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4B Daily News – Saturday, August 10, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING Obama says 'job is not done' on college affordability WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just the first step in a broader, concerted fight to rein in the costs of a college education. Encircled by lawmakers from both parties in the Oval Office, Obama praised Democrats and Republicans alike for agreeing — finally — on what he called a sensible, reasonable approach to student loans even as he cautioned that ''our job is not done.'' ''Feels good signing bills. I haven't done this in a while,'' Obama said, alluding to the difficulty he's faced getting Congress, particularly the Republicancontrolled House, to approve his legislative priorities, such as gun control and budget deals. ''Hint, hint,'' he added to laughter. But even the feelgood moment at the White House came with reminders of the bitter partisanship that still makes future deals incredibly difficult for Obama. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, called the law part of the ''Republican jobs plan,'' while House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said it ''stands in stark contrast to the House Republicans' plan to saddle families with billions more in student debt.'' US seeks to exclude evidence in Madoff trial NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors want evidence of romantic and sexual relationships excluded from the upcoming trial of some of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's subordinates. Prosecutors say in court papers filed in federal court in New York late Thursday that four of five defendants and several government witnesses were at times seeing each other romantically or were sexually involved with one another. They say one defendant was in a love triangle with Madoff himself. The government says that over the course of Madoff's multi-decade, multibillion-dollar fraud, a number of his employees and customers were dating or having affairs. The government says it seeks to exclude the evidence from a fraud trial set to start Oct. 7. All five defendants pleaded not guilty Friday to charges in a rewritten indictment. improperly tried in a federal court for a crime that should have been treated as a state offense. Prison officials were notified of the ruling on Thursday, and an official at the Jalisco state prosecutors' office said the 61-year-old drug lord left prison before dawn on Friday. The official was not authorized to speak on the record. News media were not alerted until hours after the release, and it was unclear whether U.S. authorities had received prior notification. Caro Quintero still faces active charges in the United States and Mexico's Attorney General's Office said it did not know if there was a current extradition request. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico did not immediately comment on the release or court ruling, which came on Wednesday. a documentary on the topic that will air on the network Sunday. He wrote in Time magazine in 2009 about his opposition to laws that would make the drug available for medical purposes. ''Smoking the stuff is not going to do your health any good,'' he wrote then. But Gupta said Friday he too easily associated marijuana with ''malingerers that just wanted to get high.'' Now he wants to say he's sorry. Gupta said he didn't look hard enough at research on the topic, and found some new research that had been done since then. He was encouraged to look into the issue further upon meeting a 5year-old girl in Colorado for whom medical marijuana has sharply cut down on the amount of seizures she had been suffering. Atlanta judge CNN's sides with Sanjay Gupta Usher says he ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta on Friday spoke too dismissed an emergency request by R&B singer soon when Usher's ex-wife seeking temporary custody of Mexico opposing their two children. Tameka Foster Rayreleases drug medical mond requested the hearing a day after the former lord after 28 marijuana couple's 5-year-old son NEW YORK (AP) — got caught in a pool drain years in CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta while in the care of the says he spoke too soon in Grammy winner's aunt. prison opposing the medical use After a hearing in which MEXICO CITY (AP) — Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero walked free Friday after 28 years in prison when a court overturned his 40year sentence for the 1985 kidnap and killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, a brutal murder that marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations. The court ruled that Caro Quintero was of marijuana in the past and that he now believes the drug can have very real benefits for people with specific health problems. Gupta, the network's chief medical correspondent and a brain surgeon, detailed his change of heart in an interview Friday and in an article for CNN's website titled, ''Why I changed my mind on weed.'' He will narrate Tehama Family Fitness Center Its not too late to reach your fitness goals this year! Hot August Membership Specials! both Usher and Raymond took the stand, Fulton County Superior Court Judge John Goger dismissed her request for temporary primary custody and decision-making authority. Based on the evidence presented at the hearing, Goger said he wasn't certain anyone really could have done anything to prevent the accident. But he also advised Usher to keep his ex-wife well advised of his whereabouts and who's taking care of the children. After the judge issued his ruling, Usher approached his ex-wife Reid hopes GOP opposition to Obama isn't over race LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a radio interview in which he lamented the GOP filibusters and a gridlock in Congress, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he hopes Republicans who oppose the president do so ''based on substance and not the fact that he's an African-American.'' The comment came Friday during the Nevada lawmaker's appearance on Las Vegas-based National Public Radio affiliate KNPR, and drew swift response from Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, who is black. ''I hope Senator Reid will realize the offensive nature of his remarks and apologize to those who Tulsa will try again to overcome racial divide TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa's city leaders are divided over whether to rename a popular downtown street named for a businessman who was in the Ku Klux Klan. 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