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ELECTION 2010: LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

SPORTS

Dems month away from pick Chairman outlines plan to replace candidate in letter

By BILLY LIGGETT bliggett@sanfordherald.com

CHANGES MAY BE IN STORE FOR CHASE NASCAR chairman Brian France is again considering a tweak or two to the Chase for the Sprint Cup Page 1B

NATION

SANFORD — Those interested in being the Democratic Party’s pick to replace Kenneth Cole on the District 4 Lee County Commissioner ballot this November have two weeks to sign up.

After that, the party will announce its choice on Aug. 2.

This announcement was made by local party Chairman Ty Stumpf in a letter to Lee County Democrats, which The Herald received by e-mail Saturday. In the letter, Stumpf said candidate hopefuls can download an application at www.

leedemocrats.org and have it sent in by July 17 to qualify.

The party’s choice will face Republican Jim Womack in November for the county seat replacing Jamie Kelly, who announced before the May primary that he wasn’t seeking

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ARTS & LEISURE

WANT TO RUN? Those interested in becoming the Lee County Democratic Party’s choice to replace Kenneth Cole on the commissioner ballot can download an application at leedemocrats.org or can call (919) 718-9242 to receive a copy. Applications must be received by July 17.

RALEIGH

JEWELS OF GLASS

Reform, incentives are focus at capitol With budget behind them, legislators still have work to do

NYC ABUZZ ON EVE OF QUEEN’S ARRIVAL

By GARY D. ROBERTSON

Queen Elizabeth II’s upcoming trip to New York City, her first in 34 years, is scheduled to last just five hours

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RALEIGH — Democrats proud to have passed the North Carolina state budget on schedule for the first time since 2003 will have to keep a pretty short to-do list if they are to hold their shortest even-numbered year session since 1996, too.

The longer the General Assembly lingers before gaveling out the budgetadjustment session, the list can grow as rank-and-file legislators try to argue their pet piece of legislation is indispensable.

“It’s better to get out quick, rather than let all the bad stuff come out of committee,” said Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pas-

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WORLD

CLINTON ADMONISHES RUSSIAN OCCUPATION U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Russia on Monday for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement it signed nearly two years ago to end the fighting in the small former Soviet state of Georgia

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GULF OIL SPILL REMNANTS OF SPILL WASH UP IN TEXAS A Texas official said Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill were found on a pair of state beaches, becoming the first known evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states Page 7A

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Sanford resident Donna Bray makes glass jewelry beads in her workshop Monday.

Sanford artist turns hobby into business

By CHELSEA KELLNER kellner@sanfordherald.com

STATE GUNMEN OPEN FIRE ON HOME NEAR MAYODAN A North Carolina man said gunmen fired dozens of bullets into his Rockingham County house because they were angry at his older son Page 6A

Vol. 80, No. 157 Serving Lee, Chatham, Harnett and Moore counties in the heart of North Carolina

SANFORD — Hunched over fifteen hundred degrees of scorching blue-flamed heat, Donna Bray slowly coaxes molten glass into sheep and reindeer, flowers and fish.

“To me, the glass talks to me as I work. It surprises me each time. You think you’re

ON WEDNESDAY n A blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at Belk, 1065 Spring Lane, Sanford.

Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact Lea Chandler at 774-4428 ext.

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going to make one thing, but end up with something completely different,” Bray said. “It’s an adventure every time.”

The Sanford resident runs Iron Mountain Glass with her husband Joe, traveling to music festivals and trade shows across the southeast with their handmade glass jewelry, ornaments and sculpture for

sale.

Joe focuses on larger ornaments, while Donna often creates the smaller detail work, from flower pendants to whimsical beads shaped like birds and fish. She weaves her creations into jewelry, often hand-braiding her own necklace and brace-

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Biaja Odom, 3, plays in the fountain at Depot Park in Sanford for the Family Fourth Festival on Saturday.

MORE FROM THE 4th See our video report from Saturday’s pie-eating contest at Depot Park plus a photo slide show of the Family Fourth Festival at sanfordherald.com today

INDEX

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OBITUARIES

SCOTT MOONEYHAM

SANFORD: Annie Bridges, 79; Joseph Buchanan, 66; James Fore, 50; Deborah Hooker, 57; Nellie Owens 88 TROY: Dwight Kimrey, 69

For the first time in seven years, North Carolina legislators passed a state budget on time Page 4A

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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 The Harnett County Board of Commis-

sioners will meet at 9 a.m. in Lillington. n The Sanford City Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the Sanford Municipal Center in Sanford. n The Moore County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Park in Carthage.

WEDNESDAY n The Moore County Voluntary Ag. Advisory will meet at 1 p.m. at the Soil & Water Conf.

Room at the Ag Center in Carthage.

THURSDAY n The Moore County Planning Board will

meet at 6 p.m. at the Commissioners Meeting Room in Carthage. n Moore County Soil & Water Conservation will meet at 4 p.m. at the Soil & Water Conf.

Room at the Ag Center in Carthage.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY

FACES & PLACES

n A blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at Belk, 1065 Spring Lane, Sanford. Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact Lea Chandler at 774-4428 ext. 213. n Set Sail with the Amazing Steve Somers at 11 a.m. for a program of stories, music, magic, and puppets. The performance will take place at the Lee County Community Arts Center, 507 N. Steele St..

Parking lot and entrance to the building are on Bracken Street. Registration is not required and the performance is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY n A blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Central Carolina Community College, 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford. Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact Mike Neal at 775-5401 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer.

For more information, visit downtownsanford.com or call 919-775-8332.

FRIDAY n A blood drive will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Flat Springs Baptist Church, 4148 Deep River Road, Sanford. Free t-shirt for all donors. For appointments contact the church office at 775-5922.

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Eliza Holt, 4, plays with a hula hoop at Depot Park in Sanford during the Family Fourth Festival on Saturday afternoon.

SATURDAY

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Taivon Jamal Womack, Cody Daniel Holder, Mozelle Mitchell, Richard Brower, Chad Willett, Latillya Stackhouse, Shelby Goodwin, Elizabeth Hamilton, Summer Dolan, Amy Holder Thomas, Lakisha Spruiell, Brad Myers, Trish Smith, Quanik James, James McLean, Monica Bethea, Stephanie Oglesbee and Deraye McLean.

CELEBRITIES: Former first lady Nancy Reagan is 89. Actor Burt Ward is 65. Former President George W. Bush is 64. Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 64. Actor Fred Dryer is 64. Former first daughter Susan Ford Bales is 53. Hockey player and coach Ron Duguay (doo-GAY’) is 53. Rock musician John Keeble (Spandau Ballet) is 51. Actor Brian Posehn is 44. Rapper Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan) is 40. Rapper 50 Cent is 34.

Actress Tamera Mowry is 32. Actress Tia Mowry is 32. Actress Eva Green is 30. Actor Gregory Smith is 27. Rock singer Kate Nash is 23. Actor Jeremy Suarez is 20.

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n The Lee County American Red Cross will hold the class “Lay Responder CPR for Adult, Child and Infant with AED and Standard First Aid” from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Call (919) 774-6857 to register. n Local farmers will be selling their fresh products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market.

To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at david.montgomery@ sanfordnc.net. n The Hearts and Hands ECA Quilt Guild will hold its regular monthly meeting at the McSwain North Carolina Extension Center at 2420 Tramway Road in Sanford. The meeting will begin at noon. There will also be a sew day from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m at the center.

If you have a calendar item you would like to add or if you have a feature story idea, contact The Herald by e-mail at news@sanfordherald.com or by phone at (919) 718-1225.

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SUNDAY n Applebee’s in Sanford will partner with Grooming the Next Generation for Success, a community based youth group, to host a Flapjack Fundraiser Proceeds raised will help offset travel and lodging costs for the group to attend a seminar in California. The event will begin at 8 a.m. at the restaurant, located at 1325 Plaza Blvd. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door or by calling 352-5597. Breakfast includes a short stack of pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee.

n Young people can learn how to use CAD software to draw cars, houses, cartoon characters, space shuttle or a project of their choice during the CCCC Continuing Education Department’s summer CAD Camp. Participants must be age 15 or older. The camp runs 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, July 12-15, in Room 217 of Wilkinson Hall, Lee County Campus, Sanford. The cost is $65. Call (919) 775-2122, ext. 7793. n Prepare for an entry-level receptionist position by enrolling in Basic Skills for Today’s Office (L-2210), one of the JobsNOW programs offered by Central Carolina Community College’s Continuing Education Department. Learn basic office skills, including computer file maintenance, e-mail usage, searching the Internet, customer service, and records management.

The course also provides an overview of Microsoft Office 2007, including MS Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. The class runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through

Today is Tuesday, July 6, the 187th day of 2010. There are 178 days left in the year.

This day in history: On July 6, 1885, French scientist Louis Pasteur tested an anti-rabies vaccine on nine-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by an infected dog; the boy did not develop rabies.

In 1535, St. Thomas More was executed in England for high treason.

In 1777, during the American Revolution, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga.

In 1809, French troops arrested Pope Pius VII, who had excommunicated Emperor Napoleon I; the pope was confined for about five years.

In 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence and Auda Abu Tayi captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.

In 1928, the first all-talking feature, “Lights of New York,” had its gala premiere in New York.

In 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Conn.

In 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.

In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

In 1988, 167 North Sea oil workers were killed when a series of explosions and fires destroyed a drilling platform.

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LEE COUNTY Bypass construction near N.C. 87 to pick up this month

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SANFORD — Details of Phase I of the U.S. 421 Bypass, scheduled for completion in 2012, have emerged, specifically about work to be done where the highway will meet with N.C. 87.

David H. Axner of DAX Associates in Sanford met with N.C. Department of Transportation engineer Marty Tillman and reported that construction of the bypass north of Carolina Trace on N.C. 87 will likely begin this month once Qwest Communications has finished relocating fiber optic cables to support a military communication network for Fort Bragg.

Axner said a culvert will be constructed for water drainage on the east and west sides of 87, which will trap all sediment in an integral pool so that it does not flow into Trace. When the south lane of N.C. 87 begins construction, the culvert will be continued to the west side to take run-off from a large pool on that side. Culvert construction on the northbound side is estimated at two to three months for completion.

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in an area known as Kudzu Valley (the ravine between the north end of Trace and the existing dirt road on the northbound side of N.C 87). The elevation of the ravine, at the site of the culvert and planned overpass, will be raised by fill dirt for the bridge abutments that will support the northbound overpass.

By November, the center lane and the two northbound lanes of N.C. 87 will be closed for work, leaving only the two southbound lanes open for all north and southbound traffic, Axner reported. “Expect huge traffic delays, especially during rush hour,� he said.

Construction at the Wilson Road site adjacent to the Honda dealer and Ruby Tuesday is also imminent.

N.C. 87 will be widened to five lanes, which will connect to the existing lanes north of Wilson Road. A traffic light will control traffic flow at the Wilson Road intersection, and the existing traffic light at N.C. 87 and U.S. 421 will be eliminated. — from staff reports

CHATHAM Transit network invites public input on Siler City shuttle

PITTSBORO — Chatham Transit Network has future plans to improve transportation services for Siler City residents so that more of them have more reliable transportation to more places.

Residents are invited to a public forum from 3-4:30 p.m. on July 13 at the Western Senior Center in Siler City to get information on the proposed shuttle service in Siler City and provide feedback.

Chatham Transit’s current same-day service requires that a customer call to request a trip, but there are a limited number of vehicles available. “You never know when you call if you will be able to actually get a ride,� said Dale Olbrich, executive director of Chatham Transit. “Residents can’t always rely on this transportation if they have an appointment to keep.�

Also, because customers can call with fairly short notice to request a trip, it can be very difficult for Chatham Transit’s dispatchers to group trips together. This means

that a van is sometimes carrying just one passenger, when it could be carrying up to nine.

To address these problems and make transit service available to practically everyone in Siler City on a regularly scheduled basis, Chatham Transit is planning to provide a shuttle service throughout town.

The Siler City Shuttle would pick up and drop off customers at 24 locations, including Town Hall, the Western Senior Center and Walmart. These stops will be conveniently located to transport residents from the residential areas of town to and from the commercial areas.

The Siler City Shuttle will include a Green Route and a Red Route, which will travel along the same loop but in opposite directions. Each route will leave Town Hall at the same time, starting at 8 am and making six trips around the route with the last trip ending at 6:15 pm. — From staff reports

Spill leads to tube boom

By RICHARD M. BARRON The Greensboro News & Record

LIBERTY (MCT) — Edward W. Cumins knows this recession from bust to boom.

Absorbent boom for the BP oil spill, that is.

His company, Supertex, makes high-strength knit tubing called EarthKnit for contractors who stuff it with absorbent materials. Chains of the floating boom are stretched for thousands of feet in the Gulf of Mexico to soak crude oil off the water’s surface.

The white absorbent booms can be used alongside the more visible orange booms that contain the oil slicks but don’t soak them up.

As the spill -- and demand -- grows, the company is scrambling to expand production and convert old machines to fill orders that won’t end until the Deepwater Horizon well is capped and the oil is sopped up.

Crews in the Gulf have already deployed 10,000 miles of Cumins’ product.

For a company that was at the brink of insolvency three years ago, this environmental catastrophe in the Gulf is indeed a mixed blessing. “I grew up on the ocean,� said Cumins, who is from New Jersey. “I’m a boater. I feel for that part of the country.�

But it is a godsend for Supertex. “If we don’t do it I’m sure it’ll be an imported product,� Cumins said.

It means at least $5 million in new business for the company this year, but Cumins can’t really project how high revenue will grow as Supertex expands its production.

His 40 employees are working 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep the machines humming on the loud factory floor like generations of plants before.

Cumins’ machines are, in fact, holdovers from his days as a textile machine dealer stretching back to the 1960s. “These were machines I had in storage for 20-30 years and I moved from

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Supertex, the Randolph County specialty textile manufacturer, is producing EarthKnit, a high-strength tubular sock in various sizes that can be stuffed with all kinds of products.

It’s being used in absorbent booms in the Gulf oil spill. warehouse to warehouse,�

Cumins said. “When the Gulf crisis occurred, we saw the opportunity to help out and transform the equipment.� “It was pretty much serendipity when we came to this,� said Pete Stevenson, director of Supertex’s Geosynthetic Division. “It was a light bulb moment, definitely.�

Cumins founded Supertex in New Jersey in 1982 as a maker of fabric for apparel.

But as the apparel business moved overseas, Cumins found that he had to reinvent the business by making specialized fabrics for such industries as construction and erosion control.

For example, Supertex began making a polymer fabric around 2000 called “geosynthetic� that is a heavy woven grid placed as a layer in road construction. It can also help support walls.

