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President Barack Obama laid a wreath at GroundZero in New York City Thursday, just four days after

ordering the raid that killed Osama bin Laden inPakistan. SEE PAGE 3.

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CAB DRIVERS RALLY, SUBMIT PETITION FOR FARE HIKE

City cab drivers hit hard by ris-ing gas prices submit a proposalfor another fare hike.They rallied in front of the Taxi

and Limousine Commission’s officeWednesday, seven years since thelast hike went into effect.Under the latest proposal, the

per-mile metered rate would risefrom $2 to $2.50.The wait time would jump from

40 cents per minute to 50 cents.The alliance says while fares

have stayed the same over the pastfew years, gas prices have shotthrough the roof.“2004 incomes paying for 2011

expenses is going to take anybodydeeper into poverty, especiallywhen you already earn below min-imum wage,” said Bhairavi Desaiof the Taxi Workers Alliance.“The money we are earning is

not the money we can afford ourfamily, children, school and educa-tion,” said Mohammad Sultan, analliance member.TLC Chairman David Yassky

said he will consider the proposal.

QUEENS TENNIS STADIUMDENIED LANDMARK STATUSThe legendary Forest Hills Ten-

nis Stadium in Queens will not belandmarked.The city’s Landmarks Preserva-

tion Commission acknowledgedthe aging arena’s historical signif-icance, but cited the “deterioratedstate” of its architecture as the rea-son for denying landmark status.The Rego-Forest Preservation

Council says the Landmarks Lawdoes not reference a site’s conditionfor rejecting a public hearing.It also says other buildings

around the city have been restoredafter being landmarked.In October, members of the West

Side Tennis Club voted against sell-ing the stadium to a developerplanning to build luxury housing.The Forest Hills Stadium was

home to the U.S. Open through thelate 1970’s and hosted musical actslike The Beatles, Bob Dylan andBarbara Streisand.

POLICE SAY BURGLAR HAS ATTACKEDEIGHT APARTMENTS

A burglar suspected of a slew ofapartment burglaries on the UpperEast Side is now blamed for moreincidents.Police have linked two more

break-ins to the pattern, bringingthe total to eight.Investigators say the man man

stole property from unlockedapartments between April 4-19.The break-ins happened on 63rd

Street, 73rd Street and 82nd Street.The suspect is described as

being 6-feet-2-inches tall andbetween 40 and 45 years old.Anyone with information on the

case should contact the Crime Stop-pers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, ortext CRIMES and then enterTIP577, or visit www.nypd-crimestoppers.com.

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By IRENE KLOTZ

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — TheUnited States space program wasdown and out when Alan Shepardclimbed inside a one-man capsule onMay 5, 1961, for a 15-minute ride.Rival Russia had flown cosmonaut

Yuri Gagarin first, higher andlonger, and some in the nascentNASA thought the game was over.“When (Shepard) took off, he car-

ried NASA on his shoulders,” saidShepard biographer and long-timespace journalist Jay Barbree. “If hefailed, he knew it would be the fail-ure of the space program.”At the wind-swept launch pad in

Cape Canaveral, Florida, where Shep-ard blasted off, former astronauts,NASA guests and community lead-ers gathered Thursday to commemo-rate the 50th anniversary of the firstflight of a U.S. astronaut into space.“Project Mercury gave our coun-

try something new,” said NASAadministrator Charlie Bolden, a for-mer space shuttle astronaut.Shepard’s fellow Mercury Seven

astronaut Scott Carpenter alsoattended the event, which featured ahigh-definition rebroadcast of Shep-ard’s inaugural mission.

The 116-mile high jaunt beyondthe atmosphere led to six successfulmoon landings and the space shuttleprogram.For 30 years, the shuttle program

put hundreds of people, spacecraftand science experiments into orbitand helped build the InternationalSpace Station, a $100-billion, multi-national orbital laboratory whereastronauts have been living continu-ously for more than a decade.“We now move out on an exciting

path forward where we will developthe capabilities to take humans toeven more destinations in the solarsystem,” Bolden said.NASA is retiring the shuttles this

year after two more flights due tohigh operating costs and to free upfunds to develop spaceships that cantravel beyond the station’s 220-milehigh orbit.NASA hopes to hire commercial

companies to fly astronauts to andfrom the station, breaking what willbe a Russian monopoly on stationcrew ferry flights after shuttleretirement.China, the only other country that

has flown people in space, is not amember of the station partnership.Commercial suborbital flights,

similar to what Shepard experi-enced, also are expected to begin asearly as next year for tourists, scien-tists and business ventures.In honor of Shepard’s flight, the

United States Postal Service onWednesday unveiled two commemo-rative stamps. One depicts a space-suited Shepard, with the FreedomSeven capsule and Redstone rocketin the background. A picture ofNASA’s Mercury-orbiting Messengerspacecraft is on the second stamp.Both are “forever” stamps, which

can be used at any time in the futurefor first-class letter postage.Shepard, who went on to com-

mand America’s third mission to themoon, died of leukemia in 1998 atthe age of 74. Of the original sevenastronauts, Carpenter and JohnGlenn, a former senator and the firstAmerican to orbit Earth, are stillalive.

NASA marks 50th anniversaryof U.S. manned space flight

When it comes to recessions, theU.S. economy doesn’t bounce backlike it used to, The Conference Boardreports in an analysis recentlyreleased.In March 2011, the number of peo-

ple employed in the U.S. was only 0.2percent higher than in June 2009,when the recession ended, notes thereport, entitled “So Where are theJobs?”The current recovery is the second

slowest on record since 1961 – con-tinuing a trend that began in 1991 ofweak growth in both jobs and GDP. Inthe last three recoveries, neither GDPnor employment “roared back” as wastypical after earlier downturns.In the current recovery, some

industries are doing better, othersworse. “When looking across indus-tries, the current recovery is showingsome unique trends,” says Gad Lev-

anon, Associate Director of Macroeco-nomic Research at The ConferenceBoard, and author of the report. “Forexample, employment in construc-tion, finance and state/local govern-ment is not only declining, but declin-ing much faster than in any otherrecovery since 1960. The decline inthese industries is a result of forcesthat go beyond the ups and downs wesee in typical recessions, and a strongbounce back is unlikely in the nearfuture.” Since the end of recession,total employment in construction,finance and state/local governmentdeclined by 1.06 million jobs, whilethe rest of the economy added 1.3 mil-lion jobs.The Conference Board report

includes a breakdown by industry,including a listing of job recoveryrates by sector and over time. Forexample:

Hardest Hit: The number of jobs inconstruction (-8.1 percent), finance (-1.8 percent), and state and local gov-ernment (-1.0 and -2.6 percent respec-tively) continued to decline in the 21months after the end of the recession.Disappointing: Healthcare and

leisure and hospitality jobs haverecovered, but at a rate slower thanany since 1960.Doing OK: Manufacturing suf-

fered less job loss than in recentrecessions, and in the last 12 months,manufacturing employment hasgrown at the highest rate since the1990s.Shrinking Government: The

growth in federal government jobsduring the recovery has been histori-cally high (38,000), but not enough tooffset the unprecedented losses instate and local government jobs (-429,000).

So where are the jobs? For the U.S.economy, bouncing back is hard to do

FULLERTON, Calif. — A Republi-can Party official in California whosent an e-mail portraying U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama as a chimp hasbeen censured, party officials said.Marilyn Davenport, an elected

member of the Orange County GOP’sgoverning Central Committee, wascensured Wednesday by the county’sexecutive committee in a 12-2 vote.“She was censured because she

knew the e-mail she was sending out

was controversial,” said countyRepublican Party Chairman ScottBaugh. “After it went out, she down-played it as a joke. Instead of owningup to her error, she immediatelysought to blame others.”In an April 16 e-mail apology, Dav-

enport said, “We all know a doublestandard applies regarding this presi-dent. I received plenty of e-mails aboutGeorge Bush that I didn’t particularlylike yet there was no ‘cry’ in the media

about them.”Davenport issued a statement April

18 in which she seemed contrite andsincere, but things quickly got worsefor her, the report said.In a news conference April 20 in

her Fullerton driveway Davenportread her April 18 apology, going on tosay she wasn’t sure if Obama was bornin the United States.Obama was born in Hawaii and last

week released his birth certificate.

California GOP member censured over joke

Alan Shepard, the first Americanin space, is shown planting a U.S.flag on the lunar surface duringthe Apollo 14 mission.

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President Barack Obama laid awreath at Ground Zero in New YorkCity Thursday, just four days afterordering the raid that killed Osamabin Laden in Pakistan.

The president did not deliver aspeech, just bowed his head in silentprayer as hundreds of camera shut-ters clicked to record the event.Then he went off for a private meet-ing with some of the families of vic-tims and survivors of the Sept. 11,2001, terror attacks on the WorldTrade Center.

The attacks killed nearly 3,000people at the center, at the Pentagonand in an airliner forced down bypassengers in a Pennsylvania field.Bin Laden, the founder and leaderof al-Qaida, ordered the attacks.

Aboard Air Force One on the wayto New York, White Housespokesman Jay Carney said thepresident “believes it’s appropriateand fitting to travel to New Yorkthis week, in the wake of the suc-cessful mission to bring Osama binLaden to justice, in order to recog-nize the terrible loss that New Yorksuffered on 9/11, and to acknowl-edge the burden that the families ofthe victims, the loved ones of thevictims, have been carrying withthem since 9/11, almost 10 years,and in an effort to perhaps helpNew Yorkers and Americans every-where to achieve a sense of closurewith the death of Osama bin Laden.”

Before laying the wreath, Obamavisited the Engine 54, Ladder 4,Battalion 9 Fire Station, which lost15 firefighters among the 343 NewYork firefighters killed trying toevacuate the Twin Towers.

“This is a symbolic site of theextraordinary sacrifice that wasmade on that terrible day almost 10years ago,” the president told the

firefighters and other first respon-ders. “Obviously we can’t bring backyour friends that were lost, and Iknow that each and every one ofyou not only grieve for them, buthave also over the last 10 yearsdealt with their family, their chil-dren, trying to give them comfort,trying to give them support.

“What happened on Sunday,”Obama said in reference to the raid,“because of the courage of our mili-tary and the outstanding work ofour intelligence, sent a messagearound the world, but also sent amessage here back home that whenwe say, ‘We will never forget,’ wemean what we say. That our com-mitment to making sure that justiceis done is something that tran-scended politics, transcended party;it didn’t matter which administra-tion was in, it didn’t matter who wasin charge, we were going to makesure that the perpetrators of thathorrible act — that they receivedjustice.”

The president added: “It’s somecomfort, I hope, to all of you toknow that when those guys (NavySEALs) took those extraordinaryrisks going into Pakistan, that theywere doing it in part because of thesacrifices that were made in thestates. They were doing it in thename of your brothers that werelost.”

Obama shared an informal lunchwith the delighted firefighters ofshrimp salad, veal and eggplantParmesan.

After meeting with the firefight-ers, the president made a shortervisit to the First Precinct police sta-tion in lower Manhattan. Obamawas accompanied to both sites byformer New York Mayor Rudy Giu-liani, who was a symbol of the city’s

defiance when he walked the streetsafter the towers collapsed.

It was Obama’s first visit toGround Zero, the site of thedestroyed World Trade Center, sincehe became president.

Obama invited former presidentGeorge W. Bush to the Ground Zeroevents, but Bush declined. Aspokesman for the former presidentsaid while Bush appreciated theinvitation, he wanted to adhere tohis policy of keeping out of the pub-lic eye now that he’s no longer inthe White House.

Bush visited Ground Zero when itwas still a smoldering mass of rub-ble, delivering a speech using a fire-fighter’s bullhorn.

The White House said it wasn’toffended by Bush’s decision not toattend Thursday’s events, addingthat the former president was invit-ed in the spirit of unity Obama said

he hoped would prevail in the wakeof bin Laden’s killing, just as it didafter the terror attacks bin Ladenorchestrated nearly a decade ago.

Coinciding with Obama’s visitwas the National September 11Memorial and Museum’s unveilingWednesday of a navigable comput-erized guide to every name of the2,982 victims inscribed on bronzeparapets being installed along theedge of pools where the World TradeCenter towers once stood.

Announcement of the namesarrangement was not timed to syncup with Obama’s visit, said JosephC. Daniels, the memorial and muse-um’s president and chief executiveofficer.

Rather, Daniels said, the idea was“to communicate with families sig-nificantly ahead of time so they canstart familiarizing themselves withthe locations.”

Obama honors Sept. 11 victims

President Barack Obama bows his head with members of the NYPD andthe FDNY after placing a wreath at Ground Zero, the site of the formerTwin Towers, days after Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy Sealsalmost 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

EASTMAN, Ga. — African Amer-icans told Dalton County, Ga., offi-cials the Confederate flag was a sym-bol of repression, not the region’sheritage.

About 60 people attended thisweek’s county commission meetingto protest its decision to allow theConfederate flag to fly outside thecourthouse year round.

Edward DuBose, president of theGeorgia chapter of the NAACP, saidthe civil rights organization wasprepared to go to court to reverse thedecision the commission made lastmonth.

“You can be legally right some-times, but morally wrong,” DuBose

said. “I shouldn’t be in Dodge Coun-ty because of this issue.”

The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph saidThursday the commissioners citedequally strong public pressure todisplay the stars-and-bars every day.The previous policy raised the flagonly on Confederate Heritage Day.

DuBose and other NAACP leaderssaid they did not object to showingthe Civil War flag on Heritage Dayor hanging it from private homesdespite its connection to slavery.

In the end, the Telegraph said, thecommission declined to vote on amotion to reverse last month’s deci-sion, saying the issue had alreadybeen debated at length.

A Washington Heights streetnear where civil-rights icon MalcolmX was assassinated nearly fivedecades ago may be renamed for hiswife, Dr. Betty Shabazz.

