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INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN ARTS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Forces of Nature Dance Company (above right) is 40th anniversary. Read the complete story on page one of the many groups scheduled to perform in cel- on page 13 of Inside New York's section of the Daily ebration of the International African Arts Festival's Challenge.

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DAILY CHALLENGE HOLIDAY EDITION, JULY 1 - 4, 2011

N E WS B R I E FS AREA IN CROWN HEIGHTS DEEMED A HISTORIC DISTRICT Brooklyn is now home to the city’s newest historic district. The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the designation of 600 buildings in Crown Heights North. The district is bound by Bergen Street and Eastern Parkway to the north and south, and Nostrand and Brooklyn Avenues to the west and east. “This district went from farmland and then the Brooklyn railroad, so-called, in the 1880s, 1890s came in, and then it developed residential character,” said LPC official Robert Tierney. “And when it developed that residential character they hired some of the best architects who were practicing in New York.” The area adds to the existing Crown Heights North District, which was designated in 2007, and is filled with row houses, homes and apartments built between the 1870s and 1920s. YOGA AMONG LATEST OFFERINGS AT “SUMMER IN THE SQUARE” Summer is in full-swing at the newly-renovated Union Square Park. As part of its “Summer in the Square,” the Union Square Partnership this year is offering free yoga and running classes as well as a fitness boot camp, theatre, and musical performances. The events take place every Thursday for the next nine weeks. Organizers say the activities are a great way to get one’s day going. “Yeah I’m a huge fan of the park. I mean it’s cool just to see people out exercising. To be a part of it and do it as a group is really cool,” said one participant. “It’s a great way to start the day and meet like-minded people in the neighborhood,” said another. The program runs through August 11th. For more information, visit UnionSquareNYC.org. REPORT: NYPD TESTS OUT GUNSHOT TRACING CAMERAS The New York City Police Department is reportedly getting some new technology to help identify the source of gun shots. The Daily News reports sound sensors have been installed on some cameras on the streets and at housing projects in Brownsville. The cameras alert police monitors if shots have been fired, and automatically rotate and zoom to the area where it believes shots originated. Photos can be taken of suspects and transmitted to officers within seconds. Detractors say other sounds like firecrackers can be mistaken for gunshots, and officers would end up being dispatched needlessly. Supervisors will evaluate the sensors’ effectiveness before deploying the technology further.

New fireworks planned for Macy’s July 4th celebration July 4th is right around the corner and with it comes the anticipation of Macy’s fabulous fireworks display. Six barges filled with the colorful explosives will once again be on the Hudson River to entertain everyone with the annual event. This is the third year that the display will be on the Hudson River so New York and New Jersey will be able to see the skies light up. There are a few things that this year’s display will be celebrating. The Statue of Liberty will be turning 125 years old so the firework’s theme is titled “Gift of Freedom.” The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks will also be included in the show. Two lights will shine as a tribute to the tragedy. But Macy’s has some big plans to make this year’s event different and spectacular. Keep your eyes on the skies as the display will not

only have the usual big, colorful circles of lights but there will also be jellyfish swimming in the sky and palm trees swaying in the heavens. All of this will also be seen in 3D! The barges will be moving back and forth to create this effect and the best part is that special 3D glasses

will not be needed. This years Macy’s experience will be truly different. So when the evening of July 4th rolls around stake out a good place to watch the fireworks, buy an ice cream cone, and enjoy the evening. The only problem you might have is recognizing the palm trees and jellyfish.

Democrats weigh short-term debt limit increase By ANDY SULLIVAN and RICHARD COWAN WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are weighing a scaled-back budget deal that would avert a looming default but force Congress to tackle the politically toxic issue again before the 2012 elections, a Senate Democratic aide told Reuters on Thursday. The deal would cover the country’s borrowing needs for seven months, the aide said. That would theoretically include budget savings of roughly $1 trillion to attract the Republican support needed to pass it through Congress. Congress must raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by August 2 to avoid a default that could push the United States back into recession and send financial markets plummeting. There has been no progress since talks collapsed last week over tax increases that Democrats want to include in a spending-cut package that would make it easier for lawmakers to sign off on further borrowing. Republicans oppose tax hikes. The White House believes a deal needs to be in place by July 22 to give Congress enough time to pass it, according to Democratic officials familiar with the talks. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid canceled a planned break during the week of the July 4 Independence Day holiday to keep the Senate in session at Obama’s request. “We’re working on a number of different proposals,” he told reporters. “We discussed four of them with the president yesterday.” A seven-month extension is one of those options, the aide said. With the country borrowing roughly $150

billion per month, that would require a debt-limit hike of roughly $1 trillion. Negotiators had tentatively agreed on at least that amount of spending cuts before talks collapsed. The White House has not been presented with a short-term proposal, Democratic officials familiar with the talks said. A short-term deal could weaken the dollar and push up Treasury yields if investors and debt-rating agencies conclude that Washington does not have the stomach to confront its fiscal ills. “A temporary increase is just a stay of execution. They will have to make these difficult decisions at some point,” said Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies & Co. in New York. Other ideas include trying to reach a bigger deal that would extend borrowing authority through 2012, which would probably require more than $2 trillion in budget savings over 10 years. Another option would include longer-term spending cuts totaling $4 trillion. Democrats said they expected to hear soon from House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, over the general elements that would be possible in a deal. Boehner aides said there was no firm offer on the table. Advancing a seven-month deal could expose divisions among Republicans. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell called for a short-term deal several weeks ago, but the No. 2 Republican in the House, Eric Cantor, said he had no appetite for that approach. Democrats have stepped up their attack in recent days, challenging Republicans to defend tax breaks for corporate jets, race horses and

yachts that benefit the wealthy that they want to close as part of the deal. Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley called the racehorse tax break the “bluegrass boondoggle” in a slap at McConnell, whose home state of Kentucky is famous for horse racing. “Giving Triple Crown treatment to millionaires while workers are put out to pasture, that’s not right and it’s not the American way,” Merkley said, referring to thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown series of races. Democrats are also pushing jobcreation measures like increased construction spending that could complicate the budget talks by adding hundreds of billions of dollars to budget deficits. Democratic Senator Charles Schumer said Republicans are blocking job-creation efforts in order to pin the sluggish economy on Obama in the November 2012 elections. “Republicans aren’t just opposing the president any more,” Schumer said at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. “They are opposing the economic recovery itself.” Republicans say the revenue increases Democrats want, such as a change to the “last in, first out” accounting method used by many businesses, would worsen the 9.1 percent jobless rate. “When the president talks about raising taxes, he’s talking about killing jobs,” said Republican Senator Jon Kyl. Budget deficits in recent years have hovered near their highest levels relative to the size of the economy since World War Two. Experts warn that the United States could face a Greek-style crisis if it does not slow the growth of its debt. The deficit for the current fiscal year, which ends September 30, is projected to hit $1.4 trillion.

DAILY CHALLENGE HOLIDAY EDITION, JULY 1 - 4, 2011

Obama’s jobs plan aimed at voters, not debt talks By ANDY SULLIVAN WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s call for new job-creation measures won’t make it easier to reach a budget-cutting deal with Republicans in Congress, but it could make it easier for him to win reelection next year. As the Democratic president pushes Congress to complete a deal that would avoid a potentially catastrophic debt default, Obama must balance the concerns of two very different groups: Republicans who want deep spending cuts and independent voters who are struggling to make headway in a sluggish economy. Guess who got more sympathy on Wednesday at Obama’s first formal press conference since March? Hint: it wasn’t the group that he compared to his school-age children. “Malia and Sasha generally finish their homework a day ahead of time. ... They don’t wait until the night before, they’re not pulling allnighters. They’re 13 and 10. You know, Congress can do the same thing,” he said at a news conference. Obama’s stance makes it more likely that Congress will be pulling allnighters as an August 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaches. His call for new construction loans and an extended payroll-tax break would probably add hundreds of billions of dollars to budget deficits in the short term. That makes it more difficult for negotiators to reach the $2 trillion plus dollars in deficit savings that

will likely be needed for Congress to raise the $14.3 trillion debt limit before early August, when the Treasury Department says it will run out of money to cover the nation’s bills. It’s possible that Obama has other numbers in mind. The U.S. Federal Reserve projects that the unemployment rate, now at 9.1. percent, will be around 8 percent when he comes up for reelection in November 2012. In recent decades, no president has been reelected with unemployment over 7.2 percent. Neither job-creation proposal is new — Obama backed additional construction spending last year, and the White House floated a payroll-tax break extension several weeks ago. Senate Democrats last week called for both proposals to be included in the budget talks, right before they hit a standstill. By touting the proposals under the bright lights of a White House press conference, Obama showed that he was more interested in advancing Democratic goals than reaching a quick resolution with Republicans, analysts said. “Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats want to cut the deal early. Everyone has to have this Tony Award-winning performance that shows they have done everything they can to fight for their policies, fight for their principles before they can compromise,” said Ethan Siegal, an analyst with The Washington Exchange. In vivid language, Obama contrasted the spending cuts that Republicans have proposed to food inspec-

tions and student loans with the tax breaks they want to protect for hedge-fund managers, corporate jet owners and other affluent types. Obama’s performance marked “the strongest argument that Democrats have made in a while in the whole budget area,” ISI Group analyst Andy Laperriere said. Obama said the job-creation efforts don’t necessarily have to be included in the deficit deal, but it’s hard to see how they could pass as a stand-alone bill. Republicans say measures that would worsen deficits have no place in talks designed to reduce them. “This isn’t a negotiation — it’s parody,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said before Obama’s news conference. Republicans routinely refer to Obama’s 2009 stimulus effort as a

“failure,” and they are eager to advance a jobs agenda of their own centered on deregulation, tax cuts and a repeal of Obama’s 2010 healthcare overhaul. “Stimulus is still a four-letter word for Republicans,” MF Global analyst Chris Krueger said. Even if they are doomed to failure, the job-creation proposals could serve as a negotiating chip to help Democrats win some of the $400 billion in revenue increases they want. And any tax breaks that survive could come back to haunt Republicans in campaign commercials next fall. “I think it would be hard for Republicans to stand there and say that the tax break for corporate jets is sufficiently important that ... that’s the reason we’re not going to come to a deal,” Obama said.

Report: New York seeks to June deadliest month lift fracking moratorium for U.S. in Iraq since ‘08 By EDITH HONAN and JOAN GRALLA New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to lift a moratorium on the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Such a move could open the state to a gas drilling boom similar to what is happening in neighboring Pennsylvania, and it would certainly raise opposition from environmentalists who believe “fracking” or “hydrofracking” pollutes drinking water. A spokesman for Governor Andrew Cuomo, Joshua Vlasto, called the report “baseless speculation and premature.” In a nod to fracking opponents, state officials were considering maintaining ban in sensitive areas such as the massive watershed in upstate New York that provides drinking water to millions of people in New York City, the Times said, citing people briefed on the plan. A moratorium imposed by former Governor David Paterson expires today. In June the Democratic-led state

Assembly voted to extend the moratorium for another year, but the Republican-led Senate never passed the measure, leaving in place the July 1 deadline for the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to issue a report on the examining the impacts of fracking. DEC officials declined to discuss the report on Thursday. It was expected to contain recommendations for the governor. Environmental concerns have slowed a natural gas drilling boom in shale formations such as the Marcellus Shale that lies beneath much of Pennsylvania and several surrounding states including New York. The process involves blasting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals into rock to release the gas trapped inside. Critics say leaks of the chemicals at the surface endanger groundwater and that escaped gas and drilling operations pollute the air. Industry officials say opponents have exaggerated the environmental impact, while economic benefits to the state would be significant. New York is home to a large piece of the Marcellus Shale, a massive formation believed to be one of the richest natural gas deposits on the planet.

By SERENA CHAUDHRY BAGHDAD — Three U.S. service members were killed in southern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday, making June the deadliest month for American troops in Iraq in three years. The three deaths on Wednesday brought to 14 the number of U.S. personnel who have died in hostile incidents this month, the U.S. military said. More than eight years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, the United States still has around 47,000 troops in Iraq. A full withdrawal is expected by year-end, in accordance with a joint security pact. While overall violence has steadily declined since the height of sectarian conflict in 2006-7, gun and bomb attacks still occur daily, often targeting Iraq’s army and police. Attacks against U.S. soldiers also appear to be rising as Iraq’s leaders discuss the divisive issue of whether to ask some to stay beyond December. Earlier this month, six U.S. soldiers were killed in a rocket attack

on a Baghdad base, the biggest single loss of life since 2009. June’s total marked the highest number killed since June 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Defense personnel and procurement statistics website http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/. “Militants may be trying to send a message that the deadline is nonnegotiable,” said John Drake, a risk consultant with UK-based security firm AKE. “A militant push now could be claimed further down the line that the responsible groups succeeded in forcing the U.S. military out of the country. It will serve as good propaganda and recruitment material for the relevant groups.” Senior Iraqi military commanders have said they believe some kind of continuing U.S. military presence is necessary to ensure Iraq’s security and defense needs, especially in an advisory and training role. The United States officially ended combat operations in Iraq last August. American troops are now mainly involved in a support and training role, and helping Iraqi security forces in counter-terrorism operations.

DAILY CHALLENGE HOLIDAY EDITION, JULY 1 - 4, 2011

JOURNAL OF THE PEOPLE’S PASTOR ‘WRITING THE HISTORY I’VE LIVED, LIVING THE HISTORY I WRITE!’

