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Black Facts Nov. 5, 1968 A record number of Black congressmen and the first Black woman representative are elected to Congress. The nine Black congressmen and Sen. Edward W. Brooke top the previous high of eight in the 44th Congress of 1875-77. The first Black woman representative, Shirley Chisholm of the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, defeats former CORE director James Farmer. In addition to Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the following incumbents are re-elected: William L. Dawson (Ill.); Charles C. Diggs (Mich.); Augustus Hawkins (Cali.); Robert N.C. Nix (Pa.); and John Conyers (Mich.). Elected to Congress for the first time are Chisholm, Louis Stokes (Ohio) and William L. Clay (Mo.).

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CA attorney general race still too close to call

BY GREG RISLING ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES—Prosecutors from California's two most prominent cities, who both ran bruising campaigns, were locked in a dead heat Wednesday in their race for attorney general, neither ready to declare victory a day after the polls had closed.

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris led Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley by fewer than 15,000 votes, or less than a quarter of a percentage point, with all precincts reporting and tens of thousands of provisional and late absentee ballots still to be counted.

That being the case, it could be weeks before a winner is determined.

Cooley had a comfortable lead in early returns Tuesday, but Harris chipped away at the margin and had overtaken him by Wednesday.

Cooley had originally scheduled, then canceled, a news conference for Wednesday, presumably to talk about his election victory. Although she pulled ahead Wednesday, Harris wasn’t willing to go that far — at least not yet.

“All the movement in this race showed we were surging late and we feel those absentee ballots will be reflective of that late momentum,” said Brian Brokaw, a Harris cam-

paign spokesman. “We are incredibly optimistic.”

If Harris wins, she would not only cap a Democratic sweep of seven statewide offices, but also would be the first woman and first AfricanAmerican to be elected the state’s top law enforcement officer. It’s a position that because of California’s size and stature has national influence.

Cooley received the support of many law enforcement organizations and appeared ahead in polls leading up to Tuesday’s vote.

However, Harris was aided by a fundraising appearance by President Obama and spent a lot of time on Cooley’s Southern California turf, working to gain name recognition.

Apparently it paid off. While Cooley did well in Republican strongholds such as Orange and San Diego counties, as well as rural areas, Harris took Los Angeles County by a 14point margin. She also trounced her opponent in most counties ringing her home base of San Francisco.

Cooley’s spokesman, Kevin Spillane, said although the race was still too close to call he was encouraged that the Los Angeles prosecutor had beaten Harris in 40 of California’s 58 counties.

“The race is not going to be decided until certification and it’s going to be by a very narrow mar-

AP Photo by Chris Carlson

California Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris arrives for a campaign rally at the Los Angeles Public Central Library in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. gin,” Spillane said. “Frankly anything can happen.”

The two prosecutors took shots at one another in the election’s final weeks.

The Republican State Leadership Committee, funded by tobacco, insurance and medical companies,

put more than $1 million into a 30second ad that accused Harris of being unsupportive of the death penalty and featured a video clip of the mother of slain San Francisco police Officer Isaac Espinoza.

Harris didn’t seek the execution of Espinoza’s killer in 2004, and he

is now serving a life term. However, she has maintained she would enforce state law in capital punishment cases if she is elected.

Cooley was criticized for accepting thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from people who were being investigated by his office. He also kept contributions from a Republican fundraiser convicted four years later of federal campaign finance fraud.

Cooley said he properly reported all the gifts and contributions and denied any conflict.

Cooley supports the death penalty and is perceived as tougher on crime, although he’s known for his moderate stance toward California’s three-strikes law. He’s been credited for creating a public corruption unit that recently ensnared leaders of several nondescript suburbs around Los Angeles.

They have been charged with such crimes as misappropriating millions in public funds, conflict of interest and taking bribes.

Harris has been recognized as a reformer for trying to improve laws aimed at social problems that help lead to crime. During her campaign, she also rallied opposition to Proposition 23, which sought to suspend California’s 2006 global warming law.

The measure was rejected by voters.?

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NEWS IN AFRICA Somali-American premier wins vote of confidence

BY SALAD DUHUL ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s parliament approved the country’s prime minister-designate on Sunday, the parliamentary speaker said, ending weeks of political tensions over the issue.

Lawmakers voted by a show of hands 297-92 in favor of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a SomaliAmerican, said Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden, speaker of the transitional parliament.

Mohamed was nominated on Oct. 14 by President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed but the vote on his nomination was delayed several times because of a disagreement between the president and the speaker over procedure. The president wanted lawmakers to vote by a show of hands, while the speaker preferred a secret ballot.

Now Mohamed is expected to name a Cabinet in the coming weeks, but some Somalis do not think he will be able to make a difference in the country.

“Somalia is not America,” Amina Nur, a mother of seven children, told The Associated Press referring to Mohamed’s time spent in the U.S. Mohamed, a former Somali

diplomat, worked in the Somali Embassy in Washington from 1985 to 1988, according to the government’s website. He has taught conflict resolution and leadership skills at Erie Community College in western New York and has a master’s degree in political science from the State University of New York at Buffalo, according to his resume.

“Like many overseas Somalis that came from Western countries after the collapse of the government in 1991 and are now parliamentarians and government officials, he doesn’t know the difficult situation of the country and cannot lead an effective Cabinet in the terms of the setting a comprehensive security plan to combat al-Shabab and terrorists,” Nur said.

Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab and allied Islamic militants have been trying for three years to overthrow the government. The militants control much of the capital, Mogadishu, and southern Somalia.

A former governor of one of Somalia’s southern regions, Qasim Mohamed Nur, said the new prime minister may succeed where his predecessors have failed because he does not carry any political baggage and is from the country's south, where alShabab holds sway.

“I think if he gets support of the

AP Photo by Farah Abdi Warsameh

Somali President Sheik Sheriff Sheik Ahmed, left, addresses officials following the swearing in of the newlyapproved Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, right, at his swearing in ceremony at the Presidential residence in Mogadishu, Somalia. Nov. 1. Officials say an attack by Islamic militants against government soldiers in the Somali capital has left at least 15 people dead. It happened a day after Somalia’s parliament passed a vote of confidence in the new prime minister.

Somali people and government officials he would succeed to lead his cabinet on the best way to liberate much of the southern regions from al-

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Qaida and al-Shabab militias,” said Nur, who is not related to Amina.

The Somali government controls only a few blocks of Mogadishu. It has accomplished little since its inception in 2004. The Horn of Africa nation has not had a fully functioning government since 1991.

Associated Press writer Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu, Somalia contributed to this report.

Zimbabweans wrap up public constitution meetings HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Public meetings to draft a new Zimbabwean constitution have now concluded after three months of gatherings.

Police say rival party supporters jostled and traded insults at some of the final meetings held in and around Harare on Saturday and Sunday.

The former opposition party, now in a coalition with President Robert Mugabe, says one of its supporters was severely wounded after being stabbed in violence linked to the weekend meetings.

Mugabe says a constitutional referendum will be held in March. It is unclear if the deadline will be met.

The governing coalition was formed after disputed, violencemarred 2008 elections. But it is deeply divided, undermining its job of ushering in a new constitution and preparing for general elections.

Ugandan newspaper again publishes list of gay men

BY GODFREY OLUKYA ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A controversial newspaper in Kampala published photos, names and home addresses of gay Ugandans on Monday — the second time the

paper has done so — prompting a rights group to seek a legal injunction against the publication.

The paper’s managing editor, Giles Muhame, said he plans to continue publishing photos of gay men in order to “help them live responsible lives.”

Earlier this month the paper — called Rolling Stone but not linked to the American magazine of the same name — published a front page story featuring a list of what the paper said were Uganda’s 100 ”top” homosexuals. Rights activists said the story prompted attacks against at least four gay Ugandans.

Sexual Minorities Uganda has asked the country’s highest court to issue an injunction against publishing the faces of gays in future editions.

“We now live in fear,” said Julian Onzeima, the group’s coordinator. “The Rolling Stone paper has led to people turning against us.”

Gays in Uganda say they have faced a year of attacks and harassment since a lawmaker introduced a bill in October 2009 that would impose the death penalty for some homosexual acts and life in prison for others. The bill has not come up for a vote.

The legislation was drawn up following a visit by leaders of U.S. conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy they say allows gays to become heterosexual.

The bill became political poison after international condemnation, and many Christian leaders have denounced it.

Black Facts Nov. 5, 1974 State Sen. Mervyn M. Dymally is elected lieutenant governor of California. State Sen. Georgia L. Brown is elected lieutenant governor of Colorado.

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LAPD: Gang feud prompted shot that killed boy, 5 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Police detectives on Tuesday sought the public’s help in finding a pair of suspects who opened fire into a backyard caught in a gang turf war, killing a 5-year-old boy as he showed off his Halloween costume.

The suspects believed members of a rival gang lived at the boy’s South Los Angeles home, but the family has no gang ties, Detective Chris Barling told The Associated Press.

Two gangs — the Kitchen Crips and Swan Bloods — have been battling over the area, detectives said.

The boy, Aaron Shannon Jr., died at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on Monday night, a day after he was shot, police said. He had been

“Every homicide angers me, but a 5-year-old on Halloween getting ready — that just tears at my heart,” police Capt. Dennis Kato told KTTV-TV. declared brain-dead earlier in the day, his grandfather said.

“Every homicide angers me, but a 5-year-old on Halloween getting ready —

that just tears at my heart,” police Capt. Dennis Kato told KTTV-TV. The boy’s uncle, Terrence Shannon, 27, was hit in the wrist and his grandfather William Shannon, 56, was hit in the left leg. Neither of their injuries were considered serious.

His grandfather has said Aaron had run into the back yard to flex his mock muscles for pictures in his Spider-Man costume before he left for a party.

Two men, who police have described only as black and in their 20s, walked into the alley.

William Shannon said he nodded to the men, but had never seen them before, and then they started firing.

The city is offering $75,000 for information leading to suspects.

These photos provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Aaron Shannon Jr, 5, who was shot while showing off his Halloween costume in his backyard on Oct. 31, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles police say a 5-year-old boy who was killed in a Halloween shooting was the victim of a gang turf war.

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Group says ex-BART cop should get 14 years

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A group of protestors gathered months ago in light of an involuntary manslaughter conviction against Johannes Mehserle, the white police officer who shot Oscar Grant, an African American, on New Year’s Day 2009 as he lay unarmed on a train platform. They felt Mehserle should have had a stiffer sentence. Mehserle is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 5. The local community will have to wait and see what reactions will be to the sentencing, if it isn’t postponed.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — A judge is being urged to sentence a former transit police officer to 14 years in prison for killing an unarmed man at an Oakland train station.

A group called the Los Angeles Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant says it has about 500 postcards and letters urging a judge in Los Angeles to give Johannes Mehserle the maximum sentence.

Spokeswoman Caro (KEHR’-

oh) Gomez says the cards was going to be presented at the judge’s office Wednesday afternoon.

The ex-Bay Area Rapid Transit officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day 2009. Mehserle testified that he wanted to shock Grant with a stun gun but pulled his handgun by mistake.

His trial was moved to Los Angeles because of intense media coverage and racial tensions. Mehserle is white and Grant was black.

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Marijuana legalization measure loses in California

BY LISA LEFF ASSOCIATED PRESS California voters declined to make their trendsetting state the nation's first to legalize marijuana use and sales, heeding warnings of legal chaos and that pot smokers would get behind the wheel and show up to work while high.

The legalization effort was losing by nine percentage points with more than two-thirds of precincts reporting.

Backers showed support for the measure by gathering outside the campaign’s headquarters to watch returns come in — some of them lighting up joints to mark the occasion.

Supporters of Proposition 19 blamed Tuesday’s outcome on the conservative leanings of older voters who participate in midterm elections.

They also acknowledged that young voters had not turned out in sufficient numbers to secure victory, but said they were ready to try again in two years.

“It’s still a historic moment in this very long struggle to end decades of failed marijuana prohibition,” said Stephen Gutwillig, California director

for the Drug Policy Project. “Unquestionably, because of Proposition 19, marijuana legalization initiatives will be on the ballot in a number of states in 2012, and California is in the mix.”

Tim Rosales, who managed the No on 19 campaign, scoffed at that attitude from the losing side.

“If they think they are going to be back in two years, they must be smoking something,” he said. “This is a state that just bucked the national trend and went pretty hard on the Democratic side, but yet in the same vote opposed Prop 19. I think that says volumes as far as where California voters are on this issue.”

The campaign pitted the state’s political and law enforcement establishment against determined activists.

Images of marijuana leaves and smashed-up cars and school buses appeared in dueling ads during the campaign.

In a sign of what a tough sell it was, an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press showed opposition cutting across gender and racial lines, as well as income and education levels.

The ballot measure lost in the state’s vaunted marijuana-growing region known as the “Emerald Triangle” of Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties. Many in the region feared the system they have created would be taken over by corporations or lose its purpose.

Proponents pitched it as a sensible, though unprecedented, experiment that would provide tax revenue for the cash-strapped state, dent the drug-related violence in Mexico by causing pot prices to plummet, and reduce marijuana arrests that they say disproportionately target minority youth.