Supertex moved to Liberty in 2001 and now makes a variety of specialty textiles used in apparel, automotive, construction, food, home furnishings, packaging and more.

The potential to make absorbent boom for the oil spill came when Cumins and his engineers perfected an erosion control product just 18 months ago using a high-strength polymer tube.

For generations, erosion control wattles, as they are called, were dominated by a product made in India from shredded coconut shells and woven into

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Cumins’ product can be filled with anything, including rocks and shredded wood, and laid down anywhere erosion control is needed, such as muddy construction sites or scenic areas like the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Its strong weave means it holds up much longer than coconut or other fabrics, and builders can use it in more creative and permanent ways, Stevenson said.

The most popular is an 8-inch-diameter tube of open weave that can stand up to repeated punishment in the Gulf, for example.

There, crews reel in soaked booms, which are made in 10-foot segments and linked together. They squeeze them out and throw them back into the Gulf. “We have the strongest material that is out there,�

Cumins said. His company may be only one in North Carolina making such a product, according to roster of oil spill product suppliers listed by the Industrial Fabrics Association International.

Cumins bought his first building in Liberty in 2001

from a friend who needed to sell quickly. As he remodeled the building to store his machinery, Cumins formed a bond with the employees there who wanted to work for him after the job was finished.

So he taught them how to run textile machines.

Several years and 100 trailer loads later, his entire operation had moved to three buildings in Liberty.

But business grew so slowly three years ago that Cumins was pouring his own money into the business and asking workers to take 20 percent pay cuts.

They were loyal, he said, and he has had minimal turnover.

And with this year’s turnaround, he has paid back the wages they gave up earlier, and will likely give the workers a Christmas bonus this year.

He still owns two buildings in Paterson, N.J. One has been leased and another is still for rent.

The town of Liberty, he said, has helped him and his company in more ways than he expected, including extending a $30,000 loan to his company when he needed to upgrade a water line.

Cumins’ son Howard lives with his family in Greensboro and holds the title of vice president and chief operating office.

But Edward Cumins, as much as he likes smalltown living, can’t give up his weekly dose of New York life.

So he flies up to his Central Park South apartment every weekend.

But Supertex is where his future lies. “I’m in the textile industry,� he said. “It’s always feast or famine. And you wait your whole career for a hit like this.�

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Opinion

4A / Tuesday, July 6, 2010 / The Sanford Herald

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

Even social gatherings deserve some sun

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hen members of the Lee County Board of Education and their families met last week to attend a party for outgoing board members Frank Thompson Sr. and Ellen Mangum, no rules were broken.

The party, though it constituted a quorum, was not a violation of the North Carolina laws regarding official meetings of public bodies. Section 143318.10 states: “A social meeting or other informal assembly or gathering together of the members of a public body does not constitute an official meeting unless called or held to evade the sprit and purposes (of an open meeting).”

The Herald learned of the party through a third party last week, only we weren’t made privy to the point of the gathering — a fond farewell to two

respected public servants. So we offer no apologies to the Board of Education members we contacted last week to learn more about it.

It seems our inquiries may have frustrated some. But the fact is, elected boards are require to notify the public (and the press) when a quorum gathers and official business is discussed. Given this board’s issues with openness and transparency, and the fact that board attorney Jimmy Love Sr. was also reportedly present, notification should have been made in advance to deflect questions about intent.

But before we slam this case shut, we’d like to offer a suggestion to the Board of Education and really all local public entities considering gatherings outside of the public realm.

Be open about it. Give somebody a heads up.

You’ll have to forgive the public for not trusting its government entities 100 percent. And Lee County is no stranger to “behind closed doors” controversies.

Parties like this, no matter how wellmeaning or innocent they may be, only open the door for conspiracy theories.

Dale Harrison, the assistant director of the Sunshine Center at Elon University, a group dedicated to being a watchdog of North Carolina open meetings laws, agrees.

“I think it’s a really good idea that public bodies put together in their minutes schedules of any kind of gathering, even social gatherings,” he told The Herald. “Their job is to be accountable to the public ... at all times.”

We have no reason to believe future votes or other school-related topics were discussed at the party — though it’s hard to imagine something about our district wasn’t brought up in a room full of board members. And we’re not suggesting under-handedness of any kind.

Truth is ... we have no idea what was discussed. Neither does the public. So again, no apologies on our part. We feel like it’s our job to “dig” when somebody questions ethics in government.

Rather than treat us like we’re a thorn in their sides, however, we hope future government entities take it in stride and possibly even give the public a heads up.

We won’t crash the party. Or we might ... not that it should matter.

Nobody’s hiding anything. Right?

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

Everyone isn’t smiling

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o pay raises for state employees. More spending cuts for public schools and universi-

ties.

So, why is everyone smiling?

OK, everyone isn’t smiling. State Treasurer Janet Cowell isn’t. The business owners who provide in-home care to Medicaid recipients aren’t either.

Still, for the first time in seven years, North Carolina legislators passed a state budget on time, a day before the start of the new fiscal year. They did so without much acrimony or drama.

No fireworks ensued leading up this Fourth of July for the simple reason that, in state budgeting just like in life, everything becomes relative.

K-12 education will see a real, yearover-year reduction in state spending of $330 million. The cut isn’t quite as big as it seems because of the shifting around of $121 million in state lottery money, but the numbers do reflect a shrinking budget. For the 16 campuses of the University of North Carolina, the year-over-year cut will be $40 million.

The budget cutting could get larger if Congress fails to provide additional Medicaid help to the states. North Carolina had expected another $500 million by January. Now Congress looks like it will scale the money back, or not provide it all.

So, legislative budget writers had to put together a contingency plan.

It calls for another 1-percent acrossthe-board cut to state agencies and a 1-percent reduction in Medicaid provider rates if the money from Washington doesn’t flow. And a scheduled $160 million contribution to the state pension fund would be reduced to $21 million.

Cowell wasn’t pleased with the provision, saying legislators had put the state on a path to substantially underfund the pot of money responsible for paying state retiree pensions.

The budget plan also irked the private-sector workers who depend on Medicaid dollars to provide in-home care to the elderly, help that includes dressing, bathing and cooking. Budget writers revamped the program, eliminating services to about 18,000, after reviews found that many people didn’t qualify.

There was one other group that didn’t look happy as legislators debated the $19 billion budget bill — the spending rising to $20.6 billion when accounting for federal stimulus dollars. Legislative Republicans, in overwhelming numbers, voted against the bill.

Mostly, the Republicans railed against a spending plan that puts off tough decisions until next year, when that $1.6 billion in federal stimulus money will be gone and when $1.3 billion in taxes adopted in 2009 as “temporary” will expire.

But away from the House and Senate floors, the Republicans weren’t angry either. They like their prospects in the fall election. Their rhetoric, including one legislator calling the budget bill “legislative malpractice,” fits their mission.

Like swatting ants I f John Boehner feels like renting a movie, I suggest he steer clear of the 1954 sci-fi horror flick “Them!” In it, nuclear testing in the New Mexico desert creates a marauding colony of giant mutant ants.

That might be enough to afflict the House minority leader — normally a study in Rat Pack cool — with nightmares and cold sweats.

Boehner’s jaw-dropping observation that President Obama’s financial regulatory reform legislation is “killing an ant with a nuclear weapon” has gladdened the hearts of Democratic political operatives from coast to coast.

Obama got in his licks on Wednesday.

“That’s what he said — he compared the financial crisis to an ant,” the president told a Wisconsin crowd. “This is the same financial crisis that led to the loss of nearly 8 million jobs. The same crisis that cost people their homes, their life savings.”

The Republican idea seems to be, Obama joked, that all the country needs is an “ant swatter.”

Later that day, Fox News host Greta Van Susteren asked Boehner if he wanted “a doover on that metaphor.” But Boehner didn’t really take her up on the offer. He made clear that, basically, he meant what he said.

“I wasn’t talking about the financial crisis,” he said, but rather about “fixing the problems on Wall Street.” But that’s a distinction without a difference, since it was the problems on Wall Street that caused the financial crisis, reckoned by most economists to be the worst since the Great Depression.

Then Boehner continued with more of the blind ideology and deliberate distortion that have characterized his party’s approach to, well, just about everything these days. “My point is this,” he said. “We could have fixed this problem, plugged the holes, brought more transparency to the system without a 2,300-page bill that puts the federal government in charge of our entire financial sector.”

It’s worth taking a moment to parse that sentence. The distortion comes at the end.

No, the regulatory reform bill, which passed the House on Wednesday, doesn’t put the government in charge of Wall Street. What it does, essentially, is redraw the parameters within which financial firms operate — in an attempt to constrain some of the irresponsibility and excess that led to the crisis — while also providing some consumer protections. Oh, and Boehner knows full well that making a big deal of the bill’s page count is a canard. Because any new legislation modifies or supplants specific sections and subsections of existing laws, final bills have to be written not in English but in dense gobbledygook. Any substantial initiative proposed by Republicans — if the party decided to do something, rather than just say no — could also function well as a

Eugene Robinson Columnist Eugene Robinson is a columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group

doorstop.

As for the ideology in Boehner’s modified, limited clarification, look at that threeword phrase “plugged the holes.” There you have the party’s current philosophy in a nutshell: Just chew up a wad of gum, stick it into the crack where water is leaking, and whistle contentedly as you stroll away.

When Obama called on Congress to address the shameful fact that 46 million Americans lacked health insurance, Republicans first opposed all reform and then grudgingly suggested a few incremental measures that would nibble at the problem from the margins. When decades of deregulation and laissez faire enabled Wall Street to take such insane risks — with other people’s money — that the global financial system came within a whisper of collapse, the Republican response is to tinker rather than restructure. The party’s slogan for November should be: “It’s all good. Except for that Obama guy. And Nancy Pelosi.”

That’s the worldview that produced Rep. Joe Barton’s assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: that BP, which admits responsibility for one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, is somehow the aggrieved party because mean old Obama convinced the company to set aside $20 billion to fulfill its legal obligations.

That’s the philosophy that led Sharron Angle, who is trying to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, to opine that the way to reduce unemployment is to cut unemployment benefits — and to tell voters that if she’s elected, trying to create jobs for Nevadans won’t be part of her job description.

It’s all good. But, at least after this week, I’m pretty sure that if actual giant mutant ants were to appear, they’d get the Republican Party’s attention.

Today’s Prayer In all thy ways acknowledge (God) and he shall direct thy paths. (Proverbs 3:6 KJV) PRAYER: Thank You, Lord, for Your love and guidance. May we be aware of Your presence and trust and obey You. Amen.

Our nation has a very important election coming up in November.

This may be the most important election in our lifetime.

President Obama and his liberal friends (elected and unelected) already control both halls of Congress and the executive branch of our government.

He is only one vote away from controlling the Supreme Court by appointing one more liberal member of the court in addition to Kagan.

Just think, if a conservative member of the court should become incapacitated or pass away during his presidency, he could change the present makeup of the court from a 5-4 conservative majority to a 5-4 liberal majority.

This is a very scary thought.

He would then have the capability to pass any outlandish law through Congress and have it upheld by the Supreme Court.

We should think about this when we vote for our next senator, who will either vote to confirm or deny his next appointment.

Sen. Richard Burr has not made a lot of headlines in D.C. or jumped in front of every available camera as some do.

But he is representing a mostly conservative state and is a hedge against voting for a radical Supreme Court nominee. This stops President Obama from controlling every facet of our government.

Which candidate would most likely vote your convictions if party loyalty was not considered?

Would it be Elaine Marshal, Sen. Burr or the libertarian candidate Mike Beitler?

Sometimes I think our country would be better off if our elected officials would just sit back, collect their pay, give themselves pay raises and drink mint juleps rather than pass laws that are more intrusive in our lives. Our own 2nd District congressman, Rep. Bob Etheridge, was not willing to answer the students’ question about his supporting the Obama agenda recently.

He allegedly stated that he answers only to the citizens of his district in N.C. He has not answered this question well for us yet.

His voting record answers for him. His vote potentially could affect not only our district but every citizen of our great country.

He should not be ashamed of his voting record if he is sincere.

The citizens of his district will decide if they agree or not with him in November.

JOE EDWARDS Sanford

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OBITUARIES

Nellie Owens

Anne Bridges

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral for Annie Geraldine Matthews Bridges, 79, of Sanford, who died Friday (7/2/10), was conducted Sunday, July 4, at 4 p.m. at Buffalo Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Paul J. Shields and Rev. Bruce MacInnes officiating.

Burial followed at Flat Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pianist was Pat Kelly.

The Buffalo Presbyterian Church Choir and the congregation sang.

Pallbearers were David Dowdy, Bob Kelly, Bobby Johnson, Buddy McNeill, Bob Altman, Craig Lantz, Peter Wilberg and Jim Monson.

The family received friends at the Flat Springs Baptist Church Fellowship Hall following the graveside service.

Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.

Joseph Buchanan

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joseph William Buchanan, 66, of Sanford, died Sunday (7/4/10) at Liberty Commons Health and Rehab.

He was born in Lee County to the late Alton Buchanan and Edna Knight Buchanan. He was preceded in death by his wife; Jeanette Holmes Buchanan. He was retired from General Shell Brick.

Surviving relatives is a brother; Albert Buchanan and wife Patricia of Sanford; sister Peggy Ann Holmes of Sanford; and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted Tuesday, July 6, at 2 p.m. at Lemon Springs UMC Cemetery with the Rev. Ruth Holder officiating. The family will receive friends following the graveside service at the cemetery.

James Fore

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral for James Lewis Fore, 50, of Sanford, who died Friday (7/2/10), was conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Boroughs officiating.

Soloist was Sandra Rosser. The congregation also sang.

Pallbearers were Banjo Mathews, Jeff Wicker, Marty Fore, Donald Stewart, Rodney Carter and John Mathews.

Arrangements were by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.

Deborah Hooker SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Deborah McLeod Hooker, 57, of 2601 Andrews Drive, passed away on Friday (7/2/10) at Central Carolina Hospital.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 7, at 2 p.m. at the Star of Hope OFWB Church.

Burial will follow at Lee Memory Garden. No wake is scheduled.

Survivors include three daughters, Carla Phidd, Mauricea Waddell and husband Bennitte, and Natasha Hooker Heck and husband Antonio, all of Sanford; three sons, Arterio McLeod, Carlos Marks and Larry Hooker, Jr., all of Sanford; four brothers, Lindell McLeod and wife Dewey of Sanford, Harry McLeod of Charlotte, Donald McLeod of Fayetteville and Vincent McLeod of Sanford; two sisters, Gwendolyn McLeod and Beverly McLeod, both of Sanford; and twelve grandchildren.

