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BY DAVID BAUDER

BET marked PresidentGeorge W. Bush’s last inau-guration with a news brief,to say “Oh, it happened.What a shame,” he said.

This time, BET will coverthe swearing-in and paradefrom four locations, includ-ing ground and rooftop sites

on Pennsylvania Avenue.Anchoring the coverage willbe Hill Harper of CBS’“CSI: NY,” former CBS“The Early Show” hostRene Syler and Jeff John-son, who hosts a weeklyBET news program.

The networks will take aparticular interest in speak-

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BY LARA JAKES

Washington – The number of young

black men and teenagerswho either killed or werekilled in shootings has risenat an alarming rate since2000, a new study shows.

The study, to be releasedMonday by criminologistsat Northeastern Universityin Boston, comes as FBIdata is showing that mur-ders have leveled off na-tionwide.

Not so for black teens,the youngest of whom saw

dramatic increases inshooting deaths, the North-eastern report concluded.Last year, for example, 426black males between theages of 14 and 17 werekilled in gun crimes, thestudy shows. That marked a

Continued on Page 5 UU

BY POLLY ANDERSON

NEW YORK (AP) – Eartha Kitt, the self-pro-

claimed “sex kitten” whosesultry voice and catlike purrattracted fans even as sheneared 80, has died. Thesinger, dancer and actresswas 81.

Family spokesman An-drew Freedman said Kitt,who was recently treated atColumbia Presbyterian Hos-pital, died Thursday in Con-necticut of colon cancer.

Dubbed the “most excitingwoman in the world” by Or-

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BY DANIEL MALLOYPITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

The McCain campaignvolunteer who falselyclaimed a Barack Obamasupporter carved the letter“B” into her face with aknife entered a probation

program this morning.Ashley Todd, 21, of Col-

lege Station, Texas, had herinitial interview with a pro-bation program for first-time offenders today aftershe was formally arraignedon the charge of filing afalse police report.

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BY JIM ABRAMS

WASHINGTON (AP) –The Social Security Ad-

ministration, envisagingthe near-future prospect of10,000 baby boomers ap-plying for benefits everyday, has put together a newonline service that will al-low people to get their ben-efits without ever travelingto a Social Security fieldoffice.

The agency, in introduc-ing the program Tuesday,said most people will beable to apply for their re-tirement or disability bene-fits in 15 minutes or less.

Academy Award-win-ning actress Patty Duke,spokeswoman for the Re-tire Online campaign, ac-knowledged that her owncomputer skills “are want-ing.” But her husband gaveher a demonstration “and Iwas able to do it with mylimited skills. It was veryuser-friendly,” she said inan interview Monday.

The administration isbetting that a great majori-ty of baby boomers, thefirst to grow old in thecomputer age, will sharethat opinion.

“We have nearly 80 mil-Continued on Page 6 UU

BY DADVID COLTON

USA TODAY –In a growing world of

Barack Obama collectibles,one item soon may beswinging above the rest.

On Jan. 14, MarvelComics is releasing a specialissue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama de-

picted on the cover. Insideare five pages of the twoteaming up and even a fist-bump between Spidey andthe new president.

“It was a natural after welearned the new president isa Spider-Man fan,” saysMarvel editor in chief JoeQuesada about reports that

Continued on Page 5 UU

BY BEN FELLER

WASHINGTON (AP) –President-elect Barack

Obama hailed a rare OvalOffice gathering of allU.S. presidents as an ex-traordinary event onWednesday as the currentoccupant, President

George W. Bush, remind-ed his predecessors andsuccessor that the office“transcends the individu-al.””I just want to thankthe president for hostingus,” the president-electsaid, flanked by formerPresident George H.W.Bush on one side and his

son on the other.Presidents Bill Clinton

and Jimmy Carter, bothsmiling broadly, stoodwith them.

“All the gentlemenhere understand both thepressures and possibili-ties of this office,” Oba-

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OAKLAND TRIBUNE

OAKLAND –Mayor Ron Dellums

stood before a fumingcrowd on the steps of CityHall on Wednesday night

trying to restore calm afterangry protesters rampagedthrough the streets of down-town Oakland, creating asurreal near-riot that lastedseveral hours.

“Number one, let’s deal

with each other with re-spect,” Dellums told thecrowd over a bullhorn, re-ferring to the Jan. 1 shoot-ing of Oscar Grant III byformer BART police OfficerJohannes Mehserle – cap-

tured on cell phone and dig-ital camera videos and re-played on national televi-sion stations. “I sense youranger, I sense your pain andyour frustration.”