The passing of the giants of the human spirit: Mr. Gilbert Scott-Heron, China bets on the Euro Mr. Luther Gatling and Mr. Geronimo Pratt THOMAS H. WATKINS

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(Our usual series about my stay at the hospital will resume next week. I wanted to leave on the record the passing of these giants before their memories grow cold.) In the span of one week, three giants of the human spirit made their transitions. Mr. Gilbert Scott-Heron died on May 27, 2011. He was born on April 1, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Scott-Heron had become an icon in the artistic/revolutionary world. His poem/song, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” became proverbial in the community. Mr. Luther Gatling was known as the “Credit Doctor.” He was equal to any when it came to the intricacies of finance. None surpassed him in his sincerity and love for the community. I’m proud to mention he did his first lecture at my church at The House of the Lord Church. He is one of the reasons why the Church has

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National African American Leadership Summit: Operational unity By DR. BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS, JR. During the last 50 years, there has been a constant internal debate in Black America. The debate has been in the format of various African American leadership dialogues about the goal, objectives, national agenda, strategies, organizations, mobilizations, litigation, court rulings, legislation and mass movements for change all focused on advancing the interests of Black people toward freedom, justice, equality and empowerment. But inevitably the question of Black unity, in particular the issue of Black leadership unity, has always emerged in all of those analytical forums. The call and desire for unity among Black leaders, however, has historically been a significant challenge. The point today is not to list all of the issues and problems that have prevented Black leaders from attaining a consistent unity on how we should work together to improve the quality of life of Black people in America and throughout the Pan African world. I believe it is important, in 2011, to take another critical assessment of where we are in terms of the overall

collective leadership in Black America. I am, therefore, very grateful to Danny Blakewell and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) for the outstanding success of their 2011 National Convention of America’s Black Press that was just convened in Chicago, IL. One of the centerpieces of the NNPA Convention was the National African American Leadership Panel discussion that was moderated by that accomplished legal genius, Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree. A prelude to the panel discussion was the one-on-one dialogue between Dr. Cornell West and The Reverend Al Sharpton moderated by the venerable journalist George Curry. It was an honor to participate on the panel with The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Dr. Cornell West, Dr. Marcia Dyson, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Maulana Karenga, NNPA Chairman Danny Blakewell, and NAACP General Counsel Kim Keenan (who represented Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP President and CE0). The panel covered a wide range of subjects concerning the effectiveness of the leadership of President Barack Obama, the suppression of voting rights, the contradictions of U.S. foreign and domestic polices, and the deterioration of public edu-

The passing of the giants Continued from page 4 Mr. Geronimo Pratt died on June 3, 2011 in Tanzania. He was born on September 13, 1947 in Morgan City, Louisiana. The last time I saw him was at Sekyiwa Kai Shakur’s wedding in 2003. The lovely, shiny day in Georgia came close to equaling the beautiful wedding. The scene was the home of Mrs. Afeni Shakur which her son, Tupac Shakur, had purchased for her. The spacious dwelling, sitting among the expansive terrain, manicured grass, tall trees, and rolling hills, added to the majestic beauty of the affair. As I prepared to officiate Sekyiwa’s wedding, I remember thinking about the conversation I had with Tupac before his death. We were sitting in a jail cell at Riker’s Island. He was waiting to be transferred to Clinton Correctional Facility. He related to me how he was going to marry Jada Smith (who is currently the wife of Mr. Will Smith). Tupac had had a crush on Jada that went back to their high school days in Baltimore where they studied the Performing Arts. He was very detailed in how he wanted the wedding to be performed. I did not get a chance to officiate the wedding for him, but I performed the wedding for his sister. It brought to mind another conversation we had. We had agreed that when he was released, we would perform together. He would rap

first, and then leave space for me to speak. We never got a chance to do that either, but the family has been very supportive. I have talked about him in many of my travels and speaking engagements. In a spiritual sense, we did consummate the agreement for he was/is always present. Mr. Geronimo Pratt, Tupac’s godfather, was very jovial. We had a great time laughing and rehearsing old memories. He would soon return to Tanzania. We decided that we would take a picture together. I always liked him. He was one of the sincerest, committed, and fearless brothers not only in the Black Panther Party (BPP), but in the movement of that day. Geronimo was 63 years old when he died. The cause of his death was a heart attack. He played quarterback on his high school football team. He served two years in combat tours in Vietnam. He earned the rank of sergeant. To his credit, he earned a silver star, two bronze stars, and two purple hearts. He moved to Los Angeles, California, and studied political science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Geronimo was recruited by Mr. Bunchy Carter and Mr. John Huggins into the Black Panther Party. He rose to become the Minister of Defense of the local chapter. In 1971, his wife, Saundra, was killed. She was eight months pregnant. The

cation and the need for more effective alternatives to ensure the highest quality education of Black students, including the issue of establishing public charter schools. In addition, of course, the issue of Black unity was raised. At the end of the forum, many were asking if it will be possible to continue the dialogue among an expanded group of national Black leaders. It was Dr. Karenga who reminded those of us gathered at the Chicago forum that unity does not necessarily demand conformity or uniformity. Dr. Karenga stated that the principle of “operational unity” will enable Black leaders to work together in a focused manner on certain issues without having to compromise their principles on those issues where there may be agreement or disagreement. For me this was another positive flashback moment. In 1993 and 1994, while I was Executive Director and CEO of the NAACP, we applied the principle of operational unity among Black leaders when we convened the first three-day National African American Leadership Summit in June of 1994 at the NAACP national headquarters in Baltimore, MD. It was an unprecedented, yet controversial, national meeting of the broadest array of African American leaders in histo-

ry. In August of 1994, the National African American Leadership Summit (NAALS) was formally established in Washington, D.C. to facilitate the convening of the Black leaders to advance unapologetically the cause of Black liberation, justice and empowerment. What the NNPA proved once again is what NAALS and the NAACP have proved in the past: It is in the interests of all Black people when Black leaders are able to confer to meet and discern together the international, national, regional, and local issues that impinged upon the quality of life of the Black community. Yes, we need to continue to meet. We need to revitalize our global sense of collective struggle for freedom. This is not time for narrow egotism or Negro individualism or selfish demagoguery. It is the time for more operational unity among all of our leaders. We must not turn on each other. We should turn to each other. It is the time for us to embrace and mentor our youth to raise up the next generation for freedom fighters. We must provide more effective options for the high quality education of Black children. The NAALS model worked effectively 15 years ago and now is the time, therefore, to reconvene the National African American Leadership Summit.

murder was blamed on party discord between the supporters of Mr. Huey Newton and Mr. Eldridge Cleaver. Geronimo and his wife were members of the Clever wing of the party. In 1972, he was falsely accused, tried, and convicted of the kidnap and murder of Ms. Caroline Olsen in 1972.

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Less July 4 sparkle over U.S. as fireworks displays snuffed By JIM FORSYTH SAN ANTONIO — Fourth of July will have less sparkle across the United States as some cities and towns banned the private use of fireworks and canceled public displays citing drought, wildfires, finances and even a flood. “We’re heartbroken,” said Don Hill, a spokesman for the Austin, Texas Symphony Orchestra, whose annual fireworks display at Lady Bird Lake in the state capital has been canceled for the first time in the show’s 35year history because of drought. The event regularly draws more than 100,000 people. In Arizona, following a sweep of wildfires, authorities have banned fireworks in numerous cities, from Flagstaff in the north to Tucson, Douglas and Sierra Vista in the south. Nearby, in New Mexico, where wildfires have burned more than 700,000 acres this season and threaten the nation’s preeminent nuclear testing complex, Governor Susana Martinez has said that there is “absolutely no reason to buy, sell or use personal fireworks.” “The potential consequences are simply too

severe and the patriotic thing to do this Fourth of July is to attend a public fireworks display, or celebrate the Fourth fireworks free,” Martinez said in a statement. In Joplin, Missouri, where a devastating tornado hit on May 22, officials have banned fireworks in an area where debris is being removed because of the amount of combustible material there. And in Mobile, Alabama, burn bans forced city leaders to move the public fireworks display from Battleship Memorial Park to a barge in Mobile Bay. The nation’s third largest city canceled the July 3 fireworks at the Taste of Chica-

go food festival because the city faces a substantial budget shortfall. But Chicago residents can still see fireworks at Navy Pier along Lake Michigan on July 2 and 4. One town in Massachusetts was hit by not one, but two natural disasters forcing it to cancel fireworks. Old Sturbridge Village, a historical recreation and theme park in western Massachusetts said its fireworks launch site was flooded. The village looked into alternative launch sites but they had been damaged by tornadoes. But the skies could be darkest over Texas, which has suffered the driest eightmonth period since record-

keeping began in 1895, according to the state climatologist. Officials in 233 of the state’s 254 counties have banned fires as record dry conditions, 100-degree days and high winds have helped wildfires torch almost 3.2 million acres this year. That included a February fire in the Texas Panhandle town of Amarillo that swept into the city and destroyed 70 homes. There will be no fireworks shows there. Fire officials said they could not risk tying up trucks and firefighters at a show, and they worried that even a small fire could quickly grow into a large blaze. “The conditions right now in the Amarillo area are essentially a tinderbox,” Fire Marshal Terrance McKinney told Reuters. San Antonio and Lubbock are among the cities that have canceled their public shows. In San Antonio, the annual fireworks display is normally held as part of a daylong series of holiday events, but Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff banned fireworks through July 5, citing “dry and dangerous fire conditions.” “We’ll be here anyway,” said Juan Sandoval, who was playing with his kids last

week at Woodlawn Lake Park, where San Antonio’s annual show is normally held. “It’ll be fun, fireworks or no fireworks.” For Wayne Wildmon, the San Antonio-area fireworks ban is a blow to business. He runs Mister W Fireworks, which by state law is allowed to open only for the 10 days before the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve. “The items we were planning on selling, for just a few days, are totally safe if used property,” Wildmon said. “But the judge is apparently saying ‘we know better than you.’” In Lubbock, a Fourth of July parade, street dance and fair will go on, but because of a county burn ban, a public fireworks show will not. That is a disappointment for the group that spent a year planning the event, said Stephanie Nairn, executive director of the Fourth on Broadway celebration. “The hardest part to me was coming home to my 6and 9-year-old daughters and telling them that we weren’t going to have fireworks,” Nairn said. Last year, the Lubbock celebration was canceled because of something that seems hard to even imagine this year — rain.

TSA: Alleged NY-LA flight stowaway cleared security By MOLLY O’TOOLE WASHINGTON — A man charged with stowing away on a flight from New York to Los Angeles last Friday cleared airport security screening, the Transportation Security Administration confirmed on Thursday. “Every passenger that passes through security checkpoints is subject to many layers of security including thorough physical screening at the checkpoint,” said TSA spokesperson Greg Soule in a statement. “TSA’s review of this matter indicates that the passenger went through screening.” Olajide Noibi was taken into custody in Los Angeles after trying to board another flight with an illegitimate boarding pass on Wednesday, authorities said. Last Friday he had stowed away on a Virgin America flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles, according

to an FBI affidavit. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer and an FBI agent were present at Los Angeles International Airport when Noibi attempted to board a Delta Airlines Flight to Atlanta on Wednesday morning. A Delta agent refused Noibi’s boarding pass multiple times, saying the ticket was from the day prior, according to the FBI. Noibi allegedly told the FBI

he did not pay for the Virgin America flight from New York to Los Angeles, which he said he took to recruit people for his software business. The FBI had been notified on Saturday by a dispatcher from Los Angeles Airports Police and the captain of the flight that Noibi had boarded the Friday Virgin flight. He was discovered midflight in a cabin seat after a flight attendant was told by other passengers the seat was

supposed to be empty. When Noibi was asked for his boarding pass, he produced a pass and ticket for the day prior and not in his name. He was also not on the flight manifest. After initially hesitating, Noibi produced true identification to the flight crew, the affidavit said. When the FBI questioned Noibi on Wednesday, they found over 10 boarding passes in his possession, none in his name, the affidavit said.

The proper holder of the Virgin boarding pass told the FBI he lost it from his back pocket on the subway to JFK and does not know Noibi. Stowing away on a flight is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Noibi told the FBI he was able to go through screening with the boarding pass, his University of Michigan identification and a police report that his passport had been stolen.

Survey ranks San Francisco greenest U.S. city By SARAH MCBRIDE ASPEN, Colo. — San Francisco is the greenest city in North America, followed by Vancouver and New York, according to the latest survey of green-city rankings. The survey, commissioned by Siemens Corp and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, looked at

31 indicators, ranging from consumption of water and electricity to efficiency standards. Detroit was the least green of 27 cities ranked, just behind St. Louis, the survey said. According to the survey, cities with comprehensive plans for sustainable use of resources such as land and energy, did better in the rankings, and that the corre-

lation between wealth and environmental performance was not as strong in North America compared with Europe and Asia. Siemens has developed green-city indices for Europe, Latin America, and Asia. This was the company’s first for North America. Similar surveys show slightly different results, but with the same broad group of cities tending to flock to the

top. For example, the Daily Beast this year ranked New York, Las Vegas, and San Francisco as the top three. The website factored in criteria including the percentage of residents who admitted in a survey to “no concern or consciousness of environmental issues.” Siemens Chief Executive Eric Spiegel plans to unveil its new index at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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INTERNATIONAL

NATO air strike kills fighter linked to Afghan hotel By PAUL TAIT KABUL - NATO aircraft killed an insurgent leader linked to a deadly hotel attack in the Afghan capital this week, the coalition said on Thursday, a raid that raised questions about whether Afghan forces are ready for the looming security transition. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the Intercontinental, one of two major hotels used by foreigners and Afghan government officials, a rare nighttime raid that began on Tuesday and ended five hours later with 12 killed. However, the NATOled Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network had also been involved in the assault by nine suicide bombers and gunmen.

