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WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE LIGHTS UP BROOKLYN

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Spectators danced and sang behind police barricades floats as the West Indian Day Parade rumbled through as the pavement trembled with the pounding rhythms Brooklyn on Monday. of music coming from massive loudspeakers aboard SEE PAGE 3.

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Obama vows federal help for Irene victims

Police say teen guns down eight at New York house party

By MATT SPETALNICK

NEW YORK - A male teen allegedly gunned down eight people at a house party in New York City early on Sunday morning, evaded police capture and remains at large, according to New York City police officials.

PATERSON, New Jersey President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Republicans not to play politics with federal disaster aid as he toured flood-stricken New Jersey and pledged to do everything possible to help states recover after Hurricane Irene.

With rain-swollen rivers receding in the Northeast after the region suffered its worst flooding in decades, Obama was greeted by cheering crowds of several thousand people lining the streets of the working-class city of Paterson, one of hardest-hit from the storm.

The Democratic president was joined in his first look at the storm damage by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a budget-cutting Republican who has bucked some of his party’s fiscal hawks in Washington by calling for expedited federal aid to help his state’s recovery.

Standing on a bridge over the rain-swollen Passaic River in central Paterson, Obama noted there had been a talk of a slowdown in aid and dismissed that, promising: “We are going to meet our federal obligations.”

“The last thing that residents ... need is Washington politics getting in the way of making sure we’re doing what we can,” said Obama, who did not mention Republicans by name.

Earlier, Obama consoled homeowners at his first stop in a poor neighborhood in the town of Wayne, telling them the federal government would do everything possible to help them.

“I know it’s a hard time right now,” Obama told a group of res-

Dasilva Oneil, 17, opened fire before roughly 3:40 a.m. in the Bronx, a New York City borough, hospitalizing eight, including an 11-year-old male and four teens.

The most seriously wounded in the attack was a 24-year-old male who was shot twice in the chest and remains in critical condition at a local hospital.

The remaining seven victims, five males and two females, were taken to local hospitals with “non-life threatening injuries,” according to a statement from New York City police. They remain in stable condition.

Among the teens shot were a 13-year-old female, shot in the thigh, a 14-year-old girl shot in the back, a 17-year-old male shot in the pelvis, and a 19-year-old male shot in the butt.

Wounded also was a 21-year-old man shot in the thigh and a 24-year-old man shot in the forearm.

All are in stable condition.

Oneil is from Mount Vernon, New York, roughly three miles north of the Bronx neighborhood where the party was held.

Brooklyn Councilman Arrested At West Indian Day Parade Brooklyn City Councilman Jumaane Williams was arrested earlier today after getting into a confrontation with police at the West Indian Day Parade.

Williams’ spokesman says the incident occurred when Williams was trying to walk along a blockedoff sidewalk to attend an event at the Brooklyn Museum.

The spokesman says the councilman was with a staff member of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and a local Democratic district leader.

The spokesman says officers stopped the group and told them they could not pass.

Both De Blasio’s staffer and the councilman were handcuffed and taken to the nearby 78th police precinct house.

US Postal Service On Brink Of Bankruptcy The United States Postal Service could shut down this winter without some emergency help from Congress.

The agency says it faces default if it can’t make a $5.5 billion payment due this month.

The Post Office’s deficit is projected to hit more than $9 billion this year.

The agency is also considering cost-cutting measures like eliminating Saturday delivery, closing 3,700 locations and laying off 120,000 workers.

The Internet has led to a drastic drop in the amount of mail sent, meaning sharply reduced revenues for the Postal Service.

The Senate’s governmental affairs committee is set to hold a hearing on the matter Tuesday.

Suspect Wanted In Brooklyn Sexual Assault Police are looking for man they say sexually assaulted a woman over the weekend in Brooklyn.

Investigators say a man reached inside a woman’s skirt and groped her around 1 a.m.

Saturday.

The incident took place on Seventh Avenue near 17th Street in Park Slope.

Police are looking into whether the incident is connected with a series of sexual assaults in other Brooklyn neighborhoods dating back to March.

idents clustered around him on the street. “You guys hang in there. We’ll do everything we can to help you.”

Irene cut a swath of destruction from North Carolina to Vermont and was blamed for at least 40 deaths. Total economic losses have been estimated at more than $10 billion.

New Jersey was especially hammered by flooding in the storm’s wake last week. The floodwaters swept away homes, swamped roads and bridges and left hundreds of thousands without electricity.

Paterson now faces a massive cleanup after the Passaic River overflowed its banks in the center of the city of 150,000, dealing the latest blow to a one-time industrial powerhouse that has fallen on hard times.

Obama declared New Jersey a disaster area on Wednesday, making the state eligible for federal disaster aid.

He is expected to ask Congress for extra funds to help recover from Irene, but Washington’s unrelenting budget battles — and a deepening ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats over the role of government — could complicate relief efforts.

UNLIKELY ALLIES “When disaster strikes, Americans suffer — not Republicans, not Democrats, not independents — and we come together,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters traveling with Obama.

Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, said last week that any new disaster aid must be offset with spending cuts else-

where to avoid adding to the budget deficit, projected to hit $1.3 trillion this year.

But Christie, a rising Republican star and blunt-talking fiscal conservative who has repeatedly denied any interest in seeking his party’s 2012 presidential nomination, has called for immediate assistance for his state.

He has insisted that New Jersey cannot wait while lawmakers in Washington fight over budget offsets.

That makes Christie an unlikely ally for Obama, who is seeking re-election next year, in the debate over storm relief. The two men shook hands warmly at the bottom of Air Force One’s staircase and then boarded a presidential helicopter for an aerial tour of the storm damage.

The Obama administration opposes Cantor’s position, and Democrats who oversee disaster funding in the Senate said they would refuse to cut other programs to boost emergency aid.

Asked about Cantor’s push for budget offsets, Obama said, “we are going to make sure that the resources are here.”

Lawmakers are debating further budget reductions after months of bitter feuding over the country’s debt pushed the government to the brink of a shutdown in April and to the edge of a first-ever national default in August.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suspended funding for some rebuilding programs from earlier disasters to ensure that its disasterrelief fund will not run out of money, agency administrator Craig Fugate has said.

Louisiana coastal towns struggle with storm flooding

By KATHY FINN NEW ORLEANS Louisiana Gulf Coast towns and inland waterways struggled with flooding on Monday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continued to test flood barriers but the city of New Orleans remained in fairly good shape.

Jerry Sneed, deputy mayor of public safety for New Orleans, reported no significant problems on Monday morning, with standing water remaining in only a few areas outside the levee protection system.

No deaths were reported from the storm.

“Overall, things worked well, I think we did OK,” he said.

As of 5:30 a.m., utility company Entergy reported no remaining power outages in New

Orleans. At one point, some 38,000 homes in the area had lost power.

New Orleans was devastated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, which flooded 80 percent of the city, killed 1,500 people and caused more than $80 billion in damage. Half of the city is below sea level, protected by levees and flood gates.

This time, the city fared better than its neighbors and out-lying areas.

The continuing tidal surge brought by strong southerly winds flooded about 20 homes in Slidell’s Palm Lake subdivision, east of New Orleans, overnight as drainage arteries into Lake Pontchartrain backed up, leaving up to four feet of standing water.

The nearby Oak Harbor subdivision

stayed on flood watch on Monday morning as Lake Pontchartrain’s waters remained about three feet above normal.

By morning, as the tropical depression moved to the east, winds in the local area shifted to the north, beginning to help move the water back out of some flooded areas. But the shift didn’t come soon enough for some areas.

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser complained bitterly of delays in improving levee protection as he joined crews continuing a losing battle against the water.

“Look at the people who suffered through four hurricanes and the oil spill,” Nungesser said. “How much more can they take?”

Surging water overtopped an old levee on Sunday night, making

the main highway through the parish impassable.

Water flowed freely across Highway 23, flooding nearby pastureland.

HERDING CATTLE IN BOATS Men used boats to herd about 30 head of struggling cattle to higher ground, forcing the animals to swim to the safety of a Mississippi River levee.

After Hurricane Katrina and the resulting flood devastated the New Orleans region in 2005, money was allocated to boost levee protection in the parish, Nungesser said. But the Army Corps of Engineers has not yet begun the construction work.

“It’s frustrating to know the money is in the bank to rebuild this levee and we’re out here fighting this,” he said.

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44th Annual West Indian American Day Parade lights up Brooklyn

Spectators danced and sang behind police barricades as the pavement trembled with the pounding rhythms of music coming from massive loudspeakers aboard floats as the West Indian Day Parade rumbled through Brooklyn on Monday.

Revelers began the celebration way before the annual Labor Day parade, which honors the culture of the Caribbean islands, kicked off at 11 a.m. on Eastern Parkway.

The parade is modeled on traditional Carnival

festivities and features dancers wearing enormous feathered costumes, music and plenty of food.

Everywhere you looked there were the sights, sounds and smells of the West Indies. Spectators waved the bright flags of their native islands and enjoyed a lineup of Caribbean delicacies sold by vendors whose barbecues released delicioussmelling smoke into the late summer air.

Putting good food aside, Ray Grandrson said the day is all about

celebrating Caribbean pride and for him it’s a way to pay tribute to his home country of Jamaica.

“It reminds us of where we’re from, where we’re coming from,” Grandrson said.

“We’re celebrating our culture,” Sabrina Addison, of Hempstead,

said. “As a family we all get together to celebrate it.”

The city took some extra safety precautions at the parade following a spate of holiday weekend violence and the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Police helicopters hov-

ered over the parade Monday and motorcycle officers patrolled the surrounding blocks.

Violence has marred the parade in some years, with fatal shootings along the route in 2003 and 2005.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo stopped by a pre-parade breakfast before heading to upstate New York

communities where residents are still cleaning up from Tropical Storm Irene.

“Thank you for sharing your culture, your language, your music, your food, your diversity,” he said.

- Photos By Lem Peterkin

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Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is one of the most notorious prisons in the United States. Sometimes called “The Farm” because of its plantationlike set-up, it houses almost 5,300 men, of whom 3,900 are serving life sentences, 968 face terms of 40 years or more, and 83 are on death row.

The prison is located 90 minutes north of Baton Rouge in the verdant countryside near the Mississippi River and the tourist town of St. Francisville.

For purposes of redistricting, the penitentiary and the town— whose population is approximately one-third that of the prison—are in the same state senate district. But because inmates can’t vote, they have no say in how the state or parish is governed. Thus, roughly oneeighth of the district’s residents are politically voiceless.

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“The prisoners, who cannot vote and are not free to use the allocations [government funding and services] that their numbers help garner for the district, simply exist for the political and economic benefit of their jailers,” Cruz says. “In a district like where Angola is… there aren’t that many people so the needs are not comparable [to those of a place like New Orleans].”

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how prisons are skewing Louisiana’s political process, shifting power from urban areas to rural ones and further disenfranchising African American communities suffering from the historic legacy of racism and the recent calamity of Hurricane Katrina.

“As far as we’re concerned, this recreates the plantation system,” says Rosana Cruz, associate director of Voice of the Ex-Offender (VOTE), a New Orleans-based organization dedicated to reintegrating formerly incarcerated people.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Louisiana has the highest per capita male prison population in the United States, with African Americans incarcerated at much higher rates than Whites. Angola’s Black population, for example, is 78 percent. Roughly 1 out of 2 Blacks in the state House electoral district that includes Angola are ineligible to vote.

Many inmates in the state’s 12 prisons come from urban centers such as New Orleans, but they end up being included

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Putting the patient’s quality of life first in cancer care

By THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE Being diagnosed with cancer can be devastating, and the treatment can take its toll in physical, emotional, social, and even spiritual ways. Palliative care providers can lessen the suffering cancer brings to patients and their families—both during treatment and at the end of life. Many people don’t realize that palliative care to treat symptoms and improve a patient’s quality of life can and should be given throughout their illness, not just at the end of life.

Palliative care treats the symptoms and side effects of cancer and its treatment. The goal is not to cure the patient’s cancer, but rather to maintain the best possible quality of life. The physical and emotional effects of the disease can vary widely from person to person, because of differences in cultural background, age, or support systems. Therefore, palliative care providers try to integrate each patient’s needs into their care. The social and spiritual needs of the cancer patients and family

members are also considered.

