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washington (aP) -- republican con-gressional leaders said sunday that voters - notthe supreme court - will have the final word onPresident Barack obama's health care law comenovember. and they are betting that the law'sunpopularity will be enough to drive democratsfrom power.

the white house's response? Bring it on.

"we've got one last chance here to beatobamacare, and we can do that in thenovember election," said senate Minorityleader Mitch Mcconnell, calling the law the"single worst piece of legislation" passed inmodern times.

white house chief of staff Jack lew coun-tered that he believes most americans want toput the health care debate to rest.

"i actually think the american people wantus to focus on the economy, on creating jobs andmoving forward," said lew.

republicans and democrats have beenwrangling for the upper hand in the health caredebate since last week's supreme court rulingupholding the law's mandate that individualsbuy health insurance or face a penalty. chiefJustice John roberts, a conservative, providedthe pivotal vote in that decision by ruling thatthe penalty was legal under the government'staxing authority.

while technically handing a political victo-ry to obama, roberts' ruling invigoratedrepublicans eager to cast the law as a new tax.

"the american people do not want to godown this path," said house Majority leaderJohn Boehner, r-ohio. "they do not want thegovernment telling them what kind of insurance

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policy they have to buy, and how much theyhave to pay for it, and if you don't like it we'regoing to tax you."

democrats refute the characterization of thelaw. lew said the mandate would impact only 1percent of americans - those who can affordhealth insurance but refuse to buy it.

"this is a penalty on free riders," said sen.chuck schumer, d-n.y.

yet public opposition to the health care lawremains high. forty-seven percent of respon-dents in a recent associated Press-gfK poll saidthey oppose the law while 33 percent said theysupport it.

however, much of the polling does findstrong support for individual elements, likeallowing young adults to remain on their par-ents' plan to age 26. some democrats see that asan opening to reframe the debate.

republicans say they believe last week'sruling by the high court gives them fresh ammu-nition to attack obama - and the democrats whosupport him - in the upcoming election becauseof the health care bill's connection to jobs. thegoP says the law puts onerous mandates onindustry that could stifle job creation.

"i think it's intertwined with the economy,and i think it's an example where washingtondoesn't get it," said sen. tom coburn, r-okla.,of the health care bill.

house Minority leader nancy Pelosi saidsunday that republicans, including Mittromney, are "being the mouthpiece of thehealth care industry" and that the bill will actu-ally improve the economy.

Voters will haVe finalsay on health care

lawrepublican congressional leaders said sundaythat voters - not the supreme court - will havethe final word on President Barack obama'shealth care law come november.

Miss. May Be onlystate without

aBortion clinicMississippi could soon become the only statewithout an abortion clinic because of a new lawtaking effect this weekend. Page 2

islaMist Morsi is swornin as egyPt's President

islamist Mohammed Morsi promised a "newegypt" and unwavering support to the powerfulmilitary as he took the oath of office saturdayto become the country's first freely elected pres-ident, . Page 3

florida accidentstatistics

accident statistics from florida departmentof highway safety and Motor Vehicles Page 4

florida accidentrePorts

this weeks accident reports from Variouscountys in florida. Page 5

surge in ViolencesPurs new fears

in iraqa half year after the u.s. military left iraq, direpredictions seem to be coming true: the countryis mired in violence and the government is on theverge of collapsing. Page 6

eMi half sold as sonycloses $2.2B PuBlishing

deal a group led by sony corp. said friday it haspurchased Britain's eMi Music Publishing for$2.2 billion from citigroup, creating the world'slargest music copyrights company.

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fda Panel sees littleuse for Metal-on-

Metal hiPs

government health experts said thursday thereare few reasons to continue using metal-on-metal hip implants, amid growing evidence thatthe devices can break down early and exposepatients to dangerous metallic particles.

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JacKson, Miss. (aP) -- Mississippi couldsoon become the only state without an abortionclinic because of a new law taking effect thisweekend. critics say the law would forcewomen to drive hours across the state line toobtain a constitutionally protected procedure, orcould even force some to carry unwanted preg-nancies to term.

top officials, including the governor, saylimiting the number of abortions is exactly whatthey have in mind.

republican gov. Phil Bryant frequentlysays he wants Mississippi to be "abortion-free."

"if it closes that clinic, then so be it," Bryantsaid as in april as he signed the law, which takeseffect sunday.

abortion rights supporters have sued, ask-ing a judge to temporarily block the law fromtaking effect. so far, that hasn't happened.

the law requires anyone performing abor-tions at the state's only clinic to be an oB-gynwith privileges to admit patients to a local hos-pital. such privileges can be difficult to obtain,and the clinic contends the mandate is designedto put it out of business. a clinic spokeswoman,Betty thompson, has said the two physicians

who do abortions there are oB-gyns who trav-el from other states.