ISAF identified the Haqqani network leader killed in an air strike as Ismail Jan, who it described as a deputy to the senior Haqqani commander in Afghanistan, Haji Mali Khan. It said he and “several Haqqani fighters” were killed in the air strike in the Gardez district of Paktia province south of Kabul on Wednesday. “The Haqqani network, in conjunction with Taliban operatives, was responsible for the Tuesday night attack on the Kabul Intercontinental hotel which killed 12 people, including a provincial judge,” ISAF said in a statement. The brazen raid came only a week after President Barack Obama announced a phased withdrawal of combat troops, with 10,000 to leave by the end of this year and another 23,000 by the end September 2012. Obama’s announce-

ment preceded the start of a gradual transition of responsibility to Afghan forces from next month that will end with all foreign combat troops leaving Afghanistan by the end of 2014. With that transition process to begin in areas next seven month, the hotel raid raised serious questions about whether Afghan forces, particularly the police, were ready to take over. “It shows one of the concerns is that the Afghan security forces are growing in quantity, not in quality,” said Thomas Ruttig, codirector of the Kabulbased Afghanistan Analysts Network. SNIPERS The attack ended when snipers on board a NATO helicopter killed the last three attackers fighting from the roof of the hotel. Earlier television footage showed Afghan forces firing wildly into the air.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that some police had refused to fight back. ISAF has been training members of the 126,000-strong Afghan National Police since 2009. Afghan police, who will be at the front line of the security transition in villages and towns across Afghanistan, have long been viewed as inept and lagging behind the training of the betterequipped army, which had been the focus of training efforts since the Taliban were toppled in late 2001. Violence has risen to record levels across Afghanistan over the past 18 months as NATO troops, especially U.S. forces, hit back against a growing insurgency, especially in the Taliban heartland in the south. A quarterly report by the United Nations secretary-general to the Security Council about Afghanistan found that

the number of security incidents since March had risen 51 percent on the same period in 2010, with suicide attacks rising sharply. in the Attacks Taliban heartland of Kandahar were especially worrying. “The city of Kandahar and its surroundings registered the majority of the incidents during the reporting period, with a quarter of the overall attacks and more than half of all assassinations recorded countrywide,” the report said. But Ruttig said the attack also highlighted other problems confronting Afghanistan before the transition process, which also includes handing the running of civil institutions and projects over to Afghans, begins. Not the least of those is the political paralysis that has gripped the country for months. “The fact that neither NATO nor the Afghans were able to prevent it

says something — that transition needs to be something more than just security,” Ruttig said of the hotel attack. “Security forces are only part of transition. There also needs to be a strengthening of political institutions and, at the moment, the parliamentary crisis has brought politics to a standstill,” he told Reuters. Last week, a special poll court set up by a decree by President Hamid Karzai overturned the results for a quarter of the seats in parliament from elections last year, effectively throwing out 62 MPs who had been declared winners. The move, and the court itself, have been branded unconstitutional and illegal by Afghan and Western officials and observers. Critics have said the court was set up by Karzai to further his own political agenda and silence opposition.

Russia: ar ming Lib ya r ebels is “cr ude violation” By LUTFI ABUAUN TRIPOLI (Reuters) Russia said on Thursday France’s arms drop to rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi violated a U.N. arms embargo on Libya, a stance that could deepen divisions within a NATO alliance that wants him ousted from power. France on Wednesday became the first NATO country to openly acknowledge arming the insurgency against Gaddafi’s 41year rule that has become the bloodiest of the pro-democracy “Arab Spring” revolts buffeting the Middle East and North Africa. Russia’s position is important also because it could raise the weapons airlift issue in the U.N. Security Council, where Moscow is a veto-wielding permanent member. Governments —

including some of France’s allies in NATO — questioned whether the French move exceeded the terms of a U.N. resolution authorizing the use of force to protect Libyan civilians in the four-month-old conflict. “We asked our French colleagues today whether reports that weapons from France were delivered to Libyan rebels correspond with reality,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “If this is confirmed, it is a very crude violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1970,” he said. That resolution, adopted in February, imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Libya. France’s weapons airlift, while possibly increasing the insurgent threat to Gaddafi, highlights a dilemma for NATO. More than 90 days into its bombing cam-

paign, Gaddafi is still in power and no breakthrough is in sight, making some NATO members feel they should help the rebels more pro-actively, something the poorly armed insurgents have encouraged. But if they do that, as in the case of France, they risk fracturing the cohesion of the international coalition because of differences over how far to go in trying to topple Gaddafi. Even before news of the French arms supply emerged, fissures were emerging in the coalition with some members voicing frustration about the high cost, civilian casualties, and the elusiveness of a military victory. Gaddafi says the NATO campaign is an act of colonial aggression aimed at stealing the North African state’s oil and says NATO’s U.N.-mandated justification for its campaign — to protect

Libyan civilians from attack — is spurious. IMMINENT THREAT France said on Wednesday it did not break the embargo by parachuting weapons to the rebels because the arms were needed to defend civilians who were in imminent danger of being overrun by Gaddafi’s forces. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made clear on Thursday the airlift was a unilateral French initiative. Asked by reporters on a visit to Vienna if NATO had been involved, he answered: “No.” “As regards compliance with the U.N. Security Council resolution, it is for the U.N. sanctions committee to determine that,” Rasmussen said. In the rebel-held city of Misrata, a city about 200 km (130 miles) east of Tripoli that has been bombarded for months by Gaddafi’s security forces, six rockets land-

ed early on Thursday near the oil refinery and port. A Reuters journalist in Misrata reported no casualties. Britain’s military said its Apache helicopters had attacked a government checkpoint and two military vehicles near Khoms, on the Mediterranean coast between Misrata and Tripoli. Insurgents in the area say Gaddafi’s forces are massing, and bringing up weapons, to quell an uprising in the nearby town of Zlitan. Rebels inside Zlitan said they mounted a raid on pro-Gaddafi positions on Wednesday night. “(We) carried out a violent attack last night on checkpoints ... and exchanged gunfire, killing a number of soldiers,” a rebel spokesman, who identified himself as Mabrouk, told Reuters from the town. WEAPONS DROP

Le Figaro newspaper said France had parachuted rocket launchers, assault rifles and anti-tank missiles into the Western Mountains region, southwest of Tripoli, in early June. A military spokesman later confirmed delivery of arms. Despite the diplomatic storm, the rebels encouraged more arms deliveries. “Giving (us) weapons we will be able to decide the battle more quickly, so that we can shed as little blood as possible,” senior rebel figure Mahmoud Jibril told a news conference in Vienna. The conflict has halted oil exports from Libya, helping push up world oil prices to near $112 per barrel. Jibril said it may take years for oil exports to resume from the Arab North African state. “No, no oil is being sold. A lot of the oil well system was destroyed, especially in the east.”

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AFRICAN SCENE

Cash-strapped Libya rebels call for loans

By ANDREW BEATTY Zimbabwe editor jailed, accused of defaming police HARARE, Zimbabwe - Attorneys say a Zimbabwean editor is in jail after his independent weekly newspaper published a story about a minister being detained. Nevanji Madanhire, editor of The Standard, was taken away by detectives Wednesday. Attorney Linda Cook said one of the paper’s reporters was also detained but later released. The editor is accused of defaming police after an article in the paper quoted people fearing for a government minister’s safety. Police had taken Minister of State Jameson Timba into custody and refused to reveal his whereabouts. Timba was detained after he allegedly called longtime President Robert Mugabe a liar. Insulting Mugabe is a criminal offense under Zimbabwe’s sweeping security laws.

S. African taxi group plans budget airline JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s mini-bus taxi industry wants to launch a new budget airline by year-end, targeting undeserved markets, Business Day newspaper reported Thursday. The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said it would partner with AirQuarius, a charter company based at Johannesburg’s Lanseria International Airport that would provide 100-seat aircraft, crew and aviation licenses. The new airline will be called Santaco Express and be based in Bhisho, the capital of Eastern Cape province, one of the poorest regions in South Africa. Santaco plans to list the airline on the Johannesburg exchange. Daniel Coetzee, Santaco’s aviation consultant, said the agreement with AirAquarius should be finalised this week, according to the paper. South Africa’s mini-bus taxis are the backbone of public transportation, carrying 16 million people every day, but they are also known for erratic driving and sometimes violent disputes over fares and routes. “I can assure you we won’t allow our taxi drivers to drive the planes,” Santaco business development officer Nkululeko Buthelezi said. Santaco Express plans to offer daily flights from Bhisho to Johannesburg and Cape Town. Tickets will cost about 600 rand ($88, 60 euros) and include the taxi ride to and from the airport. - Paballo Thekiso

U.S. drone wounds top Islamists in Somalia: report MOGADISHU, Somalia - The strike last week is believed to have wounded the two leading militants and came amid increasing concern among U.S. officials about growing ties between Shebab and the global terror network, the Post said. “They (Shebab fighters) have become somewhat emboldened of late and, as a result, we have become more focused on inhibiting their activities,” it quoted an official as saying. “They were planning operations outside of Somalia.”

MISRATA - Libya’s cashstrapped rebels, facing a long and uncertain fight to recover assets frozen abroad, have called on foreign donors to back new loans using the blocked cash as collateral. With no money to pay for salaries or imports, Mazen Ramadan, an economic advisor to the National Transitional Council (NTC), said a solution must be found to tap cash abroad, including the more than $30 billion frozen in the United States alone. “This whole asset unfreezing thing is going to take a while,” he told AFP from his office in Benghazi. “We are working with a lot of people but it seems like a time consuming process, and we need the money.” “We proposed a mechanism to perhaps get loans on the frozen assets and then use this mechanism to ensure transparency.” He did not say whether Western nations, which face major legal obstacles to releasing the frozen assets, had embraced the idea, but the European Union is said to be considering it. Asked about the NTC’s current bank balance Ramadan said bluntly: “We don’t have any money.” He said salaries for past month had not yet been paid and that power shortages in the east of the country were being caused by the lack of funds.

Libyans hold up the rebel-adopted former Libyan flag in rebelheld Misrata. “We think of this war here as by international donors. having multiple front lines. We At a meeting earlier this are on the financial front line month in Abu Dhabi of the conand we are losing badly and it tact group on Libya, an alliance seems like our friends have not of countries and international noticed.” organisations, donors including Although Libya’s rebels got Italy and France vowed to help $100 million earlier this month, them with cash and supplies. Ramadan said “it is a small The rebels — unable to capiamount relative to what we owe, talise on the country’s vast oil fuel shipments are more than wealth because of damaged that.” infrastructure — depend on for“We definitely have a serious eign largesse to pay for basic problem,” he added. services and their largely volunBritish Foreign Secretary teer-led rebellion. William Hague earlier The uprising against Kadhafi Wednesday confirmed the rebels began in mid-February and had received $100 million for international forces, including fuel and salaries. Britain, launched air strikes on The rebels, fighting to over- Libya in March under a UN resthrow Libyan leader Moamer olution aimed at protecting civilKadhafi, have complained that ians from attacks by the veteran they have received a fraction of leader’s forces. the roughly $1 billion promised

Nigeria’s planned oil law needs further ‘review’ By DIETER NAGL ABUJA - Nigeria’s long-delayed law to overhaul of its oil sector will require further review before it is passed, a former petroleum minister said Wednesday, a move that could further hit investment. Former petroleum resources minister Diezani AlisonMadueke told the Senate, as it screened her for a post in the next cabinet, that the

bill needed more attention. “The particular bill in front of you will need a certain amount of review because it does need to be looked at a little more,” she said, without giving further details. President Goodluck Jonathan’s last administration had earlier this year pledged the bill would be passed before the end of last parliamentary session which wound up in early June. The Petroleum Industry Bill is to pro-

vide for sweeping reforms in the 50-yearold oil and gas sector. Uncertainty over the legislation, years in the making, has put a chill on investments in new projects in Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil producers, with energy firms unclear on what the new rules will be. The overhaul is aimed at allowing Nigeria’s government to collect more revenue from lucrative offshore projects as well as restructuring the state oil company, widely

viewed as corrupt. Nigeria’s government argues that terms initially set for offshore projects were overly beneficial to international oil firms because they were aimed at encouraging investment in what was then a new area of development for the country. It argues that now it is time for Nigerians to benefit more from such projects. But the proposed legislation has gone through many different versions in recent years.

