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4B – Daily News – Saturday, September 25, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Tehran to consider halting enrichment NEW YORK (AP) — Iran would consider end- ing uranium enrichment, the most crucial part of its controversial nuclear activities, if world powers send Tehran nuclear fuel for a medical research reactor, President Mah- moud Ahmadinejad told reporters Friday. Addressing a packed press conference in a New York hotel, Ahmadinejad also said Iran was pre- pared to set a date for resumption of talks with six world powers to dis- cuss Tehran’s nuclear pro- gram, saying October would be the likely time for the two sides to meet. Ahmadinejad also defended his remarks at the U.N. a day earlier in which he claimed most people in the world believe the United States was behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and again challenged the United Nations to set up a commission to probe the attacks. ‘‘I did not pass judg- ment, but don’t you feel that the time has come to have a fact finding com- mittee?’’ Ahmadinejad asked. Ahmadinejad said Iran had no interest in enrich- ing uranium from around 3.5 percent to 20 percent purity but was forced to do so after the world pow- ers refused to provide nuclear fuel that is needed for a Tehran reactor that produces medical iso- topes for patients. House vote possible on extending cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under pressure to send Democrats home to campaign with the strongest possible closing argument, said Friday she is considering calling a vote on extending middle- class tax cuts next week. Democrats, however, are divided on whether forcing a recorded vote on the issue before congres- sional elections in November would be polit- ically helpful as they fight to maintain control of Congress. ‘‘We will retain the right to proceed as we choose,’’ Pelosi told reporters. ‘‘We’ll take it one day at a time.’’ The most sweeping tax cuts in a generation, enacted in 2001 and 2003, are due to expire in Janu- ary. Republicans want to extend all the tax cuts. President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress want to extend them for individuals mak- ing less than $200,000 and married couples mak- ing less than $250,000. If Congress does not act, taxpayers at every income level face signifi- cant tax increases. 4th man says he had sex with pastor as teenager ATLANTA (AP) — A fourth young male mem- ber of Bishop Eddie Long’s megachurch is suing the prominent pas- tor, claiming Long coerced him into a sexual relationship. The lawsuit was filed by Spencer LeGrande, a member of New Birth Charlotte. New Birth Charlotte is a satellite church run by Long in Charlotte, N.C. The law- suit said Long told LeGrande ‘‘I will be your dad’’ and invited the 17- year-old to journey to Kenya with him in July 2005. LeGrande said that Long gave him a sleeping pill on that trip and that the two engaged in sexual acts. The Associated Press does not typically identify alleged victims of impro- priety, but attorney B.J. Bernstein has said all four of the men who filed law- suits consented to being identified publicly. The lawsuit claims Long convinced LeGrande that ‘‘engaging in a sexual relationship Dave’s Boots Repairs Celebrating 20 years in Red Bluff Dave’s Boots opens its doors 1990 Telescope is launched 4/25/90 Mike Tyson loses to Buster Douglas wins superbowl SF 49ers Dances With The Wolves 1990 Best Picture www.expresspros.com • Administrative • General Production The Hubble Space 478 Antelope Blvd. • Red Bluff • 529-5466 Sales & South Africa Frees Nelson Mandela was a healthy component of his spiritual life,’’ the complaint said. LeGrande, now 22, said the two continued their relationship on a February 2006 trip to South Africa and after he moved to Atlanta at Long’s encouragement. He said that Long also instructed him not to have girlfriends, but that he pulled away in the spring of 2009 after he became ‘‘disillu- sioned.’’ He moved back to Charlotte in October, it said. FBI: Florida bank robbers abduct teller at home CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Bank rob- bers pulled off a dramatic heist Friday, strapping a bomb to a teller and ordering him to steal as much money as he could grab from the vault — all while his father was being held hostage. It began when the three masked, gun-toting thieves burst into the teller’s apartment shortly after midnight. The men held the teller and his father hostage in the suburban Kendall apartment for seven hours, waiting for morning when the teller usually helped open his Bank of America branch near the University of Miami campus, accord- ing to the FBI and local police. One suspect stayed with the father, while the other two and the teller left for the bank in the teller’s red 1998 Ford Mustang. Strapped to the teller’s body was a device the robbers said was a bomb. Once at the bank around 8 a.m., the thieves sent the teller inside. AP-GfK Poll: Both parties disliked WASHINGTON (AP) — A political enthusiasm gap is helping Republi- cans in their effort to roll up big gains in the con- gressional elections. GOP supporters are a lot more interested in getting their party’s candidates elected than Democrats are in electing theirs, a new AP- GfK poll shows. Democrats struggling to defend their control of Congress have lucked out in one way: Republicans are at least as unpopular as they are, the poll shows. Yet GOP voters are more fired up, leaving the Democrats little more than a month to energize their supporters. How? They’re using President Barack Obama and his Cabinet. Al Gore, too. And until Election Day dawns on Nov. 2, the Democrats will try to refocus voters from their anger over the stubbornly limp economy to the risks of putting Republicans in charge on Capitol Hill. It’s a common theme: A TV ad by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., accuses his GOP opponent of a pro- posal that is ‘‘not just extreme, that’s