Michelle Movahed of the new york-basedcenter for reproductive rights is one of theattorneys representing the Mississippi clinic inits federal lawsuit. she said in an interviewfriday that several states - includingMississippi, Kansas and oklahoma - have triedin the past two or three years to chip away ataccess to abortion.

"one of the things that has really been sur-prising about Mississippi is how open the legis-lators and elected officials have been about theirintentions," Movahed said. "they're not evenpretending it's about public safety. they'reopenly saying they're using this law to try toshut down the last abortion provider in thestate."

the lawsuit by the clinic, Jackson women'shealth organization, notes that republican lt.gov. tate reeves says on his website that thenew abortion law "not only protects the healthof the mother but should close the only abortionclinic in Mississippi."

religious-affiliated hospitals might notgrant admitting privileges to those who performelective abortions, while other hospitals mightnot grant them to out-of-state physicians whotravel to Jackson to work at the clinic. as offriday, the final business day before the newlaw kicks in sunday, physicians working at theclinic had applied for the admitting privilegesbut hadn't received them.

the clinic says in the lawsuit that the admit-ting privileges are not medically necessary. itsays complications from abortion are rare, and itnotes that under previous state law, it alreadyhad an agreement with a Jackson physician whodidn't do abortions but has admitting privilegesand would help any clinic patient, if needed.Bryant and legislators who pushed the new lawsaid they believe it will be safer for a woman

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a substitute for the popular will and the electedinstitutions will now return to carry out theirduties as the glorious egyptian army returns tobeing devoted to its mission of defending thenation's borders and security," he said.

Military ruler field Marshal husseintantawi was in attendance along with other gen-erals from the ruling council. his arrival at thehall was greeted by chants of "the army and thepeople are one hand." he and gen. sami anan,the powerful chief of staff, wore a blank facethroughout Morsi's address, occasionally offer-ing support to Morsi with a polite clap of theirhands.

later at a military ceremony held at a baseeast of cairo, tantawi and anan saluted Morsias he arrived and awarded him the "shield of thearmed forces" - the egyptian military's highesthonor. Morsi also received a 21-gun salutebefore he and tantawi addressed the ceremony.

Morsi used his cairo university address tosend an implicit message of reassurance toisrael, while also pledging support for the"legitimate rights" of the Palestinians.

he said his administration would continueto honor its international treaties - a thinlyveiled reference to the 1979 egyptian-israelipeace treaty.

relations between the two neighbors havebecome particularly tense since last year's over-throw of Mubarak, who had forged close tieswith the Jewish state during his 29-year rule.the rise to power of egyptian islamists hasbeen a source of alarm among many israelis.

hundreds of soldiers and policemen guard-ed the supreme constitutional court building asMorsi arrived shortly after 11 a.m. local time(0900 gMt) in a small motorcade to take theoath of office. only several hundred supportersgathered outside the court to cheer the new pres-ident and, in a departure from the presidentialpomp of the Mubarak era, traffic was onlybriefly halted to allow Morsi's motorcadethrough on the usually busy road linking the citycenter with its southern suburbs.

in another sign of the change of style, Morsibegan his address at cairo university with anapology to students whose final exams had to bepostponed to allow the ceremony to be held atthe main campus. he was given an official wel-come at the university with a military bandplaying the national anthem as he stood at atten-

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saturday's swearing-in also marked a per-sonal triumph for Morsi, who was not theBrotherhood's first choice as president and wasonly thrown into the race when the group's orig-inal candidate, chief strategist and financierKhairat el-shater, was disqualified overaMubarak-era criminal conviction.

derided as the Brotherhood's uncharismatic"spare tire," his personal prestige has surgedsince his victory, and received another boostfriday after he delivered a speech in tahrirsquare in which he tried to present him as a can-didate of not just islamists but of all those whowant to complete the work of the 2011 uprisingagainst the authoritarian Mubarak.

"egypt today is a civil, national, constitu-tional and modern state," Morsi, wearing a bluebusiness suit and a red tie, told the judges in thewood-paneled chamber where he took the oathof office. "it is a strong nation because of itspeople and the beliefs of its sons and its institu-tions."

Morsi took a symbolic oath friday in tahrirsquare, the birthplace of the uprising that endedMubarak's authoritarian rule last year, andvowed to reclaim presidential powers strippedfrom his office by the military council that tookover from the ousted leader.

Morsi's speech friday in tahrir square wasfilled with dramatic populist gestures. the 60-year-old president-elect staked a claim to thelegacy of the uprising and voiced his determina-tion to win back the powers stripped from hisoffice by the generals.

addressing a crowd that repeatedly shouted,"we love you Morsi!" he began his speech byjoining them in chanting, "revolutionaries andfree, we will continue the journey." later heopened his jacket wide to show that he was notwearing a bullet-proof vest.