Continued on Page 6 UU

Hundreds Riot in Protest of PoliceShooting of Unarmed Black Man

OAKLAND EXPLODES

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Obama Featuredin Spider-ManComic-Book

BET, TV One Plan Extensive ObamaInauguration Coverage

McCain VolunteerBegins Probation for Made-up Story

Singer Eartha Kitt Dies at 81

Black Youth Murders Rise

Fresno Child ProtectiveServices ‘Drops Ball’Leads to Child’s Death

Obama Has Luncheonwith 4 Past Presidents

Numerous complaints and calls made toFresno County Child Protective Services inpast months regarding 10 year old SethVaughn not “evidence enough” for agency

Lebaron Vaughn Rena Ireland

Eartha Kitt

Local Obama Inaugural &

Martin Luther King Jr.March & Events

(See Page 7)

Seth Ireland, a ten-year-old 5th grader at ColumbiaElementary School, diedTuesday, December 6 as theresult of a horrific beatingby his mother’s boyfriend,LeBaron Vaughn, while hismother, Rena Ireland,watched.

Vaughn is accused of vi-olently punching the childten times in the face and

chest area, kicking him tentimes on his legs and body,and then stomping on hishead while he was lying onthe floor. The mother re-portedly did nothing to stopthe assault on her son.

In spite of numerous re-ports of suspected abusefrom school officials, theFresno County Sheriff’s

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Activities will include Collegiate Competition, California vs. Texas High schools,Evening with the Stars, Banquet of Champions, Mini Reunions, World Class Compe-titions, and The Fastest Kids contest.

Opportunities for parents, athletes and teachers to experience the potential Track &Field offers to fight te epidemic of obesity, diabetes and more.

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Despite her living conditions and disabil-ity, she was determined to lead an indepen-dent and active life while providing loveand support to her four children. It was thissame unwavering determination thatprompted her to obtain a driver’s license, be

the first in her family to graduate college,and become both an employee and state/na-tional Ambassador for the Easter Seals pro-gram. Her work with the Easter Seals hastaken her all over the country, inspiringthousands of people to overcome adversityand reach for success. In 2006, Mary Annbecame a first-time homeowner and hassince been employed with the local Hous-ing Authority, where she counsels otherstruggling families in her community tofind housing.

Unfortunately, her own home is ill-equipped to serve her physical challengesand has led to many serious physical in-juries. Mary Ann’s children are deeply con-cerned about their mother’s care and safety,especially when she’s home alone. Despiteits challenges, Mary Ann’s home isnonetheless, a source of great pride to her.

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BY CRAIG REID

SPORTS WRITER

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Let’s start the year offwith a community heavyweight who is alsorenown for power liftingheavyweights all over theUnited States and theworld.

Pete Wilson is a 72-year old phenom who wasinducted into the leg-endary United StatesPower lifting FederationHall of Fame last Marchin Los Alamitos, Califor-nia.

Since arriving in Fres-no from New York in Ju-ly, 1979, Wilson has splithis time being a familyman and hands on advo-cate for political andcommunity enrichment,while modestly plying hiscraft at becoming one ofthe world’s best powerlifters.

How good?How about the time in

1992 when he won the In-ternational Power liftingWorld Championship forthe fifty and over agegroup, 181 lb weightclass with a total lift of

1331 lbs. Then there was the time

in 1995. when Wilsonwon first place in theUnited States Power lift-ing Federation NationalPower lifting tournamentin Evert, Washington forthe 55-59 age group, 198lb weight class, with a to-tal lift of 1368 lbs .

How about March 31,2007 when Wilson setUnited States Power lift-ing

Federation Americanand State of Californiarecords in the 70-74 agegroup, with a 512 lbsquat, and bench press of330.51 lbs.

However, even thoughWilson has representedhimself, his family, andFresno commendably infaraway outposts such asHelsinki, Finland, Cal-gary Alberta, Canada,Sydney, Australia, and 21states in America, the bigstory truly is what he hasdone to power lift thosein need right here in theValley.

On the local front,Wilson’s meritorious ef-forts earned him theUnited Way CommunityAppreciation Award, forhis involvement with theBoys and Girls Club ofFresno.

Furthermore, he re-ceived the 1995 Califor-nia Legislative SportsAward, On December 19,1987, Mayor Jim Patter-son proclaimed Pete Wil-son Day in the City ofFresno. In 2003, Wilsonwon the United BlackmenInc. Man of the YearAward .

When you think of thecountless good deeds that

the United Blackmen ofFresno, Inc have carriedout for Blacks and subse-quently all people in theValley such as scholar-ships for students, politi-cal participation throughdiplomacy as well as ac-tivism, you naturally andjustifiably think of nameslike Rutherford “Bud”Gaston, Les Kimber, andCedric Hardamon.

Yet ,Wilson has servedthe organization in everycapacity except chaplainduring the 27 years he hasbeen a member. As in thecase with many commu-nity leaders

Wilson has chosen todo many good deedswhile working for thenAssemblyman Jim Costaand Assembly memberCruz Bustamante.

Ditto his work on theFamily Self SufficiencyCorps Inc., the Board ofDirectors of the FresnoCity and County HousingAuthorities, and as acommissioner on theBoard of the FresnoCounty Economic Oppor-tunities Commission.

Usually with interna-tional sports stars like Pe-te Wilson, you hope thatyour community youthwill be inspired toachieve and literally liftthemselves up in what ev-er they do.

