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Virus likely to last into late October, but worst may be over By Carmen Bourlon carmen.bourlon-long@newsstar.com
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here won’t be anything about mothers-in-law, animal frantics, or school slumps today. There is only one topic important enough to merit my column this week. Fred, the sports guy, is retiring. Today is his last day. I wasn’t able to work with him long, since I haven’t been here long, but even I knew we were losing one of the greats when he announced his retirement. Fred has been here for 35 years. I’ve been on Earth for 21 years. That’s how dedicated Fred is, he’s worked here for that long. But my knowledge of Fred has little to do with sports. I don’t really keep up with sports, to be honest. My knowledge of Fred comes from my dealings with him in the newsroom. When I first met him, he told me I was on probation for not bringing him chocolate chip cookies. It was my second day. He’s kind of the ornery uncle of the place. He always teases the new reporters, and the not-so new reporters too. But, he’s always very nice too. The type of person who you know would help you out if you needed it. He always says hello and always walks me out to my car to make sure I don’t trip in the dark, and is just a really great person. He knows a little bit about football too. Some of my fondest memories of working here include Fred, the sports guy. Usually he’s harassing me about bringing him chocolate chip cookies, or bugging the other employees to bring him Sonic or Braum’s. Often he would also tease me about different sailors calling the office looking for me. (My husband doesn’t usually read this, but just in case, no one actually called looking for me.) Fred, the sports guy, you will be missed. We will all miss your quips about cookies and football. Enjoy your retirement, Freddie. ——— Carmen Bourlon is a reporter for The Shawnee News-Star.
While Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they believe the worst is over for the West Nile virus, Oklahoma Department of Health officials believe the virus will continue in Oklahoma. “For us, it’s probably too early to tell,” Pamela Williams, public information officer for the Oklahoma
Department of Health, said. The southern region, which includes Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, has been the hardest hit, Williams said. She added the West Nile virus season usually lasts through the end of October. “This is usually our peak season,” Williams said. Oklahoma has seen 133 cases this year, including eight deaths. One death
was in Seminole County. That was the only case in the county. Pottawatomie County has seen three cases of West Nile virus, including two hospitalizations. No one in Pottawatomie County has died from West Nile virus. Lincoln County has no reported cases of West Nile virus. Nationwide cases have climbed to more than 2,600, including 118
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New brand unveiled at meeting By Carmen Bourlon carmen.bourlon-long@newsstar.com
During the Tourism Advisory Committee meeting Thursday, Tony Vann from Vann and Associates in Oklahoma City, presented the new Shawnee Convention and Visitors Bureau brand. The brand, which is intended to appeal both to a younger crowd and to middle-aged adults, will include several marketing techniques that Vann did not reveal in the meeting. The rebranding will also get away from the traditional Convention and Visitors Bureau name and will move toward a simpler Visit Shawnee title. Vann outlined several things about Shawnee that make it unique. Shawnee has a significant arts culture, a Western culture, and a history to it as well, Vann said. All this while maintaining hospitality, Vann added. “Shawnee is big enough to be cool, but small enough to have a small-town feel,” he said. The CVB is looking for a new brand because the current brand doesn’t appeal to visitors the way it used to. Vann estimated a similar occurrence with the new brand in three or four years. After the presentation, the board voted unanimously to allow up to $5,500 to
A truck roars through a pool of water on 10th Street. Shawnee received about .3 inches of rain Thursday, and more is forecast for the weekend. ED BLOCHOWIAK STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Weekend forecast: cool temperatures and rain By Carmen Bourlon carmen.bourlon-long@newsstar.com
Temperatures are expected to drop this weekend due to a cold front. Highs are expected to remain in the low to mid 80s. “Absolutely no triple digits, nothing like that,” John Pike of the National Weather Service said.
The expected high for Friday is 79 degrees with Saturday’s expected high to be 81 degrees. There is a predicted high of 90 for Sunday. The projected lows for the weekend are in the mid 60s. Thunderstorms are likely Friday, and chances for rain remain high into
Saturday, Pike said. “We have it tapering off late Saturday,” he said. Shawnee got at least 0.3 inches of rain as of press time Thursday, according to Mesonet. Pike added that the temperatures are not likely to go back up after the weekend due to a cold front, which is expected
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$3.5B Okla. wind energy power line wins approval TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A project that would develop wind farms and build a $3.5 billion transmission line from far western Oklahoma into Tennessee has cleared a regulatory hurdle that allows a company to being lining up customers. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line project won approval Wednesday from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to strike deals with utilities to purchase up to 75 percent of the 7,000 megawatts of electricity that’ll be distributed through the line. The Tulsa World reported (http://is.gd/Hk0VSB ) Wednesday that Clean Line has already lined up
contractor agreements, including a $300 million deal with a Claremorebased Pelco Structural LLC to supply support poles for the line. The project would involve stringing 800 miles of transmission lines from the western end of the Oklahoma panhandle through Arkansas and into Tennessee. The project is to be developed in two phases of 3,500 megawatts each. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line could be completed by late 2017. Once done, the electricity would be enough to power 2 million homes. Construction is projected to begin on the line in 2014
and last two or three years. Wind turbines in western Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas and the Texas Panhandle will supply the energy. The company says that wind farms that are to connect to the transmission line can be built in less than two years. The project would be funded through the sale of transmission capacity to wind energy producers or utilities receiving the electricity. Plains & Eastern estimates that 10,000 construction jobs would be created to build the line and the wind farms. And about 1,000 permanent workers will be needed to maintain and operate the
transmission line and the wind farms. “This approval takes Clean Line a step closer to building a clean energy future for the Southeast,” parent firm Clean Line Energy Partners LP CEO Michael Skelly said in a news release. Last year, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission approved the project’s utility status. “The Plains & Eastern Clean Line will create jobs, while enabling billions of dollars of investments in Oklahoma’s clean energy industry,” Oklahoma Secretary of Energy Michael Ming said.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Documents show that companies owned by a congressional candidate critical of federal stimulus spending were on notice that recent work done for the Cherokee Nation was part of the government program, despite the candidate’s claim that he had “not a clue” about the funding source. Markwayne Mullin has described the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as a “horrible waste of tax dollars.” After The Associated Press reported last week that his company, Mullin Plumbing, had received stimulus money under contracts with the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) tribes, Mullin said he wasn’t aware the federal government paid for the work. Cherokee Nation documents obtained by the AP show that a company executive signed contracts indicating Mullin Plumbing was aware it must meet certain requirements of the act, including that it had federal vendor registration numbers required to bid on stimulus projects. Mullin released a statement Thursday suggesting he typically doesn’t focus on the details of the numerous
bids his company sends out each year. “Mullin Plumbing responds to countless requests for bids each year, and thankfully we win many of them based on our work and reputation,” the statement said. “We have some great people who put these bids together and submit them, so I don’t see the details. What I focus on is building a successful business that provides over 100 Oklahoma jobs.” Mullin was released from the hospital Thursday after spending several days responding to a torn esophagus and was unable to comment, a campaign official said. Data posted on www.recovery.org, a government website created to track recovery funds, shows Mullin Plumbing had five contracts totaling $335,000 for plumbing work awarded by the Cherokee Nation on two separate projects to construct affordable housing in eastern Oklahoma. A Mullin Plumbing subsidiary, Mullin Pumping, also was awarded a $34,700 contract on a separate housing project by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by a third-party political group to place their presidential candidates on Oklahoma’s November ballot. The state’s high court ruled on Thursday that a state chapter of Americans Elect did not have the authority to place the names of its presidential and vice
presidential nominees on the ballot. Americans Elect gathered enough signatures in Oklahoma to qualify for a spot on the general election ballot, but the national group that was attempting to nominate a bipartisan ticket suspended its effort earlier this year when no candidates emerged from its nominating process.
Man pleads guilty in 3 church burglaries ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 23-yearold Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to charges related to three Cowley County churches. Scott Mears of Ponca City, Okla., on Thursday
pleaded guilty to two counts of non-residential burglary and two misdemeanor theft charges related to burglaries at three Cowley County churches. Mears was scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 25.
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September 14 Free Clothes Closet Wesley UMC Picnic Pavilion 302 E. Independence 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. Spaghetti Dinner to benefit March of Dimes 5-7:30 p.m. Tecumseh City Hall Tickets $8 at door Call 598-8876 or 659-1228 for more information Trevor Mastin’s Solo Cabaret: New York or Bust 7 p.m. Sarkeys Telecommunication Center on the OBU campus Free show, but a $3 donation is suggested Concessions will be for sale
to benefit the OBU theater department Call 405-694-0052 to reserve seating September 15 SPAR adoption fair 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. PetSmart store in Midwest City Class of 1950 Class Reunion 9 a.m. to noon Shawnee High School Alumni Museum Trevor Mastin’s Solo Cabaret: New York or Bust 7 p.m. Sarkeys Telecommunication Center on the OBU campus Free show, but a $3 donation is suggested
Concessions will be for sale to benefit the OBU theater department Call 405-694-0052 to reserve seating September 16 SPAR adoption fair 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. PetSmart store in Midwest City September 20 Central Oklahoma Tea Party Van’s Pig Stand 717 E. Highland Dinner 6 p.m., meeting 6:30 Lora Koetsier speaker September 22 Free Clothes Closet Wesley UMC Picnic Pavilion 302 E. Independence
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Rain eases drought as Midwest corn har vest unfolds ST. LOUIS (AP) — Recent rainfall came too late to help to the nation’s withered corn crop already being harvested in many parts, but it kept drought conditions from worsening in several key Midwest and Plains states and should help other crops still maturing in the fields. The U.S. Drought Monitor released its weekly map on Thursday that showed the area of Nebraska deemed to be in extreme or exceptional drought — the two most severe categories — held steady during the seven-day period ending Tuesday, at 97.4 percent. Kansas remained unchanged, at 88.34 percent, and Illinois showed little change, coming in at 6.67 percent. The latest report came a day after the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture slightly lowered its estimate for the nation’s average corn per acre yield, pegging it at its lowest point since 1995. With the U.S. enduring its worst drought in decades, corn and soybean prices have soared this summer amid worries of tighter supplies of the commodities. Major corn users — livestock farmers, the ethanol industry and other countries importing it — will be forced to negotiate their level of use, a sort of market rationing that takes place in years of low supply. Thursday’s drought update showed two-thirds of Iowa, which grows more corn than any state, are now in extreme or exceptional drought. While the area deemed in exceptional drought, which is the most severe designation,
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drop given reports of farmers chopping down underdeveloped corn plants to feed their livestock. But the yield per acre estimate this month dropped from 123 bushels last month to 122.8 bushels. Farmers planted more corn this year than in any other since 1937, meaning that despite one of the nation’s worst droughts in decades the U.S. is expected to produce its eighth largest corn crop on record.
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Sarah Caitlin Stanley 24, of Nacogdoches, Texas A memorial service for Sarah Caitlin Stanley, 24, of Nacogdoches, Texas, will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15, at Lane’s Chapel UMC with Rev. Jeff Gage officiating. Mrs. Stanley passed away Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. She was born Feb. 17, 1988, in Oklahoma City to Ron and Rhonda Lee Brimmer Austin. Sarah was a 2007 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. She attended TJC and Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. Sarah was a devout Christian and enjoyed working with children. Sarah was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Jerry Austin, and maternal grandmother, Ruby Brimmer. She is survived by her loving family including her husband, Cody Stanley; parents, Ron and Rhonda Austin; mother-in-law, Phyllis Stanley; and siblings, Seth Austin and Rachel Austin; grandmother, Wynell Austin of Tecumseh; grandfather, Richard Brimmer; and niece, Emrie Oldham. Visitation is scheduled from 1 to 2 p.m., one hour prior to service on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Lanes Chapel. The family will also receive friends at their home.
Roger H. Lantagne 67, of Meeker Roger H. Lantagne, 67, of Meeker, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Oklahoma City. He was born in Escanaba, Mich., to Arthur and Jeanette (Derouin) Lantagne on May 9, 1945. Roger moved to Oklahoma in 1961 where he met the love of his life, Katy Fletcher. They married in 1967. He was a wallpaper hanger for more than 30 years. He loved writing songs, playing his beloved 12 string guitar, buying and selling classic cars, and taking care of his dogs, cats, and hummingbirds. Roger never knew a stranger and all who met him loved him. He was preceded in death by his father, Arthur Lantagne, and brother, Rodney Lantagne. Roger is survived by his wife, Katy Lantagne; daughter, Jessica Lantagne and her husband, Lester Zind; his mother, Jeanette Lantagne; sisters, Patricia (Pat) Gunville, Yvonne Rivard, and Priscilla Shaw; and numerous family and friends. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Meeker City Hall, 510 W. Carl Hubbell Blvd. in Meeker under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh. His friends and family are invited to bring pictures and share their stories of Roger. To share memories, or to sign the guestbook online, go to www.cooperfuneral.com.