"everybody is hearing me now. the govern-ment ... the military and the police. ... no powerabove this power," he told the crowd. "i reaffirmto you i will not give up any of the president'sauthorities. i can't afford to do this. i don't havethat right."

But by agreeing to take the official oathbefore the court, rather than before parliamentas is customary, he bowed to the military's willin an indication that the contest for power willcontinue.

the generals dissolved the islamist-packedlegislature after the same supremeconstitutional court that swore him in saturdayruled that a third of its members were electedillegally.

the military has also declared itself the leg-islative power. it gave itself control over thedrafting of a new constitution, sideliningMorsi's Muslim Brotherhood, which had soughtto influence the process by packing the draftingpanel with islamists.

the generals also created a nationalsecurity council to formulate key domestic andforeign policies. Military officers outnumbercivilians sitting on the council by about two-to-one, and decisions are made by a simple major-ity.

cairo (aP) -- islamist Mohammed Morsipromised a "new egypt" and unwavering sup-port to the powerful military as he took the oathof office saturday to become the country's firstfreely elected president, succeeding hosniMubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

in a solemn inauguration ceremony beforethe supreme constitutional court, Morsi alsobecame the arab world's first freely electedislamist president and egypt's fifth head of statesince the overthrow of the monarchy some 60years ago.

"we aspire to a better tomorrow, a newegypt and a second republic," Morsi said beforethe black-robed judges in the court's nile-sideheadquarters built to resemble an ancientegyptian temple.

"today, the egyptian people laid the foun-dation of a new life - absolute freedom, a gen-uine democracy and stability," said Morsi, a 60-year-old u.s.-trained engineer from the MuslimBrotherhood, a fundamentalist group that hasspent most of the 84 years since its inception asan outlawed organization harshly targeted bysuccessive governments.

he later delivered his inauguration addressat a gigantic cairo university lecture hallpacked with several thousands, including manymembers of the islamist-dominated parliamentdissolved by the military earlier in June.

Morsi repeated his oath of office and lavish-ly praised the military, which has rushed a seriesof decrees this month that stripped Morsi of sig-nificant powers, gave it legislative power andtook control of the process of drafting a perma-nent constitution. it has also retained its influ-ence on key domestic and foreign policy issues.

"the armed forces are the shield and swordof the nation," he said. "i pledge before god thati will safeguard that institution, soldiers andcommanders, raise its prestige and support itwith all the powers available to me so it can bestronger."

But Morsi also appeared later in the addressto urge the military to hand over all powers tohis elected administration.

"the (ruling) supreme council of thearmed forces has honored its promise not to be

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4 killed in I-95 crash in

PALM CITY -- Four people were killed when awrong-way driver slammed head-on into a pick-uptruck on I-95 in Martin County, according to theFlorida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened just north of southwest MartinHighway near mile marker 110 in the northboundlanes of the interstate in Palm City.

After the collision the vehicles became stuck togeth-er and caught fire.

Troopers say they believe all the victims were sittingside-by-side in the pickup.

They say the other vehicle was headed the wrongway, southbound in the northbound lanes.Investigators are trying to determine if they had trav-eled the wrong way from St. Lucie County intoMartin County.

A witness pulled the driver from the wreckage. Thedriver was flown to Lawnwood Medical Center fortreatment.

FHP is trying to determine exactly who died in thecrash.

"Unfortunately the victims, the people who weregoing the right way northbound.. we're not exactlysure how many people in the vehicle because theyare, it's crushed and they're totally burned up sowe're waiting for the Tri-County people to come outand take it apart and determine exactly who is in thevehicle," said a trooper on the scene.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating whetherthe driver of the vehicle going the wrong way wasdrinking.

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Davie Driver Dies in I-95Crash: FHP

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A Davie man was killed on Interstate 95 Saturdaymorning after he lost control of his car and over-turned, the Florida Highway Patrol said.Anthony Frank Madias, 26, was pronounced dead atthe scene, officials said.He was driving northbound on I-95 South aroundSW 10th Street in a 1998 Mercury Mountaineer,FHP said.The cause of the accident remains under investiga-tion.

Eight-car pile-up shutsdown I-95 in

Hollywood early Saturday

Crash snarls northboundI-95 in south Broward

June 28, 2012

Interstate 95 was briefly shutdown early Saturdayfollowing an accident involving a semitrailer truckthat spun off several crashes involving a total ofeight cars in Hollywood, the Florida Highway Patrolreported.

