wichitan training

PRODUCING THE MODERN MEDIA

BY BRADLEY WILSON, PHD

✓ Group exercise

✓ What does a modern newspaper look like?

✓ Using Adobe CS6: libraries, styles, captions

✓ Create a page

✓ Credibility

✓ Payroll

✓ Staff / section assignments

TODAY

HOW CAN YOU MAKE THE STUDENT MEDIA AT MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY BETTER?

TAKE NOTES

YOU’REPART

OF THESTORY

YOUR NEWSPAPER’S AUDIENCE

✓ PRIMARY: Students at Midwestern State University

✓ SECONDARY: Faculty, staff, administration, alumni of Midwestern State University

✓ TERTIARY: Members of Wichita Falls community

✓ WAY DOWN THERE: Members of collegiate media community

YOUR NEWSPAPER’S MOTTO✓ Your Town. Your Paper. (Herald-Sun, Melbourne, Australia)

✓ Bringing People Together. (Sunraysia Daily, Mildura, Australia)

✓ A Newspaper Is As Good As the Truth It Prints. (Journal Do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

✓ Worries You, Excites You, Makes You Think. (El Carible, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

✓ The Newspaper Iowa Depends On. (Des Moines Register, Iowa)

YOUR NEWSPAPER’S MOTTO✓ We Know the Valley. (Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas)

✓ Houston’s Leading Information Source. (Houston Chronicle)

✓ In Touch with Brevard. (Florida Today, Melbourne)

✓ A Tradition of Excellence. (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Texas)

✓ The Newspaper Iowa Depends On. (Des Moines Register, Iowa)

✓ Tell It Like It Is. (The Star, Johannesburg, South Africa.)

YOUR NEWSPAPER’S MOTTO✓ The Newspaper of Distinction. (The Dallas Morning News)

✓ Wake Up and Read It! (The Spokesman-Review, Idaho)

✓ There’s No News Like the Express-News. (San Antonio Express-News, Texas)

✓ To Print the News Without Fear or Favor. (Temple Daily Telegram, Texas)

✓ Know You Know. (Shreveport Times, Shreveport, La.)

In your groups, your task is to develop a motto for The Wichitan, the student newspaper of Midwestern State University.

Discuss it. Why does this fit our mission? HOw does it attract readers and give them confidence in our publication? Present it. Defend it.

YOUR NEWSPAPER’S MOTTO

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194548,384

201144,421

NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION

THINGS TO WATCH FOR✓ Coverage (photos, copy, alternative copy, captions)

✓ Basic page structure (packaging)

✓ Use of type (contrast and consistency)

✓ Use of art and photographs (center of visual interest)

✓ Use of rule lines (package and separate)

✓ Use of color (in type and art)

✓ Use of white space (planned)

✓ Evidence of teamwork (PREDO)

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CAMPAIGN 2008: THE FINAL DEBATE

In their 3rd clash, McCain and Obama spar on taxes, the economy, campaign ads—and how to best help Joe the plumber

Democratic nominee Barack Obama (left) and GOP rival John McCain (right) spar Wednesday night in their final presidential debate. Bob Schieffer of CBS News (center) moderated. RON EDMONDS/AP

Faceoff launches the closing 20-day slogin marathon presidential campaign

Fighting to the finish

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Who won the debate?

The Dow Jones industrial average suffers

its second-worst point drop after a grim

retail sales report rattles investors and

stokes fears that a punishing recession

is looming—or already here. PAGE 33

And back down it goes-733.08IN BUSINESS

A Tribune analysis of how both

candidates tried to land jabs and

deflect criticism. PAGE 14

MORE COVERAGE

4 KEY DEBATEMOMENTS

Candidates let the truth go astray on

negative campaign ads, tax-cut promises

and budget restraint. PAGE 14

A quick fact check

Two of the more than 40 stories posted Wednes-

day by our new Breaking News Center came from

reader tips. If you have a tip for us, send it to

[email protected] or call 312-222-3540. To get the latest

news 24/7, go to chicagobreakingnews.com.

“Broader economic recovery will not hap-

pen right away,” Fed chief warns. PAGE 33

Lengthy downturn feared

Experts say gasoline costs

tend to climb like a rocket

but fall like a feather. The

prices stay stubbornly

high for a variety of rea-

sons, from the oil indus-

try beefing up profits to

hurricanes disrupting

supply. PAGE 4

NEWS FOCUS

Why gas pricesdon’t fall faster

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TOM SKILLING’S FORECAST

See Tom Skilling’s forecast on the back of Live! SECTION 3

Seems like whenever you turn around, there’s a sympathetic face from the government

feeling your economic pain. At the same time, they’re telling you to open your wallet.

The latest requests came Wednesday from Mayor Richard Daley, the Toll Authority and

Pace. Earlier this year, Chicago-area sales taxes were raised twice. PAGES 20, 22

Illinois tollwayGov. Rod Blagojevich

and the tollway want to

create commuter lanes

that will cost you more

if you’re driving solo or

piloting a truck.

The cityMayor Daley is asking

you to pay more to park

downtown or go to a

ballgame. Other hikes?

Parking passes, ambulan-

ces and overdue books.

PaceOfficials are seeking a

25-cent bus fare hike to

$1.75. (Last week, CTA

sought a 50-cent hike to

as much as $2.25 for

bus and train fares.)

CHICAGOLAND

Another day, another proposed fee increase

By Jill Zuckman and John McCormickTRIBUNE CORRESPONDENTS

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.—A newly aggressiveSen. John McCain clashed repeatedly withSen. Barack Obama on Wednesday over rais-ing taxes in a tough economy, the nasty tenorof each campaign and a former 1960s radicalactivist turned Chicago professor.

It was the last debate before the final 20-day slog until Election Day. And it was thelast time the two candidates were likely toface off before one becomes the president-elect and the other returns to the Senate.

For both candidates, the third of theirthree debates could not have been more im-

portant—or tense. McCain needed to knockObama off-balance and divert the directionof the campaign, which has been trendingtoward Obama according to public opinionpolls. Obama needed to stick to his messageof change and hope.

Obama mostly remained calm in the faceof McCain’s onslaught, sometimes evenlaughing at him. But the Democratic nomi-nee was forced to spend time defending andexplaining his plans, his policies, his sup-porters and even himself.

Taking center stage at the debate at Hof-stra University was a plumber named Joefrom Ohio who was invoked so often during

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Chris Jones says Chicago’s version

is fresh and funnier than ever.

Plus: Leanne Marshall

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live!

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Toronto Star

Toronto, Canada

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Munster, IN

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COUNTDOWN INSIDESportsTECHNICIANTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Five soccer players earned All-ACC Academic honors

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Men’s swimming opened ACC competition Wednesday

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL @ WAKE FORESTWinston-Salem, N.C., 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS @ DUKEDurham, N.C., 4 p.m.

