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Lucy Calhoun (far right) shows students Samantha Shuford and Lexie Still of the Safe Sitters class at Rutherford Hospital on Wednesday how to safely rescue an infant who is choking.

Henry Scripps demon-strates how to properly execute the Heimlich maneuver as part of a Safe Sitter course held Wednesday at Rutherford Hospital. The course is offered by SafeKids of Rutherford County and Rutherford Hospital. Another class is planned for July 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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RUTHERFORDTON — The Cancer Program at Rutherford Hospital has received a three-year accreditation, with commen-dation, from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

Just 14 percent of all cancer pro-grams in the U.S. received the desig-nation, the hospi-tal says.

“It’s extremely important,” said Lynn Ross, oncol-ogy program coordinator for Rutherford Hospital.

The hospital was first accred-ited in 2001. About 71 percent of all newly diagnosed cancer patients in the United States are treated in the more than 1,400 accredited facilities, the ACS website says.

“We’re very proud of our pro-gram. Part of that is because it’s not something everybody can do. There are so many hospitals that do not have approved programs. For us to have that in our county is exceptional,” said Ross, who has been with the hospital for 20 years and the oncology coordina-tor since 1997.

Dr. Matt Rees is the hospital’s medical oncologist. Dr. Scott Roberts is the radiation oncolo-gist.

Accreditation from the com-mission, Rees said, is given only to those facilities that voluntarily commit to providing the highest level of cancer care and to those that undergo evaluations and performance reviews. “To main-tain accreditation,” he said in a statement, “facilities with COC accredited cancer programs must submit to an on-site review every three years.”

Patients who receive care in accredited cancer programs, the ACS says, can be assured

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By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON – A child is chok-ing, and instead of panicking, his babysitter is prepared, thanks to a course offered by SafeKids Rutherford County and Rutherford Hospital.

It’s a scenario organizers hope, should it happen, would be the norm. Sixteen children were signed up Wednesday for the first of three Safe Sitter courses planned for the sum-mer.

“It’s a one-day class for children ages 11 to 13,” said Lucy Calhoun, one of the course’s instructors. “There is another class scheduled

for July 7, and we’ll probably have another one because there’s already a waiting list.”

The third class, she said, is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 4.

Throughout the class, which began at 8:30 a.m., participants take part in interactive games and activities designed to help them become safe babysitters. In addition to get-ting instruction in the Heimlich maneuver and reacting to a choking situation, students get a folder filled with information they can take on the job with them.

“They get a bag with Band-Aids, gloves,

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By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Summer officially began this week, so it is only fitting that a rite of the season for children in Rutherford County takes place Friday.

The Forest City Police Department will be playing host to the 13th annual Kids & Cops event at Forest City Dunbar Park on Learning Parkway from 9 a.m. to noon.

“The event is geared toward kids ages 12 and under, but fami-lies are also welcome to come,” said Lacey Euten of the Forest City Police Department, one of the planners of this year’s event. “This is a great opportunity to learn about the different depart-ments that protect and serve our neighborhoods and communi-ties.”

Kids & Cops traditionally includes a large contingent of public-service providers.

“We’ve called all the depart-ments that have been here in the

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N.C. Democrats plan to unifyRALEIGH (AP) — Democrats

planned to unify Wednesday in their bid to oust North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, one day after Secretary of State Elaine Marshall emerged from an ardu-ous primary to win the party’s nomination.

Cal Cunningham, who spent the primary dismissing Marshall as wrong for the future of North Carolina, planned to rally with the victor at an event in Raleigh.

Marshall also got kind words from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which had recruited Cunningham and spent more than $100,000 for his cause.

It was clear Tuesday night that the lengthy primary had left some fractures to mend. Marshall took a moment during her victory speech to mock the “Washington establishment” for forcing her to win the primary without their help.

“But fortunately we had you,” she told cheering supporters.

Marshall faced a range of criti-

cism from her Democratic rivals during the primary, ranging from her years in politics to the donations Marshall accepted from lobbyists she regulates. The critiques lingered with voters, some of whom expressed con-cern at polling sites Tuesday that her time in office was a liability.

Cunningham, however, is already moving to boost Marshall’s candidacy. He pledged his support and declared that his differences with her paled in comparison to the dif-ferences he has with Burr.

“I commend her for running an extremely impressive campaign, one that has shown tenacity and grit and has overcome some tremendous odds and showed North Carolinians the type of character that we would expect of our next U.S. senator,” he said.

The extended primary has already left the Democrats starved for cash.

Cunningham reported just $100,000 in campaign cash at the beginning of June while

Marshall reported slightly less than $200,000.

Burr, meanwhile, had stock-piled nearly $5 million as of the middle of April.

Burr easily defeated his prima-ry opponent in May. He said in a statement Tuesday night that the Democratic race has shown that voters will decide in November between “two vastly different directions for our country.”

There wasn’t much unity in the most closely watched Republican runoff in North Carolina. Former Charlotte sportscaster Harold Johnson easily defeat-ed Tim D’Annunzio in that race, getting a chance to face Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell in the state’s most competitive district.

D’Annunzio had won a May vote but failed to get enough support to win the race outright. Johnson won the runoff after details about D’Annunzio’s per-sonal life surfaced in old divorce filings, leading GOP leaders to disavow his candidacy.

ACLU joiningN.C. tax battle

RALEIGH (AP) — A civil rights group asked on Wednesday to intervene in a lawsuit against North Carolina tax collectors in an effort to protect the identity of online buyers and their purchases.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the motion in a lawsuit involving Amazon.com and the state Department of Revenue, which wants to collect state taxes on products purchased online. The ACLU filed the motion to a federal court in Seattle, where Amazon is headquar-tered. The civil rights group said the state agency’s demand for information is uncon-stitutional. The revenue department has asked Amazon for the names and addresses of buy-ers and a description of their purchases.

The ACLU said it was acting on behalf of sev-eral North Carolina residents who were concerned about people discovering the titles of books they purchased. One woman did not want people to find out

about her atheist beliefs, and a law student was afraid that if her politi-cal views were exposed, it would hurt her career prospects.

“The ACLU is not taking issue with the department’s author-ity to collect taxes on these purchases, but there is no legitimate reason why government officals need to know which books or movies or CDs North Carolina consumers are pur-chasing,” said Jennifer Rudinger, executive director of the ACLU in North Carolina.

Rudinger said Amazon has already provided the depart-ment with product codes that reveal the exact items purchased. She said her organiza-tion wants the state agency to destroy the codes and narrow the scope of its information requests.

The revenue depart-ment said it would give online retailers through August to sign an agreement to col-lect and pay taxes on products sold to North Carolina customers.

Bagged spinach recalledRALEIGH (AP) —

Tests by a state agency have prompted the vol-untary recall of spinach sold in North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia.

The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said in a statement Wednesday that Lancaster Foods of Jessup, Md. is recall-ing its Krisp-Pak Ready to Eat Hydro-Cooled Fresh Spinach. Routine

tests found Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious ailments in pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.

The agency’s Food and Drug Protection Division found the bac-teria in a sample from an Elizabeth City store.

Director Dan Ragan says no illnesses linked to the spinach have been reported.

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S.C. candidatesprepare for Nov.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina voters have nominated an Indian-American woman for governor and a black state lawmaker for Congress — devel-opments which, on their face, suggest landmark racial prog-ress in a state that still f lies the Confederate flag near its state-house.

Still, some are asking whether the victories by state representa-tives Nikki Haley and Tim Scott are a sign of real change or just an aberration of conservative politics.

Haley, the child of Sikh immi-grants from India, took 65 per-cent of the vote in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff, after trouncing three white male opponents two weeks ear-lier. And Scott, the lone black Republican state legislator, had an even wider victory margin in a 72-percent white coastal con-gressional district over the son of the late political icon and one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.

In a state where voting has previously run along racial fault lines the results do mark a change, said political scientist Merle Black of Emory University in Atlanta.

“It’s an interesting shift because it goes against the ste-reotypes,” he said. “It helps the Republican Party become more racially and ethnically diverse.”

The elections come in a state where the first shots of the Civil War sounded, and where Jim Crow-era policies and the lawsuit that led to the 1954 landmark Brown v. Board of

Education decision outlawing segregation originated.

Fast forward to the past year, and it’s where officials have apol-ogized after likening an escaped gorilla to an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama and refer-ring to President Barack Obama and Haley as ragheads.

But Haley and Scott stressed their message, not their ethnicity or gender.

“They had the right message, and they had the leadership skills to get it done,” said state House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham.

Melissa Ervin, a white voter from Mount Pleasant, said race had nothing to do with her vote for Scott.

“It kept coming across that he was very conservative and had traditional values,” the 45-year-old interior designer said. “I thought he was the better person for the job.”

Ervin, who voted for Barrett in the gubernatorial primary, said she was more surprised that Haley was nominated in a state that consistently ranks last nationwide in the percentage of female legislators. Endorsed by Sarah Palin and tea party groups, Haley and Scott are social and fiscal conservatives. Although they have served in the state Legislature, they cast themselves as political outsiders, ready to shake things up.

“I’m tired of the good ol’ boy system,” said Greenville voter Carol Gregory, a 62-year-old dental hygienist. “I think across the board, we’re just ready for a change.”

Good timing was on their side in other ways too, said state Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg. She noted the scandal surrounding Gov. Mark Sanford’s secretive trip to visit his mistress in Argentina and the uproar over U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” heckling of President Obama.

And then there’s Alvin Greene, an unemployed military vet-eran recently nominated by the Democrats to run for U.S. Senate, despite a pending felony obscenity charge.

After more than a year of being “America’s whoopee cushion,” as comedian Jon Stewart recently put it, South Carolina voters wanted to change outsiders’ perception of the state, Cobb-Hunter said.

“Politics is about timing, and their timing has been perfect to seize the moment and capitalize on a real desire to be perceived in a positive light nationally,” said Cobb-Hunter, who is black.

Attorney General Henry McMaster, who endorsed Haley after losing to her two weeks ago, said the nominations of Haley and Scott mark a “new day for South Carolina, and it’s all positive.”

“I think we get a lot of publicity we see on late night talk shows, and all that does not accurate-ly reflect the people of South Carolina or their spirit,” he said.

But it remains to be seen whether this road to diversity is real, said Cobb-Hunter: “If, on one hand, Republicans are say-ing, ‘Oh, wow, look at us and how diverse we are,’” she said,

Republican candidate for governor Nikki Haley speaks to members of the South Carolina Republican party who are gathered at a meeting hall in Columbia on Wednesday for a unity breakfast following the results of Tuesday's run-off elections.South Carolina Republicans are calling for their primary losers to fall in line behind the GOP’s nominees.

Do elections hint at change?

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With elec-tion lineups finally set for November, South Carolina’s political bosses telegraphed four months of bitter cam-paigning Wednesday that include plans to attack some figure-heads who won’t even be on ballots.

Democratic guberna-torial nominee Vincent Sheheen, a state sena-tor, likened his newly annointed GOP rival to Gov. Mark Sanford. The term-limited incum-bent has long alienated even lawmakers in his own party by refus-ing to compromise on spending issues and ways to entice business to the state. Sheheen said Wednesday that voters in November will have a choice “between extending the Sanford legacy of conflict, of division, of antagonism or of working together to solve the very real problems that we face in South Carolina right now.”

Republicans said they intend to link Sheheen with Washington Democrats and rolled out a huge “spend-o-meter” with flash-ing numbers they said showed Democrat-inspired spending. On top they hoisted pictures of President Barack Obama, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sheheen and U.S. Rep. John Spratt, the South Carolina Democrat who writes the federal budget and who has become a top GOP target. State GOP Chairman Karen Floyd said the “extreme lib-eral spending machine” would travel across the state wherever Sheheen campaigns to remind voters of spending.

Republicans also plan to assail Sheheen and U.S. Senate nomi-nee Alvin Greene by

pretending they have something to do with each other because their names rhyme. Greene, an unem-ployed military vet-eran, surprisingly won a party primary to face powerful Republican Jim DeMint. State Democrats consider Greene, who faces a fel-ony obscenity charge, a political unknown and last week even consid-ered stripping him of his nomination.

GOP nominees “will be compared to or con-trasted against none other than the Greene-Sheheen Democratic Machine,” Floyd said.

Repubublican guber-natorial nominee Nikki Haley, who cruised to victory a night earlier, hewed to her own polit-ical plank and was not quick to embrace her party’s rhyming barbs.

“Our message is returning government back to the people. Getting them to under-stand the value of a dol-lar,” she said during a GOP “unity” breakfast.

“For me, all I’ve ever known how to do is talk about me and my mes-sage. That’s what you’ll see me continue to do. I think we have a strong Republican slate, but I think the people want to hear a message,” Haley said.

Democrats linked Haley to Sanford, who has supported her can-didacy and inspired it with his smaller gov-ernment, less spending agenda.

“They’re trying to cre-ate a diversion from the fact they’ve nominated a Sanford protege,” said state Democratic Party Chairman Carol Fowler. “Nikki Haley models herself after him.”

Sanford’s second term almost ended a year ago as he considered resign-ing after confessing a yearlong affair.

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One cannot help but wonder how we came to this point, but North Carolina voters may be

voting on an amendment to the state Constitution this fall that would pro-hibit felons from running for sheriff in the state.

State Senators have approved the bal-lot initiative, and it now goes to the House.

While we believe that people deserve the right to rehabilitate their lives after making mistakes, there are some things that still would be troubling. Allowing a convicted felon to serve as county sher-iff is one of those.

The proposed amendment was endorsed by the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association after six known felons were candidates in sheriff races during the May 4 primary election.

None of the six known felons won their races, which pretty well illustrates that the public is not too keen on the idea of felons being elected as sheriff.

Some might ask why a Constitutional Amendment? Because we have seen elections with unopposed candidates.

Our Views

Felon as sheriff not a good idea

Our readers’ viewsSays people really can still be kind to others

To the editor:There are still a lot of good

people in this world. My mother is 87-years-old. She

had major surgery last week. When we finally got her home,

she set up a terrible cough, so we called her doctor to make an appointment. Her appointment was at 1 p.m. We got her there about 12:45 p.m.

One of the sweetest, kindest men had been sitting there since 10:30 a.m., waiting to see the doctor.

When they came out and called his name, he looked at my mother and said, “take her in my place.”

My family and I would like to say Thank you to Marshal Melton for his act of kindness. God bless you.

