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Clemens
More eyes on
Roger Clemens
House staffers have
taken the first steps toward
investigating possible perjury
charges against Roger Clemens,
according to a report posted on
The New York Times Web site
yesterday. The same might not
be true of his accuser.
The Times cited three lawyers
familiar with the matter who
said that the staffers have written a draft letter asking the Justice Department to investigate
Clemens’ steroid involvement
related to his denials under oath
during both a deposition and
hearing.
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Obama’s
tribal garb
photo stirs
up outrage
Muslim groups call ploy ‘abhorrent’
DAVID GIAMBUSSO
letters@metro.us
A furor erupted yesterday as a
photo of Barack Obama in a
white turban spread across the
Web, drawing accusations of
fearmongering and racism
from the Obama campaign
and Muslim groups.
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Sci-fi: It’s
more
than
Wookiees
News page 02
Trial begins in
Bell’s shooting
Style page 11
Men on
Milan
During a 2006 visit to a rural area in northeastern Kenya, Sen. Barack Obama,
dressed as a Somali Elder. The garb was presented to Obama by elders in Wajir.
“It seems that the intention is
to imply that the traditional garb
of a certain culture is evil,” said
Ahmed Rehab, from the Council
on American-Islamic Relations.
“Whether it was the [Hillary] Clinton campaign or the [John] McCain campaign, the whole intention was abhorrent,” Rehab said.
The photo was taken on a
2006 trip Sen. Obama made to
Somalia, and was lifted from the
e-mail of a Clinton campaign
staffer, according to the Drudge
Report Web site, where it first
appeared. The photo came in the
wake of e-mail campaigns claiming Obama was raised a Muslim.
Voters on the street questioned the usefulness of such attacks. “It might be a setup by his
opponents, but either way it
doesn’t matter to me,” said Katrina Croul, 21, of Philadelphia.
Brian Anderson, 27, said, “I
think it’s just a political ploy for
other candidates.”
“But is it really a dirty trick?”
asks Raymond Smith, a political
science professor at Columbia
University. Smith feels if the photo is genuine, then it is fair game.
“It’s better for Obama to get these
sorts of photos and ideas out in
the open now, before the Republicans have completely trained all
their focus on him,” he said.
To First Amendment advocates
such as Joan Bertin, incidents
like these are a necessary evil.
E-mail smears
In December, two Clinton Iowa volunteers resigned after forwarding a
hoax e-mail that falsely said Obama
is a Muslim possibly intent on
destroying the United States. Obama is a member of the United
Church of Christ and says he has
never been a Muslim, but false
rumors about Islamic ties are circulating on the Internet.
“There would be major league
problems if you tried to regulate
the press on these issues,” said
Bertin, of the National Coalition
Against Censorship. “For better
or for worse it is the price of
freedom.”
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News
Two hurt in
Midtown
stabbings
MIDTOWN. Two
businessmen were slashed
in a Midtown office building yesterday after an
altercation with a
customer at around noon,
police said. One victim, a
35-year-old, was stabbed in
and slashed across the
chest, while the other, a
41-year-old, was slashed
on the right hand. Both
worked at N.S.S. Diamond
Inc. on the sixth floor of
56 W. 45th St, where the
incident took place.
Pritam Sharma, 38, of
West New York, New
Jersey, was arrested at the
scene and taken into
police custody yesterday
afternoon. An employee at
a travel agency across
from N.S.S. Diamond said
she saw blood on the floor
and another man walking
out of the office with what
looked to her like a
broken nose. TODD SLOVES/
“You know, in any three-way
race, two of the three are
going to be spoilers.”
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, rejecting the notion that Ralph
Nader is a “spoiler” for Democrats in the presidential election
Teacher scandal
Authorities say a middle school math teacher
in Forest Hills, Queens, is accused of sending
sexually explicit instant messages to eight
boys. District Attorney Richard A. Brown said
yesterday that the boys are 12 or 13 years old
and are students of Bradley Dieffenbacher. AP
At police trial, 50-shot
affair called ‘criminal’
AP
Dispute
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
WTC bomber files Supreme suit
Fifteen years after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a Palestinian sentenced to more than 100 years in prison in the attack claims the U.S.
government has blocked him from appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ahmad Mohammed Ajaj filed a suit against more than 12 officials. AP
HARTFORD, CONN. The state
Protesters outside Queens Criminal Court yesterday count down the 50 shots that were fired in the killing of Sean Bell.
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Three undercover police detectives on trial
in the death of an unarmed
man killed in a hail of gunfire on his wedding day
were reckless and trigger
happy, prosecutors argued
yesterday.
Sean Bell, 23, who had
been at a bachelor party on
the night before his wedding, was killed outside a
Queens strip club in the
early hours of Nov. 25. Two
of his friends were wounded.
Prosecutor Charles Testagrossa said in opening arguments that once the eviNEW YORK.
“We’re not here against white
cops. We’re against wrong
cops. This is not about race.”
Rev. Al Sharpton
dence is heard, “It will be
clear that what happened
cannot be explained away
as a mere accident or mistake. It can only be characterized as criminal.”
But lawyers for the detectives argued that the shooting was justified because
their clients had reason to
believe Bell and his friends
were armed and dangerous.
There was evidence Bell
was drunk and “out of control” when he left the club,
and witnesses overheard
him exchange curses with
another patron and heard
Bell’s friend Joseph Guzman tell someone to “Go
get my gat,” slang for gun,
said Anthony Ricco, an attorney
for
Detective
Gescard Isnora.
He argued that Bell, at
Guzman’s urging, tried to
run over Isnora with his car
after the officers confronted Bell’s party and identified themselves as police.
Ricco described the car as a
“deadly weapon” and “human battering ram.”
“When there is a confluence of alcohol and ignorance, there’s always a
tragedy,” Ricco said.
Isnora and Detective
Michael Oliver have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter; Detective Marc Cooper
has pleaded not guilty to
reckless endangerment. AP
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Prince part of Astor affair: DA
A Romanian
prince, on behalf of a
lawyer accused of helping
philanthropist Brooke Astor’s son loot her $198
million estate, asked a former maid twice to speak
to the lawyer’s defense
team, a prosecutor said
yesterday.
Prince Paul of Romania
tried to get former maid Lia
Opris to meet with lawyers
for Francis X. Morrissey Jr.,
first approaching her about
NEW YORK.
Astor
Three young
children found dead in a
bed after their mother
called police claiming she
killed them appeared to
have been drowned,
although one’s throat was
cut and all showed signs of
possible poisoning, a
homicide detective said.
Investigators are still
trying to determine the
precise cause of death for
the children, but they are
looking at several disturbing clues in the home. Police suspect that Leatrice
Brewer drowned two boys
and one girl — ages 1, 5
and 6 — and proceeded to
tuck them into bed in
their pajamas.
AP
GARDEN CITY.
AP
Supreme Court has ruled that a
judge’s widow can’t pursue a
lawsuit claiming the state
worked her husband to death.
The high court struck down a
special act of the legislature that
would have allowed Joan Kinney
to pursue a lawsuit despite failing to meet a legal deadline. AP
Questioned asked
over kids’ deaths
Why New Yorkers
don’t talk to
strangers
ALBANY. A state task force is rec-
ommending New York increase
its use of wind, solar and other
renewable energy sources and
take greater conservation measures. Lt. Gov. David Paterson is
releasing today the recommendations made by the Renewable
Energy Task Force.
AP
L.I. tragedy
Overheard
in New York
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News in brief
The naked city
a year ago, Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth
Loewy said at a state
Supreme Court proceeding.
Opris, who witnessed the
signing of a disputed
amendment to Astor’s will,
has refused to speak to
Morrissey’s lawyers. They
are preparing the attorney’s defense to charges he
helped Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, rob the late
socialite’s estate.
Loewy said Opris re-
buffed the 59-year-old
prince’s efforts, even after
he showed up with his
wife at her Brasov, Romania, home. When he didn’t
find her, he sought out her
sister and asked her “politely”
whether
Opris
would speak to Morrissey’s
lawyers, Loewy said.
Opris, recuperating from
a New York automobile accident and still “in tremendous pain,” was very upset
that the prince was both-
ering her, Loewy said.
Morrissey’s
lawyer
Thomas Puccio said in
court that Opris is an “important witness” and “We
thought it appropriate to
try to speak to her”
through
the
prince.
“Nothing improper happened.”
Neither prosecutors nor
defense lawyers said why
the prince had an interest
in intervening on behalf
of Morrissey, 65.