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Chapel Hill, All Day

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD @ ACC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSBlacksburg, Va., All Day

BASEBALL VS. UC IRVINEMyrtle Beach, S.C., Noon

SOFTBALL @ NFCA LEADOFF CLASSIC Columbus, Ga., 1:30 p.m.

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSChapel Hill, All Day

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD @ ACC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSBlacksburg, Va., All Day

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WOMEN’S SPORTS

The gender of coaching: does it make a difference?

Tracy Smith, who said he will play for State next season, is among the ACC’s top frontcourt players a year after starting in just 12 of 30 games

Tyler Everett Deputy Sports Editor

Even if N.C. State fails to qualify for any postseason play beyond the upcoming conference tournament, this year’s ACC tourney will not be the last Pack fans see of junior forward Tracy Smith in Wolfpack red and white. Smith said Wednesday he has no intentions of going pro until after next season.

“I will definitely be back next year,” Smith said. “I heard they changed up [the process of declar-ing for the draft] this year and I heard it’s a difficult process, so I prob-ably won’t even take a chance at mess-ing something up. I’m just going to wait for my turn until next year and just try to graduate.”

Smith will take the advice of coach Sidney Lowe, who

told his talented power for-ward he would be best-suited to spend another season in col-lege improving his NBA draft stock.

“Coming from coach Lowe, I know he will tell me all the right things,” Smith said. “He told me that I should come back and play one more year and put myself in a better situ-ation, get my conditioning up and get my body better so I can be an even higher [draft pick] than I would be this year.”

The fact that Smith spent time Wednesday afternoon entertaining questions about making an early jump to the NBA is a testament to the pro-found improvement the Pack’s star big man made between his sophomore and junior seasons. A year after starting in a little more than a third of his team’s 30 games, Smith has emerged as one of the leaders of not only

the Pack, but of the ACC. The junior f r o m D e -troit, Mich. is shooting an ACC-best .549 from the f loor, is the conference’s sixth leading scorer with 17.1 points

per game and is eighth in re-bounds with 7.9 boards per game.

Smith is among the confer-ence’s top scorers despite re-ceiving the immediate atten-

tion of at least two defenders almost every time he gets the ball. He faced no shortage of double teams prior to the win over Duke Jan. 20. But after torching the Blue Devils with 23 points on 10 for 12 shoot-ing while being defended for long stretches with only one player, it appears unlikely that any opposing coach will assign the task of defending Smith to a single player.

“Most people’s scouting re-ports say double team Tracy Smith, you can’t play him one-on-one,” Smith said. “Ev-ery game, night in and night out, I look for the double team and I just have to be ready to make the right decision. It’s pretty frustrating, but that’s what happens when you’re the best player. Other teams want to take you out of it. They don’t want you to beat them inside.”

His offensive production this season has been a constant for a struggling Wolfpack team sitting in last place in the ACC with a record of 15-13 overall and 3-10 in ACC play.

Smith was suspended for the Arizona game, but has finished in double figures in 25 of the 27 games he has played in, with 20 or more points in 11 of those games. The junior forward has also led his team in scoring in 19 of 27 games this season.

“Tracy has basically been the one consistent thing that we have had going on every sin-gle day, every day we play the game,” redshirt senior shooting guard Farnold Degand said.

The offensive struggles the Pack has experienced have occurred despite tremendous play from Smith, according to freshman forward Scott Wood.

“He’s a beast and he’s go-ing to get paid a lot of money some day,” Wood said. “He is carrying the team on his back. I’m sure he probably has back

spasms real bad right now. If I could give him the ball every time on the block, then I would do it. He’s a great player and he runs our team. If we can just give him a little bit of support each night, I think we will be

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Smith stands through Pack’s struggles

“[Lowe] told me I should come back and play one more

year.”

COACHING continued page 7

SMITH continued page 7

An in-depth look at the effects the gender of coaches plays on the team dynamic

Jen Hankin

Deputy Sports Editor

Studies show women have a different mindset, different physical make-up and different

emotions. Men spend less time think-ing and more time doing. Yet men

largely coach women’s sports. The question then becomes: can men

coach women effectively? According to softball coach Lisa Na-

vas, the answer is simple. “Obviously,” she said. “A coach is a coach.”

Men and women evoke d i f ferent qua l it ies

within their teams. It takes a certain type

of person to coach women, just as it takes a certain type of person to become a school-

teacher and yet another type to be a

mechanical engineer. At N.C. State the only

women’s sports coached by females are basketball,

softball, track and field and golf, compared to tennis, soc-cer, gymnastics, swimming and diving, rifle and volley-ball, which have male head coaches.

According to Athletic Direc-tor Lee Fowler, there are no regulations stating that there needs to be a woman on the coaching staff of a women’s sports team, yet he recom-mends it.

“If you have a male coach on a women’s sports team, we encourage bringing on a female assistant,” Fowler said. “I don’t think we have any sports that haven’t done that. I would prefer for there to be diversity on staff unless there is a really good reason [to have it be] otherwise.”

Associate Athletics Direc-tor for Compliance and Se-nior Woman Administra-

tor Michelle Lee echoes Fowler’s recommenda-tion. She said it is important for female athletes to have a positive role model.

“Having someone who you feel comfortable talking to is important,” Lee said. “There are women’s issues that you might not feel con-formable talking to a man about. The athletes want to have the feeling that they want to play for their coach — have that bond, that relationship — and sometimes you find that in a male coach, sometimes a female coach. It’s important to just have that diversity.”

Before any new coach is hired, the Athletic Depart-ment talks to the team and fig-ures out what specifically it wants in a coach.

Soccer coach Steve Springthorpe completed his inaugural season with the Wolfpack after taking over for Laura Kerrigan, who coached the team for 11 years. Springthorpe finished the season with a 8-9-2 overall record, which was the best season for the program in four years.

According to Lee, hiring a male coach and switch-ing genders was important to the soccer team.

“They expressed to us that they wanted a male head coach,” Lee said. “Sometimes student athletes are looking for something different.”

In the soccer world, men coach most of the club and youth teams, and many players get used to a male mentality. Sophomore forward Paige Dugal said she has played for both men and women coaches and prefers a man’s perspective.

“It was nice to have a women’s coach with Kerrigan because she understands us a little better, but girls didn’t respect her as much after a while,” Dugal said. “I only had one female coach growing up and that was for a year. The rest were male, so that’s what I’m used to and I like it.”

The decision to hire a male or a female isn’t a main concern, Lee said. The decision to hire a coach de-pends largely on how effective he or she is with coach-ing women.

“It comes down to less about gender and more about personality, “ Lee said. “I think sometimes the disadvantage is perception. Maybe females aren’t ‘good enough’ to coach. But I know when we go through the hiring process it’s about the best qualified coach.”

Hans Olsen, the women’s tennis head coach, has experience coaching both genders. He said his per-sonality is better suited for coaching women.

