February 19, 2010

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The Sanford Herald FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010

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CHATHAM COUNTY

CRIME

MOUNTAIN MUSIC

High-speed chase on U.S. 1 ends in Sanford Man, his nephew allegedly attempted to steal wooden pallets By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com

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Brothers Luke, 10, (left) and Eli Smith, 8, perform in front of students at Goldston United Methodist Church on Thursday to kick off the SSM-JAM Education Program.

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Sharpe Store joins partnership to introduce Appalachian music to Chatham students cmullen@sanfordherald.com

EXONERATED MAN ADJUSTS TO 17 YEARS’ WORTH OF CHANGES

For his first full day of freedom in more than 16 years, Greg Taylor woke up and hit the gym for the same upper-body workout he did every Thursday in his cell Page 7A

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MAN FLIES PLANE INTO AUSTIN IRS BUILDING A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees Page 10A

STATE DUKE LACROSSE ACCUSER CHARGED WITH ARSON

The woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape has been charged with attempted murder, arson and other counts after a fight with her boyfriend Page 8A

Vol. 80, No. 40 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

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By CAITLIN MULLEN GOLDSTON — A program which aims to keep North Carolina’s musical history alive kicked off Thursday night in Goldston. The Sharpe Store MusicJunior Appalachian Musicians Education Program officially began Thursday evening at Goldston United Methodist Church. Tim Tron, who organized the partnership between non-profit SSM and established music program JAM, said the idea is to preserve the music that has a historical tie to this area by teaching Chatham County Schools students how to play traditional instruments. “Those songs, that culture, that love of children, love of music ... that’s why we’re all here today,” Tron told the group of close to 50 people gathered at the church. “Don’t be afraid, kids, because we’ll do it in little steps,” he said. And before long, “you can sit on that

SANFORD — A high speed chase which began early Thursday morning in Cary ended in Sanford after Lee County sheriff’s deputies deployed stop sticks to end the flight. A man and his nephew are in custody after the chase, which ended on U.S. 1 near the intersection with Hawkins Avenue when deputies deployed stop sticks to slash the vehicle’s tires. The chase began after Cary police attempted to stop the two men, who were in a rental truck behind a Walmart on Tryon Road. According to police, the two men were trying to load wooden pallets from the Walmart into their truck. The men took off instead,

Lien filed against commissioner for $6,000 in unpaid income taxes GOP chairman says lien result of ‘glitch’ on part of Revenue Dept. By GORDON ANDERSON anderson@sanfordherald.com

J.S. Waters Elementary School student Maverick Smith, 9, claps and laughs as the orientation for the SSM-JAM Education Program kicked off in Goldston Thursday. porch and you can play a song for grammy and gramps, a song that they know.” Tron was exposed to the JAM program in Boone, and wanted to get something started in this area. He began setting up his own program

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GET INVOLVED Tim Tron, director of the Sharpe Store Music-Junior Appalachian Musicians Education Program, said they are looking for monetary donations or donated musical instruments. For more information, contact Tron at tim@sharpestoremusic.org.

SANFORD — The state Department of Revenue has filed a lien against Lee County Commissioner Linda Shook which claims that she owes more than $6,000 in unpaid income taxes from 2006 and 2007. Shook, a first-term Republican commissioner who announced last week that she’s seeking a second term in November, represents the county’s third district. She also serves as chair-

See Shook, Page 6A

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME’

As a film, ‘Blood’ doesn’t stand out over the others By NEIL MORRIS Herald Movie Critic

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he 1970 murder of Henry “Dickie” Marrow and the racial resistance movement that flowed from it onto the streets of Oxford and eventually the rest of North Carolina, still packs a wallop 40

HAPPENING TODAY n The Lee County Arts Council will host a Wine and Chocolate pairing in the Artists’ Loft from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public (21 years and older only). For more information, call Rebecca at 774-6139. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A

years later. The killing of Marrow, a black man, and the acquittal of his white murderers took place postVietnam and post-Martin Luther King Jr., at a time when nonviolent disobedience was giving way to a more assertive civil rights

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Nate Parker, center, leads a march in the film version of “Blood Done Sign My Name,” due out in theaters today.

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OBITUARIES

SCOTT MOONEYHAM

Sanford: Edwin Donnell Jr. 86; Barbara Evans, 68; Kenneth Strickland, 55; Edna Williams, 86 Bunnlevel: Rufus Bryant, 71

Legislative leaders say they will again pursue reforms to clean up government

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GOOD MORNING Corrections The Herald is committed to accuracy and factual reporting. To report an error or request a clarification, e-mail Editor Billy Liggett at bliggett@sanfordherald.com or Community Editor Jonathan Owens at owens@sanfordherald.com or call (919) 718-1226.

On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

TODAY n Lee County Partnership for Children Executive meeting will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. at LCPFC, 143 Chatham St., Sanford.

MONDAY n The Lillington Town Board will continue

its workshop from Feb. 8 at 8:30 a.m. at the Lillington Town Hall, 106 W. Front St., Lillington. n The Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Lee County Government Center in Sanford. n The Broadway Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Broadway. n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Siler City Airport Authority will meet at 7 p.m. at the Siler City Municipal Airport. n The Private John Grady Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoution will meet at 2 p.m. at the home of Lynda Turbeville with Helen Hincks as co-hostess. Respond to Lynda at 774-2636 or Helen at 775-3823.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Lauren Ashanty Gabrielle Cole, Larry Maurice McLeod Jr., Larry McPHaul Jr., Kristie Morrison, Zach Gordon, Alex Gordon, Frank Mills, Patricia Covington-Gladney, Annie Johnson, Teresa M. French, Brandy Gulledge, Marilyn Ramirez, Ed Rouse, Eric Oglesbee, Karson Cole and Jukeda Willis. CELEBRITIES: Today’s Birthdays: Singer Smokey Robinson is 70. Singer Bobby Rogers (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles) is 70. Actress Carlin Glynn is 70. Sony Chairman, CEO and President Howard Stringer is 68. Singer Lou Christie is 67. Actor Michael Nader is 65. Rock musician Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell) is 62. Author Amy Tan is 58. Actor Jeff Daniels is 55. Rock singer-musician Dave Wakeling is 54. Talk show host Lorianne Crook is 53. Actor Ray Winstone is 53. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is 51. Britain’s Prince Andrew is 50. Singer Seal is 47. Rock musician Jon Fishman (Phish) is 45.

Almanac Today is Friday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2010. There are 315 days left in the year. This day in history: On Feb. 19, 1945, during World War II, some 30,000 U.S. Marines began landing on Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful month-long battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces. In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. In 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio’s borders and constitution. In 1846, the Texas state government was formally installed in Austin, with J. Pinckney Henderson taking the oath of office as governor. In 1881, Kansas prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the military to relocate and intern U.S. residents, including native-born Americans, of Japanese ancestry. Japanese warplanes raided the Australian city of Darwin; at least 243 people were killed. In 1959, an agreement was signed by Britain, Turkey and Greece granting Cyprus its independence. In 1983, 13 people were found shot to death at a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown in what became known as the “Wah Mee Massacre.” (Two Chinese immigrants were convicted of the killings and sentenced to life in prison.) In 1997, Deng Xiaoping, the last of China’s major Communist revolutionaries, died at age 92.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR TODAY n The Lee County Arts Council will host a

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Wine and Chocolate pairing in the Artists’ Loft from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public (21 years and older only please). In addition to the pairing, several live art demonstrations, live music, and featured artist Sherri Million exhibiting “Everything’s A Canvas”. The Artists’ Loft is located at 102 South Steele St. in Downtown Sanford. For more information, call Rebecca at 774-6139. n Comedy Stage Hypnotist K.C. Cameron will perform at the Kendale Entertainment Center. For more information on this show and all the events at The Kendale Entertainment Center, call (919) 776-0005 or (919) 770-9141.

SATURDAY n Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins

Avenue will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Appointments are required. Contact Krista at 775-8310 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday. n The Sanford Rotary Club’s Gala will be held at the Sanford Elk’s Club. Cost is $100 per copule, and the event will include music, dancing, hors d’oevres, casino games, a silent auction, door prizes and more. The annual fundraiser supports the Don Buie Rotary Memorial, to be built along the greenway trail currently under construction. For more information, contact Tony Lett at (919) 775-5555. n Deep River Northview Optimist Club pancake supper will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the clubhouse, 3401 Hawkins Ave., Sanford. Plates are $6. n Project Point Five, Inc. will present a program “The Exodus, Let My People Go” from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center. Topics: Crime, gangs, communication, violence, drop outs, money, pregnancy, self esteem, sex, death, school, drugs, guns, jobs, parents and work. For more information, call Leon Jackson at (919) 356-4199 or William Johnson at (919) 776-3525. n Comedy Stage Hypnotist K.C. Cameron will perform at the Kendale Entertainment Center. For more information on this show and all the events at The Kendale Entertainment Center, call 919-776-0005 or 919-770-9141.

SUNDAY n Comedy Stage Hypnotist K.C. Cameron

will perform at the Kendale Entertainment Center. For more information on this show and all the events at The Kendale Entertainment Center, call 919-776-0005 or 919-770-9141.

MONDAY n The Private John Grady Chapter of

the Daughters of the American Revoution will meet at 2 p.m. at the home of Lynda Turbeville with Helen Hincks as co-hostess. Please respond to Lynda at 7742636 or Helen at 775-3823. The guest for the meeting will be Beth May, Organizing

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TUESDAY n The Lee County Republican Party will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. Guest speaker will be Justice Robert Orr, the executive director of the North Carolina Institute of Constitutional Law. For more information, contact Lee GOP Chairman Linda Shook at chairman@leegop.org. n What do you want to know about memory changes, dementia and Alzheimer’s? Teepa Snow, a dementia care specialist, will answer your questions on these matters at 6:30 p.m. at the Enrichment Center. Registration not required. For information, call (919) 776-0501, ext. 230. n The free CCCC course, “Buying on eBay” will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce. Presenter will be Bob Moyer. n The Lee County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Lee County Library auditorium, 107 Hawkins Ave. Jimmy Haire, local historian, will present the program on ‘The Coal Mines of Egypt’. Egypt was located in Lee County, close to the community of Cumnock, in the Deep River Coal Field where coal was mined into the 1900’s. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call 499-7661 or 499-1909.

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Commissioners proclaim March 31 as Census Day

competition Feb. 27 in Greensboro. — from staff reports

HARNETT COUNTY PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners recently approved a resolution proclaiming March 31 as Census Day in Chatham County. This is the target date for returning the 2010 Census questionnaires to avoid having a Census worker visit your residence to collect the information. Census questionnaires should arrive in the mail by March 15. It is the shortest form ever, with just 10 questions. — from staff reports

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Magician, hypnotist coming to Kendale this weekend

SANFORD — Magic’s coming to the Kendale Entertainment Center in Sanford this weekend. Kerry Cameron, also known as “K.C.,� will perform today through Sunday at the center, bringing his brand of magic and hypnotism to the area. Cameron, born and raised in Southeast Alaska, joined the Army and served at Fort Bragg before returning to Alaska for college and a degree in philosophy. As K.C. The Adequate, Cameron once locked himself in a locked bag and was tossed into a hole through six inches of ice in the nenana, outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, and escaped (of course). As a hypnotist, Cameron has entertained audiences by convincing people they’re Elvis or convincing them they’re giving birth to a chicken. For more information on this show and all the events at The Kendale Entertainment Center, call (919) 776-0005 or (919) 770-9141 or visit www. thekendaleentertainmentcenter.com or www.powerprowrestlingonline.com. — from staff reports

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24 Latino parents complete ‘Parents on Board’ course

SANFORD — Twenty-four Latino parents received a certificate of completion of the first Parents on Board/Padres Activos de Hoy course at J.R. Ingram Elementary School. POB is a district wide parental involvement program that offers video-based courses to help parents support their children’s education. Padres Activos de Hoy is the Spanish language version of POB. Parents are required to attend three evening sessions, complete class activities and participate in discussions about different topics. Principal Gary Moore presented the certificates and congratulated the parents for their commitment. English as a Second Language teacher Eilem Arellano was the instructor. Another group of parents is scheduled to attend the program’s upcoming sessions in the spring. — from staff reports

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Woman named county’s school assistant of the year

SANFORD — Judy Turner, an instructional assistant at Broadway Elementary for first grade teacher Amy Freitas, recently won the Lee County Assistant of the Year. She also won the District 4 Instructional Assistant of the Year in Fayetteville Feb. 13. District 4 has 11 counties. Turner will go for the state

ERA Strother goes for Harnett location SPOUT SPRINGS (MCT) — Real estate executives tend to have strong feelings when it comes to location. Those at ERA Strother think they’ve nailed that when it comes to their new $1.5 million Harnett County office building, which recently opened off N.C. 87 in front of Northridge Plantation. “Right down the road from us will be a major entrance with a 40-acre commercial tract out front and ... upwards of 5,000 to 6,000 homes over the next 12 to 15 years,� said Larry Strother, chairman and coowner of ERA Strother Real Estate. Across from ERA Strother is Linden Oaks, a military community developed by Picerne Military Housing with about 905 four-bedroom homes occupied with a total of 1,262 homes planned. “And all the commercial growth that’s fixing to boom out here is going to be from pretty much right around where we are here, going north,� Strother said. The two-story, 10,000square-foot complex also contains an office of Strother Property Management, as well as some Strother Ventures II companies. The space can accommodate about 60 employees. Right now, about 30 employees are working there, with an expectation of full capacity by June. An optometrist’s office is under way in part of the building, and a few small offices are available for rent. Strother views Harnett County — particularly western Harnett, with its growth related to base realignment at Fort Bragg — as a profitable frontier. But it’s not a new frontier for Strother and the company president and chief operating officer, Denise Strother. “We’ve been servicing the Harnett County market for the past 25 years,� said Larry Strother. However, the company has done so from Fayetteville and a temporary office in Spring Lake that opened about three years ago. The Strothers see the new building a logical step in their plan to increase market share within Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Hoke and Moore counties. — Fayetteville Observer

ABOVE: Actor Wes Schultz (right), of PlayMakers Repertory Theatre at UNC-Chapel Hill, speaks with Central Carolina Community College students Janice Campbell (left), of Broadway, and Fonda McSwain, of Sanford, during his Feb. 9 visit to instructor Ellen Bland’s Theatre Appreciation class at the college’s Lee County Campus. LEFT: CCCC’s Theatre Appreciation student Caroline Griffith (left) and Broadcasting student Michael Bradshaw, both of Sanford, crack up during an impromptu reading of a scene from playwright Arthur Miller’s drama “All My Sons.�

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POLICE BEAT SANFORD â– Kenneth Sharif Johnson, 23, of 509 Waddell St. was charged Tuesday with possession of marijuana. â– Rubelsi Paul Sanchez-Mejia, 43, of 200 Oak Hollow Lane was charged Tuesday with failure to appear. â– Tammy Peele Gautier, 49, of 151 Dillon Lane was charged Tuesday with embezzlement. â– Tyrone McLean, 21, of 215 Stroud St. was charged Tuesday with failure to appear. â– Lisa Kay Finn Powers, 41, of Hickory was charged Tuesday with failure to appear. â– Kenneth Wayne Petty, 40, no address given, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear. â– Marsha Eilene McLeod, 38, of 127 Wicker St. was charged Tuesday with communicating threats.

â– Bobbie Jeana Spanbauer, 21, no address given, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear. â– Tyrone Deshong, 28, of 2125 Hearthstone Drive was charged Wednesday with failure to appear. â– William David Hancock, 28, of 100 S. Gulf St. was charged Wednesday with failure to appear. â– Corey Lee Murphy, 30, of 1209 Broadway Road was charged Wednesday with obtaining prescription medication by fraud.