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Obiang tells world not to intervene in Africa By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI M A L A B O , Equatorial Guinea (AP) - Foreign military intervention has caused massive suffering in Africa and should only be carried out with the consensus of African nations, the African Union’s rotating chairman said Thursday at the opening of the body’s biannual summit. Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema did not specifically mention Libya, but the ongoing NATO airstrikes against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi have been at the forefront of this week’s AU summit. The AU has come out forcefully against the

bombardment, saying the airstrikes violate the terms of the United Nations resolution authorizing the military intervention that was intended to protect civilians. Obiang argued in his address to the AU summit that non-African countries are intervening in the continent’s problems under the cover of human rights, only to cause further abuse. “The intervention for human rights are nowadays causing a massive scourge,” he said speaking in Spanish, the national language of Equatorial Guinea. “The uncounted number of victims, among them women and children, displaced people and the destruction of economic infra-

structure does not justify such interventions. Instead of providing solutions to problems we are complicating and worsening world conflicts.” Human rights groups also accuse Obiang of violating human rights during his more than three decades in power, saying he has made himself and his family fabulously wealthy while the majority of people in the oil-rich Central African nation struggle in deep poverty. Although the AU’s position has been largely one supporting Gadhafi, diplomats attending the conference say the mood is changing, especially following the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue

a warrant for Gadhafi’s arrest on charges of crimes against humanity. More than 30 African countries are ICC member states and would be required to arrest Gadhafi on their soil, though Kenya already has allowed Sudanese President Omar alBashir to visit without being detained, even though he is also the subject of an arrest warrant by the international court. Britain’s Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said he met with many of the foreign ministers of the 53 member nations attending the conference, and found that even those that were previously reluctant to call for Gadhafi’s ouster are now privately agreeing

that he should go. “I believe there is certainly a change in the whole perception of Gadhafi. We are in a very different position to the one we were in just five, six weeks ago. Then we were talking about a stalemate. Now there’s no stalemate. Gadhafi is losing his grip,” Bellingham said. The wave of popular protest that has swept across the northern part of the continent has been discomforting for many of Africa’s entrenched rulers including Equatorial Guinea’s Obiang. In the past month there have been signs that the Arab Spring may be shifting south after dictators were toppled in Tunisia and Egypt. This year’s AU sum-

mit was forced to go ahead without one of its most prominent members, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who is facing the biggest challenge of his 11-year rule. Considered one of the few stable democracies in the region, Senegal went up in flames last week after Wade attempted to push through a change to the constitution that would have made it possible for him to hand power to his unpopular son. Wade was forced to reverse course after thousands of livid demonstrators seized control of the capital’s downtown district, and attacked the homes of parliamentarians expected to vote in favor of the bill.

Future Monaco royal remembered at S.African school BENONI, South Africa Teachers and students at the South African school where Charlene Wittstock once studied are celebrating their link to the future princess of Monaco. Wittstock, who will wed Prince Albert II of Monaco in a civil ceremony Friday followed by a religious ceremony the following day, attended Tom Newby Primary after moving to South Africa from Zimbabwe. She later swam for South Africa at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and met the prince that year during a swimming competition in Monaco. “It’s an honor to think that she swam in our pool,” said Savannah Barman, the 12-yearold captain of the girls’ swim

team at the school in Benoni, near Johannesburg. The middle-class community of Benoni also has another claim to fame: Academy-Award winning actress Charlize Theron grew up here. Wittstock attended Tom Newby Primary from 1988 to 1991. A photograph of her swimming, with a portrait of her in her school uniform tucked into a corner of the frame, hangs along the hallway leading to the school’s staff room. Teacher Priscilla Grobler said Wittstock will have “a wonderful opportunity to make a difference” as a princess. Grobler and fellow teacher Marlene Albertyn remember Wittstock as a reserved, well-

mannered girl. “She was very quiet, always a lady,” Grobler said. “She was just an absolute princess, even as a small little girl.” Albertyn said Wittstock will bring that personality to her role as a public figure. “She’ll cope with it like a real elegant lady, like a princess, through and through,” Albertyn said. Teachers and students at Tom Newby have given Wittstock’s father a glass vase to pass on to the royal couple as a wedding gift. “I hope she has a happy life,” said Leah Stainton, an 11-yearold member of the Tom Newby swim team, adding she wants Wittstock to “enjoy the fame.”

North and south Sudan agree to 20 km buffer zone SOUTH KORDOFAN, Sudan North and south Sudan agreed Wednesday to create a demilitarised buffer zone along their common border just days before the country splits, the Africa Union said, but no ceasefire has yet been reached in South Kordofan. Wednesday’s accord, signed in Addis Ababa and overseen by the chief African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki, requires both sides to withdraw their forces 10 kilometres (six miles) on either side of the border before the formal independence of the south on July 9, an AU statement read. “The agreement ... is another building block for ensuring sta-

bility and unhindered development along the common border between north and south Sudan,” the statement said. Unarmed observers from both sides will work with UN observers to make sure the agreement is observed, and scattered checkpoints will be manned by Ethiopian peacekeepers. This follows a recent agreement for the north to pull its troops out of the contested Abyei region, and a deal signed on Tuesday in which the two sides pledged to resolve their differences in the northern state of South Kordofan, where government forces are battling pro-

south militia. But Nafie Ali Nafie, Sudan’s top presidential adviser and a signatory to Tuesday’s framework accord, told reporters in Khartoum on his return from negotiations in Ethiopia that no ceasefire has been agreed. “We didn’t agree on stopping the hostilities in South Kordofan. But we have created a joint military committee that is going to meet in Addis Ababa next week,” he said. The conflict in Sudan’s central border region has dramatically escalated tensions between north and south in the run-up to southern independence. - PHIL MOORE

Displaced Somali children wait for humanitarian assistance from local residents at a neighbourhood in southern Mogadishu

Nearly one in three Somali children malnourished: UN By MUSTAFA ABDI MOGADISHU, Somalia - A drought and high food prices have brought increased malnutrition to Somalia, where the situation is “rapidly deteriorating,” a high-ranking United Nations official said Wednesday. “We have currently the highest rate of malnutrition in the whole of Africa, more than 30 percent of the children are suffering from global acute malnutrition,” said Mark Bowden, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia. “If we are not able to respond, there will be many more lives lost as a result of malnutrition.” According to Bowden, a 270 percent increase in food prices over the past year, coupled with the effect of a 2010 drought on food production, means “large proportions” of the population are unable to meet their food needs. Only 40 percent of appeals for international aid have been met, he added. In the Horn of Africa, the drought has affected more than 10 million people, said Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

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Jamaica pursuing direct flights from China By BALFORD HENRY KINGSTON, Jamaica —Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica should soon have direct flights to China, the fastest growing market for outbound travellers in the world. The ministry reported on Tuesday that China’s newly appointed ambassador to Jamaica, Zheng Qingdian, gave a commitment to pursue the introduction of direct flights between Beijing and Montego Bay, during a courtesy call on the minister. The release from the ministry said that Qingdian expressed enthusiasm and delight at Jamaica’s prowess in

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett (left) engages China’s new Ambassador to Jamaica, Zheng Qingdian, during a courtesy call at the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday. sports and tourism, as The Chinese diplomat September, to explore well as its rich heritage also discussed with areas for increased coland culture. He said he Bartlett investment laboration. would be facilitating prospects in tourism, Bartlett expressed discussions with China and extended an official enthusiasm with the Air to have the new invitation to the minis- opportunities for flight arrangement ter to meet with his greater collaboration implemented. counterpart in China in with China, particularly

in tourism. “China represents one of the target markets for increasing tourist arrivals to the island, and establishing direct flights between us and them is a major step in having Chinese visitors coming here,” the minister said. Fresh from his trip to Russia last week and South America last month, Bartlett stressed that Brazil, Russia, India and China, commonly referred to as the BRIC countries, represent strong potential for growing visitor arrivals to Jamaica. As a result, he said, these countries will increasingly become important points of focus for Jamaica’s marketing efforts. Some 10,000 additional air seats have been secured to bring in visitors from South America, over the next

six months. This is expected to boost arrivals from the usually colder southern continent during the summer period in Jamaica, which is traditionally the off season for the local tourism industry. China is the top destination in Asia and the Pacific region, and the fastest growing outbound market in the world. China, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council, is forecast to provide more than 100 million visitors for other destinations by 2018. Chinese visitors are particularly attractive, as they are likely to spend during their travels, as indicated by statistics compiled by the World Travel and Tourism Council which show China’s expenditures on international travel growing by 21 percent in 2009.

Cuba rejects inclusion in U.S. report on human trafficking

Suriname police nab ‘most-wanted’ criminals

HAVANA, Cuba — Cuba strongly rejected on Tuesday a report on human trafficking released by the U.S. State Department in which the Caribbean country is included and accused of not doing enough to combat this world scourge. “The U.S. obsession to justify a failed policy against Cuba is the only reason to include it in a list of countries that do not meet international standards in efforts to curb people-smug-

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Two of Suriname’s most-wanted criminals, including a Guyana-born gang leader, were shot and seriously injured on Tuesday night by a special police unit. A third suspect was killed, while a fourth man surrendered, police spokesman, inspector Humphrey Naarden, confirmed. P r e l i m i n a r y inquiries indicate that Guyanese Poeran Gopi (32), and Surinamese

gling,” reads a declaration signed by Josefina Vidal, director of the North American Department at the Cuban Foreign Ministry. The declaration adds that Cuba’s inclusion on the blacklist is a “shameful slander” and “deeply offensive to the Cuban people.” “Cuba is not a country of origin, transit or destination for trafficking,” it points out and notes that “this decision again ignores Cuba’s

exemplary efforts to protect minors, youth and women.” “There is no sex trafficking or forced labour of minors in Cuba. On the contrary, our policy and efforts in this respect put Cuba among the leading countries of the region with the most advanced regulations and mechanisms to prevent and fight human trafficking and to protect children and the most vulnerable sectors of society.”

Ricky Sardjoe (33), the country’s two mostwanted criminals, and the two other suspects returned from Skeldon, Guyana, at around 11.00 pm and stopped at a supermarket in Nickerie, unaware that they were being trailed by the police. According to Naarden, the gang was traveling to the capital Paramaribo. When the men were confronted by police, three suspects, including Poeran Gopi and

Ricky Sardjoe, tried to flee in the car they were traveling in, chased by the police unit. During a shoot-out the vehicle slammed into a wall. One suspect succumbed to his wounds on the spot while the two fugitives were taken into custody and subsequently to the hospital in Nieuw-Nickerie. Sources indicate that the fatally shot suspect was still wearing the life jacket from the boat trip from Guyana. - Ivan Cairo

Latest U.S. trafficking in persons report again not representative of Guyana’s reality, say ministers GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Members of Guyana’s ministerial task force on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), comprising Ministers Clement Rohee, Priya Manickchand, and Pauline Sukhai, at a press conference on Wednesday responded to the recently published 2011 U.S. State Department report on TIP. Minister of Human Services Priya Manickchand said that while this year’s report has seen Guyana ascending the ladder of the tier ranking system, moving from a tier 2 watch list to a tier 2, making a fairer rank-

ing, it is still bombarded with misrepresentations of the country’s reality. “We have argued for a number of years now that the reports about us do not reflect the reality on the ground in Guyana... last year we called for a withdrawal of Guyana from the tier 2 watch list and an apology from the U.S. Government, neither of which was forthcoming,” the minister said. She pointed out that last year a lot of work was done to eliminate trafficking by dealing with those found to be traffickers and by protecting and caring for victims

and potential victims, yet the country was placed on a tier 2 watch list. “This year, we have done nothing differently as far as we know, but we are ranked as a tier 2 country, which may be a quiet correction of last year’s mistake, which we maintain was unfair and unjustified,” the minister said. The government remains unsure as to how the U.S. ranks countries on the tier system and maintains that there seems to be little effort to determine a country’s true status and more a rush to righteously issue these

annual reports. While the report highlighted that “the United States is a source, transit, and destination country for many men, women, and children subjected to forced labour, debt bondage, document servitude, and sex trafficking”, it also highlighted what is being done by the U.S. government and the challenges that they are facing with regards to trafficking, an aspect that is not included for other countries. With regards to the U.S. ranking itself as a tier 1 country, Manickchand said, “we would see America being

ranked as a tier 2 country if the ranking was consistent to the way in which a small, developing country like Guyana was ranked.” She questioned how credible and consistent is the ranking system. “How much does this system carry out the intentions of the congress that passed the Trafficking and Victims Protection Act? How wisely is the dollar of the U.S. citizen being spent, when this report seems to be a selfrighteous routine and political gimmick rather than a genuine effort to combat TIP?”