Often, palliative care specialists work as part of a team to coordinate care. This palliative care team may include doctors, nurses, registered dieticians, pharmacists, and social workers. Many teams include psychologists or a hospital chaplain as well. Cancer centers and hospitals often have palliative care specialists on staff. Patients may also receive palliative care at home or at a facility that offers long-term care.

Hospice is a form of palliative care that is given to a person when cancer therapies are no longer controlling the disease. This care can take place in homes, at hospice centers, at hospitals, or at skilled nursing facilities Families of the patient are also an important focus of hospice care, and services are designed to provide them with the assistance and support they need.

For patients who are nearing the end of life, the hospice care team can help them and their loved ones prepare for physical changes that may occur. Drugs to help with pain, anxiety, and other symptoms may be used. The team can also help patients cope with the many

Power in post-Katrina Louisiana Continued from page 4 Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, 84 percent of the 140,845 residents lost over the past decade are African American. This loss, coupled with the hurdles that have prevented many low-income people from returning, make the issue of representation particularly sensitive here.

Now the state’s redistricting process — including the practice of counting inmates where they are incarcerated, known as prison-based gerrymandering—is “the nail in the coffin to a just recovery,” says Trap Bronner of Moving Forward Gulf Coast.

Prison-based gerrymandering has been drawing scrutiny in other states as well. New York and Maryland recently passed legislation to change the way prisoners are counted in the current round of redistricting.

Delaware will change its methods starting with the 2020 Census, while a bill to force California to do the same is advancing in the state Legislature.

“Each [of those states] had districts where, without the prison population, the district wouldn’t meet the minimum requirements for the district population,” says Aleks Kajtsura, legal director for the group Prison Policy Initiative (PPI). “So passing these laws makes [the state] closer to the Supreme Court standard of ‘one person, one vote.’”

Because of its history of African American disenfranchisement, Louisiana must comply with Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of

1965. This means that redistricting proposals must be reviewed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) prior to approval to ensure that redrawn maps don’t dilute the ability of minority voters to elect representatives of their choice.

Although the NAACP filed a complaint with the DOJ about the 2011 redistricting process, proposed maps for the state’s legislative districts were pre-cleared at the end of June and will likely be in force until the next redistricting in 2021. But advocates continue to fight to make redistricting more equitable at the local level and to bring about changes in the way inmates are counted when drawing electoral districts.

Because of the post-Katrina population shifts, Louisiana lost one member of its Congressional delegation in the current round of reapportionment.

Moving Forward’s Bronner criticized the state’s new political maps as “classic gerrymandering.” He fears that since the Congressional district that includes New Orleans has been redrawn and enlarged to include more conservative suburban areas, city residents will have a tougher time electing a Congressional member who reflects the city’s distinctive cultural and political environment.

That district is currently represented by Cedric Richmond, the only Democrat in Louisiana’s congressional delegation. While serving in the state Legislature, Richmond introduced a bill that would have changed the way prisoners are counted for redistricting purposes, but that proposal went nowhere.

thoughts and emotional issues that they may be having, such as worries about leaving loved ones behind, reflections about their legacy and relationships, or reaching closure in their lives. In addition, palliative care can support family members and loved ones emotionally, and help with issues such as when to withdraw curative cancer therapy, the transition to hospice care, and grief counseling.

A recent study showed that one in five patients getting hospice care belonged to a minority race or ethnicity. However, sometimes minority communities don’t embrace the whole idea of hospice or palliative care, believing that extended families should take care of their loved ones and misunderstanding that palliative care means the end of medical treatment and “giving up” on their loved one. But palliative care does not mean treatment is stopped, and hospice is not a place to discard your loved one. Many spiritual leaders in the minority community appreciate and participate in both palliative and hospice care with the families they serve. It is becoming more and more under-

stood and accepted in many cultures.

If you or your loved one has been diagnosed with cancer, you can ask your doctor for the names of palliative care and symptom management specialists in the community. A local hospice may be able to offer referrals as well. You can also check area hospitals or medical centers to see if they have palliative care programs. You can find more information at the Coping with Cancer: Supportive and Palliative Care page of the NCI Web site.

NCI leads the National Cancer Program and the NIH effort to dramatically reduce the burden of cancer and improve the lives of cancer patients and their families, through research into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the training and mentoring of new researchers. For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI web site at www.cancer.gov or call NCI’s Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4CANCER (1-800-422-6237). More articles and videos in the culturally relevant Lifelines series are available at www.cancer.gov/lifelines.

“It makes more sense to count them where they’re going to return home to, where they’re going to need services...so we’ll be able to best support those communities,” Richmond told New America Media.

While New Orleans residents are hurting over their loss of representation, some of their counterparts in West Feliciana Parish, where Angola is located, argue that while it may not be right to count prisoners where they’re incarcerated, it’s also not right to count them elsewhere.

“They shouldn’t be counted [at all],” says St. Francisville Mayor Billy D’Aquila. “Seventy-five percent of [Angola’s inmates] are doing life. It’s like they’re dead. They shouldn’t be counted as citizens. They put themselves out of society. They raped a child or murdered [someone]. We have them in a warehouse, or a graveyard.”

D’Aquila also disagrees with shifting the count to the place where an inmate resided prior to incarceration.

“They don’t live in the district.

They’ve been taken out for life….If they’re a productive citizen, they should be counted. They’re a burden on that district, actually.”

Despite their different views on the matter, D’Aquila and critics of the current method agree that one issue related to counting inmates are the resources that are allocated based on population. Like D’Aquila, state Rep. Rick Gallot, an African American Democrat who represents a district in Northern Louisiana and has been actively involved in the redistricting process, also opposes channeling the funds associated with prison residents to their previous homes’ districts.

“I disagree because we have to have a road that leads to [a prison], so

in a population count, if that area shows no population, we run the risk of not winning funds for road construction where we know there are people,” he says. Moreover, Gallot explained, such a change “would be of benefit to someone like [Cedric Richmond] who represented New Orleans—having those people allocated back to Orleans would prop their numbers up.”

Cedric Floyd, a demographer and redistricting consultant based in New Orleans, argues that for state-level offices, the impact of prisons is generally less than 10 percent of the population and, consequently, not substantial in terms of distorting voting power. Floyd noted that for smaller entities, such as school boards, inmates are not counted. This is the case in West Feliciana Parish. The Angola population is also excluded from the tally for Police Jury districts, which are similar to county commissioners.

However, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, there is no readily available research to indicate whether this kind of exclusion is taking place in all Louisiana parishes with large prison populations. This year, however, LaSalle and Concordia Parishes did begin excluding inmates from the redistricting process for local offices and school boards.

Not everyone sees the question in stark terms. Major Thibaut, a White, first-term Democrat who represents Louisiana House District 18, which incorporates Angola, acknowledges the representation issue surrounding inmates and says he is willing to discuss the matter. “I’m always open to it. To say I’d be for it or against, I don’t know. I don’t want to paint myself into a corner, but I certainly would be open to it right now.”

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Study: 9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk

By JULIE STEENHUYSEN CHICAGO — Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed, U.S. researchers said.

The study is the first to look at cancer rates among the all of the exposed firefighters, and the findings may help pave the way for federal health benefits for rescue workers now suffering from cancer nearly a decade after the attacks.

“This study clearly shows World Trade Center exposure in these firefighters led to an increase in cancer,” said Dr. David Prezant of the Fire Department of the City of New York, whose study was published in The Lancet medical journal.

Studies so far have not found an increased risk of lung cancer, which takes many years to develop, and this study was no exception, finding no increased risk of lung cancer for exposed firefighters versus those not exposed.

Firefighters working in the rubble of the World Trade Center after two planes hit its twin towers on September 11, 2001, were exposed to a several known cancer-causing agents, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins.

Prior studies have shown increased rates of post traumatic stress disorder, asthma and other respiratory illnesses among rescue workers. To date, only a handful of smaller studies have shown increased

rates of cancer, which can take five to 20 years to develop.

In July, a report released by Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, concluded that there was not yet enough evidence to support a link between the 9/11 attacks and cancer.

Without that evidence, firefighters and other rescue workers can not receive payments for cancer treatments under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which covers illnesses like asthma and other respiratory diseases, but not cancer.

Prezant told reporters he was not sure whether his report would be enough to make the case for federal health benefits for firefighters who developed cancer after the 9/11 attacks, but said Dr. Howard, who is tasked with making the decision, is aware of his study.

Prezant said the study had several strengths, including the fact that it looked at nearly 10,000 male firefighters.

The team only looked at cancers that developed in the first seven years after the World Trade Center attacks, comparing rates among exposed and non-exposed firefighters.

And they made several adjustments to the overall groups to exclude information that might skew the results.

For example, they excluded data on 576 firefighters who were over age 60 on September 11, 2001, because the small number of men in that age group would have made the results statistically unstable. They also excluded data on 32 women, 13 Asians and 8 native Americans for

Firefighters at the destroyed World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. the same reason.

And they excluded data on 85 men who had a prior cancer diagnosis.

After adjusting for these factors, they found the exposed firefighters had a 19 percent higher rate of having any type of cancer.

“This shows an increase in all cancers,” Prezant said, adding the study was not designed to show increases in a particular type of cancer.

The study did not look at the health impacts on other types of rescue workers, which will be covered in a separate study.

Dr James Melius of the New York State Laborers’ Health Fund said the study supports addition of cancer to other federally funded medical disorders offered to 9/11 rescue workers.

Waiting until definitive studies

have been completed “would be unfair and would pose a hardship for workers who willingly risked their health by responding without hesitation to the WTC crisis,” he said.

For firefighters and others who were exposed and have not yet developed cancer, Prezant advised lifestyle changes that can cut cancer risk — quitting smoking, limiting alcohol use, getting regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight.

And he recommends regular cancer screening tests.

“For those who were down there and do not have cancer, this is not an epidemic, but it is an increased risk,” Melius said. “So the most important thing to do is enroll in an active cancer prevention and screening program.”

Drought intensifies in the South, no end in sight

By CAREY GILLAM KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Record-breaking triple-digit temperatures were prolonging a devastating drought that has been baking the South and the dry spell could extend into next year and beyond, climate experts said on Thursday.

“Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse... we are seeing expansion of this drought. This drought will continue to persist and likely intensify,” said climatologist Mark Svoboda, with the University of Nebraska’s National Drought Mitigation Center.

The drought is edging its way to the east even as it intensifies in the southern states, according to a weekly report released Thursday by a consortium of state and federal climatologists dubbed the U.S. Drought Monitor.

“We are seeing intensification in the southeast, in particular Georgia, eastern Alabama,” said Svoboda.

The drought increasingly looks likely to extend into next year, he

The dried south fork of Lake Arlington is seen near Bowman Springs Park, where park personnel indicated the water level was nine feet below normal, in Arlington, Texas. said.

Hurricane Irene offered only a little respite for some areas to the east, he said. But the rest of the nation was contending with mostly dry, warmer-than-normal weather.

A strong tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico was needed to provide enough precipitation to relieve the parched soils in the southern Plains, according to Svoboda.

Texas has been the hardest hit, and 2011 was expected to be the driest calendar year since records were first kept in the late 19th century. In that key agricultural state, levels of extreme and exceptional drought totaled 95.04 percent of area this week, up from 94.42 percent a week ago, the Drought Monitor reported.

The parched soils and rangeland and lack of rainfall have decimated

crops, left livestock with little to eat or drink and sparked wildfires across thousands of acres. Texas officials peg damages at more than $5 billion.

Oklahoma was also suffering, with extreme an exceptional levels of drought now across 85.37 percent of the state. And nearly a third of Kansas is in extreme or exceptional drought, according to the Drought Monitor.

Wheat farmers are questioning whether or not to even try to plant their new crop this autumn with soils lacking moisture the plants need to grow.

The drought was starting to engulf Louisiana, where extreme and exceptional drought grew to 59.50 percent of the state, up from 55.97 percent a week earlier.

The drought grows worse with each 100 degree Fahrenheit-plus (40 degree Celsius-plus) day, breaking records and bringing more misery.

Wichita, Kansas, has recorded 50 such days this year and areas in Texas have recorded more than 80.

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Syrian forces renew raids near Turkey, kill youth

By KHALED YACOUB OWEIS AMMAN - Syrian forces on Monday their launched biggest sweep against popular unrest in Syria’s northwest near Turkey since June, killing a civilian in raids meant to stop protesters escaping across the border, residents said.