LEE COUNTY â– Hunter Blarr of 7186 Villanow Drive reported Thursday that someone forcibly entered his vehicle while it was parked at his residence and took a stereo radio system, an iPod, a wallet, and jewelry. CHATHAM COUNTY â– Amilicar Hernandez, 33, of 2391 Moncure-Pitts-

boro Road, Pittsboro was charged Wednesday with possession of stolen goods. He was released on $500 unsecured bond. â– Edgar Rodriguez, 19, of 106 Ridge Court, Siler City was charged Wednesday with driving while license revoked. He was placed in Chatham County Jail under $300 secured bond. â– Clyde Morris, 27 of 1249 Woody Store Road, Siler City was charged Wednesday with failure to appear. He was placed in Chatham County Jail under $250 secured bond. â– Samuel White, 71, of 1848 U.S. 64, Pittsboro was charged Wednesday with communicating threats. He was released on a written promise. â– Rommie Dowdy, 46, of 95 Pinecrest Drive, Goldston was charged Wednesday with possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was placed in Chatham County Jail

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HARNETT COUNTY â– Jason Wesley King, 30, of 202 Oma Kelly Road, Broadway was charged Wednesday with failure to appear. He was released on a written promise. â– Melvin Wayne Gole, 27, of 35 Tahoe Circle, Sanford was charged Wednesday with assault on a female. He was placed in Harnett County Jail without bond. â– Bradley Marque Campbell, 18, of 1260 N.C. 27, Lillington was charged Wednesday with assault on a female and interfering with emergency communications. He was placed in Harnett County Jail without bond. â– Cedric Antwaun McAuley, 36, of 614 Murchisontown Road, Sanford was charged Wednesday with failure to appear. He was placed in Harnett County Jail under $500 secured bond.

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Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor

It’s time for the U.S. to go nuclear Their View Issue: President Obama pledges $8 Billion to construct two nuclear reactors at an existing plant in Georgia

Our stance: The president is right. This nation must move ahead by expanding its nuclear power capabillities.

High Point Enterprise Sure, we wish the federal government didn’t have to put the taxpayers on the hook for $8 billion in loan guarantees to jump-start construction of this nation’s first nuclear power reactors in 30 years. Ideally — which means minus the bad PR from some environmentalists and a lengthy, burdensome permitting process — such projects would be fully funded in the private financial sector with expectations of reasonable returns on investment. But that has not been the case with nuclear power generation in the United States since the

late 1970s. However, in his effort to be the environment-friendly president, Barack Obama this week pledged that amount of funding for building two nuclear reactors at an existing power plant in Georgia. The biggest problem with the president’s plan is that it still will be a number of years before new nuclear power will flow from that Georgia Power plant at Burke, Ga. But clearly, this nation must again move ahead with expanding its nuclear power generation capacity. The fear and caution after the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island was justifiable for a period of time. But overzeal-

ous and long-term reactions to that scary incident have for far to long crippled U.S. nuclear power development, and the price we’ve paid — in dollars and possibile environmental damage from fossil-based fuels — has been huge. Had the N.C. Municipal Power agencies and private power producers been allowed to proceed with nuclear plant development years ago, city of High Point power customers and those of Duke Energy, too, would have paid less for electricity. And environmental concerns of today would have been much lower. President Obama is right on this matter. Let’s move forward.

Scott Mooneyham Today in North Carolina Scott Mooneyham is a columnist with Capitol Press Association

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ALEIGH — More political scandal. More political reform. Legislative leaders say they will again pursue reforms designed to clean up government in the wake of yet another criminal investigation of payto-play politics in North Carolina. Around the Legislative Building, the talk sounds a lot like someone agreeing to do 25 jumping jacks while fully expecting to walk around the corner and light up a cigarette a few minutes later. “It puts more pressure on somebody to do something,” Senate Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe, recently told the Associated Press while discussing the investigation of former Gov. Mike Easley and the criminal indictment of one-time aide Ruffin Poole. If Nesbitt sounds like he isn’t meeting the task with enthusiasm, it’s understandable. Legislators went down a similar road just four years ago. That previous scandal — a criminal investigation that ultimately led to the imprisonment of former House Speaker Jim Black — did lead to real reform. Lobbyists still grumble about gift bans and notions of being “covered persons” under the 2006 ethics and lobbying laws. ... But you no longer see legislators, after a House or Senate floor session, trolling for lobbyists to take them out to dinner at a fancy steakhouse. You no longer see legislators padding their campaign accounts only to convert those dollars to personal expenses. The ethics laws adopted a few years ago curbed or ended those practices. In turn, very obvious conflicts of interest stopped. Poole, though, is accused of crimes including bribery and money laundering that were illegal long before the 2006 ethics law was passed. His indictment also accuses him of ignoring the gift ban put into place that year. So, what else is to be done to make the political class live up to — rather than down to — public expectations ? The focus appears to be on a bill already approved by the House, and now sitting in a Senate committee, that would ban state contractors from giving to politicians who oversee their contracts and would require appointees to state boards to reveal all their political fund-raising. It would also mean that more of those in state government must wait six months before moving from that job into private-sector lobbying. Meanwhile, legislative leaders continue spouting nonsense about how they shouldn’t touch a root cause of corruption — a campaign finance loophole that allows political parties to receive and make unlimited donations. ... So they talk about how a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on corporate campaign spending makes the party-giving loophole more important than ever. They use phrases like “unilateral disarmament.” And they hope that this scandal won’t mean more public attention on how unlimited party giving has made a mockery of campaign finance limits, encouraged illegality and concentrated political power.

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AN DIEGO — Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a wise choice when he named Michael Oren as his country’s ambassador to the United States. With his scholarship, diplomatic skills, military experience and vast knowledge of the Middle East, Oren should make Israel proud. And as a product of the United States who immigrated to Israel in 1979 — born in New York, raised in New Jersey, educated at Ruben Navarrette Jr. Columbia and Princeton — he also makes Columnist America proud. Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a columnist with Oren recently capped off a visit to SouthThe San Diego Union-Tribune ern California by meeting with the editorial board of The San Diego Union-Tribune. there is no debate over the fact that, that, in Two days earlier, demonstrators had order to have the Jewish state, you have to interrupted Oren’s speech at the University have a stable and considerable Jewish majorof California at Irvine. Eleven students were ity.” arrested. Even under pressure, Oren finished Hold on. This sounds familiar. In fact, it his remarks. sounds a lot like some of the unpleasant talk Still, there are things that even someone coming out of various European countries as talented as Oren is going to have trouble explaining away. Take Israel’s growing obses- — among them France, Italy and Germany sion over its changing demographics. For the — where people are once again dabbling in an ugly nativism. In fact, this kind of nativlast decade, Israeli academics and officials ism has all too often victimized Jews. So, I have warned that by 2020, Palestinians will — because of higher birthrates — outnumber asked Oren to explain the difference. Why isn’t this sort of philosophy just as ugly when Jews in Israel and the occupied territories. Israel preaches it? At that, he went global. That would render obsolete the concept of “There are about 190 states in the world,” Israel as a Jewish state. To many Israelis, this he said. “The vast majority of them are nais a time bomb. tion-states. And the majority of those nationIn 2002, when Netanstates have non-national yahu was in between stints ‘In Israel, as in the United minorities in them. So it’s as prime minister and on — there’s nothing unusual States, we’ve got to learn the lecture circuit, I saw him give a speech in Dallas how to discuss some of our about Israel’s case. We are surrounded by 22 Arab nawhere he talked about the most important and tion-states that have nonanxiety a nation senses sensitive issues without Arab minorities in them. when the majority feels going out of bounds.’ So with everybody, at a it is about to become the certain degree, that is an minority. When asked why issue. It’s about the nature Israel won’t allow Palestinof the nation-state. Israel is the nation-state ians living in refugee camps to enter Israeli of the Jewish people and we have a national society, he said that this kind of mass migration would “flood” Israel. Then, in a gesture I minority in it that’s non-Jewish and we guarfound offensive, he defended the decision by antee the full and unequivocal democratic rights of that native — that minority. But this referring to the relationship between Ameriis the one and only Jewish national state.” cans and Mexican immigrants. That’s a nice, diplomatic answer from, “You know about this,” he said about the well, a skilled diplomat. What do you expect? need to control migration. “This is the reason But it’s not very persuasive. you have an INS.” In Israel, as in the United States, we’ve Netanyahu painted a pathetic portrait of two great nations — the United States and Is- got to learn how to discuss some of our most rael — desperately afraid of a foreign element important and sensitive issues without going out of bounds. If you want to talk about in our midst and determined to contain it, both battling our demons and, you could say, immigration and how it impacts a society’s evolving culture, fine. Talk about the ecoresisting our destiny. nomic burden, crime rates, overpopulation I was curious about what Oren would say and other consequences. But when we start concerning his country’s demographic fixaexpressing worries about changing demotion. “Well, because the Jewish state is predicat- graphics, we’re way beyond the chalk lines. ed on having a stable and significant Jewish majority,” Oren said, “it has to be part of our discourse. What you have, though, is — part Provide things honest in the sight of all of the discourse, is different types of statismen. (Romans 12:17) tics. Different groups will adduce different PRAYER: Help me, Father, to be honest statistics about the number of Arabs or the in all things, showing others that they can numbers of Jews or their relative growth rates trust me. Amen. and there’s a debate about that. But I think

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LETTERS Herald wrong on history curriculum changes To the Editor: RE: The Herald’s editorial, “History curriculum changes warranted” The Herald is somehow odd man out on this one. I don’t actually think it is The Herald, but rather the “Editorial Staff.” Supposedly, Fox News and others have propagated an outrage. They also note that it could just be due to our partisan times. Have you ever noticed how if one party disagrees, it is their conviction? If another party disagrees, they are partisan? It would have been a mistake for the state to minimize U.S. history and its teaching to our students in high school (Editor’s Note: The state said it was dropping the proposed changes Wednesday). I understand The Herald feels the need to spell out for us that what we used to learn in 11th grade is now going to be partially taught in middle school. Granted, the middle school years are an important time to learn basics, but young adults in high school need a more thorough understanding of our nation’s history as they mature in their thinking processes. I acknowledge that recent major events such as 9/11 absolutely need to be covered in history classes. But at the same time, we don’t need to skim over the rich foundations of our country; there is room for both. In these uncertain economic times, when we’re all asked to do more and dig a little deeper, is it too much to ask our children to work harder too? I don’t think it is. I believe they can rise to the challenge. I think in these times, it is a must. Here is some local history that has been quietly left out over the years. There was a time when the editorial was signed, but now the author gets to hide behind “The Editorial Board.” There was also a time when the media was almost like a monopoly (before the “Fox Newses of the world,” as The Herald has called them). Now they have to compete. That’s a good change. ROY THOMAS Sanford

‘Thank you’ for quick action at gas station To the Editor: I would like to say “thank you” to the three men at the Kangaroo on North Horner who helped me when both my car and the gas pump caught fire on Feb. 9 around 7 a.m. Because of your quick actions, I had only first degree burns and minimal damage to my car. God bless you. CINDY HALL Sanford

Place ‘global warming’ folks in an asylum To the Editor: I have one simple question for all the “Chicken Littles” on this planet who think we are all going to become “toast”: How many human beings, automobiles or trucks (with) internal combustion engines) and factories fired by fossil fuels were in existence on this planet when “The Ice Age” ended? My suggestion — place all these people (especially former Vice President Al Gore and his entourage) into a “green designed and constructed rubber room” located in the Himalayas. Possibly, the architectural drawings and specifications for the proposed “Green” CCCC building could be used for its design and construction. Keep reading The Herald folks. I’m just “warming up” for the 2010 local, state and federal elections. RUSSELL B. NOEL Sanford

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OBITUARIES Edwin Donnell Jr.

Rufus Bryant

SANFORD — Graveside service for Edwin “Spike” Donnell Jr. was held Wednesday at Buffalo Cemetery in Sanford with Dr. Won Namkoong officiating. Following the service, military honors were rendered by the U.S. Army. Special music was sung by Glenda Clendenin. Eulogies were given by Megan Zearfoss and Jill Thlippeau. Arrangements were by Miller-Boles Funeral Home of Sanford.

BUNNLEVEL — Rufus “Rags” Bryant, 71, died Wednesday (2/17/10) at the E. Carlton Powell Hospice Center in Lillington. He was born in Chesterfield County, S.C., the son of the late James Henry and Gertrude Riley Bryant. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of Vietnam. He worked for Becker Sand and Gravel for 40 years and Hanson Aggregates for two years. He is survived by his wife, Glinda Bryant of the home; sons, Rufus Bryant Jr. of Morven, and Carl Chapman and wife Tanya and Scott Webb and wife Letitia, both of Bunnlevel; daughters, Della Betts and husband Randy of Lillington and Tracie Boahn and husband Christopher of Linden; brothers, Jerry Bryant and Jimmy Bryant, both of Society Hill, S.C.; a sister, Frances Parker of Society Hill, S.C.; 21 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home. The funeral service will be conducted at 5 p.m. Saturday at O’Quinn-Peebles Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Byrd and the Rev. Cecil McNeill officiating. Condolences may be made at www.oquinnpeebles.com. Arrangements are by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

Kenneth Strickland

SANFORD — Kenneth E. Strickland, 55, of 800 Creekwood Road, died Wednesday (2/17/10) at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born in Charlotte, son of the late Alfred Strickland and Mary Mitchell Strickland. He is survived by his mother, Mary Mitchell Strickland; wife, Regina Berryman Strickland; a son, Eric Strickland of Charlotte; a daughter, Lakendra Wilkinson of Charlotte; a brother, Alfred Strickland of Charlotte; a sister, Veronica Davis of Kannapolis; four grandchildren and a host of other relatives. The funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday at Love Grove AME Zion Church in Sanford with Dr. Alfred L. Ferguson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. Condolences may be made at www.cewilliefuneralservice.com. Arrangements are by C.E. Willie Funeral and Cremation Services of Sanford.

Edna Williams

SANFORD — Funeral service for Edna Mae Harvell Williams, 86, who died Tuesday (2/16/10), was conducted Thursday at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Oldham officiating. Burial followed at Lee Memory Gardens. Pianist was Josh Smith and soloist was Gloria Chastain. Pallbearers were Donnie Batchelor, Lee Dowd, William Stone, Christopher Kerecz, Anthony Stanley and Joe Wood. Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Peggy Heckerman LILLINGTON — Peggy Heckerman, 65, died Thursday (2/18/10) at Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn. Arrangements will be announced by O’QuinnPeebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

Margaret Brady ROBBINS — Margaret Beal Brady, 86, died Wednesday (2/17/10) at St. Joseph of the Pines in Southern Pines. She was born Oct. 11, 1923 in Lillington, daughter of the late Herbert and Ethel Sneed Beal. She was a homemaker and a member of Fair Promise United Methodist Church. She

Wesley Shane Owens

Patricia Matthews Green

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Mr. Wesley Shane Owens, 41, of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Sanford, went home to be with his Savior, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. Shane was owner of Owens Enterprise and Real Estate, offices located in Sanford and Myrtle Beach, and worked in the jewelry business at Brenda’s Jewelers for 27 years. He was born in Union County, S.C., on Aug. 7, 1968 to James Wesley Owens and Brenda Kelly Tucker. Surviving relatives are his mother, Brenda Kelly Tucker and husband Kim of Sanford; his father, Jim Owens and stepmother Rose Owens of Portsmouth, Va.; a son, Riley Hatfield Owens of St. Louis, Mo.; two half brothers, Jimmy Owens and Jeffrey Owens, both of Sanford; a sister, Tamra Owens Wilson of Sanford; two nephews, Justin Wilson and Cody Wilson, both of Sanford; and grandmother, Betty Tucker of Sanford. Employees of Brenda’s Jewelers and Owens Enterprises and Real Estate are asked to sit together as a group. The family will receive friends at Crossroads Ministries, 107 Milton Ave., Broadway, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, from 6 to 8 p.m. The funeral will be conducted Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 2 p.m. also at Crossroads Ministries with Pastor John Sauls and Pastor Reid Dickens presiding. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery. Shane will always be remembered for his winning smile and and his willingness to help anyone who needed a helping hand. He was such a giving person and he never met a stranger. Shane’s spirit and how he made so many laugh will greatly be missed. But the joy he brought to so many will continue to live on in their hearts forever. Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

WILMINGTON — Mrs. Patricia Matthews Green, 45, formerly of Lillington, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at New Hanover Regional Hospital in Wilmington after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia. The family would like to thank all of the family, friends, and church families in the area for their constant prayers and support throughout Patricia’s illness. Patricia enjoyed life to the fullest and particularly loved her three dogs. She is survived by her husGreen band, John Green of the home; beloved daughter, Kyndall Green; mother, Ann Trudeau of Wilmington; father, Rudy Matthews of Lillington; paternal grandfather, Charles Rudolph Matthews of Lillington and maternal grandmother, Jessie Bolton of Lillington. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at Westview Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Martin Groover officiating. Online condolences may be made at www. oquinnpeebles.com. Memorials may be made to the Patricia M. Green/Kyndall Green Scholarship Fund, c/o First Bank, P.O. Box 1000, Lillington, N.C. 27546. Funeral arrangements entrusted to O’QuinnPeebles Funeral Home.

