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First Lady Michelle Obama rejected criticism that her tion to Africa, saying her trip was a direct reflection of husband’s administration had not paid enough atten- his commitment to the continent.

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NEWS BRIEFS NY’s same-sex marriage law sets off waves of engagements CITY RENT LAWS GET FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION In addition to the same-sex marriage bill, state lawmakers on Friday also passed an omnibus bill that extends the city’s rent laws, caps property taxes, and raises tuition at SUNY and CUNY schools.

The bill extends the city’s rent regulations for four more years.

It raises the threshold for removing apartments from rent stabilization to $2,500 a month, up from $2,000.

Tenants who make more than $200,000 a year would pay market rent, up from the current income ceiling of $175,000.

The bill also caps property taxes across the state at two percent a year or the rate of inflation, whichever is less.

Additionally, it authorizes SUNY and CUNY campuses to increase tuition by up to $300 annually for five years.

BROWNSVILLE “CASH FOR GUNS” EVENT COLLECTS 71 WEAPONS Police and local clergy succeeded in getting dozens of firearms off the street in their latest “cash for guns” event in Brooklyn.

Officials say 71 weapons were turned in Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Brownsville, including a sawed off-shotgun and seven guns that were fully-loaded.

Police handed out bank cards worth up to $200 for each gun turned in.

Since the buyback program began in 2008, authorities have collected nearly 7,000 guns.

Police will still pay $100 any day of the week at stations throughout the city for guns that are brought in.

BROOKLYN DRIVER FACES DWI, HOMICIDE CHARGES A Brooklyn man is facing charges including criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated, after a woman in his car was killed in a crash Saturday morning.

Police say Nyron Isaac, 32, was driving on Fourth Avenue in Greenwood when he hit a light pole, the median and a parked car.

One of Isaac’s passengers, Keisha Nelson, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene.

“The ladies inside looked real bad, [in] bad shape. The guy said he wasn’t driving. It looked like he was drunk,” said a witness. “You know, he claimed that he wasn’t driving.”

Isaac and another passenger were taken to Lutheran Hospital, where they are listed in serious condition.

Police believe Isaac and Nelson may have been engaged.

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By BARBARA GOLDBERG Waves of gay couples rushed on Saturday to make wedding plans that had been dreams for decades, as euphoria over New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage promised to turn a traditional pride parade into an enormous roving engagement party.

In the minutes and hours after the law was passed and signed by Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo late on Friday, sparkling rings were offered and accepted and champagne corks flew to kick off wedding plans likely to add an estimated $284 million to the state’s economy, according to a report by the Independent Democratic Conference.

The report estimated more than 21,000 gay and lesbian couples from New York would marry within the first three years and nearly 42,000 gay and lesbian couples from out of state would travel to New York for a “destination wedding.”

“Peter, will you marry me?” asked Dan Gallagher, 46, who dropped down on one knee as he finished running through Central Park on Saturday with his partner of 14 years, Peter Shearer, an emergency medicine physician. Together they are raising a 4-year old son and thrilled to marry in their home state.

The decision to wait for a wedding in New York also was made by Walter Bridgham, 47, a manager at Macy’s, and Argus Galindo, 46, a magazine subscription manager, who cheered the law’s passage with a crowd outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn, where a police raid in 1969 sparked the modern gay rights movement.

“It was emotional. He turned to me and we looked into each other’s eyes and said, ‘Yes.’ We knew the question,” said Bridgham.

They have been a couple for 20 years, and their ceremony is set for July 28 at New York’s City Hall.

“It makes you feel like we’re equal,

Rebecca Jones, center, and Veronica Thoms, right, celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State. that we can celebrate with friends in New York and not have it be, in some people’s eyes, not recognized,” said Tim Ford, 45, an actor engaged to marry his partner of 18 years, Michael Beltran, 44, an administrator for a law firm, in October.

“The wedding planning stress is already started,” he said.

Before the ink dried on the newly signed law, they changed their Facebook status from domestic partnership to engaged, sparking a flurry of congratulations, Beltran said.

“We waited for this day for a long time. It’s very emotional,” he said, choking back tears.

Both men were raised Catholic and Beltran serves as a group song leader at weekly mass, but they will reluctantly not be married in the church, which fought the gay marriage bill.

“It doesn’t bother me but it bothers Michael a little more,” said Ford, who plans instead to be married by a friend who was ordained a minister.

Seemingly instantaneous engagements, actually planned for years but long awaiting the state’s consent, were celebrated around the state, including in Albany where the proposed law was mired for days in a fight over religious exemptions.

“I feel like a first-class citizen, a first-class New Yorker, for the first time in my life,” said Jim Reda of

Brooklyn, outside the Senate chamber with his partner of eight years.

“We will be married by the end of the year. I can’t believe I’m actually saying that.”

The most populous state to approve marriage equality legislation, New York is the sixth state to legalize gay nuptials, joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and the District of Columbia. Civil unions were approved in Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois and New Jersey. Same sex marriage is banned in 39 states.

The victory was expected to boost crowds at Sunday’s NYC Pride March, according to Britton Hogge, media director for Heritage of Pride, which organizes the annual event.

“We expect an extra 500,000 to 1 million as a result of passage,” said Hogge, noting the crowd estimate for the event from police is typically about 1.5 million people.

In the past, the event was considered less a parade and more a march in an ongoing demand for equal rights and respect. But this year’s victory for same sex marriage and the tsunami of marriage proposals is expected to transform the event into a movable engagement party.

“It’s definitely going to change the mood. This year for sure it’s just going to be a huge celebration,” said Hogge.

Obama launches technology partnership to spur jobs

By LAURA MACINNIS PITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama on Friday launched an initiative to develop new U.S. manufacturing jobs by teaming up government with companies and universities to invest more than $500 million in advanced technologies.

Obama, who must ease high unemployment to be confident of winning a second White House term next year, visited Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to launch the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, aimed at fostering a new generation of U.S.-made high-technology products.

“This partnership is about new cutting-edge ideas to create new jobs, spark new breakthroughs, reinvigorate American manufacturing today. Right now,” the Democratic president told an audience of around 200 in a robotics laboratory.

The initiative does not involve new government spending and Obama, who is fighting Republicans to raise the borrowing limit, emphasized the need to curb the country’s deficit and debt, while investing in its future.

“If we want a robust growing economy we need a robust growing manufacturing sector,” he said. “I ran for president to get us back to where we need to be. I have a larger vision for America.”

The White House says major new technologies in the past were commercialized into vast industries with the help of government-universitycompany partnerships, including telephones, jet engines and the Internet.

It hopes for similar achievements by speeding development of new technologies such as next-generation robotics, advanced composite materials and bio-manufacturing.

The program will leverage existing federal funds and future federal departmental budgets to invest with

industry some $300 million to jumpstart domestic manufacturing capabilities seen as critical to national security.

Initial public-private investment areas include batteries, composites, metal fabrication, biotechnology and alternative energy.

Obama is rolling out the initiative as the unemployment rate remains at a stubbornly high 9.1 percent and initial claims for state unemployment benefits are ticking higher after months of decline.

The economy is struggling to gain traction against high energy prices, a still-depressed housing market, tight credit conditions and headwinds from Europe’s debt crisis.

Until recently, one of the economy’s brightest spots had been manufacturing, which powered the recovery from the 2007-2009 recession, the country’s longest and deepest since the 1930s. Manufacturers have added about 129,000 jobs so far this year.

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Michelle Obama says husband is committed to Africa

By JEFF MASON GABORONE — First Lady Michelle Obama rejected criticism that her husband’s administration had not paid enough attention to Africa, saying her trip was a direct reflection of his commitment to the continent.

Obama arrived in Botswana early on Friday after spending the past days in South Africa promoting health, education and youth leadership.

She met President Ian Khama and young people who have or are affected by HIV/AIDS. Her husband, President Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan, has faced criticism for not spending more time on the continent himself.

His only trip as president was to Ghana in 2009 for one night.

“There are a lot of expectations for this president. And so there’s bound to be people who feel like it’s never enough,” Mrs. Obama said in a group interview with four reporters traveling with her on the week-long African trip.

“But this trip is ... a direct reflection of his support and his interest

and his view of the importance of Africa to the world and to the future of the world. That’s why I’m here.”

President Obama is in the middle of tough talks with congressional Republicans to agree a deal to raise the U.S. debt limit and reduce the deficit. With the 2012 election looming, his primary political focus has

been domestic.

“This is his trip. He would love to be here. But there’s a lot of work to do on the domestic front, and particularly at this time there are a lot of critical issues,” Mrs. Obama said.

“I think his record and the number of senior officials who have spent so much time in Africa are ... a reflection

of this administration’s commitment to this continent.”

Jennifer Cooke, Africa Program Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said: “The fact that he’s only taken one short trip — I think people have been disappointed, Africans and Africa policy watchers alike.

“People are hoping for a trip and one a little longer than his Ghana sojourn.”

Obama is on her second official solo journey abroad, along with her daughters, their cousins, and her mother.

The White House hopes the first lady’s trip to South African and Botswana will highlight strong democracies on the continent and serve as an example for others.

In a nod to that goal, Obama praised Botswana during remarks at a meeting of young women leaders.

“It is a pleasure to be in this beautiful country that embodies what my husband has called ‘a vision of Africa on the move’,” she said. “That is Botswana, a thriving democracy, a vital society, a fast-growing economy, and more importantly a kind and generous people.”

Americans may hit gas again after reserve release

By TOM BROWN and PETER HENDERSON MIAMI/SAN FRANCISCO — Going lightly on the gas pedal, getting a few dollars of gas rather than filling up, cutting out the cruising, and swapping the BMW for a Dodge Caliber — those are ways Americans are coping with gasoline prices well above $3 a gallon.

But people pumping gas on Friday from Miami to San Francisco saw prospects for lower prices thanks to President Barack Obama’s decision on Thursday to tap the country’s emergency petroleum stockpile as part of a global effort to bolster tight oil supplies.

The release of 30 million barrels from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve may not make people reschedule long summer road trips but could spell welcome relief for household budgets crimped by an anemic economic recovery.

While it might be a political move

by Obama to help his re-election bid for 2012, as some speculate, most drivers seemed happy to get a break, even a small one.

Jonathan Sifuentes, a 26-year-old power company employee, called the decision “the right thing to do” as he fueled up a Toyota Camry sedan on Miami’s outskirts.

“Everyone is hurting, with the economy, and unfortunately we do need gas to maintain our lifestyle, to go to work, to get groceries, to pick up our kids,” he said.

Gasoline prices have fallen about 30 cents since the beginning of May to an average of $3.65 a gallon, but the U.S. Department of Energy said it expected gasoline to average $3.75 a gallon this summer, up 99 cents from last year.

While U.S. gas prices may look like a steal to a European, Americans rely more on the stuff. The American lifestyle built around the car and cheap gas prices, for all the work on mass transit and renewable energy, is not going away.

Some drivers hoped the reserve release would help bring down gas prices as much as 50 to 75 cents per gallon. But Dales Feild, a 55-year-old retired General Motors Co assembly worker in Detroit who likes to go shopping and cruising around town for the fun of it, said she did not expect to see a gallon below $3 again, ever.

“I was surprised when it did it once, I don’t think it’ll happen again,” Feild said as she filled the tank of her navy blue GMC Sonoma pickup truck.

Chicagoan Jackson Donnie, a 29year-old landlord, had stopped filling his gas tank, putting in $20 each time, and was often perilously close to empty. He was walking more or riding his scooter. Obama, he said, felt America’s pain at the pumps.

“I think what he did is just to give the economy a break because we were so uptight,” said Donnie. “He feels for us. He’s a human being just like we are.”

Diana Crane, 59, was buying $15 worth of gas at a Houston Valero sta-

Smelly subway construction upsets Upper East Side residents As work on the Second Avenue subway moves forward, there are new concerns about air quality near the Upper East Side construction site.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney called for the neighborhood’s air to be tested, following reports of excessive dust and odors.

In a letter to Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Jay

Walder, Maloney said residents have complained of dust plumes, smells and other quality-of-life issues related to the subway construction.

Maloney said the subway will eventually be a great benefit to Upper East Side residents, but she said for now they deserve better conditions.

“All the residents in this area

know that with construction comes some problems, but when you have the area looking like a dust bowl and smelling like a toilet bowl, it has really gone too far,” said the congresswoman.

The MTA says in the past month, dust monitoring devices have exceeded established levels and that going forward it will ensure the dust is hosed down.

tion for her Ford Focus. She said Obama’s motives might have been political, but she did not really care.

“He’s trying to make people feel good.” said Crane. “If they feel good, maybe they’ll vote for him. That’s what politicians do. Isn’t the government supposed to be for the people?”

Not everyone was willing to give Obama credit for doing the right thing, like Los Angeles nurse Igor Piligramm, 45.

“That’s a bad idea because emergency supplies exist for emergencies,” he said as he filled up his sedan in Hollywood. “This is not an emergency.”

While there might not be many options for short-term relief, the high gas prices and the release of vast reserves, only the third in history, inevitably led drivers to talk about the need for long-term solutions, from America pumping more of its own gas to investing in renewable energy.

The latter is particularly popular in a green energy hotbed like San Francisco, where Praneal Narayan, a software company employee, was pumping gas in his Lexus.

“It feels like there is always some excuse for the price of fuel going up,” he said. “Alternative energy is what we should really be focused on instead of what is the price of fuel today.”

Until the long-term fixes come through, drivers just need to find the way to make it through the month, like 48-year-old San Francisco yacht captain Yohy Bitton.

Bitton was filling up for a drive down the California coast for the weekend, but he was not taking his own gas- guzzling BMW. He rented a compact Dodge Caliber.

“I’m driving to LA. I’d rather drive this,” he said. “The mileage is better, it seems. Much better.”

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By LAMARR RENEE THOMAS H. WATKINS

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2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the film Platoon directed by Oliver Stone and it serves as a stark reminder that history has changed little in the last two decades.

The black body bags filled with young combatants lifted from airplane cargo compartments in Platoon recalls the recent still photos by Tim Hetherington and other photo journalists of death scenes in Iraq and Afghanistan. War is humorless, terrifying and sometimes endless.

During the Civil War General Robert E. Lee said, “War is a horrible exercise that men can grow to love.” Perhaps this tendency would change if Americans were required to serve in the military regardless of class or ethnic group.

The draft was instituted to fill the ranks and equalize death on the battlefield.

Instead, as King (Keith David) says in Platoon, “The wealthy always mess over the poor and always will.”

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other great minds died. Their experience and dignity is loss to us like the new recruit’s loss of innocence in Viet Nam. Since 1986, every actor in Platoon has experienced success. Charlie Sheen is the most infamous. Kevin Dillon, Forrest Whiterker, Kevin Quigley, Johnny Depp, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe acquired celebrity trappings by leveraging their realistic portrayal of combat.

This film greased the wheel of commerce but did it achieve real quality?

The absence of this ambition has increased as America’s cultural direction and population has changed.

The unshakable self- possession of our parent’s generation is a fading mirage. Their exacting standards no longer exist.

They left behind a world to build on and instead it crumbles.

Platoon DVD and Blu Ray Disc is a MGM 20th Century Fox release.