“I think my expertises fit well with coaching women,” Olsen said. “It was the different layers and

DAVID MABE/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOForward Tracy Smith shoots a basket during the N.C. Central University game in the RBC Center Jan. 30.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The male coach can’t

look at them as women... you have to look

at them as athletes..”

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TECHNICIAN focused

Students have the opportunity today to vote on the Talley-Atrium fee referendum.

Seize the chance to vote and consider its im-plications. A vote affirming the referendum will give University leaders conviction for their plan to spend millions of student fee dollars on the renovation, essentially reconstruction, of Talley Student Center and the Atrium. Carefully judge the $83 Talley fee increase for next year, but also reflect on the fact that today’s freshmen would pay $275 for Talley during their fourth year and as much as $290, or $0.80 per

day, during their fifth year.After the completion of the project, students

would continue paying for Talley in the form of a bond. Future students would be paying that debt down for decades. Theoretically, current students who send their children to N.C. State 25 years from now would pay for the building a second time.

These are difficult economic times for families, the University and the nation as a whole. A $100 million project is a large commitment for students to make, especially considering the limited realizations many

students will see while at the University.Make this an issue you’re knowledgeable about and

go vote at vote.ncsu.edu. Student turnout in most Student Government elections is, politely speak-ing, understated. This should not be, and cannot be the case for this referendum. Students must send administrators a strong message by taking a couple minutes out of their day to vote.

In the past, fee referendums have been ignored by the University — administrators have done as they pleased. By turning out in large numbers, students

!OUR VIEW"

Is it time to rally?

Students can send a message

Today, students have the privilege and opportunity to vote on many measures. Many of you will be voting on crucial student legislation you still do not understand. The largest

issue at hand is the Rally4Talley campaign. This is a wonderful idea that has great potential for N.C. State. However, it can have disastrous results for the student body, as it may reduce the num-ber of returning or future students because of its high price tag. Students can agree that they want a nice student center — but now is not the time. You will hear rhetoric about “every year we wait will cost $10 million.” If that were true, Talley would cost $250 million based on those same unsubstantiated and vague

A place to come together

A student center is a place where students gather around good food, fun entertain-ment, great friends and new memories.

It is the center of student life on campus — a place where students can enjoy interaction in a relaxed environment. It is a place where we bring visitors and incoming students — a place that enhances experiences and brings people together. A student center’s main purpose is to serve as the principal gather-ing place for a campus.

We aim to reinstate that purpose at N.C. State through today’s Rally4Talley fee refer-

endum vote. Talley Student Center was completed in 1972 when the

University’s student body totaled just more than 14,000.

Rally for what matters — your degree

C ontestants, today’s $64,000 question (or rather, $2,075,000 question, assuming 25,000 students pay fees) is a very simple

one. While at school, what are your priorities?That really is the question underlying the

entire Rally4Talley movement and the $83 indebtedness fee on the table. Now you may not be certain what your priorities are beyond getting through class for three more days until Fall Break, but I can tell you what you already knew: students generally come to a university to get a degree and all the opportunities the education and diploma carry with them. Stu-

Think of the future students

N.C. State attracts students of high caliber. As the largest institution in the UNC-System, it should be able to deliver a

level of service at least comparable to its peer universities.

The University ranks second-to-last in space per student in student centers in the UNC Sys-tem. When compared to its peer institutions on a national scale, it ranks at the very bot-tom. NCSU is an institution of innovation and advancement; it’s time we translate this into the way students are served and the facilities that they use.

Sam DaughtryLifelong Education

Jim WoodwardChancellor Paul

McCauley Senior Sta! Columnist

Marycobb RandallJunior, Business Administration

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Transform student life

The Atrium-Talley project represents the most important op-portunity to transform student life at N.C. State for the next 30 years. It is critical that students are well informed and have

a voice in the decision. Today’s referendum is your opportunity to express your point of view. I urge you to vote and to support the Atrium-Talley Renovation and Expansion Indebtedness Fee for the following reasons:

First, the need to complete this project is clear, and has been articulated by the Rally 4 Talley Campaign, led by Student Centers President Marycobb Randall and former President Peter Barnes. The Atrium renovation will expand this facility, providing more

Tom Sta!ordVice Chancellor, Student A!airs

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VIEW continued page 4

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RANDALL continued page 4MCCAULEY continued page 4WOODWARD continued page 4

DAUGHTRY continued page 4

“[Today’s vote] is the last opportunity I know of for any student in the general population to give in-put,” said Tom Stafford, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

The fees are limited by a cap which prevents fee increases from exceeding 6.5 percent each year. The Student Center Indebtedness Fee, representing the Tal-ley project, is not bound by this cap, but Chancellor

Jim Woodward has insisted that the total fees should not exceed this cap, regardless of the type of fees are included.

Woodward said this is an effort to make Talley more affordable and increase support, stressing the impor-tance of the project.

“We have the worst student union building in the state,” Woodward said. “If the student union building

is not the center of student life, it should be.” The project is presented as a package deal, including

renovations to the Atrium Food Court as well as both renovating and expanding Talley Student Center. The will increase assignable student space to 164,000 square feet, nearly double what was previously available, at a

WHAT WILL YOU RALLY FORvote: a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative,

made by an individual or body of individuals. your voice matters.

STORY BY HEIDI KLUMPE & NICK TRAN| GRAPHICS BY ANA ANDRUZZI

REFERENDUM FINAL WORD ON TALLEY PROJECTLAST CHANCE FOR STUDENTS TO VOICE OPINION, DETERMINE FATE OF TALLEY PROJECT

Today, students will be able to vote for the 2010-11 proposed student fee increases at vote.ncsu.edu. The process for approving fees begins with to-

day’s student vote and continues tomorrow with a vote

in the Student Senate. Results from both votes will go to the Fee Review Committee, which consists of five admin-istrators, the student body president, the Student Senate president, and two appointed student representatives.

FEE continued page 4

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Chamber,consulatecooperateon health

BY CHELCEY ADAMIStaff Writer

CALEXICO — The Calex-ico Chamber of Commerceand Consulate of Mexico inCalexico signed an agree-ment Thursday making thechamber the new fiscalagency for the consulate’sVentanilla de Salud.

Officials for both agen-cies said they believe themove will allow the con-sulate to improve and ex-pand health services it of-fers to the community.

“A lot of people fromMexico don’t know whereto go and don’t have healthservices. Our mission is toprovide them with thesekinds of programs and serv-ices,” Consul Gina AndreaCruz Blackledge said. “I’mvery happy about workingwith the chamber on this.”

The chamber replacesNeighborhood House ofCalexico as the fiscal agencyin charge of Ventanilla deSalud, which hosts numer-ous health fairs throughoutthe community during theyear as well as individuallyhelps people navigate med-ical issues such as healthinsurance.