How Fed policymakers affect the economy AP — The Federal Reserve’s chief policymaking group, the Federal Open Market Committee, has vast power over the economy through its ability to set monetary policy. Here is a look at how the FOMC operates. Q: What is the FOMC’s primary role? A: Its mission is to keep the economy, inflation and employment on a healthy track. When the economy weakens, Fed policymakers cut interest rates or keep them low. The lower interest rates are aimed at promoting increased borrowing and spending by consumers and businesses to spur economic growth. When the economy grows so fast that inflation becomes a threat, Fed policymakers raise rates or keep them high. That makes it costlier for people to get loans and means less borrowing and spending. Economic activity slows and inflation pressures ease. Q: How does the FOMC move interest rates? A: Its policymakers decide whether to buy securities from banks. The banks sell those securities to the Fed and receive money from the Fed which they can use to make more loans. That acts to lower the interest that banks charge for those loans. Conversely, if the Fed wants to raise interest rates, it sells
Treasury securities to the banks, pulling money out of the financial system and raising the cost for loans. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is responsible for conducting these operations. After the financial crisis struck in 2008, the Fed pursued other, more unconventional steps to aid the economy. Among other actions, it bought more than $2 trillion in Treasury and mortgagebacked securities. The goal was to drive down long-term interest rates, to spur more borrowing and spending and lift stock prices. Q: Who’s on the FOMC? A: It’s composed of: — The Fed’s Board of Governors in Washington, which has seven members. — The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. — Four of the remaining 11 presidents of the Fed’s regional banks. They serve one-year terms on a rotating basis. The current roster of voting members: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen, and Fed Governors Elizabeth Duke, Jerome Powell, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Jeremy Stein and Daniel Tarullo, all based in Washington; William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York; Jeffrey Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; Sandra Pianalto, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; and John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Q: How often does the FOMC meet? A: It regularly meets eight times a year at the Fed’s Washington headquarters. During the financial crisis, the FOMC also held emergency meetings, mostly by video conference. It also began holding some of its meetings over two days rather than one to allow more time for discussion. In May, the Fed said that for the rest of this year and next year, all its meetings will last two days. Q: Why are most of the FOMC’s rate decisions issued around 2:15 p.m.? A: Having a consistent time helps investors digest and react to the Fed’s policy decisions. Issuing decisions when the markets are open gives Fed policymakers instant feedback from investors. Q: Why are some of the FOMC’s rate decisions issued around 12:30 p.m.? A: For the first time in the Fed’s history, Bernanke last year began conducting regularly scheduled news conferences to discuss the
Fed’s economic forecasts. Bernanke now holds four news conferences a year, following the meetings where the Fed updates its forecasts. On days, like Thursday, when Bernanke holds a news conference, the Fed’s rate decision is announced at 12:30 p.m. instead of 2:15 p.m. Q: How are the FOMC’s rate decisions approved? A: By a majority of the 12 voting members. Unlike the Supreme Court, close votes on the FOMC are rare. It might unnerve financial markets if investors felt that the Fed chairman was unable to command widespread support for his policies. Twice last year, three members dissented from the Fed’s policy statement. It was the most dissenters in nearly 20 years. The three opposed the Fed’s efforts to keep rates at super-lows, for fear it could ignite inflation. Those three are no longer voting members. Q: How are Fed officials selected? A: The president nominates the Fed chairman and his colleagues on the board of governors in Washington. They must be confirmed by the Senate. The presidents of the 12 regional Fed banks are appointed by each bank’s board of directors, with approval from the Fed’s board.
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Rosellen Halbert 86, of McLoud Rosellen Halbert, 86, of McLoud, died recently. Services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at the First Baptist Church of Newalla, with interment to follow at Dale Cemetery.
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September 14 A spaghetti dinner with all the extras is scheduled at Tecumseh City Hall, with proceeds to benefit the local March of Dimes campaign. Tickets are $6 if purchased ahead of time, $8 at the door. Dinner will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at #9 Auto (two miles east of Tecumseh on Hwy 9) and Artzy Fartzy Gallery and Marketplace (610 N. Harrison, Shawnee) and at ERA Branson McKiddy in Tecumseh or by calling 405-598-8876. Liberty Baptist Church will host a Night of Intercessory Prayer at 7 p.m. All Prayer Warriors are welcome. We will pray for all churches, ministers, ministries and missionaries. An Indian Taco Sales will be hosted at the Sac and Fox Multipurpose Center on 10th St. and Harrison St. from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Taco dinners are $6. Delivery available on five orders or more. Proceeds will benefit Autism Spectrum. Call 275-1262 or 227-7197 for more information.
September 15 AARP Chapter 2654 will meet in the Liberty Baptist Church cafeteria. The board meets at 9:30 a.m., followed by the general meeting at 10:30 a.m. and then lunch for $5 at 11 a.m. The program will be speaker Virginia Brendle. Those attending are asked to bring a donation of
staple food items for those less fortunate. Come welcome the Shawnee High School Class of 1950 for their 62nd Class Reunion from 9 a.m. to noon at the Shawnee High School Alumni Museum. The Pottawatomie County Democrats will have the grand opening of their headquarters at 617 S. Beard (Beard & Farrall) at 10 a.m. Tom Guild, Democrat for 5th District Congress is the special guest. All Democrats are invited.
September 16 Earlsboro Free Will Baptist Church will hold Homecoming beginning at 10 a.m. Rev. Delbert Akin will be guest speaker. Lunch will follow the morning service, and singing will be in the afternoon. For more information, call pastor J. R. Reid at 405-535-3629.
September 17 Pottawatomie County Retired Educators will meet at Golden Corral at 11 a.m.
The guest speaker will be Citizen Pottawatomie Nation Vice-Chairman Linda Capps. All retired educators and retired support personnel are invited to attend.
September 19 There will be a dance at 10 a.m. at the Community Center on Park Street in Shawnee featuring Pete and the Park Street Band. All seniors are welcome. The Pottawatomie County Local Emergency Planning Committee will have its September meeting at 2 p.m. at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center, located at 1700 W Independence in Shawnee.
September 20 The Individual Artists of Oklahoma will sponsor an open mic poetry reading at Benedict Street Market-
place at 7 p.m. Featured reader will be Ben Myers, winner of the Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry 2010. He is also a widely known and published poet and his essays on topics in poetry have received national praise. He is professor of English at OBU, and he resides in Chandler.
September 22 The Friends of the Tecumseh Library are having a benefit garage sale from 7 until 3 p.m. All proceeds go to the Tecumseh Library. Donations are still being taken. The sale will be at the Tecumseh City hall.
September 26 There will be a dance at 10:30 a.m. at the Community Center on Park Street in Shawnee featuring Pete and the Park Street Band. All seniors are welcome.
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Romney returns to criticizing Obama on economy FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of “failing American workers” by ignoring Chinese trade violations, and seized on new Federal Reserve attempts to boost the economy as proof the administration’s policies are not working. Obama campaigned as commander in chief after the violent deaths of four U.S. officials at a diplomatic post in Libya. “No act of terror will go unpunished ... no act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America,” he said.
The president spoke in Colorado and Romney in Virginia with less than eight weeks remaining in a close campaign for the White House in tough economic times. The two states are among a handful likely to settle the race, and most polls rate Obama a shaky favorite. With campaign costs mounting, Romney and Obama competed for the most innovative fundraising appeal. The Republican challenger’s campaign urged people in an email to make a $15 donation for a chance to join “Mitt on board the campaign plane for an ex-
citing day on the campaign trail — at 30,000 feet!” Singer and actress Beyonce Knowles and hiphop-artist-hubby Jay Z countered for the president. “Jay and I will be meeting up with President Obama for an evening in NYC sometime soon,” she wrote. “And we want you to be there.” As with a day aboard Romney’s chartered jet, a donation was requested for a chance to win. Only the fine print of both fundraising appeals made clear that no contribution was necessary to win. Romney’s focus on the
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chamber. Mainord was seated in the midst of the lawsuits along with two other commissioners. He attended a meeting with chamber officials Wednesday to help resolve the conflict. “I was just so proud of everybody in the meeting,” he said. Mainord said he expects the lawsuits to be withdrawn and the issue to be resolved soon.
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economy followed a oneday campaign detour into a foreign-policy thicket that left him bruised and his quarry largely unscathed. He made little mention during the day of the events in Egypt and Libya that he had cited Tuesday as evidence of national security weakness on the president’s part. The issue intruded, though, when a heckler at Romney’s rally yelled out, “Why are you politicizing Libya?” The crowd responded with chants of “U-S-A” and supporters tried to place a Romney/ Ryan placard in front of the heckler’s face.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The city’s public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district kept talking Thursday, with both sides saying they were drawing closer to a deal to end the nearly weeklong strike. “We are optimistic, but we are still hammering things out,” said Karen Lewis, the union president. Word of the progress in negotiations came less than a day after the school board offered to modify a system that would use student test scores to help evaluate teacher performance. Under an old proposal, the union estimated that 6,000 teachers could lose their jobs within two years. An offer made late Wednesday included provisions that would have protected tenured teachers from dismissal in the first year of the evaluations. It also altered categories that teachers can be rated on and added an appeals process. Classes were to be canceled for a fifth day Friday. And the union called a special delegates meeting for that afternoon, when the bargaining team is scheduled to give an update on contract talks. Late Thursday, the school board said its latest proposal was in the hands of the union and that the union bargaining team was meeting separately to discuss it. Board spokeswoman Becky Carroll expected a response later in the night. “We are at the brink of getting all the key issues addressed so that we can move forward with getting a deal and getting our kids back to school,” she said. Carroll said the main
sticking points are still the evaluation system and the union’s demands that laid-off teachers get top consideration for rehiring. The district worries that could result in principals being forced to hire unsuited teachers. “We’ve made many modifications over the last several days to our proposal,” Carroll said. “We feel that we’re there. And at this point, it’s in the CTU’s hands to bring it to a close.” Negotiations resumed Thursday with an air of optimism. Lewis predicted that students could be back in class by Monday, a week after 25,000 teachers walked out. “We’ve made progress in some areas but still we have a way to go,” she said . “Teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians remain hopeful but energized.” Jackson Potter, staff coordinator for the union, said a host of issues were still on the table, ranging from the evaluations to air conditioning in schools. “There’s a sense of urgency today,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who stopped by the hotel where the negotiators were working Thursday and spoke to reporters. Earlier in the week, Jackson said the two sides were talking past each other. The new optimism also was evident among teachers who marched Thursday along Michigan Avenue. They were joined by marching bands and protesters carrying balloons, pushing strollers and waving Chicago flags. In the crowd was high school history teacher Anthony Smith, who wants the district to be fair and give all public schools the same resources so they can succeed.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The violence across the heartland of the Arab Spring reaches far beyond the cries of anger against America and deep into one of the region’s most high-stakes showdowns: ultraconservative Islamists seeking to challenge the new leadership struggling for stability in places such as Egypt and Libya. Islamic absolutist factions such as Salafis have been largely kept on the political margins as more pragmatic Islamist groups — including the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi and the Ennahda party in Tunisia — rose to power from the wreckage of pro-Western regimes. But the hard-liners have never been counted out. In eastern Libya, attackers armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades fought under the black flag of the ultraconservative faction Ansar al-Shariah in Tuesday’s assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that left the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans dead. In Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, Bedouin-style Islamic hit squads, believed inspired by al-Qaida, have forced Morsi to deploy tanks and post extra guards along the strategic Suez Canal. This week’s mayhem, including protesters breaching the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen on Thursday, appears to be an opportunity seized by groups such as the Salafis, which follow an austere brand of Islam that has provided some of the dogmatic underpinnings for al-Qaida and other jihadi factions. The rallying cries for the assaults on the U.S. diplomatic sites — which began on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks — were the now-infamous YouTube clips of an obscure movie called “Innocence of Muslims” that denigrated Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. But they are unlike the reactions to other perceived offenses against Islam that touched off protests across the Muslim world, such as the outrage to a Danish cartoon of Prophet Muhammad in 2005. The core of the current violence has remained within the Arab Spring countries where hardline Islamists are trying to exert their clout after decades of repression under rulers such as Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, who saw the Salafis and others as direct challenges to the state. Now, it’s Morsi and other new Arab Spring leaders who must find a way to cope with the pressures. The attacks on U.S. diplomatic sites “should not be seen in isolation, but are part of a broader list of challenges to the state,” said Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Geneva-based Gulf Research Center. “The question is one of capability ... to establish their legitimacy as strong governments?” For the West, it becomes a critical narrative for the next chapters of the Arab Spring. A rise in hardline Islamist influence brings an array of major complications for Washington and its allies. They include the stability of the elected governments in Cairo and Tunis, and whether Libya could follow Yemen as a foothold for al-Qaida-inspired militants. Then there is the question of Syria, where the rebels are strongly backed by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations that favor conservative Islam. Richard Murphy, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former assistant secretary of state for the Near East and South Asia, said the current show of force by the Salafis and others could add to the “already extreme caution” by Washington policy makers over how to deal with Syria’s possible collapse into dozens of rival factions if President Bashar Assad falls. “What we’ve seen over the past days shows the currents that have been there all along, but were kept bottled up by the regimes like Mubarak,” said Murphy.
