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SSCCOORRNNAmericans already concerned about theirjobs begged Washington politicians tostop dithering, cut the budget and resolvea debt crisis they fear could lead to higherinterest rates, or worse Photo: President

Barack Obama addresses the audience at aTown Hall meeting on the on-going effortsto find a balanced approach to deficitreduction at the University of Maryland inCollege Park. SEE PAGE 3.

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MTA BUDGET PLAN INCLUDES

FUTURE FARE HIKESThe Metropolitan Transportation

Authority unveiled a new financialplan that will include a 7.5 percentfare hike in both 2013 and 2015.

So far, the agency has notdetailed how fares and rates will riseacross the system.

Both fare hikes must still beapproved by the full board.

A public comment period will alsotake place beforehand.

MTA board member AndrewAlbert said the budget goes to greatlengths to avoid any service cuts.

“It’s a little more hopeful thanmany of us thought we would beseeing given the times that we’re inright now,” said Albert. “It doesn’thave anymore service cuts that arebudget driven. The fare hikes arethe scheduled fare hikes that we’veseen before.”

The budget assumes unions willagree to forgo raises for three years.

It also has plans for borrowingabout $7 billion and relies heavily onfunding from the state and federalgovernment.

However, the state has raidedtransit funds to fill its own budgetshortfalls in the past and there’s noguarantee that won’t happen again.

The agency is still trying to payfor its capital program, which isonly funded through the end of thisyear.

EAST VILLAGE PARK INVADED BY

RATS, RESIDENTS SAYThe city Parks Department says

it’s doing what it can to get rid of apack of rats that some East Villageresidents say have taken over a busyplayground.

The rodents have been seen at alltimes of the day at Tompkins SquarePark and have dug large under-ground burrows throughout thepark — including near the sandboxwhere kids play.

“The rats are all over this park. Idon’t know where they appear from.They’ve got holes. They dig all overthe park. I see them run from thestreet right into the hole. It’s crazyout here. I don’t know how they canhandle it but it needs to get done,”said one East Village resident.

The park underwent a majorupgrade two years ago and nowparks officials are going back in tomake a few changes.

A spokesperson says they’veruled out using rat poison because itwill harm other wildlife in the park.However, they will be replacinggarbage baskets with drums therats cannot access.

They also plan to clean up theground cover that the rodents tendto hide in.

The Parks Department is encour-aging New Yorkers to properly dis-pose of their litter.

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ARLINGTON, Va. — The killingof Osama bin Laden and seven yearsof CIA drone strikes have pushed al-Qaida to the brink of collapse, U.S.counterterrorism officials say.

Terrorism against the UnitedStates and Americans will likelycontinue, but the organization,based in Pakistan, that carried outthe Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attackscould soon be extinguished, officialstold The Washington Post.

The officials cited classified intel-ligence reports and closed-doorCapitol Hill briefings from the CIA,the National Counterterrorism Cen-ter and other agencies, the Post said.

“There is a swagger within thecommunity right now for good rea-son,” Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Geor-gia, the ranking Republican on theSenate intelligence committee, toldthe newspaper.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsu-la, the jihadist organization’sYemeni and Saudi Arabian offshoot,

remains strong and is viewed as agreater counterterrorism challengethan al-Qaida’s traditional base,Chambliss said.

President Barack Obama hassteadily expanded a clandestine U.S.campaign against the Yemen-Saudigroup, despite setbacks.

“But when it comes to al-Qaida [inPakistan], we have made the kind ofstrides that we need to make to be ina position of thinking we can win,”Chambliss told the Post.

Al-Qaida could still rally, U.S.officials said, but bin Laden’s deathin a U.S. commando raid May 2 inPakistan was a turning point — inpart because bin Laden had stillmanaged the terrorism network andkept it focused on mounting anti-U.S. attacks, the officials told thePost.

His charisma was also key to al-Qaida’s strength, “brand” and theproliferation of related groupsaround the world, they said.

His death, combined with contin-ued U.S. drone strikes and othercovert actions could, soon render themilitant Islamist group “largelyincapable” of mass-casualty attacksagainst the United States, an officialtold the Post.

Defense Secretary Leon Panettadeclared July 9 during anAfghanistan visit, “We’re withinreach of strategically defeating al-Qaida.

“The key is that, having gottenbin Laden, we’ve now identifiedsome of the key leadership within al-Qaida, both in Pakistan as well as inYemen and other areas,” he said.

“If we can be successful at goingafter them, I think we can reallyundermine their ability to do anykind of planning, to be able to con-duct any kind of attack” on the Unit-ed States. “That’s why I think it’swithin reach,” he said. “Is it going totake some more work? You bet it is.But I think it’s within reach.”

Graduates of the Green Construction Course at Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp.proudly display certificates they recently received after completing a 12 week programthat focused on construction skills and concepts and energy efficiency. The course was con-ducted in partnership with the Pratt Center for Community Development with fundingfrom Rep. Ed Towns’ office.

U.S. intelligence: Al-Qaida near collapse

MARIETTA, Ga.— A judge sen-tenced a Marietta, Ga., mother to ayear’s probation and 40 hours com-munity service for her role in thehit-and-run death of her 4-year-oldson.

Raquel Nelson, 30, was sentencedin Cobb County court for her July 12conviction for second-degree vehicu-lar homicide, reckless conduct andfailure to use a crosswalk. The judgealso gave Nelson the option of hav-

ing another trial.Nelson was crossing a four-lane

street with her three children on thenight of April 10, 2010, when a vanhit and killed her son, A.J..

Jerry Guy, the van driver, fled thescene and was later turned in by anacquaintance. He pleaded guilty incourt and served six months of afive-year sentence, the remainder ofwhich will be served on probation.

Guy had previously been convict-

ed of similar charges.“Even though he has had a histo-

ry of it, nobody gets up that day andsays, ‘I’m going to kill a 4-year-old,’”Nelson said in an interview. “Howev-er, to come after me so much harderthan they did him is a slap in theface.”

David Savoy, Nelson’s attorney,said he would discuss the situationwith his client, but that she “wantsto proceed” with the new trial.

Mother of victim sentenced in hit-and-run

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By ANDREW STERN

Americans already concernedabout their jobs yesterday beggedWashington politicians to stop dither-ing, cut the budget and resolve a debtcrisis they fear could lead to higherinterest rates, or worse.

“When you have a $14.3 trilliondebt, I think everybody’s in trouble.There’s too many people who blow itoff and don’t really see what is goingto happen down the road if it doesn’tget under control,” said high schoolmath teacher Mark Torgerson, 35, ofIndependence, Iowa.

Americans struggling to rightthemselves after the collapse in realestate values were concerned that athreatened downgrade of top-ratedU.S. debt would raise interest rates.

“I am in the real estate business andyou better believe it’s going to have aneffect. It’s already having an effect ona climate that is delicate already,” saidMichael Ostermeyer, a 49-year-oldreal estate attorney in Milwaukee.

By turns exasperated and scornful,Americans questioned at randomwere unsure whether Congress andPresident Barack Obama will avoid adefault on the nation’s debt before animposed August 2 deadline — or whata default might mean.

“People will probably lose more jobsand stuff like that, and Social Securi-ty will be affected,” said Nicole Kelly,a 21-year-old graphic designer in

Miami.“Hopefully they’ll come to a com-

promise,” Kelly said. “They’re prettystubborn.”

“If interest rates on credit cards goup that will have a huge impact on myfinances,” said Ronald Brandt, 49, aschool teacher in Milwaukee.

Brandt and others blamed the stale-mate in Washington in part on politi-cal positioning ahead of the 2012 elec-tions.

“I hate the partisan posturing. It isobvious from polls that people areupset and worried about what willhappen, and the GOP (Republican

Party) and Tea Party don’t seem towant to listen to the people and wouldrather make a political score insteadof doing what is right for the coun-try,” Brandt said.

Many of the people who were askedto comment said they felt too unin-formed or could not understand thearcane issues involved.

Brooklyn, New York, businessexecutive Nancy Settegren said shebelieved a default would make a finan-cial difference to her but added, “Ihaven’t figured out all of the implica-tions.”

“Am I personally concerned?” said

Gary Feldman, a technical servicesworker in New York. “No, I don’t getany federal payouts, and I don’t haveany investments to speak of. And bythe time I’m eligible for anything likeSocial Security I’m expecting it maybe out of business anyway.”

“The adversity is too much,” saidJason Bryan, 40, who works for aMiami insurer, when asked to com-ment on the tenor of the debate. “It’sjust pulling the American peopleapart.”

Torgerson, the math teacher andself-described conservative, said thedebt ceiling fears were “over-hyped”and believed the money was there topay the nation’s bills. He favored a“cut, cap and balance” approach toresolving the impasse.

“We need a balanced budget amend-ment in the Constitution so we don’trun a deficit year after year after year.They’ve proven that they can’t controlthemselves,” he said.

Fabian Bedne, 51, an Argentineimmigrant who runs a home designbusiness in Nashville, worried aboutfar-reaching effects given that peoplearound the world often keep an emer-gency stash of U.S. currency in adrawer.

“They figure that whatever hap-pens in the local economy, they canalways rely on the good old U.S.A. tosave them from unforeseen problems.What happens when the dollarbecomes unwanted currency?” hesaid.

Americans view debt deadlock with worry and scorn

The National Debt Clock, a digital display showing the increasing U.S.debt, near an office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on SixthAvenue.

By RACHELLEYOUNGLAI

WASHINGTON— Will the sky fallon August 2 if Congress fails to raisethe debt ceiling?

Not likely, according to analysts,who say that even without the abilityto borrow more money, the govern-ment could avoid a devastatingdefault for another week or so. Thatraises the question of how urgentlyaction is needed to increase thenation’s borrowing limit.

For weeks, President BarackObama and Treasury Secretary Timo-thy Geithner have stressed that theU.S. Treasury will run out of room toborrow funds next Tuesday and havewarned of dire consequences if Con-gress does not raise the nation’s $14.3trillion debt ceiling in time.

But Treasury officials have neversaid when the government will runout of cash to pay the nation’s bills,and the consensus among Wall Streetanalysts is that the cash won’t run outuntil about two weeks after theAugust debt-ceiling drop-dead date.

“The first risk of a legitimatedefault is August 15,” said WardMcCarthy, chief financial economistand managing director at Jefferies &Co. “Cash is not going to be an imme-diate problem. The debt ceiling spaceis not going to be an immediate prob-lem.”

McCarthy and other Wall Streetanalysts predict that the Treasurywill have enough cash to meet itsearly-to-mid August obligations,

including $23 billion in Social Securi-ty payments to the elderly and dis-abled on August 3.

That view lends credence to claimsthat some Republicans have beenmaking for days now that the U.S.government will be able to keep func-tioning and paying its bills even ifthere is no deal by August 2.

But it does not take into accounthow the market and investors willreact if Congress fails to raise the debtcap by the deadline and the U.S. Trea-sury is unable to tap markets forfunds.

Analysts also expect that the U.S.Treasury will be able to roll over the$90 billion in U.S. debt that maturesAugust 4.

“In all forecasts, it appears as ifthey have ample cash to cover theirobligations,” said Lou Crandall, chiefeconomist with research firm Wright-son ICAP.

Wrightson and Jefferies expect theUnited States would start defaultingon its obligations on August 15, thedate the government must pay out$41 billion, including around $30 bil-lion in interest on U.S. debt.

Barclays Capital has said Treasurymay run out of cash to pay its billsaround August 10, when $8.5 billionin Social Security payments are due.

Analysts do not expect the creditrating agencies to downgrade U.S.debt if Congress does not raise thelimit by August 2 and the govern-ment is still able to pay its bills.

That could potentially give a divid-ed Congress more time to craft a planto cut spending and raise the limit on

how much Treasury can borrow.“We think there is enough money

in the month of August to take care ofthings,” said Representative Jim Jor-dan, the chairman of the HouseRepublican Study Committee, a groupof more than 150 conservative andTea Party-aligned lawmakers.

Senate Democratic leader HarryReid and Republican House SpeakerJohn Boehner are locked in a bitterbattle over how to control spending

and increase the debt cap.Reid and fellow Democrats have

proposed a one-step plan to cut thedeficit by $2.7 trillion and raise thecap by the same amount to carry theadministration through the Novem-ber 2012 elections. Meanwhile,Boehner has pushed for a two-stagedeficit reduction plan that would pro-vide an initial increase in the debtlimit that would only last a fewmonths.

Is default deadline truly August 2? Analysts say no

By OLLIEMONTGOMERY

In a statement, the Department ofJustice has declined to reopen the46-year-old case on the assassina-tion of civil rights leader MalcolmX. The department says the statuteof limitations has expired on anyfederal laws that might apply to thecase.

However, many civil rights advo-cates still want the Justice Depart-ment to proceed, citing the EmmettTill Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Actof 2007. However, the departmentinsists that the Malcolm X assassi-nation does not meet the parametersof that act.

“Although the Justice Depart-ment recognizes that the murder of

Malcolm X was a tragedy, both forhis family and for the communityhe served, we have determined thatat this time, the matter does notimplicate federal interests sufficientto necessitate the use of scarce fed-eral investigative resources into amatter for which there can be nofederal criminal prosecution,” saidthe Justice Department in its officialstatement.

Alvin Sykes, an advocate forinvestigation of such unsolved civilrights cases, says the agency caninvestigate even if no prosecution isnecessary, citing the precedent setforth with the assassinations ofPresident John F. Kennedy and Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sykes says he will appeal to Pres-ident Obama and the United StatesCongress.

Justice Department will notre-investigate Malcolm X case

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By LEE A.SAUNDERS

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer There is no right more pre-

cious in our nation than theright of citizens to cast a balloton Election Day. That is whygenerations of Americans havesacrificed and even died inefforts to expand the right tovote. Yet across the country,powerful corporate interestsand the right-wing politicianswho do their bidding are work-ing hard to make it more diffi-cult for citizens to vote. In morethan two dozen states this year,bills have been introduced torestrict the right to vote, and inseveral states where Wall Street-backed Republicans control bothhouses of the legislature, gover-nors have signed these funda-mentally misguided measuresinto law.

As a result of these cynicalattempts to turn back from theprogress America has made inexpanding voting rights, mil-lions of voters are in for a sur-prise when they go to the polls.They will find new require-ments that have never beforeexisted, requirements that havebeen put in place to keep partic-ular voters – students, minori-ties and senior citizens – fromhaving their voices heard in ourdemocracy.

In Ohio, for example, Gov.John Kasich and the Republi-can-controlled Legislaturepushed through a measure thatlimits early voting and placesnew burdensome requirementson absentee ballots. “I think it is

very calculated,” said State Sen.Nina Turner of Cleveland. Thecorporate-backed restrictions onvoting are designed to reducethe ability of low-income andminority voters to cast a ballot,particularly by forcing boards ofelections to close their doors onthe weekend before ElectionDay. Voters whose jobs, familyresponsibilities or disabilitiesmake it difficult for them tostand in long lines, often formany hours, will now find itharder to exercise their funda-mental right to vote.

Ohio is not alone in enactingvoter suppression laws. InFlorida, Gov. Rick Scott pushedthrough a vast set of new andburdensome regulations thatare designed to restrict the abil-ity of working middle-class vot-ers to cast a ballot. The periodfor early voting shrinks dramat-ically, and voters who havemoved to a new county or havemarried and changed theirnames in the months prior to anelection will not have their bal-lots counted on Election Day.Since the 1960s, Florida votershave been able to change theiraddress or name at theirprecinct during early voting oron Election Day. But now theywill only be given provisionalballots which may or may not becounted.

