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Immigration bill could exclude many
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home ... - PAGE A5
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A promised path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally may leave out hundreds of thousands of them.
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Bipartisan Senate legislation would make legalization and ultimately citizenship available only to those who arrived in the U.S. before Dec. 31, 2011, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals. Anyone who came after that date would be subject to deportation.
The bill, expected to be introduced next week, also would require applicants to
document that they were in the country before the cutoff date, have a clean criminal record and show enough employment or financial stability that they’re likely to stay of f welfare, said the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the proposals had not been made public. Although illegal immigration to the U.S. has been dropping, tens of thousands of people still arrive annually, so the cutoff date alone could exclude a large number of people. The aide said hundreds of thousands could be excluded
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overall. That came as a disappointment to immigrant rights groups that had been hoping that anyone here as of the date of enactment of the bill could be able to become eligible for citizenship.
But Republicans in the eight-member immigration negotiating group have sought strict criteria on legal enforcement and border security as the price for their support for a path to citizenship, which is still opposed by some as amnesty. The aide said that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., See EXCLUDE, Page A3
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Ajna, 28, of Washington, an artist who goes by only her first name and is of Ethiopian and Eritrean descent, poses for a portrait at the end of the “Rally for Citizenship” on Capitol Hill, Wednesday.
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Eko Fury Sanchez, 7, ties a blue ribbon in memory of her father, Saul Sanchez, to a red oak prior to its planting at the 12th hole of the Spring River Golf Course, Friday, during an Arbor Day Memorial Tree Planting ceremony. Sanchez was killed Dec. 11, 2012, when he interrupted a burglary.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The 14-year-old from China isn’t going anywhere in a hurry. And this Masters is still a long way from taking shape. Despite being the first player at Augusta National to get hit with a one-shot penalty for slow play, teen sensation Guan Tianlang still made history Friday as the youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. And it came down to the last shot of a wild and windy day. - PAGE B1
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Chaves County District Attorney Janetta Hicks announced Friday she will not prosecute Tim Sappington, the man caught on video shooting a horse on his land. Though Sappington showed poor judgment and insensitivity, Hicks determined his personal use of the horsemeat and lack of suffering by the animal made prosecution for extreme animal cruelty not possible under state law. Sappington’s conduct “was not a violation of New Mexico law,” Hicks said in a written letter to state Livestock Inspector Darron Davis of the New Mexico Livestock Board. Under state law, extreme cru-
Plea hearing set in NM Upper-income seniors’ Medicare judicial bribery case hike will create 5 income brackets ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A change of plea hearing is scheduled for a retired Las Cruces judge accused of funneling bribes to former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for judicial appointments.
Attor neys in the case have declined comment on whether a deal has been reached to reduce the four felony counts pending against former state District Judge Michael Murphy. But documents filed with the court show prosecutors and the defense have agreed to have a new charge filed against Murphy — this one a misdemeanor count of misconduct by a public official. An agreement to knock four felonies down to a misdemeanor charge would mark the collapse of a high-profile case that shocked the judiciary two years ago when prosecutors
implied the bribes were part of a long-running practice under which Murphy and other judges worked with southern New Mexico Democratic activist Edgar Lopez to choose new judges for the district. A motion filed with the court earlier this month states that the “Defendant agrees not to contest a violation of the charge and will not challenge in any way the constitutionality or other legitimacy of the misdemeanor charge under the Governmental Conduct Act, contingent upon the State agreeing to certain conditions.” And the court docket shows a change of plea hearing is scheduled for next Thursday afternoon. Richardson has called the accusations “outrageous and defamatory.” See BRIBERY, Page A3
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper -income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday. First details of the plan emerged after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified to Congress on the president’s budget. As released two days earlier, the budget included only a vague description of a controversial proposal that has grown more ambitious since Obama last floated it. “Means testing” has been part of Medicare since the George W. Bush administration, but ramping it up is bound to stir controversy. Republicans are intrigued, but most Democrats don’t like the idea. The plan itself is complicated. The bottom line is not: more money for the government. Obama’s new budget calls for raising $50 billion over 10 years by increasing monthly “income-related” premiums for outpatient and prescription drug cover-
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee, Friday.
age. The comparable number last year was $28 billion over the decade. Currently, single beneficiaries making more than $85,000 a year and couples See MEDICARE, Page A3
Lynetta Zuber combines teaching, love for kids at Roswell KAPS BY AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Her light pink ’40s-era styled dress instantly stands out in the window light. Dramatic dark brown curls are pulled back from her face revealing eye shadow that matches the dress, instantly giving off a theatrical, yet calming, vibe. Bor n and raised in Roswell, L ynetta Zuber has been in love with theatre since age 2. Whether it is acting, stage management, lighting or directing, she has participated in every aspect of show business, and she now uses that experience to teach drama to students in 3rd- through 12th-grades through the Kids in Arts Program. Originally founded in 2007,
Roswell KAPS is a non-profit organization that encourages kids to be involved in the arts. It recently partnered with Roswell Community Little Theatre, so Zuber’s involvement and experience with the theatre brought her to KAPS’ attention. When she came back home to Roswell in 2010 after being away three years for college, the job just “fell in my lap,” Zuber says. “And I thought why not? I love [kids and theatre] so let’s put the two togeth-
er.” She’s been there ever since. In the fall she teaches theatre basics: stage presence, lighting and other fundamentals. Then in the spring the kids work on a production. This year’s play is “Cinderella the Substitute Fairy Godmother,” an adaptation of Cinderella that goes completely wrong. For this production there are a lot of new students, and they come up with their own “gimmicks” that Zuber says she never taught them. And as students retur n and become more experienced she has fun teaching them more advanced aspects of theatre that she has learned from all her various experiences. See SPOTLIGHT, Page A2