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Construction companies named in class action lawsuit after floor collapse in January JAKE GRIECO CONTRIBUTOR The workers injured in the collapse of the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Cincinnati Jan. 27 filed a lawsuit against the Messer Construction Company and its subcontractors Monday.

The lawsuit claimed Messer ordered the plaintiffs James Lancaster, Damon Robinson, Micah Morthland and Mark Hedges to frequently pour concrete in the rain and freezing temperatures, which inhibits the concrete’s ability to set.

Additionally, it claimed the beams holding up the floors of the casino that require six bolts to be secure only had two bolts during the collapse.

The floor collapse has left the plaintiffs out of work, with lasting injuries, and with large medical bills, the lawsuit claimed.

Hedges suffered a broken pelvis and is still struggling to get worker’s compensation from Messer, he said.

“I’m homeless right now and I have to submit fifteen applications a week to get a check,” Hedges said.

Morthland suffered a herniated disc and chest contusions, according to the lawsuit.

“Life has been very difficult.

It’s tough climbing out of bed,” Morthland said.

Eric Deters, the casino workers’ lawyer , is calling this a “public policy issue.” Ohio allows construction companies to create “wraparound agreements” that all subcontractors sign a waiver and give up inspection rights to the leading construction company.

“If one company has to be the most responsible, it’s Messer,” Deters said.

The lawsuit will call for all the construction companies — including Messer — to fully compensate the plaintiffs for medical care costs, punitive damages and attorney fees.

In September 2011, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration gave control of safety inspections to Messer that allowed the construction company to inspect itself on the grounds that a person was provided to inspect the jobsite on a daily basis.

Rock Ohio Ceasars, LLC, the owner of Horseshoe Casino, was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

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EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH A group of people watch as numbers begin trickling in at the Hamilton County Board of Elections Tuesday night.

Votes finally tallied in Ohio Elections, races decided in second-day final counts KARA DRISCOLL NEWS EDITOR Republican candidates won two local congressional seats while the Democratic candidates won several significant Hamilton County positions.

Representative Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) defeated three opponents from three different parties in the race for Ohio’s 1st district congressional seat. Chabot defeated democratic challenger Jeff Sinnard by 21,748 votes, garnering 52.39 percent of the total votes. “[This race] hasn’t been quite as stressful as some of the other races, but despite the fact, it’s my commitment to represent all people in my district,” Chabot said.

Chabot represented the district for 15 years before losing to Democratic challenger Steve Driehaus in 2008. He reclaimed the position in 2010.

Chabot hopes his peers in Washington will be able to work with both political parties..

“No matter what happens [with the election], I hope both sides work across party lines and do what’s in the best interest of the country rather than what’s in the best interest of their party,” Chabot said.

In the other local congressional race, Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) defeated William Smith (D-Ohio) for Ohio’s second congressional district. Wenstrup defeated Smith by 12,667 votes.

Wenstrup — who defeated incumbent Gene Schmidt (R-Ohio) in the March primary — believes government should refrain from overregulating small businesses. Instead, it should leave room for those businesses to grow, which would create more job opportunities.

One of the key issues for Wenstrup is the repeal of ObamaCare, as well as recruiting and keeping doctors in the community, he said.

Wenstrup’s opponent ran on a platform of job creation through rebuilding and renovating schools and bridges, as well as tax credits for small businesses.

In the race for state representative of Ohio’s 28th district, democratic candidate Connie Pillich defeated her opponent Mike Wilson by 4,851 votes.

Pillich, the incumbent, supports the fight to restore public school funding. She also promised to represent veterans by helping them obtain employment upon their return home. Pillich plans to ensure companies cannot deny anyone coverage for basic health care services.

Wilson promised to phase out Ohio’s income tax, and also wanted to prioritize veteran benefits throughout the budgeting process.

The two faced off before in a close 2010 race Pillich won by less than 400 votes.

In the race for Hamilton County Coroner, Lakshmi Sammarco defeated Republican challenger Peter Kambelos by 50,771 votes.

Sammarco was appointed coroner in March following the sudden

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WAITING AND WATCHING Steve Chabot awaits results at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill at The Banks. death of Anant Bhati.

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and the College of Medicine, Sammarco is a board-certified neuroradiologist and general radiologist running as a Democratendorsed candidate.

Sammarco aims to protect families by supporting investigations from the Cincinnati Police Department and developing a “virtual autopsy” program for Hamilton County. She said the program promotes innovation.

“We don’t need state-of-the-art equipment,” Sammarco said. “Scans take 40 seconds from head to pelvis.”