The street renaming would besymbolic, which means a sign wouldbe added to a pole on the corner ofW. 165th Street and Broadway bear-ing Shabazz’s name, but the streetwould retain its current name.

Community Board 12 voted lastmonth for a resolution to renamethe street, but the honorary renam-ing still must be approved by theCity Council.

The street sign, which would readBetty Shabazz Place, would be post-ed on the pole in front of what usedto be the Audubon Ballroom andTheater, where Malcolm X wasslain.

The building is now an education-al center – the Malcolm X and Dr.Betty Shabazz Memorial EducationalCenter – that Shabazz worked tire-lessly to create. She died before itwas completed in 1997, but herdaughters worked to carry out herdream and open the center, which

they did in 2005.One of Shabazz’s daughters,

Malaak, tells the Daily News therenaming is long overdue, sayingher mother was the cornerstone ofthe family and is a role model foryoung women. Malaak and her twinsister, Malikah, were born justmonths after their father was killedin 1965.

“He died in 1965, and she raisedsix young girls by herself. She did itby any means necessary,” Malaaktold the paper. “I hope it’s going toinspire young women. We don’thave many heroes.”

Washington Heights street maybe renamed for Betty Shabazz

Rebel flag irks Blacks in Georgia county

Demonstrators protesting the use of the Confederate flag in the GeorgiaState flag.

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Part TenAfter the X-rays were taken on January 26,

2011, it was determined that speech therapyshould begin immediately. My therapist wasMs. Keri Danziger, a very friendly, exceedinglypatient, and deeply sensitive person with excep-tional credentials. We immediately hit it offwell. She also won the support of my family. Infact, my family voted unanimously to make hera family member. Working with Keri was Ms.Shona Scriber, who was equally compassionate,patient, and efficient. Keri’s concern went farbeyond the time she spent with me. Each visitwas scheduled for 30 minutes, but she usuallyextended the time. When I became an outpa-tient, the visits were one-hour sessions. Keriwould go as far as purchasing different kinds ofliquids she thought I could consume.First, I had to learn exercises which were

designed to strengthen the pharyngeal muscle.Keri also showed another compassionate con-cern. She had verbally expressed the exercisesto me. Later in the day, when I returned to myroom after taking more tests, I discovered thatshe had made 10x14 cardstock paper on whichshe had written the instructions and placedthem conspicuously on the wall. To make sure Icould see the instructions, the color of the paperwas chartreuse.Because of the condition of my pharynx and

the weakness in my airway closure, part of thetherapy was to turn my head to the left, tuckmy chin, swallow hard, cough, or clear mythroat, and cough again. This exercise wasdesigned to compensate for the pharyngealmuscle weakness, particularly on the left side.In addition, it was going to allow the strongside to do the work. Significantly, it is impor-tant to note that a major part of the work was tokeep food and liquids out of the airways to pre-vent aspiration.The following are the exercises I intermit-

tently practiced throughout the day, in theevening, and sometimes into night.

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Special to the NNPA from The Westchester County Press

Spring has finally arrived in thenortheast but not without devastat-ing consequences. A band of wildweather swept across the country’ssoutheast region in April as a resultof extreme climactic changes thatspawned the second deadliest out-break of tornadic activity in U.S. his-tory since 1925. The death toll hasrisen in seven states to nearly 340,where reportedly more than 100 tor-nadoes, including at least one EF-5(the highest rating) packing windsof 200 miles per hour or more,touched down. And in Alabama, thehardest hit state, an estimated 246have died so far, with scores injured.

Watching the images on TV, I wasreminded of the tenuousness of lifeand how in a blink of an eye, all thatyou have acquired can be wiped out.As the residents reconnected withmissing relatives, I witnessed theirabsolute joy and gratefulness thattheir family members had survived.These scenes of gratitude made memore conscious of the fragility of lifeand how important our connectionsto each other.

Amidst the devastation in the

southeast, spring signals the startof the graduation and reunion sea-son. These events provide an oppor-tunity to remember and reflect onour own relationships as we recon-nect with our families and friends.

My 40th college reunion is in afew weeks and I’m not certain that Iwill make it because of prior obliga-tions. Nonetheless, this occasionhas inspired me to reach out to for-mer classmates on Facebook and viaemail that I’d lost contact. It hasalso given me the opportunity toreminisce with college friends, that Isee regularly, about our studentdays at Hampton Institute, nowHampton University, in Virginia.

I had visited Hampton in thespring of my junior year in highschool during a college tour spon-sored by the local chapter of the ZetaPhi Beta Sorority. I was a memberof their youth group, La Jeunesse,which fostered the academic, cultur-al, and social development of youngAfrican American women. That visitconfirmed my choice and I enteredthe freshmen Class of ‘71 in Augustof 1967.

During the 60s and 70s, Americawas experiencing cataclysmicchange. The era was characterizedby political, social, and culturalupheaval. Protests against the VietNam War, demands by Black stu-

dents for Black studies programs,and the emergence of the BlackPower Movement which inspiredBlack pride and Black identity weretaking place on campuses all overthe country. Young college stu-dents were swept up in this vortex ofchange and Hampton was no excep-tion.

In 1970, a group of us took overthe Administration Building forfour days demanding more relevantcourse offerings, co-ed dorms andstudent representation on the Boardof Trustees and the AdministrativeCouncil. This was a bold movebecause Hampton was a fairly con-servative institution. After muchback and forth between the studentleaders and the administration, ourdemands were met. When it wasover, all students were asked to leavecampus immediately, classes werecancelled for the remainder of thesemester, and so was our gradua-tion.

All of our memories, both bitterand sweet, of the historically Blackuniversity experience, bind us forev-er. Sneaking off campus to parties,pulling all-nighters studying forfinals, and consoling each otherafter a bad break-up are the stuff ofgood memories. My dear friends “Sandy, Gwen, Cheryl, Adele, Donna,and Connie” easily transform into

the young 18-year old girls we wereback in the day at our home by thesea whenever we spend time togeth-er. The teasing support, the gentlecompetitiveness, and most of all theenduring love we have for eachother continues to this day.

Hampton University also endures.Founded in 1868, the historicallyBlack university has continued toflourish expanding its academicofferings, its physical plant, and itsfaculty. Booker T. Washingtonattended the school in 1872 andwent on to become the principal andco-founder of Tuskegee Institute inAlabama, one of the states tragicallyaffected by the tornadoes. His workethic and vision of educatingAfrican Americans to meet the chal-lenges of their newly-freed statusresonates through the decades.

The residents of Alabama, Missis-sippi, Georgia, and the other affect-ed states have a daunting task infront of them to rebuild their livesand their communities. With sup-port from the national communityand all of our prayers, they too, willendure.

— Linda Tarrant-Reid is anauthor, historian and photograph-er. Her book Discovering BlackAmerica: From the Age of Explo-ration to the Twenty-First Centurywill be published in 2012. Sendyour comments to Linda Tarrant-Reid, C/O The Westchester CountyPress, Post Office Box 152, WhitePlains, New York 10602.

Weathering the storm of adversity

By KENNETH J.COOPER

Special to the NNPA from thedefendersonline.com

Some African Americans, out of anaïve or uninformed sense of ThirdWorld solidarity, may be tempted tolament Osama bin Laden meeting hisend with a bullet to the head. Don’tcry for Osama.

In their maniacal pursuit of Amer-icans to kill, bin Laden and Islamicfundamentalists of his breed havenot cared whether they take the livesof African Americans—or Africans,for that matter. Half of the passen-ger airplanes used in the 9/11attacks struck New York, home tomore African Americans than anyother city. The plane that crashed inPennsylvania was probably headedfor Washington, D.C., where mostresidents are Black.

Not long after those surpriseattacks, whose death toll of nearly3,000 did include African Ameri-cans, a Black journalist suggested afrank, private conversation couldcalm down “Brother Osama.” I hadno idea what that journalist wastalking about.

The pattern of Al Qaeda and affili-ated crews killing Black folks beganbefore 2001.

Three years earlier, bin Laden’soperatives bombed two U.S.

embassies in east Africa. The truckbombing in Kenya killed a Blackcareer diplomat, Julian Bartley, andhis son, Julian Jr. The embassy inTanzania was hit the same day.Charles Stith, an African Americanwho is a longtime friend, was justweeks from being installed as ambas-sador there.

Predictably, most of the 200 peo-ple killed in the coordinated bomb-ings were Africans. Every Americanembassy employs “foreign servicenationals” hired in the host country.And who else besides locals are like-ly to be on the streets of Nairobi andDar es Salaam?

In 1998, I was working as a for-eign correspondent for the Washing-ton Post in South Asia and had per-sonal safety reasons for being awareand wary of the indiscriminate anti-Americanism of Islamic fundamen-talists. I covered both Pakistan andAfghanistan at the time the Talibanrose to power and was hosting binLaden, who issued his fatwa againstAmerica, despite lacking the reli-gious authority to deliver a Muslimedict.

One morning in 1997 I was in ahotel restaurant in Islamabad, Pak-istan’s capital, about to take my firstsip of coffee when the Post’s stringercalled me urgently from Karachi ,the country’s biggest port and finan-cial center. He told me that fourAmericans had been killed there in a

carjacking, almost certainly byIslamic fundamentalists.

The slain Americans were accoun-tants working for a Texas oil compa-ny that did business in Pakistan .One was later identified as a Niger-ian American. The heavily-armedattackers did not ask Ephraim Egbuto duck while they killed his threeWhite coworkers. No, they blew hisbrains out too. Nor was the Pak-istani driver spared.

I had known, before my posting inIndia in 1996, that a CIA agent hadbeen killed in a similar carjacking inKarachi . In doing backgroundresearch, I learned that his secre-tary—an African American—wasshot to death, too.

Before the second carjacking, Ihad a habit of taking an exercisewalk from the Marriott Hotel on thesame route in Islamabad about thesame time of day. Even though Icould blend in with Pakistanisbecause of my light-brown skin, Istarted consciously varying my exer-cise routine when visiting the mod-ern, planned city with leafy boule-vards.

On 9/11, I was national editor ofthe Boston Globe, responsible fordirecting the paper’s coverage inNew York and D.C. Instantly, myhunch was Bin Laden was responsi-ble, and I said so right after the sec-ond place crashed into the WorldTrade Center. I spent the next four

years closely tracking Bin Laden’severy utterance, reading detailedexplorations of his mindset andwishing I had copied my file collect-ed while monitoring his activities forthe Washington Post.

It was about then the Black jour-nalist spoke of “Brother Osama.”Later, after Barack Obama was elect-ed, a White pundit predicted in anational magazine that Al Qaedawould ease up on America with aBlack president in the White House.I thought that pundit was delusion-al, too. Sure enough, followers of adowngraded and dispersed Al Qaedahave continued to hatch a series offoiled plots against the United States.

But President Obama harbored noillusions about Bin Laden and didnot ease up on him. All Americans—Black and White, Christian and Mus-lim, and everyone else—should rest alittle easier knowing the intensivemanhunt finally caught up with the9/11 mastermind. He got him whathe had coming.

— Kenneth J. Cooper, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, is a free-lancer based in Boston . He alsoedits the Trotter Review at theUniversity of Massachusetts-Boston.

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By MICHELLENICHOLS

The reported use of“Geronimo” as a codeword inthe operation that led toOsama bin Laden’s killinghas angered some nativeAmericans and threatens tobecome an embarrassmentfor the Obama administra-tion.Geronimo was an Apache

warrior leader who foughtfor tribal lands against U.S.and Mexican forces in the19th century and who, likebin Laden, evaded capture formany years. He was held as aU.S. prisoner of war from thetime he was captured in 1886until his death in 1909.Bin Laden, the al Qaeda

leader who mastermindedthe September 11, 2001,attacks on the United States,was shot in the head by U.S.forces who stormed his com-pound in Pakistan on Mon-day after a decade-long man-hunt.

It has been widely reportedthat U.S. forces said “Geroni-mo EKIA (Enemy Killed inAction)” to confirm binLaden’s death.The Senate Committee on

Indian Affairs was to discussconcerns raised over “thelinking of the name of Geron-imo, one of the greatestNative American heroes,with the most hated enemy ofthe United States,” said thecommittee’s chief counselLoretta Tuell.While the Geronimo code-

word for the bin Laden oper-ation has been widely report-ed, the Pentagon has not con-firmed it. Pentagon officialsdid not immediately respondto requests for reaction to theobjections by Native Ameri-cans.“To equate Geronimo or

any other Native Americanfigure with Osama binLaden, a mass murderer andcowardly terrorist, is painfuland offensive to our Tribeand to all native Americans,”wrote Jeff Houser, chairman

of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe,in a letter to PresidentBarack Obama.Houser said that while he

was certain the naming ofthe operation was based on“misunderstood and miscon-ceived historical perspectivesof Geronimo and his armedstruggle,” he demanded aformal apology from Obama.“What this action has done

is forever link the name andmemory of Geronimo to oneof the most despicable ene-mies this country has everhad,” he wrote.“Unlike the coward Osama

bin Laden, Geronimo facedhis enemy in numerous bat-tles and engagements,”Houser said.Geronimo is also a motiva-

tional catchcry of U.S. Armyparatroopers after a memberof the first experimentalparachute unit yelled “Geron-imo” in 1940 as he leapedfrom a plane, inspired afterwatching a 1939 movie aboutthe Apache warrior, histori-ans said.

