crimes quickerbecause they are on spe-cific locations.”

He said the modelwas one of efficiencyand effectiveness in the

service. He said it wasalso about citizensbeing able to regaintrust in police officers.He said it was a mainconcern of his in termsof the “relationsbetween citizens andthe police and we mustbe aware and accept thefact that the policealone cannot solvecrime”.

He said he had got-ten feedback from citi-zens that they wantedto see more police offi-cers to have a sense ofcomfort.

The minister admit-ted some police officers

had reservations aboutthe initiative, butencouraged them tospeak about their con-cerns and communicateto find solutions. Hesaid there would beteething problems andresistance to changeand to doing things dif-ferently, hence the rea-son why the initiativewas extended to sixmonths to “explore allthe flaws before export-ing it to otherDivisions”.

He said he didn’t seethe current industrialaction by police officersas a stumbling block to

the programme, notingthat besides the fivepercent offer police offi-cers were enjoyingother areas of remuner-ation.

The minister alsoannounced that chang-ing the police uniformwas being explored sothat it conformed to“our climate, and therebe standardization ofequipment, weaponsand vehicles”.

He said there werealso other strategies inthe fight against crimeto be considered, butwhich he could notspeak about.

Police presence to be more visible in Trinidad and Tobago

WASHINGTON — TheInter-American DrugAbuse ControlCommission (CICAD) ofthe Organization ofAmerican States (OAS)on Thursday publishedits latest report on theprogress of drug controlin the region, containing350 recommendationsfor countries facing thisproblem, of which 38percent involve controlmeasures, 28 percentdemand reduction, 24percent supply reduc-tion, and 17 thestrengthening of institu-tions.

The report recommendscountries to strengthen theiranti-drug policies in the fol-lowing areas: controlling illic-it traffic, pharmaceuticalproducts, money laundering,and ratifying internationalconventions recommended bythe Multilateral EvaluationMechanism (MEM); theimplementation of programsof prevention and drug abuse,in addition to evaluating andexpanding coverage of exist-ing programs.

Furthermore, memberstates are advised to establishnational registries of publicofficials formally accused andsentenced for illicitly traffick-ing in drugs.

“This new MEM report andabove all the recommenda-

tions contained in it are anessential reference for allthose involved in designingdrug policies in ourHemisphere,” OAS SecretaryGeneral José Miguel Insulzasaid.

“The inter-pares evaluationmechanism gives force andlegitimacy to the MEM, andconstitutes an excellentexample of how the OAS deci-sively contributes to findingsubstantive meeting pointsfor countries to solve theproblems they face and thatare of concern to our people,and specifically in this phe-nomenon that causes somuch harm to countries ofthe region,” the head of thehemispheric organizationadded.

The OAS secretary for mul-tidimensional security, AdamBlackwell, who oversees theworkings of the CICAD, high-lighted that “theCommission’s report high-lights the need to face one ofthe weakest points in most ofthe countries of the region,and that is controlling thesale of drugs through theInternet.”

Blackwell added on thisimportant point that theCICAD recommends “theimplementation of researchand training activities relatedto the prevention and controlof illicit trafficking in phar-maceutical products andother drugs on the Internetthat allow for the identifica-tion of the national needs at

the normative and operativelevels.”

The document also high-lights that, according to epi-demiological studies conduct-ed by 33 countries between2006 and 2009, marihuana is,after alcohol and tobacco, thedrug of highest consumptionin the Hemisphere by the pop-ulation in general, and partic-ularly the young population.

Regarding supply reduc-tion, the report indicates thatduring 2006 to 2008, “thetotal number of illegal druglaboratories rises to 37,900,of which more than 27,000correspond to drugs of organ-ic origin (mainly cocaine) andmore than 10,000 correspondto synthetic drugs (mainlymethamphetamines).”

OAS presents new report on the progress of drug control in the Americas


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PORT-AU-PRINCE,Haiti (AP) - A UnitedNations spokeswomansays the world body’speacekeeping missionin Haiti has deployedtroops to several slumsin Port-au-Prince tocrack down on gangsand criminals.

Barbara Mertz of theU.N. peacekeeping mis-sion in Haiti says“Operation Phoenix”will use more than2,100 soldiers to catchcriminals in Cite Soleil,Bel-Air and Martissant.All three slums arelongtime havens forgang activity.

The operationannounced Thursday isbeing supported byU.N. police and Haiti’sNational Police. It isintended to last for sev-eral days.

Once the U.N. forcesecures the three neigh-borhoods, the troopsplan to clear the streetsof debris and garbage,set up health care clin-ics, and repair roads.

UN mission in Haiti deploys troops in slums

Construction workers work at a construction site in Port-au-Prince July 12, 2011. Two months after taking office with apromise to "wake up" Haiti, President Michel Martelly is battling to install a new government and the urgent task of rebuild-ing from last year's earthquake is on hold. A parliament dominated by supporters of the country's previous president lastmonth rejected Martelly's first pick for premier. Lawmakers are also opposing his second selection - Bernard Gousse, a for-mer justice minister.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica’spolice force rejects a statement made bya senior police commander portrayinghomosexuals as the primary organiz-ers of lottery scams, the Caribbean’sisland’s top cop said Thursday.

Commissioner Owen Ellington expressedregret “for any concern, anxiety and anyappearance of unfair labeling which may havebeen construed” from Senior SuperintendentFitz Bailey’s assertion on a TV news programthat young homosexual men were often behindthe criminal scams.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force “has no pol-icy of singling out any particular social group-ing for special police attention,” Ellington said.

Dane Lewis, head of the Jamaica Forum forLesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, commendedEllington for the retraction.

He expressed hope that the police force “willuse this experience as an opportunity as aguide to how it frames issues” regarding gays,“especially those who are victims of crimes andare at risk of violence.”

Lewis’ group and others called Bailey’s state-ment earlier this week incendiary and saidthey feared it could perpetuate prejudice,harassment and violence against gays.

Earlier in the week, Bailey told RJR Newsthat he felt no need to apologize, asserting hisstatement about the lottery schemes was basedon fact.

Top cop disowns policecomment tying gays to crimeBy OLGA R.

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M O N T E R R E Y ,Mexico - The northerncity of Monterrey, onceMexico’s symbol ofdevelopment and pros-perity, is fast becominga new Ciudad Juarez.

Drug-related mur-ders this year are onpace to double lastyear’s and triple thoseof the year before in theonce-tranquil industri-al hub. In recent weeksa tortured, screamingteenager was hungalive from a bridge.Two of the governor’sbodyguards were dis-membered and dumpedwith messages threat-ening the state leader.

Last week, gunmenkilled 20 people in a barwhere Ziplock bags ofdrugs were found, thelargest mass murder todate in the metro areaof 4 million people. Thetoll continued thisweek: 14 were killed inseparate hits onWednesday, eight more

on Thursday.Officials say two car-

tels turned the cityupside down practicallyovernight when theysplit in early 2010 andare trying to outdoeach other with grislydisplays.

Security officialsacknowledge they don’tknow how much worseit will get.

“As long as there areconsumers and a criti-cal mass of young peo-ple for these gangs torecruit, it’s hard toimagine the number (ofkillings) will go down,”said Jorge Domene,state securityspokesman for NuevoLeon state, whereMonterrey is located.

The scale of thekillings has rarely beenseen in Mexico outsideborder cities suchJuarez, Tijuana andNuevo Laredo, themain gateways fordrugs passing into theUnited States that haveseen dramatic surges ofviolence since PresidentFelipe Calderon intensi-

fied Mexico’s crack-down on organizedcrime in 2006.

And fear is startingto fray the social order.Concern over violencehas caused enrollmentto drop at the presti-gious home campus ofMexico’s top privateuniversity, theTechnology Institute ofMonterrey, which hashad to lay off someemployees.

The chamber ofindustry in a brash,proud city where theannual income percapita is double thenational average didn’twant to talk to TheAssociated Press aboutthe impact of violenceon business, thoughsome executivesacknowledge they’vehad to spend more onsecurity.

Shirt factoryGilberto Marcos, amember of a citizens’council on security,said some businesseshave clearly facedextortion from druggangs, though few

cases are reported.The Gulf Cartel once

controlled drug run-ning throughMonterry, and Mexico’sthird-largest city had areputation as a quiet,safe place. Where drugtraffickers were pres-ent, they avoided creat-ing problems, hidingtheir families amidneighborhoods of cor-porate executives.

The violence explod-ed when the Zetasbroke away from theGulf Cartel, creating astruggle for control ofthe area. The fight hasleft more than 1,000people dead so far thisyear in Nuevo Leonstate, compared to 828in 2010 and 267 in2009.

In wealthier parts ofthe area, restaurantsare still packed andpeople still jog andwalk their dogs atnight. In poorer sub-urbs, though, entireblocks have been heldup by gunmen andyoung people snatchedoff the streets.