— LaMarr Renee is President of LaMarr Renee Enterprises, Ltd. A financial advisory and media consultant firm based in New York City.

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These are sons and daughters of parent’s who fought gallantly in World War 2. Veterans who built the foundation of a modern inclusive society and created the industries that define America’s greatness.

The women who stayed behind upheld the home, community institutions and worked in navy yards to build ships.

The entire nation was galvanized, united to win an unprovoked war. No matter how frightened and great the sacrifice each American was committed to bring “our boys home.” And they too are now dying without seeing peace and burying American history and patriotism with them.

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Let’s hope Luter adds more than color to SBC

By DEBORAH MATHIS Until I hear otherwise, I have resolved to be positive about the Rev. Fred Luter’s rise in the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention.

In case you missed it, Rev. Luter, pastor of the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in his native New Orleans, was elected first vice president of the SBC on Tuesday last. No black man has ever reached that level – one step away from the presidency of the country’s largest Protestant flock.

It has been noted that Luter’s ascension coincides with the SBC’s commitment to reach out to black people and other non-whites, an about-face for an organization that was founded two decades before the Civil War because its southern members supported slavery and its northern members did not.

But the resolution to “increase the involvement of blacks and other minorities in employment, mission and programs” is, itself, more than two decades old, and its resolution denouncing racism and apologizing “for condoning and/or perpetuating individual and systemic racism” was passed way back in 1995. So you might say they are a slow-moving bunch when it comes to putting their

money where their mouth is.

Of course, the organization could have easily ignored external pressures to color up the ranks, given that local, state and federal laws can’t punish their prejudices. And it couldn’t have been difficult to resist any internal pressure when only about seven percent of the SBC’s affiliate churches are black.

This new achievement, then, must be placed in the better-late-thannever category, which is, alas, a woefully overcrowded column. When it comes to sharing opportunity with people of color, the sands of time have routinely moved like rocks.

I do not know the good Rev. Luter, so I can only assume that he is impressive. I did hear that he grew his dying congregation into a vibrant, 7,000-member megachurch.

And when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters ravaged the structure in 2005, Rev. Luter is said to have continued his ministry to members, even in far-flung locales. He also oversaw the restoration of the building. The Franklin Avenue sanctuary reopened in April 2008.

And, having listened to one of his sermons online, I can tell you the man can preach.

Now I’m hoping he can lead his fellow Southern Baptists into some of the light to which many have

seemed allergic.

As in the SBC’s opposition to the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Just last year, at its convention in Orlando, the organization passed a resolution to keep the medievally inspired federal policy that expels known, avowed or suspected homosexuals from the armed services. At the same time, the resolution said, the SBC supports, appreciates and will pray for U.S. service members, gay included.

Rev. Luter might also have a talk with his brethren about the 2006 resolution supporting the nomination of “strict constructionists” to the federal courts – a breed that has been poison to individual rights and progressive ideals.

Then there’s ...

- The SBC’s fervent support of the Defense of Marriage Act (as resolved in Phoenix just last week); its call for the nationwide de-funding of Planned Parenthood (Indianapolis in 2008).

- Its 1982 resolution that public schools teach creationism, which, it says, “can be presented solely in terms of scientific evidence without any religious doctrines or concepts,” despite the fact that only religious fealty, not scientific evidence, supports creationism, - Its support of the Iraq war in the

same resolution that exalts peace.

- Its insistence that human life begins at conception and must not be disturbed, “whatever the circumstances of conception.”

- Its declaration that homosexuality is not a “valid alternative lifestyle,” while maintaining that homosexuals are to be forgiven and prayed for - Its position that “pastoral leadership is assigned to men,” even though “women are equal in value to men.”

- Its disdain for “New Age Globalism.”

- Its opposition to benefits for same-sex domestic partners.

- And its hostility toward environmentalism, a “neo-pagan religion” that wants to “bar access to natural resources and unnecessarily restrict economic development.”

Though I suspect otherwise, I’m just hoping Rev. Luter does not see eye-to-eye with the SBC on all of that.

If he is elected president at next year’s convention – as goes the current wisdom – he can make his term in office more meaningful than the color line.

If he does not deliver his brothers and sisters, or at least try, then his privileged post will only make for more color in the portrait gallery.

More Americans frustrated with war and Obama

By MICHAEL H. COTTMAN In the end, perhaps President Barack Obama was thinking about politics and considering his prospects for the upcoming presidential election in 2012.

In a 10-minute speech to the nation on Wednesday, Obama announced the first phase of a steady U.S. withdrawal from the Afghanistan war, which includes pulling 10,000 troops out of the region at the end of this year, with the remaining 33,000 soldiers scheduled to head back to America next summer.

Pulling troops out of Afghanistan is the right thing to do, and, arguably, Obama should have made this decision much sooner. After all, Obama did campaign on a platform to bring troops home as soon as possible.

But there was one, 12-word sentence that fast-forwarded the president’s speech into campaign-mode: “America,” Obama said, “it is time to focus on nation-building here at home.”

Today, Obama is facing immense pressure from American military families, Congress and voters to prevent more U.S. casualties overseas in a conflict that has already has left more than 1,600 Americans dead in almost a decade of fighting.

And the battle continues.

Every major poll shows Americans are frustrated with the war and with Obama. It’s not just about violence in combat; it’s also about money and the cost of war. The war tally is considerable: One trillion dollars, and counting.

Obama could no longer justify spending billions of dollars on a lost war while young U.S. soldiers are dying in deserts thousands of miles from home. Obama could no longer justify funding a war overseas when millions of Americans in the U.S. are out of work, struggling to feed their families, pay their mortgages and buy medicine.

“Above all, we are a nation whose strength abroad has been anchored in opportunity for our citizens here at home,” Obama said Wednesday.

“Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war, at a time of rising debt and hard economic times.

We must unleash innovation that creates new jobs and industries, while living within our means. We must rebuild our infrastructure and find new and clean sources of energy.”

Obama must talk about creating jobs early an often even if it means dropping his economic message into speeches that are crafted around foreign policy.

Here’s a crucial fact that should be posted prominently in the Oval Office: No American president since

Franklin D. Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent. Economists predict that the jobless rate will top 8 percent during next year’s presidential election.

If the economists are correct, that means Obama has 17 months to roll up his sleeves and figure out how to create enough jobs so that Americans feel comfortable with sending Obama back to the White House for a second term.

The clock is ticking, and Obama was actually campaigning Wednesday. He tried to convince Americans that he is focused on the serious economic problems here at home because it’s no secret that Americans are growing increasingly frustrated with Obama’s handling of the economy.

Just 23 percent of those surveyed for a recent Bloomberg News poll say they are hopeful about the economy because they see signs of improvement, while 25 percent say they are fearful things are getting worse, and 51 percent are cautious because nothing seems to be happening. Forty-four percent of Americans say they are worse off than they were when Obama took office in 2009.

After a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday about the state of the middle class, Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees Interna-

tional Union, said Americans are hurting.

“Today’s hearing highlighted the dire situation facing working families in our country,” Henry said.

“More and more families are falling out of the middle class instead of rising into it. Millions are losing their jobs and there seems to be no end in sight to the sacrifices they are being asked to make.”

For the first time this year, less than 50 percent of respondents say Obama deserves re-election, according to a Associated Press-GfK poll .

In addition, four out of five now believe the economy is in poor shape, with 36 percent calling it “very poor,” a new high in AP-GfK polling.

These polls are getting Obama’s attention, and the White House is now responding with a sense of urgency.

“Now,” Obama said Wednesday, “we must invest in America’s greatest resource – our people.”

In 17 months, on Election Day, we’ll know for sure whether Obama’s investment actually paid off.

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Experts: National impact from New York marriage law When New York became the sixth and by far the largest state to legalize samesex marriage, following a grueling overtime session in the state Legislature on Friday, it immediately transformed the national debate over the issue, legal experts said.

With a population over 19 million — more than the combined population of the five states that currently allow gay marriage, plus the District of Columbia, where it is also legal — New York is poised to provide the most complete picture yet of the legal, social and economic consequences of gay marriage.

“I think that having samesex marriage in New York will have tremendous moral and political force for the rest of the country — in part because New York is a large state, and in part because it hasn’t come easily,” said Suzanne Goldberg, a professor at Columbia Law School.

The New York Assembly passed same-sex marriage legislation twice before, in

2007 and 2009, but in both cases it stalled in the state Senate, as it nearly did again this week. The bill passed late on Friday after legislators agreed on language allowing religious organizations to refuse to perform services or lend space for same-sex weddings.

The new law’s impact can be measured in part by the numbers at play: New York is home to more than 42,000 same-sex couples, according to an analysis of U.S. census data conducted by the Williams Institute. This means, among other things, that the number of same-sex couples living in states allowing same-sex marriage has more than doubled overnight.

If a significant portion of those couples choose to marry, it could provide a wealth of new information about the practical economic effects of such legislation, from employment and retirement benefits to divorce rates and wedding and tourism industries, said New York University Law School pro-

fessor Arthur Leonard.

Parties on both sides of the issue frequently invoke the hypothetical economic impact of same-sex marriage, Leonard pointed out, so the influx of real-world data from New York could go a long way toward changing those hypotheticals into concrete facts.

“It becomes less of an experiment the more information we have,” he added.

The ripple effect of the new law is likely to provide more than just information, said Goldberg. New York’s mobile population means that the effects of the law will reach literally into other states.

“New Yorkers tend to move about the country quite a lot,” Goldberg said. “High numbers of same-sex couples likely to marry here will increase pressure on other states to treat those couples fairly.”

Currently, 39 states have laws defining marriage as between a man and a woman, according to statistics from the National Conference of State Legislatures.

For states considering how to handle calls for samesex marriage, Massachusetts — the first state to legalize it, in 2004 — has generally served as the reference point, Leonard said. But he noted that New York was different from Massachusetts for two primary reasons.

First, it has more than three times as many people.

Second, New York instituted same-sex marriage through legislation, complete with religious exemptions. Massachusetts, on the other hand, established the right to samesex marriage in a court ruling.

The significance of that difference cuts both ways, said Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School who studies the constitutional and social consequences of same-sex marriage in the United States.

When legislation fails to pass, it can serve as evidence of a minority group’s political weakness or of widespread prejudice against it, Dorf said. Both are factors courts use under an equal-

protection analysis to determine whether to intervene and protect minority rights.

The New York legislation’s success, in contrast, could lead judges in other states to say, “‘We don’t need to intervene, let the political process work this through,’” Dorf said.

But because courts are also wary to make rulings that are perceived to be too far outside the mainstream, the New York law may begin to tip that balance.

“To the extent that the anti-same-sex marriage argument has been that this is a radical change and incompatible with the country’s social mores, the fact that the country’s third most populous state has done so shows that it may not be,” Dorf said.

Regardless of the immediate impact of the law, Dorf said, politics and public opinion on the issue “are in the course of rapid change.”

“It seems inevitable that we’ll have same-sex marriage in most of the states within a decade,” he said.

New Jersey Democrats propose millionaires’ tax

since taking office last year with a low-tax, lean-government agenda.

But this year New Jersey has suffered downgrades to its credit rating, tarnishing Christie’s budget fighting reputation. Christie blamed the downgrades on his Democratic predecessors’ policies.

The state’s fiscal picture is somewhat rosier than it was in February, when Christie unveiled his budget plan. In May, the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services said the state should capture an extra $914 million of tax revenue over the next two years.

By EDITH HONAN New Jersey’s senate majority leader proposed on Friday that the state spend $1 billion more on education next year and increase taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year.

The proposal comes less than a week ahead of the state’s June 30 budget deadline. If approved by the Democrat-controlled state legislature, it requires the approval of Republican Governor Chris Christie.

“Our budget looks out for the middle-class and lowincome people in the state... It truly is a Democrat-principled budget,” Senate President Steve Sweeney said in an interview with Reuters.

Sweeney, a Democrat, has been under fire by New Jersey’s public sector unions for supporting a plan to force public employees to pay significantly more for their pension and health coverage, increase the retirement age and eliminate a cost of living adjustment for retirees.

The plan passed both houses of the Democrat-controlled legislature this week, marking a huge political victory for Christie, who has made reining in the state’s public sector employee costs a signature

issue.

Christie is expected to sign the bill, which affects about 750,000 employees and retirees, into law on Monday.

The Democrats’ spending plan, which will be introduced on Monday, will also include a property tax freeze for some seniors, restore the earned income tax credit and boost spending for women’s health by $7.5 million.

Christie issued a statement on Friday, calling the proposal “unrealistic, pie in the sky, fantasy budgeting.”

“New Jerseyans are the most over-taxed citizens in America and they want us to reduce spending and make government smaller,” Christie said.

Sweeney responded by saying his plan represents “the priorities of the majority of New Jerseyans.”

The Democrats’ increase in education spending comes in part in response to a May ruling by New Jersey’s highest court ordering the state to provide about $500 million more for its poorer school districts next year.

The court ruled that last year’s school aid cuts of more than $1 billion — ordered by Christie and enacted under protest by the legislature — shortchanged the state’s most

disadvantaged students.

The so-called “millionaires’ tax,” which will be introduced separately from the budget, would generate between $550 million and $600 million in additional revenue, which would be applied to education spending, said Sweeney.

The legislature proposed a “millionaires’ tax” last year as well, but Christie vetoed it.

Both Sweeney and Louis Greenwald, an Assembly Democrat who chairs the bud-

get committee, said they expected the governor to veto it again.

The senate could vote on the spending plan as early as Wednesday, one day ahead of the state’s June 30 budget deadline. New Jersey’s fiscal year begins July 1.

The budget requires Christie’s signature to become law.

Christie, known for his blunt style, has been a rising star in the Republican Party

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick paroled DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was granted parole and will be released from state prison in late July, a state prison spokesman said.

Kilpatrick, 41, was sentenced to 18 months to five years in prison after he was convicted of obstruction of justice for hiding assets and failing to pay $1 million in restitution to the city he headed from 2002 to 2008.

He can be released from prison as soon as July 24, said Russ Manlan, Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman.

In a 2008 plea deal, Kilpatrick resigned as Detroit mayor, spent four months in

jail and agreed to the $1 million restitution.

Earlier this week, prosecutors in Wayne County — where Detroit is located — said Kilpatrick still owed about $860,000 of the $1 million in restitution to the city, and a judge barred him from making money from an upcoming book to be released

in August.

Kilpatrick on Friday requested and was granted permission to have his parole supervised in Texas, where his wife and children live. He will be monitored by a parole officer for 24 months, Manlan said.

Kilpatrick still faces federal charges.

In June 2010, Kilpatrick was indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud and tax charges. The indictment alleged that Kilpatrick used a tax-exempt organization to give himself cash kickbacks, fund his political campaigns, financially support his family and friends and pay for yoga and golf lessons.

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Over 1000 Students March To Stop the Violence

Youth’s gather to protest the insurge of violence in Brooklyn.

Photo: Lem Peterkin

The youth march to relay their message of peace in Brooklyn.

Photo: Lem Peterkin

Ayana Rivers,Winchester Keys, Rev. Kelvin Dove, Mrs. Dove and Joy The Parade proceding along Linden Blvd to Sonny Carson Park located Simmons. at Vermont and Linden Blvd.

