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Thursday, July 15, 2010 – Daily News – 5B WORLD BRIEFING BP will begin testing new cap NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government gave BP per- mission Wednesday to go ahead with testing its new, tighter cap over the Gulf of Mexico gusher after a daylong delay to satisfy worries about whether the work might make the leak worse. National Incident Commander Thad Allen said at a news briefing that testing would begin later Wednesday after the plan was carefully reviewed. ‘‘There is a tremendous sense of urgency,’’ he said, but added that nobody wants to make ‘‘an irre- versible mistake.’’ BP had zipped through week- end preparations and gotten the 75-ton cap in place Monday atop the well. The device is meant is to stop the oil and pump excess to ships, raising hopes the gusher could be checked. BP was getting ready to test pressure on the well by closing valves in the cap when the government intervened late Tuesday. Allen said the delay was neces- sary to settle lingering questions about whether the cap, once the valves are closed, could force oil under pressure to create new leaks. ‘‘We sat long and hard about delaying the tests,’’ Allen said. But he said that in the interest of the public, the environment and safety, the pause was necessary, and now they were convinced the test can go forward. White House circulates memo detailing its political help for Democrats WASHINGTON (AP) — Fac- ing criticism from House Democ- rats, the White House circulated a memo Wednesday that details all the political help that President Barack Obama and administration officials have given to the party’s candidates. The White House portrayed the memo as a regular update of its political operation, but it came amid angry words between con- gressional Democratic leaders and administration officials. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out over White House spokesman Robert Gibbs’ recent comments that Republicans could win a majority, according to an aide who was present at Tuesday’s closed- door meeting. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was private. On Wednesday, Gibbs defend- ed his remark about the House, but hastened to add that he doesn’t think that will happen. ‘‘I don’t think I said anything that was politically shocking,’’ Gibbs said during his daily brief- ing with reporters. Afghan attacks kill 8 Americans KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American forces suffered a deadly 24 hours in Afghanistan, with eight troops killed in attacks including an audacious Taliban raid on a police compound in the key southern city of Kandahar, officials said Wednesday. The U.S. and its coalition allies have warned that violence and troop casualties are likely to mount this summer as thousands of new forces fan out across southern insurgent strongholds in a bid to turn around the nearly 9-year-long war. However, a top U.S. comman- der in the south said Wednesday that the new operation should start reducing violence in coming months. So far in July, 45 coalition troops have died in Afghanistan, 33 of them Americans, continuing the upward trend of the previous month, which was war’s deadliest for the NATO-led force, with 103 international soldiers killed. A suicide attacker slammed a car bomb into the gate of the head- quarters of the elite Afghan National Civil Order Police late Tuesday night in Kandahar, the international force said. Minutes later, insurgents opened fire with machine guns and rocket-pro- pelled grenades. Iranian scientist heads home TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian nuclear scientist who dis- appeared a year ago headed back to Tehran on Wednesday, telling Iranian state media that he was abducted by CIA agents who tried to bribe him into speaking out against his homeland. The U.S. says he was a willing defector who changed his mind. Shahram Amiri’s reappearance broke into the open an often- bizarre intelligence drama. U.S. officials have dismissed accounts of a kidnapping and suggested Amiri returned home because he missed or feared for his family. But much in the case remains mysteri- ous, including the exact circum- stances of how the defection fell apart and what information, if any, he provided about Iran’s contro- versial nuclear program. Also unknown is whether the 32-year-old scientist could face any punishment in his homeland after the State Department said he came willingly to the United States and was in contact with the gov- ernment. On Wednesday, Iranian state media were heavily promoting the account that he was the victim of a CIA kidnapping, and politicians were declaring a victory over the ‘‘terrorist state’’ America — sug- gesting that at least for now, the government would rather squeeze the return for propaganda value than overtly retaliate. Amiri vanished in Saudi Arabia while on a pilgrimage to Islamic holy sites in June 2009, fueling speculation that he had defected and was spilling nuclear secrets. The United States and its allies accuse Tehran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon, a claim Iran denies, saying its program is for peaceful purposes. Video airs of Times Square car bomb suspect taped in Pakistan CAIRO (AP) — The man who pleaded guilty to carrying out the attempted Times Square car bombing appeared in a video recorded before the failed attack that shows him meeting with senior Pakistani Taliban leaders and vowing to strike the U.S. In the video, aired in segments Wednesday by the Dubai-based television station Al-Arabiya, Faisal Shahzad said the attack on the New York City landmark would avenge the deaths of Mus- lims killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. ‘‘All the Muslim Arabs that have been martyred — I will take revenge on their behalf,’’ he said. ‘‘I really wish that the hearts of the Muslims will be pleased with this attack, God willing.’’ One of the figures he praises as a martyr is Abu Musab al-Zar- qawi, the former leader of al-Qaida in Iraq who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq in 2006. Shahzad, 30, is seen in the video sitting on the ground in a black turban and olive-colored vest, with an AK-47 next to him. He calls jihad, or holy war, a pillar of the Muslim faith, and says ‘‘Islam will spread on the whole world and democracy will be defeated.’’ Cheney says he underwent heart surgery last week WASHINGTON (AP) — For- mer Vice President Dick Cheney announced Wednesday that he has undergone surgery to install a small pump to help his heart work, as the 69-year-old enters a new phase of what he called ‘‘increas- ing congestive heart failure.’’ ‘‘The operation went very well and I am now recuperating,’’ Cheney said in a statement released by his office. The surgery took place last week at Inova Fair- fax Heart and Vascular Institute in northern Virginia, where Cheney said he is currently receiving care. A longtime face of the Republi- can Party, Cheney has dealt with heart problems much of his adult life, suffering five heart attacks since age 37. He said the latest step, the implanting of a pump called a left ventricular assist device, will allow him to resume an active life. The kind of heart pump that Cheney received can be implanted next to the heart to help its main pumping chamber, the left ventri- cle, pump blood through the body. Such devices are used mainly for short periods, to buy potential transplant candidates time as they await a donor organ. But they are being studied for use as a permanent therapy for people with severe heart failure who aren’t transplant candidates. 3 New Orleans police officers plead not guilty NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three police officers charged in the killing of two unarmed resi- dents on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina and a cover-up that followed pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Ken- neth Bowen and Officer Anthony Villavaso stood before a federal magistrate in green prison garb, shackled at the waist and ankles. They will remain jailed at least until a hearing Friday. A tentative trial date is set for Sept. 13. Magistrate Louis Moore Jr. read the counts — 13 against Bowen, 11 against Gisevius and 10 against Villavaso. Former offi- cer Robert Faulcon made his initial court appearance Tuesday in Texas, where he was arrested, but has not entered a plea. The charges against the four carry a maximum sentence of life in prison or the death penalty, although U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said the Justice Department hasn’t decided whether to seek the lat- ter punishment. The family of two victims — Ronald Madison, who was killed, and his brother, Lance, who sur- vived — sat in the front row of the packed courtroom. Gisevius cried quietly as he stood with his lawyer. Experimental diet pill promising ATLANTA (AP) — An experi- mental diet pill helped about half the people who tried it lose some weight and keep it off a year later, without the heart problems that some earlier drugs caused, a study found. Arena Pharmaceuticals’ lor- caserin is one of three drugs that are boosting hope for a new generation of more effective weight-loss med- icines. One gets a Food and Drug Administration review on Thurs- day and the others, later this year. In the study, lorcaserin (lore- KASS-ah-rin) caused more people Legal Notices Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: We Shoot Ya Photography 530- 200-2255, 419 Hickory St., Red Bluff, CA 96080 Danny Rabalais 22765 Daha Dr Red Bluff, CA 96080 Dianne Rabalais 22765 Daha Dr Red Bluff, CA 96080 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on 4/18/2005 This business is conducted by: husband & wife S/By: Dianne Rabalais Dianne Rabalais This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 6/30/10 File No. 2010000203 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Publish: July 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2010 LEGAL NOTICE BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder to lose at least 5 percent of their body weight over one year, more than twice the rate achieved by those on dummy pills. Most people don’t stick to diets. And diet pills have had bad side effects or can’t be taken long-term. A low point came in 1997 when the popular ‘‘fen- phen’’ was pulled from the market after it was tied to heart valve prob- lems. But now comes lorcaserin, a round blue tablet that would be the first truly novel weight-loss pill in a dozen years if it wins approval. The drug targets the same appetite path- way fen-phen did but in a more selective, and perhaps safer, manner. Legal Notices Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Foreclosure No. 3487194 APN#061-340-06 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE On 7/29/2010, at 2:00 P.M., Mid Valley Title and Escrow Company, Trustee, or Successor Trustee or Substitut- ed Trustee of that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert L. Shelton and Pamela A. Shelton, husband and wife recorded 10/18/2004 in Book No.2583, in Page No.033, of Official Records of Tehama County, California and pursuant to that certain No- tice of Default thereunder re- corded 3/30/2010 as instrument No. 2010003277, of Official re- cords of said County, will under and pursuant to said Deed of Trust sell at public auction for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, a cashier’s check payable to said Trustee drawn on a State or National Bank, a check drawn by a State or Federal Credit Union, or a check drawn by a State or Fed- eral Savings and Loan Associa- tion, or Savings Bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and Authorized to do Busi- ness in this State, at the main entrance to the Tehama County Courthouse, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA all that right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State descri- bed as: as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto Exhibit "A" IN TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST, MOUNT DIABLO BASE AND MERIDIAN: SECTION 26: The South half of the Northwest quarter of the Southwest quar- ter; the South half of the North half of the Northwest quarter of the Southwest quarter, the South half of The North half of