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Municipal elections qualifying continues BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Marine killed 14 people and wounded 32 others from a tower at the University of Texas before he was killed by police. The current national conversation on guns was kicked off by President Obama’s re-election in November. With Mitt Romney defeated, many on the right believed a second Obama term would bring the disarmament of the American people. The gun conversation crossed

At the midpoint of the qualifying period, candidates for mayor and aldermen are slowly coming forth in Alcorn County municipalities. Most cities and towns across the state are electing leadership this year. Corinth is one of the handful of exceptions. Mayors in Farmington, Glen, Kossuth and Rienzi are all planning to seek reelection. Farmington, where party primaries may be necessary for the first time, has the most candidates thus far. Recent additions running for alderman include incumbents Mac Grisham and Lowell Gann and a newcomer, Mikey Joe Wilbanks, all on the Republican ticket. Incumbent aldermen Bill Hebert and Johnny Potts are seeking reelection, as well as Mayor Dale Fortenberry, all as Republicans. A Republican Executive Committee recently formed to conduct the party primary in Farmington. In Rienzi, the only one who has submitted papers thus far is Mayor Walter Williams, who will seek a second term. In Kossuth, Clerk Randy Holt said no qualifying papers have been submitted, but Mayor Donald Pace plans to seek reelection, as does most of the Board of Aldermen. The town of Glen also has no qualifying papers in hand yet, but Clerk Lynn Fielding said she anticipates that May-

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Gun buying boom Firearm control fears prompt rise in sales BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Everyone is talking about guns these days. From the marble floors of the U.S. Senate to the chattiest cranny of Facebook, everybody has something to say about the matter. A good place to hear the talk is in a gun store. While some don’t wish to have their opinions committed to public record, others couldn’t be happier to oblige. Baldwyn resident Eric Davis, 31, made the trip to Corinth last

week to get an idea of what the selection was like around town. Davis was an avid hunter, he said, before his two children were born. Now he’s more concerned with home defense. And as a self-described gun enthusiast, he has a thing or two to say about the drone of Washington voices calling for stricter regulations and outright bans on some models of “assault weapons.” For one thing, Davis is not happy with the term “assault

weapon.” Anything could be an assault weapon, he insists. “They’re raising Cain about semi-automatic rifles, but that’s just because they look dangerous to people who don’t know any better,” Davis pointed out. “The truth is, somebody who knows what he’s doing could take a bolt-action deer rifle and do just as much or more damage. Think about what happened in Texas back years ago with the guy on the tower.” In 1966 a student and former

Local mayors lend their support IRS opens filing for most federal tax returns to local sales tax legislation BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

Local mayors say a proposal in the state legislature to allow the establishment of an additional sales tax to fund infrastructure and other improvements could be a major boost for area cities. The state senate and house are both considering versions of a bill known as the Citizens for Economic Development Act that would allow citizens in municipalities across the state to vote to increase local sales tax by one percent. Both bills would require citizens in a city seeking the increase to approve it by a 60 percent vote and the proposals would be required to be limited to particular projects with a definite time limit. Both bills await ac-

tion in the state legislature. Corinth Mayor Tommy Irwin said he doesn’t believe it’s likely the legislation will pass this year, but he is strongly in favor of the plan and sees it as a way to pay for much needed improvements to local infrastructure. He believes it’s only right to give people the right to choose the direction they want their city to take. “I hope people will be given the right to vote on it,” he said. Irwin, who recently spent several days along with Corinth Alderman JC Hill as part of a group of mayors and officials meeting with the governor and legislators seeking support for the proposal, said municipal budgets are stretched to the limit and additional funds are needed in order to fix crum-

bling infrastructure such as roads and bridges. He said the issue is one of economic development and quality of life. “Economic development requires adequate infrastructure,” he said. When industry executives visit an area to consider locating a new facility, their first impression is based on the quality of roads and other infrastructure. A bad impression can kill those opportunities for growth and new jobs. “It’s a turn off for them,” he said. Irwin noted the legislation would create a much different tax than the Future Fare proposal rejected by Corinth vot-

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Many people can begin filing federal income tax returns now, but the IRS is still making preparations for some of the more complex returns after recent tax law changes. The filing season opened on Wednesday, a bit later than normal because of the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. “The vast majority of people can file simple tax returns now,” said Mark Green, IRS media relations specialist for Mississippi. “However, because of the changes made by congress, there are still a number of forms being updated as we speak.” A full listing of the delayed forms is at IRS.gov. Some of them include Form 5695 (residential energy credits), Form 4562 (depreciation and amorti-

zation) and Form 3800 (general business credit). Green said taxpayers can expect the delayed forms to become available by late February or early March. “Most of the people with complex returns generally wait until later in the season, anyway,” said Green. He said taxpayers need to know that three popular credits that were set to expire on Dec. 31 were extended by the legislation. These include the educator expense deduction, which allows teachers of kindergarten through 12th grade to take a deduction for up to $250 of outof-pocket costs for school and classroom supplies. Also extended are the higher education tuition and fees deduction and the deduction for Please see IRS | 3A

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Agenda set for city board meeting TVA for assistance with Wurlitzer building cleanup ■ Consider engaging Cook Coggin Engineers to prepare planning and design documents for improvements to the South Parkway and Highway 72 intersection ■ Engineer statement on wastewater treatment plant ■ Pay request from Max Foote Construction ■ Consider purchase of 2013 Ford Explorer from local vendor ■ Resolution to adjudicate cost of property cleanup at 1103 Tate Street ■ Zoning and planning matters, if any ■ Application for plumbing and electrician license from Terry Hunkapiller ■ Meeting minutes from Jan. 2, Jan. 4, Jan. 15, Jan. 22 and Jan. 25 ■ Brett Marlar and Reece Terry with the Alliance for economic development.

The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The agenda includes the following business: ■ Amelia Park — Proclamation for dating violence awareness ■ Hardwick Kay — Introduction of new arena employee ■ Continued public hearing on cleanup at W.R. Rhoades property on Highway 72 East ■ Milus Copeland with NAACP ■ Reports of the department heads ■ Resignation of Sydney Latch from the street department ■ Sewer department emergency repairs on Webster Street ■ Consider advertising for request for qualifications for administrative and engineering services for 2013 Community Development Block Grant project and application ■ Consider grant application by The Alliance to