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here is nothing like a good dog. Even rarer, is a good farm dog. Many a farmer can tell you about that one dog they had who turned out to be a special friend. I chuckle every time I see a beat up old feed truck with a scruffy dog in the front seat. If you are not a dog person, you won’t understand. However, if you are a dog person, you probably already have that special dog in mind and may have even started to reminisce a little. For the Weeks family, that dog was a rat terrier named Josie. We acquired Josie from a place over by Little Cemetery 10 years ago. Jeff and I had been married about a month when we made the trip to get her. We had no way of knowing what this little dog would bring to our family. Never a yappy dog, Jo was a tenacious farm dog who roamed every inch of our property and occasionally more. She was a great watch dog who alerted us to many a stray critter, car or bicyclist. While she never threatened to bite, if we heard Jo bark, we knew there was something that should be checked out. We should all have such good manners. Josie enjoyed being inside. One of her favorite winter spots was in front of the infrared heater in our old farm house. Her legs were short and her belly robust, so when she lay on her side, only two of her feet touched the floor. As much as she liked coming in the house, Jo was happiest outside. Whether it was biting the four-wheeler tires, stealing the cat’s dinner, licking calf noses or helping herself to fresh calf fries, she loved being outside. Again, a lesson we should all follow. While she may have been a little overweight and arthritis slowed her down after a while, Josie could outrun and out dig any of us. Except for the occasional worming and
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shots, we never had to doctor Josie much. That is probably a good thing as she didn’t put up with much and almost got Dr. Bob a few times. I think even seasoned Dr. Bob was surprised when Jo let him know who was boss. Unlike so many people in today’s society, Josie was always happy. Even when the kids came along, she put up with ear pulling and rock throwing like a champ. If Jo grew tired of it and needed some space, she would simply go roll in a dead possum, dig in a gopher mound or take a swim in the stock tank. Then, after a while, she would come back and let us know everything was good. Contentedness is another trait our little terrier possessed that is missing in society. We live on a busy, paved road that can be dangerous. Josie was content to stay in our yard and pasture. Only the occasional road kill could entice her to wander past the drive way. Then, after a quick roll, she always came back and was content to stay in her own yard
and play with her own toys. After 10 great years, we lost Josie a few weeks ago. She found some old gopher bait when we weren’t looking. As soon as I saw her, I knew there was no remedy. Jo taught us many things, she added so much to our family. We miss her a great deal. Now, for some reason, the cat food lasts much longer and the squirrels are a little bolder. Pets are one of the best ways to teach children about responsibility, kindness and compassion. If you have the means to properly care for a pet, don’t withhold that from your children. I realize that time is short and life is demanding. However, if your child is asking for a dog, give them a chance. There is much to be learned and gained from caring for a pet. Editor’s Note: This Guest Editorial is offered by Sarah Weeks. She is a member of The Shawnee News-Star Guest Editorial Board. She is also Ag Business Coordinator at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.
Representatives Rep. Josh Cockroft 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. – Room 315 Oklahoma City OK 73105 Office: 557-7349 Josh.Cockroft@okhouse. gov Rep. Kris Steele 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. – Room 411 Oklahoma City OK 73105 Phone: 557-7345 District Phone: 878-0514 krissteele@okhouse.gov Rep. Tom Newell 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. — Room 328B Oklahoma City OK 73105 Phone: 557-7372 tom.newell@okhouse.gov Rep. Todd Thomsen 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. — Room 338 Oklahoma City OK 73105 Phone: (405) 557-7336 todd.thomsen@okhouse. gov
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We must not embrace political correctness Dear Editor, There is a faction of Islam, Saudi-based Wahhabism that seem to have no higher aspirations in life than to kill others who do not believe in their religion. They were born and raised to hate people who are different. Wahhabi ideology is spreading over Northern Africa and Middle East. Not all Muslims are known as radicals but seldom do you hear them speak out against the radicals. We have many Muslims based here in the United States in cities like Detroit. The Detroit area is one of the nation’s largest Islamic communities, with 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims living in the city and its suburbs. These Muslims emigrated from the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere. The attacks on U.S. Embas-
sies in Libya and Egypt reported Wednesday will not be considered acts of war even though four people were murdered in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, including the Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. Thousands of Egyptian demonstrators tore down the U.S. flag at the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and replaced it with the Islamic flag on the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the U.S. The cry for immigration reform isn’t what some people think it is. Every red blooded U.S. citizen that cares about liberty and freedom should warn our representatives in Washington not to monkey with immigration laws. Do not change them but enforce them to the letter of the existing law. The purpose of immigration laws is to limit the number of any one group of people so that those who are allowed to come here will assimilate into our
society. It was to prevent immigrants from bringing their own culture into the United States and forming sub-cultures. We should not allow enemies of our country and culture to stay here. If immigrants that come to our country do not become part of what this country stands for and support our country, they should not be allowed to become citizens of this country and allowed to stay here. Multiculturalism isn’t good for our nation. We want one nation, indivisible with liberty and justice for all (“all” as in citizens of the USA). We do not want to become Balkanized. In 1850 Sam Houston proclaimed; “A nation divided against itself cannot stand.” I would say a nation that embraces political correctness cannot stand. Howard W. Hall Shawnee
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BPI sues ABC News for ‘pink slime’ defamation NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Beef Products Inc. sued ABC News, Inc. for defamation Thursday over its coverage of a meat product that critics dub “pink slime,” claiming the network damaged the company by misleading consumers into believing it is unhealthy and unsafe. The Dakota Dunes, S.D.-based meat processor is seeking $1.2 billion in damages for roughly 200 “false and misleading and defamatory” statements about the product officially known as lean, finely textured beef, said Dan Webb, BPI’s Chicagobased attorney. The lawsuit filed in a South Dakota state court also names several individuals as defendants, including ABC news anchor Diane Sawyer and the Department of Agriculture microbiologist who coined the term “pink slime.” The company’s reporting “caused consumers to believe that our lean beef is not beef at all — that it’s an unhealthy pink slime, unsafe for public consumption, and that somehow it got hidden in the meat,” Webb said before
the company’s official announcement. ABC News, owned by The Walt Disney Co., denied BPI’s claims. “The lawsuit is without merit,” Jeffrey W. Schneider, the news station’s senior vice president, said in a brief statement Thursday. “We will contest it vigorously.” The 257-page lawsuit names American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., ABC News, Inc., Sawyer and ABC correspondents Jim Avila and David Kerley as defendants. It also names Gerald Zirnstein, the USDA microbiologist who named the product “pink slime,” Carl Custer, a former federal food scientist, and Kit Foshee, a former BPI quality assurance manager who was interviewed by ABC. Richard McIntire, a spokesman for the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, declined to comment and attempts to reach Foshee were unsuccessful. A spokesman for the Food Integrity Campaign, a whistleblower advocacy group that has worked with Foshee, said Thursday that he would
attempt to contact Foshee. Spokesman Dylan Blaylock also said the Washington-based group may release a statement. When reached for comment, Zirnstein said that he had not yet been served with the lawsuit. “I’m just a scientist giving my opinion. I’m not going to deal with this nonsense,” he said, referring questions to his attorney. Bill Marler, a Seattle attorney who said he’s representing Zirnstein and Custer, said his clients were considering a counter-claim against BPI. “Our view is that the lawsuit against them, especially as public employees doing their job for food inspection, is completely bogus, without merit and frivolous,” Marler said. Although several news organizations used the term “pink slime,” Webb said ABC was being sued for attacking the company “night after night.” The “defendants engaged in a monthlong vicious, concerted disinformation campaign against BPI,” the lawsuit claims, citing 11 TV and 14 online reports from March 7 to
requirement as well.” Critics worry about how the meat is processed. Bits of beef are heated and treated with a small amount of ammonia to kill bacteria, a practice that has been used for decades and meets federal food safety standards. Webb said that ABC ignored that information, instead giving the impression “that it’s some type of chemical product ... some kind of repulsive, horrible, vile substance that got put into ground beef and hidden from consumers.” The name “pink slime” gained traction after The New York Times quoted Zirnstein in a 2009 article on the safety of meat processing methods. Soon after, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver began railing against it. McDonald’s Corp. and other fast food companies stopped using the product, and major supermarket chains including Kroger and Stop & Shop vowed to stop selling beef containing the low-cost product. An online petition calling for it to be banned from school menus, attracting hundreds of thousands of supporters.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said the vast majority of states participating in its National School Lunch Program have opted to order ground beef that doesn’t contain the product. Only three — Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota — chose to order beef that may contain it. The uproar prompted Beef Products to suspend operations at plants in Amarillo, Texas; Garden City, Kan.; and Waterloo, Iowa. Beef Products’ plants in Iowa and Kansas each produced about 350,000 pounds of lean, finely textured beef per day, while the one in Texas produced about 200,000 pounds a day. The company has won support from the governors of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas and South Dakota. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has also defended the product, saying the federal government wouldn’t allow the product if it was unsafe. The company has launched its own public relations offensive, including a website — www. beefisbeef.com — to advocate for the product.
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BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday declared a national fishery disaster in New England, opening the door for tens of millions of dollars in relief funds for struggling fishermen and their ports. Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank said the declaration comes amid “unexpectedly slow rebuilding of stocks,” which is forcing huge fishing cuts for 2013 that are jeopardizing the New England industry. Blank said her agency also determined the troubles with fish stocks have come even though fishermen are following rules designed to prevent overfishing. “The future challenges facing the men and women in this industry and the shore-based businesses that support them are daunting, and we want to do everything we can to help them through these difficult times,” Blank said. The declaration doesn’t guarantee any money will actually be funneled toward fishermen, but U.S.
Sen. John Kerry said it’s a big step forward. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has committed to include $100 million for fishermen and fishing communities in emergency assistance legislation that will be debated during the lame-duck session after the election, Kerry said Thursday. Lawmakers must now fight for the money in a potentially reluctant Congress, he said. Kerry compared fishermen to farmers — both are dependent on the vagaries of the ecosystem and both are deserving of assistance when unavoidable problems arise, like when farmers face a drought, he said. “We put billions into the heartland of our country for farmers,” said Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat. “That’s what legislating is about, that’s what the federal government is here for, is to treat the nation as a nation and to share these kind of crises, when they occur.” Chatham fisherman John Our said aid is justified to make up for dam-
age done by federal mismanagement. The fisheries are in such rough shape that Our laid off two crewmen this year and gets by in a thinnedout fishery by going out solo to catch dogfish, a onetime trash fish, he said. “The government has made gross mistakes, and they have not listened to industry through the years,” said Our, 50. Federal and state lawmakers have pursued the disaster declaration since 2010, when new regulations were enacted in New England that placed tough limits on how much fishermen can catch of a given species. In the two years since, the fishery’s future has faded as key stocks of bottom-dwelling groundfish, such as cod and flounder, haven’t rebuilt quickly enough, triggering cuts as high as 70 percent on some species for 2013 and throwing the industry’s future in doubt. Overfishing doesn’t explain the most recent troubles, which have come even though fishermen
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Judge blocks enforcement of insider trading law McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked enforcement of a new insider trading law that would require nearly 30,000 federal workers to disclose details about their financial transactions on the Internet. U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. in Greenbelt, Md., issued a temporary preliminary injunction that bars the law, called the STOCK Act, from being enforced on executive-branch employees until at least November. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law in April. Williams wrote that the law appears to illegally infringe on federal workers’ right to privacy. The injunction does not affect enforcement of the law against members of Congress and their staffs. The law was originally written to apply only to Congress but was amended to extend to senior members of the executive branch, including the military. Without the injunction, the law would have taken effect at the end of the month. The injunction gives Congress time to possibly change the law. Discussions are under way
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April 3. Craig Letch, BPI’s director of food-quality assurance, said the company lost 80 percent of its business in 28 days. BPI has declined to discuss how much it lost in sales, but acknowledged it took a “substantial” hit. Some of the customers have returned, Letch said, but not enough to allow BPI to rehire former employees. Webb said the reports had a “catastrophic” impact on the company, forcing it to close three of its four U.S. plants and lay off 700 workers. ABC published a list of major grocery stores that stopped selling the product, pressuring others to follow suit by placing them on a “black list,” he said. BPI will have to prove the network intended to cause harm for the defamation lawsuit to succeed, said Patrick Garry, a media law expert at the University of South Dakota School of Law. “The media — regardless of your opinion of them — don’t usually print something that they know to be false,” Garry said. “It may be negligent, but usually there’s a malice
to exempt the executive branch, said Bill Bransford, general counsel for the Senior Executives Association, one of the organizations that sued to block the law. Arthur Spitzer, legal director for the ACLU’s