Jim Neil defeated Republican candidate Sean Donovan in the race for Hamilton County Sheriff by 26,399 votes.

As sheriff, Neil plans to restore fiscal responsibility and provide more service with less politics, he said.

Neal is a 30-year law enforcement veteran and a UC graduate. He served as a lieutenant and commander of the Hamilton County Bomb Squad before retiring in 2011.

While the election was a very candidate-oriented one, several ballot issues provided contentious debate.

One of the most contested issues on the ballot was Issue 4. The issue, which extends city councilmembers’ terms to four years narrowly passed by 2,183 votes.

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CPD awarded Ohio traffic safety grant Following 48 fatal automobile accidents in the last three years, Cincinnati Police receives $96,000 to enforce traffic laws AMANDA HARRIS STAFF REPORTER The Cincinnati Police Department recently received a $96,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Criminal Justice Office to improve traffic safety.

Funding will go toward increasing high-visibility enforcement, paying officers to work overtime hours and funding educational awareness events, said Lt. Bruce Hoffbauer, CPD traffic unit commander.

Cincinnati qualified for the grant with 48 fatal accidents from 2009-2011. The grant is awarded to agencies where two

or more fatal crashes occurred over the three-year period, said Kristen Castle, public information officer for the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

CPD plans to concentrate on both education and enforcement to reduce traffic accidents.

“We want students, young people and adults to realize how dangerous it is to be distracted when you are driving — not just by alcohol or drugs,” he said. “We really focus on the impaired driving, careless driving and distracted driving.”

As part of the high visibility enforcement initiative, drivers can also expect to see more police cars along highways, especially in accident-prone areas such as construction

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“We want We hope to the public to see our police see reductions cars out there,” in impaired Hoffbauer said.

“We want them driving to see us stopping crashes and motorists, so that it gives them a fatalities. feeling that there -Jose Ucles, is a lot of us out there and that we are National Highway Traffic Safety really trying to make Administration a difference.”

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education, but also by upholding the traffic laws, said Jose Ucles, public affairs officer of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

“We would encourage officers and any groups around the country to do education about the dangers of [impaired driving], but also that there are legal consequences if someone breaks those laws,” Ucles said.

“I think it is important to remember that.”

The Ohio Department of Public Safety anticipates safer driving conditions in Cincinnati with the grant already in effect.

“We hope to see reductions in impaired driving crashes and fatalities,” Castle said.

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BUSINESS AS USUAL Undergraduate Student Government allocated funds for business cards and a new banner while tabling a bill to give funds to the UC chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery.

Educator awarded $10,000 Professor of medicine wins national teacher award

LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS From term length to the coroner, local voters came out by the thousands to have their say. All statistics come from the Hamilton County Board of Elections.

Congress results DISTRICT 1 CONGRESSPERSON STEVE CHABOT JEFF SINNARD

NATALYA DAOUD CONTRIBUTOR A professor of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine was recognized on a national platform for his accomplishments as an educator.

Bruce Giffin was one of the nine winners of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2012 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Robert J Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, which was presented at the Black Tie Awards dinner in San Francisco Saturday.

The AOA Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards was created by the AOA medical honor society. The national award, which was established in 1988, is the highest award that any medical educator can receive and is granted to those who have illustrated great achievements in the teaching of medical students.

Giffin received a $10,000 grant but said he is unsure about what he is going to do with the money.

In addition to this, the college received $2,500 for teaching activities.

Giffin is an educator who has illustrated his devotion to medicine and to teaching over the last 15 years, the award said.

“I have been involved in some significant educational development here at the medical school,”Giiffin said.“The integrated brain and behavior courses that I worked on developing for the first and second-year medical students were a model for how the rest of the curriculum has been restructured.

So in essence, the award is given as recognition for significant contributions to education.”

He was nominated by his peers at UC and has gained a wellrounded respect throughout the UC medical community.

“I think the committee recognized nationally, what we know from building a connection with him locally … the students have respected him, and he’s won many Gold Apple, Silver Apple awards for his teaching excellence,” said Andrew Filak, chair of the college of medicine’s medical education department.

Giffin is the course director for Fundamentals of Medical Science and Brain, Mind, and Behavior while also holding the position of the director of the Body Donation Program.

“I’ve known Dr. Giffin for 18 years. He is the recipient of over two dozen awards for teaching excellence at the College and University level,” said David Pettigrew, associate professor of medicine. “He has played a key role in the development of the UC medical school curriculum and the initiative to update the curriculum to meet the challenges of training physicians in the 21st century.”