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the ideological aisle in December, when a mentally disturbed young man slaughtered 20 children at an elementary school in a quiet Connecticut town. When erroneous reports had the shooter using a rifle with a highcapacity magazine and military-looking cosmetic features, many on the left began howling about “assault weapons.” In the weeks following the shooting, “assault weapons” became to the left what “death panels” had been to the right. Amid fears of an imminent crackdown on the firearms industry, gun people rushed out and began buying up as much ordnance as they could get their hands on — especially the dangerous-looking “assault weapons” the liberals were raising such a fuss over. It was like nothing ever seen before at Lonnie’s Sporting Goods, a Corinth dealership in business since the 1960s. With the president vowing to introduce stricter

gun regulations in the weeks following the Sandy Hook massacre, the great gun boom continued. Gun dealerships struggled to keep up as the demand for their product greatly outstripped the available supply. “Our business has been affected like any other dealership. When it comes to guns and ammo, we just can’t keep up,” said Sammy Green, the co-owner of Big Boys Pawn, Guns & Gold, Corinth’s newest gun store. “President Obama has been a great gun salesman.” Green’s business had the good fortune to have a large inventory when the boom began, he said, but with the continuing demand all across the country, he can’t get the kind of bigger shipments from gun makers that he needs to keep his inventory where he wants it. The boom extends to ammo as well. Before things got crazy, most customers would buy a box or two of ammunition at a time. Lately Green has seen some serious stockpiling, customers who

want to purchase thousands of rounds at one time. Even lightweight .22 caliber bullets are hard to come by these days. A .22 is not what anybody would think of when somebody says “assault rifle” — it’s more of a recreational round, popular for target plinkers for its low cost. It’s a boy’s first rifle. But even Wal-Mart can’t keep .22 rounds in stock. If the Walton family’s behemoth can’t use its mighty leverage to get more .22 bullets, there is little hope for a smaller business like Green’s to get a shipment or two. The scarcity creates more panic, which leads to even greater demand. Big Boys has fared better than most gun stores in the area. With good connections with manufacturers and a larger-than-average inventory of tactical weapons in stock to begin with, it has become the goto place for gun enthusiasts in the mid-south looking for high-end items. In the midst of the boom and widespread scarcity of combat weapons, Big Boys

has managed to maintain an impressive inventory. A European bullpup-style rifle sits on the shelf behind the counter, next to a pair of Ak-47s and even an AR15 — the most repeatedlymaligned model of firearm in the world since the incorrect reports placed it in the hands of the Sandy Hook shooter. The AR is also one of the models most in demand. Every day somebody from over 100 miles away makes the trip to the Corinth gun store looking for these kinds of guns, said a staff member. “We’re going to do the best we can as long as we can at furnishing our customers with their needs,” said Green. Despite the talk about stiffer regulations coming from Washington and widespread concerns among gun enthusiasts, Green is calmly optimistic about the future. “People have just got it on their minds. I think it will all settle down in a few months,” he said. “I’m sure some limitations will be put on some of the stuff — but who knows?”

ments, improvements to parks and recreation facilities and economic development efforts as examples of projects that could be funded through this type of tax. He said it all comes down to economic development and understanding the role of government in those efforts. “The government does not create jobs, but it’s the responsibility of government to make the economic environment

attractive enough to bring jobs,” he said. Farmington Mayor Dale Fortenberry said he prefers a wait and see approach on the legislation. He believes this type of bill could be a good thing if citizens want to pay the tax increase to improve their town, but any proposal under it would have to be narrowly targeted and limited in scope. “It’s something that’s going to have to be used very wisely,” he said.

MAYORS one,” he said. Booneville Mayor Joe Eaton said he’s also a big supporter of the concept because he believes citizens should have the right to choose what kind of community they want to live in. “All this bill does is give the local people the right to have a voice in the process of city growth,” he said. Eaton said Booneville sees a huge influx of students coming into the

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ers last fall which would have raised ad valorem taxes to pay for improvements in the city. The bill before the legislature would allow voters to vote on a sales tax increase. The mayor said the sales tax would be paid by everyone who does business and uses the city’s roads and other infrastructure. “It would affect every-

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community attending Northeast Mississippi Community College and while the city is thankful for them and welcomes them, an additional sales tax would allow revenue to be generated by taxing everyone who uses the city’s streets and other services including those who don’t actually reside in the city. He noted the proposals not only require vote to be implemented but any proposal for an increase

under either bill must include a detailed explanation of how the funds will be used with a clear end date for the projects included. He emphasized it would not be allowed to simply go into the city general fund for general operations. Eaton pointed to needs in the city including significant renovations to the historic Booneville Hardware Building now used as a cultural arts center, street improve-

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Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2013. There are 331 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.

On this date: In 1783, Spain formally recognized American independence. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard peace conference off the Virginia coast; the talks deadlocked over the issue of Southern autonomy. In 1924, the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington, D.C., at age 67. In 1930, the chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft, resigned for health reasons. (He died just over a month later.) In 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a German torpedo; of the more than 900 men aboard, only some 230 survived. In 1953, the Batepa Massacre took place in Sao Tome as Portuguese troops killed some 1,000 striking plantation workers. In 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

Kossuth High School Second Quarter Honor Roll Ninth Grade All A’s: A.J. Carter, Marci Coffman, Darbie Coleman, Katherine Corbin, Jessica Crum, Katelyn Crum, Carree Davis, Joshua Davis, Kristen Devers, Helen Doss, Christian Drewery, Tyler Fowler, Abigail Gray, Dylan Hight, Serra Hinton, Rick Hodum, Mercedes Hutcheson, Andrew Ketchum, Tony Kirk, Isis Longoria, Abigail Mattox, Allison McDaniel, Ashley McDaniel, Madelyn McVey, Terry Michaels, Scott Null, Jamie O’Bannon, Kathryn O’Bannon, Shelby Phillips, Zachary Shawl, Latisha Studdard, Hunter Swindle, Mallorie Waldon, Elizabeth Wessler, Jacob Wilcher, Heath Wooten; A & B: Avery Arnold, Chazz Bain, Emily Blakney, Connard Boyer, Marshall Briggs, Jacob Brock, Ethan Burcham, Bryley Clement, Colman Cook, Carlie Crum, Hunt-

er Crum, Justice Crum, Nickolas Crump, Tanner Downs, Taylor Heavener, Allison Hodum, Malarie Hopkins, Laura Hunsucker, Olivia Irvin, Sky Jackson, Luke Lyles, Kasey McKee, Reed Mitchell, Hunter Murphy, Cameron Newcomb, Lindsey Newman, Elijah Potts, Joseph Reed, Connor Richardson, Shelbie Rider, Hannah Sides, Tracy Skelton, Jon Allen Spencer, Sara Talley, Cole Tomlin, Anna Tyson 10th Grade All A’s: Will Armenta, Mckayla Bradley, Madison Briggs, Emmitt Burke, Stephani Byrd, Veronica Chadwell, Abigail Clausel, Autumn Clites, Samantha Cornelius, Kaitlin Crum, Cheyenne Daniel, Ty Dickson, Kevin Ginn, Savannah Gray, Zaen Harbin, Brett Holley, Kristen Jacobs, Kyndal Jones, Garison Lathrop, Destiney Mercer, Jordan Mercer, Cheyenne Phillips, Maecy Rinehart, Matt Rowland, Daniel Sauer, Kelsie Shelton,