Hazel Alley familyEllenboro

Congratulates all for festival success

To the editor:I congratulate the directors,

officers and employees and vol-unteers of the American Dairy Goat Association, the Town of Spindale, and the many orga-nizations in the county and the attendees for the excellent festi-val in Spindale.

I, also, congratulate the partici-pants who came out and support-ed your efforts. It looked great to see the streets of Spindale filled with local traffic.

I, also, thank Mr. Soens for locating the International Headquarters of American Dairy Goat Association in Spindale.

Mr. Soens came to me as a member of the Industrial

Development Commission for help.

He had moved from Ohio to the Bostic community. He was look-ing for a permanent headquarters building. It so happened that one of the buildings where the association is located was on the market.

I did not realize the impor-tance of the location until one night, my wife and I were watch-ing Jeopardy when the question was asked: “What international association has its international headquarters in Spindale, N.C.?”

Much to our surprise, one of the contestants knew that it is the American Dairy Goat Association.

It appears that the location of this office could be used as a tool for other companies looking for a place for the location of other headquarters.

Again, let me congratulate all of you for a job well done, and I hope that next year we will see a bigger turn out for the festival.

A. Clyde TomblinSpindale

Says young man shows great character

To the editor:A short time ago, I decided to

walk to my mailbox (about 100 yards).

As I approached the road (Jack Moore Mountain Road), I decid-ed to pick up a large plastic bag someone had thrown out.

As I stepped into the ditch, I caught my right foot on a vine, tripped, and fell.

As I lay there, I wondered how was I to get up on my feet. I nor-mally require something to pull up on (perhaps I should note, I am 84 years young with a history of back problems).

Almost immediately, a pick-up truck stopped on the opposite

side of the road, and a young man yelled “Can I help you?”

“You sure can,” I replied. He immediately came to me (l

told him I couldn’t get up without having something to pull up on).

He put both his arms under my arms and literally lifted my entire body (all 175 lbs.) up and onto my feet.

Of course I thanked him and asked him some questions.

His name? Trent Dorsey. School? East Rutherford High School. Rope Winner? Yes. Going to College? Yes.

Why did you stop? “I saw you fall as I was passing by. I decided to turn around and come back to see if you were OK.”

Trent, you are an outstanding young man, a credit to your par-ents — I’m sure they are proud of you.

Since this incident, I have been reading about your baseball abilities as a catcher for the State Champions East High team.

Congratulations. One final question? How many

people (not just young ones) would turn around and go back to check on someone they saw fall?

Trent, I salute you. Wilbur Burgin

Forest City

Movie incentives not all they are cracked up to beRALEIGH – Poor Brad

Pitt. And what about that sad fellow Steven Spielberg?

Times are tough every-where. They need more mon-ey. And thanks to the North Carolina General Assembly, it looks as if the North Carolina taxpayer is going to come through.

The state House was expected to pass legislation this week that would extend some tax breaks to a range of industries in an attempt to lure new business to the state. The biggest beneficiary could be Hollywood and the move-making industry.

In total, the tax break leg-islation could be worth $300 million over five years. But really, it’s a guess.

State legislators have felt compelled to increase incen-tives designed to bring film productions here because other states have been doing likewise. North Carolina recently lost out on some

high-profile films shot in other states that offered more lucrative incentives.

Just last year, legislators increased incentives for mov-iemakers by allowing them to take a tax credit worth up to 25 percent of their expens-es. The earlier tax credit stood at 15 percent.

But the law still caps the amount of tax credit at $7.5 million and limits per-person wages considered in the calculation at $1 million. So even if old Brad was paid $20 million, the formula requires that $19 million of that salary be excluded in figuring the film company’s

total tax rebate. Hollywood wants the caps

and wage calculations gone. The legislation being con-sidered would cap total tax credits at $20 million and eliminate the per-person wage limit. No wonder Buzz Lightyear is flying high again.

Supporters of the legis-lation point out that the state only pays if the busi-ness comes. There is no real loss to tax coffers, they say, because the money going out only a portion of what is being generated by business-es that wouldn’t otherwise come here.

That’s not exactly true regarding the movie-making incentives. The film produc-tion companies qualify for tax credits, not deductions, meaning they could theoreti-cally get a rebate regardless of whether they have any tax liability here.

A study conducted by the Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University sug-gested that incentives offered in that state produced just 14 cents in tax revenue for every dollar offered by the state.

Bob Orr, the head of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law and an incentive critic, also points

out another objectionable aspect to the movie incen-tives: these aren’t permanent jobs.

How much are these film productions really worth to the broader North Carolina economy, to the permanent residents of the state? Or is this just about being able to say that Daniel Day-Lewis romped around the North Carolina mountains wearing buckskins and feathers in his hair?

At what level do incentives to moviemakers no longer become cost effective?

If we haven’t reached that

level, then legislators at least owe it to taxpayers to know when the tipping point will be reached.

And if other states want to wholly subsidize Hollywood, so be it.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

Scott Mooneyham

Today in North Carolina

How much are these film productions really worth to the broader North Carolina economy, to the perma-nent residents of the state? Or is this just about being able to say that Daniel Day-Lewis romped around the North Carolina mountains wearing buckskins and feathers in his hair?

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Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County Sheriff’s

Office responded to 148 E-911 calls Tuesday.

n Norman Julius Sears reported the theft of motor vehicle seats and a vehi-cle console.n Saneiago Nomez reported a break-

ing and entering.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 20 E-911 calls Tuesday.

Spindalen The Spindale Police Department

responded to 27 E-911 Tuesday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police Department

responded to eight E-911 calls Tuesday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police Department

responded to 67 E-911 calls Tuesday.n Phil Tate reported damage to prop-

erty.n Chris Price reported incidents of

fraud and identity theft.n An employee of Murphy USA

reported a larceny.

n John West reported incidents of domestic violence and damage to prop-erty. (See arrest of Davidson.)n An employee of the Forest City

Police Department reported an incident of embezzlement.n Michael Moore reported a larceny.n An employee of Joy’s Unlimited

reported failure to return rental prop-erty.

Arrestsn Angela Jackson Davidson, 38,

of South Church Street, Forest City; charged with assault and battery; placed under a 48 hour hold. (FCPD)n Cynthia Lynn Hooper, 45, of

Barkley Road, Mooresboro; charged driving while impaired; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (FCPD)

n Bobby Allen Terry, 31, of 165 Lynch St.; charged with communicating threats; released on an unsecured bond. (RCSD)n Charlotte Maria Surratt, 41, of 148

Newline Road; charged with driving while license revoked, fictitious infor-mation to an officer, resisting a public officer and worthless check; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (RCSD)n Debbie Darlene Crawford, 50, of 291

Lee Camp Road; charged with financial card fraud; released on a $1,500 unse-cured bond. (RCSD)

n Robert Bucky Owensby, 31, of 4319 U.S. 64-74A; charged with assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)n Glenn Robin Ludwig, 52, of 121

Spruce St.; charged with driving while impaired; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (SPD)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County EMS

responded to 22 E-911 calls Tuesday.

n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to one E-911 call Tuesday.

Fire callsn Bills Creek firefighters responded to

a power line fire.n Hudlow firefighters responded to

an outbuilding fire, assisted by Bostic and Cherry Mountain firefighters.

n Rutherfordton firefighters respond-ed to a power line fire and to a motor vehicle accident.n SDO firefighters responded to a

smoke report.

n Spindale firefighters responded to an unknown fire.n Sandy Mush firefighters responded

to a smoke report.

R.E. Blount LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) —

R.E. “Peppy” Blount (blunt), a former University of Texas football player, legislator, attorney and author, has died in Longview.

Senior Minister Richard Emerson of First Christian Church of Longview says Blount died Tuesday at home of natural causes. He was 85. Emerson says a service was scheduled Friday for Blount, who was a Sunday school teacher and church elder.

Blount, who listed his hometown as Big Spring, was on UT’s 1945, 1947 and 1948 rosters as an end, towering at 6 feet 5 inches tall.

The Legislative Reference Library of Texas indicates Blount, at 22, began serv-ing in the Texas House in January 1947 until his resig-nation in September 1951.

Blount was a combat pilot during World War II, later writing a book, “We Band of Brothers.”

Edith ShainEdith Shain, one of several

women who claimed to be the nurse if a famous Life Magazine picture snapped at the end of World War II, has died.

Life photographer Alfred Eisenstadt snapped the famous photo in in New York’s Times Square.

Shain claimed she was the nurse being kissed by a sailor the iconic photo.

Her son, Robert, says Shain was 91 when she died Sunday, June 20 at her Los Angeles home.

In August 1945, Eisenstadt snapped the famous photo of a sailor smooching a nurse on V-J Day to celebrate Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II. But he never got their names, and several women have claimed to be the nurse.

William S. RichardsonFormer Hawaii Supreme

Court Chief Justice William S. Richardson has died.

Richardson, who pushed for statehood and became one of Hawaii’s most influential fig-ures, died Monday at age 90.

Carlos MonsivaisMexican writer Carlos

Monsivais, renowned journal-ist, critic and political activ-ist, died Saturday at age 72, of a lung disease.

From the Associated Press

A group who oppose a video poker ban being con-sidered by lawmak-ers protest outside the Legislative build-ing in Raleigh on Wednesday,

RALEIGH (AP) — The sweepstakes and arcade industries came to the Legislature on Wednesday with a crowd of employees and players to urge lawmak-ers not to extend a video game gambling ban to com-puter-based games found at several hundred Internet cafes and business centers.

Companies that operate about 100 copying, fax and Internet service locations that also offer the games helped bring in 25 busloads of workers and some players to the Legislative Building to try to dissuade House members from banning the games.

The Senate approved the sweepstakes ban by a 47-1 vote earlier this week. A House committee will con-sider the measure soon.

Organizers estimated between 1,200 and 1,500 people visited Raleigh, with hundreds holding signs out-side in the 95-degree heat.

They said expanding the ban to including sweepstakes games would put them and thousands more out of work

and ruin a largely harmless entertainment for consum-ers.

“We need jobs in our coun-ty and in our country,” said Lisa Clark, 45, of Eden, who works at the Opportunity Knocks Madison Business Center in Rockingham County, which has a jobless rate of 13 percent. “We have nothing to do for pleasure.”

Employees and players have filled lawmakers’ inboxes with e-mails pleading that the sweepstakes games be allowed to continue.

Amusement machine own-ers who used to distribute machines separately argue it would be better to replace the video poker machine ban that took effect in July 2007 with legislation that would regulate machines and give the state 20 percent of the revenues.

One analysis found the state could generate $576 million annually if lawmak-ers legalize video poker

machines again.Brad Crone, a spokes-

man for The Entertainment Group of North Carolina, comprised of amusement machine owners that used to distribute video poker machines, said the House probably has enough votes to pass the expanded ban.

“We’re going to press the case, but we know we’re fighting an uphill battle,” Crone said.

Supporters of expanding the ban argue the games are an end-run around ille-gal gambling and lure low-income citizens who can least afford to play them through the excitement of quick gambling.

Pending court cases over the sweepstakes games’ legality has led to the new legislation.

Consumers buy phone or Internet time, then play games on computer screens to win cash and prizes. Business center workers

contend they run legitimate operations where local resi-dents come in to check their e-mail and use computers because they don’t have PCs at home. The sweepstakes are only a way to attract people to the store to use its services, company officials argue.

“It’s just fun and entertain-ment,” said David Hagie of Winston-Salem, a rally orga-nizer, who calls himself a part-owner of more than 100 locations in North Carolina where sweepstakes games are offered. “We use sweep-stakes as a tool. We don’t use it as a business.”

The Entertainment Group of North Carolina also is running an ad on a state-wide TV public affairs show urging regulation. On Wednesday, however, the effort was about protecting jobs.

“I’m trying to keep my job,” said Terrance McNeil, 41, who works at Oak Hollow Internet Center in Winston-Salem and brought two of his children along. “Without a job, I can’t take care of them.”

Associated Press

Sweepstakes workers march in Raleigh

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Army are investi-gating the shooting death of a contractor at Fort Bragg that happened during a live fire drill in which two others were wounded, officials said Wednesday.

The contractor died at Womack Army Medical Center on Tuesday. A second range control contractor with Tennessee-based Echota Technologies Corp. was shot and wounded and flown to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill and has been released,

the company said.A third person wounded,

a soldier who is a student at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, has been released from the hospital.

The company did not release the contractors’ names.

Close to 150 soldiers were at the range, but only 15 were taking part in the live fire exercise, said Maj. David Butler, a spokesman for the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

The soldiers were students in the Special Forces weap-

ons sergeant course. They were training with M4 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons. The M249 is a light machine gun capable of firing bursts.

It is unclear how the three men were shot and offi-cials at Fort Bragg could not release details because of the investigation.

The Army investigation started Tuesday and OSHA’s on Wednesday, according to Suzanne Street, the ageny’s area director in Raleigh.

The agency, which over-sees job safety regulations, is looking into the shooting

because the contractor was employed by a private com-pany.

“We’re going to trying to figure out what happened and if there are any viola-tions and make recommen-dations to prevent it from happening in the future,” Street said.

Echota Chief Operations Officer Mark Boyatt said the company is cooperating with the investigations. Boyatt says his employees do not carry weapons and only pro-vide range maintenance and support.

OSHA investigating Ft. Bragg shooting

Police Notes

Organizers estimated between 1,200 and 1,500 people visited Raleigh, with hundreds holding signs outside in the 95-degree heat.

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past,” said Bob Ward, assistant police chief. “Police departments, fire departments, EMS, hopefully Wildlife, Highway Patrol.

“Right now we have three helicop-ters scheduled, if they are not on calls doing other things.”

The helicopters scheduled to land at the site are: Mission Hospital’s Mountain Air Medical Ambulance, or MAMA, from Asheville; Spartanburg Regional Hospital’s Regional One; and the Highway Patrol helicopter.

Kids & Cops is a learning experi-ence, but it’s also lots of fun.

“We’re hoping it will be bigger and better this year,” Ward said. “We’re going to have pizza again this year for the kids, and candy bars. Hopefully, we are just going to have a fun time all day.

“I think the wrestlers are going to be

there again this year.“The fire engine (from the Forest

City Fire Department) will be there again this year spraying water on everybody, trying to cool them down.

“There may be a few police officers jump under that water this year, as hot as it’s been.”

The event also includes food ven-dors, and Ward expects a few new ones this year, such as a funnel cake maker.