However, in addition,in Wilson’s case, peoplelike me who are in theirfifties but feel like theyare in their sixties, cantake heed that:

“WHERE THERE IS AWILSON, THERE IS AWAY!”

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UU Continued from Page 1ma said. “For me to have theopportunity to get advice,good counsel and fellowshipwith these individuals is ex-traordinary.”

In a swift photo opportu-nity, the current presidentwished Obama well beforeall five men headed to a pri-vate lunch.

“I want to thank the presi-dent-elect for joining the ex-presidents for lunch,” Bushsaid, even though he’s notquite a member of that clubyet.

“One message that I haveand I think we all share isthat we want you to suc-ceed. Whether we’re Demo-crat or Republican we caredeeply about this country,”Bush said. “All of us whohave served in this officeunderstand that the office it-self transcends the individu-al.”

He added: “We wish youall the very best, and so doesthe country.”

Bush and Obama alsomet privately for roughly30 minutes. That one-on-one meeting, coming just13 days before Obama’s in-auguration, likely focusedon grim current events,with war in the Gaza Stripand the economy in a reces-sion.

It had been an entire gen-eration since the nation lastsaw the tableau of everyU.S. president together atthe White House. The presi-dents have gathered at otherlocations over the years,most recently for the funeralof President Gerald Ford inWashington.

Obama suggested holdingthe gathering when he metBush at the White House inNovember.

Obama has sought tostrike a balance as the pow-er curve bends his way. Be-

fore taking office, he is pub-licly rallying Congress be-hind a massive economicstimulus plan. But he re-mains deferential to Bush onforeign affairs and will notcomment on Israel’s deadlyconflict with Hamas ongrounds that doing so wouldbe dangerous for the UnitedStates.

“You can’t have two ad-ministrations running for-eign policy at the sametime,” Obama said at a newsconference earlier in theday.

Vice President-elect JoeBiden also held a privatemeeting with former Presi-dent Bush at the WhiteHouse on Wednesday.

Considering the bond theyhold in history, U.S. presi-dents gets together infre-quently, particularly at theWhite House. And whenthey are in the same room, itis usually for a milestone orsomber moment – a funeralof a world leader, an open-ing of a presidential library,a commemoration of histo-ry.

Not this time.“It’s going to be an inter-

esting lunch,” Bush told aninterviewer recently. Whenasked what the five menwould talk about, Bush said:“I don’t know. I’m sure(Obama’s) going to ask usall questions, I would guess.If not, we’ll just share warstories.”

They have plenty ofthose, political and other-wise. Their paths to powerhave long been entwined.

Carter lost the presidencyto Ronald Reagan, whoserunning mate was GeorgeH.W. Bush. Bush later wonelection but lost after oneterm to Clinton. ThenBush’s son, the current pres-ident, defeated Clinton’svice president, Al Gore. And

this year Obama won afterlong linking his opponent,John McCain, to Bush.

Those campaign rivalriestend to soften over time aspresidents leave the WhiteHouse and try to adopt therole of statesmen – althoughCarter, even as an ex-presi-dent, has had some criticalpublic words for the currentpresident’s foreign policy.

All five men were to posefor a group photo in theRose Garden, but a Januaryrainstorm scrapped thatplan. So the noontime photoopportunity – the media’sonly glimpse of them – wasmoved indoors to the OvalOffice.

The presidents and Oba-ma were having lunch in aprivate dining room off theOval Office, where no oneelse was expected to jointhem.

“All of us would love tobe flies on the wall and lis-tening to that conversation,”White House press secretaryDana Perino said.

The rare presidential jointappearance also offeredBush, who ends his twoterms deeply unpopular, toagain show he is risingabove the fray.

The last White Houseevent to draw the formerpresidents was a November2000 celebration in honor ofthe White House’s 200th an-niversary. But one of theformer presidents, RonaldReagan, who was afflictedwith Alzheimer’s, was un-able to attend.

All the presidents werelast at the White House in1981: Richard Nixon, Ford,Carter and Reagan, who waspresident then. The threeformer presidents were therebefore leaving as part of theU.S. delegation to the funer-al of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat,who had been assassinated.

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UU Continued from Page 1son Welles, Kitt’s career spanned sixdecades, from her start as a dancer withthe famed Katherine Dunham troupe tocabarets and acting and singing onstage, in movies and on television. Shewon two Emmys, and was also nomi-nated for several Tonys and 2Grammys.

Kitt was featured on the cover of her2001 book, “Rejuvenate,” a guide tostaying physically fit, in a long, curve-hugging black dress with a figure thatsome 20-year-old women would envy.She also wrote three autobiographies.

She persevered through an unhappychildhood as a mixed-race daughter ofthe South, and made headlines in the1960s for denouncing the Vietnam Warduring a visit to the White House.

Her first album, “RCA Victor Pre-sents Eartha Kitt,” was released in1954. It featured songs such as “I Wantto Be Evil,” “C’est Si Bon” and thesaucy gold digger’s theme song, “SantaBaby,” which is revived on radio eachChristmas.

The following year, the record com-pany released “That Bad Eartha,”which featured “Let’s Do It,” “SmokeGets in Your Eyes” and “My Heart Be-longs to Daddy.”

