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8B – Daily News – Wednesday, July 7, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Oil seeps into Pontchartrain NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans, which managed to escape the oil from the BP spill for more than two months, can’t hide any longer. For the first time since the accident, oil from the ruptured well is seeping into Lake Pontchartrain, threat- ening another environmen- tal disaster for the huge body of water that was res- cued from pollution in 1990s to become, once more, a bountiful fishing ground and a popular spot for boating and swimming. ‘‘Our universe is getting very small,’’ Pete Gerica, president of the Lake Pontchartrain Fishermen’s Association, said Tuesday. Over the July Fourth weekend, tar balls and an oil sheen pushed by strong winds from faraway Hurri- cane Alex slipped past lines of barges that were sup- posed to block the passes connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the lake. State authorities closed the lake’s eastern reaches to fishing on Monday, though most of it remained open. Barges were lined up at bayous and passes to stop the oil from coming in, and cleanup crews Tuesday used nets to collect tar balls from marinas and docks. They also planned to lay out 9,000 feet of special perme- able booms. But the lake was too choppy for skim- mer vessels to operate. Gov. to appeal spy release NEW YORK (AP) — and baking sidewalks. Robert McCarron, 44, wore a navy suit and tie as he walked four blocks from a downtown subway station to an office building where he was due for a job inter- view. ‘‘If I was going to a job, you’d better believe international outrage and tested U.S. support for Israel’s security steps. But the optics and words I wouldn’t be wearing a suit,’’ he said. ‘‘This is rough, and it’s only going to get hot- ter.’’ The government said Tues- day it planned to appeal a decision to release one of the defendants in the Russ- ian spy case on bail. The announcement came from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, four days after bail was set for a U.S. citizen charged in the case. A magistrate judge in Manhattan had said the woman, Peruvian-born Vicky Pelaez, could be released on $250,000 bail with electronic monitoring and home detention. The judge said when he set bail that she could not be released before this week because it would take time to set up the bail require- ments. An appeal means that a bail hearing will occur before a federal judge, who will decide whether to uphold the findings of the magistrate judge. Defense attorney John M. Rodriguez said Tuesday that he received a copy of a letter prosecutors had sent the court saying they were appealing. He said he expected his client to remain jailed pending the outcome of a hearing Wednesday afternoon. Easterners seek a respite from heat NEW YORK (AP) — The East Coast cooked under an unforgiving sun Tuesday as record-toppling temperatures soared to 100 or higher from Virginia to Massachusetts, utility com- panies cranked out power to cool the sweating masses and the unlucky sought any oasis they could find. The temperature hit 103 degrees in New York City and 102 in Philadelphia, breaking records for the day, both set in 1999. The temperature also soared past the century mark in Boston, Washington and Newark, N.J., and broke records in Providence, R.I., and Hartford, Conn. In downtown Philadel- phia, pedestrians and dri- vers appeared to move a lit- tle more slowly amid the high humidity, blazing sun After an extended Fourth of July weekend when tem- peratures inched into at least the 90s from Maine to Texas, The National Weath- er Service issued heat advi- sories until Wednesday night for much of the North- east and mid-Atlantic, including an excessive heat warning for the Philadel- phia area. Obama, Netanyahu dismiss talk of dissension WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to show unity to the world, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dis- missed talk of a rift as wild- ly unfounded, and Netanyahu pledged con- crete, ‘‘very robust’’ steps to revive sluggish Mideast peace efforts with the Pales- tinians. Tehama County Business Spotlight Highlighting selected Tehama County businesses for their customer and community service! FURNITURE DEPOT 235 So. 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D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 In a warm, yet carefully choreographed White House embrace, the two leaders took pains to per- suade allies and enemies alike that a deeply impor- tant relationship is doing just fine. The two nations clearly felt that was necessary. The meeting came five weeks after Israel’s deadly raid on a flotilla that was trying to break the Israeli blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. That raid brought ★★ ★ of Tuesday’s visit all sent one message: unshaken cooperation. Netanyahu emerged with a pile of promises from Obama that the U.S. is both committed to Israel’s secu- rity and a believer that the prime minister wants peace with Palestinians. For his part, Netanyahu showed the urgency that Obama wants in boosting peace efforts, though he didn’t say in pub- lic just what he might have planned. Feds enter immigration debate PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government took a momentous step into the immigration debate Tues- day when it filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out Ari- zona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying the law blatantly violates the Con- stitution. The lawsuit filed in fed- eral court in Phoenix sets the stage for a high-stakes legal clash over states rights at a time when politicians across the country have indicated they want to fol- low Arizona’s lead on the toughest-in-the-nation immigration law. The legal action repre- sents a thorough denuncia- tion by the government of Arizona’s action, declaring that the law will ‘‘cause the detention and harassment of authorized visitors, immi- grants and citizens who do not have or carry identifica- tion documents’’ while alto- gether ignoring ‘‘humani- tarian concerns’’ and harm- ing diplomatic relations. 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The 84-year-old British monarch braved 100- degree heat Tuesday to pay respects at ground zero near the footprint of the World Trade Center’s south tower. She wore a straw hat and pastel-colored long- sleeved dress and did not appear to break a sweat while greeting Sept. 11 family members and first responders. In a 15-minute visit to the site, she put a wreath of peonies, roses, lilies and other flowers on wooden riser. Pollution rule to cut smog WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administra- tion is proposing new rules to tighten restrictions on pollution from coal-burn- ing power plants in the eastern half of the country, a key step to cut emissions that cause smog. The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rules would cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 71 percent from 2005 levels by 2014 and nitro- gen oxide emissions by 52 percent in the same time frame. The regulation, known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule, requires 31 states from Massachusetts to Texas to reduce emissions that contribute to smog and soot and can travel long distances in the wind. The agency predict- ed the rule would prevent about 14,000 to 36,000 premature deaths a year.