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6A Daily News – Saturday, June 8, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING Obama defends phone surveillance WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended the government's newly disclosed collection of massive amounts of information from phone and internet records on Friday as a necessary defense against terrorism, and assured Americans, ''Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.'' ''We have to make choices as a society,'' Obama said in his first remarks about revelations of the huge scope of government surveillance. ''It's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.'' It was revealed late Wednesday that the National Security Agency has been collecting the phone records of hundreds of millions of U.S. phone customers. The leaked document first reported by the Guardian newspaper gave the NSA authority to collect from all of Verizon's land and mobile customers, but intelligence experts said the program swept up the records of other phone companies too. Another secret program revealed Thursday scours the Internet usage of foreign nationals overseas who use any of nine U.S.based internet providers such as Microsoft and Google. Obama, responding to questions at a health care event in San Jose, Calif., said safeguards are in place. ''They help us prevent terrorist attacks,'' Obama said of the surveillance programs. He said he has concluded that prevention is worth the ''modest encroachments on privacy.'' Providers use data centers to keep information on you Internet companies such as Apple, Facebook and Google have vast amounts of data on you. These include the photos and video you share, the email you send and receive and the musings you broadcast to friends on what you are thinking or eating. Internet companies store all this information at data centers they run around the world. When you're ready to read your email, the message gets pulled from a computer at one of these centers. When you're sharing a photo, the image gets transmitted to one of these computers and stored there until someone else views it. When the government requests information on a customer, with the presentation of a subpoena or court order, the Internet service company taps these same computers to access the data. Now comes a report on a clandestine program code-named ''PRISM.'' As described Tehama County High School ATHLETES OF THE WEEK by The Washington Post, PRISM gives the U.S. government access to email, documents, audio, video, photographs and other data belonging to foreigners on foreign soil who are under investigation. The newspaper said participating companies and services include AOL Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc., Skype, YouTube and Paltalk. Companies that responded to Associated Press inquiries say they only provide the government with user data required under the law. In any case, like pieces of a puzzle, the bits and bytes left behind from people's electronic interactions can be cobbled together to draw conclusions about their habits, friendships and preferences using data-mining formulas and increasingly powerful computers. Texas actress accused of sending ricin letters to Obama TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — A pregnant Texas actress who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was charged Friday with threatening the president. Shannon Guess Richardson made an initial appearance in a Texarkana courtroom after being charged with mailing a threatening communication to the president. She could face up to 10 years in prison if ton gun-control group and the White House threatening violence against gun-control advocates. Obama, Xi dispense with formalities convicted, U.S. attorney's office spokeswoman Davilyn Walston said. Richardson, 35, was arrested earlier in the day for allegedly mailing the ricin-laced letters last month. It wasn't immediately clear if she had an attorney. FBI agents wearing hazardous material suits were seen going in and out of Richardson's house on Wednesday in nearby New Boston, about 150 miles northeast of Dallas near the Arkansas and Oklahoma borders. Officials have said the search was initiated after Richardson contacted the FBI and implicated her husband, Nathaniel Richardson. John Delk, who represents Nathaniel Richardson, told the AP on Thursday that his client had filed for divorce and may have been set up by his wife. He said his client was cooperating with authorities investigating the letters, which were sent last month to Bloomberg, his Washing- 2012-2013 School Year Sponsored by DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY 2013 APPLICATION INFORMATION June 13 9-11am K-6 grade at Trainor Park / Frey Field 735 Oak Street, Red Bluff 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Reservations required (see below!) DEADLINE: Saturday, June 8 at 6 PM The V's have dinner for FREE, courtesy of the Daily News, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital and Sponsors for this school year's high school athletes of the week program Family, friends, coaches, fans: $10.00 for dinner (Cash or Check, pay at the door.) Spaghetti w/meat sauce, green salad, french bread, beverage & dessert. 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The storm was centered in eastern North Carolina about 55 miles (88 kilometer) northeast of Raleigh and moving toward the Northeast at nearly 30 mph (48 kph). It had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph). Tropical storm warnings remained in effect for coastal communities in North Carolina and southern Virginia. Forecasters say Andrea could still bring high winds, heavy rainfall, and localized coastal flooding through Saturday across the mid-Atlantic states and New England. We can help. Red Bluff VFW Hall Wednesday, June 12 Andrea no longer a tropical storm; drenches coast Does your family need help with school clothes this year? "The V's" Awards Dinner RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Dispensing with diplomatic formalities, President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping planned a casual ''shirtsleeves'' summit at a sprawling California estate Friday, aiming for closer personal ties and progress on high-stakes issues including cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear threats. However, Obama's urging of Xi to stop reported Chinese hacking against the U.S. could be overshadowed by new revelations that Obama's own administration has been secretly collecting information about phone and Internet use. The actions of both China and the U.S. underscore the vast technological powers that governments can tap to gather information covertly from individuals, companies and other governments. Obama, seeking to keep the matter from trailing him through two days of China meetings, addressed the surveillance programs for the first time Friday morning. He said the efforts strike ''the right balance'' between security and civil liberties as the U.S. combats terrorism. ''You can't have 100 percent security and then also have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We're going to have to make some choices as a society,'' he said during a health care event in Northern California. Obama was to arrive late in the day at the 200-acre Sunnylands estate on the edge of the Mojave desert. Xi arrived in California Thursday following a trip to Latin America, a region where China is seeking to expand its trade and influence. Contact: Calvary Chapel 527-8219 or ccredbluff.org for more info or pre-regiatration Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:00pm-7:00pm Friday, June 21, 2013 3:00pm-7:00pm Saturday, June 22, 2013 3:00pm-7:00pm Location - Lariat Bowl, 365 South Main WHAT YOU NEED TO APPLY Proof of county residency & 2012 tax return or current pay stubs or passport to County Services. Only children K-12 are eligible. Send your donations to Back to School Project, c/o Tehama Education Foundation PO Box 292, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Sending every child back to school with pride, dignity and a feeling of self-worth. 529-4074 - www.backtoschoolproject.com