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was preceded in death by her husband, Marcus Brady Sr.; a son, Wayne Brady; and a brother, Ralph Beal. She is survived by daughters, Sheila B. Reid and husband Larry of Bear Creek and Newell B. Lucas and husband Stan of Sanford; sons, Harold Eugene Brady and wife Vonnie of Asheboro, Roger Brady and wife Rachel of Siler City, Barry Brady and wife Brenda of Seagrove, Marcus Brady Jr. and wife Janice of Robbins, Herbert Brady and wife Nancy of Robbins, Tony Brady and wife Diane of Siler City and Gary Brady and wife Pam of Robbins; 21 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and one sister, Ruth B. Brewer. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today and other times at the home a son, Gary Brady, 260 Jesse Phillips Road, Robbins. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fair Promise United Methodist Church in Goldston with the Rev. Ken Buckingham and the Rev. Kenneth Bouldin officiating. Burial will follow in the

church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Joseph of the Pines, 103 Gossman Drive, Southern Pines, N.C. 28387. Arrangements are by Smith and Buckner Funeral Home of Siler City.

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Barbara Bair Evans SANFORD — Mrs. Barbara Ann Bair Evans, 68, of Sanford, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Central Carolina Hospital. She was born in Henderson, West Virginia on May 25, 1941, to the late George Bair and Pauline Bair. She was also preceded in death by her son, Robert Harold Evans Jr. Mrs. Evans is survived by her husband, Robert Harold Evans Sr.; daughter, Faith Ann Dove and husband Derick of Sanford; sister, Kay Ramey of West Virginia; two grandchildren, Derick Keith Dove Jr. “Little Derick” of Sanford and Kaylee Evans of West Newton, Pennsylvania and one son, Daniel Evan Evans and wife Christine of Sanford. No services are planned. Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. Paid obituary

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in Chatham County in November 2009. After contacting Chatham County Schools officials and receiving their approval to use the schools as a way to find interested children, the ball began rolling, he said. Tron held assemblies at the schools this past week to show children exactly what kind of music they can learn to play through the program. The program will teach interested students how to play string instruments like the banjo, fiddle and guitar, by working with instructors in small groups. Students pay $120 for the 12 weeks of lessons and $25 for the instrument deposit. They’ll meet for an hour once a week at Goldston United Methodist Church. About 30 students from J.S. Waters, Bonlee and Bennett schools will participate in the program. “We reach out to kids

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leading authorities south on U.S. 1. Cary police, Apex police and Wake County sheriff’s deputies were all involved in the chase, which reached speeds of 85 mph at times. Lt. David McKee of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said his department

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man of the Lee County Republican Party. The lien indicates that Shook and her husband Steven owe a total of $6,059.08 to the state in unpaid income taxes, fees, penalties and interest. The lien also shows that the couple had paid $4,007 toward the original total of $10,066.08 at an unspecified date. According to Shook, the unpaid taxes stem from a bankruptcy filing from 2008. She said she and her husband had been on an automatic payment plan but that a glitch in the Department of Revenue’s software caused the payments to stop posting.

that can’t afford one-onone lessons,� he said, noting that the program is cheaper than most music lessons. When children in need get involved in such a program, it has the potential to “turn the whole family around.� Tron said they started with those three schools because they are on the same rural side of the county; they hope to eventually expand and include the entire county. Beth Little, mother of 11-year-old Katherine who attends J.S. Waters, said she appreciates that, because it can be hard to find a music instructor on that side of the county. “It’s kind of hard in this area to find a particular teacher. It’s such a rural area,� she said. With the SSM-JAM program, “we don’t have to travel so far to get them to lessons.� Little learned to play piano as a young girl, and is pleased her daughter has a place to learn guitar. “Music reaches across

all generations. I think it’s a great idea,� she said. Lessons will be taught by “bearers of tradition,� Tron said, who won’t teach using sheet music. Instead, students will learn more naturally, by humming the songs first and learning with their ears, he said. Tron believes learning to play an instrument helps students broaden their horizons and pick up on other concepts quicker. “You can learn things more easily once you teach yourself to learn an instrument,� he said. “It’s a big circle in life. Learning an instrument really helps connect that circle in a lot of ways.� And it’s a life-long hobby, he said. “You learn an instrument, especially a string instrument that you can carry around, you got that for life,� he said. “You never forget it. It’s with you the rest of your life.� At the church Thursday, the Smith family band — with 8-year-old

was alerted around 12:40 a.m. Thursday that the chase was headed into Lee County. According to McKee, deputies deployed the stop sticks and destroyed the vehicle’s tires, but the suspects got out and ran. “They took off and ran across the northbound lane of U.S. 1 and got about three quarters of a mile before we apprehended them behind the Food Lion,� he

said. McKee said authorities in Cary handled the charges. The two men, 38year-old Ricky Jacobs and 19-year-old D’Andre Jacobs, were charged by Cary police with felony larceny and theft. The charges stem from allegations of theft in the Cary area. Both men were placed in the Wake County Jail. Their bond status was unavailable Thursday.

“When you file for bankruptcy, the only thing they don’t forgive is income taxes,� she said. “They automatically place a lien on anything over $5,000. That’s why the lien is there. But the Department of Revenue has told me that this was a glitch on their part, and we’re making the payments to bring the bill under $5,000. This lien will be gone next week.� Department of Revenue officials couldn’t confirm or deny Shook’s explanation of the situation, saying only that they’d placed a lien on the couple. “We’re not able to provide any more information about that particular taxpayer,� said Thomas Beam, the department’s spokesman. Shook said the situation

is common. “The Department of Revenue’s computer system automatically generates certificates of tax liability when the amount of unpaid taxes and penalties exceeds a certain amount, regardless of whether there is an installment agreement in place or not. According to the Department of Revenue, hundreds of these certificates are filed daily in North Carolina,� she said. “Normally, this is not the type of news that warrants a front page newspaper story. However, it is the political season.� Shook faces a challenge in the November election from Democrat Mike Womble for the third district seat, which encompasses most of Lee County’s southern end.

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Corey Smith, 15, gives students a peak into what they can learn through the SSM-JAM Education Program on Thursday at Goldston Methodist Church. Eli on mandolin, 10-yearold Luke on banjo, 12year-old Nellie Grace on fiddle, 15-year-old Corey on guitar and father Allen on bass — played bluegrass songs before students broke into groups to meet with their music instructors.

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movement. “Blood Done Sign My Name� is based on the acclaimed book by Tim Tyson, currently a research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. As an 11year-old living in Oxford, Tyson witnessed the turbulent aftermath of Marrow's death. Tim's father, Rev. Vernon Tyson (played here by Rick(y) Schroder), was a Methodist minister in Oxford whose efforts to foster racial integration from the pulpit were met with strong resistance by parishioners and townsfolk alike. Tyson was living in Sanford before being called to preach in Oxford, which is depicted in the film. Writer-director Jeb Stuart — whose screenplay credits include “Die Hard� and “The Fugitive� — shot “Blood Done Sign My Name� throughout his native North Carolina, including Shelby, Gastonia, and Statesville (although not Oxford, conspicuously). Stuart retools Tyson's sweeping history into principally a twopart narrative: The first half focuses on Rev. Tyson

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the Smith children play the “old-timey bluegrass� can inspire others. “The heritage that you have from this music is founded here in the South,� he said. “It just fills the need in people’s hearts, I think, for entertainment and the arts.�

and his family's move to Oxford, followed by a dramatization of Marrow's murder, the subsequent sham trial, and the unrest that followed. Stuart's focus on the self-help measures employed by Oxford's AfricanAmericans citizenry, led by Ben Chavis (Nate Parker, “The Great Debatersâ€?), an Oxford businessman and future civil rights activist, wisely eschews the specter of the “white benefactorâ€? so ubiquitous in similarly-themed Hollywood offerings. Still, it makes for a disjointed screenplay when Tyson — the near-exclusive subject of the film's opening act — spends the rest of the film as a virtual spectator. The cast varies in quality — three are mined from the set of “One Tree Hillâ€? while the mere presence of Michael Rooker (“Mississippi Burningâ€?; “Rosewoodâ€?) in films of this sort is clichĂŠd. Still, the actors wisely don't overcook their roles, particularly Schroder and Parker, a young star in the making. Many real-life participants make cameos, including both Tysons, along with the late historian John Hope Franklin. Still, for all its commendable narrative content, Stuart's directo-

rial presentation is as rote and rudimentary as a made-for-TV movie, down to John Leftwich's stock musical score. All the typical genre tropes — the Klan rally; the racist cops; the sporadic N-word — pop up on cue. During a protest march on Raleigh, black activist Goldie Frinks (Afemo Omilami) tells an impatient Chavis, “You think Dickie Marrow's murder is the worst civil rights lynching ever? It doesn't even come close to the things I've seen.� The moment is meant to lend context to this tragic episode's place in the broader civil rights struggle. Its unintended effect reinforces the fact that “Blood Done Sign My Name,� laudable intentions aside, does little to cinematically distinguish itself from the litany of films about traditional Southern racism or the civil rights movement, except perhaps for Tarheel moviegoers who can glean meaning from a line like “Oxford is not like Biscoe; they're more set in their ways.� Grade: C + MPAA Rating: PG-13 Theaters: North Hills Cinemas in Raleigh, Chelsea in Chapel Hill, Southpoint 16 in Durham

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MAN EXONERATED AFTER 17 YEARS IN PRISON

STATE BRIEFS Representative faints, taken to hospital

1st day of freedom a whirlwind

Road projects to be graded before getting money

By MARTHA WAGGONER Associated Press Writer

HIGH POINT (AP) — U.S. Rep. Howard Coble apparently fainted during a meeting in his North Carolina district and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. Multiple media outlets reported that the 78-year-old Republican lawmaker was speaking at a Rotary Club of High Point meeting on Thursday. Chief of Staff Ed McDonald said Coble appears to have fainted and hit his head on a wall. He had been speaking with people in a banquet room of the High Point Country Club. A man attending the meeting said Coble regained consciousness within moments. The 13-term congressman representing the 6th District was taken by ambulance to High Point Regional Hospital.

ABC panel fines liquor company $6K for dinner

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s top alcohol regulators have fined a liquor company $6,000 for hosting a November dinner for leaders of a county ABC board. The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission on Thursday approved the compromise with Diageo North America over allegations a company representative violated rules barring gifts to ABC employees. The company treated the Mecklenburg County board chairman, the administrator and more than 20 others to dinner and drinks that cost $12,700 with the tip. The local board repaid the company more than $9,000. The Mecklenburg chairman and administrator have since resigned.

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s road construction agency has taken a first step toward deciding which projects are built based more on objective standards and less on politics. Transportation Department officials said Thursday they have developed a scoring system to rank 2,000 potential road, transit and other projects through 2020. The agency will release the scores Monday before meetings in Graham, Kinston and Hickory. A five-year draft construction schedule will be developed based on the scores. Many projects won’t appear on the plan because of financial constraints, environmental concerns and other obstacles. Public comment will follow before the plan is approved in June 2011.

Geithner touts development tax credits DURHAM (AP) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is touting tax credits and jobs in North Carolina as the Obama administration marks a year since approval of the $787 billion federal stimulus package. Geithner was visiting Durham on Thursday to highlight a type of tax credit designed to spur jobs in low-income neighborhoods. He’ll visit a job training center and a retail business in a former Durham textile mill converted, in part, with financing through the New Markets Tax Credit program. Last year’s stimulus package included an extra infusion of cash for the tax credit initiative. The administration’s proposed budget for next year also expands the program.

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DURHAM — For his first full day of freedom in more than 16 years, Greg Taylor woke up and hit the gym for the same upper-body workout he did every Thursday in his cell. Then he shook off the one thing he believes publicly branded him as a former prisoner: his eyewear. After breakfast and a shower, he went to an eyeglass store in Durham to replace the thick, tortoise-shell frames given to prisoners with a pair of oval-shaped, chocolatecolored wire frames that more suit his long, narrow face. It wasn’t just that the glasses were unfashionable, he said. It’s what they said about him and his conviction in the beating death of a prostitute in Raleigh in 1991. Three judges decided Wednesday he was innocent of that crime and released him from his life sentence. “People can look at them and say, ’he just got out of prison,�’ Taylor said. “I want to get rid of these.� Taylor spoke to reporters while holding the hand of his 26-year-old daughter, Kristen Puryear, and pushing a stroller carrying his 23-month-old grandson, Charles. He counted off all the loved ones he lost while behind bars: a grandmother, a sister, three uncles, a cousin, a dog and two cats. But it was when he discussed the happy events he missed that he choked up. “Her 10th birthday par-

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Greg Taylor, right, picks up his grandson Charles Puryear III, at this daughter home in Durham Thursday after he was exonerated on murder charges by the N.C. Innocence Commission after spending 17 years behind bars. ty,� he said of his daughter. “Her high school graduation was a big one,� he said. “These are the things you can’t get back.� Taylor also met with someone who was part of the chain of events leading to his exoneration: former state Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr., who launched the study panel that led to creating the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. Taylor’s case was the first exoneration to result from the work of the commission, which is the only state-run agency in the country dedicated to proving a convicted person’s innocence. If the governor grants Taylor a pardon, he can apply for compensation from the state Industrial Commission for $50,000 a year up to a maximum of

$750,000. The rest of the day was a whirlwind catching up to a world that changed quickly in the time he was locked away in Nash Correctional Institute. In the gym, he found a spacious room with a wall of mirrors, banks of exercise equipment and stateof-the-art weights instead of an outdoor space with a view of a guard tower. Before a technician examined his eyes at the store in Durham, Taylor had to sign his name on a computer screen. “I don’t understand,� he said before figuring it out. Although he has read numerous books on computer programming, Taylor saw the Internet for the first time Wednesday night when his daughter gave him a brief tutorial on his laptop.

She updated his wardrobe with jeans, a black polo shirt and boxer-briefs, which he had never worn. He could only surmise that she didn’t know if he preferred boxers or briefs, so she split the difference. When a friend tried to explain how a thumb drive would extend the storage space of his newly purchased digital camera, Taylor responded: “Oh, so it’s like film?� His lack of knowledge about cell phones — he saw his first one this week — overwhelmed the sales clerk. “Wow. I don’t even know where to start,� she said. All the bright and shiny newness seemed to take a toll on Taylor. “Everything has been smell and see and hear — no thoughts,� he said.

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WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina congressman said Thursday that he wants an investigation into reports that levels of a cancer-causing chemical in tap water at a Marine Corps base were downplayed and then omitted from official documents. Democratic Rep. Brad Miller called for the probe by his House science subcommittee Thursday — a day after The Associated Press reported on new documents that indicate massive fuel leaks at Camp Lejeune and high concentrations of benzene found in a water well there in 1984. “I am just disbelieving of their failure to act. It may have been worse than a failure to act. They may have acted to minimize or prevent the risk from being disclosed,� Miller told the Associated Press on Thursday. “It is hard to imagine they would let this go on. There was too much information that they had to have consciously disregarded.� Benzene, a carcinogen, is a natural part of crude oil and gasoline. Drinking water containing high levels of it can cause vomiting, dizziness, sleepiness, convulsions and death. Long-term exposure damages bone marrow, lowers the number of red blood cells, and can cause anemia and leukemia, according to the EPA. In 1984, an environmental contractor found benzene at 380 parts per billion at a well near a fuel farm. When a draft report was turned in, the level was changed to 38 parts per billion. The company’s final report on the well, issued in 1994, did not mention the benzene.

RALEIGH (AP) — The state Supreme Court is considering whether a former judge who stepped down after allegations of misconduct can ever again hold judicial office. The state Judicial Standards Commission accused former Mecklenburg County District Court Judge Bill Belk of misconduct that included staying on the board of Sonic Automotive after being told to step down. He earned $143,000 in stock and fees in 2008 from the Charlotte auto retailer. Belk resigned as a judge in November after hearings held by the standards commission. The Supreme Court can prohibit him from being elected or appointed judge again, The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday. Attorney Kevin Byrnes argued to Supreme Court justices on Wednesday that the

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judicial conduct rule against serving on a corporate board was unclear. The rule says judges “should not� serve on corporate boards, instead of the more definitive “shall not,� Byrnes said. Justice Mark Martin said under Byrnes’ interpretation that “should� does not impose a requirement, the code of judicial conduct would allow judges to continue practicing law, raise money for political parties and join organizations that practice racial discrimination. “I’m having a hard time understanding your argument,� Martin said. “This is a judge, an example for the community,� Justice Paul Newby told Byrnes, “and the code says ’Should not serve as a director.�’ Belk also was accused of giving the commission false information when he said

he relied on the board membership for health insurance. Sonic said it doesn’t provide health insurance to board members. Byrnes said what Belk meant was that he was relying on the membership for future health insurance because he fears he is prone to develop cancer in the future. Belk also was accused of misconduct in a confrontation with Chief District Judge Lisa Bell, which stemmed from her refusing Belk when he wanted to take time off to attend a Sonic corporate board meeting. “He was angry. He was frustrated,� commission counsel Nancy Vecchia said. “That confrontation is aggressive, is loud. It crosses the line.� Chief Justice Sarah Parker of Charlotte recused herself from the case.