Cassie Shields, Ben Shipman, Rebecca Spencer, Bradley Strachan, Madison Switcher, Samantha Talley, Parrish Tice, Kelsey Wills, Brandon Wood, Cody Woodruff; A & B: Brandon Beckham, Weston Bobo, Briana Bryan, Chelsey Crum, Shelby Crum, Austin Davis, Dylan Devlin, Brendie Eaton, Hunter Glidewell, Jonathan Godwin, Zakary Harbin, Shannondoah Jeter, Briana Jones, John Stuart Jones, Jasmine Lee, Louis Lettieri, Joan Longoria, Kaylee Martin, Kelsea Michael, Carleigh Mills, Bailey Mitchell, Logan Morton, Luke Osborn, Mitchell Page, Madison Parks, Dakota Pittman, Kaleb Roberts, Courtney Seals, Blake Shipman, Stegan Smith, Matthew Stewart, Alison Strickland, Brooke Switcher, Taylor Trantham, Abie Trim, Hailey Troxell, Alexanderia Tullis, Katie Walls 11th Grade All A’s: Shelbi Barnes, Cheyenne Bennett, Marlee

Sue Bradley, Tyler Bryant, Joseph Demitro, Kelsey English, Ryleigh Follin, Angelia Hall, Sarry-Ann Jones, Riley Kuykendall, Bailey McDaniel, Jacob Meeks, Drew Mitchell, Emile Neelis, Chase Peterson, Nathan Rhodes, Ashley Stewart, Alyssa Trulove, Baylee Turner, Rachel Winters, Luke Wooten; A & B: Blythe Bullard, Olivia Cooley, Savannah Dixon, Beth Ann Frazier, Nathan Ginn, Alison Green, Amber Hastings, Colby Hutcheson, Scarlet Inman, Alex Macias, Tyler Mercer, Justin Mills, Brett Montgomery, Nathan Morelock, Emily Nguyen, Cheyenne Null, Abigail Null, Alan Ramsey, Brittney Rencher, Arian Ruiz, Amber Smith, Brittany Stansel, Kaylee Switcher, 12th Grade All A’s: Dylan Adams, Ashley Ballard, Tiffany Blackard, Brittany Brooks, Hailey Carmon, Cole Childers, Carliauna Cole, Lauren Coleman, Keri Crum, Brandon Grayson,

Marshall Grooms, Emily Hefner, Blake Holley, Wilson Jones, Lindsey Ligon, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jenna Nails, Marisa Nelms, Bayleigh Nethery, Elizabeth Peters, Kara Reynolds, Hannah Rinehart, Heaven Ronacher, Jonathan Shaw, Whitney Shipman, Megan Singleton, Shelby Stewart, Hunter Thompson, Paden Tomlin, Sayde Turner, Jacqulyn White, Chandler Wilder, Allison Wright; A & B: John Andrews, D.J. Baker, Lindsey Cox, Kaitlyn Crews, Brianna Davis, Jordan Dickson, Fu Meng, Amanda Greer, Kyle Gunn, Sabrina Hunsucker, Marissa Hunter, Colton Jumper, Anna Kirk, Cloie Lambert, Zackery Marcinek, Tyler Martin, Denzel Miller, Josh Miller, Blake Mills, Hunter Mitchell, Brianna Morphis, Hannah Parks, Taylor Rencher, Hunter Richardson, Noah Richardson, Bradley Roach, Autumn Rorie, Chase Settlemires, Jamie Smith, Josh Whitaker, Tyler Wilbanks, Katie Wilbanks.

ning as independents, the number of signatures required for the petition is 15 in Glen, Kossuth and Rienzi, and 50 in Farmington. In Glen and Kossuth, where the town halls are

not open full time, individuals interested in running for office can leave a message at the town hall phone number. It’s not unusual for the towns to have a small slate of candidates. Dur-

ing the last election season in 2009, Glen and Kossuth had the same number of candidates as positions and were not required to hold the general election. Farmington had only four candidates for

the five-member Board of Aldermen and had to hold a special election to complete the board. The general election date is June 4. The primary date if needed in Farmington is May 7.

in areas with no state and local income taxes. Electronic filing continues to grow, and Green encourages people to utilize the free options found

under the Free File section at IRS.gov. “It cuts out the middle man and you are assured that the information you transmit is secure,” he

said. “The other big thing is individuals can get a time frame of when to expect to receive their refund and get acknowledgement within 24 hours that the

return was received. It is fast, safe and accurate.” For those filing on paper, the Corinth Library has some tax forms available in the lobby.

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or John Little and all of the incumbent aldermen will seek reelection. The qualifying period is open through 5 p.m. on March 8. For those run-

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Education remains hot topic at Capitol BY CLAYTON STANLEY Columnist

Committee week in the Mississippi legislature was marked with a flurry of meetings of the nearly 100 legislative committees. As in prior weeks, education remained the hot topic. The education committees in each house met to consider a number of pieces of proposed education policy. On Wednesday Lt. Gov. Reeves and Speaker Gunn announced a piece of legislation (SB2395 & HB781) that would provide $8 million in matching funds to communities for pre-kindergarten. Pre-K providers would have to apply to participate and provide a 50 percent match to receive the funds. The legislation encourages private donations to fund the local match by offering tax credits. Several bills aimed at improving literacy also moved out of the Education committees in both houses last week. SB2347, SB2658, and HB890 all contain some form of reading initiative, aimed at identifying and treating reading deficiencies prior to the third grade. All three bills require that students be retained if reading deficiencies are not resolved by the end of the third grade. Other education bills that moved last week were SB2199 and its companion HB449 would require that all local school superintendents be appointed by their local school boards beginning January 1, 2016. In addition to considering whether the literally thousands of bills will live or die, the state agencies began to make their funding requests for the upcoming fiscal year. One budget presentation came from the Mississippi Department of Transportation who presented sobering facts about the challenges they face. Commissioners Hall and Tagert opened by highlighting the impact that transportation infrastructure has on Mississippi’s economy. In some way every aspect of the economy depends on transportation- highway, rail, water or air. Twenty-five years ago legislators and civic leaders (many from this community) took a bold step toward improving Mississippi's highway system. These leaders pushed for and ultimately passed what became known as the 1987 “AHEAD” Highway Plan, which prioritized highways to be four-laned and paid for the upgrades with a tax on gasoline. The local effects of the “AHEAD” Plan were significant as highways 45 and 72 were upgraded to the standards we now take for granted. Since the 1987 Plan however, progress on improving other routes throughout the state including highways 15 and 25 in neighboring Tippah and Tishomingo counties has slowed dramatically. The increased fuel efficiency of modern vehicles has had a negative impact on the gasoline tax collected as well as a 300 percent increase in the cost of road construction has made MDOT’s job of continuing the upgrades a challenge. While this year’s major policy focus is without question education, conversations like this week’s appropriation hearing would indicate that the transportation commissioners hope to turn the focus to transportation in future legislative sessions – a conversation that many locally should consider getting behind. Additionally last week municipal elected officials were in town for the Mississippi Municipal League’s mid-Winter meeting. City elected officials from Corinth, Farmington and Rienzi made the trip to the Capitol to spend time discussing local policy issues with members of the legislature. Prior to adjournment during Friday’s session, the House congratulated Representative Nick Bain and his wife, who at the time were awaiting the arrival of their third child. A healthy baby boy wound up arriving shortly after adjournment. Congratulations to Representative Bain. Clayton Stanley lives in Corinth and is a lobbyist in Mississippi and Tennessee for Capitol Resources, LLC.He can be reached atcstanley@capitolresourcesllc.com

Prayer for today Dear Lord, grant us the determination to be reconciled with those we have harmed or been harmed by. Amen.

