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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 – Daily News WORLD BRIEFING Santorum withdraws from — Bowing to the inevitable after an improbably resilient run for the White House, Rick Santorum quit the presidential race on Tuesday, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination. ''We made a decision over the weekend, that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting,'' he said. Santorum, appearing with GOP race GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) his family, told supporters that the battle to defeat President Barack Obama would go on but pointedly made no mention or endorsement of Romney, whom he had derided as an unworthy standard-bearer for the GOP. The former Pennsylvania senator stressed that he'd taken his presidential bid farther than anyone expected, calling his campaign ''as improbable as any race that you will ever see for president.'' ''Against all odds,'' he said, ''we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of votes.'' Citizens, merchants bracing for Trayvon Martin the other guy BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — One candidate is worth up to $250 million, ran a private equi- ty firm and plans to build an elevator for the cars at his beach house. The other is the former head of the Harvard Law Review who became a best-sell- ing author and millionaire and now lives in the world's most famous mansion — 1600 Penn- sylvania Ave. Just don't expect Mitt Rom- Candidate of the elite? Obama and Romney both insist it's ney and Barack Obama to embrace their elite status. In a campaign year when populism sells, they are trying to stick the rich guy label on each other, making clear that being wealthy and privileged is not necessarily a political asset when you're running for president in this uncertain economy. President Obama, traveling Tensions are rising in Sanford as a special prosecutor nears a decision on whether to charge George Zimmerman with killing Trayvon Martin. Someone shot up an unoccu- pied police car Monday night as it sat outside the neighborhood where Martin was killed. And a demonstration by college stu- dents closed the town's police station earlier in the day. Some residents Tuesday said case decision SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — to battleground Florida, opened a new push by Democrats on Tuesday to increase taxes on millionaires, emphasizing a fight with Republicans. The proposal stands little chance of passing in Congress but serves as a stark general election con- trast with Romney. ''We've got to choose which direction we want this country to go,'' Obama told a boisterous audience of students at Florida Atlantic University. ''Do we want to keep giving tax breaks to folks like me who don't need them? .... Or do we want to keep investing in those things that keep our economy growing and keep us secure?'' governor, who opposes the plan, has faced withering criti- cism from Democrats who try to paint him as a ruthless financier who has paid lower tax rates unavailable to typical middle class families. The former Massachusetts they worry there will be vio- lence if prosecutor Angela Corey accepts Zimmerman's claim of self-defense and decides not to charge the neigh- borhood watch captain with a crime. Corey has not said when she will announce her decision, but many in town believe it will be soon. any, precautions they are taking. ''We're just anxious to know Police aren't saying what, if what's going on,'' Tiffany Law- son said as she fished along the St. John's River, across the street from City Hall. Goldwater PALM BEACH GAR- DENS, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday the choice facing voters this November will be as stark as in the milestone 1964 contest between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater — one that ended up with one of the biggest Democratic landslides in history. Obama: Choice facing voters starkest since Johnson battled new attacks BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops defied a U.N.-brokered cease-fire plan on Tuesday, launching fresh attacks on rebellious areas, but special envoy Kofi Annan said there was still time to salvage a truce that he described as the only chance for peace. Syria defies cease-fire with 5B presentation, but Vallas said the boy only waved the heroin around at his cubicle. Police did not respond to messages seeking com- ment Tuesday. The boy's stepfather, 35-year- old Santos Roman, went to the school and recovered the jacket, but police had already seized the drugs, officials said. He was arrest- ed when he returned to the school after apparently discovering the heroin was missing, Vallas said. Roman was arrested on risk of injury to a minor and drug charges. He appeared Tuesday in Bridge- port Superior Court and was ordered held on $100,000 bail. He wasn't available to comment from jail, and there was no phone num- ber listed for his home address. The Department of Children and Families placed the boy in the custody of his grandmother, even though his mother went to the school to take him home, Vallas said. teacher, an elementary school teacher and a school adminis- trator who all worked multiple jobs to make ends meet. ''If it can't be you, these peo- ple are precisely the