The Association of American Medical Colleges is a non-profit association that represents 141 accredited US schools and 17 accredited Canadian schools.

The University of Cincinnati’s Undergraduate Student Government voted on two appropriations bills regarding marketing and events during its weekly senate meeting Wednesday.

Priya Chawla, the vice president of UC chapter’s of the Association for Computing Machinery, presented a bill to appropriate $1,000 for security and marketing costs for the chapter’s “Innov8” event, a competition based around student innovation.

The event would give students an opportunity to showcase their problem solving and salesmanship skills in front of possible future employers, Chawla said, and the competition’s top four winners would receive $500 prizes and a contract with local company Viable Synergy to make their product into a reality.

“What the student has to do is find a problem on campus and an innovative solution that they promote to us and a panel of judges from various companies,” Chawla said. “It’s an idea competition in which we encourage innovation,” Chawla said.

Byron Hutchins, a third-year history student who helped make the pitch to student government, thought the event could offer a unique opportunity for UC’s campus.

“There’s some other, similar events, but there’s nothing

that is open to as many other students on campus,” Hutchins said.

SG tabled the bill until next week’s meeting by a recognized majority because senate members had concerns about the bill’s expenses. “[Approximately] $500 is a little steep for marketing,” said Gregory McCord, SGA senate member.

Hutchins was not surprised senate members tabled the bill.

“It simply got tabled because there’s a few more numbers that we need to get, and we kind of knew that those numbers were going to be needed at some point, but we just weren’t sure if we were going to need them today,” Hutchins said. “It’s really nothing more to get, they just needed some more advertising numbers from us, plus some actual measurements on banners.”

SG did pass an appropriations bill that allotted almost $190 to get a new banner and business cards for themselves.

The old student government banner had an outdated logo and was too worn for continued use, said Kathleen Hurley, SGA chief of staff.

SG almost tabled the bill for a week because no one brought designs to the meeting, but SGA Vice President Maesa Idries felt it would make more sense to pass the bill and use Facebook to vote on design concepts at a later time.

122, 496 — 52.39 PERCENT 100,748 — 43.09 PERCENT

DISTRICT 2 CONGRESSPERSON BRAD WENSTRUP

WILLIAM SMITH

81,315 — 54.22 PERCENT 68,648 — 45.78 PERCENT

DISTRICT 28 CONGRESSPERSON 32,348 — 51.68 PERCENT 27,587 — 43.95 PERCENT

CONNIE PILLICH

MIKE WILSON

Sheriff JIM NEIL SEAN DONOVAN

201,317 — 53.51 PERCENT 174,918 — 46.49 PERCENT

Coroner LAKSHMI SAMMARCO

PETE KAMBELOS

208,955 — 56.91 PERCENT 158,184 — 43.09 PERCENT

Issues Results

ISSUE 2 (REDRAWING DISTRICT LINES) YES NO

144,831 — 39.83 PERCENT 218,801 — 60.17 PERCENT

ISSUE 4 (FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS) YES NO

61,191 — 50.91 PERCENT 59,008 — 49.09 PERCENT

FROM VOTES | 1 actively supporting it and Christopher Smitherman opposing it.

Issue 2 — the controversial ballot issue that would have created an independent commission to draw Ohio’ congressional district — was handedly defeated at the polls by 73,970 votes with 60.17 percent voting no.

Opponents argued the committee has virtually no accountability since committee members are not elected and cannot be removed by members of the General Assembly or the governor.

Supporters claimed the bipartisan committee would have prevented partisans and special interests from determining district lines, while making the process more transparent overall.

Of the 564,429 registered Hamilton County voters, only 405,305 actually voted, according to the Hamilton County Board of Elections.

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TAFT THEATER REPEAT Stand-up comedian Brian Regan will return to the Taft Theater for the fifth time in his career. tyler bell | Senior reporter In preparation for his Nov. 16 show at the Taft Theatre, comedian Brian Regan talked to The News Record about his comedic influences and David Letterman appearances.

Q: How many cities are you going to during your tour?

A: Well usually it is about 100 nights a year, maybe a little more. The tour is basically nonstop; it started back in the 1980’s. This tour is about as long as Gilligan’s tour, it started out as a three-hour tour and it never ended.

Q: What’s your act going to be about?

A: Well, it’s kind of hard to pinpoint, I just try to keep my options open. When I hit the stage I like to be like a quarterback that’s watching linebackers jumping all around and I can call audibles while I’m out there.

But basically it’s just about the world as I see it. It’s the world that we all look at, but I try to look at it from a little bit different perspective and hopefully that results in laughter.