Photo: Lem Peterkin Photo: Lem Peterkin A press conference and march was held with over 1000 students, community leaders and parents to deter criminal activities in their community; in lieu of the murder of a teenage girl at Brighton Beach. A 19year old male, East New Yorker has been charged with the murder for this crime.

Numerous other murders throughout the Winchester Keys, Rev Kelvin Dove largest borough in Photo: Lem Peterkin America-Brooklyn have Peace/Stop the Violence the Peace/Stop the also occured, this year.

March is Mr. Winchester Key, March and rally will Violence Tuesday, organized by The Key CEO of a 23-year-old commence Committee community based June 21st 2011 begin- Safety organization called ning in the streets of which follows the 23George Gershwin J.H.S. Band East New York Urban Brooklyn at 9:30 a.m. year old youth advocaPhoto: Lem Peterkin Atlantic and cy tradition of the Youth Corps. says, at neighborhood youth, Brooklyn District programming at its “This year the East New P e n n s y l v a n i a ENUYUC which has the 75th and 73rd Attorney’s Office to pro- PACT Center.

Avenues.” long been partnering York Urban Youth The annual Increase with the local schools, Police Precincts and the vide youth development Corps’s Increase the

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First Lady helps paint mural at clinic in Botswana

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE GABORONE, Botswana - Michelle Obama wielded a brush Friday and helped paint a mural at a children’s HIV/AIDS clinic here as she opened the second leg of a weeklong visit to southern Africa.

The disease is a major public health challenge in Botswana, a country as big as Texas with about 2 million people.

That includes an estimated 300,000 HIV/AIDS carriers.

The first lady has promoted health and wellness on her visit this week, with special emphasis on AIDS prevention.

Her first stop after leaving the airport was at the Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of

Excellence that is sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

The clinic provides care and treatment for more than 4,000 infected children and their families.

Mrs. Obama and several family members who are traveling with her joined children from the center’s “Teen Club” to paint a mural on the wall of a future facility for adolescents.

The first lady then spoke at a luncheon highlighting women’s leadership, another issue she has drawn attention to this week.

She called Botswana “a thriving democracy” with a fast-growing economy that embodies “a vision of Africa on the move.”

She also met with President Ian Khama.

They emerged from his office after about 45 minutes and shook hands for news photographers.

Also on the first

lady’s Friday agenda was a family dinner at a nature park.

Mrs. Obama, her daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 10; her Marian mother Robinson, and a niece and nephew, Leslie and Avery Robinson, 15 and 19, respectively, landed in arrived in Botswana on Friday morning and were welcome with a performance of traditional African dances by a group of children ages 6 to 18. They wore traditional costumes of hide and what appeared to be zebra skin and shells around their ankles.

They clapped and sang, “Obama Ye-Le-Le.” The first lady also greeted a separate group of children who waved the American flag and the black and blue flag of Botswana.

Mrs. Obama’s trip to Africa began in South Africa on Monday, and she spent the past four days in Johannesburg

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama comforts a woman overcome with emotion as she greeted her at a multi-generational women leaders luncheon at the Sanitas Tea Garden in Gaborone, Botswana.

Photo/Charles Dharapak and Cape Town promot- slip in dinner with a Winfrey, who is in ing youth and women’s friend. She dined on South Africa to accept leadership.

Tuesday in an honorary degree While in Africa, the Johannesburg with from the University of first lady managed to media mogul Oprah the Free State on Friday.

House weighs cutting off funds for Libya mission

By DONNA CASSATA WASHINGTON Challenging President Barack Obama’s authority as commander in chief, the House pushed toward votes Friday on the U.S. military involvement in Libya, weighing competing measures to continue the operation or cut off funds for military attacks. an

“We have drifted into apparently open-

ended commitment with goals vaguely defined,” said Rep. Ileana RosLehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, as Democrats and Republicans criticized the mission and Obama’s treatment of Congress.

“What? We don’t have enough wars going on,” Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio., asked mockingly. “We need one more war. We have to wage war against another nation that didn’t attack us.”

The House was scheduled to vote on dueling

legislation: a resolution giving Obama limited authority to continue the American involvement in the NATO-led operation against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces and a bill to cut off funds for U.S. military attacks there.

The resolution mirrors a Senate measure sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and John McCain, R-Ariz., that Obama has indicated he would welcome.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider the resolution on Tuesday.

The bill to cut off funds would make an

exception for search and rescue efforts, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, aerial refueling and operational planning to continue the NATO effort in Libya. It has no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

“The president has ignored the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, but he cannot ignore a lack of funding,” said Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., sponsor of the bill. “Only Congress has the power to declare war and the power of the purse, and my bill exercises both of those powers by block-

ing funds for the war in Libya unless the president receives congressional authorization.”

House Republicans and Democrats are furious with Obama for failing to seek congressional authorization for the 3-month-old war against Gadhafi, as required under the War Powers Resolution. The 1973 law, often ignored by Republican and Democratic presidents, says the commander in chief must seek congressional consent for military actions within 60 days. That deadline has long passed.

Obama stirred con-

gressional unrest last week when he told lawmakers he didn’t need authorization because the operation was not full-blown hostilities.

NATO commands the Libya operation, but the United States still plays a significant support role that includes aerial refueling of warplanes and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work as well as drone attacks and bombings.

A New York Times report that said Obama overruled some of his legal advisers further incensed members of Congress.

to protect teenagers from sexual violence committed by other inmates, which has created an AIDS crisis inside prison walls.

The country’s overall

HIV prevalence rate is 11 percent, but the rate inside prisons is about three times higher, according to the health ministry.

Mozambique separates minors from adult prisoners MAPUTO Mozambique will begin housing minors in separate prisons from adults, the justice minister said Friday on state television as she opened the country’s first juvenile

detention facility.

“The country’s overcrowded prisons house today as much as 16,000 inmates, 35 percent of them minors aged between 16 and 21 years old,” Justice Minister Benvinda Levi said on state television.

“We need to rehabilitate adolescents and

young adults, so we are introducing these centers to allow them the right to maintain regular contact with their families and to assist them,” she said.

She was speaking Wednesday at the opening of a Juvenile Recovery Prison Facility in Boane, about 500 kilometres (300

miles) north of Maputo.

State TVM television called the facility the first of its kind in the country, with room for 200 minors aged 16 to 21.

Levi said most juveniles in prison were locked up on charges of petty theft and still awaiting trial.

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Calls for mass rally to bring Egypt revolt ‘back to basics’

By JAILAN ZAYAN CAIRO Egyptian activists are calling for a massive rally on July 8 to “save the revolution” that toppled Hosni Mubarak, urging politicians to drop debates on the timing of elections and focus on restoring basic freedoms.

On a Facebook page entitled “The 2nd revolution of anger”, activists say the fundamental demands of the uprising — to protect rights and freedoms — have not been met, and have instead become clouded by arguments on whether elections or a constitution should come first.

“To all rival political forces debating which should come first, constitution or elections, save your revolution first, save Egypt first.

Our revolution is collapsing,” the activists said on their Facebook page, which by Friday had garnered over 55,000 members.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which took over when nationwide protests forced Mubarak from power in February, has scheduled parliamen-

Egyptian protesters wave their national flag as they crowd Cairo's Tahrir Square during a demonstration in May 2011. Egyptian activists are calling for a massive rally on July 8 to 'save the revolution' that toppled Hosni Mubarak, urging politicians to drop debates on the timing of elections and focus on the basics.

Photo/Pedro Costa tary elections for But those behind the On Friday, around September. call for the July 8 200 protesters demandBut an autumn poll protest say the debate is ed his release and a ceris expected to play into premature, arguing emony honour his “serthe hands of the well that the priority should vice to the country”, as entrenched Muslim be on ensuring freedom passers-by hurled Brotherhood, prompt- of expression, the pub- insults at them for suping calls from secular lic trial of those found porting the ousted politicians for a delay to guilty of abuse, and an leader. allow new parties to end to military trials of Protesters who first organise themselves. civilians. took to the streets to Some have also called Mubarak is currently demand the overthrow for a new constitution in custody in hospital at of Mubarak, began to be drawn up before the Red Sea awaiting shifting their anger the election, for fear trial — along with his towards the ruling milthat the Islamist group two sons Alaa and itary council, accusing will otherwise have too Gamal— on August 3. it of using Mubarak-era much influence over There have been tactics to stifle dissent. the drafting of the char- muted and sporadic “When (a) protest is ter. calls for his release. dispersed with the use

of thugs and when the army performs virginity tests on women, and when protesters are tortured, then something is definitely wrong,” the activists said in a YouTube video. It can be seen on (http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=vhlnuQX3q VI&feature=player_emb edded).

The army, which has been accused of rights abuse since taking over in February, has come under intense fire from local and international rights watchdogs for allegedly performing virginity tests on female protesters they detained during a March 9 demonstration in Cairo.

“When journalists and judges are referred to military prosecution for mentioning the military council and there is no freedom, then everything is wrong,” they said.

Politics during Mubarak’s three decade-rule was dominated by his National Democratic Party, working among a stagnant opposition. Any credible dissent came from the banned Muslim Brotherhood and a handful of opposition groups working outside the formal framework.

Then came the January 25 uprising, opening the door to new

parties, new ideas and new debates in a scene that would have been inconceivable just months earlier.

But some argue that this new political effervescence risks turning flat if the basic goals of the revolution are not fulfilled, with irrelevant battle lines being drawn.

Debating whether elections or the constitution should come first pits the Islamists against the secularists whereas the focus should be on working for a civilian democratic state, argues Rabab alMahdi, professor of political science at the American University in Cairo.

“We in Egypt have paid the price for a democratic state which separates the army from politics... based on social justice. This democratic state is now being threatened by a minority concerned only with the relationship between religion and the state,” Mahdi wrote in the AlShorouk newspaper.

The activists calling for the July 8 protest are urging Egyptians to look at the broader picture. The page’s slogan: “I haven’t felt the change, I’m going back to Tahrir Square” — the epicentre of protests that toppled Mubarak.

Ka d h a f i ‘m a y le a v e ’ b o mb e d c a p it a l, e x c h a n g e b e g in s

By IMED LAMLOUM TRIPOLI - Moamer Kadhafi is reportedly mulling leaving Tripoli after blistering NATO air raids, as the rebels hinted they may let him stay in Libya if he quits and the warring factions Friday began exchanging displaced persons.

The Wall Street Journal quoted a senior US national security official as saying American intelligence shows Kadhafi “doesn’t feel safe anymore” in the capital where he has ruled for more than four decades.

However, officials

told the paper they did not see the move as imminent and did not believe Kadhafi would leave Libya, a key demand of rebels battling his forces.

Kadhafi is believed to have numerous safe houses and other facilities both within and outside Tripoli where he could go.

Rebel spokesman Mahmud Shamam told French daily Le Figaro the insurgents were in indirect contact with the regime and may be prepared to allow Kadhafi to stay in the country, but that he and his family must agree to leave power.

In the rebel capital

Benghazi, however, National Transitional Council deputy chairman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga told AFP: “There is no contact, direct or indirect, with the Kadhafi regime.”

Another rebel leader, Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani, on Thursday pleaded for foreign allies to provide the weapons, training and communications systems needed to defeat Kadhafi.

“It is so urgent,” he said, “we will fight, just support us, just give us the equipment.”

Bani said the rebels were up against vastly superior firepower.

Much of their arsenal

comprises Soviet-era tanks and artillery up to 50 years old.

The mostly volunteer force has, with the help of NATO air strikes, kept Kadhafi’s forces at bay on several fronts, but has made limited progress toward Tripoli — allowing loyalist forces to dig in.

Rights group Amnesty International said on Friday Kadhafi’s forces were using rockets packed with ball bearings to bombard civilians in rebel-held Misrata in the west.

At least three civilians — two women and a 14-year-old boy — were killed recently when Grad rockets hit a

residential neighbourhood of the port city, it said in a statement.

“These rockets are indiscriminate weapons which cannot be directed at a particular target and their use may amount to war crimes,” Amnesty said.

A senior US commander, meanwhile, said that NATO and Libya’s African allies had not adequately planned for the aftermath of Kadhafi’s possible fall.

“We, the international community, could be in post-conflict Libya tomorrow and there isn’t a plan, there is not a good plan,” the senior US commander in

Africa, General Carter Ham, told the Wall Street Journal.

He predicted that Kadhafi could fall quickly, and said there may be a need for substantial ground forces in Libya to preserve order.

Despite the intensive NATO bombing, stalemate on the battlefield and a wave of defections of regime officials and soldiers, Kadhafi remains defiant.

“We will resist and the battle will continue to the beyond, until you’re wiped out. But we will not be finished,” he said in an audio message on Libyan television late on Wednesday.

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Nevis goes to the polls July 11 CHARLESTOWN, Nevis — Premier and leader of the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP), Joseph Parry, announced on Wednesday night that the people of Nevis will go to the polls on July 11, 2011.

Nomination Day is Monday, July 4, 2011.

“It is against this backdrop that today I consulted with His the Excellency, Governor General. It is with the confidence of knowing that we have done our best, under the circumstances, that I advised on the dissolution of the Parliament

here in Nevis,” commented the premier.

He urged every citizen to demonstrate peace and respect for each other during the election campaign.

“We pray that the elections would be peaceful and harmonious,” said Parry, who is seeking a second term as premier of Nevis. The NRP took over the reins of government on Nevis on July 10, 2006.

He told the nation in his address, which was broadcast live on several radio stations and streamed live on the internet, that the vision of the NRP is a vision of progress, development and a positive emphasis

on education.

During an interview on Thursday morning, Parry said his party has ensured the realization of a vision for the young people to take their rightful place among the youthful population of the world.

“The government has delivered in education,” said the premier, as he noted 170 university given, scholarships homework assistance programs, the one-onone laptop programs, school meal programs and additional buildings to a number of schools on the island.

In housing, the government has successfully built 308 affordable

Premier of Nevis Joseph Parry announcing the date of elections at a rally on Wednesday night homes in Nevis in five change the economic business, agriculture, years. and social landscape of land ownership and He added that the Nevis, with focused infrastructural sectors.

NRP will continue to growth in the small

Dominican students wrap up ocean science program with research excursion ROSEAU, Dominica — More than 150 students from seven primary schools in Dominica this month completed an innovative Ministry of Educationsanctioned ocean science curriculum called Floating Classrooms.

For the program’s culmination, each student now has the chance to participate in a customdesigned, educational ocean excursion on vessels owned and captained by Dominican members of CARIBwhale, the association of Caribbean whale-watch operators.

After four months of in-school study and learning activities about the importance of protecting Dominica’s marine environment for the country’s aesthetic and economic future,

each school group gets to embark on a 2.5-hour “research cruise,” which includes hands-on lessons and observation about ocean creatures, diving gear and marine habitat protection.

An innovative publicprivate partnership designed as a model for other Caribbean islands, Floating Classrooms is supported by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), a global nonprofit with more than a decade of conservation experience in Dominica and Eastern Caribbean islands. From June 16 through 24, a total of seven boat excursions for Floating Classrooms 2011 have embarked (or will do so) from the Roseau Ferry Terminal on vessels operated by CARIBwhale members such as Dive

Dominican primary school students captivated by a crab.

