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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve offered super-low interest rates for two more years Tuesday — an unprecedented step to arrest an economic free fall that dragged down the stock market. Wall Street roared its approval and finished a wild day with a 429-point gain. The rally was remarkably fast — the Dow Jones industrial average was still down for the day with less than an hour of trading to
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go — and enough to erase two-thirds of its decline the day before. The Fed set its target for interest rates near zero in 2008 as a response to the financial crisis that fall. Since then, it had said only that rates would stay low for an “extended period.” On Tuesday, it said that would be at least through mid-2013. But the Fed also said it expects the economy to stay weak for two more
years, longer than the Fed had previously indicated. It has already been more than two years since the end of the Great Recession. The central bank left open the possibility of a third round of bond purchases designed to hold interest rates down and push stock prices up. The second round, announced last year, sparked a 28 percent rally in the Dow
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SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs recorded everything he said. Thousands of pages, written with biblical flourish, about God wanting him to take 12-year-old wives. About those girls needing to sexually please him. About men he banished for not building his temple fast enough. - PAGE A6
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With great concentration on the task at hand, and paying no attention whatsoever to the photographer capturing the scene for posterity, Emily Salas, a preschooler at Midway Learning Center, digs out a ripe watermelon from the school’s garden in their playground, Tuesday afternoon.
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On any given day, the dozens of happy preschoolers enrolled in the newly built Midway Learning Center play outdoors in their playground or inside the class-
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kevin Ogletree reached back with one hand, tipped the ball up and then made a nifty grab in the end zone with a defender right behind him. Even though that catch came during a Dallas Cowboys training camp drill, every play counts for Ogletree while trying to secure his spot as the team’s third receiver. During a later situational practice against the No. 1 defense, Ogletree caught four passes. Three of them were from Tony Romo during a two-minute drill. - PAGE B1
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room during circle group time, learning social, developmental and cognitive skills, just like any other day care facility. The Christian academic and day care center, which serves infants as young as 6 weeks old to toddlers as old as 5, has grown
from 18 young students to 24 in the past year and a half since it has opened. But, as it turns out, the center’s owners have much bigger plans for the small day care. Owners, the Rev. Dan E. Sons
Roswell is a fun, accessible All American City that is rich in history and cultural diversity both terrestrial and extraterrestrial. With numerous museums, outdoor activities, family events and impeccable climate, Roswell always offers much more than expected. That is the core message, verbatim, that will drive more tourists to Roswell, advertising firm Hayduk King Advertising Inc. told city councilors during a marketing workshop Tuesday. Though, they did present a snappier tag line to sum it all up: “Roswell: See it for yourself.” “It’s that, ‘We have so much to offer here, we ask you to come, please visit and see it for yourself,’” Jason Walker, creative director for HK Advertising, said. “The ‘See it for yourself’ ties back into that mysterious statement of, ‘If you believe in aliens, if you don’t believe in aliens, come see it for yourself and make up your own mind.’ It’s adding to that kind of call of action to bring people to Roswell.” It’s all a part of Roswell’s most recent marketing campaign to boost its year -long tourism
Water main London tries tripling police to end riots bursts Tues.; detours result
A 36-inch water main burst along College Boulevard and Garden Avenue, around 2 p.m., Tuesday. Garden Avenue was blocked from 19th Street to College Boulevard. Barricades were placed on College Boulevard at Grand Avenue and Atkinson Avenue. The traf fic has been rerouted around this area. As of 4:30 p.m., the break had not been isolated. Art Torrez, manager of Waste and Water, could not predict how long the detour would be in place. Shawn Ernst, of the street department, said that no one had lost water service. “Usually they route water around the break, but people might notice a loss in water pressure.”
LONDON (AP) — Thousands more police officers flooded London streets Tuesday in a bid to end Britain’s worst rioting in a generation as nervous shopkeepers closed early and some residents stood guard to protect their neighborhoods. An eerie calm prevailed in the city, but unrest spread across central and norther n England on a fourth night of violence driven by poor, diverse and brazen crowds of young people. Scenes of ransacked stores, torched cars and blackened buildings frightened and outraged Britons just a year before London is to host the summer Olympic Games, and brought demands for a tougher response from law enforcement. London’s Metropolitan Police Department put thousands more
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A burning car set alight during the second night of civil disturbances in central Birmingham, England, Tuesday.
officers in the streets and said that by today there would be 16,000 — almost triple the number present Monday. Britain’s riots began Saturday
when an initially peaceful protest over a police shooting in London’s Tottenham neighbor-
John Popham sets Senior Olympics 1,500-meter run record VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
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John Popham broke the state record in the 1,500-meter run for men ages 80-84 at the New Mexico Senior Olympics competition, in July.
Although he set a new state record the first time he participated with the New Mexico Senior Olympics, John Popham’s astonishing win is anything but beginner’s luck. Popham set the new state record in the 1,500-meter run in his age category for the New Mexico Senior Olympics, which took place July 27-31 in Las Cruces. The category was men ages 80-84. Popham completed the 1,500-meter run in 9 minutes, 17 seconds. The former state record was 9 minutes, 56 seconds, set in
1997. “I was surprised,” Popham said of his recordbreaking feat. “I didn’t even know there was a state record. ... Everyone thought it was special. I didn’t set out to break a record. I was just training to do the best I could.” Popham also came in second in the 200-meter dash and third in the 100meter dash. A novice when it comes to Senior Olympics, Popham is no beginner in running. Tall and fit, the 80-year-old is a seasoned runner who ran track in high school. These days, Popham runs with his dogs
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and plays tennis with friends weekday mornings. Originally from Michigan, Popham has lived in several places, including Kansas and Minnesota. While living in the Twin Cities area, he started running competitively. “I did a lot of running on my own, just for exercise,” he said. “I didn’t start competing until I was in my sixties. I started running at least 5k’s.” It wasn’t until Popham moved to Roswell six years ago that he learned more about the senior games. “People I knew were parSee POPHAM Page A2