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Shooting death of 13-year-old Newark youth was sparked by dispute over suspect’s girlfriend, police say NEWARK - A dispute over a woman led to the shooting death last week of a 13-yearold Newark boy, police said yesterday as they announced the arrest of a 24-year-old man on murder charges. After a 10-day manhunt for Dante Young’s alleged killer, members of a U.S. Marshal’s Service task force and the Newark Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension Team tracked John Brinson to a home in 300-block of Renner Avenue, where they arrested him around 5:30 p.m., Acting Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio said. Brinson, who was hiding in the basement, was captured without incident, said Sgt. Ronald Glover, a city police spokesman. He has been charged with shooting Young four times in the chest on June 19. The slaying, which shocked community members and re-ignited concerns about the city’s often ignored curfew ordinance, was the

A neighbor, Kevin Rogers of Newark, left, lights a candle, as Yvette Graves of Newark, center, the mother of 13-year-old shooting victim Dante Young, writes a message on a makeshift memorial at the shooting site in Newark. result of an ongoing with murder and multidispute between ple weapons offenses Brinson and Young and remains at the over the alleged killer’s Essex County jail in of $750,000, girlfriend, DeMaio said. lieu It was the first time authorities said. “His reckless behavauthorities had cited a ior and disregard of motive for the killing. Hostilities between human life has left one the two had been sim- of Newark’s families mering for several days and our entire city before the teen was mourning the loss of killed, DeMaio said Dante Young,” DeMaio said. “Our prayers go without elaborating. Brinson was charged out to the Young family

A cell phone photo of 13-year-old Dante Young of Newark, who was shot and killed on South Orange Avenue, near South 9th Street in Newark. Photo/Jerry McCrea during this difficult time.” Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said detectives from a newly formed countywide homicide task force worked “tirelessly” on the case and played a pivotal role in the investigation. The 13-year-old was shot on South Orange Avenue around 11:30 p.m., after dropping off a soda for his mother, Yvette Graves, at the family’s South 8th Street home. Graves said last

night she knew of Brinson but wasn’t aware of any problems between him and her son. Still, she said, she was overjoyed police had made an arrest. “I’m just so surprised right now,” she said. “I don’t even know what to say. I can’t think of words right now.” Graves said she believes Brinson lives in the neighborhood and goes by the nickname “John John.” Brinson’s family could not be reached for comment last night.

Murder suspect John Brinson Young’s death has raised questions about the city’s curfew ordinance, which requires minors to stay within 100 feet of their homes after 11 p.m. After Young was killed, Mayor Cory Booker said curfew enforcement would be ramped up in the West Ward. The city curfew is also a key component of DeMaio’s Safe City initiative, aimed at lowering violent crime over the summer. Young’s death still loomed large over Graves and her family yesterday, even as she celebrated the birth of her new grandchild. They named him Josiah Dante.

Trenton Police declare shooting of suspected drug dealer an act of self-defense By ALEX ZDAN TRENTON - A city detective acted “in self-defense” when he opened fire on a suspected drug dealer who was pointing a gun at him in a North Ward alleyway Saturday morning, police said yesterday. Aaron Veh “Gunz” Carter, 32, was expected to be released from the hospital yesterday to face charges of aggravated assault on a police officer and weapons offenses, authorities said. He was struck several times by rounds fired by Detective Travis Maxwell, police said. Carter did not get a

shot off. Carter served two stints in state prison on drug charges, corrections department records show, and he has been arrested by city police at least twice. “He was known from previous investigations,” said Sgt. Tom McDonough, a police spokesman. Carter was on the 600 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard around 10:15 a.m. when Maxwell and Detective Aaron Bernstein believed they saw him in the midst of a drug sale. The detectives, both of whom are assigned to the Trenton Anti-Crime (TAC) Unit, were working on a burglary task force in the area but were familiar with Carter.

Both Carter and the man he was with ran from the officers. Carter ran alongside 22 Bond St. and raised a loaded handgun at Maxwell, who shot Carter with his department-issued service weapon, police said. The man who was with Carter was also apprehended and taken to police headquarters for questioning. He was ultimately released without any charges being filed. Police did not release his name because he has not been accused of a crime. Two loaded handguns Carter had on his person were recovered and will be checked against a federal database to see if they have been used in any crimes, police said. Police are unsure if

Carter was trying to sell the guns rather than drugs. They did not say if any narcotics were recovered at the scene Saturday. As is standard procedure in any policeinvolved shooting, Internal Affairs detectives are investigating alongside the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Their investigation will determine whether the shooting was justified under the state attorney general’s guidelines. Shooting reviews are time-consuming as detectives and prosecutors evaluate whether the use of force was correct or whether the incident should be referred to a grand jury for potential criminal charges or exoneration. Saturday’s shooting

City resident Aaron Veh Carter, 32, was shot multiple times after fleeing from officers who interrupted him during a suspected drug deal on Martin Luther King Boulevard. marks the third law shooting in Trenton so enforcement-involved far in 2011.

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WOODIE KING CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF BLACK THEATRE

Council Member Charles Barron and Mistress of Ceremonies, Lynn Whitfield at the NFT gala. Photo credit: Joan H. Allen

Starletta DuPois and Ruby Dee at the NFT gala. Photo credit: Walter McBride It was virtually a tribution to the arts Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Who in Black the- internationally, the gala ater that came out to featured special awards salute Woodie King, Jr., for 13 individuals that and his New Federal changed the cultural life Theatre (NFT) on its of our nation: Sidney 40th anniversary at a Poitier, Ntozake Shange, special gala held in New Ruby Dee, Alicia Keys, York. The event hon- Mayor David Dinkins, ored NFT for 40 years as Imhotep Gary Byrd, a seminal force in Black George Faison, Amiri theater and was hosted Baraka, Rev. Malcolm by Randall Pinkston and Boyd, Elizabeth Emmy Award-winner McCann, Carla Pinza, Lynn Whitfield. Terrie Williams and Chairmen for the event Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin. were Laurence Among those who Fishburne, John attended and spoke Morning and Susan about the honorees were Taylor. The Honorary Spike Lee, Robert Chair was Dr. Maya Townsend, Danny Angelou. Glover, S. Epatha In addition to cele- Merkerson, Lamman brating NFTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vital con- Rucker, Sonia Sanchez,

Honoree Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin, Lamman Rucker and mother Nana Malaya at the gala Photo credit: Joan H. Allen

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remained, but has since been bejeweled with artists such as The Mighty Sparrow, Eddie Palmieri, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, KRS-1, India Arie, and Eric Roberson. The work of dozens of volunteers as security, sanitation, administration and promotion personnel is key to its success. Equally, public and private sponsors feed the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolution. Commodore Barry Park is located near the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, bounded by Flushing Ave., Navy St., and Park Ave. Admission is free, but $3 donations for adults and $1 donations for children are needed.

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For the conclusions of these stories check out the June 30th - July 6th, 2011 issue of The New American, which hits newsstands every Thursday Ameriie is officially a married woman! The Grammy-nominated recording artist tied the knot with former Columbia Records executive Lenny Nicholson on June 25th in the British West Indies. “This is such an exciting time for me. This is my first marriage and I am over the moon,” Ameriie told PEOPLE. “I look forward to a loving and enduring marriage. This day couldn’t come any sooner for me. I am beyond thrilled. I will remember this day forever.” The gorgeous newlywed gushed about her hubby and their plans for a beautiful oceanfront wedding. It looks like her dreams (and then some) came true! The singer celebrated her big day on a luxe Caribbean resort, dressed in an elegant Monique Lhullier gown and baby blue Yves Saint Laurent Tribute sandals. “Family, friends, & the love of my life...delicious!!! -Mrs. Nicholson,” tweeted Ameriie, accompanied by a smiley face. The happy couple rang in their wedded bliss with a lavish honeymoon at the resort’s 5,000 sq.-ft. Romance Villa.

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year-old son Jeffrey and has struggled with fertility.

Beyonce has dropped perhaps her biggest hint yet that she could be ready to start a family. The 29year-old singer, who turns 30 in September, admitted in an interview with Piers Morgan that she has always wanted to have a baby around the time she reached the milestone birthday. Asked by the CNN host about whether she was feeling broody, Beyonce replied: ‘I always said I was going to have a baby at 30. I’m 29 now.

For the second time in two years, Mike Tyson said “I do” to the same woman ... in Las Vegas ... but this time, the “wedding” was MUCH more of a surprise! Tyson and his wife Lakiha invited hundreds of friends to a joint birthday party they threw for each other at the M Resort ... but the b-day party was merely a cover for a secret vow renewal.

Funk Master Flex has teamed with Duck Down Music to present the Hip-Hop Legends Concert Series, which is taking place next week in New York City. Artists like Black Moon (Buckshot, 5’FT, & DJ Evil Dee), Smif-N-Wessun, Sean Price & Rock of Heltah Skeltah, O.G.C., Pharoahe Monch, and Black Rob will hit the stage during the performance, which takes place at BB Kings in Times Square. Funk Master Flex will man the turntables during the evening, which takes place on Wednesday, July 13th. Doors to the show open at 10:00 PM, with tick-

Sherri Shepherd plans to look fabulous for her upcoming wedding and is working hard to shed a few pounds before the big day. But she says it’s more than the glamorous gown that’s keeping her motivated. “I have to lose as much weight as possible for me to be healthy to carry [a baby],” Shepherd, who will wed Lamar Sally in August, says of her plans to have more children. Shepherd, 44, has added personal training sessions to her fitness regimen while eating meals on the South Beach Diet. The “View” co-host already has a 6-

A new video featuring comedian Kevin Hart, rapper/producer T–pain and Joey Galaxy is taking off on the Internet. The trio of artists premiered the video for T-Pain’s new single “Booty Work (One Cheek At a Time)” last week (June 20th), on the Internet. The video features T-Pain, Joey Galaxy, and Kevin Hart as his rap alter ego, Chocolate Droppa. The video which was directed by Erik White, has already hit over 20,000 views on TPain’s official YouTube page, NappyBoyOnline.

Erykah Badu, has announced that her first mixtape, which she will also be producing, will be released this July. With the promise that GrammyAward winner Erykah Badu’s project will “melt any DJ’s face off,” fans are anxious to hear what exactly she has to offer. Badu announced that she is preparing for the release of her “dance project” next month using the name “DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown.” She kicked off this new venture by DJing at the Key Club for the “Black Girls Rock and Soul Tour” in Hollywood last Friday as well as at a BET Award’s preawards diner the night after. Sean “Diddy” Combs is selling his opulent, Alpine, New Jersey mansion for $13.5 million. The New York Post reports that Combs has put the 12,000 square-foot, Colonial style home up for sale, after paying $6 million for the residence in 2004. Combs originally lived in the house with his longtime girlfriend, Kim Porter and their son Christian. According to The Post, the mansion is being put up for sale because Combs and Porter spend more time in Los Angeles.

Ne-Yo hosts Independence Day Celebration in Brooklyn for service members Three-time Grammy Award winning Def Jam recording artist Ne-Yo, will perform a concert hosted by Big Marv of A&E Network’s reality show Hammertime at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., July 2nd at 4 p.m. to honor the brave men and women serving in the U.S. Military. For the second consecutive year, Fort Hamilton’s Family, Morale, Welfare and R e c r e a t i o n (www.hamiltonmwr.com ), Media Lerer (www.lerermedia.com) and The Source Magazine (www.thesource.com) have partnered to showcase some of music’s top performers. “I am extremely proud to work with Family & MWR to bring live music to the troops and their Families,” said NeYo. “We hope to entertain them while we bring attention the fact that Military Families attend should RSVP at also give a great personal sacrifice. www.MissionOneVoice.com and They sometimes are forgotten in the must have valid identification, such bigger picture.” as a driver’s license or a passport to Held at the newly dedicated SGT gain entry - no exceptions. It is Deon Taylor Ball Fields, Soldiers highly recommended that guests and their Families, active duty Ser- arrive by public transportation no vice Members, retirees, veterans, on site parking available. Military DoD civilians and their Families and affiliation is questioned, any guest first responders (NYPD/FDNY) will submitting false information will be enjoy a day dedicated to the sacri- prohibited from enterting the venue fices of yesterday and today. Active - please be honest. Duty Service Members (to includes “We are looking forward to hostNational Guard and Reserve) will ing the concert for our Military have access for a personal meet and Families. After a successful event greet beginning with Ne-Yo that last year, we look to make this an afternoon (rain or shine). The gates annual event to give back to our milwill then open at 4 p.m. at the Dyker itary personnel and their families,” Park entrance at Dyker Park for said Sarah Johnson, Family & MWR registered guests of Lerer Media, Director. “It is exciting to hold an Mission Once Voice, The Source, and event like this to bring celebrities local radio advertisers. The evening like, Ne-Yo and others here. It’s entertaiment will start promptly at 6 going to be a super event thanks to p.m. with a spectacular fireworks the continuous support we receive display by Grucci immediately fol- from Lerer Media and The Source lowing the show. Those wishing to Magazine.” - Full Story In This Week’s New American Newspaper -

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THE RELIGIOUS ROUTE BY VELMA HART

Pattie Frances Ford

A celebration of life, no tears, just thankfulness, was the order of the day at the home-going service for Pattie Frances Ford, Dec. 2, 1903June 19, 2011. The service was held June 26, with a wake 5-7 p.m. and the Service of a Celebration of Life starting at 7 p.m. It was held at the Bethany Baptist Church, 157-11 111th Ave., Jamaica, NY, Rev. Craig Scott Brown, Sr., pastor. The Order of Service with participants: organist and soloist Brother Michael Williams, Deacon Barrington Townsend, Deacon Harold Collier, Sister Adrienne Wilson-Pounds, Sister Janet Fox and others. Pastor Brown was the officiator and eulogist. He selected for the spoken words the Psalms 116th. His subject “We Celebrate a Saint.” He

spoke highly of the membership of the late Sister Ford, pointing out the fact that the Bethany Baptist Church had recently celebrated its 84th Church Anniversary and for 80 of those years Sister Ford was a faithful member. Some of the highlights of enjoyment of Sister Ford were becoming a baseball fan when Jackie Robinson became a major league player, making delicious cakes to give to others and being a loving grandparent. She loved to sing and felt very good about having voted for President Barack Obama, having been born the granddaughter of an enslaved African. Her husband, John, and beloved grandson, Vernon, predeceased Pattie in 1987 and 2005 respectively. She

leaves to mourn her daughter, Cheryl, whom she called her “Doll;” her son-in-law Dolphus Hickson; her grandson-in-law Arthur Kindred; her granddaughter-in-law Margaret Bing-Wade; her niece Margaret Kirkland; many great nieces and nephews and cherished friends. Auxiliary D.I. at the 113th Police Precinct Norman Jackson, a member of the family, was favored by his fellow officers Jean Hairston and others by directing traffic at the church site. The family and friends were served a warm meal by the Bethany Baptist Church after the service. Have a safe and happy July 4th holiday.