AP
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
False gun report at Stony Brook
Campus police at Stony Brook University on Long Island searched the campus for a gunman yesterday and then gave the “all clear,” saying it was a false alarm. There were no
reports of shots being fired. An alert on the university Web site in the afternoon said that a young man fled the Student Activity Center cafeteria and displayed a handgun. AP
Airline deflects $3.2B
blame in death
DUMBO Color me glad
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The amount trimmed from
New Jersey’s new state budget,
according to Acting Treasurer
David Rousseau.
AP
American Airlines pronounced its staff
professional and its equipment sound yesterday after
a swift review of a passenger’s in-flight death, despite
her family’s claims that the
crew ignored her pleas until
it was too late.
The airline said the oxygen tanks and a defibrillator were working and noted
that several medical professionals on Flight 896, including a doctor, tried to
save passenger Carine Desir.
But Desir’s friends and
family were still left with
questions. A cousin who
had been onboard with the
NEW YORK.
Tamara Martinez and Emmanuel Philosten admire the first installation in DUMBO of a new mural — part of the Transportation
Department’s Temporary Art Program. Malaysian-born Tattfoo
Tan and 40 students at P.S. 307 are behind the colorful creation.
South Ferry station stalled
The renovation
at the South Ferry subway
station in Lower Manhattan
was pushed back to December from August, Ronnie G.
Hakim, acting president of
MTA Capital Construction
Committee, said yesterday.
“The work is well underway,” she said.
The construction at the
NEW YORK.
southernmost terminal on
the No. 1 line started in
2005 and is part of a massive project to restore lower
Manhattan’s subway system.
The new station is being
built underneath the current one and should drastically improve commuters’
travel time.
“American Airlines,
after investigation,
has determined that
oxygen was administered on the aircraft,
and it was working.”
Airline spokesman
Charley Wilson
dying woman said a flight
attendant twice denied her
requests for oxygen — an
account the airline disputes.
A longtime friend said
the nurse had gotten an
electrocardiogram just two
weeks earlier and had left
with a clean bill of health.
Desir, 44, who was afraid of
flying and was married with
two children, had diabetes
but was in generally good
health, said her friend, who
asked to remain anonymous. She had hypertension, which she controlled
with medication, the friend
said.
A pediatrician who tried
to help Desir on the plane,
Joel Shulkin, said through
his attorney that he could
not confirm the claim
by Desir’s cousin that the
oxygen tanks weren’t working.
AP
News in brief
HARTFORD, CONN. Former Wa-
terbury Mayor Philip Giordano
has launched a fifth attempt to
have his federal convictions for
sexually abusing two girls
thrown out, this time arguing
that his lawyer did a terrible
job. He is serving a 37-year
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was mayor in 2000 and 2001. AP
NEW YORK. An 87-year-old
woman has died during a fire
at a home in Queens. Firefighters say the woman died shortly
after the blaze broke out yesterday afternoon on the first
floor and basement of a twostory residential building. The
name of the dead woman was
not released.
AP
injured yesterday after a
man who had nearly set
himself on fire got violent
with rescuers. Employees at
the Greenpoint Hotel in
Brooklyn called cops at 10
a.m. after smelling smoke.
Frank Johnson, 47, a custodian, kicked down the tenant’s door to find him
passed out in the smokey
room. Burning incense was
singeing the bedsheets, he
said. “There was feces all
over him, and he started
fighting me,” said Johnson.
When police tried to pull
the man out, he kicked and
flailed, spraining the knee
of an officer. The troubled
guest was taken to Bellevue
Hospital for a psych evaluation. “He had feces and
urine and bottles all over
the floor,” said a desk clerk.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
N.J. schools got tainted meat
Schools in nearly 160 New Jersey districts likely have tainted beef sitting in their freezers. State agriculture and education officials say New Jersey
schools received about 168,000 pounds of meat from a California slaughterhouse shut down in a probe into the largest U.S. beef recall. AP
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Mean green veggie fight
AMY ZIMMER
amy.zimmer@metro.us
It may seem odd
that anyone would slam a
bill that promises to reduce
childhood obesity. Who
doesn’t want kids to eat
their veggies?
But as dueling press conferences at City Hall yester-
RIKARD LARMA/METRO
CITY HALL.
day showed, a war is brewing over the proposal announced by Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and City Council
Speaker Christine Quinn in
December to give 1,000 new
licenses to street vendors to
sell produce in areas with
high rates of obesity and
heart disease and low consumption of healthy foods.
First, a group of chil-
A blood-stained cloth and a woman’s earrings lay on the ground
where a rape victim jumped from her apartment window Sunday.
Queens suspect
eyed in Pa. rape
BRIAN X. McCRONE
brian.mccrone@metro.us
Authorities
identified the suspect in a
horrific Philadelphia rape
as David Rosario, a Queens
man who may have fled
back home immediately
following the attack.
Rosario, 34, who also
goes by the name Julio, allegedly raped at knifepoint
one of two women inside a
third-floor apartment on
South Street in Philadelpia
Sunday, police said.
The 31-year-old victim
then jumped from her
bathroom window to the
concrete sidewalk three
stories below. She suffered
serious head and spine injuries and remained in critical but stable condition yesterday, detectives said.
A bench warrant for
Rosario was served by the
New York City police at
PHILADELPHIA.
News in brief
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. Members
of the Niagara Falls-based
107th Air Refueling Wing are
on their way to Iraq. Military
officials declined to say how
many men and women
deployed yesterday afternoon
from the Niagara Falls Air
Reserve Station, but say the
wing has sent about 100 Air
Guardsmen to Iraq since the
beginning of the year.
AP
Manhunt
Anyone with information about
Rosario can call
the tipline at
(215) 686-TIPS.
Rosario’s home on 94th
Street in Queens Village.
A police official yesterday
said Rosario was among a
small group of people who
went back to the victim’s
apartment after a night of
partying at North lounge
next door. The group continued partying at the
apartment until dawn,
when everyone but Rosario
went home. He raped the
victim at around 10 a.m.,
police said. After leaving
the room, the victim’s
roommate locked the door,
but the rapist returned moments later and broke
through the lock, which is
when the victim jumped.
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The tuition at New Jersey’s 10
four-year state colleges, up 15
percent since Gov. Jon Corzine
took office in 2006. State investigator Cary Edwards said wasteful spending is rampant at the
schools and urged lawmakers
to impose stricter oversight, citing a “wide spectrum of serious
problems and weaknesses.” AP
dren’s and anti-hunger
advocates stood on the
steps of City Hall with
mothers from East Harlem.
One woman told how the
best-selling items in a
bodega on one block are
lottery tickets.
Then, more than 100 Korean owners of small groceries crowded the steps.
They claimed the legisla-
tion was hastily prepared
without considering their
rights. And without education to beef up demand for
the produce, eating habits
won’t change, they said.
“The idea that putting
fresh fruits and vegetables
on sidewalks will get people
to eat more healthy is a
false premise,” said Queens
City Councilman John Liu,
who stood with the grocers.
“The benefits are wishful
thinking; the ramifications
are very real.”
Sung Soo Kim of the
Small Business Congress,
said that small grocers have
seen their profit margins
shrink from 25 percent
down to 3 percent. “This is a
crushing threat to their survival,” Kim said. He called
for a moratorium on the
vote, which is scheduled to
go before the Consumer Affairs Committee tomorrow.
“Wanting this is not a
vote against grocers or
bodegas. It’s a stand for people to have access in the
neighborhoods where they
live,” said Emma JordanSimpson of the Children’s
Defense Fund New York.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
06 in the nation
“At the rate we’re moving, we’re never going to catch up. If we’re going to take some steps, let’s take
some big steps.” Greene County, Ga., Superintendent Shawn McCollough. The system is set to become the
first school district in the nation to go entirely single-sex, with boys and girls in separate classrooms. AP
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For Clarence, justice is mute
No shouting Thomas, Supreme goes 2 years without a question
Two years and
144 cases have passed since
Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas last spoke
up at oral arguments. It is a
period of unbroken silence
that contrasts with the rest
of the court’s unceasing inquiries.
Hardly a case goes by, including two appeals that
were argued yesterday, without eight justices peppering
WASHINGTON.
lawyers with questions. Oral
arguments offer justices the
chance to resolve nagging
doubts about a case, probe its
weaknesses or make a point
to their colleagues.
Left, right and center, the
justices ask and they ask
and they ask. Sometimes
they debate each other, leaving the lawyer at the podium helpless to jump in. “I
think you’re handling these
questions very well,” Chief
Justice
John
Roberts
quipped to a lawyer recently
in the midst of one such exchange.
Leaning back in his
leather chair, often looking
up at the ceiling, Thomas
takes it all in, but he never
joins in. Yesterday was no
different. He said nothing.