“We encourage all the kids to come out, the parents to come out and bring them, and have a good day with us,” the assistant chief said.

Free pizza, drinks, balloons and bracelets will be handed out to chil-dren. Parking along the road into the park usually fills quickly, but those attending can park in the lot behind Dollar General, along Vance Street, and ride a bus to and from the festi-val.

“We’re going to dedicate Kids & Cops to all fallen officers,” Ward said.

“We have been fortunate that there has been no one close around (who has been killed in the line of duty).”

Awards will be given in the follow-ing areas:n law enforcement — best uniform,

best patrol vehicle, best community policing display, best educational dis-play, best specialized unit, best traffic unit, and first, second and third plac-es for best overall police display.n fire/rescue — best rescue unit,

best EMS unit, best overall rescue display, and first, second and third places for best fire truck.n Other agencies — best education-

al display and first, second and third places for best overall display.

Any businesses or civic organiza-tions that would like to participate in Kids & Cops are asked to contact Euten at (828) 245-5555, Ext. 2101.

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigi-talcourier.com

they have access to, among other things, comprehensive care, a team approach in coordinating the best treatment options, access to informa-tion about treatment options and clin-ical trials, as well as a cancer registry that collects data on types and stages of cancer and treatment results.

Rutherford Hospital offers compre-hensive cancer care, and that’s impor-tant to patients, Ross said.

“When they realize they can have that kind of care close to home, they’re usually very thankful that they don’t have to travel.”

According to the hospital, “a facil-ity receives a three-year accredita-tion with commendation following an on-site evaluation by a physician

surveyor during which the facility demonstrates a commendation-level of compliance with one or more stan-dards that represent the full scope of the cancer program. Programs are evaluated in each of the following areas: cancer committee leadership, cancer data management, clinical ser-vices, research, community outreach, and quality improvement.”

Rutherford Hospital received com-mendation in seven of the eight areas where commendation could be achieved.

Cancer is on the decline, the National Cancer Institute says. Early detection and prevention, Ross said, are key. “We are seeing more patients diagnosed earlier, which allows us to treat them.”

The drops, the NCI website says, are driven largely by declines in rates of new cases and rates of death for the

three most common cancers in men -- lung, prostate, and colorectal -- and for two of the three leading cancers in women -- breast and colorectal. New diagnoses for all types of cancer com-bined in the United States decreased, on average, almost 1 percent per year from 1999 to 2006. Cancer deaths decreased 1.6 percent per year from 2001 to 2006.

“Overall cancer rates continue to be higher for men than for women, but men experienced the greatest declines in incidence and mortality. For col-orectal cancer, the third most fre-quently diagnosed cancer in both men and women, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, overall rates are declining, but increasing incidence in men and women under 50 years of age is of concern, the NCI report said.

ongoingCamp Harmony: Monday through Friday, through July 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Callison Recreation Center; volunteers need to sign up on June 21 at 8:45 a.m.

Foothills Harvest Thrift Store: This week, children’s shorts and T-shirts, 50 cents.

Thursday, June 24Winemaking 101 Workshop: June 24, July 1, 15 and 22, Love Story Farm; cost is $50 for the workshop, which includes making and taking two bottles of California Charonnay and discussions on wines of the world, making wine from fruit and the entire process of making wine at home; must be 21 and older to take the class, which is taught by chem-istry instructor Christine Klahn; to register, call 447-0047 or e-mail lovestoryfarm@yahoo.com.

ON MY OWN series: 1:30 p.m., at the Carolina Event and Conference Center; Lt. Chris Adkins will conduct a personal safety course. Sponsored by Hospice of Rutherford County.

Spindale Neighborhood Alliance meeting: 7 p.m., Spindale House; Spindale residents are invited to come and create plans and projects; for infomraiton, call 288-4875 after 6 p.m.

Friday, June 25“Holes for Houses” Charity Golf Tournament: 9 a.m. shot-gun start, Cleghorn Plantation in Rutherfordton; benefit for Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity. To register, call 245-0716.

13th Annual Kids and Cops: 9 a.m. to noon, Forest City Dunbar Park, hosted by Forest City Police Department; geared toward kids ages 12 and younger, but families are welcome as well; free pizza, drinks, balloons and bracelets handed out; also, trophies will be awarded to best police car, best fire truck, best rescue unit and best EMS unit. Any business or civic organizations that would like to participate are asked to contact Lacey Euten, Forest City Police Department, 245-5555, ext. 2101.

Camp Harmony: Monday through Friday, through July 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Callison Recreation Center; volunteers need to sign up on June 21 at 8:45 a.m.

Saturday, June 26Kids’ Computer Corner: Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Learning Center; free to the public and geared toward children preschool through third grade who may not have access to a computer or the Internet at home; educational software and adult-supervised access to the Internet.

Young at Heart Senior Club: Young at Heart Senior Club will meet Saturday, June 26, at Spindale Restaurant; meeting begins at 11 a.m.; Dutch treat lunch, 11:30 a.m.; fellowship and bingo; for more information, contact Roy McKain, 245-4800.

Sunday, June 27Artists reception: 2 to 4 p.m., Rutherford County Library; featur-ing Dru Bouffard, Pam Peter and Lin Venhuizen of the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild.

Monday, June 28Classical Conversations Information Meeting: 7 a.m., Cornerstone Fellowship Church, Hudlow Road Free for any families in homeschooling or learning more about CC. For more information, please contact Jennifer Naskov 288-8058.

Camp Harmony: Monday through Friday, through July 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Callison Recreation Center; volunteers need to sign up on June 21 at 8:45 a.m.

Health and wellness class: “Nutrition and immune boosting,” 6:30 p.m., HEAL Marketplace; $10 fee to cover materials; to register, call 287-8787.

Democrat Club meeting: 7 p.m., at the headquarters on West Main Street, Forest City.

Tuesday, June 29Alanon meetings: Lake Lure Alanon Family Group meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at Lake Lure Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure; call 625-0456 for additional informa-tion.

Camp Harmony: Monday through Friday, through July 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Callison Recreation Center; volunteers need to sign up on June 21 at 8:45 a.m.

a flashlight, coloring sheets, literature and notepads, too,” Calhoun said.

According to information provided by Safe Sitter, the course was cre-ated in 1980 after the death of an 18-month-old girl in Indianapolis who died in an emergency room because an adult babysitter did not know how to handle the situation.

This summer is the third in which the program has been offered in Rutherford County.

“I had wanted to do it for nine years,” said Charlene Proctor, another

course instructor. “Finally it hap-pened after we got funding through SafeKids of Rutherford County. The course is offered by SafeKids and Rutherford Hospital.”

Proctor said more than half the students enrolled in the course were already babysitting younger siblings or other relatives.

“I watch my brother and sister and cousins,” said Madison Burley, 11.

Burley said information on chok-ing hazards was something she didn’t know about before taking the course.

“I learned you can’t give little kids things smaller than a toilet paper tube,” she said.

Did the course make her feel more

prepared to deal with any babysitting situation?

“Yes,” she said. Tyler Sabolovic, 13, said he’d never

thought about having a safe signal – a phrase a sitter can use to let their parents know to pick them up with no questions asked.

Cost for the course is $45 and, in addition to materials and instruction, includes lunch.

To register for an upcoming Safe Sitters course, call Rutherford Hospital at 286-5218.

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Bobby .Labonte .leaves .TRG .Motorsports

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Former NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte has termi-nated his contract with TRG Motorsports.

Shortly after Wednesday’s announcement, Robby Gordon said Labonte will drive his No. 7 Toyota this weekend in New Hampshire.

“When we found out that Bobby was available to drive for us, we jumped at it,” Gordon said. “To have a past champion driving your car is a good opportunity. I think we can learn from him this week-end and it will help our pro-gram moving forward.”

Labonte said he is explor-ing his opportunities for the remainder of this season in all three of NASCAR’s national series.

“I want to be in a position to win races and be competi-tive,” said Labonte, who had a season-high finish of 21st in 16 races with TRG.

“I have worked as hard as possible to give my best at the track so far this season. I’m now looking to move on and get back into a position to win races.”

Labonte was the 2000 Cup Series champion. His last vic-tory was in 2003 with Joe Gibbs Racing.

Five .area .players .up .for .defensive .honor

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson has three defenders and South Carolina has two among the 74 players on the preseason watch list for the Bronko Nagurski trophy given the country’s top defender.

The list was released this week by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

Tiger safety DeAndre McDaniel and defensive line-men Da’Quan Bowers and Jarvis Jenkins have been named. South Carolina defen-sive end Cliff Matthews and defensive back Stephon Gilmore are also on the list.

Panthers .sign .4th-round .pick .Norwood

CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Panthers have signed fourth-round pick Eric Norwood, whom Carolina expects be a pass-rushing specialist.

Norwood is South Carolina’s career leader with 29 sacks. Coach John Fox has said he’ll use Norwood at linebacker in passing situations and on spe-cial teams.

Wednesday’s signing puts seven of Carolina’s 10 draft picks under contract. Second-rounder Jimmy Clausen and third-round selections Brandon LaFell and Armanti Edwards remain unsigned.

7 a.m. (ESPN2) Tennis Wimbledon, Day 4. 9:30 a.m. (ESPN) World Cup Soccer Group Stage: Italy vs. Slovakia. 9:30 a.m. (ESPN2) World Cup Soccer Group Stage: New Zealand vs. Paraguay. 12 p.m. (ESPN2) Tennis Wimbledon, Day 4. 2 p.m. (ESPN) World Cup Soccer Group Stage: Denmark vs. Japan. 2 p.m. (ESPN2) World Cup Soccer Group Stage: Camer-oon vs. Netherlands. 2 p.m. (TS) (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Chicago White Sox. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Baseball NCAA World Series, Game 10: Teams TBA.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Over and over, everything seemed to go against them.

A referee took away a win last week, and a linesman disallowed another goal Wednesday.

Now there was just 3½ minutes left in their World Cup, just that much remain-ing until all the doubts about American soccer would rise again.

But then, in one of the most stun-ning turnarounds in World Cup history, Landon Donovan scored on a lightning fast counterattack 45 seconds into 4 minutes of injury time. With the most amazing late-game moment in American soccer, the United States beat Algeria 1-0 Wednesday and reached the World Cup’s second round, winning a group for the first time since 1930.

“This team embodies what the American spirit is about,” Donovan said. “We had a goal disallowed the other night, We had another good goal disal-lowed tonight. But we just keep going. And I think that’s what people admire so much about Americans. And I’m damn proud.”

Former President Bill Clinton lingered in the locker room for 45 minutes after the game to congratulate the players. When Donovan scored, raucous

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GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!

Associated PressUnited States’ Landon Donovan, left, scores a goal past Algeria goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi, front right, and Algeria’s Madjid Bougherra, back right, during the World Cup group C soccer match between the United States and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday.

Late goal lifts US to historic win

Associated PressUnited States’ Landon Donovan, front left, celebrates after scoring a goal with fellow team members United States’ Clint Dempsey, back left, and United States’ Edson Buddle, front right.

n Donovan finds the net in injury time to lift US, 1-0, over Algeria in Group C.

Patrick setting ‘realistic’ goals for NASCAR By WILL GRAVESAP Sports Writer

Danica Patrick did her best to down-play expectations over the winter, repeat-edly saying that her transition from IndyCar to NASCAR would be a lengthy and sometimes far from pretty process.

Looking back, the open-wheel star may have set the bar a little too low.

Patrick, who did no better than 31st in three starts on the Nationwide Series in February, returns to her part-time job on Saturday when the NASCAR series visits Loudon, N.H.

Does she plan on winning? No. But she does plan on setting goals, even if they’re modest ones.

“I think it’s probably better for me to say like, ’I hope this weekend I finish in the top 20 or the top 15 and kind of build myself up,” Patrick said. “I didn’t really set any expectation levels in the first few races that I did. And I think it would have paid off to do that.”

Not that she would have exceeded them anyway during her initial foray into stock cars. Patrick earned raves for her poise while finishing sixth in the season-opening ARCA race.

Things quickly fell off from there. Patrick only made it to the checkered

Please see Patrick, Page 9Driver Danica Patrick.

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BASEBALLAMERICAN LEGION

Western Division Division OverallRutherford Post 423 7-2 7-2Caldwell Post 29 6-4 16-6Burke Post 21 6-4 7-5Hickory Post 48 7-5 10-7Shelby Post 82 5-4 15-6Cherryville Post 100 5-4 11-9Asheville Post 70 4-9 4-9Henderson Post 77 1-9 3-10

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNational League

East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 42 29 .592 —New York 40 30 .571 1 1/2Philadelphia 36 32 .529 4 1/2Florida 34 36 .486 7 1/2Washington 33 39 .458 9 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 39 31 .557 —Cincinnati 39 33 .542 1Chicago 31 39 .443 8Milwaukee 30 40 .429 9Houston 26 45 .366 13 1/2Pittsburgh 25 45 .357 14

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 41 29 .586 —San Francisco 39 30 .565 1 1/2Los Angeles 38 32 .543 3Colorado 37 33 .529 4Arizona 28 44 .389 14

Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 2, Cleveland 1Florida 10, Baltimore 4Washington 4, Kansas City 3St. Louis 9, Toronto 4N.Y. Mets 14, Detroit 6San Diego 2, Tampa Bay 1Texas 6, Pittsburgh 3San Francisco 3, Houston 1Chicago White Sox 9, Atlanta 6Milwaukee 7, Minnesota 5Colorado 2, Boston 1N.Y. Yankees 9, Arizona 3Cincinnati 4, Oakland 2L.A. Angels 6, L.A. Dodgers 3Seattle 2, Chicago Cubs 0Wednesday’s GamesCincinnati 3, Oakland 0Kansas City 1, Washington 0Cleveland at Philadelphia, lateFlorida 7, Baltimore 5St. Louis 1, Toronto 0N.Y. Mets 5, Detroit 0San Diego 5, Tampa Bay 4Pittsburgh at Texas, lateSan Francisco at Houston, lateAtlanta at Chicago White Sox, lateMinnesota at Milwaukee, lateBoston at Colorado, lateN.Y. Yankees at Arizona, lateL.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, lateChicago Cubs at Seattle, lateThursday’s GamesSan Diego (LeBlanc 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Garza 7-5), 12:10 p.m.Cleveland (Carmona 6-5) at Philadelphia (Blanton 2-5), 1:05 p.m.Atlanta (D.Lowe 9-5) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 2-7), 2:05 p.m.San Francisco (Cain 6-5) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 3-10), 2:05 p.m.Minnesota (Blackburn 6-4) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-3), 2:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Lilly 2-6) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-5), 3:40 p.m.Florida (N.Robertson 5-5) at Baltimore (Millwood 1-8), 7:05 p.m.St. Louis (Wainwright 10-4) at Toronto (Morrow 4-5), 7:07 p.m.Detroit (Galarraga 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Takahashi 6-2), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 2-2) at Texas (Feldman 5-6), 8:05 p.m.Boston (Matsuzaka 5-2) at Colorado (Hammel 5-3), 8:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-4) at L.A. Angels (Kazmir 7-5), 10:05 p.m.Friday’s GamesChicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 p.m.Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:05 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.San Diego at Florida, 7:10 p.m.Detroit at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Seattle at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Colorado at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.Boston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