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Study finds Americans are eating more - and more often By NED BARNETT RALEIGH, North Carolina — Americans may be cutting back on super-sized meals, but waistlines continue to expand from more frequent eating, according to a study. The number of daily meals and snacks consumed by U.S. adults rose to 4.8 in 2006 from 3.8 in 1977, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers who examined surveys of daily eating habits over a 30-year period. In the top 10 percent of those surveyed, the number of daily meals and snacks rose to seven from five. The analysis also found that although the size of meal portions has stabilized in recent years, but the number of total calories consumed is rising. By 2006, the end of the period studied, Americans were consuming 570 more calories per day than they did in the late 1970s. A chief culprit behind the calorie gain: Americans now consume 220 more calories daily from sugarsweetened soft drinks than they did

People line up to buy food at a fast food restaurant in Harlem. in the 1960s, the study found. The study is thought to be the first to examine the combined contribution of changes in portion sizes, the caloric level of foods, and eating frequency on people’s total calorie consumption. The study was funded by the

National Institutes of Health, and the findings appear in the June 2011 issue of the journal PLoS Medicine. Kiyah Duffey, a postdoctoral fellow at the UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Center and one of the study’s authors, said large portion sizes drove the rise in calories during the

Chronic pain costs U.S. up to $635 billion a year By ALINA SELYUKH WASHINGTON — Addressing chronic pain, a hard-to-treat yet highly common condition, costs the United States as much as $635 billion a year and requires a much more comprehensive strategy for curbing lost productivity and healthcare expenses, according to a new government report. At least 116 million U.S. adults — or about four in 10 — suffer from chronic pain every year, leading to extra sick days, lost wages and productivity, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) said. Chronic pain is defined as pain that

lasts more than several months. It remains hard for doctors to diagnose, is often self-treated by patients and commonly perceived as less than a legitimate condition. “Many health care professionals are not adequately prepared to provide the full range of pain care or to guide patients in self-managing chronic pain,” IOM researchers wrote in the report mandated by Congress through the 2010 U.S. healthcare overhaul. The IOM report excluded costs associated with pain in children or members of the U.S. military, making the estimate conservative and yet higher than economic costs of heart disease, cancer and diabetes, according to its

researchers. The federal Medicare program takes the brunt of the medical costs of pain, bearing a quarter of expenditures, the report said. Chronic pain commonly sets in after other illnesses, injuries and medical treatments. Similar to that, acute pain — also addressed in the report — is a sudden, short-lived kind of pain, but can be a recurrent and equally complex problem. Pain in the lower back is the most commonly reported pain in the United States, followed by knee pain, severe headaches or migraines and neck pain. Looking for ways to manage pain, many sufferers resort to painkillers,

early part of the study period. “Around the time people became aware of the portion sizes, we see a decline in the portion sizes they are consuming,” Duffey told Reuters. “It really seems that in the last couple of decades, it is the number of eating occasions that is driving this change.” A proliferation of food availability and a decline in regular mealtimes may be fueling the pattern, Duffey said. “People aren’t sitting down to three meals anymore,” she said. “We sort of think about eating all through the day.” Some sources of dieting and health advice say frequent eating in small doses revs up the metabolism and controls hunger, and is a healthier way of eating than three big meals. Duffey said what matters is what and how much you eat over the course of the day rather than how often you eat. “Don’t eat seven times a day if what you’re eating is a salty snack or a pizza,” she said. “If you’re going to do that, reach for an apple instead.” including prescription opioids such as morphine and oxycodone. More than 33 million people abused opioids in 2007, resulting in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, according to the latest government data. “It’s a conundrum of opioids,” said Noreen Clark, vice chair of the IOM committee that organized the study. “There are people who really need access to pharmaceuticals to manage their pain and there are some who abuse the pharmaceuticals, but the abusers are a very, very small proportion of those who need but don’t have access to the treatment.” Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc. have been developing painkillers that are tamper-resistant to prevent abuse, including pills that make it difficult to snort or inject the drugs.

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Rihanna show is flashy, yet not overproduced By SOPHIE SCHILLACI LOS ANGELES — Barbados-born beauty Rihanna isn’t easy to forget. Without overly choreographed dance moves, her smoldering stare, powerful voice and swaggering strut are enough to captivate a packed house for nearly two hours. After Cee Lo Green suddenly backed out of the “Loud” tour due to a packed schedule, there were concerns over whether Rihanna and opener J.Cole could hold down the fort and keep ticket holders happy. Fans at the Staples Center on Tuesday hoping to rock out to an uncensored version of “Forget You” and “Bright Lights Bigger City” were undoubtedly disappointed with J.Cole’s extremely short set, not because he isn’t talented, but because his style of music is a whole different machine. There are very few performers who could replace Green and his outrageously colorful stage presence, though B.o.B. (who will open on other select dates) would have likely been a more welcomed act. Opening with “Only Girl (In The World),” Rihanna set the tone for the rest of the show with plenty of bright

neons and shiny costumes. Donning a short metallic blue coat and bright pink glow-in-the-dark heels, the singer stood out amongst her dancers (all clad in neon hues) with muted tones flashing on the large background screens. Quickly transitioning in “Disturbia,” Rihanna stripped off the coat and flaunted her assets in a jeweled bikini, alternating between strutting across each side of the stage and gliding along a moving conveyor belt. While the Los Angeles audience was filled with fans donning copy-cat red locks, one elderly man got more than he bargained for when Rihanna pulled him on stage during her performance of “Skin.” She proceeded to lay him down on a circular platform while gyrating up and down the top of his body before the platform descended underneath the stage. The crowd, obviously, went wild. Also flitting through the crowd were several young girls between the ages of five and 10. Clad in bright colors and sparkly dresses, many wore earplugs and were accompanied by their mothers. Following the show, they may need to have a conversation about why Rihanna, wearing a tuxedo, suggestively poked and prodded

nearly-naked female dancers with a cane during a cover of Prince’s “Darling Nikki.” Then again, maybe not. Somewhat surprisingly, one highlight of the night came when the 23year-old slowed things down for “Unfaithful” and “Hate That I Love You,” both of which had the audience chiming in full force. She continued the mid-show slow-down with “California King Bed,” in which she stood alone at center stage with just a mic stand and her expressive facial movements, captured and relayed on the jumbo screens. Rihanna didn’t stay confined to the stage, either. At one point, she walked through the audience to the middle of the floor where she took to a drum set and pounded away. Later, in a move reminiscent of Green, Rihanna made her encore with “Love the Way You Lie (Part II)” while perched atop a floating (and spinning) piano. To finish out the show, she brought the house down with a high energy rendition of “Umbrella.” Noticeably absent from the set list was her breakout 2005 hit “Pon de Replay,” which was only played dur-

ing a brief video interlude, and fan favorite circa 2006, “SOS.” During a summer which finds her competing with Britney Spears and Katy Perry, Rihanna is a welcome change of pace for pop lovers. The “Loud” tour keeps the dancing simple, remains visually striking in its wardrobe rather than its set and most importantly, boasts real powerhouse vocals throughout the entirety of the show.

Taraji P. Henson agreed to Tom Hanks movie before reading the script

Cedric the Entertainer, Tom Hanks and Taraji P. Henson in “Larry Crowne.” When Taraji P. Henson heard that Tom Hanks personally requested her for his latest directorial effort “Larry Crowne,” she agreed to the project without even knowing what the film was about. “Apparently, Tom wanted me involved. So he called my manager and my manager called me and said, ‘Tom Hanks really wants you to be in his movie’, and I said, ‘Sure’,” she told the Huffington Post. “And my manager was like, ‘Maybe you should read the script first’, and I was like, ‘No, I don’t have to read the script, it’s Tom Hanks,

that’s a no brainer,” she continued. “I don’t care, I could play a tree or a rock, it’s Tom Hanks’.” In the film, out now, Hanks plays a man who is downsized from his job and decides to reinvent himself by enrolling in college, where he forms some unexpected bonds with fellow students. He also catches the eye of Mercedes Tainot, a female professor played by Julia Roberts. Henson plays Crowne’s next door neighbor B’Ella, a working class woman who hits it rich when she and her husband, played by Cedric the Entertainer, win the lottery.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND VENDÔME PICTURES PRESENT A PLAYTONE PRODUCTION A TOM HANKS FILM TOM HANKS JULIA ROBERTSMUSIC “LEXECUTIVE ARRY CROWNE” BRYAN CRANSTON CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER TARAJI P. HENSON GUGU MBATHA-RAW WILMER VALDERRAMA PAM GRIWRITTEN ER BY JAMES NEWTON HOWARD PRODUCED PRODUCERS PHILIPPE ROUSSELET STEVEN SHARESHIAN JEB BRODY FABRICE GIANFERMI DAVID COATSWORTH BY TOM HANKS GARY GOETZMAN BY TOM HANKS AND NIA VARDALOS DIRECTED A UNIVERSAL RELEASE BY TOM HANKS SOUNDTRACK ON RHINO THIS FILM CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

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SECOND ANNUAL FORT GREENE JAZZ FESTIVAL SERIES 3 - 7 PM SATURDAY, JULY 30 AND 3 - 7 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 FREE! FORT GREENE PARK DEKALB AVENUE & WASHINGTON PLACE, BROOKLYN

tet Featuring: Eric Frazier vocals, congas, percussion, traps,and Danny Mixon keyboard. Also featuring Charissa Charissa Rouse Rouse – Jazz/R&B violinist with Gene Torres - bass and Dwayne “Cook” Broadnax - drums.

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July 30 Featuring The Eric Frazier Quintet: Eric Frazier - vocals, congas, percussion and Danny Mixon keyboard with Jeff King - tenor sax, Gene Torres - bass, D w a y n e “Cook” Broadnax - drums and Lou Vega - guitar. Also featuring: Sensational vocal- Cynthia Holiday ists Cynthia Holiday, Taeko and special guest -

Taeko Visit www.ericfraziermusic,com or call 718-797-2459 for more information. Barbecuing and alcoholic beverages not permitted. Upcoming performances 8 PM Tuesday, July 5, and 19, Rustik Tavern, 471 Dekalb Avenue, BrookRuby Collins lyn. Information: 347-406-9700. 1 PM Saturday, July 16, The National Hampton University Alumni Association Jazz Brunch, Thomasina’s Catering, 205-35 Linden Blvd, Cambria Heights. Information: 757-303-5362

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8 PM Saturday, July 30, Dante’s Catering, 75-07 31st. St. E. Elmhurst. Information: 718-4461310

Rome Neal - vocalist, actor and international artist Ruby Collins vocalist, guitar. With the next air apparent to BB King 16 year old phenomenon Solomon Hicks – vocals, guitar. September 10 The Eric Frazier Quin-

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Javier Colon wins ‘The Voice’ UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Javier Colon has been declared the first winner of the U.S. vocal competition series “The Voice.” Colon beat out three fellow finalists — Dia Frampton, Beverly McClellan and Vicci Martinez — on Wednesday night’s live results show and season finale. He earned the grand prize of a recording contract and $100,000. Each contestant was part of a team headed by musician coaches Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton. Colon was part of Levine’s team. “The soulful pop singer’s father worked at a radio station and immersed his son in

music from an early age; by 13, Colon was writing his own songs,” NBC said in a release. “His young talent led to touring gigs and even a contract with Capitol Records, but his career never really took off.

Now the devoted husband and father of two has realized his dream of pursing his musical aspirations and does not have to leave music behind to support his family. Colon is from Stratford, Conn.”

Jaguar Wright takes career in own hands after 6 year hiatus As the music business struggles to identify financial models, artists are taking their careers into their own hands; this holds true for Jaguar Wright. The Philly soul singer is working with top management company GPI as she takes an entrepreneur role in releasing an upcoming album, CD book and fragrance. In order to draw fans attention and honor

Black Music Month, Wright released two singles that reflect different pieces of her personality. The first single “Switch,” Wright says “It’s all about going with the flow, rolling with the punches, and knowing when it’s time to stand up and claim the life that belongs to you.” On the second single “Beautiful” she highlights her sexual perspective stating, “‘Beautiful’ is a song I wrote to

be a representative of what love/love making can be if we let it...This song was written as a tribute to love.” Wright’s manager Lindsay Guion describes her client as: “Jaguar Wright is the ‘real deal,’ that has always been about working hard to create songs that can truly change people’s lives.” The new album is expected to be released in early spring of 2012.