He occasionally leans to
his right to share a com-
ment or a laugh with Justice
Stephen Breyer. Less often,
he talks to Justice Anthony
Kennedy, to his immediate
left.
Thomas, characteristically, declined to comment for
this article. But in the
course of his publicity tour
for his autobiography, “My
Grandfather’s Son,” the 59year-old justice discussed
his reticence on the bench
on several occasions.
“One thing I’ve demonstrated often in 16 years is
you can do this job without
asking a single question,”
he told an adoring crowd at
the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group.
The last time Thomas
asked a question in court
was Feb. 22, 2006, in a
death penalty case out of
South Carolina.
AP
Bush
Bush lobbies
for wiretap
protection
WASHINGTON. President Bush
John McCain said that to win the
White House, he must convince a war-weary country
that U.S. policy in Iraq is
succeeding. If he can’t,
“then I lose. I lose,” the Republican said. He quickly
backed off that remark. “Let
me not put it that stark,” he
told reporters on his bus.
“Let me just put it this way:
Americans will judge my
candidacy first and foremost on how they believe I
can lead the county both
from our economy and for
national security. Obviously,
Iraq will play a role in their
judgment of my ability to
handle national security.”
“If I may, I’d like to retract
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Iraq talk a little too
straight for McCain
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Leaned on for loan
The Democratic Party called on
the Federal Election Commission
to probe McCain’s decision to
withdraw from the primary election’s public financing system.
They contend he can’t reject public funds — and the spending
limits that come with it — because of questions about the
terms of a loan he got in ’07. AP
‘I’ll lose.’ But I don’t think
there’s any doubt that how
they judge Iraq will have a
direct relation to their judgment of me, my support of
the surge,” he added.
“Clearly, I am tied to it to a
large degree.”
AP
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They said they’ll use part of
the windfall to replace their
trailer home with a new
house in coastal Georgia. AP
Govs exit D.C.
empty-handed
Governors
pushing for federal money
to repair roads, water systems and bridges didn’t
get the response they
wanted from the White
House yesterday. Even
their own ranks are divided over infrastructure
spending. Governors
raised the issue during a
meeting with President
Bush. “It’s the best type of
stimulus, even better than
what was in the first package,” Pennsylvania Gov. Ed
Rendell, a Democrat, said
as he left the White
House.
AP
WASHINGTON.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad
Strategy session
on nuclear Iran
WASHINGTON. The U.S. pre-
dicted a swift vote on new
United Nations sanctions
against Iran following a
strategy session yesterday,
as Iran again denied ever
trying to build nuclear
weapons. Diplomats from
Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany and the U. S.
met at the State Department
ahead of what U.S. and European diplomats say will
be a week or more of
debate over the third international attempt to coerce
Iran to bargain over its nuclear program. Iran has defied the U.N. Security Council’s demands to roll back a
nuclear program it
maintains is peaceful.
AP
Killer Ohio cop
begs for his life
CANTON, OHIO. A former po-
lice officer sobbed and apologized for killing his pregnant lover and their unborn
child as he appealed yesterday to the jury that convicted him to spare his life. “I
accept responsibility,” Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, said from
the witness stand. Cutts was
convicted Feb. 15 of aggravated murder.
AP
yesterday lobbied again for
an intelligence law allowing
government eavesdropping
on phone calls and e-mails,
as the tone of the dispute
between the White House
and Congress over terrorist surveillance grew
increasingly sharp.
“To put it bluntly, if the
enemy is calling into America, we really need to know
what they’re saying, and
we need to know what
they’re thinking, and we
need to know who they’re
talking to,” Bush said.
“It’s essential that we understand the mentality of
these killers,” Bush said. AP
Lone survivor of
bloodbath talks
YORBA LINDA, CALIF. Investi-
Northern Illinois University student Colleen Burns, 42, hugs her son, Ryan, as they visit a memorial to the five students who were killed on Feb. 14, as classes resume at the university in Dekalb,
Ill., yesterday.
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gators yesterday
interviewed a 14-year-old
who was the lone survivor
of an apparent murder-suicide in which five other
members of his family
were killed. Detectives
talked to Ian Mercado at a
hospital as he recovered
from surgery for a gunshot
wound to the lower torso,
said Lt. Jack Conklin of the
Brea Police Department. AP
Satellite shootdown a success: Pentagon
The Pentagon
said yesterday it has a
“high degree of confidence” that the missile
fired at a dead U.S. spy
satellite in space destroyed
the satellite’s fuel tank as
planned.
In its most definitive
statement yet on the outcome of last Wednesday’s
shootdown over the Pacific, the Pentagon said that
WASHINGTON.
“By all accounts, this was a successful
mission.” Gen. James Cartwright, vice
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
based on debris analysis it
is clear that the Navy missile destroyed the fuel
tank, “reducing, if not
eliminating, the risk to
people on Earth from the
hazardous chemical.” The
tank had 1,000 pounds of
hydrazine, a toxic substance that U.S. government officials believed
posed a potential health
hazard to humans if the
satellite had descended to
Earth on its own.
The presence of the hydrazine was cited by U.S.
officials as the main reason
to shoot down the satellite
— described as the size of a
school bus — which would
otherwise have fallen out
of orbit on its own in early
March. The satellite lost
power shortly after reaching its initial orbit in December 2006.
AP
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Melissa Curry, 36, New York, consultant It’s Josh Davis, 17, New York, student I think awareWord pretty typical for politicians when they go ness of this controversy will affect Barack negaon the to other countries to wear ethnic clothing. tively. A lot of people see into stereotypes.
Jerry McCleery, 59, New Jersey, psychologist The only people this will influence are those whose minds
are already made up. Nobody else will pay attention.
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in the nation 07
Turban warfare for Democrats
Campaigns dress each other down over mystery photo
A photo circulating on the
Internet of Democratic Sen.
Barack Obama dressed in
traditional local garments
during a 2006 visit to Kenya
is causing a dustup in the
presidential campaign over
what constitutes a smear.
The AP photo portrays Obama in a white turban and a
wraparound white robe presented to him by elders in
Wajir, in northeastern
Kenya. Obama’s estranged
late father was Kenyan and
Obama visited the country
in 2006, attracting thousands of well-wishers.
The news site The Drudge
Report posted the photo-
[It’s] “the most
shameful, offensive
fear-mongering
we’ve seen from
either party.” Plouffe
graph yesterday and said it
was being circulated by
“Clinton staffers” and quoted an e-mail from an
unidentified campaign aide.
“I just want to make it
very clear that we were not
aware of it, the campaign
didn’t sanction it and don’t
know anything about it,”
Clinton rep Howard Wolfson said. “None of us have
seen the e-mail in question.
If anybody has independent
reporting that they’ve done
on it I would welcome it.”
“Everybody knows that
whether it’s me or Senator
Poll puts Obama ahead
Barack Obama has taken clear leads over Hillary Clinton among
white men, middle-income earners and liberals, allowing him to
catch his faltering rival in their race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a national AP-Ipsos survey showed yesterday.
Clinton or Bill Clinton, that
when you travel to other
countries they ask you to
try on traditional garb that
you have been given as a
gift,” Obama said. “The notion that the Clinton campaign would be trying to circulate this as a negative on
the same day that Senator
Clinton was giving a speech
about how we repair our relationships around the
world is sad.”
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe accused
Clinton’s campaign of “the
most shameful, offensive
fear-mongering we’ve seen
from either party in this
election.”
AP
Dirty tricks A history of political smear campaigns
vealed to be a fake.
Fallout: It took a lot more
“swiftboating” to bring Kerry
down, but Bush prevailed for a
second term.
The smear: George Bush is a
failed pilot
When: During his 2004 re-election campaign against Kerry.
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The setup: Dan Rather reports
that Bush’s Texas National
Guard service records show that
strings were pulled to get Bush
out of active service and into
the Guard. Memos that made
up report proved to be fakes.
Fallout: Bush is still president
(for a bit longer). Rather works
for something called HDNet.
Do controversies such as these
make you less likely to vote?
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The smear: Dukakis
released a killer
When: During George H.W.
Bush’s 1988 campaign against
Michael Dukakis.
The setup: While Dukakis was
governor of Massachusetts, a
killer, Willie Horton, is released
from jail on a furlough program
and assaults a couple in Mary-
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land. Bush ad makes sure people know about it.
Fallout: “Willie Horton”
becomes shorthand for political
smear campaigns, and the first
Bush enters the White House.
The smear: Barry Goldwater
will spark nuclear war
When: Lyndon B. Johnson’s
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campaign against Goldwater in
1964.