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Accuser charged with assault DURHAM (AP) — The woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape nearly four years ago has been charged with attempted murder, arson and other counts after a fight with her boyfriend, police said. Crystal Mangum, 31, was arrested late Wednesday on charges including assaulting her boyfriend, Durham police said in a press release. Durham County jail records indicate she was charged with attempted murder, firstdegree arson, assault and battery, identity theft, communicating threats, damage to property, resisting

an officer and misdemeanor child abuse. A judge ordered that she remain in jail on a $1 million bond. Mangum had no attorney listed Thursday. Authorities released the audio of a 911 call in which a girl who said she was Mangum’s 9-year-old daughter called for help. Police said they found Mangum and Milton Walker fighting when they arrived at the home just before midnight. Mangum then went into a bathroom and set some clothes on fire in a bathtub, police said. The single-story wood duplex had heavy smoke damage, but no one was hurt, according to a Durham fire department press release. Three children were in

the home at the time, police said. Mangum told police that she was attacked at a March 2006 Duke lacrosse team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper. The state attorney general’s office later concluded there was no credible evidence an attack ever occurred. The state’s investigation found there was no DNA or medical evidence, or witness accounts, that confirmed Mangum’s story. Former Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong was later disbarred for more than two dozen violations of professional conduct rules in his handling of the case. He spent one night in jail for lying to a judge.

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Positive tests for opiates alarms nursing home CHAPEL HILL (AP) — A North Carolina nursing home is being investigated after notifying authorities that several patients tested positive for opiates, a class of powerful drugs that includes morphine and codeine. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday that a female patient’s blood tests showed the presence of opiates although she was not prescribed the narcotic. Staffers at The Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home said other patients in the 29-bed Alzheimer’s unit were also tested after they showed signs of lethargy. Britthaven vice president Phillip Hill says opiates were found in several patients, and two were admitted to a hospital. The company notified police and the state health department. Hill said the woman first discovered with opiates died of an unrelated bout of pneumonia.

Lawmakers form alcohol control study committee RALEIGH (AP) — Legislative leaders have asked a study committee to complete a big job in a short time by suggesting reforms to North Carolina’s alcohol sales system before the General Assembly reconvenes in May. Senate leader Marc Basnight and House Speaker Joe Hackney announced Thursday a 28-member study committee will review the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control system. The panel follows reports the Wilmington-area ABC board administrator made $280,000 a year and a liquor company picked up the tab for an expensive dinner attended by Mecklenburg County ABC leaders. The committee will consider the feasibility of private companies selling alcohol instead of government boards. Only local ABC boards can sell spirits. State government has limited control over how those agencies are operated.

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Utility wants to cut natural gas rates in N.C., S.C. CHARLOTTE (AP) — A Charlotte utility wants to reduce natural gas rates in North Carolina and South Carolina. Multiple media outlets reported that Piedmont Natural Gas is asking regulators in both states to reduce it rates about 5 percent, based on lower wholesale costs for natural gas. The new rates would go into effect March 1 if approved the North Carolina Utilities Commission and the South Carolina Public Service Commission. Piedmont spokesman David Trusty says the request also reflects a reduction in demand for natural gas at a time when supply has increased. Trusty says the recession has reduced the amount of natural gas its customers are used.

Marines deploy to Afghanistan on planned rotation CAMP LEJEUNE (AP) — More North Carolinabased Marines are headed to Afghanistan as U.S. and Afghan forces clear suspected insurgent neighborhoods in a NATO offensive to reclaim a southern town. Elements of the 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, will deploy on Thursday. It is a scheduled deployment. The Marines were part of the first wave sent to Afghanistan in President Barack Obama’s planned increase of 30,000 troops. Since arriving, the Marine and Afghan units launched an offensive in Marjah to retake the town.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and congressional leaders are preparing a detailed health care proposal designed to win passage without Republican support if GOP lawmakers fail to embrace bipartisan compromises at President Barack Obama’s summit next week. A senior White House official said Thursday that Democratic negotiators are resolving final differences in House and Senate health bills that passed last year with virtually no Republican help. The White House plans to post the proposals online by Monday morning, three days ahead of the Feb. 25 summit, which GOP leaders are approaching warily. The comments signal that Obama and Congress’ Democratic leaders still plan to use assertive and sometimes controversial parliamentary powers to enact a far-reaching health care bill if no GOP lawmakers get on board. Republicans and conservative activists have denounced such a strategy, and it’s unclear whether enough House and Senate Democrats would back it. Both parties have used the strategy, known as reconciliation, in the past.

HHS warns of double-digit spike in health premiums

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers are facing budgetbusting increases in medical insurance premiums, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday, releasing a report the Obama administration hopes will tap public outrage and help revive its stalled health care overhaul. People buying their own insurance in at least six states have been facing pressure from insurers to raise rates by as much 56 percent, the report said. Officials said the problem is likely to be more widespread, but data from individual insurers in different states is difficult to obtain. “We think it shines a light on the urgency for health reform,� Sebelius told reporters. The Democratic health care bills would lower costs for many consumers by offering government subsidies to most of those buying their own coverage. Premiums would remain high, but

Dalai Lama gets upbeat — but quiet — Obama welcome WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House Thursday and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people, but he kept their get-together off-camera and low-key in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China. At the risk of angering Beijing, Obama did tell the exiled spiritual leader he backs the preservation of Tibet’s culture and supports human rights for its people. He also gave encouragement to the Dalai Lama’s request for talks with the Chinese government Meetings between the Dalai Lama and U.S. presidents became standard fare under former President George H.W. Bush nearly 20 years ago. But the choreography is always delicate and closely watched because of China’s sensitivity to the issue.

Wal-Mart profit rises 22 percent for 4Q NEW YORK (AP) — WalMart Stores Inc., one of the recession’s biggest beneficiaries, felt the pinch during the fourth quarter as quarterly sales fell at U.S. Walmart stores for the first time. Still, overseas growth and a concerted cost-cutting campaign pushed profit up 22 percent. The discounter, which rode low prices to dominate U.S. retailing, faced tough price competition from rivals during the holidays. That contributed to a decline in customer counts and spending. The company said that a key measure of sales showed its third consecutive quarterly decrease as it continues to grapple with deflation in groceries and electronics and a tough economy.

Deficit panel: Budget cuts will hurt By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s new deficit commission might give Americans a slap in the face about the sacrifices needed to avoid bankrupting future generations — maybe working until age 70, paying higher taxes and spending more of their own money for doctors’ visits and prescriptions. Obama certainly won’t be talking about that harsh medicine, nor will the lawmakers on Capitol Hill, nor the candidates trying to replace them next November. In a poisonous election-year atmosphere, almost no one is willing to go on the record with solutions like raising the Social Security retirement age, ordering broad-based tax increases or increasing co-pays and deductibles for Medicare — ideas far too politically explosive for one party to take on alone. That’s where Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform — created Thursday with fanfare — comes in. With the total federal debt next year expected to exceed $14 trillion — about $47,000 for every U.S. resident — the 18member commission is charged with coming up with a plan by Dec. 1 to reduce the government’s annual deficits to 3 percent of the national economy by 2015. Obama announced the panel only after the Senate rejected a call by Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Judd Gregg, R-N.H., to create by law a group that would have been similar but whose recommenda-

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Then-North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Erskine Bowles is shown before the start of a televised debate in Research Triangle Park. Congress’ backing, President Barack Obama plans to announce on Thursday that he is establishing a panel similar to — although weaker than — the one lawmakers rejected. Determined to have a deficit commission with or without. Former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Senate Whip Alan Simpson would lead the panel, a senior administration official said Tuesday. tions would have had considerably more weight — requiring Congress to take action accepting or rejecting them. Reducing the deficit to 3 percent of the gross domestic product would still leave an annual deficit of almost $600 billion — compared to $1.4 trillion last year and nearly $1.6 trillion this year — but would at least keep the national debt stable relative to the size of the economy, a goal endorsed by professional economists. Obama said continuing the red-ink trend could “hobble our economy. It will cloud our future and it will saddle every child in America with an intolerable burden.� The rising debt threatens to force up interest rates and crowd out private investment, according to economists.

And interest payments on the debt will eat up an increasingly large portion of the government’s budget, squeezing programs and forcing even higher taxes. Chairing the commission are retired GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming and former Democratic White House staff chief Erskine Bowles. “Whatever the results of our work, the American people are going to know about a lot more where we are headed with an honest appraisal of our situation and the courage to do something about it,� Simpson said. Bowles led successful 1997 talks with Republicans on a balanced budget bill that produced government surpluses the last three years President Bill Clinton was in office and the first year of George W. Bush’s presidency. Simpson, as the

Senate’s GOP whip 1990, helped round up votes for a budget bill in which President George H.W. Bush broke his “read my lips� pledge not to raise taxes. “Everything’s on the table,� said Obama, who in his Feb. 1 budget was unwilling to abandon his pledge not to raise taxes on people making less than $200,000 a year. Republicans were quick to make it clear they’re unwilling to make a bargain on raising taxes in exchange for cuts at benefit programs dear to Democrats. “The American people ... want us to get a handle on spending without raising taxes,� said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “Americans know our problem is not that we tax too little, but that Washington spends too much.�

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10A / Friday, February 19, 2010 / The Sanford Herald TEXAS SUICIDE ATTACK

Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press Writer

AUSTIN, Texas — A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees, setting off a raging fire that sent workers running for their lives. At least one person in the building was missing. The FBI tentatively identified the pilot as Joseph A. Stack, 53. Law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still going on, said that before taking off, Stack apparently set fire to his house and posted a long anti-government screed on the Web. It was dated Thursday and signed “Joe Stack (1956-2010).” In it, the author cited run-ins he had with the IRS and ranted about the tax agency, government bailouts and corporate America’s “thugs and plunderers.” “I have had all I can stand,” he wrote, adding: “I choose not to keep looking over my shoulder at ‘big brother’ while he strips my carcass.” The pilot took off in a single-engine Piper Cherokee from an airport in Georgetown, about 30 miles from Austin, without filing a flight plan. He flew low over the Austin skyline before plowing into the side of the hulking, sevenstory, black-glass building just before 10 a.m. with a thunderous explosion that

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Firefighters work on putting out a fire at a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into a building that houses the Internal Revenue Service in Austin, Texas on Thursday. instantly stirred memories of Sept. 11. Flames shot from the building, windows exploded, a huge pillar of black smoke rose over the city, and terrified workers rushed to get out. The Pentagon scrambled two F-16 fighter jets from Houston to patrol the skies over the burning building before it became clear that it was the act of a lone pilot, and President Barack Obama was briefed. “It felt like a bomb blew off,” said Peggy Walker, an IRS revenue officer who was sitting at her desk. “The ceiling caved in and windows blew in. We got up and ran.” Stack was presumed dead, though police said they had not recovered his body as of Thursday evening. At least 13 people

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were injured, with two reported in critical condition. About 190 IRS employees work in the building. Gerry Cullen was eating breakfast at a restaurant across the street when the plane struck the building and “vanished in a fireball.” Matt Farney, who was in the parking lot of a nearby Home Depot, said he saw a low-flying plane near some apartments just before it crashed. “I figured he was going to buzz the apartments or he was showing off,” Farney said. “It was insane. It didn’t look like he was out of control or anything.” Sitting at her desk in another building a halfmile from the crash, Michelle Santibanez felt the vibrations and ran to the windows, where she and her co-workers witnessed a

scene that reminded them of 9/11. “It was the same kind of scenario, with window panels falling out and desks falling out and paperwork flying,” said Santibanez, an accountant. The building, in a heavily congested section of Austin, was still smoldering six hours later, with the worst of the damage on the second and third floors. The entire outside of the second floor was gone on the side of the building where the plane hit. Support beams were bent inward. Venetian blinds dangled from blown-out windows, and large sections of the exterior were blackened with soot. It was not immediately clear if any tax records were destroyed.

Officials identified Joseph Stack (above) as the pilot of a small plane that crashed into an Austin, Texas office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees. Andrew Jacobson, an IRS revenue officer who was on the second floor when the plane hit with a “big whoomp” and then a second explosion, said about six people couldn’t use the stairwell because of smoke and debris. He found a metal bar to break a window so the group could crawl out onto a concrete ledge, where they were rescued by firefighters. His bloody hands were bandaged. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said “heroic actions” by federal employees may explain why the death toll was so low. The FBI was investigating. The National Transportation Safety Board sent an investigator as well. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Austin on the Homeland Security Committee, said the panel will take up the issue

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of how to better protect buildings from attacks with planes. In the long, rambling, self-described “rant” that Stack apparently posted on the Internet, he began: “If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, ‘Why did this have to happen?”’ He recounted his financial reverses, his difficulty finding work in Austin, and at least two clashes with the IRS, one of them after he filed no return because, he said, he had no income, the other after he failed to report his wife Sheryl’s income. He railed against politicians, the Catholic Church, the “unthinkable atrocities” committed by big business, and the government bailouts that followed. He said he slowly came to the conclusion that “violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer.” “I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well,” he wrote. According to California state records, Stack had a troubled business history, twice starting software companies in California that ultimately were suspended by the state’s tax board, one in 2000, the other in 2004. Also, his first wife filed for bankruptcy in 1999, listing a debt to the IRS of nearly $126,000.

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The Sanford Herald / Friday, February 19, 2010 / 11A

FILM REVIEW

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Scorsese works his magic on horror theme

Olympics are golden, topping ‘Idol’ in TV ratings

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ven Martin Scorsese’s missteps are spectacular. Like Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and Roman Polanski before him, the 67-year-old Scorsese tries his hand at redefining the horror/psychological thriller genre with “Shutter Island.� For everyone who will regale in Scorsese’s ageless craftsmanship, others will recoil from a story that trawls mental illness, domestic violence, and the Holocaust looking for cheap thrills and chills. Adapted from a novel by “Mystic River� scribe Dennis Lehane, “Shutter Island� is awash in the very nihilism it meekly assails, erecting thematic and historical straw men to buttress Scorsese’s provocative visual flourishes and plot turns. Scorsese reteams with Leonardo DiCaprio — now firmly ensconced as the director’s second career act muse — as Teddy Daniels, a U.S. marshal sent to the titular island in Boston Harbor with his partner (Mark Ruffalo) to track down an escapee from Ashecliffe Asylum, a hospital for the criminally insane. After an encroaching hurricane maroons Daniels on the island, he begins to suffer a torrent of nightmares, headaches, and hal-

“Shutter Island� Grade: B Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, and Patricia Clarkson MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 2 hour, 18 minutes Theaters: Spring Lane Cinemas in Raleigh; Sand Hills Cinemas in Southern Pines; Crossroads 20 in Cary

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lucinations confronting his own inner demons, including the memories of the murder of his wife, Dolores (Michelle Williams), and horrors he helped commit as a World War II Army grunt during the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. We also discover Daniel’s real motives behind accepting his assignment to Ashecliffe, and — in keeping with its 1954 setting — there’s lots of chatter about atolls, A-bombs, North Korean brainwashing, and even the House Committee on Un-American Activites. Scorsese fashions Ashecliffe and Daniels’ internal torment as a collective flashpoint for 1950s paranoia and mankind’s capacity for violence. How all these seem-

ingly disparate plot points are shoehorned together is half the fun — or folly, depending on your viewpoint — of “Shutter Island.� Suffice it to say there is a corker of a plot twist that, while outlandish, manages to tie up most of the loose ends. Along the way, however, the film proves a divisive affair: sometimes brilliant, sometimes maddening. DiCaprio gives his white-hot beleaguered best — DiCaprio has his pick of roles, and I admire him for choosing edgy fare like this and “Revolutionary Road� instead of just the sanctuary of blockbusters or biopics. Here, however, he looks a bit young to effectively convey a world-weary war-vet

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Mark Ruffalo, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio are shown in a scene from, “Shutter Island.� and widower. Ruffalo adds little, but any acting slack is more than picked-up by a supporting cast that includes meaty performances from Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow, as well as single-scene monologues from Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley and Ted Levine. Like the opening shot of a seasick Teddy, Scorsese regurgitates a bevy of cinematic influences, the most obvious being Sam Fuller’s 1963 film “Shock Corridor,� about a journalist who commits himself to a mental institution to solve a murder. Scorsese admits being inspired by the 1940s noir thrillers of Jacques Tourneur and Orson Welles’ adaptation of Kafka’s “The Trial.�

Even causal moviegoers will see reflections of Kubrick’s “The Shining� and enough Hitchcock to make even Brian Da Palma jealous — there are conspicuous allusions to “Psycho,� “Spellbound,� “North by Northwest�, and “Vertigo� (a spiral staircase ascent to a tower’s overlook figures in the film’s climax). In other words, for all its CGI genuflecting, “Shutter Island� is an old-fashioned potboiler that, for all its faults and illusory self-importance, is unrelenting in its audacity and visual stimulation. At the end of the day, however, one’s opinion of Scorsese oeuvre will likely dictate your opinion of this film. His devotees will be delighted — count me in.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White and Shani Davis are the true American idols. With the trio leading a record haul of six medals for the Americans, NBC’s telecast of the Olympics clobbered Fox’s “American Idol� in television ratings Wednesday night. During the hour that the two shows went head-tohead, the Olympics were seen by 30.1 million people while 18.4 million watched “American Idol,� the Nielsen Co. said. It was the first time any show has beaten “American Idol� since May 2004, when a special Monday edition was topped by NBC’s “Fear Factor.� With the exception of one “Idol Gives Back� special in 2008, it was the least-seen episode of “American Idol� since 2003. Even before the Olympics started, NBC was referring to the night as its “white hot Wednesday.� The network heavily promoted Vonn, White and Davis leading to the games, and each won a gold medal. Still, it was a startling turnaround from just the night before, when “Idol� beat the Olympics by nearly 4 million viewers. “If anything, it’s a testimony to the power of network television,� said Marc Berman, an analyst for Media Week. “You had two shows in one hour reaching about 50 million people.� Fox had no comment on the ratings, although its executives pointed out privately that 18 million viewers still puts it in the top tier of entertainment programs broadcast this year. For all of prime time, NBC’s Olympics competition was seen by 29.4 million people, Nielsen said. The corresponding Wednesday four years ago in Turin, Italy, brought 17.8 million viewers to NBC.