American League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 44 27 .620 —Tampa Bay 42 28 .600 1 1/2Boston 43 29 .597 1 1/2Toronto 38 33 .535 6Baltimore 19 51 .271 24 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 40 30 .571 —Detroit 38 31 .551 1 1/2Chicago 35 34 .507 4 1/2Kansas City 29 43 .403 12Cleveland 26 43 .377 13 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 42 28 .600 —Los Angeles 40 33 .548 3 1/2Oakland 34 39 .466 9 1/2Seattle 29 41 .414 13

Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 2, Cleveland 1Florida 10, Baltimore 4Washington 4, Kansas City 3St. Louis 9, Toronto 4N.Y. Mets 14, Detroit 6San Diego 2, Tampa Bay 1Texas 6, Pittsburgh 3Chicago White Sox 9, Atlanta 6Milwaukee 7, Minnesota 5Colorado 2, Boston 1N.Y. Yankees 9, Arizona 3Cincinnati 4, Oakland 2L.A. Angels 6, L.A. Dodgers 3Seattle 2, Chicago Cubs 0Wednesday’s GamesCincinnati 3, Oakland 0Kansas City 1, Washington 0Cleveland at Philadelphia, lateFlorida 7, Baltimore 5St. Louis 1, Toronto 0N.Y. Mets 5, Detroit 0San Diego 5, Tampa Bay 4Pittsburgh at Texas, lateAtlanta at Chicago White Sox, late

Minnesota at Milwaukee, lateBoston at Colorado, lateN.Y. Yankees at Arizona, lateL.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, lateChicago Cubs at Seattle, lateThursday’s GamesSan Diego (LeBlanc 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Garza 7-5), 12:10 p.m.Cleveland (Carmona 6-5) at Philadelphia (Blanton 2-5), 1:05 p.m.Atlanta (D.Lowe 9-5) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 2-7), 2:05 p.m.Minnesota (Blackburn 6-4) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-3), 2:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Lilly 2-6) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-5), 3:40 p.m.Florida (N.Robertson 5-5) at Baltimore (Millwood 1-8), 7:05 p.m.St. Louis (Wainwright 10-4) at Toronto (Morrow 4-5), 7:07 p.m.Detroit (Galarraga 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Takahashi 6-2), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 2-2) at Texas (Feldman 5-6), 8:05 p.m.Boston (Matsuzaka 5-2) at Colorado (Hammel 5-3), 8:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-4) at L.A. Angels (Kazmir 7-5), 10:05 p.m.Friday’s GamesChicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 p.m.Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:05 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Detroit at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Seattle at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Colorado at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.Boston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NCAA College World Series Glance

Double Eliminationx-if necessary

Saturday, June 19TCU 8, Florida State 1UCLA 11, Florida 3

Sunday, June 20Oklahoma 4, South Carolina 3Arizona State vs. Clemson, ppd., weather

Monday, June 21Clemson 6, Arizona State 3Florida State 8, Florida 5, Florida eliminatedUCLA 6, TCU 3

Tuesday, June 22South Carolina 11, Arizona State 4, Arizona St. eliminatedClemson 6, Oklahoma 1, 5 innings, susp., weather

Wednesday, June 23Clemson 6, Oklahoma 4, comp. of susp. gameGame 9 — Florida State (48-19) vs. TCU (52-13), late

Thursday, June 24Game 10 — South Carolina (49-16) vs. Oklahoma (50-17), 7 p.m.

Friday, June 25Game 11 — UCLA (50-14) vs. Game 9 winner, 4:30 p.m.Game 12 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 win-ner, 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 26x-Game 13 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 win-ner, 2 p.m.x-Game 14 — Clemson (45-23) vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m.

Championship SeriesBest-of-3

Monday, June 28: Game 11 or 13 winner vs. Game 12 or 14 winner, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, June 29: Game 11 or 13 winner vs. Game 12 or 14 winner, 7:30 p.m.x-Wednesday, June 30: Game 11 or 13 winner vs. Game 12 or 14 winner, 7:30 p.m.

SOCCER2010 World Cup

FIRST ROUNDGROUP A

GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Uruguay 3 2 1 0 4 0 7x-Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 2 4South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 4France 3 0 1 2 1 4 1x-advanced to round of 16

Friday, June 11At JohannesburgSouth Africa 1, Mexico 1At Cape Town, South AfricaUruguay 0, France 0Wednesday, June 16At Pretoria, South AfricaUruguay 3, South Africa 0Thursday, June 17At Polokwane, South AfricaMexico 2, France 0Tuesday, June 22At Rustenburg, South AfricaUruguay 1, Mexico 0At Bloemfontein, South AfricaSouth Africa 2, France 1

GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 1 9x-South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 6 4Greece 3 1 0 2 2 5 3Nigeria 3 0 1 2 3 5 1x-advanced to round of 16

Saturday, June 12At Port Elizabeth, South AfricaSouth Korea 2, Greece 0At JohannesburgArgentina 1, Nigeria 0Thursday, June 17At JohannesburgArgentina 4, South Korea 1At Bloemfontein, South AfricaGreece 2, Nigeria 1Tuesday, June 22At Durban, South AfricaNigeria 2, South Korea 2At Polokwane, South AfricaArgentina 2, Greece 0

GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-U. States 3 1 2 0 4 3 5x-England 3 1 2 0 2 1 5Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 4Algeria 3 0 1 2 0 2 1x-advanced to round of 16

Saturday, June 12At Rustenburg, South AfricaEngland 1, United States 1Sunday, June 13At Polokwane, South AfricaSlovenia 1, Algeria 0Friday, June 18At JohannesburgUnited States 2, Slovenia 2

At Cape Town, South AfricaEngland 0, Algeria 0Wednesday, June 23At Port Elizabeth, South AfricaEngland 1, Slovenia 0At Pretoria, South AfricaUnited States 1, Algeria 0

GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Germany 3 2 0 1 5 1 6x-Ghana 3 1 1 1 2 2 4Australia 3 1 1 1 3 6 4Serbia 3 1 0 2 2 3 3x-advanced to round of 16

Sunday, June 13At Pretoria, South AfricaGhana 1, Serbia 0At Durban, South AfricaGermany 4, Australia 0Friday, June 18At Port Elizabeth, South AfricaSerbia 1, Germany 0Saturday, June 19At Rustenburg, South AfricaAustralia 1, Ghana 1Wednesday, June 23At JohannesburgGermany 1, Ghana 0At Nelspruit, South AfricaAustralia 2, Serbia 1

GROUP E GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Netherlands 2 2 0 0 3 0 6Japan 2 1 0 1 1 1 3Denmark 2 1 0 1 2 3 3Cameroon 2 0 0 2 1 3 0x-advanced to round of 16

Monday, June 14At JohannesburgNetherlands 2, Denmark 0At Bloemfontein, South AfricaJapan 1, Cameroon 0Saturday, June 19At Durban, South AfricaNetherlands 1, Japan 0At Pretoria, South AfricaDenmark 2, Cameroon 1Thursday, June 24At Rustenburg, South AfricaDenmark vs. Japan, 2:30 p.m.At Cape Town, South AfricaCameroon vs. Netherlands, 2:30 p.m.

GROUP F GP W D L GF GA PtsParaguay 2 1 1 0 3 1 4Italy 2 0 2 0 2 2 2New Zealand 2 0 2 0 2 2 2Slovakia 2 0 1 1 1 3 1

Monday, June 14At Cape Town, South AfricaItaly 1, Paraguay 1Tuesday, June 15At Rustenburg, South AfricaNew Zealand 1, Slovakia 1Sunday, June 20At Bloemfontein, South AfricaParaguay 2, Slovakia 0At Nelspruit, South AfricaItaly 1, New Zealand 1Thursday, June 24At JohannesburgSlovakia vs. Italy, 10 a.m.At Polokwane, South AfricaParaguay vs. New Zealand, 10 a.m.

GROUP G GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 2 6Portugal 2 1 1 0 7 0 4Ivory Coast 2 0 1 1 1 3 1North Korea 2 0 0 2 1 9 0x-advanced to round of 16

Tuesday, June 15At Port Elizabeth, South AfricaIvory Coast 0, Portugal 0At JohannesburgBrazil 2, North Korea 1Sunday, June 20At JohannesburgBrazil 3, Ivory Coast 1Monday, June 21At Cape Town, South AfricaPortugal 7, North Korea 0Friday, June 25At Durban, South AfricaPortugal vs. Brazil, 10 a.m.At Nelspruit, South AfricaNorth Korea vs. Ivory Coast, 10 a.m.

GROUP H GP W D L GF GA PtsChile 2 2 0 0 2 0 6Spain 2 1 0 1 2 1 3Switzerland 2 1 0 1 1 1 3Honduras 2 0 0 2 0 3 0

Wednesday, June 16At Nelspruit, South AfricaChile 1, Honduras 0At Durban, South AfricaSwitzerland 1, Spain 0Monday, June 21At Port Elizabeth, South AfricaChile 1, Switzerland 0At JohannesburgSpain 2, Honduras 0Friday, June 25At Pretoria, South AfricaChile vs. Spain, 2:30 p.m.At Bloemfontein, South AfricaSwitzerland vs. Honduras, 2:30 p.m.

SECOND ROUND

Saturday, June 26Game 49

At Port Elizabeth, South AfricaUruguay vs. South Korea, 10 a.m.

Game 50At Rustenburg, South Africa

United States vs. Ghana, 2:30 p.m.Sunday, June 27

Game 51At Bloemfontein, South Africa

Germany vs. England, 10 a.m.Game 52

At JohannesburgArgentina vs. Mexico, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, June 28Game 53

At Durban, South AfricaGroup E winner vs. Group F second place, 10 a.m.

Game 54At Johannesburg

Group G winner vs. Group H second place, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 29Game 55

At Pretoria, South AfricaGroup F winner vs. Group E second place, 10 a.m.Game 56

At Cape Town, South AfricaGroup H winner vs. Group G second place, 2:30 p.m.

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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierForest City’s Nate Hyatt, center, delivers a pitch during the game against the Thomasville Hi-Toms Wednesday at McNair Field.

By KEVIN CARVERSports Reporter

FOREST CITY — On a night where solid pitch-ing was on display, Forest City couldn’t match Ben Grisz’s complete game two-hitter as the Owls fell to Thomasville 1-0 at McNair Field, Wednesday.

Grisz gave up a single in the first and the fifth, but was unhitable the rest of the way. The righty finished with 10 strikeouts, while only walking two on the night.

“This is the Coastal Plain League and there are going to be nights like this,” Owls skipper Matt Hayes said. “They threw a good arm and we missed a couple of opportunities, but that is how it goes sometimes in baseball.”

The only thing Grisz needed was a run and he got it in the fourth.

Thomasville’s Zak Wasserman singled to right and Chris Fritts doubled into the warning track to put runners on second and third. Jeremy Dowdy manufactured the RBI that mattered with a groundout to second that put Thomasville up 1-0, as the lead would hold throughout.

The loss is the fourth game that the Owls have been defeated this season by one run.

While Forest City’s offense sputtered, the Owls’ Grant Buckner showed some leather in the fifth.

On a pop fly that sailed foul down the left field line off the bat of the Hi-Toms Alex Yarbrough, Forest City third baseman (Buckner), reached over the field in the grassy knoll to make the grab.

Forest City’s Nate Hyatt went 6.1 innings and gave up five hits and walked two. Hyatt fanned seven more in the loss.

The Owls left five on base, but let a big opportu-nity go for naught in the fourth.

After Brian Burton singled into right and Terran Senay walked with no outs in the frame, a pop out and a double play ended the inning.

“The bottom line is from 7 to 10 p.m., tonight, we didn’t get it done,” Hayes said. “We are looking for-ward to the next four games to end this first half stretch and we are just going to give it our all and see how it plays out.”

Hi-Toms shut down Owls, 1-0

Clemson wins, needs 1 win to make CWS finals

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Clemson took advantage of Oklahoma’s fourth-inni99ng pitching meltdown and a costly error in the fifth to beat the Sooners 6-4 at the College World Series on Wednesday.

Oklahoma scored each of the last three innings but couldn’t come all the way back from the 6-1 deficit it faced when the game was suspended after the fifth inning Tuesday because of weather.

The Tigers (45-23) move to the Bracket 2 cham-pionship game on Friday against either Oklahoma (50-17) or South Carolina. Those teams play Thursday, and the winner would have to beat Clemson twice to make it to next week’s best-of-three finals.

Clemson starter Scott Weismann (9-2) allowed a run and three hits over five innings before the weather halted play Tuesday night. The Sooners’ Bobby Shore (10-5) took the loss.

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cheers erupted on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and even in White House auditori-ums in Washington, D.C., accord-ing to e-mails sent to U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati.

The win, the first World Cup vic-tory for the U.S. in eight years, gave the Americans first place in Group C with just its fifth shutout in World Cup play. The United States (1-0-2) will face the runner-up in Group D on Saturday.

Donovan brought the ball upfield on a counterattack and Jozy Altidore’s shot on the breakaway was tipped by Clint Dempsey into goalkeeper Rais Bolihi. The rebound went to Donovan, who kicked it in from about 8 yards for one of the big-gest goals in U.S. soccer history.

“I’ve been through a lot in the last four years,” Donovan said half an hour after the end, crying and his voice cracked. “I’m so glad it culmi-nated this way. When you try to do things the right way, it’s good to get rewarded.”

While he was speaking underneath the stands in the interview room, American fans were still in the sta-dium, waving flags and blowing vuvuzelas in celebration.