Adelsalam Hassoun, 24, a blacksmith, was killed by army snipers on Monday just after he had crossed into Turkey from the village of Ain al-Baida on the Syrian side, his cousin told Reuters by telephone from Syria.

“Abdelsalam was hit in the head. He was among a group of family members and other refugees who dashed across the plain to Turkey when six armored personnel carrier deployed outside Ain al-Baida and started firing their machineguns into the village at random this morning,” Mohammad Hassoun said Thousands of families fled their homes in

the northern border region in June when troops assaulted town and villages that had seen big protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Faced with a heavy security presence in central neighborhoods of Damascus and Aleppo, and military assaults against a swathe of cities from Latakia on the coast to Deir al-Zor in the East, street rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to 41 years of Assad family rule have intensified in towns and villages across the country of 20 million.

Demonstrators have been encouraged by the fall of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi and growing international pressure on Assad. The European Union has imposed an embargo on Syrian oil exports, jeopardizing a major source of revenue for Assad, who inherited power from his father, the late Hafez al-Assad, in 2000.

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, who once backed Assad, said ordinary people in Syria has made it clear it will not back down despite daily killings.

“It’s clear now after the protests that have taken place in

Syria...(that) the killing is almost daily. It’s clear that the people will not abandon their demands, the question is how to get out of this internal deadlock in Syria,” he said.

Tiny Qatar, which has significant regional clout, was the first Arab country to criticize Assad’s bloody crackdown, closing its embassy in Damascus two months ago after the building was attacked by pro-Assad militiamen.

PROTESTS, RAIDS ESCALATE ALIKE Assad has repeatedly said he is fighting agents of what he calls a foreign plot to divide Syria.

Syrian authorities, who have expelled most foreign media, blame “armed terrorist groups” for the bloodshed and say that 500 army and police have been killed by such gangs.

Daily protests have increased in northwestern regions that include the cities of Homs, Hama, Idlib and the main port city of Latakia, prompting an escalation of military raids that killed hundreds of Syrians in the last month, rights groups say.

Thousands more people have also been arrested, according to residents and human rights campaigners.

Another witness said Syrian forces backed by armor entered on Monday the town of alJanoudiya northwest of Ain al-Baida after security police fought pitched gunbattles with a small group of army deserters attempting to flee to Turkey.

“They are trying to prevent every one, civilians and deserters, from reaching Turkey.

We have seen over the last week more refugees trying to make the border after the attacks on Latakia and Hama and Homs provinces,” said Bashar, a resident of Janoudiya.

Most army conscripts are from Syria’s Sunni Muslim majority and many come from rural areas targeted in military efforts to crush six months of protests against Assad.

Army commanders and security chiefs are mostly from Assad’s minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam.

Last week, Adnan Bakkour, attorney general of the province of Hama, announced his

China says didn’t know of arms sales talks with Gaddafi forces

By CHRIS BUCKLEY BEIJING - Chinese arms firms held talks with representatives of Muammar Gaddafi’s beleaguered forces in July over weapons sales, but behind Beijing’s back, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

The revelation is nonetheless likely to deal a fresh blow to China’s already delicate relations with Libyan rebel forces that have ousted Gaddafi.

The ministry confirmed the gist of reports in the Globe and Mail and the New York Times that documents found in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, indicated that Chinese companies offered to sell rocket launchers, anti-tank missiles and other arms with a total of some $200 million to Gaddafi’s forces, despite a U.N. ban on such sales.

A ministry spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, said members of Gaddafi’s government had come to China and held talks with a “handful” of Chinese arms com-

pany officials without the knowledge of the government.

“We have clarified with the relevant agencies that in July the Gaddafi government sent personnel to China without the knowledge of the Chinese government and they engaged in contact with a handful of people from the companies concerned,” Jiang told a news briefing in Beijing.

“The Chinese companies did not sign arms trade contacts, nor did they export military items to Libya,” Jiang said. “I believe that the agencies in charge of the arms trade will certainly treat this seriously.”

Even if the arms talks were behind Beijing’s back, the controversy could intensify mistrust between Beijing and the rebels seeking to defeat Gaddafi’s shrinking forces and claim control of all Libya.

“We have hard evidence of deals going on between China and Gaddafi, and we have all the documents to prove it,” a rebel military spokesman, Abdulrahman

Busin, told the Times.

The arms issue comes on the heels of tensions between Beijing and the Libyan rebels over frozen funds.

On the weekend, the head of Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said China had obstructed the release of some of Libya’s frozen assets.

Although China agreed with other powers last week to unfreeze $15 billion of Libyan assets abroad, it opposed handing control of more to the interim ruling council, according to Libyan rebel spokesman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah.

“In principle, we don’t have a problem” with unfreezing funds, said the Chinese spokeswoman Jiang.

“But out of a responsible attitude, we and some members of the Security Council want further explanation and information from the applicant countries about the uses of the funds and oversight of them,” she said.

defection to the opposition side on YouTube.

Security forces have been combing the region and adjacent Idlib to find him, activists and residents say.

State authorities said Bakkour had been kidnapped by gunmen, but he said he resigned because security forces had killed 72 jailed protesters and activists at Hama’s central prison on the eve of a military assault on the city on July 31.

Bakkour said at least another 420 people were killed in the operation and were buried in public parks.

“There are rumors that Bakkour has already managed to make it outside Syria, but no one really knows. The authorities

are trying feverishly to find him because it will be a huge embarrassment if he makes it to a country free unscathed,” said an activist in Damascus, who declined to be identified.

In Homs, the home region of Assad’s wife Asma, activists said security forces and proAssad militiamen from Alawite villages entered the Sunni town of Tel Kalakh near the border with Lebanon, firing into several districts.

The town, where an understanding between smugglers and the security apparatus once prevailed, was among the first to see protests in the uprising, prompting several military incursions and an intermittent refugee flow into Lebanon.

Pakistan says captures al Qaeda leader

By ZEESHAN HAIDER ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said on Monday it has captured a “senior al Qaeda leader” named Younis al- Mauritani who was responsible for conducting international operations and ordered

by Osama bin Laden to hit U.S., European and Australian economic targets.

The United States helped Pakistan’s InterServices Intelligence (ISI) spy agency conduct the arrests, the military said, suggesting ties heavily damaged by the killing of bin Laden had improved.

“He was planning to target United States economic interests including gas/oil pipelines, power generating dams and strike ships/oil tankers through explosive laden speed boats in international waters,” the military said in a statement.

Pakistan, describing the capture as “another fatal blow” to the militant group, added that two other senior al Qaeda operatives were also detained in the operation on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta.

They were identified as Abdul Ghaffar alShami and Messara al-Shami. No further details were provided. It was not possible to immediately verify the captures.

U.S. officials have said al Qaeda’s deputy chief, Libyan national Atiyah abd al-Rahman, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan near the Afghan border on August 22. But Pakistan officials have not confirmed his death.

Pakistan has been under intense pressure from its ally the United States to crack down harder on al Qaeda and other militant groups since U.S. special forces found bin Laden in a Pakistani town in May and killed him in a secret raid.

Although much international attention has been focused on U.S.-led efforts to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. officials believe regional stability will not be possible unless Pakistan roots out militants operating on its soil.

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f detain 29 terrorism suspects Ethiopia officials ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - An Ethiopian official says the government is holding 29 people in the capital and other parts of the country on suspicion of terrorism.

Government spokesman Shimeles Kemal said Monday that police have “solid evidence” that the suspects were in involved in terrorism activities.

He says they are linked to the Oromo Liberation Front, an Eritrea-based rebel group that is listed as a terrorist organization in Ethiopia.

Among those detained are two opposition politicians who were arrested last week. Amnesty International says they were arrested after the rights group interviewed them about Ethiopia’s political climate and about politically motivated arrests.

Beyene Petros, leader of Ethiopia’s opposition coalition, said there is no evidence against his coalition members.

Human rights groups have accused Ethiopia of cracking down on political dissent.

Tunisia court postpones trials of Ben Ali aides A Tunis court on Monday postponed until October 10 two trials of associates of Tunisia’s ousted president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, concerning trafficking in visas and in archeological treasures.

In the first trial the main defendant is the nephew of Ben Ali’s wife Leila Trabelsi, Imed Trabelsi, who has already been sentenced to four years in prison for possession of drugs and two years for trying to flee and for the illegal possession of foreign currency.

In the latest case, he is accused with the former minister of religious affairs, Boubaker El Akhzouri, and a businessman who ran a company sending pilgrims to Mecca, Mahmoud Bellalouna, of running a visa trafficking scam.

The legal action was opened when the state accused Imed Trabelsi of having in 2010 taken 1,000 visas for the pilgrimage to Mecca that had been given to the ministry of religious affairs and using them for his own travel agency.

Each visa was sold for 2,000 dinars (about 1,000 euros / 1,440 dollars), lawyer Wissam Essaidi told AFP. The three defendants were not in court at Monday’s first hearing.

Hundreds march in Swaziland pro-democracy protest MBABANE, Swaziland - Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched through the capital of Swaziland demanding democracy.

Some demonstrators on Monday burned cloth printed with the image of King Mswati III. Schools and businesses remained open in a slow start to a “week of action” that called for nationwide strikes against sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarchy.

The government failed in efforts to have a court declare the strike illegal.

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe suffering from prostate cancer: leak Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer and was advised by doctors in 2008 that he had less than five years to live, a leaked US diplomatic cable said.

“Gideon Gono, governor for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) told the ambassador on June 4 (2008) that President Mugabe has prostate cancer that has metastasized, and according to doctors will cause his death in three to five years,” the cable said.

“According to Gono, Mugabe’s doctor recommended he cut back on his activities,” said the cable released by whistleblower website WikiLeaks last week.

The meeting between thenambassador James McGee and Gono took place as Mugabe was preparing for a presidential runoff with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, in a violent election that failed after Tsvangirai pulled out due to deadly attacks on his supporters.

In another Wikileaks cable Gono told McGee on July 1, 2008 that Mugabe was physically “weak.”

“Gono said Mugabe was physically weak. Despite a strong public face, he had difficulty getting out of his chair,” the cable said.

Mugabe, 87, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, has scoffed at rumours that he is sick.

He has repeatedly visited

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (pictured) has prostate cancer and was advised by doctors in 2008 that he had less than five years to live, a leaked US diplomatic cable has said.

Singapore this year, with his mind or what kind of grass he spokesman saying he had gone had smoked as he was penning to have an eye cataract removed, his masters,” Gono said.

“By attempting to quote me amid repeated media reports that he was suffering from can- on awkward topics, these guys cer. were trying to authenticate their The veteran’s leader’s wife, pre-gathered, pre-conceived Grace was also flown to notions about a particular matSingapore for a check up after ter to add credibility to their imaginations.” she reportedly injured her hip.

Mugabe’s health has been Gono denied in Zimbabwe media Monday that he had ever cited as one reason that a faction said that Mugabe has prostate of his ZANU-PF party has pushed to hold new elections as cancer.

“It’s a lie. I wouldn’t even dare soon as possible.

Mugabe has already been talk about that,” Gono is quoted as saying by the independent named as the party’s candidate Newsday newspaper. for the polls, which he said at “It is crap to even waste time the weekend should be held in commenting on the rogue early 2012. ambassador’s opinions, fictional

Swaziland march to launch week of protests About 300 protesters Monday danced and sang freedom songs in the streets of Swaziland’s capital Mbabane, at the start of a planned week of protests against Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III. Impoverished Swaziland is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, in a financial crisis that has spawned a series of protests this year to demand that Mswati accept multiparty democracy and

resolve a budget crunch that has left the kingdom battling to keep schools and clinics running.

Heavy security surrounded the march, which authorities had tried to stop with a court injunction at the weekend.

The protesters were demanding that the government tax the royal investment firm Tibiyo Taka Ngwane, essentially controlled

by Mswati and used to finance his lavish lifestyle, including luxury cars and palaces for his 13 wives.

The firm has stakes in almost every sector

of the Swazi economy, from hotels to media.

“Tibiyo should rescue us,” read a placard waved by teacher Agnes Mazibuko, who said the investment firm’s resources should benefit the public.