While consulate staffpraised the support they’vereceived from Neighbor-hood House, they said theyfelt that the change to thechamber would providegreater opportunity for ex-pansion due to the cham-ber’s more versatile presencein the Valley versus the spe-cific skill set and servicesprovided by the nonprofit.

Chamber is new fiscalagency for Ventanillade Salud

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ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE REPORT

SACRAMENTO (AP) —Officials at the highest levelsof the California Depart-ment of Parks and Recre-ation helped keep millionsof dollars in money intend-ed for state parks secret formore than a decade, theCalifornia attorney general’soffice said in a report re-

leased Friday.The report said the “in-

tentional non-disclosure”continued because em-ployees feared the depart-ment’s budget would becut if lawmakers foundout, and that they wouldbe embarrassed about theyears of covering it up.

“Throughout this periodof intentional non-disclo-sure, some parks employ-ees consistently requested,without success, that theirsuperiors address the is-sue,” Deputy AttorneyGeneral Thomas M. Pat-ton wrote in the report.

Top parks officials kept $20Mhidden for more than a decade

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The Salton Sea Recreation State Park was slated forclosure under cuts made during the state’s budgetcrisis last year. IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS FILE PHOTO

IMMIGRATION PROCESS

POLICY CHANGE

New United States citizens celebrate at the end of their citizenship ceremony at Calexico City Hallin this image from 2011. Fifty-four applicants from three countries were granted citizenship. A pol-icy change will allow some illegal immigrants to apply for a hardship waiver to remain with theirfamilies. CHELCEY ADAMI FILE PHOTO

BY JULIO MORALES | Staff Writer, Copy Editor

In a move that could help tens of thousands of illegal immigrants se-cure permanent residency, the Obama administration recently an-nounced a policy that would also effectively reduce the time familiesspend separated during the immigration process.

Prior to the rule change an-nounced Monday, illegal immi-grants who return to theircountry of origin to apply for avisa would be barred from re-turning stateside for a numberof years. The new policy allowsthose illegal immigrants whoare immediate relatives of U.S.citizens to apply for a waiver

and remain in the U.S. if theycan demonstrate time apartfrom their family wouldamount to an “extreme hard-ship.”

The change to the rule wasinitially proposed in April.Since then, local attorney RudyCardenas has been reviewinghis caseload to identify which

clients may stand to benefitfrom the rule change.

“The Obama administrationthought this is B.S. and washurting families,” Cardenassaid, referring to the time an il-legal immigrant would bebarred from returning to theU.S. while seeking legal status.

IN WAKE OF DEADLY OUTBREAKS

Sweeping food safety rules proposedWASHINGTON (AP)

— The Food and DrugAdministration on Fridayproposed the most sweep-ing food safety rules indecades, requiring farmersand food companies to bemore vigilant in the wakeof deadly outbreaks inpeanuts, cantaloupe andleafy greens.

The long-overdue reg-ulations could cost busi-

nesses close to half a bil-lion dollars a year to im-plement, but are expectedto reduce the estimated3,000 deaths a year fromfoodborne illness.

Just since last summer,outbreaks of listeria incheese and salmonella inpeanut butter, mangoesand cantaloupe have beenlinked to more than 400illnesses and as many as

seven deaths, accordingto the federal Centers forDisease Control and Pre-vention.

The actual number ofthose sickened is likelymuch higher.

The FDA’s proposedrules would require farm-ers to take new precau-tions against contamina-tion.

Melons rot in theafternoonheat in afield nearHolly,Colo.AP FILEPHOTO

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White House rejects subpoenasWASHINGTON cThe Bush administration

cited executive privilege Thursday as it reject-ed subpoenas from two congressional panelsprobing last year’s removal of eight U.S. attor-neys, setting up a constitutional dispute thatcould take years to resolve.In a letter to the chairmen of the House

and Senate Judiciary Committees, WhiteHouse Counsel Fred Fielding said he also hasadvised former White House officials whohave received subpoenas in the matter not toprovide any documents to Capitol Hill.

Private space station launchedLOS ANGELES cA new inflatable, unmanned

test module for a proposed private space sta-tion was launched into orbit Thursday aboarda Russian rocket, the U.S. company develop-ing the technology said.The 15-foot-long module was designed to

expand to a diameter of 8 feet. Contact withthe module was established later in the dayand data indicated good voltage in the powersystem and “decent” air pressure in the vehi-cle, the company said.

Officials probe site on wrestlerATLANTA c Investigators Thursday started

looking into who altered pro wrestler ChrisBenoit’s Wikipedia entry to mention his wife’sdeath hours before authorities discovered thebodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.Benoit’s Wikipedia entry was altered Mon-

day to say that the wrestler had missed amatch because of his wife’s death.Also Thursday, federal drug agents said

they had raided the west Georgia office of adoctor who prescribed testosterone toBenoit.

Titanic still sells at auctionNEW YORK cA deck log from a ship that

searched for bodies after the Titanic sanksold for more than $100,000 as part of aChristie’s auction Thursday of memorabiliafrom the doomed oceanliner.All together, the 18 lots of Titanic memora-

bilia — including letters, postcards, tele-grams from survivors and photographs ofpassengers — sold at auction for a total of$193,140.Artifacts from another famous ship-

wrecked luxury liner, the Andrea Doria, werealso auctioned, as were items like silverwareand posters from the S.S. Normandy, theFrench Art Deco oceanliner that capsizedand burned in New York Harbor duringWorld War II.

NEWS SERVICES

BRIEFLY NATION

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U.N. agency rebuts U.S. claimsUNITED NATIONS cThe deputy head of the

U.N. Development Program has shot back atU.S. accusations that it had squandered mil-lions of dollars in North Korea, saying theamount far surpassed what the program hadat its disposal and questioning the authentici-ty of documents the U.S. mission provided toback up its claims.In a confidential letter delivered Thursday

evening to Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambas-sador, the official, Ad Melkert, said the moneyamounts, vendor names and transactiondates supplied by the United States had beenexamined against his agency’s records and“there is not a single match.”

11 hostages reported killedBOGOTA, Colombia cPresident Alvaro Uribe

on Thursday accused Colombia’s largest rebelgroup of killing 11 civilian hostages, just hoursafter the guerrillas implied a botched militaryrescue was to blame for the deaths. Uribesaid there will be no demilitarized zone, andthat no more guerrillas will be freed.The reported deaths of the civilians, all of

them Colombian lawmakers from Valle delCauca state, could not be confirmed. Still, thenews — widely regarded to be true — touchedoff a day of mourning across this Andean coun-try and shook relatives of other hostages.

Iranian group on EU terror listBRUSSELS, Belgium cEuropean Union gov-

ernments decided Thursday to keep an Irani-an opposition group blacklisted as a terroristorganization after reviewing its demand to beremoved following a recent court ruling, diplo-mats said.The Paris-based People’s Mujahadeen Or-

ganization of Iran, which seeks the overthrowof Iran’s Islamic regime, is also on the U.S.government’s list of terror groups.