Alexander McQueen label to continue PARIS (AP) — Alexander McQueen’s namesake label will continue despite the death of the designer, the parent company PPR SA said Thursday. Robert Polet, chief of the Gucci Group subsidiary, said the collection McQueen was working on before his death will be shown at Paris fashion week next month. A week after the designer’s death, found hanged in his wardrobe, PPR CEO FrancoisHenri Pinault and Polet paid homage to McQueen. Pinault called him a genius, a poet and a friend. The designer rose to fame in the 1990s, and was known for his daring and edgy style and skillful tailoring. He is credited with helping to revive the once-moribund British fashion industry.

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Job market improvement may be slowing WASHINGTON (AP) — Layoffs aren’t slowing as fast as some analysts had expected. That was the message Thursday in a government report that the number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. Jobless claims rose by 31,000 to a seasonally adjusted 473,000. The increase followed a drop of 41,000 in the previous week. The earlier figure had raised hopes that the job market was improving steadily. The four-week average for claims dipped 1,500 to 467,500, near the lows at the end of last year. The average smooths out week-to-week volatility. But many economists say the four-week average would need to fall consistently below 425,000 to signal that the economy is close to generating net job gains. The economy

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Job applicants fill out forms at a job fair in Santa Clara, Calif. The number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly surged last week after having fallen sharply in the previous week. has lost 8.4 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. Further evidence that the pace of the economic recovery is slowing was a private research group’s forecast of economic activity. The Conference

Board’s index of leading economic indicators rose for a 10th straight month in January, but the rate of increase is easing. The index is designed to forecast activity in the next three to six months. Many economists have raised concern that growth will stagnate this year as government support programs wind down and unemployment remains high. The key message from the leading indicators is that the recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s is plodding ahead — “stumbling at times, but it is moving forward,”

said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. Analysts say the closing of businesses and government offices last week because of snowstorms might have prevented some newly unemployed workers from filing their initial claims for unemployment benefits. The figures were collected as the government also was gathering information for the February report on the unemployment rate and employer payrolls. The severe weather may distort those figures, too, economists said. That could make it hard to get an accurate picture of the job market for several weeks. Even so, some analysts said the latest figures are a cautionary signal. “At least for the moment, the trend in layoffs seems at best to have leveled off — and perhaps to have begun a renewed increase,” Pierre Ellis, an economist at Decision Economics, wrote in a research note. Manufacturing has been among the few pockets of strength in the economy. But many other industries in the much larger service sector remain weak.

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge back in US MIAMI (AP) — Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti were back in the U.S. Thursday and looking forward to homecomings, even as two others remained in a Haitian jail in an ordeal sparked by the group’s attempt to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country. The missionaries arrived on a U.S. Air Force C-130 just after midnight at Miami International Airport, about 12 hours after a Haitian judge approved their release. They spent a night in soft hotel beds at the airport before some were seen heading to gates for morning domestic Delta flights. Silas Thompson, 19, of Twin Falls, Idaho, said it was “great” to be back on U.S. soil. Asked to name the first thing he’ll do when he gets home, Thompson replied: “Hug my mom.” He spoke to reporters as he walked to the Delta terminal Thursday morning after emerging from the hotel with three other men, who all declined to identify themselves or answer questions.

Ex-NYC police boss gets 4 years in prison WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York City

police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who was hailed as a hero after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and nearly became chief of Homeland Security, was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison. District Judge Stephen Robinson went well beyond federal sentencing guidelines, which suggested 27 to 33 months. He said the guidelines do not take into account “the almost operatic proportions of this case.” The judge said that after 9/11, Kerik “in many ways acted in the highest tradition of a public servant.” But then, he added, “The fact that Mr. Kerik would use that event for personal gain and aggrandizement is a dark place in the soul for me.”

Not guilty plea after cops say man threw baby NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man pleaded not guilty Thursday after police say he told them he threw his 3-month-old daughter off a bridge, as searchers and relatives held out hope that the infant might still be found alive. Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem, 21, of Galloway Township, appeared composed during his arraignment in Newark via video link from the Essex County jail, where he is being held on $700,000 cash bail. Public defender Regina Lynch entered the plea on his behalf.

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Crusaders ousted from tourney By ALEX PODLOGAR alexp@sanfordherald.com

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McGRADY TRADE THE BIGGEST DEAL OF THE DAY

HOUSTON (AP) — The New York Knicks have acquired disgruntled guard Tracy McGrady and his massive expiring contract in a three-team swap with the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press. The person spoke Thursday and requested anonymity because the deal has not been officially announced. The Knicks will also get Sergio Rodriguez from the Kings, though the lure of the deal was McGrady and his expiring $23 million contract. The Rockets will get guard Kevin Martin and forward Hilton Armstrong from Sacramento and forward Jordan Hill, Jared Jeffries and draft considerations in 2011 and 2012 from New York. They’re also relieved to have finally found a taker for McGrady, the troublesome seven-time All-Star they’ve been trying to trade for almost two months. The Kings will get New York guard Larry Hughes and Houston forwards Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey.

WINSTON-SALEM — This is not how it was supposed to end. While the Grace Christian Lady Crusaders may not be officially done with their basketball season — they will play in an upcoming national tournament next month — their state championship quest was halted immediately in their return to the hardwood.

Fourth-seeded Greenville Christian, led by Kara Robinson’s game-high 23 points, came up with the upset of the NCCSA State Girls Tournament so far, knocking off the topseeded Crusaders 47-42 in the quarterfinals on Thursday night. “We made a lot of mental mistakes,” said Grace Christian coach Joel Murr, whose team did not lose an NCCSA West 3-A Conference game all season but hadn’t played in 11 days. “Greenville Christian definitely deserved to

win, but there were a lot of tears in our locker room.” With top-scorer Haley Bryant held to 10 points because of a box-and-1 defense, eighth-grader Anna Murr stepped up and delivered a team-high 15 points. But in a game that featured 11 lead changes, Grace Christian fell behind by as many as seven points with just 1:52 to go. The Crusaders trimmed the late deficit to two, but could get no closer.

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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Tony La Russa took a risk hiring Mark McGwire as the St. Louis Cardinals’ hitting coach, and not just because of steroids. The Cardinals manager expects the questions about performanceenhancing drugs to die down eventually. McGwire apologized several more times Thursday, saying “It’s the most regrettable thing I’ve ever done in my life.” McGwire’s first gig as a coach, though, will be an ongoing concern. “I definitely was not unaware that some people already judge the fact we can’t win because he’s going to be a distraction,” La Russa said before the National League Central champions’ first workout for pitchers and catchers. “As far as I’m concerned, the question is: ’Is he a good enough hitting coach?”’

GOLF TOP SEEDS, DEFENDING CHAMP ALL LOSE

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — The remaining top four seeds went down, and so did the defending champion. The often-unpredictable Match Play Championship more than lived up to its reputation in a topsy-turvy second round at Dove Mountain on Thursday. Lee Westwood, Jim Furyk, Martin Kaymer and Rory McIlroy — seeded second through fifth entering the tournament — were among the day’s losers. Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy was beaten by Colombian Camilo Villegas 2 and 1. Top-seeded Steve Stricker lost in Wednesday’s first round.

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Southern Lee’s A.J. Jackson (left) makes his way past Douglas Byrd’s J.R. Britton in the semifinals of the Cape Fear Valley Conference Tournament on Thursday night in Sanford.

Cavaliers denied a chance at fourth title By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — The foul call didn’t hurt them. The layup did. Southern Lee was whistled for an intentional foul on Douglas Byrd forward Xavier Cary’s layup with 10 seconds remaining. But while Cary couldn’t knock down the two foul shots, the made layup did the worst damage, giving the Eagles a 56-55 lead. And after Southern Lee’s Ace Chalmers missed with 2 seconds

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left, fourth-seeded Byrd added another foul shot for an improbable 57-55 victory over the league champion Cavaliers in the semifinals of the Cape Fear Valley Conference Tournament on Thursday night. With 32 seconds remaining in the game, Josh Mellette tipped in an Chalmers miss to give the Cavaliers, who were gunning for their fourth straight league tournament championship, a tenuous 55-54 lead. The lead changed hands five times in the final 2:50 of a

ST. LOUIS — Akeem Richmond authored much of the Southern Lee basketball record book. Now he’s making his mark on the Rhode Island edition. The former Southern Lee star and current Rhode Island freshman surpassed Tyson Wheeler for the most 3-pointers by a Rams’ freshman in a single season during Wednesday night’s game against Saint Louis. Richmond, who also earned his first career start of the season, drilled the record-breaking trey with 8:27 remaining in the first half to put the Rams ahead of the Billikens 17-16. The dam was broken with the shot. Richmond quickly hit three more 3s in succession in the first half of the Rams’ 62-57 loss to the Billikens. Richmond led all scorers with 18 points by going 6-for-11 from 3-point range in the loss, finishing the night with 56 threes on the year. He now stands at the top in this entry of the Rhode Island record books ahead of former Rams Cuttino Mobley, Jimmy Barron and Preston Murphy. “It’s a great honor and it feels great,” Richmond said of the record after the game. “It’s really a blessing and I would like to thank God and my family. Most of all, I’d like to thank my dad...all of our hard work is finally paying off.” Kwamain Mitchell scored 11 of his team-high 13 points in the second half to lead a quartet of Saint Louis players with double figures. The Rams (19-6, 7-5) led the game by as many as 12 in the first half and 11 in the second half, 37-26, with 17:28 to play following a Ryan Brooks basket. Down 51-49 with 6:12 to play, Saint Louis used an 11-0 run to seal the victory.

WHISTLER, British Columbia — For all the worry about her famously injured shin, it was a common skiing mistake that ended Lindsey Vonn’s bid

for a second Olympic gold medal in two days. Though Vonn’s bruised right leg was “killing me,” she said she simply failed to get her ski around a right-hand gate and fell in the slalom run of the super-combined.

“The shin wasn’t the reason why I didn’t finish the race,” Vonn said. “It was just because I hooked a tip, and that happens in ski racing all the time. I just wish it wasn’t at the Olympic Games.” Maria Riesch of Germany

won the event, helping to atone for her failure to challenge best friend and biggest rival Vonn in Wednesday’s marquee downhill race. Vonn, who once worried

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YOUTH LCPR baseball, softball leagues SANFORD — Lee County Parks and Recreation is currently registering for youth baseball and softball. The fee is $25 for county residents. Baseball is for ages 9-18 and girls’ fast-pitch is for ages 8-18. Registration forms are available at the Line Drive Baseball Academy and the Parks and Recreation office on Tramway Road. They can also be found online at www.leecountync. gov/Departments/ParksRecreation. Parks and Rec is also registering for adult men’s and women’s softball leagues. For more information about any of the leagues, call (919) 775-2107, ext. 502.

YOUTH Registration open for DRNV SANFORD — Deep River-Northview Optimist Baseball and Softball registration is under way. Registration may be completed online at www.drnvobaseball.com. Forms are also available at Line Drive Baseball Academy. Registration is open through March 1. Baseball registration is for ages 5-15. Fast-pitch softball is available for girls ages 7-12.

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Tiger Woods practices golf outside his home Thursday in Windermere, Fla. Woods plans to make a statement late Friday morning in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. AP photo

CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats addressed coach Larry Brown’s biggest wish on Thursday, acquiring power forward Tyrus Thomas from the Chicago Bulls just before the trade deadline. Charlotte sent a future firstround pick to Chicago, along with the expiring contracts of guards Flip Murray and Acie Law. The Bobcats have lacked depth behind starting power forward Boris Diaw, and they hope Thomas will provide needed rebounding and shotblocking as they look for their first playoff berth. The 6-foot-10 Thomas is averaging 8.8 points and 6.3 rebounds and making $4.7 million in the final year of his contract. He’ll be a restricted free agent this summer. The Bobcats made another minor trade, acquiring veteran mistakably contrite — not big man Theo Ratliff from San to mention humble, and Antonio for a second-round visibly aware of what he’s pick. done both to his image It was a day of two trades for and his marriage, says John four expiring contracts for the Sweeney, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Bulls, who are hoarding salarycap space for this summer’s Hill’s journalism school. And much of that has to do highly touted free agent class. Chicago also acquired forwards with the nonverbal cues Hakim Warrick and Joe AlexanWoods gives. der from Milwaukee for guard “Look, people have been John Salmons. waiting for this for a long The Bucks (24-28) and the time,� says Sweeney, who Bobcats (26-26) are competing is director of sports comwith the Bulls (27-26) for the fimunication at the school. nal playoff spots in the Eastern “They’re going to be looking Conference. into his eyes tomorrow. If he The 23-year-old Thomas was can convey true, heartthe fourth overall pick in the felt remorse with the one 2006 draft — taken right after camera available, then he Bobcats part-owner Michael has a chance at getting back Jordan selected the disappointthe incredible good will fans ing Adam Morrison. had for him. After spending just one “But if they see the old season at LSU, Thomas has Tiger — the one who gives been inconsistent and far an impersonal statefrom dominant in the NBA. He ment and then is outta missed seven weeks earlier there — then it’ll just be this season with a broken left another slam against his forearm and was suspended brand,� Sweeney says. “If for a game earlier this month he mishandles this, some for conduct detrimental to the team. people are just gonna walk But he’s the kind of versatile, away thinking, ‘You kept us athletic big man Brown likes, waiting months, for this? and Charlotte hasn’t been You put your wife through afraid to make deals. tabloid hell, for this?�’

All eyes will be on Tiger Woods hopes tightly controlled mea culpa works NEW YORK (AP) — The ritual celebrity apology: We’ve seen it time and again, from Kanye West to Mark Sanford to John Edwards to Mel Gibson to Mark McGwire. And now it’s Tiger Woods’ turn. Only this time there will be no Oprah, no Leno, no “Nightline� — no inquisitor at all, just a single camera, some unidentified friends and a handful of reporters, unable to ask questions. Woods is gambling that his words and charisma can achieve the public redemption that he sorely needs. “The whole world has been waiting for three long months,� says Laura Ries, who heads a brand strategy firm in Atlanta. “And the longer he’s postponed it, the bigger it’s become.� Media organizations are naturally angry that Woods,

who until now has only issued a written apology, is refusing questions. They see it as the same old Tiger — the Tiger who always played by his own rules when it came to the media, stage-managing the carefully selected appearances he made. Yet many others can understand why he’s handling his public confession this way. “He’s not stupid,� says sports psychologist Mitchell Abrams. “At least this way no one can stump him — he’ll only be saying what his PR people have already vetted.� But the whole approach could backfire, notes Rick Burton, a communications professor who specializes in sports marketing. “He’s trying to control the moment, but the problem is that by not having a dialogue where he can look into someone’s eyes, he’s

going to continue to seem impersonal,� says Burton. “It’s Communications 101 — you tell your story in a personal way. But clearly his advisers, family and friends think this is the way to go.� Besides, the media will spin the story the way they see it, adds Burton, of Syracuse University. “Tiger may think that just by looking into the camera he’ll be speaking directly to the public, but the reality is that the media is going to interpret his communication. “And so right away, Tiger has lost control.� Journalists may be irate, but the public may not notice or even care that there will be no give and take with the world’s best golfer. Experts agree it all depends on what he says — and even more importantly, how he says it. First, Woods needs to be contrite — genuinely, un-

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U.S. remains winless

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The winless U.S. men’s curlers lost a tough one again, beaten 7-6 by Denmark on Thursday in yet another extra end. The Americans are 0-4 and will need to win their remaining five matches in the round-robin schedule to stand any chance of reaching the semifinals. “It hurts right now,” U.S. lead John Benton said. “We’re definitely on the way, way outside. Something magical would have to happen for us to make the medal round.” Added U.S. second Jeff Isaacson: “I would say a miracle.” The Americans needed a tense extra end for the third straight match and third in four overall. American skip and final shooter John Shuster missed a chance to knock out a Danish stone when his last rock jammed on another one of his own and kept Denmark in scoring position.