“It was supposed to be invested and kept in trust for the nation so when we have crises like this it could be used, but instead it is used by royalty,” she told AFP. The demonstrations are being organised by a coalition of prodemocracy movements, known as the Swaziland Democracy Campaign.

Organisers hope for a bigger turnout Tuesday, when protests are planned for the main city Manzini.

They also accuse cell phone operator MTN of deliberately shutting down the network Sunday to hobble the protests.

“We could not communicate with our members,” said Sibongile Mazibuko, head of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers, a driving force behind the protests.

Mswati has a stake in the Swazi subsidiary of the South African telecom.

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Design Caribbean: A major event in Dominican Republic

By BERNARD BABB SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Design Caribbean, the region’s biggest trade fair showcasing the creative skills and products of more than 100 designers from the Caribbean, is now being held in the D o m i n i c a n Republic.

The major trade show and cultural extravaganza was officially opened on Thursday by the First Lady of the Dominican Republic, Margarita Cedeno-Hernandez .

In the company of buyers, designers, trade experts, government officials and private and public sector partners, the First Lady cut a ribbon to officially open the four-day event and also toured the exhibition in Santo Domingo.

She was escorted to view the exhibits by chairperson of the board of directors of the

Caribbean Export Development Agency, Ambassador Roslyn Hazelle of St Kitts, and executive director Pamela Coke-Hamilton.

“This is great, these products of the Caribbean are lovely,” she said as she touched and examined a range of expertly hand-made items at the event organized and managed by Caribbean Export.

In brief remarks during a ceremony to officially open Design Caribbean 2011, Hazelle said the improved and expanded trade show reflected the agency’s ambition to raise the bar and reposition the Caribbean brand and creativity.

“Design Caribbean reflects Caribbean Export’s objective of enhancing competitiveness of CARIFORUM firms through product development, market expansion and export diversification,” she said.

Design Caribbean, a successor to the Caribbean Gift and Craft show, is organised and managed by

Trinidad state of emergency extended for three months PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The state of emergency has been extended for a further three months in Trinidad and Tobago and the curfew hours in specific areas have been reduced.

The motion to extend the state of emergency was passed in the House of Representatives on Sunday at approximately 2:45 pm. Debate on the motion commenced on Saturday morning.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in wrapping up debate on the motion announced the amended time for the curfew which is in effect for areas in Port of Spain, San Fernando, Arima, Chaguanas, Diego Martin and San Juan/Laventille.

Effective Sunday, the curfew will commence at 9 pm and end at 4 am on Monday. From Monday the curfew will commence at 11 pm and end at 4 am and continue for the next three months.

The PM said the curfew times can further be revised if she is so advised by the security forces.

She said the war will continue on crime and called on all to “band together and join hands against the criminals”.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communications announced on Thursday that, since the declaration of the state of emergency, 1,143 people have been arrested. Three hundred and sixty-six were related to gangs, 216 related to drug offences, 228 related to outstanding warrants, 181 related to other serious offences, 82 related to breach of curfew and 30 related to homicide._

Barbados-based the Caribbean Export Development Agency and embraces designers and artisans from all counCARIFORUM tries.

It has emerged as the foremost trade show for exposing the handcrafted products of the region, mainly to international buyers from North America and Europe.

The event takes the form of a multi-dimentrade-show, sional highlighting the creativity of nationals in CARIFORUM the region, involved in art, film, fashion, music, ceramics, jewelry, home furnishings, specialty foods, leather goods and other areas.

Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Belize, Grenada, host country Dominican Republic, Cuba, Dominica, Barbados, St Lucia and Suriname are among the territories represented.

The talents of some of the Caribbean’s top entertainers are also being showcased, including Allison Hinds and Onika Best of Barbados, Roldan Marmol and Xiomara

Caribbean soca queen Allison Hinds (left) and chairperson of Caribbean Export , Ambassador Roslyn Hazelle, share a photo with First Lady of the Dominican Republic , Margarita Cedeno-Hernandez (right), during a tour of the Design Caribbean trade show Fortunate of the ing Caribbean design- are working with our Dominican Republic, ers greater access to artisans, designers and Belo from Haiti, and important regional and other talented people of Jamaican percussionist international buyers, the region to access the Carrot Jarrett, formerly Design Caribbean will international marketof the Third World also have an education- place,” said CokeBand. al component, which Hamilton.

The award winning fits with the greater Some of the topics Jamaican movie objective of increasing being covered in the Ghett’A Life will also be economic benefits to the educational sessions at screened, along with a region from the cre- Design Caribbean are number of other short ative industries.

“Understanding the Caribbean films.

“This project is a Potential of the Executive Director of major step forward in Caribbean brand”; Caribbean Export, helping us in the U n d e r s t a n d i n g Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Caribbean to better inte- Intellectual Property said apart from offer- grate ourselves and cre- Rights; and social ate a better platform to media strategies for sell our creative prod- designers. ucts to the world. We

Cuban armed forces Cuba will not recognise minister dies suddenly HAVANA, Cuba — Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro, Vice-president of the Cuban Council of State and minister of Cuba´s Revolutionary Armed Forces, died at 75, on Saturday in Havana from a heart attack, the Political Bureau of Cuban´s Communist Party announced in an official note.

Casas Regueiro, who was also member of the Political Bureau of Cuba´s Communist Party, was born in Mayari Arriba, eastern Santiago de Cuba province, on February 16, 1936. He joined the guerrilla fight in Cuba under Commander Raul Castro in 1958 and took part in several battles, including the capture of the city of Guantánamo on January 1, 1959, the note reads.

After the Cuban Revolution, Casas Regueiro assumed several responsibilities in the Cuban National Police, and as part of that body he fought against the mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs.

From 1961 on, he occupied different posts in the logistics services of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and he was promoted to deputy minister in 1969. He was also Chief of the Eastern Army, Chief of the Anti-air Forces and the Air Force, and First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces, and was appointed Minister in February 2008.

National Transition Council in Libya

HAVANA, Cuba — Cuba does not recognise the National Transition Council or any provisional authority in Libya; it will only recognise a government set up in that country in a legitimate way and by the free, sovereign and unique will of the Libyan people, reads a declaration released on Saturday by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

In the document, the ministry announced the withdrawal from Libya of all its diplomatic personnel.

In the document, the Cuban Foreign Ministry demanded an immediate ceasefire and reiterated the urgent need to allow the Libyan people to find a peaceful and negotiated solution, without any foreign interference and in tune with their inalienable right to independence and self determination, and their sovereignty over their natural resources and territorial integrity of their nation.

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For the conclusions of these stories check out the July 7th - July 13th, 2011 issue of The New American, which hits newsstands every Thursday Don’t call it a comeback… they been here for years. The highly anticipated Destiny’s Child Reunion you’ve been waiting for is on its way. While in New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival, Beyonce’s dad Mathew Knowles revealed that the group is currently working on a new album. Is anybody shocked by this? Not us… But we are kind of surprised that Matthew is still being allowed to make announcements on behalf of the group.

Shannon Brown has opted out of the final year of his contract with the LA Lakers, making him a free agent. But Lakers fans should not put those old jerseys on Ebay just yet, as Shannon opted out of his last contract but then resigned to the LA Laker a few years ago. So maybe its a tactic for more money....or time on the court. Shannon recently said “I haven’t ruled out the Lakers,” said Brown. “I don’t know if they will rule me out.

I’m staying open.” So we guess his free agent status isn’t cut and dry....

Janelle Monae wants to deliver a different “perspective” but says it’s hard for new artists. “I think there’s a lack of diversity,” Monae tells UK’s Evening Standard.

“People think that we’re all monolithic and it’s hard for young aspiring girls, who don’t necessarily want to sell sex and strictly sing crappy R&B songs. They need to understand there’s a different blueprint that you can create.” The “Tight Rope” hitmaker eyes starting a new trend, adding “I think it’s absolutely necessary for the balance of the universe that there are other representations and a different perspective of the

woman.”

Outkast plans to release a new album by early next year. Additionally we have confirmation that both Andre 3000 and Big Boi will drop solo projects, both before the end of 2011.

A rock solid industry source tells HipHopWired, “Outkast is on track to release a new album by early next year. Both Dre and Big are working on solo projects; they want those out by the end of 2011.”

Rihanna has sparked rumors she has revived her shortlived romance with Drake after she was photographed cuddling the rapper at a nightclub in Canada.

The pair briefly dated following Rihanna’s split from Chris Brown in 2009, but the beauty subsequently admitted she put a stop to the budding relationship because she was not ready for another boyfriend. She went on to date Los Angeles Dodgers star Matt Kemp, but remained friends with Drake and they are now rumored to be giving their romance a second try after they were pictured together during a night out at the Buonanotte Supperclub in Montreal, Canada, last month. The photograph, obtained by TMZ.com, shows the stars sitting close together, with Drake’s arm wrapped around Rihanna’s shoulders, while a source tells the website they were “all over each other” throughout the evening.

Philly-bred radio personality, Star of the “Star and Buc Wild” morning show on 100.3 The Beat, hopes to help reduce the crime numbers within the city and surrounding areas by launching his “Start Snitching”

campaign, which he previously started back in in New York with its struggle with violence back in 2002. “The ‘Start Snitching’ campaign is more than just words being spoken on the microphone, it’s a commitment I’ve taken on personally!” Star told NBC. “Even if ridicule is being pointed at me, I have been an individual all my life. I don’t like to lay in a nice, comfortable and peaceful life,” he explained. “I don’t want animals on two legs violating my rights based upon some silly ass codes. So whether or not they are codes or something they feel that have to oblige by, it doesn’t have any say on the barring of my existence, as a rational man. It’s very asinine the amounts, not just homicides, but the shootings, that are taking place down here.

This is literally the O.K. Corral. So codes don’t apply here. There is a much deeper need for peace amongst this particular community.”

Have you seen Jill Scott lately? She is looking better than ever. The bold singer dropped 63 pounds, but she warns there won’t be much change in her frame. With her latest album, “Light of the Sun” which debuted at no.1 on Billboard 200 this week, Jill is saying she made the transformation by simple diet and exercise. It only took eating three lowfat meals a day and working out with her trainer Scott Parker who had her doing 60 minutes of cardio and strength training sessions every meeting.

She said her health was on the line and she knew it was time for a change when she’d “walk up nine steps and be out of breath!”

Man connected to the Notorious B.I.G.’s murder comes forward: Report

By ERIKA RAMIREZ Just weeks after a New York based inmate allegedly confessed to robbing Tupac Shakur in 1994, a man named Clayton Hill has reportedly come forward to confess who allegedly murdered The Notorious B.I.G. and speaks on his own involvement.

On June 8, former Nation of Islam member, Hill, contacted HipHopDX and confessed to being handed a semi-automatic handgun that was could have been a .9 millimeter or a allegedly used in the shooting of .40 caliber,” without hesitation. In “Diary of an Ex-Terrorist,” Hills B.I.G. on March, 1997.

According to a reported email includes quotes from Dawoud in exchange between Hills, 41, and which he brags about getting paid HipHopDX, via CorrLinks, in mid- “twenty-five ‘g’s’” for the murder.

Hill was then instructed by May 1997 Western Regional Minister from the Nation of Islam, Tony Melvin Muhammad to deliver the Muhammad, with the approval of “property” to Emile Muhammad, the Supreme Captain of the Southern personal driver of Minister Louis Region, Abdul Sharrieff Muham- Farrakhan, in Louisville, Kentucky. mad, via Account Executive Brother The gun was then taken to it’s “final Melvin Muhammad, ordered Hill to destination within the headquarters pick up Dawoud Muhammad from of the Nation of Islam,” according to the Greyhound Bus Station in down- HipHopDX. “I doubt if Minister Fartown Atlanta. Dawoud’s name was rakhan knew anything… he would kept from Hill till Dawoud intro- have been insulated from that,” Hill duced himself as such when meet- wrote.

Hill claims he disclosed all of this ing. “[Dawoud Muhammad] stated to information with Assistant U.S. me that he was on the run for the Attorney Nancy DePodesta and the murder [of The Notorious B.I.G.],” F.B.I’s Domestic Terrorism Unit on Hill told HipHopDx. “He disclosed October, 2010. HipHopDX could not that he was the shooter of The Noto- locate any published reports conrious B.I.G. because he [Dawoud] necting the Nation of Islam with the was a former Blood gang member murder of of B.I.G. Hill also couldn’t confirm with “absolute certainty” and was paid to do so.”