Chester Rodriguez, 55, anApache descendant of Geron-imo in Bisbee, Arizona, said itwas not right to use Geroni-mo’s name for the bin Ladenoperation.“Geronimo wasn’t a terror-

ist, he was a good man, hespoke the truth about thewhite man and what they didto his people ... He wasn’t likethat (bin Laden) at all,” saidRodriguez, whose Apachename is Eagle Bone.The Onondaga Nation

Council of Chiefs in NewYork state said that usingGeronimo as the code namefor the bin Laden missionwas “reprehensible.”“To compare him to Osama

bin Laden is illogical andinsulting,” the Council ofChiefs said in a statement.“The name Geronimo is

arguably the most recog-nized Native American namein the world, and this com-parison only serves to perpet-uate negative stereotypesabout our peoples. The U.S.military leadership should

have known better,” theysaid.The U.S. Senate committee

needs to look at the preva-lence in American society of“these inappropriate uses ofNative American icons andcultures,” said Tuell.“The impacts to Native and

non-Native children are dev-astating,” she said.The U.S. government rec-

ognizes 565 Native Americantribes whose members livedon the land for centuriesbefore the United States,Canada and Mexico existed,speaking their own lan-guages and following beliefscentered on the naturalworld.But there has long been

problems with the use ofAmerican Indian symbols,particularly by sports teams.In 2009 the Supreme Courtrejected an appeal by sixAmerican Indians in theirlong-running legal challengeof the Washington Redskins’football team name, whichthey find racially offensive.

Bin Laden, Geronimo link angers Native Americans

By CAREY GILLAM

KANSAS CITY — Thesevere drought ravagingTexas and other parts of theSouthwest was getting worse,weather experts said Thurs-day, with little respite seen forfarmers, ranchers and otherswhose livelihoods and proper-ties are suffering.The latest report from a

consortium of national cli-mate experts dubbed theDrought Monitor said whileTexas remained the epicenterfor devastation, “exceptionaldrought,” which is the worstcategory, expanded not onlythere but through parts ofOklahoma, Kansas, New Mex-ico and Louisiana.The lack of moisture, cou-

pled with high temperaturesand wind, fueled wildfiresthat so far have ravaged 2.2million acres and destroyedmore than 1,100 buildings inTexas. Farmers are giving upon wheat fields, and ranchersare struggling to keep cattlefed and watered.The drought in the South-

west and Southern Plainscomes even as persistent rainsand flooding are plaguingparts of the Midwest andlower Mississippi Valley.“We have all this flooding

in the East and the Mississip-pi Valley, and drought in theSouth,” said climatologistMark Svoboda. “That is the

way Mother Nature seems tobe dealing things right now,in the extremes.”Excessive rainfall has

slowed the planting of corn inkey growing areas and couldbecome a threat for other keycrops, including soybeans.Indeed, only 13 percent ofcorn was planted by May 1,well behind the average paceof 40 percent.Calling it one of the worst

in decades, the drought inTexas has caused widespreadcrop failures, including thestate’s hard red winter wheatcrop, according to the experts.Texas is a key production

area for U.S. wheat. The loss-es there and in other parts ofthe parched Plains will onlyaggravate already short sup-

plies of wheat around theworld.According to data issued

Thursday by the DroughtMonitor, 94 percent of Texaswas suffering severe droughtor worse, with exceptionaldrought rising to 25.96 per-cent for the Lone Star Statefrom 17.16 percent.Svoboda said higher-than-

normal temperatures andlower-than-normal precipita-tion is forecast through Julyfor Texas and southernLouisiana. The only hope isthat a sudden storm systemdevelops that is not yet on theradar screen.“Right now it doesn’t look

very good as we head into thesummer months,” said Svobo-da.

Drought worsens in Southwest as floods hit Midwest

PROVIDENCE — Provi-dence has rehired 1,445 of thenearly 2,000 teachers it haddismissed in February as partof an effort to boost the city’sprecarious finances.Rhode Island’s capital city

is shutting five schools andwill ultimately lose 40 to 70teaching positions, accordingto Melissa Withers, a spokes-woman for Mayor AngelTaveras.The closures are expected

to shave $12 million from the

school budget, she added.“There’s understandably a

lot of anxiety,” Withers said.“But I think there are 1,445teachers who are veryrelieved.”Termination letters had

been sent to the city’s 1,926teachers to comply with astate law requiring they benotified before March 1 of anypossible changes to theiremployment status.The move sparked an

uproar among teachers

unions, which called the ter-minations unlawful. MayorTaveras said Providence’slooming $110 million deficitnext fiscal year warrantedthe cuts.Teachers were informed of

the rehiring process on Tues-day, following a vote by theProvidence School Board in aclosed session on Monday,Withers said.The school board also out-

lined a plan to match about370 teachers with open posi-

tions in the district.“There will be fewer posi-

tions than there are teach-ers,” Withers said. “But notby much.”She added that 119 teacher

contracts were being termi-nated for specific reasons,such as disciplinary or per-formance problems, but thepositions won’t necessarily beaxed.The process should be

finalized by the end of themonth, Withers added.

Providence rehires roughly 75 percent of laid off teachers

Crop scouts calculate yields in a Kansas wheat field onthe first day of their tour of the U.S. Plains hard red win-ter wheat region in Central Kansas.

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Twenty-two nationsand internationalorganizations met inRome to figure out howto help the Libyanrebels, who say theyneed up to $3 billion inthe coming months formilitary salaries, food,medicine and otherbasic supplies.

Clinton said theObama administration,working withCongress, wants “to tap

some portion of thoseassets owned byGadhafi and the Libyangovernment in theUnited States, so we canmake those funds avail-able to help the Libyanpeople.”

The U.S. has alreadypledged $53 million inhumanitarian aid andauthorized up to $25million in non-lethalassistance to the rebels,including medical sup-

plies, boots, tents,rations and protectivegear. The first ship-ment is to arrive in thewestern, rebel-held cityof Benghazi in the com-ing days.

Clinton declared thatousting Gadhafi wasstill a top goal.

“We have made itabundantly clear thatthe best way to protectcivilians is for Gadhafito cease his ruthless,brutal attack on civil-ians from the west tothe east, to withdrawfrom the cities that he issieging and attackingand to leave power,”Clinton said. “This isthe outcome we areseeking.”

The Rome conferenceagreed to establish aninternationally moni-tored fund the rebelscan access to providebasic things like foodand medicine. ItalianForeign MinisterFranco Frattini, co-hostof the Contact Groupconference, said nationshave already pledged$250 million in human-itarian aid.

It will be “an interna-tional fund in whichnations can make theircontributions in a

transparent way,”British ForeignSecretary WilliamHague said. Britain hasso far provided 13 mil-lion pounds ($21.5 mil-lion.)

But Britain did notplan to offer directfunding to Libya’srebels beyond the aidmoney and the non-lethal equipment - satel-lite phones and bodyarmor - it has alreadyoffered.

Mahmoud Jibril,head of the rebels’ exec-utive body, welcomedthe financial pledges.

“We are more thansatisfied,” he toldreporters.

Jibril said he briefedthe conference for thefirst time on a “roadmap” for the future ofLibya, including writ-ing a constitution andcalling parliamentaryelections.

The conference alsofocused on isolatingGadhafi’s regime,which has launched arelentless militaryassault against dissi-dents.

Since the uprisingagainst the authoritari-an leader broke out inmid-February, the two

sides have largely beenlocked in a stalemate. AU.S. and now NATO-ledbombing campaignlaunched in mid-Marchhas kept Gadhafi’sforces from advancingto the rebel-held east,but has failed to givethe rebels a clear battle-field advantage.

NATO says its war-planes will keep up thepressure on Gadhafi’sregime as long as ittakes to end the vio-lence in Libya. ButNATO member nationsare increasingly realiz-ing, however, that airstrikes and other mili-tary action alone won’tend Gadhafi’s attackson rebel-held areas, andthat funding the oppo-sition and working forhis ouster could be thekey to success.

Clinton said theworld must keep isolat-ing the Gadhafi regime,including imposingtravel bans on top offi-cials, suspendingLibyan embassies andsending envoys to workwith the opposition’sTransitional NationalCouncil.

“Isolating Gadhafimeans pulling the plugon his propaganda and

incitements to vio-lence,” she said.

The conference’s doc-ument said the group“will intensify the pres-sure on the regime,politically, militarilyand economically.”

“Time is running outfor Gadhafi’s regime,” itsaid.

French ForeignMinister Alain Juppesaid he expectedNATO’s military cam-paign to last “months.”

He insisted the Romemeeting showed “thedetermination of thecoalition to maintain allmeans of pressure toget the departure ofGadhafi, military pres-sure but also sanctionsand other means ofpressure.”

NATO chief AndersFogh Rasmussen, alsoat the conference,refused to “guess aboutdates” on when NATO’smilitary campaignwould end. He insistedthe mission aims toachieve its twin goals ofprotecting Libyan civil-ians and guaranteeinghumanitarian aid.

NATO’s campaignhas reduced Gadhafi’sforces by 40 percent,according to Frattini.

U.S. wants to give frozen Libyan assets to rebelsBy ALESSANDRA RIZZO &

MATTHEW LEE

ROME - The United States is trying tofree up part of $30 billion it has frozen inLibyan assets so it can better supportopponents of Moammar Gadhafi, U.S.Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clintontold a conference Thursday on Libya.

JOHANNESBURG -Prosecutors say thewife of the SouthAfrican Cabinet minis-ter in charge of intelli-gence has been convict-ed of dealing in illegaldrugs.

National ProsecutingAuthority spokes-woman NatashaRamkisson says SherylCwele and her co-defen-dant were found guiltyin an eastern SouthAfrican courtThursday. They face aminimum of 15 years inprison, and sentencing

is expected Friday.The two were

accused of recruitingwomen to smuggledrugs from Turkey andSouth America. One ofthe women was arrest-ed in Brazil in 2008with more than 20pounds (10 kilograms)of cocaine in her lug-gage and is now in aBrazilian jail.

Cwele’s husband,State Security MinisterSiyabonge Cwele, hasnot commented publiclyon the case.

M A I D U G U R I ,Nigeria - Police saymembers of a radicalIslamic sect likelykilled a high-rankingpolice officer and achild in northeastNigeria.

Borno state AssistantPolice CommissionerUsman Baba saidThursday that thepolice superintendentassigned to guard thestate government head-quarters died in themorning attack, as wellas a child opening agarage door.

Baba said the three

gunmen likelybelonged to a radicalsect known locally asBoko Haram, which isblamed for a series oftargeted assassina-tions.

Meanwhile, in neigh-boring Gombe state,three boys died in anexplosion Thursdayapparently caused by abomb left over from abank robbery the daybefore. Police say theboys picked up theexplosive while playingin a garbage dumpwithout knowing whatit was.

Police officer, child killedin northeast Nigeria

South African minister’swife guilty in drug case

JOHANNESBURG -South Africa will reburythemother of ZuluKingGoodwill Zwelithini at acost of $45 million aftera more than two-yearsearch for her remains,public broadcasterSABC said Wednesday.

The king, the tradi-tional leader of thecountry’s largest ethnicgroup, had asked offi-cials in the easternprovince of KwaZulu-Natal to help him findthe remains of hismoth-er, Queen ThomozileJ e z a n g a n iKaNdwandwe Zulu.

SABC said officialsplan to rebury herexhumed remainsSaturday and hold anunveiling and memorialceremony Sunday at atotal cost to taxpayers of300 million rand ($45million, 30 million

euros).The final resting

place of the queen, whodied in the 1950s in herearly 30s, had beenunknown.

After a more thantwo-year search thatwas drawn out by legalred tape, officials fromthe province’s largestcity, Durban,announced they hadfound a grave contain-ing the remains of awoman named ThokoZulu and carried outDNA tests that identi-fied her as the queen.

She will be reburiedat a memorial site in theDurban neighbourhoodof Cato Manor, whereshe lived at the end ofher life and where thecity plans to develop acultural museum andheritage centre, officialssaid.

S.Africa to reburyZulu queen for $45m KHARTOUM - The count was under way

on Thursday in the volatile Sudan state ofSouth Kordofan after three days of votingfor a new governor and assembly, whichinternational observers described as largelycalm.

The hotly contested elections have pitted formercivil war enemies against each other in what was akey battleground during Sudan’s 22-year civil warbetween north and south, with analysts warning ofexplosive consequences if the vote fails.

South Kordofan’s incumbent governor, AhmedHarun, the candidate of President Omar al-Bashir’sruling National Congress Party, is competingagainst his deputy, Abdelziz al-Hilu, who is numbertwo in the northern branch of the Sudan People’sLiberation Movement, the ex-rebels who are thesouth’s ruling party.

“Generally, it’s been calm and peaceful,” saidBarbara Smith, the country director of the CarterCentre foundation of former U.S. president JimmyCarter.

“There have been tensions in some areas. But wehave not seen any major irregularities... The partyagents have been using the complaints system, andI think that has helped to reduce the tensions,” sheadded.

Sudan’s official SUNA news agency said after thepolls closed on Wednesday that voter turnoutranged between 75 and 80 percent, citing theNational Election Commission.

Count under way after votein volatile Sudan state

9DAILY CHALLENGE FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011

INTERNATIONALD

ABIDJAN - IvoryC o a s t ’ sC on s t i t u t i o n a lCouncil ratifiedThursday theresults of a presi-dential electionshowing thatAlassane Ouattara

won, reversing anearlier decision toreject them.

The court’s initialrejection of electoralcommission resultsfrom the November2010 poll sparked afour-month powerstruggle between

Ouattara and incum-bent leader LaurentGbagbo that killed thou-sands and displacedmore than a million.

C o n s t i t u t i o n a lCouncil President PaulYao N’Dre said the toplegal body now acceptedthat Ouattara won theelection.

Ivory Coast’s top courtdeclares Ouattara president

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara waves during his first visitto the presidential palace in Abidjan.

Photo/Luc Gnago

TOKYO - An earth-quake with a magni-tude of 6.1 struck offthe coast of easternJapan early on Friday,the U.S. GeologicalSurvey said. but therewere no immediatereports of any casual-ties or damage.

Japan is recoveringfrom a magnitude 9.0quake which struck onMarch 11 and trig-gered a huge tsunami.

The disaster killedabout 26,000 people.

There have been

numerous aftershockssince then.