Olympic coverage comes live or taped By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer

NEW YORK — A NBC’s practice of taping some marquee Olympics events so they can be seen later in prime time has long annoyed sports fans, seemingly more so as ways to instantly communicate results increase exponentially. The issue resurfaced after NBC’s biggest night of competition on Wednesday, when it showed Americans Shani Davis, Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White capture gold medals. Two of those performances were seen live in prime time on the East Coast. But the third that wasn’t, Vonn’s successful downhill skiing competition, set off some grumbling. Anybody who wanted to know that Vonn won before the NBC broadcast could have easily found that out, through radio, television or the Internet. Many fans would have appreciated the chance to see the competition play out in real time, to feel the suspense build, instead of waiting to see NBC’s carefully selected highlights later — basically confined to the top two Americans and everyone who had a spectacular wipeout. “NBC’s approach might have been tolerable 20 years ago, when the big networks really did control everything,” said Henry Blodget, CEO and editor in chief of The Business Insider, and active critic of the network. Blodget said. “Today, however, it’s tone-deaf and infuriating. Thanks to e-mail alerts, Twitter, general interest Web sites and even NBC itself, the event results are everywhere in real time, and NBC’s evening highlights reel looks preposterously out of touch.” Wednesday night’s ratings, with NBC’s primetime broadcast getting just under 30 million viewers and becoming the first show to beat “American Idol” in six years, would only seem to reinforce the network’s view that its way is the right way.

Crash concerns still dogging Olympic track

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Norway’s Patrick Thoresen (41) loses his helmet as he is hit by USA’s Brooks Orpik (44) in the third period of a preliminary round men’s ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday.

U.S. way too much for overmatched Norway VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — This U.S. win already was secured by the time Michael Phelps left his rinkside side. Then it turned into a rout. A big surge in the final minutes helped the American men’s hockey team complete a 6-1 win over outmatched Norway on Thursday, but now the club will dive into the deep end of the pool against heavily favored Canada on Sunday with a bye into the quarterfinals on the line. With Phelps, the U.S. Olympic swimming star watching from four rows off center ice, the Americans improved to 2-0 in these games. Phelps didn’t see all the scoring because he left with 5 1/2 minutes remaining, just after the U.S. made it 4-1. Nursing a two-goal lead for much of the final two periods, the Americans broke it open when defenseman Brian Rafalski scored twice in the final three minutes. “We’ve got some work to do still, there’s no question about that,” U.S. captain Jamie Langenbrunner said. “We’re making far too many mistakes we can’t be making against Canada.” Phil Kessel and Chris

Drury had first-period goals, Patrick Kane stretched the lead to 3-0 in the second, and Ryan Malone added his second of the tournament to back seldom-tested goalie Ryan Miller. The Americans held a 39-11 edge in shots over Norway, which has been outscored 14-1 in two games. Rafalski netted a powerplay goal with 3 minutes remaining and then finished the late outburst in the final minute. The Americans will have a day off Friday from games and practice. The U.S. was 1-4-1 at the Turin Games four years ago and can make a Phelps-like splash should they upset the Canadians. “Come the Canada game, we’ve got to play playoff-type hockey — dump the puck in,” Malone said. “It’s not rocket science.” With only a 3-1 victory Tuesday over Switzerland, the U.S. was facing tiebreaker danger should it fall to Canada. Four teams clinch spots in the quarterfinals, while the other eight countries will play for the other four spots. Goal differential is a key tiebreaker, so lopsided wins

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WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Bobsledders are learning the Olympic sliding track is tough to tame, even for the world’s best. At least 11 two-man bobsleds have spilled sideways in the first two days of training at the Vancouver Games, with two athletes — including a legitimate gold-medal favorite — possibly knocked out of the competition before it even begins this weekend. Spills are common in bobsledding, but since these topples come less than a week after the death of a Georgian men’s luge athlete in a high-speed training wreck, speed and safety have once again been thrust into the forefront at the Olympic track. Beat Hefti, this season’s World Cup two-man overall champion, missed training Thursday with a headache after crashing on his first practice run the previous night. Hefti was checked out at a hospital for bruises on his head and body, as well as cuts on one of his legs, Switzerland team officials said in a release. He’ll need medical clearance — plus clean runs on Friday — in order to race this weekend.

World hockey chief: Women’s Olympic tournament staying VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The president of hockey’s international body says that despite lopsided games the women’s tournament will remain in future Olympics. International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel said Thursday that the teams from Canada and the United States are “on another planet.” He says the

rest of the world needs time to catch up. Fasel spoke alongside NHL commissioner Gary Bettman at a news conference before the U.S. men played Norway. Fasel debunked the notion that women’s hockey should be eliminated, as softball was from the Summer Games in 2005. Women’s hockey made its Olympics debut in 1998.

Nesbitt captures Canada’s first speedskating gold RICHMOND, British Columbia (AP) — Christine Nesbitt won Canada’s first speedskating gold medal, capturing the women’s 1,000 meters by a mere two-hundredths of a second. Nesbitt was more than a half-second off the pace with one lap to go, but she really turned on the speed over the last 400 meters to win in 1 minute, 16.56 seconds. Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands made up for a fall in the 500, taking silver in 1:16.58. The bronze also went to the Dutch, claimed by Laurine van Riessen in 1:16.72.

Berger wins women’s individual biathlon race WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — After a substandard performance four years ago in Turin, Norway seems to be back on form in Vancouver, where Marit Bjoergen won gold No. 99 on Wednesday in the women’s cross-country sprint. Tora Berger’s victory in Thursday’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon race victory Thursday meant the Scandinavian ski-crazed country became the first nation to win 100 Winter Olympic gold medals.

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Orlando Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington

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L 21 21 25 26 26

Denver Utah Oklahoma City Portland Minnesota

W 35 34 31 32 13

L 18 19 21 24 42

L.A. Lakers Phoenix L.A. Clippers Sacramento Golden State

W 42 32 21 18 15

L 13 23 33 36 38

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB L10 .647 — 5-5 .547 5 8-2 .377 14 5-5 .358 15 2-8 .093 291⁄2 1-9 Southeast Division Pct GB L10 .673 — 8-2 .654 11⁄2 6-4 .509 9 5-5 .500 91⁄2 5-5 .353 17 4-6 Central Division Pct GB L10 .796 — 10-0 1 .509 15 ⁄2 6-4 .462 18 6-4 .358 231⁄2 4-6 1 .340 24 ⁄2 3-7 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB L10 .611 — 4-6 .596 1 6-4 .528 41⁄2 4-6 .519 5 4-6 .509 51⁄2 3-7 Northwest Division Pct GB L10 .660 — 6-4 .642 1 9-1 1 .596 3 ⁄2 7-3 .571 41⁄2 5-5 .236 23 4-6 Pacific Division Pct GB L10 .764 — 8-2 .582 10 6-4 1 .389 20 ⁄2 1-9 .333 231⁄2 2-8 .283 26 2-8

Wednesday’s Games San Antonio 90, Indiana 87 Washington 108, Minnesota 99 Memphis 109, Toronto 102, OT Orlando 116, Detroit 91 Miami 87, New Jersey 84 Chicago 115, New York 109 Houston 127, Milwaukee 99 Utah 98, New Orleans 90 Dallas 107, Phoenix 97 Golden State 130, Sacramento 98 Atlanta 110, L.A. Clippers 92 Thursday’s Games Denver at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Boston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

OLYMPICS Str W-1 L-1 L-2 L-5 L-1

Home 15-9 20-7 9-17 12-17 3-22

Away 18-9 9-17 11-16 7-17 2-27

Conf 22-11 20-16 10-19 13-22 4-30

Str W-1 W-1 W-4 L-1 W-1

Home 21-5 21-6 14-12 19-7 10-16

Away 16-13 13-12 14-15 7-19 8-17

Conf 26-11 18-12 18-15 16-17 13-19

Str W-13 W-2 L-1 L-1 L-3

Home 24-3 16-9 16-9 13-15 12-15

Away 19-8 11-17 8-19 6-19 6-20

Conf 24-6 17-15 16-14 14-18 14-20

Str W-1 W-2 W-1 L-1 W-1

Home 16-9 19-10 15-11 17-9 18-9

Away 17-12 12-11 13-14 11-17 9-17

Conf 19-16 17-16 21-15 19-13 17-19

Str L-1 W-2 W-7 W-2 L-4

Home 23-5 22-7 16-10 19-11 9-18

Away 12-13 12-12 15-11 13-13 4-24

Conf 22-12 20-14 15-15 21-13 7-26

Str W-4 L-1 L-6 L-2 W-1

Home 26-4 18-7 14-12 13-13 11-15

Away 16-9 14-16 7-21 5-23 4-23

Conf 24-10 20-13 10-23 10-21 9-25

Denver at Washington, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Miami at Memphis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 8 p.m. Toronto at New Jersey, 8 p.m. Dallas at Orlando, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Boston at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at New York, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

College Basketball Standings La Salle at Dayton, 7 p.m.

Atlantic Sun Conference Conference L PCT 5 .706 5 .688 5 .688 6 .625 6 .625 7 .563 9 .438 9 .438 12 .294 13 .235 13 .235

Al l Games L PCT 9 .654 10 .615 10 .600 12 .520 13 .519 13 .500 14 .462 15 .444 21 .192 19 .269 20 .231

W W Campbell 12 17 Belmont 11 16 Jacksonville 11 15 Lipscomb 10 13 ETSU 10 14 Mercer 9 13 N. Florida 7 12 Kennesaw St. 7 12 S.C.-Upstate 5 5 Florida Gulf Coast 4 7 Stetson 4 6 ——— Tuesday’s Game No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games Campbell 66, S.C.-Upstate 46 Thursday’s Games North Florida at Mercer, 7:30 p.m. Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Kennesaw St., 7:30 p.m. Belmont at Stetson, 8:15 p.m.

Atlantic 10 Conference Conference All Games W L PCT W L Richmond 10 2 .833 21 6 Temple 9 2 .818 21 5 Xavier, Ohio 9 2 .818 18 7 Charlotte 8 3 .727 18 7 St. Louis 8 3 .727 17 8 Dayton 6 4 .600 17 7 Rhode Island 7 5 .583 19 6 Duquesne 5 7 .417 14 12 George Washington 4 7 .364 14 10 UMass 4 8 .333 10 16 La Salle 3 7 .300 11 13 St. Bonaventure 3 8 .273 10 14 St. Joseph’s 3 9 .250 9 17 Fordham 0 12 .000 2 22 ——— Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games Richmond 84, Fordham 56 Duquesne 83, Charlotte 77 Temple 73, St. Bonaventure 55 George Washington 66, Massachusetts 60 Xavier 88, Saint Joseph’s 52 Saint Louis 62, Rhode Island 57 Thursday’s Games

PCT .778 .808 .720 .720 .680 .708 .760 .538 .583 .385 .458 .417 .346 .083

Atlantic Coast Conference Conference W L PCT 10 2 .833 8 3 .727 8 3 .727 8 4 .667 7 5 .583 6 5 .545 6 6 .500 5 6 .455 3 8 .273 3 8 .273 3 9 .250 2 10 .167

W 22 21 18 18 19 18 18 14 14 12 17 14

Duke Virginia Tech Maryland Wake Forest Florida St. Clemson Georgia Tech Virginia North Carolina Boston College Miami N.C. State ——— Tuesday’s Games Virginia Tech 87, Wake Forest 83 Georgia Tech 68, North Carolina 51 Wednesday’s Games Duke 81, Miami 74 Florida St. 69, Virginia 50 Maryland 67, N.C. State 58 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled

All Games L PCT 4 .846 4 .840 7 .720 6 .750 7 .731 7 .720 8 .692 10 .583 12 .538 13 .480 9 .654 13 .519

Conference USA Conference W UTEP 10 Memphis 9 UAB 8 Tulsa 8 Marshall 7 Southern Miss. 5 Houston 5 UCF 5 SMU 5 East Carolina 2 Tulane 2 Rice 1

L 1 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 9 10 10

All Games PCT .909 .818 .727 .667 .636 .455 .455 .455 .455 .182 .167 .091

W 19 19 20 19 19 15 13 13 12 8 7 8

L 5 7 5 7 7 10 12 12 13 17 18 17

PCT .792 .731 .800 .731 .731 .600 .520 .520 .480 .320 .280 .320

——— Tuesday’s Games UCF 68, Houston 65 Wednesday’s Games Memphis 77, Tulane 64 Marshall 64, Tulsa 58 SMU 67, Rice 57 UAB 59, Southern Miss. 54

Winter Olympic Medals Table By The Associated Press At Vancouver, Canada Thursday, Feb. 18 4 of 6 medal events 32 of 90 total medal events Nation G S United States 5 4 Germany 4 4 Norway 3 3 Canada 3 3 France 2 1 South Korea 3 2 Austria 1 2 Switzerland 3 0 China 2 1 Italy 0 1 Sweden 2 0 Netherlands 1 1 Russia 1 1 Slovakia 1 1 Czech Republic 1 0 Poland 0 2 Belarus 0 1 Japan 0 1 Australia 0 1 Estonia 0 1 Finland 0 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 Latvia 0 1 Croatia 0 0 Slovenia 0 0

B 6 3 2 1 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Tot 15 11 8 7 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Thursday’s Olympic Scores By The Associated Press CURLING Men Denmark 7, United States 6 Norway 7, Germany 4 Canada 7, Sweden 3 Switzerland 4, Britain 3 HOCKEY Men United States 6, Norway 1

BASKETBALL The AP Top 25 By The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (62) 24-1 1,622 1 2. Kentucky (3) 24-1 1,557 3 3. Villanova 22-2 1,482 4 4. Purdue 21-3 1,403 6 5. Syracuse 24-2 1,389 2 6. Duke 21-4 1,278 8 7. Kansas St. 20-4 1,239 9 8. West Virginia 19-5 1,101 5 9. Ohio St. 20-6 1,068 13 10. Georgetown 18-6 966 7 11. Michigan St. 20-6 906 10 12. New Mexico 23-3 888 15 13. Gonzaga 21-4 830 16 14. Wisconsin 19-6 697 11 15. Texas 20-5 674 14 16. BYU 23-3 669 17 17. Vanderbilt 19-5 529 22 18. Butler 23-4 527 18 19. Pittsburgh 19-6 398 25 20. Tennessee 18-6 381 12 21. Temple 20-5 347 21 22. Baylor 19-5 316 24 23. Wake Forest 18-5 286 — 24. Texas A&M 18-6 231 — 25. Richmond 20-6 101 — Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 115, Cornell 114, Wake Forest 109, Maryland 69, Charlotte 48, UTEP 33, Mississippi 30, Rhode Island 30, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 18, Siena 18, Illinois 16, Florida St. 15, Virginia Tech 11, Marquette 10, UAB 7, Richmond 5, Wichita St. 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 2.