Miguel on gay artists: I think everyone should be themselves R&B newcomer Miguel has been all over the charts with hit singles like “All I Want Is You” and “Sure Thing.” Currently on the road promoting his debut album, Miguel recently had to address rumors surrounding his sexual preference, confirming that he is heterosexual. Defending his fashion style and his “retro super future (electrik),” Miguel voiced his love for women on Kenny

Burns’ TKBS stating, “For anyone who questions my sexuality, the honest truth is I love women. I’ve always openly loved women.” Whether it’s public pressure or album sales, gay artists in urban music find it difficult to come out in public. With New York State recently passing a law for openly gay marriage, Miguel tells us, “Whether or not the public is ready for that…I think everyone

should be themselves.” “If I was a gay artist, being the kind of artist that I Am, I would be at the forefront of that, being that I’m not, what I would say is I do encourage individuality,” Miguel tells Singersroom. “For those gay artists that are out there, I do commend you and applaud your conviction because it does take conviction to embrace yourself, regardless of your personal choices.”

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Amazon protests California Web-sales tax plan Amazon.com Inc. warned its 10,000-plus California sales affiliates on Wednesday that it may be forced to sever ties with them should the state begin taxing their online sales. The wealthiest U.S. state became the latest — on the heels of Illinois and Connecticut — to be dropped by Amazon from its nationwide sales-affiliate program, which relies on in-state websites to drive its own online business. Its affiliates, paid a fee when they funnel traffic to Amazon that results in a sale, have found themselves in the middle of a battle between Amazon and

several states that argue the online retailer has a duty to collect sales taxes when those affiliates operate within their state. Amazon counters that such taxes spur job and income losses. On Tuesday, California’s legislature passed a budget that incorporates such an online sales tax and on Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown signed the relevant bill. “We oppose this bill because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. It is supported by big-box retailers, most of which are based outside California, that seek to harm the affili-

ate advertising programs of their competitors,” Amazon said in an email sent to Californian affiliates Wednesday. “As a result, we will terminate contracts with all California residents that are participants in the Amazon Associates Program as of the date (if any) that the California law becomes effective.” Analysts say Amazon could cut its partnership with affiliates in more U.S. states that require the online retailer to collect sales taxes. Many traditional chains such as Best Buy and Sears have openly voiced concerns about online-only retailers

Visa, MasterCard ‘more investable’ after new fee rules By BRENTON CORDEIRO BANGALORE — The revised Federal Reserve rules governing how much banks charge retailers to process debit card purchases was given a big thumbs-up by some analysts, who expect the rules to be a huge boost to card networks Visa and MasterCard . “We believe the most significant threat to

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Visa and MasterCard profitability has been dramatically reduced,” Chris Brendler of Stifel Nicolaus said. Banks pay card networks like Visa and MasterCard for processing debit transactions, and the softened rule is a victory for big banks like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase , and card networks like Visa and MasterCard. Under the new rule, banks would be allowed to charge as much as 22 cents per debit card transaction, which includes a one-cent allowance for meeting certain fraud prevention standards. “The final rules are a clear positive as a higher interchange cap could lessen pricing pressure from large bank issuers,” Robert W. Baird analyst David Koning said. “We believe Visa and MasterCard become more investable again, as the regulatory cloud lifts. The market capitalization of four largest U.S. card networks — Visa , MasterCard , American Express and Discover — gained about $14 billion on Wednesday after the Fed’s vote. Citigroup said while

it was “incrementally more positive on the networks, given the sharp rise in Visa and Mastercard’s share prices, it would look for “a better entry point,” and would instead be buyers of American Express and Capital One . However, banks still stand to lose billions of dollars in revenue despite the increased cap. Swipe fees in 2009 were $16.2 billion, according to the Fed. “Banks are still taking a significant 46 percent hit to their debit interchange revenues, which will have an impact on debit programs and drive mitigation efforts such as new customer fees,” Citigroup analyst Ashwin Shirvaikar said. Banks have said they will have to find ways to offset the losses through other fees and have raised doubts that merchants will pass along any savings to consumers. “Bank and merchant lobbies are sure to push for further changes more to their liking. We view these potential actions as important to monitor, but unlikely to have a truly meaningful impact for the foreseeable future,” FBR Capital’s Scott Valentin said.

an unfair gaining advantage by avoiding sales taxes in states where they do not maintain a corporate presence. Lawmakers in states — many facing huge

budget deficits — say Amazon and other online retailers such as Overstock.com have a duty to collect tax because its affiliates operate locally. Amazon has already

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF KINGS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO .: 15017/10 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2005-1 ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1 Plaintiff, vs.ACTION TO FORECLOSE A JOSHUA DESILVA A/K//A JOSHUA DE SILVA, ET AL.(s). b MORTGAGED PREMISES: 824 DEAN STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11238 SBL #: BLOCK: 1140 LOT: 27 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not serrved with this Summons, to serve a notice off aappearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Kings. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 13th day of June, 2011, TO: JOSHUA DESILVA A/K//A JOSHUA DE SILVA, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. DONALD SCOTT KURTZ of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 19THday of MAY, 2011 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Kings County Clerk, in the City of Brooklyn. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JOSHUA DESILVA A/K/A JOSHUA DE SILVA dated the 9th day off September, 2004, to secure the sum of $446,250.00 and recorded at Instrument No. 2004000685285 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 5th day of November, 2004; which

mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 14thday of July, 2008, and sent for recording in the Office of the City Register off the City of New York. The property in question is described as follows: 824 DEAN STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 1140 and Lot 27ALL that certain plot, piece of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southwesterly side of Dean Street, distant 160 feet Northwesterly from the Westerly corner of Dean Street and Grand Avenue; RUNNING THENCE Southwesterly parallel with Grand Avenue, 110 feet; THENCE Northwesterly parallel with Dean Street, 20 feet; THENCE Northeasterly parallel with Grand Avenue, 110 feet to the Southwesterly side of Dean Street; THENCE Southeasterly along the Southwesterly side of Dean Street, 20 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 824 Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible

announced plans to cancel its affiliate program in Illinois in response to the state’s new law to target online retailers. Texas is considering taxing online sales as well.

options, including trying to work with your lender dduring this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the deparrttment's website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.U S . FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save”your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serrvving a copy of the answerr on the attorney for the morrttgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for furt urther information on how to answer the summons and protect your properrtty. Sending a payment to your morrrttgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.DATED: June 13, 2011 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.

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Jackson hopes to add attitude to Bucks By CHRIS JENKINS MILWAUKEE - Stephen Jackson says he’s misunderstood, thanks to a steady stream of outbursts on the court and his involvement in the infamous 2004 Pacers-Pistons brawl. That doesn’t mean he’s going soft. The veteran shooting guard promises to bring some attitude to the Bucks after a three-way draft day trade landed him in Milwaukee. “There’s no time for being babies or being scared,” Jackson said. “If you’re scared, go to church.” Jackson was both brash and charming during his introductory news conference Wednesday. At one point, he cracked up Bucks general manager John Hammond and coach Scott Skiles as he bragged about his exploits in a YMCA basketball game as a child. Jackson said he’s happy to be with the Bucks, something that wasn’t quite clear as the trade came together last week although he’s bound to raise a few eyebrows around town by mentioning that Milwaukee generally is considered a “boring city” by visiting players. “The only perception that I’ve had from other teams is coming to a boring city,” Jackson said. “That’s what they always say. But since I’ve been here, the weather’s been great. I didn’t expect the weather to be so great. When I come, there’s snow everywhere.” Jackson also said he isn’t bitter about being traded by Charlotte. “I didn’t want to be on a team where they’re going younger and they want to win three years from now,” Jackson said.

“I’ll be at the end of my career. So winning now is important to me, and this is a great place to win now.” Jackson was confused as to why the Bobcats held him out with an injury toward the end of last season. “The last 10 games, I could have played,” Jackson said. “But they shut me down. The team shut me down. So I kind of assumed they didn’t want to make the playoffs.” Jackson has 6-foot-8 size and a shooting guard’s skill set, making him a matchup problem. He also can play small forward, although he wants to bulk up if the Bucks want to use him that way. An 11-year NBA veteran, Jackson averaged 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 67 games for Charlotte last season. He believes the Bucks are “one player away” - and believes he’s that player. “I know what I can bring to this team, and I know what it takes to get to the playoffs,” Jackson said. Milwaukee continued making moves Wednesday, picking up contract options on Brandon Jennings and forward Larry Sanders. Once the team hits the court, Jackson believes Skiles will give him some leeway to keep teammates motivated. “For us to win, we have to be all on the same page,” Jackson said. “And I’m pretty sure that coach is going to give me the room to police all that. If guys don’t want to play, you need to let us know that, because you’re not going to be a part of us. And I’m going to make that known.” After the trade, Jackson got text messages from Jennings and Andrew Bogut right away. He already knows Jennings pretty well. “My job is just to push him,”

Jackson said. “I’m going to constantly let him know how good he is. I’m going to continue to push him, let him know this team will only go as far as he goes. I might be the oldest guy on the team with the most year, but he is the leader of this team.” Jackson had 15 technical fouls last season, tied for thirdmost in the league. He was ejected twice - including a Nov. 27 game against the Bucks, where he was kicked out less than five minutes into the game. He and Skiles laughed about that game during Wednesday’s news conference. “Obviously, I’ve got to be smarter about it,” Jackson said. “But I’m going to play with the same passion and desire every night, and nobody’s going to change that. Not referees. Nobody.” Skiles praised Jackson’s passion. “No coach would want Stephen Jackson ejected, of course,” Skiles said. “But I agree totally with what he just said. Given the choice of somebody playing with passion and on a rare occasion losing it a little bit, and guys that don’t bring that kind of passion, you always take the former.” That passion went way over the line during the IndianaDetroit brawl, earning him a 30game suspension. Jackson said he was trying to help a teammate, but knows he was wrong. “Obviously, I regret the whole situation,” Jackson said. “I regret it, because if I think about it, I would have never went in the stands.” Jackson said that incident gave people the wrong impression. He insists he’s pretty boring off the court, spending most of his time watching movies. “I’m an assassin on the court,” Jackson said. “And at home, I’m a nun.”

Woman says Owens fails to pay some child support By JEFF MARTIN ATLANTA - The mother of Terrell Owens’ child says the NFL star has refused to pay the full $5,000 a month in child support he owes. Melanie Paige Smith filed court papers June 20 in an Atlanta court seeking to hold the player in contempt.

Owens “has failed and refused to pay the full amount of child support for June 2011,” Atlanta attorney Randall Kessler wrote in court records. Owens’ financial advisers have informed Smith that he’s decided to no longer pay the full amount, Kessler added. Kessler said Wednesday that Smith

doesn’t have any ill will toward Owens. “She simply asks that he follow the order to which he agreed,” he said. “Rather than discussing his situation with her or her lawyers first, he simply cut his child support.” Owens’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus, did not immediately return messages Wednesday seeking comment.

Owens, a free agent, is recovering from knee surgery and can’t sign with a team until the NFL lockout is resolved. The athlete is a resident of Fulton County, which encompasses most of Atlanta and several suburbs, Smith’s attorneys say. The case was filed in Fulton County Superior Court.

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SPORTS BRIEFS Celtics make Green offer, exercise Bradley option

BOSTON - The Boston Celtics have made a qualifying offer to forward Jeff Green, making him a restricted free agent. Also Thursday, the team exercised its option on guard Avery Bradley for the 2012-13 season. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. Green averaged 9.8 points and 3.3 rebounds with the Celtics last season after coming to Boston in the trade that sent Kendrick Perkins to Oklahoma City. Bradley averaged 1.7 points in 5.2 minutes per game as a rookie for the Celtics. He was Boston’s first-round draft pick, 19th overall.

Jazz exercise option on Miles SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Jazz have exercised the option on guard-forward C.J. Miles that will keep him under contract through the 201112 season. The team also said Wednesday that it had exercised the options for forwards Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward for the 2012-13 season. Miles averaged career highs in points (12.8), rebounds (3.3) and assists (1.7) during the last season. Miles was originally selected by the Jazz in the second round of the 2005 NBA draft. Hayward, the Jazz’s first-round pick in the 2010 draft, averaged 5.4 points and 1.9 rebounds per game during his rookie season. Favors, also a rookie, averaged 6.8 points and 5.3 rebounds in 78 games for the Jazz and the New Jersey Nets.

UNT dismisses leading receiver Carey from team DENTON, Texas - North Texas has dismissed leading receiver Darius Carey from the team. Mean Green coach Dan McCarney says Carey didn’t live up to the standards and expectations that have been set for the program. McCarney, who became UNT’s coach after last season, didn’t elaborate and had no further comment. Carey led North Texas as a sophomore last season with 38 catches for 524 yards and five touchdowns. As a freshman in 2009, he had 57 catches for 509 yards and four scores. Before being recruited to North Texas as a receiver or defensive back, Carey was a quarterback for Helen Cox High in New Orleans.

Ex-Ark. guard Peterson transferring to Florida St. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Former Arkansas point guard Jeff Peterson is transferring to Florida State to play his senior season. Peterson asked for and was granted his release from the Razorbacks earlier this month. He’s eligible to play immediately for the Seminoles because he graduated from Arkansas in May. Peterson spent two seasons at Arkansas, sitting out the first year after transferring from Iowa. He started 23 games last season and averaged 6.3 points per game. He played two seasons at Iowa before that, averaging 10.6 points and 4.2 assists per game as a sophomore.