In the weeks leading to the election, federal officials said they planned to continue enforcing laws making marijuana possession and sales illegal and were considering suing to overturn the California initiative if voters approved it.

“Today, Californians recognized that legalizing marijuana will not make our citizens healthier, solve California’s budget crisis, or reduce drug related violence in Mexico,” White House Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske said.

AP Photo by Noah Berger

Supporters of Proposition 19, an initiative to legalize marijuana, watch election results in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 2, 2010. Early returns showed the ballot initiative failing.

Voters in three other states cast ballots on medical marijuana-related measures.

In South Dakota, voters rejected for the second time a measure to legalize marijuana for medical use — a step taken by California in 1996 and 13 other states since. Oregon voters refused to expand their state’s medical marijuana program to create a network of state-licensed nonprofit dispensaries where patients could have purchased the drug.

A medical marijuana measure on Arizona’s ballot was too close to call

early Wednesday.

California’s marijuana proposal would have allowed adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of pot, consume it in nonpublic places as long as no children were present, and grow it in small private plots.

It also would have authorized local governments to permit commercial pot cultivation, as well as the sale and use of marijuana at licensed establishments.

Associated Press writer David Crary in New York contributed to this story.

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Megachurch pastor denies abuse allegations

BY GREG BLUESTEIN ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — The megachurch pastor accused of luring four young men into sexual relationships categori-

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cally denied the allegations for the first time in a court filing Monday, saying he was only a mentor to the men who filed civil lawsuits against him.

Bishop Eddie Long has for weeks vowed he would fight the law-

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suits in court, and promised in church sermons he would not let the legal troubles prevent him from doing its work. But he did not deny the allegations until he filed a legal response Monday saying each of the “claims of sexual misconduct are not true.”

The men, who were 17 and 18 at the time, say Long abused his spiritual authority to lure them into trysts with cars, jewelry and cash. Their attorney B.J. Bernstein said she doesn’t have much physical evidence backing up the complaints, but that she plans to subpoena records from Long that will show he traveled with the young men to New Zealand and elsewhere.

Bernstein declined to comment because she had not yet received the response.

Bishop, though, said in the four separate documents that he often encouraged his New Birth Missionary Church members to call him “daddy” and that some even called him “grandaddy,” but that the term was a sign of respect.

The bishop also said in the documents that he has long shared rooms with some of his church members, and that his parishioners often hug him. And while he admitted to giving the plaintiffs gifts, he said he often provided many members of his church with financial assistance.

Long became one of the nation's most powerful church leaders over the past two decades, transforming a suburban Atlanta congregation of 150 into a powerhouse of 25,000 members that includes high-profile ath-

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Bishop Eddie Long, left, embraces a friend, Sept. 26, 2010, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta. Long, the pastor of a Georgia megachurch accused of luring young men into sexual relationships, has told his congregation of thousands that all people must face painful and distasteful situations. letes, entertainers and politicians.

The bishop is a father of four who has been an outspoken opponent of gay marriage and his church has counseled gay members to become straight. But the TV preacher’s empire was threatened in September when the four men filed the lawsuits.

Two of the young men say he targeted them after they enrolled in the church’s LongFellows Youth Academy, a program that taught teens about sexual, physical and financial discipline.

The other two — one of whom

attended a satellite church in Charlotte, N.C. — have made similar claims.

Local and state authorities have declined to investigate because Georgia’s age of consent is 16. And Long, for his part, has promised in church sermons that he would not let his legal troubles prevent him or his church from doing its work.

“I feel like David against Goliath,” he said in a sermon in September. “But I got five rocks, and I haven’t thrown one yet.”

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A member of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church prays, Sept. 26, 2010, in Atlanta. Bishop Eddie Long, the pastor of a Georgia megachurch accused of luring young men into sexual relationships, has told his congregation of thousands that all people must face painful and distasteful situations.

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Gay bullying and suicides hit black community

BY CYRIL JOSH BARKER SPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROM THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS Recent anti-gay attacks and suicides among gay youth have ignited a conversation about a problem that those in the LGBTQ community say is nothing new.

As the case of what many are calling one of the most brutal antigay crimes unfolds, three of the 11 suspects accused of participating in an attack in an abandoned house in the Bronx have been set free.

Brian Cepeda, 17; Bryan Almonte, 16; and Brian Cepeda, 17, were all cleared on charges after the Bronx district attorney’s office said there was a lack of evidence.

Meanwhile, one of the latest suicides took place in the city when 26-year-old Black gay youth activist Joseph Jefferson took his own life recently. Jefferson worked with HIV/AIDS charities and was an assistant to promoters of Black LGBTQ events.

“I could not bear the burden of living as a gay man of color in a world grown cold and hateful

towards those of us who live and love differently than the so-called ‘social mainstream,’ ” Jefferson posted on his Facebook page the day he killed himself.

Those in the Black gay community had planned on celebrating Jefferson’s life at the LGBT Center. The event is being put on by the organization Gay Men of African Decent.

Funeral services for Jefferson will be held in Brooklyn at Pone Funeral Home on Sunday.

To address the issue of bullying and suicides, several LGBT organizations were planning to rally at Washington Square Park.

Recently, dozens of LGBTQ youths of color, along with several elected officials, gathered on the steps of City Hall to speak out against anti-gay bullying and the recent suicides.

The rally, led by the organization Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment (FIERCE), declared October as LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Month and also addressed the need for a 24-hour LGBTQ youth center in the West

Village.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, openly gay City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and gay City Councilman Daniel Dromm support the themed month.

“We are thrilled to have the mayor and Speaker Quinn and other elected officials’ support of LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Month,” said John Blasco, organizer of FIERCE. “It is crucial that we continue working together to create even more spaces for LGBTQ youth to take leadership in the communities and in the fight for justice.”

At the press conference, several LGBTQ youth told stories of abuse and abandonment they had experienced in the city by being who they are. Gay youth of all racial backgrounds have a higher rate of suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, because they feel conflicted or ashamed about their sexuality.

Family members often throw many gay teens out of their homes when they come out.

“We chose empowerment because to us, empowerment means

AP Photo by Joshua A. Bickel

Fares Akremi, 17, center, holds a candle during a candlelight processional down Ninth Street to commemorate the recent deaths of gay teens Oct. 20, 2010 at The Center Project in Columbia, Mo. being seen, heard and having the power to make the changes we need immediately,” said FIERCE member Veronica Tirado. “We need policy changes that ensure safe spaces in our schools and jobs.”

Likewise, gays in the Black community are also the subjects of bullying. One of the most recent and notable cases involving a Black gay man occurred in 2006, when Michael Sandy was killed after being hit by a car while he was try-

ing to escape attackers in Brooklyn on Plumb Beach.

After meeting a man in an online gay chat room, Sandy and the man arranged a meeting. When Sandy arrived, he was confronted by four men who robbed him and chased him onto the highway. Sandy was then hit by an oncoming vehicle and died from brain injuries.

Recently, City Councilman Lew Fidler dedicated a bench on Plumb Beach in honor of Sandy.

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New nickname for Lakers’ new bench: the renegades

AP Photo/Lori Shepler

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Shannon Brown (12) and Los Angeles Lakers small forward Matt Barnes (9) grab a rebound over the Golden State Warriors during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Oct. 31. The Lakers won 107 to 83.

BY GREG BEACHAM AP SPORTS WRITER LOS ANGELES (AP) — This must be another coaching record for Phil Jackson. Just one week into the regular season, he has already minted a catchy nickname for the Los Angeles Lakers’ revamped group of reserves.

Meet the Renegades.

They’re the reason the twotime NBA champions might be a whole lot better this season.

Newcomers Steve Blake, Matt Barnes and Theo Ratliff have joined returnees Shannon Brown and Sasha Vujacic on a bench that already looks exponentially more reliable than last season’s collection of castoffs and underachievers.

What’s more, they’re still planning to add injured Luke Walton and sixth man Lamar Odom, currently a fill-in starter. “I like the way this group is coming together,� Jackson said. “They have the potential to be very special.�

The Lakers were top-heavy during their two title runs, but this team appears to have enviable balance.

The unimpressive likes of Adam Morrison, Jordan Farmar and DJ Mbenga have been replaced by three tough NBA veterans with 29 combined seasons of experience.

Blake, Barnes and Ratliff are former starters who swallowed their egos for the chance to join Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol in another championship chase. “Our bench is very solid, very solid,� Bryant said after Sunday’s 107-83 win over Golden State, moving the Lakers to 3-0. “They rarely make mistakes.

They stay within the structure, and they play well together.�

They also add hunger: None of the three newcomers has a championship ring, and all three looked on in envy when the nine returning Lakers received the spoils of last season’s toils during last week's ring ceremony. “Everybody knows that’s the reason we’re here, and that’s the reason I chose the Lakers,� said Barnes, the hard-nosed swingman and longtime Kobe antagonist who is becoming a confidante to the twotime finals MVP. See LAKERS, page 24

Shanahan’s next excuse: dog ate McNabb’s playbook talker Rush Limbaugh dragged McNabb into his sermon about “black quarterbacks.� Then Philly coach Andy Reid, long one of his most loyal supporters, paved the road to ship him out of town.

Up to his point, McNabb’s list of sins has been mercifully short: He never won the big one.

AP Photo by Paul Sancya He took the Eagles to five NFC This Oct. 31, 2010, file photo shows championship games and the Washington Redskins quarterback Dono- Super Bowl, only to have certivan McNabb on from the sidelines after fied blowhard and then-teambeing benched during the fourth quarter of mate Terrell Owens question an NFL football game against the Detroit whether McNabb had enough Lions, in Detroit. stamina left at the end of that one.

Through it all, McNabb managed

BY JIM LITKE to hold his tongue. He tried one more AP SPORTS COLUMNIST time this week, right after the The problem with making up Shanahans got their stories straight. “I’m just ready to move on, focus excuses is that each one has to on what I have to do after the bye improve on those that came before.

After benching Donovan week,� McNabb said during a radio McNabb in the closing minutes of interview Tuesday. “You can ask these guys,� he Sunday’s loss to the Lions, Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said his quarter- added, referring to his teammates, back wasn’t ready to run the two- “how I work and my work ethic. My work ethic has never been a question. minute offense.

A day later, Shanahan said — My tempo has never been a question. five times, no less — that McNabb’s But I think there’s a lot of digging “cardiovascular endurance� wasn’t up going on right now, miscellaneous digging.� to snuff.

It’s fair to question McNabb’s The day after that, his son, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, said performance. The Redskins have they had considered sitting McNabb already matched their win total for all “to rest him up and get him better for of last season, though he’s been far the rest of the year� before he talked from his best. He’s thrown eight interceptions against seven touchdown them out of it.

So the next time one Shanahan or passes. His quarterback rating of 76.0 the other decides to yank their quarter- is the lowest he’s posted since his back off the field — and there will be rookie year.

He’s closing in on 34, but if he a next time — get ready to hear a tale about how the dog ate McNabb’s play- were 134, he’d still be better than Rex Grossman, who replaced him Sunday book.

That’s how things work with against the Lions, as well as JaMarcus Shanahan. He inherited John Elway in Russell, the failed No. 1 pick whom Denver early in his coaching career, the Redskins gave a second look at a won back-to-back Super Bowls, and workout Tuesday.

Neither QB is going to provide has yet to find another quarterback he trusts to carry out his carefully crafted Shanahan the leadership he's been looking for, and submarining McNabb game plans.

When the replacements were might not only undue all the smart named Bubby Brister, Brian Griese, choices the coach has made before Jake Plummer and Jay Cutler, it was this, it could well lose him the rest of easy to give Shanahan the benefit of his locker room.

Shanahan is such a control freak the doubt. But McNabb? that back in Denver, he put cameras in Not so much.

In less than half a season, the the clubhouse so he could watch team coach has managed to alienate Albert meetings from his office on closed-cirHaynesworth, who took a boatload of cuit television. There’s little chance money to anchor the Redskins he’ll do the same in Washington. Even defense, and now he’s undercut a with a bye week to cool things down, quarterback he signed off on just this chances are good he wouldn’t like what he saw. past April.

Maybe that’s what prompted This is hardly the first time unnecessary drama has swirled around Shanahan, finally, to walk back some McNabb. A pack of notoriously tough of his criticism and say that a longfans from Philadelphia drove up to term deal for McNabb was still possiNew York to boo McNabb on the day ble. “We all know Donovan is a franthe Eagles drafted him. Then radio

chise quarterback. ... Obviously there’s negotiations that go on with both sides,� Shanahan said. “Time will tell, as it does with all our players.�

McNabb said on his radio show that there was a “100 percent� chance he would be quarterbacking the Redskins next season. “If I would have said 75 or 60,�

McNabb said candidly, “it would have been another big story.�

Maybe so.

But the chances he finishes the season as Washington’s starter are considerably lower than that. If the past is prologue, Shanahan is already trying out new-and-improved alibis.

They’d need to be better than what he’s come up with so far, since he wouldn’t be the first guy to be reminded that the cover-up is a lot tougher to get away with than the crime.

Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press.

Write to him at jlitke@ap.org.