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are catching certain species at the rate mandated by regulators. They’ve then learned retrospectively that fish stocks are in worse shape than scientists thought, they actually fished too hard, and deep cuts are needed. Improving the fishery science is a priority in the $100 million proposal, Kerry said. So is direct aid to fishermen, which will help some exit the industry. Money is also allocated to cover required costs for those who stay in, including millions to pay for independent observers who monitor the catch. Johanna Thomas of the Environmental Defense Fund said any money must be used with the fisheries’ long-term future in mind and with an eye toward accounting for chronic ecological challenges, such as climate change, pressure on local coasts and rising ocean temperatures. “The problems facing the fishery ... are longterm and the solutions should be also,” she said.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The baby of NASA’s space shuttle fleet is about to leave home — for good. At sunrise Monday, Endeavour will depart Kennedy Space Center for a museum in California, with a two-day stopover in Houston, home to Mission Control and the astronauts who flew aboard the replacement for the lost shuttle Challenger. Endeavour is the second of NASA’s three retired shuttles to head to a museum. The youngest shuttle will make the four-day trip to Los Angeles atop a modified jumbo jet, bound for the California Science Center. Discovery landed at the Smithsonian Institution’s display hangar in Virginia last spring. Atlantis will remain at Kennedy. After taking off from the former shuttle landing strip Monday morning, Endeavour and its carrier jet will fly low over Kennedy and the beaches of Cape Canaveral, then head west toward NASA points along the Gulf of Mexico. The pair will swoop over Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and Michoud Assembly Facil-
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Grandma is slow to cheer a wedding that’s overdue DEAR ABBY: My daughter is annoyed with me because I’m not jumping up and down with joy over my grandson’s forthcoming wedding. Yes, I am happy they’re getting married, but how excited can I get? The two have been sexually involved since they met in high school four years ago. She was 16; he was 17. For the past two years, he and his girlfriend have shared an apartment and lived as man and wife. The bride-to-be’s parents are not exactly thrilled either at the expense of a white gown and a few hundred chicken dinners, hall and band. However, my daughter insists on it and wants everybody to get excited. OK — so I’m excited. Whoopee. — GRANNY
MAE DEAR GRANNY MAE: You are focusing on the wrong thing. Your grandson and his fiancee care enough about each other to commit, in a public ceremony, to spending their lives together. That’s a positive step that deserves to be celebrated. Whether you or I approve of couples living together is beside the point. They are adults and it was their choice. Be happy that they are now tying the knot to bind themselves together in a more permanent union. ——— DEAR ABBY: My sister, “Doris,” got divorced 10 years ago. Since then, she’s lost a lot of weight and had extensive plastic surgery. She now dresses
in as little clothing as possible to show off her body. We frequently have family get-togethers, and I notice my husband, “Rod,” looking at Doris in a sexual way. She seems to appreciate it. At the last family gathering, she wore black thong underwear. I know because it became impossible to ignore after she positioned herself on her chair so that her pants dropped down, exposing her fanny. I am upset with her. I told my mother I’d like to limit these get-togethers. Now my mother is mad at me. She says I am being silly and unreasonable. What do you think? — HURTING IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CALIF. DEAR HURTING:
Your sister is overcompensating for all those years she felt unattractive. I hope she learns quickly that the kind of attention she’s getting from dressing so seductively isn’t the kind that lasts. P.S. In the interest of your marriage, your husband should be less obvious about his ogling since it’s making you feel insecure. If you haven’t done so already, please mention it. ——— DEAR ABBY: My daughters attend a high school where a “Sadie Hawkins” dance has been planned for the students. The problem is, the guys at their school think it’s “cool” to wait until the day before the dance to answer the girls’ invitations. These are otherwise polite
young men, but they see no problem in making the girl wait until the last minute to know if she even has a date for the event. I think this is extremely rude and inconsiderate. What is your opinion? And what do you suggest the girls say to the young men who leave them hanging? — MOM WHO CARES IN ARIZONA DEAR MOM WHO CARES: The courteous way to respond when invited out is to accept or say no PROMPTLY. I agree that it’s rude to keep someone hanging. If your daughters don’t get a response within a reasonable amount of time — say, 24 to 48 hours — they should invite someone else. And when the original boy finally comes up with his acceptance, he should be
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US consulate attack in Libya said twin operation BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Heavily armed militants used a protest of an antiIslam film as a cover in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, screaming “God is great!” as they scaled its outer walls and descended on the main building, a witness and a senior Libyan security official said Thursday. The account, the most detailed yet of the rampage that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, came as the Libyan government said four people suspected in the attacks had been arrested and more were being sought. The security official, eastern Libya’s deputy interior minister, Wanis el-Sharef, said it was a two-pronged attack. He said that hours after the crowd stormed the consulate Tuesday night, the militants raided a safe house in the compound just as U.S. and Libyan security arrived to evacuate the staff, suggesting infiltrators within the security forces may have tipped off the militants to the location of the safe house. The attacks were suspected to have been timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strike in the United States, elSharef added, with the militants using the film protest by Libyan civilians to mask their action. Killed in the attack were U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, information management officer Sean Smith, private security guard Glen Doherty and one other American who has yet to be identified. El-Sharef said the four were arrested from their homes on Thursday but would give no further details. He said it was too early to say if they belonged to a particular group or what their motive was. Libya’s new prime minister, Mustafa Abu-Shakour, said authorities were looking for more suspects. One of five private security guards at the consulate said the surprise attack began around 9:30 p.m. when several grenades that were lobbed over the outer wall exploded in the compound and bullets rained down. The guard was wounded in the left leg from shrapnel. He said he was lying on the ground, bleeding and in excruciating pain when a bearded gunman came down the wall and shot him twice in the right leg, screaming: “You infidel, you are defending infidels!” “Later, someone asked me who I was. I said I was the gardener and then I passed out. I woke up in hospital,” said the guard, who spoke to The Associated Press from his bed at a Benghazi hospital. The witness account came as protests of the obscure film, “Innocence of Muslims,” continued in the Middle East. An angry throng broke into the U.S. Embassy
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in Yemen, and clashes between security forces and demonstrators near the fortress-like embassy compound in the heart of Cairo left nearly 200 people injured and two police trucks burned. Speaking at his Benghazi office, el-Sharef, who was running the Interior Ministry’s operations room commanding security forces in the city during the attack, gave the most detailed account to date to come out of Libya of what happened the night of the attack. His version, however, leaves some questions unanswered and does not provide a definitive explanation on the motives behind the attack and the perpetrators’ identity. Killed in the attack were U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, information management officer Sean Smith, private security guard Glen Doherty and one other American who has yet to be identified. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Some Libyan officials have pointed the finger at a hardline Islamist militia, the Ansar al-Shariah Brigades, one of multiple Libyan militias operating in the city. A spokesman for the group lavishly praised the assault for “protecting the faith and fighting for the victory of God Almighty.” But he said the Brigades “did not participate as an organization. This was a
popular uprising.” Adding to the confusion srrounding the attack is that it targeted the United States, a nation that played a key role in ridding the oil-rich, mostly desert nation of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Washington also took the lead in launching the months-long NATO air campaign that crippled the late leader’s forces. Stevens was credited by most Libyans with organizing a political front made up of opposition groups to unite the uprising against Gadhafi’s 41year rule, mediating tribal and regional disputes. The Benghazi attack also underlined the precarious conditions in Libya nearly a year after Gadhafi’s fall, with a weak central government, militias operating as local governments, a destabilizing proliferation of weapons, and militant groups — some inspired by al-Qaida — that are active under the government’s radar. Stevens and another American were killed in the consulate during the initial violence, as plainclothes Libyan security were evacuating the consulate’s staff to the safe house about a mile away, el-Sharef said. The second assault took place several hours later and targeted the safe house — a villa inside the grounds of the city’s equestrian club — killing two Americans and wounding a number of Libyans and
Americans. The crowd built at the consulate — a one-story villa surrounded by a large garden in an upscale Benghazi neighborhood — in several stages, ElSharef said. First, a small group of gunmen arrived, then civilians angry over the film. Later, heavily armed men with armored vehicles, some with rocketpropelled grenades, joined and the numbers swelled to more than 200. The gunmen fired into the air outside the consulate. Libyan security guarding the site pulled out because they were so outmanned. “We thought there was no way for the protesters to storm the compound, which had fortified walls,” he said. Libyan security advised the Americans to evacuate at that point, but the advice was ignored, he said. There was shooting in the air from inside the consulate compound, he said. At this point, el-Sharef continued, the crowd stormed the compound. The consulate was looted and burned, while plainclothes security men were sent to evacuate the personnel. Stevens probably died of asphyxiation following a grenade explosion that started a fire, el-Sharef said, echoing what the Libyan doctor to whom Stevens’ body was taken
told the AP on Wednesday. His account was corroborated by local journalist Ibrahim Hadya, who was at the scene. He told the AP that the consulate was stormed just as the evacuation was under way, with staff members smuggled out a side door that opens to a street other than the one where the militants
and protesters gathered. U.S. officials have said attackers broke into the main consulate building around 10:15 p.m. and set the compound on fire. Amid the evacuation, Stevens became separated from others, and staffers and security who tried to find him were forced to flee by flames, smoke and gunfire.
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Man who fled Texas rape trial formally sentenced LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — A man who was a fugitive for nearly two weeks after fleeing his trial a day before being convicted in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Southeast Texas girl was told by a judge Thursday that he would spend nearly the next century in prison. Eric McGowen was formally sentenced to 99 years in prison without parole during a hearing in the same courtroom from which he had fled. He will now be transferred to the Texas prison system. The 20-year-old did not say anything during the brief court hearing. When asked by state District Judge Mark Morefield if there was any legal reason why the sentence shouldn’t be imposed, McGowen appeared to mumble something to his attorney, Matthew Poston. Poston said his client objected to the sentence because it was “cruel and unusual.” McGowen was one of 20 men and boys who authorities say repeatedly sexually assaulted the girl on at least five occasions from mid-September through early December of 2010. He was the first defendant to stand trial in the case. McGowen was dressed
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IRVING, Texas (AP) — The spoils of playing quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys are plentiful. It is an iconic sports position, one that has featured Hall of Famers Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman. Do well and fame and fortune are sure to follow. Tony Romo will tell you it’s an honor to be mentioned in the same sentence with legends such as Staubach and Aikman. And even though there is pressure being compared with players who combined to win five Super Bowls, Kyle Orton said the upside is far greater. “”When you follow those guys, it’s great,” said Orton, the Cowboys’ backup quarterback. “You’re always excited when you get to play the same position as some great players have played. So it is pressure, or fun? “A little of both, to be honest with you,” said Orton, who should know. He played two years in Denver, where quarterbacks are often reminded they are not John Elway. “But Tony’s such a high-level quarterback that he’s capable of living up to those expectations.” Romo is poised to make significant movement in the Cowboys record book. He currently ranks fourth in Dallas history with 152 touchdown passes, but that is only one behind Staubach’s 153 and three behind the 155 by Danny White. Romo could pass both players with four TDs against Seattle on Sunday. Aikman currently leads the team with 165 TD passes.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Tracy Moore wants to be the next great Oklahoma State receiver, following the likes of firstround NFL draft picks Justin Blackmon and Dez Bryant. His coaches want him to understand that there’s more to the job than just catching passes and scoring touchdowns. Coach Mike Gundy and offensive coordinator Todd Monken met with Moore after he caught four touch-
down passes in Oklahoma State’s 59-38 loss at Arizona last week, discussing what he can do beyond producing on the field. “He’s a good player, he’s a good kid, he’s a good looking guy, he’s charismatic. He has all the things you’d want in a leader,” Monken said. “But that doesn’t mean you can lead. Just because you have all those things doesn’t mean you can lead the right way. He’s going to lead. It’s just which way.”
Moore had three run-ins with police this offseason, resulting in his suspension for the season opener against Savannah State. Once he was back, he put up big numbers in his season debut with eight catches for 106 yards. His four-touchdown performance matched the best of Bryant’s career, and he only did it once. Blackmon, a two-time All-American and two-time Biletnikoff Award winner, never did it.
“If you’re one of the better players on the team, you automatically get that chance (to lead) because people and kids that are in society today see good players as role models. They don’t make the decision based on other things like we do,” Gundy said. While Moore has been solid in games, his issues have come elsewhere. He got benched for the Fiesta Bowl last season because of practice issues, and Gundy said he’s been
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OBU suffers first loss of campaign ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Oklahoma Baptist lost for the first time this season in men’s soccer, 2-1, at the hands of Northwestern College. The lone OBU goal came from Tito Silva, who scored with 32 minutes left in the game as he punched home a rebound. That goal tied the game, but Northwestern got the game-winner six minutes later. Now 2-1 on the season, the Bison play at Grand View College Saturday at 7 p.m.
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Bison hosting golf tourney Oklahoma Baptist University’s basketball team is conducting its 22nd annual golf tournament Oct. 6 at the Firelake course. The four-man scramble has an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. The $75 entry includes a green fee, cart rental, lunch and prizes. Hole sponsorships are still available at $100 each. For more information, contact Kyle Tolin in the basketball office at 405585-5311 or email kyle. tolin@okbu.edu.
SPORTS TRIVIA QUESTION: Who holds the NFL record for the longest interception return? THURSDAY’S ANSWER: Rondel Melendez and Chris Johnson share the fastest electronically timed 40-yard dash in NFL combine history, both clocking a blazing 4.24 seconds.
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Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland A’s to become the first major leaguer to win 30 games in a season since Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934.
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known to run his mouth from time to time. “Does he qualify in a lot of areas that we as parents would want him to? No. Does he qualify to help us lead out here on the football field? Yes,” Gundy said. “That doesn’t make him a well-rounded leader. Hopefully that’ll help him in the long run in the other areas.” Oklahoma State will host Louisiana-Lafayette Saturday.
