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Friday, July 2, 2010 – Daily News – 7A WORLD BRIEFING Obama blames ’political posturing’ for deadlock on immigration laws WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to breathe new life into the stalled immi- gration effort, President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed the delay on recal- citrant Republicans whom he said had given in to the ‘‘pressures of partisanship and election-year politics.’’ Republicans responded that Obama’s first step going forward must be to secure the border. In his first immigration speech, Obama took Republicans to task, in par- ticular 11 GOP senators who had backed attempts during the previous Republican administration to tighten the immigra- tion system. He did not call out anyone by name. Obama dismissed the focus on a ‘‘border security first’’ approach, saying the system is too big to be fixed ‘‘only with fences and border patrols.’’ He advocated a comprehensive approach that would call on the government, busi- nesses and illegal immigrants them- selves to live up to their responsibilities within the law. Obama also wants to create a path- way to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S; critics call it amnesty. But Obama said the immigrants must first acknowledge that they broke the law, pay fines and back taxes, perform community service and learn English. Prosecutor: Russian spy ring defendants have people in US to help them flee NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says 11 people accused of operating as Russian spies have lots of helpers in the U.S. waiting to aid their flight if they are released on bail. The prosecutor, Michael Farbiarz, told a New York federal magistrate judge on Thursday that there are a lot of Russian officials in the United States who are actively assisting the conspira- cy. He says the defendants would have a ‘‘powerful sophisticated network they can call upon in the United States’’ if they were freed on bail. The prosecutor spoke at a bail hearing for four people in New York accused in the alleged spy ring. One of the hearings was postponed. Two other defendants made appearances in Boston on Thurs- day. BP oil spill, gushing more than 2 months, hits somber record NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP’s mas- sive oil spill became the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday based on the highest of the federal govern- ment’s estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giant’s dire need to halt the gusher. The oil that’s spewed for two and a half months from a blown-out well a mile under the sea hit the 140.6 million gallon mark, eclipsing the record-set- ting, 140-million-gallon Ixtoc I spill off Mexico’s coast from 1979 to 1980. Even by the lower end of the government’s estimates, at least 71.7 million gallons are in the Gulf. The growing total is crucial to track, in part because London-based BP PLC is likely to be fined per gallon spilled, said Larry McKinney, director of Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi’s Gulf of Mexico research institute. ‘‘It’s an important number to know because it has an impact on restoration and recovery,’’ McKinney said. The oil calculation is based on the higher end of the government’s range of barrels leaked per day, minus the amount BP says it has collected from the blown- out well using two containment systems. BP collected a smaller amount of oil than usual on Wednesday, about 969,000 gallons. Suicide bomb blasts at shrine in Pakistan LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Two sui- cide bombers struck a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan’s second largest city late Thursday night, killing 35 people and wounding 175 others in the second Mon.-Fri. 10:30 to 5:30 Sat. 11-3 40 Crafters in 1 Shop! 650 Main St., Red Bluff 530 528-2723 Crafter’s Boutique Come & Shop Or Rent a Space to Sell Your Crafts Gifts for family & friends Plenty of parking on Pine Street tantrum in which the governor tells advisers, ‘‘We’re struggling here.’’ $20M settlement for woman held captive SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cal- ifornia lawmakers approved a $20 mil- lion settlement Thursday with the family of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a girl and held captive in a secret backyard for 18 years by a paroled sex offender. Dugard, 30, resurfaced last August with two daughters she bore with Phillip Garrido, a convicted rapist. Dugard and her daughters, ages 15 and 12, filed claims in February, saying state officials with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to do their jobs. Parole agents began super- vising Garrido in 1999 but didn’t discov- er Dugard. major attack in Lahore in a month, the city’s top official said. The bombers struck as thousands of people were visiting the Data Darbar shrine, where a famous Sufi saint is buried. Muslims in Pakistan visit shrines and mosques in large numbers on Thurs- day and Friday nights. Lahore has experienced a growing number of attacks as Taliban fighters along the northwest border with Afghanistan have teamed up with mili- tant groups in the country’s heartland once supported by the government. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. But Islamist extremists consider Sufis to be heretics and have often targeted them, as well as Shiites and other minority groups. The first bomber detonated his explo- sives in a large underground room where visitors sleep and wash themselves before praying, said Khusro Pervez, the top government official in Lahore. Chicago mayor outlines proposal for strict gun ordinance CHICAGO (AP) — With the city’s gun ban certain to be overturned, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States. The measure, which draws from ordi- nances around the country, would ban gun shops in Chicago and prohibit gun owners from stepping outside their homes, even onto their porches or garages, with a handgun. Daley announced his ordinance at a park on the city’s South Side three days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live. The City Council is expected to vote on it Friday. ‘‘As long as I’m mayor, we will never give up or give in to gun violence that continues to threaten every part of our nation, including Chicago,’’ said Daley, who was flanked by activists, city offi- cials and the parents of a teenager whose son was shot and killed on a city bus while shielding a friend. The ordinance, which Daley urged the City Council to pass, also would limit the number of handguns residents can register to one per month and pro- hibit residents from having more than one handgun in operating order at any given time. Opponents to videotape, scrutinize enforcement of immigration law PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona police officials warned officers not to use race or ethnicity when enforcing the state’s new immigration law, saying that the country is watching their every move. In a new training video released Thursday, the officials said opponents of the law may secretly videotape officers making traffic stops, trying to ensnare them and prove that they’re racially pro- filing Hispanics. ‘‘Without a doubt, we’re going to be accused of racial profiling no matter what we do on this,’’ Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor tells officers on the video from Arizona’s police licensing board. The video is designed to teach officers how to determine when they can ask a person for proof they’re in the country legally. Officers can consider that someone doesn’t speak English well, is wearing several layers of clothing in a hot cli- mate or is hanging out in an area where illegal immigrants are known to look for Feed the BOOK BARN Children Used Books Tues-Fri 10-5 Sat 10-2 Serving Tehama County since 1994 619 Oak St., Red Bluff (530) 528-2665 work, according to the video. They can take into account that a per- son doesn’t have identification, tried to run away, is traveling in an overcrowded vehicle, or seems out of place and unfa- miliar with the area. IRS: Blagojevich and wife spent lavishly CHICAGO (AP) — Rod and Patti Blagojevich were awash in more than $200,000 in consumer debt when the former Illinois governor was arrested, following a lavish, six-year shopping spree on custom-tailored suits and other luxury clothing, a federal agent testified Thursday. Blagojevich and his wife spent more than $400,000 on clothes, mainly for themselves and not their children, from 2002 through December 2008 when he was arrested, Internal Revenue Service agent Shari Schindler told Blagojevich’s federal corruption trial. ‘‘Sometimes they used credit cards to pay for other credit cards,’’ Schindler said. Prosecutors were plainly suggesting that the staggering mound of debt facing the impeached Illinois governor and his wife could explain his alleged plan to get a Cabinet post or high-paying labor union or foundation job in exchange for filling the U.S. Senate seat Barack Obama was leaving to become presi- dent. They spotlighted Blagojevich’s urgent concern about money, later play- ing a tape of an angry, profanity-laced The Dugard family members claimed psychological, physical and emotional damages. ‘‘I can’t emphasize enough that we’ve got to be much more prudent in terms of how we provide oversight for released prisoners in the state of California,’’ Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Granite Bay, said. Mass. company says it plans to deliver flying cars next year WASHINGTON (AP) — If cars had wings, they could fly — and that just might happen, beginning next year. The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Mass., says it plans to deliver its car- plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2011. It recently cleared a major hurdle when the Federal Aviation Administration granted a special weight limit exemption to the Transition. ‘‘It’s the next ’wow’ vehicle,’’ said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh. ‘‘Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don’t fly.’’ The Transition is a long way from cartoon dad George Jetson’s flying car zooming above traffic, or even the mag- ical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ‘‘There is no launch button on the (instrument) panel,’’ Gersh noted. Rather, the car-plane has wings that unfold for flying — a process the com- pany says takes one minute — and fold back up for driving. A runway is still required to takeoff and land. Open 7 days a week Antelope Holiday Market 460 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff (530) 527-1654 Spectacular Best Yet Charcoal Crystal Geyser Water 24 pk Gatorade reg. $1.99 ea. 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