people you would want to see win,'' Mary- land Lottery Director Stephen Martino said. May 5 primary just a month away and the June 5 general election two months out, an intense ground campaign in which Walker and his opponents try to reach voters per- sonally is under way. Each will collect about $35 million after taxes. Martino said they planned to buy new homes, travel to Europe and help their own children pay for college, but they couldn't stand to leave their schools. ''They were so clearly com- mitted to their kids,'' he said of the teachers. ''They both said, 'Yes, I can't give up my kids.''' website INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man who prosecutors fear may have coerced hundreds of teenage boys into performing sex- ual acts for him over the Internet and a California teacher accused of exchanging nude photos with girls as young as 13 used the same website to meet their victims, offi- cials and court documents say. The website, omegle.com, Prosecutors: Men accused of enticing minors used same anger over changes Walker pushed through the Legislature last year to effectively end collec- tive bargaining rights for most public workers is the most promi- nent campaign in the nation after the presidential race. Walker, a national conservative hero, faces only the third gubernatorial recall election in U.S. history. With his wife and two teenage The recall election spurred by sons in tow, Walker appeared at a farm in Dane, just 20 miles north of the capital of Madison. He stood in front of a parked John Deere tractor inside a barn and told about 50 supporters the recall is a test of political courage when it comes to which direction the state will go. ''We're headed in the right On tax deadline day, death and taxes may go More than a year into the Syrian uprising, the internation- al community has nearly run out of options for halting the slide toward civil war. On Tues- day, Annan insisted his peace initiative remains ''very much alive'' — in part because there is no viable alternative. The U.N. has ruled out any military intervention of the type that helped bring down Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, and several rounds of sanctions and other attempts to isolate President Bashar Assad have done little to stop the bloodshed. ''If you want to take (the offers users random, anonymous one-on-one chats with strangers. The home page warns users not to act ''inappropriately'' though it acknowledges that others may. The website says it is not for use by children under 13 and individ- uals under age 18 should not use it without a parent or guardian's per- mission. ''We're certainly familiar with the site, yes,'' said John Shehan, program manager for the Cyber- Tipline at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which takes tips about alleged child exploitation and passes them on to law enforcement. ''We have received several hundred cyber tips related to this site, specifical- ly.'' The president made his comments during a fundrais- ing blitz in Florida, and right before his general election foe was essentially decided. Republican Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential contest, making it clear that Obama would face off against Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor. Obama used a daylong trip to Florida to call again for Congress to raise taxes on mil- lionaires, a populist pitch on an issue that he hopes will help define the differences with nominee-to-be Romney. ''This election will proba- bly have the biggest contrast that we've seen maybe since the Johnson-Goldwater elec- tion, maybe before that,'' Obama told donors at the first of three campaign events in this battleground state. The events were expected to raise at least $1.7 million. Goldwater, Johnson carried 44 of 50 states and won 61 per- cent of the popular vote, the largest share of any candidate since 1820. plan) off the table, what will you replace it with?'' Annan told reporters in Hatay, Turkey, where he toured a camp shelter- ing Syrian refugees. Facing a Tuesday deadline to pull back its tanks and troops, the Syrian government had said it was withdrawing from certain areas, including the rebellious central province of Homs. But France called the claims a ''fla- grant and unacceptable lie,'' and activists said there was no sign of a withdrawal. In his 1964 race against split jackpot BALTIMORE (AP) — Some lottery players might fantasize about resigning from the rat race in a spectacular way if they win. An anonymous trio of Maryland educators who will split a share of the record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot say they're staying on the job for the children. Lottery officials say 2 teachers, administrator said Tuesday that the state's winning ticket was held by two women and a man calling them- selves ''The Three Amigos.'' They are a special education Maryland lottery officials allege in court documents that Richard Leon Finkbiner, 39, used the website to contact a 14-year- old Michigan boy and another in Maryland, whom he then secretly recorded performing sexual acts during video chats. He allegedly threatened to post those videos on gay porn sites unless they made more videos for his private use. Both boys initially went along with Finkbiner's demands and delayed telling their relatives or guardians, prosecutors said. When investigators first exam- ined the Brazil man's computer, they found ''at least several hun- dred minor victims in thousands of video files,'' Zach Myers, an assistant U.S. attorney on the case, said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors in Indiana Wis. governor kicks off campaigning sin's divisive governor officially hit the campaign trail for the first time Tuesday, kicking off a statewide tour by speaking at a farm in front of a tractor, as Democrats filed signatures needed to take him on in a recall election. Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been airing TV ads since November and traveling the coun- try raising millions of dollars to fight the recall effort. But with the with stop at farm DANE, Wis. (AP) — Wiscon- two certainties in life — death and taxes — may be more intertwined than Ben Franklin ever imagined: A study found that deadly auto accidents increase on Tax Day. hand in hand CHICAGO (AP) — The Woman charged with faking cancer for NY wedding WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Strangers donated the beauti- fully embroidered wedding dress, the two rings, the honeymoon time-share in Aruba. They acted quickly, too, because the bride was dying of cancer. Or so she said. The state attorney general's direction,'' Walker said. ''We're turning things around. We're mov- ing Wisconsin forward.'' office announced Tuesday that Jessica Vega, 25, has been indicted on charges of fraud and grand lar- ceny for getting her ''dream wed- ding'' by falsely claiming she was dying of leukemia. ''By pretending to have a ter- minal illness, Vega inexcusably took advantage of the communi- ty's hearts and minds, and profited off of their generosity,'' said Attor- ney General Eric Schneiderman. ''Our office will hold this individ- ual accountable for fleecing the public through lies and decep- tion.'' Vega, formerly of Mont- gomery, N.Y., was arrested in Vir- ginia on April 3, extradited to New York and arraigned Friday in Orange County Court in Goshen. She pleaded not guilty. A call to the Legal Aid firm that represent- ed her was not immediately returned. Legal Notices Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Drivers recklessly racing to the post office to meet the deadline might be one rea- son. Or it could be that stressing over taxes distracts motorists and contributes to human error, researchers said. File No. 2012000067 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME They looked at 30 years of data and found 6,783 traffic- related deaths on Tax Day, or 226 per day. That compares with 213 per day on one day a week before the deadline day and another day a week after. likely than passengers and pedestrians to be killed. The traffic death rate on Drivers were slightly less Tax Day — which usually falls on April 15 — was 6 percent higher than on other April days. That doesn't sound like a lot, but lead author Dr. Donald Redelmeier said it means an average of about 13 extra deaths per day and amounts to about $40 million in annu- al losses to society. heroin to school BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy found dozens of bags of heroin inside a jacket he had taken to school and showed them to his kindergarten classmates, the school superintendent said Tuesday. Boy, 5, takes 50 packets of Paul Vallas said he believes the boy took his stepfather's jacket to school on Monday without knowing the drugs were inside it. what they find at home,'' he said. ''Children bring to school Police have told the Con- necticut Post the boy took 50 packets of heroin out when it came time for a show-and-tell The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kirkwood Backhoe Service, 3860 Kirkwood Rd, Corning, CA 96021 Douglas Robert Deleray 3860 Kirkwood Rd Corning, CA 96021 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on 7-1-91 This business is conducted by: an individual S/By: Douglas Robert Deleray Douglas Robert Deleray This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 3/14/2012 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: March 21 & 28, 2012 and April 4 & 11, 2012 LEGAL NOTICE File No. 2012000071 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Herb Lady, 530-200-6220, 855 Walnut #3, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Sherri Paisley 11495 Hwy 99E Los Molinos, CA 96055 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on N/A This business is conducted by: an individual S/By: Sherri Paisley Sherri Paisley This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 3/19/2012 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: March 28, 2012 & April 4, 11 & 18, 2012 LEGAL NOTICE File No. 2012000080 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Bridgeport Superintendent The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tony's Take N' Bake, 384-1100, 8052 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos, CA 96035 Kristy L. Bishop 139 Mariposa Ave Gerber, CA 96035 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on N/A This business is conducted by: an individual S/By: Kristy L. Bishop Kristy L. Bishop This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 3/28/2012 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: April 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2012