Dominica. merged hydrophone; Activities on the boat - using an underwater which are team-taught camera to observe

by CARIBwhale member marine life around the Marcus Johnbaptiste of boat such as barracudas, Dive Dominica, the sea turtles and lots of Dominican school teach- fish, as well as coral ers and IFAW staff - reefs and sponges; include not only watch- examining SCUBA diving for whales and dol- ing equipment and tryphins, but also listening ing on flippers; and to their sounds which holding marine life such are detected by a sub- as a crab and snails

(which then are released back into their natural habitat unharmed).

Each excursion also includes a lesson in boat safety and preventing marine debris.

The government of Dominica demonstrated its commitment to protecting marine mammals by refusing to support a pro-whaling agenda at the 2008 International Whaling Commission meeting; the 2011 meeting is scheduled for early next month in Jersey, a small island of the United Kingdom just north of Normandy, France.

Floating Classrooms - by integrating ocean literacy principles into Dominica’s primary school curriculum standards - carries this commitment a step further: it prepares and inspires

students not only to protect whales and their ocean habitat, but also to consider careers in science or ecotourism.

“At their age, I’d never been out on the water or seen a whale, even though I grew up in Roseau beside the sea,” said Johnbaptiste, 24, a six-year veteran at Dive Dominica, who began working on the whale-watch crew four years ago and has been captaining excursions since 2008. “I had never considered working in tourism as a career. My peers and I just wanted to be firemen or policemen. These children are lucky to be exposed to other options at such a young age, especially since tourism represents such a significant portion of Dominica’s economy.”

OAS assistant secretary general calls on member states to join forces in promoting regional tourism WASHINGTON — The assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, on Thursday called on member states to join forces to promote regional tourism, since it has “become one of the most important sectors in the world economy and for many OAS member states it is the main source of employment and exports, helping to drive economic growth.”

Speaking at the inauguration of the preparatory meeting for the nineteenth Inter-American Travel Congress, which is scheduled to be

held September 29 and 30 in El Salvador, Ramdin said the event “is particularly meaningful because it takes place at a critical time for our economies.”

The event’s theme will be “Tourism: A Challenge in the Face of Poverty.”

The Inter-American Travel Congress, created in 1939 with the objective of promoting the development of tourism in the Americas, is one of the oldest institutions in the inter-American system. The last Travel Congress was held in Guatemala in 2003.

“Tourism is one of the economic activities that allowed the region to recover from the recent global financial crisis,” Ramdin pointed out. “In my view, the need for a regional dialogue is more relevant than ever as the region faces not only the global economic crisis and volatile oil prices, but also climatic disturbances, and security challenges, as well as the need to build and strengthen existing strategic alliances within countries with the business community and between sub-regions so as to optimize the existing opportunities.”

Ramdin recalled the OAS’s considerable experience in supporting its member states, particularly in relation to small and medium tourism enterprises and in promoting corporate social responsibility among tourism operators.

“We must consolidate and expand on the successes of our flagship Small Tourism Enterprise Program or STEP, and replicate where possible the transfer of successful programs to and from different subregions,” he concluded.

Furthermore, the OAS executive secretary for integral development

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Syrian forces kill 15 protesters, activists say

By KHALED YACOUB OWEIS AMMAN - Syrian security forces shot dead at least 15 people on Friday after tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and activists said. the world “Tell Bashar is without legitimacy,” shouted several thousand protesters in the Damascus suburb of Irbin, the chants audible in a phone call to a witness at the protest.

The Local C o o r d i n a t i o n Committees, a main activists’ group, said it had the names of 14 civilians killed in the merchant city of Homs, the impoverished town of Kiswa south of Damascus and in the residential district of Barzeh in the capital.

Another protester was shot dead in the town of Qusair, a rights group said.

Syrian state television blamed the killings in Barzeh on armed

men who authorities say are behind the violence in the threemonth uprising, and said members of security forces were wounded. Syria has expelled most foreign journalists making it hard to verify witness accounts or official statements.

“The security police first used teargas then they started shooting from rooftops when shouting against Assad continued,” a Barzeh resident who gave his name as Hussam said phone.

“Three by youths were killed and I saw two bodies shot in the head and the chest.”

In the central cities of Homs and Hama, protesters shouted “the people want the downfall of the regime,” while in Deraa, cradle of the uprising, people waved banners rejecting Assad’s promise in a speech this week to launch a national dialogue.

Deraa protesters chanted slogans urging people in Damascus, which has seen fewer demonstrations than rural protest centers, to follow their lead.

“People of Damascus,

here in Deraa we toppled the regime,” they chanted.

Protests also erupted in western coastal cities and eastern provinces near Iraq. Syrian troops swept to the northern border with Turkey on Thursday, prompting another 1,500 refugees to flee across the frontier into camps which Turkish officials say now host more than 11,000 refugees.

Syrian television said on Friday army units were “completing their deployment” in border villages. It said there had been no casualties during the operation and that soldiers were greeted with traditional welcomes of flowers and rice by residents.

Assad’s repression of the protests, in which Syrian rights groups say more than 1,300 civilians have been killed, has triggered Western condemnation and a gradual escalation of U.S. and European Union economic sanctions against Syrian leaders.

Syrian authorities blame Islamist militants and armed gangs for killing more than

200 police and security personnel.

On Friday the European Union announced extended sanctions against Syria, including against three commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard accused of helping Damascus curb dissent.

Syria denies Iran has played any role in tackling the unrest.

Four Syrian officials were also targeted, bringing to 34 the number of individuals and entities on the list which already includes Assad and his top officials.

Despite strong rhetoric among against Assad from Western leaders, there has been no suggestion they plan to go beyond economic sanctions to tougher action such as the military intervention launched against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

WASHINGTON WORRIED The United States, which has also imposed targeted sanctions on Syrian officials, said a reported Syrian army move to surround and target the town of

Venez uela ’s Ch av ez r ea pp ea rs Pakistan army rejects report o n Tw it t e r f r o m C u ba on bin Laden’s cellphone

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, not seen in public for two weeks, ended his unusual silence with several Twitter messages on Friday, but said nothing about his health after an operation in Cuba.

The reemergence of the loquacious leader on the social networking site will do little to squash speculation that his prolonged absence means he may be seriously ill.

Marking a public holiday that celebrates a victory in a battle against Spanish colonial forces in 1821, Chavez congratulated the armed forces and saluted all Venezuelans.

“Today is my army’s day and the sun rose brilliantly! A huge hug to my soldiers and to my beloved people,” he wrote from his Twitter account, @chavezcandanga.

“From here, I am with you in the hard work every day. Toward victory always! We are winning! We will win!”

Venezuela’s defense minister said on Thursday that the president was stronger than ever but would not rush home until he was ready.

At the end of a regional tour on June 10, Chavez underwent an operation in Havana for a swelling in his pelvis and has been out of public sight since, except for one set of photos.

His absence has highlighted the socialist leader’s total dominance of local politics and the lack of a clear successor.

- Daniel Wallis

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan army condemned Friday a report in the New York Times that a cellphone found in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contained contacts to a militant group with ties to Pakistan’s intelligence agency.

The newspaper, citing senior U.S. officials briefed on the findings, reported Thursday that the discovery indicated that bin Laden used the group, Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen, as part of his support network inside Pakistan.

The cell phone belonged to bin Laden’s courier, who was killed along with the al Qaeda leader in the May 2 raid by U.S. special forces on bin Laden’s compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad, the Times said.

Pakistan army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said in a statement sent by text message that the military “rejects the insinuations made in the NYT story.”

“It is part of a well orchestrated smear campaign against our security organizations,” he said.

The army has been angered by media reports that elements in the Pakistani security establishment may have helped bin Laden hide in Pakistan.

“Pakistan, its security forces have suffered the most at the hands of al Qaeda and have delivered the most against al Qaeda; our actions on the ground speak louder than the words of the Times,” Abbas said.

Khirbat al-Joz just 500 meters (yards) from the Turkish border was a worrying development.

“Unless the Syrian forces immediately end their attacks and their provocations that are not only now affecting their own citizens but (raising) the potential of border clashes, then we’re going to see an escalation of conflict in area,” U.S. the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

The crackdown has caused a crisis in once-warm Assad’s relations with Turkey,

which has become strongly critical.

Clinton said she had discussed the situation with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and President Barack Obama had discussed it with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

Davutoglu, who said Erdogan would speak to Assad on Friday, talked to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem on Thursday and Ankara summoned the Syrian ambassador.

EU leaders give conditional go-ahead to Croatia entry

By JUSTYNA PAWLAK BRUSSELS - European Union leaders gave the go-ahead on Friday for Croatia to join the EU, after six years of preparations marred by slow democratic reforms in Zagreb and the EU’s reluctance to expand.

The former Yugoslav state of 4.4 million people should be able to wrap up accession negotiations next week, they said at a summit in Brussels, but warned the Zagreb government that it has to continue to fight widespread corruption with “vigor.”

The recommendation marks a turnaround for Croatia, which struggled for years to convince the EU’s 27 governments that its judiciary reforms would produce genuine results and prove it has recognized its role in the Balkan wars in the 1990s.

However, its efforts will face more EU scrutiny, and its hopes of joining the EU in July 2013 could be jeopardized if reform slip-ups persuade some of the EU’s national parliaments to delay ratifying the accession treaty.

“Now it is important to ensure that Croatia’s reforms are sustainable and irreversible,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.

Several EU governments, led by Britain and the Netherlands, pushed for strict monitoring of Croatia during the ratification process and had insisted that the completion of talks remains open-ended.

But others wanted a more clear message. Many EU politicians are hopeful that rewarding Croatia for a last-minute reform push will persuade other governments in the western Balkans that the EU is willing to accept new members if they are ready.

“Croatia demonstrates that if a country meets our strict conditionality, we as the European Union respect our commitments,” European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told a news conference.

BALANCING ACT EU enlargement is likely to remain on the backburner in the coming years, however, with voters around the continent wary of its cost at a time of economic austerity, but policymakers are eager to unlock democratic reforms in the Balkans.

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For the conclusions of these stories check out the June 23rd - June 29th, 2011 issue of The New American, which hits newsstands every Thursday Jennifer Hudson’s “No One Gonna Love You” video is coming soon. And from the looks of the pics on set, Hudson, wearing a black-and-white outfit with matching bowler hat, is every bit jazzinspired. She’s even sitting inside a dance studio!

L.A. Reid has signed a deal to become the chairman of Epic Label Group, a new organization formed which will encompass Epic and Jive Records. Reid will inherit Usher and Pink, two artist whom he discovered, as well as search for new talent to sign to the label.

It is expected that he will direct to company more towards urban acts which was a different agenda of the former companies. The 55-year-old executive will start his post after the fourth of July holiday.

Remy Ma is currently serving an eightyear sentence stemming from 2008 convictions on assault, weapons possession and coercion charges.

After losing her appeal earlier this year, the rapstress, whose real name is Reminisce Smith, will have a parole hearing in September 2014 with an eligibility date set for January 31, 2015, according to court documents. If parole is denied, the 30-year-old, who began serving time on May 21, 2008, may remain in New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women until March 23, 2016 - her sentence’s maximum expiration date.

The “Whuteva” spitter was originally charged with shooting Makeda Barnes-Joseph during an altercation over $3,000.

John Legend stunned locals in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-

vania by performing at a local church. The star was a surprise guest at the Calvary Baptist Church in West Philadelphia and sang Aretha Franklin classic How I Got Over with churchgoers. In a video of the performance posted on his Facebook.com page on June 20, he says, “I grew up singing and playing gospel music. I played in a bunch of choirs as a kid, up through going to college. I paid my way through school by being a director of music in church.

“A lot of the greatest soul singers in American history started in the Black church. It’s very obvious when you listen to gospel and soul music, you can see and hear and feel the connection. I haven’t performed in church for a while.

Eva Mendes has been granted a three-year extension of her restraining order against her stalker John C. Luna after he didn’t oppose it. The actress who has claimed she had been living in “constant fear” of John C. Luna, who she says has been harassing her since 2008 asked for an extension to the temporary order and it was approved by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson after Luna didn’t oppose it. Goodson said: “I’m surprised he agreed to this, but his signature and initials are there.” In her legal papers which were filed earlier this month - Eva stated: “As a result of Mr. Luna’s conduct directed at me ... including references in a letter that he knows I am willing to die for him, and his showing up at my house on May 31, 2011, looking for me, I am in constant fear.”

He’s always looking for new avenues for his

talent, and Chris Brown’s latest venture is the New Boyz video for “Better With the Lights Off.” The “No Air” singer dons a LA Raiders shirt as he sings the catchy R&B hook in the clip, sure to be one of the summer’s hottest anthems.

The demand for videos by Nicki Minaj has soared, as the rapper has set a new record for most single week video views, on Music Choice’s Video on Demand service.

The video for the Nicki’s single “Super Bass” has received 1,436,807 views according to Rentrak, a media measurement and research company. The number represents the largest ever recorded for a single week since Music Choice’s Video on Demand launched in November of 2004, according to reps for Music Choice. The millions of views that “Super Bass” has racked up gives Nicki three of the top five best-performing videos of all time videos on Music Choice.

Tyler the Creator broke his foot during a performance in Los Angeles over the weekend. The rapper was performing at the House of Blues on June 18th in Los Angeles, when he sustained the injury. The rapper may re-schedule other upcoming shows in California while he recuperates.

Aretha Franklin has suffered a wardrobe malfunction – but not the kind that usually comes to mind. On Friday, while on the road to promote her album A Woman Falling Out Of Love, the Queen of Soul put the emphasis on “falling” in her Dallas hotel suite – by stumbling over one of her Jimmy Choo spiked heels, which had gotten caught on her toe.

Be greater than AIDS: Get yourself tested!

Greater Than AIDS and GYT: Get Yourself Tested, two leading national campaigns committed to reducing the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, are teaming up for a second year to encourage Americans to get tested and know their status. In the lead up to National HIV Testing Day (June 27), the scaled-up, monthcross-promotion long brings together major media and leading corporate brands know their status. The CDC encourwith community organizations and ages all Americans between the ages state and local health departments of 13-64 to get tested on a routine to carry the message on air and on basis as part of their overall health and well-being similar to cholesthe ground across the nation.

“As we mark 30 years of AIDS, it’s terol, blood pressure, and other worth noting the tremendous screens.

Elements of the Be Greater Than progress made in terms of the lifesaving treatments now available, but AIDS: Get Yourself Tested Month to benefit from these advances one promotion include: * Five-City Summer Concert Tour, must first know their status,” said Tina Hoff, Senior Vice President & in partnership with EMMIS CommuDirector, Health Communication & nications and Radio One, that inteMedia Partnerships, Kaiser Family grates HIV/AIDS information and Foundation, a partner on both cam- testing resources into some of this paigns. “Be Greater Than AIDS: Get summer’s biggest concerts, includYourself Tested is an empowering, ing those sponsored by EMMIS and uplifting message that makes get- supported by Gilead Sciences in ting tested an act of pride, not Chicago (Jamboree, 6/4), New York (Summer Jam, 6/5), Los Angeles shame.”