6 militants killed in LebanonBEIRUT, Lebanon cLebanese troops raided an

Islamic militant hideout in a hillside cave andkilled six fighters Thursday as violencespread from a Palestinian refugee campwhere the military has been battling an al-Qaida-inspired group.The dawn gunbattle — a 20-minute drive

from the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian camp bythe northern port city of Tripoli — indicatedFatah Islam may have found allies amongSunni militants and fundamentalists in theregion who were not affiliated with the group.

NEWS SERVICES

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

HIV/AIDS: “This is a multiple-dimension problem. But if wedon’t begin to take it serious-ly and address it the way wedid back in the ’90s when itwas primarily a gay men’sdisease, we will never get theservices and the public educa-tion that we need.”

Outsourcing: “We have to doseveral things: End the taxbreaks that still exist in thetax code for outsourcing jobs;have trade agreements withenforceable labor and environ-mental standards; help Ameri-cans compete, which is some-thing we haven’t taken seri-ously.”

Online: www.hillaryclinton.com

War on drugs: “The scourgeof our present society, particu-

larly the African-American

community, is the war on

drugs. . . . There is no reason

to continue it in the slightest.

All it does is create criminals

out of people who are not

criminals.”

Online: www.gravel2008.com

Candidates unite against courtat forum focusing on race

HeadlinesHeadlines

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LONDON cNineteen years after abomb blew up Pan Am Flight 103above Lockerbie, Scotland, and sixyears after a former Libyan intelli-gence agent was convicted of plan-ning the attack, a judicial reviewhas resurrected lingering doubtsabout the case.The Scottish Criminal Cases Re-

view Commission, an independentpanel that oversees mattersbrought before Scottish courts, rec-ommended Thursday that Abdul-baset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, theonly person convicted in the case,be granted permission to file afresh appeal.

“The commission is of the view,based on our lengthy investiga-tions, the new evidence we havefound and other evidence whichwas not before the trial court, thatthe applicant may have suffered amiscarriage of justice,” the SCCRCsaid in a statement.The commission’s 800-page re-

port has not been made public, butin a brief statement, the commis-sion said that it had concernsabout a key witness identificationof al-Megrahi and that other excul-patory evidence had not beenmade available to the defense.The commission went out of its

way to knock down some of themore far-fetched claims by al-

Megrahi’s supporters and lawyers.This included allegations that theCIA “spirited away” evidence fromthe crash site and that a “CIAbadge” was found at the crash sitebut not recorded as evidence.Recent reports in the British

media have suggested a crucialpiece of forensic evidence, a sliverof circuit board from the bomb,may have been tampered with, butthe review panel also rejected this.The immediate effect of the deci-

sion is that al-Megrahi, who al-ready has seen one appeal reject-ed, will get another chance, and theLibyan government, which reacheda separate $2.7 billion settlementwith the victims’ families in 2002,

could also seek legal redress.Legal experts in Britain suggest-

ed that if the conviction is over-turned, Libya could ask for itsmoney back or demand compensa-tion from the U.S. or Britain.Jim Kreindler, the New York at-

torney who negotiated the settle-ment with the Libyan government,disputed that, noting that al-Megra-hi was convicted in a Scottish crim-inal proceeding while the settle-ment with Libya was reached in aseparate civil proceeding.Pan Am 103, a Boeing 747 en

route from London to New York,blew up 35 minutes into its flight,killing all 259 people on board and11 others on the ground.

Lockerbie convict may be allowed to appeal

JOEBIDEN

DELAWARE SENATOR

Taxes: “For the first time inour history, we’re in a position

where those who are the wage

earners are paying a bigger

chunk than they should. It’s

got to shift back.”

Chief Justice John Robertsand Justice Sam Alito: “Theproblem is the rest of us were

not tough enough. They have

turned the court upside down.

The next president of the Unit-

ed States will be able to deter-

mine whether or not we go

forward or continue this slide”

Online: www.joebiden.com

HILLARYRODHAM CLINTON

NEW YORK SENATOR

CHRISDODD

CONNECTICUT SENATOR

Employment: “We today re-ward industries that leave

America by giving them tax

breaks. I would like to see us

reward companies that stay in

our inner cities, go to places

where jobs ought to be creat-

ed. That ought to be a part of

our tax policy as well.”

Segregation: “The shame ofresegregation has been occur-

ring in our country for years.”

Online: www.chrisdodd.com

JOHNEDWARDS

FORMER NORTH CAROLINA

SENATOR

Health care: “We know thatrace plays an enormous rolein the problems that African-Americans face and the prob-lems that African-Americansface with health care everysingle day. There are hugehealth care disparities, whichis why we need universalhealth care in this country.”

Racism: “If you’re African-American, you’re more likelyto be charged with a crime. Ifyou’re charged with a crime,you’re more likely to be con-victed of a crime. . . . There isno question that our justicesystem is not colorblind.”

Online: www.johnedwards.com

MIKEGRAVEL

FORMER ALASKA SENATOR

DENNISKUCINICH

OHIO REPRESENTATIVE

Trade: “One of my first acts inoffice will be to cancel NAFTA

and the WTO and go back to

trade conditioned on workers

rights, human rights and envi-

ronmental quality principles.

That is what we must do. A

Democratic administration

started NAFTA. A Democratic

administration will end it.”

Online: kucinch.us

BARACKOBAMA

ILLINOIS SENATOR

Government’s role: “Thereare going to be responsibilitieson the part of African-Ameri-cans and other groups to takepersonal responsibility to riseup out of the problems that weface, but there’s also got to bea social responsibility.”

Hurricane Katrina: “I thinkthat what’s most important,though, that we have a presi-dent who is in touch with theneeds of New Orleans beforethe hurricane hits, becausepart of the reason that we hadsuch a tragedy was the as-sumption that everybody couldjump in their SUVs . . . andcheck into the nearest hotel.”Online: www.barackobama.com

BILLRICHARDSONNEW MEXICO GOVERNOR

Diversity: “I believe verystrongly that the next presi-

dent is not just going to have

to pass laws and take the steps

necessary to reaffirm affirma-

tive action and take steps to

make sure our schools are

integrated. But, also, the next

president is going to have to

lead and speak passionately

about a dialogue among all

peoples.”

Pulling out of Beijing Olym-pics if China fights sanctionsabout Sudan: “You know, Ibelieve fighting genocide is

more important than sports.”

Online: www.richardsonforpresident.com

WASHINGTON

Democratic presidential candi-

dates won applause from a

predominately black audi-

ence at Howard University on Thurs-

day by accusing the Supreme Court of

retreating earlier in the day from the

goal of eliminating school segregation.

