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8A – Daily News – Saturday, July 31, 2010 Ariz. gov may change immigration law in wake of ruling PHOENIX (AP) — Ari- zona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking legislators to consid- er whether they should change the state’s immigra- tion law in the wake of a judge’s ruling blocking enforcement of parts of it. Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman confirmed Fri- day that the governor called top legislative leaders to broach the possibility of changing provisions of the law on Thursday, a day after U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction putting on hold parts of the new law that would have required offi- cers to dig deeper into the fight against illegal immi- gration. Senseman said the possi- bility of having legislators meet in special session to consider changing the law is merely being explored. He said Brewer is still pressing ahead with her appeal of Bolton’s order. ‘‘The governor believes that the law is constitutional and she is obviously going to pursue the appeal,’’ Senseman said. ‘‘What she is looking at are legislative improvements that can be made ... given the current ruling for an injunction.’’ ‘‘It’s very preliminary,’’ he said. ‘‘There is no specif- ic language or proposal.’’ US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a summer of suffering, America’s mili- tary death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more blood- shed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international sup- port for the war. WORLD BRIEFING reopen. Six more Americans were reported killed in fighting in the south — three Thursday and three Friday — pushing the U.S. death toll for July to a record 66 and surpass- ing June as the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly nine-year war. U.S. officials con- firmed the latest Ameri- can deaths Friday but gave no further details. Five of the latest reported deaths were a result of hidden bombs — the insurgents’ weapon of choice — and the sixth to an armed attack, NATO said in statements. U.S. commanders say American casualties are mounting because more troops are fighting — and the Taliban are stiffening resistance as NATO and Afghan forces challenge the insurgents in areas they can’t afford to give up without a fight. ‘‘Recent months in Afghanistan have ... seen tough fighting and tough casualties. This was expected,’’ the top U.S. and NATO commander, Gen. David Petraeus, said at his Senate confirmation hearing last month. ‘‘My sense is that the tough fighting will continue; indeed, it may get more intense in the next few months.’’ Spill may be near new phase BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — BP’s new boss says it’s time for a ‘‘scaleback’’ in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fish- ing areas are starting to There were several signs Friday that the era of thousands of oil-skim- ming boats and hazmat- suited beach crews is giv- ing way to long-term efforts to clean up, com- pensate people for their losses and understand the damage wrought. Local fishermen are doubtful, however, and say oil remains a bigger problem than BP and the federal government are letting on. Other people contend the impact of the spill has been overblown, given that little oil remains on the Gulf surface, but Bob Dudley, who heads BP’s oil spill recovery and will take over as CEO in Octo- ber, rejected those claims. ‘‘Anyone who thinks this wasn’t a catastrophe must be far away from it,’’ he said in Biloxi, where he announced that former Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency chief James Lee Witt will be supporting BP’s Gulf restoration work. After an April 20 rig explosion that killed 11 workers, BP’s blown-out well gushed an estimated 94 million to 184 million gallons of oil before a temporary cap stopped it July 15. Efforts to perma- nently plug the gusher had been expected to begin as early as Sunday, but the government’s point man for the spill said Friday that those plans hit a snag. NY Reps. Weiner, King spar on House floor WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s rejection of bill that would have provided up to $7.4 bil- lion in aid to people sick- ened by World Trade Center dust has opened a sharp rift between two New York congressmen, ishments it can administer or recommend to the full House. A reprimand is sim- ply a vote by the House to express displeasure with a member’s conduct, and would follow a finding of guilt in a trial. Rep. Gene Green, D- Republican Peter King and Democrat Anthony Weiner. The verbal jousting came on the House floor Thursday night as the vote neared. The results fell largely along party lines, with 12 Republi- cans joining Democrats supporting the measure, but it failed to win the needed two-thirds majori- ty. Arms flailing and his voice rising, Weiner took sharp aim at King, a Long Island Republican. ‘‘The gentleman is pro- viding cover for his col- leagues rather than doing the right thing,’’ bellowed Weiner, who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens. ‘‘Republicans wrapping their arms around Republicans rather than doing the right thing on behalf of heroes. It’s a shame, a shame.’’ King, a key backer of the bill, had moments ear- lier accused Democrats of staging a ‘‘charade.’’ Obama considers going around Congress WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administra- tion, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is con- sidering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo. The internal draft written by officials at U.S. Citizen- ship and Immigration Ser- vices outlines ways the gov- ernment could provide ‘‘relief’’ to illegal immi- grants — including delay- ing deportation for some, perhaps indefinitely, or granting green cards to oth- ers — in the absence of leg- islation revamping the sys- tem. It’s emerging as chances fade in this election year for a measure President Barack Obama favors to put the nation’s estimated 12 mil- lion undocumented immi- grants on a path to legal sta- tus, and as debate rages over an Arizona law targeting people suspected of being in the country illegally. The 11-page internal memo, written in April to the agency’s director, says: ‘‘This memorandum offers administrative relief options to promote family unity, foster economic growth, achieve significant process improvements and reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization.’’ It goes on: ‘‘In the absence of comprehensive immigration reform, USCIS can extend benefits and/or protections to many individuals or groups.’’ Investigators say to scold Rangel on ethics charges WASHINGTON (AP) — The panel that charged New York Democrat Charles Rangel with 13 counts of ethical misdeeds recommended he receive a relatively mild rebuke by the full House, one of the investigators said Friday. The House ethics com- mittee has a range of pun- Texas, said the two Democ- rats and two Republicans on the panel that investigated Rangel for two years were not unanimous in bringing all 13 charges against him, and ‘‘the recommendation we had was a reprimand.’’ Green is one of the Democ- rats on the panel. A separate ethics panel on Thursday set the stage for a trial of Rangel this fall. A trial would mean any decision on penalties would be months away, if Rangel’s guilt is proved. A reprimand is less seri- ous than a censure, which requires not only a vote but forces a member to appear at the front of the chamber while the speaker or another designated member reads the censure resolution. Texas mother accused of starving 3 kids gets life DALLAS (AP) — A mother whose three chil- dren were found starving after being shut away in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months was sen- tenced to life in prison Fri- day after changing her plea to guilty in the middle of her trial. 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