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4 - Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 State LaGrange Daily News ■ Digest Deal again amends report GAINESVILLE (AP) – Nathan Deal has again amended his financial disc l o s u r e filed with the state – the second time in seven days the Republicangubern a t o r i a l Deal candidate has made changes to the required report. Deal’s campaign also said Thursday the former congressman will liquidate his IRA, now worth about $750,000, to help pay down a $2.3 million debt he is facing related to his daughter and son-inlaw’s failed sporting goods venture. Deal’s campaign amended their state report one week ago after the Associated Press raised questions about $2.85 million in business loans he had failed to disclose. Deal’s campaign said Thursday they were amending the report after an accountant studied their finances. The new report adds Deal’s business property as an asset – which helped boost his bottom line in 2009 to $2.8 million. Inmate faces execution ATLANTA (AP) – A Georgia death row inmate who attempted suicide hours before he was set to be put to death is asking state and federal courts to delay his execution again. Brandon Joseph Rhode’s attorneys say he has been subjected to inhumane treatment after he slashed his throat and neck with a razor blade Tuesday on the morning of his execution date. The execution was delayed until 7 p.m. today to allow pending litigation to be completed. The 31-year-old was convicted in 2000 of the killings of 37-year-old Steven Moss, his 11-yearold son Bryan and 15year-old daughter Kristin during a 1998 burglary of their Jones County home. 2 charged in road sabotage CANTON (AP) – A 17year-old and a juvenile accomplice have been arrested on charges of littering a busy highway with debris that severely damaged three cars. Brandon Thomas Alford and a younger friend were arrested Wednesday night after Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies received reports the two littered Ga. 140 with rocks, tree limbs, tires, glass, nails and stolen road signs. Deputies on surveillance duty spotted Alford and the juvenile approaching the road on foot and charged them after questioning. Lawyer faces drug charges COLUMBUS (AP) – A Columbus attorney is facing eight counts of distributing prescription drugs after a three-month investigation. Mark Shelnutt was charged with eight counts of distribution of a controlled substance. The attorney was arrested at the Columbus Government Center. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said a confidential information told authorities Shelnutt was distributing the prescription medications. He said Shelnutt provided the informant with oxycodone, aprazolam and hydrocodone on multiple occasions. Savannah Morning News Training director Gary Taylor, left, and Harlan Proveaux, right, director of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Garden City, quickly turned the tables on officer Brad Pittman of the Ware County Sheriff's Department, grabbing him and his gun. Police training serious despite humorous skits SAVANNAH (AP) – It seemed hard not to chuckle at routines Gary Taylor and Harlan Proveaux would use while training police recruits Monday on Hutchinson Island. During one traffic stop, Taylor got angry at Proveaux for throwing trash out the passenger window. During another stop, Proveaux tried to reason with the officer trainee why he should get a ticket and not his driver, played by Taylor. But Taylor, the training director for Savannah- Chatham police and Proveaux, training manager for the state regional police academy, both said their arsenal of humorous characters were just a small sample of what the 21 recruits would see in their law enforcement careers. And the most important goal is to stay alive, Taylor and Proveaux said. “Just the other night, a guy tried to run from police and they caught him, but he tried to fight with them and grab one of their guns,” Taylor said. Moments after midnight on Sunday morning, 48year-old Alfonso Henneghan Sr. was arrested by Savannah-Chatham police after he allegedly tried to take off from a traffic stop, but crashed into a police car. Henneghan allegedly tried to COLUMBUS (AP) – The controversy over Rep. Sanford Bishop’s decision to award charity scholarships to his relatives has expanded as four more students tied to the west Georgia Democrat and his wife have acknowledged receiving them, as well. Bishop this month repaid the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation $6,350 to cover the cost of scholarships that he provided to his stepdaughter and niece. The nonprofit foundation receives funding from corporate sponsors to help fund the education of needy students. Now the circle of people known to have received scholarships and have connections to the Bishops is growing, raising fresh Pittman thought he had the situation under control when he pulled over a vehicle with Taylor and Proveaux. then run away, but was caught by officers and put up a fight where he tried to grab an officer’s gun. Henneghan was arrested on charges that