After becoming a hit singing“Monotonous” in the Broadway revue“New Faces of 1952,” Kitt appeared in“Mrs. Patterson” in 1954-55. (Somereferences say she earned a Tony nom-ination for “Mrs. Patterson,” but onlywinners were publicly announced atthat time.) She also made appearancesin “Shinbone Alley” and “The Owl andthe Pussycat.”

She was the sexy Catwoman on thepopular “Batman” TV series in 1967-68, replacing Julie Newmar, who origi-nated the role. A guest appearance onan episode of “I Spy” brought Kitt anEmmy nomination in 1966.

In 1996, Kitt was nominated for aGrammy in the category of traditionalpop vocal performance for her album

“Back in Business.” She also had beennominated in the children’s recordingcategory for the 1969 record, “FolkTales of the Tribes of Africa.”

Kitt also acted in movies, playing thelead female role opposite Nat KingCole in “St. Louis Blues” in 1958. Shemore recently appeared in“Boomerang” and “Harriet the Spy” inthe 1990s.

“Generally the whole entertainmentbusiness now is bland,” she said in a1996 Associated Press interview. “It de-pends so much on gadgetry and flashnow. You don’t have to have talent to bein the business today.

“I think we had to have something tooffer, if you wanted to be recognized asworth paying for.”

Kitt was plainspoken about causesshe believed in. Her anti-war commentsat the White House came as she attend-ed a White House luncheon hosted byLady Bird Johnson.

“You send the best of this country offto be shot and maimed,” she told thegroup of about 50 women. “They rebelin the street. They don’t want to go toschool because they’re going to besnatched off from their mothers to beshot in Vietnam.”

For four years afterward, Kitt per-formed almost exclusively overseas.She was investigated by the FBI andCIA, which allegedly found her to befoul-mouthed and promiscuous.

“The thing that hurts, that becameanger, was when I realized that if youtell the truth – in a country that saysyou’re entitled to tell the truth – you getyour face slapped and you get put out ofwork,” Kitt told Essence magazine twodecades later.

In 1978, Kitt returned to Broadwayin the musical “Timbuktu!” – whichbrought her a Tony nomination – andwas invited back to the White House byPresident Jimmy Carter.

In 2000, Kitt earned another Tonynomination for “The Wild Party.” She

played the fairy godmother in Rodgersand Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” in2002.

As recently as October 2003, she wason Broadway after replacing ChitaRivera in a revival of “Nine.” She alsogained new fans as the voice of Yzmain the 2000 Disney animated feature“The Emperor’s New Groove,” andwon two Emmys for her voice work in“The Emperor’s New School.”

Kitt was born in North, S.C., and herroad to fame was the stuff of story-books. In her autobiography, she wrotethat her mother was black and Chero-kee while her father was white, and shewas left to live with relatives after hermother’s new husband objected to tak-ing in a mixed-race girl.

An aunt eventually brought her tolive in New York, where she attendedthe High School of Performing Arts,later dropping out to take various oddjobs.

By chance, she dropped by an audi-tion for the dance group run by Dun-ham, a pioneering African-Americandancer. In 1946, Kitt was one of theSans-Souci Singers in Dunham’sBroadway production “Bal Negre.”

Kitt’s travels with the Dunhamtroupe landed her a gig in a Paris night-club in the early 1950s. Kitt was spot-ted by Welles, who cast her in his Parisstage production of “Faust.” That led toa role in “New Faces of 1952,” whichfeatured such other stars-to-be as CarolLawrence, Paul Lynde and, as a writer,Mel Brooks.

In 1960, she married Bill McDonaldbut divorced him after the birth of theirdaughter, Kitt.

While on stage, she was daringlysexy and always flirtatious. Offstage,however, Kitt described herself as shyand almost reclusive, remnants of feel-ing unwanted and unloved as a child.She referred to herself as “that littleurchin cotton-picker from the South,Eartha Mae.”

Singer Eartha Kitt Dies at 81...

UU Continued from Page 1ing to people who have traveled toWashington to witness the event. Onelection night, their ratings peakedshortly after the general news networksdeclared Obama the winner - whenblack viewers turned to the stations tosoak it in with the people on the air.

“They talked about the emotion ofit,” said Johnathan Rodgers, TV One’spresident. “Everyone talked about theirown relatives and how they grew up.Almost everyone could not believe thatit happened in our lifetime.”

TV One plans to follow the inaugura-tion for 21 straight hours, from 6 a.m.EST on Jan. 20 to 3 a.m. EST the nextday. Radio talk-show host Joe Madisonand Art Fennell of CN8, the ComcastNetwork, will be the hosts. It’s alreadya big week for TV One: Martin LutherKing Jr.’s birthday the weekend beforemarks the fifth anniversary of the net-work’s launch.

With all that time on the air, TV One

will do its best to give its audience a re-al flavor of being there, Rodgers said.

“We will show the parade,” he said.“We will not overwhelm the paradewith a lot of pundits and other stuff.”

