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Friday, September 9, 2011 – Daily News 7A WORLD BRIEFING Deficits, end of stimulus money force colleges to cut back FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — America's public colleges and uni- versities have burned through nearly $10 billion in government stimulus money and are still facing more tuition hikes, fewer course offerings and larg- er class sizes. Many college students are already bearing the brunt of the cuts in their wallets as they prepare for their future careers. ''This next academic year is going to be the hardest one on record'' for cash-strapped col- leges, said Dan Hurley, director of state relations for the American Associ- ation of State Colleges and Universities. Hurley said the higher education system has entered a phase in which cuts will begin to affect academics. Public university sys- tems used the stimulus to prevent deeper layoffs, maintain degree programs and keep campuses open and are now bracing for the end of the federal pro- gram. Scientists identify ancestor that bridges gap WASHINGTON (AP) — Two million-year-old bones belonging to a crea- ture with both apelike and human traits provide the clearest evidence of evo- lution's first major step toward modern humans — findings some are call- ing a potential game- changer. An analysis of the bones found in South Africa suggests Australo- pithecus sediba is the most likely candidate to be the ancestor of humans, said lead researcher Lee R. Berger of the University of Wit- watersrand in South Africa. The fossils, belonging to a male child and an adult female, show a novel combination of fea- tures, almost as though nature were experiment- ing. Some resemble pre- human creatures while others suggest the genus Homo, which includes Homo sapiens, modern people. ''It's as if evolution is caught in one vital moment, a stop-action snapshot of evolution in IHOP patron helped mom, child escape shooting CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Carson City man who ushered a woman and child out the back door of an IHOP restaurant during a bloody rampage at the pancake house says he's not a hero. But the husband and action,'' said Richard Potts, director of the human origins program at the Smithsonian Institu- tion. He was not among the team, led by South African scientists, whose research was published online Thursday in the journal Science. Scientists have long considered the Australop- ithecus family, which includes the famous fossil Lucy, to be a primitive candidate for a human ancestor. The new research establishes a creature that combines features of both groups. Feds investigate solar firm that got $535M loan FREMONT (AP) — FBI agents executed search warrants Thursday at the headquarters of California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, which received more than $500 million in federal loans before filing for bankruptcy last week. Blue-jacket-clad agents swarmed the com- pany's headquarters in Fremont as part of an investigation with the Department of Energy's Office of Inspector Gen- eral into the manufacturer once touted by President Barack Obama as a bene- ficiary of economic stim- ulus, according to FBI spokeswoman Julianne Sohn. Sohn said she could not provide details about the investigation, includ- ing what agents were gathering in the compa- ny's offices as the search continued hours after the early morning raid. Agents in FBI jackets swarmed buildings on the company's campus, bringing in collapsed cardboard boxes. Solyndra spokesman Dave Miller said agents Dr. Andrew PomazalD.O. Physician & Surgeon General Medicine Saturday Appointments Available • High Blood Pressure • Diabetes • Joint & Muscle Pain • Lung Problems We offer Osteopathic Manipulation 530 528-2066 2050 Main St, Red Bluff Accepting New Patients Counseling Center Giving Families Hope! 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The raid Thursday morning came just hours before the president appears before both chambers of Con- gress to appeal for more legislation that would help the economy and reduce the nation's 9.1 percent unemployment rate. ''The FBI raid further underscores that Solyndra was a bad bet from the beginning and put taxpay- ers at unnecessary risk,'' said Rep. Fred Upton, R- MI, chairman of the ener- gy committee, and Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-FL, chair- man of the House Over- sight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman, in a joint statement. ''Irresponsibly choos- ing winners and losers on projects like Solyndra is a perilous and often doomed method to create jobs,'' they said. Thursday's raid by fed- eral agents came about a week after Solyndra's announcement that it was filing for bankruptcy and laying off 1,100 workers. How states fared on jobless benefits The number of people applying for weekly unemployment benefits rose by 2,000 to a season- ally adjusted 414,000, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The figures suggest that companies aren't rapidly increasing layoffs, despite weak eco- nomic data. But they aren't hiring much either. Here are states with the biggest increases and decreases in applications, and some of the reasons for the changes. The data is for the week ending Aug. 27, one week behind the national data: States with the biggest increases: California: Up 3,337, due to layoffs in the ser- vice sector South Carolina: Up 3,108, due to layoffs in machinery manufacturing States with the biggest decreases: New Jersey: Down 2,415, due to fewer lay- offs in the information, trade, and transportation industries Pennsylvania: Down 2,371, no reason given Oregon: Down 1,680, no reason given North Carolina: Down 1,591, due to fewer lay- offs in textiles and other industries Massachusetts: Down 1,438, no reason given father of those two sur- vivors thanked him later for his quick thinking during the Tuesday shooting that ended with five people dead, including the gun- man, and seven wounded. ''What the heck was going on? You just, you didn't know. But you didn't have time to process all that information,'' said Kevin Carrick, a 52-year-old father of eight and former Air Force paramedic. ''All you had to do was try and see if you could do some- thing that could make a dif- ference. My training and my Air Force career 30 years ago probably kicked in.'' Carrick said the gunman seemed intent on killing as many people as possible. Among the four people killed by the gunman in the still-unexplained shooting were an Iraq War veteran who loved military history, a Navy crewman who had served in Afghanistan and a devoted grandmother who crocheted blankets for every pregnant woman in her life. ''This is unquestionably the most devastating attack in Carson City's history,'' Sheriff Kenny Furlong said on Wednesday. ''Yesterday our town was shocked to the core.'' Exactly what set the gun- man, 32-year-old Eduardo Sencion, off — and whether the grocery store employee had some kind of grudge against the military — remained unclear. Family members told police that Sencion was mentally trou- bled, but he did not have a criminal history. Three members of the National Guard were killed when the shooting inter- rupted their breakfast meet- ing. Along with 31-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Miranda McElhiney, the other vic- tims killed in the shooting were 38-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Christian Riege of Carson City and 35-year- old Major Heath Kelly of Reno. The gunfire also killed Florence Donovan-Gunder- son, a 67-year-old civilian resident of South Lake Tahoe who was sitting near the Guard members when she was shot. Her husband, Wally Gunderson, was also shot and remained in the hospital late Wednesday, her daughter said. For the victims' fami- lies, the uncertainty sur- rounding the mass killing amplified the pain of their loss. ''That's the worst part, not understanding, and that it was something beyond her control,'' said Cindy Dopf, the daughter of Donovan-Gunderson. ''Just the wrong place at the wrong time.'' 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