“Our audience has never known a (Powerhouse, 6/25), and sponsored time without HIV, but through by Radio One in Miami (SpringFest, efforts like GYT, we’re committed to 5/28) and Atlanta (Birthday Bash, empowering them to forge a world 6/18). On air promotions in the lead where HIV doesn’t exist,” said Jason up to the concerts, including DJ call Rzepka, Vice President of Public outs and targeted public service ads, Affairs, MTV. “We’re proud to join will promote testing. Giveaways with this remarkable coalition and and other special promotions will reinforce regular testing as one way support listeners who get tested.

America’s youth can be greater than An on-site information booth will offer more resources. Additionally, AIDS.” According to the U.S. Centers for the “Road to the Chicago’s Jamboree Disease Control and Prevention Concert Testing Tour,” conducted in (CDC), of the more than one million partnership with GYT, is providing Americans living with HIV today, free testing at six Chicago-area colone in five of those infected don’t lege campuses throughout May. - Full Story In This Week’s New American Newspaper -

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Global diabetes epidemic balloons to 350 million

By KATE KELLAND and DEENA BEASLEY LONDON/SAN DIEGO — The number of adults with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to 347 million, a far larger number than previously thought and one that suggests costs of treating the disease will also balloon.

In a study published in the The Lancet journal, an international team of researchers working with The World Health Organization found that rates of diabetes have either risen or at best remained the same in virtually all parts of the world in the past 30 years.

The estimated number of diabetics is markedly higher than a previous projections that put the number at 285 million worldwide. This study found that of the 347 million people with diabetes,

138 million live in China and India and another 36 million in the United States and Russia.

The most common type of diabetes, Type 2, is strongly associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.

“Diabetes is becoming more common almost everywhere in the world,” said Majid Ezzati, from Britain’s Imperial College London, who led the study along with Goodarz Danaei from the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States.

“Unless we develop better programs for detecting people with elevated blood sugar and helping them to improve their diet and physical activity and control their weight, diabetes will inevitably continue to impose a major burden on health systems around the world,” Danaei added in a joint statement.

People with diabetes have inadequate blood sugar control, which can lead to seri-

ous complications like heart disease and stroke, damage to the kidneys or nerves, and to blindness.

Experts say high blood glucose and diabetes cause around 3 million deaths globally each year, a number that will continue to rise as the number of people affected increases.

As a result, diabetes is a booming market for drugmakers like Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Eli Lilly, Merck and Takeda.

Dozens of diabetes treatments, both pills and injections, are on the market.

Global sales of the medicines totaled $35 billion last year and could rise to as much as $48 billion by 2015, according to drug research firm IMS Health.

New research being presented this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego will focus on experimental drugs and

ways to combine classes of medicines to better control blood sugar.

“This is a chronic, progressive condition,” said Dennis Urbaniak, vice president of Sanofi’s diabetes division. “What we are most worried about is the number of people out there with diabetes that is not optimally controlled.”

For the Lancet study, the largest of its kind for diabetes, researchers analyzed fasting plasma glucose (FPG) data from 2.7 million participants aged 25 and over across the world, and then used advanced statistical methods to estimate prevalence.

They found that between 1980 and 2008, the number of adults with the disease rose from 153 million to 347 million. Seventy percent of the rise was due to population growth and aging, with the other 30 percent due to higher prevalence, they said.

The proportion of adults with diabetes rose to 9.8 percent of men and 9.2 percent of women in 2008, compared with 8.3 percent of men and 7.5 percent of women in 1980.

Diabetes has taken off most dramatically in Pacific Island nations, which now have the highest diabetes levels in the world, the study found. In the Marshall Islands, a third of all women and a quarter of all men have diabetes.

Among wealthy countries, the rise in diabetes was highest in North America and relatively small in Western Europe. Diabetes and glucose levels were highest in United States, Greenland, Malta, New Zealand and Spain, and lowest in the Netherlands, Austria and France.

The region with the lowest glucose levels was sub-Saharan Africa, followed by east and southeast Asia.

Heart risks lower in men who get enough vitamin D

By AMY NORTON Men who consume the recommended amount of vitamin D are somewhat less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those who get little of the vitamin in their diets, a large U.S. study suggests.

Following nearly 119,000 adults for two decades, researchers found that men who got at least 600 international units (IU) of vitamin D each day — the current rec-

ommended amount — were 16 percent less likely to develop heart problems or a stroke, versus men who got less than 100 IU per day.

There was no such pattern among women, however, the researchers report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The authors say the findings do not prove that vitamin D, itself, deserves the credit for the lower risks seen in men. So they should not start

Coping with low blood pressure High blood pressure gets all of the attention, but very low blood pressure can be just as dangerous, experts say.

If severe enough, low blood pressure (hypotension) can lead to dizziness and fainting.

The U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute offers these suggestions for dealing with low blood pressure: After you’ve been sitting or lying down for an extended period, stand up slowly.

Also, change the position of your legs before you stand.

Eat frequent, small meals that are low in carbohydrates.

If your doctor mentions that you have neurally medi-

ated hypotension, avoid standing for long periods. If you must stand for a long time, wear compression stockings and walk around frequently.

Drink sports drinks that contain sodium and potassium, or water, throughout the day.

Try to avoid scary or upsetting situations.

downing supplements for the sake of their hearts.

“The evidence is not strong enough yet to make solid recommendations,” said lead researcher Dr. Qi Sun, a research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health.

On the other hand, the apparent benefits were linked to vitamin D intakes near what’s already recommended: Last year, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a scientific advisory panel to the U.S. government, bumped up the recommended dose to 600 IU for most people. Adults older than 70 were told to get 800 IU. So these latest findings may encourage more people to meet those guidelines, Sun said.

But as far as whether vitamin D cuts heart disease and stroke risk, the jury is still out.

Sun said that more answers should come from an ongoing clinical trial that is looking at whether a high dose of vitamin D (2,000 IU per day) can cut the risk of heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases.

Clinical trials, wherein people are randomly assigned to a treatment or a placebo, are considered the “gold standard” of medical evidence.

So far, there have been few such randomized clinical trials testing vitamin D’s health effects.

A flurry of studies in recent years has linked higher vitamin D intake to lower risks of everything from diabetes, to severe asthma, heart disease, certain cancers and depression.

The problem with those studies is that were “observational” — researchers looked at people’s vitamin D intake, or their blood levels of the vitamin, and whether they developed a given health condition.

Those kinds of studies cannot prove cause-and-effect.

The current study was also observational, based on data from two long-term projects that have followed two large groups of U.S. health professionals since the 1980s.

Out of 45,000 men, there were about 5,000 new cases of cardiovascular disease over the study period. These were defined by an incident of heart attack, stroke, or death attributed to cardiovascular disease.

After accounting for a range of factors — like age, weight, exercise levels and other diet habits, such as fat intake - Sun’s team found that men who got at least 600 IU of vitamin D from food and supplements had a 16 percent lower risk of heart attack and stroke compared to men who got less than 100 IU of vitamin D per day.

For women, though, there was no correlation between vitamin D intake and cardio-

vascular health.

It’s not clear why that is, Sun said. One possibility is that women may have less active vitamin D circulating in the blood; vitamin D is stored in fat, and women typically have a higher percentage of body fat than men do.

But more research is needed, Sun said, to know whether real biological differences underlie the current findings.

In theory, vitamin D could help ward off heart disease and stroke; lab research suggests that it may help maintain healthy blood vessel function and blood pressure levels, reduce inflammation in the blood vessels, and aid blood sugar control.

But until clinical trials help show whether vitamin D works, Sun advised people to stick with the tried-and-true ways of protecting their hearts: maintaining a healthy weight, getting regular exercise, eating a well-balanced diet and not smoking.

“There are many established ways to lower your cardiovascular disease risk,” Sun said. “People can focus on those measures.”

As for vitamin D, the sun is the major natural source, since sunlight triggers vitamin D synthesis in the body.

Food sources are relatively few and include fatty fish like salmon and mackerel, and fortified dairy products and cereals.

NEW JERSEY

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N.J. Assembly passes landmark employee benefits overhaul TRENTON - New Jersey lawmakers tonight voted to enact a sweeping plan to cut public worker benefits after a long day of high-pitched political drama in the streets of Trenton and behind closed doors.

Union members chanted outside the Statehouse and in the Assembly balcony, and dissident Democrats tried to stall with amendments and technicalities.

Although they successfully convinced top lawmakers to remove a controversial provision restricting public workers’ access to out-of-state medical care, they failed to halt a historic defeat for New Jersey’s powerful unions and a political victory for Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

“Together, we’re showing New Jersey is serious about providing long-term fiscal stability for our children and grandchildren,” Christie said in a statement released after the vote. “We are putting the people first and daring to touch the third

rail of politics in order to bring reform to an unsustainable system.”

Christie and Republicans banded together with Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) to advance the bill despite opposition from the majority of Democrats who control the Legislature.

More than 8,500 protesters, the most this year, poured into Trenton this morning with signs, speeches and their trademark inflatable rat. But most had dispersed by the time Democrats emerged from their hours-long caucus meetings where they debated the bill’s details and a separate budget proposal. The Assembly convened for a vote at about 6:15 p.m., more than five hours late, and lawmakers delivered speech after speech on the bill for nearly three hours.

“We cannot afford to put off these needed reforms for another year,” said Assemblyman Lou Greenwald (D-Camden), a sponsor. “Kicking the can down the road and doing nothing will only

require more sacrifice from taxpayers and public workers in the future.”

The bill passed the Assembly 46-32 and will be sent to Christie’s desk for his signature.

Fourteen Democrats voted for the bill, while 32 opposed it. After the vote, protesters in the balcony shouted “Shame on you!”

Unions have blasted the bill for ending their ability to collectively bargain their medical benefits. Health care plans for 500,000 public workers would be set by a new state panel comprised of union workers and state managers, rather than at the negotiating table. A sunset provision would allow unions to resume collective bargaining after increased health care contributions are phased in over four years.

In addition, police officers, firefighters, teachers and rank-andfile public workers would all pay more for their pensions and health benefits.

Supporters of the bill say the state needs to cut costs because the pension and health systems are underfunded by more than $120 bil-

lion total. The Christie administration estimated the bill would save $3 billion in health benefits over the next 10 years and $120 billion in pension costs over 30 years. Much of the pension savings are from the controversial elimination of the cost-of-living adjustments for retirees, which unions have threatened to challenge in court.

Christie, who has staked his reputation on shrinking government costs, has called the bill a model for the the country.

New Jersey is one of 23 states that have asked workers to pay more for their pensions since the Wall Street crisis in 2008, according to the Pew Center on the States.

The Assembly passed the bill much like the Senate did on Monday.

Democrats voting for the bill have been either from South Jersey and allied with that region’s power broker, George Norcross, or from North Jersey and tied to Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. Most Democrats denounced the bill, and Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Union), the

Assembly majority leader, called it “one of the most stunned and disheartening times” of his career.

Today’s union protest, like other recent demonstrations, did nothing to stop the bill. But it did highlight the growing fissures in the state Democratic Party. While Sweeney and Oliver were pushing the bill, the chairman of the state party, Assemblyman John Wisniewski (DMiddlesex), was rallying protesters with twodozen other Democrats.

“I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party,” he said. Bob Master, a leader in the Communications Workers of America, said Democrats should not be “collaborating” with Christie.

Later, on the Assembly floor, Republicans heaped praise on Oliver while her Democratic colleagues condemned the bill.

Assemblyman Joseph Malone (RBurlington) said she showed courage, saying “I’ll remember your actions for the rest of my life.”

Sweeney, who has urged cuts to public

worker benefits, said the legislation would help save the state’s retirement system.

“Nobody is talking about how we protected 800,000 people’s pensions,” he said today. “I don’t apologize for that.”

Over the years, lawmakers and local leaders from both parties have offered increased benefits to public employees, often in exchange for political support. But even as benefits improved, the state and municipalities failed to meet its financial obligations. Since 2004, the state has not made $15.11 billion in required payments to the pension funds, while the municipalities have skipped $1.9 billion. Public employees, meanwhile, have fully paid their required contributions.

As a result, the state has a $54 billion shortfall in its pension system, among the highest in the nation. New Jersey’s health benefit system is in even worse shape than the pension fund and is the most poorly funded in the nation at $66.8 billion in the hole, according to the Pew Center on the States.

Trenton’s community affairs detectives take to the streets for feedback from residents

By ALEX ZDAN TRENTON When Jamaal King turned the corner onto West Hanover Street Wednesday afternoon, he thought something terrible had happened.

The police department’s mobile command center was parked on the street, and detectives were going door-to-door talking to residents.

Two fire trucks were nearby, and firefighters were walking up the sidewalk.

“That’s what I’m thinking, they must’ve been shooting up here real bad, or fighting,” King said later.

But no crime had been reported, no fire had been called in. The police and firefighters were on the block along with workers from other city agencies as part of a summer-long program to address quality of life issues across Trenton.

Spearheaded by the police department, the Directed Neighborhood Patrol program places community affairs detectives on the street, getting feedback from

residents on the needs of the neighborhood.

The police then pass the concerns on to representatives from housing, inspections, public works departments and the fire department for quick action.

“I love it because it gets things done,” resident Evelyn Gooden said.

Gooden had a specific issue she wanted addressed: the stench from a colony of feral cats living in a vacant building adjacent to her house.

“And the man feeding them don’t even live around here,” she said.

She got to take up her problem with a woman from the inspections department who visited Wednesday.

“The lady walked in here, she said, ‘Oh my God, you have a house full of cats,’” Gooden said. “I said, ‘No. I don’t even have a cat. I don’t like cats.’”

The worker for inspections accessed the vacant building to spray and mitigate the smell, and notified animal control about the cats.

D i r e c t e d Neighborhood Patrols has been tackling issues large and small throughout the

Passaic/Calhoun area of the city this week. The neighborhood is being surveyed as part of the program that acting Police Director Joseph Juniak hopes to bring to a dozen sections by fall.

“A lot of the issues we’re finding are not necessarily related to crime,” he said on West Hanover on Wednesday.

Besides complaints of drugs and prostitution, detectives take reports of everything from garbage to grass around vacant buildings.

On Tuesday, Detective Luis Reyes found an 87-year-old

woman on Passaic Street who was sitting out a 90-degree day in her home without air conditioning. Reyes got her a wall unit through one of the city’s senior citizen programs.

“That’s not what they expect,” Reyes said.

But the department does hope the patrols will foster better relations with the community.

“This is not an enforcement action,” Juniak said. “It’s just to open up that line of communication which gets us information that helps us on our investigations.”

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Fans mourn Michael Jackson, two years on

By MICHAEL THURSTON LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson fans paid their respects Saturday to the late King of Pop on the second anniversary of his shock death, as his famous “Thriller” video jacket went under the hammer in Los Angeles.

Fans were allowed to place flowers by the singer’s mausoleum at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park just outside Los Angeles, where he died from an overdose of powerful sedative propofol on June 25, 2009, aged 50.

“He just wanted to make the world a better place, and now that he’s gone, that lives on through the fans who love him,” fan Linda Higgins told KABC television.

“We’re carrying that message and his mission through us,” she added outside the mausoleum in Glendale, where Jackson’s close friend Elizabeth Taylor was laid to rest nearby in March.

The anniversary was more low-key than one year after

his death, when the singer’s siblings gathered at the picturesque cemetery, and were joined by thousands of fans.