Arrangements by Knotts Funeral Home.

Louis Howard SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Louis B. Howard, 75, of Sanford, passed away at his home on Sunday (7/4/10).

Born on September 27, 1934, in Wake County, to the late Roy Lee Howard and Drusilla Byrd Howard, he was a well-known truck driver of 58 years, most recently with Pentair in Sanford. He was a veteran of the United States Army during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Victoria Eddins Howard of Sanford; son Mark Howard of Asheville, N.C.; four daughters, Julie Haithcock, Lisa Howard, Amy Dew and Carrie Blackmon, all of Sanford; two step-daughters, Ginger Douglas and Pamela Fincher of Sanford; four sisters, Jane Shaw of Bladenboro, N.C., Nancy

SANFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mrs. Nellie Ruth Kelly Wood Owens, 88, of Sanford, died Saturday, July 3, at the E. Carlton Powell Hospice Center in Lillington, N.C. Mrs. Owens was born in Harnett County, to the late Dallas Kelly and Myrtle Waddell Kelly. A resident of Lee County, she was married to the late James Gordon Wood, Sr., for 35 years and to the late Leland Leroy Owens for 22 years. She was also preceded in death by sister, Allie Kelly, Beulah K. Mason and Betty K. Thompson and brothers, John Lewis Kelly, Dallas T. Kelly, Jr., Harvey V. Underwood, and Ronnie E. Underwood.

Mrs. Owens was an active member of Shallow Well United Church of Christ having sung in the choir, taught Sunday School classes and served as a deaconess. She retired in 1982 from Coty in Sanford where she worked in the Customer Service Department.

She is survived by a son, Col (r) James Gordon Wood, Jr. and wife, Lynn G. Wood of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; a daughter, Judith W. Patton and husband, Rev. G. Ron Patton of Benson, N.C.; brothers, Kenneth Kelly of Lilburn, Georgia and Charles Underwood and wife, Betty of Sanford, N.C.; step sons, Leland Owens, Jr. and wife Marie of Chesapeake, VA. and Richard Owens and wife Sandi of Lakeland, Florida; seven grandsons, James Gordon Wood, III and wife Ashley, Robert Sanders Wood and wife Lindsay, the Honorable David Stuart Wood and fiancee Dr. Melissa Schwebach, Tim Youngerman and wife Amanda, Scott Youngerman, Stephen Youngerman and Adam Patton and wife Jenifer; seven great-grandchildren; a God Child, Chris Batchelor Ayers of Vinton, Virginia; sister-in-laws, Daisy Kelly, Cherrl Underwood and Helen Underwood and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at the Shallow Well Church parlor on Tuesday, July 6, from 10 to 11 p.m., one hour prior to the funeral service. The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, July 6, at 11 a.m. at Shallow Well Church with Rev. Donald Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at the Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the building fund at Shallow Well Church, 1220 Broadway Road, Sanford, N.C. 27332.

Condolences may be made at www.bridgescameronfuneralhome.com Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. Paid Obituary

Neal of Sanford, Betty Shaw of Sanford, and Ann Pleasants of Cary; a brother, Vernon Howard of Sanford; 13 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 6, at 3 p.m. at Miller-Boles Funeral Home Chapel in Sanford with Pastor Scott Yow officiating. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery in Sanford. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to: Beaver Creek Baptist Church, Building Fund, 2280 Nicholson Rd., Cameron, NC, 28326.

Online condolences may be made at www.

millerboles.com Miller-Boles Funeral Home of Sanford is serving the family.

Dwight Kimrey TROY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dwight Crawford Kimrey, 69, of 4482 Hwy 109 N. Troy, died Saturday (7/3/10) at Autumn Nursing and Rehab in Biscoe.

He was born September 30, 1940, in Stanley County, son of the late Clevie Junior Kimrey and Frances Davis Singleton.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Gary Kimrey. He was a member of Chandlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grove United Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m.

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Grove United Methodist Church in Badin Lake with Rev. Darrel Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Dover Baptist Church Cemetery in Seagrove.

He is survived by his daughters, Ginger Johnson of Thomasville, N.C., and Selena White and husband Michael of Seagrove, N.C.; sister Evelyn James of Ramseur; five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday at the Phillips Funeral Home in Star, and at other times at the home of Michael and Selena White, 2871 Alt. Hwy 220 N., Seagrove.

Arrangements are by the Smith Funeral Home of Broadway.

Joyce Krick MYRTLE BEACH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joyce Claire Krick, 72, of Myrtle Beach, passed away on Thursday (7/1/10) at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

She was born on February, 13, 1938 in Union County, New Jersey to the late Walter Robbins and Helen Lloyd Robbins. Krick was of Roman Catholic faith. She was a graduate of Abraham Clark High School in Roselle, NJ. She was a #1 fan of Elvis Presley, enjoyed shopping and worked for various retail stores at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach.

She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Bernard F. Krick, Jr. of Myrtle Beach; two daughters, Kimberly Joyce Hirn and husband Mark of Normal, Illinois, and Valerie Jacqueline Bliss and husband Corey of Centerville, Ohio; a son, Michael B. Krick and wife Jill of Sanford; three sisters-in-law, Mary Robbins of Jacksonville, FL, Joan Nerlino of Cranford, NJ, and Lynn Whit of Edison, NJ; two brothers-in-law, Richard Krick of Roselle Park, NJ, and Philip Krick of Charlotte; and six grandchildren.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, that memorial contributions be made to: St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 2151, Memphis, TN, 381012151.

A private family service will be held at Miller-Boles Funeral Home Chapel.

Online condolences may be made at www. millerboles.com.

Miller-Boles Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Sanford is serving the family.

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let chains. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intricate work that requires precision, focus and creativity.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a far cry from the heavy lifting required by Brayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past careers. Her last day job was as a plater operator, muscling vats of acid into chrome-plating machines. Before that, she was a construction worker. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used to jobs that involve a little danger, a little risk.

Believe it or not, glasswork involves both.

Her hands and forearms are dotted with scars from the cuts and burns that are a hazard of the trade. In winter, Bray has to wear turtlenecks to protect herself from flying glass shards caused by the cold glass coming in contact with the white-hot flame.

At all times, she has to wear sunglasses as she works, because looking directly into the flame could damage her retinas.

The couple got into glasswork when they attended the Tennessee music festival Bonnaroo. Donna purchased a glass pendant necklace, which sparked an idea as she admired her purchase on the long drive home. She started looking for glass classes in the area, and finally found a two-day beading workshop in Cary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kept telling my husband, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be that hard to makeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; well, they are,â&#x20AC;? Bray said.

Her first attempts were lopsided and squiggled with odd lines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;?I was very nervous, because if you do something wrong, you get burnedâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but by the second day, she created the first bead the was proud of: an oblong white bead covered in raised purple irises. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like painting with glass,â&#x20AC;? Bray said.

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re-election. Stumpf said Monday he doesn’t think the eventual candidate will be giving up too much of a head start heading into election season.

“First of all, we’ll pick the best candidate ... one whom we feel is ready to go,” Stumpf said. “The 4th District is full of engaged, intelligent and active voters.

I truly believe there are a number of active people in this district who’d do a wonderful job if we ended up choosing them as a candidate.”

Stumpf said one candidate he doubts will be considered is Kelly.

“Jamie Kelly indicated that because of his outside commitments, he’s leaving the post,” Stumpf said. “I dont’ forsee that changing. Not that he wouldn’t be an excellent candidate, but he’s focused on duties outside of politics for now.”

Lee Democrats were forced into finding a candidate after Cole announced last week he was removing himself from the race. His decision came after a few weeks of speculation over possible conflicts with a town manager position he is beginning full-time today in Harnett County. Cole told The Herald that lingering concerns about the legality of his bid for office pushed him to his decision.

“I just felt like it would be unfair to the voters for me to actually go out and get them to campaign for me knowing that there might be a chance that I’d have to step down,” Cole said.

VACANCY PROCEDURE

MAYODAN

The Lee County Democratic Party’s procedures for filling a vacancy for an elected official or candidate: In the event that the Lee County Democratic Party (LCDP) needs to choose a replacement for an elected official or candidate for any reason, the following procedure will be used. n The Executive Committee of the LCDP will accept applications for the position in question. The application format will be decided upon by the Executive Committee of the LCDP and advertised shortly after the vacancy has been announced. n The Executive Committee of the LCDP may interview any number of the applicants before making a final decision. n The Executive Committee of the LCDP will choose up to three applicants through a majority vote. n These applicants will be presented to the LCDP as a whole for a vote at a specially called meeting. Only active members of the LCDP will be allowed to vote in this election. Active members are defined as those registered Democrats who have attended at least four LCDP-sponsored events within the past calendar year prior to the announcement of the vacancy. These events include monthly meetings of the LCDP, meetings of auxiliary organizations of the LCDP (such as the Democratic Women and the Young Democrats), special events such as the annual banquet, or other events approved by the Executive Committee. Requests for special consideration will be considered and decided upon by the Executive Committee. n Each person determined to be an active member, regardless of title or position in the LCDP, will be counted as one vote. n The nominee will be decided upon by a majority vote of the active members of the LCDP. Should no nominee receive a majority in the first round of voting, the nominee with the least number of votes will be removed from consideration. The active members of the LCDP will then vote a second time upon the remaining two nominees. The nominee with the greatest number of votes in this second round will be the person that the LCDP forwards as its candidate for office.

Police: Gunmen fire bullets into home

Source: Lee County Democratic Party

The former assistant county manager said he spoke with election law experts from the UNC Institute of Government regarding a statute that cast some doubts on whether he could run for county commissioner while holding a town manager position elsewhere.

In his letter to Democrats, Stumpf commended Cole and called the law “peculiar” and “questionable.”

“I have a great

amount of respect and appreciation for Kenny and for the decision he had to make,” Stumpf said. “This was a tough decision for Kenny, but he did what was best for his family and for the party itself. Kenny will always have a place with us, and I look forward to when he can run for office. I will be his first volunteer.”

Stumpf said Cole’s early decision to drop out is allowing the party to appoing a replacement. State law says the replacement must be named by Aug. 19, or 75 days before the election.

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GREENSBORO (AP) — A North Carolina man said gunmen fired dozens of bullets into his Rockingham County house because they were angry at his older son over a recent stabbing incident.

Michael Stephen Smith said he first thought people were shooting fireworks outside his home near Mayodan around 3 a.m.

Sunday. Then he realized the danger.

“They were aiming to kill somebody. This wasn’t a random, drive-by shooting. They unloaded some high-powered stuff into my house,” Smith told The News & Record of Greensboro.

Rockingham County deputies said at least two shooters fired about 30 rounds into Smith’s home, knocking out win-

dows, damaging the siding and scattering debris around the rental house on U.S. 220 Business.

Smith said it was more like 50 or 60 bullets.

“It’s amazing that no one was shot,” sheriff’s spokesman Dean Venable said “The house was riddled.”

Smith thinks the shooters were angry with his older son and wanted to send him a message.

Leon Michael Smith faces an assault charge for a stabbing about 100 miles away in Stokes County more than a week ago and authorities continue to look for him.

“We had been told by a bunch of people they were going to retaliate,” Michael Smith said.

Smith was sleeping with his 7-year-old granddaughter in a back

bedroom and his wife was asleep in the living room when the shooting started.

Bullets ripped into her chair, and Smith said his wife was so scared she couldn’t move. He left his granddaughter sleeping in the bed and tried to get a look at the people shooting.

Then he turned back to his wife, saying he counted about 25 bullet holes in her chair.

“I told my wife she must have nine lives,” Smith said. “She has a guardian angel.”

The family spent the night in another home.

Smith figures the shooting did about $10,000 in damage.

“My landlord probably ain’t going to like it,” Smith said. “The house was shot all to pieces.”

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ethics laws would cover more people, and elected officials would have to file another financial disclosure statement once they leave office to shed light on potential conflicts of interest.

“We want the public to have confidence in the process,” said Sen. Steve Goss, D-Watauga, the Senate bill’s co-author.

Differences stem from what are considered the best ways to reduce the perception outsiders can unfairly influence politicians.

The House has taken a more aggressive approach by limiting state contractors to donating no more than $1,000 per year to the political campaign of someone seeking a Council of State office who would have authority to award a contract. It also wants board and commission members to disclose their detailed fundraising activities for the officials appointing them.

Senate leaders believe the ideas would be difficult to carry out or raise constitutional questions, so they want to narrow the fundraising disclosure questions and study the contractor fundraising issue.

Jane Pinsky, a lobbyist for the North Carolina Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform, said the time for studying is over.

“The Senate seems to think that it doesn’t matter to people of North Carolina that contractors

can give money to people who write contracts for them,” she said. “I think the House feels pretty strongly that it does matter.”

The economic incentives package is in danger of getting scuttled or delayed since a Senate finance committee inserted a provision late last week that would create a state trust designed to manage the Yadkin River and its dams currently owned

by Alcoa Inc. The House rejected a similar trust last year.

Perdue said lawmakers must give her more generous tax credits to revive the state’s ailing film industry and create breaks to make the state a destination for computer simulation program firms.

“I’ll be very direct. If we do not pass this bill, North Carolina will be able to kiss those industries good bye,” Perdue said.

Lawmakers will take up some other topics in the final days. Liquor store reforms and redistributing 911 emergency phone fees are expected to pass before adjournment, but a ban on sweepstakes machines and a referendum on eminent domain face uncertain futures.

Attorney General Roy Cooper appears to have momentum on his side to pass a bill so police can take DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes — without having to wait until conviction as they do now. Cooper held a news conference last week featuring a rape victim speaking out in favor of the measure. He later addressed a Senate committee, whose members largely agreed with him that it would solve more crimes and protect the public.

“I just can’t find a problem with this thing,” said Sen. David Hoyle, DGaston.

The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union opposes the bill because it doesn’t require probable cause before a sample is taken, violating the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizures.

Cooper counters there are many protections in the bill.

Some lawmakers uncomfortable with the measure will support it anyway because they don’t want to be seen as being soft on crime, ACLU lobbyist Sarah Preston said.

“It’s difficult to vote against something like this,” Preston said.

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quotank, the House Rules Committee chairman.

Heading into what could be the final week of the session, legislative leaders hope to gather their focus largely upon passing a broad ethics, campaign fundraising and government reform package, followed by an economic incentives bill.

“When you shake it all down, front and center is the ethics bill. That’s what we’ve got to do,” said Senate Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe.

The investigation into activities surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley and his campaign has entered a second year, and calls to stop “pay-to-play” politics are mounting. Given that, Democrats and Republicans alike can’t afford to be seen as doing nothing on the issue, especially during an election year.

Gov. Beverly Perdue also has offered her own ethics package.