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Shawnee’s Kendall Gilbert sets sail on a 57-yard pass reception against Deer Creek last Friday. The play set up Shawnee’s sole touchdown in a 42-6 setback to Deer Creek. Shawnee, 0-2, plays tonight at Ponca City. PHOTO BY GREG MAYBERRY
ROAD ASSIGNMENT Shawnee, Ponca City seeking first victory of season By Fred Fehr Charles.fehr@news-star.com
Something has to give tonight when Shawnee invades Ponca City’s Sullins Stadium to close out the nondistrict schedule. Both squads are seeking their first victory of the season. Shawnee has fallen to Class 5A heavyweights Bishop McGuinness (32-13), ranked third, and Deer Creek (42-6), ranked sixth. Ponca City has come up short to unranked Sapulpa, 34-14, and to top-ranked (5A) Guthrie, 36-7. “Ponca City is a Class 6A school and they have some good numbers this year,” Shawnee head coach Billy Brown said. “We’re pretty evenly matched across the board.” Shawnee prevailed two years ago at Ponca City but dropped a 24-6 decision to the Wildcats last season at Jim Thorpe Stadium. The Wolves generated only 153 yards of offense in that game. Starting SHS wide receiver Wolf Kienzle, who hasn’t played since the first quarter of the opener because of an injury, will be sidelined again tonight. “He just wasn’t ready to go,” said
Brown. “We won’t push it since it’s not a district game. He could possibly be ready next week.” Shawnee opens its District 5A-3 schedule Sept. 21 at Tulsa Memorial. Kienzle isn’t the only injured SHS player. Sophomore Tanner Newman, who quarterbacked much of last week’s setback at Deer Creek, had shoulder surgery Thursday and is sidelined for the rest of the season. “Tanner hurt his shoulder in the spring and he had just been toughing it out,” Brown said. “We needed him last week and he showed a lot of courage. But he needs his shoulder surgically repaired. “He did OK last week. We had a lot of mistakes everywhere else.” Newman connected on 10-of-24 passes for 121 yards. Sophomore John Jacobs, Shawnee’s starting quarterback, was shaken up in the second quarter of last week’s game but will play tonight, Brown said. Shawnee has recorded three touchdowns, all by wide receiver Theo Berry. Berry posted two TD receptions opposite McGuinness and had a 13-yard rushing TD versus
Deer Creek. Berry has caught 11 passes for 176 yards. Brown said Ponca City had about a 50-50 run-pass ratio its first two games. Ponca City’s Jake Didlake was suspended for the first two games but will play tonight. In his absence, Heath Cromwell handled the QB duties. Cromwell and Cole Nimmo hooked up on a 13-yard pass for a TD against Guthrie. Cromwell will see action tonight as a slot receiver and as a defensive back. “Offensively against Sapulpa, they used a lot of speed stuff but they were more a double- tight end formation against Guthrie,” Brown said. “Their front seven on defense are pretty good. For about the first 2 ½ quarters, they dominated Guthrie’s rushing offense but just got worn down.” Shawnee has rushed for just 111 yards on 73 carries. District 5A-3 members have notched a combined 3-13 record over the first two weekends of nonSHAWNEE, Page 2B
In 32 years of coaching at Seminole High School, Mike Snyder had experienced just one instance in which his squad never took the field for a scheduled game. 9/11. “Some schools went ahead and played after 9/11. We didn’t play that Friday night,” Snyder said. Snyder almost had his second-such experience last Friday night. His Chieftains and host Tecumseh only played about 10 minutes before drenching rain and lightning wiped out the game after a lengthy delay. The contest wasn’t rescheduled because it was a non-district affair. The Chieftains, the highest-ranked TriCounty squad — fourth in Class 3A — will resume play at 7:30 tonight against a host McLoud edition. Snyder will be gunning for the 300th victory of an illustrious career. “McLoud is probably the most improved team on our schedule,” Snyder said. “They had so many injuries last year. “Their quarterback is really a good player.” Joseph Wood is back at the McLoud QB slot after missing all of last year with a knee injury. “He’s a special athlete,” McLoud coach Eric Cardin said of Wood. “He’s about 6-3, 190 pounds and he can run and throw. He’s very talented and he’s just a junior.” Seminole wasn’t pressed in its opener, defeating Lincoln Christian 40-13. McLoud opened the year with a 41-0 win over Bethel, then dropped a 19-17 decision to PerkinsTryon last Friday night. Seminole will again be without starting defensive tackle Bobby Miler because of a hand injury. McLoud wide receiver/ slotback Will Olds will miss his third straight game because of a broken collarbone. “Overall, we’re pretty healthy — the first time we’ve been this healthy in TRI-COUNTY, Page 2B
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Dale moves to 26-3 on season DAVENPORT — The Lady Pirates of Dale recorded a 13-0 victory over Luther and a 3-2 win over Drumright in action Thursday at the Davenport Tournament. In the 3 ½-inning opener, Dale out-hit Luther 15-3. Raegan Holt led Dale’s offensive attack with a triple and two singles. Danielle Dockrey posted a 2-run home run in the third inning while Jaelin Flewallen and Kassidy Sparks each had a double
and a single. Teammate Caitlin Pitchford chipped in with two singles. McKenna Rosebure, the winning pitcher, ran her record to 16-3 with a twohitter in four innings. She fanned three batters and walked one. In the second game, Dale and Depew were tied at 2 entering the bottom of the seventh. Flewallen singled and moved to second on a fielder’s choice by Dockrey. Pitchford then Kortland Wilkey of Dale singles against Tecumseh Monday in an 8-0 Dale victory. DALE, Page 2B
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Friday, Sept. 14 AUTO RACING NOON ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for GEICO 400, at Joliet, Ill. 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Dollar General 300, at Joliet, Ill. 3 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for GEICO 400, at Joliet, Ill. 4:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Dollar General 300, at Joliet, Ill. 6:30 p.m. NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, qualifying for MAVTV 500, at Fontana, Calif. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Washington St. at UNLV GOLF 7:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Italian Open, second round, at Turin, Italy 8 a.m. ESPN2 — Women’s British Open, second round, at Hoylake, England 4 p.m. TGC — Web.com Tour, Boise Open, second round, at Boise, Idaho 6:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Hawaii Championship, first round, at Kapolei, Hawaii MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1:10 p.m. WGN — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs 6:30 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Washington at Atlanta or Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees (7 p.m. start) PREP FOOTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) 9 p.m. FSN — Bergen Catholic (N.J.) at Bishop Gorman (Nev.) SOCCER 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — MLS, Houston at Kansas City
GOLF Elks Ladies Club Championship Club Champion: Jamie Branch Senior Club Champion: Sammie Garrett A Flight Champion: Bette Coughran B Flight Champion: Gloria Pickett
FOOTBALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 48 New England 1 0 0 1.000 34 Miami 0 1 0 .000 10 Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 28 South W L T Pct PF Houston 1 0 0 1.000 30 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 23 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 21 Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 13 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 44 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 16 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 19 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 13 West W L T Pct PF Denver 1 0 0 1.000 31 San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 22 Oakland 0 1 0 .000 14 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 24 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 24 Washington 1 0 0 1.000 40 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 17 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 17 South W L T Pct PF Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 16 Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 40 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 32 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 10 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 27 Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 26 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 45 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 51 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 20 San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 30 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 23 Seattle 0 1 0 .000 16 ___ Wednesday’s Game Dallas 24, N.Y. Giants 17 Sunday’s Games Chicago 41, Indianapolis 21 Minnesota 26, Jacksonville 23, OT Houston 30, Miami 10 New England 34, Tennessee 13 Washington 40, New Orleans 32
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Atlanta 40, Kansas City 24 N.Y. Jets 48, Buffalo 28 Detroit 27, St. Louis 23 Philadelphia 17, Cleveland 16 Arizona 20, Seattle 16 San Francisco 30, Green Bay 22 Tampa Bay 16, Carolina 10 Denver 31, Pittsburgh 19 Monday’s Games Baltimore 44, Cincinnati 13 San Diego 22, Oakland 14 Thursday, Sep. 13 Green Bay 23, Chicago 10 Sunday, Sep. 16 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, Noon New Orleans at Carolina, Noon Arizona at New England, Noon Minnesota at Indianapolis, Noon Baltimore at Philadelphia, Noon Kansas City at Buffalo, Noon Cleveland at Cincinnati, Noon Houston at Jacksonville, Noon Oakland at Miami, Noon Dallas at Seattle, 3:05 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m. Tennessee at San Diego, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m. Detroit at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m. Monday, Sep. 17 Denver at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Green Bay 23, Chicago 10 Chicago 0 0 3 7—10 Green Bay 0 13 0 10—23 Second Quarter GB_FG Crosby 48, 12:56. GB_Crabtree 27 pass from Masthay (Crosby kick), 1:50. GB_FG Crosby 35, :00. Third Quarter Chi_FG Gould 45, 8:49. Fourth Quarter GB_FG Crosby 54, 11:38. GB_Driver 26 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 11:17. Chi_Davis 21 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), 6:49. A_70,543. ___ Chi GB First downs 11 19 Total Net Yards 168 321 Rushes-yards 23-94 28-106 Passing 74 215 Punt Returns 2-8 2-16 Kickoff Returns 2-57 1-21 Interceptions Ret. 1-20 4-38 Comp-Att-Int 11-27-4 23-33-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 7-52 5-31 Punts 6-46.8 5-47.6 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 8-65 4-54 Time of Possession 27:49 32:11 ___ INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Chicago, Bush 14-54, Forte 7-31, Cutler 1-12, Allen 1-(minus 3). Green Bay, Benson 20-81, Cobb 1-28, Green 2-2, Kuhn 2-1, Rodgers 3-(minus 6). PASSING_Chicago, Cutler 11-27-4126. Green Bay, Rodgers 22-32-1-219, Masthay 1-1-0-27. RECEIVING_Chicago, Forte 4-49, Marshall 2-24, Bennett 2-21, Davis 1-21, Jeffery 1-7, Spaeth 1-4. Green Bay, Nelson 6-84, Benson 4-35, Finley 426, Kuhn 3-23, Ja.Jones 2-(minus 1), Crabtree 1-27, Driver 1-26, Cobb 1-20, D.Williams 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. DALLAS (1-0) At SEATTLE (0-1) Sunday, 3:05 p.m., FOX OPENING LINE — Cowboys by 3 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Dallas 1-0; Seattle 0-1 SERIES RECORD — Cowboys lead 9-5 AP PRO32 RANKING — Cowboys, No. 9; Seahawks, No. 24 LAST MEETING — Cowboys beat Seahawks 23-13, Nov. 6, 2011 LAST WEEK — Cowboys beat New York Giants 24-17; Seahawks lost to Cardinals 20-16 COWBOYS OFFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (7), PASS (10) COWBOYS DEFENSE — OVERALL (7), RUSH (12), PASS (5) SEAHAWKS OFFENSE — OVERALL (29), RUSH (13), PASS (30) SEAHAWKS DEFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (5), PASS (11) COLLEGE RESULTS Thursday Chattanooga 35, Glenville St. 0 UT-Martin 23, SE Louisiana 6 Rutgers 23, South Florida 13 MVSU 6, Southern U. 0 PREP RESULTS Buffalo 49, Waynoka 12 Deer Creek 45, Edmond Memorial 14 Lawton 45, Altus 0 McLain/TSST 25, Central 21 Oklahoma Centennial 30, OKC U.S. Grant 12 Westmoore 29, Norman North 16
BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS East Division W L Pct Washington 89 54 .622 Atlanta 81 63 .563 Philadelphia 72 72 .500 New York 65 78 .455 Miami 63 81 .438 Central Division W L Pct Cincinnati 87 57 .604 St. Louis 75 68 .524
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72 70 .507 14 72 71 .503 14½ 56 87 .392 30½ 46 98 .319 41 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 81 62 .566 — Los Angeles 74 69 .517 7 Arizona 71 72 .497 10 San Diego 69 75 .479 12½ Colorado 57 85 .401 23½ ___ Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Miami 1 San Diego 3, St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1 Washington 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs 5, Houston 1 Milwaukee 8, Atlanta 2 San Francisco 8, Colorado 3 Arizona 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Thursday’s Games Houston 6, Philadelphia 4 St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, late Friday’s Games Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 12-7) at Chicago Cubs (Rusin 0-2), 1:20 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-7) at Miami (Ja. Turner 0-2), 6:10 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 9-6) at Atlanta (Medlen 8-1), 6:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 14-6) at Houston (E.Gonzalez 2-0), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 10-9) at Milwaukee (Fiers 9-7), 7:10 p.m. San Francisco (M.Cain 13-5) at Arizona (Skaggs 1-1), 8:40 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 4-4) at San Diego (Cashner 3-3), 9:05 p.m. St. Louis (J.Kelly 5-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 11-10), 9:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 12:05 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 6:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 7:35 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Cincinnati at Miami, 12:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 3:05 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 3:10 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7:05 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 81 62 .566 — New York 81 62 .566 — Tampa Bay 77 66 .538 4 Toronto 65 77 .458 15½ Boston 64 80 .444 17½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 76 66 .535 — Detroit 75 67 .528 1 Kansas City 65 78 .455 11½ Cleveland 60 84 .417 17 Minnesota 60 84 .417 17 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 85 58 .594 — Oakland 82 61 .573 3 Los Angeles 78 66 .542 7½ Seattle 69 75 .479 16½ ___ Wednesday’s Games Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 2 Seattle 3, Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 4 Texas 5, Cleveland 2 Detroit 8, Chicago White Sox 6 Kansas City 10, Minnesota 5 Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 1 Thursday’s Games Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 2, 14 innings L.A. Angels 6, Oakland 0 Toronto 8, Seattle 3 N.Y. Yankees 2, Boston 0 Cleveland 5, Texas 4 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3, 10 innings Detroit at Chicago, ppd., rain Friday’s Games Detroit (A.Sanchez 2-5) at Cleveland (Kluber 1-3), 6:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 17-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 13-5), 6:05 p.m. Boston (Matsuzaka 1-5) at Toronto (Laffey 3-5), 6:07 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 6-4) at Texas (Darvish 14-9), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Liriano 5-11) at Minnesota (Vasquez 0-1), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 12-9) at Kansas City (B.Chen 10-12), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (J.Saunders 2-1) at Oakland (Milone 12-10), 9:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 12:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 3:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 12:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
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Pack use fake FG to whip Bears GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — On a night when defenses dominated the NFL’s most storied rivalry, the Packers got creative — and it worked. Punter Tim Masthay and backup tight end Tom Crabtree combined for a touchdown on a fake field goal in the second quarter, and the Green Bay Packers rattled and robbed Jay Cutler in a 23-10 victory over the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field on Thursday. Cutler threw four interceptions, including a pair to Tramon Williams. Facing a fierce Packers pass rush all night, Cutler was sacked seven times, including 3½ for Clay Matthews. New Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall was held to two catches for 24 yards. “Clay was incredible,” Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. “Defense
causing turnovers, if they play like this we’re going to be hard to beat.” The Bears also lost running back Matt Forte to an ankle injury. After Williams collected his second interception, Rodgers finally found the end zone in the fourth quarter, hitting Donald Driver for a 26-yard touchdown and a 23-3 lead. Driver, who barely played in the Packers’ season-opening loss to San Francisco, did a celebratory dance in the end zone, recalling his stint on the “Dancing With the Stars” reality television show. But Rodgers threw an interception to Tim Jennings and the Bears finally cashed in. Facing fourth-and-7 at the Green Bay 21, Cutler threw a touchdown to Kellen Davis, cutting the lead to 23-10 with 6:49 remaining. But the Bears couldn’t
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mount a comeback as Matthews and the Packers kept turning up the heat. Rodgers finished the game 22 of 32 for 219 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He got roughed up, too, getting sacked five times. Green Bay got a scare when the NFL MVP appeared to hurt his right arm early in the game, but he stayed in. Cutler was 11 for 27 for 126 yards. Earlier in the week, a confident Cutler wished the Packers’ defensive backs “good luck” in trying to match up physically with a new-look wide receiver corps led by Marshall. Stalked by Williams for much of the night, Marshall didn’t see much of the ball. And he couldn’t convert his one big opportunity, dropping a potential touchdown in the third quarter.
