Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/64367
8A Daily News – Thursday, May 3, 2012 Blind activist out of US Embassy, says family threatened BEIJING (AP) — The blind Chinese dissi- dent who boldly fled house arrest and placed himself under the wing of U.S. diplomats balked Wednesday at a deal delicately worked out between the two countries to let him live freely in China, saying he now fears for his family's safety unless they are all spirited abroad. promise that Chen would join his family and be allowed to start a new life in a university town in China, safe from the rural authori- ties who had abusively held him in prison and house arrest for nearly seven years. After six days holed up in the U.S. Embassy, as senior officials in Beijing and Washington tussled over his fate, Chen Guangcheng left the compound's protec- tive confines Wednes- day for a nearby hospi- tal for treatment of a leg injury suffered in his escape. A shaken Chen told The Associated Press from his hospital room that Chinese authorities had warned he would lose his oppor- tunity to be reunited with his family if he stayed longer in the embassy. U.S. officials verified that account. But they adamantly denied his contention that one American diplomat had warned him of a threat from the Chinese that his wife would be beat- en to death if he did not get out of the embassy. ''I think we'd like to rest in a place outside of China,'' Chen told the AP, appealing again for help from Washington. ''Help my family and me leave safely.'' U.S. officials said they had extracted from the Chinese government a Honoring Outstanding Tehama County Students created in cooperation with the Tehama County Department of Education. Selections of students featured will be made by schools and Teachers. "Students of Distinction" from middle and high schools across the county. This project has been supplement of photos and write-ups on 84 The Daily News will feature a special www.redbluffdailynews.com through May of 2013; The supplement will be published as a special section of the newspaper and as a digital page-turn online edition on the front page of To sponsor a student's photo and accomplishments is just $59 for 1 sponsorship and $55 each for multiples. Local businesses, professionals, educators, local citizens: All are welcome to support Tehama County's most accomplished students, and demonstrate your support of local education in the process. Thursday, May 17 Deadline: Sponsors will be identified in a 3" tall by 1 column wide space at the bottom of each student salute. This special will appear in the full run of the Daily News on Thursday, May 31, 2012 representatatives can help you decide what to say. Limited opportunity to support students from individual schools. For further information, contact your Daily News advertising representative or Nadine Souza at Daily News advertising (530) 527-2151 advertise@ redbluffdailynews.com Bring a friend and have some fun Red Bluff Garden Center 527-0886 Please call to reserve a seat 766 Antelope Blvd. (Next to the Fairground) C & C PROPERTIES 741 Main Street, Suite #2 Red Bluff, CA 96080 1-800-287-2187 (530) 527-2187 An Independently owned and operated Member of Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates. FOR 24/7 PROPERTY INFO CALL 1-888-902-7253 AND ENTER THE PROPERTY CODE FROM THE AD. FORECLOSURES AND HOMES UNDER $200,000 3 bd 2 ba 1344 sq.ft. $60,900 Prop Code 24409 2 bd 1 ba 924 sq.ft. $69,900 Prop Code 4039 4 bd 2 ba 1782 sq.ft. $69,900 Prop Code 4059 1 bd 1 ba 912 sq.ft. $72,000 Prop Code 4129 3 bd 2 ba 1344 sq.ft. $90,000 Prop Code 4119 2 bd 2 ba 1248 sq.ft. $115,000 Prop Code 4949 3 bd 2 ba 1643 sq.ft. $118,000 Prop Code 4199 2 bd 2 ba 1344 sq.ft. $120,000 Prop Code 4009 3 bd 1 ba 2200 sq.ft. $120,000 Prop Code 4049 2 bd 2 ba 1312 sq.ft. $150,000 Prop Code 4069 3 bd 2 ba 1152 sq.ft. $165,000 Prop Code 4109 3 bd 2 ba 1596 sq.ft. $179,500 Prop Code 4899 3 bd 2 ba 1224 sq.ft. $199,000 Prop Code 4229 TEHAMA COUNTY REAL ESTATE TEAM • OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK www.redbluffcoldwellbanker.com See All Tehama County Listings at Only hours earlier, campaign ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Newt Gingrich, the colorful former House speaker and fiery partisan, formally exited the Republican presi- dential contest Wednes- day and vowed to help Mitt Romney's bid to defeat President Barack Obama. Gingrich ends presidential WORLD BRIEFING In Virginia, Romney says he'll do 'the opposite' of Ending a campaign that seesawed between implosion and frontrun- ner and back again, Gin- grich threw his support to his one-time rival as expected and promised his supporters he would continue to push conser- vative ideas. Gingrich bowed out of the race more than $4 million in debt and his reputation perhaps damaged. ''Today, I am sus- pending the campaign. But suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizen- ship,'' Gingrich told a ballroom in a suburban Washington hotel. ''We are now going to put down the role of candidate and candi- date's spouse and take back the role of active citizens,'' he said, adding he would contin- ue to promote conserva- tive ideas on college campuses, as well as through newsletters and films. vatives to rally behind Romney as a better alternative than Obama. He also urged conser- Obama CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — Kicking off his Virginia campaign, Republican Mitt Romney said Wednesday he'll do ''the opposite'' of what President Barack Obama has done to help the econ- omy. His wife, Ann, chipped in by appealing to women voters in a key region of a state both can- didates will fight over until November's elec- tion. ''What I would do? People ask me, 'What would you to get the economy going'? and I say, 'well look at what the president's done, and do the opposite,''' Romney