include aggravated assault on a police officer. As of Monday night, he remained in the Chatham County jail. “It happens more often than you think,” Proveaux added of the Sunday incident. “We want to give these recruits as many scenarios as possible so they learn different tactics.” Taylor and Proveaux conducted training well into the night Monday so the police recruits attending the academy from police departments across Southeast Georgia could get a glimpse of how the dynamics of a traffic stop change after sunset. “It’s about how to talk to people and constant threat assessments,” Proveaux said. “We’re also doing it c r i t i c i s m from a gove r n m e n t watchdog group and questions from charity officials. Public doc- Bishop uments and interviews show that two scholarships went to the children of individuals who were employed by Bishop’s wife, while two more went to persons with connections to the congressman’s office. “Those scholarships were intended to go to smart, needy kids,” said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “It wasn’t supposed to be a matter of cronyism.” at night so they can see how things change.” Taylor said the recruits first are trained in the classroom on commonly violated traffic laws and they also learn a few basic tactics. Then the recruits take academic and practical exams, which only allow pass or fail grades, he said. Taylor added metro officers underwent similar inservice training in 2008. The snickers from recruits over the skits by their trainers quickly were seen being quickly replaced by sobering reality the minute clear points were made. “Oh, did you want to see this?” Proveaux said, pointing a plastic training gun at a recruit conducting a false stop. “Just like that – you could have been dead. “That’s why this is so important.” Scholarship flap widens 338998 Bishop, who is running for re-election against Republican Mike Keown, has refused to discuss his or his wife’s relationships with the scholarship recipients, except to say the awards met rules set by the CBC Foundation. “There’s no reason to go into this, so we’re not going to do it,” Bishop spokesman Tim Turner said. Pastor keeps mum on sex allegations ATLANTA (AP) – On Sunday mornings, accused megachurch Bishop Eddie Long is usually draped in regal robes and dripping with diamonds and platinum – the kind of m a t e r i a l rewards he Long often says are in God’s plan for those listening. His message expected this Sunday will be the first in public since three young men accused him in lawsuits of having sexual relationships with them, which he has vehemently denied only through his lawyer and a Twitter posting. Long built his congregation into a megachurch empire, telling his followers God wanted them to be wealthy and delivering fiery sermons with a secular swagger. He hangs with celebrities like rapper T.I. and donates money to charities and candidates. Even the county sheriff is among his followers. Long spent more than 20 years building all that up, but his empire hangs in the balance. And his 25,000 followers aren’t about to let it all come tumbling down after the three men’s claims that the bishop abused his spiritual authority. “I’ve always thought he was a very powerful man of God,” said Anshay Tull, a 27-year-old attendee of New Birth. “I’m just praying, trying to stay hopeful that it’s not true. If it is true, he has to take that up with God. But that can’t take away from the Word that he gives. I think he’s very gifted.” WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The man who admitted killing the student body president at the University of North Carolina apologized to her parents Thursday before being sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years. Demario Atwater, 24, pleaded guilty to charges including kidnapping and carjacking resulting in death in April to avoid a potential death sentence. Atwater also pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in state court in May. U.S. District Judge James Beaty Jr. imposed an extra 10-year sentence because Atwater used a sawed-off shotgun to kill Athens, Ga., native Eve Carson, 22, in March 2008. Beaty also ordered Atwater to pay restitution of $212,947.10. He’s preached against gay marriage, and his church has counseled gay members to become straight – even though the men claim in their lawsuits that Long used money, cars, international trips, jewelry and other objects to lure them into sexual relationships when they were 17 or 18 years old. Long came to New Birth in 1987, when it had just a few hundred members. He had a flock of 8,000 just four years later and moved the church into a $2 million building. By 1995, the church’s weekly television broadcast was airing in more than 170 countries. By Long’s 10th anniversary, New Birth paid off its debts and for 240 acres of land to build a multimillion-dollar church complex. The church grew alongside its home of DeKalb County, now the secondlargest in the state. It has one of the most affluent populations of African- Americans in the country, many of whom attend New Birth. Long’s message of prosperity