Mayhem rivals border in Mexico’s 3rd-largest city

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The plot betweenBow Wow and themother of his child,video model JoieChavis, thickens asmore drama is revealedto the world. Accordingto TMZ, Joie decided toexclude Bow Wow’sname from the birthcertificate of theirchild, Shai, since he didnot show up to the hos-pital during the birthof their daughter afterJoie had to undergo anemergency c-sectionback in April. In fact, itis reported that BowWow didn’t show upuntil six days after thebaby was born! Joie isalso stating that BowWow is a fake, and isacting like he’s a devot-ed dad from the openletter he wrote to hisfans earlier this weekbut was absent duringtheir daughter’s birth.Although she obvi-souly seems to have illfeelings toward therapper, it’s reportedthat Joie is willing tomove on and let thecourts name Bow Wowas baby Shai’s father,

legally, although thatwill be up to the discre-tion of the judge.

American Idol alumJordin Sparks, who iscurrently touring withthe Backstreet Boysand New Kids on theBlock, says she feels“lucky” that she contin-ues to find success inher career. The 21-year-old tells Parade,“”I just feel lucky thatfive years later I’m stilltouring and people stillwant to talk to me. Forme, I just keep goingand say yes to thingsthat I think are goingto be really important.”Sparks also says hav-ing a good foundationand picking the rightsongs has helped herlongevity. “I don’t wantto get bogged downsaying yes to thingsjust because I can,” shesays. “I want it to meansomething. Trying tokeep your head onstraight and having agood foundation andbase back at home andaround you is key.”

Five classic albumscreated by TupacShakur are being rere-leased digitally for thefirst time ever, repre-sentatives for the laterapper’s family con-firmed. Tupac’s firstthree solo albums arebeing made availabledigitally for sale oniTunes for the firsttime. The albums thatare being re-releasedinclude 2PacalypseNow, which producedthe singles “Brenda’sGot A Baby” and“Trapped.” His secondalbum, Strictly For MyN.I.G.G.A.Z., will alsobe digitally re-released. That albumproduced the singles“Holler If You HearMe” and one of Tupac’sbest-known songs, “IGet Around.” Otheralbums hitting theInternet for the firsttime include Thug Life- Volume 1, Me AgainstThe World and R U StillDown?. In relatednews, Tupac’s GreatestHits album has official-

ly been certified Dia-mond by the RIAA,having sold over 10million copies since itsoriginal release onNovember 24, 1998.

Michelle Williams ismaking a musicalcomeback with her newsong “Love Gun.” Muchlike her Destiny’s Childcounterpart Kelly Row-land, Michelle has gonethe techno-pop route onthis tune. It’s beenthree years since herlast solo album wasreleased and “LoveGun” is quite differentfrom it’s precedingmaterial. With heavysynths and Casio key-board-striking, theupbeat record is for thelucky in love. “Myalbum will be ‘inspira-tional pop.’ Think ofKaty Perry’s ‘Firework’or Natasha Bed-ingfeld’s ‘Unwritten.’ Iwant to give people amessage of hope whileat the same time getthem moving withdance inspired tracks.”

Andre 3000 wasoriginally tapped toplay Jimi Hendrix in abiopic last year, but it’sbeen silent on the newsfront since. But accord-ing to actress HayleyAtwell, the Outkastmember is still slated tobe in the flick. Speak-ing with Esquire, theCaptain America starexplained that ThreeStacks is signed on toappear as Hendrix inthe independent flick.“Next up is possibly aJimi Hendrix biopic —an independent filmwith Andre 3000 fromOutKast playing JimiHendrix. But I don’tknow, really. TheAtwell team is like,Let’s just wait and see,”she said. Andre previ-ously appeared in the2008 flick Semi-Pro,though has relativelyquiet since then. He issupposedly working ona solo album to bereleased this year inanticipation of an Out-kast LP to drop in2012.

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Rapper Nicki Minaj will be one ofa number of celebrities who are slat-ed to perform during Clear ChannelRadio’s “IHeartRadio Music Festi-val.”Hollywood A–Lister Ryan

Seacrest is hosting the two-day festi-val, which also include perfor-mances by Bruno Mars, The BlackEyed Peas, Jennifer Lopez, AliciaKeys, Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson,Sublime, John Mayer, Usher andSting.The artists will appear on stage at

the MGM Grand in Las Vegas thisSeptember, where the festival willalso serve to launch clear channelsIHeartRadio digital product.Clear Channel is introducing a

new, all digital radio experience thatcombines 750 broadcast radio sta-tions, along with digital only sta-tions from 150 cities, allowing users

to create their own listening experi-ence.“Building up to the festival, we

will be presenting the biggestnational promotion in radio histo-ry,” said John Hogan, President andCEO of Clear Channel Radio. “All850 Clear Channel radio stations,spanning diverse music formats,introduced millions of listenersacross the country to this historicmusic event. The majority of our sta-tions will also feature exclusiveradio and digital content includingexclusive artist interviews and tick-et giveaways. The announcement ofthe event alone has set new records.It’s the first announcement ever toroadblock all Clear Channel Radioplatforms and the teasers and theannouncement have reached an esti-mated 100 million people.”The IHeartRadio Festival will take

place at the MGM Grand in LasVegas from September 23rd-24th.

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GENEVA — Global pro-duction of seasonal flu vac-cine is expected to double to1.7 billion doses by 2015,with 11 new manufacturerscoming onstream in develop-ing countries, the WorldHealth Organization (WHO)said.

If a new influenza pan-demic erupts, the world’sprojected 37 vaccine makerscould potentially triple theirannual production of triva-lent seasonal vaccine to make5.4 billion doses of pandemicvaccine, the United Nationsagency said.

But the actual amountwould depend on the yield ofthe virus grown in the egg —disappointingly low forH1N1 — and how much adju-vant — which stretches theactive ingredient — is used inpandemic vaccine, expertssaid.

“The estimate is by 2015, ifall projects that are currentlygoing on get to successful

implementation, we wouldhave something around 1.7billion doses of seasonal vac-cine,” WHO assistant direc-tor-general Marie-PauleKieny told a briefing afterexperts held three-day talks.

“In making pandemic vac-cine you have a multiplica-tion by a factor of three.”

The WHO came under fireduring the H1N1 pandemicin 2009-2010, the world’sfirst pandemic in 40 years,for slow distribution of vac-cines in poor countries andallegations of drug industryinfluence on its decision-making.

“What we are continuingto do is to make sure that notonly will there be more pan-demic vaccine if need be, butalso that the sites wherethese vaccines will be pro-duced will be more diversegeographically and morepopulations of the world willhave earlier access to pan-demic vaccine,” Kieny said.

An independent reviewpanel which issued a reportearlier this year on WHO’shandling of the emergency

said that the world remainedill-prepared for a major pan-demic.

“We do not currently havethe capacity to produce in atimely way sufficient vaccineto protect the world’s popula-tion in the face of a global,

severe influenza pandemic,”Dr. Harvey Fineberg, anAmerican heading thatpanel, said on Thursday.

GlaxoSmithKline andSanofi are among major pro-ducers of influenza vaccines.

“We have to take influenza

vaccine as a tool to combatinfluenza pandemic, not justa tool to maximize profit,”said Dr. Pathom Sawanpa-nyalert, Thailand’s chair ofthe WHO’s Global ActionPlan for Influenza Vaccines,the experts group that met.

Flu vaccine production to double by 2015, WHO says

By LAURENKEIPER

BOSTON — Boston pedia-trician David Ludwig, thecenter of a media firestorm,wants to set the recordstraight on his view that astate should intervene in themost extreme cases of childobesity.

Ludwig and co-authorLindsey Murtagh at the Har-vard School of Public Healthtriggered a backlash with anopinion piece in a leadingU.S. medical journal aboutwhat could be done abouthighly overweight young-sters.

They argued that when allother efforts failed, a stateshould consider puttinghigh-risk obese kids in fostercare, and said doing so maybe the more ethical choicethat could avert drastic mea-sures like weight-losssurgery.

Ludwig, of Boston’s Chil-dren’s Hospital, has sinceresponded to dozens of e-mails this week from angryand terrified parents. Othermedical experts have ques-tioned the rationale ofremoving a child from anotherwise functional andsupportive family if they are

obese.In his first interview since

the backlash began, Ludwigsaid the article was meant topromote a dialogue on child-hood obesity, which hasbecome a life-threateningproblem for many young-sters.

“It’s absolutely under-standable that if someonewith an obese child heard thegovernment could swoop inand take that child away,(they would) be frightenedand outraged,” Ludwig toldReuters. “I want to empha-size that foster care shouldonly be the last resort whenall other options have failed.”

In his replies to parents,Ludwig has provided copiesof his opinion piece, pub-lished this week in the Jour-nal of the American MedicalAssociation, that says thereis a role for the state when itcomes to helping obese chil-dren, but removing themfrom a home is very rarelythe solution.

“It’s just been heartbreak-ing to see how the story hasbeen wildly exaggerated bysome of the media, causing agreat deal of pain and suffer-ing for people,” Ludwig said.

With at least 20 millionoverweight and obese chil-dren in the United States and

some 2 million of those kidsat the very highest risk,childhood obesity may be the“most important threat thatexists to this generation ofchildren,” he said.

But placing a youngsterin foster care “shouldabsolutely not be an option”for most of the highest riskcases.

And that is what Ludwigand Murtagh wrote in thepiece, he said.

Ludwig explained that

state intervention couldinclude financial support tofamilies, social services,access to safe recreationareas and even parentingcourses to help manage achild’s uncontrolled eatinghabits.

