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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Brazil: 33 dead in truck-bus crash
Workers check the rubble of a bus after an accident in Milagres, Brazil's Bahia state, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Brazilian authorities said a tractor-trailer slammed into the bus carrying sugarcane cutters, killing at least 33 people and injuring 13 after the truck driver lost control as he was rounding a corner and heading down a hill early Saturday. (AP Photo/Ag. A Tarde/Agencia O Globo,Zenilton Meira) DO NOT PUBLISH IN BRAZIL - NAO PUBLICAR NO BRASIL
Workers check the rubble of a bus after an accident in Milagres, Brazil's Bahia state, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Brazilian authorities said a tractor-trailer slammed into the bus carrying sugarcane cutters, killing at least 33 people and injuring 13 after the truck driver lost control as he was rounding a corner and heading down a hill early Saturday. (AP Photo/Ag. A Tarde/Agencia O Globo,Zenilton Meira) DO NOT PUBLISH IN BRAZIL - NAO PUBLICAR NO BRASIL
SAO PAULO (AP) ? Brazilian authorities say a tractor-trailor has slammed into a bus carrying sugarcane cutters, killing at least 33 people and injuring 13 others.
A police spokesman says the truck driver lost control as he was rounding a corner and heading down a hill early Saturday near a town called Miracles in the northeastern state of Bahia. The truck was carrying a load of construction materials, which also slammed into the bus.
The driver of the truck survived and is in a local hospital. Some of the others injured are in grave condition.
The police official spoke on condition of anonymity, saying he was not authorized to provide details.
He says an investigation is ongoing.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Santo elected to Hall of Fame by veterans panel
FILE - In this 1971 file photo, Chicago Cubs infielder Ron Santo is shown in Scottsdale, Ariz. Santo has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. The Hall announced the voting results Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at the winter meetings in Dallas. (AP Photo/Robert H. Houston, File)
FILE - In this 1971 file photo, Chicago Cubs infielder Ron Santo is shown in Scottsdale, Ariz. Santo has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. The Hall announced the voting results Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at the winter meetings in Dallas. (AP Photo/Robert H. Houston, File)
FILE - This July 3, 1974 file photo shows Chicago White Sox' Ron Santo kneeling before a game in Chicago. Santo has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. The Hall announced the voting results Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at the winter meetings in Dallas. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)
FILE - This April 5, 2002, file photo, shows former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Cubs home opener in Chicago. Santo has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. The Hall announced the voting results Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at the winter meetings in Dallas. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
FILE - This Feb. 19, 2007, file photo, former Chicago Cubs great and longtime WGN radio announcer Ron Santo during a spring training baseball workout in Mesa, Ariz. Santo has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. The Hall announced the voting results Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at the winter meetings in Dallas. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
DALLAS (AP) ? Ron Santo was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday, chosen by the Veterans Committee nearly a year to the day after the Chicago Cubs third baseman died hoping for this honor.
Santo breezed in with 15 votes from the 16-member panel. It took 75 percent ? 12 votes ? to get chosen.
Santo was a nine-time All-Star, hit 342 home runs and won five Gold Gloves. He was a Cubs broadcaster for two decades, beloved by his fans eagerly rooting for his favorite team on the air.
Jim Kaat was second with 10 votes, Gil Hodges and Minnie Minoso each drew nine and Tony Oliva got eight on the 10-person Golden Era ballot. Buzzie Bavasi, Ken Boyer, Charlie Finley, Allie Reynolds and Luis Tiant each received under three votes.
Santo joined former Cubs teammates Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Ferguson Jenkins in the Hall. That famed quartet did most everything at Wrigley Field through the 1960s and early 1970s except reach the World Series.
"It's really exciting because so many years that we had parties over to his house in spring training saying this is the year, I'd tell him this is the year you're going in the baseball Hall of Fame," Williams, a member of the voting panel, said at the baseball winter meetings.
"With Ernie, myself and Fergie, those players he played with ... to hear this kind of news today that he's inducted in the baseball Hall of Fame is really gratifying because so many times that we talked about it, it's a place he wanted to be," he said. "I'm really, really thrilled for him and his family. The one thing, of course, is he's not here to enjoy it, but his family will."
A star while playing with diabetes, a disease that eventually cost him both legs below the knees, Santo died Dec. 3, 2010, from complications of bladder cancer at age 70.
Santo will be inducted into Cooperstown on July 22, along with any players elected by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Jan. 9. Bernie Williams joins Jack Morris, Barry Larkin and others on that ballot.
Santo never came close to election during his 15 times on the BBWAA ballot, peaking at 43 percent ? far short of the needed 75 percent in his last year of eligibility in 1998.
He had gotten closer in previous elections by the Veterans Committee. The panel has been revamped several times in the last decade, aimed at giving a better look at deserving candidates.
"I kept thinking that he would get in then, then, then and finally he got in, but it's a little too late for him to be there," said another veterans panel member, Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson. "It's hard to figure out why he hasn't gotten in sooner."
