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6B Daily News– Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Romney tries to downplay taped remarks, says Obama wants to WORLD BRIEFING Tuesday that Democratic President Barack Obama believes gov- ernment should ''take from some to give to the others'' as he defended telling wealthy donors that half of Americans believe they are ''victims'' who are entitled to government assistance. Romney told Fox News during an interview that he views such redistribute wealth SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney said redistribution as a ''foreign concept'' and that there is a ''great divide'' among Americans on the subject. The GOP presidential nominee said a growing federal govern- ment, driven in part by people who want support from government programs, has jeopardized the country. ''It's a pathway that looks more European than American in my view. And it's a pathway some Americans are drawn to,'' Romney said. He said people who pay no income taxes would be unlikely to support his campaign because his plan to cut those taxes across the board wouldn't help them. Until now, coalition troops routinely conducted operations such as patrolling or manning outposts with small units of their Afghan counterparts. Under the new rules issued on Sunday, such opera- tions with small-sized units are considered no longer routine and require the approval of the regional commander. NATO's decision reflected escalating worries about the insider attacks, coupled with the widespread tensions over an anti-Islam video that has prompted protests around the world, including Afghanistan. The Republican presidential candidate was reinforcing remarks he made at a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fla., on May 17, comments secretly videotaped and made public on Mon- day. Romney's campaign spent part of Monday trying to mitigate fallout from the video, in which he tells donors that 47 percent of Americans ''believe they are victims'' and that his job as president wouldn't be to ''worry about those people.'' revenge for prophet film KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Islamic militants sought Tues- day to capitalize on anger over an anti-Islam video that was pro- duced in the United States, saying a suicide bombing that killed 12 people in Afghanistan was revenge for the film and calling for attacks on U.S. diplomats and facilities in North Africa. The attempt by extremists across the region to harness Muslim 12 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing as Islamic militants claim attention from Syrian civil war BEIRUT (AP) — For the embattled Syrian regime, the crudely produced film mocking Islam that has unleashed fury across the Muslim world could not have come at a better time. Images of furious protesters targeting Western diplomatic sites in Libya, Egypt, Pakistan and elsewhere have diverted the world's gaze from the bloodstained streets of Syria, where President Bashar Assad is trying to crush an 18-month-old uprising. The crisis over the film also has reinvigorated militant rhetoric that U.S. and Israel are the real enemies of Muslims, taking the heat off of both Assad and his loyal and powerful ally in neigh- boring Lebanon, the militant group Hezbollah. On Tuesday, Syria's Cabinet condemned the movie, titled Anti-Islam film diverts world's ''Innocence of Muslims.'' In its first official reaction, the Cabinet said the film about the Prophet Muhammad is ''cheap and provoca- tive,'' adding that it's ''part of a Western project that aims to infringe upon the nation's heritage and symbols ... as a prelude to control its potentials and wealth.'' It remains to be seen whether the controversy will result in any lasting gains for Syria or for Hezbollah, whose reputation has suf- fered severely for siding with the Assad regime even after sup- porting revolts in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Bahrain. fury over a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad posed new concern for the United States, whose embassies and consulates have been targeted, and in some cases breached, during riots and protests over the past week. At the same time, Western leaders welcomed statements by Middle East governments that condemned the violence against diplomatic facilities on their soil, even as they expressed anger over the video. Some of those governments replaced autocratic regimes in popular uprisings that swept the region, allowing for greater leniency toward protest. At least 28 people have died in violence linked to the film in seven countries, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed in a Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The toll also includes 12 protesters killed in riots over the film last week. Some officials in Libya have said the attack on the consulate was planned in advance by militants. However, the White House said Tuesday the assault appeared to have been sparked by anger over the film, though the investigation continues. states predicted to be obese NEW YORK (AP) — We Americans already know how fat we are. Can it get much worse? Apparently, yes, according to an advocacy group that predicts that by 2030 more than half the people in the vast majority of states will be obese. Mississippi is expected to retain its crown as the fattest state in the nation for at least two more decades. The report predicts 67 percent of that state's adults will be obese by 2030; that would be an astounding increase from Mississippi's current 35 percent obe- sity rate. The new projections were released Tuesday by Trust for Amer- How fat are we? By 2030, more than half of residents in 39 US ica's Health with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Founda- tion. Trust for America's Health regularly reports on obesity to raise awareness, mostly relying on government figures. The group's dismal forecast goes beyond the 42 percent nation- al obesity level that federal health officials project by 2030. The group predicts every state would have rates above 44 percent by that time, although it didn't calculate an overall national average. changes how it will fight the war KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO's decision to restrict operations with small Afghan forces to mitigate the threat of insid- er attacks means fewer boots on patrols and a shift in how the U.S.