In Wisconsin this May, Gov.Scott Walker and his corporate-backed cronies in Madisonenacted a law that will requireevery voter to show a govern-ment-issued identification cardbefore they are able to cast avote. Hundreds of thousands ofBadger State voters will be

denied their right to vote. Astudy conducted by the Univer-sity of Wisconsin in Milwaukeedetermined that this change inWisconsin’s law will have a seri-ous impact, particularly on stu-dents and minorities. Morethan 50 percent of the AfricanAmerican men and 49 percent ofAfrican American women in thestate do not have a driver’slicense or passport. More thanthree out of every four youngAfrican American males in thestate lack such state-issuedidentification.

That shouldn’t surprise us.While most adult Americanshave a driver’s license, it is notnecessarily true for largegroups of Americans. Students,other young people and theworking poor living in metro-politan areas often rely on masstransit, rather than own a car.Senior citizens living in nursinghomes or with their familiesoften give up driving. The blindand others with physical disabil-ities don’t drive. All of them willbe affected by these new restric-tions.

Proponents claim that thesechanges are necessary to protectagainst voter fraud, but as adetailed study published by theBrennan Center for Justicenotes: “By any measure, voterfraud is extraordinarily rare.”Former Pres. Bill Clinton got tothe heart of the matter in earlyJuly when he summed up theefforts made to restrict the rightto vote: “There has never beenin my lifetime – since we got ridof the poll tax and all the JimCrow burdens on voting – the

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By HARRY C. ALFORD

It was a day that we had plannedfor months. The National BlackChamber of Commerce® felt that thetime to get very serious about Africahad come. There have been ups anddowns in our visits and progressover the last decade but the “stars”are now aligned. All of Africa is onour radar but the priority right nowis Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania,Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda andSouth Sudan (the 54th nation of thecontinent). We are putting togethera formal Strategic Plan as to how wewill integrate our willing businessowners with the talent and opportu-nities of these nations.

We had sounded the call to ourfellow entrepreneurs to come andhear about the opportunities and joinin our plan to act. Last week, at our19th Annual Conference in Miami,FL over 270 African American busi-ness owners sat down to hear formalpresentations from the ambassadorsof Kenya and Botswana, the Honor-able Alkaneh Odembo and Tebelelo

Mazile Seretse respectively. Whenthey finished everyone was askingthemselves why didn’t I know this?Kenya and Botswana are ready forus!

The opportunities lie in everyindustry you can think of. Africa,per se, is increasing its Gross Domes-tic Product (GDP) by eight percentannually. No other continent cansay that. Kenya is in double digits.Botswana has one of the most trans-parent governments in the world.All children receive free educationfrom K through college. There is noneed for special immunization whenyou travel and you don’t even have toobtain a visa. The last trips we madeto Nairobi, capital of Kenya, we didnot have to receive shots for malaria– they have dealt with it. Bothnations have some of the greatestnational parks and the vast majorityof safaris in the world occur in thesetwo nations.

Botswana is totally democraticand prides itself in sending contes-tants to worldwide beauty pageantsand often winning the grand prize.The ambassador stated “We have the

prettiest women”. Stability is thereand it is surrounded by South Africa,Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It isvery strategically located and the callfor business start ups is constant.They want our expertise to come inand produce jobs and increase theirGDP even further. Their currency isstable and you can bank in U.S. dol-lars. A ready, educated workforceawaits you and it will take only fivedays to receive a business license.

Kenya is a much more heavilypopulated nation (40 million). Itspopulation is over 85 percent literateand, like Botswana, English is thenational language. Again, a well-educated and trained workforce. TheVision 2030 Program is a formalscheme to turn this nation into amiddle class population within thenext 20 years. The Plan is docu-mented with milestones and that iswhere we can set our strategy andimplement our action plans. Visit-ing Nairobi is like visiting anyAmerican city with a population ofsix million people. You won’t findmore friendly people than those ofKenya. Remember the population ofKenya matches the Black populationof America. That is the market thatpresents itself with such amazingopportunity. The populations of thenations I have aforementioned collec-tively have a population of 300 mil-lion people – 10 times that of theUnited States. The markets are enor-mous!

Banking challenges are beginningto lessen. The mixture of the Inter-national Monetary Fund, WorldBank, EXIM Bank, OPIC, TradeDevelopment Administration, AsianDevelopment Bank, various MiddleEast programs and the enormousbanks of China offer many vehiclesfor financing of projects. It isbecoming very popular for compa-nies, large and small, to get an LLC

business status from Hong Kong.This opens up the door for the AsianDevelopment Bank and variousChina funds. We are engaging withthe nation of Bahrain to accessfinancing for projects we will do onthe African continent.

Ambassador Odembo caughteveryone’s attention when heexclaimed “It has been a mistake fortraditional western nations to ignorethe opportunities of my continent.We look forward to the InvestmentBrigade coming from America andled by the National Black Chamber ofCommerce.” Yes indeed. We aregoing on a trade mission toBotswana at the end of this October.Kenya? We have now established theprocess. Whenever we get over sevenbusinesses ready to travel we willlead them via a trade mission on anongoing basis. You should haveseen the one-on-one interviews ourconference participants were havingwith the Commercial Attaches ofthese two nations after their Ambas-sadors gave their presentations. It’son!

Our entrepreneurs are pumped upand they have a right to be. TheMotherland is calling and we willnow answer that calling after 400years. It’s a new day for the 54African nations and you can takepart in this economic revolution.

— Mr. Alford is the co-founder,President/CEO of the NationalBlack Chamber of Commerce®.Website: www.nationalbcc.org.Email: [email protected].

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“The arc of the moral universe islong, but it bends towards justice.”

— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As our leadership in Washington,DC seeks common ground over thenation’s debt limit, there are somereal consequences at stake for theblack community. The debate onCapitol Hill is no longer philosophi-cal, it’s real and the impact onAfrican-Americans and the poorcould be devastating. With signifi-cant cuts to Social Security, Medicareand Medicaid being discussed, ournation’s social safety net is beingshred and the quality of life for manyof our friends, family and neighborswill be severely impacted. Cuts toSocial Security benefits will increase

hardships on already stressedseniors, while $250 billion in pro-posed Medicare cuts will forceretirees to make decisions about theirhealth care that might affect theirwell-being. The poor, disabled andelderly, already the most vulnerablesegment of our population, stand tobe further disadvantaged if states areallowed to trim their Medicaid rollsthrough cutbacks to current levels ofeligibility.

At $14 trillion, there is no denyingthe nation’s deficit must beaddressed. However, it is uncon-scionable that the most disadvan-taged Americans are being asked toshoulder the burden. Sadly though,we find ourselves in this predicamentbecause too many of us ignore or dis-miss important policy debates until itreaches a crisis state. Worse, some-how we have forgotten how we got inthis mess and are on the verge ofrepeating the mistakes that put us in

this predicament. Increasing tax cutsand the extension of those cuts, com-bined with spending on wars in Iraqand

Afghanistan have bankrupted ournation. The bill has now come dueand those who have been hurt themost are being made scapegoats.Beyond raising the federal debt limit,we must raise the nation’s moral con-sciousness and restore fairness andbalance to federal policymaking.

The bottom line – if we are notengaged in this debate, the responsi-bility for the nation’s deficit will fallupon the most vulnerable Americans.

Through our economic develop-ment initiatives, the CongressionalBlack Caucus Foundation continuesto advocate for job creation, smallbusiness development, home owner-ship, personal financial managementand wealth generation – the keys torestoring our economy and securingAmerica’s future. What can you do?

Get involved, share your thoughtswith your member of Congress andthe White House and voice your opin-ion. When citizens are informed,engaged and active participants inmoving the country in the rightdirection, our nation is that muchstronger.

If you are interested in learningmore about some of the issuesaddressed in this correspondence, fol-low CBCF’s CPAR (Center for PolicyAnalysis and Research) at the 41stAnnual Congressional Black CaucusFoundation Annual Legislative Con-ference (ALC), September 21 – 24 atthe Walter E. Washington Conven-tion Center in Washington, D.C. Tolead, to serve, to listen to premiervoices addressing critical issues fac-ing African Americans, join us inWashington. To find out more and toregister, visit us on line atwww.ALC11.org or to find out moreabout CBCF, visit www.cbcfinc.org.

determined effort to limit the fran-chise that we see today.”

What these laws are really about isconsolidating the power-grab of thebillionaires and Wall Street corporatebarons. It is no coincidence thatthese restrictions on voting rightsoccur in many of the same stateswhere the wealthy have attacked col-lective bargaining rights, privatizedpublic services and cut programsthat serve the working middle classto the bone. They have every reasonto fear that the Main Street Move-

ment created in the wake of theirregressive policies would hold themaccountable for their actions on Elec-tion Day.

That is why they are attacking theright of seniors, minorities andworkers to cast an unfettered vote.That is why their actions are not onlywrong, but a direct assault on ournation’s commitment to democracy.Voters have every right to be angryabout these cynical efforts. We needto hold accountable the politicianswho took these radical steps the nexttime we vote, before they eliminateour voice at the ballot box completely.

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By JAMES VICINIand JEREMYPELOFSKY

WASHINGTON — A U.S.judge yesterday upheld thefederal government’s rulesthat allow funding of humanembryonic stem cell research,ruling for the Obama admin-istration.

U.S. District Judge RoyceLamberth ruled the U.S.National Institutes of Health(NIH) guidelines on suchresearch do not violate federallaw and he dismissed a legalchallenge to the funding.

Lamberth a year ago hadhalted the funding of theresearch. But he was reversedin a ruling by a U.S. appeals

court in April. His latest deci-sion was largely based on theappeals court’s reasoning andconclusions.

Opponents of humanembryonic stem cell research,including many religiousconservatives, have arguedthat it is unacceptablebecause it destroys humanembryos.

Scientists hope to be able touse stem cells to find treat-ments for spinal cordinjuries, cancer, diabetes anddiseases such as Alzheimer’sand Parkinson’s.

Shortly after taking officein 2009, President BarackObama expanded federalfunding for research involv-ing human embryonic stemcells in hopes it would lead to

cures for diseases.Lamberth ruled yesterday

against two researchers, Dr.James Sherley, a biologicalengineer at Boston Biomed-ical Research Institute, andTheresa Deisher, of Washing-ton-based AVM Biotechnolo-gy, who had sued to blocksuch funding.

The judge rejected theirargument that the fundingviolated federal law. Follow-ing the appeals court, he saidhe must find that the federalgovernment reasonably inter-preted federal law to permitthe funding.

He also rejected the argu-ment that the governmentacted arbitrarily and capri-ciously in coming up with theguidelines.

U.S. judge upholds federal embryonic stem cell funds

A specialist for extra-embryonic stem cells, works at theEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicineand Stem Cell Research at the University of CaliforniaSan Francisco.

By DOUG PALMER

WASHINGTON — TradeRepresentative Ron Kirk saidon Tuesday he was optimistica deal could be struck withRepublicans clearing the wayfor Congress to pass freetrade pacts with SouthKorea, Colombia and Panamaafter lawmakers return inSeptember from a month-long recess.

President Barack Obamahad hoped to win approval ofthe three agreements beforethe August break but Repub-licans balked at a WhiteHouse plan to include anextension of the TradeAdjustment Assistance(TAA) program for displacedU.S. workers in the imple-menting legislation for theSouth Korea pact.

“We believe we have aframework for an agreementthat will allow us very quick-ly when Congress reconvenesin September to approve andhave a vote on Trade Adjust-ment Assistance and allow usto move forward with pas-sage of the free trade agree-ments at the same time,”Kirk said in a speech.

Kirk said the Obamaadministration had beenworking with congressionalleaders in both parties to finda path forward on TAA andthe trade pacts, tellingreporters after the speechthere were still a few moredetails to nail down.

Republicans have demand-ed a separate vote on TAA,which provides retrainingand income assistance forworkers who lost jobs due totrade. While some partymembers support the pro-gram, many others elected

last year on promises to cutgovernment spending ques-tion its cost and effectiveness.

Senate Republican LeaderMitch McConnell welcomedthe administration’s willing-ness to separate TAA fromthe South Korea pact as “animportant step” and urgedObama to submit the tradedeals to Congress before law-makers leave town.

“Now that we all seem toagree the FTAs (free tradeagreements) will be free fromextraneous spending pro-grams, I renew my call forthe administration to imme-diately send up these job-cre-ating agreements. Even ifCongress can’t act on allthree before the recess, it willsend a positive signal to theworld that the U.S. is com-mitted to the cause of globaltrade,” McConnell said in astatement.

Democrats argue the near-ly 50-year-old TAA programis a vital part of the U.S.social safety net and fear itcould be killed if not shieldedby the South Korea pact.

An administration officialemphasized that includingTAA in the implementinglegislation for one of thetrade deals “was still a likelyoutcome” if a proceduralagreement is not reached toprotect the program fromRepublican attacks.

The White House hasinsisted on renewal of TAA inconjunction with the tradepacts, but did agree on apackage of reforms to scaleback the program from levelsapproved in the 2009 eco-nomic stimulus bill.

Congress would have tomove quickly to approve allthree trade deals in Septem-

ber. If the White Houseinsists Congress approveTAA before submitting thetrade deals, that could slowdown the process, dependingon how long that debatelasts.

McConnell repeated apromise to work with SenateMajority Leader Harry Reid“to find a fair and workablepath for floor considerationof Trade Adjustment Assis-tance.”

McConnell also haspressed for a separate vote on“Trade Promotion Authori-ty,” which would give theWhite House authority tonegotiate new trade deals itcould present to Congress for

straight yes-or-no votes.“We’re still working with

the leadership to come upwith the kind of specifics ofhow we’d sequence that,”Kirk said.

But the proposed frame-work “would allow us to get avote on TAA,” provideMcConnell a chance to makehis case for Trade PromotionAuthority and “give us achance to move” the freetrade agreements, he added.

Kirk also said the chancesof a successful conclusion ofthe long-running Doharound of world trade talkswere “looking less and lesslikely.”

But he said the United

States would work with otherWorld Trade Organizationmembers to chart a way for-ward for the talks.

Earlier on Tuesday, WTODirector General PascalLamy recommended mem-bers abandon an effort toreach a mini-Doha deal aimedprimarily at helping theworld’s poorest countries bythe end of the year.

Lamy said there was noconsensus on what should beincluded in that package,which was intended to be adown payment toward along-hoped-for bigger Doharound agreement coveringareas such as agriculture,manufacturing and services.

By WENDELLMARSH

WASHINGTON — Themassive heat wave thatbaked half the country intriple digit heat indexes lastweek may have caused asmany as 64 deaths in 15states, the National WeatherService said late on Tuesday.

Forecasters said the areastill suffering from theexcessive heat has dimin-ished significantly, but someregions could suffer from areturn next week.

“The high pressure sys-tem responsible for therecent heat wave will remainin place across the centralU.S. through Thursday,then a brief reprieve is instore,” a National WeatherService statement said.

“The long-range forecasthas heat rebuilding into the

Central and Southern U.S.by early next week,” theforecast projected.

On Wednesday a portionof the Central U.S., Okla-homa, Kansas, Missouri,and Illinois, remain underexcessive heat warnings.Most of the fatalities camefrom that region.

Livestock has also beengreatly affected by the heatwave. A poll of Iowa Cattle-men’s Association membersindicates as many as 4,000head of cattle died in Iowa.

Thousands more cattlewere likely killed in otherstates, the weather servicesaid.

Dal Grooms, spokesper-son for the Iowa Cattlemen’sAssociation, said farmersare doing all they can to pro-tect their animals, but cattleare especially vulnerable asthey don’t sweat and relyonly on respiration.

“I’ve talked to producerswho’ve been out there justconstantly looking forthings to do to protect thosecattle,” Grooms said. “Whenit gets to be hot and humidlike this, it is just very diffi-cult to stop all losses.”