In 99 percent of the mostserious cases, removing achild from a home is not anoption. Ludwig said that inover 15 years of treatingsome 10,000 patients bat-tling obesity he only knows

of one case where the childwas taken from parents.

“The ultimate answer tothe obesity epidemic is not toblame parents, it’s to create amore healthful and support-ive society,” Ludwig said.

“But until we get there,what do we do about that 14-year-old, 400-pound (182kg) child who’s not facingincreased risk of illness 20years from now, but who’sfacing life-threatening com-plications today?” he said.

U.S. pediatrician feels heat over child obesity idea

Backyard barbeques are abig part of summer fun, butavoiding their hidden dan-gers is key to staying healthyand enjoying a cookout, adoctor suggests.

Barbeques can result infood poisoning from raw orundercooked foods; tempera-mental grills can causeburns; and charred meat maycontribute to the developmentof certain types of cancer,according to Dr. MarthaHoward, a Chicago Healerspractitioner.

But it doesn’t have to bethat way, Howard noted in anews release from the healthcare network. As the summerheats up and more people fire

up their grills, Howard offersthe following tips to helpensure safe and healthy bar-beques:

Keep it clean. Be sure toscrub the grill and removeold fats.

Use wood starters for char-coal — not petroleum. Stackcharcoal in a two-poundmetal can with the ends cutoff. Spread out the coals withtongs once they are well-lit.

Become familiar with thegrill. It’s important to knowhow to operate and turn off apropane grill safely.

Use proper hygiene.Remember to wash yourhands and use separate platesand cutting boards for raw

and cooked meats.Use marinades. Marinated

meat may char less. Justdon’t let meat sit out while it’smarinating.

Precook. Avoid takingmeats or poultry directlyfrom the freezer to the grill.Precooking before grillingreduces overall cooking tem-perature and charring.

Cut down to size. Cut meatand chicken into smallerpieces so they cook thorough-ly.

Trim the fat. Less fat onmeat and poultry meansfewer PAHs.

Try more vegetables. Veg-etables can be grilled for ahealthy alternative to meat.

Barbeque may contain hidden dangers


NEW JERSEY

By DAVIDGIAMBUSSO

NEWARK -Newark MayorCory Booker willsubmit a 2011budget atThursday’s councilmeeting, settingthe city on course toadopt a spendingplan by earlyAugust.Booker’s budget will

raise property tax ratesby 4 percent - downfrom the 6 percentfloated weeks ago - andwill not seek layoffs orfurloughs, according tobusiness administratorJulien Neals. But a $45million deficit remains

and could be as large as$55 million, dependingon negotiations withthe state.“The state is permit-

ting us to introduce thebudget where we haveincluded the gap,”Neals told council mem-bers today.The city is negotiat-

ing with the state to gethelp filling that gap.According to Neals thatcould come either in theform of an advancefrom the PortAuthority, a loan, or“distressed cites” aid.The aid would be theleast palatable optionfor Newark because itcomes with restrictions.“I like the governor.

Nice guy,” said CouncilPresident Donald

Payne. But, he added,“we don’t need him uphere getting involvedwith the managementof the city.”The council will seek

to make further cuts inthe coming weeks, butNeals warned any addi-tional revenue will notaffect the tax rate.“Whatever we’re

allowed to do in termsof generating revenuewill allow us to drivedown the gap,” he said.The increased tax

rate will mean about$200 more in taxes ayear for the averagehomeowner. Councilmembers said they wereuncomfortable with anyincrease after lastyear’s staggering 16percent hike.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker seeks waysto close city’s $45M budget gap

Newark Mayor Cory Booker

By CHARLESHACK

An 86-year-oldUnion City womanfound dead in herapartment Sundayafternoon wasbludgeoned with ahammer in whatauthorities aredescribing as agruesome case ofdomestic violence.The woman’s part-

ner, a 74-year-old manwas also found in theapartment with seriousbodily injuries andremains in critical con-dition at the Jersey City

Medical Center, HudsonCounty ProsecutorEdward DeFazio saidyesterday.c o u p l e 1 . J PG J o e

S h i n e M e r c e d e sFigueroa, 86, of, UnionCity was found dead inher 29th Street apart-ment Monday. Her 74-year-old partnerallegedly hit her with ahammer, officials said.“The man has not

been charged at thispoint but it does appearthat it was a domesticdispute that elevated tothis level,” DeFazio said.“There was no indica-tion of any third person.There was no robberyand no forced entry.”

DeFazio identified thedead woman asMercedes Figueroa, 86.A neighbor, Luz

Hernandez, 43, who hasknown the couple allher life, said she andher 19-year-old daugh-ter the couple’s god-daughter used a key toenter the couple’s third-floor apartment Sundaybecause she hadn’t seenthem since Thursdayeven though their carwas parked in front ofthe apartment building.Hernandez said she

discovered Figueroadead on the floor next tothe front door and theman on the floor in liv-ing room. According to

authorities, Hernandezreported the gruesomefinding to Union Citypolice at 12:30 p.m.“We were very, very

close. They were verynice people,” saidHernandez, adding shewas unaware of anyproblems between thedeceased woman andthe 74-year-old man. “Iam in deep shock.”Hernandez said the

couple had been mar-ried for 50 years andthe husband had at leastone son in the UnitedStates and three othersons in Puerto Rico.Figueroa had family inthe Bronx, Hernandezsaid.

DeFazio could notconfirm yesterday thatthe couple were mar-ried.Another neighbor

said yesterday the cou-ple were inseparable.“They were always

together,” said BlancaTorres, 57. “I am inshock. I couldn’t sleeplast night.”The couple clearly

had a fight and it was“mutual combat,”DeFazio said. “We thinkthis incident occurred acouple of days prior tothe discovery.”A hammer found at

the scene is believed tobe the murder weapon,he said.

Authorities areawaiting the results ofthe autopsy for thewoman. She appeared tohave died from “bluntforce trauma to thehead” and the death isbeing treated as a homi-cide, DeFazio said.The man who was

found in a semi-con-scious state “also hasinjuries that are consis-tent with blunt forcetrauma,” with severalfractures including hishead, DeFazio said.The investigation is

ongoing by the HudsonCounty Prosecutor’sHomicide Unit and theUnion City PoliceDepartment.

Elderly Union City woman dead after partner, 74, allegedly hits her with hammer

By TONI-ANNCERBO

A 22-year-oldBayonne man wasbeaten into uncon-sciousness by apack of nine menand four womenearly Sunday and heremains in a comaat the Jersey City

Medical Center,according to policereports.Responding to

Broadway near 14thStreet at around 3 a.m.Sunday, police foundthe victim on theground and uncon-scious, reports said.A witness who was

walking alongBroadway with the vic-

tim told police a groupof nine males and fourfemales confronted thevictim and began kick-ing him in the face,reports said.Police officials did not

say what, if any, wordswere exchanged orwhether they have sus-pects.The victim was trans-

ported to the Jersey CityMedical Center Intensive

Care Unit, having suf-fered severe head trau-ma, police said.Robert DeFazio, 22, of

Bayonne, was arrestedand charged with disor-derly conduct after hepushed his way througha crowd to try to assistthe victim after copsarrived on the scene.DeFazio was released ona summons, reportssaid.

Bayonne man in coma after beating by 13 people

A man was beaten into a coma outside thisbuilding at 313 Broadway in Bayonne.


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By CHRISTINEKEARNEY and

ALEXDOBUZINSKIS

Singer and actress Jen-nifer Lopez and Latin popsinger Marc Anthony havedecided to end their mar-riage after seven years, thecouple said on Friday.

“This was a very difficultdecision,” they said in a jointstatement. “It is a painfultime for all involved, and weappreciate the respect of ourprivacy at this time.”

Lopez and Anthony, whohave 3 year-old twins, saidthey had “come to amicableconclusions on all matters.”

Lopez, 41, has mostrecently been seen on televi-sion as a judge on No. 1-rated show “American Idol,”and her single “On TheFloor” has been a top ten hitin several countries.

The entertainer, whotopped People magazine’s“most beautiful” list this

year, has scored hit songswith “If You Had My Love”and “Jenny from the Block.”She also has become a topstar in romantic comedymovies, most recentlyappearing in 2010 film “TheBack-up Plan.”

Anthony is a two-timeGrammy winner and the topselling salsa artist of alltime. His hit songs include“Si Tu No Te Fueras” and“Contra La Corriente.”

Lopez and Anthony have apair of fraternal twinsnamed Emme and Max whowere born in 2008.

The couple performedtogether in a 2007 tourcalled “Juntos en Concierto.”They also worked on eachother’s albums and starredopposite each other in 2006film “El Cantante.”

The two were marriedmonths after Lopez’s engage-ment to actor Ben Affleckended, and days after Antho-ny’s divorce from formerMiss Puerto Rico DayanaraTorres was finalized.

Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony marriage breaks apart

By ROBMARKMAN

50 Cent loves music, butlike everyone, he has tai-lored tastes.

While on the set of TonyYayo’s video for “Haters” inAtlanta last week, 50 ranthrough some of his favoritesongs of the moment withMTV News. In addition toBig Sean’s “My Last” andFrank Ocean’s “Novacane,”Fif is waving the flag for for-mer Destiny’s Child memberKelly Rowland, countingher hit record “Motivation”as one of his faves.