The connection between King’s workand Obama’s election will be a majortheme for the networks; BET will speakto King’s children for their thoughts onObama and is making a special, “Kingto Obama: Repurposing the Dream.”

BET is preparing several reports toair during the coverage, including alook at Michelle Obama; on the peoplewho helped elect the new president; onhis international appeal; and on his se-curity, asking, “Who is willing to take abullet for a black man?” BET, as theolder of the two networks and the onewith the wider reach, believes it has anadvantage over TV One because BETis the only one with a news division.

BET will include simple historicalexplainers about presidential inaugura-tions throughout the day; the network

reasons that many who will be watch-ing have never seen one before.

“This is the first time in a long time alot of people in our audience feel theyare really part of the process of select-ing a leader for the United States ofAmerica,” Hill said.

BET is planning a prime-time enter-tainment special taped earlier, “Yes WeWill: The BET Inaugural Celebration,”and will also sponsor its own inauguralball, which will be featured in live cut-ins. TV One is reporting from thescenes of Obama’s inaugural balls from10 p.m. EST to midnight.

General news networks are still for-mulating their coverage plans. It’s un-clear whether reporters will be assignedspecifically to cover the black perspec-tive on that day, but it obviously will bea big part of the story, said Paul Fried-man, CBS News senior vice president.

“I don’t know how you don’t coverthat story virtually all the waythrough,” he said.

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UU Continued from Page 1She told police Oct. 24

that she was mugged inBloomfield by a man whothen became enraged atthe John McCain bumpersticker on her car andcame back to leave anObama-themed mark. Ms.Todd’s story began to un-ravel when investigatorsnoticed the “B” was back-wards, as if she had cutherself using a mirror.

But by then, the talehad attracted national at-tention after a photo ofMs. Todd’s scarred facewas sent to The DrudgeReport Web site. In themidst of a heated cam-paign season, the assaultbecame an Internet and

cable news sensation. TheMcCain and Obama cam-paigns expressed concernfor her safety.

After police determinedthe report was fabricated,Ms. Todd was jailed for aweek and, upon her re-lease, ordered to undergocounseling as a conditionfor her entry into the Ac-celerated RehabilitativeDisposition – or ARD –program.

Her probation couldlast anywhere from six to24 months, according toAllegheny County Dis-trict Attorney spokesmanMike Manko. The termsof the probation will bedetermined at her firsthearing May 22.

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UU Continued from Page 1Obama once collected Spider-Mancomics. “We thought, ‘Fantastic! Wehave a comic-book geek in the WhiteHouse.’ “

The White House transition teamdid not respond to a question aboutthe extent of Obama’s comic-bookgeekiness, but Obama did mentionSpider-Man during the campaign, pri-marily at children-oriented events.And during an Entertainment Weeklypop culture survey, Obama said Bat-man and Spider-Man were his top su-perheroes because of their “inner tur-moil.” (John McCain picked Batman.)

In the story by Zeb Wells, ToddNauck and Frank D’Armata, Spider-Man stops the Chameleon from spoil-ing Obama’s swearing-in. At onepoint, Spider-Man says he mistookVice President-elect Joe Biden for theVulture (a vintage Spider-Man vil-lain).

The issue, selling for $3.99 at com-ic-book specialty shops (find one atcomicshoplocator.com), is expectedto be an instant sellout, especially be-cause the Obama cover, by PhilJimenez, is limited to half the run.

“This issue will have a lot of heatand go for premium prices. I already

have people calling about it,” saysAlan Giroux, owner of All AboutBooks and Comics in Phoenix. “I ex-pect this will be on the collectors’market for $20 by the first day.”

Presidents have been supportingcharacters in comics before: DuringWorld War II, superheroes foughtHitler as FranklinD. Rooseveltcheered them on. John F. Kennedy ap-peared in Action Comics #309 in1963, when he helped protect ClarkKent’s secret identity.

“If I can’t trust the president of theUnited States, who can I trust?” Su-perman tells Kennedy.

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UU Continued from Page 140 percent increase from2000.

Similarly, an estimated964 in the same age groupcommitted fatal shootingsin 2007 - a 38 percent in-crease from seven yearsearlier. The number of of-fenders is estimated be-cause not all crimes are re-ported, said Northeasterncriminologist James AlanFox, who co-authored thestudy.

“Although the overallrate of homicide in theUnited States remains rel-atively low, the landscapeis quite different for count-less Americans living, andsome dying, in violence-infested neighborhoods,”Fox said.

Seizing on President-elect Barack Obama’s in-coming administration asan opportunity for morefunding, Fox added:“There is an urgency forreinvestment in childrenand families. In essence,we need a bailout for kidsat risk.”

Obama will be the na-tion’s first black president.

The study partly blamedBush administration grantcuts to local police and ju-venile crime preventionprograms for the surge incrimes by young blackmen and teens. IncomingVice President Joe Bidenhas promised funding toput 50,000 new police of-

ficers on the street to helpbring violent crime ratesback to a decade-long an-nual decline that began inthe mid-1990s, after then-President Bill Clinton pro-vided local officials withmoney to hire 100,000new cops.

