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4B Daily News – Friday, June 1, 2012 fraud trial GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards' campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial Thursday when jurors acquitted him on one charge and deadlocked on the other five, unable to decide whether he used money from two wealthy donors to hide his preg- nant mistress while he ran for president and his wife was dying of cancer. The monthlong trial Jury finds Edwards not guilty on 1 of 6 counts in campaign exposed a sordid sex scandal, but prosecutors couldn't convince jurors the candidate master- minded a cover-up using about $1 million, and ulti- mately, jurors decided tawdry didn't necessarily mean criminal. ''While I do not for my sins,'' Edwards said on the courthouse steps. The jury's decision came on a confusing day. The judge initially called jurors in to read a verdict on all six counts, before learning that they had only agreed to one. About an hour later, the jury sent the note to the judge say- ing it had exhausted its discussions. It was not immediately clear whether prosecutors would retry Edwards on the other counts. George W. Bush steals the show in — It's Barack Obama's house now, but his prede- cessor and political foil, George W. Bush, stole the show at the White House on Thursday with his wisecracks and grin. ''Thank you so much White House WASHINGTON (AP) believe I did anything ille- gal, or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong and there is no one else responsible CORRECTION This Student of Distinction Kloie Hiemstra ran with the incorrect photo Lassen View School WORLD BRIEFING the three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston said the 1996 law deprives gay cou- ples of the rights and privi- leges granted to heterosexu- al couples. for inviting our rowdy friends to my hanging,'' the former president said, referring to members of his family and former staff, invited back to the executive mansion for the unveiling of his and Laura Bush's official portraits. ''Behave yourselves,'' he jokingly admonished his crowd. Hiemstra Kloie Kloie Hiemstra came to Lassen View in sixth grade. She previously attended a prestigious charter school in New Orleans. Kloie is a natural student. Not only is she an honor roll student, but she displays a genuine curiosity and hunger for knowledge. She is an accomplished writer with a penchant for historical fiction. She is an independent, self-assured, critical thinker. She has participated on the soccer team, basketball team, and musical ensemble at school. In her extra- curricular time she is involved with the local chapter of Rainbow Girls, where she performs community service on a regular basis. Bush told the current president he was pleased to know ''that when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will now be able to gaze at this por- trait and ask, 'What would George do?''' Free from the stress of the presidency and after three years spent largely out of the spotlight, a relaxed and jovial Bush came back with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, for a rare gathering of three com- manders in chief. Former first lady Barbara Bush was there, too, as were George W. and Laura's daughters, Jenna and Bar- bara. While Bush, Obama and their wives spoke about the warmth between their families, there was little of that on display between the two presidents. They traded handshakes but no hugs. There was little casual small talk as they entered and exited the East Room or as they stood on stage together. Aday of stunts in presidential campaign FREMONT (AP) — Stunts, stagecraft, scripts — and a touch of the sur- real — shaped the presi- dential campaign Thurs- day as Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama sought an edge on voters' No. 1 issue, the economy. On one coast, Romney made a surprise trip to the former California head- quarters of solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra to accuse Obama of currying favor with campaign sup- porters by giving a federal loan to the green energy company that later went bankrupt. ''This half-a-billion- dollar taxpayer invest- ment represents a serious conflict of interest on the part of the president and his team,'' the Republican presidential candidate said as he stood outside the shuttered company and held it up as Exhibit A of presidential missteps on the economy. He offered no proof of his claim during a visit that was shrouded in a highly unusual amount of secrecy because, aides said, the campaign feared Obama would interfere with his Republican rival's plans to appear there. At roughly the same time across the country in Boston, Obama's cam- paign staged its own event outside Massachusetts' Statehouse to argue that Romney's record as gov- ernor from 2003 to 2007 proves he is ill-prepared to manage the nation's economy. Clinton outlines US reluctance to intervene militarily in Syria COPENHAGEN, Den- mark (AP) — The U.S. is heaping new pressure on Russia to change course and support international action in Syria, warning that intransigence by Moscow may lead to open civil war that could spill across the Middle East with devastat- ing effects. Speaking on Russia's doorstep in Denmark, Sec- retary of State Hillary Rod- ham Clinton derided the Russian government for continuing to support Syri- an President Bashar