After his U.S. record 44th inter-national goal, Donovan joyously ran to the corner flag, sliding headfirst in a belly flop, and his teammates ran down the touchline to mob him. Donovan was in tears when the game ended and the United States had moved into the second round.

“Clint made a good run in the mid-dle, the ball fell to me ... time kind of stopped,” Donovan said. “You can’t miss from there.”

As the final whistle sounded, the

U.S. bench raced onto the field and piled on top of the players on the far sideline. At midfield, Steve Cherundolo and Jay DeMerit col-lapsed to the ground. They all bear-hugged Donovan, who with his fourth World Cup goal tied Bert Patenaude (1930) as the American leader.

“That was a really special feeling,” U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. “These guys put a lot into it, they never quit.

“We’re proud. We finished first in our group. Five points, didn’t lose a match. So we’re ready.”

As the team returned to the side-line, goalkeeper Tim Howard bounced up and down in elation. Benny Feilhaber took a water bottle and sprayed his teammates, cham-pagne-like.

“We’re not done yet,” Donovan said. “We believe, man. We’re alive, baby.”

England (1-0-2), which beat Slovenia moments earlier, also had five points but finished second because the U.S. scored four goals to two for the English. Slovenia (1-1-1) was third with four points, miss-ing advancing because of Donovan’s heroics. Algeria (0-2-1) was last with one point.

Until Donovan’s goal, it appeared the officiating would again be the focus.

Dempsey put the ball in the net in the 21st minute off the rebound of Herculez Gomez’s shot. But the goal was called offside, just as Maurice Edu’s late goal was disallowed against Slovenia last week, a score that would have given the Americans a victory. Replays appeared to show Dempsey was onside.

Dempsey had another great chance in the 57th minute when Michael Bradley stole the ball and sent Altidore streaking down the right side. Altidore crossed, but Dempsey’s hit the goalpost. He shot wide on the rebound.

flag once in three Nationwide starts and while she hardly embarrassed herself, it was obvious the learning curve would be steep.

She’s hoping for a modest upswing this weekend following a four-month layoff doing her full-time gig in IndyCar, where she’s overcome a rough start that included get-ting booed by fans at Indianapolis for pointed comments about her Andretti Autosport crew.

Patrick is 11th in the IndyCar standings heading into the race at Watkins Glen on Independence Day and posted her best finish on American soil with a runner-up effort in Texas two weeks ago.

She’s not concerned about the

abrupt move back to NASCAR rob-bing her of any momentum.

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tion to NASCAR since she pulled herself out of the driver’s seat in Las Vegas. Even though she’s going to a track she’s never raced on at a dis-tance — 1.058-mile oval — she hasn’t tackled yet in a race car with doors and bumpers.

Patrick did some testing at Milwaukee recently to get a feel for how the car might set up in New Hampshire. Sliding back through the window, she realized she was already well ahead of where she was in February.

First of all, the seat fit. The seat belts, too.

Now it’s just a matter of trying to find a rhythm. It could take awhile. And she’s well aware that the lessons could be painful and public.

England, Germany advancePORT ELIZABETH, South Africa

(AP) — Jermain Defoe’s goal put much-improved England into the World Cup’s round of 16.

Recalled to the starting lineup, Defoe knocked in a cross from James Milner in the 23rd minute to give England five points from its three Group C games. Slovenia finished with four points.

England will play Germany, the winner of Group D, on Sunday.

Following disappointing draws against the United States and Algeria to start the tournament, England played far more aggressively and cre-ated more chances against Slovenia. The English went ahead when Defoe put in Milner’s pass from 5 yards with a right-footed shot.

Now a squad that was among the pretournament favorites can take a breath, having moved on and avoided a humiliating early exit.

Germany 1, Ghana 0JOHANNESBURG (AP) —

Mesut Oezil scored on a left-footed blast from outside the area to give Germany the Group D title. Despite the defeat, Ghana also advanced to the round of 16 — taking second place in the group with four points. Australia also finished with four points, but Ghana was ahead on goal differential.

Ghana is the first of the six African teams in the tournament to make it to the knockout phase and it could be the last. Only Ivory Coast still has a chance to join Ghana.

Once the scoreboard had flashed the result of Australia’s match with Serbia — a 2-1 Aussie win — Ghana players hugged each other, waved their country’s flag and ran to the corner where their supporters were cheering and dancing.

Germany had been in danger of

failing to advance from the group stage for the first time, but the three-time champions kept the upper hand throughout the match and got the victory they needed.

Australia 2, Serbia 1NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) —

Tim Cahill and Brett Holman scored second-half goals. But both teams did not advance to the second round.

Marko Pantelic pulled a goal back for Serbia, which finished last with three points, one behind Australia.

Federer advances to 3rd; Isner-Mahut not done

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer walked off the court with a smile Wednesday, relieved to survive another tense early-round match at Wimbledon.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut walked off their court nearly two hours later without a result for the second day in a row, immersed in the longest match in history.

Federer advanced to the third round by beating qualifier Ilija Bozoljac 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (5). The six-time champion had a slightly eas-ier time than in his opening match, when he overcame a two-set deficit. But he had trouble putting Bozoljac away, converting only three of 13 break-point chances.

Isner and Mahut managed weary smiles when their unprecedented first-round marathon was suspended because of darkness for the second night in a row, tied at 59-all in the fifth set.

The match remained undecided after 10 hours of play, including 7 hours, 6 minutes in the fifth set alone. That was enough to break the full-match record of 6:33, set at the 2004 French Open.

Both players dominated with their serves. Isner had 98 aces and Mahut 95, both surpassing the previ-ous record for the sport. After play resumed Wednesday at the start of the fifth set, there were no service breaks.

Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick dug out of an early hole and beat Michael Llodra 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (2). Seeded fifth, Roddick began playing serve and vol-ley more as the match progressed, and he won 34 points at the net.

No. 3-seeded Novak Djokovic beat American Taylor Dent 7-6 (5), 6-1,

6-4. Dent served at up to 148 mph but lost 25 of 54 points at the net.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams lost only 11 points on her serve and beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-0, 6-4.

Justine Henin was twice bro-ken serving for the victory, then regrouped and beat Kristina Barrois 6-3, 7-5. Fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters defeated Karolina Sprem 6-3, 6-2.

No. 15 Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 champion, advanced when Evgeny Korolev retired trailing 6-4, 6-4, 3-0.

Associated PressUnited States players celebrate after United States’ Landon Donovan, not vis-ible, scored a goal during the World Cup group C soccer match between the United States and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday.

USContinued from Page 7

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Associated PressJohn Isner, left, bends over and holds his head during his epic singles match against Nicolas Mahut at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Wednesday. Play was sus-pended for bad light with scores tied at 59 all in the 5th set.

Associated PressGermany’s Mesut Oezil is hugged by his teammate Cacau after winning the World Cup group D soccer match between Ghana and Germany at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday.

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Man unaware was shotPEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Tracy

Durham remembers hearing the pop. But the gunshot wound the Illinois man discovered after a neighbor asked about his limp? That was a surprise.

The 48-year-old Durham told police he thinks he was shot by a friend during a party late Sunday.

Police say Durham recalled call-ing the friend’s girlfriend ugly. The Peoria man then heard a pop as he took a drink from a bottle of whis-key. But police say he felt no pain.

Durham told officers he went to sleep around 3 a.m. Monday and discovered the wound about four hours later.

Police find stolen mower KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) —

Police in Washington state say they caught a man making a slow get-away on a stolen riding mower.

The Tri-City Herald reports offi-cers responding to a burglary call Tuesday morning found a 31-year-old man riding the mower in the street, pulling a trailer of other lawn care equipment.

He was jailed for investigation of burglary, theft and drug charges.

Diner serves lion burgersPHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona

restaurant owner dreamed up a nov-elty meal to give customers a South African experience during the World Cup. But serving burgers made with African lion meat has generated protests.

Cameron Selogie says his Il Vinaio restaurant in Mesa has received a

bomb threat and more than 150 e-mails from protesters. He says African lions are on the protected list, but not endangered.

The restaurant ordered 10 pounds of African lion meat from a USDA-regulated, free-range farm in Illinois, which Selogie says he researched to make sure they were humane. It’s mixed with ground beef, and the restaurant says it’s serving about 15 burgers a day.

USDA spokesman Jim Brownlee says lion meat is an uncommon dish, but he knew of no prohibitions against it.

Man on way back to U.S.DENVER (AP) — An American

on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden is headed back to the United States, 10 days after authorities found him in the woods of northern Pakistan with a pistol, a sword and night-vision equipment.

Gary Faulkner, who has been detained since June 13, left Pakistan early Wednesday and will arrive in Denver later in the day, his brother Scott Faulkner said.

The 50-year-old Gary Faulkner, of Greeley, told officials he was out to kill the al-Qaida leader. Faulkner is an out-of-work construction worker who sold his tools to finance six trips on what relatives have called a Rambo-type mission to kill or cap-ture bin Laden. He grew his hair and beard long to fit in better.

Scott Faulkner told reporters last week that his brother wasn’t crazy, just determined to find the man America’s military has failed to cap-ture nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

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Associated PressCoconino County Detention Officer Trinidad Logan, left, and Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer Justin Shelton, right, speak with Ron Alexis as he returns home Wednesday north of Flagstaff, Ariz. after being evacuated by the Schultz fire earlier in the week. Evacuated residents were allowed back home early Wednesday.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Her house smelled like smoke, but Mary Oravits was elated.

“I’m home! I’m finally home!” the Flagstaff resident said after being allowed back into her neighborhood Wednesday. “It’s so exciting.”

Oravits was one of about 1,000 people who evacuated their homes Sunday after a forest fire started tearing though stands of ponde-rosa pine north of the city and ris-ing up the slopes of the nearby San Francisco Peaks.

“The day that it happened, it looked like it was coming over here quickly,” Oravits said. “I was really distraught. At first, you think you’re going to lose everything, which is hard to absorb.”

After three days in hotels, trail-ers or friends’ homes, homeowners and their families in the northern Arizona city of about 60,000 people began to trickle into the evacuated neighborhoods Wednesday morn-ing. Crews had enough confidence in their fire lines to let the local sher-iff lift the evacuation order, but he warned residents to be prepared to leave again if necessary.

“We’re very glad,” said resident Lula Whitehair. “When we saw that fire coming, we thought the worst.”

Jennifer Stanley and her husband returned home after spending the previous three nights in their camper.

After evacuating, they sat on nearby U.S. Highway 89 to watch the fire, which authorities said was started by an abandoned campfire. Stanley estimated flames came within a quarter-mile from her home in the

Timberline neighborhood.“You could see big like, 20-, 30-foot

flames,” she said. “We’re like, ’OK, is that our house?”’

Though some of his neighbors left, Mike Diamond chose to stay home, knowing that once he left, officials wouldn’t let him return. Diamond almost changed his mind the next day when thick smoke blanketed the area.

“Monday afternoon, early after-noon, it got real bad,” he said. “I was getting ready to bail.”

Diamond said gas was shut off to his home, but firefighters were sta-tioned nearby, and he felt secure. Things cleared up enough by Tuesday that he knew it was safe.

“I kinda thought they’d open things up yesterday, but they didn’t,” he said.

Nearly 1,000 firefighters were bat-tling the 22-square-mile Schultz fire, and their work was far from over. At least 10 miles of fire line still needed to be completed, and the blaze was just 20 percent contained. Crews Wednesday planned to improve the line on the southern flank of the fire to keep it from surging back toward the city about five miles away.

To secure the line, crews were using several helicopters to drop mate-rial to ignite and burn out any for-est fuels, said fire spokesman Eric Neitzel. Meanwhile, firefighters aid-ed by air tankers dropping fire retar-dant were trying to stop its growth to the north.

Winds were predicted to reach about 20 mph Wednesday afternoon, Neitzel said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of people who were blinded or oth-erwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells — a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported Wednesday.

The treatment worked completely in 82 of 107 eyes and partially in 14 others, with benefits lasting up to a decade so far. One man whose eyes were severely damaged more than 60 years ago now has near-normal vision.

“This is a roaring success,” said ophthalmologist Dr. Ivan Schwab of the University of California, Davis, who had no role in the study — the longest and largest of its kind.

Stem cell transplants offer hope to the thousands of people worldwide every year who suffer chemical burns on their corneas from heavy-duty cleansers or other substances at work or at home.

The approach would not help peo-ple with damage to the optic nerve or macular degeneration, which involves

the retina. Nor would it work in peo-ple who are completely blind in both eyes, because doctors need at least some healthy tissue that they can transplant.

In the study, published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers took a small number of stem cells from a patient’s healthy eye, multiplied them in the lab and placed them into the burned eye, where they were able to grow new corneal tissue to replace what had been damaged. Since the stem cells are from their own bodies, the patients do not need to take anti-rejection drugs.

Adult stem cells have been used for decades to cure blood cancers such as leukemia and diseases like sickle cell anemia. But fixing a problem like damaged eyes is a relatively new use. Researchers have been studying cell therapy for a host of other diseases, including diabetes and heart failure, with limited success.

Adult stem cells, which are found around the body, are different from embryonic stem cells, which come from human embryos.

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A television screen at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the decision on Fed interest rates Wednesday.

