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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 – Daily News WORLD BRIEFING As Romney tries to shift toward a match- up with Obama, new action proponents took a hit Monday as a federal appeals court panel upheld Califor- nia's ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities. ney is looking for a sweep in Tuesday's three Republican primaries, expecting to tighten his grasp on the party's nomination. Regardless of the outcome in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C., the GOP front-runner is rapidly shifting toward the general election — and the challenges of President Barack Obama's better-financed and better-organized opposition. These days, Romney is ignoring his Republican rivals and taking it to the Demo- cratic president, whom he accused Monday of ''crushing dreams'' with a ''government- centered society.'' ''He takes his political inspiration from the capitals of Europe,'' Romney told sup- porters in Green Bay, Wis., one day before the latest primaries in the GOP fight. ''His version of a perfect world is a big-spending big government.'' Romney's rhetoric aside, the grinding Republican primary, already 3 months old, has complicated his ability to re-focus his broader organization toward Obama. Aides concede that staff building and fundraising for the fall match-up are lagging. challenges await GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Mitt Rom- opposition forces BEIRUT (AP) — A Gulf plan to funnel millions of dollars a month to Syrian rebels — payments earmarked for salaries for the fighters — could amount to a blank check for the opposition to build up an arsenal against President Bashar Assad's forces, analysts say. Gulf plan to fund Syrian rebels could be blank check for Although it may not be enough to turn the tide of the conflict, the money shows how Gulf nations are using their enormous oil wealth to influence the direction of the Arab Spring and exert their status as a grow- ing political force and counterweight to rival Iran. But as the violence drags on, there are concerns the promised funding could lead to even more bloodshed in the Assad regime's crackdown on an uprising that has killed 9,000 people since March 2011 and appears to be descending into a civil war with dan- gerous sectarian overtones. ''My fear is that it will be a turning point, The ruling marked the second time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned back a challenge to the state's landmark voter initiative, Proposition 209, which was passed in 1996. Affirmative action proponents, who had requested that the court reconsider its 1997 decision after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that affirmative action could be used in college admissions, said they would con- tinue fighting. ''We think the decision is wrong,'' said Detroit attorney George B. Washington, who is representing the group of minority students and advocacy groups that filed the latest challenge in January 2010. Washington said he would ask the full appellate court to review the case since this decision was issued by a three-judge panel. Katie Couric and Sarah Palin to face off again — this time in 5B after they clashed in a memorable TV inter- view, Sarah Palin and Katie Couric face off again — this time in a morning-show battle royale. Viewers will cast their votes with their morning television NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years clickers Tuesday. If you're a Couric fan who misses those bygone mornings on the ''Today'' show, then click to ''Good Morning America,'' where Couric, now an ABC star, is subbing all week for co-host Robin Roberts. But maybe you love the ''mama grizzly'' panache of Sarah Palin. And maybe you're still miffed by how Couric, then anchoring the ''CBS Evening News,'' went to town on Palin during the 2008 presidential race. Then tune into NBC's ''Today,'' where, during the 8 a.m. (EDT) hour, Palin will serve as a guest host at Couric's old haunt. (Take that, Katie!) Welcoming the former Alaska governor to Studio 1A is the ''Today'' show's brashest counter-move after ''GMA,'' the scrappy ratings runner-up, announced Couric's fill-in role last week. 1 World Trade Center reaches 100 floors — 4 feet short of becoming but not for the rebels,'' said Fawaz Gerges, Director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics. He said the conflict could become a ''war by proxy'' with powerful international players. ''No one knows what the cost of such a conflict will be on Syria and the region,'' he said. Appeals court upholds California building ranks as the tallest. The twin tow- ers, built in the 1970s, were New York's tallest structures until destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack. The Empire State Building then became the city's tallest building at 1,250 feet. affirmative action ban LOS ANGELES (AP) — Affirmative $99 Clock Repair 20910 Pebblestone Dr. Red Bluff Jim Paul Electrical clocks Call for appt. Mechanical, Battery and Member NAWCC Landscaping 530-736-7079 Grandpa's Clocks Your Clock Repair Shop Trade Center has reached a milestone: The skyscraper being built to replace the terror- wrecked twin towers is now 100 stories high — on its way to becoming New York's tallest building. Another four feet, and it will surpass the Empire State Building. That should happen within weeks, Steven Cole- man of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Monday. One World Trade Center is expected to NY's highest building NEW YORK (AP) — The new World be finished by next year, its 104 floors tow- ering over lower Manhattan. But feet not stories determine whether a shared $656M jackpot BALTIMORE (AP) — The record- breaking Mega Millions jackpot climbed to $656 million on Monday, though no one holding one of the three winning tickets has come forward yet to claim a share of the prize, officials said. Three tickets — one each in Kansas, Illi- nois and Maryland — will split the jackpot, which officials said Monday was higher than previously estimated. It is now at $656 million, after sales from the 44 state lotteries were totaled, up from the previously report- ed $640 million. That means each winner would receive roughly $218 million apiece before taxes. Winners in all three states have several months — in the case of Kansas, a year — to claim the prize. Both Maryland and Kansas allow winners to remain anony- mous, though the winner in Illinois will be identified. The three tickets matched all six numbers: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball, 23. In Maryland, the New York Post report- ed Monday that a McDonald's employee claimed to hold the winning ticket and planned to contact lottery officials Monday. 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