“I’m so happy Kelly got

that hit record. She’s due;she’s so due. She’s the mostunderrated female soloist inthe game, and it’s finallytime for her,” 50 told MTVNews.

The G-Unit General point-ed to Rowland’s internation-al appeal. “Commander”with David Guetta was ahuge hit in the U.K. but notnecessarily in the UnitedStates. It was her buzz over-seas that made Fif cast Kellyas his co-star in the leadvideo from his 2009 albumBefore I Self Destruct.“That’s why when it cametime to do ‘Baby by Me,’ Iwanted her to be in thevideo, because she was

smoking hot everywhereelse my record had to be hotat,” he said. “They thought Iwas doin’ her a favorbecause here in the U.S.,they wasn’t hip.”

Still, throughout most ofher career, Kelly Rowlandhas played second fiddle toher Destiny’s Child partnerand group lead Beyoncé, anotion Fif doesn’t agreewith. “There wasn’t no dancemoves Beyoncé was doin’that Kelly wasn’t doin’. It’sjust the right song. You gotthe song, now you can for-get about it. It’s going. Theyall did the same moves.”

It’s not just Kelly’s talentFif has his eye on; he also

compared Kelly’s and B’srespective looks. “It’s yourpreference. If you look andsay one is prettier than theother, I beg to differ — it’s

just what you think is pret-ty.

“I think it’s just time forher. This year is her year.”Now that’s motivation!

50 Cent calls Kelly Rowland ‘the most underrated female’

Reclusive R&B singerD’Angelo looks to be back atwork on his long awaitedthird album.

According toBillboard.com, a studio ses-sion took place in New Yorklate last night with two long-time D’Angelo collaborators,Roots drummer Ahmir“Questlove” Thompson andbassist Pino Palladino, aswell as producer/engineerRussell Elevado, according toposts from Questlove on

Twitter.“Most people use midnight

as a time to sleep. others areworking on their 11 year fol-lowup. this of course beinghour number one,” tweetedthe drummer.

The album, which was atone point provisionally titled“James River,” is being eyedfor release before the end ofthe year through J Records,according to a Billboardsource. It will be D’Angelo’sfollow-up to the 2000 album

“Voodoo,” which won the2001 Grammy for best R&Balbum and has sold 1.7 mil-lion copies in the UnitedStates, according to NielsenSoundScan.

Questlove and Palladinolater backed D’Angelo on anacclaimed tour in support ofthe album.

Billboard reports:The new project has been

plagued by long breaks inrecording and other delays,and many collaborators have

come and gone. Last year,producer Mark Ronson toldBillboard.com he was aboutto hit the studio with D’Ange-lo, but it is unknown if any ofhis work will make the finalcut. Prince, Raphael Saadiq,John Mayer, Cee Lo Greenand Roy Hargrove have alsobeen mentioned as contribu-tors at various times duringthe process.

Since the release of“Voodoo,” D’Angelo hasendured a serious car acci-

dent and arrests for drugpossession and solicitation.In lieu of new music of hisown, he’s made sporadicguest appearances on albumsby Ronson, Common, SnoopDogg, Q-Tip and the late JDilla. His last release underhis own name was the 2008Virgin compilation “The BestSo Far,” which rounds uphighlights from “Voodoo”and its 1995 predecessor“Brown Sugar,” along withsoundtrack contributions.

D’Angelo back in the studio recording new album


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By STEPHANIE

NEBEHAY

MONTREUX, Switzerland— Herbie Hancock, WayneShorter and Marcus Millerpaid tribute to their friendand mentor Miles Davis, per-forming a “songtrack to thelife” of the late Americantrumpet player whose musicelectrified the world of jazz.

The two-hour concert,which stretched into theearly hours of Thursday,was a highlight of the annu-al Montreux Jazz Festival,where Davis is still remem-bered for driving along LakeGeneva in a red Ferrari.

The jazz great, whose stat-ue stands proudly in a parknext to Miles Davis Hall, per-formed 10 times at Mon-treux, the last time just twomonths before his death atage 65 in 1991.

“It doesn’t feel like 20years, it feels like 4 or 5.Miles’s music is everywhere.This is dedicated to the spiritof Miles Davis, the mostbeautiful thing he gave us,”said Marcus Miller, the gift-ed bassist who directed thehomage at a sold-outStravinski Auditorium.

Miller said it was very dif-ficult to hold a retrospectiveconcert for an artist whonever looked back, but thatwhen he had the idea for atribute to Davis this year heimmediately decided to call

Hancock and Shorter.At the first rehearsal the

three ended up not playing asingle note, instead talkingabout Davis and what theymight do to honor him prop-erly.

“Wayne said ‘what wedon’t want to do is play in thestyle in which it was origi-nally done because we fig-ured Miles would hate that.Let’s make it like a sound-track to Miles’s life’,” saidMiller, wearing his trade-mark black hat.

“If there were a movie ofMiles’s life, perhaps thiswould be the score to thatmovie.”

Hancock, Shorter andMiller all played with Davis,who had a keen eye for newAfrican American talent.Sean Jones on trumpet andSean Rickman on drumsrounded out the quintet.

They opened with“Walkin,” the title track ofDavis’s 1954 album, withHancock alternating onpiano and keyboards, and

Shorter and Jones playingmournfully on their instru-ments.

“Someday My Prince WillCome,” from the 1961 albumrecorded with John Coltrane,and “Tutu” were other crowdfavorites, but some were dis-appointed not to hear theclassic “Round Midnight.”

After a standing ovation,Hancock strapped on a syn-thesizer keyboard for anencore of “Time After Time”and “So What.”

“Marcus produced a great

concert,” said Claude Nobs,founder of the Swiss festivalnow in its 45th year.

Quincy Jones, the produc-er and former co-director ofMontreux, hosted a secondshow billed as “A Night ofGlobal Gumbo,” bringingyoung talent to the famedMontreux stage.

Cuban jazz pianist AlfredoFernandez, a 24-year-oldwho defected several yearsago, played “El Guije” withhis trio.

“He practices 14 hours aday, he’s as serious as theycome. His future is so brightit scorches my eyes,” saidJones, who producedMichael Jackson’s “Thriller,”the best-selling album of alltime.

Emily Bear, a 9-year-oldpiano prodigy from Illinois,joined Fernandez for “FourHands,” stretching acrossthe keyboard to hit the notes.She also played her own“Bumble Boogie” medley.

“Do you believe that?”quipped Jones as the crowdcheered.

South Korea’s M PlexBand and strong male vocal-ist Seung-Won Jeong teamedup with Patti Austin for herhit “Baby Come To Me.”

Esperanza Spalding, theAmerican bass player whowon the Grammy for BestNew Artist this year, Jor-dan’s Diana Karazon andCanada’s Nikki Yanofskyalso performed solos.

Montreux fetes Miles Davis with ‘soundtrack’ to his life

Jazz bassist Miller performs onstage with saxophonist Shorter and trumpeter Jonesduring the tribute to Miles Davis evening at the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Mon-treux.

After a short break frommusic, pop/R&B singerLeona Lewis is gearing upfor the release of her thirdstudio album. The set will belead by the dance-pop firstsingle “Collide,” which willpremiere September 4th.

Speaking on the newrecord, Lewis says: “I’mexcited for people to see a dif-ferent side to my music. ‘Col-lide’ is a summer song thathas a really good vibe. I lovethe energy and happiness Ifeel when I listen to it . Onmy previous album ‘Echo’,and also on tour, I was exper-imenting with more high-energy sounds, so it’s a pro-gression from that.”

As far as the album, Lewissays it will be her most per-sonal, which is attributed to

factors like her split fromchildhood sweetheart Lou Al-Chamaa in June 2010.

“The past two years, I havehad a lot of situationsthrown at me. It has mademe realize that I am much

stronger than I thought Iwas,” she says. “I have beenthrough a lot of changes andmaking this new album hasbeen really therapeutic. Thisreally is my most personalalbum to date.”

By TIMKENNEALLY

LOS ANGELES — Sorry,Lady Gaga, but Rihanna hasjust passed you by. At leaston the Facebook charts.

The “Rude Boy” singerhas overtaken the “Judas”chanteuse to become themost popular female star onthe social media site, accord-ing to Famecount.com.

As of this writing, Barba-dos-born singer Rihannahas amassed 40,622,133“likes” for her Facebookpage, edging out Gaga, wholags with 40,580,102“likes.”

The good news for LadyGaga? She still easily beatsRihanna on the Twitterfront, with 11,653,916 fol-

lowers versus Rihanna’s6,116,687. And according toFamecount’s aggregatedrankings, Gaga is still topsamong celebrities when hercombined Facebook likes,Twitter followers andYouTube views are takeninto account. Rihannaranks third, behind Gagaand Justin Bieber.

Leona Lewis readies new single,says new album is therapeutic

Rihanna topples Lady Gagafor Facebook Queen title


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By CHUCKMIKOLAJCZAK

Stocks will be hardpressed to turn the tideof recent selling thisweek as political joust-ing over raising theUnited States’ debt ceil-ing intensifies.

The benchmark S&P500 index last weekrecorded its worstweekly loss in fiveweeks.

Investors, frustratedby the lack of progressin the debate betweenthe Democrat-con-trolled White House andSenate and the Republi-can-majority House ofRepresentatives, couldmove into what are per-ceived as safer assets,such as cash.

