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Obama tries to draw more support from Democrats WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama embraced a hand- ful of Republican health care ideas Tuesday to lure Democratic votes as he prepared to spell out his final package for a sharply divided House and Senate, where its fate is unsure. In a bit of political sleight of hand, Obama said he might include four GOP-sponsored ideas in his plan, even though vir- tually no one in Congress or the White House thinks it will procure a single Republican vote. The move is aimed instead at wavering Democrats, especially in the House. Some of them might find it easier to vote for the health care pack- age if they can tell con- stituents it had bipartisan elements that Republicans should have supported. Yet there is no guarantee that Democratic leaders will incorporate Obama's suggestions in revised legislation. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned that Democrats will enact their health care plan at their own political peril, vowing to make it an issue in every congressional race this fall. In remarks at the White House on Wednes- day, the president will describe the final ele- ments of his proposal and then ask Congress to enact it, aides said. He is expected to leave no doubt that, barring an unexpected change in Republican tactics, he wants Congress to pass the legislation using bud- get reconciliation rules, which prohibit Senate fil- ibusters. Obama is unlike- ly to use those exact words, as Democratic leaders are emphasizing they want to pass a bill with simple majority votes in the House and Senate. Dems crank up pressure on Bunning WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats ramped up the political pressure Tues- day on a Republican stub- bornly blocking a stopgap measure to extend help for the jobless and keep federal highway dollars flowing. But an impasse involv- ing Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky that has caused federal furloughs and threatens the unemploy- ment benefits of hundreds of thousands of people con- tinues, even as GOP leaders pressed for a graceful exit from the unexpected politi- cal tempest — which has subjected Republicans to withering media coverage and cost the party political- ly. Democrats used to being on the defensive over health care and the deficit were not in a compromising mood, signaling that they largely want the irascible Bunning to surrender rather than agree to a set of votes on ways to defray the $10 bil- lion cost of the measure. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Ken- tucky — who has a strained relationship with his home- state colleague — said that he is working with Democ- rats to set up a vote to pass the legislation, which has been single-handedly held up by Bunning despite vir- tually unanimous support from the other 99 senators. ''We're going to be able to work out the short-term extension in the very near future and we're in the process of working on that now,'' McConnell said. Massive earthquake could strike Pacific NW LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Van- couver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile. The fault has been dor- mant for more than 300 years, but when it awakens — tomorrow or decades from now — the conse- quences could be devastat- ing. Recent computer simu- lations of a hypothetical magnitude-9 quake found that shaking could last 2 to 5 minutes — strong enough to potentially cause poorly constructed buildings from British Columbia to North- ern California to collapse and severely damage high- ways and bridges. Such a quake would also send powerful tsunami waves rushing to shore in minutes. While big cities such as Portland and Seattle would be protected from severe flooding, low-lying seaside communities may not be as lucky. The Pacific Northwest ''has a long geological his- tory of doing exactly what happened in Chile,'' said Brian Atwater, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and University of Washington. ''It's not a matter of if but when the next one will happen.'' Texas chooses between GOP titans, third candidate AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry sought the GOP nomina- tion for an unprecedented third four-year term Tues- day in a battle against another Republican heavyweight, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, and a third candidate drawing support from the state's tea party movement. Angry protest voters backing conservative activist Debra Medina could force the governor and Hutchison into an April 13 runoff election, if no candidate gets a majority. The courtly Hutchison was once seen as the can- didate who could hand Perry the first loss of his long political career, but the governor, a darling of social conservatives, emerged as the front-run- ner. Perry painted the sena- tor as too entrenched in Washington politics — something Hutchison acknowledged worked against her in the current environment. The GOP winner will face the Democratic nom- inee in November. Former Houston Mayor Bill White was favored in the Democratic primary over Houston hair care mag- nate Farouk Shami and five others. Postal Service argues 5 days mail enough WASHINGTON (AP) — The post office is renewing its drive to drop Saturday delivery — and plans a rate increase — in an effort to fend off a pro- jected $7 billion loss this year. Without drastic action the agency could face a cumulative loss of $238 billion over 10 years, Postmaster General John Potter said in releasing a series of consultant reports on agency opera- tions and its outlook. ''The projections going forward are not bright,'' Potter told reporters in a briefing. But, he added, ''all is not lost ... we can right this ship.'' Sen. Tom Carper, D- Del., chairman of the Sen- ate subcommittee with oversight authority over the Postal Service, called on Congress to give the post office the flexibility to deal with its future needs. ''In light of the serious financial challenges fac- ing the Postal Service, postal management must be allowed to make the business decisions they need to stay competitive and viable in the years to come. As we have seen, it is not productive for Con- gress to act like a 535- member board of direc- tors and constantly sec- ond-guess these necessary changes,'' Carper said in a statement. Mitt Romney unveils book critical of Obama BOSTON (AP) — Once and possibly future Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says in a new book that President Barack Obama's international outreach efforts during his first year in office have been ''kindling'' to the ''anti-American fires burning all across the globe.'' In a wide-ranging poli- cy book none-too-subtly titled ''No Apology: The Case for American Great- ness,'' Romney says the Democrat's efforts to rec- oncile with foreign pow- ers, Muslims and others angered by President George W. Bush's admin- istration have weakened the country's stature instead of enhancing it. ''And of all people, we should expect our presi- dent to understand these things, to expect that his bonds of affection for our country would be obvious and unbreakable,'' writes Romney. ''In a world composed of nations that are filled with rage and hate for the United States, our president should proudly defend her rather than continually apolo- gize for her.'' He writes: ''There are anti-American fires burn- ing all across the globe; President Obama's words are like kindling to them.'' The Democratic National Committee dis- puted that assessment. ''In the last election, the American people over- whelmingly rejected a radical foreign policy authored by Dick Cheney and wholeheartedly adopted by Mitt Romney that alienated our allies, emboldened our enemies, depleted our resources, distracted our focus and made the nation less secure,'' said DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan. Naomi Campell's driver says she hit him NEW YORK (AP) — Police say they are con- sidering whether to charge Naomi Campbell after her driver says she slapped and punched him while he was driving her around New York City. The driver told police that the 39-year-old model became enraged with the driver and start- ed to hit him from the back seat Tuesday after- noon. Police spokesman Paul Browne says the driver stopped the car in mid- town Manhattan and called 911. He says Campbell jumped out of the car and ran away. The driver is speaking to police at a precinct. Messages left with Camp- bell spokesman Jeff Ray- mond were not returned. Wednesday, March 3, 2010 – Daily News – 5A 12600 Hwy 99E, Red Bluff Located 5 Miles from I-5 (530) 527-6483 A & R Custom Butchering Meat Pack Specials Now Accepting E.B.T., Debit, Credit Cards 30 Lb. Pork Pack 5 lbs. Pork Chops 5 lbs. Country Ribs 6 lbs. Pork Steaks 4 lbs. Shoulder Roast 4 lbs. Boneless Ham 6 lbs. Breakfast Sausage 2.69 per lb. 40 Lb. Variety Pack 6 lbs. Chuck Roast 4 lbs. Top Sirloin 5 lbs. Pork Chops 5 lbs. Country Ribs 9 lbs. Whole Chicken 6 lbs. Ground Beef 5 lbs. Bacon 3.29 per lb. 20 Lb. Variety Pack 3 lbs. Chuck Roast 3 lbs. Whole Chicken 3 lbs. 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