This year, Jackson’s father Joe was reported to have been seen at his son’s memorial early in the day.

Two years after Michael Jackson’s surprise death, the mystery over exactly how he died continues to fuel legal wrangling, conspiracy theories and family strains.

His personal doctor Conrad Murray is still awaiting trial on manslaughter charges for allegedly giving Jackson an overdose of propofol to help him sleep on that fateful morning at his Beverly Hills mansion.

Days ahead of the second anniversary of his death, Jackson’s sister La Toya published a new book reiterating her claim that he may have been murdered, and had voiced fears to her that someone was out to kill him for financial reasons.

“I truly feel Dr. Murray was simply the fall guy. I think it’s too easy to blame him. I think the investigation needs to go a bit further

Flowers are seen left near a fountain outside a home where entertainer Michael Jackson used to live in Las Vegas, Nevada. than just stopping at Dr Murray,” she said ahead of the book’s publication this week.

On Saturday, the famous red and black leather jacket worn by Jackson in the iconic “Thriller” video was going under the block.

Auctioneer Darren Julien called the jacket “the most recognized and significant piece of pop culture” at a two-day Music Icons sale,

Alicia Keys: I was ‘built’ to be a mommy

By REBECCA THOMAS If Alicia Keys was a little tired this week, it would be understandable. The wife of Swizz Beatz and new mommy to 8-month-old Egypt has been on a non-stop promo run to celebrate the 10th-anniversary re-release of her seminal, multi-Grammy-Award-winning debut, Songs in A Minor, that includes a transatlantic mini-tour and a live performance at the 2011 BET Awards.

But are you even surprised that the woman who penned a song called “Superwoman” wasn’t the least bit tired when MTV News caught up with her? In fact, the resplendent Keys said she’s feeling “amazing.”

“I never was one to get a lot of sleep anyway, because of the nature of what I do and how much we fly and how much we work,” Keys told us.

“So honestly, I’ll tell Egypt, ‘That’s all you got?! You only got waking up every three hours, that’s it? C’mon!’ “ she joked about her unbreakable stamina.

“I guess in a way, I was built for it,” she added of motherhood.

Because whereas new moms often lament the onset of “brain mush” brought about by relentless nighttime feedings and a dearth of zzz’s, A.Keys said the changes in her life have only stirred up her creative juices.

“The past year has been incredible; just so many blessings, being able to be a mommy, being able to be a wife and just really finding my center and my place of

comfort. ... Being a mom is like, spectacular. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had, period. I feel like I’m having more fun than I’ve ever had in my whole life,” she said. “I feel like I’m definitely more creative. I’m more thoughtful about my plans and the things that I do, so overall everything is like a hundred times better.”

The Songs in A Minor 10th-anniversary edition is set to drop on June 28, and Keys’ intimate, piano-only show hits New York’s Beacon Theatre on June 30.

and said he expected it to fetch at least $200,000.

In downtown Los Angeles, the Grammy Museum — the music industry body’s showcase — opened a permanent exhibit devoted to Jackson, including two of his famous sequined gloves.

Elsewhere, Jermaine Jackson sang a tribute to his late brother, on the eve of Saturday’s anniversary, on the sidelines of the 2011

International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) in Toronto, Canada.

In Las Vegas — where a permanent show by the Cirque du Soleil troupe is due to open — a shooting incident reportedly clouded a tribute by fans visiting a home where Jackson lived during a stint in the casino capital.

Police rushed to the scene when gunshots were heard from a few houses away — although initial reports said the victim was a dog, shot by a police officer after it attacked him, according to the TMZ celebrity website.

Fans also posted their comments on Jackson’s official website, where an anniversary message trumpeted the “indescribably unique spirit that still connects Michael today with countless fans in a way that knows no borders.”

“I can’t stop crying because you were so loved by everyone. I have pictures of you all over my house, and every day I talk to you as though you are still here,” wrote one, Mama60Jama.

Jill Scott aims for first U.S. chart-topper

By KEITH CAULFIELD LOS ANGELES — R&B singer Jill Scott could be on the verge of earning her first No. 1 album on the U.S. pop album chart with her first release in four years.

Industry sources suggest she could sell as many as 125,000 copies of “The Light of the Sun.” Scott previously went as high as No. 3 with 2004’s “Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2.”

Also aiming for high debuts when the Billboard 200 chart is published on Wednesday are Bon Iver’s self-titled set (with maybe 80,000 copies) and country singer Justin Moore’s “Outlaws Like Me” (perhaps 60,000). Gunning for top 10 entries are “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Alpocalypse” and Pitbull’s “Planet Pit.” On the current chart Eminem and Royce da 5’9” claimed the top spot after “Hell: The Sequel” sold 171,000 copies during the week ended June 19.

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Oprah gets honorary degree from S.African university JOHANNESBURG — Oprah Winfrey received an honorary degree Friday from a South African university that has been called a model of reconciliation for its response to a racist student video that shocked the nation.

The US talk show queen was awarded an honorary doctorate in education from the University of the Free State, where four white students caused national fury in 2007 by making a video that showed five black workers on their hands and knees eating food that appeared to have

been urinated on.

The university’s new rector, Jonathan Jansen, has been at pains to overcome the deep divisions on campus since the incident, and Winfrey congratulated the institution for its efforts at reconciliation.

“What has happened here at Free State in terms of racial reconciliation, of peace, of harmony, of one heart understanding and opening itself to another heart, is nothing short of a miracle,” she said in an address to graduates.

“It is truly what the new

South Africa is all about.”

The students, dubbed the “Reitz Four” after the nowshuttered residence hall where they lived, have since apologised and were forgiven by the women in the video.

Winfrey invited the five workers to share the stage with her Friday, praising them for their spirit of forgiveness.

The media mogul, who bade farewell to her trailblazing television programme last month after 25 years, was visibly emotional at several points during the ceremony.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs settles civil lawsuit over NY club shooting Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has settled a multimillion dollar lawsuit with three people in a 1999 shooting involving his protegee at a Manhattan nightclub, one of the victim’s attorney said on Thursday.

An attorney for one of the victims, Natania Reuben, confirmed the settlement but declined to give further details, saying the settlement that occurred earlier this year was bound by a confidentiality agreement.

“I can confirm it hap-

pened, but I can’t say anything else because of the confidentiality agreement,” attorney Debra Reiser said.

The civil lawsuit stemmed from a December 27, 1999 incident in which Diddy, his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez and rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow were taken into custody following a shooting scuffle at the nowdefunct Club New York in Times Square.

Barrow, who began shooting a gun in the melee, was later convicted of

assault in shooting two bystanders who were wounded, while Reuben was wounded in the face by bullet fragments and in 2008 filed a $130 million lawsuit for compensation.

In his criminal trial, Barrow said that the shooting was in self-defense, after another group of men with whom Combs and Barrow had an altercation with started shooting.

Representatives from Diddy’s Bad Boy Records, now a subsidiary of Inter-

scope, could not be immediately reached for comment.

His spokeswoman did not immediately return a query for comment.

Barrow, 33, was released in 2009 after serving nine years of a ten-year sentence because of assault, weapons possession and reckless endangerment charges stemming from the shooting. Shortly after his release he was deported back to his native Belize.

Combs and an employee of his, Anthony Jones, were

St. Louis statue of Chuck Berry sparks opposition

By BRUCE OLSON ST. LOUIS — An 86-yearold former city official said on Thursday she and dozens of supporters would try to delay installation of a statue of rock pioneer Chuck Berry because he “is a felon and not a friend of women.”

An eight-foot statue of the 84-year-old St. Louis native and member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame is ready to

be erected in a public plaza near the suburban University City club where Berry still performs every month to sold out crowds. Installation is scheduled for next week unless it is stopped.

Elsie Glickert, who has lived in the area all her life and served 11 years on the University City council, said she would ask the council to delay the installation “until it can be reviewed. I’m dumb-

founded how it got this far.”

The city confirmed the issue was placed on the agenda for Monday’s meeting, but the city manager Lehman Walker has said the statue was approved properly and plans for the installation and a July 29 dedication will go ahead.

Citing Berry’s conviction in 1962 of violating the Mann Act, transporting a woman across state lines for immoral

purposes, Glickert said, “This man is a felon and not a friend of women. It is a misuse of tax dollars to honor him on public property.”

At a show in Texas in 1959, Berry met a young Native American woman who came to work at his St. Louis club, was fired and then arrested on a prostitution charge. That led to Berry being convicted for violating the Mann Act, transporting a woman across

Tia and Tamera Mowry reality series to premiere in August Twins Tia and Tamera Mowry, who first starred together in the sitcom “Sister, Sister,” are teaming up once again for their new show, “Tia & Tamera,” an eightepisode reality series to debut on the Style Network Aug. 10, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The series follows the 32year-olds as Tia goes through her first pregnancy — she and her husband, actor Cory

Hardrict, are expecting a boy in just a few weeks — and Tamera plans her wedding to FOX News correspondent Adam Housely, who she got

engaged to in January.

Tia executive produces the Style series along with her manager, Adam Griffin.

She also currently stars in BET’s hit comedy, “The Game,” which was recently renewed for Season 5 and begins shooting again in late August in Atlanta. In addition, she’s in negotiations with book publishers, the Penguin Group, for her first book, Oh, Baby!, in which she

shares the experiences of her first pregnancy and the tips she’s learned.

Tamera most recently costarred with her sister in the Lifetime movie, “Double Wedding,” last year. She also starred in ABC Family’s short-lived comedy, “Roommates,” in 2009 and played voice roles on FOX’s “Family Guy” and Cartoon Network’s “The Super Hero Squad Show.”

acquitted on weapons charges.

The New York Post quoted former Club New York Owner Michael Bergos who did not sign the confidentiality agreement - as saying that Reuben received $1.8 million in the settlement and that the other two victims received $50,000 and $500,000.

“I did nothing wrong and I may need to talk about (the incident) sometime in the future,” Bergos told the Post. state lines for immoral purposes. He began a three-year prison sentence in 1962 and penned several hits while incarcerated, including “No Particular Place to Go.” Berry had more trouble in 1979 when he was convicted of tax evasion and had been convicted of armed robbery as a teenager.

The statue was promoted by club owner Joe Edwards, who helped raise over $100,000 to pay for the statue and other plaza improvements. Berry is scheduled to speak at the July dedication.

The new plaza will also feature illuminated walls with laser-engraved musical notes of “Johnny B. Goode,” Berry’s signature hit. The concrete curbs along the street near the plaza will be etched with the lyrics of Berry songs.

Glickert earlier this month presented the city petitions against the statue with over 100 signatures.

Berry performs at Blueberry Hill, Edwards’ club, every month. He collapsed during a show in Chicago on New Year’s Day but recovered in time to play his next show in St. Louis.

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LulzSec hackers disband after last data dump

By BEN BERKOWITZ and PARITOSH BANSAL The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding on Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc and AT&T documents.

LulzSec, which gained wide recognition for breaching the websites of Sony Corp, the CIA and a British police unit among other targets, said in a statement that it had accomplished its mission to disrupt corporate and government bodies for entertainment.

“Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we

must now sail into the distance, leaving behind — we hope — inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love,” the group said.

Known for irreverence and a fondness for naval metaphors, the hacker group took to Twitter — the microblogging site where it had more than 277,000 followers — to release its statement.

A link to the release also was posted on http://www.lulzsecurity.com but there was no way to independently contact the group to confirm the release.

The abrupt dissolution came a few days after LulzSec threatened to escalate its

cyberattacks and steal classified information from governments, banks and other major establishments.

LulzSec also had said it was teaming up with the Anonymous hacker activist group to cause more serious trouble. “... Our planned 50-day cruise has expired,” the hackers said in their statement, “and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind — we hope — inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.”

In what could be a sign that cyber police were mak-

ing progress toward shutting down LulzSec, British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion that he was connected to the attacks on Sony, the CIA and a British police unit that fights organized crime.

London police declined to say if the teenager was a member of LulzSec but the hacking group said on Twitter that he had hosted one of its chatrooms on his computer server.

The arrest came after Spanish police earlier this month apprehended three men on suspicion they helped Anonymous.

So far LulzSec’s publicized assaults have mostly resulted in temporary disruptions of some websites and the release

of user credentials.

The data the group released Saturday was a mixed bag.

Reuters was not able to access all of the files but those that were available included a list of routers — devices that handle Internet traffic — and their passwords, as well as account information for an Irish private investigation service. The AOL documents appeared to be elements of an internal technical manual.

A file list on a download site indicated there also was some AT&T internal data in the dump, although the nature of that data was not immediately clear.

AOL was not immediately available for comment, while an AT&T spokesman did not have immediate comment.

Google investors fear long battle against feds

By DIANE BARTZ and ALEXEI ORESKOVIC WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO — Larry Page should put in a call to Bill Gates.

Microsoft Corp’s famous founder may know better than anyone else what the Google Inc chief executive would face if he engages in a protracted legal battle against U.S. antitrust regulators.

Google said on Friday that the Federal Trade Commission has started a formal investigation into its business, raising concerns among investors about a lengthy, distracting probe and potential legal action.

Microsoft suffered that fate in its two-decade fight with the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys over charges that it abused its monopoly in operating systems to crush competition in other areas.

After a high-profile trial, Microsoft finally settled the matter in 2002, and only last month emerged from government oversight.

“Bill Gates felt like he was being punished for being successful, and he never really recovered from the antitrust trial,” said Michael Cusumano, Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, who was involved in the trial. “Microsoft has suffered as a result. They’re not as aggressive. They definitely lost their edge.”

Whether Google’s Page will handle the review of his company more dispassionately than Gates remains to be seen. The 38-year-old son of academics is known for a stubborn streak, championing ambitious technology and products whose nearterm financial payoffs are not always clear.

Page, along with Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, have resisted calls to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee hearing on competition in the Internet search industry.

Some are concerned that Google’s desire to stand firm against government intrusion — as in its protests against censorship of search results in China — will lead the company into a long battle that ultimately will do more damage than a quick settlement.

“The amount of time involved is almost beyond human calculation,” says Bob Lande, an FTC veteran who now teaches at the University of Baltimore School of Law. The weight of these legal battles, and uncertain investigations, could tell on the company over time. Google’s shares are already under pressure as investors worry about the increasing competition it faces from Facebook and others.

Shares of Google began the year a touch above $600.

The shares ended down 1.11 percent at $474.88 on Nasdaq.

“The longer the specter of an investigation hangs over any major company’s head, the more it has a negative impact on everything from its ability to do business to its stock price,” said Melissa Maxman, co-chair of the antitrust department at law firm Cozen O’Connor.

The company said on Friday that it will work with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a review of its business practices, but made clear it did not think it had done anything wrong.

“It’s still unclear exactly what the FTC’s concerns are, but we’re clear about where we stand,” Google executive Amit Singhal wrote on a blog post on Google’s website.

The FTC is expected to

address complaints from Google’s rivals that its search results favor the company’s own services. Google, which runs an estimated 69 percent of Web searches worldwide, can make or break a company depending on its search ranking.

The European Commission, and the attorney general in Texas launched investigations into similar issues last year, following complaints from companies specializing in market-specific searches, such as price comparison websites for electronics, travel or mortgages.