Sharing the stage at a Thursday

night forum on minority issues, the

candidates denounced the court’s deci-

sion that struck down race-based

plans to promote diversity in school

systems in Louisville and Seattle.

The passions that split the court

spilled into the forum, though every

candidate who expressed an opinion

came down squarely against Thurs-

day’s ruling.

They also agreed to roll back tax

cuts for the wealthy, took a hard line

on Darfur and condemned the Bush

administration’s response to Hurri-

cane Katrina.McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

POLL WATCHSen. Hillary Rodham

Clinton is doing surprisinglywell among minority voters,

a poll says.

The Gallup Poll’s annual

minority survey says the

New York Democrat is tied

with Illinois Sen. BarackObama among blacks.

And she trounces all her

rivals with Hispanic voters —

even New Mexico Gov. BillRichardson.

“Right now, it’s pretty

much Hillary, and then all

the rest,” said Gallup’s Jeff

Jones.

But at the same time,

more than half of voters say

they wouldn’t consider vot-

ing for Clinton if she be-comes the Democratic nomi-

nee, according to a poll by

Mason-Dixon Polling and

Research. In that poll, 52

percent of Americans said

they wouldn’t consider vot-

ing for her.

RACE MATTERSThe nomination fight be-

gins in Iowa and New Hamp-

shire, two states with rela-

tively few minorities. But

blacks and other minority

voters become critical in

Nevada, South Carolina and

Florida before a multistate

primary Feb. 5.

About one in 10 voters in

the 2004 election was black,

according to exit polls, and

they voted 9-1 for Democrat

John Kerry. In some states,

blacks make up a bigger

share of the voters.

In South Carolina, for

example, blacks made up

about 30 percent of the elec-

torate in 2004, but were

more than half of the voters

in the state’s Democratic

primary.

NEXT DEBATESJuly 23: Democrats inCharleston, S.C.

Aug. 5: Republicans in DesMoines, Iowa

FOR THE RECORD“I just want to makeclear I got testedwith Michelle.”— Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,about getting tested for AIDS

with his wife. Sen. JoeBiden, D-Del., encouragedthe audience to do so, men-

tioning that he and Obama

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They are mostly male, mostly white and most-ly from the Piedmont. They boast some experi-ence in state government, but little in the execu-tive branch. They’re strong personalities, andtwo controversial ones. And when RepublicanPat McCrory is sworn in Saturday as governor,they’ll be the team that will help him lead North

Carolina for the next four years.The selections mark the first

big decisions by the incominggovernor, North Carolina’s firstGOP executive in 20 years. Theyoffer a clue to the new adminis-tration and the man at the top.

“It may not be the perfect pic-ture of diversity that a lot of peo-ple want to see,” says Tom

Campbell, moderator of NC SPIN, a statewidepublic affairs show. “But if you … look at it fromthe point of view of how you’re gonna work onand fix state government, this is a pretty goodteam.”

McCrory, mayor of Charlotte for 14 years, callsthe eight Cabinet secretaries and four other topofficials “pragmatic problem solvers and lead-ers.” Among them: two of his former colleaguesfrom Charlotte-based Duke Energy, four currentor former business executives, a former prosecu-tor, another ex-mayor and a former ambassador.

They also include three former Republican

McCrory’sfirst task:Building anew teamFormer mayor’s selections hint at adifferent approach to running N.C.

McCrory

Live coverage at noonYou can watch Pat McCrory’s swearing-in cere-

mony Saturday at charlotteobserver.com beginningat noon. It will also be broadcast on UNC-TV.

SEE MCCRORY, 4A

The problem, said UNC Charlotte economistJohn Connaughton, is that local growth lags therest of the country.

“That’s not good,” he said, speaking abouthow Mecklenburg County’s 9 percent joblessrate in November is higher than the nation’s 7.8percent unemployment rate.

Among the trouble spots: Commercial real es-tate development remains way off the peak inthe mid-2000s. And foreclosure filings for thecounty rose in November to 705, up from 496 the

By Kerry [email protected]

Home building activity is up and unemploy-ment is down from a year ago – but Mecklen-burg County begins 2013 with much more workto do, economists say.

More homes are selling, and for higher prices.The area is adding jobs – more than 22,500 in theCharlotte area alone between November 2011and November 2012, according to state data.

same time a year earlier. Federal Reserve economist

Rick Kaglic sees the local econ-omy this way: “A very slow, un-satisfying economic recoverythat’s likely to be slow, sluggish,disappointing in the first half of2013 as well.”

Making matters worse: con-tinued uncertainty over how Congress will re-spond to pressing fiscal issues around spendingand borrowing. That’s preventing companiesfrom hiring and buying new equipment and realestate so they can expand, Kaglic said.

Local economy a work in progress Some bright spots exist, includinglower unemployment rates, but jobgrowth lags behind rest of U.S.

Mecklenburg indicators Indicator Nov. 2012 Nov. 2011

Average home price $204,413 $192,414Home sales 2,276 1,686Building permits(single family)

224 139

Commercial permits(excluding multi-family)

14 45

Foreclosures 705 496

Unemployment rate 9% 10.1%

— SOURCES: CAROLINA MLS, N.C. EMPLOYMENT SECURITYCOMMISSION, MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND N.C. COURT SYSTEM

INSIDENationally, unemployment rate holds steady,with the recovery moving slowly. 2B

SEE ECONOMY, 5A

Kaglic

By Michael BieseckerAssociated Press

RALEIGH — Top officials at the N.C. De-partment of Commerce have for years beenaccepting cash sponsorships from some ofthe state’s biggest businesses, includingregulated utilities and firms that lobby theagency for corporate incentives.

Since 2009, more than $1.5 million –about $400,000 a year – has been donatedto The Friends of North Carolina, a non-profit corporation controlled by state Com-merce Secretary Keith Crisco and his staff,according to financial documents andemails The Associated Press obtainedthrough a public records request.

The program has paid for cocktail partiesin Hollywood and Manhattan, rounds of

golf at Pinehurst, and expenses on overseastrips to Shanghai and Bangalore – all in-tended to help woo new employers to thestate.

State law generally bars public officialsfrom personally benefiting from gifts fromlobbyists or other private interests, but theFriends payments appear to fall under abroad exemption. Still, ethics experts ques-tion whether the use of corporate sponsor-ships could fuel a perception that the gov-ernment’s friendship is for sale.

“There can be no doubt that these kindsof donations lead to the appearance of con-flicts of interest,” said Wayne Norman, aprofessor at the Kenan Institute for Ethicsat Duke University. “The Department of

North Carolina gets by withhelp from corporate Friends

SEE FRIENDS, 6A

By Cameron Steele [email protected]

MONROE — Noemi Bernal’s head was bowedin prayer when the masked man entered witha gun. He came in through the back door ofIglesia de Dios Nueva Vida church and put ashotgun in the hair of one the women whohad come to worship on New Year’s Eve.