A verse to share If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. — 1 John 1:9

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Republican annihilation is not likely to happen BY MICHAEL BARONE These days, our political parties are defined by their presidents. Their policies and their programs tend to become their respective parties’ orthodoxies. And the perceived success or failure of those policies and programs tends to determine how the parties’ candidates, even those who don’t support many of them, do at the polls. This has been especially true in the past two decades, in which fewer Americans have been splitting their tickets or changing their minds from election to election than was the case from the 1950s to the 1980s. For years, white Southerners voted Republican or for a third-party candidate in presidential elections and Democratic in congressional and state contests. Now they’re solidly Republican. For most of the 20th century, New York was a target state in elections, and Vermont was the most Republican state in the nation. Now they’re both hugely Democratic. These are things to keep in mind as the political air swirls with talk of Barack Obama as a Democratic Ronald Reagan annihilating the Republican Party. Neither of our two political parties is going to be annihilated. Both have suffered far worse defeats than Mitt Romney and the Republicans suffered in 2012.

Both have figured out how to adapt and win over voters who used to vote against them -- or at least to position themselves to win when the other side’s president is seen to have massively failed. The 2008-2012 Obama campaign — it never really stopped — did an excellent job of turning out just enough voters to win 332 electoral votes in 2012. But Obama carried just 26 states to Romney’s 24, which is relevant when you look at future senatorial elections. As for House elections, Obama carried only 207 congressional districts to Romney’s 228. That’s partly because Republicans had the advantage in redistricting after the 2010 census. But it’s also because Democratic core constituencies — blacks, Hispanics and gentry liberals — tend to be clustered geographically in big metropolitan areas. Obama’s large margins there helped him carry many electoral votes, but not so many congressional districts. And Obama’s in-your-face liberalism, so apparent in last week’s inaugural speech, antagonized some groups in a way that may hurt Democrats for some time to come. The Obamacare contraception mandate helped Romney carry 59 percent of white Catholics — probably their highest Republican percentage ever — and 79

percent of white evangelical Protestants. Those groups total 44 percent of the electorate. That’s a counterbalance to Obama’s 93 percent among blacks and 71 percent among Hispanics. They were just 23 percent of the electorate, and though Hispanics will be a growing percentage, blacks probably won’t. It’s going to be hard for other Democrats to replicate Obama’s coalition in 2014 and 2016. It’s not clear whether other Democrats can generate the turnout among blacks, Hispanics and young voters that he did. And it’s pretty clear that under the Obama aegis, Democrats cannot make the kind of gains in congressional races that they did in 2006 and 2008. Back then, Democratic strategists Rahm Emanuel and Charles Schumer fielded moderate-sounding candidates in Republicanleaning territory who were able to win because of discontent with the performance of George W. Bush. When his job approval fell below 40 percent, Republican candidates almost everywhere were hurt. Democrats in 2014 will have to run as members of the party led by Obama. That could be a hard sell in the 24 states and 228 congressional districts that he failed to carry in November.

Take Georgia, where Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss announced Friday he will not run for re-election next year. Obama got 45 percent of the vote there, his second-highest percentage in a state he didn’t carry. (The highest was in North Carolina.) Examination of the 2012 returns in Georgia’s 159 counties and in its 14 congressional districts reveals unusually high turnout among black voters — considerably higher than in the 2010 off year or any election before 2008. Georgia Democrats have high hopes of winning Chambliss’ Senate seat. But it looks like an uphill climb. George W. Bush’s 51 percent re-election, with 11.5 million more votes than four years before, got his strategist Karl Rove musing about a permanent Republican majority. That didn’t happen. Now Obama’s 51 percent re-election, with 3.6 million fewer votes than four years before, has Democrats talking about annihilating the Republican Party. That’s not likely to happen, either. (Daily Corinthian columnist Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.)

Marco Rubio’s bad immigration reform deal In Washington, a new gang has been born. The Gang of Eight on immigration is here to tell us that we have succeeded in not enforcing the law so persistently and thoroughly that now we have to give up all pretense. The Gang of Eight, headlined by conservative star Marco Rubio, wants to amnesty the 11 million immigrants who are already here as a product of past nonenforcement in exchange for a promise of future enforcement. Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform resolutely refuse to say the word “amnesty.” They contend that the proposed package is not an amnesty because illegal immigrants have to go to the back of the line for a green card. But before that happens, they get “probationary legal status.” As a practical matter, this is the amnesty. Sen. Chuck Schumer states it with admirable clarity: “On Day One of our bill, the people without status [i.e., illegal immigrants] who are not criminals or security risks will be able to

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live and work here legally.” You can’t get more direct than that. Once an illegal imRich migrant gets Lowery “probationary legal staNational Review tus,” he has jumped irrevocably ahead of all those poor saps back in their native countries who want to come to the U.S. All indications are that this kind of “probationary” legal status matters more to illegal immigrants than an eventual path to citizenship. In an essay in the journal National Affairs, immigration expert Peter Skerry points out that 20 years after the implementation of the 1986 amnesty, only 41 percent of the 2.7 million people who got legal status under the program had gone on to become citizens. So the Gang of Eight can make the path to a green card and eventual citizenship as long and onerous as it wants. The Gang’s enforcement “triggers” affect only

the path to citizenship. In principle, the enforcement provisions — requiring use of the E-Verify system for employers and establishing a system to monitor entries and exits from the country — are worthwhile. But only a naif would have much confidence in their timely and effective implementation. If we’ve established a bipartisan consensus on anything during the past 25 years, it is that immigration laws don’t matter. As Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies points out, Congress has already required the completion of an entry-exit system six times. To no avail. It passed a law in 2006 calling for the completion of a double-layer border fence. Also, to no avail. In general, the Obama administration picks and chooses which elements of the immigration laws it wants to enforce through “prosecutorial discretion.” Does anyone believe it will be zealous in effecting new enforcement mechanisms that are opposed by its base and resisted by employers and civil-liberties groups?

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We’ve been here before, with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Rubio calls the 1986 law a “blanket amnesty,” even though, on his terms, it wasn’t unconditional or immediate. To apply for legal status, illegal immigrants had to pay a fee and prove that they had good moral character. If approved — and not everyone was — they had to wait 18 months before applying for a green card. All of this was coupled with fearsome-sounding enforcement provisions to beef up security at the border and crack down on employers hiring illegal workers. In other words, in broad brush, the “blanket amnesty” of 1986 is indistinguishable from the bipartisan principles of 2013. Since the enforcement never happened, the 1986 law stands as a monument to bad faith. Washington may be about to build another one. (Daily Corinthian columnist and editor of the National Review, Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.)