The setup: Johnson charges
that Goldwater’s politics will
lead to war with USSR. He runs
an ad of a girl picking daisies,
interrupted by nuclear attack.
Fallout: The ad only aired once,
but Johnson went on to win.
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41 more Kurdish rebels killed in ground operation into northern Iraq
Turkey’s military said yesterday it had killed 41 more separatist Kurdish rebels in clashes in
northern Iraq, raising the reported guerrilla death toll in a cross-border operation to 153. AP
Group under scrutiny
for YouTube blackout
One of Asia’s
largest telecom businesses, PCCW, is facing questions about its role in the
blocking of YouTube for
about two hours across
much of the World Wide
Web.
The outage happened
on Sunday when Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority
in
Pakistan
deemed that YouTube was
broadcasting un-Islamic
material — videos depicting images of the Islamic
prophet, Mohammed.
It was reported that, at
the request of the PTA,
PCCW gave a new Internet routing for YouTube
within Pakistan, which
would take users there
trying to access the Web
site to a page denying
them access.
But once PCCW had established this false trail
for YouTube within Pakistan,
other
Internet
providers around the
world followed suit — and
within minutes YouTube
was blocked to large parts
of the world.
“For about two hours,
traffic to YouTube was
LONDON.
Internet providers followed Pakistan’s lead
The rankings
Pervasive Internet
censors include:
For about two hours,
the YouTube site was
blocked because of
“un-Islamic material.”
routed according to erroneous Internet Protocols,
and many users around
the world could not access
our site,” YouTube said in
a statement released yesterday. “We have determined that the source of
Groups rank Web monitoring
NEW YORK. The Open Net Ini-
tiative and Reporters Without Borders monitor Internet censorship around the
world.
They rank Web censorship as either pervasive,
substantial or nominal.
Pervasive censors tend to
block sites critical of gov-
ernments, or which may
cause political dissent.
They also block activities
such as pornography and
gambling.
Substantial censors block
porn and gambling, as well
as dating sites. Many Middle East nations block Web
sites from Israel.
METRO
these events was a network in Pakistan. We are
investigating and working
with others in the Internet community to prevent
this
from
happening
again.”
But experts said the incident raised questions
about the ability of governments — or even corporations — to block access to Web sites they
deem harmful or embarrassing.
There was no comment
from PCCW last night. METRO
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Cuba
Iran
Maldives
Myanmar
North Korea
People’s Republic
of China
Syria
U.N. climate chief:
U.S. ‘not realistic’
The U.N. climate
chief yesterday welcomed
statements by Bush administration officials that the
United States would accept
a binding international
commitment to reduce
global-warming gases. But
he said their insistence
that China and other
developing nations do the
same “is not realistic.”
“If it’s a quid pro quo,
then it’s a nonstarter,” said
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the Bonn-based
U.N. climate secretariat. AP
NEW YORK.
4.5M
Number of seeds that can be
stored in the “doomsday”
vault designed by Norway to
protect the world’s seeds from
global catastrophe. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is to be
officially inaugurated today. AP
Tunisia
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Substantial
censors
are said to be:
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Agency says Iran
still forming nukes
The U.N.
nuclear monitoring agency
presented documents yesterday that diplomats said
indicate Iran may have focused on a nuclear
weapons program after
2003 — the year that a U.S.
intelligence report says
such work stopped. Iran
again denied ever trying to
make such arms.
AP
VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
On the long road to equality
PAUL CAIN
letters@metro.us
Women in one of the
world’s most conservative
Islamic states have won
the backing of leading
clerics in their battle for
greater rights.
The debate in the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia is not about
granting
fundamentals
such as the right to vote or
employment equality.
It is about whether or
not women should be able
to drive.
Saudi women are not allowed behind the wheel,
for fear that they would
come into contact with
men who were not related
to them — a taboo in Saudi
Arabia, where women cannot travel without being
accompanied by a close
male relative such as a husband or brother.
It has only recently become acceptable for any
woman to stay in a hotel
by herself.
Contact between unrelated men and women attracts
the attentions of the mutaween — the religious police, the on-street representatives of The Committee
for the Propagation of Virtue
and Prevention of Vice.
But now, two Saudi
scholars have sparked a debate by ruling that there is
nothing in Islamic law that
prevents women from
driving. The scholars are
Abdel-Mohsin al-Obaikan
— one of Saudi Arabia’s
senior religious figures —
and Mohsin Awaji. They
warn, however, that there
may be “road safety issues”
if women are allowed to
drive, and called for
women to be protected
from harassment by men.
The English language daily
newspaper Arab News pub-
CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGES
Leading scholars challenge
Saudi women driving ban
15 ‘improperly dressed’
girls left to burn to death
The Saudi mutaween consists of more
than 3,500 officers, and
thousands of volunteers.
They can arrest unrelated
men and women found together. They can hold people who are ‘improperly
dressed,’ anyone engaged in
homosexuality or prostitution, anyone not praying at
RIYADH.
the right times, anyone consuming pork or alcohol, and
the possession of un-Islamic
materials. The mutaween
was criticized in March 2002
when they stopped school
girls escaping from a blazing building in Mecca, because they were not properly dressed. Fifteen girls
burned to death.
METRO
A young, affluent population
begins to demand its rights
Demands for more rights for women highlight tensions within
broader Saudi society.
lished an opinion poll of
Saudi citizens, showing
that a majority favor allowing women to drive.
But conservative clerics
dispute that they are out of
touch with public opinion.
Senior Saudi government
figures have previously issued muted support for
the idea of women driving.
There have been other
hints from the Saudi royal
family of a broader liberalization. In 2005, King Abdullah took the throne saying he would implement
reforms. But he faces a delicate task.
Allowing women to drive
would represent, for some
Saudi conservatives, a concession to influences which
have no place in their country.
Saudi Arabia’s oil
wealth means that its
urban populations have
high incomes. The availability of satellite TV and
(albeit censored) Internet
mean increasing Western
influences.
The population is very
young — the country’s
median
age
is
just
21.4 years. The nation is
developing young, affluent and well-educated
JEDDAH.
40
20
The percentage of all
Saudis under age 14
Percentage of world’s
oil reserves in Saudi
consumers who demand
more individual rights,
and the role and rights of
women are increasingly
debated. Other groups,
while embracing Islam,
are demanding more individual rights.
METRO
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Bloomberg Market Moment
Dow Jones
S&P
Nasdaq
Winners & losers from the previous close
Oil futures .............. $99.23
($0.42)
Gold contracts ...... $940.50 ($-7.30)
+189.20
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(1,371.80)
+24.13
(2,327.48)
10-year Treasury ... 3.906%
(0.102)
Getty Images (GYI) $31.67 +29.5%
Photo provider agreed
to be bought by
Hellman & Friedman for
$34 a share.
Citigroup (C) ................ $24.74 -1.5%
Oppenheimer cut its 08
earnings estimate by 70
percent, said it may have to
sell $100 billion in assets.
Business&Finance
AP
Housing market
Brace for a recession
More economists now see 2008 as prime for a downturn, albeit ‘muted’
MANHATTAN. The proportion
A rise in foreclosures is pushing even more unsold homes
back on the glutted market.
Housing slump
continues in Jan.
Sales of existing homes fell for the sixth
straight month in January,
dropping to the slowest
sales pace on record. Median home prices were also
down and many analysts
predicted further price declines in the months ahead
given high levels of unsold
homes. The National Association of Realtors said
yesterday that sales of single-family homes and condominiums dropped by 0.4
percent last month and
was seen as evidence that
the slump in housing has
yet to hit bottom.
AP
MANHATTAN.
of economists who forecast
a U.S. recession this year
more than doubled in three
months, to 45 percent, according to a survey by the
National Association for
Business Economics.
Of those, a majority expect the downturn to be
“relatively muted,” according to the poll of 49 profes-
sional forecasters taken Jan.
25 to Feb. 13. Less than 20
percent predicted a downturn in the previous poll
completed Nov. 6.
The spillover from the
biggest housing slump in a
quarter century, turmoil in
financial markets and higher energy prices will cause
growth to slow to an annual pace of 0.4 percent this
News in brief
Visa IPO could be largest in history
“U.S. economic growth is expected to
slow to a crawl in the first half.”
Hughes-Cromwick
quarter and 1 percent in
the second quarter, the survey found.
“U.S. economic growth is
expected to slow to a crawl
in the first half,” Ellen
Hughes-Cromwick,
the
group’s president and the
chief economist at Ford Motor Co., said in a statement.