Some parts of Iowa lastweek had six or seven con-secutive days with tempera-tures in the mid to upper90s and heat indexes ashigh as 110 degrees. Thestate remained under a heatadvisory on Wednesday.

Some other states alsocontinued to have heatissues. In Tennessee, an airquality alert had beenissued, urging those withrespiratory or other healthissues to stay indoors.

Temperatures wereexpected to reach at least 98degrees in parts of the statewith the heat index movinginto the 100-plus range.

U.S. heat wave claims as many as 64 lives

Kirk hopes for September approval of trade deals

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By JIM LONEY

KIRKS, Iraq -Iraq’s experimentalGolden Lions secu-rity force made upof old foes is get-ting ready to standalone as U.S. forceswithdraw along thepotentially explo-sive fault line ofKirkuk, the disput-ed northern oil city.Assembled as a bea-

con of stability in avolatile mix of Kurds,Arabs and Turkmen,the Golden Lionsbrought together Iraqisoldiers and police withthe peshmerga of thes em i - a u t o n om o u snorthern Kurdishregion under thewatchful eye of U.S.troops, who act as abuffer between thewary allies.In the coming

weeks, U.S. soldierswill leave the Iraqi andKurdish forces increas-ingly alone on check-points and patrols inKirkuk, Nineveh andDiyala provinces, inareas claimed by thecentral government in

Baghdad and theKurdish capital Arbil.With the U.S. with-

drawal from Iraqscheduled for year-end,more than eight yearsafter the invasion thattoppled SaddamHussein, Americantroops hope the mem-bers of the amalgamat-ed force can overcomeyears of animosity andhold together.“We don’t have any

differences between thepeshmerga and theIraqi army,” said veter-an peshmerga CaptainAhmed Mohammed,waving toward aGolden Lions patrol inthe Gurga Chal neigh-borhood of Kirkuk.“We look at them likewe are the same.”Whether that good-

will between historicfoes lasts may helpdetermine the near-term fate of the tinder-box city considered alikely flashpoint forfuture conflict in Iraq.Sitting atop a vast

sea of oil — by someestimates 4 percent ofthe world’s reserves —Kirkuk is secured bythe Arab-led centralgovernment but

claimed by Arbil, whichsays the city is predom-inantly and historicallyKurdish.The Kurdish and

Iraqi forces cametogether more than ayear ago across north-ern Iraq but in smallnumbers; now about1,200 in the threeprovinces. By compari-son, the Iraqi securityforces number morethan 600,000, and thepeshmerga at least100,000.A Golden Lions bat-

talion, about 380,trains in Kirkuk.The lion is a symbol

of fighting strength forIraqis.

MUTUAL SPYING“It’s very good. You

know why? Becauseboth sides, now theyhave become like spiesagainst each other,”said Colonel BethuneMohammed, the policechief of Keokuk’s Azadidistrict. “Each side isnot letting anyone doanything wrong.”On a recent patrol of

upscale neighborhoodsaround Kirk, the Iraqisarrived in Ford andChevy pickups, theAmericans in massive

CRAP armored vehi-cles.Residents hawked as

the one-time enemies —the Kurd fought guer-rilla battles againstIraq’s army for yearsand exploited the1980s Iran-Iraq war tolaunch attacks — walkside by side.While there’s been

talk of a single uniformfor the Golden Lions,for now the Kurd weardistinctive green cam-ouflage while the Iraqipolice are in blue andthe Iraqi army inkhaki.The Iraqis take the

lead. The Americanshang back, watching.“They all sleep in the

same tent, they all livetogether, eat together,”said 1st LieutenantMatthew James Trout,an American soldierwho patrols with theGolden Lions.He said he has seen

little sign of ethnic ten-sion. “All the squabblesare the same ones that Isee with my soldiers.Neighborhood chil-

dren bring glasses ofwater on trays to thesweating soldiers, whoare clad in battle gear.

“I like to see theIraqi and posh force. Ifeel safer,” said Rebwar Saba Mohammed, asoda factory worker.But U.S. troops must

stay, he quickly adds.“U.S. soldiers have tobe a referee betweenthese people and bringthem together and talkto them, until Kirkbelongs to Kurdish.”

PLEASE STAYMost Kirk want U.S.

troops, now about46,000 strong, toremain beyond year-end, when a securitypact betweenWashington andBaghdad lapses. TheAmericans are seen asa critical bufferbetween factions.“We’re going to be so

happy if the UnitedStates wants to stayhere,” said Mohammed.For the moment U.S.

military leaders see theLions as a successstory and express opti-mism that they cancontinue joint patrolsas U.S. soldiers pullback. Their hope is thatthe force can set anexample, particularlyfor squabbling politi-cians.

“It shows how every-body can work togeth-er. Everybody willwork together andsecurity comes firstwith a lot of people,”said Colonel MichaelPap pal, commander ofthe U.S. Devil Brigadein Kirk. “It all dependson the politicians ... thehard part is the politicsinvolved in theprovince.”But historic animosi-

ties are not easily for-gotten in Iraq.Mohammed, the

plain-spoken policechief, said 27 membersof his family, includinghis wife, two children,parents and eight sib-lings died when Saddam’s forces deployedpoison gas againstKurd in 1988, killingthousands.“No!” he said sharply

when asked whetherthe Lions would getalong after theAmericans withdraw.“I swear to God, threedays after you guys(Americans) leave, youcan hear it blowing up.But, God willing, youguys will never leaveus. God willing.”

Iraqi-Kurd force to take over in Kirkuk after U.S. withdrawal

Putin ruled as presi-dent from 2000 to 2008before handing over toMedvedev to complywith a constitutionalban on a third consecu-tive term. He will be freeto run in the Marchpresidential election.Putin, 58, and

Medvedev, 45, haverepeatedly refused tosay which of them willrun but as Russia’sparamount leader, offi-cials and diplomats saythe decision is Putin’s.“I think Putin is

going to run, that hehas already decided to,”said a highly placedsource who spoke oncondition of anonymitybecause of the delicacyof the political situation.

The source said Putinhad been troubled by theperception that his pro-tege, whom he hasknown for more thantwo decades, did nothave sufficient supportamong the political andbusiness elite or the elec-torate to ensure stabilityif he pushed ahead withplans for politicalreform.“Putin has much

more support from thepeople than Medvedev.Medvedev has overesti-mated his weight insidethe system,” he said.Another highly

placed source whodeclined to be identifiedsaid: “Putin wants toreturn, really wants toreturn.”

The source said anattempt by Medvedev toassert his authority inrecent months hadunsettled Putin, but thetwo leaders communi-cated well on a regularbasis.A third source also

said Putin was thinkingof running and that if hebecame president hecould appoint areformist prime minis-ter, an apparent attemptto dispel fears that hisreturn would usher in aperiod of stagnation twodecades after the fall ofthe Soviet Union in1991.Investors see few dif-

ferences between the twoleaders’ policies butmany say privately thatMedvedev would bemore likely to carry outreforms than Putin.Medvedev’s spokes-

woman, NatalyaTimakova, dismissedtalk of any discordbetween them.“I do not quite under-

stand where these

rumors come frombecause the presidentand the prime ministercommunicate not onlyon formal issues, butinformally too,”Timakova said.A senior Kremlin

source said it was up tothe people, not the elite,who ruled Russia.“The discussion

should be not about sup-port within the elite butabout who has moresupport from the peo-ple,” the Kremlin sourcesaid. “Support from theelite is not always deci-sive for the country tomove forward.”Asked whether Putin

was considering areturn to the Kremlin,the prime minister’sspokesman, DmitryPeskov, said: “VladimirVladimirovich is work-ing, working hard,rather than thinkingabout whether to run inthe election.”

BATMAN ANDROBIN?

Most officials and for-

eign diplomats believethat, as the ultimatearbiter between the pow-erful clans that make upthe Russian elite, Putinwill have the final say onwho will run in 2012.As Russia’s most pop-

ular politician andleader of the rulingparty, Putin would bealmost certain to win anewly extended six-yearterm if he decided toreturn to the presidency.He could also then

run again for anotherterm from 2018 to 2024,a quarter of a centurysince he rose to power inlate 1999. He wouldturn 72 on October 7,2024.The picture of

Russia’s “alpha-dog”ruler eyeing anotherKremlin term corre-sponds to the assess-ment of U.S.Ambassador to RussiaJohn Beyrle who castMedvedev as playing“Robin to Putin’sBatman,” according toleaked U.S. diplomatic

cables.“Russia’s bicephalous

ruling format is not like-ly to be permanent basedon Russian history andcurrent tandem dynam-ics,” Beyrle wrote inFebruary 2010 accord-ing to a copy of the cableo nhttp:/wikileaks.org/cable/2010/02/10MOSCOW272.htmlBecause of

Medvedev’s weakness inrelation to Putin, theKremlin chief’s attemptto present himself asanything other thanPutin’s loyal protege haspuzzled investors andirked some of the offi-cials who make up partof Putin’s court.In a host of choreo-

graphed public events,Medvedev has pitchedhimself as the right manfor Russia, calling foropening up the tightlycontrolled political sys-tem crafted by Putin andeven reportedly lobby-ing Russia’s powerfultycoons for support.

Russia’s Putin considering Kremlin return: sourcesBy GUY FAULCONBRIDGE

MOSCOW - Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin is close to a decision to bidfor the presidency in an election next yearbecause he has doubts about his protege,President Dmitry Medvedev, senior politi-cal sources say.


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WFP airlifts supplements tofamine-hit Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya - A U.N. official says a planecarrying 10 tons of nutritional supplements meantto treat malnourished children in famine-hitSomalia has taken off from neighboring Kenya.

World Food program spokeswoman ChallissMcDonough said yesterday this is first of severalplanned airlifts in coming weeks. She says today’sshipment of peanut butter-based nutritional pastewill treat 3,500 malnourished children for onemonth.

McDonough saysWFP decided to send in the air-lift because of an urgent need to treat the growingnumber of internally displaced children sufferingfrom malnutrition before their condition deterio-rates.

She says shipping the supplements would takemonths. She says about 18,000 children are suffer-ing from malnutrition and the number is expectedto grow to 25,000.

Guinea media protest gagon attack against president

The Guinean government has banned mediafrom referring to an assassination bid against thepresident, press unions said yesterday, denouncinga violation of the constitution.

According to the unions citing the ban, thenational communications council banned mediafrom reporting on “the attack against the head ofstate, as well as any interactive broadcast of a polit-ical nature.”

The decision came into play on Monday andaffects “all broadcasts and in all national languagesin the country. It concerns all public and privateinformation organs, radio, television, print andonline media.”

On July 19, the home of president Alpha Condewas hit with a rocket in an attack by renegade sol-diers in which a member of the presidential guardwas injured.

Thirty-eight people, including 25 soldiers, havebeen arrested in connection with the attack and arefacing charges of attempted assassination.

The GuineanUnion of Free Radio and Television,Guinean Association of Editors of the IndependentMedia and Guinean Association of Online Mediasaid they received the decision with “profoundregret.”

In a statement, the unions called for “the pureand simple cancellation of this decision which is aviolation of the constitution which recognises free-dom of the press as one of the fundamental free-doms.”

Rights group: Zimbabwearrests 13 demonstrators

HARARE, Zimbabwe - An independentZimbabwean human rights group says policearrested 13 of its members who staged a protestoutside a court where allegations of police assaultsand torture were to be raised.

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Staff absenteeism, sexu-al harassment of studentsand misuse of fundsranked as South Africanschools’ top problems, in asurvey released yesterdayby graft watchdogT r a n s p a r e n c yInternational.

Of the 45 local school boardssurveyed, 35 percent citedabsenteeism by teachers andother staff as the top risk of cor-ruption, with 29 percent citingsexual harassment of studentsand 27 percent the misuse ofschool funds.

The survey also canvassed1,500 school administrators,education associations and stu-dents in three provinces.

Among its findings: one outof two students doesn’t alwayshave a desk; 15 percent ofschools have no electricity; 10percent have no running water.

Lax security left students andteachers afraid for their safety,with one in four students citingrape and violence as major prob-lems, the survey said.

A quarter of the schools sur-veyed were considered at highrisk of corruption as a result ofpoor governance.

“The government needs tostrengthen governance controlsboth at the provincial and schoollevel and ensure that educationbudgets are used correctly,” said

Letshego Mokeki, NationalProgramme Coordinator forTransparency in ServiceDelivery in Africa.

“The government has a dutyto provide quality education forthe next generation of SouthAfricans, which is why it musttake immediate steps to fightcorruption.”

Principals also said schoolssuffered from corruption atprovincial level in buying text-books, paying staff and con-structing school buildings.

Three out of four principalsadmitted that they didn’t havethe required means to run theschools.

South Africa has spent heavi-ly on education since the end ofwhite-minority rule in 1994,with spending on schoolsaccounting for about 5.7 percentof gross domestic product.

But a national assessmentreleased last month found thatthird graders scored an average35 percent on a literacy test and28 percent in maths.

Absenteeism, sexual harassmenthit S.Africa schools

Staff absenteeism, sexual harassment of students and misuseof funds ranked as South African schools' top problems, in a sur-vey released yesterday by graft watchdog TransparencyInternational.

A suicide bomberblew himself up toavoid arrest in the east-ern Algerian town ofBouhamza, causing noother casualties, news-papers reported yester-day.

According to ElWatan’s online edition,the suspect set off anexplosives belt he waswearing when localsecurity encircled himas he left a shop afterbuying large quantitiesof food on Tuesday.

Security was subse-quently beefed uparound the town, locat-ed around 300 kilome-tres (180 miles) east ofthe capital Algiers, thedaily said on its web-site.

On Monday, threesuspects, including twowould-be suicidebombers, were killed by

Algerian securityforces around 60 kilo-metres (36 miles) eastof Algiers following atip-off.

The country’s easthas been plagued by asurge in attacks in

recent weeks, includinga suicide attack againsta police station that lefttwo dead and 14wounded.

It was claimed by Al-Qaeda in the IslamicMaghreb, a Saharan

offshoot of the globalextremist networkwhich is active in anarea nearly the size ofAustralia and alsoaffecting Mauritania,Mali and Niger.

Suicide bomber blows self up in Algeria

Algerian policemen stand guard after a suicide bomber blew himself upto avoid arrest in the eastern Algerian town of Bouhamza, causing noother casualties.


AFRICAN SCENED

Malawi keptmum yesterday onthe U.S. suspensionof a $350 milliongrant after lastweek’s deadlyprotests, but localmedia lashedPresident Bingu waMutharika over thelatest blow to thepoor nation.

Finance ministerKen Kandodo said hewas “not aware of thedevelopment as I havenot been communicatedto, so I cannot com-ment.”

Information ministerSymon Vuwa Kaundaand presidentialspokesman HetherwickNtaba also refused tocomment.

Under Mutharika’stightly controlledadministration, minis-ters rarely dare speakout until the presidenthimself has comment-ed.

But the independentDaily Times, in an edi-

torial titled “Where isMalawi headed to?”wrote: “The straw thatbroke the camel’s backis the government’srabid effort and high-handed manner inwhich it tried to quellthe demonstrations.”

The daily, run by thefamily of the late dicta-tor Kamuzu Banda,said the country “needsevery penny its part-ners pledge to help.”

“This is particularlyso now when the coun-try’s economy is teeter-ing on the brink of col-lapse under the heavyburden of the twin fueland forex shortagesand electricity out-gages,” it said.

“Good leaders arediscerning and read thewriting on the wall andthen do the needful,”the newspaper added.

The MillenniumChallenge Corporation,a U.S. government bodythat assists developingcountries that committo standards on democ-

racy and basic rights,said it was halting allactivities while it makesa final decision on thegrant which meant toimprove the electricitysupply.