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTERESTYTD

Name Div Yld PE Last Chg%ChgYTD

Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgAT&T Inc 1.68 6.6 12 25.44 +.08 -9.2Amazon ... ... 53 121.45 -.86 -9.7ArvMerit ... ... ... 14.90 -.09 +33.3BB&T Cp .60 2.1 30 28.82 -.24 +13.6BkofAm .04 .3 73 15.43 -.15 +2.5BerkHa A ... ... 14118305.00-470.00 +19.3Cisco ... ... 19 22.86 -.11 -4.5Delhaize 2.02 2.6 ... 77.15 -2.13 +.6Dell Inc ... ... 17 13.82 +.02 -3.8DukeEngy .98 6.0 13 16.22 -.10 -5.8ExxonMbl 1.76 2.9 14 61.10 -.84 -10.4FamilyDlr .62 1.6 17 39.19 +.74 +40.8FifthThird .04 .3 20 13.51 ... +38.6FCtzBA 1.20 .6 10 199.72 -3.19 +21.8GenElec .40 2.6 16 15.39 -.40 +1.7GoldmanS 1.40 1.0 6 135.07 +.28 -20.0Google ... ... 22 482.05 -4.20 -22.2KrispKrm ... ... ... 3.53 +.02 +19.7

LeggPlat 1.04 4.8 23 21.71 -.27 +6.4

Lowes .44 2.0 18 21.85 +.09 -6.6

Microsoft .52 2.1 13 25.31 -.46 -17.0

PPG 2.16 3.3 19 65.10 -.44 +11.2

ParkerHan 1.04 1.8 25 58.64 +.11 +8.8

ProgrssEn 2.48 6.3 13 39.22 -.42 -4.4

RedHat ... ... 67 31.36 +.50 +1.5

RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 51.62 -1.35 -3.6

SaraLee .44 3.0 34 14.80 -.04 +21.5

SonicAut ... ... 9 8.77 +.18 -15.6

SonocoP 1.12 3.6 18 31.00 -.19 +6.0

SpectraEn 1.00 4.8 15 21.02 -.21 +2.5

SpeedM .40 2.8 ... 14.04 -.02 -20.3

Timken .52 1.8 ... 28.69 +.11 +21.0

UPS B 1.88 3.1 24 60.38 -.02 +5.2

WalMart 1.21 2.4 13 50.81 +.13 -4.9

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

MUTUAL FUNDS

DAILY DOW JONES

11,258.01 8,087.19 Dow Industrials 10,298.44 +4.92 +.05 -1.24 +24.084,812.87 2,988.88 Dow Transportation 4,265.81 +3.13 +.07 +4.05 +36.54

408.57 342.02 Dow Utilities 367.11 -4.32 -1.16 -7.76 +4.187,743.74 5,552.82 NYSE Composite 6,850.05 -8.90 -.13 -4.66 +18.191,994.20 1,497.10 Amex Market Value 1,860.25 +1.53 +.08 +1.93 +19.542,535.28 1,727.05 Nasdaq Composite 2,254.23 -7.57 -.33 -.66 +25.771,219.80 869.32 S&P 500 1,092.04 -3.27 -.30 -2.07 +21.21

852.90 539.03 S&P MidCap 750.66 -1.17 -.16 +3.30 +33.6212,847.91 8,900.27 Wilshire 5000 11,455.40 -31.14 -.27 -.81 +24.34

745.95 473.54 Russell 2000 644.25 -1.66 -.26 +3.02 +30.16

52-Week Net YTD 12-moHigh Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 128,736 11.21 +1.0 +13.3/C +7.4/A NL 1,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 61,893 26.55 +1.6 +19.9/D +1.8/B 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIdx LB 61,334 27.11 +0.1 +25.9/A +0.7/B NL 3,000Fidelity Contra LG 54,199 58.33 +3.3 +26.0/B +4.1/A NL 2,500American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 53,415 45.45 +1.5 +14.7/D +2.8/C 5.75 250American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 49,180 31.01 +3.3 +17.3/D +4.3/B 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m MA 47,155 15.08 +0.9 +21.9/A +2.4/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 46,774 101.04 +0.6 +24.4/B +0.1/C NL 3,000Vanguard InstIdxI LB 45,318 100.39 +0.6 +24.6/B +0.2/C NL 5,000,000American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 45,159 24.70 +0.5 +18.6/E +0.8/B 5.75 250Dodge & Cox Stock LV 39,123 94.04 +0.7 +26.2/B -1.4/D NL 2,500American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 35,843 23.84 +0.6 +21.4/D -0.3/C 5.75 250American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 34,973 35.76 +5.0 +18.5/B +6.1/A 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 34,147 30.15 +4.3 +24.1/A +4.0/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 32,666 11.21 +1.0 +13.0/C +7.1/A NL 1,000,000FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 29,848 2.03 +2.6 +24.2/A +3.6/B 4.25 1,000American Funds NewPerspA m WS 29,662 24.48 +3.6 +22.5/B +5.1/A 5.75 250American Funds FnInvA m LB 29,264 31.74 +2.4 +22.9/C +3.3/A 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 29,243 27.11 0.0 +26.1/A +0.8/B NL 100,000American Funds BalA m MA 28,927 16.09 +0.4 +18.9/C +1.9/C 5.75 250Vanguard 500Adml LB 28,138 101.06 +0.6 +24.5/B +0.2/C NL 100,000Vanguard Welltn MA 27,976 28.58 +0.5 +18.1/D +4.4/A NL 10,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,183 12.14 +0.7 +13.2/C +3.1/E 3.75 250Fidelity GrowCo LG 26,620 69.14 +1.8 +29.8/A +4.4/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetA m CI 26,554 11.21 +0.9 +12.8/C +6.9/A 3.75 1,000Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 25,880 25.72 +4.2 +14.1/E +1.9/E NL 2,500Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 24,848 32.71 +0.9 +31.4/D +3.4/A NL 2,500Vanguard InstPlus LB 24,831 100.40 +0.6 +24.6/B +0.3/C NL 200,000,000T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 15,797 20.90 -0.4 +28.3/A +0.6/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 9,080 29.29 +1.0 +21.9/D +2.8/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,086 34.73 +0.1 +22.3/C +0.6/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,433 10.43 +0.2 +3.4/D +4.9/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,135 2.85 +0.4 +15.4/E -2.3/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 470 15.42 +2.4 +68.8/C +1.3/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 175 14.48 +0.3 +20.4/D -0.5/D 4.75 0

Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min InitName Obj ($Mlns) NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -ForeignLarge Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV -Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs.others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

NYSE6,850.05 -8.90

AMEX1,860.25 +1.53

NASDAQ2,254.23 -7.57

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards.lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within thelast year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee.f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fundsplit shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to belisted in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press.Sales figures are unofficial.

dd uu ddGAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgPwShs QQQ859367 46.05 -.19Intel 606179 20.81 -.17Microsoft 603555 25.31 -.46SiriusXM 569789 1.06 -.01Cisco 533443 22.86 -.11AdobeSy 352224 30.38 -2.38MicronT 277603 9.82 +.18Apple Inc 268454 270.97 -2.88Oracle 233114 22.68 -.21Popular 232689 2.89 -.10

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgLightbdg n 9.49 +3.58 +60.6WSI Inds 2.40 +.42 +21.2Bsquare 2.53 +.34 +15.5Ziopharm 3.88 +.43 +12.5AVEO Ph n 7.87 +.87 +12.4CheviotFn 8.70 +.95 +12.3USecBcCA 4.81 +.51 +11.9HalladorE 12.55 +1.31 +11.7IridC wt15 2.45 +.20 +8.8Irid wt13 3.70 +.29 +8.5

Name Last Chg %ChgReliv Intl 2.40 -.50 -17.2FstCapVA 6.35 -1.09 -14.7IderaPhm 3.32 -.39 -10.5Cowlitz rs 3.57 -.41 -10.3RadioOneD 2.08 -.23 -10.0LunaInn h 2.20 -.24 -9.8Delcath 7.94 -.76 -8.7RadioOne 2.13 -.20 -8.6CentrueF 2.15 -.20 -8.5RespGne h 2.21 -.20 -8.3

DIARYAdvanced 1,191Declined 1,405Unchanged 159Total issues 2,755New Highs 7New Lows 67

1,842,501,226Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgRexahnPh 32751 1.86 +.13GoldStr g 31987 4.41 +.19Rentech 29671 1.06 +.04NwGold g 20952 6.44 +.05NovaGld g 17828 7.25 +.11RadientPh 15689 1.31 +.05GranTrra g 15489 5.07 -.12NthgtM g 14674 3.10 +.10KodiakO g 14650 3.48 +.07CFCda g 13314 14.99 -.27

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgHawkCorp 23.17 +1.80 +8.4OrionEngy 3.35 +.24 +7.7UnvSecInst 6.48 +.43 +7.1PacOffPT 4.49 +.29 +6.9Aerocntry 23.72 +1.47 +6.6EstnLtCap 3.20 +.16 +5.3NTS Rlty 4.24 +.21 +5.2ContMatls 12.40 +.60 +5.0Arrhythm 4.75 +.22 +4.9AMCON 57.50 +2.50 +4.5

Name Last Chg %ChgCorMedix n 2.00 -.25 -11.1Uroplasty 5.19 -.47 -8.3CKX Lands12.00 -1.07 -8.2PyramidOil 4.99 -.38 -7.1AlldDefen 2.64 -.20 -7.0Kemet 2.27 -.17 -7.0OpkoHlth 2.03 -.14 -6.5HKN 5.00 -.28 -5.3SL Ind 12.28 -.64 -5.0EngySvcs 3.35 -.15 -4.3

DIARYAdvanced 212Declined 260Unchanged 42Total issues 514New Highs 1New Lows 6

Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 4396024 3.89 -.05S&P500ETF2405784109.23 -.34BkofAm 1302324 15.43 -.15SPDR Fncl 1159902 14.51 -.07GenElec 968366 15.39 -.40iShEMkts 928865 39.67 +.11FordM 809270 11.03 -.19Chimera 798544 3.68 -.14PPL Corp 739360 24.90 +.66SprintNex 683336 4.52 +.20

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgJohnCn pfZ180.00+20.00 +12.5Vonage 2.53 +.26 +11.5Jabil 15.03 +1.44 +10.6Goldcp wt 6.48 +.58 +9.8CarMax 21.85 +1.85 +9.3MoneyGrm 2.59 +.18 +7.5GerberSci 5.79 +.36 +6.6Drew Inds 21.10 +1.22 +6.1HarvNRes 8.29 +.48 +6.1PlaybyB 4.01 +.23 +6.1

Name Last Chg %ChgWilmTr 11.56 -1.43 -11.0GtAPc39 19.76 -1.74 -8.1OwensC wtB3.20 -.28 -8.0PMI Grp 3.23 -.28 -8.0AlpTotDiv 6.12 -.52 -7.8Compx 13.25 -1.01 -7.1ProUMex n 28.29 -2.15 -7.1BarcLgB n 49.76 -3.77 -7.0FullerHB 20.27 -1.46 -6.7ChCBlood n 5.09 -.34 -6.3

DIARYAdvanced 1,459Declined 1,618Unchanged 119Total issues 3,196New Highs 24New Lows 32

4,585,003,994Volume 84,108,461

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10,640Dow Jones industrialsClose: 10,298.44Change: 4.92 (flat)

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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market closed with a slight loss Wednesday after sales of new homes hit a record low and the Federal Reserve indicated that problems in Europe pose a threat to the U.S. economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 5 points, but broader indexes fell and losing stocks outnumbered advancers on the New York Stock Exchange. Treasury prices rose, pushing down interest rates. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to its lowest level in more than a year.

Stocks fell early in the day after the government said new home sales dropped by a third to a record low last month. Sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 300,000. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had forecast sales would drop to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 410,000.

The Dow lost as much as 66 points after the housing numbers came out. On Tuesday, an unex-pected slide in sales of existing homes also hurt stocks. Existing homes make up a far bigger part of the market than new homes but traders were braced for more bad news Wednesday.

“I think the market is, thankfully, already getting used to the idea that housing is going to fall off a cliff between the end of the homebuyer tax credit and now,” said John Canally, economist at LPL Financial. The homebuyer’s credit expired April 30, and its absence is expected to be felt beyond the May sales figures.

Traders picked up stocks of companies that sell consumer staples because they are considered safer in weak economies. Procter & Gamble Co., which makes Tide detergent and Gillette razors, rose 1.1 percent. Kraft Foods Inc. also rose. Fortune Brands Inc., which makes doors, bathroom faucets and other goods used in homes, fell 1.4 percent. Leggett & Platt, whose products include bedding and furniture parts, lost 1.2 percent.

The market’s moves were subdued for much of the day and trading volume was light, as it has been for weeks. The lack of action in the morning came as traders watched World Cup soccer match-es. Cheers erupted on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange when the U.S. beat Algeria.

Traders then found little to do but wait for the Fed’s midafternoon announcement. The central bank’s economic statement issued after a meeting of its policymaking committee contained few sur-prises. The Fed said that “financial conditions have become less supportive of economic growth.” The Fed cited what it called “developments abroad” but didn’t mention Europe by name.

Stocks have fallen from 2010 highs in April on worries that debt problems in Europe would spread and hurt a global rebound.

“The Fed is acknowledging what we’re all seeing,” said Mike Materasso, co-chair of the fixed income policy committee at Franklin Templeton. “There are problems in Europe, we’ve gotten a string of data in the U.S. with regard to employment, hous-ing and even retail sales that is disappointing.”

The Dow closed with a gain of 4.92, or 0.1 per-cent, to 10,298.44 after being up nearly 75 points in afternoon trading. The index lost 149 points Tuesday after the home sales report.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 3.27, or 0.3 percent, to 1,092.04, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 7.57, or 0.3 percent, to 2,254.23.

Bond prices rose, driving down interest rates. The yield on the 10-year note fell to 3.12 percent from 3.17 percent late Tuesday. It hit the lowest level since May 2009.

The dollar fell against other major currencies. Crude oil fell $1.28 to $76.57 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes collapsed in May, sinking 33 percent to the lowest level on record as potential buy-ers stopped shopping for homes once they could no longer receive government tax credits.

The bleak report from the Commerce Department on Wednesday is the latest sign of a precarious housing mar-ket that is struggling to recover and could weaken the broader economic recovery. It follows a disappointing report issued ear-lier in the week showing sales of previously occupied homes had dipped in May.

Analysts were quick to blame the sudden drop in new home sales on the absence of federal tax credits of up to $8,000. But double-digit unemployment and slow job growth have not helped the market, even with mortgage rates at near-historic lows.

“We fear that the appetite to buy a home has disappeared alongside the tax credit,” Paul Dales, U.S. economist with Capital Economics,” wrote in a note to clients. “After all, unem-ployment remains high, job security is low and credit condi-tions are tight.”

To sustain the economic rebound, the Federal Reserve is sure to leave interest rates at record lows and is likely to repeat a pledge to keep them there for a while. The Fed resumed its two-day meeting Wednesday with policymakers having cause for optimism as well as caution.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke

has expressed confidence that the nation won’t fall back into a “double dip” recession. At the same time, the recovery remains vulnerable to threats and chief among them is a fragile housing market.

New home sales fell in May from April to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 300,000, the government said Wednesday. That was the slow-est sales pace on records dat-ing back to 1963. It also was the largest monthly drop on record. Sales have now sunk 78 percent from their peak in July 2005.

The tax credits expired on April 30, although buyers who signed sales contracts by the deadline have until June 30 to close on their homes and qualify for the credit.

However, the new home sales report measures contracts to buy homes rather than completed sales. So the report offered a glimpse of what the housing industry will endure throughout the summer.