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Lengthy field goals no mistake David Akers called his 63-yard field goal at Green Bay “a miracle.” Hardly. Kickers are trying and making longer field goals every year, and Akers’ record-tying kick easily could be exceeded this season — provided the circumstances are right. “I’m guessing probably everybody’s always had the ability to do it,” said the Falcons’ Matt Bryant, who has a 62-yarder. Akers got the opportunity at the end of the half at Lambeau Field. San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh had seen Ak-
ers hit from 60 yards in warm-ups — some kickers don’t even bother trying from that distance before games — and felt good about going for it. At 37, Akers’ leg is getting stronger. He was the All-Pro kicker last season in his first year with the 49ers, making 44 of 52 kicks, including 7 of 9 from 50 yards and beyond. He is dependable and relatively immune to pressure after spending a dozen seasons in Philadelphia. But he didn’t think the kick had a chance. “There’s no way I hit it good enough,” Akers
thought. Then it hit the goalpost and bounced over, tying Akers with Jason Elam, Sebastian Janikowski and Tom Dempsey for the record. The number of attempts from 60 yards or longer per year increased from two in 2007 to seven last season. From 55 and longer, still a prodigious distance, there were 16 tries in ‘07 and 28 last year. There already were two on opening weekend, with Minnesota rookie Blair Walsh hitting a 55-yarder to tie the game at the end of regulation.
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UConn’s Calhoun calling it quits STORRS, Conn. (AP) — As Jim Calhoun stood in his office at Gampel Pavilion, waiting for his final news conference as Connecticut’s basketball coach, Pat Calhoun turned to her husband and gave him one final piece of advice. “Don’t change your mind,” she said. Calhoun had stayed on
at UConn through cancer and a recruiting scandal. He refused to retire after winning a third national championship in 2011 because he didn’t want a new coach to serve his NCAA suspension. He came back again to finish last season after another absence, this one for spinal surgery.
But on Thursday he finally retired — on his own terms, with a handpicked successor and no apologies. “I never, ever, ever said that I was mistake free,” Calhoun said. “But I was always trying to do the right thing. It didn’t always work that way, but I was always trying to do the right thing.”
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Dickey captures Branch Rickey award DENVER (AP) — New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey is the winner of the 2012 Branch Rickey Award in recognition of his work distributing baseball equipment and medical supplies in Central and South America.
Created by the Rotary Club of Denver, the Branch Rickey Award honors individuals in baseball who contribute to their communities and are strong role models for young people. Each year, major league
teams nominate a player, coach or executive, either active or retired, for the award, which is named in honor of the late baseball executive known for breaking baseball’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson.
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McAlester, despite being 0-2, is ranked 10th by the Associated Press. The Buffs have dropped games to 12th-ranked (6A) Stillwater (42-18) and eighth-ranked (6A) Tulsa Washington (27-17). 5A-3 members on the losing end last Friday were Skiatook, 19-7 to Oologah; Tulsa Kelley, 34-10 to McGuinness; Durant, 27-12 to
Ardmore; and Tulsa Hale, 21-0 to Sapulpa. Tonight’s 5A-3 schedule is McAlester at Claremore, OKC Legion at Tulsa Hale, Durant at Ada, Tulsa Kelley at Coweta, Bartlesville at Skiatook and El Reno at Noble. Tulsa Memorial played Thursday night against Tulsa NOAH.
Red Devils and Flewallen posted two singles.. Dale out-hit Depew 93 but left 10 runners on base.Taylor Powell, who earned the pitching win to go to 9-0, gave up just three hits in seven innings. She struck out four batters
and walked one. Dale, 26-3, will be idle today but will continue tournament action Saturday at 1 p.m. with a winners bracket finals’ matchup versus Kellyville. Note: Report compiled by Fred Fehr.
Biswell rushed for 208 yards. Fellow Lincoln County squads Chandler and Meeker are home tonight. Chandler, 0-2 and coming off a 31-0 setback at second-ranked (3A) Kingfisher, wlll entertain Harrah (0-2), a 29-26 loser to Piedmont in Week 2. Harrah surrendered 279 yards and four touchdown passes to Brett Adams. Class 2A Meeker (1-1), which walloped Wewoka 42-13, will face Wayne (20), the top-ranked squad in Class A. Wayne blitzed eighth-ranked Minco 4612 in Week 2. Bethel (0-2) will be home against Madill, which drubbed Kingston
49-0 last Friday. Bethel was upended 28-8 by Dickson last Friday. In the 2011 battle, Bethel’s Dillion Dutton had scoring runs of 79 yards and 49 yards in a 30-23 triumph over Madill. Dutton finished with 131 yards on just three carries. Dutton is currently a member of Shawnee’s football squad. Maud, 2-0 overall and 1-0 in district play, will travel to Arkoma for a C-4 engagement. Macomb, 0-2 and outscored 102-6, will face visiting Central High of Marlow. Macomb is 0-1 in District B-2 games. All of tonight’s TriCounty kickoffs are scheduled for 7:30.
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in a long time,” Cardin said. “Defensively, we’re playing a lot better this year. Having two-year starters on the line has made a lot of difference. The size on our offensive line is about back to where it should be. We’re still young there — we only have one senior — but we finally have some big kids.” Cardin fully understands the task at hand. “Seminole is a great football team. They are big, strong and physical and they have two good running backs.” Seminole inflicted a 496 whipping on McLoud in 2011. Tecumseh’s Savages, 1-0, will entertain Little Axe (1-1), a 36-20 loser to Lexington last week. Little Axe was a 26-20 season-opening winner over Santa Fe South. Prague, coming off a 277 defeat to Okemah, faces a stern road test against eighth-ranked, Class 2A Stroud. Stroud (1-1) suffered a 14-8 loss to Bristow last week. In last year’s battle, Stroud registered more than 400 yards of offense in a 36-0 victory over the Red Devils as Dakota
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NYC bans big sugar y drinks at eateries, theaters “I am still skeptical. . This is not comprehensive enough,” said Caro, a doctor of internal medicine. Some New Yorkers have also ridiculed the rule as a gross government intrusion and tens of thousands signed a petition, circulated by the industry, voicing their opposition. The unprecedented regulation would follow other ambitious health moves on Bloomberg’s watch. Some have proven to be national pacesetters, such as making chain restaurants post calorie counts prominently on their menus; McDonald’s announced Wednesday that it would start displaying the information nationwide next week, before a federal requirement that could force all major chains to do so next year. New York City also has barred artificial trans fats from restaurant food and taken aggressive steps to discourage smoking. Starting this month, dozens of city hospitals are asking mothers of newborns to listen to talks about why they should breast-feed instead of using formula. Bloomberg and other advocates for the soda plan — who include a ros-
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ter of doctors and such food figures as chef Jamie Oliver — see it as another pioneering step for public health. After Thursday’s vote, Bloomberg’s official Twitter feed tweeted: “NYC’s new sugary drink policy is the single biggest step any gov’t has taken to curb (hash)obesity. It will help save lives.” They say the proposal strikes at a leading cause of obesity simply by giving people a built-in reason to stop at 16 ounces: 200 calories, if it’s a regular Coke, compared to 240 in a 20ounce size. For someone who drinks a soda a day, the difference amounts to 14,600 calories a year, or the equivalent of 70 Hershey bars, enough to add about four pounds of fat to a person’s body. Beyond the numbers, some doctors and nutrition experts say the proposal starts a conversation that could change attitudes toward overeating. While there are many factors in obesity, “ultimately it does come down to culture, and it comes down to taking some first steps,” said Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick, a Mount Sinai School of Medicine professor who has studied the effect of
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Board of Health opened up a new, experimental front in the war on obesity Thursday, passing a rule banning sales of big sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, concession stands and other eateries. The regulation, which was proposed in the spring by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and approved by panel of health experts after several months of review, puts a 16-ounce size limit on cups and bottles of non-diet soda, sweetened teas, and other calorie-packed beverages. The ban will apply in fast-food joints, movie houses and Broadway theaters, workplace cafeterias, and most other places selling prepared food. It doesn’t cover beverages sold in supermarkets or most convenience stores. The restaurant and beverage industries have assailed the plan as misguided. They say the city’s health experts are exaggerating the role sugary beverages have played in making Americans fat. One board member, Dr. Sixto R. Caro, abstained from voting. The other eight board members voted yes.
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Good partners By Frank Stewart Cy the Cynic defines a friend as someone who is always there when he needs you. Moreover, sincerity isn’t Cy’s strongest attribute, so I was surprised when he told me in the club lounge that he valued my friendship. All I could do was nod. “You know,” the Cynic said, “if we were on a sinking ship with only one life jacket, I’d miss you and think of you often.” A good partner is there when you call on him. In today’s deal, West’s queen of spades won, but South’s bid had promised about 10 points, hence West could see only two spade tricks and one club.
opens 1NT. The next player passes. What do you say? ANSWER: You have plenty of values for game but not enough for slam. The issue is whether to use Stayman to look for a possible 4-4 heart fit. Since you have ample highcard strength, you’re unlikely to need the extra trick that playing at hearts might provide, and a bad break might endanger a contract of four hearts. Bid 3NT. West dealer Neither side vulnerable NORTH ♠K86 ♥ AJ74 ♦ K 10 5 ♣QJ8
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Jewel pens new song NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jewel has penned numerous lyrics empowering women after heartbreak and loss, and now she hopes to do the same for breast cancer survivors. Jewel’s latest song, “Flower,” was written to raise awareness about the importance of breast reconstruction options for breast cancer survivors. The singer is heading to New Orleans next month to perform “Flower” and other hits at a benefit concert for the cause. “Reconstruction is a huge part of the healing process,” Jewel told The Associated Press. “It’s not just vanity. It’s a part of what makes us women. It’s a part of our identity as women. Patients should at least be informed about their options.” Jewel said she originally wrote “Flower” years ago as a relationshipbased song. It was never released, but it was about empowering women. “The chorus in that song kept coming back to me, and I thought it was so fitting for this cause, so I rewrote the lyrics for these women,” she said. The chorus compares a woman battling cancer to “a flower pushing up through concrete to thrive.” Jewel shot to fame in 1996 with her self-written breakout hit, “Who Will Save Your Soul,” and has had success in pop and country genres with hits like “Stronger Woman,” ‘’Foolish Games,” ‘’You Were Meant For Me,” ‘’Hands,” ‘’Stand” and “Intuition.” She said she was surprised to hear a lot of breast cancer survivors are not informed about their breast reconstruction options, even though reconstruction is now considered a medically necessary part of breast cancer treatment that is
covered by Medicare and most major insurance providers. “There should be a plastic surgeon involved from the very beginning,” she said. “We have to be our own advocates.” Jewel is the national spokeswoman for the Beast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) campaign and has partnered with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Foundation to raise awareness and money for breast reconstruction-related research and to the charitable care of breast reconstruction patients. Proceeds generated by downloads of “Flower” on iTunes or Amazon. com will benefit the effort, as will proceeds from the Oct. 29 concert at the New Orleans Theater in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Tickets for the concert go on sale Friday. Jewel says she’s always considered herself an advocate for women but since becoming a mother last summer to her now 1-year-old son, Kase, “I’m an even bigger fan of women.” Kase is the first child for Jewel and her champion bull rider husband, Ty Murray. They live on a ranch in Stephenville, Texas. “Becoming a mom, I gained so much more respect for women and what they go through,” she said. Motherhood has also inspired new work: Jewel wrote and recorded two soothing child-friendly albums — “Lullaby” and “The Merry Goes ‘Round.” On Sept. 18, she’s releasing a children’s book called “That’s What I’ll Do,” which will include a CD accompaniment of a song by the same title. “It’s a love song I wrote for my son,” she said. “It’s one I sing to him every night.”