The corporation saidin a statement it was“deeply concerned byrecent events in Malawiand is placing an imme-diate hold on all pro-gramme operations inorder to review its part-nership with Malawi.”

Mutharika hadpromised good gover-nance when he signedthe grant with the U.S.agency in April.Mutharika, 77, had ear-lier won praise for stop-ping a famine throughexpensive fertiliser sub-sidies.

But Mutharikavowed last week tocrack down on proteststhat accused him ofmismanaging the econ-omy and trampling ondemocratic rights,accusing the oppositionof attempting a coup.

Nineteen protestershave died after beingshot by police who usedlive bullets to break upthe crowds.

Britain, another keydonor, also suspended

aid to Malawi thismonth out of concernover economic manage-ment and governance.

Malawi had expelledBritain’s envoy afterwebsite WikiLeaks pub-

lished a leaked diplo-matic cable in whichLondon accusedMutharika of “becom-ing ever more autocrat-ic and intolerant of crit-icism.”

Malawi mum on lost US aid

Malawi kept mum on the U.S. suspension of a $350 million grant afterlast week's deadly protests, but local media lashed President Bingu waMutharika, seen here on July 18, over the latest blow to the poor nation

Human RightsWatch yesterday calledon Uganda to stopusing military courts toprosecute civilians.

More than 1,000civilians have beencourt martialled since2002 despite Uganda?sconstitutional courtruling that the militarycannot try civilianscharged with commoncrimes, the New York-based rights group saidin report.

“Prosecuting civil-ians in military courtsmay have been a matterof convenience andexpediency for

President YoweriMuseveni’s govern-ment,” said MariaBurnett, an Africaresearcher with thewatchdog.

“But it is unjust andunlawful under bothUganda?s constitutionand international andAfrican human rightslaw,” Burnett added ina statement.

The rights grouphighlighted a case inwhich a 20-year-oldwoman was sentencedto death in 2010 by amilitary court forkilling her husbandwho was a soldier.

The court said thatthe death penalty“should serve as anexample to all womenmarried to soldiers todesist from plotting tokill their husbands overpetty issues,” the reportsaid.

Military courts inUganda do not meetinternational legalstandards for independ-ence and impartialityand have in the pasthanded out severe pun-ishments, including thedeath penalty, thereport added.

Although theUgandan military has

indicated that it is con-sidering altering thepractice, at least 341civilians are currentlyawaiting trial by mili-tary courts, HRW said.

“At the moment, themilitary leadership is intalks with the office ofthe attorney generaland the prison servicesabout transferring theprisoners to face civil-ian courts,” armyspokesman FelixKulayigye told AFP.

“It must be a gradualprocess... we cannotjust release all of thesuspects onto thestreets,” he added.

However, Burnettsaid: “If the Ugandanmilitary is to live up toits much-proclaimedprofessionalism, itshould abandon sub-

jecting civilians to amilitary jurisdiction,which is a stark viola-tion of professionalismand international law.”

HRW urges Uganda to stop court martialling civilians

Soldiers of the Uganda people's defences forces(UPDF) parade during their "passout" ceremonyat the Singo military camp. Human RightsWatch called on Uganda to stop using militarycourts to prosecute civilians.

Mozamb ique ’sgovernment hasproposed new anti-corruption laws andtoughened its cen-tury-old criminalcode to curb thetheft of publicmoney, state mediareported yesterday.

The southern Africancountry’s highest deci-sion-making body, theCouncil of Ministers,endorsed measures tocriminalise embezzle-ment, influence ped-dling, and graft, accord-ing to state dailyNoticias.

“As grounds for

revising the penal code,the government foundthat it has existed for atleast 125 years, duringwhich the law has beenaltered” and become toocomplicated for effectiveenforcement, reportedthe newspaper.

New measures willallow video footage and

phone taps as evidencein court cases, and offerprotection to witnessesand whistle-blowers.

Government alsoapproved alternatives toprison sentences forlesser crimes in a bid toempty its overcrowdedcorrective centres, thepaper said.

Mozambique isranked 116 of 178 coun-tries on anti-graftw a t c h d o gT r a n s p a r e n c yInternational’s latestindex of global corrup-tion.

Despite criticism ofwidespread institution-al corruption,

Mozambique has con-victed two former min-isters for graft in thepast two years.

The country’s parlia-ment, where rulingparty Frelimo holds amajority, is expected torubber-stamp thechanges.

Mozambique proposes new anti-corruption laws


CARIBBEAN NEWS1

By LATONYALINTON

K I N G S T O N ,Jamaica — TheJamaican senate onFriday passedamendments to theT o u r i s mEnhancement FundAct to increase thefees paid by airlinepassengers visitingthe country from$10 to $20.

Minister of NationalSecurity and Leader ofGovernment Business,Senator Dwight Nelson,who piloted the Bill,explained that the

amendments will alsoallow for the collectionof fees upon issuance ofone way tickets.

“Scheduled airlineshave not been collectingthe fees from personstravelling to Jamaica ontheir airlines with oneway tickets. These carri-ers claim that there isno obligation on thepart of the airline to col-lect fees on one waytickets that are issued,”he said.

He said that, uponcollection of the applica-ble fees, airlines have 45days to pay over theamount to an autho-rised officer.

Meanwhile, opposi-

tion Senator Noel Sloleystated that the opposi-tion will not support theincreased fees, citingconcerns about the “lackof accountability andtransparency” in thehandling of the TourismEnhancement Fund(TEF) and the removalof “active industry play-ers” from the board. Healso claimed that thefund was being used forprojects outside of itsoriginal mandate.

“We cannot supportan increase to the funduntil the correctiveaction is undertaken tofix the administrationand the management ofthe fund and return

responsible industryplayers to the decisionmaking process of thefund,” he stated.

Government SenatorDennis Meadowsexpressed disappoint-ment with the positiontaken by the opposition,noting that the TEF hasbenefited industrystakeholders.

“Those who criticisethe fund for fundingproducts outside of itsstatutory remit mustalso bear in mind thepeople, who serve theproduct and on whoseshoulders the productdepends; they also mustderive some benefitfrom the fund itself,” he

stated.Nelson, in his

response noted thatboth senators haveraised some “very fun-damental points”.

“They have expressedsome concerns that can-not be ignored, which Iam sure will be con-veyed to the Minister ofTourism for his consid-eration and response,”he said.

The TEF was estab-lished in 2005 with theprimary role of fundingprojects earmarked forexecution in theTourism Master Plan,which is aimed atenhancing Jamaica’simage and positioning

the country as a premiertourist destination.

These activitiesinclude upgrading craftmarkets, providingassistance to smallhotels, and improvingheritage sites and resortareas.

Some 163 pro-grammes have so farbenefitted includingroad rehabilitation proj-ects in communitiessuch as Flanker,Norwood, Lilliput in StJames; and upgradingof heritage sites includ-ing historic DevonHouse, Ward Theatre,Hope Gardens, as wellas beautification workin Port Royal.

Jamaican senate approves increase in airline passenger fees

By KRYSTELROLLE

N A S S A U ,Bahamas — As thenational debate inThe Bahamas on theissue of capital pun-ishment continues,a religious leaderhas called on allpoliticians to resistthe temptation ofturning the contro-versial issue into a“political football”.

Bishop Simeon Hall’scomments came in a

statement on Monday.Hall is the former chair-man of the NationalAdvisory Council onCrime (NACC) and oneof its key recommenda-tions was for theresumption of capitalpunishment.

Progressive LiberalParty (PLP) LeaderPerry Christie declaredhis party’s support forcapital punishment onSaturday night andpromised to carry outthe law if the PLP_winsthe next general elec-tion. Christie wasspeaking at the PLP’s

Eastern RegionC o n s t i t u e n c i e sConclave.

Hall said Bahamiansmust examine whateach party did on theissue while in officerather than the “politi-cal rhetoric theyespouse” during thepre-election period.

“To be frank, therecord shows that bothmajor political partieshave been reserved oncapital punishment,”said Hall.

No hangings werecarried out under thePLP administration led

by Christie.The last time capital

punishment was carriedout in The Bahamas wason January 6, 2000.Five of the 50 menhanged in The Bahamassince the 1920s werehanged under the FNMbetween 1997 and 2002;13 were hanged duringthe 25-year rule of thelate Sir LyndenPindling; and theremaining 32 were exe-cuted between 1929 and1967.

With nearly 80 mur-ders having beenrecorded already this

year, The Bahamas islikely to set a fourthmurder record in fiveyears this year. Hallcalled for cross-partyefforts to address thecrime problem.

“The progressagainst the criminalmayhem, whichpresently confronts us,will only take placewhen a by-partisannational approach iscreated and executed byall in power,” Hall said.

During the conclaveon Saturday, Christiepledged to take boldaction to reduce the

crime rate in the coun-try if he is re-elected.

“No effort will bespared to restore thesafety of our streets andhomes,” he said.

“An urgent priorityfor the next govern-ment is the battleagainst crime. There isfear on our streets.”

In the run-up to the2007 general election,the Christie administra-tion was criticized overthe crime issue by theFree NationalMovement, which wasin opposition at thetime.

Capital punishment should not be political football, says Bahamas bishop

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — HealthMinister Dr Fuad Khan has decided togive up his private medical practice inthe interest of Trinidad and Tobago andremain a minister, hours after PrimeMinister Kamla Persad-Bissessar askedhim to choose one.

Speaking on Monday with reporters in SouthTrinidad, Persad-Bissessar said she had toldKhan, a urologist, that not only was his behav-iour inappropriate but “it was untenable andtherefore he has to make a choice betweenwhether he wants to be in private practice or to bea minister and before the end of the day I said hemust make that decision.”

In response to Khan’s claims that he did notdisclose to the prime minister his desire to con-tinue his private practice because he did not wishto “stress” her, Persad-Bissessar said she was noteasily stressed.

“I am not as fragile as people think I am. I donot get stressed very easily. It is inappropriateand it is untenable. I am very clear in my mindabout that,” she said.

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis — Ministerresponsible for Renewable Energy andPublic Utilities on Nevis, CarlislePowell, expressed satisfaction with thelatest step that would bring the geot-hermal development project on Neviscloser to fruition.

He was at the time present at the WestIndies Power Nevis I site at Spring Hill onMonday, when work commenced on clearing40 of the 79 acres of land for construction ofthe geothermal power plant that will producegeothermal energy set to revolutionise theeconomy of Nevis.

“For us as a government here in Nevis, weare extremely delighted to have arrived at thispoint in time because it sets out a clear signaland a clear marker to not only persons inNevis and St Kitts but other persons who havebeen paying attention worldwide but more par-ticularly to those persons in the Virgin Islandsand in Puerto Rico who have been monitoringwhat we are doing here in Nevis and waitingwith some expectations.

By IVAN CAIRO

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — The Surinamesegovernment has recently reactivated the coun-try’s membership of the Organization of IslamicCooperation (OIC), in a bid to enhance develop-ment cooperation and economic ties with theMiddle-East.

The Desi Bouterse administration is currentlydiversifying Suriname’s development aid policies,targeting several potential donors to help financeits programs.

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), theOIC’s financing branch, is one of many institu-tions that could provide financing for severalgovernment programs, said minister of ForeignAffairs, Winston Lackin.

“We believe this organization is an importantone, taking into consideration the resourceswhich are available through the IsDB to financeour programs and projects,” the cabinet ministeradded.

According to Lackin, the government will inthe near future review to what extent the IsDBfunds could be utilized.

Suriname to strengthenties with Middle East

Trinidad health minister choosesministerial job over private practiceafter PM says he can’t do both

Nevis geothermal projectmoves closer to fruition


DAILY CHALLENGE THURSDAY, JULY 28, 201112

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Bruno Mars is ask-ing fans for their curesafter doctors diagnosedhim with a sinus infec-tion. The “Grenade”hitmaker began feelingsick and feared he wascoming down with asevere cold - but hissymptoms got worseand he was forced tovisit the doctor. In aseries of posts on hisTwitter.com blog, thedesperate star has beenasking fans for theirhelp and advice: “Howam I supposed to singtoday with all thisMucus!?!?! HELP! “Its(sic) an official Sinusinfection guys. whatam I gonna do??” Marsis not currently on theroad, so there’s no riskof him cancelingannounced concerts.He’s scheduled to starta European tour inLondon next month.

It’s one thing to beadmired by millions offans, but it’s certainlyanother to be compli-mented by one of themost legendary divason the planet. PattiLaBelle called Ledisi“one of the best”singers. “I love you somuch,” Patti told Ledision an Urban Dailyvideo interview. “Youare one of those peoplethat will have a long,long, long career.You’re one of the bestsingers I’ve everheard.” She furthercommented about thesinger’s humility and

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Chris Brown hasannounced the releaseof his upcoming rapmixtape Boy in Deten-tion. Taking to hisTwitter account tobreak the news, Breezyexplained that his lat-est offering will be HipHop-oriented and that“I’m a singer so if thismixtape doesn’t reachyour quote for Hip-Hop! Simply don’t lis-ten.” The announce-ment comes in thewake of several newtracks released to theInternet, including“Real Hip Hop Shit #3”and “Real Hip Hop Shit#4” featuring KevinMcCall. Both of thesongs were producedby 9th Wonder. Brownand Justin Bieber werealso spotted headinginto a recording studiotogether. The singersworked together onChris’ “Next 2 You”single from theF.A.M.E. album and itlooks like they areworking on somethingnew now.

With her Louboutinsnow firmly under theUS X Factor judges’desk, NicoleScherzinger, 33, hascertainly charmed hercolleagues, includingthe notoriously feistyPaula Abdul. ButNicole is still pinchingherself after landingone of TV’s biggestjobs, sitting next toSimon Cowell, AntonioLA Reid and new BFFPaula. ‘I’m truly hon-oured to be part of it,’Nicole tells us.’I reallyam.

Robin Thicke isabout ready to do a fol-low-up to his 2009 “SexTherapy” CD and he’steaming with Billion-aire Boy for the project.The new CD is due outin late 2011 or early2012. Other possiblecollaborations justmight include PharrellWilliams. “It’s cominggreat. I think you getto that point where youhate it and then youlove it. It’s like anyimportant relationshipin your life,” he said.“Just myself, writtenand produced, like thefirst few albums.” Heconfirmed the twotalked about linkingfor the project atWilliams’ launch forQream, a new liqueur.“Yeah, we were justactually talking aboutit maybe while he’shere in the next weekor two, we might gettogether and do some-thing. Because he’sheard the album so hewants to get somethingon there.”

Erica Campbell (ofgospel group MaryMary) has announcedthat she and her hus-band songwriter/ pro-ducer Warryn Camp-bell are expecting theirthird child. With MaryMary riding high onthe charts off thereleased of their sixthstudio album Some-thing Big, Erica andWarryn released astatement saying,“We’re grateful for allof our blessings, butthis is the biggest ofall. We have two incred-ible children and can’twait to see what ournewest bundle of joywill be like!”

Jason Derulo switch-es it up on the secondsingle off of his forth-coming album ‘FutureHistory,’ describing thevideo for “It Girl” to befar more “personal”than his first single“Don’t Wanna GoHome” was. “For thevideo, I wanted it to bean open book,” Derülosaid.

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By KIM OSORIO

Any fan of Ginuwine knows thatthe R&B singer was at his best whenhe worked with his friend and long-time producer Timbaland. Songslike “Pony” defined Ginuwine’ssound and helped to establish him asone of R&B’s hitmakers. But lastyear, in an interview with Vibe mag-azine, Ginuwine lashed out at Timbofor not being a part of his morerecent music. Now, in an interview,Timbaland put all the drama to theside, and when asked whether hewould work with Ginuwine, Timsaid that he would.