The economy will expand 1.8 percent in the
SEATTLE. Getty Images Inc., the
leading seller of stock photography and video footage, said
yesterday it has agreed to a $2.1
billion buyout from the private
equity group Hellman & Friedman LLC. Getty, whose nearest
competitor is privately held Corbis Corp., put itself up for sale in
January after taking a beating
on Wall Street for two years. AP
year ending in 2008’s
fourth quarter, according to
the survey. That compares
with predictions of 2.6 percent in November.
The survey’s median forecast for fourth-quarter
growth compares with
2008 forecasts of 1.7 percent in a Bloomberg News
survey taken this month.
BLOOMBERG
News in brief
MANHATTAN. Gas prices at the
Visa Inc. said
yesterday its initial public
offering could raise up to
$19 billion — making it the
largest in U.S. history —
even though the credit card
processor is entering the
market at a difficult time.
The San Francisco-based
credit card processor exMANHATTAN.
pects to see high demand
for its stock, despite the
housing-led credit squeeze
that is threatening consumers’ spending and their
ability to keep up with debt
payments.
But Visa, like its public rival MasterCard Inc., is a
card processor, not a
lender, and has a strong
presence in other countries
where many people are just
starting to use plastic instead of cash. And Visa is
the largest U.S. card company by market share with
transactions
outpacing
MasterCard and American
Express Co.
AP
pump added more than 2 cents
over the weekend, topping a
more than seven-month high
reached Friday. Meanwhile, oil
prices edged higher after
climbing close to $100 a barrel
earlier in the session. Retail gas
prices rose 2.2 cents to a
national average of $3.137 a
gallon from $3.115 Friday. AP
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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fashion 11
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pick!
Style
“I’d just
pray she’s
wearing thermal
underwear,
especially in
this weather.”
“She looks
like she’s
out of a
Tim Burton
movie.”
From left: Prada, Burberry, D&G and Jil Sander
Men on Milan:
Four talk fall
What four guys have to
say about four collections
stylish and
though.”
We chose four of our favorite looks from the Milan
collections, rounded up
four everyday men from different backgrounds and occupations, and asked them
to give us their opinions on
the clothing. The verdict:
Most guys would still rather
see a girl in just a tank top
and jeans.
BURBERRY
PRADA
Jason Page, outreach coordinator, 34: “I don’t like the
shoes. I don’t like the skirt.
She’s kind of weird looking.”
Daniel Holloway, writer, 28:
“Why is she wearing a skirt
underneath her dress? I
want to pull the skirt down
until the waist isn’t around
her belly.”
Tony Metcalf, editor, 44: “This
woman looks like an aesthete, someone who takes
herself very seriously. If I
saw her on the street, I‘d
just pray she’s wearing thermal underwear, especially
in this weather.”
Georg Tsaros, publishing exec,
early 30s: “This woman
looks like she only does
charity for a living. Like she
doesn’t work for a living.
She’s probably a rich girl.
Daniel Holloway: “I don’t think
men would find this outfit
sexy. People might find it
intriguing,
Page: “I like the outfit. It’s
ing?’”
Page: “I don’t like it. It looks
like she should put on
something more comfortable. I really don’t like the
pointy boots. They’re orange and patent leather.
And patent is so ... sticky.”
Holloway: “I love the boots.
I’d want my wife to take the
outfit off, but wear the boots
to bed. She looks like a sexy
Little Red Riding Hood.”
Metcalf: “She looks like a
hostess for a low cost Middle Eastern airline. Either
that, or a bored corporate
wife with a huge house and
a flock of maids.”
simple. I like classic with a
little bit of flair. But the
woman who wears this is
obviously not trying to fit in
because of the necklace and
the hat. She definitely
stands out.”
Metcalf: “She looks like a
bag lady. There’s no chance
my missus would wear that
outfit. She hasn’t got the
thighs for those leggings.
This is an outfit for an art
student or a youth theater
worker with pretensions of
grandeur.”
JIL SANDER
Holloway: “I like that she’s
Tsaros: “When I see this, I
wearing the same
think of something a
hat that Rick
model would wear
“She’s wearing as she goes to
Moranis
and
the same hat
Dave Thomas
castings”
wore in ‘The Ad- that Rick Moranis Holloway: “She
ventures of Bob and Dave Thomas looks like she’s
and
Doug wore in...‘Stran
ge out of a Tim BurMcKenzie:
ton movie. I’d be
Brew.’”
Strange Brew.’”
happy with this
Tsaros: “I’d say she’s a
outfit if it weren’t for
New York ‘Sex and the City’ the turtleneck collar. It’s too
type of girl, only she has an covered up.”
admin job and she isn’t Page: “The fabric looks like
comfortable with it.”
a squeegee.”
Page: “This is a very urban Metcalf: “She looks like
look. It’s also easy-going.”
she’s trying to raise a few
laughs at a funeral. If I saw
D&G
her walking down the
Tsaros: “Nice. If my girl street, I’d cross to the other
came home wearing this, I’d side.”
say, ‘What are we celebratKENYA HUNT/METRO
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“I’m shaking, like wow.”
Best actress winner Marion Cotillard, left, backstage
at the Academy Awards after receiving her Oscar AP
Entertainment
Number of foreigners who took
the acting prizes at the Academy
Awards. They were Frenchwoman Marion Cotillard (“La Vie
en Rose”), Spaniard Javier Bardem, left,
(“No Country For Old Men”) and Brits
Daniel Day-Lewis (“There Will Be Blood”)
and Tilda Swinton (“Michael Clayton”). AP
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Here to stay
Sci-fi picks
“Half the Blood
of Brooklyn”
Charlie Huston
In this exceptional work of
crime noir, readers descend
into New York City, where a
“Vyrus” has left bloodsuckers
fighting for their turf. Imagine
“The Warriors” with vampires.
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The science fiction genre holds steady
JONATHAN BENDER
jonathan.bender@metro.us
For the millions of
fans itching for something
to read after the conclusion of the “Harry Potter”
series, the science fiction
genre is full of new titles
looking to gain a following
and capitalize on lightning-fast technological advancements. “We’re living
in a science fiction culture
with the intrusion of technology. Tense, tumultuous
times always make for
good science fiction,” says
Lou Anders, editorial director of Pyr, an imprint of
Prometheus Books.
A growing subsection of
TREND.
“Science fiction is
being eaten alive
by urban fantasy.”
Anders
the genre centers on alternate histories, where authors like Michael Chabon
in “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” envision a
society based on a different
course of events. But the
next big thing is likely to
involve vampires.
“Science fiction is being
eaten alive by urban fantasy. It’s Joss Whedon [creator of ‘Buffy the Vampire
Slayer’] and vampires,”
says Anders.
At the same time, a mi-
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For Jon Armstrong, author of “Grey,” it was his
iPod that offered inspiration. “It’s a new way of digesting information, and it
makes a lot more sense,”
says Armstrong of his decision to release his novel as a
serial podcast.
Now he is considering
taking the style he developed while recording the
podcast and applying it to
a prequel to “Grey,” entitled “Yarn,” which he is
currently writing.
“I was trying to act out
NEW LOCATION,
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“Bright of the Sky”
Kay Kenton
A tormented pilot searches for his lost family in an alternate universe. The first in a
four-part series offers a vivid
look at an alien race bent on
preventing mankind from
crossing the space-time
continuum that connects our
two worlds.
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A good sci-fi book has universal appeal.
the dialogue and give tonalities to the different characters,” says Armstrong.
With “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy winning a
Pulitzer Prize and the movie
“Cloverfield” racking up
huge box office numbers, it
doesn’t take a wizard to see
that society is hungry for
science fiction titles.
“Science fiction is going
mainstream. We’re casting
an eye toward culture
around the globe,” Anders
says.
“Grey” Jon Armstrong
A classic love story plays
out in a gripping future
ruled by the fashion industry.
It’s an ideal world for gossip
bloggers, where wealthy
families battle for control of
society. Available on iTunes as
a podcast.
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metro
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Baby on board Angelina Jolie created a stir at Saturday’s Spirit Awards when she showed up with partner Brad
Pitt, at right with Jolie, and a noticeably pregnant bulge. Jolie ignored reporters’ questions on the red carpet, but
People.com reports that a source close to the couple confirms they are “thrilled to be adding to their brood.” AP
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From online to TV
‘Quarterlife’ isn’t the only Web phenom ready for prime time
Lolcats
AMBER RAY
amber.ray@metro.us
“Quarterlife”
originated as an angsty
soap opera about twentysomethings, posted as
Webisodes on MySpace.
NBC bought the series, created by the minds behind
“My So-Called Life,” and is
premiering the show as a
one-hour drama tonight.
