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On politics, Obama said that higher gasoline prices as a result of Mideast worries would be a bad idea for any president running for re-elec- tion, and he also said he was working to expand America’s energy base. He called violence in Syria “heartbreaking” but showed no new willingness for military in- volvement in that Mideast country. Obama said his critics are forgetting the “cost of war” in their rush to punish Iran and defend Israel, which sees a nuclear Iran as a mortal threat in its Mideast neighborhood. Rhetoric on the right is “more about politics than about trying to solve a difficult problem,” Obama said. He said he is focused on “crippling sanc- tions” already imposed on Iran and on interna- tional pressure to keep that nation from developing a nuclear weapon. Obama said his private meetings with Is- rael’s Benjamin Netanyahu this week carried the same message as his public pronounce- ments. And he implied that Israeli pressure for urgent action was not supported by the facts, saying that a decision was not necessary within the next weeks or months. He added that Iranians need to show how se- rious they are about resolving the crisis. He said there are steps the Iranians can take “that are verifiable” and will allow it to be “in compli- ance with international norms and mandates.” On gas prices, Obama dismissed as laugh- able the suggestion by some Republican critics that he actually wants increases. He said no president facing re-election would want to see gas prices rise because of the hardship that would cause to American fam- ilies, and that he’s asking his attorney general to examine whether speculation in the oil mar- kets is driving up oil prices. In the past month, gasoline prices have risen by more than 28 cents per gallon, making gaso- line the most expensive ever for this time of year. On Tuesday, the nationwide average for regular unleaded slipped less than a penny to $3.764 per gallon, ending a string of price in- creases that began on Feb. 8. On another political issue, Obama said De- mocrats will have a “better story” than Republi- cans to tell female voters in the November election. The president said he does not believe women will be single-issue voters. But he says his party has the better plan for women on everything from housing to education. The White House has sought to cast the re- cent debate over contraception access as a women’s rights issue. Obama reached out to a Georgetown Law School student who was criti- cized by radio commentator Rush Limbaugh be- cause of her vocal support for his administration’s requirement of birth control in- surance coverage. Some Democratic lawmakers have sought to raise money on the issue. Women are a critical voting bloc for Obama’s re-election campaign. Obama said he telephoned the student, San- dra Fluke, who was labeled a “slut” by Lim- baugh because he doesn’t want people who speak their minds about policy issues to be dis- couraged or attacked. Asked to comment on Limbaugh’s apology, Obama says he doesn’t know “what’s in Rush Limbaugh’s heart.” Obama said the incident made him think of his two daughters and his hopes that they can engage in issues they care about in the future. He said he doesn’t want his daughters “at- tacked or called horrible names” for speaking their minds and being good citizens. OLIVIER DOULIERY/ABACA PRESS/MCT U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington, DC. U.S., Europe Set New Talks With Iran WASHINGTON (AP) — Alarmed by rising talk of war, the United States, Europe and other world powers announced Tuesday that bargaining will begin again with Iran over its fiercely disputed nu- clear efforts. Tehran, for its part, invited inspectors to see a site suspected of secret atomic weapons work. In Washington, President Barack Obama declared he had been working to avert war with Iran during intensive meetings with Is- raeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. Israel, fearing the prospect of a nuclear Iran, has been stressing a need for possi- ble military action, but Obama said sanctions and diplomacy were already working. The president rebuffed Republican critics, who say his reluc- tance to attack Iran is a sign of weakness, holding up the specter of more dead Americans in another Mideast war. “When I see the casualness with which some of these folks talk about war, I’m reminded of the costs involved in war,” Obama said. “This is not a game. And there’s nothing casual about it.” Although Obama’s remarks were suffused with American elec- tion-year politics — they came the same day as the biggest batch of Republican primaries to choose his opponent in November — he spoke for capitals around the world in warning that “bluster” and posturing to appear tough on Iran could edge the world closer to an avoidable war. Former Tycoon Stanford Guilty In Ponzi Scheme HOUSTON (AP) — Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas and made him fabulously