Q: You feeling good about this show?

A: Yeah, yeah. I’ve been doing this for quite a while and I like it and I’m looking forward to coming to Ohio.

I went to college in northwest Ohio, and I grew up in Miami, Fla., so I have a bunch

of friends in the area, so it’s fun to come back anywhere in the Ohio area.

Q: You do a lot of moving around and different voices during your act, is there an inspiration for your act, or did you just put your own style together over the years?

A: Well, when I started I was so bad that people would throw vegetables at me. So I just learned to scoot back and forth so the tomatoes and stuff wouldn’t hit me when I was onstage and it just kind of stuck over the years.

No, actually it wasn’t something that I ever really sought out to do, in terms of the physicality.

My jokes are basically like little plays, they’re little vignettes, and I act them out.

The only way they’ll work is if I act them out, and so that’s why I’m moving around onstage.

Q: Would you say any comics really inspired you?

A: Sure, you know I always was a big fan of different people for different reasons.

I like Johnny Carson because his comedy was always kindhearted.

I like Steve Martin because he was the silliest standup I have ever seen, to this day.

George Carlin I liked for his wordplay, and there’s a lot of other comedians out there who, you know, do their own thing.

Richard Pryor, you know, just for the shear earthiness of it. I mean, now we’re going back to when I first got started, and

then there’s a lot of comedians that are around today who I think are great as well.

Q: I’ve heard some comics don’t like their untelevised acts being filmed onstage and put up on YouTube, because the unpolished jokes don’t represent their acts well. How do you feel about that?

A: I agree with that. I think part of the joy of being a comedian is being able to work on a bit from night to night to night and get it to where you think it’s polished.

If people in the audience are filming and putting things up on YouTube, they’re putting bits up that aren’t ready yet and it’s a little frustrating, you know?

It would be like a chef, somebody running into his kitchen and pulling stuff out before it’s baked and bringing it out to customers and go, “What do you think?”

And people go, “Oh, well I’ve had better.” It’s like, “Well yeah, the chef wasn’t done yet.”

It’s like I like to decide when a bit’s ready to be out there for public consumption, you know?

So I love the fact that I have fans and they like my stuff enough to want to put it on YouTube, don’t get me wrong, but it would be nice to be able to control that a little bit more.

Q: You were on David Letterman a lot.

Would you credit that as being one of the starting points of your career as a professional?

A: Well, I don’t know that it was a starting point, it was a … You know, I had been doing it for a while even before I did Letterman.

I think my first Letterman [appearance] was in ’97, and I had been out and about, but being on Letterman on a regular basis certainly has, I don’t know, it’s kind of put me into a nice place in terms of where I stand in terms of the comedy world.

You know it means a lot to me to be able to do that show on a regular basis, so it’s a really cool experience to be able to do.

Q: You’ve been doing the big time shows, the hour-long sets for a long time now, is it hard to ever go back to the shorter five minute club sets? Do you still perform at smaller clubs?

A: I don’t do much of the smaller clubs anymore, I kind of do my hour-long shows when I’m out on the road. But what’s weird is you do that then you do Letterman and that’s four and a half minutes, you know?

Sometimes I’ll do an hour fifteen on my regular shows and then you do a TV spot and it’s less than five minutes. You got to be able to do whatever time you’re supposed to do.

Q: You said your act is very flexible.

Does that flexibility help when you do five minute sets or is the shorter time stifling?

A: Well I don’t use the word stifling, at least when it comes to a Letterman spot.

It’s just a different animal, that’s all. It’s just a different thing.

You know, you have different goals when you’re doing an hour, and then you’ve got some more room to breathe, you can kind of be yourself a little bit more. Not that you’re not yourself when you do Letterman, but it’s like the words are a lot tighter and it’s a lot more concise when you’re doing a TV spot.

Q: You’re a pretty clean comic compared to some of your contemporaries, is there a reason for that?

A: It’s just what I tend to gravitate towards as a comedian. You know, the stuff that I think of tends to be on the cleaner side of the tracks so to speak.

My comedy, I just pull it from everyday life, you know, and other people pull comedy from other places. I think all comedy is good and valid.

There’s a lot of things happening under the comedy umbrella and all of it should be explored, we need the [Doug] Stanhopes, we need Dave Attells, we need Richard Pryors, you know? But I also think it’s ok that some of us are exploring a different territory.

Q: What do you love the most about being a standup comic?

A: I love the truthfulness of the interaction with the audience, you know?