While the wranglingover the debt ceilingtakes center stage,earnings season willcontinue to heat upafter a solid first week.According to ThomsonReuters data, 39 compa-nies in the benchmarkS&P 500 index .SPXhave posted results,with 74 percent report-

ing earnings thattopped Wall Street esti-mates.

Companies in theindex are forecast toshow a 6.5 percent risein profits over the sec-ond quarter of 2010when all the reports arein.

For last week, theS&P 500 ended down2.1 percent; the Dow fell1.4 percent and theNasdaq declined 2.5percent.

The overhang fromthe debt ceiling issuecould diminish thefocus on earnings.

House Speaker JohnBoehner, the top Repub-lican in Congress, saidon Friday that Presi-dent Barack Obama andDemocrats still had notput a serious deficitplan on the table,underscoring the acri-mony in negotiations toavert a governmentdefault.

“The news flow (this)week dealing with thedeficit issues and thepolitical posturing thatis taking place is goingto intensify and is real-ly going to drive these

markets,” said PaulMendelsohn, chiefinvestment strategist atWindham FinancialServices in Charlotte,Vermont.

“People are startingto get nervous aboutwhat they are seeingout there. For a portfo-lio manager — let alonean average investor —this is a treacherousmarket to be trying toposition yourself in.”

Economic data on tapfor the coming weekincludes several reportson the housing market— June housing startson Tuesday and exist-ing-home sales onWednesday. In addi-tion, data is due on lead-ing economic indicatorsfor June and thePhiladelphia Fed sur-vey of manufacturingactivity in the Mid-Atlantic region. Eco-nomic reports over thelast month have raisedquestions about thehealth of the U.S. recov-ery.

“The bigger pictureis the economy is still adisaster,” said JoeSaluzzi, co-manager of

trading at Themis Trad-ing in Chatham, NewJersey.

Saluzzi said peoplestill are watching earn-ings for signs growthmay be stagnating.“Eventually, companiesare not going to keepcutting costs.”

Quarterly results areexpected from a slew ofcompanies this week,with more than 10 Dowcomponents scheduledto report.

Major financial com-panies due to reportinclude Goldman Sachs,Morgan Stanley, Bankof America Corp. andAmerican Express. Alsoon the calendar areearnings news fromtechnology companiesApple Inc., MicrosoftCorp. and Intel Corp.

“Let’s see what all therest of these guys have.Let’s see if it’s still beingdriven by cost cuts orare they actually get-ting revenue gains.That is going to tell mea lot more than if theycut the debt deal,” saidSaluzzi.

After the S&P 500weekly loss, the index

was just below its 50-day moving average, atechnical level thatcould indicate moreselling. Some analystsbelieve the marketcould still come back ifthe U.S. debt issue isresolved soon.

“This area, as far asit pulling back, is bal-ancing the threat of adefault, but it wouldtake an actual default totake us much lowerthan here,” said MarcPado, U.S. marketstrategist at CantorFitzgerald & Co in SanFrancisco.

But the longer thedebt ceiling questioncontinues without aconclusion, the bigger

the risk for furtherdeclines in stocks andfor volatility to spike.The CBOE Volatilityindex .VIX rose nearly30 percent last week

“The more it dragsout into Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursdayor whatever, then we’vegot some serious issues.That will be an over-hang no matter howgood the financialscome in terms of earn-ings reports nextweek,” said TommyHuie, chief investmentofficer of BMO AssetManagement U.S. inMilwaukee, Wisconsin.

“It could be a prettyvolatile week, no doubtabout it.”

Stocks stymied without a debt deal

By DAVIDALEXANDER

WASHINGTON — Aforeign intelligenceservice stole 24,000files from a U.S.defense contractor ear-lier this year, a dramat-ic illustration of thethreat confronting thePentagon as it works tobolster military com-puter security, a topdefense official said.

Deputy Defense Sec-retary William Lynnrevealed the theft as heunveiled a new Penta-gon cybersecuritystrategy that desig-nates cyberspace as an“operational domain”like sea, air and landwhere U.S. forces willpractice, train and pre-pare to defend againstattacks.

Lynn said the theftoccurred in March andwas believed to havebeen carried out by aforeign intelligenceservice and targetedfiles at a defense con-tractor developing

weapons systems anddefense equipment. Hedeclined to specify thecountry behind theattack, what companywas hit or what thefiles contained.

“It was 24,000 files,which is a lot,” Lynnsaid. “But I don’t thinkit’s the largest we’veseen.”

The theft was a dra-matic illustration of therising difficulties thePentagon faces in pro-tecting military anddefense-related net-works critical to U.S.security.

Defense Departmentemployees operatemore than 15,000 com-puter networks and 7million computers athundreds of installa-tions around the world.The department’s net-works are probed mil-lions of times a day andpenetrations have com-promised hugeamounts of data.

Lynn said a recentestimate pegged eco-nomic losses from theftof intellectual property

and information fromgovernment and com-mercial computers atover $1 trillion.

In addition to callingfor the Pentagon totreat cyberspace as an“operational domain,”Lynn said the newstrategy includes fourinitiatives aimed at bol-stering network securi-ty by layering defensesand improving cooper-ation with other net-work operators.

Lynn said as part ofits active defenses, thePentagon would intro-duce new operatingconcepts and capabili-ties on its networks,such as sensors, soft-ware and signatures todetect and stop mali-cious code before itaffects U.S. operations.

“Our strategy’s over-riding emphasis is ondenying the benefit ofan attack,” he said in aspeech at the NationalDefense University. “Ifan attack will not haveits intended effect,those who wish usharm will have less rea-

son to target usthrough cyberspace inthe first place.”

The strategy alsocalls for greater U.S.military cooperation oncybersecurity withother governmentagencies, defense con-tractors and U.S. mili-tary allies abroad inorder to take advantageof the open, interwovennature of the Internet.

Former HomelandSecurity SecretaryMichael Chertoff, whonow heads the ChertoffGroup risk manage-ment firm, praised thestrategy as a “goodfirst step” but said thechallenge would be fill-ing in the details.

“It’s not put yourpencil down, work isdone,” he said. “It real-ly just sets the table fora lot of hard workthinking through thedetails of what theplans are going to be,what the capabilitieshave to be and howwe’re going to build thevarious layers ofdefense.”

He cited the possibil-ity of creating securecommunities on theInternet for some func-tions, finding ways toencourage individualsto practice computersecurity and sharingsecurity-related infor-mation more widelybetween public and pri-vate sectors.

“These are going tobe hard things to dobecause they are goingto require trade-offs,”Chertoff said. “You’renot going to eliminatethe risk of cyberat-tacks. What you haveto do is minimize andmanage those risks.”

General JamesCartwright, vice chair-man of the Joint Chiefsof Staff, said the Penta-gon must shift itsthinking on cybersecu-rity from focusing 90percent of its energy onbuilding better fire-walls and only 10 per-cent on preventinghackers from attackingU.S. systems.

“If your approach tothe business is purely

defensive in nature,that’s the Maginot lineapproach,” he said,referring to the Frenchfixed defensive fortifi-cations that were cir-cumvented by the Nazisat the outset of WorldWar Two.

“If it’s OK to attackme and I’m not going todo anything other thanimprove my defensesevery time you attackme, it’s very difficult tocome up with a deter-rent strategy,” he said.

Cartwright said partof the answer was tobuild up the military’soffensive responsecapabilities.

“How do you buildsomething that con-vinces a hacker thatdoing this is going tobe costing them and ifhe’s going to do it, hebetter be willing to paythe price and the priceis going to escalate,rather than his pricestays the same andours escalates,”Cartwright said.

“We’ve got to changethe calculus.”

Cyber theft illustrates Pentagon security challenge

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By LUCIAMUTIKANI

WASHINGTON —U.S. consumer confi-dence hit a near 2-1/2year low in early Julyand manufacturing out-put stalled in June, fur-ther frustrating expec-tations of a quick eco-nomic growth reboundin the second half of theyear.

Worries about stub-bornly high unemploy-ment pushed the Thom-son Reuters/Universityof Michigan’s index ofconsumer sentiment to63.8, the lowest sinceMarch 2009, a reportshowed on Friday. Econ-omists had expected theindex to climb to 72.5from 71.5 in June.

Separate data fromthe Federal Reserveshowed manufacturingoutput stagnated lastmonth partly due tosupply disruptions inthe auto sector related tothe earthquake inJapan.

The reports were thelatest in a series, includ-

ing weak retail salesand employment, tosuggest the anticipatedstep-up in growth in thesecond half of the yearmight not be as stronghas initially thought.

“We still expect animprovement in the sec-ond half, but the ques-tion is how much can wegrow?” said YelenaShulyatyeva an econo-mist at BNP Paribas inNew York. “Our view isthe rebound is not goingto be anything like inthe prior cycles becausewe are growing at alower potential rateright now.”

Fed Chairman BenBernanke said this weekthe U.S. central bankwas prepared to act ifgrowth falters further,but made it clear thatFed is not at that pointyet.

The economy wasslammed by a combina-tion of high commodityprices and bad weather,causing growth to slowsharply to a 1.9 percentannual rate in the firstquarter after a brisk 3.1percent expansion in the

final three months of2010.