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Disney’s “FINDING NEMO” (3D): Finding Nemo returns to the big screen for the first time ever in thrilling Disney Digital 3D™. In this stunning underwater adventure, with memorable characters, humor and heartfelt emotion, “Finding Nemo” follows the comedic and momentous journey of an overly protective clownfish named Marlin (voice by Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo (voice by Alexander Gould)––who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from his ocean home and dumped into a fish tank in a dentist’s office. Buoyed by the companionship of Dory (voice by Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly-butforgetful Pacific regal blue tang, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic effort to rescue his son––who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home. (1:40) (G: For all ages). “LAST OUNCE OF COURAGE”: This is an intergenerational story about family, free expression, and taking a stand for cherished beliefs. A family is struck by tragedy when a young man is lost in combat overseas, leaving behind a wife and young son. Years later, the fallen soldier’s father, Bob Revere, serves as mayor of a small town where powerful Washington interests seek to stamp out religious expression. The soldier’s son, now a young man, inspires his grandfather to take a stand for the ideals and traditional values that our heroes in uniform sacrifice everything to protect. In honor of his son, Revere embarks on a personal mission to reignite the latent patriotism and faith of his fellow citizens and reassert the cherished rights guaranteed to all Americans. Jennifer O’Neill, Marshall Teague and Fred Williamson star. (1:41) (PG: For thematic elements, some war images and brief smoking). “STOLEN”: Will Montgomery (Nicolas Cage) is a master thief who after being double-crossed in a heist gone awry is sent to prison for 8 years. Upon his release he’s ready to leave his criminal past behind and try to rebuild a relationship with his estranged daughter Allison. The FBI and his old cohorts believe that he hid the loot from the last heist 8 years ago, $10 Million in Bonds. To get his hands on it, his old partner Vincent (Josh Lucas) kidnaps Allison and demands the entire $ 10 Million as ransom. Keeping her in the soundproofed trunk of a Taxi Cab, he’s able to stay mobile amongst the throngs of taxis out during Mardi Gras day making it nearly impossible to find. He must trust his instincts and his old partner in crime, the beautiful, sexy and smart Riley (Malin Ackerman), to do one more clever heist to get his daughter back alive before it’s too late. (R: For some violence and brief language). “THE WORDS”: When shallow wannabewriter Rory Jensen (Bradley Cooper) finds an old manuscript tucked away in a bag, he decides to pass the work off as his own. The book, called “The Window Tears,” brings Rory great acclaim, until the real author (Jeremy Irons) shows up and threatens to destroy Rory’s reputation. Cut to Clayton Hammond
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(Dennis Quaid), a writer whose popular novel “The Words” seems to mirror Rory’s story, leading to speculation that the tome is Hammond’s thinly veiled autobiography. (1:36) (PG13: For brief strong language and smoking). “LAWLESS”: Three rebellious, bootlegging brothers find the elusive American Dream within their reach, and fight to maintain their grip as powerful urban gangsters reap the rewards of their hard work in this sprawling Great Depression-era crime drama from director John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition). At the height of Prohibition, ambitious country boy Jack Bondurant dreams of becoming “Public Enemy #1” while reaping all the benefits that go with the gangster lifestyle. By expanding his family’s moonshining business, he plots to launch a vast criminal empire while winning the heart of beautiful Amish girl Bertha. With his older, intimidating brother Howard by his side, Jack has the brawn to get the job done, too. But they need a strong leader to guide them — a responsibility that falls on their eldest sibling Forrest. Stoic and stalwart, Forrest is the kind of man who holds his cards close, and places a high value on character. Meanwhile, as the three siblings rise to power while battling treachery on both sides of the law, a mysterious woman named Maggie appears out of nowhere, prompting the thoughtful Forrest to question the true price of his outlaw ways. (1:55) (R: For strong bloody violence, some sexuality/nudity and language). “THUNDERSTRUCK”: Brian (Taylor Gray) cannot play basketball very well and his favorite player is Kevin Durant. At a Thunder game, Brian meets Kevin and they switch talents, Brian becomes a high school phenomenon and Kevin loses all of his athletic ability. (1:34) (PG: For mild language and rude humor). “THE EXPENDABLES 2”: Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one
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of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weaponsgrade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that’s nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother. Arnold Schwarzenegger also makes an appearance. (1:43) (R: For strong bloody violence). Disney’s “THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN”: Academy Award®–nominated director/writer Peter Hedges (“Dan in Real Life,” What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”) brings enchantment to the screen with “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim—and their small town of Stanleyville—learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts. (1:44) (PG: For mild thematic elements and brief language). “THE BOURNE LEGACY”: The fourth installment of the highly successful Bourne series sees the return of the franchise’s screenwriter, Tony Gilroy, this time stepping into the director’s seat for an entry which sidelines main character Jason Bourne in order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz co-star, with Joan Allen and Albert Finney reprising their roles from the previous films. (2:05) (PG-13: For violence and action sequences). “GISELLE” 3D: The first ballet ever presented in 3D comes to the theatre screen from the historic Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia in a recorded live performance. (1:30) At 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16. Encore at 7 p.m.,
Tuesday, Sept. 18. NOW SHOWING AT MOVIES SIX AT SHAWNEE MALL: “RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION” (3D and 2D): As Umbrella Corp.’s deadly T-virus continues to turn the world’s population into legions of flesh-eating zombies, Alice (Milla Jovovich), the human race’s last hope, awakes deep within Umbrella’s secret operations facility. The further she delves into the complex, the more of her mysterious past is unveiled. Her global hunt for those responsible for the outbreak leads to a mind-blowing revelation; Aided by friends old and new, Alice fights to escape from a world on the edge of oblivion. (1:35) (R: For sequences of strong violence). “COLD LIGHT OF DAY”: Brash Wall Street trader Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) races to rescue his family after they’re kidnapped while vacationing in Spain, and he exposes a sinister government conspiracy and unearths dark family secrets along the way in this thriller co-starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. (1:33) (PG-13: For intense sequences of action, language and intense sequences of violence). “2016: OBAMA’S AMERICA”: 2016 Obama’s America takes audiences on a gripping visual journey into the heart of the world’s most powerful office to reveal the struggle of whether one man’s past will redefine America over the next four years. The film examines the question, “If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?” Across the globe and in America, people in 2008 hungered for a leader who would unite and lift us from economic turmoil and war. True to America’s ideals, they invested their hope in a new kind of president, Barack Obama. What they didn’t know is that Obama is a man with a past, and in powerful ways that past defines him--who he is, how he thinks, and where he intends to take America and the world. Immersed in exotic locales across four continents, best selling author Dinesh D’Souza races against time to find answers to Obama’s past and reveal where America will
be in 2016. (1:27) (PG: For brief language, thematic elements and smoking images). “THE POSSESSION”: Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host. (1:31) (PG-13: For mature thematic material involving violence and disturbing sequences). “PARANORMAN” (3D and 2D): Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a boy who can speak with the dead, is the only one who can defend his town against a centuries-old curse that causes zombies, ghosts and witches to attack. The animated adventure also features the vocal talents of Anna Kendrick. (1:36) (PG: For scary action and images, thematic elements, some rude humor and language). “THE CAMPAIGN”: When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mudslinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from “Meet the Parents” director Jay Roach that takes today’s political circus to its logical next level. (1:25) (R: For crude sexual content, language and brief nudity).
NOW SHOWING AT THE HORNBECK THEATRE: “THE AVENGERS” (2D): The Super Hero team up of a lifetime comes to the screen featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson the action adventure is based on the comic book series. (2:23) (PG-13: For intense sci-fi action/violence and a mild drug reference). NOW SHOWING AT THE PENTHOUSE THEATRE: “THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN” (2D): Typical teenager Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) embraces his incredible destiny after uncovering one of his father’s most carefully guarded secrets as Columbia Pictures reboots the Spider-Man franchise with the help of director Mark Webb ((500) Days of Summer) and screenwriter James Vanderbilt (Zodiac). Sally Field, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, and Emma Stone co-star. (2:16) (PG-13: For sequences of action and violence). “TED”: A man wrestles with the lingering consequences of a childhood wish in this live-action comedy from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. As a young boy, John Bennett wanted nothing more than for his beloved teddy bear Ted (voice of MacFarlane) to come to life. Incredibly, that wish was granted. But now that John (Mark Wahlberg) is all grown up, his boyhood dream has become a nightmare nuisance. Mila Kunis, Joel McHale, and Giovanni Ribisi co-star. (1:46) (R: For some drug use, pervasive language and crude and sexual content).
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33,000 eeing Guatemala volcano eruption Rebels name peace talk negotiators GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A long-simmering volcano outside one of the Guatemala’s most famous tourist attractions exploded into a series of powerful eruptions Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and forcing the evacuation of more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities. Guatemala’s head of emergency evacuations, Sergio Cabanas, said the evacuees were leaving some 17 villages around the Volcan del Fuego, which sits about six miles southwest (16 kilometers) from the colonial city of Antigua. The ash was blowing south and authorities said Antigua was not
currently in danger, although they expected the eruption to last for at least 12 more hours. The agency said the volcano spewed lava nearly 2,000 feet (600 meters) down slopes billowing with ash around Acatenango, a 12,346-foot-high (3,763meter-high) volcano whose name translates as “Volcano of Fire.� “A paroxysm of an eruption is taking place, a great volcanic eruption, with strong explosions and columns of ash,� said Gustavo Chicna, a volcanologist with the National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology. He said the cinders spewing from the volcano were settling a half-inch thick in many places.
He said extremely hot gases were also rolling down the sides of the volcano, which was entirely wreathed in ash and smoke. The emergency agency warned that flights through the area could be affected. There was a general orange alert, the secondhighest level, but a red alert south and southeast of the mountain, where, Chicna said, “it’s almost in total darkness.� Teresa Marroquin, disaster coordinator for the Guatemalan Red Cross, said the organization had set up 10 emergency shelters and was sending hygiene kits and water. “There are lots of respiratory problems and eye problems,� she said.
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HAVANA (AP) — A high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Thursday revealed the names of the rebel group’s five main negotiators for peace talks with the government. The lead negotiators will be Ivan Marquez, Ricardo Tellez, Andres Paris, Marco Leon Calarca and Simon Trinidad — all veteran leaders of the 48year insurgency. Trinidad is the most controversial of the figures because he is serving a 60-year prison term in the U.S, and it appears unlikely he will be allowed to take part in the negotiations, at least in person. The FARC leader spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorized to publicly discuss the makeup of the peace delegation ahead of a formal announcement. He said Trinidad’s inclusion was meant to show the Colombian government how important his voice and influence will be on the talks. A rebel leader said previously that the talks, which get under way in Norway next month, would go on whether Trinidad is released or not. Talks to try to end one of Latin America’s longest conflicts were announced last week. In addition to the five principal negotiators, the FARC leader said the group will send five other representatives to Norway. The rebel leader gave the AP four of those names: Jesus Santrich,
Hermes Aguilar, Bernardo Salcedo and Ruben Zamora. Colombia’s government and the FARC have been holding preliminary talks in Cuba for six months, and signed an accord on Aug. 27 that cleared the way for formal peace talks to be held in Norway and Cuba. The two countries are listed as guarantors of the peace process, while Venezuela and Chile are observers. Several past efforts to end the conflict have failed. The two sides have agreed that the talks will focus on six main points, including agrarian reform, drug trafficking, returning stolen land, reducing poverty and compensating victims.