By EDMUNDBLAIR

CAIRO - Egypt’spublicly reviled for-mer interior minis-ter was jailed for 12years on Thursday,the first member ofHosni Mubarak’scabinet to be sen-tenced, a step thatsent a message thatno one in the newEgypt is above thelaw.

Habib al-Adli, hatedfor the brutality of hispolice by the protesterswho oustedMubarak onFebruary 11, led a pow-erful security appara-tus and was once seenas untouchable.

“Justice couldn’ttaste sweeter and willmost definitely prevail,”said interior designerKarim El Hayawan, 33,who joined the protest-ers who massed inCairo’s Tahrir Square.

Adli’s jail sentencefor profiteering andmoney launderingshows the generals nowruling Egypt areresponding to publicdemands to holdMubarak’s officials toaccount and end theabuse of power, ana-lysts say.

Adli faces gravercharges of killing pro-testers, as well assquandering publicfunds. A lawyer on thecommittee that chargedhim with murder hascalled for the death sen-tence.

More than 800 peo-ple died in the uprisingafter police fired rubberbullets, live ammuni-

tion, water cannon andtear gas at protesterswho took to the streetson January 25. Dayslater, the police lostcontrol and were with-drawn. Then the armymoved in.

“This is just an appe-tizer. Twelve years forprofiteering only getsus rolling. That is justfor someone whoabused his power forpersonal gains, let’shold our breath whenhe falls for killing pro-testers,” KhaledTawfeek said on aFacebook group set upin memory of anactivist who died inpolice custody.

Egyptians have beenclosely watching thefate of Adli, whosepolice crushed thesmallest of protests foryears and frequentlyrounded up Islamistswithout charge. Rightsgroups say torture wasroutine in Egypt’s jailsunder Adli.

CAGEAdli has been held in

a prison on the out-skirts of Cairo along-side a former primeminister, other cabinetmembers and top offi-cials, and Mubarak’stwo sons. One of those,Gamal, was once tippedas a future president.

Investigators ques-tioned Gamal and hisbrother Alaa in prisonon charges of amassingwealth based on the sta-tus of their father, thestate news agencyreporting citing adeputy justice minister.They face a range ofcharges.

The former presidenthimself is also under

investigation for abuseof power, embezzlementand responsibility forthe deaths of some pro-testers, and is beingheld in a hospital in theRed Sea resort of SharmEl Sheikh.

In his trial, Adlistood in court in a cage,where defendants tradi-tionally stand— a scenethat would have beenunimaginable just threemonths ago.

“In the long historyof Egypt, no minister ofthe interior — and min-isters of the interior areamong the most power-ful of ministers — hasever been charged, triedand convicted,” saidpolitical scientistMustapha al-Sayyid.

“This is very impor-tant because we arebeginning to see theprinciple of rule of lawbeing exercised,” hesaid.

A judicial source saidAdli had received sevenyears for money laun-dering, with a furtherfive years for profiteer-ing. The state newsagency put the value offines and confiscatedassets at 23.2 millionEgyptian pounds ($3.9million).

Several police sta-tions were torched dur-ing the uprising, partlybecause Egyptians werefrustrated with a policeforce many say was cor-rupt and acted as if itwere above the law.

Ordinary Egyptiansaccuse Adli of deliber-ately causing chaosduring the revolt whenthousands of prisonerswalked out of prisonand even traffic policeleft the streets.

Mubarak’s interior minister jailed in new-era Egypt

Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off Japan:U.S. geological survey

Volunteer workers dump bags of sludgecleaned up from housing areas damaged by theMarch 11 earthquake and tsunami inIshinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeasternJapan.

GAZA - TheHamas leader inGaza urged militantgroups Thursday tostick with a de factotruce with Israel,announced afterfighting last month,so as to give aPalestinian reconcil-iation deal withFatah rivals achance.

“I call for giving thecoming government achance by maintaining”the ceasefire deal, IsmailHaniyeh said in aspeech, a day afterHamas and Palestinian

President MahmoudAbbas’s Fatah move-ment signed a unitypact in Cairo.

“We do not fearthreats. We do not fearthe occupation,” headded, referring toIsrael.

“We always said thatwe seek and havesought to avoid a newwar,” Haniyeh said in atwo-hour address.

Haniyeh’s commentsseemed the first con-crete sign of progressfor the unity deal bro-kered by Egypt forwhich security had beenenvisaged as a potentialpitfall.

The agreement seeksto resolve a four-yearsplit in the Palestiniannational movement thathad hindered the questto achieve statehood inland captured by Israelin the 1967 war.

In reaching the deal,the sides had set asidethe issue of bridgingtheir policies towardIsrael.

Unlike Abbas’sgroup, which recog-nizes Israel, IslamistHamas refuses to recog-nize the Jewish state,hostility to which oftenresults in cross-borderviolence.

- Nidal al-Mughrabi

Hamas leader calls to keep truce with Israel

By SULEIMANAL-KHALIDI

AMMAN - Syria saidon Thursday armyunits have begun toleave Deraa, the heartof an uprising againstPresident Bashar al-Assad, but residentsdescribed a city still

under siege.Soldiers also raided

homes across the coun-try as President Basharal-Assad grappled withthe most serious chal-lenge of his 11-yearauthoritarian rule.

Assad ordered thearmy to enter Deraa 10days ago. The city isthe place where demon-

strations calling formore freedoms andlater for his overthrowstarted in March.

Activists and resi-dents said soldiersbacked by tanks hadshelled and machine-gunned the city’s oldquarter and roundedup people in massarrests.

Syrian army pulls back in Deraa, advances elsewhere


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BASSETERRE,St. Kitts — A call fora renewal andenhancement of theCaribbean’s foreignpolicy coordinationhas come from St.Kitts and NevisPrime Minister Dr.Denzil Douglas. Hesaid that the chal-lenges that theCaribbean faces arereal and there is thereality of increasingxenophobia.

Delivering the featureaddress at the officialopening of the 14thmeeting of the CARI-COM Council forForeign and CommunityRelations (COFCOR) inSt. Kitts, Douglas saidthe input and recom-mendations of COFCORis key and there must bean ongoing examinationof the principles, prac-tices, and mechanismsin the coordination ofthe approach to foreignpolicy, in the same waythat there needs to be areview of the mecha-nisms by which the

region engages thirdcountries and groups ofcountries.

“As we do so, we mustpay particular attentionto our bilateral relations,framework agreementsincludingmemoranda ofunderstanding and co-operation agreements;the regular schedulingof high-level meetings;the joint commission ofsimilar mechanisms;and the accreditation ofplenipotentiary repre-sentatives,” saidDouglas.

“There is thematter ofglobal corporateattempts — not alwaysobvious or openly admit-ted — to secure, andplace in private hands,fresh water sourcesfrom every continent —the ‘oil’ of the twenty-first century. There isthe issue of illegal drugsand weapons. There isglobal warming. All ofthese challengesdemand exactly what wehave already committedourselves to: seriousintrospection and self-analysis as a region, sothat we would be able to

effectively chart the typeof course that we must,in order to preserve theenvironmental, socio-political, and economicintegrity of both ourindividual memberstates, and our broaderCaribbean community,”said the St. Kitts andNevis leader.

Douglas told dele-gates, among them rep-resentatives from theCaribbean Community(CARICOM), as well asSlovenia, Hungary,South Africa andAustralia, that co-ordi-nation will assume anincreasingly importantrole in the months andyears ahead.

“Co-ordination in theform of joint representa-tion, co-ordination inorder to continue theadoption of joint posi-tions on matters ofregional and interna-tional import, co-ordina-tion within the contextof non-Caribbean inter-governmental organiza-tions,” said the primeminister, who noted thatthe region is fortunate toalready have in place a

number of foreign policycoordinating mecha-nisms and structuressuch as the Bureau ofthe Conference of Headsof Government, theBureau of the COFCOR;the regular and informalmeetings of COFCOR;consultations amongsenior officials of CARI-COM member states andthe Secretariat and cau-cuses of CARICOMambassadors inWashington, New York,Ottawa, Geneva, andBrussels.

“These we must con-tinue to utilize and buildupon, while also strivingto strengthen existingties with members of theCaribbean Diasporawhose numerical, finan-cial, political or otherstrengths beyond theCaribbean, when strate-gically applied couldredound to the benefit ofthe region from whichthey, our nationals, orig-inated,” said Douglas.

He told the meetingthat the advantages ofestablishing mutuallybeneficial, mutuallyrespectful relations with

like-minded nations inboth the industrializedand the non-industrial-ized world can be signif-icant, “as we strive todevelop our resources;preserve the security ofthe Community; andexpand our economicspace.”

“In this era of rapidtechnological changes,our relations withnations with which wecan partner as we striveto develop our own tech-nological capabilities canalso be significantlyadvanced by the coordi-nated regional foreignpolicy orientation ofwhich we often speak -as are the objectives,positions, and initiativesthat we, as a region,have already identifiedas being key to our pros-perity, stability, humanresource development,and national security,”said Douglas, who calledfor a pursuit of thesegoals to shape and guideboth the bilateral as wellas the multilateral rela-tions.

“Let us within thisregion, find ways, via

collaboration, coordina-tion, and ongoing com-munication amongstourselves, to advanceprecisely those nationaland regional intereststhat we have identifiedas key, and which, prop-erly pursued would pro-vide the type of momen-tum that we, as policymakers, desire to see notonly in terms of theprocess, but far moreimportantly, in terms ofthe results,” he said.

St. Kitts-Nevis PM warns of increasing xenophobia

St. Kitts and NevisPrime Minister DrDenzil Douglasaddresses the dele-gates to the 14thCOFCOR meeting

Photo by ErasmusWilliams

PROVIDENCIALES,Turks and CaicosIslands — It has nowbeen revealed that thespecial investigationand prosecution team(SIPT), headed by spe-cial prosecutor HelenGarlick, is heading theinvestigation into thesale of a reported 2,500acres of Crown land inthe Turks and CaicosIslands for extremelylow prices to a financial-ly challenged Miamideveloper.

It was previouslyreported that the civilasset recovery teamswere investigating thescandal, which brokelast year when it wasrevealed that the trans-fer documents of wholeblocks of land had theacreage seriously under-stated.

The fact that the SIPTis heading the probethrows a different lighton the case. It is nolonger a situation whererecovery of the land isthe primary concern butthe focus now shifts tothe possibility of laws

having been broken.According to reliable

sources, the names of 15people have surfaced inconnection with the sale— reported to be thelargest, yet secretive,sale of Crown land in thehistory of the Turks andCaicos Islands.

A team of investiga-tors is reported to betraveling widely tointerview the individu-als in question.

The land was trans-ferred to a corporationreported to be owned bya Miami-based developerafter the 2007 electionand, with only a 50 per-cent down payment,

freehold title was grant-ed. The second paymentwas due on February 11of this year but it isunknown if it was paid.

The Miami develop-ment firm has beenexperiencing financialdifficulties and shortlyafter the Middle Caicosdeal was consummatedit lost its office buildingin Florida as a result offoreclosure.

The land in question,reportedly worthbetween $100,000 and$300,000 per acre, wassold for only $6,000 peracre with only $3,000per acre paid into theTreasury. The landtransfer documentsindicate the wholeblocks of land trans-ferred total 1,050 acres;however, surveyors’records for the sameblocks place the acreageat more than twice thatamount and reportedlyover 2,500 acres.

Local attorneyClayton Greene, formerSpeaker of the Houseand current leader of theProgressive National

Party (PNP) reportedlyrepresented the pur-chaser of the MiddleCaicos land and he hasconsistently denied anyother involvement in thematter.

The investigatorshave reportedly been incontact with Provo resi-dents, revisiting onewho is said to be provid-ing vital information,and the team has alsointerviewed other indi-viduals on North andMiddle Caicos.

Sources have indicat-ed that some of theNorth and MiddleCaicos-based individualsare claiming no knowl-edge of the use of theirnames. In some cases,named parties were notpresent in the TCI at thetime their names wereused.

The investigators areseemingly dedicated atgetting to the truth ofthe situation and havetold at least some ofthose interviewed that itwill best serve their per-sonal interests if theytell all they know about

the situation earlierrather than later.

The case has alsobeen addressed by theAttorney General’sOffice, saying it isexpected to reach thecourts later this year.

In related news, thechief executive officer(CEO) of the TCI, MarkCapes, has responded toquestioning on the sta-tus of the overall effortsof the Helen Garlickteam.

Turks and Caicos land sale scandal now a criminal investigation

Special prosecutorHelen Garlick

Cuba will not reduce pricesof tourism offerings, says minister

HAVANA, Cuba — Cuba will improve the quali-ty of its tourist offerings without reducing prices,despite the decrease of tourism worldwide, andCuba not having access to the U.S. market, saidMinister of Tourism Manuel Marrero.

“Cuba will never consider the reduction ofprices as a solution to the fluctuation between thehigh and the low seasons, because that will dam-age Cuba’s image as a tourist destination,” he said.

Marrero spoke at the opening of the 31stFITCUBA Tourism International Fair, where hepointed out that, while the United States forbids itscitizens to freely travel to Cuba, other countrieslike Canada, the UK, and France, among others,are increasing the amount of travelers they send.

He highlighted that tourist arrivals have grown11.7 percent in the first four months of 2011,which translates in close to 1.2 million visitorsalready, and that Varadero, Cayo Santa María,Cayo Largo and Holguin are among the favouritesites for tourists.

Havana city, the venue of this fair, remains themost important tourist centre, and it is wheremost of the visitors (95 percent) arrive.


NEW JERSEY

By JARRETTRENSHAW

TRENTON - Onthe track, CarlLewis dominated.But in his bid to runfor state Senate,he’s assuming amuch more unfa-miliar role: a longshot.

With time runningout to enter the race,Lewis’ attorney asked afederal appeals court inP h i l a d e l p h i aWednesday to compelstate officials to allowthe Olympic track starto compete in the JuneDemocratic primary ordelay printing ballotsuntil his appeals areexhausted.