Nationwide, the numberof murders and violentcrimes overall droppedlast year after increasing in2005 and 2006, accordingto annual data compiled bythe FBI. Overall, however,murders have risen byabout 8 percent between2000 and 2007.

The FBI reported10,067 arrests in murderand non-negligentmanslaughter cases in2007. Half of the peoplearrested - 5,078 - wereblack. Almost 10 percentof black people arrestedfor murder were under age18, the FBI data show.

The number of youngwhite men who committedgun-related homicides al-so rose over the same peri-od, the Northeastern studyshowed, but not as dramat-ically. In 2007, an estimat-ed 384 white males age 14to 17 shot someone todeath, up from 368 in2000.

The numbers of homi-cides committed by wom-en and teenage girls -whether black or white -were relatively few, theNortheastern study found.

Black Youth Murderson the Rise...

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UU Continued from Page 1lion baby boomers comingin,” Social Security Com-missioner Michael J. Astruetold The Associated Press.“We just don’t have the in-frastructure to handle thatworkload in the traditionalfashion.”

The agency estimatesthat the baby boom genera-tion will become eligiblefor retirement at a rate of10,000 a day for the next 20years.

The Social Security sys-tem already faces a long-term financial crisis as few-er workers finance the re-tirements of more seniorcitizens. In 2008, it waspaying out some $614 bil-lion to 50 million retirees

and their dependents, dis-abled workers and sur-vivors.

The agency has had ver-sions of online applicationssince 2000, but in the pastapplicants have still had tomail or deliver paper docu-ments with their signaturesand copies of birth certifi-cates or W-2 forms. In thefuture, the process shouldbe paperless in the majorityof cases.

“We redid it fromscratch. It’s easier to use,it’s faster,” Astrue said. Hesaid it now takes about 45minutes for a field officer tofinish an application formfor a person who visits aSocial Security office.

David Certner, AARP’s

legislative policy director,said the new program was“a nice tool, particularly asmore people are more com-fortable with using thecomputer and the Internet.”

But he cautioned thatthere is still a fairly largeportion of the populationthat is not computer literate,and “we don’t want it tosubstitute for the ability todeal with a real person.”

Astrue gave assurancesthat people with more com-plicated applications orquestions can still call theagency or visit a field of-fice.

Duke, who at 62 is part ofthe coming baby boomerwave of retirees, made sev-eral public service an-

nouncements promoting theonline program. One is atakeoff of the 1960s sitcomThe Patty Duke Show, onwhich Duke played bothteenagers Patty and heridentical cousin Cathy. Inthe ad, the harried Patty istrying to gather paperworkfor her retirement benefitsapplication while the calmCathy advises her of theease of applying online.

The agency also plans torun full-page ads in USATODAY and several newsmagazines.

Those wanting to use thenew program can go towww.socialsecurity.govand click on “Appling On-line for Retirement Bene-fits.”

UU Continued from Page 1Although Oakland has no

direct jurisdiction over theincident, Dellums pledgedthat the city would investi-gate Grant’s shooting “likeany other homicide.” Unap-peased, the crowd of about50 protesters erupted in jeersand boos at the mayor’swords as he retreated intoCity Hall, demanding thatMehserle be brought to jus-tice for the unarmed 22-year-old father’s death.

About a dozen of theprotesters then began smash-ing windows of nearby busi-nesses and cars, includingseveral city of Oakland vehi-cles parked near 17th Streetand on San Pablo Avenue,just north of Frank H.Ogawa Plaza.

In response, police firedwhat appeared to be tear gasfor the second time after arelatively peaceful demon-stration began at the Fruit-vale BART Station.

By the time a marchingcrowd left the Fruitvale sta-tion and reached the LakeMerritt BART station, theprotest had turned violent.Cars were burned, windowsof cars and downtown busi-nesses were smashed,Dumpsters were overturned,tear gas was fired, and atleast 13 people were arrest-ed. Protesters broke out win-dows and dented an OaklandPolice Department car.

The protesters also threwbottles in the direction of of-ficers, and as many as 200police, including Oakland’sTactical Operations Team,were called to the scene.BART police and officersfrom the Housing Authoritywere sent in for backup.

Ken Epstein, assistant edi-tor of the Oakland Post, whowas finishing an articleabout Grant’s death,watched from the 12th storyof his office at 14th andFranklin streets as his 2002

Honda CR-V disintegratedin a roar of flames as the po-lice continued to pushprotesters down 14th Streetfrom the intersection withBroadway, smashing storewindows and setting trashcans on fire.

The protesters were out-raged that the officer in-volved had not been inter-viewed, he said, adding thathe shared their anger. It wasclear from the videotape thatGrant was lying facedownand he hadn’t been accusedof a crime, Epstein added.

“I’m sorry my car wasburned but the issue is veryupsetting,” he said.