No one spoke.“At first I was afraid,” said Bernal, speak-

ing through a translator. “I thought I was go-ing to get shot.”

The intruder approached each of the six

women one by one, taking their purses. Withnearly $900, he left the church.

After the brazen crime, pastor Leonel Ber-nal is making security changes at his Monroechurch. But as always he is relying on hisdeep faith in God to restore a sense of nor-malcy and safety for his small congregation.

“I trusted God,” the pastor said Friday ashe and his wife, Carolina, walked through thechurch. “God took care of us.”

Leonel Bernal had been a pastor in El Sal-vador for more than 20 years when he said hewas called by God to minister to the Hispaniccommunity in the United States.

Bernal, now 52, packed up his wife and

Pastor: ‘God took care of us’PHOTOS BY TODD SUMLIN - [email protected]

Leonel and Carolina Bernal say they have taken security precautions since a robbery at their Monroe church on New Year’s Eve.

Police haven’t caught the man who robbedthe Engleside Street church, anddescriptions of the intruder are vague. SEE ROBBERY, 5A

Monroe church members turn to faith during, after robbery

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PATRICK AIR FORCEBASE — Friendshipsamong Olympiansbrought together world-class swimmers and elitemilitary men for an ex-traordinary day of gruel-ing training.

Olympic gold medal-ists Ryan Lochte and Co-norDwyer joined their al-ma mater University ofFlorida men’s swim teamfora taste of theAirForcepararescue indoctrina-tion course Friday withairmen at Patrick AirForce Base.

Burpees, pull-ups,push-ups—lotsof them—beachrunning, swimmingandboat carrieswere justsome of the exercises thattested the swimmers andgave them a new respectfor the nation’s eliteGuardian Angels.

Maj.ChadSeniorof the920th RescueWing, a U.S.Olympian in modern pen-tathlon in 2000 and 2004,

Gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Conor Dwyer joined their alma mater UF swim team for a grueling day oftraining on Friday alongside the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base.MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

SWIMMINGWITH ANGELSOlympians,UF teamsweat withPAFB men

INDOCTRINATIONSome of the exercises theFlorida Gators men’s swimteam did Friday:

STRENGTH CIRCUIT3 minutes each withabout 2 minutes break» 24” box jump: 50 reps» Pull-ups: 25 reps» Farmers walk:walk250 yards carrying two40-pound bags

»Medicine ball throw-run: run, throw 7- to9-pound balls a total of400 yards

» Kettlebell shuttle run:carry 30 to 70 pounds atotal of 400 yards

OTHER DRILLS»Mile run on the beach» Flutter kicks in the surf» Push-ups» Buddy carries» Zodiac inflatable boatcarries 300 yards, launchand paddle 400 yards

Gold medalist RyanLochte takes part in apush-up circle. MALCOLMDENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

By R. NormanMoodyFLORIDA TODAY

CHECK OUT VIDEO ONLINEScan the code to check outa video on the UF swimteam’s visit to Patrick AirForce Base atfloridatoday.com. Onyour tablet computer, visittablet.floridatoday.comfor a special report on the team’s visit.

Picking up where it left offlast year, United SpaceAllianceon Friday laid off 111 local em-ployees.

The cuts came amonth afterNASA’s lead space shuttle con-tractor eliminated 119 positionsat Kennedy Space Center.

Work to retire the shuttleprogram is nearing an end, andby March, USA will hand overmanagement of KSC groundsystems to a newcontractor, Ja-cobs Technology.

More layoffs are planned inMarch and April, but Houston-based USA’s parent companies,The Boeing Co. and LockheedMartin Corp., have not publiclyconfirmed the joint venture’spost-shuttle fate.

“Boeing and Lockheed con-tinue discussions regardingUSA’s future,” companyspokeswoman Tracy Yates saidin a statement.

Once more than 10,000strong, USA now has 1,621 totalemployees, including 785 on theSpace Coast.

Thecompanyhas let gomorethan 6,000 people over thecourse of 11 “reductions inforce” since October 2009, in-cluding about 4,300 in Florida.

Outgoing employees weregiven 60 days’ notice and wereeligible for severance packagesranging from four to 26 weeksof pay.

Insmallernumbers,NASAisalso paring its civil servantstaff at KSC through buyout of-fers to targeted employees.KSCwill confirm howmany ac-cepted the buyout next week, aspokesman said.

USA laysoff moreshuttleworkersContractor lets 111 goas work winds downBy James DeanFLORIDA TODAY

REMAINING KSCWORKFORCE

8,308TOTAL

2,103GOVERNMENT

4,913PRIVATE CONTRACTORS

1,292OTHER TENANTS ANDCONSTRUCTIONWORKERS

Source: NASA

Contact Dean at 321-242-3668 [email protected].

NEWTOWN, Conn — Nearlytwo years after being criticallywounded in a mass shooting,former Arizona congresswom-anGabrielle Giffords on Fridaymet with families of victims inlastmonth’sshootingthat left26people dead inside a Connecti-

cut elementary school.Giffords was accompanied

byherhusband,astronautMarkKelly, at the private meeting inNewtownthatwasalsoattendedby U.S. Sen. Richard Blumen-thal.

“As always, I was deeply im-pressed by the strength andcourage and resolve of the fam-ilies and the extraordinary car-ing and generosity of GabbyGiffords andMark Kelly in vis-iting with them,” Blumenthalsaid.

Giffords meets with Conn. familiesKelly, senator bothcall for new talks,reforms to gun lawsBy John ChristoffersenAssociated Press

Former U.S. Rep. GabrielleGiffords, left, holds hands withher husband, Mark Kelly, whileexiting Newtown’s Town Hall. APSee GIFFORDS, Page 2A

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A wedding groomsman who caused thedeath of the bride’s uncle by punching himduring a post-reception brawl in Fogelsvilleapologized Wednesday for what he called“a horrible accident.”

Moments later, a Lehigh County judgesentenced Mark C. Wells of Kutztown to20-60 months in state prison for involun-tary manslaughter. Wells could have gottena minimum sentence of 30 months for theunprovoked attack on Philadelphia postal

worker James V. Schickling, 49.Several members of Wells’ family broke

into tears as deputy sheriffs handcuffed the27-year-old and led him away. His motherand fiancee told him they loved him.

The sentencing came after Schickling’srelatives asked Judge Edward D. Reibmanto impose the maximum term. They saidSchickling’s death a year ago had hurt thememotionally and financially.

“Now I have to make all my decisions onmy own,” said Schickling’s son Michael.“And sometimes I don’t make the bestones.”

Wells’ family and friends described himas a respectful, honest and hard-workingman who felt remorse over what he haddone.

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Pennsylvanians polled on climate change

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20-60 months in wedding deathMarkWells of Kutztownsentenced for fatal punchat post-reception fight.