The first crash occurred shortly after 6:30 a.m. onthe northbound lanes of I-95 at Pembroke Road andincluded a vehicle that collided against a wall andthen hit a tractor-trailer, according to FloridaHighway Patrol Sgt. Mark Wysocky.

A driver traveling toward that crash could not slowdown and pushed the car involved in the initial crashinto the path of two other vehicles, sparking a multi-vehicle pile-up.

Four people were transported to Memorial RegionalHospital with injuries that were not life-threatening,Wysocky said.

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The Broward Sheriff's Office advises that three lanesare back open on northbound Interstate 95 atPembroke Road, but two right lanes still blocked.

According to the Florida Department ofTransportation, a traffic crash involved a tractor trail-er and was reported shortly after 6:30 a.m. Theagency reports that traffic is backed up to HallandaleBeach Boulevard.

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June 26, 2012BOYNTON BEACH—A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy wasinjures Tuesday after his unmarked patrol car washit by a pick-up truck on Interstate 95, according toFlorida Highway Patrol Lt. Tim Frith.Trooper Michael John Taylor, 56, was writing areport while sitting in the emergency lane south ofWoolbright Road, when the driver of a pick-up truckhit him, Frith said.

The driver of the 1998 Ford Ranger pick-up truck,identified as Garret Allen Taylor, 42, of West PalmBeach, failed to notice the cars in front of him slow-ing down in response to flashing lights, Frith said.Taylor veered to the left to avoid hitting the car infront of him, striking the concrete barrier wall athigh speed and bouncing across the highwaytoward the deputy's 2008 Dodge Charger in theemergency lane, authorities said.

The truck struck the deputy's cruiser and thenflipped over.Both men were taken to Delray Medical Centerwith serious injuries, Frith said.

3 dead in passenger vanaccident

A Lake Mary doctor was arrested on hit-and-runcharges after he hit a motorcyclist in VolusiaCounty and then left the scene, authorities said.

The Florida Highway Patrol said Dr. Kevin Wynnehit 50-year-old Sabra Vocaturo with his SUV inFebruary on State Road 415 and never stopped tohelp. Vocaturo was thrown from her bike intooncoming traffic.

Authorities said two drivers ran over Vocaturo.They stopped to help but told officers there wasnothing they could do.

Wynne was arrested at his Heathrow home onThursday by the Florida Highway Patrol.

His lawyer contacted FHP the day after the crash,telling them where to find Wynne's Infiniti SUV,which had a part missing.

Wynne is being held in the Seminole County jailwith bail set at $50,000.

June 26, 2012

The driver who was critically injured in a crashSaturday in suburban Delray Beach has been iden-tified as a 49-year-old Delray Beach man, the PalmBeach County Sheriff's Office said.

The driver was taken to Delray Medical Center afterthe accident, which happened around 5:30 p.m.

The driver was driving his 2006 Lexus southboundon Hagen Ranch Road when he ran a stop sign atAtlantic Avenue.

The front end of the Lexus struck a guard rail, thesheriff's office said. The car crashed through the rainand into the canal.

Patton was not wearing a seat belt when the carcrashed, the sheriff's office said. Neither drugs noralcohol appear to have been a cause of the crash

Delray Beach man identi-fied as victim in Saturday

crash

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Baghdad (aP) -- a half year after theu.s. military left iraq, dire predictions seem tobe coming true: the country is mired in vio-lence and the government is on the verge of col-lapsing. with no relief in sight, there's growingtalk of iraq as a failed state as al-qaida's localwing staged near daily attacks that killed at least234 people in June.

iraq no longer suffers widespread retaliatorykillings between sunni and shiite extremiststhat brought the country to the brink of civilwar. But the spike in violence heightens fearsthat iraq could limp along for years as an unsta-ble and dangerous country.

June was the second-deadliest month sinceu.s. troops withdrew from iraq in mid-december as insurgents exploited the politicalstruggles between the country's ethnic and sec-tarian factions. More significant than the num-bers was the fact that insurgents appeared ableto sustain the level of violence over a longerperiod than usual. there was a major deadlybombing or shooting rampage almost everythree days, many targeting shiite pilgrims.

the violence has brought the weakness ofiraq's security apparatus into sharp focus evenas deepening political divisions dim theprospects that the country will emerge as a sta-ble democracy after decades of war and dicta-torship.

