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NEW YORK (AP) — Inside tunnels threading under a Houston medical campus, 100 submarine doors stand ready to block invading floodwaters. Before commuters in Bangkok can head down into the city’s subways, they must ...
November 27, 2012
Egypt’s president stands by his decrees
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi struck an uncompromising stand Monday over his seizure of near absolute powers, refusing in a meeting with top judicial authorities to rescind a package of constitutional amendments that placed his edicts above oversight by the courts.
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supporters, Morsi’s meanwhile, canceled a massive rally planned for Tuesday to compete with a demonstration by his opponents, citing the need to “defuse tension” at a time when anger over the president’s moves is mounting, according to a spokesman for the president’s Muslim Brotherhood.
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The opposition rally was going ahead as scheduled at Cairo’s Tahrir square, birthplace of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s regime nearly two years ago.
The meeting between Morsi and members of the Supreme Judiciary Council was a bid to resolve a fourday crisis that has plunged the country into a new round of tur moil, with clashes between the two sides that have left one protester dead and hundreds wounded. Morsi, according to a presidential statement, told the judges that while the constitutional declaration he announced Thursday grants him immunity from
any oversight, he intended to restrict that to what it described as “sovereignty issues.” The vaguely worded statement did not define those issues, but they were widely interpreted to cover declaration of war, imposition of martial law, breaking diplomatic relations with a foreign nation or dismissing a Cabinet. The statement did not touch on the protection from oversight Morsi has extended to two bodies dominated by his Brotherhood and other Islamists: The 100-member panel tasked with drafting a new constitution and parliaSee EGYPT, Page A3
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Former Egyptian presidential candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi, attends the funeral of Gaber Salah, who was killed during clashes with security forces in Cairo, Egypt, Monday.
Peanut butter plant halted
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration halted operations of the country’s largest organic peanut butter processor Monday, cracking down on salmonella poisoning for the first time with new enforcement authority the agency gained in a 2011 food safety law.
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Roswell firefighters and volunteer units from Midway, East Grand Plains and Sierra worked Monday evening to put out a fire that destroyed a trailer home located outside of Roswell city limits at 2302A Hobson Road. No one was injured and as of press time, the cause of the fire was under investigation.
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Woman arrested in connection Fiscal deal elusive with an armed robbery Sunday
The Roswell Police Department arrested Erica Peterson, 24, on charges of armed robbery Sunday in association with a home invasion that occurred on South Sunset Avenue, Saturday. According to the affidavit of criminal complaint, a young female knocked on the door of an apartment in the 1600 block of South Sunset Avenue in the early morning hours. When the resident answered the door, Peterson told him that she was having car problems
and needed to use the phone. Once the door was open, a white male wearing a hoodie that covered his face forced his way inside. The male subject was holding a screwdriver. The couple ransacked the victim’s room and took numerous items, including a wedding band, a ruby ring, some costume jewelry, a debit card and a cell phone. As a result of their investigation, officers obtained a search warrant of Peter-
son’s home where they located a small black bag and a cream-colored case. When confronted, Peterson said she was asleep during the time of the robbery. The affidavit states that she later admitted being present during the home invasion, but denied being an active participant in the robbery. Peterson is being held at Chaves County Detention Center on charges of armed robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and tampering with evidence.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Talk of compromise on a broad budget deal greeted returning lawmakers Monday, but agreement still seemed distant as the White House and congressional Republicans ceded little ground on a key sticking point: whether to raise revenue through higher tax rates or by limiting tax breaks and deductions. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, pressed his case for revenue derived by reducing tax loopholes rather than raising tax rates on wealthy taxpayers, as President Barack Obama insists. Boehner, voicing the Republican stance, said: “The American people support an approach that involves both major spending cuts and additional revenue via tax reform with lower tax rates.” At the White House, Obama spokesman Jay Carney reiterated the president’s pledge not to sign legislation that extends current tax rates to the top 2 percent of income earners — households with incomes over $250,000. “That is a firm position,” Carney said. Congress and Obama have until the end of the year to avoid across-the-board tax increases that would do away with rates set during the administration of President George W. Bush and restore higher tax rates in place during President Bill Clinton’s administration when the economy was robust and the federal governSee DEAL, Page A3
Dexter man perishes after oil field accident
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FDA officials found salmonella all over Sunland Inc.’s New Mexico processing plant after 41 people in 20 states, most of them children, were sickened by peanut butter manufac-
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A portion of South Cahoon Avenue between Marker and Hobbs streets was closed to traffic on Monday around 11 a.m. when an 8-inch water main burst. The flooding covered the two adjacent vacant lots, much of the street and the parking area for residents down to Hobbs. Water/Wastewater Superintendent Art Torres said the damages were not severe.
Dover Magby, 49, of Dexter, died as the result of an accident at a United Drilling site in southern Chaves County. The accident occurred around 6:20 a.m. on Nov. 17. Eddy County Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff Zuniga reported: “According to our preliminary investigations, Magby was crushed by equipment at the well site.” Officials believe that Magby was standing between two mud bins which are used to transport oil field mud by rail from the mud pit. Officials are still trying to ascertain how the incident occurred. Zuniga said that there were witnesses to the accident. Magby, an employee of Closed Loop Specialties, was taken to Artesia General Hospital and died some time later. The official cause of death was listed as severe head trauma. He was buried in Carlsbad on Saturday.