Most Pennsylvanians want immediate gov-ernment action on global warming, seen asa serious problem caused in part by hu-mans. Residents are willing to pitch in to

solve the problem — to apoint. Higher electric billsare OK if the money helps

wean America off foreign oil. But pay moreat the pump? No way. The findings comein the first independent poll of Pennsylva-nians on the subject, which is being debat-ed today among the leaders of the wealthi-est nations at a G-8 summit in Germany.

“As a child of the ’60s … [the environment] has been in my mind.I have kids, and I want to have a sustainable world.”

SOMUCH TO DO

By Kurt BlumenauOf The Morning Call

Customers at one LehighValley area bank can lookforward to fee-free withdraw-als at ATMs from Maine toCalifornia.

Harleysville National Banksaid Wednesday it has joinedAllpoint, which bills itself asthe country’s largest networkof surcharge-free ATMs. All-point links 32,000 bank ma-chines nationwide, includingmore than 1,500 in Pennsylva-nia and more than 900 in NewJersey, the company said.

Usually, Valley residentswho travel out of town haveto pay surcharges of $1.50 to$2.50 to get cash from anATM owned by a “foreign”bank.

But Harleysville Nationalcustomers can avoid those

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71%Believe the Earth’s tempera-ture has risen in recentdecades; 72 percent seethat as a serious problem.

46%Blame human activity, suchas burning fossil fuels, forclimate change, while 15percent believe it’s naturaland cyclical. And 34 per-cent chalked it up as a com-bination of the two.

51%Of Democrats view globalwarming as a very seriousproblem, compared with31% of Republicans.

74%Oppose paying higher taxeson fossil fuels, but wouldwelcome tax breaks towardthe purchase of hybrid vehi-cles.

48%Are willing to pay up to$100 a year in return formore renewable energyproduction in Pennsylvania.Thirteen percent would payup to $250, and 6 percentup to $500.

PAUL SALERNI, 55, Bethlehem, chairman of the music department at Lehigh University

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Homeless after an Allentownfire marshal shut down itsspace for code violations,Theatre Outlet is set to open“Playing Yourself” in Bethle-hem.GoGuide, Page5

FORD ON TOP

WHERE AREWE?Cell phone naviga-tion systems putto the test in LasVegas had a hardtime finding theirway around town.New and estab-lished locationsweren’t found andtraffic tie-upsweren’t avoided.Tech Test, D4

NATION

Local bankjoins ATMnetworkwith no feeHarleysville Nationalclients can use Allpointmachines nationwide.

A THE DEFENDANT: Mark C.Wells, 27, KutztownA THE VICTIM: James V.Schickling, 49, PhiladelphiaA THE PLEA: Wells pleadedguilty to involuntary manslaugh-ter for throwing the punch thatkilled Schickling during a post-wedding reception brawl at theHoliday Inn Conference Center,Fogelsville, on June 4, 2006.A THE SENTENCE: Wells re-ceived a sentence of 20 to 60months in state prison.Source: Morning Call staff

THE CASE

By Karen KaplanSpecial to The Morning Call

Scientists have succeeded inreprogramming ordinary cellsfrom the tips of mouse tails andrewinding their developmentalclocks sothey arevirtuallyindistin-guishablefrom embry-onic stemcells, ac-cording tostudies released Wednesday.

If the discovery applies tohuman cells — and researchersare optimistic that it will — itwould offer a straightforwardmethod for creating a limitless

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THE SON OF AN ALLENTOWNMAN stabbed to death inApril has been charged withfalsely opening and using acredit card account in hisfather’s name. B1

THE DOUBLE-PARKING FINE inAllentown will go from $50to $75 after City Councilvoted unanimously to raiseit. After 10 days the billrises to $100. B1

IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,garment workers ratified anew contract with threecompanies — on a vote of313-95 — after a shortstrike. At issue were wagesand health care costs. D1

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62%Of state residents wantimmediate governmentaction on global warming— 7 percentage pointsmore than a national pollin January.

51%Want Washington to act,but believe state (39 per-cent) and local govern-ments (30 percent) sharethe responsibility.

42%Say Gov. Ed Rendell is do-ing too little to tackle cli-mate change.

The Morning Call/Muhlenberg College pollinterviewed 465 state residents by tele-phone May 15-21, yielding results with amargin of error of plus or minus 4.5percentage points.

Morning Call research by John L. Micek,Arlene Martinez and Pete Leffler

INSIDE: Climate debate dominates G-8 summit A4 ONLINE: Complete poll results mcall.com/extra

INSIDE

Leaving behind its “FixOr Repair Daily” reputation,Ford — with five winningmodels — comes outon top of an annual J.D.Power survey of new carquality. D1

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NEWS TO USE

Concours show has carsto behold GOGUIDE

Kathleen X. Cook The Morning CallMARK C. WELLS enters the Old Courthousein Allentown for sentencing.

New studiesmight solveimpasse overstem cells

Researchers reprogramordinary cells tomirror

stem variety.

MORE INSIDEA House rejectsbill that wouldban human repro-ductive cloning.PAGE A2

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ONLINE

“One-third of pre-school children aged three and four years old were found to be using the Internet at home, either on PCs, laptops or a netbook.”SOURCE: Ofcom, Oct. 23, 2012, “Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report”

Facebook is a social networking Web site that is privately owned. Since September 2006, anyone over the age of 13 with a valid e-mail address can become a Facebook user.

Limited to 140 characters per post. Sort of like a real-time service for headlines.Accessible online, in e-mail, on mobile phones and through other services.

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Flickr is an image-hosting and video-hosting site created in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005.Photographers use it to share photographs in their communities and to get comments.

Video-sharing services for uploading, viewing and sharing videos.Many schools block YouTube, founded in 2005. YouTube is now a subsidiary of Google. Vimeo, founded in 2004, is a little more ‘sheltered’ and has more than 3 million users.

“Young adults are the most avid texters by a wide margin. Cell owners between the ages of 18 and 24 exchange an average of 109.5 messages on a normal day—that works out to more than 3,200 texts per month—and the typical or median cell owner in this age group sends or receives 50 messages per day (or 1500 messages per month).”SOURCE: Aaron Smith, Sept. 19, 2011, “Americans and Text Messaging”

“Texting is now the central hub of communication in the lives of teens today, and it has really skyrocketed in the last 18 months.”SOURCE: Amanda Lenhart, April 21, 2010, “Teens and Mobile Phones”


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CREDIBILITY

February, 2007 • The Michigan Daily, a student newspaper, fired a writer after discovering plagiarism in four articles.

April 2007 • The Daily Pennsylvanian, a student newspaper, fired a columnist after one of her submissions “bore uncanny similarities to a Yahoo! Food piece from March.”

November 2007 • A columnist at the Brown Daily Herald, a student newspaper, was fired after editors discovered that six of his columns included plagiarized material. The same writer also plagiarized in a letter to the editor that was published in the New York Times

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