“I actually think that you can’t go home without that,” Perdue told reporters at the budget’s bill signing last week.

The House and Senate have competing packages that now appear to have bipartisan support. They both make it a felony to give at least $10,000 in illegal campaign contributions in a single election. It’s currently a misdemeanor. The state

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Tar balls now turning up in Texas

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Texas official said Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill were found on a pair of state beaches, becoming the first known evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.

The amount of tar balls is tiny in comparison to what has coated beaches so far in the hardest-hit parts of the Gulf coast in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

About five gallons of tar balls were found Saturday on the Bolivar Peninsula, northeast of Galveston, said Capt. Marcus Woodring, the Coast Guard commander for the Houston/Galveston sector. Another two gallons were found Sunday on the peninsula and Galveston Island.

Woodring said the consistency of the tar balls indicates itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible they could have been spread to Texas water by ships that have worked out in the spill, rather hitching a ride naturally through currents. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way to confirm the way they got there.

The largest tar balls found Saturday were the size of ping-pong balls, while the ones found Sunday were the size of nickels and dimes.

Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski said he believed

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People walk along a beach as workers shovel and bag sand oiled by Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill on a beach in Grand Isle, La. on Monday. the tar balls were a fluke, rather than a sign of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to come. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is good news,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The water looks good. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cautiously optimistic this is an anomaly.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said since day one that if and when we have an impact from Deepwater Horizon, it would be in the form of tarballs,â&#x20AC;? Texas Land Commissoner Jerry Patterson said in a news release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This shows that our modeling is accurate. Any Texas shores impacted by the Deepwater spill will be cleaned up quickly and BP will be picking up the tab.â&#x20AC;?

The distance between the western reach of the tar balls in Texas and the most eastern reports of oil in Florida is about 550 miles. Oil was first spotted on land near the mouth of

the Mississippi River on April 29.

And the spill is reaching deeper into Louisiana.

Strings of oil were seen Monday in the Rigolets, one of two waterways that connect Lake Ponchartrain, the large lake north of New Orleans, with the Gulf. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scattered stuff showing up, mostly tar balls,â&#x20AC;? said Louisiana Office of Fisheries Assistant Secretary Randy Pausina. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will pull out with the tide, and then show back up.â&#x20AC;?

Pausina said he expected the oil to clear the passes and move directly into the lake, taking a backdoor route to New Orleans.

The news of the spillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reach comes at a time that most of the offshore skimming operations in

the Gulf have been halted by choppy seas and high winds. A tropical system that had been lingering off Louisiana flared up Monday afternoon, bringing heavy rain and winds.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said there was a 60 percent of the storm becoming a tropical cyclone.

Last week, the faraway Hurricane Alex idled the skimming fleet off Alabama, Florida and Mississippi with choppy seas and stiff winds. Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stymied by a succession of smaller storms that could last well into this week.

Officials have plans for the worst-case scenario: a hurricane barreling up the Gulf toward the spill site. But the less-dramatic weather conditions have been met with a more makeshift response.

Skimming operations across the Gulf have scooped up about 23.5 million gallons of oilfouled water so far, but officials say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to know how much crude could have been skimmed in good weather because of the fluctuating number of vessels and other variables.

The British company has now seen its costs from the spill reach $3.12 billion, a figure that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include a $20 billion fund for damages the company created last month.

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Anglophiles aflutter ahead of queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The biggest clue that New Yorkers were going a little royalty-crazy was when someone stopped Tony Packwood on a city bus after hearing his British accent to ask him if he was here to see the queen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why would I come here to see the queen?â&#x20AC;? he marveled Monday at the British food shop where he works in Manhattan.

Customers coming to Carry on Tea & Sympathy have been asking about Queen Elizabeth IIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming trip to New York City, her first in 34 years. Though her visit is scheduled to last just five hours, her arrival Tuesday morning has sent some anglophiles aflutter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Americans seem to be a lot more psyched than the English,â&#x20AC;? said Packwood, a Liverpool native, surrounded by shelves of specialty teas, Cadbury chocolates and ornate tea pots. A Britishflag tea cozy and a mosaic depicting the queen hang nearby. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of brought up with it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that big an event. But you guys love it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We see her every day on our money.â&#x20AC;?

Some New York residents were hoping to

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Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wear 3D glasses to watch a 3D film, at the Pinewood Studios in Toronto, Canada Monday. catch a glimpse of the 84year-old monarch, who will be visiting ground zero for the first time and making her first address in over half a century to the U.N. General Assembly.

The New York stop comes after a visit to Canada, where the queen was wrapping up a nineday trip with a tour of the headquarters of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion and a dinner with the prime minister.

Law student Joey Pegram, of Brooklyn, said she wished she could see the queen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just like she did when the monarchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandson Prince Harry was in New York to play

a charity polo match.

Pegram said she arrived hours before the match, and ended up with a front-row view when the prince took a tumble from his horse.

A love of British royalty was a staple at her American home growing up, the 24-year-old said.

Her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deep admiration of Princess Diana and her charitable works made an impression on Pegram. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a one-ina-million chance to be born with that,â&#x20AC;? Pegram said Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people use it to do good, and some people use it to make scandal. And when people use their lot to do

good, it makes me feel warm inside, I guess.â&#x20AC;?

Next door, at the Tea & Sympathy restaurant attached to the shop, staffers said they too were excited for the queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do have a lot of respect for the queen. I think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite cool,â&#x20AC;? said waitress Natasha Kaser, originally from Thakeham Village in West Sussex.

Kaser did admit that most of her knowledge of the royal family came from what she called â&#x20AC;&#x153;trashy magazines.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love photos of when she was young,â&#x20AC;? Kaser said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was so beautiful.â&#x20AC;?

The queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech at the United Nations could remind some people of those younger times. She was 31 years old when she last addressed the U.N. in 1957 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; four years after she was crowned queen and a little more than a decade after the organization officially came into existence.

This time, she was expected to appeal for world unity and peace. A former aide said that although the speech will contain some of her thoughts, it will have been penned with government officials.

Senators say Steele on hot seat as GOP chairman WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham spoke from the war zone Sunday to condemn GOP chairman Michael Steeleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comment that Afghanistan was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;war of Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choosing.â&#x20AC;?

Neither GOP lawmaker, however, was outraged enough to demand Steeleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resignation, as some other Republican have done.

Both said from Kabul it was up to Steele to decide whether he could continue to lead the party.

Steeleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks, a political gift to Democrats in a congressional election year, were captured Thursday on camera, during a Connecticut fundraiser that was closed to the news media, and posted online.

The comments would make it difficult for Republican candidates to have Steele campaign for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe we have to win here. I believe in freedom.

But the fact is that I think that Mr. Steele is going to have to assess as to whether he can still lead the Republican Party as chairman of the Republican National Committee and make an appropriate decision,â&#x20AC;? McCain told ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Week.â&#x20AC;?

11 injured at fireworks accident in central Pa. PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A fireworks accident injured 11 people gathered to celebrate Independence Day and the long-planned 250th anniversary of the borough of Palmyra in central Pennsylvania.

Two people, including a child, remained hospitalized Monday afternoon with injuries that did not appear life-threatening, Palmyra police said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This accident occurred after one of the firework charges misfired, causing an explosion, sending firework material into a nearby crowd located near the games and ride area. ... This accident also propelled fireworks material across the football field and beyond,â&#x20AC;? Palmyra Borough Police Department said in a news release.

The victims injured Sunday night suffered burns, contusions and abrasions.

They included four minors between 11 and 17 and an employee of Schaefer Pyrotechnics of Ronks. A call to the company was not immediately returned late Monday afternoon.

Census worker taken to court for trespassing HONOLULU (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In these divisive times, Census worker Russell Haas has come to expect some resistance when he goes door to door to count the residents of the rugged communities near Hawaiiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kilauea volcano. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to get arrested.

An attempt to get one

resident, a county police officer, to fill out Census forms landed Haas in the back of a patrol car with a trespassing charge.

The case is now in federal court, the latest example of disputes this year between Census workers and residents who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to deal with them. It has created a rare instance in which federal prosecutors have stepped in to serve as criminal defense attorneys.

Gates wants military interviews with press cleared WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Military officials will need Pentagon clearance for interviews and other dealings with reporters, according to an order from Defense Secretary Robert Gates not long after the top general in Afghanistan was fired for his comments in a magazine article.

The order, issued by Gates on Friday in a brief memo to military and civilian personnel worldwide and effective immediately, tells officials to make sure they are not going out of bounds or unintentionally releasing information that the Pentagon wants to hold back.

The order, first reported

by The New York Times on its website Friday night, has been in the works since long before Gen. Stanley McChrystal stunned his bosses with criticism and complaints in a Rolling Stone article that his superiors did not know was coming.

Starting school day half-hour later shows big gains CHICAGO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The results were stunning. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no other word to use,â&#x20AC;? said Patricia Moss, academic dean at the Rhode Island boarding school where the study was done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get that much bang for the buck.â&#x20AC;?

The results appear in Julyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

The results mirror those at a few schools that have delayed starting times more than half an hour.

Researchers say thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason why even 30 minutes can make a big difference. Teens tend to be in their deepest sleep around dawn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when they typically need to arise for school.

Interrupting that sleep can leave them groggy, especially since they also tend to have trouble falling asleep before 11 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biological science to this that I think provides compelling evidence as to why this makes sense,â&#x20AC;? said Brown University sleep researcher Dr. Judith Owens, the studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead author and a pediatrician at Hasbro Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital in Providence, R.I.

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Janet Jackson hits the stage again

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Janet Jackson enthralled the Essence Music Festival audience Friday, kept them on their feet for more than two hours and reminded fans why seeing her in concert was worth waiting two years.

From the opening notes of “The Pleasure Principle” to “Control” to “Rhythm Nation,” the Grammy Award-winning singer enticed, teased and brought her fans on a journey through her No. 1 hits.

“She was unbelievable,” said Ed Downs of Miami.

“It was definitely worth the wait. I’m happy to see her make a comeback. It was impressive.”

Jackson marked her return by closing the festival’s first night inside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. It was her first time at the festival, which runs through Sunday.

Former NBA player Anferenee Hardaway called Jackson’s performance “absolutely perfect,” and said no one could tell she had been off the concert circuit for any length of time.

“She definitely gets better with age,” he said, smiling.

Fans got a glimpse of Jackson’s new, sassy, short-cropped hair and her signature, shapely figure on the finale show of American Idol where

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Janet Jackson performs on the first night of the 2010 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Friday. she rocked classics like “Again” and “Nasty” and her latest release, “Nothing,” from the soundtrack of the movie, “Why Did I Get Married Too?,” which she also starred in.

But near the end of her show Friday, they were treated with even more as she depicted a risque, S&M scene with a male participant from the audience, whose hands and arms were strapped into a straight jacket as Jackson — in a flesh-toned body suit — worked him over, whip in hand.

He mouthed, “Thank

you,” and couldn’t take his eyes off her, getting roars of approval, looks of envy and applause from the crowd.

“I loved it,” said Rose Ellerbee of New York. “It was one of the hottest shows I’ve seen and then she brought back so many memories. She didn’t lose a beat.”

Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc., was as excited as anyone to hear Jackson in person. She said festival organizers had invited Jackson numerous times during the last

15 years and this year she finally accepted.

“Prayer works,” Ebanks said laughing.

The festival is celebrating the magazine’s 40th anniversary this year and Ebanks said they wanted to do so by putting the spotlight on strong, powerful female artists. In addition to Jackson, the lineup includes Gladys Knight, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, Monica, Keri Hilson, Chrisette Michele, Lalah Hathaway, Melanie Fiona, Estelle, Ledisi, Laura Izibor and New Orleans’ own Irma Thomas.

“It means a great deal for me to be in the company of such wonderful women, women who I have the pleasure of knowing personally,” Jackson said in an interview before her performance. “I’m especially honored to be able to play on a stage that also hosts Gladys Knight.

She watched me grow up and I remember her being around the Motown family when I was a kid. It’s definitely an honor.”

Jackson, 44, said she has wanted to come to the festival previously but a jam-packed schedule didn’t allow it.

“It didn’t really permit me this time either, but because I really wanted to do it, we’ve worked it in,” she said.

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Paris Hilton’s companion ordered to leave SAfrica

Swiss official: Polanski decision expected soon

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) — The former Playboy playmate convicted of possessing marijuana while accompanying Paris Hilton to a World Cup game is persona non grata Hilton in South Africa.

Ronnie Mamoepa, a spokesman for the immigration department, said Saturday that Jennifer Rovero had two weeks to leave the country, and would not be welcome back for at least two years.

“We are saying she must go,” Mamoepa told The Associated Press. “The person is found in illegal possession of an illegal substance, convicted by a duly constituted court of law. So, we have to act.”

Hilton had been arrested with Rovero after Friday’s Brazil-Netherlands match in Port Elizabeth on suspicion of possession of marijuana, then had the case dropped at a midnight court hearing.

Rovero, a former Playboy playmate of the month, “acknowledged to be in possession of cannabis, and pleaded guilty,” said Brig. Sally De Beer, a spokeswoman for South African police.

Rovero, a 31-year-old New Yorker, was sentenced to a fine of 1,000 rand ($130) or 30 days imprisonment, De Beer said.

GENEVA(AP) — Swiss officials say they will decide soon whether to extradite Roman Polanski to the U.S. to face prosecution in a 1977 sex case.

Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli says “It won’t be long” before a Polanski decision on the extradition request. He declined to be more specific.

The 76-year-old director fled the U.S. on Feb. 1, 1978, the day he was to be formally sentenced for having sex with a 13-yearold girl.

He was arrested on Sept.

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Singer Carole King puts Idaho ranch back on market

STANLEY, Idaho (AP) — Songwriter and singer Carole King has put her 128-acre central Idaho ranch back on the market with a reduced asking price of $16 million.

The Robinson Bar Ranch compound near Stanley includes a 7,300-square-foot lodge, a private residence, a caretaker’s home, a professional recording studio, guest cabins and horse barns.

King put the ranch up for sale in 2006 for $19 million. A listing agent says the ranch was taken off the market because of problems with a bridge on a U.S. Forest Service road that has since been repaired.

Family of Harry Potter actress charged for threats LONDON (AP) — The father and brother of an actress who starred in the Harry Potter movies have been charged with threatening to kill her.

The 22-year-old Afshan Azad is cast as Padma Patil, a classmate of the teenage wizard, in the movie series.

Her father, 54-year-old Abdul Azad and elder brother, 28-year-old Ashraf, are alleged to have threatened her at her home in the northern English city of Manchester on May 21.

Ashraf is also accused of assaulting his sister.

Both men appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court to face charges on Tuesday.

