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Saturday, November 28th, 2009

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Saturday, November 28th, 2009

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Thursday, November 26th, 2009

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Thursday, November 26th, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP)—Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal(notes) paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed.
The Cleveland Cavaliers player was touched by the stories he saw and got in touch with the family to see what he could do to help, a spokeswoman for O’Neal said Thursday.
More than 2,000 people attended the girl’s funeral Sunday. Her body was found Nov. 16 beside a rural road.
Her mother, Antionette Davis, who had reported the child missing six days earlier, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. Mario McNeill is charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in the case.
“I was sitting at home watching it on the news and the story brought a tear to my eye,” O’Neal told The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.
Corey Breece, of Rogers and Breece Funeral Home, which handled the service, declined to tell the Fayetteville Observer newspaper how much it cost but added that a child’s funeral “averages around $4,500.”
A man who answered the phone at the funeral home Thursday told the AP that only the owner could comment and that he was away.
Shaniya Davis’ father, Bradley Lockhart, and his family had set up a trust fund in memory of Shaniya to help raise money to pay for the funeral. Lockhart was not available to talk Thursday, said a man who answered the phone at his home.
O’Neal is recovering from a shoulder injury that has sidelined him for six straight games since getting hurt Nov. 12 against Miami.

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Police in Gilroy are trying to identify two people they say fired a shotgun into an occupied home on Monday night.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home in the 7200 block of Dowdy Street at about 10:15 p.m.
Two males wearing dark clothing and black bandanas over their faces were seen in front of the home when rounds from a shotgun were fired through the front windows, police said.
The suspects ran away before police arrived.
Several people, including children, were inside the home at the time of the shooting, but no injuries were reported.
Police have not identified the suspects but said evidence was collected at the crime scene.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

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Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Here’s something to give thanks for: Getting out of the Bay Area this holiday weekend may turn out to be unseasonably easy.
With fewer people at the airports, gas prices slipping below $3, and many major freeway construction projects in the rearview mirror, travelers can expect a smoother Thanksgiving getaway, even though a lot more of us will be hitting the road than a year ago.
The best advice, whether traveling by car, train or plane: Leave before noon Wednesday, avoid returning late Sunday — one of the toughest travel days of the year — and pack a good attitude.
“We encourage patience and courtesy,” said San Jose airport spokesman David Vossbrink, in a comment echoed by the Highway Patrol, traffic reporters and other travelers. “A little good cheer can do wonders to reduce stress and make the trip better for everyone.”
Fewer people will be at the airports than in 2008, and the hassles may be minimal. But while the passenger count may be down as much as 10 percent at San Jose and Oakland airports, AAA predicts a 9 percent increase in travel by car this year in California.
Drivers will travel an average of 664 miles over the four-day holiday weekend, paying as much as 11 percent less for a motel room than a year ago and 17 cents less for a gallon of gas than around Labor Day.
The most hopeful news is on the highway. Once-horrible bottlenecks have been unclogged by road widening east of Tracy on Interstate 205, near Pacheco Pass at highways 152 and 156, in Castro Valley on I-238, and on I-80 near Fairfield.
“Travelers should find a much more friendly I-205 due to the extra lanes,” said Andrew Chesley, executive director of the San Joaquin Council of Governments. That freeway was widened last summer from two to three lanes in both directions. “We have seen about a 15-minute reduction in travel time.”
In addition, paving on I-80 near Colfax, east of Sacramento, has been halted for the winter, and lanes in that stretch have been widened from 11 to 12 feet.
Also, 19th Avenue in San Francisco will remain open this weekend south of Golden Gate Park, as city crews suspend work for the holiday on the Muni line.
Another reason this year may go smoother: The memory of painful holiday trips of past years has been seared into our consciousness.
“I’m definitely not returning Sunday,” said Joan Marshall, who will be heading home to Redwood City next Tuesday from a weeklong camping trip in Joshua Tree National Park. “Been there, done that. Ugh!”
Ditto Los Gatos attorney Mandy McClellan, whose family is bound for Bodega Bay and will be leaving around 1 p.m. Wednesday instead of 4 p.m., as in previous years.
“On several occasions in the past we encountered horrific traffic when traveling on Wednesday,” she said, still shuddering about being at a standstill on 101 after the San Rafael Bridge for what seemed like hours.
Another tip: Dial 511 before you head out the door. Larry Tom of San Martin did that a couple of years ago, checking the Thanksgiving route to Moraga. The most direct route, via Interstate 680, was 30 minutes longer than the alternative path on I-880 to I-580. So he took the longer route and “had a very smooth trip, avoiding all those turkeys on the road.”
If you’re flying, be sure to heed airport warnings — arrive 90 minutes early and make sure the name on your boarding pass precisely matches the name on your ID. If it doesn’t, you could face a longer wait as you’re asked for more information, but you should still be able to board your plane.
All three Bay Area airports will offer drivers cheaper, long-term parking rates in short-term lots if long-term spaces are filled. San Jose expects parking will be available at all of its lots, while long-term lots in Oakland and San Francisco could fill up Wednesday night.
Thanksgiving is one of the deadliest holidays for California drivers, with 33 killed last year. The Highway Patrol will have every available officer on the roads, giving special attention to Interstate 5 from Los Angeles to the Oregon border, I-15 from Bakersfield to Nevada, I-80 from the Bay Area to the Sierra and I-40.
They’ll focus on drunken drivers and on those who are not buckled up. Last year, one in three of those killed on state roads over Thanksgiving wasn’t strapped in.
“Wear your seat belt,” said CHP Officer Sarah Jackson. “It is your best defense against a DUI driver.”