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Vikings mired in Moss mess

BY JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP SPORTS WRITER MINNEAPOLIS — Brad Childress and the Minnesota Vikings have another big mess on their hands.

Randy Moss’ abrupt departure was just the latest in what has been a season long on drama and short on success for a 2-5 team that started with Super Bowl aspirations.

From Brett Favre’s late arrival to training camp, through an NFL investigation into improper messages allegedly sent by the quarterback a few years ago and now with Moss’ release, the Vikings have been plagued by distraction and now their season is in danger of spinning com-

pletely out of control.

“Every time I come to work I see the news trucks sitting out there,” linebacker Ben Leber said.

“I feel like something is going on. I roll in and keep my ears open.”

It all started with another summer-long courtship of Favre, who again considered retirement after leading the Vikings to the NFC title game in January. Childress sent three of his highest-profile players to Favre's home in Mississippi in August to convince the gray-haired quarterback to make one more run.

Favre has struggled on and off the field this season. His 69.8 quarterback rating ranks 29th in the NFL and he has thrown 11 interceptions

Magic expresses interest in role with Dolphins MIAMI (AP) — Magic Johnson says he would be interested in becoming the Miami Dolphins’ latest celebrity limited partner, although his priority is to help Los Angeles get an NFL team.

Johnson said he recently met with Dolphins owner Stephen Ross to discuss business, but he offered no details about the conversation.

“I like Stephen Ross a lot,” Johnson said Friday while attending the Miami Heat’s game against Orlando. “Of course if he wants me to do business with him, we’re going to do business together. If I can’t get something done in L.A. and if he asks me to join the Dolphins, would I? Of course I would.”

Johnson attended the Dolphins’ home game Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Since taking over the Dolphins before last season, Ross has brought aboard as limitAP Photo by Seth Wenig ed partners the Williams sisters, Gloria and Basketball legend turned entrepreneur Magic Emilio Estefan, Fergie Johnson tours the Sports Museum of America in and Marc Anthony. As New York, Nov. 21, 2008. Johnson was there to part of Ross’ attempt to promote his new book, “32 Ways to be a boost attendance, the Champion in Business.”

Dolphins now have a VIP entrance and South Beach-style club at games.

“He’s a smart businessman, and he’s a fun businessman,” Johnson said. “See, that’s the difference between a lot of owners. He understands marketing and making it fun, a great atmosphere.

“But my No. 1 priority is to bring the NFL back to L.A.” Johnson recently sold his small ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers.

after being picked off just seven times all of last season.

He is also in the middle of a league investigation into allegations that he sent a game-day hostess inappropriate messages while both worked for the New York Jets in 2008.

Then Childress, with injuries to Pro Bowl receivers Sidney Rice and Percy Harvin, sent a third-round draft pick to New England on Oct. 6 for Moss, a player with a long history of clashing with management and coaches.

“Pull out your number 84 jerseys, man,” Moss said at the time to a euphoric Vikings fan base. “I think this is going to be a fun ride.”

More like a stunningly brief one.

This ride didn't last much longer than an inexperienced cowboy atop a prized rodeo bull, and it may have inflicted just as much damage.

The latest headline-grabbing incident has put Childress in the crosshairs. Owner Zygi Wilf declined to comment through a team spokesman and there is speculation that the coach, despite signing a five-year extension last season, could be in trouble if things continue to crumble.

“That would be somebody else’s call completely,” Childress said on Monday. “I have to worry about this football team next week playing the Arizona Cardinals.

That’s plenty for me.”

Childress has not seen eye-toeye with Favre for much of the past two seasons, and Harvin became the latest player to question the game plan when he remarked about the lack of halftime adjustments on Sunday in the 28-18 loss to New England.

The clumsy way the Moss ordeal unfolded has only increased the criticism.

Childress spoke to reporters on Monday afternoon, but did not mention his intention to cut Moss during an extended discussion of the receiver’s performance. He presumably wanted to speak to his team about it first, and he told his players during a meeting right after his news conference.

That left a smattering of players, primarily Leber, to break the news to the media and try to explain the organization’s motives.

“I don’t know what’s been going on privately or if there’s been stuff going on behind the scenes, something I’m not aware of,” Leber said. “I’m not sure what the motivation was or what they’re thinking, but it certainly is a surprise when you think you trade for a guy a couple weeks ago and then release him a few weeks later.”

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New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick hugs Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss after New England’s 28-18 win in an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass., Oct. 31.

Leber wasn’t the only one scratching his head.

“Randy is a good friend of mine, it caught me off guard as well,” left tackle Bryant McKinnie tweeted. “But this is not (in) the players control.”

Even Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher called it “quite unique.”

“I don’t know any more about it than what you know, but you don't give up a third-round pick for somebody to help you win and then just release him,” Fisher said.

Childress didn’t release a statement until nearly six hours after the news first broke. The Vikings were off on Tuesday and he was unavailable to discuss the decision, including the motives behind it and whether he consulted Wilf, who signed off on adding about $5 million to the payroll when they traded for Moss.

“I think it comes down to the bigger picture of what’s going on in Minnesota as a whole, and everything is going haywire,” former quarterback turned NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner said on Tuesday. “And I don’t think anybody really knows what’s going on.”

Childress is next scheduled to address the media on Wednesday afternoon, which only prolongs the situation and forces players to be confronted with questions about it for another full day while preparing to play the Cardinals on Sunday.

Moss certainly deserves some of the blame as well. He had 13 catches for 174 yards and two touchdowns in four games with the Vikings, never emerging as the dynamic deep threat that he was during his first seven-season stint in Minnesota. He appeared to give up on a pass from Favre near the goal line against the Patriots, acted petulantly in the locker room and delivered a bizarre postgame rant in which he literally saluted Bill Belichick and his former Patriots teammates and criticized the Vikings coaches for not

listening to his advice.

“It’s kind of shocking, but at the same time the game of football is a business,” safety Tyrell Johnson said.

“It’s about what you’re doing, how you contribute to the team no matter who you are. Really it’s about winning football games. Not saying he didn’t do a great job. I think he did.

Honestly I’m not in a management position.”

But the Vikings couldn’t say they were surprised by Moss’ antics.

It’s an act that has played twice now in Minnesota and once each in Oakland and New England.

“I think that a whole bunch of things are going wrong in Minnesota, and I look at it as a situation where it’s almost like they’re just trying to stop the bleeding a little bit,” Warner said. “So many distractions, so many things going on, so many things going the wrong direction for them.”

Moss hit the waiver wire on Tuesday, according to two people with knowledge of his status. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information publicly.

The other 31 teams have until 4 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday to put in a claim on him and what’s left of a contract that guaranteed him $6.4 million this year. The team with the worst record will win the claim, with winless Buffalo having the first shot at him.

If no team claims him, Moss will be eligible to sign a new deal with any team and the Vikings would still be on the hook for nearly $4 million in remaining salary.

“I bet every player in the building would come in my back door and say, ‘Go get him, go get him,’ ” Fisher said.

AP Sports Writers Dave Campbell in Eden Prairie, Minn., Joseph White and Howard Fendrich in Washington, D.C., and Teresa M. Walker, in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this story.

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RESULTS ARE IN MID-TERM ELECTIONS - NOVEMBER 2, 2010 N AT I O N A L Republicans Win Solid House Majority

BY JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans rolled up historic gains to seize control of the House on Tuesday, as voters disenchanted with the economy, President Barack Obama and government dealt a strong rebuke to Democrats in every corner of the country.

The GOP ousted Democratic freshmen and influential veterans, including some considered safe just weeks ago. Republicans piled up their biggest House gains since they added 80 seats in 1938: By early Wednesday, they had netted 60 formerly Democratic seats and led in four more.

The GOP victory eclipsed the 54-seat pickup by the so-called “revolution” that retook the House in 1994 for the first time in 40 years and the 56-seat Republican gain in 1946.

Ascendant Republican leaders quickly pledged to heed the message of angry voters who they acknowledged were rejecting what both parties had to offer.

“Across the country right now, we are witnessing a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of big government, and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the people,” said Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, in line to become the next speaker.

With the realities of divided government sinking in, Obama called Boehner to say he looked forward to working with him and the GOP “to find common ground, move the country forward and get things done for the American people,” the White House said.

Boehner told the president he wanted to collaborate on voters’ top priorities, creating jobs and cutting spending.

“That’s what they expect,” the 10-term Republican said.

Licking their wounds, House Democrats defended their legislative record and campaign strategy and said they would try to compromise with the GOP. “The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, the first woman to hold the post. “We must all strive to find common ground to support the middle class, create jobs, reduce the deficit and move our nation forward.”

By midmorning Wednesday, the GOP had captured 239 seats and was leading for four more, while Democrats had won 184 and led for eight.

All 435 seats were on the ballot.

Democrats had only picked up three Republican seats, and had lost some of their most powerful members, including Rep. John Spratt in South Carolina, the 14-termer who heads the Budget Committee, Rep. Ike Skelton in Missouri, the Armed Services Committee chairman, and House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. James Oberstar of Minnesota, an 18term veteran.

Republicans defeated three dozen Democrats in districts won by Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the 2008 presidential campaign, as voters in exit polls expressed anxiety about the economy, disillusion with Obama and tea party-fueled distaste for government.

G O P gains were particularly pronounced in the Rust Belt, with the party racking up two wins in

Indiana, five each in Ohio and Pennsylvania, three in Illinois, and two in Michigan. They scored key victories from Maryland to Washington and broke House Democrats’ monopolies in New England and in New York City — by defeating Rep. Carol Shea Porter in New Hampshire and Rep. Mike McMahon on Staten Island.

Among the victims were Ohio Rep. Steve Driehaus, Reps. Suzanne Kosmas of Florida, Frank Kratovil of Maryland and Tom Perriello of Virginia, first-termers who backed key elements of Obama’s agenda — the president even campaigned for Perriello — and were savaged for it by their Republican rivals.

But those who stressed their independence from their party, like Reps. Glenn Nye of Virginia, Travis Childers of Mississippi and Bobby Bright of Alabama, also went down. Some old bulls also fell, including nine-term Rep. Earl Pomeroy in North Dakota, 13-term Rep. Paul Kanjorski in Pennsylvania and 20-year veteran Rep. Chet Edwards in Texas.

And Democrats thought to be cruising toward re-election were surprised to be caught up in an anti-incumbent tide. Seven-term Rep. Bob Etheridge in North Carolina lost to Sarah Palin-backed candidate Renee Ellmers, a nurse who got into the race in part because of the health care law. And conservative Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor in Mississippi was defeated by a late surge for Republican state Rep. Steven Palazzo, even after trying everything to distance himself from his party — including publicly confessing that he voted for McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

Democrats had few gains to celebrate. In one rare bright spot, John Carney handily beat Republican Glen Urquhart in the race to succeed GOP Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware’s only House seat, which Castle left to unsuccessfully pursue a Senate seat.

In New Orleans, Democrat Cedric Richmond beat Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, who had campaigned as a friend of Obama. And in Hawaii, state Senate president Colleen Hanabusa, for whom Obama appeared in TV ads, unseated Republican Rep. Charles Djou, running for a first full term after winning a May special election in Obama’s birth-state.

A handful of Democrats heavily targeted by the GOP pulled through, including Reps. Betty Sutton of Ohio, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heath Shuler of North Carolina and John Yarmuth of Kentucky.

Voters went to the polls intensely worried about the economy and dissatisfied with the way the federal government is working. An Associated Press analysis of exit poll results found voters saying the economy eclipses any other issue as their top concern.

They’re also expressing dissatisfaction with Obama and Congress, and they don’t have a favorable view of either political party.

It was a remarkable turnabout from 2008, when Obama helped propel Democrats to big gains in their House majority only two years after the 2006 wave that swept them to control. This year, few Democratic incumbents were safe, least of all the 51 who claimed Republican seats over the last four years.

House candidates and party committees raised and spent tons of campaign cash, and Democrats had a slight edge. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $145 million to bankroll its candidates, compared with $121 million shelled out by the National Republican Congressional Committee. That’s nearly double what the Democratic campaign arm spent in the last election, and more than five times what the Republican counterpart did when the tables were turned.

GOP candidates poured a total of $419 million into their campaigns, while Democrats spent

$421.5 million.

But Republican-allied outside groups skewed the playing field dramatically. They spent $189.5 million savaging Democratic candidates while independent groups skewering Republicans spent $89 million.

S TAT E Dems Win Most CA Statewide Office Slots

BY GREG RISLING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats sewed up five of California’s statewide offices, bucking the national swing toward Republicans, while San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom widened his lead Wednesday over his Republican counterpart for lieutenant governor.

With voters electing Jerry Brown as governor over Republican Meg Whitman, Democrats hoped Newsom could outduel incumbent Abel Maldonado for lieutenant governor, giving the majority party the state’s two top spots.

With 61 percent of precincts reporting, Newsom had 48 percent of the vote, compared to 41 percent for the GOP’s Maldonado.

Newsom, 43, declared victory early Wednesday, even though Maldonado was girding himself for possibly not knowing the outcome until sometime later in the day.