“This is just the beginning. You’ve got the EU investigating Google, you’ve got the Feds investigating Google. The state AGs have

Google in the crosshairs. It’s not a great position to be in,” said Colin Gillis, technology analyst at BGC Partners.

“You start having regulators tamper with your core business, that’s something to be concerned about.”

It is not certain that the FTC’s investigation will lead to legal action.

“Typically less than one out of every 10 investigations lead to enforcement.

This investigation faces daunting odds,” said David Balto, a former FTC policy director.

“The complaints presented to the FTC are from disgruntled advertisers, not consumers. That is not a strong foundation to an antitrust case.”

Apple files patent suit against Samsung in South Korea SEOUL — Apple Inc. has filed a lawsuit in South Korea, claiming Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed upon several patents, a court official said on Friday, in the companies’ latest legal tussle over smartphone and tablet devices.

The litigation comes as Samsung filed patent suits in South Korea, Japan and Germany in April over the U.S. company’s iPhone and iPad after Apple claimed Samsung’s Galaxy line “slavishly” copied its products.

Global technology companies are locked in a web of litigation as they try to defend their shares of the booming tablet and smartphone mar-

ket.

Last week, a lawyer for Apple said in a U.S. court that executives “at the highest levels” of both companies are in talks about patent litigation.

This was after the judge referenced the close business relationship between the two companies to resolve the case through alternative dispute resolution outside the court.

Apple, which was Samsung’s second-biggest client after Japan’s Sony Corp last year, became the South Korean firm’s biggest customer in the first quarter, mainly by purchasing semiconductors, according to Samsung’s quarterly report.

Samsung is one of the

fastest growing smartphone makers on the back of a boom in Android operating system and has emerged as Apple’s strongest competitor in the tablet market.

A spokesman for Apple Korea declined to comment on the patent law suit and reiterated the company’s previous stance.

“It is no coincidence that Samsung’s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging,” the spokesman said.

In the previous filing against Apple, Samsung said it was seeking compensation for patent infringements.

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Ford slides, Toyota surges in key quality survey

By BEN KLAYMAN DETROIT — Trouble with new technologies including a clunky control system for its radios pounded Ford Motor Co’s ranking in a closely watched quality ranking, just a year after the U.S. brand led its mass-market rivals.

In a reversal of fortune, Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp’s namesake brand, which last year tumbled to its lowest ranking ever due to a series of damaging recalls, pulled off a corresponding rebound, according to the influential study of U.S. consumers released on Thursday by J.D. Power and Associates.

Ford, the only U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy and a government bailout, saw its namesake brand slide to 23rd — its lowest spot in a decade, down from 5th place last year, which represented, its highest ranking ever. Toyota rebounded to 7th from 21st last year.

“Ford is on the leading edge, certainly in the mass market, of trying to bring new technology into the vehicles,” said David Sargent, J.D. Power’s vice president of global vehicle research. “With that comes some risk that there will be unforeseen problems and that’s exactly what hap-

pened.

“There’s a great deal of parity between the different vehicles and different brands, so if you have a significant problem in a particular area, that can really set you back in terms of the rankings,” he added.

Toyota’s Lexus luxury brand captured the top spot, moving up from 4th last year.

The J.D. Power study, which records difficulties faced by new car owners in the first 90 days of ownership, was conducted between February and May of this year.

The results of the survey, the most comprehensive benchmark of new car quality, are used heavily in auto industry marketing and are seen as influential in shaping consumer perceptions. It is also watched as a barometer for resale values and as a proxy for warranty costs.

Ford customers found the automaker’s audio and interior control systems too complex or at times inoperable, Sargent said: “It’s not as easy to reboot a car as it is a computer.”

Mark Fields, Ford’s president of the Americas, said on Tuesday ahead of the survey’s release that the company’s own quality ratings would be “mixed” for the year.

Ford was dinged earlier this year when influential

magazine Consumer Reports did not give a “recommended” rating to its SUVs Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX because of the complexity of the MyFord Touch and the MyLincoln Touch systems.

Ford has acknowledged those problems, making software changes and offering customers training at Ford dealers. It also said Tuesday it is working to ease the use of voice-control systems in its vehicles and making improvements on a few of its powertrains.

“As we see issues in our own internal reporting, we jump all over them and quickly address them,” Fields said.

Ford, whose F-150 pickup truck ranked No. 6 overall ahead of Toyota’s Tundra truck at No. 12, reiterated on Thursday it moved quickly to address consumer complaints and quality was back on track.

On average across the industry, U.S. consumers reported 107 problems per 100 vehicles sold, an improvement from 109 problems last year and an alltime best performance in the study’s 25-year history.

However, the industry average for all-new or heavily redesigned vehicles slid 10 percent to 122 problems per 100 vehicles, J.D. Power said. The decline was most stark in the engine and transmission, as well as

The Ford Motor Co. C-MAX Hybrid concept vehicle is displayed at the Ford Van Dyke transmission assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. audio, entertainment and navigation categories.

Software to improve fuel efficiency sometimes leads to engine or transmission “hesitation” when accelerating or changing gears, J.D. Power said.

Meanwhile, problem rates in the audio and entertainment category jumped 18 percent as many consumers complained their hands-free or voice-activation systems were not intuitive or did not always function properly.

U.S. automakers in recent years have spent heavily in a bid to close the gap with the Japanese automakers, led by Toyota and Honda Motor Co., which had established a reputation for eliminating flaws from engineering and manu-

Nortel patent sale attracts tech giants

By ALASTAIR SHARP TORONTO — Valuable broadband and networking patents developed by bankrupt Nortel Networks go up for sale next week, with tech giants like Google, Apple and Intel heading the list of would-be buyers.

In one of its last asset sales in a drawn-out bankruptcy break-up, Nortel is selling 6,000 patents and patent applications, ranging across its whole spectrum of expertise in wireless, data and optical networking, voice, Internet, semiconductors and other technologies.

The sale could fetch $1.5 billion, said Josh Walker, CEO of Lex Machina Inc, which consults on intellectual property litigation. “This is one of the largest and one of the most strategically significant ones,” he said.

The most prized patents in the collection relate to nextgeneration mobile broadband technology used in emerging 4G standards such as long term evolution (LTE).

Mike Lazaridis, the cochief of Canada’s Research In Motion, once described these patents as a “national treasure.”

But RIM will likely be outbid by deep-pocketed mobile companies including Google and Apple.

A source at chipmaker Intel called the portfolio a “gold mine” for its own push into mobile. Several sources have said likely bidders also include Sweden’s Ericsson and U.S.-based RPX Corp, which licenses patents on behalf of member clients for a fee.

Chinese network equipment maker ZTE has also expressed interest in the LTE portion.

The auction, almost cer-

tainly the largest public sale of its kind, comes amid strong mobile industry growth — and soaring litigation — as relative latecomers Apple and Google seek to bolster weaker collections of patents versus rivals.

Walker said a $1.5 billion price tag was not excessive, considering licensing and royalty deals can cost a company between $500 million and $1 billion.

The sale of Nortel’s patents could take days to thrash out and must then be approved by a Delaware bankruptcy court on July 11. The court will likely hear objections from losing bidders and companies that reached licensing deals with Nortel while it was solvent, such as Microsoft .

In earlier days, tech companies would quietly hash out licensing deals to share their technical know-how, and those with the most

patents got the best terms.

This history makes it easier to value the radio patents, which Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt described as “a much more mature market for royalties” than exists for some of the other Nortel patents.

But the ground rules are being rewritten as smartphones and tablet computers promise new riches and bring new players into the wireless industry.

“You need to add in a fear premium from most of the people you hear that are attached to this auction,” said a source close to the situation. “I think for certain people it would be a bad thing if other people got their hands on these patents.”

Google opened bidding in April with a $900 million “stalking horse” bid, and said it hopes the patents will ward off litigation from

facturing. However, after finishing on average ahead of the import brands for the first time ever last year, they trail again this year.

General Motors Co.’s Cadillac luxury and GMC truck brands were the only ones among U.S. automakers to exceed the industry average, coming in at the 9th and 10th places. Only the top 10 brands in the survey topped the industry average.

GM’s Chevrolet and Buick brands ranked 14th and 20th among the 32 brands measured. Ford’s Lincoln brand finished 17th, while Chrysler’s namesake, Ram, Jeep and Dodge brands ranked 16th, 22nd, 25th and 32nd, respectively. more established rivals.

Its Android mobile software has attracted a lawsuit from Oracle, while handset makers using the software have also been sued by both Apple and Microsoft, which claims an existing, perpetual license to Nortel patents.

Microsoft receives money from deals reached with some Android handset makers but is pressing for more.

The industry’s fear of litigation could help RPX, which can reduce risk for its customers — including major chip and handset makers, network builders and carriers — by ensuring they are licensed to use the related technologies.

The patent sale is a last gasp for Nortel, which was once Canada’s biggest company by market capitalization before imploding as the tech bubble burst. It filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2009.

Nortel raised around $3.2 billion for creditors by selling business units since then.

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NBA Draft 2011: winners and losers

By MARC J. SPEARS NEWARK, N.J. — The Sacramento Kings need a new arena and they need to start winning. But if the Kings’ owners are serious about trying to keep the franchise in Sacramento, they also need a star who can help them build back their fan support.

They think they found one in Jimmer Fredette.

The Kings acquired the rights to the former Brigham Young guard in a three-team trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Bobcats during the NBA draft. The consensus national player of the year won over a legion of fans while leading the nation in scoring last season. The Kings, who initially tried to move to Anaheim, Calif., could use the help: They finished second-to-last in the NBA in attendance last season.

By landing Fredette, the Kings helped lead a list of winners on draft night. More importantly, they hope Fredette can help them generate ticket and sponsorship revenue and spearhead support for a new arena in Sacramento.

“I know they are going to be there one more year and see how it goes,” Fredette said.

“I hope the fans come out and support us. I hope they like our team. I think we will have a very exciting team and I hope we can get more wins.

Winning translates to getting more fans out there, and hopefully we’ll be able to keep the organization there.”

The Kings also made a wise move by deciding to play combo-guard Tyreke Evans off the ball. Fredette will likely open next season as the Kings’ starting point guard after Beno Udrih was dealt to Milwaukee in the trade.

Evans, the 2010 NBA Rookie of the Year, certainly has the size and scoring ability to play shooting guard. The Kings also got a steal with the last overall pick in the draft in gritty point guard Isaiah Thomas. Fredette, Evans, Thomas and the likely resigned Marcus Thornton give Sacramento a young and talented collection of guards for years to come.

And thanks to Fredette’s arrival, those years could be spent in Sacramento.

“Jimmer was one of the

most exciting players in college basketball the last couple of seasons,” Kings general manager Geoff Petrie said. “If not the best shooter in the draft, he was certainly one of the best. He’ll add a new dimension to our team offensively. He’s an exciting player and I think our fans will enjoy him as well.”

Here’s a look at some of the drafts other winners – and losers.

LOSER: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS The Cavaliers did their due diligence leading into the draft by working out Duke guard Kyrie Irving and Arizona forward Derrick Williams – in addition to also working out Turkish center Enes Kanter, Kentucky guard Brandon Knight and Texas forward Tristan Thompson twice. But the Cavs also let Irving, supposedly the new face of the franchise, nervously wait out their selection without confirming he was the first pick.

The New Jersey native was a near-consensus top pick, so if you’re going to wait that long to tell him, you might as well be daring enough to draft someone else.

“I knew when everybody else knew,” Irving said. “They gave me no indication that they were going to pick me. I was really nervous sitting at that table with my family and my friends.”

WINNER: MORRIS TWINS Marcus Morris was expected to be drafted ahead of his twin brother and former Kansas teammate, Markieff.

But in a surprise, Markieff was selected 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns. Marcus didn’t have to wait long to also hear his name called: He was picked next by the Houston Rockets. Markieff, who was born seven minutes ahead of Marcus, was drafted seven minutes, 13 seconds ahead of his twin.

“Maybe when I’m 60 I’ll tell him I got one on him,” Markieff said.

LOSER: MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES There is no question that Derrick Williams is a talented and athletic combo-forward who has a bright career ahead of him. But the last thing the Wolves needed was another

forward, right?

Isn’t Williams more or less the same player as Michael Beasley? Doesn’t Minnesota have enough players who can play either forward position already in Beasley, Kevin Love, Wesley Johnson, Martell Webster, Anthony Randolph and Anthony Tolliver? Minnesota slightly improved its depth at center by trading for aging Band-aid Brad Miller, but Enes Kanter’s talent and potential should have made him a candidate to go No. 2.

The Wolves also tried desperately to trade the second pick, but failed in their efforts to land the type of experienced star they wanted.

“I’m not really focused on that right now. I’m just going to get my body into the best of shape as possible,” Williams said of Minnesota’s logjam at the forward positions.

WINNER: TRISTAN THOMPSON There were some raised eyebrows when Thompson left Texas after his freshman year, especially because there were several other players in his class that were regarded higher than him. Even in a down draft, the 6-foot-8, 235pound forward was expected to be selected in the latter half of the lottery. But the highestdrafted Canadian ever was the surprise of the night when he was taken fourth overall by the Cavaliers. Cleveland now has a talented 19-year-old inside-outside combo to build around for the future in Irving and Thompson.

“I know a lot of people never expected it and neither did myself,” Thompson said.

“It just shows the wonders that hard work puts in.”

LOSER: MILWAUKEE BUCKS AND CAPTAIN JACK The Milwaukee Bucks acquired talented – but often disgruntled – swingman Stephen Jackson from Charlotte to join young Brandon Jennings in their backcourt in a three-way trade. While Jackson and Jennings will score a lot of points together, it will be interesting to see how the combustible Captain Jack gets along with stern coach Scott Skiles. Jackson will be playing for his seventh NBA team and third since 2009. The Bucks traded John Salmons, but also acquired guard Beno Udrih and might

have landed a steal in 18-yearold Tennessee forward Tobias Harris.

Despite the potential issues, Jennings was excited about Jackson’s arrival.

“Stephen Jackson brings a lot of leadership,” said Jennings, who attended the draft.

“He’s won an NBA championship. He plays hard every night. He wants to win. And I think he is going to be that voice in our locker room that we need.”

WINNER: UTAH JAZZ The Utah Jazz quietly improved their team by adding Kanter (No. 3) and Colorado guard Alec Burks (No. 12). Kanter proclaimed a day earlier that he is the best player in the draft, and with his size, scoring ability and rebounding he has the talent and potential to prove he is right. While Burks isn’t a household name, he was a proven scorer in college, averaging 20.5 points last season as a sophomore. The Jazz have an intriguing group of young players in Kanter, Burks, Derrick Favors, Gordon Hayward and Jeremy Evans.