wealthy, was convicted Tuesday of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme he operated for 20 years. A day after telling U.S. District Judge David Hittner they were having trouble reaching a verdict, jurors convicted Stanford on 13 of 14 charges he faced, acquitting him on a single count of wire fraud stemming from Super Bowl tickets he allegedly used to bribe a regulator. Stanford, who was once considered one of the wealthiest people in the U.S., looked down when the verdict was read. His mother and daughters, who were in the federal courtroom in Houston, hugged one another, and one of the daughters started crying. “We are disappointed in the outcome. We expect to appeal,” Ali Fazel, one of Stanford’s attorneys, said after the hearing. He said he couldn’t comment further because of a gag order Hittner placed on attorneys in the case. Prosecutors and Stanford’s family members declined to com- ment, but one of his investors, Cassie Wilkinson, welcomed the verdict. Top Alleged Members Of Hacking Ring Busted NEW YORK (AP) — The shadowy underworld of Internet hack- ers was rocked by news Tuesday that one of the world’s most- wanted and most-feared computer vandals has been an FBI informant for months and helped authorities build a case against five alleged comrades. The FBI said it captured the legendary hacker known as “Sabu” last June, and he turned out to be Hector Xavier Monsegur, 28, a self-taught, unemployed computer programmer with no college ed- ucation, living on welfare in public housing in New York. His exploits made him a hero to some in cyberspace until he made a rookie mistake — he posted something online without cloaking his IP address, or computer identity — and someone tipped off the FBI. Soon after his arrest, he pleaded guilty and began spilling se- crets, leading to charges Tuesday against five people in Europe and the U.S., including a Chicago man, and preventing more than 300 at- tacks along the way, authorities said. Law enforcement officials said it marked the first time core members of the loosely organized worldwide hacking group Anony- mous have been identified and charged in the U.S. Obama: Diplomacy Can Stop Iran BY JOSHUA FREED AP Business Writer Stocks suffered their biggest losses in three months Tuesday, the first hiccup in a strong and steady rally to start the year. Wall Street worried about the global economy and waited while Greece pressured the last investors to sign on for its bailout. The Dow Jones industrial aver- age fell more than 200 points, giving up more than a quarter of its 745- point advance since Jan. 1, the best start to a year in the U.S. market since 1998. The sell-off, which spread west from Europe, also interrupted a pe- riod of unusual calm on Wall Street. Before Tuesday, the Dow had not fallen 100 points for 45 straight trad- ing sessions, the longest streak since 2006. The decline of 203.66 points was the worst for the Dow since Nov. 23 and left the average at 12,759.15. It was only last week that the Dow closed above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008, four months before the worst of the financial crisis. “When things go straight up and don’t ever correct or have some sort of normal pullback, as an in- vestor, that makes me nervous,” said Ed Hyland, a global investment specialist with J.P. Morgan Private Bank. The gradual rally had been pow- ered by optimism about the U.S. economic recovery. But investors realized that Greece’s debt prob- lems, Europe’s economic problems and Israel’s Iran problems were still very much their problems, too. Stocks fell sharply from the opening bell and never mounted a serious comeback. The Dow was down as much as 227 points. All but one of the 30 stocks in the average finished the day lower. Intel man- aged a gain of 7 cents. All 10 industry groups in the Standard & Poor’s 500 declined. Bank stocks, which typically take a hit when there is any reason to worry about Greece, led the de- clines, followed by industrial and materials companies, which depend on strength in the world economy. Alcoa, which makes aluminum and depends heavily on world eco- nomic demand, fell 4.1 percent, the worst of the Dow 30. China revised its projection for economic growth on Monday to 7.5 percent this year, down from 8 percent. Dow Falls More Than 200, Interrupting 2012 Rally
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NEWS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTANthe world
BY BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obamadeclared Tuesday that diplomacy can still re-solve the crisis over Iran’s possible pursuit ofnuclear weapons, and he accused his Republi-can critics of “beating the drums of war.”
“Those folks don’t have a lot of responsibili-ties,” Obama said. “They are not commander inchief.”
Tension with Iran, and Obama’s preferencefor restraint, dominated his first full news con-ference of the year, held on the same day thatRepublican Super Tuesday voting was drawingattention as well.