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Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — An end to winter’s bitter cold will come soon, according to Pennsylvania’s famous groundhog. Following a recent stretch of weather that’s included temperatures well below freezing as well as record warmth, tornadoes in the South and Midwest and torrential rains in the midAtlantic, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair Saturday in front of thousands but didn’t see his shadow. Legend has it that if the furry rodent sees his shadow on Feb. 2 on Gobbler’s Knob in westcentral Pennsylvania, winter will last six more weeks. But if he doesn’t see his shadow, spring will come early. The prediction is made during a ceremony overseen by a group called the Inner Circle. Members don top hats and tuxedos for the ceremony on Groundhog Day each year. Bill Deeley, president of the Inner Circle, says that after “consulting” with Phil, he makes the call in deciphering what the world’s Punxsutawney Phil has to say about the weather. Phil is known as the “seer of seers” and “sage of sages.” Organizers predicted about 20,000 people this weekend, a larger-thannormal crowd because Groundhog Day falls on a weekend this year. “I just hope he’s right and we get warmer weather soon,” said Mike McKown, 45, an Xray technician who drove up from Lynchburg, Va., with his mother. Phil’s got company in the forecasting department. There’s Staten Island Chuck, in New York; General Beauregard Lee, in Atlanta; and Wiarton Willie, in Wiarton, Ontario, among others noted by the National Climactic Data Center “Groundhog Day” Web page. “Punxsutawney can’t keep something this big to itself,” the Data Center said. “Other prognosticating rodents are popping up to claim a piece of the action.” Phil is the original — and the best, Punxsutawney partisans insist. The 1993 movie “Groundhog Day” starring Bill Murray brought even more notoriety to the Pennsylvania party. The record attendance was about 30,000 the year after the movie’s release, said Katie Donald, executive director of the

Groundhog Club. About 13,000 attend if Feb. 2 falls on a weekday. Phil’s predictions, of course, are not always right on. Last year, for example, he told people to prepare for six more weeks of winter, a minority opinion among his groundhog brethren. The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University later listed that January to June as the warmest sevenmonth period since systematic records began being kept in 1895. “We’ll just mark it up as a mistake last year. He’ll be correct this year,” McKown said hopefully.

Hackers compromise 250K Twitter accounts SAN FRANCISCO — The social media giant Twitter acknowledged that it has become the latest victim in a number of cyber-attacks against media companies, saying hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users. The company said a blog post on Friday it detected attempts to gain access to its user data earlier in the week. It shut down one attack moments after it was detected. But Twitter discovered that the attackers may have stolen user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords belonging to 250,000 users they describe as ‘a very small percentage of our users.” Nonetheless, the company reset the pilfered passwords and sent emails advising the affected users. The online attack comes on the heels of recent hacks into the computer systems of U.S. media and technology companies, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Both American newspapers reported this week that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-based hackers,

likely to monitor media coverage the Chinese government deems important. China has been accused of mounting a widespread, aggressive cyber-spying campaign for several years, trying to steal classified information and corporate secrets and to intimidate critics. The Chinese foreign ministry could not be reached for comment Saturday, but the Chinese government has said those accusations are baseless and that China itself is a victim of cyberattacks. “Chinese law forbids hacking and any other actions that damage Internet security,” the Chinese Defense Ministry recently said. “The Chinese military has never supported any hacking activities.” Although Bob Lord, Twitter’s director of information security said in the blog that the attack “was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated incident.”

Obama: 2013 year of economic growth WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out of the way. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says there are signs of progress in real estate, manufacturing and jobcreation. But other signs are worrying. Unemployment ticked up from 7.8 percent in December to 7.9 percent in January. And the Commerce Department says the economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the final months of 2012. Obama says the U.S. must lower health care costs and close tax loopholes for corporations and the wealthy. In the Republican address, Rep. Susan Brooks of Indiana says Democrats must get serious about the nation’s spending problems.

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1st pediatric flu death in 3 years JACKSON — Mississippi health officials say the state has confirmed its first pediatric influenza death since the 20092010 flu season. The Mississippi State Department of Health said Friday that a north Mississippi child who died Jan. 27 at a Memphis, Tenn., hospital, had chronic underlying health conditions. The department did not release the child’s age or hometown. The department said a total of 11 pediatric flu deaths have been recorded in Mississippi since 2007. A pediatric death is defined as one of somebody who is 18 years old or younger. Young children, adults 50 and older, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses are at the greatest risk of developing flu-related complications.

Woman pleads guilty in tornado aid case OXFORD — Court records say a woman has pleaded guilty to lying about her primary residence to receive federal disaster aid after tornados hit Mississippi in April 2011. Tamya H. Jones and Jevon O. Thomas were indicted last May on two counts each. Jones pleaded guilty Wednesday. The indictment in the case says they claimed that a house in Sledge was their primary residence after a Presidential Disaster Declaration was

issued on April 27, 2011. A serious of tornados had ripped across the South that month. The court records say Jones and Thomas applied for aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but lied about their primary residence. Thomas has pleaded not guilty.

Man sentenced to 4 years in gun case GULPRPORT — A man has been sentenced to nearly four years for escape and having a pistol that was stolen from a truck in a casino parking lot. Federal court records say 26-year-old Joseph Stephen Paglia had walked away from a federal prison camp in Texas. He and Tai Cassandra Renfrow were pulled over May 29 in Gautier, Miss. An affidavit says a pistol found in Renfrow’s purse had been stolen from a truck at Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi. Paglia had allegedly taken the gun, a checkbook and medication from the truck. Paglia had been serving time for stolen mail when he escaped. U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden in Gulfport sentenced Paglia on Thursday.

Union officer charged with embezzlement LAUREL — An officer of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers lodge in Laurel wants a federal judge to delay her trail on a federal embezzlement charge. The indictment in the case says that Bonnie Nixon embezzled $15,981

from January 2008 to March 2009 through unauthorized cash advances. She has pleaded not guilty. Her trial is set for Feb. 19 in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg. Nixon’s lawyer, Ellen Allred, says in court filings that she needs more time to prepare for trial and to see if the matter can be resolved without a trial.

Development director fired COLUMBUS — The group that promotes commercial development in downtown Columbus has fired it director and will launch a search for her replacement. The Commercial Dispatch reports it’s the second time in less than six months that Main Street Columbus is looking for a new director. The group’s board said in a statement that Nickie Nicholson had been fired, just seven weeks after she started the job. Officials would not discuss the reasons for her firing but said the board met with Nicholson last week about her performance. A search for a replacement is expected to begin next week. Nicholson, 29, is a native of Georgia who moved to Columbus in June. She took over as Main Street director on Dec. 10, replacing Amber Brislin, who had been director for six years. Brislin stayed on for the remainder of December to help organize Wassail Fest, the downtown Christmas parade and the New Year’s Eve Block Party.