“I’d work with Ginuwine becauseI love Ginuwine. I’d work for him,not for the money, not to put arecord out. Just for old time’s sake.Let’s do it for music’s sake. Let’s doit for what we were. Let’s do it forour friendship...our brotherhood,”Tim said. But even though he’s stillwilling to let bygones be bygones,Timbaland has some conditions. “Idon’t want nobody in the room whenI work with him this time. I don’twant no record people. I don’t wantto say it’s coming out. I want to justdo it, just because Ginuwine loves

music.”Tim also hints that their “differ-

ences” seemed to stem from outsidepeople getting in the way of theirrelationship. “I know how he mightfeel. He might think that we aban-doned him,” says Tim. “We neverwould abandon him. He’s like abrother. But when you get every-body else, mix different man-agers...it changes every dynamic.”

In the interview, Ginuwineclaimed that he’d reached out to Timto get the producer’s help in promot-ing his 2009 project, A Man’sThoughts, which Tim produced atrack on, but his friend was of nohelp. “Me and Tim were real close atone point. A lot of the times that Ireached out, there were a bunch ofexcuses,” he said.

On the contrary though, Timba-land says that he and Missy Elliott,who go back just as long as he andGinuwine do, have never allowedanyone to come between them. “Onething me and Missy always did, any-body came in our life who’s new, weset ‘em straight, nothing comesbetween us...and that’s what keepsus together and strong. Missy cancome in and still tell me to this day,‘Watch the people around you.’’

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By COLA JANNETI

It seems Randy and Jer-maine Jackson don’t approveof a tribute concert puttogether by their mother fortheir late brother, MichaelJackson.

“We want to make clearthat this does not reflect theposition of the entire family,”Randy and Jermaine statedin a joint statement obtainedby CNN. “While we whole-heartedly support the spiritof a tribute that honors ourbrother, we find it impossibleto support an event that isdue to take place during the

criminal trial surroundingMichael’s death.”

“In light of this, we feel itis inappropriate to beinvolved with such an ill-timed event and its promot-er, Global Live,” they added.

Mother Katerine Jacksonannounced the “Michael For-ever: The Tribute Concert”with Marlon, Tito, Jackieand La Toya at a press con-ference at the Beverly HillsHotel on Monday.

“If my son was here today,he would feel the same way,and so I’d like to say thankyou very much for helping tokeep my son’s legacy alive,”she said.

The tribute show takeplace in Cardiff, Wales at theMillennium Stadium, whichholds about 75,000 people onOct. 8th, which is the 40thanniversary of Michaelreleasing his first solo sin-gle, “Got To Be There.” Inaddition, It will be broadcastlive via satellite on pay-per-view television and intomovie theaters around theworld, some of which willscreen it in 3D, said promot-er Global Live Events.

Proceeds from ticket saleswill benefit some of Michael’sfavorite charities including,AIDS Project Los Angelesand The Prince’s Trust.

Michael Jackson’s brothers protest tribute concert

By ROBMARKMAN

Listening to the Throne’s“Otis,” it’s clear that Jay-Zand Kanye West are fond ofOtis Redding’s classic soulsound.

Well, it turns out Otis’daughter Karla Redding-Andrews is a fan of both Hovand Yeezy. “Actually, thosetwo artists are in my iPod,”she told MTV News on Tues-day before citing Jay’s“Empire State of Mind” and‘Ye’s 2005 album cut “Gone”as her two faves.

On “Otis,” Kanye and Jayuse a sampling of Redding’s1996 version of “Try a LittleTenderness”. But before theycould add the track to theirupcoming Watch the ThroneLP, they first had to get per-

mission from Concord MusicGroup (which holds thesong’s masters), Otis’daughter and his wife,

Zelma Redding.“When it was brought to

us, it was quite interesting.We wanted to, first of all, see

the lyrics and, secondly,hear the song,” Redding-Andrews said. “We couldn’tfind anything negative as itrelates to the associationwith Otis Redding. Mymother has protected thatlegacy for so many years;therefore she gave them theapproval to do it.”

For the Redding family —who also run the Big “O”Youth Educational DreamFoundation, which teachesmusic to 30 youngstersyearly — it was significantthat the Throne’s samplewould help to keep Otis’legacy alive.

“It really means a lot tome, particularly to a wholenew generation of younglegends, because that’s whatJay-Z and Kanye are,” Red-ding-Andrews said. “I justthink it’s wonderful to tie an

old legendary artist whosemusic history will never dieto something [that] theyhave come up with. I justthink the collaboration wascertainly a tribute to him,and it’s really great.”

In September, the founda-tion will celebrate Otis’ 70thbirthday anniversary withan entire weekend of festivi-ties, including a concert inMacon, Georgia, that theyhave dubbed “An Evening ofRESPECT.”

Ultimately, “Otis” isexposing a new generationto Redding’s music in a veryhip and cool way. “Withwhat we do with our founda-tion — pairing music witheducation, always involvedwith young people — howcan I not be a fan of KanyeWest and Jay-Z?” Redding-Andrews said.

Jay-Z, Kanye are ‘young legends,’ Otis Redding daughter says

Vogue Italia has crowned23-year-old Rihanna as itsWoman of the Year, citingher charity work, musiccareer and the way she han-dled such personal issuesas her troubled relation-ships with ex-boyfriendChris Brown and her fatherRonald Fenty.

Vogue Italia posted on itsblog: “Independent, ener-getic, the young RobynRihanna Fenty (only 23) isour woman of the year andnot just by virtue of num-bers and figures but also,and foremost, for her kindand fighting spirit. Thesame spirit that broughther from Barbados to thetop of the music charts

achieving a career whichshe has forged and mas-tered completely by herself(whose last move was tobecome the new ambas-sador for Armani).

“Rihanna is the undis-puted best contender to therole of queen of pop. Hercareer has always beenbased on the cunning use ofsexiness and provocation.

“She has managed to cul-tivate her career despite themany tragedies affectingher private life: from herfather’s addiction tocrack… to the violencecaused to her in 2009 bythen-boyfriend Chris.”

Rihanna, who firstgraced the cover of the

famous fashion magazinein September 2009, wasalso singled out for hercampaign against breastcancer and search for abone marrow donor for Jas-mina Anema, a young fanbattling leukemia.

The post continued: “Shehas joined and supportedcampaigns for the fightagainst breast cancer aswell as the fight againstworld famine but alsooffered her help to ill orless fortunate people suchas the very young JasminaAnema who saw the pop-star on the frontline in thesearch for a bone marrowdonor to save her fromleukemia.”

Rihanna named ‘Woman of the Year’ by Vogue Italia

Randy JacksonJermaine Jackson


NEW JERSEYD

By DAVIDGIAMBUSSO &

ALEXIFRIEDMAN

NEWARK - Thenumbers were daunt-ing, the task formida-ble.

One year ago,Newark and EssexCounty leaders unveiledan ambitious plan to getthe county’s nearly4,000 homeless resi-dents off the streets in10 years. The first stepin the plan, called theNewark 50 Project, wasto target the 50 mostvulnerable of Newark’shomeless - those mostlikely to die on thestreets -and put them inhousing by the end of2012.

The process of find-ing those 50 peoplebegan last month.

Today, officials saidthey have been able toprovide housing for onewoman.

“On Monday nightshe slept in PennStation,” Mayor CoryBooker told a group ofvolunteers and housingadvocates at a City Hallnews conference.“Tonight she will sleepin her bed for the timein months.”

Newark 50 is part of

a national effort calledthe 100,000 Homescampaign, which seeksto house the country’smost vulnerable indi-viduals by 2013. Whenthe plan to end home-lessness was announcedlast July, few detailswere offered. Advocatescalled for the “increasedleveraging” of publicfunds, greater philan-thropic support and re-investment of cost-sav-ings. Newark 50 is thefirst group to beginimplementing thosegoals.

In late June, volun-teers began fanning outto talk to Newark’shomeless and identifywho among them wasmost in need.

Of 116 people whotook part in the week-long survey, 18 percentqualified as “tri-mor-

bid,” or in need of med-ical attention, mentalhealth services and sub-stance abuse counsel-ing, said group leaderTonya Bryan. Othersmet different criteriasuch as age, and lengthof time on the street,she said.

After comprising alist of those most at-risk, Newark 50 willuse $3.3 million invouchers from the U.S.Department of Housingand Urban Developmentto provide housing.

They will also inte-grate medical care,mental health servicesand drug and alcoholcounseling to stabilizeindividuals and amendthe behaviors thateither led to their home-lessness or came aboutafter years of being onthe street, Bryan said.

“From being home-less for a long time youhave to re-acclimate justto being inside,” shesaid.

Though only one per-son has been placed,Bryan said the grouphas been working inearnest for just severalmonths. Another 10people will be in hous-ing by October, shesaid, and by December,the group hopes to have25 residents in theirown apartments.

“We’re very pleasedin how it’s gone so far,”

Bryan said. “In a littleover 30 days we wereable to house our firstperson.”

Sherry Muhammad,said she has been home-less for a year, spendsmost days sitting on thebenches at NewarkPenn Station, and hernights sleeping on card-board boxes across thestreet beneath the over-pass. In a black duffelbag, she keeps an extraT-shirt, some crackersand cookies.

Muhammad, 47, whois not the woman who

was placed, said shewants a permanenthome.

“I’d like my ownapartment,” she said.“Some place for me.”

While grateful forthe progress made overthe past months, lead-ers of the effortacknowledged the needto do more

“There’s no questionwe made strides,” EssexCounty ExecutiveJoseph DiVincenzo said.“But there’s no questionwe need to do a lotmore.”

Project to find homes for Newark’s homeless gains steam

Thomas Holmes, 43, left, and Jeffrey Taylor, 48, both describe them-selves as recently homeless. They spent Tuesday at Newark PennStation.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is pushing aheadwith Newark 50, part of a national effort aimedat finding housing for the nation's most vul-nerable individuals by 2013.

By ELIOTCAROOM

In 1999, a state lawtore electricity and gasbills asunder, separat-ing the supply chargesand delivery charges forelectricity and naturalgas.

That allowed newcompanies to sell toPublic Service Electric& Gas and JerseyCentral Power & Lightcustomers using thosevery companies’ powerlines, gas pipelines andcustomer service cen-ters to compete againstthem.

But not many cus-tomers abandoned thetraditional suppliersuntil the last few years,when an exodus began.

Between October2010 and this May, thenumber of New Jerseyelectric customers

switching to a newprovider more than dou-bled, from 164,000 tonearly 350,000, accord-ing to the state Board ofPublic Utilities.

That adds up toslightly less than 10percent of all accounts,but because businesscustomers use moreelectricity, save moremoney and thereforeswitch more, that frac-tion of switchedaccounts is worth 36percent of the electricload in the state, except-ing small municipalpower utilities.

The natural gas mar-ket has seen a similarswitch.

The big move cameabout because of a rapiddecrease in energyprices. Those prices fellwhen increasing natu-ral gas supplies flowedinto the market, drop-

ping rates as the reces-sion trimmed demand.

The price drop meantshort-term marketswhere upstart competi-tors buy gas and elec-tricity have droppedfaster than the longer-term guarantees thetraditional energy sup-pliers lock in to avoidprice turbulence.

The result is thatbusinesses and residen-tial customers can shoparound for deals andbuy gas and energyfrom a list of 70 alterna-tive suppliers withoutdisrupting their servicefrom traditional suppli-ers like JCP&L andPSE&G, which will stillprovide service andmaintenance duringoutages.

Companies such asConstellation NewEnergy offer a 10 per-cent discount on energy

to clients like SeashoreSurgical Institute inBrick Township.

Seashore Surgical isowned by 10 physicianswho perform 4,000 pro-cedures a year, and allthat gastroenterology,podiatry and cataractwork takes a lot of juice:the annual electric billruns about $60,000.

The center switchedfrom JCP&L toConstellation in 2009and saved $7,500.

“Energy was an areawe could decrease costswithout affectingpatient care,” ExecutiveDirector Meg Staglianosaid. “It’s something asa health care provideryou wouldn’t normallythink of. “

Stagliano said thesavings enticed her toswitch providers, butsaid Constellationclosed the sale in part

because a portion of itselectricity is green andemissions-free.

Other providers haveused similar tactics:North American Power,a new competitor, istouting “AmericanWind,” a certified 100percent renewable ener-gy option.

Some of the salespitches to switchproviders are moreaudacious than directmail.

Earlier this summer,Spark Energy, aH o u s t o n - b a s e dprovider, gave outcoupons for 10 cent-a-gallon gas at a Sunocostation in Delran tobrag about the 10 per-cent savings it couldoffer PSE&G customers.

The customer attri-tion has made its markon the balance sheets ofPSE&G’s parent compa-

ny.Its annual report for

2010 showed electricrevenues decreased$224 million, and salesfrom basic electricityservice were down 9percent “due primarilyto large customermigration to third partysuppliers.”

The company toldinvestors it tried to mit-igate the loss byincreasing sales in thespot markets for elec-tricity, but warned: “noassurances can be giventhat our efforts to offsetany adverse impactswill be successful.”

During a conferencecall, PSEG presidentand CEO Ralph Izzosaid customers weregetting most of the ben-efits of companies mak-ing only razor thin mar-gins over the wholesalecost of electricity.

N.J. utility customers switching to new providers in droves

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By AMY NORTON

It might make sense to payparticular attention to dizzi-ness in young football play-ers who suffer a blow to thehead, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that of107 high school football play-ers who’d suffered a concus-sion on the field, those whoseinjury had immediately trig-gered dizziness were atgreater risk of a prolongedrecovery.

Of the 87 who’d had dizzi-ness, 34 — or 39 percent —needed three weeks or moreto get the medical OK toreturn to the sport. And theirodds of a long recovery wereseven times higher versusplayers who had not suffereddizziness.

“We believe that dizzinessis an important factor inlength of recovery,” leadresearcher Dr. Brian C. Lau,

of the University of Pitts-burgh Medical Center, toldReuters Health by email.

He said that’s largelybecause dizziness serves as a“proxy” for various problemsthat a head injury can cause— such as difficulty with bal-ance, spatial orientation andcognition (feeling like yourbrain is “foggy”).

The study comes amidincreased attention to con-cussions among high schoolathletes. One recent reportfound that such injuries havequadrupled in the pastdecade, with football playersmost likely to suffer them.

If a person still recoveringfrom a concussion suffers arepeat blow to the head, theeffects can be serious —including the so-called “sec-ond-impact syndrome,”which can cause potentiallyfatal bleeding inside the skulland brain swelling.

Experts recommend that

young athletes with a possi-ble concussion be assessedright away on the field by anathletic trainer. And thoselater diagnosed with a con-cussion should wait for a doc-tor’s OK before returning toplay.

Yet athletes can feel pres-sure to return too quickly,Lau pointed out.

“If we can better predictwhich athletes will require alonger recovery time,” hesaid, “we may be able toestablish guidelines to miti-gate the pressure to returnquickly.”

The current findings, pub-lished in the American Jour-nal of Sports Medicine, arebased on 107 Pennsylvaniahigh school football playerswho sustained a concussionon the field. All had their

immediate symptoms evalu-ated by an athletic trainer orteam doctor.

Those symptoms ran thegamut from headache, dizzi-ness and vision and balanceproblems, to fatigue, confu-sion, amnesia and personali-ty changes.

But overall, dizziness wasthe only symptom linked tothe odds of a prolongedrecovery (three weeks ormore).

In all, 36 players had aprolonged recovery, nearlyall of whom had dizziness asan initial symptom. Another62 had a “rapid” recovery ofone week or less.