danger- ous,’’ while one by Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C., says his challenger would shield tax breaks for com- panies that ship American jobs overseas. ‘‘There’s a level of frustration the American people have that we understand and that obvi- ously Democrats are try- ing to address,’’ said party spokesman Brad Wood- house. ‘‘But I haven’t run into anybody who says they want to go back to the fall of 2008,’’ when Republicans held the White House. Queen sought funds from poorest to pay for palace LONDON (AP) — Even a monarch needs a little help from time to time — especially when the cost of heating those drafty old palaces spirals past $1.5 million a year. But a request for assis- tance from a government fund that provides subsi- dized heating to low- income Britons has caused a spot of bother for Queen Elizabeth II, long one of the world’s wealthiest women. Her Majesty’s applica- tion in 2004 was politely turned down by the gov- ernment — in part because of fear of adverse publicity — and quietly forgotten until The Inde- pendent newspaper pub- lished the correspondence Friday after obtaining it via a Freedom of Infor- mation request. The documents quote an unidentified func- tionary as gently remind- ing the royal household that the program was meant for people in need, not the upper crust, and he noted the potential public relations disaster. ‘‘I also feel a bit uneasy about the probable adverse press coverage if the Palace were given a grant at the expense of, say, a hospital,’’ the offi- cial said. ‘‘Sorry this doesn’t sound more posi- tive.’’ Reid, Angle tied at 43 percent in US Senate race LAS VEGAS (AP) — A barrage of attack ads from both sides has done zilch to yield a front-run- ner in Nevada’s heated Senate race, according to a new poll that shows vot- ers remain evenly split between Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican challenger Sharron Angle. In the first survey to question voters about all the Senate candidates, the poll published Friday by the Las Vegas Review- Journal and KLAS-TV shows Reid and Angle tied with 43 percent sup- port. Reid and Angle contin- ued to draw support from their bases — 82 percent for Reid from Democrats and 79 percent for Angle from Republicans, the poll shows. Four percent in the telephone survey of 625 likely voters said they want none of the candi- dates. Eight percent were undecided. Despite the deadlock, the poll charts a small vic- tory trail for Angle, who could win if she is able to exploit a strong advantage over Reid among nonpar- tisan voters. You have a need. We have a solution Whether you’re shifting gears with your career or your business, Express Employment Professionals will work with you. Call, come in, or go online today! 530-527-0727 243 So. Main Street Red Bluff, CA 96080 Judge clears the way for execution SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Friday for California’s first execution since 2006, citing the state’s efforts to revise its lethal injection procedure amid court concerns that it had amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel said in his ruling the execution of convicted killer and rapist Albert Greenwood Brown could proceed Wednesday. Brown’s execution would be the first in the state since Fogel placed a de facto moratorium on capital punishment in Cali- fornia and ordered prison officials to overhaul the process. The attorney general’s office argued this week that the state has complied with Fogel’s order by building a new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison, revis- ing its training regimen and adopting new lethal injec- tion regulations. In his ruling, Fogel gave Brown the option of choos- ing a one-drug injection instead of a three-drug cocktail used by the state to put condemned inmates to death. Who owns enormous emerald? LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of several people claiming ownership of an 840-pound emerald told a judge Friday that he is the legal owner of the gigantic gem after paying just $60,000 for it soon after it was unearthed in Brazil. Anthony Thomas said he bought the so-called Bahia Emerald in 2001. Its appraised value is now $372 million, and numerous par- ties are claiming ownership. Lawyers say the well- traveled stone has made stops during the past nine years in California, Las Vegas and New Orleans, where it was kept in a bank vault that was flooded dur- ing Hurricane Katrina, leav- ing the gem underwater for several months. During opening state- ments at the trial to test the claim of Thomas, attorney Jeffrey Baruh said his client paid for the hulking rock in a straightforward transac- tion but was later tricked into believing the emerald had been stolen so it could be sold to someone else for more money. Texas ed board wants textbook publishers to limit Islam AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas State Board of Education adopted a resolu- tion Friday that seeks to cur- tail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, as social conservative board mem- bers warned of what they describe as a creeping Mid- dle Eastern influence in the nation’s publishing indus- try. The board approved the one-page nonbinding reso- lution, which urges text- book publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books, by a 7-5 vote. Critics say it’s another example of the ideological board trying to politicize public education in the Lone Star State. Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network, which advocates for reli- gious freedom, questioned why the resolution came at a time when ‘‘anti-Muslim rhetoric in this country has reached fever pitch.’’ ‘‘It’s hard not to con- clude that the misleading claims in this resolution are either based on ignorance of what’s in the textbooks or, on the other hand, are an example of fear-mongering and playing politics,’’ Miller said. The Simpsons debuts on FOX Average cost of gas $ 134gallon The first web page is posted on the world wide web