Disruptions to motorvehicle production andstill high gasoline pricesare expected to haveheld growth to a pacebetween 1.5 percent and2 percent in the secondquarter.

The government willrelease its initial secondquarter gross domesticproduct estimate onJuly 29.

Manufacturing in thesecond quarter postedits weakest rise since therecession ended in mid-2009. There are indica-tions that manufactur-ing maintained its weaktone as the third quarterstarted.

The New York Fed’sgauge of factory activitywas at minus 3.76 inJuly from minus 7.79 inJune, another reportshowed. That could sug-gest that some of thefactors weighing onmanufacturing are notof a temporary nature.

The decline in con-sumer sentiment, whichcame even as gasolineprices have dropped

from their peak above$4 a gallon in May, doesnot bode well for con-sumer spending.

Consumer spendingaccounts for about 70percent of U.S. economicactivity and has beenconstrained by highgasoline prices and a 9.2percent unemploymentrate. Employers lastmonth added a paltry18,000 jobs.

Bickering over rais-ing the country’ debtceiling is also adding toeconomic uncertainty.

Stocks on Wall Streetgave up much of theirearlier gains. Prices forU.S. government debtpared earlier gains afterthe European BankingAuthority said eightbanks failed capitalstress tests, fewer thanwhat traders had feared.The dollar fell against abasket of currencies.

On Friday, Citigroupbecame the secondmajor U.S. lender toshow significant growthin outstanding corpo-rate loans, a potentialsource of growth of theeconomy. Citigroup’s

corporate loan portfoliogrew 4.4 percent to$205 billion at the end ofJune from three monthsearlier.

On Thursday, JPMor-gan Chase & Co. report-ed that business loansincreased 5.4 percent inthe same three monthsto $249 billion.

Hard pressed con-sumers could get areprieve from decliningcommodity prices.Labor Department datashowed the ConsumerPrice Index fell 0.2 per-cent in June as gasolineprices tumbled by themost since December2008.

The drop in consumerprices was the largest ina year and followed a 0.2percent increase in May.

Stripping out foodand energy, however,core CPI rose 0.3 percentafter a similar gain inMay. The rise in coreinflation reflected alagged pass-throughfrom high commodityprices and economistssaw no threat of anupward spiral in pricepressures.

In the 12 months toJune, core CPI rose 1.6percent after increasing1.5 percent in May. Fedofficials would like tosee that closer to 2 per-cent.

“Inflation is not amajor issue, (a) lot of thefactors behind the riseare transitory,” saidSteven Rick, senioreconomist at the CUNAin Madison, Wisconsin.

Wage growthremains benign, withaverage hourly earn-ings flat in June. In the12 months throughJune average hourlyearnings rose 1.9 per-cent. In addition capaci-ty utilization by facto-ries was unchanged inJune, pointing to ampleslack in the economy.

Last month, coreinflation was pushed upby rising prices forhousing, new vehicles,used trucks and appar-el. Apparel pricesrecorded their biggestjump since March 1990,while the rise in usedcars and trucks was thebiggest in more than 1-1/2 years.

Gloomy consumers cast dark cloud over economy

BOSTON — AppleInc. has plugged a holein the software thatruns iPhones, iPadsand iPod Touch musicplayers that could allowhackers to take remotecontrol of those devices.

The security flawcame to light nine daysago as the websitewww.jailbreakme.comreleased code thatApple customers canuse to modify the iOSoperating system thatruns those devicesthrough a processknown as “jail break-ing.”

Some Apple cus-tomers choose to jailbreak their devices sothey can download andrun applications thatare not approved byApple or use iPhonephones on networks ofcarriers that are notapproved by Apple.

The jailbreakingcode exploited a vulner-

ability in iOS that hadnot previously been dis-closed. Its release gavecriminal hackers ablueprint they coulduse to build malicioussoftware that wouldexploit the vulnerabili-ty.

Now that the securi-ty patch has beenreleased, Apple cus-tomers will be protectedagainst any such mal-ware as long as theyinstall the softwareupdates on their equip-ment.

Security flaw in iOSsoftware have thepotential to affect mil-lions of devices that areat the core of Apple’sbusiness.

Apple has sold 25million iPads since itlaunched last year. Thecompany sold over 18million of its populariPhones in just the firstthree months of theyear.

Apple fixes securityflaw in iPhone, iPad software

Blockbuster is seek-ing to persuadeincensed Netflix Inccustomers to switchtheir allegiances, afterthe fast-growing onlinevideo service provokeda storm of outrage thisweek by raising pricesas much as 60 percent

Blockbuster, a oncemighty video vendorthat filed for bankrupt-cy protection in 2010and is now owned byDish Network Corp,said that a customerwho switches to one ofits “total access” plansto receive DVDs by mailwill receive a 30-dayfree trial.

Shares of Netflix,which had headeddownward since thestart of trading,extended losses afterthe news and closeddown 4.05 percent at$286.62 on the Nasdaq.

In a statement,Blockbuster called Net-flix’s price increase“shocking” and said itwould “rescue upsetNetflix customers.” Italso launched a newwebsite around the pro-motion with a banner

saying “Netflix cus-tomers, say hello toBlockbuster.”

In response, Netflixspokesman said itsplans still offer betterprices that Block-buster’s service.

“I understand Block-buster’s offer is for$9.99 for 1 DVD at atime. The same offerfrom Netflix is $7.99 amonth. Why would

someone change?”Wedbush Securities

analyst MichaelPachter said he doubtsthat a significant num-ber of Netflix cus-tomers will defect toBlockbuster but thatthe news may have sentNetflix shares lower onThursday.

“Today’s price actionshows how Netflix ispriced for perfection.

Any chink in theirarmor makes the stockmove,” he said.

Droves of sub-scribers complained onNetflix’s official blogthis week with manythreatening to cancelsubscriptions after thevideo service raisedprices by up to 60 per-cent for users of bothits streaming and DVD-mail service.

Blockbuster targets disgruntled Netflix customers

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Pittsburgh Steelers line-backer James Harrison apol-ogized on Thursday for someof his remarks in an inter-view with Men’s Journal.

“I’ll start by offering myapologies for some of thewords that I said during thefour days in May that Men’sJournal was invited to myhouse to discuss what theNFL has recently been por-traying as their attempts at‘player safety’ rules and reg-ulations,” Harrison said in astatement released on Twit-ter.

He ripped teammatesRashard Mendenhall andBen Roethlisberger for theirperformances in the Steelers’Super Bowl loss to the GreenBay Packers.

“I did make commentsabout my teammates when I

was talking about the emo-tional Super Bowl loss, butthe handful of words thatwere used and heavily publi-cized yesterday were pulledout of a long conversationand the context was lost,”Harrison said. “Obviously, Iwould never say that it wasall Ben’s or Rashard’s faultthat we lost the Super Bowl.That would be ridiculous.

“We all have discussedseveral things that wentwrong in the Super Bowlsince that day. What I doapologize for and take fullresponsibility for is forspeaking in such a candidmanner to someone outsidethe team.”

Harrison, the 2008 APDefensive Player of the Year,hasn’t been shy about rip-ping the league after he was

docked $100,000 for illegalhits last season. Harrison’sharshest words in the articlewere aimed at NFL commis-sioner Roger Goodell, whomHarrison called a “crook”and a “devil.” He also said inthe article of Goodell, “I hatehim and will never respecthim.”

Harrison did not mentionthose insults, but did say theantigay slur directed at thecommissioner “was notintended to be derogatoryagainst gay people in anyway. It was careless use of aslang word and I apologizeto all who were offended bythe remark. I am not a homo-phobic bigot, and I wouldnever advocate intolerance ofgay people.”

Harrison did not apolo-gize for a photo depicting

him with guns, saying col-lecting firearms is his hobby.

“I believe in the right tobear arms. I like to go to theshooting range. I like tohunt. I like to fish. I couldjust as easily have posedwith my fishing poles but itobviously wouldn’t be aninteresting picture for themagazine,” he said. “I am notpromoting gun violence byposing for that photo. Thereare also other photos in themagazine story that werenot shown on air yesterday— including me with mysons, with my mom and as akid.”

Harrison said he hadhoped to shed light on theNFL’s hypocrisy in regardsto player safety.

“If player safety is theNFL’s main concern, as they

say it is, they are not goingabout it in an effective man-ner,” Harrison said. “There’snothing about extending theseason or issuing exorbitantfines on defensive playersthat makes any shift towardthe prevention of injury toplayers.

“I believe that the leaguemay have been feelingincreasing pressure aboutinjuries and concussions lastyear, and that they panickedand put rules in place thatweren’t fully thought out.I’m not advocating moreflags and fines, I’m just say-ing that the current rulesare not completely fair, and Idon’t believe in the way thatthe league is handling theirposition as overseer of theNFL and the well-being of itsplayers.”

Steelers LB Harrison sorry for some remarks

SOUTH BEND, Ind. —Desmond Howard shook hishead and smiled. It’s been 20years since he won the Heis-man Trophy at Michigan asan electrifying pass catcherand kick returner.

To him it just doesn’t seempossible it happened so longago.