the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter, and the South half of the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quar- ter, and the South half of the Southwest quarter. Excepting therefrom one-half of all oil, gas, minerals and other hydrocar- bon substances, as reserved in the Deed to Alton D. Mittelstadt, dated June 19,1978, recorded Ju- ly 6,1978 in Book 755 at page 85, Official Records of Tehama County. Foreclosure No. 3479493 APN# 091-200-12 & 091-200-13 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE On 7/22/2010, at 02:00 PM, Mid Val- ley Title and Escrow Company, Trustee, or Successor Trustee or Substituted Trustee of that cer- tain Deed of Trust executed by Antonio Amorim and Maria Amorim, husband and wife and recorded 09/05/2002 as Instru- ment No. 015217 in Book 2191, Page 203 of Official Records of Tehama County, California, and pursuant to that certain Notice of Default thereunder recorded 3/22/2010 as Instrument No. 2010-002977, of Official Records of said County, will under and pursuant to said Deed of Trust sell at public auction for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, a cashier’s check payable to said Trustee drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or feder- al savings and loan association, or savings bank specified In Sec- tion 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, at At the main en- trance to the Tehama County Courthouse, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA, all that right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State descri- bed as: more particularly set forth in said Deed of Trust (X) The street address or other common designation of said property: 25414 Post Avenue , Orland, CA 95963 (X) Name and address of the beneficiary at whose request the sale is being conducted: Northern California Farm Credit, PO Box 929, Chico, CA 95927 Directions to the above property may be obtained by re- questing same in writing from the beneficiary within 10 days from the first publication of this notice. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, as to title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the unpaid balance due on the note or notes secured by said Deed of Trust, plus estimat- ed costs, expenses and advan- ces at the time of the initial pub- lication of this Notice of Sale: $211,220.34 NOTICE TO PROPER- TY OWNER YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 8/29/2002 UNLESS YOU TAKE AC- TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP- ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB- LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX- PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW- YER. DATED: 6/22/2010 The un- dersigned mortgagee, beneficia- ry or authorized agent for the mortgagee or beneficiary de- clares that the mortgagee or beneficiary has satisfied the re- quirements of California Civil Code 2923.5.: MID VALLEY TITLE AND ESCROW COMPANY Ad- dress: 601 Main Street, Chico, California 95928 Phone: (530) 893-5644 By: Greg Wood, Fore- closure Officer P716457 7/1, 7/8, 07/15/2010 therefrom an undivided one- fourth interest in and to all oil, gas and other hydrocarbons and minerals now or at any time hereinafter situate thereon, therein and thereunder, togeth- er with all easements and rights of access necessary or conven- ient to the exploration for, and the production, storage and transportation of said oil, gas and other hydrocarbons and minerals, as reserved by Alton D. Mittelstadt, et ux, in Deed re- corded October 27,1980 in Book 839 at page 628, Official Records of Tehama County. Also except- ing therefrom an undivided one- fourth interest in all oil, gas, minerals and other hydrocar- bon substances, together with all easements and right of ac- cess necessary or convenient to the exploration for, and the pro- duction and transportation of, said oil, gas and other hydro- carbons and minerals, provided, however, that Grantor, its suc- cessors and assigns, hereby agree to indemnify, Grantee herein ("Grantee"), its succes- sors and assigns, and hold Grantee, its successors and as- signs, harmless from all costs, expenses, liabilities, damages and losses including, without limitations, all damages to trees, crops, building or other improvements now or in the fu- ture on the property and reason- able attorney’s fees, arising out of or in any way connected with the aforesaid reservation and provided further that Grantor, its successors and assigns, hereby agree to take all reason- able action when exercising Grantor’s rights under the afore- said reservation to minimize any and all interference with the use of the property by Grantee, its successors and assigns, as reserved by Land Investitions A.G. in Deed recorded October 27 1980 in Book 839 at page 630, Official Records of Tehama County. (X) The street address or other common designation of said property: none shown (X) Name and address of the benefi- ciary at whose request the sale is being conducted: Patricia May, c/o Mid Valley Title and Es- crow Co. 601 Main Street, Chico, CA 95928 Directions to the above property may be obtained by re- questing same in writing from the beneficiary within 10 days for the first publication of this notice. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, as to title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the unpaid balance due on the note or notes secured by said Deed of Trust and interest plus the following estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publica- tion of this Notice of Sale: $242,500.00 Notice To Property Owner YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN- DER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/12/2004 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Dated 6/30/2010 The undersigned mortgagee, benefi- ciary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or beneficiary de- clares that the mortgagee or beneficiary has satisfied the re- quirements of California Civil Code 2923.5.: Mid Valley Title And Escrow Company Address: 601 Main Street Chico, California 95928 Phone: (530) 893-5644 By: Greg Wood, Foreclosure Officer P719399 7/8, 7/15, 07/22/2010 Also excepting