“I want to thank Californians from every corner of the state and every walk of life for believing in this campaign and the important work ahead,” Newsom said. “If we want the great state of California to get back to business, we must change the way Sacramento does theirs.”

Meanwhile, Democratic incumbent and longtime California politician Bill Lockyer defeated Republican state Sen. Mimi Walters in the treasurer’s race.

Incumbent John Chiang, a Democrat, beat Republican Tony Strickland, an anti-tax, fiscal conservative, in a rematch from 2006 for controller. The office is charged with watching more than roughly $100 billion in transactions.

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240 mon Dunn, a former NFL journeyman. Dunn had never voted before last year’s statewide special election and it was his first bid for public office.

In a contest between termed-out state assemblymen, Democrat Dave Jones of Sacramento defeated Republican Mike Villines of Clovis to replace outgoing Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.

Republican candidates in California were trying to ride the wave of discontent with Democrats in Congress and hoping to avoid a repeat of 2006, when Democrats took most of California’s eight constitutional offices.

Republicans account for roughly 31 percent of registered voters in California, while Democrats comprise about 44 percent of registered voters.

Newsom has garnered national attention for his support of gay marriages, while Maldonado has roiled conservatives in the GOP for casting the deciding vote last year while he was state senator on a budget that boosted taxes.

A teacher-turned-lawmaker, state Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, was leading retired school district superintendent Larry Aceves to replace Jack O’Connell as the state superintendent of public instruction. The position is nonpartisan.

LOCAL Tabor Led the Pack but Misses the Mark

BY FRANCIS TAYLOR L.A. Sentinel Contributing Writer Because he needed 50 percent of votes plus one, but didn’t get enough on Nov. 2, Danny Tabor has to compete in another mayoral run-off election against James Butts next year.

Tabor got about 44 percent of votes, while Butts received roughly 31 percent, according to unofficial election results from Inglewood Deputy City Clerk Cheryl Moore.

One-hundred percent of precincts reported the results.

The election could take place in January, which would be the city’s fourth one since June 2010.

The first was held in June after now-former Mayor Roosevelt Dorn left a vacancy for the mayoral office — he resigned after pleading guilty to a public corruption charge.

Tabor and Butts, a former Inglewood police officer and previous Santa Monica Police Department chief of police, were the top vote-getters in that election.

Tabor, a former city councilman and once a community organizer for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, had about 26 percent of the vote while Butts received nearly 24 percent. That led to a run-off election in August, which Tabor won. That special August run-off election was required by the city’s charter.

Another election had to be held on Nov. 2, but to be mayor one must win 50 percent of votes plus one, according to the city charter.

With a reported deficit of nearly $18 million, the city could be headed for tougher economic times. And elections are costly undertakings.

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‘Lion King’ actress Judge declines to hear Jackson wrongful death case dies from leukemia Walter opened a hearing Monday by telling Joe Jackson’s attorney that he didn’t think Jackson’s father LOS ANGELES (AP) — A could receive any money from one wrongful-death lawsuit filed by of the major causes of action, which Michael Jackson’s father will now alleged the singer’s rights were viobe handled by a state court after a lated under the Americans with federal judge said Monday he didn’t Disabilities Act. “I am firmly convinced that have authority to hear the case and that the singer’s father would be you can’t seek damages on this (disabilities act) cause of action,” Walter said.

T h e judge said that was the only federal issue in the case and he would not handle any other issues.

“This is a cr e a t u r e o f state law, this wrongful death claim,” the judge said.

Joe Jackson’s attorney, Brian Oxman, agreed to dismiss the ADA-related claim and said he would reAP Photo by John Locher file the case in Dr. Conrad Murray appears in court in Las Vegas May 7, Los Angeles 2010. A court officer in Las Vegas postponed a decision S u p e r i o r Friday on whether the Murray, a doctor accused of admin- Court soon. istering a fatal dose of anesthetic to pop star Michael Wa l t e r Jackson should be allowed to keep practicing medicine in had previoushis home state of Nevada. Dr. Conrad Murray’s profession- ly expressed al fate rests not with the Nevada state Board of Medical doubts that the Examiners, but with a ruling in Clark County Family Court. case belonged in federal unlikely to collect tens of millions court, but had allowed it to remain until the case’s first scheduling of dollars in damages in his court.

Joe Jackson’s attorney agreed hearing Monday.

The lawsuit will likely join a to dismiss part of his case against the doctor charged in the pop super- case filed by the Jackson family star’s death, which prompted the patriarch’s wife against concert projudge to rule that the remaining moter AEG Live. Katherine Jackson issues had to be heard in state court. sued the company, which planned U.S. District Judge John F. and promoted a series of London

BY ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER

concerts Michael Jackson was preparing for when he died unexpectedly in June 2009.

She has accused the promoter of failing to give Dr. Conrad Murray lifesaving equipment and properly oversee him while he cared for her son during preparations for the concerts. AEG has said the lawsuit is meritless.

“Given the two cases pending, it makes no sense to have them separated,” Oxman said. “It’s a matter of practicality.”

Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and was named in Joe Jackson’s lawsuit, but not in the case filed by Katherine Jackson.

Murray’s attorney, Charles H. Peckham, told Walter that there would still be legal hurdles in state court for Joe Jackson’s lawsuit. He said after the hearing that Murray will challenge whether the elder Jackson has the right to sue for wrongful death.

Authorities have accused Murray of giving Michael Jackson a lethal dose of sedatives, including the anesthetic propofol, in the bedroom of the singer’s rented mansion. Propofol is meant to be used in hospital settings.

Murray has pleaded not guilty.

Walter also said Monday he didn’t want to wait for Murray’s trial to conclude, and he warned the attorneys that if the case remained in his courtroom, it would not be significantly delayed.

“I’m not going to wait around for two years, if you think that’s how long the criminal case is going to take,” the judge said.

Murray is due back in criminal court Jan. 4 for the start of a preliminary hearing where prosecutors will lay out some of the evidence against him.

His attorneys have said he did not give the one-time King of Pop anything that should have killed him.

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BY ULA ILNYTZKY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Shannon Tavarez, the 11year-old who starred on Broadway in “The Lion King” and whose battle with leukemia won the hearts of many, including Alicia Keys, Rihanna and 50 Cent, has died.

Shannon died Monday afternoon at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, on Long Island, of acute myelogenous leukemia, a common type of leukemia among adults, but rare among children.

“She was a remarkable and talented young lady who touched the lives of those she entertained, as well as those who cared for her over the past several months,” medical center said TuesAP Photo by Jenny AndersonI day in a statement. n this March 25, 2010 photo provided by Disney Shannon, who play- Theatrical Productions, actress Shannon Tavarez is ed the young lion Nala, seen backstage at the Minskoff theater in New York had received an umbili- where she was playing the part of Young Nala in the cal-cord blood transplant Broadway musical, ‘The Lion King.’ Tavarez, 11, in August. The procedure died Nov. 1, after losing her battle with Leukemia. was performed as an alter- A founder of the bone marrow donor center DKMS, native to a bone marrow said Tavarez died at Cohen Children’s Medical transplant. Her doctor, Dr. Center in New Hyde Park, on Long Island.

Larry Wolfe, said that a perfect bone marrow shows a week for six months. match for Shannon could not be In a hospital interview with The found.

Associated Press after being diagThe search for a match was espe- nosed, the young actress talked cially daunting because Shannon’s about her love for the theater. mother is African-American and her “It’s an indescribable feeling, father is Hispanic, from the Dom- being on stage,” she said. “I portray inican Republic. For bone marrow this character with fears, but who is transplants, minorities and those of so tough. I feel like that’s who I am.” mixed ancestry have a more difficult Her long, curly brown hair was time finding good matches because gone because of chemotherapy, but there aren’t as many people from those the sixth-grader said the most diffigroups signed up as potential donors. cult part was being away from acting Right now, 83 percent of African- and her friends.

American patients who need marrow Keys, Rihanna and 50 Cent camtransplants don't find matches after six paigned to help Tavarez find a bone months of searching, according to the marrow donor, and cast members held National Marrow Donor Program, a bone marrow donor registration drives nonprofit organization dedicated to outside the play’s Minskoff Theater. helping patients receive transplants.

Katharina Harf, co-founder of the On her website, which includes a bone marrow donor center DKMS, photo of Shannon as Nala and a video said the donor center registered 10,000 of her singing “The Circle of Life,” the people as potential donors. Keys 78-pound actress said, “Some people skyped with Tavarez while she was at think that the test for compatibility is the hospital, Harf said, and the singer, scary! ... All it really takes to get start- Rhihanna and 50 Cent urged their fans ed is a cotton swab of the inside of to sign up as potential donors. your cheek.

Child performers from “The “So please get tested today. Lion King” and other shows also sold Who knows? You might be my bracelets and key chains that read, match. Or, you may be able to help “Shine for Shannon,” to raise money other young people with similar ill- to help pay for her medical bills. nesses. And remember ... ‘One swab “It’s rare that you meet such a will do the job.’ ” spirited girl at such a young age,” Shannon was forced to quit the Harf said. “She touched so many peoshow in April. She beat out hundreds ple to register. She was really, really a of other hopefuls last year to earn special girl.” her spot playing Nala, the childhood “Shannon’s bright smile, amazpal and girlfriend of Simba, hero of ing talent, and courage will continue to “The Lion King.” She split the role inspire us in our efforts,” the New with another girl, performing four York Blood Center said in a statement.

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France honors ‘beloved’ U.S. novelist Toni Morrison

BY JENNY BARCHFIELD ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Toni Morrison is “beloved” in France, the country’s culture minister said Wednesday, as he inducted the celebrated U.S. novelist into the elite Legion of Honor society.

In a ceremony in a gilded hall in the ministry, Frederic Mitterrand pinned a red and gold medal onto the celebrated author’s jacket as a scrum of photographers snapped away.

Mitterrand called Morrison — a Nobel laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize — “the greatest American novelist of her time.”

“I want to tell you that you incarnate what’s most beautiful about America ...

AP Photo by Thibault Camus (that) which gives a black U.S. novelist Toni Morrison smiles after child, born during segregation being awarded the Legion of Honor by into a modest family in a medi- French Culture Minister Frederic um-sized Ohio city an excep- Mitterrand, unseen, in Paris, Nov. 3, 2010. tional destiny,” Mitterrand told “I am very moved because I Morrison, as she listened on from a gilt-covered armchair nearby. “You think it’s very special to be with you, were the first woman writer to tell the Toni Morrison, and to be able to tell painful history of Afro-Americans.”

See TONI MORRISON, page 22

Rapper T.I. reports to US federal prison again FORREST CITY, Arkansas (AP) — The rapper T.I. has reported for a second time to a federal prison to serve time for a weapons violation.

The 30-year-old T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, showed up shortly before noon at the gates of the Forrest City low-security prison, traveling in an entourage of two black Chevrolet suburbans.

Harris served about seven months in the Arkansas prison in 2009 before he was released last December on probation.

Last month, a federal judge sentenced him to serve another 11 months in prison for breaking his federal probation after he was arrested on Sept. 1 in Los Angeles on drug charges.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles say they won’t file a felony drug charge against the rapper.

T.I.

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James Wall, Captain Kangaroo’s ‘Mr. Baxter,’ dies NEW YORK (AP) — James Wall, Captain Kangaroo’s neighbor “Mr. Baxter” on the children’s show and longtime stage manager for CBS News, has died. He was 92.

CBS News says Wall died Oct. 27 in New York City after a short illness.

The former vaudevillian joined the popular children’s show in 1962 as a stage manager before persuading the show’s producers to create its first black character in 1968.

He played Baxter and another recurring roll on the show until 1978.

Wall was a stage manager for many CBS broadcasts over the years, including “60 Minutes,” “Face the Nation,” and the US Open Tennis Championships.

In 1994, Wall was honored with an achievement award by the Director’s Guild of America.

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In this undated photo released by CBS, James ‘Jimmy’ Wall, Captain Kangaroo’s neighbor ‘Mr. Baxter’ on the children’s show and longtime stage manager for CBS News, is shown at the Director’s Guild of America and N.Y. Headquarters in New York. Wall died at his New York City home on Oct. 27, 2010 after a short illness. He was 92.

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Tatts and piercings; What does it matter?

What should we learn from the Eddie Long scandal?

BY PASTOR BOBBY SCOTT

Elder Jason Malveaux Scripture:I PETER 1:15-16.

BY ELDER JASON MALVEAUX BETHESDA TEMPLE CHURCH, LOS ANGELES When we were youth much of the conversation (preaching) around holiness, a consecrated lifestyle, seemed to pigeon-hole its way to clothes. Some of us, internally or openly, understood that our clothes made statement about who we were on the inside.

Some of us wanted to identify with Christ. After about three years in the Youth Department, people started ask, “What does what I wear have to do with my salvation?” Collectively, we decided that since you can not tell what is in a person’s heart by looking at their clothes, that clothing was irrelevant to how consecrated a person’s heart may be.

I should add that hip-hop was coming on strong as the clothing of choice for young people, which, at that time, was particularly associated with gangster culture. Young people, my friends, were saying, “Just because I sag does not mean I don’t love God.” Furthermore, another argument I remember was that the Old Testament law could not be used to justify or standardize New Testament church culture.