LOSER: PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS The Portland Trail Blazers traded one of the most underappreciated players in point guard Andre Miller to the Denver Nuggets and sent athletic guard Rudy Fernandez to the Dallas Mavericks while acquiring point guard Raymond Felton in a three-team trade. The Nuggets were disappointed with Felton after a lackluster offensive-minded performance in the playoffs and were determined to trade him. While Felton is a solid starting point guard, he’s not as experienced a floor leader as Miller. Friends close to Nuggets coach George Karl said he was thrilled about the return of Miller, whom he hated to see dealt in the Allen

Iverson trade on Dec. 19, 2006. While Fernandez wanted out, the Blazers helped the NBA champion Mavericks and lost an insurance policy for injury-prone guard Brandon Roy. WINNER: INDIANA PACERS The Pacers acquired veteran guard George Hill in exchange for the 15th selection (Kawhi Leonard), the 42nd overall pick (Davis Bertrans) and the draft rights to Erazem Lorbek. The Pacers not only filled a need for a shooting guard in Hill, but also landed an Indianapolis native who should be a hit with the fans. The Pacers finished last in the league in attendance last season. The former IUPUI star, Darren Collison and Paul George give the Pacers a young core of perimeter players. For Hill, the Spurs could’ve sent him to a lot worse places than his hometown team.

“It is tough, but at the same time things happen for a reason,” Hill said in a statement.

“My hat is off to San Antonio for opportunity I had here and I’m really looking forward to coming home to Indiana and helping the Pacers win games.”

LOSER: PROSPECTS WHO LEFT COLLEGE TOO EARLY UCLA forward Tyler Honeycutt, Georgia forward Travis Leslie, Michigan guard Darius Morris, Kentucky guard DeAndre Liggins and Kansas guard Josh Selby all left school hoping to be taken in the first round. None of them were. Boston College guard Reggie Jackson also looked bad by shunning teams for workouts and interviews because he was promised to be selected 24th overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Wonder if he could have been drafted higher if he took part in the draft process?

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Kyrie Irving introduced by Cavs INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kyrie Irving’s entourage consisted of one — his father.

Irving didn’t show up with a multimillion-dollar shoe contract, proclamations of greatness, nicknames or tattoos, either.

Cleveland’s newest No. 1 draft pick is far different than the last one. He’s hardly like LeBron James.

And that might be exactly why the Cavaliers love him.

“He’s something special,” said coach Byron Scott.

Irving, who left Duke for the NBA after just one injuryshortened freshman season, was introduced Friday by the Cavaliers along with Texas forward Tristan Thompson, the club’s No. 4 overall pick.

During a 20-minute question-and-answer session, Irving displayed some of the cool and confidence that convinced Cleveland the point guard was the perfect choice to lead them back into contention.

Dressed sharply in a tailored gray suit accented with a pale blue tie, the fresh-faced Irving handled queries about expectations, the league’s labor issues and other topics with the ease of a seasoned veteran. As he does on the court with the ball in his hands, the 19-year-old ran the show.

“He takes his time and makes it look easy,” said Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant, who shared the stage with Irving, Thompson and Scott. “I was saying to myself, he’s a lot better than I am.”

As first impressions go, Irving was flawless — well, almost.

The Cavaliers were in the process of presenting Irving and Thompson with their respective wine-and-gold home jerseys — Irving will wear No. 15, Thompson No. 13 — when Drederick Irving noticed his son’s pants were unzipped. Without causing a scene, he simply nodded and lowered his eyes at Kyrie, who got the sign and quickly fixed things to avoid an embarrassing moment.

No one seemed to notice.

Kyrie smiled at his dad for another loving assist.

On Thursday night, when his name was called by commissioner David Stern as the Cavaliers’ choice, Irving had to summon all his strength not to become too emotional and break down. After all, Drederick Irving was the one who taught him how to play, the one who had raised him to be his own man, the one who had to take over after his beloved wife, Kyrie’s mother, Elizabeth, died suddenly 15 years ago.

This was their dream, and the path to it wasn’t always easy.

“After my name was called,” Irving said. “I wanted to hug my father for 10 minutes, knowing that all the hard work had led to this moment.”

Even a day later, Drederick Irving’s head was still spinning.

“It’s still surreal,” he said as his son posed for photos with school kids the Cavaliers

invited to the news conference. “It’s a surreal moment for Kyrie. It couldn’t be better for any other person than Kyrie. He’s a hard worker, a good kid. He gets it. He got the blueprint with what I tried to instill in him as a kid.

“You guys are getting a gem and I’m not just saying that because I’m his father.

He has another gear that people haven’t seen. He’s a special kid.”

The Cavaliers, one season removed from James’ departure, have known that for a long time.

Although there was speculation they considered taking Arizona forward Derrick Williams with the first pick, the choice was really Irving all along. He was on top of their draft board all season, and after winning the lottery in May, it was inevitable he would be the selection.

Irving’s arrival gives Scott a dilemma at point guard.

Does he start Baron Davis, the seasoned veteran? Or Irving, the gifted rookie and franchise face?

“We’ll let them fight it out,” Scott said, smiling.

“There are no expectations on Kyrie as a starter or anything like that. We expect Kyrie to come in, work hard and get better each and every day, learn from some of the veterans we have. There is opportunity because of the way I coach, he’ll probably be playing with Baron as well.

“When you have those two guys in the backcourt who both handle the ball and make great decisions and

Cleveland Cavaliers first round draft picks Tristan Thompson, left, and Kyrie Irving listen to a question from the media during a news conference in Independence, Ohio. make other people better, it makes us a better basketball team.”

Without coming off as arrogant, Irving knows he can make the Cavaliers better right away. He’s not expecting to be given the starting job because of where he was drafted. And although there may be external pressure to live up to others’ ambitions, Irving first needs to satisfy his own.

“I hold myself at such a high standard that the expectations people put on me, I try to exceed those,” he said.

“And more importantly, I try to exceed mine. Right now, I’m really just focused on this opportunity and being part of the Cleveland organization and just contributing as much as I can. This season coming up, I’m really focused on being one of the leaders on the team along with others.

This is a young team and I’m really happy to be a part of it.”

Thompson’s selection was viewed as somewhat of a surrpise by draft experts, who think the Cavaliers may have “reached” by taking the 20year-old. Thompson played just one season with the Longhorns and was thought to be a late first-round pick.

Grant, though, said the club has been scouting the 6-foot8 power forward since high school and had him rated among this draft’s best.

“We actually had him ranked much higher than fourth,” Grant said.

Scott can’t wait to get his two new players on the floor.

After enduring a 63-loss season, the Cavaliers want to move forward and Scott believes Irving and Thompson can quicken the team’s rebuilding project.

“We said going into the draft, if we can get these two guys at No. 1 and No. 4, it would be a home run,” he said. “Well, we hit a home run.”

Pippen clarifies: MJ, not LeBron, is greatest ever

By NICK FRIEDELL LISLE, Ill. — Scottie Pippen said he believes Michael Jordan is the greatest player in NBA history, despite remarks he made last month regarding Miami Heat forward LeBron James on ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike In The Morning.”

“The comments that I made were basically giving LeBron some props as a player, not to dismantle any player like Michael,” Pippen said after a youth camp session at the Bulls/Sox academy. “We all know that he’s the great-

est player that ever played the game.

“I think it was taken a little bit out of context. I felt like I was drawing more of a conclusion from the statistics more than the accolades.”

Pippen made the comments as the Heat eliminated the Chicago Bulls from the Eastern Conference finals.

“Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to play the game,” Pippen said last month. “But I may go as far as to say LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game because he is so potent offensively that not only can he score at will but he keeps everybody

involved.

“You have to be on your P’s and Q’s on defense. No guy on the basketball court is a threat to score with LeBron James out there. Not only will LeBron dominate from the offensive end as well, but he’s also doing it on the defensive end, which really makes him the complete package. He’s able to get in those passing lanes, shoot those gaps and create transition opportunities where he is pretty much unstoppable.”

Pippen said he’s spoken to Jordan multiple times since he made the comments and there is no rift between the

former teammates.

“I talk to Michael all the time,” Pippen said. “There was no problem between me and Michael. I think [the media] chewed into it a little too much.”

Pippen didn’t appear to be very bothered by the backlash caused by his remarks.

“Ya know what? I kind of rolled off into the sunset, went down south and enjoyed no media, no TV and just enjoyed life,” he said. “So I didn’t really get a lot [of flak] from [the comments] as much as probably the organization had to deal with it. But I’m ready to move on from it.”

DAILY CHALLENGE MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011

No progress during NBA labor talks

By CHRIS SHERIDAN No progress was made in NBA labor talks Friday, unless progress can be measured by the absence of angry rhetoric or the unveiling of a fashion statement.

Owners and players met for about four hours Friday with just six days remaining until the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement, and they agreed to meet again next Wednesday or Thursday after the owners hold a meeting in Dallas on Tuesday.

But neither side made a proposal after each made one in the previous meeting, and the sides remained several billion dollars apart with the possibility of a lockout growing stronger by the day.

About 50 players attended the meeting dressed in matching dark gray T-shirts with the word “STAND” written on the front in block let-

ters, perhaps sending a signal that the union is taking a harder stance after its recent $500 million giveback was dismissed by commissioner David Stern as “modest.”

“They didn’t break off. We don’t view the process as over in any way, so I wouldn’t say the talks are off just because there wasn’t a lot of movement in terms of economic numbers being given back and forth. It doesn’t mean that we’re not still negotiating,” union president Derek Fisher said. “It’s not about meeting every day just for the sake of meeting.”

Stern made it a point not to comment on any aspect of the substance of Friday’s meeting, intimating that both sides needed to amp down the tone of their public comments following two days of jabbing and jousting by the union in the wake of Tuesday’s contentious bargaining session.

“Rhetoric is not helpful, it is incendiary. We are not

interested in incendiary rhetoric on either side,” Stern said. “This is a negotiation that is going to yield its end point, and I think the one thing that’s clear if that both sides have an enormous amount to gain from making a deal, and both sides have an enormous amount to lose by not making a deal.”

At Tuesday’s meeting, the union proposed a five-year deal in which the players would receive $100 million less per season in salaries, and the owners countered with a proposed 10-year deal that would set a target of $2 billion in player salaries each season — a reduction from the $2.17 billion the players earned in the 2010-11 season.

Stern and deputy commissioner Adam Silver were asked several questions about what kind of a revenue sharing plan the owners are discussing, and they said it was a question that was difficult to answer without

knowing what the end result of the labor talks will be.

“We can’t make the final sort of push on revenue sharing until we know what the yield or not of the labor deal is,” Stern said.

Among the players who do not usually take part in negotiations, but who were in attendance Friday were Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics, Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks, Andre Iguodala of Philadelphia, Luke Walton of the Los Angeles Lakers and Josh Childress of the Phoenix Suns.

“They were nicely done,” Stern said of the players’ matching T-shirts. “And by the way, I would add this: It was great to have so many players in the room. I think sometimes by not being part of the dialogue, by not hearing the expression of the other side’s point of views, by not observing and engaging in the give-and-take, you lose something. So we were hop-

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ing that more players would come, and we were actually cheered by the fact that they were there, and some of the new players did make themselves heard.”

Stern did not rule out the possibility of further dialogue over the weekend, though he said it was the players, not the owners, who had requested that formal bargaining talks resume in the middle of next week.

That would leave only 2448 hours before the expiration of the labor agreement, although the sides could mutually agree to stop the clock and continue talking if they felt enough progress is being made and a deal is within reach.

“The 30th (of June) can be just another day,” union director Billy Hunter said.

“They are the ones that will determine if it carries more significance than it really should. What happens on the 30th is that the collective bargaining agreement expires. It doesn’t mean that it has to be the end of negotiations. It doesn’t mean it has to be a lockout. The ball is in their court. They will decide how we’ll treat it.”

Pat Riley wants Heat younger, faster

By TOM HABERSTROH MIAMI — Miami Heat president Pat Riley wants his team to get younger.

During a Friday conference call with the media, Riley said that the Heat’s draft selection of speedy point guard Norris Cole is part of the organization’s offseason strategy to get younger and faster heading into next season.

“There’s going to be two roster spots left, maybe three, that we want to save to make sure that when free agency comes, that we have an opportunity to fill them with young, energetic, veteran players,” Riley said.

With Cole, the Heat have nine players under contract for next season including LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller, Joel Anthony, Dexter Pittman, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who officially opted in for 2011-12 on Wednesday.

As part of his two-year deal with the Heat, signed in the summer of 2010,

Ilguaskas, 36, held a player’s option for 2011-12.

As part of the effort to restock with younger players, Riley indicated that he is holding a three-day workout “this week” involving 15 players, including free agents.

“We’re trying to get something in early,” Riley said.

“We’re just trying to get in under the gun here and take a look at some players.”

Riley also said that he expects Eddie House, 33, and James Jones, 30, to opt in for the 2011-12 season with the Heat.

Mario Chalmers can leave as a restricted free agent, but Riley included Chalmers in his outlook for next season, although the Heat still need to re-sign the third-year veteran once he hits the open market. The Heat have already extended a qualifying offer to Chalmers, which enables the club the right to match any offer from other teams in free agency.

If House, Jones, and Chalmers return to the Heat as Riley expects, Miami will have 12 spots filled on the 15-man roster.

The Heat fielded a notoriously aging roster last season, electing to fill the open spots with veterans on the league minimum instead of taking fliers with younger players. That gave the Heat more experience, but all the miles slowed them down and made them more susceptible to injury.

Despite boasting two of the most potent open court players in the league in James and Wade, the Heat ranked 21st in pace factor last season, which is a measure of possessions per 48 minutes. When asked about whether the Heat are looking to play more uptempo next season, Riley said he expects head coach Erik Spoelstra to step on the gas.

“That’s going to be up to Erik and I think he will try to generate more of a running game next year than we had this year,” Riley said.

“But we haven’t really sat down and discussed it since the end of the season. But we do want to get some quick players.”

In his conference call, Riley never mentioned the names of Erick Dampier, 35,

Juwan Howard, 38, Jamaal Magloire, 33, or Mike Bibby, 33.

All four players were on veteran minimum contracts last season and will hit free agency this summer. Riley gave no indication that any of those veterans will return to the Heat next season, but did emphasize that the Heat want to turn back the clock.

“That’s how we’ve been built thus far,” Riley said about the Heat’s experienced roster. “We’re going to add more young players to the mix through free agency if we can.”

Although Ilgauskas opted in for next season, Riley said he wouldn’t rule out the center’s retirement.

“I personally think he has a lot left in the tank,” Riley said. “We plan on having him on the roster next year, but he still could retire. I encouraged him not to retire because I still think he can help somebody and I want that somebody to be us.”

The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement is set to expire on June 30 and if the players and owners can’t come to an agreement before

LeBron James then, there will be a lockout beginning July 1.

There is a possibility that the Heat won’t have the luxury of using a mid-level exception under the next CBA, which would severely hinder the Miami’s flexibility to sign free agents. There is no word on whether there will be a hard or soft cap going forward.

Riley said he will have to wait and see how the labor talks affect his plans. “Once we know what we’re dealing with and what the rules are, then we’re going to try to be as aggressive as we’ve ever been in the free agent market to add to this team,” Riley said.

“That’s the only way we’re going to be able to do it.”

MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011

NBA DRAFT 2011: WINNERS AND LOSERS

Top prospects in the 2011 NBA Draft pose for a group before the Draft in Newark, New Jersey. photograph with NBA Commissioner David Stern SEE PAGE 21.

PIPPEN CLARIFIES: MJ, NOT LEBRON, IS GREATEST EVER Scottie Pippen said he believes Michael Jordan is the greatest player in NBA history, despite remarks he made last month regarding Miami Heat forward LeBron James.

SEE PAGE 22.