The case was adjourned until July 12.

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Clinton criticizes Russia for occupying Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Russia on Monday for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement it signed nearly two years ago to end the fighting in this small former Soviet state.

She asserted that Russia is occupying parts of Georgia and building permanent military bases in contravention of the truce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re calling on the Russians to enforce the agreement they signed,â&#x20AC;? she told a news conference with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili at her side. She said that includes pulling its troops back to the positions they held before the invasion.

Several times she pointedly referred to Russian troops as occupiers of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

She said the U.S. was â&#x20AC;&#x153;appalled and totally rejectedâ&#x20AC;? Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rationale for the invasion, which temporarily put U.S.-Russian relations in a deep freeze and prompted NATO to suspend cooperation with Moscow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The United States is steadfast in its commitment to Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sovereignty and territorial integrity,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The United States does not recognize spheres of influence,â&#x20AC;? she added, referring to Russian President Dmitry Medvedevâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim that his country

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Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s President Mikhail Saakashvili and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak to the media at their joint news conference in Tbilisi on Monday. has â&#x20AC;&#x153;privileged interestsâ&#x20AC;? and special influence in Georgia and other former Soviet states.

Georgia gained its independence in 1991 with the collapse of Soviet communism.

Asked about Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments, Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Georgia against trying to rally U.S. support. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They mustnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seek solutions outside,â&#x20AC;? Putin said, according to Russian news agencies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary to conduct a dialogue without citing third parties.â&#x20AC;?

Russia wants to retain clout in the region as a counterweight to the eastward march of NATO, which in recent years has expanded its frontiers to include the former Soviet states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Ukraine also had been pursuing membership but reversed

course this year with the election of a more Moscow-friendly government.

Clinton said she and Obama raised the Georgia issues with Medvedev when he was in Washington last month.

The invasion remains a major point of contention between Washington and Moscow. It complicates U.S. relations with Georgia, which has been skeptical of the Obama administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy of adopting friendly relations with Moscow in an attempt to overcome the deep divides that developed during the administration of President George W. Bush.

Saakashvili told reporters, however, that upon further reflection he thinks Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Russia policy is the correct one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly the right way,â&#x20AC;? he said.

He and Clinton took a stroll through a portion

of the oldest section of Tbilisi, stopping at a cafe to toast her visit with a glass of Georgian wine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Teliani Valley satrapezo, according to Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aides. Saakashvili and Clinton seemed at ease with each other. He told her that on her next visit she should make a point of sampling the capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m too old for your night life,â&#x20AC;? she said with a hearty laugh, and he replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first statement that I disagree with you on.â&#x20AC;?

Earlier, Clinton met with several hundred Georgian women leaders from a range of fields, including law and labor unions.

During a questionand-answer session, one woman asked if the Obama administration has a â&#x20AC;&#x153;real democracy agendaâ&#x20AC;? for Georgia. She said her country suffers from a range of human rights abuses and that these were largely ignored by the Bush administration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The United States always has a democracy agenda,â&#x20AC;? Clinton responded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Continuing to try to perfect democracy is one of the key challenges for any country â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both its government and its citizens.â&#x20AC;? She applauded recent progress in Georgia, but added that the administration â&#x20AC;&#x153;raises as a friendâ&#x20AC;? its concerns about limits on freedom of expression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We take seriously threats to democracy, wherever they occur,â&#x20AC;?

Clinton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to continue to support democracy here in Georgia.â&#x20AC;?

Israel eases Gaza closure, but restrictions remain KEREM SHALOM CROSSING, Israel (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Israel is easing its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza to allow in virtually all consumer goods, but the new rules are unlikely to restore the territoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devastated economy or allow rebuilding of all that was destroyed in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s war.

The White House welcomed the changes that were announced Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington for a meeting with President Barack Obama. International Mideast envoy Tony Blair said Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s measures â&#x20AC;&#x153;should have a dramatic influence on the daily lives of the people of Gaza and on the private sector.â&#x20AC;?

The new blockade rules come in response to an outcry following a deadly Israeli raid on a blockade-busting flotilla at the end of May. The changes will improve Gazansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; access to goods from household cleaners to timber, but Israel will continue to ban most travel and exports from Gaza and restrict the import of desperately needed construction materials.

Dutch agency takes blame for error in UN report THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A leading Dutch environmental agency, taking the blame for one of the glaring errors that undermined the credibility of a seminal U.N. report on climate change, said Monday it has discovered more small mistakes and urged the panel to be more careful.

But the review by the

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Mistakes discovered in the 3,000-page report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last year fed into an atmosphere of skepticism over the reliability of climate scientists who have been warning for many years that human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases could have catastrophic consequences, including rising sea levels, drought and the extinction of nearly one-third of the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s species.

Win strengthens governing partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hold on Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Poland chose a rival of the late president over his twin brother in a vote seen as a move away from three months of shock, grief and mourning that followed the death of Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash.

Bronislaw Komorowski was declared the winner Monday, meaning his governing pro-business Civic Platform party now has a year of control of both government and the presidency before the next parliamentary elections.

It represents a chance for them to fulfill promises to dismantle some remnants of the old communist-era welfare state. They have pledged to attack privileges ranging from permanent sick leave to low taxes for rich farmers in an attempt to prevent the European debt crisis from spreading to Poland.

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Chase Changes?

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ARMSTRONG JOINS SPILLS AT TOUR SPA, Belgium (AP) — On a day of chaos and crashes, riders tumbled like dominoes in the rain and littered the road in a scene Lance Armstrong called “surreal.”

The seven-time champion did not escape the mayhem at the Tour de France on Monday. He was left searching for his bike, nursing scrapes and bruises to his hip and elbow and joking about the decision to come out of retirement.

He was in good company, joining dozens of riders who hit the asphalt on a slippery downhill run some likened to ice skating.

Sylvain Chavanel of France was among few to avoid trouble. He sped to victory after breaking away early in the 125-mile trip from Brussels to Spa and taking the yellow jersey from Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara. With the pack banged-up, he finished nearly four minutes ahead.

With so many riders down in crashes, organizers said they briefly considered canceling the stage altogether. But under the race rules, the spills were too spread out to warrant a cancellation.

Money 1, Kurt Busch, $4,284,003. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $4,066,997. 3, Jamie McMurray, $4,065,696.

4, Kevin Harvick, $3,835,870. 5, Kyle Busch, $3,428,982.

6, Denny Hamlin, $3,203,383. 7, Jeff Gordon, $3,184,617.

8, Matt Kenseth, $2,954,742. 9, Kasey Kahne, $2,952,904.

10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,907,703.

11, Tony Stewart, $2,810,088. 12, Jeff Burton, $2,804,929.

13, Ryan Newman, $2,670,221. 14, Greg Biffle, $2,669,562.

15, David Reutimann, $2,667,633.

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NCAA

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Damon Evans offered another apology on the day his resignation as Georgia’s athletic director was announced by the school’s president.

The announcement by Michael Adams came after a conference call with the executive committee of the athletic association’s board of directors Monday.

Adams said Evans resigned Sunday, less than a week after Evans was arrested on a DUI charge.

Evans released a statement Monday in which he offered “my sincerest apology” to Adams, Georgia officials, coaches, fans and student-athletes.

Evans was 34 when he was chosen athletic director in 2004.

“It had been my hope since taking the job in 2004 that I would have a long career at UGA,” Evans said. “But because of a serious mistake in judgment, that won’t be the case and I understand that I have a long road to rebuilding my reputation and career.”

Adams read a statement and said he will have no other comment until Tuesday.

Evans was arrested late Wednesday in Atlanta. He was charged with DUI and failure to maintain a lane. Also arrested with him was Courtney Fuhrmann, who was charged with disorderly conduct.

Evans and his wife, Kerri, have two children. He apologized to his wife Thursday as she attended his news conference.

Around the Track

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NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick celebrates in victory lane after winning the Coke Zero 400 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., early Sunday morning.

Make the right moves, and NASCAR should benefit

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

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ASCAR fans are reluctant to change, even when tweaks are made to grossly outdated policies and procedures.

They like how things were done “in the old days” and are quick to criticize new ideas.

So there’s been a decent amount of consternation about

the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, the 10-race, titledeciding format adopted in 2004 and altered three years later.

Now NASCAR chairman Brian France is again considering a tweak or two, and it’s imperative that he keep in mind just how fans will react. After all, every move of late has been made with a focus on stopping the slide in both attendance and television ratings.

And while many recent changes have greatly improved the on-track product, NASCAR is not receiving an overwhelming return on its investment.

“There’s always a number of things that are working against you or for you at any one time,” France said last week at Daytona International Speedway, where he cited

July 10 — LifeLock.com 400, Joliet, Ill. July 25 — Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Aug. 1 — Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 8 — Heluva Good!

Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 15 — Carfax 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 21 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sep. 5 — Labor Day Classic 500, Hampton, Ga. Sep. 11 — One Last Race to Make The Chase, Richmond, Va. Sep. 19 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. Sep. 26 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. Oct. 3 — Price Chopper 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 10 — Pepsi 400, Fontana, Calif.

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Nov. 21 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.

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LeBron stays mum on any decision

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer

AKRON, Ohio — A pointed finger, smile, chuckle and head shake.

That was all.

If LeBron James has made up his mind, he’s not saying so.

The world must wait.

The NBA’s most wanted man offered no clues about his highly anticipated free agent decision on Monday after making an unexpected appearance — and getting in a few full-court hoop games with good friend Chris Paul — at his Nike skills academy at the University of Akron.

After working out for two hours and then icing both his knees and right elbow for another hour,

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Wade back in Miami as wait continues MIAMI (AP) — Heat fans missed a chance to make their case to Dwyane Wade on Monday.

No big deal. Micky Arison did it for them.

As Wade moved closer to deciding his future, he returned to Miami and was seen entering the team’s arena with team owner Arison, who wants to pay the six-time All-Star around $127 million for the next six seasons.

Heat officials remained optimistic their star player isn’t going anywhere.

For his part, Wade was still contemplating his future.

“Not there yet,” Wade’s agent, Henry Thomas, said Monday.

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Cleveland Cavalier free agent LeBron James makes a shot during the LeBron James Skills Academy at the James A. Rhodes Arena on the University of Akron campus Monday in Akron, Ohio.

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It will focus on dribbling, passing, shooting and layups. Registration is $20. For more information, call (919) 776-4048 or visit www.stevenscenter.org.

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The camp is free and is open to all players interested in playing for the Yellow Jackets this season. The camp is designed for all rising 9th12th-graders (varsity and junior varsity players). The locker room will be open each day at 5:15 p.m.

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Tigers hold off Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in slugfest DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brandon Inge drove in four runs, Carlos Guillen knocked in three and the Detroit Tigers outscored the Baltimore Orioles early, then held on for a 12-9 victory Monday.

Starters Kevin Millwood of Baltimore and rookie Andy Oliver both were gone by the end of the second inning. The Tigers led 8-7 after the third and managed to keep the lead the rest of the way.

Inge, Guillen and Johnny Damon each had three of Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17 hits. Brennan Boesch was the only starter

without one, but became the first Tigers rookie to walk four times in a game since Steve Boros in 1961.

Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jake Fox hit the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone home run. Matt Wieters had a two-run double off Jose Valverde in the ninth, but the Detroit closer escaped a two-on, one-out jam to end it.

On a 90-degree day, the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening two innings took 80 minutes to play and required 145 pitches to get 12 outs.

Orioles pitchers never managed a 1-2-3 inning in just the

third major league game in two years where neither starting pitcher lasted two innings.

It happened last April 14 between Philadelphia and Washington, and also occurred in an Orioles-Tigers game at Comerica Park on Aug. 17, 2008, when Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garrett Olsen and Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Zach Miner got tagged.

Giants 6, Brewers 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Aubrey Huff hit a two-run single after another costly error by Milwaukee shortstop Alcides Escobar and San Francisco won 6-1 on Monday.

Buster Posey added a solo homer in the eighth for the Giants, who won for the second time in 10 games.

Corey Hart extended his hitting streak to 20 games in the fifth, but Milwaukee finished 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position.

Kameron Loe (0-1) took his first loss in the majors since Sept. 28, 2007.

San Francisco starter Jonathan Sanchez (7-6) walked six and threw three wild pitches.

He allowed five hits while throwing 115 pitches.

Cubs 9, Diamondbacks 4 PHOENIX (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Starlin Castro and Geovany Soto drove in two runs each and Tom Gorzelanny worked around six walks in five innings for Chicago.

The Cubs roughed up Ian Kennedy (3-7) for four runs the first two innings and won for the sixth time in 17 games. Kosuke Fukudome led off the game with a homer, Alfonzo Soriano notched his 800th career RBI with a solo shot in the eighth and Gorzelanny (3-5) got his first win since May 19.

Adam LaRoche homered and Kelly Johnson had two RBIs for Arizona, 1-3 under interim manager Kirk Gibson.

ADARE, Ireland (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tiger Woods looked just as out of form in a celebrity pro-am as he did on the PGA Tour.

The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 golfer arrived Monday in Ireland just hours after his 46th-place finish at the AT&T National in Pennsylvania and shot a 7-over 79 in the first round of the J.P. McManus Invitational Pro-Am. The unranked event in County Limerick featuring Hollywood celebrities and Irish billionaires was his first overseas event since revelations of his extramarital affairs surfaced last year.

While more than 40,000 Irish golf fans offered him a friendly and forgiving welcome, Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opening round at the 7,453yard, par-72 Adare Manor Golf Resort was often dreadful. He bogeyed six holes, double-bogeyed the 7th, and managed a lone birdie on the 17th.

He followed that up by gamely trying to reach the green on the 18th â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a five-par 548-yard hole on the far side of the River Maigue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in two. His risky second shot fell short into the riverside reeds for a final bogey, the third time he had found water in his round.

Woods seemed to take his lackluster play in his stride, showing only mild frustration at off-target shots.

At the 6th tee, he stopped at a concession stand and munched on two bunless burgers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you want any ketchup?â&#x20AC;? asked a fan nearby in a plastic lawn chair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m good,â&#x20AC;? Woods replied, before asking his Irish caddie if he wanted a burger too. Fans then urged him to tee off with a sand wedge, an idea Woods declined with a laugh.

He stonily ignored incessant pleas from fans to stop and sign their hats and programs, but was unable to avoid 6-yearold Ava Mulhall.

The County Cork girl with a pink windbreaker and red ribbon in her hair darted under the security rope and onto the fairway, past a grasping steward, and stopped right in front of Woods. He signed her program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on which sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d already collected the signatures of nearly 20 other pros â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but Ava said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say anything to her. His security detail was beefed up afterward.