As he states in his upcoming e- that Amir Muhammad, suspected book, “Diary of an Ex-Terrorist” gunman in the East Coast rapper’s (July 15), Dawoud handed Hill a death, was the man who went by the wrapped up semi-automatic “that name, Dawould.

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DAILY CHALLENGE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

14

HOUSE CALLS

BY GERALD W. DEAS, M.D.

It has been my experience in life that it is a privilege to be chosen rather than LEFT-OUT. Often, when you are LEFT-OUT, it can cause you to feel worthless and not part of the team’s effort. Well, today, I would like to lift some of that burden of those who have been gifted and LEFT-IN when they are LEFTHANDED. Can you imagine that the following persons who have reached great success in life were left handed?

Ramses the Great (1302-1213 BC) A great pharaoh of Egypt for 67 years.

Folks who were not left-out tenant Governor of Spain.

Americas greatest authors.

Michelangelo (1475-1564) A great artist and inventive genius.

Henry Ford (1863-1947) Inventor of the Model T Ford.

Joan of Arc (1412-31) French military commander.

Marie Curie (1867-1934) Nobel Prize winner in chemistry and physics.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The greatest mind in Western civilization.

Isaac Newton Famous scientist.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Great leader of Indian non-violence which influenced Martin L. King.

(1643=-1727)

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) Greatest conqueror in modern history.

Beethoven (1770-1827) Composer of musical works.

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Inherited the British throne at age 18.

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) A great warrior and statesman.

Lewis Carroll (1832-98) Author of Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) Lieu-

Mark Twain (1835-1910) One of

Charlie Chaplin (1889-1927) Outstanding classic comedian.

Babe Ruth (1895-1948) Outstanding athlete while hitting the most home runs.

Alan Turing (1912-1954) Mathematical genius.

Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) Greatest guitarist of all time.

Paul McCartney (1942) Penned more number 1 hits(50) than any other songwriter in history.

Bill Gates (1955) Inventor of Microsoft Windows and Word Excel.

Presidents of the United States: Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, William Clinton, and Barack Obama.

If you are left handed and feel left out, remember there is hope that you may become famous but not necessarily rich.

Oh! I almost forgot, my dearest friend Mr. Alan Morton who was an extremely bright mathematician attending Yale University and by the way was my best man when I married and was also left handed and was not left out.

Information concerning left handed people was supplied by the book “A Left-Handed History of the World “ by Ed Wright, Fall River Press.

— For great health tips and access to an online community of physicians and other health care professionals visit DrDeas.com.

More beans, less white rice tied to less diabetes

By ADAM MARCUS Beans and rice are a classic combination throughout the western hemisphere, but a study in Costa Rica finds that the bean half of the equation may be better for health.

Among nearly 2,000 men and women, researchers found that people who regularly swapped a serving of white rice for one of beans had a 35 percent lower chance of showing symptoms that are usually precursors to diabetes.

“Rice is very easily converted into sugar by the body. It’s very highly processed, it’s pure starch and starch is a long chain of glucose,” said Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, who was part of the study team.

“Beans compared with rice contain much more fiber, certainly more protein and they typically have a lower glycemic index — meaning they induce much lower insulin respons-

es,” he told Reuters Health.

Hu’s group looked at the diets of nearly 1,900 Costa Rican men and women participating in a study of risk factors for heart disease between 1994 and 2004. None of the participants had diabetes at the start of the study.

As Costa Rica has become richer and more urbanized, rice consumption has risen while intake of beans has fallen, Hu said. Meanwhile, the rate of diabetes in the country has soared.

The extra rice might be at least partly to blame, the Harvard group concludes. They found that people who ate more white rice over time had higher blood pressure and elevated levels of sugar and harmful fats in their blood as well as lower levels of “good” cholesterol.

Those factors, along with a high waist circumference, are all elements of the so-called metabolic syndrome, which is a major risk factor for both type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

People who ate at least two servings of beans for every serving of white rice tended to be at lower risk for metabol-

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ic syndrome. In those who substituted a serving of beans for a serving of white rice the risk of metabolic syndrome was reduced by 35 percent, the researchers report in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Although rice may be a larger part of diets outside the U.S., the findings have important implications in this country, Hu said. Americans are consuming more rice than ever, up from 9.5 pounds per person in 1980 to 21 pounds per person in 2008, government figures show. Consumption of dry beans is markedly lower, at about seven pounds a year per person, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

That’s a bad trend, said Hu, especially if people are eating white rice rather than brown rice. From the body’s perspective, a serving of white rice “is like eating a candy bar - the fiber and other nutrients are stripped away,” said Hu, who added that the trend “will have long-term metabolic effects.”

“It would be useful to introduce more legumes, including beans, into our diet to replace white rice and some of the red meat,” he told Reuters Health.

The Harvard team’s findings do not prove that white rice raises diabetes risk or that beans lower it.

In previous research, Hu and his colleagues have found that eating brown rice may protect against type 2 diabetes.

“It doesn’t surprise me that you get better health outcomes in bean eaters,” said David Jenkins, a nutrition researcher at the University of Toronto who developed the concept of the glycemic index to help diabetics gauge the effect various foods would have on their blood sugar. “Beans are notable among plant foods” for having a modest effect on blood sugar, he explained.

Although Jenkins said the health benefits of different beans might vary, “as a class they hang together pretty well, and much more uniformly than other foods.”

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Hollywood films take on serious edge for fall

By ZORIANNA KIT LOS ANGELES — After a summer filled with superheroes, apes running amok and trash-talking comedians, Hollywood’s upcoming fall movies focus less on effects-filled blockbusters and more on performance-driven films.

With kids back at school, summer’s youth-oriented comic book flicks give way to more serious dramas as some of the world’s top filmmakers jockey for position in the annual awards season that culminates with February’s Oscars.

“Fall is the time where popcorn movie stars get to stretch their muscles a little bit and do things that are creatively rewarding,” said Dave Karger of Entertainment Weekly magazine.

Starting September 9, director Steven Soderbergh explores panic in “Contagion,” a thriller about a virus outbreak that kills millions — some of whom may be among his all-star cast including Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Laurence Fishburne.

“The virus doesn’t speak and it doesn’t have a brain, but this thing is alive and it wants to stay alive and propagate,” Soderbergh told Reuters of the plague — which is arguably the real star — in “Contagion.”

On September 30, box office come-

dy star Seth Rogen headlines independently-made cancer film “50/50,” while Daniel “James Bond” Craig dons the role of a married father who unknowingly moves his family into a home that was once the scene of grisly murders in director Jim Sheridan’s thriller “Dream House.”

Not to be outdone, “Captain America” star Chris Evans plays a heroin addicted attorney in “Puncture” (September 23) and Johnny Depp takes a break from his “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies to star as a down and out newspaperman in Puerto Rico in “The Rum Diary,” based on the Hunter S. Thompson novel (October 28).

Sports-related films also figure prominently in the fall lineup. On September 9, mixed martial arts — a sport which is rapidly gaining mainstream popularity — sees its traditional cage fighting taken to a new level in “Warrior” as two estranged brothers (Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton) are pitted against the other.

Brad Pitt stars as the Oakland A’s general manager who revives his baseball team by using computer-generated math analysis in “Moneyball” (September 23).

Hugh Jackman portrays a father who, with his son, restores a robot and enters the world of remote-controlled boxing in “Real Steel” (October 7). And if auto racing is your thing, Ryan Gosling plays a Hollywood

Kelly Rowland signs new management deal

By ALETA WATSON and COLA JANNETI Finally coming into her own, R&B sweetheart Kelly Rowland isn’t interested in being your run-of-the-mill singer. Understanding that the music industry is business-driven, Rowland is eager to adopt a marketing-mindset that will catapult her further into the spotlight. Recently signing with management firm The Collective was a key step in Rowland branding herself on an international level.

Although Rowland is a music veteran – having two decades under her belt, she admits that it took years to explore business opportunities, endorsements, and other money-making ventures that would solidify her as a top-solo performer and allow her to shed that Destiny’s Child persona.

Bragging on her experience in dealing with international markets Rowland expressed, “We did so much promo (abroad). I’m very familiar with the U.K., very familiar with all the Asian markets, very familiar with Australia, very familiar with Africa, very familiar with the Middle East.”

She went on to say, “In all of these places, I’ve sold records. I want to be able to reach out to my fans in different ways. Away from music as well …

I want people to get a piece of me

stuntdriver who moonlights as getaway driver in “Drive” (September 16).

With Halloween nearing, October is ripe with horror, from edge-of-your seat thrillers to campy fright films.

Antonio Banderas is a demented plastic surgeon in Pedro Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In” (October 14), two cops probe a series of murders in “Texas Killing Fields” (October 7), John Carpenter’s “The Thing” gets a prequel (October 14), and ghostly footage is again captured in “Paranormal Activity 3” (October 21).

While the late fall traditionally features a glut of Oscar contenders, some films are getting an early jump on the competition. On October 7, Academy Award winner George Clooney stars in, directs and produces the political drama “The Ides of March,” co-staring perennial Oscar favorites Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti.

On November 4, two-time nominee Michelle Williams stars as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week With Marilyn” and on November 9, four-time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood’s directs “J. Edgar,” which carries a strong Hollywood pedigree — Oscar winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (“Milk”) and three-time nominee Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.

But Hollywood is not only focused on awards. It also needs big sales at box offices, and the industry’s major studios can always count on comedies to lure audiences.

Funny girl Anna Faris revisits all her past relationships in “What’s Your Number?” (September 30). Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin are three competitive bird watchers in “The Big Year” (October 14), and Adam Sandler plays both a family man and the character’s abrasive twin

sister who refuses to leave his home after Thanksgiving in “Jack & Jill” (November 11).

November 4 becomes a triple-threat action-packed comedy weekend: Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy star in director Brett Ratner’s “Tower Heist.”

“Shrek’s” favorite sword-wielding kitty cat gets his own spin-off film in the animated “Puss in Boots,” and those two stoners, Harold and Kumar (along with Neil Patrick Harris) are back for another inappropriate adventure in “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.”

But those won’t be the only three choices over that crowded November 4 weekend. “Another Happy Day” with Demi Moore and “The Son of No One” starring Channing Tatum and Al Pacino are also in the mix.

The October 14 weekend is jampacked, too. Joining the bird watchers in “The Good Year” and Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In” are a remake of the 1984 classic “Footloose” starring “Dancing with Stars” alumnus Julianne Hough. And the indie drama “Fireflies in the Garden,” with Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds, also hits theaters that weekend.

“There are many movies per week to be found this fall,” said Entertainment Weekly’s Karger. “In the summer, studios get spooked. Once a ‘Pirates’ or a ‘Hangover’ claims a weekend, nobody wants to be against it. In the fall, with less tentpole movies around, the weekends don’t feel as sacred. Any week seems viable.”

But there is no need to feel overwhelmed, said EW’s chief film writer, because there are simply “more hidden treasures.”

“Fall is when you can find movies that are a little bit off the beaten path that still have interesting people in them,” he said. “It’s unpredictable.”

VH1 to re-run ‘Concert for New York’

through other branding opportunities.”

Now on the cusp of superstardom, Rowland can be seen everywhere! She has successfully released her third solo project ‘Here I Am’, landed the coveted role of celebrity judge on the U.K. version of X Factor, has graced the covers of every major publication, and so much more.

It is safe to say that Kelly Rowland’s plan for worldwide exposure and domination is working. Be on the lookout for the multiplatinum recording artist as she continues to work with The Collective and expand her brand.

VH1 says it will air a special called “The Concert for New York City: Ten Years Later” to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America.

The concert was taped at New York’s Madison Square Garden weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. VH1 said the event raised more than $30 million for the Robin Hood 9/11 Relief Fund.

The cable network’s 6-hour telecast “The Concert for New York City: Ten Years Later” will air in its entirety without commercial interruption Sept. 11 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT and will be simulcast on VH1.com.

Actor/director/filmmaker Edward Burns, who took part in the original concert presentation, will serve as host of the rebroadcast. The special will also feature the short films that were part of the original telecast directed by Burns, Woody Allen,

Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Jerry Seinfeld and Kevin Smith.