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Derek Jeter plans Monday return TAMPA, Fla. — Derek Jeter is set to rejoin the Yankees on Monday in his return from a calf injury. The shortstop said Thursday he will play minor league rehab games Saturday and Sunday at Double-A Trenton and be with the Yankees for a series in Cleveland. “I feel good now,” Jeter said after working out at the Yankees’ minor league complex. “I feel a lot better. I’m ready to get out of here.” The team captain is six hits shy of 3,000. A

return next week could put him on track to reach the milestone at Yankee Stadium during a four-game series against Tampa Bay from July 7-10. Then comes the All-Star break, and New York opens the second half with an eight-game road trip. While Joe Girardi said on Thursday that Jeter’s plan to return “ is definitely a possibility,” he did say that everyone has to see how he progresses in the next couple of days. Jeter had been eligible to come off the 15day disabled list Wednesday but wasn’t

Corey Maggette glad to be a Bobcat CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Corey Maggette has played 12 seasons in the NBA with only one playoff appearance. Now he’s about to join a team that’s never won a postseason game and has spent the past year getting rid of most of its veterans and scorers in a rebuilding movement. But Maggette insists he was thrilled to be traded to Charlotte for three reasons: He’s about to start again, play his natural position and, most important, suit up for Bobcats owner Michael Jordan. “If you understand Michael Jordan’s game — and I’m from Chicago — you know that he’s a winner,” Maggette said Wednesday in a conference call with reporters. “And eventually he’s going to get to that point where he’s winning.” As Jordan prepares for his sixth season in charge of the basketball operations in Charlotte and his second full year as majority owner, he’ll lean on Maggette to provide immediate scoring and a much-needed veteran presence on what is now one of the NBA’s most inexperienced teams. “If you know Michael, he’s definitely starting in this field as an owner and still understanding about the business of basketball,” said Maggette, who got to know Jordan while growing up. “But he’s an incredible winner. He knows how to win. He has incredible drive and that’s something Michael will never let go.” Jordan last week sent another veteran packing in a deal he hopes gets the Bobcats closer to becoming a perennial playoff team, something he’s been unable to attain as an executive with two teams. Top scorer Stephen Jackson was shipped to Milwaukee in a three-team deal that netted the seventh overall pick in the draft from Sacramento. Included was Maggette, in large part because the $21 million he’s owed over the next two seasons closely matched Jackson’s contract.

ready. His bid to become the 28th major leaguer — and first with the Yankees — to get 3,000 hits has been on hold since he strained his right calf June 13 against the Indians. “I hadn’t done anything for a couple weeks, so it takes a little while to get loose and get in baseball shape,” Jeter said. Jeter, who turned 37 on Sunday, is batting .260 with two homers and 20 RBIs. He has 12 extra-base hits in 262 at-bats and a .324 onbase percentage. Jeter increased his intensity in Thursday’s workout, running from

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home to first after hitting a ball and also turning double plays. He had 60 swings in batting practice, took grounders and ran from first to third. “Things have gone well,” said Jeter, who is scheduled to work out Friday in Florida before departing for Trenton. Also, starter-turnedreliever Mark Prior, on the DL at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre because of a strained groin, could throw batting practice Saturday. Right-handed reliever Rafael Soriano, out with right elbow inflammation, has started long toss sessions.

Chad Ochocinco: Carson Palmer gone Carson Palmer says he’ll never play for the Cincinnati Bengals again and his house in the Cincinnati suburbs recently sold. One of his favorite targets said Thursday he doesn’t doubt the quarterback won’t play for the team again. Chad Ochocinco, interviewed by “SportsCenter” on Thursday, said Palmer is a man of his word. Ochocinco said that if Palmer comes out of character, and says he wants out or is going to retire, then the Bengals should listen to what he says. “He will sit out, he will retire,” Ochocinco said from the Atlanta Motor Speedway, where he rode in a car with Sprint Cup driver Jeff Burton. Ochocinco added that Palmer is “frustrated” and wants a “fresh start.” Bengals owner Mike Brown repeatedly has said this offseason that he won’t trade Palmer. The quarterback hasn’t publicly addressed his situation, but the team has acknowledged that

Palmer has stated that he will retire if he is not traded or released. According to reports in Cincinnati, Palmer recently sold his fivebedroom property on five acres in Indian Hill, Ohio, for approximately $1.9 million. He reportedly had been asking $2.1 million. Ochocinco’s future in Cincinnati isn’t clear either. The Bengals hold a $6 million team option on him and it’s uncertain whether he will play for them if there is a 2011 season. The talkative receiver said he wasn’t sure if he’ll be back, but even if it’s the end for him in Cincinnati, it won’t mean his NFL career is over.

“There’s no such thing as the end for me,” he told ESPN. “Whether I’m in Cincinnati or whether I’m on one of the other 31 teams, I’m going to make it happen. They say the grass is not greener on the other side, but let me tell you, when I’m watering the grass it’s going to be green.” He said he hasn’t talked to Terrell Owens since Owens’ ACL injury, but he doesn’t doubt that his teammate of last season will be able to return from the ACL tear — even at the age of 37. Owens’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN earlier this week that Dr. James Andrews, who performed the receiver’s surgery in

April, believes he can return to the field sometime in August. “Age is really not a factor when it comes to Terrell. He’s a freakish athlete, man,” Ochocinco said. Thursday’s ride in Burton’s race car, which according to Burton reached speeds of up to 160 miles per hour, and a chance to work with Burton’s pit crew are just the latest lockout adventures for Ochocinco. He also has tried out with Major League Soccer’s Sporting KC and even attempted riding a bull. Up next: catching and wrestling alligators. “I’m willing to try everything once before I die,” Ochocinco said.

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NFL Owners, players rejoin negotiations MINNEAPOLIS — Joined by a handful of owners and players, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith resumed talks Thursday aimed at ending the lockout with a new collective bargaining agreement. The group met at a Minneapolis law firm with U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan. The participants, including New York Giants owner John Mara and Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday, declined comment as they arrived. The meetings were expected to continue Friday. The latest round of negotiations between the two sides — the fifth since they began hopping from city to city for clandestine meetings — kicked off Tuesday with Goodell, Smith, their attorneys and staffs but no owners or players. Joining the discussion Thursday were Mara and fellow owners Clark Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs, Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots. Saturday was accompanied by Chiefs offensive lineman Brian Waters and Baltimore Ravens

cornerback Domonique Foxworth. The location is significant because Minneapolis is where the players have filed a still-pending federal antitrust suit against the owners and the sides tried and failed to strike an agreement through court-ordered mediation under Boylan. The two power brokers spent part of Wednesday in Florida. Smith invited Goodell to an orientation session for NFL rookies — put on by the players’ association after the NFL canceled the event — and the pair flew to Florida on Tuesday night. After a joint breakfast Wednesday, they talked for an hour with 155 rookies. “We felt it was important to be down here with the players,” Goodell said. “This is an important few days. We’re going to get back to work.” Smith and Goodell certainly seem closer than when the lockout began March 12. Whether that will translate into a new deal is the big question. Training camps are scheduled to open in three weeks with the Hall of Fame exhibition game on Aug. 7. Owners and players are seeking a deal that

would divide revenues for the $9 billion business — the biggest hurdle to clear — and guide league activities for years to come. Goodell and Smith didn’t have a direct answer when asked by the rookies when the impasse will end. Still, their joint appearance was seen as a positive sign. “That’s really the significance of this,” NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah said. “There’s a lockout happening now, but we’ve got to look forward and consider the necessity to have a positive working relationship with the league.” Quarterback Christian Ponder, a first-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings, said Goodell urged the rookies to be ready, whenever the lockout is lifted. “The biggest thing he hammered home is we really have no idea when this thing is going to end,” Ponder said. “But us rookies have to prepare for it. It’s going to end at some point. As rookies it’s our job to be prepared. Yeah, we’ve missed some practices, but we can’t change that.” Ponder added that players are “hurting for money right now.”

Blazers give Greg Oden qualifying offer PORTLAND, Ore. — The Trail Blazers have offered former No. 1 draft pick Greg Oden an $8.8 million qualifying offer to stay in Portland. The offer means the often-injured 7-foot center becomes a restricted free agent. The Blazers can match any other offer made for him. Oden, 23, didn’t play this past season after microfracture surgery on his left knee. He missed his rookie season in 2007-08 after microfracture surgery on his right knee. Two

seasons ago he broke his left kneecap. Because of his injuries, the former Ohio State star has played in only 82 games over parts of two seasons, averaging 9.4 points and 7.3 rebounds.

“We’ve stood behind Greg Oden every day since he became a Trail Blazer and that continues with today’s announcement,” Trail Blazers president Larry Miller said in a statement. “Despite the setbacks he’s experienced, he continues to be resilient in working tirelessly on his rehabilitation. We’re all very encouraged with not only his progress but with his commitment and determination to return to the basketball court.”

“It’s a crazy time, especially with the uncertainty of when we’re going to start and get some money in our pocket,” he said. Smith said both sides are “continuing to work hard” to keep the 2011 season intact. He called the question-andanswer session with rookies “important to ensure our young men appreciated how important we think these few days are.” The legal fight includes a group of retirees led by Hall of

Fame defensive end Carl Eller, who has been actively trying to secure better benefits and medical care from the league. Eller and his attorneys were part of the court-ordered mediation sessions — six days in all — in Boylan’s chambers in April and May, and Eller met with Goodell and some owners in Chicago earlier this month. Shawn Stuckey, one of the attorneys for Eller’s group, said the

retirees have been disappointed to not be more involved, citing a ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson that the two cases be combined. “We’re well within our rights to object and say these mediation sessions are not consistent what Judge with Nelson ordered,” he said. “However, we feel one of the best ways to get a resolution is to let the active players reach a resolution, and then we can reach a resolution on our issues.”

Suh senses good news from talks to end NFL lockout By LARRY LAGE WALLED LAKE, Mich. (AP) Ndamukong Suh is spending his offseason traveling, working out, rehabbing his surgically repaired shoulder and spending time with family and friends. The Detroit Lions defensive tackle, though, is ready to get back to work. Suh said he believes that chance could come soon and he’s encouraged by the ongoing talks aimed at ending the NFL lockout. “It seems like there’s some good progress and good talks,” Suh said Tuesday during a break at one of his youth football camps. “The main thing is that they’re talking and being able to interact with each other. There was a point in time where there was nothing being said and we were just sitting back. “Now, there’s some interaction and it looks like there’s some positive light at the end of

the tunnel. We’re looking forward to getting it done.” St. Louis and Chicago are due to start training camp in a few weeks slightly sooner than Detroit - before playing in the previously scheduled Hall of Fame game on Aug. 7. Suh is looking forward to the lockout being lifted so that he can train at Lions headquarters when he’s in town. “I was actually upset, flying in from Virginia, that I had to figure out where I had to go work out,” Suh said. “I’d would rather go to the Lions facility, get it done, and then come out to a camp like this.” Suh hosted more than 200 youths as a two-day camp began at Walled Lake Western High School on Tuesday morning before heading to Detroit Osborn to share tips and techniques. He went from station to station around the field, then engaged the campers during a question-andanswer session. When Suh asked 10year-old Cameron Corso what he had learned, the Detroit youth said

tackling and then showed the star he knew how to make a hit. The husky kid said he took it easy on the 6foot-4, 307-pound Suh. “I didn’t want to hurt him,” Corso said. Watching along a nearby fence, Joe Plets said he was hoping for an end to the lockout, too. The Lions seasonticket holder, whose 9year-old son, Evan, was at the camp, said he believes Suh can help the Lions continue to get better. “Oh God, I just hope as a Lions fan that a lockout doesn’t affect the improvements we’ve made and the excitement we have after putting it together at the end of last season,” the 40-year-old fan from Macomb said. “I’m less worried now because it seems like they’re finally talking. I think there’s too much at stake not to have a season.” Suh insisted he’s not anxious about the lingering lockout that is in its fourth month and has barred players from team-owned facilities and contact with coaches.

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NBA LOCKS OUT PLAYERS

NEW YORK — NBA players are locked out, possibly jeopardizing next season. Union chief Billy Hunter said Thursday afternoon that owners had locked out the players after failing to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. With this latest action, two of four major professional sports in the United States are locked out. The NFL locked out its players in March, and the two sides have been in discussions this week, trying to work toward a new deal.

Despite a three-hour meeting Thursday, the NBA and its players could not close the enormous gap that remained in their positions. The CBA was due to expire at midnight. Hunter said the union made a “moderate” new financial proposal, but it wasn’t enough to keep the two sides at the bargaining table. Hunter said the two sides plan to meet again in the next two to three weeks. All league business is officially on hold, starting with the free agency period that would have opened

Friday, and games eventually could be lost, too. The last lockout reduced the 1998-99 season to just a 50-game schedule, the only time the NBA missed games for a work stoppage. “We tried to avoid the lockout; unfortunately, we couldn’t reach a deal,” union executive committee member Matt Bonner said. The sides remained far apart on just about every major issue, from salaries to the salary cap, revenues to revenue sharing. Players, who previously offered to reduce their salaries by $500 million

over five years, considered the owners’ proposal for a “flex” cap, where each team would be targeted to spend $62 million, a hard cap. Although the league said total player compensation would never dip below $2 billion over the life of its proposed 10-year deal, that would amount to a pay cut for the players, who were paid more than $2.1 billion this season in salaries and benefits. Owners also wanted a reduction in the players’ guarantee of 57 percent of basketball revenues.