On politics, Obama said that higher gasolineprices as a result of Mideast worries would be abad idea for any president running for re-elec-tion, and he also said he was working to expandAmerica’s energy base.
He called violence in Syria “heartbreaking”but showed no new willingness for military in-volvement in that Mideast country.
Obama said his critics are forgetting the“cost of war” in their rush to punish Iran anddefend Israel, which sees a nuclear Iran as amortal threat in its Mideast neighborhood.
Rhetoric on the right is “more about politicsthan about trying to solve a difficult problem,”Obama said.
He said he is focused on “crippling sanc-tions” already imposed on Iran and on interna-tional pressure to keep that nation fromdeveloping a nuclear weapon.
Obama said his private meetings with Is-rael’s Benjamin Netanyahu this week carriedthe same message as his public pronounce-ments. And he implied that Israeli pressure forurgent action was not supported by the facts,saying that a decision was not necessary withinthe next weeks or months.
He added that Iranians need to show how se-rious they are about resolving the crisis. Hesaid there are steps the Iranians can take “thatare verifiable” and will allow it to be “in compli-ance with international norms and mandates.”
On gas prices, Obama dismissed as laugh-able the suggestion by some Republican criticsthat he actually wants increases.
He said no president facing re-election
would want to see gas prices rise because ofthe hardship that would cause to American fam-ilies, and that he’s asking his attorney generalto examine whether speculation in the oil mar-kets is driving up oil prices.
In the past month, gasoline prices have risenby more than 28 cents per gallon, making gaso-line the most expensive ever for this time ofyear. On Tuesday, the nationwide average forregular unleaded slipped less than a penny to$3.764 per gallon, ending a string of price in-creases that began on Feb. 8.
On another political issue, Obama said De-mocrats will have a “better story” than Republi-cans to tell female voters in the Novemberelection.
The president said he does not believewomen will be single-issue voters. But he sayshis party has the better plan for women oneverything from housing to education.
The White House has sought to cast the re-cent debate over contraception access as awomen’s rights issue. Obama reached out to a
Georgetown Law School student who was criti-cized by radio commentator Rush Limbaugh be-cause of her vocal support for hisadministration’s requirement of birth control in-surance coverage. Some Democratic lawmakershave sought to raise money on the issue.
Women are a critical voting bloc for Obama’sre-election campaign.
Obama said he telephoned the student, San-dra Fluke, who was labeled a “slut” by Lim-baugh because he doesn’t want people whospeak their minds about policy issues to be dis-couraged or attacked.
Asked to comment on Limbaugh’s apology,Obama says he doesn’t know “what’s in RushLimbaugh’s heart.”
Obama said the incident made him think ofhis two daughters and his hopes that they canengage in issues they care about in the future.He said he doesn’t want his daughters “at-tacked or called horrible names” for speakingtheir minds and being good citizens.
OLIVIER DOULIERY/ABACA PRESS/MCTU.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Roomof the White House on Tuesday in Washington, DC.
U.S., Europe Set New Talks With IranWASHINGTON (AP) — Alarmed by rising talk of war, the United
States, Europe and other world powers announced Tuesday thatbargaining will begin again with Iran over its fiercely disputed nu-clear efforts.
Tehran, for its part, invited inspectors to see a site suspected ofsecret atomic weapons work.
In Washington, President Barack Obama declared he had beenworking to avert war with Iran during intensive meetings with Is-raeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. Israel, fearingthe prospect of a nuclear Iran, has been stressing a need for possi-ble military action, but Obama said sanctions and diplomacy werealready working.
The president rebuffed Republican critics, who say his reluc-tance to attack Iran is a sign of weakness, holding up the specter ofmore dead Americans in another Mideast war.
“When I see the casualness with which some of these folks talkabout war, I’m reminded of the costs involved in war,” Obama said.“This is not a game. And there’s nothing casual about it.”
Although Obama’s remarks were suffused with American elec-tion-year politics — they came the same day as the biggest batchof Republican primaries to choose his opponent in November — hespoke for capitals around the world in warning that “bluster” andposturing to appear tough on Iran could edge the world closer toan avoidable war.