We failed to realize that God may have changed ceremonies now that Jesus fulfilled the law but He did not change how He felt about how we choose to live. Therefore, “You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord,” is a statement of divine disposition rather than ceremonial rite.

Simply put, just because Jesus died and rose again and we are under grace does not mean that He changed is disposition. If God said, “... never tattoo yourselves” in the Old Testament, there is no reason for us to believe that God has changed His mind on the issue.

Those who seek to consecrate themselves may seek to evaluate God’s dispositions in the Old Testament to gain insight into what holiness looks like in the New Testament.

So why do people rebel against dressing the part in church?

Because we say, “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” (I Pet. 1:15-16.) We make it a matter of disobedience to God. Nobody wants to feel like their soul is in danger because of what they choose to wear on their skin or on their body. We are not wrong.

Iniquity in the Old Testament, the flesh in the New Testament, is the deep desire to turn away from what is right. This issue is in the soul of every person and it is at WAR with God. It is why we need to be saved.

The flesh has manifestations (Gal. 5:16-17). When you see rebelliousness, anger, jealousy, as well as fornication, drunkenness, etc., these are evidences that let you know that there is a soul loosing his/her battle. Conformity to the world strengthens the flesh.

I thought the old folks had issues for requiring us to live so conservatively. Now I realize they weren’t crazy, they were experienced. They wanted victory in their souls and they knew how to get it.

Our manner of citizenship, how we conduct ourselves in the day to day, must exhibit holiness.

Our lifestyle must say, “Jesus is Lord in my soul.” It means we shop for clothes as if Jesus was our shopping buddy. We contemplate getting a tattoo as if Jesus was making the decision with us. If asked why, just say, “I’m trying to live for Christ and I don’t think that it is right for me.”

Don’t give in ... just stand ... they’ll give in before long. If they don’t respect you for your decision, then you know what kind of friend we do not have.

It’s not often that a pastor, particularly in the black community, is the lead story on CNN, and for that matter, the top news story in the nation.

Proud day for the church? Not exactly. Tragic is a better description. Four young male members of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church accused their bishop, Eddie Long, of coercing them into having sex.

Alleged salacious details and pictures of Long clad in skin-tight muscle outfits supposedly texted to the young men flooded the news waves.

Long, in recent court filings, denied all the allegations.

Added to the shocking nature of this is Long’s long-standing adamant position that same-sex marriage is sin. The result: an irresistible titillating news story and a nightmare of reproach for every predominantly black church (good ones and bad).

The growing consensus to this scandal seems to be that Biblebelieving Christians in predominantly black churches are homophobic hypocrites, and the obvious solution is that they must become more lovingly inclusive of homosexuality so people can stop pretending to be straight in their churches when they are really not.

As a Bible-believing pastor in a predominantly black church, I feel obligated to respond to this story, because 1. the growing consensus misses the biblical mark, and 2. because the Bible more than sufficiently instructs the church how to handle pastoral crises. Therefore, let me offer 10 brief points regarding what the Bible says about a scandal like this.

• Before drawing hard conclusions, let the whole story come out.

“He who gives an answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him,” Pro. 18:13.

• Don’t ignore the obvious.

Jesus warns, “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. … every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit,” Matt. 7:15-17.

• There are certain kinds of sins that if present in a person’s life will produce other grosser sins. The apostle Paul teaches, “For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith,” 1 Tim. 6:10. Therefore, the Bible absolutely forbids churches from calling men as pastors who are not “free from the love of money,” 1 Tim. 3:3.

• Whenever someone is truly innocent, God will vindicate them.

Pastor Bobby Scott “Keeping a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame,” 1 Pet. 3:16.

• Conversely, the Bible teaches that God will expose those who try to hide their sin in the name of religion. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap,” Gal. 6:7.

• God loves all sinners, straight and gay, because he sent His Son to die for all sinners, John 3:16. He also loves too much to leave people in their sin, so He calls all sinners to repent and put their faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. Those who will, straight or gay, He forgives and transforms. Those who won’t, straight or gay, religious or irreligious, He judges, 1 Cor. 6:9-11.

• God holds leaders to a stricter judgment. “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment,” James 3:1.

• Church leadership must not be a good-ol-boys club that covers up sins when allegations are substantiated by two our more people. They must be taken very seriously.

Scripture admonishes the church, “Do not receive an accusation against an elder (pastor or bishop) except on the basis of two or three witnesses,” 1 Tim. 5:19. But if found to be true, the church cannot be a respecter of persons and show partiality to its leaders. The Word of God demands that “Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning,” 1 Tim. 5:19, also see v. 20.

• When brazen sin in the church is not rebuked, then it spreads like cancer, corrupting the whole church.

“Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?

Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump,” 1 Cor. 5:7.

• The obvious solution is that churches in the black community See SCOTT, page 23

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SPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROM THE MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY JOURNAL For years it was seen as the “gay, White man’s disease.” But the face for HIV/AIDS has long since changed, bearing a much darker complexion.

According to published reports,

health officials estimate that one in 22 African Americans will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime — more than twice the risk for Hispanics and eight times that of Whites. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the numbers last week; noting the lifetime risk is one in 52 for Hispanics,

Attorney Jameika Williams Mangum a Force to be Reckoned With such as gifts for his children, Tshirts, a camera, and a loaded .22 gun. The box was placed on the conveyor belt and the gun was spotted by the Transportation Security Administration. Charged with “Attempting to Board a Commercial Aircraft with a Weapon,” Mangum’s client faced a Class 4 Felony charge, typically punishable by 1 to 3 years in the state penitentiary.

After receiving a call from her co-counsel, Mangum immediately took the case. During closing arguments, Mangum showed that the State failed to prove intent, and that the gun was left in the client’s bag from a hiking trip two weeks prior.

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People at an AIDS Awareness Day rally at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn., May 6, 2009 bow their heads and observe a moment of silence at the end of the rally. The moment of silence was held to honor family and friends who had died in the last year. The eighth annual AIDS Awareness Day Wednesday is sponsored by the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition. The group is fighting a proposed $3 million cut to state programs that help people with HIV and AIDS.

and one in 170 for Whites.

According to the report, Asian Americans had the lowest lifetime risk, at about one in 222.

The data is no longer considered shocking to some. Earlier research has shown that Black Americans have an exceptionally high risk of HIV infection.

Given the disproportionately high rate of risk for the disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently expanded its Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative to increase prevention efforts in the African-American, Latino, gay and bisexual communities, which are hardest hit by HIV/AIDS. The initiative is a partnership of major community organizations and was launched last year to intensify HIV prevention in the Black community.

As part of the new effort, the CDC has reportedly increased funding for the initiative from $10 million to $16 million over six years, brought in eight additional organizational partners, two of which focus specifically on gay Black men, and continues to build on outreach efforts already in place in the Black community.

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EVENT 11-06-10 BALLET (SUSAN GORDON) — City Ballet of Los Angeles (CBLA) will present Then and Now, a mixed repertory featuring Behind the Red Door on Nov. 6, 8 p.m., at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles. Then and Now features a diverse and eclectic string of dance vignettes including Behind the Red Door, in part a tribute to John Coltrane’s album “Giant Steps.”

Coltrane’s work provides the backdrop for a story of a boy, a girl and a date, set in Paris in the 1950s. This cabaret features 12 dancers of CBLA accompanied by the Ralph Gibson Atman Ensemble. Atman performs the music of Coltrane and Ms. Sloan Robinson holds court as the Master of Ceremonies. This ballet noir is choreographed by CBLA founder and Artistic Director Robyn Gardenhire. Single tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door. The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center is at 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles.

Tickets, more information: www.cityballetofla.org.

RENAMING CEREMONY — The Crenshaw Post Office Station, on 3894 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, will soon be renamed The Tom Bradley Post Office. A renaming ceremony honoring the former Los Angeles black mayor will take place Nov. 6, 10 a.m. More information: (323) 965-1422.

POERTY AND PROSE (AC BILBREW LIBRARY) — L.A.-based writer and photojournalist Valena Broussard Dismukes will present her new book of poetry and prose, “Eclectic Letters,” on Nov. 6, 2:30 p.m., at the AC Bilbrew Library, 150 E. El Segundo Blvd., Los Angeles. She is a descendant of African ancestors from Sierra Leone and Choctaw ancestors from Mississippi. Her book, “Red-Black Connection: Contemporary Urban African-Native Americans and Their Stories of Dual Identity,” is based on images from a photographic essay and depicts contemporary “Black Indians” as they share their perspectives on their dual heritage. This event is free and open to the public. Information: (310) 538-3350.

GOSPEL CONCERT — The “Giving Living Blue Jean Gospel Jazz Concert” will take place Nov. 6, 1 to 3 p.m., and 4 to 6, at Bethel AME Church - AA Morgan

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There will be praise dancing at the concert, as well as comedy, jazz music and more. People who want to attend must bring a new warm winter item and pay $10 for admission. The event is designed to help fund Bethel AME’s missionary work on Skid Row. More information: (323) 750-3240, Lorinda Holmes, (805) 405-0618.

BOOK SALE — A used book sale will take place Nov. 6, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Library, 2205 Florence Ave., Los Angeles. This event is open to the public and is free. More information: Diane Clark, 323-7507241; friendshydepark@yahoo.com.

11-13-10 CONCERT (NATE HOLDEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER) — The JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble will be in concert Nov. 13, 8 p.m., at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center.

JazzAntiqua will celebrate “the art of jazz” with a performance event that weaves dance with live jazz music, poetry and visual art. The event will include the premiere of “EVOLVE,” a five-part dance suite inspired by the collage art of Michael Massenburg, and feature the poetry of S. Pearl Sharp. The company will also perform “Caravan,” “You’ve Got to Have Freedom” and more. The center is at 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles. General admission tickets are $25 ($20 for seniors, students and groups of 10 or more) and available online. Information: www.ebonyrep.org, (323) 964?9766. More information on JazzAntiqua: www.jazzantiqua.org.

WARM-UP L.A. (PHI BETA SIGMA) — A Blanket Donation Drive will take place Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will be hosted by the Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Los Angeles Alumni chapter. The location for donation dropoff will be at Still Waters Hall, 4717 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles. The fraternity is asking the community to donate a brand new (or slightly/gently used) blanket of any size. All donations will be transported to the Compton-based Another Chance Outreach Ministries, which provides people assistance, including shelter and food.

BLACK SEMINOLES (AC BILBREW LIBRARY) — In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Black Resource Center will present “Black Seminoles: The North American Maroons” on Nov. 13, 2:30 p.m., by Phil Wilkes Fixico.

A historian and performance artist, Fixico is a Seminole Maroon descendant. His passion to learn about his Seminole Maroon ancestry led him to create a DVD about an underreported chapter in American history about his ancestors.

He is on a mission to enlighten as many as possible about the history of Seminole Maroons.

The event is free and open to the public, and will take place at AC Bilbrew Library, 150 E. El Segundo Blvd., Los Angeles.

Information: (310) 538-3350.

11-14-10 BOOK CLUB — “Peace from Broken Pieces — An Unforgettable Afternoon with Iyanla Vanzant” will take place Nov. 14, 3 to 6 p.m. The event will be hosted by the Tavis Smiley Foundation and the Los Angeles Sentinel Book Club. It will take place at the Museum of African American Art, 4005 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles. The museum is located inside the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

Parking is free. Attendees must pay $35 at the door. More information: (323) 290-1888, (323) 294-7071.

11-16-10 PANDEMONIUM (DC Publicity) — After the success of their take on rhythm and physical theater, STOMP co-creators Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas have taken their concept to a

new level with PANDEMONIUM, which will have four performances only at Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, Nov. 16, 17 and 18. Cresswell and McNicholas have reinvented the concept of a symphony orchestra section by section with their “Lost and Found Orchestra.”

They have achieved this by transforming everyday objects into a plethora of invented instruments, such as the Bed Bass that is a steel folding bed with strings with a two octave range and the Squonkaphone, a relative to the saxophone made with plumbing tubes and balloons, to name just a few. Information: www.pandemoniumtheshow.com.

11-19-10 MASQUERADE BALL (CEF) — Compton Education Foundation’s (CEF) 1st Annual Masquerade Ball 2010 will take place Nov. 19, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., and a mask is a must. This blacktie event, hosted by California Assemblyman Isadore Hall III and featuring live performances by The Sevilles, will be held at the Carson Community Center, 801 E. Carson St. This is the third installment of fundraisers held by CEF. In

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Thursday, November 4, 2010 2009 and 2008, the Foundation hosted its CENTERSTAGE event, which showcased the talents of students from Compton Unified School District. This year the foundation will honor Blondell Filer, wife of Maxy Filer and mother of Judge Kelvin Filer, for her contributions to arts education in the school district, and Jaffe Dickerson for his service to the foundation. More information and ticket sales: Dorothy Vann (Hall), (562) 428-5319; Lanette White, (310) 593-1553.