As the standoff escalated,protesters chanted “murder,murder, murder” and wereforced by heavily armed po-lice toward Madison and15th streets. It was at thattime protesters set ablaze an-other car and smashed shopwindows, including CreativeAfrican Braids, Oakland

Yoon’s Pharmacy and theMcDonald’s on 14th andMadison streets. Damage es-timates were impossible togather late Wednesday, aswas the extent of the dam-age.

BART spokesman LintonJohnson said three stationsgot shut down by protestersWednesday – 12th Street,Fruitvale and Lake Merritt.

Johnson said no one wasseriously hurt at those sta-tions and no BART propertywas damaged. “There willbe beefed-up security andBART police on standby” atthe BART board of directorsmeeting at 9 a.m. this morn-ing, he said.

The protesters were “call-ing attention to somethingthat is a systematic problem,which won’t go away withan apology,” said a 29-year-old who identified himselfonly as B. Rex. He was ar-rested and taken by police ina squad car soon after.

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Office and the child’s bio-logical father, Joe Hudson,the Fresno County ChildProtective Services (CPS)reportedly took no actionto protect the child fromongoing abuse by Vaughnand Ireland.

“They failed to protectmy son and now he isdead,” stated Hudsonwhile discussing his son’sdeath with the media.

From all indications,CPS dropped the ball bynot actively taking steps toremove the child from hishome environment afterhaving received so manywarnings about suspectedchild abuse of Seth byVaughn and Ireland.

Hudson stated that hehas been pressuring CPSto do something about hisson’s suspected abuse byVaughn for severalmonths. He said he con-tacted CPS in Septemberbecause of his concernsover Vaughn’s behavior,but apparently nothing wasdone.

Hudson also released acopy of a letter written toCPS by Kirk ElementarySchool principal CarlaManning in Novemberlisting her concerns aboutSeth and his seven-year-old half-brother whichstated in part, “I am very

concerned about the well-being of the boys … bothboys are absent a lot andthey come to school withbruises.”

The Advocate ContactedCatherine Huerta, directorof Fresno County Childrenand Family Services,which includes CPS, andwas asked to comment oncriticisms by Hudson andothers over the apparentfailure of CPS to protectSeth from child abuse.

Huerta said, “I wouldlove to answer questionsabout this case, but I amlegally prohibited from do-ing so at this time.”

Vaughn has been for-mally charged with murderand Ireland has beencharged with two counts ofchild abuse.

Fresno County SuperiorCourt Judge W. KentHamilton set bail at $1million for Vaughn and$30,000 for Ireland.

Fresno Unfied SchoolDistrict released a state-ment to the Advocate say-ing, “Seth did very well inschool. He had manyfriends and teachers en-joyed having him in theirclasses. The entire staff atColumbia are deeply sad-dened by this tragedy.School Psychologists willbe on campus on Mondayto serve the needs of thestudents and staff.”

Donations for funeralexpenses can be sent to:

The Law Offices ofMitchell, Miller & Ayala

191 West Shaw Avenue, Suite #102Fresno, California 93704

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January 20, 2009Breakfast Begins at 8:00 am

Inauguration Broadcast at 9:00 amCome watch the culmination of months of hard work by Democratsand Progressives across America. Join democrats from across Fres-no County at the Radisson Hotel in Downtown Fresno. Have break-fast and watch the Inauguration on three huge screens.

$35.00Group Sponsorships Available

For More Information, call (559) 495-0606Make Checks Payable to the Fresno Democratic Central Committee

History Has Been Made!We’ve Taken Back the White House!

Inauguration of the 44thPresident of the United StatesBarack Hussein Obama

As the nation prepares for a historicalpresidency on Tues., January 20, 2009ó44thUS President Barack Obamaa diverse, Fres-no community will celebrate the overturewith the previous campaign message ma-tured, “We Are the Change,” at the African-American Museum of the San Joaquin Val-ley that same day.

Valley Black Talk Radio, the African-American Museum and the Southern Chris-tian Leadership Conference, (founded by thelate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,) havepulled key Fresno community organizationstogether as co-hosts of this grand affairTues., Jan 20th from 5-7 PM to celebrate theinauguration of President Barack Obama.

With the help of sponsors and co-hostssuch as; Fresno West Coalition, CaliforniaAdvocate Newspaper, Good Citizens Inc.,City of Fresno Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. Unity Committee, National Network inAction and Fresno City College Black Fac-

ulty & Staff, the event will be free admissionfor all.

Key sponsors helping to bring the event tolife include: Fresno City Council PresidentCynthia Sterling, Ann Marie Production, Ur-ban Strategic Enterprises, and Grandmoth-er’s Love.

Coupled with sponsored food and enter-tainment, the festive celebration will includea replay of the inauguration ceremony fromearlier that day, an informal program withcommunity discussion lead by prominent ac-tivist and Fresno City College professor, Ke-hinde Solwazi, and Obama displays andparaphernalia available for the public.

Also the African-American Museum hascollectively created an “Obama Ambience”amongst the arts community so that citizenscan travel between the different festivities tocontinue celebrating at Arte Americas,Downtown Community Arts Collective andthe Fresno Metropolitan Museum.