“The performances paid tribute to the spirit of New York and the heroism of the rescue workers who worked tirelessly to save others,” VH1 noted about the concert in a news release Thursday. “Five thousand members of the New York Fire, Police and Rescue crews and their families were also in attendance as guests. Celebrity attendees/participants included Bill and Hillary Clinton, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Adam Sandler, Jay-Z, Marc Anthony, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, David Spade, Julia Stiles, Denis Leary, Paul McCartney, The Who, Bon Jovi, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Macy Gray, Goo Goo Dolls, Melissa Etheridge, India.Arie, Jim Carrey, Jerry Seinfeld, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Cusack, Mayor Rudy Giuliani and numerous professional athletes from New York sports teams.”

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Beyonce, Adele, Lil Wayne get VMA bump on iTunes

By GIL KAUFMAN Beyoncé’s surprise pregnancy reveal wasn’t the only bump to show up this week. A number of artists also got an expected iTunes VMA bump, as their singles shot up the iTunes digital charts in the wake of their performances on the record-setting broadcast.

The biggest leap was made by Adele, whose second single, “Someone Like You,” shot right up to #1 on the tally in the wake of her dramatic appearance on the broadcast, a rise of 441 percent. The song was not even in the top 10 when iTunes released the charts for the week ending August 22. Though iTunes does not release sales figures, there was clearly some serious online purchasing that went on, in addition to a major flood of Twitter traffic caused by the VMAs. Among the other beneficiaries were Lady Gaga, whose Jo Calderone-fueled take on “Yoü and I” pushed that song back into the top 10 to #4 as of Thursday (September 1). And, after dropping Tha Carter IV at midnight on Sunday, Lil Wayne was all over, with “Mirror” moving into the #5 position, “Blunt Blowin’ “ at #13, “MegaMan” at #23 and “How to Love” at #15.

Beyoncé herself had a boost from the night, as her “Love on Top” performance pushed the not-officiallyreleased-as-a-single single to #3 (currently at #9) as sales picked up by 221 percent. Pre-show performers

Cobra Starship were feeling the love also, as “You Make Me Feel” moved up to #6 after having faded to #11 before the broadcast.

Also benefitting were rockers Young the Giant, whose performance likely helped breakthrough single, “My Body,” shoot up 223 percent to land at #2 on the alternative singles charts and #24 on the overall chart. The band’s self-titled disc also saw some serious love, with sales expanding by 220 percent, moving up to #4 on the iTunes album chart.

House artist Jessie J got the bump as well, with sales of her album, Who You Are shooting up nearly 200 percent.

Chris Brown’s high-flying VMA medley also pushed him up the charts, as his singles “Beautiful People” and “Yeah 3X” soared by 904 and 149 percent, respectively, on the iTunes singles chart.

The love was spread far and wide, as evidenced by the 1,375 percent jump for Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse’s version of “Valerie” — performed by Bruno Mars during the Amy Winehouse tribute — and the Foo Fighters’ VMA-winning “Walk,” which had a 120 percent jump on the iTunes singles chart.

Sales of Britney Spears’ “Till the World Ends” were up 76 percent on the iTunes singles chart after the song was heard in the Britney tribute to the pop star and Pitbull’s summer jam “Give Me Everything” surged 71 percent on the iTunes song tally following his performance.

‘X Factor’ will be a reality show ‘on steroids’

By JOCELYN VENA Fans have been wondering for months now what to expect when Simon Cowell’s Stateside interpretation of “The X Factor” starts up on September 21. According to the Fox show’s creative director, Brian Friedman, it’s going to be ... big.

“Basically ‘The X Factor’ in the U.S. is every reality show you’ve [ever] seen on steroids,” he told MTV News when we caught up with him on the 2011 VMA black carpet.

“It is like the VMAs every week.”

Friedman — a veteran choreographer who has worked with a number of pop stars, most notably Britney Spears — has a history with “The X Factor” franchise. He not only hosted the British version for some time, but he also served as its creative director. The Fox show will step up its game week after week to ensure that it’s all about going big or going home, Friedman

promised.

“The performances that we do on there are boundless; there are no boundaries,” he continued. “We don’t stand inside a box. There is no right or wrong. Every rule you could possibly break in TV, [we do].

So expect to be wowed every week.”

Friedman joins host Steve Jones, as well as the judges: Cowell and his former “American Idol” co-star Paula Abdul, record executive L.A. Reid and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger “American Idol” has always had scratch-your-head-type contestants, and earlier this year Cowell confessed that he hoped to keep that spirit alive on his new show.

“I love unusual people. I always say, you’ve got to embrace the madness,” Cowell laughed. “I like that we’re going to be very open-minded.

I think we’re going to have good enough people on this panel that we’re not gonna miss out on anyone who’s got potential.”

‘Rio’ holds top perch on DVD sales chart

By BRENT LANG LOS ANGELES — Now in its fourth week of release, “Rio” held onto its perch as the week’s top-selling DVD, according to a survey by tracking firm Rentrak.

The animated hit about a macaw’s search for a mate has been one of the biggest selling family titles in Fox’s history.

On the rental front, box office also-ran “Priest” was the week’s top title. The supernatural action film was edged out by “Rio” on the sales chart and had to settle for second place.

In its second week of release, chick flick “Something Borrowed” was the third most rented disc and the fifth best selling title.

In a sign that audiences are ready for the Fall TV season to begin in earnest, the eight season of “NCIS” and the fifth season of “Dexter” nabbed the third and fourth slots on the sales chart.

Next week brings a formidable challenger to “Rio”s’ dominance in

Actor Tracy Morgan arrives at the premiere of the film “Rio” at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. the cross-dressing form of Tyler Perry. “Madea’s Big Happy Family” debuts on DVD next week, and Perry can always be counted on for a strong home entertainment performance.

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Job growth grinds to halt, fuels recession fear

By LUCIA MUTIKANI WASHINGTON — U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging confidence discouraged already skittish businesses from hiring, piling pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more stimulus to aid the economy.

Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, and employers created a combined 58,000 fewer jobs than had been thought in June and July.

The bleak report fueled recession fears.

Prices for U.S. stocks and oil tumbled, while U.S. government debt prices rose as traders bet on a further easing of monetary policy.

“The economy is slowly grinding to a halt,” said Steve Blitz, senior economist at ITG in New York.

It was the weakest reading on jobs in nearly a year and far below the 75,000 job gain Wall Street had expected. The unemployment rate, however, held at 9.1 percent as a survey of households found

Job seekers line up at the Congressional Black Caucus For The People Jobs Initiative job fair in Los Angeles, California. both job growth and an expanding labor force.

With the jobless rate stuck above 9 percent and confidence collapsing, President Barack Obama faces pressure to come up with ways to spur job creation. The health of the labor market could determine whether he wins reelection next year.

Obama will lay out a new jobs plan in a speech to the nation on Thursday.

“This better be one hell of a speech next

week,” said Sal Arnuk, co-manager of trading at Themis Trading in Chatham, New Jersey.

The data, which pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index down by 2 percent in early trade, could strengthen the hand of officials at the U.S. central bank who were ready at their August meeting to do more to help the sputtering economy. The Fed next meets on September 2021.

The Fed cut

overnight interest rates to near zero in December 2008 and it has bought $2.3 trillion in securities in two bouts of bond buying, known as quantitative easing, or QE. Many analysts say its arsenal is now largely depleted, although expectations grew on Friday of further action.

“The Fed has gained greater political ability to enact a version of QE3 at their meeting in September,” said Douglas Borthwick, man-

aging director at Faros Trading in Stamford, Connecticut.

Employment was held back in part by a strike by about 45,000 Verizon Communications workers, although that was somewhat offset by thousands of public employees in Minnesota who returned to the job after a partial government shutdown.

Still, the overall tenor of the report was decidedly weak. The length of the average workweek dropped to 34.2 hours, the fewest since January, and average hourly earnings fell three cents.

The economy needs to generate 150,000 jobs or so each month just to keep the unemployment rate steady over time.

An acrimonious political fight over U.S. debt, which culminated in the downgrade of the country’s AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s, and a worsening debt crisis in Europe ignited a massive stock market sell-off last month and sent business and consumer confidence tumbling.

Although hiring cooled, there is little sign companies

responded to the darkening outlook by laying off workers. First-time applications for state unemployment benefits have hovered around 400,000 for weeks.

The steady jobless claims, relatively strong consumer spending, continued demand for manufactured goods and increases in industrial production offer hope the economy will steer clear of recession.

Analysts warn the economy is so weak that any fresh shock could send it tumbling.

In the first half of the year, the economy expanded at less than a 1 percent annual rate.

Private payrolls increased only 17,000 in August after rising 156,000 in July.

Government employment fell 17,000, the tenth straight monthly drop. The decline was tempered by the return of 23,000 state workers in Minnesota.

Manufacturing payrolls fell 3,000, reflecting the slump in business confidence. Factories had added 36,000 new workers in July as disruptions to motor vehicle production caused by a shortage of parts from Japan eased.

Regulator to sue major Report: Fed asks BofA to list contingency plan banks over mortgages

By MARGARET CHADBOURN WASHINGTON — A U.S. regulator is filing lawsuits against major banks, accusing them of bundling subprime home loans into bonds that never should have been sold to investors, and causing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lose billions, a source said.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is suing major banks soon, in a move that will deepen the mortgage litigation morass for banks.

The biggest banks

already face the potential for tens of billions of dollars of payouts to settle regulatory charges of abusive mortgage lending and foreclosure practices, and other investor lawsuits over mortgage debt losses.

These payouts would reduce earnings and weaken capital levels, perhaps harming the ability of banks to lend money and provide much-needed life to a stalled housing market and weakened economy.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have also been stricken by bad mortgages, and are under government conservatorship after hav-

ing previously been quasi-private. The two firms guarantee bonds backed by mortgages, and are a crucial pillar for U.S. housing finance system.

News of the lawsuits was first reported Thursday night on the website of The New York Times.

The source declined to name specific banks, but The New York Times reported that the banks to be sued include Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc among others. Representatives of Goldman, Bank of America and JPMorgan declined to comment.

The Federal Reserve has asked Bank of America Corp to show what measures it could take if business conditions worsen, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.

BofA executives recently responded to the unusual request from the Federal Reserve with a list of options that includes the issuance of a separate class of shares tied to the performance of

its Merrill Lynch securities unit, the people told the paper.

Bank of America and the Fed declined to comment to the Journal. Both could not immediately be reached for comment.

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AT&T prepares two-track plan to save T-Mobile deal

By NADIA DAMOUNI and DIANE BARTZ AT&T Inc is expected to soon present a proposed solution to U.S. antitrust regulators to salvage its planned $39 billion acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA, according to people close to the matter.

Even as the No. 2 U.S. wireless service provider gears up for a lengthy court battle against the Justice Department, AT&T is prepared to make concessions to address concerns that the T-Mobile deal is anti-competitive and could cause wireless prices to rise.

This two-track plan will allow AT&T to try to find a settlement before the lawsuit reaches the court.

“AT&T is pretty determined that they can find a solution, and they are pretty confident,” one of the sources said, requesting anonymity as the talks are private.

The U.S. government on Wednesday sued to block AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile USA, a deal that would vault the combined company above Verizon Wireless as the No. 1 player in the United States.

If AT&T fails to defeat the lawsuit, it would have to pay TMobile parent Deutsche Telekom an estimated $6 billion in cash and other assets as part of the original deal.

Details of AT&T’s proposed settlement were not available, but it is expected to include pledges to maintain TMobile’s relatively cheap mobile subscription plans, and asset sales.

AT&T may have to sell up to 25 percent of T-Mobile’s business, including airwaves and customers, two sources said, to address the government’s concern that just three companies would control 90 percent of the U.S. wireless market if the merger goes through.

Bob Doyle, a former

antitrust enforcer now in private practice, said it would be difficult for AT&T to reach a settlement with the Justice Department as there would have to be divestitures on both the national and regional level.

While there might be several buyers for regional assets, the only possible buyers for national assets are Verizon Wireless and No. 3ranked Sprint Nextel Corp — which could cause another round of antitrust scrutiny.

“Verizon’s a no go.

Sprint may be a no go also,” said Doyle.

AT&T, led Chief Executive Randall Stephenson, declined to comment, referring questions to its previous statement that it believed in the merits of its deal and planned to fight the government’s suit.

U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in Washington, D.C., was selected at random to preside over the case, one of the biggest

antitrust court battles in years.