11-26-10 PLAY — The musical play “Sweet Mama String Bean,” based on the life of Ethel Waters, will run at the Fremont Centre Theatre Nov. 26 to 28; Dec. 2 to 5, 16 to 19 and 31.

The show will feature ValLimar and Frank Jansen, who will perform several songs Waters sang, including “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “My Handy Man.” Reservations: (866) 8114111. Ticket, showtime and more information: www.fremontcentretheatre.com.

Ninos” exhibits at the Museum of Tolerance (MOT) will run through Dec. 13. These exhibits highlight in separate but related installations the contributions of both Latinos and AfricanAmericans to the Civil Rights Movement. “Courage” is the story of the Rev. Joseph Delaine and some citizens of Clarendon County, S.C., who, in 1950, brought a lawsuit to challenge racial segregation in schools that led to the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. This interactive, multimedia presentation depicts what life was like for African Americans living in the South during this time and features a diorama of a firebombed church, and re-creations of the separate and unequal classrooms that existed at the time. Also, while most people know about desegregation in the South, a separate exhibit at the museum, “Para Todos Los Ninos: Fighting Segregation in California,” focuses on a lesser-known case: the story of the landmark case in Southern California that took place almost 10 years before Brown v. Board of Education. This new bilingual exhibition shows the history of segregation in California through the personal story of the Mendez family and their struggle to end school segregation. Their sacrifices resulted in the closing of not only Mexican-American schools but also abolishing segregated schools for AsianAmerican and Native-American children as well. The museum is at 9786 W. Pico Blvd. (at the southeast corner of Pico Boulevard and Roxbury Drive), Los Angeles. More information: (310) 5538403.

ONGOING EXHIBITION (CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS) — “Winston Hewitt: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Paintings and Prints,” will open Nov. 10 and continue through Dec. 8. Hewitt (1922 to 2006) had a long career, including a profession as an artist and professor of French literature at California State University, Dominguez Hills. His art is the summary expression of his “authentic interests.”

Colored landscapes and prints by Hewitt will be on display in this visual celebration of his life. The opening reception will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10.

Admission is free. The gallery, in La Corte Hall A-107, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday. It will be closed for Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. CSU Dominguez Hills is at 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson. Visitor parking permits may be purchased for $4 at dispensing machines in each campus lot. More information about Hewitt: www.winstonhewitt.org. Event information: (310) 243-3334.

CIVIL RIGHTS EXHIBITIONS (MOT) — “The Courage” and “Para Todos Los

JOHN SCOTT EXHIBIT (CAAM) — “Our Love of John T. Scott,” currently on exhibit at the California African American Museum, will run through Oct. 31. The late New Orleans African American artist was known for his variety of artwork, including his paintings and sculptures.

Attendees will have the opportunity to see much of his work at CAAM. The museum is at 600 State Drive, Los Angeles. More information: (213) 744-7432.

ART SHOWCASE (JEFF CLEMENTS) — Dr. Jeffery A. Clements’ artwork is being displayed as part of his latest

“Nostalgic Pastimes” showcase through Dec. 11. His work is being showcased at the FrameStore gallery, 8692 Washington Blvd., Culver City. Clements was on the scene four years ago with fine

arts drawings of dilapidated houses. His

artwork will be on display from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the weekend.

Information: (310) 837-4531.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN (ERT) — Phylicia Rashad is set to make her Los Angeles directorial debut with a production of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic ad Phylicia Rash

play “A Raisin in the Sun.” Ebony Repertory Theatre is returning this play to Los Angeles. Preview performances begin on March 23, 2011, at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles. Single tickets go on sale Nov. 1, 2010. Rashad has starred in many films including: “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,” “Just Wright,” “Free of Eden,” and several other movies. Her television credits include Clair Huxtable in “The Cosby Show.” “A Raisin in the Sun.” will play from March 23 to April 17, 2011. Ticket, showtime and more information: www.ebonyrep.org.

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What About Black American Reality and the American Dream Economic Justice?

BY DR. BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS JR. NNPA COLUMNIST During the last several weeks there have been many published opinion articles about the state of the American dream in 2010 for people who live in the United States.

Most notably was journalist Fareed Zakaria’s cover story, “Restoring the American Dream,” in the Nov. 1 edition of TIME. He asserted, “the grim reality is that technology and globalization are shattering the middle class.

With the midterms around the corner, the good news is that a bipartisan policy agenda can return the country to prosperity.”

What is the state of Black America today? What is our share of the economy? Are our children receiving a quality education? With the nation polarized once again with partisan politics, who is going to assert and protect the interests of African Americans?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in his historic “I Have a Dream” speech in August of 1963, clearly articulated the aspirations, hopes and dreams of millions of Black Americans that one day we would all have the opportunity to share in the reality of the American Dream.

That was 47 years ago.

We have made real progress since that time in some areas, but today we must remind ourselves of the formidable challenges that still exist.

When we used to sing “We Shall Overcome” back in the 1960s, it was against a societal backdrop of harsh racial, economic and political realities. But, we kept our faith and marched on in spite of the gloomy forecasts, threats and acts of violent domestic terrorism against the Civil Rights Movement.

Similarly today, we must keep our faith and keep marching on. We must keep our struggle for freedom, justice and equality alive with a renewal of vigor, spirit and selfdetermination.

We have more reasons today to demand equal justice and fairness.

There are some who think we should keep quiet and not make too much

protest noise about our social condition as a people in America because we have a brother in the White House. I am very proud that we have President Barack Obama in the White House. Thus far, he has been

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. a great President.

However, we should not be less vocal today. We should not be less concerned about our realities in the United States. We should be more outspoken.

Our children deserve a much better quality education. We should be not less willing to speak out for the sake of our children and communities. We have always known that education is a major key to our liberation from poverty and racial injustice.

That is why I am a strong advocate for our Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

These historic institutions of high achievement and academic excellence are needed now more than ever before because of the consequential prerequisite for a college education into the mainstream of American life.

We, therefore, should work diligently to support the National Association For Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO).

Too many of our young stu-

dents, however, in high school and junior high school drop out before even getting a chance to complete high school and to apply to a college.

Grades K through 12 have got to be our focus as well.

In New York, the failure rate percentage of the third-grade reading tests statewide are used to determined how many juvenile prisons are going to be built.

Across the nation in too many instances, incarceration has supplanted the education of our young men and women.

Because of the current economy and high unemployment rates, Black people in the U.S. are witnessing a severe downturn in economic status with respect to wealth attainment and empowerment. Fortymillion African Americans are expected to spend more than $1 trillion, but primarily as consumers, according to the 8th edition of Packaged Facts’ “The African-American Market in the U.S.” report.

We have to be more focused on developing a stronger economic development and AfricanAmerican-owned businesses in our communities. But again, education and apprenticeship training are key.

Zarkaria was right to call national attention to what’s happening to the American Dream. For too many in our communities, it is more of the American Nightmare when it comes to poverty and self-destruction.

We all must face the future with a renewed sense of struggle and commitment. Yes, it will not be easy to turn our situation around. But how and when our situation will change for the better is more in our own hands to determine.

The Black Press, in all of its dimensions, will continue to be the most reliable source of information and action agendas for all of us to participate.

Let’s work together to further change ourselves as we further change America for the better. We shall overcome!

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is senior adviser to the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) and president of Education Online Services Corp.

BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX NNPA COLUMNIST The election of President Barack Obama in 2008 seems to have uncorked a virulent racism among folks who are hatefully resentful of the fact that an African American man now leads our nation. The steady drumbeat of negative commentary is so overwhelming that many African Americans are cowed and cautioned into not even asserting our issues, so artfully poised to drown out dissent that some liberals have decided to hold their powder until after the election for fear of hurting our president. A Washington Post article penned by bitter blasts from the past — see it at www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102905966.ht ml — shamefully compared President Obama to Richard Nixon because of his “partisanship,” describing him, in a manner devoid of context, as “divisive” while it took a Canadian to remind us that President Obama is, indeed, the President of the United States, not “dude,” or a “hottie,” or a “Marxist” or a “socialist,” as so many have described him. The fact is that if Barack Obama walked on water somebody would say he couldn’t swim (remember the Jackson campaign in 1984), and Republicans repeatedly rebuffed the olive branch he offered in the early days of his administration when he thought more of human nature than it was capable of in offering the possibility of bipartisanship.

Oh, well. I’m writing before Tuesday’s election, uncertain about the outcome. All the polls and the pundits say it will be a Republican rout. But polls and pundits have been wrong before and for all the negative nattering of nihilistic nabobs, there is the possibility that the least and the left out, though wanting more than they’ve gotten from the Obama administration, understand that turning the clock back is not an acceptable option. Nobody should count their chickens until the last vote clears, and even when there is a clearing, there is much work to be done as our nation embraces an uncertain economic recovery, and looks for ways to bounce back. So far our recovery has been a jobless recovery, which is shameful. Those who would simply cut taxes to balance budgets are tone deaf about the material conditions in which many Americans live.

I am especially concerned about the economic inequality faced by African Americans and the fact that our nation seems tone deaf to it.

Because President Obama happens to be African American, the mention of racial economic inequality seems

Julianne Malveaux to be a forbidden subject. Indeed, the invocation of race is so likely to provoke unremitting hostility that many have looked for “race neutral” remedies to solve a set of issues that clearly have race at their base. In other words, a rising tide won’t lift every boat. Some boats need holes repaired, new oars, or a new motor.

Some communities are woefully lagging in the midst of our so-called economic recovery.

Consider these facts: 1. According to the September 18 report on income and poverty, the poverty rate for African Americans was 25.8 percent, compared to 9.4 percent for whites, 12.5 percent for Asian Americans, 25.3 percent for Hispanics, and a 14.3 percent combined rate for all of us. That rate is up by more than 1 percent in a year, and more than 43 million of us are poor.

2. The median African American income level in 2009 was $32,000, compared to $54,000 for whites, $65,000 for Asians and $38,000 for Hispanics. While income levels dropped for every racial and ethnic group, they dropped most for African Americans.

3. Last month’s unemployment rate (new rates will be released on Nov. 5) were 9.6 percent, 8.7 percent for whites, 16.1 percent for African Americans, and 12.4 percent for Hispanics. When discouraged and part time workers are included, the overall rate is 17.1 percent, and the rate for African Americans is 28.7 percent 4. The Survey of Consumer Finance, a report that the Federal Reserve Bank issues every three years, indicates that the median level of wealth for whites was $170,400, compared to $27,800 for African Americans in 2007. That’s a ratio of more than 6:1, an inequality more severe than income inequality. The gap may have widened since the start of the Great Recession.

See MALVEAUX, page 22

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Thursday, November 4, 2010 Trustee Sale No. CA09001138-10-1 . Loan No. 0016024143 Title Order No. 100411503-CA-LPI APN 5002-001-025 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED September 26, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On November 29, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc., dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on October 5, 2006, as Instrument No. 06 2220444 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: DETAN LEARD AND JOYCE LEARD, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, in favor of HOME LOAN SPECIALISTS, INC. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1316 WEST 51ST PLACE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90037 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $402,368.05 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: October 28, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09001138-10-1 . 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded or the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Ad #6421 2010-10-28 2010-11-04 2010-11-11 Trustee Sale No. CA09001160-10-1 . Loan No. 0008023210 Title Order No. 100421572-CA-LPI APN 5226-030-020 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED May 13, 1992. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On November 15, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc., dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on May 22, 1992, as Instrument No. 92 929959 and re-recorded on March 3, 2005, as Instrument No. 05 0485162 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: YOLANDA ABUNDES, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, in favor of SONOMA CONVEYANCING, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1152 NORTH MILLER AVENUE, LOS ANGELES AREA, CA 90063 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $81,903.24 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale.

Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: October 21, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09001160-10-1 .

17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan

servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded or the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Ad #6434 2010-10-21 2010-10-28 2010-11-04 Trustee Sale No. CA09000466-10-1 . Loan No. 1010289732 Title Order No. 100143530-CA-GTI APN 5110-016-019 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED July 26, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On December 15, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc., dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on August 3, 2007, as Instrument No. 20071836567 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: ADELA GONZALEZ A SINGLE WOMAN AND ARTURO SAMANO A SINGLE MAN AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, in favor of INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 331 W 49TH ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90037 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $502,375.79 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: October 21, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000466-10-1 . 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded or the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Ad #6599 2010-10-21 2010-10-28 2010-11-04 Trustee Sale # CA0931592-3 Loan# 2000559002 Order # 3982419 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/11/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11/12/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/21/2007 as Document No. 20071226963 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, ANDRIA GRABLE, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP., as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state).

AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 4265-004-052 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11650 MAYFIELD AVENUE #4, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $478,030.43 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said

Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 __ Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 10/21/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 RPRequests@trusteecorps.com Ad #6603 2010-10-21 2010-10-28 2010-11-04 Trustee Sale # CA0943907-2 Loan# 1009850304 Order # 090328904 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 04/20/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11/18/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 04/27/2007 as Document No. 20071020781 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, JUANA A. RIDGLE, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, MILLE MORTGAGE INC, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 5017-015-012 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1241, 1241 1/2, 1243 WEST 46TH ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90037 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $593,250.28 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 10/28/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 RPRequests@trusteecorps.com Ad #6818 2010-10-28 2010-11-04 2010-11-11 Trustee Sale # CA0932721-2 Loan# 1010575767 Order # 090075757 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/16/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11/29/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/23/2007 as Document No. 20072399449 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, NORMA ROCHIN A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 6012-002-005 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 216 - 218 WEST 66TH STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90003 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee's Sale is: $570,693.67

(estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 11/04/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC., DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 RPRequests@trusteecorps.com Ad #6893 2010-11-04 2010-11-11 2010-11-18

FOR SALE Cemetery Plot for sale at Holy Cross Cemetery $4,000 obo. Please call Clara Wright at (310) 788-1513/days or (323) 299-2459/ eve.

HELP WANTED Fuddruckers Hiring Cooks, Cashiers, Shift Leaders! Apply 2-4 p.m. Daily 10250 Santa Monica Blvd.

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Qualified “B” licensed General Building Contractors are invited to submit a sealed bid on Project E10-30, Module 12.5 to the Burbank-GlendalePasadena Airport Authority by 2:05 PM, December 9, 2010.

The Work includes, but is not limited to, the following: Installation of new doors, new windows, air conditioning, insulation and correction of some code deficiencies for 40 Single Family Condominium units.

Bidders may obtain construction documents from the Bob Hope Airport Web Site at bobhopeairport.com under Business Opportunities and are encouraged to do so prior to the mandatory pre-bid conference. All Bidders shall register with the Airport Engineering Department either via web site or in person. Bids submitted by firms who have not registered with Airport Engineering will be considered non-responsive. A mandatory Pre-bid conference has been scheduled for November 18, 2010, at 10:00 A.M. at the Bob Hope Airport Engineering Offices, 2800 N. Clybourn Ave., Burbank, California.

Thursday, November 4, 2010 McCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES, INC. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center Inpatient Tower Renovation Project McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is requesting bid proposals from all qualified subcontractors and suppliers for this Design/Build project. The scope of work includes five buildings in various stages of design completion. Site Make ready work is already underway (Job Order Contracts- JOC). The Inpatient Tower Renovation (Bldg 7) is an existing 194,000 SF bed tower that will be renovated to house approximately 120 patient beds and other essential hospital services (ED, inpatient pharmacy, radiology, OR, central sterile and support functions). The Ancillary Building (Design Build) is a new building adjacent to the Inpatient Tower. It is a 26,000 SF, 2 story building that serves as the main entry point and lobby of hospital. Level 1 contains the Main Lobby and cafeteria and level 2 is hospital administration. The Hospital Support Building (Bldg 2) is a 22,000 SF two story existing building renovation for back of house services-Basement 100% renovation, 1st floor partial. The Main Lobby and Admitting Building is an 8,000 SF single story that will undergo renovations to allow this building to provide public services to the new Inpatient Tower. The Central Plant project is an upgrade to existing plant buildings (CP-1 and 2) and construction of new plant buildings (CP-3 and CP-4). All new equipment and campus wide controls will be installed.

All SBE/CBE Subcontractor/Supplier Bids are due Tuesday, November 16, 2010 before 2:00 p.m.

WORK CATEGORIES: Selective Demolition; Earthwork; Piles; Site Utilities; Asphalt; Site Concrete; Landscaping; Striping; Fences & Gates; Site Furnishings; Reinforcing Steel; CIP Concrete; Precast Concrete; CMU; Stonework; Structural Steel; Metal Decking; Miscellaneous Iron; Expansion Joints; Rough Carpentry; Finish Carpentry/Casework; Waterproofing; Building Insulation; Vapor Emissions Control; General Sheet Metal/Metal Panels/Roof Accessories/Louvers; Roofing; Smoke Containment Systems; Joint Sealants; Doors, Frames & Hardware; Access Doors; Coiling Doors/Grilles; Glass & Glazing; Lath, Plaster & Drywall; Ceramic Tile; Terrazzo; Acoustical Ceilings; Resilient Flooring, Carpet & Base; FRP; Painting & Wallcovering; Epoxy Flooring; Markerboards & Tackboards; Cubicle Curtains/Tracks; Wall Protection; Lockers; Access Flooring; Signs and Graphics; Fire Extinguishers; Operable Partitions; Shelving; Telephone Specialties; Toilet Compartments/Accessories; Projection Screens; Medical Equipment; Equipment-Fume Hoods; Loading Dock Equipment; Food Service Equipment; Entrance Mats; Window Coverings; Modular Furniture; Morgue Refrigerators; Radiation Protection; Special Structures; Elevators; Hoists and Cranes; Pneumatic Tube Systems; Fire Sprinkler System; Building Controls.

Do not contact the County, Architect or any Consultants. All questions will be sent to Robert Bruns, Preconstruction Director via fax (949-756-6841), or email (rbruns@mccarthy.com)

GOVERNMENT INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. 1704 THE LEAD-BASE PAINT ABATEMENT AT MAR VISTA GARDENS The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) invites vendors to submit bids for The Lead-Base Paint Abatement located at Mar Vista Gardens, 11965 Allin Street, Culver City, CA 90230.

Copies of the IFB may be downloaded from the internet at www.hacla.org/cgs. Bids will be accepted at 2600 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90057 until 2:00 p.m. (local time), November 24, 2010.

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) No. 1705 THE LEAD-BASE PAINT ABATEMENT AT NICKERSON GARDENS The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) invites vendors to submit bids for The Lead-Base Paint Abatement located at Nickerson Gardens, 1590 East 114th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059. Copies of the IFB may be downloaded from the internet at www.hacla.org/cgs. Bids will be accepted at 2600 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90057 until 2:30 p.m. (local time), November 24, 2010.

11/4, 11/11/10 CNS-1978982# WATTS TIMES INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. 1702 EXTERIOR PAINTING OF BUILDINGS AT MAR VISTA GARDENS The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) invites vendors to submit bids for the exterior painting located at Mar Vista Gardens, 11965 Allin Street, Culver City, CA 90230. Copies of the IFB may be downloaded from the internet at www.hacla.org/cgs. Bids will be accepted at 2600 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90057 until 1:00 p.m. (local time), November 24, 2010.

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) No. 1703 EXTERIOR PAINTING OF BUILDINGS AT NICKERSON GARDENS The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) invites vendors to submit bids for The Exterior Painting located at Nickerson Gardens, 1590 East 114th Street., Los Angeles, CA 90059. . Copies of the IFB may be downloaded from the internet at www.hacla.org/cgs. Bids will be accepted at 2600 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90057 until 1:30 p.m. (local time), November 24, 2010.

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* - This is a Prevailing Wage Project. * - A 100% Performance and Payment Bond from an admitted surety will be required upon award of contract for all trades. * - McCarthy is signatory to union agreements with the Carpenters, Laborers, and Cement Masons.

Subcontractors will comply with such labor agreements for all of Subcontractor’s Work falling within the jurisdiction of such labor agreements. Subcontractor agrees to require its subcontractors and their subcontractors, if any, to be bound in a like manner. * - McCarthy is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified Community Business Enterprises (CBE) which includes business enterprises owned by disabled veterans, disadvantaged business enterprises, and minority and women-owned business enterprises. The County has established an aspirational goal that 25 percent of all County contract dollars shall go to certified CBEs. McCarthy also endeavors to hire Local Small Business Enterprises (Local SBE) businesses and Local Worker Hiring.

OBTAINING DOCUMENTS: Subcontractors are responsible for all costs of blueprinting and shipping.

Bid documents are available from OCB Reprographics, 345 Clinton St., Costa Mesa CA 92626 Phone: (949)-660-1150, ask for Planwell, or: Bid Documents may be viewed and/or purchased online at OCB Planwell site: Go to www.ocbinc.com, and Click on Planwell Enterprise. Log in under “Guest Access” Project Number: OCBR_ McCarthy MLK Project Password: mccarthy (lowercase - case sensitive) Be sure to respond to this invitation so we know you are bidding and we can send you Addendum notices and Supplemental Bid Docs.

TONI MORRISON Continued from page 15

you how much we admire you and we love you. ... You’re ‘beloved,’ he said, with a nod to the 1987 novel “Beloved,” which won Morrison international acclaim.

Mitterrand then launched into a reading of an excerpt from the French translation of Morrison’s “Jazz.”

Taking to the podium after Mitterrand’s address, Morrison hailed his rendition as “exquisite.”

“I’ve always felt welcomed in France and especially in Paris, and it’s important to me, the receipt of this medal, the Legion of Honor, because now I know in addition to being welcomed, I am prized,” said Morrison, her long gray dreadlocks falling in a cascade down her back.

Following the ceremony, journalists swarmed Morrison to get her

MALVEAUX Continued from page 20 These facts suggest why it is so necessary to continue to speak of racial economic justice and racial economic gaps. These stark facts are not the result of one recession, or a decade’s worth of challenges, but the accumulation of generational and contemporary racial economic inequality.

These facts won’t go away because of

this mid-term election, and indeed they may be exacerbated. These issues will be dealt with now or later. They cannot be indefinitely postponed.

Julianne Malveaux is President of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina and author of Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History

reaction to the Democrats’ defeat in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

“I’m not here to talk about Obama, I’m here to talk about me,” she eventually said in exasperation, as they continued to pester her.

Morrison, an Ohio native who was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931, began writing in 1970. She won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993 and a Pulitzer Prize for “Beloved” — which in 2006 was deemed the best American novel of the past 25 years by a group of critics and writers assembled by The New York Times Book Review.

Some of her other works, including “Jazz,” “Song of Solomon” and “The Bluest Eye” have also won her worldwide acclaim and have been translated into scores of languages.

With Wednesday’s ceremony, Morrison was made an officer in the Legion of Honor. She had already been made a knight in another top French honor society, the Order of Arts and Letters, Mitterrand said.

Created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the Legion of Honor recognizes military, cultural, scientific or social contributions to France, including by people who are not French citizens.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (Metro) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Metro will receive proposals for RFP No. PS-4370-2622, Van Nuys Corridor Rapidway Project per specifications on file at the Metro Office of Procurement & Material Mgmt, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (12th Floor).

All proposals must be received on or before COB on Tuesday, 11 /30/2010, which is 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time at the address listed above, sent to the attention of Gary Katzman. Proposals received later than the above date and time will be rejected and returned to the proposer unopened. A Pre-Proposal conference will be held on Monday 11/08/2010, at 1:00 PM, in the Windsor Conference Room on the 15th Floor of the Metro Gateway Plaza Building. located at the address above.

You may obtain a copy of the RFP, or further information, by faxing Gary Katzman at (213) 922-1005.

Simpson & Simpson is preparing a proposal to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. As part of the County’s Community Business Enterprises program, we are inviting Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), Disabled Veterans Business Enterprises (DVBE) and Other Business Enterprises (OBE) to assist us with providing the following services: As-needed CM/PM services Constructability reviews, value engineering, design peer reviews, LEED certification review, BIM approach review, move management, geotechnical testing, environmental documentation for CEQA, land surveying, quality control inspections and other services related to the management of construction projects.

Please submit a copy of your certification along with a qualifications package and a cover letter specifying the services of interest. If needed, a copy of the RFP can be emailed to you upon receipt of the requested documents.

Fax/email the documents to: EMAIL: SSMCI@SSMCI.NET FAX: 626.529.0872

MANGUM

Continued from page 17 forgot the weapon was in his bag,” stated Mangum.

Mangum, along with her cocounsel, Michael Domanico, were victorious in getting a “Not guilty” verdict on Oct. 6, 2010, resulting in a big win for both her client and her firm. Cases involving weapon charges do not always end well for defendants. Rap star Petey Pablo was recently arrested for a similar charge, carrying a concealed weapon at a North Carolina airport. Lil’ Wayne, T.I. and Gilbert Arenas are just a few of the celebrities who have encountered similar charges. If convicted, Pablo can face serious felony charges.

Citing the late, legendary attorney Johnnie L. Cochran as her role model and following in his footsteps, Mangum founded The Mangum Law Firm, LLC to help make a difference in her community, society, and in the lives of her clients. A highly accomplished attorney, Mangum is quickly building her career and brand as a compassionate, yet assertive lawyer who puts her client’s needs first.

A dedicated, effective, and highly sought after professional, Mangum has an exhaustive list of impressive accomplishments. Prior to starting her own law firm, Ms. Mangum worked as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of New Mexico, and was responsible for handling misdemeanors for the state. She also held a position as an Assistant State’s Attorney for McHenry County and was responsible for handling Driving

Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) cases and Statutory Summary Suspension (SSS) Hearings.

As the Assistant District Attorney, Mangum also handled all misdemeanors and Domestic Violence cases.

Before relocating to Illinois, Ms. Mangum worked as a Law Clerk for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and assisted attorneys in the Felony High-Tech Crimes Unit.

She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the University of Southern California, and earned an Intellectual Property Certificate and Juris Doctor from Whittier Law School. Like her male counterpart and hero, Johnnie L. Cochran, Mangum is a winning lawyer with exceptional skills in the courtroom who is quickly climbing the ladder of success.

