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October 5, 2013
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Prospect for quick end to shutdown is remote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend and increasingly shifted their focus to a midmonth deadline for averting a threatened firstever default. “This isn’t some damn game,” said House Speaker John Boehner, as the White House and Democrats held to their position of agreeing to negotiate only after the government is reopened and the $16.7
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trillion debt limit raised. House Republicans appear ed to be shifting their demands, de-emphasizing their previous insistence on defunding the health care overhaul in exchange for re-opening the government. Instead, they ramped up calls for cuts in federal benefit programs and future deficits, items that Boehner has said r epeatedly will be part of any talks on debt limit legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., also said the two issues were
linked. “We not only have a shutdown, but we have the full faith and credit of our nation before us in a week or ten days,” he said. Reid and other Democrats blocked numer ous attempts by Sen. Ted Cruz to approve House-passed bills reopening portions of the gover nment. The T exas Republican is a chief ar chitect of the “Defund Obamacar e” strategy and met earlier this week with allies in the House and an aide to Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to confer on
Locally produced film series asks for community support Bringing suspense, excitement and drama to a local standpoint, the new film series “Tailed” is about to kickof f and it has become a community effort. Director and producer, Donovan Fulkerson, along with co-writer Boyd Barrett, started filming the project for Roswell Filmfest and Cosmicon, but that was only a small preview of what they are planning to do. The series will be primarily on the web, but it is hoped that it will be picked up eventually by a television channel. Until then, it
is up to Roswell to help keep this film alive, Fulkerson said. From local sponsors helping with set locations, props and catering for the cast, to actual cast and crewmembers participating on their own dime, the community is the reason this series is taking off at all. Unfortunately, Fulkerson said, he is not able to pay anyone working on the film. “Everyone is working for free,” Fulkerson said. “They’re donating their time, equipment and expertise.” Regardless, they are producing a feature film quali-
ty show. Even the soundtrack is professional, with 95 percent of it being original compositions by Michael Lutz. Fulkerson had nothing but good things to say about the cast and crew. “They’re amazing,” he summed up. “If I can dream it, they make it happen.” In short, “I am very blessed,” he said. One such cast member is actor Dominic Batista, who plays one of the lead protagonists, Martin. “I guess the best part is playing the action guy, because even in the worst situations he still wins,”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap his Asia trip is a setback for his much-advertised pledge to shift the focus of foreign policy to the Pacific and a boost for China’s attempt to gain influence in the region.
By staying home because of the partial government shutdown, Obama hands new Chinese leader Xi Jinping a chance to fill the void at two Asian summits Obama had planned to attend. It’s the third time since 2010 that Obama has cancelled an Asia trip, all because of domestic political crises.
Caution urged on postpartum link to car chase
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lots of women suffer from postpartum depression, but violence in new mothers is incredibly rare, and when it happens, it typically is linked to a different condition. Experts caution against assuming that post-pregnancy mental health problems explain a Connecticut woman’s bizarre Capitol Hill car chase that ended with her death in front of her toddler. And they worry that such headline-grabbing cases can discourage women from getting needed help if they’re experiencing problems after the birth of a child. “Women need not go into secrecy if they’re struggling,” said William Meyer, a clinical social worker and associate professor at Duke University Medical Center.
“Women who suffer from depression do not, except in really extreme, exceptional cases, ever hurt their babies, ever put their babies in harm’s way.”
Authorities identified 34-year -old Miriam Carey of Stamford, Conn., as the woman who was shot to death by police Thursday after trying to drive through barricades at the White House with her 1-yearold in the car. Carey’s mother told ABC News that her daughter suffered from postpartum depression and at one point was hospitalized. Friday, a federal law enforcement official said Carey also had delusions that the president was communicating with her and that her condition had been deteriorating over the past 10 months.
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Artist Jeremy Howe demonstrates his creative technique using fireworks during his show at Isaac's Gallery entitled “Pyroglyphs: Smoking For 13 Years,” Friday evening.
Cadet Sampson set on getting squared away See SERIES, Page A3
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New Mexico Youth ChalleNGe Platoon Sgt. Phylicia Sampson, 16, leads her platoon in phyisical training during a 10 a.m. break between classes.
Obama’s no-show in Asia a boost for China
strategy. In a lengthy back-andforth with Reid and other Democrats, Cruz blamed them and the White House for the impasse and accused them of a “my way or the highway” attitude. But Sen. Carl Levin, DMich., likened the Republican strategy to “smashing a piece of cr ockery with a hammer, gluing two or three bits back together today, a couple mor e tomorr ow, and two or three more the day after that.”
Midway neons light up the night at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair, Thursday evening.
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The time is 12 p.m. sharp on Sept. 25. Phylicia Sampson sits erect at a table in the cafeteria of Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell. She is wearing a black polo, and her light brown hair is
tied back in a tight pony tail. She is not wearing makeup. In front of her is a divided lunch tray. The 16-year -old alternates between picking at the biscuit in one section of her plate, and munching on slices of fruit in another section.
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She doesn’t touch the lasagna in the center. “Oh, I don’t like lasagna,” she says sheepishly. Her admission serves as a rare break from an otherwise rigid demeanor. Sampson speaks in an even voice as she responds to any yesno question asked by the reporter with “Yes, ma’am.” Sampson, of Alamagordo, is a cadet in New Mexico Youth ChalleNGe, a free military-style program created by the National Guard for “at risk” youth between the ages of 16 and 18, especially those who have
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dropped out of high school or are contemplating doing so. The program provides GED classes and job training. Sampson says she entered the program at the recommendation of a family friend. Before entering the program, she says she was ditching school, drinking and doing drugs. She “got mixed up in the wrong crowd.” At one point, she spent three months in a residenSee SPOTLIGHT, Page A3
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