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Farmers angr y at counterterror tactic Security boosted at US sites after Libya attack MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s effort to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in this key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged local farmers, who complain the policy has cut their crop yields in half. The blowback in North Waziristan could prove costly as the army grapples with how to tackle enemies of the state holed up in the remote, mountainous area, a task that is likely to be more difficult if the government is unable to mobilize support from local tribesmen. “It’s true that fertilizer is being used to make bombs, but the farmers are not the ones doing it, so why does the ban apply to us?� said Mohammad Daraz, a farmer in Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan. Pakistan has struggled in recent years to avoid offending the population with heavy handed tactics as it battles domestic Taliban militants throughout the northwest. The U.S. has faced this same difficulty in neighboring Afghanistan — not least in its efforts to keep fertilizer, most of which comes from Pakistan, out of the hands of militants whose bombs have killed hundreds of American soldiers. Pakistan first imposed a ban on certain types of fertilizer in North Waziristan and other parts of the semiautonomous tribal region more than three years ago, officials and farmers said. The government instituted the policy after determining that fertilizer had been used in most of the major bombings in Pakistan, especially those involving vehicles packed with explosives, said a senior government official who worked on the ban. The ban was meant to
apply only to urea and other fertilizers that contain ammonium nitrate because they can most easily be turned into explosives, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. But security forces have instead simply tried to prevent all fertilizer from getting into North Waziristan, said farmers and fertilizer dealers. The problem has gotten worse for the thousands of farmers in North Waziristan with each passing year as authorities have increasingly attempted to cut down on fertilizer smuggled into the area, which has become the main sanctuary for Taliban and al-Qaida militants in the country. Most of the farmers work plots of only a few acres terraced into mountainsides or nestled in valleys next to their mud brick homes. These fields are becoming less productive because of the lack of fertilizer. “The ban is affecting farmers, because yield is significantly reduced and crop color is faded,� said Daraz, the farmer from Miran Shah, whose corn and wheat crops have declined more than 50 percent. When the government first imposed the ban, farmers were still able to buy smuggled fertilizer on the black market, although they had to pay higher prices. The situation changed last year after security forces opened fire on a vehicle close to the North Waziristan border and wounded two people who were attempting to smuggle in fertilizer, said Rafique Ullah, a driver who has worked as a smuggler himself. “Since then, the smugglers have almost com-
pletely stopped bringing in fertilizer,� said Ullah. “They are scared now because they think security forces might kill them.� Hamidullah Khan, a farmer in Mir Ali, said there’s very little fertilizer now on the black market. What is available, he said, is far too expensive for farmers because prices have risen six-fold since before the ban. Khan said he’s tried to use organic fertilizer — a mix of animal waste and rotten plants — but that his wheat crop this spring was about half the yield of most years before the ban. “We have heard that this fertilizer is used to make bombs, but we use them for our crops,� said Khan. “Those who use it for bombs can purchase it even at these high prices.� Intelligence officials denied militants were still able to obtain fertilizer in North Waziristan and said the ban has helped reduce the number of bombings in the country. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. The spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, Ahsanullah Ahsan, claimed the ban hasn’t affected the group. Dealers said they still managed to smuggle a few 50-kilogram (110-pound) bags into North Waziristan at a time and sell them for very high rates. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted by authorities. A bag of calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer, used by militants in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, can help produce two to four bombs, depending on whether they are targeting vehicles or foot patrols, according to the U.S. military’s Joint IED Defeat Organization.
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14 Turkey Knob 3Bd, 2Ba, 2 Living, 2 Car Garage, 2100 sq. ft. Nice Home, Cellar, Outbuilding, Under Appraised Value. •Seller will pay closing costs. $129,000 Call 831-1952 for details david@dagivahomes4sale.com
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2BA 1BA 718 E. 9th water & trash pd ]No pets $350mo $350dep 273-5781 590-3968 726 1/2 N. PARK 1Bd, AC, Refrigerator/Stove NO PETS $425mo $150dep utilities Paid 405-609-9243 Clean Remodeled 1Bd apartment stove, fridge, new carpet $400/mo, realtor owner. 973-5105
105347 S, 3500 Rd Prague 5 acres 4 bed/ 3 bath updated kitchen, carpet, windows, lg util, storm shelter
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Tim Vallandingham 405-831-9210
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1211 E. EDWARDS Fixer Upper 2 bed 1 bath Purchase Price $7,500.00 www.property4sale. com 405-273-5777
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Large 3 -4 bedroom home on 3-acres South Rock Creek and Tecumseh Area $150,000 Century 21 Golden Key Realty
Family Realty 405-273-3285 Burl W. Vanlandingham Broker
429 South Pennsylvania Cute Brick Home For Sale 3 bed 1 bath 71k Contact: Sherry (405) 615-3340
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19185 Charleston Pointe 4 bed/2.5 ba, 2253 sq ft whirlpool, patio, 2 dining areas, fireplace, $245,000 Pat Hendricks 255-6073 Remax of Shawnee
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South Rock Creek Road Built 2001 2100 sq. ft. 4 bedrooms 2 full baths 1 level 1 fireplace 2 acres New Quartz counter tops, bull nose corners, very nice open floor plan $189900 Contact: Steve or Lori (405-275-3416)
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3Bd, 1Ba, CH&A, totally remodeled, fenced yard, $750/mo, $350/dep 273-5751 or 590-4508 4004 Blaine Rd. Smoking Oaks Addition, 3bd/2ba, Newly Remodeled CH&A, appliances, references. Appt. ONLY 481-6756 904 Buck Drive Newly remodeled 2BD/1BA, CH&A, appliances, fenced, total electric. References req 481-6756
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HOMES UNFURNISHED 2bd/1ba, $550mo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3bd/2ba, $725mo., water paid, CH&A. 405-760-9972
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SOUTH ROCK CREEK ESTATES NEW 3 BEDROOM HOMES. 3/4 ACRES, STORM SHELTERS, STOVE REFRIGERATOR, WASHER & DRYER PROVIDED. COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SPORTS/PLAY YARD.
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MOBILE HOMES FURNISHED Tec remodeled furnished mobile home. Reference, No pets. $350mo 598-3670
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838C N Kickapoo 700 SF $325. mo 663 N. Kickapoo 295 SF $225 mo 665 N Kickapoo 565 SF $325mo 667 N Kickapoo
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565 SF $345 mo Paul Milburn Acreages 275-1695
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UNFURNISHED BRAND NEW 3 bed, 2bth, 2 car garage Homes $1300.00 monthly utilities included Limited availability If interested please call: (405)275-9500
Now Leasing 3BD, 2Ba homes in McLoud area. Income restrictions do apply. Please call 405-275-9505 for more details.
Newer Home 3BD, 2BA, 2-Car, Large Storage, Less than 3MI to Shawnee Mall & I-40, $1200/Mth, $1200/Dep References Required 405-823-6279
Equal Opportunity Housing LOOKING FOR A RENT HOUSE? Clean/Nice Executive Rental Homes 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom 2 Bath CH/A Call Mrs. Lizzies Home Rentals 405-630-7533 mrzlizzieshomerentals.com
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47 Crown Point Condo-Very Nice 2BD 2BA 2Car garage, fireplace, appliances $925mo smoke/pet free 209-7279
707 N. Broadway Apt B. 3BD 2BA CH&A, stove, fridge, Microwave, dishwasher, w/d hkup New paint & carpet No pets. $675mo $300 dep 225-7422
526 N. Dorthory 3BD w/garage, Nice Neighborhood $500/mo, $400/Deposit Shown By Appointment 405-880-5517 405-398-4816 608 E. Highland, 2 bed, stove, refrigerator, gas dryer, washer hkup, water paed, $450/mo, $300dep App. req. 405-225-7422”
Very Clean 139 S. Dixon 2bd, 1ba, CH&A, W/D hookups, stove, refrigerator, no pets $600mo $500dep 273-5781 590-3968
SHAWNEE 2bd/1ba, Washer/Dryer hookup, no appliances, CH&A, NO PETS! References required. $550mo+$300dep. 273-2216 202-4170
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In the Historic Masonic Building. Includes Janitorial, Utilities, Conference & Snack Rooms. Starting at $250mo. 476-0321 1st MONTH FREE RENT* WAREHOUSE WITH OFFICE 2400 SF, 10 ft overhead door Well lighted, Heated restroom $475month 2224 E. Highland 405-641-0198 405-788-6186 *1 year lease required.
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Retail or office space, 109 N. Broadway, 770 sq.ft. $700/mo includes utilities. 878-0077
Two offices for lease 316 N. Broadway, Shawnee Second month’s rent free with signed lease. Call 464-8063 or 919-0814.
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REGULAR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE The Executive Committee of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, in accordance with the Constitution, Article XVI, Section 3, “Executive Committee Meetings” hereby calls and declares public notice that the REGULAR meeting of the Executive Committee of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Complex in Shawnee, Oklahoma. /s/ Teri Reed Tribal Secretary Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Dated this 4th day of September, 2012 (Published in the Shawnee News-Star September 14th, 15th & 16th 2012)
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The Housing Authority of the Sac and Fox Nation Regular Board of Commissioners meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 17, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. The meeting will be conducted in the Housing Authority building located at 201 N. Harrison, Shawnee, Oklahoma. All Tribal members and other interested parties are invited to attend. Linda Standing, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Steven Landsberry, Executive Director (Published in the Shawnee News-Star September 14, 2012)
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KICKAPOO TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 10:00 A.M. We, the following members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Business Committee, do hereby announce the notice/agenda and do hereby call for the Special Kickapoo Council meeting to be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Multipurpose Building 407 N. Hwy. 102 McLoud, Oklahoma. This action is pursuant to Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Constitution and By-Laws, Article XIII, Section 1. All Tribal members are invited to attend the meeting. AGENDA FOR SPECIAL KICKAPOO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 10:00 A.M. CALL TO ORDER READING OF MINUTES APPROVAL OR TRIBAL BUDGETS ORDINANCES ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES ADJOURNMENT /s/ Gilbert Salazar, Chairman Business Committee Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma /s/ Patricia Gonzales, Secretary Business Committee Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma (Published in The Shawnee News-Star September 14th, 15th & 16th, 2012)
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UN meeting rebukes Iran’s nuclear defiance
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the resolution included Russia and China — which often speak out against harsh punishment for Iran — as well as the United States, Britain, France and Germany, and Western diplomats described the backing of Moscow and Beijing for the resolution as an example of unity. In exchange, however, the four Western powers had to settle for compromise language in the text of the resolution, which was weaker overall than the last one in November. While expressing “serious concern” over continued Iranian uranium enrichment in defiance of the U.N. Security Council, the six nations say they back the “inalienable right” of countries that have signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. That is a bow to arguments by Iran, an NPT signatory, that it has a right to enrich uranium. The resolution “stresses” that the IAEA has not reported any nuclear material missing from Iran sites it is monitoring. Missing material could mean that Tehran is using it elsewhere for weapons purposes. The language is also weaker than it could be because it only “notes” that the agency cannot conclude there is no hidden nuclear
activity going on because of “lack of cooperation” by Iran on agency requests that it be given greater powers to monitor. Western nations have for years chastised the Islamic Republic over fears about its nuclear intentions. But the tone of their statements Thursday was unusually harsh. That appeared to reflect concerns that continued lack of diplomatic progress in persuading Iran to compromise could give a greater platform for Israeli hawks. Ahead of the vote on the resolution, Wood, the chief U.S. envoy, urged board members to send the message “that Iran’s continued behavior is dangerous and unacceptable.” “This board must not allow Iran to continue its pattern of deception, deceit, and flagrant flouting of its international nuclear obligations while continuing its delaying tactics,” he told the closed meeting in remarks made available to reporters. The European Union asserted that the Islamic Republic was stalling the IAEA in its attempts to probe Tehran’s nuclear activities. It also said Iran was failing to comply with U.N. Security Council demands that it stop activities that could lead to the manufacture of nuclear arms. An EU statement called such conduct “unacceptable.”
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VIENNA (AP) — The 35-nation board of the U.N. nuclear agency overwhelmingly rebuked Iran on Thursday for refusing to heed demands that it take actions to diminish fears that it might be seeking atomic arms, a move hailed by the United States as demonstrating international pressure on Tehran to compromise. Only one country — Cuba — voted against a resolution brought before the International Atomic Energy Agency board and drawn up by the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. Ecuador, Tunisia and Egypt abstained, while the 31 other nations supported the resolution. Iran denies any interest in nuclear arms. But it has refused to comply with U.N. and IAEA demands to stop activities that could be used to make such weapons and to allow a probe of suspicions it worked on an arms program. Robert Wood, the chief U.S delegate to the IAEA, said he hoped he board’s near-solid backing for the resolution would serve as a wake-up call for the Islamic Republic to heed international demands to replace its words with actions that prove it has no interest in nuclear weapons. “What we are hoping is that this resolution will keep ... diplomatic pressure up and convince Iran that it has really no other option than to comply with its international obligations,” he told reporters. But the resolution has its limitations, despite the broad support it received. As 11 others before it, the document cannot be enforced by the IAEA board, and as such, may be shrugged off by Tehran, which already is ignoring U.N. Security Council sanctions and other increasingly harsh international penalties meant to force it to compromise. Iran appeared unimpressed Thursday. The country’s chief IAEA delegate, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said pressure on his country came from “a few Western countries, especially the United States (which) are trying to change the IAEA into a mere U.N watchdog” trying to penetrate countries’ national security. Because it is largely symbolic, the document is also unlikely to persuade Israel that diplomacy is working. Israel views a nucleararmed Iran as a mortal threat, citing Iran’s persistent calls for the destruction of the Jewish state, its development of missiles capable of striking Israel, and Iranian support for Arab militant groups. Israeli government leaders have become increasingly strident in suggesting that only military action will stop Iran from getting nuclear arms. For the six powers sponsoring the resolution, the onus at the Vienna meeting was thus to prove that unified international diplomatic pressure could still be exerted on the Islamic Republic — even if it was largely symbolic. Israeli chief delegate Ehud Azoulay questioned whether the resolution would have its intended effect, telling the board that “Iran’s race towards the nuclear bomb has not been slowed down by wellmeaning resolutions.” Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. But it refuses foreign offers of reactor fuel if it stops making its own through uranium enrichment. Enriching uranium is a process that worries the international community because it could be used to arm nuclear warheads too. The IAEA also suspects that Iran has worked secretly on nuclear arms — allegations Iran dismisses as based on fabricated U.S. and Israeli intelligence. The six powers behind
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