"the state is almost paralyzed and dysfunc-tional due to political feuds. in such circum-stances, the security forces also will be para-lyzed and the insurgents groups are making useof this chaos," haider al-saadi, the shiite ownerof internet cafe in eastern Baghdad, saidsaturday. "i do not think that al-qaida is gettingany stronger - it is the state that is getting weak-er."

the situation deteriorated shortly afteramerican troops left iraq on dec. 18, followingfailed negotiations to stay beyond a year-endwithdrawal deadline that was cemented in a2008 security agreement.

the next day Prime Minister nouri al-Maliki's government issued terror chargesagainst Vice President tariq al-hashemi, one ofiraq's highest-ranking sunnis, who fledBaghdad and remains on the lam. sunni law-makers briefly boycotted parliament and al-Maliki's cabinet in protest. By spring, leaders ofthe self-ruled Kurdish northern region joined

the sunni-dominated iraqiya political coalitionagainst al-Maliki, whom they accused of refus-ing to share power.

and last week, in the first major defectionby an influential shiite leader, anti-americancleric Muqtada al-sadr said he would direct hisfollowers to join efforts to oust al-Maliki if apower-sharing agreement is not reached.

al-Maliki, who won a second term in 2010,followed with a threat to call for early electionsthat would dissolve parliament if governmentinfighting does not stop.

in calling for an early election, al-Maliki isbetting he would win with enough widespreadsupport to gain undisputed power. his politicalcoalition fell short of winning the most seats inparliament in 2010 elections and back-roomdealing among political parties delayed a newgovernment from taking over for nine months.

government spokesman ali al-dabbaghagreed saturday that the political crisis hasfueled June's violent surge.

"the insurgents are making use of the polit-ical differences in the country, and the recentattacks are the result of this political strife," al-dabbagh said.

Violence has been steady across iraq so farthis year, but the levels of attacks in June soaredbeyond the occasional, if spectacular, wave ofbombings that is al- qaida's usual pattern.Victims mostly have been shiite pilgrims, gov-ernment officials and security forces - three ofal-qaida's favorite targets.

al-qaida front group the islamic state ofiraq claimed responsibility for a June 13 waveof nearly two dozen bombings nationwide thatkilled 72 iraqis. the coordination, sophistica-tion and targets of several other attacks alsobore the hallmarks of the terror network.

iraqi and u.s. intelligence officials longhave said that al-qaida's resources in iraq -including money, weapons and a stable of sui-cide bombers - have dwindled to the pointwhere the insurgent group can only carry off afew attacks each month.

Many experts believe the turmoil in neigh-boring syria is stoking the violence, saying thesuccess of the sunni-led opposition againstPresident Bashar assad's regime is embolden-ing iraqi sunnis to attack government targets.

"as the edifice in syria weakens, the morespace for violence is going spill over to thesunni areas in iraq," said Kamran Bokhari, acanadian-based expert on Mideast issues for theglobal intelligence company statfor.

some analysts believe iraq is turning into afailed state. this month, the u.s.-based fundfor Peace ranked iraq no. 9 on its annual topten list of failed states worldwide. the nonpar-tisan research group ranked 178 nations andblamed the persistent security problems in iraq

on the inability to overcome long-standing eth-nic and sectarian tensions.

despite the continued bombings and otherattacks, iraqis have not returned to the sectarianwarfare that killed tens of thousands of peopleas violence peaked in 2006-2007. shiite militiashave shown restraint even as a spate of bomb-ings targeted shiite pilgrims, shrines and gov-ernment leaders.

and as al-sadr, an anti-u.s. cleric whosemilitias were responsible for some of the blood-iest attacks of the war, seeks to secure his statusas a major political player in iraq, it's doubtfulhe will unleash his followers in widespread vio-lence that would undermine his credibilityacross the mostly-sunni arab world.

even al-Maliki's opponents speak only ofousting him in a parliamentary vote, not byforce.

"People now know that violence will breedviolence and sectarian killings will lead to morecounter-sectarian killings," said omar al-Jubouri, a sunni lawmaker from the iraqiyabloc.

underscoring the continued dangers, how-ever, the month ended with a pair of bombingssaturday in the northern, sunni-dominatednivevah province, killing two soldiers on sepa-rate security patrols, local officials said.

Many iraqis lament the withdrawal of u.s.forces, saying it was premature.

"the u.s. pullout was a mistake because thecountry is still in need for their intelligence andmilitary capabilities," said Mohammed salam, asunni government employee in Baghdad. "theiraqi government should have kept some sever-al thousands of u.s. troops in order to help iraqforces maintain a reasonable level of security."

the international community spent billionsof dollars to stabilize iraq since the 2003 u.s.-led invasion that ousted saddam hussein.nearly 4,500 u.s. troops were killed during thewar.

But the u.s. currently has limited influencein Baghdad: a June 14 statement by the topnational security adviser to Vice President JoeBiden that urged iraqi officials to "alleviate cur-rent tensions in order to refocus energy on criti-cal state-building challenges" produced few, ifany, signs of progress.

nor do most iraqis expect any."i think iraq will see worse days in the

future if the politicians continue their destruc-tive feuds and keep following their personalambitions," salam said.