She has a reputation for speedy rulings, which would be welcome to AT&T compared with months or even years of uncertainty.

For Deutsche Telekom, it has tried for years to find a way out of its T-Mobile business, and has no Plan B. AT&T has asked for an expedited hearing, and one source expects the case could go to court in two months.

The carrier and regulators had been in preliminary discussions over divestures before the Justice Department filed its 22-page lawsuit on Wednesday. In those talks, AT&T had offered to divest up to 10 percent of T-Mobile assets.

“That was part of the frustration in that AT&T expected that they would have had much more meaningful discussions and figure out where everyone was, and whether they could close the gap,” the source said.

AT&T wants another meeting with the Justice Department as soon as possible, but “I don’t know if and when a new meeting is scheduled, given yesterday’s news,” said a person familiar with the dis-

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cussions.

Still, the Justice Department could prefer a settlement to avoid the risk of losing the case in court.

“It is always scary to go off to litigation. I suppose there’s a chance that the government could get cold feet,” said Stephen Calkins, who teaches law at Wayne State University.

Antitrust regulators have a mixed record in court. The Justice Department lost in 2004 when it tried to stop Oracle Corp’s purchase of PeopleSoft Inc. It also failed to prevent SunGard Data System Inc’s buy of Comdisco Inc in 2001 — a case also presided over by Judge Huvelle.

AT&T’s lead antitrust attorney shepherding this deal is Richard Rosen of Arnold & Porter LLP, a former head of the communications section of the Justice Department’s antitrust division.

“He was the chief over there for many

years and socializes with a lot of the staff over there. He’s well known and respected,” said a source close to the AT&T talks with Justice.

Rosen was lead counsel in Cingular Wireless’s $41 billion buy of AT&T Wireless, as well as AT&T’s buys of Dobson Communications, Centennial Communications, and wireless properties divested by Verizon and Alltel.

Deutsche Telekom also has antitrust star George Cary of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, who argued for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in its successful fight against the Staples merger with Office Depot in 1997.

Since so few antitrust cases are litigated, Cary’s success is unusual.

“He’s one of the best.

He’s exceptional.

George Cary is the Lou Gehrig of antitrust,” said David Balto, a former FTC policy director now in private practice.

Amazon offers California jobs if it drops tax

By JIM CHRISTIE SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc has proposed a hiring spree of 7,000 jobs in California if state leaders put a recently enacted online sales tax on hold for two years.

The offer comes as California contends with the second-highest unemployment rate among U.S. states and broad anxiety about the national economy.

The tax, which took effect on July 1, requires retailers outside of California to collect sales taxes on online orders made through Californiabased affiliates. If it is not enforced until 2014, the largest Internet retailer also would drop its effort to put a measure to California voters that would repeal it.

Democrats who control the legislature will not accept Seattle-based Amazon’s offer. They pressed in state budget talks earlier this year for new revenue to help balance the state’s books, which require closing a $10 billion shortfall.

Lawmakers closed the gap in June, largely with spending cuts that Democrats reluctantly backed after having supported deep cuts in previous budget cycles.

Details of Amazon’s offer emerged on Thursday after a meeting on Tuesday between representatives of Amazon and member companies of the California Retailers Association and a group in the office state Senate Republican Bob Dutton in Sacramento.

The association of brick-and-mortar retailers, which backs the

online sales tax, was quick to reject Amazon’s offer. Large and small retailers in California have long complained they are disadvantaged by having to collect sales taxes while out-of-state retailers could avoid doing so.

“Our people came back and said this isn’t legitimate,” said Bill Dombrowski, the association’s president. “It’s unacceptable.”

He said California’s Democratic lawmakers would snub Amazon’s offer despite the urgency over job creation that has seized Sacramento in recent weeks.

Lawmakers have largely backed the online sales tax as it has the support of small and large businesses, local governments and public employees, whose ranks are being thinned in response to weak state

and local revenue.

Democrats are in no mood to negotiate with Amazon. A spokeswoman for Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said he instead aims to garner support for a bill to thwart Amazon from bringing its referendum to undo the online sales tax.

Referendum campaign spokesman Ned Wigglesworth declined to comment on Tuesday’s meeting and Amazon’s offer. But he said campaign staff are confident they will have more than enough voter signatures by a September 27 deadline to qualify the referendum for next year’s November ballot.

To get a reprieve from the sales tax, Amazon offered to build distribution centers in California to spur badly needed job growth.

California’s jobless rate stood at 12 percent in July and forecasters expect it to remain in double-digits through next year, an election year in which new legislative districts and term limits could create volatile political dynamics.

California’s leaders have their own job growth ideas.

Steinberg and fellow Democrats Assembly Speaker John Perez and Governor Jerry Brown last week unveiled proposals for tax breaks for businesses, including tax relief for companies that buy new manufacturing equipment.

Steinberg and Perez on Thursday announced an agreement on bills, backed by the California Chamber of Commerce and the California Manufacturers and Technology Association, to ease reg-

ulation and create an economic development office.

“We’ve often heard from the private sector that there’s a perception state government is too complex,” Steinberg said in a statement.

“This legislation implements concrete reforms that will change that perception, instill confidence for investors and send a strong signal that California is open for business.”

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Cam Newton officially named starter for Panthers CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton was treated like a starter during his preseason finale. He led one efficient drive, threw a touchdown pass and exited.

Then, after the game, his coach made it official: Newton will start for the Carolina Panthers in their opener.

Newton threw his first TD as a pro in Carolina’s 33-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night.

“Even with this position given, it doesn’t stop here,” Newton said. “I can’t just sit back and say, `I’ve arrived,’ because we’ve got a long way to go. ...

The record begins now.”

The Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 draft pick out of Auburn played only the first series. He was 3 of 5 for 25 yards with the 10yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Shockey against a Steelers defense that rested Troy Polamalu and several other key players.

Rivera later anointed Newton as their starter Sept. 11 at Arizona.

“We didn’t draft Cam to be the savior,” Rivera said. “We drafted him to

help lead this football team.”

Charlie Batch started for Pittsburgh and was 6 of 8 for 59 yards and led a touchdown drive while playing roughly one quarter. He and Dennis Dixon are competing to back up Ben Roethlisberger, who also sat this one out.

“We asked them to come in and run some different things, with some different personnel, and I think they both showed great poise in that,” said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who called it “a good ending to a nice preseason for us.”

Not many starters played for either team during what essentially was one last audition for players battling for roster spots and position on the depth chart, with cuts coming Saturday.

Polamalu, James Harrison and many of the other Pittsburgh starters didn’t see the field for a unit that last season ranked second in the league in total defense, was its toughest against the run and helped the Steelers make their eighth Super Bowl appearance.

Without them standing in the way, Newton appeared quite comfortable.

He took just nine

snaps, but that was enough to show off the combination of speed and arm strength that has the Panthers hoping he can revive the league’s worst offense in 2010.

He led the Panthers 71 yards to a touchdown, and his only carry of that drive was a 19-yard run in which he took off from the pocket and made a nifty cut left to the Pittsburgh 22. That set up the touchdown pass four plays later, when he dropped back and hit Shockey with a quick strike inside the 10. The veteran tight end slipped out of Ryan Mundy’s grasp on his way to the end zone to make it 7-all.

“Tonight went just how we would like it to go, with our offense playing one series,” tackle Jordan Gross said. “Cam looked like he was playing his best football.”

Newton’s most impressive play, though, might have been his first incompletion. As Larry Foote was bringing him down during a rollout, Newton managed to fling the ball roughly 30 yards near the sideline to Shockey before Mundy broke up the pass.

“I had him in the

grasp, but he’s really strong,” Foote said. “I struggled getting him down.”

Derek Anderson replaced Newton, before Jimmy Clausen took over for him late in the third quarter. Rivera had said before the game that Newton and the starters would play at most a couple of series.

Meanwhile, Tomlin wasn’t about to play many of his at all. With the opener against Baltimore 10 days away, Roethlisberger was held out of this one and watched from the sideline while Batch and Dixon continued their battle to replace the injured Byron Leftwich as the top backup.

Batch entered having thrown only four passes this preseason, but he was 5 of 6 for 60 yards on his opening drive alone and led the Steelers to a touchdown against much of Carolina’s starting defense. Batch hit Mike Wallace with a quick strike inside the 10yard line, but the receiver fumbled as he was hit near the goal line by Chris Gamble, and David Johnson recovered in the end zone to make it 7-0.

“It was good to get the rust out a little bit,”

Batch said. “It’s one of those things where you go back and there were a lot of different things that we were working on. I was able to move a little bit, read (the) blitz and move to hot routes.”

Backups for both teams turned in big scoring plays in the second quarter: Jonathan Dwyer had a 50-yard touchdown run for Pittsburgh and Anderson hit David Clowney with a 41-yard scoring pass to tie it at 14.

Anderson finished 11 of 19 for 192 yards.

Clausen was 3 of 5 for 25 yards, and a fumbled snap to him by center Ryan Pugh deep inside Panthers territory set up Dixon’s 15-yard touchdown pass to rookie Weslye Saunders. That made it a 16-point game barely a minute into the fourth quarter. Dixon finished 11 of 22 for 157 yards.

“I’m happy the opportunity came my way, and I tried to make the most of it,” Dixon said.

Meriweath er cut by Pats, Her zlich makes Gia nts FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

- Brandon Meriweather, Tommie Harris and Larry Johnson are former Pro Bowl players now looking for jobs.

The three were among hundreds of players cut Saturday as NFL teams got down to the mandatory 53-man roster maximum just five days before New Orleans and Green Bay kick off the regular season.

Cancer survivor Mark Herzlich made the New York Giants’ roster after being signed as a free agent out of Boston

College. The linebacker, who beat a rare form of bone cancer in college, was on the bubble - and still may be as teams search the waiver wire but he’s on the Giants’ roster for now.

“Herzlich didn’t bat an eye the whole camp,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said.

“Physically, he did everything you asked and more. I saw him improve literally week by week.”

Meriweather was a first-round pick of New England who has played in 64 games over four seasons. He has 12

interceptions, including a career-high five in 2008 when he earned the first of two straight Pro Bowl selections.

Also among the Patriots’ cuts were running back Sammy Morris, a 12year veteran, and wide receiver Brandon Tate.

Harris, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, was hoping to revive his career in Indianapolis, but was among 27 waived by the Colts. He was a key cog in Chicago’s Super Bowl run during the 2006 season, but was hindered by injuries the past three seasons and

released by the Bears in February before the lockout.

Four other veteran free agents signed by Indianapolis - defensive linemen Jamaal Anderson and Tyler Braxton, quarterback Kerry Collins and linebacker Ernie Sims - all made the roster.

Johnson, a two-time Pro Bowl running back, was among those released by Miami. The Dolphins signed him last week after he sat out most of last season when his career was derailed by injuries and a series of off-the-field

missteps. Miami also terminated the contracts of cornerback Will Allen, a veteran who missed all of last season with a knee injury, and fullback Lousaka Polite, who started 24 games over the past three seasons.

Among the Giants’ cuts was Matt Dodge, giving veteran Steve Weatherford the job at punter. New York also placed Sage Rosenfels, last year’s backup quarterback, on injured reserve, giving the job to David Carr, who was Eli Manning’s backup in 2008-09.

Chicago let go of running back Chester Taylor and tight end Desmond Clark. Taylor appeared to be on the way out for a while, hinting he was finished in Chicago early in the week. He didn’t play in the third preseason game at Tennessee and left team headquarters thinking he had been released after a meeting with coach Lovie Smith on Monday. He was back practicing the next day and started the exhibition finale against Cleveland on Thursday, struggling for 27 yards on 10 attempts.

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Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to 4x100 world record

By RAF CASERT DAEGU, South Korea - In one whirlwind week, Usain Bolt turned the biggest disappointment of his career into another golden show capped with a world record even he believed was not within him this year.

After opening with a false start in 100 final last Sunday, Usain Bolt again produced the amazing in his closing race of the world championships - anchoring Jamaica to a world record in the 4x100meter relay.

When the first three runners passed the baton, Bolt seized the moment.

“I said, ‘Why not give my all.’ I kept saying: ‘I can do this. I can do this,’” he said.

And when Bolt is convinced, the clock usually obliges.

Fittingly, Jamaica’s yellow-green-and-black flag was the last one rising into the night over Daegu Stadium,

and Bolt spread his giant arms wide to soak in the occasion.