Considering that “Quarterlife” is the first developedfor-the-Internet series to be
taken seriously in prime
time, let us ponder what
other Interweb phenomena would make for good
(or at least time-wasting)
television.
ROUNDUP.
Dancing Baby
Why we got hooked: One of
Why we got hooked: “Out of
control teen kitteh hanging with the wrong crowd”
reads the caption accompanying a picture of a cat
lounging with three dogs
at
www.icanhascheez
burger.com. You probably
have a cat. You’ve probably
got lots of pictures of said
cat. Because she prefers
lounging on your keyboard
rather than utilizing it, Lolcats is sort of the blog of
her life. They may speak in
Kitty Pidgin, but some of
these “kittehs” have a
sense of humor on par
with “30 Rock.”
Why it would work in prime
time: Finally, a show that ap-
peals to both the coveted Internet-savvy, 18- to 34-yearold demographic and felineobsessed spinsters alike.
KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES
the earliest examples of an
Internet video obsession
was a clip taking full advantage of the glorious 3-D
technology of the late ’90s
— in the form of a frightfully ugly baby dancing in
his Pampers.
Why it would work in prime
time: Dancing Baby was
a featured guest star on
“Ally McBeal” — multiple
times! Ten years after his
first appearance as a hallucinatory metaphor for
Ally’s biological clock, isn’t
it time for a spin-off ?
Calista Flockhart and the
Dancing Hamsters would
co-star. And really, is
this idea any worse than
“Cavemen”?
If only Ferrell, left, and McKay
would take their FunnyorDie
efforts to prime time.
‘The Landlord’
Why we got hooked: Will
Ferrell’s landlord, Pearl, is
one broad we would not
mess with. She’s demanding (“I want my money!”),
drunk (“I’m just buzzed.”)
and confused (“Come,
mommy,” she says to Ferrell). She’s also 2 years old.
The daughter of Ferrell’s
co-writer/director friend
Adam McKay, Pearl’s first
acting gig has been viewed
more than 54 million
times
at
www.funny
ordie.com.
Why it would work in prime
time: Pearl is Ralph Furley
incarnate in a “Three’s
Company”-like
sitcom.
Plus, she’s already got her
own catch phrase that
would sweep kindergarten
classes everywhere: “You
pay now, bitch!”
The cast of “Quarterlife”
metro
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
14 entertainment
Phil makes unprecedented visit to North Korea
The New York Philharmonic yesterday became the most prominent U.S. cultural institution to visit nuclear-armed North Korea. The nation allowed
a delegation of nearly 300 people, including musicians, staff and journalists, to fly into Pyongyang on a chartered plane for the 48-hour visit. AP
The ebb and ’Fro of graf art
Legendary graffiti artist on his evolution from subway cars to a gallery
NANA EKUA BREW-HAMMOND
nana.brew-hammond@metro.us
“I started painting
afros on the train, and now
I’m painting afros in a
gallery,” muralist James
Top marveled over the
phone as he prepped for
his first solo show, “Afrology.” Technically, Top, who
once signed his work JEE2
as “king” of the legendary
Odd Partners Crew, had his
first solo show in 1973 in
the A train yard, not too
far from his apartment in
East New York’s Pink Houses project. This is an important thing to note because, for Top, technicalities have been major forces
that have shaped the
course of his life.
First, there was the technicality of growing up an
artist in the projects. “I had
nothing to see as far as art
as a black man except an
afro poster,” Top explains.
Those afro posters have not
only inspired the 17 works
on display at the Essex
Street Gallery starting toPROFILE.
“I’m not taking people to see the art form
where people didn't have permission. ... I
am introducing and I am talking about
the actual art form that people have
labeled graffiti art.
Top
day, but are the foundation
of his personal philosophy.
“‘Afrology’ is the AfricanAmerican
experience
through [my] eyes,” he
says. Inspired by Warhol,
Top specifies, “I actually
transform and change the
color and silhouette of the
black man,” adding, “Inside the afro, I express the
black man in a variety of
media, basically collage
style.”
Then there is the technicality of graffiti’s classification as vandalism. Top literally gets choked up
when he considers, “People have actually gone to
jail for the development of
the art form.” He pauses to
admit, “I get emotional,”
before catching his breath.
“People have labeled us as
criminals, but we are just
like every art form. The only reason we have been labeled is because it has
been created and developed in our communities.”
Today, Top teaches a
graf-art class at Bronx’s
Hostos Community College. “[I focus] on the history and those people who
have given contributions
to the development to the
first element of hip-hop.
Graffiti was well underway
and started before the first
MC picked up a mic,” he
explains. “We get a chance
to examine different styles
of it and ... see the art form
in all its bold colors and
the energy and excitement
that only raw graffiti has to
offer.”
Top is careful to note,
“I'm not taking people to
see the art form where
people didn't have permission. ... I am introducing
and I am talking about the
actual art form that people
have labeled graffiti art.”
For better and worse,
Top is proud of how he and
others around him have
transformed these labels
and technicalities to their
advantage. “Just the way
cooks did with chitlings
and collard greens, we
have taken something and
created a worldwide art
movement.”
‘Afrology’
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Rebounding
Sean Penn, 47, attended the Elton John AIDS Foundation screening party on Sunday with possible new girlfriend, model Petra Nemcova, 28,
at right with Penn, People.com reports. He announced his separation from wife of 11 years, actress Robin Wright Penn, in December. METRO
TheWord
TV tonight
‘The Biggest
Loser’
Daniel Holloway
daniel.holloway@metro.us
REALITY. One team’s luck runs
‘Nova’
DOCUMENTARY. In “The Four
Winged Dinosaur,” filmmakers
and scientists examine how
birds evolved after surprising
fossils found in northeastern
China spurred new debate.
8 p.m., PBS
‘One Tree Hill’
HBO profiles Christo and
Jeanne-Claude in “The Gates.”
DRAMA. While we await new
‘The Gates’
episodes of “Gossip Girl,” the
ladies of “One Tree Hill” will
have to fill our catfight quota.
And when Haley, Brooke and
Peyton find themselves
trapped in the old high school
library with Mia and Lindsey
before the basketball team’s
season opener (in a totally
likely predicament for women
who graduated four years previous), there will definitely be
more than enough drama to
tide us over until the return of
“G.G.” in April. 9 p.m., The CW
We know what you
were paying attention to
during the Oscars on Sunday night: Diablo Cody’s
shoes. Yes, the stripperturned-Academy Award
winner (there’s a description that’s going to follow
her for the rest of her life)
is causing buzz with her
choice of footwear — not
because the shoes were super-fabulous, but because
they were, well, just shoes.
Last week on her MySpace
blog, Cody announced
that she’d been snookered
by self-described shoe
mogul (shoes have moguls?) Stuart Weitzman, who
offered to let her wear a
pair of diamond-encrusted
heels valued at $2 million.
The snookering happened
when, without asking
Cody’s permission, Weitzman used her name to
drum up some publicity
for himself.
“I’m actually really
pissed about this, now
that I think about it,” Cody
wrote. “They’re using me
to publicize their stupid
shoes and NOBODY ASKED
ME. I would never consent
GOSSIP.
DOCUMENTARY. Work of art
or annoying tourist-laden obstacle on your daily run
through Central Park? “The
Gates,” the 2005 art
installation by Christo and
Jeanne-Claude that featured
over 7,500 metal “gates”
draped with saffron-colored
fabric throughout the Manhattan park, is examined.
10 p.m., HBO
AMBER RAY
amber.ray@metro.us
Devil don’t
wear Prada
VINCE BUCCI/GETTY IMAGES
out when their latest
challenge takes them to
Vegas, where the temptation
of all those 24-hour buffets
seems too much to overcome.
8 p.m., NBC
entertainment 15
Cody and her sensible shoes at the Oscars on Sunday
to a lame publicity stunt at
a time when I already
want to hide. I’m sorry if I
sound like a party-pooper,
but Jeebus.”
Jeebus indeed, homeskillet. The “Juno” scribe
ended up walking the red
carpet in a very un-stripper-like pair of flats.
Cradle will rock
Are we the only ones who
didn’t know that Elle
Macpherson is dating a 21year-old? Because the 21-
year-old’s father, Oscarnominee Julian Schnabel,
sure knows — and he’s
cool with it.
“They’re hanging out,”
the director of “The Diving
Bell and the Butterfly” said
to Us Weekly when asked
about his son Vito’s
relationship with the 44year-old supermodel. “It’s
not like he’s smuggling
heroin across the border!
It’s not a big deal.”
Well, it kind of is a big
deal. After all, this has to
be the most important
thing to happen to 21year-olds since Zima was
invented. Kids, if Vito can
do it, you can do it, too.