has dovetailed with their goals and dreams, as is evidenced by the many luxury cars in the parking lot on Sundays. Long himself is a product of his message. His home was bought for $1.1 million in 2005. “He has a kind of celebrity status, given his megachurch leadership,” said Emory University religion professor Theophus H. Smith. “And Bishop Long has been especially noteworthy in terms of making a place for men’s spirituality and black male manhood in the church.” Student’s killer gets life prison sentence Bear About Bear Shepherd Mix: An adoptable dog in LaGrange, GA “I’m sorry for everything that’s happened,” Atwater told Carson’s parents, who sat in the front row of the courtroom. He said he accepted responsibility for his crimes and that his sentence less than he deserved. Authorities believe Atwater and Laurence Lovette kidnapped Carson just before 4 a.m., stole her sport utility vehicle and took her to several ATMs, eventually withdrawing $1,400. Her body was found about a mile from campus in Chapel Hill. She had been shot four times with a handgun and in the head with a 12gauge shotgun. Lovette does not face federal charges in the case, but is charged with first-degree murder in state court. Meet Bear! Bear is a German Shepherd mix that is up to date on vaccines, heartworm negative and neutered. He will be available for adoption on September 17th. Bear's adoption fee will only be $18.50 thanks to the Humane Society and Tuskegee University. Bear is willing to learn, wants to please and loves to play. If you would like to meet Bear or possibly make him the newest member of your family, please call 706-298-3608 or stop by 1390 Orchard Hill Rd. Mon-Fri 10 to 5 or Saturday's 10 to 12. We do not have any background information on Bear. 337414
LaGrange Daily News National Sarah Shourd was freed after 410 days of solitary confinement in an Iranian prison that she described as mostly cramped quarters and endless monotony. Freed hiker recounts year in Iran prison NEW YORK (AP) – Her 410 days of solitary confinement in an Iranian prison were mostly cramped quarters and endless monotony, but Sarah Shourd chooses to savor the few moments of joy: a proposal from her boyfriend and a birthday celebration complete with a chocolate cake. Shourd, her boyfriend Shane Bauer and their friend Josh Fattal were captured in 2009 while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border. Shourd talked about her experiences Thursday with the Associated Press in one of her first interviews since her release on Sept. 14 after officials in Oman mediated bail. One of her happiest days, she said, was the celebration of her 32nd birthday last month. Somehow the men, who remain in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, had persuaded a guard into bringing her the cake and even found a way to give her a whiff of liberty. They talked her through a whole imaginary day that they called a “freedom walk” – from waking up and having pancakes, to going to a lake, then walking to her mother’s apartment. When they came to the part of their story where the apartment door opened, Bauer and Fattal spun Shourd around. “They had brought all the pictures we had of our family and put them on these boxes, so everyone was there, and it was a surprise party. It was beautiful,” she said, her voice catching. “I cried.” But most days in prison were far more monotonous – or terrifying. She recalled how the three made a vow while blindfolded in a prison van shortly after their capture: If they were separated, they would go on hunger strike until they were reunited. Shourd starved herself for four days, lying alone in her cell and growing weaker. In prison, she kept reviewing her last day of freedom. What could they have done differently? What if, when they asked a tea vendor near a waterfall for advice on a hiking path, they had gone another way? On the fourth day, the hikers were reunited for five minutes. Shourd began eating again, but their captivity was just beginning. Alone in her cell, Shourd began going over multiplication tables in her head. It was the only way she could keep out thoughts of her mother. Of whether she knew where her daughter was. Of how worried she must be. Of whether they would see each other again. If she thought of her mother, she began to fall apart, Shourd recalled. “I just had to be sure that I was strong when I went into the interrogation room because I wanted to make sure that I didn’t, that they didn’t manipulate me into saying anything that I didn’t want to say,” she said. She wondered whether she’d be hurt. If suddenly the door might open and she’d be dragged away. Instead, a few times a day, a female guard would come bearing layers of extra clothing and a blindfold, so when Shourd arrived at the interrogation room she couldn’t see the faces of her questioners. She was amazed at their “good cop, bad cop” approach, just like on TV shows back in the U.S. They had her write down what felt like every detail of her life, from her childhood in Los Angeles to her time living with Bauer in Syria, where she taught English and Bauer, a native