"He's just a terrific guy, he's baseball through and through, he's done a lot for the game of baseball in his career, and he's been though a lot of hardships physically and he was just a terrific player," he said. "He certainly belongs in the Hall of Fame. A long time coming. No one knows the reason he didn't get in when the writers were voting, but this process we have has been the fairest, I think."
Santo is the 15th third baseman in the Hall, including three from the Negro Leagues. He was a career .277 hitter and hit at least 30 homers every season from 1964-67.
Santo made his debut at 20 with the Cubs in 1960 and played his whole career with them until finishing with the crosstown White Sox in 1974.
Like Banks, Santo never got to play in a World Series. They came close in 1969, overtaken in the stretch by a New York Mets team managed by Hodges, the former Brooklyn star first baseman.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
TSA probes profiling allegations in Honolulu (AP)
HONOLULU ? The Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that it is investigating allegations that screeners at Honolulu International Airport have targeted Mexican travelers for extra screening.
The allegations "resulted in launching an immediate and thorough investigation of the behavior detection program at HNL," the TSA said in a statement, referring to Honolulu's airport code. "Pending the completion of the investigation, TSA also provided HNL Behavior Detection Officers refresher training to ensure the program is focused solely on identifying suspicious behaviors."
The statement was in response to a recent letter from U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security. His Nov. 22 letter cited a report by Honolulu television station KITV, in which two TSA employees alleged that officers known as "Mexicutioners" targeted Mexican passengers in an attempt to appear productive to supervisors.
Thompson, D-Miss., said he wants a suspension of a program known as Screening of Passengers by Observation Technique, or SPOT, which involves officers trained in detecting behavior, such as facial expressions, of those who intend to do harm.
"TSA's behavior detection program in no way encourages or tolerates profiling," the agency's statement said. "Profiling is not an effective form of security and our security officers are trained to treat every passenger with dignity and respect."
Thompson gave the TSA until Dec. 16 to provide information including the agency's internal report on Honolulu's SPOT program. Among the information he requested are specific steps taken to address the racial profiling allegations at the Honolulu airport and a list of countries of origin for each foreign national arrested as a result of a referral from TSA behavior detection officers in Honolulu.
The TSA said it will respond directly to the congressman.
Honolulu airport is where dozens of employees were fired or suspended this year after an investigation found workers did not screen checked bags for explosives. It was the single largest personnel action for misconduct in the TSA's history.
The agency began an investigation at the end of 2010 after two Honolulu employees told officials that thousands of bags weren't checked properly or screened for traces of explosives. The probe, which included interviews with more than 100 employees, determined that some checked bags during one shift at the airport were not properly screened.
Thompson said the Honolulu allegations, along with media accounts in June of behavior detection officers at Newark Liberty International Airport targeting minority passengers, raise concerns about the "scientific validity" of the program. Behavior detection officers at Newark were retrained amid allegations they routinely targeted Mexican or Dominican passengers.
"These incidents and the failure of both training and supervision to prevent the practice of racial profiling are clear indications that more research, evaluation and testing must be completed before behavior detection can be successfully integrated at aviation security checkpoints," he wrote.
On Thursday, a group of 38 civil rights organizations led by the Sikh Coalition called for an independent audit of the TSA to determine whether the agency engages in racial profiling.
Their letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the groups, which include the NAACP and American Civil Liberties Union, are "concerned that the latest reports from Hawaii and New Jersey represent the `tip of the iceberg' and that TSA officers are engaged in a wider pattern or practice of profiling racial and religious minorities instead of focusing on actual criminal behavior."
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
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Survey: Afghans living longer, fewer infants die (AP)
KABUL, Afghanistan ? Afghans are living longer, fewer infants are dying and more women are surviving childbirth because health care has dramatically improved around the country in the past decade, according to a national survey released Wednesday.
The survey indicates that increased access to health care in Afghanistan, more hospitals and clinics and more trained health care workers and doctors have significantly contributed to an overall improvement in the health of most Afghans.
"There have been many changes in the health sector and that is why we have so many positive changes," said Bashir Noormal, director general of the Afghan Public Health Institute.
Conducted by the Afghan Health Ministry in 2010, the survey was sponsored and funded by international organizations such as UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the U.S. government and the British Department for International Development. The survey was the most comprehensive to date in Afghanistan despite the exclusion of some rural areas in the south where international forces are fighting insurgents.
It showed that the estimated life expectancy is up to between 62 and 64 years for both men and women. That compares with previous studies that showed life expectancy from 47 to 50 ? the latter figure reported by the WHO in 2009.
More importantly, the survey showed that infant mortality has been cut in half in recent years, and is now down to 97 deaths per 1,000 live births. The survey said one in 10 children in Afghanistan dies before they are five years old while previous surveys, carried out about five years ago, showed that one in five died before reaching that age. The 2009 WHO study reported 199 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Women in this war-ravaged country also are far more likely to survive pregnancy today. The survey indicated that the number of women who die from pregnancy related causes has dropped to one in every 50.