People don’t fake laugh, and so when you get a room of people laughing you know you are making an honest connection with those people, and I love the reality of it.

I love that feeling of connecting with people’s funny bones, and we’re all sharing this experience.

You know, people will fake applaud, but people won’t fake laugh. I like the electricity of it.

Q: How many times have you been to Cincinnati?

A: In terms of the Taft Theater, which is where I’m going to be, I’ve been there four times in the past. So, look forward to coming back.

Q: How do you like the Cincinnati crowd?

A: It’s great, man. It’s very midwestern.

You know, you have your northeast crowds that can be a little bit … you know, they have less of a wick, if you will.

Midwest crowds, they’ll give you a little bit more leeway. You still have to bring them the goods, but it’s cool. It’s a nice, comfortable experience.

Students discuss LGBTQ, Greek relations Session focussed on homophobia and heterosexism among student groups, and how to confront problems, visibility dani kokochak | SENIOR REPORTER

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TALKING OUT ISSUES Leisan Smith, left, discussing issues facing LGBTQ students.

University of Cincinnati students discussed the different struggles young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) African-Americans can face in the Greek community.

“We don’t often talk about sexuality, and we specifically don’t talk about it in the black community and as it pertains to black Greek letter organizations,” said Leisan Smith, director of the LGBTQ Center.

Students from Sigma Gamma Rho, the LGBTQ Center and Colors of Pride talked about the visibility of homophobia and heterosexism in Greek organizations and the African-American community.

“A lot of times when we think of people who identify as LGBTQ, homophobia and heterosexism come in,” Smith said.

Some students believe discriminatory reactions to homosexuality were developed based on a lack of education and fear.

“There is a negative atmosphere surrounding those who identify as LGBTQ in black Greek letter organizations and

in the community, and we want to talk about why this is an issue,” said Darienne Johnson, president of Sigma Gamma Rho and fourth-year electronic media student.

The goal of the discussion was to provide deeper understanding and to create allies for identifiers of LGBTQ who are interested in joining a black Greek letter organization, Smith said.

“I came because I have always been an advocate for pride based on my personal [LGBTQ] experiences with family and friends,” said Kendal Lindsey, a second-year nursing student. “I feel like, if you judge someone, who are you? Why be hateful?”

Smith challenged the LGBTQ community disengage in homophobic and transgender comments and to confront discriminatory individuals.

“I think this topic is the big pink elephant in the room that everybody knows and sees, but doesn’t want to talk about,” said Dorian Price, a fifth-year criminal justice student.

“I was interested in hearing other people’s opinion on the topic as a member of a black Greek letter organization.”

Guided by Voices’ latest offering delivers geoff daniels | Contributor Guided by Voices, a band formed nearly 30 years ago in Dayton, Ohio, has made a career out of juggling genres.

The band’s fearlessness, combined with a never-ending stream of material — despite a hiatus from 2004-2010 — secured it an exalted status in the indie-rock world.

“The Bears for Lunch”is the group’s third album of 2012. Like “Let’s Eat the Factory” and “Class Clown Spots a UFO,” this album provides an example of the band’s dexterity and thoroughness.

The aesthetic remains as recognizable as ever. Songs that last longer than three minutes are few and far between, lo-fi tracks give way to studio-quality recordings

and the subject matter is often abstract.

The band has previously played around with genres, including psychedelic, pop, garage rock and folk. “The Bears for Lunch” includes all of these textures and its juxtaposition works tremendously — take the opener “King Arthur the Red” segueing into “The Corners are Glowing” for example.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Guided by Voices’ extensive catalogue is its ability to shift from loud to quiet seamlessly, alternating between charming and intensity without messing up the record’s fluidity.

One particular string of songs in the album’s latter half illustrates this perfectly.

The 34-second “Smoggy Boy” leads into the revving threat of “Amorphous Surprise,” before the tension is relieved in the

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reassuring “You Can Fly Anything Right.”

18 albums in, one might expect Guided by Voices to slow down. “The Bears for Lunch” shows a group capable of simultaneously wielding a familiar rock ‘n’ roll sound and a sinister edginess.

The band might very well release its 20th album by this time next year, adding to its already successful and diverse career.

Guided by Voices has always possessed a workmanlike quality, with a sense of pleasing exhaustion surrounding its music.

“The Bears for Lunch” delivers in ways few other indie-rock records have been able to this year, proving Guided by Voices is always there for us.

“The Bears for Lunch” will be released Nov. 13.