of Onamia, Minn., was a freelance journalist. Fattal, who grew up in Pennsylvania, had come to the Middle East to visit them. Over two months, she wrote hundreds of pages, she said. When she would finish writing an answer to a question, an interrogator would tell her “this is not good enough” and tear up her words. She would write again, and again hear the pages tear. “I would just write it the same every time,” she said. They questioned her about her e-mails and about her Skype contacts, looking for any indication she had intended to come to Iran. Should says she’d been missing the green mountains of the U.S. after a year in Syria. She and Bauer had heard from friends that the lush lands of northern Iraq had been largely untouched by the war. So they and Fattal traveled to Ahmed Awa waterfall, where they found hundreds of Kurdish families eating at restaurants and camping. The first indication they were near the Iran border was three hours into their hike when they met Iranian officials on a trail leading from the waterfall. By then, it was too late. Shourd tried to resist her imprisonment at first. She constantly yelled, cried or begged her captors for a phone call. She was confined to her 10foot-by-5-foot cell. Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 -5 Poll: Democrats disliked, but GOP just as bad WASHINGTON (AP) – If anyone is as scorned as much as Democrats these days, it’s Republicans – the very party that may recapture the House and perhaps the Senate in November’s elections. Yet Democrats face a problem, even as they try exploiting GOP unpopularity by warning against letting them run Congress. People who dislike Democrats seem ready to vote in greater numbers than those with little use for Republicans. In an Associated Press-GfK Poll this month, 60 percent disapprove of the job congressional Democrats are doing – yet 68 percent frown on how Republicans are performing. While 59 percent are unhappy with how Democrats are handling the economy, 64 percent are upset Diabetes pill limited in U.S. Europe bans controversial drug The Associated Press European regulators ordered the diabetes drug Avandia off the market and the Food and Drug Administration placed stringent restrictions on its use in the United States, saying heart attack risks associated with the former blockbuster are too great a safety concern to continue its use for most people. In simultaneous news briefings Thursday, the European Medicines Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced their long-awaited decisions on the fate of GlaxoSmithKline’s controversial drug. The European regulator said it would stop authorizing marketing of Avandia, which will be off the market within the next few months. The FDA said new patients will be able to get a prescription for Avandia, but only if they can’t control their blood sugar with other medications. Doctors will have to document that their patients are eligible to receive the drug and have been briefed on its risks. FDA expects the restricted plan “will limit use of Avandia significantly.” “Although the European Medicines Agency went further by actually suspended marketing of the drug, both regulatory decisions result in essentially the same outcome, virtually complete elimination of the use of this drug by patients around the world,” said Dr. Steve Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic. Nissen, who published the first paper linking Avandia to heart risks, said only a small number of U.S. patients would receive the drug under the new restrictions. Blockbuster files Chapter 11 NEW YORK (AP) – Blockbuster Inc., once the dominant movie rental company in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, reeling from mounting losses, rising debt and competitors that have better catered to Americans’ changed media habits. For now, Blockbuster will continue to operate its 3,300 U.S. stores, although analysts expect hundreds of them to close under new owners led by billionaire investor Carl Icahn. The prepackaged bankruptcy case, in the works since the spring, marks the end of an era that Blockbuster and its goldand-blue torn ticket logo helped establish. Americans used to troop to video stores for the latest movies. Now, they’re watching movies from DVD-by-mail services like Netflix Inc., cable video on demand and Redbox vending machines. by the GOP’s work on the country’s top issue. Just over half have unfavorable views of each party. Most say President Obama isn’t cooperating enough on the economy; yet even more accuse Republicans of the same thing. Former President George W. Bush and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin – the only two Republicans the AP-GfK Poll tested – are both viewed negatively by more than half in the survey, worse than Obama’s marks. And people overwhelmingly fault Bush more than Obama for the recession. Emile Wery, 66, a military retiree in Pahoa, Hawaii, rated both parties unfavorably in the poll. He says Democrats aren’t doing enough to create jobs and Republicans aren’t being con- structive. “They’re not doing anything to mitigate the problems we