“Time just flies doesn’t it?Twenty years is unbelievable.That’s one of those thingswhen somebody says it youkind of got to do the math inyour head, like ‘Yeah I guesshe’s right,”‘ Howard said Sat-urday night when he wasenshrined with 15 other play-ers and four coaches into theCollege Football Hall of Fame.

“Wow.”Asked what had changed

most in the game since he fly-ing over fields in Ann Arbor,even striking a Heisman poseafter scoring a touchdown,Howard was quick with ananswer, just as he was on thefield.

The spread offense withmultiple formations andreceivers.

“Everyone wants to spreadpeople out and try to get mis-matches out there in space,”he said. “When I played - if Idid that can you imagine thenumbers?” he said with a biglaugh.

“You got to understand Iwon the Heisman within therhythm of our offense. ... Wehad guys who could tote thepill and we toted it, we justdidn’t throw the ball to 21.

We tried to run the ball, thatwas still our primary goal.”

Also enshrined Saturdaynight were: Dennis Byrd(North Carolina State, DT,1965-67); Ronnie Caveness (Arkansas, LB 1962-64); RayChildress (Texas A&M, DL1981-84); Dexter Coakley(Appalachian State, LB,1993-96); Randy Cross(UCLA, OG, 1973-75); SamCunningham (Southern Cali-fornia, RB, 1970-72); MichaelFavor, North Dakota State, C,1985-88); Charles Haley(James Madison, DE, 1982-85; Mark Herrmann (Pur-due, QB, 1977-80); ClarkstonHines (Duke, WR, 1986-89);Desmond Howard (Michigan,WR, 1989-91); MickeyKobrosky (Trinity College,Back, 1933-36); Chet Moeller(Navy, DB, 1973-75); JerryStovall (LSU, HB, 1960-62);Pat Tillman (Arizona St., LB,1994-97); Alfred Williams(Colorado, LB, 1987-90).Coach Barry Alvarez (Wis-consin, 1990-2005); CoachMike Kelly (Dayton, 1981-2007); Coach Bill Manlove,(Widener, 1969-91),Delaware Valley, 1992-95),La Salle, 1997-2001); CoachGene Stallings (Texas A&M,1965-71), Alabama, 1990-96).

Byrd, Tillman andKobrosky were enshrinedposthumously. After his col-lege days, Tillman went on toan NFL career with the Car-dinals. After three seasons inthe NFL, he enlisted in the

Army. He was killed inAfghanistan in April 2004.

When Tillman’s bio wasread during the enshrine-ment dinner Saturday night,he was given a standing ova-tion by the crowd.

Haley emerged from little-known James Madison tobecome one of the NFL’s mostferocious pass rushers andplayed on five Super Bowlchampionship teams withDallas and San Francisco.

“I never dreamed of goingto college and when I got tocollege I never dreamed ofgoing to the pros,” Haley

said. “I was fortunate enoughto have coaches to be vision-aries and build a foundationand give me a skill set. .. It’snot all about how athletic youare, it’s about having thesmarts to understand all thepieces of the puzzle that isgoing around you at thetime.”

Cunningham had the nick-name “Bam” for his punish-ing running style. He hadfour touchdowns in a 1973Rose Bowl win over OhioState. In his first game in1970 against Alabama, hescored two TDs and had 135

yards rushing against thethen all-white Crimson Tide,leading a victory in a mile-stone performance.

“It has afforded a lot ofBlack athletes the opportuni-ty to play wherever theywant to play,” he said earlier.

Alvarez transformed aWisconsin program that wasstruggling to win games intoa Big Ten and national powerand ended up winning threeRose Bowls.

“It’s kind of a culmina-tion,” he said of his selection.“It’s what I did for a living. ...It’s pretty special.”

Heisman Trophy winner Howard, 15 others, enshrined in HOF

Cincinnati Bengals run-ning back Cedric Benson wasarrested and charged withassault causing bodily injuryto a family member earlySunday morning in CentralTexas.

No other details were avail-able from the Travis Countysheriff’s office regarding theClass A misdemeanor charge.

Benson will be a free agentonce a new collective-bargain-ing agreement is in place.

“The team is aware of theincident,” Bengalsspokesman Jack Brennansaid. “However, as with mostsituations of this nature, itwould inappropriate for theteam to comment until thematter is resolved throughnormal legal channels.”

Benson’s latest legal trou-ble comes a little more than ayear after an arrest involvingan alleged bar fight in Texas,which didn’t result in a disci-pline from the NFL.

Commissioner RogerGoodell said then that he wassatisfied Benson understoodhis responsibilities as an NFLplayer and a public figureafter Benson met with Good-ell and other league officials.

Benson’s arrest also fol-lows a week after oft-arrestedBengals cornerback Adam“Pacman” Jones was jailedovernight after a bar incidentin Cincinnati.

Goodell has stated playerswill still be subject to reviewand discipline under the per-sonal-conduct policy for

potential violations duringthe lockout.

The Chicago Bears, whoselected Benson fourth over-all in 2005, released him in2008 after a pair of alcohol-related arrests in Texas. Thecases were dropped whengrand juries declined toindict.

The 28-year-old Bensonwas the focal point of a run-ning game that helped theBengals win the AFC Northtitle in 2009.

The Bengals decided toemphasize the passing gamelast season, a move that back-fired as the Bengals stumbledto a 4-12 record. Still, herecorded his second straight1,000-yard season with 1,111yards.

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It’s official: New JerseyNets point guard DeronWilliams will be playing inTurkey next season ifthere’s an NBA lockout.

Williams tweeted the sig-nature on his one-year con-tract with Besiktas late Fri-day night from his verifiedTwitter account.

“Just made it official,headed to Turkey ...signedwith Besiktas & @BJK_Bas-ketbol,” he wrote.

Williams’ contract withBesiktas is worth $5 million,sources told ESPN.com’sChris Broussard.

Atlanta Hawks centerZaza Pachulia also has anagreement to play for theclub, which brieflyemployed Allen Iverson last

season.Sources told ESPN.com’s

Marc Stein last week thatWilliams would not berequired to report to theTurkish club before the endof August or early Septem-ber and that his deal withthem would include animmediate out that allowshim to return to the NBA assoon as the work stoppageends.

Williams has two yearsleft on his contract with theNets but is widely expectedto opt out the final season,valued at nearly $18 million,to become a free agent in thesummer of 2012.

Williams, 27, averaged20.1 points and 10.3 assistsfor the Nets and the UtahJazz last season.

Players under contractlike Williams would typical-

ly need a letter of clearancefrom FIBA — the sport’sworld governing body — toplay anywhere else. But theNBA Players Associationhas privately maintained formonths that it intends tolegally challenge anyattempt by the NBA or FIBAto block a player such asWilliams from playing else-where while the NBA hasimposed a work stoppage.

“If they try to stop him,”one source said of Williams,“the union will fight it.”

The bigger risk forWilliams is injury-related,especially after he wasplagued by a wrist injurythroughout the second halfof last season after the Netsacquired him from Utah onFeb. 24. The injury requiredsurgery on Williams’ rightwrist after the season.

Deron Williams inks deal with Besiktas

Brian Shaw, the formerLos Angeles Lakers assis-tant coach once thought bymany to be the heir appar-ent to Phil Jackson, said theway he learned he didn’tget the job to replace Jack-son was by hearing about iton TV.

Shaw, in an interviewwith Andy and BrianKamenetzky on “The Mason& Ireland Show” on 710ESPN Radio on Friday, saidhe first learned that MikeBrown had been hired asthe Lakers coach during atelevision interview withBrown on ESPN at halftimeof Game 5 of the WesternConference finals.

“I wasn’t really told any-thing,” said Shaw, who hadthe public backing of play-ers Kobe Bryant and DerekFisher, among others, totake over for Jackson.“Unfortunately, I foundabout not getting the joband who was hired for thejob on ESPN. I didn’t reallytalk to anyone for aboutthree weeks after that.”

Just this week, Shaw washired by the Indiana Pacersto be their associate headcoach. He will work along-side Pacers coach FrankVogel, a man he knowsfrom their days on the Lak-ers staff together duringthe 2005-06 season.

Still, Shaw said initiallyhe was very disappointed

upon hearing he wouldn’tbe coaching the Lakers,acknowledging it wassomething he had set hissights on.

“At that point, all thespeculation and what I’veheard, the powers makingthose decisions felt like theteam needed a change ofculture and a new voice,and head in a new direc-tion,” Shaw said. “I thoughtthat was kind of peculiarbecause in the 12 years I’dbeen there, all we had donewas gone to the champi-onship seven times and wonfive championships. I feltlike there were 29 otherteams in the league thatwould love to have thatkind of culture and thatkind of direction. ... But Ididn’t expect anything to behanded to me.”

Shaw said despite his dis-appointment, he alsounderstands the nature ofthe business and that it wastime to move on.

Still, Shaw said it wouldhave be nice to have beentreated just a little differ-ently.

“For whatever reason,there was a glitch in com-munication. ... I’ve alwayshad a great relationshipand open line of communi-cation with (general man-ager) Mitch Kupchak so Idon’t think it came fromthere,” Shaw said. “We’ve

always been on good termsand are still on good terms.I understand in his positionthere’s only so much thathe can do even. He has peo-ple over his head that hehas to follow directions. ...Definitely there’s someroom for improvement interms of how ... people aredealt with.”