The three-judgepanel did not issue aruling but appearedapprehensive aboutintervening in an issuethat deals with the NewJersey Constitution,especially since the caseis also under review instate courts.

But the panel didexpress concern that nojudge has looked at

Lewis’ specific situationand appeared willing toremand the case back toU.S. District Court for amore extensive legalanalysis.

Lewis, 49, is askingthe judges to issue anemergency stay in hiseffort to win a stateSenate seat in his SouthJersey district. Threecounty clerks told the

judges that they arealready late in printingballots for the June 7primary and that their“drop-dead” deadlinewas Friday.

The hearing at theU.S. Court of Appealsfor the Third Circuitcame on the same daythe state Supreme Courtdenied Lewis’ emer-gency petition to keep

county clerks fromprinting ballots withouthis name.

Lewis, a Democratwho grew up inWillingboro, wants tochallenge state Sen.Dawn Marie Addiego(R-Burlington) in the8th District.

Lt. Gov. KimGuadagno, in her dualrole as secretary of state

and overseer of theDivision of Elections,decided last week Lewisdid not meet the state’sfour-year residencyrequirement for stateSenate candidates, inpart because he voted inCalifornia as recently as2009. That decisionoverturned an adminis-trative law judge’sorder.

So far, a U.S. DistrictCourt judge and stateappellate judge haverefused to overturnGuadagno’s decision.

Talking outside thefederal courtroomWednesday, Lewisequated the political set-backs to the time he satout the 1980 Olympicsbecause of a UnitedStates boycott of thegames. “This is just abump in the road,” hesaid. “Like I said then,we are headed to ‘84.”

Lewis, a nine-timeOlympic gold medalist,also expressed cynicismabout the politics of thesituation: “It’s hard tounderstand how you gofrom New Jersey’sfavorite son to a carpet-bagger in three weeks.”

Inside the courtroom,attorney WilliamTambussi argued thathis client has ownedhomes in the state since2005 and has been atrack coach at his almamater, WillingboroHigh School, since2007.

“This is someone wholived in this state 25 ofhis 49 years. He knowsthis state,” Tambussisaid. “It should be leftup to the voters.”

He said the fact thatthe state has a differentset of residency require-ments for the Assembly(two years) and Senate(four years) violates theequal protection clauseof the U.S. Constitution.

But Assistant StateAttorney GeneralDonna Kelly said thatsenators have signifi-cantly more responsibil-ities, which is why therequirements are morestringent.

As for the question ofleaving the decision ofLewis’ candidacy to thevoters, Kelly said, “Youdo want a choice, butyou want a choice of aqualified candidate.”

Federal court to rule on Carl Lewis bid for Senateseat, request to delay printing of ballots

Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis is headed to court to battleRepublicans who say he hasn't lived in New Jersey long enough to runfor state Senate.

Photo/Brian Donohue

By MEGANDEMARCO

NEWARK - Allshe wanted was acigarette.

A resident at aNewark boarding homefor the mentally illstepped outside Mondaynight for a quicksmoke. Hours later, shewas found lying uncon-scious behind thehouse, beaten beyondrecognition and nakedfrom the waist downthough not sexuallyassaulted, according topolice.

The 64-year-old vic-tim, whom police didnot identify, was in crit-ical condition atUMDNJ, breathing withthe help of a ventilator.The police, who havebeen joined in the inves-tigation by the EssexCounty Prosecutor’sOffice, said there was

no suspect in custody.The brutal attack

prompted an army ofEssex County officials,led by Sen. RichardCodey (D-Essex), alongtime advocate ofthe mentally ill, todemand the closing ofthe state-subsidizedHills Boarding Homeand the transfer of its25 residents.

Codey had exposedunsanitary conditionsduring a surpriseinspection of the homein February.

“No human beingshould be forced to livelike this,” he said. “Thementally ill, they’re notgoing to file a policereport. These crimesdon’t get reported.”

When Codey visitedthe Hawthorne Avenuehome in February, hesaid he found feces onthe floor, bed bugs,bathrooms without toi-let paper, and no heat.

During his visit, hecriticized the state forlack of oversight andfollow-up, though aspokeswoman for theDepartment ofCommunity Affairs saidinspectors have been atthe home several timessince the senator’s visit.

The spokeswoman,Lisa Ryan, said theinspectors found 40building code violationson Feb. 16, and eightservice code violationson Feb. 8, includinginadequate changes oflinens and towels, sup-plies of soap and toiletpaper, and problemswith food preparationand storage.

In subsequentinspections, she said,the violations werefound to have been dealtwith.

Ryan said depart-ment inspectors foundoverflowing trashreceptacles, spilled cof-

fee in a bedroom and adirty bathroom, but nocode violations.

“At the present time,the boarding home is incompliance with stateregulations,” she said.“There is no just causeto close down this facili-ty.”

Charles Hill, theowner of the multilevelhome with rusted rednumbers marking theaddress, refused to let aStar-Ledger reportertour the building.Across the street, a run-down playground nextto a shuttered, graffiti-scarred grocery storewas empty.

Hill said the home isrun on meagerresources and cannotafford security, addingthat Monday night’svictim was supposed tohave been in bed whenthe attack occurred.

“This is not a horrorhouse,” he said. “We

care for these people.”The assault on

Monday night fed thedebate over placementof the state’s mentallyill. The Christie admin-istration wants to shutdown HagedornPsychiatric Hospital inGlen Gardner and dis-charge patients toboarding homes, whileCodey supports keepingHagedorn open.

Robert Davison, exec-

utive director of theMental HealthAssociation of EssexCounty, said attackslike the one at the HillsBoarding Home arecommonplace, and thatNew Jersey’s mentallyill should be in “super-vised, safer areas.”

“There’s abuse in thehomes,” he said, “andmany of these homesare in difficult neigh-borhoods.”

N.J. Sen. Codey leads call to shut down Newark boarding home following attack on resident

(L-R) Sen. Richard Codey provides a handker-chief to Barton Everitt Clark, a resident of theThe Hill Boarding Home, who said he was suf-fering from a bad cold.

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Jane Fonda, CliveDavis, Valerie Harperand Chester Gregorywere among the celebri-ties who joined FlorenceGreenberg’s children,Stan Greenberg andMary Jane GreenbergHoff, at the openingnight of “Baby It’s You!”Inspired by the truestory of FlorenceGreenberg, the womanwho in the late 1950’stook the male-dominatedmusic industry bystorm. “Baby It’s You!” isa newBroadwaymusicalconceived by FloydMutrux, directed byMutrux and SheldonEpps, and written byTony nominated bookwriters Mutrux andColin Escott, the teambehind Broadway’s“Million Dollar Quartet.”

Packed with doo-wop,pop and rock ‘n’ roll clas-sics hits such as“Dedicated To The One ILove,” “Soldier Boy,”“Duke Of Earl,” “He’s SoFine,” “I Say A LittlePrayer,” “It’s My Party,”“Louie Louie,” “MamaSaid,” “Shout,”“Tonight’s The Night,” “IMet Him On A Sunday,”“Rockin’ Robin,” “Twist

and Shout” and manymore, “Baby It’s You!”stars Tony Award win-ner Beth Leavel, whojust received a Tonynomination for her roleas Florence Greenberg,the woman who

changed the recordingworld forever when shecreated Scepter Records.Before Motown and theBritish invasion, themost famous woman inmusic you have neverheard of, Greenberg,

launched the careers ofsome of the biggestrecording stars of theera including the great-est girl group of all time.After discovering TheShirelles at her daugh-ter’s high school inPassaic, New Jersey,Greenberg packed thegirls in her car, droveacross the GeorgeWashington Bridge toNew York City, andembarked on a trailblaz-ing journey from NewJersey housewife torecord mogul.

“Baby It’s You!” fea-

tures an outstandingensemble that starsAllan Louis, GenoHenderson, Erica Ash,Kelli Barrett, KyraDaCosta, Crystal StarrKnighton, Barry Pearl,Christina Sajous,Brandon Uranowitz,Alison Cimmet, EricaDorfler, Berlando Drake,Adam Heller, Jahi A.Kearse, Annette Moore,Zachary Prince, KenRobinson and ChelseaMorgan Stock.

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Beth Leavel and Jane Fonda enjoy a moment atthe opening night party.

Kyra DaCosta, Erica Ash, Beth Leavel, Christina Sajous and Crystal Starr pose for our cameras,

Beth Leavel, who portrays FlorenceGreenberg, hugs her children, Stan Greenbergand Mary Jane Greenberg Hoff opening night.

Crystal Starr, Kyra DaCosta, Erica Ash,Christina Sajous who portray the Shirelles in"Baby It's You!” take a bow opening night.

Geno Henderson, whoportrays Jocko, ChuckJackson, Ronald Isleyand Gene Chandler.

Joan H. Allen, Host ofInside New York andChallenge Editor andJane Fonda.

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The RiversideTheatre, VozaR i v e r s / N e wHeritage TheatreGroup, and WalkTall GirlProductions pres-ent the New Yorkpremiere of“Tearing Down TheWalls,” a new musi-cal featuring direc-tion, book andlyrics by ObieAward winnerDaniel Beaty(“Through theN i g h t , ”“Emergency”) andmusic by Beaty andthe Oscar andGrammy-nominat-ed songwritingteam of JamalJoseph and CharlesMack (“AugustRush”) for a verylimited engage-m e n t .Performances beginthis Friday at TheRiverside Theatre(91 Claremont

Avenue). “TearingDown The Walls”will officially openon Thursday, May12. This produc-tion follows on theheels on theacclaimed, award-winning, andextended run ofBeaty’s solo show“Through theNight,” which pre-miered at theRiverside Theatrelast year.

Infused with soulfulmusic, impassionedspoken word andlaugh-out-loud humor,“Tearing Down TheWalls” is about the resi-dents of a tight-knitHarlem communityupended and pushed tothe limit by life's chal-lenges, but who findhope in the mostunusual places.

The cast featuresDietrice Bolden, UmiShakti, Adrienne C.Moore, RumandoKelley, Jevon McFerrin,

and Kelechi Ezie. Thecreative team includes

Dell Howlett (choreog-raphy), Bryan Collier(scenic and projectionsdesign), CatherineFisher (costumedesign) and AndrewMerkel (lightingdesign).

The performanceschedule during pre-views will be Friday,May 6, at 8:00 p.m.,Saturday, May 7, at8:00 p.m., Sunday, May8, at 3:00 p.m.,Tuesday, May 10, at8:00 p.m., andWednesday, May 11, at8:00 p.m. After open-ing night, the perform-ances will be

Thursdays, Fridays,and Saturdays at 8:00p.m., with 3:00 p.m.matinees on Saturdaysand Sundays.

Tickets are availablevia theriversidethe-atre.org or (212) 870-6784. All preview tick-ets are $15.00, and allregular performancetickets are $25.00.Opening night ticketsare available for pur-chase at $50, andinclude exclusive accessto the VIP receptionwhere there will be anexhibit of original art-work by Bryan Collier.

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OBIE AWARD WINNER DANIEL BEATY PREMIERES HISNEW MUSICAL “TEARING DOWN THE WALLS” IN HARLEM

(L-R) Adrienne Moore, Daniel Beaty, Kelechi Ezie, Umi Shakti, RumandoKelley, Dietrice Bolden and Jevon McFerrin

Daniel Beaty, writer,director and co-compos-er of “Tearing DownThe Walls,” has beennominated for a DramaDesk Award, DramaLeague Award andOuter Critics CircleAward for hisacclaimed productionof “Through theNight.”

“Through the Night”has also been honoredwith the 2011 LucilleLortel Award andUnited Solo Awardnominations for BestSolo Show, two LAStage Alliance OvationAwards for the show’s2010 Geffen Playhouserun (Lead Actor in aPlay and SoundDesign), the 2010 Voiceof Change Award, and

the 2010 VivianRobinson AUDELCORecognition Award forOutstanding SoloPerformance. For hisacclaimed solo show“Emergency!,” Beatyreceived the 2007 OBIE

Award for Excellencein Off-BroadwayWriting andPerforming and the2007 Vivian RobinsonAUDELCO RecognitionAward for OutstandingSolo Performance.

DANIEL BEATY NOMINATED FOR DRAMA LEAGUE,OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AND DRAMA DESK AWARDS!

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Chris Brown’s single“Look At Me Now” haslogged its sixth weekatop the BillboardR&B/Hip Hop Songschart. Featuring veter-an rapper BustaRhymes, “Look At MeNow” is lifted fromBrown’s latest offering,F.A.M.E., currently instores. “Look At MeNow” is looking to fol-low in the footsteps ofBrown’s 2010 hit“Deuces,” which spentover thirteen weeks atNo. 1.

In New York City,Keyshia Cole attendedthe 14th Annual EIFRevlon Run/Walk ForWomen. We guessKeyshia didn’t partici-pate in the actual run”becasue she had stillet-to heels on...but thefans were happy to seeher.

Frank Ocean is nothappy with the LAPD.The hot newcomerrecently tweeted is dis-like for the boys in blueafter he was arrestedand detained for anunknown incident.“Just got out of jail,”Ocean tweets to hisTwitter followers.“Would like to go onrecord saying..f**k thepolice. F**k LAPD to bespecific. F**k a cop,non-stop. frank willnever speak to a copagain in his naturallife. i have no respectfor police.” Frank con-tinues, “I swear if i

weren’t sane in mindI’d throw a f**kin Molo-tov in a cop car rightnow,” adding “Cuh hadnapoleon complex. andseemed really sad thathe was on that lame a**bike patrol.” No wordfrom authoritiesregarding the incident.

Monica has officiallybeen announced as anadvisor on NBC’s newtalent hit show “TheVoice.” Monica willpair up with the show’scoaches ChristinaAguilera, Cee Lo Green,Adam Levine and BlakeShelton to help contes-tants hit the highnotes. The coaches willeventually put two ofthe artists on eachteams against eachother in a series ofdueling duets.