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

WASHINGTON – Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.
“We’re not going to not pass a bill,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. With or without Republican support, Democrats will get it done, Schumer said, because a health care system that leaves nearly 50 million uninsured and spends more than any other is clearly broken.
Republicans wasted no time Monday going after Democratic moderates who delivered a Senate victory Saturday for President Barack Obama. The 60-39 vote overcame a procedural hurdle and allowed floor debate to start after Thanksgiving. Senate Democrats hope to finish their bill by Christmas, but it remains to be seen whether Obama gets final health care legislation this year.
A state Republican Party leader accused Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., of trying to have it both ways by talking conservative back home and voting with liberals in Washington.
“Nebraskans are finally wising up that there are two Ben Nelsons,” said Nebraska GOP Chairman Mark Fahleson. “There’s the Washington Ben Nelson … who gave Democrats the vote they wanted. Then there’s the Nebraska Ben Nelson … who comes back here to Nebraska and tries to portray himself as a conservative.”
Nelson’s office had no response, but the Democrat has said he won’t vote for a final bill unless it takes into account his concerns about limits on abortion funding, as well as his opposition to a new government-run insurance plan.
Another moderate Democrat, Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, said Monday she also could not support “a government-run, government-funded” public plan. With hundreds of thousands of uninsured people in her state eligible for existing government programs such as Medicaid, getting them signed up should be the first priority.
Democrats hope to persuade at least one Republican, Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, to vote for the final bill. But Snowe voted with Republicans on Saturday to block Majority Leader Harry Reid’s 10-year, $979 billion bill from coming to the floor.
Reid, D-Nev., will have to resolve differences within his party over abortion, taxes and letting the government sell health insurance as a competitor with private insurers. Another 60-vote test awaits him at the end of the debate, weeks from now. The House has already passed its version.
Both bills would require all Americans to carry health insurance, with government help to make premiums more affordable. They would ban insurance companies from denying coverage or charging more to people with health problems. They would set up new insurance markets for those who now have the hardest time finding and keeping coverage — self-employed people and small businesses. Americans insured through big employer plans would gain new consumer protections but wouldn’t face major changes. Seniors would get better prescription coverage.
They differ on abortion, taxes and the public plan.
If Democrats succeed in passing their legislation, it may leave consumers feeling a little cheated. Even after a phase-in of several years, the Democratic measures would leave 12 million or more eligible Americans uninsured. Many middle-class families who’d be required to buy coverage would still find the premiums a stretch, even with government aid. A new federal fund to provide temporary coverage for people with health problems would quickly run out of cash.
On abortion funding, the House adopted strict limitations as the price for getting anti-abortion Democrats to vote for the final bill. Abortion rights supporters are backing Reid’s approach in the Senate bill, which tries to preserve coverage for abortion while stipulating that federal dollars may not be used except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.
In the end, Reid may have to bend. Catholic bishops say they can’t accept his approach because it would let federally subsidized plans cover abortion. They vow to oppose the health care bill unless, like the House, the Senate enacts stronger language. Democratic senators opposed to abortion are already threatening a battle.
On financing, the House relies mainly on an income tax hike for upper-earners to pay for expanded coverage. The Senate opted for a tax on high-cost insurance plans, a Medicare payroll tax hike on the wealthy and fees on medical industries. In polls, the House approach is more popular. The Obama administration has signaled it likes the Senate’s insurance tax.
That leaves the controversy over creating a government health plan to compete with the insurance industry. It has dominated the debate and remains unresolved.
Both House and Senate bills now provide for a government insurance plan, but Reid’s bill would let states opt out. It’s not clear that Reid has the votes. He may be able to get a compromise to allow a government plan only if, after a reasonable time, insurance companies fail to deliver lower premiums.
In advance of the Senate debate, the American Medical Association and AARP announced a new ad aimed at calming seniors’ fears over Medicare. It features a white-coated man identified as a “real doctor” countering claims from another man identified as a “spin doctor” and will air nationally for two weeks. An AARP spokesman said it was a seven-figure ad buy but declined to give the exact figure.
Schumer appeared on NBC’s “Today” show on Monday.

