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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul R yan went back to school on Saturday to rally college students in all corners of all-important Ohio and hammer at President Barack Obama for going easy on China over unfair trade practices. Obama took precious time off the campaign trail to practice for the next debate against his GOP rival.
BUBBA’S BACK BIG TIME
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Clinton is back in the game big time, serving as President Barack Obama’s surrogate in chief and relying on his oratorical skill and folksy style to help Democratic candidates. His high-profile role also gives him the chance to enhance his legacy as ... - PAGE B7
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final weeks of the race to prepare for Tuesday’s encounter in Hempstead, N .Y.
Even while cloistered for debate prep at a sprawling resort in Williamsburg, Va., though, the president did not completely cede the spotlight to Romney. His weekly radio and Internet address highlighted the Obama administration’s work to revive the U.S. auto industry — a message aimed squarely at workingclass voters in manufacturing-heavy states like Ohio.
Romney, for his part, told a crowd of more than 3,000 people at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth that Obama was ducking
an important decision on whether China is manipulating its currency to gain a trade advantage. A decision was due on Monday, but the Treasury Department said Friday the decision won’t come until after global finance officials meet in early November. That means a decision is unlikely before the Nov. 6 election.
Romney framed the issue squarely as a matter of jobs, saying cheap Chinese products were driving American companies out of business. Ryan, too, criticized the
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Mitt Romney campaigns in Lebanon, Ohio, Saturday.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The matchup between Texas Tech and No. 5 West Virginia featured a quarterback who put up cartoonish numbers, throwing for six touchdowns and 499 yards. And that quarterback’s name was Seth Doege. Doege led Texas Tech’s offense while the Red Raiders’ defense shut down Heisman Trophy hopeful Geno Smith, upsetting the Mountaineers 49-14 on Saturday. Red Raider fans stormed the field after the win, the most lopsided Texas Tech victory ever over a team ranked in the top five. - PAGE B1
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Music enthusiasts of all skill levels gathered at Ginsberg Music Saturday as the Roswell Jazz Festival continued with a series of seminars. Artistic director Michael Francis said the seminars serve two main purposes. The first purpose, he said, “is to explain the mystery of what the musicians are doing during the performances.” He said that by showing listeners what all goes into creating jazz, they are able to enjoy the jazz concerts from a more educated standpoint and come away with more knowledge about the multifaceted style. “There’s lots of ways of playing jazz, many, many, different styles,” he said. “And this is a way to let people know on the inside [what goes into creating jazz].”
Fearless Felix ready for today’s supersonic free fall Eddie Erickson, left, and Bucky Pizzarelli perform during the School of Jazz Guitar Seminar at Ginsberg Music, Saturday.
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Are we ready, Roswell? Red Bull Stratos announced Saturday that Felix Baumgartner is rested and ready to go for another chance to break the sound barrier in a historic free fall from 23 miles above the surface of the Earth. The new launch attempt could take place this morning as early as a little before sunrise. Stratos meteorologist Don Day said launch conditions tend to be best at sunrise or shortly thereafter, but that the window for launch could stay open until 11 a.m. Art Thompson, technical director, said the team will know where it stands for a late mor ning Sunday launch by 8:30 a.m.
Live streaming coverage of the record-breaking attempt will be available at RedBullStratos.com. If Stratos accomplishes its mission from the edge of space today, Baumgartner would break the sound barrier exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier flying in an experimental rocket-powered airplane. “I’m hoping it will come off, because what a wonderful footnote that would be,” Col. Joe Kittinger, Stratos flight director, said, “the first with a plane, the first one by body.” Down to its final balloon, the Stratos team has now settled on the likelihood that another does not exist in a warehouse. Thompson said if the
fragile, 55-story balloon suffers the same fate as the previous, another would have to be manufactured in a process that takes four to five weeks. Due to a weather window that closes some time in November, Thompson added that another balloon loss would most likely push the Stratos mission to 2013. To get his balloon inflated and aloft, Baumgartner needs near windless conditions at ground level and clear skies. Baumgartner, 43, stated that he relishes the chance to make history on the same day Yeager went supersonic by airplane, but that no matter the time or day, Stratos will accom-
ries remain burned indelibly in her brain. “I remember being awakened in the middle of the night and being brought out to witness beatings. One image stays with me. My father kneeling on my mother’s chest as she lay on the ground and he punched her repeatedly. Blood dripped from her mouth and her eyes were already tur ning purple with the bruises. As he hit her, he punctuated each strike by saying, ‘See what happens to a woman who doesn’t obey her husband?’ “One night I was awakened by mother’s blood dripping in my face. I saw her, silhouetted, a black
figure in a dark room. I was unable to see her face, but I knew it was her blood. I remember wiping it from my face. She whispered in my ear, ‘If it weren’t for you, I would have left your father.’ I felt responsible for her fate. “I saw humiliations daily, stabbings and beatings that happened at least once a week, sometimes more often. Holidays were particularly bad. ... I used to hide in the closet much of the time. After a while, I knew the inside of my closet better than I knew my own yard. “I kept a suitcase hidden under my bed, packed and ready to go. I had all the
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A video screen displays images from past Felix Baumgartner’s jumps, shown in the early morning hours, Tuesday, before the weather forced postponement of the scheduled jump. The Red Bull Stratos crew and Baumgartner will make a second attempt today.
Domestic violence: Giving voice to children JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Domestic violence is the silent killer because the victims rarely speak of it, even if they have escaped their circumstances, for fear of retaliation. The children of domestic violence are also among the silent victims. These children are more likely to be abused and neglected by both the beleaguered spouse and by the abusive one. Even if a child is not physically harmed, he may be emotionally scarred. One child survivor was willing to speak of her experiences. She said that some images, some memo-
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important things, a clean pair of underwear — you never know when you might get hit by a car — and Twinkies. One night, I think I was 5, I ran away. I made it to the end of the block and then sat down and cried because I was not allowed to cross the street. Eventually my mother came and got me, a towel wrapped around her arm to staunch the flow of blood.
“I am told that one night my father held the entire family at gunpoint, but I don’t remember it. What I do remember is my father holding the gun to my See DOMESTIC, Page A3
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