told a group gathered at a warehouse in Northern Virginia. Romney was in the Washington area to raise money and hold a series of meetings at the Repub- lican National Commit- tee, where he's working to integrate his campaign with the national party apparatus. He planned a meeting Wednesday with RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. suburbs of Washington are a region of a key swing state that will be critical for Romney. Obama won Virginia in 2008 after back-to-back Republican victories by George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Romney aides say driving up Republican turnout in this area of the state could make a differ- ence for the former Mass- achusetts governor. After several days of campaigning marked by the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden, Romney's cam- The Northern Virginia Container Planting Class Friday, May 4th Saturday, May 5th • 10:00 am • 10:00am paign returned Wednes- day to familiar themes of the economy and jobs. He painted small businesses as heroes of the economy and said legislation Obama signed to regulate the banking industry has ended up hurting smaller institutions. NFL star Junior Seau found dead OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Former NFL star Junior Seau was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43. McCoy said Seau's girl- friend reported finding him unconscious with a gunshot wound to the chest and lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. A gun was found near him, McCoy said. Seau's mother appeared before reporters, weeping uncontrollably. ''I don't understand ... I'm shocked,'' Luisa Seau cried out. Police Chief Frank tute, a federal agency that provides training and tech- nical assistance to correc- tions agencies. Her son gave no indi- cation of a problem when she spoke to him by phone earlier this week, she said. DEA apologizes to college student left in cell college student picked up in a federal drug sweep in Cal- ifornia was never arrested, never charged and should have been released. Instead, authorities say, he was for- gotten in a holding cell for four days. Without food, water or access to a toilet, Daniel Chong had to drink his own urine to survive and began hallucinating after three days because of a lack of nourishment, his lawyer said. ''He nearly died,'' Eugene Iredale said. ''If he had been there another 12 to 24 hours, he probably would have died.'' SAN DIEGO (AP) — A The top Drug Enforce- ment Administration agent in San Diego apologized Wednesday for Chong's treatment and promised an investigation into how his agents could have forgotten about him. Iredale said he intends to seek damages from the DEA, and may file a lawsuit against the government. The incident stands out as one of the worst cases of its kind, said Thomas Beau- clair, deputy director of the National Corrections Insti- Cleveland won't renew Occupy permit CLEVELAND (AP) — Occupy protesters must ask serious ques- tions about their open- arms policy in light of charges brought against five members accused of trying to blow up an Ohio bridge, a top Cleveland official said Wednesday. The city declined to booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, and the tanning salon's owner appeared to cor- roborate her story. Patricia Krentcil faces a second-degree child endangerment charge. Through her attorney, she pleaded not guilty in Newark Municipal Court on Wednesday morning. Krentcil is free on $2,500 cash bond. Before Wednesday's court hearing, Krentcil, whose skin has a deep bronze color from regu- lar visits to the tanning salon, called the accusa- tion a lie. ''It's all made up,'' She told The Associ- ated Press her daughter, who was 5 at the time of the alleged incident in mid-April and has since turned 6, got sunburned by being outside on an unseasonably warm day. She said her daughter, however, had mentioned to school officials when she complained of itch- ing that she had been to a tanning salon with her mother. she said. Krentcil had told var- ious TV stations her daughter was in the room at the salon but not in the stand-up tan- ning booth. Bad dog to get new life as La. prison renew the group's down- town encampment permit on Wednesday, a denial planned before the bridge plot arrests were announced Monday, said Ken Silliman, chief of staff to Mayor Frank Jackson. The group can still gather at a spot across the street day or night. The decision was made with the allegations as a backdrop, Silliman added. ''I think a fair question to ask of Occupy Cleve- land, is, if you have por- trayed your organization up till now as welcome to all-comers — the tent will accommodate anyone and everyone — how does that change when some- thing like the events of yesterday happen?'' Silli- man said. Bronzed NJ mom: Girl's sunburn not from salon NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A deeply tanned New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter by taking her into a tanning guard NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — The bad dog of the neighborhood has received a life prison sentence. The wolf dog hybrid named Chief — once ordered destroyed for aggressive behavior — will become a guard dog at Louisiana's maximum security prison. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/JoUefp) that District Judge James Best on Tuesday signed an order turning over Chief to the state prison system, which plans to put the dog to work at the Louisiana State Peni- tentiary. Best had ordered euthanasia for Chief last month after his neigh- bors in Pointe Coupee Parish testified that the dog would frequently escape from his owners' property and terrorize them. Deputy Warden Bruce Dodd said prison offi- cials read about the dog and decided he could have a productive guarding the perimeter of the 18,000-acre prison farm at Angola. life