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4B Daily News– Wednesday, April 18, 2012 (the women) were prosti- tutes, others are saying they're not, they're just women they met at the hotel bar,'' King said in a telephone interview. Sul- livan said none of the women, who had to sur- render their IDs at the hotel, were minors. ''But prostitutes or not, to be bringing a foreign nation- al back into a secure zone is a problem.'' Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service prostitution scandal esca- lated Tuesday with the disclosure that at least 20 women had been in hotel rooms with U.S. agents and military personnel just before President Barack Obama arrived for a summit with Latin American leaders. The head of the Secret Service said he had referred the matter to an independent government investigator. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan, shuttling between briefings for law- makers on Capitol Hill, was peppered with ques- tions about whether the women had access to sen- sitive information that could have jeopardized Obama's security. Sullivan said the 11 Secret Service agents and 10 military personnel under investigation were telling different stories about who the women were. Sullivan has dis- patched more investiga- tors to Columbia to inter- view the women, said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Com- mittee. ''Some are admitting Secret Service scandal ricochets through King said it appeared the agency actually had ''really lucked out.'' If the women were working for a terrorist organization or other anti-American group, King said, they could have had access to information about the president's whereabouts or security protocols while in the agents' rooms. preoccupation If he follows recent tra- dition, Mitt Romney will look to his right for a run- ning mate. Romney search for No. 2 becoming No. 1 GOP Speculation over a GOP No. 2 has been per- colating for some time and has been boiling over since Romney on Monday put longtime adviser Beth Myers in charge of the selection process. While Romney insists WORLD BRIEFING Discovery went out in high-flying style. After three spectacular spins above the nation's capital, the world's most traveled spaceship com- pleted its final flight and was ready to become a grounded museum relic. But what an exit. Dis- covery took victory laps around the White House, the Capitol and the Wash- ington Monument that elicited cheers and awe — the same sounds and emo- tions that used to accom- pany every thunderous launch. modified jumbo jet, the shuttle took off at day- break Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Three hours later, the combo took a few final swoops around Washington at an easy-to-spot 1,500-foot altitude. ''It was pretty amaz- Bolted to the top of a lawyers representing the families of his 77 victims shook Breivik's hand as proceedings began. On Tuesday, the 33- ing,'' said 12-year-old Riley Jacobsen of Bethes- da, Md. ''Pretty freaking crazy. It looked like it was inflated.'' lot of ''not me'' respons- es, including from Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. But that's par for the course. Joe Biden and Dick Cheney once said they had no interest in the job too. victory laps CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — The space shuttle Space shuttle Discovery takes a few it's ''way too early'' to start talking names, that's not stopping others. So far, there've been a system OSLO, Norway (AP) — In a scene unimagin- able in many countries, Norway's worst mass killer since World War II gets to explain his fanati- cal views to the court and the world for days dressed up in a business suit. Two days into Anders Behring Breivik's terror trial, the studied formality with which Norway's legal system deals with a confessed killer who rejects its authority is baf- fling to outsiders, even to some Norwegians. On Monday, the day the trial started, Norwe- gian prosecutors and even Norway displays its formal legal FINAL DAY- SATURDAY! EVERYTHING MUST GO 60%off Retail While supplies last THIS IS THE SALE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! Savings up to celebration. year-old far-right militant was allowed to give an hour-long address to the court, reading from a statement that summa- rized the 1,500-page anti- Islamic manifesto that he posted online before his bomb-and-shooting ram- page nine months ago. ''The attacks on July 22 were a preventive strike. I acted in self- defense on behalf of my people, my city, my coun- try,'' Breivik declared, demanding to be found innocent of terror and murder charges. Police in Ga. handcuff 6- All came after a May 2011 briefing by Inspector General Brian Miller on his preliminary findings. While Miller was still 11 months away from publicly releas- ing his final report on GSA spending, he issued the early warning to stop the travel. But it did no good. For a second straight — with the IKEA TV. The new furniture range, named UPPLE- VA, the Swedish word for experience, inte- grates an LED TV, a sound system with wire- less bass speakers, an internet connection and CD, DVD and Blu-ray players — all in one self-assembly piece. Although the TV and the other electronics are made by Chinese manu- facturer TCL, IKEA has built everything around them, hiding the masses of cables that can be a nuisance and make a liv- ing room look shabby. To further simplify things, IKEA and TCL have combined all the controls into a single remote. The furniture surface is especially designed to allow the remote's signals through, so the devices can remain hidden from view. day, a House committee peppered current and for- mer GSA officials with rapid-fire questions about the spending habits of the government's real estate agency. was bipartisan