Former Tycoon Stanford Guilty In Ponzi SchemeHOUSTON (AP) — Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford,
whose financial empire once spanned the Americas and made himfabulously wealthy, was convicted Tuesday of bilking his investorsout of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme he operated for20 years.
A day after telling U.S. District Judge David Hittner they werehaving trouble reaching a verdict, jurors convicted Stanford on 13of 14 charges he faced, acquitting him on a single count of wirefraud stemming from Super Bowl tickets he allegedly used to bribea regulator.
Stanford, who was once considered one of the wealthiest peoplein the U.S., looked down when the verdict was read.
His mother and daughters, who were in the federal courtroomin Houston, hugged one another, and one of the daughters startedcrying.
“We are disappointed in the outcome. We expect to appeal,” AliFazel, one of Stanford’s attorneys, said after the hearing. He said hecouldn’t comment further because of a gag order Hittner placed onattorneys in the case.
Prosecutors and Stanford’s family members declined to com-ment, but one of his investors, Cassie Wilkinson, welcomed theverdict.
Top Alleged Members Of Hacking Ring BustedNEW YORK (AP) — The shadowy underworld of Internet hack-
ers was rocked by news Tuesday that one of the world’s most-wanted and most-feared computer vandals has been an FBIinformant for months and helped authorities build a case againstfive alleged comrades.
The FBI said it captured the legendary hacker known as “Sabu”last June, and he turned out to be Hector Xavier Monsegur, 28, aself-taught, unemployed computer programmer with no college ed-ucation, living on welfare in public housing in New York.
His exploits made him a hero to some in cyberspace until hemade a rookie mistake — he posted something online withoutcloaking his IP address, or computer identity — and someonetipped off the FBI.
Soon after his arrest, he pleaded guilty and began spilling se-crets, leading to charges Tuesday against five people in Europe andthe U.S., including a Chicago man, and preventing more than 300 at-tacks along the way, authorities said.
Law enforcement officials said it marked the first time coremembers of the loosely organized worldwide hacking group Anony-mous have been identified and charged in the U.S.
Obama: Diplomacy Can Stop Iran
BY JOSHUA FREEDAP Business Writer
Stocks suffered their biggestlosses in three months Tuesday, thefirst hiccup in a strong and steadyrally to start the year. Wall Streetworried about the global economyand waited while Greece pressuredthe last investors to sign on for itsbailout.
The Dow Jones industrial aver-age fell more than 200 points, givingup more than a quarter of its 745-point advance since Jan. 1, the beststart to a year in the U.S. marketsince 1998.
The sell-off, which spread westfrom Europe, also interrupted a pe-riod of unusual calm on Wall Street.Before Tuesday, the Dow had notfallen 100 points for 45 straight trad-ing sessions, the longest streaksince 2006.
The decline of 203.66 points wasthe worst for the Dow since Nov. 23and left the average at 12,759.15. Itwas only last week that the Dowclosed above 13,000 for the firsttime since May 2008, four monthsbefore the worst of the financialcrisis.
“When things go straight up anddon’t ever correct or have some
sort of normal pullback, as an in-vestor, that makes me nervous,”said Ed Hyland, a global investmentspecialist with J.P. Morgan PrivateBank.
The gradual rally had been pow-ered by optimism about the U.S.economic recovery. But investorsrealized that Greece’s debt prob-lems, Europe’s economic problemsand Israel’s Iran problems were stillvery much their problems, too.
Stocks fell sharply from theopening bell and never mounted aserious comeback. The Dow wasdown as much as 227 points. All butone of the 30 stocks in the average
finished the day lower. Intel man-aged a gain of 7 cents.
All 10 industry groups in theStandard & Poor’s 500 declined.Bank stocks, which typically take ahit when there is any reason toworry about Greece, led the de-clines, followed by industrial andmaterials companies, which dependon strength in the world economy.
Alcoa, which makes aluminumand depends heavily on world eco-nomic demand, fell 4.1 percent, theworst of the Dow 30. China revisedits projection for economic growthon Monday to 7.5 percent this year,down from 8 percent.
Dow Falls More Than 200, Interrupting 2012 Rally