It was surprising that nosymptom other than dizzi-ness was related to the oddsof a long recovery, accordingto the researchers.

And Lau said that findingshould be interpreted cau-tiously. More studies areneeded, he said, to rule out alink between other concus-sion symptoms and recoverytime — and to verify thatdizziness is, in fact, a goodpredictor of recovery speed.

He also pointed out thatthis study was limited tomale high school footballplayers. So the findings maynot necessarily apply to allathletes.

For now, Lau advised thatyoung athletes and parentsnot “ignore” any of the signsand symptoms of a concus-sion, and instead see a doc-tor.

“You are doing yourselfand your team better by tak-ing the time to fully recover,”he said.

Dizziness after concussion may mean longer recovery

GENEVA — Around onethird of the global popula-tion, or 2 billion people, havebeen infected with one of theviruses that causes the liverdisease hepatitis, which killsabout a million victimsannually, the World HealthOrganization said on Tues-day.

And although most ofthose carrying hepatitis donot know they have it, theycan unknowingly transmitit to others and at any timein their lives it can developto kill or disable them, theUnited Nations agencywarned.

“This is a chronic diseaseacross the whole world, butunfortunately there is verylittle awareness, evenamong health policy-mak-ers, of its extent,” WHOhepatitis specialist StevenWiersma told a news confer-ence.

The conference markedthe first U.N. World Hepati-tis Day, called by the worldbody to raise awareness ofthe viral disease, largelyspread by contaminatedwater and food, blood,semen and other body flu-ids.

Wiersma said the disease- which has five main virus-es - produced a “staggeringtoll” on health care systemsaround the globe and hadthe potential to spark epi-demics, as well as being the

main cause of liver cirrhosisand cancer.

Of the five viruses dubbedA, B, C, D and E, a new WHOdocument says, B was themost common and could betransmitted by mothers toinfants at birth or in earlychildhood as well asthrough contaminated injec-tions or injected drug use.

The E virus, transmittedthrough infected water orfood, is a common cause ofoutbreaks of the disease indeveloping countries and isincreasingly observed indeveloped economies,according to the WHO.

The WHO says effectivevaccines had been developedto combat the A and B virus-es and could also be usedagainst D. A vaccine forhepatitis E had been devel-oped but was not widelyavailable, while there wasnone for the C virus.

Vaccination campaignshad scored considerable suc-cess in many countries, withabout 180 of the WHO’s 193member states now includ-ing the B vaccine in infantimmunization programs,the agency said.

But more needed to bedone to prevent or controlthe disease. It was vital toensure that people alreadyinfected could be tested andgiven quality care and treat-ment without delay, theWHO document declared.

WHO: Third of the worldinfected with hepatitis By RANDY

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New research suggeststhat fatty foods do more thansatisfy our stomachs. Theymay also soothe our psyche,literally serving as comfortfoods.

“Eating fat seems to makeus less vulnerable to sad emo-tions, even if we don’t knowwe’re eating fat,” said psy-chiatrist Dr. Lukas VanOudenhove, co-authorof a study that trackedpeople’s responses to sadand neutral experienceswhile fatty acids were insert-ed into their stomach. Thefood appeared to cause emo-tional and physical changes.

Anyone who’s ever dippedinto a pint of premium icecream after a breakup knowsthat certain foods feel emo-tionally healing. But is it allin the mind — a connectionto, say, childhood comforts?Or are there signals that gofrom mouth or stomach to thebrain?

Researchers previouslyhave tackled these questionsby focusing on how the smell,taste and appearance of foodaffect emotions, said VanOudenhove, a postdoctoralresearcher at the Universityof Leuven in Belgium. Butthis new study is a first, hesaid, because “we bypassedsensory stimulation by infus-ing fatty acids directly intothe stomach, without the sub-jects knowing whether they

were getting fat or saline.”For the study, published in

the August issue of the Jour-nal of Clinical Investigation,the researchers recruited 12non-obese, healthy volunteerswho received fatty acids or asaline solution through a

feeding

tube.Using functional MRI, theresearchers also scanned thevolunteers’ brain waves asthey were exposed to sad andneutral music, and sad andneutral facial expressions.

One might assume theywould already be a bit sadbecause of the medical proce-dure, but Van Oudenhovesaid they weren’t particularlyuncomfortable.

On its own, the efforts toinduce sadness — throughmusic and images of frowns— caused people’s moods tofall by 2.5 points out of 10,Van Oudenhove said. But thefatty acids helped reduce thedip to about 1 point.

In the brain itself,researchers found thatinduced sadness produced achange of about 3 to 4 per-cent, “which is quite a lot,”

Van Oudenhove said. But thelevel of change shrank to lessthan 1 percent once the sub-jects got a dose of fatty acids,at least in most regions of thebrain that were analyzed.

It’s not clear if other ingre-dients in food would have asimilar effect. Van Ouden-hove said more research isneeded to determine whetherthe findings may have anyvalue in treatment of obesity,depression or eating disor-ders.

The authors of an accom-panying journal editorialpointed out several limita-tions of the study, includingthe small number of partici-pants and the absence of anobese cohort. Still, they saidthe findings may help furtherthe understanding of obesity.

“The next step would be totest the effects of food thatcontain both high-fat andhigh-sugar,” said SonjaYokum, a research associateat the Oregon Research Insti-tute in Eugene, who’s famil-iar with the study findings.“It would be interesting to testif fat, sugar or the combina-tion decreases negative moodand for how long.”

Also of interest, she said,would be a study involvingboth “emotional eaters” (peo-ple who use food as solace)and successful dieters.

Ultimately, it would be“very helpful” to find a way toprevent people from cravinghigh-fat and high-sugarfoods when they’re depressed,Yokum said.

Fatty ‘comfort’ foods may alterbrain’s response to sadness

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WASHINGTON — NewYork City’s requirement thatfast-food restaurants postcalorie counts on menus ledone in six customers tonotice the information andbuy foods with fewer calo-ries, according to newresearch released on Tues-day.

While overall calorie con-sumption for the thousandsof people tracked did notchange, customers ofMcDonald’s, Au Bon Painand Yum Brands Inc’s KFCwere shown to make signifi-cant modifications, accord-ing to the study funded bythe city of New York and theRobert Wood Johnson Foun-dation.

The report, published inthe British Medical Journal,is one of the first to show a2008 New York City law,requiring restaurant chainsto prominently post calorieinformation, changed cus-tomer buying habits.

Advocates of the law see itas an important measure tohelp Americans lose weight,as more than two-thirds ofthe country’s citizens areoverweight or obese, condi-tions linked to health prob-lems like high blood pres-sure and diabetes.

“We think, overall, theseinitial findings are positive,”Dr. Lynn Silver, director ofNew York City’s Office ofScience and Policy and co-author of the report, toldReuters.

“We’re optimistic, as calo-rie labels go national, andconsumers become accus-

tomed to using the informa-tion that chains will have astrong incentive to offerlower calorie options,” shesaid.

Restaurant chains havebegun to include lighter fareon their menus to help cus-tomers cut down on fat,sugar and sodium intake.The report cited examples atsandwich chain Cosi, whichbegan using low-fat mayon-naise in its sauces, while cof-fee chain Starbucks madelow-fat milk as its defaultand Applebee’s introduced amenu with dishes under 550calories.

All of these changes cameafter the New York calorielabel law came into effect,the study said.

Separately on Tuesday,McDonald’s said it will sooncut the French fry servingsin its children’s Happy

Meals by more than half andadd apple slices to everymeal.

The New York City reportsurveyed the lunchtimecrowd at 11 fast-food restau-rant chains, looking atreceipts for more than 7,300people 12 months before thelaw took effect and for near-ly 8,500 customers ninemonths after it was imple-mented.

For the three main restau-rant chains studied, cus-tomers on average bought44 fewer calories at McDon-ald’s, 80 fewer calories at AuBon Pain and 59 fewer calo-ries at KFC.

Subway, the popularsandwich chain, saw a sig-nificant increase during thesurvey because of its promo-tional offer for a $5, foot-long sandwich. The otherchains saw little change in

their customers’ purchases.Earlier this year, a study

published in the Internation-al Journal of Obesity, foundNew York City’s label lawhad little effect on the foodchildren chose to order.

While both studies focuson New York City’s 2008law, people across the coun-try are keeping a close eyeon the results.

President Barack Obama’s2010 healthcare overhaulmandates a similar require-ment nationwide in an effortto curb the U.S. obesity epi-demic.

In 2009, the Centers forDisease Control and Preven-tion estimated that at least20 percent of adults in allstates, except Colorado, wereobese. The CDC also saidmedical costs related to obe-sity were estimated to be ashigh as $147 billion in 2008.

Study: Calorie labels change some diners’ habits

By GENEVRAPITTMAN

A combination of weighttraining and aerobic exercisemight be the best prescrip-tion for overweight people atrisk for diabetes and heartdisease, a new study sug-gests.

People doing only aerobicexercise dropped weight andinches off their waistlines —so an aerobic-only programis also a good (and less time-consuming) option,researchers said. Those inthe study who just liftedweights saw very little bene-fit in terms of heart health,although they did gainstrength.

“Aerobic plus resistance isclearly the optimal pro-gram,” said Dr. TimothyChurch, who studies exer-cise and disease at LouisianaState University’s Penning-ton Biomedical ResearchCenter in Baton Rouge.

The findings, he toldReuters Health, are in linewith other recent researchand physical activity guide-lines that suggest mixing ina little resistance trainingwith regular aerobic exer-cise.

Researchers led by LoriBateman of the Duke Univer-sity Medical Center inDurham, North Carolinarandomly assigned 196 over-weight, sedentary adults tothree different exercise pro-grams.

One group did resistancetraining three days a week,

working out on eight differ-ent weight machines to tar-get upper and lower bodymuscles. A second group didtwo hours of aerobic trainingper week on gym machines— the equivalent of about 12miles of walking or joggingover the course of the week.The third group wasassigned to do both theweight-training and aerobic-exercise programs.

More than one quarter ofthe exercisers dropped out ofthe study during the eight-month exercise programsand some others didn’t havecomplete before-and-afterhealth readings forresearchers to compare.

In the end, Bateman andher colleagues analyzed thepre-exercise and post-exer-cise status of 86 participants.

On average, people in theweight-training group whocompleted the exercise pro-gram gained about 1.5pounds and added a smidgento their waistline, withoutchanging any of their otherheart or diabetes risk fac-tors.

Those in the aerobic grouplost an average of 3 poundsand half an inch from theirwaists.

Study participants whodid both weight and aerobictraining dropped about 4pounds and 1 waistline inch.That group also saw adecrease in diastolic bloodpressure (the bottom bloodpressure reading) and in a“metabolic syndrome” scorethat reflects combined heartand diabetes risk factors.

However, statistical analy-ses showed that participantsdoing both aerobics andweight training didn’t neces-sarily have better outcomesthan those who just did aero-bic training.

The researchers said itwasn’t clear if the apparentmarginal benefits of the com-bination regimen — the 4-pound weight loss versus 3,for instance — were due tothe effects of weight train-ing, or just more total timein the gym.

Resistance training buildsmuscle and bone, which canactually add weight to thebody, although it is leaner,stronger body mass.

Both the aerobic-onlygroup and the combined-exercise group also lowered

their levels of triglycerides— a type of fat in the blood.

Church, who wasn’tinvolved in the new study,said that the number of drop-outs made the data harder tointerpret, but that the trendsare consistent with whatother researchers havefound. Previous studies havealso shown that weighttraining by itself has a veryminimal benefit for hearthealth, he said.

Because aerobic exercisealone seemed to be almost asgood, if not as good, as aero-bic and resistance trainingcombined, Bateman said that“when you’re weighing thetime commitment that you’regoing to spend, if your over-all goal is to...improve yourdiabetes and heart disease

risks, our study would sug-gest that aerobic exercise isthe best way to better thoseoutcomes.”

That said, “we’re not try-ing to send a message thatresistance training is notgood for things like increas-ing lean body mass orincreasing strength,” shetold Reuters Health.

SEOUL — South Koreanscientists said yesterdaythey have created a glowingdog using a cloning tech-nique that could help findcures for human diseasessuch as Alzheimer’s andParkinson’s, Yonhap newsagency reported.

A research team fromSeoul National University(SNU) said the geneticallymodified female beagle,named Tegon and born in2009, has been found to glowfluorescent green underultraviolet light if given adoxycycline antibiotic, thereport said.

The researchers, whocompleted a two-year test,said the ability to glow canbe turned on or off by addinga drug to the dog’s food.

“The creation of Tegonopens new horizons since thegene injected to make thedog glow can be substitutedwith genes that trigger fatalhuman diseases,” the newsagency quoted leadresearcher Byeong-Chun Leeas saying.

He said the dog was creat-ed using the somatic cellnuclear transfer technologythat the university teamused to make the world’s

first cloned dog, Snuppy, in2005.

The scientist said thatbecause there are 268 illness-es that humans and dogshave in common, creatingdogs that artificially showsuch symptoms could aidtreatment methods for dis-eases that afflict humans.

The latest discovery pub-lished in Genesis, an interna-tional journal, took fouryears of research withroughly 3.2 billion won ($3million) spent to make thedog and conduct the neces-sary verification tests, Yon-hap said.

Korean scientists create glowing dog

What’s the best exercise for heart health?


By LISARICHWINE

LOS ANGELES —Netflix Inc.’s star dark-ened briefly this weekafter a rare stumble onpricing incensedinvestors and triggeredan unusually dimgrowth projection.

But longer-term,Wall Street remainsenamored of a companyexpected to ride anexpansion beyond U.S.shores and a biggerstreaming push thatwill cushion rising con-tent-acquisition costs.

The company sur-prised investors by pro-jecting a pause in itsnormally explosive sub-scriber growth, send-ing its shares plummet-ing as much as 10 per-cent on Tuesday.

Yet many industry

experts and analystsaccepted Chief Execu-tive Reed Hastings’view that the slowdownis a mere hiccup beforeuser-growth returns toyear-over-year increas-es.

“There is certainlyplenty of room in themarket for them togrow,” Gartner analystMichael Gartenbergsaid.

The new prices “stillrepresent a good valuefor consumers,” whoare increasingly turn-ing a wide array ofInternet -connecteddevices to watch televi-sion and movies, hesaid.

Still, a few analysts,including Wedbush’sMichael Pachter andMorgan Stanley’s ScottDevitt, sounded a noteof caution on Tuesday,echoing concerns Net-flix had come too fartoo fast.

Netflix shares weretrading nearly 800 per-cent above levels inearly 2009 and thestock has drawn heavyshort interest. ReutersStarmine data ranksthe stock higher than86 percent of the stockin its group in how vul-nerable it is to a shortsqueeze.

Devitt expects Net-flix shares to “exhibitweakness” relative toits peer group over the

next three months.”“Confusion around

the impact to the long-term subscriber growthtrajectory in the U.S.market will linger oninvestor minds,” Devittsaid in a research note,reiterating an “equal-weight” rating on Net-flix shares.

Wedbush’s Pachter,who has rated Netflix“underperform” formore than a year,thought the companyoverestimated the num-ber of people whowould trade up to cost-lier plans, which sepa-rate costs for DVDs-by-mail and streamingplans. Subscribing toboth services will costmore.

Pachter’s current 12-month price target is$110, up from his pre-vious $100 target, butfar below current lev-els.

Apart from the priceincrease, some say thecompany — despitetouting an internation-al expansion just get-ting in gear and morerevenue for streamingofferings — will findcontent increasinglycostly as it shores up itslibrary to compete withthe likes of AmazonPrime, Hulu and evenWal-Mart’s Vudu.

“Their biggest chal-lenge is their contentcosts are escalating

dramatically,” Pachtersaid.

