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6A Daily News – Tuesday, October 9, 2012 confidence WASHINGTON (AP) — As the White House race shows signs of tight- ening nationally, Presi- dent Barack Obama's campaign is banking on a massive get-out-the-vote operation and state-by- state shades of economic improvement to maintain its apparent polling edge in battlegrounds from Ohio to Virginia. Obama looks to regroup, Romney expresses ney, re-energized by last week's debate, is flashing new confidence on the campaign trail and press- ing toward the political center on both foreign and domestic issues. But aides have outlined no clear path to winning the 270 Electoral College votes required to gain the White House. ''Things are going pretty good,'' the usually cautious Romney said Monday with a smile. Among Democrats, the Republican Mitt Rom- swagger of the previous few weeks has all but van- ished since the debate. ''Ultimately this is a tight race, and it's going to remain a tight race until the end,'' said Bill Burton, who runs Priorities USA Action, a pro-Obama super political action committee. Austrian's skydive more for next-generation space- suits and techniques that could help astronauts sur- vive accidents. WORLD BRIEFING Jumping from more than three times the height of the average cruising altitude for jetlin- ers, Baumgartner hopes to become the first person to break the sound barrier outside of an airplane. His team has calculated that to be 690 mph based on the altitude of his dive. His medical director involved in the crisis — is still not on the table, ana- lysts say, despite six con- secutive days of Turkish retaliation against bom- bardment from inside Syria. ''Syria is aware that Dr. Jonathan Clark, a NASA space shuttle crew surgeon who lost his wife, Laurel Clark, in the 2003 Challenger accident, says no one knows what hap- pens to a body when it breaks the sound barrier. ''That is really the sci- Turkey cannot go a step further,'' said Ali Tekin, assistant professor of International Relations at Ankara's Bilkent Univer- sity. ''The Turkish people don't want a war and there are no vital national interests at stake to war- rant a war. Syria sees this.'' entific essence of this mission,'' said Clark, who is dedicated to improving astronauts' chances of survival in a high-altitude disaster. Syria's cross- border salvos send message taken a prominent role in the U.S. presidential elec- tion at a time when the U.S. and its allies have shown little appetite for getting involved. The Syrian conflict has Sandusky runs risk of being sexually assaulted in prison than a stunt ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Skydiver Felix Baumgartner's attempt at the highest, fastest free fall in history Tuesday is more than just a stunt. His planned 23-mile dive from the stratosphere should provide scientists with valuable information Syria's cross-border attacks on Turkey in the past week look increas- ingly like they could be an intentional escalation meant to send a clear mes- sage to Ankara and beyond, that the crisis is simply too explosive to risk foreign military inter- vention. With Turkey eager to defuse the crisis, the spillover of fighting is giving new life to a long- shot political solution, with the Turks floating the idea of making Presi- dent Bashar Assad's long- time vice president, Farouk al-Sharaa, interim leader if the president steps aside. to Turkey BEIRUT (AP) — which would involve for- eign powers that already have A military option — expressed a deep reluctance to getting Complete Autobody Repair INTERCITY BODY & PAINT Factory Trained Specialists In: • Painting • Fiberglass Repair • Exotic Metals • Color Matching • Frame Repair • Spray-In Bedliners • All Auto Manufacturers • Rental Cars Available We accept all Insurance Carriers 530 529-2040 1355 Vista Way, Red Bluff 1010 Jefferson St., Red Bluff 527-7800 Complete Dental Care • Cosmetic Dentistry • Adults And Children • New Patients Warmly Welcomed! www.MooreandPascarella.com Pastor Appreciation month We have a good selection of cards and gifts 442 Walnut St., Red Bluff October is First shipment of Dayspring boxed Christmas cards and stationery. 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Acquaintances said he appeared to be intoxicated, because of alcohol or some- thing else, as he took his clothes off, ran through the streets, screamed obsceni- ties and claimed he was on a ''spiritual quest'' in the moments before he was killed. The nude 18-year-old ed over to Mobile County authorities and could take weeks to resolve. Mean- while, friends and relatives are trying to figure out what could have happened to the quiet kid who showed so much promise. ''It's completely oppo- site of the way he was,'' said South Alabama student Chandler Wescovich of Long Beach, Miss., who became friends with Collar during his short time on campus. The case has been hand- him in prison? Sandusky, the 68-year- old former Penn State assis- tant football coach, will be sentenced Tuesday for sex- ually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the uni- versity and brought down coach Joe Paterno. San- dusky is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. It's entirely possible that he will serve his time with- out incident. His lawyer, Joe Amendola, said he expects Sandusky will be housed with nonviolent offenders at a minimum- security prison, and the Pennsylvania Corrections Department said it is com- mitted to the safety of all inmates, though it would not comment on what it plans to do to protect San- dusky. But it's also true that child molesters are reviled inside prison walls just as they are on the outside, and are often subjected to phys- ical and verbal abuse, including sexual assault. Given the horrific nature of Sandusky's crimes, will the public care what happens to US warns against doing business with China tech giants WASHINGTON (AP) — American companies should avoid sourcing net- work equipment from China's two leading tech- nology firms because they pose a national security threat to the United States, the House Intelligence Committee warned Mon- day. The panel said in a report that U.S. regulators should block mergers and acquisi- tions in this country by Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp, among the world's leading suppliers of telecommunications gear and mobile phones. over cyber-attacks traced to China, the report also rec- ommends that U.S. govern- ment computer systems not include any components from the two firms because that could pose an espi- onage risk. ''China is known to be the major perpetrator of Reflecting U.S. concern cyber-espionage, and Huawei and ZTE failed to alleviate serious concerns throughout this important investigation. American businesses should use other vendors,'' the committee's chairman, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich, told a news conference. He said the Chinese companies could not be trusted with access to computer net- works that support every- thing from power grids to finance systems. 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