Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/20028
8A – Daily News – Saturday, November 20, 2010 Furniture Depot 235 So. Main St., Red Bluff 527-1657 MON.-FRI. 9:00-6:00 SAT. 9:00-5:00 • SUN. 11:00-5:00 TSA to allow pilots to skip security WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration has agreed to let airline pilots skip the security scanning and pat-downs that passengers face at the nation’s airports, pilot groups said Friday. Beginning Friday, pilots traveling in uniform or on airline business will be allowed to pass securi- ty by presenting two photo IDs, one from their company and one from the government, to be checked against a secure flight crew database, the TSA said. The Obama adminis- tration’s retreat on screen- ing pilots comes less than a week before the hectic Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Some trav- elers are threatening to protest the security mea- sures by refusing to go through the scanning machines. Airlines are caught in the middle. Pilots welcomed the changes. ‘‘This looks good. It’s basically what we’ve been after for 10 years,’’ says Sam Mayer, a spokesman for the Allied Pilots Asso- ciation at American Air- lines, the union that raised objections to the new screening process about two weeks ago. ‘‘Pilots are not the threat here; we’re the target.’’ More than 10,000 ground zero workers settle suits NEW YORK (AP) — More than 10,000 work- ers exposed to the tons of toxic dust that blanketed ground zero after the World Trade Center fell have ended their bruising legal fight with New York City and joined a settle- ment worth at least $625 million, officials said Fri- day. The deal will resolve an overwhelming majori- ty of the lawsuits over the city’s failure to provide protective equipment to the army of construction workers, police officers and firefighters who spent months clearing and sift- ing rubble after Sept. 11. Among the thousands who sued, claiming that soot at the site got into their lungs and made them sick, more than 95 percent eligible for the settlement agreed to take the offer. Only 520 said no or failed to respond. City officials and lawyers for the workers said they welcomed a res- olution to a case that had pitted New York and a long list of demolition companies against the very men and women who helped lower Man- hattan recover. ‘‘This settlement is a fair and just resolution of these claims, protecting those who came to the aid of this City when we needed it most,’’ Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement. Obama wins NATO nod for Europe missile shield LISBON, Portugal (AP) — President Barack Obama won NATO sum- mit agreement Friday to build a missile shield over Europe, an ambitious com- mitment to protect against COMFORT SERVICE INC. Air Conditioning & Heating Tehama Counties Factory authorized Bryant Dealer Your First Call For Comfort • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • NEW CONSTRUCTION • SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS Receive up to $3,050 OFF in tax credits & rebates on a new Bryant system 24 HOUR SERVICE 530 529-1990 Lic #593323 www.CascadeComfort.com $ 10 OFF SERVICE CALL Mention this ad for $$ REWARD $$ MISSING PUPPY “SADIE” Whatever it takessm LAB/AUSSIE CROSS - 3 MONTHS OLD SHASTA BLVD NEAR 62ND AVE BEHIND LASSEN VIEW SCHOOL PLEASE CALL 527-0508 OR 949-4294 CASCADE Iranian attack while demonstrating the alliance’s continuing rele- vance — but at the risk of further aggravating Russia. On another major issue, Obama and the allies are expected to announce plans on Satur- day to begin handing off security responsibility in Afghanistan to local forces next year and to complete the transition by the end of 2014. That end date is three years beyond the time that Obama has said he will start withdrawing U.S. troops, and the challenge is to avoid a rush to the exits as public opinion turns more sharply against the war and Afghan President Hamid Karzai pushes for greater Afghan control. While celebrating the missile shield decision, Obama also made a renewed pitch for Senate ratification back in the U.S. of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, assert- ing that Europeans believe rejection of the deal would hurt their security and damage rela- tions with the Russians. Two key unanswered questions about the mis- sile shield — will it work and can the Europeans Recliner Sale Starting at $29900 NEW shipment just arrived WORLD BRIEFING afford it? — were put aside for the present in the interest of celebrating the agreement as a boost for NATO solidarity. GOP ban on earmarks won’t fix budget woes WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite their claims, the Republicans’ ban on ear- marks won’t stop lawmak- ers from steering taxpayers’ dollars to pet projects. And it will have little if any effect on Washington’s far graver problem — the gigantic budget deficit. Saying Election Day vic- tories gave them a mandate to curb spending, Republi- cans formally agreed last week to a two-year prohibi- tion of earmarks, legislative provisions that funnel money to lawmakers’ favorite projects. President Barack Obama has said he, too, wants to restrict ear- marks, though he defended some as helping communi- ties. ‘‘I am proud that House and Senate Republicans have united to end the ear- mark favor factory,’’ said Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., a leader in the drive to stop the practice. Lesson in humility for members of Congress WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.-elect Bob Gibbs was trying to get this straight: There’s a public women’s bathroom in the middle of a congressman’s office suite? And in the building next door, not one but two House aides have made their workspace in an unused elevator shaft? A glittering week being wined, dined and oriented by the most powerful peo- ple in Washington gave way Friday to the exercise in humility that is the fresh- man office lottery. The most senior lawmakers get the best real estate on Capitol Hill. The freshmen get what’s left: the worst office space in Congress. At the outset, most pro- fessed not to care what their new work spaces looked like, or how far they were from the floor of the House. But an hour into wander- ing the dark hallways of the Cannon and Longworth office buildings, Gibbs, an Ohio state senator, had acquired some standards. What about 128 Cannon, the one that bookends the ladies’ room? LASSEN STEAK HOUSE Full Bar • 9 Beers On Tap Big Screen TVs • Pool Room ANGUS STEAK Call 530 839-2838 Corner of Hwy 99E & Vina 22755 Antelope Blvd. Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 527-9166 BLACK Open Mon. thru Sat. 10am – 6pm November is get your room on! Come check out our new addition! Variety of • Ballasts • Reflectors • Bulbs Wide NOW OPEN oh yeah