Netflix said on Mon-day it would essentiallyend the third quarterwith the same number,or slightly more, sub-scribers it had at theend of the second quar-ter. The companyexpected cancellationsfollowing a vocal back-lash over a priceincrease as high as $6 amonth for some cus-tomers.

Some analysts seeroom for its shares torise further.

Even Barclays ana-lyst AnthonyDiClemente, who low-ered his Netflix pricetarget to $285 from$315 on Tuesday, kept

an “overweight” ratingand urged investors to“take advantage of anyweakness.”

Netflix “continues toexecute very well,” hesaid, adding he wasoptimistic about plansto expand to LatinAmerica later this yearand another marketearly next year.

The company thatstarted sending DVDsby mail in red envelopeshas quickly built astreaming service offer-ing movies and televi-sion shows. It hasgrown to 25.6 millionsubscribers, more thanComcast Corp, thelargest U.S. cable com-pany.

Cancellations from

the higher prices “willbe more than offset” inthe fourth quarter by again in average rev-enue per user, CreditSuisse analyst JohnBlackledge said in aresearch note. Heraised his price targetto $310 from $280.

“We view weaknesson the results as a buy-ing opportunity,” hesaid.

CEO Hastings saidthe fourth quarterwould show a return toyear-over-year growthof new subscribers. Thehigher pricing will helpthe company securemore streaming offer-ings to attract new cus-tomers.

“Fewer people arecanceling than weexpected. Our deals arecoming together,”Hastings said in aninterview.

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The operator of theNasdaq Stock Market is“under constant attack”from would-be hackersand will spend more onsecurity as a result, itstop executive said.

“As we sit here, thereare people trying toslam into our systemevery day,” RobertGreifeld, chief execu-tive officer of NasdaqOMX Group, said in aninterview on Wednes-day. “So we have to beever-vigilant against anever-changing foe.”

The exchange opera-tor sits at the center ofthe U.S. financial sys-tem, which has increas-ingly come under siegefrom computer hackersand counts itselfamong those, includingCitigroup Inc, that havehad recent cyberbreaches.

Intruders enteredNasdaq’s systems lastyear, leaving “suspi-cious files” on theexchange’s servers andsparking an investiga-tion involving the FBI.Trading platforms werenot compromised, theexchange said,although some Inter-net-based client applica-tions were vulnerable.

“We’re (now) in nor-mal state in that weresolved that particularissue,” Greifeld said.

Nasdaq, which runsstock and derivativestrading venues in theUnited States andNordic Europe, pro-vides and stores sensi-tive market data.

Earlier on Wednes-day, the companyboosted 2011 cost pro-jections, in partbecause of higher infor-mation securityexpenses.

Expenses shouldnow total $950 millionto $965 million thisyear, up from the $920million to $940 millionestimated in February.

Chief Financial Offi-cer Lee Shavel said theenvironment hadchanged in the last fewmonths.

“You can throw asmuch money as youwant against some-thing like this, but aswe looked at the level ofattacks that have beenexperienced reallyacross the industry ...we decided it wasappropriate for us to upthe amount ofresources,” he toldReuters.

The list of hackervictims has grown longand well beyond WallStreet this year. Sony,

Google Inc, LockheedMartin, and even theInternational MonetaryFund have all beenbreached, at timesexposing clients’ per-sonal information.

Some cyber expertsfear financial institu-tions have inadequatedefenses, due in part todistractions during thefinancial crisis that ledthem to ignore IT sys-tems.

Two-thirds of U.S.banks plan to raisespending on fraud-detection and authenti-cation systems in 2011,including the largestones, according to aGartner Research pollof 76 banks.

The hacker wave hasprompted calls fromthe White House andthe Securities andExchange Commissionfor new laws and rulesto protect personalinformation and safe-guard capital markets.

Financial institu-tions, cognizant of rep-utations and possiblesystems vulnerabilities,appear increasinglywilling to put cash onthe line to get ahead ofpossible attacks.

“We recognize thatwe’re under constantattack,” Greifeld said,“and by that I mean lit-erally constant attack.”

Nasdaq spends to fend off‘constant’ hack attacks


By LAURENYOUNG and

BETH PINSKER

Americans are bom-barding their financialadvisers with questionsabout what to do if theU.S. governmentdefaults on its debt.

Call volumes to majorwealth managers haverisen - and a lot of callsare about whether theywill get badly hurt bythe events in Washing-ton.

Concerns seem to beescalating as theAugust 2 deadlinelooms for the U.S. gov-ernment to extend itsdebt ceiling or face theprospect of being unableto pay its bills.

While people aren’tyet heading for the hills- no talk in the main-stream at least of stock-ing up on weapons orsticking money in asuitcase - many are ask-ing their financial advis-ers about converting tocash or selling bonds.

“Should we tell peopleto build a bunker andbury their money? Thenyou’d need the guns,”said Lydia Sheckels,chief investment officerwith Wescott FinancialAdvisory Group, whichmanages a portfolioworth $1.5 billion andhas offices in Pennsyl-vania, Florida andWashington, D.C.

Instead she says, thebest advice she can offeris that investors have tobe broadly diversified.This is not the time forthat risky bet on oneemerging market orcommodity.

Between water coolerconversations at theoffice and the punditson TV, it’s becomingimpossible to ignore thenoise and just sit andwait for the crisis to be

over. For financialadvisers, that means alot of touching base thisweek.

Leslie Farnsworth,36, was one of thosecontent to sit out thefrenzy, and hadn’topened up account state-ments in months. Shewasn’t even especiallyworried about the stateof the financial markets- until her advisershowed up at her officewith two colleagues toreview her investmentportfolio.

“Is it really dire?”wondered Farnsworth,who is CEO of FrogDog,a consulting firm inHouston. Her adviser,who works at UBS, said:“We don’t need to sittight. We need tochange.”

Those changesincluded droppingAmerican Funds’Growth Fund of Ameri-ca for Wells FargoGrowth Fund, due to theunderperformance ofthe former.

Farnsworth’s adviseralso shifted money outof stocks into less riskyinvestments, includinga 15 percent allocationin Princeton ManagedFutures, which isdesigned to reducevolatility by betting onfutures, options andother securities. Shenow has a 50 percentallocation to equities,which is low for a per-son of her age.

The prevailing wis-dom from most advis-ers, however, is toassess but sit tight.Matthew Tuttle, thechief investment officerat Tuttle Wealth Man-agement which is basedin Stamford, Connecti-cut, is among those whoare optimistic a deal willbe reached in the nick oftime: “The debt deal willeventually be worked

out in some way, and wewill react to it when ithappens.”

For wealth managersat funds and brokersthere has been a lot ofcontact with clients inthe past few weeks,often by phone.

At Fidelity Invest-ments, phone volumesare slightly higher,although customers“are not making anysignificant moves” tocash or other conserva-tive investments,according to AdamBanker, a Fidelityspokesman. Fidelitymanaged more than$3.6 trillion in assets asof June 30.

“I’d estimate that ourcall volume increased bya third last week, and isup 50 percent over thatthis week,” added JimRussell, regional invest-ment manager for U.S.Bank, which manages$60 billion in clientaccounts. Surprisingly,one of the primary ques-tions his clients are ask-ing is whether this is anopportunity to get moreexposure to capital mar-kets.

He said he is hopingthe situation will be likeit was three years ago,when Congress initiallyvoted down the Trou-bled Asset Relief Pro-gram (TARP) for bankrescues and the marketsdropped, only torebound a few days laterafter it passed.

Americans usuallyget a bad rap for havingshort memories, butmany have not forgot-ten the most recentfinancial crash. “Theones who are concernedare the ones who havebeen fretful since 2008,”said Sheckels of WescottFinancial.

She has one client inhis 80s who calls herdaily, worried because

he is now 100 percent ina U.S. debt money mar-ket fund. “He’s our out-lier,” she said. “He usedto be growth-oriented,but what happened in2008 hit him very per-sonally. But if you can’tfind safety in short-termTreasuries, there’s nowhere left to go.”

Out of 650 clients,Scott Tiras, a seniorfinancial adviser withAmeriprise Financial,has only one who movedany money around. “Heemailed me and said ‘Ihave to sell all the equi-ties.’ Mind you, he didn’tsay sell the bonds. We’veclearly and stronglycommunicated with ourclients that our advice isnot to make adjust-ments.”

So, in summary,besides calming fearsand holding hands,what actionable adviceare managers offering?

*If you are thinkingabout moving to cash,think carefully. “Markettiming has neverworked very well in thepast,” said Frank Arm-strong, president andfounder of Miami-basedInvestor Solutions,which manages $500million. “Predictionsare easy, while accuratepredictions are difficult.A few people always getit right, and they neverlet you forget it. Butmost people lose thewager and generallydon’t advertise theirfailure.”

*Consider alternativeassets. Cliff Caplan, cer-tified financial plannerand president of Nepon-set Valley FinancialPartners in Norwood,Massachusetts, said:“I’ve extensively usedmanaged futures,long/short strategiesand market neutralfunds. I have also madeuse of the FDIC version

of structured notes thatutilize futures contractsfor specific strategieswhile guaranteeingprincipal.”

Yet at the end of theday, “I am still recom-mending that the major-ity of the portfolio staythe course,” Caplansays.

*Diversify with goldbut don’t go overboard.“Our biggest question isin not owning gold -especially since we havein the past. There is justso much hype aboutgold, everyone thinksthey should own it. Butpotential volatility hasme worried,” said BillDeShurko, author of“The Naked TruthAbout Your Money”(Penguin) and presi-dent/owner of 401 Advi-sor, LLC in Centerville,Ohio. In conjunctionwith a potential golddrop, DeShurko sees “abump up in the dollarwith a budget agree-ment, but then the trend

down will resume.”Added Caplan, “For

very nervous clients, Ihave apportioned a per-centage of their portfo-lio to the gold exchange-traded funds, GLD.”

*Rethink asset alloca-tion. “On the bond sidewe have both shortenedduration to protectagainst rising interestrates and hedgedagainst a falling dollarby including foreignbond positions,” saidJon McGraw, presidentof Buttonwood Finan-cial Group, LLC inKansas City, Missouri.“We are holding steadywith our equity expo-sure as we are well-diversified both domesti-cally and international-ly. And with about 25percent of portfolioassets already investedin alternative invest-ment strategies, we feelwe are as well posi-tioned as we can be foreither a compromise orfailure.”

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MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT (NYCT) RFQ #: 4372, Due Date: 8/17/11 Title: Remove, Dispose and Install Batteries at PBX Location

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MTA BUS COMPANY (MTABC) Bid Number: PRB110916 - The MTA Bus Company (MTABC) bids the item as listed below for de-livery to all or any MTABC Depots. Price quoted must be FOB delivered. Payment NET 30. Item 1 – Qty 60 - Switch Assembly, Limit, Stow/Deploy, W/C Mfg: LIFT-U Part Number – B-14-8794; ORION Part Number – E2212510DV. Bid opens: 8/16/11, 11am. For more info. or to request a bid, please contact Rocco Alfano, Sr. Contract Analyst, at MTA Bus Co., 128-15 28th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354, 718-888-6288, email [email protected]. All inquiries must include company name, contact name, title, address, tel. no. and e-mail.

Bid Number: PRB111009 - The MTA Bus Company (MTABC) is seeking a vendor(s) to furnish and deliver the various bus parts as listed below to any or all of the nine MTABC depots. The contract du-ration is 27months and is an estimated quantity contract. Terms and conditions are contained in bid documents. All prices quoted must be FOB delivered. Payment NET30 unless otherwise indicated. MTABC Stock #: 87-29-0637 Qty: 2,700 Description: Filter, Fuel, Secondary Manufacturer’s Part#: Feetguard # FF5632; Orion # G0774507AJ; Cummins # 4934845. Bid opens: 8/17/11 at 11:00am. Bids received after 11:00am the Bid Opening Date will not be considered. For more information or to request a solicitation package, please contact Patricia Corrigan, Senior Contract Analyst, at MTA Bus Company, 128-15 28th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354, Telephone No: 718-888-6287 or email [email protected]. All inquiries must include company name, contact name and title, address, telephone number and email address.

MTA BRIDGES AND TUNNELS (B&T) Sealed Bids for the below solicitations must be received by B & T at the Bid Suite, 3 Stone Street, NY, NY 10004. Sealed Bids will be publicly opened at the above address on the dates/times indicated. Bid #: 11-OPR-2886 – Furnish, Deliver and Install On-Site Analysis Inc.’s TruckCheck On-Site Ana-lyzer “or Equal” at Randall’s Island. Due Date: 8/19/11 at 3:00 PM. The project description can be found at www.mta.info/bandt/procure/rfppage.html Bid #: IA 1234 – Fiber Options Equipment. Bid Opening Date: 8/16/11 at 3:00 PM. See project de-scription at www.mta.info/bandt/procure/purchpage.htm

MTA METRO-NORTH RAILROAD (MNR) MNR will receive sealed bids for the following. Bids must be submitted on inquiry forms provided by MNR by the specified date and time. Bid documents are available at the Procurement & Material Man-agement Department, 347 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10017, 212-340-3223. INQUIRY #, DESCRIPTION, (DUE DATE, TIME, CONTACT): INQ#: 80261, Outdoor NEMA 3R, Non-Walk-In 2.4KV Metal En-closed Load Interrupter Switchgear 2/600A Full Load Current Rating, 2-Pole 5KV 600A single Throw Load Break Interrupter Switch per Specification Section 16345-M and Dwgs SIG-SW-1, SIG-SW-2 and SIG-SW-3, or approved equal. For immediate delivery. (8/11/11, 2:30 PM, Paul Kennedy, 212-340-3939); INQ#: 1-6636, Purchase of Bottocino Marble, (8/11/11, 3:00 PM, Tara Bugg, 212-340-2417); INQ#: 6820, DC Snowmelter Cabinet Systems as per MNR Drawings and Specification, (8/18/11, 2:30 PM, Paul Kennedy).

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By DOUGPADILLA

CHICAGO — TheChicago White Soxtraded pitcherEdwin Jackson andutilityman MarkTeahen to theToronto Blue Jaysyesterday.

The White Sox willreceive reliever JasonFrasor and pitchingprospect Zach Stewart.

A short time lateryesterday, the BlueJays turned aroundand traded Jackson tothe St. Louis Cardinalsin an eight player dealthat netted TorontoColby Rasmus, sourcestold ESPN TheMagazine’s BusterOlney.

The Cards sentRasmus Trever Miller,Brian Tallet and P.J.Walters to the Jays forJackson, MarcRzepczynski, OctavioDotel and CoreyPatterson.

Miller, a left-handedreliever, will then gofrom the Blue Jays to

the White Sox, sourcestold Olney.

The White Sox saythe move with the BlueJays not only getsJesse Crain some right-handed relief help inthe bullpen, it alsohelps shed some pay-roll. The White Soxstarted the season witha club record payrollthat reached justbeyond the $127 mil-lion mark.

“Edwin Jackson andMark Teahen are theconsummate profes-sionals, just good guysand good workers, butwe needed to make a lit-tle bit of a dent in ourpayroll here which hasbeen stressed a littlebit,” general managerKenny Williams said.“We did not want to bemaking a move thatwould be counterpro-ductive to the opportu-nity for us to win stillso how can we accom-plish both of thegoals?”

The White Sox choseto deal from a strength(starting pitching)while shedding notonly what is left of

Teahen’s $4.75 millionsalary form this sea-son, but his $5.5 mil-lion salary in 2012.

The move returnsthe White Sox to a five-man rotation. Frasorhelps bolster the bullen,which had been operat-ing a man short most ofthe season as the clubwent with six starters.

