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PROUDLY PRESENTS: OUR SPRING FUND RAISING EVENT! "Fun at the Movies, Thanks to Hank!" This low cost event should not only be fun with friends and family, but an opportunity to help support PAWS spay/neuter certificate program without stressing the budget! All seats are $6.00 and PAWS will get $5.00 of that! Each Ticket holder will get a free chance at some nice door prizes and a fun movie! Please reserve time on March 12th! For advance ticket purchases call Marcy at 528-1988. All made possible by: Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson who donated a sizable grant to State Theater for the Arts. Venita Philbrick and the group decided to share with five local non-profit organizations in this Magic of Movies project. We are ever so grateful to be one of those chosen. US rockets kill Afghan civilians MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home Sunday outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan's president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town. Inside Marjah, Marines encountered ''death at every corner'' in their second day of a massive offensive to capture this bleak mud-brick city filled with booby traps, hardcore Tal- iban fighters and civilians unsure where to cast their loyal- ty. Marines confronted a fierce sandstorm as they ducked in and out of doorways and hid behind bullet-riddled walls to evade sniper fire. To the north, U.S. Army troops fought skir- mishes with Taliban fighters, calling in a Cobra attack heli- copter against the insurgents. Insurgents littered the area with booby traps and explosives before the offensive, and the sound of controlled detonations — about three every hour — punctuated the day along with mortars and rocket fire. ''Our children are very scared by the explosions. When will it end?'' asked Zaher, a 25- year-old poppy farmer who like many Afghans goes by one name. US seeks to shore up diplomatic push DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.S. officials sought to shore up sup- port Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and express- ing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penal- ties. Even as the Obama adminis- tration intensifies its diplomacy, Iran is showing little sign of bending to the will of its critics. Past U.N. sanctions have had little effect. Some outside experts have detected what they believe are new slowdowns in Iran's nuclear advances, but the Islamic republic is believed headed toward having nuclear weapons capability in perhaps a few years — estimates vary as to when. President Barack Obama's senior military adviser called for more time for diplomatic pressure to work and said from Israel, which has hinted that it might attack if negotiations to contain Iran's nuclear ambi- tions failed, that such action could have ''unintended conse- quences'' throughout the Mid- dle East. Israel views Iran's nuclear program as a threat to its very existence. While diplomatic patience has its limits, ''we're not there yet,'' U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in Tel Aviv. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a quick visit to Persian Gulf allies Qatar and Saudi Arabia, told a forum on U.S.-Muslim rela- tions that Iran has not lived up to its nuclear obligations and has rebuffed U.S. and interna- tional efforts to engage in seri- ous talks. She said Iran has a right to nuclear power, but only if shown unequivocally it is to be used just for peaceful pur- poses. When vice presidents collide WASHINGTON (AP) — Pingponging across the air- waves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Dick Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations, credit for success in Iraq and the long-running effort to con- tain Iran's nuclear program. Biden called Cheney ''misin- formed or he is misinforming'' on current national security strategies. Cheney said Presi- dent Barack Obama wasn't tak- ing the al-Qaida threat serious- ly. But, in a marked change of tone, the former vice president acknowledged that the Bush White House struggled with how to bring suspected terror- ists to justice. Highly partisan public skir- mishes between the Obama White House and Cheney — the result of the former vice president's unusual public criti- cism on a successor administra- tion — have become standard fare. And the back-and-forth that was set up in Sunday's sequential appearances of tele- vision talk shows did not disap- point. Biden struck first, declaring that Cheney's attacks on Obama's commitment to fight- ing terrorism ignored the facts. ''We've eliminated 12 of their top 20 people. We have taken out 100 of their associ- ates,'' said Biden. ''They are in fact not able to do anything remotely like they were in the past. They are on the run. I don't know where Dick Cheney has been. Look, it's one thing, again, to criticize. It's another thing to sort of rewrite history. What is he talking about?'' Family, friends say prof gave no hint of violence HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama professor accused of shooting six col- leagues was vocal in her resent- ment over being denied tenure and the looming loss of her teaching post, though relatives and students said she had never suggested she might become violent. Not even Amy Bishop's hus- band knew she might turn vio- lent, according to the man's father. Everyone from family and friends to her students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville said the intelligent and at times awkward teacher seemed normal in the hours before police say she opened fire in a faculty meeting Friday afternoon, leaving three dead and another three wounded. Jim Anderson — the father of Bishop's husband, James Anderson — told The Associat- ed Press on Sunday his son had no idea Bishop was planning the bloodshed she's accused of. ''He knew nothing. He didn't know anything,'' the father said. He said that the police had spo- ken with his son at length and that ''they are doing a good job.'' Indeed, there were many things Bishop apparently did not reveal to those around her. Deep South braces for snow ATLANTA (AP) — Several areas across the Deep South might soon be glazed with another coating of snow. The National Weather Ser- vice says 2 to 4 inches could fall late Sunday and early Mon- day across southern Tennessee and northeastern Alabama, while 1 inch to 2 inches could fall in parts of northern and cen- tral Georgia. Mountainous portions of Georgia and the Carolinas could get up to 3 inches. Several cities that are ill- equipped to deal with icy roads and piled snow, including Atlanta, were paralyzed by a snowstorm that dropped several inches of snow on the region Friday and Saturday. Thousands of flights were canceled at the nation's busiest airport in Atlanta, and icy streets caused hundreds of fend- er-benders in the region. Schools face severe cash crunch SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's public schools are falling under severe financial stress as states slash education spending and drain federal stimu- lus money that staved off deep classroom cuts and widespread job losses. School districts have already suffered big budget cuts since the recession began two years ago, but experts say the cash crunch will get a lot worse as states run out of stimulus dollars. The result in many hard-hit districts: more teacher layoffs, larger class sizes, smaller pay- checks, fewer electives and extracurricular activities, and decimated summer school pro- grams. The situation is particularly ugly in California, where school districts are preparing for mass layoffs and swelling class sizes as the state grapples with another massive budget shortfall. The crisis concerns parents like Michelle Parker in San Fran- cisco, where the school district is preparing to lay off hundreds of school employees and raise class sizes because it faces a $113 mil- lion budget deficit over next two years. 2 men suspected of robbing gift stand killed in police chase LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say two men suspect- ed of robbing a street-corner Valentine's Day gift stand in Los Angeles were killed early Sunday in a car crash after leading police on a chase. Police Lt. Samuel Rhone says the men stole gift baskets and cash from a street vendor near down- town. The victim called police and officers located their car nearby, which sped away. The suspects crashed into a parked vehicle and were thrown from the car. Both were pro- nounced dead at the scene. They were not immediately identified. 'Valentine's Day' courts $52.4M opening LOS ANGELES (AP) — The star-studded romance ''Valentine's Day'' wooed audi- ences with a $52.4 million opening weekend, easily grab- bing the No. 1 spot over the hol- iday that shares its name, according to studio estimates Sunday. ''To have a movie titled 'Valentine's Day' on Valen- tine's weekend was a no-brainer that absolutely worked,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. Directed by Garry Marshall (''Pretty Woman''), ''Valen- tine's Day'' was a celebrity bonanza. The cast includes Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hath- away, Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Biel, Shirley MacLaine, Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner. WORLD BRIEFING