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New dawn for USIsraeli relations Israeli leaders now must decide how to move forward after Romney loss muammar awad | zuma press/mct campus

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FRIENDS ALMOST PARTNERS Mitt Romney greets Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu July 29, 2012, in Tel Aviv.

JERUSALEM — Israeli leaders scrambled Wednesday to retract and reword their staunchly pro-Republican statements made during the U.S. presidential campaign, fearful of the fallout that might come with news that President Barack Obama had won a second term in office.

Officials quickly issued standard congratulations for Obama, reminding him of “Israel’s close friendship.”

But there was much second-guessing of what many felt had been blatant promotion of the candidacy of Republican Mitt Romney, particularly by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who made no secret of his pro-Romney leanings.

“Netanyahu bet on the wrong president and got us into hot water with Obama,” declared the opposition Kadima Party in a statement. The Haaretz newspaper openly accused Netanyahu of “interfering grossly, vulgarly and unreservedly in the campaign.” Israeli analysts speculated on whether Obama would find a way to punish Netanyahu for favoring Romney.

Sallai Meridor, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington, said that Obama was not likely to ignore Netanyahu’s favoritism.

“I don’t think we can just assume that what happened between them over the past four years will have just evaporated,” he said during a panel discussion at the Institute for National Security Studies, an Israeli think tank. “When people fight for their political life and have the perception that their partner is trying to undermine their chances, it’s not going to disappear.”

At the same panel, however, current U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said it was “ridiculous” to think that Obama would somehow seek vengeance.

Officially, Netanyahu’s office denied that there was a problem or that he favored one of the American political parties over the other.

“I will continue to work with President Obama to ensure the interests that are vital for the security of Israel’s citizens,” Netanyahu said in a short congratulatory statement hailing what he called strong strategic relations with Washington.

But privately, Netanyahu’s office ordered all his top ministers to remain silent on the results of the U.S. elections, fearing negative comment on Obama’s victory.

Israeli lawmaker Danny Danon drew criticism Wednesday for his statements that showed two very different positions.

In an English-language statement, Danon, who is deputy speaker of the Israeli parliament and a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party, congratulated Obama on his victory and asked him to “return to the wise and time-honored policy of ‘zero daylight’ between our respective nations.”

But in another statement released in Hebrew and published by the Jerusalem Post newspaper, Danon took a more acerbic tone.

“The state of Israel will not fold (in the face of) Obama. … Obama harmed the USA with his leadership of naive and rotten foreign policy, which gives preference to the Arab world instead of the Western world and Israel,” the statement said.

The U.S. elections have led the front pages of the Israeli press for more than a week, causing one Yediot Ahronot editorial to declare that “never has a foreign election been so important to the state of Israel.”

Israel’s Channel 2 news held its firstever all-night broadcast to monitor the election results as they arrived in real time.

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OUT OF TIME Mitt Romney speaks to reporters in Downing Street after meeting British Prime Minister David Cameron, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in London. The former Massachusetts governor is visiting British political leaders Thursday while trying to show he has what it takes to represent America on the world stage.

Replacing Clinton’s State post first priority for Obama Hannah Allam and Jonathan S. Landay McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON — Foreign policy wasn’t the issue that got President Barack Obama re-elected Tuesday, but with upheaval in the Middle East, a war to end in Afghanistan and strained relations with superpowers Russia and China, it’s sure to play an outsized role in shaping his legacy as he enters a hard-won second term.

One of Obama’s first and most crucial tasks will be naming a successor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who’s vowed to step down after this year. Still reeling from his administration’s botched handling of the deadly terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic targets in Libya, Obama is no doubt seeking a deft and versatile replacement to guard and advance U.S. interests in a volatile world, especially in the Middle East, where creeping fundamentalism undermines long-standing U.S. influence.

Among those rumored to be under consideration for the top diplomatic slot are Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; national security adviser Thomas Donilon; and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. Rice’s star has fallen somewhat since her role in spreading incorrect information — she says unwittingly — in the aftermath of the Libya attacks that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American personnel on Sept. 11.

Here’s a closer look at some of the top foreign policy challenges on the horizon for Obama’s second term: Syria and the Arab world The civil war in Syria is the bloodiest offshoot of the Arab Spring rebellions that swept through the region in late 2010 and 2011.

Twenty months into the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime, U.S. strategy remains enigmatic. The United States won’t officially arm the rebels, but it supports regional allies pouring weapons into the battlefield. For months, American diplomats bet on a council of exiles to lead the transition before abruptly dumping them last week in search of “broader representation,” especially Syrians actually fighting in the conflict. And yet, U.S.

interlocutors still maintain only limited channels to rebel commanders, preferring to deal with the “nonviolent opposition,” who enjoy less legitimacy among Syrians.