At the final hole, a car parked beside the green whisked Woods away to a helicopter for his overnight stay at the Limerick mansion of the billionaire McManus, an Irish horse breeder, gambler and speculator extraordinaire.

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WORLD CUP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SEMIFINALS: ESPN, 2 P.M.

NBA Free Agency Nets still waiting for LeBron James to make a decision

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

WIMBLEDON, England â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It was the middle Sunday at Wimbledon, the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional day off, and the best players in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis were scattered around the All England Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice courts.

Rafael Nadal was there, going through a relatively light training session. To his right stood Roger Federer, hitting on the next court over.

To Nadalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left was Andy Roddick, also on an adjacent court. Andy Murray was out there, too, along with Novak Djokovic and Robin Soderling.

All were in close quarters that afternoon.

A week later, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that the gap between 2010 Wimbledon champion Nadal and the rest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including Federer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is quite pronounced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His backhandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good. His serveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good.

His forehandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good. His movement is good. He does everything really, really well,â&#x20AC;? Murray said after being picked apart

by Nadal in a straight-set semifinal.

And Murray went on to add this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the greatest players ever.â&#x20AC;?

For years, Federer was No. 1, Nadal was No. 2, and no one else was even close. They combined to win 17 of 18 Grand Slam titles in one stretch. But it appears to be a fading rivalry, because their last match against each other at a major tournament was 1 1/2 years ago.

Indeed, right now, Nadal is alone at the top, much the way the woman who is No. 1 and won Wimbledon, Serena Williams, has distanced herself from the pack â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the rankings and on the court.

Williams won all 14 sets she played at the All England Club this year and set a tournament record with 89 aces. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s won five of the last eight Grand Slam titles. The only other woman whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even reached two major finals in that span is Dinara Safina. She lost both, then made a first-round exit at the French Open in May and withdrew from Wimbledon with a back injury.

Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; older sister Venus is now 30, hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won a Grand Slam tournament in two years, hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even made it past the quarterfinals at the last four majors and dropped to No. 4 in Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rankings.

Nadal, meanwhile, is 31-1 with five titles since mid-April. Not only has he regained the top ranking, but as of Monday, Federer slipped to No. 3 for the first time since November 2003.

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In this July 2 file photo, Brazilian soccer fans at the central market in Sao Paulo watch on television as Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands celebrates his goal against Brazil during a World Cup quarterfinal soccer match.

Workplace productivity not a World Cup goal BERLIN (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Told they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t watch the World Cup on the job, Italian auto workers went on strike â&#x20AC;&#x201D; conveniently, a half hour before game time. German companies set up office viewing areas to keep employees from defecting on game days.

And Brazil? Brazil basically shuts down when its team plays, with businesses and schools closed and elective surgery put off so people can be in front of a TV. The soccer tournament is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most watched sporting event, and the fact that it comes around only once every four years is probably fortunate for anyone trying to get some work done.

One study suggests the German economy, Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest, loses more than $8 billion in productivity, about 0.27 percent of gross domestic product, during the monthlong tournament.

Surveys in Britain predict output losses there of $1.5 billion to $2.3 billion.

And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just two of the 214 countries and

territories where the 2006 World Cup drew the cumulative viewership of 26 billion people. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of eyes not on the job.

Some workplaces â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly government ones â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are strictly watching that employees arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rooting when they should be working. Italyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Renato Brunetta, minister for public administration, even warned government workers ahead of the tournament: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fun is one thing, work is another.â&#x20AC;?

Many other bosses seem only too happy to allow the World Cup into the workplace â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perhaps because they share their subordinatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; football obsession. In the Netherlands, whose team knocked Brazil out in the quarterfinals, the entire countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quitting time was unofficially moved forward to 1 p.m. on Friday so fans could watch the game.

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The place was empty,â&#x20AC;?

Gardner said.

German insurer Allianz SE set up viewing areas in its Munich offices for Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match with Serbia and allowed all interested to watch it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as long as they punched out beforehand so they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t watching on company time. About 10 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1,100 workers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; took the company up on the offer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is really motivating if employees are allowed to watch the World Cup during their work day at the company,â&#x20AC;? Allianz spokeswoman Vera Werner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the managers also came along to watch the game and they saw it as a way to boost their co-workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team spirit.â&#x20AC;?

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NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Amare Stoudemire is headed to the New York Knicks, and both sides are hoping heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not coming alone.

The Knicks said Monday they intend to sign Stoudemire to a contract later this week when the free agent moratorium period ends. Stoudemireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agent, Happy Walters, said the deal is for the maximum allowed, which would be nearly $100 million over five years.

Wearing a blue Knicks hat, Stoudemire said he looked forward to rebuilding a franchise and bringing the Knicks back to the top â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe with a player such as LeBron James or Dwyane Wade with him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel great about being a pioneer and showing my leadership,â&#x20AC;? he said at Madison Square Garden, where signs throughout the entrances showed the player pictured in a Knicks uniform and reading â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome, Amare Stoudemire.â&#x20AC;?

The deal canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be signed until Thursday, after the salary cap for next season has been set.

It was a desperately needed score in free agency for the Knicks, who spent two seasons clearing enough cap space to afford two top players. They met with James, Wade and Chris Bosh last week and believe they could still land one of them.

Stoudemire has already started recruiting, saying he spoke to Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; people and directly to Wade last week. And he said he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be affected if those players say no to New York.

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Four days after making a pitch to James in Cleveland, president and general manager Rod Thorn sent a text message on Monday reiterating that the Nets remain in a holding pattern, like almost every other NBA team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No change,â&#x20AC;? Thorn wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting for decisions to be made.â&#x20AC;?

James did not appear to be any closer to making up his mind on Monday.

The two-time MVP made a surprise appearance and worked out at his Nike Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio, where some of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top college and high school players are competing.

The Nets, Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat and the New York Knicks have all met with James since Thursday, and no one seems out of the running at this point.

Thorn wrote in his text message that James has given no indication when a decision will be made.

Thorn said the Nets did not request a second meeting with James, whose representatives met a second time with Knicks officials.

The Nets were the first team to talk to James when the free agency period started on Thursday, and they were quickly followed by the Knicks.

An official within the league who is very close to the Netsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; management team described the franchise as confident and in â&#x20AC;&#x153;a wait and see mode.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went swinging for a home run and if it does not happen we will turn our attention to filling out our roster,â&#x20AC;? said the person, who requested anonymity because the negotiations were ongoing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see us spending money just to spend.â&#x20AC;?

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MLB Standings New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

W 50 49 48 41 25

L 31 33 33 42 57

Detroit Minnesota Chicago Kansas City Cleveland

W 44 44 42 36 32

L 37 38 38 46 49

Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

W 48 46 41 34

L 33 38 42 47

Atlanta New York Philadelphia Florida Washington

W 48 46 42 38 36

L 34 36 38 43 47

Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston Pittsburgh

W 47 45 37 36 32 30

L 36 37 46 47 51 52

San Diego Los Angeles Colorado San Francisco Arizona

W 49 45 44 42 32

L 33 36 38 40 51

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .617 — — 1 — .598 1 ⁄2 1 .593 2 ⁄2 .494 10 81⁄2 1 .305 25 ⁄2 24 Central Division Pct GB WCGB .543 — — 1 ⁄2 5 .537 .525 11⁄2 6 1 .439 8 ⁄2 13 .395 12 161⁄2 West Division Pct GB WCGB .593 — — 1 .548 3 ⁄2 4 .494 8 81⁄2 .420 14 141⁄2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB .585 — — .561 2 — .525 5 3 .469 91⁄2 71⁄2 101⁄2 .434 121⁄2 Central Division Pct GB WCGB .566 — — 1 .549 1 ⁄2 1 .446 10 91⁄2 .434 11 101⁄2 .386 15 141⁄2 .366 161⁄2 16 West Division Pct GB WCGB .598 — — 1 1 .556 3 ⁄2 ⁄2 .537 5 2 .512 7 4 .386 171⁄2 141⁄2

AMERICAN LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Oakland 3, Cleveland 1 Seattle 8, Detroit 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 6, 10 innings Baltimore 6, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 5, Texas 3 L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 0 Monday’s Games Detroit 12, Baltimore 9 L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Baltimore (Arrieta 2-2) at Detroit (Galarraga 3-2), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 9-6) at Toronto (Litsch 0-3), 7:07 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 1-0) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 6-2), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 3-7) at Texas (C.Wilson 6-4), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 8-3) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 7-6), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 10-3) at Oakland (Cahill 8-2), 10:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Greinke 4-8) at Seattle (Bedard 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Baltimore at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 5

L10 6-4 6-4 6-4 2-8 5-5

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

Home 28-13 29-17 20-19 21-19 16-25

Away 22-18 20-16 28-14 20-23 9-32

L10 5-5 4-6 6-4 7-3 6-4

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

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Away 16-25 18-21 22-19 18-25 15-27

L10 5-5 5-5 7-3 4-6

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

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Away 19-19 22-18 17-26 14-29

L10 6-4 5-5 4-6 3-7 3-7

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

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Away 18-24 18-24 22-23 17-20 14-29

L10 7-3 5-5 4-6 4-6 4-6 5-5

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Away 20-17 18-22 20-23 16-24 16-27 11-32

L10 7-3 7-3 6-4 2-8 4-6

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Pittsburgh 8, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 14, Chicago Cubs 3 Colorado 4, San Francisco 3, 15 innings San Diego 3, Houston 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 1 Florida 3, Atlanta 2 Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 9, Arizona 4 San Francisco 6, Milwaukee 1 Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (Jurrjens 1-3) at Philadelphia (Hamels 6-7), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 6-4) at Washington (L.Hernandez 6-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 5-5), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (B.Lincoln 1-2) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 5-10), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-2) at Milwaukee (Wolf 6-7), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Hawksworth 2-5) at Colorado (Francis 2-3), 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Silva 8-2) at Arizona (Enright 1-0), 9:40 p.m.

Florida (Volstad 4-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Padilla 2-2), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Golf Scores AT&T National Par Scores

By The Associated Press Sunday At Aronimink Golf Club Newtown Square, Pa. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,237; Par: 70 Final FedExCup points in parentheses Justin Rose (500), $1,116,000 Ryan Moore (300), $669,600 Jeff Overton (190), $421,600 Charlie Wi (135), $297,600 J.B. Holmes (110), $248,000 Carl Pettersson (100), $223,200 Marc Leishman (88), $199,950 Nick Watney (88), $199,950 Vijay Singh (78), $173,600 Jason Day (78), $173,600 Daniel Chopra (62), $131,440 Vaughn Taylor (62), $131,440 Sean O’Hair (62), $131,440 Stuart Appleby (62), $131,440 Bo Van Pelt (62), $131,440 Garrett Willis (51), $81,427 Joe Ogilvie (51), $81,427 Ricky Barnes (51), $81,427 Aaron Baddeley (51), $81,427 Brandt Snedeker (51), $81,427 John Mallinger (51), $81,427 Brian Gay (51), $81,427 Jonathan Byrd (51), $81,427 John Merrick (51), $81,427 George McNeill (43), $46,323 Steve Elkington (43), $46,323 Lucas Glover (43), $46,323 Ted Purdy (43), $46,323 Chris DiMarco (43), $46,323 Bryce Molder (43), $46,323 Steve Marino (43), $46,323

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James, wearing a white T-shirt and his familiar New York Yankees cap, headed toward the door of Rhodes Arena.

On his way out, he was asked by The Associated Press if he had anything to say.

James pointed toward a reporter in the balcony, smiled and shook his head in amusement. He then drove away in a white Bentley, one of seven vehicles in a caravan that included Paul, manager Maverick Carter, business partner Rich Paul and security personnel.

Carter also politely declined comment to The AP. James, who is considering offers from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls and at least four other teams, was not expected to appear at the first day of the camp featuring some of the nation’s top high school and college players. However, not only did James show up, he got in a spirited workout that included shooting drills and scrimmages.

James guarded Duke’s Kyle Singler and Dayton’s Chris Wright during the 5on-5 runs that virtually stopped everyone in the gym. Looking even more fit than usual, James had a few spectacular moves and threw a lob pass to Christian

Bob Estes (39), $38,440 68-73-71-69 —281 Brett Quigley (35), $31,388 67-73-73-69 —282 Tim Petrovic (35), $31,388 72-69-72-69 —282 Richard S. Johnson (35), $31,388 72-70-71-69 —282 Brendon de Jonge (35), $31,388 70-72-71-69 —282 Graham DeLaet (35), $31,388 70-69-73-70 —282 Nicholas Thompson (35), $31,388 72-67-73-70 —282 Kris Blanks (35), $31,388 69-68-71-74 —282 Jim Furyk (35), $31,388 69-70-69-74 —282 Briny Baird (28), $22,940 70-72-71-70 —283 Charley Hoffman (28), $22,940 69-67-75-72 —283 Webb Simpson (28), $22,940 72-70-68-73 —283 Arjun Atwal (28), $22,940 66-72-71-74 —283 Robert Allenby (28), $22,940 70-67-71-75 —283 Jeff Quinney (22), $16,581 74-68-77-65 —284 Scott McCarron (22), $16,581 68-75-73-68 —284 Ben Crane (22), $16,581 71-70-73-70 —284 Tiger Woods (22), $16,581 73-70-70-71 —284 Ryuji Imada (22), $16,581 68-70-74-72 —284 Jimmy Walker (22), $16,581 71-69-70-74 —284 Nathan Green (22), $16,581 71-69-69-75 —284 Tim Herron (17), $14,425 68-74-75-68 —285 Chris Stroud (17), $14,425 71-71-70-73 —285 Derek Lamely (17), $14,425 69-72-71-73 —285 Fredrik Jacobson (14), $13,950 70-73-74-69 —286 D.A. Points (14), $13,950 74-69-70-73 —286 Michael Letzig (14), $13,950 67-74-70-75 —286 Billy Mayfair (14), $13,950 68-71-70-77 —286 Justin Leonard (11), $13,578 71-69-74-73 —287 Tom Pernice, Jr. (11), $13,578 69-73-72-73 —287 Pat Perez (7), $13,144 74-68-76-70 —288 David Toms (7), $13,144 70-71-74-73 —288 Charles Howell III (7), $13,144 71-72-72-73 —288 Spencer Levin (7), $13,144 72-69-73-74 —288 Scott Verplank (7), $13,144 71-71-72-74 —288 Robert Garrigus (4), $12,772 73-69-76-71 —289 Troy Merritt (3), $12,586 69-73-74-74 —290 Andres Romero (3), $12,586 71-68-75-76 —290 Jason Dufner (1), $12,400 70-73-72-76 —291 Michael Connell (1), $12,276 77-66-78-72 —293

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Eyenga, Cleveland’s first-round draft pick in 2009, for a jaw-dropping alley-oop dunk.

