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8A – Daily News – Friday, June 4, 2010 BP cuts pipe with shears METAIRIE, La. (AP) — BP sliced off a pipe with giant shears Thurs- day in the latest bid to curtail the worst oil spill in U.S. history, but the cut was jagged and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging. BP turned to the shears after a diamond-tipped saw became stuck in the pipe halfway through the job, yet another frustrat- ing delay in the six-week- old Gulf of Mexico spill. The cap will be low- ered and sealed over the leak, said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s point man for the disaster. It won’t be known how much oil BP can siphon to a tanker on the surface until the cap is fitted, but the irreg- ular cut means it won’t fit as snugly as officials hoped. ‘‘We’ll have to see when we get the contain- ment cap on it just how effective it is,’’ Allen said. ‘‘It will be a test and adapt phase as we move ahead, but it’s a significant step forward.’’ Even if it works, BP engineers expect oil to continue leaking into the ocean. White House defends dealmaking WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House scrambled Thursday to explain new revelations of political dealmaking, defending attempts to steer state primary races but saying the president was unaware an aide had urged a Colorado Democ- rat to seek a federal job rather than run. With Republicans denouncing ‘‘Chicago- style politics’’ and accus- ing President Barack Obama of breaking his clean-politics promises, White House aides mus- tered a multi-pronged response. The White House has the right to try to avoid messy Democrat- ic primaries, they said, but Obama leaves the details to underlings. They also offered more information about the Colorado Sen- ate matter after being accused of trying to hush a similar Pennsylvania episode that broke wider open last week. WORLD BRIEFING Chilean police detain Dutchman in Peru killing LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutch man long suspect- ed in the disappearance of an Alabama teen in Aruba was arrested Thursday in the murder of a young woman in Peru. Stephany Flores, 21, was killed in a Lima hotel Sunday, five years to the day after Natalee Holloway disap- peared. Presidents, as leaders of their parties, ‘‘have long had an interest in ensuring that supporters didn’t run against each other in contested elec- tions,’’ press secretary Robert Gibbs said. But when it comes to person- ally persuading a candi- date to step aside, he said, Obama ‘‘is not aware of the individual circum- stances.’’ Political insiders say it’s naive to think that presidents and other top officials of both parties don’t sometimes try to help the strongest candi- dates win nominations with a minimum of cost and trouble. Nonetheless, even Obama supporters agree that the latest reve- lations could dent his claims to run a more transparent government and his ability to focus on issues such as the Gulf oil spill and the economy. The episodes also fuel growing public resent- ment of Washington-cen- tered, top-down politics. Voters in several states have rejected establish- ment candidates from both parties this year, nominating insurgents with grass-roots pedi- grees. The suspect, Joran van der Sloot, was arrested in neighboring Chile, where he traveled the day after Flores died. Van der Sloot was taken in a dark vehi- cle to a police office in downtown Santiago. He made no comment as he entered, walking calmly and without handcuffs as journalists shouted his name. Van der Sloot was detained while traveling in a taxi, about halfway to the coast on Route 68, said Fernando Ovalle, deputy spokesman of Chile’s national investiga- tive police. The suspect did not resist and has been calm under detention, Ovalle said. Chilean police are awaiting instructions from their counterparts in Peru, Ovalle said. Israel’s use of video from raid draws criticism JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military is using video confiscated from people on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla to justify open- ing fire during its deadly home-delivered subscription to Convert your Daily News raid on the ships, drawing sharp criticism Thursday from foreign correspon- dents who say some of the footage was shot by jour- nalists. At least two videos posted to the army spokesperson’s YouTube channel are labeled ‘‘cap- tured’’ from the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship Israeli commandos stormed in a nighttime raid Monday that left nine people dead. The military allowed some journalists to board vessels used in the raid, and several dozen reporters were on board the flotilla’s six ships as well. Video of the opera- tion is playing a major role in Israel’s and pro- Palestinian activists’ efforts try to push their version of events. Israel says the com- mandos resorted to force only after activists attacked them with knives, crowbars and clubs, as well as two pis- tols wrested from sol- diers. Activists who had set sail for Gaza with 10,000 tons of aid, hoping to break Israel’s 3-year- old blockade of Gaza, say the commandos fired first. The Foreign Press Association, which repre- sents hundreds of journal- ists in Israel and the Palestinian territories, demanded Thursday that the military stop using the captured material without Health, Life, Auto, Home, Commercial, Professional Liability Free phone quotes 530-824-9900 Monday-Friday 9-5 1610 Solano St. #B Corning Lic.#0C37035 PAY No more checks to write, stamps to buy, trips to the Daily News office to pay your paper bill, or big payments in advance to get a lower rate Now you can …. SAVE over 17% compared to the regular subscription price! with a painless charge every 13 weeks to your Visa or Mastercard. 13 weeks Home Delivery – only $ Other time increments available also at discounted rates. 530 527-2151 Or use our new online Subscription Concierge service: www.redbluffdailynews.com Click on Subscription Services, upper right on the home page. 24! For more information or to convert or extend your subscription, call permission and identify the source of the video already released. Obama to Brewer: Be my partner to overhaul immigration WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing off over illegal immigration, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told President Barack Obama that Ameri- cans ‘‘want our border secured’’ and called Thurs- day for completion of a sep- arating fence. Obama underscored his objections that the tough immigration law she signed is discrimi- natory. Meeting in the Oval Office, Obama said Ari- zona’s law and similar efforts by more than 20 states would interfere with the federal government’s responsibility to set and enforce immigration policy. Neither side appeared to give ground on the con- tentious issue although both talked about seeking a bipartisan solution. Obama urged her to ‘‘be his part- ner’’ in working toward a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s badly fractured immigration system. 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Blagojevich goes on trial CHICAGO (AP) — Like a candidate still run- ning for office, a smiling and jovial Rod Blagojevich waded into the crowd — making upbeat statements, hugging and shaking hands with supporters holding signs. He’s not on a ballot any- more, though, and the only voters that matter are the 12 people who will be chosen from the potential jurors who the judge began ques- tioning Thursday. They will decide if the former Illinois governor tried to sell Presi- dent Barack Obama’s for- mer Senate seat and lever- age his power into a money- making enterprise. Since being ousted from office, Blagojevich has pleaded his innocence to the public on radio, in comedy shows and in a book, often playing the lovable goof. For one reality show, his wife went in his stead — making an impression on one potential juror, who told the judge she had seen Patti Blagojevich on TV eating a bug. Blagojevich himself was ‘‘on some kind of reality show, too,’’ she said. 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