Allowing the war to continue without acting to end it quickly and decisively has created a vacuum in the region, which could lead to radicalization and far greater extremist influence in Syria itself and to a regional conflict, drawing in Turkey and possibly other countries.

Some American officials say the U.S. reluctance to take the leadership role in Syria is the result of learning the wrong lessons from the Libya engagement; and indeed, the failure of the U.S. and its allies to help ensure security after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi resulted in a vacuum that’s allowed radical groups to operate openly.

Mali Obama faces perhaps an equally pressing, if quieter, challenge in Africa, headlined by the vexing crisis in Mali, where al-Qaida-linked rebels firmly control two-thirds of the country — an area the size of Texas. U.S. officials agree that the situation requires outside intervention, but Washington is waiting for Africa to produce the ground troops for the effort — a process that will take months, at least, to finalize.

Afghanistan As he stumped for re-election, Obama reminded his audiences that he’s ending the longest war in U.S. history through a phased withdrawal that will see all U.S. combat forces out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

There is much, however, that remains unclear or that Obama has yet to decide.

Major unknowns: how quickly the remaining 68,000 U.S. combat troops will leave and how many will remain to train and advise the Afghan army and to conduct operations against al-Qaida and allied groups based in Pakistan. His new administration also will have to negotiate an accord with Kabul governing the status of any remaining U.S. forces. That could prove difficult.

His approach has been built around a 33,000-strong troop surge into the Taliban’s southern heartland that ended in September and an effort to start peace talks between insurgent leaders and President Hamid Karzai’s government.

The surge hurt the Taliban but failed

to extinguish the insurgency, while the peace talks initiative appears to have all but collapsed. Meanwhile, the unpopular Karzai is to leave office after April 2014 presidential elections, corruption remains endemic, and a reduction in foreign funds threatens to drive the desperately poor country deeper into poverty.

As a result, there is a real danger that Afghanistan could collapse into all-out civil war even as the U.S.-led international force departs.

Iran Perhaps no foreign policy issue will demand more of Obama’s attention and energy — and almost immediately — than the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program, which threatens to ignite a conflict that could send petroleum prices soaring, driving the world economy into a tailspin and derailing the fragile U.S. recovery.

Intense U.S., European and U.N. sanctions are hurting Iran’s oil-dependent economy. But the Islamic republic persists in defying demands that it stop enriching uranium, which it says is for civilian uses and Western powers and Israel charge is part of a covert nuclear weapons program.

Despite deadlocked negotiations, both the Obama administration and Iran appear eager to restart multilateral talks, which could resume later this month.

Obama has resisted pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch military strikes at Iranian nuclear facilities, saying there is more time to reach a political resolution before Iran acquires enough low-enriched uranium to transform into fuel for a warhead.

It would take action, however, by a pro-Israel Congress to permanently lift U.S. sanctions, restricting Obama’s dealmaking ability. And Iran’s regime is divided between factions jostling for power in the run-up to presidential elections next year.

Moreover, other factors could interfere.

They include the Syrian civil war, in which Iran is supporting the Assad regime and the Obama administration is providing cautious backing to the rebels.

China Despite the sharp words for China and its economic policies during the campaign, the Obama administration’s approach toward Beijing likely will continue the same delicate back and forth as in years prior.

The official tapped to take over as both China’s president and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, is not expected to radically alter Beijing’s position.

The two nations share both a significant trade relationship — $539 billion in goods and services last year alone — and a wide range of geopolitical disagreements. Close to home, Beijing has accused Washington of interfering in the region during simmering territorial disputes with its neighbors over the South China Sea. The United States is pushing for multilateral negotiations between China and those with rival claims, while Chinese officials would rather deal on a bilateral basis with its weaker neighbors.

China has sharp disagreement, too, with Japan about a group of islands in the East China Sea, another situation that Beijing has told Washington to stay out of.

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UC preps for Temple without set QB Legaux, Kay and Luallen all vying for starting spot

JOSHUA A. MILLER | SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati football team is preparing to play the Temple University Owls Saturday without a set starting quarterback for the first time this season.

Munchie Legaux threw six interceptions in the Bearcats last three games, including one that was returned for a touchdown in UC’s 29-23 loss at Toledo Oct. 20.

Brendan Kay replaced Legaux mid-way through UC’s 35-24 victory over Syracuse Saturday.

Junior wild-cat quarterback Jordan Luallen also played an extended roll against the Orange and will contend for the starting spot against Temple at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa, said UC head coach Butch Jones.