If the pressure of a decision that has several franchises and a few cities on hold, James didn’t show it. He joked around with Paul, former Cavs teammate Damon Jones and Cleveland’s Jawad Williams, now a restricted free agent. James also signed a sneaker tossed down to him by a youngster, who after getting it back, walked out in his socks so he wouldn’t mess up the autograph.

James is not expected to make his big announcement until the three-day camp ends on Wednesday, one day before players can officially sign new contracts.

He is scheduled to return to the camp on Tuesday morning.

The Cavaliers and Bulls are considered the frontrunners to land James, the 25-year-old megastar who has spent his first seven seasons playing in Cleveland, which can offer him roughly $30 million more than any other team.

He’s the biggest domino, but two others have fallen.

On Sunday, Joe Johnson agreed to a six-year contract with Atlanta and the New York Knicks scored big by getting a five-year, $100 million deal with free agent forward Amare Stoudemire, who has already been recruiting James to join him in the Big Apple.

Sports Review AUTO RACING Sports on TV NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

By The Associated Press Through July 3 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 2,684. 2, Jeff Gordon, 2,472. 3, Jimmie Johnson, 2,459. 4, Kurt Busch, 2,439. 5, Denny Hamlin, 2,400. 6, Kyle Busch, 2,376. 7, Matt Kenseth, 2,322. 8, Jeff Burton, 2,319. 9, Tony Stewart, 2,251. 10, Greg Biffle, 2,234.

11, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,177. 12, Carl Edwards, 2,170. 13, Mark Martin, 2,131. 14, Clint Bowyer, 2,121. 15, Ryan Newman, 2,090.

Money 1, Kurt Busch, $4,284,003. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $4,066,997. 3, Jamie McMurray, $4,065,696. 4, Kevin Harvick, $3,835,870.

5, Kyle Busch, $3,428,982. 6, Denny Hamlin, $3,203,383. 7, Jeff Gordon, $3,184,617.

8, Matt Kenseth, $2,954,742. 9, Kasey Kahne, $2,952,904. 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,907,703.

11, Tony Stewart, $2,810,088. 12, Jeff Burton, $2,804,929. 13, Ryan Newman, $2,670,221. 14, Greg Biffle, $2,669,562. 15, David Reutimann, $2,667,633.

NASCAR Sprint Cup-Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola Results

By The Associated Press Saturday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 166 laps, 122.8 rating, 195 points, $344,751.

2. (20) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 166, 92.4, 170, $239,440.

3. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 166, 107.1, 170, $212,176.

4. (13) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 166, 75.1, 160, $144,100.

5. (8) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 166, 111.4, 160, $159,340.

6. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford, 166, 98.8, 150, $153,673.

7. (6) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 166, 117.3, 151, $161,123.

8. (24) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 166, 84, 142, $145,573.

9. (35) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 166, 67.4, 138, $110,925.

10. (27) Scott Speed, Toyota, 166, 65.6, 134, $121,573.

11. (19) David Reutimann, Toyota, 166, 95.1, 130, $132,556.

12. (32) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 166, 67.1, 132, $120,398.

13. (39) Steve Park, Chevrolet, 166, 58.6, 129, $100,400.

14. (33) Kevin Conway, Ford, 166, 45.5, 121, $101,500.

15. (7) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 166, 71.2, 118, $143,251.

16. (37) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 166, 60, 115, $97,275.

17. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 166, 71.3, 117, $104,075.

18. (23) Paul Menard, Ford, 165, 56.3, 109, $103,250.

19. (41) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 164, 45.9, 106, $91,100.

20. (10) Greg Biffle, Ford, 163, 70.3, 108, $103,750.

21. (30) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, accident, 159, 102.3, 105, $100,800.

22. (29) Elliott Sadler, Ford, accident, 159, 83.8, 102, $100,075.

23. (34) Robert Richardson Jr., Ford, 159, 45.1, 94, $106,823.

24. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 158, 69, 96, $107,475.

25. (9) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 158, 59.4, 93, $127,448.

26. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 148, 67.8, 85, $124,004.

27. (22) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, accident, 148, 95.7, 87, $124,131.

28. (11) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, accident, 148, 50.1, 84, $105,100.

29. (16) Joey Logano, Toyota, accident, 148, 65, 76, $123,615.

30. (26) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, accident, 147, 92.7, 78, $112,460.

31. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 147, 90.1, 75, $139,578.

32. (28) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, accident, 147, 50.8, 67, $105,473.

33. (31) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, accident, 147, 53.9, 64, $92,275.

34. (38) Travis Kvapil, Ford, accident, 145, 34.7, 61, $103,860.

35. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 141, 73.9, 58, $83,975.

36. (21) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 136, 47, 55, $121,176.

37. (36) David Stremme, Ford, accident, 135, 38.5, 57, $91,650.

38. (25) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 116,

Tuesday, July 6 CYCLING 8:30 a.m.

VERSUS — Tour de France, stage 3, Wanze, Belgium to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, France SOCCER 2 p.m.

ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, semifinal, Uruguay vs. Netherlands, at Cape Town, South Africa WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m.

ESPN2 — Connecticut at San Antonio 10 p.m.

ESPN2 — Phoenix at Los Angeles

61.3, 49, $91,500.

39. (17) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, accident, 116, 71.9, 46, $121,004.

40. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 103, 81.9, 48, $131,281.

41. (42) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, electrical, 38, 30.2, 40, $83,050.

42. (40) Max Papis, Toyota, vibration, 6, 25.4, 37, $82,950.

43. (43) Dave Blaney, Toyota, transmission, 4, 24.8, 34, $83,313.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 135.719 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 3 minutes, 18 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.092 seconds.

Caution Flags: 9 for 37 laps.

Lead Changes: 47 among 18 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Johnson 1; K.Harvick 2-9; J.Gordon 10; K.Harvick 11-13; G.Biffle 14; Ky.Busch 15-17; K.Harvick 18-24; E.Sadler 2526; Ky.Busch 27; E.Sadler 28; Ku.Busch 29-30; K.Harvick 31; Ku.Busch 32-39; E.Sadler 40-41; S.Hornish Jr. 42; E.Sadler 43-48; S.Hornish Jr. 49-55; J.Montoya 56-63; J.Gordon 64-69; B.Keselowski 70; J.Gordon 71-73; J.Montoya 74; D.Hamlin 75-78; S.Hornish Jr. 79-84; Ky.Busch 85-103; J.Burton 104-105; R.Gordon 106; M.Martin 107-111; J.Montoya 112-113; J.Gordon 114; J.Burton 115-117; D.Stremme 118; S.Park 119; T.Stewart 120-125; J.Burton 126-127; T.Stewart 128; C.Bowyer 129; K.Harvick 130; C.Bowyer 131; K.Harvick 132-133; J.Burton 134-137; Ku.Busch 138141; K.Harvick 142-145; C.Bowyer 146-156; J.Gordon 157-158; C.Bowyer 159-164; K.Harvick 165-166.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 8 times for 28 laps; Ky.Busch, 3 times for 23 laps; C.Bowyer, 4 times for 19 laps; Ku.Busch, 3 times for 14 laps; S.Hornish Jr., 3 times for 14 laps; J.Gordon, 5 times for 13 laps; J.Burton, 4 times for 11 laps; E.Sadler, 4 times for 11 laps; J.Montoya, 3 times for 11 laps; T.Stewart, 2 times for 7 laps; M.Martin, 1 time for 5 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 4 laps; R.Gordon, 1 time for 1 lap; S.Park, 1 time for 1 lap; G.Biffle, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Johnson, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Stremme, 1 time for 1 lap.

BASEBALL AL All-Star Team

By The Associated Press Pitchers Clay Buchholz, Boston, player voting Trevor Cahill, Oakland, manager selection Fausto Carmona, Cleveland, manager selection Neftali Feliz, Texas, player voting Phil Hughes, N.Y. Yankees, player voting Cliff Lee, Seattle, player voting Jon Lester, Boston, player voting David Price, Tampa Bay, player voting Mariano Rivera, N.Y. Yankees, player voting CC Sabathia, N.Y. Yankees, manager selection Joakim Soria, Kansas City, manager selection Matt Thornton, Chicago White Sox, manager selection Jose Valverde, Detroit, player voting Catchers x-John Buck, Toronto, player voting z-Victor Martinez, Boston, player voting s-Joe Mauer, Minnesota, fan voting Designated Hitter s-Vladimir Guerrero, Texas, fan voting David Ortiz, Boston, player voting Infielders Elvis Andrus, Texas, player voting Adrian Beltre, Boston, player voting Miguel Cabrera, Detroit, player voting s-Robinson Cano, N.Y. Yankees, fan voting s-Derek Jeter, N.Y. Yankees, fan voting y-Ian Kinsler, Texas, player voting s-Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay, fan voting s-Justin Morneau, Minnesota, fan voting z-Dustin Pedroia, Boston, player voting Alex Rodriguez, N.Y. Yankees, manager selection Ty Wigginton, Baltimore, manager selection Outfielders Jose Bautista, Toronto, player voting s-Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay, fan voting

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competition against the Winter Olympics, the World Cup and the economy for underwhelming attendance and ratings so far this season.

What France didn’t address is the faction of race fans who simply have lost interest in the sport. Although NASCAR has in past years received favorable feedback from its “fan council,” there remains a large group of one-time enthusiasts who just don’t like what’s become of the stock-car series.

Time and time again they rail against the Chase, which they blast as manufactured entertainment. After 29 years of crowning a champion based on a season-long accumulation of points, NASCAR devised a 10-driver, 10-race “playoff” that would create excitement when auto racing goes head-to-head with college football, the NFL and the World Series.

In 2007, France expanded the field to 12 drivers and tacked on a “seeding” system that ranked drivers based on 10-point bonuses they earned by winning “regularseason” races.

The results under both formats have been mixed: The inaugural year had five drivers in mathematical contention heading into the season finale, and Kurt Busch edged Jimmie Johnson by eight points. In the first year of the expanded field, Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon waged an epic championship battle that resulted in Johnson beating his mentor by 77 points.

Those two years were the exception, not the rule, and Johnson’s reign of four consecutive championships hasn’t helped drum up excitement for the Chase.

So now NASCAR is taking another look at what could be done differently, and ideas being bandied about are a 15-driver field, elimination rounds, different Chase tracks and a system that could send a handful of drivers into the season finale for a winnertake-all situation.

“The big design is to have playoff-type moments that only can be, in any sport,

s-Josh Hamilton, Texas, fan voting Torii Hunter, L.A. Angels, player voting s-Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle, fan voting Vernon Wells, Toronto, player voting Final Man Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox Nick Swisher, N.Y. Yankees Delmon Young, Minnesota Michael Young, Texas Kevin Youkilis, Boston s-starter x-replaces Victor Martinez y-replaces Dustin Pedroia z-injured, will not play

NL All-Star Team

By The Associated Press Pitchers Jonathan Broxton, L.A. Dodgers, player voting Matt Capps, Washington, player voting Chris Carpenter, St. Louis, manager selection Yovani Gallardo, Milwaukee, manager selection Roy Halladay, Philadelphia, player voting Tim Hudson, Atlanta, manager selection Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado, player voting Josh Johnson, Florida, player voting Tim Lincecum, San Francisco, player voting Evan Meek, Pittsburgh, manager selection Arthur Rhodes, Cincinnati, manager selection Adam Wainwright, St. Louis, player voting Brian Wilson, San Francisco, player voting Catchers Brian McCann, Atlanta, player voting s-Yadier Molina, St. Louis, fan voting Infielders Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego, player voting Ryan Howard, Philadelphia, manager selection Omar Infante, Atlanta, manager selection x-Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati, manager selection s-Martín Prado, Atlanta, player voting s-Albert Pujols, St. Louis, fan voting s-Hanley Ramirez, Florida, fan voting y-Jose Reyes, N.Y. Mets, player voting Scott Rolen, Cincinnati, player voting z-Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado, player voting z-Chase Utley, Philadelphia, fan voting s-David Wright, N.Y. Mets, fan voting Outfielders Michael Bourn, Houston, manager selection s-Ryan Braun, Milwaukee, fan voting Marlon Byrd, Chicago Cubs, player voting s-Andre Ethier, L.A. Dodgers, fan voting Corey Hart, Milwaukee, player voting s-Jayson Heyward, Atlanta, fan voting Matt Holliday, St. Louis, player voting Chris Young, Arizona, manager selection Final Man Heath Bell, San Diego Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado Joey Votto, Cincinnati Billy Wagner, Atlanta Ryan Zimmerman, Washington z-injured, will not play

CYCLING Tour de France Results

By The Associated Press Monday At Spa, Belgium Second Stage A 124.9-mile hilly leg from Brussels to Spa 1. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Quick Step, 4 hours, 40 minutes, 48 seconds.

2. Maxime Bouet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 3 minutes, 56 seconds behind.

3. Fabian Wegmann, Germany, Team Milram, same time.

Overall Standings (After second stage) 1. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Quick Step, 10 hours, 1 minute, 25 seconds.

2. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team Saxo Bank, 2 minutes, 57 seconds behind.

3. Tony Martin, Germany, Team HTC-Columbia, 3:07.

4. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Transitions, 3:17.

5. Lance Armstrong, United States, Team RadioShack, 3:19.

6. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky Pro Cycling, 3:20.

created when there’s a lot on the line at any one moment, right? That’s what the essence of Game 7s, eliminations, and all that are,” France said. “What we’re talking about is enhancing it in a way that will bring out more of the winning moments, the big moments that happen in sports.

“And if there’s a way we can do that — and there are a couple of ways — we’re going to give that a lot of weight.”

It’s absolutely the right thing to do, even if the initial reaction to France’s remarks wasn’t overly positive.

Denny Hamlin immediately jumped on Twitter to blast any changes, while Johnson and Carl Edwards expressed fear of doing anything too drastic. Current series points leader Kevin Harvick was more cryptic about his opposition toward change.

“I have thoughts on it, but I don’t know that I should express them,” he said. “We’ll see what they come up with, (France) knows my thoughts on it.”

But France needs to make decisions right now based on what’s best for the sport. That goes for the Chase, and a myriad of scheduling requests from track operators International Motorsports Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. For too long things have stayed status quo because NASCAR falls back on the tired “that’s how we’ve always done it” excuse, even though the original reasoning for so many systems no longer applies. It’s often more about not wanting to upset the apple cart than it is about making thoughtful decisions that can better the sport.

The old way of crowning a champion based on a 36-race body of work was boring, and a driver wrapping up a championship with two or three races to go in a season isn’t very interesting. And it’s not coming back, ever.

