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8A Daily News – Thursday, June 14, 2012 Democrats: Obama could lose, time for major donors to get off the sidelines WASHINGTON (AP) — In growing numbers, once-confident Democ- rats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election. The hand-wringing reflects real worries among Democrats about Obama's ability to beat Republican rival Mitt Romney, who has proven to be a stronger candidate than many expected. But it's also a political strate- gy aimed at rallying major donors who may have become complacent. Interviews with a dozen Democratic strate- gists and fundraisers across the country show an increased sense of urgency among Obama backers. It follows a diffi- cult two weeks for the president, including a dis- mal report on the nation's unemployment picture, a Democratic defeat in the Wisconsin governor recall election and an impres- sive fundraising month for Romney and Republi- cans. ''We've all got to get in the same boat and start paddling in the same direction, or we're going to have some problems,'' said Debbie Dingell, a Democratic National Committee member and the wife of Michigan Rep. John Dingell. ''We can't take this for granted,'' said Peter Burl- ing, a DNC member from New Hampshire. ''I intend to be running scared from now until November.'' Accusers in Penn State case say coach used threats to win silence BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — One, a foster child, said he was threat- ened, warned he would never see his family again if he ever told anyone what happened. Another said he stayed quiet because he didn't want to stop getting tickets to the hottest game in town — Penn State football. That was how two of Jerry Sandusky's alleged victims explained the for- mer Penn State assistant coach's hold over them. ''He told me that if I WORLD BRIEFING every few weeks or so since the U.S. military withdrew in mid-Decem- ber portend a return to the all-out, tit-for-tat violence that tore the nation apart in 2006-2007. ''Iraqis are fully aware of the terrorism agenda and will not slip into a sectarian conflict,'' said Baghdad military com- mand spokesman Col. Dhia al-Wakeel. ever told anyone that I'd never see my family again,'' the former foster child testified Wednesday on Day 3 of Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial. He said Sandusky uttered the threat after the coach pinned him while wrestling in the basement of the Sandusky home and performed oral sex on him. charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period — accusa- tions he has denied. His arrest last fall rocked Penn State and led to the firing of football coach Joe Paterno for not taking stronger action against Sandusky a decade ago. Sandusky, 68, is Scores killed in bombs targeting Shiites, Kurds BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs ripped through Shiite and Kurdish targets in Baghdad and other cities Wednesday, killing at least 66 people, wound- ing more than 200 and feeding growing doubts that Iraq will emerge as a stable democracy after decades of war and dicta- torship. have been unable to pre- vent such wide-scale attacks, even though they were on high alert during a major Shiite pilgrimage. And the number and dis- tribution of these bomb- ings demonstrate the strength and resilience of the Sunni militants. Feds drop campaign corruption case against John Edwards GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against John Edwards after his corruption trial ended last month in a deadlocked jury. But Iraqi authorities those bugs simply quietly coexist with benign or help- ful microbes, perhaps kept in check by them. The next step is to explore what doctors really want to know: Why do the bad bugs harm some people and not others? What changes a person's micro- bial zoo that puts them at risk for diseases ranging from infections to irritable bowel syndrome to psoria- sis? Police say NY surgeon 'person of Executives responsible for $2B loss may have pay seized Jurors in North Car- olina acquitted the for- mer presidential candi- date on one count of accepting illegal cam- paign contributions and deadlocked on five other felony counts. The judge declared a mistri- al. The latest bloodshed comes against a backdrop of sharpening political divisions that show Iraq has made little progress in healing the breach among its religious and ethnic communities that once pushed the country to the brink of civil war. The coordination, sophistica- tion and targets of the attack bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida and its Sunni militant allies seeking to exploit these tensions. Iraqi authorities played down any suggestion that the devastating attacks that have taken place Prosecutors will not seek to retry Edwards on the five unresolved counts, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement. by bank WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told Con- gress on Wednesday that senior bank executives responsible for a $2 bil- lion trading loss will probably have some of their pay taken back by the company. Under bank policy, stock and bonuses can be recovered from execu- tives, even for exercising bad judgment, Dimon told the Senate Banking Com- mitee. The policy has never been invoked, he said, but he strongly sug- gested that it will be. ''It's likely that there will be clawbacks,'' he said. Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer, who oversees the agency's criminal division, said prosecu- tors knew the case, like all campaign finance cases, would be chal- lenging. But he said it is ''our duty to bring hard cases'' when warranted. ''Last month, the But a defense attorney for Raul Rodriguez coun- tered that a 2007 expan- sion of the law allowed the retired Houston-area firefighter to use deadly force because his client, who was not doing any- thing illegal, felt his life was in danger when his neighbor and two other men came at him. Rodriguez videotaped the incident and is heard on the recording claiming he feared for his life, say- ing ''I'm standing my ground.'' Among the most likely candidates would be Ina Drew, JPMorgan's chief investment officer, who left the bank days after Dimon disclosed the loss on May 10. Drew oversaw the trading group respon- sible for the $2 billion loss. government put forward its best case against Mr. Edwards, and I am proud of the skilled and professional way in which our prosecu- tors.... conducted this trial,'' he said. Considering a Will or Trust-based Estate Plan? Don't Wait! 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Jury gets case of Texas man who said, 'I'm standing Texas man who claims the state's version of a stand- your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after a verbal confrontation at a 2010 party is an ''angry, aggressive, gun-hungry person'' who is twisting the law to get away with murder, prosecutors told jurors on Wednesday. my ground' HOUSTON (AP) — A Though the shooting happened two years before the February shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida and will be decided under a differ- ent kind of self-defense doctrine, Rodriguez's statement calls to mind the law that has come under increased scrutiny since Martin was killed. Rodriguez is on trial for murder and faces up to life in prison if convicted. His attorneys did not pre- sent any witnesses in his defense. Body's bacterial zoos keep people healthy WASHINGTON (AP) — They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut — enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collect- ed together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds. Now scientists have mapped just which critters normally live in or on us and where, calculating that healthy people can share their bodies with more than 10,000 species of microbes. Don't say ''eeew'' just yet. Many of these organ- isms work to keep humans healthy, and results reported Wednesday from the gov- ernment's Human Micro- biome Project define what's normal in this mysterious netherworld. interest' BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person familiar with the investigation says a 33- year-old receptionist at a Buffalo hospital was the victim of a fatal shooting. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing, said the victim was Jacqueline Wisniewski. She had a young son. Police are searching for a trauma surgeon as a ''per- son of interest'' in connec- tion with Wisniewski's death. She was shot four times just after 8 a.m. Wednesday in a stairwell at a building on the Erie Coun- ty Medical Center. The surgeon, 49-year- old Timothy Jorden, is a for- mer U.S. Army Special Forces weapons expert. Police, including SWAT units, have converged on his suburban home and say he may be armed and danger- ous. Spacecraft detects lake, ponds near equator of One surprise: It turns out that nearly everybody har- bors low levels of some harmful types of bacteria, pathogens that are known for causing specific infec- tions. But when a person is healthy — like the 242 U.S. adults who volunteered to be tested for the project — C & C PROPERTIES Saturn's Titan LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a surprise find, sci- entists say they have spot- ted hints of a methane- rich lake and several ponds near the equator of Saturn's biggest moon. 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