As a young, successful business woman, Mangum is proving that African American women lawyers can successfully overcome any barriers to success and achieve the impossible. An active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Ms. Mangum provides quality representation to her clients, and focuses on Criminal Defense, Family Law, Small Claims, and Traffic cases.

For more information about The Mangum Law Firm or to obtain a consultation, visit www.TheMangumLawFirm.com, or call (847) 7014LAW (4529).

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Thursday, November 4, 2010 NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Long Beach, California, acting by and through the City’s Board of Harbor Commissioners (“City”) will receive, before the Bid Deadline established below, sealed Bids for the following Work: PIERS G & J SITE PREP, 3 SCE SUBSTATIONS AT PIER G BERTHS G230-G236 AND PIER J CONTAINER TERMINALS LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA AS DESCRIBED IN SPECIFICATION NO. HD-S2397 Bid Deadline: Prior to 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Bid packages will be time/date stamped on the 4th floor or in the Lobby and must be submitted prior to 10 a.m.

Place for Submission of Bids: 1. By Delivery Any Calendar Day Before the Bid Deadline Harbor Department Administration Building 4th Floor, Plans and Specifications/Program Management Office 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 2. By Delivery on the Same Calendar Day as the Bid Deadline Harbor Department Administration Building First Floor Lobby 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Bid Opening: As soon as practical after the Bid Deadline Harbor Department Administration Building 6th Floor Board Room 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Contract Documents Available: Date/Time: Beginning Thursday, November 4, 2010 Monday-Friday 7:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Harbor Department Admini -stration Building 4th Floor, Plans and Specifications 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Pre-Bid Meeting: Date/Time: Friday, November 12, 2010 10:00 a.m.

Location: 6th Floor Board Room Project Contact Person: Sailendra Bandatmakur Bandatmakur@polb.com Fax: 562-901-1763 NIB-1 Contract Documents. Copies of Contract Documents in CD format may be obtained, at no cost, at the Plans and Specifications Office, 4th floor, Harbor Department Administration Building, 925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, CA 90802 during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. To arrange to receive a CD of the Contract Documents by courier at the expense of the Bidder, call (562) 590-4146. For information on this Project and other upcoming Port projects, you may view the Port website at http://www.polb.com/economics/contractors/out_for_bid.asp.

Copies of all Port insurance endorsement forms, SBE/VSBE Program forms, Harbor Development Permit Applications and other Port forms are available at http://www.polb.com/economics/contractors/forms_permits/default.asp.

NIB-2 Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting. The engineering staff of the City's Harbor Department will conduct a pre-bid

SCOTT

Continued from page 16 need to regain the spiritual power to live the lives of holiness that they claim to believe (Gal. 5:16-13) and refuse to dismiss what the Bible calls sin in order to accommodate our cultures new sexual morays (2 Cor. 6:17). “Be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy,” 1 Pet. 1:15-16.

meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 12, 2010 in the Board Room, 6th floor, of the Harbor Department Administration Building. A tour of the Site, conducted by the City, will follow the pre-bid meeting. Attendance is mandatory. Note that attendance at the pre-bid meeting and Site visit can be used to satisfy a portion of a Bidder’s good faith efforts to meet the SBE/VSBE participation goals listed below. EACH BIDDER (SPECIFICALLY THE PRIME CONTRACTOR AS IT PERTAINS TO NIB-2) MUST ATTEND THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING AND SITE TOUR. FAILURE TO ATTEND THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING AND SITE TOUR SHALL DISQUALIFY YOUR BID. NIB-3 Summary Description of the Work. The Work required by this Contract includes, but is not limited to, the summary description in the subsequent paragraph. Refer to SECTION 01110, “SUMMARY OF WORK”, in the Technical Specifications for a more detailed description of the Work.

Furnish all transportation, labor, materials, tools, equipment, services, and incidentals to accomplish the PIERS G & J SITE PREP, 3 SCE SUBSTATIONS AT THE PIER G BERTHS G230-G236 AND PIER J CONTAINER TERMINALS Project. The Work shall be performed at three locations within the Port of Long Beach identified as Pier G East, Pier G West and Pier J; these locations are shown on the Project Location sheet of the Drawings and are defined in SC-20. The combined Work includes installation of temporary K-Rail, fencing and BMP measures; demolition and removal of asphalt concrete pavement, base and sub-base, removal of fencing, guard posts, wheel stops, water lines, power and communication conduits and wiring, high mast light poles, fire hydrants and appurtenances and pavement striping and markings; excavation, testing and disposal of affected soil material; importing fill material, construction of Asphalt Concrete pavement and base material; installation of wheel stops, permanent fencing, permanent K-Rail and gates, installation of guard post cages; construction of fire water systems including fire hydrants; construction of power and communication conduits, electrical systems and high mast light poles; installation of pavement markings; and removal of temporary BMP measures, temporary fencing and K-Rail.

Commitment Plan does not demonstrate intent to meet the combined goal, the Bidder shall demonstrate that it made an adequate good faith effort (GFE) to do so, as specified in the Instructions to Bidders (ITB-18). The Port’s SBE Program staff is available to provide information on the program requirements, including SBE certification assistance. Please contact the SBE Office at (562) 590-4146 x3212 or sbeprogram@polb.com. You may also view the Port’s SBE program requirements at www.polb.com/sbe.

NIB-8 Prevailing Wage Rates and Employment of Apprentices. This Project is a public work as defined in Labor Code Section 1720. The Contractor receiving award of the Contract and Subcontractors of any tier shall pay not less than the prevailing wage rates to all workers employed in execution of the Contract. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California has determined the general prevailing rates of wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed. The rate schedules are available on the internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DIR/S&R/statistics_research.html.

Bidders are directed to Article 15 of the General Conditions for requirements concerning payment of prevailing wages, payroll records, hours of work and employment of apprentices.

NIB-9 Trade Names and Substitution of Equals. With the exception of any sole source determination that may be identified in this paragraph, Bidders wishing to obtain City's authorization for substitution of equivalent material, product, or equipment, are required to submit a written request for an Or Equal Substitution using the form included in Appendix A together with data substantiating Bidder’s representation that the non-specified item is of equal quality to the item specified, thirty five (35) calendar days after Bid Opening. Authorization of a substitution is solely within the discretion of the City.

NIB-10

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NIB-11 Bid Security, Signed Contract, Insurance and Bonds. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a satisfactory Bidder’s Bond or other acceptable Bid Security in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid as a guarantee that the Bidder will, if Conditionally Awarded a Contract by the Board, within thirty (30) calendar days after the Contract is conditionally awarded to the Contractor by the City, execute and deliver such Contract to the Harbor Engineer together with all required documents including insurance forms, a Payment Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. All Bonds shall be on forms provided by the City.

NIB-4 Contract Time and Liquidated Damages. The Work shall be completed within one hundred and fifty six (156) calendar days as provided in Paragraph SC-6 of the Special Conditions, from a date specified in a written “Notice to Proceed” issued by the City and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Conditions. FAILURE OF THE CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN THE CONTRACT TIME AND OTHER MILESTONES WILL RESULT IN ASSESSMENT OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN THE NIB-12 Conditional Award of Contract and Reservation AMOUNTS ESTABLISHED IN THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS. of Rights. The Board reserves the right at any time before the execution of the Contract by the City, to reject any or all Bids, and NIB-5 Contractor’s License. Each Bidder shall hold a cur- to waive any informality or irregularity. The Conditional Award rent and valid Class “A” California Contractor’s License to bid of the Contract, if any, will be to the responsible Bidder submitthis Project. ting the lowest responsive and responsible Bid. If the lowest responsive responsible Bidder fails to submit the required docuNIB-6 Contractor-Performed Work. The Contractor shall ments including insurance forms, bonds and signed Contract perform, with its own employees, Contract Work amounting to at within thirty (30) calendar days after conditional award of least 30% of the Contract Price, except that any designated Contract, the Board reserves the right to rescind the Conditional “Specialty Items” may be performed by subcontract and the Award and Conditionally Award the Contract to the next lowest amount of any such “Specialty Items” so performed may be responsive and responsible Bidder. deducted from the Contract Price before computing the amount required to be performed by the Contractor with its own employ- NIB-13 Period of Bid Irrevocability. Bids shall remain ees. “Specialty Items” will be identified by the City in the open and valid and Bidders' Bonds shall be guaranteed for nineProposal & Bid form. ty (90) calendar days after the Bid Deadline or until the Executive Director executes a Contract, whichever occurs first.

NIB-7 SBE/VSBE Program. This Project is subject to the Port of Long Beach (POLB) Small Business Enterprises NIB-14 Substitution of Securities.

Substitution of (SBE)/Very Small Business Enterprise (VSBE) Program. The Securities for retainage is permitted in accordance with Section combined SBE/VSBE participation goal for this project is thirty 22300 of the Public Contract Code.

(30%) percent, of which a minimum of five (5%) percent must be allocated to VSBEs. POLB expects all Bidders to achieve the Issued at Long Beach, California, this 9th day of August, 2010. combined SBE/VSBE participation goal. Award of the Contract will be conditioned on the Bidder submitting an SBE-2C Richard D. Steinke Commitment Plan demonstrating the Bidder’s intent to meet the Executive Director of the Harbor Department, combined SBE/VSBE participation goal. If the bidder’s City of Long Beach, California

In summary, it blatantly misses the point to suggest that black churches are filled with homosexuals who are afraid to come out because the black church is unloving. I know of no church that is more forgiving and willing to receive hurting people than the black church.

However, the black church has also been taught to accept the Bible literally, and many homosexuals in black church don’t come out because

they know that the Bible calls homosexuality sin. So while the Bible plainly teaches that God is love, it is also teaches that God is Holy, and He hates sin.

The real issue, then, for professing Christians who struggle with homosexual urges is will they to turn to God for the power to live holy lives?

All Christians will struggle against temptations, and God pro-

vides each and every one of them overcoming grace so that they can live consistently holy lives and experience His liberating grace of forgiveness when they repent each time they fail.

In due time, God will lift the clouds surrounding this scandal, and He will make it very clear what kind of man Bishop Long is. I have a feeling that through this, God is going to reveal where a lot of us stand — if

we are indeed loyal to our loving and holy God or not.

I pray that this will be a wakeup call to many and that we will heed the prayer of the King Solomon, “If (God’s) people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chron. 7:14.

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Election Night — Sights and Scenes

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown signs his name before voting at Oakland Fire Station 6 in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.

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Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indianapolis, speaks at Democratic headquarters after winning his re-election in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.

U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, stands next to his son, Kendrick Jr., as he speaks to supporters and the media Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 in Miami after he conceded Florida’s senate race to Republican Marco Rubio.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to supporters at an election night party in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.

Robbie Walker tries to keep track of her twin three-year-old boys Bryce Hughes, kneeling, and Brayden Hughes as she votes at Providence Middle School in Chesterfield, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.

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LAKERS

Continued from page 10 Although Jackson slapped a couple of nicknames on his reserves during the last two title runs — the Bench Mob, and later the Minutemen — their struggles often forced the starters to play heavy minutes.

Jackson already displays more confidence in his new bench, which scored 55 points in the Lakers’ first two games before logging major minutes in the blowout win over the Warriors.

“You can probably be a starter somewhere and not have a chance to play for a championship, or you can go to a situation where you have an

opportunity to win,” said Blake, the Lakers’ most capable backup to point guard Derek Fisher in several years.

“That’s what they did in Miami, and that’s what we’re doing here, on a little different scale.”

Blake hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and made a last-second defensive stop in the season-opening win over Houston, while Brown added 16 points in a flurry of outside shots from an acrobatic dunker with a rapidly evolving game.

Brown has largely supplanted Vujacic as Bryant’s backup.

Sure, they can play — but what about this new nickname? Jackson

hasn’t spelled it out, but it’s clear he hopes to instill a restless, aggressive spirit in the group.

The reserves all love it, although Barnes also likes Lakers TV analyst Stu Lantz’s “Killer B’s” sobriquet for Blake, Brown and himself.

The common theme among the Renegades is hunger. While the 37year-old Ratliff and Blake already have made good money, they need a ring to complete their well-traveled careers. Barnes and Brown are still chasing that big contract, and they believe it’s easier to get when you’re a winner.

Eager second-round draft picks

Devin Ebanks and Derrick Caracter are also around to carry luggage and push the veterans in practice — and don’t forget, Odom will be back in charge of the bench when center Andrew Bynum recovers from offseason knee surgery, likely around Thanksgiving.

“We have guys this year that are accepting of their roles, and they’re professionals,” said Odom, who is averaging 16 points and 13.7 rebounds in an outstanding start.

“They’re going to police themselves out there. If we can get something from 1 through 12, we can be even better.”

Odom didn’t mention Farmar by name, but the UCLA guard wasn’t content winning two rings while backing up Fisher.

Proclaiming he deserved to be a starter, he left the Lakers for New Jersey — where he’s a backup again, but for a much worse team.

“This year, I think we have better chemistry, in terms of the pieces fitting better together coming off the bench,” Jackson said. “I knew as soon as we signed those free agents that we would be better, just because you know what they bring. You know what those pieces are going to look like.”