- led coalition will fight the war in Afghanistan. It's unclear whether the coalition's exit strategy can succeed with less partnering with Afghan policemen and soldiers, who are slated to take over for foreign combat troops by the end of 2014, just 27 months from now. What is clear is that the mantra that Afghans and coalition forces are fighting the Taliban ''shoulder to shoulder'' is looking more and more like they're standing at arm's length. NATO decision to curb joint operations with Afghan forces handling of anti-Islamic filmmaker CERRITOS, Calif. (AP) — While the man behind an anti- Islam movie that ignited violence across the Middle East would likely face swift punishment in his native Egypt for making the film, in America the government is in the thorny position of pro- tecting his free speech rights and looking out for his safety even while condemning his message. It's a paradox that makes little sense to those protesting and calling for blood. To them, the movie dialogue denigrating the Prophet Muhammad is all the evidence needed to pursue justice — vigilante or otherwise — against Nakoula Bassely Nakoula, an American citizen originally from Egypt. In America, there's nothing illegal about making a movie that disparages a religious figure. And that has the Obama administra- tion walking a diplomatic tight rope less than two months before the election — how to express outrage over the movie's treatment of Islam without compromising the most basic American freedom. ''The thing that makes this particularly difficult for the United States is that ... we treat what most of us would refer to as hate speech as constitutionally protected speech and Americans don't appreciate, I think, how unusual this position seems in the rest of the world,'' said Lawrence Rosenthal, a professor at Chapman University's School of Law in Orange, Calif. The situation also raises vexing questions about how far the Free speech rights complicate government can and should go to protect someone who exercises their First Amendment right. In the past, for example, police have stood guard to ensure Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan could march without being attacked for their views. residents' money won't go that far ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — This is the day Alaskans crow about to their brethren in the Lower 48, trying to make them jeal- ous that the government gives them money to just live here. Alaskans got the word Tuesday that this year's Permanent Fund With Alaska's higher costs, Dividend will be $878. Almost all Alaskans — nearly 647,000 people — will receive a dividend, their yearly share of the state's oil wealth. But what your Alaskan friends may not tell you is that the year- ly bounty barely makes a dent in the higher cost to live in the nation's northernmost state — and this year's checks won't go far. Living in Alaska costs more since most everything has to be shipped in. In fact, 90 percent of all goods sold in the state pass through the Port of Anchorage. There's no such thing as a dollar menu at a fast-food restaurant in Alaska — it's more like a $1.50 or $2 menu. And there's a rea- son why many TV commercials advertising prices have a line in small print at the bottom saying prices may be higher in Alaska and Hawaii: It's because they are. Romney's math is correct, but Earlier this year, the U.S. military stopped training about 1,000 members of the Afghan Local Police, a controversial network of village-defense units. U.S. commanders have assigned some troops to be ''guardian angels'' who watch over their comrades in interac- tions with Afghan forces and even as they sleep. U.S. officials also recently ordered American troops to carry loaded weapons at all times in Afghanistan, even when they are on their bases. much aid goes to the middle class WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney got the math about right. But when he said 47 percent of Americans pay no income taxes and are ''dependent on government,'' he blurred together half or more of the entire country, ranging from the nation's neediest to its middle class, and even some of its richest families. Forty-six percent of the country's households — some 76 mil- lion — paid no federal income taxes last year, according to a study by the Tax Policy Center. While it's true most of those families are poor, the numbers include many others who got tax breaks because they are old, have children in college or didn't owe taxes on interest from state and local bonds. And of those who didn't write checks to the IRS, six in 10 still paid Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, and more than that paid federal excise taxes on items such as gasoline, alcohol and cig- arettes, said Roberton Williams, who analyzes taxes at the center. On the spending side, 150 million people — just under half the country — received benefits last year from one or more federal programs, according to the Census Bureau. Newman is weighing in on the presidential election, and he's playing the race card through a song he wrote called ''I'm Dreaming.'' refrain: ''I'm dreaming of a white president.'' It is full of satirical, sarcastic — and signature — Newman anecdotes about some- one who votes for the president because he is white. Newman, who is white, is openly supporting President Barack Obama. He says he wants the public to find comedic relief in the song, but to also know he's serious about his thoughts that racism is well and alive in the world — and in the current presi- dential race. He called racism The piano tune features the Randy Newman writes new satirical, political song NEW YORK (AP) — Randy ''the great issue of this country.'' ''I felt that that sentiment exists in the country,'' Newman said in an interview Monday. ''I don't know how many people you can get to admit it. I think maybe zero.'' free download Tuesday and New- man is encouraging listeners to donate to the United Negro Col- lege Fund. Newman, 68, has won multi- ple Academy Awards, Grammys and Emmys for composing music for movies such as ''Cars,'' ''Monsters, Inc.,'' the ''Toy Story'' franchise and the TV series ''Monk.'' He often writes songs from the perspective of a character not like himself. ''Short People,'' the 1977 No. 2 Billboard The song will be released as a hit, attacked short people. And ''Sail Away'' is a come on from a slave trader to a potential slave. ''I'm Dreaming'' features LEGAL NOTICE lyrics like: ''He won't be the brightest, perhaps, but he'll be the whitest, and I'll vote for that.'' He said as he wrote the song the lyrics ''didn't come that easy.'' ''It's delicate enough that I'm not going to offend people every which way, but I wanted to get it right as best I could,'' said New- man, who added that he's always worried there may be some back- lash following the release of a song like this one. Newman believes Obama will be re-elected in November and feels that Republican contender Mitt Romney isn't a ''serious can- didate for president.'' File No. 2012000258 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Delicious Dishes 530-529-4284, 15911 E. 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