“We all knew there would be a housing hangover from the expi-ration of the tax credit,” wrote Mike Larson, real estate and interest rate analyst at Weiss Research. “But this decline takes your breath away.”

Sales of previously occupied homes are recorded when buyers close, so there were expectations for strong numbers in that sector through June.

The 2.2 percent drop in sales of previously occupied homes in May from the previous month showed the entire industry is weakening.

New-home sales fell nation-wide from April’s levels. They dropped 53 percent from a month earlier in the West and 33 percent in the Northeast. Sales in the South dropped 25 percent. The Midwest posted a 24 per-cent decline.

Builders have sharply scaled back construction in the face of a severe housing market bust. The number of new homes up for sale in March fell 0.5 percent to 213,000, the lowest level in near-ly 40 years. But due to the slug-gish sales pace in May, it would still take 8.5 months to exhaust that supply, above a healthy level of about six months.

The median sales price in May was $200,900. That was down 9.6 percent from a year earlier and down 1 percent from April.

New-homes sales made up about 7 percent of the housing market last year. That’s down from about 15 percent before the bust.

The drop in new-home sales means fewer jobs in the con-struction industry, which nor-mally powers economic recover-ies but has remained lackluster this time.

Each new home built creates, on average, the equivalent of three jobs for a year and gen-erates about $90,000 in taxes paid to local and federal authori-ties, according to the National Association of Home Builders. The impact is felt across multiple industries, from makers of fau-cets and dishwashers to lumber yards.

New home sales fall 33 percent

Stocks fall on Fed outlook, home sales

Associated Press

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, according to financial disclosure reports. He’s also a new member of a secret national security court.

U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, a 1983 appointee of President Ronald Reagan, reported owning less than $15,000 in stock in 2008 in Transocean Ltd., the compa-ny that owned the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

Feldman overturned the ban Tuesday, saying the government sim-ply assumed that because one rig exploded, the others pose an immi-nent danger, too.

The White House promised an immediate appeal. The Interior Department had imposed the mora-torium last month in the wake of the BP disaster, halting approval of any new permits for deepwater proj-ects and suspending drilling on 33 exploratory wells.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement late Tuesday that within the next few days he would issue a new order imposing a mora-torium that eliminates any doubt it is needed and appropriate.

Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other ser-vices to offshore rigs argued that the moratorium was arbitrarily imposed after the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers and blew out a well 5,000 feet underwater. It has spewed anywhere from 67 million to 127 mil-lion gallons of oil.

Feldman’s 2008 financial disclosure report — the most recent available — also showed investments in Ocean Energy, a Houston-based company, as well as Quicksilver Resources, Prospect Energy, Peabody Energy, Halliburton, Pengrowth Energy Trust, Atlas Energy Resources, Parker Drilling and others. Halliburton was also involved in the

doomed Deepwater Horizon project.Feldman did not respond to

requests for comment and to clarify whether he still holds some or all of these investments.

He’s one of many federal judges across the Gulf Coast region with money in oil and gas. Several have disqualified themselves from hearing spill-related lawsuits and others have sold their holdings so they can pre-side over some of the 200-plus cases.

Although Feldman ruled in favor of oil interests Tuesday, one expert said his reasoning appeared sound because the six-month ban was overly broad.

“There’s been some concern that he is biased toward the industry, but I don’t see it in this opinion,” said Tim Howard, a Northeastern University law professor who also represents businesses and people claiming eco-nomic losses in several spill-related lawsuits. “They overreacted and just shut an industry down, rather than focusing on where the problems are.”

That was what Feldman essen-tially said in his ruling, writing that the blanket moratorium “seems to assume that because one rig failed and although no one yet fully knows why, all companies and rigs drilling new wells over 500 feet also univer-sally present an imminent danger.”

Josh Reichert, managing direc-tor of the Pew Environment Group, said the ruling should be rescinded if Feldman still has investments in companies that could benefit.

“If Judge Feldman has any invest-ments in oil and gas operators in the Gulf, it represents a flagrant conflict of interest,” Reichert said.

Feldman’s ruling prohibits federal officials from enforcing the morato-rium until a trial is held. He wrote: “If some drilling equipment parts are flawed, is it rational to say all are? Are all airplanes a danger because one was? All oil tankers like Exxon Valdez? All trains? All mines? That sort of thinking seems heavy-handed, and rather overbearing.”

Judge who nixed drilling ban has oil investments

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tens of thousands of gallons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped a venting system, forcing BP to remove the cap that had been con-taining some of the crude.

It was yet another setback in the nine-week effort to stop the gusher, and it came as thick pools of oil washed up on Pensacola Beach in Florida and the Obama administra-tion tried to figure out how to res-urrect a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling.

When the robot bumped the sys-tem just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, gas rose through the vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like crystals from forming, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.

Crews were checking to see if crys-tals had formed before putting it back on. BP spokesman Bill Salvin could not say how long that might take.

“We’re doing it as quickly as pos-sible,” he said.

Before the problem with the con-tainment cap, it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in 24 hours. That’s oil that’s now pouring into the Gulf. Another 438,000 gallons was burned on the surface by a different system that was not affected by the

issue with the cap.A similar problem doomed the

effort to put a bigger containment device over the blown-out well in May. BP had to abandon the four-story box after the crystals called hydrates clogged it, threatening to make it float away.

The smaller cap, which had worked fine until now, had been in place since early June. To get it there, though, crews had to slice away a section of the leaking pipe, meaning the flow of oil could be stronger now than before.

The current worst-case estimate of what’s spewing into the Gulf is about 2.5 million gallons a day. Anywhere from 67 million to 127 million gal-lons have spilled since the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 workers and blew out the well 5,000 feet underwater. BP PLC was leasing the rig from owner Transocean Ltd.

In Florida, dozens of workers used shovels to scoop up pools of oil that washed up overnight, turning the sand orange.

Tar balls have been reported as far west as Panama City, Fla., and heavi-er oil is predicted to wash ashore fur-ther east along the coast line in the coming days. Oil has also washed up on beaches in Alabama.

Associated PressFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist inspects the beach with oil that washed ashore over-night at Casino Beach as well as the relief work efforts being staged along the shoreline of Pensacola Beach on Wednesday morning.

Cap problems send more oil into the Gulf

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve struck a more cautious tone about the strength of the U.S. eco-nomic recovery, indicating Europe’s debt crisis poses a risk to it.

Wrapping up a two-day meeting Wednesday, the Fed in a 9-1 decision retained its pledge to hold rates at record-low levels for an “extended period.” Doing so is intended to energize the rebound.

The Fed expressed confi-dence that the recovery will stay intact despite threats from abroad and at home. But Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues offered a slightly more reserved out-look than the last time they convened.

The Fed said the economic recovery is “proceeding.” That was a bit less upbeat than the view at the April meeting when the Fed said economic activity contin-ued to “strengthen.” The Fed also said the labor market is “improving gradually.”

While not mentioning Europe by name, the Fed said “financial conditions have become less supportive of economic growth ... large-ly reflecting developments abroad.”

The fragile economic pic-ture increases pressure on President Barack Obama and lawmakers in Washington. Near-double-digit unem-

ployment is certain to factor into the way Americans vote in congressional midterm elections this fall. If it fails to come down after that, the jobless rate could play a significant role in the 2012 presidential election.

At the same time, the presi-dent has limited options. Congress has run into opposition on extending

unemployment benefits and providing more aid to cash-strapped states. While some liberal Democrats maintain that government spending is the best way to stimulate the economy, a growing number of moderate and conservative Democrats share Republican concerns that the govern-ment’s exploding budget def-icits pose a greater risk.

The subtle shift in the Fed’s

outlook drew little reaction from stock investors. The Dow Jones industrial aver-age was essentially flat after announcement.

The decision to keep rates at record lows boosted demand for safe-haven assets like Treasurys, sending inter-est rates lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, a widely used benchmark for mortgages and other con-sumer loans, fell to 3.13 per-cent from 3.25 percent late Tuesday. The 10-year note hasn’t closed at that level in more than a year. Rates had already fallen earlier in the day after the government said new-home sales dropped 33 percent last month.

Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, for the fourth straight meeting was the sole member to dissent from the Fed’s decision to retain the “extended period” pledge.

Hoenig fears keeping rates too low for too long could lead to excessive risk-taking by investors and feed new speculative bubbles in the prices of stocks, bonds and commodities.

He’s also expressed concern that low rates could eventu-ally unleash inflation. And Hoenig said he worries that keeping the “extended peri-od” pledge will limit the Fed’s stated “flexibility” to start modestly bumping up rates.

Given the risks to the recovery, the Fed left a key bank lending rate at between zero and 0.25 percent. The rate has remained at that level since December 2008.

That means rates on cer-tain credit cards, home equi-ty loans, some adjustable-rate mortgages and other consumer loans will remain low. Commercial banks’ prime lending rate would stay at about 3.25 percent, the lowest point in decades.

Low rates serve borrow-ers who qualify for loans and are willing to take on more debt. But they hurt savers. Low rates are especially hard on people living on fixed incomes who are earning scant returns on their sav-ings.

Still, if the rates spur Americans to spend more, they would help invigorate the economy. That’s why the Fed maintained its pledge, in place for more than a year, to keep rates at record lows for an “extended period.”

Because the fragile recov-ery is more vulnerable to shocks, from home and over-seas, economists increasingly say the Fed probably won’t start boosting rates until next year — or possibly into 2012. That’s a change from a few months ago, when econo-mists thought the Fed would begin raising rates at the end of this year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama admin-istration has approved five state-designed plans to help homeown-ers as part of a $1.5 bil-lion effort to assist areas slammed by the housing bust.

The Treasury Depart-ment said Wednesday that plans for Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada had received approval.

The states estimate that the plans are pro-jected to help up to 93,000 homeowners. That’s a small part of the administration’s main existing $75 bil-lion mortgage assistance program, which is wide-ly viewed as a disap-pointment.

President Barack Obama unveiled the state assistance effort in February. Since then, state agencies have designed their own approaches, largely focused on borrow-ers who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth or those who have lost their jobs.

Officials say the state efforts could be used to make changes to the administration’s broader mortgage assistance plan. The state agen-cies are planning to work with local housing groups to put the plans in place.

“These states have identified a number of innovative programs that will make a real difference in the lives of many homeowners fac-ing foreclosure,” Herbert Allison, an assistant Treasury Secretary, said in a prepared statement.

The states were picked because they experi-enced at least a 20 per-cent decline in home prices.

According to the pro-posals from state hous-ing finance agencies, the largest recipient of the funding is California, which will get nearly $700 million to assist about 46,000 borrow-ers.

Florida is getting the second-largest pot of money, $418 million. That will help about 12,500 borrowers.

Associated PressIn this file photo, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Financial Services Committee.

Fed strikes more cautious tone on U.S. recovery

Five state’s housing plans OK’d

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14COMICS

SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

BROOM-HILDA by Russell Myers

ARLO AND JANIS by Jimmy Johnson

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schoor

DILBERT by Scott Adams

THE BORN LOSER by Art and Chip SansomGIL THORP by Jerry Jenkins, Ray Burns and Frank McLaughlin

FRANK AND ERNEST by Bob Thaves

DEAR DR. GOTT: Is there any health risk, other than the taste, in drinking five ounces of magnesium citrate a week to clean out my diges-tive system? Thanks for your opinion.

DEAR READER: Magnesium cit-rate is an over-the-counter substance used to treat constipation. It is taken by mouth in liquid form that can be mixed with water or juice. The dose depends on the reason a person is taking it. Magnesium citrate works by pulling water from tissues into the small intestines, thereby stimulating a bowel movement within 30 min-utes to three hours. When smaller doses are taken, especially when taken with food, the process slows. Following each use, a person should drink two additional glasses of water to replace the fluids that will be lost during evacuation.

Side effects can include nausea, bloating, abdominal pain and a loss of normal bowel response if the mag-nesium citrate is used on a long-term

basis. Laxatives can result in diarrhea.

This, in turn, can cause a loss of electrolytes, essential nutrients such as potassium and other fluids in the body. If diarrhea occurs, a person should replace those lost fluids with two to three quarts of sports drinks or other fluids daily until the diar-rhea stops. Some brands of mag-nesium citrate contain sugar and should be avoided if a person has a history of diabetes.

I am unsure why you are taking the product. If you have regular bowel movements and don’t suffer from constipation, perhaps you don’t need the weekly cleansing.

Routine treatment unnecessary

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 15-year-old boy who is trying to figure out my career. I’m with “Jen,” the girl of my dreams, and I intend on being with her forev-er. We plan to have kids in the future.

I want to be a pilot, and Jen wants to be a stay-at-home mom. I realize, though, that if I’m a pilot I won’t be home much, and I know that’s not good for a couple trying to start a family. All I ever dreamed about was becoming a pilot, and I don’t think I can give this up.

At the same time, my family comes first. How do I go about solving this problem?

-- PLANNING AHEAD

DEAR PLANNING AHEAD: You appear to be a young man with his feet on the ground. What you’re not taking into consideration is that there are many happily mar-ried pilots who enjoy flourishing family lives as well as careers. Do some more research about the vari-ous kinds of jobs that are offered in the aviation industry, and you may be pleased to find that you, too, can have both. And keep in mind that your ambitions may change as you get older.

DEAR ABBY: My 73-year-old mother took it upon herself to go to a senior center and learn how the com-puter works -- Internet, e-mails, etc.

She has five children, and we’re all on the Internet. She didn’t tell us because she wanted it to be a sur-prise -- and was it ever! I flipped when I turned on my computer and found her name on an incoming mes-sage!

Abby, Mom doesn’t own a comput-er, and the nearest senior center that has one is 30 miles away, but that didn’t stop her.

We’re currently setting up a com-puter for her, and I’m proud to say that she’ll be able to use it for more than playing one of her favorite card games, Hearts. We’re all proud of Mom!

-- COLLEENDEAR COLLEEN: I salute your

mother and the burgeoning number of seniors who refuse to be intimi-dated by technology. Computers and cell phones have become cheaper and easier to use, and Web-surfing isn’t a “sport” that’s meant to be enjoyed only by the young. The computer-phobic can learn a lot from your mother’s example.