“For me, it was just to go out there fast,” Bolt said. “We did just that.”

One day after winning gold in the 200, Bolt was devastating down the home stretch of the relay and threw his yellow-clad chest across the line for a time of 37.04 seconds the only world record in nine days of competition.

“This record was a great achievement,” Bolt said. “I finished the championships on a good note so I’m proud of myself.”

There was none of the performance anxiety that pushed him into a false start in the 100, only a sheer release of power as he coasted down the stretch for an overwhelming win over France and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

He came looking for the same three gold medals he won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 world championships but left with only two and a world record.

The United States

was out of it because of a botched exchange, but no one could have gotten close to a Jamaican team anchored by Bolt.

Ahead of the race, Bolt was already slapping the “JAM” on his bib in pride, and in a season where he was far from his best, he came through with a world record.

He got all the help he needed from his three teammates - a lightning start from Nesta Carter and a good handover to Michael Frater before Jamaica’s golden duo was up. Yohan Blake, the 100 champion in Bolt’s absence, powered through the final bend, with Bolt already getting his giant stride going before he took the baton.

Even Carter had no idea the team could do it.

“We weren’t really going out to break the world record,” he said.

Without the injured Asafa Powell, Bolt anchored the team for the first time in a major competition since he took the world by storm at the Beijing Olympics three years ago.

Running with the determination of a

record beater, he gritted his teeth over the final meters, crossed the line and threw the glittering purple baton high in the air once he realized the team’s 3year-old record of 37.10 was gone.

All through the year, Bolt had said that times were not his priority and he never came close to his record best - until Sunday. After he saw Blake speeding toward him, he suddenly realized he could start dreaming about a record again.

“When I saw the first three legs, I said, ‘Anything is possible,’ Bolt said. “I ran my ultimate best.”

Seconds later, the showman took over again. He started dancing to the delight of the 45,000 crowd at Daegu Stadium, which had to wait until the last second to finally see a world record.

In the blur of Bolt’s speed and antics, it was almost overlooked that Blake also left with two gold medals and a world record.

On a final day of seven finals, one silver medal also stood out.

Caster Semenya

failed to defend her 800 title, faltering late down the finishing straight to allow Mariya Savinova of Russia get the gold.

Silver, however, was better than many expected as the South African showed glimpses of her powerful running that made her the dominating athlete over the distance two years ago, before a gender controversy sidelined her for a year.

“I achieved what I wanted, which was to get back to the podium,” the 20-year-old Semenya said. “I don’t talk about the past. I’m still young and I have to focus on the future.”

Allyson Felix added another gold to bring her collection of titles to a women’s record eight over four championships. The American ran the second leg of the winning 4x100 relay, one day after getting gold in the 4x400, too.

With Christian Taylor winning the triple jump, it left the United States at the top of medal standings with 12 gold and 25 overall.

Tatyana Lysenko

won the women’s hammer throw, putting Russia in second place of the standings with nine gold and 19 medals overall.

Britain got some good news ahead of next year’s London Olympics, with Mo Farah holding off Bernard Lagat of the U.S. to win the men’s 5,000. Farah also won silver in the 10,000 last weekend.

It was about the only middle and long distance race that went wrong for Kenya.

From the starting gun to Sunday’s last day, Kenya dominated.

On Sunday morning, Abel Kirui led teammate Vincent Kipruto to yet another 1-2 finish in the men’s marathon.

The defending champion won by the biggest margin in championship history, and after finishing the race in 2:07:38, he had to wait 2:28 to welcome Kipruto in a sweaty embrace.

It left Kenya with seven gold and 17 medals overall for third place in the standings.

“This is history,” Kirui said. “It is also good (for) the country.

A lb er t Hayneswor th thrilled to be a Pat

By CHRIS FORSBERG FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Chad Ochocinco dubbed it heaven. Albert Haynesworth wouldn’t disagree.

Fresh off his first action in a Patriots uniform, Haynesworth gushed about his short time in New England, calling it a “careersaving place” and suggesting he’d have given up all the money he earned with the Washington Redskins if he could have come to the Patriots sooner. “(Fellow former Redskins defensive lineman Andre Carter and I) were talking, just about how different it is, how we really like this place,” said Haynesworth. “For me,

it’s a career-saving place for me to come. I had no idea it would be like this. It’s unbelievable. I wish I kinda took two years ago and came here.”

When it was noted that he earned a handsome pay day for his time — as turbulent as it was — with the Redskins, Haynesworth added, “You know what, when all is said and done, hell, I’d give that money back and I’d come here.”

Haynesworth, obtained for a fifth-round pick in a July swap with Washington, played 16 first-half snaps and registered two tackles (both of which drew loud cheers from the crowd when his name was announced over the stadium PA).

On the game’s first play, Haynesworth manhandled one of the Giants’ second-

string guards, helping blow up a play that resulted in the Giants fumbling the ball away (and setting up a 1-yard touchdown run by BenJarvus Green-Ellis just 20 seconds in). Haynesworth’s only disappointment? Not getting to the quarterback.

“Hell, I wanted to get the sack,” said Haynesworth. “(Giants quarterback) David Carr always gives me sacks, his whole life. That’s what I was working at, trying to get a sack.”

The 6-foot-6, 335-pound behemoth settled for getting a few game reps in before the regular season.

“It was great,” said Haynesworth. “I need to knock off a lot of rust. I’ve kind of been just rusting, sitting in D.C. So, I need to get back, get back to that playing

form when I was with the Titans.”

After operating out of the 4-3 alignment he’s professed his preference for, Haynesworth raved not only about the depth on New England’s defensive line — saying it trumped even that which surrounded him during his best pro seasons in Tennessee — but also gushed about coach Bill Belichick and his defensive schemes.

“I think he’s a brilliant coach,” said Haynesworth. “I always thought, from the time I got into the NFL and definitely playing against him, he was an awesome coach (and I) always wanted to play for him. Ten years later, here I am.”

During the fourth quarter, Haynesworth could be seen on the sideline huddled with line-

men Carter, Gerard Warren, Shaun Ellis — who also made his Patriots debut, registering a second-half sack — and Vince Wilfork.

Even Haynesworth marvels at the potential of New England’s defensive front.

“I can’t believe it,” said Haynesworth. “We have a lot of experience, a lot of great guys. I call Sean ‘Big Katt,’ because he was in college (at the University of Tennessee) with me. He was the big brother that took care of me in college, so it’s just awesome to play with him again. Vince, I met him in the Pro Bowl and had a great time. And Andre, of course, we spent two years together in D.C. Also, being around the young guys has been awesome. I feel right at home here. I wish I was here earlier.”

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Serena was at her calmest despite death worry

By LARRY FINE NEW YORK - The father of tennis great Serena Williams said he thought his daughter was going to die when she was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital in March with a blood clot in her lung.

Richard Williams told reporters he feared the worst and is still amazed she survived.

“I thought she was going to die,” he said. “I don’t even know how she lived through it.”

But Serena said she was strangely relaxed during her health crisis.

“I actually was really calm. I didn’t want to

alert my parents or my family or anything,” she told a news conference after beating Victoria Azarenka 6-1 7-6 at the U.S. Open on

Saturday.

“I got really, really, really calm and just like relaxed and really easy.

“I think that’s the calmest I’ve ever been in

my life, just trying to be strong for everyone else.”

Doctors discovered the blood clot after she had travelled to New

York for treatment on a foot injury that had sidelined her for months.

The 29-year-old badly cut her foot on broken glass at a restaurant in Germany after she won last year’s Wimbledon title and underwent two operations because of complications with the injury.

The Williams family had to deal with another health scare at the U.S. Open when Serena’s older sister Venus withdrew from the championship, weakened by the effects of an autoimmune disorder.

“She’s doing better,” Serena said.

“You know, it’s a day at a time kind of thing. Her spirits are better.”

Through all her months of inactivity,

Serena plummeted from number one in the world rankings to 175 before recovering to win back-to-back tournaments this summer on hardcourt in preparation for the U.S. Open.

Serena was asked if coming through that harrowing health experience had made her hungrier to win, or put her tennis career into perspective.

“I think it’s a little bit of the latter,” the 13time grand slam champion said. “Tennis is great. (But) I’ll take anything. It puts everything in perspective.

“I love playing tennis, I love the battle, you know, but I realize that life is so precious and things could be a lot worse. It isn’t all about tennis. It’s about life.”

Another season of debating about Boise State

By RALPH D. RUSSO The first college football Saturday of the year was not even a day old and Boise State had already ensured that yet another season would be dominated by bickering about the Broncos.

Championship contender? Or pretender?

Here we go again.

The latest statement by coach Chris Petersen’s team had to feel extra special to Broncos fans.

No matter how many times Boise State knocks off big name teams from elite conferences, some fans dismiss the accomplishment because the Broncos play so few games against topflight opponents.

Southeastern Conference fans have been particularly adamant about putting Boise State at the kiddie table.

It is an indisputable fact that Boise State, even now that it has switched from the Western Athletic

Conference to the Mountain West, does not play a schedule with as many potential pitfalls as most teams in the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and maybe even the watered-down Big 12.

Mississippi State of the SEC, for example, has a schedule featuring six teams that started the season ranked.

Georgia is one of two teams on Boise State’s schedule that were in the preseason poll. Which is why so many looked at the Broncos’ playing the Bulldogs 70 miles away from their Athens, Ga., campus as Boise State’s toughest test of the season.

But it’s getting harder and harder to argue this Boise State program is not one of the very best in the country.

This is the third straight season impeccable quarterback Kellen Moore and the Broncos have started by beating a ranked team. Georgia joined Oregon and Virginia Tech as Broncos’ conquests.

“I love playing early in the season in games

like this. It sets the tone for the rest of the season.

It’s a taste of what a big bowl game can be like with this type of atmosphere,” Boise State Byron Hout told the Idaho Statesmen. “If you can do the right thing you can find yourself in another event like this at the end of the season.”

If it were only so simple for Broncos.

Where do they go from here? Well, it seems the move to the MWC will only bump up Boise’s degree of difficulty a bit this season.

The next time we’ll see the Broncos will be in Toledo, playing an above average Mid-American Conference team.

Boise State then returns to the blue turf to face Tulsa, which opened the season with a 47-14 loss to No. 1 Oklahoma, and Nevada.

The Wolf Pack handed Boise State its only loss last season, but that was on the road and quarterback Colin Kaepernick is no longer galloping around defenses in Reno.

The last nonconfer-

ence game is against another old WAC rival, Fresno State, which has been playing nail to Boise State’s hammer for years now. The Broncos have won nine of 10.

In the MWC, TCU was supposed to be Boise State’s toughest test and could still turn out to be. But the Horned Frogs started their season with a 50-48 loss at Baylor on Friday night and their Nov. 12 game will be in Boise.

Boise State is 59-2 at Bronco Stadium since 1999, so good luck with

that Frogs.

Fact is, the Broncos might have already peaked - and that’s what ticks off Boise State supporters.

They’ll be favored - often huge favorites - in their remaining 11 games.

Their lopsided victories will be greeted with a shrug by most poll voters and those big margins don’t even register in the BCS computer rankings, which are programmed more to pay lip service to sportsmanship more than to determine the best teams.

Man found dead in Antonio Smith’s pool RICHMOND, Texas — A man who apparently drowned in the swimming pool behind the home of Houston Texans defensive end Antonio Smith wasn’t affiliated with the team, authorities said.

Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Capt. James Burger said the body of Engram Lamar Crenshaw, 37, of Katy, was discovered on Sunday morning, following a party at Smith’s ranch-

style home in a suburb about 30 miles southwest of the city.

Police and paramedics were called to Smith’s home about 9:30 a.m. and found a fullyclothed man at the bottom of the pool. Burger said a preliminary examination of the body showed no signs of foul play, but he also said authorities were still piecing together the specific details of his death.

“He was not dressed to be swimming in the pool, I can say that,” Burger said.

An autopsy will be performed on Monday in Galveston County.

Burger expects results from toxicology tests to come back in about three weeks.

Burger said about 100 people, including “4 or 5” other Texans players, attended Smith’s party on Saturday night. Burger said no Houston coaches or other staff members were there.

Witnesses told police that Crenshaw was last seen by party guests near the pool about 2 a.m.

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