Don’t eff with
‘The View’
Like a street gang or a team
of teenage superheroes, the ladies of “The
View” stick up for their
own. Sherri Shepherd pointed out on yesterday’s show
that Whoopi Goldberg was
conspicuously absent from
a montage of great Oscar
moments aired during Sunday night’s ceremony.
Whoopi, a three-time host,
then got choked up as the
gals began to chatter about
how unfair it was. She even
stood up and gave each of
her co-hosts a kiss.
Whoopi, listen. The only
montage worth being in
was the tribute to binoculars and periscopes. You
didn’t miss out on
anything.
metro
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
16 opinion
Voices
Nader exists
to pressure
Obama
John Nichols
letters@metro.us
R
alph Nader is running again for president.
He’s used to the slings and arrows that will
be tossed his way. He is conscious and committed. He will not back off. He knows how
to campaign in the face of a firestorm of
criticism. Above all, he knows how to make himself
heard — even when almost everyone who guides
the political processes of the nation wants to shut
him up. The latter knowledge will serve him well in
a 2008 contest where the man — who is either a national treasure or a national frustration, or perhaps
both — may find himself more marginalized than
ever before.
Nader is running for the same reason he has run in
the past: Because the likely nominees of the two major parties do not begin to meet the standards that
might reasonably be asked of
progressive contenders in
21st-century America.
Fundamental issues — Wall
Street-defined globalization,
rampant and frequently deadly corporate crime, out-of-control military spending and an
imperial foreign policy — are
not going to be addressed in a
realistic let alone definitional
manner by either Democratic nominee or by Republican John McCain.
After eight years of George Bush and Dick Cheney,
Nader said, “If the Democrats can’t landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close
down, emerge in a different form.”
Presumably, the Democratic landslide that buries
McCain will also sweep away various and sundry
third-party and independent candidacies, including
Nader’s. If he is indeed the Democratic candidate,
Obama’s more nuanced platform, as well as the
movement character of the Illinois senator’s
campaign, is likely to leave even less space for Nader to deliver a message. That said, Nader is a determined, sometimes unrelenting, truth-teller.
“(Obama’s) leaned, if anything, toward the procorporate side of policy-making,” Nader said. The
consumer activist also scored Obama on foreign
policy, noting that, “He was pro-Palestinian when
he was in Illinois ... Now he’s supporting [rightwing Israeli policies that thwart progress toward
peace in the Middle East].”
Nader’s not looking for valentines from the Democrats. Frankly, he’s not even all that interested in popular approval. The public-interest crusader worries
far less about poll numbers and even vote totals than
about saying what he feels needs to be said — and using the forum of the electoral process to say it.
“Nader’s not
looking for
Valentines
among
Obama
supporters.”
“I’ve eaten more of their
cousins than they want
to know.”
L.A. water is best
Los Angeles residents have the tastiest
tap water, according to the judges of
the world’s largest and longest-running
water-tasting contest. Judges based
their rankings on taste, odor, mouth
feel and aftertaste.
Mark Berg, a spectator at Alaska’s “Running of the
Reindeer” event, in which reindeer charged the crowd
Letters
Today’s debate
Vet: Carriage
horses suffering
VOORHEESVILLE. As an
equine veterinarian who
has inspected New York
City’s carriage horses since
1988 and has also advised
15 other municipalities
and states on how to create
humane carriage horse operations, I am ashamed to
say that New York’s version
of its horse-drawn tourist
attraction is by far the
worst in terms of the number of unexplained deaths
and the grim conditions
under which the horses
live and work.
The current regulations
fail to protect these horse
in their stables and on the
streets. They are dying in
unacceptable numbers
and at very young ages,
though the public is never
made aware of this fact.
Currently, the best that
can be said of New York’s
operating conditions is
that they may be
survivable — barely — but
they are never humane.
Please urge the City Council to vote for a permanent
ban on horse-drawn
carriages, and eliminate
this cruel 19th-century
anachronism from our
21st century setting.
HOLLY CHEEVER
Decide yourself
to choose Hillary
NEW YORK. Why is the
media so much against
Hillary? What has she done
against them? Yes, Hillary is
my favorite and I’m very
proud to say it, because she
Which awards show do you think is
“When you
most relevant?
listen to a
Stephen Ruggieri
Rachel Risco
Jennifer Smith
speech, pay
39, Reiki healer
17, student
41, secretary,
Flat Iron District
Peekskill, N.Y.
Atlanta
close
“I would say the
“I would definitely
“I like the Oscars
Oscars only
go for the Oscars.”
because of the
attention to because there’s a
gowns. Beautiful
little more believgowns. I like to see
the words,
ability.”
what they’re wearing.”
because we
are trying to
elect a president, not a
salesperson.”
González
has experience and her
ideas have substance. I
don’t want just words; I
need facts. I don’t want a
preacher; I want a person
capable of handling this
messy country of ours. Why
is it so difficult for
Americans to elect a
woman? Why is it only
men can be president? Do
we need the media or
Oprah or George Clooney
to tell us who to vote for? I
respect their opinion, but
they are dictating to us how
to vote, and that is misleading. We are intelligent
enough to see that only
Hillary can bring this country to the country it used to
be, respected by everybody.
When you listen to a
speech, pay close attention
to the words, because we
are trying to elect a
president, not a salesperson.
Hillary is the real change!
MARI-CARMEN GONZÁLEZ
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36°
19°
TOMORROW
Crossword
Across
1 Recompense
5 — smasher
9 A Great Lake
14 ISU locale
15 Restore to health
16 Alpha opposite
17 Did biology lab
19 Trunk contents
20 USN officer
21 RSVP word
22 Pasture entrance
23 Fans
25 “Moonstruck” star
26 Bonn connector
27 Spaghetti sauce
herb (2 wds.)
30 Question
33 Yanks at
Horoscope
34 Mama’s boy
36 Is incorrect
37 Daddy’s mate
38 Hay unit
39 Fictional collie
40 Nervous swallows
41 Cake-pan type
42 Clearly
44 Ginger and Fred,
once
45 Warhol or Rooney
46 Good gad! (2 wds.)
50 Bedding plant
52 Synthesizer inventor
53 Disdainful snort
54 European capital
55 Tall pine
57 Juicy fruit
58 “Catch-22” actor
59 Ambler or Clapton
60 Treat unfairly
61 Chief
62 Kind of job
Down
1 Nonswimmer, maybe
2 Acid in proteins
3 Painter’s undercoat
4 Mountain curve
5 Pact
6 Ballerinas’ attire
7 Raw minerals
8 Sz. option
9 Low-cost inns
10 Sports official
11 Genuine
12 Human eater
13 No, to a lassie
18 Competition
22 Timidly
24 Bathroom
fixtures
25 Soothes
27 Uneven
28 Slippery — — eel
29 Do origami
30 Md. neighbor
31 Kind of surgeon
32 Lahore
language
33 Name for a parrot
35 Make after taxes
37 Guitarist — Waters
38 Float
40 Tea of fabled powers
41 Protrude
43 Big gun
44 Gadget
46 Ford rival
47 Task
48 Caravan halt
49 Swat
50 Equal
51 The younger
Guthrie
52 Double agent
54 Yuppie’s auto
55 Oompah- —
56 Embarrassed
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Pisces Feb. 20-March 20.
Sometimes it is more charitable to level with an individual.
Aries March 21-April 19.
Commercial dealings will be a
trifle more complicated than
they appear.
Taurus April 20-May 20.
When you start seeking easy
outs, you will merely find a far
testier situation.
Gemini May 21-June 20.
If you fail to prepare, you’ll
need some luck to catch up.
Cancer June 21-July 22.
our reasoning in a joint
venture will be far sounder
than that of your counterpart.
Leo July 23-Aug. 22.
Be prepared to handle things
totally on your own.
Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22.
Guard against a strong tendency to do things in half measures.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23.
Don’t waste money another
has earned.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22.
Have fun and enjoy yourself,
but don’t treat serious matters
too lightheartedly.
Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21.
Be careful about being too free
of a talker.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19.
Think positive and be expectant of good things to come.
Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 19.
It’s good to be expectant of
having a rewarding day.
BERNICE BEDE OSOL
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17° games 17
Sudoku
How to play:
Fill in the grid so
that every row,
every column and
every 3x3 box
contains the digits
1-9. There is no
math involved. You
solve the puzzle
with reasoning
and logic.
Solution for yesterday’s sudoku.