NCAA Boxscore Late Wednesday NO. 6 DUKE 81, MIAMI 74 DUKE (22-4) Singler 7-16 4-4 22, Thomas 1-3 2-3 4, Zoubek 4-5 2-4 10, Smith 6-14 4-4 21, Scheyer 3-15 6-7 15, Ma.Plumlee 2-4 0-0 4, Dawkins 1-2 0-0 3, Mi.Plumlee 1-1 0-0 2, Kelly 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 18-22 81. MIAMI (17-9) Collins 5-6 11-14 21, Adams 1-3 0-0 2, Gamble 1-2 2-2 4, Scott 9-13 1-3 19, Dews 511 5-6 16, Grant 0-5 0-0 0, McGowan 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 2-2 1-2 7, Jones 2-3 0-0 5, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-45 20-27 74. Halftime—Miami 37-25. 3-Point Goals— Duke 13-29 (Smith 5-10, Singler 4-7, Scheyer 3-10, Dawkins 1-2), Miami 4-12 (Thomas 2-2, Jones 1-1, Dews 1-4, Adams 0-2, Grant 0-3). Fouled Out—Thomas. Rebounds—Duke 29 (Singler 11), Miami 31 (Collins 9). Assists— Duke 17 (Scheyer 6), Miami 14 (Scott 4). Total Fouls—Duke 21, Miami 21. A—6,860.

NBA Leaders By The Associated Press THROUGH FEB. 17 Scoring G FG James, CLE 54 545 Durant, OKC 52 509 Anthony, DEN 40 398 Bryant, LAL 51 527 Ellis, GOL 48 494

FT 422 447 332 302 225

PTS 1612 1542 1168 1426 1259

AVG 29.9 29.7 29.2 28.0 26.2

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FedEx Cup Standings Through Feb. 14 Rank Name 1. Dustin Johnson 2. Steve Stricker 3. Bill Haas 4. Ryan Palmer 5. Ben Crane 6. Geoff Ogilvy 7. J.B. Holmes 8. Matt Kuchar 9. Robert Allenby 10. Luke Donald 11. Brandt Snedeker 12. Tim Clark 13. Rory Sabbatini 14. Alex Prugh 15. Marc Leishman 16. David Duval 17. Steve Marino 18. Bubba Watson 19. Paul Goydos

Pts 771 758 532 527 517 500 449 446 410 374 369 349 331 313 311 246 244 231 228

Money $1,682,450 $1,686,000 $923,850 $1,018,842 $965,660 $1,120,000 $953,635 $866,076 $766,640 $797,521 $639,476 $582,426 $679,940 $585,246 $559,953 $557,440 $534,272 $388,293 $483,800

20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Retief Goosen John Rollins Ernie Els Michael Sim Charles Howell III Brian Gay Martin Laird Michael Allen Kevin Na D.J. Trahan Tom Gillis K.J. Choi Ricky Barnes Pat Perez Nick Watney Phil Mickelson Matt Jones George McNeill Ryan Moore Kevin Sutherland Ryuji Imada

227 227 221 214 210 198 178 178 177 176 175 175 171 163 163 160 159 159 158 158 155

$472,333 $395,690 $444,738 $406,233 $363,450 $296,436 $351,299 $267,038 $323,785 $321,855 $269,321 $217,990 $274,722 $237,205 $278,469 $280,680 $299,305 $295,422 $335,173 $239,193 $259,350

Sports on TV Friday, Feb. 19 AUTO RACING 6:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Auto Club 500, at Fontana, Calif. BOXING 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Junior middleweights, Shawn Porter (12-0-0) vs. Russell Jordan (15-6-0), at ClevelandGOLF 10 a.m. TGC — LPGA, Honda-PTT Thailand, second round, at Chonburi, Thailand (same-day tape) 11:30 a.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Allianz Championship, first round, at Boca Raton, Fla. 2 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour/WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, third round matches, at Marana, Ariz. 6:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Mayakoba Classic, second round, at Riviera Maya, Mexico (same-day tape) MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Old Dominion at N. Iowa NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Dallas at Orlando 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Boston at Portland

OLYMPICS Noon-3 p.m. USA — Women’s curling: U.S. vs. Russia, at Vancouver, British Columbia 3-5 p.m. NBC — Women’s cross country: 15km pursuit Gold Medal final, at Vancouver, British Columbia 3-5:30 p.m. MSNBC — Men’s ice hockey: Belarus vs. Sweden, at Vancouver, British Columbia 5 p.m.-1 a.m. CNBC — Men’s curling: U.S. vs. France; men’s ice hockey: Czech Republic vs. Latvia; women’s curling: Denmark vs. Canada, at Vancouver, British Columbia 8-11:30 p.m. NBC — LIVE: figure skating: compulsory dance; men’s and women’s skeleton: Gold Medal final; SAME-DAY TAPE: men’s alpine skiing: Super-G Gold Medal final; ski jumping: individual K-125 large hill, at Vancouver, British Columbia 12 Mid.-3 a.m. MSNBC — Men’s ice hockey: Finland vs. Germany, at Vancouver, British Columbia 12:05-1:30 a.m. NBC — Award Ceremonies, at Vancouver, British Columbia (delayed tape) 3-6 a.m. MSNBC — Men’s curling: Denmark vs. Canada, at Vancouver, British Columbia (delayed tape)

about being able to ski at all in these Olympics, was fastest in the morning downhill run of the supercombined but was visibly in pain after the twisting slalom run on an icy, bumpy course pressed her ski boot against the badly bruised shin. Last among the leaders to ski in the afternoon slalom, she was 0.07 seconds ahead of Reisch’s pace at the first checkpoint but fell behind by 0.18 seconds on the bottom half of the course. She then straddled a gate, and the ski flipped off before she fell forward to the snow. Vonn’s husband said the injury was only significant because it kept her from training after a Feb. 2 crash during pre-Olympics practice in Austria. “It did play a role in the fact that she hasn’t been able to ski slalom in, like, three weeks,” Thomas Vonn said. “She had the mindset of going for gold and it’s the Olympics. That’s what you’re here for, and she’s capable of winning. So she wanted to go for it, and not

Wade, MIA 55 Nowitzki, DAL 53 Bosh, TOR 53 Johnson, ATL 52 Stoudemire, PHX 55 Jackson, CHA 52 Randolph, MEM 53 Maggette, GOL 49 Evans, SAC 49 Lee, NYK 53 Gay, MEM 51 Rose, CHI 53 Kaman, LAC 48 Brooks, HOU 53 Boozer, UTA 50

508 465 463 440 442 394 438 318 359 449 390 445 391 357 384

365 350 368 148 291 214 205 353 246 167 201 161 162 173 190

1436 1309 1300 1118 1175 1081 1087 999 989 1065 1021 1056 944 1020 958

FG Percentage FG FGA Perkins, BOS 223 367 Howard, ORL 326 540 Hilario, DEN 283 478 Millsap, UTA 252 433 Gasol, MEM 288 496 Bynum, LAL 313 548 Horford, ATL 295 518 O’Neal, CLE 228 408 Lee, NYK 449 810 Stoudemire, PHX 442 804 Rebounds G OFF DEF Howard, ORL 55 197 540 Camby, LAC 51 166 450 Noah, CHI 46 176 376 Randolph, MEM 53 229 387 Lee, NYK 53 139 468 Bosh, TOR 53 159 446 Duncan, SAN 49 165 375 Wallace, CHA 50 104 440 Boozer, UTA 50 102 440 Haywood, DAL 51 208 314

Nash, PHX Paul, NOR Williams, UTA Rondo, BOS Kidd, DAL James, CLE Davis, LAC Westbrook, OKC Wade, MIA Duhon, NYK

Assists G AST 55 615 38 424 48 474 50 481 53 487 54 449 53 414 52 390 55 352 53 330

26.1 24.7 24.5 21.5 21.4 20.8 20.5 20.4 20.2 20.1 20.0 19.9 19.7 19.2 19.2

PCT .608 .604 .592 .582 .581 .571 .569 .559 .554 .550

TOT 737 616 552 616 607 605 540 544 542 522

AVG 13.4 12.1 12.0 11.6 11.5 11.4 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.2

AVG 11.2 11.2 9.9 9.6 9.2 8.3 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.2

HOCKEY NHL Conference Glance By The Associated Press All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 62 41 13 8 90 247 177 New Jersey 61 37 21 3 77 162 144 Pittsburgh 62 36 22 4 76 195 179 Ottawa 63 36 23 4 76 178 179 Buffalo 60 33 18 9 75 166 152 Philadelphia 60 32 25 3 67 179 160 Boston 60 27 22 11 65 149 154 Montreal 63 29 28 6 64 164 176 N.Y. Rangers 62 28 27 7 63 161 169 Tampa Bay 61 26 24 11 63 160 182 Atlanta 60 26 24 10 62 182 194 N.Y. Islanders62 25 29 8 58 159 194 Florida 61 24 27 10 58 155 177 Carolina 61 24 30 7 55 168 194 Toronto 61 19 31 11 49 162 208 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 62 40 13 9 89 204 153 Chicago 61 41 15 5 87 199 146 Phoenix 63 37 21 5 79 167 158 Los Angeles 61 37 20 4 78 185 166 Vancouver 61 37 22 2 76 194 152 Colorado 61 35 20 6 76 178 158 Nashville 61 33 23 5 71 170 173 Calgary 62 30 23 9 69 156 156 Dallas 61 28 21 12 68 175 186 Detroit 61 28 21 12 68 159 164 Anaheim 62 30 25 7 67 177 189 St. Louis 62 28 25 9 65 163 172 Minnesota 61 30 27 4 64 171 178 Columbus 63 25 28 10 60 166 203 Edmonton 61 19 36 6 44 153 211 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games No games scheduled

GOLF Match Play Results Match Play Results By The Associated Press Thursday At The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain Marana, Ariz. Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,849; Par 72 Seeds in Parentheses Oliver Wilson (37), England, def. Rory McIlroy (5), Northern Ireland, 20 holes. Luke Donald (21), England, def. Robert Allenby (12), Australia, 6 and 5. Paul Casey (6), England, def. Mike Weir (38), Canada, 5 and 4. Brian Gay (54), United States, def. Zach Johnson (22), United States, 2 up. Jeev Milkha Singh (57), India, def. Matt Kuchar (40), United States, 1 up. Ian Poulter (9), England, def. Adam Scott

ski safe and go for a silver or bronze.” Vonn will get a day off Friday before her next event, Saturday’s super-G, where she is an overwhelming favorite. She also is entered in the giant slalom and slalom next week. Riesch had a total time of 2 minutes, 09.14 seconds to beat Julia Mancuso of the United States by 0.94 seconds. Mancuso got her second silver medal after being runner-up to Vonn in the downhill. Anja Paerson of Sweden took the combined bronze, 1.05 behind Riesch. Paerson’s sixth career Olympic medal in just nine starts tied her old rival Janica Kostelic of Croatia for most by a woman in Alpine racing. Vonn, the two-time defending World Cup overall champion who lives and trains in Vail, Colo., was injured but benefited from weather delays that wreaked havoc with the Alpine schedule the first six days of the Vancouver Games, wiping out most training and races. The super-combined was originally scheduled for last Sunday. Vonn said her leg was as sore as ever after Wednes-

(41), Australia, 2 and 1. Ben Crane (58), United States, def. Y.E. Yang (26), South Korea, 3 and 2. Camilo Villegas (23), Colombia, def. Geoff Ogilvy (10), Australia, 2 and 1. Tim Clark (36), South Africa, def. Martin Kaymer (4), Germany, 3 and 2. Sergio Garcia (13), Spain, def. Anders Hansen (45), Denmark, 2 and 1. Charl Schwartzel (35), South Africa, def. Jim Furyk (3), United States, 3 and 2. Stewart Cink (19), United States, def. Sean O’Hair (14), United States, 1 up. Ryo Ishikawa (32), Japan, def. Ross McGowan (64), England, 2 up. Thongchai Jaidee (48), Thailand, def. Robert Karlsson (16), Sweden, 4 and 3. Nick Watney (31), United States, def. Lee Westwood (2), England, 2 and 1. Retief Goosen (18), South Africa, def. Ernie Els (15), South Africa, 20 holes.

Match Play Pairings By The Associated Press Friday All Times EST At The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain Marana, Ariz. Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,849; Par 72 Seeds in Parentheses 12:50 p.m. — Tim Clark (36), South Africa, vs. Sergio Garcia (13), Spain. 1:02 p.m. — Oliver Wilson (37), England, vs. Luke Donald (21), England. 1:14 p.m. — Charl Schwartzel (35), South Africa, vs. Stewart Cink (19), United States. 1:26 p.m. — Paul Casey (6), England, vs. Brian Gay (54), United States. 1:38 p.m. — Ryo Ishikawa (32), Japan, vs. Thongchai Jaidee (57), Thailand. 1:50 p.m. — Jeev Milkha Singh (57), India, vs. Ian Poulter (9), England. 2:02 p.m. — Nick Watney (31), United States, vs. Retief Goosen (18), South Africa. 2:14 p.m. — Ben Crane (58), United States, vs. Camilo Villegas (23), Colombia.

PGA Mayakoba Classic Par Scores By The Associated Press Thursday At El Camaleon Golf Club Riviera Maya, Mexico Purse: $3.6 million Yardage: 6,923; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Joe Durant 34-30 — 64 Cameron Beckman 33-32 — 65 Briny Baird 33-32 — 65 Jarrod Lyle 32-33 — 65 J.P. Hayes 33-32 — 65 Shigeki Maruyama 31-35 — 66 Tom Pernice, Jr. 33-33 — 66 Jason Gore 33-33 — 66 Jeff Maggert 33-33 — 66 Thomas Levet 33-33 — 66 Jay Williamson 33-34 — 67 Brian Stuard 32-35 — 67 Chris Tidland 34-33 — 67 Mathias Gronberg 35-32 — 67 Dean Wilson 35-32 — 67 Mark Hensby 36-31 — 67 K.J. Choi 32-35 — 67 Boo Weekley 32-35 — 67 Charles Warren 36-31 — 67 Steve Wheatcroft 34-33 — 67 Erik Compton 34-33 — 67 Chad Collins 34-33 — 67 John Merrick 32-36 — 68 Cliff Kresge 35-33 — 68 Mark Calcavecchia 34-34 — 68 Jerry Kelly 34-34 — 68 Heath Slocum 34-34 — 68 Richard S. Johnson 34-34 — 68 Chris Riley 35-33 — 68 John Daly 33-35 — 68 Craig Bowden 35-33 — 68 Henrik Bjornstad 36-32 — 68 Shaun Micheel 35-33 — 68 Charles Howell III 34-34 — 68

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TRANSACTIONS Thursday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Announced the promotions of team president Paul Dolan to chief executive officer, general manager Mark Shapiro to team president and assistant general manager Chris Antonetti to general manager, effective after the 2010 season. DETROIT TIGERS—Named Glenn Williams area scout for Australia and Steve Yoo area scout for Korea. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms with INF Erick Aybar on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Acquired F Tyrus Thomas from Chicago for a future first-round draft pick, G Flip Murray and G Acie Law. CHICAGO BULLS—Traded G John Salmons and 2011 and 2012 second-round draft picks to Milwaukee for F Joe Alexander and F Hakim Warrick. UTAH JAZZ—Traded GRonnie Brewer to Memphis Grizzlies for a future first-round draft pick.

day’s downhill. “It’s not good. It’s really hurting and I’m just struggling with it,” she said, “but there’s nothing really I can do. I just have to try to do therapy and try to tough it out today, and then tomorrow will be a good day off,” she said. Vonn said her downhill run in the morning was solid but she struggled to find energy, less than 24 hours after an emotionally exhausting victory in her signature event. “It was a long, long day yesterday, and I didn’t get as much rest as I was hoping for,” she said. “Especially with my shin, I need a little bit more time and therapy to try to get it to feel better.” Vonn struggled in slalom this season even before the shin injury. She has failed to complete a two-run race in four of seven World Cup events, and her best result was runner-up behind Riesch at the opener last November in Levi, Finland. Riesch, who trailed Vonn by 0.33 after the downhill run Thursday, punched the air and pressed her hands to her goggles in delight when she saw her time. “I really can’t believe I did it,” she said.