have, because it’s in their best interests to make Democrats look bad,” Wery said of the GOP. Hoping to burnish their image, House Republicans unfurled a campaign document Thursday proposing tax and spending cuts and other broad suggestions for reviving the economy. Democrats have been on the offensive, too, warning that a GOP-run Congress would return the country to the days of government shutdowns and attempts to privatize Social Security. Despite the GOP’s weak report card, registered voters divide evenly over which party’s congressional candidate they support. That expands to a slight Republican edge among likely voters, reflecting a deeper interest that GOP supporters express in the Nov. 2 elections. The explanation, according to one political scientist who has studied voters’ behavior: Most people don’t view elections as a choice between two competing futures, as Democrats hope they will. Instead, Stanford University professor Morris Fiorina said they tend to focus on the present – which today means their deep discontent over the job Obama and the Democratic-led Congress have done to rescue the economy. “People are saying, ‘We don’t like what we have, we’re going to throw them out and we’re going to trust that they’re going to read the signals right and do ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ injunction now up to judge SAN DIEGO (AP) – U.S. government lawyers are trying to stop a federal judge from issuing an injunction that would immediately do what President Obama has yet to accomplish so far in his first term: Halt the military’s ban on openly gay troops. Now it is up to U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips to decide if she is willing to do that. The White House says the legal filing Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys in a federal court in Riverside follows government procedure by defending an act of Congress that is being challenged, but it does not detract from the president’s efforts to get ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repealed. “This filing in no way diminishes the president’s firm commitment to achieve a legislative repeal of DADT – indeed, it clearly shows why Congress must act to end this misguided policy,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement e-mailed to the Associated Press. Phillips declared the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy unconstitutional in her ruling Sept. 9 following a three-week, non-jury trial and said she would issue a nationwide order to stop the ban. She asked both sides for input first. The Log Cabin Republicans, the gay rights organization that filed the lawsuit to stop the ban’s enforcement, wants her to issue an order that would stop the policy from being used to discharge any U.S. military personnel anywhere in the world. Their attorney, Dan something different,”’ Fiorina said. Reflecting that discontent, 54 percent who strongly dislike Democrats in the AP-GfK Poll express intense interest in the election, compared with just 40 percent of those with very negative views of Republicans. Extreme interest in the campaign is expressed by nearly six in 10 saying their vote in November will signal their opposition to Obama. Only about four in 10 say they want to show support for the president with their vote. Overall, 49 percent of those supporting their Republican congressional candidate are very interested in the election, compared with 39 percent of those backing the Democrat in their local race. THE NEWEST MEMBER OF EMORY CLARK-HOLDER CLINIC Woods, called the Department of Justice’s objections to the possible injunction hypocritical. He said the administration should be seizing the opportunity to let a judge do what politics has not been able to do. “It’s sad and disappointing that the administration would file such a document days after it urged Congress to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,”’ Woods said. In their court filing Thursday, U.S. Department of Justice attorneys argued the possible move would be “untenable” and that Phillips would be overstepping her bounds by halting a policy under debate in Congress. Instead, she should limit any injunction to the 19,000 members of the Log Cabin Republicans, which includes current and former military personnel, the lawyers said. “A court should not compel the executive to implement an immediate cessation of the 17-yearold policy without regard for any effect such an abrupt change might have on the military’s operations, particularly at a time when the military is engaged in combat operations and other demanding military activities around the globe,” federal attorneys said in their objection. The policy also is being challenged in a federal court in Tacoma, Wash., where a lawyer for a decorated flight nurse discharged for being gay is urging a federal judge to reinstate her to the Air Force Reserve. The judge in that case was expected to issue his ruling today. Our family is growing too. 303 SMITH ST., LaGRANGE, GA 30240 • 706.882.8831 • EMORYCLARKHOLDERCLINIC.com 330133
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