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18 sports
Sports
Atlantic Division
W
42
31
25
25
17
L
12
24
31
32
39
PCT GB
.778 —
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.446 18
.439 181/2
.304 26
Yesterday’s games
Toronto 102, Indiana 98
Boston at L.A. Clippers, (n)
Today’s games
Orlando at NETS, 7:30
Tomorrow’s games
Orlando at Philadelphia, 7
Minnesota at Toronto, 7
Cleveland at Boston, 7:30
Charlotte at KNICKS, 7:30
Atlantic Division
DEVILS
Pittsburgh
RANGERS
Philadelphia
ISLANDERS
W
37
35
32
30
30
L
21
21
24
25
26
OTL PTS
5
79
7
77
8
72
7
67
7
67
Yesterday’s games
Philadelphia at Buffalo, (n)
Today’s games
DEVILS at Carolina, 7
Pittsburgh at ISLANDERS, 7
“We’re not out of the
doghouse yet.”
Houston Astros prospect Koby Clemens, on his
father, Roger’s, involvement in the steroid
controversy. Koby said his father will still appear at
Astros mini-camp to work with minor leaguers. AP
Tampa talks Bonds
The Tampa Bay Rays have had internal talks
about the prospect of pursuing Barry Bonds,
left. Meanwhile, Cardinals manager Tony La
Russa had interest in signing Barry Bonds the
last two offseasons, but each time the team's
front office decided against it.
AP
Lawyer up,
Clemens
Report says Congress taking
step toward perjury inquiry
A draft letter asking
the Justice Department to
investigate whether Roger
Clemens made false statements to Congress has
been written by House
staffers, The New York
Times reported on its Web
site yesterday, citing three
unidentified lawyers familiar with the matter.
The report also said that
the former trainer who accused Clemens of steroid
use, Brian McNamee, was
not part of the letter,
though he could later be
added. Both men spoke unMLB.
NHL standings
Mayweather to wrestle for $20M A $20 million payday awaits undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. when
he takes on Big Show as part of WWE’s “WrestleMania XXIV.” AP
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP
NBA standings
Boston
Toronto
NETS
Philadelphia
KNICKS
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Bush skips on talking under oath Reggie Bush failed to show up for a scheduled deposition
yesterday, the latest twist in the civil lawsuit against the former Heisman Trophy winner who allegedly
accepted cash and gifts from sports marketers during his sophomore and junior seasons at USC. AP
der oath during depositions and at a House committee hearing.
A spokeswoman for committee chairman Henry
Waxman would not comment when asked about the
existence of the draft letter.
“We’ve not been told
about a draft letter. We
haven’t been told to expect
one,” committee Republican general counsel Keith
Ausbrook said, indicating
that the two sides of the
committee hadn’t been in
contact about a letter or a
referral.
AP
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Strah’s retirement
choice to come early
NFL. Last summer, Michael
Strahan ended up sitting
out training camp while
mulling retirement. He’ll go
through the same process
this year, but promises his
decision won’t take
anywhere near so long. Strahan said he will weigh his
options and most likely let
the team know by mid-April
if he is coming back.
AP
Tennessee takes
over as men’s No. 1
Tennessee ascended
to the top of The Associated Press men’s college
basketball poll yesterday
for the first time in the
program’s 99-year history
after their 66-62 win over
previously unbeaten Memphis, which dropped from
No. 1 to 2. On the women’s
side, Marist joined the poll
at No. 25 for the first time
in history.
AP
NCAA.
Roger Clemens could join Barry Bonds among potential Hall of
Famers investigated for perjury in baseball’s steroids scandal.
Guys who know how to ruin it
F
eeling let down by a predictable
night at the Oscars? Fear not!
There’s been so much bad behavior
on the parts of athletes in the first
two months of this year, we created
a few Oscar-worthy categories:
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE,
FOLLOWED IMMEDIATEY BY A
CHARACTER-CRUSHING REVELATION:
Darren McFadden, Arkansas. The
prodigious running back ran a mind-boggling 4.33 40-yard dash at the NFL combine
in Indianapolis last weekend. Lock to be
the No. 1 pick, right? Except in interviews,
McFadden, 20, revealed that he will be a father soon. In July, a woman will give birth
to a baby of his … and then in August, another woman will do the same.
ARTISTIC TRICKERATION BY A RETIRED
ATHLETE: Former point guard Terrell Brandon. Brandon recently foiled an extortion
attempt after a rookie robber sent the
mother of Brandon’s friend a note demanding $10,000. Brandon set him up by placing
$1 and trash in a plastic bag, and the cops
quickly apprehended the bewildered nincompoop.
MOST AGGRESSIVE
RUB-UP-AGAINST A
SIDELINE
REPORTER: Bruce
Pearl, Tennessee
men’s basketball
coach. Saturday
night in Memphis, Pearl
felt like
Playing
the Field
Jason McIntyre
sports@metro.us
showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews
how aggressively the Tigers were guarding
Vols’ star Chris Lofton. Pearl squeezed
both his arms around her and offered a
grin. She eyed him warily with a
concerned smile of her own.
DUMBEST ATHLETE ARREST (THIS
MONTH): Mike Patterson, Philadelphia
Eagles. The defensive tackle and his older
brother were riding in a car last week
when they got into a tiny fender bender.
While waiting for police to come, they decided to blaze a joint in the car. When the
police showed up, they smelled the herb,
searched the car and arrested Patterson
for possession. His brother was cuffed for
outstanding warrants.
WORST PERFORMANCE OF FOOT-INMOUTH: Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City
Chiefs. Over Super Bowl weekend in
Arizona, Gonzalez gave a video interview to Maxim, and he was asked
about his thoughts on the number
of partners women have had. “As
far as somebody that I want to
spend the rest of my life with, low
mileage is better. That’s what men
like.”
Jason Raj McIntyre covers the
celebrity lives of athletes for Metro.
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Metro does not endorse the opinions of the author, or
any opinions expressed on its pages.
metro
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Mara has surgery to fix face Rangers defenseman Paul Mara was
to undergo surgery to repair a facial fracture yesterday and is
expected to be out for two weeks, according to the team. METRO
Forsberg coming back with Avalanche The Avalanche and
Peter Forsberg have agreed on a deal to bring the 2003 NHL
MVP back to Colorado through the end of the season. AP
Dumping Jagr not in plans
Rangers could be looking for scoring defenseman before today’s deadline
SEAN QUINN
sean.quinn@metro.us
Even though Jaromir
Jagr has had trouble finding the net this season, he
won’t have to find a new
home before today’s 3 p.m.
trade deadline.
Jagr, who has scored
NHL.
goals in two straight
games for the first time
since December, will likely
remain a Ranger until his
contract runs out after the
season. Rangers general
manager Glen Sather reportedly told an Edmonton
newspaper over the weekend the team’s captain will
not be shipped. Sather,
though, has refused to talk
with local media.
“I’ve never been hesitant
to shoot, so that’s not the
problem,” said Jagr, who
has taken only two shots
in five of the team’s last
seven games.
A more likely move,
though, could come in the
form of acquiring a de-
fenseman, possibly Tampa
Bay’s Dan Boyle. Head
coach Tom Renney has
asked for more aggressiveness up the ice from his defense, and Boyle is among
the leading scorers for defensemen the past several
years. He finished with 63
points last season, including 20 goals.
Ranger needs
sports 19
Trading deadline
Islanders
What they need: Fire power.
The Isles are second-to-last in
the league in scoring.
Who could go: F Miroslav Satan, F Mike Comrie, F Ruslan
Fedotenko and F Chris Simon
all have expiring contracts.
Devils
What they need: Defensmen
– someone to play the point
on the power play.
Who could go: Mara’s injury
takes him off the bubble,
leaving D Marek Malik as a
possibility.
What they need: Fire power.
Martin Brodeur can’t be solely responsible for winning
games in the playoffs.
Who could go: Someone like
C Travis Zajac could be
shipped if it means adding a
veteran shooter.
METRO/SQ
JULIE JACOBSON/AP
Brian Cashman has been the Yankees’ general manager for 10 years,
but his job security could depend on the team’s young pitchers.
Hank, Cash will talk
deal during season
Yankees senior vice
president Hank Steinbrenner plans to talk about a
new contract with general
manager Brian Cashman before the regular season ends.
Cashman, in the final year
of his contract, said shortly
after arriving at spring training that he wanted to keep
any discussion of a deal between himself and the
Steinbrenner family.
“I want to concentrate
MLB.
At Mets camp
Duaner Sanchez threw a
scoreless inning, allowing a
walk and two hits, in yesterday’s intrasquad game.
on the season, and he does,
too,” Hank Steinbrenner
said yesterday. “But during
the course of the season,
we will talk. It will just
happen.”
AP
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