Assad, even after last week's mas- sacre of more than 100 peo- Tehama Country Real Estate ple in the town of Houla. In pointed remarks Thursday, she said Russia's position ''is going to help contribute to a civil war'' and rejected Russian officials' insistence that their stance actually is helping to ease the crisis. On the first stop of a European tour, Clinton said Russia and China would have to be on board before the U.S. and other nations might engage in what could become a protracted con- flict in support of a disorga- nized rebel force. aid reimbursements. ''There is no reason we cannot quickly and in a bipartisan manner enact fis- cally responsible legisla- tion,'' the letter said. Russia, along with China, has twice vetoed U.N. Security Council sanc- tions against Syria. Russia is Syria's closest ally other than isolated Iran, and Clin- ton said that without its sup- port the international com- munity is essentially frozen from taking concrete steps to end the violence. ''The Russians keep telling us they want to do everything they can to avoid a civil war, because they believe that the violence would be catastrophic,'' Clinton said, noting that they are ''vociferous in their claim that they are provid- ing a stabilizing influence.'' Hill GOP leaders make new offer to The leaders sent the let- ter on the same day that Boehner, R-Ohio, used a barnyard vulgarity in a meeting with GOP lawmak- ers to describe Democrats' efforts to use issues like the student loan fight to distract voters from the country's economic woes, said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel. Massive NM blaze spreads all directions RESERVE, N.M. (AP) — A massive wildfire in the New Mexico wilderness that already is the largest in state history spread in all directions Thursday, and experts say it's likely a pre- view of things to come as states across the West con- tend with a dangerous recipe of wind, low humidi- ty and tinder-dry fuels. The erratic Gila National Obama WASHINGTON (AP) Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans made their proposals in a letter to Obama. They included savings from mak- ing it harder for states to collect some federal Medic- — Top congressional Republicans made a new offer to President Barack Obama on Thursday in their fight over heading off a dou- bling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students, proposing fresh ways to cover the effort's $6 billion cost. The GOP ideas were modeled on savings that Obama himself had includ- ed in his budget for this year, suggesting that negoti- ations over ending the elec- tion-year impasse could take a serious turn. Until now, both sides have favored extending today's 3.4 percent interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans for another year but clashed over how to pay for it. House Speaker John Forest blaze grew overnight to more than 190,000 acres, or nearly 300 square miles, as it raced across the area's steep, ponderosa pine-cov- ered hills and through its rugged canyons. fighters are at the massive blaze near the Arizona bor- der, which has destroyed 13 cabins and about a dozen outbuildings, fire informa- tion officer Iris Estes said. Experts say persistent drought, climate change and shifts in land use and fire- fighting strategies mean other western states likely will see similar giant fires this season. More than 1,200 fire- Defense of Marriage Act heads to Supreme battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thurs- day that denying benefits to married gay couples is unconstitutional. Court BOSTON (AP) — A In a unanimous decision, the law's more politically combustible provision — that states without same-sex marriage cannot be forced to recognize gay unions per- formed in states where it's legal. It also wasn't asked to address whether gay cou- ples have a constitutional right to marry. The law was passed at a time when it appeared Hawaii would legalize gay marriage. Since then, many states have instituted their own bans on gay marriage, while eight states have approved the practice, led by Massachusetts in 2004. The court, the first feder- al appeals panel to rule against the benefits section of the law, agreed with a lower court judge who in 2010 concluded that the law interferes with the right of a state to define marriage and denies married gay couples federal benefits given to het- erosexual married couples, including the ability to file joint tax returns. The ruling came in two lawsuits, one filed by the Boston-based legal group Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the other by state Attorney General Martha Coakley. The court didn't rule on NYC's mayor wants to ban super-sized sodas at Want to super-size that soda? Sorry, but in New York City you could be out of luck. restaurants NEW YORK (AP) — fight obesity in this era of Big Gulps and triple bacon cheeseburgers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing an unprecedented ban on large servings of soda and other sugary drinks at restaurants, delis, sports arenas and movie the- aters. In his latest effort to Drinks would be limit- ed to 16 ounces, which is considered a small serv- ing at many fast-food joints. ''The percentage of the population that is obese is sk yrock eting, ' ' Bloomberg said Thursday on MSNBC. He added: ''We've got to do some- thing.'' 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