Teen trying to map out life

Your Birthday, June 24You can depend on those

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - If you want the results you’re hoping for, weigh and balance each and every issue with consideration.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - When it comes to doing your work, your atti-tude about the project will make all the difference.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Unless your apprais-als of others have a ring of sincerity, it isn’t likely you’ll win the respect of peers.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Be careful how you respond to people who offer advice. Don’t complicate things for yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Pay heed to the suggestions of trusted allies; their thinking could help to improve your ideas.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - For the sake of your budget as well as your peace of mind, don’t spend more than you can afford.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - If you have a schedule mapped out, don’t allow an idler to attach him/herself to you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - When it comes to any intuitive perceptions you get concerning your family, don’t hesitate to act.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Make sure you build your premises on sound rea-soning and not merely on wishful thinking.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - You won’t go wrong if you spend on what your heart and head tell you is a compassionate matter.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Beware the naysay-ers and negative Nellies, as you’re all too likely to subscribe to their outlook.

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Israel: Flotillas smuggle weapons JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu charged Wednesday that the real motivation behind plans to send block-ade-busting ships toward Gaza is to allow free flow of weapons into the Palestinian territory.

Netanyahu spoke as preparations were under way to send several ships carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists toward Gaza, setting up potential confrontations at sea.

On May 31, Israeli naval commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian activists in clashes aboard a Turkish ship headed for Gaza, setting off a world outcry and forcing Israel to ease its three-year-old blockade.

Israel already has warned archenemy Iran to drop its plan to send a blockade-busting ship to Gaza. The Iranian ship is one of several that activists say will head for Gaza in the next few months. One is said to be heading for Gaza from Lebanon within days.

On Wednesday, Lebanon warned that it would hold Israel responsible for any further attacks on blockade-busting ships.

Monaco’s Prince will take a bridePARIS (AP) — Prince Albert is giving Monaco

a crown princess at last.Ditching decades of bachelorhood, the boyish

if balding monarch announced Wednesday he will marry South African ex-swimming cham-pion Charlene Wittstock. Albert’s betrothed has iconic shoes to fill, stepping into a role left vacant since the death of much-beloved Princess Grace in a car crash.

Nations fail to agree on whalingAGADIR, Morocco (AP) — Japanese officials

and environmentalists traded blame Wednesday as nations failed to reach a deal to curb whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Iceland that kill hundreds of whales every year.

The 88 nations of the International Whaling Commission held two days of intense closed-door talks on a proposal to ease the 25-year-old ban on commercial whaling in exchange for smaller kills by the three countries that claim exemptions to the moratorium on hunting for profit.

China strikes hit Toyota, HondaTOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. and

Honda Motor Corp. said Wednesday they stopped production at some of their car assem-bly plants in southern China after parts suppli-ers were hit by more labor unrest.

The fresh walkouts at the Japanese car makers are slowing output and adding to costs at a time when both companies have been ramping up production to meet strong demand.

Chinese migrant workers, the backbone of the country’s industrial sector, are becoming increasingly vocal in demands for higher wages. Several auto-related labor disputes have erupted recently in the Guangzhou region, where both Toyota and Honda have manufacturing bases with local partner Guangzhou Auto Group.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Christopher “Dudus” Coke was born into gang royalty, running a smuggling opera-tion that supplied drugs up and down the U.S. East Coast. He used the proceeds to cast himself as a Jamaican Robin Hood, and his power grew to rival that of the prime minister.

That reign was at an end Wednesday, with Coke behind bars at a secret loca-tion and facing almost cer-tain extradition to the U.S.

The threat of extradi-tion sparked a week of vio-lence in May that killed 76 people, but his capture

after a monthlong manhunt was surprisingly peaceful: He was arrested at a police checkpoint while wearing a wig in a preacher’s car out-side the capital.

In some ways, it was a fit-ting end since Coke was known as a low-key king-pin — more Godfather than Scarface — who quietly exer-cised his power over the most notorious Jamaican slum.

“He was perfectly calm,” Leslie Green, an assistant police commissioner, said of the arrest late Tuesday on the Mandela Highway outside Kingston. It was the reaction

of a “professional and calcu-lated” criminal, he added.

Now, much of Jamaica is on edge as people wait to see if Coke’s many supporters in the slums of West Kingston will also remain calm with the loss of a 42-year-old leader credited with provid-ing better services than the government.

Coke is due to make his first court appearance by Thursday as proceedings begin for his extradition to New York, where he faces drug and weapons charges and the prospect of a possi-ble life sentence if convicted.

His father, famed gang

leader Jim Brown, died in a 1992 prison fire in Jamaica while awaiting extradition to the U.S. on drug charges. Coke then became the head of the Shower Posse, a name that by some accounts came from the gang’s practice of “showering” its enemies with bullets.

By all accounts, the son was a sharp contrast from his mercurial father, but he nev-ertheless took his inherited role to new heights.

U.S. authorities who began investigating Coke’s role in cocaine and marijuana shipments to New York and

Florida in the 1990s allege he gave out cash and weap-ons to solidify his authority among gangs in Kingston and beyond.

He also spread his riches around the slums. In blighted downtown areas with hardly any govern-ment presence, he was cred-ited with enforcing public order and helping families with nowhere else to turn for medical bills and other needs.

All who met the strongman inside his Tivoli Gardens base described him as a low-key, self-possessed man with-out the flash of other dons.

TORONTO (AP) — A mag-nitude-5.0 earthquake struck at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and homes and businesses were shaken from Canada’s capital in Ottawa on south to an arc of U.S. states.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The midday quake was felt in Canada and in a number of U.S. states, including Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York.

The USGS said the quake occurred at a depth of about 12 miles (19.2 kilometers). The agency initially said the quake had a 5.5 magnitude, but later reduced it to a magnitude-5.0. The quake occurred at 1:41 p.m. EDT (1741 GMT), the USGS said.

The tremors, which lasted about 30 seconds, rattled build-ings in Ottawa and Toronto, as well as government offices across the Ottawa River in Gatineau, Quebec.

The Parliament building in Ottawa was evacuated, with workers sent home while the building was inspected. Workers also left buildings in Toronto.

The quake came just ahead of the weekend summit of G-20 and G-8 world leaders in Toronto and Huntsville, Ontario.

Chris Cornell, 46, who works

in downtown Toronto, said desks and furniture shook as he sat at his desk in a finance office.

Shirley Pelletier, 27, said a pro-longed tremor shook bookshelves and caused paintings on walls to shake in her office just outside downtown Toronto.

Residents of a number of states in the Midwest and Northeast reported feeling the earthquake.

In Ohio, people reported the sound of plaster cracking in Cleveland and buildings in Cincinnati gently swaying.

In Cleveland, James Haselden says his office in a renovated 19th century brick building swayed and he heard plastic cracking but saw no damage.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on its website that the Canadian quake was felt by some residents in the western Pennsylvania area.

The quake also was felt in New Jersey, where the Bergen County administration building in Hackensack was evacuated after employees reported they felt a tremor.

Bergen County Police Lt. Christine Francois said numer-ous people in the Hackensack and Englewood areas called police to report earth tremors.

In Michigan, residents from suburban Detroit to Port Huron and Saginaw reported feeling the earthquake.

Detroit police spokeswom-an Yvette Walker told The Associated Press that police per-sonnel on the upper floors of the

downtown headquarters build-ing reported feeling the quake.

In New York state, people from Buffalo to Albany and north to Massena on the St. Lawrence River said pets were startled and plates rattled when the quake hit.

New York City officials said police received emergency calls came in from all over the city about shaking buildings, but there were no reports of damage.

David French, 53-year-old state worker from Cicero, New York, said he was at his comput-er inside his home near Syracuse when he felt his chair shake.

“I thought the chair was break-ing or something,” he said. “I looked over and my filing cabi-net was moving.”

The quake prompted sev-eral calls to state police in the Adirondacks area.

“A little shake, nothing too big,” is how Trooper Mark Revette described the temblor. “It hap-pens. We get a couple of these a year.”

Kellie Tassone, 40, was at home on Oneida Lake in Cicero.

“My dog picked his head up just before it happened and kind of looked at me,” she said. Then the sliding door started to rattle “and the house was shaking.”

The USGS said the two larg-est quakes in western Quebec occurred in 1935 at magni-tude-6.1 and in 1732 at a magni-tude of 6.2, where it caused sig-nificant damage in Montreal.

Senators, parliamentar-ians and their staff are shown after being evacu-ated from Parliament Buildings following an earthquake in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday.

Associated Press

Quake jolts from Ottawa to U.S.

Jamaican drug kingpin quietly taken into custody

World Today

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

NOTICE OF SALEFile No: 09 SP 602

TAKE NOTICE THAT: William Richard Boyd, Jr., Substitute Trustee, has begun proceedings to FORECLOSE under the Deed of Trust described below, and by under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in such Deed of Trust, and an Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of the above County, will sell the below described property at public auction as follows:

1. The instrument pursuant to which such sale will be held is that certain Deed of Trust executed by William Seymour and Kathleen M. Seymour, original mortgagors, and recorded in the Office of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds in Deed of Trust Book 962, at Page 594. The record owner of such property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to posting this Notice of Sale, if not the original mortgagors, is: N/A

2. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee at 12:00 (Noon) p.m. on the 29th day of June, 2010 at the Rutherford County Courthouse door in the City of Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

3. The real property to be sold is generally described as Lots 2, 3 and 4 Ridge Road (181 Hummingbird Cove) Lake Lure, NC 28746 and described as follows:

Being all of Lots 2, 3, and 4 and the use of the common area of the Minor Subdivision of William Seymour as shown on plat recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 26 at Page 340, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description.

Any property described in the Deed of Trust which is not being offered for sale is described as follows: Subject to any and all Release Deeds of Record in the Rutherford County, North Carolina Registry.

4. Any buildings located on the above-described property are also included in the sale.

5. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee to the highest bidder for CASH. The highest bidder will be required to deposit IN CASH with the Substitute Trustee at the date and time of the sale the greater of five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($750.00).

6. All bidders bid for the property AS IS on the date of sale. Absolutely no warranties are made as to the condition, value or title of the property. While the Substitute Trustee believes the title to be good, all bidders are advised that they should obtain independent counsel to examine record title as the property is sold subject to prior record interests. The Noteholder has reserved the right to withdraw the sale up to and until the Deed is delivered by the Substitute Trustee.

7. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes and special assessments.

8. The property being sold is all of that property described in the Deed of Trust except as specifically set forth above. It is the intention to extinguish any and all rights or interests in the property subordinate to the Deed of Trust.

9. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential with Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the Notice of Sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective May 20, 2009.

THIS the 26th day of May, 2010.

__________________________William Richard Boyd, Jr. Substitute Trustee474 Mountain Cove RoadWaynesville, North Carolina 28786Dates: June 17, 2010 and June 24, 2010DMS:4810-8511-9494v1|32045-32045-0002|5/25/2010

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Obama said bluntly that Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s scornful remarks about administration officials rep-resent conduct that “under-mines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic sys-tem.”

He fired the commander after summoning him from Afghanistan for a face to face meeting in the Oval Office and named Petraeus, the Central Command chief who was McChrystal’s direct boss, to step in. Obama had offered the job to Petraeus during a private White House meeting earlier Wednesday, said a senior military official.

In a statement express-ing praise for McChrystal yet certainty he had to go, Obama said he did not make the decision over any dis-agreement in policy or “out of any sense of personal insult.” Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Rose Garden, he said: “War is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general, or a president.”

He urged the Senate to confirm Petraeus swiftly and emphasized the Afghanistan strategy he announced in December was not shifting with McChrystal’s departure.

“This is a change in person-nel but it is not a change in policy,” Obama said.

Indeed, as Obama was

speaking, McChrystal released a statement say-ing that he resigned out of “a desire to see the mission suc-ceed.”

“I strongly support the president’s strategy in Afghanistan,” McChrystal said.

Obama hit several grace notes about McChrystal and his service after their Oval Office meeting, saying that he made the decision to sack him “with consid-erable regret.” And yet, he said the job in Afghanistan cannot be done now under McChrystal’s leadership, asserting that the critical remarks from the general and his inner circle in the Rolling Stone magazine arti-cle displayed conduct that

doesn’t live up to the stan-dards for a command-level officer.

“I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division,” Obama said.

The announcement came during what is on pace to be the deadliest month for the U.S.-dominated internation-al coalition in Afghanistan. NATO announced eight more international troop deaths Wednesday for a total of 75 this month — match-ing the toll of the deadliest month of the nine-year-long war, in July 2009. Forty-five of those killed this month were Americans. The U.S. has 90,800 troops in Afghanistan.

Obama seemed to suggest that McChrystal’s military career is over, saying the

nation should be grateful “for his remarkable career in uni-form” as if that has drawn to a close.

McChrystal left the White House after the meeting and returned to his military quarters at Washington’s Fort McNair. A senior mili-tary official said there is no immediate decision about whether he would retire from the Army, which has been his entire career. The official spoke on condition of ano-nymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

Petraeus, who attended a formal Afghanistan war meeting at the White House on Wednesday, has had over-arching responsibility for the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq as head of Central Command. He was to vacate

the Central Command post after his expected confirma-tion, giving Obama another key opening to fill. The Afghanistan job is actually a step down from his cur-rent post but one that filled Obama’s pre-eminent need.

Petraeus is the nation’s best-known military man, having risen to promi-nence as the commander who turned around the Iraq war in 2007, applying a counterinsurgency strategy that has been adapted for Afghanistan.

He has a reputation for rig-orous discipline. He keeps a punishing pace — spending more than 300 days on the road last year. He briefly col-lapsed during Senate testi-mony last week, apparently from dehydration. It was a rare glimpse of weakness for a man known as among the military’s most driven.

In the hearing last week, Petraeus told Congress he would recommend delay-ing the pullout of U.S. forces from Afghanistan beginning in July 2011 if need be, say-ing security and political conditions in Afghanistan must be ready to handle a U.S. drawdown.

That does not mean Petraeus is opposed to bring-ing some troops home, and he said repeatedly that he supports Obama’s revamped Afghanistan strategy.

By pairing the decision on McChrystal’s departure with the name of his replace-ment, Obama is seeking to move on quickly and assure Afghans, U.S. allies and a restive American electorate that a firm hand is running the war.

Waheed Omar, spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said Petraeus “will also be a trusted partner.”

Omar said of Petraeus: “He is the most informed per-son and the most obvious choice for this job” now that McChrystal is out.

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Gen. McChrystal out; Petraeus taking over

Associated PressPresident Barack Obama, followed by, from second from left, Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joe Biden, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Wednesday to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

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