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8A Daily News ��� Wednesday, January 30, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING Judge OKs BP���s guilty plea, $4B in oil spill penalties NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department���s criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to let the Londonbased oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties. What the plea deal approved by U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance doesn���t resolve, though, is the federal government���s civil claims against BP. The company could pay billions more for environmental damage from its 2010 spill. Vance noted that the company already has racked up more than $24 billion in spill-related expenses and has estimated it will pay a total of $42 billion to fully resolve its liability for the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The judge said the $4 billion criminal settlement is ������just punishment������ for BP, even though the company could have paid far more without going broke. In accepting the deal, Vance also cited the risk that a trial could result in a much lower fine for BP, one potentially capped by law at $8.2 million. The criminal settlement calls for BP to pay nearly $1.3 billion in fines. The largest previous corporate criminal penalty assessed by the Justice Department was a $1.2 billion fine against drug maker Pfizer in 2009. Obama presses immigration changes LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Declaring ������now is the time������ to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to put mil- lions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to U.S. citizenship while cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders. He heralded a rare show of bipartisanship between the White House and Senate leaders on basic plans to resolve the long, emotional national issue. But both the White House and Senate proposals for tackling the complex and emotionally charged issue still lack key details. And potential roadblocks are already emerging over how to structure the avenue to citizenship and whether a bill would cover same-sex couples ��� and that���s all before a Senate measure can be debated, approved and sent to the Republicancontrolled House where opposition is likely to be stronger. Obama, in the heart of the heavily Hispanic Southwest, praised the Senate push, saying Congress is showing ������a genuine desire to get this done soon.������ But mindful of previous immigrations efforts that have failed, Obama warned that the debate would become more difficult as it gets closer to a conclusion. ������The question now is simple,������ Obama said during a campaign-style event in Las Vegas, one week after being sworn in for a second term in the White House. ������Do we have the resolve as a people, as a country, as a government to finally put this issue behind us? I believe that we do.������ Despite possible obstacles to come, the broad agreement between the White House and bipartisan lawmakers in the Senate represents a drastic shift in Washington���s willingness to tackle immigration, an issue that has languished for years. Much of that shift is politically motivated, due to the growing influence of Hispanics in presidential and other elections and their overwhelming support for Obama in November. Senate confirms Sen. John Kerry to succeed Clinton WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate has confirmed Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry as the next secretary of state. The vote was 94-3. Once sworn-in, Kerry will replace Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is stepping down after four years. The vote came just hours after the Foreign Relations Committee approved his nomination by voice vote. Kerry has led the committee for the past four years. The 69-year-old Kerry is a decorated Vietnam veteran and the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate. ads this year, up from 10 last year, according to Hulu, which aggregates Super Bowl ads on its AdZone Web site. Soldier who lost 4 limbs determined to regain independence Egypt���s army chief warns state could collapse if crisis continues PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) ��� Thousands of mourners chanting for the downfall of Egypt���s president marched in funerals again Tuesday in the restive city of Port Said as the army chief warned the state could collapse if the latest political crisis drags on. Army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi���s warning, his first comments after six days of rioting and violence across much of the country, appeared aimed at pressuring Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in particular but also his opponents to find some common ground and the worst political crisis to hit Egypt since the ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago. So far, the military ��� which for months seems to have had an understanding with Morsi ��� has allowed him to deal with the crisis and on his orders deployed troops and tanks over the weekend in Port Said and Suez, two riot-torn cities along the strategic Suez Canal. But it has been willing to go only so far, clearly reluctant to clash with protesters. Troops stood by and watched Monday night as thousands took to the streets in direct defiance of a nighttime curfew and a 30-day state of emergency declared by Morsi in the cities. Residents of the two cities and Ismailiya, a third city also under the emergency, marched just as the curfew came into force at 9 p.m. The last time el-Sissi delved into politics was late last year when he invited political leaders to an informal gathering to ease tensions during clashes and protests at the time. The invitation was swiftly withdrawn and leaders from Morsi���s Muslim Brotherhood later suggested elSissi overstepped the boundaries by intervening. raised the death toll Tuesday from 231 to 234 to account for three victims who did not appear on the original list of the dead. Authorities say more than 120 people remain hospitalized for smoke inhalation and burns, with dozens of them in critical condition. (AP) ��� Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, according to a state police inspector leading the investigation into this weekend���s deadly blaze. Inspector Marcelo Arigony told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that members of the band knowingly purchased flares meant for outdoor use because they cost a mere $1.25 a piece, compared with the $35 price tag for an indoor flare. ������The flare lit was for outdoor use only, and the people who lit them know that,������ said Arigony. ������They chose to buy those because they were cheaper than those that can be used indoors.������ The repercussions of that choice continued to send shock waves through Santa Maria, a college town of 260,000 people that���s been stunned by the early Sunday morning tragedy in the Kiss nightclub. The Rio Grande do Sul state forensics department Supermodel Kate Upton appears in an online Mercedes-Benz video in a lowcut top. An unknown man wakes up with his face covered in smeared lipstick and his hands bound in furry handcuffs in a Gildan Activewear clip. And ������30 Rock������ star Tracy Morgan seemingly curses in a spot for Kraft���s Mio flavored drops. ������Hey, can you say (bleep) on TV?������ he asks in the spot titled ������Bleep.������ Super Bowl advertisers no longer are keeping spots a secret until the Big Game. They���re releasing online snippets of their ads or longer video trailers that allude to the action in the Game Day spot. It���s an effort to squeeze more publicity out of advertising���s biggest stage by creating pregame buzz. Advertisers are shelling out $4 million to get their 30-second spots in front of the 111 million viewers expected to tune into the game. But they���re looking for ways to reach even more people: About half of the more than 30 super Bowl advertisers are expected to have teaser BALTIMORE (AP) ��� After weeks of round-theclock medical care, Brendan Marrocco insisted on wheeling himself into the room, using an elbow from one of his new transplanted arms to turn the wheels of his wheelchair. Then the former soldier pushed his hair aside, using the thumb of his new left hand. Such simple tasks would go unnoticed in most patients. But for Marrocco, who lost all four limbs while serving in Iraq, these little actions demonstrate how far he���s come only six weeks after getting a double-arm transplant. After being wounded in 2009, the former soldier said, he could get by without legs, but he hated living without arms. ������Not having arms takes so much away from you. Even your personality, you know. You talk with your hands. You do everything with your hands, and when you don���t have that, you���re kind of lost for a while,������ the 26-year-old New Yorker told reporters Tuesday at a news conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital. MercedesBenz, Kraft, Brazil police: give viewers Flare meant a peek at Boy Scouts for outdoor their Super could face use started Bowl spots NEW YORK (AP) ��� division and nightclub fire Super Bowl advertisers are SANTA MARIA, Brazil learning the art of the tease. defections 741 Main Street, Suite #2 Red Bluff, CA 96080 1-800-287-2187 (530) 527-2187 C & C PROPERTIES An Independently owned and operated Member of Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates. 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Will the Scouts now be split between troops with gay-friendly policies and those that keep the ban? What will a National Jamboree be like if it brings together these disparate groups with conflicting ideologies? A top official of the Southern Baptist Convention, whose conservative churches sponsor hundreds of Scout units that embrace the ban, was among those alarmed that the BSA is proposing to allow sponsoring organizations to decide for themselves whether to admit gays as scouts and adult leaders. ������We understand that we are now a minority, that it is not popular to have biblical values, not popular to take stands that seem intolerant,������ said Frank Page, president of the SBC���s executive committee. ������This is going to lead to a disintegration of faith-based values.������