Enrique Iglesias andShakira were the toastof the 2011 BillboardLatin Music Awards asthey each landed a haulof trophies. Iglesiasscooped nine honors,including Latin Artistof the Year, while hisEuphoria disc wasnamed Latin Album ofthe Year and Latin PopAlbum of the Year.Colombian superstarShakira picked up sixprizes included LatinPop Airplay Solo Artistof the Year and HotLatin Songs FemaleArtist. Her track WakaWaka (This Time forAfrica) was voted theLatin Digital Downloadof the Year. Other bigwinners were newcom-er Prince Royce, whotook home fourawards, Aventura,Daddy Yankee andJuan Luis Guerra, whoall received three hon-ors apiece.

It was ladies’ nightat FFAWN’s 2nd Annu-al Mary J. Blige Hon-ors Concert in NewYork City. The Queenof Hip-Hop Soulpresided over theevening’s festivities atHammerstein Ball-room. Her fellow divasincluding JenniferHudson, Christina

Aguilera, LeToya Luck-ett, and Jill Scott wereon hand to perform andhelp award scholar-ships to tomorrow’syoung female leaders.MJB started the orga-nization to ensure thateducational opportuni-ties are made availableto women so that theycan get the trainingneeded to be successful.

Waka Flocka Flamecan rest a little easiertoday -- because agrand jury justCLEARED the rapperof all drug relatedcharges stemmingfrom a police raid onhis Georgia home lastyear. A grand jury inHenry County, GAruled ... there was notenough evidenceagainst Waka to war-rant a trial for the drugcharges filed againsthim -- possession of acontrolled substanceand possession of weedmeasuring less than anounce. Three othercharges stemmingfrom the raid weredropped before the casewent in front of thegrand jury.

In the spirit of FirstLady Obama's "Let'sMove" campaign, musicmaven, Beyoncecrashed PS/MS 161 inHarlem to surprise stu-dents. The middleschoolers were shockedbeyond words as thesuperstar led a work-out routine with them.Beyonce has beendoing her part to helpMichelle Obama's fightagainst childhood obe-sity by remixing herhit 'Get Me Bodied' to bea workout song nowtitled 'Move Your Body'for the keep-fit initia-tive. While there, Bey-once was spotted work-ing out and dancingwith the students - allin stilettos by the way.Afterwards, the fanswere allowed to takepictures with Bey. It isamazing to see so manycelebrities have takenan interest in what theFirst Lady is doing.

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Idris Elba, the BBC “Luther” starexplains how his role in the Marvelcomic movie sparked anger from awhite supremacist groups.

Idris recently spoke about howmuch he respected director KennethBranagh for being “color blind” inhis approach to the blockbuster.

Elba explains:“When Kenneth asked me to be

part of it, I did find myself question-ing race.

“But Kenneth hadn’t even giventhat a thought. He just needed anactor who has presence and com-mand, and felt that I fit the bill.

“It was so refreshing – and a tes-tament to him as an actor and direc-tor that his casting was genuinelycolor blind. I feel very proud of beingpart of that movie.”

Elba also added how Thor fits intohis catalog of work:

“It’s different from anything elseI’ve done; but at the same time, it’sbeen pointed out to me that here Iam playing a central, solid figureagain – the one that people shouldtrust.

“Take [The Wire’s Stringer Bell]

or Luther – that seems to be a com-mon denominator in the characters Iplay.”

We’re glad Idris is playing therole of the Norse god Heimdall, itgives diversity and another perspec-tive to the film.

So far, the signs are looking pret-ty good for Thor, Marvel’s trickiestAvenger to slot into our universe. Soas you’d expect, director KennethBranagh was in a good mood whenwe spoke to him. He did address thebiggest controversy that hasattached itself to his film so far: thecasting of Idris Elba as Norse godHeimdall.

“Idris Elba is a fantastic actor - wewere lucky to get him. He providesall the characteristics we need fromAsgard’s gatekeeper, the man whosays, “Thou shalt not pass”. WhenIdris says that, you know you’regonna have a problem. He’s smart,intelligent, handsome and anabsolute joy to work with. If youhave a chance to have a great actorin the part, everything else is irrele-vant.

“If you’re going to say the color of

Idris Elba happy that Thorcasting was ‘color blind’

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Patton, who achieved a break-through dramatic performance asteacher Ms. Rain in “Precious,”resorted to peculiar Internet adviceto keep the beasts at bay, and itworked for a while — even if it madethe 35-year-old actress smell like anold man’s medicine cabinet.“I looked on the net because I

know that mosquitoes eat me alive,”Patton said during a press day at theSLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. “Ifound that if you use amber Listerine— you know, the yellow kind thatyour dad used that no one uses any-more? You spray that all over yourbody and it keeps mosquitoes away. Ismelled so bad and it worked for awhile, but then they were like, ‘What-ever.’ At one point, I was usingamber Listerine, DEET and an arm-band — we tried everything to keepthese guys away, but they wereresilient and aggressive.”It was an unusually rustic envi-

ronment for a lavish wedding film:Lunenburg has a population of 2,300humans and, joining the mosquitoesin the unpleasant infestation depart-ment, a large community of bats. ButPatton said the cast, including Loret-ta Devine, Angela Bassett, MikeEpps, Meagan Good and Laz Alonso,bonded through it all.“I say this all the time — I can’t

help it — but it’s hard to get thatmany people together, especiallyactors, and have them get along,”she said. “And we did — we all did. Insome ways, it was a luxury, becauseit brought us together.”Patton gained her first wide expo-

sure in “Idlewild,” the ambitious2006 period musical by the Atlanta

hip-hop duo OutKast. Despite herconvincing performance and a fami-ly background that suggests musi-cality — she is married to blue-eyedsoul singer Robin Thicke — Pattonsaid that she didn’t actually sing inthe film. Or, to be clear, her voicewasn’t used.“Well, I really sang, but it was like

singing to Aretha Franklin in theshower. You think you sound likeAretha, but it’s not true,” she said. “Iwould love to do it again: It was aperiod piece, all the beautiful cos-tumes and to look like I was a beau-tiful singer when I truly am not.”From there, Patton’s career stayed

on an upward trajectory, appearingin Tony Scott’s “Deja Vu” with Den-zel Washington, “Precious” and lastyear’s romantic comedy with QueenLatifah and Common, “Just Wright.”Later this year, Patton’s career

gets its biggest boost when sheappears with Tom Cruise and Jere-my Renner in director Brad Bird’s“Mission: Impossible — Ghost Proto-col.” She said her recent opportuni-ties keep her ridiculously busy, butshe feels lucky to get such high-pro-file work. And it’s happening just ayear after giving birth to her firstson, Julian, which presents its ownset of challenges.“It’s called lots of coffee and no

sleep,” Patton said, laughing. “Itobviously feels great — all of it’s adream.“It’s a miracle to be able do the

thing you love, especially in Holly-wood where you know how difficultthat is and you know how competi-tive it is. I think you always have tostay in a place of thankfulness andremember how precious it is to dowhat you love in such a competitiveart form.”

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Sales of the compilation CD “SongsFor Japan” have raised $5 million forJapan earthquake and Pacific tsuna-mi relief, Legacy Recordings said.Proceeds from the album are being

donated to the Japanese Red CrossSociety, which is providing relief tothose affected by March’s devastatingearthquake and tsunami in Japan.More than 500,000 digital and

physical copies of “Songs For Japan”have been sold.The album includes tracks by John

Lennon, U2, Bob Dylan, Red Hot ChiliPeppers, Lady Gaga, Beyonce (right),Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Rihanna,Justin Timberlake, Madonna, DavidGuetta, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen,Josh Groban, Keith Urban, BlackEyed Peas, Pink, Cee Lo Green, LadyAntebellum, Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters,R.E.M., Nicki Minaj, Sade, MichaelBuble, Justin Bieber, Adele, Enya,Elton John, John Mayer, Queen,Kings Of Leon, Sting, Leona Lewis,Ne-Yo, Shakira and Norah Jones.

The participating songwriters,record labels, music publishers andiTunes have waived their royaltiesand proceeds to ensure that the JRCSreceives as much support as possiblefrom this initiative, Legacy said in anews release Wednesday.

Diddy’s camp is saying that thecancellation of five Diddy-DirtyMoney tour dates in Florida and Mis-souri had less to do with sluggishticket sales and more about technicalissues.“A few dates for the Coming Home

tour in Florida and Missouri werecanceled due to production and tech-nical logistics which made it impos-sible for Diddy-Dirty Money to per-form the best show for their fans,” arep told TMZ.The rep would not explain the

exact nature of the “technical logis-tics,” but TMZ claims the reasonsrange from lighting to stage prob-lems as possible speedbumps.Diddy-Dirty Money, comprised of

Diddy, former Danity Kane singerDawn Richard and singer KaleenaHarper, plans on hitting its lastthree tour stops within the next twoweeks.“The remaining shows in Los

Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenixare scheduled as planned and will

mark the ending to a widelyacclaimed tour,” the rep continued.The trio released their debut “Last

Train to Paris” in December of 2010.The album surpassed industryexpectations selling 101,000 unitsin its first week. The Coming Hometour wraps up May 10 in Phoenix.

Diddy blames canceled shows on‘logistics’, not slow ticket sales

‘Songs’ raises $5 millionfor Japanese Red Cross

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THE RELIGIOUS ROUTEBY VELMA HART

Happy Mother’s Day!There is nothing toovaluable that cannot bepresented to a motherto say “I love you.” Thefollowing article is verymuch in line withMother’s Day. On May1 all day at the St.John’s Baptist Church,Inc., 11`2-=07 Guy R.Brewer Blvd., Jamaica,it was Women’s Day.Rev. Lawrence DeAr-mon Dorsy is the pas-tor. Sister Ella Lasterwas the co-chairperson.The morning celebra-tion was presided by

First Lady Marina. Onthe program were Sis-ter Geneva Floyd, Min-ister Kathleen Rucker,Sister Rosemore Wig-gins, Sister DysteniFrazier, Sister SimoneReid, and the Women’sDay Choir provided theministry with songs.The guest preacher wasEvangelist Alesha Cald-well. She is fromRhema House of Prayerand Deliverance. Din-ner was served afterthe worship service. Itwas very delicious, andmost politely served. At

5 p.m., with Sister EllaLaster presiding, theWomen’s Day celebra-tion resumed. On theprogram were SisterShayeeda Wisdom, Dea-coness Linda Parris,Sister Rosemaria Wig-gins and selections bythe Women’s DayChoir. The theme forthe day was “Women ofthe Kingdom Arise; It’sTime to Wage War.”Scripture Judges 4:4-10. The preacher of thehour was Dr. KarenWilliams. She is fromthe Vision From The

Heart Ministries. Dr.Williams expounded onthe theme of the day.On a lovely day weath-er-wise, to the lovelydressed ladies, my com-pliments. Coming up atthe SJBC May 16-22will be services for the14th Pastoral Anniver-sary Celebration forPastor Dorsey andLady Dorsey. Therewill be many invitedspeakers and congre-gations on each day.All are welcome. Also,on May 1 at 1300 hours(1 p.m.) I attended the

Police Officer JohnScarangelia street re-naming ceremony. Itwas held at the 113thPrecinct, Baisley Blvd.and 167th Street,Jamaica in the parkinglot. There were so manypolicemen present, Iwondered who waswatching the store(smile). On the pro-gram were Lt. TonyGiorgio of the Ceremo-nial Unit, P.O. WilliamHigh, who sang theNational Anthem,Queens CouncilmanLeroy Comrie, Honor-

able Richard Brown,Queens district attor-ney, and P.O. ThomasScarangelia, son of thelate OfficerScarangelia. Rev.Tracey Johnson offeredthe invocation andbenediction. I was invit-ed by Auxiliary PoliceCapt. Jean Hairston. Afood-a-plenty receptionended the ceremony.The above address isnow John ScarangeliaWay.

Until next time,show love.

By RANDYDOTINGA

If you have a brainaneurysm, drinking cof-fee, having sex or evengetting angry mayboost the risk of it rup-turing, a new studysuggests.Although the risk is

extremely small, peoplewho have aneurysmsshould be careful, saidDr. Sahil Parikh, assis-tant professor of medi-cine at University Hospi-tals Case Medical Centerin Cleveland.“For those patients

who do haveaneurysms, it would beadvisable to avoid thosebehaviors,” said Parikh,

who’s familiar with thestudy findings.Aneurysms occur

when the wall of anartery weakens andbulges out. They canoccur anywhere in thebody, but are particular-ly dangerous in thebrain, where they cancause a hemorrhagic(bleeding) stroke if theyburst.In the study, pub-

lished online May 5 inthe journal Stroke,researchers asked 250patients who had suf-fered a ruptured brainaneurysm about theirexposure to 30 possibletriggers before the hem-orrhage.The investigators

found that being star-

tled raised the risk ofburst aneurysm insomeone who alreadyhas an aneurysm by thehighest level — 23-fold.Anger boosted the riskby six times. Otherthings raised the level,too: Coffee (two times),cola (three times),straining for defecation(seven times), sexual

intercourse (11 times),nose blowing and vigor-ous physical activity(both two times).The cause seems to be

higher blood pressure,said study lead authorDr. Monique H.M. Vlak,since all eight activitiescause blood pressure torise.Vlak said about 2 per-

cent of the populationhas a brain aneurysm.They are often symp-tomless and frequentlyharmless.“You shouldn’t be

scared because the likeli-hood of this happeningis extremely rare,” saidParikh. “I would encour-age patients not toworry excessively aboutit and consult with theirdoctor if they feel at riskof an aneurysm.”Even if you do have

an aneurysm, it’sunlikely to bother you.“We think mostaneurysms never rup-ture,” said Vlak, a neu-rologist at the UtrechtStroke Center at Univer-sity Medical Center inUtrecht, the Nether-

lands.“Most aneurysms are

discovered incidentally,since they hardly evercause symptoms beforerupturing,” she added.“If they do cause symp-toms, most often it isdouble vision or anincredibly severeheadache, which is max-imal within less than aminute. The latter isoften a small leak and iscalled a ‘warning leak.’”People with known

aneurysms should avoidcaffeine, Vlak said, anduse laxatives if they’reconstipated.As for exercise, Vlak

said its positive effectson the body outweighthe extra risk amongthose patients.