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who develops complications if the same doctorwho does an abortion at a clinic can accompanyher to a hospital rather than handing her caseover to another physician.

state attorneys defending the law said incourt documents that "the immediate concernthat the clinic may be closed on July 1 is ill-founded." they cited administrative proceduresthe state health department uses in activatingnew laws.

health department inspectors intend toexamine the clinic Monday to see if it is com-plying with the new law, a department spokes-woman said. if the clinic is not in compliance -which the clinic itself acknowledges will likelybe the case - it would have 10 days to file a planto correct its shortcomings. then, an adminis-trative hearing would be held at least 30 dayslater, and there could be an unspecified timeallowed for an appeal.

the Jackson clinic sits a few miles north ofthe state capitol, in a trendy neighborhood withupscale restaurants and vintage clothing stores.the nondescript building, with fading mauvepaint, sits on a small hill on one of Jackson'sbusiest streets. a black vinyl tarp is attached tothe fence leading from a parking lot to thepatients' entrance, blocking most of the viewfrom a public sidewalk where people gatherseveral times a week to pray and protest.

outside the clinic one day last week, at leasta dozen people from a local nazarene churchsang hymns, read aloud from the Bible andprayed for an end to abortion. among them was51-year-old Patricia frazier, who lives in theJackson suburb of clinton. looking through anopening in the black tarp, frazier spoke to aman who was standing by the clinic entrance.he had brought a woman to there for the coun-seling that state law requires at least 24 hoursbefore an abortion can be done.

"you need me to help you with yourfriend?" frazier asked over the fence.

the man, 30-year-old girard shirley ofJacson, smiled and slowly shook his head.

"nah," shirley said. "to be honest with you,i don't even know if the baby's mine, anyway."

frazier showed shirley a brown rubbermodel of a fetus at about 12 weeks' develop-ment - about the length of a grown woman'sindex finger. shirley said he'd never given muchthought to how that might look.

"let her know we're here to help her - her

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and her baby," frazier said.shirley listened and said, "yeah, i'll talk to

her.""this is all about money. they want your

money," frazier said, nodding toward the clinic."this help is free."

in an interview moments later, away fromthe people who were praying, shirley said hehad driven his friend to the clinic because sheneeded help and he needed gasoline money.would he be willing to drive her out of state foran abortion if there were no clinic inMississippi?

"i probably would take her," he said. hepaused, then added: "no, i wouldn't. i got badtires and stuff."

two days later, shirley said the woman hehad driven to the clinic had stuck with her deci-sion to have an abortion.

the state health department website shows2,297 abortions, listed as "induced termina-tions," were performed in Mississippi in 2010,the most recent year for which statistics wereavailable. the vast majority of those - 2,251 -were performed on Mississippi residents. thesite does not specify how many were done at theclinic and how many in other offices or hospi-tals.\

Mississippi physicians who perform fewerthan 10 abortions a month can avoid havingtheir offices regulated as an abortion clinic, andthus avoid restrictions in the new law. thehealth department said it doesn't have a recordof how many physicians perform fewer than 10abortions a month. clinic operators say almostall the abortions in the state are done in theirbuilding.

the clinic says if it closes, most womenwould have to go out of state to terminate apregnancy - something that could create finan-cial problems for people in one of the pooreststates in the nation. from Jackson, it's about a200-mile drive to clinics in new orleans;Mobile, ala.; or Memphis, tenn.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- The WorldBank has canceled a $1.2 billion loan forconstruction of a bridge in Bangladesh,saying it has credible evidence of corrup-tion involving a Canadian engineeringcompany.

The global lending agency said it did notreceive a satisfactory response from theBangladesh government after it raised theissue of corruption last year.

It said in a statement Friday that it has evi-dence pointing to "a high-level corruptionconspiracy" among Bangladesh govern-ment officials, executives of Canadianengineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin, and private individuals in connec-tion with the planned 6.5-kilometer (4-mile)Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project.

Bangladesh Communications MinisterObaidul Quader called the World Bank'sdecision regrettable because the govern-ment's Anti-Corruption Commission wasstill investigating the allegations.

"Such a decision is unfortunate before the

investigation is complete," he toldreporters Saturday.

The bank said it earlier sent a team toDhaka to explain its position and receivethe government's response.

"The response has been unsatisfactory," itsaid.

The bank "cannot, should not, and will notturn a blind eye to evidence of corruption,"it said.

Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin, one of theworld's largest engineering and construc-tion companies, has acknowledged mak-ing improper payments to agents to wincontracts on two projects. An internalprobe resulted in the resignation of itsCEO and two other senior executives. Thecompany's headquarters was searched byCanadian national police in April.