“Yes, he’ll [Luallen] be in there. If he is not the starting quarterback you will see his role continue to increase,” Jones said. “As the games progress, he did a great job of providing the spark and energy level to us. His role continues to expand in our quarterback position and our entire offense.”

Luallen, who gained 32 rushing yards against the Orange, and Legaux both saw extensive action last season after Zach Collaros broke his ankle against West Virginia. Kay, who would most likely have been Collaros’ replacement, was also injured at the time.

Kay looked composed against Syracuse, leading the Bearcats to a come-from-behind victory. But Kay wasn’t

asked to make enough throws — 3 out of 3 passes for 32 yards and a touchdown — to legitimize himself as the clear starter.

As of Tuesday’s press conference, Jones isn’t any closer to choosing a starter than he was after the Syracuse game, he said.

“They’re going to battle it out — Brendon [Kay] and Munchie [Legaux] and Jordan [Luallen],” Jones said. “I’ve spoken to all of them and they understand. We are not going to tolerate carelessness with the football. We are going to take care of the football.”

Jones thinks the quarterback competition will make all three players better.

“It’s going to turn out to be a huge benefit for our entire football team,” he said.

The Bearcats’ official depth chart currently lists its first team quarterback as “Legaux or Kay or Luallen.” It does not appear a starter will be named prior to Saturday’s game.

UC has not, and will not set a deadline for picking between its three quarterbacks, Jones said.

“The great thing about our football team — and it’s different than any football team I have coached; they are resilient and just got with the flow,” he said. “It is truly amazing. It is like when we made the change and Brendon stepped in the huddle before taking the field and was ready to go.”

No matter who starts the game, UC will kickoff against Temple at 12 p.m.

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DECISION TIME UC’s starting quarterback will likely not be announced until Friday.

QB stats against Syracuse Munchie Legaux — 11-22, 124 yds, 1 int.

Brandon Kay —3-3, 32 yds, 18 yds rushing Jordan Luallen—1-1, 14 yds, 32 yds rushing

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READY TO ROLL Sean Kilpatrick shows off his wing span while playing defense in Monday’s exhibition game against Ballarmine.

JOSHUA A. MILLER | SPORTS EDITOR

The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team concluded its pre-season schedule Monday night with an impressive 86-51 victory over Bellarmine University at Fifth Third Arena.

Cincinnati overwhelmed the Bellarmine offense all game long, forcing 17 turnovers and taking a 19-0 advantage in transition points.

“There are a lot of things we still need to improve, but I was really pleased with our effort; we had tremendous effort tonight,” UC head coach Mick Cronin said.

UC senior guard Cashmere Wright opened the scoring for the Bearcats for the second straight week, converting one of his signature floaters in the lane.

Defensively, the Bearcats were very active from the start and appeared a step faster than in last Friday’s exhibition against Grand Valley State. Cincinnati’s offense started the game firing on all cylinders as well, opening the game 7-11 from the floor.

The Bearcats up tempo, high-pressure defense and solid three-point shooting continued to wear down Bellarmine as the half continued and a 28-10 run to end the half sent UC to the locker with a 45-24 lead.

UC’s backcourt trio of Wright, JaQuon Parker and Sean Kilpatrick combined for 32 of the Bearcats 45 first half points, with 13, 10 and nine points respectively.

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The Bearcats dominated the boards in the first half, taking a 22-13 rebounding advantage to go along with a 6 steals.

Junior forward Titus Rubles continued to impress at both end of the floor in his second game as a Bearcat; his nine points and two assists to start the second half sparked a 19-0 run for UC that spanned nearly the first 7 minutes of the half.

Rubles finished the game with 13 points and a team-high six rebounds.

A pair of free throws from Bellarmine junior guard Vance Hall put the Knights on the board for the first time in the second half with 13 minutes and 28 second remaining in the game.

The Cincinnati starters saw limited action after the 10-minute mark of the second half, but Sophomore guard Jeremiah Davis kept the UC offense going strong with 13 second half points to go along with a pair of steals.

“The way Jeremiah Davis played in the second half, I think he needs to get in a lot earlier than he did today,” Cronin said.

UC senior walk-on Alex Eppensteiner, a long-time fan favorite at Fifth Third Arena, converted a highly contested layup to emphatically cap-off the Bearcats victory.

Parker finished with a game-high 16 points for UC, with Wright and Kilpatrick finishing with 13 and 11 each.

UC will kick off regular season play Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fifth Third Arena against the University of Tennessee at Martin.