Sex, coffee may boost risk of brain aneurysm rupture

By NATASHAALLEN

Virtual reality isn’tjust fun for kids — itmight also be able tohelp many strokepatients on their way torecovery, hints a Cana-dian summary of theresearch on the tech-nology.Virtual reality could

turn out to be an inex-pensive way forpatients to intensifytheir rehab efforts afterstroke, Dr. GustavoSaposnik, who led thenew work, told ReutersHealth.But Saposnik, who

directs the Stroke Out-

comes Research Unit atSt. Michael’s Hospitalin Toronto, added thatthe technology stillisn’t ready for prime-time.Nearly 800,000

Americans suffer astroke each year, andmore than 137,000 ofthem die, according tothe American StrokeAssociation. Those whomake it are often leftwith crippling braindamage, which cancause paralysis, speechproblems or memoryloss.To see if video games

or virtual reality sys-tems such as NintendoWii, PlayStation Eye-Toy, Sony Glasstron

and CyberGlove couldhelp these people recov-er some of their move-ment, Saposnik andcolleagues pooled thebest existing evidenceon the question.Their findings,

based on 12 earlierstudies, appear in thejournal Stroke. Five ofthe studies directlytested the technologyagainst standard rehabsuch as physical thera-py, while the rest usedweaker research meth-ods.In total, 195 patients

who were partly para-lyzed and had problemsmoving their arms tookpart in the research.Depending on the

study, they traineddaily on the virtualreality systems for anhour or so over two tosix weeks.Combining the

results of the studies,the researchers foundthe patients had fivetimes the odds ofimproving their gripand other movements ifthey had virtual realitytraining added to stan-dard rehab.Based on the seven

weaker studies, strokepatients also becameabout 20 percent betterat simple tasks such asmoving their fingersindependently afterusing virtual reality.One reason for the

improvements may bethat playing the gamesspeeds up the brain’sability to change andrewire itself,researchers said.Previous findings

suggest virtual realitytechnology may alsohelp people withdementia and Parkin-son’s disease.But much of the

research is limited —and that includes thenew results. Forinstance, all of thestudies analyzed weresmall and they onlyexamined people withmild to moderatestroke, so moreresearch is neededbefore doctors start rec-

ommending the tech-nology, Saposnik said.What’s more, virtual

reality doesn’t providethe same assistance asa therapist, said Dr.Joel Stein, a rehabexpert at Columbia Uni-versity in New York.As a consequence it

might only be for peo-ple who can move pret-ty well on their own,Stein told ReutersHealth. The advantage,on the other hand isthat it might keep peo-ple committed to theirrehab.“If we can make it

fun and engaging theneventually it is helpfuland important,” Steinsaid.

Virtual reality shows promise for stroke patients


By LUCIAMUTIKANI

WASHINGTON —The number of Ameri-cans filing for jobless aidrose to an eight-monthhigh last week and pro-ductivity growth slowedin the first quarter,clouding the outlook foran economy that isstruggling to gainspeed.

While the surprisejump in initial claims forunemployment benefitswas attributed to factorsranging from springbreak layoffs to theintroduction of an emer-gency benefits program,economists said it cor-roborated reports thisweek indicating a loss ofmomentum in job cre-ation.

New claims for statejobless benefits rose43,000 to a seasonallyadjusted 474,000, the

highest since mid-August, the LaborDepartment said onThursday. Economistshad expected claims tofall to 410,000.

A second report fromthe department showednonfarm productivityincreased at a 1.6 per-cent annual rate, brak-ing from a 2.9 percentpace in the fourth quar-ter. The growth pacewas above economists’expectations for 1 per-cent.

“We do not think thatthe entire rise in claimsover the last month canbe explained by specialfactors alone,” saidHarm Bandholz, chiefU.S. economist at Uni-Credit Research in NewYork. “It seems insteadas if the improvement inthe labor market sloweda bit.”

Reports this weekshowed weaker employ-ment growth in themanufacturing and ser-

vices sectors in April.Data from payrolls pro-cessing firm ADPEmployer Services alsoshowed a step back inprivate hiring lastmonth.

The claims data fallsoutside the survey peri-od for the government’sclosely watched employ-ment report for April,which will be released onFriday. Nonfarm pay-rolls increased 186,000last month, according toa Reuters survey, afterrising by 216,000 inMarch — which was themost in 10 months.

But the odds are highfor an even lower num-ber. The anticipatedslowdown in hiring ismostly blamed on highfood and gasoline prices,which clipped economicgrowth in the first quar-ter. Still, the unemploy-ment rate is expected tohave held at a two-yearlow of 8.8 percent.

U.S. stocks openedlower on the claimsreport, while govern-ment debt prices rose fora sixth straight session.The dollar gainedagainst the euro afterthe European CentralBank offered few clueson the timing of thefuture interest rateincreases.

Other reports onThursday showed a lateEaster boosted sales ofclothing and other holi-day-related items inApril, but retailerswarned rising costs anda weak labor marketwould dampen purchas-es over the next severalmonths.

While special factorswere blamed for the risein claims last week, eventhe four-week movingaverage of unemploy-

ment claims — a bettermeasure of underlyingtrends — increased22,250 to 431,250, thehighest since November.

A Labor Departmentofficial attributed thesurprise surge in claimslast week to springbreak layoffs in NewYork, which added25,000, and the start ofan emergency benefitsprogram in Oregon,which brought in newclaimants, includingsome already on the reg-ular programs.

There were also addi-tional claims from theauto sector, related toplant shutdownsbecause of parts short-ages in the wake of thedevastating earthquakeand tsunami in Japan.

Deadly tornadoes thatstruck parts of the coun-try could also haveaccounted for smallnumber of claims, thelabor official said.

The New York springbreak fell outside thedates the departmentuses for seasonal adjust-ments to account for theholiday nationwide.

Even though claimstrended higher the pre-vious week, some econo-mists cautioned againstreading too much intolast week’s surge andexpected claims to comedown in the weeksahead.

“We are hesitant totake too strong of a sig-nal from the recentincrease in claims dataand will look to upcom-ing reports before sug-

gesting that the upturnin claims is a sign thatthe labor market has lostmomentum,” saidMichael Gapen, a senioreconomist at BarclaysCapital in New York.

But the productivityreport offered some hopefor the labor marketrecovery.

While the step back inproductivity wasflagged by a sharp pullback in economicgrowth in the first quar-ter, it also suggestedbusinesses have proba-bly little room to contin-ue cost cutting strate-gies and may soon needto step up hiring.

Productivity — whichmeasures hourly outputper worker — roserapidly in the past twoyears, peaking at an 8.9percent rate in the sec-ond quarter of 2009.Businesses are estimat-ed to be sitting on $2trillion in cash.

The economy grew ata 1.8 percent pace in thefirst three months ofthis year after expand-

ing at a 3.1 percent ratein the fourth quarter.

The productivityreport showed arebound in unit laborcosts, which rose at a 1percent rate in the firstquarter after declining 1percent in the prior peri-od, but still remainingtame.

High food and energyprices have stoked infla-tion fears, but FederalReserve officials see lim-ited scope for a broadpick up in price pres-sures.

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People fill out job application forms at a jobfair in Los Angeles.

SAN FRANCISCO— Apple Inc. released asoftware update to fix aproblem that enabledits mobile devices tocollect and store cus-tomers’ location data,making good on apromise it made lastweek.

Apple Chief Execu-tive Officer Steve Jobs,who is on medicalleave, had promised toadjust the company’smobile software tostore less location dataafter a firestorm brokeout over whether Applewas monitoring thewhereabouts of its cus-tomers.

The update, which isavailable through itsiTunes stores and auto-matically pops upwhen an iPhone oriPad is synced, said it“contains changes tothe iOS crowd-sourcedlocation databasecache.”

The company said inthe update that thesoftware fix reducesthe size of the locationstorage, ensures thatthe device no longerbacks the locationinformation in iTunes,

and enables the iPhoneor iPad to stop collect-ing data when LocationServices is turned off.

Apple’s softwareupdate comes ahead ofa U.S. senate subcom-mittee hearing onmobile privacy on May10. Representativesfrom both Apple andGoogle Inc have agreedto testify at the hear-ing.

Concerns abouttracking came to ahead earlier this monthwhen two computerprogrammers present-ed research showingthe iPhone was logginglocations.

Apple has deniedthat it was tracking themovements of itsiPhone customers buthas acknowledged thatit does keep a databaseof nearby Wi-Fihotspots and cell tow-ers. This has raisedconcerns from privacyadvocates, who say theprocess would make itpossible, for instance,for someone withaccess to a person’scomputer to retrieveinformation about theirmovements.

Apple updates softwareto fix tracking glitch

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Big 3 battle? Not yet, with Wade and James rolling

MIAMI - After seeing LeBron James andDwyane Wade fill the scoring column again inGame 2, the Boston Celtics tipped their collectivecaps.

Celtics forward Glen Davis says Wade and James“are willing their way to a win.”

This Eastern Conference semifinal series wastouted as a battle of the so-called Big 3’s, the Heatgroup of Wade, James and Chris Bosh againstBoston’s core of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and RayAllen.

So far, it’s been one-sided.Wade and James are outscoring Pierce, Garnett,

Allen and Rajon Rondo by themselves in this series.It’s helped Miami take a 2-0 series lead and a heapof confidence into Boston for Game 3 on Saturdaynight.

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel leaving UConnVERNON, Conn. — Connecticut swingman

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, who was recently arrest-ed on drug charges, plans to transfer from thenational champions, the school said Thursday.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun made the announce-ment in a news release, hours after the sophomorefrom Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood had acourt appearance on marijuana charges postponed.

“Jamal and I met recently and, although he lovesthe program, he would like more playing time,”Calhoun said. “He and I both agree that he mayhave more opportunity for that playing time inanother program.”

Calhoun did not mention Coombs-McDaniel’slegal problems. The 6-foot-7 forward was arrestedApril 21 on campus and charged with two misde-meanors, possession of marijuana and possessionof drug paraphernalia.

Police said he and two other people were foundwith 5.6 grams of marijuana, a marijuana grinderand a package of cigars used to smoke marijuana.

Coombs-McDaniel met briefly with prosecutorsThursday and his case was continued until May 19.He told reporters at the courthouse he would speakto them after his appearance, but left while theywere in the courtroom waiting for the case to becalled.

Coombs-McDaniel played in all 41 of UConn’sgames during its national championship season,and started twice. He averaged 5.6 points and 2.7rebounds.

“He was a very important part of our nationalchampionship this season and I know is capable ofgreat success in the future,” Calhoun said. “Wewish Jamal the best of luck athletically and aca-demically whereever he decides to continue his col-lege career.”

His departure opens up a scholarship forCalhoun, who has already lost one due to NCAArecruiting violations and is expected to lose at leastone more later this month when the program’sAcademic Performance Ratings are released.

To avoid a penalty, the team must score at leasta 925 on the APR, which measures four years ofacademic performance and graduation rates. Lastyear, the team scored 930, including an 844 for the2008-09 season.

Calhoun, who also faces a three-game suspen-sion next season for the NCAA violations, says hestill hasn’t decided whether he will return to UConnor retire. He said he will make that decision some-time this summer, but has no real timetable.

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CHICAGO -Commissioner David Sternhopes the NBA does not fol-low the NFL’s lead andkeeps its labor dispute withthe union out of the courts.

Stern said litigation is “notappropriate to making a deal.”

“We understand what a chaot-ic situation looks like, so we won’tneed to give away the negotiatingprocess to a process that isnowhere near as controlling,” headded.

All he has to do is look at theNFL, where locked-out playersand owners are embroiled in a bit-ter dispute that’s playing out incourt.

The NBA’s current collectivebargaining agreement expiresJune 30, and Stern has made itclear the owners will lock out theplayers if a deal that gives themthe financial relief they’re seek-ing can’t be reached.

The league sent a revised pro-posal for a new deal to the playerslast week, and ESPN.com report-ed Wednesday that they are balk-ing, saying it’s too close to theoriginal one they rejected inFebruary 2010.

Asked about that report, Sternhanded the microphone to deputycommissioner Adam Silver, whosaid talks are ongoing and thatmore meetings with union lead-ership are set up.

“It’s going to be a longprocess,” he said. “But we’reworking toward a deal.”

Not since 1998 has the leaguehad a work stoppage, andalthough Stern has said he does-n’t think it has to come to that, hehas also warned the players thatthe deal offered to them before thecurrent CBA expires may bemore favorable than one theycould be presented after gameshave already been lost.

Stern has also defended theright of his owners to profit offtheir investments. Though theleague is projecting $300 millionin losses this season, the league’sinitial proposal for a new CBAsought to reduce player salarycosts by about $750 million annu-ally.

The players quickly rejectedthat proposal, which also calledfor a hard salary cap to replacethe current system that allowsfor certain exceptions. The play-ers sent a counterproposal thatsummer, but the league wasn’tinterested in it and there has beenno progress.

In other matters, Stern said he

could see three teams in the LosAngeles area. Even so, he was“very, very happy” that the Kingsare staying put for at least anoth-er year, rather than move fromSacramento to Anaheim.

“The results thus far in spon-sorship, season tickets andenthusiasm are extraordinary,”he said.

He also said the league is“working very hard” to keep theHornets in New Orleans.

“I think we’re going to putback the franchise soon in a waythat there will be more than oneowner interested in buying theHornets and keeping the team inNew Orleans if the business com-munity follows through on itspledges of support,” he said.