and many questions were aimed more at a culture of excess in vio- lation of government limits, rather than the taxpayer bill of some $823,000 spent on a Las Vegas conference. year-old ATLANTA (AP) — A Obama, kindergartner who threw a tantrum at her small-town Georgia school was taken away in handcuffs, her arms behind her back, in an episode that is firing up the debate over whether teach- ers and police around the country are overreacting all too often when dealing with disruptive students. The family of 6-year-old Salecia Johnson lashed out Tuesday over her treatment and said she was badly shaken, while the school system and the police defended their handling of the episode. Across the country, civil rights advocates and crimi- nal justice experts say, frus- trated teachers and princi- pals are calling in the police to deal with even relatively minor disruptions. Some juvenile authori- ties say they believe it is happening more often, dri- ven by zero-tolerance poli- cies and an increased police presence on school grounds over the past two decades because of tragedies like the Columbine High massacre. But hard numbers to back up the assertion are hard to come by. ''Kids are being arrested for being kids,'' said Shan- non Kennedy, a civil rights attorney who is suing the Albuquerque, N.M., school district, where more than 200 students were arrested for minor offenses last year, including such things as having cellphones in class, burping, refusing to switch seats and destroying a histo- ry book. In 2010, a 14-year- old boy was arrested for inflating a condom in class. 2nd House committee blasts GSA seeks money to confront oil market The outrage once again available in four differ- ent sizes, from 24 inch- es to 46 inches, and in a range of colors includ- ing gray, black and blue. Users are also able to plug in their iPods or other MP3 music play- ers. The TV screens are Warren Buffett says he has early prostate cancer manipulation WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday to give oil mar- ket regulators more mus- cle to deter price manip- ulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump. Obama wants Con- gress to strengthen feder- al supervision of oil mar- kets, increase penalties for market manipulation and empower regulators to increase the amount of money energy traders are required to put behind their transactions. ''We can't afford a sit- uation where some spec- ulators can reap millions while millions of Ameri- can families get the short end of the stick,'' Obama said at the White House. The plan is more like- ly to draw sharp election- year distinctions with Republicans than have an immediate effect on prices at the pump. The measures seek to boost spending for Wall Street enforcement at a time when congressional Republicans are seeking to limit the reach of fed- eral financial regula- tions. for parties WASHINGTON (AP) — The main figure in a General Services Adminis- tration spending scandal took trips to Hawaii, Napa Valley and South Pacific islands, all after the agency's inspector general warned top officials about the excesses. 632 MAIN ST., RED BLUFF • (530) 527-5837 Hours: Monday thru Friday 9 am - 5:30 pm • Saturday 9 am - 5 pm • Closed Sunday MATTRESS NORTH VALLEY The president's $52 million proposal comes as Republicans have been hammering Obama on his energy policies, recognizing the political cost of high gas prices on the president. Obama's plan would turn the tables on Republicans by taking aim at Wall Street's role in the oil price chain. IKEA A timeline released by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Commit- tee on Tuesday shows that GSA executive Jeffrey Neely took five trips total- ing 44 days, including a 17- day trip to Hawaii, Guam and Saipan that he and his wife planned as a birthday into furniture STOCKHOLM (AP) — Already the one-stop shop for smart and com- pact home furnishing, IKEA is venturing into the world of technology collaborates with China to integrate TV's, sound — Warren Buffett told his company's share- holders in an open letter Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate can- cer. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) The 81-year-old bil- lionaire investor and CEO of Berkshire Hath- away Inc. said his con- dition is ''not remotely life-threatening'' or debilitating. He said he and his doctors have decided on a two-month treatment plan that is to begin in mid-July. ''I feel great — as if I were in my normal excellent health,'' Buf- fett said in the letter. ''And my energy level is 100 percent. I discov- ered the cancer because my PSA level (an indi- cator my doctors had regularly checked for many years) recently jumped beyond its nor- mal elevation and a biopsy seemed warrant- ed.'' Buffett said he was diagnosed April 11 and has received tests including a CAT scan, a bone scan and an MRI. Buffett is known for a no-nonsense approach to investing. He is one of the world's richest men and, in recent years, has become one of its most generous philanthropists. Buffett's stake in Berkshire Hathaway was more than $43 bil- lion as of December. Although his invest- ment success has made Buffett a Wall Street icon, he still lives and works in his hometown of Omaha in a house he bought in 1958. Some 240,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. Many prostate cancer patients with slow- growing tumors can live their whole lives with- out symptoms or treat- ment, according to the American Cancer Soci- ety. Many die of some- thing else before the cancer kills them. Buffett concluded his letter with a nod to that fact. ''I will let sharehold- ers know immediately should my health situa- tion change,'' he wrote. ''Eventually, of course, it will; but I believe that day is a long way off.''