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8A – Daily News – Friday, August 27, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban hint- ed Thursday they may launch attacks against for- eigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country’s history, saying their pres- ence was ‘‘unacceptable.’’ The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats. The militant group has attacked aid workers in the country before, and an outbreak of violence could complicate a relief effort that has already struggled to reach the 8 million people who are in need of emergency assis- tance. Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq claimed the U.S. and other countries that have pledged support are not really focused on provid- ing aid to flood victims but had other motives he did not specify. ‘‘Behind the scenes they have certain inten- tions, but on the face they are talking of relief and help,’’ Tariq told The Associated Press by tele- phone from an undis- closed location. ‘‘No relief is reaching the affected people, and when the victims are not receiv- ing help, then this horde of foreigners is not acceptable to us at all.’’ He strongly hinted that the militants could resort to violence, saying ‘‘when we say something is unac- ceptable to us, one can draw one’s own conclu- sion.’’ 1 in 10 homeowners at risk of foreclosure WASHINGTON (AP) — The jobs crisis is putting more Americans at risk of losing their homes. One in 10 households has missed at least one mortgage payment, and more than 2 million homes have been repos- sessed since the recession began. Few expect the outlook to improve until companies start to hire steadily again and layoffs ease. And while there was some good news Thurs- day — a modest decrease in the number of Ameri- cans filing for jobless benefits for the first time in a month — the figure is still too high to bring down the unemployment rate. So the housing crisis goes on, even though the average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell again this week to an all-time low of 4.36 percent. ‘‘Ultimately, the hous- ing story, whether it is delinquencies, homes sales or housing starts, is an employment story,’’ said Jay Brinkmann, the top economist for the Mortgage Bankers Asso- ciation. Attacks in Afghan north raise fears KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Eight Afghan police gunned down at a checkpoint. Campaign workers kidnapped. Span- ish trainers shot dead on their base. A spurt of violence this week in provinces far from the Taliban’s main southern strongholds sug- gests the insurgency is spreading, even as the top U.S. commander insists the coalition has reversed the militants’ momentum in key areas of the ethnic Pashtun south where the Islamist movement was born. Attacks in the north and west of the country — though not militarily significant — demon- strate that the Taliban are becoming a threat across wide areas of Afghanistan even as the United States and its partners mount a major effort to turn the tide of the nearly 9-year- old war in the south. The latest example occurred Thursday when Continued by Popular Demand! “PRIVATE PARTY” CLASSIFIED ADS FREE Through September 30! Sell your stuff! Boats/Autos too! Certain restrictions apply Call Daily News Classified For details! run FREE online at www.redbluffdailynews.com through September Ask about our discount rates for frequent Rental advertisers. 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FDA officials said Thursday that investiga- tors found salmonella in chicken feed at Wright County Egg that was used by that farm and also Hillandale Farms. They also found addi- tional samples of salmo- nella in other locations at Wright County Egg. More than 550 million eggs from the two farms were recalled this month after they were linked to salmonella poisoning in several states. Also Thursday, the federal Centers for Dis- ease Control and Pre- vention said that there could now be as many as 1,470 illnesses linked to the outbreak, about 200 more than previous- ly thought. Sherri McGarry of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said the salmonella found at Wright County Egg matches the fingerprint of the salmonella found in many of those who were sickened. She said the tests indicate that contaminated feed is a source of the outbreak but possibly not the only source. McGarry and other FDA officials empha- sized in a briefing for reporters that the agency’s investigation is ongoing, and that they do not yet know how the feed became contami- nated. Investigators are analyzing as many as 600 samples from vari- ous places at the two farms. Boom for some, bust for others in Gulf cleanup The Gulf oil spill is a bonanza for some and a bust for others. The worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has spurred something of an economic boom in some communities where cleanup operations are based, an Associated Press analysis has shown. But BP’s oil spill has delivered a double wham- my to areas too far away from the cleanup to serve as a staging ground for masses of workers, but close enough to experi- ence severe losses in tourism, fishing and drilling. Sales tax revenue in Gulf states showed a stark difference. In Louisiana’s Plaque- mines Parish alone, a fish- ing and oil-and-gas mecca that saw an influx of about 5,000 cleanup workers, state sales tax revenue shot up 80 per- cent in June over the same Distributing Co., Inc. Distributors of fine Anheuser-Busch Products FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL Proud sponsors of the PBR (530) 243-3932 1530 Beltline Rd., Redding, CA 96003 Foothill month of 2009. Glenn Beck headlines big rally Saturday WASHINGTON (AP) — Glenn Beck says it’s just a coincidence his Restoring Honor rally on Saturday at the Lin- coln Memorial will take place on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ‘‘I Have a Dream’’ speech. But he’s hardly apologizing for the connection. ‘‘This is going to be a moment that you’ll never be able to paint people as haters, racists, none of it,’’ he says of the event featuring Sarah Palin and other conservative political and cultural figures. ‘‘This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement.’’ Some civil rights vet- erans are skeptical. ‘‘When we heard about Glenn Beck, it was puzzling,’’ the Rev. Al Sharpton said. ‘‘Because if you read Dr. King’s speech, it just doesn’t gel with what Mr. Beck or Mrs. Palin are representing.’’ Beck, a popular fig- ure among tea party activists and a polariz- ing Fox News Channel personality, is headlin- ing the event, and Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nomi- nee and a potential 2012 president candidate, will be a prominent speaker. But Beck told his television audience again on Thursday that it’s not about politics. Kansas coroner identifies charred body GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A severely charred body found at an asphalt plant in central Kansas is that of a 14- year-old girl who had been missing since the weekend, the attorney general said Thursday. At a news conference, Attorney General Steve Six asked for the public to contact authorities if they saw or contacted Alicia DeBolt on the day she disappeared. ‘‘We do not, based on our preliminary work, believe it was a random act of violence,’’ Six said. Across town at the high school where the girl was to begin her freshman year this week, no official announcement was made Thursday that her body had been identified. ‘‘We are trying to keep school just as normal as possible,’’ said spokes- woman Jennifer Schartz. Man denies paying boy $1 to swear on camera HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who cap- tured a short video of his 8-year-old neighbor toss- ing around swear words and posted it online says he never thought it would land him in handcuffs. Josh Eastman said Thursday that he still was taken aback that the boy’s family chose to call the police to get the clip removed from YouTube. He said he was shocked by his arrest. ‘‘If they didn’t like the video they could have just asked me nicely to take it off, and I would have taken it off,’’ East- man said. ‘‘They didn’t have to go call the police and have me arrested for it.’’ Eastman, 34, was arrested Tuesday and was charged with impairing the morals of a child after the boy’s mother alerted authorities of an online clip titled ‘‘Swearing Kid,’’ police said. He posted $2,500 bail and is due in court Sept. 8. The 13-second clip depicted the boy outside spewing profanity, East- man said. Suge Knight, Kanye West can’t settle party lawsuit MIAMI (AP) — A mediation session meant to resolve a lawsuit filed by rap mogul Marion ‘‘Suge’’ (shug) Knight against hip-hop star Kanye West was not suc- cessful. Knight’s attorney, Marc Brumer, says the two sides did not reach an agreement during Thurs- day’s meeting in Miami, which West attended by phone. The attorney says the case will likely go to trial. Knight is seeking more than $1 million in dam- ages from West and his companies. Knight was shot in the leg at a 2005 Miami Beach party host- ed by West, whom Knight blames for lax security. The shooter has never been identified, and the case is unsolved. West’s attorney, Adam Josephs, said he couldn’t comment on the case.