Stern spoke before Game 2 ofthe Eastern Conference semifi-nals between the Bulls andAtlanta Hawks at the UnitedCenter, where he presentedDerrick Rose the MVP trophybefore the opening tip.

“I do know that he’s theyoungest MVP, that he deservesthe award he’s getting tonight,”the commissioner told reporters.“He had a heck of a season. ...You can check it all. He’s a heckof a player, and if we can keephim healthy, he’s going to havesome career.”

Stern hopes to keep labordispute out of courts

LOS ANGELES — Pittsburgh Steelers widereceiver and “Dancing With the Stars” contestantHines Ward was briefly detained at gunpointThursday in a mix-up over a reported stolen car,but he was released without being arrested, policesaid.

Ward told ESPN senior NFL analyst ChrisMortensen in a text message that it was all a mis-understanding.

“There’s not a story. It was a misunderstand-ing and the police apologized to me. I didn’t getarrested. I don’t have a reaction to a non story,”he wrote.

Ward and a female friend were stopped in hercar at about 1:30 a.m. in North Hollywoodbecause she had reported the car stolen on April19, Sgt. Maria Morrison said.

The two had left a restaurant in NorthHollywood, officer Sara Faden said.

NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Hornets gener-al manager Dell Demps says he intends to talk toChris Paul about a contract extension when rulesallow for it this summer and that he believes thefranchise has regained the All-Star point guard’sconfidence.

Demps says Paul has told him and head coachMonty Williams that he sees the Hornets movingin the right direction.

Demps and Williams say the plan this offsea-son is to look for ways to build a title contenderaround Paul, who averaged 22 points, 11.5assists and 6.7 rebounds in a first-round playoffloss to the defending champion Los AngelesLakers.

Demps says that plan includes bringing backpower forwards David West, who can opt out ofhis contract, and Carl Landry, who is a freeagent.

Hines Ward brieflyheld in mix-up

Hornets still seePaul in their future



CHALLENGE

By KIERANMULVANEY

LAS VEGAS -Shane Mosley feelsa victory over WBOwelterweight cham-pion MannyPacquiao onSaturday would behis biggest everdespite a glitteringcareer that includesworld titles in threeweight classes.

“That would be thebest victory at thistime,” Mosley toldreporters on Tuesday atthe MGM Grand, thesite of Saturday’s fight.“If I fight Pacquiao andbeat him, there willprobably have to beanother one, becausepeople won’t believe it.”

Mosley has yet to beknocked out during hisprofessional career, but

his comment was aclear admission thatdespite a record of 46-6-1 with 39 knockouts,including two victoriesover compatriot Oscarde la Hoya, he will be aheavy underdogagainst the FilipinoPacquiao.

That reflects the factthat the 39-year-oldMosley’s record is apedestrian 8-6-1 sincethe end of 2001 and hislast fight in Las Vegaswas a comprehensivepoints defeat over fel-low American FloydMayweather one yearago.

In that fight, Mosleyrocked Mayweatherbadly in the secondround but could notcapitalize and lost everyround after. But heinsisted the differencein styles between thetwo makes theMayweather fight

meaningless when eval-uating Saturday’s fight.

“Mayweather doesn’tthrow a lot of punches,but he throws them atthe right time,” he said.“Manny throws morepunches and he throwsthem at any time. Thatstyle I believe is goingto be more suitable tome.”

Pacquiao, 52-3-2with 38 knockouts, whohas won world titles ineight weight divisions,agreed that dismissingMosley’s chances was amistake.

“It’s unfair to him,”Pacquiao said onTuesday, adding thatMosley has “good handspeed, good foot speed,and of course he’sstrong. You cannotunderestimate Mosley.”

Mosley pointed to hisupset victories over dela Hoya in 2000 and2003, and his dominant

knockout of Mexico’sAntonio Margarito in2009, as evidence thathe has frequently put

on his best performanc-es in the face of doubt.

“A lot of the timespeople count me out, I

tend to become victori-ous. So, maybe it’s not agood idea to count meout.”

Underdog Mosley says Pacquiao win would be career best

Boxer Manny Pacquiao (L) of the Philippines faces off with ShaneMosley of the U.S. during a news conference at the MGM Grand Hoteland Casino in Las Vegas.

BOSTON - Boston isbuilding a statue ofCeltics legend BillRussell months afterPresident BarackObama suggested thecity needed one.

The basketball fran-chise announcedWednesday the statuewould be designed by alocal artist and wouldcommemorate Russellas a sports champion,human rights leaderand youth mentoringadvocate.

Russell says in apress release he’s“uncomfortable” withsuch honors. But headds his years as cap-tain of the Celtics were

“the proudestmoments” of hiscareer.

Russell led theCeltics to 11 leaguechampionships in 13seasons.

Obama suggestedBoston build a statue ofRussell when heawarded him aPresidential Medal ofFreedom in February.Obama said he hopedone day children wouldlook up to a statute“built not only to BillRussell the player butBill Russell the man.”

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PITTSBURGH -Steelers running backRashard Mendenhallwrote a “clarification” ofhis comments madeMonday on Twitterregarding the death ofOsama bin Laden.

In a tweet postedaround 1:00 p.m. onWednesday, he linked toan in-depth blog post. Inthat entry, he wrotethat he does not supportbin Laden, and that heaimed clear things up,for not only himself, butalso the Steelers.

On Monday,Pittsburgh’s leadingrusher caused enoughof a stir with his tweets,that the Steelers feltcompelled to release astatement.

Among Mendenhall’sposts, the day after thebin Laden news broke,was: “What kind of per-son celebrates death?It’s amazing how peoplecan HATE a man theyhave never even heardspeak. We’ve only heardone side...” He alsotweeted on the Sept. 11attacks: “We’ll neverknow what really hap-pened. I just have a hardtime believing a planecould take a skyscraper

down demolition style.”Wednesday’s offer-

ing, though, was a dif-ferent story.

“I appreciate those ofyou who have decided toread this letter andattain a greater under-standing of my recentTwitter posts. I see howthey have gotten mis-construed, and wantedto use this outlet as away to clear up allthings that do nottruthfully representmyself, what I stand forpersonally, and anyorganization that I am apart of.

“First, I want peopleto understand that I amnot in support of BinLaden, or against theUSA. I understand howdevastating 9/11 was tothis country and to thepeople whose familieswere affected. Not justin the U.S., but familiesall over the world whohad relatives in theWorld Trade Centers.My heart goes out to thetroops who fight for ourfreedoms everyday, notbeing certain if they willhave the opportunity toreturn home, and thefamilies who watchtheir loved ones bravely

go off to war. Last year,I was grateful enoughto have the opportunityto travel overseas andparticipate in a footballcamp put on for thechildren of U.S. troopsstationed in Germany. Itwas a special experi-ence. These events havehad a significant impactin my life.”

Mendenhall alsospecifically pointed outthe “celebrates death”tweet.

“This controversialstatement was some-thing I said in responseto the amount of joy Isaw in the event of amurder. I don’t believethat this is an issue ofpolitics or Americanpride; but one of reli-gion, morality, andhuman ethics.”

He also tried to bringclosure to the situation.

“Nothing I said wasmeant to stir up contro-versy. It was my way togenerate conversation.In looking at my time-line in its entirety,everything that I’ve saidis with the intent ofexpressing a wide arrayof ideas and generatingopen and honest discus-sions, something I

believe we as Americancitizens should be ableto do. Most opinions willnot be fully agreed uponand are not meant to be.However, I believe everyopinion should berespected or at leastgiven some thought. Iapologize for the timingas such a sensitive mat-ter, but it was not meantto do harm. I apologizeto anyone I unintention-ally harmed with any-thing that I said, or anyhurtful interpretationthat was made and putin my name.”

On Tuesday, asMendenhall’s offeringsbecame a national story,team president ArtRooney II made sure theSteelers were heardfrom.

“I have not spokenwith Rashard, so it ishard to explain or evencomprehend what hemeant with his recentTwitter comments,” hewrote in a statement.“The entire Steelersorganization is veryproud of the job our mil-itary personnel havedone and we can onlyhope this leads to ourtroops coming homesoon.”

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By JEFF LATZKE

OKLAHOMA CITY - RussellWestbrook has made a quickrise from turnover-prone rookieto NBA All-Star.

He’s also learned that no mat-ter what he does, he can’t makeeveryone happy.

“This time of the year, it’s atough job. You kind of take thegood with the bad,” Westbrooksaid. “Sometimes, people likewhen you score. Sometimes theydon’t like when you score.Sometimes they like when youpass. So, you’ve got to just play.”

In the playoffs, Westbrookhas drawn criticism for takingmore shots than NBA scoringchampion Kevin Durant in eachof Oklahoma City’s two playofflosses. He also had seventurnovers in the Thunder’sGame 1 loss against theGrizzlies.

The series is now knotted 1-1headed into Saturday’s Game 3at Memphis.

Just don’t count coach ScottBrooks among those who arehopping off and on Westbrook’sbandwagon this postseason.

“It’s amazing. With Russell,we analyze every possession. Ido that myself when we breakdown the film,” Brooks said

Wednesday during a break inthe series. “But it seems likeeverybody’s breaking down thefilm - like in my meetings or inmy head.”

Brooks, a former NBA pointguard, sees Westbrook’s rise asmore of a long-term endeavor.Westbrook didn’t even play thepoint during his two seasons atUCLA, but made the switch afterhe was drafted fourth overall in2008.

He took over as the startingpoint guard on a team that wason pace for the worst record inNBA history and ended up lead-ing the league in turnovers,

only to develop within two yearsinto an All-Star and theThunder’s go-to guy behindDurant.

“It’s not fair to him,” Brookssaid. “It’s really not fair to him.... He gets criticized for everybad game. He’s not the onlyplayer that has a bad game. He’snot going to be the only playerin the future that has badgames.

“The only thing that I can sayabout that: Russell knows whathe needs to do, and we talk tohim and he’s coachable and hewants to get better. He controlshis improvement.”

Westbrook has come to under-stand the new place he occupiesin the basketball world. Beyondhis first All-Star selection thisseason, he was also a contribu-tor on the U.S. team that wonthe world championship lastsummer.

So, there is a certain expecta-tion that he’ll perform each timehe steps on the floor.

“That comes along withbecoming a good player in thisleague. Everybody wants you todo everything,” Westbrook said.“I’m trying my hardest to be ableto get my teammates the balland at the same time be aggres-sive.”

Criticism and stardom forThunder’s Westbrook

By FREDERICJ. FROMMER

WASHINGTON -The JusticeDepartment wantsto know why theNCAA doesn’t havea college footballplayoff system andsays there are “seri-ous questions”about whether thecurrent format todetermine a nation-al champion com-plies with antitrustlaws.

Critics who haveurged the departmentto investigate the BowlChampionship Seriescontend it unfairly

gives some schools pref-erential access to thetitle championshipgame and top-tier end-of-the-season bowl con-tents.

In a letter this week,the department’santitrust chief,Christine Varney,asked NCAA PresidentMark Emmert why aplayoff system isn’tused in football, unlikein other sports; whatsteps the NCAA hastaken to create one; andwhether Emmertthinks there are aspectsof the BCS system thatdon’t serve the interestof fans, schools andplayers.

“Your views would berelevant in helping usto determine the best

course of action withregard to the BCS,” shewrote.

“Serious questionscontinue to arise sug-gesting the currentBowl ChampionshipSeries system may notbe conducted consistentwith the competitionprinciples expressed inthe federal antitrustlaws,” Varney said.

Varney noted thatthe attorney general ofUtah, Mark Shurtleff,has said he plans anantitrust lawsuitagainst the BCS, andthat 21 professorsrecently wrote thedepartment requestingan investigation.

Shurtleff, who metwith department offi-cials last fall to discuss

a possible federal probe,said at the time thatsuch an investigationwas critical to the effortto get a playoff system.

The NCAA saidWednesday it wouldrespond to the govern-ment’s questions whenit receives the letter.

Spokesman BobWilliams said Emmertconsistently has saidthe NCAA is willing tomove to a playoff for-mat if schools with thenation’s major footballprograms want to gothat route.

Bill Hancock, theBCS executive director,was confident the cur-rent system complieswith the law.

“Goodness gracious,with all that’s going on

in the world right nowand with national andstate budgets beingwhat they are, it seemslike a waste of taxpay-ers’ money to have thegovernment lookinginto how college foot-ball games are played,”he said.

Under the BCS, thechampions of six con-ferences have automaticbids to play in top-tierbowl games; other con-ferences don’t. Thosesix conferences alsoreceive more moneythan the other confer-ences.

Attorney GeneralEric Holder referencedVarney’s letter at aSenate hearing

Wednesday, in responseto a statement fromSen. Orrin Hatch, aUtah Republican andBCS critic. Hatch calledthe BCS a “mess” andsaid that “privilegedconferences” havetremendous advantagesover the unprivileged.

“And I just hope thatyou’ll continue to followup on that particularissue,” he said. “It’s animportant one, I think.”

“I don’t disagree withyou,” Holder respond-ed. “You and I havetalked about this issue,and I think I’m free tosay that we have sent aletter to the NCAAabout this issue andwill be following up.”

Justice to NCAA: Why no college football playoff

EASTBOURNE,England - VenusWilliams has bro-ken with traditionand entered awarmup tourna-ment beforeWimbledon.

The 30-year-oldAmerican has agreed toplay at the EastbourneInternational fromJune 11-18 for the firsttime since 1998.

Williams and her sis-ter Serena usually headhome to Florida afterthe French Open tocomplete their prepara-

tions for Wimbledon,which Venus has wonfive times.

However, both sis-ters are short on matchplay. Serena hasn’tplayed since winningWimbledon last year,while Venus hasn’tbeen in competitiveaction since retiringfrom her third-roundmatch at January’sAustralian Open with ahip injury.

Venus is next due toplay at the BrusselsOpen, the last tourna-ment before the FrenchOpen begins May 22.

Venus Williams entersWimbledon warmup

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