Shaw said he has sincespoken to Kupchak, andthat Lakers owner Dr.Jerry Buss left him a voice-mail, which Shaw appreci-ated. He said he has notspoken to Jim Buss, theteam’s executive vice presi-dent of player personnel,since interviewing for theposition, though Shawadded he didn’t have muchof a relationship with Bussto start with.

“That’s not really fair tosay if we had a good rela-tionship or not,” Shaw said.“There wasn’t really muchof a relationship justbecause we weren’t aroundeach other a whole lot.”

Shaw said he would haveappreciated a call lettinghim know he wasn’t goingto be hired, simply for theopportunity to gain feed-back on where he mighthave gone wrong in theinterview process.

“I didn’t get that oppor-tunity,” Shaw said. “So Ijust keep my head up andcontinue to move forward.”

Brian Shaw learned of fate from TV

Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi,Seattle’s Sue Bird and Indi-ana’s Tamika Catchings(right) were voted asstarters for the WNBA All-Star Game again.

Catchings, who led allplayers with 32,706 votes,was joined by Fever team-mate Katie Douglas,Atlanta’s AngelMcCoughtry, Connecticut’sTina Charles and NewYork’s Cappie Pondexter asEastern Conference startersannounced Thursday night.

Minnesota rookie MayaMoore, the Storm’s SwinCash and injured Los Ange-les center Candace Parkerjoined Taurasi and Bird —second overall with 25,077— as starters for the West.

The All-Star Game is July23 in San Antonio.

Moore, with 21,379 votes,became the first rookie votedto start since Bird andCatchings in 2002.

“Any time the fans takethe effort to reach out toshow that they want to seeyou play and appreciateyour game, it always feelsgreat,” Moore said. “Espe-cially being a rookie andnew to the league.”

There was no game in2008, when Parker was theleague MVP and Rookie of

the Year. The U.S. nationalteam played a team ofremaining All-Stars in 2004— when Taurasi went on toearn Rookie of the Year hon-ors — and last season, whenCharles won the award.

Catchings (2002-03, ‘05-07, ‘09, ‘11), Bird (‘02-03,‘05-07, ‘09, 11) and Taurasi(‘05-07, ‘09, ‘11) have beenselected as starters in everyAll-Star game that has takenplace since they have been inthe league.

All-Star reserves will beannounced on Tuesday.

WNBA announcesAll-Star starters


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The calls came as soon asShaquille O’Neal decided toretire, all wanting to hire oneof the NBA’s greatest enter-tainers.

TNT’s “Inside the NBA”studio show had beenO’Neal’s favorite as a player,so the choice was easy.

Get ready for the Big Ana-lyzer, Big Commentator, orwhatever other nickname hetakes in the next phase of hiscareer.

O’Neal agreed Thursdayto a multiyear deal withTurner Sports to become ananalyst on its NBA coverage,where he will fold his 7-foot-1 frame into the fourth chairon the TNT set alongsideCharles Barkley, KennySmith and Ernie Johnson.

“I’m just going to try tomake it more fun than italready is,” O’Neal said dur-

ing a conference call.O’Neal also will contribute

to NBA TV and NBA.com,and his agreement includes adevelopment deal with Turn-er’s entertainment and ani-mation networks.

O’Neal said he had otheroffers upon retiring lastmonth, but quickly chose theTurner offer, saying he was-n’t interested in creating abidding war for his services.

A four-time NBA champi-on and 15-time All-Star dur-ing his 19-year career,O’Neal also has one of theNBA’s biggest personalities,with Turner Sports presidentDavid Levy calling him oneof the most “dominant, popu-lar and charismatic playersin the NBA.”

“The addition of ‘The BigAnalytical’ will be terrific,”Smith said in a statement. “I

can’t wait to make verbalpasses to the most dominantcenter of our time.”

O’Neal, who says he stillexpects to run for sheriff inthe future, will be part ofTNT’s coverage of All-StarWeekend — scheduled nextseason for Orlando, his firstNBA home — and the play-offs.

He doesn’t believe it will bedifficult having to criticizeKobe Bryant, with whom hefeuded as a Lakers team-mate, or any other players.

“I have the ability and thebacking to give fair criti-cism. The only time I havetrouble with people givingcriticism is when theyhaven’t walked that walk,”O’Neal said. “I’ve walkedmany walks in my 19-yearcareer, so I think any criti-cism that I give should be

fair.”He showed a strong opin-

ion in his first day on the jobwhen referring to the state ofthe center position with him-self and Yao Ming decidingto retire within a month ofeach other.

“The beasts are now gone,the Goliaths are now gone,so that leaves DwightHoward out there by him-self,” O’Neal said of Orlan-do’s All-Star center. “So if hedoesn’t win two or threechampionships, I’ll be verydisappointed, because he hasno competition out therenow. None. Zero.”

O’Neal retires as the fifth-leading scorer in league his-tory after he was slowed byinjuries in recent seasons.Even as his game suffered,he remained one of theNBA’s most popular players.

Neither O’Neal nor Levyhad any concern aboutO’Neal finding room to givehis insight with Barkley andSmith already in place.

“Shaq knows the gameand, on and off the floor, hehas always been entertain-ing; a guy who gets it,”Johnson said.

O’Neal said he also expectsto work on cartoons and TVshows, adding he’s interest-ed in being the executive pro-ducer for a program.

Shaquille O’Neal joins Turner Sports

By ANNE M.PETERSON

PORTLAND, Ore. — TheNBA lockout isn’t really pos-ing any challenges for BrianGrant’s big fundraiser tofight Parkinson’s disease,contrary to widespreadreports and Internet buzz.

Last summer, a few NBAplayers lent Grant a hand inhis “Shake It Till We MakeIt” gala dinner and golf tour-nament. This year, thatwon’t be the case.

Grant, who has the dis-ease, serves as a communityambassador for the PortlandTrail Blazers. Because of thelabor dispute between leagueowners and players, teamemployees can’t have contactwith players.

There will be plenty ofother celebrities to helpGrant’s cause on July 31 atthe Rose Garden Arena din-ner. The golf tournamentwill be held the next day atPumpkin Ridge Golf Clubwest of Portland.

Grant raised $350,000 lastyear, with participantsincluding Michael J. Fox,Muhammad Ali, Pat Rileyand Bill Russell.

Reports surfaced thisweek that Grant was beinghamstrung by the no-contactedict and the story spread toTwitter. But the criticism

was unfounded, said “ShakeIt Till We Make It” spokes-woman Sara Perrin.

“The NBA has been anawesome partner for us.They couldn’t be more sup-portive,” she said.

Grant can’t address therumors himself without fac-ing a possible fine.

NBA spokesman TimFrank says neither Grantnor the Blazers have askedfor an exemption to the no-contact rule. But others have

asked and received exclu-sions.

Dallas Mavericks ownerMark Cuban was allowed toappear with his team at therecent ESPY awards.Employees of the Miami Heatwere permitted to attendChris Bosh’s wedding thisweekend.

The NBA was criticized forallowing Michael Jordan toplay in a celebrity golf tour-nament at Lake Tahoe thisweekend—while Grant had

not been given the sameblessing. But Frank said Jor-dan, an owner of the Char-lotte Bobcats, and Vinny DelNegro, coach of the LosAngeles Clippers, checkedwith the league office beforethe American CenturyCelebrity Golf Championshipto make sure they weren’tbreaking any rules.

Frank told The AssociatedPress in an email that thereare no rules against ownersand players being at an inde-pendent event, such as thegolf tournament, wherethey’re among many otherpeople. Problems arise whenteam business or the labordispute is discussed.

But Grant, as a teamemployee, cannot invite cur-rent players to attend hisown fundraiser unless hehas an exemption. Addition-ally, the event takes place atthe Rose Garden, whichcould be problematic.

The collective bargainingagreement between teamowners and the players’union expired at the end ofthe day June 30. Ownerslocked out the players afterthe sides remained far apartin their final proposals.

Among the sports celebri-ties attending Grant’s dinnerthis year are Riley, Russell,Charles Barkley, Bill Waltonand Detlef Schrempf.Muhammad Ali’s wife, Lon-nie Ali, will speak. Muham-

mad Ali also suffers fromParkinson’s.

The fundraising dinner issold out, Perrin said.

Only a few active NBAplayers, including Portland’sBrandon Roy and GregOden, attended the event lastyear.

A first-round draft pick in1994 out of Xavier, Grantplayed for five NBA teams.The dreadlocked 6-foot-9 for-ward built a reputation forhard-nosed play after a fero-cious battle against KarlMalone in the 1999 playoffs.

In the 2000-01 season, theHeat moved him from powerforward to center after Alon-zo Mourning developed akidney illness, and he helpedthe team to 50 wins.

He averaged 10.5 pointsand 7.4 rebounds over his12-year career before retir-ing in 2006 because ofchronic knee problems.

Two years ago, soon afterhe decided to make Portlandhis home, Grant was diag-nosed with Parkinson’s.About 1.5 million Americanshave the disease, whichdestroys brain cells that pro-duce dopamine, a chemicalkey to the functions that con-trol muscle movement.Patients suffer from increas-ingly severe tremors andperiodically rigid limbs.They can have trouble walk-ing, speaking and writing.

There is no cure.

NBA lockout doesn’t threaten Grant’s fundraiser

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