Still, one Afghan women dies about every two hours from pregnancy related causes and while childhood mortality is decreasing, it remains the highest in the region.
"Risks associated with pregnancy and delivery are higher for Afghan women than for women in neighboring countries," the survey said.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Gingrich's unpredictability raises concerns
Republican presidential hopeful former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the annual meeting of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Republican presidential hopeful former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the annual meeting of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? At last, Rep. Phil Gingrey thought as he watched the most recent presidential debate. His candidate, Newt Gingrich, had moved beyond scolding journalists to talking ideas and looking like a contender. But then Gingrich seemed to embrace a form of amnesty for illegal immigrants. And Gingrey, who opposes amnesty like most conservatives, froze.
"I thought, 'Aw, I hope he's not really saying that," recalled Gingrey, R-Ga.
Unpredictability is as much a part of Gingrich as his signature snowy mane, a quality that has vexed anyone who has supported him for anything ? be it speaker of the House or president of the United States. The history professor from Georgia may have, as he claims, matured over three dramatic decades in public life. But one constant is a mercurial personality.
For many Republicans, it's a source of inspiration, charm and excitement in a year when conservatives are still looking for an alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and have driven Gingrich into the top tier of contenders for the GOP nomination.
Gingrich won a place in the history books as the force behind the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress. As speaker, he racked up some bipartisan trophies by working with President Bill Clinton to balance the budget and change the welfare system.
But melodrama has followed Gingrich up and down and back up the ladder of success, enough to raise the question in 2012: How steadily would Gingrich, a 68-year-old grandfather and Catholic convert on his third marriage, guide a nation hungry for confidence in its leaders and jittery over the stuttering economy?
"I don't claim to be the perfect candidate," Gingrich told WSC-FM this week. "I just claim to be a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney and a lot more electable than anyone else."
Gingrey agrees. But Gingrich's remarks on immigration left him with questions.
"I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families which have been here a quarter-century," Gingrich said in the Republican debate. "I'm prepared to take the heat for saying let's be humane in enforcing the law."
On the one hand, Gingrey suggested, if that's the way Gingrich really feels about the issue, then saying so, rather than avoiding it, was "gutsy." And it may have drawn a useful contrast with Romney.
On the other, there's uncertainty: What is his position on the issue? After all, he has flip-flopped on other issues ? Medicare, Libya, health care reform and global warming.
"I hope he set the stage for us looking very hard at making sure we have a temporary worker program that's viable and has absolutely no hint of amnesty," Gingrey said in a telephone interview this week. "I need to have a conversation with him about that."
Gingrich has since said he was calling for a path toward legal residency ? not citizenship ? for illegal immigrants who have lived here peacefully for generations.
By any measure, stability is scarce on Gingrich's resume. During his speakership there were two government shutdowns, a well-publicized snit over his seating on Air Force One, his push for Clinton's impeachment while in an extramarital affair of his own, and lieutenants plotting his overthrow.
In 1998, shortly after winning re-election, Gingrich announced in a closed GOP caucus meeting that he would "bench" himself, and left Congress.
Throughout, there's been petulance, policy wobbles, and a tendency to cast himself in outsized terms.
This year alone, while painting himself an everyman and Washington outsider at heart, he's been forced to defend a six-figure shopping spree at Tiffany's and the $1.6 million he earned over the past decade as a history adviser ? not a lobbyist, he insists ? to mortgage giant Freddie Mac.
He irked conservatives by harshly criticizing Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to overhaul Medicare as "right-wing social engineering," then apologized but has since sent mixed signals on where he stands on the matter.
His senior campaign staff quit on him, en masse.
The drama has Democrats licking their chops at the prospect of Gingrich as the GOP nominee.
"I did not think I had lived a good enough life to be rewarded by Newt Gingrich being the Republican nominee," retiring liberal Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said this week. "It still is unlikely, but I have hopes."
The misfortunes of other Republican candidates ? Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, businessman Herman Cain ? left an opening for Gingrich's resurgence. Longtime politicos aren't making the argument that Gingrich's leadership is a neat or pretty thing to behold. But they're not counting him out of the wide-open nominating contest, either.
"I think he's got a pretty good argument to make about his time as speaker, in terms of results," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who served with Gingrich in the House and has not endorsed a presidential candidate. "The real purpose of a president, I think, is to find common ground with Congress to solve our problems. Newt has been in that mix."
Rep. Tom Price, another Georgia Republican who has endorsed Gingrich, suggested the former speaker has acquired the self-awareness to compete in the presidential arena.
"Newt has always been an idea machine, and I think he clearly appreciates the gravity of the situation before us," Price said. "There isn't any sense that this (nomination) is a fait accompli. There's an appreciation that there's a long road to go yet."
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