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Deaths Lyle Dixon

WALNUT — Funeral services for Herbert “Lyle” Dixon, 74, are set for 2 p.m. today at McBride Funeral Home Chapel in Ripley with burial at Lowry Cemetery. Mr. Dixon died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born March 1, 1938, he was retired from Biltrite, Inc., and was a Pentecostal. Survivors include his mother, Viola Meeks Dixon of Corinth; two sisters, Christy Graves and Nicole Weaver, both of Ripley; and six brothers, Rex Dixon of Memphis, Tenn., Eugene Dixon and Michael Dixon, both of Ripley, Harold Dixon of Walnut, Merl Dixon of Corinth, and Conny Dixon of Clifton, N.J. He was preceded in death by his father, Hughey Dixon, and one sister, Donna Wilson. The Rev. Merl Dixon will officiate the service. Visitation is from 7 a.m. until service time.

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BRANDON — Funeral services for the Rev. Rudy Vallee James, 82, are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at McBride Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Criswell Cemetery with military honors. Mr. James died Thurs-

day, Jan. 31, 2013, at the VA Hospital in Jackson. Born Oct. 27, 1930, he was a Baptist minister and a member of Thornhill Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict. Survivors include three sons, William James (fiancee Teresa) of Brandon, Tommy Joe James of Corinth and David James (Debra) of Ripley; two stepsons, Harold Givens of Natchez and William Givens of West Helena, Ark.; six sisters, Hazel Horton (Bobby Guyton) of Tiplersville, Ginger Brown (Alphia) of Falkner, Bettye Ray of Heber Springs, Ark., Gladys Miller (Danny) of Ingomar, Judy Robertson (Donald) of Falkner and Jane Cross (Joe) of Falkner; four grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; and 16 step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Iris Ella Mask James; his second wife, Sybil A. James; one son, Tony James; his parents, Van D. and Annie Lou Pasenr James; one brother, Jimmy James; and two infant brothers. Bro. Lyndle Davis will officiate the service. Visitation is Monday from 5 until 8 p.m.

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Local, state officials meet

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Local leaders from around the state convened at the Capitol for the Mississippi Municipal League’s annual meeting. During the meeting (from left) Rep. Nick Bain, Corinth Mayor Tommy Irwin, Corinth Alderman J.C. Hill and Rep. Bubba Carpenter met to discuss local and state issues.

Fans pledge to reduce drunken driving BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian

The Tennessee Department of Transportation, Governor’s Highway Safety Office, Tennessee Titans, and Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security are once again teaming up to remind Tennessee football fans that real Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk this Super Bowl weekend. “We want everyone to enjoy Super Bowl weekend, but more importantly, we want everyone to be safe,” said TDOT Commissioner John Schroer. “Making responsible decisions could save your life or the life of someone else. If you choose to drink and drive this weekend, there’s a very good chance you’ll

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be caught.” Nearly 10,000 Titans fans promised to be the designated driver for friends and family during the 2012 season, making the Titans one of the top teams in the American Football Conference for designated driver pledges. “The Super Bowl has become a holiday for football fans across the nation,” said Kendell Poole, director of the Governor’s Highway Safety Office. “If you’re hosting a Super Bowl celebration, it is important to know the responsibility of drinking guests could fall on you. Have a good time and enjoy the game, but always be responsible.” This season, Titans fans joined nearly 250,000 NFL fans in the Designated Driver program, which is a collaboration among all 32 NFL teams, 31 stadi-

ums, concessionaires, beer distributors and brewers, broadcasters, law enforcement agencies, and traffic safety experts. “We’re proud of our fans’ dedication to responsible behavior this season and we want all football fans to follow their leadership this weekend,” added Don MacLachlan, Titans executive vice president of administration and facilities. “Handing your keys to a sober driver or taking a cab will always make you a winner.” “One of the main priorities of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is to ensure Tennesseans are safe and secure on our roadways,” Deputy Commissioner Larry Godwin said. “Super Bowl Sunday is no exception. We value our partnership with

TDOT, the Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Titans. These partnerships are essential to our overall success of traffic safety education and enforcement this Super Bowl weekend. We want everyone to be responsible, don’t drink and drive, obey the laws, and enjoy the game.” According to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, two people were killed in alcohol-related crashes on Tennessee roads during last year’s Super Bowl weekend. Tennessee Highway Patrol Col. Tracy Trott reminded football fans that drinking and driving is not worth the risk. “This will be the first Super Bowl weekend that we have conducted a ‘No Refusal’ DUI enforcement. Last year, state troopers removed 80 drunk drivers from state roadways during Super Bowl weekend. We’re hopeful that with this ‘No Refusal’ enforcement, coupled with our checkpoints and roving patrols, motorists will think twice before drinking and driving.”

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Parker brings big action-movie fun Parker, R, *** 1⁄2,Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Wendall Pierce, Nick Nolte, Emma Booth, Michael Pierce; Incentive Filmed Entertainment; Director Taylor Hackford; length — 118 minutes “Parker” is based on a book by Richard Stark, and beware, Mr. Parker is one tough desperado. His one soft spot is he believes civilized people should follow the rules. He does not take prisoners. This is one of the better movies action star Jason Statham has been in. The tense narrative builds into a wild ride of a movie, and Jennifer Lopez is a pleasant surprise. “Parker” begins with a gang robbing a county fair in Ohio. Apparently, Parker is on the wrong side of the law. The crew he is working with is new to him, but his partner Hurley (Nick Nolte) didn't think anything would go wrong. He thought wrong. (I enjoyed seeing Nolte in the film.) Parker is dating Hurley's daughter, Claire (Emma

Booth). After the gang's semibotched job is finished, one innocent Terry b y s t a n d Burns er dies. This is not Movie Critic something Parker likes to see happen. The gang wants to keep the money and use it for another job which will make everyone millions of dollars. This does not go well with Parker. He and the rest of the crew have a disagreement, and Parker is left for dead. Of course, he lives through the ordeal and begins to track the betrayers in order to get his money back along with a little payback. Parker tracks his betrayers to Florida. There he meets Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a real estate broker. She is having some real bad luck with finances along with her personal life. Of course our hero Parker has a soft heart for struggling individuals, which he dem-

onstrates throughout the movie. Parker locates the gang with Leslie's help. The gang is going ahead with a deal it offered to Parker. Apparently, Parker has more to worry about than just getting his money back and taking out revenge on those who left him for dead. One of the gang he is after has mob connections. The mob sends its best assassin after Mr. Parker, placing him in double jeopardy. This is where the “Parker” gets into a lot of action and the title character does not come out unscathed. Of course, the movie is over the top. It is a Jason Statham movie. However, I did enjoy most of the story. Just sit back and enjoy the action. Broken City, R, *** 1⁄2,Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine ZetaJones, Natalie Martinez, Alona Tal. Fox film. Director Allen Hughes. Length: 109 minutes. “Broken City” is about the total disrespect politicians have for the people