“We began to getworried about JesseCrain’s usage and over-usage,” Williams said.“Not that he’s beingoverused but the poten-tial in August andSeptember is to reallytax a guy, he becomesineffective and youmight end up hurtinghim.”

The White Sox andCardinals reportedlyhad talked about aJackson-Rasmus deal,although Williams saidTuesday the particularsreported in that dealwere not correct.

Jackson is nostranger to trades. TheDodgers traded him tothe Rays in 2006. TheRays shipped him tothe Tigers in 2008. Helanded with the

Diamondbacks in 2009in a three-team block-buster that sent CurtisGranderson to theYankees. And theWhite Sox acquiredhim at last year’s tradedeadline for DanielHudson and minor lea-guer David Holmberg.

“I was born on themove,” said Jackson,whose father is aretired Army SergeantFirst Class. “Being amilitary brat, my wholelife I’ve been moving,making new friends.I’m a phone call awayfrom anybody I want toget in contact with. Itsucks when you startbecoming close-knitand friendly with theguys you’ve been herewith for a while. I canstill call and check oneveryone. At the end ofthe day, once I’m gone,my focus is on the teamI’m playing with.”

Jackson and Teahenwere informed of thelatest trade by Williamsbefore yesterday’sgame against theDetroit Tigers.

“Chicago is a greatcity, it is a great team,

good group of guyshere,” Teahen said. “Iloved my time here.Obviously, I wanted tobe healthy more of it,more productive andget more playing timeand whatever, but it iswhat it is. It’s part ofmy career, I definitelyenjoyed my time hereand will think of itfondly.”

Williams saidMonday that the three-game series against theTigers, who are 41/2games ahead of theWhite Sox in the ALCentral, would deter-mine whether theWhite Sox would bebuyers or sellers at thetrade deadline, which isSunday.

After winning thefirst game of the serieson Monday, the WhiteSox lost 5-4 onTuesday.

Frasor is 2-1 with a2.98 ERA in 44 gameswith Toronto. The 33-year-old Chicagonative, who played atSouthern Illinois, has a$3.75 million cluboption for the 2012 sea-son.

Stewart, 24, is 0-1with a 4.86 ERA inthree starts with theBlue Jays this season.He was ranked theteam’s No. 3 prospectby ESPN Insider KeithLaw this preseason.

Jackson is 7-7 with a3.92 ERA this season,while Teahen had a.203 batting average in51 games, hitting threehome runs with 11RBIs. The move makesOmar Vizquel theWhite Sox’s primarybackup third basemanbehind Brent Morel.

Since finances aren’tthe chief concern ofmanager Ozzie Guillen,he was asked of his per-ception of the deal froma purely talent stand-point.

“I think overall it’san even trade because Ithink we got a guy(Frasor) that can helpus,” Guillen said. “I’mnot saying Edwin can’t,but this kid, we need aright-handed pitcherout of the bullpen, and Ithink he’s going to be apretty good addition tothe ballclub.”

Edwin Jackson, Mark Teahen to Jays

Brian Orakpo is tired of the “nonsense” sur-rounding Albert Haynesworth and theWashington Redskins.

“This year, we’re not going through all thatAlbert nonsense. If he’s, if he’s not, I don’t want todiscuss it,” the two-time Pro Bowl outside line-backer told CSNWashington.com on Tuesday. “Ilove Albert to death, wish him the best. If he’shere, there’s a role; if he’s not, we have to move onand forget about the saga with Albert, [Donovan]McNabb, you name it. We just have to start win-ning ballgames and forget about all the drama wego through each and every year.”

The 30-year-old Haynesworth is two years intoa seven-year, $100 million contract with theRedskins, who signed him in 2009 to what wasthen an NFL record of $41 million in guaranteedmoney.

But Haynesworth clashed repeatedly withcoach Mike Shanahan and frequently skippedworkouts. Shanahan suspended Haynesworth forthe final four games of last season for conductdetrimental to the team.

The Redskins open training camp yesterdayand whether Haynesworth will be there remainsa question.

Brian Orakpo tiredof Redskins’ drama BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.

— ESPN analyst and formerNBA player Jalen Rose was sen-tenced to 20 days in jail yester-day for a drunken-driving crashalong a snowy suburban Detroitroad.

Rose, a college star at theUniversity of Michigan, actuallywas sentenced to 92 days in cus-tody, but District Court JudgeKimberly Small suspended allbut 20. He also was given a yearof probation.

“You’re not here because youdrank. I have no problem withthat; have at it,” the judge said.“I do mind when you get behind

the wheel of a two-ton vehicleand use it as a weapon againstthe rest of us.”

Rose pleaded guilty in May.At that time, he said he veeredoff a West Bloomfield Townshiproad in March after drinking sixmartinis. His blood-alcohol con-tent was 0.12 percent, aboveMichigan’s legal driving limit of0.08. No one was injured.

“I have no one to blame butmyself for endangering the com-munity,” Rose said in court yes-terday.

Rose’s attorney, JamesBurdick, noted that the proba-tion department did not recom-

mend jail.“The people have hired me,

not my probation department,”the judge replied.

Prominent people sent lettersto the court supporting Rose,including Detroit mayor DaveBing. Rose, a Detroit native, isopening a school in the city thatwill bear his name.

“Judge Small, for what it’sworth, I fully believe Jalen wasbeing truthful to me when hestated, ‘I will never drink anddrive again or ever be in anyother court for any violation ofthe law,’ “ Bing wrote.

Jalen Rose to do jail time for DUI

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —The Carolina Panthersweren’t about to let their topfree agent Charles Johnsonget away, even if it meantshelling out big bucks.

The Panthers persuadedJohnson, their prized defensiveend, to agree to a contract worth$72 million over six years,including a $30 million signingbonus. The team confirmed thedeal Tuesday night and Johnson

said he plans to sign the dealFriday.

“The Panthers told me thewhole time they were going tocome after me hard,” Johnsonsaid. “I had to see it to believe, butthey did.”

Charles Johnson agrees with Panthers

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By DENNISWASZAK Jr.

NEW YORK -Santonio Holmes isstaying put, eagerto keep catchingpasses from MarkSanchez in biggames for the nextseveral seasons.

A person with knowl-edge of the deal toldThe Associated Pressyesterday that the NewYork Jets have agreedto terms on a five-yeardeal with the flashywide receiver, who wasregarded as the topplayer at his positionamong this year’s freeagents.

Holmes was also con-sidered the Jets’ mainpriority once the freeagency period startedTuesday after the NFLlockout ended after41/2 months Monday.And, New York went towork quickly on mak-ing sure they kept one

of Sanchez’s favoritetargets.

The person spoke tothe AP on condition ofanonymity because theteam has notannounced the deal.Teams can’t officiallysign free agents untiltomorrow. Financialterms weren’t immedi-ately available.

On Twitter, Holmesthanked other playerswho congratulated himon the deal. He alsoretweeted a post by fel-low Jets free agentAntonio Cromartie,who said: “Congrats to(at)santonio10 on hisnew deal...that’s whatI’m talking abt. Goodfriend and excellentteammate.”

Holmes, acquiredlast offseason fromPittsburgh, had 52catches for 746 yardsand six touchdowns forthe Jets and establishedhimself as the go-to guyhe was while with theSteelers. After return-

ing from a four-gamesuspension to start theseason, Holmes quicklydeveloped a rapportwith Sanchez, who saidTuesday he was willingto restructure his con-tract if it helped the Jetsgo after free agents.

While it’s unclear ifany restructuring bySanchez or any playerwas done, the Jets wereaggressive in bringingHolmes back. They arealso reportedly in talkswith Oakland corner-back NnamdiAsomugha, who isregarded as the topoverall free agent avail-able.

New York enteredthe free agent periodwith 16 unrestrictedplayers, includingHolmes and offensivelineman Wayne Hunter,who agreed to terms ona four-year deal onTuesday. The Jetsmight also be turningtheir attention to widereceiver Braylon

Edwards, who had 53catches for 904 yardsand seven touchdownsthis last season.

“Congrats to(at)santonio10 Greatplayer and goodfriend!” Edwards wroteon his Twitter page.

Edwards has said hewants to remain in NewYork, but it wasthought the Jets wouldneed to choose betweenhim and Holmesbecause it would beunlikely they couldafford to keep both.

“It was such a luxuryto have both of themlast year,” Sanchez said.“It’s almost unrealisticto have that kind of areceiving corps again.Whichever guys we getback, it’s going to bethem playing reallywell, and me gettingeven better.”

Meanwhile, Edwardswas due in court inCleveland yesterday tofind out whether hebroke his probation

there by driving drunkin New York City.

Holmes, 27, wasacquired fromPittsburgh last Aprilfor a fifth-round pick -an incredibly low pricefor a former Super BowlMVP. But Holmes hadsome off-field issues,and the Steelers werefinished with himdespite the fact he wascoming off a season inwhich he set careerhighs with 79 catchesand 1,248 yards receiv-ing.

There was a lawsuitin Florida from awoman who claimed hethrew a glass at her,cutting her above theeye. He was arrested in2008 for possession ofmarijuana and involvedin a domestic violenceincident in 2006; themisdemeanor chargeswere later dismissed.He was also accused oftelling a fan to “killurself” on his Twitterpage, but implied that

his account washacked.

After coming to theJets, a flight attendantclaimed Holmes failedto follow regulations asthe plane he was aboardlanded in Pittsburgh.He also was forced to sitout the first four gamesof this season for violat-ing the league’s sub-stance abuse policy.

General managerMike Tannenbaumacknowledged that theJets were taking a risk,but insisted it would beworth it. And, he wasright.

Holmes was a big-time playmaker in theclutch, helping leadNew York to its secondstraight AFC champi-onship game. Holmesplayed key roles inthree straight winswith big catches late ingames, promptingcoach Rex Ryan to callkey moments “ToneTime.”

Jets agree to terms with WR Holmes

CLEVELAND —Ervin Santana pitchedthe first solo no-hitterfor the Angels in nearly27 years, getting somelong overdue revengeagainst the ClevelandIndians and leading LosAngeles to a 3-1 win yes-terday.

Santana struck out 10and allowed only tworunners — there was anerror on the leadoff bat-ter in the first inningand a walk in the eighth.Just once was Santana’sgem in jeopardy and sec-ond baseman HowieKendrick’s nifty playsaved it in the sixth.

This was the third no-hitter in the majorleagues this season, yetanother sign that this,too, is another Year ofthe Pitcher. Minnesota’sFrancisco Liriano did itagainst the ChicagoWhite Sox on May 3 andDetroit ace JustinVerlander beat Torontoon May 7.

Plus, this was the firstno-hitter at ProgressiveField, a ballpark that

opened as Jacobs Field in1994. And it markedquite a bit of role rever-sal for Santana.

Santana made his bigleague debut on thisvery same field on May17, 2005, and theIndians gave him a rudewelcome. The first fourbatters he faced in themajors teamed up to hitfor the cycle — GradySizemore led off with atriple, Coco Crisp dou-bled, Travis Hafner sin-gled and Ben Broussardthen homered.

Santana hadn’t donemuch better against theIndians since then. The28-year-old righty cameinto this outing 0-6 witha 4.98 ERA in 10 careerstarts versus them.

“I never get a winagainst this team,” hesaid.

But Santana (6-8) wasin complete controlwhile throwing theAngels’ first complete-game no-hitter sinceMike Witt pitched a per-fect game on Sept. 30,1984, against Texas.

Mark Langston (7innings) and Witt (2innings) combined tohold Seattle hitless onApril 11, 1990.

Santana said hebegan to think a no-hit-ter was within reachafter he got through theeighth.

“Lots of guys get tofive, six innings, butthat’s when things get alittle complicated,”Santana said.

He would know.Because in his last start,he took a no-hit bid intothe sixth inning againstBaltimore.

Overall, it was theninth no-hitter inAngels’ history. Hall ofFamer Nolan Ryanthrew four of them from1973 through 1975. Thelast pitcher to hold theIndians hitless was JimAbbott of the New YorkYankees on Sept. 4,1993.

The closest Clevelandgot to a hit came whenrookie Jason Kipnis ledoff the sixth with agrounder past Santana.

Kendrick made a diving,backhand stop, threwfrom his knees and firstbaseman Mark Trumboscooped out the lowthrow for the out.

Santana threw 105pitches, 76 for strikes.He had 0-2 counts ninetimes.

The crowd of 21,546,many on extended lunchhours for the noontimestart, cheered loudlywhen Lonnie Chisenhallwalked with one out inthe eighth. Otherwise,the fans nervously sat inexpectation of watchinghistory.

Santana quickly tookcare of business in thebottom of the ninth. Hegot pinch-hitter TravisBuck to look at strikethree, retired the speedyEzequiel Carrera on aroutine grounder andgot Michael Brantley onan easy fly ball to centerfielder Peter Bourjos.

The Angels rushedfrom the dugout to mobSantana behind themound. Along with agame for the record

books, it was an impor-tant win for Los Angelesas it chases Texas in theAL West.

The win was only histhird in 11 starts sinceMay 30. He lost four in arow, June 4-21, but is 3-0 in six starts since. LastFriday, he gave up onerun and three hits over 72/3 innings in a 6-1 winover the Orioles.

Against the Indians,Santana looked a lotmore like the pitcherwho went 17-10 last sea-son.

Santana got off to anominous start as Carrerareached when hisgrounder glanced off theheel of shortstop ErickAybar’s glove. Carrerastole second, went tothird on a groundoutand scored on a wildpitch.

Chisenhall’s walk wasthe lone blemish in theeighth as Santanastruck out three in theinning. in the eighth —when he struck out theside.

Neither team got a hit

until Vernon Wells ledoff the Angels fourthwith a bloop single. LosAngeles tied it at 1 in thefifth when Bourjostripled off the wall in leftand scored on a sacrificefly by Mike Trout.

The Angels wentahead in the sixth on anodd passed ball by catch-er Carlos Santana.

Torii Hunter doubledand went to third on aone-out single byKendrick. After MarkTrumbo struck out,right-hander Joe Smithrelieved David Huff (1-1)and Kendrick took offfor second on a 1-1 pitch.Santana came out of hiscrouch to get the pitch,which was called a strikeby umpire Ted Barrett,but the ball popped outof his glove and rolleddown the first-base line.The young catcherscrambled after it andthrew to Smith coveringthe plate, but Hunter slidin ahead of the tag toscore the unearned run.

Ervin Santana owns Indians for Angels’ first solo no-no since 1984

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The Washington Redskins, Vikings andDonovan McNabb have a preliminaryagreement in place for the veteran quarter-back to be traded to Minnesota, sources toldESPN.The compensation issues that were the stumbling

blocks to the trade appear to be resolved.The one sticking point now appears to be

McNabb’s concern Tuesday night about how theVikings’ side of the situation was handled. Sourcessaid there were some in the organization whoexpressed a preference in acquiring quarterbackTyler Thigpen, who since has agreed to terms withthe Buffalo Bills.McNabb will be making far less than the $14.75

million he would have been due from the Redskins,but it is not clear how much he will be paid, and how

any incentives would alter his compensation.According to sources, the trade will involve a

2012 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional sixth-round pick for 2013 going to Washington. TheRedskins had wanted fifth- and seventh-roundpicks from Minnesota.Before the reporting of the deal, Christian

Ponder, the quarterback drafted by the Vikingswith the 12th overall pick in April, tweeted:“Excited to have McNabb join. Will learn a lot froma Pro Bowler. But that doesn’t mean I’m not stillfighting to start week 1!”Redskins coach Mike Shanahan projects John

Beck to be his starting quarterback this season. Theteam added depth to the position yesterday, when itreached agreement on a one-year contract withKellen Clemens, a league source told ESPN NFLInsider Adam Schefter.

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