The Chase is here to stay, and it’s a very good thing for the sport. However, France cannot continue to tweak the system every few years and expect fans to ever accept a system that changes every time NASCAR wants more interest.

He’s got to get it right this time around, once and for all.

Features

The Sanford Herald / Tuesday, July 6, 2010 / 5B

DEAR ABBY

BRIDGE HAND

What goes around keeps coming around in recycling

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: There is plenty to be thankful for and to look forward to.

You will discover what you no longer require in your life and what will enhance what you already have.

The time to eliminate and replace is upon you and should be embraced with open arms. Take on responsibilities and you will prove how valuable you can be. Your numbers are 5, 11, 16, 23, 32, 36, 41 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Romance is looking good and social engagements will prove beneficial both professionally and personally. Talk about your plans and you will attract a lot of interest as well as suggestions that can make things easier and speed up the process.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have to finish what you start. Don’t let uncertainty slow you down. Figure out what you need to do and start the ball rolling. Wandering aimlessly will cause stress and worry.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Added responsibilities due to promises you made will be taxing but, once completed, you will realize the value in living up to your word. Don’t spend money because someone is trying to get you to buy into a scheme or a purchase you don’t need.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t rely on a big talker promising to do great things for you. If you don’t do the work yourself, it won’t be done to your liking. You’ll find out quickly who you can count on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Emotions will be difficult to control. Think outside the box and you can avoid some of the personal issues you aren’t prepared to deal with just yet. An offer geared toward physical enhancement isn’t likely to be as rewarding as you expect.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Get out and mingle, lend a helping hand or get

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involved in a project or a learning or travel experience that will bring you knowledge, friendships and a chance to promote your own ideas and plans.

You can gain respect from people with something to offer for your future goals.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Not everyone is looking out for your best interests. Problems at home and within partnerships can be expected if you have made promises you haven’t kept or you keep changing your mind. A creative approach to helping others will be required.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Love lessons will turn into a harsh reality if you have neglected someone who needs your attention.

You may be engrossed in something you enjoy doing or a job that has consumed every waking minute but that is no excuse for letting your personal life fall apart.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You’ll be looking for adventure, a challenge or a love connection but, once found, you will realize that nothing is as you expected it to be. Don’t play games of chance with your future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Personal and financial matters should be on your mind.

Renovations or a residential move will help you feel more secure and comfortable about your future.

Your relationships with friends, family or your lover will be enhanced by the choices you make.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Avoid anyone trying to pick a fight with you or drag you into a personal matter that doesn’t concern you. Arguing will be a waste of time but compromise will help you avoid trouble and win respect.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sharing with new and old acquaintances will help you get a better perspective on something you are trying to develop.

A strong partnership can form with someone you bring back into your life.

Mend bad feelings.

DEAR ABBY: On May 13, “Diana in Lakewood, Calif.,” asked you how to reuse or donate little jewelry boxes. You offered some great tips, but you should have let folks know about two terrific resources for giving away or recycling odd things.

Freecycle.org is an online network where people can give away or find free stuff in their local neighborhood. It is a great way to recycle items — like the jewelry boxes — to a local thrift store, a crafter or a teacher.

Earth911.com is also an amazing directory of local reuse and recycling options. I work at a thrift store for home improvements.

(Instead of donating clothing or furniture, some people give us lumber, kitchen cabinets, hardware, etc.) Most people don’t know that stores like ours exist. Reusing items from your neighbors wastes no energy and builds a sense of community. Abby, thanks for touching on this important topic.

— RUTHIE M. IN EDMONSTON, MD. DEAR RUTHIE: Many readers wrote to remind me that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and we all must do whatever it takes to keep items out of landfills. Read on: DEAR ABBY: I am an activity director at a small long-term-care facility and would love to receive those jewelry boxes. People don’t realize how grateful we are to provide a home for their extra greeting

Abigail Van Buren Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

cards, craft supplies, fabric scraps, wrapping paper, games, cards — the list goes on and on. Diana should consider contacting her local nursing home activity director and put those boxes to good use.

Budgets are tight. With every cut our state and federal governments make to nursing homes, activity directors are always happy to give new life to no-longer-needed items.

— THE ACTIVITY GODDESS, BUHL, IDAHO DEAR ABBY: I have another suggestion for Diana in Lakewood.

Quit buying so much stuff!

Recycling is only a partial solution to a wasteful lifestyle. Millions of tons of plastic, no matter how many times it is recycled, end up in our oceans, where Texas-sized flotillas of plastic goo will outlast us all. The key is to generate less in the first place.

When considering a purchase, consider all four “R’s”: Reduce,

Reuse, Recycle and Repair. In this case, the option to “Reduce” should be observed by either buying less jewelry, or asking the vendors to quit over-packaging the stuff.

— DR. JAMES HAYESBOHANAN, PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY DEAR ABBY: Diana should donate the boxes to Goodwill, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, preschools, Girl Scouts and Sunday schools — not the landfill!

— ELSIE K., OAK RIDGE, TENN. DEAR ABBY: Perfectly good items should never be tossed into a landfill. There is always someone who can use whatever it is as long as it’s in good condition (and sometimes even when it’s not). It should be the responsibility of the consumer to find that someone.

While it may not be a legal responsibility, it is the right thing to do.

— ROSIE W. IN DENVER DEAR ABBY: Most malls and department stores open gift-wrapping booths at holiday time. They are usually set up to raise funds for a specific charity. Diana can contact mall management and find out if it plans to have one and if so, what agency will be operating it.

Then she can contact the agency and arrange to donate all of the boxes. Believe me, small boxes are always needed.

— LYNN IN CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO

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Nevada officials investigating prison fundraiser

SD homeowner finds naked man asleep on his sofa

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — State prison officials are investigating reports that a fundraiser at the Nevada State Prison featured scantily clad female band members and a motorcycle that was brought into the yard for inmate pictures.

Nevada Department of Corrections spokeswoman Suzanne Pardee says the agency’s inspector general’s office is interviewing staff to find out what happened during the June 26 barbecue and fundraiser hosted by the Vietnam Veterans of America. It was unclear what the event was raising money for, and a message left Sunday at the Vietnam Veterans of America state headquarters wasn’t immediately returned.

A copy of the minutes from a Tuesday prison staff meeting referred to the barbecue as a “fiasco.” The minutes say the band members wore appropriate attire to enter the prison but later changed.

The Nevada State Prison is a medium security prison and houses about 700 inmates.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego resident awoke Sunday morning to a shocking discovery: a naked stranger passed out on his downstairs sofa.

San Diego police Lt. Jim Filley says the Pacific Beach homeowner called police after wandering downstairs and finding the snoring man.

Filley says the naked man was drunk and thought he was in his own home in Mission Valley, some 20 miles away.

The man, whose name wasn’t released, had taken off his clothes outside the house and walked in through the unlocked front door.

The homeowner declined to press charges.

And since the intruder had sobered up, he was released to find his own way home.

Del. fishing buddies reel in stolen, dumped cars NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — A couple of fishing buddies from Delaware have been catching more than just bass. They’ve been helping police reel in cars.

Larry Newirth and Dan Cathell spotted a white BMW 750 sedan on June 17. Then on Friday, they found a late-model Honda Accord.

Police say the cars were stolen and abandoned. No arrests have been made.

Newirth, a 63-year-old retired carpenter, jokes that he and Cathell better stop finding cars or the police will think they’re the ones stealing them.

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Man who kept body on ice in California is deported NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials have deported a New Zealand drug dealer who kept his dead girlfriend’s body on dry ice in a swanky Newport Beach hotel after she died of an overdose.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Stephen David Royds was deported June 25.

The 49-year-old Royds was paroled in May after serving about 1 1/2 years of a four-year prison sentence on felony drug charges.

He was arrested in 2008 for allegedly selling cocaine and pleaded guilty to drug charges.

Investigators who searched his room at the Fairmont Hotel found the body of 33-year-old Monique Trepp in a plastic box filled with dry ice. Acquaintances said she died of an accidental drug overdose nearly a year earlier.

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Billy Graham Send your queries to “My Answer,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc., 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201

New grad should seek God’s will Q: Our son just graduated from college, and since he can’t find a job he’s talking about going to graduate school. We don’t really have the money for that, and anyway, we aren’t convinced he knows what he wants to do with his life. What advice should we give him? -- Mrs. S.C. A: The most important advice you can give him is to seek God’s will for his life. Perhaps he’s like most people his age, constantly asking himself, “What do I want to do with my life?” But I hope instead he’ll begin asking a different question: “What does God want to do with my life?”

After all, God created us; we aren’t here by accident.

And He created us for a purpose: To live for Him and to do His will. Is doing God’s will a burden -- as some people seem to think? No! God loves us, and because He loves us He wants us to live life to the fullest -- which only comes from knowing God and doing His will. Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10).

How can your son discover God’s will for his life? It begins with commitment -- a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. That means we turn from our sin and selfish ways, and put Christ first in our lives. If you or your son have never taken that step of commitment, ask Christ to come into your heart today.

Then encourage your son to ask God to show him the next step he needs to take -- and support him in his decision.

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Sale 1: ABSOLUTE AUCTION OF 1,012+/-ac. offered in 16 tracts, ranging from 17 to 115 acres, and 11 sharing a boundary with National Forest.

Includes farmhouse with outbuildings and a hunting cabin.

Sale 2: 61+/- ac. joining National Forest. Sale 3: 65+/-ac. bordering National Forest has hunting cabin. Sale 4: 20+/ac. mini-farm site adjoining National Forest. For information, visit www.woltz.com or call Woltz & Associates, Inc. (VA#321), 800-551-3588 for sale brochure.

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MOUNTAINS OF NC- Reduced for quick sell. Charming log cabin on 1.5 ac. Only $69,900.

Vaulted ceilings, covered porch, deck and private! Minutes to lake - needs finishing.

828-286-1666. ABSOLUTE LAND/BUILDING AUCTION31 Acres(3 Tracts) & 5000 sf nice metal building. Murray Town Road, Burgaw, NC, July 24 @ 11am. Mike Harper, NCAL8286 www.HarperAuctionAndRealty.com 843-729-4996.

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3 white support columns with base and caps. 8 inch diam. at base tapers to apx 7 1/4 inch at top. Sell new for over $150.00 each, will sell all 3 for $140.00.Call 718-1842.

30" (White) Electric Self Cleaning Range 1 Year Old. Asking Price $200.

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2000 sq. ft home on over 5 acres in Lemon Springs area.

Only $89,900! Recently renovated, new kitchen cabinets, new carpet throughout, freshly painted. and much much more! Call 919-774-6319 ask for Curtis or Rick at Homes By Vanderbuilt.

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EXECUTOR NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Walter Craven Laier, deceased, late of Lee County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned within three months from June 22, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 22, day of June, 2010.

Peggy S. Lanier 4696 Buckhorn Road Sanford NC 27330 Executor/trixof the estate ofWalter Craven Lanier June 22, 29, July 6, 13 10 SP 169 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by ROBERT G WATSON to CB SERVICES CORP, Trustee(s), which was dated August 30, 2004 and recorded on September 3, 2004 in Book 00934 at Page 0518, Lee County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Lisa S. Campbell, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 15, 2010 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Lee County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at the intersection of the south line of Ray Avenue with the west line of Barnes Street; and running thence, as the south line of Ray Avenue, North 78 degrees West 70 feet to an iron stake, common corner of Lots 69 and 70 on the map to which reference is hereinafter made; thence, as the line of division between said lots, South 12 degrees West 172.5 feet to an iron stake; thence South 78 degrees East 70 feet to an iron stake in the west line of Barnes Street; thence, as the west line of Barnes Street, North 12 degrees East 172.5 feet to the

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point of BEGINNING, and being all of Lot No. 70, as shown on the map of the property of Progressive Housing Corporation, revised February 3, 1947,

by W.W. Chaffin, R.E. , which map is of record in Map Book 3, page 106, Lee County Registry, and to which map reference is hereby made for a more perfect description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1310 Ray Avenue, Sanford, NC 27330. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Robert G. Watson.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 daysʼ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit.

Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy. Lisa S. Campbell ________________________ __________, AttorneySubstitute TrusteePO Box 4006Wilmington, NC 28406PHONE: 910-392-4971FAX: 910-392-8051 File No.: 10-10356-FC01 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY 10 SP 63 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Patricia Covington-Gladney and James Gladney to W. Travis Barkley, Trustee(s), dated May 07, 2004, and recorded in Book 916, Page 795, Lee County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Lee County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Lee County, North Carolina, at 11:45AM on July 20, 2010, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Beginning at a stake in the northwest line of the Sanford-Osgood Highway (S.R. #1002), it being the easternmost corner of Tract #6; running thence as a line of Tract #6 North 52 degrees 27 minutes West 361.33 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 58 degrees 42 minutes East 181.60 feet to an iron pipe, Artis Street's corner; thence South 59 degrees 05 minutes East 70.77 feet to an iron pipe, corner of 0.62 acres conveyed by Z. Vance Cox and wife to Harvey M. Thomas in 1947; thence as a line of said 0.62 acres, South 41 degrees 03 minutes West 100 feet to an iron pipe; thence as another line of said parcel, South 59 degrees 05 minutes East 240.38 feet to an iron pipe in

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the northwest line of S.R. #1002; thence, as said right-of-way line, South 41 degrees 03 minutes West 105.77 feet to the beginning, containing .085 acres, more or less, being a portion of 71.69 acres (less exceptions) conveyed by Lakeview Apartments, Inc. to Van R. Groce and wife, Peggy F. Groce by deed dated January 24, 1974, recorded in Book 248, Page 287 of the Lee County Registry. Said property is commonly known as 1717 Lower Moncure Road, Sanford, NC 27330. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Patricia Covington-Gladney.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 Our File No.: 432.0810304NC /M Publication Dates: 07/06/2010 & 07/13/2010 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY 10 SP 155 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Adolphus McLain to Mitchell L. Heffernan, Trustee(s), dated August 09, 2006, and recorded in Book 1042, Page 826, Lee County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Lee County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Lee County, North Carolina, at 11:45AM on July 20, 2010, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Sanford, Jonesboro Township, Lee County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 44 as shown and depicted on a map entitled, "BROOKHAVEN SUBDIVISION II", Jonesboro Township, Lee County, North Carolina, dated April 1, 1970 by Ragsdale Engineers, recorded in Map Book 10, Page 58, Lee County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more perfect description. Said property is commonly known as 2701 Brookhaven Drive, Sanford, NC 27330. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part

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B9/ TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010/THE SANFORD HERALD

thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Adolphus McLain.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. ________________________ ___________ Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 Our File No.: 432.0807218NC /M Publication Dates: 07/06/2010 & 07/13/2010

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