they are elected to serve. By making a few moves some politicians are capable of glossing over certain events which deem the actions forgettable. They can then go about their business of getting what they want no matter how crooked or underhanded. The movie begins with Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) on trial for killing an unarmed young man. The situation brought a great deal of controversy to the police department. It was decided to allow Taggart to resign from the department to suppress animosity within the neighborhoods. Taggart becomes a sort of private detective. His job is to take pictures of someone’s spouse having an affair with another person in order to provide factual information. The ex-cop now has a rather sleazy job but it helps pay the bills. His assistant is Kathy (Alona Tal). She is not only a looker but is organized and proficient in all her office work. Her ability to collect money

helps his cash flow. The mayor of New York, Hostetler (Russell Crowe), wants Taggart to find the person his wife Cathleen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is having an affair with. The mayoral election is near and Hostetler wants the information before his debate. He offers Taggart a generous amount of money to do the job. Taggart gets right on it and thinks he has found the target. He takes pictures of the rendezvous. It turns out the individual presumed to be Cathleen’s amorous friend is connected to the person who is running for mayor against Hostetler. This complicates things even more. In “Broken City,” politics, family life, marriages and friendships get dragged through the corridors of homes, political buildings

and the minds of the participants. If one plays with dirt, it is assured the person will get soiled hands. The movie has more than enough twists and turns to keep the brain in second gear in order to stay on top of the situations taking place. It will not require fifth gear or overdrive, but at least a little faster gear than coasting. (Daily Corinthian columnist Terry Burns is technology coordinator for the McNairy County School System. A life-long movie buff, he can be contacted by email at burns984@ bellsouth.net. Terry’s movie grading scale: five-plus stars — as good as it gets; five stars — don’t miss; four stars — excellent; three stars — good; two stars — fair; one star — poor; no stars — don’t bother.)

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SED Intl MexcoEn ComstkMn Augusta g TrioTch SynergyRs Lannett AlexcoR g ParkCity DeltaAprl

3.01 +.66 7.20+1.28 2.11 +.33 2.79 +.42 2.25 +.31 6.64 +.88 6.69 +.86 4.66 +.59 3.42 +.42 15.72+1.81

KeryxBio OnlineRes FuriexPh AlimeraSci OldSecBc MeruNetw CmtyWest BioLineRx USA Trk SierraWr

7.11+3.68 +107.3 3.82+1.77 +86.1 34.21+12.97 +61.1 2.35 +.65 +38.2 2.22 +.61 +37.9 3.11 +.83 +36.8 4.80+1.24 +34.8 4.75+1.17 +32.7 4.98+1.19 +31.4 11.47+2.72 +31.1

+28.1 +21.6 +18.5 +17.7 +16.0 +15.3 +14.8 +14.5 +13.9 +13.0

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Name

Last Chg %Chg

Name

OxfordRes LifeTFit VMware Herbalife Fusion-io Lexmark MI Homes QksilvRes 3D Sys ConstellA

3.69-2.14 -36.7 39.36-12.95 -24.8 78.79-20.21 -20.4 35.07-8.52 -19.5 17.01-4.07 -19.3 23.69-4.46 -15.8 23.86-4.42 -15.6 2.60 -.47 -15.3 58.54-10.53 -15.2 32.68-5.82 -15.1

OrientPap 2.20 -.41 -15.7 GldFld 2.76 -.39 -12.4 ComndSec 2.08 -.24 -10.2 PacBkrM g 5.13 -.56 -9.8 MeetMe 2.61 -.22 -7.8 SagaCm s 46.70-3.70 -7.3 Crexendo 2.56 -.18 -6.6 MtnPDia g 4.12 -.28 -6.4 MidsthBcp 15.46 -.98 -6.0 MGTCap rs 3.01 -.19 -5.9

Last Chg %Chg

Repros wtA 11.91-12.71 -51.6 GenFin un 4.82-4.03 -45.5 Torm rs 2.55-1.44 -36.1 ReprosTh 12.16-6.45 -34.7 Brightcv n 6.11-2.59 -29.8 AnacorPh 3.88-1.57 -28.8 Chantic rs 2.00 -.70 -25.9 RschMotn 13.03-4.51 -25.7 JksvlBcFl 2.23 -.68 -23.4 Halozyme 6.53-1.78 -21.4

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name

Vol (00) Last Chg

BkofAm 5200775 11.71 S&P500ETF 4873068151.24 FordM 3455886 13.02 SprintNex 3271788 5.69 NokiaCp 2579578 4.00 EMC Cp 2389622 24.85 iShEMkts 2372343 44.51 Pfizer 2330181 27.63 BostonSci 2074435 7.64 GenElec 1967575 22.62

+.09 +.99 -.56 +.05 -.20 -.41 +.35 +.87 +.78 +.33

Name

Vol (00) Last Chg

Name

CheniereEn 162310 21.57 +.64 NwGold g 112498 10.13 +.72 NovaGld g 93846 4.55 +.28 Rentech 92907 3.05 +.07 NA Pall g 84137 1.68 -.02 Vringo 84013 3.19 -.10 NavideaBio 82205 3.35 +.36 GranTrra g 66395 5.30 +.12 GoldStr g 65235 1.60 -.03 YM Bio g 57857 2.93 +.01

Vol (00) Last Chg

RschMotn 5574519 Facebook n 4757140 Intel 3115813 Microsoft 2516176 KeryxBio 2316438 SiriusXM 2236530 Dell Inc 2048708 Yahoo 1805766 PwShs QQQ 1696210 Cisco 1562086

13.03 29.73 21.36 27.93 7.11 3.23 13.63 19.76 67.66 20.83

-4.51 -1.81 +.40 +.05 +3.68 +.08 +.47 -.61 +.66 -.32

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AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg

WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg

CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 May 14

Feb 13 Apr 13 Jun 13 Aug 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Feb 14

746.25 747.50 738.75 619.25 595 605 612

719 719.50 710.50 607 583.50 593.75 604

736 +15.25 737.75 +16.25 728.75 +16 616.25 +9 592 +7.75 602.50 +8.25 609.50 +8.25

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Nov 13 Jan 14

1486.50 1476.50 1465.50 1433 1380.75 1339 1341.50

1434.75 1419.75 1411.25 1386.25 1337.75 1298 1305.50

1474.25 1465.50 1455.25 1426 1374.50 1332.50 1336.75

129.00 133.70 129.12 129.62 133.40 134.60 135.80

127.00 131.95 127.70 128.42 132.65 133.85 135.02

+33.25 +39.50 +37.50 +35 +32 +29.50 +30.50

Feb 13 Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Oct 13

88.15 90.30 96.77 98.80 98.60 97.75 87.55

86.55 88.62 94.87 97.30 97.30 96.40 86.50

COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Dec 13 Mar 14 May 14

Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Oct 13 Dec 13 Mar 14

764.50 772.50 777.75 789 803.25 816.25 815.50

+.80 +1.42 +1.23 +1.42 +1.48 +.73 +.95

HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel 791 799.75 803.50 810.50 823.50 834 829.75

127.10 132.17 127.75 128.67 133.00 134.00 135.15

765 -11.50 773.25 -11.50 778.25 -10.25 789.25 -8 804 -7 816.25 -6.75 815.50 -9

83.88 83.80 84.00 ... 82.06 81.50 82.43

80.18 80.03 79.83 ... 81.18 79.59 81.70

87.65 88.75 96.60 97.50 97.72 97.15 87.42

+.83 -.17 +.25 +.43 +.65 +1.00 +.95

82.98 83.55 83.88 81.46 82.29 81.46 82.40

+2.46 +3.07 +3.48 +1.76 +2.57 +1.76 +1.90

Tables show seven most current contracts for each future. Grains traded on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock on Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and cotton on New York Cotton Exchange.

