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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – Daily News Missouri teen describes killing girl, 9, as 'enjoyable' JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri teenager who admitted stab- bing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neigh- bor girl wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an ''ahmazing'' and ''pretty enjoyable'' experience — then headed off to church with a laugh. The words written by Alyssa Bustamante were read aloud in court Monday as part of a sentencing hear- ing to determine whether she should get life in prison or something less for the October 2009 murder of her neighbor, 9-year-old Eliza- beth Olten, in a small town west of Jefferson City. Bustamante, 18, sat silently — occasionally glancing at those testifying about her, often looking down or to the side — as law enforcement officers, attorneys and forensics experts read aloud her inner most thoughts that she had recorded as a 15-year-old high school sophomore. The most poignant part of Monday's testimony came when a handwriting expert described how he was able to see through the blue ink that Bustamante had used in an attempt to cover up her original journal entry on the night of Eliza- beth's murder. He then read the entry aloud in court: ''I just f——— killed someone. I strangled them and slit their throat and stabbed them now they're dead. I don't know how to feel atm. It was ahmazing. As soon as you get over the ''ohmygawd I can't do this'' feeling, it's pretty enjoyable. I'm kinda nervous and shaky though right now. Kay, I gotta go to church now...lol.'' Specialists push family input to detect signs of dementia WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexis McKenzie's mother had mild demen- tia, but things sounded OK when she phoned home: Dad was with her, finishing his wife's sen- tences as they talked about puttering through the day and a drive to the store. Then their phone ser- vice was cut off. ''I mailed that check,'' McKenzie's father insist- ed. No, he'd mailed the phone company a bank deposit slip instead. McKenzie visited and dis- covered spoiling food. Dad the caregiver was in trouble, too. Dementia can sneak up on families. Its sufferers are pretty adept at cover- ing lapses early on, and spouses are sometimes there to compensate. Doc- tors too frequently are fooled as well. Now spe- cialists are pushing for the first National Alzheimer's Plan to help overcome this barrier to early detec- tion, urging what's called dementia-capable primary care, more screenings for warning signs and regular checks of caregivers' own physical and mental health. For a doctor to ask someone with brewing dementia, ''How are you?'' isn't enough, says Dr. Laurel Coleman, a geriatric physician at Maine Medical Center who is part of a federal advisory council tackling the issue. ''So often I hear, 'The doctor only asks my mom how she is. She says fine and it's over,''' says Cole- man. ''That's not demen- tia-capable, or dementia- aware, primary care.'' Patriots say they won't point fingers after Super Bowl loss FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patri- ots say there's no finger- pointing after their Super Bowl loss, even if super- model Gisele Bundchen won't abide by that code. The wife of New Eng- land quarterback Tom Brady was caught on camera complaining that dropped passes doomed the team to a 21-17 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday — the Patriots' second loss in the NFL title game loss in five sea- WORLD BRIEFING sons. Late in the game, usu- ally dependable receiver Wes Welker dropped a pass that went off his hands; Aaron Hernandez and Deion Branch also had trouble coming up with catches. Bundchen was caught on video by TheInsider.com respond- ing to a pro-Giants heck- ler after the game by say- ing, ''My husband cannot (expletive) throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time.'' Brady was not avail- able for comment on Monday, when the team flew back from Indi- anapolis and arrived at Gillette Stadium on buses. Asked if the team had any comment, Patriots spokesman Stacey James pursed his lips together and shook his head from side to side. But defensive back James Ihedigbo says Welker was a big reason the Patriots made it to the Super Bowl, and he's not to blame for the loss. NBC censors missed wiping out M.I.A.'s Super Bowl gesture NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a second stood between British singer M.I.A. giving the finger to 114 million people watch- ing the Super Bowl half- time show and no one noticing at all. That's how close NBC censors came to prevent- ing the gesture from being seen Sunday night, but the Super Bowl instead wound up with another entertainment oops moment. The gesture swept across social media, showing up in screen grabs and video, reminding everyone of Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction in 2004 when a nipple was exposed ever so briefly to a Super Bowl audience. Both NBC and the NFL, which puts on the halftime show, apolo- gized. M.I.A.'s record label said Monday it had no comment and her Twitter account was silent since 7B the tagline ''Imported From Detroit.'' This time around, the focus was on faces and factories — far less on cars. On Monday, editions of USA Today came wrapped in a four- page ad featuring East- wood, images from the television commercial and another promise to get back to work. noting she was in Lucas Oil Stadium with Madon- na. And the Material Girl, who invited M.I.A. to appear during her perfor- mance of ''Give Me All Your Luvin','' had no immediate comment. The Nielsen Co. said that 114 million people watched Madonna's half- time show, even more than the average of 111.3 million who watched the game. It was the most- watched halftime enter- tainment show ever. 'Halftime in America' ad creates political debate DETROIT (AP) — People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's ''Halftime in America'' ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has gen- erated fierce debate about whether it accurately por- trays the country's most economically distressed city or amounts to a cam- paign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts. The ad equates Detroit as a model for American recovery as idealistic images of families, mid- dle class workers and fac- tories scroll across the screen. ''People are out of work and they're hurt- ing,'' the 81-year-old Eastwood says in his trademark gravelly voice. ''And they're all wonder- ing what they're gonna do to make a comeback. And we're all scared because this isn't a game. The people of Detroit know a little something about this. They almost lost everything. But we all pulled together. Now, Motor City is fighting again.'' Conservatives, includ- ing GOP strategist Karl Rove, criticized the ad as a not-so-thinly veiled endorsement of the feder- al government's auto industry bailouts. Others questioned basing a story of economic resurgence in a city that remains in fis- cal disarray, with a $200 million budget deficit and cash flow concerns that have it fending off a state takeover. But is it political? It depends on who you ask. ''I can't stop anybody from associating them- selves with a message, but it was not intended to be any type of political over- ture on our part,'' Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne told WJR-AM in Detroit on Monday. ''You know, we're just an ingredient of a big machine here in this country that makes us go on.'' Last year was a pivotal turnaround year for Chrysler, which nearly collapsed in 2009. The company and its financial arm needed a $12.5 bil- lion government bailout and a trip through bank- ruptcy protection to sur- vive. Chrysler has since repaid its U.S. and Cana- dian government loans by refinancing them, but the U.S. government says it lost about $1.3 billion on the deal. The Eastwood ad fol- lows a highly popular one aired last Super Bowl that featured stark images of hip-hop star and Detroit- native Eminem driving a Chrysler 200 through the city streets and introduced Tucson shooting suspect to remain at Mo. facility SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will spend four more months at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him. In making his decision, U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns noted that Jared Lee Loughner has made marked improve- ment at the facility in Springfield, Mo., where he has participated in group therapy with other inmates and at times had coherent speech and steady eye contact with others. ''That in and of itself is a signal of measurable progress,'' Burns said, adding that when he first saw the suspect in court, ''there was no way'' he could have done that. Mental health experts have determined that Loughner, 23, suffers from schizophrenia and are trying to make him fit to stand trial. He has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges stem- ming from the Jan. 8, 2011, attack in Tucson that killed six people and injured 13 others, includ- ing Giffords, who resigned from Congress last month to focus on recovering from being shot in the head. Loughner's attorneys have vigorously fought the government's efforts to medicate him with psy- chotropic drugs, although they did not object to the judge's decision Monday. Attorney Judy Clarke declined to comment after the hearing. HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY $9900 Blinds Need Blinds? 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