Bangladesh has been rated one of theworld's most corrupt nations by Berlin-based Transparency International.

The World Bank loan, signed In April lastyear, was part of a funding package forconstruction of the $2.9 billion bridge, slat-ed to be the country's longest.

Funding also was expected from the AsianDevelopment Bank, the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency and theIslamic Development Bank.

The World Bank first brought the corrup-tion allegations in October last year.

World Bank Cancels$ 1 . 2 B i l l i o nB a n g l a d e s h l o a n

"the costs were unsustainable," she said ofthe current health care system. "it's a competi-tiveness issue for business and for our economy.so we had to (come) to a place where we low-ered costs to all concerned, and that we againtake it down a path where we continue to lowercosts."

if given control of the senate next year,Mcconnell said he would support using budgetreconciliation rules to repeal the health care law.doing so would prohibit senate filibusters andrequire only 51 votes to succeed. in 2010,republicans lambasted democrats for relyingon these rules to pass the health care bill, callingtheir tactics unusual and hyperpartisan.

Mcconnell said he'll do whatever it takes torepeal the law.

"i'm confident they're going to give us thevotes to repeal it," he said of the american pub-lic.

the house is scheduled to vote to overturnthe law on July 9. the vote will largely be sym-bolic since the democrats control the senate.But it will put lawmakers on record for theupcoming political campaign.

Mcconnell and lew spoke on "fox newssunday." Boehner, schumer and coburn spokeon cBs' "face the nation." Pelosi spoke onnBc's "Meet the Press."

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los angeles (aP) -- a group led by sony corp.said friday it has purchased Britain's eMi MusicPublishing for $2.2 billion from citigroup, creating theworld's largest music copyrights company with a catalogthat includes hits from Motown, the Beatles, Jay-Z andnorah Jones.

now all that remains of the storied British labelgroup is its recorded music division, which Vivendi'suniversal Music group has offered to buy for $1.9 bil-lion. that deal is being looked at by european and u.s.regulators. if they approve some time later this year, theworld's major music companies will be reduced from fourto three.

recorded music companies have argued that theyneed to combine resources to survive in an industry crip-pled by piracy, as the legitimate digital distribution ofmusic is still in its infancy around the globe.

But publishing has remained a steady business overthe years, despite the onslaught of the internet and theongoing decline of compact disc sales, because of itsdiverse revenue sources. and by acquiring eMi,sony/atV, a 50-50 joint venture between sony and theMichael Jackson estate, will control just over 2 millioncopyrighted songs. the new entity is estimated to capturenearly a third of publishing revenue in the world.

size wouldn't necessarily give the company the abil-ity to use its dominance to boost licensing revenue,sony/atV argued, because licensing rates are closelycontrolled by laws in various countries.

friday's clearance by the u.s. federal tradecommission means that regulators agreed the new entitywould not have the market power to raise rates on its ownor coordinate such a move with others, which could haveaffected the price of songs. the ftc's conclusion of itsinvestigation without objections was the final hurdlebefore the deal's closing was announced later in the day.

"we've gone over the rainbow and hit the pot ofgold," said sony/atV ceo Marty Bandier, adapting alyric from "the wizard of oz" song "over the rainbow,"which is part of the eMi catalog. Bandier ran eMi's pub-lishing division for 17 years.

last year, publishing companies generated about$3.9 billion in revenue, relatively unchanged over the lastseveral years, according to simon dyson, editor of Music& copyright, an industry newsletter.

Publishing's revenues have held up better than therecording side because there are more streams of revenuethat aren't tied to declining sales of compact discs.Publishers and songwriters share a cut of about 8 to 9cents for every 99-cent download purchased from onlineretailers like apple inc.'s itunes. But they also makemoney from radio airplay, free online streaming and theplacement of songs in movies, tV shows and commer-cials.

sony/atV's 11.7 percent share and eMi's 19.3 per-cent share means the combined entity will now controlabout 31 percent of the global market for music copy-rights, leapfrogging past the 22.2 percent share of

universal Music Publishing group, dyson said. the nextlargest is warner Music group corp.'s warner chappellwith 14.1 percent. all independent music publishers com-bined have a 32.6 percent share.

dyson said sony/atV will have increased leveragein setting licensing rates for new digital music startups ifit chooses to bypass royalty collection societies like theamerican society of composers, authors and Publishersin the u.s. But he acknowledged that would require amajor shift in how most business is conducted.

"if you're a big publisher with a 10 percent lead,you're going to have a big say in what licensing rates are,"dyson said.

fostering fair competition in the digital landscapewas one of the concerns of regulators, according tosony/atV's Bandier. the company argued that even ifthere were still four major music publishers, new digitalentrants like streaming music services spotify or songzawould need to go to all of them to start up any businessthat has a chance to survive. it would need eMi's songsby Kanye west and rihanna as much as it would needsony/atV's Beatles, lady gaga and taylor swift,Bandier said.