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren’t necessarily selling more copies.
Here’s why: Since April 1, new auditing rules have made it easier for newspapers to count a reader as a paying customer.
These looser standards are especially helpful to a newspaper if it sells an “electronic edition.” That can include a subscriber-only Web site, such as what The Wall Street Journal has, or it can be a digital replica of a newspaper’s printed product. Several dozen publications, including USA Today, sell access to these daily “e-editions” that show how the news was laid out in print.
Under the new auditing standards, if a newspaper sells a “bundled” subscription to both the print and electronic editions, the publication is often allowed to count that subscriber twice.
If not for these rules, the industry’s numbers would look even worse. Average weekday circulation at 379 U.S. newspapers fell 10.6 percent during the six months ending in September. That was the steepest decline ever recorded by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the organization that verifies how many people are paying to read publications.
It’s not clear what the numbers would have been under the old auditing standards. But the effects of the new rules were widespread. There were 59 newspapers that listed at least 5,000 electronic editions in their weekday circulations, according to an Associated Press review of the figures filed with the ABC for the April-September period. In all but a few instances, the number of electronic subscribers was substantially higher than a year ago.
The decline in newspaper circulation has several causes. Many publications have intentionally reduced the range of their deliveries, cutting out exurbs or distant parts of their states where they sold relatively few copies. Higher prices for home delivery and newsstand copies also have driven some readers away. Publishers are betting they can keep their most loyal readers and are charging them more to help offset their crumbling ad sales — the main source of newspaper revenue.
Nevertheless, many newspapers are still offering discounts to bolster their circulation so they don’t risk losing even more advertising revenue. The size of the audience is one factor marketers consider when they buy ads.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal was among the newspapers whose weekday circulation rose from the same time last year. Nevada’s largest newspaper saw its average weekday circulation rise 6.6 percent, or nearly 11,000 subscribers, to 175,841. It was a remarkable improvement, given that weekday sales of its print edition fell by 12,000 copies and Las Vegas ranks among the cities hardest hit by the Great Recession.
How did it happen? The Review-Journal’s circulation this year included 23,132 electronic editions compared with just 511 at the same time last year.
The big difference didn’t occur because that many more people suddenly decided to buy the Review-Journal’s digital replica of its print edition.
The change happened because the price the newspaper was charging for the online replica — it costs print customers an extra 50 cents per week — hadn’t been high enough to qualify as paid circulation until the ABC’s April change. That let newspapers define their paying readers as anyone who spends at least a penny for a copy. Previously, a newspaper copy had to sell for at least 25 percent of the basic price to qualify as paid circulation.
The ABC said it changed the rules to reduce its auditing costs and “provide greater pricing and marketing flexibility” for publishers.
Steve Coffeen, the Review-Journal’s circulation director, said it makes sense to count the bundled subscriptions twice, as well as other people buying the electronic edition at a sharp discount, because it provides a complete picture of the newspaper’s paying audience. Advertisers generally prize readers who pay for a publication, reasoning they are more likely to peruse it.
“It’s important to show advertisers we are fighting the good fight and using other platforms to reach readers,” Coffeen said.
That rationale makes sense to Randy Novak, director of newspaper strategy for NSA Media, one of the nation’s largest buyers of newspaper ads. He doesn’t see much difference between readers who are getting the newspaper at a deep discount or the standard price. He wants to reach people who care enough about the newspaper to be willing to pay for it at all.
However, another big buyer of newspaper ads says the new ABC rules made the reported circulation numbers less credible.
“You really have to do your homework now and ask newspapers about how much double counting is going on,” said Allison Howald, U.S. director of print investment at PHD Media.
A surge in digital sales propelled the York Daily Record in Pennsylvania to a 16.5 percent increase in weekday circulation — the highest among dailies selling at least 50,000 copies. The Daily Record listed 10,073 electronic editions in its latest circulation of 55,370. At the same time last year it counted just 42 electronic editions in its circulation of 47,549.
In most cases, the electronic edition is a replica of the printed product, right down to the ads. The technology even makes it possible to simulate the act of turning the pages of a paper edition. Most electronic editions are sold at a small fraction of the price for the printed edition, partly because publishers don’t have to pay for newsprint or fuel to deliver the copy.
Web subscriptions were pivotal in The Wall Street Journal’s growth over the past decade. The digital sales are the main reason that the Journal surpassed USA Today as the top-selling U.S. newspaper in the April-September period. USA Today, owned by Gannett Co., still holds the edge in print circulation.
The Journal charges its print subscribers an additional 40 cents per week for unrestricted access to its Web site. Journal spokesman Robert Christie wouldn’t comment on whether the new rules for counting subscribers contributed to a 14 percent increase in the newspaper’s 407,002 digital subscribers. Including the print side, the Journal’s total circulation edged up by just 0.6 percent to 2.02 million.
“We followed the ABC’s rules and methodology,” Christie said.
Some newspapers that posted circulation gains say they are picking up readers who feel abandoned by bigger publications. Cutbacks at newspapers in Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn., contributed to most of the 2 percent increase at the 70,000-circulation Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, said Publisher Tom Griscom. “We are keeping an eye on print and not letting it drift away,” Griscom said.
A reduced emphasis on print at The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, which now deliver to homes only three days a week, also helped Michigan’s Oakland Press increase its weekday circulation 7 percent to 68,067. But electronic sales were the main factor. The newspaper listed 6,500 more electronic editions in its latest circulation numbers than it did a year ago, offsetting a slight decline in print.