Features BRIDGE HAND

The Sanford Herald / Friday, February 19, 2010 / 5B

DEAR ABBY

Man wears out his welcome in old girlfriend’s new house

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: You may have to backtrack before you can move forward. Doing so will help you avoid the same mistakes. An open and honest approach to all your partnerships will enable you to move things along much faster. Trust in your own judgment. A good balance between work and play will ensure a healthy attitude and physique. Your numbers are 2, 10, 13, 20, 29, 35, 41 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get serious about your future. Don’t leave anything to chance. No one will do as good a job of selling your skills as you can. In the end, you will gain greater confidence and proof that you can excel. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Plan a trip or arrange to make changes to your living space or your personal life. Lending a helping hand or offering favors will lead to a lasting, comfortable partnership. An unexpected occurrence will cause some doubt regarding a business associate. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Play it safe and you won’t be sorry. There are too many variables to take unnecessary risks. A sudden change in the way someone treats you will lead to greater uncertainty. It’s important that you focus on maintaining your integrity and dignity. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t limit your choices by refusing to accept a little change. There is too much on the line for you to waffle. Love is on the rise and an interesting proposition may be exactly what you need. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep your emotions out of the decisions you must make. Stick to facts and take a practical approach both professionally and personally. Take a short trip if it will help you close a deal or make amends with someone. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be open about the

way you feel and how you see the future unfolding. Don’t let someone from your past meddle in your affairs. Do what you can to get along with everyone but not at the sacrifice of an important relationship. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Think about what it is you want and take action. You may be enticed by someone you work with. Before heading down that path, consider the consequences. Stick with the familiar not the unknown. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Focus on your home, happiness and personal relationships. You can make positive changes that will encourage the people you love to do more and to do better. A change will be as good as a rest and can offer you a new beginning. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You’ll face opposition no matter what you do but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t proceed. Don’t get anxious about debts -- find a solution and work within a budget so that you don’t feel so tied down and helpless. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Taking on responsibility will impress someone considering you for a bigger and better position. If someone is angered by your choices, consider whether this relationship is to your advantage or is holding you back. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s important to rise to the occasion and show everyone that you have something to contribute. Your sincerity and compassion will help you overcome any problems you face. Take advantage of any chance to work more. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have the potential to excel professionally if you share your thoughts in a very imaginative manner. Your colorful outlook and expression of speech will get your plans up and running. An emotional encounter with someone you’ve lost touch with will bring you greater hope that you can succeed.

WORD JUMBLE

DEAR ABBY: I am a 29-yearold registered nurse who has never been married. Recently I bought a home, and soon after, an old boyfriend, “Gary,” started coming around. I was happy about it at first, but he’s been staying here at my place for two months now and hasn’t paid any rent. Gary buys his own beer and has brought home a few grocery items from time to time, but nothing to speak of. He had the electricity turned off at his place so his expenses are minimal. He also brought along his cat, but never cleans out her litter box. He does no housework and comes and goes as he pleases. I do not want him sharing my home without contributing anything. Is there a way to tell him without wrecking our relationship? — CANADIAN JOAN DEAR JOAN: It appears that not only is the heat off at Gary’s house, the temperature at yours is cooling fast. Tell him that if he can’t help you with the rent, household chores, groceries and the litter box, it’s time to turn up the heat at his place. And please don’t feel guilty about it. It’s called being assertive. o DEAR ABBY: I’m a freshman in high school who has trouble

like your own. Some places to start would be special interest clubs at school, scouting, a sport, your church youth group, or volunteering if you have some free time. There is nothing “wrong” with you. Many people develop their social skills and blossom after high school.

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making friends. My grades are good. I’m learning how to play a musical instrument, and I think I’m a nice guy. My problem is so many of my schoolmates judge others by their possessions — cell phones, iPod, laptop, etc. It matters what brand of clothing you wear and how much money you have. If you don’t have those things or your parents aren’t rich, you’re treated as an outcast. Character or talent doesn’t matter, apparently — only money. This has started affecting my self-esteem. What do you advise? — JUST A NICE GUY IN ARIZONA DEAR NICE GUY: You will be better off, and lead a happier life, if you stop looking for acceptance from shallow, immature kids who belong to tight, judgmental little cliques. Join activities where you will meet others with values more

o DEAR ABBY: My wife has been criticizing my table manners ever since our wedding. When we’re having dinner, if we’re having meatloaf, broccoli and mashed potatoes, I eat all of my meatloaf and then all of my broccoli before starting on the mashed potatoes. My wife claims it is proper etiquette to rotate one bite of each different food rather than consume all of any one of them before moving on to the next. I have never heard of this rule and neither has anyone else I have asked. Am I violating a rule of etiquette, or is this something else my wife has “cooked up”? — RUMINATING IN RIO RANCHO, N.M. DEAR RUMINATING: I have never heard of such a rule either, nor is it mentioned in “Emily Post’s Etiquette (16th Edition).” Your wife may have cooked it up, but that doesn’t mean you have to swallow it.

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HAVANA – Will all Cuban mules please stand up? Or at least raise a hoof or two. The communist government says it is facing a major mule deficit and has commissioned a census of the beasts of burden to determine how bad the problem is. How many mules are in Cuba is unknown — hence the need for the census. But authorities tell the government news agency AIN that the island may be facing a deficit of 8,000 in highlands areas alone. The agency praised the animals as “very important for the transportation of food in mountainous areas.”

CHARLEROI, Pa. – A southwestern Pennsylvania woman was charged with hitting her adult son with a Louisville Slugger after she allegedly came home drunk. Linda Newstrom, 49, faces a preliminary hearing Feb. 25 on simple assault and other crimes in Valentine’s Day incident. Charleroi police said Newstrom kicked her 21-year-old son Jeffrey out of the house then swung the bat at him as he gathered his belongings — missing on the first two swings but connecting on a third. Police said Newstrom claimed her son hit her, but also acknowledged hit him with the bat, saying, “I brought him into this world and I’ll take him out of this world.”

Maryland lawmaker: Ban first-cousin marriages as unsafe ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A Maryland state legislator says it’s time to ban marriages between first cousins and stop playing what he calls “genetic roulette” with their offspring. Henry Heller, a Democratic delegate, or state representative, says he wants to bring Maryland “into the enlightened world of other states such as West Virginia and Arkansas” that already prohibit unions of first cousins. Heller is a retired special education administrator. He says couples who are first cousins are at an increased risk of having a child with birth defects. The bill would make an exception for people who are over age 65 or infertile. Heller says he has “no problem” with those couples if they want the companionship.

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Seek God’s will for your love life Q: My boyfriend and I just broke up, and it’s really crushed me. One reason is because when we started dating we were both convinced God had brought us together, but I guess it wasn’t true. Where did I go wrong? Where was God in all this? -- R.H. A: God was right where He’d always been: by your side, concerned about you and watching over you. The words of the Psalmist are true: “He will not let your foot slip — he who watches over you will not slumber” (Psalm 121:3). What am I saying? Simply this: No matter what comes our way, if we know Christ and are walking with Him, nothing can ever happen to us that is outside His perfect plan. Many years ago, as a young man, I too was deeply in love — and (like you) I was convinced God had brought us together. When she ended our relationship, I was heartbroken, and I couldn’t understand why God had let it happen. Only later -- when God brought Ruth into my life — did I realize that God had not abandoned me but had led me to the wife of His choice. Make sure of your commitment to Christ and His will for your life. Then thank Him that He is with you, and if it’s His will for you to marry, that He will guide you to the husband of His choice. In the meantime, learn to be patient and to seek God’s will in everything. Remember: God’s ways are always best — always. He knows what you’re going through, and He is with you and will help you get through it.

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8B / Friday, February 19, 2010 / The Sanford Herald Church News Abundant Life Ministries

Pastor William Earl Gorham will render the 10 a.m. Sunday worship service. Ladies night will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Gorham’s prayer room. The church is located at 1315 Horner Blvd. in Sanford.

Beaver Creek Baptist Church

The single adult ministry will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Family Life Center for Bible study and support. Baptist Men will meet at 8 a.m. Sunday to discuss future projects and fellowship. Breakfast will be provided. The church is located at 2280 Nicholson Road in Cameron.

Center United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Women will meet at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The Sanford district lay rally will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Southern Pines United Methodist Church. The church is located at 4141 S. Plank Road in Sanford.

Christian Life Family Worship Center

A “Lovefest� will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church. The church is located at 166 St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford.

Church of Many Colors

Co-pastor Cynthia Williams will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. The church is located at 2320 Pilson Road in Lemon Springs.

Deliverance Church of Christ Disciples of Christ

A love fellowship program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday. The theme

will be “Characteristics of Love� and Sub-Theme “God is Love�, I John 4:711. Guest preacher will be Pastor Covington from Church of God of Prophesy, Siler City. Music will be rendered by the Church of God Choir. The Youth of Deliverance and other area churches will be sponsored in a march only Valentine pageant during the program. The pubic is invited and encouraged to attend. The church is located at 17935 Hwy. 64 West.

East Sanford Baptist Church The Rev. Robbie Gibson will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. AWANA will meet at 5:20 p.m. followed by the Rev. Robbie Gibson speaking at the 6 p.m. worship service. The men’s fellowship breakfast will be held at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Wenger’s Restaurant. The church is located at 300 North Ave. in Sanford.

Exousia Christian Fellowship, Inc. Pastor Steve L. Chesney will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service at the church. The church is located at 700 Bragg St. in Sanford.

Faith Hope Deliverance Christian Center Pastor Leon Fogle Sr.’s birthday celebration will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday with Pastor Bruce Petty of Trinity United Methodist Church as guest speaker. The church is located at 646 Oakwood Ave. in Sanford.

First Calvary Baptist Church In observance of Black History month, the church will host its annual soul food luncheon following the Sunday worship service. Speaker

for morning worship will be WRAL-TV reporter Dan Bowens. Reflections will be presented by Attorney Robert Reives II. There will also be special music.

Hillmon Grove Baptist Church The Rev. Shannon Arnold will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. There will be special music. Care Team “E� will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church office with Karl and Van Wade. The Baptist Women will be celebrating WMU Focus Week Feb. 15-21.

Holly Springs Baptist Church Worship service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday with a guest speaker from The Gideons. The public is invited. The church is located at 385 Holly Springs Church Road in Broadway.

Johnsonville AME Zion Church A program will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Shawn Williams of Fair Promise AME Zion Church as guest speaker.

Lambert Chapel Missionary Baptist Church The church will celebrate black history at 3 p.m. Sunday with Chanda Foxx-Allen of Climax speaking. Music will be provided by Acappella Chorale of Siler City. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 510 Lambert Chapel Church Road in Siler City.

Mt. Carmel Pentecostal Holiness Assembly National Evangelist for the Pentecostal Deliverance Fellowship, Hazel Foxx of Lawrenceville, Ga., will be the speaker at 11:15 a.m. Sunday for the black history program. The church is located at 744 Minter School Road in Sanford.

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A free credit workshop session with Mr. Ferguson, “The Credit Doctor,� will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. No registration required. The church is located at 3292 Edwards Road in Lemon Springs.

The church will celebrate Bishop William Powell’s birthday at 7 p.m. today with Pastor Herman Morris of Prevailing Life Ministries as guest speaker. The closing out of the celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday with Pastor Barbara Powell rendering the service. The public is invited. The church is located at 218 Main St. in Sanford.

Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church A black history program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday with Minister Kevin Scott IV, formerly of the Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir of Winston-Salem State University, as the guest.

Mt. Sinai United Holy Church, Inc. A musical program will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday featuring the Rising Stars of Goldston, the United Fellowship Choir of Sanford and the Centennial Young Adult Choir of Bear Creek. The church is located at 1316 Hodge St. in Siler City.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church A black history program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday with a soul food dinner following the morning service from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. The menu will consist of collard greens, black eye peas, candied yams, barbecue chicken, honey glazed ham, cornbread and beverage. The church is located at 903 Burgess Circle in Broadway.

New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church The men’s prayer breakfast will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. A black history soul food dinner will follow the 11:15 a.m. Sunday worship service. The public is invited. The church is located at 1142 Boykins Ave. in Sanford.

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New Life Praise Church (SBC) The men’s breakfast and Food Bank distribution begin at 8 a.m. Saturday in the fellowship building. All are welcome. Food received for the “Buckets of hope for Haiti� will be packed afterwards. Pastor Josh will continue with his series of messages on “Love in the Spirit� at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service. A verse by verse study and discussion from the book of Revelation is the focus of the 6 p.m. worship service. The monthly church business meeting will follow the evening worship service. Adult Bible studies, Kids Klub, and Uth meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The church is located at 2398 Wicker St. in Sanford.

Olivia Presbyterian Church The youth group will sponsor a spaghetti plate dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the fellowship hall. Plates are $7. Eat in or take out. Call ahead for large take out orders, (919) 499-5711. Proceeds will benefit youth projects. Donations will be accepted.

Poplar Springs AME Church The lay organization will sponsor a play titled, “Where are all the men,� at 5 p.m. Saturday. Reception will begin at 4 p.m. Everyone is invited. The church is located at 1261 Blackstone Road in Sanford.

Rocky River Baptist Church The Lindley Family will sing at 6 p.m. Sunday at the church. Admission is free. The church is located at 4436 Siler City-Snow Camp Road in Siler City.

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Trinity Lutheran Church The first Sunday in Lent worship service will be ministered by the Rev. Tim Martin. The first service will be held at 8:15 a.m. and the second service at 10:30 a.m., both with Holy Communion. Coffee hour will follow the second service. Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday service will be held at 7 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous (GA) will meet at 8 p.m. Friday. The church is located at 525 Carthage St. in Sanford.

Works for Christ Christian Center The Ministerial Alliance will sponsor a prayer breakfast at 9 a.m. Saturday. The pre-anniversary service for Drs. Lewis and Alice Hooker will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday with Elder Al Currie of Evangelical House of God Ministries in Spring Lake as guest speaker. The church is located at 1395 Fire Tower Road in Sanford.

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2 Air Conditioners 6,000 & 18,000 BTU Good Condition $75 for Both (919)935-2030 Ask Joey 3 in 1 Pool/Ping/Hockey Table $200. Call: 7757605 Crochet Table Cloth Handmade 72’’ W x 100’’ L - Beige ALL proceeds go to the American Red Cross/Queen of Hearts $250 Or Best Offer (919) 776-0913

GOT STUFF? CALL CLASSIFIED! SANFORD HERALD CLASSIFIED DEPT., 718-1201 or 718-1204.

665 Musical/Radio/TV CLASSIFIED SELLS! “CALL TODAY, SELL TOMORROW” Sanford Herald Classified Dept., 718-1201 or 7181204

675 Pets/Animals *Pets/Animals Policy: Three different (Pet) ads per household per year at the “Family Rate”. In excess of 3, billing will be at the “Business Rate”.

680 Farm Produce Collards - Morris Heading variety. 2 for $1 beside Old feed mill in Broadway. Sat 8 am - 4 pm David Harrington New Supply Walnuts Pecans, Side Meat, Ham Bones, Turnips & Creasy Greens, Local Sweet Potatoes B&B Market 775-3032

695 Wanted to Buy Looking to purchase small timber tracts. Fully insured. Call 919-499-8704

700 Rentals 720 For Rent - Houses 2 BD/2 BA in Sanford. Central Heat & AC Large yard Convenient location No indoor pets. $600/mo Avail 3/15 775-7976 2BR/2BA, 30x40, 1 Acre Land, 1/4 Mile From Elementary School, $600/Mo $600/Dep. No Smoking. No Pets. Call: 776-0235 3BR 2BA Wonderful Neighbor hood in West Sanford $850 Dep $800 Monthly 776-6563

Charming 3 BD/1 bath 2story cottage. New carpet, Plant Stand $5, 9 Porcelain tile, fp, screen porches. Ref req’d. W. Sanford 700/mo Dolls in Boxes, $40 All, 919-775-3679 Display Case 17.5x21 $12 3 Comforters $5 Each, 8 THE SANFORD HERALD Boxes of Items $10, Wood makes every effort to follow Cabinet $5 774-6906 HUD guidelines in rental Queen Size Waveless Waterbed $150 Cherry Toddler Sleigh Bed $50 919-774-7071

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730 For Rent Apts/Condos 2BR/1.5BA $535/month $535/deposit Call:910-528-7505 2BR/1BA, $750/MonthAll Utilities Included. Please Call: 478-9871 or 919721-1719

200 Transportation 240 Cars - General 1998 Grand Am with approx 58,000. Excellent condition. Price $3,150.00. 1985 Mercedes 300 SD priced at 2500.0 776-2020 , please leave message.

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Appliances

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640 Firewood Fire Wood Mixed Hardwoods Full Size Pick Up Split & Delivered $85 499-1617/353-9607

Owner Finance No Credit Check 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms Ready To Move In (910)624-5652

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Courtland Village Apts. One & Two bedroom apartments for seniors 62 year of age or older and handicap/disabled regardless of age. Rental assistance and handicap units availability. Section 8 vouchers accepted. Total electric, energy efficient, range, refrigerator, mini blinds, and laundry hook-ups.

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