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Obj

PIMCO TotRetIs Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstIdxI Fidelity Contra Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard 500Adml American Funds CapIncBuA m American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds GrthAmA m Vanguard InstPlus American Funds CpWldGrIA m American Funds InvCoAmA m FrankTemp-Franklin Income A x Dodge & Cox IntlStk Dodge & Cox Stock American Funds WAMutInvA m

CI LB LB LG LB LB IH MA LG LB WS LB CA FB LV LV

Total Assets ($Mlns) NAV 175,136 78,935 68,055 61,014 59,771 59,749 58,078 57,661 55,970 49,286 46,651 44,501 42,510 40,556 39,841 39,823

11.18 37.97 138.67 81.40 37.98 139.57 54.48 18.73 36.28 138.68 39.04 31.70 2.30 36.63 130.63 32.81

Total Return/Rank 4-wk 12-mo 5-year

Pct Min Init Load Invt

-0.4 +6.5 +6.2 +4.9 +6.5 +6.2 +3.2 +3.7 +5.6 +6.2 +4.9 +5.1 +3.7 +5.7 +7.2 +5.1

NL 1,000,000 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 NL 2,500 NL 10,000 NL 10,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL200,000,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 4.25 1,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 5.75 250

+7.2/A +16.6/B +16.9/B +15.4/B +16.7/B +16.9/B +13.5/A +13.3/A +17.8/A +16.9/B +17.9/B +15.3/C +14.4/A +18.1/A +22.0/A +14.7/D

+7.5/A +4.5/A +4.0/B +4.9/B +4.6/A +4.0/B +2.6/D +4.6/B +3.1/D +4.0/B +1.4/C +2.7/C +5.4/B +0.6/A +2.0/C +3.5/B

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar. Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous dayâ€™s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

WASHINGTON â€” The U.S. job market is proving surprisingly strong and raising hopes that the economy will be resilient enough this year to withstand a budget standoff in Washington and potentially deep cuts in federal spending. Employers added 157,000 jobs last month, and hiring turned out to be healthier than previously thought at the end of 2012 just as the economy faced the threat of the â€œfiscal cliff.â€? Still, unemployment remains persistently high. The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent last month from 7.8 percent in December. Many economists, though, focused on the steady job growth â€” especially the healthier-thanexpected hiring late last year. The Labor Department revised its estimates of job gains for November from an initial 161,000 to 247,000 and for December from 155,000 to 196,000. The department also revised its figures for all of 2012 upward â€” to an average of 180,000 new jobs a month from a previously estimated 150,000. â€œThe significantly stronger payroll gains tell us the economy has a lot more momentum than what we had thought,â€? Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank, said in a research note. The government frequently revises the monthly job totals as it collects more information. Sometimes the revisions can be dramatic, as in November and December. The January jobs report helped fuel a powerful rally on Wall Street. Stock averages all jumped more than 1 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007, two months before the Great Recession officially began. Beyond the job market, the economy is showing other signs of health. Factories were busier last month than they have been since April 2012. Ford, Chrysler and General Motors all reported double-digit sales gains for last month, their best January in five years. Home prices have been rising steadily. Higher home values tend to make Americans feel wealthier and more likely to spend. Housing construction is recovering, too. Construction spending rose last year for the first time in six years and is expected to add 1 percentage point to economic growth this year. The housing rebound appears finally to be producing a long-awaited return of constructionindustry jobs, which have typically help drive economic recoveries. Construction companies added 28,000 jobs in January. Over the past three months, construction has added 82,000 jobs â€” the best quarterly increase since 2006. Even with the gains, construction employment is about 2 million below its housing-bubble peak of 7.7 million in April 2006. Health care employers added 28,000 jobs in January. Retailers added 33,000, and hotels and restaurants 17,000. The job growth in retail, hotels and restaurants suggests that employers have grown more confident about consumer spending, which fuels about 70 percent of the economy.

The government uses a survey of mostly large businesses and government agencies to determine how many jobs are added or lost each month. That's the survey that produced the gain of 157,000 jobs for January. It uses a separate survey of households to calculate the unemployment rate. That survey captures hiring by companies of all sizes, including small businesses, new companies, farm workers and the self-employed. From month to month, the two surveys sometimes contradict each other. Over time, the differences between them usually even out. The household survey for January found that 117,000 more Americans said they were unemployed than in December. That's why the unemployment rate inched up from 7.8 percent to 7.9 percent. Some economists had feared that federal budget standoffs might chill spending, investing and hiring. They worried that companies wouldn't hire and consumers would scale back spending in November and December because big spending cuts and tax increases were to take effect Jan. 1 if the White House and congressional Republicans couldn't reach a budget deal. It turns out, the fears were overblown. In the midst of the budget fight late last year, employers kept hiring. And Friday's jobs report showed that average hourly wages â€” up 4 cents to $23.78 in January â€” were staying ahead of inflation. They had generally failed to keep up with prices since the recession ended in June 2009.

The steady hiring gains should help cushion the economic pain from higher Social Security taxes, which last month began shrinking most workers' take-home pay. A person earning $50,000 a year will have about $1,000 less to spend in 2013. A household with two highpaid workers will have up to $4,500 less. Analysts expect the Social Security tax increase to shave about a half-point off economic growth in 2013, because consumers drive about 70 percent of economic activity. The hit to consumers is coming at a precarious time. The economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2012 for the first time in 3Â˝ years. The drop was due mainly to a steep cut in defense spending and declining exports. Most analysts think those factors will prove temporary and that the economy will grow this quarter and the rest

of the year. Friday's report did serve as a reminder that unemployment has been stuck at 7.8 percent or more since September. The rate would be even higher if many Americans hadn't retired or stopped looking for work. The proportion of the adult population that is working or looking for work is near a 32-year low. If labor force participation were still at its prerecession level, unemployment could exceed 11 percent. And despite the consistent hiring gains, the job market has a long way to go to fully heal from the recession. Between January 2008 and February 2010, the United States lost 8.7 million jobs. Since then, it's regained 5.5 million â€” 63 percent of the lost jobs. â€œWe are still in a crisislevel jobs hole,â€? says Heidi Shierholz, an economist with the liberal Economic Policy Institute.

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