"it didn't make a difference if you'd put them togeth-er or separate, you'd still have to make a deal if you werea digital service that was just starting," Bandier said in aninterview. "we had to convince all of the regulators thatthat was the case. we're happy we're past that. we neverfelt it would be an issue."

the transaction was cleared by eu regulators inapril. that came after sony/atV offered the concessionthat it would sell the publishing rights to several catalogsas well as the works of 12 artists including ozzyosbourne, robbie williams, and Ben harper.

Besides sony, the buyers of eMi Music Publishinginclude the Michael Jackson estate and several invest-ment funds including united arab emirates government-backed fund Mubadala development co.

citigroup seized eMi from private equity firm terrafirma in february 2011 after terra firma defaulted on$5.5 billion in debt stemming from its 2007 purchase ofthe music company.

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By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer

fda panel sees little use for Metal-on-Metal hipsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health

experts said Thursday there are few reasons tocontinue using metal-on-metal hip implants,amid growing evidence that the devices canbreak down early and expose patients to dan-gerous metallic particles.

The Food and Drug Administration asked its18-member panel to recommend guidelines formonitoring more than a half-million U.S.patients with metal hip replacements. Thedevices were originally marketed as a longer-lasting alternative to older ceramic and plasticmodels. But recent data from the U.K. and otherforeign countries suggests they are more likelyto deteriorate, exposing patients to higher lev-els of cobalt, chromium and other metals.

While the FDA has not raised the possibilityof removing the devices from the market, mostpanelists said there were few, if any, caseswhere they would recommend implanting thedevices.

"I do not use metal-on-metal hips, and I cansee no reason to do so," said Dr. William Rohrof Mendocino Coast District Hospital, whochaired the meeting.

For decades nearly all orthopedic implantswere coated with plastic or ceramic. But in thelast 10 years some surgeons began to favor all-metal implants, after laboratory tests suggestedthe devices would be more resistant to wearand reduce the chances of dislocation.

But recent data gathered from foreign reg-istries shows the devices fail at a higher ratethan older implants. That information comes ontop of nearly 17,000 reports to the FDA of prob-

lems with the implants, which sometimesrequire invasive surgery to replace them.

The pain and inflammation reported bypatients is usually caused by tiny metal parti-cles that seep into the joint, damaging the sur-rounding tissue and bone. The long-termeffects of elevated metal levels in the blood-stream are not clear, though some studies havesuggested links to neurological and heart prob-lems.

About 400,000 Americans get a hip replace-ment each year to relieve pain and restoremotion affected by arthritis or injury. Metal hipsaccounted for about 27 percent of all hipimplants in 2010, down from nearly 40 percentin 2008. Doctors have begun turning away fromthe implants amid several high-profile recalls,including J&J's recall of 93,000 metal hips in2010.

FDA's experts said Thursday that patientscomplaining of pain and other symptomsshould get regular X-rays and blood testing formetal levels. However, panelists pointed out theproblems with the accuracy of blood tests andthe difficulties of interpreting the results. Thereare no standard diagnostic kits for sale that testfor chromium and other metals

For patients who are not experiencing pain,panelists said annual X-rays would be sufficientto monitor their implants.

If the FDA ultimately follows the group'sadvice, U.S. recommendations would be lessinvolved than those already in place overseas.

Earlier this year U.K. regulators recommendthat all people who have the implants get year-

ly blood tests to make sure no dangerous met-als are seeping into their bodies.

FDA regulators have suggested they wantto take more time to sort out the differencesbetween various implants and patient groupsbefore making recommendations.

"The truth is there are different types of hipsand different types of patients," said Dr. WilliamMaisel, FDA's chief scientist for devices, in aninterview last week. "Understanding the charac-teristics of patients who experience adverseevents is very important."

Women and overweight people are amongthe groups that are more likely to have animplant failure.

With little definitive data on U.S. hipimplants, the agency has asked manufacturerslike Johnson & Johnson, Zimmer Holdings Inc.and Biomet Inc. to conduct long-term, follow-upstudies of more than 100 metal-on-metal hipson the U.S. market.

FDA scientists say the studies will help "fillin the blanks" on a number of scientific ques-tions, including the long-term effects of metalparticles.

able."Keeping these metal-on-metal hips on the

market for the next five to 10 years whileresearch is conducted is not ethical," saidDiana Zuckerman, president of the NationalResearch Center for Women & Families, duringa public comment session at the meeting. "Ifthe companies want to sell metal-on-metal hips,they should be required to prove their safetyfirst."

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