‘We Are the Change’ Celebration‘We Are the Change’ Celebration mobilizes diversity and solidarity

in Greater Fresno for the upcoming inauguration day

For more information, please go to: www.vbtradio.org orcall the African-American Museum at 559-268-7102.

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Hope you will join us to celebrate this historicalevening, the inauguration of Barack Obama, elect-ed 44th President of the United States of America.

Tuesday, January 20th, 20093705 N. Maroa, Fresno CA 93704

$40.00 per person with commemorative giftSocial 5:30-6:30 Buffet Dinner

Send Check, Money Order, Cashier’s Check, payable to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

RSVP by January 20th, 2009 to one of the following addresses:

Columbus Craig • 1424 W. Paul Ave. • Fresno CA 93711 • (559) 435-4395Paul White • 2315 Ashlan Ave. • Clovis CA 93704 • (559) 292-5114

City of Fresno 2009 Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr. March & CelebrationLIVING THE DREAM:Let Freedom Ring for Service in

Our Community, Nation, and WorldPresented by the Fresno

Martin Luther King Unity Committee

“MOUNTAIN OF FOOD” DRIVEPlease support the Valley Food Bank & reduce hunger in our community

**Canned food will be collected at all events**

Friday, January 16, 2009 – Opening Garlanding Ceremo-ny (12:00-1:00pm). Location: Fresno County CourthousePark (at MLK Bust), 1100 Van Ness Ave. Opening Ceremony.Please bring flowers. Contact: Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor (559)435-2212 or Gall Gaston (559) 681-3140.

Friday, January 16, 2009 – Award Reception (6:00-7:30pm / Program begins at 6:30pm).Location: African American Museum, 1857 Fulton Ave. Reception to honor awardees foroutstanding service to the community in five categories: 1) Business 2) Organization 3)Youth 4) Female, and 5) Male.Contact: Julia Dudley (559) 352-1444.

Saturday, January 17, 2009 – Community Breakfast (Breakfast served at 8:30am / Pro-gram starts at 9:30am). Location: Clovis Veterans Memorial Building, 453 Hughes Ave,Clovis (Hughes & Fifth Street). Come enjoy food, entertainment, and Keynote Speaker Pas-tor Steve Davidson from Clovis Hills Church. Tickets: $5.00 each in advance (tables of 8available) & canned food donations to benefit the Clovis Salvation Army. Contact: CarolineCarlson (559) 324-2416 at Clovis Police Department or Gail Gaston (559)681-3140.

Saturday, January 17, 2009 – All Faith Service (4:00-6:00pm). Location: 2nd BaptistChurch. 1041 E. Jensen Ave. (Jensen & MLK Blvd) Various beloved community speakers,spiritual leaders, and musical talent. Contact: Dr Sudarshan Kapoor (559) 435-2212 orRev. Bruce McAlister (559) 227-9819.

Sunday, January 18, 2009 – Candlelight Vigil (5:00-6:00pm). Location: Saints Rest Mis-sionary Baptist Church, 1550 E. Rev Chester Riggins Ave. Enjoy a variety of communityspeakers & musical performances. Contact: Dr. David Howard (559) 277-9552, Pastor Ru-fus Fruge (559) 347-8217, or Janet Capella (559 974-1824.

Monday, January 19, 2009 – March and “Mountain of Food” Collection (9:15-10:45am).Location: St. John’s Cathedral, 2814 Mariposa Ave. Marchers assemble at 9:15AM. Marchbegins at 10:00AM, ending at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium for Commemoration Pro-gram. “Mountain of Food” will be collected at St. John’s Cathedral. Contact: EnriqueReade (559) 940-2159, Bishop John Sims (559) 351-9524, or James Leftill (559) 284-6420.

Monday, January 19, 2009 – Commemoration Program (10:45am-12:00pm)Location: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 2425 Fresno St. Commemoration program featur-ing inspirational speakers and musical talent. Contact: Julia Dudley (559) 352-1444 orBishop John Sims (559) 351-9524.

Monday, January 19, 2009 – Fresno Falcons Hockey in collaboration with Fresno MLKUnity Committee and HandsOn Central California. Location: Selland Arena. Doors openat 12:00PM / Game starts at 1:05pm. Fresno Falcons vs. Utah Grizzlies Game honoring Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and volunteers throughout the Valley. All Tickets 1/2 price. Con-tact: Fresno Falcons Ticket Office (559) 485-PUCK (7825).

Thursday, February 12, 2009 – Student Art Exhibition/Reception (Reception 4:00PM /Program 5:00PM). Location: Fresno Metropolitan Museum, 1515 Van Ness Ave. Honoringstudent speech, essay, and art winners from Fresno and Clovis Unified, and other FresnoCounty School Districts. Art on display January 27-February 22, 2009. Contact: ShirleyHargis (559)265-3060.

FRESNO MLK UNITY COMMITTEEwww.mlkfresno.com

CHAIRMAN: Dr. David Howard (559) 277-9552 CO-CHAIR: Julia Dudley-Najieb (559) 352-1444

Martin Luther King

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